The Hawaiian star. [volume], August 16, 1911, SECOND EDITION, SECOND SECTION, Page ELEVEN, Image 11

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THE) HAWAIIAN STAIt, WBDNBSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1911
ELEVEN
CATERING FOR ALL CLASSES, tho Capo. It Is designed principally Hon for Immigrants botwoon the sev
Sionmshlp companies, llko railway -r omlgrant traftlo of tho suporlor Jornl States of Australia which keeps
..i !,.. ..iin.i t,i .,i... 'class, wiimn ii Rtincuis ids ino Austral- .miuiuia uxuuuuniKiy uuim. n, m
on tho subject of passonger classifica
tion. Thoro aro linos which carry
first, second, third, and ovon fourth
class. Thoro aro others which convoy
lan trade. Tho P. and O. Company
announco that Its ono-olass sorvlco will
prcsontly offer sailings every three
weeks, instead of onco a month. This
only first and second, and still others chango will bo effected In November,
which cater for second and third wn?n tho Dallart, tho first of two now
alone. Again thoro aro one-class 1 11,000-ton steamers, makes her maiden
ships. It nil depends upon tho char-1 voyage. Tho clrcumstanco suggests,
jicter of tho trade. In tlm Cnnndlnn 'as the fact Is that Australia, as well ns
trade, for example, there Is not tho Canada, Is makllng ovc.r-lncreaslng de
large demand for flrst-cabln accom- mnnds upon tho Mother Country for
modatlon which qxists on tho Now 'settlers. Of recent times tho big
York route. Tho flttlng-up of tho Tou- Orient liners sailing from London havo
tonic Tor Becond nnd third class pas-,111U1UUUU b H
Ronirorf. nniv. tinw tw h i rinf.mi oral hundred emigrants for the Com
In tho Canadian service, tells its own monwealth. For months past the
nlo A tvno nt im nno.oinoa hin in third-class accommodation on these
tho American trade Is that provided "nors has been, booked considerably
Ijy tho P. and O. branch sorvlco via .ahead, 'mere is a measure 01 cu...pU
good thing for tho steamship compa
nies. Tho only question, as John
Burns suggosts, Is how long tho Moth-
or Country enn stand the. Btralu.
Hongkong Dally Press.
IF I HAD ECZEMA.
I'd wash It away with that mild,
soothing liquid D. D. D. Trial bottlo
25c. nolloves all kinds of skin trou
ble, cleansing away tho Impurities
and clearing up tho complexion as
nothing olso can.
Yes. If I had any kind of skin trou
bio I'D USB D. D. P. Deuson. Smith
& Co.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO horse manure, which may bo variously
O treated or kept In a specially prepared
"The Insect we now call the O receptacle, would greatly abato tho fly
O 'house fly' should In the future be O nutsanco, and city ordinances compell
O termed the 'typhoid fly' In order O Ing horso owners to follow somo such
O to direct attention to the . danger O course aro desirable. Absolute clean-
O of allowing It to breed uncheck- O llness, oven under existing clrcum
O ed." L. O. Howard, chief of tho O stances, will always result In dlmlnU'
Flno Job Printing at Star Office.
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w.w
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THE TYPHOID FLY " SHOULD BE
THE NAME OF COMMON HOUSE FLY
will vary soon be brought to a rolia
tlon of the ease of house-fly eradica
tion and Its very great desirability.
FORMALIN
MILK
SAMPLE
Pi!
an
I HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
Bureau of Entomology, United O
O States Department of Agrlcul- O
O turc. O
O O
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
13. n. Blanchard, Food Comlssloner
tor tho Board of Health, made a vory
full statement yestorday concerning
1 tho chnrgos of B. P. Irwin that ho had
'attempted to use his official position
tlon of tho numbers of tho house fly, In tho Interest of tho Honolulu Dairy
and, In fact, most household Insects men's Association, and against other
are less attracted to tho premises of dealers In cream.
what is known ns tho old-fashioned
housekeeper than to thoso of tho other
Natural Enemies.
