Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1902 — Spread by Ships. [ARTICLE]

Spread by Ships.

; The common .cockroach has, spsSad throughout the . civilized world ,’by means of ships. This disagreeable bug eoxnes and ,gqes on ships almost as freely as the rats. The two live -together amicably and -they monopolize the holds' of the ships wlfich carry foodstuffs. ~ . . . . pecoratjon ojf ■ well be largely left to tho youthful occupant