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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL
WAS DEAD IN HIS SLEIGH.
i0ehsn Farmer, Was Being Brought to
Brsttleboro Yesterday

James Homer Hamilton. 81. a prosper
Gus farmer Of South Whitingham. died
Yesterday while being brought to Brat
fleboro for treatment. He had been in
Il health about five years and Of late
"pHeptlc attacks from which he had suf-
'ered became more frequent. He had
been lr an unbalanced state Of mind a
'ew days and on Tuesday it was decided
% bring him % Brattleooro. His son
James L. Hamilton. accompanied by 4
T.. Day and Delbert Stone Of South Whit
nghan. made Mr. Hamilton as com fort
able as possible IN traverse sleigh. and
they started on their 26-mile drive early
% the morning They did not notice any
change 10 Mr. Hamiltons condition on
the way and so far as they could see he
was resting comfortably. They had no
thought hat be was In a critical CON
ditioo
On arriving in Brattleboro the young
men started 20 assist Mr Hamilton from
the sleigh and they were shocked to find
that he was dead DR.. Henry Tucker.
health officer of Brattleboro was sum
moned. and after an examination he de-
cided that death was due TO rupture Of
an artery in the brain. He did not think
that Mr.. Hamilton died much before they
reached Brattleboro. The body was
taken 70 Bonds undertaking establish
ment.
Mr.. Hamilton was born in Russell. St.
Lawrence county. y Y. and was a son
~ James NJ and Eunice (Backus) Ham
Lt0n. His early life was spent In his
native town. and when ne was q young
man he went 20 Beadsboro 10 work on
farm. He married Miss Rosetta F
ShImwav OF Nottingham in December
1852, and not long afterwards he bought
the farm in South Whitingham on which
he had lived since. He had been a pros
porous farmer and had taken an active
part i1 the affairs 0f the community He
mad been an active member OF the Jack
sonville Methodist church many years
HIS health had been -ena rkably good IN
I'll five years ago. when he overtaxed his
strength In sugari1g time. and he had
been subject n erileptic attacks since
then
Besides his wife he leaves six children.
James 7. Hamilton. who works in Boyls-
ton Mass Osma7 y. of WhitinEham
Ethel @. wife Of Harry Waste of Brat
tleb0r0. and Jennie R Grant E and
Ralph F. who live AT home He also
leaves Two sisters. Mrs Hattie Stafford
ani Nfrs Cora Blackburn Of Palmerville
| y Y half-sister. Mrs Ceba Phillips
I n Monso-. Mass. and two half-brothers
I Ira C. Stafford Of Springfield. Mass and
/ Foster Stafford of South Hadley, Mass
/ TIE body will b. taken 20 South Whit
I !nEhau. where the funeral will be held
/ sunday morning At i o'clock in the
home
! Mr.. Hamilton was one Of the most re-
/ ~pected citizens ~ his town. He was IN
/ dGstrious and progressive man OF
/ high ideals. and he kept well informed on
/ the affairs Of the world by constant and
/ careful reading
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

some men play in luck even when they
die but the late Thomas c. Platt was
not one Of that number. The estimates
OF his services and abilities would have
read entirely different If he lad gone out
OF life while he was the dominant factor
in the political affairs of the greatest
state in the union. a statesman has
been described as a dead politician. No
body will claim now that Plat was
statesman, and he certainly was very
much OF a politician for years. He
sought TO saelve Roosevelt by crOwding
him against mis- will into the vice pres-
dency, but the death OF Mckinley gave
Roosevelt his chance and he became not
only President but the most powerful man
in America. Platt never had muca in
huence in the Senate except as one Of
a group Of practical business men who
held fast to party policies. with the rise
Of Roosevelt his power waned In New
York, his name was dragged through the
courts in a divorce case brought by his
second wife and in a case tn which
another woman claimed TO have been Sc
cretly married 10 him, and his last years
were spent in physical decrepitude, with
his powers as a political leader shattered.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

a big se3nal. has been brought 10 lsat
IN the investigation of the oleomar-ariue
frauds iu Chicago Judge lands SEN
fenced william BroadweU one os the four
dealers indicted cor violating o,eomar-
gar.ne regulations, TO serve six months
IN the federal prison in Fort Leayen-
worth. Kansas. ami - pay a fine of SIS
00O BroadweI had been repeatedly ar
rested. and II was MS custom 10 give
bond and then go out and violate the
law gain. Thomas Dudman. a purCaaS-
.nE agent wao acted as b0udsman for
rle indicted men. said he was indemn.ded
from loss by his employer. William J.
Moxley. who is a representative in Con-
gress from the sixth Illinois district
Judge Lands ordered federal grand
jury inquiry into the subject Of oleo-
margarine frauds, and it is alleged that
the Investigations showed that $4,000
pounds Of the bogus colored butter was
being SOLD daily, and tnat as a result Of
the frauds the government has lost more
than s., 900 900 in the past five years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

