answer:Oil lamps and possibly gas. For general lighting in the larger rooms, an oil lamp chandelier of sorts was used. Out in the country, you used what was available, so a wagon wheel or some other suitable farm implement might be used to make the chandelier. Nothing fancy. These people were utilitarian. There would be oil or gas lamp sconces down hallways especially next to doors so one could see where the doorhandle was. Sconces also lined the walls in larger rooms. There might be a simple lamp hanging from the ceiling in smaller rooms such as bedrooms, but mostly there would be portable table lamps on the bedside table and in the center of the dining room and den tables. The kitchen, because it was a workroom, was well-lit. It might have simple but efficient general lighting from the ceiling and sconces above work areas. The work tables would be under general lighting units with possibly a portable oil lamp close by the work. The dining room and kitchen tables would be under general lighting sources and have oil lamps in the center that would often be removed while eating to prevent accidents. Also, candles were still often used in place of portable oil lamps. Traditionally, cleaning the lamp glass was done on Saturday or Sunday afternoon by one of the household children. The child would carry them to the renserie (the kitchen ante room at the backdoor next to the pantry where root vegetables were cleaned before entering the kitchen proper, I forget the English name for this), woodroom, or some other work area, clean the glass, polish the brass, fill them with oil, then replace them until the following week.