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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
THE ELECTRIC FAN.
Force Expended by the Device In one
summer Ia Equal to
Cyclone.

THE electric fan Is a busy MEM
ber," said an electrician, "and if you
will take the time to figure the thing
out you will reach some rather in
teresting conclusions. If we could
bottle up the force which originates
with one of these industrious things,
one OF the largest kind, assuming
that 1T would be allowed to go at full
speed, we could soon have wind enough
to launch a small cyclone. OF course.
the force expands and dissipateS and
We come to know it only by the mole
cular disturbance in the room or of
fice, and in the cooling and refreshing
influences which result. A little spec
ulation with reference to the revolu-
tons Of fan will probably give us
some idea of the amount of force gen.
Grated. The rapidity of the fans
whirl depends, of course, on the volt
age. We can make them run slowly
or rapidly, just as we please. We
can regulate them SO they will revo-
lutte anywhere from one to probably
go times second We frequently see
electric fans buzzing at such a high
rate of speed that they are apparent-
ly transparent. They resemble thin
gauze. We can see clear through
them and distinguish objects behind
them. This is no trick Of the eye
either. It Is an actual state.
"But said the fan was busy men,
Der. Suppose, TO illustrate this we
assume that the fan makes only two
revolutions a second, and this is rath-
err slow movement for a fan these
days. We will find on this basis that
the fan will make 1870 revolutions
every minute, 1900 in an hour, 172, 500
in one day, or "a hours, 5,1S4O0O in
one month, or 80 days, and If we allow
only three months for the fan season.
we will find that this whirling appara-
tuS will turn completely around
15,552,0O0 times. If we assume that
the fan would make so revolutions
in a second the figures become dizzily
high, and the quickness with which
the fan works almost shocks mans
puny conception. A fan making 60
revolutions a second would whirl
around 5000 times every minute, 216,-
900 times an hour, 5,1s%000 times in
one day, allowing "a hours for day,
1856 sec, 900 in q month and over $50 600
900 times during the summer, If we
allow three months for the season."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
FOR BETTER CITY AIR.
Atmosphere at New York to he Pho
tOgraphed and Analysed to Dis
cover Disease Germs.

New terrors will be added to life,
| in the interest of health, if the ex-
pertinent on which John NJ. Wood
bury, commissioner Of street clean
ing, at New York city, is engaged,
shall prove successful. The commits
| sioner, with view to locating mi
crobes, and. thereby removing their
| cause, so far as possible, has con
ceived the idea Of photographing the
atmosphere which circuates in the
streets Of New York. BY means of
the photographs it is hoped the de
partment will be able to analyze, and
ultimately to regulate, the condition
of the atmosphere just as thorough
ly and benehcially as is done at pres
ent with the water supply.
The exact conditions prevailing in
different parts of the city will be
known to a nicely, and where I'M
healthy symptoms are revealed in
any neighborhood it may be possible
to counteract their influence before
they make themselves unduly appa-
rent in the i'll health of the resi-
dents.
Gelatine plates one foot square
have been set up in different parts
OF the city and left exposed as traps
for the atmosphere and all that II
contains These plates are not con.
nected with a camera. but are In
tended only to accumulate and hold
all the germs and particles of mat
ter that may come To their surfaces.
When a trap has been left long
enough to have reasonably large
supply of prey It is removed t" n
laboratory where it will be subject
ed TO microscopic examination Any
germs that may he discovered will
be cultured and then photographed.
At present the work Is being carried
on only on small and strictly ex-
perimental scale, but It is hoped by
the commissioner that II the first re-
suits prove successful permanent
laboratory may be established.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
AN ENEMY OF AUTOS.
john ID. Rockefeller Bars the Horse
less Vehicle. from the Coun-
try Estate.

