Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-11-14
MOTHS RhYAG-S.
How FHrs. Rugs, HoDes and Wraps
MAY pSe Saved.


In the matter Of moths the tradition
al ounce Of prevention is worth many
pounds Of cure the best way to prevent
their ravagos being to lay away furs and
woolens Just rs the season for wearing
them is over. The worst month for
moths liz said to be June, and before
that time all .ar;icl = likely 20 be mo-
Tested by t4en shORd be securely
Y"-huCS s%aJ.
Fortunately furs, which are the most
difsisAit thing to protect from the moth,
We ALSO the first wll4oh May pe laid
sside for the season. Before this is
aons have thc!u hriteL thoroughly, /.
O., whipped xcI with small rattan,
which is what fulYiers use Tor the sams
purpose. Ia, II Examine the felt care
fully, Enl whore %t4, it'd 80 hairs mat
ted tightly together paTt them and wet
tho spot thoroughly, vet dalntlly, so as
not to GOuch Jno uuI cent Aitlr, WITH
spirits OF amIn;'nia. After this fold the
garment, with layers OF newspapers be-
yweea each fold, ana &um camphor
priukloG on the frlr. and, Ii ally, either
teG tue bundle i'll IN Old sheet OF wrap
it in newspapers, passing the edges. Ii
this is done carefully anu. speedily, you
u.y ro4y W.: comparative certainty
that your goods Grc ~. v-4,. I-ascn VI the
small destroyer.
The best noth-rr"of chests are those
made o. vU>..t, - iho Cdor Ct which the
insect Las an uucoTqrerable aversion,
and the cemphor-wood chests Which
ssamen bring IRON the East Indies. The
genuine cCdlr chest is IL massive and
costly affair, made OF inch cedar plank,
with walnut moldlnQs a3d iron clamps.
Fortunately fJr petp'e ct moderate
means, I -AnAee IA5cnuity has contrlyed
cedar packing truaGs winch answer ali
purposes. OF Iltlilty. tnd which are Ter
less expensive. 4Aese ere the ordinary
packing trunk lined with thin veneer
ing Of cedar, which, though less than
the eighth OF IN Inch thick, fits closely
la every crack end coruer, and renders
the trunk at once motn. proof und air
tight No csmlhor is l.cedvd III such
chest; only be car, fui to SEQ that no
traces OF moths are III tho garments be-
fore packing, and lay away smoothly
with newspaper layers Lotwcen each
strata of clothes - aA Ed.LtlolA pre-
caution.
Paper barrels with close-6tting heads
form another cI4eCtuaily motH-pfoOs
case. The paper e. which these are
made Is thoroughly imprognatcd with
coal tar, and whatever LIS put into them
ia practically sefe iioin tao incursions
of the moth miller. Tar paper is sold
by the sheet rs moth preventive, and
any one ulay make tor herself moth.
proof CHEAT by lining an ordinary pack.
ing box with this paper, putsing a laye
also under tie I'D.
Common newspaper is also n valuable
moth preventive. The mcth-miller II
ss1 tc 1;elito rrint'r's ink. For ad-
5::ional security 1t Is wiser 10 lay the
rcrcel Nv ay ia closed trunk, hut where
pacA.nx u. a.s r;;n short ii is generally
s,de to put them on shelves in O mouse
proof g, set, the danger being tllat the
q go I.aJ cat ...' paper aud the motA-
miller thus effect AL eAtral.co.
In the case oF valuable furs, about
which there js cause for uncasiness, ex-
hninc them three va KS after storing.
The eggs OF, the moth-miller hatch out
In FROM hfteen t. twenty days, and the
moth begins at once Its destructive work.
Therefore, hy this second inspection a.
Sarance may DO made doubly sura