' TRIP TO PANAMA
Begun By President Roosevelt
on Inspection Tour.
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DEPARTS FROM CAPITAL
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Spick and Spun Eattleship Louisiana j
Will Convey Him to Destination.
Is Accompanied by M r3?
Roosevelt.
V "Goodbye, I am going down to cee
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ed President Roosevelt as he stood j
on the after starboard deck of the i
yacht Mayflower at, the Washington,
navy yard Thursday afternoon as the
vessel was leaving the dock with
the president for his Panama trip.
Accompanying the president were
Mi*s. Roosevelt and her maid; Surgeon
Geneial Kixey, of the navy,
and M. C. Latta, one of the assistant
? secretaries at the white house. The
Mayflower will take the party to
Wolf Traplight, where a transfer will
he made to the battleship Louisiana,
which is to convey the president to
and from the isthmus.
For a few moments the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt chatted with the
naval officials on the wharf and then,
as the hand aboard the ship playtd
"The tar Spangled. Banner," and
the bugle sounded another welcome,
they walked down the gangplank
aboard the vessel.
Here had assembled to meet them
Postmaster Qeneral and Mrs. Ccrtei
you, Ambassador Jusserand and Mine. 1
JuSseraud, v ho carried a largo bunch J
1 of flowers for Mrs. Roosevelt, and i
James R. Garfield, commissioner of j
corporations. They remained with the j
president about fifteen minutes, until
the order was given to start. Then
a "United States flag was run up the
vessel's gr.fi, the gangplank was taken
in, the ship loosed from her moorings
and the trip to Panama was begum
As the vessel startled,. President
Roosevelt appeared on deck and
shouted a goodbye to the crowd
which had assembled. He appeared
to be in particularly good spirits,
and remained on deck until the vessel
was out of sight. As the ship
passed the lower end of the navy yard
a parting presidential salute of twenty-one
guns was fired. *
The Louisiana will be convoyed to
aiid from the isthmus by the armored
cruisers Tennessee and Washington.
Aboard the Louisiana is Lieu
tenant Frank Evans, who will utilize
the wireless telegraph apparatus with
which the ship is equipped for communication
with the white house at
Washington whenever the president
desires it. In this way the public will
be accurately informed of the movement
of the ships. Secretary Loeb will
give to the press dispatches from the
president, which may be received from
time to time.
The president will spend four days
" on the isthmus. He will arrive at Colon
Thursday, November 15, where
he is to be greeted aboard ship ty
President Amador of Panama, anu
Mrs. Amador, Chairman Shonts and
other officials of the canal commission.
A considerable portion of that
day will be spent at La Boca and
Ancon, the train making a slow run
across the isthmus in order to give
an opportunity to see the sights and
make an examination of the work. At
La Boca there is to be an inspection
of the present terminals of the old
French canal and the Panama railroad.
following which there will be
a trip to nearby islands, where the
president is to be shown the proposed
actual Pacific end of the canal in
deep water and its approaches.
FOR CHURCH EXTENSION.
Methodist Episcopal Board Decides
to Raise Million Next Year.
The board of church extension of
the Methodist Episcopal church,
which convened In Syracuse, N. Y.,
Friday, decided to raise $1,000,000
next year. Of this amount $750,000
will be used for home mission's work
and $250,GQ) for church extension.
A BUMPER CORN YIELD.
Crop of 19C6 Will Be in Neighborhood
of 2,081,096,000.
The preliminary returns to tko
crop estiniatirg board of the department
of agriculture, at Washington,
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shows the production of corn in
1906 to be 2,081,096,000 bushels, or
an average of 30.2 bushels to the
acre, as compared with an average
yield of 28.8 bushels estimated in
1905.
It is estimated that about 40.4 per i
cent of the corn crop of 1903 was still
In the hands of the farmers on November
1. 1906.
MORE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS.
Party Gained Thirty-One Representatives
in Tuesday's Election.
From returns so far received from
all sections of the country participating
in Tuesday's election, the figures
indicate that democrats have gained
31 congressmen and have lost only
three. These corrected returns show
the republicans will have 223 in congress
with the democrats increasing
to 1-63.
