In ridding a house of ants, discover the nests, and on the mouths of these drop some quicklime and wash it in with boiling water. Or camphor may be dissolved in spirit of wine, then mixed with water and poured upon the haunts. Tobacco water has also been found effectual. To drive the ants out of the cupboards, camphor, tar, creosote, or chloride of lime may be employed, but these substances cannot be used in the pantry. The shelves and floor should be scrubbed with carbolic soap. To catch the ants, cover some plates with a syrup composed of sugar and water, and place these plates in the infested places; destroy any ants found upon them by dipping the plates and contents into boiling water. When they are somewhat thinned by this means, try one of the methods given above; or place a mixture of sugar, beer, and arsenic on plates. Fly papers might also be tried.