The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-05
EARNING In Hot WeatLer.

With the return OF hot DAYS and
nights it is necessary to look carefully
about the premises, to see what may
be fermenting, decaying, putrefying,
producing foul odors. These odors,
Just to the extent that they are dis
gushing, being evidences of filth in the
air, warn us to becareful of our health.
These Odors are caused by the escape
of small particles from the filth about
us, to become absorbed by the system,
either by breathing or by contact,
more or less filling the body with the
same filth that may be laying about
in our back yards, in neighboring
stagnant pools, in our stables, pigger-
les, etc, as certainly polluting the
body as If taken as part OF our food,
reaching the system through the
stomach, and as certainly producing
disease as if thus taken. What we
call the symptoms of dlsease-the real
disease being back of these in the form
ofimpure blood, or general impurity of
the whole body-are but efforts of ma
ture more or less severe, to throw off
disease, or the causes by a general
publication. If we would escape dis
ease, therefore, we must heed the idea
that cleanliness is next to gOdliness. 5"
If there are old bones in the back
yard, the fat and marrow affected by
the heat of the sun, burn them at the
earliest opportunity, with all of the
old boots and shoes, old garments
and rags, everything that will burn,
purifying that yard 'as by fire" bury
ing whatever else may not belong.
Remove the heaps of garbage, the CON
tents OF the swill barrel, and every
thing that may have collected during
the winter, which may be offensive, as
indicated by foul smell. 1t is well to
rake over the whole, then sweep all in
heap, burning or burying the rub
Dish. Ii there is any standing water,
and the well is near, lead away from
it, that you need not be compelled to
drink filthy water, or have it used for
culinary purposes, being always care
full to have the earth raised around
the well, that surface water may flow
away from it, not into it.
If an unpleasant odOr arises from
the cellar, seek out and remove the
cause. If there are heaps of manure
in the vicinity, emitting sickening
odors, remove them, or cover them
with soil. Look after the barnyard,
never believing what your uncleanly
neighbOrs say about the wholesome
ness OF the smell OF the barn"
Clean out the piggery as soon as any
unpleasant OdOr arises, or fill it with
good loan, removing when cOnven-
lent, but before an odor arises. Look
into the kitchen, let the doors and
windows be much open, that the air
and sunlight may perform their inn
portant offices in the way of purifica-
ton. Empty that wood box, where
the apple cores and various trash
may have accumulated for the winter,
now fermenting and decaying. See
what may be in and under the sink,
pouring into it dissolved copperas,
one OF the best purifying materials,
carefully conducting off the sink wa
ter, or allow it to sink into the soil
near the roots of a tree, letting the
light of the sun scatter the foulness on
the surface. Open and look after the
dark closets, including those connect
ed with the bedrooms, remembering
to renOVate the garnet. See if any
thing has escaped notice in the pan
try, anything that might have been
safe in cold weather, now smelling"
particularly when the milk and 9th
er moist foods are there, since they 50
readily absorb poisonous gases.
Paint and whitewash the pantry,
where so much of the food is kept,
using paint containing no poisonous
lead. You cannot be too careful OF
this foodroom, admitting an abund-
ance of air.-Western PlOWman.