The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-19
WOMAN AND HOME.
SANITARY SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE
TO THE HOUSEkEEPER
Gymnastic, tor Girls Maxim. Sand wichsa
To Preserve Cat Flowers Gentle
men ~ The Ola School-TIule and
'srnmpet-Stray Notes.


iOb III on Importance can not DO attached
to the w1ri "f keeping clean ali sinks and
wastepife,- N disagreeabio oIor ftom
these shout ic allowed to exist for day.
a sink OF pip may DO made inodorous by
pouring dow IL one pound Of copperaS dis
solved III four gallons of water, using one
fourth the quantity IA day for four days,
and repeatinz as often as cassary.
All cor.5ra, under porches, AMI where the
sun dee not ach have of cour. o had their
share of tho general clearing up" in the
sprin., lu5 il i, we'll tn examine them once
every Voc: during tho GUNNER time, e-pec
Tally il IA :tninl..r OF ecrvants are kept, FOR
the best 81 .,rFirti ars apt to bs careless
unlcss their mistress keeps wht"hful eye
over thing
n bixturt OF ono FOUND of charcoal,
powder !, tI for pnun Is OF pia ter of piris,
sprinklei under porches or in damp corners,
will Prove an oxce!lent ,tisinfectant. Chlor-
Idle nf lime j. also good to h, used for the
same rurr oe.
Dish. rrri III" olnrs arising from decaying
vegeta abb. matter can be destroyed at once
by pouricz over it two pailfus of water, to
one Of v,it.c.i has been aided one pint of the
liquor OF chloride OF zinc and to the other
one pom l nt chloride of lime.
1t il Away "a COOL pla;. to give the cellar
one ct,s,t - Whit3wa,h ut spring cleaning
time. tiIc:i give il "a second coat in July. IL
VIII IL much +" keep the collar free from
vernir.
If cellar tas damp smell, AMI can not
ice ti,"r ucrI y ventilated few trays Of
c,s:r,-..at ~. uni on f.oD: shelves, and
leIe,e- y y ~ tha air pure an / sweet. Ii
a lar = i.uttrttul - charcoal b. placed in a
damp c,lI a. vhcF., ..iiit; i kept, there win
bo no .Iaiise: of IL ", .DIuju.s tantaI.
Charcoal is one o' the best agents for
puriiyih.: foul water. If cistern water has
uu f.iras ant olor FROM the ciStern being
too closely covered. it may be made a.
sweet-anielins as when fresh by suspendins
in the wIter Il muSlin bag containing one or
more pou IDS Of charcoal according to the
size of the cistern.
Rain water will often become foul from
tie decaying of the vegetable matter which
has been carried with the water through the
pipes down into the cistern from the roof.
BY using one ounce of perm lganate of po-
tassa for each fifty gallons of water the
contents of the al tern will be ma 1e as clear
and odorles a well water The quantity of
water in.the cistSrn caa b. ga sly guessed at
Tho parmauganate should be put in and the
water thoroughly stirred up. It will turn
bright purple. Ii il does not turn clear
again in a few minutes 4 little more perm IN
ganatc must be added All the refuse in
the water will settle in n harmless sediment
at the lottom of the cistern.
Ii there is the least suspicion that the we'll
water is not pure us it should be- it
sloud q boiled CT filtered Boiled water
is highly recommended. IL can be made as
cold Is fresh water by setting it for n time
in the ice box. or it may be coolel by add
ing little pure ice
Very goJI filters can be made with little
trouhIa. A large filter can he made thus:
Provide n water-tight barrel; place stop
cOci; in The lower part of the barrel, cven
WITH the bottom; fill tho barrel half full of
small clean pebbles; above the stones place
three thicknssses of flannel; tack it around
the sides of the barrel but leave it slack
enough to rest on the pebbles; on this place
a layer of charcoal three inches thick, then
- deep layer OF clean washed river sand
over tho sand another layor of peb-
bieS. then a layer OF charcoal, ono of
pehics. and until the barrel
in full to within two niche of the top, max
ing the last layer of pebble. Bore several
large gimlet-hnles in tho bottom of a good
sized wo1Lan pail and set it on top of the
stones. The water is poured into the pail,
from which it runs slowly through tho holes
in the bottom, and after filtering through
the contents of the barrel i drawn off
through the stop-cocE at the bottom of the
barrel
The warmer and damper tho weather, the
moro cara must 10 exercised to prevent
food from spelling. By placing a dish CON
tanning q gool-siZsl lump of unsiacked lime
on ono Of the shelves in the refrigerator tho
moisture VIII all lie absorbed, SO removing
All danger from mould, and insuring the
ssft-keepins of the fool for a long time.