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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
DAISY FLY KILLER
WHAT MAKES GOOD HOSTESS
Ability to Entertain LavishIy Is a
Very Small Part Of Her
Qualifications.

A talent for originality is not suf-
ficient to make a good hostess-that
goes without saying. 1t is not the
mountebank who wins the genuine
praise of the initiated, but the real wit
who has the gift of magnetism-that
is, of sympathy with what is human
and lasting-and can touch the heart
Of an audience. Is it not the drama
that can move to tears that remains
on the boards the longest? And is
1t not the woman who loves her kind
who keeps their affection, who draws
people to her whether she is rich in
this worlds goods or fortune turns
its back and leaves her little resource
beyond her delightful personality?
Nine. Recamier received her friends
with the same grace in her shabby,
brick-foored little room-all that re-
verses allowed her-as when she had
Queened 1t in her almost royal man.
sion in the Faubourg Saint-Germaine.
Nor did they gather less eagerly there
than in ner beautiful home, because
she retained in her poverty the same
charm, the same qualities that had
made her the most sought woman in
Paris.
The essential thing to successful
entertaining is that instructive knowl-
edge Of and sympathy with human
nature which enables one to put peo-
pie at their ease and make them
happy-From Novel Ways of Enter
tanning" by Florence Hall Winter
burn.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
ELECTRIC TIMBER SEASONING
Effect of Current Is to Produce Chem
lcaI Changes in CeluIose and
Sap to Prevent Decay.

In describing his latest researches
In the electrical seasoning of timber,
says the Electrical Review of London,
Doctor Nodon claims that his process
can be applied In the forest where the
trees are felled, since no cumbrous
or costly equipment Is required. The
process depends on the electrolysis
Of cellulose and its derivatives. The
newly-felled trees are sawn into thick
planks and laid on false flooring,
one on top of the other, with the inter.
position. however. Of moistened mat
ting, or SIMILAR material between each
layer, to act as electrodes for intro
duction OF an alternating current which
Is passed for ten hours or 30.
The effect OF the current is TO pro
duce chemical changes In the cellulose
and the sap, rendering them i'm.
pervious to decay. Further, the sap
loses those gummy and hygroscopic
characteristics which normally pre-
vent rapid decaying. II Is claimed
that timber thus treated is ready for
use few weeks after II Is felled and
Is harder. stronger, more homo
geneous, easier to work. and less
warped by moisture than timber
which has been seasoned by the or
binary air drying process.
Paving blocks treated by the Nodor
process are said to have been In use
at Bordeaux for six years without
showing appreciable deterioration.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
| THE
ELECTRICAL
| WORLD
WHEN BELL INVENTED PHONE
AstonIshment Caused BY Conversa'
tIon Between Boston and Cam.
bridge q Few Years Ago.

In the letters OF Madame de Heger-
mann-Lindencrone appearing In Har-
pers magazine, an interesting glimpse
Is given OF the early days Of the tele-
phone and other inventions now In
current use, Writing from Cambridge
in 1877 she says:
"Johan has Just come home from
Boston bringing incredible stories
about having talked In a machine
called telephone. 1t was nothing but
a wire, one end In Boston and the
other end In Cambridge. He said he
could hear quite plainly what the per
son In Cambridge said. Mr.. Graham
Bell. our neighbor, has invented this
How wonderful II must be! He has
put up wires about Boston, but not
farther than Cambridge-yet. He was
AMBITIOUS enough to suggest Provi-
dence. What cried the members OF
the committee, You think you can
talk along q wire In the air over that
great distance! Let me just try It,
said Bell. I will bear half the e1-
f~'S~ "a p"NSibS OP LILO "'io "a ~
| Will bear the other half
He was ultraconvinced OF his sue
cess when on talking to his brother
in Cambridge from Boston In order to
invite him to dinner, adding, Bring
your motherin-law, he heard distinct
iy, but feebly, the old lady's voice:
Good gracious! Again! What bore!
There is also another invention
called phonograph, where the human
voice Is reproduced, and can go on
/ forever being reproduced. sang In
one through horn, and they trans
posed this on platina roll and wound
1t of. Then they put 1t on another
disk. and ! heard my voice-for the
first time IN my life II that Is my
voice, l don't want to hear II again
] could rot believe that It could be
SO awful A high. sQueaky. nasal
sound; ! was ashamed Of II. And the
faster the man turned the crank. the
higher and sQueakier the voice be
came. The intonation-the pronuncia
toni would recognize as my own
but the voice! Dear Me-"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
WOULD HAVE SUNDAYS DULL
British Member Of Parliament Sees
Mistake in NonobserVance of
the Sabbath.

