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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
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SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC POWER
Peat In Northeastern Germany Made
Use Of by Electrical Company
to Furnish Light.

An object lesson in the utilization
of peat boys has for the last few years
been carried on In northeastern Ger
many, says the London Globe. Some
sixteen thousand acres OF moorland,
known as the Friedburg boys, are be-
ing reclaimed and the peat used for
the supply of electric power. the
land is cultivated by settlers. who at
the same time cut peat and sell 1t TO
the electrical supply company, with
works on an island in the middle OF
the bog. 1t is expected that this cen
trail power station will supply cleo
tricity for light and power for re-
gion OF 30 miles radius. Already 1t
supplies electric light at Emden Will
helmhaven and several other large
towns and cities.
AS by-products OF the conversion OF
the energy OF the peat into electricity,
large quantities Of ammonia and ny
drogen sulphide are made and sold
AS part OF the work, 80 miles of new
canals are to be made, and In order
to accomplish this about six hundred
and fifty acres have to be stripped OF
their peat. Thus in the making OF
the canals 250,000,000 cubic feet OF
peat would be supplied for the central
power station. And this. it Is reck-
oned. would keep 1t going at its pres
ent rate of the production Of energy
for Sc years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
NOVEL USE OF ELECTRICITY
English Railroads Sort Freight by
Merely Pressing Button-May
Cause Wide Reform.

Hull, which has just secured It's
own telephone system, is to be the
center of an experiment that may
cause wide reform in the methods OF
handling freight on the English rail-
ways. The system practically means
the sorting of goods in warehouse by
simply pressing a button. Electrical
machinery has been invented by
company with which MIR. Marconi is
associated for dividing the warehouse
into a series of alphabetical sections.
Travelling trays under electrical con-
troll distribute the goods according to
the index letter of their destination
b for Bradford. l. for Liverpool, and
so forth-in a manner similar to that
by which letters are sorted in ihe
post office. A French, an American
and two English railway companies
are now negotiating for the adoption
OF the system.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

1t is surprising to one who has not
little points there are connected with
the planning Of an up-to-date con-
venient residence that can be gotten
all wrong If the architect Is not ex-
ceedingly careful or doesn't know his
business, and the house resulting be
almost ruined, so far as comfort and
the conveniences of housekeeping are
concerned
1t has frequently been suggested
that architects doing residence work
should seek advice of the women
concerning many points, and find out
from tirst-hand testimony just how
the housekeeper wants to have the
many features which mean so much
to her. but which mere man knows
very little Of. Some of these points
that have been suggested are as fol-
lows:
What woman would put In laundry
tubs 50 deep that the luckless worker
who Is Of short or medium stature is
in constant danger of pitching for
ward upon her head, while the tall
woman can at least reckon upon q
headache or backache as the result Of
a few hours work: or, who but man
would make the ledge between the
tubs so wide that no ordinary wringer
can be fitted to it? Would any wom-
an dream of standing kitchen range
so close to the wall on the side where
the match has to be applied and the
stop-cocks regulated that it is only
by difficult maneuvering with the left
hand that the range can be managed
at all?
Nor is there any plausible reason
for so arranging the wall spaces that
the refrigerator must stand next to
the stove, while the closet in the
kitchen, which is to be used as
pantry, is a. ar away from the self
same stove as it is possible to place
it, presumably to give the cook some
needed exercise in getting up a meal.
Another idea which should suggest
itself to the woman architect. or archi-
tects assistant, is the fact that the
toilet room, if there is but one, should
be separate from the bathroom, as
matter of family convenience; also,
if the bathroom is on the second floor,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

table Compound and l have taken it and
feel fine. A lady said ore DAY, ooh. l
feel so tired all the time and have head
ache said, Take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and she
did and feels fine now. Mrs. M. K.
KARSCHNICK, 1883 N. Paulina Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
The Other Case.
Dayton, Ohio. =" Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound relieved me of
pains in my side that l had for years
and which doctors medicines failed to
relieve. 1t has certainly saved me from
an operation. / will be glad to assist
you by personal letter to any woman
in the same condition. - Mrs. J. w.
SHERER, l26 Cass St, Dayton, Ohio.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia Il. Pinkham Med
idine Co. (cOnfidentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman,
and held in strict condolences
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
NapoIeon's Vain Hone,

