The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-22
THE BIRDS OF NIGHT.

The mosquito we have always with us.
This is not literally true, but true enough
for all practical purposes. She is al
ways with US or with some one else
The mosquito is not particular as to her
company, but for some reason she has
formed a decided liking for the scenery
about st. Paul. When the heat drives
the weary workers into the parks and
the suburbs for recreation and breath
of GOODNESS, they find every place pre-
empted by Mrs Mosquito AMI her musi-
cal daughters. The most important lIv-
ing issue in many parts of the United
States today is the mosquito The mos
quito is an Ishmaelite and a blackma:ler.
With an insinuating responsiveness she
presents her bill for blood money and
woe to the unfortunate woman or man
who has no well-conceived defense to
offer
There was a time when people believed
that every created creature had some
useful occupation in the world-seheme,
but we believe that no more-we have
become better acquainted with the hab-
its and ambitions of the mosquito l..
Q. Howard, the entomoIogist of tho
United States agricultural department,
has published a book devoted to the ORR
gin, history, habits and customs of the
mosquito. To the average resident OF St
Paul and vicinity this book will be in
teresting reading as he sits behind his
wire screens or in the aromatic clouds
which arise from the evening smudge.
He win learn from this book that it is
the female mosquito who regales his ear
with her evening song; that the female
alone INDUCES in that penetrat
ing occupation which leaves little
mounds on the surface of his aIabaster
cutiele. He will learn that, as is the
case in all animal life. the male mos
quito is a good-nature1, harmless MEM
Der of the tribe, devoted to yege abl.
diet and who never speaks above a whfs-
per.
He will learn that Mrs. Mosquito de-
posits many eggs in the waters of the
sedgy lowlands. These eggs after a
time become beautiful "wigglers" which
sport about the water for a time and
then burst forth winged creatures Of
! light, with a mission to perform. He
will learn also, that to prevent these
eggs from being deposited in a place
where the conditions are favorable TO
their development. kerosene oil should
be sprayed over the face of the pool.
to the end that Mrs. Mosquito may smell
the same and turn away in disgust to
deposit her eggs upon the dry branch of
Il nearby bush or upon the cold unsym-
pathetic bosom of stone, where no wig
Giers dare appear. If perchance, she
hath deposited her eggs already yet, and
they have become sportive wigglers they
are doomed to a life of wiggling. for
no feathered beast or bird can leave the
pool upon whose face lies the iridescent
film of kerosene.
Heretofore the G o b e has told its
readers how yellow and malarial fevers
! are propagated by the meddlesome habits
of the mosquito. All this, and more too,
! is told in this little book In this book
the raCcr win discover that the mos
quit hich bores for blood only is
kr mig its fellows as the Genus
G. ma the ma1arial variety is named
in T. iIito language Anopheles. The
reader is told all about the songs of
mosquitoes. and how to tell by the notes