Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-25
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS
A HousRkEEPRR's DoS'Ts.


Don't allow the broom to stand on the
brush end when not in use; hang it on q
nail by means Of ring in the top Of the
handle.
Don't forget that broom will last
much longer, if, after using, it is dipped
in boiling water for few minutes.
Don't ill the best windows in the
family living-room with plants.
Don't neglect to air the house thorough
ly every morning. Open opposite doors
aud windows for FIVE or ten minutes,
sven il it is stormy.
Don't undertake extra work to give
pleasure when you know that you have
neither time nor strength for it, and that,
Is a result, some one will be sure to be
overtired and cross.
Don't forget, if you are tall woman,
70 have your workable aud ironing
board few inches higher than they are
usually made. This little precaution viii
prevent many backache.
Don't neglect to have your name
plainly painted on all jugs or bottles that
arc sent to the store for vinegar, molasses,
etc. Then you will be sure to get back
four own.
Don't think when you sit down to rest
that 1t is necessary to pick up that un.
inished mending. Ten minutes abso-
lutte rest is worth much to the tired
muscles.
Don't allow soied clothes to remain in
.he bedrooms. They taint the air and
make it impure.
Don't keep for company the best
,oom, the best dishes, and especially the
2leasantest smile and most entertaining
conversation. on.-Americdn Agrieulturist.
1t is found that few OF the usual pre-
;entives are OF any use against the az
;acks of this beetle, and for this *.
t is a difficult pest to eradicate. In some
places it has proved so destructive that
carpets have to be dispensed with, and
N their place rugs are used, as being
more conveniently examined.
Tallow or tallowcd paper placed around
he edges of the carpet, which are often
.he parts first attacked, is said to be et-
tectual. In many cases the carpets are
cut, as if with a scissors, following the
Inc of the seams in the floor, and as
remedy for this it has been recommended
that the seams be filled during the win
Ter with cotton saturated with benzine.
Kerosene, naphtha or gasoline are often
i've to the beetle as we'll as benzine, but
benzine is perhaps the simplest and safest
preventive in use. lie can be poured
rom tin can having very small spout,
being necessary to use but little.
Before tacking down carpet it should
,e thoroughly examined, and If possible
lteamed. If in spite of precautions
,arpet is found infested, wet cloth can
&C spread down along the edges, and
aot iron passed over it, the steam thus
generated not only killing the beetles
md Larvae, but destroying any eggs that
nay have been laid. Clothing is some
times attacked as we'll as objects of
natural history-such as stuffed birds and
mammals.
1t was believed that the beetle must
iced on some plant, for in a number OF
Eases it was captured out of doors, aud it
was finally discovered feeding on the
pollen of the flowers of spireas, the bee
lie living on the plant for while and
then returning to the house to lay its
eggs. When this was proved, it was
suggested that spireas should be planted
around houses infested by the beetle; by
doing this the plants could be often ex-
.mined and the beetles destroyed. Pop.
ular Science Monthly.