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The Commoner.
March 7, 1903
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paaaioreaMjefnunauv DeiinxiwntDninf,
HWHHBLE HAT6HEB Ct., SPllMftEll, IHM.
Do You SCRATCH?
Itching Eczoma, all skin dlseasos cared. I care
whoa physicians and patent medicines fail. 82,
000 patients testify to truth of above. SondGcts.
for trial treatment. W. A. BULLABD 348 Theo
doro St., Dotroit, Mich.
TO ANY READER WHO
I will Bond a FREE trial treatment of a positive
enro for Insomnia. It contains no harmful or
habit-forming drugs. Write me. JEAN BAP
TISTE, 633Q State St., Milwaukee, Wis.
G
O&vHUUU than one acre bra
Missouri man. Tho dried roots
sold last roar at$7.00nemonnd.
The prico has gradually increased for 25 years.
BootBund Soods for salo for Spring delivery
Full intructtons for its cultivation with each
ordor. Write for pamphlet tolling all about Gin-
song.
Mcdowell ginseng gardens,
Joplln, Missouri.
ARCUTQ WANTED to sell "Schley and San
AUL(1 1 0 tlajco," by Gcorgo E. Graham. Auto,
graph introduction and personal account of the
battlo by Rear Admiral Schley. True Story of
Santiago told exactly as itoccurrod for tho First
Time by thoonly eye-witnesses of tho fight. No
subject beforo tho public interests evorybody as
this tory of Admiral Schloy. Tho American peo
plo demand full recognition of the Hero of San
tiago. Book selling like wildfire. Prico $1.50 to
2.75,acoording to binding. Liboral commissions,
outfit and books ready. Sond seven 2-c. stamps
for complete outfit. Act quick. Big money for you.
W. B. CONKEYCO.,Sole Publishers, CHICAGO.
BRAND NEW STEEL ROOFING
Bought at Receivers' Sale.
Bheets either flat, corra
Rated orMV" crimped. No
tools except a hatchet or
hammorls needed to lay
the roofing. Wo furnish
free with each order
enoucrti rjaint to a t ff C
eoverand nallsto lay. Prico Per square, ls v
Ajsquare moans 100 square ft. tvrlt far Free Catalogue
lo. (11 en deaccal Merchandise. Chicago House
Wrecking CeWaaeMtk and Iron Bta., Chicago, ill.
1bl aaav Mfe t 4 Sand u your aaoreaa
J3aDaySuresS5
BsW furnish tho work and teach you fr"a, you work hi
(a locality whera you ltTt. Send uvyour addreta and w will
explain tho buslnis fully, remember w guarantee a eloir profit
i $3 for erery day's work.absolutely tura. Write at once.
EOXXL aUHDFACTDRUQ CO Bx70l, Detroit, BUdb
cotie touti ktxs wrrn dr. rnymico's ktk dalm when bpeo
ULISTS FAIL. TESTIMONIALS FttXB. 0. U. MOOET, 1M3 N0OTU
bawttji Ave., cmcAoo, ill.
eriDK hest by Teat-77 YEARS. WoA V CASH
AiWVcWant MORE Salesmen r A I Weekly
CmI0 Stark Nursery, Louisiana, Mo.: Dansvllk. N. Y.
HONEY t those wfce sen tVo laleat ODOK.
JjEHaRBaHMOItliliEHB FKYINO
PAN4 New article, a UOLDMLNH
nr nafin and women areata. .
ABEICAR UTENSIL COMPANY, Box 963, Dillifflore, Hd.
Fat Folks Am a trained nurso ; 13 years ago
I reduced 45 pounds by a harmloa remedy ; no
regain; nothing' to sell. Address, with stamp. I
will toll you how it is dono. Alias B. C. Top
ping, 318 Ogden Avo., Chicago, 111.
Our complete book telling all
about this wonderful Ginseng
will be sent FREK TO EVERY
BODY sending their name and
address to Chinese-American dlnseng Co.,
Joplln, Missouri.
i sil T l,IUTraHIBM
CONTAINS
Declaration of Independence ConatltH
tton oft V. M All National Platforms
of all political parties since th-lr formation, to
and Including 1900. Price, 25 Oatav One and
two-cent postage stamps accepted. Don't send
personal checks. A gouts Wanted.. A million
copies may bo sold. Send three 2-cent stamps for
treatise on Injurious ins cts of Orchard. Gardea
and farm. Addroas VXNCJSXX1 l'UU. CO.,
Mth. and Jackson Bts.. Omaha. Web.
The Life of the Wheel
depends upon the make of the wheel.
ELECTRIC WHEELS
lastalmoat forever. Fltany wagonitralghs
or staggered spokes, write for the cata
logue, we null it free.
BLJCOTJUO WHEEL CO., Hex 238 QbJ7i H
Underground Railroad.
(Continued from Pago 9)
of fans. No other tunnel In tho world
has been bo treated.
Tho work of blasting, In the con
struction of the tunnel is one of tho
wonders of the thousands who have
watched it. The section along the east
line of Union Square Park, and another
section near Columbia college, hae
required the greatest amount of la
bor. In these two sections the rock
encountered was as solid as the foun
dations of the eternal hills. Patiently
as. the labor has been done, complete
as It la, it is not to be compared to
the work of the engineers necessary to
rearrange tho great water mains, the
sewers, gas mains, and electric ducts.
So skillfully has all been accomplished
that no serious results have followed.
Whenever a change became necessary
the municipal department which con
trolled Jthe underground work of the
city Was consulted, and in not a sin
gle shift of this labyrinth of under
work.has there thus far been any fric
tion or disagreement .between the en
gineers of the tunnel and the city.
