1. Place a few sifted cinders at the bottom of the grate.

2. Then put in some crumpled paper and arrange sticks over it, laying them across each other. For kindling anthracite coal, hard wood should be added. Charcoal is sometimes used in place of wood, and is better, when it can be afforded.

3. Place a few cinders above the wood, and light the paper at the bottom.

4. When the wood is well on fire, put on a small quantity of coal, and wait till it is thoroughly heated and beginning to burn before more is added.