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Quick  Keen  Butters 
We  are  offering  a  limited  quantity  of  roll 
roofing  in  various  grades  for  immediate 
acceptance  and  shipment  as  follows: 
Smooth  Surfaced  Roofing 
This  material  is  built  on  three  different  weights 
of  felt,  well  saturated,  and  surfaced  smooth.  It  is 
easy  to  lay  on  any  roof,  and  can  be  adapted  to 
any  conditions  as  follows: 
No.  SC-1  Light  weight, per  roll  of  108  sq.  ft.  $1.00 
No.SC-2  Med. weight,  per  roll  of  108 sq.  ft.  1.20 
No.  SC-3  Heavy  weight,  per  roll,  108  sq.  ft.  1.40 
Red]]and  Grey-Green  Slate 
Coated  Roofing 
No.  SC-4  This  material  is  brand  new  85  to  90 
pound  stock,  built  on  a  heavy  felt,  and  surfaced 
with  red  or  grey  green  crushed  slate.  $150 
Price  per  roll  of  108  square  feet .  — 
No.SC-5  This  stock  is  more  or  less  defective  as 
to  slate  coating;  two  to  three  lengths  $1  15 
to  the  roll.  Sold  as  is  per  roll  of  108  sq.  ft. *  * - 
Roofing  for  Repair  Jobs 
No.  SC-6  Lot  TM-4.  This  material  is  put  up  in 
full  rolls,  runningfrom  three  to  four  lengths  to 
the  roll.  Suitable  for  small  roofs,  repair  jobs, 
patching,  and  lining.  It  is  known  as  repair  job, 
or  spliced  roofing.  Price  per  roll  of  108  QETC 
square  feet . 
NOTE:  Nails  and  cement  will  be 
furnished  at  lOc  per  roll  extra, 
for  any  of  the  above  material, 
Dept/SC-37 
All  Prices  are  f.o.b.Chicago 
HARRIS  BROTHERS  CO. 
35th  and  Iron  Streets,  CHICAGO 
Water  Pumps  Water 
with  a  Rife  Ram.  Plenty  of  it  for 
every  purpose— without  fuel,  labor, 
freezing  or  repairs.  A  small  stream 
operates  theRifeRam.  Easy  to  install. 
First  cost  the  only  cost.  Always  on  the  job 
day  and  night,  winter  and  summer.  20,000 
in  use.  Write  for  catalog. 
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We  absolutely  guarantee  to  teach  you  so  you  can 
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tion,  Garage,  or  as  a  Licensed  Chauffeur.  You 
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structors.  We  get  positions  for  our  graduates. 
Write  today  for  full  particulars. 
AMERICAN  TRADE  SCHOOL 
DEPT.  D.  867  GENESEE  ST.  -  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 
{Licensed  by  New  York  State  Board  of  Education.) 
anyone  find  a  nobler  and  more  useful 
work?  I  wish  more  of  our  teachers  had 
something  of  the  missionary  spirit  which 
would  send  them  out  into  the  rural  dis¬ 
tricts  where  their  talent,  even  though 
buried  in  the  ground  would  grow  into  a 
crop  of  usefulness.  I  suppose  it  is  use¬ 
less  to  expect  such  superior  teachers  to 
accept  a  hard  position  at  low  salary  for 
the  sake  of  helping  humanity.  Most  of 
us  are  inclined  to  put  self  and  safety 
first.  As  I  see  it  the  future  of  the  rural 
school  lies  in  the  hands  of  humble  men 
and  women  right  in  the  home  district 
who  will  take  whtot  they  have  and  build 
on  it. 
*  *  *  *  * 
Of  course  I  know  what  people  say. 
“You  can’t  do  anything  in  a  district  like 
mine.  People  take  no  interest  in  the 
school.  What’s  the  use?  You  might 
just  as  well  talk  into  the  air  and  let 
the  wind  blow  your  words  over  the  fence. 
That’s  as  far  as  you  ever  would  get !” 
