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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

first two specimens of the parasite
upon the study of which the scientist
has based his theory that a formida-
BILE foe of the mosquito has been
dragged from retirement
AS far as the process of killing mos.
quitoes by the new method is con.
cerned there is nothing more simple
One small egg, raw, does the work
and when once the destroyers have be-
gun, nothing can prevent then from at
least decimating the marsh popula
ton. The solution of the matter will
be to induce the mosquito to eat the
egg.
Once there was a man." said Prof
Smith in his laboratory in Rutgers
college, New Brunswick. who adver-
tised remarkable poison for the ex-
termination of potato bugs The first
direction he gave was to catch the bug
and then he advised that as much of
the poison as necessary be forced
down the insects throat. When l sent
the two specimens to DR.. Stiles I did
not anticipate the possibility Of ex
terminating the mosquito in a whole.
sale fashion. In fact, l had not named
the worm. DR.. Stiles knows much
more about worms than l do and l
see that he has given the creature the
title of agamomermis culicis
CAS- to the origin of this creature we
must confess that l have no informa.
ton. l found fe wof the parasites
in the mosquitoes last year. The mos.
quitoes this season have more. Sta
tistics which l am gathering from va
rious parts of the state show that in
some localities ten per cent of the
pests are infected by parasites. and
one lot which l received this morning
from Cape May had 81 infected mos
quitoes out of ISL.
81 think that owing to the MANY
eggs which the worm lays, next wear
the mosquitoes will be fewer. II i,
a provision of nature mat when a she.
cies become so numerous as to be
troublesome its enemy attacks it with
great vigor.
'Now that is the way it is this veal
with mosquitoes. They have multi
piled so that there is no peace, and
the threadworms are after them. II
is the female mosquito only that bites
human beings, and these thread
worms prevent them from so doing
This whole question which has
been raised by DR.. Stiles is so new
that | cannot at the present pass upon
the feasibility of propagating thread
worms. l think, however, that some
thing of the kind might be done. Eggs
OF the worms could be sown in the
breeding places of mosquitoes. They
would hatch out thread worms, which
in turn would la yChousands of eggs
each. These eggs, taken up by the
young mosquitoes, might greatly re-
duce the pest. IN. Y. Herald.
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FLIES SPREAD DISEASE.
Why 1t Is Important to Keep the Lit
tie Insects Away from All
Food Supplies.

In paper written in 1900 by DR..
L. o. Howard, chief of the division of
entomology at Washington, on 1.-THE
Insect Fauna of Human Excrement,
with Special Reference to the Spread
of Typhoid Fever by Flies it was
shown that out of 27,0S7 flies which
had been caught in different parts of
the country in rooms where food was
exposed, as would ordinarily be the
case in a kitchen or dining room
more than SO per cent. of the insects
so taken were ordinary house flies
House flies breed to a very large ex-
tent in horse manure, but they are
very often attracted and frequently
develop in human excrement. An in.
dividual fly lays on an average of
about 120 eggs, which in few hours
hatch into larvae, or "maggots," and
after another transformation at the
end of ten days eventually become
full-grown adult insects.
When we consider these facts, it is
not to be wondered at that typhoid
fever often prevails in the country,
especially when we consider the I'M
sanitary system so often in use fol
the disposition of human excrement
Under these conditions every oppor-
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committee of congress wanted a design
worked up, Washington, who was
member of the committee, suggested the
deft- fingered Betsy. She accepted the
commission and members of her family
made the flags for the United States for
sixty years. Oddly enough these flags
were made of English bunting, and with
English thread, until some time in 1870,
when Gen. Ben Butler established a
bunting factory. He then got the con-
tract to furnish bunting to the United
States for it's flags, and it was not till
that time that the flags became all Amer
lean.
1t is quite easy to make Betsys star,
though it has often been disputed that
it could be done. Follow directions ex-
actly, training the eye as to evenness of
fold, and you can soon do the folding
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ri on s ieur'S
Account of 1t
BY j. w. HUNT
Copyright, 1908, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
.GSIGSSSSSSSS1G

