The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-01

lOICc anu cnClcnCy. MOI until last
year were four burner stoves brought
into any general use, although the
device of placing two or three two.
burner stoves under one large top
had served to largely increase the
range of work which could be done
with kerosene oil as fuel. This sea.
son most of the manufacturers are
prepared TO supply stoves with four
and even six burners, capable, as
they claim, of doing the work of a
cookstove or range. When first In.
troduced, kerosene stoves were re-
| garded with suspicion as being dan
gerous, but no one thinks Of bring
ing such a charge against them now.
The introduction of gasoline stoves
has been less rapid, but they have
| now become staple goods, and the
very general demand compels dealers
to keep them in stock. They have
had to fight their way against wide
spread prejudice, and there are yet
many people, well informed and in
telligent in other matters, who per-
sist in regarding gasoline stoves on a
par with gunpowder and dynamite as
agents of destruction. How unrea-
sonable this prejudice is, is being
daily proved by the experience of
those who are constantly employing
tine vapor of gasoline for fuel in
thousands of homes and restaurants
in every city in the land. Just such
prejudice resisted The introduction
Of the common lucifer match, the
use of which was even prohibited by
some of the governments of Europe,
Germany being among the number.
Casualties are constantly occurring
from the use of matches, kerosene
lamps and tallow candles, far more
in number than those from the use
of gasoline, but they are invariably
because or carelessness in their use.
With but ordinary care in use,
vapor stoves are free from danger.
The fluid gasoline is not explosive
and no more combustible than paper,
shavings, straw, alcohol, Or like arti-
cles. The confined vapor of this oil
is explosive if fire is introduced. But
no such condition can exist in the
use of gasoline stoves, and we repeat
that with the ordinary care expected
to be exercised in the use of wood,
coal, or kerosene, the use of gasoline
for fuel is entirely dangerless.
This point settled, there are so
many advantages in the use of vapor
stoves that their general adoption for
summer household work is certain.
In fact, they are already so widely
used as to establish their practical
efficiency, economy and safety be-
yond question. That they will do
any and every kind of cooking, bak-
ing and laundry work quickly and
thoroughly, as much SO as wood or
coal range, or even quicker and bet
ter, is an established fact. AS the
vapor only is burned, not the oil, it
is the most clearly of all fuel. The
heat, which is intense, is concentrat-
ed solely upon the object to be heat
ed, utilizing the full value of the fuel
without heating the room. 1t thus
conduces to comfort as well as clean
illness, relieving homework of it's
drudgery and oppresSiveness in sum-
mer. Those who have tested it in
practical use regard the use of vapor
stoves as more economical than the
use of wood or coal ranges. They
say that more work can be accom-
plished for the same money with the
use of gasoline than with wood or
coal for fuel. Their safety is demon
strated in the same way-by practi-
cal experience. These are points
upon which the public are becoming
better posted every day, and are the
points on which we base our predic-
ton of the largely increased use Of
vapor stoves in the immediate future.
The attitude of some insurance
companies against the use of gasoline
stoves is without good reason. There
has, however, been a great change
in this respect within few years.
AT first they refused to insure proper
ty at all where gasoline was used for
fuel. Then the companies consented
to issue insurance, but added one
dollar for every one thousand dollars
covered by the policy. Some COM
panies now charge but fifty cents ex-
ira, while others make no extra
charge. This will doubtless come to
be the general custom.
The utility of vapor and oil stoves
is recognized by the general stove
trade, and many leading manufacture
ers have added the production OF
these classes of stoves TO their gener-
al lines of wood and coal ranges
The American Artisan.
| NEW VOpN FASHION FITTED