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Expelling Flies From Rooms

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
July
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
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K is stated tbat jf two and a half pounds of rjowdered laurel leaves are inacorated or boiled in two gallons ot' water, until thcir poisonous qtiality is extracted, and with the solution a whitowash is made by adding us much quick lifn a eau be slackod in it, aniiif a room be whituwashcd vflh this pieparfttion, flies will not settlo on the walls for six It is also asserted that if a paste, midfl by stirring together onu pint of tlie powdered laurel leaves with a quarter pint of glycerine, bc applied to windows and door casings, n. room so prepared will soon be emptied of üies. Two applioatii.ns otthis l4Ste are said to be enough to keep even a kituhen, claar of ineccts for a fortnight. There is nothiug disagreeaulo or dpleterious to human boings in the odor of the wash or paste, though laurel leaves, or laurel water, into the human Btoniach, acts as a violent poison.- Amcrican Arlinan. The city of London has a population of fonr millious-ot .puoplc, and is thelargust in the world, bul the real city hus only 75,000 souls, and ita territory is uot onofifth the size of Buffalo. All the glory, pomp and diguity of the city centers in the Liord Mayor. Chosen aimually froni the list of Alderraen, he has a salary equftl to that of President Grant, and has, in effect, tor inore than a century, enjoyed uiore privileges than the sovereigu of gagland.

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Old News
Michigan Argus