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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
! NEWS OF TEN YEARS AGO
The Menasha Plants
Items from the Budget of this week in 1905

The Wooden Ware plant at pres
half the time, on account of lack of
logs. The yards are crowded to a
greater extent that ever known, but
shipments are rather slow, as but
little outside of the material pass
ing through the dry kiln is shipped.
1t is thought little later on, when
the sun comes and drys the slaves
and heading more shipping will be
done. The company has built a
sluiceway from the dam to carry the
water near the bluff on the east
side, so as to allow repairs to be
made at the foot of the dam. They
have built an extension to the apron
of the dam and are now at work on
crib, witch will be filled with
stone This is intended to prevent
washing under the dam by the I'M
dertow. They have also built reg
ular sluiceway for the passage OF
logs, thus saving a large amount CT
wear and tear on the apron by the
plunging of the logs as they pass
ing season will be an active one as
in addition to the large number OF
logs now in the pond and banked
above along the river, there is a
large number contracted for.
The Paper Mill
The dredge continues at work on
the tail race. 1t is expected that
when the work is completed it will
add 400 horsepower to the present
capacity. Work is now completed on
the temporary repairs ON the foun-
dation of the pulp mill. With the
two new water wheels for use for
the beater in the new mill, there
are sixteen water wheels in USE 1t
has been a serious job to take down
the large pile Of pulp the company
had in the shed. 1t was frozen solid
and had to be pried apart the same
as splitting timber, by the use of
wedges. However, they got the last
of it out and have commenced the
work of excavating. The stone foun-
dation and the brick walls are let
by contract, while all other work is
done under the direction of the com
pany. While no one connected with
the company is in a position to state
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The Bible somewhere speaks Of
asking for bread and getting a stone.
Well, We got it. We ask Bro. Bell
for the facts on which he based his
positive opinion on the water power
question, and he assures us, in eff
feet, that it is so because it is So
We have read the present law, and
it looks bad. We have read the Ack-
ley bill, and it looks worse. Isn't
there a middle course that will al
low sufficient inducement to bring
about development and still preserve
the rights of the public? Senator
Bray, who is classed as a conserya-
tive, and who is himself interested
in a water power, has introduced a
bill which is said to be midway be-
tween the extremes.-Jou
Now if Brother Maloney hasn't
argued himself around into exact ac-
cord with our sentiments on the
Water-poWer proposition, which we go
presumptiously expressed in an edi-
torial March u, we would like to
have the fine points of his language
elucidated. Hoping that our extreme
ignorance, which Brother Maloney
afterwards so cleverly exposed, might
not occur to the casual reader, we
had ventured the opinion that the
Water-poWer legislation was between
the fires of two extremes in the
legislature. From what little We had
learned of the Ackley bill, We were
opposed to it, and stated, in refer
ence to it, that ''the bill desired by
some of the Water-pOWer men is no
doubt too radical and the people of
this state will rise in wrath if such
a bill is passed" Brother MalOney
carefully avoided reproducing or re-
ferring to that part of our remarks
in his long harangue, which he based
on our belief that some bill, between
the two extremes, should be passed,
some fair water-poWer bill that will
remove the obstacles that are now
preventing the development of this
great resource
The Journal says: isn't there a
middle course that will allow suffi
cient inducement to bring about de-
velopment and still preserve the
rights of the public?" There sure
ought to be, brother, and that's just
what we would like to see passed.
But that's the very keynote of our
editorial that you originally took
such exception to-
To construe Brother Maloney's re-
marks about a middle course that
will bring about development" as
anything else than an admission that
the present law does prevent devel-
opment, would require a mental eff
fort that, considering our limitations,
we would contemplate with WEAKNESS
and misgiving. But with Brother
Maloney's subtle reasoning powers
there will be nothing to it." as
they say in the classics.
He can ridicule our opinion on
the question with keenest satire
and quote biblical passages to add
to the poignancy of our discontinue.
Then he can express the same SEN
timent in slightly different language
in all fearlessness and the calm as
surance of worthy cause.
We Gods! Restore us our child!
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There is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For
great many years doctors pronounced it a
local disease and prescribed local reme-
dies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incur
constitutional disease and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by f. j.
Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the only
Constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
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The statute providing that a man
who has taken out his first natural
ization papers, only, cannot vote,
but must be a full-fledged citizen
before he can avail himself Of the
privilege of the ballot, has been sus-
tanned by the Wisconsin supreme
court in a decision handed down
Tuesday. There will be several
thousand leess votes cast in the state
on April 6, as result of this de-
cision, and it is thought this will
have some effect on the license cleo
tons in some cities.
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St. Mary's Catholic

