| Show A lOUIUXr IN A Fill What energy and diligent appllct Clan In apparently small things can accomplish was Illuilratcd he other day wbon Byron WIN of Chicago bu lIt a lintel In Hurly Wit for 35000 and paid Ibo price In used stamps It tcok three million stamps 110 pay for the hotel and the work ol counting the novel moilum of exchange ex-change was by no means an easy Doe Boom has for twenty years put all his energy IDIOM collection stamps His playmates looked upon him as a crank nod hli parents felt mil glvlngaas to his future 00 account of Ibo strong mania ha seemed to to eye Hut be alwsyi said that be would make a lorluo oul of bis stamps and lie continued to buy aod sell the little bits of paper For ten years be veto n letter carrier and sought every opportunity oppor-tunity to aequlro stamps His collections collec-tions wore regarded as tbe most valuable valu-able In the country some sreclmens being worth over 1000 apiece 110 Is said to have shipped millions of stamps lo Japan and China where they are need as ornaments lor parlors and made money on tie buslnets But the exchange of a collection ol stamps lor a hotel Is I undoubtedly the most novel transaction ol the Kind on record rec-ord He has kept Ml I promise I to his parents to mako a fortune In used stamps and has demonstrated what can be made cut of a small thing well attended tettioutili It he only a If |
