The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-03-02
..WilInOnt,

MI. White, Of the Burlington, was
. pleasant visitor in town Monday.
Messrs. Ike Honstam and f. Fl.
Jones spent Sunday in Worthington
j. b. James drove to Adrian, bid
ding farewell to Wilmont. He will
now be located in Worthington and
our old friend and pioneer settler,
VIM. Corbett, will hereafter attend
to the 81. N Douglass interests in
this town. He will now have a chance
At tho may orality.
Messrs. Simms and Joe Mackay
are looking after Devereau's business
here now, they having come for that
purpose from Worthington Monday.
VIM. Finley drove to Ellsworth
Friday, vieited with bis family and
returned Monday.
Henry Hanson, of Toronto, S. D.,
was genial visitor in our midst
Tuesday.
Frank Kerr drove over Monday
took in the sights and returned to biz
home at Rushmore.
Publisher of the Magnolia Initietor
Long, arrived among US with hif
printing press and other appliances
used in the business of publishing
house, Monday and the first number
Of the Wilmont paper will be looked
for with much interest. Give us th'
news, Brother Long.
The cold days of last week inter
rupted work to an extent on the new
buildings, nevertheless a good show
ing was made in their progress.
The Davenport elevator is goinl
up rapidly ard will be ready to re-
ceive grain in ten days.
In spite of the youthful appear
apos of our town, we are doing busl
ness many an older town might vel
be proud of. Forty.tivs carloads o
the various commodities produced il
southern Minnesota. representing
the outgoing railroad business TO
the short month of February, beside'
much incoming business. Withou
mentioning our large and ever in
creasing retail trade, Wilmont is
good town to be citizen of.
Where Irsa Il Heated by Being Sub
merged In Water.
one Of the astonishing thiaEs devel
eped through tho introduction of cleo
trtetty into everyday affairs is a forge
made for bench use. for the beating o
soldering irons or light pieces of meta
tef working on the anvil, where tn,
heating is accomplished by pluneinI
the article to be heated into q tray O
water. This curious forge is made al
fellows: The tank is Of wood or o
any other substance which will holt
water and not form an electrical con
ductor. Ono wire Of the electric circuit
passes to the bottom Of the tank, wher,
It IL connected to a plate of meta
which lies there. Over this plate
water. preferably saturated with salt
nlls the tank nearly to the top AM
serves TO conduct the current Of what
ever object Is to be heated. Nothio,
could be better for this purpose, for tn
water naturally closes all about the oh
net and nts it on every side. Tn
other end Of the current-conductinI
wire is fastened to the tongs or led to
metal frame work at the edge Of tn
tank On which the tongs or the shanl
of Z soldering iron lie when it is to b,
heated. The moment the object to b,
heated is plunged into the water a cur
rent passes from the water through tn,
object, and at the same moment SOM
Of the wator is decomposed by electro
1ytic action. The nitrogen Of the wate
becomes electrified and adheres to til
object to be heated and forms a aim o
gas, which separates the object com
plotely from the water, while at tn,
same time this gas forms such an OBJ
ptruction to tho passage Of the electri,
current that the energy of the current
u turned into heat.