Boston experienced a $4,000 fire in
the heart of its wool district, Saturday
night, the big New England building
opposite the South station being almost
entirely destroyed Five alarms were
sent in, calling out nearly all the city
fire department. The FIRE started in
the quarters OF the Boston Rubber com
pany.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11
AUCTION
VIII be sold at public auction cr
TUESDAY, MARCH 22,
at I O'Clock p. M,
The Albert Eddy Place
AUCTION

situated in West Brattleboro, about hve
minutes walk from churches, school and
electric cars. said place consists Of
good two-story house containing eleven
rooms, with shed and barn attached.
Barn contains four stalls and large car
riage room. Running water to house
and barn.
Brick building about IS by 80 feet,
with privilege of building dam for water
power. This building is suitable for
wheelwright, paint, carpenter shop or
any similar business.
Also about four acres OF tnsse land
in high state of cultivation.
Also one Andes range nearly new.
a. W. ]. WILKINS, Auctiouee-.
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TEN PAGES
THE VERMONT PHGNIX.
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RRATTLEBORO.
FRIDAY. MARCH il. 1910

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True life is not

Simple existence. II is growth. True life
insurance measures the growth and in
demnifies others for the cessation of ii.
6lst year. National Life Insurance Co,
Montpelier VT. (MutuaD.
II. e. TAYLOR & SON,
Insurance. Crosby Block, 5rattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

r. YOU have a hankering for the joys
-U life, We are the people
YOU WANT TO SEE.
nave farm properties that Will sun
TENT sizes and prices. but all in goo2dl
.-es. Come in and have farm tank
.- you have the time.
send for list.
NOW is THE TIME
BUY a farm 10 get ready for spring
-k-or list your farm with my agency.
nave some extra good farms no" lOI
hill and river farms.
WM. c. HORTON'SA GENCr
Is Main Street, Brattleboro' W.
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Enr sale.


T~nvS1TE- --nc,,-.,o,-,.I lon -,yoo1 nor.
L Den MARTIN. sl-f
DOR SALE-Dl- ST d'1hI. ~ork h1r-
1 ness sM ~ q - wv
!NoR SAIf;-t '.ilttt ..htstap work morse Gf".
~ ''"u' '''''''N'
----,- ---T,- - - : .1,T-rtI
ENOk SALE. Large fresh ee2s D. :; SAl u;
TIDD SATF,- small .,-r..gy-ite-. cseap.
i. plf -ra--s.- - R-UoWs Fails
y, 10-w
T1Cp SAr.F,- -I;.--f second hand bugry
49, i-1ttrl . ,'rYrI7 p.a@, Rr.lttIe-
NV.
NOR SAI.E-FlEnt room cottage house
/ m god r,ulir. lot 4 cy rods ~.
NOR SAIE-lU" bI>at. y. tarm.A
i seed POTATOES 81" rcr bI T =
STOCkW ELL. Vernon VI l'-tt
---
DOR SALE-R ound OAK p3r''r stove i4
lining No. - South Main s. lo-l
- =
L'oE S-NAE-is. - -'.''
"Le@ i1' .t'l .-.t.-. 3D. 80
NEE. 4. o. -FthN-l!. A'"A@'rt'. '-
--,-------- - -, T------
L outh Rock. white w yandot'e And 4 c.
White LtHhorn. MRS. 1. A. fh'L i
Putncy. VI. ~
,I----- ,,--'-.-
L'tE sail VI ..-., 49,
'.,,r an To- S.,..t- \.
r1,,,,, st- .i.r3 Y, io-l-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

Partisan Sage puts life and beauty into
the hair, prevents hair from turning
gray, and eradicates dandruh. Wtlfred F.
Root guarantees 1t. Large bottle so cents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

The Brattleboro Trust CO.

