The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-11-30
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN,
Keeping Floors and Carpets Clean.

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Having just spent SO much time and
labor in getting our habitations pleas:
ant and wholesome, we should not now
neglect any reasonable measures for
keeping them in such condition and
among other labor-saving appliances,
the simple door.mat for the cleaning
ofamuddy boots and shoes should not
be- overlooked. t'Prevention is better
than cure,''is a wise old maxim, but
one Of which many housekeepers seem
wholly incapable Of making applica-s y
tion. know of dozens Of hard.
ing, order.loving housewiiVesW Who,yAar
in and year out, continue their nnin::
terrupted round Of alternate scrubbing
and scalding, while it never seems to
occur to them that good scrapers and
mats at the doors would do away with
much of this annoyance. "But, says
one and another, "I'm not q black.
smith l couldn't make and put up a
scraper, were to try" No, but q
pleasant request on your part would,
I am sure, speedily fix this simple af.
fair upon your doorstep; and even
old pieces Of carpet or mating thrown
down are better than nothing for
mats, though those made of braided
corn-husks are preferable simple
durable, and within easy reach of
every farmers wife at least.
Now, too, that the dust has been
we'll shaken from the carpets, and they
are down again over clean fresh straw,
it is favorable time for cleaning any.
spots Of dirt or grease that may adhere
thereto. Take small, hard brush and
a basin of good hot suds. Dip the
brush in the suds and rub the spot
over quickly but thoroughly; then
rinse off with soft flannel cloth
wrung from clear warm water, care
being taken both in scrubbing and
rinsing not to wet into the straw, nor
farther than is needful about the dirty
places. Also a favorable day should
be chosen, that the damp may dry out
thoroughly before being trodden upon
or soiled. In this manner even dirty
carpets may be made to look quite
fresh and clean it is much better
than ripping the breadths and putting
into the wash-tub every year or two.
I always clean my carpets in the fore
going manner, and when they finally
come to ripping and washing upon the
rubbing board, or in the pounding-bar-
rel, I consider them worn out and Of
no farther use, save for mats or rugs
at the door. Rooms used so commonly
Or carelessly-as really to necessitate
the ripping and washing of carpets
once a year, had far better be fur
nished with good stout oil-cloth, or
heavy body Of paint. This can be
kept in more healthful and cleanly
condition, and with scarcely more
work in the end.
STANDARD REMED1Es.-It is a fact
we'll known to all our readers that q
few proprietary medicines have achiev-
ed a reputation as standard remedies,
and occupy place in every we'll regu-
lated household, almost as universally
as the Bible and the family almanac.
Foremost among these is the Mer
chants Gargling Oil, manufactured by
the well-known company Of that name
at Lockport, N. va sovereign reme-
dy for man and beast, and one which
has wrought hundreds Of well.attestsd
cures. We need hardly say here what
the patrons of the BLADE fully under
stand-that we do not make practice,
of praising indiscriminately the nu-,
merous compounds offered to the pub
lie, but since we believe the t'Gargling
Oil' to be a carefully compounded and
eficacious remedy, we do not hesitate
to say as much.-Toledo (Ohio) Blade.
COnsumnffnn Curan