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vantage of certain habits of the larvae
Of the fly, and causing them to commit
against the disease spreading insect
includes the following recommends
lions: First of all, clean up. Get rid
of all refuse, and abolish all unneces-
sary spots which afford breeding
places. After that has been done, treat
all the breeding places which cannot
be abolished with hellebore. Esta bllsh
cooperative campaigns against the
pest by making your neighbors, many
of whom persist in regarding the fly
as merely a. troublesome nuisance, real
ize this insects capacity as germ
carrier: for if one citizen observes pre-
cautions against the fly while his next
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ures. The most logical method of abat-
ing the nuisance is the elimination or
treatment of all breeding places. IL
would appear from what we now know
of the life history and habits of the
fly that it is perfectly feasible for cities
and towns to reduce the numbers OF
these dangerous insects SO greatly as
to render them of comparatively sllSht
account"
Together with this advice. the de-
partment publishes formula Tor a
simple fly poison, which. If followed
accurately, is neither dangerous TO man
nor will it injure fabrics.
Expose in shallow dishes says the
department, "a mixture of formalin IN
milk or water, Sweetened with little
sugar, one teasponful of formalin to
one teacup of water or milk. This is
more effective when no other liquids
are accessible to the flies.
Burning of fresh pyrethrum powder
is also effective in killing flies in a
room.
When science first took notice of
the germ carrying proclivities of the
common house fly and the stable fly
II was instantly apparent that If the
stroyed the flies themselves would
soon cease to exist In such terrifying
and epidemic threatening numbers.
There were many ways apparent by
which this could be accomplished. but
at the outset the Department of Agri-
culture and the health departments
throughout the country encountered
what for a good many years seemed
to be an insurmountable obstacle.
When they considered that tho
choicest breeding place that a fly can
possibly find is heap of stable refuse.
and that this refuse is highly valua-
BILE as fertilizer, il also became ap-
parent that any treatment of the ref
use which would interfere with its
fertilizing qualities could never be
urged upon the owner of a city stable,
and much less upon farmer.
Therefore, for the past several years
the governments fly experts have been
seeking and searching for treatment
which could be applied to stable refuse
without danger of destroying the nj
trate-producing bacteria from which
the refuse draws it's fertilizing char
acteristic.
The importance of such a discovery
said DR.. Frank Cook, one Of the ny ex-
perts. can be readily understood from
the results Of some Of the department s
experiments in fly breeding. BY actual
count $4,000 flies and larvae have come
from twenty bushels of stable refuse.
So began steady series Of expert,
ments with all known insecticides and
germicides, to determine whether any
of them would meet all the require
ments. At one time, boraX was hit
upon as a substance which did no harm
to the nitrate bacilli, but it was found
that. although the fertilizing qualities
of the stable refuse was not injured
the presence of borax in larger than a
fxed and specific ratio was death to
the plant life upon which the refuse
might later be used.
Then they discovered tho qualities Of
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lengthwise. two feet apart. and one
fastened across each end. Each of the
long pieces was supported on four
feet. Across the top of the framework
were nailed strips ten feet long by one
and one-quarter inches wide and one
inch thick. These strips were nailed
one inch apart.
Upon this framework was piled all
the stable refuse. which before had
lain in unsightly. insanitary and fly
breeding piles. No attempt was made
to keep the flies from breeding In this
spot. They We're rather encouraged
to do so. for the experts believed that
the we'll known habit of the fly larvae.
in always working downward from
the spot in which they come from the
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hellebore. the neighborhood, at very
small pro rata, could protect them
selves against the breeding of the fly
in nearby stables.
the discovery of hellebore were carried
on either in Washington or within few
miles of here, the principal stations be-
ing those at Drummond, Md, and Ar
1ington. Va. The fly investigation depot
at Drummond adjoins the bureau OF AMI
NAL industry farm at Bethesda. At the
animal farm there are cattle with every
known disease, as well as dogs aHected
with rabies. Therefore the Drummond
farm was established with a Knew to
denies, as well as the study of flies.
Data collected at this station recently
show that in the Washington climate
there is abundance of time for the de-
velopment of ten or twelve generations
of flies every summer. And when it is
known that every female deposits a
ratio in which the fly increases can be
$50 eggs in a season, some idea of the
ration in which the fly increases can be
gained.
washington generally, however, pos
sesses such excellent health regulations
governing the fly problem that the De-
partment of Agriculture, recognizing
this fact, has incorporated in many OF
their publications the District of Co
lumbia statutes as models to other
communities
Many other experiments with the con-
troll Of the fly were carried on but
short distance from the Drummond and
Bethesda laboratories by the MARYLAND
Agricultural College, at College Park,
Md And it was from these expert
ments that a highly successful plan
which leads the young of the ny, or
larvae. to commit suicide was obtained.
This method can be adapted to any
city stable at slight initial cost, and
the experts of the Department of Agri-
culture who think highly enough of the
plan to recommend it unhesitatingly
have learned that the trap was IS or
80 per cent effective.
The trap for the larvae of the fly, de-
signed to destroy the pest before it ar
rives, is constructed as follows: A
concrete floor Is prepared-in the col
lege instance twenty-five by twelve
feet, although it may be made smaller
to suit the individual conditions-and
a rim about four inches high and four
inches wide is built. An outlet pipe
leading into a drain was fitted into one
corner of this Enclosure. Water was re-
tanned in the concrete basin by plug
cling the pipe. Upon the floor of the
concrete basin was constructed wood
en- platform, twenty feet long and ten
feet wide, supported on legs one foot
high. The frame of this platform was
made of two-by-four-inch studding.
There were six of these pieces running
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a MEXICAN horses and mules by
IN tens of thousands have gone to
q u the war in Europe and the
stream of outgoing horses continues!
The horse train is a familiar sight to
neonle living on the railroads leading
from the south and the west into Nor
folk. which seems to be the principal
horse shipping port, though large snip
ments are also made from GalVestoh'
New Orleans and Philadelphia.
Horses have been shipped to the Bit
ish forces in France. to the British
forces In England and to the FRENCH
and shipments went to Italy during
that countrys period of preparation.
Shipments to Italy also continue.
Horses from the parts of virginia ana
MARYLAND around Washington have
heen going to the war and the supply
of suitable horses which owners Will
sell for war destruction mas apout
been exhausted in this ne1ghbornooo.
Last summer horse buyers TOOK an inc
available saddle and draught animals
they could buy in the nearby regions.
A good many persons who were unwili-
ing to sell their horses for war serves
in foreign lands were encountered ny
the agents and after the country nau
been well canvassed they made another
round, this time representing tnat they
were buying horses for farming ana
other peaceful purposes in ltaiy 10 re,
place the horses that had Deen soio
out of that country for war. 1t is likely
many near-Washington horses are
serving with the Italian armies.
At the close of the first ten months
of the war it was announced that the
United States had exported horses and
mules to the value Of $59.0O0,000. and,
putting the horses at $3.50 head, 1t
would show that nearly four hundred
thousand horses had been shipped
abroad in ten months. The outgo is in
creasing and June and July will no
doubt show larger exports than earlier
months in the course of the war, but
1t is only a question of time when this
drain on the American horse market
must exhaust the supply of suitable
animals .-..-
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Ravages.

