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Show E' Coer Your Water I'lpen. An instance of the success attending the covering of pipes for conserving heat f occurred quite recently, in which a resi- f: dence was fitted with a complete system of hot water supply pipes on a scale suf ficiently largo for a good boiler in a five foot kitchen range, blowing to the exi-' exi-' gincies of a temporary delay a three foot range was fitted up and connected to tHe I chimney and circulating pipes for tem- porary cooking and hot water supply. It was not supposed that the little rango witli its boiler would do much in tlie way of water heating, but to the astonishment aston-ishment of every one it gave an abundant abund-ant supply of very hot water in every part of the hcrse as quickly in the morning morn-ing as a larger range could be expected to do. The best material for covering pipes is hair felt. Hair is a poor conductor of heat, and is unsurpassable for this purpose, pur-pose, especially as it is so easy of application. appli-cation. The felt, which is readily obtainable ob-tainable in Blioets, is cut in strips for pipe work and wound around the pips spirally and secured with cord or wire. I Pittsburg Dispatch. |