Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-03-08
THE BowsER FAMILY.
now Mr.. b. Cleared His Home OF Bae-
terra and Other Perilons Things.


In the nick OF time. One day he came
nome an hour ahead OF time, his coun-
tenance wearing very important
look, and the first thing he did was to
bolt upstairs to our bedroom and lower
the window, although had just closed
1t after airing the room for two hours.
lie then came Gathering down to ask
me for pan.
What on earth do you want OF
PAM Iasked.
ITO save all our livesr' he an
swered.
"How?'
Your bedroom IS full of poisonous
gases, which must be absorbed by an
open vessel OF water.'' =
"Nonsenser' IN
II expected it. That's the weapon
OF the ignorant! Mrs. Bowser, If you
want to die by poisonous gases poison
ing the blood, have nothing to say,
but shall save the life OF our child il
possible. have felt strange lassi-
tude for several days, and sanitary
EAAH'cta WILD tifC tAdt VIZ ndf0 pDlb-
oned air in the room"
Your lassitude couldn't have como
from being out to club and lodge four
successive nights until twelve O. clock,
could it?''
be seized the pan and hurried up
stairs, and when he had filled il at the
lavatory he sat it in the middle of the
floor and came down with relieved
look on his face, TO say:
See if you don't feel better to-mor-
row than you have for month. It's a
wonder we are not all dead"
Ibid the ancients know about these
poisonous gases?" l asked.
Not thing. They never gave
them thought"
And yet the average of health was
seventeen per cent above that of to
day, and the average of mortality that
much lower! How do you account for
| it?n
80, we'll, If you want to die go ahead.
I'll even buy rope and help you to
hang yourself. l expected this, OF
course, but ridicule never moves me,
Mrs. Bowser-neverv'
| Two hours later he went upstairs in
his slippers to look for paper in an
| other coat, and of course he sat his
| foot plump down in that pan Of water.
/ There was yell and a jump, and over
went the pan, and when | got up there
he stood holding up one leg, as you
| have seen a hen do on wet day.
Whist said on that occasion kept Mr..
/ Bowser quiet for whole week. Then
/ he began to grow restless again, and
one night he brought home suspic-
ious-iooking package and sneaked ii
upstairs. After supper he suddenly
| disappeared, and when | looked for
him upstairs he had something in q
basin and was about to hold it over a
gas-burner.
mir. Bowser, have you got new
theory" l asked.
Look here. Mrs. Bowser," he re
piled, as he put down the basin, ''you
have heard of bacteria, l presumed"
.sYes, sir"
"They are germs of disease floating
about They are alive. If inhaled
cholera, yellow fever and other dread
diseases are the result. Fumigatior
kills them"
"And you are going to fumigate thi:
roomr'
Il am. I am going to kill off the
dreaded bacteria.
well, you'll drive US out of the
house or kill u.s."
went downstairs and he burned .
compound of tar and sulphur. In tel
minutes we had to open doors ant
windows, and the cook came running
in to ask:
is it cremation Mr.. Bowser is try
ing on SsH'
Il am simply driving out the bac
teria," he replied, coming down stair
at that moment.
And there's bacteria in the house?'
I'm afraid So"
"And I've worked here four week
under the noses OF the dreadful crea
lures? Mr.. Bowser, l quits! / quit
now"
And quit she did. We had to slee
on the sitting-room floor last night
and three weeks later every calle
could still detect that odor. 1t wa
hardly gone, however, when Mr.. Bow
ser began to sniff around again.
"Any more bacterial" l asked.
, "Mrs. Bowser, if you want to sit her
and die l have no objections, but
don't propose to neglect common sens
precautions to preserve myown health.
"Is anything wrong now?"
81 think so. | think | can detect a
odor of sewer gas in the house"
Impossible! shan't have no NOR
stuff burned until l know it is nece;
; sary."
ssWon't you? If there is sewer ga
, here it must be eradicated at once"
: For the next week the entire hous
= smelled of chloride of lime until on
could hardly draw long breath. bl
= Mr.. Bowser was not satisfied
II have been thinking" he said
g me one evening, ''that l may bring th
p germs of some terrible disease home
nv clothes. l ride on the car. yo
$ know. and ought to take precautions.
: "How?"
e Garry disinfectant about me
e repel the germs"
: at might be good idea"
= "Now you are talking sense. No