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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 9, 17 November 1877, Page 3

""".""' The Luxury of CplH W»ter?^-Thb plittgue of winterjs cpW, ; and Hie plague of summer is heat, but we can "do a great deal bo lessen, the., miseries of both seasons. Now . that we are approaching- the - dog days, it may be weif to 'point out that by mean? of a liberal use of. water one; may pass through the Buirimer i drriace without suffering any ' r ß6riQus ; i discbmf orfc.; Water is ; good for other things: besides the aMying. of thirst. - It has ija permanent determinatibu to evapo'rateyand^as it <cannot eyapprateiv witHout heat, lifecc.onsequently ; diminishes m the > ;process tM -h^tt» it of; our rooms. Pans of ' water, the cooler the better, stationed about a bedroom will positively reduce not only the,7sensation of heat, but the hent it- • -self. Should any one donbt this, let him . Jharea tub,, witli its shallow depth and wide surface; filled with- spring water, pr water : .wiibli a good 'block of ice m it, place it m ' ;ithe bfedrooinyahd mark m half an liour how ,many=; degrees the theroiometer is fallen. 'It'ou^glrt to » ;he 6 degrees at least;. This impTOyement m the teniperafcnre will last ' fdr hdara. 'If tlie heat .still mnnins 100 great, throw up : the bedi'dom windows, fasten a ■ bla'riket or ; traTelling:,rug - across the space, and drench that well, with wat si*. In fire minutes the air m, the room will be reduced to that,- water's temperatuve. r^eTerjmindjthe breeze. r ,