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GREAT WORKS AND' ' THEIR
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Spanning Wide Rivers , Erecting Sltyscrapers ,
Boring Tunnels and Subways , Not Done
Without Many F ataIities.
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Tales of Heroism Relieve RecitDl of Appalling Disasters-
Hairbreadth Encnpes and Startling Adventures Form
, Part of the BuUding Up of the Grcat City of the
Futurc-Ulmmunes" Sought All Over Earth.
Now ; York.-Not millions ot dollnrs
nlOIio : nor the sltlll of cIeslgnora , nor
the cunning of crnftsmen ent01' Into
the mnltlng of a great city. Sky.
crUlCrS , brIdges , tunnels nnd Ruh.
waYlJr must bo llUrcllascd at 0. heavy
cost of humnn lIfo. It'ow roallzo ho
many men cIlo that 0. gl'eat public
work may bo crentell. EnghlelJrR nl\l
buhd rs sny thnt tl1 anctlflco Is In.
, ovltnblo. Six tunnel syslems are ho-
Ing conslructml under the Norlh nnd
, Enut rlvors. According to ono csU.
Imnto , there Is ono nll1n killed In them ,
'on ' 1U1 nvorage , for every day ot the
yonr , A well.lmown onglneer haa es-
thnt 'ovory floor of a modern
building ot protentloua slzo lms cost
Ufo , elthor In the fOl'esls where the
In
timber hils been cut , In the coal and
Ilron mines , nnd stone qunrrles , the
Isteol mills , the cnl8sons sunle deep In
Itho earlh for the foundations , or In
'tho ' ateol sUllorstructurefl thnt rlso
11nc01l1O to the sky.
Hairbreadth Escapes.
Yet the spirit ot adventure wnlltS
Ihand In hand with donUI. Whllo mnny
Uves were lost thnt the Brooltlyn and
WlIllnmsburg bridges might bo built ,
.thero were escapes by tbo worlnnen
engaged on them thnt would soeUl
grotesque 111Hl Improbnblo it put Into
In novol. A man mny dlo for every dny
at the year during the construction
lot 0. cnsslon or rlvor tunnel , but the
mon who escnpo tell , storIes that
\Voultl enhance the fame ot IIugo , Poe.
, or Eugene Sue. The sacrlfIco ot life
11n llUbllo worlts , too , la a stO'1'Y allUrt
Ifrom the record of seven lives ended
Iby vlolenco In this city for every da ) '
/In / th year. It talccs no count of tbe
Imo11 , women and ch11dron kl11OI by
\accldonts \ In the streets-Qno vlcUrn
Iror every sunsot.
A hint of the ancrlfIco ot lIfo In ) lub
worlts waa found In the records 0 :
the board .of aoronors In Manhatt.\n
/Last / your there were 2,160 d aths b )
Iviolenco In the boroughs , and ,684 , 01
j11cnrly one-third , wor ! ) caused by falls
lexploslons , the collapse ot eartb In ex
Icavatlons , lrematuro blaats. nml fall
lIng roclm nnd Umbors. ' 1'ho rIver tU11
Inols were ) lushed forwal'd at the cos
lof 68 Uvoa , or .13 In the Ponnsylvnnlr
'tormlnnl ' works , 2 ( ) In the Dolmen :
tunnel , two in the subwny borIngs un
'dor ' the Enst rIver , and Un'cu Iii lIlt
iHudson cOlllpnny's termlnnl at Churcl
'II.m ' Doy streots.
The ol'ectlon of the Brooklyn Irhlg (
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when ho heculllo an Invalid trom ex.
Ilollure , overwork nnd anxloty.
The Dondly "Dends. "
' 1'ho centers ot Interest In this great
onglneerlng feat wqro the calssons-
IlIlgo wooden hoxea sunle 40 Coot be.
low the water IIno , to hold the foundu-
tlons-and In these caisson dlseaso ,
or "tho bonds , " caused endless anxiety.
'rho dlsouso Is the moro danlorous because -
cause the I1hyslclan8 have not made
up theIr minds precisely what It Is.
Men who worle under compressed air
In tunnela or caissons are seized WIUl
cramps , severe pains In the jolntlJ ,
and dizziness , nnd nro doubled up I
1I1to jacltlmlves. Not InfreflUOnUy !
llUralysls and death follow. The roe
) lorts ot the hu11dlng oC the Drooltlyn
brldgo show that there were 28 case a
ot 'tho bel\ls , " three at them eudhlg
In death.
