The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-02-08
EmoIy Chimneys ard Fire. Places.

chimney draught and the appllcatiOno oil
| the princi piles to practice.
"Thcre arc many theories on the sub
ject of chimney building, and many de-
vices to remedy bad construction. Many
fthe theories are wild, and many of the
devices exceedingly unphilosophical.
Now there is Only one general theory
essential in all chimnrys, and that is the
apportionmento of the throat to the open
ing or draugM of the room, the closer
the room the less the throat; always keep
ing the throat less than the compass of
the atmosphere admitted into the room.
IT would be well also to have the fire.
place large enough to build in false
wall Sc, which will always place the
difficulty under control.
Let the chimney be high enough not
to be intertered with by adjoining build
ings.
Let the fireplace be large enough to
admit filling in.
Let the offset in the back-wall be at
least one foot above the upper Tart of
the Fireplace opening.
Let the throat be contracted, leaving
it largest in the centre, until the difficult
ty is remcdied.
lfthcse conditions are met, it matters
little about the size or shape ofthe 1ue
above. This is proved in the building
Of furnaces when heavy draught is re-
qured.
F1RE-PLAcEs.-In the construction of
! these there is, especially in cities, great
want of judgment. There are several
points to be considered: neatncss, or
beauty, economy and comfort. In build
ing Il house, undoubtedly the first con-
sideration should be comfort, the second,
economy, whether we build for ourscl
YES or to rent to others. We regret to
say that there seems to be an utter diSrc-
gard of these in nearly all the houses IN
the city, and too many in the country
pattern after our city fashionahles.
Small fire places are all the rage: a little
square, deep, low, narrow hole in the
wall, hcmmcd in on all sides with iron
easements, is all that is left to be called
a Fireplace; the result is, LIST, the heat is
thrown into the room III a straight line
agreeing to the width of the opening,
and those only who sit Immediately in
front ofthe s by 10 opening get the ben
eft of the fire on one side, while those
who sit right and left might as we'll be
some other place. 2nd-An insufficient
quantity of heat to warm the room, is
thrown out. One-half or two-thirds
passing up the chimney, to the disadvan
&c,
The next question is, how should they
be built! Answer:- high, wide, and
deep, so as to admit of filling in with a
circular back-wall, presenting large
opening and surface from which to re-
fleet the heat to all parts of the room,
and at the same time secure the draft"
BREvlry IN WoMAH.-We find in
California diary, the following gloriiica-
ton of a quality we should like. "A man
of few words is very well, but ga wom-
an Of few words" is matter open to
argument:
| encountered, to-day, in ravinc,
some three miles distant, among the gold
washers, a woman from San Jose. She
was at work with a large wooden bowl
by the side of stream. | asked her how
long she had been there, and how much
gold she averaged in day. She replied.
ply reminded me of an anecdote of the
late Judge B, who met a girl re-
turning from market, and asked her,
'how deep did you find the streaml what
did you get for your butterP 'Upto the
knee and ninepcnce,' was the reply
'Ah = said the Judge to himself;-'she is
the girl for me; no words lost there:
turned back, proposed, was accepted, and
married the next week; and more hap
py couple the conjugal bonds never
united, the nuptial lamp never waned;
its ray was steady and clear to the last.
Ye who paddle off and on for seven years
and are at last, perhaps, capsized, take
lesson of the judge. That up to the
knee and ninepence' is worth all the
rose letters and melancholy rhymes ever
penncd.
NICARAGUA SHIP CANAL.-The New
York Herald states there is reason to To-
lieve that the corps of engineers in the
employ OF the company for building
great ship canal across the lsthmus have
made four distinct surveys of four dis
tinct routes, and that the one which has
been determined upon affords every IA
cility for constructing a canal; such as
is proposed, at a far less cost than it was
originally expected the work would oc-
cason. In u short time the labor of dig
ging will be begun. The terminus OF
the line will not be, as at first intended,
at Bealejo.
Life is not intellectual or critical, but
sturdy. Its chief good is for well-mixed
people who can enjoy what they find,