The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-11

animal this is a very simple remedy,
but 1t Is said to be very efficient. l.,
however, after fair trial il fails TO pre-
duce the desired effect, you may use a
/ decoctlon OF tobacco and sulphur. To
make 1t, take of fine cut tobacco one
| pound, pour on to it one gallon OF boil
ing water and let it stand for an hour.
Ihen strain and add one pound of sui
phur; this should be frequently stirred
when being applied. The application
o. this remedy requires some caution.
IL should not be applied all over the
body at once. Apply it in sections,
saturatlng the head and neck the frs t
day. along the spine and back the next
day, and so on until every part has been
dressed. Subsequently a thorough
washing with soft soap and warm water
will complete the treatment.
Making fruit syrup is an all day affair
and a good plan is to set the larS OF
juice in the oven at evening and keep a
low fire all night, finishing of next
forenoon. Six quarts of grape juice
should make one Ofsyrup, wine-colored,
lucent, of delicious, refreshing perfume
and flavor. One tablespoonful in a
glass of water gives a delightful drink,
like fresh grape juice, the true Substi-
tute for wine with all temperate people
and the finest medicine for correcting
a feverish, bilious state ever known
The syrup itself is valuable for restOT-
ing strength, and consumptive persons
should take it by the tumbler daily.
slipping it leisRrely, With sugar if TOO
tart for the taste. 1t makes new. rich
blood, it clsanses the system, clears
brain and feeds starved nerves 1t has
th0 hr-r,0nhncvahT+a= r-hrnh IL
scribe for wastes OF tissue, and taken
freely VIII arrest even critical stages of
disease. People fed on pure food with
abundance of fruit need never dread
cancer. BFight's disease, gOut, neural
gia, dropsy, or a dozen other OF the
worst scourges OF the racs.-Vick's
Magazine.
a correspondent writes an exchange
as follows: l beg to forward you an
easy, e3ean and certain method of eFadi-
eating the loathsoms. cockFoach in
Seets fEem dwelling houses. a few years
ago my house was infested with cock
reaches Cor "clOcks" as they are called
here) and was recommended TO try
cucumber peelings as a remedy. L ac-.
coTdingIy, Immediately before bedtime
Strewed those parts of the house most
infested with the yermin with the green
p iel, cut rot very thin, from the cucum-
DER, and sat up half an hour later than
usual to watch the effect. Before the
expiration of that time the floor where
the peel lay was completely covered
with cockT0aches, so much SO that the
vegetable could not be seen, so vOefer-
oIsly were they engaged m sucking the
poisonous moisture from 1t. | adopted
the same plan the following night. bat
nv visitors were not near so numerous
i should think not more than a fourth
OF the previous night. Tn the third
night did not discover one; but anxi-
Gus to Ger ain whether the house was
quite clear of them, l examined the
peel after had laid it down about aalf
an hour, and perceived that it was COW
cred with myriads of minute cock
reaches about the size OF a flea. 1 there
fore allowed the peel to remain till
morning, and from that moment I have
not seen a cOCkrOach in the house. II
IS 4 very old building, and I can assure
you the above remedy only requires TO
be persevered in for three or four nights
to completely eradicate the pest. OF
course it should be fresh cucumber peel
every night.