John d. Rockefeller dislikes automo-
biles, and, with view of preventing
them from trespassing on his vast do
main, called lockwood. at Pocantico
hills, he has erected signs on his prop
erty ordering automobile owners to
keep off his land. The signs are made
Of galvanized iron, and are mounted
on posts. They bear these words:
automobiles are not allowed on
these grounds"
Mr.. Rockefeller has so miles of pri-
vate driveways on his estate, many of
which cover serpentine trails and run
along steep embankments. Several
times the millionaire's horses were
frightened by the machines, and this
made him decide TO shut out automo.
bile owners from his lands. Watch
men are employed To enforce the rules.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Maker-"Here is a cynic who Says
that poetry is disease" Raker--
THAT may be true in some cases, but
In yours it is merely an haIlucinat'on."
indianapolis News.
Daughter-"The man i marry must
be a brave man." Father-"He will
be If he marries you while your mother
is living."-N. Y. Press.
do you know Of a good tonic for
nervous persons, Simpkins" NO;
what | want to find is a good tonic for
people who have to live with them"
London Tit-Bits.
Hoax-"I suppose it's pretty hard to
write a really trustworthy history OF
politics" Joax-"Yes; the principal
dates in It are pound to conflict. How
do you mean? What dates? Candi-
dates. "-Philadelp Record.
Careless Girl-"Such carelessness is
little short Of criminal" Numbered DR..
Price-Price, angrily. "Oh, doctor"
sobbed Mrs. Sassiety-Lieder's nurse
girl, edo you blame me for the baby's
illness ?" Most assuredly. You should
know better than to leave it alone In
the care Of it's mother, even for mo-
ment. philadelphia Press.
THAT fellow up there" said the talk
alive passenger to the stranger be-
side him, is the worst cynic you ever
saw; always pointing the finger OF
scorn at other peoples work" THAT
so? / wish he'd do that at my work.
You do?" Eyes. ] make circular
saws. London Answers.
Frightful Thought. - Suppose
"Well?" Its terrible TO think OF, but
just suppose" "Well?" Suppose
the historical characters who have re-
Gently figured in the historical novels
had really been the many different
kinds of persons that each one has
been made to appear, and had really
done all the contradictory things
that" "For heavens sake quit! Don't
lead us to further horrors. "-Chicago
Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
WAR AND THE BIRTH RATE.
National strife Has It's Enect In ihlS
Way ms Well ns In the
Death Rate.

War not only influences the mortall-
ty of the army in the field, but has
malefcent effect on the birth rate and
death rate Of the country which Is
fighting. A low birth rate may be
explained, to some extent, by the fact
that when a nation il at war her peo-
pie at home are less prosperous, and
consequently marriages are not 80
frequent, says the Medical Record.
The increase Of the death rate oc-
ours, probably, for the reason that
food is scarcer, and also because at
time when country is engaged in II
disastrous war, the minds OF it's IN
habitants are adversely affected.
Those who are in delicate health, or
who are attacked with sickness, sue
cumb much more readily when the
spirits are low than when in normal
| condition. 1t is, indeed, the reaction
Of the mind upon the body.
The returns Of the registrar general
OF Great Britain Of births, marriages
and deaths for the year 1900 demon
strdte the potency OF the influence of
war upon the birth and death rate.
The births in 1890 numbered 927,062,
or rate Of 28.7 per 1000, this being
the lowest on record and l,S per cent.
under the mean rate Of the past dec
AIDE. The illegitimate birth rate was
also the lowest on record.
There were 5s7,S30 deaths, or 1872
per 1000, as against II, 17s and l7.5
in the previous three years. The mum
Der Of deaths directly due to alcohol
ism was 1858, while the death rate
| from this cause GAs 1872 males and 95
females per 100000, These rates
constitute highest on record. Tuber-
culosis claimed 81 1902 victims, or n
death rate Of 1914 per cent. OF the
deaths from all causes. The death
rate OF the army was 27.6 per 900, as
compared with 10, IL and 1915 in the
preceding years. The mortality rate
in the army abroad was 36,l per ,000
as compared with an average OF 14.5
In the past five years, and the death
rate at home was so, as compared with
an average OF AZ in the previous five
| years.
| Thus it will be seen that war drains
| the life blood Of the nation. Nothing
| il said in the above returns as to the
action war is asserted To have on the
| production Of sex. On the authority
OF German scientists it has been de
! clared that the females of II nation at
war are apt TO give birth to n much
larger number of males than is ordi-
narily the case.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
Princess with Many Godfathers.

