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Show THE SALINA SUN, SALIN A, UTAH INNOVATION IN SYDNEY Describes Work of Deadly Pest U. S. Bureau Reports on Mosquito Experiments. Washington, D. C. Yellow fever apparently no longer occurs In the United States, and Its occurrence with us for all future time is most unlikely, yet the yellowfever mosquito Is perhaps the commonest household mosquito in the Gulf states, and It has been shown to be responsible for the backcarriage of dengue or bone fever. As It Is distinctly a household mosquito which Is readily controlled the Importance of such control Is obvious. The only species of mosquito, says L. O. Howard, chief of the bureau of entomology, United states Department of Agriculture, In a bulletin on the which has been shown to subject, transmit yellow fever Is a small form well known In the tropics. It Is somewhat variable In size, but on the whole is so small ns to require a mosquito bar of twenty strands, or nineteen meshes, to the Inch to prevent its entrance Into screened rooms. Both males and females can pass through a netting containing sixteen strands, or nineteen meshes, to the inch. It is strikingly marked, and, on the whole, when seen under the lens, a beautiful insect. Its general color is dark, but its thorax Is marked with a silvery white, and there Is a silvery white spot on each The side of the abdomen segments. black with are banded legs alternately and pure white, and the long palpi of the malg are also alternately banded with black and pure white. The yellow-feve- r mosquito Is Inseparably associated with man In the tropics. It is essentially a town mos quito, and normally it Is never found at a great distance from habitations. It shows a very decided preference for human blood, and it must have blood for the development of Its legs. Both sexes Inhabit houses and when there Is a supply of water the entire life cycle takes place indoors. Knows the Ways of Man. Its long association with man is shown by many of Its habits. It approaches stealthily from behind. It retreats upon the slightest alarm. The ankles and, when one Is sitting at a table or desk, the underside of the hands and wrists are favorite points of attack. It attacks silently, whereas other mosquitoes have a piping or humming note. The warning sound has doubtless been suppressed in the evolutionary process of its adaptation to man. The female sucks blood when It Is available, and needs blood to develop her eggs. In captivity she has been kept alive for a long time on honey or other sweet substance. She is attracted to portions of the body covered with perspiration. A female will bite within eighteen to twenty-fou- r hours after she emerges from the pupa. Virgin females will bite but fertilized females are more greedy. After a meal of blood she is very sluggish ; she flies with difficulty, seeking a hiding place for digestion. Several hours are consumed in digestion, and then the female is anxious for another meal of The species normally suck blood. blood repeatedly. In thirty-on- e days a female is recorded to have sucked blood twelve times. By biting a number of different individuals the chances of becoming herself infected with yellow fever and transmitting the diseases are greatly increased. Mosquito Prefers Man. The yellow-feve- r mosquito can subsist upon the blood of any warmblooded animal, but shows a decided preference for man. I; prefers the white race to dark races, and among the whites attacks by preference young, vigorous persons of fine skin and good color rather than unemic or aged people. It will also feed upon birds, and it has been carried alive from Brazil to Europe by being fed I HE DECIDED TO "1 Lor-rimer- Gut.--eras- s tain, which for months had been Arrns-dale- s stopping place. At first the appalling silence had worn wearily, the days tilled in with sketching had not banished his boredom then Armsdale came upon Ginny "Ginny in a durk blue cotton her frock, golden lights flecking coal bluck eyes as she glauced gravely up at him. The winsome and brooding feminine. Ginny" had a spldnx-iik- e quality of to conversation, sitting, unconscious of the glowing world about her, her fathomless bluck eyes deep in reverie, the golden lights Armsdale so admired flashing suddenly as she glanced at one in awakening. Armsdale often brought about this swift awakening by an abrupt remark. Ginny," he would accuse, Where are "what is your mystery? She you in your absorbed silence? gave no returning smile to his banter. rare smile piqued his inGinnys terest; she would answer gravely: My thoughts were not witli you, Her title, amused and Artist. pleased Armsdale always he was half-abse- e .vbove Is shown the first apnrtment house in Australia, located in Macquarie street, Sydney, which was recently opened by Premier