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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. PERU NA PRAISED Box 321, I let! raff, Ohio. Dr. S. I’, artrnan, Coluiiilms, Ohio. Dear Sir:— I was a terrible «i iff'erer from pel vie wealtnesn ami had hvuduehe eont.in uousl y. I was not able to do my housework for myself and husband. I wrote you and described my condition as nearly as possible. S ou recommended I’eruua. 1 look four hollies ot it and was completely 'cured. i fluid: 1 ‘rru ntt a wonderful medicine and have recom¬ mended it to my friends, with the very best of results. Esther M. Milner. 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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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