The Bessemer indicator., 1894-08-04
THE HOUSEWIVES FOES.
DAMAGING PESTS THAT COME
IN THE SUMMER.
How to Meet tho Army of Fcrsistcnt In
srcts - Coci,ronchcs, Clothes Moths,
Buirnio Carpet Beotlcs, Red Ants, Files
and Mosquitoes.

IL tHerc is unN thihg WhiSh iNo'o
the mouse in its ability to send hot
and cold chills running up and down
the spine OF woman 1t is cock
roach. according to the New York
Sun. "Ugh." shuddered little
woman, "there's that great big cock
roach again! He has taken posses
sion OF that corner OF the vain scot
ing and every time ! go by there he
is just coming out"
The cocisroach, like the danse du
ventrc. and some other disagreeable
things, came to us from the orient
Unlike a great many OF other insects,
he hasn't the common decency OF
changing his general manner OF life
and form, and at least giving us
some variety during his lifetime.
Most insects begin life rs worms or
caterpillars. and then take on an in
active state while they are preparing
to come out in their perfect form.
Not so. however with the cockroach.
Tho mother roach lays one or two
bundles OF eggs. each about half as
thick as her body, and each contain
ing sixteen G2gs. From the timc
these hatch out they are to all In
tents and purposes, except reproduc-
tion, perfect reaches. 1t is true
that they go through certain
changes. principally shown by the
development of wings and wing
covers, but Mt all times they arc
voracious feeders on both animal aud
vegetablcmatter.
Croton bugs are also known as
German cockroaches.
Professor Riley. tho United States
entomologist, says thoy can both be
exterminatcd in this simple manner:
Just before nightfall go into the
infested rooms and pun bubach into
all crevices, under baseboards. into
drawers. and cracks OF furniture, in
fact, wherever there is IL crack. and
in tho morning tho floor will be
found Uttered with dead or demoral-
lied reaches, and they can be swept
up and burned"
Keep this up until tho eggs are
Matched and you will get rid Of ali
the pests. Bubach is the Persian
powder made from the pyrothrum
flowers grown in California. Among
tho older remedies are borax. to
which thcy have n great antipathy.
also poisons made OF phosphorus
paste. or u mixture Of red lead.
Indian mca. and molusses. which
thoy cat ravenously.
Peculiar to house-cleaning timo
are the clothes moths. These small
light-brown moths begin to appear
In May, md may occasionally be
seen as late as August
There is only ono certain way to
fight them SO that they will not lay
their eggs in your woolens. furs.
cloths and carpets, and their larva
eat holes in them to malso coat for
himself. Everything must be aired
and shaken. and benzine should be
freely used. spraying it into cracks
in chests and closets. Be careful OF
fire. and do not bring even q lamp
into room where benzine has been
used until tho room has been aired
SO thoroughly that even the Odor is
almost gone. Then do up your gar
ments. furs or blankets in paste board
boxes with strips Of paper pasted
over the big cracks, or in big
paper bags also pasted up. and you
| need not bother with cedar ward
| robes or moth balls.
Cloth-covercd furniture that is to
bo stored and carpets will be safe IL
| sprayed couple OF times in tho sea-
son with benzine. B!otting paper,
soaked in equal parts OF oil of cam
phor and spirits of turpentine and
laid among clothes will destroy
moths.
| Your carpets have another enemy,
the buffalo carpet beetle. He is
about u quarter OF an inch long,
black, or nearly SO, with white spots
and reddish stripe along the middle
OF his back. Kill him wherever you
sec him. He also is an emigrant
who came to us in 1876. Benzine is
the remedy against his depredations,
and it should be plentifuliy used after
the floors are cleaned, in all the
cracks under the carpets and around
the base boards.
The buffalo carpet beetle is SO
comparatively new u comer that IL is
not every housekeeper who knows
him. 1t was first detected in New
York doing its nefarious work II
left to spread unchecked the carpet
bug overruns houses and preys upon
q variety Of fabrics. but its favorito
homo is just under the edges OF car
pets and in the cracks OF tie floors Of
carpeted rooms. 1t Is when he is In
larva state that he does damage. He
eats large holes In the carpets along
the borders or cuts a carpet into
strips. eating straight lines through
1t along tho lines OF tho floor cracks
lie eats all summer, and, finally, when
casting his skin. forms within the
cast skin his chrysalis or pupa.
The perfect insect appears at the
end of the winter. and may often be
found on the windows OF infested
rooms in May.
Even in cities the red ant is a pes I
In the house, and the larger ones
make havoc of the bits OF grass or
flower grounds outside, which arc
almost us much a part OF this house,
hold.
For the ants outside Professor
Riley recommends the use OF bisul-
phide OF carbon, which you can buy
at nny drug store. Make hole In
spoonful Of the bisulphide OF car bon
Cover for littlo while with wet
blanket, and when it is removed ex
plode the bisulphide OF carbon with
a candle or torch held at the end OF
a long polo. The fumes 20 deep
into the ground and kill tho ants.
Tho little red ants mako their nests
under noors, between walls. or In
walks or lawns. They can be de-
stroyed by using kerosene emulsion.
Pour 1t into their nests or ~ near rs
you can get to them and upon their
lines Of travel.
| Door mats where cats or dogs lie