St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-10-20
agricultural department.
USE PLENTY OF FRESH AIR.

USE PLENTY OF FRESH AIR.
The earth is surrounded with nm
ocean Of air, forty five miles deep.
There is plenty oft for every living
creature, for all time to come, and an
pie provision has been made BY the
Creator to keep it pure and fit to be
brcathed and sustain life. It's we'll for
US that this is so; without it all must
soon die. How does breathing keep US
alive? To understand the matter it is
necessary FIRST to know something about
the blood and it's circulation in the
body. This fluid is made up Of parti-
cles taken from tie food. by means
Of the heart and small tubes (or.iertcs)
leading from it, it is carried to eve,y
part of the body, and from it are taken
materials for aesL, bone, skin, hair, etc..
toincrease the growth, or to supply the
place Of those parts which have been
worn out by use. The blood having
been disturbed to every part Of the body
through the arteries, passes into anoth-
er set oftubes (ueins,) which conduct
it back towards the heart, going through
the lungs On its way. On ITS way
thither it receives into its current,
the waste Of worn out particles which
are no longer fit to sustain the system
These are largely made up Of a SUBJ
stance called carbon, which you often
see in the form of charcoal, or nearly
pure carbon. When the blood reaches
the lungs, it is there di:ide'l through
myraids Of minute veins, each on: OF
which passes around an exceedingly
small sac or cell of verv thin membrane
or skin, which is filed with the air
drawn in by taking breath. While pas
sing a,ound these cells, surprising
change takes place in the blood. One
part Of the air called Oxygen, passes
through the membrane, unites with the
carbon, forming new compound called
carbonic acid gas, and this is expelled
from the lungs and through the mouth
and nose by expiration or breathing out.
This gas is poisonous any animal con-
fined in it very soon dies. Thus you
see'breathins keeps US alive by bringing
in air to purify the blood. If the
waste PARTICLES were not thus separated,
they ~oula soon poison the whole sys-
tenn. gfthis process is stopped by any
Mems, death very speedily follows, as
in the case Of choking or drowning,
which prevent the air from entering
the lungs. # the air itself is impure
from having been breathtd once or
twice and thus partly cha"ged.,nto car
bonic acid gas, it ca" not purify the
blood, but will poison it, aud if this be
continued, disease and death will be
the,cossequcnce. From this it is easy
to see the necessity Of having plenty of
ftesA air in houses of ventilatiny
them, to allow the impure atmosphere
h.escape, and the pure air to enter.
An equally important lcsso" to be learn
sd, is to allow the lungs to draw IN all
the air possible, that the blood may be
thoroughly purified. This is often pre-
vented by wearing tight clothing, but.
more frequently by sitting or standing
with the shoulders, throw" forward and
the body half bent. Such a position
prevents the lungs from expanding full
ly, they grow smaller, the shoulders be.
come rounded, the chest narrow, and
thousands become consunptive aud die
from disease broug hit on In this way
Throw back the shoulders. hold up the
head, sit an ! stand erect, and give the
lungs tull play. This gives a finer
form more vigorous health, and longer
life. The habit Of doing this, or Of ne
glecting it will be formed in youth, and
We desire that every girl and boy who
reacs the A'ucri II" Ayricuhurtst
should grow up strong in body: in in
tcllect, and pure 10 heart.
CUCUMBER CArsUp-is IN excellent
sauce and very readily made. Select
large cucumbcrs just bct;,rc they turn
yellow, peel and CRATE them; let the
juice drain out through colander or
sieve, then rub the pulp through
sieve to remove the SEEDS. Half 6ll
bottles with the pulp and tAen fill up
with moderately strong vinegar. Keen