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woolens without shrinkage. It is impos¬ 
sible to wash a bed quilt which is filled 
with cotton batting without its becoming 
more or less hard and disagreeable, and 
this should only be attempted in the case: 
of light ones. Heavy ones should always 
be tied, so that the cotton can be easily re¬ 
moved when the covers are soiled. 
There are various kinds of soap powders 
which clean paint easily ; but, alas ! all con¬ 
tain more or less soda, and are therefore in¬ 
jurious to the paint. Before commencing 
to wash the wood-work of a room, dust off 
all the door and window ledges, and clean 
the wall paper by rubbing it carefully with 
a soft flannel cloth dipped often in oat¬ 
meal. Now thoroughly clean the floor and 
you will not be annoyed by having your 
cleaning cloth come in contact with a dusty 
floor, and soil the wood-work. Ammonia 
in water makes windows clearer than soap 
and water. I have never found anything bet¬ 
ter than a wooden skewer and a soft flannel 
cloth for cleaning in the corners of window 
sashes or any crevices of wood-work. No 
kind of cloth is so good as old flannel for 
general cleaning purposes, and old under¬ 
wear should be kept for this purpose. 
If you intend to repaint the wood-work 
of a room, use soap powder or ammonia so 
as to clean the paint easily. It is really 
pleasant work to paint wood-work, and 
fascinating, too, if you use the handsome 
tints so easily obtainable in the prepared 
paints. In repapering a room, do be careful 
to have the colors harmonize with the 
wood-work and furnishings of the room as 
far as possible. 
After carpets have been thoroughly 
dusted and relaid, they can be brightened 
very much by rubbing them all over care¬ 
fully with a damp cloth wrung out of luke¬ 
warm water to which ox-gall has been 
added, or ox-gall soap. Heavy carpet paper 
is an economical investment, but if you 
cannot compass this, and have not been 
able to save sufficient newspapers, cheap 
wall paper makes a good substitute. 
Of course the ideal sleeping-room has 
rugs instead of an all-over carpet; but do 
not try this plan in the boys’ room; they 
have no affinity with loose things, and do 
let them have things after their own ideas 
in their little corner of the home. Pads 
placed under a stair carpet not only cause a 
saving in the wear of it, but make going up 
and down stairs easier. Pieces of an old 
bed quilt of the proper size and shape make 
a good substitute for them. If a stove is to 
be stored during the summer months, 
wherever it is possible the nickel trimmings 
should be removed, cleaned, and rolled-up 
separately in soft paper and kept in a dry 
place. 
Heavy draperies should not be hung on a 
line and whipped out; they should be care¬ 
fully brushed on both sides, and then 
cleaned with a damp flannel cloth wrung 
out of lukewarm water to which spirits of 
turpentine in the proportion of a table¬ 
spoonful to a gallon have been added. 
When it becomes necessary to laundry 
lace draperies they should never be rubbed 
on a wash-board or boiled ; out carefully 
rubbed by hand through hot suds to which 
either borax or ammonia has been added, 
and the water should be changed until all 
traces of dust are removed. Rinse through 
hot water, starch in boiled starch, and 
without drying, pin them smoothly down 
on a carpet to dry. Some people first pin 
sheets over the carpets, but in my experi¬ 
ence of several years, I have never soiled 
either a curtain or carpet when I swept the 
latter and wiped off the dust with a damp 
cloth, and wrung the former dry out from 
the starch, and it is easier to get the cur¬ 
tain straight and smooth when you pin it 
directly to the carpet. The cream tint can 
in a great measure be retained by making 
the starch of weak coffee instead of clear 
water. Polka-dot or embroidered Swiss 
curtains should always be ironed on the 
wrong side. Some of the colored muslin 
ones now so much in vogue can be success¬ 
fully washed by adding sugar of lead to the 
water, in the proportion of a tea-spoonful of 
the former to a pail of the latter. They 
should also be ironed on the wrong side. 
Rattan furniture can be best cleaned with 
tepid salt water and a small brush. It can 
also be either painted or varnished if one 
chooses. All furniture can be greatly im¬ 
proved in appearance, if after it is thor¬ 
oughly cleaned and the dust removed from 
the crevices, it is rubbed over with a soft 
flannel cloth dipped in linseed oil, and then 
wiped dry with another flannel cloth. 
Floor oil-cloth which is not too badly worn 
can be very greatly improved by a coat of 
varnish, and sometimes when the pattern 
is badly worn off, it can be turned and 
answer very well for kitchen use. Linoleum 
is very much more durable than oil-cloth. 
Have a rug or two f„r use in the kitchen and 
pantry, even though they are old and 
homely. They are very comfortable and 
restful to the feet and limbs of tired work¬ 
ers. If you have none already, .try to rele¬ 
gate an easy rocker to the kitchen. You 
can beat eggs and stir cake just as success¬ 
fully sitting in a rocking-chair as when 
standing up. If you keep papers on the 
shelves of the pantry, you can take them 
off now and with them mich of the dust 
which has accumulated. Of course, you 
must wash the shelves, but the labor will 
not be half as hard as it otherwise would 
have been. 
A mixture of equal parts of pulverized 
sugar and borax will effectually drive 
away cockroaches; but I know of nothing 
better than spirits of turpentine for 
ridding a place of black ants, but with 
the last-named pests prevention is better 
than cure. Once a week examine the back¬ 
yard and when you find their breeding 
places, pour boiling water or kerosene into 
them, and you will effectually decrease the 
number of the nuisances. Use every pos¬ 
sible precaution to prevent mold and damp¬ 
ness in pantries, closets and store-rooms. 
After everything in them is clean and dry, 
see that they are well ventilated; and then 
set in them dishes of unslaked lime and 
charcoal. A cupboard can be dried by plac¬ 
ing a piece of board inside of it, and, after 
you have put on it an iron vessel containing 
hot coals, closing the door tightly. 
All pipes and drains should be flooded 
once a week with boiling water ; copperas 
and sal-soda should also be used freely in 
them. On no consideration should dish¬ 
water ever be thrown on the ground at the 
back door. Nothing generates more poison¬ 
ous gases than this kind of decaying mat¬ 
ter, and insufficient drainage is the cause 
of much of the unhealthfulness often seen 
in country homes. 
It certainly is not for lack of apprecia¬ 
tion of the importance of a clean cellar 
that I make mention of it last. Move 
every article not positively stationary and 
thoroughly clean the place that was under 
it. Use a solution of copperas freely on the 
floor before replacing boxes, barrels and 
the like : whitewash the side-walls and 
beams overhead. Then open the windows 
and doors, and let the sunshine and air 
penetrate to the furthest possible corner. 
No other disinfectant can equal these 
powerful ones of Nature. 
KATHERINE B. J. 
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