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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04

construction Grows VINO do their auty.l
runs back over the space OF many
years. brings you inte export
ment stations and testing rooms
and laboratories. II covers innumer.
able experiments and Improvements.
Every step forward In the develop
ment OF telephony has been over =
gigantic scrap heap. Bells original
transmitter has seventy-three d.
scendants. F1fty-three types and styles
Of transmitters have been introduced
since 1877. Within ten years the Bell
System spent for construction and re-
construction an amount more than
equal to the present book value of the
entire plant.
And what is true Of transmitters and
receivers Is even truer of all that lies
between the terminals of the trans
continental line, for it is in this field
that the engineers had their real prob
lens. To fl! in the gap between Den
yer and the Coast with wires and poles
was comparatively simple. The task
they confronted was to begin at New
YORK and working all along the line.
make the multitudinous improvements
necessary for 3,400 mile talk. Trans.
mitters switchboards, metallic circuits,
hard'drawn copper wire and loading
coils all had to be attuned to the trans
continental keynote. There's a hint OF
the real achievement in what the engi-
neers did with the loading coil. When
the loading coil left the hands OF it's
inventor it was as large as a keg, and
the fine iron wires inside ii cost a mint
to make. To-day the loading coil is a
few inches in size, and in the New
fork-San Francisco line there are 49,
600 miles of that wire whose cost OF
manufacture is comparatively low
Big Problems Solved.
For those in the Dey Street Offices
there was striking proof that the prob
lem OF transmitting speech is not
solved by any loud-speaking trans
mitter in the replica of Bells invention
that lay before them They realized
as they looked at that instrument,
crude in the light of all that has hap
pened TO transmtters since, what the
engineers had accomplished to make II
speak across the whole United States.
They saw that it was not question of
more horse power, that the telephone
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
Easily Qualified.

A Lancashire man in London, wish.
ing to join the London Scottish, was
met with the nationality problem, and
admitted he was not Scotchman.
The recruiting officer was willing to
stretch point or two if possible. SO
he asked the Lancastrian:
"Have YOU any relations or property
in Scotland"
NO." was the reply.
"You are quite sure?' queried the
sergeant.
How'd on a bit" said the recruit,
as light came into his eyes. by
gum, I'd forgotten for minute
Awe a pair O trousers bein cleaned
at Perth Dyeworks!"
Strip said the officer; you're
qualified"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
SCIENCE

The depials of Immortality lose their
force under scientific inspection. The
sciences clear the ground OF objections
and open the way for the fearles affir-
nation of mans Immortality. David
Gregg, Immortality is what philoso-
piers call an ontological fact; it be-
longs essentially to the being Of man.
To my mind this is the great proof of
immortality. The fact that it is writ.
ten in human nature, written there so
plain that the rudest nations have not
failed to find it, to know it. w hat is
thus in man is writ there of God, who
writes no ies.-Theodore Parker.
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HISTORY

The monuments Of nations are all
protests against nothingness after
death; so are statutes and inscription s.;
so is history.-Lew Wal lace. The ar
row heads and earthen vessels laid by
the side of the dead Indian; the silver
obolus put IN the mouth of the dead
Greek to pay Charon's passage money;
the furnishing of the Egyptian corps
with the Book of the Dead, the papy-
rus roll containing the prayer he is to
offer and The chart Of his journey
through the unseen world all testify
for immortality.-Ba Bartlett.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
Giant Mummy In Japan.

One of the most interesting exhibits
at the aisho exposition held at To.
kyo was a giant mummy enclosed in a
large, square coffin. The figure meas
ured about eight feet in height This
relic was obtained by a Japanese ex.
plorer at Buddhist temple in the
province OF Kangsi Experts support
the claim that the mummy is that OF a
famous monk who lived at the begin
ming OF the Christian era.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
No Profit In Irish SUGAR Beets.

