Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-06-24

for your own sakes, and for the sake OF
those little ones under your care, to
see that your schoOl-rOoms are well
ventilated. Ify0ur house is small and
crowded, better knock out the three
upper glass In the window, than to
have no other means of ventilation.
If possible arrange the windows so as
to be capable Of being both raised and
lowered. If could not do this, or in
vent some other means of ventilation,
/ would leave the old clam-shell and
travel for more congenial habitation.
Heated or impure air is lighter than
cold and pure, hence will rise above
the rest. Hence a way of escape must
be made for this heated or vitiated
air. 1t must escape above. If you
open only below the sudden change of
rush ofcold air will cause the pupils
to take cold. If on the other hand,
you are ventilating for the escape of
carbonic gas, an opening should be
made in the bottom of the room, as
this gas in cold state is one and one
half times as heavy as air. This gas
is very poisonous, and ought not to be
allowed to remain where any living
thing is to breath.
Coal fires, if not properly arranged,
are very productive of this deadly gas.
Hence every coal stove and its pipe,
ought to have closely fitting joints. 1t
is a very common practice by those
who burn coal, to throwopen the stove
door when the heat becomes oppres-
sive; this should never be done. 1t
is better to cool the room by a fresh
supply of wholesome air.
In log cabin and hard cider times
"the roaring pile in the spacious
hearth" afforded ample means for VEN
tilation. But in modern times our
dwellings are built SO snugly, that
when our doors and windows are clos
ed, the rooms are we'll nigh air-tight.
1t Is said that in Italy there is a
cave called the "Grotto del Cane," or
a dogs srotto. A man walking in it
is safe, but his uvg whose head is low
err, is Immediately suffocated. This is
in consequence of carbonic gas, which
being heavier than air, rests at the
bottom, forming a shallow gaseous
lake to the depth of three feet.
Sudden transitions from heat to cold
and vice versa, are fruitful causes of
disease. People must learn that the
simple laws of health cannot be disre-
garded with impunity. The average
life of a generation will continue to be
curtailed as long as the laws of nature
are trampled under foot, or the bless
ings Of God perverted to our own de-
struction.
Hay venture one more remark by
way of conclusion? The man who
would make a splendid machine, but
place it within frame SO small that
the various parts could not move for
want of space, would be called a sim
pleton, but how much more simple
(yes culpable) is she who, for fashions
sake, will craInp the wheels of nature,
thereby disfiguring natures harmonic
Gus framework and uniting herself
for an active, useful and long life!
If the laws of nature are to be thus
violated in the family, in the school
and in society, winding sheets and
sculptured marble will meet with
ready sale, while the toll of the church
bell viii be waited upon every breeze.
The pall-bearer will g follow close upon
the bridal party" health win in vain
with the strong arm of dis
ease, while hosts of violators of ma
lures laws thau join in one solemn
march to the tomb.