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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Les Exerclser.

A new electric appliance which has
been patented has the object Of giving
exercise to the legs similar to that 20
cured by walking. The purpose 10 to
benefit patients who are confined -
bed for any length Of time. The feet
Of the patient are attached to the ap-
paratus, the motor set in motion. and
without any muscular effort the pa
tient receives all the benefits of walk
ing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
NEW STYLE OF MOTORCYCLE
Dry Battery Concealed under Sea
Eliminates Calling Gun-llke TX
haust-Runs Easy.

Motorcyclists who object to tho
trouble Of starting the gasoline-dr1ven
cycle. or to its gatling-gun-like az
haust, will welcome a now type OF
electric motorcycle which IL being In
troduced. and which, 1t n claimed.
will run from rs to 100 miles on =
single battery charge. start instantly
on the turn OF q switch. and run ALSO
lutely without noise.
The motor, which 10 located under
the seat. drives the rear wheel BY
means Of a chain and sprocket wheels.
and is connected to the three-speed
controller which provides for speeds
of 4, Is and IS miles an hour. says the
Popular Mechanics. The s11can, r.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
QUITE USEFUL ON SILK HAT
Electric Iron Does Away With Neces
slty Of Using Goa Sleeve or Pock-
ct Handkerchief.

AS Ed. Howe would say, what has
become Of the old-fashioned man who
used to polish his silk hat on his coat
sleeve or with a silk handkerchief?
He may not be altogether extinct. but
the Simplex French hat iron Is surely
working q revolution in the methods
of keeping a "~stovepipe" in order, says
the Popular Electricity. The fOn 10
nickel plated and has q wooden handle
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15

The shopkeepers called upon the
police. but for q time no assistance
vas forthcoming. They tried to shut
up their shops, but this they were I'M
able to do in the face Of the crowd
outside"
Birds OF Q feather mock together,
especially Jail birds.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Alarm on Tea Kettle.

IN electric alarm Is the latest tea
kettle adjunct in Germany. The steam
from the spout when the water boils
melts q lump Of sugar which had held
apart the poles Of q tiny battery.
Their contact rings q bell
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
" Comparison.

y Connpaftoon.
Say. mamma, my teacher would
make = bully highwAyman!" exclaimed
= boy ~ he rushed In from school.
why, Freddy, what In the world do
you meant" inquired his astonished
mother.
why. she's always telling the chill
dren to hold up their hands.'"-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15

volt battery IL suspended In The lower
part Of the frame. and any of the
standard types may be used. The mo-
torcycle has q 81 inch wheel base and
weighs complete about two hundred
pounds.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
New Insuiator.

New lnsulator.
A new insulator for use in electrical
work Is made by condensing phenol
and formaldehyde. 1t is said to re-
semble Japanese lacquer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
USING the Electric Hat Iron.

and OF course is electrically heated.
The shape of the iron is suitable for
reaching every part of the hat brim
as well as the crown.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
So Near Inc YET

"I was very near to proposing h
Miss Maybelle last night"
why didn't your"
because she had such . faraway
look"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
hi ii i~ntsresting

IL - interesting 20
traco the origin OF
festival customs 70
O connected with
Druidical superstitions
OF classic ~observances.
and It will surprise
many to learn that
v~pv
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-15
Electric Lamp Socket.

any danger of short circuits and oon-
sequent blowing Of the fuse and pos
stble hres.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

hundred pouches every half hour. BY a
vacuum process the dust is removed
from the room containing the bag
cleaner. the operation being performed
by means Of sucking the dust through
q hole in the ceiling OF the room.
With the constantly increasing postal
business there VIII be need for more
pneumatic tubes. and the next installa-
tion along this line will undoubtedly be
between the new and the present main
Postoffice. at Broadway and Park Row.
II is 10 be hoped that Congress viii
make the necessary appropriation for
this requirement in the near future. The
pneumatic tube is the speediest convey
ance that so far has been invented for
the dispatch of mail between stations in
congested cities. The conyeyor holding
the mail is a cylinder eight by twenty
four inches. and is driven by compressed
air through a metal tube az the rate Of
thirty miles an hour AZ the present
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

