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to divide the —_ vet a partition with a door, and it is’ easy, 
with a moderate expense, to render this arrangement or- 
namental as well as useful, the upper half of the door, asd 
perhaps the parts above and on the sides, being glazed. 
In most houses, it is, however, not difficult to find a situ- 
ation where an anthracite furnace can be conveniently 
placed, with the aid of bricks and plate tin—viz. tinned iron ; 
a very small space will answer, as itis easy thus to protect 
the wood that may be contiguous. The tube to convey 
away the gases may pass into any convenient flue, only it 
must be one devoted to this purpose, as two draughts cannot 
maintained in one flue, and the interference as 
be-particularly: inconvenient, in this case, as a strong cu 
is necessary to maintain the combustion of the fuel. "The 
nse ee of the anthracite as a fuel for houses, 
are as ale 
oe IPs; Finis st of oitr cities sand maritime Pesphonts; chee 
chan any other fuel : this is believed to be true even at this time, 
and when the facilities of mining and cease toler are in- 
creased, the expense must - much diminishe 
2. Ibis the safest fire know 
cn furnaces or close stoves, soe sage sagen and secured, 
‘be le ftin full action, 
way ie jot or Labapreren pu spovess 
 &. The heat is also the most Leesa eset e uate: 
&. It is capable of being adapted to the wildest” as res as 
the severest weather. This remark is especially true of the 
entry or hall stove, in which three or four inches of coal in 
depth can be kept in active combustion, and by as difened, 
shutting doors, the heat, at pleasure more or less di 
— with colder air. 
The fire will, ‘without attention, burn through the whole 
etait maintaining the rooms at a temperature comfort- 
able for those who may be obliged to rise at onseasopable 
hours. and canvenient for early breakfast. : 