This bank general banking business and Exc
cutor, Administrator, Trustee and Guardian
is better than individual never
dies is absent busy for immediate action and
free from personal motive prejudice carrying out
instructions.
The charges made by the Brateboo Trus Company LESS
than those made by an individual
The capital surplus and stockholders liability, amounting to
guarantee of the faithful performance of
every confded to the Brateboro Trust Company
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

Breathe Hyomei. Get the same pleas
ant, germ killing air you would get In
the Eucalyptus forests Of Australia, and
cure catarrh. Wilfred F. Root guaran-
tees II. Complete outfit 81. 90; extra bot
ties 80 cents,
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61atlted.

WANTED -GIrI for genors b,,,..,.,-l
w MRS C. A pKBT-IY pnt,sv 4, =,
-------- - = -
WANTED. Live poultry and strictly fresh
w eggs. EVANS BROS. Towushend VI
~ work MRS = NJ KINGSLEY
ITT,%---I-T, \, -------
" ~ T. NJ 4" ID ~. No'- a.a .'Es
hEt-p' fltnet. W. loot.
" ~ ~, Z. III t- 'N farm. mus b.. -.pd
- H.htr au1 LtFIH'r t. s. HON.
-ALsL bLdllL-pli.- l0-tt
,>--.t-T, -.
~ '2I. N1,g."S a1d 1.uo.rI rs D..
--1---e III y. --- n-t- L.-n--. -'
WANTED y,g-. r7-a- - .--.-,--- - -
w ~ ,-s4r- ..-'f -, 49, go. -..-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

TOR SALE-The blacksmith shop In
i Putney Vt. formerly owned by c.
II Pepin. complete with large stock and
full equipment OF tools One OF the best
stands IN New England. Apply 10 f. f.
KNIGHT. Putney, VI, or 10 JOHN E
GALE. executor GuNford. Vt. 49-tf
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

NOR SALE-Low for cash or good paper.
L my so h. 3. mill. machinery. build
Iugs land lease and use Of side track,
more logs 10 come In two miles above
Townsheud on Q. Y railroad Address
A F.. PARK. u Wiibraaam Ave, Spung-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

NOR SALE-Eggs for Matching. Bun Ply M
L outh Rock. white w audotte and X. e.
White Leghorn. MRS. c. \. PROT IN
Putnvy. VI. I'll
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

NOR SALF.-I.rG. leunouse. I'm coHli-
/ tion 90 be- moved. Eggs for Matching
from pure bred single and Rose-Couhet
Rhode Island Reds and White I.-eroru-
CRYSTAL. SPRINGS lCE q WOOD co
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

NOR SALE-u.-tuu White Wsau-
/ do-te and R-u-.,. Barred EorA
ggs. slvo per setting b.. r II%'oiN.
Towu~acui VI l'-l'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

EOR SALE-Ou- set d,.hl. work har
L ness SWIFT a co lH-tf
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

NOR SALE Choice lot ut siao wood. HOL-
Il Den Y MARTIN. 2l-f
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

NOR SALE-Electric lighting outfits for
i automobiles and motor boats Stor-
age batteries reCharged. CHARLES \.
SMITH. 56 Frost ST. L-U
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

TO RENT-Cottage house with modern
i Improvements. EDGETT * co. l0u
ITO RENTING ruom tenement, p Forest
i ~. Inquire - So. Main -. Tel. lsj-2.
TINO RENT-TwO modern room teuemeuts
l. at II Washington II. Inquire Prospect
ST. SIT
TTNU RENT -lproom mouse at ~ Grove street.
i Gas, bath and furnace. JOHN L. GALE.
Telephone SG, 5Ltt
ITO RENT-F Fiat OF 3 rooms, Clark street.
i Modern improvements, new building.
FRANK +. BARBER, Crosby Block. l-tt
VTO RENT-Extra good tenement. barn
/ and garden II desired. H. F.
WEATHERHEAD, West Brattleboro.
ITO RENT-Teuement, April /. Down
i stairs, on Horton place. All modern
improvements Lawn and garden. Fam
ily without children desired. Inquire
OF MRS CARRIE FARR, West Brattle-
boro, Vt, care 9. W. Snow. q
ITO RENT-Furnished house on Eels
4 court, handy to Main street, 16
rooms thoroughly modern throughout,
suitable for bOarders, rOOmers or large
family. TWO furnaces, bath rooms, hot
and cold water, gas and coal ranges,
everything up 10 date. ONCE G, II.
EDDY & co, Frost St, or GEO. A.
EELS, 4 Canal St 5-u
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

