The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-08-12


Much com 81. ma, DO secured b.
kec nm : the l'ouse cool in The hot DAYS.
Tai, may BE- done bv closing IN fhe
wlndow< about eight O'clock IN lhr
morn NJ anil opening them ONLY sitrr
MN N sh evening; dark green window
shades ieint inside 81 the whit. one
NJ 1 keen our the heat Of the san. All
the darkne-S will drive out the HES.
Children and oh persons - Ter greatly
Ii they cmnot resi- for Al hour Or INV
about midday. an in n cool. dark room.
where there are no tiies. m hour j re
for the weary mother and the younr
children may he easily secured. The
windows may hc opened NJ night when
the mir J. 20, or and less damp than ii
the da .time and thorough ventilation
given. The coniitiol Of the cellar 4.
much improved BY the samc treatment.
III the cellar windows are open in ne
day time and the warm a r lei Ia a large
qnantit. ot moisture comes ID with the
hot air and il deposited III 4 dew On the
cellar walls and floor. This encourages
mold. and ia II few days the cellar i
impreg aaici with mildew. The cooler
right air contains less moisture. and il
a bushel a fresh lime il kept in the
&C lar II will NIB sorb q Z eat qua ,tity 81
INC sture from the mir and zee, the eel
lar dry. a bushcl oil lime weighing
eighty pounds will absorb twentv~seyen
pounds OF water before il becvme-a ali
damp. Apeck Of il Will absorb more
than six pounds. and Il peek IL yery
manageable. When IL j. sla Scd down
70 a powder IN appears very moist il
can De taken away aud fresh lime SUP
piled. Ten cubic feet 81 air saturated
with moisture until IL begins 10 be DE-
posted on the walls OF a cool cellar
NAV contain one cubic inch on water
or half an ounce or therea lont. "A ccl-
lar thirty by twent, and seven feet
high contains i.2Op cubic feet. anil
may contain. dissolved Ia the
air. about thirteen pounds. or nearly
two gallons Of water. when il be- 1iis 10
De deposited as dew on the wal ! ii
sixty degrees temperature. Hall n
bushel Of lime will completely dry the
air ia q cellar Of this size: but il Is MOI
is wanted Is 10 absorb the surplus that
cannot be held IN the aMr Al a tempera.
ture Of fort live or fifty degrees. Then
the cellar will be practically dry and
there will BE- no mold or moisture or
earthly smell about il. This Is Ut the
utmost Importance in diaries where
milk. cream and butter are kept in eel.
lars. and more 50 in regard 10 food II
u known that the spore Of common
mildew will produce germs that are
found id the stoma Il aud blood in GER
tain diseases. II j. quite logical 70 be-.
lieye. then. that ID lat musty Or moody
food will be dangerous % health. and
may produce serious diseases a. surely
a. impure water viii. Sometimes a
cake taken from q damp cellar ma he
found. on breaking. 70 contain fne
gliuinous strinxs or threads which
stretch from piece to piece. These
threads are mold. Pies and bread arc
often impcrcrptibly moldy in warm.
damp weather. and consequently dan
gcrous 10 health. So that 4 damp cr-
lar ma be easily 4 source of unsu.-
pected danger. ami the dampness MAY
b. all due 70 an improper method w
ventilation. The cellar should. then,
never be ventilated III the da,-time AZ
cept in dry. cool weather. when il n
per eptibly warmer than The outside
air.-C0r. N. n. Times.