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Show TRAP TO CATCH MOSQUITOES. Kentucklan Has a Device He Thinks Will Exterminate Pests. Now that mosquito tlmo is hero, n description of a newly invented mosquito mos-quito trap will be of Interest. A mosquito mos-quito trap is a novelty In Its way, It being generally understood that human hu-man Ingenuity did not reach tho point of trapping this wily Insect. Howover, such an Invontlon will probably soon bo placed on the market Tho trap In question Is a box about a foot square, and made of plain wiro screening, latticed llko a window shutter. Tho merit of tho invontlon, however, lies within, where thoro Is a small automatic music box, which, when sot In motion, makes a noiso similar to that mado by a person breathing In sleep. Around this box la a gummy BUbstnnce, which Is calculated calcu-lated to hold and poison tho Insect tho moment It lights. Tho Invention Is based on tho theory that mosquitoes are attracted to human beings by the wheezing noise mado when sleeping. Louisville Herald. |