The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-15
Keeping the House Cool.
SOME OF THE DEVICES WHEREBY HEAT
IS TO DR AYOIpRp.

SOME OF THE DEVICES WHEREBY HEAT
Is TO De AVOIDED.
The NdtiOnis considering the way "a
keep. our houses cool, The latest resulti
are as follows: ''i''E
"The letter Of our correspondent M. N,
setting forth his determination TO keeI
his house cool hereafter, and method o
his devising by which the end desired
could be attained, has called out many
responses, and among others one from 1
Philadelphiap, who says that u perfect
method has already been discovered by q
felloW;townsman Of his, and has been sue
cessfully applied in practice, by thil
plan, he.says, "a cargo Of fresh beef was
brought from Texas TO Philadelphia last
Augusta distance OF $500 miles-cost.
ing but . pound Of ice for each pound oil
beef so carried. And line Of steamships
especially devoted TO this trade is now be.
ing built to bring beef from that remote
point regularly to this and the New York
market Again he says: 'Philadelphia
has in use In one Of her largest hotels an
apartment Of considerable size especially
devoted TO keeping Of its entire larder
in condition not surpassed in freshness
by that recently culled from the gardens
or brought from the market stalls. Dur.
ing the Republican Convention held here
in June last, this wholesale refrigerator
supplied all the guests in the house with
provisions OF all sorts, from tenderloin
steaks to lucious strawberries. And, al.
though thousands were daily fed at the
table during this period, there was no oc.
caslon TO go tomarket for extra supplies.
Beef, poultry, and game, fish, butter, for.
eign and domestic fruits, eggs, milk and
vegetables Of the most delicate nature,
kept alike pure, sweet and fresh within
its wall" lnapart Of the city at some
distance from the hotel above spoken OF
thereiS is, it is stated, AN immense ware
house, capablsof holding o ships cargo
If necessary; and In whose preserving
rooms through all the torrid heats Of July
temperature Of forty degrees has been
maintained Butter in there Is solid and
firm, says the correspondent of the BuE.
LetiR5' 'cucumbers are as crisp as those
pulled from the vines In October and he
goes on through list OF eatable things
which, as he enthusiastically claims, are
delightfully."- preserved and improved by
this cooling process. 1t Is cheap, too, he
asserts; nothing prevents family OF even
limited means from having every room
in the house, no matter how hot It is out
side, alta temperature Of fifty degrees If
they choose, and sleeping under a
blanket ~, every night Of the
year. The. process Is in fact
nothing more than making On artificial
winter by driving a current of air by
means Of q ian, through column or chest
OF ice; and the very channels now in use
in modern houses can be employed to cool
then in summer asitheY are 10 heat them
in winter. The order can be reversed by
this mode to suit the change OF season.
Place the ice chest on the upper floor, in.
sulatc it and protect it from outside radia.
ton. Putup in its vicininy a clock-work
arrangement to drive the fan. Cold air,
like shot, falls; and in falling, convey it by
pipes to the stories below. Regulate the
openings in each chamber by series oi
registers, as you would heat. Keep the
doors and windows closed as in winter
time to exclude the outside air, and an
ordinary dwelling.house can be kept at
from iorty-tivc 10 fifty degrees Fahrenheit
as ready and at lar less cost than keeping
the same amount Of space comfortable in
winter by heater in the cellar A house
supplied with this refrigerator would need
only thenextpreceding Yankee invention
to be on earthly Paradise. Our readers
have probably heard Of the patent sheet.
iron cat TO be affixed to the roofs OF fhouses
desirous Of possessing all the modern i'm
provements.' Itis made ofyhesvy sheet
iron, has an adjustable elastic tail, claws
some inches in length firmly attached to
legs moved by clock.work, and some inter-
nal machinery which enables 1t TO make
extremely provoking and irritating cries,
which, while they insult, entice. All the
natural cats in the neighborhood who
happen to be at large are, upon hearing
these yowls, in manner compelled to the
root OF the patent cat, and when assem-
bled there TO the number Of one hundred
they are destroyed in. successive single
combats and heard ofno more. The Wri.
ter IN the BuIletin suggests ,thathis meth.
Cd be tried in theatres and hospitals, and
says: Think OF what a blessing such a
temperature would be TO the sick patient
tossing with fever in midsummer; and he
adds: Besides, the air IN passing through
the body Office is not only chilled but dis
injected, and to take it into the luugs is
like quaftlng draught ol champagne or
inhailing the frosty atmosphere from 3
mountain top in October" flai f