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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-01
Copyright 1914 The Bobbs- Merril; Company
SYNOPSIS,

AT the beginning Of great automobile
race the mechanician OF the Mercury,
Stantons machine. drops dead. Strange
youth. Jesse Floyd. volunteers, and is &C
cepted. In the rest during the twenty
four hour race Stanton meets a stranger.
Miss Carlisle, who introduces herself. The
Mercury wins race. Stanton receives
flowers from Miss Carlisle. which he ig
unres. Stanton meets Miss Carlisle on
train. They anght to take walk. and
train leaves. Stanton and Miss Carlisle
follow in auto. Accident by which Stan
ton is hurt is mysterious. Floyd, at lunch
with Stanton, tells of his boyhood STAN
ton again meets Miss Carlisle and they
Zine together; Stanton comes to track
sick. but makes race. They nave acct
lent Floyd hurt but not seriously. At
,iinner Floyd tells Stanton Of his twin
sister, Jesgica. Stanton becomes very Ill
nad loses consciousness. On recovery, at
MS hotel Stanton receives invitation and
visits Jessica. They go to theater togeth-
er and meet Miss Carlisle. Stanton and
rloyd meet again and talk business.
They agree to operate automobile factory
49, partners. Floyd becomes suspicious OF
Miss Carlisle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-01

a miserable wretch who was there for
moral degeneracy-a horrible, repul-
sive creature of the most revolving
type. Into that cell. occupied by these
two men, was put young fellow who
had been caught trying to steal a
diamond from jeweler. He had tried
to steal 1t because his mother was dy-
ing of consumption. and he wanted
money to get delicacies for her, and
he didn't have job. For two years
he was scheduled to spend fourteen
hours a day in that cell with those
other men. Can you imagine what
he will be when he comes out?
dope" Their Worst Failing.
They sell dope, too, and If man
isn't tiend when he goes in. it Is
likely he will be when he comes out.
Naturally, in running my business, |
have to avoid the dope tiends. l can
not employ them. Their place Is in
hospital, not in prison.
Il have a letter today from a boy
in Sing Sing He is in a cell with two
cocaine fiends. He is first offender,
and does not even smoke or drink.
He must spend three years with his
drug-crazed companions.
Sing Sing is merely cesspool Of
humanity, where contamination is
spread to every person that enters.
And yet our civilization tolerates such
conditions. Is it any wonder l am try
ing to give the poor fellows there
chance to get on their feet? But the
prisons are turning out habitual crooks
d good deal faster than a few OF US
can reform them"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-01
WHY | EMPLOY ONLY
CONVICTS.
BY New York Manufactures
Who Was In Prison.


| have taken my office force
from Sing Sing and Elmlra.
find them good, efficient, earnest
workers.
| have no fear in employlns
them direct from the cell.
know them and they know me-
We understand each other.
Some Of these boys were up
there when | was. We got 10
know each other, and l coulo
pick my men.
| have never employed an eA-
convict who has not proven
himself reliable. The rule is IN
variable the country over.
| receive several hundred ap-N
plications for jobs from Sing
Sing each year. l investigate
all o; them. If / haven't got
place find other work for them.
Not long ago l got q man out
of his cell and into downtown
bank. He's doing we'll.
The blacklist" is the buga-
boo that confronts man when
he emerges from Sing Sing.
had money and big business
when | came out, but my social
standing was gone. I've risen
above the stigma, which | main
tain was falsely applied, and l
have a good trade.
I've got faith in human be-
ings. A mans naturally honest.
Two-thirds of the raen in Sing
Sing are That's why I'm CIV
ing those hnvs a chance.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-01

Stanton went out to the Long Island
course, he called on Jessica.
at is possible to come into New
York, of course" he said to her. But
shall stay out there until after the
race. After tbet. after Floyd and
come back, shall I see as much Of
you? Or won't you want me around
when you have him."
Startled, she met his eyes, then
turned away hurriedly to the piano.
CTO BE CONTINUEDO
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-01

