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AN APPEAL FOR THE DAY NUR-
 SERIES.

 SERIES.
 The Day nursery work in this city is not as widespread as in many cities of equal size, and the necessity of further limiting the work among us here, through lack of sufficient funds is a serious possibility. We, therefore, call the attention of the public to one great need, asking that the recent efforts among the members of our board in private solicitation, may be supple mented by the citizens at large, who commend our work. Thia work speaks for itself, and should call for much longer list of annual subscribers, and Tor more spontaneous cash donations. Among mothers widowed, and what is far more sad, deserted this charity of- fers helping hand in the bitter strug- Die for existence, giving employment through the intelligence bureau without fee, and caring foc the little children during the morning hours. Sparing of- ten the sad necessity of the breaking up of families--wherewith nothing to tide them over the hardest places, they iuust become wholly dependent upon charity-findine shelter in the poor house and the county home. Mothers are required to pay five cents each day for the privilege of the nursery, and children are only admitted when their mothers are out at work. "The Moth- CTS Aid Society" which term better represents the two-fold usefulness of our work, ia the namo which was adopted by the society when it was in- corporated many years since, soon after the Leila nursery was started. Any subscriptions for 'The. Mothers Aid So- ciety'' will kindly be sent to our treas ure., Miss l.. A. Reed, 405 Orange street, with the name and addresd of the subscriber.
 A MANAGER OF THE SOCIETY.
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' Tr,snel1Ers' 6atitte, '
New York, New Haven and
 Hartford h. R.
December 8, 1899.

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 FOR NEW YORK-*4:05, *4:50. x6:1o. AGoo, $500. *S:1O, S:3O, *9:s5, x1O:So a. m', 'l2oO, 1205. *1:30, (parlor car limi- ted9' |l'S5, 2:OO t230, 800, .4:oo. .4:17. 4:oV, '5;lO, 5:S5, 6:S0, .7:lO. ss:1o. BIS tnrldgeport accommodation. s9:1o. s:15 r. m. Sundays-*4:05, %4:5O, xS:00 a. m. 1'oo' x4;3o, x6:15, '7:1O, ss:1o. .S:So. 1 '9:10 p. m. FOR WASHINGTON via Harlem islvel-"l :o5. *11:5o D. m. (daily). FOR BOSTON via Standardization xlo:lo, *11:05 a. m., +1:45. t5:52 n m sundays-*1:10 a. n., s5:52 D. m.
 FOR BOSTON via New London ard Fiovidence-"2:1O. *2:2O, *11:S5 (parlor car limited) a. m., #12:O5, .s:47 *4.f5. 4'oe' "b:55 p. m. Sundays--2.1o. .2:zo a. nf, "12:C5, +4:55, *6:55 D. m. FOR MERIDEN. HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD, etc.--"1:1O $40. S:0O. NULL 1l1:0b a. m 12:1O, .1:45, 3:1O, 5: %. otoz' b:lo to Hartford), s:0O 1o;oO, 1l:15 (to Meriden) D. m. sundaye.- 1l:1O a, m. 1910. T5.5a SIPS D. m. NEW LONDON DIVISION
 For New London. etc.-sa.1o .o.eo 7:65 (Guilford acc.), 10:0S t1:05 +i1.as Sparlor car limited) a. 1n., sl2.O5. .2;47. 500, @4:i5. "4:55 5:15, s:15 uo aayhrook Junction. ~6:55 11.20 {csuiiiord acc.) D. m sunday--s2:1O. .2:sO a. m. ;o5. +4:55. T6:65 D. n.
 AIR LINE DIVISION s For Middletown, Willimantic. etc.- 7:45 a. m., 12:55. @2:33, 6:o5 D. m. Sun days-7:l5 p. m. Connecting at Middle town with the Valley branch and at Willimantic with Midland and Central divisions and C. V. E. R.; at Trrner- Vile with Colchester branch. NORTHAMPTON DIVISION
 For Shelburne Falls. Turner's Falls. Williamsburg, Holyoke, New Hartford ana intermediate stations-7:5O a. m. ana 4:0O p. m. For Westfield and inter- mediate '-.ations, 5:57 D. m.
 For Pennington New Hartford and points this side-7:50 a. m, 12:04, 400. 5:57 p. m.
 BERKSHIRE DIVISION
 For Derby Junction, Derby Ansonia. etc.-7:00. 500, 9.35 a. m, 12:oO. 2:39. 3;57, 5:35. 7:5O. 11:o0 p. III. Sundays S:10 a. m. end S:30 D. m.
 For Waterbury-7:O 500, 9:35 a. m. 12:OO, 2:39. 5:35, 7:5O, 11:2O p. m. Sum days-S:10 a. m,, s6:15 p. n1 ilvia Nauga- tuck Junction..
 For Winsted--7:00, 9:S5 a. nn;, 2.3s, 6:sE p. m. Sundays-s:1o a. m, 6:15 D. m. (via Naugatuck Junction.
 For Shelton, Botsford, Newtown Dan- bury, Pittsfield, State Line--9:35 a. nj, 3:57 p. m.
 .- For Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincjn- natl, St. Louis. Chicago and the West via Bridgeport--6:1O a. m.; via State Line-9:35 a. m., 3:57 p. m.
 For Iftc1f7eId and ,,oip+o o,& rsA.r .,s branch via Bridgepert-6:10 a. m. (via Derby Junction., 3:57 p. m.
 'Express Trains. xLocal Expresf
 c. T. HAMPSTEAD,
 General Passenger Agent.
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MAILING FORD.