NAPT. TURNER of the Inflated Lusi-
tanfa had a story about the raw
ages of seasickness that he often told
in the saloon.
"A passenger" he would begin, ZAP
preached another passenger and said:
Were getting up tug-of-war be-
tween a team of married men and a
team of single men. You're married,
aren't your.
mo the other answered. I'm sea-
sick. That's what makes me look like
this"
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hellebore. the derivative of fleetwood"
Being a plant itself it would naturally
exercise no injurious influence upon
the roots of other flora. And here is
what the experts say of it:
"Hellebore contains a number OF
chemical compounds known as aka
of which quinine. morphine and cocaine
may be mentioned as examples, which
act very intensely on the animal body.
For the treatment of stable refuse Il
water extract of the hellebore is pre-
pared by adding one-half pound of the
powder to every ten gallons of water,
and. after stirring. it is allowed to
stand twenty-fo four hours. The stock
mixture thus prepared is sprinkled over
the refuse at the rate of ten gallons
to every eight bushels tten cubic feeO.
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door neighbor does not, much of the
good work is set at naught.
Continue swatting and trapping such
flies as appear in or about the house.
Continue the screening of dwellings
and food. Continue the use of fly
papers and similar destroyers. Pay
particular attention to cracks and
crevices in damp cellars where animal
or vegetable refuse may accumulate.
Treat such cracks with a borax solu-
ton.
Warn the domestics against permit
ting even the smallest particles Of gar
bage to lie about.
Commenting upon the necessity OF
striking at the root of the fly peril
through the destruction of its breed
ing places, r. H. Hutchinson of the bu-
reau of entomology says:
THE use of fly papers, poisons and
traps are at best only temporary meas
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Zperts Invent New Devices for War Against Flies

