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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-29

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ABOUT ENGINEERS
Strike Area AL East of Chicago and North of Virgil
Number Of, engine drivers. :. .~.............
Average daily pay, 1905. ...........,...........
Average daily pay, 1906 ................
Average daily pay, 1900 ..4.....-. .......
Total pay, 1910. ............,.. $50;
Average operating revenue per train mile.
Average operating expenses per train mile. &c.,
Total capital ..,.... 80. S. 041S
Total funded debt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $37151
Total dividends and interest 1910. ........ $780,
Total operating revenue ...............n. ST 140t
Total operating expense ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SOL
Statistics for All United States.
Average daily pay, 1910 ...,.........a
sewerage daily pay, 1905. ............,...........
Average daily pay, 1900. .....
Operating revenue per train mile, 1910. .........
Operating revenue per train mile, 1905. .........
Operating revenue per train mile, 1900. .........
separating expenses per train. mile 1910. ......a
Operating expenses per train mile, 1905. ........
Operating expenses per train mile 1900. ........
West of Missouri River
Average daily pay, 1910. ..,..........,.
Operating revenue per train mile, 1910. ........
$50 + - - = = = = = = = y =
ZION CITY is STILL ON erseer Wilbur Glenn Vol
THE WAR PATH not remember additions
Waukegan, Ill. April o. beginning with ID" ex
Zion City, seething over the that would look of
ti-tobacco war, and plastered khoy city.
with signboard ordinances maxi If there had been no
ing wrong for the citizens to declared there won
do anything but breathe and be- have been the new sign
1lcs-o 1sa1r G.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
OFFICIAL UNIFORM OF BEAUTY
Potentate Of Microscopic South
American State Wished TO Make
Impression on People.

For the seventeenth time In three
years the microscopic South Ameri'
can state had undergone "A change oil
administration, and the new ~potentate,
President Casper the three hundred
and second, had summoned an artist,
and was ordering new designs for all
the official uniforms.
Il want something striking, he de
clared-"something SNOWY, even. My
people are impressed by such things
I have here some sketches made my
self. Look them over. and DO guild
ed by these ideas as far rs possible.
The artist examined them carefully.
They were gorgeous affairs. Green
coats We'd with crimson vests in bril-
liancy. or~ange-colored trousers with
scarves OF Cambridge blue. All the
colors Of the rainbow were there.
All" he said. turning the pages,
This is evidently for the navy, this
for the army. this for the this-what
is this for, with the long plume on the
three-cornered hat. the bright yellow
dress. trimmed with purple, and"
That" explained the president
brayely. lis for the secret police'"-
London Answers.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
FANS CIRCULATE WARM AIR
Householder Raises Temperature Of
Room Twenty-Five Degrees In
Short Space of Time.

In very cold weather Il is often the
case that the radiators are warm, yet
not hot enough 10 start and maintain
a circulation of ar. The result is hat
the air in n room remains stagnant
and does not reach the radiator to be
warmed.
BY directing against the radiator q
current of air from an ordinary small
electric fan placed on the floor, all
the cold air in the room will become
heated by contact with the radiating
sur>ace In a few minutes.
One householder reports that he
raised the temperature OF a room rs
degrees In half an hour by this simple
method and without expanding q
greater amount of energy for heating.
simply making the radiator more e.
ficient BY directing a constant stream
OF air against II.
The use OF electric fans 10 keep
frost from forming on show windows
OF stores is a well-known and very
practical winter application.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
Jamaica has two cable stations and