One hundred years ago, March G.
the allied army advancing on Paris
was seriously threatened In the real
by the French peasantry. Long unac
customed to invasion, and exasperated
by the devastation wrought by the
invaders, the peasants gathered into
troops and massacred the foreign sol,
diery when not in sufficient numbers
to keep them In check This led Ma
poleon to hope that his diminished
army would be supported by general
rising of the people. But in this he
was disappointed. The people didn't
rise In any considerable number, and
the allies continued to march upon
Paris, convinced that the possession
OF the French capital must inevitably
bring the war to a favorable conclu.
sion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

of the things that a woman assistant
could keep before the eyes of an
architect in the domestic branch Of
the work
In buildings that are to be rented.
it should be made an invariable rule
to put in as many permanent features
as possible, such as towel and soap
racks and medicine chest In bath
rooms, utensil shelves and hooks in
kitchen and pantry, as well as curtain
hooks and portiere poles, in addition
to shades and screens for Windows
and doors. For, where this Is not
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
First Floor Plan.

woodwork. oiled kitchen and bath.
room floors, and washable walls. An
other feature that might be easily in
troduced In the kitchen. laundry and
bathroom floors Is drain. so that
they could be flushed with water that
would run off through connections
with pipes.
In the more luxurious homes. dish
and clothes washers run by electricity
would help materially to render the
work less disagreeable and to induce
the servant problem to settle itself.
Fireless cookers, now used by not
few up.to-date housekeepers. might
also be built in. Outdoor racks for
garbage cans. with openings into the
kitchen, have at last found their way
into a few of the better class apart
ment houses but these as well az
soiled clothes chutes from upper floors
to the laundry should be installed In
every well appointed private house
Indoor drying rooms for use on
snowy or rainy washdays are another
convenience that might easily be pro-
vided for In the cellar. but are gen
orally lacking. These are but 10"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
SAYS DIVISION OF PRODUCTS is PROBLEM

The equitable division Of that
which is produced is problem we
have not yet solved" declared Sec
tary Wilson of the department Of la
Dor in an address at the first ami
versary banquet Of the department in
Washington the other night.
Nobody has yet presented con
crete plan By which this problem can
be solved. Some say collective owner
ship of all means OF production, distri-
button and exchange would solve 1t
and give to every man the full social
equivalent Of that which his labor pro
duces But assuming you have collec-
tive ownership Of all means, how are
you going TO determine what the full
social equivalent is?
In the primitive state of society
such a thing might have been pos
slble. but not now. No; collective
owr ership would not give us solu-
ton. Maybe a solution will come yet,
though not as the result of one mans
brilliant idea, but from some thought
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
HEATER FOE WARMING A BED
Two to Four CandIe-Power Lamp viii
Give Sufficient Heat-Oanger Of
Fire Eliminated.

AS most people are aware, 1t is dam
gerous to use an incandescent lamp as
bed warmer owing to the fact that q
considerable amount Of heat Is given
of by a comparatively small body
the lamp, writes Wilbur r. Simpson in
Popular Electricity. This heat is
confined and not allowed to radiate be-
cause the bedclothes pack tightly
around the lamp. More than once fires
have been started from this cause. But
I have found that no harm is done II
the lamp Is inclosed in a fruit jar as
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
HEATING OF MOLTEN METAL
Pennsylvania Inventor Has Secured
Patent on Method Of Using Cur
rent of Electricity.

Taking advantage of the fact that
refractory Innings Of ladies or melting
pots, used In foundrles, become good
conductors of electricity at high tenn
peratures, Pennsylvania inventor has
secured Il patent on method Of super
heating molten metal by passing a
current of electricity through it while
being poured Two pots or ladies are
made the terminals of the circuit, the
metal In one being fluid, When the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
Find ReIjco In Old EnuIish Mjne

A curious find was made by quarry.
men working in Hopton Wood lime.
stone quarries, neear Matlock, Derby.
shire, England. recently. They broke
into the Shaft OF long-forgolten lead
mine, which is expected to yield in.
teresting relics when fully explored.
At the head OF the shaft several min.
ers petrified candles were found, and
on ledge Of rock were the initials
p B. anG the date 1866. cut with a
pick
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
EXPLORER GREELY STILL VIGOROUS

AS vigorous and active as many
men Of half his age. Mai Gen. Adolf
plus Greedy, famous as IA soldier and
Arctic explorer, reacifcd the seven.
tirth milestone OF his lies journey n
few days ago Since his retirement
from active service six years ago Gen.
eral Greedy has made his residence H.
Washington city Much Of his time,
however, has been spent abroad
where he has interested himself in the
study Of aviation. military affairs and
geography and kindred sciences.
General Greedy IL native OF New
buryport, Mass. where h. vas born
March "a, 1874 lie served In the
Union army from 1861 to 1865 and
was the first man who entered the
Ciyl war as Il private soldier to at
tan the rank Of brigadicr general In
the regular service
More than 30 years ago General
Gleely attracted worldwide attention
by polar expedition Of which he waa
lhe chief This expedition sailed
rnrthpard III 1891 Z contained 20 me
Tra rel.ff aXledi't"s failed % ind the
10 the third zlea.tiou, GeLt under COZ
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particularly Interesting
desh IN anu
Of big welsoked library
athletics she nae
before marriage kept some
outdoor life and
to her
distances
Senator
with
of
not SIT IN extra
Mrs warren VIII return
Cheyenn andop their
a however sunragst by mar
Then sh
explains Wyoming enfrancsed its nearly
a
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
n extra toilet and laboratory should
4 ~

