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principally inhabit woods and marshes.
The other variety make themselves
heard and felt during the night chiefly.
The greater portion of their active exist
ence is passed in or near human habita-
tions. These arc the varieties with
which man is most intimately &C.
ouainted.
But in all the species Of the mosquito
family the male apparently is the supe
rior being. In grace and elegance of
architectural const uction, as well as in
variety and gorgeousness OF raiment, the
male mosquito far surpasses the female.
The male also enjoys privileges aud pre-
negatives to which the female can never
aspire-certainly can never gain. The
function which she performs in propaga-
ton Of the species compes her TO con-
sumo more food than he does. and all
this food she is obliged to get herself.
In every essential particular she has TO
make her own and the family's living
without the slightest aid from him.
Such food as he requires for himself,
which is neither large in quantity nor
varied in quality, he picks up Beyond
that he does little except TO display his
charms and enjoy life. 1t is the female
Of the mosquito family with which tho
human species comes in most intimate
contact. The female does by far the
greater portion of the biting done by the
family, and the warblings of the mosquito
are those of the female mosquito only.
The mosquito first appears in the
form of an egg. The eggs are depos-
tied in the water by the mother mos
quito Before doing this she crosses her
hind legs in the shape OF letter Y. AS
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may be SAID to complete the second stagtl

may be said to complete the second stagt
in the existence OF the mosquito
From ten TO fifteen days after the APP
pearance Of the larv.p the substance
enters the pupe state. They take on
thin skin, almost completely covering
the larvae, and roll around in the water,
their motions being directed by fin-lixe
contrlvarce at the end of the tail. The
quick. seemingly irregular, movements
of the pupD give them the name OF
"tumbleis They. too, arc familiar 10
persons residing in tho rcral districts in
the spring and summer. The chang of
the larv into the pupe completes the
third stage in the NOS luito's existence.
Between five and ten days after tho
pupe appears the last and most critical
stage in the entire metamorphosis of the
egg into the perfect insect arrives.
About this PERIOD the pupa skin bursts
open, and the mosquito takes its first
look at daylight Tho pupa shell is in
the form of "A boat the opening appear
ing on the surface OF tho shell which Is
farthcst from the water The insect
rises slowly and deliberately until it at
length balances itself on its tail A small
gust of wind now or slight eddy, and
the shell boat would tip over. when the
mosquitoes active exist nee would end
before il begun.
IL the gust of wind or eddy fail to APP
pear-and it is certain that they often
do fail to appear-the insect slowly eX-
tricates its front pair of legs, and places
them On the surface OF the water, still
clinging 10 the shell boat Then it as
slowly and deliberately spreads its wings.
They at first strike the water, but are
raised alb we it again, and the sun-for
these affairs invariably take place on
sunny days-and air dry them. The
hind legs arc then slowly drawn from
the shell until their ends rest on the
edge of the boat, the body is stretched
out, the wings expanded. A moment
afterward the wings flap, the she'll is
tipped over, tho head is turned shore
ward, and the mosquito is ready for
business.
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Electric Mosquito Net.

One of the most singular uses to
which electricity has been put in this
electric age is announced from Paris. A
French savant has invented an electric
mosquito bar, which is, he believes,
destined to replace all other means of
defense against flying insects. Max
ing use of the principle of electric exc
cution, he has constructed a sort of
screen or wire-work cage, with small
electric light in the CENTER The mos
quitoes, attracted by the light, attempt
to fly through the interstices of the
cage; but If they so much as touch the
tips of their wings-and they cannot
fly through without doing so-they
are struck by the current of electricity
with which the screen is kept constantly
charged.
This mosquito-trsp, which, under O
test, is said to have killed innumerable
victims, can be maintained only by the
aid of a small electric apparatus, so ar
ranged as to send alternative currents
through the wire network.
1t is supposed that the person to be
Projected takes refuge on the interior
ofthe netting, with the little electric
light and the generating apparatus. 1t
is not too much TO say that there are
some people who would 'rather have the
mosquitoes.
Inasmuch as, if the electrified net
ting will keep out the mosquitoes, q
netting made little closer would
keep them out without any electricity,
it does not seem likely that this in
vention is destined TO any great useful
ness.
1t reminds one somewhat Of the story
of Dutchman who went about selling
a preparation for poisoning q certain
kind of troublesome insect
"You take de insec' NIT de finger an
de dumb Of Won handt," said the ped
dler, IAN den NIT de odder handt you
put de pizen in his mout."
But, said farmer, "if you've got
to catch them and hold them that way,
why can't you smash 'em and done
with it?
"Vell," said the Dutchman, "dot's a
good way, tool"
The electric netting also suggests
the story of Patrick's experience with
an ordinary mosquito canopy. He
found one in room he was to sleep in
one night, and, after studying it for a
time, made up his mind how it was to
be used This was the way he related
his experience the Eext day:
Its an Elegant thing found in me
room lasht noight. There was kyoind
of a fishing-nit for minnows over me
bid. L made hole through it wild me
knife, an livery moskater in the room
whit into the nit through the hole
Thin l shtopped up the hole wild me
hat, an shlept on the fure all noight,
comfortable-loike, wild niver boite
at all"
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He Was q "Feelin' Man.