the proper appreciation of his feac IN
rescuing Emin. was ostracized until his
end by English society. and died
cruelty disappointed and thoroughly en-
Uttered man, whose remains were de-
MED burial. under somewhat sensational
circumstances, in England's Walhalla-
namely, Westminster Abbey.
Baron de Fores, had far less right 70
expect any consideration by the English
grande monde than Sir Henry Stanley.
He is no. a famous explorer. he IS
branded with the stigma OF illeg!timacy.
and owes his Austrian title o. baron and
his tolerance by British society 70 the
vast charities and worldwide philan-
,hroDic enterprises OF his father. Baron
Hirsch. for whose sake. indeed, he was
taken up and. 10 certain extent sIph-
so-ed in the United Kingdom by the late
King Edward. But as a toreigner-that
is 10 say. English only b. NATURALIZATION
he always remained an outsider. His
WAYS we're those OF an allen; also MS
ethics His FIRST marriage 20 q weI
known French widow had been dissolved
in Paris under somewhat peculiar cir
crmstsnces. which were ot character
,ha, boded i'll for his subsequent mar
rage TO the pretty sister OF Lord Gerard.
As anticipated. the alliance turned OUT
unhappily. and although he received the
baroness back and became reconciled 10
her on each OF the first Two occasions OF
her fight from her home. yet she seems
70 have found life with him so intoler-
able ,ha. she eventually abandoned MIN
for a third and last time. While the world
,o which the Baroness de Forest belongs
bv birth always resents conduct calcu-
lated 10 result in L public scandal on the
uart OF any OF it's members. IL seems 10
believe that the proyocation which she
had received was sufficient 70 account ior
her leaving him. and his readiness 10
,ake her back went for nothing In the
eyes Of Mayfair. Instead of either eor'
sen,ing 10 a legal separation or even
dIyorcing her. he took the utterly iooi-
ish step OF endeavoring 10 right himself
in the ewes OF the English great world oy
sutng her mother and her uncle for SLAM
dering him in alleging his Ill treatment
Of her. and made the matter still worse
by dragging into the affair the names OF
ali sorts Of prominent people. The re-
sult has been that he has not only lost
his case. or failed to clear himself OF the
charges against him. but has forfeited
| forever any claim upon the good viii or
| the indulgence Of the caste into which he
had married and to which he has become
now anathema. LA-AIIAChS.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

by a court Of honor composed ot his
comrades, is driven from the army or
navy. as the case may be. and has moth
ing left but expatriation; while in the
same way any gentleman in civil lie
who refuses 10 grant satisfaction, or who
omi,s 10 demand IL in the case OF in
suit. becomes d social oUtcast. is ex-
PEELED from all the clubs 10 which ne
may belong and becomes branded with
the stigma Of indelible disgrace.
Before proceeding any further let ne
say here that Baron de Forest. no mat
ter what the rights and wrongs in the
differences with his wife. was singularly
III advised in embarking upon his recent
lawsuit against Lady Gerard and Harrr
Miner and in subppnaing so many
prominent people in English society. II Is
always an unwise thing for an outsider
10 buck up against that portion Thereon
which constitutes the great world Of the
United Kingdom in the true sense OF the
word. for among its most notable char
acteristics is a species Of esprit de corps
which leads its members 20 band to-
cether for the defence OF any Of them
against one not Of their caste, always
providing that the culprit has not been
guilty Of an offence SO utterly dishonor-
able and Infamous as 10 place him with
Oh, the pale. \ notable instance OF this
pcculiarlty was furnished by the case Of
Major Edmund Bartteic;. of the Cold
stream Guards. second in command OF
staaley's Emin Pscha relief expedition.
The major was murdered By his fol-
lowers. and Sir Henry Stanley. instead
of saying naught but what Was kindly.
~. falling that maintaining silence on
the subject. cast ssEeTsions upon Bartte-
lots fair name affecting not only his
conduct but also his humanity. and even
his honor In ono wOrd. he insisted that
Barttelot had brought his own fate upon
himself. and had actually deserved IL.
owing 20 his cruelty 20 the natives and
his drunkenness These charges were
bitterly resented by Bar,telots many
friends. relatives and comrades. while
they cut To the heart 10 such an extent
the AGED father of the unfortunate off,
GER old Sir Walter BaritelOt. until then
hale and hearty member Of the House
II Commons and the finest type Of the
English country gentleman. that he
withdrew altogether from public life and
never held up his head again. dying
about year or 20 aficF~ard
Stanley covered himself with So muca
oelum in connection with the affair Bit
teriy antagonizing the English great
world, ana even the court, that 1t was
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

