The Educational Echo from Edmond, Kansas • 11

11 EDUCATIONAL ECHO. September Carrie L. Paine; 6, Guilford Reede; 7, Mrs. E. B.

Simpkins; 8, John Philips; 9, P. T. Nickel; 10, Ella Harris; 11, CoraM. Rea; 12, Margaret Halloran 13, Mamie McElroy 14, Chas. Wiley 15, Rachel Carson 17, E.

L. McMur-ray; 18, W. N. De Water 19, Maude Lewis 20, 0. R.

Ray 21, Etta Dreibel-bis; 22, Ella Demoranville 23, William M. Davis 24, J. H. Jackson, E. L.

Chittenden, D. S. Wolfinger, Delia Green 15, J. P. 0.

Graber 26, B. J. Wainer; 27, Kathlyn Seltzer; 28, Harry P. Gooddell 29, Mattie Bond 30, Bertha Knappenberger 31, Lillie Graves; 33, A. Lusk 34, Clara Bramwell 35, Ida Cary 36, Alma Forker 37, W.

A. Cole; 38, Lulu Dilley; 39, Jos. Houck; 40, Louis Mclver 41, Bertha Bicknell 42, Jno. M. and Elizabath Wyman 43, Flora Davies 44, George Tedrick 45, Carrie Dunn 46, Nancy McMullen; 48, H.

V. Jordan; 49, C. U. Battey; 50, Fred James; 51, Minta Palmer; 52, Harriet C. Childs 53, E.

E. Anderson 54, Effie Baker; 55, Beatrice Clark; 57, Lulu McGinnis; 58, W. J. Dunn; 59, Jas. Stevens; 60, Miss Spencer; 61, Delia Layman 62, Albert Williams; 63, Pearl Ireton 64, P.

T. Nickel; 65, Kathleen Hess; 66, Lillian Yowell; 67, May Palmer 69, J. M. Kuy kendall 70, Elmer Learned 71, Mrs. M.

J. Lea-raon 72, E. E. Taft; 73, Isaac Smith, Roscoe Richmond and Clara Perkins 76, W. F.

Williams; 77, Mamie Mc-Calf ry 78, Walter Loughlin 80, Mabel Parker 83, Lizzie Bradshaw 84, A. H. McMahan 85, Cora Neison 87. John F. Ravens; 88, E.

F. Koontz; 89. Mamie Warren; 90, AdaWilkins; 93, Florence Litchfield 94, Clara Hill 96, Alma Leidigh 97, Mattie Wooden 99, Jos. Schisler, Georgie Metzger, and AddieGould; 100, May Cole; 102. M.

A. Draper and Dellia Blachley 103, Fred Lang 104, Ruth Pierce 105, Mrs. Adsie Burgess 106, C. Kellam 107, Ella Duncan 108, Margaret Cochrane; 109, Carrie Myers; 111, W. C.

Layman 112, Clarence King; 114, Ada Palmer: 115, Eva Rogers; 116, Hattie Case; 118, Pearl Watson; 119, J. C. Seyb; 120, Ethel Sponsler; 121, Norma Bertha Mitzner; 123, Alice Burgess, 124, Emma Hoffman 125, Swarens; 126, Marie Nelson; 127, Vera Caff ry; 128, Barclay L. Jess-up; 131, Clarence Clothier 132, K. Biody; 133.

Annabel Wilson; 134, Jennie Cole; 135. John T. Allen 136, A. S. Young and Marie Williams; 137, Kattie Wells; 138, Henry G.

Dixon; 139, Loren W. Kemp 140, C. C. Bell 141, L. A.

Dan ton; 143, H. 0. Lusk; 144, Ceorge M. Getter; 146, Stella Mende; 147, Chas. Hornbaker; 148, Dora E.

Crook: 149, Guy Woodson, Mary Parr and Flora Tharp; 150, W. M. Moore; 151, D. H. Krehbiel 152, Lizzie Johnson 153, Martha Williams; 154, Flora I.

Hardcastle; 156, E. A. Robinson; 157, Clias. Spence; 158, Lucy B. Mitchell; 159, Anna Cockey.

