THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
AN ARTICLE ON FBESH AIR.
"Dog Killer" Advises People To Keep
the Fires of their Body Burning and
All the Waste Pipes Open.
Editors Reporter :
In my last letter, I stated what
I believed to be the prinoipal
cause of pneumonia. And now I
want to continue my remarks about
fresh air, and itß relation to health.
I Reader, these cold days, as you
Bit by yonr fire and enjoy its
warmth and watch the great
chunks of wood vanish away in
the burning flame, do you realize
that in your own body there ia
constantly going on a process sim
ilar to that whioh causes wood to
burn and vanish away before you?
Well, such is the case. And did
you ever ask yourself what it is
that causes the wood t« burn, or
by what principle or process it is
consumed in the flame ? Well, it
is just this : The kindlings or
wood in your fire-place conaißt
principally of carbon, which ia a
very inflamable or combustible
substance, and, when by either
friction, eleotricity, or the lighted
match the temperature of any por
tion of the wood is raiaed up to a
certain degree, the oxygen of the
atmosphere begins to unite or
combine with the wood or carbon,
in the proportion of about two
parts of oxygen to one of carbon.
This union of the oxygen of the
atmosphere with the carbon of the
wood is a chemical combination of
the two elements, and while it ia
being affected light and heat are
envolved, the wood is consumed or
converted into carbonic aoid gas,
and ashes, (the mineral constit
uents of the wood). The whole
process constitutes what is called
combußtion, for both, the wood or
carbon, and the oxygen are con
sumed, or, rather they are changed
into carbonic aoid gas, which, as
we have already seen, consists of
about one part of oarbon to two
of oxygen. Aad were it not that
this gas ia thinly diffused through
the stposphere and abaorbed by
the leaves of growing plants, and
other Bources, it would aoon be
come a deadly poison to both man
and beast. While this gaa is not
necessarily a constituent part of
the air, it is diffused through it
next the earth by burning fires,
the exhalation from the "lungs of
men and animals, and from other
sources. One authority sayß that
this gaa exists in the atmosphere
to the extent of one volume in
two thousand five hundred, and
that it acta aa a narootic poison
when present in the air to the ex
tent of only 4or 5 per oent. It is
more thickly diffused in the air in
cities, and in low landa than in the
onuntry and elevated locations.
One writer claims that it exiats in
the air to the extent of from one
to one and a half parts in two
hundred and fifty, and that one
per cent, of it in the air is suffi
cient to cauae weariness, drowsi
ness and headache; and that twelve
per cent, will occasion death. But
let ua stop here, and return to the
subject of combustion. As already
stated, when the lighted match is
applied to the fuel, the temper
ature of a small portion of the
wood is so raised that the oxygen
of the ftir in the room begins te
unite with the carbon or fnel, and
this ohemical combination (com
bustion) of the carbon envolves
hiore heat, and this, in turn, raises
the temperature of other portions
• of the wood and canses the oxygen
to unite with its oarbon. And
thua it is that the combustion goes
off hoatand warming
Op your room till all the wood is
consumed or changed into car
b-tiic aoid gas and ashes. But
reader, suppose that when you go
to kindle your fire you were to so
smother it aa to exolade the air
from it, do you think it would
burn ? No, your own experience
has taught yofl better. But why
would the wood not burn ? Sim
ply because its carbon would have
no air or source ftom wbiob to get
the oxygen necessary to cousume
or dissolve it. Uuder such condi
tions there could be no combus
tion, no heat envolved, and your
room would remain cold and
ooinfortless. But if you wish to
warm up your room you select the
right kind of fuel, and then give it
plenty of air to make it burn.
And just so it is with the human
system. It is possible for us to
carry a heat-producing apparatus
with as, even in our own bodies.
For it is knowing that by certain
breathing exercises one can raise
the temperature of his body one
degree in ten minutes. By select
ing such food as contain the prop
er proportion of heat-producing
elements and then breathing in
sufficient oxygen to consume or
dissolve it, we may always keep
ourselves supplied with a good
stock of animal heat and vital
energy, which are our best powers
by which to resist germs and dis
ease. On the other hand, it makes
no difference how much heat-pro
ducing food we eat, if we live in
tight or badly ventilated rooms or
fail to breathe in plenty of oxygen
the food will fall short of its pur
pose. The animal heat and vital
energy of the body will be dimin
ished, and not only so, but the oo
oupants of such rooms, breathing
over and over again as they do,
the air that has been exhausted of
its oxygen and charged with the
carbonic acid and filthy exhala
tions from their lungs and skin,
soon have their lungs loaded and
poisoned with vitiated matter —a
fit breeding-ground for germs and
disease. Such persons are good
candidates for oolds, pneumonia,
and kidney and bladder troubles.
