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August 25, 1909. THI
FIGHTING THE MOSQUITO.
The fly and the mosquito have conflicting
claims as the most obnoxious
pest of the summer. While the former
may claim to be a greater menace to
health in that he carries the germs of
more diseases, the latter has his special
claims. The mosquito is very difficult to
set. uui ui me nouse wnen once ne en-,
ters; he can cause a maximum of annoyance
and inconvenience during the nighthours;
and he is the agent for spreading
malaria, which annually afflicts thousands
in the State.
There are some hundreds of forms of
mosquitoes. Some of them are perfectly
harmless so far as carrying disease is
concerned. Other forms, not less unsuspicious
looking, can spread malaria
broadcast. The layman can scarcely detect
the anopheles, or malaria mosquito,
from the culex, or harmless mosquito.
The only sure method of ridding any
hnmn nf mnanti i trv^o ^
breeding. Inasmuch as they seldom fly
more than a few hundred feet from their
breeding place, they can readily be killed
off by destroying all breeding-places.
Mosquitoes never hatch except in standing
water, hence if all standing water is
drained off, they will be killfed.
It sometimes happens that the breeding-places
of the mosquitoes can not be
altogether removed. In such a case, the
pest-ridden man has another source, not
less efficacious. If he will take a watering-pot,
fill it with kerosene oil and pour
the contents lightly over the standing
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young mosquitoes and thereby can kill
them off. A quart of kerosene, lightly
sprayed, will effectually cover the surface
of a smaii pond.
It must be remembered that running
water is not a breeding-place for' mosquitoes
and that they cannot hatch until
they have been in water for at least
ten days. But it is equally true that they
can hatch and breed by thousands iu a
very small amount of water. They may
hatch, to be sure, in a stagnant pond,
but they can hatch just as well and almost
as numerously in a rain barrel or a
flower-pot. A tin-can left near the house
and filled with the rain may be the lurkInc
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Natural gas proves a serious impediment
to navigation at South Pass, the
mouth of the Mississippi River, according
to reports from New Orleans, and
vessels are forced to make an S shaped
tour. Some time ago shallow water was
found at the end of the pass jetties.
Dredging to remove the supposed mud
had no more effect than paring a corn.
Then engineers investigated. Way down
below the river bottom they report natural
gas is escaping from the earth. It
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accumulates, the mud bulges up above
it, forming an extensive .elevation in
the mouth of tue pass. The "hump" in
the channel now is of immense proportions,
and has lessened the normal
depth of the channel at that point by
about twelve feet.
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