NOR SALE Having sold my business will
sell ~ private sale some household turnl-
ture. also A top surrey. top carriage, good Con
cord. good sleigh. pole. douu.c harness. driving
harness. ana avn mower. CHARLES r.
NOW SFK Crff4ue street ~-ff
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

NOR SAI.E-E!ght room cottage house
Cedar 81 GHAS. n. SMITH. luu
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

NOR SALE-lou bIsa,. ~. Carm.u
L seed potatoes 81" per bI. =.
STOCkWELL Vernon. VI lH-tf
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nor SALE-Large fresh eggs. J. :. SMITH
I u High -. lie cpn1ne cOnneutlon. -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

EOR SALE-Round oak parlpr stove iu
Il good condition. both coal and wood
lining No - South Main - I"-u
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11
Auction Sales.
AUCTION
VI. THURSDAY. MARCH u.

Hav!u- sold ms farm ! w-.
public auction ur trf prem .-v- .-
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EOR SALE-Smau typewriter, cneap.
L - OI Te-aee -. Bellows Fa-S,
VI low
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11
Special 9ntices.

TOUND-Fur Overcoat. Enquire West
Il ern Union Telegraph Office. l0-lw
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-11

NANTED -Girl tor genera. hou.evorg.
w Mrs. G. A PkOUIY. Putney. ". .-tf
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-25
Modern Governmental Expenditures

The corporation tax is / per cent of
net earnings, and the collections under
it will be 100000 this year. This
means that the net earnings of the cor
porations is this year $4,000, 600, 900.
This is a vast sum, but it is no
larger than the costs of government
nave become. The appropriations by
Congress last year footed up s1.o44.4o1
s57, and they will be equally great this
year. These federal appropriations
represent but 40 per cent of govern
ment expenditures in this country. The
state and various local expenditures
are so per cent of the great aggre-
gate. We have therefore a total of pub
lie expenditures that Just about equals
the net earnings of the corporations.
To say that government expenditures
on such a vast scale do not affect tn g
cost of living is to disregard well
known facts. Does any one think"
says the New York Globe, that such
expenditures do not reduce his sur
plus or in many cases convert a pos
sible surplus into a deficit? The fact
ha at1b1
ly indirect, or even invisible, does not
make them the less real. Many a man
| has the fewer square meals because
of what the government costs him.
And not all of this cost is necessary
not by any means The part of 1t thai
might be saved would add materially
to private incomes"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-25
Winding Up the Census

Beyond all doubt hundreds, If not
thousands of negroes in this far-fung
city have not been counted, and if en-
ployers would give this particular fea-
ture of the count attention the CEN
sus of this city could be rendered COM
plete. Practically speaking the whites
nave been counted and the deficiencies
are among the colored population. The
latter will not be counted In full I'M
less the whites come to the assistance
of the census supervisor. The Cham
Der of Commerce, acting through a COM
mittee, headed by Chairman Motion, is
still in the field ready to get behind
any person of any color who has not
been counted.
In sending complaints to Supervisor
McEniry do not be overrcritical. He
is striving to complete the count in
this city. His love for Bessemer does
not in the least lessen his efforts to
count all the people in Birmingham.
Forward to Chairman Motion or Su-
pervisor McEniry any names that have
not been listed, and let those names
go without comment. Supervisor Nc
Entry is not negligent. He is doing
his best to count all the people in a
city containing as square miles of ter
ritory. and If all will forward omitted
names all will come out welI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-25

market. Exchange will decline below the
gold export level If the bond movement
is carried much further. At present all
is rumor in relation to bond negotiations,
and positive information is lacking.
The economic balance will remain
against us until we have great crops to
draw on, and the shipment of bonds to
Paris offers the best temporary safeguari
against additional gold shipments. No
harm would come from more gold ex-
ports, but all countries prefer to keep
their money at home rather than to send
it away to other lands. All in all. it
seems probable that we have raised
the period of the gold export movement.
We are shipping bonds instead.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-25

