Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1914 — Kerosene Cans In Demand. [ARTICLE]

Kerosene Cans In Demand.

___ American empty kerosene tins are largely used In India as receptacles and for ralfllllng many of the purposes for which iron buckets and pails might be used,” writes Consul Henry D. Baker, on special service In the east. “Handles are attached to empty tins, Which are thus utilised for carrying water about in a household, and In many cases they are filled with sand and deposited in large government and private offices for emergency in ease of firoa, when the land may be

easily flung on the blazing fire an thus extinguish it. “Empty gerosene tins have also a wide use aa containers pf whee (clarified butter used by the natives), and they are also put to use as flower pots; often they are flattened out and small holes pierced in them to serve as wlndowß or peepholes, through which the ladies of zenanas or harems may look opt of their houses without Jmlng seen ■ themselves, r - f - “These flattened out tins also are much used as roofing for many of tha

poorer houses of natives. Empty kerosene oil tins sell for about four cents eaoh,” '