The CHAMPION IRON CO. 
KENTON, OHIO. 
“8* = STRUCTURAL IRON. 
ORNAMENTAL 
CAST AND WROUGHT IRON. 
JAIL CELL WORK. 
FENCES AND RAILINGS. 
Catalogue of above furnished, and Prices 
a) quoted on application. 
Absolutely safe and reliable. Ask your friends. 
When we 
try to re alize 
how big this country is, we look over a list of the 
places where we have built tanks and towers of 
all heights and capacities. From Florida to Oregon, 
from Maine to Texas, these monuments of our 
skill and honesty stand, defying elemental war and 
natural decay. If you don't recognize them when 
you see them, write us for list of those in your 
neighborhood. 
27 ft. Tower, 
sepiesl tuk, W. E. CALDWELL CO., Louisville, Ky. 
Mr O. H. Lawrence 
Waverly, N. Y. 
She Davis @ Roesch 
Water Thermostat 
A DRAFT CONTROLLER FOR 
HOT WATER HEATERS 
Simple, 
Durable, 
Accurate, 
Inexpensive. 
Will save 25 per cent. of 
your coal bill. 
Will regulate the tempera- 
ture of your whole house. 
1 Catalogue free upon request. 
Davis & Roesch Temperature Controlling Co. 
NEWARK, N. J. 
It tells just the things that the amateur in 
country life wants to know, and it tells them 
simply and unaffectedly. It is a book to be 
cordially recommended to every lover of the 
country life. “The publishers have given it a 
handsome dress and added a number of useful 
illustrations. Strangely enough, it has no in- 
dex. 
PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT 
Pianos that Harmonize with 
Their Surroundings 
E FIND that it is coming more and 
WV more in vogue to use pianos which 
are in complete harmony with the 
room in which they are to be kept. In fact, 
most of the millionaires of this country have 
what may be called a music-room in connec- 
tion with their homes, the artistic effect of 
which is carried out with strict attention to 
the form of the piano, its color, case and orna- 
ments. In this way the piano stands out as 
the most ornamental part of the room, which 
is as it should be, and draws to itself the first 
attention of any one who enters the music- 
room. 
The firm of Steinway & Sons, of New 
York City, have carried this principle to the 
utmost perfection, and many of our million- 
aires will be found to have a Steinway piano 
which merges with the general artistic effect 
of their music-room and forms a complement- 
ary part of the decoration. 
We have been running, from month to 
month, on the page opposite the table of -con- 
tents, beautiful illustrations of the interiors 
of the music-rooms of our millionaires. These 
beautiful photographs show how perfectly a 
piano can be made to blend with the decora- 
tions of the room in such a way that even 
when the piano is not in use it is in itself a 
true ornament to the room. 
‘The art of cabinet making has been carried 
to such perfection by Messrs. Steinway & 
Sons, and such is the brilliancy and durability 
of their pianofortes, that it is not strange that 
we find them in such brilliant surroundings. 
It is truly a pleasure to watch, from month 
to month, the changes which appear on the 
page quoted, and which show the interiors 
of homes whose owners are known from one 
end of the land to the other and most of them 
even from the continent of Europe. 
Ruberoid Red Roofing 
E are pleased to announce the intro- 
WV duction of Ruberoid Red Roofing, a 
product combining the utility and 
decorative effect of a permanent colored sur- 
face with the superior weather proof and fire 
resisting qualities that have for the past four- 
teen years made regular ruberoid an acknowl- 
edged standard by which roofing efficiency is 
judged. Where fine shingle and tile are not 
used there is a marked movement in favor of 
coloring roofs. Most of the color does not 
possess durability, the attractiveness is not last- 
ing, the economy is a failure. Heretofore the 
nearest approach to color in prepared roofings 
has been a coat of paint either after the ma- 
terial was laid or after the manufacturing 
processes were ended. In this process there 
was no basis of assured solidity, and the thorny 
subject of methods of improvement remained 
unsettled until the application of a simple idea, 
fixed on scientific principles, has brought about 
a complete revolution. This unique, artistic 
and practical improvement has been developed 
by the Standard Paint Company, and it may 
now be credited with making the only prepared 
roofing in which coloring is incorporated into 