The house fly hns a number of nat
ural enemies. Tho common houso
centipede destroys it in considerable
numbers, thoro Is a small reddish mlto determined. u wa9 m r rellminarv work
Musca domostlca commonly lays its which frequently covers Its body nnd of nmkiiiB this test that evidences of
eggs upon horso manure. This sub- gradually destroys it, it is subject to fonnalln anpCared j,, ono ot nle reac
tions. Following this up, Blanchard
Tho federal government hns lust !s-
Biiod a special bulletin on houso 1'les,
from which the following are extracts:
Life History M tha True House Fly.
Blanchard stated that the samples
from which ho Isolated formalin had
jbecn sent to him by tho Importers,
ltaven & Jacobson, with whom Irwin's
brother is connected, with tho request
that the percentage of butter fat bo
confirmed this evidence by sevorat
other tests. He ropoatcd the demon
stration in tho presence of a number
of witnesses, ono of thorn being a
prominent druggist in tho city, and
stanco seems to bo Its favorite larval the attacks of liymenopterous para
food. It will oviposit on c..w manure, sites In its larval condition, and it Is
but wo havo not been able to rear Ii destroyed by predatory beetles at tho
In this substance. It will also breed same time.
In human excrement, and from thit. Tho most effectlvo enemy, however,
habit it becomes very dangerous to Is a fungous disease known as "Em-
lm linn 1 til nt l.n.vinn lmln.ro nnrn-lnir UUSa lnUSCaO. WlllCll CaiTlCS Off files
as it does, tho germs of intestinal dls' in large numbers, particularly toward another an employe of Haven ft Jacob
eases such as typhoid fever and chol- the closo of tho season. Tho epidemic son, who is said to bo a chemist,
era from excreta to food supples. It ceases in December, and although I Blanchard denies that ho had any
will also lay Its eggs upon other do- many thousands aro killed by it, the idea of looking lor a preservative or
caying vogotablo and animal material, remnrkabio rapidity or development uuuiterant in cue sampie suuinmeu
but ot tho flics that infest dwelling In the early summer months soon to him, but that tho formalin reaction
houses, both in cities and on farms, a moro than replaces tho thousands thus appeared at almost tho first step of the
destroyed. analysis for butter fats. Those sam-
What Cities and Towns Can Do. pies not being official, Blanchard a day
It would appear, from what wo know or 80 later In l,orson took 8anUles
tho common
vast proportion comes from horso ma
nure.
It often happens, however, that this
fly is very abundant in localities nf th llfG lllstorv of
wnero mere is littlo or no horso ma
from tho shipment which, had been
hmisn flv nn.l frnm whnt romoillnl ov- Held Up as a rcsuil OI HIS mau ma
nure, ana in such cases it will he perimentation has already been car- covery, and it was thoso official snm-
found breeding in other' manuro or in rle(1 0( that lt is pcrrectly feasiblo pies which showed absolutely no traco
slops or fermenting vegetable mater- for cltleg aml towns to rcduco the of tho preservative found In tho flrst.
lal, such as spent hops, or bran, or on- ilumiJora or these annoying and dan-! "I cannot explain It," said Blanchard.
silage. crormiH insects so creatlv as to render "In tho flrst nlace I have no knowledge
The number of eggs laid by an in- tl m ot comparatively slight account, that the flrst sample was from tho
dividual fly at ono time is undoubted- Th ilnaith departments of most of anmn nrpnn. frnm which i took my
ly large, averaging about 120, and a ou cltIeg hav tho authority to abato ni Thoro Is tho nosslbllitv that
singlo female may lay four such nulsances dangerous to health, and it Ul0 container in which tho flrst sample
uiuuuua, bu uua uio uuuimuua nun.- la casy for tho ncaIth authorities of was brollght to mo may Viavo been
hers in which tho insects occur is thus any cltJ. t0 formulate rules concerning cleaused wlth formalin, which thus
plainly accounted for, especially when tho construction and care of stables MtAll ,n thn stents. Another
nnd the keeping and disposal of ma- ,,.,... , .,,. f,.moiin in small
rnnro nf aimrnnrlntn Inrvnl fnnri Is , ..., ... "uaaiuiuij ia t".
