New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-14
ZING-ING-ING- SWAT!
The 47cful determination CD of the
Mosquito To Be Resumed.

satated with the gore Of his countless victims
the pitless mosquito retired meath the mud OF the
Jersey meadows Scattered in the train Of his VIC
torous army were the wrecks Of countless fair
villages and happy homes. He had plundered and
piliaged al VIII. through the summer, suIphurous
with the "swears Of his victims. but the approach
Of winter forced him 10 draw of his cohorts.
The conquered people plucked up heart. Prom
Long Island and New-Jersey, and from that land
across the bay called Staten Island. came messages
suggesting a council OF war This time said they
We shall be free from the attacks Of the enemy who
routed US when We tried last summer to take coun-
Sc as TO the campaign against him
ont over the New-Jersey meadows the wind
swirled wildly. sweeping the fuzz of the cat-tails
and rafting the rushes. The muskrats had gone to
sleep for the winter and frogs had croaked their
last croak Ice was forming along the rivers edges
and the tugs were tying up FOR the winter. Down
toward the inhabited section called Hoboken. how
ever, was an outpost OF the mosquito army On
guard was lean horny patriarch who had sur
viTed Jersey winters and the Elulttudinous blends
q Jersey liquid products as commingled in Jersey
veins. To him came the roaring, swirling wind
skate. skeeter. skate" il sang 10 him. They're
after YOU. All your enemies swearing a war TO the
death. are going TO hold council on Wednesday at
an Office Of the association called the Board Of
Trade and Transportation. From Jersey and Long
Island and Staten Island come they fighters OF ex-
perience. tried in the wies Of the battle Heading
their council is Franklin Murphy. Governor Of the
state made yours by conquest Chief in their coun-
sells VIII be the terrible Lederle Of the Health
Board. he who drained your pools in Manhattan
while with him viii be Woodbury.. who drove you
fror, rhe streets and Whitney. who chased you
from the Long Island Businesses. They viii have
leaned papers, guaranteed 10 kill you by their
weight
Listen: BY Dr. L. .. Howard. permanent secre-
rotary American Society for the Advancement Of
Science The Worldwide Crusade; Dr.. Ernst ].
1edsrle president OF the Department Of Health:
SIR If cal -ru
General Wyraan. L. :. A.. read by Surgeon Pres
tor Z BaIhache The DETERMINATION Work Of
the AIRY Medical Corps; Professor Milton Whit
ney, chief division OF soils, Washington. The
Determination Of Marsh Soil Surveys; William
4 Baldwin j.. What Railroads Can Do; John
Clafin president. MorrisJoWn q. j. Improvement
Society The Esthetic Side Of the Question; Paul
D Crava1h. Locust Valley. Long Island. How the
Law Should Aid. Dr. William n Berkeley. The
ELscIness Of Proofs - Transmission Of Malaria
Dr. John 2 Smith. Nev-Jersey State entonOlogist.
''EzoW State Appropriation Nay BE Used; Wal
Ger C. Kerr What a Rural Community can Do;
Frederick C. Beach. STAFFORD, Conn, What the
General Government Should Do; Dr. E Porter
Felt State en-omoloEist. Albany, What New-York
State Ought To Do; Major J. Meg Woodbury.,
Street Cleaning Commissioner How Street
Cleaning Department Can Practically Aid; Will
tam J. Mathesol, How Far Does DETERMINATION
Exterrninate2': Spencer Miller, The Long Dis
lance Theory: Henry Clay Weeks, Mosquito En-
cheering" Among other speakers will be A J.
Cassatt, president Of the Pennsylvania Railroad;
Charles ". Wetmore. and Cornelius FeAowes, OF
The National Horse Show Association.
Merrily laughed the mosquito. ITO the death
sang he. Not their oil, their drains. their
microbes nor their smudges can overcome me Let
them counsel. II be there.
lie sang nlerriIy 10 himself he winged down
. Staten Island and told the news 20 the DrOtneIs
there. Then on 10 Long Island went he, ana as ne
planned there arose shrN whistles OF satisfaction
recent conference was recalled The humans
beaten IN one seasons campaign buI surely De
times u preparation for the next summer baItes.
had not noticed that DerChed on the under SIDE OF
The secretary+s inksrsud We're three spies OF INC
enemy. Dreadful slaughter and the reek OF pattie
1lle5 The air the warriors grim recOLIted Jelr
deeds and expectations A. the council ended three
quitOes CONFUSED with UerTinert, sVe4e4 vast
with information. winged over 20 Jersey. .,
That night. the lone scribe II the laSt lrolIey
car. stalled IN the wiUtry meadows, the reek
Of The FOG. blew into the car IN huge sectons
carried with a wild. shrlu chorus, ike as OF a
myriad mosquitoes piping
Ty the o Jersey meadows,
Islands sWanps and h-l-s,
EEarnIs q ttigltIlili
GlDhartars subway ditch.
HE the Oh with which they fought rs,
90 poisuns which don't kilL
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