The sun., 1896-08-09

This Is n Seventh Year, md Complaints of
the Pest Are Widcrprrmd.

This Is Seventh Year. md Complaints OF
the Pest Are Widcrprrmd.
Complaint comes from tho Eastern summer
resorts this season of the unusual activity of
mosquitoes. No place appears to have escaped.
The hotels at Coney Island, Arverre along the
Sound, over in Jersey, even In the inland towns
OF Montclair and Orange. and. OF course. Staten
Island have suffered alike. The old inhabitants
grin and nttemp TO bear IL with Christian forti-
tude comforting themselves with the reflection
that this is the famous or Infamous, seventh
year. when, according to tradition, mosquitoes
nre worse than at other times. A curious feature
of the pest this year is that IL Is not the shady
roads. usually the haunts OF the mosquitoes,
which are affected the worst, but the stoops and
bcdrooms. BY some Instinct they have found
out n way to get past window screens and doors
kept rigidly shut. To escape from them means
unceasing vigilance.
Mnnv NAV be cleared out BY careful inspec-
ton Of the border around the ceiling about p.
NJ, just before the light bcains to fail. At TINT
time sharp and educated eye may them
minginx with the pattern OF the wall paper.
ana they may I've killed with srat with damp
prgcess is thai the,r demise mars The p,per
IL missed at this hour by the first nlow they are
rather dnsed aQd fit only n few inches, to settle
again: white ii the hunt is left until be.itime
md they are chased with candle or lamp, they
VIII fy NJ around the room before they settle
tn take auutucr look around ut bedtime, and
even then some will ESCAPE. they take refuge
on the iooT, carpctinr. or mating, get hehind
the beds and pictures, aud the persecuted NOR.
tai is not well settled in bed before that awful
buz-z-z-z-2-z is heard which heraIds their blood
thirsty approach.
A woman OF Montclair has invented a very
good method of catching the pests. Mosquitoes
hate Nernscme, which is, fatal To them. utliz-
ing this fact. She took the round top OF n smok-
ing tonscco can, and getting stout stick four
feet long aud half an inch th:ck Lad the tin
fastened with nail to the top OF the stick, at q
slightly, slop!ng angle. The hole in tho can
should be made from the outside to the inside.
so that the lIange Of hroS,n tin may point in
ward; This h,nEr prevents the keroscne with
which the inside nt the Id must he smearcd. from
running DOWN trc stick and -oiiing the hands.
Then she sriearcd tho tin with Kerosene. That
comp;etea he: . inre2i:on TO use H. grasp the
ceiling or upper rart OF the wall. Take aim rs
it were With tbs can iii amt ,weepit upward at
the Insert. As ;he mosquito sees It approaching
ii Will hy OF from the ceiling aud be touchrd
with TIE can lid where it will stick fast. With
this Instrument two or three mos .uitoes may
cleared. y very lttlerractice makes an expert.
Keep ths tests away. but mos; of them are
worse than useless. such plans as burning
camrh"- IN the h"iroom or the use Of sulphur
candles simply seem 70 !uil the pests 10 sleep.
and they recover as the fumes pas away. Tho
best method OF clearing an ordinary small room
il TO close every window and the door and fire
about three blank cartridges from a revolver.
The cuncussi9n from the shots will Kill all the
mosquitoes withia the enclosed space. This is
also All excellent p'nn to clear u wire-encosed
stcop OF mosquitoes. The bes, remedy Tor tho
bites. and the one most easily Kept handy is q
cigar. Take one which has not been III. and
when bitten, dampen the lighting end with
saliva and scrub the bite hard until it is ho, un-
der the rubbing. Usually about ten good
strokes will produce this result. The itching
viii disappear In 1ve minutes. or less. accord
ing to the time elapsed since the bie. For old
bites take II tit nail brush and scrub the place
bitten, and. then when tho flesh j. we'll red
dened. rub il with the damn cigar. Another
good remedy Is extra strong am nlon!a. not that
sold by the department stores. but that OF the
$50" strength sold ut the drug stores 1t
should be kept In n bottle vita ground stop
per. This can be used b. itself. but with some
people 1t acts better il mixed with AN equal part
of kerosene.