Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-05-16
MOTHS RAvAGEs.
How Furs, RuSs, Robes and Wraps
May lss Saved.

a0W fufs. HuSss RsODes AND WFSks
May Iss saved.
In the matter of moths the tradition
nj ounce of prevention Is worth many
pounds OF cure the best way to prevent
their ravages being TO lay away turs and
woolens Just as the season for wearing
them is over. The worst month for
moths is said to be June, and before
that time all articles likely to he mo-
Tested by them should be securely
packed away.
Fortuns'ely flrs, which are the most
difficult thing TO protect from the moth,
IRE also the first which may be laid
9slce for the G.ou. B,iOr, this Is
done have tL.a beaten Thoroughly, l.
e., whipped Well win u small rattan,
which is what farriers use tor the same
purpose. chen examine the felt care
fully, and where Won 1iud the dairs mat
ted tightly together part them and vet
the spot thoroughly, Yet daintiiy, SO as
not to touch the adjacent hair, with
spirits OF ammonia. At this fold the
garment, with layers OF newspapers be-
tween each fol1, and gum camphor
splinlled on tie fur, and, Ii ally, either
sew the bundle IN sn old sheet OF wrap
1t IN newspapers, pGstilg tue edges. Ii
this IL done carefully ana speedily, you
may rely with comparative certainty
that your goods ars hey Ond reach Of the
small destroyer.
The best moth-proof chests are those
made OF cedar, to tne odor OF which the
insect has an unconquerable aversion,
and the camphor-wood chests which
seamen bring IRON the East Indies. The
genuine cedar chest IL u massive and
costly affair, made of inch cedar plank,
with walnut holdings and iron clamps.
Fortunately for people of moderate
means, Yankee ingenuity has contrived
cedar packing trunks which answer all
purposes OF utility, and which are far
less expensive. These are the ordinary
packing trunk lined with thin veneer.
ing of cedar which, though Jess than
the eighth OF an inch thick, fits closely
In every crack and corner, and renders
the trunk ut once poth-proof and air
tight. No c&mphOr Is needed in such
chest; only be careful to see that no
traces OF moths are III the garments be-
fore packing, and lay away smoothly
with newspaper layers between each
strata of clothes as AN additional pre-
caution.
Paper barrels with close-ftting heads
form another effectually moth-proof
case. The paper of which these are
made is thoroughly impregnated with
coal tar, and whatever is put into them
is practically safe from the inoursions
Of the moth miller. Tar paper is sold
by the sheet as q moth preventive, and
any one may make for herself moth
proof chest by lining an ordinary pack
ing box with this paper, putting layer
Also under the lid.
Common newspaper is also valuable
moth preventive. The moth-miller Il
said to dislike printers ink. For ad-
ditional security it is wiser to lay the
parcel away in closed trunk, but where
packing chests run short it is generally
safe to put them On shelves in mouse
proof closet, the danger being that the
mice may cut the paper and the moth
miller thus effect all entrance.
In the case OF valuable furs, about
which there is cause for uneasiness, e.
anime them three weeks after storing.
The eggs of the moth-niller hatch out
| in from fifteen to twenty days, and the
moth begins at once its destructive work.
Therefore, by this second inspection a.
surancs may be made dOubly sure.