Miner announced that they decllned %
proceed any further with the case ana
the proceedings were thereuPon dropped
Lord Derby. by his lapse OF mernory,
thus cut short az the very outset of the
trial a case which threatened 10 develop
into one Of the greatest causes ce!eores
in the annals q British Jurisprudence.
Ii was not that the actual charges OF
Baron de Forest were Of any particular
importance. but it was the number and
the rank OF the witnesses that had been
subppnaed By the baron's lawyers IN
the affair including az least one roya!
rrince. and II was proposed 10 submit
each one OF them 10 a grilling cross-ex-
animation. which might have laid bare
many an oddity. liable TO misconsruc %
,ion by the masses. In one word, there
was q prospect q English society being
M, on the grill. and not only of several
distressing family secrets being barred 10
the public. but also Of people wholly in-
,ocen, Of wrongdoing being placed n IN
entirely false light in the eyes o; the
masses.
Sometimes the laws of honor and those
~, tho land are in conflict with each
other. and when this occurs the man oi
birth and breeding-aye. would say
-,o,. rho man with warm. red blood III
80 ,.ei,s no matter what his ranks
,fLelv - give the preference 10 "hat ne
cl.-sid,-s the requirements ~ honor
.sr.c,allv where the fair name OF women
.rd The happiness Of innocent parties
c,ncerned. Lord Derby. whose
, s,a,b,r the fourteenth earl. de-
-. tho throne Of Greece. and whose
,orebears IN the male line direct reisneA
as sovereigEs over the Isle OF Man acteo
= no did in the De Forest agt Nil
Gerard TRIAL in accordance with the
~..,cs - his caste. and there are few to-
| 80. sa,.e the plaintiff. who is Of foreign
-, .ho are disposed 20 do anything
I e,se ,han warmly 10 approve Of MS at'-
"a Had the memory Of THIS peer WHO
..od a. censor Of the press al the
! ,h,oughout the BOer war under
<,er title Of Lord STANLEY. re
,renbered." not one but many PAM ~
ra,,s would have ensued. he aFefted
1hem b. his forgetfniness
{ number 81 years ago the memory o'
{ the leading statesmen Of Grea,
n.,,at, was also taxed IN a manner IN
Ing the reputation Of a woman lie
s every reason 10 he eHssPerated
,,s, her. for she had taken leading
:, bringing into the courts Of Ia"
-. AGAINST him made by married
sauchter Of hers who vas afflicted with
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

time there are twenty miles Of pneu-
matte tubes connecting all the stations
south OF l25th street. including the sta
ton on that street, and above that line
there is an automobile service between
stations.
At some future day New Workers need
not be az all surprised 70 have pneu-
matte tubes leading from the new post
Office TO all our large and towering office
buildings, each Of which receives
quantity Of mail every day that is equal
10 a postal delivery in a city Of from five
10 ten thousand inhabitants. Such
system would save time, money and
labor. and our mail carriers would De re-
lieved OF the heavy burdens that now
tax all their energy in walking between
the postofice and their routes Of de-
livery.
The downtown section q Manhattan
has almost hourly deliveries OF mail az
the present time, but after the coming
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

