FURNACE POINTERS 
House and Garden 
P roper placing of the registers in 
the rooms as regards the exterior 
openings, such as windows and doors, 
after taking into consideration the direc¬ 
tion of the prevailing winds in winter 
and also with some consideration ol the 
length of pipe required in the cellar to 
reach the riser, is a prime consideration. 
Badly placed and too small registers 
account for more than fifty per cent of 
furnace troubles. 
Second, the furnace must be properly 
placed in the cellar and the pipes leading 
to the risers must not only be propor¬ 
tioned to the size of rooms to he supplied, 
but also to the length of run in the cellar 
and the amount of rise which can be 
given them; the longer the run and 
lower the rise the larger the pipe. 
A third item is that the opening which 
is to supply fresh air, whether taken from 
the basement or, what is preferable, from 
the outside, must be of at least three- 
quarters the capacity of all the pipes 
leading from the furnace, the other 
twenty-five per cent being a rough al¬ 
lowance for the expansion of air brought 
in cold and raised to ninety or loo de¬ 
grees. The cold air duct, preferably a 
galvanized iron pipe of heavy weight, 
should be carried above ground, so as to 
avoid any chance of evaporating any 
seepage water, but not alongside the fur¬ 
nace, where it may become warm and 
set up a “back draft.” 
It will readily be appreciated that fur¬ 
nace heating is an art, not a science, and 
even the most successful occasionally 
make mistakes .—New York Herald. 
EEL-GRASS AS AN INSULATING AND 
DEAFENING MATERIAL 
^ I 'HE “Old Pierce House,” at Dor- 
^ Chester, Mass., is an admirably 
preserved specimen of the earliest New 
England architecture, and a monument 
to the solid and substantial building of 
our forefathers. Built in 1635, it has 
never been owned or occupied by any 
but a lineal descendant of its builder, 
the present owner being of the eighth 
generation from the original Robert 
Pierce. Some time ago, in making 
repairs, it became necessary to open the 
walls of this ancient structure, when they 
were found to be stuffed, between the 
studding, with eel-grass, placed there, 
no doubt, for more complete protection 
A warm home makes 
happy guests 
To put the hostess at her 
best and the guests at their 
ease, modern hospitality re¬ 
quires that the home shall be 
comfortably, healthfully, and 
cleanly warmed. All heating 
methods other than Hot- 
Water and Low-Pressure 
Steam are rapidly passing 
out of fashion. At the pres¬ 
ent attractive prices, and the 
many economies and benefits 
brought about through their 
use, no home-lover need 
longer put off the purchase of 
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for Steam and Hot- 
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fuel economy, and labor-saving of these outfits. Ever hear of any one of these 
wanting to go back to the use of old-fashioned heating methods? 
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overheating or 
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for the chill days 
of early Fall and 
Spring. 
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