The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-15

frsyiittv. An old Egyptian harem i an,ea, :
raeentiy sent from Chicago IA q pecu,tii,a ', :,
contrlyance consisting or three DVt ti' ~,
vessels with glass tubs ~ mr sas water
hring used under the oil wner, the W." ,ht@
does NOT extend. The top handie OF uiIs
lamp Is OF bronze inlah win snVeff
punched work. which bears ihu'o@eo"' "
AZ least n hundred years. ,xod
The United states lamp has m ikea
history on account OF its coslnopo d, ii's 20
owners. so Mr. Hough has been apie, ~, ~
trace It's ancestry generally paek 70 .ariv
rope. A fayorlte pattern Of the ear
PENNSYLVANIA Dutch was the iron a
lamp with curved handle chainee The
hook spike which was driven n,,o are
wall, generally ALONGSIDE, a. an VSehnuize
lamp. The "petticOat lamp Or ago.
chusctts. used about ninety yssnd Is so
is also in the American Group n,, Is
set nnon a hollow conical stand res nu
bling n petticoat AItSa sn order the
lamp In this country cdl"e m lamps. the
spirit lamps the ethefeaii 49,, Vt Gas burner
petroleum lamps, anu i"9' Wv
and electric light.
crRTosIrIfs IN LAMPs'
one n the cases containing inns , ne"
COLLECTION Is devoted entirely 70 S"iap
ities which cannot h bro gr'eef theae is a
enron hlIhIi, n,,,ern brought over by Mr.. Hough
fro,, Madrid. where he iound IL uH'u ~
,ba mall hunters. Two other small Vuts
from Seville were used 10y me ,S TS'
u,bo hang them on their stiiiy- %aNeu
,,,,efochee few days ago TWO lamps
from different contributors uheNpecteu'2
arrived by express at the museum aup
being exactly alike, createu co'i i,in "p .
ruriositv among the cuTatofs. lhey are
hotb brass. resembling small coffee pots
me bodies being shaped IKE inverted i,in-
ncls. one is from Belgium, ana ihe o'hSr
from a Flemish family IN IluhOis. IN
thfe case Is also 10 be seen cOHu"I
brick. with a hole dug in one END, hileu
With fat. a piece Of rag furnishing the
wick This was found at oxford, Eng
land. among the bakers. VINO use 'l'ls
cbcap method Of lighting altoEether
There is here also fieinish uHueI
box shaped Ike dipper WIZ IL d 'G NJ
handle. n bronze candlestick IRON "a
mascus. and terra Gotta canuplrIt S,,,
from Italy with the figure OF Il r,t,i -
also a box of floats for hlshl- ns"' o,o
ners 0uite common nifty years ahc;;
Another feature is STICKING i9l''in I.Es,n
consisting OF an iron caudiesugk WIZ
being used 10 stick the contriVance mo
the wall. and the other 20 iastth ~ ~
The top Of a table or manteipiece. ! nese
are still used on board hshuhE go,
There IS also q round timer DT S Acon,1ie
Nev, Redford. with its supply OF candIe
noulds. tallOw dips. ana other aIuVlV9'
nn n-bicb neoule depended for light n
half century ago. Or. Tarletoh H. "a
contributed 10 this COllecuoh an "'u ~
la,np. which he used thirty years dEo III
Pcnnsvlvania. and to its smoking, iiafihs
light we owe much Of the yaluabie II II
formation given us IN ms EdludU,ibe
studies in ichthyology. IT is Of TN WIN
an oblOnQ bowl containing an Orihce LOT
filling the basin with oil. and long sit
for the wick, the whole supporter Oh '4i
lnright standard. Scores Of other strange
freak lamps are piled one upon the olher
In this case.
UsTD TO MARK TIME.
This most interesting group relating to
light includes the subdivision, tline heep'
ing by light and fire Mr.. Housh says,
In this connection, that the use Oi lre ana
light for measuring time ~ an Almost III
noticed fact in the history OF ume-keep-
ing. The oily nuts described in the cary
history Of torches is here referred 10
again, the night being divided of by the
Pacific Islanders in AZ many PERIODS as
II takes the fire 70 consume d certain
number of the nuts. In China the pre-
scribed time during which the royal pro
cessiOn at the coronation OF the Emperor
must move between the palace ana lhe
temple is regulated by the burhiIS OF d
loss stick Of a certain length, The Chlnese
doctor also uses the Joss stick. broken INTO
several angles, 10 mark the time Wneh
his patient must take his me1iClne
Chinese messengers who have put q snoIl
period Of sleep awake themselves by piac-
ing a short piece of joss stick between
their toes.
oiled paper lantern. inclosng hemp rope
soaked in nitre. divided into four parts
by cords tied to it. Time Is announced
from this by a lantern placed before the
Kings window having transparent sides,
on which the hour Is marked. specimen
of the graduated candle, with all of the
hours marked upon it, is also TO be seen
there.-WashingtO Star.