hvsterical illIsiOas-chaTges OF WHICH
the mother had every reason 20 know
that he was wholly innocent. He knew
that she was prompted By that seat-
n1ent of revenge that women so often
feel Tor the man whom they have ceased
10 please. AS Byron says. Hell has
no fury like a woman scorned. The
statesman concerned was questioned
about her on oath. The laws Of honor
required that since a woman's name was
al stake he should deny. The laws Of
the land demanded that he should speak
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth. He obeyed the latter in
stead Of the former; or. rather. he re-
Trained from denying. his refusal 10
answer constituting an admission. For
this. and for this alone, he was Ostra-
cise1 for many years b. his fellow couH-
trynen. was barred from political prefer
ment 20 which he was entitled by his
services 20 the nation and by grasp so
Unriyalled Of imperial and foreign az
fairs tha, Il would have led him - the
Premiership. aAd died the other day Z
disappointed and broken man.
King Edward while still Prince II
Wales was involved. quite innocently. In
a divorce suit. his citation in the matter
being entirely due 70 long standing
personal quarrel with the plaintiff in
connection with racing matter5 and q
that strict rule Of European court eti-
quette which exacts tha; when q royal
parsonage is honoring any house with 4
call 10 other visitor shall be admitted
until his or her departure. The thea
Prince of Wales declined To avail him
sc,f ~ any immunitles that he Nigh,
possess. and, entering the witness box
denied on oath the allegations against
the lady concerned and was acquitted
with flying colOrs by jury Of his coun-
trymen. Yet despite this judicial dec
[ laratiOn q an innocence abundantly
. proved. there have always been many
who persisted in believing that he hal
really been guilty. BIT that he had per
jured himself Ike a gentleman" for the
/ sake Of the lady in tie case. This. far
/ from injur!ng him. served on the con-
irary 10 vastly increase his popularity
not only with those Br.tons who are dis
/ posed 10 elasticity on the score of moral
| ity. but even among those 81 mora
7 straitlaced turn ,f mind.
/ In this connection let me point out
I that In every country of Continen,Il
/ Europe duelling Is strictly forbidden by
I the law OF the land. Yet the officer VINO
refuses TO Eight in an affair Of this kind
after the quarrel has been passed ugOn
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

one Ct ERE buckets 10 receive II, and this
operation Is made possible by specially
designed automatic machinery.
The bucket lift is o, special design n
almost every particular. and person
may form some idea ot its size By the
fact that the buckets and the endless
driving chains. together with the driv-
ing mechanism. weigh more than twenty
tons. The highest grade Of steel enters
its construction. And one Of these e!e-
vators will handle 1900 mail pouches
every hour.
The completed postofice building VIII
contain a special bag cleaning device,
which will be the first Of its kind In this
country. II will be similar 10 the one
installed in the postofice in London,
England. This apparatus is in the form
Of 2 large wheel fifteen feet in diameter
and from four 10 five feet wide. Bags
are thrown inside the wheel. which oy
rotation cleans from four hundred TO five
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

mail The mail pouches for the outgoing
trains are sorted after being received at
the station in wagons. then they are sent
TO the basement level through spiral
chutes. where they are opened and the
contents redistributed and repouched.
The reasssmbled pouches. together with
unopened pouches. are then fed into
spiral chutes which deliver the bags 10
conveyor belts located q, the track level
above the mail cars. The belts. which
are provided with unloading mechan-
isrns. direct the pouches right into the
mail cars.
The speed Of the apparatus may be
estimated from watching the loading Of
one of the heavy western mail trains
that carry the early morning newspa-
pers and steamer mail. together with a
vast quantity OF first class mail matter
10 Western points-the total amounting
10 over fifty tons, comprising 200 10
1900 mail pouches. ! great portion OF
this mail IS resor,ed ard segregated for
the different cars and dispatched from
the station in less than three hours. The
last hour sees the handling or over
twenty-five tons. and the bags are FREE
ouently unlosded into the cars at the
high rate Of one every second.
The bags descend from the spiral chute
entrances through winding convolutions
and continue their Journey along the
rapidly moving belts until they finally
emerge AZ the cars door. The entire
iourney. which IS made noiselessly &C.
cupies only thirty seconds. The pitch
and the angles Of the chutes have been
90 carefully planned that q wide varia-
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

not until a number OF years later that
the government yentured 70 bestow upon
him the reward which had been PROM
ised him in the event Of his rescuing
Emin Pacha-namely. the Grand Cross
OF the order II the Bath. Edmund
Bartt4lot MAJ o- NAV not have been
guilty ot some OF the offences ascrioei
10 him. TIE Congo climate and the ao-
sence OF the restraints OF conventional
i,v and civilization in Central Africa
have developed in q number OF IN
stances 6 species o. insanity among
white men. Perhaps Bariteiot had be-
come afflicted herewith. At any rate,
since he had paid the penalty with his
life. Stanley should have maintained
silence. even az the risk ot exposing him.
self 10 accusations 0: lack OF generous
appreciation Ct the services ot his Sec
ond in command. whose record until
hen had been wholly clean. He made
the mistake OF his life in speaking when
he should have held his tongue. and u
was owing 20 this that he never receiver
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
Ethics of Caste Manifested Recent De Forest case IN Eng
land by "Catskn Earl Who Temporarily Lost HIS Memory
Many Cases Have Occurred in Which Obedience 10
Law in This Particular Have Cost Social Standing

