Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1875 — Precautions in Case of Fire. [ARTICLE]

Precautions in Case of Fire.

Keep all doors and windows of structure closed until the firemen come; put a wet cloth over the mouth and get down on all-fours in a smoky room: if in a theater keep cool; descend ladders with a regular step to prevent vibration. If kerosene just purchased can be made to burn in a saucer by igniting with a match, throw it away. Put wireworks over gaslights in show-windows; sprinkle sand Instead of sawdust on floors of oil stores; keep shavings and kindling-wood away from steam boilers, and greasy rags from lofts, cupboards, boxes, etc.; see that all stove-pipes enter well in the chimney, and that all lights and fires are out before retiring or leaving place of business; keep matches in metal or earthern vessels, and out of the reach of children; and provide a piece of stout rope, long enough to reach the ground, in every chamber. Neither admit anyone if the house be on fire, except police, firemen or known neighbors; nor swing lighted gas brackets against, the wall; nor leave small children in a room where there are matches or an open fire; nor deposit ashes in a wooden box or on the floor; nor use a light in examining the gas meter. Never leave clothes near the fireplace to dry; nor smoke or read in bed by candle or lamp light; nor put kindling-wood to dry on top of the stove; nor take a light into a closet; nor pour out liquor near an open light; nor keep burning or 6ther inflammable fluids .in rooms where there is a fire; nor aHow smoking about bams or warehouses.— Western Farm Journal. —All plants placed before an ordinary window will grow one-sided unless frequently turned round, giving both sides an equal chance for the light.