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Zurich Herald, 1919-06-20, Page 2rd eeeleM4.4tEee.efeelie4OfeseEeese Health Insect Bites. As regards their relation to man, insects may be divided into two classes, according as they are para- sitic or not. Those of the first class are, of course, the most troublesome, for it is necessary not only to treat their bites but also to get rid of them. Unfortunately, the bites of the para- sitic insects are not l sinful, but merely annoying, and sometimes dangerous to health; if they cease as much pain as those of the predatory Keeping Ants From the Home. Birds are very susceptible to any - Nearly every one is familiar with thing that shuts off their supply of ants and knows something of their Pure air. habits, structure, mode of living, etc. Tanglefoot—plenty of it. Hang They vary in size from the tiny red rite kind that comes in rolls from the ant that is so frequently found in gas jet and if sister runs agonist it the kitchen and pantry, about one- slid carries the ball off attached to sixteenth of an inch in length, to the her backhair, never mind. You are large, black carpenter -ant that lives waging a great war, and who can insects, like wasps, they could soon t in decayed ~tamps or old timbers. stop to think of trifles. The kitten cease to be parasitic, for the dirtiest Tlhe - occur in all maywrapherself in it, to her terror, of leen dread pain and take trouble y parts of the world to avoid it, although they would often from the dry and arid deserts to the and father may sit on the sheet you rather itch than wash. All insects clamp tropical forests, and from the have laid, for just a moment, in his that bite or sting are poisonous, al- torrid zone to the arctic circle. favorite chair, but it catches files as though the nature of the poison and The housewife goes to the pantry, well, and that is the real issue. its effects vary greatly, some summer's clay, to get some calve Formaldehyde—that is perhaps and finds that the frostingi best of all. In an old saucer put a Of the parasitic insects the flea, is Covered' mixture composed of ten parts of the bedbug and the pests that sol- with tiny red ants. Further investiga- formaldehyde, eighty-eight parts of diers call "cooties" merely cause tion reveals them in the butter, sugar water and two parts sugar in the more or less irritation and itching by ;and running all over everything aP centre of the dish put a small sponge their bites, The most common of the 1 Patently, Sometimes it is the larger i and set where it will not be disturb- nonparasitie ' poisonous insects are black species which carried its love ed. The hies drink the mixture and apiders, wasps and hornets, bees, i for sweet things to the sugar bowl. l die almost immediately. With this ants, mosquitoes and some biting i How am I to get rid of them? It is, I as with all other poisons 'be very flies; in the Southern and Southwes- of course, useless to try and kill themcareful to keep well out of the reach tern states and the tropics we find one at a time, like "swatting the fly." of domestic animals, children and also the formidable scorpions, taran- The first step is to take everything oar eless people. It's the fly you are ttrlus and centipedes. Most of those out of the infested place, clean every- after, thing, burning papers, and throw away or clean out any infested foods. MERCHANTS BANK CLOSES Any foods that are likely to attract. BEST YEAR IN HiSTORY this insect like calve, bread, sugar, ---- Gains in Net Profits, Current Loans and Assets. insects, except the mosquitoes and certain biting flies, attack man only in self-defence, when they think they themselves have been attacked. Among the other less common in- meat and similar substances, should sects that sometimes cause consider- be placed in ant -proof metal contain- able annoyance are the so-called kiss- ers or %et over a dish of water in ing bug (Reduvius personatus), the which the ants will drown in trying bite of which is very painful; the to get at the food. The source of the cone -nose (Conorhinus sanguisugus), colony should be located. If it be which is an exaggerated bedbug with under the floor or in the wall the a ferocious bite; and the pirate bug, liberal use of carbon bisulphide will or corsair, the bite of which is severe soon kill the queen and attendant and often causes inflammation and ants. An old wood -box may be the abscess. The poison of most stinging in- sects, whether parasitic or not, is an acid, and the itching and pain that it causes niay usually be promptly relieved by applying an alkali, such as bicarbonate of soda, ammonia or weak lye. For the milder forms, rub- bing with a moistened bit of kitchen soap and leaving the soapy film on the ;kin will suffice. In the case of the bites of certain insects, such as scorpion, centipedes and tarantulas, there are often general symptoms, in ddition to the local irritation, which must be combated