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te divide the hall by 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, and 
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, asitis 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 
asually be maintained in one flue, and the interference would 
be particularly inconvenient, in this case, asa strong current 
is necessary to maintain the combustion of the fuel. The 
principal advantages of the anthracite a§ a fuel for houses, 
are as follows : 
_ 1. itis, in most ef our cities and maritime regions, cheaper 
than any other fuel : this is believed to be true even at this time, 
and when the facilities of mining and transportation are in- 
creased, the expense must be much diminished. 
 Q. itis the safest fire known. 
In furnaces or close stoves, properly placed and secured, 
itis entirely without danger, and may be left in full action, 
through the night. In grates, there is very little danger, and 
none if they are prudently managed. 
3. There isno smoke, and of course, the tubes and chimneys 
do not become foul : they need neither sweeping nor burning ; 
and provided no other fuel be used, they cannot be made to 
burn, as there is nothing deposited but a little earthy ov 
metallic ashes, entirely incombustible. 
4. The heat produced, is the most intense that canin amy 
way be used for economical purposes. 
5. The heat is also the most enduring and equable. 
&. It 1s capable of being adapted to the mildest as well as 
ihe 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 opening and 
shutting doors, the heat, at pleasure more or less diffused, 
or diluted with colder air. 
7. The fire will, without attention, burn through the whele 
nighi—thus maintaining the rooms at a temperature comfort- 
able for those who may be obliged to rise at unseasonable 
hours, and convenient for early breakfast. 