Mr.. EMPLOYER SAW THIS IN SING
SING PRISON..
Forty per cent. Of the men in prison
ought not have been sent there.
Nearly so per cent. Of the inmates
of Sing Sing are dope fiends."
Twenty per cent. are dope fiends"
when they 60 there. The remaining
80 per cent. acquire the habit in their
cells.
There should be prison segregation
prisons for first offenders, places for
oId-timers, for degenerates and for
murderers. BY mixing all together,
the pestilence of one Is spread to the
other. Thus the prison becomes a
crime college.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-01
GIVES CONvICTS
"CHANCE" NEEDED
Head of Big New York Concern
Known as "Soul- Saver of
Sing Sing"
WAS ONCE IN PENlTENTIARY

Unjustly Sentenced, as He Maintains,
What He Saw There Led Him to
Adopt His Peculiar Business Plan,
and He Has Never Regretted 1t
Good, Efficient Workers, and All
Hcnest-Refers to Prison as "Crime
College"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-01

MYEW YORKER convict and the
IN head of one of the largest man
4 Y ufacturing concerns in New York!
That's the record of a man who
served almost year and half in the
water-soaked cells of the states chief
prison But here's his trait that
makes every man with a heart love
him-"He's the Soul-Saver of Sing
Sing"
This manufacturing company is do
ing reputable business in lower New
York city. It's president and proprl-
etor is a former inmate of the prison,
and his office employees have served
prison sentences for nearly every va
riety of crime.
The firm does about $1,000,000 a
year business and enjoys an enviable
standing for integrity and reliability.
The jailbird proprietor has an init
mate acquaintance with every notori-
Gus criminal In Sing Sing prison,
gained while he was doing time as a
fellow prisoner He always hires his
employees direct from prison cells as
they are about to be paroled.
This is what a business rival said
Of him: He is far more honest than
most men who have never seen a
Jail. ] never question his word. 1t is
as good as his bond, and | should be
satisfied to transact any business, no
matter how large, with him on his
verbal agreement.
This is what the employer says Of
his thirty ex-convict Office employees:
Il have employed several hundred
at various times, and l have never
had one go back on me. These con-
victs have proven 100 per cent. hon
est"
Found Guilty of Fraud.
For obvious reasons the name of
this onvict-manufacturer is withheld,
though he makes no secret Of his own
life-story. Briefly, ten years ago he
was accused of taking part in con-
spiracy to defraud, was tried and
found guilty. For a long time the
case hung on the records, but finally
he was sent to Sing Sing on fifteen
months sentence, which he served.
1t was what he saw there that
caused him to start his unique employ
ment shop for ex-conyictst While hV-
ing with two other men in cell, three
feet six inches by seven feet. with the
water reeking and dripping down the
stone walls of the century-Oid hell
hole, he developed some radical ideas
on the present-day theory Of prisons
and prisoners.
He had ample opportunity to study
the civilization that openly tolerates
the throwing of men. who have made
g single slip, into one of those three
by-seven cells. with pair of the low
est, most hardened degenerate crooks
that can be found for companions. He
formed opinions as TO whether year
or two of life in these cells with the
dregs of human degeneracy for COM
pany was of much practical value in
reforming a young clerk of good fam
ily who took a email sum OF money
aat a. the till, or an unemployed boy
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13
PROTECTING OUR
DRINKING WATER R
Concrete Well PlatSorms are Con.
duotive 20 lisalth-elow 20 /.
Construct Them.

Even with an abundance Of
fresh air and wholesome food,
the health. of a country family
is largely dependent on the pure
ity of its drinking water.
Since the principal source OF
farm water supply is the bored
or dug we'll, the purity Of the
water is determined altDosl
entirely by ability Of the well
curbing and cover to keep gu,
communicating surface waterfall
the we'll is curbed near the tor
with solid concrete (or with
blocks OF bricks laid in Port.
land-cement mortar) ami is
covered with a concrete plat
form, the healthfulness of the
water is practically assured.
Now 70 Make the Reinforced :
Platform.
There, are several methods, Of
building a concrete we'll plat
form. The choice is dependent
on the manner in which the
pump barrel and stock are jo-
ined together. In the illustrat-
ion is shown a platform sim
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13

