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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11
PARAGRAPHS ELECTRICAL.

The King of Siam rules in an electric
victoria finished with ivory and adorned
W tn lace silver and pearl.
On June 18th manufacturing in Chat
tanoogn was stimulated with J6.OOj cleo
trical horsepower sent over transmits
sion wires into the heart Of the city.
Cuba will soon be covered with a net
work of telephones lines.
Millions of candle power of electricity
were used TO illuminate New York city
during the Hudson Fulton celebration.
The battery Of powerful general electric
searchlichts on Riverside drive was a
notable feature of the niEht celebration.
Germany has s5l .31S telephone stations,
more than any other European coun-
try Great Britain comes next with 5j5.-
s54 and France with less than 10000
Trains on TIE Atchison railroad are
now dispatched by telephone.
Siberia end Alaska are TO 30 connected
with wireless.
A motor driven auto-horn Is tho latest.
A pocket wireless Telegraph has been
invented.
All tho steam railroads within a radius
Of eight miles Of the city of Chicago will
he electrified greatly facilitating the ter
minal work and dong away with the
smoke and noise of steam locomotives.
The electrical exports for last July
totaled nearly 4 million dollars worth.
That the aurora horealis. or northern
lights, is an electrical display Is evil
denced by the fact that during recent
wonderful exhibition Of this natural
phenomena it was Impossible to use the
Atlantic cables or the wireless stations.
Wireless communications have been
carried across 200 miles of space be-
tween San Francisco and Honolulu.
The new Tungsten lamps are being
successfully used FOR factory 'llunina-
ton.
More than half million horsepower is
available from water in the State OF
Georgia.
On October II the honorary commits
sion Of Japan were entertai ned in Schen-
ectady. n. Y. by the General Electric
company This was the only time during
their tour Of the United States that the:
were entertained wholly by an industrial
corporation.
| The largest order ever placed for cleo
trical apparatus in Europe was recently
given for machinery to produce fertilizer
from atmospheric nitrogen at Christiani
| Norway.
a company has been organized in New
York city for the publication of news
over a telephone, Subscribers ~ll get
the news Of the day over tine tele. hone.
| This plan works very successfully IN
Paris. London Vienna and Budapest.
a hydro-eectric plant to develop %.
eo horsepower is to be constructed near
| Quebec.
Electric runabouts are popular In
| Swim.
The electric fan is extensively used to
| increase the heating values of hot air
and steal heating plants.
Electric motors are used TO drive forge
! blowers in blacksmith shops.
4 two-cnndle. power incandescent lamp
| burning all night on the front porch and
/ another on the back porch costs but fifty
cents a month and is the best burglar
I preventative in the world.
You can visit Jerusalem BY trolley
| from .Jaffa.
Wireless stations are to be establish
! ed along the African coast
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11


and ;s in use at the present time. II was.
IN tact an iron fireplace II was used
orincinallv in towns and villages by the
wa,Itodo class the rest Of the world
using more capacjous fireplaces for burn
ing logs
In the United States prior to 1885.
stoves were p-incipally OF the box pat
tern. and used for heating shops. public
halls. offices and churches, but the
churches were seldom warmed.
From 1-95 10 1903 no great change was
made in stoves. Those for heating we're
the old German box pattern. or the
Franklin. After the opening % the Erie
and Champ!ain canals the Introduction
of steamboats, on rivers. and the begin
ming of railroads. the making of cook
stoves became an important industry. At
first they were all made at blast fur
raccs. direc. from ore The first Vrre
an oval ten-pIate pattern. with the oven
above th, FIRST and single hole on top.
THAT was followed with one having the
oven IN the middle over the first on
either side az which was projection
with =, boiler hole. The next was called
tho "horse- b,ock'' from the top Of the
oy.r he;ns a stem higher than the front
,rnar c,r,. tho ppck stove. having the
,,ro above ,be oven with reversible flues
orou,a tina oven and smoke pine and
co,,,r an , r,ana with the bottom OF the
oven In ,s9c. come the rotary stove"
- u.h,oh W. oven was et the back, with
roy.rs,h,o t,,es IN carry the smoke and
heet arorp, the oven with tho smoke
nine at rho ton and hack OF the oven. The
,o,, v,o. ro,pd h,yirp four holes. and
revo,vod h,. j., cr,,,s Ia bring any de-
s,r.d ho,a ovcr ,be ,,rc
In ,s,5 stove was invented along new
,,uos Th, ,ir.ho,. ,,,s IN frort with an
ash e,ate The ,or was fiat the oven
ELEVATED about t,ysptv inches with the
sr,o,,.r,ra =, eva ,on o,d rear epd If
the over The IRON was made from Gre
tho mates ,bir r,ce,v carved for the
oven ard front ana bv the use Of a spe-
ciollv nren,rod dus,irr novdcr usa5 in
,hc n,orId when tho nattern was draw,
from the sand tho casting had n dark
brown color instead OF the usual iron
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11
A NOBLE SPORTSMAN
(From the Rutland Herald