Whllo the caisson worle was under
wny a dlsnlltrous flro occurred In thO
box on the Brooklyn sldo In Decom.
bel' , 1870. The chamber was fIooded ,
and the dama/o / cost weeks ot labor
nnd dolay. On the day or the fire Col.
Roobllng spent aoven hours In the
caisson. When ho returned to tbo
surface ho was partially pnralyzed.
' 1'hls was ono at the causes ot bls III
health.
'fhoro wore between 30 and 40 fatal
nccidonts whllo the towers and super.
structure ot the bl'1dgo were building.
' 1'hreo of the worltmon were kIlled by
falling dorrlclts on the Drooklyn
I towor. ' 1'wo morc foil trom the Man.
hattan tower and receIved fatal In.
juries.
I Border 011 Humorous.
Some ot the escapes , miraculous 1l
l they seemed to bo , were not without
tholr suggestions ot bumor. Ono
worlumm fell trom tbo Mnnhattnn
an9horago to tbe ground , 80 toot below -
. low , strucle a )1110 ) of lumber , and lived
to tell at It. Ho struck the lumber
with such force that ho broke ono of
, Iho planks neatly In the mlddlo. Another -
. other worltman plunged Into ouo ot
- the well holes In the Brooltyn ! tower.
- At the bottolll , 104 feet bOlow , wna n
11001 of water with an empty cement
bnrrel fIontlng around In It. The failIng -
Ing man hmded on the barrel and
- rolled air Into the wntor. Ho was'
j ullly slightly hurt.
1 \mpl'ecedontod record was lIIado
\"hon the Williamsburg brldgo was
) built between 1897 and 1904. AlI -
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rtho accompallhuent ot casunlty amI I
.death. Jolm A. Roobllng , the first on.
Igineor In chief . . . , lost bls Ufo as the ro-
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s lt of bls..res110nslblUtiea lUul nn Injury -
: jury receIved whllo nt worle on the
brldgo. His oldest son , Col. W. A.
Roe lh g , succeeded hlm but the
brldo ! was stili In Us early stagcs
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though ns Jnan ' as 2EiO men worke
at 011 co under compressed all' III t1
calssolls , not n slnglo dea.th frQm "tI
heuds" was reported. ' 1'ho hm
lessens ot tbo Hroolel11 brldgo cal
aous hall beoll well lenl'lled. At fir :
th ! ) "sand hogs" wOI'ked In elght.hol
shlfla. 'fho working porlods awel
cradually reduced as the cal lsOi
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san1e dC9Iier an oepol' benenth the
rlvor hed , uutll , when the workmen
were 107 feet below water level , the
shifts hnd been reduced to two 1\ day ,
of 4G mlnutos each. The "sutul hogs" i
were provIded with dressing rooms ,
hot haths , stonm elovntors to cnrry
them to the surfnce , nto1d plenty of
hpt coffee. Some of the men were
attacked hy cals80n dlsense , hut none
of thom ended fntally.
This great public work wns not to
bo nccmupllshed , however , without
the usual trllJulo oC human lICe. , The
worltlng force on the brldgo vnrled
from 400 to 800 men. ' 1'wonty of
thelll were killed , mostly b ) ' fnlla. Aa
was the case with the Brooklyn
bl'ldg . some of the escaelJ were
grotesque , SOIllU almost miraculous.
Wlillamsburo Bridge Fire.
Muuy New Yorlters will rocnll the
slllel\llId slleclaclo ono night early In
November , 1902 , when burning 011 a11l
woodwOI'k ate ) ! the Manhattan tower
or the brhlgo uhono ever the city IIko
0. blnzlng moteor. Then the llrolllen ,
powerless to fight the blaze 100 feet
In the nlr , watched the flames spread
to the swayln foot brldgos until they
becnmo great felltoon ot running
In-o.
Sovernl men were on tbo brldgo at
the tlmo , but they nil oscapod. Ono
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.CIiVE-IN ptlT Or If fZOOfE/J..CIl/c5 OtY
of them crossed the traverse platform
from ono blazing foot brldgo to the
other jUiit as the burning structure
, fell. For awhile ho hung there ever
tbo rlvor awnylng to nnd fro 1I1to II.
spidel' whose web Is torn by the
wind. Then he climbed to the big
cable overhead nnd crawled slowly to
the Brootlyn tower.
