Show zellars cellars cellars by a beneficial arrangement of providence the gasses and odors odora most prejudicial to huma humai life are lighter li liter ilter than the air which surrounds outa a us ils ai at d as aaroon soon as d I 1 sen rise in modi av to bp be purified rin lin fied tied and tb ill n returned to ti i used ai d nn un gie ite the warmer the til weather hr the moie more rapi tily eliv lv are these gasses generated and the mo more wore e rapidly y do they rise hence it is that in in the mo most t 1 mias I 8 m 4 t ic regions ions lons of the tropics the traver traveler can c with vit h bety safety pursue his journey at middy midday mid dy day but to 0 R III til hr cu cool coot 1 of r tle LP c vi i nip nw ti i nn iu or III would b be certain dath di ith H M nce IILO also the popular but too s bepin dread ot of of night air dir to apply this tins scientific truth to j practical life in reference to the cellars under our dwellings is the object of this article the ceilings of cellars should be well plas I 1 terol ili in order ordel most el effect hilly to pr pr 1 arelt arbit of dampness and no so ili iii e oi odi iua 3 j ii th the loats joint oth oi tha flooring the bottom of the cellar should be vi NN ca A p 11 vt 11 f 1 with stone cobble stones are perhaps bist hist h ml over this should be poured to the extent of sr eral inches in thick thickness ess water lime cement or aich alch sueh such other m elia ella as if is L n i to acquire in in time tune almost the hardness oi of F e this keeps out the dampness of the caiti I 1 low if additional dryness is is 1 i d for special purposes in parts of the cell cel ir r let cormon con cor mimi scantling be laid down at cone eident distances and loose boards be lad hud iad across them for convenience veni ence of removal and sweeping under when cleaning time of the year comes the ile walls walla should be plastered in order to prevent the duat dust from settling sett lill on the ih e innumerable ble bie project projections projection io na of a commo common n stone stoe wall shelves should be arranged in the centre of the cellar not in the corners or 0 against the walls valls these shelves should hall hay from the ceiling c il by wooden arms I 1 firmly before plastering thus you make all safe laff from rats let everything not absolutely nailed fast be removed into the yard in april apri or may ar aid ard d exposed to the sun BUD and if vou ou please rein un for a week or two so as to afford opportunity opportune for a thorough gh dryl drying i let the walls and floors be bweta swept thoroughly on four or five different days a and ns let a coat oi of good whitewashing white washing be lai lal laid d on 01 0 1 these things should be done once a year and one day in the week at a t least east I 1 except in midwinter mid winter every opening in the cellar for several hours about noon should be thrown n wide so aa as to allow as complete a ventilation aa as possible scientific men ha e forced on the com common W mind by slow degrees the importance of a daily dally da ily lly ventilation of our seeping sleeping apartments adart anart ao so that now none but the careless or most obtuse neglect it but few think of enri lating their cellars although it is is apparent th it the noisome dampness as Is constantly rising rising upwards and pervade pervading i g the whole e dwelling emanations from fron cellars do not kill in I 1 il a night if they did universal attention would I 1 d h be e forced to their proper management but it is certain from the very nature of things thiis unclean damp and mouldy bouldy it cellars ellars with their sepulchral fumes do undermine the health of multitudes of families and send many of their members to an untimely grave gra e halls halpa journal 0 of health for april |