Yesterday Rev, r. +. Griffith Of Lud-
low referred to a shocking piece OF work
reported from the adjacent town OF Cav
endish.
The report is that man in the la tier
place shot A doe. which he discovered
with two fawns Mt her side. No considera-
ton of humanity withheld this noble
sportsman and he promptly brought down
the mother with a "well-aimed" shot
leaving the fawns to perish.
Lifting the dead mother to his wagon 20
carried away as a trophy OF this manly
snort, hs observed that the udders Of the
doe were swollen with milk The specta-
Gle OF this harmless animal being shot
down in cold blood, her fawns deprived Oh
the milk which can be their only natura'
food left to die a lingering and miserao'e
death, Is something that few persons y.
decent instincts can contemplate w''"o"'
Indignation.
The author OF tho inhuman law VIZ"
permits this sort Of thing, the m'ssv'svS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11
THE BROOK.

Tinkie. Tinkle. spray and sprinkle,
Diamond drops in sunbeams twinkle.
Gle aiming in the golden light
Falls the brook from mountain height.
Flashing, splashing. dawnward dashin2
Over yellow pebbles FLASHING.
Sounding in is wild career
Sweetest music 20 the ear.
Toiling, troubling. babbling, bubblinS,
In and out midst houlders doubling,
Merrily the brook leaps past.
Flowing to a forest vast.
In the forest as tomb,
Silence reigns mid shade and gloom;
All of this the brook doth shatter
BY it's burst of noisy chatter.
Violets grace each messy bank
Tender ferns grow rich and rank:
Past them all the brook doth glide
Quite unmindful in it's pride.
Murmuring ever. soft an low,
As the crystal waters flow
OF it's ioy md peace, and strife.
How II formed and grew TO life.
How. in some secluded glade,
Downward forms a wild cascade,
Crowno1 with n rainbow mist
Which the fairies oft have kissd.
Listen to it's purling song,
A I, lightly leaps along.
Laughing. laughing merrily.
Chucl<lirr gurging full of glee.
Roouirg out across the mead
Lilo c,n,ive bird, that freed.
knowing not which way to turn.
T,,es ,ha,, oil that IT may learn.
,Nea,b yo, clllmp OF willow trees
Waters rinplc in the breeze:
.rhera the brook grows broad and deep,
o,,.rs soS,,v-half asleep.
Then. dark and placid pool
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11
THE EVOLUTION OF THE STOVE

