Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-10-10
MOTHS RAyAGES.
How Furs, Rugs, Robes and WrAps
May Ese Saved.

May Eso saved.
In the matter Of moths the tradition
al ounce of prevention is worth many
pounds of cure the best way to prevent
their ravages being to lay away furs and
wooleps ;ust IS the season for wearing
them is ever. The worst month for
moths ia said to be June, and before
that time all articles likely to be mo-
Tested BIZ them should be securely
aackeo away.
Fortunately furs, which are the most
1iffssxlt thing to protect from the moth,
ire akso the first which may be laid
sside for the season. Before this II
2ons have them beaten thoroughly, L
e., whipped vel with a.small rattan,
which IS what flllriers use for the same
purpose. Then examine the felt care-
fully, and where you find the hairs mat
tod tightly together part them and wet
the spot thoroughly, yet daintily, SO as
not to touch the adjac1nt hair, With
spirits of ammonia. After this fold the
garment, with layers OF newspapers be-
s<eeu each fold, and gum camphor
prirk!ed on the fur, and, Fl ally, either
,av the bundle i'll an old sheet or wrap
il in newspapers, pasting the edges. II
ipsy rely with comparative certainty
that your goods are beyond reach OF the
small destroyer.
The best moth-proof chests are those
made of cedar, to the odor OF which the
insect has an Uncohqucrable aversion,
aud the calnp'ior-wood chests which
seamen bring irom the Esst Indies. The
genuine cedar chest is massive and
costly affair, made of inch cedar plank,
With walnut moldings and iron clamps.
Eortunately for people OF moderate
means, Ylnkee ingenuity has contriyed
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 less than
the eighth OF On inch thick, fits closely
in every crack and corner, and renders
the trunk at once moth-proof and air
tight. No camphor is needed in such
chest; only be careful to see that no
traces Of moths are i'll 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 heada
form another eitectually moth-proof
cage. The paper OF which these are
m,sie is thoroughly impregnated with
coal tar, and whatever is put into them
is practically safe from the incursions
If tbs moth miller. Tar paper is sold
BY the sheet as moth preventive, and
any one may make fer herself moth.
proof chest by lining an ordinary pack.
ing box with this paper, putting q laycx
also nnder the lid.
Common newspaper is also valuable
moth preventive The moth-miller Ii
said to dislike printers ink. For adj
litiopal security it is ser to lay the
parcel away in a closed trunk, but where
paching- chests run short it is generally
sale to put them on shelves III mouse
proof closet, the danger being that the
mice may cut Tho paper and the moth
miller thus effect an entrance.
In tho case of valuable furs, about
which there is cause for ureasiness, ex-
anime them three weeks after storing.
The eggs of tie noth-pliller hatch out
in from fifteen to twenty days, and the
moth begins stonce its destructive work.
Therefore, by this second inspection as
mrance may be made dolrbly sura