Show BURN YOUR ASHES I INSTEAD STEAD I OF COAL GOAL I I 1 Remarkable e Secret Is D' D Discovered Discovered ered by Iy Pennsylvania Cobbler Pa Ia April Apri 17 Tho Tho remarkable C secret for tor burning ashes of or coal discovered ered cred b by John Joint an Altoona cob coh bier ller anI an and which ha has much zurich niton atten lon Ion all al u over o r time the world Is out Almost Aimos t every hou household In Is no now using tg g I with great savins ln a In coal bills SCHel Sos SC Hel ral well wel known chemists Immediately after It wu was announced that Ellmore Iud had solved thy the problem of or o obtaining heat from ashes sh set to wor work to tr try Iry to lo discover cr the formula for The They were successful and here hereit it Is a Common salt saiL al one pound Oxalic acid two to ounces ounce Water one gallon alon Mix lx and moisten a mixture containing one part coal and three parts pats ashes ashe and anda a better fuel ue than pure coal Is obtained The lushes ashes of anthracite coal burn hurn as readily as HI do 10 those of o bituminous This mixture will wi u upon U In on being placed upon a burning grate rate fuse Into a R coke hibe coke tc mass massand massand massand and deposit lt 1 but little lite rc residue The chemIcal chemical chem diem ical action acton of this compound is thus C ex ci- ci plo pia I In ned cd When hc an aqueous aqueous aqueous' solution of alkaline salt sait sal such a as common salt sal Is ml mixed ed with will I coal ashes the n result sul Is that a mild mid lye Ie Is formed which when with wih an any combustible such audi a us art eoa coal and I upon the application of heat gives oft off of oxygen pas gas a thus thus enabling rapid combus- combus tion ton The Tine addition additon of oxalic acid causes cs cau I Ia a chemical change of greater value thee than I Ithe the hirst for tho reason that thai Its result 1 Tn Fn the tho formation gIves os' os oft off or a carbide which In turn tur urn gives oft off or acetylene gns ns this iris adding to the tho Intensity of the heat heal an arid and fa facilitating complete In Combustion It I Is Jo possible upon moistening a smal smal I quantity of ashes without add adding Ins coa coato coal 1 to 0 really detect the odor of oC S gas and when the treated ashes ar placed upon the tho lighted fire fre they wll wJ I fu fuse c and burn to a iou powder The compound I Is now holing being used Ii In Inmany Inmany r many large Industrial arid and anI mercantile Lr plants pants here herc and nd it I is Is claimed for tor i it t that It has reduced reduce ll tine the fuel Item Iem moie more th than n hair halt has eliminated almost en entirely en- en the question of dl disposing disposing- of oC ashes asire S which has beers been Icen considerable wirer where C great quantities o of coal arc are consumed Iii who tho discovered cred the tire secret Mccrel and se attention upon tho the pos possibilities l- l bullies s that hat lurked o in ashes claims S that thaL his patent will 1 protect him hun In lii his a 8 secret rot He says t he hats has his received an of offer oC- oC fer cr from the tire British h government Jo pro pro- h he ire can ean demonstrate the of r hl compound While It II Is everywhere conceded t thin that t has conferred a great real boon boun IL upon humanity It I I Is feared that h he ire will ril 1 not riot derive erl e an any tangible benefit trot from rom ri his di discovery er co In view low vie of or the fact thai t hundreds of others secured time the um C results by following hIS hi his lead |