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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-08-23

over the south; and the anophelcs, or
malaria bearing mosquito, whose habitat
is the greater part of America.
It is the inland mosquito that gcncr-
ally breeds in or near house. and owing
to this trait, it is often called the house
mosquito. The more offensive the water
the more prolific this species. This IS also
true of the stcgomyia. The anopheles
prefers to breed in small pools of uncon-
taminated water, but which are frequently
covered with green scum. The edges of
swamps, ground deprcssions and spring
fed pools are favored breeding places
So, also, are unused reeeptacles about a
house; but, unlike the culex pungcns, the
anopheles rarely enters house.
HOW 10 APPLY KEROSENE
The best way to apply kerosene is with
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-08-23

up. the larve will die in short time
as result of the corpmotion. Still or
stagnant water, from the moment the
eggs are laid until the winged insects
are at hand, is absolutely necessary to the
development of mosquitoes. Egg, larva,
pups, then, in two or three days, winged
mosquito-these are the four stages of
mosquito development.
The cost of mosquito exterminasiaa4iA,.
trifiing of itself; and it sinks ko utter
insignihcance when compared with the
benefits resulting therefrom. Several
summers ago certain Maryland village
was laid low, almost to man, with ma
laria. The following summer forty dol
lars was spent in draining the breeding
place of the anopheles, and only one case
of malaria was reported all summer. The
presence of mosquitoes has prevented
many region from developing as il
otherwise would probably have developed.
or at least given it an unsavory reputa-
ton; while, conversely, other sections
have prospered because of, or are famed
for, freedom from the pest. What did
it mean to Havana, New Orleans, the
Panama Canal zone, when the stesomyia
was exterrninated? Yellow fever disao-
peared. Less and less malaria is appear
ing among our canal diggers as the
breeding places of anopheles are becom-
ing fewer through the sanitary work of
Major Gorgas. And in one year goodly
portion of Staten Island. long notorious
for its mosquitoes. has secured the repu-
tation of being practically free of the
pest Who can prophecy what effect this
new state of things will have on the tens
of thousands of home buyers in Greater
New York?
Whatever the variety of mosquito, SCI
ence has pointed out sure way to exter-
inmate it. And science says, and has
proved it. too, that the best way to be
rid of one hundred and nincty-nine va
rieties is for each individual and COM
munity to wage war on the mosquitoes
bothering him and it by draining. filing
in and oiling.
The mosquito-iess age Is dawning.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-08-23

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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
MUCH LACE, MADE m MALTA.

Most of the Women ON the Island
Employed In Its Manufacture.
III there is one thing that Malta is
famed for 1t Is its lace" reports Consul
Grout Of valetta. For great many
years 1t has been In demand in most
countries, and to-day SO great are the
requirements that large portion of the
native girls and women are engaged In
Its manufacture. In Malta there are
no machines for manufacturing laces. as
1t has always been made by hand. Re-
Gently, however, limitations Of Maltese
lace have been spread broadcast over
the continent of Europe and England.
Owing to Its having been made by ma
chine, the dealers have been able to dis
pose Of 1t at much less than the gem.
Inc article.
Samples Of the machine-made article
have been sent to Malta for criticism.
and l am Informed by good judges who
have. seen 1t that the imitation is far
inferior In every way to the genuine
article, not only In the materials used
but also in workmanship and design.
am informed on good authority that
much Of this Imitation lace is sold as
genuine Maltese lace Germany Is
given as the place of manufacture.
! Maltese dealers are considering the nd
visibility of taking such steps as will
at least protect and keep pure the local
market. Thus far no Maltese dealer
has consented to deal in the Imitation
| n rticlen
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
MEN GUIDE SEWING MACHINES.

Hand COntrivances Prove to Be
boon to Bachelors.
Il have been wondering for some
time" said the girl In the white shirt
waist "who uses all of those little
hand sewing machines that we sell
nowadays. Yesterday l found out. It
Is the men. had noticed for several
weeks that the masculine shoppers in.
vesting in those handy little contriv-
ances far exceeded the feminine, but
l set their ponderance down to good
natured obedience which impelled them
to buy at their wives or sisters be-
hest.
But yesterday afternoon a good
looking, helpless Hercules came in and
made inquiries about machine. His
manner showed me he was not ham
zpered with many women folk, SO l
finally plucked up enough courage to
ask him for. whom his purchase was
intended.
"'For myself he said. innocently /;
I've seen SO many Of the fellows up at
the school fooling with them this win.
term medical student, you know
that thought would see what kind
of stagger could make at my own
mendlng. You have no idea what ex.
pert sewers some of the boys have be-
come. ]. believe they could make a
whole suit on one of these little ma
chimes. I've seen them make all kinds
of repairs. They were all pretty awk.
ward in the beginning, but they per.
severed until they got so they could
turn the crank with one hand and
guide the cloth with the other as we'll
as any woman.
"The young mans breezy explana-
ton nearly tloored- me, but in the light
of preceding experiences knew 1t must
be SO. and fancy that il seams had
voices goodly number of them could
tell Of their origin on hand sewing ma
chimes that have been run by the bach.
elors Of New York."-New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
a Bplla.ns wan . H,.terz.

