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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-03
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Avenue and Chestnut Street. Being
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19

floor, to which lair we will presently
track it. We have seen but half of the
plant, the other belonging to the Wa
bash avenue side.
We are told that the huge machines are
self-oiling, and that the oil receptacles
are replenished only fortnightly. We
arc also shown a small but important
factor in electric lighting, before over
looked, namely a return pressure
strip an insignificant looking bit Of
metal, which bends like rubber between
the thumb and finger, but which in
serted in its place on the distributing
board in case of any accident on the
circuit melts, blowing OUT the light,
and so saves the machine from disaster.
1.-THE Thomson-Houston and the &c
and-C' motors are used" says our young
conductor.
He also informs us incidentally, as We
step into the elevator, that nearly
million gallons of water are pumped to
the tower every "a hours for elevator
use alone, and that 80 gallons per min
ute are consumed for the house service.
At the center of distribution we are
merely shown the interiors of the equal
izing closets and apparatus. One of the
cut-out boxes at the north end of the
great parlor is so inclined to caloric that
it becomes necessary to let it breathe
freely by making holes along the top Of
the door. This one has 500 lights in its
care.
In the banquet-hal there are 4s2
lights that look down in sparkling de-
rision on the gay butterflies of fashion
that fit in and out among the gay
scenes through their short season. In
one of the long dining-halls there are
$50 lights.
When we go out into the night again
those keen eyes are still searching
eagerly the waters of the fog-folded
lake, but this time what world Of
mystery and suggestion lies in their in
nermost depthsl
Lillian c. PASCHAI
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favor: 1t is hardly likely that a ma
chine will ever be invented that will
design and drape and fold and fit
These offer girl the possibility of an
Independent business of her own, and
they pay very well, too, even in
larger establishments. OF course 1
don't mean wholesale dressmall-
ing. Curiously enough, that is
beginning to make machines of
the girls. Only one special part
of the garments is given to each girl.
One makes all the sleeves, another the
skirts, another the plating, and so on.
Some times the girl who makes the
sleeves of the gown never sees the gown
into which they are sewedl In many
cases. however, wholesale dressmaking
has gone out of the hands of women
entirely. Most of the ready made wom-
ems garments are made by men-Rus-
sian and Polish Hebrews in sweating
shops. 1t seems bit odd, doesn't it. to
hear of men taking women's places?
But the same state of affairs characters
ICES the shoe trade. Ten years ago al
most every portion of woman's shoe
except the sole was made by women,
while now. in New York, at least, the
work is almost entirely done by men.
l think, though. if girl really means
business, and doesn't merely go into a
thing to get pin money while waiting
for young man to come along and
support her, if she hasn't musical talent
enough for piano tuner or the phys
ical requirement for a trained nurse,
she might do worse than become D
dressmaker"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19
THE GIRL BACHELOR.
One of the Products of This, the "Som-
ans Century"

One of the Products of This, the "Wom-
ans Century"
The Girl Bachelor" is a distinctive
product of this last decade of ''woman's
century, notable feature of modern
society. The exemplar of the new spe-
cies, the traditional "old maid" is rap
idly disappearing, and few have the
temerity to apply to the modern woman
who enjoys life of single-blessedness
from choice, the name of 'oid maid, in
its formerly accepted Specification. The
inappropriate blessing" of these
progressive times enjoys life according
to her own sensible ideas-a trifie I'M
conventional they may be, when
gagged by the old standards-and ut
terly refuses to be the recipient of the
half-scornful, Multiplying patronage of
society. which hitherto has been accord
ed the woman who remained unmarried
any length of time after she passed her
teens.
Whether self-supportinE or the for
tunatc pOssesSor of a modest sufficiency
of this worlds goods, the typical girl
bachelor has n mission or Il fad"
which she carries out on her own lines.
She gratities the love of home-inherent
in every true woman-by setting up one
of her own, if she so choose, either by
herself or in partnership with other in
dependent spinsters; far from being
criticised adversely, even conservative
Boston and conventional London have
recognized her right to do so, and coy
apartments ''for ladies only" where
they may dispense gracious hospitality
surrounded by characteristic belong
ings, are among the modern improve
ments. Self-reliant and independent
without being disagreeably assertive
and aggressive, the typical girl bache-
Tor is bon caBldrdde with cOngenial spir-
its of either sex, and commands the re-
spcct of all. The sisterhood of post
poned brides (the latest appellation
for unmarried women) is growing
steadily; but one spinster household is
deploring the detection of a member
who recently became 4 bride de tdct0
by marrying n widower with young
children, thus going back to first prin-
ciplcs and taking up one of the tradi-
tional missions of the traditional old
Monthly.
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nuodus operandi of pro ducing these mock

