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  It 
  has 
  been 
  found, 
  as 
  set 
  forth 
  in 
  many 
  

   American 
  Consular 
  reports, 
  that 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   tar 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  kind 
  results 
  in 
  economy 
  of 
  

   maintenance 
  of 
  upward 
  to 
  tweney-five 
  per 
  cent., 
  

   wear 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  is 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  degree 
  pre- 
  

   vented, 
  and 
  damage 
  by 
  water 
  is 
  altogether 
  

   avoided. 
  Roads 
  which 
  formerly 
  used 
  to 
  be 
  

   sprinkled 
  several 
  times 
  a 
  day 
  can 
  now 
  be 
  left 
  

   without 
  any 
  sprinkling, 
  despite 
  heavy 
  auto- 
  

   mobile 
  traffic, 
  and 
  no 
  dust 
  is 
  created. 
  In 
  this 
  

   country 
  successful 
  experiments 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  

   by 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  at 
  Jackson, 
  

   Tenn., 
  and 
  by 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  engineers. 
  

   Almost 
  a 
  million 
  yards 
  of 
  park 
  roads 
  and 
  auto- 
  

   mobile 
  thoroughfares 
  of 
  America 
  were 
  treated 
  

   with 
  Tarvia 
  during 
  1906, 
  and 
  the 
  authorities 
  

   of 
  several 
  cities 
  have 
  announced 
  a 
  decision 
  to 
  

   make 
  use 
  of 
  Tarvia 
  on 
  every 
  macadam 
  road 
  

   under 
  their 
  supervision. 
  

  

  Tarvia 
  is 
  applied 
  hot 
  to 
  the 
  macadam 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  spell 
  of 
  warm 
  dry 
  weather. 
  It 
  filters 
  

   into 
  the 
  top 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  macadam 
  and 
  

   strengthens 
  the 
  natural 
  bond 
  of 
  the 
  stone, 
  giv- 
  

   ing 
  it 
  an 
  appearance 
  resembling 
  asphalt 
  and 
  

   capable 
  of 
  receiving 
  equally 
  heavy 
  traction 
  

   without 
  sustaining 
  damage. 
  An 
  annual 
  appli- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  Tarvia 
  is 
  sufficient 
  to 
  keep 
  a 
  road 
  in 
  

   splendid 
  condition, 
  free 
  from 
  side 
  washing 
  or 
  

   raveling, 
  and 
  absolutely 
  dustless. 
  

  

  A 
  Tarviated 
  road 
  can 
  be 
  swept 
  with 
  street 
  

   sweepers' 
  brooms 
  or 
  flushed 
  with 
  a 
  hose 
  with- 
  

   out 
  damage, 
  and 
  on 
  many 
  Tarviated 
  streets 
  

   this 
  is 
  done 
  occasionally 
  to 
  alleviate 
  the 
  dust 
  

   blown 
  on 
  by 
  wind 
  or 
  carried 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  by 
  

   regular 
  traffic. 
  

  

  Wherever 
  roads 
  are 
  properly 
  maintained, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  city 
  parks 
  and 
  parkways, 
  Tarvia 
  

   effects 
  considerable 
  saving. 
  

  

  TILE 
  IN 
  ECONOMICAL 
  

   BUILDING 
  

  

  WHERE 
  will 
  the 
  house 
  you 
  own 
  or 
  are 
  

   building 
  first 
  get 
  shabby? 
  Without 
  

   doubt 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  subjected 
  to 
  the 
  

   roughest 
  usage, 
  and 
  to 
  unobserved 
  and 
  insidi- 
  

   ous 
  decay. 
  The 
  exterior 
  of 
  a 
  building, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  composed 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  durable 
  mate- 
  

   rial, 
  such 
  as 
  stone 
  and 
  brick, 
  slate, 
  etc., 
  has 
  the 
  

   materials 
  graded 
  to 
  oppose 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  

   elements, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  most 
  persistent. 
  Thus 
  it 
  

   is, 
  that 
  even 
  though 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  

   may 
  be 
  of 
  wood 
  or 
  of 
  stucco, 
  the 
  roof 
  and 
  the 
  

   foundations 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  imperishable 
  sub- 
  

   stances. 
  The 
  foundation 
  is 
  always 
  of 
  non- 
  

   absorbent 
  stone, 
  or 
  brick; 
  and 
  in 
  like 
  manner 
  

   the 
  roof 
  is 
  preferably 
  of 
  mineral 
  matter, 
  slate, 
  

   burned 
  clay, 
  tile 
  or 
  metal, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  of 
  as- 
  

   phalt, 
  which 
  is 
  mineral 
  in 
  origin. 
  

  

  Without 
  doubt 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  

   the 
  part 
  subjected 
  to 
  the 
  roughest 
  usage, 
  and 
  it 
  

   hardly 
  requires 
  any 
  argument 
  to 
  convince 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  utility 
  of 
  making 
  the 
  vestibule 
  floor, 
  over 
  

   which 
  all 
  the 
  traffic 
  of 
  entering 
  and 
  leaving 
  

   is 
  concentrated, 
  of 
  some 
  imperishable 
  material. 
  

   Therefore 
  it 
  goes 
  almost 
  without 
  saying, 
  that 
  

   the 
  vestibule, 
  at 
  least, 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  tiled. 
  It 
  should 
  

   require 
  no 
  argument 
  to 
  demonstrate 
  the 
  desira- 
  

   bility 
  of 
  making 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  this 
  entrance 
  of 
  

   similarly 
  indestructible 
  material. 
  

  

  But 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  wear 
  or 
  direct 
  rough 
  

   usage 
  which 
  tells 
  upon 
  a 
  house; 
  an 
  internal 
  

   decay 
  indicated 
  by 
  unpleasant 
  or 
  musty 
  odors 
  

   will 
  be 
  found 
  even 
  more 
  objectionable 
  and 
  

   almost 
  impossible 
  of 
  removal. 
  The 
  worn 
  

   floor 
  may 
  be 
  repaired, 
  the 
  battered 
  wall 
  may 
  

   be 
  replastered 
  and 
  papered 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  impos- 
  

   sible 
  to 
  reach 
  with 
  such 
  renovations, 
  the 
  evi- 
  

   dences 
  of 
  decay 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  sense 
  of 
  smell. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  of 
  vital 
  importance 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   cover 
  where 
  the 
  house 
  breaks 
  down 
  in 
  this 
  par- 
  

   ticular, 
  and 
  loses 
  its 
  value, 
  after 
  but 
  few 
  

   years 
  of 
  occupancy. 
  

  

  The 
  considerable 
  results 
  and 
  improvements 
  

  

  