Sunday services: First Mass at
500 a. NJ; High mass at 10000 a.
M, evening service, Rosary and
Benediction at 1880.
Week days: Masses at 600 and
500 o'clock in the morning, except
Saturday 600 and 700 a. m.
Communion days: list Sunday, Chill
dren Of Mary; End Sunday, Young
Ladies; 3rd Sunday, Married Ladies;
4th Sunday, st. Phillips Boys So
dality.
Catholic Order of Foresters meet
at parish hall every second and
third Wednesday at 800 p. m.
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w. T. Abel, ex-postmaster of Ed
wardsport, Ind, writes: II suffered
from severe trouble with my kidneys
and back. First bottle of Foley Kid
ney Pills gave me relief" Thousands
testify that backache, rheumatism,
sore muscles, aching joints and blad-
der weakness vanished when Foley
Kidney Pills were taken.-Mooney's
Pharmacy.
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Congregational

Congregational
Sunday school, 1000 a. m.
Morning worship, 11:00 a. m.
Young Peoples Society, 700 p. m.
Evening service, 1880 p. m.
Sermon Topics:
Morning: while Ye Have Light"
Evening: Special musical service
under the auspices of the Mems
Club.
CHAS. II. SANDERS, Pastor.
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Church of Christ

Services every Sunday as follows:
1000 a. m. Bible School
11:00 a. m. Worship, Communion
and Preaching.
$50 p. m. Christian Endeavor
meeting.
1880 p. m. Preaching.
800 p. m. Wednesday evening,
Prayer meeting and Bible study.
D. J. HOWE,
Pastor
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Farm Insurance; Fire, Lightning
and Tornado for $1.75 for years.
Largest Agency in the City. Larg-
est and oldest company in the world.
Andersen & Falge. Adv
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SOCIETIES

MI w. A. Ladysmth camp No. 1872 meets at
AAs l. o. o. F. hall every second and fourth
Saturday evenings Visiting members welcome
D. w MALONEY JAMES HAYES,
clerk consul.
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Scandinavian Lutheran

scandinavian Lutheran
Services again Easter Day at 10: 10
a. m. in Norwegian. No evening ser
vice.
Sunday school every Sunday at 10
a. m.
JOHN RITLAND, Pastor.
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e & A. M. Mystic Tie Lodge No. 280 meets at
Masonic hall first and third Tuesdays of
each month. w. j. KERMoTT,
C. c. KILE, Sec. w. M.
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LAOYSMITn NEWS.bUOCET
Established 1850
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Ladysmith News and Weekly Budget
Consolidated April II, 1907
MARK r. BELL,
Editor and Publisher

