Arizona silver belt., 1899-11-30
PROTECTION FROM MOTHS.
Gsesfnr Chests n snare and DelusiOn Newspapers Ind Turpenti"r the
 Only Real SHfeguards.

Nothing is more trying among the smaller ills of life than to have cloth ing and furs and carpets eaten by moths. Very often articles are not put away soon enough in the spring, the eggs are already laid in the stun be- fore they arc packed, and hatch in the profound darkness in which they revei
 There is a general impression that eamphor, or pepper, or moth balls keep away moths, but it is not so. They do not in the least ob ject to odors, and why such stuff is used at all is really mys- tery. Buffalo bugs seem really to thrive on camphor, and to find especial Nv congenial quarters in cedar shelves or closets or trunks.
 Every article should be carefully brushed all the pockets turned inside out, brushed, and then turned smooth ly back again and every spot of every description carefully cleansed fer moths always seize upon spot of "ny sort as particularly choice morsel. Each garment should be folded sepa- rately and very smoothly, and wrapped in old linen or cotton sheets, or parts of them.
 Newspaper is an excellent thing to moths particularly object to it. The chest that things are to be packed away in should be carefully wiped out per fcctly clean with wet cloth, SO that not a particle of dust fingers. It is well to spread large old sheet over the open trunk and push it down, leaving the surplus outside, and then to fold that over when the trunk is pecllcd, for even one moth miller, if it slips in, may undo. all your work and care. Never leave trunk open a moment after it has been wiped out, before pack ing it.
 Very valuable furs should be exam ined and beaten every two or three weeks at the outside. Ii is a great deal of trouble and q great deal of care 10 do all this, but people must pay for fine possessions, anu must so regard the care. Never trust to a cedar closet for keeping valuable woolens or furs.
 One famous houSckccpc- had cedar closet built into new house that was the envy of every woman who saw it- with its shelves and drawers all in closed, with tightly fitting doors, that gave out such delicious odor when the outer door of all was opened, and seemed to invite the care of everything most precious.
 That summer the first year she had owned the closet she packed her furs and went to Europe with an easy mind. cape of enormous size, and very ynlu- able. was put in the closet. When she reached home. opened her closet and took out her furs, she found that noth- ing had escaped the moths. and her cloak was @gh a mass of worms that il had to be bu-icd at once.
 This is absolutely true. and many of the very best and most careful house keepers now consider cedar really a moth producer, and cedar receptacles of any sort worse than no protection at all.
 ut NtlN DtSi abiA bl tiltSA ip p-NN clothing iway in is a good solid chest of good size and heavy, and well fitted as to joints and cover, th.t cGg rccl carpenter can make, and if given g. cc-t of shellac or varnish outside t will in time be very handsome. old paper lined trunks should never be used. for under the paper the moths Grc -lorc thanlikclv 70 have deposited thc,- Crge.
 Carpets ihat arc nailed d3wa lose to the bascboard 2-c often cctc- there even when the roorn is open cEd most carefully swept. The oniy sr@v Q pc vent it is to saturatc the cc-Tct once 2 week in spring and sumner with 2 lit- tie turpcntinc on tEe places where the moths have eaten or are l'l:elg' to cat The turpcrtinc will not ir i,:.c the most delicate coloTs, and is the best Treserva- tive from moths known. Boston Globe