The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-08-18
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BED BUGS.- A Sufferer from bed bugs
writes To the Minneapolis Hours EGCpcF
a. follows: "Aitcr We had been fight
Ing them for eight wears learned from
- girl that had served a. a chamber
maid in large clearinghouse that bugs
can be eNterminated for all time.
immediately followed her direction,
which was 10 take grease that had been
cooked out of salt pork, melt il and
keep il melted tas the vessel can he
kept on "A pan of Goals and put il with
the feather end Of q quill into every
place where | could find bug. Ii is
necessary To see that the bed cords or
stats are entirely free from the pests.
II is now more than thirty years since
a hing has been seen in my house."
An EFFICIENT DISINFEcTANT.-
disiniectant ingeniously composed of
one part of rectified oil of turpentine
and seven parts of benzine, with the
addition of five drops of the oil of YER
bena Ia each ounce, l. recommended 10y
DIR. Day, an Australian physician, for
destroying the germs of smallpox,
scarlet fever and other infectious dis
eases i'm hospitals. Its purifying and
iisiniecting properties are due, he says
to the power which il p0ssessed by each
OF the ingredients of absorbing atmos-
phereic oxygen aud converting il into
peroxide agent, and very similar in lis
nature Ia ozone. Articles of clothing,
furniture, wall paper, .arpeting, books,
newspapers, letters, etc, may, il il sta
ted, lee completely saturated with il
without danger Ia the substance.
THE american ,gDUrndl az fHurDlucg
SAYS that for some time lslst H,Fid SIR
gltsli wild thyme) has been used with
great Success 10 effect u permanent cure
of drunkenness la ease at a Relapse
tonly after years a short treatment will
effect cure again. The treatment
consists in making AN infusion of wild
thyme Il ~. Ia ! pintsl, and giving
the patient a teacupful every half hour
The next day il is given every two
hours, and then four Ia six times "A day
until the cure il complete, whey gen.
orally takes from two 10 three weeks.
The effects are in the following order !:
vomiting, diarrhua, increased urine,
strong Transportation, then generally in-
creased appetite and craving for aci,lu-
lots beverages. The diet-easily digest
ed ioOd lemonade or other acidulous
liquids.
PEPPER FOR MoTIIs-A word in sea-
son, lift is the right word, regarding
moths, will be equivalent in utility Ia
the old adage "a stitch i'm time saves
nine" An obscure student of econom-
H. house-wifery, who has attentively
regarded for "A series of years the action
of different vegetable substances on the
life and destruction of insects has dis
covered the proper food for the greedy
moth, all mouth. Ii is cheaper than
camphor ar tobacco. has no smell, and
is always available. \ pound or two ar
three of black pepper, ready pulveriscd
for table use. scattered freely among
your furs and woolens, can easily be
shaken all out in the autumn 10y some
hand, willing and happy Ia be hired to
sneeze, and the garments will be found
uniniured \ lady who packed up her
effects in the loose confusion oftoo little
time and strength To devote thereto,
hurried them oil To one of our great
stoTehouscs, and left them untouched
during AN absence Of three years. She
had tossed the pepper with random
laVishness through each trunk, box and
defenseless bag of bundles She found
her fur-trimmed and all wool garments
perfectly unframed after their three
Years of extra exposure among the
quantities Of other families goods ac-
camulated in the proper moths board
ine-house. Not only this triumph; an
other divulged experience brings "a
light handsome mufi, which, being
superseded by other furs to match suits
escaped Use for fifteen or twenty year,
and WAS seldom looked at. Well pep
prred and without extra care il Is clean
fresh and unchanged to-day. An eco
homie object attained, better in few
chachnatory occasions, and "A funny
profuslon of sorrowlesS tears, ar al
hours humbug cough, in looking ovel
trunk, if il earns money faster than
il eau he earned in amy other way. In
fact, this II the chief way in which pep
per should be used, unless one wants (,
scare the moths cut of ones stomach al
the cost Of wearing out and burning ul
the delicate TISSUES Of the inner man
Pepper To Ice trodden under foo; in tn,
shoes ia cold journey, or in the cas-,
of a constitution where the blood need.
Ia be cOaNed down Ia the feet, is, indee,
useful also; but the evident chief Oblec
Of nature in providing black pepper is l'
defend mankind from powerful robbers
of form and color 81 indefinite that ever
in the matter of identity they often de
ceive their most familiar victims.
KENTUCKY SlIoRTHORNS.-At tn,
Sliorthorn banquet given at Winches
ter. Ky, July -, United States Sena
tor, J. :. Williams, delivered the al
dress of welcome, in which, after som,
very happy Introductory remarks, IN
said:
Agriculture is the most ancient am,
honorable Of all the pursuits of civilize,
men il upholds and sustains all othe
insltasf ri. IL j. ha Il all
rial prosperity and wealth. The hap
piness and civilization of a people ma,
always I've measured by their progress
i'm the art of agriculture. Ii has beel
fostcred and practiced in all ages by tn,
wise rulers of the earth, many of whom
have devoted their leisure moments {,
the care and management of their owl
landed estates.
Our own Washington was prouder q
his reputation as the first farmer an,
stock raiser of Virginia than of his grea
fame as "A soldier and statesman.
Ii is "A wide mistake To suppose tina
there is less dignity or honor i'm farm
ing than in what are called the learne,
professions, or that less intelligence i
required for success in farming than il
other industries.
NV own observation has been tina
our miscellaneous mode of farming re
quires wider range of knowledge an,
experience, and greater versatility q
talent than any other pursuit. | know
Of no branch of knowledge that ma,
not be useful or ornamental Ia tn,
country gentleman. know of nothin,
i'm the whole range of the natural sci
ences that has not some application T.
his daily avocations. whether he j
aware of il or not.
The very ownership ofland gives dig
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