The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-07-10
MONTAN 10 OSB
REDnING AND CLOTHING,

When an apartment which has been oc-
cup.ed by person sick with an infectious
di ease /. vacated 1t should be disinfected.
Heavy clothing, blankets, bedding. and
other articles which cannot be treated with
solutions should be opened and exposed dur
ing fumigation as directed below. Close
the room as tightly as possible, place
sulphur in iron pans supported upon bricks
placed in washtubs containing little water,
set it on fire by hot Goals or with the aid of
aspoonful Of alcohol, and allow the room to
remain closed for twenty -four hours.
For a room about ten feet square, at least
three pounds of sulphur should be used; for
larger rooms, proportionally larger quaint,
tiss Heavy wooIen clothing, silks, fn.sss,
stuffe1 bed-covers, beds, and other woolen
articles which cannot be treated with the
zinc solution, should be hung in the room
during fumigation, their surfaces thor
oughly exposed and pockets turned inside
out Afterward they should be hung in the
open air, beaten, and shaken Pillows, beds,
stuffed mattresses, upholstered furniture,
etc, should be cut open, the contents spread
out and thoroughly fumigated. Carpets are
best fumigated on the floor, but should
afterward be removed to the open air and
thoroughly beaten.
CLEANSING THE CREvICES.
After the sulphur fumigation all surfaces
should be thoroughly washed with solution
made by adding four ounces of standard
solution No. to the gallon, or one pint to
four gallons OF water. The walls AM cell
ing. II rlastered, should be brushed over
with this solution, after which they should
be white washed with lime wash Especial
caro- must be taken to wash away all dust
from win low hedges and other places where
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cleanse crevices and out-of-the- way places.
After this application of the disinfecting
solution, and an inter val of twenty-four
hours or longer Of free ventilation, the floors
and woodwork should be we'll scrubbed with
soap and hot water, and this should be fol-
lowed by a second prolonged exposure to
fresh air, admitted through open doors and
windows.
FOOD AND DRINK.
1t Is well established that cholera and
typhoid fever are very frequently, and per-
hapi usually. transmitted through the med
ium OF infected water or articles of food,
and especially milk. Fortunately we have
q simple means at hand for disinfecting such
infected fluids. This consists in the applica-
tion OF heat The boiling temperature
maintained for half an hour kills all known
dhease germS So far as the germs of
cholera, yellow fever. and diphtheria are
concerned, there is good reason to believe
that temperature considerably below the
loiling point Of water will destroy
them. But in order to keep on
the safe side it is best not to
trust anything short Of the boiling point ola
degrees F. when the object Is to disinfsct
food or drink which is open to the suspicion
Of containing the germs Of any infectious
disease
During tho prevalence Of an epidemic Of
cholera it is well to boil all water for drink
ing purposes. After boiling, the water may
be filtered, IL necessary to remove sediment,
and then cooled with pure ice il desired.
sheet Of tiltering paper, such as drug
gists use, and glass or tin funnel, furnishes
the best means for filtering water on a small
scale for drinking purposes A fresh sheet
Of paper IL to be used each day.
An Enthusiastic shakespearean Scholar.
tChicago Tribune.
Horace Howard Furness Is a most enthusi-
astic Shakespearean scholar. His library In
Philadelphia has a ceiling frescoed with
Shakespeare's arms There Is an alcove,
almost a shrine, from which looks down q
mask OF Shakespeare's face. taken secretly
from the bust in the church at Stratford-
upon Avon. In glass case is a pair of
buckskin gauntlets, embroidered with gold
thread. They were worn by Shakespeare
during his connection with the Globe the
ater, and are well authenticated. On a
shelf rests a skull, on whose dingy surface
are written the names Of Kean. Macready,
Kemble Forrest, Davenport, Booth and
Irving all Of whom have used 1t In "Ham-
let" as the skull of Yorick