In describing the success with which
the larvae trap has met. one of the
Department of Agriculture experts
says:
.In spite of the fact that flock of
young turkeys and hundreds of spar
rows lived on the larvae so trapped
during the entire period of the eN-
pertinent, in this way interfering sad
iy with the count of the catch, $4,000
dead larvae were collected by the ex-
perimenters between July % and
October l. How many were really
destroyed cannot be determined. for the
birds often cleared the trap absolutely
of its catch"
At the close of the season, minute
examination was made of the refuse
heap. About $4,000 ptparia-or flies.in
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use of hel1ebore seems to be the posi-
bility of poisoning farm animals, as
might happen If, for example. the bar
rel or tank in which the stock solution
was prepared were left uncovered in
an accessible place. 1t is quite safe
to say that chickens will not be injured
by pecking at hellebore-treated
manure. This has been tested care
fully
Hellebore can be obtained both in
ground and powdered form. but the
powdered form gives the best results
in the destruction of fly larvae. 1t
costs from ~ to 16 cents per pound
and under normal conditions can be
obtained in large lots for 10 cents
or less per pound. 1t is estimated that
the cost of treating horse manure with
hellebore will be q little over / cent
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Department Agriculture Plan to Destroy Breeding Places Of Disease
Of the Being Conducted the Nghboood
Habits Larvae Fly and
Them Commit ucdeThe Use nebeh Capitals Excellent Health Ra
Governing Models Other Communities
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ESTROY the breeding places
of the fly"

of Agriculture experts head their sum-
mer of 1915 campaign for the eradica-
ton of the disease carrying insect.
And after years of experiments, most
of which were conducted in or about
Washington, they are at last able to
add to that injunction a newly discov-
cred formula which will make the ia
vorite incubation spots of the fly too
hot to hold him. In fact. they have
found two methods, to use the words
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OF one expert, of destroying the ny be-
fore he gets here
-
One of the solutions to the hitherto
vexing problem of determining a prac-
teal and not too expensive method of
killing the larva of the fly was found
in a wayside plant which for years has
been familiar in the catalogue of cheap
drugs. 1t grows widespread over the
Atlantic seaboard. and for this reason
the war in Europe. which has sent drug
prices skyhigh. cannot affect the cost
of it's derivative. The plant is COM
monty known as the itch weed, or In
dian polk. Scientifically it is called
Veratrum Viride. Its product is helle-
bore.
The second method consists of moth
ing more abstruse than by taking ad-
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From the result of twelve experiments
with refuse piles treated under natural
conditions it appears that such treatment
results in the destruction Of from SO to SO
hellebore less than one-half pound to
every eight bushels of manure are not
so effective. while stronger applications
will, of course. give somewhat better
results.
"The only possible objection to the
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egg, would compass the larvae's
destruction.
And they soon demonstrated that the
theory was practical. Boring earth
ward, the larvae soon came to the bot
tom of the heap of refuse, dropped into
the water and were drowned.
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71HE possibility of the establishment
of a German submarine base on
q the coast of Maine has supplied
the text for a current story with en-
tertaining thrills. Prophecy is ven
turesome pastime, and in the present
war so many surprises have been
sprung and lethal marvels brought
into action that it is particularly dan
gerous to say either that a thing can
be done or that it cannot be done.
But the idea that it should be sug-
gested that submarine base could be
maintained in secrecy on the coast of
Maine is at least amazing. 1t would
appear that the author of the story did
not have an intimate personal acquaint-
ance with the coast of Maine, or that
he was enjoying a summer dream for
the sake Of writing a hot weather
story.
Perhaps the author or inventor Of the
remarkable story had studied a map of
the coast of Maine, with it's many is
lands, indentations and expanse of
rock and forest. On the map the coast
of Maine seems to offer lifnitless posi-
bilities to smugglers and pirates, and
from the map it might appear that q
secret base for submarines could easily
be located and maintained on that
coast. 1t has a lonely look about it on
the map.
However, the coast of Maine is one Of
the busiest coasts in the United States,
especially in the summer months, and
if submarines are going to establish
base on the Maine coast for inter-
cepting and destroying munition ships,
they would probably make the attempt
now.
Ships bound out of New York for
British and French ports do not pass
far out from the Maine coast when fol-
lowing their normal lanes, and a sub
marine operating off that coast would
probably account for many rich prizes
from the German viewpoint.
writer in the Portland Press says
that there is not mile of Names coast
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the stage following that of the larvae
were discovered. This reduced into
terms of ratio means that if only 1900
escaped and 10000 persisted the per-
centage Of effectiveness of the trap 10
9S.5.
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for every two bushels It will be of
interest to the agriculturist to know
that in applying heIlebore to manure
he is adding substance which con-
tains fully l per cent of nitrogen.
The department experts add that
should any stableman hesitate over the
cost of safeguarding his premises with
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-07-31
HAVE FAITH.