Il think Sunday ought to remain
what some people call dull " said j.
Ramsay Macdonald, NJ. p, speaking
ut Leicester. He appealed to religious
institutions to see that Sunday is NOT
secularized People talked a lot OF
nonsense about the Scottish Sabbath.
and did not know what they were
talking about. If they were only
trained to appreciate the Scottish Sab
bath--it would take some amount OF
training-the would not be sorry IL
they had 1t.
All the talk about turning Sunday
into a day of recreation was humbug
and dangerous. In trying 90 do II
they were beginning at the wrong end
of the stick. They should not sacrt
flee the blessings they had got I
He looked forward to the time wheI
everybody would have sufficient time
for recreation during the secular days
of the week An enlightened demo-
crazy should value a day of spiritual
rest so much that their hands would
be lifted up against any man or move.
meut that desired to secularize the
Sunday.-London Chronicle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
MAN A VICTIM OF ANGRY BEES
Pennsylvania, Center OF SWARM
Hangs to Tree by Own Hands FOR
Two and a Half Hours.

Philadelphia. - With bushel OF
wild honey bees clinging to his BODY
Milton Robb of Coleville, was COM
PEELED to cling with one arm to tree,
So feet above the ground, for two ana
half hours, while his brother ran
two miles down the mountain for
help says a Bellefonte (Pa.) dispatch
to the Philadelphia Record.
The brothers had heard OF the
great swarm of -gatherers on
the mountain, and Milton, well
equipped. had resolved that with his
brother Abe's help, he would capture
the bees and bring them to hives at
his home. With his trusty saw Milt
climbed the tree, while Abe, with tub
and blanket directly underneath, was
to hive the honeymakers when the
great cluster on the limb should fall.
But Milt miscalculated the weight
of the bees, for, when the limb was
about severed, he could not hold 1t,
and it twisted downward and IN
against his body before it broke on
Milts first thought was for Abe, and
he called to him to look out, but Abe
had already looked, and as Milt puts
it, was running up the mountain
through the brush like a Texas
steer"
Milt had little time to give thought
to him, for when the limb swished
against him the queen bee was
knocked off and took refuge under his
left arm, which he had flung around
limb of the tree to hold himself from
falling. Quicker than you can tell
it the bees followed their queen, and
swarmed on Milt, completely covering
his left side, shoulder and arm, and
partly encircling the tree. Some Of
the bees crawled up hih trousers leg,
some up his shirt sleeves and others
lit on his face.
Perspiration started out all over his
body, and streamed down his face,
and then the bees began to sting
They crawled in his ears, his nose,
and even his mouth; but he dared
not make a move for fear of being
stung to insensibility, when he would
lose his hold and be dashed to death
35 feet below on the rocks.
Abe had a great hustle for assist
ant rescuers but he came with them,
and with a ladder and ropes they
saved Milt, stung almost to death, and
he has since been in bed, attended by
a doctor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30

man advised me to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and got
bottle. felt better the next month so
l took three more bottles of it and got
we'll so | could work all the time.
hope every woman who suffers like did
will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. - Mrs. P. w. LANsENo,
Route No. /, Florence, South Dakota
Why will women continue to suffer day
In and day out or drag out sickly, half
hearted existence, missing three-fourths
of the joy of living, when they can find
health in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound2
For thirty years it has been the stand.
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, tumors, irregularities, etc.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia +. Pinkham Medicine Co. conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii
be opened, read and answered by
woman and held in strict C0nildenses
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
SEEK TO STANDARDIzE TRUNK
Baggage Agents Want to Get Rid OF
Freak Varieties Now So Gen.
orally Used.

