The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-05-20
VOLUME YII.---NO. 3.


not imprcgnatcd with earth and minerals.
Why is it more easy to wash with soft
water than with hard? Because soft water
unitcs freely with soap, and dissolve it in
stead Of dccomposiny it, rs hard water
does
Why do wood ashes make hard water
soft?
lst. Because the carbonic acid of wood
ashes combines with the sulphate Of lime in
the hard water and converts it into chalk;
Cd, wood ashes converts some OF the solu-
ble salts Of water into insoluble and throw
them down as u sediment by which the wa
ter remains more pure.
Why has rain water such an unpleasant.
! smell when it is collected in a rain tub or
| tank 4? because it is impreGnalcd with de-
! composed organic matters washed from tho
! roofs, trees, or tho cask in which it is col
! lcrtcd
! Why does water melt salt Because
very minute PARTICLES cf water insinuate
themselves into the pores of the salt by
capillary attraction, and force the CRYSTALS
from each other.
How does blowing hot foods make them
cool9 It causes the air which has been
heated h.. cd TO change more rapidly,
and give place TO fresh cold air.
Why do ladies' Ian themselves i'll hot
Weather! That fresh PARTICLES Of air may
be brought in contact with their face by the
action Of the fan and as every fresh parti-
Gle of air aLsorLs some heat from the skin,
this constant change makes them cool.
Does fan cool the air! No, it makes
, the air hotter, 10y impar,ing to it the heat
=, of our face but it cools our face by trans
erring its heat to the air.
Why is there always strong draught
under the door and through crevces OH
each side Z Because cold air rnshes
;, from the hall to supply the void in the room
caused by the escape Of warm air up tho
:, chimney, &c.
l. Why is there always a strong draught
IS through the keyhole Of a door2 Because
J the air in the room we occupy is warmer
J. than the air in the hail ; therefore the air in
/" the hall rushes through the keybolc into
D the room, and causes a draught.
e Why is there always draught through
o the window crevices Because the ex-
s. ternal air, being colder than the air of the
j" room we occupy, rushcs through the VIM
'e dow crevices to supply the deficiency caus'
IL ell bv the escape of the warm air up the
u chimney.
of fyou open the lower sash Of a window
IL, there is more draught than if you open the
lie upper sash. Explain the reason of this. X
RS the lower sash bc open, the cold external air
will rush freely into the room and cause n
.ir great draught inward ; but if the upper be
e. open, the heated air Of the room rushes out,
p and, of course, there will bo less draught 'n'
~. ward.
m Bv which means is a room better veEti-
lily lated-by opening the upper sash ? BE-
he cause the hot, vitiated air, which always
) ascends towards the ceiling, can escape
d. more easily.
BY which means is hot room moro
:ed quickly cooled by opening the upper OF
q SOc'SN
net quickly by the lower sash, because the COO
ew air can enter more freely at the lower par
her Of the room than at the upper.
rlv Why does the wind dry damp linen
are Because dry wind, like d'y spoge, imbibe
S. the particles Of vapor from the surface Q
her the linen as fast as it is formed.
ess Which is tho hottest place in church o
lid. chapel? The gallery.
.ort Why is the gallery Of all public peace
%. hotter than the lower parts Of the buildings
Because the heated air of the building a
cends, and all the cold air which can ente
are through the doors and windows keeps I
the floor till it has become heated.
the Why do plants often grow out OF wal
and towers? Either because the wind bic
pen the seeds there with the dust; or ell
oxy- because some bird, flying over, droppe
seed there which it had formerly eaten.
only
THE Mission oFWoMAN.-If man is
n as grief, who cheers him in trouble, who co
soles him in wrath, who soothes him;
du. joy, who makes him doubly happy in pre-
try perity, who rejoces; in disgrace, who bac
him against the world, and dresses wi
not gentle unguents and warm poultices t
con. ranking wounds made by the stings a
arrows Of outrageous fortunes Who b
less woman, If you please7 You who are
and sore from the buffets Of fate, have y
one or two of these these sweet physician
,roke D.. ,h..,., >. Cd Tho, ha hoo i.f, -
A"'e' so much consolation. What gentleman
xtra. ,o. pron,.,ho,sa Who
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