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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 8, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 6.

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More About Fuel

By MRS. D. A. FITCH

MRS. D. A. FITCH
More might have been said about economical fuel in my former article; but even now some housekeeper may be helped, and those who have not been so successful as they expected, may find advantages in these added suggestions.
Put an inch or more of coal-oil in some vessel, then fill it with upright portions of the “paper wood” described in the previous article. In a few minutes it will be ready for an extremely hot fire.
When the weather is not propitious for drying the wet papers as directed before, they may be closely rolled dry, tied with any kind of string, and treated to oil as above suggested. An old magazine partially moistened with coal-oil makes a good fire, and leaves less of refuse and ashes than is left by the ordinary method of burning the papers.