September, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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The original 

 smooth - surfaced 

 weather-proof 

 elastic 

 Roofing 



To avoid imitations, look for 

 our Registered Trade- Mark 



"RUBEROID" 



stamped on the under side 



of each length. 



Also look for our 



name, as sole manufacturers, 



printed on the outside 



wrapper 



For 



Handsome 

 Dwellings 



use 



RUBEROID 



RED 

 ROOFING 



A PERMANENT ROOFING 



with A PERMANENT COLOR 



The only prepared roofing combining weather-proof, fire-resisting 

 properties with a decorative effect. SEND FOR SAMPLES 



THE STANDARD PAINT COMPANY 



Sole (^Manufacturers 



100 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK 



A Never-Failing 

 Water Supply 



with absolute safety, at small cost, 

 may be had by using the 



Improved Rider 

 Hot Air Pumping Engine 



and 



Improved Ericsson 

 Hot Air Pumping Engine 



BUILT by us for more than 30 years, and 

 sold in every country in the world. Ex- 

 clusively intended for pumping water. May 

 be run by any ignorant boy or woman. So 

 well built that their durability is yet to be 

 determined, engines which were sold 30 years 

 ago being still in active service. 

 Send for Catalogue " E " to nearest office. 



Rider - Ericsson Engine Co. 



35 Warren St., New York 40 Dearborn St., Chicago 

 40 X.Tth St., Philadelphia 239 Franklin St., Bo 



■S.U Craig St. West, Montreal, P.Q. 



22 Pitt St., Sydney, X. S. W. 



Amargura 96, Havana, Cuba 



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The Gorton 



Vapor Vacuum 

 System of Heating 



WITH this System you 

 can govern the tem- 

 perature in any room 

 to suit the occupant by grad- 

 uating the opening if the 

 radiator valve ; consequently" 

 no room is overheated, which 

 means a great saving in fuel. 



€J Our new catalogue, giving 

 full information, mailed free 

 on application. 



Gorton &Lidger wood Co. 



96 Liberty Street, New York City 



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We "CHAMPION" 



LOCK JOINT 



Metal Shingle 



Inexpensive, 

 Ornamental, Durable 



J.H.ELLER 

 &C0. 



1610 E. 5th St. 

 CANTON, 0. 



if 



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 city gas, er and 



c-'ieaper than electricity, "anJ costing but one- 

 fourth as much as acetylene. 



Most Durable and Least Expensive 

 Apparatus to Maintain 



in effective, perpetual operation Give 

 of lighting, cooking and heating. Fullest 



□ guarantei isy terms. The very 



apparatus for suburban homes, institutioi 



ecial apparatus also for fuel gas 

 for manufacturing, producing gas equivalent to 

 city gas at 50 cents per 1 et. and made 



to respond to very large demands : also for light- 

 ing towns, etc. 



C. M. Kemp Mfg. Co., Baltimore, Mo. 