R1OdUs 0peTGndI of pro duclng these mock
''forget-me-nots of the angels"
One finds in the electric-lig hting of
large building curious carrying-out of
the plot of the old fairy tale in which
the wonderful palace was illuminated
from dome to basement by the instan-
taneous action of the eyes of the great
dragon whose abode was deep under
ground, and who was fed and watched
over by q swarm of brownies.
But here we discover the dragon to
be quadrupled and the little men at
tanned to stalwart proportions. The
brownie-in-chief, who harnesses the
fire of the dragons eyes, is 4 comely
youth of some % years and who, by the
way, is the youngest in brownie-dom
to have attained the position of head
electrician in so large q place as the
Chicago Auditorium, the electric ma
chinery of which is the largest isolated
plant in the world. The plant has now
a capacity of II, 900 lights, and when
the new plant now being projected is
completed it will have load of $4,000
lights in tow.
This young electrician, William ].
McGaw, is, beside the consideration Of
his youth, quite worthy of notice. He
acquired, without assistance or tutor
other than those of experience, bright
mind and a knack of catching on" his
large knowledge of his profession.
Beginning seven years ago when but
lad to work for an electric company
at laying wires, he has since worked up
to his present position.
He has on several occasions proven
himself master of his iron dragon.
Now and then the dragon having too
heavy a load on, in electrical parlance,
proceeds to retaliate by taking fire, but
is always reduced to subjugation by its
young master.
Not long ago, when a brilliant we'd
ding-banquet was in progress, the
lights throughout the whole house
were suddenly extinguished and total
darkness reigned. When a few mo-
ments later the light was restored, the
guests went on with their revelry little
knowing of a piece of heroism that had
been enacted beneath their feet.
The small metal strip called the re-
turn-pressure strip, which we shall
shortly see, had melted in one place,
and before it could be replaced seven
others had followed.
Young McGaw, at imminent risk of
receiving death shock, or at least of
a terrible scorching, through the metals
melting in his hand, replaced the
whole number in rapid succession, and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19
THE SWITCH BOARD.

order was restored among the panic
stricken workmen below and the dis
mayed guests above.
As we step from the elevator, which,
by the way, is a strictly private one for
the exclusive use of the several hun
dred employees in the building, busy
hum and whir greets our ears, as
though all beedom had rendezvoused
there and were holding an animated
convention.
Here we are first shown the five
large engines. There are four dyna-
mos each of 1900 lights capacity and
one with 500 lights at its command
The is motors for driving hot and
cold air are in action, although as rule
only part of the machinery is in use
at one time and the remainder is held
in reserve in case of any accident, they
being SO switched in together that one
machine may be brought into immedi-
ate requisition as substitute for another
which has been disabled. The machines
have an aggregation of 1880 horse
power. The leather link belt trans
mission is used, and the giant wheels
make $50 revolutions per minute
1.-The system is the Edison 2-wire sys-
tenn of incandescent lighting" our
guide informs US, land the arc lights
are also run off the incandescent cir
cult"
Next we pass on to the switchboard,
which, to the uninitiated, looks like a
board partition wall covered over with
a mixture of insulated wires, boxes,
copper strips and instruments that look
like clocks blessed with but a single
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19
NOTES FOR FAIR WORKERS.