After q railroad accident in O New
England State, poor farmers wife
was taken out, bleeding and uncon.
scious. The doctor and kind woman
were working over her when her hus-
band cane in and stood moment,
looking on in disturbed silence. His
cheeks were drawn in, his eyebrows
lifted, his hands in his pockets. Pres
emily, with some effort, he cleared his
throat to speak, and, as the doctor
looked up, he asked; "Ye didn't see a
new tin dipper lynn round where We
picked her up, did YEP" He got nc
answer from the indignant doctor, and
presently strayed out again in search
of his dipper. Meanwhile, his wife
opened her eyes and at once asked for
her husband. "He's SAFE" said the
doctor, shortly. She felt his curt tone,
and, faint as she was, she OWNED what
il meant. Hes dreadful feelin'
man," she said, ~but he don't never
say much !"
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vastness of the interior. Far away in
the distance was the high altar. The
tall images became blurred and indis-
tinct masses of masonry when viewed
from the entrance. Beneath the vaulted
roof lay the remains of the great dis
coverer, and it is with feelings Of awe
and reverence that one approaches the
chancel to gaze upon the bones of the
man who did go much for the new
world. Eight men were necessary to
bring the moldering bones to view, as
each one possessed key to certain
locks which the others could not
open. On the gospel side of
the altar, or the left side as
viewed from tho church entrance,
is the tomb of Christopher Columbus.
The heavy fastenings were unloosened
as each priest or official stepped to the
tomb. The leaden casket was taken
out and opened. Only few bones
left of all that was mortal of the great
discoverer! As the lid was pressed
back an inscription could be seen on
the inner side. There appeared the
words, I'LL ire y Els de Yaron din.
Christova Colon" "Illustrious and
Renowned Man, Christopher Column
bus"
AS is known, Columbus died at Val
ladolid in 1906. About twenty-five
years after the death of the immortal
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III SyStSm VI lL6 LII - ~ N'
perial Government. and he was also
one of the organizers of the Seismo-
logical Society of Toxic. In 1881 he
returned to the United States and re-
sumed the chair of the Ohio State
University. He organized the Ohio
State Weather Bureau Service in 1882,
and subsequently devised system of
weather signals for display on railroad
trains. Mr.. Mendenhall became pro-
fessor in the United States Signal Ser
vice in 1884, and established stations
in the United States for the system
attic observation of earthquake phenom-
ena. He resigned from the Govern
ment service TO accept the presidency
of the Rose Polytechnic Institute Of
Terre Haute, Ind. Besides member
ship in other scientific societies, Pro-
lessor Mendenhall has held the Office
of Vice President of the physical sec
ton of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, and
President Of the National Academy of
Sciences
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Good Quail les I'm an Afr'csn King.

