CURIOUS FACTS.
The aroma of red cedar 3b fatal to moths ; the aroma of black walnut leaves Is fatal to fleas. It is a matter of cmmoo observation that persons engaged m the bneiueßß of making shingles from odoriferous cypress timber In malarial districts are rarely, if ever, affected by malarial d.'seaaea, and persons engaged m distilling tarpentiae do not Buffer from either malarial diseases or consumption. It Is said that wben cholera was epidemic m Memphis, U S,, persona working m livery stables were entirely exempt from it. It la affirmed that-ainoe the destruction of the clove trees on the island of Ternate the colony has suffered . from epldemios unknown before ; and In times when cholera has prevailed m Paris and London, those employed m the perfumery factories have escaped its ravages.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1675, 29 September 1887, Page 2
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133CURIOUS FACTS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1675, 29 September 1887, Page 2
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