Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-01
THE BUSY MOSQUITO.
A Whole Book Has at Last Been
Dedicated to tho Post.

on CnC mosquito, says CQC DOSCOn (IlODC.
A great many pooplo, already aware
from personal experience that rnosqui-
toos nrc undesirable associates, will DO
surprised TO lnd out what really. Gori-
Gus cncrny OF tho huuaa raco tho i'm
sect is and always has bccn-thc insect
is found as o fossil among tho gcologi-
cal rcnatno OF former ages, apparent
~ ncvcr,. ut any period, having boon
extinct, and always having boon indus
triouS.
Thcrc seems to DO no doubt that tho
mosquito is capable of communicating
poison. Tho fact that if it il allowed to
remain long enough to draw out Q Suf-
1cient quantity OF blood but little irri-
tation remains seems 10 provo this.
but it is also said that it is capable Ct
inoculat,Mg mankind with raalari.l dis
case,
DR.. Finlay, Of Havana, asserts that it
Is hi9bclicf that the mosquito is an agent
in spreading yellow foyer. lilo says
that tho insect, after puncturing tho
skin of tho yellow foyer patient, retains
some Of tho germs of tho disease, and
that he communicates these to tho next
person he visits. SO Suro is he that tho
mosquito IL tho active If not tho only
agent for tho dissemination of yellow
foyer, that he holds that tho disease
can not exist whore tho mosquito docs
not flourish.
Tho book will servo ono good purpose
1T least. 1t will do justice to that
much-raaligncd insect variously known
in different parts of the country Us the
dragon-fly, moaqUito-hawl;, devils darn
ing needle and snallc-fccdCr. 1t will
place him in bottcr light, for, instead
of deserving tho obloquy which has
universally boon cast upon him he APP
pears to be entitled to much conSilcr;l-
ton, as tho insect rolled upon to destroy
tho mosquito.
Captain c. N. Il. Macaulay Of tho
United States army has given his OK
pCricDCc. In tho summer OF 1855 no
was on duty ct Fort Abraham Lincoln
in Dakota. 10 show tho thickness Of
tho mosquitoes at that tiClo i'll tho
ncighborhood Of Fort Abraham Lincoln
he says: "On tho target range, during
tho end of Juno and about 6hrco wCcli;'
in July, l could not stay unless l had
on heavy DootS-Sucl as arc used ont
. thcrc for ridiDG-thick trousers, leather
gauntletS and thick cache nc2' tucked
under my helmet and collar Of my
tunic."
Tho air was filled with clouds of these
tormcntors, yet ut tho appearance OF
two or thrco dragon flies tho mosquitoes
would suddenly disappear. lie was
curious to sec how they caught their
food IIo noticed that they flow in in
irrcgular kind Of sllirmish line, novel
slowly, and every now and then nado
.,1nh
ono OF these ''daD3" meant l. mosquito.
Another authority, who 3ocrls to hold
that it would DO questionable policy to
nttcmpt to destroy tho mosquito, it be-
ing in his opinion - GcGvGn ,cr, says
that other enemies may 10 relied upon
TO Go that work. He suggests that TO
Danish tho mosquito the best plan i0 to
drain meadows, logs and Gwarlrs, to
fill up staGnanE pools and lovcl rain
holding hollowS contiguous to dwell
ings, o..
Certain artificial remedies Gro also re-
he'd upon. The uso Of coal oil in swamps,
by odori2ing tho air and floating upon
tho surface pf tho watcr itself, is = worry
practical and energetic remedy. 1t de-
Etroys tho mosquito in it's carly stages.
The use of lanterns, so arranged rs to
attract and destroy the mosquitoes, is
anothcr romody. Tho mosquitoes gro
extracted to thom, and arc destroyed in
tho cans Of coal oil or kerosene or other
similar mixtures which may DO used.
They should DO placed around houses,
hotels and III marshes. Tho cXpcn3c
sud trouble of rIauagcEont arc small, CO
tl,cy aro only used during Cow months
OF tho jcar. Indeed, almost every
;acthod Imaginable or catching and de-
etroying tho insect has boon suggested
Except Tho worry simple ono Of putting
s< Oh its tail and clubbing it to death.
Those scientific autaoritica arc not
aloYo Offering suggestions FOR tho relief
Of persons whose situation nlalies .thctl