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on the Dear River tract has been sold for
$500. and the land itself brought 81 500,
good for $500.
Its within my recollection that as.Os
acres OF Adirondack land. a whole town
After the saving timber was cut Oh q lot OF
this land went to the State for taxes and
could have been bought for $3.50 an acre.
Much OF 1t ID now worth 90 an acre. and
the whole property more than S2Oo. 900.
1T was not at all unusual twenty or TWEEN
ty-fve years ago for vast areas in the Adj
rondacks TO revert to the State because they
we're thought not to he worth the taxes
There lie an entire township in the vicinity
OF Upper Saranao Lake hat a company
got by oanoslling taxes to the extent OF
There was some irregularity about il.
though, and the State. after an action. took
back moet OF the land, allowing the COM
pany. however. to retaln 800 acres and
paying them SiSo.OOO besides. That town
to-day half a million dollars.
NSaranac Lake village also offered some
bargains for the far sighted a quarter OF a
century ago. In 1871 or 1872 an acquaint-
ance OF mine bought for 500 an acre3of land
IN what 10 now the centre OF the village.
Later no bought half an acre adjoining for
500 more. A few years ago he sold of a
lot for 81. 400 and afterward sold the rest Of
his holdings for SIS, 900.
@lt's appalling to think Of the fortunes !
haven't made About 1880. or possibly
later, all Of the land around what is now
the thickly settled portion Of Saranac Lake
was offered for sale at $500 an acre; the land
10 worth at least %. 900 on acre.
y On h other side Of the village there
was a farm Of fifteen or sixteen acres and
q house worth at most 81 900. An Albany
frm had a mortgage on the property for
"A. GOO. Thew bought of the other claims
and sold the farm for enough TO clear some
thing like SO, 600.
Aside from lake ~frontages il is pretty
difficult now to buy Adirondack land form
vestment. On the northern slope there
Is almost no timber land for sale; that is.
several hundred thousand acres, and Will.
lam Rockefeller. DR.. W. Seward Webb, A. A
Low and a few large corporations hold
almost all tho rest"
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At the depth at which they occurred
the water is very cold. often us low rs ~
degrees, which is sufficient To chill dyns-
mite TO a temperature at which II would not
explode. The difficulty was overcoms by
forcing the dynamite down through a pipe
IN mpa with a warmer volume OF
water, O wire being attached to the descend
ing explosive, which was Immediately ret
of by electricity when it had reached the
point desired. The pipe was raised out
of harms way Just before the operation.
A discouraging accident happened to
ono of the big drills last summer which had
reached very deep bedrock after nearly
q years work and taken out about nine feet
Of core. IL had been intended TO go q
little further down. but one night q river
boat broke its steering gear. and drifting
down upon tho scanold supporting the drill
near the scow from which it is worked
bent the drill badly and broke the diamond
drill sharp of within the granite.
The interest attached to the Hudson
River crossing project from a geological
standpoint in partly dine TO the facts dis
closed AZ TO the nature of the gorge through
which the ancient Hudson flowed and
partly 10 the fact hat tho dimensions Of
tilS gorge nt ldt 8Itupi hoh A1ohy 80Sto
gists believed them to be.
Only two years ago the author OF a bulls-
tin issued from the State Biologists ofioe,
In discussing the prehistoric valley OF the
Hudson, asserted his belief that the old rock
bottom Of the river might be found at Q
depth not very great. ON New York city,
where a dozen or more tunnels will soon
penetrate the mud OF the river bottom.
he thought il might be only a few hundred
feet deep. while among the Highlands it
would be still nearer the surface.
The engineers Of the Water Supply Board
nave already followed it down to a depth,
OF Storm King Mountain, Of between six and
seven hundred feet below river level, with
a probability Of finding il at a still lower
depth. But ever this depth is shallow
compared with that at New York city.
According u the figures given out some
time ago by the geologist Of the Water Sup
ply Board, tho rock of Manhattan Island
has been secured out to the enormou
depth OF 5000 feet. New York, in fact.
he states, was onoe a mountain 5000 feet
high. bounded by the gorges up the North
and East rivers.
According to this theory the continent
was onos very much higher above sea level
thar now. The present drowned delta
Of the Hudson may be traced far out through
the harbor below the city. The coast 10
still sinking at the rate Of q foot OF more
In the course Of q century.
As the land gradually sank the old river
gorge filed with silt, especially on New
York. In the Highlands il is largely ohooked
with boulders n other drift material,
left there during the glacial period.
The accompanying drawing 10 % OF the
first published pictures of this old Hudson
rock valley, and was made possible only
through the researches OF the past twelve
months.
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FORTUNES He DIDN'T MAKE
RISE IN VALUE or LANDS IN THE
ADIRONDACKS.

