Corrugated  Steel 
ROOFING? 
Freight  Paid 
— as  Follows 
Freight  charges  prepaid  in 
full  on  all  orders  of  roofing  from  this 
advertisement  at  prices  shown  to  Illinois, 
Indiana,  Ohio,  Wisconsin,  Michigan, 
Minnesota,  Missouri,  Iowa,  New  York 
and  Pennsylvania.  If  your  state  is  not  in¬ 
cluded,  proportionate  differences  in 
freight  charges  will  be  allowed. 
Order  from  this  List! 
Galvanized  Roofing 
These  GALVANIZED  sheets  are  suitable  for  roofing:  or 
siding,  free  from  holes,  squarely  trimmed,  recorrugated 
and  given  a  coat  of  Red  Paint  free  of  charge. 
No.  SD-111 — Heavy  weight  overhauled  GALVANIZED 
2M-inch  Corrugated  sheets— per  square  of  100  $075 
square  feet .  O— — 
Painted  Roofing  and  Siding 
No.  SD-112 — Standard  weight  overhauled  painted  2K 
inch  Corrugated  sheets — suitable  for  siding—  $035 
per  square  of  100  square  feet .  — 
No.  SD-113— Medium  weight  overhauled  painted  2K-in. 
Corrugated  sheet— for  roofing  of  better  siding  $085 
—per  square  of  100  square  feet . 
New  Govenment  Corrugated  Sheets 
No.  SD-114—  BRAND  NEW  PAINTED  2Kinch  COR¬ 
RUGATED  SHEETS  in  22  Gauge — purchased  from  the 
United  States  Government.  A  wonderful  value  $>|_25 
—per  square  of  100  square  feet .  O'— — 
Red  and  Gray  Slate  Coated  Roll  Roofing 
No.  SD-115 — NEW  Slate  Coated  Roofing  in  rolls  of  108 
square  feet  complete  with  nails  and  cement.  $000 
Weight  85  pounds.  Red  or  gray.  Per  roll .  ^ - 
No.  SD-116 — New  Heavy  Smooth  Surfaced  Roofing — 
Sound  and  durable — easily  taken  care  of— Adopted  to 
every  roofing  need.  Complete  with  nails  and  $  \  65 
cement — per  roll .  * 
HARRIS  BROTHERS  CO. 
35th  and  Iron  Streets,  CHICAGO 
MAIL  THIS  COUPON  NOW 
i  HARRIS  BROTHERS  CO.,  Chicago,  III. 
■  Dept.  SD-37 
I  Fill  out  coupon  below  and  we  will  send  you 
our  estimate  of  cost  for  your  building  without 
I  obligation  on  your  part. 
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NAME. 
ADDRESS . 
Size  of  Building  or  Roof  Dimensions 
Kind  of  Roofing  Preferred 
L- 
|  Lamps  and  Lanterns  § 
,4The  Sunshine  of  the  Night” 
K  1.  Make  end  Burn  Their  Own  Gas  From 
^  Common  Motor  Gasoline. 
2.  Give  800  Candle  Power  of  Brilliant  Pure 
White  Light.  No  Glare— No  Flicker. 
8.  More  Light  than  20  Old  Style  Oil  Lamps 
or  Lanterns.  _ 
4.  Light  With  Common  Matches— No  Torch 
Needed. 
6.  No  Wicks  to  Trim  or  Chimneys  to  Wash. 
6.  Can’t  Spill  or  Explode  Even  If  Tipped 
Over.  Can’t  Be  Filled  While 
Lighted. 
7.  Cost  to  Use  Less  Than  16 
Cents  a  Week. 
8.  Solidly  Built  of  Heavily 
Nickeled  Brass.  Will  last 
a  Life  Time. 
9.  Lamp  la  Handsomely 
Designed  —  Equipped 
With  Universal  Shade 
Holder. 
10.  Lantern  has  Mica  Globe 
With  Reflector— Can’t 
Blow  Out  In  AnyWind. 
Rain-proof  .Bug-proof. 
11.  Sold  by  30,000  Deal- 
H  era.  If  yours  can’t  sup- 
//  ply  you  write  nearest  fac¬ 
tory  branch,  Dept.  RY  21  It. 
