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 element of fire. We daily of children that have been burned to, in consequence of their clothes  caught fire; yet, it is surprising,  the frequency of these afflicting events  not possess persons with an idea of  most effectual methods of extinguishing the fire. In general, an attempt is to tear off the burning clothes from  sufferer, which should never be done. clothing, instead of being torn off, to be pressed close to the body, and  is at hand wrapped over it, so as  exclude the air, when the blaze will go ; for it is the action of the air that  it alive, and increases the vehemence. carpet, a table cloth, a blanket, a cloth, any close wrapper, will instantly it.

Mix in a plate, a few ounces of pulverized oxyde of manganese and common, which being placed in the house supposed to be infected, sprinkle oil of vitriol upon the mixture, and gas will arise which will render the place perfectly salubrious. The oil of vitriol should be carefully added by a few drops at a time, the face being burned from the mixture.