A Woman's Tribulation.
Some persons do ask the queerest questions. A woman writes to an editor asking " How to kill Roaches." There are hundreds of ways to kill them, and one of the most effective is to catuh a roach, place it on a bake-board, and hit it a smart blow with a potato-masher. Another sure way ia to drive a lath-nail through the insect, or to get it between the leaves of a big dictionary and slam the volume shut with special emphasis. It is easy enough to kill roaches, but how to catch them may bother her. Many a person makes free to give wearisome, though well-meant, advice, who would nob move a finger to render active service in such a matter. Advice is cheap, dreadfully cheap, and should be administered very sparingly. But there are times when a word well spoken does produce an impression which leads to the accomplishment cf beneficent results. It is for this reason that St Jacobs oil is recommended for rheumatism. It has proved its worth ia myriads of instanc93.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7179, 2 June 1891, Page 1
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