Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-03-11
VOL. Ono. a


The Importance Of some arrangements, to
effect constant supply Of pure ar, not only
in school rooms; but In any room where Nv.
ing beings congregate in numbers for brsi-
ness or pleasure, and where fires or Eghts
are kept burning, has been strangely over,
looked. TO the inevitable sacrifice Of health.
comfort. and successful labor. We practi-
cally defeat the beautiful arrangements of
our Creator by which the purity Of the air
would otherwise BIO preserved by is own
constant renewal; and the harmonious
growth and support Of the aninnsl ard vcgsta
able world maintained. We voluntarily
stint ourselves iaihe quantity and quality Of
an article Which is more. necessary TO our
growth health and comfort than food OF
drink, and which cur Lenefcent father hes
furnished pure, without money and without
price, to cur very lips, and go abundsntly
that We ass, or should be it we did ret pre-
vent it. literally immersed IL il all our iyes
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The cir nLiehwe breathe. If pure when
taken into the mouth aud uostrils, is compo-
sed in every enc hundred parts. of3l osy-
gen. rs nitrogen, and of carhonic acid
after travcrsing the innunscrablc ccls into
which the lungs are divided, and subdividcd,
there coming iuto close contact with tbs
blood these proportions are essentially chang
ed, and when breaihed cut. the same qnan-
tity Of air contains per cent. more of car
bonic acid. II ia this condition (without
being renewed } ii is breathed again il Is de-
prived of another quantity Of oxygen. and
loaded with the same amount OF carbonic
acid. Each SUGGESTIVE act Of breathing re-
duoes in this way and in this proportion. tho
vital principles Of the air, and Increases
in the same proportion that which der
stroys kse Eut in the meantime what
has been going on in The luegs With regard
to the blood? This fluid, after iraycrsing
the whole frame, from the heart to tho OK
trcmitics parting all alone with its beat. and
ministering its nourishii,g PARTICLES to the
growth aud preservation Of the body. returns
TO the heart changed in color. deprived some
what of its vitality, and loaded with impuri-
ties. In this condition, for the purpose Of
renewing its celor its vitality and its purity,
il makes the circuit of the langs, where by
means Of innumerablo little vessels, inclosiig
like delicate net work each individual air
cell. every. one of its finest particles come in
to close contact with the air which las bsat,
lreathed If this air hasits due proportion
of oxygen, the color Of the blood changes
from a dark purple to bright scarlet; its
vital warmth is resorted, and its impurities
By the union of the oxygen Of the air with
the carbon Of tie blsed, Of which these i'm
purities are made up, are thrown of in the
| form Of carbonie acid. i Thus sitalized and
purified it enters the heart to be sent out
again through the system on its orrand Of
life aud benefcience to build up and repair
the solid frame wcfkof the body, give tone
and vigor.o its muscles and RESTING all its
nerves to violate in unison Nth the glorious
sights aud thrilling sounds of nature, and The
still aud sad music Of humanity =. Exehdngt
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