The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-27
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y y N ANTHRACITE
NOW NEW WORKERS MEET THE
., zsGERoENcy.
Some Substitutes for Hard Coal
which They Will Employ in Case
.. the Present Strike Shall De Of
y. Long Duratton--Usc Of Kerosene
for Heating Likely to Spread and
Endure.

from the, Sun.
Small householders, dismayed at the
price Of COAL are making ready to use
Easolene and coal oil for cooking. Many
families do their cooking with such fuel
the year around. but the custom Will
be more widespread this sumner than
ever before. Edward Atkinson's COOK
or has never been popularized, Dut
there are several other stoves in which
the source of heat Is a lamp. big or lit
tie. and almost every year a new OIL
or gasolene. stove is patented.
Art students and others who nave
lived in Paris and practised the econ
Ci,,ies in which the French are special-
lN skilled, are not to be alarmed by the
prospect of coal famine. With pint
elm and ten cent oil lamp the skiliea
economist in fuel can get very sat
isfactory breakfast for two. In the
pint cup the eggs are boiled IN three
minutes, and with the water that ooll-
the eggs excellent coffee can be made
in four or five minutes more. Thus
with the expenditure of some fraction
Of cent for oil. the breakfast is made
and the coal famine goes on unheeded'
LOOKING FORWARD.
Thousands Of families blessed With
only moderate means are preparing to
nut of till the latest possible moment
the lighting Of their furnaces next fali.
Those who rent stean- heated hats Will
probably feel the coal famine Ill their
rents Those who have homes to neat
will experiment with oil stoves as neat
ers. Those who have opan fire places
will find IL possible to save something
biz the use of soft coal in their CRATES,
though the people of New York nave
q. strong prejudice against this fue! pc
cause of the fact that 1t brings with IL
a great deal Of dust.
Coke Is another substitute for an
tlracite in the open CRATE, and very
effective one for those VINO know now
to handle it. New York. however, is
not prepared to make these changes OF
fuel without some expense for altera-
tions and the insurance companies may
have something to say to any contem-
plated change of domestic fuel. Inc
servants certainly will for there is
nothing that servants hate worse tnan
open fires.
USE OF WOOD.
The use of wood For fuel is quite be-
yOnd the use of New Workers who wish
to economize, but there are many SUI
burban places where the price of fire
wood is such as to make that fuel
available as a substitute for anthracite
coal in the fall, when the whole house
does not yet require to be heated night
and day. q. .....-..
Hard wood at Sc or IS a cord is per-
.ha,ss cheaper than coal at the threat
cned prices. From the end Of Septen1-
,l,er- to. the middle of November house
in which there are neither invalids nor
young children can be made whole
somely comfortable with hearth fires
during the day. The cheer and health
that accompany the coal famine
would be blessing in disguise.
Those who know how to manage open
fires can get a great deal of comfort
tout of the money they spend for fire
wood. In the hands of such a. person
la cord of hard wood will furnish a
warm and cheering fire on one hearth
on every autumn day when artificial
heat is needed for the health and COM
fort of the family. But CT course any
Widespread adoption OF this. fuel would
quickly send up the price.