Harry Miner that there vas some ''o1-
HE between his niece. the Baroness DE-
Forest and her husband. he could not
r1gglbly REMEMBER having been tod oy
Miner any particulars Of the anair'
Indeed. 70 most Of the questions put %
him be rerlied that his memory was al
fault. Tie presiding judge cid not uh-
dulv rregs him. and when ne leit ths
vs,,ess box Sir Edward Clarke and 'he
,,sAr counsel for the plaintin. appreci-
..f-, ,te fact that all the other fifty or
s,x,y witnesses. comprising number
~ the leading men and women o. 'ie
English great world. would take 'ne't
-,., .,,o, ,he earl. and. Ike him, "ouId
a., 80 remember having heard any
,r.Arous statements about the uafoh'
either from Lady Gerard or IRON hai''
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
bes Nav Radate from New Postofice Like Wheel Spokes

structure IL completed one can expect to
see some great benefits coming to the
uptown residents OF the city. They may
receive more deliveries a day. and pos
sibly the mail carrying service VIII be
extended up till 10 O'Clock in the even
ings. The location OF the postoffice at
Eighth avenue and 23d street brings the
institution nearer TO the residential part
OF the city, which naturally will be con-
siderably benefited by the change.
Many business houses and individuals
find it to their advantage to receive mail
in postofice boxes. and hence the new
building will be quite an advantage 10
those who. in the uptown section OF the
city. wish to be thus favored. Since the
location Of the Office will be In close
proximity to the hotel district. strangers
will find the station Of great convenience
whenever they have need Of transactions
with the money order or other depart
ments.
The plan Of the Eighth avenue facade
Of the postoffice shows two paviiions
to!ned by an unproken row OF columns
OF the same diameter as those OF tho
PENNSYLVANIA station. The principal ap-
proach TO the structure on the Eishth
avenue front Is formed by granite steps
the entire length Of the colonnade' ana
subordinate approaches are also provided
by granite steps that give access to tho
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

, ton Of weight. such as an empty canvas
mail pouch and full Rag of magazines
weighing 900 pounds. will move along
with the same speed. The spiral curves
are so designed that the speed and cer-
tainty CT delivery Of bags Of extreme
weights are regulated by centrifugal &C
I ton. For this reason II is possible for
single letter and a 800 pound bag to he
delivered through the chutes at practi-
cally the same time.
To handle the incoming mails, open.
i inss are provided IN the train platforms
/ into which pouches are thrown from the
arriving cars. Then the mail Is trans
/ ferred from the receiving hoppers by
means Of belts located below the plat
/ form foor N intricate mechanism
operated BY compressed air is designed
I 10 feed the bags on 20 the belt at suita-
/ bic intervals. so that the pouches may
arrive az the end Of the belt az the proper
I time 10 be mechanically transferred 10
bucket elevator that lifts the bags TO
/ the basement and mail platform levels OF
I the postoffice.
! II is necessary that the belts operate
/ in conjunction with the bucket elevator.
and the design Of this co-ordinated hori-
zontal and vertical equipment for in
coming mails was one Of the special
problems o. the system. The elevator
buckets pick UP the pouches as they
come TO Il from the belt. and there must
be no possibility OF crushing or injuring
+ pouch az the transfer point between
I belt and elevator. In other words. each
/ bag must be transferred from the belt
20 the elevator az the right moment for
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

north and south fronts ot the corner
paviions. The facades on the streets
are continuous and OF the same general
motive as the Eighth avenue front.
p.lasters being used instead OF columns.
The street facades are also terminated in
pavilions at the westerly ends.
The building will be directly over the
Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. Ine
pillars and steel work on which the
structure will rest are already in posi-
ton. and the architects. when they de-
signed the building, had to follow a spe-
cial plan to suit the supports between
the tracks.
The new postof.ice will have working
force OF about 1900 persons, and the
structure will cost between S5,OprO
and 100000.