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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
ELECTRICAL
@NOTES@5l

A Missourian has patented 'o'''!
system for conveying electro Po">
to aeroplanes. -,
An electric flashlight has o''"
mounted In n policeman's cIuU y
Seattle inventor. =,
The extreme northeastern corner :,
Siberia will soon be In wireless ''''
with Vladivostok. 80
The city council OF Chicago has ~
Gently passed an ordinance TO pr'''"
damage by electrolysis. am
One California electric compaha ' ~,
plies light and power TO terrl'o! -.
miles long and from IS to ~ "'
wide.
A hook Is provided on ne" va 50
able electric desk lamp so II ma! 80
hung on a bed or other furnit"''
n reading light. .,e
Electric food and water heaters -,
said to increase hens egg layins io~
ers and to prevent poultry dlsc"''
due to cold food. n
Motormen OF the traction sys''"
the English city OF Birmingham ia
given cash bonuses when they wv
accidents due to negligence. -.
Only filtered air Is permitted " cor
ter Great German electric pa
plant, elaborate cloth screens quo"
Ing the machinery from dust .rc
Vienna streets on which eic .arl.
cars run are cleared Of snow o! 20,
ing piows that resemble Ame,d
road scrapers behind 2low equ'p'
cars. Ia
Should an electric lamp In yes. ,,,o
signal light go out new device , a
matically switches on an aa ycs.
lamp and signals tho fact TO 'ne
sells bridge or captains cabin
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
DUTY OF ELECTRIC sepv,s.
Magazine Writer Tells How =
Sweeps. Poiishes, Irons ans n.w
Many Other Stunt.

Electricity AZ q household s.r..
treated briefly by writer /, sub
Electric City Magazine as follow. w
II will sweep and dust Garnet.
floors. upholstery. drapings and o, 70
ing with the vacuum cleaaer
II will polish the silver and !
work with a little bufilns motor
II will wash and wiring the c,o,,
with an electric washing machine
IL will dry the clothes indoor.
idly with the breeze from an clso.
fan. us
II will iron the clothes quickly
nomically and well with an .lso,'
iron. VIZ
II will beat eggs. grind ,ors. .
meat or turn the Ice cream tras,s.
or sharpen the knives with a peps.'
ability motor.
II will keep any part of the b,o,,
cool In summer with an electric fan
II will make toast or griddl. c,,..
on the table or boil the tea kettle !.
coffee percolator.
II will run the sewing machine win
out effort.
II will dry the hair after a stamina
or curl IL, and provides a massage ~
means OF the electric fan. curling in,
and vibrator.
II heats the baby's bottlr aud hs
shaving cup. II warns the bed ana
ocers a substitute for the hot va,s,
bag that never leaks nor grows cold
The electric servant dos ,he.s
things and a few dozen other. wi,hoy,
fuss or bubble. and 1t never quits ZAP
demands more pay.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
LANDLORD KNEW HER WANTS
Saved Lady Tenant Much Trouble by
Anticipating Her Little Talk
for Needed Repairs.

Il have called to collect the rent"
said the landlord.
YES" replied the lady Of the house.
come In Now. before give you the
money this month L"
Just q minute. madam" said the
landlord. IL can save your time for
you. know the parlor isn't at for o
pig to live In. the dining room wall
paper Is a shock to people OF refine
ment. the kitchen walls are disgrace.
and the back porch Is a menace to life
and limb. I'm also aware that you
won't stay here another month unless
the barber shop wall paper In the back
bedroom is changed to something In
a delicate qink, and I'm next to the
fact that you are ashamed to have peo-
pie look at such gas fixtures as have
provided. This spring I'm going to
paint the front and back porches and
let II go at that"
Thank you very much" said the
lady meekly. You have saved me a
lot OF trouble That is all we really
expected to have done. but was
afraid that I should have to make the
same old blum to get that much out OF
you"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
SECURE POWER FROM TIDES
Prussian Government to Aid Company
Just Organized at Hamburg
Works viii Be at Husum.

