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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 215, 13 September 1867, Page 3

VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE. PRACTICE, THIS (Friday) EVENING, at 7 o'clock. MONTHLY MEETING at Trafalgar Hotel, on MONDAY Evening next, at 7 o'clock. Business. — Election of officers, and other business of importance. JNO. W. WIGZELL, Hon. Sec. September 13, 1867. __ >. 3210 PERMANENT BUILDING?' SOCIETY OF NELSON. mHE SEPTEMBER MEETING will be held X on MONDAY next, the 16th instant, at 5 o*clock, p.m. Stewards — Messrs Burn, Hums, and Cooke. The money will be sold at half-past 8 o'clock punctually. W. ROUT, 3209 Secretary. BOARD and RESIDENCE for Two Single Gentlemen, at Bridge End, late Mrs Watts'. 3177 THE OTAGO DINING ROOMS REMOVED to Mitre Hotel, Upper Bridge-st. HENRY PHILLIPS hopes for a continuance of support. Usual charges. 2704 WINDOW TICKETS. — Window Tickets executed, at a moderate cost, by F. MAIN, Bridge-st. Provincial orders attended to. 3160 NOTICE. ALL FOWLS' found Trespassing in my garden, St. Vincent-street, Toi-toi Valley, after this date, will be DESTEOYED. T. BERRY. September, 9; 1867. 3182 NOTICE. ON and after MONDAY, September 2nd, the price of BREAD will be REDUCED to Bd. per 4lb. Loaf, for cash at the shop; 9d. if delivered. JOHN SHARP, 3123 Hardy-street. Shortly will be published, Price Is., mHE HOT BATH FILTH AND DISEASE + CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH HAPPINESS. CONTENTS. Introduction. Genera] Observations: Cleanliness — Necessity of resorting to the bath— Adoption of the bath by the Turks — Western cleanliness (?) —Cleanliness of the Turkish "lower orders" — The effects of the bath on those debilitated by disease, on those exhausted by fatigue and on those who are long exposed to it — Excessive use of the bath by the later Romans Substitute .for medicine — Antidote to contagious disorders — Perspiration, natural or artificial, necessary to health— The use of the bath essential to health — Refreshment and luxury of the bath— Low price at which baths might be provided — Baths effective as encouraging temperance — Christianity enjoins cleanliness — Kuights of the Bath — Former universality of the bath— Comparison of modern and ancient Governments in their treatment of the poor — Neglect of facilities for cleanliness in England — The bath would be common were it fashionable. The Turkish Bath : The Turks adopted and preserved the bath of the Romans and Greeks— The five operations of the bath: the seasoning of the body, the manipulation of the muscles, the peeling of the epidermis, the soaping, the "bed of repose" — Beautiful effect of the bath— Low price, of the bath in Turkey. The Moorish Bath. The Roman Bath. The Russian Bath. Importance of Shampooing. Washing the Head. The Bath for Females. Ablutions of the Turks. Description of a Simple Washing Apparatus. Anecdotes of the Bath. This Work will be published as soon as 500 Subscribers' names are sent to the Compiler, E. TUCKER, Evening Mail Office, Bridgestreet, Nelson. 3195 "PIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS Tuned JL Regulated, and Repaired. R. B WALCOT. Shelbourne-street. 201 PUMPS! PUMPS! PUMPS! THE undersigned has just received a large assortment of DOUGLAS'S PATENT CONNECTING IRON PUMPS, all sizes. Anyone can fit them up. COTTAGE PUMP and 15 feet Pipe for 60s. Also, A large variety of PAPERHANGINGS, very cheap. Scryna, Tin Tacks, best White Lead, Oil, Turps, &c, &c, &c. AT THE ODL AND COLOR SHOP, Hardy-street, Opposite the Union Bank. • T. H. MILLS, 3168 Plumber, Painter, &c.