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Updated: May 24, 2025
"Don't you see, the next time they need nut-coal, they'll set the engine going and the scoop " "Four tons nut, Bill!" said a faraway voice. "Yep! Four ton. Start up that blamed machine!" "What? What did he say?" cried the inventor. "Something about starting the engine." "That's what I thought. They're going to use the Crano-Scale, Griggs! We're saved! We're saved!" "I fail to see it."
Then into the clean grate went a handful of shavings and pitch-pine kindlings, one or two bits of hard wood, and a sprinkle of small, shiny nut-coal. The draughts were put on, and in five minutes the coals were red. In these five minutes the stove and the mantel were dusted, the hearth brushed up, and there was neither chip nor mote to tell the tale.
Lay on some small sticks of wood, crossing them so that there may be a draught through them; add then one or two sticks of hard wood, and set the shavings or paper on fire, seeing that every draught is open. As soon as the wood is well on fire, cover with about six inches of coal, the smaller, or nut-coal, being always best for stove use.
When pipes are carried through floors or partitions, they should always pass either through earthen crocks, or what are known as tin stove-pipe thimbles, which may be found in any stove store or tinsmith's. Lengthening a pipe will increase its draught. For those who use anthracite coal, that which is broken or screened is best for grates, and the nut-coal for small stoves.
And the first object which confronted us was the home of Hawkins! We had been delivered at his door, with the four tons of nut-coal. "They'll have to sign for us on the driver's slip," I remember saying. That person let off one shriek and vanished down the street. Then the door of the Hawkins home opened, and Mrs. Hawkins emerged, followed by my wife.
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