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Show Bad for Sunfisk Butte Evening News. f Tho scientists who discovered that mosquitoes mos-quitoes carried malaria germs, that Teddy beara" were demoralizing, that children should wear no clothes, that men over 10 years of age should bo chloroformed and that human beings should not bathe, havo enjoyed spotlight privileges for some time, each in his turn. Now comes Dr. Edwards, of tho bureau of health of Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, with a new one. Dr. Edwards seeks to prevent a typhoid epidemic there, such ns has visited the city tho last two summers, by Importing seven hundred sunflsh. These fish and more are to bo placed In the reservoirs, and also liberated In the Alleghany river, near the pumping station for the water supplv. Dr. Edwards Is quoted as saying say-ing that If there is anything which a sunflsh likes It Is the typhoid fever germ, and it is further claimed that the sunflsh sun-flsh is sure death to malaria germs. All tills may be very fine for the general health of the community, but It's a little hard on the sunflsh who. It might bo presumed, will straightway die of typhoid fever. Here Is a chance for some benevolent nature faker to form "a society so-ciety for the prevention of cruelty to sunflsh." and save them from the fate Dr. Edwards prescribes. |