WHAT IS IN THE BEDROOM ?

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 44, 10 August 1872, Page 3

WHAT IS IN THE BEDROOM ?

L two persons are to occupy a bed-room during tho night, let them step on a weighing scale us they retire, and then again in the morning, and they will find their actual weight is one pound less in the morning. Frequently there will bo a lohh of two or more pounds, and the average loss throughout the year .will he a pound of matter, which imß gone off from iheir bodies, partly from their lungs, and partly through the pores of tho skin. Tlio escaped mutter is carbonic acid and dosayed animal matter or poisonous exhalation. This is diffused through the air in part, find part absorbed by the bed-clothes. If a single ounce of wool cotton be burned in a room, it will so completely saturate the air with smoke that o;ie c;w> hardly breathe, though there can only he one ounce of foreign mutter in the air. If an ounce of cotton be burned every half hour during the night, the air will be kept continually saturated with smoke, mi loss there be an open window or door for it to escape. JN'ow the 16 ounces of smoke thus formed is far less poisonous than the 10 of exhalations from the lungs and bodies of two persons who have lost a pound in weight during the eight hours of sleeping; for while tho dry smoke is mainly taken into the lungs, the damp udourH from the body are absorbed boih into the lungs and into tho pores of the whole body. Need inoro be said to show the importance of having bed-rooms well ventilated, and of thoroughly airing the shouts, coverlids, and mattresses in the rnuruiug, before packing them up in the form of a neatly made bed ?

A letter from O'lJonovnn Rosgn, the par doncd Eenian, appeared in the u Irishman" recently, in which the following passage occurs: —' 4 In case he (Mr Gladstone) goes to war wit)) Grant ho goes to war in earnest ft is not an invasion of Ireland the earnest Irishman would meditate, but an invasion of England. Yes, there is no place to strike England fairly but in England. I recognise that myself; and if T got Ihe chance I wou'd bo tempted to go there, while it may be with reluctance I would join an expedition to Ireland, Granted that we may be swallowed up in no time, it would be a satisfaction to sro with my own ruin the ruin of all the big cities of England. People will say how wicked I am. Yes, lam wicked. English prison treatment, has made me so, and the English governing body may know that there are Irishmen at this side of the Atlantic today, who believe that there is no way to fight England but by fighing her with her own weapons. I sny that, in case of a war with America there are thousands of men here who would be found in the heart of England with the intention of acting in a manner that would oblige the Government to krep liuiir soldiers at home: \i:s, these men would burn down and blow up in case Gladstone was sending his troops to Ireland, and I would ad use it; and Saying ibis I am distihargiug my best duties as an American ci-izi'u, for I am doing what will go furthest lo make the British Government do all we want them to do."

A fanner in the " Vicinity," who states that he is a native of Edinburgh, has, under date " Jat'ksbui'g , , Texas, March 15," wi'itten to a newspaper giving an account of a shooting ailVay in that neighborhood ; and as it is so suggestive of the lawless state of the country, we give it in the farmer's own language:— "• On the 10th March, a young man, by the name of Atkins, who was out riding for pleasure, was attacked by two outlaws, who donianded his money Or his life. 'My money or my life, muttered Atkins, 'that is rough.' JVo —dollars is all I have, but you nor yuur chum can't have the other.' One of the men taking a few steps backward, drew his revolver and fired at Atkins. Atkins drew his revolver and fired, uttering the words, 'D you, I'll have you the second/ killing him dead, and fired at the other mortally wounding him. He dismounted and walked up to his victims, and, after turning the first over, asked the second if he was hurt much. The man mattered something. Atkins mounted-his horse, rode to town, and informed the police. They rode out, and to their astonishment, found that Atkins had shot two of the greatest desperadoes—Wilson and Baird—who had been long sought for, but killed at last. Atkins is a man with cool grit He stands about five feet ten inches in height, well-built, and has a pleasant countenance. Ho had distinguished himself on the 11th October, 1871, in au engagement with the Commanche Indians. He is a brave man." Evidently " cool grit" is as indispensable as industry to the Texan farmer.

Hospital for Drunkards.—The follow, ing is from a lute Melbourne paper : —"A meeting of the committee of the Inebriates' lletreat was held at Br. McCarthy's recently. At present the committee do not see any probability of obtaining suitable premises from the Government. Thoy are, however, anxious to commence operations immediately, and are now advertising for premises. They wish to obtain them within ten miles of Melbourne. A sum of £860 has beeu collected, and sums are still coming in towards the end contemplated. The draft of a bill has been prepared for submission to Parliament so as to enable the retreat to be endowed with full powers to deal with babitnal drnnkards. The

provisions of the bill are based upon the American laws now in force, our present Lunacjy Act, and from suggestions made by medical men in Melbourne who are interested in the movement. When Parliament meets an application will be made for a sum to be placed on tho estimates for the purpose of building a/i er/ifice in all respects fitted for the purposes the promoters of the retreat have in view. In this building , it is intended to provide both for male and female patients who may be suffering , from inebreity. The latest news received in Melbourne respecting operations at Doughampton Asylum, New York, is to the effect that cures to the exteut of eighty per cent. h:ive been effected, and that the asylum has been self-supporting , .