The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-01
PEOPLE AND THINGS

AS there are always people who are
in despair over the fleas on their cats
it is worth while to know that flowers
of sulphur rubbed into the fur will rid
the cat of the pest. Emily Webb,
writing to Our Fourfooted Friends,
recommends it. She says: 1T iSsper-
fectly harmless, and if the cat ticks it
off it will not hurt her. Then comb
the fur with a fine toothed comb. Mix
a little sulphur and butter (never use
lard) and rub under the chin, under
the legs and down the backbone.
Mango is the result of poor and insuffi=
cient food and carelessness generally
in the care of the cat Little worms
form under the skin, and their con-
slant squirming and crawling almost
set the cat crazy. Let the sulphur
paste remain on the cat all day. Con-
tinue this treatment until the cat is
cured. Keep the skin and fur clean,
and there will be no danger of mango.
Dirt brings variety of diseases. The
sulphur paste has been tried to kill
fleas with perfect success and is en-
tirely harmless. 1 have cured sore
ears by washing with warm water and
a. soft rag"
Several of the choicest of the native
wildfiowers may be as easily grown in
pots and brought into flower in ones
house as are tulips. Edward j. Can
ming, director of the botanic garden of
Smith college, is responsible for this
statement, which he makes in the Sep
TENDER or mans number of Good
Housekeeping. Among the most easily
grown of these plants are hepatica,
jack-in- the pulpit, yellow and pink
lady's slipper, blood root squirrel corn,
columbine, marsh marigold and tril-
lium. Mr.. Canning recommends that
roots Of these be purchased from deal
erS, that they be potted next month or
early in October, and that they stand
exposed outside the house till severe
freezing weather sets in. Then remove
them to cool, light cellar, keeping
them moist till about Feb. 1, when
they may be brought up stairs and
time they will begin to grow, and will
flower as freely as if In their native
hauntS.
Delegates and alternates to the an
nual convention of the New York State
Federation in Syracuse. in November.
are to have their districts marked off
by banners or signs. for the purpose Of
leSsening the confusion. Each club
will have two rows of SeatS-one for
delegates and one for the alternates.
who, although allowed on the floor.
cannot vote. Already two social festiy-
tiles are booked for the days of the
conyention-one reception, to be ten
dered to the club women at the Kane
tanah club. by the club women of Sy-
racuse the other the reception Of the
Fortnight1y club, which will take place
at some private house.
That the wart is not the harmless
thing it is popularity pictured is a
theory which, when prepounded re-
Gently by DR.. w. w Keen, of PhiIa-
delphia, at meeting of the American
Academy of Medicine met with con-
siderable support from other physi-
clans present. Dr. Keen compared a
wart to "a match that could produce a
great confagration," and recommended
that all such growths be removed dur
ing the harmless state. He pointed out
that many wartS-and moles. as we'll
were cengenital, or else, having arisen
later, had persisted in apparent harm
lessness for many years, and then, in
consequence of injury. friction of the
clothing, frequent scratching or other
irritant, they began TO increase in size.
and We're then already malignant. He
advocated that they should be removed
with the skin in which they grow be-
fore any malignant ci,ange occurred