with ipecac and the internal administration of am- monia and other stimulants. AERIAL TRAVEL. Five Hundred Miles An Hour Probable Speed in Near Future. The most optimistic prophecies are being shade on all hands he connection with the development of aeronautics. The tremendous :td ante made in air- craft in the course of the war seems likely to be exceeded under the de- mands of peace. Already the super - planes of 1918 are obsolete, and scarce- ly a day passes witho,lt news of some more or less notable improvement. It is regarded as scarcely an effort of imagination to anticipate that within the next few years we may be able to fly at the unbelievable speed of 500 seat of the trouble or its nest may be in the ground near the back porch.! than was earned in the previous year. In using the carbon bisulphide carel As a result of the larger earnings the P; dividend was increased from 10 to must be taken that no light or fire? 11 Not only were net earnings the is near, as it is very inflammable. 1 largest in the history of the bank, but If ants like the sweet things in the. every department of the bank's active cupboards one o£ the best remedies I ties showed satisfactoryincreases; is to mix one part of tartar emetic; gains being registered in currant with twenty parts of extracted loans, deposits, liquid assets and in )honey. Syrupma • be used in the i total assets. One of the most outstarul- y mg achievements was the large, in - absence of the honey. Put this in' crease in deposits. Interest bearing small saucers and place where the I deposits now stand at $91,904,000, as ants will have access to it, but where 1 compared with less than $?6,000,100 it is inaccessible to the children or; for the previous year. Non -i Bt household pets. If the ants are! bearing deposits gained from , grease eaters use grease instead of 000 to $43,5"52,000, In other words to - the honeyi tal deposits in Canada now amount in the same proportions as, to over $135,000,000, as compared with above. $110,000,000 in the previous year. It is If ants are troublesome in lawns somewhat significant that despite the or in the garden, where they are large increase in deposits the bank's building their nests, they can be clients subscribed to over $45,000,000 killed even more rapidly than in theworth of victory Loans, of which only house. Drench the nests with boilinga little over $4,000,000 were waver - previous sloes from previous issues. Another water or pour into them a small satisfactory feature is the growth in commercial loans; these having in- creased by nearly $20,000,000 and now stand at $95,874,000. This large in- crease indicates very clearly that the Merchants Bank is doing its full share in catering to the business needs of the community. Despite the fact that the bank is doing a continually larger share of the coun- try's business a further examination of the report shows that careful, con- servative banking methods character- ized the policy of the management. The bank has kept an unusually large proportion of its assets in liquid or quickly available fordo. Of its total assets of over $166,725,000 no less than $62,750,000 are in current coin, Dominion notes, Dominion and Pro- vincial Government Securities. These liquid assets are over $5,000,000 great- er than a year ago and bear a very high proportion to the bank's total liabilities to the public. Total assets have increased over $25,000,000 dur- ing the year. In order to provide for future ex- pansion the shareholders authorized the directors to increase the capital of the bank from $10,000,000 to $15,- 000,000, 15;000,000, although it was stated by the President, Sir H. Montagu Allan, that there was no intention of issuing any Shareholders of the Merchants Bank of Canada who attended the fifty-sixth annual meeting at the head office on Wednesday, the 4th instant, Were treated to the most satisfactory re- port in the History of that well known banking ' institution. The statement presented showed net profits of $1,- 383,569. a new high record in the his- tory of the bank and $146,000 more quantity of kerosene or coal oil. An- other method is to inject bisulphide of carbon into the nests, the quantity of the chemical depending upon the size of the nests. After this fluid has been poured in, the entrance to the nest should be closed by a blank- et or inverted pan placed over it in order to retain the chemical. The fumes of the bisulphide will pentrate slowly through the underground channels and kill the ants. miles perhour, engines being driven Child Laborers. probably by dynamite or some other Does the compulsory school at- explesive instead of petrol. When tendance law protect children from this experiment materializes Halifax heavy work and long hours in the will really be nearer Landon than fields? There are interested and G1c'sgow is to -day, because a machine vigorous school officers who do their able to swallow distance in ethis way best