CLEANING KEROSENE LAMPS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 363, 27 April 1889, Page 8

CLEANING KEROSENE LAMPS.

The lamps should always lie cleaned in the morning, for if left till affeinoon they are liable to be forgotten, and w hen wanted for use cleaned hurriedly or not cleaned at .•ill. Once the lamp is lighted, the wick ouirht not to he turned up to its full height nt first, hut turned down until the vapour on the chimney has disai peared and the glass i« clear, and when then turned to its full height the glass 'vill never break. It is the putting on of the chimney when the wick is turned to its regular height that "breaks it suddenly, owing to the suddenness of the heat on the cold glat>s If new chimneys aie first put into cold water and placed on the stove and allowed to come to a boil, then taken off and allowed to cool in the water, they will become very durable and are not easily broken; If the burner becomes clogged, boil it in soda water and wipe and then diy on the back of the '-tove. New wick 5 : should always be poaked in vinosrar and diied before using, when they will {rive a clearer light and one not likely to flick pr. The danger of allowing childcn to handle lamps cannot be ovei estimated. A table-spoonful of salt put in a lamp renders the oil non~explosive.