Show indictment OF THE FURNACE victim gives a few thoughts on the strange customs of dweller in the depths A furnace is part ol 01 the furnishings of the basement of a house it Is a large obese structure with a frank and readily opened countenance and an appetite tor coal which increases as coal in creases in price when coal is about seven dollars a ton a furnace will be and pernickety in its appetite demanding only a few shovel fuls now and then but when coal roams up into the altitudes of financial affairs the furnace will be as eager for it aej a girl iff for hothouse grapes and tm ported melons in january the duty of a furnace Is to beat the house wherein it may be it stands however between love and duty it loves the coal so much that it neglects its duty at times when the mercury goes down and sulks at the bottom of tha bulb the furnace will grow sad and moody meditating upon the good old summer time and will quite forget that there are heat pipes running aimlessly through the walls put lei a warm wave come along and the furnace will grow repentant and say to itself that it will make amends immediately all the windows have to be opened and people four blocks away get out their summer apparel A furnace will burn one ton of coal and produce therefore tour tons of ashes which accumulate in the cor ner of the cellar until a colored gen aleman comes along and otters to car ry them out for a king s ransom the heathen has a hard time and doubtless deserves aid but he does not have to struggle with the furnace problem nor endure the cold calculating stare of the coal man chicago evening post |