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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
Useful Electric Lamp.

just where 1t is needed. The lamp is
fixed on an upright standard and has
hemispherical reflector which
throws the rays out horizontally. At
the top of this reflector is a shade,
which In turn defects the rays to the
book or piece of sewing or whatever
1t is that the light is needed on. Thus
there is no waste light thrown in a
circle on the floor or in all corners OF
the room where it is not needed. and
there is no glare or strain on the
eyes AS will readily be understood,
1t should be possible to get all the
illumination one or two persons re-
quire with much less candlepower
burning
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
NEW THINGS IN ELECTRICITY
Development of Wireless Telegraphy
and Erection of Largest Turbo-
Generator Are Latest.

Among the most notable develop
ments in the electrical field during
the year just closed can be mentioned
the following:
Wireless telegraphy has been devel.
oped until messages are being re-
ceived between San Francisco and
Japan, or across the Pacific ocean.
The worlds greatest steam turbo-
generator. a Curtis machine of 10000
rated horse power, has been built
and put in operation at the Water
side station of the New York Edison
company This single generator,
driven by a steam turbine engine, will
generate enough electricity to supply
the entire state of Delaware.
Single generators of $4,000 horse
power have been built for large water
power developments In the west.
Electric lighting has been vastly
improved. New lamps have been pro-
duced and old processes improved I'M
til electric light is the best and the
cheapest artificial flluminant In the
world.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
Wars GIamor Gone.

There is no sane. economic reason
why there should be wars. They are
economically wastefuL They have
ceased TO be picturesque. The uni
form of the soldier has changed from
scarlet and gold to clay color. He
lies on his stomach in trench and
shoots at an enemy half a mile or
more away. Sea fighting has suffered
the same decay IN romance. The mod
ern dreadnought looks more like q
factory with a couple of derricks stick
ing out of the roof than a boat Or
ders are communicated by telephone.
1t must be very trying to an officer
in the skeleton mast during an en-
gagement to call up the captain TO de-
liver some important information and
learn that the line is busy" The
men are not sailors in the old mean
ing of the word. They know little
about the picturesque side of life at
sea A fine looking lot of young fell
lows. probably not more than half a
dozen of them on any battleship could
splice a rope.-American Magazine.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
Not the Western Way.

81 been reading all your eastern pa
pers." commented Grizzly Gus, the
three-fngered terror of the bad lands.
"and ! been a-tryin' to keep up with
the stories therein contained. But
your sportin' sections gets me. I been
a-readin' about these here fights you
all has back east. Nine times out Of
ten the paper states The fight ended
in a draw That's what can't saw
w"
why not?" we asked. when two
men are equally matched, why should
the fight not end in draw"
Il guess you have diffrunt kinds O.
fights in yore country Out here a
fight begins with a draw"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03

! very attractive by making a nice
lawn and planting a few trees and
flowers The lawn is the most essen
tial and the most difficult undertaking
on the average town lot The ground
is often not very good; il is mixed
with cellar earth and rubbish that is
not well calculated for a good seed
bed for grass. 1t is easy to put the
ground in proper shape, however. if
the job is started from the bottom.
The ground must be plowed deep, and
thoroughly worked, to get the objec-
tionable grass roots out of it. The
condition Of the soil will determine
whether to seed the first year or the
second year. If there is no humus in
the soil. it viii pay to cover it thick
with coarse manure, and pillow it I'M
der. This. again, leads to compiled
tons in the moisture problem; but if
you have a hose attachment, you
can easily keep the ground moist The
top two or three inches of earth must
be repeatedly worked with disk har-
row or some implement, every otner
day for a week or two. to kill the
weeds as they sprout; then, If the top
is well mixed with a good commercial
fertilizer, the grass seed may be sown.
and you have a lawn that will last
as long as you want it, lawn that
viii be green when others are parched
with sun, a lawn that will look vel
Fety and add ten or twenty per cent
to the value of the property.
This is a secret that not many
householders understand 1t is not
always the house itself that makes 2
home desirable. / have seen chear
little houses made so attractive that
strangers passing would stop to adj
mire
A young man can build house like
this for $500 or $500. and the money
that he would naturally pay out for |
rent will pay for it in a few years. |
He can grow fruit trees. and have 1
fruit enough for home use. and some
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
TO SEND PICTURE BY PHONE
Russian Scientist Expects to Perfect
Mechanism for Transmission of
Images Over. Wire.