And they are almost sure to be
elected to one or more of these
diseases. And why so Y Simply
because the animal heat and en
ergy of the body having been
diminished the circulation of the
blood in the capillaries is weak
and imperfect, that is to say, the
heat fails to pump the blood out
into the skin or external parts of
the body ; and when under such
conditions one exposes himself
to a little cold, the skin becomes
chilled and oontraoted, its pores
(which are so many sewer-pipes of
the body) olose up, and the sewer
age, or waste and worn out mat
ter they should disoharge is turn
ed back into the circulation, and
thrown on to the longs, kidneys
and other exoretory organs to poi
son and oongest them. The lungs
whioh were already loaded with
vitiated matter, now receive a
fresh supply ; and who can wonder
if pneumonia is the resnlt ?
A few other things I want the
reader to consider, and then draw
his own conclusions.
It is estimated that a man will,
in one hour, consume 4 hogsheads
of air, and that in 24 hours, he will
exhale 15 cubic feet of carbonic
acid. Now, if, as already stated,
one per oent. of this gas existing
ia the air, is sufficient to produce
weariness, drowsiness and head
aohe, and twelve per cent, suffi
cient to oooasion death, and the
gas is already existing in the air
to the extent of from one to oqe
and a half parts in two hundred
and fifty, how important it be.
comes that we keep our rooms
oonstantly filled with fresh air.
You must see that when a man
oonsumes the oxygen from 4 hox
heads of the air in his room in one
hour, and throws off 15 feet of
oarbonio aoid into the air of the
room in every 24 hours, a tight
room would soon become danger
ous to live in. But do not think
that because the carbonic aoid of
our breath has a poisonous effect
on the air of our rooms, we should
not throw it off from our lungt,
for it is all important that we do
| so, as it ia a necessary consequents
DANBURY, N. C., FEBRUARY 28, 1907.
of the oxydation and purification
of our blood. If it is not throws
off by the lungs it will remain as
a poison in the Bystem. The quan
tity of oarbonio acid we exhale
from our lungs is in proportion to
the quantity of oxygen we breathe
in ; and this makes it all the more
important that we have a constant
supply of air containing its nor
mal proportion of oxygen. For
the less oxygen we breathe in, the
less carbonic acid we breathe out;
and the impurities we fail to
breathe out are orowded back into
the blood and poison or disease
the various parts of the body
through which it circulates. Re
member that the blood in its ex
cursion around and through the
body gives of its nourishment and
energy as it goes out from the
heart, and BB it oomea back, it
gathers up oertain elements, and
the waste or broken down and
wornout cells and tissue of the
body, and brings them into the
lungs to be destroyed or rather
dissolved and changed by being
acted upon by the oxygen we
breathe in. While these elements
and impurities are being burnt up
or dissolved and ohanged by the
oxygen we breathe in, animal heat
and energy are generated in our
bodies. But if we fail to breathe
in sufficient oxygen to consume or
change the impure substances
they remain as a poison in the
system, and are sure to cause more
or less trouble of some kind. In
this connection I wish to say a
few words about the internal use
of water. Every thought, word
and action of man breaks down or
wears out some oell or tissue of
his body, and if these worn out
substances are not carried out of
the body they aot as a poison and
bring about disease. And for this
reason God has provided us with
oertain excretory organs which
serve as so many, sewers or pipes
to carry the waste or dead matter
out of the system. But reader, rest
assured that these filth-oarrying,
body-cleansing vessels and pipes
will fall short of their purpose and
do us but little good if we fail to
drink a sufficient quantity of water
to keep them flushed and open,
and constantly carrying off the
waste matters from our bodies.
Why do we not use the same good
judgment with reference to our
own bodies that the people of a
oity exercise in the construction
and management of their sewer
age system ? It would make no
differenoe how wisely the system
was planned nor how carefully and
well laid, the pipes, unless they
were to supply the pipes with a
sufficient quantity of water to keep
them unclogged and constantly
carrying off the filth, the whole
system and city would soon be
oome a stinking mass. So then,
as our Creator has provided our
bodies with a heat and energy
producing apparatus and the very
best system of sewers to carry off
all the waste and impurities, let
us not abuse them by keeping
them full of filth and disease, but
let us keep them well and clean,
by keeping their fires going, and
ail the waste pipes open. We can
do this only by breathing in
plenty of fresh air and drinking
an abundance of pure water. Yes
let us keep our bodies clean, both
inaide ana out, for they are tem
plea of the Holv Ghost—the in
struments God has given us by
and throqgh whioh to funotion
and perform oar work on earth,
and through whioh to reflect his
likeness or image in our own be
ing, and thus fulfil the purpose of
the law through whioh we were
brought into existence.
