The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-12
Cellars to Dwelling Hou.es.

LIZ. Hall, VINO publishes and edits
the Jour'sal Of Health, devotes the
whole of the March number to an
interesting article on Farmers
Houses" showing where they should
be built, how they should be built:
indicating certain conveniences to be
secured, and certain inconveniences
to be avoided; and pointing out all
the essentials to health, comfort and
contentment. One of the most in
teresting and useful portions of this
article is that devoted to "Cellars in
Dwelling Houses, which he declares
are oftentimes tie sources from
which those gases constantly ascend
that impregnate every room in the
house to which they are attached
with vitiated and unwholesome at
mosphere.
He speaks of the habit prevalent
among housekeepers of making their
cellars the summer and winter re-
ceptable of every variety of vegeta-
bles and fruits, as we'll as of rubbish
and kitchen offal, and of all that is
old and unseemly. He advises tho
rough examination and cleansing of
the cellar attached to every house in
which slow and obscure disease
prevails among the members of the
family. He says such cellars should
be emptied of every movable thing,
the walls and floors thoroughly swept
and washed, aired for week, and
the former white-washed.
He cites the following remarkable
instance of the efficacy of cleanliness
IN preventing cholera-with which
we are now threatened-and of it's
attraction by uncleanliness. During
cholera summer unusual efforts
were made in Boston to provide
against it. The most stringent and
thorough hygienic measures were
taken. Reliable men were appointed
to examine every house from cellar
to garret, and compel the removal of
everything which could have even Il
remote tendency to invite the fearful
scourge. The results were admirable;
there was not single case of cholera
except IN very restricted district
IN fact, one family only was attacked.
a more especial examination of the
house i'll which this family resided
was made, when in remote corner
OF the cellar large pile of the accu-
mutations of bad housekeeping for
years was found, and this was in a
state OF Dutridity. On it's removal,
and the most plentiful use of the
most powerful disinfectants, the dis
ease at once disappeared and did not
return.
AS the warm weather approaches,
we may expect the approach of cho-
lera, and should omit no reasonable
precaution against its prevalence. 1t
costs but little of time, trouble or
money for each householder to cleanse
and purify his premises, especially
when he can rely in so doing upon
the assistance Of the city authorities.
Exemption from this dire scourge is
purchased at a cheap rate when it
requires only prudence in eating and
drinking, cleanliness of person. and
the removal Of filth and rubbish from
our premises -Richmoud WHO.
The Louisville (Ky.) Jou,uol says
that in 1861 and 1862 there was in
cultivation 1000 plantations in six
teen parishes of Louisiana, on which
3S9, 347 hogsheads of sugar were pro-
duced. In 1864 and 1865 there were
only l75 plantations worked, produc-
ing e, 1oo hogsheads of sugar.
An American student, Francis A.
Claiming, of Boston, has lately taken
the Arnorld prize at Oxford, England.
for ali English essay. The prize
amounts to S2l0, and is open to all
Oxford graduates of no less than eight
years standing
We give them (the Southern peo.
ple) protection against their own
thieves. -Philadelphia Press.
But nothing under Heaven seems
capable ofgiving us protection against
yours. .-Eufaula Netcs.
The late election in Tennessee
under the Governors proclamation to
I'LL vacancies in the Legislature, pass
ed Off quietly. The bolting members
were generally reelected by large
majorities.
OF the nine Justices Of the United
States Supreme Court but one, Judge
Wayne, of Georgia, is from the
Southern States. There is one
vacancy.
The Canton (Ill.) Register, saws that
new cattle disease has made its ap.
pearance in that locality. The animals
are perfectly we'll one 1ov oD1 ,J;o ~ .