Well,  that  makes  me  think  of  what  I 
found  last  Sunday.  I  am  planning  to 
buy  a  new  farm  which  lies  over  the  fence 
from  one  of  our  orchards.  Being  an  am¬ 
bitious  young  man  I  think  I  see  enough 
future  in  fruit  growing  to  justify  me  in 
buying  more  land. 
Now  we  used  dust  in  our  orchard  and 
as  a  result  we  have  clean  fruit.  My 
neighbor,  over  the  fence,  has  some  good 
apple  trees,  but  he  did  not  dust  or  spray. 
When  I  came  to  walk  over  the  field  I 
found  the  apples  on  the  two  rows  near¬ 
est  our  line  large  and  clean  with  only  a 
few  on  the  ground.  Beyond  that  the 
fruit  is  small  and  the  ground  red  with 
fallen  apples.  That  means  that  the  dust 
as  we  put  it  on,  blew  over  the  line  and 
settled  on  these  first  two  rows.  That 
killed  the  worms,  but  beyond  the  range 
of  that  dust  the  worms  killed  the  apples. 
I  never  saw  a  more  practical  demonstra¬ 
tion  of  the  value  of  dust.  And  it  will 
be  just  about  the  same  with  your  words. 
The  wind  will  not  lose  or  destroy  them. 
If  they  contain  the  faith  and  sincerity 
of  that  woman  with  nine  children  they 
will  lodge  in  the  minds  of  your  neighbors 
and  result  in  a  better  school.  It  is  clear 
as  a  bell  to  me  that  if  we  are  to  save  the 
rural  school  we  must  do  it  ourselves  by 
showing  the  world  that  we  are  capable 
of  self-improvement.  H.  w.  C. 
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We  will  send  you  as  many  gallons  as  you 
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ists  and  can  supply  you  with  paint  for  any  pur¬ 
pose.  Tell  us  your  wants  and  let  us  quote  you 
low  prices.  We  can  save  you  money  by  shipping 
direct  from  our  factory.  Satisfaction  Guaranteed. 
On  order,  for  thirty  gallons  or  ovsr  wo  will  prepay  the 
freight  within  a  radius  of  three  hundred  miles. 
AMALGAMATED  PAINT  CO. 
Factory:  372  WAYNE  ST..  JERSEY  CITY.  N.  J. 
TULIPS 
Popular  Colors 
Sound  Bulbs 
_  Postpaid 
SINGLES— 30  for . 81.00  100  for  83.00 
DAHYVINS— 2f>  for .  1.00  100  for  3.50 
HORROCKS  BROS.  R.  F.  D.  2  Concord.  Mass. 
for  Sale-I78-ACRE  FARM 
Excellent  buildings;  good  soil:  timber;  fully 
equipped;  crops;  stock.  Excellent  bargain.  Many 
others  at  S25  to  $1 00  per  acre,  WESTCOTT,  Oswego.  N.Y. 
Wanted -Buyers  for  New  York  State  Farms 
Interesting  pamphlet  of  facts  and  list  free. 
O.  F.  LAKE  -  TULLY,  NEW  YOKK 
For  $1  postpaid.  Edmonds’  Poultry 
Account  Book.  The  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  333  W.  30th  St.,  New  York 
Poisoning  From  Virginia  Creeper 
We  are  all  familiar  with  the  dan¬ 
gerous  nature  of  the  common  poison 
ivy,  and  often  describe,  in  contrast 
with  it,  the  harmless  and  beautiful 
five-leaved  Virginia  creeper.  This  vine 
is  harmless  to  the  touch,  but  the  fol¬ 
lowing  item  from  the  October  issue  of 
Hygeia  explains  an  unsuspected  dan¬ 
ger': 
“Virginia  creeper,  sometimes  called 
five-leaved  ivy,  woodbine,  and  Ameri¬ 
can  ivy,  is  a  beautiful  climbing  plant 
much  used  by  gardeners  and  house¬ 
holders  for  covering  the  walls  of  build¬ 
ings.  In  Summer  the  foliage  is  deep 
green  and  very  dense.  In  Autumn  it 
becomes  a  magnificent  crimson.  The 
fruit,  which  ripens  in  October,  is  a 
small  bluish-black  berry.  It  is  known 
not  to  be  edible,  hut  ordinarily  it  is  not 
considered  poisonous.  In  the  last  few 
years  a  number  of  small  children  have 
been  poisoned  from  eating  the  berries, 
however,  and  some  of  them  died.  The 
symptoms  reported  were  like  those 
caused  by  poisoning  from  oxalic  acid, 
and  analysis  of  the  ripe  berries  has 
shown  considerable  amounts  of  that 
substance.  Oxalic  acid  is  dangerously 
poisonous;  60  grains  has  caused  tlie 
death  of  a  human  being.  Parents  and 
teachers  should  be  aware  of  the  po¬ 
tential  danger  in  Virginia  creeper. 
