Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31
WAR ON the COCKROACH,
Kitchen Pest Holds His Ground, nes-
pitc Mans Ingenuity,

"rhe ingenuity OF man from the
earliest ages has been directed to the
constructto NOT cockroach traps, Get
ting a roach into place where there
is something to eat is easy enough,
getting him to stay there till YOU can
come and kill him is another matter,
Putting molassos on a pieces of board
adOat in a broad basin is said to be a
great success, doubt II, for il Is my
experience that 4 CoCl<roach Is hard
to drown, He does not throw up his
six hands at once and sink buhhling
to the bottom, | suppose eventually
he does drown, but have never had
the patience to wait and see. ! have
found that the least little kerosene on
the water has the effect OF instantly
killing him.
Another trap is a glazed bowl half
full OF stale beer or ale their pledge
allows them to drink malt liquors
with u lot of sticks leaned up against
It and projecting over tho liquid
They drop in and drown themselves
and, presumably, their SORROWS in the
flowing bowl. There are other traps,
all depending on the fact that the
roach cannot climb up glazed sur
faces, boxes with glass rings around
n hole in the top, and the like hut
the trap is a niggling kind OF warfare
at best 1t lacks breadth OF scope aud
action, There is nothing wholosouled
and generous about IL, Then, too, II
defeats Its own ends in the long run,
for the wise COCRroaChes that shake
their heads and say, Wen, don't
know about that are preserved and
the Needless oXterminatd, so that the
race tends to become warier and
warier, and we bcQueath to posterlty
yet unborn household pest that no
trap can allure, be 1t ever SO tempting
The cockroaeh Of today Is plenty
smart enough,
obstructive agencies that fall alike
upon the wise and the unwlse are
quicklime and Persian powder blown
into the cracks where they hide, 1t is
mistake to suppose that the Persian
powdr will kill 1t is sutrocatng for
it gets into the little holes in their
sides through which they breathe,
They stay in hiding after the powder
is blown in on them as long as they
can and then they rush forth merry
ously, apparently crying, Mercy land!
/ cant stand this Well-directed
blows with a felt slipper at such
times do great execution. | often
wonder that housewives do not appeal
to the Anglo-SaXon passion for the
passion for the chase IN husbands and
sons, There Is much sport IN a cock"
roach battle Under the water pipes
by the range and IN the Crevices Of
the stationary tubs are famous hunt
ing grounds. If you have a taste for
scientific experiments you may seal
up the doors and windows with strips
Of paper smoared with molasBos, and
then sprinkle blsulphide of carbon
about. II Is a volatile liquid, whose
yapor Is destructive to all small life.
II permeatcs the house with voCifer-
Gus fragrance, compared with which
frying saur-kraut Is a mere whisper.
It rs similar In character, though not
so permanent, as the perfume OF the
little animal with black-and- whit ;
stripes around It's tail, which IL no,
a vanilla plant, either. If all this
does not deter you, / feel II my duty
to give the further warning that II the
vapor Of bisulphde Of carbon comes
IN conact with flame IT goes bangl re-
gardless Of consequences. II Is very
impulsive like gasoline
"fhe fumes Of burning sulphur are
just as eGicaciOus as blsulphide Of
carbon. and not explosive at all, but
they blacken gilt things and impart
distinct favor Of blue-tipped match
es to all and sundry the contents OF
| the room Also the place needs air
ing for full twenty hours after
ward unless you are fond OF the ex-
exercise Of coughing Shippers Of fish
| ing smacks, not afraid Of being
thought fnlcky and oyer-nice. use the
1 sulphur pIbCtbb u lc" udys DtiOlH
beginning the season, and follow It up
two weeks later to Kill such reaches
and Norfolk Towards as may have
| Matched out since
"The Mexican remedy / particular
ly desire 70 bring to the attention OF
those who recognize the power OF the
mind over material Ills. II Is the
simplest Of all Catch three cock
reaches and put them into bottle.
Take the bottle to a crossroads.
Turn II upside down. and while the
reaches are dropping out, repeat three
credos aloud. All the coekroaches In
the house from which these three were
taken will instantly pack their things
and go, 50 II is said
Il don't believe lt."-Harvey suth-
| erland In Alnslee's.
The prince Of Wales will not visit
Paris because the French government
will not accept responsibility for his