Show A lamp in irin ills not ery many men carry lamps in n their pockets but there la Is at least one man who does docs and that is the lamplighter 11 liter on the elevated road it la is an alcoholic lamp like a section of brass cylinder five or six inches long and an luch inch through and with a slender tube two or time thre inches loag holding the wick mick projecting at ono one end the lamplighter lamp lighter conics in at the blont door of the lar car with his lamp lighted with a rapid ease acquired by experience he h lights the six elx limps seeming almost not to pause in ills progress through the car if lie he la Is in tile the last car of the tiala as he pulls pulla down the chi chimney niney over the last lamp he has lighted and tuns auns toward the rear door he blows out his own lamp and drops it in his his hands are now free ile ho throws back the door walks out upon the platform opens the gate and steps oft off upon the station platform or down upon the other side ready to board the next train A touch of a match will light the alcohol lamp new york sun |