The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-18

sects that crawl or fiy and bite and
make life miserable Suppose that It
lies In the power OF your husband 20
make this world insectless."
"You can't mean it.' whispered Mrs.
Bowser.
"That Ia exactly what | mean. While
other men have been off fishing this
summer have been engaged in seeing
what could be done toward improving
the physical state of the world we live
in While you have looked for sixty
five cent stockings reduced TO 30 cents
have delvcd into statistics. Tonight
is the crowning point. Ere another
twenty-four hours have passed the
name of Samuel Bowser will be Spoli, n
all around the world
"But what on earth is It? What have
you done"
Produces a Powder.
Mr. Bowscr took from his coat pocket
a package he had carefully concealed
up TO this moment and removed the
string and paper. Mrs. Bowser saw n
powder-about n pound Of grayish pow
der. In color it looked like ashes. but
was more wcighty. She wet her finger
and touched the powder and then her
tongue and spat in disgust and cS-
claimed:
"rhars skunk cabbage powdered
up. Mother used TO give II 70 MS in
molasses when we were children and
appeared croupy. Where did You get
IT, and what are you going to do with
itT
"Mrs Bowscr, this Is n powder made
from plant grown In Persia, and no
where else on the face Of the earth. II
is rare plant even there, but u Per.
sian doctor whom ! met a few days
ago gave me this and told me the So
crct Of IT, One pinch Of this powder
burned on a hot shovel will rid u
house of every insect in II in five min.
| utcs Two piuChcs burned In the back
| yard will clear the npighburhOod for a
block around. Half n pound Of II will
kill every hy and mosquito in who'll"
| country. If can get hold Of ton Of
| Il. and am arranging 20 do 50, | will
I clear the whole Of America. beginning
next June, After that / will see 20
the rest Of the world"
Calls Il a Fake.
81 tell You It's skunk cabbage pow
dcrcd UP, aud If you go to burning any
| of It we shall he driven out Of the
house. Your Persian Is fake why do
you let people impose ON you this
| way?"
THAT will do, Mrs. BOwscr," said
| Mr.. Bowscr as he rose MP in his stiff
ness and dignity. "SOmc of this pow
der will be burned within ten minutes
in this house. II you prefer Hics, mos
| Quitocs and COckrOnChcs to clean
house you can 20 elsewhere. | don't
propose that anything you can say
| shall prevent me from attempting II
! world interest experiment"
II was useless for her to say more
The cool; had finished with the dinner
dishes and gone upstairs Mr.. Bowscl
bcgnn nc the top Of the house and clos
ed all doors and windows aud then pro
|
Bowscr slipped out and into neigh
boris. while the cook leaned ont of the
window Of her room and scanned the
landscape Of the back yard and wished
the cavalier who was going TO marry
her would come along.
When quarter Of an hour had pass
cd pedestrian passing the Bowser
| -. 'fi
was soon joined by second, third and
| fourth. Then smoke was seen issuing
| from around the windows, and more
| snifrcrs and RuulIcrs joined the crowd
! Then there poured forth such smell
as Il wholesale drug store might make
| II on fire from top IN bottom, and
| amid II Mr. Bowser staggered from
the basement door and fell on the
grass and rolled about and whcc2cd
and coughed like an old horse with the
collie Then It was that an ambulance
was ruug for 10y one man, the fire en-
| gnes by another aud policeman
| came running up and beaded n fOrlorr
hope into the house and brought out 4
| smoking shovel and demanded eNplaun
tons In demanding them he suup
| Mr.. BowsPr around on the grass, stood
him mp against the fence and called
him names aud threatened him witt
his club, aud there was an excitement
lasting n good half hour, When the
Bowsers were finally left alone and he
had quit wheeling and coughing he
pointed his finger at Mrs. Bowscr and
was going TO tell her that their To
sprctivc lawyers would settle the di
vorce business, but she stopped hin
! by saying;
"Now, then, YOU and your Persian
ana house flies and mosquitoes auC
cOclroachcs had better walk right up
stairs ana 60 10 bed, This house hn'
been upset enough for one night"
And she threw the rest Of the pow
der out Of back window, and Mr.
Bowscr won't NJ. QUAD.