Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-10-17
IN DOING ALL MANNER or THINGS
ABOUT rHK HOUSE.

THE BEST WAY
IN DOING ALL MANNER or THINGS
ABOUT TIE HOUSE.
After midsummer heats have ned,
beautiful, dreamy, sad-eyed October 10
welcome. Wreathed with autumn leaves
she comes, and twined about her are
garlands OF wild nowers, the last Of the
season. Out Of her cornucopia she
poufs store Of ripened fruits and Duts,
and lures % out 70 enjoy them 10 the
fading sunshine. Let W obey and wan
dering far afield gather life and vigor
with which to meet the coming winter.
Winter fires, to last until the spring
solstice, begin this month. AL wise
householder, long ere this, have had
furnaces, heaters, and ranges cleaned
and put In order and coal laid In TO last
through the winter. To use coal eco
nomically and get the most heat from it,
IA science. When not understood, IRE
Innings and bricks are broken and burn
ed out, the fire box choked with ashes
and clinkers, and continual but In
effectusl punching goes on.
To kiudle any IRE, small sticks should
be laid across each other, basket fashion,
with paper below. See that the drafts
and hampers are all open, the upper
front check closed, and apply the match
before bit Of coal Il put upon the wood.
When II has begun TO burn well, put on
one shovelful, allowing the air to pass
through unchecked so as TO kiudle that.
In short time more may be added, then
more, and when the coal begins to glow
red, shut one draft, then another.
Turn out Of doors the first person who
dares to dream of using kerosene to help
start fire. Aud severely admonish her
who persists In filling the fire box TO the
top OF stove or range. That Is the way
to burn out or crack the stove and 70
destroy the firebrick. Besides, Il chokes
the draft, causing less heat TO be given
out. A hot fire Is clear fre, with the
draft coming unchecked through the
bottom dsmper. The persons who boil
their tea are the same that oil the range
as full as IL will hold, and, when IL falls,
as Ii then must, to give out the needed
heat, take of the cover and punch and
poke II down from above, thus crowding
the coal into still more compact mass.
SUCH u COOA uas oCt fabHC sYSS0bg INV
sith clinkers and wastes much fuel.
A neglected range implies ignorance
and indifference. How many there are
who complain Of poor oven, yet allow
SCOT TO accumulate above aud below II,
no census has estimsted. have seen
stove about TO be discarded ns orthless,
shich, on examination, disclosed thick
blanket Of ashes and fine coal over the
oven, while from below II the mistress
took two quarts OF SCOT. Yet the cook
declared that she bad lately "cleaned II
elsne." After that the oven baked sstis.
fxctorily. Neglect means poor cooking
and waste. Clinkers, too, should be
watched for In the fire box, and broken
Of as soon ms they appear.
IL Ia q too common fashion TO ill the
range, leave the hampers all open, and
let the fire burn as Il will till Il Is re-
duced TO debris. Then dump In more
coal or throw In some kindllugs arst, and
continue as before. On the contrary,
the fire should be watched and . little
coal added at time, with the hampers
only opened before meal time. In this
way alone can good ire be economical
IL maintained. For young hou ;ekeeper
Il IL needful To note these things. Other
wise the ashes will be half coal, 70 the
detriment of the household excheQuer.
10 one place q young but thrifty man
maintains his kitchen fire from the ash
heaps OF neighbors, who, neglecting
small economies, continually complain
Of poverty.
Filling for cracks In range Is made
oy taking common wood ashes, adding
An eighth or more the quantity Of salt,
mixing the whole 10 = thick paste with
cold water. Fill the crack and, usually,
the filling will remain until the stove Is
useless. Should IL crumble out, try,
Try again." Backing can be applied 70
lt as well rs to the stove.
Human draughts as we'll as stove
draughts need attention In the autumn.
The body has lie fuel, It's burning, term
ed oxidation, and Its waste, or secretion,
which corresponds with ashes. At the
approach OF cold weather, more heat 10
needed, while It's millions Of tiny win
dows, known AS the pores OF the skin,
instinctively contract In order to keep in
the heat. Out Of these crevices or pores
dow . great deal OF waste, to which Is
added the waste from the Kidneys, the
intestines, the lungs, and the liver. At
The approach Of cold weather aud the
partial closing Of the pores, more work
Is thrown upon the other organs Of ex-
cretlon. The colder air Of autumn and
winter contains more oxygen, which Is
fuel, and usually persons eat more food
or hesrtier food than In summer. Con-
stquently waste material (ashes and
clinkers) accumulate In the system and
some provision must be made TO dispose
Of them. Unless this Is done, then fol-
low colds, coughs, chills, headache, Ian
guor, rheumatism and q host Of other
evils.
The great purifiers are fresh air, bath
ing, and care that all the avenues Of the
body are open. Should we do this II
might be bad for drug stores, but better
for general we'll being. Pure air re-
moves from the blood It's impurities or
ashes, and produces heat. Cold air is
coucentrated and helps nutrition as well
as provides fuel. A great deal Of poison
Gus gas passes of through the breath,
and It's retention Is the most fertile
cause OF disease. Small animals, like
mice, coon die II Enclosed In q vessel
from which the air has been exhausted
and replaced with the human breath. A
prominent physician declares that "there
Is no night air so cold nor air so damp or
pestilentisl that II Ia as heslth-destroy-
ing as that which has once been breath
ed" To which IL may be added that
often bad air produces the symptoms of
malaria. Natures quinine Is precursble
in the breezes of heaven.
A stove or furnace fire burns up life
giving properties, SO that the house mis-
tress must never forget to ventilate every
occupied room. One good way, when
ever the family withdraw from the liv.
ing room, Is to open one window from
the top and one from the bottom, and
close them upon re-entrance. A few
moments at time will produce such q
drsught as TO change the air. Whatever
loss Of heat results is more than inside up
by renewed vigor. In one handsome
house, the head Of which Is q man OF
great literary repute, | have often been
made dizzy and nsuseated by the filthy
rebreathed air Of the spacious psrlor.
More than once, before the appearance
OF the house mother have i opened a
window, aud spologized for the act
upon her entrance. Needless to say the
lovely, fragile mistress was q lifelong
sufferer.
Another way Is to provide pieces OF
board as long as the width OF the win.
dows and from one to four inches wide.
They are to be placed under each lower
sash, when the air rising between that
and the upper sash will not fall dire city
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