read inch of concrete. For
reinforcing, Immediately place
on this concrete 5-foot length
of 3-8-inch iron rods running
in both directions (criss-cross)
and spaced 8 inches apart.
Bend the ends to a hookshape.
Strengthen the platform around
the tnanhole opening by plac-
ing an additional rod on each
side. Bring the cover to its
full thickness at once by lamp
ing in the remaining four in
ches Of concrete. There will
be needed 3 bags of cement,
1-5 cubic yard of sand, 2-5 Gu
bic yard of rock and 6 pieces
sdf 3-8-inch by i9-foot rods
weighing % pounds.
For fixing the. base OF IN ir-
on pump senrely to ths finish
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13

weeks old, carefully remove the
wooden boards on which it was
built and set or lower into place.
Give the platform slope Of Y
inch in the desired direction by
placing layer of cement-sand
mortar between the we'll curbing
and the platform.
Some persons prefer to make
concrete well platforms in two
pieces with the division line
through the center of the pump
opening. By this means the
pump barrel and stock are easily
joined and inspection is readily
provided for. In other cases
where the pump and stock can
be Joined together and lowered
into the we'll as one piece, the
concrete platform (removable)
is made as unit and with
single opening merely large
enough to receive the pump
stock.
Concrete we'll platforms built
according to these methods can
be depended on to protect the
we'll from mice, vermin and
scrubwater. In pure water there
is health.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13

exactly like those in the pump
base. Lag bolts or similar de-
vices may also be used for this
purpose. Finish the surface Of
the platform with wooden
float and steel trowel the same
as for sidewalks. If the greas-
ed tin form is used, the man.
hole cover may be cast at the
same time as, the rest of the
floor. Reinforce the lid with
short lengths Of iron rods laid
criss-cross. AS q lifting ring
use half Of an old bride bit, or
hitching-post ring the end
of which is provided with q knob
of twisted wire OrgwitlTn nut and
a large washer. II the wooden
manhole form is used, care
fully remove it after four hours
One day later build the man.
hole the same as for the tin TO-
nm with this exception place
creased paper OF cardboard
aroundt the edges of the OPEN
ing ii prevent the new concrete
from sticking TO that of the
platform.
To make the manhole lighter
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13

ches thick and 5 fet square.
which contains a manhole open
ing. The pump stock pas ,es
through the platform by means
Of circular hoe at the side
Of the manhola ope ming. by this
means the pump stock can be
Joined together and slipped in
to position by person work
ing through the manhole. After
wards the concrete manhole lid
is set in place. Moreover his
lid is heavy enough that it eau.
not be removed by a child.
In preparing the we'll for a
concrete platform, see that 4
or s feet of the curbing near
the top Of the we'll is Of solid
concrete (porpotioned 1870, or
Of blocks or bricks laid up
with mortar mixed in the pro-
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13

portion of 1 part cement to ~
parts sand. Garry the curbing
6 or 8 inches. above natural
ground level grade the turf to this
height so that surface water will
flow away from the we'll. Prepare
to mold the cover on a wooden
platform of two in. h b ,ar.i. laid
over the we'll placed on a level
SPOT of groald. For rost wells,
q platform S feet square by Z in.
thick is sufficiently strong. TO
provide for manhole open,u:,,
build q bottomless box, Of 1 by 6
inches boards, S inches deep, 2
feet square at the top and 10 inc.
square at the bottom-outside
measurements. Another plan is
I'd have q tinsmith make a
round bottomless box, of by
6-inch boards, S inches deep
z feet square at he top and g
inches at the bottom, after the
dish-pan. To either manhole
form attach a wooden block OF
the size and shape of the pump
barrel or stock Grease the
manhole frame and set it on
the wooden platform where the
we'll cover ia desirad
Proportion the concrete 1
bag Of Portland cement TO Ecu
bic feet Of sand and { cubic
feet Of crushed rock, or bag
Of cement 10 f. cubic feet OF
pit. gravel. Have the concrete
just wet enough to. flush, ALT
tie cement mortar when tam
pered into place. Over the
entire wooden platform, except
within the manhole frame, sd
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13
Metal solss Tor farm shoss.