Fancy Prices Paid. Especially for Lake
Frontage which Net Many Years Age
Went Degging-Oaoe Despised Farms
1nat Have Enrichsd Their Owuers.
IF eighteen or twenty years ago ! had
invested sS .0OOin land around lower Saranao
Lake I might now be more afraid Of an in
come tar than I am said a real estate
agent who deals in Adirondack land. You
oan hardly sxagRerate the rise Of values
through the Adirondack region.
Timber land. Of course. ID valuable. and
especially 20 now that you oan sell for pulp
wood the small soft timber which was
formerly 81 no account; but it 10 only in
tho last few years that any value has boon
attached to lake frontages. nowadays In
great demand for camp sites.
AT upper st. Regis. where there are the
finest camps in America. a good site OF
hve acres costs about 5000. Within
thirty years n could have bought tho
same land for $50. and would have been
thought a spendthrift for doing it.
In upper Saranac Lake there 10 an island
that less than twenty-five years ago was
sold for $500. Recently it brought about
10000. or 600 times a. muoh.
1t 10 in the lower Saranac region that
the rise In values has bean most general.
l kno OF . man who owned a farm OF 100
acres. or perhaps less. q portion of which
ran to tho lake. He sold OF his lake 'front.'
age for 500. 900 not long ago and had almost
all OF his land left. The whole farm even
tually brought him 500, 600.
'On tho north side Of the lake an insur-
anco company o 100 acres or 90 on n
debt. They offered it for q. 500 and couldn't
sell. Afterward they got something like
eS0. 1000 for tho tract.
A the result Of a partition suit a farm
OF Is acres on the river above Saranac Lake
village was auctioned OF at Sl,6SO. I
dropped out at $500. The purchaser
gets AZ much a. that or more for a single
lot OF h quarter OF an acre. and otter selling
on about SIS 900 worth OF lots still has most
Of his farm left.
Another man bought a tract Of 900 acres
for $4,000. He charges $1,000 for a lot
isSxA00 feet and has taken on I don't know
how much soft timber. What 10 left of
his purchase he values at 800. OO.
1T Ia. reported that a guide up tbere who
had a rocky little farm that wouldn't grow
buckwheat has sold it for $50, 600 and has
quit work Tor the rest OF his life.
There 10 no reason why any OF US should
be working II we'd only been gifted with a
little foresight. but " were all mighty sI,s-
picious OF land. I remembered
that nfteon years ago q ma gave a mortgage
for $500 on lis acres OF and near Deer Kivsr'
After . few years tho mortgages concluded
that ne was running too big q risk and had
20 raor.SaSs transferred 70 another pieoo
within the last six months the timber
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PERFECT JANITORS IN SIGHT
SCHOOL ~ BROOkLYN TO TEACH
THEN THEIR DUTIES.
Course Includes . kn0wlodEo Of AbOut
All the other Trades u Professions
Life In q Fiat H0uso with Service by
One OF the Graduates VIII De Ideal.

