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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Readers' Service will give you 

 information about motor boats 



March, 1909 



THIS IS 

 THE POOFINC 

 THAT NEEDS 

 NO PAINTING" 



THERE was a time when everybody bought 

 roofings that required painting. It was 

 the regular thing to do. In fact there 

 was nothing else to do, for all roofings were 

 "smooth surfaced " and required paintingregu- 

 larly to keep them from deteriorating. 



Now there is Amalite, an improvement over 

 painted roofings, having a real mineral surface 

 imbedded in pitch — making a kind of flexible 

 concrete. 



This mineral surface needs no painting. The 

 waterproofing material, Coal Tar Pitch, is the 

 greatest enemy to water known. It is the base 

 of many waterproof paints. Only in a paint the 

 pitch is diluted and made into a thin film, whereas 

 the Amatite waterproofing is solid pure Pilch — ■ 

 two layers of it. It would take something like 



a dozen coats of pitch paint to equal in 



thickness that upper sheet of pitch in 



which the Amatite mineral surface is buried. 



And under that heavy sheet of pitch is a 



layer of wool_ felt and under that another 

 sheet of pitch, just as thick as the outer one. 

 And below them all is another layer of strong 

 felt. That makes two roofs in one. 



If the storms wore away the mineral surface 

 and dug through the pitch and destroyed the 

 felt, they would still be only half way through. 

 And_ if the weather then removed the next sheet 

 of pitch, you would still have left a final layer 

 of felt — nothing more or less than an ordinary 

 smooth surfaced roofing which could keep off the 

 rain very nicely if painted every year or two. 



Buf as a matter of fact, the weather never 

 gets past that mineral surface securely gripped in 

 its matrix of pitch. 



The mineral surface is there to stay. No 

 painting — no bother — no further expenses 

 after the roof is once laid. 



We should be glad to send you a free sample 

 of Amatite, and you can see for yourself how 

 much better it is than the smooth surface kinds. 



Address our nearest office. 



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Try this for 

 a Big 

 Load 



^ 



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easiest 



running 



wagon or dray is 



the one lubricated with 



Mica Axle Grease. 



Kills friction ; stops wear; makes 

 a two-horse rig run with one- 

 horse power. 



MICA 



Axle Grease 



contains powdered mica which coats 

 the axle with a non-friction 

 surface — that's the why of it. 



No grease helps as much 

 as Mica Axle Grease. 



If you try it, you'll 

 know it. 



Ask your 

 dealer. 



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