A few districts have not yet reported. ed of the spread of yellow fever being due entirely to the dissemination of the germ by the mosquito. The experiments of Dr. Dimmock in determining how the mosquito bites us make a very interesting chapter of nature study. It is only within the last few years that science has known how the insect gets at our blood.

By long study of the mosquito under powerful microscope it has been ascertained that the bill of the mosquito is composed of six distinct prongs, with a sheaf around the whole. When the insect begins to work he pulls this sheaf back under him, which leaves the prongs free to operate. Of these prongs the lirst two are notched like a saw, and are used to pull the rest of the tools in. Otherwise the mosquito being such a light weight and not being able to hang on with his feet, if he attempted to thrust his bill in by main force would simply pry himself off into the air. But by inserting these two hooks alternately he actually pulls his beak inside his victim's flesh.

The next two prongs are joined together to make a chisel, and serve to dig the hole out wider. The next the fifth prong, is tubular and carries the poison from the poison duct, back in the mosquito's head, down into the flesh. This makes the blood of his victim thinner and more eay for him to suck up. The last prong is the largest of all and is intended to reap in the harvest, for which all the other work is merely preliminary for it is a tube through which the insect sucks in the blood of his sacrifice. Of course all these prongs are exceedingly minute.

Not only the naked eye, but most microscopes fail to show their separate existence, and it was only when Dr. Dimmock had applied the strongest microscopes to some cross sections that he made the discovery. Just why the mosquito bites people is not yet known. It is not to furnish food, for it is an established fact that the mosquito after gorging himself with human blood, dies within a few hours; whereas mosquitos that have never tasted blood have been known to live very comfortably through the entire winter and into the next season. The adult mosquito does not need food.

During his larva stage he has stored up enough nourishment to last him all his life, and it is his normal state to go without food for the rest of his existence. All that he needs is moist air, adult mosquitoes being known to pass the winter in damp cellars, living on nothing but the moisture. The fact that it is estimated that not one out of 10,000 tastes human blood also proves that it is not neccessary. Why he persists in torturing mankind, therefore, has not yet been found out, and scientists can only swear softly with the rest of mankind and make the general statement that the mosquito is born with a vitiated appetite for human gore an appetite that causes the death of the indulger and is thus precisely parallel to the drunkard's thirst for drink. Reno County Teachers.

The following is a list of the Reno county teachers as assigned for the coming year. The Hutchinson schools begin on September 13, and the teachers have been assigned to the various grades as follows: CENTRAL BUILDING. High school, Mrs. E. II.

Richardson, Stella Myers, Mary King, 0. A. Murphy and Richard Price; grade nine, Laura Payne grade eight, Mrs. Minna Wright. NORTH SIDE BUILDING.

Grade seven, Fred Robinson grade six, Lillian Payne; grade five, Edna Kinder grades four and three, Ethel Botkin grade three and two, Gertrude Brehm grade one, Cadi Grant. SHERMAN STREET. Grade eight, L. T. Gibbens; grade seven, Louise Beers; grade six, Grace Eastman; grade live, Sophia Adams; grade four, Lillian Stone; grade three, Edith Kanaga; grade two, Mrs.

Kate Maury grade one, Lucy Long. MAPLE STREET. Grades eight and seven, D. A. Baugh-er; grades six and five, Luresa McEl-roy; grade four, Chloe Carpenter; grade three, Mrs.

Mary VanZandt; grade two, Ella Ilea; grade one Jessie Beam. ALLEN SCHOOL. Gralessixand five, Kelley; grades four and three, Bertha Rawson grades three and two Margaret Scroggs, grade one, Ella Brown. AVENUE A. Grades six and five, Helen Willard grades four and three, Bertha Carey grades three and two, Mabel Hutchinson grade one, Mrs Luna VanEman.

FOURTH AVENUE, Grades seven and six', Mary Woodson grades five and four, Ida Johnson grades three and two, Evalina Eecles; grade one, Nina Bodle. Below will be found a list of the teachers of Reno county, together with the number of the district in which they will teach, during the coming winter, so far as have been reported to the county superintendent District No. 2, Norman Totten; 3, Gertrude Chapman; 4, Henry Dull 5,.