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ERE is the opportunity to end your heating troubles without risking 
a cent until you are satisfied they actually are ended. If you are tired 
of under-heated or over-heated rooms, prove to your own satisfaction that 
you can have uniform heat—just as you want it—all the time. 
Automatic Thermostat 
Heat Regulator 
will end your daily grind of trips up and down stairs to change drafts and dampers in an effort to keep the 
furnace regulated. The ‘‘Crandon’’ consists of a small mechanical thermometer, which is placed in the living 
room and connected by wire with a simple device over the furnace, which automatically regulates the draft and 
check dampers if the heat in the living room varies one degree from the desired temperature. Regulates hot- 
air, hot-water and steam-heating systems. Pays for itself in coal saved. So simple that anyone can install it. 
**The Janitor that 
never Sleeps.’’ 
Write for full details of trial offer, and copy of our booklet “Automatic 
Comfort.” Name your heater-man or plumber, if possible. 
aN EEC LURING Oe 10 Bridge St., Bellows SEU, ME 
Sample and A House Lined with 
a Mineral Wool 
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as shown in these sections, is Warm in Winter, 
Cool in Summer, and is thoroughly DEAFENED. 
The lining is vermin proof; neither rats, mice, 
nor insects can make their way through or live init. 
MINERAL WOOL checks the spread of fire and 
keeps out dampness. 
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BUILDING IN THE BIG CITIES 
EPORTS- from 120 cities of ihe 
United States for the year 1911 re- 
ceived by Bradstreet’s show an aggregate 
expenditure for projected buildings of 
$824,088,000, as against $846,712,000 in 
1910, and $889,723,000 in 1909. 
Of the aggregate building expenditures 
of the country, New York city furnished 
in 1911 $188,933,000, or twenty-two per 
cent. as against twenty- four per cent. in 
1910, and thirty per cent. in 1909. 
These declining percentages presuppose 
decreases at the metropolis both from 1910 
and 1909, and this proves to be the case, 
as New York’s total fell seven per cent. 
from 1910 and 2.8 per cent. from 1909. It 
might be noted that this tendency is not 
uniform in all boroughs, however, as Man- 
hattan showed a gain over 1910, as did 
Queens Borough also, while all boroughs 
except Queens fell off from 1909, which 
was the record year for the city as a whole. 
Chicago is the only other city of the coun- 
try which furnishes a total building expen- 
diture in excess of $100,000,000, the aggre- 
gate for 1911 being $105,269,000, a gain of 
eight per cent. over 1910, and of fifteen per 
cent. over 1909. Chicago’s proportion of 
the country’s building in 1911 was twelve 
per cent., as against eleven per cent. in 1910 
and 1909. Of the other large building cen- 
ters of the country, Philadelphia, with an 
expenditure of $39,970,000, shows a slight 
gain over 1910, but a slight loss from 1909. 
Los Angeles, fourth city in building in 1911, 
shows an expenditure of $22,947,000, a 
gain of six per cent. over 1910, but of sev- 
enty per cent. over 1909. San Francisco, 
with an expenditure of $20,915,000, comes 
fifth in the matter of value of building, with 
a gain of six per cent. over 1910, but a de- 
cline of twenty-six per cent. from 1909. 
Other cities having expenditures in excess 
of $15,000,000 in 1911 were Boston, Port- 
land, Ore.; Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland 
and Washington, in the order named. 
Minneapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, 
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Newark, N. J., and 
Buffalo show expenditures in excess of 
$10,000,000 each. 
FORECASTING THE WEATHER 
HE following formula of weather 
signs, Says the Christian Herald Al- 
manac, was adopted by the Farmers’ Club 
of the American Institute some years ago, 
and it has been found to give satisfaction: 
When the temperature falls suddenly, 
there is a storm forming south of you. 
When the temperature rises suddenly, there 
is a storm forming north of you. The 
wind always blows from a region of fair 
weather towards a point where a storm is 
forming. Cirrus clouds always move from 
-a region where a storm is in progress to 
one of fair weather. Cumulus clouds al- 
ways come from a region where a storm is 
forming. When cirrus clouds are moving 
rapidly from the north or northeast, no 
matter how cold it is, there will be rain 
within twenty-four hours. When cirrus 
clouds are moving rapidly from south or 
southeast, there will be a hailstorm on the 
morrow, if it be in the Summer, and if it 
be in the Winter, there will be snow. The 
wind always blows about a storm in a circle; 
when it blows from the north, the heaviest 
rain is east of you; if it blows from the 
south, the heaviest rain is west of you; if 
it blows from the east, the heaviest rain is 
south. The wind never blows, even moder- 
ately, unless rain or snow is falling within 
a radius of 1,000 miles. Whenever heavy 
white fros. occurs, a storm is forming 
within 1,000 miles north or northwest of 
you. 