When the brld/o / was nearly finished -
ished a/rlvotor slipped on o.n Icy platform -
form and CeU 150 feet to the East
rlvor. lIe turnml severnl somersnults
on his way down , strucle the water
with a gl'eut splash , and was fished
out almost unInjured. Later { rIvet-
er's apprentlco stepped on a greasy
glrdor , slllliled 111Hl feU to tbo ground ,
100 Ceet bl'neath. Ho landed In a
heap of sand , got up and loolecd
nround , ns ho salll later , "to sco It
ho was dead. " Ills only Injuries were
a brokenal'm \ nnd some bruises.
Lives Lost In Subway.
In the building ot the subway
there have been nearly 750 accldonta ,
costing 90 Ilves , ur four victims for
every mlle of tracle. HardlY had the
worle been started , In 1900 , when failIng -
Ing rock In the south heading ot the
Ono Hundred and Slxty.elghth street
tunnel killed fIve workmen nnd Injured -
jured two others. A similar nccldent
in ono ot the Murrny Hill tunnels cost
the lIfo of Maj. II'a A. Shnler , a sub-
contractor. Cblof Englneor William
B. Pal'sons. who wns with him , had a
narrow escupo.
'rho explosllon of dynamite In the
same section of the worle , near FOl'ty.
second soreet , on January 27 , 1902 ,
slmttorecI the windows for bloeks
around and killed five persons , four
ot thel11 being In the Murray IIIlJ
hotel. In October , 1903 , another fal ]
of rock neur Fort George ldlled teD
workmen.
It wus not these mora sorlous accl ,
dents , however , that sweUed the lIs1
ot dead In subwa ) ' building to a for
mhlablo total. Rather was It th <
casualty to slnllo workmen or t <
some careless bystandor-death' II
the dark recesses of the ast rlvCl
tunuels 01' n Harlem bluff , the 1'0 ,
sutts of mlsste)1 ) that sent a worle
man craahlng Inlo tl e depths of III
ellen trench , InjurIes trom fnlIhll
UmlJors , or lives snuffed out hy mls
! d calculated blnsts , or an avnlancho 0
10 soggy soil. In 1900 , when the sul
10 way was starll ! , 27 wOl'kmen lUll
-d eight oulshlors were In\'olvell In accl
sdent ! : ! mol'o 01' less sorlous , Cor
st sh'uctlvo work waR In llrogross a
II' mau ) ' 11OInl6 In 1901 , and thU l\UmlJo
ro of casualtlol1 was swolloll to 17G. 0
IS lhoso ItlllOll 01' Injured , 1513 wer
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workmen , thrco h'lon ed to the engineering -
gineering stnff , Dnd 17 were persons
1I0t connected with the operations.
In the two years the subway cost 16
lives , nIl but ono of the victims bolnll
workmon. Again In 1902 the 118t was
formillable. Twenty.ono liveR wore
10Rt nnd 214 persons were hurt , 199
of them being employes.
Danacrs of Compressed Air.
With all IlI'ecnutlons It Is nppnrent.
l ' Imp09slble to prevent "tho bends' "
clnlmlng It.'J vlcthns. 'fwo "sand
hogs' died In 0110 day last October ,
for Inslanco , becn1lse , ns the doctors
believed. they had passed too quickly
from the compressed ahloclts to the
smfnco. A cOIISlllcuous examillo wa
the death of YOllng Chanlling llullard
011 Jnnuary 8 , lost. Bullard was a
big , hURky fellow : n graduate of Cam.
brltlgo Latin achool , nnd an eq1Crt :
l'1'ctl1lclan. JIo started to learn tun.
neUng , and decided to begin at the
hottom by becoming a. "sand hog. "
110 pussed tbo examinations and went
to work on a Mondny mornlnI ; ns a
h'draullc fitter in the ! Jonnaylvnnla
tunnel under Uoo Enst rIver. When
ho came to UIO surfnce that nl ht ho
almost fainted with "tho bends. " The
physlclnn took him bacl Into the tuu.
nel , put. him In the medlcnl airlock
at the foot of tbo shnrt , and , ns Is
usually the case , "recompressod" hIm
-that Is , treated him under the I1res-
sure of compressed air.Tho next
morning Bullard was unconscious. He
wns sent to a hOBIltal , and died that
evening. In his case It was said that
he had Bright's dlseaso which developed -
oped rapidly under nil' pressuro.
