Daily Republican., 1890-02-04
La GRIPPE THEORY,

It 10 wsll-known fact that the eggs
or ov6 OF every inAect 10 deposited In the
summer and fall, 70 he Matched again tho
next spring and summer. Countless bill
lions OF these eggs srs deposited. Every
blade Of grsss, leAves and stems of plants;
every tree and bush, aud every inoh OF
ground; every crevics on the outsi,le OF .
house contains more or less waiting for
the spring and GUNNER heat BY which
they are brought to life.
Tho same warmth from the sun that
makes the treea Leaf and bud brings 10
lie these countless millions OF germs.
The unusual warm and rainy weather
Of tho last two months, 20 free from frost
and snow. has not only made the trees
and bushes leaf and bud, hut has prema-
turely hatched these gsrma which on
warm, sunny days have filed the air by
millions. A temperature Of IS and asove
brings them TO life, while often during
the last month II has exceeded So In the
Gun for continuous days; . temperature
they could not exist. unless under some
protection.
On warm day. like Christmas, which
had been preceded by many o hers, the
people have naturally opened all their
doors and windows to get the benefit Of
sun and air. Those millions Of germs
have taken advantage Of the increased
heat, coming from these openings to
onter tho dwellings In swarms. Under
40 they could not exist in open air.
December 80 aud 81 being low tsmpsra-
ture has killed all IN open air. But In
very few private dwellings or public
buildings does the temperature ever go
below 90. and In many never below 10;
consequently, the air 10 all these heated
buildings 10 thick with these germs that
have entered during the warm days. The
carpets and ali tapestry han Singe, rug,,
o. are alive with them, aud they will
remain tiilfrozen out.
1t was only In the middle Of these
sunny days that they had sufficient &C.
tivity 10 be In the air. After 4 or o
O'Clock they would become numbed,
like you will often see fly when the
temperature Is below 90, but next day, n
warm. they are In the air again TO swarm
IN the Windows, where they remain on
account OF the increased heat and never
60 ou'-they are too comfortable.
Big ash subsist upon aud destroy little
6sh. DO do big germs, insects, flee, and
birds Of the air subsist on their smaller
kind; and II they had not been prema.
tureiy Matched before their regular time
for the subsIstsnce Of their natural cue.
miles, consisting Of migratory birds, hiee,
etc., they would not have been 80 poison
Gus and destructive to heath. You NAV
have often observed the common house a ,
darling back and forth In the air, II
was catching just such germs ~ We now
have, but no house.fy to protect us.
While the warmth has brought these
germs TO life, It has not brought back the
migratory birds, nor the larger insects to
life, 60 they will oil live tn frozen out.
These germs cannot reproduce, SO next
summer We may have less potato bugs,
rose bugs, etc.
The only remedy now Is to freeze them
out. Bank tho fires or put them out
altogether. open the windows and doors;
the lower The temperature you get
the better aud sooner you Will be rid OF
the pest.
Carpets. tapestry. etc., should be hung
10 the air on the frat frosty day, not In
the sun but In the shade. the sun is life
to the germs.
These germs thrive best In large, WE'LL
lighted and heated rooms, with high
ceilings, such - banks, offices, etc all
such buildings should have the fires
banked or out entirely every Sunday,
huu teui pcrutuIo ioWctcu 10 kcru, u pOe-
sible. whenever free are required week
days.
The same unusual climate has existed
for the last two months all ovar the
world. Russia being In . higher lsti-
tude came nrst, but England, France
aud Germany, being ab ut the Same as
our own. come together. The cause 10
the same and the same remedy the cure.
Tho writer 10 . farmers son, and IN
old soldier, who has lived great deal In
the open air, and who has watched and
taken deep interest In Insect life. He
has not been in bad sick for thir years
and mover bad an ache or pain he could
not trace the cause, but came very near
being laid up with this last La Grippe,
from which be has not fully recovered.
This theory 10 the result Of two sleepless
nights in tracing tho cause, and he came
to the conclusion that no constitution
could stand the taking In Of hundreds Of
poisonous Rerms with every breath and
be unaffected. Doctors have given any
plumber Of treAiiscs 40 to the cure-but
tue writer has failed to sec any theory ~
70 the cause and prevention.-T. R.,
Beverly, N. J.