The one-story building owned by c. J. Morse and situated on Hall avenue west of Cherry street. was partially de- stroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The fire was first discovered by one of Bennett's boarders, who lives near by { about 1:30 and the alarm was given. When the Wallace Hose company ar- rived on the scene the inside of the building was well in flames and burning through the sidee. The firemen soon had. the fire under control, but the building was practically ruined. The east room has for several months been occupied as a storeroom by the Hyer- Sheehan company, who put in the bor- ough's electric light plant. The west room was used to store the machinery and stock in use last season by John Heineman and H. B. Sherman, who run a bicycle repair shop on Center street. Sheehan estimates his loss at $500 on goods, on which there was no insur- ance. Heineman & Sherman place their loss at $500; insured for $40O in the Se- curity company of New Haven. The loss on the building is estimated at $500, said to be uninsured. The origin of the fire is not known.
 The school will be closed tomorrow. Washingtons birthday. The usual hol- iday hours will be observed in the post office.
 The plumbers have agreed to close their stores every evening except Mon day and Saturday.
 Wallingford has had two fires within forty-eight hours and both started about the same time of the night-in fact, nearly all the fires here for many years-about 1:30 in the morning.
 A trained nurse from New Haven is now caring for Dr. McGaughey.
 Has the borough got firebug in it's midst?
 The sleighing is going fast and has not been f1rst-claes yet.
 Grip has become epidemic here and there are but few houses in town that have not got at least one case of se- were grip cold.
 The many friends of Company Ks basketball team were well pleased at it's decisive victory over the Middletown Regulars The score of the game was IA to {.
 The Hyer-Sheehan company has mov- ed its headquarters into O'Connells building, opposite where the fire was.
 The entire family of two of the resi- dents of Hall avenue, within less than twenty rods of Morses building, knew nothing of the fire until after z o'clock in the morning. Persons with easy con- science sleep sound.
 The query last evening was, Where will the next fire crop out? as 1t Is well known that the fires here always go in clusters of three all within short time. We have had two. Look out for the third.
 c. J. Morse shad no insurance on his building or on the two houses in the rear of the same lot owned by him. Yesterday he took out policies on the two houses.
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EUROPEAN TRAVEL