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INFERIOR MAIL SERVICE
Brings Forth Numerous Protests from
All Parts of the South?Railroads
Are Put on Notice.
A Washington special says: As the
result of numerous complaints of delayed
mail from the superintendents
of the southern divisions, the postoffice
department has taken the matter
up for investigation with a view
to taking immediate steps toward
remedying the situation.
These complaints, coming in irem
all parts of the south, are mere numerous
tliau they lia^e ever been before.
Deiays of mail trains are not
only getting more and more frequent,
but they are longer, resulting
in more often missing connections.
The letters and reports which have
reached the department within the
last few weeks have opened the eyes
of the officials to conditions which
they hardly dreamed could exist.
As a result the postoffice department
has taken hold of the matter
and put the railroads formally on notice
that a compliance with the mail
contracts will be exacted.
To meet these very conditions the
postofiice department issued a formal
order on August 3 last, and it is this
order which the railrcads are now
put on notice will be enforced. The
order is as follows:
"Office of the Postmaster General,
Washington, D. C.. August 3, 1906.?
Order No. 1131. The act making appropriations
/ for the postal service
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1907, provides;
" 'That the postmaster general
shall require all railrcads carrying
the mails under contract to
comply with the terms of said
contract, as to time of arrival
and departure of said mails, and
it shall be his duty to impose
and collect reasonable fines for
delay, when such delay is not
caused by unavoidable accidents
or conditions.'
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"It is therefore ordered, that every
raiiroad company operating a route
over which mails are carried shall,
on the regular affidavit covering failures
to submit promptly at the end
of each quarter to the respective division
superintendents, railway mail
service, show in addition to and separate
from such mail train failures,
the number of minutes late of each
arrival (not time of arrival) of every
train carrying mail which has reached
the terminus of said route, the
terminus of such trains run, or any
intermediate point designated by the
postmaster general and cf which the
company shall have notice, thirty or
more minutes late as many as ten
times during the quarter, the extent,
cause in detail, and place of
each delay being given.
"This order supersedes that of October
2, 1S05.
"\V. S. SHALLENBEKCJER,
"Acting Postmaster General."
Must Make Connections.
As is well known, the government
is now paying the Southern railway
and connecting lines an annual subsidy
of $105,000 for carrying the mail
on fast schedule from New York to
New Orleans.
The postmaster general holds that
tills train is intended not only to
carry the mail directly along the
line, but it is for connections as
well, and the department proposes
to see to it that these connections are
made.
The depaiftment proposes to see
to it that other lines shall deliver
the mail promptly and make their
connections as called for in their contracts,
or suffer the penalty.
The protest has become so vigorous
that the department finds itself forced
to take stringent measures to remedy
the evil, and it proposes to do so;
Attention i? further called to the
fact that rfce department will make
heavy fine of the railroad companies
for each mail train that reaches the
terminus of the route, the terminus
of its run, or any intermediate point
designated by the postmaster general,
thirty or more minutes late as many
as ten times in a quarter without satisfactory
excuse.
A LONE REPUBLICAN COUNTY
Revealed In Alabama Through Belated
Election Returns.
Belated returns show that Winston,
the smallest county in Alabama, went
republican, every democratic candidate
being defeated. This is the avst
county to go entirely republican since
reconstruction days.
A $400,000 Fire In Kansas City.
The four-stsry brick building at 308
West Sixth street, occupied by the
Harvest King Distilling company, was
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i Wednesday night. Loss $400,000.
UNDER FEDERAL DIRECTION
! Quarantine Regulations Will Be
Carried Out at Mobile.
By the signing of a lease with the
Quarantine board of Mobile bay, the
fumigation of vessels from infected
ports will be under the direction of
the United States government. The
plant has been bought in for $18,000.
subject to the approval of the Alj
bam a legislature.
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TWELVE INDICTED
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Grand Jury atPensacola,
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Lot cf Foreigners Drought Charges, t
Alleging That They Were Held f
in Slavery and Also Badly
Treated.
