Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1881-08-18
On Furnishing Bed.ROOms.

TeSJOrer OF Jlreu nature. sleep is also
powerful medicine, which helps to cure
irritability of temper, peevishness, UNI
easiness of any kind, like nervous dys-
pepsia. 1t will help cure q broken spirit
and it will help cure sorrow. Sleep, to
be perfect and profound and restorative,
should be SO prepared for that not
single discomfort should interrupt it.
The bedroom, in which third of our
mortal lives is to be passed, and that
third the most helpless, should be a
pure sanctuary of cleanliness and order,
in which no injurious exhalation can re-
main for moment or any trace of UNI
cleanliness offend single sense.
The bedroom should have in il the
least possible amount of furniture; and
whatever furniture there is in it should
be as free rs possible of all that can
hold dust and fluff. The furniture,
other than the bed, should be of the
simplest kind. The chairs should he
uncovered, free from stuiling 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 hangings,
such as curtains; and strict hygiene
abolshes curtains altogether, although
light hangings of lace or muslin which
can be frequently washed are not rs 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 clean floor.
The carpet holds the dust, and dirt and
emanations from the body, with which
the air is charged by every gust of wind
and every step across the carpet.
Nothing which is uniavorable can be
said of oil-cloth, or some of its sub
stitutes, as 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, so that it cannot become
n coating for thick layer of dust be-
meath it. Fixed firmly in its place in
such way as to form part of the
floor itself. oil-cloth can be cleaned
with as much facility as 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 q
thing of beauty as well Us 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
papered with this hygienic wallpaper,
distemper is the next best thing for
them.
The framework 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 heavy weight of bed.
clothes is easily acquired, and then the
body becomes unnaturally, feyerishly
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 toe
much clothing over the body. In mod
flied degree, this holds good for sleepers
OF all ages.
If the bedroom is pure and orderly,
we'll ventilated and unobstructed by
truck or bTic-d-br0c; if our cOnscences
and digestive organs are sound; If we
lead simple lives and uncovetous, not
over burdened with the cares of this
world, we shall tall asleep when the
time comes. While our senses are
locked in slumOer, our minds and mus
cles relaxed, the exhausted system will
be built up and strengthened anew for
the morrow's work. Only during sleep
is this building-up process carried on;
and, all other things being equal, he is
the best man, the strongest, the kindest
and most efficient, who sleeps well and
profoundly at night. Il Christian Union.
Bees in Cities.
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hive of bees will swarm; but the most
accomplished keeper would probably
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