House and Garden 
THE BEST SASH CORD MADE 
EVERY FOOT IS STAMPED 
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'You do the designing — loe'II make the rug," 
Thread & Thrum 
Rugs 
are different from all other rugs, as you can 
have the color scheme made to hannonize 
with your requirements. Wool or camel’s 
hair w'eft, heavy and durable. If your 
dealer does not sell them, write for color 
card and price list to 
Arnold, Constable & Co., Distributing Agents, 
New York. 
V. 
THE THREAD & THRUM WORKSHOP, Auburn, 
N. Y. 
'pHE 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 
PL.VTED, 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. 
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The test of time has only .served to strengthen 
■IB confidence in POND'S EXTRACT 
THE OLD FAMILY DOCTOR 
ONDS 
EXTRACT 
SOOTHING, HEALING, REFRESHING 
THE MOST USEFUL HOUSEHOLD REMEDY 
LAMONT, CORLISS & CO.. Sole Agents, New York 
Ives Patent Window Stop Adjuster 
Prevents Drafts, Dust and Window Rattling. 
IVES’ PATENT 
Window Stop Adjuster. 
PATENTED. 
The only Stop Adjuster made from one piece of metal with 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 
Hav«»n. fonn.. II. S. A. (Fifty-page Catalogue Mailed Free.) 
Koll’s Patent Lock Joint Columns 
Suitable for Pergolas, Porches or Interior Use 
are made exclusively by 
HARTMANN-SANDERS COMPANY 
Elston & Webster Aves., Chicago, III. 
Eastern Office, 1123 Broadway, New York City. 
Send for catalogue P 19 of columns, or P 29 of sun-dials, 
pedestals, etc. 
pruned now would require to rest un¬ 
disturbed until the Autumn of 1910, un¬ 
less they were of small size, when one 
year’s growth of small roots would 
suffice. 
In nursery rows oaks, hickories and 
similar trees making but few lateral roots 
naturally, are made as safe to transplant 
as kinds easily moved when root pruning 
is practiced. A furrow may be opened 
along the row, then with a spade the soil 
excavated until the roots are met with. 
The greater number of these roots are 
to be severed, all the large ones anyway, 
the holes refilled and then the branches 
shortened in one-half. The very hardest 
trees to remove, and trees in woods never 
transplanted, can be safely found room 
for on lawns, for there need be no fear 
of losing them. 
Autumn is a good time to root prune. 
I here is more leisure then than in spring, 
and if the work is done early new roots 
are formed before the ground freezes up. 
- Florists' Exchange. 
PRESERVATION OF PILING AGAINST 
MARINE BORERS 
^ I 'HE length of service of piles in 
wharves and other marine struc¬ 
tures is greatly shortened by the attack 
of marine borers, or shipworms. A 
method of protection, both efficient and 
cheap, is much needed, the more so be¬ 
cause the timbers best suited for piling 
are becoming very scarce and are increas¬ 
ing rapidly in price. 
Marine borers are found as far north 
as Maine and Alaska, though they are 
more numerous and destructive in the 
warmer waters farther south. Since 
they require only a small exposed surface 
in order to gain entrance and completely 
destroy a pile, any effective means of 
preservation must protect the wood from 
high-water mark to a point in the mud 
below which the borers do not go. 
A number of excellent methods have 
been devised for protecting piling by 
external coatings or sheathings, any of 
which, properly applied, will increase the 
life of the pile. Three factors which 
decrease their efficiency are the corrod¬ 
ing action of salt water, the wash of the 
O ... 
waves which injures and often breaks 
the casing, and the dangers from floating 
timbers and debris. Thick iron cases 
resist damage from these sources for a 
long period, but they are very expensive. 
The injection of preservatives through 
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