Have faith that life will turn at last
From out the shadow of the past;
Always the darkest trouble lifts
Where unexpected sunlight drifts
In fairest beauty unto YOU
Have faith and watch how truth comes
true.
Have faith that all is not in vain,
The purpose of the sun and rain
May not seem clear to all at times,
But love lifts all to perfect chimes
OF harmonizing law and right
Have faith and watch the dawn of
light.
Have faith that in the darkest hour
The sudden light of love shall flower
Your pathway with golden deed
There is no aforementioned need;
The hunger of the heart will end
Have faith and trust the Loving
Friend.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-07-31
HOME INFLUENCE.

''The boy who is taken out for a
stroll on Sunday afternoon by his
father" says Judge Scully, of the Chi
cago Juvenile Court, lis seldom the
boy who gets into trouble" Judge
Scully finds, and social workers will
agree with him, that the lad who is
tempted to follow the downward path
is the lad who is deprived of proper
home influences. The tone of fam
lily depends largely on the mother, but
the father should not restrict himself
to the humble though necessary posi-
ton of breadwinner. In the opinion
of many observers, too many Catholic
boys, whose homes are fairly good in
most respects, suffer from the fact
that they know little about their
father, and he knows little about them.
Much has been written and sung of
the mothers influence; the influence
of the father has not received the at
tention which it's Importance deserves.
The father who makes his boys his
companions, at least occasionally, safe
guards both himself and them.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-07-31
DON'T RUSH YOUR PRAYERS.

Don't rush your prayers! Don't
shorten or omit them on the pretext
that duty calls you to some other task,
The highest of all duties commands
you to make ample provision for this
daily communion with God. There
will always be distractions; there will
always be something to be done, if you
permit such things to stand between
you and God. There is no economy
when there is a question of useless
conversation, amusements or recrea-
tions. Hour after hour is spent with
our families, friends and neighbors !;
but the time spent with God is, as a
general rule, exceedingly brief; in the
evening we are fatigued. The only
one thing that can keep us close to
God, that can keep alive the fear of
sin-the one thing that can procure
for us the supernatural light whereby
we discern the true from the false in
spiritual matters is hurried, slurred
over and gotten through mechanically.
Some morning, when we least ex-
pect it, the sun rises on our last day
of life. The time is short and we
make a hurried preparation. We pray
then as we never prayed before. We
pour our souls in regret for the lost
days and hours. We would give mil
lion worlds for another week, another
year, in which to make up for lost
time. Lost time! The time that
could be devoted to prayer and good
works! The time that has no i'm
portance in our eyes while we are we'll
and strong; the time that is spent in
worldliness, in sin, in vain amuse-
ments; in the things that do not count
lin everything but the one thing use
full and profitable-prayer The world
blinds us, the flesh draws us away
from God, the devil always furnishes
us with pretext; and we are going
along through life giving no thought
to the wasted hours, never thinking
of economizing time until there is a
question of spending it in the things
for which time was made-the love
and service of God.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-07-31
PLEADING WITH GOD.

We too readily forget that the prime
argument for souls conversion is not
addressed to that soul itself but to
God-the argument of prayer and sac
riflce. The hidden apostolate is the
stronger one. This is because it OBJ
tains the stronger motives of CONVEX
sion; these are always hidden i'm
pulses of grace. Give us much plead
ing with heaven for conversions, and
we shall need no great amount of
pleading with earth. We do not I'M
derstand clearly that there would be
more conversions if devout Catholics
were not addicted to spiritual gluttony
Gas ST. John of the Cross calls it,.
They should pray for the salvation OF
others as we'll as for the sanctitication
of themselves.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-07-31
THE REATITUDEs.

Blessed the hearts in spirit poor,
For theirs in heavens kingdom sure.
And blessed are the meek, for they
Shall dwell in Paradise some day.
And those that mourn-ah, truly blest!
They shall find comfort upon Gods
breast.
They that for justice hunger still,
From God they shall receive their fill.
Blessed they that in mercy speak;
Never in vain shall they merely seek.
Blessed whose hearts from stains are
free,
For the clean of heart their God shall
see' as ssL ae@7 ~
And unto those that for peace have
striven
The name of Gods children shall be
given.
Blessed who thirst for Justices sake
For they of Gods kingdom shall par
take.
-AUe Maria.