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length, 1 inch or so wide, and perhaps Vz inch thick. These 

 sHces are laid in the sun to dry, and become dry enough to store 

 in three or four days. Sheets of galvanized iron (roofing) are 

 used with sheets of paper laid on them. Cloth was not found 

 satisfactory, and the paper could not be dispensed with, as the 

 acid juice of the fruit turned the product a dark color if in direct 

 contact with the iron. The fully dried chips are of a very pale- 

 yellow or brownish- white color, and if only cut into similar 

 shapes could hardly be distinguished in appearance from the best 

 dried apples. These chips when thoroughly dry are stored in 

 air-tight receptacles and may be packed quite tightly in them. 

 The best receptacles are large earthenware jars. Hermetical 

 sealing is very necessary and is generally done with ordinary 

 beeswax. 



When cooked, the dried fruit darkens in color a little and is 

 not so decided in tiavor as is the typical fresh mango — in fact, to 

 one who did not know what it was, it looks somewhat like a mix- 

 ture of dried apples and apricots. It makes excellent tarts and 

 pies, and could ecjually well be used for jams or chutneys. 



PESTS OF PESTS. 



Two English physicians have discovered a germ which is fatal 

 to flies and its propagation promises to rid the human race of the 

 ubiquitous fly pest. The germ is easily grown on vegetable 

 gelatin and when flies are inoculated with the germ and turned 

 loose an epidemic disease is rapidly spread to other flies from 

 which they die. 



The germ in question is harmless to other forms of life, having 

 a selective action on flies. 



It is reported that the government bacteriologists in the United 

 States are securing cultures from England with a view of start- 

 ing a campaign against flies during the next summer season. 



We hope this remedy will prove more practicable and wide- 

 spread in its application than a highly recommended bedbug 

 remedy the recipe of which was sold for a price. 



The bug was first to be caught and made to laugh by tickling 

 it under its chin, when the remedy was to be poured down the 

 bug's throat, strangling it. The remedy was to be repeated until 

 effective. — ^Mindanao (P. I.) Herald. 



LOCUSTS DIE OF GERM DISEASE. 



A discovery which promises much for the Philippine Islands is 

 credited to a Erench physician, ^l. Felix d'Herelle, who has re- 

 cently successfully fought a locust plague in Argentina. Two 

 years ago Dr. d'Herelle while visiting Mexico noticed an epidemic 

 among the locusts, and succeeded in isolating a bacillus which 

 produced the disease. The Argentine government invited him to 