Search World for "Immunes. "
' 1'ho necessity at obtaining "sand
hops" wIth these llccullar physical
qualifications. W1U1 tlmnel bulldlng In
U\la city to an extent bItherto Wl-
I1rocodented for tunnel worlwra , and
not a IItUe difficulty In obtaining the
required number. The PennsylvanIa
rall rontl , for instance , literally
soarcbed the world for men ot experience -
perience to bulld the tunnels. 011
the crosstown shafts they have scores
ot Austrians who get UlClr exporlenco
In the Slmplol tunnol. The euglneorB
nml foremen Include men who have
tunneled in EgY11t , South AfrIca and
England. As many as 6.000 mon have
been employed at ono time on the : Mc-
Adoo tunnel project. On account of
the constant me naco to life and 11mb.
tholr wages are 1ll'oporUonately largo.
Chief CauGe of Danger.
The largo number of casualties on
the North rlvor wOI-la is explained
by the pocullar 111f11culUes of thj
work. The East river tunnels were
drIven largely through rock. In the
North river the tunnels must be
drIven through masses ot seCt silt ,
varying from oozing mud to troacher ,
dns quicksands. 'rho compressed ah
must bo mnlntnlned nt a higher I1res'
sura to keep out the wator. ' 1'he dnn ,
ger is greatest from a "blowout" 01
n lonk , with Its sudden inrush 01
wnter. Indeed , the old hendlng at tbe
L tunnel which crosses the North rlVOI
at Morton street wns abnndonod alone
ono time becnuso so many lives wor (
lost by "blowouts. "
Last Jammr ) ' olght "sancI hog. '
fought for tholr lives In n calssol
nearly 100 CeetUHler ground , nt tlll
Hudson c011lpanies' terminal at Fult"l
nnd Church stroets.rrhoro was {
- "blowout" nml a sudden Inrmlt 0
- water. The eight mon scrambled to
1 the ladder reaching up to the dClO
. ; ' ot the alrlocle. 'rho olonlnl ) ; was enl :
Ilargo enough fol' ono mnn to pas
t through at a time , nnd the mon fough
, . on lho ladder to bo the first to rMcl
: l It. ' 1'wo of them foIl bnck Int ! } th
t- water In a struggllnl ; henp. A thlrl
I- Ipt his head thrllulh lho door al\ll wa
t dmggod bacl { by two othors. All t.hre
I' fell on a. . fourlh , ntHI al1 hall a .1I1c1
If Ing. Flnall ) ' the rescuers In the all
e locl { holsled them fl'om their trap.
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SAftGUARO THE HOME
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GOOD CITIZENS ARE THE DUL-
WARK OF THE NATION ,
EDUCATION AND PROTECTION
Two Vital Things to Dc Considered by
Those Who Would See the
. Greatest Progress and
Advancement.
Whel'o Is found the greatest advancement -
vancement and clvll1zatlon there la
also found 11Inong the people the blgh-
est typo of Cealty and love at bome.
The AmerIcan homes are the most
substantial pillars of tho' nation's
greatness , and In American citizen.
ship la found the bulwarle at our republican -
publican government.
Where the homo Ufo Is Ideal , there
Is Cound genuine patriotism whlcb Is
alwnys commensurate with tbo en-
I1ghtemnent and the domestic haplll-
ness ot the people. How Important It
Is tben that every safeguard bo
thrown about the home , whIch Is the
hotbed where are produced for development -
. , opment al1 the strength that Is necessary -
sary for the perpetuation of 0. govorn.
ment and the malntenanco ot a. na-
tlon's greatness.
'l'ho student who will study Into
conditions of the countries tbat are
continually wrecltcd by Internal tur-
111011 , such as Russia ancI the Central
American republlcs , wIll discover the
homes nro far from Ideal homes , and
that there Is an absence ot the love
ot country that should bo found In the
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hearts oC Its citizens. ' 1'here Is a dut )
that Involves upon all , and which Is
duo to the generations growing and t
come. 'fho duty Is to surround the
home wIth such environments as wIll
maltO It attractlvo nnd develop In the
growing youth thb blghest qualities oC
manhood uncI womanhood. Where tbe
people are oppressed by monarchy
and feudalism there is no Incentlvo to
develop the highest state of bomo Ufe.
In America whcro nil are upon an
equal plane and opportunities are
open to every citizen , and w ere the
people are secure In their rIghts to
homes , there Is ever reason wb ) '
each ono should malte the greatest endeavor -
deavor to found for bhnseU and his
progeny a residence place that wIll
be sure from Intrusion and be an Incentive -
centive to higher mental and social
development. .
