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Our , Health Talk ,
;. . By B. X. WASHBURN. M. D.
For the Prevention of
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Empires perish, iUJQSbF
but lead pipe lasts 'mSsS&
THIS piece of lead pipe had been buried in the
ground nearly 1900 years when it was dug up by
workmen excavating for a sub-cellar in Rome.
Vespasian was emperor when this pipe was made
the inscriptiQn tells that. When Vespasian laid
water-pipes of lead in the streets, of Rome, he followed
the example of Julius Caesar, who sent plumbers with
his legions into barbarian lands. Lead pipe laid by
these Roman invaders has been dug from English soft.
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For centuries lead's non-corrosive
qualities have made it the favored
metal for water-pipes. Lead gutters,
pipe-heads and leader pipes have been
use4-for hundreds of years to carry off
the rain from; the roofs of buildings;
Such lead work is often very beautiful
and ornamental.
Often you see a steel skeleton, a bridge, a roof, a
railing that has been painted a flaming orange-red.
This brilliant coat is red-lead, an oxide of lead. ""Save
the surface and you save all" is an imperative maxim
where exposed metal surfaces are concerned, and red
lead is the most reliable protection against rust that
has yet been discovered.
You are surrounded by lead, in your home and on
your travels. There is lead in your rubber boots, in
the. tires of your automobile, in the bearings of the
machinery that makes things for your use or trans
ports you from place to place.
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- Civilization has found hundreds of uses for lead and
its products, and of them all the use of white-lead in
paint is undoubtedly the most important. '
Paint is used to jlecorate and preserve almost every
thing that is built or made, and the principal factor in
good paint is white-lead- made by Scorroding pure
metallic lead and mixing it with linseed oil.
Most painters simply add more linseed oil to the
white-lead, in order to make the paint they use. Paint
manufacturers use White-lead, hi varying quantities,
in the paint they make. The quality of any paint is
largely dependent on the amount of white-lead it con
tains, for it is the white-lead that gives to good paint
its durability. x
"Save the surface and you save all" means that paint prevents
decay and ruin. The highest protective power is found in those
paints which contain .the most white-lead.
National Lead Company makes white-lead of the highest
quality, and sells it, mixed with pure linseed oil, under the name
and trademark of
Dutch Boy White-Lead
Write to our nearest branch office, address Departments,
for a free copy of our "Wonder Book of Lead," which interest
ingly describes the hundred-and-one ways in which lead enteri
into the daily life of everyone. -'-.
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Buffalo
V Cincinnati
Chicago
San1 Francisco
St. Louis
JOHN T. LEWIS & BROS. CO Philadelphia
NATIONAL LEAD & OIL CCU Pittsburgh
Some Products Made by
Dutch Boy White-Lead
Dutch Boy Red-Lead
Dutch Boy Linseed Oil
Dutch Boy Flatting Oil .
Dutch Boy Babbitt Metals
Dutch Boy . Solders '
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National Lead Company
'Game Lead:
- Electrotype Metal
Oxides, Lead
Shot . - ,
Lead Wool . ; .
Litharge
Baste Lead SulphaterWhite and Blue v
PB. WASHBUBN
Spring Feyer; yiccincs; Boric Acid
A WOMAN subscriber writes in re
tr'orA in A Mr" and asks If
a "tonic" is necessary for this complaint.
TWIticr rnld weather. Dart of the
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tood we eai is, usea
to keep the body
warm. Hence the
body does - not re
quire as much food
in the summer as. in
the winter, but too
many people con
tinue to eat as much
food With the com
ing of spring as they
did durjng the,tcold
months. This would
not be so bad if they werecareful to get
sufficient outdoor exercise to use np the
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excess tooa: DUt. uniess exercise is
taken and the body made to perspire, the
wastes from this extra amount of food
are retained in the system. Then they
cause the tired feeling known as "spring
fever" N
Outdoor exercise, such as walkingor
working in the garden, the eating of less
meat and more vegetables and fruits,
and the avoidance of constipation, are a
much better "tonic" to ward off spring
fever than anything that comes in a
bottle.
Other subscribers have written to ask
the following questions :.(1) Is there a
"vaccine for flu and colds, and is it any
good? (2) How do you prepare a satu
rated boric acid solution? (3) How can
normal salt solution be made?