The  Coleman 
Lamp  Company 
Wichita  Philadelphia  ! 
^Chicago  Los  Angales 
.Toronto,  Canada] 
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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Cleaning  a  Barrel 
The  picture  shows  method  of  cleaning 
and  purifying  an  old  pork  barrel  or  cider 
barrel  by  burning  straw  inside.  Tut  an 
1417 
iron  pipe  in  to  carry  fresh  air  or  draft  to 
bottom  of  barrel  to  keep  fire  burning  to 
make  a  good  job.  e.  v.  r.  g. 
Grease  in  Drains 
To  avoid  grease  troubles  in  drains  and 
septic  chambers  put  a  grease  trap  on 
the  sink  waste  pipe.  The  theory  of  the 
grease  trap  is  to  chill  the  grease  before 
it  gets  into  the  drains.  The  best  grease 
traps  are  chilled  by  a  water  jacket 
through  which  cold  water  runs  before 
supplying  house  fixtures.  We  have  saved 
enough  grease  in  such  traps  to  pay  for 
the  installation  of  the  trap  in  one  week's 
use.  After  that,  the  grease  saved  can 
be  sold. 
I  send  sketch  of  a  grease  trap.  Some 
are  made  without  a  waterjacket.  These 
depend  on  cold  metal  to  chill  the  grease. 
A  is  floating  grease;  B,  cold  water  cham¬ 
ber  ;  C,  cold  water  pipe  ;  D,  drain  inlet ; 
E,  drain  outlet.  The  sketch  gives  a  sec¬ 
tion  vertical  elevation  of  trap. 
A  cement  chamber  under  ground  would 
catch  the  grease  if  put  on  sink  pipe  be¬ 
fore  it  reaches  the  drain.  When  chilled 
the  grease  floats  on  water.  The  grease 
makes  good  soap.  j.  g. 
Kerosene  in  Auto  Radiator 
What  do  you  think  of  putting  kero¬ 
sene  in  auto  for  the  cold  season  to  keep 
from  freezing  up?  h.  s.  s. 
Hereford.  Pa. 
Filling  the  radiator  of  a  car  with 
kerosene,  instead  of  water,  in  very  cold 
weather  is  practiced  by  some  drivers ;  in 
fact,  I  have  done  it  myself.  I  have  never 
known  of  this  method  of  cooling  being 
recommended  by  any  automobile  manu¬ 
facturer,  and  presume  that  its  use  would 
be  discouraged  by  them.  I  have,  how¬ 
ever,  known  of  drivers  who  adopted  it 
year  after  year  and  with  no  untoward 
results,  further  than  in  destroying  the 
rubber  connections  between  engine  and 
radiator.  My  own  experience  has  been 
limited  to  one  or  two  seasons’  use  of 
kerosene. and.  with  a  car  having  a  pump 
driven  circulation.  I  should  not  fear  to 
continue  the  practice,  I  should  not  rec¬ 
ommend  it  to  others,  however,  for  the 
simple  reason  that  I  would  not  take  anv 
responsibility  in  the  matter.  All  that  1 
care  to  say  is  that  I  have  used  kerosene 
and  have  known  of  its  use  by  others, 
without  accident. 
Aside  from  any  possibility  of  accident 
from  using  an  inflammable  fluid  in  a  ear 
radiator,  the  objections  to  kerosene  are 
that  it  has  a  low  heat  dissipating  value, 
and  is  inferior  to  water  as  a  cooling 
that  hot  kerosene  will 
the  rubber  hose  con- 
engine.  Its  advantages 
not  freeze  and  injure  a 
radiator  and  need  not  be  removed  during 
cold  weather.  If.  however,  in  any  par 
ticular  car,  I  found  it  heating  to  the 
boiling  point  readily.  I  should  not  care 
to  use  it.  M.  B.  D. 
fluid,  and  also 
quickly  destroy 
nections  of  the 
are  that  it  will 
Lead  takes  part  in  many  games 
LEAD  whistles  back  and  forth 
j  in  every  play  on  the  base¬ 
ball  diamond.  It  is  at  the  bot¬ 
tom  of  every  football  scrim¬ 
mage.  It  leaps  back  and  forth 
across  the  tennis  net.  Lead 
influences  every  stroke  the 
golfer  takes,  and  is  the  fisher¬ 
man’s  helper  in  making  a  catch. 
