Evening star., 1897-06-05
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should attempt doing anything in the way
OF extensive chicken raising business un-
less their establishment is located on sandy
soil. which is thoroughly drained. and
which Is washed down by every rain There
should also be q stream Of water through
the place. for in no other way can 1t be
kept Clean
The continual warning that we have to
give passengers" said q conductor on
cable car, ito not get on until the car
stops becomes very tiresome before our
days work Is done. We repeat the warn
Ing hundreds and hundreds of times during
the day, and before night comes it gives us
aheadache. Sometimes we have to give
the warning very sharply and loudly, and
it is strange how a repetition of these
words pains conductors head. 1t would
be bad enough If the warning stopped
when the days work was DONE but with
new conductors this warning sings through
their head while they are sleeping. Let
any one try to sing out Wait until the car
stops couple of hundred times or even
less. and then they can appreciate the task.
The sudden ending Of the sentence on the
word stops Is where the trouble comes in.
II 1t could end In any other way 1t would
not be SO wearing. 1t is also strange how
many otherwise sensible people have to
have this warning shouted to them 1 do
not know the reason, but 1t seems that the
majority OF passengers prefer to fall of
car r8tner tn8n to take q little time and
get OF properly
The season for packing away winter
clothing, wraps. ETC., for the summer is
now at haI d. though I have been consider
ably delayed by the very backward spring. -
remarked a practical housekeeper, ''and It
Is we'll that this work should be well DONE
Indeed II 1t Is not well done, 1t IS better
that It should not be done at ALL The
moth Is a very interesting creature, and
while Its ravages can be prevented or re-
duced to the minimum, 1t Is also true that
II given the slightest chance it will SO
Increase that they will actually take pos
session of our closets. First Of all. woolens
should be well aired in the sun and beaten
before they are packed. My practice is to
air them for two successive days and give
them frequent shaktngs during that time.
1t Is important that the pockets of all gar
ments should be turned inside out during
the time they are airing-afterward I put
two or three moth balls tied up In paper
In each pocket. The garments should be
neatly folded and packed in pasteboard
boxes. Dealers have a number of very
good boxes which they are glad enough to
give away Others have specially made
box which they sell for the purpose, and
which more than pay for their cost. by
the protection they afford wooens. There
are number of things which can be used
IN packing the goOds, such as pepper, Snun,
tobacco leaves and the like, but the old
fashioEed gum camphor to my mind Is the
best. though put in some moth balls also.
The camphor In time evaporates and the
moth balls are more lasting, though the
odor Of them Is unpleasant to many. After
the goods are packed, 1t Is necessary to
paste strips Of paper around the boxes SO
as to keep the moth from getting in, should
the camphor or moth balls evaporate
which Is seldom the case, however. The
boxes should be packed away in closets and
as an additional security I always wrap
each box In a newspaper. The ink on the
paper Is. not relished by moth and news
papers are specially valuable on that ac-
count