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skin where exposed turn to deep yellow
by the gas evolved. One OF the latest
forms of q picric compound is known as
maximite, of which great things are said,
but the shimose is the only one Of them
all that has proved its efficacy in war.
How terrific that Is is demonstrated by
the photographs Of incidents taken during
the operations around Port Arthur and the
photographs Of the Russian ships that
found refuge in Chinese and other ports
OF the heap Of Russians lying at the
foot Of 300 Meter Hill probably as many
were killed by the detonation and noxious
fumes Of the shimose ~ by the pieces Of
shell from the large oaliber siege gun that
searched them out.
The great column Of water thrown up by
the bursting of shell that missed its mark
and dropped into the bay was colossal, Y
only momentary, monument TO the terrific
uplifting force Of the Japanese compound.
while the cash made in the side Of the I'M
fortunate Bayan testified to the driving
force Of the explosive that sent the projeo-
tile from the gun.
The damage done to buildings by shells
charged with such high explosives as the
shimose compound il naturally far greater
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Results Already Achieved in the War Mosquitoes

drainage cannot be reeorted to. The oil
NAV be applied by an ordinary garden
sprinkling pot and the dose repeated every
two weeks. 1t is pointed out. however.
that the use Of oil is only temporary meas
Mosquitoes may be carried consider.
able distance by winds, but willingly they
do not go far from home. Therefore the
circular makes 1t clear that when particu.
lar locality is infested with these insects.
the immediate neighborhood. .,
Before LONE the Board OF Health hopes
to ret tAe help Of every resident OF Staten
Island in the Yerk Of routing the mosquitoI
and meanwhile We shall continue to keep
ii: sn Or s ouSs spSn s tm mn
poois and ponds which there 10 no possible
way at present Of dfaining.
sAs Z result of Tue crusade against mos
quitoes has there been q decrease IN the
%o sSss :: s S:sss Of alarial f'veTs tho
oroy. =. eh.e cs e 'spsrse but :passns
Generally, / am oonfident there Is less ma
laria now in this section than ever before.
Ia iset .here srs very t dsw . sasss OF ma
precaution Il taken u keeping the patient
covered with 1 netting. Az every ono
knows, the mosquito is nocturnal In its
habits and no respecter OF persons. II
would just - soon feed on a fever patient
as on q healthy person, and thnves as well IN
one case a. the other.
.But It's next victim fares less well. or
rather the victim who gets. In the mos.
quito's way ten days later, .when the poison
virus has had sufficient time to develop
Dooton down here ~ we'll - elsewbsrd
sre taking precautions carefully 70 screes
fever psAsnts from possible contact witl
moouult0eo,s y
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Doty himself lives on Staten Island, and
when he talks mosquitoes he means the
Staten Island variety and no other.
$50 far" he said, frankly when asked
what had been accomplished on Staten
Island to drive out the mosquito, "the
measures We have used have been merely
temporary. The scientific means to abolish
the mosquito is to remove her breeding
places.
Fortunately. 80 per cent. Of the mos
ouitoes of Greater New York are Of the stripe
legged, salt water variety which breed
along the Atlantic Coast and which al
though just as annoying as the other 20
per cent, are not poison transmitters.
The Anopheies, or poison transmitters,
20 in for q fresh water patching place
II IL is nothing more than the crotch OF an
old tree In which rainwater is lodged.
sThat we are In deadly earnest down
here in our hght sgainsst the mesquite q Il
has recently secured an appropriation Of
an 90 to use In ditching the swamps over
on the west side of tho island. Oh yes, a
good deal can Be done with that sum.
Meanwhile, the experiments with crude
petroleum have been going on and will be
continued.
STAY where it Is put. The Wind interieres
and blows It TO one dde. Then up come
the wisglers for breath Of air and getting
it, 20 on thriving.
At this point Dr. Doty picked up a tumbler
tvo-third1 fun OF water with bed Of mud
Ia the bottom, and held 1t between his eyes
and the light. Moving about in the water
were what looked IKE fine bits Of thread
lees than an eighth Of an inch long.