Princess Irene. wife of Prince Henry
Of Prussia, enjoys the unique distinc-
ton of having about 1000 godfathers.
Born in the course of the war of 1866,
her father, Prince Henry of Hesse,
requested the officers and men of the
Hessian regiments forming part of
the cavalry brigade under his COM
mand TO stand sponsors to his baby
girl, and at the christening, which
took place on the termination of hos
tilities, Populations Of officers, non-
commissioned officers and men from
each regiment were present in order
10 express in the names of their re-
spectiyc corps the readiness Of the
Inter 10 assume the customary spir-
itual, moral and material obligations
toward their godchild, The name
Irene which means peace-was Civ
en- to the little princess whose chris
tening was cuincident with the end Of
the warn Y. Sun
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
Vacation DAYS

Vacation time is here and the chill
dren are fairly living out of doors
There could be no healthier place fol
them. You need only to guard against
the accidents incidental to most open
air sports No remedy equals DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve for quickly stopping
pain or removing danger of serious con
sequences. For cuts, scalds and wounds.
Il used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
for sores cuts and bruises" says L. b.
johnson, Swift, Tex 1T is the best
remedy on the market Sure, cure for
piles and skin diseases. Beware of
counterfeits. f. c. Buerstatte.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
What Puzzled Tommy,

Tommy had been worrying papa
with the usual number Of unanswer-
able questions, and had been threat
cned with condign punishment II he
did not keep quiet. He fidgeted about
in silence for some time, but at length
broke out;
"Pa, they say the rain falls alike
upon the just and the unjust doesn't
it?"
"Yes, yes. Don't AJAX silly ques-
lions"
"And it isn't just 10 steal another
mans umbrella, is it?"
Certainly not. II you ask any
more"
"But, pa, the rain doesn't fall upon
the man that steals the umbrella, and
il does on the man that had hia stole =
Funny, amt 1t. paY~-Londoa An.
AHers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
E PLURIBUS UNUM.
Growth and Spread of American Life
Its industrial and Social
Changes.

The nation embodies to an astonish'
ing degree the motto, Pluribus
Unum, says ii. ID. Sedgwick, Jr., in At
lantic. Our civilization is single, II
centers about the conception of life
as matter of industrial energy. This
conception, at first hazily understood
and imperfectly mastered, has now
been firmly grasped and is incorpo-
rate in our national civilization. Its
triumph is due to the generationwhicb
has been educated since the civil war.
Under that guidance material prosper
ity has dug the main channel for the
torrent of our activities, aud the cur
rent OF our life pours down, dragging
even with the Whit and wind of its inn
petuosity the reluctance and slug.
gishness Of conservatism. The com
binations of business, the centraliza.
ton of power, the growth of cities.
the facility of locomotion, have de-
creed uniformity. Individuality, the
creation of race and place, is wrenched
from it's home The orange-grower
from Florida keeps shop in Seattle,
the schoolma'am from Maine marries
u cow-puncher. All of us, under the
assimilating influences of common
ends, assume the composite type. The
days of diversity are numbered. The
genius of industrial civilization defies
the old rules by which life passed from
homogeneity to hetrogeneity; she
takes men from all parts of Europe
Latin, Teuton, Celt and Slav; trims,
lops and pinches, till she can squeeze
them into the American mold. Miss
wilkins New Englanders, Bret Harte's
miners, Owen Wister's ranchmen are
passing away. The variegated surface
of the earth has lost its power over
us. Mountain, prairie and ocean no
longer mark their sons, no longer
breed into them the sap of pine, the
honey of clover, the SAVIOR of salt. This
molding influence does its work thor
oughly andwell it acts like that great
process Of nature in the insect world,
which NJ. Maeterlinck calls resprit
de la ruche. The typical American be-
comes a powerhouse of force, of will,
of determination. He dissipates no
energy; as "A drill bites into the rock,
so he bores into his task.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07

They are compelled to watch close
ly in large Office buildings, where so
many hundreds are hourly coming aud
going.
A messenger boy came down in the
elevator with typewriting machine
in his arms.
"Wherc did you get that2" asked
the operator.
Postal telegraph office" SAID the
boy. Taking it to get repaired"
"Where Is your pass for it2"
"Ain't got one"
Then you 90 back and get H. You
can't get that machine out Of this
building without one"
The boy was compelled 20 ride back
10 the eleventh floor 10 get the pass.
-New York telegram to the Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
Carpets Sold by Sample.