King Khama, of Bangwato, Bechu-
nnaland, Africa, is one of the most
noted rulers in the dark continent. A
long time ago he adopted the Christian
faith, and lives consistently with his be-
lief. He cultivates the friendship Of
the whites and encourages their inhu-
ence in his country. Knowing the
evils of strong drink he prohibits its
entry into his dominions and is thus
doing much to detach from civilization
one of its greatest evils. AS an in
stance of his energy it may be said that
in the fall Of 1889 he moved the town
of Shoshong, with its population Of
10000 souls, to a more favorable site.
The new town is called Palapye and is
twenty square miles in area. King
khama's people are prosperous and
happy.
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and In moro languages than any other
living thing. Scientists variously call
her the culer ptpiellS, dtter Americdnus,
the cousin, the mOucherOn and the "hum-
ming gnat." The Century dictionary
describes the insect OF many aliases as
zone of many different kinds OF gnats or
midges. the female of which bites ami
mails and draws blood 4" Persons who
are given TO attribute TO the fema sex
all the gentlenesss and amiability there
Is in the world will bear this in mind.
Mr.. Mosquito is an easy going, gor-
geously arrayed creature, with neither
the disposition nor the ability to bite and
draw blood. He is sort OF Turvcy-
drop in the insect world, who seems to
have no higher object during his brief
life than ito show himself about town."
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the eggs are dropped they are caught by

the eggs are dropped they are caught by
the crossed legs, the glutinous substance
attaching TO the eggs holding them to.
gether. The number Of eggs laid by one
female before rising is very great. These
eggs are arranged in the form Of raft
and left TO ride on the water, shallow,
stagnant fresh water usually being Sc
lected. BY the additions made TO the
number of eggs the raft is converted
into a sort of boat, and when the lay
ing process is all completed the boat
consists OF from 800 TO $50 eggs. This
is the first stage In the cxl tence of tho
embryo mosquito. After the last egg is
laid and the boat completed the mothers
func ton, so far. at least, as regards this
particular brood, ends, and, the eggs are
left TO shift for themselves
a few DAYS after the egg boat Is
launched the Larvae appear These are
OF an elongated, worm-like form, emo
come out of the lower end of the eggs,
leaving the empty shells forming the
boat lying on the surface of the water.
The shell is soon destroyed by tho action
OF winds and water. When the larvn
appear the eggs are Matched. Most
readers of tais article have seen these
Larvae in immense numbers on tho sur
face of stagnant water during the warm
months. They are vulgarly called
"wigglers Suspended from the sur
face OF the water, with head downward,
they are enabled TO breathe by mems OF
sort OF tube communicating with the
trsaheN Vhe appearance or the larv@
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Whine or Whistle, Which?

A small boy was chasing some
what bigger one the other day, when
the bigger of the two stumbled and
fell. The other tumbled over him and
was hurt as much as the bigger one.
But the bigger boy was the biggest
baby and began to whine and cry. The
smaller one got up, brushed off the
dirt, rubbed his barked knee and be-
gan to whistle.
The other one looked at him O mo-
ment and then blubbered:
Jimmy, how cen you whistle when
it hurts SOP"
at doesn't hurt so IL you whistle,
said philosophical Jimmy. @It's when
you whine that il hurts So"
Whistle and whine begin alike, but
they end differently.
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For long time the sounds of almost

For long time the sounds of almost
all English vowels were, as the makers
Of dictionaries explain at length, in O
we now have the same vowel pro-
nounced In almost all the various ways
known to European languages. and in
several that are peculiar to English
speech. Probably the pronunciation
of more than half the words of the En-
glish language has been changed.
There can be no doubt that English
vowels originally had the same sounds
they now have in most continental Ian
guages Thus was pronounced as it
still is in father, as eli in rein. j as in
ravine, and like 90 in school.
But the English people, having q
way of changing the sounds of vowels
in speech, gradually converted each
one Of them into something quite diff
ferent.
The change Is going on still. The
vowel q, in London speech, is gradu-
ally receiving the sound of long i. An
American In London is asked if he
wishes to "takein piper is puz-I
zled until he discovers that this is En-
glish for taking daily paper"
This tendency has become so marked
that the "pipers" themselves have be-
gun, at least in O whimsical way, to
print words which have long a with
instead. The Pail Mall Gazette,
in sn article on primrose Day." devot-
ed to the memory of Lord Beaconsfeld,
fancies Englishmen singing:
But who will syve old England from the
shyme,
And her sons and daughters who will
syve7
For in vyne, alas! in vyne we deplore the
honoured nyme
or Lord Beckingsfeld now lying in his
gryve
This vicious pronunciation has begun
to creep into limited circle in Ameri-'
ca, whose members affect English
ways. 1t should be rejected and reso-
lutely discouraged by every one who
wishes to speak good English
Youths Companion.
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navigator his bones were removed from
Seville, Spain, whittier they had
already been removed from Valladolid,
and transferred across the seas to the
cathedral in San Domingo, Hayti,
whence, on the cession of that island
to the English, they were again ex-
humed from their resting place of two
centuries and half, and in 1895 buried
for the third time with great pomp in
Cuba in the Cathedral of Havana
(named for Columbus-San Crystobel
de la Habanos).
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Too Emphatic.