Those are mosquito larye wtggiers;
b said, and every now end then you will
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There are actually fewer mosquitoes
to bother New Workers. now than there
were three years ago when the health au-
thorities began systematic efforts to abate
the pest At least that Is the opinion OF
Harold G. Murray, secretary to President
Darlington of the Board OF Health, who Ia
said to be, barring perhaps Health omoer
Doty. the official of the department best
informed about mosquitoes.
Mr.. Murray expressed this opinion when
q sun reporter asked him the other day II
any definite results had been achieved
go far by the war on mosquitoes. In telling
what had been done and what the depart
ment hoped to accomplish he began by
pointing out that the average mosquito Is
homekeeper. Thus the StegomWd variety,
which DR.. Doty recently asserted was
solely responsible for the transmission OF
yellow fever, Is never likely to take the
notion to spend the summer In New YORK;
nor will 1t breed in this climate.
In his mosquito talk Mr.. Murray uses
the feminine gender only, for ths reason
that in the mosquito family the female
Is distinctly .it.'
Asked what the Health Department had
accomplished during the last three years
In its crusade against the Greater New
York mosquito, Mr.. Murray answered:
More than oan be told In word and
much more than the general public COM
prehends.
Whenever am asked, Are there fewer
mosquitoes now than there were three
years ago' always answer promptly,
Certainly there are fewer but as, 80 far,
We have discovered no way to take mos
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but in the case Of larve it Is different.
in the earliest stages Of the develop
ment the mosquito Is practically amphib-
ious, the grown female taking great care
to deposit her eggs in water or mud, pref
erably the stagnant water Of ponds,
marshes, cistern, rain water barrel, cess
pool, drain, tin can or old dish, in defective
roof leaders or tho crotches OF old trees
Running water will not do.
"The first duty, therefore. OF the mos
quito fighters employed by the Board OF
Health is to keep sharp lookout for these
places and persuade the owners to join
forces to help to stamp them out. Strange
to say this is easier said than done.
Sometimes 1t can't be done, for the law
doesn't back us up. We can't under the
law require any man to abate what we
call a nuisance, say pond which is first
class nursery for millions Of mosquitoes
every season, If the pond is there by an
act Of God or Of nature whichever you
will. We can't compel the owner
to fill in a pool which has always been on
tho property or which was there when he
came into possession Of the place.
ornamental ponds built to look pretty
are another matter. II we decide they are
a nuisance or prejudicial TO health we can
order them filed In, and Of course small
pools Of all sorts formed by the grading
of new avenues or the putting through
Of new streets must be removed by the
property owners on order Of the Borough
President.
since We began our crusade against
Mrs. Mosquito owners have been urged ia
keep clean the edges Of running streams
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shi,nose explosive. 80 called after the cele-
brated japanese chemist who invented it,
possesses the highest qualities Of any
known as.regards stability force and sub
mission TO control. Evidence of these
qualities is to be found in the results wher-
ever it has been used, from the first action
at Chemulpo, when the variag was battered
almost out Of shape as regarded her upper
works through the siege of Port Arthur,
down to the last and most disastrous de-
feat of the Russians in the Sea Of Japan.
Not only was the Japanese FIRE remark
able for its accuracy but 1t was still moro
30 for its terrible effect, which, moreover.
was not entirely mechanical. The sitting
and poisonous character Of the gases
evolved on the bursting of shimose charged
shells on board the Russian ships simply
paralyzed the crews, choking .them and
rendering them incapable Of action. Those
in the immediate vicinity Of the explosion
who were not killed by pieces Of shell were
destroyed by the force Of the detonation,
while those further away suffered from
conclusion Of the brain.
During the South African war the Beers
had much the same experience with the
British lyddite shells, beside' having their
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quito census, OF course can't prove 1t.
