Show A N NEW FW F W FUEL the the altoona cobbler who disco discover vei ed the chemical properties of ashes moistened ened with a solution of water salt and oxalic add acid has solved tho the fuel problem it halt half that Is claimed for the preparation IB Is true the formula as made public calls for nothing very expensive except the oxalic add acid ot of which but it small quantity Is required the clie checkal action that takes place la Is simply explained pla ined the ile solution an alkaline salt mixed with coal ashes forms a weak lye lyo which when heated gives off oxygen gas and the oxalic acid made from fused caustic soda yields a carbide which in turn throws off acetylene a c et y lono gas adding to the intensity of odthe the heat when ashes are in that way converted into fuel the coal man in win tor ter will be a less important or necessary individual instead of waiting halt balf the winter through for a load of coal the tho housewife will dig up last years ash bed and pouring over it a bucket of water containing a little salt and the acid will proceed to kindle the fire and if it she ehe la Is so unfortunate fortunate fortuna tc as to be without an ash heap she sho will borrow a bucket ot of the heretofore useless article from her nearest neighbor crude salt will be brought in from the salt fields at little mountain by the trainload at a small charge per ton the water even under the new schedule will not be very expensive and out at green river wyoming less than two hundred miles east cast of ogden there are carbonate of soda and lime enough to supply the world with the potash from which oxalic acid Is made so that the new now fuel would have no element of great cost to the people of ogden the coal man from now on had better attend strictly to business or he will to without customers |