Too Emp attic.
"Good morning, Parson Limberlip |!
How did your congregation like the
minister who preached for you yester-
day?"
"Dey tell me, sab, dat he war charge
ter de muzzle wild gospel fac's an dat
he war flush wild de parts err speech,
but dat his intellecturum fatalities
wuz sorter handicap by dat wooden
laig he merniperlated his gestur's wild.
Yer see, de noddin' 'gredien's of nv
fol- hain't 'customed ter bein' rousted
outer deir Sabbeday dreams eb'y now
an den wild racket dat SCUM like q
mernagerie let loose in or lumber yard
an if hewar gwine ter be chronic wild
dat flock, an spresserfy his fervorum
wild dat wooden un'erstan'in' dey'd sist
on his WARM oner deze yere boxin'
gloves or poultice on de hickory 'jint,
deed dey would"
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some time the names of Professor Men
denhall, Chief of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, and Professor @. II. Mer-
riam, Ornithologist of the Department
of Agriculture, and has at last named
them. This mission will be similar to
that with which Sir Baden-Powen is
charged on behalf of the British Gov
eminent, and if Professor Merriam ac-
cepts the place he will be instructed
to leave for Alaska at once with Pro-
lessor Mendenhall, who has already
accepted.
Professor Mendenhall was born near
Hanovertown, Ohio, in 1841. He re-
ceived common school education. At
an early age he developed fondness
for the study of mathematics and the
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free to the public; but Gen. Booth, it
is said, intends to devote the property
to the uses of his Darkest England"
scheme exclusively, and therefore the
purchase is unpopular in England.
The peasantry of the neighborhood are
particularly sorry that the estate has
changed hands, for they have been in
the habit of earning small income by
gathering blackberries and other wild
fruits from the ground.
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A NEW glass is said to have been in
vented which is as hard and tough as
cast-iron. II is proposed to employ it in
the manufacture of stairs, street lamp
posts and gas and water pipes. II it
can be used for the last named pur-
lose, and thus do away witL the dan
gerous lead pipe, it will be an acqui-
sition indeed. 1t is thought that these
and similar articles can be made of
this new glass thirty per cent. cheaper
than they can be made of cast iron.
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The Font OF knowledge

Mr.. De Soience-The officers of the
Smithsonian Institution are having the
chatter Of monkeys Photographed, in
the hope that their language may be
understood, and it may be possible to
converse with them.
Mrs De Science-Tsnt that grand
L hope they'll ask the monkeys the
very first thing whether we are de-
scended from them or not.-Neu York
Weeku.
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GEN. BOOTHS CASTLE.

Tract for the Use of His Darkest En-
gland" Scheme.
Gen.. Booth of the Salvation Army
has bought large tract of land around
Hadleigh Castle, which is Ia picturesque
ruin near the mouth of the Thames.
Only the old towers are standing.
They have been sketched by hundreds
of English artists and form the center
of one of Constable's noblest pictures.
From time immemorial, says the
New York Herald, the castle and the
sylvan glades surrounding it have been
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TIE Siberian railway VIII be com
menced this year, beginning at Obdi-
vostock, the further end of tho line.
Our advices do not state whether or
not the constructing engineers have
determined to bridge over, or tunnel
under such names as are given Russian
settlements.
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natural sciences. He
was professor of ply
sizes and mechanics in
Ohio U n iv r s it y
from 1873 to 1878.
Later he went to
Japan as professor of
physics in the I'm
perial University at
Toxic. During his
stay he organized the
general meteorologic-
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A Carrier Pat.

