The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-04-14
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In many households on the islands ants
are a pest. To get rid of them it is recon-
mended that a white china plate be thinly
covered with common IarI and placed on the
shelf or floor wnere the ants 10 most /, bound
If due care be taken that the lard is not
licked off by the pet cat or dog by day. and
greedy rats at night, you will be pleased with
the results. n. B. Take c re, if the plate
be placed upon the floor, that you do not
step into ii.
Morris are also a source of much discom-
fort to careful housewives, and many a nice
garment his been spoiled by them A nice
powder for driving the moth miller away IS
made by taking equal gu ,%ntities of cloves,
carrawty seeds, nutmeg, cinnamon, mace
and Tonqua be ms, and add as much orris
root as will equal I'll the other ingredients
put together. Grind all fine, and put i'm lit
tie bags which should be folded in with the
articles you wish to preserve. Use plenty
of them, and. above all, be sure that there
are no moth eggs in the garments when put
away; as if there is, they will hatch and the
grub will do all the mischief it can in spite
of anything short of "urning the infested
article. While you are preparing the in
gradients you can, before adding the Tonqua
beans and orris root, put aside some for
mince pies. No moth was ever known to
eat a mince pie that was well spiced with
the above mixture. Care must be taken,
however, not to leave the pies, when baked
where the children c'n get at them. They
are worse than the moths.
IT is recommended th,t if shot guns be
left around the house that the children be
sent away to a b ,arding school or the Found
ling Asylum. They may be ill-used, per-
haps half starved in either place, but they
will keep alive longer, probably, and grow
up without being reminded every now and
then that they only escaped hanging for
murder because they didn't know it was
loaded.
BRooMs to last long and retain their use.
fulness during their lifetime, have got to be
treated with some regard to the nature of
the material of which they are made. A
Tub may, very properly, be required to
stand on its own bottom, but if the broom
is made to do so, even though it be in the
supporting corner of a room, the straws will
soon "splay' out, curl up, and lose their
elasticity. If stood upside down, that is
on the end Of the stick, it is always slipping
down and sprawling across the room. The
true plan Is to have a pair Of small brackets
on the wall, and lay the broom on them.
Another rule to be observed is to turn the
broom around every day when sweeping.
If this is done the straws will always be in
good shape, and the broom will perform the
work for which it is designed.
IN BLEACHING Stoves, we notice. with re-
greet, that there is a disposition on the part
Of many housewives to neglect the back and
the feet and legs. The same carelessness
is observable in other matters. Wives are
apt to leave the heels of their husbands
boots unpublished when they blacken them.
This should be corrected.
The tea-table is never SO attractive as
when the tea equipage,' as our grand
mothers used to call it, is presided over by
her who knows just how much sweetness
TO put into ones tea, and her own expression.
as she asks you what is the news down
town p Try it, ladies', it doesn't cost
much