House and Garden 
A Lifetime Without Repairs 
Asbestos “ Century ’* Shingles will Outlive the Building 
without either Paint or Repairs 
Illustrating a Concrete Block House of Dr. H. C. Howard, Champaign, Illinois, Prof. P. M. 
White, Architect, roofed with Asbestos “ Century ” Shingles, laid French Method. 
Exposed to the action of the atmosphere and elements for a short period, the hydration and 
subsequent crystallization which takes place, converts Asbestos “ Century ” Shingles into absolutely 
impermeable roof coverings, which, as such, defy all changes of climates, and thus become greatly 
superior to other forms of roofings. 
Asbestos “ Century ” Shingles are 5 cents per square foot at Ambler, Pa. 
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THE BRONZE CANCEROID 
OME curious particulars regarding 
the presence of bacteria on ancient 
bronze implements has lately appeared 
in “Nature.” The disease makes its 
appearance in the form of small ex¬ 
crescences, which are centres of rapid 
oxidation. On scraping off a little of 
the material from these points it is 
found to be swarming with bacteria. 
Ibis “Ulcerative Disease of Bronze,” 
or “Bronze Canceroid,” as it has been 
called, has been described by Dr. W. 
Frazer, in the “ journal” of the Royal 
Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Ac¬ 
cording to this authority all objects of 
antiquity fabricated from metallic cop¬ 
per, and its important alloy, made by 
adding tin in certain proportions, are 
liable to be attacked by this destructive 
corroding affection. The bronze disease 
produces a remarkable disintegrating 
effect on the object it attacks, and there 
are good reasons for considering it 
possesses infective powers, spreading 
like leprosy through the substance of the 
metal, and slowly reducing it to an 
amorphous powder. Further, there are 
substantial grounds for believing it 
capable of being conveyed from surfaces 
already suffering with it to those yet 
uninfected. This sign of antiquity has 
not been overlooked by the counterfeiters 
of such objects, and we are told that 
skilful artists of these false antiques 
are known to inoculate their productions 
with spots of the bronze disease.— 
Boston Transcript. 
SCHOOL GARDENS IN CALIFORNIA 
r I A HE second year of school gardening 
work closed with the closing of 
our schools, June 29th. A number of 
public spirited women two years ago, 
conceived the idea of educating our 
future citizens in the knowledge of plant 
life by teaching the children how to care 
for plants and make the most of the 
great natural advantages with which we 
are endowed, in the beautifying of home 
grounds and public parks, and some 
system in street tree planting that shall 
eventually make our city the most beau¬ 
tiful in the world. When the subject 
was first presented to our board of educa¬ 
tion they looked upon it as a harmless 
fad of a few visionary idealists, and gave 
these earnest, thoughtful women per¬ 
mission to try their experiment in one 
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The man who buys any 
other Typewriter always 
HOPES it will 
be as good as the 
Remington 
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Nothing equals them for 
hanging doors either in 
Big Public Buildings or 
Private Dwellings 
Two will frequently take the place oi three 
ordinary hinges, and their action is noise¬ 
less and perfect. 11 Made in Wrought 
Bronze and Steel 
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