A company has been formed In Ham,
burg for the utilization on large
scale OF the power OF the tides. ac-
cording to n Berlin correspondent OF
the New York Sun.
The initiator Is Hamburg engineer,
Herr Emil Pein. who has devoted Is
years to experiment and has now sue.
ceeded in gaining the cooperation OF
the Prussian government. The cleo
tricity generated. II is estimated. will
supply nearly the whole OF Schleswig.
Holstein north OF the Kiel canal with
light and power.
The works will he at Husum, on the
coast of Schleswig. Opposite Husum,
at distance OF a couple OF kilometers,
lies the North Tristan island OF Nord.
strand
Two roughly constructed parallel
dams will connect the Nordstrand with
the mainland and the large area thus
inclosed will form the tidal reservoir.
The reservoir vii be divided into three
basins. In the middle OF the south
dam will rise large power house.
The machinism adopted allows the
generation OF power all day and night.
The variations in the tidal force at
different hours will be compensated
for by the use Of accumulators. A cur.
rent of $4,000 volts will be distributed
to all places within so or 100 kilome-
tiers and transformed locally to 800
volts.
The estimated cost OF generating
the electricity will only be about two
cents a horse power an hour.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
ONE OBJECTION IN RESERVE
Husband Was Willing to coneede
Everything to Wife's Wishes
With Exception Of Baseball.

$50 you have given up smolking?"
Yes"
TOO costly. or did you have reason
TO believe II was bad for your
nerves."
NO. quit because my wife ordered
me To do so"
did you shave OF your mustache
because your wife ordered you to do
;so?"
You've guessed IL the first time"
Il suppose you would part your hair
in the middle IL your wife told you
that was where she wanted II parted
Certainly"
Il hear that you have quit sending
money TO your mother because your
wife objected"
Yes. tried to do II secretly, but
she found IL out"
Il should think you'd spunk up and
assert your manhood"
Just you wait. Some day my wife
will order me to quit going to ball
games. and then she'll find out where
she gets of"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Adjustable Light.

In the second place. the arm may be
tilted in any direction or pushed far
Their in or drawn farther out OF the
base. In the third place. the lamp Is
movable on the upper end OF the arm.
With these three points of adjustable
ity il Is easy 10 understand how the
apparatus may BE- turned TO throw
light upon any point and from any
angle. Or the whole contrivance may
be removed from the desk II room Is
needed.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
SSHe@
ELECTRICAL,
@WORLD&
LIGHT IS EASILY ADJUSTED
Simplest Of Many Devices by which
Electric Globes May BE Turned
to Any Angle Desired.

One OF the simplest OF the several
devices by which electric globes may
be turned to any angle desired Ia that
invented by an Ohio man. The secret
lies In a small semicircular arm. This
arm is slidably mounted at one end In
a movable base At the other end 1t
is similarly mounted In the lamp
socket. In the first place the base
may be moved about to any part OF
the desk or table on which II stands.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
REDUCING NOISE OF WIRES
Method OF Preventing Grooming and
Nearing Is Deseribed-StiH
Spring Is Important.

OBy u. II. MOCK. In the Sci,u'E Amen.
CAM
A wire, especially one with l0ng
span. is sometimes IA noisy PROPOSE
ton when II Is attached 10 the clap
boards OF house. Every lime the
wind blows little harder than usual
there is such n moaning and groaHing
that sleeps well-nigh imposs bic The
wire seems to make a noise on the
principle OF the old.fashioned squavk
er boys used to make out OF tin can
with stout thread fastened 10 the
bottom OF II. Pulling the thread would
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
No Wife for Him.

What do l want with wife?"
snorted Bachelor Bockwedder. on
reading an old maids reasons for not
wanting a husband. Il have a game
rooster that is vain about his fine
feathers. a goat that chews the rag.
an areoplane that gets me up in the
air. and an automobile that keeps me
all the time broke!"-Judge.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
LIGHTING ROWS or SHELVES
Good Plan Is to Fasten Steel Messen.
ger Wires Through Turnbuckies,
Fastened to Ceiling.

