RURAL ARCniTECTURE. 



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have to count the cost of every aquare foot they Iniild upon. The cnly ad- 

 vantage of second stories in the country is that they are more healthfiol for 

 Bleeping apartments. 



If every fire has a separate flue, and each fine terminates in its own par- 

 ticular chimney-top, there will never be any trouble over smoking fires, if 

 the chimney is high enough. 



Proper care in the %Tangement of various rooms will save those who 

 have to do the housework a thousand needless steps. Kitchen and dining- 



A>' ORNASIENV-U. COl'XTEY CurrAiiI".. — . 



room should always be adjoining apartments. The cliina closet best opens 

 into the dining-room. A trap-door connecting the pantry with the dining- 

 room is a great convenience. It is well to have the wood-shed very near the 

 kitchen, and connected with it by a covered way, avoiding exposure in in- 

 clement weather. 



An attic over the entire house, with a window at each end, will be found 

 of signal utility for drying clothes in bad weather. 



Provide plenty of closets and cupboards in all of the rooms. The lady of 

 the house, who is the one moat >'itjdly intertsted in this matter, should uot 