Entered as second class matter April 9, 1907, at
the Postoffice at Ladysmith, Wisconsin, under
the act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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0. o. +. Ladysmith Lodge No. 119 meets
A' every Thursday evening. Visiting members
cordially invited.
A. MOORE, N. G.
J. A. HEWITT, VIC l. L. JORDAN, Clerk
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday Services
1000 a. m. Sunday School.
11:00 a. m. Morning Worship.
$50 p. m. Epworth League.
1880 p. m. Evening Worship.
Sermon Topics:
Morning: "Charlemagne."
Evening: "The Triumphal Entry.
Thursday Services
400 p. m. Junior League.
1870 p. m. Studies in Church His
tory.
G. L. HOOKING, Pastor
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" r. s. +. Ladysmith Colony No. 402 Bea-
DS vers Reserve Fund Fraternity meets at
l o. O. F. Hall second and fourth Monday even
Tags of each month. r. II. BURNS M. w. b.
A. J. LAIDLAW, Sec. j. 0. SINCLAIR, Treas
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MI w. w. Granite Lodge No. 533 meets at
NAs l. o. o. F. hall third Tuesday evening of
each month. Visiting members welcome.
F. E. MUNRoE, Mrs. EMMA MANLY,
Secretary. Project.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
: WITH THE LOCAL CHURCHES F:

German Lutheran

German Lutheran
Preaching services next Sunday
at 10:30.
Sunday school at $3.50.
Services at Bruce at 2:30 p. m.
Services on Good Friday, April 2,
at 1920 a. m.
Ladies' Aid society will meet Apr.
8th instead of on April LIST, at Mrs.
Modersohn's.
REV. H. BAUMBACH, Pastor.
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pans.on and the engineers found that
they could not pour the metal into
the recess so hat it would absolutely
FIJI the space when chilled. Again
the workman in Camden had pointed
the way to overcoming this obstacle.
Around the collar If The overlapping
bell end are sixteen threaded holes in
which can be housed as many long jlh-
screws. The working of these inward
makes II possible to eXert a very high
pressure against anything lying In
their path. Into each n of h jill
screw holes are dropped little cylinders
of lead. and then the screws are
worked home, pressing thesa pellets
before them. In this fashion the bits Of
lead are crow ed into every remaining
recess and by he pressure actually
welded or kneadcd into the other lead
which was previously poured.
The process Is simple to describe.
but II touk months OF experimenting to
Get the joint to meet the cNacting RE-
Quirements ~ Va~tertichtness and tieN-
ibility imposed by the ex~igencies Of the
case without celebrating upon the
details II il enough to say hat the
ia lNShlN wan a III Va
a high order.
From the brooklyn shore to Staten
Island $40 twelve foot sections of pipe
will be needed. and the end Of the
conduit Is now close to the point where
1t will join the pipes already laid on
land leading To the Silver Lake rcser-
vuir. The work was interrupted during
the winter time because of flowing ice.
but as "A rule II was found possible Ia
perfect n joint In about two hours be-
fore starting It under tho tide.
II vas not alone sufficient to devise
this flexible metallic joint; the en-
gircers Of the Board OF Water Supply
had also tn plan means 10y which the
growing main could he added To above
the surface and then allowed to slide
bottomward without WrcnChing. Here,
again. they showed their ingenuity.
To this end a curved cradle or sling
- steel girder work was built. one end
VI this rests upon the bottom NJ the
Narrows. while the other rises clear
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IN DUST PROVES As DANGEROUS AN EXPLOSIVE AS GlNPOWD