The illumination OF aisles between
rows of shelving is usually obtained
by hanging number of lamps along
their length, with the result that they
are in the way and are quite frequent.
ly left on or among the contents of
the shelves. A better way is shown In
the sketch. says the Popular Elec-
tricity. Steel messenger wires were
fastened through turnbuckles to hooks
screwed into pieces OF two by four.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Comparatively Easy

AN aviator is building a machine to
fly across the Atlantic"
That has already been done"
You mean to tell me that men have
already flown across the Atlantic?"
NO merely that men have already
built machines to do It."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Uncomfortable Distrust.

Daily exercise will add ten years
to your life." said the solicitous friend.
"Humph!" replied the suspicious
person: Il suppose you are still work.
ing in the interests OF the company
In which you persuaded me to insure
my life"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
A Year or Two Later.

The Stranger-They tell me the
famous baseball player who won the
automobile lives In this town.
The Native-Yep. that's Hank over
there with tn trunk on his shoulder.
He runs tn hack between tn hotel
an tn deepo He traded tn auto
mobile fer II.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Mean.

who's sick at your house?" she
asked.
mo one" she replied.
But saw swell automobile
standing out in front yesterday"
YES. we own II. That makes some
body sick at your house now, doesn't
it,"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Gradual Spread Of knowledge.
is this the information editor?"

''ls this the information editor?"
yes"
viii you please tell me why
straw votes are SO called?"
Because straws show which way
the wind blows"
Then I've lost pound Of choco-
late creams. had an idea that It
was because they packed them In
bales and sold them"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Very Disaqrceabie.

Summer Belle-There go two of the
most disagreeable men I've met this
season.
Friend-Are they? Why?
Summer Belle--One OF them stares
me out OF countenance and the other
won't look at me at all.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Shelf Light.

spiked to the ceiling beams. One light
was hung about the center of the
length or the aisles with enough rein.
forced drop cord to reach to any part
Of the shelving. The lamp cord WINS
securely fastened to a No. So knob
strung on the messenger wire ma
shown. and a spring was also placed
in the position illustrated to take nm
any Earring that might be transmitted
to the tungsten lamp which was an.
closed In a strong guard.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Nothing Unusual.

F1immer-I read in the paper that a
Cleveland brakeman has three wives
F1amson-Well. what of Il?
FIimmer-Three wives. man: think
OF IL.
F1amson-But you must remember
that coupling is his regular business
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
AZ the BARRIERS.

Your hair is rather thin"
your nose 10 mighty red"
Err mean you ought to use some.
thing for your hair"
And you ought to use something
for your breath"
"Er-nlce day-er-"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Saw u.

Saw u.
Did you see my painting at the ex-
.hibition?"
Il did. II was the only picture I
examined with care"
Splendid! Why was that?"
Because nobody else was looking
at It,"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
A Thrashinq Follows.

A Thrashing Follows.
"Bilfur says he wants his boy to
have plenty OF red blood"
What does he do when his boys
red blood leads him to smash a win
dow"
"Oh, in a case like that Bilfur de.
velops a little red blood himself"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
The Scared One.

Aunt---Last night before retiring I
looked under the bed as usual, and
really found man there.
Mece--I suppose you screamed fss
help?
Aunt--No: he diA
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
She Was Anticipatino.

when he proposed to her she
knocked him down."
Gracious! What did he say to
thatf"
HE yelled: Hold on! Hold on!
We amt married yeti"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Help Some.

Help Some.
After ALL" remarked Mr.. Growch-
er, "the trusts are of great benefit to
the public"
an what way?"
"They give people with family
troubles something to talk about"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Yes, indeed.

Yes, Indeed.
'Tt is said that Lord Byron had con-
yulsions when he heard that the first
girl he ever loved was married to
another man."
"How proud she must have been
during the rest OF her life"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13

Use Of Electricity In Mines.
Electricity was first used In mine
in 1879 when a coll!ery at Earnock
Scotland. was lighted with electric
lamps. "a
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13

Daisy--Is she SO economical?
Maisie-Well. she's saving her wed.
ding dress for a possible second mar
rage.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
In CHICAGO.