Well, Mr. Editor, I have not
said half of what oould be sold
about freah air and pure water,
and their relation-to. health. But
here I am, on the 23rd page of my
manuaoript, and ray wife says that
I have made my letter ao long that
I have worn out a pair of pants
while writing it, and that you
must take op a collection to get
me a new pair. So I guess I had
better stop now and go to stady
ing domestic economy.
D. K.
A LETTER FROM MISS LASLEY.
An Exposition Of the Scripture In Re
gard To the Creation Of the Earth,
Etc.
In the first ohapters of-the book
of Genesis we have a brief record
of how God oreated the heavens
and the earth and made man in
His own image. The words are
brief, but mighty, and how sub
lime the language. Milton, and
other great writers, have labored
to desoribe the works of the be
ginning, but their multiplicity of
words and soeneß tire and fail to
satisfy. Not so with God's state
ments of the work of His own
hands. The more we read and
ponder the sweeter they become
and our hearts are satisfied in be
lieving. The hungry mind and
heart finds rest and answers to all
its many questionings by simply
taking from God's hands what He
makes and offers.
E ""ything God makes is good.
He « ot the author of confusion
but ever works in order, and the
result is perfect symmetry and
beauty, as the world was after it
came from His creative hand.
But we read in Gen. 1:12 "and the
earth was without form, and void,
and darkness was upon the face of
the deep." This oondition shows
that something happened after
the "beginning"—some Btrange
catastrophe, doubtless the expul
sion of satan from Heaven. Rev.
12, 7, 8, 9. But God moves for
ward in his plan to make a world
and in six days He made the
heavens and the earth with all the
inhabitants thereof.
The spirit of God "moved upon
the face of the waters." The
spirit moved or brooded, God
spake and it was done. All was
done by the Almighty Father, the
spirit and the word. The word is
Jesus, John 1:1. The spirit, the
third person in the Trinity, each
subject to the will of the father.
In the work of each day we see a
type of the Christian life. The
earth when it was without form
and void, and darkness was upon
the face of the deep, is a picture
of the deadness of the sinner's
heart. The life of a oreature with
out God is aimless and dissatis
fied and in darkness a thousand
fold denser than he can realize,
till the spirit of God moves upon
him and he becomes awakened,
or convicted of sin, and if he sub
mits to bis creator He transform
ed him and instead of an aimless
entry life the sinner is a "new
creature in Christ Jesus." The
reoreated heart has light. For
God who commanded the light to
shine out of darkness hath shined
in our hearts, to give the light of
the knowledge of the glory in the
faoe of Jesus Christ. Sec. Cor. 4:6.
The new creature now drinks
waters from above (John 4,13, 14)
divided the waters which were
"under from the waters whioh
were "above."
The work of the third day shows
that the Christian is bringing
forth fruit. If we drink of the
water from above, that is lead a
life of oonstant prayer and fellow
ship with the Son, we surely bring
forth spiritual fruit. Christians
who pray are not idle bodies, but
are ever active for God, though in
the dim gleam of the first light he
often beoomes discouraged and
goes under a heavy sense of duty,
at times, but when the "great
lights" appear (work of fourth
day) he is no longer in bondage,
but is free in the spirit. The work
of fifth day pictures the spiritual
fruit of this stage in the Chris
tian life.
Everything brought fourth
"abundantly " Creation under the
last light is living oreatnres while
under the other light was of ma
terial things. God was five days
preparing a home for man—the
masterpiece of oreation. "God
.created man iq His own image,
and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life, and man became a
living soul, and the Lord planted
a garden eastward in Eden, and
there he put the man whom He
had formed." God aaid of the
work of this day that it was "very
good." On the seventh day God
ended His work. He blessed this
day and set it apart for the good
of His creatures. The Sabbath
day is as great blessing as ever
came from our Father and all His
true children love and honor it
and use it to His glory by ceas
ing from their own works and
giving the whole day to prayer
and service. God saw man's great
need of an help-meet, so while
Adam was in a deep aleep He took
from his side a rib and of it made
Eve, his wife, and they lived in
perfect happiness in the beautiful
garden God made for them. He
gave them the delightful task of
dressing and keeping this garden
and the matchless privilege of hav
ing the Lord God walking and
talking with them in the "000 l of
the day." So they had temporal
and spiritual blessings in abun
ance. But as man was a free moral
agent, God put him to the test
and said to him, "of the tree of
knowledge of good and evil, thou
shalt not eat of it for in the day
thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die." They obeyed God
for a while, but one day the foul
temper came in the form of a ser
pent and Eve listened to his lies
and turned her back on God, look
ed upon the forbidden fruit longed
for it, tasted, ate and died, and,
like all unfaithful wives, drug her
husband down with her by tempt
ing him to eat. He, too, looked
away from God and yielded, ate
the fruit of disobedence and died
a spiritual death with her. By
this dark sin they brought sin and
death on tho whole human race.