George Fuller. There are 52 apartments In the buildFerro-eoa-cret- ing. Beavers Repair Dam Bloomsburg, Ia. Although the miller at Bowmans mill, six miles front here, had tried for years to repair u leak in his dam, all his efforts were of no avail. Yet the dam now Is repaired and doesn't leak a drop. A colony of beavers from the North mountain recently moved down to the dam and within a few days had the leak securely plugged. Savage Malays Defy White Man 4- - oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Children Fire Own House to Warm Pup Down where Washington, D. C. Springfield, Mass. Going te the monkeys chater, where the plants the cellar of his home, where his outgrow the trees, where old men pet dog was housed In a box, climb the branches and drop like ripe George Shumsky, four and a fruit to be eaten, and natives keep half, feared that the pup might their teeth filed close to the gums, be cold, so, with his sister Rosa, such, says a bulletin from the Natwo and a half, he set fire to tional Geographic society, Is Sumatra, some papers near the dogs box. where the ubiquitous oil drill Is reapWhen the flames crept up Into the upper stories, George and ing a remote harvest. Rosa escaped with the pup to a "Reports that the Jambi petroleum fields are to be developed give promwhile policemen neighbors, ise that the worlds fifth largest Island helped other members of the two families may soon experience a boom like that the occupying which has made Its little sister, Java, dwelling to escape. The damage a garden spot of the world. was several thousand dollars. 9 Malays Defy White Mans Rule.' The length of Sumatra is equal to OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the distance from New York to St. Louis; its area is greater than that a blow on the head and then eat him. Even the Sumatran nntives who of all the New England states. New York and Pennsylvania; it is four work on the great tobacco and rubber times the size of Java, yet has only plantations, and live along the beaten h as many people. paths cling to their native customs, The Dutch found the Javanese a Women wear wedding earrings, not docile and industrious people but the wedding rings. These ore large, sil trinkets which must be mixed, warring and savage Malays of ver, button-lik- e Sumatra to this day have defied the kept In evidence until the first child white mans rule. The Achinese na- is born, or for five years if there is The tives, in the north island country, first no child, and then abandoned. rebelled against the newcomers in sagging, buttonless ears of the older 1599, have fought steadily for the past women do not commend the custom. 40 years, and are reputed to have cost Mother Her Own Perambulator. the Dutch 290,000 lives and A Sumatran mother is her own perambulator. She carries her baby Volunteers for Cannibalism. astride her hips, held there by a scarf The Bataks, however, are the least across her shoulder. Iler single-piec-e tied natives. island The of civilized the gown, and only garment, is a Dutch have tried to stamp out canniwhich hangs loosely from unsarong no is that but there balism, certainty der the arms, or from the waist. A they have been successful in their turban-lik- e headdress, of the same humane endeavor. When an aged warblue cloth as her sarong, comdark first-class rior felt he no longer was a her costume. pletes a climb would man tree. he fighting Sumatra is a botanical garden of Beneath it his relatives would chant Some varieties and dance. After a time he wnud fall amazing luxuriance. like giant asof look which bamboo, to the ground, symbolizing the dropa foot or more grow paragus stalks, of the ping ripe fruit, whereupon mourners would promptly kill him by a day and In three or four months their waving tops appear shove the centuries-olteakwood forest A flower which uttains the prodigious size of its name is the All along the east coast, which stealthily reaches out to take the fringe of Islands to Its bosom Is the mangrove. When the man grove's seeds are ripe they do not fall off. They germinate on the parent tree and grow downward in long shoots. These drop of their own weight, take root in shoal water, and help entch the silt worked down to Sumatras swampy coast by rainfalls almost ns heavy ns those of Rhodesia Waterspouts, simoons and almost daily thunderstorms add to the weather variety of the cast coast. Tin spine-lik- e mountain range extends nearly the length cf this island along the vest coast, on which side are fev rivers and more temperate weathei than one would expect in a land bisected bv t he Equator A principal river of the east coast is the .Iambi, which gives its name to the region and town where the oil drills break the skyline of forest jungles. one-sixt- 0. d mon-arch- Cause Trouble for Senate Pag - ly Horses Become