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In from the outside. Once let the
,Vile tilings get started, and it means
work to get them ousted. Race sui
cide is unknown to the bedbug. I
speak from an experience of nearly
forty years when I say there is no
possible reason why such tenants
ahould be allowed a footing in any
ordinarily clean dwelling. If the
house, or room, has become infested
with the Insect, begin right now to
oust them. Take everything out of the
room that sulphur fumes will injure
silverware, steel (sowing machine),
hpuse plants, valuable papers, etc.
and stuff every crack and cranny full
of rags or paper, so as to render the
room as air-tight as possible, then
burn sulphur plentifully in the closed
room. The sulphur candle Is the
cleanest and safest, but also the most
expensive; while the ordinary stick
brimstone or flour of sulphur is fully
as effective, and inexpensive costing
about five cents a pound; two or
three pounds of sulphur will be enough
for one room.
If the room Is large, have three old
iron vessels, setting on different sides
of the room. If the room is small,
one will do. Place damp earth or
damp ashes on the bottom of the
vessel, setting the pot on a brick, or
other non-combustible foundation;
then put a shovelful of live coals on
the earth, and on this lay a pound of
broken brimstone, being careful not
to breathe the fumes while watching
to see that it starts well, but does
not burn too fiercely, and as soon as
all is safe, leave the room and close
the door, stopping up all cracks from
the outside, and leave closed for
twenty-four hours.
At the end of that time, have a
towel wrung out of water, and keep
this over the mouth and nostrils
while you go quickly in and throw
open" the windows, leaving the room
to air for several hours. If you have
used enough sulphur, and the room
was closed tightly, you "will not have
lived in vain;" but the battle must
, be carried on with the furniture be
fore you feel that your work is done.
Fumigating the, room is not necessary
unless you are too overstocked with
the Termin; but it will do no harm,
in any event. After thoroughly brush
ing, washing, or wiping the furniture,
fill all holes, cracks or splintered and
rough places with putty, hard soap,
or soft cement (or fill with thick var
nish), and then use the corrosive sub
limate. The proportions are, an
ounce of corrosive sublimate to a half
gallon of wood alcohol; inject into
all crevices of either furniture or
wood work, and spray the edges of
the baseboard, top and bottom, the
joints of- the bedstead and seams of
the mattress. Wash up the floor with
hot water into which carbolic acid
has been dropped, then close up the
room for the day. After this, if you
suspect the escape of any of the foes,
"look" the beds and bedding over
once a week for a while, then once in
two weeks; but as you are liable to
get a fresh supply at any time, do not
relax your vigilance. Wash and sun
your bedding often. Remember that
the corrosive sublimate and alcohol
are poisonous, and make it as you
need it; do not invite disaster by
keeping it on hand.
should bo avoided; they- partake too
much of the actual coloring, and aro
novor becoming. Sunday Magazine.
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Was Quick to See that Coffee Poison
Was Doing the Mischief
A ladv tells of a bad case of coffee
poisoning and tells it in a way so-
simple and straightforward tnat lit
erary skill could not improve it.
"I had neuralgic headaches for 12
years," she says, "and have suffered
untold agony. When I first began to
have them I weighed 140 pounds, but
they brought me down to 110. I went
to many doctors and they gave me only
temporary relief. So I suffered on,
till one day in 1904 a woman doctor
told me to drink Postum Food Coffee.
She said I looked like I was coffee
poisoned.
"So I began to drink Postum and I
gained 15 pounds in the first few
weeks and am still gaining, but not
so fast as at first. NMy headaches be
gan to leave me after I had used Pos
tum about two weeks long enough I
expect to get the coffee poison out of
my system.
"Now that a few months have
passed since I, began to use Postum
Food Coffee, I can gladly say that I
never know what a neuralgic head
ache is like any more, and it was
nothing but Postum that cured me.
Before I used Postum I never went
out alone; I would get, bewildered
and would not know which way to
turn. Now I go alone and my head
is as clqar. as a bell. My brain and
neryes are stronger than, they have
been for years." Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
tjpok, "The Road to Wellville,' in
pkgs.
To Destroy Carpet Bugs
To prevent, before the carpet is put
down, scrub the bare floor with water
and turpentine half a pint of turpen
tine to each pailful of hot water. To
destroy, make a solution of one table
spoonful of corrosive sublimate "in a
quart of hot water, and with this satu
rate the floors and cracks of walls
and closets. Sponge the carpet heav
ily with a weaker soriuion of the
same, especially about the edges and
chimneys.
For Wash Dresses
Wash goods aro very apt to shrink
on being laundered, and it is very
hard to lengthen a skirt of such ma
terial satisfactorily, when it becomes
too short. A writer in the House
keeper has this to say: "In making
up the skirt, have your hem just
four inches deep after hem is stitched;
then, two inches from stitching on
the right side of hem, fold and stitch
a two inch tuck. When finished, the
hem, with tuck in it, will be three
inches deep. To lengthen, rip out
the tuck. In this way, the wear of
the edge of the hem conies on the
wrong side. Now, if you prefer not
to have the stitching show in the
tuck, fold back the tuck and stitch
through hem just two inches above
the edge. After tuck is pressed down
it will look like two folds. Always
UBe a tape Tine, and you will have
better results in folding the hem or
tuck. Tucked skirts aro quite stylish,
at present."
Colors For Brunettes and Sallow
Blondes
The real brunette, with dark eyes
and hair and plenty of color, has a
large choice, except blackj which is
rarely becoming. Cream, yellffw, In
dian red, ivory tints, deep and pale
blues, cardinal red, all the tans, coral
pink, fawn color, putty and terra cot-
tas old rose and 'roseplnk; all these
are becoming, with pale blue, white
and pale green for evening.
