The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-19
LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLINE HAROLD, EDITOR.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Larder and Receipt Book.

L uc lOllOhluS Hinbo, LahNh liOm
the n. Y. Times, should be strictly
attended to by all households during
the spring and coming summer
Foul places about the yard and in
the house should not be suffered to
remain so. Have always ON hand
an abundance of copperas-water
and pour over these places, it may
save many lives.
Housewives, though they pay at
tenJiOn To the general cleanliness of
the kitchen utensils, may be indif
ferent as to the publication of the
sink. 1t Is not the filth in stu
which is alone to be dreaded, but
which is concealed. The unwhOle-
someness of house may arise quite
as much from want of care in this
respect as from any other of the
drains. 1t is not because a great
deal Of water flows from constant
use through the sink that precau-
ton is not necessary. Through
the sink passes no end of vegetable
and animal matter in solution, and
when an ounce of it goes through the
pipes, it is quite likely TO become
decomposed. Flush, then, frequent
ly the sink with boiling hot water,
which will melt the fats which col
lcct IN the pipe. A solution of sui
phate of iron, a very inexpensive
substance, is an excellent preventive
against decomposition. a quarter
of a pound of sulphate of iron,
common cOpperas, } costing but 8
few cents, dissolved in a gallon of
water will go very far to remove bad
odors, 1t has often been remarked
that many of the helps given to ser
wants, in the way of mechanical IA
cilities, are furnished at the expense
of the health of the inmates of the
house. Old fashioned methods,
when the refuse of the tables, the
pots and pans were carried by brute
strength out of the houses, had it's
advantages. What is certain is
this, that all labor-saving applian
ces in household are only good
Just so far and no further. They
all require attention in order to
overcome certain natural laws which
existed 100 years ago just as they
do to-day. We cannot bury be
meath the foundations of a house
the refuse coming from a kitchen
without experiencing all the incon-
venience Of such receptacles. If
you may not suffer from the eff
fects OF decomposition, your neigh
bors will. 1t is entirely necessary
at least for the present to become
alarmIsts, but in a large city like
New York, where almost a million
people are living, we send into the
ground tons upon tons of substan-
ces which remain there for a while,
and then waste away into deleteTi-
Gus gases which bring with them
dipththcria, typhoid and scarlet fe-
vers and malarious diseases. 1t is
not always the inmates of a house
where the cleanliness of kitchen
sink is made light of who may suf
fer Quite frequently it is the care
lessness or indifference of the lady
of a house which brings death or
disease to a neighbor. Plumbers
are not so much to blame in many
cases as are the inmates of the
house. There is one simple rule
about water in a house which
should be invariably followed.
There are no cocks or spigots in 3
house, no matter how numerous they
may be or where they are, save
those discharging their water on
the ground, garden or street, which
ought not to be opened and allowed
to run for a few minutes every day
the year round. Water, the great
purifier, is not only a mechanical
cleanser, but absorbs gases and
holds them imprisoned for awhile.
In summer, as in winter, this flow
of water should always be adhered
to, of couse more plentiful in the
first place than in the second. There
are careful and sensible people in
New York who, when they leave
their homes in summer, hire some
one to turn on the water all over
the house two or three times every
week. 1t is not then the kitchen
alone which may make a house un
healthy from want of attention, for
"a wash basin in a third story, if it
he neglected, may bring disease into
a mansion quite as readily as will a