Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-02
A Mosquito Cure.

A contractor TO Harpe1's BazaT' is RESPONSE
BILE for the following:
The Perette1unt fOSos"m or PERSIAN camo-
mile, is The powdered leaf OF harmless flower
growing In Caucasian Asia in great piGtnSon,
where for centuries 1t has been used 10 lid the
natives OF insects. With finely prepared dust
made from these flowers, which can be pur-
chased of almost any reliable druggist at about
20 cents pound: the house fly, the wicked flea
and the mosquito may a.. pe put TO flight or to
Tts. in order to enjoy this delicious is..ance 1t
Is only necessary 70 heap up with a little cone
one teaspoonful of the drug p9TetR.Tuia, t, oh
il With lighted match and watch the thin blue
nneOf smoke as 1t rises to the ceiling and Is
waited through the air. changing the busy
droIe of insect life into weak wall OF insect
woe. Pretty soon down they come plump on to
the table and over your paper, spin GA their
tiny backs and then sheath their ldncatS, curl
up their ha1r-nke legs and interest one no
more.
Up stairs the little ones sleep unmolested,
though there are thousands OF mosquitoes in
the room; the pests are sick unto death aud
cling sadly to The walls, too feeble to think OF
tapping the rich, warm blood that CLOVIS in
rudy little limbs just below; the rume OF the
pyrethrum has settled their business, and
while II fingers In the room outsiders are un-
willing to make an entry, though the windows
are raised ana the lattlceS only half closed
GauZe bars are hot, stuffy things at best, and
one must be sadly driven to attempt 10 Sleep
under such cover; then, as we all know, the
mosquito always finds his way through. no
matter how carefully one may tuck up its folds
about the couch.
Smoke from the Persian camomile or its dusty
powder, we have found most ef1icaclous and
your readers viii bless me when once thev frV
Il. The purity OF the drug must be assured
This can readily be tested: 1t must have a bright
bun COLOR be light, readily burned and give a
pleasant tea-like fragrance; one pilch snould
Kill dozen flies, confined in a bottle at once.
where 1t fails Of these properties, IL has been
adulterated.
In common use In large Or breezy rooms
where from great dilution 1t falls to XIII II
nevertheless produces on insect life through itS
yolatiliZed essential Oil or reSin undoubted nau-
sea, vertigo, respiratory spasms. and paralysis
lt acis upon them through the minute spracies,
the breathlng-tubeS, that stud the surfaces OF
their little bodies, and form the delic.lI. net
works or veins in their tiny wings
To human beings IL Is, so far as can ascer
tain, entirely nnOXiOuS and not disapraeahIe
That we-a family OF eight persons, Infants and
mosphere OF pyrethrum dust and SMOKE com
bined, during this present summer il snffictant
proof OF my statement.
To the skeptic recommend an Interesting OK.
pertinent: Pun the pyrethrum into a close.
warm room, where HES most love to swarm.
just after dark, shut the door, and make an,
other visit In thirty minutes The sighI of see.
ing millions Of dead and sOuirmin0 Tery,in IN
the floor VIII do his heart good-that ia. II he is
human, and not an angel -
Having drafted our plan of battle against
the care OF the wounded. 10 cure mpsdnitn y,
stlngS, KNOW nothing better than a twenty
per cent solution, In either Oil or water of pllre
caiD0hc acid. This is TO be rubbed wei on the
pa aa Spot. 10 oathe ones tiHgiing hands
cooling, grateful sensation that is hand TO De.
scflDe. Caro0llc soap will do almost as well OF
an ointment compounded of carbol. camnhor
and c0smoline. S'''AP10'