Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-03
EVENING STAR.
3. Is7s.
What Killed the Rnbv,

| On, suppose there must be a dead rat OF
| mouse somewhere about the flooring or in
| The closets. have noticed IL myself several
| Times early in the morning and in the even
ihg, put during the day have not observed IL
out VIII nave thorough cleaning out and
| cIeanlng OF all the closets, and SO, perhaps
| ind the dead ANIMAL
| "Well, hope so, for am half inclined "a
| think that the headache and feeling Of Iassi-
tude I have experienced the last few da s
| must De attributed TO this unpleasant DIOR:
| III even has nauseated me the last two
mornings so that / could not enjoy my
| And now, as you speak of IL, have also
| been suffering with headac and bad TASTE.
ana feellne OF WEAKNESS and dizziness for
| some days past, and little Katy seems quite
unwell to-day-feverish and worrisome.
| won't you stop on your way down town and
have the doctor call; for L really am afraid
SO dull ard listless."
Seated at the breakfast table, endeavoring
10 force down some breakfast against a re
OelilOus stomach, husband and wife are sud
| denly alarmed by the shrill call of the nurse
10 hurry up stairs, for the baby is I'm "A III -
Kun for the Doctor" is now the cry. He
comes, looks, wise, feels the pulse, asks some
| hurried questions: "What has the BABY
eaten-candies, raIsins, apples. or too much
OF some to 1t, Indigestible fOod? No, nothing
OF me Kind. Perhaps, then. IL is teething
| and The reflex irritation of the dental nerves
mas affected It's brain, producing convulsiors
Get not water and mustard, quickly, while
cut Its gums
The fit soon passes over, but baby is still
very feverish, and continues so day after
DAY. The rooms are not ventilated SO fire.
quently by opening the windows and DOORS
as the baby is too i'll 10 bear the exposure to
cold air, while father and mother are both
complaining of illness. Baby's fever grad
uaIly prosfrates its feeble vitality, aud 1t
succumbs The doctor is puzzled, can't say
what was the cause, or call the fever by any
name except typhoid or low facilitating
fever that has exhausted the little patient
Now the mother sickens and presents some
Thing of the same kind of fever; IL is a new
form, such as books do not exactly describe.
puzzles the doctor, who sees his patient
gradually sinking, notwithstanding stimu-
Iants and tOnics, antiperiOdics, or other med
icines. A consultation is asked, and fortu-
nately practical sanitarian is called in. He
suggests that there must he some local cause
Tor this special fever. HAS any bad odor
been nOticed?" go, yes! for some time past;
but we supposed 1t was dead rat. Could
there must be something wrong about the
drainage pipes of your house, some leak of
poisonous gases. This matter must be looked
INTO: Send for your plumber, and l will ex-
win probably find nothing A'U Wroue ne
Plumber arrives. and the search commences
from top of house to bottom; all the waste
pipes are found well trapped and sound, ap-
parently; descending to the cellar we fnd
one OF the joints of the main waste, or soil
pipe, just where 1t enters the ceiling of the
cellar, without proper packing, the mortar
soft and pulverized, and a very offensive
odor escaping from ii, which passes up along
The pipe which is let into the side wall and
thus it enters between the flooring and cell
ing, and escapes through the floor cracks and
footboaus OF the side walls into the rooms
above. The practiced sanitarian is now
sa tisfied of the source of the poison that has
already claimed one victim, and is holding
on with death grip to the other; the two
who have been most constantly expOsed tn
its influences day and night. Fortunately
bis advice and warning is needed, and the
defect remedied. Pure lair in abundance is
admitted, the poison diluted and eradicated,
and by the help of a good constitution and
proper treatment the patient RECEIVERS. This
is the true history of many cases of myste-
r1ous feyers and ailments and deaths. Look
10 III that there is no point of escape, except
through properly constructed veutilating
pipe, for any of the poisonous gases of the
house drainage SYSTEM Home Science.
Old Uncle Ned's Talk to His Nieces.
From the HOmaa's Journall
There are some things which do not like
10 see. For instance, when my wife Susan
and l were jogging along the road, the other
night, we met Mabel and Harry coming
nome nom an afternoon drive, and, instead
OF sltting up properly in the carriage, Mabel
seemed TO be in his arms! The graceless
scamps did not mind us any more than a
couple of chickens, for they did not change
to be looked at.
81 never.' said I, as soon as we got by.
she ought 10 be ashamed of herself" said
my wife Susan. Mabel and Harry are mere
boy and girl. If she does not know any better
Eor nave any more modesty nor delicacy
than to be driving over our country roads
with young fellows arm around her and
her head on his shoulder, her mother had
oetter Keep her at home washing dishes and
The other day, when / was waiting at my
son Johns door, merry Iassie from the
next house was chatting in the parlor with
an old, young man, who is quite beau for
all the ladies; all at once he pulled her down
IN his lap and kissed her, and she did not
seem angry at all. suppose am sold fash
II was going to marry that girl, should
not like to think such fellows had kissed her
when they chose. / tell you, girls. such
aoi h ar In bad taste; they are coslntryfed
pose the man is respectable and means no.
th1ng bad. Such familiarities are like brush
ing on the delicete dew from the grape, by
careless handling: Keep your sweetness for
understand "hands Off" You can be ora.
cions and winning and lively. and yet repel
never do anything for you, never offer a
courtesy nor show an attention, without
touching your hand, taking you by the
way. They are not men of genuine delicacy
and reverence for women. They are fond OF
ladies' society, but they do not make WON en-
Look out for the man who wants to make
"s1ster" OF you. What right has he to use
all lovers freedom and intimacy of inter
part Of bis heart SUCH man n has USSsv
great many sisters. Your caresses and afiec-
t1onate familiarity are worth a great deal
more than he gives you in return. Frank
and friendly and helpful you may be, and
yet keep maidenly reserve of your favors.
And beware Of the man who talks love to
you, and SO claims right to caresses and
Ism1nar freedom, yet never asks you to
marry him. A lover, who never means to be
husband, is a mean man. He pretends not to
pelieve In engagements, and so does not bind
himself In any way, but expects from you all
lovers privileges. You give him eyerv-
thing, and he gives you-what he mas oftsn
given and what he is now giving to others
who believe in him as foolishly as you do.
You need not be prudish, that is an affec-
tatlon OF mOdesty and delicacy; be modest,
refined, pure and delicate. Make rudeness,
coarseness and personal liberties impossible
IN your presence; make men better by being
better yourselves.
THE WAR AGAINST RIrUA LIsM IN ENG
LAND:-The autumnal conference OF the
Church Of England Association was held at
Liverpool, November Ills. The object of
the association, which was formed ten years
ago, is to check ritualistic Innovations by
the publication OF pamphlets, by the holding
OF public meetings, and by suits at law. Six
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