Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1874 — Cellars. [ARTICLE]

Cellars.

Damp cellars are deep cellars with bad ventilation. To avoid this, the cellar should be mainly above ground, not excavating more than one to two feet at most below the surface. If the walls are made of brick, There should be a hollow space of four inches; and, in that case, the wall need be only four inches on each side ; that is, the whole thickness of the wall, including the hollow space, need be only one foot. The windows should be large, say six lights of ten by twelve glass, with shutters on the outside of these; the cellar will need no other protection in this part of the State, but might farther to the north. To keep such a cellar cool in summer, we close the shutters during the warm part of the day and open them at night. The cool night-air remains in the cellar through the day and at night is replenished with a fresh supply. The flues should go down into the cellar, and, by leaving the stove-pipe-lioles open, a free circulation is created. I have a milk-room eighteen by twenty-four feet in the cellar that is thus ventilated, and the room is always cool in summer and flies are kept out of it. — “Rural" in Chicago Tribune. Dyspepsia arises from a great variety of causes, and different persons are relieved by different remedies, according to the nature of the disease and condition of the stomach. We know of a lady who has derived great benefit from drinking a tumbler of sweet milk —the richer and fresher the better—whenever a burning sensation is experienced in the stomach. An elderly gentleman of our acquaintance, who was afflicted for many years with great distress after eating, has effected a cure by mixing a tablespoonful of wheat bran in half a tumbler of water, and drinking it half an hour after his meals. It is necessary to stir quickly and drink immediately, or the bran will adhere to the glass and become pasty. Coffee and tobacco are probably the worst substances dyspeptics can use. — Inter-Ocean. Probably no one disease is the cause of so much bodily misery and unhappiness (and the disease is almost universal among the American people) as dyspepsia. Its causes are many and various," lying chiefly in the habits of our people. The remedy is simple and effectual. Use Dr. Wisliart’s Great American Dyspepsia Pills. They never fail to cure. Those who like to see a ragged toe and dirty stockin<fwill not care to buy, SILVER TIPPED Shoes. But those Who would rather have a neat Silver Tip should insist that their shoe dealer should always keep them.