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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27

Entrance to White House at Night.
supporting the most elaborate electric
light plant in the United States. He
says:
A considerable portion of the cleo
trio lights at the White House are in
use during every hour of dusk or dark
ness, weekdays and Sundays, from
ono end Of the year to the other, SO
that It can be appreciated that merely
the maintenance of this lighting sys-
tenn. the renewing of lamps, etc., is a
considerable chore
Electricity is (also) employed to
operate an automatic elevator and
dumb-waiters; supplies the energy for
a vacuum cleaner for carpets, curtains,
etc.; drives upward of two hundred
house fans and a number Of exhaust
fans for ventilating purposes; pro-
vides private telephone system with
stations in all parts of the mansion
and grounds; and finally, does much
Of the cooking in the kitchen and the
ironing in the laundry.
1.-The power plant which supplies the
electricity for the White House is not
located in the mansion, but in the sub
basement of the state, war and navy
department building, directly across
the street. The machinery was thus
placed because 1t was not desirable to
have the dirt and noise incident to a
power plant at the White House and
also from considerations of the danger
from FIRE. The power plant has 200
horsepower engine and two Curtis tur-
bires of Is and $50 kilowatts capacity,
respectively. The White House re-
ceives a 220-volt direct current for
power and a 11O-volt direct current
for lighting. There is a lighting cir
cult at the White House stables, To-
Gated nearly square from the man
sion, and facilities have lately been
installed for the charging of Mrs.
Taft's new electric automobile
AS the White House is absolutely
dependent upon electricity as an IL
luminant (the mansion not being sup
piled with gas), 1t is of supreme i'm
| portance that dependable current be
available every minute of the "a hours
The equipment in the dynamo-room
presents three sources of electrical
energy, any one of which is all-suffi.
| Client for White House needs and in
the unheard of event that all three in
stallatlons should be simultaneously
| out of commission or unable to carry
| the load from any cause, the White
Hous may be Immediately thrown on
to an emergency street service sup
piled by the leading commercial com
pany at the national capital.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
LITTLE RIVER WORKS HARD
Tiny Stream, only Seventy-Five Miles
in Length, Furnishes Immense
Amount of Horsepower.

The hardest working river, the one
most thoroughly harnessed to the mill
wheels of labor in the United States,
probably in the world, is the Black
stone. This river rises in Worcester
county, Massachusetts, u. S. A., flows
eastward entering Providence river,
near the city of Providence, R. I. 1t
is not large river either, it's length
being about Is miles. Its drainage
area is only about 45S square miles
and in it's power-producing section it
is only 43 miles long; very Tom
Thumb OF river as rivers go in
America. Yet the doughty little
stream produces $4,000 horsepower,
so for every square mile Of it's drain
age area If you will figure out this
amount of horsepower In terms of
coal you will find that the busy little
stream represents capitalization of
about 100000. This is twice the
developed horsepower of any other
important river.
One horsepower, ten hours day.
300 days in year would require just
about seven and half tons of good
steam coal for its production and the
whole 1900 minimum horsepower
would mean 127,5OO tons of coal at
probably four dollars ton. total Of
$4,000.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
RES0NATOR ON A TELEPHONE
Illustration Showing Device to Aug
ment Sound Of Bell Where There
Is Very Much Noise.

Pictured in the accompanying en-
craving is a device adapted to aug
ment the sound of telephone bells or
other signals, so that the signal may
be beard in places where there is
more or less noise. The device is par
ticularly adapted for use in shops,
pumping stations, and the like, where
ordinary sounds are not discernible,
especially under heavy atmospheric
conditions or in damp or rainy wealth
er. The device consists of an elon-
gated dished body formed with sound
ref1ectors overhanging the center of
the body. This device is placed be-
hind the bells of the telephone, and
acts to reflect the sound in definite
direction. The refectors referred to
are indicated at A, B, and c in the IL
lustration. 1t will be observed that
they are of conical form, and the re-
Electors A and B serve to catch the
sounds which ordinarily travel out in
a lateral direction from the telephone,
and direct them forward. The reffec-
tor C serves similarly to collect and
reflect the sound waves that pass up
ward. For convenience in manufac-
ture the reflector c is preferably made
in a separate piece, but the portion
which extends to the main body is
tangent thereto and fiattened, in order
that a neat joint with the body may
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
SAYS CANNON MUST QUIT
Victor Murdoch Predicts Trouble for
Man Who Serves Notice on
"UncIe joe"

