Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-07
TO DESTROY vERMlN.
Applications That Prove Destructive to
Household Pests

SAT- scattered freely over the floors
OF house, swept into the cracks and
allowed to remain there, will extermi-
nate oed-ougs; bedstead thoroughly
washed in strong brine and every
crevlce filled with salt, and salt freely
scattered under every slat, the Stats
well soaked in brine, will surely put
an end to them, This receipt has been
tested in a hotel in Oregon that was
literally alive with them. The salt
was scattered over the floors, and for
few days, while the atmosphere was
dry, appeared to have no effect on
them; then came a DRILLING rain for
two or three days, the dampness melted
the salt, and all the bugs in the house
swarmed to the outside and remained
there in rows close to the battens. |
believe there were twenty thousand of
them OF all shades and sizes. Immedi-
ately brine was made strong enough
to bear up an egg and used profuseIy
on beds and furniture, and not a bed
bug was seen inside the house for the
three years the narrator remained
there. Those that were driven to the
outside of the house remained station
airy in rows and finally dropped to the
ground dead.
My mother, an old New England
| housekeeper, says: mo insect which
crawls can live under the application
OF hot alum water. 1t will DESTROY red
black ants, cockroaches, spiders, bed
bugs and all the myriads of crawling
pests which infest our houses during
the heated term. Take two pounds of
alum and dissolve it in three or four
quarts of boiling water, let it stand on
the stove until the alum is all melted.
then apply it with brush while near
ly boiling hot to every joint and crevice
in your closets, bedsteads, pantry
shelves and the like; brush the cracks
in the floor and the crevices in the
skirting or mopboards if you suspect
that they harbor vernin. HRS. Ruth
Potter, IN Good Housekeeping.
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"A man out in Indiana levied upon
yoke of oxen belonging to a neighbor
who was engaged to marry the for
mer's daughter, but who did not put
in an appearance on the day fixed for
the ceremony. The disappointed
father wished to be REIN bursed in the
sum of $40, which, he claimed, was
the price of the wedding breakfast
provided by him on that occasion.
Some circus bill posters covered a
church near Vincennes, Ind, with
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editice for schoolhouse which they
had permission to decorate. A COM
mittee was appointed to prosecute the
alleged decorators, but the circus
men compromised the matter for $15
and handful of complimentary tick
cts, which was So more than the COM
mittee asked.
"A Jersey cow down in Georgia was
so inconsolable for her calf, which died
at six weeks old. that she would Meth
er eat nor allow herself to be MIXED,
and became no end of nuisance. In
this extremity her owner was advised
20 put the calfs hide where she could
zee and smell it, and now the mother
is serene and stands nuzzling and lick
ing the hide, while the milkmaid deft-
ly draws from her several gallons OF
rich milk.
"A Chinese merchant who sailed
from San Francisco for home few
days ago is reported to have accumu-
lated fortune of one million dollars
in Peru during the last thirteen years.
His name is Chun Lee. He wears a
queue according to the Chinese
fashion, but dresses exclusively in the
European fashion, even to the high
standing collars and tight-ftting gait
ers. Before his departure he gave a
grand banquet to the Chinese mer-
chants of San Francisco.
The Wolverhampton correspond
ent of the London Times states that
during a recent heavy thunderstorm a
collier named Bates, who had lost his
sight through an accident, was being
led home, when flash of lightning
was reflected on the spectacles he
wore to conceal his Disagreement.
After the peal of thunder which fol.
lowed he complained of pain in his
head. The next moment, to his sur
prise, he found that he had regained
possession of his eyesight.