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1 DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
Burning Off Paint Makes Insurance
Void.
It seems that considerable danger
to property exists in the practice of
burning off old paint before re-paint¬
ing. The question has long been a
subject of debate in the technical
journals, and now house-holders and
the newspapers have begun to discuss
it. Those of us who, with trembling,
have watched the painters blow a
fiery blast from their lamps against
our houses, and have looked sadly at
the size of our painting bill because
of the time wasted on this prelimin¬
ary work, are interested in the in¬
vestigation by the Greenfield (Mass.)
Gazette and Courier, which gives
considerable space to the reasons for
the practice, questions its necessity
and suggests ways to prevent the risk
of burning down one's house in order
to get the old paint off. It says:
“There is a good deal of discussion
among house-holders as to the desir¬
ability in painting houses, of burning
off the old paint, a practice that has
grown very common of late in
Greenfield and elsewhere. Insurance
men are strongly opposed to this
method. It maxes void insurance
policies for fires caused in this man¬
ner. Several houses in Greenfield
have gotten afire as the result of this
method, and in some places houses
have burned as a result.
“It is undoubtedly true that when
a house has been painted over and
over again there comes to be an ac¬
cumulation of paint in bunches. If
new paint is put on top of these ac¬
cumulations it is almost sure to blis¬
ter. To burn it off is the quickest
and cheapest and^oerhaps the surest old
method of getting rid of this
paint.”
The Gazette and Courier quotes
certain old patrons to the effect that
accumulations of paint are unneces¬
sary. These old-timers lay the blame
partly on the painter who fails to
brush his paint in well, partly on the
custom of painting in damp weather
or not allowing sufficient time for
drying between coats, and partly to
the use of adulterated paints instead
of old-fashioned linseed oil and pure
white lead. The paper says:
“Many of the older house-holders
say that if care is taken at all these
points, it is absolutely unnecessary
to have paint burned off. They ad¬
vise that people who have houses
painted should buy their own materi¬
als, and to have them put on by the
day, so as to be sure to get good lead
and oil. Of course the burning off
of paint greatly increases the cost
of the job.”
The trouble house-holders every¬
where have with paint is pretty well
summed up by our contemporary, and
the causes are about the same every¬
where. By far the most frequent
cause of the necessity for the danger¬
ous practice of burning old paint is
tl rt ' Hk e of poor material. The oil
should be pure linseed and the white
lead should be real white lead. The
latter is more often tampered with
than the oil. Earthy substances, and
pulverized rock and quartz, are fre¬
quently us ed as ^l^eapeuers, to the
great detriment of tlnTpain?!
Painters rarely adulterate white
lead themselves and they very seldom
use ready prepared paints—the most
frequent causes of paint trouble. But
they do often buy adulterated white
lead because the property owner in¬
sists on a low price and the painter
has to economize somewhere. The
suggestion is therefore a good one :
that the prop y owner investigate 1
the subject a little, find out the name 1
of some reliable brand of white lead,
and see that the keg is marked with
that brand. j
The linseed oil is more difficult to
be sure of, as it is usually sold in
bulk when the quantity is small: but
reliable makers of linseed oil can be
learned on inquiry and, if your dealer
is reliable, you will get what you
want.
Pure white lead and linseed oil are
3 necessary to good paint that the
ttle trouble necessary to get them
rell repays the house owner in dol
irs and cents saved.
Round the World on Foot.
A French nobleman, the Vicomtt/
aoul de Grand, who has just com
eted, for a wager of £ 12 , 000 , the
at of making the tour of the world
i foot, has arrived in Paris. It has
ken him ten years to do so, and in
,e course of his extraordinary rarn
es the Vicomte has passed through
urope, America, Africa, Spain and
ortugal, supporting himself, in com
iance with the conditions of the
ager, by the proceeds of sketches
cecuted by himself en route.
Municipal Book Publishing.
ne has to look abroad for muni-
1 enterprise. Bordeaux has gone
the publishing business. The
-or and corporation of that town
bringing out a new edition of the
sgiyg” of M-.chael de Montaigne,
ng, it is asserted, for the first
e the authentic and “definite”
: of the essays. It will be called
dition municipale,” and will b<?
;nificently printed, as well as
perly edited by competent schol
Montaigne was once mayor of
deaux.—New York Tribune.
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Box 321, I let! raff, Ohio.
Dr. S. I’, artrnan, Coluiiilms, Ohio.
Dear Sir:—
I was a terrible «i iff'erer from
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I wrote you and described my condition
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best of results.
