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ROW TO DFSTEOY IXSECTS. 



finds it sure death. However, if the oil touches the 

 j)lants it will destroy them also. 



Alum-water for Destroying Souse Insects^ etc, 



Xo insect which nsiially infests the house, and crawls 

 over the lioors or woodwork^ can live under the appli- 

 cation of hot alum-wafer. 



It will destroy red and hJacl: ants, coclroaclies, 

 sjyklers, cluuiz-hugs^ and all the crawling pests that 

 infest the liouse. 



Take two pounds of alum and dissolve it in three 

 or four quarts of boiling water : let it stand on the fire 

 until the alum is all melted, then apply it with a 

 brushy while nearly boiling hot, to every joint and 

 crevice in your closets, bedsteads, pantry shelves, and 

 the like. 



Brusli tlie crevices in the floor of the skirting or mop- 

 boards, if you sus]^ect that they harbor vermin. If in 

 whitewashing a ceiling plenty of alum is added to the 

 lime, it will also se^rve to keep insects at a distance. 



Coclivaclies will flee paint which has been washed in 

 cool alum -water. 



How to use Tobacco- water. 



The most efi'ectual way to use tobacco-water is as 

 follows : Procure the strongest shag, and make an in- 

 fusion by ponrina' npon it boiling water. 



The whole quantity of water reqnired may be applied 



