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Show HOLLY SYSTEM OF HEATING. Now, when the elovc muit bo red-hot red-hot in order to counteract the cold that creeps in through tho floor, tho windowa and under doors, .it ifi good to think of the Holly system oC heat-; ing by nieaca of oteam conveyed in pipea from a central Btation to the surrounding houdca. Much of the nine! of winter ia chargeable to itovea, which poiaon the air, robbing it of ita healthful, life-giving properties. Thceo di.ya one's teeth chatter and ho shiver.) with cold when ho is not hugging thettovG, and wheu doing so ho ia parching and burning, inhaling hot air, and making himaeu weak and aick generally. The new system propones to change all this. If the room becomes too warm for comfort or health all that ia necessary ia the mere clotting of a regiator or turning off a ttearn j ;t. So with cooking. II a eteak is to he fried or a cup of tea utteped, it ,will not be necessary to build a lire- that will drive the poor cook out of the room to save her from Bleeping or frying hereolf over a red hotslovo. Tho steam heat, and just onough of it to do the work, can bo turned on, and when the cooking haa been finished, turned oil again. Everybody will bless the day when tho new way of heating bouses ahall become universal. It will be fun to lako down and cart away to the fnnnrlrv. lhf stnvpn that cause so much profanity; to turn the coal bin into a heuhouBe; to ahuko the coal dust out of ttie carpets and curtains, and know that the operation will not have to bo repeated twice or thrice a year; to understand that no more wall-paper will bo destroyed by eoot; to feel that you can bid deGance to flues and chimneys, and laugh at the crosa winds that used to Gil the house with Bmoke; to realize that no more ashea are to bo spread by clumsy, careless sweops over the floor and furniture. All these and much moro "too numerous to mention," men-tion," will give occasion for a grand jubilee whou all our heating shall be done by steam, sent in pipes to our houEca ;-.a gas and water are now sent. |