While sugar beets can be success
fully grown in Ireland, writes Consul
Wesley Frost, from Queenstown, their
culture would probably not be profit,
able, according to statement just
issued by the head of the department
of agriculture and technical instruc-
ton for Ireland The fact has been
established that a normal price for
sugar beets will yield less per acre
than the normal prices for potatoes
or mangels. AS the sugar beet indus
try would not be successful under the
ordinary conditions Of peace, the de-
partment does not feel prepared to
take, directly or indirectly, any re-
sponsibility for advising Irish farmers
to grow beet root" 1t Is added that
whatever may be the results of Eng
lands exclusion Of sugar, therefore, in
Scotland and England, 1t seems safe
to assume that sugar production will
not be developed in Ireland.-New
York Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
ATLANTIC and PACIFIC OCEANS
Joined BY BELL TELEPHONE LINE
President Wallis Engineers Make It Possible For President
Wilson to Send His Voice Across the
Continent instantly.
BELL, VAIL AND WATSON, CREATORS OF TELEPHONE,
EXCHANGE 4,4ooMlLE cIRcUl
Of Celebration and
Congratulate One Another Established
and

New York, January 25.-The com
pletion of the long distance telephone
line between New York and San Fran
cisco was celebrated today. First, this
city had speech with her California
neighbor, 3,400 miles away. Then the
wires that swing southwark from
New York brought Washington and
San Francisco into telephone touch.
On down the coast TO little Jekyl
Island opposite Georgia, they car
ried the Golden Gates greeting. TO
the North Boston. the birthplace of
the telephone, talked across the con
tinent.
At the White House President VIII
son spoke into the mouthpiece of his
telephone and his voice was whrled
across thirteen States to the shore of
the Pacific.
President Wilson Talks.
President Wilson talked first to
President Moore of the Panama-Pacif-
ic exposition. He said
1T appeals to the imagination to
speak across the continent II Is
a fine omen for the exposition that
the first thing il has done is 10 send its
voice from sea 10 sea. | congratulate you
on the fine prospects for "A successful eN
position. | am confidently hoping to take
part in II, after the adjournment Of con
sress. May | not send my greetings TO
the management and to all whose work
has made IL possible and has made ii the
great event ii promises to be, AMI To- con
vey my personal congratulations to Nnu''
Clear as a bell came back President
Moore's reply:
1--WE are looking forward to your com
ing here, | think YOU VIII be pleased
with what We have done. | asuSrr YOU,
Mr.. President that you viii never receive
welcome that will be more cordial ana
more enthusiastic"
President Wilson then talked to Mr.,
Thomas A. Watson. in San Francisco,
with DR.. Alexander Graham Bell listen
ing in on the line at New York Presi-
dent Wilson said
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engineer could not speed up dynamos
or start more engines running to get
what he was after For telephony's
motive power is the feeblest thing
imaginable. 1t Is mere breath. And
the engineer must preserve and hurry
TO their destination practically instan-
taneOusly the thousands OF minute
waves made in the air by the voice
with all their separate shapes and in,
dtyidualities preserved. In speaking
of his engineers problems, President
Vail said
The solution was found only in the
cumulative effect of improvements.
great and small, in telephone, trans
mitter, line, cable, switchboard and
every other piece of apparatus, or plant
required in the transmission of
speech
Nine Million Telephones.
But proud as telephone engineers
are OF what they have accomplished.
they will tell you that this trans.
continental line is by no means
the last word in the telephones de-
velopment in this country, The new
line is the backbone OF network of
100000 miles OF wire woven round
100000 telephone stations OF the
Bell system. The completion of this
line Is a mighty step forward toward
that ideal of universal service preached
ny President Vail and his associates
back in the Seventies. As they inter
preted universal service, 1t meant that
anyone anywhere could speak to any
one anywhere in this country by TAX
Ing his telephone receiver OFF the hook
The line is still In the hands OF the
engineers. There Is an amount OF field
work to be done before IL is opened to
the public for commercial use, but
when 1t Is opened ii will mean that a
New York business man can talk to
his San Francisco associate without
leaving his desk
The telephone in the United States
has always set the pace for the rest OF
the world II has made in the L. S. A."
stamped on its very soul
Here are some figures in connection
with the New York; San Francisco line
for the lovers OF statistics.
Length of line, 3,400 miles. Route:
From San Francisco to Salt Lake City,
no miles; from Salt Lake City to
Denver, $50 miles, from Denver to
Oudud 900 mites, from oHldHA 10 lnl-
cago. 500 miles At Chicago the line
branches. one branch going to Pitts
burgh, 545 miles, and then to New
York, 800 miles from Pittsburgh The
other branch goes from Chicago to
Buffalo. 603 miles, and then down to
New York, $50 miles, There is con-
tinuation OF the line from Buffalo to
Boston, 465 miles long. From Pitts
burgh there is a continuation extend
ing to Baltimore, miles away on to
Washington. 265 n. les. Philadelphia
Is reached by branch from the line
extending from Pittsburgh 10 New
York. connecting at Newtown Square.
The diameter OF the hard-drawn cop
per wire OF number b. w. G. gauge
used In the line is 1865 inch, The total
weight OF one circuit consisting OF two
such wires is 1880 tons.
There are 10000 poles In the line
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
A Test for Liver Complaint Mentally
Unhappy--PhysicalIy. Dull

