Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15
The 8 Fifth COIamn' Man OF uhe
New Work TimeS OA steam
Radiators.

The . Fifth COlamn Man of uhe
New Work Times OA steam
Radiators.
The man who invented the method
of heating rooms with steam radiators
Is understood to have died 10 the pos.
session OF wealth aud happiness. II so
he IL All inviucible argument against
Mr.. Bescher's doctrine OF the nOn.ex-
istence OF tu lure punishment. Had he
been roasted to death Ia this world on
Que Ut his own atrociOus radiatOrp,
or had he been slain by The vengeance
Of one of his maddened victims, il
would have been possible for Mr..
Beecher 10 claim that he had suIft red
penalty tor his crime. No such pun
lshment, however, overlook him in
this lie, aud the conclusion to be
drawn from this fact IL obvious.
Not only does the heat thrown of by
The lean radiator dry and burn the
air 80 that Il becomes unfit for breath
lug, bat the radiator possesses the pc.
~culIarity Of spurning ell regulation.
Either II refuses TO warm the room In
which It 10 placed, or else II raises he
temperature to an uncomfortable pitch.
II would Do al interesting occupation
for sOme scien'i ic person with q fond.
ness for statistics to ascertain how
many cases OF apuplexy are annually
caused Ia this city by steam heaters.
The plumber would be found TO be ap.
palling. AS tor colds aud consumption
brought on by overwhelming aud subse.
Quent exposure 10 the cold ar, the
quantity OF those diseases which are
due directly to the nefariOus invention
Of steam radiators lie probably beyond
the reach Of computation. II 10 posi-
BILE that the radiator is less deadly than
sewer.gas, but II certainly slays lie
victims with far greater and more pro-
longed fortunes.
There lie precisely n merit possess
ed by the radiator. When Il 10 furnish
ed with q marble top II Is useful during
extremely hot weather for cooling the
human system. II is said to DO the
common practice of midsummer
night passengers In the sleeping cabins
OF steamboats, to emerge from their
~sufJcating berths aud seat Themselves
by turns on the cool marble OF the radi'
alor. The same practice 10 believed 10
DO 10 vogue In the bedrooms Of such
Of our hotels as are provided with radi'
ators, while II is notorious that during
Summer evenings the hotel call-boyC
constantly cool themselves on the radi-
ators Of the lower hall, while the radl'
alors in the more secluded passages
temper the b eat 10 the scorched cham
Der. maidP. Of course, no n thinks
of citing on q steam radiator In the
season when the steam Is accomplish
ing It's baleiul mission, and all intelli'
gent persons know that a hot radiator
10 not a good place whereoR 10 deposit
candy. aud other substances that are To-
juriously affected by heat,
There was 4 Connecticut lady from
one of those interior villages of tht
State which have become celebrated
ter their innocence and garden seeds
who, being ignorant of the dAngerou
nature Of heated steam radiators, re
Gently learned by sad experience tina
they are devices of the Adversary
She had reached The City Of Providence
r. l., on her way to Boston, and wa
compelled 10 wait for some time in III
railway station tor the arrival of tn
Boston express. She was accompanied
by her baby, a valuable infant Of abou
Is months of age, aud as she desired I
explore the recesses Of her travelling
, bag In search Of the key Of her trunk
/ concerning which she had an awfu
fear that she had left 1t at home, sh
looked about her for 9 place on whic
to temporarily deposit her baby. He
eye caught q large steam radiator wit
y q handsome marble top, which sh