From 1922, when Fort Clinton in New
York City was transferred to the State,
the circular building and its adjoining
park commenced to TAKE on civic airs.
From that time until the old fort be-
came the Immigrant Bureaus head.
quarters 1t wass the most fashionable
and most important place of meeting
In New York City. Men and women
whose names are recorded In history
assembled within Its walls. In 1924
Lafayette was rendered n grand ball
which was. graced by the beauty and
wealth of the country. Daniel Webster
made many memorable speeches In the
old fertilization. In 1889 President
Jackson was given public reception,
and President Tyler received a similar
tribute there eleven years later
1t witnessed rousing political and
municipal meetings and, after the build
ing was converted into concert and
entertainment place and named Castle
Garden, Jenny Lind made her initial
bow to America under the management
Of P. T. Barnum. 1t Is still said that
the most brilliant audience New York
has ever seen was on that occasion.
Here, too, Kossuth was given an en-
thuslastic welcome by sympathetic
Americans.-Four-Tr News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
p at them will. by comparison, appea,


Two of the tallest Chicago buildings,
the Masonic Temple and the Majestic
Theater, would be but one story high
err than the Singer building, If one
was placed on top of the other. There
will be 595 feet Of the structure above
ground and probably 1875 feet Of 1t
below the street surface, SO that, all
told, 1t will be ten feet longer than the
mammoth Amerika, the biggest steam
ship afioat.
1t was supposed the limit had been
reached in this style of structure, but
it seems not. Before long a fifty story
pile may be expected to make slow go.
ing people gasp.
While Chicago was the pioneer in the
erection of tall buildings, it has In
the last few years been far outstrip-
ped by New York. The constantly in
creaslng population Of Manhattan ISL
and and the impossibility of increas-
ing the ground area for the accommo.
dalton of the people made 1t neces
sary to run the buildings higher and
higher until it is impossible to tell
when the limit will be reached.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
His Prize.


A Pittsburg widower, while away
from nome on business trip, met and
married lady who, though famed for
her goodness of heart, would be
spoken of even by her friends as
plain" The man believed that she
would be a kind mother to his two
children, however, and as she was
also possessed of fair amount of
this worlds goods, was not inclined
to expect the beauty of the peach in a
potato.
After his marriage, he telegraphed
to the eldest of the children, girl Of
fifteen:
Have won a prize. Am married. Will
be home tomorrow"
When the bride and groom arrived,
the children were watching at the
door, and at sight of their future
mother gave little gasp of constern-
alton.
The second child, boy, nudged his
sister and whispered:
Say, Nell, that must have been the
consolation prize that pa ot!"-Har.
per's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
Eleclxlcai Discovery nov. e1nDh0yed 10 COVE
dRQInG Bolts lz01insE ./3IY7IeS ana .V0vIeS.

That wireless" devices will play an
important, If not decisive, part in the
next great war appears SO certain as
to hardly permit of doubt. Every big
war during the last half century and
more has seen the introduction Of In
ventions which at almost one fell
stroke made rearmament necessary for
every nation at all within the cate
CORY Of a world power.
Within the memory of many persons
now living, the wooden quare-rlgged
man-of-war gave way to the iron
steamship; this, In turn, was made OBJ
solete by the introduction Of heavy
iron armor, which soon became a per:
quislte of the scrap-heap when hard
ened steel armor was invented. There
We're plenty Of zle-loading rifles in
the Civil War, and the greatest cannon
OF the time would not carry with pre-.
clslon shot over mile. So recently
as the Spanish War, messages to the
commander Of the blockading squadron
In Cuban waters had to be transmit.
tel by fast cruisers. or torpedo boats.
In every war of any considerable
size during the last thirty-five years
commendable efforts have been made
TO make use of balloons. Repeatedly
the hope has been extended that with
dirigible balloons, carrying quantities
OF nigh explosives, an army might be
annihilated by single courageous
aeronaut 1t is needless to call atten.
ton to the fact that the high expec.
tations held for the military balloon
have not been realized. The dirigible
balloon that would do these things
Notwithstanding NJ. Santos -Dumont,s
sensational exhibitions, does not appear
to have been found. Beyond assisting
IN scouting and only to limited ex.
tent, tile military balloon appears to
be of comparatively little benefit to an
army. When the successful aeroplane
is introduced the military balloon will
take Its place with the old wooden
three-decker man-of-war.
wireless" Applied to War.
The possibilities of wireless" inyen.
tiohs are SO great, and experiments
have conclusively shown that the prln.
ciple at least is sane and practical,
that one may reasonably expect to see
them extensively used III future wars.
II they do not make of war such n
dreadful holocaust that its very horrors
will render 1t Impossible.
The transmission of electrical en-.
ergy without the use of the usual wires
is still in Its infancy, but Its babyhood
is robust and hopeful, and shows
indications of healthy future.
Briefly, wireless Inventions that may
be applied to warfare, and which are
either advanced or in the experimental
stages, are these:
Wireless telegraphy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04

