Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-29

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one, ever forxave herself when the child
died With = violent form Of the same dis
EASEL
m We feed our babies with improper
food becsuse they 'cry for t." have We
any right to say, "why Was my darling
takeny' II, when an epidemic breaks
out, and We know that our cellars are
dirty and our drains foul, can We lay
The blame ut any door but our own, II
those We love fall victimsf II u .
trouble TO clear out closets, shake,
brush and air their contents, oftener
than the yearly or semiyearly "clean-
Ing ~ L does take time to shake, brush
and air our garments every time We
come In the house before we put them
away, vet these very tribes, neglected,
have caused sickness and death.
N the cholera comes this summer,
there will be the most vigorous and
cleaning all over the land.
But why walt for II to conner Why not
use the ''ounce Of prevention" now. be.
fore the danger stares US In the face!
By this time all the house cleaning u
over, but has Il been thorough Are
YOU sure that every hole and corner IN
and around your house II cleanr DID
every closet and cellar and fence have a
coat OF whltewash, and did you put q
solution Of copperas with the lime when
you mixed IT.
For the past year the daily papers
and household magazines have told time
aud time again that copperas IL one OF
the cheapest and best dislnfectauts, and
should be used freely, not only In solu'
ton, but the dry crystals In small pans
or boxes should stand 10 every closet,
or be scattered In the corners OF the Gel
lars. Have you done this, or have you
tamely said, ~ wonder II that L. any
good, !" and then forgotten Il! When
You cleaned the cellar, was every DO,
and barrel moved 30 that the wall be
hind them could be purified by the
whltewash, and did you bring up and
burn those boxes and bits OF wood thai
had begun to decay! Was the ceiling
of the cellar whitewashed a. well a. thu
walls, and do you keep IL busted and
the windows washeds
Are you sure there are no moldy DIT,
Of carpet or paper or clothing, no oio
hats or shoes lying away somewhere'
DO you have your garbage-pall washed
and scalded every time II Ia emptled
and do you keep II covered In q shady
corner of your yardy DO you evei
think TO rinse Il also with solution ol
copperas or chloride Of lime! DO you
burn all your dust from sweeping, Of
do YOU, like some OF your neighbors,
brush Il into the street, 30 that II may
help to keep your town or city rs dirty
a. possible, and make lurking places FOL
disease germsf
Fire IA such a great purifier and de
stroyer Of hurtfui germs, 80 II you burr
your sweepings, and all that you can Of
your kitchen refuse, you may feel that
you have done great deal to keep away
contsgion.
Do you pour solution OF coppera;
down your waste-pipes every. DAY,
You have forgotten how TO make IT,
let me tell you again. Dissolve one
pound Of the crystals In one gallon o.
boiling water and use It at night Just
before bedtime, when the days work u
over, that every impurity collected dur
Ing the day may be destroyed.
Are YOU careful to boil all the watel
you use for drinking! You certainly
know that many OF the diseases arr
communicated by means OF the watel
we drink. You may say your family
will not drink boiled water, you dom
like Il yourself. OF course not, II yot
boil Il to death. Water should be put
Into q perfectly clean, porcelain-llned
kettle, over quick fire, and the instant
II hollis should be poured into an earther
or china pitcher, closely covered (witt
q clean, wet cloth II you have no Other
covert and allowed TO get cold, then Into
self-sealing Jars or tightly-corked bot
ties, and placed In the ice-chest or on
the Ice until used. The supply shoult
be boiled every day for the next days
use.
DO not think these bottles and jari
can do without being washed because
they are used ''only for clean water,
al water vessels, such ~ tea.kettles
pitchers, Jars, bottles, carafes Included
should be washed and dried daily.
have seen "good housekeepers," who
prided themselves on their neatness, put
the water.bottles away day after day
without even rinsing them, and ! have
known Of ewers In the bedrooms, lined
with a dark sediment that has remained
In them days and weeks at time. TIL.
alone Ia enough To cause disease and
death. Il Il more trouble, i know, Il
empty, wash and wipe the ewers every
day, but hardly as much trouble as u
nurse and perhaps lose one through
diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid, Of
possibly cholera.
Then the bath-tub. You have doubt.
less seen them, With line after line col
water.msrks, thick and white. II II
disgusting to speak Of, how much more
20, think OF using such tub. Yet there
are such that are never scrubbed from
years end to years end. Ia your
among themS A scrubblng-brush should
stand on little shelf In the corner over
the tub, and II should be imperative thai
each one using the tub should scrub u
with clean water when they are through
And this n not all. Once week a
least Il should be secured with hot suds
and sapOlio, wiped dry with soft
cloth, and then II xlnc-lined, polished
with piece Of flannel molstened (nol
wet) with coal oil. II will look like
silver and feel "shlny clean" when you
get into Il, not rough and dirty.
All these are homely topics, not spok.
en- Of In polite society, but fruitful
causes of disease and death for which
we blame "Providence," and II ID not
fair.
Then there Il your sink. DO you
empty coffee grounds and tea leaves, the
water In which you boil your meat and
vegetables, and your greasy dish-wateI
In theres hut you clean II up afterward
you say. In spite Of all your cleaning,
does Il not smell very badf Try for one
week not 10 allow sny but clean water
to 20 In the sink. Put an old pan OF
colsnder over the drain In the yard and
pour through that the coffee grounds,
tea leaves, etc., and when these have
well drained, burn them, not by putting
them on the hot Goals Of a bright, clear
Ore, but back Of the fire-box, where
they will dry and consume imperceptl-
bly. Then with u pan OF hot suds ID
which you have mixed . tablespoon
full of ammonia, and = small scrubbing'
brush, scour your sink well-sidcs,
edges and bottom.
Dissolve half q pound Of washing,
soda in two quarts OF boiling water and
scald the sink with Il; then ut night
treat Il to at least . quart Of copperas
solution TO destroy the disease germs
and the bad odors you have been cul-
tivating. DO this every day for . week,
and n you do not find that you have z
sweeter smelling kitchen, you may at
least rect assured that you viii have .
one. Unless you 20 back %
the old way Of making Q garbsge-kettle
Of your sink, you Will have taken an,