to enforce the lav; but even at should be able to cross the Atlantic in best the period of attendance requir- a matter of six hours. The idea of ed is meagre. There is always a utilizing high explosives as fuel seems loophole through which children may startling. but it is so only in degree, be piped to work. hc,.anse we must remember that the If Canada is to be a country of ordinary petrol and gas engines are healthy and intelligent people, both eimelly power producers driven by parents and children must realize gleans of controlled explosions. Such that school is better than work for an extraordinary speed, however, necessarily involves many difficulties, such as how will air pressure. tem- perature, breathing and other condi- tions, rendered extraordinary by the speed of aircraft, be adequately dealt 11 itlr. His Father's Boy. "Yon look like a fool," thundered the disgusted man to his son just re- turned from college. "More and more 1fl;e a ---conceited, hare -brained, help- less fob) every year" Just then an acclnaintauce of the old gentleman en- tered the office and saw the youth. "Hello, Charlie, back, eh?" exclaimed the visitor. "You're looking more and more like your father every year," "Yes," said Charlie, "that's what the govereor's just been telling me." in South America two dainties are lizards and baked centipedes. "I want the Canadian people to get a vast vision of the trade opportuni- use• ties in Europe. It is not trade be- Poison ----any and all kinds, but it tween one firm and another, but should be kept high enough to be trade between whole nations and a well out of the reach of children and sister nation," That is the message domestic animals. If insect powder of Mr, Lloyd Harris, head of the is used be careful not to sootier it Canadian Mission in, London, on his about the room and then close the return to Canada. doors, forgeable Divide the canary. children until thy are sixteen. It is quite true that "tile more you learn of this stock in the fate future. The president alsoo spoke feelingly the more you'll earn," of the death of RIr, Andrew A, Allan, Most of us think of the farm as one of the bank's directors. His place an ideal place, and 110 one can ques- has been filled by the appointment of tion the wholesomeness of much, in Mr. Lorne 0, Webster. farm life. But we have learned that An interesting evidence of the it is not wise to take it for granted bank's progressiveness was shown by that all countrylife in Canada makes tide statement that since tiro signing of the armistice the bank has opened a child happy and healthy. It must 88 branches and sub -branches which be admitted that too much farm labor not only provided employment for the interferes shockingly with the child's bank's officers retuning from over - schooling, overtaxes his strength, and seas, but furnishes that muchmore ad - impairs his future usefulness. ditional banking facilities to the pub- lic. Mr. Macarow, the general mana- ger, stated in the course of his ad- dress that out of a staff of 1,300 at the beginning of the war enlistments num- bered 823, or nearly 100% of the eligibles. Of the number going over- seas, 73 men made the supreme sacri- fice, while 87 were wounded, The general manager in his analys- is of present conditions spoke optimis- tically regarding the bank's position and its ability to share in the coming expansion of the Country's business. The old board was re-elected and at a subsequent meeting of, directors Sir H, Montagu Allan was re-elected president and Mr. If. W. Dlacliwell, Vice -President. Again—The Fly, With Germany disposed of, our thoughts can again turn to the at- home problem of disposing of that ever-present menace—the fly. The swatter—to be sure, no house is home 'without a fly swatter and a baby and where there's a baby there ought to be two swatters, one for father and the other for mother to THANKFUL MOTHERS. 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Nor massage out the wrinkle in niy cheek, I didn't bake the fruit -cake, but may=be I wrought as well—I sang my son to sleep, Close cuddled and content upon my knee. What have I done to-day?—I missed the Guild And quite forgot my shopping trip to town; My music rack with treasure amply filled, I left the cover of my organ down. I didn't sew the new flower on my hat, But son and I played marbles on the floor, And there was virtue quite as much in that Perchance than though I had aa- complished more. What have I done to -day ?—now let me see, I've put the paltry things from out my soul, I've mothered Laddie and he's played with me And we've been happy; making that my goal. I've learned why God, creating hu- man kind Made 'Mothers to be guarded safe from harms, To train a baby's active, eager mind, To hold a little lad in loving arms. Old Gentleman (baldheaded but warmhearted) : "Don't cry, Willie! Grandpa will play Indians with you." . 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