1898. An Ever-Dirty Hearth, and a grate always choked with cinders and ashes, are infallible evidences of bad house-keeping.
1899. Effects of Charcoal, in stopping putrefaction, are now well ascertained; fish or meat may be restored by boiling charcoal with them.
1900. Moths—to get rid of them.—Procure shavings of cedar-wood, and enclose in muslin bags, which should be distributed freely among the clothes.
1901. Second.—Sprinkle pimento (allspice) berries among the clothes. Sprinkle the clothes with the seeds of the musk plant.
1902. To Destroy the Eggs.—When deposited in woolen cloth, &c., use a solution of acetate of potash in spirits of rosemary, fifteen grains to the pint.