At present there is made a vaccine to
prevent colds and also one to ward off
influenza. Many doctors have reported
good results from the use of sucfi vac
cines, while, many others have found
them of little or no value. Up to the
present, such vaccines have not come into
general use and are costly as compared
with the cost of typhoid vaccine, for
example.
To make a saturated solution of boric
acid, take an ounce of the boric acid
powder and add it to a pint of cold water ;
heat until the water boils. Let the solu
tion cool, then strain through a clean
muslin or gauze and pour into aa bottle
for keeping. . A saturated solution of
boric acid is mildy antiseptic and is an
excellent eye wash. a It should be noted
that borax and boric acid are not the
same drugs.
A normal salt solution is supposed to
contain about the amount of salt that is
found in the body secretions. It is a
good wash for the mouth and throat and
other mucous surfaces, and as a gargle
to clean a sore throat To make the
solution, add a heaping teaspoonful of
fine table salt to one quart of clean
boiled water; this will make a normal
salt solution for all practical purposes
and for such uses as are mentioned
above. For injection into the body to
replace a loss of blood, the normal salt
solution is made in a more careful and
accurate manner.
Mistakes From Our Readers : Don't
Hake Similar Ones
SET out a promising little crape
myrtle last winter, but neglected to
protect it by driving stakes around it.
The result was that just after it leaved
out nicely this soriner. somebodv-ran
over it and rained it, breaking it off
right at the ground. Next time I will
protect my young nursery stock with
stakes on three or four sides. 'P. C.
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We made a mistake by planting
watermelons on the same field two
years jn succession. A fatal disease,
watermelon wilt, attacked themu Where
this occurs it is necessary to fertilize
with wood mold and commercial fer
tilizers. Manure often contains and
carries germs of the disease. W. D.
In the spring I decided to get a start
of purebred poultry. Looking over
the advertisements in The Progressive
Farmer, I found just what I wanted. I
ordered yard eggs instead of payin
Kcwing xne pest. I, got
."ve:gunen t cnickens , more
wfpna1m..8i?ef. l pays, ta buy tthe
pes,t; ' - , ' 7 -l'a 1
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FortauirifattfHorse
: Antianthrax Serum
T be Used on Animals Showing
; ? ;v Symptoms of Anthna
AitHoidAiitianthrax
Z Simnhanpiis Treatment)
Used wkea Aathrix is Suspected or
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Write for free booklet , o& the Prevention of
OOTJLT -YOPB .VETEBINARIAN
t. : t Indartrj Department of
Park Davis & Company
:;X - detboit, mich.
SALESMEN
Wonted Immcdtatcly
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Writing Orders Liberal
Commissions.
Not Just an "ordinary" selling offer
this Is an OPPORTUNITY such as
big, successful men are quick to see
and grasp,
Take orders for beautiful memorials
by simply showing handsome catalogs
No hard ( selling necessary every
family desires & memorial all you do
is to help them select the best you
will be welcome in every house make
$40 a WEEK and UP in SPARE time.
Don't hesitate if yon have never
sold before. We send yon full in
structionsand the memorials prac
tically sell themselves,.
'A little spare time: is one qualifica
tion the desire to make money the
other. If yon hare both, write and
tell s so, and well rash to you the
details of this money-making offer.
But don't delay send your inquiry
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COGCINS MARBLE COMPANY,
MS Mala Street, Canton, Ga.
IISIS
HoaanaCafflleOU
a powerful germicide and disinfect
ant. Kills disease, restores stock to
health and promotes fattening. Used
successfully on rollers andin wallows.
"W.B."e41fsn standard product, folly guaran
tHMl nd tn4?i skl ?r wrdty whereveruBed.
Stockmen ssyltpsysfctselfbmlredso times
oyer. Prices. F. OB. Kansas aty. Missouri:
IncId'gSO-cdClcclCrunicgal.
InsIud'gSHdC!::! Drca, 29c gal.
Inddics 5c!!:h Xaa . 76cgal.
KANSAS CITY FUEL OIL COMPANY
SmSeotawesttlT. lansas Oty. Wssoorl
ww NWMHf ryp sowers into weu dmciucu
or special excavation. Easily and quickly
installed. A child can operate n
Write Si ftSeratorwonunenX
Of JkJ, . ? Spiffs. DeSSent
fwder :TSk,t ofAarlculture. Coolsby
evaporation.
Lowest Prktd practical
UghianatoiUadt
Costa .less than a
season's ice bill
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