Jamaica has two cable stations and
n wireless tower.
There are 16 cables across the
North Atlantic ocean.
II is now possible to send wireless
messages around the world.
German telephone lines are owned
and operated by the government.
A German engineer claims he can
transmit electrical power by wire
less.
One of the fans in a new ozonizer
is used as an electrode. reducing the
number OF parts.
Electrically driven drills have been
invented for surgical operations on
the human skull.
New York has more than 1900 cleo.
trio trucks and nearly 500 electric
pleasure vehicles.
A system of electric signaling for
mines, operated by a hand generator,
has been invented.
A motor operated capstan and a
spring buffer coupling for trailers
feature an army automobile truck re-
Gently built In Paris.
To promote the mutual interests OF
wireless telegraph operators and their
employers an international operators
union has been organized.
For making paper stencils an Ohio
man has invented a machine In which
an electric mytor drives a tiny drill al
shA .~I - N Aawfhla t,.ha
So concentrated 10 the heat in an
electric range that a new kitchen cabi
net contains both a refrigerator and a
range but a few inches apert
Chemically pure iron. produced by
electrolysis In Germany. when heated
compares with aluminium in hardness
but can be hardened by cold rolling.
II has been discovered that the cleo
trical resistance of selenium changes
with moisture and the metal has been
incorporated In a new hygrometer.
Fitting his machine with a six
horse power motor and an aeroplane
propeller. q French motorcyclist has
made speeds up to nifty miles an
hour.
Two musical tones. received through
o telephone though sent by the usual
key. are being used TO replace the dot
and dash In telegraphy In IN experi.
mental way in England.
The city Of Munich has q museum
In which the development of illumina-
ton from the pin splinter Of centuries
ago to the most modern electrical de-
vices may be studied and compared.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
WAGES No Object.

Cant YOU get any work." asked =
woman of the tramp who had applied
at the back door for food.
Yes. ma'am," he retorted. Il was
offered a steady jub by the man who
lives down the road IN that biz white
house"
That's Mr., Oatseed. What was me
work."
He wanted me 10 get up at four IN
the morning. milk II COWS. feed, va
ter and rub down four horses. clean
the stables, and then chop wood until
IT was time TO begin the days work.
What did he want to pay"
i dunno. ma'am. I didn't stop 10
ask.'-fouth's Companion.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
Mufned Knocks.

"Verena. bring Uncle Elijah another
napkin; he has tucked that n under
his chin"
Il was only joking when | SAID sou
had been calling on the manicurr Mr.
Plimmins: / can see that you have
MT
It's awfully good OF you to stay so
long this evening. Mr.. Spoouor sr,
fering as you must be from those '.rh,
shoes"
How much trouble IL is to look
after boys! | don't wonder, Mrs
Chucksley, that YOU seldom have
time to wash Bobby's face"
Clarence, dear. are you star,.r, a
beard. or have you merely forgotten
TO shave?"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
c

The friend took the visiting Boston
ian to the ball game. The Bostonian
didn't care for the game, but the local
man had nothing else to show him.
There. see" said the native: the
pitcher has just thrown a curved ball,
Did you notice it?"
Il noticed IL" replied the Bostonian
"But | wouldn't call II curved. !
would call 1t s%inusoidal."
Whereupon the native ceased 10 Of
fer further information and they left
the grounds At the end OF the sixth
inning, the home team being hope
lessly in the minority - leyeland
Plain Dealer.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11

A New York farmer visited Il dDa.
be treated for an liberated tooth The
dentist advised taking gas as il would
only make a difference of 90 cents and
spare much pain. IT the same time
showing his machine and eXplainins
It's workings-how ne would fall
asleep for n minute or two and then
would awake with tooth and pam
gone. At last the patient consented
and took out his wallet. Never
mind paying now" said the dentist
II wasn't thinking OF paying" respond
ed the patient. but | thought II was
going TO sleep I'd like to count my
money first"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
a Real phiIanthropist.

A North side lumber dealer con
tracted TO supply a lot OF lumber TO a
stranger. On looking It over he found
II full OF knotholes and told his Gus
toner about II frankly.
You may not var this lumber
he said.
why not?"
Il want to be honest with you. It's
full OF k%notholes."
The stranger only laughed.
I'll take It." he declared. This
lumber Is to go around some baseball
grounds. Knotholes won't hurt mat.
ters any. was n kid myself once
-Pittsburg Post.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
WIRELESS FROM A BICYCLE
Interesting Experiments Conducted
by Young Massachusetts, Inventor
Makeup Of Apparatus.