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Twelve officers and employes of the ;
Jackson Lumber Company, cl' Lock- j
hart, Ala, v/ere indicted by the Unit- [
ed States grand jury at Pensacola, !
Fla., for peonage and conspiracy to !
commit peonage. j
These true bills are the result of {
an investigation into alleged peon- !
age which existed at 'the camps of |
the lumber company seme months j
since, and which the grand jury had j
been investigating for several days, j
Three cases cf peonage are charged !
against some of the employes, it be- j
ing alleged that they went into Wal- j
ton county, Florida, and forcibly re- j
turned to the lumber camps foreigners
who had left the employ of the
company and who v/ere endeavoring '
to reach other towns. In one in- j
dictment beating and ill treatment is j
charged. The offenses are alleged to j
have occurred on July 19, 21 and 24. j
Robert Gallagher, the woods loreman
of the Jackson Lumber Company,
was indicted on two counts of j
alleged peonage, and one for con- 1
spiracy, virile W. S. Harlan, the j
manager of the company, was indict- J
ed on two counts of conspiracy to j
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were held under bond, for the trial j
which is to be commenced at once, j
and six others are yet to bo ar- |
rested.
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Oklahoma Citizens Think Disgraced
Negro Troops May Prove Unruly.
It is believed at Fcrt Reno, Oklahoma,
that the four companies of
the Twenty-Sixth infantry, which
were started for that post Friday
night on a special train, are to take
the place of negro members of companies
E, C and D, of the TwentyFifth
infantry, recently ordered dismissed
by President Roosevelt as a
result of the riotous disturbances in
Brownsville, Texas, on August 13. A
telephone message Saturday from
Fort Reno developed the information
that the officers at the post there had
not been advised of the dispatch of
the troops from San Antonio, although
infantry had been expected
to take the place of the disbanded
rpon? trnonors No trnnhln had on
curred, it was said.
Later it was stated by ail officer at
Fort -Reno that the Texas troops could
be sent to Oklahoma as a precautionary
measure. The negro troops are
soon to be formally dismissed and th9
citizens of Fort Reno, where the three
companies are stationed, fear trouble
will follow. The Texas troops come,
it is said, as a matter of protection
to the citizens. Since their arrival at
Ft Reno, which is two miles from El
Reno, the negro troops have been
placed uuder the strictest discipline,
being subjected to a roll call every
two hours. The formal order for the
discharge of the disgraced negroes
was issued at Washington Friday.
"The date of actual dismissal is not
known.
ONE KILLED; SCORE INJURED
As Result of Accident to Passenger
Train on the B. & O. Road.
One person was killed, at least one
probably fatally injured, eighteen others
less seriously injured in a wreck
on the Baltimore and Ohio South- i
western road, six miles west of Blancbester,
0., early Saturday.
The train wrecked was :no. o, ana
the cause, as given out at the office
of the generai superintendent of the
road, was a defective rail.
The engine, postal, and baggage
cars passed the rail safely, but live
coaches were wrecked and rolled
down an embankment.
EKPRESS AGENT IS KILLED.
Albert Wrenn Stabbed to Death by
Mall Contractor in Tampa, Fla.
Albert B. Wrenn, assistant agent
of the Southern Express company at
Tampa, Fla., and brother of B. W.
Wrenn, formerly passenger traffic
manager of the Plant system, was
stabbed to death at the Atlantic Coast
Line passenger station in that city
Friday night, by H. W. Day, United
States mail route sub-contractor, who
handles mails hetween trains
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his mail wagons so as to interfere j
with the express business.
CURZON IS MENTIONED.
To Succeed Durand as British Ambassador
to United States.
A Washington dispatch says: Lord
Curzon, former viceroy of India, is
mentioned diplomatic circles as a possible
successor to 'Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand, the British ambassador to
the United States, who is to give up
his post and retire from the British
diplomatic servicj next spring.
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HITCHCOCK IS TO RETIRE
From Post of Secretary of Interior
and Will Be Succeeded by Commissioner
Garfield.
Secretary of the interior Hitchcock
will retire from President Roosevelt's
cabinet on the 4th of next March,
and James R. Garfield of Ohio, at
j.resent commissioner of corporations,
will succeed him. Herbert Knox
Smith, now assistant commissioner of
corporations, will be appointed to Mr.
