Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1881 — About Moths. [ARTICLE]

About Moths.

The destruction caused by these little pests can only be counted by millions yearly, and they are the plague of every housekeeper. Unless you hermetically seal a cask or box, you can scarcely keep the miller out, as she will crawl through a good-sized pinhole. Therefore, we must use something offensive, and the writer has found nothing so effective and cheap as petroleum paper, or even the common tar-roofing paper will answer. Buy your paper in rolls, cut in sections long enough to cover the inside, the bottom and the sides, and lap over on the top of the box. All of the inside of the box must be covered, and on the imide of this again place wrapping paper to prevent the contact of nice clothing with the petroleum paper. Use a large box—no matter about being very tight, as the paper will cover the holes—and pack in all your woolens and furs, filling it full. Bring the paper up which has been hanging over the sides of the box, and let it cover the hole so that the miller cannot enter without crawling over the petroleum paper, which she will never do. Nail on the cover of your box, and your clothing is safe for three years, if you want to leave it that long. It is much cheaper and does not evaporate like camphor, and the carbolic acid in it seems to act like an antiseptic on the animal fiber of the wool, to preserve and m akc'i£ healthfu 1. — Excha ncjc. Kidney-Wort radically euros biliousness, piles and all nervous diseases.