The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-04


was healing in the very thought of such
prosperity!
So it came to pass that, in the two
houses clouded SO lately with trouble
and anxiety, peace of mind was re-
stored. Heaviness had endured for a
niqht-a long weary night in one case
but joy to both had come inthe morn
ing.-Cham6ers' Journal. -
! - So 10y YAK
On Furnishing Bed. Rooms.
Rest is not more important than food,
but it is often harder to get.s The best
rest comes from sound sleep, that great
restOrer of tired nature Sleep is also q
powerful medicine. which helps to cure
irritability of temper, peevishness, un-
easiness of any kind, like nervous dys-
pepsia. It will help cure broken spirit
and it will help cure sorrow. Sleep, to
be perfect and profound and restorative.
should be so prepared for that not a
single discomfort should interrupt it.
The bedroom, in which a third of our
mortal lives is to be passed. and that
third the most helpless, should be q
pure sanctuary of cleanliness and order,
in which no injurious exhalation can re-
main for moment or any trace of un-
cleanliness offend single sense.
The bedroom should have in it the
least possible amount of furniture; and
whatever furniture there is in it should
be as free IS possible of all that can
hold dust and fluff. The furniture,
other than the bed, should be of the
simplest kind. The chairs should be
uncovered, free from stutfing of wooden
or any other material: the wardrobe
should have closely fitting doors. and
all the utensils closely fitting covers.
There should be no wooden han ,ings,
such as curtains; and strict hygiene
abolishes curtains altogether, although
light hangings OF lace or muslin which
can be freq .entiy washed are not as in.
furious as other kinds. The roller
shade, of some agreeable tint, is the
best protection against the glare of the
sun and the gaze OF opposite neigbbors.
A bedroom floor entirely covered
with carpet can never be q clean DOR.
The carpet holds the dust, and dirt and
from the body, with which
the air is char ed by every gust of wind
and every step across the carpet.
Nothing which is un avorable can be
said of oil-cloth. or some of its SUBJ
stitutes, as a floor covering for bed
rooms, if it is laid down with skill and
care. 1t should be closely fitted to the
floor, and well glued and nailed down
at the edges, 80 that it cannot become
a coating for a thick layer of dust be-
meath it. Fixed firmly in its place in
such way as to form a part of the
floor itself. oil-cloth can be cleaned
with ss much facility as a boarded
floor. and it is possible to wax it as per.
fectly. 1t does not retain dust, but
shows the presence of dust and dirt,
and is good non-conductor of heat
The new artistic designs with which
oil-cloth is now stamped make it
thing of beauty as well as servicea-
BILE, health-promoting floor covering.
Rugs of various sizes are particularly
adapted to bedroom use, as they can be
carried out, beaten, shaken, aired and
made clean.
When possible, the walls of the bed
room should be painted, or treated in
some manner that will permit of fire.
quent washing. There is kind of pa
FER that will wash which seems partic-
ularly useful for sleeping-rooms. If for
any reason walls cannot be painted, or
with this hygienic wallpaper,
distemper is the next best thing for
them.
The frame work of the bedstead
should be so constructed that the bed is
raised two feet from the floor. In re-
gard to covering, the very best is that
which gives the maximum of heat with
the minimum of weight. Hence blank
cts are better than heavy wadded quilts,
and light down covering better than
either. One Of these thin coverlets takes
the place of two or three blankets, and
causes much less fatigue to the sleeper.
The actual quantity Of covering neces-
sary, of course, varies according to the
age and health of the sleeper. The
body should never be cold and never
hot while under the clothes. The first
rule is seldom broken, but the latter is
sadly infringed upon, to the great
detriment of'health; for the practice Of
sleeping under a heavy weight of bed
clothes is easily acquired, and then the
body becomes unnaturally. feverishly
heated. This condition gives rise to
exhaustion, nervous debility, disturbing
dreams, and many other graver evils.
1t is SO injurious that it is better to
sleep with even too little than with too
much clothing over the body. In a mod
flied degree, this holds good for sleepers
of all ages. 2f.s-a, :. -. =. : -
If the bedroom is pure and orderly,
well ventilated and unobstructed by
truck or bric-d-brac; if our consciences
and digestive organs are sound. if we
lead simple lives and uncovetous. not
over burdened with the cares Of this
world, we shall fall asleep when the
time comes. While our senses are
locked in slumber, our minds and mus
cles relaxed, the exhausted system will
be built up and. strengthened anew for
the morrow's work.. Oily during sleep
is this building-up process carried on;
and. an other things being equal, he is
the bes man. the strongest, the kindest
and most efficient, who sleeps well and
profoundly at night. Christian Union.
Bees in Cities.
1879 Aes @H 8 {
It is hard task to predict where any
hive OF bees will swarm; but the most
keeper would probably
select as the last place on the glove q
populous town like London or Paris.
In both these cities within a month
swarms have been discovered. In
London, they chose as their new lodg-
ing-place an old house in the crowded
Strand, not far from the Office of a
well-known rural newspaper. the editor
of which was entirely equal to the task
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