That the future telephone user may
De able to see the person with whom
ne is eonversing is a prophecy that
seems to be justified by the expert
ments OF Professor Rosing OF the
neurological institute of st. Peters
burg. Metallic cells or elements that
vary the strength of an electric cur.
rent under variations in light intensity
are being improved In sensityeness
and with simplified receiving ap-
paratus pencil of light is made to
trace rapidly on a screen a picture OF
any image that may be facing the
transmitter. Two sets Of compound
mirrors move so as to. project this
image-a person or other object-up
on the light sensitive element in sue
cessive small portions. The varying
electric current excites invisible rays
In special vacuum tube of the receiv.
er and as these rays pass in a point
over a fiourescent screen. following
the movement of the transmitter mir.
rors, the varying glow reproduces the
light and shade of the original image
The movement of the mirrors also con
trolls, through a series of electric cur.
rents, the movement of the rays over
the screen. A complete cycle OF
transmission takes but an instant, and
rapid repetitions give a continuous
picture
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
BOUND TO BE ON SAFE SIDE
Rough-Necked Person Was Not
Pleased With Selection of Clerk
With Polished Nails.

A large. shaggy. rough-necked per-
son came into haberdashery in
Washington and asked the clerk-a
bored young person who wore very
high collar and was much interested
in the polish on his nails-for a shirt
The clerk passed out two, one pink
and one blue.
Which of these is best?" asked the
customer.
The clerk yawned. examined his
nails and said: "Oh, it's just matter
of taste"
But which kind would you get if
you were a-buyin' one OF emf"
Personally. l should prefer the
blue one" answered the salesman,
drumming on the counter and yavn-
ing again.
THAT so?' asked the shaggy Gus
toner. "Ali right. I'll take the pink
one. Here, wrap 'er up.''-Saturday
Evening Post.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03

to sell, without going to much expense
or spending a great deal of time in
the garden. An hour or two at night
for few weeks, early in the season
will accomplish good deal if the
work is intelligently laid out In
building house like this, don't forget
the outside embellishments. The lawn
and the garden will be the making OF
the property; at the same time, you
will be setting a good example that
is almost sure to benefit the neigh
borhood.
Another very important item is the
painting. A little house sometimes is
conspicuous just because 1t is small;
and more attention is paid to it than
to other houses in the neighborhood,
especially if 1t is nicely painted and
neatly kept. Always choose quiet col
ors for small house; never attempt
to make 1t snowy. A drab with white
trimmings always looks we'll You
may deviate from this without serious
injury, possibly; but you cannot I'm
prove on a light drab with white
for small house, especial
ly If it is partly hidden among the
trees and screened with vines.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
ALTERS HIS BUSINESS PLANS
Customer From New York Soon For
gotten When Pretty Little
Divorce Is Mentioned.

81 may have to stay in town pretty
late tonight, Mary / expect a man
TO be here from New York to consult
me on business"
very well. John. II it is business
l shall, of course, have TO excuse you"
Thank you, dear. am glad you
take it so sensibly. We can't afford
to let our inclinations interfere with
business, you know"
yes, I realize that. I'm rather sor-
ry it had TO happen this evening,
though. Pretty little Mrs. Gayleigh,
who got back from Reno a few days
ago, has promised TO come in to din
ner tonight and l thought you might
like to be here
Bertha Gayleigh? I didn't know
she had come back. 1t may be that
the New York man will want to get
away on an early train. l think
heard him say something about it,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03