The Liver, sluggish and inactive,
first shows itself in mental state-un-
happy ond critical. Never is there Joy
in living, as when the Stomach and
Liver are doing their work. Keep
your Liver active and healthy by using
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. they empty
the Bowels freely, tone up your Stom
ach, cure your Constipation and purify
the Blood. 25c at Druggist. Bnck-
lens Arnica Salve excellent for Piles.
Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
II. CLAY TRUMBALL.

Let US learn to be content with what
we have. Let us get rid of our false
estimates, set up all the highest ideals
a quiet home; vines of our own plan.
ting; few books full of the inspira.
tions of a genius; few friends worthy
of being loved and able to love us in
return; hundred innocent pleasures
that bring no pain or remorsa; devo-
ton to the right that will never
swerve; simple religion empty of all
bigotry, full of trust, hope and love
and to such a philosophy this world
will give up all the empty JOY it has.
David Swing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
Your old is Dangerous Break
il I'D NOW

A Cold is readily catching. A run.
down system Is susceptible to Germs
You owe it to yourself and to others OF
your household to fight the Germs at
once. DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey is
fine for Colds and Coughs. 1t loosens
the Mucous, stops the Cough and
500, hes the Lungs. It's guaranteed.
Only 25c. 1T your druggist. ADV.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
Words IN Various Languages.

There is no accurate or complete es.
innate available OF the number OF
words in the vocabularies OF the vari.
Gus nations The English language.
however, is generally conceded to have
the largest number OF words The fol-
lowing figures are taken from reliable
dictionaries of the various languages
and are fairly complete: English,
100000 words; German 300 900 words;
French, 10000 words; Italian, 100000
words. Spanish, 100000 words.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04

OF such titanic lungs, to travel to San
Francisco through the air. On the
wires 1t takes less than one.tifteenth
of second Electricity was driving
DR.. Bells "ahoy" at the rate OF Sc. 900
miles per second. Sound. unabetted,
limps along In comparison. making
only ,l60 feet per second.
Work Takes Two Years.
The work OF constructing the trans.
continental line took two years, but
the history OF the work OF making the
poles and wires. set and strung by the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04

What do you think, Madga-shall
| deliver my address on The Ideal
Wife just as I've written IT." Ger
tainly not. You must rewrite 1t.
can't see that II fits me at all. =
Meggendorfer Batter
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
Ample Reason.

The brides sister and the bride
grooms mother went along on the wed
ding trip TO Europe and that was
where the bridegroom took to drink
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
Few Have the Opportunity.

Never look gift horse in the
mouth may be good advice to the one
man In million who Is fortunate
enough to have u horse given him
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04

Friendship by its very nature con-
ssts in loving, rather than in being
loved. In other words, friendship con-
sists in being friend, not having a
friend.
" CLAW TRIrMRATI
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
Not New to Her.

He (moony) there ever .
love like ours?" She (matter.of fact)--
or course, cant Judge your case,
but with me the symptoms seem about
the same as in my other attacks.
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.OCAL AND PERSONAL