While others have been experiment.
ing with wireless telegraph appara-
tus adapted for use on aeroplanes and
automobiles. Mr.. /. Woln. n young in
ventor living In Cambridge. Mass,
has been e~ndeavoring To develop n
system that a be used successfully
on a bicycle. He has succeeded In
maintaining communication between
his own wheel and that or an assocl'
ate three and ~one-quarter miles away.
This communication was obtained
without a ground. for the rubber
tires insulated the apparatus com
pletely from the earth. For an aerial,
he uses three double spreads OF phos-
phor bronze wire. each 1875 feet long,
joined in one loop at the top OF a ten
foot mast. which Is tied TO the back
Of the bicycle. The sending apparatus
comprises an induction coil giving a
three-inch spark, n series OF Leyden
Jar copdensers connected In multiple,
a battery secured under the instru-
ment board. and a sending key. The
receiving set comprises a tuning coil
OF variable i~nductance. a silicon de
tector, and n receiver wound 10 1900
ohms resistance. For the aerial, q
three-wire single spread OF phosphor
bronze is used. Experiments with
this apparatus were indicted at night
In order 10 avoid too much publicity.
The greatest distance was obtained at
the hour OF . a. m. The assistant
with the sending instrument rode
ahead. sending messages as he went.
while the receiver managed TO keep
in constant touch with him.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
TEXT TAKEN TOO LITERuIv
Little Julia Was Deeply impress.
Sunday School Lesson on g.. %
tanning Angelo.

BE not forgetful 10 rr,.
strangers: for thereby some b,, "o
tertained angels unaware" u
The foregoing quotation is
chapter Kill, verse 2. Book q, ia
brews. and Il is introduced s,i.I, ~
II constitutes a vital par d, az
story. Julia is ten years old ana
goes TO Sunday school II apr..
that on n recent occasion tho Sr,a
school teacher had c~onsidcrabr.
say about this matter OF "cn,or,ai,
ing angels unawares." AnyY,,
made n deep impression with .Inr,,
A few days after the lesson IrI..
mother left her In charge of N. hon..
for n few hours. When the mo,b,,
returned she went To n particular c,,
In the cupboard to extract thcr,,r,.pS
one-half dollar. In this cup Is g..,
the family pin money. and Iuj.,,s
mother knew that she had put e,ty
cents there before she had goru o,,
hut the half dollar was gone. yh.,.
was an expression Of anxiety ON In,
las face and mother scented NH.
chief.
did you take that money" asked
the mother. somewhat severely.
Julia broke into tears, II gavr =, 70
a mar that came to tHe back door
sobbed the little girl.
Gave Il to a mani" exclaimed ma
mother. What for"
Il thought he might be God" rrar.
fully replied Julia.-Kansas City S'ar
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
Useful Electrical Tow.

An electrical engineer OF Paris
gave his little daughter a toy which
performs an actual service as we'll as
being q source OF amusement to her
says an English exchange. II con.
sists of q miniature electric train,
which carries dishes along the pas.
sage from the kitchen to the dining
room. BY tor ching a button on a cir
cular ivory Indicator messages are
electrically transmitted to the kitch
en- for such articles n bread. knives
forks. water, napkins, etc. The cook
places them on the al and the train
n started for the dining room. The
outat cost about $500. and the train
win easily carry n load Of 20 pounds.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
New Electric Fan.

mates both risks. HIS fan Is substan-
TALLY the same as others. but around
the blades Is a circular piece OF metal
that acts as a shield and guards the
flying propellers. Being open at top
and bottom, the air escapes in these
directions, and has the effect OF cool
ing the temperature OF the ioom the
apparatus is in without directing Cts
full force against the ~overheated skin
OF some one.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
He Had an EXPLANATION.

A committee had the state senator
on the carpet.
Didn't you promise II we elected
you TO get our country good roads,"
why. certainly, gentlemen"
Did you do it,"
No. You see airships are getting
very common now, I thought we'd bet
ter wait a few years. Maybe We won't
need any roads at all then. Fine
Weather for corn: isn't it?"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
A Definition.

