Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-02
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turned 10 the mosquito UDdoaoesdly ~
mesquite has invaded the ncrsd presEncs q
ths scientist and has sxAspsgutsd hnn very
much. as be docs fhs common place prrsue
who kno~s nothing d srisncs in my q -
manifold manifestations Al any rata, a
EASTERN scientist announces that ~ mcsqutso
b found in every part Of ths hahisahis giohs
where there are swamps and stAgnAnt wstar.
Il would be exact 10 ~ that ths mosquito
ilnds the human being in svsry ciims. I'D
that the average human heing. srsentibeA a
espss.i. has never been known 70 hunt ths
msnuto as a diversion Trve. b has nearly
ID ked himself senselea by striking that
part Of his anatomy where Be Imagined ths
mosquito has ordered bis rcpass. but has bsso
dIIed With rage when b hard the bun d
the creature In q note which proved that al
vas serenity with him
xor 4 HIN Bur SHE
The mosquito has been referred to - him
II the scientist knows what be y talking about
the mosquito which keeps people awake with
its dismal treble always in . minoe key, which
h q terror not 50 much because It depletes the
life current In our veins - for the hendish
method OF doing it, d 'sher-the female OF
tho species He the SCIENTIST tells Us thai
the male mosquito b an innocent who, II b
leads an aimles life, also leads . homeieo
one How be sabsists. how he spends his
time while his sleepless and voracious spouse
il making the existence OF both man and bead
q burden To them. the scientist or naturalist
who makes this assertion does not deign TO
explain.
The scientist who seems to have accepted
the mission Of making it appear that every
thing created is useful to the human race.
comes to the defense Of the mosquito. In the
.'hrvse form. (which Is one Of the stages Of
existence which the thing which becomes the
bloodthirsty mosquito In the end passes
through, il is blessing in that 1t devofes It
self to cleansing swamp lands and stagnant
pools Of the miasmus which plague mankind
with various kinds OF fsverx II this state
ment Of the scientist is correct. then the mos
quito Is more disreputabie wretch than Al
first appears, being no better than the savage
WHO SdNtc Tie llic VI LIS uutoi y a''ses
in battle that he may torture him TO death At
his leisure since she preserves human being
frou the possibility Of fever only 70 reserve
him for unspeaka bic torture with her % pois-
onous lances and exasperating music. The sci
entists who are seeking the life Of the mos
quito to the limit of extinction abandon the
drainage and filling theory. and seek other
agencies for discriminating the pest.
HUNT FOR ENEMIES
Accordingly they have been canv assing the
insect department Of creation to find the
natural destroyer Of the mosquito. One Of
them, Dr. LAmborn. claims to have found hin
in the dragon Hy, more generally known as
the devils darning needle" and. in some To-
calities, as the SNAKE feeder" This long
bodied, wide winged, rakish insect. with his
basso buzz, has achieved had reputation q
rather he has had \ bad reputation thrust
upon him His appearance in q school room
through the open window has turned fifty
well grown boys and girls, with their teacher,
frantic, and yet the scientist has learned that
the dragon fly never injured human being,
never piloted a snake to a repast, much less
allowed himself to be used in repairing the
rents in the hose Of his Satanic majesty. The
clever DIR. Lamborn has discovered that the
dragon fly spends his days in eating insects,
and that Of all insects he prefers the mos
quito, and having made this discovery lie
has offered prize for the best essay on the
propagation OF the dragon fly, basel upon ex-
perience. This essay requires the naming Of
the most voracious species OF the insect, which
is hereafter TO be known by the name Of the
mosquito hawk"
II this particular scientist Is upon the right
track, il the DEVILS darning needle is in fact
the mosquito hawk, II he can be multiplied
as the sands Of the sea by persistent and in
telligent breeding, and his appetite for the
mosquito is not destroyed by human manipu-
lation, there is hope Of deliverance at summer
resorts from the deadly incursions OF myri8ds
Of mosquitoes Then every unhappy resident
in mosquito ravaged locality can keep his
own colony Of mosquito hawks, or, better,
the breeder and dealer can sell them from
house to house, ms he does alleged spring chick
ems and such The owner Of house will pur
chase a score, while the occupant Of a single
room will make modest purchase Of two TO
protect him from the death song Of the mos
quito. And more, new industry will be es
tablished giving employment to scores and
perhaps hundreds of men and women.
LAST But NOT LEAST
Another scientist has discovered another
destroyer Of the mosquito. So far as has
been ascertained this destroyer bears him no
personal enmity 1t Is not . conflict Of races,
except that one regards the other AS q deli
cacy Of the season as food. Strange to say,
this mosquito destroyer is even more posi-
lively repulsive, and more feared by humans
than is the dragon fly. 1t is the spider who,
il this naturalist knows himself, or rather
his subject Is not a vicious poisonous in
sect He does not believe that spiders bite
human beings. On the contrary, be leads
one to suspect that this industrious creature
spins his webs with the dual purpose Of
catching his daily food and relieving man
and beast Of their tormenters. II DIR. Nc
Cook, who presents the spider theory in The
North American Review, is on the right
track and he can bring people to his way of
thinking. he has not only relieved the spider
of the o,lium Of generations. but he will he
the means OF bringing the cobweb maker into
popularity. and Of making him suhserve a
useful purpose in that economy whtSe end 10
to make mankind comfortable II his theory
shall I've accepted. the spider that now makes
one shudder will become pet, and the cob
web in the corner OF the room which Is now
regarded as "A sign Of slackness in tho house
keeper will be looked on rs most useful or
nament. Tie spider will not only be pro-
tected, but his presence in all the house will
be encouraged and his web, will be iealously
guarded as the canopy that will entrap the
mosquito who murdcreth sleep and stabs US
for our own life b.,Dd.-St Louis Globe
Democrat.