Garfield's place. These changes and
that of the retirement of Commissioner
Richards, of the general land office,
on March 4, were announced in
the following statement from the white
house Wcdnesday:
The secretary cf the interior, Mr.
Hitchcock, had informed the president
that he would he unable to stay
after March 4. Mr. HItob/cock has
for some time felt that the very exhausting
work he has been engaged
in for over eight years in the interior
department was wearing on
him so as to make it impossible for
him much longer to remain. At the
president's earnest request he consented
to accept the re-appointment
on March 4, 1905, at the time of tt-3
president's inauguration. But he then
stated that he could not say how
long he could stay, and he feels now
he must insist on being relieved after
March 4. The president urged him
to accept the ambassadorship to
France, but Mr. Hitchcock feels that
he is entitled to absolute rest and
must refuse the offer.
RAILROAD ADVANCES WAGES.
Pennsylvania System Will Pay Twlcve
Millions More to Employees.
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the Pennsylvania, Railroad
company held in Philadelphia Wednesday,
an increase of 10 per cent
in the wages of all permanent employees
of the company now receiving
less than $200 a month was ordered.
The increase will take effect on
December 1, 19013, and will apply to
all lines of the Pennsylvania system,
both east and west of Pittsburg.
The official announcement of the increase
says:
The board takes this action by reason
of the increased cost of living
and the present general prosperity
of the country, in which the Pennsylvania
railroad shares, and which has
made it possible for the company to
make an increased distribution to its
shareholders.
"On the Pensylvania lines, east and
west of Pittsburg, a total of 192,458
men are employed. Of these, on the
lines east, the wages of 123,440 men
will be affected, the total increase
amounting to $702,932 per month.
"The present readjustment affects
all the employees of the lines east
of Pittsburg, with the exception of
about 5,000, many or wnom are noi
permanent employees.
"The action by the board cf directors
will be followed by similar action
on the part of the boards of
companies operating Pensylvania lines
west of Pittsburg, the increase in that
territory to apply to more than 60,000.
employees, and involving an increased
pay roll of between $3,500,000
and $4,COO,000.
"The increase of wages now ordered
applies to a total of about 185,000
men and involves an increased annual
outlay of about $12,000,000."
MOODY FOR SUPREME BENCH.
President Announces Appointment of
Attorney General to New Post.
The president Wednesday announced
the appointment of Attorney General
William Henry Moody of Massachusets
as justice of the supreme
court of the United States to sue
ceed Justice Henry B. Brown, who retired
some time ago. Mr. Moody has
filled the office of attorney general
since July 1, 1904. Previous to that
time he had served for more than
two years as secretary of the navy.
He had also represented his state in
the fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth
and fifty-seventh congresses.
It is generally expected that Mr.
Moody will retire from the department
c? justice the latter part of December.
LICENSE ALREADY REVOKED.
?dutual Life Insurance Company
Earred from Kentucky.
At Le.\irtgton, Ky., Friday attorneys
representing the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York, secured
from the Franklin county circuit
clerk an injunction directed to State
Insurance Commissioner Prewitt, restraining
the commissioner from rej
voking the license of the company
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Commissioner Prewitt stated that
the 'icense vas revoked Thursday
night.
FRENCH SPINNERS ON TOUR.
Arrive in Montgomery, Ala., to Study
the Cotton Situation.
Charles Dansette, a cotton spinner,
of Lille, France, and Charles Clerc,
Leon Clerc, and E. P. Dennis, cotton
merchants, of Havre, France, arrived
in Montgomery, Ala., Sunday to study
tile cotton situation in the fields.
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Controlling the Sex.
i The Creamery Journal claims to have
I solved the problem in controlling sex
in poultrv breeding. According to the
theory of this authority the sharp
pointed eggs will produce males and
[ the eggs equally round at both ends
j will produce females. In justice to the
j Journal, however, it is proper to add
that the article says, "we will net
swear by it," but as the experiment
is inexpensive, it is suggested that
poultry breeders try it.
