House and Garden 
I Cuzco, the capital, the one along the 
sandy and level strip of coast, the other 
along the plateau of the Andes, a region 
of unparalleled engineering difficulty. 
The length of the second has been 
estimated at from 1,500 to 2,000 miles. 
It crossed sierras buried in snow; 
bridged ravines with walls of solid 
masonry; mounted and descended 
precipices' by staircases hewn in the 
solid rock; and ran in interminable 
galleries along the sides of intractable 
mountains. When rivers had to be 
crossed, bridges were made with ropes 
of stout, pliant osier, twisted to the 
thickness of a man’s body, and stretched 
over the stream sometimes for a distance 
of two hundred feet. These cables 
swung side by side, and fastened with 
planks so as to form a footway, were 
drawn through holes in enormous but¬ 
tresses of stone specially constructed on 
each bank, and were secured firmly at 
i each end to heavy beams of timber. A 
railing of similar osier material gave the 
passenger confidence as he crossed the 
oscillating bridge, that sank dangerously 
in the middle and mounted rapidly at 
the sides. The great highway was twenty 
feet wide, and was built with flags of 
freestone covered with bituminous 
cement. It was measured out by posts 
jset up at every league; caravansaries and 
magazines were stationed at convenient 
'distances for the Peruvian soldiers on 
their military expeditions; and a regular 
postal service had been organized by 
which highly trained runners, relieved 
every five miles, could convey messages 
la distance of two hundred miles in 
I twenty-four hours. The roads were 
jkept in beautiful order, the inhabitants 
|of a district being responsible for that 
portion of the highway which traversed 
their land. At the same time it should 
be remembered that there was no wheel 
traffic to cut up the level surface of the 
hard pavement. There is considerable 
j irony in the fact that it was not till the 
Spaniards forcibly introduced their so- 
called civilization into Peru that the 
famous roads began to fall into disrepair. 
■—London Standard. 
Red Jacket gooseberry is the result of 
efforts to improve our native sorts. 
Given a partially shaded position and a 
moist soil, it thrives and bears prodigious 
crops of fruit, which ripen with us in the 
last days of July.— Florists’ Exchange. 
(KatUen ®prra Cotta 
Italian Pots, Flower Boxes, Vases, 
Sun-Dials, Statuary, etc. 
SPECIAL DESIGNS EXECUTED 
ITAL¬ 
IAN 
POTS 
14 
Sizes 
WILLIAM GALLOWAY 
32(1 and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia 
CATALOGUE SENT UPON REQUEST 
WRITE FOR 
DESCRIPTIVE 
BOOKLET 
Isn’t it 
endlessly 
satisfying to know 
that all the walls in every 
room of your house may be 
scrubbed vigorously, even with anti¬ 
septic solutions and dilute acids, without 
softening, discoloring or cracking the surface? 
This is possible when Porce’it". the perfect enamel, 
is used. Porcelite is not, like ordinary paint, a .shell 
or crust that soon chips and falls off—Porcelite is a wall 
of porcelain, hard, white, ela.sticand lastingly lus runs. 
There is no other enamel just like Porcelite. None is 
equally as desirable for the home, hospital, station, 
hotel or public institution. Be sure to specify Porce¬ 
lite to your painter or decorator. 
Porcelite comes in all color fiats. Your , 
dealer sells it. If not irrite our Dept. C. 
for name of dealer who does; also for 
instructive literature. 
The Thomson Wood Finishing Co. 
“The Enamel House” 
115 N. Fourth St., - Philadelphia 
VITREOUS CHINAWARE 
FOR THE 
HOME BATH-ROOM 
PLATE 986-K 
T he bath-room for your home should 
receive the most careful attention 
of any room in the house. Abso¬ 
lute sanitation is the aim of civilized people, 
and the sanitation of your home bath-room 
is your first consideration. Without sani¬ 
tary fixtures this object cannot be reached, 
no matter how good the workmen may be 
who instal the bathtub, washstand or closet 
bowl and flush tank. 
For reasons of cleanliness and durability 
solid white vitreous chinaware is firmly 
established as the nearest possible perfec¬ 
tion in bath-room sanitary equipment. For 
many reasons vitreous china closets and 
closet flushing tanks, as above illustrated, 
demand your serious consideration. Being 
made of a solid white vitreous chinaware, 
they are impervious to the action of water 
or acids, having no seams there is no dan¬ 
ger of warping, and the surface being a 
clear hard glaze baked into the body of the 
ware as an integral part, paint and varnish 
troubles are eliminated. No metal lining 
is needed, therefore the dangers of corro¬ 
sion are not to be feared, and the cost of 
vitreous china fixtures does not exceed that 
of a closet with the usual metal-lined 
wooden tank. 
Of the hardness of rock, simplicity of 
operation, ease of cleansing and beauty of 
design, vitreous china closets and closet 
llushing tanks are acknowledged the ideal 
fixtures for the home bath-room. 
We are the largest manufacturers in the 
world of these fixtures, and will gladly send 
further information if you will write us. 
The Tronton 
PottQriQS Company 
Main Offices and Works, 
TRENTON, N. J., U. S. A. 
The Canadian-Trenton Potteries Co., Ltd., 
ST. JOHN’S, QUEBEC. 
In icritiiig to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
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