ra Nelson 81 Cato was visiting il
ty Friday.
'ver Meyer transacted business a
Aukee Monday.
J. Joseph Halverson is visiting
YES at Chicago.
}. George LaBreche was a Mil
BE visitor Friday.
!. VIM. Pauly was visiting friends
eboygan Monday.
II Teitgen was at Milwaukee
lesday on business.
N. Killen of Appleton was in the
Monday on business.
and Mrs. Hugo Wits have return.
I'M visit at Chicago.
and Mrs. Jos. Clark are visiting
friends at Milwaukee.
Walter Schuette made bushes,
o Milwaukee Tuesday.
/. Chas. Jens of Milwaukee was
ng in this city Monday.
IS Elsa Zentner left Friday for
10 on visit to relatives.
ank Guse, Jr,, left Monday on a
less trip to Sturgeon Bay.
John Polifka of Kossuth was a
r at the Pilot office Friday.
IS Eleanro Stephani is visiting rel
IS and friends at Milwaukee.
baby boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Jur Hollands, South Sth street.
IS Gertrude Garvey has returned
a visit with friends at Amigo.
:. Jos. Krause of Maple Grove was
Ter at the Pilot office Saturday.
|sty. A. j. Wyseman was at Milwau
Aee Friday on legal business.
r. James j. Zeman OF Gibson was a
er at the Pilot office Wednesday.
rs. j. Braun and daughter have re-
ed from a visit at Elmhall, Mich.
r. August Habermann of Rockland
caller at the Pilot office Monday.
rs. John Larson left Saturday for a
sit with her daughter at Milwau-
ISIS Wanda Lippert has returned
a q visit with relatives at Sturgeon
RS. +. Rank returned 20 Brlllion
lday after a visit with relatives
8.
son was born Friday to Mr.. and
). George Sullivan, South 18th
ct.
daughter was born Sunday to Mr..
Mrs. Gottlieb Salbreiter, South b.
treet.
.iss Mary Kelly is visiting at the
le of her brother, VIM. Kelly of
vton.
d Kerscher is attending the hard
e dealers convention at Milwaukee
week.
ISIS Vlasta krainik has left for Flor
where she will spend the balance OF
winter.
rs. julie Peterson has returned from
sit with relatives and friends at
waukee.
60. w. Nau of Duluth is visiting
, Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Eastman, St.
re street.
rs. Henry Goedjen left Monday for
visit with her son Albert at
annapolis, Ind.
Ilss Grace Buerstatte, a teacher in
t Washington, spent Sunday at her
le in this city.
ew York has Thaw again. And
ate all day, and the ele-
Ut ate al! night. "
IS. Fred Schuette and daughter,
. s. j. Eckels are visiting with rel
es at Milwaukee.
ISIS Mildred Wells returned to Chi
, Monday after visit with reJa-
5 and friends here.
RS. Augusta Lehman of Chicago
been called to this city by the i'll
of Mrs. II. Greve.
r. and Mrs. Thos. Robinson left
lnesday for Milwaukee to attend
funeral of a relative.
/. Hubbard is here from Chicago
q called by the serious illness of
father, H. +. Hubbard.
r. and Mrs. George Cisler of Mil
kee were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
TX Yindra last Sunday.
ISIS Sophie Koehler has returned to
ertown after a visit with her broth
ohm Koehler in this city.
rs. Edward Ross OF Mansfield
a., has returned home after a visit
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TO HUSBAND AND WIFE

Preserve sacredly the privacies of
your own house, your married state
and your heart. Let no father or
mother or sister or brother ever pre-
sumo to come between you or share the
joys or sorrows that belong to you two
alone.
With mutual help, build your quiet
world, not allowing your dearest earth
ly friends TO be the confidant of aught
that concerns your domestic peace.
Let moments OF alienation, II they &C.
cur, be healed at once. Never no new
err, speak OF it outside; but to each 9th.
err confess and all will come out right.
Never let the morrows sun still find
you at variance. Renew and renew
your vow. 1t will do you good and
thereby your minds will grow together
contented in that love which is strong
err than death, and you will be truly
one. Anonymous
The best portion Of good mans life
His little nameless, aforementioned
acts
OF kindness and OF love.
VIM. Wordsworth
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-08

$50 miles from the Pacific. The
Snake river, which enters the Column
liza few miles north OF the Walla-
wala, affords a navigable channel up
to Lewiston, Idaho, which Is i75 miles
from the coast. M
Who would ever have thought II
possible to trade with China or Aus
lralia by an all water route from Chlcf
Joaeph's hunting grounds2 Yet
Lewiston Is on the edge Of the old
Nez Perces reservation. and hardly
more than. a days march from the
Occur r'Alene. Provided with good
map and a lively Imagination, one
might float up the Columbia river
into Canada, and follow the sinuosities
of the Snake to the Yellowstone park
and nearly TO Great Salt lake. But
the falls aud gorges of the upper Co
lumbla will never be negotiable by
anything that swms except salmon;
and the upper Snake river in sum-
mer time has often scarcely enough
water to raise a bubble or make rings
when a stone is thrown in.
For all that, what has been gained
by the caualization just completed Is
noteworthy. A total of 525 miles of
river navigation into the heart of the
great northwest and almost to the
foot of the Rocky mountains may be
accounted well worth the decade of
labor and the nearly s5,000,000 Of
money expended In obtaining the inn
provement., t
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-08
ESCAPE OF C.. T.. LAIRIAT, JR.
(Rogfnn Glohp }

