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Show V'HlN wisdom is forgotten extraordinary How Bualnaat Mae Can Ba Induced to Dabble In Silly Speculation. In all vl Inn there la a blind iut ; ?ery aavnnt la a find upon mine top Ir. Thla l etetiiplined by ibo reuill ni'Ba Willi wblib ihn ;nit natnle liunl 111 a and proreaiiloniil mini will dnbbli In apeeululloti j. nt h 11 a 111 lit! liar unit ulliirf iiienla alinlTitr. What mun (if nrdlnnryrotninnnaenrf would Ihlnk of btiylm n htniae whirl, ho had never aeon and hla agent had never keen; or a htirae. or a nun. or (linnet anything Into which he la put Ul K luoiiey, without prlvlleno of ennui Inatloo and enpertntlnn of ualng that prlvlleger And yet the majority of men will Inveat. "alght unaeen." af the boya aay, In a mine, In au oil oell. In a rubber plnntntlon, merely upon the word of a machine-made proapectua. Somehow ninety-nine out of a bun tired men who time Inveat, aa a aide Inane, aeeiu to anliclpatn that chant f v III overlook their utter dlareitard if biialneaa prlnrlplea and will work I miracle In their favor. They go until un-til Ihe theory "A fool for luck." Thi a why epeciilntlou of thla nnture Ir alien Into evil way, and why a gold nine an often prnvca gold brick. The public hna Itaelf to bliiute '.linen, oil tvelli. rubber plnnlnilotii' an be Hindu aotin ea uf prnllt. and arc in.le anureca of profit; but they l.oi'.M not be played aa one plnya a lol inut blue.- KUwIn I.. 811I1I11, In .IppincoK'a. |