Miss SCHLIEMANN, daughter of the
famous archRologist, has made an i'm
portant Greek find on her own account.
On Irish railways women are much
employed as booking clerks, and in
Dublin tickets are given almost entire
~ by women,
SWEDEN ranks first in the number of
women graduates in medicine, philolo-
gy and jurisprudence in proportion to
her population
DR.. MARTHA ROBINSON, of Cleveland,
has been her fathers partner in dentist
~ for five years, and the old gentleman
leaves all the difficult operations to her
care.
THE Portuguese minister at Washing
ton has made application for space in
the woman's building at the worlds
fair for exhibits from the women of
Portugal.
MRs. E. c. LoFTUs is mining super
intendent in California, and z thorough
" competent one, though she follows
her profession only when her husband is
absent from the mines. Her own mine,
the Golden Gate, is said TO yield $685.
600 annually. II was by her advice that
her husband bought it.
AN effort is being made to show by
an exhibit in the woman's building at
the worlds fair the relics and data of
the past and present literature, musical,
dramatic, Industrial and philanthropic
work of women. The Irish portion of
this exhibit promises to be particularly
complete and interesting.
Mrs. ALICE LINCOLN, of Boston, has
effectually proved that the price paid
by poor tenants for the miserable
quarters which they call homes is
sufficient to furnish them well-lighted,
well ventilated and comfortable rooms
To convince the public of this, she
rented one of the most unhealthful
of these houses, had it thoroughly
cleansed and repaired, lowered the
rents, and finds that she has generous
dividend on her investment The house
is called the Good Luck house, and Mrs
Lincoln has studied the subject of
tenement houses for twelve years.
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hand each These are the Ampere
meters which register the amount of
current and number of lights to each
machine.
Underneath these series of boxes is
suspended against the wall each one
covered with wire screen at the top
and provided with a crank on the front.
These are termed the resisting boxes
and from them the current is conveyed
by copper strips connecting each one to
the distributing board, on the wall at
right angles with the switchboard.
These boxes are all numbered, so
that No. is the property Of the small
500 light machine, No. . of the next, a
1890 light machine, and so on. The
switchboard is wired for the motor
circuit also, so there are double
switches.
Now our attention is called to the
various wonders of the distributing
board, which marvellous conglomeratiOn
of meters, indicators and other appa-
ratus makes us wonder dimly Usage old
Benjamin Franklin, when he harnessed
the lightning, OWNED to what precise
simple harness would evolute.
First, the awe-stricken gaze is di-
rected to the galvanometer which is
used in switching in the machines.
Next, we are informed that the brill
hancy OF the light must have 4 unit OF
capacity; this is the volt, and the volt
meter therefore indicates to what pre-
else point of brillianey the lights have
arrived.
Here, too, to our perplexed "noggin"
is presented the problem of the "Riser,"
an apparatus whose duty seems to be
that of taking the current TO the center
of distribution.
Each Riser" has so many lights on,
and from them the current is carried to
the 'safety-cut-out board" before go
ing to the center of distribution on the
fifth floor where it is all equalized and
thus a uniformity of current in pres
sure and brilliancy is produced through
out the whole building.
Before going to view the safety
plug cut-out board" over on the other
side of the engine room, we are shown
the load record, a big book wherein is
registered every half hour the size OF
the load on-that is how many amperes
were indicated at that particular hour,
how many volts, and so on. This duty
devolves upon the electrician or one OF
his four assistants.
Now we investigate the safety cut-out
board which is opened to our view by
the sliding back of a small door in the
wall, showing space about three feet
long by two in width, like 4 small cup
board, and here the glass plugs are in
serted. If one of these be pulled out,
rs our guide explained, a flash of red
leaps LUMINOSITY through the glass, and
the result, we are informed, is that the
occupants of the particular room which
that wire lights will be left in Egyptian
darkness.
From here the current goes to the
center of distribution on the fifth
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19
CHICAGO'S GREAT FIRE.
Rev. DIR. David Swings EeculIectiOns OF
That Night of Terror.

Kew. DIR. David Swings EccoilHcttOn5 oil
That Night of Terror.
There was not much clamor of men,
women or children. It IS probable that
the awfulness Of the situation made the
mind silent rather than noisy. Per-
sonal friends said 10 me: The city is
gone" or NO power can save us" or
"All is lost" but beyond such ejacula-
tions few were the words TO be heard
Quite stream of vehicles and persons
was moving northward. but the move
ment did not seem that of a panic, but
rather that of an orderly retreat. The
guests were issuing from the fremont
and Sherman hotels. The banging OF
trunks was little more violent than
usual: and the vehicles into which
trunks were going showed that the eX-
odus of guests was informal: and yet
not much was said by the man with the
team or the man with the trunk. The
fire was raging in the business district,
and its populati on At midnight was not
great The scene was not that of fami-
lies fleeing for life, with mother calling
to child and child crying to parent.
The ruin was advancing in the great
commercial blocks, whose clerks and
business heads were perhaps miles dis
tant from their counters and desks. 1t
was a common event TO see one or two
men come down from bank or Office
and unload their arms or 4 basket into
either an express wagon or a well
equipped carriage and then hasten
away. Where there was distrust of a
vault the valuable contents were ex-
tracted and headed for some place not
yet doomed.
All beyond was furnace. Here, and
a little after midnight, the fact that
the city was doomed, that my home
was doomed, aud that tens OF thousands
of persons would be homeless and pen
niless in few hours, was fully realized.
Before me lay in one mass OF fire dis
trict nearly a mile long and fully four
squares wide; and under wind which
was@almost n hurricane this red army
was advancing. Atintervals, like min
ute guns, came the boom of some fall
ing wall ! turned to 20 home. The
tumbling buildings made 4 solemn
sound like the pulsations of 4 volcano
or the heavy artillery OF some field of
battle-Scribner.
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Marion Harland's Home.