a Menace Bend, Ore. Wild horses are increas ing so rapidly in central Oregon thii' they are becoming a menace to th When Senator Stephens of Mississippi shaved mt ms mustache he started range needed for the pasturing of shee sone trouble. His features are very similar to those of Senator Iut Harrison and cattle. Low prices for horses havi of lllssissippl and now they are known as the Mississippi twins. The sen- caused ranchers to turn them outxand of selejilve ator; shown above, look alike and dress alike, and the senate pages are hav- without the iufiueiv Is deteriorVUu ing their troubles picking out the right one t the right time. Senator Harr- breeding, the stock I rapidly. ison la a the left and Senator Stephens at the right. by Weatarn Newapaper Union.) T EANING against the tree trunk while the breeze rutiled his wavy hair, and troubled thought brought a frown to his ' handsome forehead, to give up Ginny." t Armsdale decided It really must be done before the should come with their guest to make a camping party in the moun- upon canary birds. Instances are on record of the biting of corpses. The popular name In the British West Indies, day mosquito, is derived from the fact tliat this species is usually active and bites only In the daytime, although, where there Is a light in the room, it may also bite at night. Adult females have been kept alive for long periods by feeding them upon bananas and other fruit, upon honey, molasses and other sweet substances. Beyond the fortieth day the mortality becomes great. They will live longer , when the atmosphere- Is moist. in Cuba, kept five Infected adult females alive for 101 days and one for 154 days. The cessation of former yellow-feve- r epidemics In the southern United States on the appearance of the first cold weather in November and December was due to the fact that the yellow-feve- r mosquito is killed by the cold. The yellow-feve- r Is a mosquito strong flier; nevertheless, it does not fly very far and, as has already been pointed out, Is rarely found away from houses. It apparently never flies very high and is found by preference in the lower stories of houses. There is conflicting evidence regarding the effect of strong currents of wind on this species, and it Is recorded that strong air currents produced by a mechanical ventilator had no effect upon flight. $200.-000,00- I By MOLLIE MATHER ) ence Oil Boom. ft GIVE UP GINNY i$ Sumatra May Soon Experi- I just Artist." He had first found "Ginny" seated on a fallen tree in an upper opening of the forest. Her face had been raised to the song of a bird, und he hud noted nt once the smallness of her brown hands, the neatness of the small feet, too, In their Indian moccasins. Though Ginnys frock was of dark cotton, she wore about her throat a long string of red beads made from shining mountain berries. He knew that he would make love to her, and he wondered If always she would dart away as she did when he first began to talk to her. He endeavored to hold her in conversation which lie made an interesting lure with books of travel und adventure. He was permitted to know little at her the very name of Ginny" came to him through the chance call of a woman. They had lingered in the woodland shade until the noon hour, Ginthen had come the sharp call : SAY when you buy -- Qjuurn BAYER Unless you see the Bayer Cross on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians 23 years foe Accept only Colds Headache Toothache Rheumatism Neuritis Lumbago Neuralgia Pain, Pain Bayer package which contains proven directions. Handy Bayer boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100 Druggists. Aspirin la the trade mark o( Bayer Manufacture of MonoeceUeacldester of Ballcyllcacld Pits Instead of Silos The Royal Agricultural Society of England Is conducting experiments with pits dug in the ground for the stornge of fodder ns a substitute for the more expensive tower silos. DEMAND Piety and Puritans riety is Indifferent whether she enters at the eye or at the ear. There is none of the senses at which she does not knock BAYER Bayer Cross Aspirin Marked With Has Been Proved Safe by Millions. Kind Invitation (after ' day or other. WOMEN! WARNING! DONT BE FOOLED Unless you see the name ou package or cn tablets you Buyer are not getting the genuine Bayer Beware! Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 23 years. Say Bayer" when you buy Aspirin. Imitations may prove dangerous. Adv. Warning! rrofessor one The Puritans forgot this, and thrust beauty out of the meeting house and ASPIRIN slammed the door In her face. Jameg Russell Lowell. trying Not All Package Dyes Are "Diamond Dyes. Diamond Dyies. ' first-hou- r class) Some time ago my doctor told Always ask for Diamond Dyes ani me to exercise early every morning if you dont see the name Dlamom with dumb-bellWill the class please Dyes on the package refuse it ham ny! Ginny! It back I Join me tomorrow before breakfast? Time for dinner, his wood nymph Each package of "Diamom off. had said, and darted so simple an; contains directions Dyes Rashes Soothes Cuticura Baby He asked Harris that evening to woman can or dresses tint skirts, dye make inquiry regarding the woman That itch and bum, by hot baths waists, sweaters, stockings, kimono) of followed Cuticura by gentle coats, Soap who had called from the clearing, and draperies, coverings everythin of Cuticura Ointment new, even to find out, if possible, who might be anointings if she has never dyed before espesweeter, Choose any colo. at drug store. Refus this girl whose unsmiling face seemed, Nothing better, purer, as time passed, to hypnotize his senses. cially if a little of the fragrant Cuti-eur- a substitutes ! Talcum Is dusted on at the finCertain it was that the thoughtful 25c each. Advertisement, ish, of him of It His gaze "Ginny haunted long after he had left her presence. Teacher What is resignation? Harris learned only that a man and The Only Reason Smart Boy Resignation is when his wife occupied a neatly fashioned When I was young, said Aunt you want something you cant have, log cabin on the upper opening. The Jane, "girls never thought of doing ahd then pretend you never wanted it. house wns often long closed and va- the things they do today. cant, and the young woman also That's probably why they didnt do CASCARETS FOR LIVER Stopped there whose name was Gin- them, drawled the girl. AND BOWELS 10c A BOX ny. Armsdale ventured gentle questionA Universal Remedy for Pain. Cures Biliousness, Constipation, Sick ing concerning Ginny, and her life For over 70 years Allcork's Plaster has Adv. in the mountain. Sweet, inscrutable, been a standard external remedy, sold in Headaohe.Indigestion. Drugstores. she evaded reply. He was sorry for all parts of the civilized world. Adv. Left Too Soon her; a lonely life for one young and fair as Ginny. Yet, deliberately he Good advice Is well enough in Its maids My always boil eggs hard. planned to add to that sorrow by way, but a hungry man cant make a Is that so? Mine never stay long teaching her the lesson of love to her Satisfactory meal on it. enough for that. later desolation. Her continued companionship gave to him the answer lie sought; for came to his side again Ginny yielded even wonderingly to his kiss. He had laughed exultantly ns she A Harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops darted from his embrace; frightened for the time, lie thought, amusedly. His amusement did not last. OverNo Narcotics! and Soothing Syrups whelmingly came the desire to see the woodland maid again; he had sought Castoria has Food ; giving natural sleep without Mother! Fletchers her eagerly, hut after the caress she 39 over been in use for p years to relieve opiutes. The genuine bears signature of made nndcture in the vagrant bullies and ehildren of Constipation, of the forest path. So, still each day hopefully nt the Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; trysting place, Armsdale made ills de- allaying' Feverishness arising therecision. He would give up Glnnv. from, and, by regulating the Stomach When she must come again lie would am! Bowels, aids the assimilation of tell her that she might no longer seek Inexhim in the forest opening. plicably against the thought came a somber memory flash of "Ginnys eyes, the glint of gold in their depths that stirred ills pulses. Inor little mountain maid, she would grieve for Take your choice and suit him in her desolation these silent or Menthol your taste. flavor. A sur relief for coughs, women were strange. But the colds and hoarseness. Put one were coming, and witli them in your mouth at bedtime. Helen Moreland, whose assured place TRAOB in society, whose confident charm he Always keep a box on hand. might still consider worthy to claim his own. The artist arose in sudden eagerness, banishing unhappy thought task. of his determined "Ginny" Ginstood before him. He stared MENTHOL ny, with an entrancing smile curling (omnqt cotondboxf 1847 Famous e her red lips, as she wound the red heads about her fingers. The time has come," .remarked this new Ginny, ns the walrus said, to talk of many things. Mrs. Warring. with whom I am staying, tells me that you are to have guests; they may he better informed than you regarding your neighbors. Therefore, I may no longer keep my secret. I am Virginia Dornley, writer of hooks. Yes, she answered his stare of author of The hook. Your friend, the physician, was aduynished Supreme to make no mention of my presence class. in here or of my engagement to him. I As Smooth asVelvet. came, you see, sowy for work and reflection. 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