The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-02-09
THE HOME.
:. lFAcTs ABOUT NIGHT AVA.

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srssrtF FACTS ABOUT NIGHT AIR. ,6l.s,e,
There Is most erroneous impression pre-
yalent that the night air is unwholesome
This Is relic Of the old times when the
night was supposed to afford a convenient
time for ghosts and evil spirits to walk
abroad, and when everything malignant and
Injurious threatened danger to mankind .
when the imaginary witches worked their
evil spells; when ''churchyards yawned and
hell itself breathed out contagion to the
world" Even the air itself was supposed to
be filled with poisonous Vapors and the
germs Of disease, and the deadly carbopic
acid was believed to Luck In the damp I'M
Wh0les0megrOund. y
But modern science has removed all
grounds for these superstitious apprehen-
slons, and 1t is known now that the night air
Is purer than that of the day; drier, freer
from dust, and all those Injurious germs
which float SO freely In it. aud which are
brought to the ground with the condensine
moisture, and is therefore more healthfuI
than the air Of midday. Hence the best time
70 venttiate The dwelling is In the night, and
then the windows should be opened a little
at the bottom and wide at the top.
When one learns what goes on In the air of
tightly closed sleeping room, breathed over
and oyer for eight or ten hours, and without
any chance OF publication. 1t would be no
cause for surprise that diseases should pre-
vail more In country places than In towns
ana cities; one person will add to the air of
room ten by ten feet IN size, and thus having
1000 cubic OF air. as much carbonic acid as
would amount to four parts In 10000 of air,
the excess contributed to the air of an unven-
tilated closed room during eight hours would
be eighty parts in 10000 of air, an increase
twenty times the normal
That this does not actually happen is be-
cause room Is not exactly alright, but
many persons fearing draught of night air
40 as much as they can to make their rooms
alright. The effect of breathing carbonic
acid Is to induce restless torpor, q state of
coma In which the brain becomes paralyzed
ana the blood loaded with impurities. On
awaking, the person has severe headache,
nausea OF the stomach, dizziness and fever.
A continuance OF the cause produces fever OF
various kinds, or such a weakened condition
o. the system that a person falls an easy
fevers and contagious diseases abound more
through this error than all others.
PHYSICIANS consider that 1000 cubic feet Of
fresh air per hour Is the least that should be
supplied to healthy persons In dwellings,
contained In room 14x14 feet and ten feet
high. How far short of this requirement the
ordinary supply Is may be realized by mo-
ments thought. and yet how few persons
are aware OF the risks they run for want Of
the admission Of air to their rooms at night.
through mistaken belief that the night air
Is lnlurious.-New York Times.
HOW TO MAKEA SCRAP BOOK. -.
Now, as to making a scrapbook, / prefer the
agricultural reports, as the books are nicely
bound and each page holds just two columns
OF ordinary newspaper print, entirely cover.
ing the printed REPORTS" and leaving a
white margin on both sides the paper. 81,
When the printed page is not entirely
covered 1t is often puzzling to have column
OF halves of words of dairy or farm report
running into your other reading matter every
line or so. -s-- -. III II.
A half.inch of margin should be left at the
top ana bottom OF each page, for by much
turning OF leaves the edges become frayed
and can be trimmed off without interfering
with the print ~ .rlIff4.l M. q :
First of all, cut out every other leaf OF
your intended scrap-book and save them to
do the pastiDg upon, as they are convenient
to measure your lengths of scraps" as you
paste. Trim all the edges even and paste
Ordinary -four paste, cold and as thin as
muciiage, quickly and evenly applied, is the
pest: Ii put on properly, the paper Won are
pastlng Will not be wet through, and will
cry IN htteen minutes after 1t is In your book.
q
stick forms your brush, and soft smooth
cloth to lightly rub over the surface of the
needed. A -
When the book is filled--and little odds
and ends Of items should always be used to
fill up short spaces at the ends Of columns,
winch Will occasionally Occur-then comes
le index, and In that one point is the utility
OF your work manifest. The blank PAGES
&C the beginning and end of the REPORT
are just what is needed.
Number your pages carefully, and write
your index OF your articles in alphabetical
order. Lastly, the outside lettering and
plain black cover can be beautified at your
own artistic will. and you, have q book
which money cannot replace, and 1t is a
verlta6le mine of literary reasures.-Press
and Printer.
WHAT GLOVE TELLS.
From the shade one can Judge whether the
buyer has an eye for beauty and has selected
what is appropriate with the costume worn
with It. II the shade does not exactly match
1t must at least harmonic. Then. if a
woman is OF dainty taste. the glove is Of the
finest suede, fitting like second skin.
III she Is slightly more practical, glace kid
Is worn with the same perfect fit, which does
not mean neal SO tight that the fingers are all
cramped and the hand distorted. If the
wearer be exact In all things, the glove is
drawn on so as to have every seam Straight
and just where 1t should be-.
Inc delicate odor waited to the observer
teilS the weaTer's favorite perfume which Ia
USED IN ner glove box. II particular in small
oetalis the style Of glove will exactly sniff fine
occasion upon which it is worn. as for ex
ample, an eignt-Dutton suede mousouetaira
VIII be worn for visiting or the theatre q
Ioufoontton giace ior church and Biarritz
or heavy pique stitched glove having large
buttons for shopping, travelling or waking
III the weather has nervous disposition II
will appear In habit Of occasionally pulling
or stroking the gloves. Ii she has pretty
hands the occasional downward glance and
careful, though apparently unstudied, ar
rangement Of the hands will notify keen
observer Of the fact.
IL the hands ale held up and turned around
for inspection, one may risk a wager that
kid gloves are q rarity with the wearer. A
torn or ripped glove shows an untidy woman.
A slightly soiled glove allowable without
betraying the sloven.-The Household. -
PHILADELPHIA sCRAPPLE." s4
After removing the brains from the head
Of freshly killed pig. soak 1t over night in
tepid water; the next morning wash it
thoroughly in several waters set Ii over to
boil In sufficient boiling water to cover it.
When the bones will easily separate from
the meat, remove the head from the pot,
separate the meat from the bones and chop
" me. Skim the grease from the liquor In
tne pot and set the pot where the contents
vii VII soon be reduced down to about gallon.
Saas , 'no Liuuor now and stir In yellow corn
h nIs enpugn 20 make a thick mush. Cook 1t
daraS an t hhour. add seasoning OF pepper, pow
amonnt msa Me ana sage, about the same