Barbour County index., 1884-02-15


We have never seen q complete SET OF
rules OF suggestions for the pfeyentien
OF fires. There should be oneto accom-
pany every fire insurance policy. Ii
ought to be in such form as to be posted
In every house, so that each member of
the household could see it daily. -
At the risk of not even approaching
the subject, we submit the following
rules. The leading causes .of fires are
kerosene oil, matches and furnaces:
i. Always buy the best quality of
oil. Ir.----- r.f
2. Never make a suddenm motion with
a lamp, either in lifting it or setting it
down. - -.... 80
3. Never place lamp on the edge
OF table or mantel.
4. Never fill lamp after dark, even
If you should have TO go without LIGHT.
3. See that the lamp wicks are al
ways clean and that they work freely in
the tube. 80 EhsSieS .
& Never blow out q lamp from tue
top.
q. Never take light toa closet where
there are clothes. If necessary to 60 to
the closet place the light at a distance.
g.. Use candles just as much as posi-
bic in going about the house and in bed
rooms. They are cheaper, can't ex-
plode, and for very many purposes are
';ust as good as lamps.
3. Matches should always be kept in
stone or earthen jars, or in tin. -
10. They should never be left where
rats or mice can get hold of them.
There 10 nothing moro to the taste OF a
rat than phosphorus. They win eat il
If they can get at It. Ahnnch of matches
Is almost certain to be set on fire IL a
rat gets at it,
IL. Have perfectly good safes in ev-
cry place where matches are to be ed,
and never let match be left on the
floor. ~
u. Never let a match go out Of your
hand after lighting it until You are sure
the fire is out, and then it is better 10
put it in stove, or an earthen dish.
13. 1t is far better to use the safety
matches. which can only be lighted
upon the box which contains them.
II. Have Your furnaces examined
carefully in the fall and at least once
during the winter, by competent per-
son. All Of the pipes and fues should
be carefully looked to.
IL. II there are any closets in The
house near chimDeys. or lueS. which
there ought not 10 be. put nothing of Il
eOmbuStible nature into them. Such
closets will soil silver and crack crock
cry and burn bedding. They form n
bal part of any house that contains
them.
Is. Never leave any wood near a
furnace, range or stove to dry.
IL. Have your stoves looked to fire.
quently, TO see that there are no holes
for coal TO drop out.
Is. Never put any hot ashes or coal
in wooden receptacle.
~. BE sure that there are no curtains
Or shades that can be blown into a gas
light.
20. Never examine a gas meter after
dark
Fires, of course, arise from other
causes than those we have stated.
Smokers burn up much valuable prop
erty which is not in the shape of cigars.
Bunches OF oiled rags of the most in
animate nature in themselves still per-
form the most wonderful featS in the
destruction OF property. Tramps, with
their old pipes. will creep into barns
and hay-mows, and servants will be
careless in thousands of ways. but il
every person who owns property will
give the subject attention, and sec that
those around him are posted, and see
that reasonable rules are always obeyed.
many thousands of dollars could be
saved annually which are now burned
out of existence. " dependent.