Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1911 — TO KILL DISEASE GERMS [ARTICLE]

TO KILL DISEASE GERMS

Some Simple and Pleasing- Disinfectants That Are Easily Made at Home. Disinfectants are occasionally required in the home. They are used to destroy the germs of contagious and infectious diseases. A deodorant is sometimes necessary. Some pleasing disinfectants are easily made. The following, a refreshing one for a sick room or any room that ’bas an unpleasant odor pervading it: , Put some freshly ground coffee into a saucer and in the center' place a small piece of camphor gum. Light it with a match. As the gum hums allow sufficient coffee to consume with it The perfume is very pleasant and healthful. It is far superior to pastilles and much cheaper. Powdered charcoal is another good disinfectant. It is prompt in absorbing effluvia and gaseous bodies, and' renders harmless and even useful those bodies which are easily/ changed. A third is common copperas, callMT sulphate of iron, which tn its crude state is quite cheap. It should be* dissolved in water in proportion of. one pound of copperas to two gallons of water, and thrown over iH-smelling places. It is one of the simplest and most convenient deodorizers and la applicable to sinks and gutters.