THE surest way to dispose of the ant nuisance is to find their nests and pour down the holes a spoonful of bisulphide of carbon. This gives off a poisonous gas, much heavier than air, which sinks down into the holes and destroys the insects. Cover the nests as soon as you have poured the liquid down. Be careful in using, as it is highly inflammable. Here is another recipe, which we clip from a floating paragraph; it is easily tried: "Mix five cents worth of tartar emetic in an equal amount of white sugar, make it quite moist with cold water, put it into small dishes, and set it on the shelves where the ants are troublesome. The ants will disappear quite as mysteriously as they came, and there will be no dead ones lying around on shelves and floor. Do not throw the mixture away, but save it for further attacks, as it can easily be moistened and used again."—S. F. Examiner.