There has not been an intimation of
damages by the city.
The financing of the wonder of tho
city, if not of the country, Is not the
least interesting fact in the construc
tion of the work. As is already known,
the Belmonts furnished Contractor
John B. McDonald with the money
for his part of the work. When the
road Is built the contractor, under
agreement with the commissioners,
must run the road for thirty or forty
years.' He pays the city Interest on its
bonds, in addition to which he is to
pay one per cent every year on the
bonds. This creates a sinking fund
and in this way the-city gets' its money
back. It .follows as a corollary that
the contractor is interested in having
every part of the work done by his
sub-contractors up to the highest
standard, andas quickly as possible.
It must have occurred to people who
have watched the construction of this
work that even in the most ordinary
part of It the employment of an army
of labor is necessary It is so great
that the heads of the work in tho of
fices of the commissioners and of the
contractor do not know -the number.
Mr. McDonald does not know how
many are employed by the men who
hold sub-contracts from them. The
only way in which this information
can be obtained is to go to each boss
of a gang and ask him. The cost of
the underground work averages $1,000,
000 per month. From this the deduc
tion is made, in the rough, calculating
labor, skilled and unskilled, at its us
ual scale, that there are at least 10.000
men employed. This does not include
the clerical force, or the men in the
shops, here and elsewhere, for labor .s
employed by the company in the mines
in Pennsylvania.
The men work in shifts of two and
three, according to the nature of the
labor. The shifts are employed eight
oitrs pneh. Tn reply to a suggestion
that some of the men might work in a
tjhift In one section and then go to an
other part of the work, thus making
double wages, Mr. Rice said he was
confident that such was not tho case.
The nature of the work would not per
mit it, and the bosses were prohibited
from countenancing anything of the
sort. The men are paid every two
weeks, at several pay stations along
the line. The scene Is one that has
become .quite familiar wherever the
pay station Is established. The line
varies in numbers according to the sec
tion. Ninety per cent of this labor Is
Italian.
Sub-stations are established along
the line, at which Mr. Rice has a rep
resentative. The representative keeps
his chief advised daily of the progress
of the work. At any moment of a
working-day or night the engineering
department can ascertain the condition
The rriotivo power of the road' Is to
bo tho third-rail system. There will
be eight cars in each train. Tho work,
providential hindrances barred, will
bo finished in two years. If this ex
pectation is fulfilled tho finish will be
nine months ahead of specified timo in
tho contract. Frank H. Brooks, in
Leslio's Weekly.
Bigger Than Lincoln's Nation.
Tho valuation of Amorican Indus
tries that are recognized as monopolies
in character and management Is
stated by Thomas W. Phillips in his
minority report to congress as a mem
ber of the industrial commission at
$17,000,000,000. Ho itemizes his esti
mate thus:
Valuation.
Railroad stocks and
bonds $10,000,000,000
Water, gas, electric light,
street railway and tele
phone securities 4,000,000,000
Securities of leading
trusts 3,000,000,000
In the year Abraham Lincoln was
first elected president tho valuation of
all the real and personal property in
tho United States its total wealth
was $16,159,616,000.
The monopolies of 1902 are bigger
than the nation of I860. New York
World.
IDER1GEKTSWMTED
to rlfUiajwl Tlilhlt:tJj Mi yiI.
1902 MODELS. $9 tp $15
11 makes and model, good as aw ft
to 98 Great tvtetory Ctmrinw ikitf.
we sum out APmnvAt ad
lv BAIN THUt without a gent in aUvanee.
Kara altfcyctodlrtrilxiUrifr catalog. Writs
at onee for net nrf cm aad sneclnl Rf"-
MEAD OYGLE GO. WSoiwu
MM
Results Make the Difference.
Nations are like men. If they can
command respect and are entitled to
respect they will receive it; otherwise
if they are not. It is wholly imma
terial to Uncle Sam whether England
begun tho racket against tho war or
whether Germany took the Initiative.
He knows if he had been licked the
quarrel would have been to establish
which was first to juhip on him, as It
now is which was first to pull the other
fellow off. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Biff in fhA WftrlfL
Nono o low In prico. Largest Illustrated
seed catalogue oyer print cd, FRGO. Kk-
KraviaK ot every variety, rrice oniy j
cent ner nktr. and un. A Inf. of nrira
n-ftplrnrrra mm cnrfu TTMuntrA Honn
wun every oruor. seuu name ana auurcas
he card nr Inf.litr.
LR. H. SHUMWAY. Rookford. Illinois.
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IM Tubular Fenct Post
made of Ualvanlzed Metal and Vltrl-1
nca MBuie vane, is trie inost economical
and durable post made. It will not rust,
rot down or burn up. Specially good
for farm, railroad, Vcemetory and
lawn fencing. I'osta rnado plain or
brnHtlfulIy ornamented. Extra largo
and strong post for corners or other
niacea ot special strain. Any kind of
hNrb, ntnooth, cabled or woven
wire feneine can be securely fast
ened to the posts. Special nttlnfrs, as
corner braces, (rata hlnecs.ctc. Good
SKent's proposition. Write for free
circulars, prices and special terms.
HLOOMfflELn MFC. CO..
Pax O Btnomleld, Ind.
Never Needed Any Help.
What possible good can ever be done
by trying to discover "who was our
friend" in the war with Spain a few
years back? If there had been ever
one moment when this country was in
danger or needed rescue it would be a
different matter. In a walkover war
requiring but a few weeks of our at
tention tho task imposed on any as
sisting friend could not have been a
very terrible strain. Boston Transcript.
Union Central Life
CINCINNATI
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pr Catarrh Cure (a compound with or
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