Wiiie-Pa. Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Smith
and Mr.. Robinson ara always talking
about the III. p" of their autos. What
does that mean?
Pain Mr.. Jones' casa Il means
high priced" In Mr.. Smiths hit poo
pie." and In Mr.. R~obinson's, half pale
fCf."-Satire.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
TELEPHONE AND LAMP STAND
Unique Feature Is That the Transmit
ter Is Located in the Top
of the Shade.

me desk telephone and lamp
standard in one is shown in the &C.
companying illustration. The unique
feature lies in the fact that the trans
mitter is located in the top OF the
shade. the shade also serving to gath.
er up the sound OF the voice and con-
centrate II upon the transmitter. The
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
ELECTRIC FANS IN A STABLE
Barns Of Large Chicago Concern Made
Paradise for Horses During Sum-
mer by Stirring Air.

The stables IN the fine modern barn
OF a large concern in Chicago have
been made a paradise for horses dur
ing the warA summer months by the
installation OF electric fans. Oscillat-
ing fans are mounted on the wall at
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
Nautical Distinctions.

How do you tell the difference be
tween a yacht and n sailboat?" said
the girl with the inquiring mind.
by lookin' into the pantry" replied
Capt. elect. IF she carries plenty OF
refreshments and seegars. she's a.
yacht. II It's mostly plain victuals
she's q sailboat."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
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NEW ELECTRIC FAN UNIQUE
Eliminates Danger Of Contracting Cold
and OF Cutting Fingers on
Revolving Blades.

Only two objections have been
raised TO portable electric fans. and
neither OF these Is serious. One Is
that there Is danger of cutting the fin
gers on the revolving blades In a mo-
ment of carelessness. and the other is
that the direct draft from these fans
sometimes brings IN n cold. Either
a easily be avoided, but a Louisiana
man has invented n fan which elimi.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
Electric Fans More Reliable.

Although Il costs but six cents a
day in India for men TO wave fans TO
keep the air circulating ia houses
they are gradually being replaced b.
electric cans as cheaper and more re
liable.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
A Glorious Time.

How do you like your new job7"
Great! I'm working In an antique
furniture factory"
What do you do?"
Just what I've wanted to do All nv
life. Kick the new tables, put INV
feet on them. spill hot coffee and burn
them with cigars and matches. nut
each table through 100 years OF wear
In eight hourx."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11

idea has been patented, says the
Popular Mechanics. The shade would
have to be tilted rather close to the
face to make transmission OF the
voice at all clear. and this would
throw the direct glare of the light on
the person using the instrument.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11

I Q you devote n great deal OF
time explaining the exact operations
OF free trade and protection"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum: Il
have explained Il 90 much that I hoa'
estly believe ] Am beginning - undsr
stand Il mysop"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11

Two Italian chemists have perfect
Cd q process for depositing metals Of
any character permanently upon al
most any insoluble surface by cleo
tricity. sine. lead and tin being used
- easily - silver. nickel or coppsr.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11

Mrs. Uptown-We're living In n
much better neighborhood now.
Mrs. Downtown-So are we.
Mrs. Uptown-Have you moved.
too?
Mrs. Downtown-No; we're stu liy.
ing on the street you moved away
from.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11
Caponizing is profitable.

