Arizona silver belt., 1900-11-08
pKUIECTION FROM MOTHS.
Cedar Chests snare ana Deiusi"h -Newxpnpers and Turpenttne the
 only Real Safeguards.

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 are packed, and hatch in the profound darkness in which they revei.
 There is general impression that camphor, or pepper, or moth balls keep away moths, but it is not so. They do not in the least object 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 ly 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 - for moths always seize upon spot of any 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 fold things in, as for some reason, moths particularly object to it. The chest that things are to be packed away in should be carefully wiped out per fcctlv clean with a wet cloth. so that not a particle of dust fingers. Ii is well to spread large cid sheet over the open trunk and push it down. leaving the surplus outside and then to fold that over when the trunk is packed for even one moth miller, if it slips in may undo all your work and care. Never leave a 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. IL is a great deal of trouble and a great deal of care to do all this. but people must pay for fine possessions, anu must so lrd the care. Never trust to a cedar closet for Keeping valuable woolens or furs.
 One famous housekccpcr had a 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. Among other things a Russia sable cape of enormous size. and very valu- 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 such a mass of worms that if had to be buried 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 very ptsl SOTl Ol cntSl tb l)dck clothing away in is a good solid chest of good size and heavy. and we'll fitted as to joints and cover, that any good carpenter can make, and if given a coat of shellac or varnish outside ii will in time be very handsome. Old paper lined trunks should never be used. for under the paper the moths are more thanlikely to have deposited their eggs.
 Carpets that are nailed down close 10 the baseboard are often eaten there even when the room is open and most carefully swept. The only way to pre- vent it is to saturate the carpet once a week in spring and summer with lit- tie turpentine on the places where the moths have eaten or are likely to eat. The thrpentine will not injure the most delicate colors, and is the best preserva- tive from moths known.-Boston Globe.