Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-02
SANITARY Plumbing.

SANITARY Plumbing.
How hard It Is 10 convince any given per-
son that be has not provided the best OF
sanitary arrangements In his dwelling
house. Yours are Of course Just what they
ought 10 be, and so are yours and yours.
Dui IN London thrcc.fourths OF the houses
were found by sanitary experts to be
| diseasc-breedcrs. Read and profit by the
following paragraph from the last No. Of
the Popular Science Monthly:
"Tbe London Sanitary Protective Asso-
cation at the close Of is second year had
five hundred and thirty-three members.
During the year II had secured the inspec-
ton Of three hundred and siXty-two houses,
with the discovery and correction OF many
serious errors in sanitary arrangements.
SIX per cent. OF these houses had their
drains choked up so that the foul water
from the sinks simply scared into the
ground; in th.rty-two per cent. OF them
the soil. pipes were leaking, and sewer-gas
could escape into the house; in thirty-seyen
per cent. the oycrhow-pipes FROM cisterns
passed direct into the drains or soil-pipes,
admitting sewer-gas into the water OF the
four,hs of the houses wastc-pipes from
baths and sinks led direct into the drain
| or soil-ppes instead Of. as they should,
direct into the open air. Professor Huxley
resigned the presidency OF this Society and
was succeeded by the Duke OF Argyll"
See what sort OF men interest themselves
in these questions in England. Professor
HUXLEY is especially distinguished in the
scientific world, whilst the Duke OF Ar
eyll has a wide reputation as writer.
The important statement in the above para
graph is that
Waste-pipcs from baths and SINKS
should lead direct into the open air. and
not into the DRAM or Soil-ppes."
In other words, no connection by pipes
should ever exist between bath.tubs, or
wash-basins, or sinks inside the house, and
The sOil-pipes, or any drain. or any place
where sewer gases accumulate. We went
into Mushroom in Baltimore once where
the smell from the water-clOsets was ex-
ceedingly offensive. Ii had come up into
the wash-baSins through pipes intended
merely 10 convey waStc-water into the
pipes, but which the offensive smell had
availed Itself Of as a good means Of getting
into the house. But you need not expect
TO detect deleterious gdscs by smell. DO
what Professor HUXLEY tells you il is
your duty to your family to do.
The Virginia Historical Society.
founded in 1881. During its useful eX-
Stcnce Of more Than bali a century ii has
been sustained by a membership embracing
the worthicst and most honored names in
our state and country, with many OF those
Of Europe. Its first president was the
pure. minded and revered JOuN MAR
SNAIL, and its present chief executive is
the Hon. ALEXANDER ii. II. STUART. A
number Of valued publications, now COM
handing high prices, were issued by the
Society prior to the late war. At the begin
ming Of the war 1t possessed an accrued
fund which promised TO attain proper
tons adequate to the permanent en-
dowment of the Society and the cree
ton Of a fre-Troof hall for its Use.
This fund persisted during the war.
An earnest effort has been made since to
replace it. In the latter part of 1881 the
Society, having previously and most gene
rously been given quarters in the West
moreland Clubhouse, the undivided SER
vice OF its present secretary and librarian
(Who had for seven years gratuitously rem
dered such duty in these offices as bis per-
sonal business engagements permitted) were
secured. In 1882 the Society issued the
first Of its uniform =. New Series" Of pub.
lications-The Spottswood Letters, vol. l.;
which was followed in 1888 by The Din
widdie Papers, vol. l., bound volume OF
600 PIP. IL has now nearly ready for de-
livery 10 its members Vol. III. of the last
work. $50 rp. completing it, with full
analytical index. (rhis, be it remembered.
isan enduring monument 10 the enlightened
generosity Of the Hon. W. w. COGCoRAN,
a yice-president OF the SOclety.) The pro.
jected publication for 1885 is the second vol
ume completing The Spo!tswood Letters.
The issued publications have been carefully
edited by the secretary Of the Society (Mr.
II. A. BRoCK), are enriched with annota-
tions Of his peculiar lifelong research; and
their value as original and essential cOntri-
buttons to the colonial history Of Virginia
has been wisely commended in this country
and in Europe. They are handsomely Illus
trated with portraits, etc., and in their me-
chanical execution reflect credit on the
state; for they were prepared, printed, and
bound in Richmond. They have been pub
lished in editions of 1000 copies each. in
provision for an expected membership Of
that number, from which the accumulation
of permanent fund might have been de-
rived. This hope Of the jealous executive
Of the Society has not as yet been realized.
The nominal pay ing membership has scarce
ly exceeded 500, and this number has been
largely composed OF residents and natives
OF other States and sections.
Ii Is exhibited that the Society has en-
deayored faithful ana effective perform
ance of its functions, and it should have
the suStenance ii so eminently deserves
Historical societies m the northern and
even in the new western States are duly
cherished and Supported-a comparison
that can but be humiliating to every true
son of Virginia, the eldest OF the united
sislorhood Of States, the "mother Of States
aud statesmen" with its manifold enno-
bling traditions and unapproachable wealth
Of history.
We cannot but hope that every present
member OF the Society win at once render
due performance 10 it. and use his inilu-
cDce towards the increase Of its member
ship. which should no. be limited to sin
gle thousand. Each publication is intrn-
sically worth more than the annual SUBJ
scription, which is 81. Liie-membcrship
is $50.
Poor Consolation.
The New York Tribune, the leading
BLAINE organ In the United states. after
surveying the field, reaches the conclusion
stalled i'm tho naraoro,,h foIlou.iun.