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 762 2 he Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal. [June, makes you wince, and then clapping his hands shouts, ' Taieeb, taieeb thatier ! ' meaning to say that the whole thing has been completely done. An attendant now appears and binds a dry towel around your waist and bead, and another over } r our shoulders, as at the commencement, and you are led out, scarcely able to stand, through the heated rooms into the cold external hall, where the transition is quite as great as that of a man going naked out of" a warm room, on a winter night, into the external air, when the thermometer is ten degrees below freezing point ; the temperature of these baths being from one hundred to one hundred and five de- grees, and the exterior hall at the time we visited, at sixty-five to seventy de- grees. The effect, however, is very different ; cold is said never to be taken, and we never experienced aught but the most pleasant and agreeable feeling ; tightness, pains in the joints, and fatigue vanish away, and you think of nothing but pleasure and happiness." DEODORIZER FOR STABLES. THERE are few men who do not admire the horse and look upon him in a light very different from that in which other domestic animals are viewed. Woman is no less an admirer of this incomparable creature than man. The stable of the horse is sought to be healthy and comfortable, and many that we know of are really admirable. Some of our millionaires have gone to very great expense to house this favorite animal, and all that science knows has been called forth to aid in making stables all that they should be. Yet, with all this care and desire to be care- ful of the horse, there is ever one draw- back, one objectionable thing in even the choice stables of royalty itself, let alone republican munificence, and that is the effluvia ever present in, and seem- ingly inseparable from, the stable, how- ever cared for. On account of this most unpleasant smell ladies very seldom pay a visit to the stall of their most petted animal. It does seem extraordinary that science has hitherto offered no palliative of this ancient evil. The boon seems to be reserved for our day, and we hail with hope in its efficacy the follow- ing suggestions, namely, sawdust mixed with diluted sulphuric acid ; it is one of the best materials for fixing the ammo- nia which is given off in stables. The following experiments have been put on record : A shallow basin, in which sawdust diluted with sulphuric acid was spread, was hung up in a stable ; the sawdust was neutralized by the ammo- nia in the air of the stable, and a con- siderable quantity of the sulphate of ammonia was formed in this manner. For this reason sawdust, mixed with sulphuric acid, is recommended as a means of keeping stables sweet and wholesome. This acid should be diluted with forty times its bulk of water before it is applied to the saw-dust. Just enough should be applied to make the saw-dust feel damp. On account of its porosity, saw-dust retains the- acid very perfectly, and presents a large surface for the absorption of the ammonia. Condensation on Glass. — This is a subject in which so many (especially store-keepers) are concerned that we give the following as a very excellent remedy : Mix intimately three pounds of potash with one pound of common salt. Spread it well, or dissolve it in as small a quan- tity of boiling water as you can ; soak it all up with dry cloths, and spread them near the glass.