New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-13

saat case - Hy. the master. ui llc very ert tnas
was 20 produce The misfortune. would know fhat
the misfortune would fo.'ov ms sttenp, % teach
H. And DO vou think he would try i- when hs
anew it woult brn- sickress and trouble on nis
school tnat must break II up. cost him the loss OF
a.i bis wages and what 10 more, send him on - tn
q character that would or ever prevent his gett.ng
another school, Would he BE- sucn a stupid i0o
rs % 90 this Never and yoH I'll now see and
know &C. THERE'S thought number two i7r you.
"Onco mcre--In what have said, nave taken
Won wholly on your own ground - that you should
not say could meet you only on my own dunghii.
| vi now make you come ca % my lround, AM
see L YOU can stand FIRE any better there. And tls
is my ground ] say that This black art ss yon un-
iersfaud IT, the faculty oi f1Tete.ing events. Co.
rcther with sorcery magic or wItChcry. ami every
other art that lays claim 90 aay suc faculty By th'
qid Of figures OF anything else. - al uoJnslluc.
IMPOSITION and ialsehood and son 3 want 20 81,
before sou bat one single idea % mose you kno"
s1s ieel the truth oi ny assertion. NoY io-ow ma'
Did you ever know or hear Of rich fortune teller,
black artworker. or corjurorl Speak ou- a You
ever did. A single one that was rics say. Ton
don't speak No; for you can say you ever did
hear OF such an one. You al well kn0w thar they
are a SCI OF poor, beggsriy rascals from 0eEnni1s
% end. Well Row. what prevents tnern' rs sall
Of our master here n they have this faculty OF look
ine or figuring into i1turify from seeing and sciz
ing upon every lottery ticket that Is to draw eocd
prize. from buying every article In the markets
that is about 20 rise greatly IN proc W nat pre-
vents them from doing this. and making their for
tunes al blow Tell me- YOU, or you, or yo1.
I This is thought number three for you.
Now my number first pinned an usnmentu9on
! you-even allowing YOU your own false premises
wiih nothing but wooden pi1, that you could NOT
break. My number second, still giving You tne
same advantage pm, IN board nal, that' win or
without the pm, r7f one OF Jou could t"istof move
| And my number third puts double ten clncner
upon tie whole thar all OF you together can never
start Now stand forth and saiusay 10 ye persccu.
tors of the best o. achcr ever had Ia the ustfr'
/ or for ever hold Your peace M one speaks oni
/ ! pronounce the master guitlcss, and acquitted @.
! sour foolish charge.
! But although the master is 800 way biamaoc.
vet that an unusual numbered the scholars are SICK,
and nearly a Dropping II am rightly informed.
/ am not going 30 deny AID there is some cause Tor
IT, which We must Try % discover, that Ne may stop
the evil lit u not the starting point Of some epl
( demic disease that Is about 10 spread over me
| countr, why then il must be owing I'd something
| wrong about the schoolhouse. By taking up the
possibilities one after another l probably could
| blink il out myself within twenty four hours. but
| here is man. continued the speaker turning TO-
! ward the Doctor, "who has been IN tho way OF
thinking OF such things half OF his lite Let us have
his opinion. Dr. Lincoln will you favor us with
| your views Os the subject OF inquiry
| The Doctor who had attenuvely listened 20 the
whole debate much OF which he had appeared -
enjoy with the highest zest, now rose, aud Oh
! served that he had already made up MS mind 70
offer his opinion on the matter IN question before
called on AMI he would now proceed 70 DO 80. lie
had some secret suspicion OF the cause OF the gen
eral unhoalthiness Of the school on first learning
| the fact. ard having come 20 the meeting. mainly
with the view Of satisfying himself in relation 81
the matter his attention. during the time ne mao
| been here had been particularly directed 70 the
subject and he was now prepared % say that what
| III Irt
confirmed opinion. The carse, and sols cause, Of
this unhealthiness was the want OF ventilation
and from what he had suffered himself since Ia the
room although the door had been frequently opened
he was only surprised that the condition OF tn'
scholars was not infinitely worse than he under
stood Il was Though not wishing II 70 strene then
his own convictions et rs 10 might better convince
others he would proceed % set the matter IN
stronger light before them.
The Doctor. then. while every ear and eye were
regarding his words Bnd movements with lntens 81
interest called ON Locke 20 ascertain the numoe
ofcuhic feet contained IN the empty space 90 tnl
| roona A cerneufar present. who happened 10 have
bundle Of bis tools with hin, having called mt
The meeting while ol his way home rom som'
finished lob produced a rule and took tho diifaren
| dimensions of the apartment with great cxactness
when Locke from the data thus furnished. quickly
ascertaiued and told of the number oil CUBIC ie's
/ as requircd. This number. Ing 20 the i't ad
vsed construction Of the school room, m which tnt
h1or rose from one side nc So great an angie ~ u
| take I'D about one.sixth part Of what would nave
been the space with a level floor amounted only
with proper deduction for stove. seals &c TO siA
teen hundred cubic feet
Now let me observe said the Doctor " that
from the atest and most accurate experiments o.
chemists and medical men, It has been ascertainef
that one person. by respiration from the lungs
alone destroys oil the oxygen, or vital princp pie 10
thirteen cubic feet of space per hour How many
scholars have you. Mr.. Amsdenl'
Sixty, upon the average perhaps more say ''N
ty.four.'
Ascertain, then. then, how many cubic feet
vital air these all will destroy Ia one hour
Both Locke and Bunker the latter OF whom
nov began 20 be In his element, almost the next In
slant gave the same answer-eight hundred au'
thirtytwo feet. 90
. How long DO Won generally keep them in with
out intermission in which the doors gcui necessa
rilv remain open q moment while they were pass
ing ont O.
"Then. gentlemen said the Doctor, the true
but greatly miscOnceIved cause 81 y0nr trouble an
lust alarm is now plainly before you. You see, ~
our calculation that in less than two hours, OFT tn'
air that can sustain life moment would be- IN inl
new and almost bottle tight room. II not renoVate'
5v opening the doors or windows entirely co'
s1med. And taking into Inc account me qianlts
Of this vital principle inhaled by the pores OF -
/ many persons. ana the lfbHtnlg EfN"tN' f''''
troved By the fire and rejecting surface Oh ~
stove and pipe, presume one hour IS sufficient Q
render the air extremely unhealthy an hour and
hall. absolutely poisonous and Two hours so ia'sl
, " 50 as 70 cause your children 70 drop dead on th
floor"
T Thunder exclaimed Bunker, can this be 20
b lonz since knew that we were put upon orr al
ioxaGce, when 81 close rooms for the ugnt kind U
, breathing air, but never supposed there was ri
much death ia ths pot ss that comes %. but iaa
fact which you build Gp0a-the amount Of vital a.
person destroys sn hour-l am sifaid' Doctor
.o1 rot itonly our ~ the books, which TN mthe
sby In trusting for what call gospel
Both from books and my Own Imperfect exper
ments" replied Luc.n AID am satisfied TIA
: the proportion is nat rated too hishy. Bur ha.
not quite done all thst proposed 10 this case. W
, have now been in the room, perceive ~ o..
watch but tbree-qlaIters OF an hour wniie tner
are not probably over thirty persons present. An
vet even IN this time, ana Nth this number WI
ask You all. hyou GO not feel oppressed and uneas
: from the mpunty OF the air here
II d0-and land ! too responded several
while others a. the case was thus how Drougn
: horne 70 their own senses which plainly spoke }
the Affirmative sprang forward in alarm to thro'
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