an extra toilet and laboratory should
be provided on the first floor.
There is no good reason, either, for
setting a bathtub a few inches above
the floor, thus leaving space under
meath which is almost inaccessible
and yet must be kept clean for sani-
tary reasons. Then, too. If the de-
mand were insistent enough. manu-
facturers might see fit to market a
washstand so made that a womans
hair would not inevitably catch upon
the faucet every time she washed her
face.
A clever woman assisting in plan
ming houses or apartments would see
the advantage OF plain holdings and
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
ELECTRICAL
}11(N0IB$z|

Berlin's street railway Is to be cleo
trified at a cost of $6,000,000.
New York has more telephones
than London. Paris and Berlin to-
gether.
One-third Of the worlds supply of
platinum is required in dentistry and
another third for electrical purposes.
TelechrOnometer Is the name that
has been given a new device for
measuring the time telephone is
in use.
Forty-hve electric mail wagons re-
Gently were put In service in Vienna
after an exhaustive test lasting moro
than fifteen months.
The richest and probably the larg-
est irOn-ore mine In the world, which
is in Lapland, is being equipped with
electrical machinery.
The city Of Los Angeles has illum.
mated signs indicating the names OF
the streets, which are turned on and
off by clock work mechanism.
In putting new lightning conductors
on st. Paul's cathedral, London, a
part OF an old lightning rod installed
by Benjamin Franklin 40 years ago
was found
TwothIrds Of the telephones used
in the world are in the United States
or Il total of over $500 900 To oper.
ate them requires more than 10000
600 miles of wire.
An electric nat-iron invented by a
Colorado man Is propelled by motor
driven roller. an operator having only
TO guide it and control the current by
a switch in the handle.
With a four.horsepower engine. a
motor driven pillow invented in Eng
land cuts a sis-inch furrow at speed
in excess Of three miles an hour.
More than 100000 American farm
ers are now using telephones in their
homes, more than 100000 having in
stalled Instruments within year.
A new electrically operated ma
chine for mailing tops on packing
cases Is mounted on truck to per
NIT il to be moved about u factory.
With portable wireless apparatus
the Swedish army has established
communication over distances of 40
miles by day and of 800 miles at night.
Electric mechanism similar 10 that
OF automatic telephones has been in
vented 60 enable a restaurant patron
TO order a meal by numbers from
an indexed bill of fare.
At the time OF the last accurate 70
port there we're 375 public coast wire
less stations In the world, of which
the United States had i4a. Great
Britain 40. and Canada 81
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
OF interest to w, c. r. u.

w. C. Il. U. members will be inter-
ested to know that Sir Ernest Shack
Teton. who Is on a long journey across
the South Pole continent, will not al
low his men to take any alcohol on
the Journey. The beverages they take
are only tea and cocoa. tea in the mid.
die of the day and cocoa at night.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
Telephone Time Indicator.

nineminute conversations The three
sand glasses, designed and run out
in nine. six and three minutes, re-
spectively, are n convenient means
OF avoiding arguments between oper-
ator and subscriber as to the fight of
time. which always seems extra rapid
when time Is money.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

summer time. Both Of the bedrooms
are of good size, and a.e nicely ar
ranged for convenience
This house is designed along strict.
" modern lines, giving the popular
cement stucco outside finish. The
house will cost from $4,000 to $4,000,
depending on the local material and
labor market. 1t Is a design Of q
good deal of style and can be recon
mended as generally satisfactory.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
lest ELECTRIC BLASTING.

Gold mining companies of the Rand
field, South Africa, have been OK.
perimenting with electric blasting
with a view to reducing the danger
OF miners phthsisis, disease ascribed
to the fine dust that results from blast
Ing by using electric sysiems the
firing can be done from the surface.
and the air can be cleared OF the fine
dust before the miners need to enter
the mine
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
SuperheatIng Molten Metal.

contents are poured into the other, an
electric circuit is established through
the restricted stream, the passage OF
the current raising the temperature as
required. The method is adapted to
the treatment OF platinum or other
metals where very high temperatures
are necessary.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
Lamp in a Glass Jar as a Bed Warmer.

shown in the sketch l solder an ordi-
nary lamp socket into the metal top
of the jar and two to four candle
power lamp will give sufficient heat.
The size Of the jar prevents packing OF
the covers too closely around the lamp
and permits radiation of the heat fast
enough to keep the temperature down
to a safe point.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
WSCOUNTESS D'AZY IS POPULAR