| BY A. b. McTammany, Associate Editor
Tobacco.
James B. Duke, 1.-The tobacco king,
who has become a multimillionaire, has
sworn off smoking.
He used to smoke as many as % big
black cigars day, and used to chew
tobacco in scrap form, but now he has
forsworn everything. Despite the fact
that the foundation of Mr.. Dukes for
tune came from the cigarette industry
and Virginia cigarettes at that-he has
never been confirmed user of the paper
rolled butt of prejudice.
|, In days of yore Mr.. Duke would sit at
his great desk at Ill Fifth avenue, New
York, and cloud the cigar smoke out so
thick that some people thought the build
ing was on fire. He would sit from
morning till night and content himself
with a package of biscuit in his upper
drawer on the left side. While chewing
the biscuit he would shout off his orders
in his usual authorized tone, and some
of the biscuit would find its way stom-
achward, But the greater part would be
deposited in small morsels on his desk
and on the floor.
Mr.. Duke eats heavily at night though
he has cut out the champagne as well as
the tobacco. His physicians informed
him that there was a deposit within his
anatomy which gathered through excess
sive smoking. Mr.. Duke stopped right
off, though he was nervous for several
weeks thereafter, and went home early
in the afternoon.
Some of the other magnates in the to-
bacco trust have cut down their smok-
ing also. Percival S. Hill, second in
command to Mr.. Duke, but the actual
executive head in Mr.. Dukes semi-re-
tirement, used to be a heavy cigarette
smoker. He has turned his back on the
coffin nail entirely and confines his
communion with my Lady Nicotine" to
three cigars a day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-25
Gold Outflow and Bond Sales

In the four months ending April 30 the
gold exports We're s47,199.7O6 as against
e44,316,626 in the corresponding months of
last year. These months are the months
when the balance of trade-the real bal.
ance-is customarily adjusted.
The wonder is that gold exports have
not been larger this year because of our
great imports of merchandise and small
exports of it. In the year ending April
o. 1909, the merchandise balance in our
favor was s4OS, oo427s; this year 1t is but
o167740,137. The difference called for large
gold exports, but the movement has been
checked and perhaps stopped for the sea-
son.
The truth seems to be that we are
sending securities abroad instead of gold.
Out of the abundant crop of rumors it
seems to be the case that about $4,000,
90 in new American railroad bonds have
been placed on the Paris market, with
some prospect that even more bonds
and railroad notes will be sold in that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-25
THE SIDE SHOW

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
There are many respects in which the
circus of this day is a great improve
ment over that of our youth. 1t has felt
the refining influence of time. The ami
mails do not always appear to be quite
so large, but they were probably magni-
fed by our youthful vision.
There is. however. one respect in which
the circus is not improved. This is the
side show. The side show is just as we
remember it to have been the first time
we saw It.
Neither time nor the syndicate meth
DDS which are said to have given all the
circusses that common finish which cha.-
acterizes them, now. have benefited the
side show. 1t is still the side show
nothing else.
Would the circus trust tolerate a sug-
gestion?
If the side show is as incorrgibe as
we do the circus people the credit to be-
lieve, why not move it around behind
the main tent? 1t would be quite in
offensive there. The proved individ-
ual whose CHIEF interest in the circus
is to see the performing oyster could &c
around there and see it, and the rest OF
| us would be none the more miserable
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-25
How came we ashores
BY Providence divine.
Tempest.
EdiSOn'S Cement Houses

! Thomas A. Edison has worked stead
f1v toward the completion of molds
into which cement can be poured until
a comfortable dwelling house stands
complete at cost of $1,000. Such a
house if built from lumber and other
materials would cost three times $1,000
and this fact alone measures Mr.. Edi-
sons benefaction provided the proposed
houses are in every essential respect
satisfactory.
Mr. Edison proposes, it is said, to
make cement houses the browning ben
efaction of his useful life and he Will
endeavor to keep the public from be-
Ing overtaxed by construction COM
panies. He will endeavor TO put $1,000
house within the reach of all homeseek-
ers-a house that is at once water
proof. vermin proof and that will need
rev repairs - AiDuSt bi4eil iSNaS SSA-
slant repairing is indeed a tax, and
Mr.. Edison hopes to offer to wage
earners a house that will need min
imum of repairing.
Nor will the proposed concrete houses
be monotonous in appearance either in
design or color. No two houses in a
block need be alike. Molds of various
style will meet this objection, and a
city of concrete houses can be made
as picturesque as city built of lum-
Der, stone and brick.
Mr.. Edison will soon, it is said be-
gin his great task and if he succeeds
concrete will gain another victory and
the old building materials will no long
er be a measure of the prices of the
homes of the people.