How  lead  gets 
into  these  sports 
Wherever  toughness  is  re¬ 
quired  in  rubber,  lead  is  added 
to  it.  Thus  lead  in  the  form 
of  litharge  —  or  red -lead,  that 
other  lead  oxide — is  in  the  rub¬ 
ber  core  which  is  in  every  high- 
grade  baseball.  It  helps  to 
make  the  rubber  bladders  of 
footballs  and  basketballs,  and 
is  in  tennis  and  other  rubber 
balls. 
Lead  is  also  in  many  base¬ 
ball  bats  and  in  the  heads  of 
wooden  golf  clubs,  because  it 
adds  weight  and  helps  to  bal¬ 
ance  them.  Pulverized  lead  is 
used  in  some  golf  balls  to  give 
them  the  necessary  weight. 
Lead  helps  the  fisherman 
Lead  sinkers  are  used  in  fish¬ 
ing  to  carry  hooks  and  nets 
down  to  the  desired  depth.  The 
heavy  weight  of  lead  for  its 
bulk  makes  it  the  proper  metal 
to  use.  And  it  will  not  rust. 
Lead  in  the  nursery 
The  little  boy’s  eyes  shine 
with  excitement  as  he  takes  his 
new  lead  soldiers  out  of  the 
box  on  Christmas  Day. 
His  sister  peacefully  plays 
with  her  new  dolls  with  their 
lead-weighted  eyes  and  her 
miniature  furniture  and  other 
toys  often  made  of  lead.  Toy- 
makers  usetlead  extensively  be¬ 
cause  it  can  be  easily  shaped 
and' moulded  into  many  forms, 
and  will  not  rust. 
Lead  for  preservation 
Despite  these  widespread  uses 
of  lead,  perhaps  it  is  in  preserv¬ 
ing  and  beautifying  buildings, 
inside  and  out,  that  lead  per¬ 
forms  its  most  useful  service. 
Dryness  and  decay  deface  and 
destroy.  But  white-lead  paint 
protects  from  the  ravages  of 
weather. 
It  is  false  economy  to  put  off 
painting  houses  until  deteriora¬ 
tion  makes  expensive  repairs 
necessary.  Hence,  property 
owners  are  heeding  the  warn¬ 
ing,  “Save  the  surface  and  you 
save  all.”  And  they  are  saving 
the  surface  by  painting  with 
white-lead. 
Look  for  the  Dutch  Boy 
National  Lead  Company  makes 
white-lead  of  the 
highest  quality 
and  sells  it,  mixed 
with  pure  linseed 
oil,  under  the 
name  and  trade¬ 
mark  of  Dutch 
Boy  White -Lead. 
The  figure  of  the 
Dutch  Boy  is  re¬ 
produced  on  every 
keg  of  white-lead 
and  is  a  guarantee  of  exceptional 
purity. 
Dutch  Boy  products  also  include 
red-lead,  linseed  oil,  flatting  oil, 
babbitt  metals,  and  solder. 
Among  other  products  manufac¬ 
tured  by  National  Lead  Company 
are  came  lead,  electrotype  metal, 
lead  oxides,  shot,  lead  wool,  lith¬ 
arge,  and  basic  lead  sulphates — 
white  and  blue. 
More  about  lead 
If  you  use  lead,  or  think  you 
might  use  it  in  any  form,  write  to 
us  for  specific  information. 
NATIONAL  LEAD  COMPANY 
New  York,  111  Broadway;  Boston,  131  State  St.;  Buffalo,  116  Oak  St.; 
Chicago.  900  West  18th  St.;  Cincinnati.  659  Freeman  Ave.;  Cleveland, 
820  West  Superior  Ave.;  Pittsburgh,  National  Lead&  Oil  Co.  of  Pa.,  316 
Fourth  Ave.;  Philadelphia.  John  T.  l.ewis  &  Bros.  Co.,  437  Chestnut 
St.;  St.  Louis,  722  Chestnut  St.;  San  Francisco,  485  California  St. 