.One thing Is certain though, the work
Of exterminating the mosquito has not got
very far yet, owing to the tremendous
obstacles to be overcome, one OF when Is
the amazingly prolific tendency OF the
female mosquito. and, OF course II Is the
female mosquito against whom war Is
vaped. The male mosquito Is peaceably
inclined and doesn't bother anybody. Ere.
sumably he prefers vegetarian diet ana
he is innoCuous =
"A healthy female mosauito-and l
guess all OF the sex are pretty healthy-is
capable of propagatng ten million OF her
species and Of laying anywhere from
800 to 400 eggs at one time. Within
ten to twenty-five days these eggs
are hatched into full grown mosquitoes.
although there are probably twenty
two varieties Of mosquitoes In this part OF
the country the euler and the Anopheies
are the best known, because the most
plentiful. and the Anopheles alone has the
distinction here Of being n poison trans
nittar and a menace to health. Any one
curious to know whether Cue1 or an
Anopheles is singing about his ears can
surely tell by this sign: When the cue"
aliehts her body Is always parallel with
the plane on which she stands, whereas the
Anophelts is not straight, but Is tilted at
q considerable angle.
sOf course the Board OF Health found
out long ago that the only way to stamp
out the mosquito pest Is to destroy the
larye. After a mosquito gets its growth
there Ia no known way other than by hand
70 hand combat to get the better Of her'
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factory material, but the research for
better continues.
In the matter of explosives for bursting
charges for shells and mines Of all kinds
compounds of picrio acid and guncotton
are the most generally employed The
difficulty with picric compound has been
to obtain the best effect.
In some cases, as in lyddite, it is too
sensitive and ia dangerous to the gun
throwing a shell with which it is charged,
besides exploding against armor without
penetration. Recent experiments by an
officer Of our own army are said to have
produced the best results, explosion taking
place only after the shell penetrated the
plate representing the armor OF battle
ship.
The French rnelinite Is said to answer all
required purposes, but the secrecy which
has been kept regarding its manufacture
and use. 80 far as the general public is con-
cerned, leaves 1t uncertain. Other countries
have their form of the picric compounds
with which their war departments profess
themselves satisfied, the Austrian especially
believing it has one Of peculiar efficacy.
But 1t would appear from the experience
gained during the present war that the
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by thinning the shrubbery and cutting the
tall grass. for in such cases it ia only at the
edges that the mosquito will get chance
to establish nursery. Running water Is
death to larv@.
ponds and pools and marshes which
can't be drained and filed in and which
are particularly adapted for mosquito
breeders We treat to dose OF crude petro-
leum administered from machine like
this and Mr.. Murray produced metal,
knapsack shaped affair which a man might
easily sling on bis back and explained that
it was sprinkler and would project oil a
good many yards.
"One drop OF crude petroleum will spread
over surface of ten square feet Mr..
Murray went on, shut ordinarily pint Of
oil Is used to cover a space twenty feet in
diameter. To cover oil tho marshes In the
vicinity OF New York, however, would be a
tremendous contract.
Every once in while some one asks me
why all the marshes are not drained. Why,
it would take millions OF dollars to do such
q piece OF work.
"Physicians from New Jersey and other
places are interested in our experiments
ITO GUST the mosquito from Greater New York
and are constantly sending to US for in
formation
In Health Officer Doty's Office at Quaran-
tine stands row Of glass tumblers and jars
containing mosquito larv~ In various
stages Of growth, most Of which are Of
good old Staten Island stock. And, ~ .
Staten Islander explained the other day.
when Staten Islaad mosquito gets right
down to hard work hs can't b beat pr.
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When the official history Of the Russo
Japanese war comes to be compiled 1t will
probably be found that the most interest
ing chapters will be those relating to the
USE and effect Of the new artillery and the
high explosives employed. Some photo
graphs taken at Port Arthur and showing
the work Of this artillery are introduced
hero.
1t Is the first great conflict In which full
scope was found for the products OF mod
ern mechanical and chemical science az
applied to the art and practise OF war, and
no doubt tho gun factories and chemical
laboratories Of all the great military and
naval Powers have been hard at work since
the first technical reports began to come in
from the opposing armies prohting by the
experience which the Russians and Japanese
have been gaining at 20 great q cost.
The effects OF field gun nre In past wars
have been much less destructive to life In
battle than Is popularity supposed. The
killed and wounded in the anco-German
war, for instance, from artillery fire formed
only some Is per cent. Of the total casual
ties.
This was owing in great part to mechani-
cal deficiencies In the weapons compared
with modern guns, to the uncertainty Of the
fuses used In the shells and TO the want Of
accurate rangehnders.. The black powder
also then In use had limitations both as a
propelling force and as an explosive in
shells, though 1t was less liable under or
binary conditions to the rapid decompos-
ton to which tho modern compounds are
subject.
