The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-10-23
MODERN coNvEnIEMcEs.
Some Handy Improvements In House Fur
nishings.

Somo Handy improvements In House Fur
nishings.
There are some modern conveniences
that are rightly satired by Emerson as
Inconvenience" All this undoubt-
eddy is true of the superfuous station
airy washstand, and in general of any
superfuous plumbing. The intelli-
gence OF modern housebuilders reduces
the amount of plumbing as far as pos
s1ble. No one who has lived in house
In which there was permanent water
supply and one where the water was
brought from an adjacent brook or
pumped up from a cistern that was
dry half the year is likely to condemn
even superiority Of plumbing. 1t is
becoming more and more the rule
rather than the exception to have a
permanent water supply brought
into the house from some noun
tain stream. There are few farm
houses SO situated that water can not
be brought to the house and connected
with regular system in the kitchen,
which will supply the family with hot
and cold water, q bathroom and sta
tionary washtubs. There are thou
sands of farmhouses already supplied
with water run in pipes from some
cool mountain stream, who never think
of the possibility of bathroom, sink
and stationary washtubs. To some
families the cost of these Improve
ments" appears to make them prohibit
tory. Yet it is not the actual cost of
the plain. fixtures 80 much as the mis-
q nf Vxyho
which keeps SO many families from
enjoying the comparative ease that
such arrangements bring to house
work. The Hibernian servant who In
quires If you have ''tubs" in the house,
and replies with uplifted nose
that she could not come to yes"
when you answer in the negative, ap.
preciates we'll the convenience of those
laundry tubs. There are very few
houses where water has already been
brought to the house where all these
modern conveniences, emitting the su-
perfuous stationary wash-stand, can
not be procured for seventy-five to one
hundred dollars. This includes hot
and cold water brought to the sink,
laundry tubs and bathroom. The
pipes will be galvanized iron, not lead,
because the former can be put ia easier
without an expert workman than lead.
The work may be done at this price in
thorough, workmanlike manner.
The slight knowledge necessary to
take care of the simple plumbing Of
house may be readily learned by one Of
the family, SO it will not be necessary
to send distance in case of break.
In fact, where ordinary intelli-
gence and care are exercised, and the
plumbing Of house has seen fairly
done at first. accidents are rare
Frozen pipes, stopped drains and the
various mishaps that overtake house
hold plumbing are clearly the result
of carelessness in construction or
negligence in the care of the pipes.
SIN twenty-five years of housekeep-
ing" said a housewife recently, 81
have never paid out cent for care
lessness in regard to plumbing,
though most of that time have kept
two servants" Her experience would
probably be the experience of most
careful housekeepers. The introduce
ton of iron pipage has made plum bling
possible where once it was impractical
BILE because of scarcity of genuine
plumbers or leadworkers in remote
country districts.-N. Y. Tribune.