A school for ~janitors has been opened.
IL your fiat is served by one Of its graduates
oil you'n have to do these cold mornings.
now that ii is time for steam, is to call down
the d~umbwsiter. Il say. professor. kindly
read h third lesson on steam. will you?
There's something the matter with my
radiator" and at once your radiator will
get noisy. OF course il may happen hat
he may respond over his glasses. at says
to try concentration. continued application
Of thought and slight friction to demon
strate." Then you may call him several
mild epithets not in the books and telkhim
he needs coal instead Of concentration
that he must have turned six pages and got
into metaphysics instead Of steam. and
that what you want is heat. not mental
science. Mistakes will occur.
But picture what joy and peace there
will be with no friction and everything
In ones apartment working according to
law and order. What repose to the house,
wife to have her front hall cleaned, her
windows washed and garbage carried
out in an educated manner. All she need
say il, According to Code 3. William
the third book on window science-ohamois
used should be washed once a month"
IL will mean a saving Of invective and
soap. And perhaps II she is really a re-
sponsive and cultivated housewife. who
knows but she may ind time to hear William
say his lesson in the morning. so that all
the days work may be gently reoited before
It Ii done. the oils OF labor thus quietly
lubricating the wheels Of daily living ac-
cording to the ethics OF the modern system
Of intellectual janitoring?
Now. you know IL isn't going to be an
easy thing to be an up to date ~janitor. The
graduate who goes clear through tho school
will DO we'll fitted TO make a living in any
Of the arts and sciences. trades or profess
sions known to man.
He may even write articles concerning
ethioal. culture. political economy and the
theory Of living On the side; for besides
being able physically 10 demonstrate his
nbility TO do all things. according TO Articles
1 and IL. he 10 to have q know Wedge Of his
relation TO the reputation n value Of
property served" Of -his relation 10 the
owners and 10 tho tenants Of such property"
a knowledge Of tho principle 81 efficient
service" He Ia to know when he IL sufficient
to himself. Peer Gynt should have studied
this course In janitorins.
or course any one who can study to be q
janitor should think nothing Of becoming
q civil or sIeotrloal engineer. Q woodwoi ker,
decorator. gardener, florist. plumber and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-27
PROMPT FIRST Aid ABROAD
4 SYSTEM THAI OBvIATES AM
DCL.ANCE DELAY.

Oermany's Plan of Relief stations De.
scribod ~ . Remedy for Evils u the
Hospitai Service IN New York in
Il Part t,0nducte d ~ n Private Enterprise.
The Hospital Commission. which was APP
pointed by the Mayor last year. has been
making Investigations into the foreign
methods OF administering first aid n q
report on the subject has been made by
DR.. Horst Oertel Of the Russell Sage Institute
Of Pathology on Blackwell's Island.
One defect in the New York ambulance
service IL the delay In answering calls.
which arises from the great area OF the
districts which the hospitals are supposed
TO cover. DIR. Oertel states that not long
sgo he saw a cab driver thrown from his
vehicle by a passing automobile at the
corner OF Forty-second street and Madison
avenue. The injured man had to lie on
tho sidewalk for twenty minutes before
the ambulance arrived.
Another defect Of the New York system
10 the unnecessary and often harmful
overcrowding OF hospitals. In European
and particularly in German cities such
difficulties have been overcome by Q system
Of relief stations.
Persons found in the streets sick or In
Sured are FIRST treated at the relief station
and are then taken to the hospital OF the
district to which that particular station may
belong. Patients with minor injuries or
complaints are attended to and imms-
distely discharged or allowed TO stay for q
ssw hours TO recuperate.
The establishment OF these relief sta
lions was originally Of a private character
n owes its origin In the present form 70
Prof. o Esmarch in the creation Of the
Samaritan Association. This society in
troduced relief stations in various cities.
Later other societies began to take an
active part In their establishment, especially
the Red Cross and In Berlin the society
founded by Prof. Won Bergman In 1907
and known a. thu Berlin Relief Association,
Since 1908 these societies have united and
formed an association for frat aid 70 thu
sick and injured and for their transporta-
t!on 10 h hospitals.
The establishment Of ruuh relief stnticna
was the result Of just such evils az sxise in
New York to-day - growing population
which made tho assistance OF tho hospitsis
inadequate and slow. Tho German Gov.
eminent n tho larger German cities
such - Berlin. Hamburg. Munich. prss.
don and Lsipsic. have Of late bsooals An
intersstsd ~ this movement that oonosrtod
action OF city. national and private cor.
poratLons hos low boon sstablsiiod'
= aorna places the rclisf stations Ara rim
ontirsly ny Tho community, hui In othsr,
In Berlin for srafrpls. thsy have rstsins6 :
sertain private aspect. being largely SUP.
pcstsd by The Samaritan and the Rad Cross
societies. ou' arc unaor rnunicipsl oontrol
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ZIGZAG THROUGH The ROCK
WONDERFUL SIPHON FOR THE
:" NEW CATSKILL AQUEDCCT.