To a certain extent It was the limitations
in the power Of the old charcoal powder
that retarded the effective improvement
in artillery eventually called for by the
discoveries Of chemical research So soon
as chemistry brought into existence the
new explosives the days Of the old cast
iron gun were numbered, and the arts OF
the metaurgist and mechanic were brought
into rivalry with that Of the chemist, each
trying to produce a weapon or an explosive
which would be equal to the highest require
ments in war.
improvements in the infantry rifle and
field guns followed each other so rapidly
that an army was hardly provided with
a new weapon before 1t became obsolete
and another took its place, and soon the
smoke giving higher explosive was super
seded by the smokeless Of still greater
force. Then came the distinction between
the smokeless explosive. intended to pro-
pei the bullet or shell or solid bolt from
the gun, and that intended to be used as
q bursting charge for the projectile OF the
most modern kind.
The brown cocoa powder and other
forms OF the same material that followed
the black powder have given place to higher
compounds, OF which nitroglycerin Is the
basis. and which are known as cordite in
the British service and by other names IN
other countries. where. also, the form in
which the material Is manufactured varies.
But it was long time before compound
was found which was stable and did not
use up the life Of the weapon In which it
was used too rapidly. owing to the erosion
caused by the gases evolved from the acids
employed in the manufacture. The latest
experiments have produced q more salts
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-08-25
CONSUMERS QUEER WHIMS
Purchasers of Commodities Have Some
Singular and Senseless
Notions.

There Is no use trying TO make peo-
pie eat anything that does not conform
To their ideas OF what viands should
be. A government pamphlet on Con
sumers' Fancies," emanating from the
omniscient department of agriculture
and credited to George X. Holmes
chief of the division of foreign markets
in the bureau of statistics, eloquently
enforces this lesson. Here are rapidly
run over most of the commoner whims
relating TO the appearance of articles
for the table. Thus brown eggs sell
for a higher price than pure white ones
in Boston, while New York and San
Francisco prefer the white; butter col
ored to suit Chicago's taste would be
too pale for that of Washington, and
not nearly dark enough for New Or
leans. And, in long list of the most
familiar articles the consumer demands
a color or appearances which is not
only no indication Of quality, but is
actually absent in the pure natural
product.
Catsup made from tomatoes is not a
vivid red. and must be made so, in
very many cases by dyeing. Cider as
it drips from the modern mill is almost
colorless, but the buyer, remembering
that the old-time cider and vinegar
were brown, demands that the new
wear the same color. The maker meets
the demand with caramel Whisky is
in similar case. AS it comes from the
still it is white, and the darker color
results only after it has been stored in
charred barrel. This tone can be
given to white or undercolored whisky
by means of burnt sugar. Prunes are
dipped in glycerine and logwood. wal
nuts bleached with sulphite, because
people believe that they ought to look
as nature intended they should. OBJ
viously, the refusal of the public Ia
buy the real thing" just as it comes
is the greatest imaginable incentive to
adulteration and fraud.
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Terrible accident.
The Injured However, VIII all Recover
Details Of the Catastrophe.

An alleged ball game between the
swell mob and the court house gang oc-
CURED on the ball grounds last Friday
for the purpose of raising funds for a
band stand, and, if the noise from the
bleachers is an index, it was bowling
success.
Umpire Jim Whelpley, arrayed in a
pair of revolvers and pot cover cap,
ordered the trouble to commence with a
blast from police whistle.
The features of the game were many.
Among them were the features of Ed.
o Grady, which were the color of an
autumn sunset, and placed everywhere
except where the ball was. He stepped
to the plate and called for high ball,
and was directed to South Haven on
Sunday with the lid off
The animated we'll sweep on first base
begged for opportunities. and when they
came the ball fioated off his mitt like a
soap bubble, and every man was safe;
but he got even 10y soaking Britton, who
was trying to steal second, over the kid
neys with one that was so hot that it
burned hole in his sweater and had to
be cooled off before the pitcher could
handle it.
