Show HOUSE CENTIPEDE NEW PET Is quiet docile and friendly with the children and Is declared to be ba death on bugs A family thinks it lins has mobilized its home protective forces to the full when it has set up a watchdog a cat a canary a ru rubber abber plant a war garden and a fly swatter these are arc all very well as far as they go says the new york tribune but the world has been moving swiftly and the most progressive and efficient households now havo added tile the house centipede vulgarly called the thou thousand band legged worm to their forces we learn from a recent monograph on insects that an examination of 0 the head bead of the centipede will reveal a pair of strong jaws that are used against enemies and for the purpose of capturing small insects for food it considers the fly a great delicacy and besides this it eats fleas mosquitoes moths roaches and other small household pests it hunts its food mostly at night the house centipede has seldom been known to bite a person and if in self i defense it should pinch the babas aln finger cr or toe the swelling produced if any could quickly be alleviated by an application of ammonia in the light of these recommendations who can afford to be without ope oe of these admirable beasts it Is noiseless of excellent though nocturnal habits a night watchman as it were and its upkeep cost Is practically C nothing in the event that it rids the house completely of all the pests enumerated particularly the and others the grateful householder should be willing to pension it on oa small bits of meat or whatever its system craves it should be taken into tile the family and given a pet name |