Richland beacon., 1881-01-29
Perfume In Bedrooms.

'oN'IS up ulSaSr"caDle OuOrS, and nOXlouS
matter is allowed to accumulate because
Its offensiveness is not noticed. Such
matter Is always contained i'll exhalations
from the lungs and skin, even Of persons
who are both healthy and clean.
We do not refer to the carbonic acid,
which is thrown in large quantities from
the lungs, and in much less quantity
from the skin. This is not really poison
ous, but there are other ingredients
which are. though their nature is not
fully known.
They are not gases. but solid particles.
They are readily absorbed by water,
damp walls, and moist paper, and pene-
trate wool and feathers. They soon be-
come fptid.
Many forms of filth are speedily de-
stroyed by the oxygen of the mir, which
changes their character; but these ex-
halations are not SO readily destroyed, as
Is evident from the fact that bedroom,
though freely ventilated, will retain its
fTtid smell for at least four hours.
The exhalations from the skin contain,
besides several harmless salts, several
fatty acids, and other noxious ingredients.
These latter are greatly increased III
number and kind by i'll health, for the
skin always vicariouslv aids whatever
other excreting organ has become weak
ened by temporary arrangement, or by
organic disease.
The animal exhalations. when con-
densed on the window-panes and furni-
turc, cover them with n glutinous mass,
which the microscope soon shows to he
filled with q matted vegetable .growth,
between the stalks Of which Grcenish
glObules are seen constantly moving
about, accompanied by monads-the
smallest Of animalcules.
When the condensed exhalations dry
up, they leave a somewhat sickly film,
the disagrccable smell Of which is often
noticed in dirty houses. In warm,
moist atmosphere this becomes putrid
and harmful. Says DIR. ID. +. Lincoln
(Iiemssen's CUctOpCdiat::
1--WE ought to discountenance the use
Of perfumes, or aromatic fumigations,
and to lay all the stress on frequent
scrubbing. or free admission of air and
light. The first Of these measures re-
moves, the second diiutes, the third
chemically disinfects, the organic i'm
purities.
The above applies to all rooms. in pro-
portion to their use. The frequent
scrubbing of the kitchen, and the alb
scnce of WOODEN carpets, curtains, etc,
help to make the kitchen-in spite of the
smell of cooking-the healthiest room in
the house. Youths Companion.
Modern Martyrdom.
How easy to fret; how hard to keep
silent. Every individual member of the
household feels as though he was either
gunpowter or burning match.
1t is no easier if we, with the same
feelings, go to the kitchen followed by
two or three little restless children and
endeavor without help to get the break
fast on the table. The wood is either i'll
Chunks" or else there is nothing to
burn but corn-cobs, and they are burnt
TO ashes about rs soon as the flames
touch them. The ice has all melted, the
cream is sour, and the meat spoiled.
The bread has run over the pan and
table. and is on the floor; the ants are in
the sugar-bucket, and only half coffee
enough Drowned for breakfast. The
children pull at the skirts and ask for n
drink of water, a 'piece OF bread, or
cry from sheer WEAKNESS, and his royal
hirhness rushes through the hot kitchen
to the cool parlor, wondering audibly as
he goes why it takes a woman so long TO
get breakfast. Then there is need of the
Charmed water of the fairy tale, to hold
in the mouth until the nerves cease
quivering.
We have a great deal Of sympathy for
a nervous, fretful, overworked woman,
and when such a woman does preserve
that golden silence we feel like compar-
ing her to the martyrs of old. But, after
ali. that comparison is feeble. The mar
tyrs are not to be compared to modern,
nervous, overworked woman! What Is
one stroke of the ax, or the standing
npon pile of burning fagots whose hot
flames in an instant take away tine breath
so ready to be given? The being drop
ned into a chaldron of burning oil, pain
for an instant, then glory forever! We
admit that one great blow requires
fortitude and courage. but you rally all
your forces to meet it, it comes and passes
and that is the end of it. But trouble
that worries and battles, and stings, and
at which you strike or endeavor to push
aside. but it still rasps and fills you with
contempt and disgust-yes. give me my
choice and Id take the burning oil oI
the stroke of the ax.-Efchdnge.