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head as well as with his hands. The great 

 trouble with this world is in the army of 

 rogues and blockheads it supports. Half 

 the men who are put to work in a collar- 

 button factory don't know what the col- 

 lar buttons are used for, and those of this 

 half who are not too stupid to see the 

 advantage in learning are too lazy to 

 learn/' 



"That 's right, Seth," fairly yelled 

 Bradley, " and the men who make gun- 

 cases don't know what they 're used for; 

 if they did, they 'd put the coarse, wax- 

 end sewing of the handles where the 

 raised-seam stitching would n't nearly cut 

 the hand off of you when you carry them. 

 As for drinking-water," continued the 

 Doctor, " we '11 have no disease come 

 from it at all in a few years, Seth, if what 

 your friend Haerther claims is true. He 

 says a Michigander has invented and 

 patented and fully demonstrated as prac- 

 tical a machine that can turn any sort of 

 liquid, from that of the ditch to the salty 



