This section is from the book "The Corner Cupboard; Or, Facts For Everybody", by Robert Kemp Philp. Also available from Amazon: The Corner Cupboard; or Facts for Everybody.
To Clean Paper Of Rooms. Few things can be devised better for this purpose than the old-fashioned one of rubing the paper with stale bread; but where the paper is greasy, occasioned by persona reclining their heads against the wall, it is advisable to use a piece of flannel, wetted with spiritsofwine,orSniith'sscouring drops, a mixture of turpentine and essence of lemon.
 
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