Niscountess Benoist d'A2y the
young wife of the naval attaChe of the
French embassy at Washington. Is
known as the most popular woman
in the diplomatic corps. Accom-.
plished and highly original. she has
also a gift for leadership that is gen.
orally recognized. She is usually
prime mover in private theatrlcals,
winter sports. costume dances and
other diversions with which society
amuscs itself and she often bends
her energies upon the successful con.
summation of some enterprise which
she has organized for one American
charity or another. Not long ago she
produced the play lie Noyageur," in
the ballroom OF the mansion OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin MacNcaRh. Niscountess
d'A2y herself played a role. and the
other members Of an unusually dis.
tlnguishcd cast were the Countess
Bcrticr de Sauyigny, wife of the mil
iary attaChe OF the French embassy,
Baron Won Nagcll Baron Karl Won
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
MRS. WARREN NOT A CLUBWOMAN

Mrs. Francis T.. Warren. the young
wife of Senator Warren of Wyoming
was known in Washington society dur
ing her girlhood. Before she came to
take her place as matron OF the ON
cial set at the capital she was often
a guest at the home of her uncle. the
late Justice Brown of the Supreme
court.
Senator and Mrs. Warren are now
occupying what was formerly the
Brown home, in which as girl Mrs
Warren spent so many happy days. II
is well adapted to entertaining on
generous scale. Its drawing rooms
contain some rare pieces OF old ma
hogany which would delight the eye
of the collector, but Mrs. Warren
prizes them most for their family asso'
Citations. The guestroom of this man
sion is furnished with colonial pieces
which are probably as beautiful ex'
amples Of the craftsmanship OF that
period az are in existence.
Mrs Warren is fond of society ana
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

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
to William A. Radford. No. 1927 Prairie
avenue, Chicago. H., and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
SAND GLASS FOR TELEPHONE
Where Time Limit Is Short-Ar-
guments Are Avoided.

This small instrument is in use in
the telephone booths of Paris, where
the time limit for conversation is
usually three minutes, but where
higher rate is charged for six and
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
Makes Pictures RAPIDLY,

a new motion-picture camera. using
electric sparks instead OF shutters.
is capable OF making 100000 pictures
a second and has made 72 pictures OF
a bullet fred from revolver passing
through n space OF ten inches
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

A French society for the encour-
agement Of national industries recent
ly awarded "A gold medal to farmer
who established a sauerkraut factory
In which all the machinery was cleo.
trically driven.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

full social
equivalent his labor"
The speaker then different branches the department
labor lie said the department $
s to be soly
children a
humanity alone he continued but welfare also
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

V e g t a bic. Com
pound. / Used to go
to my doctor for pills
and remedies and
they cid not help me.
! had headaches and
could not eat, and tho
doctor claimed | had
female trouble and
must have an opera
ton. l read in the
paper about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
MANY Telephones.

A single telephone company serves
about 10000 communities in tho
United States, as compared with
about 5000 post Offices and 10000 rail-
road stations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

benefit
kitchen $1,000 realized
the Oldest in France and
the
and Martha
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
For That Paint Smell.

To get rid OF the smell of new paint.
PIT handful of hay into pailful OF
water and let 1t stand in the room
overnight.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
10 years ago They regulate and nvigorate,
stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated
tiny granules Adv
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

Electric natirons are rapidly re-
placing hand and gas irons In English
tailor shops.
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TWO women
AVOID
OPERATIONS
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Chicago, ILL.,. 81 must thank you with
all my heart for Lydia e. Pinkham's
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

We all get our start in life by pick
ing up ideas.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16

Putnam Fadeless Dyes will last I'M
I'll the goods wear out. Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-16
Caunht Both WaYs.

Caught Both Ways.
IL saw Tommy stealing the JAM"
And saw him jamming the steal"
Baltimore American.
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An Association Favored.

Aren't you afraid politics will get
into big business out your way?'
I'm hoping IL will" replied the
man who refuses to be scared; may
be it will improve politics"
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-26

4. 'fl's
tabernacle which comfortably seated
$4,000 people.
"The four afternoon papers and
tiiethree morning papers OF Pitts
burg had a regular press gallery on
each eide as the Sunday pulpit. At
come services as many as 10000 were
Turned away from the tabernacle for
fack OF ruom. I1his sort or thing was
especially trus near the close OF the
eight week. campaign cs the aTahse-
list and his corps of evangelistic
workers! To DC sure there were hum
dreds OF people who criticised Rev. Mr..
Sunday but such men as Governor
Tener and leading banking and busi-
ness men of Pittsburg enthusiastically
endorsed the evangelist in addresses
at the great tabernacle. SQne Of Gov
ernor Tener's brothers, a prominent
lawyer vi fittsburg, nit the saw-dust
trail during the meeting.
'.MoFe than twenty thousand pro-
fessed conversions during the Sunday
campaign and the people contributed