GO, my dear friend, you wish that
y should write all that which l know
concerning what you call the affair
Latouche, is it not? All, well! ! have
fear that the result will not please, but,
. since l can refuse you nothing, l obey,
knowing well that your indulgence
will excuse those passages where my
not too full acquaintance with your
language may involve me in the diff
culties.
Allons. 1t was then, at Mont ST.
Michel, that for the first time met the
actors in that affair. Alas, l. am now
five years less young, but even TO this
Gay l cannot, without an emotion of
enthusiasm and homage, recall the
image of la belle Latouche. When one
has said that she was entirely beauti-
full one has said only the truth and still
has failed to do her justice.
But he! What shall l say of him?
Such a marriage! How was it posi-
BILE? Picture to yourself pearl with
out price fixed in setting of brass;
the glorious moon chained in a firma-
ment of daubed canvas. Picture to
yourself what you will, you will not
exceed the reality.
It was in the cloister walk of the for
tress-monastery where, hanging on
the verge of the towering rock. it over
looks the sea. There we sat and
talked, she and I, talked and watched
the sun sink far off into the sea.
We met again from time to time in
the blessed intervals between the go
and come of the Cooks tourists, he
saturnine, silent, forbidding, a covert
sheer ever on his face; she calm. gra-
cious, accomplishing, but sad, ah! how
sad
One day he disappeared. The next
they found him, a party of sightseers,
lying in the darkness of an old dun
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geon. An Englishman holds lighted
taper to make plain for his companions
the horrors of the middle ages and is
confronted by modern tragedy.
There, stretched upon the rusty chains,
they see him. His eyes stare blindly
up at the tiny fame. He is dead!
You will imagine that this caused
stir. One does not find every day
corpse in the oubliette of Mont st.
Michel. Then come the police. They
question, they peer here and there,
they twirl fiercely their mustaches.
One trembles. One breads, he knows
not what. What was it? we ask.
Heart failure, or suicide, perhaps?
ITEMS! One does not 60 into a dungeon
and close the door to have an apo
pleXy, and there was no weapon. Yet
there is a wound; oh, one so little
wound, yes; and where, think you? In
the ear! The doctor traces the pas
sage of a long, thin weapon through
the tissues of the brain. Plainly it is
murder. And the murderer? Seek the
woman! You are astonished? What
is it that you would have? Look. No,
it Is not button. Look we'll See.
this bit of steel; the head of pin for
hats, such as ladies use, and broken
short off.
Thus, step by step, the police clear
the ground. At length she is sum-
moned. The commissaire arises and
receives her with all politeness. It is
form; will she be so obliging as to ex-
plain some things? Thanks, he will be
as brief as is consistent with his duty
Madame will not think him imperti-
nent if he asks her where she was be-
tween the hours of four o'clock in the
afternoon her husband disappeared
and five and a half o'clock, when she
reentered her apartment? She was
walking with her husband at four
o'clock. Precisely. And after? ST.
lence. Her pallor, always marked. be-
came even more noticeable; a touch
of despair made yet more sad the ha-
bitual melancholy of her expression.
But she nswered-nothing
Madame should receive every con-
sideration which French chivalrv ac-
cords lady in so sadly trying circum-
stances but madame surely sees that
it is necessary to answer? She has said
that she was walking with her hus-
band at four o'clock. Naturally! That
is as Jean Labeau testifes; walking
along the gallery which leads to the
old dungeon.
Again silence.
At five o'clock people saw madame
descending the stairs cut in the rock,
the stairs to the town. This-madame
perhaps knows it?-this the agents
found two metres from the door be-
hind which the body lay,-and the off,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
Then the Storm Broke.

Brown had habit of keeping late
hours, and although his better half made
It uncomfortable 70 him at times she
failed to cure him of his nocturnal
homecomings. At last she hit upon a
plan to frighten him, so when he came
In one night at his usual hour he saw
a white shrouded figure gliding toward
him along the passage in the moonlight
'Wh - VIII WV what's that?"
gasped Brown.
Il am the-family ghost" sepulchral
voice replied.
Brown heaved a sigh of relief. Great
Scott" he said. How you frightened
me! 1 thought it was the missus. -
Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
REMARKABLE MONKEY.
He Ate with Knife and Fork, Was
Very Polite and Polished His
Mistress Shoes.

