Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-13


abundant as to prevent a rise in the
priceot real estate He says an exam
inationof the surrounding country has
convinced him that IL the large real
estate owners would club together they
might by the expenditure Of a few
thousand dollars largely do away with
the mosquito plague.
Winchester Drove Them Out.
The enterprising town of Winches-
ter, Va. has a high elevation and for
long time enjoyed well-meritei
reputation among Viriginians as 4
cool place to spend the summer Mos
quitoes, however, made their appear
ance there a few years ago with the
result that summer visitors became
fewer. Therefore the city fathers
passed IN ordinance requiring prop
erty-hoilers to treat drains and stag
nant pools of water with kerosene
during the summer. The disappear
ance OF the mosquitoes resulted in the
temperance of the summer visitors.
NNuttdA bNtAtSNAN NClItNAtS.'
In regard to domestic remeues for
mosquitoes and their bites Or. Howard
says:
"Of the remedies in use in houses
the burning OF pyrethrum powder ana
the catching of mosquitoes on the
walsh kerosene cups are probably the
best, next to a thorough screening and
mosquito bars about the bed. In burn
ing pyrethrum powder it is well to
moisten the powder sufficiently with
water 50 that is can be nodded roughly
into little cones about the size OF 4
chocolate drop. These cones are
placed on pan and dried in the oven.
If ignited at the apex the cones
smolder slowly giving off on odor not
unlike that OF the prepared punk wnieh
boys in this country use to light fire
crackers. Two or three of these cones
burned in a room in the evening Will
give relief by Supplying the mos
Quitoes This smoke appears to be
perfectly innocuous to human beings.
The method of catching mosquitoes
on the walls with kerosene in cups is
now in frequent use in different parts
of the country. No one seems to know
who invented it, but the writer frs
saw it in operation some years agO In
New Jersey, and was struck with its
simplicity and efficacy The top of a
tin baking powder box is inverted and
nailed to the end of stick of sufficient
length to reach to the ceiling. A small
quantity Of kerosene is put into this
improvised cup and the apparatus is
pushed up under resting mosquitoes,
which fall into the kerosene and are
destroyed
"Camphor rubbed on the face AMI
hands O., a few drops upon the pillow
at night will keep mosquitoes away
for a time, and this is also a we'll
known property of oil of pennyroyal.
The use of oil of peppermint, lemon
Juice and vinegar has also been recon-
mended
Cure For Bites.
"Dr. e. 0. Peck of Morristown n. j.,
wrote to this Office last summer stating
that he had found glycerin a sovereign
curN for the bites. Touch the bite with
glycerin, and in a few minutes the pain
is gone. According to DR.. Peck it also
took tie pain from bee stngs DR..
Charles A. Nash, of New York city, has
recently informed the writer, by cor
respondence, that whenever mos
quito bites him he rubs the spot aud
marks it with lump Of indigo This,
he says, instantaneously renders the
bite absolutely of no account" whether
the application is made Immediately,
the next day, or the day after"