No doubt there was a time in me eVo-
luton OF man when fire was unknown
but the very earliest records we have or
the man animal show that he had fire
and plenty Of II for both cooking ana
heating as we'll as lighting and tho max
ing OF pottery and metal things. How
man first came by fire is unknown but
certain It is that there must have been
plenty OF volcanic fires and fires caused
by tightening 10 give him the Naiuao'e
spark which was most carefully cherish
ed. Even among the American indians
the fires Of permanent camps were never
allowed to go out and during long
marches native was selected TO carry
tho red-hot Goals embedded in ashes
Means to make fire from flnts, and fire
drills came later.
It is long stretch OF the imagination
to go back from the electrical stove,
which cooks the food without free sort
or ashes or any unnecessary heat. TO the
open camp fire and the clay pots OF our
ancestors.
That tho steve Is 4 very recent nvcn-
ton an inventions CO. Is little known by
this genera ton. Through all the centur-
| les NJ. 70 less than hundred years ago
all cooking was done over the fire or
in Dutch ovens. with the aid of 4 fire
rloce and n chir1nev the fire was taken
into tho house but the good wife cooked
ove. the omen Goals lust the same. Most
of our era ndmothers were proficient ar
fists in cooking good things In the fire.
place with the long-legged spider. the
| pot swung on a hook and the iron spit.
The first iron stove was designe, by
! Cardinal Polignac in the seventeenth
| century. Count Rumford designed sever
| al improvements to economize fuel and
| heat Des Aguliers In 17lG modified the
| poIignac stove with earthern Sides
| backs and lambs. so as to use anthra-
cite coal. These several designs were on
| tho plan Of the open firepiace. In l,io
| BENJAMIN Franklin the printer phloso-
| phcr and statesman. who was in Eng
| land wrote horne of a German stove In
use in England, consisting OF an iron
| box made OF five plates fastened to-
| gether with screws, one side Of which
was loft open but when set the open
side with a smoke pipe, was in an ante
| room. while the body projected through
the partition to heat the larger room.
| Though in ordinary use II was fire
place it could be closed In l77l Franklin
invented another stove to burn bitumi
nous coal which could consume its own
smoke and had downfall draft. Also
another with n basket crate and movea-
BILE bars at top and bottom. supported on
n pivot. After being filled with kinding
at tho top. the basket could be inverted,
and so the fire was made to burn at
the base. The Franklin stove, with the
the CRATE modified and improved by the
addition Of sliding front doors. came In
to general use all over the United States.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11
DAILY ROUTINE OF 4 POLAR FIX.
PEDINyON.

In an article in McCiure's Lieutenant
Shackelton tells of the daily routine OF
the expedition he led in search of the
South Pole:
Each dav was much like the one that
had gone before. We turned out of our
sleeping bags at $40 O'Clock In the morn
ing. and had breakfast-oonsisting OF
hoosh. biscuits md cocoa-at 6 O'Clock.
Tents had TO be struck. ponies harness
ed and sledges packed and then we
would start south again. travelling in
single file through the soft snow. Each
man led a pony, and We took turns at
travelling in front and breaking the
trail A. the end OF each hour there
would be a five minutes spell. We
would stop one hour for lunch and would
camp for the night At p. m, having
nine hours on tie march.
"rhe ponies received frst attention
when We picked camp. They were
brushed, covered with their cloths. tether-
ed to a steel wire stretched between two
sleGses and fed The pony ratons con-
sisted OF maize and Ma uiee rations.'
mixture OF dried carrots currants. sugar.
lemon and meat and they were given
ten pounds each. Indeed, II pony show
ed signs of hunger after having finished
this allowance. II was 5iVer little more,
for we did not stint the animals at all.
while the ponies wore being bedded'
the cook for the week was busy preparing
our evening meal The tents would be
pitched. and the cook would take posses
sion Of one, which later would have spe-
cial attra ctions as a sleeping-tent on ac-
count OF its comparative warmth. A
cooker. filed with snow. would he banded
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11

anti-clinkng devices and the application
of malleable iron and steel in cooking
ranges. In recent years. stoves for heat
ing and cooking have oeen devised to
use illuminating gas FOR fuel produced
from gasoune ana Kerosene and the uso
Of electricity.
It Is a singular con'ident that in tho
same city where Dr.. Eliphalot Mott FER
fected the first coal stove the General
Electric Company should hive developed
the modern method Of cooking with cleo
tricity. and 1t is predicted by electrical
engineers that the days Of the stove Ara
numbered and that in the near future
all the heating ami cooking will BE- by
electric heat
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11

states grow from s6o,0oo,OoO TO SOL
600. 900. gain of ss1,oOO,ooO. or the
gain S23,00o,0o0 was in metals and
minerals and wood and it's manufac-
tues.
Great Britain buys more goods from
the United states than from any other
three principal countries in the world
$500. 100000 worth in 1908; 100000
600 more than from France, Germany
and Holland combined. according to
the July report of the Department OF
Trade and Commerce of Canada.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11

