The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-16

LIFE IS ONE NUISANCE AFTER ANOTHER If the actual cost in labor and thought ana sSud DO ens rs a us for protection against and suppression of such | nuisances as vermin, pests and parasites as we
 damage done by rats alone, ana tho cost of our efforts to prevent their depredations and to
 protect ourselves against the diseases rats M | spread-plague, infectious jaundice. rat bite
 fever, triehnosis, relapsing fever, and probably | typhoid and dysentery in some instances.
 space to discuss ali of these nuisaness. We can
 discuss only few of them here. At the present
 time perhaps some suggestions for the treat
 ods of repeing the pests or avoiding their bites
 M Mosquitoes. Breed only in standing water, never under weeds or in dry places. Eggs be-
 come larvae or "wggletails' in from five to ten
 days Wiggietails suffoeate if the water in
 which they live Is covered . with snin ni or or
 four or five days the larvae (wiggletails) devel.
 op into pupae or "tumblers" and In two or
 mosquitoes. old cans or bottles lying about, open barrels or tubs of water, obstrueted caves,
 unsereened eistorns, tracks of. animals In tho | week or more, affords fine place for mosqui. | toes to breed. The mosquitoes do not travel
 far from the breeding places: So look to your our
 for maintaining mosquito pond. fountain or
 pool If necessary, sneak few squirts of any
 oil, kerosene, old automobile oil, crude oil, from | . spray gun onto the bit of stagnant water once Q week to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes. | Pools. ponds, reservoirs stocked with coni- nows cat the wiggletails. Gold fish are less ef- fective for the purpose. A favorite place for
 breeding mosquitoes Is in among the grasses | or reeds along the edges of sluggish streams. The female mosquito must. have fresh blood | to mature her eggs. The males do not bite at
 all The common Kind or mosauso d;as C Eutex' fe IS we know The kind whose bite may carry ma | laria is called Anopheles. Any one may clearly from the annoying but harmless Culex by ob- serving the position of the mosquito as 1t rests
 or alights upon any surface. The harmless Culex is more or less parallel | with the surface. The body of the dangerous
 Anopheles is at an angle or almost perpendi- | cular os that the insect appears to stand on
 its head The third variety, which carries yell | low fever, is called Stegomyia fascata, and is
 rare except in the south: it is distinguished by.
 its black color. marked with silvery lines or
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Amputated Arm
 Any truth in the belief that an amputated
 arm or leg will pain a person unless it Is burned | or carefully straightened out and buried? .(C G. Eo
 | Answer-No. In some amputatons the ends | of severed nerves become involved in scar and | give discomfort, comparable with the tingling of little finger when you bump the funny
 bone"-the ulnar nerve just inside the tip of | the elbow.
 AItophobia
 For years have been afflicted with fear of
 high places. Looking ont from top of q tall
 building am so obsessed with the fear that | I'm going to jump that can get no pleasure | from such visits. But the other day went up | in an aeroplane, and was troubled not in the | least by the fair e. O. M.)
 1 Answer-Perhaps the explanation is that when flying you are floating on the air as though in boat.
 Castor Beans Drive Mice Away | I planted a castor bean tree near my house | and scattered the beans about the place. Soon | tI,e mice and gophers vanished and we hayen't | seen one siucc-this was 10 years ago. By | trimming the trunk Of tree Of sprouts it casl | be made quite ornamental. (Hrs R. F. M.. HoI- | iyw0od).
 Answer.--Thank you. Have other readers | had any similar expcrience7
 tcopyrIght 1888. John r. Diiie Col