the naked eye, hatch out in about two weeks, and the young worms immedi- ately proceed to work. | Furs should not be worn late in the season. They should be combed care- fully with a dressing-comb, beaten and aired (but not in the hot sun), sprink- led with camphor gum, and wrapped in linen, sewed up, and then put in a paper bag. Newspaper is not strong enough; brown wrapping paper is better. Paper boxes may be used, but should be pasted securely so nothing can enter. Cedar chests will effectually keep out moths, but few are so forte unate as to possess these. Any article of fur, which has previously bees troubled with moths, should be opened and examined in July, to make surt no moth is harbored in them, despite the precautions taken. This process pursued resolutely year after year, will keep a house almost, if not entirelt free, from the moth, and save much destruction and annoyance. In the country remote from drug-stores, many housekeepers use the dried leaves of sage, thyme, spearmint and other highly scented herbs. These are gathered after the housewife has laid in a'l she may require for cooking and medicinal purposes, are tied in bunches and dried, and then laid among the slothes in the large wooden chest; or a pole is laid from rafter to rafter, and the clothing is hung over this, ard casings of calico or old cotton quilts are carefully pinned around each garment, the bunches of herbs being alse pinned at intervals about the clothing. rig & 7 B82 - PAREBRING: Can KALSOMINING. If papering and painting, or kalsomining are to be done, do the last named first. Wash ceiling that has been smoked by the kerosene lamp, witha strong solution of soda. Fill all cracks in the wall with a cement made of one part water to one part silicate of potash mixed with common whiting. Put it in with a limber case-knife if you have notrowel. In an hour, after it has set. scrape off the rough places, and after kalsomining no trace of the crack will appear. For the wash, take eight pounds whiting and one-fourth pound white glue; cover glue with cold water over night, and heat gradually in the morp: ing until dissolved. Mix whiting with hot water, add the dissolved glue ané stir together, adding warm water until about the consistency of thick cream. Use a kalsumine brush, which is finer than a white-wash brush, and-leaves the ‘work smoother.. Brush in, and finish as you go along. If skim-milk is used instead of water, the glue may be omitted. PAINTING. If painting has been required, a patient endurance of a sufficient number of drying days must be given-over to this process. The smell of the turpen- tine will be very much diminished, and the unwholesomeness of paint almost destroyed, by placing in the apartments, and in the adjoining sleeping-rooms, several wash-bowls or pails filled with cold water. In the morning the top of the water will exhibit the material which it has absorbed, and which those who were breathing the same air would have taken into their systems. If but one coat of paint is to be placed npon an apartment, all the wood should be carefully washed with strong sal-soda water, and dried before painting it, to re- move any oily or dingy spots that would otherwise soon show through a single layer of either white or color. Any woman of a mechanical turn of mind can paint a room, buying the paint ready mixed. While painting keep the room well ventilated and eat acid fruits. When done, any spatterson the glass may be removed by the application of a mixture of equal parts of ammonia and turpentine, washed off with soap-suds. To polish the glass, wash in warm water. wipe with a soft cloth, put alittle whiting on the center of the pane, and rub with chamois- i ékin or a soft cloth. ie PAPERING.

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the naked eye, hatch out in about two weeks, and the young worms immedi- ately proceed to work. | Furs should not be worn late in the season. Tthey should be combed carefully with a dressing-comb, beaten and aired (but not in the hot sun), sprinkled with camphor gum, and wrapped in linen, sewed up, and then put in a paper bag. Newspaper is not strong enough; brown wrapping paper is better. Paper boxes may be used, but should be pasted securely so nothing can enter. Cedar chests will effectually keep out moths, but few are so forte unate as to possess these. Any article of fur, which has previously been troubled with moths, should be opened and examined in July, to make surt no moth is harbored in them, despite the precautions taken. This process pursued resolutely year after year, will keep a house almost, if not entirely free, from the moth, and save much destruction and annoyance. In the country remote from drug-stores, many housekeepers use the dried leaves of sage, thyme, spearmint and other highly scented herbs. These are gathered after the housewife has laid in a'l she may require for cooking and medicinal purposes, are tied in bunches and dried, and then laid among the clothes in the large wooden chest; or a pole is laid from rafter to rafter, and the clothing is hung over this, ard casings of calico or old cotton quilts are carefully pinned around each garment, the bunches of herbs being also pinned at intervals about the clothing. rig & B82 - PAREBRING: Can KALSOMINING. If papering and painting, or kalsomining are to be done, do the last named first. Wash ceiling that has been smoked by the kerosene lamp, witha strong solution of soda. Fill all cracks in the wall with a cement made of one part water to one part silicate of potash mixed with common whiting. Put it in with a limber case-knife if you have not a trowel. In an hour, after it has set. scrape off the rough places, and after kalsomining no trace of the crack will appear. For the wash, take eight pounds whiting and one-fourth pound white glue; cover glue with cold water over night, and heat gradually in the morning until dissolved. Mix whiting with hot water, add the dissolved glue ané stir together, adding warm water until about the consistency of thick cream. Use a kalsomine brush, which is finer than a white-wash brush, and leaves the ‘work smoother.. Brush in, and finish as you go along. If skim-milk is used instead of water, the glue may be omitted. PAINTING. If painting has been required, a patient endurance of a sufficient number of drying days must be given-over to this process. The smell of the turpentine will be very much diminished, and the unwholesomeness of paint almost destroyed, by placing in the apartments, and in the adjoining sleeping-rooms, several wash-bowls or pails filled with cold water. In the morning the top of the water will exhibit the material which it has absorbed, and which those who were breathing the same air would have taken into their systems. If but one coat of paint is to be placed npon an apartment, all the wood should be carefully washed with strong sal-soda water, and dried before painting it, to remove any oily or dingy spots that would otherwise soon show through a single layer of either white or color. Any woman of a mechanical turn of mind can paint a room, buying the paint ready mixed. While painting keep the room well ventilated and eat acid fruits. When done, any spatterson the glass may be removed by the application of a mixture of equal parts of ammonia and turpentine, washed off with soap-suds. To polish the glass, wash in warm water. wipe with a soft cloth, put alittle whiting on the center of the pane, and rub with chamois- i ékin or a soft cloth. ie PAPERING.

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