A woman tells of a monkey which
she saw while in Paris, which was so
well trained in good manners that it
was almost impossible to believe that
he did not understand what was said
to him. The Japan Weekly Mail de-
scribes the animals accomplishments:
When the woman met the monkey
suddenly on the stairs one day, the
creature stood in the corner to allow
her to pass, and when she said Good
morning!" he took off his cap and
bowed.
Are you going away?" she asked.
Where is your passport" Pulling
off his cap, he took from the crown a
paper, opened it, and showed it to her
When some one observed that her dress
was dusty, the courteous monkey took
a brush from the table, and carefully
brushed her dress and then her shoes.
When anyone gave him food he al
ways made low bow before taking it,
and then ate it slowly and daintily.
He had been taught to eat eggs with
a spoon, and to use a knife and fork.
He could lock and unlock a drawer,
thread a needle, uncork a bottle, and
polish his masters shoes. He seemed
to take great pleasure in gay company,
and paid close attention to the con-
versation, looking in turn at each
speaker as if he understood what was
said.
This remarkable monkey was never
placed on exhibition He died at an
early age, of pneumonia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
FOE OF MOSQUITOES.
The AgamOmermis CuIicfs May Be
PrOpngated to Exterminate
the Insect Pest.

Summer resors ers have read with
interest of the discovery by Dr.
Charles Wardell Stiles ola mosquito
destroyer. The new enemy of the pest
of New Jersey is not armored and car.
ries no torpedoes. 1t is an innofen-
sive threadworm about a quarter of
an inch in length and of the fineness
of filament of silk.
The honor of tracking him home
belongs to Prof. John B. Smith. state
entomologist of New Jersey, who last
year sent to DR.. Stiles, of the Public
Health department in Washington, the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

which will make the line of the fold come
a little below the right-hand point Then
you will have figure two.
Take figure two and double the fold
back upon and under itself, and you will
have figure three, so that the top sloping
line will be exactly even with the left
or longer line, which will give you the
emi-triangular figure of number
four.
Cut the paper along the dotted liAes
If you want very sharp pointed. star
cut it higher toward the left point, bu,
leave the right-hand point of cutting
the same. By practicing with pieces OF
paper you can soon get it correct. TIL,
star can be made on a scale of as large
size as is wanted by preserving the pro.
portion of one or two.-Washingto
Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
ALFRED'S TROUBLE.

What is the matter with Alfred?
Oh tell me quickly, DO!
He weeps aloud from dawn till dark,
And surely you can hear him!-Hark
'Boo-hoo! boo-hoo! bOo-hoow
''What is the matter with Alfred?
long to know" said I,
For this is very hard to bear
To see him stand in sorrow there
And cry, and cry, and cry"
1.-THE fact is, sir" his brother said,
Hes in this awful state
Because mamma has told him true
He's only six, and a day or two,
And he thought that he was eight"
-Cassells Little Folks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
FiUe Pointed Star Made
With One Snip of Scissors

THE story goes that Betsy Ross re-
| fused to make six-pointed star
for Gen. Washington, and said that the
five-pointed one which she could make
with one snip of her scissors was much
prettier.
Betsy Ross was Washington's SHIRT
maker. She was seamstress of more
than ordinary skill, and so when the flag
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
BURNING PAPER TRICK.
II Will Not Ahiict Any Serious Injury,
But Always Affords Lots of
Amusement.

