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Filters and Fleas 
On page 1338 J. A. A. states his 
trouble, which is that his well, which is 
driven through a 40-foot stratum of clay, 
and which, for many years, yielded clear 
water, has lately gone to the bad and 
now yields only roily water. It appears 1 
that he has traced the difficulty to a leak 
in the pipe, through which water holding 
a large percentage of fine particles of 
clay in suspension is admitted. At one 
time, while in the business of drilling 
wells, I had a great deal of experience 1 
along this line, and, so far as I can see. 
he has discovered the true cause of the 
trouble. If the leak can be located, and 
it is near the surface, it may be practi- 
Filter to Clear Cloudy Water 
cable to dig down and repair it. Other¬ 
wise there is no remedy except to drive 
a new well. It is probable that the 
trouble will increase until this becomes 
necessary, though it is possible that nat¬ 
ural causes may eliminate it entirely. 
But, while the water continues roily, the 
best solution is filtration, and a home¬ 
made filter, such as is shown in the illus¬ 
tration above, will do the work almost 
to perfection, and since the filtering ma¬ 
terial is cleaned automatically, by open¬ 
in' the lower faucet, there can be no ob¬ 
jection to its use. 
It is a long jump from filters to fleas, 
yet. on page 1342, 0. J. says that the 
ground under a certain cottage is literally 
alive with them, and he asks for a rem¬ 
edy. The answer suggests benzine as 
first, and kerosene as second choice, 
sprayed upon the infected area once every 
three or four weeks. Does he wish the 
occupants to be eaten alive during the 
interim from one spraying to another? 
While kerosene will do the work if rightly 
applied, any of the commercial sprays 
used for killing flies upon dairy cows will 
give a great deal better satisfaction, the 
one thing necessary being to hit the fleas 
with the spraying material. This will 
require a very thorough spraying, since 
the flea is an adept at dodging. But the 
life cycle of the flea is extremely short, 
and several generations may come and 
go between the spray time, if given as ad¬ 
vised. Better apply the spray morning, 
noon and night, and oftener in case anv 
fleas are to be seen. c. o. o. 
Treatment of Rheumatism 
1 would like a little advice from your 
doctor on rheumatism. Perhaps he would 
know something that would help me. I 
see that you are willing to give what ad¬ 
vice you can. j. A . j. 
Waitsfield, Vt. 
While it is possible to speak of the 
general principles of medical treatment 
in a way that may convey information of 
value, it is not possible to treat individual 
cases intelligently by correspondence. The 
human body is a complex bit of mechan¬ 
ism, one part depending upon another for 
its proper functioning, and each part 
suffering in greater or less measure when 
any part fails in its work. For these, 
and other reasons, no one can prescribe 
intelligently for disease unless he has an 
opportunity to survey the body as a 
whole and determine what may lie back 
of some obvious symptom of bodily dis¬ 
turbance. Rheumatism to most people 
means a well-defined disease that can be 
treated as such. Physicians are learuiug, 
however, that the word covers a multi¬ 
tude of conditions, some very well under¬ 
stood, some yet in the dark. It is not at 
all unlikely that the word itself will be 
dropped some day, as the different affec¬ 
tions now grouped as “rheumatism” are 
separated and each given its proper 
name. From all this it will be seen 
what folly it would be to prescribe for 
someone at a distance who thought he 
had rheumatism. A hunter in quest of 
turkeys would be equally justified in fir¬ 
ing at random into a mixed flock of barn¬ 
yard fowls in the hope that what, he 
brought down would not prove to be a 
goose. In simple justice to the inquirers 
themselves we must refuse to attempt to 
treat disease by mail. M. B. i>. 
Destroying Canada Thistles 
l see you have inquiries relative to 
Panada thistles. If there is onl> a small 
patch the grub hoe will do the trick if 
the man is not afraid to use it persist¬ 
ently. I had a patch this past Spring 
that it took half a day to grub out. About 
nix or eight weeks later 1. grubbed it 
again. This time I did the job in about 
two hours. After a lapse of a like period 
I went at it again, but found only six or 
eight plants. Now there is none to be 
found. Each time I grubbed all the root 
I could get, shook off the dirt carefully, 
put them in a heap on top of the ground, 
where they dried up. For the man with a 
field infested, would say put it in Alfalfa. 
A neighbor had some in a field of Alfalfa, 
which was cut three times annually for 
six or seven years. When he plowed the 
field the thistles were gone. Whether 
three or four or five years would give the 
dtwfirpfl result I cannot, say* H. J. M* ' 
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