the dust particles. Mr.. RudGe showed
that he could obtain a continuous
current Of electricity by suitably fore
ing "a stream OF dust laden air through
an insulated tube.
So long as the dust flowed through
the conduit there was u food of
sparks, AZ times the discharge being
more than two inches long. II has
been said that such an electrical DIS
charge is possibly due to the creation
Of the dust cloud itself as well as TO
the friction OF the minute particles
striking against the inner surface of
the tube.
Now from Mr., Ridges experiment,
II is clear that under some clrcum-
stances the exhaust tubes cmplONc ed
in getting rid OF dust in plants of one
kind or another may be the very
means Of inducing an electrical dis
charge which would suffice to ignite
the floating particles and bring about
a disaster. Therefore. it may he found
wise hereafter to provide a means %
moistening or spraying the dust in
transit so as to rob II to a large de-
gree OF its innammabil!ty. This phase
of the subject has been duly consid-
cred by the investigators, and the rev
tla;lons are rather startling. t. quote
the official report:
1T Is well known that the humidity
of the air has a considerable effect
upon tie moisture contcdt Of the dusts
which are exposed to changes in at
m spheric conditions. Bu the effect
that this has upon the infammability
Of the dusts is not known. \ slight
indication OF what might be expected
may he observed in comparing tie
prossures developed in tests of dried
ana undrlcd samples, The pressures
developed by these dusts increased,
after drying, from o. pound or less to
over so pounds"
Experiments at the pittshurg test
, have shown that an explosion could
be produced when there was only .032
ounce Of coal dust suspended in each
cubic foot ~ air, or | pound in 5O0
cubic feet IT air, In order Ia produce
complete combustion It takes all II
the oxygen In one cubic foot of air
70 burn completely 0.123 ounce # the
dust used. This dust was sufficiently
fnc TO pass through n 200 mesh sieve,
@. one with .00 openings IN the
length Of an inch, and fioatcd easily
on a strong mir current,
From these tests a preliminary an
' clusion can be drawn. VIZ: that when
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the mixture contains between .O32 and
.l23 ounce per cubic foot il forms an
eNp!osivcly mixture and one tina l.
extremely dangerous. These figures.
applying tn coal duS, tests. indicate
that a very small amount of dust in
suspension suftices to produce the
original ignition that Will lead I the
propagation Of a very disastrous ex-
ploslon.
Preliminary experiments already
conducted show that many OF the
grain dusts have relatively a lower
ignition temperature than many kinds
of coal dust. Also upon ignition the
grain dusts give higher pressurcs at
lower temperatures than some Of the
coal dusts. This would seem T. indi-
cate the possibility Of securing an is-
milton with a smaller proportion Of
grain dusts per cubic foot than is
necessary for coal dust.
II is generally agreed that the dust
must he fine and Cry and in a state
Of suspension in the atmosphere.
which upon being brought in con-
tact with sufficient neat or flame
cause an ignition, II is conceded
that there must he n proper proportion
in diffusion so that tho explosive min
turc ~ dust and air viii ignite with
sufficient force to propagate r. an cN-
plosion.
Again, to quote from the standard,
We are tod this upon the subj, / Of a
dust explosions destructive energy:
Let MS consider starch dust. for en-
annie. thar paIh ,uhi, yart
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Accordingly. the American invcsti-
gators are to-day opposed to the en-
pioyment Of naked lights and as a
remedy strongly recommend the use
or incandescent electric lamps not only
FOR general mill illumination but port.
able electric lamps for workmen going
into grain bins or Into any other space
where the atmosphere il apt to he
eden with clouds ~ dust.
Probably the most disastrous cX-
plosion on record, as far as loss Of life
Is concerned, occurred in n linserd mil
In Liverpool, England, ON November
~. lNl. As a result ~ this explosion
thirty-nine persons were killed and
lOl were injured. The explosion was
thought to have originated in the base
ment OF the plant, where six large dis
integrators for grinding oil cake.
beans and other materials and the
necessary elevators were at work. II
was considered To he due to the ir-
milton OF n dense cloud of dust pro-
duced by the breaking Of IA driving
belt on n OF the machines. This belt
was six inches wide and ran at n
speed VI about 5000 feet a minute, and
~ "aS Sa'p kHol WHtn 'lt VI llltS'
belts broke a fog Of dust was raised
owing to the disturbance of dust on
the gi-ders in the room
by way of possible explanation Of
the foregoing disaster, our ~inyosti-
gators have established the fact that
electricity can be produced by the fric-
ton ~ pn,leys and belts and held as