Dried Blood for Calves.
Dried bleed is net gcod for a weak
calf, but it is an excellent remedy for
any calf subject to scours, says a bulletin
of the Kansas station. With the
70 head of young calves under experiment
at the Kansas station during the
past year there has not been a single
case of scours that dried blcod has failed
to check. In feeding dried blood a
teaspccnful at a feed is enough. This
should be continued until the scours
disappear. In case of a weak calf the
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allowance may be grauuauy iuuieiu>cu
to a tablespoonful at a iced. To prevent
the dried blood from settling to
the bottom of the pail, where the calf
will be unable to get it, it may be
stirred in the milk, while the calf is
drinking, or the milk and blood may
be fed immediately after being thoroughly
mixed. Since dried blood is
such a cheap and effective remedy, it
will pay anyone who raises young
calves by hand to have a little available
whenever a calf shows signs of
disorders in its digestive tract.
Proportion the Pig's Food.
Some recent experiments have shown
very decidedly that the idea of feeding
grains and millstuffs to hogs may
be carried to such an extreme and so
much given at a feed that the hogs
are not able to utilize their food to
the best advantage, says Farm Stcck
Journal. To avoid this error some
farmers in practice have begun to feed
I pasture crops in summer extensively
and Darn sicps, oats, uuu tiuvci uuu
alfalfa hay in winter. This practice
does away with the over feeding of
concentrated food or grains.
Bulky foods prevent the hog from
securing too many nutriments, and at
the same time distend and keep distended
the digestive system, lending
capacity and ability cn the part of
the digestive system to better utilize
food. Hogs fed largely upon corn, or
corn alone and pasture, can not give
anywhere near the gains secured when
corn, bran, milk and pasture, or corn,
bran, shorts and pasture, or corn,
barley, shorts, milk and pasture are
fed. The idea to be kept in mind is to
supply the growing and fattening nutrients
in about the same proportion,
supplying more bulk to the feed while
the pigs are young, lessening this as
the period cf growth advances, and
finishing with the mOre concentrated
foods.
Making the Soil Fine.
The importance of frequent cultivation
during the growing season cannot
be over-estimated. The more thoroughly
the soil is stirred and pulverized
the better will be the crops. Many
do not understand this, thinking that
if there are no weeds of any account
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destruction pf the weeds?robbers, as
they are?is important, but the comminution
of the soil is no less so; and
the retention of the moisture in our
hot, dry summers is in no case behind
these, and all are met by frequent
cultivation with the right implement.
This may be the hoe, the garden rake,
or one of the various cultivators. When
the soil is in fair condition a triangular
cultivator, which can be spread or
narrowed as required and that has 12
or 15 teeth, is a very good implement.
The statement by an eminent agriculturist
years ago that "tillage is
manure," is true, while it has its limits.
The soil for nr.Ct crcps needs to
be rich, but v/hen there is only moderate
fertility much may be gained by
good cultivation?and still more if it l
be rich. The surface should be stirred J
after every rain, as soon as the ground j
is fit to work. This destroys the
sprouting weeds and makes the seal 1
fine and fits it for the (growing crop;
and the mellow surface retains the
moisture so indispensable to all
growth.?National Stockman.
Cruelty in Shipping Fowls.
It is almost revolting to those who
dislike cruelty to dumb animals to
witness the conditions existing at a
place where fowls are sold in ccops on
commission. Load after load of coops
arrive on the hottest days, with the
poor birds packed in them almost as
closely as sardines in a box. There
may be a cup of water at some point
in the coop, but the majority of the
birds don't know of its existence and
couldn't reach it if they endeavored to
do so on account o?f the congested
condition of the coop. Not one in a dozen
coops arriving in market indicates
for the shipper one spark of mercy
or sympathy for the birds. Many of
them will be dead on arrival and w#*t
with the excessive heat of the atmosphere,
the animal heat of their
own bodies, and the fatigue and fright
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attending tie journey, there is quite
naturally a loss of weight in those
that are so fortunate as to survive.
