The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-03-22
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The oriental does not see that there Is
any connection between cleanliness and
either comfort or health. He docs not
believe in its connection with GOODNESS
addition being d REGULAR part Of his
worship, but he sees no Oh, ection to
using the same tank for his ceremonial
bath and for his crfnking water The
indifference which exists to polluted
wells is indeed amazing, or would be
but for the fact that we have not long
learned to recognize their danger even
in England. This indifference is not
confined to the poor. DR. NJ. c. FurnelI,
speaking of Madras, obserTeslhAt most
natives, even of the. highest caste, have
no objection to use. both for domestic
and drinking purposes water which
may be descr. be- as simply filthy. The
doctor noticed people washing their
clothes and themselves in tanks from
which the women were taking home
water for cooking and drinking. The,
only desideratum is that tho
water shall be soft 2 In some
places in this presidency it has, been
found useful to set apart by municipal
authority certain tanks for Mashing,I
and others for the supply of,rdrinking
water, but the regulation can only be-
carried out by appointing watchuien 20
enforce it. Satisfactory progress has
cen made in improving the water sup
ply of the great cities, and it would
seem that as regards some of these
there is not now very much to complain
of. A rious and instructive Instance
of the danger incurred ByGEnglislE sol
diers from drinking impure water IS
afforded BY an instance reported from
Kamptee. A detachment Of the3seeend
battalion of the til rteenth regiment
stationed there suffered from aii OFT
break of enterie fever. Itwas speediy
noticed that nearly all hepatients were
teetotallers. Whence arose this extfSdf-
binary su ceptibility Of abstainers 10
disease? 1t turned out that the teetotal
so dicrs had a recreation-room of their
own, where they drank tea. coffee,
aerated waters. and what was supposed
to G pure water. On animation,
b viewer, it was found that Athe latter
yduid was drawn from . well elesesRt
hand, which had been polluted by per-
60 alton from neighboring drains. 'eIhe
other men had not drunk from this well,
and near.y all escaped. the epidemic.
The Government IF India regard IN
structiop in the elements of sanitary
science as an important branch, of pqpu-
Tar education, and for some years 4 sab
itaty primer, in the different Eernaeular
languages. has been in use in the
schools. In the year reported on this
publication was Circulated IN Bengal to
the extent Of Sc ,0D0 copies. A transla-
ton into Assamese is in the press, and
an edition Of Il, 900 copies is being ls-
sued in British BJrmah. As many as
100, 900 copies of the annual have been
issued since its first publication. andit
has been translated jnto, fourteen YER
nacular languages. One great diifieui-
ty in inducing the people sef India,
iwhetherin towns OF. Yill2ges, to9prac-
tiee cleanliness in their houses and sur
roundings is that thev have not learned
the value of refuse and sewage as q ma
nure. Only in one places small VII
lage called Lohi, IN BaraFa, OF some
L50O inhabitants - have the people
adopted this practice. -Lo'laoa Gtooe-
3a iizl4 1 LII LII 1909
* arl FRANCIS says "most men Fe.
semble tops, for they are quite satisfied
with making rapid and noisy gyrations,
and do not perceive that they never
leave the spot from which they started;
but are only turning around andaround
upon their own avis. i. 'f'erhaps that is
the reason that there are 80 many Up
top men in the world who mover sue
coed. Chicago Herald. - 20 o.aisI
"A Californian has invented stoyeI
pipe with serew-joiiits, easily sdlusteo4