sOSAu 0OS00 TOT eot0 000O0s
Shoes with aluminium solo0 arc nov
made for farmers and hborofs who
arc required to work In water or On
damp floors. The top Of ths shoe 10
Of leather and Tie. soils Il . eontinno0s
piece Of aluminium Witch ooyers ths
.!etiEe bottom and folds up along the
sides. Between the foot and tho
metal Il heavy fett .insole, and the
heel has . oore Of wood TO decrease
ito weight Lack Of hexibility in the
solo 10 made up for BY . bar under
the ball Of the foot which gives .
huoyant roll to the step and prevents
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13

ed well the platform, place in
the soft concrete around the
pump opening ordinarily bolts
(washered and heads down) to
the depth Of a inches, \ To To-
cate these bolts correctly, set
set them by means Of a wooden
block or templet in which holes
have been bored and spaced
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13

in weight before placing the
concrete, spread TX inches Of
wet sand over the wooden plat
form inside the manhole OPEN
ing and then lamp in the con-
crete. Take care to place the
reinforcing within one inch Of
the bottom Of the manhole lid.
After the we'll platform is two
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13

FiUe Laughing oaG.
Nitrous acid % (langhing gas) ~
mt ihdodn06d Into 1aSiaAA O.
1aseA u. 1857.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13

Hardy Animal 10 tl,e ooaE
Goats may b raised probably "a
land which u unsuited for any kind q
cultivation.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13
In the Country.

small Boy (seeing COW being
MIXED for the arst time)-"And which
tap does the tsa come out Of, grand.
pat"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13
no~ wl~,ow

No use IN naming . GIRL 'touesnis'
and then expecting her to help With
tho housoWofk I'll the tina.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-11-13

.t.a-4 To Nssay.
q = htsda a nssd Etasi1lly assds Ia
0ncA-New Orleans Picayune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
llE} 1r[HIZ lL[ENuLZL[(d[EI1E
MRS. LUND BOOMS "LITTLE FARM" PLAN.

Mrs. Haviland H. Lund of Los An
geles, Cal, one of the leading advo-
Gates Of the little farm" idea, is now
in the east organizing local branches
of the National Forward to the Land
league.
One Of the objects Of the league is
to purchase tracts Of land on the out
skirts Of the big cities throughout the
United States and subdivide them in
to one acre farms. to be equipped and
turned over to the industrious poor.
Mrs. Lund has succeeded in in
teresting many prominent people.
who have pledged their moral and f.
nancial support.
Il am Of the opinion" said Mrs.
Lund, that our idea is one Of the few
logical solutions for the living prob
lem Of many of the big cities poor.
The plan has been in operation for
several years near San Diego, Cal,
and has proved successful in every
way. The hearty interest your lead
ing men and women seem to be tax
Ing In the cause certainly gives me gre
NfTh &C. ~
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
SIR EDWARD CARSON CALLED DICTATOR.

A remarkable pen-picture of Sir
Edward Carson, the leader of the
unionist revolt" against home rule
in Ulster. who in short time has be-
come one Of the most talked of and
powerful men in the United King.
dom, is contributed to the London
Graphic by Philip Gibbs.
Mr.. Gibbs. who as a descriptive
journalist has made for himself q
place something like that Of the late
G. w. Stevens, says in part:
"Sir Edward Carson is the dictator
of Ulster. The people of
Ulster, apart from that Catholic
minority who on half-holidays may
hang him in effigy on street lamp
posts, are puppets who dance when
he pulls the strings. At the word
60" froS him they would advance
at quick step to any kind of danger
folly, and death He can play upon
their emotions as upon a fiddle with
more than five strings. with fifty or a
hundred thousand strings plucked
from their hearts. and ready to ouiye,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
KING FERDINAND NOW TAKEN SERIOUSLY

A calm observation Of the effects
OF the Balkan war on the restless,
suspicious concert of Europe" leads
to one Illuminating conclusion. The
map makers. national carpenters of
the embassies, and the foreign minis.
tries have at last decided to take seri.
ously the man of the hour, Ferdi.
nand. the tsar Of the Bulgarias. No
longer do you hear references to the
"Tsarvenu"-the title which Sir Fred.
erick Burnand and London Punch
gave Ferdinand of Sofia in 1908.
His pictures are seen everywhere
now-the bright "aiglon" eye; the
sharp. Napoleonic nose; the firm
mouth; thin lips and beard trimmed
TO point. Ferdinand is the grand.
son of Louis Philippe Of France, who
was driven into exile by qu!p and
partiality for curlosities in um,
brellas which shocked the sensibili
ties OF the fastidious Parisians
Necessarily Bourbon. he is unlike
the entire Bourbon line. inheriting
Is maternal ancestors Many stories
among the crowned heads Most Of
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
Seaweed In Commerce.

