Show HOUSEHOLD PESTS Suggestions as to the Way to Eradicate Eradi-cate Buss There are few housekeepers who have not wakened some morning to find the sugar or Hour or butter alive with ants The hanging shelf invaded vviUh rats the sink overrun with roaches So rapidly do these pests breed that the most heroic etforcs only will exterminate them and after that a constant watchfulness must be maintained main-tained to keep clear of their encroachments encroach-ments Corrosive sublimate is one of the quickest poisons known and for that reason is efficacious The proportion Should be about one part corrosive sublimate to 100 parts water which makes it very strong This used as awash a-wash is nearly always etfectlve for the time being but other measures are necessary for a complete riddance Ants usually appear In the pantry or cellarway and invade everything they find Sugar flour etc BO affected af-fected should be scalded with plenty of ihot water to kill those already there Tnen everything should be removed re-moved from the shelves and scalding water poured over Corrosive sublimate sub-limate solution may then be poured around and when the shelves are dry blow with a powder bellows red pepper pep-per in every crack and crevice It Is unlikely they will ever return I Rats and mice are more difficult to deal with Poison is out of the question ques-tion in the summer for they always i choose a place in the house to die I Traps fail to ensnare them The only I plan to drive them away absolutely is to get a quantity of potash put It in the sun till it becomes soft > and then with a stick smear every hole that can be found Sooner than walk through this a rat will change Ms abode From a druggist who sells glass get all the pieces they throwaway throw-away pound fine and throw in the holes Being sharp it will cut their feet This combination potash and glass is a neverfalling cure Roaohes are among the most persistent persist-ent pests that invade a house Get equal parts of Paris green and borax and at night set around their haunts In old dishes They will die away like magic Sometimes they are found In desks especially in offices This pre paratlon scattered freely under the I bottom paper will rid the drawers of them It is almost impossible to get rid of bugs in a soft wood bed Better I Bet-ter burn the bed up in the beginning It is generally true that the babys I crib is the offending member being made of softer wood Then all the beds in the house should be given a turpentine bath pouring it into all the cracks and crevices The spring should have an extra good doSe and the edges of the mattress bolster and pillows soaked A pint to a bed is the average allawance This will kill all the bugs it reaches Blow insect powder all over the bedspring bed-spring and mattress examine the bed every day repeating this treatment twice a week for a month Next varnish var-nish the wood work This will close up all cracks where they could have hidden and not only keep them out but prevent others from getting in The base boards and other paint should also be looked to turpentined and if thought necessary varnished Such treatment will destroy them in short order Willow cribs and rockers need at tention particularly during warm weather The remedy for these Is scalding water an application of corrosive cor-rosive sublimate solution and a coat of varnish which had boer be left to a furniture dealer to administer I KENNET WOOD ment as to the value oJ a rich mans estates es-tates may not be so far out of the way notwithstanding the popular belief that the newspapers are prone to exaggerate in these matters After the death of Jay Gould the newspapers kindly took a band at the business of posting his books and striking a balance for the benefit of their readers The result of this arithmetic was the concurrent jounaltstic opinion that Mr Gould had left about 72000000 and some odd cents Now It appears that the newspapers did not place too large a value on the estate but according to the figures of Appraiser McClure underestimated underesti-mated it by nearly 9000000 the actual value being SO9345507D instead of 572 OOOOOQ If you see It in the newspapers you may set it down as a careful statement state-ment based on an investigation as to all the ascertainable facts Generally ting t-ing you might bet on ItNew York Advertiser Ad-vertiser |