William Hester, of Spring Hill, Pa,
has large brown bat which he has
trained to carry messages like car
rier pigeon. Mr.. Hester took the un-
canny bird to his place of business in
New Castle, and having made arrange
ments ut homo to note the exact time
Of its arrival let it loose. The bat few
r. mile IN 27R seconds.
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A Fine Send OH.

A Fine Send or
Gotnix-Well, I've just asked old
Cashbox if 1 could marry his daugh-
ter.
Wooden-What did he say?
Gotnix-Oh, he promised me fine
send off.
Wooden-A house on Commonwealth
avenue and place in his Office, 1 sup
pose?
Gotnix-Well, no; he said if I ever
came to see him again he'd throw me
down the elevator Shaft.
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Looking Ahead.

young man. said the stern father,
"do you realize that my daughter is in
the habit of wearing dresses that cost
all the way from $50 to $1O0?"
Il do, replied the young man firm
ly, "and sir" he continued, an exult-
ant ring in his voice, ut was only the
other night that we took an account of
stock and found that she had enough
of them to last three years ahead. y
Cloak ReDieU.
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She wasn't Surprised.

"Your husband is not looking well,
tonight, Mrs. Rhymer."
He isn't, and I'm not surprised
at it"
mo? Has he been oyerworking
himself?"
at isn't that 80 much; it's his orig
inality. Why, that man is struck by
so many original ideas that his mind
must be one mass Of bruises.
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His life, to be sure, is short one, but
then 1t is full of Incidence and luxury.
He is expected TO pay certain delicate
attentions to his infinitesimal spouse,
which she rewards when tired of him by
giving him a short sharp, and fatal
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fisheries in the prob
able event OF early
arbitration Of t h o
UnitedStates' rights
In those waters, the
President has d O.
cided to send two
agents to Alaska to
gather I h o neces-
$ a ry information.
He has had under
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So Much tho Retter for Her.

A gentleman and his wife, the latter
with a 6-months-old infant in her arms,
were about to enter the Austin Opera
House to see the performance one
night, when the doorkeeper suddenly
said:
Beg pardon, madam, but you can't
take infants insidel'
Very well, said the lady, $50 much
the better for me You just take care
of the little fellow till the play is over
and, by the way, there's q milk-bot-
tie in case he should cry eras
SVtings.
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HE anything but
genial "mosquito, I"
"musketo, SINUS
quito. "musque-
tee" "moschito, "
m o 5 C b ito, |"
" m o s q u e t to, "
an u s C h g I I o, +"
/" m II S b G { I o." or
I'm II 5 gu ct I o" Is
abroad. For such
a very little pest
the "mo So it o"
has more names
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ALWAYS Ready,

Did the plumber come down 10 in
spect the pipes this morningP"
Yes"
what did he eay?"
He said there was nothing the mat
ter, but he could very soon remedy
that. "-Nelo York Sun.
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THE SEAL QUESTION.

Mendenhaii, Commissioners Co Go tn
Alaska
In order that the Government may
be fully prepared with all necessary
technical information respecting the
actual state Of the Behring Sea seal
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REMAINS OF COLUMBUS.
Where They Rest and How jealousy
They Are Guarded.

j. b. Rose. of Chicago, during visit
he paid to Havana, was granted the
rare privilege of viewing the remains
of Christopher Columbus 1t is in the
Cathedral that the remains lie. AS
one enters the great Roman doorway
the eye is struck with the apparent
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Prcpostcrous-

Gay-I feel like new man to-day.
Briget-Do you? Glad to hear it.
Perhaps you can see your way clear to
pay that little bill?
Gay-Tm new man, L told you.
You can't expect me to assume the liza
bilities of the old concern
Transcript
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The Shau Sen ON.

Waiter-I expect you to pay in I'D
vance.
Guest-What do You mean, sir?
Waiter-No offense, sir, whatever;
but the last gentleman who ate shad
here got bone in his throat and died
without paying, and the boss took it out
of my wages.