The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-23
With the Long Bow
.sHow to Know the House Fly Valuable Govern
ment Publication Just Issued-A Simple Barn
With a Horse in it Will Supply an Abundance
Of the Very Best Flies for the Entire Neighborhood.
Eye nafzre's walks. shoot Jolly AZ It flies

Our government, careful about the education and
social advantages of the people, has printed neat
little brochure entitled Chow to Know the House
Fly DR.. L. o. Howard chief entomologst of the
department of agriculture is the author of this little
edition de luxe and there is longer any excuse
for anyone off his guard being bounced on by
ragged fly .s~%
Yet the Musca domestica, the house fly, does not
as a rule bite. To the country DR.. Howard
makes It plain that only the Stomoxys calcitrans
bites. The trouble is that cannot distinguish
between the aggressive fly and the pacific insect.
The matter is further complicated when one learns
that stable fly, known Muscina stabulans almost
exactly resembles the house fly in general appear
ance. and yet doesn't bite.
In 1900, DR.. Howard made collection of the flies
In dining rooms in different parts Of the country.
This inquiry developed that out Of total Of 2S,oS7
flies, %, S0S pacific nonb iters.
To those who dwell in communities where flies
are scarce it should be known that ga single stable
where horse is kept will supply house flies for
extended neighborhood.'' DR.. Howard detects
tendencies toward suicide in the fly, especially
where there is a stabe.\ If you lack flies, it might
be we'll to move into neghborhood where they keep
a horse in the barn.
But how to know the ay7 The first comment Of
the undeveoped mind may be that it does not care
to know the fly. The fly herself is not particular
as to her acquaintance and calling list: You must
know her whether you to not. Dr. Howard's
treatise is Of great value here After reading it, you
are enabled to detect fly almost every time.
DR.. Howard goes at length into various ways of
dscouraging the fly, but he acknowledges that they
are of little value SO long your neighbor keeps
horse. The fly does not object to the cow, but she
vastly prefers the horse. AS it is against the law
to burn barns, the only thing possible to be to
wait the general spread of intelligence and good
sense to point where the horse and other filth
kept where flies cannot reach them. Until this happy
time, the bald-headed will be at decided dis
advantage in fly time
rather elderly gentleman of quiet tastes who
lives far from Aberdeen S. d. feeling poorly
this spring and sought medical advice. The doctor
looked over his patient and sized him up that
needed a stimulant, say little hot toddy The old
objected account of the bad example it would
be setting before his family.
stThat is easy,' said the doctor, just call for
the hot water, saying that you wish to shave, and
keep the other ingredients in your possession.
The next day neighbor called to inquire how
the elder was getting along ..-,
"He seems to be feeling much better'' said his
wife. ''I feel of it because he is beginning to
have more regard for his personal appearance He
shaved three times last night and twice this morning
4 This is not an especially civilized nation if it is
they keep It concealed in Chicago When his imperial
highness, Prince Tsa Use, cousin Of the DoWager
Empress of China and nine other dgntaries from the
orient arrived at the pigstickng metropolis located
the Illinois Central tracks, the officials there
could hardly wait for tea to be served, but rushed
the imperial party into automobiles dashed them
to the stockyards and led these mild hammered,
tured Chinese gentlemen directly into the killing de-
partment of the Swift plant. Just glance was
enough for Chan Fin Fua, Wara Chon Chin and Lui
Chinghu. They rushed back outdoors.
Prince Tsai Use concluded that it was beneath the
dignity of the cousin of the empress dowager to- flee
abruptly.
'I stick it out, - he whispered to the interpreter