n charge until some break produces a
zap across which the escaping charge
jumps in the form NJ a spark. \
spark ~ this nature would b. suf-
hc.ent to ignite a dust cloud under
suitable conditions, Again. the great
est care must be exercised in design
ing electric motors, fuses sc, that
are TO he installed in buildings where
dust Is being continually produced. 1t
Ia apparent that the substitution Of
this newer form Of mechanical energy
for steam brings in it's train certain
hazards. for a chance spark from "a
motor Will be erouRh under some cir
eums'anccs To ignite surrounding dust
laden air.
The mere fac that n mill or fac
tory has a dust collecting system is
not a sufficient guars ntee against pos
sihle explosions. l'non this point the
official Investigators in this II
report: MANY explosions have or-
CURED in recert years where dust col
Letting systems were said 10 have been
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Of the water alongside OF the big fioat-
ing derrick. which constitutes a mo-
bile base Of operation. There 'he
, pipes are assembled and the joints
made, and ms each section is added
| the derrick Is moved forward just so
many feet.
As the cradle moves along with this
floating base the lower part OF the
| conduit slides on and takes its place
without jar at the bottom OF the
trench dug for It. In this the
main has grown progressively. The
upper end Of the conduit, Of course, re-
mains above the surface ready Tor the
Joining of the next length OF pipe. No
Joint Is lowered into the water until 1t
has been sealed. fexed for testing and
made thoroughly tight.
This order OF procedure has decided
advantages. 1t has been found prac-
ticable from time to time to seal the
upper end OF the conduit and to close
the nearest cate valve at the brooklyn
end. Then by applying compressed
air. II was an Easy thing To test the
whole section to see that all was right.
By accident once the conduit was
dragged suddenly sidewise out of line.
and this abrupt pull damaged n OF
the joints. When the compressed air
test was escorted to the escaping air
bubbles rising to the surface told ex-
! actly where the trouble lay. Taking a
favorable state of the tide. IT was pos
sible to scnd a couple OF divers down to
make the necessary repairs by drop
ping leaden pellets In some of the holes
and by returning the screw plugs and
seating these firmly against the added
filling.
The whole project. now nearing sue
cessful contamination. is an engineer
ing achievement Of a distinctive char
acter. Staten Islanders in particular
and New Workers. generally have rea-
SON for pride In what this task repre-
sents. Planting a big iron conduit on
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In many industries, especially where
the ventilating installation Is imperfect
or inadequate, the air Of the work.
shop is charged with dust. This is
notably so in some woodworking
establishments.
An instance is given of the infam-
inability Of sawdust by an explosion
which occurred in a box factory in
Philadelphia less than two years q
by which one man was killed and six
OF his fellow workers injured. A bolt
dropped among the cutters OF "A ma
chine for grinding sawdust caused in
stantly a shower Of sparks which
isnited the finely divided dust II the
air.
An accident much nearer home &C.
CURED in a cooperaGc plant in Brook
lyn in June Of last year. One Of The
chutes carrying sawdust to the base
men, became closged without the fact
being noticed. Suddenly the whole
mass swept down the chute and into
the furnace in the cellar, at the same
time raising Il cloud Of dust. In
stantly there was n violent explosion,
which wrecked the furnace, shattered
the building, set II on FIRE and fatally
injured two Of the employees In tho
basement.
Perhaps "A more curious Illustration
OF the expiosibility of sawdust was
that furnished by n fire that occurred
in a Massachusetts cutlery factory. A
small machine in the middle Of IA good
sized room Was used for smoothing
hardwood handles for knives. The
dust which was ground off was carried
away through n metal conduit a foo,
in diameter by the draught induced by
n blower in the room above. a spark
from an emery wheel fifteen fee away
ron tn" milling machine struck "A
window twenty feet AWAY, and glancing
back, entered tho mouth OF the suction
tube and set the hardwood dust ON
IRE. A stream Of sparks eighteen feet
long was blown out Of the exhaust
end, Fortunately there vas not an
explosion In he strictest sense OF the
term, but In some cases even a dust
exhaust system may he dangerous in
Itself,
Some months ago ". a. Douglas
Rudge descriu q an unusual electrical
experiment to the Cambridge Phi!o-
sophical Society In which dust PLAYED
n prime role. 1t seems that when
Clouds of dust are created they are
Invariably heavily charged with cleo
tricity, the character OF the charge
positive or neutrality-suspicious. upon
1.-THE nature OF the material forming