Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 266
and another and more unusual methodwas to fire a rifle into the stone fireplace, wheresome tinder was gathered, the bullet strikingsparks that set up a fire. An emery-wheel re-volving against a steel would produce many moresparks than any of the above contrivances, butthe mechanical fixture needed… … THE OLD-TIME METHOD OF BUILDING A FIRE IN A LOG-CABIN. and when the partly burned rags within becameignited, the candle was lighted and the snufferused to put out the fire remaining in the box.The candle was set on the box, which was then times when the fire was not so much needed, itwas banked…
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