New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-15

HOW To HAVE Az OPEN FIRE WITHOUT BURNING
THE HOUSE DOWN.
From The washngton Star.
II have made great discovery this last winter.
said Hawkins 10 Simpson. AS the car came GOV"
whats that" asked Simpson.
believe IT, bu, am pretty near hity-hve years o!d
ana was 9Srn 2rd sFqash up !" uncle sed TO
n"y ""y y X kSo vs. how they did that don't you?
Ttcv nrkei TWO or thrce b!g log chains together
and run them IN one door and out the other' then
the steers Just walked away from the house ana
tho log walked !n and a turn or TWO with hand
spik. pat Mr.. Log right into the Dig, black stone
chimney. whore he would glow and sparkle FOR
successor lay at the door ready TO- come N ana
'ake hls place gre" UP n front of that old hre-
place Many bowl OF sGmp and hom.ny have
eaten right there on the h.artAsionc sitting on a
litte slab stool. Oh my he. weren't those happy
day. What disesiion h2W sooG that saHp WaI
And hull @ an Gay wn re uS wbaf
cvllizaor owes to good corn and open lres N this
century. Think Of ne Ohio men that were made
treasury Department. transfer for George
town" interrupted the conductor
several times that day simpson wondered what
Hawklnss discovery was, and as many tines ne n.
Internal revenue returns on which he was serving
his country At 500 year ,., -
That night Hawkins boarded his car to go
"i vas telling yon resumed Hawkins about
wonder We grew up TO be nre-wors niplerss. ne
best memory nave u Ahc va. - ~,
had I'm camp and on the march. How the South
ia burn Nothing like that pitch pine. except the
twenty years ago. That burns like butter, never
used 10 iieht a lamp to read by. Just lay down on
was steady as kerosene. We.
You said YOU had made discovery" suggest
"Gh Yes; have. and It's great As said Eve
lived hall century Of So ana GVea r n,fs a" Yo
know when | was little CHAP. eating my bowl o,
samp I'm the fireplace. the nre would shaP. aI u
a., ,,I NrOx gta "a
a time | felt them before saw them. sometimes n,
they burned little round hole through my trou-
s@rs or waisicoat Down South the campirrs
sometimes popped Ike the muskets or me Jo i
In colorado a Wet pinon knot would crack ike an
3u, where does your discovery come IN, s ,ha
Simpson somewhat impatiently, as ne sa" tls
streets living by and foresaw sleepless night o,
worry ahead Of him II he did not get ,ne ""o o'
Oh that's So 1t Is this have been ENJOYING n', ~
the Of an open IRE al b 5hG 5iwe semetcs
pad so G2rd for II se ons w o or Hf three
months ago l learned how TO burn H. W. We a.
had ntt trouble sho S%d sas it has
burned up g COO rug Srass screens mixed in with
,r" IRE No sir | wan; my nre straight and full
strength How to have a good open IRE and not
set the house on fire has been pr%nle M end nass
and Il viii not throw out single Spark. JTst a Try
IL, DOM pp ar With the chimney back but
have Your wood short. about eighteen inches;
On them lay your sticks. with the ends out toward
the rug Not n single spark or coal VIII ever ny
out There + scientific reason for II. The
wood cells run lengthw.se OF the tree; waen moist
ure In IN. IN is suddenly converted TO gas by the
heat there Is an explosion. and the sparks fly oui
along the path Of least resistance Now, just
twist that path around quarter or the circle 30
the length OF the stick OF wood is parallel with the
sides Of your chimney, and YOU are al right ana
That's something mankind never knew before.
David and Mrthuselah lived and died ignorant OF
IT, Napoleon Bonaparte and Darwin never thought
OF IT, Time and mind FOR centuries have gone on
without It's benehcence: II remained for Haw,
kins 10 bring Il forth from the outer darkness OF
things unknown and unthought OF for the eternal
comfort and happiness OF man. Try II, Simpson!
Here's your street! Good night. old boy!