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Show To Cheek Incipient Fires. In many business offices fir buckets ,aro placed, tilled with water, In readiness readi-ness for nu emergency. It Is seldom, says tho Scientific American, that Instructions In-structions for use are pinned near tho Bupply. Tho wrong way to tacklo an Incipient the Is (usually) to hurl tho whole contents of a bucket on Jho spot. Most of tho water Is wasted by thlB means. A heavy sprinkling Is more effective. Tho water may bo splashed on tho blaze by hand, but a moro useful sprinkler Is a long-haired whitewash blush. One of theso Bhould hand beside every nest of llro buckets. |