RamapO lake, the widening of the
river bearing that name, is almost sur
rounded by wooded hills, and on one of
these gradual slopes nestles Sunny
Bank, the country home of Marion
Harland. The house, built twenty-seven
years ago, is picturesque and commod-
ious, while, in spite of additions which
have been made from time to time, it
still retains its coy, cottage-like aspect.
The red roof and blended browns of the
walls make Il warm spot of color in the
green landscape. 1t is what may be
called n rambling, noolly house, with
numerous bay and dormer windows and
unexpected tet-a-tete corners. Mrs.
Terhune is a lover of old furniture, and
in her library and parlor stand some
specimens, many of them having been
in the authors family for over hun
dred years. An old spinning wheel and
three chairs, which have celebrated
their one hundred and fiftieth birth
days, and two Chippendale card tables,
at one time the property of Gen. George
Washington, are among the treasures.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19
THOUSANDS OF LIGHTS.
Story of a Visit to a Modern Eleo.
trio Plant.
How Great Buildings Are Illuminated
Machinery Employed In the aIanufac-
ture of Incandescent Lights-A
Talented Young Electrician.
rspecial Chicago Letter.l


Night, gloomy and foggy, is pressing
its black bulk closer and closer to the
window panes and gray walls of the
Auditorium, whose windows, like hun
dreds of glaring eyes, seem trying to
pierce through the folds of fog to look
out over the lake.
Inside, however, the light of those
piercing eyes melts into genial glow,
as does the hard, keen glance of brisk
business man under the relaxing influ-
ences of love.
While all these fair women and brave
men are feasting, drinking and dancing
in the grand halls in the full glare OF
the thousand lights twinllling like
stars in a armament, down the long
eorridors-an electric, milky way
we will descend and try to discover the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19
IN WOMAN'S BEHALF.
BE a WOMAN.

Oft I've heard q gentle mother,
As the twilight hours began,
Pleading with son on duty.
Urging him TO be q man.
But unto her blue-eyed daughter.
Though with love words quite as ready,
Points she out the other duty,
Strive, my dear, to be q lady
What's lady? Is it something
Made OF hoops, and silks, and airs,
Used to decorate the parlor,
Like the fancy rugs and chairs?
Is IL one that wastes on novels
Every feeling that is human:
II tits this 10 be lady,
'Tis not this to be woman.
Mother, then, unto your daughter
Speak of something higher far
Than to be mere fashions lady,
Woman is the brightest star
II you in your strong affection
Urge your son 10 be a true man,
Urge your daughter no less strongly
To arise and be a woman
Yes. . woman. Brightest model
or that high and perfect beauty,
Where the mind and soul and body
Blend 10 work out lifes great duty.
BE q woman, naucht IS higher
On the gildcd crest Of time;
On The catalogue OF virtue
There no brighter. holicr name.
New Zealand Graphic.
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What He Regretted.

Willie Snively (sympathizing with
the victim of an exploded toy cannon)-
Poor Sammy! the doctor cut off two of
your fingers and spoiled your fourth,
didn't ne?
Sammy Snodgrass-Yes. wouldn't
have minded that; but after the doctor
was gone pop wouldn't let me shoot any
more, and it was only four o'clock, too.
Judge
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19

American Eagle-That roaring of
yours every time you hold an election
makes me tired.
British Lion-How did You get that
sore eye, and that lame wing, and all
those tail feathers singed, and half your
claws torn of?
American Eagle with dignity)-Cele-
brating the Fourth of July, sir.-Chica'
90 Tribune
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19
Iicnr-Iess Birdie.

Gus De Smith-Sliss Birdie, II you
refuse to be my wife 1 shall do some
thing desperate. 1 shall take a pistol
and shoot myself
Birdie-Dear me, how dreadful il
would be if the bullet were to hit some
body else.-Texas Siftings
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A Vulgar Family.

First Little Girl guess you folks
isn't very respectable
Second Little Girl-Why isn't we?
First Little Girl hasn't seen doctor
here once.-GoOd News.
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Guilt and Innocence.

First Little Boy-You'rea bad, wicked
boy; you play marbles for keeps
Second Little Boy-So do you
First Little Boy-Yes, but You win
Good News.
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Economical to the Last.

isn't old Skinfint dead yet, doctor?'
Not he. He got an estimate on fu-
neral expenses from an undertaken yes
terday, and rallied. It costs too much
to die, he sayS"-Brooklyn Life.