Kansas City, Mo.-Some one in the
next session of congress is going to
have mighty unhappy ten seconds inI
the company of Speaker Cannon.
Men who reviewed the future here be-
l1eved that about ten seconds would
do, and they were equally certain that
the particular visit to the sacred cham
Der would be made by some one; es-
pecially certain was Victor Murdoch OF
the Seventh Kansas congressional dis
trict.
The most disagreeable job in the
world Is waiting for some member Of
the Cannon machine in the house"
Mr.. Murdoch said. 1T will be per-
formed, in all probability, in the next
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27

can see. too, a dainty blonde miss Of
seems to have little in the world to do
except to sit just where the passing
thrOngs can get glimpse Of her fresh
loneliness. Why is that store crowded
with customers while another confec-
tionery shop further down the street
languishes for want of trade? The
sweets in the one shop may be no bet
ter than those in the other, but the
attractiveness of the blonde saleswom-
an furnishes the one thing needful in
business-the initiative.
I'm these days of greatest COMPETE
ton among merchants, it was clever
man indeed who first realized the ire
mendous attraction of a pretty wom-
ans face for shoppers, women as well
as men. For, don't for moment think
that the potency of these fair young
women is felt only by the opposite
sex.
Bertha, the Beautiful Sewing Ma.
chine Girl can go on hiding her beau
ty in the dusty factory, where it
seems, after all, she has had hard
time of 1t, but If Bertha is really SO
beautiful she can be happily prosper
Gus by giving legitimate publicity to
her fresh, wholesome charms. And
that's what many Berthas are doing
to-day in Philadelphia, and it's good
thing all around. 1t won't spoil Der.
tina if she's the right sort of girl, and
won't hurt the shopping public to look
upon bright, pretty faces
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
ELECTRICAL NOTES.

An American company is equipping
Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding
districts with a thoroughly modern
telephone system.
Lightning which struck his kite re-
Gently killed Norwegian scientist
who was emulating Franklin.
The Canadian government supports
more than score of wireless tele-
graph stations along it's coasts, five Of
which are on the Pacific.
Canada has 20 wireless stations, and
new wireless service is being estab-
lished between Prince Rupert and
Vancouver.
In the course of trials of wireless
telephone service between the French
cruiser "Conde" and land stations, the
cruiser was able to talk with a sta
ton 100 miles distant.
Conversation by wireless tele-
phone, the invention of two lieuten-
ants of the French navy, is said to
have been carried on between Toulon
and Port Vendres. distance of 155
miles.
During the recent rioting at BARGE
Iona, all the gas and electric light
plants were out of commission, and
the city was Illuminated only by the
search'ights of warships in the harbor.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
Phosphorescent Forests.

The phosphorescence of certain
agaries of Borneo has more than once
demoraliZed the superstitious natives
and astonished whites. Some years
ago a party of English engineers
found it necessary to survey a tract
of low lying country which was al
most impenetrable, and to blaze the
trail natives were employed to work
81 night, others during the day. The
former came into camp one night
stating that they could not go through
q portion of the bush or forest, strange
spirits" on the trees telling them that
evil would befall them if they con-
tinued. The Spirits proved to be a
magnificent display of phosphores-
cense emanating from agaries grow.
ing upon the dead limbs of the trees.
These vegetable fire bodies were
traced for a considerable distance,
producing most remarkable exhibit
ton, the light in some places being so
brilliant that it was difficult to be-
lieve that the forest was not afire. To
test the brilliancy the men held pa
pers near the most brilliant protions
and read by the light.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
Wireless New York to Chicago.

A press message was recently sent
by the New York Times to the Chi
cago Tribune by means of wireless
telegraphy from the tower of the Wal
dorf- Astoria hotel to the Auditorium
Annex in Chicago. The difficulties in
volved in sending the message, owing
to the interfering and conflicting
waves from other stations, showed
that wireless telegraphy, at least in
its present state, is not a serious COM
petitor of wire telegraphy for trans
mission over land. 1t was only afttr
repeated attempts to get the Chicago
station that communication was final
ly established.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
ALARM ANNOUNCES HOT BOX
Device Consists Of Tube Filled with
Mercury and Terminals Of an
Electric Battery.

A device consisting of tiny tube
and bulb filled with mercury, into
which are set the positive and mega
tive terminals of an electric battery.
has been designed to give the alarm
when the bearings of an engine be-
come overheated. The mercury tube
Is inserted in a case, two inches
square, to prevent breakage. On the
heating of bearing the mercury ex-
pands and reaches the terminal at the
upper end of the tube. This closes
the circuit and the bell rings. When
there are large number of bearings,
an Indicator board is provided to show
just which bearing is hot, thus saving
the necessity of a hunt for the one
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
A GOOD COUGH MIXTURE.
Simple Homemade Remedy That 10
Free from opiates and Harm.
full Drugs.

