The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-08-11

In all ages il has been the study
of mankind to invent = sure means
Of preserving and bsauuEying Their
houses and the home surroundings.
And on very nearly al occasions II
has baen the custom to cover the
surface Of all exposed parts, be they
wood, IRON or brick, with . coating
Of paint, OF some sort or other. In.
reading o. scisnces OF olden times
We find that the Egyptians and Chr
nsse were the first to use any kid
Of paints. OF course the paints Of
that early day were rude and con-
fined to a narrow limit 80 far, al
fancy or even good paints were
concerned. But as the necessities
Of mankind became mora and more.
developed, betteF materials We're
required, and more earnest efforts
were made to obtain them The
art Of making paint was klto
among the lsraelItes, for : is a we'll
settled fact that :hey DID use paint
for identifying their dwellings from
tLeir advent into the promised land
until the time when history ceased
to furnish US with any important
knowledge Of them. The Greeks,
Oarthaginians and other nations
that dwelt along the coasts, got the
art from the Pheniciahs; who be-
ing a naval people transp orted Il
from China, whittier they had beer
with thar ships. After due course
of time, however, the art grew, into
Significance; and wAen Athens, had
attained tha summit OF har glory
the old Greek masters had arrlveC
at the highest degree Of perfection
both in useful and oruAm enta
painting. Rome had atew master
who we're eminent; but Y was thef'
t that we first have any knowiedg,
of pant being applied freqnentl,
to buildings that ware situated In
unhealthy ~localitieT, as a dlsinfsc
, tant against malaria and other in
fictitious diseases. And even j,
modern times it has beSn frequent
ly observed, that wheu a town o
city has been the seat of cholera @
fever, that q thorough cleaning q
and rspainting e1fsqtually pre- ven
cd its recurrence. In the a
yellow fever, especially, the Al
becomes filed with myriads Of lii
tie particles of 4 spN radio nature
partaking Of both the animal an
vegetable matter, springing in mos
eases from certain fungas growth
about Doggy, wet and nlihealth
!, countries. But sometimes til
sporesdevelop themselves in dwell
ings in the nl9sG healthy localine5
: caused by the accumulation Of fin
p~articles Of vegetable matter in tn
shape Of dust about the cracks I
the room and the furniture; whic
I coming in contact with the atmol
phere that has become contamina.
E ed BY the breath Of The sleeper
s thereby forming = poisonous vapC
WHICH settles upon II, causlAg it |
!. spring into animated existence pc
yading the whole atmosphere, Ofte
causing severe sickRess, resultin
in premature diath.
How easily all this ceuld be pr,
vented by APPLYING a coat Of pain
! or whitewash, to the rsOma ever
one or tive years, thereOy pastin
: down aud efFectually dscoApcsih
the fungus substances that, thoug
unseen W ths naktd eye, arsafE
deleterious to hum an health, an
disastrous to human life. Il som
times requires years Of untidinsi
Tor these spores to form, but, whe
they do get : start, they are au
!, erring and deadly ID effect.
!. The fancy and fastidious paintin
!. was sFansplanted from the gfel
heart ofths Roman empire into u
capital Of France, together witt
The bassr but more Useful brsnche
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