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Washing Carpets Without Taking Up.
Put a table-spoonful of ammonia in 1 gal. of moderately warm water, and with sponge or soft broom. go all over the carpet, and you will be astonished to see how brightly it will look for the little labor and expense. [See " Spirits of Ammonia—Some of Its. Uses, etc. "]
Washing Windows. —A writer says: "Have a pail partly filled with, water a little warm and dissolve in it a tea-spoonful of borax [the author thinks it would be better to use a table-spoonful of powdered borax, or else the same amount of spirits of ammonia to 1 gal. of water, as above for washing carpets]; have one chamois (a cloth will do nicely) dipped into the water to wash the win-flows with, then with a dry chamois rub the window dry and polish. [A chamois skin is best to polish with, as it leaves no lint as a cloth will. ] In this way windows may be cleaned in a very few moments and not wet the carpet nor tire the person. "
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