When the North Dakota made her re-
cord to-day the tide was in her favor. but
this Is not subtracted from the best
figures In the recorded mean, or aver
age, however. tidal corrections are made,
The five trials over the mile course We're
recorded as follows: oo25, 2l,4S6, % l3. n
5n5 and 22.133.
The influence Of the tide on the vessel $
speed is shown in a comparison of the
time IN the succeeding miles.
OIL SPRAYING SATISFACTORY.
While the FIVE speed runs were being
recorded. the North Dakota was also UNI
dergoing a two-hour test for consump-
ton of oil and coal. The Delaware and
the North Dakota are the first battle
ships built FOR the United States navy to
use the oil spraying method and the
showing made in this respect is under
stood 10 have been very satisfactory.
The North Dakota is the first to use tur-
bines.
Within six months il Is expected That
the North Dakota and the Delaware Will
take their places in the van of the Amer
lean navys line of sea lighters.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11

II e%esperhted. members who voted there
Tor the senseless sportsmsn who partci-
pated IN the carnival of killing. now
happily brought to legal, close. have
good reason to arraign not only their
craftsmanship but their humanity.
The Herald hopes that the next leg.
islaturc will take warning by the bloody
and inhun'an record of the past week and
Immediately repeal the law which makes
such afflctlng scenes possible.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11
A WISE PROBATION.

Both boys had been rude to their moth
er. She put them to Der earlier that
usual and then complained to their faith
err about them, SO he started up thu
stairway. and they heard him coming.
Here comes papa" said Maurice I'm
going to make believe I'm asleep" 'l'm
not" said Harry. I'm going to get
up and put something on.'-Christian Ad-
yocAte.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11

stantly that is according to the rules
of the combat. The deaths were only
theoretical, however, since the bullets
were made Of wax and the conbatants
protected by masks and coats. Several
other duels followed in which serious
though not mortal wounds were inflicted.
much to the edification OF the large
gathering of spectators. Altogether the
first duels which have taken place in
New York for many years proved such a
success that the now sport promises to
make this city the duclling center Of the
country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11
U. s. Battleship Proves Herself
the Fastest of Dreadnought
Type Afloat.
MADE 22,% KNOTS AN HOUR
Beats Her sister, the Delaware. and
Grent Britain'- Finest. the Belle
rcphOn - 35,150 Horsepower
Recorded by Turbine En-.
Eincs First IN Navy.

Portland. Me-. Nov. 4.-The North
Dakota is the fastest battleship of the
Drcadnought types aflont as well as one
of tho two most powerful battleships in
tho world Her screw standardization
tests over the Rockland measured mile
course to-day developed maximum
speed of a295 knots an hour. and an
average of iS3? knots. Both marks are
In excess Of the best performances or
either her sister ship. the Delaware, or
the Bcllcrophon. the leading Dread
noughi of the British navy.
In attaining this surprising speed. the
turbine engines of the North Dakota
were forced to the development of more
horsepower than has been reached by
any battleship ahoat. A maximum OF
$3.50 horse power was recorded. while
:co75 horse-pow was tho mean. The
maximum Of propeller revolutions was
oSG minute It was found that 1913 revo-
lutions in this time were sufficient TO
maintain the contract speed of q knots.
Tho North Dakota by her performance
to-day takes precedence over any other
vessel nfioat as general frat class bat
tlcsi,io. Her sister ship. the Delaware.
was in uncertain possession of this
honor through her trial performances of
October o. hut the figures recorded for
the North Dakota to-day surpass those
Of any other Dreadnought.
ONE CHANCE TO BE BEATEN.
There is but ono such hatteship afoat
at the nresent time whose attainmonts
NAV exceed those Of The North Dakota.
This Is the Neptune Of the British navy.
which has Just been launched. The
Neptune however. will have to attain
figures much in excess of her specitca-
tons to excel the performance of the
North Dakota The Bellerophon of the
british navy has made near 221 knots
as compared with the North Dakotas
performance to-day of %
| Comparisons of the trial performances
OF the North Dakota and Delaware. sis
| ter ships. are as follows:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11

