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Show .I ornmut-ikj T Buildincj f aha Stock of Horn Before Its Purchase Most Diuu buy houses eutlrely upon ppearauce and dekitfa. In no othei mulius do they take ao much foi ranted. When they buy a watch liey must ae thtt works sad have a uaiantee tlmt tlie cuss is of gold or warranted for a specific term of years. ATieu they buy au automobile they vant every femurs of the equipment xplalned in detail. , Hut when they buy a bouse the) .dually take it for what It appears to a Mo guarante goea with the aver ge bouse toduy. Oue never knows tvhat la behind the clapboards or the tlilngles or Its walla. You cannot tell what la back of the plastered ceilings In the cellar. You never know what la lu the walla unless they happen to e of brick. If you want to get full vulut foi .our money the better way la to build vour home, and build it of tiuiterlul flint are time-tried and proved Buliu it Bre-aafe and permanently. Ilulld a iiouse that will have the maximum ol lire resistance. Such a house a ill noi rot and deterioration will come slowly. Ita expense of upkeep will be the minimum min-imum always. Such homes of common hilcli, with tlre-reslstatit roofs of slate, burned . lay tile or asbestos, with Solid walls food for a century's sen-Ice without fading, can be built at very little more 'ost than the cheapest houses of other t.vp.' of wall. So little. In fact, that you a ill he astonished.--Exchange. |