Detroit.-Freak trunks. embellished
with conical protuberances, slant sides
and unusual tops soon may be unpop.
ular among the best trunk society.
The American Association OF Gen.
eral Baggage Agents opened its an.
nual convention here with the avowed
purpose OF taking concerted action to
urge the interstate commerce commits.
sion to consider plan for the stand.
ardization OF trunks, both as to size
and contraction.
The baggagemen want limit OF
45 inches placed as to the largest di.
mension o. a trunk, with the further
provision that the trunk must be
square or rectangular.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
MRS, LONGWORTH'S LITTLE "BREAK"

Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, former
" Alice Roosevelt, made little
break at a smart dinner party In
London the other night which has
been the talk of the drawing rooms
there ever since.
Sir Edward Carson, the "un-
crowned king of Ulster is one of
the lions of the season. He has been
much annoyed for some time by per-
sistent statements that he will shortly
marry a niece OF Moreton Frewen, the
well.known writer on political econ
omy. This matter has never been
mentioned in the presence of Sir Ed
ward, but Mrs Longworth cheerfully
and In a loud voice asked him at the
dinner. "When's the wedding going
to be-"
There is not going to be any
wedding replied Sir Edward CURLY
and coldly.
Roswell Eldridge of New York,
who is over there to buy horses and
fancy cattle, is having many amusing
experiences In being repeatedly mist
bears a great resemblance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
MURRAYS PLEA FOR MILEAGE

where do members Of congress
who come to Washington without their
families spend their time at night?'
This question was discussed in
the house the other day by Alfalfa
Bill Murray of Oklahoma in connec-
ton with the mileage provision of
the conference report on the legisla-
tive bill Alfalfa Bill insisted that it
was the duty Of all members to bring
their families to Washington with
them, and he insisted that that was
why it was desirable to make a liber
al allowance for mileage.
The Oklahoma statesman declared
that in the absence of a mans family
time was likely to hang heavily on
his hands and he would do more
roaming around at night than was
good for him. Alfalfa Bill wanted
all members TO have their families
with them constantly throughout the
sessions in order that they might not
grow lonesome.
Abraham Lincoln Daniel Web
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
PELT PASTOR WITH OLD EGGS
Young Men of West Virginia Town
Jealous of Minister'S Conquests
Among Women.

Grafton, w. Va.-Rev. w. T. Elsey,
young bachelor pastor Of one of the
city's largest churches, was bonn.
barded with aged eggs by several
leading young SWANS. They objected
to the preachers monopolizing the at
tentlons of all the pretty and eligible
young women in the city. Mr.. Elsey
has been lionized by the girls of the
town, and the young galants decided
to check the hero worship before ii
had gone too far.
Several of them organized and laid
in wait for the minister as he came
from the home of young woman
Before he had gone far he was pelted
with eggs. Calling on the police for
protection, he finally escaped.
William cambridge, Percy Dalies
man and Caryl Hamilton were arrest
ed and held to await the action OF
the grand jury. The arrests Of other
young men are expected
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
VIBRATOR IS DEMOUNTABLE
Electric Apparatus Easily Taken
Apart and Characterization
Stimulate Tissues.

This electric vibrator can be taken
apart, merely by the turn OF couple
OF thumb screws and put together
again just as easily. The vibrator. 30
constructed. ia believed to be the first
to Incorporate this valuable feature.
Users Of electric vibrators Will un-
derstand at a glance the value OF be-
ing able to take the machine apart
and assemble 1t again. Such a ma
chine may be easily examined and
cleaned Any excess Of oil may be
wiped away and the brushes kept free
from matter which might cause slow
ing up Of the motor.
The vibrations are strong enough to
stimulate but not strong enough to do
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
No Help for II.

