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NEW SWITCH IS AUTOMATIC
Device for Controlling Electric Cur
rents Made Movable by Hand
in One Direction.
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In describing an automatic electric
switch designed by John L. Polk of
Menands, N. Y., the Scientific Amer
ican says:
This automatic switch is for use in
controlling electric currents, the
switch in one of its movements being
automatic, and also sluggish in its ac
tion. More particularly stated a
switch is provided having a lever mov
able- by hand in one direction and
movable in the opposite direction by
the action of a spring and against the
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Automatic Switch.
cushioning pressure of a dash pot for
the purpose of retarding the move
ment or rendering it sluggish, the idea
being that when the switch lever is
in one of its extreme positions it
closes one electric circuit and a few
moments afterward opens that circuit
and automatically closes another. A
plan view is shown herewith com
plete, the lever occupying its extreme
position to the left and closing one of
the circuits.
NEW ELECTRIC TRUCK-CRANE
Designed Especially for Unloading,
Loading and Transporting Heavy
Loads for Short Distance.
- An electric motor-truck crane, de
signed for unloading, loading and
transporting the loads for short dis
tances in yards and shop buildings is
shown in this illustration w'hile trans
porting a one-ton load, says the Popu
lar Mechanics. The hook of the
swinging crane, which is mounted on
the front end of the truck, is raised
and lowered by a hoist of one-ton ca
pacity mounted just back of the
crane, the motors driving the hoist
and the vehicle being operated from
a battery on the rear end of the
truck.
When material is to be unloaded
and deposited within a 6 to S-ft. radius,
and this action does not require the
material to be moved vertically more
than 10 ft., the truck is run into posi
tion, the brakes are set, and the truck
remains stationary, the boom of the
crane moving back and forth between
the picking-up and deposition place.
When material has to be transported
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Electric Truck-Crane.
to a distance in the warehouse or
— yard, the track picks up the load from
the railroad car or wagon, conveys it
to its destination, and sets or piles it
where desired. The short wheelbase
permits the driving of the' machine
about warehouse and shop aisles.
Treatment of Sciatica.
Electricity was formerly the mystic
remedy of the quack, but since elec
trical apparatus has become so essen
tial for X-ray work more serious at
tention has been given by regular
physicians to the physiological effects
of this powerful agent. Among the
notable results has been an electrical
method of arresting the degeneration
of the arteries so common in prema
. ture old age. A new announcement is
that of Doctor Labordie, a French
medical man, who gives details of a
method of treating sciatica by ioniza
tion with sodium hyposulphite and
shows what appears to be an effective
cure for a painful disease. The ef
fects are attributed in this treatment
to sulphur oxide from electrolytic de
composition Instead of the direct ac
tion of the electric current Itself.
Electric Light Signals.
Several tunnels on the Southern Pa
cific are equipped with automatic elec
tric lighting devices. When the train
is within a hundred feet of the tunnel
the lights go on, warning pedestrians
and affording light for the engineer.
Electricity in Dyeing.
Among the tasks .imposed in recent
years upon that busy servant of man.
electricity, is the acting as an assist
ant in the operation of dyeing.
TELEGRAPH QUICK AND CHEAP 1
Johnson-Varley System of Communi
cation Promises to Supersede
< Slow Morse Signalling.
A revolution Is promised In the new
Johnson-Varley system of tuned cable,
wire, and wireless telegraphy. At a
private press exposition its principles
were clearly elucidated by Mr. Var
ley and Mr. Johnson. The system is
based upon the well-known law of
syntonic synchronism. This super
sedes the slow’Morse signalling by a
system of tuned reeds representing
letters and numerals sent from a type
keyboard and received at. the other
end by a similarly tuned type record
er. In all there are 49 differently
tuned signals to each machine, and
the whole of these range within one
semitone. To show that the rate of
vibration of these reeds is uninflu
enced by variation of temperature a
reed was placed in boiling water
while the one that was tuned to It
was kept out of the liquid, yet on
vibrating the latter the former was
seen to oscillate in a like manner.
The- advantages claimed for the new
system are: 1. That messages can
be sent four times as fast as by the
Morse code with one transmitter. 2.
Several transmitters can work at the
same time over one cable in both di
rections. 3. Practical elimination of
skilled operators. 4. As a result
cheaper rates and increased speed.
The Johnson-Varley system also
makes possible secret wireless tele
grams, and all interference of one
message with another is prevented by
its use. The tuning of the reeds —-by
a mechanical process, not the human
ear —is absolute and definite, and we
might say illimitable, as the fraction
of a vibration per second makes all
the difference in the world.
ELECTRICITY HANDY ON FARM
Montana Man Secures Patent on Ap
paratus for Operating Plows, Har
rows and Other Implements.
Interest in the application of elec
tricity to the farm recently manifest
ed itself in a patent upon a system for
distributing electricity to operate ap
paratus such as plows, harrows and
other farm implements used In the
fields. The patent is issued to Charles
S. Doney, Columbia Falls, Montant,
says the Popular Electricity. The il
lustration conveys something of the
inventor’s idea, which is to run wires
out from the dynamo and on each
side of the field. Across the field and
Novel Electrical Distribution.
between these two wires runs a pair
of wires constituting a movable trol
ley from which a motor driven trac
tion engine will take current by fneans
of a second trolley, the whole outfit
being moved up the field as the
ground is prepared by the plows, har
rows or drills.
New Fire Alarm Indicator.
