COCKROACHES.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—My experience of cockroaches has been " extensive and peculiar." One remedy I have never found to fail during an. experience of forty-five yea.rs,—it is hellebore powder, which can be procured from any druggist. Strange agthe statement may seem, they are fond of it, and devour it eagerly ; so it is only necessary to sprinkle it about their haunts for a few nights, and the cockroaches disappear. Of course, the cure is. not permanent, but must be renewed as often as they re- appear. In my own house I find a sixpenny packet every spring sufficient to keep these pests under very effective con- trol. Though a poison, hellebore is not likely to cause mischief to animals, being very uninviting.—I am, Sir, &c., VEXILLUM.
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