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Show Dangers Lurking -.. in 'Dirty Cellars Fire Should Be Lighted in Stove So As to Ensure a Thorough Airing Dampness and Germs ATTENTION" should bo called to the cellar, which is a source of very gravo danger. The subject ha? often quito thoroughly ventilated oo far as keeping decaying fruity and vegetables vege-tables therein, but this is only one aource of the evil which menaces. Yet few go boyond this, except to open the windows in' summer. In order to produce pro-duce ivchango of clr; but this oppnlug of the windows gives only a partial nnfl slight reliof. from the foul aln which circulates up tho stairs, through opened doors or thp crevices of closed ones, through fut-naco pipes and between be-tween the interstices of clpsed icg-isters. icg-isters. Thero l.j only one way in which to properly air the collar when the fur-naco fur-naco fire ls not In operation. In late fall aYid early spring, as well,aa during dur-ing tho hottest months of the summer; sum-mer; In fact, whonewr tho weather does not necessitate a fire In the furnace, fur-nace, every cellar should bo provided - i J with a small atovo, ono vhlch hap an 'undeniably stiong diaft, and at loaxt ,as hequcntly as once a wyck a brisk i fire should be started In this ptovo and (kept up for at least an hour or two, even if the temperature outsido be 110 degrees In tho dhade, Tho pipe irom (his move may be cjrried directly into tho furnace chimney, or even into the furnace plpo. In the latter case a damper must bo placed n the pipe, clo.id to tho end whoro It enters the furnace, so when there ls a fire in the furnace, this can bo closed, and thero will be no draft down tho littlo stove. Tho object of tho stovo Is twofold. First, and most important, Is to ohanyo i the air in the cellar, to purify it and to i send tho bad air rushing up and out : into the cold, or Into the warm world. ( Open wldo tho drafts and give tho stov evpry Opportunity to tiuok in nil tho foul air.' Pure,' fresh air will then i rush Into iho cellar to .ako tho trtace r of IL - ; Again, everyouo knows that furnace I ; pipes rust, and havo to bo ?roquently l . . renewed. TI1I3 Is owing to tho damp- IK H ncs3 which Is bound to colloct in every M HJ cellar. The expenso attendant upon if H placing a stovo in tho cellar, lighting m H and caring for tho fire, will bo several A hundred-fold compensated for in thu jl added length of timo the furnaco pipes I jH will last Tho cost of repairing a 'RBI furnace fa not slight, particularly when ' IflJ the tin man or stovo man charges so , Kill liberally for his time. ' ISJ And whilo on tho subject of furnaces fHl let us rolterato the advlco that when j IIHJ tho furnace fires aro out In the spring every pipe should bo taken down and lpH all soot brushed out, tho furnace should Ml be thoroughly cleanpd, every spoonful lil of ashes being scraped up and carried fllHJ out or the cellar. If this is not done. (Hh1 they will gather dampness and offer (nHl breeding places for germs. Somo pec- 'HlflBI pic allow all this to go until fall when -UHJ thoy arc about ready to stort tho fur- PHI naco fire, but thlo Is poor policy In 1 lHJ every senso of the world, I'HI Another caution: Don't neglect to jpH havo dampers placed In all your fur- flH naco lIpcn. not only for tho caving of IflHl fuel In winter, but also to keep tho ttjH cellar air cut of the living rooms In summer. Closed lcglsters are not auf- 1HH1 flcJcnt for tli In latter purpose, do do HHJ not trust t,o them entirely. il The ocllni mould bo thoroughly iBWJ cleaned twice a y?ar: Open tho win- HHl clows. Sweep tho walls, celling and HHI :locr of one-half itho loom. Brush and HHI clean the movable articles an place mvHHJ them jo the cleaned Half. Then fiuiah flHfl clcJii'Iyj; 4ho remainder of tho room. BHl Swc'.'p and dt:tt a second time "WaaJ iUHI nil the ivjndows: and whitewash where illHl necessary. Tnspcct tho cellar once a llll ',eok and i.ovo:- allow p.ny nnl'nal qr' (llll vci;ctaolc matter to Oecaj thero. ' ' |