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Show How to Kill Files. To clear rooms of fllos carbolic acid may bo used as follows: Heat a shovel or any similar arttclo and drop thereon, twenty drops of carbolic acid, Tho 72or kills the flies, A cheap and pertcctTy reilablo uV poison, ono whlcu Is not dangerous to human llfo, is bichromato of potash in solution. DIssolvo ono dram, which can bo .bought at any drug store, in two ounces of water, and add a llttlo sugar. Put some of this solution in shallow dishes and distribute them about the houso. Sticky flypaper, traps and liquid poisons poi-sons aro among tho things to uso In killing flies, but tho latest, choapest and ;best Is a solution of formalin or formaldehyde In water. A spoonful of this liquid put Into, a quarter of a pint of water and exposed in tho room will bo enough to kill all the flies. To clear tho room quickly whero thero aro many flies, burn pyrethrum pqwder in tho room, -This stupefies tho flics, when thoy may bo swept up and burled. If thero aro any fltes In tho'dlnlng-room" tho'dlnlng-room" '6r,cy'6ln'J'h-0te!,,,fb'st'aura'ht, or boarding houso, complain to tho proprietor pro-prietor that tho promises aro not clean. |