Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1913 — FINDS NEW USE FOR SALT [ARTICLE]

FINDS NEW USE FOR SALT

Woman Discovers Hew to Make Gas Mantle Lights White After They Have Burned Black. “I learned a new trick the other day,” admitted a man who thinks he knows about all the tricks there are to be known. “I was making a call on a friend whose apartments is fitted with gas mantle lights. The light in the reception room was poor because the mantle had turned, black. But my friend’s wife knew the secret of turning it back to its original color, and 1 stood amazed to see her throw salt into the chimney all over the mantle. The' salt caused the flame • blaze up all around the mantle and-gradual-ly the char disappeared, ana the light was as bright and clear as when the mantle was new. That’s a thing worth knowing.” ■