November, 1905 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



343 



MIH-ll-,.. L^_ 'SV 



THE 



"CHAMPION" 

 LOCK JOINT 



Metal 

 Shingle 



JBtt-*--*- -^*--""^ 



J. H. ELLER £8, CO. 



1610 E. Fifth St. CANTON, OHIO 



Also Makers of 



Cornices, Skylights, Ceilings, Etc. 



OUR. remarkable recent inventions enable us 

 to offer the public an intensely brilliant, 

 smokeless gas at much less cost than citv 

 g. s, better, safer and cheaper than electricity, and 

 costing but one-fourth as much as Acetylene 

 Most durable and least expensive apparatus to 

 maintain in effective perpetual operation. Gives 

 services of lighting; cooking, and heating. 

 Fullest satisfaction guaranteed, and easy terms 

 The very apparatus for suburban homes, institu- 

 tions, etc. We construct special apparatus also for 

 fuel gas for manufacturing, producing gas equiv- 

 alent to city gas at 50 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, and 

 made to respond to very large demands, also for 

 lighting towns, etc. 



C. M. KEMP MFG. CO., 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



Locations for Builders 



Throughout the Southwest, especially 

 in Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Ar- 

 kansas and Texas, along the line of the 



numerous towns and small cities have 

 sprung up along the many new lines of 

 the System that have recently been con- 

 structed, and openings for builders, con- 

 tractors, architects and manufacturers in 

 many lines ezist. 



Send for a copy cf handbook entitled 

 '* Opportunities." 



111. $CbUltCr, industrial Comm!«ioner 

 Tritco Building $ t, E0Ui$, ttl0. 



HARDY PLANTS WORTH HAVING 



I 



S the saving of time 

 and dollars worth 

 while ? 

 1J Yes. Then always 

 buy the very highest 

 grade obtainable of 

 hardy trees and plants. 

 Send to us for them, no 

 matter how far away 

 you live. 



*I Get results — prompt, satisfactory, eco- 

 nomical results. Our stock produces them. 

 Why ? Because it is grown with an 

 amount of care and an attention to details 

 that is unusual. Though our plants are 

 low priced, they are grown in the best 

 manner, regardless of expense. 

 •I We make certain that our plants are 

 strong, healthy, full of life. No cheaply 



grown, unsatisfactory, time-wasting weak- 

 lings for our customers — only vigorous, 

 sturdy stock. 



IJ Modest rates and an exceptionally large 

 assortment make the world our market 

 We surely can offer valuable suggestions 

 and give practical advice to distant cus- 

 tomers and deliver stock to them in per- 

 fect condition. 



<JOur specialty is hardy ornamentals — trees, 

 shrubs, vines, evergreens and hardy perennials 

 — all the good old kinds and the best of the new. 

 The beautiful literature offering this stock is 

 interesting, helpful, full of useful suggestions 

 and well illustrated. 



if If you need hardy plants of any kind, write 

 a letter about them, enclosing two-cent stamp, 

 and ask for our catalogue. It may be greatly 

 to your benefit to be on our mailing list. A 

 new race of flowers will make a horticultural 

 sensation when we decide to advertise them. 



THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS, Inc. 



Box P, Germantown PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



MARSTON'S 



HAND AND FOOT POWER 



CIRCULAR SAW 



Iron Frame, 36 inches high. 



CENTRE PART OF TOP IS MADE OF IRON ACCURATELY PLANED, 



with grooves on each side of saw for gauges to slide in. 



Steel shafts and best Babbitt metal boxes 

 Gears are all machine-cut from solid iron. 

 Two 7-inch saws and two crank handles with each machine. 



Boring table and side treadle. 

 Weight, complete. 3aOJbs. 

 Send for catalogue. 



J. M. Marston & Co., 199 Ruggles St., Boston, Mass. 



