The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-02-03
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Man IS constantly taxing N11tFANA
but Il very apt 10 take especial notice
Of those which require some special
work on his part The scss q eating
and drinking and putting on apes
demand his actual attention, and much
81 his life work Is expended IL securing
materials therefor.
nub tins ar e free. 50, too 0ftens hA
takes it as Ii comes and gives himaelf
no concern about IL All we'll az q
rule, Il only we could have Il q fur
nished IN the great open; for natures
when she attempts tosupply any thing
ready for use, does not make . mis-
take, IL only her conditions Of receP
ton are complied with But tho great
trouble Is that sometimes by necessity
and oftener ~ neglect we substitute
artificial conditions which deteriorak8
that which nature has supplied, and
make no compromising arrangements
This il especially true 90 to air Tbs
crowded street and the encasement g
the house are artificial and oter US ar
ia d very different condition from that
IN which 1t occurs Ii nature.
The ground and matter deeaying
under artificial conditions and fac
tories and various human methods
are constantly sending into the air or
ganic matters faster than decompos
tons and neutraiizasions have been
provided for them. Hence, instead Of
the nitrogen. oxygen and moisture
proportional. as furnished. W.
| add carbonic oxide, carbonic dick.
ide, carburetod hydrogen. sui.
phurous and sulphuric acids
phureted hydrogen, ammonium sui
phide, carbon sulphiae. h~ydrochlorio
acid, ammonia, ammonium acetate
sulphide and carbonate, nitrous and
nitric acids and phosphureted hydro
gen, and 50 have o compound not suit
ed for breathing purposes. Az neishet
the nose. the mouth . the lungs are
provided with any separating appar
tus TOR these various gases. we must
somehow seek to rid the a5r Of these
impurities or reduce them 70 s mite
imum The only way n DO thia 4 e
keep these out 81 che air Or neutEalixo
them OF dilute them. All Of theas
methods are more or less available. and
often our success depends upon tha
combination Of the three. We keep
them ont Of she sir by coming to un~
derstand the sources from which they
are derived, ands5y abating thass
sources or reducing their number when
ZL4. Uukr~ -- ~n. ,4~4 40 fAtn
or ought not We seek to bring Into
play those forces of Nature which viii.
make compensation. Thus every per
son in breathing sends some d thase
e4e-44ls1sr ~.
ton and various other processes pro-
vision has been made for this. and
the products are quickly utilized Or
destroyed. But II We remove our
selves from the open air.. 81 irons
the places where these processes
arc going on, We must take
provision for their lntr0d sctloa or fer
some other mode Of clarlHcatiou. This
we attempt 10 do BY Introducing ths
air from without o. by the use Of such
d~isinfeetants as set up chemical action
and accomplish the same or d similes
result. 0ftener we resort L mere
diIution. as experlcnce has shown that
having secured shis u 4 certain
amount we prevent harm nntil nature
can avail herself Of it, methods for
removal ~ these PROG ucts, We in
general have q veey inadequase esti-
mate Of the anioun Of material differ
emit from pure air that finds rs II
into il. Dr. Macadam calculates TIE
aereal sewage III two hundred and
tftxa Thousand people FER year, 1t
twenty thousand tons Of carbon 81
sixty thousand tons 1T carhonie acid
That Of All animals drss etc. Of such
u city as E~dInbugh. 1t two bundled
and forty thousand tons more
the impure waicry vapor FROM
the longs and skin at sixty
Thousand more. and from ami.
mails az one hundred ind forty thee
sand tons. or IN all not
hundred thousand tons. Nature lbs
30 many ways q disposal that We gen,
orally fare well in she opon. except
where the gases cities AMI its or
ganic matfers. Or those Of dense do
caying v~egetatlons pQliute tho air. 81
where we mostly breathe house-alr
We take into the lungs about TWO thou.
sand gallons Of air every swanty-ioni
hears. 90 thar II il is impure we az.
greatly interfering with Processes 81
waste aud repair. Besides the gaseau,