The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-10
A MOSQUITO RANCH on snip.
The Retired Mariner Tells What He
Knows About ..skeets.-

grown fat pests, which he had pinned down
10 stick OF lumber These are a few
specimens OF the genuine Jersey 'skeet,' "
he continued. i caught EN- as they were
deserving a schooner. which recently ar
rived from Atlantic City. Jersey, you know
raises the finest specimens Of mosquito.
but I have seen some along the southern
coast that would give Jersey a hard pull"
Some fellow published an account of
the life Of the mosquito sometime ago. i'm
which he stated that the female laid 1212
eggs Now 1 know that is not true as /
once had mosquito farm on board ship,
and never counted more than three hum
dred at a Matching. The mosquito is dis
uncuVely an American product brought
TO perfection by evolution from the CuleX
peplens or common snat, ana cultivated
on rich American blood.
The female mosquito is furnished with
mandlDies which are absent in the male.
The male mosquito sips nectar from the
MOWERS and passes his days I'm joyous
dancing in the sunlight; the female spends.
not her days only, but her nights i'm pur-
SUIT of men into whom she may drive
her sharp lancets, to suck from their blood
her most nutritious, III less delicate diet.
The proboscis, whose double function of
piercing and sucking is an extremely COM
pick structure composed of representatives
OF the three usual mouth appendages. AZ
ter fertilization, the female lays her eggs
ter - on ship board l kept my
mosquito farm in bucket. She moores
her eggs to a floating leaf or twig, by
glutlnOuS substance. The larvae. which
in favorable circumstances are Matched in
few days, are about half an inch long
of black color, intensely active with bris-
tie fringed mandibles, which vibrate con-
tlnualy, making a little eddy which con-
Veys food particles TO their mouths. When
at rest they suspend themselves head
DOWNWARD from the surface of the water
and take in air through a curious tube.
lhey remain in the larval state about
three weeks, during which period they
change form three times. The young then
gets into the shape of its parent. and wig
giles its tail, trying to rise to the surface,
Dut IL can get away until its wings form.
When mature. comes TO the surface the
skin splits and the perfect mosquito flies
away in search of blood" "Oh, no, they
never bit me- replied the mosquito farm
ing mariner. They fed on the tough sail
ors in the forecastle. ] always had a
couple of dragon flies suspended over nv
bunk, and they frightened the mosquitoes
out of the cabin"
The Norwegian bark Ole Smith Ploug.
Capt. Andersen, fiftyfnine days from Stet-
TN arrived yesterday TO load naval stores
for Europe. Capt. Andersen is the father
of Mr.. Jonas c. Andersen of Dahl q An
dersen. The bark is owned in Savannah
The British bark Cathaya, Capt Fran
station yesterday. She is from Rio ia
nero May 3, via Barbados and Sapelo.
The four-masted schooner Harry A. Ber-
wind, which has been loading at the
Georgia Lumber COmpanys wharf at the
loot OF Bun street, was yesterday flowed
to the Central railroad lumber wharves
TO receive her deck load.
The Swedish bark Sidney, Capt. Lundh.
cleared yesterday for GutujeWsBi the new
port Of st. Petersburg. Her cargo con-
sists Of S,75l barrels Of rosin, shipped by
the S. p Shotter Co.
The Norwegian bark Augusta, from Bar
bados bound for Wilmington, N c., ar
rived at Southport July 4 in charge of the
first officer Capt, Nyberg having died
on the passage. The bark sailed for
Sapele to be fumigated. Capt. Nyberg
was well known in Savannah having
made number Of trips here.
The italian bark CarmeIa c.. Capt.
Cacace, from Oran, Africa, arrived yes
terday in ballast consigned to Strachan
q co. She is chartered to load slaves
for Cette.
The barkentine Bruce Hawkins, Capt.
Quincy, finished loading yesterday and
cleared for Boston. Her cargo consists
of 4Sl,S4S feet of pitch pine lumber, of
which 396,437 feet were shipped by Cooney,
Eckstein & Co, and 1871 feet by J. J.
yesterday from the Central railroad wharf
to the exchange wharf preparatory to
going to sea to-day.
The Savanna steamer Vigilant which
is chartered for the summer by the Win
throp Steamboat Company to run he
tween Boston and Plymouth, Mass. lost
her port wheel while returning to Boston
from Plymouth last Sunday night She
was put in a dry dock to have a new wheel
placed on her.
The revenue cutter Crawford has been
put in dock at Baltimore for repairs to
hull her and a general overhauing before
being offered for sale to the highest bidder
| by proposal The Window, which is to
take the Crawford's place on the Balti-
more station. is now having a number
of changes made in her 1t is expected to
have her IN active services by Aug. l.
The barkentine Henry NorwelI. Can't
Lord from New York, June 29, for Bruins
wick went ashore Monday night off Gull
Shoals N c. The life-saving crew went
to her assistance, and Merritt's wrecking
tug William Coley left Norfolk to aid
| her. The Norwell was to load at Bruins
wick for New York.
Many complaints are made by shipping
men of the want of attention at the capes
to the signals of vessels bound to Balti-
more, which should be announced ahead
of their arrival there, says the Baltimore
port liner Montana, which arrived Tues
day morning rom London and Swansea.
was surprised to learn that his vessels
passing in the capes had not been re-
ported to his agents, who would have been
prepared to begin prompt discharging
| Capt. Watkins says he passed in the capes
at o'clock Monday afternoon, signaled
the capes and was answered from the
station at Cape Henry, but no mention
was received of it at the Merchants Ex-
change and Reading-room here.
The steamer Gov. Stafford took a large
party to Daufuskie beach yesterday. The
excursion was given under the auspices
of the Junior Order of United American
| Mechanics. They spent a pleasant day
on the island, and enjoyed a regular
| Georgia barbecue, at which everyone was
| invited to partake
The steamer Alpha carried an excursion
to Wilmington Island yesterday, under
the auspices of the German Social Club.
| 1t was the annual picnic of the club, and
was largNg attended. The boat returned
| to the cry on her last trip about y
o'clock last night.