Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1883 — Bed-Bugs. [ARTICLE]

Bed-Bugs.

Sunlight fluid is a first-rate bug and nit killer. Apply once a week while any signs of bugs remain. It does not injure bedsteads, varnish, paint or whitewashed walls. It is very Beaching, runs into the cracks and other hiding places of the bugs and routs them out and deadens them quickly. Be sure to drench them well. Keep all flame away while using the fluid, of course. Smoking, says a late Southern correspondent, is very general at the South. Mill-packing hands often carry matches which are liable to drop and be swept into the cotton. An old picker can tell of picking matches off his “feed,” especjaHy when Working waste and sampled cotton.