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tube attach an inch hose, a, or pipe, making a water-tight 

 joint at b. Sink this tin pail in the tank, and by hooks or 

 otherwise fasten it to the bottom so that it remains fixed. 

 Have the hose, a, fastened to the side so as to be a little above 

 the top of the pail. Fill the tank with water to the dotted 

 line, and arrange so that it cannot fill more and submerge the 



pail. Now put a 50-cent oil 

 stove, u, into the pail, with 

 oil enough to run it one hour, 

 and put it (lighted) into the 

 bottom of the pail. Put on 

 the pail-cover, and the water 

 in the tank will soon be warm 

 enough. It is best to have a 

 cover for the tank that can be 

 shut down and hold in the 

 heat that escapes from the 

 pail. The tube, a, supplies 

 the air to keep the fire going. 

 The fire, of course, goes out 

 when the oil fails, and there 

 can be no possible danger. A 

 pint of oil, costing less than 

 one cent, will warm a tank of 

 water. The cost of this ap- 

 paratus, all told, is : Pail, $1 ; 

 stove, 50 cents ; hose, 20 

 cents. ' ' — Country Gentleman ; 

 reported in American Garden, 

 771. 



FlG 72 Refrigerator Hot-Bed. — 



(Fig. 72.) The cut explains 



the device. — Sister 

 cious, in American 

 den, 684. 



Device for Arrang- 

 ing and Preserving Cut- 

 Flowers. — ( Fig. 73. ) 

 The material used for 

 making the forms is peat 

 or turf, and parts are 



Fig. 



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Fig. 76. 