, nine which, u ouiuiueu, win uu awui
considered. In order to ascertain tho ...i, , i,nllD.n,- nniannnn s,.M, n
numbers In which house-fly larvae oc- j lo wn formulated in tho
cur in noise-manure pues, a quarter sprlng ot 100G by Ul0 Health Del,art
of a pound of rather well infested ment of the cIly of Ashovillo, N. C,
quantity had been used in tho entire
shipment, but had disappeared In tho
interval between the time tho first
sample nnd the second were taken.
Formalin will evaporate or change into
its constituent compounds with time,
and a small quantity added in San
horso manuro was taken on August and an effort is being made during
9, nnd in it were counted ICO larvae thls summor t0 see that they aro en
and 1-1 G puparia. This would make rr,i n ,i, ,! f Mm- ionn ti.r,
about 1,200 house Hies to the pound Hcalm' Dopartraent of tho District of Francisco, expected to disappear wlth
of manure. This, however, can not bo Columbia also issued a scries of or- In the eight or ten days interval be
taken as an average, since no larvae dors of this nature, on the authority' tween tho tlmo of shipment and the
aro found in perhaps the greater part ot the commissioners of the District, last analysis."
of Ordinary horsemanure piles. Neith- and tneso orders, which may well , Blanchard denies that ho ever dis-
er, however, does it show the limit of servo aB a model to other communl-' cussed with tho Dairymen's Asocia-
what can be found, since about 200 ties desiring to undertako similar tlon tho mater of Haven & Jacobsen's
puparia were found in less than ono measures, may bo briefly condensed shipments, although th0 mllvc corpora-
cubic Inch of manuro taken from a ns fniinws; ,im nnW him with roTorenco to
spot two Inches below the surface ot An stans In whIch anmais aro kont '0in,unr limitation on their own ac-
ihn nllo t'liorn fho Ifirrfln linrl pnni.ro. . .. . - ... .
- Snan nave tne sunace 01 tne grouna count
gaieu in immense numoers. covered with a water-tlcht floor. Rv-
Carriage of Disease. ory person occupying a building where
In array camps, in mining camps, domestic animals aro ker.t shall main-
and in great public works, bringing to- tain. in connection therewith, n bin or
pit for the reception of manure, and,
pending tho removal from tho prem
ises of tho manuro from tho animal
or animals, shall place such manuro
in said bin or pit. This bin Bhall bo
so constructed as to exclude rain wa
ter, and shall in all other respects bo
water tight except as lt may bo con
nected with tho public sewer. It
shnll lio nrnvlflpil with n sultnhlo rnvor
and constructed so as to prevent the expression of the llfo of any race than
In tho badly cared for portions of ingress and egress of flies. No per- its music. Its music Is tho symbolism
largo cities typhoid germs aro carried Bon owning a stable shall keep any 1 for tho summary of its emotional at
from excrement to food by flies, and manuro 0r permit any manuro to bo'tainmont and possibility. There Is no
tho proper supervision and treatment kcpt jn or upon any portion of tho ' need to say that tho "rag-tlmo" music,
of the breeding places of tho houso fly premises other than the bin or pit do-'or. as It Is popular called, " rag
become most important elements in scribed, nor shall ho allow any such ' music," ha3 its visible source in tho
tho prevention of typhoid. bin or pit to bo overfilled or need- 'ancestry ot negro music. It is negro
In the same vay other intestinnl i0Ssly uncovered. Horso manure may ',UB0 moro modernly adapted. It was
germ diseases are carried by flies. Tho bo kept tightly ramme.d Into well-cov- typically negroid In the years prior to
Asiatic cholera, dysentery, and infnn- crcd barrels for tho purpose ot remov- tn0 clvll Wnr It bears radical resom-'
tllo diarrhea are all so carried. 1 in such barrels. Every person b)anCo t0 th0 'fantastic waywardness ot
Nor are tho disease-bearing possi- keeping manuro in any of tho moro u l8 a modulated derlva-
bllitles of the house fly limited to in- densely populated parts of the District 10 tho nlost 8,Bnlncant fact
testlnal germ diseases. Tliero Is Buall causo ail such manuro to bo re- , , ,a thnf has become
strong circumstantial evidence that m0Ved from tho premises at least his music Is tha bs bocomo
ti.nw.in0ia ..i.o ..o. nni.hni. . . ... ... tvn cany American. uuvh'""
tv..v,...wo.o, ,u,TD, ul...umi- twice overy weeit oetween juno l anu .,
gethor largo numbers of men for a
longer or shorter time, there Is sel
dom tho proper caro of excreta, and
tho carriage of typhoid germs from
tho latrines and privies to food by
flics is common and often results in
epidemics of typhoid fever.
