The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-27
ne THE CIRCULATION OF THE DIS
,'ATCn IS LARGER THAN THE COMBINED
REGULATION OF ALL TIE OTHER DAILY
NEWSPAPERS of TIiE CITY.
I. The yyay to Keep Cool"

bHttEIH :
The CORRESPONDENT of the Nation is cyi-
IDENTITY not aware that immense buildings.
mammoth rooms, and the entire holds OF
or an steamships are cooled down 10 an al.
most Arctic temperature by process more
simple and inexpensive than that which be
describes in his recent article i'll that news
paper.
rhiadc!phia, although provcrhial'y slow,
has been Tor some years past ahead ot NcW
Yo,k in the improved methods of rctriScrai
fjcY, and has in Use i'll one OF her largest
hotels an apartment of considerable size eSpc-
cially devoted 10 the keeping OF its entire lar
der in Il condition not surpassed in freshness
from that recently culed from the gardens
or brought from the markct-stallS. during
the Republican Convention held here IN June
last this Wholesale refrigerator supplied all
the guests of the house with provisions Oh all
-orts from, tcndrrIoin steaks in luscious straw
berries; and, although ,h0iiSaids were daily
Icd at the tables during this period, there
,yaS no occasion to 60 "to market for cN-
fra >rrulInS. Beef, poultry. and game, fish.
hu,trr foreign and domestic fruits. eggs,
milk. and vegetables of the most tender and
delicate nature keep allkc pure, SWeel, ahl
fresh within it> walls.
In another I,lrl of this city there is an i'm
mrp<c warehouse. fitted up in the same maui
urr. rapallc of holding ships cargo il ncces-
.,ry. in whose prcSrrvinG-room> an average
tcnprral,Irc of forty degrees has been mhin-
toinrd all through this iorrid weather. But
fer in there * solid and firm. Cuctlmbels
ar, rs crisp rs those last pulled from the
vines i'm October Beef looks a> it does ut
Christmas. Pincapplcs, bananas, oranges
and lemons come from there melowed, rs IT.
were. with frost. and all the infinite variety
nr rnr,-hahin .aou which goes to waste
during the heats of summer are delightfully."-
preserved and improved hy this cooling pro-
cess.
Now. this method of chilling rooms down
to 4 fall or winter temperature Is not only
>implc and cheap. but it is cilcctuai, and OF
| prirliral utility. Ii i, in fact, nolhln" more
| ihou making IN artificial winter by driving Il
current Of air. hy means of fan. through II
column or chest of ice; and it en- hcapphcd
io moGrl7lting the heated air of dwelling
ho,,>r>, Hospitals. churches, or theatres, with
ru,al success, and ut triliny cost In fact,
the, very channels now in Use in modern
lu,,Sc> can bccmpoycd 10 cool them in sum-
mrr rs they are to heat them in winter. The
or,,cr can be reversed by this mode to suit
the change Of season. Place the icc-chcst on
| the upper floor. In>,lac it, and protect 1t
from outside radiation. Put up i'll IT. Vlcln-
| ifv 4 clock-w0rk arrangement to drlfc
| the fans Cold air. like shot, falls, ami IN
| falling convey il by pipes or trouohS to the
| stories below; regulate the openings
| in cac!l chamber hy :; series of registers
a> Won would heat. Keep the doors and
windows closed ~ in winter time to exclude
the outside air. and an ordinary dwelling
| can hp kept at from torty-tivc degrees 10 fifty
degrees Fahrenheit It's readily. and ut far less
| cost, than keeping the same amount of space
comfortable in winter by heater located i'll
the cellar. Think OF what Il blessing such
| Il temperature would be to the sick patient
tossing with fever in midsummer. Thou.
Sautls of Eyes might be saved that are now
sacrificed, us ~ NJ" observes, "througll
the unl;Nornblc heat of the weather. Nc
occasion would then exist to take families to
the White Mountains to escape the heat
Your tavoritc "Gorge" would he in your
| parlor. and in Your i;yorite bcd-cmInbcr
| you could sleep under blankets. This is M
| un,ricd theory. BY this same plan Il c;lrg'
| of fresh beef WIS brought from Tex - f
! phiadrIphia last August, Il distance of 2,',ilt
mics, costing but Il pound Of ice for racl
pound of beef so carried. And Il line o
steamships especially devoted to this trad,
are now being built to bring beef from this
remote point regularly to this and the New
| York markets.
If ~. NJ" has waited for the invention
and the inventor he need not longer wait
| The problem has been solved. and the intol
cradle heats of which he complains cannoI
only bc moderated, but ut such cost rs to .b(
within reach Of people of limited means
Besides this, the air in passing through th,
body OF ice i not only chilled but di>n
| frctrd, and to take ii into the lungs is like
| qlAilin- Il dls.ught of champagne, or in.Ialin1
| the frosty atmosphere from Il mountain tol
III October. PoLARIS.