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tliem in a box; sprinkle with benzine, close the bos tightly, and in a day or two- 

 the pests will be exterminated, and the benzine will evaporate on opening." 



Remarks. — In using benzine, as stated in connection with cleaning gloves, 

 remember there must be no fire nor lamp burning, as the vapor of it carries the 

 fire to the stuil itself, which is very inflammable, and explosive. With this care ' 

 it is safe. 



4. Moth Powder, To Put Away Purs, Woolens, etc.— Lupulin 

 (flour of hops), 1 dr. ; Scotch snuff, 3 ozs. ; powdered gum camphor and black 

 pepper,. each, 1 oz.; cedar sawdust, 4 ozs. Mix thoroughly, and strew (or put 

 in small paper bags) among the furs or woolen goods (after they have been 

 thoroughly whipped with small rods) which are being put away. This powder 

 contains some of all the best-known preventives. But if moth eggs have already 

 been laid in them, unless the whipping takes them out, they will hatch and 

 start their destructive work, unless the benzine or some other " killer " is used; 

 hence it is best to keep an eye on them occasionally, and whip thoroughly again 

 if any are seen. This whipping the moth and their eggs out. then sealing up 

 in boxes or paper bags, is from the Boston Transcript, which adds: "If you. 

 shut moths out, and shut none in, you are perfectly safe." Not a doubt of it. 



Cracks and Small Holes in Walls, To Pill.— Mix plaster of Paris 

 to the consistency of soft putty, and apply immediately and smooth with a case- 

 knife, will make it as nice as a mason would do it. Mix but little at a time as 

 it sets quickly, unless you work it over every minute or two; but after it "sets" or 

 becomes hard it is not good even to work over after that. If you have a nice, 

 white sand, a little of it may be mixed in, but it does very well without it. 



ONIONS— Medicinal Effects Against Worms in Children and 

 Colds in the Chest. — A mother writes to HanVs (Eng.) Advertiser upon 

 these matters (which, also in my own judgment, may be relied upon) as follows: 

 "Twice a week invariably — and it was generally when we had cold meat 

 minced — I gave the children a dinner which was hailed with delight and looked 

 forward to ; this was a dish of boiled onions. The little things know not that 

 they were taking the best of medicine for expelling what most children suffer 

 from — worms. Mine were kept free with this remedy alone. Not only boiled 

 onions for dinner, but chives also they were encouraged to eat with their bread 

 and butter, and for this purpose they had tufts of chives in their gardens. It 

 was a medical man who taught me to eat boiled onions as a specific (positive 

 cure) for a cold in the chest. He did not know at the time, until I told him, 

 that they were good for anything else." The editor adds: "A case is now under 

 our own observation in which a rheumatic patient, an extreme sufferer, finds 

 great relief from eating onions freely, either cooked or raw. He insists that it 

 is by no means a fancy, and he says so after having persistently tried Turkish 

 baths, galvanism, and nearly all the potions and plasters that are advertised m 

 certain alleviates or cures.'' 



■ Remarks. — For the author's opinion, and that of others, as to the value of 

 onions as an alterative, see Medical Department upon them as an alterative, 



C-Lion Culture— The Newest Way. — The following item was 



