The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25
TIE VALUE OF PURE AIR.
WHY SOME PEOPLE SUFFER FROM
HEADACHE AND NAUSEA

Unpleasznf Sensations the Result Of Lack
Of veutilafion-The Destroying Element,
Impure Air. Continually Sapping Our
Life Blood
The atmosphere we breathe has IN its
natural state nearly uniform compost
ton Of oxygen, nitrogen carbonic acid
and watery vapor. Ii Is conceded that
In each inspiration four cubic inches is
taken into the lungs, one-half of which
disappears in the act of inspiration This
consumption Of oxygen is greater when
the temperature Is low than when ii is
high, and during digestion ii is greater
than when the stomach is empty.
Riding in the steam and horse cars, we
are compelled to breathe not only the air
from peoples lungs, but the civilizations
from their skins and clothing. Fancy
riding In the steam cars for long dis
lance In winter time, with two large
stoves heated almost red hot with an
thracite coal, In space say Of - feet
wide and 10 feet high This space viii
contain about eighty people, and is
closely shut up Every one knows the
stove uses up oxygen with great rapidity,
and what is left is breathed over and
over again by the people, who are giving
out from their lungs constantly gas ut
terly unfit 10 be breathed-
Is II any wonder headache and nausea
steal over them: They must either sit In
a draughf or endure the poison, as the
yentilators are not enough TO carry of
the foul air
IN THE SCHOOL HOUSE.
Visit some school houses after walk
IN the fresh air and the odor is something
disgusting. These unpleasant sensations
come from want OF greater ventilation
Here again the air Is vitiated by the
brea4hs, clothing; many of the pupils
scarcely know the luxury of a good bath
and plenty Of clean underclo1hing. Now,
can the air be anything but bad under
such circumstances: If the windows are
opened long the teacher and children
take cold, and some are afraid and think
thev cannot stand the smallest breath of
fresh air.
A schoolroom 80 feet square and feet
high contains 1900 feet of cubic air
This room viii seat sixty pupils Allow
ing ten cubic feet Of air TO each pupil
per minute, all the air In the room viii
be 7i1iated in twelve minutes. Now,
granting that every means is used re-
garding ventilation, and goodly supply
Of soap and water 10 scrub the floors in
stead OF sweeping. A recess Of FIVE min
utes ought to be given every hour, SO
that the children could move about, have
the windows and doors wide open. and
let them breathe In freely the pure air Of
nature. TO repair their mental and ply
steal condition
Effects are proportional TO causes, and
If an atmosphere filled with per cent.
Of carbonic acid VIII produce death in
few minutes, what must be the effect of
breathing for ten, twenty or forty years
the much smaller proportion which must
be present In every inhabited room where
there Is not constant Incoming and out
going Of air: Ii must and does lower the
standard of health and shorten our lives.
Let q person who Is In good health, with
a sound nasal organ, take z brisk walk
in the open air. then come at once into
the inhabited room, and If there is any
unpleasant odor the air Of that room Is
hurtfuL
How many dwellings, sitting rooms or
bedrooms would pass such an ordeal in
the early morning after being occupied
ali night:
LITTLE GOOD ADVICE.
Bad air being heavy always sinks to
the floor, and 10 be got nd OF must be
drawn from the floor, either by open fire.
places or some means OF ventilation. 4
room 10 by II by II contains 40 cubic
feet Of air, hea7ailable oxygen Of which
is used UP by one person In half an hour.
What TO breathe then becomes the great
question, especially for persons unac-
quainted with the only way Of produc-
ing good health and long life. Breath is
our Efe-more TO Us than food Breathe
pure fresh air day and night. You can
not get too much of IL Fresh air Is the
one mighty disinfectant- 1t certainly Is
its own purifier; nothing can take the
place Of pure ventilation
We suffer most In winter for want Of
ventilation; the outside cold makes Us
close all the aperfures In the rooms,
while In summer the heat makes Us open
al the doors and windows / think 1t
preferable from my standpoint to have
less heat ID the rooms, 10 air them every
two hours, TO get nd Of the furnace
gases, and In the evenings to get away
with the deadly carbon from our gas
Jets Let cleanliness be the watchwOrd
In every home, from attic 10 cellar.
Keep plenty Of dsinfectants around the
washbowls and water closets In damp
cellars keep charcoal always. 1t Is sim
pie and cheap. Let In the blessed SUD-
light everywhere you can Never mind
the fading Of furniture or carpets; bet
ter than that our lives and those Of our
children be the forfeit.
Sunshine not only giEdsns our hearts,
but It steals into the corners and makes
the surroundings pure. Where sunshine
enters, every room VIII be healthy. Get
the misty odor out Of your Offices,
stores, every place Of business Better
stand cold air than breathe slow death
Live ID open air all you can lake
brisk walk oountrywards every day.
Go to the hull tops, but remember God
breathed into your nostrils the breath Of
life" So learn to keep your mouths
closed lis q good thing TO practice.
Breathe through your nose at al times,
Is mouth breathing Is only an acquired
habit and brings thousands Of eElls.-Bos-
toa Globe.
The Cypress Tree
4 cypress tree In Somma, Lonbardy,
Is said TO have been standing since the