An effective remedy that will usu.
ally break up cold in twenty-four
hours, is easily made by mixing to-
gether in large bottle two ounces Of
Glycerine, half-ounce of Virgin Oil
Of Pine compound pure and eight
ounces of pure Whisky. This mix
ture will cure any cough that is cur
able, and is not expensive as it makes
enough to last the average family an
entire year. Virgin Oil of Pine COM
pound pure Is prepared only in the
laboratories of the Leach Chemical
Co., Cincinnati O.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
Eating for Strength.

The greatest pleasure to be de.
rived from eating. is the pleasure one
gets in the knowledge that his food is
giving him greater strength and vi
tality.
Because of this fact there Is a con-
slant increase in the consumption of
Quaker Oats; every time the strength
making qualities of Quaker Oats have
been tested by scientific investigation
or by experiments in families it has
been found to be a food without an
equal.
It builds the muscles and brain with
out taxing the digestive organs; 1t
costs SO little anyone can afford 1t,
and it is so carefully prepared and
packed that it is absolutely pure and
clean. A Quaker Oats eating family
Is always a healthy family. II
Quaker Oats Is packed in regular
size packages and also in large size
family packages. The latter very con-
venient for those not near the store.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
TALKS ON BEAUTY
Employed to Stimulate Indus
tries, Says Hattie Williams.
Actress Says Good Looks Are Asset in
Business and Scouts Idea That
Ugly Women Are Most
Useful,

Philadelphia.-"This is the age of
,eauty in the business world" says
Hattie Williams, the star of "Detec-
i've Sparkes," now playing at the
1arrick theater.
Mark me, l do not mean the beau
.iful age, but the age Of beauty. We
nave come to the time when sweet,
piquant, bewitching face is quite
as important factor in legitimate
business as price or quality of wares.
convenience OF mart or effective ad-
vertiBing.
"W'oman-good-looki woman-has
deavor that cannot but appeal to her
the legitimate exploitation of the
goods she is paid to show off. Paris
led the way in this new field of en-
deavor and Philadelphia has rapidly
fallen into line.
"Next to the French capital know
of no city where the fairness of it's
daughters is so effectively used for
honest business purposes.
LET me explain. Let us walk down
Chestnut street. We drift along with
the stream of shoppers until that
stream becomes damned in front of a
big show window. There in the win
dow sits girl of SURPRISING fairness.
Her beautifully shaped head, crowned
with wealth Of glossy black hair, is
bent over new model sewing ma
chine. She is intent on her work and
we are intent on the picture she
makes. 1t is probably a very fine, up
to-date sewing machine, but it could
stay in that window for many weeks
and not attract crowd
"The man whose business it is to
sell that machine knows his business
and knows it well. The combination
of girl and machine is pleasing one
and the impression is lasting.
Further down the street there is a
shop with big windows, through which
we see heaps of CONNECTIONS, and we
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
STAMPS FOR THE RED CROSS
Sixty Millions of Christmas "Stickers"
to BE Sold to Aid TubercuIo-
~ sis War.

Washington.-Thirty million 1903
Merry Christmas stamps have been
ordered by the American Red Cross
society to be sold to raise funds for
the war on tuberculosis. Thirty mill
lion more stamps will be ordered later
and by December Is it is expected
that these 100000 bullets will be
fired in the national battle against the
White Plague.
President Taft is the sponsor for the
Red Cross movement. He is now the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27

eight months. The satraps of the Can
non machine will hold meeting and
pick some man to go to Cannon and
tell him that for the safety of the sys1
tenn he must announce immediately.
his retirement,
'The domination of Cannon over his
lieutenants is such that any one Of
them would rather meet death than to
face the speaker on this proposition,
because Cannon has no intention of re-
firing, and will not take kindly to the
suggestion; but he is impossible, and
his heutenants knowNit and fear that
If he continues as a factor he will
carry the system down with him.
They know that for their own good
the system must be saved. They are
guarding three propositions.
"The first is the right in the speak
ership of inquisitorial recognition. The
second, the power which the system
will do everything to preserve, even
to eliminating the present speaker, is
the power of the appointment of COM
mittees, under which, as is well
known, part of the house control
hinges.
"The third factor of control which
the machine will try to preserve is the
membership of the speaker on the
committee on rules.
1.-THE condemnation of Cannon can
no longer be identified as sectional.
am in receipt of letters from nearly
every section of the country, official
and private alike, and all tell the same
tale of widespread determination to
veto the power of this man.
Cannon may not know that he ia
gone, probably does not, but his lieu
tenants know 1t, and from this time
on their whole endeavor will be to
save the system and transmit, unim-
paired, it's machinery to another per.
sonality."
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
RECIPE FOR CATARRH.

