Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-02-28
VENTILATION.
From the Pioneer Press.

food for days and weeks, but the
lungs must have air every minute or
death is the result. The air we
breathe is composed Of Nitrogen As,
and Oxygen Is. The latter is the
DEMONSTRATING element, and is the
most invigorating stimulant that
man or beast can take. This essen
tial element Of life is robbed Of its
power to energize the body in crowd
ed churches and halls, full Of peo-
pie, with doors and windows closed.
In such condition, the inmates be-
come drowsy, and the speaker cross
or worried, because he thinks the
hearers are disrespectful and not at
tentivc, &c. In breathing, the blood
takes the oxygen and gives in its
stead carbonic acid gas and water,
poisoned with the foul matter col
lected during its circulation. In adj
dition TO this, the room is full Of ef-
fete matter, thrown off from the skin.
Added to this, light destroys as
much oxygen as twenty persons, to
say nothing of the carbonic oxide
gas that emits from the pores Of
heated stoves. Now to have clear
thoughts, we must have clear heads,
and to have that, we must have
plenty of fresh air, which makes the
blood bound through the system with
a power Of publication. So the ne
cessity of ventilating halls and pub
lie places is patent. Churches with
no ventilation are detrimental to
health, and are the cause of sluggish
worship. Many ladies and gentle
men would scorn the idea Of drink
ing from the same cup that dirty
or diseased person used, and yet
these very persons go into crowded
halls and churches with all kinds of
people, breathing the deadly poison
from their lungs, and also that from
the skin. 1t is this foul matter that
puts out lights when lowered in
wells and pits, and that killed 1913
men out of LAG in eight hours in the
Black Hole Of Calcutta, where they
rushed in and locked themselves up
for safe keeping. Many of the dis
eases are brought about by inhaling
exhaled air in public places.
AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA.
Agriculture is one of the most pro-
gressive labors in Africa. It is done
mostly by the natives that is, the I'M
civilized heather tribes. The agri-
culturalists have to buy pieces of
steel and iron in order to make them
selves axes, cutlasses, hoes, etc. Ar
ter buying these they 60 directly to
blacksmiths, to have them made.
After all this il done the farming
takes place. They go to work and
cut down the short thick bushes or
the underground first and let them
dry q long time. After that the
high trees are cut down also; and, IL
it is very hot summer the farms
remain several weeks before burn
ing.
During the time, while the men are
working the women remain at home
preparing food for them. After the
farm is burned both the men and
women go to plowlng. They have
to take with them small hoes, such
as are necessary to scratch the
ground with, so as to keep the sun
from scorching the rice and the birds
from picking it up, as the birds are
very bad in that part Of the world.
After they get through blowing the
and sowing, the men haze the farm
in the servants care to keep the
birds away and the tares from out
growing the rice, until it grows up
to the height Of three feet; then it
needs no more protection from man
until the rice is ripe. Then comes