house, and is now paying s35 per
month. The house has not improved
with age, and he is continually look
Ing about to better his condition, but
can find no other property that suits
him so well or that he can rent at
cheaper rate in proportion to the
advantages he now has. He has paid
enough rent to buy the house. to pay
all street improvements, city taxes.
insurance and repairs. He tells me
he was offered the property years ago
for $4,000, which he thought was too
much money. The lot itself is worth
more than that today. This is only
one of many similar instances that
have come to my notice. 1t is not al
ways that q neighborhood improves
so rapidly and substantially; but, gen.
orally speaking. all property in Ameri-
can towns advances in value.
There is another very great advan-
tage in owning a home, and that is
the comfortable feeling you have of
being a landed proprietor. and the
fact that you are not obliged to have
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
ELECTRICAL
@NOTES161

A 50-mile telephone cable will soor
connect England and Belgium.
A German motor sleigh has attained
q sped OF sixty miles an hour
The lighthouse service of the Uni
ted States cost $1,000, 900 annually.
Experiments show that the yield OF
plants may be increased by cleo
tricity.
Paris is now in direct telephone
communication with Madrid, 1000
miles away.
Telephone service between England
and Switzerland has been established
over two routes.
The worlds first lighthouse for air
ships, built In Germany, sends q pow
erful beam of light in a vertical direc-
ton.
Two Paris department sores use
storage battery driven electric tricy-
Giles to deliver purchases to custom
ers.
Electrical illumination is used by
more than 100000 of total of about
$500, 900 households in the United
States.
An electric railway from Mexico
City to the summit of Popocatepetl.
1880 feet above sea level. is in con-
temptation
The worlds largest telephone ex-
change is at Hamburg. 1t now takes
care OF 10000 lines. but arrangements
are being made to double that mum
bar
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03

Reginald c. Vanderbilt at a lunch
con at Sandy Point farm said of a
well-known suffragist: "She accom-
plishes a good deal, but some of her
methods are not quite fair. Why. even
at home"
Mr. Vanderbilt smiled. "a man once
inquired of her husband: DO you give
your wife an allowance or does she
ask for money when she wants it?
Both was the simple answer"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03


"A little house we've got. on q
fower-bowered lot, in a hustling
breezy, busy little city; it's, big
enough for two, for our wants are
very few. there's only just myself and
little Kitty"
A simple little house like this is
very much like going back to first
principles, but it furnishes accommo-
lation for two just as well as a more
elaborate affair. We all have &C
quaintances, especially among our
older friends, who commenced life as
simply as this, and who are now en-
joying the accommodations resulting
from frugality and good management
If young couple form the habit of
paying rent, they are very likely to
pay rent as long as they live. We
often hear the remark that it is cheap
er to rent than to own our own prop
erty. There never was more foolish
or misleading statement. The man
who lives in a rented house seldom
gets ahead financially. This holds
good whether he is working on a sal
airy or is conducting business on his
own account 1t would de difficult to
say why, but it probably is because
in the majority of cases a renter fails
to give attention to the advancing
value of real estate.
l knew a man, clerk in a lubri-
eating oil mandatory, who rented a
new house on pleasant street about
twenty years ago. At first he paid
$50 per month, but in seven or eight
years time the rent was raised to
s25. He is still living in the same
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
HoWIers.

William H. Maxwell, superintendent
of New York's public schools, was
quoting ''howlers being the
technical name for queer errors in ex
animation papers.
THE new years best crop of howl
ers," he said, ARE these three:
"'Grace Darling was light house
keeper
"'There are five continents-a, e, i,
and u
ga centipede is a French measure
of length"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
Safeguarding His Health.

After spending the greater part of
the evening with friends, John de-
cided that home was the place for
him, and, arrived there, he elected to
sleep in the front yard. Next morn
ing, happening to look up, he saw
his wife observing him from an open
window. shut that window" he
yelled. do you want me to catch
my death of cold ?"-Eyerybody's Mag
aZine.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
INDICATES LEVEL OF WATER
Plan for Showing Depth of Water in
Tank on Roof Of Building-ls
Labor Saver.