Where the skin is thd texture and
hue of the creamy magnolia blossom,
the same colors may be worn as the
fair brunette, and to them poppy red,
India red and the deep, rich crimson,
with pale orange, may be added. On
the other hand, the brunette who ls
sallow is like the sallow blonde, cer
tain colors must be entirely omitted.
Deep orange, strong browns with gold
tints, and the deep tans, ana some
times navy blue with crimson -trim
mings, are her best choice. And the
girl who is decidedly brown, like the
nut, must use certain colors that will
bring out her coloring best. Warm
grays, like the puce; red browns,
rose red, nasturtium, ecru, apricot
color, peach blossom, amber in its
tawny tones and ivory white are all
good for her.
For the sallow blonde with her
muddy, or at least, not clear skin,
all the shades of red, terra cotta,
almost without exception may be
chosen. Wine, poppy red particularly,
ceil blue and dull blue, with pale
yellow and cream for evening; a
sort of reddish yellow, with creamy
accessories close to the face, is fine.
Where the hair is neither light nor
dark, the eyes sometimes hazel but
more often blue, and again gray-blue
or gray, attention must be paid to the
coloring of the skin; if that is clear
pink and white, all the shades of
mauve and purple are good, and also
the blues with green in them, and the
greens with blue lights. If the skin
is sallow, such colors are not becom
ing. Eyes often show a tinge of green,
and where this is noticed, no blues
but the darkest are worn; bright reds,
if the -skin is fair and clear, and
darker, rich reds, if otherwise. The
pale shades of pink, green, old rose
and silver gray are choice for even
ing wear; but all the putty, or fawnfc
For a Fruit Scarcity
Our wise ones are predicting a
shortage of many fruits for the com
ing season, and it will be well for the
prudent housewife to avail herself
of whatever may be had for "putting
up," to supply a deficiency. One of
our earliest and surest resources is
the hardy rhubarb, which rarely, if
ever, fails to furnish enough and to
spare, If given good culture. This
plant may be preserved, jammed,
jellied, buttered, or canned, with or
without an admixture or other things,
and its stalk may be used until quite
late in the season, if care is exer
cised that it be not allowed to get
old or hardened. Even though other
fruits are abundant, it Is often a wel
come addition to our 'table supply,
in some one or more of Its many
ways of being put up.
feet in warm water and pick (do not
cut) out the corn which will be black
where the nitrate' has touched It.
FloralThe best way to Increase
your stock of old-fashioned snowballs
is to bend down a young branch or
sprout, making a sranting cut half
way through on the under side, six
or eight inches frfcm the tip end;
make a little trench and bury tho
branch in tho soil whore tho cut Is
made, allowing the tip end to stick
out of the ground. This should bo
done now. Roots will form by fall,
but you must not detach the layer
from the parent plant until next
spring,
Orange Blossom One of our girls
has Just sent us this: "Take one tea
spoonful of flour of sulphur, drop on
it, stirring with tho finger, tho juico
of a lemon until It torms a thick
paste. Rub this on tho face (being
careful not to get any in the eyes)
two Or three times a day ror a day
or two, and tho freckles will disap
pear. A Regular Reader Take a small
handful of leaves of the garden sago
and pour boiling water on it to cover.
Steep as you would tea, until the
water is dark colored; strain off the
water and use it to wet thoroughly
the scalp and hair. This, persisted in,
once a day, will darken the hair, stop
its falling out, and make it soft and
glossy, because it is a tonic for tho
scalp and hair roots. We cannot ad
vise dyeing the hair. We know noth
ing that will cause hair to grow on
bald spots.
The trouble with the graham flour
of our day is that the Inherent dis
honesty of the business world permits
the millers to simply regrlnd the hulls
and the middlings alone, and these,
without the starchy parts of the grain
are almost valueless for human food.
Query, Box
C. S. Any standarfl work on phy
sical, culture will answer your ques
tion. Get It through our book dealer.
Mrs. A. E. T. Your stove dealer
is the proper person to clean your
gasoline stove, if it baffles your skill.
C. M. A boy of nineteen years is
too young to think or marrying, even
though he may be "able to support a
wife" through inherited wealth. Tarry
at Jericho, son, until your beard be
grown. '
Mrs. G. W. H. You can get the
rennet for cheese making in tablet
form of your druggist, or he can or
der it for you. Directions for using
will accompany each package.
Annie Give the paeonies a top
dressing of phosphate or bone meal,
which florists will sell you, raking it
well into the soil. Paeonies require
a deep, rich, tenacious soil well
drained.
Worried For the spots made by
heated dishes on your dining room
table, pour a little wood alcohol on
the 'spot, let stantfnlnute, then rub
with a woolen cloth; if too much alco
hol is used, or the Bpot rubbed too
hard, the.varnish may disappear.
Sufferer For the hard corn, take a
tiny stick of nitrate of silver, insert
in a quill, moisten the end and touch
the hardened surface of the corn, be
ing careful not to touch the healthy
skin about it, as it will burn it. The
stick should not touch the fingers if
wet, and the quill will protect them.
Touch the corn -two or three times a()
day for a day or two; then soak the
What Can
a Girl Do?
You can earn money,
and have Jots of, time
left for all you want to
do, by taking charge of
the sales department
branch in your town of
The Ladies' Home Journal
and The Saturday Even
ing .Post.
Hundreds of nice girls
and good women are
everywhere doing this I
pleasant and well-paid
work. They are every
where respected and
courteously treated.
Were this not so we
would not allow them
to engage in it.
Some of our most suc
cessful representatives
and largest prize win
ners some as high as
$500.00 are girls. We
are proud of "Our girls."
Will you be one of
them? Write for the
story of one girl's success.
Thx Cum PmBUBHiMO Ccutakv
I772-E Cherry St., Ph&uldfhia, Pa.
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