Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-06-17
Moths in Furniture.

fly Of silver white the worm is also
white, shaped like q chestnut worm,
and is Familiarity known. 1t only in
tests furniture. The other is a small
fly Of n dark drab color, and tapering
from the head to the tail. 1t was
first observed by upholsters about
seven years ago.
This fly penetrates . sofa or chair,
generally between the back and seat
of sofas, or under the seats, where
the vacancy among the springs af-
fords a safe retreat. 1t may make q
Judgment in one week after the fur
niture is placed in q house. If such
should be the case, in two months
the worm will appear, and the con-
tinual process ofproCrca:ion in a few
months increases the number to
thousands.
This moth has no season. 1t de-
stroys in winter and summer alike,
as it is kept in active life by the con-
slant heat of the house. We find at
the same time, in the same piece of
furniture, the fly, the worm, and the
eggs; thus showing that they are
breeding and destroying all the time.
1t does not eat good, pure curIed
hair, but fastens its cocoon to it, the
elasticity of which prevents its being
disturbed.
The inside of furniture is used by
it only for the purpose of propaga-
ton. The worm, when ready for
food, crawls out and destroys the
covering, if of wooden or plush ma
t%erial, and falling to the carpet de-
stroysi it.
They merely cut through plush
from the inside, as it is of cotton
back, but there are instances where
they have cut up muslin on the out
side back of sofas. There is no pro-
lection against it except continued
care.
New furniture should be removed
from the walls at least twice a week
at this season of the year, and should
be we'll whiskcd around, particularly
under seats to prevent the fly from
lodging. This is an effective preven-
tive, and the only one known.
Cayenne pepper, Scotch snuff, cam
phor, turpentine, ~, II other rene.
dies for %protectlCu rom the large
moth, are of little ornQ avail against
the furniture moth. ,o~aturation with
alcohol will not destroy them when
in a piece of furniture.
II the furniture is infested they
may be removed by taking off the
muslin from under the seats and of
the outside ends and backs, where
they Congregate most, and expose it
to the air as much as possible.
Beat we'll with whisk or the open
hand, and kill all the flies and worms
which show themselves. This done
often will disturb them and make
them leave the furniture, as their de-
sire is TO be left quiet.
When the furniture is free from
luoths, and is to be left during the
summer months without attention, ii
may be protected by camphor in
small bags, or highly concentrated
patcho1li. The safest way is to have
the furniture well whisked twice a
week.
If the months attack the carpet,
which they will first do under the So
fas and chsirs, spread q wet sheet on
the carpet end pass a hot ffat-iron
over it quickly and the steam will eff
fectually destroy both worm and
eggs.
When a lady intends to blow you up,
ask her to commit her remarks to paper
A well-known writer says that for the
last quarter OF a century woman has
been gaining on man, and it is fair to
suppose that in time she will take the
lead entirely,
An old lady of Wood county, Ohio,
almost m octogenarian, last season rails
ed 200 bushels Of corr and several loads
of garden sass. She did all the work ex-
cept the blowing,
An instance is reported of dlreful con-
sequences resulting to a young lady by
reason of the sudden stepping of gum
chewing. She has fits, and in one of
them bit off the lip of a lover.
A married couple now living In Bel
videre, Vermont, have moved no less
than tifty-One times since their marri-
age, some twenty-five or thirty years
AGO, Must have learned tn live In a
trunk by this time.
"A lazy chap has found out that
working between meals is unhealthy
for him.
A distinguished Southern lawyer
states that the practice of dueling owes
its continued existence at the South to
the sustaining public sentiment among
! the women,