INSECT INTRUDERS. 



ocean-going steamers, where oneoften has 

 the questionable pleasure of his company 

 in one's cabin what time he disports him- 

 self on your blanket coverings at night. 



Probably the most interesting inform- 

 ation to the housewife on the subject of 

 these insects will be the knowledge of 

 how to free her house from them. Most 

 of us would rather keep our houses 

 clean without the help of this intruder. 

 Well then, take some borax, powder it 

 finely and mix it with the same amount 

 of powdered chocolate, taking care that 

 the mixing is done thoroughly, so that 

 each particle of chocolate takes up some 

 of the particles of borax. Sprinkle this 

 in the corners of the room and along the 

 edges of the wall and behind articles of 

 furniture. Here it will be picked up 

 and eaten by the insects, for cockroaches 

 are very fond of chocolate, but borax is 

 poisonous to them and will kill them off. 

 The mixture is cheap and non-poisonous 

 to man. 



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