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The Household

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
July
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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Flies.- Flies may beeffectually disposed of without the use of poison. Take half a teaspoonful of black pepper in powder, one teaspoonful of brown sugar, and one teaspoonful of cream. Mix them well togethar and place them in a room on a pĂ­ate vvhere nies are troublesome, and they will very soon rihappear. Ants.- Heil ants may be banished from a panti y vr store-room by strewing the shelvea with a sru..ll quantity of cloves, either whole or ground. We use the former. as not being so iikely to get into the food placed upon the shelves. The cloves should be removed occasionally, as after a time they lose their strength and eflicacy. The exigencies of trade apptar to be in continua! conspiracy against the health of the human family. Some sharp man once found out that it was economical in tho manufacture of tinp!:ite to introduce into it asmall quanlity of lead, and now the cheaper grades of tin are alladulterated in this way. This discovery is fraught with mischief, for when acid fruits come In contact with this mixture of tin and lead, they areliable to becotne contamin;ited and produce lead poisoning in these who eat them. The canning of fruit in tliis country is now carrien on in ;v much greater extent than erer, and cases ai e frequently brought bef'ire the public in the newspapers, of injury done to families or individuals bj enting fruit which haa been thus pres. rved. For those who preserve their own fruit or vegetables, glass or eaithenware vessels are absolutely safe, and much to be preferred to those made of

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Ann Arbor Democrat