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" earth (not sand) or sifted coal-ashes, and leave an equal room 

 '' unoccupied on the other. Daily, or as often as need be, the 

 " droppings are covered with enough of the dry earth to absorb 

 *'all liquid, and when the space is filled, the mass is hauled out, 

 "raked over, and thrown to one side. When the whole has 

 " been once used it may be put through a second time. If the 

 *' seat be so constructed that every thing falls clear to the bot- 

 *'tom, it may be within the dwelling, and even be warmed by 

 "a register, or otherwise, without danger of unpleasantness. It 

 " may be placed on an upper floor, or a seat may be arranged for 

 *' every floor. It is, however, then important that each rise of 

 "the seat should be promptly followed by a dash of earth. The 

 " patent fixtures of Mr. Moule, to be had of the Earth Closet 

 "Company, provide for this, it being simply needful that a supply 

 "of earth be laid in, in a suitable reservoir, which need not, 

 *' however, be raised above the ground floor. For hospital or 

 " sick-room use, either a simple commode, or pail, with a hod of 

 " earth to apply, or the self-acting commodes of Mr. Moule, 

 " may be used. 



" Very important it is that hotels, schools, and we may add, 

 "colleges, should be provided with this labor and health saving 

 " arrangement. In large schools it is sufiicient to put the appli- 

 *' cation of earth in charge of an attendant. In hotels, the self- 

 " acting apparatus is better. 



"The fertilizing value of the properly-managed compost should 

 " be abundant remuneration of parties supplying earth; especially 

 *'as its carriage is not attended with the slightest odor, and re- 

 *' quires not the cover of darkness to mitigate its terrors, while 

 *' its use is less disagreeable than that of Peruvian or fish guano, 

 " and not worse than the employment of any old compost. 



" Reader, you should lose no time in providing yourself, and 

 "inciting your neighbor to provide, some form of earth closet in 

 " lieu of the vault which has hitherto sufiiced. Health and 

 " economy both demand it ! 



" City authorities, you would do well to enact that all privies 

 " within a hundred feet of dwellings, or of wells in use, should 