Mrs. Dearborn--Who Ia the gentle
man over In the corner. frowning at
you. dear?
Mrs. Wabash (thrice married) --Oh,
that's next . my last husband.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13

Must Be Black.
She wants q black dog. don't
think this dog will be black enough"
why must she have such black
.dog?"
"She's in mourning for her father
fn-law. Didn't you know?"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13
Style Note.

why do your oxen have binders?
There are no autos or railroads
around here"
Eyes. / know. but there are sIn.
mer boarderel"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13

Eleven dozen OF eggs per year is .
fair average for hens and pullets kept
In large focks.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13

Breed nOrSes 10 some ueunlte pur-
pose That is. go in for drafters.
coachers or saddlers. A finished ami
NAL OF either OF these breeds will al
ways bring more than a mixture Of
all.
Let the colts have all the grain and
bright hay they will eat up clean.
Keep them going during the first win
ter as that Is the time when the foun-
dalton for future strength and growth
IL laid.
II your teams are to be used much
In handling heavy loads where back.
ing is necessary, use a harness with
very wide and heavy breeching. II
will add TO the horses confidence and
his backing power.
II is reported that investigators of
the California experiment station ut
Berkeley, have discovered that cotton
growing in he Imperial valley Is a
success. The plant IL said TO yield
more than II does In It's native home
in the south.
The secrets for egg production con.
sist In good supply Of grit. good
health. plenty OF exercise. pure food.
green food, fresh water. cut clover
hay and green cut bone. freedom
from lice. regularity In feeding. cool
houses In summer and warm ones In
winter. and breeding only from the
best laying stock
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-11

smgl eGs:ESs yn0 wan. Ylnere
may be some good bouts between here
and there. / wonder what Gioconda,
would say II she knew why l was 20
eager for this .game?"
He went down to dinner. and. they.
gave him table In an obscure corner,
as subtle reminder that his style was
passe. He didn't care; he was hungry
and thirsty. He could see nearly every
one, even If only a few could see him.
This was somewhat to his vantage. He
endeavored to pick out Percival Alger-
non; but there were too many high
collars, too many monocles. So he
contented himself with a mild philo-
sophical observance of the scene. The
murmur Of voices, rising as the wall
of the violins sank, sinking as the
wall rose; the tinkle of glass and
china, the silver and linen, the pretty
women in their rustling gowns, the
delicate perfumes, the fash of An
arm, the CLINT of a polished shoulder;
this was the essence of life he coveted.
He smiled at the thought and the sure
knowledge that he was not the only
wolf in the fold. Ay, and who among
these dainty Red Riding Hoods might
be fooled by a vulpine grandmother?
Truth, when fellow winnowed 1t all
down to a handful, there were only
fools and rogues. If one was a fool,
the rogue got you, and he in turn de-
voured himself.
He held his glass toward the table
lamp, moved it slowly to and fro un-
der his nose, epicureanly; then he
slipped the wine. Something like! It
ran across his tongue and down his
throat in tingling fire, nectarious; and
he went half way to Olympus, to the
feet of the gods. For weeks he had
lived in the vilest haunts, in desperate
straits, his life in his open hands; and
now once more he had crawled from
the depths to the outer crust Of the
world. It did not matter that he was
destined to so down into the depths
again; so long as the spark burned
he was going to crawl back each time.
Damnable luck! He could have lived
like prince. Twenty-four hundred,
and all in two nights, steady stream
Of gold into the pockets of men whom
he could have cheated with consum-
mate ease, and didn't. A fine wolf,
whose predatory instincts were still
riveted to that obsolete thing called
conscience!
conscience? Rot! Let us for
once be frank and write it down as
caution, as fear Of publicity, anything
but the white guardian-angel of the
Immortality Of the soul. Heap up the
gold, Apollyon; heap it up, higher and
higher, till not squeak of that still
small voice that once awoke the chap
in the Old Testament can ever again
be heard. Now, no more retrospection,
Horace; no more analysis; the vital
question SINNERS down to this: II
Percival Algernon balks. how far win
tour sovereigns go?"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-11

