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No. 2. Dust fars with powdered alum, working it in 

 well at the roots of the hair. Do not air woollen 

 articles aud furs in the summer sunshine. They should 

 he put aside in the early spring, and left untouched 

 until October. 



Moths in Carpets, Woollens^ etc. 



a. Several pieces of camphor gum, as large as hick- 

 ory-nuts, should be packed in with all woollen garments 

 and furs. Infested garments or furs should be put iu 

 a tight sack or trunk, and, after adding a half-ounce of 

 chloroform, the sack or trunk should be closed as nearly 

 air-tight as possible. The vapor will kill the insects. 



I. For furniture and carpets, heavy paper, wet with 

 carbolic acid or spirits of turpentine, will kill larvae 

 already at work. This should be placed under the edge 

 of the carpet where the mischief is generally done, aud 

 in furniture crowded back in the deep folds. Russian 

 leather, cedar bark or boughs, tobacco-leaves, and even 

 red pepper, are said to prevent the moths from laying 

 eggs- 



c. Another way of destroying moths in carpets is to 

 take a wet sheet or other cloth, lay it upon the carpet, 

 and then run a hot flat-iron over it, so as to convert the 

 water into steam, which permeates the carpet beneath 

 and destroys the moth and her eggs. It can be done 

 without taking up the carpet, and has proved, after 

 trials, remarkably efficient. 



