The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

brushing out ali boxes ana barrels, sweeping
thoroughly overhead, the sides, and under
foot Once year cover the cellar with white
wash made yellow with copperas, wash win
dows, scrub the floors and wash the stairs;
sprinkle the floors with copperas water. Re-
place barrels, or rather put them in some
part of the cellar, 30 that any moisture that
may gather under them may dry out.
Next clean and arrange attic, or store room.
In each room begin with the closet, take down
the pictures, wipe clean and lay away, all
ready to hang up again. Move out the furni-
tnre, take up the carpet, sweep and wash the
floor Wipe down the walls with broom
wrapped in a soft cloth; flannel is the best.
may be removed by washing with pummice
stone Clean the paint and winuews, and
while this is being done have the carpets
thoroughly beaten; tack carpet down, wipe
furniture having first, when necessary,
washed it in soap suds, wiped dry and rubbed
thoroughly with wet flannel with little kerr
osene. This method will clean all hard wood
furniture and make it look as good as new.
Ammonia water, or damp cloth dipped In
whiting cleans paint nicely. Cold tea is the
best thing to clean vanished wood with. Bed
steads should be taken apart and washed with
soap suds, and crevices washed with cor
rosive sublimate. Use feather for this land
be careful that it is left where it cannot be
used by mistake, as it is a rank poison. If
this is done once or twice year one will
never be troubled with the bed insect OF
course, if the room is to be kalsomined, painted
or papered, it should be done before the
carpet is put down. If the carpet needs
freshening up after lacking down, sweep AID
then wipe with flannel cloth, wrung out of
warm water with ox-gall in it. in the proper
ton of one quart of gall to three quarts of
water. The improved appearance of the
carpets will amply repay the trouble, if this is
done once in six weeks, as this rubbing raises
the pile and freshens the colors.
A great deal of pains should be taken to
clean all upholstered furniture; turn chairs,
sofas, etc., down; beat thoroughly, using a
brush made on purpose for cleaning around
tufts and buttons. Rubbing dry with cloth
wrung from ox-gall and water in the above
proportions, will wonderfully freshen up all
worsted coverings of upholstered furniture,
and all stains can usually be removed with it
or ammonia water.
If dust has lodged back of the glass over
picture, remove glass and wipe carefully with
. clean cloth, clean the glass, fasten into frame
again tightly. If gilt frames are vanished
with Dammar when first put up, it will be no
trouble to keep them clean by wiping off with
q damp cloth.
When the kitchen and pantry are cleaned it
is an excellent plan to put on boiler of strong
soda water or white I've, made by pouring on
boiling hot water to ashes, stirring up and let
ting settle, and then pouring off the clear wa
ter land, by the way, gallon of white I've put
into the water in which clothes are boiled will
wonderfully whiten and not iujure them in the
least, and putting in all bake-pans, sauce
pans, tea-kettles, etc, and letting them thor
oughly scald, they will be so much sweeter for
use.
After cleansing Shelves cupboards, etc., cut
clean papers and fit them to all the shelves;
now if tins, ETC., are thoroughly boiled wash
ana wipe and put in order-a place for every
thing and everything in its place Of course
a kitchen and pantry need cleaning several
times year.
To cleanse sink drains and all places that
become impure, take 10 cents worth of cop
peras water, and pour down, once a week or
two, and it will keep all such places pure and
sweet 1t is one of the best disinfectants used.