Ii was a modest but thrilling story
that Charles II. Lauriat Jr., Of Bos-
ton. saved from the I.usitania, sent
yesterday by cable from London to
his Young wife In Boston. After tell
ing her that he was uninjured and
well, he said: aa
I'VE were struck at eight minutes
after 2. After doing all ! could on the
ship. | jumped and swan. At 2;20
| fould and got on collapsible liIe-
boat opened her UP and took
charge. We got in. thirty-two In all,
Then We rowed for shore. We were
picked up in about two hours and
reached Queenstown at 9:S0 .. M"
Here is thrilling chapter of hero
ism and of escape from death, told In
less than sixty-tive words. The story
behind IL may some day be told in
thousands of words. every one of
which will have power 10. hold the
reader; but it will never be recited
in manner more Characteristic of its
central figure.
We may believe that in this SUI
preme hour of his life Mr. Lauriat
acted just as he would have acted at
home In some minor emergency of
yachting. lie was born boat sail
OF. In the early days of the Massa-
chueetts bay 1S-toot class no wind
that blew could frighten him out of
bringing his boat across the finish
line, once he had made the start.
Some of US may think that such
training as this bears little relation to
the mans conduct in the Lusitania
tragedy, but ii may be taken for fact
that the training Mr. Lauriat received
in sport in Massachusetts bay was
largely responsible for his saving his
own life and those Of thirty-two other
persons.
Nautical knowledge and boating
Sense THAT is, an understanding Of
what may and may not be done in a
desperate situation ON the water--are
denied more than so per cent of per-
sons who travel across the great deep.
Mr. Laliiat had both, and. to that
fact it appears that majority, If not
all, of the thirty-two persons he saved
owe their lives it8
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-08
THE NAPOLEON BROTHERS.

Both Of the Napoleon brothers. Vie
tor and Louis, famous for their mirth :
provoking act entitled THE French
Prctenders," celebrated birthdays re-
Gently In the same week. Louis, the
younger, passed the half-century
mark, while Prince Victor Napoleon,
who would sit on the imperial throne
of France IL the republic hadn't de-
stroyed that piece OF furniture, was 90.
Louis was Victor's heir to the pretend
ership until about year ago, when q
son was born to Victor and his royal
spouse Princess Clementine of Bel
GUM.
Victor is a granddaughter of Emper-
or Napoleon |. He lives In Brussels,
and in 1910 married Clementine. the
third daughter of King Leopold | of
Belgium. The birth of another Bona
parte heir was hailed with great de-
light by the few followers of the pre-
tender and the pretendrcss, and the
christening of the infant Prince Louis
King Of Rome" was marked by inn
perial pomp and eclat. The ceremony
took place in the palatial premises Of
the proud papa IN the Avenue Louise.
Most of the imperialists of France
were there and did not crowd the
building.
Prince Louis. the younger brother
Of the pretender, is apparently a con-
firmed~ bachelor. He served In the
Russian army for many years with the
rank of lieutenant-general. but now
resides at Geneva, where the Napol-
cons own fine chateau.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-08

kAmeflcun Minister INQUIRY ~ bleN-
stand. Montevideo, Feb. CD
BY virtue of a law enacted on Feb
ruary 8. 1915, specie payments in uru-
quay are to remain suspended until
the conclusion OF peace in Europe. A
law was promulgated aOn August s,
1874, suspending specie payments for
six months, prohibiting for an equal
period the expectation of coal and
gold, and suspending execution sales
for two months and elections for one
month The general moratorium es-
tablished by executive decree OF Au-
gust ., 1914, confirmed and ampli-
fled by the law of August 8, 1914. and,
by the law Of December "A, 1914, ex-
tending until January %. 1915, expir-
ed by limitation on the last named
date.
The amount of gold that, under the
law of August s. 1914 may be depos-
tied by private banks in the Bank of
the Republic is reduced by the law of
February S, 1915, from 4,eoo,e0o to
1000, 900 pesos ga, 1876, 00Q to $2,06S.-
600, The Bank of the Republic is
authorized to issue notes gold notes.
against gold that may he deposited in
legations Of Uruguay IN foreign coun-
tries TO the credit of the government
of the republic for the account of the
Bank of the Republic An executive
degree dated February 5. 1915, con-
tains the rules that are to govern the
depositng Of gold in the legations the
issuance by the Bank of the Republic
OF notes against these deposits, and
other germane provisions uses