Telegram-herald., 1889-07-10

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cidental killing Of thousand or so has lit
tie effect upon tho apparent number. A
house badly infested with these creatures
is almost unnnsbitable. They form their
nests in almost any secluded spot-betUeen
the walls or under the floors or behind the
base boards, or among the trash in some
old box or trunk, or in the lawn or garden
walk just outside the door In each of
these nests several females Will be found,
each laying her hundreds of eggs and at
tended by retinue of workers, caring for
the Larvae and starting out from dawn till
dawn on foraging expeditions IN long
single files like Indians on the warpath.
/ have shown the female and worker
greatly enlarged, and there is nothing in
their structure to which Ineed call especial
attention. Nor need l speak further OF the
habits of the species, while the matter or
remedies is soon disposed of. Our first
recommendation is 10 find the point from
which they all come. They may have built
tha nest in some accessible spot, IN which
case little kerosene will end large part
If not all OF the trouble
If the nest Is in the wall or under the
floor and taking up a board VIII not bring
it within reach, find the nearest accessible
point and devote your energies TO killing
the ants of as they appear. here the
nests are outside nothing is easier than TO
find them and TO destroy the inhabitants
with kerosene or bisulphide OF carbon.
The nests are almost always IN the imme-
diate vicinity OF the house. The ants arc
peculiarly susceptible 10 the action Of pyre-
thrum in any form, be it Persian or Dalma-
tian powder or Buhacb, and free and per
sistent use of this powder viii accomplish
much.
A great number of remedies have been
proposed in the household columns Of va
rious journals, but nearly all depend upon
the use Of mixture OF some sort for trap
ping the ants, and at the best are slow and
tedious means Of warfare The best OF
those with which had any experience con
sists in placing small bits of sponge moist
ened with sweetencd water ia the spots
where the ants most DO congrcgate, collect
inC the spOnges once a day or so, soaking
them in bot water aud then replacing them.
Small bits of bread and poisoned mo
1asses or small vessels Of lard in whica few
drops OF oxalic acid have been put have also
been recommended. a. well as the xe use
q borax 50 often advised for reaches. The
people Of the Southern States suffer more
from these pests thsn we do az the North,
and FlOridian OF experience (Mr. G. G. Cone,
Of Crescent City) recommends a mixture of
bo-ax and sugar vel mixed with boiling
water and left here and there on bits 81
broken crcckcry. n any ore tries this
should be glad - learn the result
very much tsrger biaos or brown -
ant (Cau,p o.otls hsrcsifasils u1r. gfa7rs.
raaie,asl often builds is nests in doors a-ds
- close % the houses that Z becomes a
great nuisance. Overrunuiug enc r0Ors and
ever getting into clothes 50 as 20 be q per
Fcnal disc0ro -lrt 4 case was brought %
nv notice two years ago n Washsa Eton
where fne cd homestead was on the
solat r. being sold CO account - The az
aaraace caased b. these sats An invesfl
xston showed enc eno~uCus ness several
fset i1 diameter in f1e back yar1. sa5 sew
era q c1les here ard tbere ia Ftaer parts
- ere prer ses The lsrgs colony wss
-1mu.eteT destroyed bv the use - D.
s1lphle 81 carben A tessp3e1 vas
pcsred down each - = uam 1er ~ cpenir "a
ard Gau9 sarEst was thrvr ever
fae- for few Minutes Thsn. tse bar ~
beng removed ere bisslphl6e wss sx-
reaef a. fte u-1fa - eaca he r - means
of aIert et zee ed 60 PIE TEES ght
explosions .r-Fe '7e prlson s faHses 6o~rn
fh~c~es fs underground fsn~els. - .nr
oT fhs arts ~ enorncss n1neers. TIE
r-a.a se1ree q the trcat Ben thas &C.
strores 80 a4isaHce was greatly Iszse1ea
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