The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15

Europe under the name of puINis
tarakane as a remedy for dropsy.
Practically all OF the nearly 5000
species of reaches which are now living
have thin. Hat bodies. enabling chem Ia
hide away in narrow creViCes, Further
more. they rarely go about except at
night and our common species have
warness in the matter Of poisons which
makes them extremely difficult To COM
bat. \ rather unneighburly method of
Riding the house Is TO enclose IN an
envelope several of the insects and drop
It in the street unseen. and the remain
ing reaches will all 20 To the finder Of
the parcel"
have heard that the hedgehog Is
sometimes kept in English kitchens
because 1t eats reaches and know that
the large spiders 80 abundant in tropi-
cal houses are a great help. Some may
consider the latter remedy worse than
the disease, but then the tropical
| reaches are more numerous and much
/ larger than ours. one species having "a
, wing eXpanse Of more than six inches.
! \ certainly simple and safe remedy
/ for these pests is now being recon-
/ mended by good authorities 1t consists
in mixing one parl Of dry plaster Of
I paris with three or four parts of flour
/ and putting IL where the reaches are
most numerous. Near It put saucer Of
| water The reaches eat the powder and
drink the water; the plaster sets inside
/ of them and the rest can be imagined.
\ more complicated and dangerous,
! If not correctly done, but absolutely ef-
| fective method Of Kidding the house not
| only of reaches but of most other in
sect pests Is fumgation with hydro
/ cyanic acid gas. Those who are in
/ terested in this method should write To
! the editor and chief Of the division of
publication, United States Department
I of Agriculture, Washington. for circular
~ of the Bureau Of Entomology.
Since food inspection has become So
! general the cheese skipper and the
larder bee lie have become scarce in our
pantres There remain only the ANS
10 Ice considered The family life OF
these creatures Is extremely intersstlng
and they rarely do much damage in
Northern pantries, but they do have an
annoying way OF getting into things and
they are hard Ia get rid of. The reason
for the latter fact is that. hidden away
in some nook, possibly ont of doors, the
queen mother OF the colony is continu-
iliN ihN MS 'b~E
The ants We SEQ are the workers wh'
ave getting food for hcr and the Nounge'
children. II this nest he found. boiling
WAGER or kerosene Will XIII the queer
and the trouble Will he over. Othcl
met hOdS, such as scattering pyrethrIu
powder or trapping the workers b>
means Of spongeS or bread soaked II
sWeetened water, do not get az th'
seat of the trouble. Fumigation, as rec
commended for reaches, is better, hut
even it will fall II the nest be ont oi
doors
Beware however, for 1t has been sat
that ants are fairies and If you destroy
any the rest may bewitch your cows Sc
that they will give no milk Ants art
we'll spoken of in sacred literature. ans
the Turks number them among the ant
mails which will lac found In Paradise
for the following reason:
Solomon was the greatest king tina
ever lived for all creatures obeyed hin
and brought him presents. Amont
others an Ant brought him Locu
which IT had dragged along by mali
force. Solomon. perceiving that the An
had brought a thing bigger than itself
! accepted the present and preferred i
before all other creatures"
1t seems then that good housekeeper:
might as well get on friendly terms
with ants as soon as possible.