The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-10
WHO INVENTED sT0yEss
THE ROMANS AND GREEKS HAD
A HAND IN TT.
hut Other Peoples lave Had 20 Hustle
Around In Lively Manner 40
Keep Out OF Jack Frost's
Chilling Clutches

opment OF man from the savage up TO
the specimen OF nineteenth century
elegance as well as any other one work
that has been done. IL the stove men
OF the country were TO get together /,
some time and place on exhibition !,
| specimens Of all the stoves that have !.
been In use in the families on the earth /.
| they would have "a show beside which ,
the air ship would pale into insignifc- /,
ance.
In the first place there were no !
stoves. Savages had away OF keeping !
themselves wa-m by building fires in !
the outer air and gathering as close TO
] II as they could without scorching the !
leather OF their leggins or the scarcely
more sensitive skin OF the legs. One
Of the stories Kit Carson used to tell,
and one he told SO often that he must
have thought 1t possessed some merit :,
was OF an Indian who visited the. camp
OF white men. and ridiculed their idea !.
OF keeping warm in the open air The 1
untutored son Of nature claimed that :
his white brotber built fire 40 hot I
that he could not got near il without :
being burned while the Indian built ;
small fire erept close and got all the 4
heat
/ pf conreo though, he did not get all
the heat, And the problem before =
mind OF the man who started :. -
the development OF what is -. :,
parlor stove was 10 get all iii he
OF the fuel without allow 49, out
heat generated to escr a. ~, OF the
he has not quite 81 - TO date
the problem y in solving
stoves fully 20 80. .on, .he best OF
49, sa't,,. ',io' Oh the Chi the neat es-
u 49, II the tim, mney' ana IL IL
call IS" any heating wiz re, ever come. come
| g : co,nhnstion tho medium OF flame
,tho rd,sor 81, al do for heating what
M a., idle does for lighting.
Tho s,oyar ,tep in the development OF
nations .sas an open hearth. In some
,hat - 4 has never advanced beyond
w age.
10 arm as Greece and Rome and
~ ypt are, stoves were made there In.
ne dim and misty vistas OF the past
IL was not just the pattern used mt pres
Z. ent. but was metal basin In which
charcoal was burned. IL sat In the
> middle Of the room. and as the result
- ing smoke was OF the slightest, no
opening In the roof % elsewhere WINS
necessary The saine supplement-, still
q called by it's old Greek p.aIne OF brazier.
: II stu employed in many portions OF
2 continental europe. where IL is utilized
. for heating rs we'll as cooking.
: But the progressive Romans Inn
proved on that and made hypocaust
: IL was tho germ Of the present furnace.
IL was made under the house in lit
tho cellar prepared for IL, and the heat
was conducted TO Che roo ms and baths
through crevices ledt In iho floor and
lower portions OF tho walls Later
hues woro provided cor Quoting heat
. to any portion OF the hou Sc In some
OF tho old Roman villas / England the
; remains OF these old-timo furnaces are
still found.
The first chimney Eas built In n
z house in the fourtecni n century. It
g was tho fireplace Of to-day with
scarcely variation. In some cases
I the halls and lodges OF the great lords
were provided with banqueting
room in which one w role end OF the
apartment was taken up by the chin
ney- This was larg ely for the pur-
pose OF cooking, and whole OK was
= often roasted in sight OF the table on
: which IL was later served. Distant
, portions OF the roop were cold. but.
as the people W gro warriors and
? roughened in fiber by constant expos
ure, they were sup ,oscd TO get along
with an occasionG 4 turn In tho warm
end OF tho room lille The feast was
: preparing. But II pilgrim. palmer.
a man who had be en- 10 the Holy Land
should come alon x. ne WIS revered
guest and was lowed to sit In tho
place OF honor at the side oa the great
fireplace and 10 ~gale himself on the
choicest OF the viands and the best OF
wine repaying the host for the enter
tainment later bw singing or chanting
!, an account OF bis experiences In tho
land Of the Sa racens.
, The old q ermana. themselves al-
most rs ancie At rs the Romans, made
the first meta 4 stove. IL was on the
outside OF IN house 20 be warmed.
But while that NAV seem like n
curious pla6 q no put your stove, your
smiles may vanish whom you are I'M
formed tina one end of the stove pro-
jected into the room. The firing was
done on u q outside, and IL must have
been AN nwelcome thing indeed. then
10 get uD eret Ia tho nornfno, and