Education is all Important and no
other country In the world offers to
all such glorIous advantages to receive -
ceivo enl1ghtenment as does the United -
ed States. It Is Important tbat the
home be located near good schools.
Good scbools nro general1y found
where there are good bomes and good
towns. The quality of citizenship ot a
community can generally be gaged by
the standard at Its educational InstI.
tuUons. It Is' Important to the homo
bulldor that the town wherein ho Is located -
cated or which he may reside near.
bo a progresslvo place. And the bet.
ter that this town be , the bettor wIll
bo Its educational facilities for tbe
youth. It Is essential to the greatest
good ot a community that it bo realIzed -
Ized by all residing within it that the
moro wealthy It can be made , the
greater wIll be Its advantages both as
to education and other\ylse. By sup.
port to homo Institutions the bome Is
made better In every way. Patriotic
c1t1zan.a : wIll mf m It their first aim tc
be loyal to their own homo Intereste
atul tIten their state and atlon. Om
who Is loynl to home Is general1
faithful In the performance of all thE
duties that good citizenship implies.
Who Makes the Town ?
The editor ot the paper nt Coyle
Olela. , asks In largo letters , "Wh <
maIms the town 1" To malte a tOW1
roqulres the worle of many people. II
Is surely not tbo man who earns hlf
wages In the town and then spendl
hIs earnIngs elsewhere ; not the farmer
or who sells hIs produce to the hem (
merchant and then talccs the moneJ
to the express or post office and sendl
It to the Chicago mall or er housl
for the goods ho needs ; nor the minister
tor who Is pnld for preaching by tilt
business Interests of the place , anI
spends his spare time In worldng UI
grocery clubs for an outside concern
No , brother , these men do not malel
towns.
Gov. Folk on Home Trade.
" 'Vo are proud of our splendid cltle :
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and wo want them to Increase it
Iwealth I and population and wo nIsI
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want our country town to grow. 'VI
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wish the city merchants to bulltl U ]
,
. but we also desire the country mOl
chants to prosper. I do not bol1ovo it
the mall order citizen. If a place I ;
good enough for a man to lIve In anI
malto his mone ) ' In , It Is good onoug ]
tor him to spend his money In. ' '
Misfits In Songs.
"I'm going to see n new Amorlca !
play to.nlgh1 , " she was saying. "It' ;
by an Engllsh author. All the bes
American ) lla's these da's are wrlttel
by Engllsh authors. "
"I hope they are morc apropos thai
the songs they wrlto , " remarked he
frIend. "Hnvo you forgotten the En {
l1sh song that had a chorus about th
'Cotton fIelds way down In Old Nm
Jersey' ? "
Killing the Small Towns.
It Is hnposslble to build up town
without there being business to en
ploy the peol110 who resldo In then
'rho IIInll ordel' system oC doing bus
ness Is Itl11lng 01T lho small town , an
as a result the farmel's residing neD
them suITor by having 111001' marlcc
nnd lloor schools and othol' blossln {
of the 1lnd that go with the 11\0 tOWI
Not alone this but Carm values I
kevt down.
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NO TIME .
People Who Are Either Too Busy or < : ; , \
Too Indolent for Self.lmprovement. ,
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That person who tulees no Interest "
In aftalrs of his fellow mon , who falls j
to keep blmself Informed as t what '
Is transpiring nround him , Is fnr from
being either progresalv or well.ln.
formed. These dn's when papers and
n\agazlnes nro so plonttrul and so
cheap , there Is IIttlo excuSe for the I
average person not keeping closely In
touch with events , and particularly l
keoplng enlightened ns to what Is
transpiring that may affect his own ,
Individunl Interests. \
One oC the great beauties , and an I
extraordinary JlI'lvllege oC our Amer. .
Ican Corm of government , Is the right .
oC ever citizen to taltc a part In pub.
