The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-30

II the carpet is to be taken up and beat
en-, the job had better be intrusted Ii
some man who makes it his business. l
this cannot be done, lay It on the grass o
hang Il on a clothes line and beat 1t OF
the wrong side with canes-taking care
that the canes have no sharp points. Their
spread the carpet out and sweep well or
the tight side. There is more art in sweep
lnga carpet than a novice Is apt to sup.
pose. An old broom should never be
used. and a new one should he kept espe,
ctally Tor the carpets. With Brussels and
velvet catpeting there arc two ways to the
pile-just as In velvet-and they should
always be swept with tho pile, liza car,
pei. Is swept against the grain, it soon
looks rough and scratched up. After be.
Ing swept and laid down on the floor the
carpet should be wiped. Have two nails,
one oil clean soap-suds, tho other with
luke.warm water; clean flannel cloth
and two coarse clean towels, Take the
carpet by breadths, wiring the flannel out
Of the luke'warm water and fold It 10
that you can turn and use II IN and
down three or four times on the same
place. Rub both with and against me
grain as hard as II you were scrubbing n
floor, then throw your flannel into your
soap.suds and rub the carpet dry with
one OF your dry towels: II you leave the
carpet wet the dust will stick to it, and it
will smell sour and lnusty. Wash your
flannel clean in the soap-suds, wiring It
out oil the warm water and proceed as
before. II the carpet Is very dirty, or has
much green init, use OK gall in lukewarm
water in the proportion Of quart Of call
to three quarts OF water, rinse the lather
Off with cold water and rub the Garnet
dry as already directed. This rubbing a
carpet raises the pile and ireshens the
colors. Choose for long wear Brussels
carpet where the pattern is small, as the
carrying OF the threads OF the different
colors to the back of the carpet strength.
ems the material and makes 1t wear better.
Ingram carpets need to be shaken oitener
than Brussels, as from their more open
texture the dust percolates through them.
It IS rarely necessary to take up a Brussels
carpet more than every two or three years,
and not 80 often. even, where the room Is
not in constant use. Sweeping on the
floor answers every purpose for removing
the dust. It is mistaken idea to cover
a carpet with drugget in the belief
that 1t saves it. What wears out carpets
is the grinding on the floor, and the bro.
lection should come from beneath. Moth.
proof carpet lining is best, but several
thicknesses OF newspaper come next as a
carpet preserver. The printers ink is an
excellent moth preventive, and the news.
papers keep the carpet from rubbing on
the boards. On stairs use stair.pads and
have half yard more Carpeting than you
need in order that you may be able to turn
the carpet upside down and change the
positions Of the places where the edge of
the steps makes mark. When your car
pet Is new, leave it uncovered and put
down your stair oil cloth after it begins to
show wear. Linen over carpet in the
summer is both cool and pleasant, besides
it helps to keep away moths. These little
pests must be looked for behind furniture
and in out-oi.the-way corners. Loosen
the edges OF the carpet and give them a
plentiful sprinkling ofinseGt powder. II
You find moth nest kill all you can, and
then press the spot with a hot iron; this
will destroy the eggs.
Oil.cloth should be well scrubbed with
brush. Many people are afraid TO use
brush to 1t, thinking that it scrubs off the
paint; but as there is always IN uneven
surface on oil.cloth, nothing but brush
gets out the dirt. The chief thing to re-
member is to dry it bit by bit, and not to
leave a large portion OF It wet, because it
stands to reason that, as oil.Gloth is made
OF cloth, or canvas or old carpets as a
foundation and the pattern painted on it,
it will blister if left wet. Use hot water
and yellow soap-no soda. Have half q
yard OF clean flannel to wash off the soap
after 1t has been scrubbed. Scrub about a
yard at time, and then wash it of, and
dry thoroughly with clean coarse cloth.
Change the water three times in cleaning
long hall. 1t takes two dry cloths to rub
it dry. After the whole surface Is cleaned,
polish with beeswaX and turpentine, with
piece OF flannel to rub it on with, and
another clean piece to rub after. Or a lit
tie inseed.oil is q good thing instead OF
the beeswax and turpentine. Never cover
boarded floor entirely with oil.oloth, be-
cause it rots the boards and causes dry rot.
Never use it in q nursery; It Is the coolest
thing and most unhealthy for children to
sit on-worse than stone would be.
Whitening, used for cleaning windows
with flannel or chamois skin, is better
for cleaning paint than either soap or soda.
1t Is a good plan to keep a pot Of paint OF
the prevailing tint OF the woodwork in
the house on hand and use whenever the
paint is knocked of, rs itoten is by ex.
nressEneu handling trunks, or caraiasS saFv