Among the New Haveners who will go abroad next summer are Professor and Mrs Bernadotte Perrin, Professor and Mrs. William Lyon Phelps, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Cheney, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce N. Welch, the Misses Welch and Mrs. Davies. Those who have already sailed are MT. and Mrs Henry L.. Hotchkiss and Miss Hotchkiss, MT. and Mrs. Samuel E. Merwin and Mrs Strong, also President Wilbur F. Day of the National New Haven bank, wife and niece. Dr. and Mrs. Francis Bacon will sail next Saturday. George B. Miller and family of thia city are win tering in Rome,
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DEATH OF STEPHEN BALL.
Was ofan oId New Haven Family.

Hartford, Feb. 20.-Stephen Ball, a well known insurance man, died at his home on Park street, this city, to-day, aged sixty years. He was stricken with heart failure Monday morning and failed rapidly.
 Stephen Ball was born in New Haven October 10, 1889, and had been resi- dent of this city since the war, moving here on April, 1867. He was in the Twelfth Connecticut during the war. He enlisted October s, 1861, in the com- pany commanded by Major John w. DeForest of New Haven, the novelist. and was mustered as second lieutenant of the company. He was promoted to the first lieutenancy and remained in the company until the last of 1864.
 MT. Ball was a prominent Mason and was widely known throughout the state on account of his Masonic asso- citations, being a 32d degree Mason and member of Sphinx Temple of The Shrine.
 MT. Ball entered the employ of the Hartford Life and Annuity in August, 1867, as it's assistant secretary. In 1874 he was made secretary of the com pany and from that time until his elec ton to the presidency of the National Life association, two years ago, he was active and influential in it's manage ment. He leaves a wife and one son, Fred w. Ball.
 A brother of MT. Ball died while a young man, being killed in the war.
 MT. Balls great grandfather was O., aa a1,1u of pU HaNhO and was identified with the colonial af- fairs of the state. He was Deacon Stephen Ball, being deacon of the Cen ter church. New Haven. His grandfath- CT was Colonel Stephen Ball. When Deacon Stephen Ball settled in New Haven the land he owned was that up- on which the Yale buildings now stand, the homestead being occupied now by the Art building.
 Not long since MT. Ball was writing short sketch of his colonial ancestors and narrated in that an anecdote in which he took great interest. It was something that happened to his great grandfather, Deacon Ball, during the Revolution. As deacon of the church he had charge of the communion service. The British were raiding and to save the service Deacon Ball had his young daughter stand on the ledge up in the chimney of the fire place. She stood there during the time the British were searching and the communion service escaped. MT. Ball took a great deal of pleasure in narrating this interesting bit of family history. His mother, Laura Ball, is now living at New Ha- ven, at the advanced age of eighty years and resides on Mansfield street
 The deceased was graduate of the Hillhouse high school, New Haven. Af- ter graduating, and when seventeen years of age he entered the employ of the Townsend Savings bank, New Ha- ven, and was there until 1861, when, at the age of twenty-two, he enlisted for the war.
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"Do you douht n,e?" he asked as if

'Do you doubt mel" he asked, as if indignant at the implied suspicion of her silence; and then, pleadingly: Do you doubt me? o Mary how can you?'
 Her face softened and the fixity of her eyes relaxed.
 ''No, William" she responded almost gently. "No, do not doubt you. At first there might have been some doubt in my mind, but now, thank heaven, there is none. Not shadow William, and I'm as sure that you are lying as that you are standing before me-
 Then William bowed his head in shame and turned up the gas, at her re- quest, so she could get a better look at him.-Washington Star.
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STARIN'S New Haven Transpor rtation Go
DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY. Steampr JOHN H STARIN Ganta IL, Af<

DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY..
 Steamer JOHN H. STARIN, Captain Me- Allster, leaves New Haven from Starin,s a Pier, foot of Brown street, at 1915 D. m.. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Steamer ERASTUS CORNING, Captain Thompson. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The STARIN leaves New York from Pier 13. North River, at 9 p. Ill. Mondays, Wednes. days and Fridays; the ERASTUS CORNING Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Fare 75 cents; Excursion Tickets $125 State- rooms, SIC
 Tickets and staterooms for sale at J. E. Judsons, S67 Chapel street; Peck & Bish. ops, TOP Chapel street. Free stage leaves from corner of Chapel and Church streets every half hour, commencing at S:30 p. m Through freight rates given and bills of west C. H. FISHER, Agent.
 Order your freight via Starin Line
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PAST CHANCELLORS, K. OF P.

Annual Social Session and Banquet Last
 Evening
 The Past ClAncellors' association of the Knights of Pythias held it's annual social session and banquet in the Odd Fellows building last evening. The event was an enjoyable one. Present besides the members of the local associ- ation were District Deputy I. F. Tur- ney of Bridgeport and Past Grand Chancellor Joseph Stokes of Meriden, both of whom. delivered addresses. Sev- eral well rendered songs were sung by Walter Smith and a number of selec- tions were played by Waite's orchestra. Addresses by Supreme Representative l.. F. Morton and by the grand inner guard closed the programme, which was followed by the banquet.
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Hartford, Feb. 20.-The funeral of Miss Sarah Porter of Pennington will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, after noon, at 3 o'clock, in theS Pennington church, of which her father was the pastor for so many years. Extra trolley cars will be run from this city, as may be required, leaving at 2 o'clock.
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edy sketch. Prices. matinee 10 and 2o cents; evening 10, 20 and 30 cents; la dies at matinee 10 cents.
 Next week Press Eldridge, the Com mander-in- Chief of the Army of Fun
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LECTURE BY PROFESSOR EATON.
Third of the Sheffield Course Given Last Night.

The third of the Sheffield lectures was given in North Sheffield hall last night by Professor D. Cady Eaton. The sub- feet was "Mantua and the Gonzagas, /" a continuation of Professor Eaton's first lecture. The attendance was good and the lecture was very interesting one. The conclusion of Professor Eaton g subject, Mantua and the Gonzagas, will, be given Friday, March 2
 The next lecture in the course will be given next Friday evening by Professor Alpheus Hyatt on "Non-Darwinian Factors of Evolution"
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Education.
A|eyander's Institutes for Languages

NEW HAVEN. BRlDGEPORT.
 Glasses for Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Ger man and French. Terms moderate. Also, BUREAU FOR TRANSLATlONS. Apply or address, ALEXANDER'S INSTITUTE FOR LANGUAGES, NEW HAVEN, 121 YORK ST; BRIDGEPORT, MASONIC TEMPLE, ROOM 7s ja4 tf
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YALE HOLIDAY TOMORROW.

The Yale faculty voted yesterday to allow the members of all departments of the university holiday tomorrow after the first morning recitation, which closes at 9:30 o'clock
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CHIEF CONNELL ILL.

D. B. Cornell, chief of the fire depart ment of Fair Haven East, is confined to his home by illness. He has been ill nearly week.
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New Haven Steamboat Co

Depot: Belle Dock, New Haven, Conn. < Between New York, New Haven and Prov.
 idence. Popular Route to and from Boston Daily
 Service, Sundays Excepted. Twin Screw Flyers Chester ". Ghapin' and Richard pesk"
 in commission. NEW HAVEN LINE--Leave New Haven for New York: 12:45 night: returning, leave New York: 500 p. m.
 NARRAGANSETT BAY LINE. . Leave New Haven for Providence and Boston: 500 p. m. Timely train connections for Boston and all eastern points. Popular Passenger Rates. Staterooms and Tickets for sale at Peck < Bishop co. TOP Chapel street. WY
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MISS PoRTNR,s FITNDRAI

A MANAGER OF THE SOCIETY,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-20
Spectra of the Broken.

