The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-07

According to an exchange. dry
powdered salt will keep moths out Of
a carpet. The salt should be sprlnkled
freely over the carpet, particularly
along the edges, then sweep thoroughly.
This should be done about once month
in moth time, and there will be no
trouble from the destructive insect.
A physician says: I have tried many
remedies but none have yielded me the
uniform satisfaction l have derived
from the following agents, simple as
they may seem to be-so simple, indeed.
and so very old-fashioned. that some of
your readers may not be willing to utilize
them. | hope, however, that none will
| be deferred on account of the reasons
named, and that when called on to
treat their next case of rheumatism
they will give the drugs named an i'm
partial trial. / begin the treatment by
putting one ounce each of EPSON salts.
nitrate of potash, and powdered sulphur
into one quart of boiling water. This
after being allowed to stand in cover
ed vessel for six hours, Is well strained
and given in doses of one ounce three
or four times during the day. To the
swollen and painful joints | apply by
means of cloths, a liniment composed
Of
Olive Oil .....F Five ounces
Chloroform ..........T Two ounces
AZ IN Ammonis !. Six drains
Tincture of Aconite Root Two drains.
Apply sufficiently often to relieve
pain.
Should the above means not secure
rest at night, administer full dose of
bromide of potash, and repeat in one
hour, If necessary. | have now used it
in quite number of cases OF acute and
even violent rheumatism, and have not
seen it fail to do good.
The cabbage worm is one of the seri-
Gus pests of the vegetable garden. Many
ways are suggested for its destruction.
A strong solution of saltpetre sprinkled
on the growing plants has been used
saltpetre is that it is harmless to human
beings. Mr.. Ruinn, the noted market
gardener near Newark, New Jersey, who
has tried fifteen different mixtures or
decoctions for the cabbage worm, pre-
fers twenty parts of gypsum, three or
four parts of quicklime, and one part of |
carbolic acid, sprinkled thinly over the |
leaves when wet with dew or rain, re-
peating the application as often as |
necessary, which may be number of |
times.
Another plan is to use simply ice-cold
water, or water but few degrees warm
er than ice water, sprinkled upon the
worms during the heat of the day. MI.
Erwin found that such an application
in the hot sun caused them to quickly |
let go their hold upon the leaves, curl
up, roll to the ground and die, while the
the cabbages suffered nothing, but look
ed all the fresher for the application.
Should this method prove as successful
with others as it has with him, IT is
evident that we have here a remedy of
very general application, and one which
in cheapness and simplicity far tran
sends the pyrethrum, which since /
first discovered It's value for the purpose
in 1880, has been on the whole, our
safest and most satisfactory remedy
against Pieris rap@. Where ice is read
ly obtainable, as in the more Northern
States, or where cold springs are found
Mr.. Erwin's discovery will prove as use
.ul against some other cabbage worms"
The correspondent OF a poultry
ournal, says: Two years ago 1 made
the nests for my sitting hens in a room
oy themselves, and gave them plenty of
,orn and water. When they came off
o eat they made bad work getting back
IN the nests again. Sometimes there
would be three hens on one nest, and
IS many more without any, consequent
y l bad very poor luck with them:
'thers sat well for about two weeks
nd then they would leave their nests,
nd in this way lost number OF sit
ings of choice eggs. At last deter
mined, if possible, to find out the cause
t their strange behavior. I caught one
4 the hens; L soon found the cause.
he was covered with mites. After
hat l thought / would fix them all
light. So purchased some medicated
lest eggs to keep the pests at bay. l
bought they needed to be recharged Il
With carbolic acid, and so l charged l
hem. and the chicks too; for not an
gg Matched where l used the nest eggs;
ut the hen could sit quite comfortably.
ince then have had better success. L.
make box about fourteen inches :
quare, and six inches deep, and line it
nth tar paper; then make nest of
ne straw, put in several porcelain eggs,
nd after dark place the hen on the nest
nd if she sits all right for day or two, S
the porcelain for good eggs.
Sprinkle flour of sulphur on biddy, !
nd she is all right. Each hen has her
est in a separate pen, and is supplied :,
very night with fresh water and corn.
lever put more than thirteen eggs I'M :
er hen in warm weather, and nine or !
en- are enough if the weather is cold !,
n warm weather l use nest boxes with
ut bottoms, and make the nest on the
round with covering of fine straw.
Tut in early spring l use boxes with 7
ottoms, and plenty of fine straw to
lake good warm nest. =
THE LAUNDREss' daily soliloquy =
Aye, there's the rub. Boston Tran