Arizona silver belt., 1901-05-30
PROTECTION FROM MOTHS.
-Newspupers 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 stuff be- fore they are packed, and hatch in the profound darkness in which they rereI.
 There is general impression that camphor or pepper, or moth ualls keep away moths, but il is not SD. They do not in the least object 10 odors, and why such stuff is used at all s really mys- tcry. Buffalo bugs seem really to thrive on camphor, and to find especial ly cougenial quarters in cedar shelves or closets or trunks.
 Every article should be carefully brushed all the pockets turned inside our. brushed, and then turned smooth 2' back again. and every spot of every description carefully cleansed for moth, always seize upon a spot of any sort as a 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 10 it The cnrst that things are to be packed away iu should toe carefully wiped out per frctly clean with q wet cloth. so that not particle of dust fingers. Itis well to spread a large old sheet over he open trunk and push il down, leaving the surplus outside. and then to fold that over when the trunk is backed, for even one moth miller. if if slips in, may undo all your work and care. Never leave trunk open a moment after ii 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 great deal of trouble and a great deal of care 10 do all this. but people must pay for fine possessions ana must so regard fhe care. Never trust to cedar closet for keeping valuable woolens or furs.
 One famous housekecpcr 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 a delicious odor when the outer door of all was opened. and seemed 10 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 aud took out her furs, she found that noth- cloak was such a mass of worms that it 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 moth producer and cedar receptacIes of any sort worse than no protection at all.
 The very best sort of chest to pack clothing away in is good solid chest of good size and heavy and we'll fitted as to joints and cover. thnt ans good carpenter can make. and if riven a coat of shellac or yarnish outside il will in time be very handsome old paper lined trunks should never be used. for under the paper the moths are more than likely to have deposited their eggs,
 Carpets that are nailed down close to the baseboard are often eaten there even when the room is open and most carefully swept. The only way to pre- vent 1t is 10 saturate the carpet once a week in spring and summer with lit- He turpentine on the places where the moths have eaten or are l;kalv to eat. The t'rpcntinc will not i the most delicate colo"S ;,nd k the rpsery.,. tive rom moths known.-Doston Globe.
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