The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-01
soi NUMBER II.
Bug EXTERMINATORS.

S WATER BUGS AND reaches. Vigor-
onsly force into every crack and granny
| that they haunt, and all neighboring
ones, too, along the edges of Ioil-eloth,
the seams of wood work, etc. hellebore.
2. A teacupful of well bruised plaster OF
Paris, mixed with double the quantity Of
oatmeal, to which, add little sugar.
Strew il, on the floor or in the chunks
which they frequent. ? - SA-S
To ExTERM1NATE Beetles. Place
a few humps of t1nslaked lime where they
frequents L. Set lSish or trap con-
tanning q little beer or strip in the bot
tom, and place. a few sticks slanting
against its sides, so as to form sort d
gangway ffore the beetles to climb sup
by. when theyswil go headlong into the
bait set for them. 3. Mix equal weights
of red lead, sugar and flour, and place ii
nightly upon their haIints. This MKT
ure, made into sheets, forms the beetle
waters sold at the oil shops.
To DESTROY ANrs.-Drop some quick.
lime on their nest, and wash it in with
boiling water or dissolve some camphoi
in spirits of wine, then mix with water
and pour into their haunts; or tobacco
water (strongly), which has been found
TO be effeotuals d3 They q are averse to
STRONG scents. .Canphor1 will prevent
h their infesting q cupboard, or, a sponge
saturated with creosote. To prevent
their climbing up, treesg place ring Of
tar about the trunk, ORA circle of rag
moistened occasionally. with creosote,
To REMOVE, VERMTN FROM CANARY
BIRDS. Put a piece of cotton aroundthe
end Of each perch at night, remove the
cotton in the morning with thevernlin).
Put, inF new, clean perches clean the
cage. every day. Give the bird q batl
| every morning IN good large dish; re-
move it as soon as the bird has finished
scald the ends of the perches every day
before putting them in the cage again
renew the cotton around the perches
+ every night, and remove in the morning
until the bird is free from the yermin.i
krBYo CIR RD OF CooKRoA CHEs. A cor
respondent writes as, follows :. 81 beg
I to forward you. an. easy, clean, and GER
! tain method of eradicating these loath-
some insects fromdwelling houses. o A
few years ago my house was infested
/ with cockroaches (oru' clocks, as they
are called here), and was recommend
led to try cucumber peelings as q rem
edy.9 I accordingly, immediately. be-
fore bedtime, streYed the floor of those
parts of the house most infested with
the vef1lin with the green peel, cut not
very thin from the cucumber, and set
up. half an hour later than usual to
watch the effect. Before the expiration
! of that time, thefoor where the peel lay
i was covered with eoekreaches, so much
so that the vegetables could notbe seen,
SO voraciously were, they engaged IN
sucking the poisonous moisture from it..
i adopted the same plan the following
night but my visitors were not near so
numerous should think not more than
a fourth of the previous night. On the
third night did not discover one, but,
anxious to ascertain whether the house
was quite clear of them, I examined the
peel after I had laid it down about hall
}anshour, and perceived that it was COW
cred with myriads of minute coclsroaehes,
abeut the size of a fea- I Therefore al
lowed the peel to lie till morning, and
from that moment I have not seen /
cockroach in the house. It is q very old
building, and I can assure youthe above
remedy onlyrequires to be perseYered III
for three or four nights to completely
eradicate the pest. d OF course it should
be fresh cucumber peel every night I.