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Show Mosquito War In Germany. Consul General O'l. ntlior, of Frank fort, writes: "Tho dlrectm 'if tho Hroslau hygienic hy-gienic Institute has announced tho ro-suits ro-suits of his mosquito war experiments. The first object was to destroy egg-bearing egg-bearing fomalos, which wero found in largo numbers In Broslau collars. Fumigation Fu-migation was used, and tho nulnber' falling on tho papers placed on tho floors often ran up to 2,000 mosquitoes. mosqui-toes. For destroying the lnrvao In pools of water 50 gralaa of 'larvlclde' was put Into tho pool. This kills all tho larvao within half an hour, but doos not harm frogs nnd fish. To destroy de-stroy the pnrao is another question which will recoto attention from now en. Droslau Bcems to bo tho first city lu Europe to wage a systematic war against this plaguo, and othor German cities suffering from moaqultoos are preparing to linltato their plans." |