486 THE nonssuoZD. 



■without need of camphor or other strong odors to drive moths away. Fura 

 are usually sold in boxes in which they may be kept. Beat them well when 

 you finally put them away for the season. If you delay putting them away 

 until June, examine the furs well, and shake and beat them very thoroughly, 

 in order that any moth eggs that may possibly have been laid in them may 

 bo thoroughly removed or killed. Furs sealed up early in May need no 

 camphor or tobacco or other preventive. Mufl" and tippet boxes should be 

 tied up securely in bags, or made safe by mending holes and pasting a, strip 

 of paper around the juncture of the cover with the box below, so as to close 

 all openings. Woolen garments must not hang in closets thi-ough the sum- 

 mer, in parts of the country where moths abound. They should be packed 

 away in tight trunks or boxes, or sealed up in bags. Wooleu.ftanket8 must 

 be well shaken and carefully put away, unless they are in daily use. Early 

 in June the larvas of the moth begin thek ravages, and then, iinless you 

 dwell in places where moths are not found, look sharp, or you will find 

 some precious thing that you have forgotten — some good coat unused for a 

 few weeks, or the woolen cover of a neglected piano, already more or less 

 riddled by the voracious moths. It is their nature to eat until they have 

 grown strong enough to retire from the eating business, and go into the 

 chrysalis condition. 



Some tilings cannot be well packed away in tight boxes and bags, and 

 among these it is well to scatter small lumps of camphor or clippings of 

 Eiissia leather. Some use tobacco, though I think camphor is usually pre- 

 ferred. It is said that powdered black pepper, scattered under the edge of 

 cai-pets, wUl preserve them from attacks. 



Several Ways to Destroy Ants. — Put red pepper in the places the 

 ants frequent the most, and scrub the shelves or drawers with strong 

 carbolic soap. 



A small bag of sulphur kept in a drawer or cupboard, or saucers of olive 

 tar set where they are, will drive them away. 



A string wet in kerosene oil and tied around sugar barrels, lard caii&, 

 preserves, etc., is said to keep away ants. The string should be wet with 

 the oil every few days. 



Ants may be driven away by putting Scotch snuflf wherever they are in 

 the habit of going for food. 



A small spray of wormwood if placed on buttery shelves, will, it is said, 

 destroy or drive away ants. 



Peraons who are troubled with ants in their houses may get rid of them 

 by nibbing the shelves with gum camphor. Two applications will be 

 sufficient, with a week intervening. 



A strong solution of carbolic acid and water, poured into holes, kills all 

 the ants it touches, and the survivors immediately take themselves off. 



Ants that frequent houses or gardens may bo destroyed by taking flour 

 of brimstone half a pound, and potash four ounces; and set them in an iron 

 or earthen pan over the fire until dissolved and united; afterward beat them 

 to a powder, and infuse a little of this powder in water— and Avhercver you 

 Bi)rinkle it the ants will die or leave the place. 



Red ants may be banished from a pantry or store-room by strewing tlie 

 shelves with a small quantity of cloves, either whole or ground. We use tlie 

 former, as not being so likely to get in the food placed upon the shelves. 

 The cloves should be renewed occasionally, as after a time they lose thoir 

 strength and decaj. 



