Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-06
StOve.rIpes and ChImneys.

THE season Of the year Is approaching
when all the ilre-plaoes, stoves and fur.
naces will be called into requisltion. We
must SO manage them that they will afford
the most heat possible, and must at the
same time be watchful that they do not
endapger the dwelling we occupy, or in
jure the health of our household. Here
is what the Prairie Farmer has to say
about them
All chimneys should be cleaned before
the approach of winter We may do this
by sweeping them out by means Of
brush attached TO The end of long pole,
using IL first at the mouth of the chimney,
and afterward at the top But an easier
way, to effect the same end, and one that is
usually practiced In the country, isto burn
them out In resorting to fire as method
TO clean the chimney we must use suitable
precautions, SO as not to endanger our
own Or others property A day should be
selected when the roofs are covered with
moisture, SO that any sparks that may fall
will speedily be extinguished. 1t is well
also to have some one on the lockout TO
SEQ that no sparks light on any hay or
straw stacks or other comhustible matter.
The morning should be selected for burn
ing out a chimney, as then the danger will
be over before dark. A good fire should
first be kept up for some time, in order
that the chimney and SCOT may become
warm, Some straw or shavings should
then be added to the fire or thrust up the
chimney by means OF q pole. 2iht'tNt
Stove pipes for conducting smoke from
fires of soft-ooal should be larger than
those used on wood or hard coal stoves, as
the amount of smoke Is considerably
greater. They should also be as short as
possible, otherwise they will clog up with
SCOT. All stovo,pipcs should be we'll
cleaned when they are put up in tho fall
and at suitable times afterwards, in order
that they may draw we'll and give out the
largest possible amount of heat. Great
care should be taken in having all the
joints of the pipe put closely together and
in securing a good connection with the
chimney.
Many accidents happen every season in
consequence of defective stove.pipes
Carbonio acid, one OF the products of
combustion, escapes through some aper.
ture In the pipe, or some crevioe where II
makes connection with the chimney, and
so much of this noxious gas mixes with
the air that 1t is no longer fit TO be
breathed. Headache and lasstude may
warn the occupants of room of the dan
ger, If it is in the day time; but fires
are often kept up during the night in
sleeping rooms, and then the persons who
occupy them are liable to pass, without
waking, into the sleep that knows no
waking. Not winter passes without
one or more accidents of the kind we
have described happening IL this city.
But another, and even more dangerous,
kind Of gas is liable 10 escape, especially
from stoves when hard coal Is burned, or
where the damper is turned. We sllude
TO carbonic oxide. This may he formed
when a sort OF smotherSd ERE Is kept up,
or when hard coal does not obtain \ suita.
able supply Of air. The first oxygen that
comes in contact with the heated coal Is
converted into carhonio acid, hut In pass
ing up thus through the burning Goals they
rob 1t of half its oxygen and convert Il
into oarbonic oxide. A very small per
centage of this gas in the air is sufficient
to destroy human life. Even inhaling air
that contains as small an amount as one
| two hundredths of II for considerable
length Of time, has proved fatal, as has
been shown by an analysis of the at.
mosphere in rooms where persons have
been found sufIocated
Sulphurous acid Is also generated In the
| form of gas from most of the soN Goals
/ found in the West. 1t is very sutfocating
and has powerful bleaching properties.
/ Its tendency is TO put out flame, and for
this reason ii is recommended TO throw
some Of the flour of sulphur into a fire
when the chimney is ON blaze, 10 stop the
progress OF. the fire.