Wireless telephony.
Submarine signaling.
Tesla's telautomatic torpedo.
Guarlnis wireless "thunderbolt."
Tesla and Pupins wireless percus-
sion.
In all of these the actuating princl-
pie is identical, although the methods
of operation and control are very
different. At the present time, because
of Its constant use, which shows Its
practicabillty, wireless telegraphy Is
the most important In the group
Many things have yet to be learned
about it, however, before 1t reaches
the state Of approximate perfection.
That 1t Is admitted to be factor
may be imagined from the fact that all
Governments now insist that wireless
telegraph stations be directly under
State supervision. Two reasons are
advanced for this control: az the ex-
IRENE Importance, in time of war, of
exercising supervision Of all means by
which Information could be conveyed
to the enemy; (2) the difficulty wire
less has to contend with In the inter-
ference Of neighboring stations makes
1t necessary for government to limit
the number and select their sites.
Tesln's Wonderful Torpedo.
One of the most wonderful war ma
chimes ever devised is Nlkola Tesla's
telautomatic torpedo, which, as It's
name implies, is something more than.
a mere automatic torpedo electrically
directed by wireless" methods. It.
can be operated at great distances, but
Its inventor has striven to make 1t In
reality an automaton which almost
thinks" for itself.
"rhe general impression was" Mr..
Tesla says, that I contemplated sim.
ply the steering Of such vessel by
means of Hertzian or other rays.
There are torpedoes steered electric
ally by wires, and there are means of
communication without wires, ind tile
above was, of course, an obvious In:
ference. Had accomplished nothing
more than this, should have made a
small advance, indeed. But the art /
have evolved does not contemplate
merely the change of direction of a
moving vessel; 1t affords means of
absolutely controlling, in every respect,
all the innumerable translatory move.
lnents, as well as the operations of all
the internal organs, no matter how
many. Of an individualized automaton
Certainly, by the use of this prin.
ciple, the use of electrical vibrations.
an arm for attack as well as defense
may be provided, of destructiyeness
all the greater as the principle is ap-
plicable to submarine and aerial yes
sells. There is virtually no restriction
as to the amount Of explosive 1t can
carry. or US to the distance at which
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04

It can strike, and failure is almost i'm.
possible"
Fighting Machine without Men.
Mr.. Tesla appears to believe that we
are approaching period where. in
spite of the ever-increasing machines
of destruction, war will not bs destruc-
tive to human life. 1.-THE advent Of
this new principle" he says, Intro
duces into warfare an elenrnnt which
never existed before-a fighting ma
chine without men as means Of at
tack and defense. The continuous de-
yelopment in this direction must ulti-
mately make war a mere contest of
machines, without men and without
loss of life-a condition which would
have been impossible without this
new departure, and which, in my opin-
ion, must be reached as preliminary to
permanent peace"
The telautomaton he has invented
may be described from the first model:
"a storage battery placed within it
furnished the motive power. The pro.
peller, driven by motor, represented
the locomotive organs. The rudder, con-
trolled by another motor, likewise drlv-
en- by storage battery, took the place
of the directive organs. As to the
sensitive organ, obviously the first
thought was to utilize n device respon-
ssive to rays Of light, like selenium
cell, to represent the human eye. Ev.
Identity the automaton Should respond
only to an Individual call, as person
responds to name. Such considera.
lions led me to conclude that the sen.
sitive device Of the machine should
correspond to the ear rather than to
the eye of human being, for In this
case Its actions could be controlled ir.
respective of intervening obstacles, re-
gardless of Its position relative to the
distant controlling apparatus, and last
but not least, it would remain deaf
and unresponsive, like faithful serv.
ant, to all the calls of its master.
.sThese requirements made 1t impera.
tive to use. in the control Of the autom-
atom, instead Of light or other
rays, waves or disturbances, which
propagate In all directions through
space, like sound, or which follow a
patti, of least resistance, however curry.
ed. | attained the result aimed at by
means of an electric circuit placed
within the boat and adjusted and
tuned exactly to electrical vibrations
of the proper kind transmitted to 1t
from a distant electrical oscillator.'
This circuit, in responding, however
feebly, to the transmitted vibrations,
affected magnets and other contriv.
ances, through the medium Of which
were controlled the movements of the
propeller and rudder, and also the oper.
atoms of numerous other appliances.p
philadelphia Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
SMITHS LIFE4ANp DEATH.
He Could Not Get Away from Adult
Il terated Articles.