The summit Of the Broken, or
Blocksberg, the highest of the Hartz
mountains in Prussian Saxony, pre-
sents a singular optical phenomenon
eight or nine times during the year. 1t
is usually seen at sunrise or sunset
and consists of gigantic projection OF
the observer, or observers, upon misty
clouds, which rise out of the valley on
the side of the mountain opposite to
the sun. Sir Walter Scott wrote of it:
Among the various legends current in
that wild country there is favorite
one, which supposes the Hartz to be
haunted with kind of tutelar demon,
in the shape of wild man of huge
stature, his head wreathed with oak
leaves, and his middle cinctured with
the same, wearing in his hand pine
torn up by the roots. 1t is certain that
many profess to have seen such
form, traversing with huge strides, in
line parallel to their own course, the
opposite ridge of mountain when di-
vided from it by narrow glen; and,
indeed the fact of the appaJtion is so
generally admitted that modern skep-
ticism has only found refuge by ascrib-
ing it to optical deception"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-20


Some very curious facts in regard to
the growth of human hair have just
been published in the Dermatologisches
Centralblatt, the author of the article
being ]. Pohl. The general belief up
to the present time has been that the
hair on the human head grows at the
rate of about thirtythree milimeters
a month, but Herr Pohl says it Is not
more than eleven milimeters
He further maintains that hair grows
more slowly after it is cut than at any
other time, and that several days will
elapse before 1t begins to grow at the
normal rate. Furthermore, he noticed
that hair after being cut does not grow
in a uniform manner. The reason is
because hairs are not independent so
to speak, but are clustered together In
little colonies, each of which contains
from two to four hairs. One OF these
hairs always grows faster than the
others, but only for certain time, for
before 1t has attained its full growth
the adjoining hair begins to sprout up.
and in this way the hairs of each
colony successfully attain their full
length.
A curious fact in connection with
this alternate growth is that all the
hairs of colony never fall out of the
head at the same time. II it were not
for this wise provision many persons
would have little bald spots on their
heads. Human hair is constantly fall
ing out, and the only reason why its
loss is not more apparent is because in
each Of the countless little colonies
there is at least one sturdy hair left,
and all these combine to overshadow
the badness. Herr Pohl's investiga-
lions give the death blow to many old
time theories in regard to hair. and
there is little doubt that his studies in
this direction will prove OF interest and
value to many scientists.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-20
A TALL JACKPOT.
Neat Sum of $4,000 Won at q Little
Game.

Neat Sum Of $4,000 Won at q Little
Now York Special to Chicago Times
Herald: A story of poker game with
tall jackpot has leaked out. The
game, SO the story goes, was played at
the Democratic club, and Maurice
Untermyer is winner thereby of the
neat sum Of $4,000. Among the losers
are mentioned some of the leading
lights Of Tammany Hall, John F. Car
roll being not the least of these. Last
Friday afternoon five members of the
Democratic club sat down to a game
of poker. Two of the five were Mr..
Carroll and Mr.. Untermyer. The game
grew in interest and the stakes in size
until o'clock, when, 1t is stated, Mr..
Untermyer remarked he would soon
have to leave to go to his brothers at
the Greystone. well, we will have
just one more jackpot" said Mr.. I'm
termyer, land then quit. The others
agreed and the cards went around, but
as no one caught openers" the pile of
chips continued to grow. Finally one
of the players came into hand which
enabled him to open the jackpot. No
body out Two drew cards, one dis
carded his whole hand and drew new
one. Mr.. Untermyer drew one card.
Mr. Carroll drew one card, and former
Judge Howard of Philadelphia, a Wis
itor, remained pat. Betting began eau
tiously. With seeming reluctance Mr..
Untermyer pushed stack of five blue
chips toward the center. Mr.. Carroll
eyed him suspiciously, Smiled and saw
him five better. you can't tell" said
one Of the other players; gentlemen
may sometimes bluff. l guess I'm still
in it," and he pushed his little stack
of blues forward. Judge Howard kept
in the race with an imperturbality that
had made the others nervous. Mr..
Untermyer had by this time apparent
ly fallen into brown study. With a
mechanical sort of movement he SHOW
ed triple row of blue stacks to the
fore. you have either royal flush
or royal nerve" said Mr.. Carroll.
Guess I'll drop out" Two others
dropped out also. Judge Howard re-
manned. well, I'll call you," he final
ly said. Mr.. Untermyer laid down a
royal flush of hearts. Judge Howard
remained. well, good-by, gentlemen"
said Mr.. Untermeyer, after cashing in
chips. Sorry to have to interrupt the
game"
Judge Howard, it is said, made out
check to Mr.. Untermyer'x order for
$4,000.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-20
Photograph in Language Study.