AZ sbh AAHNN u W. vi Nbh ~
ers? Sell them for frys.
It's a mighty easy matter 10 over
crowd the chick coops now.
II may be wise to protect the colts
from the flies during the day.
You cannot fatten your cattle while
ticks are sucking their blood.
Hill culture produces earlier straw.
berries than matted row culture.
Unless a mar has a great love for
a horse he should not handle colts.
\ sheep or calf staked in the
front yard is a splendid lawn mower.
Warm skim milk for feeding pur-
poses o o pays the cost OF 4 farm
separator.
Most OF the fly dopes are fairly good
but for results they have 20 be ap-
piled every day.
sheep have just as important a
place upon the average farm as any
other live stock
Drink is all right for the hogs, but
they need some grain and vegetables
To 90 with their milk
There is plenty OF farm talk in the
air. bur Il is farm work that counts
in the bank balance.
a good plan Is TO make the lots
long and narrow and SOW them to pas.
ture. blowing up alternately.
Remember. chick coops are very
apt 10 become foul and unhealthy
while the weather is so sultry.
II will only take about half as much
grain and other ieed TO raise a litter
OF pigs If they be given pasture.
There is nothing about green fodder
that would have a depressing influ-
ence upon the milk flow OF the COW.
There are about a dozen different
breeds Of dairy cattle and the best OF
them all is the kind that suits you
best.
The best favored butter is obtained
by ripening or souring cream until
from ; "a 6 per cent. OF acid has been
developed.
Roughness cannot be made TO en-
tirely take the place of grain. but "A
heavy crop OF roughness Is not TO be
despised.
Ground limestone is preferable to
burnt lime unless two tons OF the for
mer cost considerably more than one
ton OF the latter
additional labor expended in prepar'
ing the seed bed would not yield
handsome returns.
A wide range and frequent ex
change OF pasture will reduce the
OF the stomach worm, that
fearful enemy OF the sheep.
An enterprising farmer living near
a town of 5000 OF more can sell every
pound Of his butter at full retail prices
or little above the year round.
The man who Is trying to raise hogs
without pasture and forage crops ID
like a puppy chasing his tail. He gets
plenty OF exercise, but nothing else.
Sore shoulders on a horse are moth
ing less than shameful. and no man
should consider himself worthy who
permits them to appear upon his work
animals.
II horses are inclined to nab at
each other between the stalls, put up
some tight wire as a partition. They
car see through this all right and
still not reach each other.
The first. incubators used In the
United States were tested In 1875,
Now thousands are In . In every
state in the Union and wonderful
ogr has been made. In fact,
without the use Of incubators and
brooders, the big commercial plants
q today would be impossible.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11

the ends OF the passageways leading
between the rows OF stalls, and the
movement OF air which results keeps
the stables comparatively cool.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11

Caponizing is another job the farm
er neglects-and thereby loses money.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11

Every day you keep the lambs after
hey are big enough TO go Is a loss.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-11-11
PUPILS FREE AUTO
IN PATH OF TRAIN
Express Whizzes by Just as
Last Child Clears
Crossing.

With an express train bearing down
on them, score of school children,
pupils at Public School No. 1, Belle
vile, today tugged at an automobile
that had become stalled on the Acad-
emy street crossing of the Erie rail-
sters managed to push the disabled
machine from the tracks. They
cleared the rails themselves just as
the train flew by.
The automobile, owned by William
r. Jacobson, a Belleville plumber
was in charge of Frederick McArt, Of
New street. Belleville, who is en-
ployed by Jacobson. McArt, bound
for the shop, was travelling east on
Academy street. He had thrown in
second speed on account of the steep
hill. AS he neared the crossing he
saw the railroad gates descend.
Efforts to bring the car to a stop
were futile. 1t shot ahead and shat
tered the gates on the west side of
the crossing. The machine stopped
suddenly on the crossing. Looking
north McArt saw the express train
bearing down on him.
The children bound for the Acad-
emy Street School, short distance
away, sized up the situation at a
glance. They ran onto the crossing
and pushed the auto with all their
might 1t was finally rolled from the
crossing, and the last child had
cleared the tracks as the train sped
by.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-11-11
BURGLARS LEAVE SHOES
AS CONSOLATION PRIZE"
WelI-Worn Footgear in Lieu of
Loot.

Two very well-heeled burglars
skunk out of the shoe store of A. A.
EiseIe & Son, 653 Broad street, early
today. One was small, with neat lit
tie feet; the other, bulky person,
with pedals that corresponded.
They had dropped into the place
to change their shoes. As evidence
o. their visit they left behind them
two empty boxes that once bad con-
tanned footwear that retails at So a
pair and two pairs Of battered.
cracked footwear that had probably
cost as much as S1.69 when they were
new, four or five years ago
Nothing else in the shop was
touched. The shoe concern is getting
faint consolation out of the fact that
the largest man, whose feet are size
l01k-E, got two "lefts,' and is prob
ably limping around on sore, blis-
tered right foot by this time.