Small  children  in  particular  should  he 
watched  lest  they  pick  and  eat  the  at¬ 
tractive  berries.” 
Propagating  a  Rubber  Plant 
'Could  I  take  off  a  shoot  which  has 
come  out  at  the  side  near  the  bottom  of 
my  rubber  plant  and  replant  it?  Must 
I  put  it  in  water  till  it  takes  root,  or 
will  I  put  it  in  the  ground?  A.  G.  d. 
There  is  no  likelihood  of  your  being 
able  to  Toot  this  shoot  of  the  rubber 
plant  by  making  a -cutting  from  it,  either 
in  soil  or  water.  A  simple  method  of 
propagating  this  plant  is  by  mossing.  A 
branch  is  selected  with  ripe  wood,  or  in 
the  case  of  a  lanky  old  plant  with  a 
long  bare  stem  the  top  may  be  rooted 
and  cut  off,  in  either  case  making  use 
of  a  cluster  of  leaves  that  will  make  a 
well-shaped  young  plant.  Last  year  E. 
I  Farrington  described  the  process  as 
follows:  Make  a  slanting  cut  upward 
half  way  through  the  stem  with  a  sharp 
knife.  'Slip  in  a  match  or  other  small 
stick  to  hold  the  wound  open.  Then 
wrap  moss  around  it.  You  can  get  a 
little  sphagnum  moss  from  any  lorist  or 
seedsman.  It  should  make  a  knob  about 
as  big  as  one’s  fist.  Tie  it  in  pPee  with 
string  and  keep  it  moist,  but  not  drip¬ 
ping  wet.  In  a  few  weeks  many  new 
roots  will  have  been  formed  just  above 
the  cut.  Then  the  moss  can  be  removed, 
the  stem  severed  at  a  point  below  the 
roots,  and  the  new  plant  potted  in  the 
usual  way.  The  operation  is  best  per¬ 
formed  in  a  room  where  the  temperature 
remains  at  nearly  70  degrees,  and  where 
there  is  considerable  moisture  in  the  air ; 
in  other  words,  the  kitchen. 
Grape-Nuts 
and  Milk- 
One  of  the  fern 
COMPLETE 
FOODS 
WHEN  you  watch  robust  men  and  women 
at  work  or  at  play,  does  it  ever  occur  to 
you  that  their  strength  and  health  are  largely 
due  to  the  kind  of  food  they  eat? 
Grape-Nuts  and  milk  supplies  complete  and 
balanced  nourishment  of  the  highest  order.  This 
delicious  dish  provides  the  valuable  wheat  and 
milk  proteins;  the  “food  minerals/ *  phosphorus, 
iron  and  calcium;  also  the  vitamins. 
Because  of  its  nutritive  properties,  its  crisp 
texture,  and  its  easy  digestibility,  Grape-Nuts  is 
the  best-balanced  cereal  food  for  young  and  old. 
When  used  as  an  ingredient  in  other  foods, 
it  adds  remarkable  zest  and  valuable  nutritive 
elements.  Recipes  will  gladly  be  furnished  on 
request. 
Grape=Nuts 
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