Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-03-11
BREATHING LAMPBLACK IN THE
COUNTRY.

When Madam heats her cu'l.ne
tongs she lays them across the chin
nry top of a lighted Kerosene lamp.
After they have heated enough she
is very careful to wip,' tn tongs on a
piece of pap r or cloth, before using
them.
Why docs she so wipe them?
A glance at the ppr or cloth
aftcrward will show promptly enough.
She wipes them hecausr, in the
brief moments the tongs lie over TIN
lamp, they b, come coated with soot-
Lamphlack.
Now this I.amp'lack is good e .cugn
to make paint ont Of but it is clearly
bad stuff to breath for hours at Il
time every night in the var.
And, don't imagine ti.at the lamp
quits making SCOT when she lifts tn,
tongs off the chimney.
A car, ful glanc, at white lacc.cu-
tains that have been hanging for
some time in room where X r,s,nr
or Gaslenr light has been uSd vii!
tell its own story.
Another look at the wall pap on
ceiling and walls will also J. thu
tale, if that pap r. be light culorrd anu
in Use for year or so.
The I.amptlack will BIZ found d..
posted in very fine, Glossy parkr!
layers upon everything in the room
where Kerosene lamp light is con
stantly USED.
Draughts carry away much of it
outdoors and down the Threats OF
people inhabiting the rooms where
such lamps are used.
Because the stro est draughts
likely to be found in any room is tn"
inhalation of air by people in breath
ing.
So the habit of breathing Lamp
black is common enough in the coun
try and few will claim that it is not
injurious to health.
Moreover the I.ampblack is only
one visible product of many other in
visible, and more serious ones, given
IF by Kerosene lamps when lighted.
Among these injurious products is
Caronic Acid Gas which, if breathcd
pure, would kill in five minutes.
Many people are not aware that an
ordinary Kerosene lamp gives off Is
cubic feet of Carbonic Acid Gas every
lour it is lighted, in bedrooms or liv-
!ng room.
it also burns up and robs the air
N the room of 80 cubic feet of OXy
gen per hour.
Oxygen you know constitutes
fifth part of air we br, ath and Is
what purifirs the blood Of waste pro-
ducts as it passes through our lungs.
So you see that the innocent look
ng Kerosene lamp is a mighty un
wholesome thing to Lave in HON
year in and year out.
Gasolene light is equally bad, and
much hotter than Kerosene.
Incandescent Electric light is en-.
tirely free from those drawbacks, a
the light burns in vacuum within the
glass bulb.
But Electric light costs more than
twice as much as Kerosene and can't
well be had in the average country
home at that.
Besides it is such huctuating light
that it is very hard on the eyes.
Acetylene Gaslight is the nearest
to ideal of all home illuminants as is
now getting to be generally under
stood.
Acetylene light is practically Sun.
light, being pure white light with
Jut color-fog, SCOT, smell or heat.
Being all light instead of only one
tenth light like that of Kerosene and
Gasolene, only one-tenth as much
flame is needed from Acetylene t.
produce as much light as nine-tenthS
from Kerosene or Gasolene.
This means. with Acetylene, only
small fraction of the heat, SCOT
Oxygen consumption, and Carbonie
| Acid Gas production of Kerosene,
or City Gaslight.
Acetylcne light is SO pure ant
wholesome, so identical in its chcmi
cal action and color balance with sun
light that plants grow as freely and
naturally under it at night as they
10 in the open day by sunlight itself
Charles Iseminter, of Hagerstown
shot and killed his wife, Alma Use.