Show LIGHTING LORE ACETYLENE EXCELS AS AN gas for lighting formerly confined to cit es and large towns now in general use in the country the satisfactory lighting of aubur ban and country homes requires that the means used shall be convenient safe economical and furnoh a b 11 II hant penetrating effulgent light everybody admits that these are not the characteristics of the candle or kerosene lamp which formerly were the only feasible means of pr light for doi domestic use in tl tre tle e rural districts i for generations there was a crying need a yearning for something hotter botter which aich was not sati sned A few years ago deliverance came in the shape of the chemical compound calcium ca car bide from which by the simple ap of water ater the gas acetylene Acety lere is derived acetylene meets all the requirements fully and admirably and Is being generally I 1 ased sed common lime and carbon in the form of coke or coal are tl ti e raw ma aerials which f ased in an intensely heated furnace make calcium car bide and there is no difficulty in ob it in any part of the country the machine into which the cal caum carbide is fed and from which the acetylene is distributed through the building to be I 1 gated Is but little larger than a thirty gallon milk can and n d of the same general torm orm it Is easily and cheaply installed either in the cellar or in an out building the light from burning acetylene Is exquisite and lighting experts agree that it surpasses all other known allu it does not taint the air nor strain the eyes and is not objection a able e in n any respect every up to date rural residence should be equipped with acetylene light |