Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-24
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MAY ~ 1885,

room, stole the shrill droning of a hun
dred tiny bagppes, the slogan of re-
constructed host. We had met the enemy
and were as usual theirs.
The balloon-shaped fly trap made of wire
netting set above a saucer containing
seductive mixture Of treacle and pepper
slew its thousands. We gave them the
benefit OF no probability of actual de-
cease, but cremated the mass animate and
inanimate, sin one red burial blent" IN
the kitchen CRATE. Drowned flies, buried
flies, flies that have been stunned and
crushed come to lite. The tenacity with
which they hold 10 Il vampire-like exist
ence is as miraculous as their incubation
IN "cOrDers" nobody ever finds. They are
never fairly dead except in the shape OF
cold ashes.
The Pittsheld clockwork f1y trap re-
volved by day and by night and slew its
ten thousands, until it seemed as if the
number consumed must make an appre-
ciable difference in the quantity of fuel
used per diem.
And still the buzz and tickling and
swarming went on. We inhale no air save
such as was strained through reticulated
wire, but the mastering OF the Musca my
Rad was as the filtered element had taken
visible and auricular life. The plague was
phenomenal. Where did they come fromY
q
every properly-trained housewife will
comprehend. But for the danger to sur
rounding building it is possible that we
might have lent obedent heed 10 the pro-
position OF the chief of our clan and
burned down the house to get rid of the
files.
To US, in extremity, drifted a newspaper
scrap which was neither official nor judi
clal. Somebody picked 1t up somewhere.
I,g 4
as did we, had it bobbed at him from the
crest of wave. 1t was not quite explicit
in the directions it conveyed, but we got
at the meaning of the extract and put it
into practice as follows:
We had Persian insect powder in the
house. also the implement, in shape like a
pig hunting watch, with a small pipe let
into one side, with which we mad project
ed the yellow dust into corners where
might Turk the eggs or pup@ Of moths.
This we charged to the nozzle. That
cleared OF such small articles as would
have to be washed if the powder fell on
them; windows and doors were made
fast, and an operator, standing in the
middle of the floor, worked tue spring top
OF the round case that expelled the pow
der, throwing it upward at an angle of 45
deg. toward every corner and side of the
apartment. We used bOXtul in each
room, then half as much on each Succeed
ing oQcason. The rooms were net entered
agaitBuntil morning. A.a
Cook declared THAT she swept mp ''a fun
pint of che little bastes." The waitress
did not measure her trophies, hut we re-
ported that floor and furniture were
strewt with bodies. Ii was a miniature
edition. etlthe destruction Of Sennacherib
by an unsesn agent. To make sure that
our foes were like his army, all dead
corpses, we consigned them without delay
to the ,crematory. 5r utr
This was done on Saturday might, and
inef9Rle peace reigned over ounounday
breakfast. E|87 ......f
''Itts TOO good to be true ,".said one. 81
am reEefehtly JhsnkfuE, ! have felt for
weeks as ii the shadow of Moses rod
rested on our house."
AnOther-"The marvel is that Pharaoh
hardened his heart again. / have less re-
spect for his common sense than ever be-
lore"
still another-"One text runs in my
mind continually: They did take their
food with gladness and singleness of
heart'''
Toward evening the Yanquished leaders
sent in scouts, few IN number and wary,
to rec0nnOtre the battlefield. A repe-
tition Of the experiment of the preceding
evening left not one to carry the tale.
Ii / have told it lightly It is not be-
cause the infliction was not grieYous and
the deliVerance welcome beyond express
sion. Since then We have held our own
successfully IN the height of "iy-time."
In very hot weather the powder is used
every night for week or two at time:
IN ordinary circu mstau cos, aud by OBJ
serving cnmmOn precauEiOh In the matter
screen doors and daFkened rooms, twice
or three times aweeks, sHftices to keep the
premises clear. While the remedy leaves
no trace 0f It's recent presence to sight or
smell after the door ID swept and the
furniture busted, we have not thought it
prudent 70 use itin- bed eAaJabers. But we
have learned that Kitchen and dinner
room are The eDemy,s Headquarters, and
that heroic measures heFescut of supplies
from the upper part OF the house.
shall esteem myself happy if this hum
BILE sketch may be the means Of extending
the knowledge Of "A device 80 simple, yet
so eficaclous. in abating one Of the most
annoying OF minor nuisances OF daily life
in summer weather.
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