This plan for saving steps and tell
ing the depth of the water in tank
on the roof of building is time
saver, says the Popular Electricity.
The lamps are wired as shown and
located in the engine room. Upon a
slate slab on the tank is a row of four
contacts and one long brass strip.
Over this moves a copper slider con-
trolled by guides and fastened by a
rod to ball float in the water AS
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03

our rent money ready promptly when
.he month comes around. You can
er bulbs without the permission Of
The landlord; you can make alter a.
ions in the house when it suits your
convenience; and if the house or
leighborhood is not TO your liking,
rou can rent it and borrow the money
o build another. and the rent from
ne old one will help pay for the new.
4 little house like this may be made
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
ELECTRIC HEAT IN GLOVES
Unique Idea for Comfort of Driver n
Acknowledgment Is Attached
to Batteries.

A unique idea for the electrical
heating OF the gloves worn by the
driver of an automobile is shown In
the illustration, says the Popular
Mechanic The heating units consist
OF insulated wire woven into the In
ner body OF each glove, and on the
inside of the thumb and one finger.
as shown in the drawing, are contact
points which, when closed over con-
tact plates on the steering wheel,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
Letting Him Down.

A local amateur didn't get very far
with his speech.
Mr.. Chairman" he began, Teri
-er-I-er@"
Well" said the chairman kindly,
ito err is human"
And then another speaker was cali
ed upon to fill the gap.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
Trains BY Electricity.

Apparently satisfied with the opera
ton of their trains by electricity be-
tween Stamford and New York, thirty
four miles, the directors of the New
Haven Railroad company have an
nounced that the system is TO be ex-
tended from Stamford to New Haven,
I distance of forty-cne miles.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
Historic Examine.

Procrustes had chopped off a sufi-
cient portion of tall guest to make
him fit the bed.
81 got the idea" he said, from
watching the makeup man on daily
paper crowd column and q quarter
of live matter into a space of col
umn."
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03

The use OF electricity has been very
successfully introduced into the manu-
facture of brass bedsteads for the
purpose OF heating the metal tusins
while the lacquer is being applied.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
Her Principal Reason.

Mrs. Homes-Fanny. Mrs. Bangs
threw saucepan at her husband be-
cause he sat on her new hat / never
could do a thing like that.
Mr.. Homes-Ah, no, Because you
love me SO dearly. Ell, pet,
Mrs. Homes-Ye-es. Besides, ]
haven't g new hat
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
Expects a Commission.

LADY, guess you're gettin' a good
thing out O. tending the rich Smith
boy, amt We. doctor?
Doctor-Well, yes; l got pretty
good fee. Why?
Lady-Well, l hope you won't for
get that my Willie threw the brick
that hit 'im.-Scribner's Magazine.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
RESIGNED to Fate.

mo" said Mr.. Dustin Stax, q shall
never interfere in politics"
But it is every mans duty to take
part in an election"
Yes. But nobody viii believe I'd
be satisfied TO take part instead of
grabbing the entire proposition"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03

about

81 have just been reading about
Montague"
What about him?''
HE said that whenever he saw a
good thing he always annexed it."
Well" declared the sardonic joke
smith, 'he certainly had the right idea
for running a humorous column"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
| THE
ELECTRICAL
| WORLD
ELECTRIC LAMP QUITE HANDY
Saves Much Wasted Light and Un.
necessary Strain on Eyes--Directs
Glow Where Needed.

The two chief claims made for the
new electric lamp patented by a Con-
necticut man are that it eliminates
waste of light and saves a great deal
OF eye strain by directing the light
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
A Boarding House Romance.

