October, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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WOLFFS PLU1V 



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ESTABLISHED I85S. 



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 ENAMELED IRON "CORONA" TUB, WITH BASE. 



L Wolff pianuracturlng Company 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



PLUMBING GOODS 



EXCLUSIVELY 



General Office s <f Show Rooms .- 



9S West LaKe Street. 91 Dearborn Street. 



CHICAGO. 



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OMPT GROWERS 



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Fall setting - time is here. Order now our hardy, thrifty, Pear, 



Peach, Apple Trees, Berry Bushes, Roses, California Privet — anything in 



the nursery line. Millions cf plants and trees ready. Handsome catalogue 



contains prices, pictures and reliable spraying chart. It's free. Send now for it. 



ARTHUR J. COLLINS. Box 410, MOORESTOWN. N. J. I 



Attached to any hose like 

 an ordinary nozzle, the 



<o more splashing of water on expensive 



<Ardrey1vsher 



thoroughly cleans buggy, 

 wagon or auto, without 

 scratch or blemish. 



cushions, either. Handled as easily as a paint brush, but cannot injure varnish or paint, as is common by the older, but now obsolete 

 method wherever the ARDRElf is used. Water constantly percolates through innumerable tiny holes to the sponge, keeping it cleansed. 

 When sponge is removed the ARDREY is also a most complete garden sprayer. Cl< windows, wood-work, etc. 



oughly without getting clothes or hands wet. Useful wherever a hose will reach. Ma E £ and will be sent securel> 



packet or $3.00, all charges prepaid. Send today before you Eorgel it, because it's a purchase you'll prize far beyond the 

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ARD&EY VEH CLE WASHER CO., 132B Main Street E., Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A. 



ARTESIAN 

 WELLS 



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'E drill Artesian Wells for water supply for cities, towns, manufac- 

 turing plants and country homes. We furnish and install Tanks and 



Towers, Windmills, Compressed Air, Steam, Electric and Hand Pumps 



to do the pumping. 



Many years' experience. We are ex- A. W. DRAKE DRILLING CO. 



perts in our line. Write us, and our 



repivsentative will call to see you. HAZLETON, PA. 



This Norwall Vacuum Valve 

 Guards the Heat 

 in Your Steam Radiator 

 and Saves 20 to 40% 

 of Your Fuel Bills — i 



Hou would you like to be able to get 

 gel up on a cold morning and dress 

 without shivering;? 



1 1 ow would you like to be sure of an 

 even temperature in the day time and 

 enough beat at night, without having to 

 worry about "firing up"? 

 How would you like to be rid of thills, and 

 and rheumatism and all their atten- 

 danl ills? 

 \ "u can <lo it ! 

 Let us tell you how. 



You know that, if water didn't have to lift a 

 weight of atmosphere before it can expand enoush 

 to Rive off its heat in the form of steam, it would 

 boil at a much lower temperature than 212° Fahren- 

 heit ' the open-ali boiling point for water). 

 So. if the weight of the atmosphere is kept off the 

 water in the boiler of your steam-heater, the water will 

 not only boil at lower than ordinary temperature, but, 

 as a matter of course, will boil with less fire and less 

 burning up of fuel. 



Norwall Vacuum Valves keep atmospheric weight oft 

 water in your steam boiler. 



If your radiators are fitted with Norwall Vacuum 

 Valves, this is what happens when you get up steam. 



The steam crowds the air in the pipes and radiators 

 and it rushes to the valves, which open to let it pass out 

 — the same as any ordinary valve. 



Hut — when the steam reaches these valves, they close 

 automatically to prevent steam escaping Into the room. 

 And, when a radiator begins to cool and the steam 

 begins to condense, instead of opening to admit air like 

 ordinary valves, these Norwall Vacuum Valves stay 

 tight shut. 



So, of course, when the steam in your radiator con- 

 denses and goes back to water, with no air to replace it. 

 a vacuum must form, and this not only keeps weight 

 off the water in the boiler below, but draws upon the 

 water and sucks more heat out of it. 



This keeps the water boiling and it continues to give 

 off steam and radiate heat, long afterthe temperature in 

 the boiler has dropped below the ordinary boiling point. 

 This is in accordance with a simple law of Nature, as 

 you can prove by experiment or reading any book on 

 common physics. 



Or— better still— let us prove this to you right in your 

 own home. 



If you wish, we will have your steamfitter show you 

 just how these valves work and tell you all about them. 

 Norwall Vacuum Valves are a great comfort, and 

 inestimable convenience and a means of great saving. 

 If your heating apparatus is properly handled, you 

 will be sure of an even temperature, more and better 

 heat, and at less cost of time, labor and fuel. 



After the valves are attached, you will not need to 

 touch them. They need no attention— being automatic. 

 They do their part, if you do yours, and your part is 

 to see that your boiler is "fired" at regular intervals. 



It won't need as much attention as it has had hereto- 

 fore, and your fires can be"banked" much earlier at night 

 without endangering the temperature of your house or 

 the warmth of the room you must dress in next morning. 

 Norwall Vacuum Valves save most of their cost in a 

 single season by reducing fuel bills. 



And this does not include more comfort in your 

 house, less labor with your steam-heater and 

 more healthful conditions for you to live in. 



Don't risk your own health and that of your 

 family in an uneven temperature, for this means 

 all sorts of cold weather ills. 



Let us prove to you that Norwall 

 Vacuum Valves on your steam radia- 

 tors will insure your comfort, your 

 health, and your pocket book. 



Write us today. A post card mailed to 

 us will bring you a lot of information 

 about heating apparatus, by return mail 



THE NORWALL MFG. CO. 



152 Lake Street 

 Chicago 



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 New York 



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