Rat Poison. — A tasteless, odorless, and
infallible rat poison is made as follows :
Mix carbonate of barytes, two ounces, with
grease, one pound. It produces great thirst,
consequently water must be set by it, for
death takes place immediately after drink-
ing, not giving them time to go back to
their holes. Be sure no other animal can
get at it, except rats and mice, for it is a
most deadly poison.
Persian Insect Powder is an unfailing
bed-bug poison. It is not poisonous, but
none the less is sure death to all insects. It
is blown with an insect gun into all cracks,
crevices, and places where bugs can find an
entrance. This has been tried and found to
be efficacious in hundreds of instances. To
wash bedsteads with coal oil will also clear
them of bugs .
To Get Rid of Ants. — Wash your shelves
down clean, and while damp rub fine salt
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on them quite thick ; let it remain on them
for some time, and red ants will disappear.
Another remedy for ants may be made
of half a pound flour of sulphur and four
ounces potash. Put them over the fire in
an earthen pan till they dissolve and unite.
When cold, beat them to a powder, put a
little of this into water, and sprinkle the in-
fested places. The ants will leave.
An Insect Remedy. — Dissolve two ounces
of alum in three or four quarts of water,
letting it remain over night, until the alum
is thoroughly dissolved. Then apply it,
boiling hot, wdth a brush, to every joint or
crevice that is infested by ants, roaches,
bed-bugs, etc. Brush all the cracks in the
floor and mop-boards. Keep it boiling hot
while using.
Rats and Mosquitoes. — A bottle of the
oil of pennyroyal, left uncorked in a room
at night, will dispose of mosquitoes. Not
one will be found in the morning. Rats
may be dealt with by mixing potash with
meal and throwing it into their holes. If a
rat or a mouse gets into the pantry, stuff
into its hole a rag saturated with cayenne
pepper. That pathway to the pantry will
be deserted.
Other Recipes.
A Simple Disinfectant. — Put into a
saucer some fresh-ground coffee, and in its
centre place a small piece of gum camphor✪ Simple Disinfectant,
which set on fire with a match. As it
burns add coffee enough to burn with it.
It gives a very pleasant perfume, much
more agreeable than that of pastiles, and it
is much cheaper.
Glass and China Cement. — Curdle a
half pint of milk with the same quantity of
vinegar ; separate the curd from the whey,
and mix the latter with the whites of four
or five eggs, beating them well together.
Add a little quicklime, through a sieve, to
make a thick paste. This cement dries
quickly and resists the action of fire and
water.
Another cement may be made by stirring
plaster of Paris into a thick solution of gum
arable, bringing it to the consistency of
cream. This is white in color and is very
well adapted to mend china. After three
days it cannot be broken in the same place.
Still another is made of four ounces of
crushed orange-shellac, and three of strong
rectified spirits of wine or wood naphtha.
The spirits of wnne is preferable. Dissolve
the shellac in the spirits, in a corked bottle
kept in a warm place. The process is aided
by shaking, and the composition must be
shaken before using. It can be used as a
varnish for unpainted wood.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Rat Poison. — A tasteless, odorless, and infallible rat poison is made as follows : Mix carbonate of barytes, two ounces, with grease, one pound. It produces great thirst, consequently water must be set by it, for death takes place immediately after drinking, not giving them time to go back to their holes. Be sure no other animal can get at it, except rats and mice, for it is a most deadly poison.
Persian Insect Powder is an unfailing bed-bug poison. It is not poisonous, but none the less is sure death to all insects. It is blown with an insect gun into all cracks, crevices, and places where bugs can find an entrance. This has been tried and found to be efficacious in hundreds of instances. To wash bedsteads with coal oil will also clear them of bugs.
To Get Rid of Ants. — Wash your shelves down clean, and while damp rub fine salt
on them quite thick ; let it remain on them for some time, and red ants will disappear.
Another remedy for ants may be made of half a pound flour of sulphur and four ounces potash. Put them over the fire in an earthen pan till they dissolve and unite. When cold, beat them to a powder, put a little of this into water, and sprinkle the infested places. The ants will leave.
An Insect Remedy. — Dissolve two ounces of alum in three or four quarts of water, letting it remain over night, until the alum is thoroughly dissolved. Then apply it, boiling hot, with a brush, to every joint or crevice that is infested by ants, roaches, bed-bugs, etc. Brush all the cracks in the floor and mop-boards. Keep it boiling hot while using.
Rats and Mosquitoes. — A bottle of the oil of pennyroyal, left uncorked in a room at night, will dispose of mosquitoes. Not one will be found in the morning. Rats may be dealt with by mixing potash with meal and throwing it into their holes. If a rat or a mouse gets into the pantry, stuff into its hole a rag saturated with cayenne pepper. That pathway to the pantry will be deserted.
Other Recipes.
A Simple Disinfectant. — Put into a saucer some fresh-ground coffee, and in its centre place a small piece of gum camphor, which set on fire with a match. As it burns add coffee enough to burn with it. It gives a very pleasant perfume, much more agreeable than that of pastiles, and it is much cheaper.
Glass and China Cement. — Curdle a half pint of milk with the same quantity of vinegar ; separate the curd from the whey, and mix the latter with the whites of four or five eggs, beating them well together. Add a little quicklime, through a sieve, to make a thick paste. This cement dries quickly and resists the action of fire and water.
Another cement may be made by stirring plaster of Paris into a thick solution of gum arable, bringing it to the consistency of cream. This is white in color and is very well adapted to mend china. After three days it cannot be broken in the same place.
Still another is made of four ounces of crushed orange-shellac, and three of strong rectified spirits of wine or wood naphtha. The spirits of wnne is preferable. Dissolve the shellac in the spirits, in a corked bottle kept in a warm place. The process is aided by shaking, and the composition must be shaken before using. It can be used as a varnish for unpainted wood.
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