They say the way to mans heart
is through his stomach"
Il believe it, declared the land
lady. ''The typewriter boarder won
the shoe clerk boarder by letting him
eat all the dishes served her that
she didn't war
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
LONG Waits.

"a poet speaks about "A whole age
of lingering moments Do you sup
pose he was waiting to see his lady
fair?"
1T NAV have been something like
that, or bulldog may have had him
up tree when he thought of that
line"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
On a Vacation.

Inspector. that woman 1 said was
always listening on my party line
must have quit"
What makes you think soy
why, my wife has been listening
for three weeks and hasn't caught her
yet"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
In New York.

"They say his wife believes every
thing he tells her.
Sure. She'd believe it if he told
her there were people in Chicago who
didn't eat with their knives"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03

My husband has gained six pounds
since he began eating the breakfast
food you recommended"
'Merciful heavensi Why didn't you
let me know before? I've been eating
the stuff regularly myself for the past
two weeks"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03

81 wish to get a permit to dig up
the pavement on Main street" said
the president of the gas company.
why, we can't give you that. There
isn't any pavement in Main street"
Il know; but l want the permit so
that We can dig up the pavement as
soon as there is one.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
Electric Light Indicator.

moves up and down lighting the prop
er lamp to show the water level.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
A Best Seller.

THAT fellow was too slick for me.
Sold me lot that was two feet under
water. l went around to demand my
money back"
Get it?"
Get nothingi Then he sold me a
secondhand gasoline launch and {
copy of Venetian Life by w. D.
Howells'
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03
::I|1IlD Do For
sIl ]illl
r. r ST4 WMARADFORD. ..-,..,,,

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building. for the readers Of this
paper On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
10 William A. Radford, No. ITS West
Jackson boulevard. Chicago. Ill. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-05-03

serve to make a connection SO that
the current, flowing through an cleo
trio cord attached to the batteries.
passes into the gloves and heats them.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-08

court talking of the real question,
the high cost of living and decent
conditions in which to rear his
children.
George probably never heard
of either Dixon or Mckinley,
which is not the fault of those
two gentlemen. George was ar
rested on complaint of his wife.
She said he didn't bring home
enough money to care for her and
their four children in their home
at 616 w. 18th street. She
thought he was drinking.
In court this morning George
unconsciously made a better cam
paign statement than the gentle
men over on the lake front ever
inspired.
q don't drink" he said. "How
can I without money? 1 am
dock laborer, and food is so high,
rent IS so high, clothes are so
high, everything is SO high but
wages wages are so low. Ends
won't meet"
There was much more to
Georges story, but the above was
the part that counted. He was
discharged.
Neither Mckinley or Dixon
know of this case. 1t wouldn't
make any difference if they did.
The high cost of living and the
tariff would be subordinated to a
lot of constitutional twaddle in
their statements anyhow.
The steam roller ground its
merry way over Roosevelt con
testing delegates, and in every
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-08

lions, Which were assembled &C
cording to jarty practice.
A report that aroused the
Roosevelt delegates was that
Taft men would contest in Cali
fornia in the fourth district The
committee law declares that dele :.
gates must be elected by districts
and at large. Under the Califor-
MIA primary law all delegates
were elected at large.
If they are successful here,
Delegates from South Dakota
and Oregon, pledged to Roose-
welt, also will be thrown out.
State Senator William Finn Of
Pittsburg, who, according to
Manager Mckinley, thrives on
trouble, denied he was here to
"start something" and overawe
the national committee into vot-
ing for the Roosevelt contestants.
Its a damn liep said Finn,
convinclngly, shatter1ng reports
that the entire police force and all
the state militia would be order
ed out to guard the Coliseum.
The police will continue to obey
and act directly under Andy Law
renee, throwing out contesting
newsboys.
Another sensational rumor was
that the Roosevelt forces knew
they would be beaten by the ma
tional committee, and had plan
ned to bolt and hold a separate
convention, fighting in the courts
for the use of the regular party
name in the campaign. Senator
Dixon laughed at the report, but