The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-05-09

heated and the lamp filled with a dan
gerols vapor. A Burning lamp with q
broken chimney becomes liable to a vio-
lent explosion in about fifteen minutes
A lamp should not be left burning at all
in a vacant room or house.
The successful combustion of kerosene
depends largely on the burner. Two
kinds are made, one for heavy oil and the
other for light oil. The successful and
commendable hinge or sui burner has
been largely displaced by cheap imita-
tons, some Of which are simply brass
washed tin.
The hinge Sun. Grand and Banner gave
the most satisfactory results with light
oil, especially the Banner, which requires
a thick, even wick, giving a fine light.
For heavy oil, a more liberal wick is re-
quired to raise the oil freely enough to
to supply the flame and give the required
heat, hence two or more wicks are pro-
yided. The Dual, Duplex, Oxford and
Moehring will burn successfully oil hav-
ing a flashing point Of go to $50 degrees,
but the flame will not be so white as that
from los degree or Ito degree oil with q
good burner, nor give SO good satisfaction.
The so-called Hitchcock lamp, designed
to burn without a chimney, gives a steady,
strong, clear, pleasing light Of full six
teen candle power and being OF metal, is
commended for safety, economy and &illu-
mination.
Burners should be kept perfectly clean
and free from crustation on the wick
tube and accumulation Of charred wick
on the perforated disk. The disk is for
the purpose of supplying draft and the
necessary amount of oxygen of the at
mosphere to consume the carbon Of the
oil. When the disk is clogged imperfect
combustion and smoke are the result.
Keep the vent tube along the wick tube
into the lamp open and clean, as it is the
safety valve of the lamp.
Gummed and clogged burners can be
easily cleaned by boiling a few moments
in sal7soda or concentrated lye and water.
Use chimneys properly adapted to the
burner. The s,ze and form has much
to do with the success of the bur ner. A
large bulb, high and tapering to the ex-
IRENE top. is the best form. Most chim-
neys are too low, too small in the bulb
and fiaring at top. Get the best anneal-
ed glass. There is no economy in pur-
chasing cheap, common glass chimneys.
Most tiat-wick burners require what are
known as sun-burner bulb chimneys.
Burners with more than one wick require
flat-bulb chimneys.
Probably not n person in 100 gives a
lamp wick thought or attention. Yet it
is one Of the most important factors in
the burning of kerosene, as it is also n
of the most important factors in the burn
ing Of kerosene, as it is also one Of the
most proba BILE causes of complaint of the
unsatisfactory burning of oil. The mar
kets are filled with cheap wicks, worth
less and yalueless at any price. They
are hard, soft, rough, smooth, thick, thin,
wide, narrow, regular and irregular, all
in the same wick, Select n wick of soft
even texture, thick enough to carry oil
sufficient to supply the flame. AS wick
tubes are presumed to be Of proper size
for the burner, the wick should snugly
fit the tube, yet move freely when satur-
ated with oil. 1t should only reach the
bottom of the lamp. Wicks should be
chanrn1 ono aach month