1t has been proposed to employ the
photograph as an aid III learning for
eign languages In learning language
it is necessary first of all to have the
ear trained to catch and recognize tho
sounds, and the only way to accom-
plish this is to listen to the continual
repetition Of the SOUNDS until the ear
becomes familiar with them. Many
persons have to learn a foreign Ian
guage without any aid from a teacher
that can speak tkHt language correctly,
and even those that are so fortunate as
to have a competent teacher cannot
constantly have the teacher at hand.
Now it is proposed to have phono-
graphic records of language lessons;
then the student can have the machine
repeat the lesson over and over again
until he is perfectly familiar with it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-20


People who go about and into So
ciety tell me that when a woman ar
IDENTIFY desires to make herself one Of
the favored few of the smart set there
is really nothing she will stop at, and
some of these same persons have been
telling me this story in illustration of
what they say: In high officialdom Is
q little lady, dainty as spring crocus,
who was a member of the inner circle
long before she became part OF OIL
cialdom. On one of her last reception
days she was chatting with two cabinet
women, when a servant announced the
arrival of a woman who is struggling
to get. into things as never a social
climber struggled before. The hostess
knew her by sight merely, and had
never so much as bowling acquaint-
ance with her, but official people are
used to seeing strangers at their recep-
lions, and the lady of the house bowed
with her usual graciousness. The
climbers quick eye took in the situa-
ton. She saw the two cabinet women,
and she knew they saw her. She rose
to the occasion in mastery fashion.
my dear Mrs. Blank" she said gush-
ingly, II was so sorry not to have been
at home when you called Friday. 1t
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-20

Here is French recipe for clean
ing copper, which is very good one.
Dissolve one ounce of oxalic acid in
over one and half pints of water, and
add to it from one ounce to one and
one-half ounces of rottonstone; tie a
piece of wooden rag thickly round a
stick and soak it in this mixture, being
careful previously to have the copper
as clean as boiling soap and water
can make. The metal should be per-
fectly dry before the oxalic acid is APP
piled to it. This recipe, however, re-
quires care in the using, as oxalic acid
is not thing to play with. Indian
brass is best cleaned with very fine
sifted brickdust, moistened with lemon
juice, or rubbed on with cut lemon.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-07-20

Cleanliness, economy and punctual-
ity.
A place for everything and every
thing in its place.
Push in the hampers in the kitchen
range when but little fire is required,
so as to prevent unnecessary waste Of
fuel.
Fill dirty saucepans with hot soda
water till there is time to wash them;
this means a great saving Of time in
the end.
Keep all dry stores, such as rice,
sugar carbonate of Soda etc., in clean,
dry covered tins and jars, or dust and
insects will soon appear.
Burn all vegetable parings and
stalks, fishbones, and such like refuse,
for II put in the dust pan they speedily
decay and cause various ailments.
Where gas stoves are used, lower
or turn out the burners, as soon as
may be; this will make an enormous
difference in the quarters gas BILL
Household Realm.