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Manawatu Herald, 17 December 1896, Page 4

r- .. t - \ G O O D NECESSITY OF VENTILATION. Why People »T ften E!se In t!io Morning Witb r>epi-e»*:' n " "«*aae&es. If we divide air into W OO Pf tfl . composition would be as follows! Oxygen, 2,096; nitrogen, 7,900; carbonic acid, 4 P a rts. Therefore a room containing 2,600 ctilue feet of air contains one cubic foot of carbonic acid. When by respiration, exhalations and other causes this amount is increased to 2K cubic feet (or one part to 1,000), it becomes sensible to the nose, and the air in the room may be said to be close, or perhapa to some "musty." According to some authorities, a full grown man at rest will exhale through the pores of his skin and from his lungs nearly three-fourths of n cubic foot of carbonio add per hour. Now, let us suppose the room above referred to to be a sleeping room, not ventilated, occupied by two persons eight honrs each night. If the doors and windows of the room were closed during the eight hours, the natural portion of carbonic acid would be increased to Rbout 13 cubic feet (or one part to 200), and the oc;O.Tp;ints would arise in the morning with dep» •ussing headaches. A person coming into rlv room from outside would declare the air to ti'f "foul." Now tbjs,. according to The t-anitary Plumber, is an extreme sample, as people usually leave ft door or window open to .**dmit some fresh air, but while the need fa." ventilation in the day living rooms of a residence is not precisely exacting, there can be no question concerning the necessity fof systematic and regular ventilation for sleeping apartments. Five or six persons Sleeping in as many average size sleeping apartments in dne night will exhaust the vitality from and vitiate two or three times as much air as the whole average size house contains. The air may be freshened somewhat by raising the windows, but that practice is dangerous in results, is a prolific source of colds and sickness, and as a means for ventilation is totally unreliable— not to mention the morning's discomfort of arising in a cold room. ■ The Temperature of the Human Body. The normal temperature of one's body is 98.4 degrees, and any variation from this, unless it. is very slight, may be taken as a warning that disease has set in. Even then it is a strange fiict that the variation from ' the normal point is still not very great. With high fever the temperature may reach 104, 105 or even 106, though it seldom remains long at this point, but when 108 is attained, hope for recovery generally fades, and death is thought to be near. In such a disease m cholera, the temperature may go several degrees below 08.4, but it seems that not even great disturbances of the system can cause it to range far away from its normal point. As exceptions to this apparently general law there are, however, some cases recorded of recovery even after the attainment of 110 and 113 degrees. One Thing and Another. The fact that pneumonia so frequently follows exposure to cold or wet has given rise to the impression that pneumonia is only a bad cold. But medical authorities now classify grip and pneumonia as germ diseases. Pure soft and ammonia applied to a lume back and rttbbed in vigorously is k almost certain to gi ye reli ef . It is stated that men attending the pans Ku r=nlt works are never known to have cholera, sznallpos, scarlet fever or influenza. Inhaling the smoke from dried golden rod Is said co give instant relief in asthma. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who is trying by a most methodical mode of life to see now much he con prolong his ripening years, never rises in the morning until the temperature of his room is just right. BENT IRON WORK. L Woman's Work In Decorative Articles of L Hammered, Hand Wrought Iron. ftreproofiag has obtained a fresh stimu- ■\ Ins in the hjlreased demand for furnishings of ornamental iron work. Iron work of this type, such as grills, screens and other b decorative articles, has become so much a I fasbioti that architects have suggested the ft^ study of artistic designs to many of our art Hr schools. In this direction the deft hand Hi and artistic eye of the gentler sex have been m f onnd of special value, and women are now ■ practically working in iron, intending to I adopt th« art as a means of livelihood. I B«nt iron work by women was adopted I In Great Britain as a fad. This required I but a few simple tools and no forge, and BENT IRON FENDER. "*" what was a whim of wealthy amateurs has developed into a means of making money. Hanging lamps, brackets, lanterns and receptacles for vases are now on the list of the lady blacksmith. In hammered hand wrought iron the woman blacksmith has a tiny forge and other equipment, and not only in iron, but in brass and copper, is „ working out finished specimens of artistic I vaseo, bowls, etc. There would seem to be m<-+. field for woman's work in this direction ug^iich may yet become an added industry ■T "TSLthoee in which the daughters of Eve pl have "already found their way, says Fire an&Wnxnr k Black and Xta Substitute In Oil Painting. In regard to the use of black in oil paintIng, which, it is said, some teachers will not allow pupils to employ, The Art Amateur says: Different teachers have different Mean on such matters. A little ivory black is considered valuable by many artists when mixed with other colors in oil paintKk. It should be very carefully introduced, [wever, as too much will give the color an ky or dirty look. If you wish to omit it I from your palette in painting flesh, a fair k substitute will be found as a qualifying I color in permanent blue or cobalt mixea I with light red. When Chilly Winds Are Blowing. i Don't leave the door half open. But shut it with much care, ' ; Without a bong, without a slam. Just shut it fair and square. When chilly winds are blowing, K And some one taking cold, I - And the opt n door is creaking I } And baagiag like a ecold.