Tell somebody that he will not be
able to hold strip of paper about six
inches long with his fingers as soon as.
you light the upper end of it. You offer
him the strip of paper, he will hold it
between thumb and index finger. You
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
Ice Heavier Than Wnter

By experiments of great accuracy Prof
Babcock, of the Wisconsin university.
has shown that half ton of ice weighs
more than the water obtained from
melting that quantity of ice. Therefore
the weight of body increases as its
temperature falls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

with your eyes shut. The proportion of
the paper should be about five and one
half to six and one-half inches. Fold it
the long way, directly in the middle.
Then fold over the upper corner as in
first cut, observing the proportions as set
forth there and relative angle of the
fold.
Fold the fold exactly over upon itself
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

water about the center of the star, for
the sugar will at once begin to draw the
water into its pores, and naturally the
matches will crowd together in the
same direction. On the other hand, if
you want the matches to move away
from each other, all that is necessary is
to dip the soap-tipped end of the wand
in the water, for the soap will at once
begin to melt, and the water, thrust
back by the fat which has gathered on
its surface, will, naturally, break up the
starlike formation and drive the match
es in various directions.
This is an amusing trick, and one
which never fails to create a good deal
of surprise.-N. Y. Herald.
A Matter of Atmosphere.
A body weighing one pound on earth
would weigh 271a pounds upon the sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
Raccoon Whips an Eagle.

Until recently Isaac Brandiff, of Sa-
lem, N. j., had two pets-a big bald
eagle and a raccoon. He still has the
coon, somewhat the worse for wear,
but the bird of freedom is dead. There
was fight, and the little coon, after a
desperate battle, won.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
Interest VIII Revive.

Now that concessions are being
granted for The Pike of the st. Louis
Worlds Fair, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean, popular interest in that enter
prise will greatly revive
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

cial held before her eyes the head of
the broken pin for hats. The counter
part at that moment held her hat to
her head.
She raised her hands as though to
commend herself to the keeping of
Heaven, and said:
Sir, l may not answer your ques-
tions, although 1 see too plainly that
you suspect me of having murdered
my husband"
And he replied:
Madame. the circumstances compel
me. accuse you of it,"
All! Well! 1t came to an end at
last, that trial. And to such an end!
Would you believe it, they found her
guilty! Is it that you can conceive of
such stupidity? But then what would
you? 1t was in Bretagne Now, had
it been held in Paris, the trial, the
jury would have seen in the sweep of
an eye that one so beautiful could not
be guilty. 1t was not possible. Be
sides, the husband was a beast. But
before jury of peasants! All! pigs!
dolts! what is it that you have de-
stroyed?
Yes, they convicted her. She pro-
tested her innocence, but for the rest
remained obstinately silent. How the
thought of it makes me- sad. And the
truth of it? 1 go at once to tell it to
you.
The sun., 1903-03-16
WIFE BEATER POISONED.
Louisiana woman Admits That she Killed
Her Brutal Husband.

New ORLEANS, March l5.-Mrs. Thomas
l. Bullock OF Shreveport is in Jail there
charged with the murder Of her husband
by administering croton oil to him. Bullock
died on Friday. and his wife was arrested
fter an exhaustive inquiry by the Coro-
ner's jury.
DIR. William Iedbetter was the chief
witness against the woman. She informen
the doctor, according to his testimony.
that. stung by the systematic brutality
of her husband and weary Of life OF SUI.
fering, she had given him concentrated
I've, ground glass in capsules and several
doses Of croton oil.
Mrs. Bullock admitted administe tering
croton oil 20 her husband and confessed
that she had prepared the ground glass
ana concentrated lye. but denied that she
had given them TO him She also said
that SIX wears ago III fit of desperation
produced by her husband abuses she had
purchased a dose of muriatic acid with the
intention OF giving it TO him.
sHe became ill.," she said, and looked
so pitiful that did not give him the stun.
She testified that Bullock beat her and
threatened TO kill her.
There are five children, ranging from
sto II. The oldest son died several months
ago under peculiar circumstances. leaving
a life insurance,
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The sun., 1903-03-16
INSURANCE REPORT.
Increase In Income OF the Fire and Marine
Companies.

