House and Garden 
'JpHE BROUGHTON SELF-CLOSING BASIN COCKS HAVE 
BEEN IN USE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. MANY OF 
THE LARGEST HOTELS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN 
THE UNITED STATES ARE EQUIPPED WITH THESE 
GOODS. ::: ::: MADE IN BRASS, NICKEL OR SILVER 
PLATED, AND IN SOLID SILVER-METAL. 
EVERY ONE WARRANTED 
Manufactured only by 
E. Stebbins Manufacturing Co. 
SPRINGFIELD: MASSACHUSETTS 
Works at Brightwood 
HIGH GRADE PRESSED METAL 
SASH PULLEYS 
Made with Plain Axles, Roller Bearings 
and Ball Bearings 
Combination Groove for Chain or Cord 
CATALOG SENT UPON REQUEST 
The American Pulley Co. 
29th and Bristol Streets 
PHILADELPHIA PA. 
THE BEST SASH CORD MADE 
EVERY FOOT IS STAMPED 
^^SILVER LAKE 
You do the designing — ive'll make the rug,'* 
Thread & Thrum 
Rugs 
are different from all other rugs, as you can 
have the color scheme made to harmonize 
with your requirements. Wool or camel’s 
hair weft, heavy and durable. If your 
dealer does not sell them, write for color 
card and price list to 
Arno/d, Constable tfc Co., Distributing Agents, 
New York. 
^THE THREAD & THRUM WORKSHOP, Auburn, N. X.^ 
It writes 
It adds 
It subtracts 
The Remington Typewriter 
with Wahl Adding and Sub¬ 
tracting Attachment 
REMINGTON TYPEWRITER CO., 
110 So. 9th Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Ives Patent Window Stop Adjuster 
HEAyYSED 
PATENTED. 
The only Stop Adjuster madefrom one piece of metalwitb solid 
ribs and heavy bed that will not cup, turn or bend in tightening 
the screw. Manufactured only by The H. B. IVES CO.. New 
Conn..11. S. A. (Fifty-page Catalogue Mailed Free.) 
Prevents Drafts, Dust and Window Rattling. 
IVES’ PATENT 
Window Stop Adjuster. 
Roll’s Patent Lock Joint Columns 
Suitable for Pergolas, Porches or Interior Use 
are made exclusively by 
HARTMANN-SANDERS COMPANY 
Elston & Webster Aves., Chicago, Ill. 
Eastern Office, 1123 Broadway, New York City. 
Send for catalogue P 19 of columns, or P 29 of sun-dials, 
pedestals, etc. 
application of water the force accom¬ 
plishes more than the water, although, 
of course, the one is inseparable from 
the other in the work. 
Kentias stand much better than arecas 
when placed in situations where they 
are only partially protected from wind 
and sun. In winter palms are used 
exclusively indoors and a great many are 
employed for purposes such as make the 
use of small and medium size arecas 
imperative. Made-up plants of arecas 
look much more natural than like 
arrangements of any variety of kentia, 
although of late years the practice of 
placing three kentias in a pot has grown 
so that there is a considerable demand 
for such.— Florists’ Exchange. 
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES 
jn\R. SCHWEINFURTH writes to the 
Zeitschrift fiir Aegyptische Sprache, 
complaining of the reckless way in which 
exploration for antiquities is now carried 
on in Egypt. As he says, the country is 
being ransacked to find striking objects 
to attract visitors to the Gizeh Museum, 
while articles of modest appearance are 
thrown aside by the ignorant natives 
who are often employed to make excava¬ 
tions, and who, it is needless to say, 
have not the faintest notion of the impor¬ 
tance of keeping the articles discovered 
together, or of recording the positions 
and relations in which they are found. 
In this way, as he says, seeds of plants 
and stones of fruits, found in the tombs, 
which might cast light on the early 
history and the commercial relations of 
the Egyptians, are irretrievably lost It 
seems to be impossible to secure scien¬ 
tific supervision of operations carried 
on so extensively as are now the explora¬ 
tions in Egypt; and he thinks that the 
only way to prevent the loss of much 
valuable material is for the Gizeh 
Museum to stop excavating on its own 
account for the present, and devote itself 
to the supervision of the work carried on 
as a pecuniary speculation by dealers, 
and to the preservation of existing 
monuments.— Amencan Arcbitect. 
A CROWDED SPOT ON THE ISLAND OF 
MALTA 
^ I ''HE most crowded spot on the 
earth’s surface is that portion of 
the city of Valetta, Island of Malta, 
known as the “ Manderaggio. ” In the 
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