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Southland Times, Issue 3467, 1 August 1879, Page 3

giving off parfcicies of fine wool -in 1 o the atmosphere with other dust as they are swept or walked upon. There is a demand for better floors, not necessarily inlaid or mosaics of different kinds of precious woods, Ijnt made double of strong seasoned woe d that will not shiiak or warp (spruce, however well seasoned, is almost sure to wnrp), and then carefully finished so as to be durable and easily cleaned. Carpeted floors stem "a relief to the housekeeper when once tbe carj ets are procured and fitted to the rooms ani t.icked down, because they do not show tbe cliifcas the bare floors do. But, oh 1 when they do get full of dust ! And when house-cleaning time comes and they must be taken up and shaken and whipped as they well deserve I With warmly-made floors and large, warm rags, couldn't we do without these abominations even in- winter? Certainly our rooms would be cooler and sweeter without them in summer. But in that case we must take more pains with our floors, and we must Mve something better than the common nnpaluted ones. — American Agriculturist.

Floors,and Car,pete^There if a strong.protest Offered, in different ways and from Wiou&jsourqes, against pur long established JrSice of ma^irigpobrflobrs; vntbthe ,d«g oc keeping them - covered with carpets and fitted- to every part, arid care- ; tally tacked do-.vn. Carpets in daily use canSt be kept clean' except by "very frequent - Xjrim; and'beatiug, and -taey <v co much towarto wrrupting the air by ret^ginipnrp tow, biding tue finest, nidst'pertetrating dust gSSIW *idttt4em*aifcl tbto, and by