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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1905 



A Machine to Make Fortunes 



Every patented device that saves time and labor makes money for its owners, but no invention of recent 

 years will compare for practical utility and popularity with the wonder of the twentieth century, the 



RAPID FLOOR SURFACING MACHINES 



which cleans and polishes floors, uses sandpaper instead of knives, removing all dust, dirt and Inequalities 

 in less time and with less effort than ten to twenty men could do the same work, [caving an absolutely 

 level smooth surface. For 

 private dwelling houses, 

 hotels, dance halls, armor- 

 ies, theaters, churches, 

 schools and all larye or 

 small buildings, for floors, 

 old or new, hard or soft, 

 this machine will be found 

 invaluable. The process is 

 sanitary, saves carpets and 

 linoleum, and prevents the 

 gathering of germs. Can be 

 easily op' rated by any me- 

 chanic. No Inconven- 

 ience to Occupants 

 During Process of 

 Cleaning. This Wonder- 

 ful Machine is Not an Experi- 

 ment but an Acknowledged 

 Success Everywhere. It is 

 extremely simple and a 

 great economy. The ma 



?he Old Way 



Ihe New Way 



chine is operated by electric power obtained from the power 

 engine and generator in a wagon outside the building 



ompanies or generated by a small 



TERRITORIAL RIGHTS FOR SALE 



The representative of the Company at the below address is not here for the purpose of m-rketing machines, but to demonstrate that the machine is 



a practical labor saving device, and to interest capital to purchase the exclusive rights to manufacture, sell 



and use under the patent for all of the Eastern territory 



THE RAPID FLOOR SURFACING MACHINE CO., 



Telephone 

 2902 Grume. 



Flatiron Building, New York 



FOOT and HAND POWER 



Wood Working 



MACHINERY 



Price 

 $15.00 



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IMPROVED FORMER 



This cut represents our new improved Former or 

 Shaper. The great speed of the knife insures rapid 

 and smooth work. Motion of the knife reversible. 

 We make Sixty Styles of knives :.■ :: 



IMPROVED No. 7 SCROLL SAW 



We warrant it to be well made, of good material 

 and workmanship, and to saw Pine three inches 

 thick at the rate of one foot per minute. Other 

 woods in same proportion according to hardness 



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F"OR CATALOG U E 



W.F.&JOHN BARNES CO. 567 Ruby St., Rockford, 111. 



plaster. No vermin or disease germs can find 

 lodgment in these metal or fireproof clay walls 

 or ceilings. The metal ceilings and walls are 

 made in plates, panels and sections, with joints 

 and tongues so closely grooved that they are 

 practically dustproof. 



The question of dampness of the home lias 

 received a vast amount of study and experi- 

 mental work in the past. To be dry is to in- 

 sure health and comfort in the home; to have 

 the living-quarters damp is to invite sickness 

 and death. Dampproof houses are now con- 

 structed even on marshy, wet ground, and 

 where formerly pneumonia, rheumatism, fever 

 and neuralgia ravaged the inmates of dwell- 

 ings, perfect health is now obtained through 

 the remodeling of the structures. The damp- 

 ness enters the house by the stone walls and 

 foundations in a great many instances, and to 

 prevent this there must be a dampproof course 

 of sheet lead, asphalt, sheet bitumen or cement 

 and cinders. This course is placed from three 

 to six inches above the ground line, and is 

 made a part of the foundation. Where the 

 house stands on very wet soil, the horizontal 

 dampproof course is not alone sufficient, and 

 usually double walls are built for the founda- 

 tion, with an open air-space between. 



In addition to such preventive measures the 

 walls of the cellar, foundations, inside and out- 

 side, and the flooring are painted with damp- 

 proof paints or other preparations. Most of 

 these paints or metallic liquids are impervious 

 to moisture, and when the house is protected 

 by them it is impossible for the dampness to 

 enter the structure by the walls or foundation. 

 Where these patent silicates or paints are not 

 used, two coats of Portland cement wash will 

 answer nearly the same purpose. In houses 

 already constructed such improvements can be 

 made, so that the dampness of the house is 

 eliminated. The use of dampproof courses in 

 the walls, and dampproof paints and silicate 

 solutions inside, practically makes the modern 

 country house situated in a low valley almost 

 as dry and healthful as another located on a 

 high, dry, well-drained hillside. 



Almost equally important as the dampness 

 of the house, and closely associated with it in 

 securing perfect sanitary conditions, is the sub- 

 ject of interior ventilation. A great amount 

 of ingenious study has been given to the venti- 

 lation of public and private buildings, and 

 to-day with patent ventilators and air-filters w T e 

 possess an immunity from foul, dust-laden air 

 that should add greatly to our days of health 

 and happiness. There are scores of systems of 

 ventilation of houses, but ventilators that ad- 

 mit the fresh air and carry out the foul air are 

 now reaching a stage of perfection that may 

 make us independent of windows except for 

 light. Not only this, but dust-collecting and 

 sifting devices are being installed with these 

 ventilators. In the country the importance of 

 dust-collectors or sifters i? not so great as in 

 the city, where smoke, dust, soot and dirt are 

 carried from the streets into our homes in 

 great quantities. Where exhaust ventilators 

 are installed, with dust sieves connected with 

 the inlets, several quarts of dust are daily 

 collected in some homes. This dust and dirt, 

 if not actually breathed by the inmates of the 

 home, would spread around in carpets and fur- 

 nishings, and, carrying germs with it, would 

 furnish cultural grounds in the dark corners 

 of the rooms. Dust collectors must, there- 

 fore, be a feature of the future sanitary home 

 as much as the ventilators and sanitary gar- 

 bage holders and incinerators. In cities where 

 soft coal is used freely for burning, the amount 

 of soot and dust collected in the sieves at the 

 inlets of the ventilators is sufficient to ruin 

 curtains and carpets within a short time. 

 From an economical and sanitary point of 

 view, the installation of devices to filter the 



