Daily camera., 1901-10-02
BURGLARS. MOSQUITOES
&& AND CURIOSITY GG
WHILE the amateur experiment

f" ~ 1AIm - not ready 70 MAKE
its hnal reports on the subject Of
mosquitoes, . subject which seem'
to be engrossing the attention Of sci
entiats everywhere. il 10 able to make
. show Of substantial progress. The
mosquitoes forced themselves on the
attention of the amateur farmer on,
evening . couple Of weeks ago Will.
he was sitting out under the oal
trees near the house enjoying the
moonlight and the breeze. At hrs.
the effort was In the direction Of cur,
rather than prevention. A shelf was
labeled Remedies for mosquito
bites." and was soon half filed with
glass bottles and psstsboard boxes
Everything that anybody had ever
recommended - a cure for mosquito
bites was procured. and after one had
anointed himself with half . dozen
Of these preparations mosquitoes
were the least Of his troubles. Tho
cook lady. who was most persistent
In their use. soon developed . face
which resembled the palette Of an
impressionist painter. and she an
nounced that II something was not
done to help her she was going back
to town. Her complexion WAS ruined.
anyway. so Il was.
The retired sSriculturist came over
one morning and chuckled unpleas-
antly - he looked at the row Of bot.
ties. He lad foTgottsn his false
teeth and vss. consequently. In Q
most ssrcastie mood.
"It's easy enough TO get rid Of the
hs said. -All you got TO
do is 10 take . eAaw-s Ans cut and
rub . leedls surossne lie on ysre
face. an there 70 b. Not . skeed-
sr'lI touch ye."
An attempt vas made 70 get the
assistant aRriculturist 70 apply the
Ane cut and the kerosene. but he re-
fused to sacrifice himself on the al
tar Of science. Accordingly. II 10 i'm
possible 70 state positively whether
or not the remdey Of the retired
y an effective one.
though II sounds A. II II would be
fatal to the mosquitoes at least.
II wss the lady OF the manor who
finally. In . moment Of inspirsti
devised what promises to b An
Invention In the mos
quito line. She drove downtown with
the assistant experimsntallt ono
and returned shortly with
the surrey full Of lumber and eylin-
drical bundles. When the expert
mental farmer started for the city
The assistant was already busy with
saw. hammer and nails- When he
asked what waa being built he was
told to wait and sss.
Whsn he got hack homo that even
Ing the lawn near the ho1ss was dot
led with what looked Ike the un-
deshsd skelsAons Of small chicken
roopk Inside each was . rocking
chair and . small table. ON which
.tood . candlestick and . book.
Look" said the lady Of the manor,
"thoss arc individual
eages- They are COW
,red with mosquito netting. You
,tep inside. sit down and pull the
aaps together. and you may enjoy
The moonlight and the breeze - long
- ever you please without the slight
sst danger Of being bitten by mos
luitoes."
On his own motion the assistant
had gone even fur
her. He had built for his own use
cylindrical mosquito-proof helmet
md q pair Of gauntlets. incased in
which he could safely defy anything
which flies, and which enabled him to
dispense with an anti-mosquito cage
md move about at pleasure.
After dinner the entire family got
nto their cages and proceeded to en-
10y the cool Of the evening. the glo-
lies of the sunset and the splen-
lor Of the rising moon. This proceed
IRE acted as spur to the active
curiosity Of the retired Agricultural
md his wife, who live in the cottage
across the way. The old man got
out his spy glass and from q point
II vantage on the roof of his porch
studied the situation long and care
'ully. Then he went downstairs and
the spy glass to his i'm
patient wife.
These people are plum crazy" he
,aid. They've got . whole lot Of lit
lie chicken coops built and they're
dttin' out in 'em like prize roosters
% the county fair"
A long distance view In the moon
light was not satisfactory to the wife
# the retired agriculturist.
I'm going to hnd out what's the
natter with EN-" she said. "Aebbe
hey amt safe to be left alone"
She s.cDr:.! in her carden and
picked . handful of lettuce leaves.
Then she came across the road to the
farm and walked up the
long lane to the house.
"Why, howdy do" she said. - she
approached the Arst of the cages.
"Our lettuce 10 80 Ans that thought
I'd bring 70 some over. Amt 1t .
purity night"
Ncw the garden st the experiment.
a farm 10 particularly long ON let
tucs, There are three lettuce beds,
each Of which In Its luxuriancs 10 q
standing reproach to the other vege-
table, So the lettuce - . peace Of
ferin6 was not . success. The lady
OF tfe manor made NO answer.
Thank you 80 much, Mrs. Need.
wards Jsmes"-this to the assistant
expsfimentslist-"bring out . caga
for Mrs. AcEdwards. II u . lovely
svlns."
But Nrs. NcEdwards waited "a
hear no moro. Her worst fears wsre
realised. Her new nsighbors wsra
plaiaiy lnnatics. They evan wanted
70 pat Asr in cage. She scuttlsd
bssk across tie road like . scarsd
.eld hen.
TIE following night there VA
great exdtsment at the emAtsur q.
RsEa1easal 4esn. After - Ase.