The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

| away, stegomyia!t Go away! woke
! at 8 Az M n and took a. lamp inside my
Imosouito' netting to seethatno steGomylas
were lying in bush. At the same time
| 1 called myself a fool for coming away.
from Washington. where $} there are no
diseases more dangerous than IL grippe,
/; TYPHOID fever, pneumonia and house
maids knee Indeed, onged for the
Thrill OF again chasing myself from under CT
| the wheels or the senatorial nutomopiles
and the Capital Traction cars, and had
what Is yulgarly known here as an at
I tack of "cold feet The feeling how
ever, left me MS tho day broke. and since
then have gone on, like the fntalist,
using citronella, taking my three grains
!! or quinne at bed time and being care care
| full Of my eating and drinking. AS q
result have never been In better health,
| and i thoroughly enjoy life OH the 18th
mus. Il am, however under great oblisa-
| tions to Minister Barrett, whose ems
l=phntic lesson made me take care OF my
self. If others Will adopt tho same pre-
cautions they will reduce tho percentage
| or disease here by several hundred per
cent.
The Mosquitoes Of Panama.
| rho chief diseases OF Panama are, so the.
! doctors say, all caused by, mosquitoes.
These diseases are yellow fever, malaria
and elephantiasIs Each disease has its
own peculiar kind Of MOSQUITO. and the
female In every case does the work.
| I had d talk with Colonel w, G. Gorgas,
the chief sanitary officer here, about mos
ouitoes. He Is the man who cleared Hn-9
vana Of yellow fever and who has been
brought here to do tho same for the lsth-t
mus. He tells me that there are about,
two hundred different kinds OF mos
quitoes 4 nthe world, each having itsSoWHt
characteristics. None Of the three 4 nave
mentioned Is half as large or ferocious as
the Jersey mosquito, and they are alto
gether NOT one-tenth as numerous, Each
has it's own customs and habits, The
stegonyla usually bites in, tho daytime J t
avoids bright light, and IL q PERSONS
hand is on the table It will try to crawl
under the hand and bite there. IL often
breeds In rain barrels and does not Ike
dirty water.
The nlalarial mosquito is known as the
anophelo. IT is dark in color, with four
golden spots near the outer margin q
lstlle wing 1T bites during tho day. but us
chief feeding time Is at night. y is an
| out-of-door mosquito and is found cs-
peclally In and about the sWalnps
l'rhe clephantiasis mosquito Is known as
tho culex fatigans. 1t bites night and
|day and is common In both town and
country. This mosquito has a yellowlsh
body with six silver bands on the apao-
!. mon. Elephantiasis is caused by blood
worm, and when the mosquito bites
person so diseased she sucks into her
stomach blood containing such worms, the
worms develop III her and finally reach
! her sallyary glands, so That when she
\ bltes another person tho worms 30 INTO
i circulation and he has clephdntlnsls
q THE doctors know all about the habits
OF each OF these mosquitoes and they
are doing everything to destroy them
and their breeding places. For this rcii-
son they are draining the towns, eutti,ls
down the Vegetation along the lines OF nc
railroad and tie canal. covering iup the
water barrels and quitting oil on ponds.
The swnmps are being drained and every
bit of stagnant water IN and about the
| cities is taken away
Precautions Against Yellow
I Fever.
/ The greatest precautions are taken ITO
keep the employees from being bitten w
,nusnuitoes OF any Kind. Every man
4 Il furnished With 81 musauito net, and
every American is supposed 70 sleep uA-