a n 10 Go Down and W Inside Noun
% tains and To Pass Cnder the Hudson
I.OOO Feet Down Will Ise BiE Enough
IN AccOmm osiate . Railroad Train
- discoveries About the Hudson River.
The borings into the bed Of the Hudson
River on Storm King mountain. which
rave been in progress during the last year
under tho direction OF engineers OF the
New York Board Of Water Supply. Ave
now reached q depth Al ff1cient to justify
cert ain definite conclusions as TO the char
acter and location OF the great siphon
which will carry the new Catskili aqueduct
under the river.
II has frequently bssu commanded that
the planning and building Of this new sque-
Duct will he. in addition 90 its probably
larger cost, n far greater achievement han
the construction Of the Panama Canal.
In the opinion OF an eminent en- ginser this
IL especially true as to the system Of tun-
nels provided for OF all the tunnels the
siphons arc the most interesting. and they
will be OF a magnitude never before APP
preached In civil engineering
Whist 10 probably ut present ths largest
sipbon of it's kind in existence. that which
carries the new Croton squedIict under
the Harlem River. at a point between High
aud Washin gton bridges. has q drop Of more
than S0 feet from the aqueduct TO the
horizontal tunnel beneath the bed ~ the
Harlem. On the Cstskill squeduct thsre
will be not one but many siphons. which
will carry the water far deeper beneath
valleys than this. while the greatest siphon
Of all. that at Storm King. may b- three
times as deep.
II will carry the waters from the Ashokan
dam possibly q thousand feet below the
surface OF the Hudson. with a vertical
drop from tho aqueduot grade Of from
1000 to 200 feet. The exact depth will
depend on the result OF the operations now
being carried on to determine tho char
acter and location Of the bed rock under
meath tho river channel.
The work Of planning this Storm King
siphon n its approaches and Of con-
structing il will constitute the greatest
single feature Of the aqueduct. Nothing
like 1t has ever before been attempted.
Two years have already been spent In
preliminary work. The engineers say that
barring accidents the siphon will 10 COM
pleted by December 81. 1911.
The object Of the tests now being carried
o by boring apparatus and diamond drills
In the river oY Storm King is to determine
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Mems Dinner Calls.

n ls proper TO cell after every Invitation,
and il Is considered discourteous not TO do 30
after a dinner or luncheon, These last vlsits
should be made In person. especially the
dinner call. within one or two weeks.
In New York city. with its immense dis
tAnces. Il Is impossible for many busy men
TO carry, out this rule. especially where they
Is a frs' invitation a soeie man will make
n special Effort TO pay the necessary dinner
call within a week or fortnight. When he
Ia unable to do 30 he will send cards and call
az soon as he has leisure. or he will perhaps
send flowers.
While II 70 becoming tho custom In the
metropolis for men to send cards through
the mail. bachelors are -speoted to make
personal calls also upon those who have
entertained, them 40 well 90 upon their init
mate friends.
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metal worker on the way. Such little things
as understanding the principles Of ventila-
ton. the different kinds Of acetylene, oil,
electric and gas lighting arc bagstelles
belonging with . mere primer knowledge Of
what janitoring really 10.
In h article on floors. which comes
about the third or fourth lesson. there may
be some slight confusion. Suppose the
housewife asks the ~janitor to stain her
floor. While she dusts her rugs for an
afternoon tea he ray be digging down to
see what kim Of foor 1t 10. since Article 4
il especially rigid as 70 kinds Of stain for
each particular wood.
But all this should be avoided il he Ia
really an efficient %janitor thoroughly read
up in his books, for then he should only
need one look at the apartment to he able
10 tell IL the floor were pine, tile, iinoleum
or cork. Also the housewife may refer to
him for helpful suggestions in the matter
OF her famiiy's hygiene. for he 10 to have .
Board Of Health.
Away out In the heart of Brooklyn there
are wide white streets and plenty OF trees.
Towering right through the leaves on an
especially attractive thoroughfare 10 an
with an entrance 80 attractive that IL makes
every one want TO go in. This 10 the Bed
ford branch Of the Young Mems Christian
Association.
1t was the educational limb Of this institu-
ton that promulgated the idea of Q school
for janitors. The instructor 10 the super
intendent Of the buildings Of one Of Brook
lyn's largest institutions. He has made q
special study Of his subject for years.
The astonishing increase Of apartment
houses, hotels, Offices. schools. factories
and institutions in Greater New York led
to the idea OF a school giving instructionin
the care Of these properties. The course OF
instruction is to cover the easiest and most
approved way of doing the work. It's
going TO mean study at nights. this school
ia, but IL is worth IT,. Janitoring 10 to be
raised to the dignity OF a profession.
This. Of course, is only tho beginning of q
new life in the janitor world. Who knows
what a decade of scientific reading may do?
One may easily picture him in another osn-
fury pounding lacks by pure will and
treating floors by occult methods.
At present. indeed. when the housewife
engages her ~janitor she may carefully in
quire for his credentials as a primer or high
school ~janitor, or he may reply that he is q
b. A. on floors and has the Phi. d. degree on
furnaces with a price that 10 graded 40
cordingly.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-16
awe Hundred Yeara Aftor.

