The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-15
Gables porttolto.
For the FARMER AND MECHANIC.
Physiological Teachings of the Bible.


The last of the three we now consider.
The first question is: Are houses a neces-
sity - The general answer is, Sin winter,
Yes;-in summer, no. We can live de-
lightfully in tents pitched in cool shady
groves in summer but in winter we must
have houses. Now let US ask the physiolo-
gist if people who live in houses are any
more comfortable in winter than those who
live in tents. He answers thus s'The oxi-
dalton, or in other words, the burning, of
certain matters first in the lungs, and
thence in all corners of the organism, gives
rise to an amount of heat which is as eff
cient AS a fire to raise the blood to a tenn
perature of about 1902; and this hot fluid,
necessarily renewed in all parts Of the econ
omy by the torrent of the circulation, warns
the body, as a house is warmed by a hot
water apparatus"
This internal heat is quite sufficient for
she comfort of a perfectly healthy person,
but unfortunately, such persons are exceed
Sngly rare. The lumber-men of Maine and
other lumber districts find his internal
heat keeps them comfortable in the coolest
weather. Also the drivers of stage coach
IS now a diminished class and the Esuui-
maux hunters, who spend weeks in the
open air where the thermometer is far be-
BOW zero.
A friend of mine, during a trip to Ala
Sama, one winter, spent the night at a
country house, where a considerable party
Aad assembled. The weather was freezing
y cold and most persons kept as close to
the immense log fire as possible. But one
man remained at a distance, and when ask
ID if he did not suffer with cold, replied,
Not at all; but should suffer if l kept
habitually near the fire as you do. am a
stage driver; and when ! first commenced
ny business, my uncle, who had spent his
HE in stage driving, said to me, Now
Jack, if you want to live a comfortable life
II your present occupation. keep auay from,
she fire l found he spoke the truth. I
was warm on the box as long as kept
away from the fire when indoors" The
&alnese depend more upon clothing than
zPon fire, to keep warm in winter. And
shls is a much more healthful habit than to
depend upon closely shut, fre-heated
rooms, as we do. House air is ALWAYS more
D. less impure. Consumption is solely the
,esult of house air. People whose occupa-
lions requires them to live in the open air
never take it. A wise man said, "a man
Who Oreathes pure air can no more die of
assumption than he who drinks pure wa
Ger can die of mdnia-a-potu.
Some houses are, of course, owing to the
amount of care taken, much purer than
@tters. The amount of ammonia in the air
determines the amount of impurity. And
She air out of doors is sometimes also filed
with ammonia but rarely in comparison
wdh indoor air. DR.. r. Angus Smith.
who has done so much for the chemistry of
She air, read before the Manchester Literary
md Philosophical Society a paper, showing
BOW this amount may be determined. Am.
Monla is deposited from the air on every
oSIect exposed thereto. DIR. Smith saws. |
Ill you pick up a stone in a city, and wash
cd the matter on it's surface, you will find
the water to contain ammonia. If YOU wash
4 chair or table or anything in a room. YOU |
will ind ammonia in the washing. If YOU |
wash your hands, you will find the same.
aaa your pen, your paper, your clothes all |
show ammonia" In short, ammonia sticks
10 everything. And DIR. Smith now tests |
Toe air by suspending small glass TASKS in
BIS laboratory and washing them daily, test
hng the water, at once, for ammonia, with
shs Nessler solution. DR.. Smiths entire
paper was published by the Scientific Anne
mean supplement $780,
Bat what is the use of taking such an |
amount OF pains to detect the death dealing |
impurities OF the air, when we could, if we
a. wllled it, avoid them altogether 2 If we
kept a perpetual feast of tabernacles. and
saxed upon a tree studded lawn kept short
oy tAe grazing of sheep, DR.. Smiths air
sests would be useless. The Feast of Taber-
rather the Feast of Tents-was
enc of the Sabbaths. which st. Paul tells
rs will become perpetual. Again and again
ahe Bible tells us that the Sabbaths were
gwen US for a sign. A sign of the loss and
df the restoration of human happiness. A
.iga connecting by Sabbath days and Sab.
bath weeks and Sabbatic years, and Sab
1etic .jubilees, the happiness of the lost
Eden with the happiness of the coming mil
lenium. OF all these Sabbaths the Jews
considered the Feast of Tents the most i'm
Roztant. They called it "thc FEAST Dnr
GzeeNence the greatest of their holy festi-
vals. | do not know whether they were
night in considering it greater than the Feast
Of the Passover, which prefgured the Cru
eifxion: Yet they were right in so nany
things lthe righteous Jews I mean) that 1
ever celebrated, in anticipation, the cruel
f1ion Ct our Lord, so the Feast of Tahar