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Show CZONE 'Mrllvt! On sen" ii.id Its Hlrmig I'nwrrs cil I'liilnt-uUuii, All down through the nges, when nothing wns known or the inlcroblc cniiEo or putrefaction, nud when street cleaners even house cleaners were nlmost unheard of, and streets nnd houses ami men were as dirty ns they. nre now In parts of Russia or China, sickness nud death, although frequent, were not to frequent ns they wouldj hnvo been without nnturc's watchful euro over her Ignorant children. Although mini knew nothing nbout It, thero wns n powerful disinfectant be-lug be-lug constantly manufactured In thej world's laboratory out of nlr nnd wnter, nud this substance burned up the re-fuse re-fuse which mnu did not know enough to destroy. This purlllcr, which tho' chemists discovered only nbout sixty yenrs ngo, Is ozone. It Is mnde up ot HI oxygen atoms In a modlllcd comblim- tlou, and is sometimes called actlvo oxygen because of its strong oxidizing power. It Is produced during thunder- storms by the action or the electrical! discharges, nud Is nlso formed during the rapid evaporation of wntcr. Sen' nlr, therefore, contains It In small amount, nud nlso nlr In the neighbor- HJ hood of salt works, whero n lnrgoj amount or water Is constantly being HJ evaporated In order to get the snlt. It HJ Is produced nrtlllclnlly by passing aii electric spark through oxygen, or, bet' tcr, by the iietlnu of n high tension' current of electricity without sparking It Is iiNo n-iide lu decomposing waterj by elrctrieliy. A nil.. turc of ozone and oxygen . j ut the positive pole. 07.011.- hut a peculiar odor (whence Its name, from a Grck word meaning to smell). 1 1 1 l 1 1 any one may havu no-tlced no-tlced w:;o Iiur li. e'i near when n light-ulng light-ulng I It r-iruck. It can also ho smclli'u sometimes during u snowstorm. H it Is disinfectant by reason of Its net-ive net-ive power of oxidizing many sub- stances, especially when they nro EM moist, and so destroying their offensive JtW mid poisonous chnrnctcr. It Is espe- O? chilly clllcr clous lu destroying tho uox- vk Ions emanations from putrefying sub- . stances und thus acting us a deodor- Izer. &'fij When breathed, even n small qunn- W& titles, ozone U Irritating lo the mucous! MM membranes, nud It Is believed by some- W physicians that many of the resplrn-l 1 lory troubles mid the Influenza thatj ;T;; prevail lu damp whiter weather tire Jty, owing to a weakening of the resistant! Rt powers of the inucuus niembrnnes! ff;i' through the respired oxygen. WJ). |