At one of the New York restaurants
a willowy cabaret young person was
doing the latest steps. The room was
crowded, and most of the patrons
stood in order to get better view.
One old gentleman, a Kentuckian, re-
manned in his chair, playing idly with
his glass, though the other members
of his party were on tip-toe with in
terest. Finally one of them, young
girl, caught the old gentleman 8
sleeve and pulled 1t impatiently.
"Oh, come on, major!" she said.
BE modern!"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30

pressed together to form q new In
sulator for electrical purposes.
Dump cars for electric railroads.
which are emptied by motors, thus
saving labor. have been invented by
r Connecticut man.
Among the new electric cigar
lighters for automobilsts is one In
closed in a watchcase. which can oa
hung up by the ring.
The British navy's newest hydro
aeroplane weighs ton and half,
wireless equipment and is driven by a
200 horsepower motor.
Swiss railways use an ambulance
car completely equipped with electri-
cal appliances that arc supplied with
current by generator mounted on
one axle.
In a New York church there is an
incandescent lamp that has been used
seven hours day for more than sew.
en- years, which IL believed to be the
worlds record
Two Illinois inventors have patent.
ed trap which attracts insects with.
in 1t by n lighted lamp 30 that they
come into contact with electrically
charged wires and are killed
lceless refrigerators for household
use. In which ammonia, circulated by
electric motors, Is used have been IN.
vented, which are said to be more
economical than those requiring Ice.
In Laeken, Brussels, Is to be erected
wireless station which will be ,092
feet high. or 1903 feet higher than the
ElfYel tower. 1t will be used also for
the study Of meteorology.
new portable electric lamp has a
base that may be fastened to furni-
ture with spring clip or to any
smooth surface by a suction cup,
while spring takes UP the slack Of
the feed wire.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
Chinese Method Of Transporting Pigs.

fields Of rice, pig on freedom bent
will do an immense amount of dam
age when pursued at top speed by
shrieking coolies. So a national GUS
tom grew up of tying the pig to
pole, covering it with wrappings Of
straw and marsh grass and carrying
1t bodily between two bearers. To
this procedure the pig makes no OBJ
lection, and the movement of stock
goes on in peace and Quietness.
Whether the pig is to be taken from
one pen to another, or to market ten
miles away, no other method Of trans
portation is thought of.-Popular Me.
chanics.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30

Within ten years the electric wire
mileage OF Japan has increased from
less than ten thousand to more than
thlrty-hve thousand. the electric rail-.
way mileage from less than one hun.
dred to more than seven hundrad
and tho power production from less
than forty-five thousand to more than
three hundred and forty-hve thousand
kilowatts.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30

Legislation dealing with tubercu-
losis has been enacted in AS states
and territories of the United States,
according to a comprehensive bulletin
on this subject published by the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis. Only in
the states of Arizona. Idaho, Nevada,
Wyoming anod Alaska has the subject
been given no legislative considerer
ton
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
DOCTOR JORDAN HEADS EDUCATORS

DR.. David Starr Jordan of Cali
fornia, one of the most prominent OF
present-day educators, was unani-
mously elected president of the Ma
tional Education association at the
st. Paul convention. No other candi-
date was mentioned.
The resolutions committee en-
dorsed woman's suffrage, equal pay
for equal work without regard to sex,
simpltied spelling social centers,
larger Fairgrounds, increased salaries
for teachers. pensions for teachers
and the settlement of international
differences by arbitration. President
Wilson's "watchful waiting" policy
was approved
Physical inspection OF children
for health purposes secured endorse
ment A plan for a national uniyer-
sity was favored and 1t was recon-
mended that congress appropriate an
nually 100000 for use in improving
educational conditions.
The association did not recon-.
that institutions prepar-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
RlR BOY i
EMlLIAN0 ZAPATA, THE REBEL

Emiliano Zapata is the leader OF
the constitutionalst forces in south.
ern Mexico. In describing this man,
Francisco Urquidi, a constitutionalist
agent, the other day said:
"Zapata Is peon of Morelos. He
comes from a state in which the land
is held in fee simple by less than two
dozen landlords. He worked out In
the fields with fellow poems. He is
an uneducated man, because he had
no opportunity to get learning. He
can read and write. but he learned to
do these after he was twenty-one
years old. He is now thirty-eight
years old and is wiry, slim-built man
slightly under six feet in height. He
is a half-breed, but the Indian blooo
does not show as strong in him as
it does In many of his followers. He
Is light-complexioned, energetic, and
is a dreamer in that he sees things az
they might be and is not contented
with them as they are.
H. 49, E.- h, -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
FOR FASTENING WIRE CABLE
Quick Method Of clenchins as Well as
Splicing or Making Loops Of
fered by Frcnchman.

