, 1874-07-08
FLY-TRAPS.
nature A hcu<l of Art.

\, .,e ffom Me P1owdenee {R ~ Journal.
,trs. ns 'ng . season for hies comes on, tho dru.
Ehese ftends OF man. aud tho grocories Viii di,
Rlav ther VaIlous traps for tie Ban,n nurno.o
bfoWh paper that Ellis the fly mechanically, b,
sas cate up as iegs aud oxhauating him III irnit
tleacherousy allu1es, intoxioatoy, and noisnma +.
eTfen Wire traps, filed with bnrrin9 swsrn,s !
waiting imnleteions into tub OF Lolnca',st 0t NJ
ne ne allchon stove. will tempt tho money out of
confpi~soa. .. ae1eo honsexeepers. All those
eInof M grossly t.eaeherouh OF Wholesale ,rans ~
ao !nterest at all AZ pieces Of mechanism. -
Aue senluH or nature has ordained that eynrp
s .peS,es 2, b Animal shall be preyed upon aI de-.
poor ty, or winged insect, she has nror,Ioi ~
uouolo GLASS ot enomies. On them nrav mi +
only lnnumefable Bpccies of anmaln bnt nis,. Ius
sa an ABUNDANT variety Of vegetable g.owths, Ioh.
es"t]a it'a tp"ug H. p!raS and spiders butcher The
animals, from mere angry pasuons. attack p.d nnd
oeetroy them. Horres and cows switch Iban,
with tholr tah: indeed, this seoms to hs eDIu. tha
pteGaspoe,ng p CAUSE OF switchy tails; dous suan IAN
at 5lam; mon slap at them. 20" 'o"p
we Will not suggest 10 obnoxious or ;nnn..,t,.
Aol6 scheme as substituting these an;,nai' ~ ~.
the choE1ical and mechanical trans sI man haoa aua
invented. An animate horse.tai will nrdIy a.,
bouoyan gs, n'es away from the table, and toas,
uo"eeer iboocent III their ManWard habits. nraa
AtetIof TO the wou'on and children Spifara
might be left to spin ther webs were II M ~.
that conveutonalism OF tile laGies wlicl i;ni, W
reputation for neatncss with the DRAWINGS ~ .
broom periodically over ceilings and down tha
ang1oH OF the room, 1o"n 'na
r nut tLe vegetable world can furnish ua wifi,
uS-tfapH At once ornamental and effectiva H.
Fenlons and caprioious. Iu these llnvt wba,
herbafnma nro htTeotod by bouuehonf, whv
could not window be filled with cmr;o,,.' ny 5
active plant which will work iniuite Jn1irht fnr
tue obeerser7 The way to do tlln thinr {. ~ ~
cure wtndoW-hox which will hold wotor II
th1s put 6omo noEsen gathered from peat. hop. ~
marshes Baturate tAem wctl with uIter ami
plant out tha common pitoher.plant and tha arm.
dewa OF our Atlantic cohst. Tie f'rst Of thsaa
nianta III only mechanical trap. Ita Ditohnr Nv |
1l!ed nearly with water, which tho f]ios trv - |
dt1nk Whon they fall III and drown. Natura},sta
teii us tnat theHs leaves Aro sometimes An fiiIaI
with drowned flies AZ 10 furnish 4 Itch n1trimnut
to the plant. e'' ''''1'''1ons
Tho sun1ews arc an ingenious and an,m,tea
predatory Hover. They know al much A. = mr.
py four wooks old. They cunt bo fooled. Thav
VII eat animal food, but they are not like to
slllyt sensitive plant whicl, shuts IN at avery
touch. Mrs. Treat tells us that her gtul1ews
knew the difference between ploco OF moat and
piece Of chalk. Que thoy viii shut down t,non
Nd tue other thcy mill not touch. TLia plant
'pfeads out itB leaves, which nro covered with
ittie fine b'lstIes. On their edge they axuf]n n
delicious nectar. which the silly lttle tiy IL fond
IT, Az soon an he puts LiH probosciB in the non.
~, up Gomez tho splreH and fastens lin down.
hen the leaf eurls over him aud begIns to di.
est him. This ls cruel, but far more CONFORM,
10 Eaan Tor TIC hfes to bite and digest US.