Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1892 — ABOUND THE HOUBE. [ARTICLE]

ABOUND THE HOUBE.

A snggtsfiau comes from abroad that the fi i|i isat gwaiimi thrulri fnrtr —-* rose geiaufoua beloved by uur gzaud■rothere bmpu flies away, A —derate sized geranium shrub is said to he so disegmeahte to flare that they mold its TunghboAmui, aud two of these pberis ia a room will daw them out altogether. Twu Fur Pm*.— One of the mate aggravating Brings to a person of good Renee, says the editor of the household departmental the Tribune, is the method which people employ ia deaßug with flies, ft— tmr, useful scaveograa, and il they would fosit their Inroads to placet where thfla needed, they wwtedde good sarefca. Unfortunately, however, when they sum come in force thro often pnnrademe mote cleanly homes. Due at the moat oaecemful methods in 4mßng with flies is to hang up some herb m plant which is offensive to them, and net offensive to the residents of the !buu>%. Sweet clover, which grows plentifully by the roadside, nod has a faint, pheasant odor, unobjectionable to any one not afflicted with hay fever, has the reputation of befog abhorred by flies. A few sprays of this plant hung in the parlor, or « cluster of the sweet, white Ussd-Hk* heads as a boqueton the centre--tattlq. w3B do more work in ridding the tooth of flies than a dozes flytraps. There foexnosiderable doubt whether any trap wfearik contains —fosses, sugar or any ouch ana terial does not draw in more flics tthra 3t kills, besides befog a disgusting and as cleanly way of meeting this nuisance. There ia no hope of dealing • suexxrafnlly with flies unless scrupulous chraafl ness is the rale of the bouse. The men tinacityof flies has been celebrated fcj IloTner, and sa Englishman, taking -offvantage of this trait, has just invented a curious kind of window pane, which m s successful means of driving flies out <sf the room, es well as preventing their to 1 gress. It is well known that flies ehmk upward, from the bottom of the pane to the top. This summer window pane hast the top cut off about an inch, ae that when the fly crawls up he naturally gees outdoors, la order to prevent the fogneas of flies by the same plan a omall pieoewf pane coming down from the top ouedapo this open space, but does* not touch the pane below, leaving jute roomier the fly to crawl up and out. To come in he must crawl down the pane, wuieh a fly seldom or never does. It is not intended that the permanent, window pane should be arranged in thin way, but that a window frame watheanca of this kind should be substituted for summer use.