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fj. Dust well the bedstead, crevices, ixnd niches where 

 they are with cayenne pepper. 



COCKROACHES. 



a. Gum camphor is one cf the best things ever found j 

 they always take quick leave where that is introduced. 

 Scatter it upon the shelves, and in the corners of the 

 pantry, and through closets, and these vermin will leave. 

 The only trouble is that it evaporates so soon that it 

 needs renewal every week. Spirits of camphor, although 

 more evanescent than the gum, will hasten their depar- 

 ture more speedily. 



b. Powdered borax, sprinkled around infested places, 

 drives them away at. once. 



c. Sweetened vinegar and strychnine will destroy any 

 house-bug. 



d. The small land terrapin, commonly called " center," 

 wages unrelenting war against them if placed where 

 they frequent. He is more successful than any of the 

 powders. 



e. " The best thing I have ever tried is a quantity of 

 red wafers, such as were used to seal letters in old times. 

 thrown where the roaches mostly hide, under the floors 

 or in the bottom of pressesin fact, anywhere they can 

 be safely put out of reach of children. 



f. " I give a recipe to your correspondent who wishes 

 to know how to get rid of the insects he calls cockroaches, 



