The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-02-07
KENosHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY :, 1878.

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viii weep if they move in too soon.
With regard to ..a.
WALL PAPER
Professor sKedzie said the sizing on the
paper and the sizing used in placing
the papea on the wall prevent almost
absolutely the passage Of air. A house
must breathe to be healthy, just as tru
Iy as ansaaimal, but a wet wall and al
papered3Nall is q strangled wall. WEI
hear nlasfl Of the hygienic value Of
perforatM buckskin. It would be just
as sensible to perforate q wire sieve.
Air will pass through leather, and ev-
cry garment be penetrated and
washedb air TO preserve health. The
house is only a huge overcoat. Wood
is permeable by air in the direction of
the grain. Very little air passes when
the siding is painted. The air in wood
en- houses passes through cracks be-
tween tha boards, thus causing disa-
greeable draughts. The walls Of q
house should breathe, not blow. rsa
se 4. THERE is A METHOD r
VI OutAeA1hb Joi4441ls5 La w lto0 VAAOA ~
not expensive, and which promises
good results; vie: building a frame of
wood and veneering it with brick, or
| inclosing the frame with q four inch
wall of brick. @
| aE&E RAT-PROoF WALLS.
| Rats seriously interfere with the
healthfulness of q house. If you build
of brick bring forward one course of
brick, SO as to everywhere touch the
1 Dashboard at the bottom of every room !;
at the top CT every room bring forward
! another row OF brick so as to touch
the plastering, and thus cut of every
hollow. space. in your walls at top and
bottom. Ifyou bald of wood let in
! a piece Of scantling between the stud
i ding at top and bottom, and lay tight
| course Of brick and mortar on the top
4 Of these pieces OF scantling. Brick up
Il the spaces between the ends of your
4 joints. a..a. ..ag.
i He inveighed against the short-sight-
J, ed, inconvenient and unhealthy prac-
j tice, of building half-stories, productive
j, Of sweating boxes, and saving only an
Il inconsider&hle trife, as the same ex-
pense would roof the building. He
! advocated very earnestly
i FIRE PLACES
in the living rooms. A fireplace fills
) even The hurablest room with warmth
and glory. There is hardly month
in the year upon some day Of which
| you would net be more comfortable
and healthy for a fire. Especially If it
| is rainy makes fire, no matter what
the month IS, end use the almanac to
!, start tho fire, sf that stands in your
way. 1T laatsSllyo ye4s fESogns arl attack
Of rheuma tism or lung fever.
yENTILATE,
Isaid Professor Kedzie, every room in
z your house. The material is plenty
there is abundant circulating material
current for that purpose. He dwelt at
, length on the contamination Of air by
respiration, saying that il the car
bon which was thrown OFF from our
!, lungs in the form Of carbonic acid re-
manned visible like lamp-black, there
is hardly housewife in the land who
Il would not awake with a gasping shud-
der to see her bedroom filed with this
black smoke, sent off from the lungs of
] the sleepers. But because this dirt is
i invisible she regards the air of her
Il bedroom as clean. Shall she wash her
IFhands five or six times day with
sEelean water and wash her lungs 49,
1900 times a day with dirty air?
lNVERY BEDROOM SHOULD HAVEA WIN
] ~ M DOW,
4 and when you open window you will
! find the outdoor air Immediately On
tiae outside and ready at moments
! notice. A board four inches wide,
haEing straight edges and sawed the
| width Of the window, if laid edgeWise
| u1lder the lower sash, would serve a
very good purpose. Ventilating shafts
were often INSTRUCTED, and it was a
question whether a gimlet hole would,
not be as good as some Of the artistic
ventiastors.
1t..s> TIE CELLAR
Should Zoe dry and well ventilated, and
no vegetable or other useless rubbish
should ever be left in it. 1t was in the
cellar that diphtheria and membrane
Gus Group, the destroyers Of childhood, I
lay in ambush, and typhoid fever, that
strikes at all ages; here lurked, too, /
the seeds ofeonsumption. The spotted |
mold and fungus attacking the timbers
Of the cellar show that destructive
aYencies are at work and death gnaW-
ing at the very stills of the house.
Damp, musty, moldy cellars are seed
beds of disease. Drain the cellar and
underdrain the surrounding soil so
that the cellar shall be always dry.
Drive out all mustiness, and mold by
ventilation and abundant use of white
wash
LET IN THE SUNLIGHT.
He said he was amazed to see how
dark we keep our houses. It was not
for want Of windows; there were
enough Of them. But they are blinded
and curtained until we need an OWLS
eyes to get around Our rooms in the
daylight. Bulwer forcibly says: "No
plant. SO much as man demands light
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