1890 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
583 
carpet beetle. Several larva? which we 
put in a cage on a piece of carpet well 
covered with this powder, thrived and 
grew faster than others of the same 
brood on untreated flannel ; they lived 
for over nine months on the treated 
carpet. 
If, as our observations indicate, our 
carpets become infested chiefly through 
the beetles that pair outdoors, and then 
come inside, the use of screen doors and 
windows would do much to mitigate 
this pest. If the house is already in 
possession of the enemy, only the most 
strenuous and persistent warfare will 
dislodge it; and only eternal vigilance 
will preserve the carpets from its de¬ 
structive jaws. M. V. 8 LINGERLAND. 
BEGINNINGS. 
“ \KJ HAT makes you so thoughtful 
VV to-night ?” asked Mr. Brown, 
looking across the tea table at Mrs. 
Brown. 
She looked up with a grave face. “ I 
had callers this afternoon, and they 
have set me thinking.” 
“ Well?” 
“ Mrs. Johnson and her little boy came 
in. You know him, that pretty little boy 
in kilts, about four years old ! I got 
him some books to look at, and he was 
quiet for a while looking at them ; but 
when he got through, he had torn a leaf 
out of one book, and tumbled the rest 
on the floor. Then he went and banged 
on the piano a little, and he pulled two 
or three leaves off my best begonia. He 
wanted something to eat, and I got him 
some cookies. He ate three, walking all 
around the room and dropping crumbs; 
he took two bites from the fourth one, 
and the rest of it he ground into the 
carpet and rubbed into the seat of the 
olive plush chair. 
“ Well, all the time, would you believe 
it? his mother said not a word to him, 
except when he pounded the piano ; that 
disturbed her. She talked as pleasantly 
as could be. She’s a well-meaning 
woman, but after they had gone, while 
I was clearing up the room, I got to 
thinking. She doesn’t let that boy act 
so at home. Her rooms are in apple-pie 
order. She makes him eat in the dining¬ 
room, sitting at the table, and he is not 
allowed to touch the piano. But over 
here, he does as he likes, and of course, 
1 can’t say anything. 
“ Now, she is training that boy to 
have an utter disregard for other peoples’ 
property, and with such beginnings, 
will it be any great wonder if he grows 
up to be a thief or an incendiary ?” 
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sonal punishment on her infant, and 
then, moved by compassion or remorse, 
seize him up in her arms and cover him 
with caresses. All this is decidedly im¬ 
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