Their eyes were opened and they
saw with horror that they were
stripped of their glory, they made
themaelves aprons of fig leaves to
hide themselves. So it is ever
with the guilty sinner and back
slider, they try to conceal their
naked, barren souls but they can
not do it, in the sight of man nor
God.
God saw all the evil man had
brought upon himself and He
came down in the cool of the
evening as before, but this time it
was to bring the guilty pair to ac
oount. They each made excuses
but we have no account that God
put the blame where they did, but
He put the result of their Bin
their own, disobedient hearts.
Adam and Eve were free to mind
God and enjoy perfect bliss and
daily communion with their lov
ing, heavenly Father, or they, of
their own free choice, could eat
the forbidden fruit and lose that
love and oommunion, which is
banishment and spiritual death.
They were driven out and sorrow
fully they tnrned away to labor
and eat by the sweat of their brow
and in sorrow to bring forth.
While God is our judge He is a
God of love. In Gen. 3:15 we have
His preoious promise of a Sa
viour, "And I will put enmity
between thy seed and her seed, it
shall bruse thy head, and thou
shalt bruse His heel."
This is a direct promise of our
conquoring Christ. Thank God
He came in due time "in the like
ness of sinful flesh," and if satan
did bruise His heel onr Christ
orushed his black head. God's
promise is full an abundant sal
vation that is more than a match
for the foul work of the devil.
Jesus says of himself "I am oome
that they might have life, and
that they might haVe it more
abundantly." And in Isa. He de
clares "my righteousness ia neir,
my sslvation hath gone forth."
Glorious thought that it reaches
the spot of sin on the soul. The
fall of man is a million fold deep-
Briefs Adrift.
Easter oomea March 31st this
year.
Mr. W. W. King went to Wins
ton Friday.
Maj. W. S. Hay was here a short
while Saturday.
Rockingham court is in session
at Wentworth this week.
Mr. F. S. Nunn, of Westfield,
was here a short while Friday.
Mr. Will Nelson, of the Hard
Bank aeotion, was here Satnrda>.
Mr. Jno. M. Reynolds, of Sax
on, waa here on buainess Thurs
day.
Mr. Walter Mitchell, of Walnut
Core Route 3, was in Danbury
Thursday.
Mr. John R. Smith, of Walnut
Cove Route 3, was here on bus*
iness a short while Thursday.
It looks now like railroad pas
senger rates in North Carolina will
soon be cents a mile for first
clasa and 2 cents for second.
Mr. E. N. Taylor, of Charleston,
W. Va., was here Friday. Mr,
Taylor is visiting his father, Mr,
H. H. Taylor, on Campbell Route
I.
It is learned that the oontract
has been let for the erection of
Rookingham's new court house. It
will be modeled after the Sates r
ville court house, and will be
•quipped with fire proof vaults.
Register of Deeds C. M. Jones
spent Saturday and Sunday with
relatives at Pinnacle and German
ton. Mr. Jones' sister, Mrs. B. J.
Savage, is right sick at her home
at Germanton at this writing.
Sheriff R. J. Petree went to Ral
eigh the past week to confer wiih
members of the Legislature in re.
gard to the bill recently intro
duced by Senator Buxton to ap.
point a tax-collector, etc., for
Stokes county.
Mr. F. L. Moore, of Smith, was
here Saturday driving two nice
young mules to a buggy. Just
after leaving town Mr. Moore got
out of his buggy to break a switch
when the mules started off and he
was unable to overtake them. Mr.
Moore followed them on foot as
far as the Seven Island ford on
the river, two miles from town,
and having no way to cross he
came all the way back to Danbary
and got a horse. The mules and
buggy were found a mile or two
beyond the river where thej had
been caught and tied. After cross
ing the river they took a plan
tation road, following it a good
distance and going up a creek as
far as they could turned around in
a very close place and came back
to the publio road, where they
were oaught. The remarkable part
of it was that neither the mules or
buggy were injured in the least.
er and blacker than we can ever
realize here, but God's word
teaches and experience proves that
the remedy will cure the sin-aick
aoul and make it pure again. "For
as in Adam all die even so in
Christ shall all be made alive " 1
Cor. 15:22. This is complete re
demption through the shed-blood
of the lamb of God whioh taketh
away the sin of the world." All
glory aud honor be to His match
leaa name."
These are good daya with us.
The ward of God i 8 our daily food.
The Sunday School leasons and
service are aourcea of abundant
bleaaing and light. Our heart is
made ta rejoice as we dig deeper
into God'a word, and we thank
Hin for salvation by faith in Him.
"Look unto me, and be ye
aaved, all the ends of the earth "
Isaiah 55:22.
MELISSA LASLEY.
Notice.
Notioe is hereby given that ap
plication will be made to the pres
ent General Assembly of North
Carolina to amend the charter of
the town of Walnut Cove, N, 0.
D. S. BOYLES, Mayor,
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