The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-01-25
PREVENTION
is THE
BEST
INSURANCE!

There has always existed, since time
. immemorial, n constant desire to
provide against the ravages OF fire.
For wears the navies of the world,
architects and scientific men have en-
deavored to discover a process for
rendering infiamrnable material noE-
combustible. This now has been ac-
complished: the government is now
using this paint on all ships, and at
the present time the woodwork and
other inhammable material entering
the construction of nearly all the
modern navies of the world have been
rendered fire-proof; likewise the meth
Cd is fast being adopted by a large
portion of ship builders and specified
by architects in the construction of
large modern buildings the world
over. After a fire has gained wild
control over a structure it is doomed
| to certain destruction; modern fire
| DEOOl SiIC itSlI Wy Ct. Ett'i
and iron beams and ioists melt and
twist and warp and break under the
heat; bricks, cement, stone, granite
and marble crumble and disintegrate
nothing can stop the flames and heat
after the fire has gained Roadway and
is beyond control, as is evidenced
every day.
| All this can be avoided by render
ing the woodwork and other infiam-
mable material used on the inside OF
| our modern marvels of architecture
in course of erection in the large cities
| fireproofed with Ruchter's process.
| However, to large majority OF the
public-the owners of country homes
and buildings who, either from in
convenience or expense connected
with building fire-proof structures,
have no means of securing immunity
from fire, the use of Ruchter's Fire
1t renders wood coated with it fire.
resisting, preventing the spread OF
| flames, sparks and debris falling on
surfaces coated with it have no effect
the wood only carbonizing when COM
ing in contact with heat, and the in
cipient spark, the vanguard OF
destruction, that would quickly gain
control of q structure, is rendered
harmless.
Ruchter's Paint is no more expen-
sive than any other good quality of
paint, and we cannot emphasize the
fact too strongly that it's durability
is greater than any paint made, ow-
ing to the pure pigments, as well as
being absolutely a pure linseed oil
paint, as explained further along.
The material in the paint remains
inert until it comes in contact with
intense heat, causing same to fuse,
forming carbonic acid gas, that sue
cessfully resists fire. this can be easily
demonstrated by placing little OF
the paint taken from one of the pack
| ages, in a flame and noting the result;
carbonic acid gas Immediately forms.
fighting the flames even in the paint 8
wet state with the oil in it.
Ruchter's Paint is not a ready
mixed, . or prepared paint" or
Liquid paint" and must not be
classed among these misnomers. the
large, majority of which have no
value as painting material, and are
a mixture of alkali water. benzine or
cheap oils Ruchter's Paint is to be
used in the same manner as pure
white lead; it is made in paste form.
the same as white lead and painters
colors, and the user must make his
own paint with same. thinning the
paint with pure linseed oil to the
proper consistency for painting, using
equal parts of linseed oil to equal
parts of the paint. This gives the
user the advantage of knowing pos
itively that he is getting pure paint
and in purchasing his own inseed oil
and seeing to it that he gets it pure,
and mixing it with Ruchter's Paint
he knows for surety that he is get
ting what he pays for and does not
have to take anyone's word or label
for it, as is the case in purchasing a
ready mixed paint.
Pure linseed oil is the very life itself
OF paint; it is essential TO a durable
job of painting as the foundation of
a building is to the superstructure:
| eliminate the linsead oil from naint