ALBANY, March l5-In his report on the
fire and marine insurance companies doing
business in this State the Hon. Francis
Hendricks, State Superintendent Of In
surance saws that at the Close Of the year
1902 these companies were possessed OF
1851 ,39s OIL OF admitted assets, not includ-
ing assets held abroad nor premium notes
Of mutual companies, an incicasc of $40 393,-
les as compared with 1901. The liabilities
Of ,he-e companies. excepting scrip and
capital, were Sisi .a55. .l26. an increase Of
si3e4 2ii over the return OF the preceding
wear The income was s232 ,3iS ,t87, and the
disbursements werr sIs7 4sS $50. an increase
A. COMPARED with 1901. OF S46, ,79s O6j ia in
come. ana an increase Of tis, 765 $50 IN dis
bur,ements The whole number OF com
panies rpIs n ing In 1907 was 1875. being on"
Isse than In 1901.
SuId Hendricks recommends the passage
Of the Msrshall bills compelling the @lloyd-
concerns doing business In THU state To uss'
a standard policy. and TAI make annual rr-
ports to the State superintendent of In
suranc,. lie tays that ~ I'hult of
law enacted last year the Attorney -ti-neral
will sOon institute proceeding against NJ
teen Lloyd association, who's" tlgli Ia do
b,lsIners in thin STATE hss l.sn shown to L.
entirely without foundation, ~ a. k act very
quest iOnable A. ia" result 81 tl" la~
Iass,,d lAsi year, thin y -on' l.uyds onno"rns
fk,d T.auirsd tspoTE with Ia" lnrNfanc'
Department ~hlch w"r 10 shoS lli"u rigli
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w"nr "hAinin-d 10y d"pmy Attorney
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should give the dstAils ~ tiiH ntui's ~ il,s
ln N,si ighiinnf ai thu iinp"
The sun., 1903-03-16
GOT a WARRANT FOR r. ". KANE.
California Hotel Proprietor Feared New
York Man wouldn't Pay-He Did.

SANTA RARBARA. Cal. March ia
warrant for the arrest for debt Of Francis
Fl. Kane, a young society man OF New York
and the son OF a retired naval officer, Capt.
I. +. Kane. caused a sensation here and at
Pasadena. where the warrant was sworn
out by the proprietor Of the Hotel Green
because Of bill Of $50 which young Kane
had neglected TO pay. Kane Ii with the
Schley party. He says that he has been
staying all winter at the Hotel Green and
that when he left il was understood he was
to pay the balance Of his account on March
2s, when his remittance came.
Kane has been here for several days as
an attache OF the party Of Admiral Schley.
Capt Kane arrived from Pasadena yeeter-
day. and at the Hotel Potter last night.
while young Kane was calling on the Cap
tain, the chief Of police presented q tele-
gram giving notice that the Pasadena
authorities wanted the young man. Capt.
Kane seemed inclined to dispute tho
matter His son, however. after a hasty
conversation with his friend. Judge Gross
cup, who In at the Potter Joined the chief
and the sum required was produced.
Young Kane is very indignant over what
he regards as the hotelkeeper's lack Of
consideration. The bill was for extras.
The sun., 1903-03-16
TO IMPROVE CONSrLaR SERVICE.
incompetent AMI Undesirable CONSULAR
Onicers TO he Needed Out.

WASHINGTON, March IS - President
Roosevelt and Secretary Hay have deter
mined to increase the efficiency OF the
Consular Service in every way possible
particularly in the personnel. ana whiie
there IL no intention to have any general
overhauling, incompetent or undesirable
Consular officers will be dropped as oc-
casion requires Hereafter complaints
against Consuls will he investigated rigidly
1t il the intention to keep the Consular
Service out Of politics. and 10 that end
political influence to prevent the removal
Of incompetent men will. 1t Is said, be
of no avail.
There have been more removals OF Con-
suls lately than ever before in the same
length of time in the history of the service
Two were dropped or asked to resign be-
cause of irregularities in their official
methods, one for indiscreet utterances,
one for making alleged insulting remarks
at a club and others for general unfitness
II is acknowledged in nearly all foreign
countries that the United States Consular
Service, while poorly paid, is the most
efficient in the world American Consular
officers have done wonders in securing
the extension of American trade. Never
theless, there are a number Of Consuls,
who, the State Department believes, are
not capable of performing their work
properly or are so constituted personally
that they injure the prestige OF the United
States abroad. Aggravated cases OF tins
sort will be thoroughly inquired into by
the Department and it is believed that
the standard of the service will ultimately
be extended to every post.