A late French invention offers b
quick method Of fastening wire cables
to supports. as well as OF splicing or
making loops in them. A base, pro.
vided with screw pin for inserting
In the pole, Is grooved 80 as to per
either side OF the central pivot After
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30

Though tantalum he's been known
for a century, 1t was not commercial
ly useful until Moissan In 1903 brough,
It into the limelight through the cleo
trio furnace. II Is found in the Black
Hills of Dakota. The most important
use to which tantalum is put Is In the
manufacture OF tllaments fer incan
descent lamps.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
Control Unruly Prisoners.

A Massachusetts policeman has
patented a patrol box equipped with
I'm electric light b. which a patrol
man can be called to 1t from his
station and with handouts fastened
TO the post to hold unruly prisoners
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30

Any electric fan can be converted
into disinfecting apparatus by the
use of new device to be attached to
its frame containing fluid which Is
drawn by wick into the air cur.
rents.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
CARRYING PIGS IN CHINA
Chinese Tie Porker to Pole, Wrap II
in Straw and Garry 1t Bodily
Between Two Bearers.

London.-The philosophical Chinese
long ago learned that the hardest way
to change a pigs location is to drive
It, In a land where fences are I'M
known, where low hedges separate
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
Aids Chlld'a Growth.

Tests covering several years In a
Stockholm school have shown that
children continually exposed to the
influence OF electric currents grow
faster and improve more rapidly
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
HANDY IN DIGGING HOLE
Apparatus Useful In Bailina Water
Out Of Telephone Pole Holes Is
Made of Metal.

The illustration shows an apparatus
for bailing water out OF telephone pole
holes designed and used by 8. J. Ak
ford and described in the Telephone
Review. A metal bucket ten inches
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
IN SUCH PAIN
WOMAN CRIED
Suffered Everything Until Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Florence, So. Dakota. az used to be
very sick every month with bearing

u U w IL ain > d NJ
backache, an d h ad
h e a d a c h e a good
deal of the time and
very little appetite.
The pains were so
bad that l used to
sit right down on the
floor and cry, be-
cause it hurt me so
and / could not do
any work at those
tipooo An old ppo
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
Fathers FEELINGS.

What did father say, Algy, wher
you asked him for my hand?"
ooh, he said Yes"
Anything more?"
"Er-yes; Good Lord!' believe"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
Her Advantage.

Is that his wife? HIM. She's MT
very distinguished"
No but very easy TO distinguish"
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any harm. They are strong enough
to reach locally any point deeply
situated in the tissues.
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Our Language.

Hello, Kitty! Anything going on
here now?"
Eyes; lot of things coming off this
week"
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William
the
with this
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
Inportapt 70 Mothers
Woman ORGANIZE in Eqypt.

V0TTTHF Vt 5"TTIS wv IJyFN
Cairo has now a WomanS educa
tional union. 1t was established under
the patronage of the mother of tho
Khedive. 1t will promote female edu-
cation, provide lectures for women
and publish a womans magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
Clamp for Fastening Cables

the cable IL In place, the turning Of
the pivot head locks the cable firmly
in position. Thus either two cables
may be secured or one cable may be
looped and held by the same device
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30
Exterior and Interior Of Pole Hole

Bucket
deep, ten inches In diameter at the
top and eight inches across at the bot
tom IL fitted with valve over a hole
in the bottom OF the bucket. When
the bucket is lowered by the pole into
the water the valve opens and is
closed again by the water admitted
through the valve as soon as the
bucket is raised
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experiences in being repeatedly mistaken for onsda whom
bears resemblance
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I ELECTRICAL
n NOTES 81

Phenol and formaldehyde are com
sulator for electrical purposes.