We keep all the very latest designs in
Brussels, Velvets, Wiltons and Ingrains,
and as we do not have to invest in a
large and expensive stock we can and
do sell DIT but small advance over the
wholesale price. Carpets sewed and
fitted and delivered in from two to
three days from date of order.
MENDLIK g. MULOLLAND,
Cor. North Sth and Buffalo ST.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07

Pension Commissioner Ware, who
was at the capitol the other day, is
very much interested, AS all new OF.
ficials are, IA his correspondence. One
~ the letters which he received amused
him greatly. II was from widow
out IN Illinois, and this j. what she
said:
Dear NJ Ware: | am trusting in
the Lord TO get my pension, but as |
n,ed tie money, do hope you will give
a little help yourself. "--NaAhington
pokt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07

DOUBLE TRACK TO THE MISSOURI
RIVER.
The Chicago & North Western R'y is
the only double track line between Chi
cago and the Missouri River. Four
trains day Chicago to Omaha, three
daily trains to the Pacific Coast and
two trains per day Chicago TO Denver,
with through Pullman service to points
in Iowa, Nebraska, Dakotas and to The
Black Hills. Send stamp for booklet,
Only Double Track Road Chicago to
Missouri River" to W. B. Kniskern, 90
Fifth Ave, Chicago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
A Queer Covering

II was the first time that Dorothy
had seen horse with fy-net on.
"GoodneSs!" she exclaimed, that
horse is wearing holes tied toget hel
with strings!" Judge,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
disappointment for Tourists.

It's too bad that so many people will
never have chance now To see the
Campanile. but, says the Chicago Rec.
ord-llerald, the canals and several
other landmarkx--if an Irish bull may
be permitted hers-are still In place.
however.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
Poisoning the Sysetm,

1t is through the bowels that the body
is cleansed of impurities. Constipa-
tion keeps these poisons in the system,
causing headache, dullness and melan-
cholia at first, then unsightly eruptions
and finally serious illness unless a RENE
dy is applied. De Wits Little Early
Risers prevent this trouble by stimulat
ing the liver and promote easy, healthy
action of the bowels These little pills
do not act violently but by strengthen
ing the bowels enable them to perform
their own work. Never grippe or dis
tress. F. G. Buerstatte.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07

Drs. G.. w. Seehase and o. G.. Wern
ecke, dentists Parlors in Wernecke
Schmitz Block. IF,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
SPECIAL EXCURSIONS TO WISCONSIN
MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA
POINTS

The North Western Line offers low
round-trip rates to the points in states
named above until Sept. 10, good to re
turn until Oct. 81. For particulars ap
ply to agents Chicago & North West
ern R'y. July 81
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-08-07
Storinq Electricity.

We note with regret that while
the great electricians all speal,
hopefully of the transmission Of
power they are much more reserved
about the great need of the hour
better means for its accumulation.
If we could but store energy in some
way not involving excessive weight,
all means of transit would be rap
idly improved and steam would
speedily come to be regarded as an
Anticipated motive power. The dis
covery will come, for hundreds of
the keenest minds in the world are
engaged in the research, but mean
while the progress of locomotion
halts. With cheap and light ac-
cumulator the world will be a very
small place and will soon contain
but few obscure corners. Specta-
tor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-08-07
Butler of Isaac Khan.

General Isaac Khan, minister
plenipotentiary from Persia to the
United States, is decidedly cosmo-
politan in his habits and tastes
Even among his servants at the le-
cation several countries are repre-
scented.
His butler is a Persian, but the
assistant butler is an Irishman.
One day the minister happened to
overhear a conversation between the
lrishman and a tradesman.
The Irishman was discussing the
language spoken at the legation.
s'Can you understand it?' asked
the tradesman.
sSNot at ALL at all" replied the
buffers assistant, shut Oh make
them think Oido."
sIs that so ?''
TT is So" he went on. sThey
think Oh know the Persian gibberish
and that Olive thraveled in their
country, but the fact is DIVE never
been to South America in all my
life. Saturday Evening Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-08-07
Too Much .Eault Eindinn.