And such carriage of typhoid by
flies Is by no means confined to these
great temporary camps. In farm
houses in small communities and even
Just what action, If any will bo taken
by tho Board of Health by way of In
vestigation, is not known, although it
is posslblo that tho mattei may bo
brought up beforo the meeting of tho
Board this afternoon. Mr. Blanchard
left at ten o'clock this morning for
Hllo, whero ho goes to Investigate tho
pol output, and other matters concern
nig his bureau.
"RAGTIME" MUSIC.
There is nothing moro vital in tho
'. its negroid limitations and achieved
national importance. There Is a popu-
mia, smaiipox, tropical sore, anu para- October 31, and at least onco ov'ery
Blue worms mav no ana nro so r.arnnii. ...v i, x'..n.i. 1 n.i nr
Actual laboratory proof exists In tho 31 of the following year. No person nr do'"11 for lt- Fortunately, it is
cases of a number of these diseases, snai removo or transport any manuro assuming more desirable lnterpreta-
and where lacking Is replaced by cir- nvor nnv r.uhlio hichwnv in nnv nt tlon. yet the entire range ot vuuuuvwu ,
cumstantlnl evidence amounting nl- tho moro densely populated parts of song Is permeated with tho derivative
most to certainty. tho District except In a tight vohlclo type.
Remedies and Preventives. which, If not inclosed, must bo effec- There Is a certain sway and swing,
A careful screening ot windows and tually covered with canvas, so as to',, rortain Indescribable sensuous some-
doors during tho summor months, prevent tho manuro from being drop-' ,i,i ,,niin, nn,i snnirostlvn nbout
with tho supplementary use of sticky ped. No person shall deposit manuro 'tll0 rlng and molody, tho rhythm nnd
fly papers, Is a preventive measure removed from the bins or, pits within ' vors,ncatlon of tho music. Scrutluiz-
uBuiuai. uuusu mes iuiuwu io overj- any of tho moro densely populated
one, and there seems to bo littlo hopo parts of tho District without a permit
ingly criticised, all ot tho songs aro
in tho near futuro of much rollof by
doing away with tho breeding placos.
A singlo stablo in which a horso Is
kept will supply house flies for an ex
tended neighborhood. Pcoplo living each offonso.
in agricultural communities will proo
inclillntwl v norvortlnir; Hipv nro lndl-
from tho health officer. Any person relaxatlvo ,llorallty, ot dls-
violating any ot the provisions shall .' montot tho marital tie, ot
upon conviction thereof, bo pun shed ,
of not moro than ?40 for -
by a lino
innd the ontlro moral codo might be in-
As with all such measures, tho test ciuueu. rnero is not evon u..
ably never bo rid of tho post, but in comos with tho onforcomont, and n!a" nt concoalmont ot tne uiousut
titicB, with better mothods of disposal thoso regulations havo not been woll convoyed in tho song. It is, out-and.
of gnrbago and with tho lessening of onforced, owing to tho oxtromely out vulgarity. Walter Winiton Konll
tlio number of borsog and horso sta- small corps of Inspectors allowed to ' worth In tho Forum,
hies consequent upon electric Btreet tho Health Dopartmont, and to other I, '
rallwnys, bicycles, and automobiles, moro pressing work. TTioy can bo ' Oahu Hallway and ImvA Co., Ltd.,
tho tlmo may como, nnd bofore vory niade offectlve, howovor, and it Is will have its annual meetlug at tha
long, when window screens may bo earnestly hoped that not only "Wash-1 irilllnnliam office, Stangenwald build,
discarded. Tho prompt gathering of lngton but other communities as well ing, next Monday at 2:80 p. m.
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