Esther M. Milner.
Very few of the great, multitude of wom¬
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disease or weakness testimonial ever con¬
sent to give a to be road by
the There public. however, few
are, a courageous, the sake
self-sacrificing women who will for
of their sufferin’; sisters allow their cures
to he published Milner is of these. In her
Mrs. restoration one health she
gratitude for her to
i---; is willing that the
A GRATEFUL * women of the whole
LETTER TO world should know
DR. HART MAN }t- A chronic iuva-
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New Mode of “Embatm.'c^ Meat.''
The use of perservatives with ar¬
ticles of food, and especially with
meat has come into such disrepute
through recent abuses that most of
these agencies and the methods of
employing them deserve little con¬
sideration. A new plan is reported
from France. It is briefly described
by “Le Nouvelliste,” and is credited
to Dr. Roux, the bacteriologist in
charge of the Pasteur institute in
Paris. The substances which he uses i
are not specified, which justifies a
little suspicion about the shory. lhe
most novel feature of the method is
that ithe “embalming” operation is
conducted immediately after death, if
not before. The paper just mentioned
says that the Minister of War has
just given orders for a test of Doc¬
tor Roux’s method on a large quantity
icf meat under conditions resembling
as near as possible -those prevailing
during time of war. Consequently,
next week in Paris a certain number
of animals will be slaughtered, which,
after having undergone the necessary
operations, will be distributed among
the different army corps after a cer¬
tain time, a given route of transfiona.
j tion and most minute inspection.
j A SLENDER THEORY.
“Why are the best Instrumental
musicians unable bo play by ear?"
“I suppose,” answered Miss Cay¬
enne, “it must be because no one
with a really sensitive ear could en¬
dure the iteirriflc din of constant prac¬
tices Washington Star.
HER FIRST ATTEMPT.
Mr. Newhu-b—What’s this you've
been trying to make?
Mrs. Newhub (dolefully)—Angel
cake, but it wouldn’t rise.
Mr. Newhub—Ah, a fallen angel
j cake, eh?—Philadelphia Ledger.
QUEENS.
“Yes,” said the gay Lothario, “I
called on four ladies last night.”
“Huh! Yicu must be a quitter,”
snorted the poker friend. “I’d keep
on raising all night if I had a hand
like than.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
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A woman usually has a rug in front
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TYNER’S DYSPEPSIA REMEDY.
Many Have Dyspepsia and Don’t
unow It.
Do you belch up wind? Taste your
food after eating? See specks before
your eyes? Are you
pale and haggard?
Does your heart
flutter? Are you
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pains in side or
back? Risings or
pimples on the
skin? Are you low
i spirited? Is there a
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Rome Sacked 40 Times.
Of all European cities Rome has
most frequently been in the hands of
enemies. It has been entered and
sacked more than forty times since
390 B, C.
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BEFORE MEALS.
H. Heck—What do you take for an
appetizer?
H. Peck—A curtain lecture, usual¬
ly. It makes me so ferocious I can
eat anything in sight\—Detroit Free
Press.
If a woman can’t convince a man
without an argument the case is hope¬
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Brazil’s Improved Postal Card,
Our postal card is in need of im¬
provement. The writing on it is in
plain view, to be read at leisure by
any postal employee from the time it
leaves the sender until it arrives at
its destination.
During my first stay in Brazil 1
found that the postal card there in
use was supplied with a Hap or cover¬
ing of dark paper which, when gum
med down, completely hid the writ¬
ing. This flap was attached to the
back of the card, an edge gummed
and perforated, the insertion of a
finger tip being all that was required
to open it. It served the purpose of
a letter at half the expense.—Chi¬
cago Daily News.
HER OPINION.
“Alia!” exclaimed the villain of the
play, “the plot thickens!”
“Oh! pshaw!” cried the disgusted
old lady in the audience, "I’ll bet a
cookie it won’t jell.”--Philadelphia
Press.
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Irreverent Listener.
A soft air shook the honeysuckle
vine, and puffs of delicate perfume
floated to the young lovers.
Clarence’s tone was reverent and
hushed. It was as if this slim and
beautiful girl were in his eyes a god¬
dess.
“Darling,” he said, “each time I kiss
you it makes a better man of me.”
A voice from above cried harshly:
“What are you by now, then-saint
or archangel?”
A burst of ribald laughter, the rat¬
tle of a closing window, and once
more the night -was bathed in holy
calm.—New York Press.
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! being killed by a bird that is known as
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