The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-13

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Helpful Hints To The Householder Wht
Tends His Own Furnace.
/ First shake, the crate well, removing the
ashes from the firebox and transferring them
! to your eyes and ears. Correct form does not
specify any particular dress for grate-shak
ing but black suit and derby gives the best
results. 1t is amazing the amount of ashes
one can remove on black derby.
After the ashes have been removed from
the furnace they should be dumped in pile
on top of last years on the t.llar floor. Pull
up a chair and gaze at pile for an hour or so
They should then be poured into galvanized
can and carried upstairs on your back.
As few ash-cans fit the average back, much
trouble will be experienced. Dump ashes onto
floor again and order set of individual baby
grand ash cans so all members Of family can
help. 1t is customary at this point to lose
interest in ashes and let them remain on de-
post at compound interest.
INSPECTION
Give the furnace interior a careful once
over. Insert head and get birdseye view OF
firebox Do not turn neck as head may be-
come caught in door and force you to go
through winter with furnace as neckpiece
You wifi discover that CRATE is broken. 1t
is now proper to sit down and have nice,
long cry.
Next ascertain il there il water in the
water compartment. TINS can be done by
looking at the water guage. If the gauge indi-
Gates that the tank is full of water it is
probably empty. And vica versa. Wrench off
gauge with an ak, throw it into Junk-heap
and solve problem as follows
/. Drill hole in top of furnace and drop
in a half dollar. If yon hear it drop, the
tank is empty. If you don't hear it drop, it
is full of water.
q Drop in a handful of gold fish,. Start
fire If odor is of chowder there is water in
the tank. If odor is of fried filet of sole the
tank is dry.
Warning In filling tank be sure it il
water. So much gin Is stored N cellars these
days it is easy to make mistake. 81,
STARTING THE FIRE 4
First remove empty bottles from inside of
furnace. 90 si9
Inspect II Jumps Of coal carefully to see
if they are genuine coal or japanned oyster
shells. This can be done by biting each lump
between teeth. If the Jumps chack they are
oyster shells. If the Jumps don't crack they're
oyster shells just the same, in all proba-
bility. -a-
Stuff firebox with May, June and July
newspapers containing presidential and con-
gressional speeches headed Must Be No Coal
Shortage, Operators Are Warned"
Add proclamatiOns made by governors
promising plenty of coal at fair prices.
Stir WELL
Throw in graduated table legs and
crutches. Strike 345 matches without result
And then lightfire with ten-cent cigar. Re-
tire ten PAGES and await results. You will
get them plenty.
When the smoke fills cellar, jump out near
est window, barking skull against easement
and leaving right ear on nail. Call fire de-
parement Fire department will have you
indicted by grand jury Grand jury will re-
turn verdict your pipes are clogged.
HOW TO CLEAN A FURNACE PIPE
Three things will be required: (al ham
mer, ID a stepladder, (3) wife. The wife
should be attired in white flannel outing suit
Remove pipe and shake it over wife's head
By watching her clothes, you can tell whether
SCOT is falling out Of pipe or not. II wife
makes complaint tell her you are filling her
order for new fall and winter SCOTT Crawl
into pipe and defy her to catch you.
1t is estimated that one man and wife
crawling through ten feet of furnace pipe at
four miles an hour, can clean the pipe thor
oughly in one and a half days.
The next step is to knock down furnace
with pickaxe. write letter calling the
plumber who sold it to you low person, and
move into steam-heated apartment for win
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