... third method whereby the fly spreads disease. The legs and body of the fly are covered with , innumerable hairs. These may pick up and hold thousands more of the harmful bacteria as the fly walks across the manure heap, and these bacteria may be deposited ...

... kettles, which has tormented many a city housewife. We have not space to mention the highly important chemical treatment of garbage and sewage. Another way in which the chemist helps the home is in the discovery and perfecting of new materials for utensils ...

... lifeless cages; what they do, what they think; how life strikes them. Even the very sparrows which fight in the gutters for garbage are less lively than London sparrows usually are; as for the children who sit about the doorsteps, theylook as if the grass ...

... lifeless cages; what they do, what they think; how life strikes them. Even the very sparrows which fight in the gutters for garbage are less lively than London sparrows usually are; as for the children who it about the doorsteps, theylook as if the grass ...