The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-09-02
WAR ITS THOUSANDS SLAYS.
PEACE IT'S TEN THoUsANDS,

No one is expected to be profound {
brilliant at this season of the year. 1t
enough If one is only good natured, an
even that is too much when an accumr
lation OF exasperating ills give one SEQ,
OF excuses for being cross. Good one.
too. Just see that fly, for instance
Who can be amiable with such an extrs
ordinarily spiteful prosecutor insisting o
the exclusive possessions of the tip G
ones nose? Even the woman who open
her doors'and windows wide, and is O
the friendliest footing with these pryin
insects, would object to such impertiD en-
familiarity. AS for myself, 1 hate file
almost as heartily as I do human busy
bodies, and set my face like flint agains
them both.
OF the two evils, I am constrained t.
say prefer flies. To be sure they ar
no more familiar with the golden rule
or the laws OF social etiquette, than ar
these other annoying and oficious per
sonages who neglect their own affairs t,
attend to their peighbors', but then the,
haYe not all seasons for their own. Win
ter holds flies in bondage, in the mean
time, if they are slow at taking hints
they are at least amenable to such knocl
down arguments as sickness and poison
A writer in Harper's Bazaar speaks al
follows of the value of "Persian Camo
mile" in e1terrninating flies, mosquitoe:
and other wandering wayfarers that in
terfere with the peace and comfort ol
humanity: The Pyrethruna roseuna, OF
"Persian Camomile," is the powdered
leaf of a harmless flower growing in eau
casian Asia in great profusion, where fol
centuries it has been used to rid the
natives of unwelcome guests from the
insect world. 1t can be purchased OF
almost any druggist, at about seventy
cents per pound, already prepared for
use. With finely powdered dust made
from these flowers, the mosquito, the
house fly, the wicked flea, and the dis
gusting Cimer lectularius may all be
promptly put to flight or calmly murder
ed-a murder comforting On the human
heart joy too deep for words; for GER
tainly it is joy to sit, as do now, at
my writing-table this hot night, watching
the expiring agonies of insects, and rarely
feel a retributive sting to warn one of
their presence.
In order to enjoy this vengeful, deli
cious sport, it is only necessary to heap
up into little cone, one teaspoonful of
the blessed drug pyrethrum, touch it with
a lighted match, and watch the thin blue
aid aid is waited ~. rises to the Managing GSia
the busy drone of insect life into weak
wall of insect woe. Pretty soon down
they come plump on to the table, and
over your paper, spin on their tiny backs
and then sheath their lancets, curl up
their hair-like legs, and interest one no
more.
Up stairs our little ones sleep unmo-
Tested, though there are thousands of
mosquitoes in the room; the pests are
sick unto death, and cling sadly to the
walls, too feeble to think of tapping the
rich, warm blood that glows in ruddy
little limbs just below; the fume of the
pyrethrum has settled their business, and
while it fingers in the room, outsiders
are unwilling 20 make an entry, though
the windows are raised and the lattices
only half closed.
Gauze bars were long since banished
from our beds; indeed, We have not used
them for nearly seven years. They are
hot, stuffy things at best, and one must
be sadly driven to attempt to sleep under
such cover: then, as we know, the mos
quito 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
eficacious, and your readers will bless
me when once they try it. The purity
of the drug must be assured. This can
readily be tested: it must have bright
buff color, be light, readily burned, and
give pleasant Tea like fragrance; one
pinch should kill dozen flies, confined
in bottle, at once. Where it fails OF
these properties, it has been adulterated
In common use in large or breezy
rooms, where from great dilution it fails
to kill, it nevertheless produces on insec,
life, through its volatilized essential OF
or resin, undoubted nausea, vertigo
respiratory spasm, and paralysis. 1t acts
upon them through the minute spiracles
the breathing tubes, that stud the sur
face of their little bodies, and form tn.
delicate net work of veins in their TIM
wings.
To human beings it is, so far as I cal
ascertain, entirely innoxious and no
disagreeable. That we-a family o
eight persons, infants and adults-hav
liYed in an atmosphere of pyrethrun
dust and smoke combined, during thi
present summer, is sufficient proof of m
statement.
To the skeptic recommend an inter
esting experiment; Puff the pyrethrun
into a close, warm room, where file
| most love to swarm, just after dark, shu
the door, and make another visit in thirt
minutes. The sight of seeing million
of dead and squirming vermin on tn
door viii do his heart good-that is, if b
is human and not an angel.
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