An accident happened to Mel Chappell
while trying to steal base. Decker
was spiked on second by Lemaux. Chase
also accidentally got one ball over the
plate while pitching. Cody, the Irish
giant, worked oil FIVE pounds, but failed
to stop any balls A base hit by Mosier
was turned into home run by the ma
lestic fielding of Thompson, who marched
after it with all the dignity of Roman
senator. Will Mosier won a warm spot
in the hearts of the ladies by tanning
one until she became conscious of hav,
ing been hit with a foul ball. jim
O'Grady kept swath moved through
the atmosphere by the rapidity OF his de
livery of balls from the box. Rufe Wait
has been suspended for the balance of
the season for dIsorderly conduct on the
bleachers.
Taking it altogether the game was the
hit of the season. Slovenian hit the
ball. the ball hit the umpire, the umpire
nit watermelon and the greatest hit
was $50 for the band stand.
The umpires were declared rotten, but
it was only by using Marquis of Queens
bury rules, with clean break and no hit.
ting in clinches, that the score was kept
down to 10 to 13 in favor OF the court
house ring.
Now let the contractors make plans
for the band stand
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GO6IeWHs.
Attic Chase is in town.

Attic Chase is in town
Merrell Cheney is in Jackson on a
visit
John Burns is in Ohio on a visit to his
old home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Thomas are in
Goble vile.
Mrs Geo. Myers of Gaylord is visiting
in town this week.
Charlie Van Antwerp of Kalamazoo
was in town last week.
Ed. NJ. Bailey has Just completed a
nice addition to his home.
Mrs Scarlet has a sister from Chica-
90 visiting her this week.
Jewell Campbelrs oldest son has hired
out to Elmer Hyames for one year.
c. L. Heron and wife returned to
their home in Hillsdale last Monday
Frank Looring of South Dakota is
visiting his relatives, Arch and Libby
Lyle.
O. +. Harmon and family have return
ed from their vacation spent at Paw
Paw lake.
Harry Harrington is getting the mater
ial Oh the spot for new cement black
smith shop.
Saul Frank has traded his farm in
Pine Grove to viii Wormth for his farm
ia Kansas.
Mrs. Winnie Henderson and her Sun
day school class of boys spent Tuesday
at the lake.
Elmer Hyames and Atho Niles and
families drove to Paw Paw lake Satur,
day to spend Sunday with Jim Herrons
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will North living near
Athens, have been spending few days
with their relatives, Mr.. North and Mrs
Hodgman.
The meetings at the NJ. T.. church are
well attended and good results are be-
ginning to show. Mr.. and Mrs. Shower
man are liked very much.
r. Y. Willis is moving the Dyer build
ing at the old factory up to G. M.
Thayer's place, Charley having bought
the same some time ago.
Mr.. Mitchell and wife of Chicago are
spending short vacation at the home
of Mr.. Powers south of town. Mr.. Mitch
ellis people were here a short time ago.
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Walter Webber is cerklug for f. j.
Clark.
Mr.. Scody of'Chicago was in town on
business this week.
II. T.. Hodson of Chicago is resorting
at Manhattan fruit farm.
Ralph Levy of Chicago is assisting M.
n. Dilley hustle for peaches.
Mrs. Eaton, who has been quite sick,
is somewhat improved in health.
Lewis Hoag was reported seriously i'll,
but is somewhat better at present.
Miss Louis Algire entertained Miss
Jessie Wick of Holland over Sunday.
The l.. A. S. will serve ice cream and
cake at the home of Mrs. Lila Williams
this evening.
Mrs. Clarence Long "a one time post
mistress at Lacota, called on friends in
town this week.
Lewis Hoag and Frank Moshier we're
both on the sick list, but are able to be
around once more
Mark Hessey and wife were in attend
ance at reunion of the Hessey family
at Lawrence recently.
Marie Kitzmiller received the silver
medal in the w. G. Il. U. contest al
Grand Junction, Saturday evening.
Fred Wolcott, with Peterson IL VOL
cott Detroit, was in town Tuesday as.
sisting the local agent, Nj. n. Dilley.
c. l.. Heron and Harvey Heron OF
Gobleville and Mr.. and Mrs Roy Clark
and son of Chicago are at the home OF
b. K. Clark this week.
viii Simpson, Chas. Squires and q. p
Welsh and daughter visited the white
city Saturday evening, shooting the
shoots and humping the bumps. They
have fully recovered.