Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-08

In such cases lightly painting the
screens with Kerosene or Oh of citroncl-
DO win keen out the Insects
The best preventive measure against
mosquitoes De- TO keep tho premises free
from stagnont water Of all binds Rain
barrels should have tight tops and the
overflow covered by "a brass wire screen.
water barrels ln stables are often load
ed with the wrigglcrs. or young mos
Gultoes Cisteus. pools. and pits
should be- closely looked after and made
inaccessible Co mosquitoes. ln cities,
lot pools and sewer catchbusins are fire.
qucnt breeding places for mosquitoes.
There is no water So FOUL uo reccpta-
Gle too small to serve as breeding
place for the house mosquito. A tem-
porary Dot pool created by rain foul
street gutter. o. cloFEed roof gutter "a
filled Gin can. raiu-barrcL o. sewer
catch basin. an open sewer or "a c"ss-
pool. an serve equally well The only
requirement is that there shall bc wa
ter enough Co last at least O. week and
that 90 shall not boz pure And they
breed as readily indoors as out Dr.
Smith found wrigglers in o. jar of water
forgotten ln a pantry. ln the water
pan OF a lcttor press in a clogged sink
partly filled with water from q dripping
faucet. and in the fire buckets hanging
along the hail OF a hotel
In the winter and spring dr. smith
recommends that since cellars supply
the insects from which the breeding
starts the spring following. and since,
by reducing this nucleus. the Increase
OF the pest TO notable numbers may
be greatly delayed the cellars may be
fumigatcd with either "Culicidc,'
which is O. mixture Of carbolic acid
and camphor. or the powdered Datura
stramonium or Jimpson weed. He says:
TN either case the cellar TO bc fuml.
gated should be as tightly closed az
possible to hold the fumes and make
them most effective The powdered
stramonium is used at the rate or
eight ounces for each, 1000 cubic rect
Of space mixed with one-thtrd IT'S
weight OF saltpetcr TO facilitate come
hustion. Spread the mass out on tim
plate or stone flag and light at several
points TO hasten the burning. The
vapor rs not dangerous 20 human lite,
so even 10 some escapes into the rooms
above no harm viii be done II the
cellar is lealy, use two or three times
as much as advised and In an cases
keep it as tightly closed as possible
for two hours az least
Two ounces Of CuHcide may De eva
poratcd with one-half am ounce Of
alcohol ice twenty-five minutes. and
large quantity would probably re-
quire proportionatelv less time IL
given a large evaporaung surface in
dish Of larger diameter than the
pipe The combination Is inhammable
but not explosive. and should be used
on cement earth or stone floor or
on bricks in "a tub OF water. TO avoid
danger OF fire. The fumes are not
dangerous 20 human life until they be-
come very dense. and such as might
penetrate into upper rooms through
lesky floors or doors would do no
harm TO anything This also should
be allowed 20 act at least two hours
before the doors are opened again,
Flies and other insects succumb as
readily as mosquitoes.
The chronicle is regarded as the
best repellaut of these insects, and
20 allay the Inflammation caused
by their bites diluted ammonia is pre-
ferred though some Of the phenol pre-
parations with soda are also said to he
excellent.