IIettY Green, long famous as the
worlA's greatest business woman as we'll
as the Wcalthest in this country, will
now have 20 reinquish 10th stiles. The
death Of +. ". Hartman made his
widow to whom he left all his property
in his famous 99word will weather.
even than Mrs Green, and Mrs. Harri-
mans decision TO open Gn office In which
she will administer this property herself
makes her thc most important feminine
figure in the business world to-day.
While Harriman's personal fortune was
estimated at between 800. ono 600 and 5000.
V0,CN. the interests over which Mrs
Hartman will exercise control total, it
is stated, more than 81 900 600. 900 While
she Will not " course occupy a position
in any Of the 1irectorates of her late
husbands interests. Mrs Hartman will
nevertheless through her representatives
on these boards exert an active influence
in 50 many different WAYS that Hetty
Green's operations will in compa rson
seem small.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11

Though Monte Carlo is generally
looked upon as the greatest gambling
in the world. it really comes nowhere
near being in the class of New York in
this respect that IS. unless n distinction
is made between rsking money in tho
games of chance played in the foreign
city and on stocks which form the chief
basis of speculation here. Not only does
tho daily amount risked here far exceed
the yearly income OF the gaining tables
of .he principality Of Monaco. but so
keen Is the local gambling instinct that
a stake may be r'sked, which simply be-
cause OF its minuteness would not he
accepted at Monte Carlo. One may win
lars to three cents In single stock
speculation here Tho regular stock ex-
change grades fluctuations in prices by
Fights. but on the curb n sixteenth Of
ono point has in the mast been sufficient
to cause selling and buying. This week,
however, a now record was set when
numerous transactions We're recorded in
mining stocks at n change Ct only one
thirt Y-sccond Of one point in the quoted
price. As MANY Of these stocks have
par value Of only one dollar, the profit
basis onli three cents. When 1t
is remembered that many sell for only
few cents on the dollar. involving on
each share mtcrosCopical profit or loss
Il becomes apparent that New Yorsers
are not only the greatest spectators on
earth but the smallest as we'll.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-11

Tinkle. Tinkle spray and sprinkle,
Diamond drops in sunbeams twinkle.
Cleaning in the golden light
Falls the brook from mountain height.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-26
STRONG LOBBY WORKS
FOR FREE HIDES

Washlngton-The strongest and best
financially equipped lobby in WASH
ington at the present time is the one
working to have hides, which now pay
a duty OF 1S per centum ad valorem,
placed on the free list, The tanners
and leather manufacturers Of the
country have large force of attor-
neys and paid lobbyists at the capital
working in all hours and seasons to
have the duty on importations of hides
taken off. Members of the finance
committe who have had experience in
framing previous tariff bills say that
no such efforts have ever been put
forth as those which the advocates of
free hides are now making. On the
other hand, the farmers and cattle
men, who would be directly injured by
placing hides on the free list, have no
effectual organization at the capital
looking after their interests. Senator
Warren of Wyoming and Senator's
from cattle-raising states are some
what discouraged at the outlook, par
ticularly so as their hands do not seem
to be strengthened by live stock asso-
Citations representing the producers.
Party questions do not enter into
the controversy, as number of DEM
ocratic Senators, particularly those
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-26
RENEWING TELEPHONE
POLES WITH CONCRETE

1t is estimated that three and a
half million wooden poles used by
electric companies in this coutry re-
quire renewal each year. These poles
are perfectly sound except at the bot
tom line; and as it costs more to re-
new a pole than to set new pole, a
scheme Of reinforcing the poles with
concrete has recently been devised. 1t
consists in bridging the weakened part
with reinforcing rods driven into the
pole above and below the decayed por-
ton. Concrete is the moulded abound
the pole over the reinforcing rods. In
this way the pole can be rendered even
stronger than it was originally and at
very little expense.-Scientific Ameri-
can.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-26
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
BUY ALBERTA LAND

Calgary, Alberta, April 26.-The
Catholis order of the knights of Co.
lumbus has just purchased $4,000
acres of irrigated land a few miles
northeast Of Strathmore, from the Ca
madam Pacific railroad company for
a colonization project. The purchase
price was s25 per acre or a total Of
S625.000 for the entire tract, on 10
years time, and it will be sold off in
quarter and half sections to actual
tual settlers.
The purchase was made after a
years search for a permanent invest
ment for the accumulated funds of
the order and the trustees consider
that they have acquired property
which will be worth more than ST.
100000 long before the last payment
is due.