110 nffalrs and particularlY In gov.
ornmentnl transactions. How many
follow part ) ' leaders , perhaps bllndly ,
and too late find tbat they made errors -
rors through not having understood
the situation 1 How many' who aro'
negllgont In the stud ) ' oC measures
that are brought up for consideration
both by stnto nnd national leglslatlvo
bodlos , ancI too late find thnt unwlso
laws were enacted that directly oppressed - ( "
pressed certain cla ses to the ad. t ,
,
vantage of others ? IIow many people
are gnthered In b ) ' alluring promises
made In the finely prlntO\ literature _
sent broadcast throulh the country
for the purpose of exploItation ot
fraudulent stocle companies , just
through not Iteeplng Ihformed as to
the means and methods employed b ) '
schemerJ { to entrap the unwary ? It
Is conservatively esthnated that each
year more than $50,000,000 , are talton
from the earnings oC tbe people just
through the operations at fmuduhmt
mining , oil , Insur\nce nnd like con-
cerns. It would bo Impossible for the
promoters ot such frauds to exist were
the people careful readers of tbe
newspapers and the magazines , the
pales of which are filled with accounts -
counts of the doings at "get.rlch-
quick" schomes.
' 1'hesc da's there Is every opportunity -
tunity for self.lmprovement. Rural
dellverlos carry papers to the most ,
remote farms , and telephones connect . . .
tbe farmhouses In the average com-
munlty. It tbe people were only to
ut11lze the means so close at band ,
and to take the time to read , and ex-
amine' Into such propositions as interest -
est them. there would bo less cause
for complaint on the part of these
who perchance got their "fingers blla- '
tered. " It Is evident from the success ' ' ' '
that exploltors ot schemes meet with ,
that tbo majority at people lack good
business judgment , or that they nre _ " :
bllnded by some Inberent gambling de- ' . - :
sire. It Is always a Bafe plan to avoId "
4 any Investment that offers more than
legItimate returns on nn Investment.
Any proposition tbat w111 pay even
ton per cont. a year , and where the
prIncipal is aecurod , can find all tbo
capital that may be required for its
operation , without calling upon the
oneral public. It Is only the uncor.
tain kind of investments , the ones
that are 0. "gamble , " such as mining ,
and the I1ko. that are most prominent
In the advertising columns of the pa-
pers. The basis on whIch the promoters -
ors work , Is the inclination ot the people -
plo to seele great returns for lIttle
monoy. It is the sarno sentiment that
allows numerous establisbments 10- .
cated In different parts of tbo country
to dispose of cheap goods at enormous
profits through holding out to the people -
plo the premise of extraordinary'
values. 'fho wolJ.informed man w11l
avoid all Itlnds of In > estment schemes
tbnt are designed to draw money ft'om I
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the IJOckets of the people , and w11l , . .
also refuse to buy anr : "pigs in bags , " ,
It matters not whether the matter of j
barter be stocks and bonds or the necessaries -
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essaries ot life.
Contrary to Home Building.
Trade Is the Ufo of the agrIcultural
town. Any system that diverts this
trndo is Injurious to the community.
BQro l1es the evHs ot the maH order
system. By drawIng the trade from
the towns , the principal support goes ,
nnd with Its going disappears the employment -
ploymont for the people , the school
s'stem , and the churcbes and all the
advantages that the town aITords to
tbo people ot tbo community. Not
alone this but homo marltots are de.
stroyed and the Carmer finds the value
of his land reduced. Have the importance -
tanco of homo tracIlng and homo support -
port Instilled Into the minds of the
farmers In general , and there w11l bo
a rapid Calling oft ot the catalogue
house patronage.
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Importance of Good Roads. ' -
The town that has good roads lead-
Ins to It Is blessed. SUl'Oly there Is
no moro disagreeable thing , nor anything - I
thing moro ndverso to the business
Interests ot a place than Impassable I
boggy roads. 'I'hero Is a lIttle excuse
In the well settled community Cor pOOL'a' '
roads. It may In the beginning bo
somewhat expensIve to put the roads
In order , but In the mid It w11l provo
that the savIng In wear and tear on
wagons nnd horses wlll well relll1Y nIl
the additional eXllense. And to the
town good roads nro almost vital. ' 1'ho
nvetago : farmer wonld rather drive
three or four mHes farther to a town
over good roads tlll1n do his trading
when It Is necessllry to go hub deep In
mud to the nearer placo.
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Adulterated Foodstuffs.
Recently a number ot samples ot
coffeo. ox tracts nnd canned goods
sent out b ) ' a promlum giving concern
were examined by chemists In Missouri -
Ito I
souri a\1(1 In South Dalcota and found
to bo greatly adulterated. 'I'hese goods
were sold at prices as high liS the
local gl'ocers chllrgo for the best clnss
of articles. 'I'hoso who 11\0 careful of . . .
health should 1I0t bu ) ' foodstuff that . . .
comes from the mall order houses. or
from the 11l'l'lIllulll giving concerns.
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