sitaa,sA. xv1As ulcw up a trousers
leg, disclosing battered shin. And
there's another on my shoulderblade.
the closest cali ever had. A man
who takes his life in his hands, as
have dome, merits some reward. Mr..
Jones, I'll be frank with you. am q.
kind Of derelict. Since I was boy,
have hated the humdrum Of Offices,
Of shops. I wanted to be my own man,
to go and come as / pleased. 70 do
this and live meant preearious ex-
ploits. This rug represents one Of
them. l am telling you the family
secret; i am showing you the skele-
ton in the closet, conidentiaIly. L
stole that rug; and when say that
the seven labors of our old friend
Hercules were simple diversions COM
pared, you'll recognize the difficulties
had to overcome. You know some
thing of the Oriental mind. 1 hand
led the job alone. may not be out
of the jungle yet"
George listened entranced. He could
readily construct the scenes through
which this adventurer had gone; the
watchful nights, the untiring patience,
the thirst, the hunger, the heat. And
yet, he could hardly believe. He was
| trife skeptical. Many rogue had
made the mistake of playing Georges
age against his experience. He had
made some serious blunders in the
early stages Of the business. how
ever; and everybody, to gain some
thing in the end, must lose something.
at the start.
! IF that rug is the one 7 have in
mind, you certainly have stolen it.
And If it's copy, I'll tell you quickly
enough"
That's fair. And that's why"
Ryanne declared, ri wanted you to.
look at it. To me, considering what
have gone through to get it, to me II
is the genuine carpet. To your expert
eye it may be only fine copy. know
! this much, that rare rugs and paint
ings have many copies, and that some
one Is being hooked, sold, bamboozled,
sandbagged, every day in the week. If
this is the real article, l want you to
take it off my hands," the adventurer
! finished pleasantly.
There will be hue and cry"
mo doubt of it."
"And the DEVILS own job to get II
out of Egypt" These were set phrases
of the expert, preliminaries to bar
gaining. Zone might as well carry
round stolen elephant"
| "But a man who is as familiar with
the game as you are would have little
difficulty. Your integrity is an estab
: lished fact, on both sides of the water
You could take it to New York as 8
copy, and no appraiser would know
the difference. It's worth the attempt
I'd take it to New York myself, but
you see, am fiat broke. Come; what
do you or / care about a son-of-a-gu1
of Turk?" drolly.
| What do you want for 1t, suppos
! ing it's genuine?" Georges throat was
| dry and his voice harsh. His con.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-11

ua.e: sCGSsICu uur1ng periods of lone
Illness, when the sound Of his own
voice had succeeded in steadying his
tottering mind.
What woman. what a wife, she
would have been to the right mani
Odd thing, man can do almost any.
thing but direct his affections; they
must be drawn. She was not for him;
nay, not even on desert isle. Doubt.
less he was fool. In time she would
have made him a rich man. Alack!
1t was always the one We pursued
that we loved and never the one that
pursued us.
I'm afraid Of her; and there you
are. There isn't man living who
has gone back of that Mona Lisa smile
Of hers. If she was the last woman
and I was the last man, don't say"
He hunted for cigarette, but failed
to find one. almost at the bottom,
boy; the winter of our discomfort, and
no sun Of York to make it glorious.
Twenty-four hundred at cards, and to
lose it ike tyro! Wallace has taught
me all he knows, but I'm a BOBBY.
Twenty-four hundred, firms money.
It's failing of mine, the firms money.
But, damn it all, can't cheat a man
at cards; I'd rather cut his throat"
He found his pipe, and a careful
search of the corners of his coat-pock.
cts revealed a meager pipeful of to-
bacco. He picked out the little balls
Of wool. the ground-coffee, the cloves.
and pushed the charge home into the
crusted bowl Of his briar.
ITO the devil with economy! A
pint Of burgundy and a perfecto If
they hale us to Jail for it. I'm dead
tired. I've seen three corners in hell
In the past two months. I'm going as
far as four sovereigns will take me.
Fortune Chedsoye" His blue
eyes became less hard and his mouth
less defiant. II repeat, the heart
should be nothing but pump. 9th
erwise it gets in the way, becomes an
obstruction, a bottomless pit. Will
power, that's. the ticket. can face a
lion without an extra beat, can face
the various countenances of death
without an additional futter; and yet,