1t Is always known that seaweed
contained large quantity Of iodine,
but today 1t is used in the manufac.
ture OF certain kind of cloth, while
certain species are eaten under the
names Of "dulse," stoke" and "cur.
rageen." Relp is burned seaweed,
and Devonshire seaweed is used for
large number Of purposes; there
fore. the seawesd gatherers of today
are IN a better position than ever
before.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03

"A small boy dropped into a store
on the North Side on his way to
school to get some candy" says the
Hoiton Signal. while he was look.
Ing over the assortment displayed in
the case the salesman called his at.
tention to some fresh lemon drops.
.Naw,' the boy said. Gimme some jelly
beans. want something the teacher
can't hear me eat. Teacher can hear
a feller eat lemon drops clear across
the room."-Kansas City Star.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
Tho First Kicker.

First Prehistoric Man-"Then You
don't approve of cooking and manual
training in the schools?" Second Pre-
historic Man-"It's a shameful waste
OF the taxpayers money. That daugh-
ter OF mine has had two years Of it.,
and she can't fry dinosaur At to eat;
while my son, who has been at 1t Just
as long, has carved o club that I
wouldn't trust to black the eye Of q
baby mammoth.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
EIilGdA1aGEIIYA sGsE sst!EY5S YES
All Settled.

All Settled.
Here is a rather neat story Of the
way In which very shy (or proud
man made proposal" He bought
wedding-ring, sent 1t to the lady
(whose finger he knew by hearty, and
with 1t enclosed sheet Of notepaper
with the brief question: Does 1t fit?"
By return post he received the more
iaconic. though syllabically longer, 70.
ply: Beautifully"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
HeroIsm In Everyday Life.

Not in Changing fights and des.
perate marches only is heroism to be
looked for, but on every railway
bridge and freproof building that is
going up today. On freight trains, on
the decks OF vessels, in cattle yards,
on lumber RATS, among the fremen
and the policemen, the demand for
courage is incessant, and the supply
never fails. s.'-William James.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
A. WENDELL JACKsON'S MIGHTY COUP
Who's Jackson?"

who's Jackson?"
A lot Of bankers have been asking
this question during the past few
days.
Jackson? Why, he's the same per
son who financed China to her recent
$60,000,000 loan when the so-called
six-powers group of bankers repre-
senting Great Britain, France. Ger
many, Russia, Japan and the United
States wouldn't lend the budding re-
public all this real money.
This new factor in world finance is
a Massachusetts Yankee. His father
was seafaring man-no wonder the
sons rovings around the world. Jack.
son was born In Chelsea. Mass, but he
was only boy of six when Jackson,
Sr.. decided to pioneer it to Califor-
MIA. The family took ship to the
Isthmus and the train across. and 30
made their way to California. The
boy went to public school in San Fran
cisco and then to high school-college
was not in his thoughts. This in
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
IdeaIs the GUIDING Star.

Ideals are like stars; you will not
succeed in touching them with your
hands. But. like the seafaring man
on deserts Of water, you choose them
as your guides, and following them
reach your destiny.-Carl Schurz.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
And So Many Do Il.

A campaign year is time Of hap
piness for the man who likes to get
at the extreme outer edge Of the
crowd and yell "Louderl"-Denver
Republican.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03

So he later graduated from the University of
wind out OF the sails Of the poudest
China that
allowing them how
Inc trouble its
pomas
promptly cabled Pekng
able to Chinr
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03

Mrs. Fidget-"What's that noise
hear down in the library?" Mr.. Fidget
Must be the history repeating itself.
90 to sleep."-Puck.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
Birds Worthy Of Gratitude.

1t has been estimated that the birds
In the United States save 5000, ,OOo, 900
worth OF crops each year. The tree
sparrows in Iowa eat 1855 pounds of
weed seed daily. One full-fedged robin
will eat 16 feet of caterpillar daily, or
about 1869 individuals a month.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-03
Gift That La QlxIna-

II instead of gem, or even a
mower, we could cast the gift of a
lovely thought into the heart of a
friend, that would be giving as the
angels must give.-George MacDon.
aid.