He Could Not Get Away from Adult.
terated Articles.
John Smith stretched himself on his
excelsior mattress, kicked OF his cotton
Atwood blanket and tumbled out Of bed
He went into his bathroom, where the
Imitation tiling froze his feet, and
rubbed himself with a soap full Of al
kali. When he dressed he put on suit
principally composed of shoddy.
He breakfasted on oatmeal and for
maldehyde, roll full of alum, and a
cup Of chicory from his coffee pot.
Then he took his near-silk umbrella
and plowed through slush, which the
street cleaners had left to melt, to the
street car, where he paid a nickel for
seat which he had to give up to a
woman.
After mornings work, during which
his clerks did as little as they could,
Smith went out to lunch. He drank
some whisky sharpened with acid. and
bottle Of aniline dye labeled claret
His lemon pie was favored with tar
taric acid, and he gave tip to the
waiter who had neglected him.
In the afternoon he learned that he
had won damage suit against the city
for 100000, and was agreeably sur.
prised to receive $3.50 in settlement
from his lawyers.
On his way home he bought some
canned goods that had been put up five
years before, and other groceries that
were weighed on faxed scales.
On leaving the subway Smiths pa
per-soled shoes let in the melting snow,
and day he was down With pneu.
monia.
A physician looked at him, didn't
know what the matter was, said Smith
would be all right next day and gave
him prescription, which was filed by
druggist who substituted drugs he
had more OF in stock.
Soon afterward Smith died. A clergy
man who didn't believe in religion read
his burial service, and Smith was laid
to rest under a marble stone made Of
cement. l.
His widow found the insurance COM
pany wouldn't pay her claim, as Smith
had given proxy to lawson; so she
tried to commit suicide. The carbolic
acid, however, was too much adulter-
ated and she now works In dairy
putting color In the butter.-wex
Jones in Chicago Examiner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
How He Got It.

Chanple-How are you, old man?
Choliy-Got a beastly cold, y know.
Chappie luck, bah Joye. Been
going out in the cold without your mon
ocle?
Cholly-No. Called on Freddy at his
apartments and that bally Newfound-
land dog of his persisted in wagging
his tail and creating draft.-C leve-
land News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
would Have To.

"And what are you doing in the capt.
tall" asked the Washington citizen of a
friend from the West.
"oh. came to see Congress make a
few laws"
"Indeed! Then you intend to reside
here for number of yearsY- Cleve
land Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04

numerous American accidents are due
not so much to the rapidity with which
American trains are run us to the care.
lessness with which they are operated
or the Indifference with which the
American public at large views the
railroad. An accident that involves a
person not an employe of railroad or
not passenger may be partly due to
the injured ones own carelessness. An
accident to passenger is mostly due
to carelessness in railway manage.
manf
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
BUILDINGS PLANNED FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

The handsome
PARK and to form the principal
washington University They Cornhan
which Is the key to the supported
twelve Conthan columns surrounding
dome classic proportions will the auditorium
halls The facad
of al Of the buildings will front
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04

Engineers, architects, and builders
everywhere are interested In the plans
made public from New York for n
skyscraper that will out skyscrape
anything yet built. These plans were
filed with the New York building de-
partment by Ernest Flagg, for the
proposed Singer building. Nothing
more radical has ever been attempted
on either side of the ocean than is
embodied in the plans for this struc-
ture. The building is to be forty
stories high and other buildings in New
York and Chicago which nov cause
people to become stIff-necked locking
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04

"Did you see where powder trust
had the government in Its clutches7"
"What of It? II it supplies the am.
munitlon, why doesn't the government
60 cunning for it?"-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04

"I suppose you've heard that I'm to
marry Mr.. Green?" she said to one Of
her old friends.
NO." he replied coldly.
You don't seem to be very enthuslas.
tic about It,"
"Why should be? Not knowing Mr..
Green, haven't any grudge against
hlm."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04
Dam ger.

I'll shoot no follies us they fly.
couldn't hit>'e If ! tried,
And II l should, can't deny
1t might be much like suicide.
-Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04

The light-colored Malacca cane.
with gold or silver knob and cord and
tassels, such as Beau Brummel
twirled, is recent arrival ia Lon.
don,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04

When man wants anything around
the house and can't find 1t, the uls-
coyery is made that the children had
1t last
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-04

Thunder Does Not Destroy Eggs.
The belief that heavy thunder de-
stroys eggs in the process of Matching
by killing the embryo chicks Is with.
cut foundation. The writer has eyer.