These same farmers hurl maledictions .
upon the head of the commiss:c:u mer- . f|
chant because he deducts for "shrinliage:'
in weight in his remittance. They
apparently ignore the fact that they
alone are responsible for the deduc
lien, because they have created or at ^
the very least, have allowed to exist, .
the conditions which led to the shrink- U '[M
age. By crowding the fowls, the shipper
really is extravagant, even though *
he does lessen his shipping expenses
somewhat; for, nine times out h
of ten, it will not only result in the v
loss of some of his birds, but also vj
causes the dealer to sacrifice the re- r
mainder at a lew price in order to g
avoid further loss.?Poultry Editor of
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Roots as Food for Stock. *
The root crops are grown for their . j.
succulency rather than as nutritious - p
food. Experiments show that all roots .
have a tendency to contain an excess ,^1|
of water, which in itself is valueless j
and some varieties are claimed to ^
contain water to a harmful degree. In
the root crops a small deviation
the percentage of water materially . .%
affects the feeding value, as a tqn. oZ *' ' }
cne kind may contain twice as much
solid matter as a ton cf another variety.
It is an advantage, as well as a - .J
necessity, therefore, that the farmer M
ascertain the weight of the solids in a h
crop, which he can do by sending sampies
to the state experiment station;
The specific (gravity of the juice is a
guide to its feeding quality, hence,
when the density is highest in the ^
juice anu the whole root, the value of .."/M
the crop for feeding is the greatest. --v|gj
The farmer can easiiy ascertain these
facts without the aid of the experiment ^
station, but the station can assist him. ,
in arriving at a knowledge of the proportions
of sugar, protein and mineral
contents. The proportion of sugar' in
roots is important, as the more sugar
the greater the value of the roots as
assistants in fattening the animals.
There are farmers- now living who ^
can remember when the tomato was .'?$
small and watery and they have no- .
ticed wonderful changes in corn, ^
wheat cats and other plants that have ^
been made by selection. The root crops
have also been improved, for every '"i||
year new and better varieties are of- ^v|
fared but more work is before those "M
farmers who are willing to improve in -M
that direction.?The Epitomist.
Farm Topics.
Sheep respond quickly to kindness.
Breed the best ewes to the best ,:|j
rams.
Clover pasture is best for the young ;|3
lambs.
Sulphur fumes will disinfect hen /|s
houses. WiM
The new ram should be as good if " ' "J
not better than the one sold.
When fattening sheep in the pens, ?.|j
be punctual with the feeding hour.
When a breed is dropped for a larger ;'-J
one, the rations must be enlarged.
Each time you change breed you have . y
to learn a lot of things you never knew ^
before.
With plenty of milk as a starter,
young pigs will seen take to slop made ''
of mill feed.
Chickens are the best main line.
Ducks, geese, guineas and turkeys are
good side lines.
The very best condition powders for
the poultry consist of clean quarters, v
good feed and pure water.
There is little danger in having the 1
so?/ rat if the food used to produce fat id
is of the proper kind.
As soon as the little pigs begin to :A
cat, they are then practically sup(
ported and demand less and less of ,||
the mother.
! As far as can be done, the sows
| should be bred to farrow their pigs
r.cc later than the latter part of September.
An Enemy of the Mosquito.
An article in Chambers's Journal
draws attention to a foe which appears
to have kept the mosquito in '
check. In the Barbados many of the
waters abound in. a small fish known
as "millions"?presumably from their
great numbers?which feed on the
larvae of the mosquito. It is said . J|
that in the parts where the fishabounds
there is immunity from mosquitoes
and that malaria is almost
unknown. Experiments are to be tried
by introducing the fish into other is!
ands of the West Indies. This plan
of introducing a natural enemy has
proved successful in a number of
cases and the mosquito-eating fish
might be introduced into other districts.
If this fish really feeds largely
on the larvae of the mosquito, and
if the lhtter have really become extinct
in the district, we have the unl
usual case of species exterminating
its own food supply.
The forthcoming city directory of
Pasadena, Cal., will show a population
of 25,080. This is an increase of 3,580
persons since the same time last
year, and an increase of 15,963 since '
the United States census of 1900.
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