One hundred years after his birth
Longfellow IL pronounced literary
force with no sign Of waning Now n
remains to be seen what modern judg
ment has to say ON the two hundredth
anniversary OF the birth OF Henry
Fielding, whom Sir Walter Scott de-
elared the father of the English nov
el." The anniversary makes occasion
Cor the usual feast Of meat and wine
and honey0d words. Outside OF lit
srary students and the seekers after
curiosities there has been little interest
In Fielding for the matter Of two gen.
erations. Only three of his novels are
referred to, and bis plays are long for.
gotten.
The consensus Of critical opinion, as
voiced In the Nineteenth Century, Is
that Fieldingis writings are full OF
sturdy moral sense. Besides Scott, a.
referred to already, Gibbon, the his
torlan and critic; Hazutt, Coleridge,
poet and philosopher: Thackeray and
James Russell Lowell have praised
them elo1uently, Feldlng's plays were
his literary wild oats. His three great
novels reflect his matured powers of
observation and doubtless involve a
true picture Of manners. Lovers OF
Scott Thackeray and Dickens win per
haps be stirred by a revival OF interest
at this late date IN a master novelist
who was the forerunner OF this trio
and. according to the verdict OF two
Of them, their master In the art OF ne.
erary form. Praised by the few and
ignored by the many Ii the status OF
Fielding. born 300 years ago. while the
exact reverse Is true Of Longfellow,
who came a century later, singing
sfrom the heart to the heart"
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That the simpIified spelling idea con.
tinues to make friends and its support
ers more sanguine than ever of its ulti-
mate success Is the announcement Of
the leaders Of this reform, who are
about TO inaugurate a sustained and
active campaign throughout the coun-
try to interest the faculties and pupils
Of the normal schools. It Is said that
1900 teachers In the public schools are
pledged to the use of the shorter forms
In spelling, and 1t Is now taught or au-
thorlzed in several state normal schools
aud In the public schools Of many Inn.
portant cities and towns.
The spelling board states that $50
business men have Joined the move
ment since the first Of the year and
that phonetic spelling is at present in.
dorsed by $500 educators in the high
er institutions Of learning. Over 200
publications. 1t is claimed. are already
using the space saving way of spelling
or are about to adopt 1t. and the board
counts upon the hearty support of
about $1,000 individuals of various
classes who believe In the reform and
will encourage its success in every
possible way.
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snrina on tha PIalna.

The tent is making music
When the vAgPant rRindrops spa&,
The prairie dogs have set in
Fer good old fashioned chat;
The meadow iaTk 10 singin'
In voice Of liquid gold,
And the breezes OF the mountains
New mysteries unfold.
The she wolf on the mesa
Starts for home upon the run
She's going where her wolf pups
Are playin' In the sun.
There's stream in the arroyo,
And it's gurgiin' like a brook.
It's tho last Of winters snowbankm
That have fled fore King Chinook
The hilltops are a-turnin'
From brown to tender green,
And the newborn lambs are playfn'
Where the herders' tents are Scent
There amt no robin redbreasta,
And there amt no apple trees.
4ut fer downright Joy in springtimM
Give me the plains land, pleased
Denver Republican.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-16
Carrot Pie.

To make carrot pie add to two car
rots, boiled and mashed, two table
spoonfuis each Of cracker crumbs and
butter, four OF milk and three beaten
eggs. Sweeten to taste, season with
nutmeg and bake in an open crust. To
make meringue make like the pie,
emitting the whites of the eggs. After
the pie Is baked whip the whites Of the
eggs to stir froth, with three table
spoonfuls sugar and orange Juice to
favor, spread light on top the pie and
set in coolish oven until pulled and
a golden brown.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-16
Furniture Polish.

A cheap cleaning and polishing cream
for furniture may be made as follows:
Shred half an ounce of white wax and
two ounces Of beeswax into half pint
Of turpentine. Let 1t dissolve In a
warm place. then pour into this a mix
ture made as follows: An ounce OF pure
white soap, piece Of rosln the size OF
a nutmeg and half a pint OF water,
boiled together until melted. Mix the
whole thoroughly together and keep In
q bottle.