| Show household pests how to deal mr william steele is ix not tiie the only person in the country whole whose troubles from the encroachment of insects are buffi hummi clent to inspire a wih for tor the invention of bf some in ferbal machiea to extirpate auch such sueh such pests as sand sana flies fleas etc ote but it seems to mathat me that the tion of science and a better know ledge of entomology are what Is most peed need in this direction I 1 have not fiot seen a bed hug ug lon lor or a fledia flea in my house bouse for man many I 1 y years if an army of them were to io be brought in hi mercury would speedily exterminate them but I 1 think cleanliness the best aad perhaps the only preventive the common moh house ay fly I 1 do dd not molest be tae jieping that it more than compensates pen sates fr its trouble by clearing the atmosphere of effluvia and the animalcules animal cules which always irise arise from the putrefaction of decaying substances aUb stances duding during fth ith g warm weather veather so also niso aiso also with the e bird which are quite numerous bero here g we the summer bummer lo 10 stead instead of shooting them or setting up scare scarecrow scarecrows crows a to tb atheni away T I 1 turow out every possible inducement for them to build their nests in my fruit trees the birds capture a large share of the tile insects in the larvel thus the millers are prevented Wd from depositing eggs for a future crop p of worms alsto aiato As to the kossof loss of fruit by the birds the latter are al aiwas almaa wa 9 sure to be ou on j ll 11 hand a n in foice force in the season of ripe fruit r u itt iti whether they come lanly early enough to take th tah tan worms or not forthe for the residue of insects which infest my vegetable garden rarden I 1 nind find that the laboi labor laboratory atory of or the chemist furnishes materials fatal bothem all among which white belleb hellebore and cayenne pepper are lard of the most utility the bug or worm which canuel find vegetation ti hai uri flavored with thee these articles 3 will senk its breakfast elsewhere and leave my wy garden gaidon unmolested A few drops I 1 of carbolic acid neld in a pint of water will clean house plants from lice in ii ayery short time if it mo mosquitoes aqui squi toes er or other bloodsuckers blood suckers infest our sleeping rooms at night we uncork a bottle of the oil of pennyroyal and these insects leave lekve in great haste nor will they return as US long as as the air in the room zoom ia Is loaded with the fumes fumea of that aromatic herb if rats enter the cellar a little powdered powdered potash thrown into their roles eoles holes hoies or mixed with meal tind and scattered in their runways never fails falls to drive them away cayenne pepper will keep the buttery and storer storeroom oom iree free from ants and cockroach esclares esC 1 hares Aares Tho in scientific american A freber fre rne aeh ach butcher batcher who hab wab was has H as on hiss death bed nd ball tall to hs it I 1 die francoise frane Franc olse alse you mast pearry our shop boy toy liers liels he ia a rood nian min and end the business cannot be earned carried on witheat wit hoit a mm to look atter after ILI it 1 11 I ht baye bei been thinking about that already evad ids his wife |