Henry Crabb Robinson, the kind
y and philosophic barrister, once
gave sn effectual rebuke to the hab-
it of fault finding. 1t was, as we
read in his diary, during a visit to
Paris.
He had spent the day in sightsee-
Ing With a London acquaintance,
who said to him at parting, q will
call for you Tomorrow"
81 will thank you not to call,o re-
piled Robinson II would rather
not see anything else with you, ard
I will tell you frankly why. I came
to Paris to enjoy myself, and that
enjoyment needs the accompaniment
of sympathy with others. Now, you
dislike everything and find fault
with everything. You see nothing
which you do not find inferior to
what you have seen before. This
may be all very true, but it makes
me uncomfortable. So I shall be
glad to see you in London, but no
more in Paris.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-08-07
PHILOSOPHY or LAUGHING.
optimism a Supreme Sedative- Worry
Is Bad For The Health.

Again word about the philoso-
ply Of laughter. When the system
is nefved and is making conscious or
unconscious effort, the nerves that
tighten the walls of the blood yes
sels are hare at work, and pressure
In the arteries is great; but hearty
laugh, as Brucke's interesting exper-
iments show, tends to bring the
blood over INTO the VEINS where there
is no pressure, relieves the arteries
and brings the exquisite sensations
of relaxation Of rest. This is ia
voFed even by the attitude Of a
hearty laugh TO draw ia a full
BREATH throw back the head, open
the mouth and let the expiration
.grgle forth with sonorous inter
mltteaee to quote a phrase from
the Philosophy Of Laughter, and
to DO it again and again slowly
throws off the chains Of the worlds
great tasEmaster and brings us back,
back toward the primeTal paradise,
where there was nothing but Joy,
and sin and sorrow were unknown.
Once more, optimism is one Of
the supreme sedatiYes. \ There are
men who worry because the sun will
sometimes go out and the earth grow
dead and cold like the moon, or the
coal measures be exhausted, or the
fertile areas of the world dry up
because Of the denudation Of for
ests, but the philosophy Of health is
that the best things have not hap
pened, that mans history has only
Just begun; that, on the whole, there
has been steady progress; that In
virtue, comfort, knowledge, arts, re-
liglon and nearly if not quite all the
essentials of the further develop
ment Of man, faith IN human nature
and belief in a future better than
the present is the. conclusion of ey-
cry philosophy of development and
evolution. 1t is our good fortune
to live in a day Of the evolution Of
evolution, and this is giving a new
meaning to the very word progress
and makes us feel that the world is
rational and benefcent to the core
and that where conscious purpose
and effort fail we sink back into eV-
erlasting arms. This is a sankffying
point Of view authorized now by
both science and religion and is a
good psychic state to sleep on or in
which to enter the great rest. Aims
lees Magazine
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A Judge of serm ons.

A clergyman in Scotland invited
Bishop Selwyn to preach in his
church. As usual his lordship gave
an impressive and beautiful sermon,
which at the same time was perfect
" plain and simple. The rector was
delighted and said as much on meet
ing one of the most regular members
of his congregation.
Well sir, | don't think so much
of it, rejoined the man. at was
SO simple any child could have I'M
derstood it. For my part, | like a
sermon which eonfuses your head
for week. I don't know any which
beats yours for that, sir. London
Tit-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-08-07
Wire Used For Pins.

Perhaps as striking a figure as
can be adduced in relation to wire
is its consumption in the pinmaking
industry. With but few exceptions,
all pins are made from brass wire,
and the daily production of pins in
Great Britain is placed by compe-
tent authorities at 100000, Of
which Birmingham supplies about
thres-fourths. How this stupendous
output is consumed, affords matter
Of no small wonderment, and when
the proverbial trifing value Of each
individual pin is further borne I'M
mind the interest in this branch Of
the wire industry will be still fur
Their augmented Chambers Jour
nal. J.