Furnished by High Medical Authority.
Gives Prompt Results.
The only logical treatment for ca
tarrh is through the blood. A pre-
scription which has recently proved
wonderfully effective in hospital work
Is the following. 1t Is easily mixed.
"One ounce compound syrup Of
Sarsaparilla; one ounce Toris COM
pound; half pint first-class whiskey."
These to be mixed by shaking well in
bottle, and used in tablespoon doses
before each meal and at bedtime.
The INGREDIENTS can be gotten from
any well stocked druggist, or he will
get them from his wholesale house.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
Misery.

The neighbours dog sits out on the
front lawn and bowls dismally. The
man in the window looks out and
yells: "Sh-h-h, you beast!" The dog
continues to howl. The man again
comes to the window and this time
hurls shoe at the dog. Still the
animal bowls. Another shoe follows.
The next day the mans wife goes
around in her stocking feet because
she can't find her shoes. The man
hasn't the price of another pair of
shoes for her. and the next night the
dog bowls louder than ever.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
Worth the Expense.

The story that Sir John Fisher Of
the British admiralty tells with the
greatest enjoyment-andh he tells many,
and all with zest-is of an old boat
swain on his flagship who fell into a
little money and retired. One day
the admiral visited him at his coun-
try box, to find the old sailor pos
sessed of an apparently useless man
servant.
What do you want with him?"
asked Fisher.
"H'every morning" explained the
old sailor, "'e comes to me 'ammock
and tells me to roll h'out. The had
miral wants to see you,' e says to me.
Hand l says to i'm, Tell the h'admiral
to go to ELL says Hi"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
Christmas Post Cards Free.

Send &c stamp for five samples of
sur very best Gold and Silk Finish
Christmas, Flower and Motto Post
Cards; beautiful colors and loveliest
designs. Art Post Card Club, 792
jackson St. Topeka, Kan.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
Resonator for Telephones.

be effected. The device is extremely
simple, and can readily be attached to
a telephone by means of couple of
screws. The form of the reflector can
be modified to throw the sound to one
side If desired instead Of directly for
ward.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
Not Expecting Too Much.

II suppose your remarks in con.
gress will be listened to with great in
terest?"
MY friend" said the statesman, "in
congress man is lucky to get a
chance to make a speech without ex.
pecting people to listen to it."
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
ELECTRICITY IN WHITE HOUSE
to Be Found in Any Residence
In the United States.

According to a writer in Popular
Electricity. the White House at Wash
ingtoE now enjoys the distinction of
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27

The danger from slight cuts or wounds
Ia always blood poisoning. The immedi-
ate application of Hamlins Wizard Oil
makes blood poisoning impossible.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27

The best preparation for the future
is the present well seen to. and the
last duty well done.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27

Good company and good discourses
are the very sinews of virtue.-Izaak
Walton.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27

affected. The device is in fact an en-
gine-room detective, and can be used
on large steamships or small motor
boats.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
Good Work Goes on.

During the year that has passed
since the international congress on tu-
berculosis met at Washington, one In
stitution or organization for the treat,
nent or prevention of tuberculosis has
been established every day, Sundays
and holidays included, according to q
bulletin of the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis. Fifteen new beds in hos
pitfalls or sanitoria have been provided
also for every day of the year.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27

DOCTOR YOURSELF
when you feel n cold coming on by taking few dose
OF Perry Davis Painkiler 1t Is better than QUINN,
and safer The large soc bottles the chea pc st
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27

To believe only what our finite
minds can grasp
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
The Red Cross Stamp.

president of the society. The stamp
this year is similar in design to the
one used last year. The 1908 stamp
sale netted the society $4,000, all of
which was used in the fight against
the tubercular baccilli.
The stamps are sold to Christmas
shoppers who in their turn put them
on all the packages and Christmas
greetings which they send to their
friends and relatives.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27

diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by DR.. Pierce'D
Pleasant Pellets The fayorite family laxative
Not to alleviate If we can all that
needs alienation
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-27
Allowed to Cry Their Wares.

The city council of Chicago has
killed the proposed ordinance prohi
biting peddlers and newsboys from
crying their wares.
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