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Show TO DETECT LEA"K IN GAS PIPE. Lather of Soap Much Better Than Using a Matih. T'ie foil of hunt'ug for a lenk In n trs Jjo xiit'i a M tilled match Is not so much tirausu of the danger of an explosion is of other d-unngo, as Is shown bv the experience of a West Philadelphia householder list week One oi two oinnil leaks were detected bv going over all the pipes and hold-In hold-In a lighted match to them. The nliicl! of nns ceased, but was replaced n frw hours later bv the smell of burning wood Another visit to the cilhr showed a charred floor Joist n little dlstnncu above a gas pipe There was to apparent cause for this until a very close elimination discovered that a tlu) Jet of gas was Issuing from thu plpo beneath the beam. It was lighted but wan so small as to be blue In color and nearly Invisible. It laid been lighted l the match used In the first investigation, but hnd not been noticed "If that leak had happened to ho in a lead Joint Instead of an Iron conniption," con-niption," said a gas mini, "theio would probnbl) have been work for tho fire dcpnitmetit The sninllfst possible Jet of lighted gas Issuing through lead will In time heat and melt the lead and mako the leak larg cr, until a big Manic Is Usulng. This mnv make a fire hours Inter, In the dead of night or at n tlmo when no one Is lu the houso The only prop cr wnj to look for these ver) small leaks is to paint tho suspected plpo with a smooth toap lather. Just -is In the case of a blcvcle tixv. thf ." est leak will blow a bubbb la lathei, and there vou aro." J' in. phln Record |