A new alarm indicator for fire en
gine stations has three panes, behind
which incandescent lamps can be so
arranged as to show the signaling box
by numeral or special signs. The ap
paratus can be worked by hand or au
tomatically by the usual Morse alarm
signals. To save the time necessary
for finding on a chart the spot from
which the alarm was sent, it is pro
posed to use a translucent map that
would be illuminated by the alarm,
and would have all boxes of the fire
department area marked by numbered
disks. The call would also show a
red light behind the disk for the sig
naling’ box and another for the sta
tion, so that the best route to the fire
would be seen at a glance.
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The signal corps has nine wireless
stations in Alaska.
It is claimed there is less shrink
age of meats when cooked by electric
ity.
The General Electric company will
supply forty electric mules for the 1
Panama Canal.
A signal will pass over the 2,700
miles of the Atlantic cable in three
tenths of a second.
New York is installing additional *
high-pressure motor-driven fire pumps 1
in two of its pumping stations.
There are 71 armored telephone ca
bles leaving Manhattan island with a
total of 13,561 paid conductors.
Berlin employs more than 100 stor- (
age battery driven electrical machines ,
literally to scrub its well kept streets.
The Omaha Light & Power company
uses a portable motor-driven pump for
pumping water from the underground
conduits.
The city of Hamburg will build a
three mile monorail railroad to test
the availability of the plan to the
municipal traction system.
IS THE PAIN THERE ?
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DOAN’S KIDNEY PILLS
SOLD AT ALL ST ORES. 50 CENTS A BOX. FOSTER-MILBURN COMPANY, BUFFALO, N. Y.
Puzzle of Living.
Religionists chided about their Ina
bility to agree on points of faith might
point out that they differ only in inci
dentals, and not essentia' 3, whereas
the scientists differ on everything.
Take the science of living. A week
ago you would have “died if you drank
water with your meals.” Now they
say it doesn’t do any harm at all. One
variety says: "Eat meat, lots of It, to :
build good, rich blood.” Another says
meat is poison; that vegetables are
the only food. A third declares meat
and vegetables both increase debility,
and that you will live twice as long
an raw’ fruits and nuts. Some say
"Talk with your meals, laugh; it
makes the food digest.” Others insist
silence Is never so golden as at the
table.
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A Beautiful Decline.
Ollie James, the gigantic and genial
congressman and senator-elect from
Kentucky, was in conversation the
other day with a Washingtonian when
the latter made certain inquiries with
reference to a mutual friend whom he
had not seen for a number of years.
“And how does Col. Prescott spend
his declining years?” be asked.
"Beautifully, sir; beautifully!” an
swered James. “He has a fine farm,
sir. A string of trotters, sir. And a
barrel of whisky 16 years old —and a
wife of the same age, sir!”
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of .
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for '
infants and children, and see that it i
Bears the 77^
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
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A Curious Mind.
“You are acquainted with Digsfortb,
I believe?"
“Oh, yes.”
“He likes to be well informed con
cerning matters that very few peo- ]
pie know anything about.” ,
“For instance?”
"He is familiar with the achieve
ments of all the American immortals ;
whose names appear on the revised 1
list.”
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Dr. Pierce’s Pellets, small, sugar-coated.
easy to take as candy, regulate and invigor
ate stomach, liver and bowels. Do not gripe.
Evidence.
“What makes you think our great
public men don’t work as hard as
they used to?”
“By the photographs,” replied
Farmer Corntossel. “When I was a
young feller the big men in politics
didn’t take near as much time to git
shaved and have their hair cut”
Garfield Tea. taken regularly, will correct
both liver and kidney disorders.
A man feels as 111 at ease In a dry
goods store as a woman does in a to
bacco shop.
You Look Prematurely Old I
••mum of thou ugly, grisly, gray hair*. Um “LA CRKOLK" MAIR drkssinr. PRICK, tiAML rataU,
Work Begets Work.
George W. Perkins, the New York
financier, was talking about the scar
city of the SIO,OOO a year man—the
man actually worth a SIO,OOO salary.
“The advantage of the SIO,OOO a
year man,” he said, “is not alone that
he works splendidly—it is also that
under him everybody else works splen
didly. There’s a Chinese proverb,” he
said, "that expresses exactly what I
mean:
“ ‘lf a farmer is diligent the soil
will not be lazy.’ ”
The Reason.
“This purse is real alligator skin.”
"I suppose that is why it has such
snap.”
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy. No Smarting—Feels
Fine —Acts Quickly. Try It for Red, Weak,
Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Illus
trated Book in each Package. Murine is
compounded by our Oculists—not a “Patent Med
icine”—but used In successful Physicians’Prac
tice for many years. Now dedicated to the Pub
lic and sold by Druggists at 25c and 60c per Bottle.
Murine Eye Salve In Aseptic Tubes, 25c and 60c.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
A Poor Guesser.
Wedmore —Before I married, I learn
ed to live on half my income.
Singleton—And found that it was a
wise step, eh?
Wedmore —Yes, only a half was the
wrong proportion—l should have made
it an eighth.
For HEADACHE-Hicks’ CAP! DINE
Whether from Colds. Heat, Stomach or ।
Nervous Troubles, Capudlne will relieve you. ;
It’s liquid—pleasant to take—acts immedi- ;
ately. Try it. 10e., Ssc., and 50 cents at drug
stores.
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Brags Considerably.
“Has Biffels any favorite fiction?” i
"Yes. And it’s mostly about him- j
self.”
PILES CUBED IN 6 TO 14WAYS
Your druggist will retund money if P AZO OINT- ;
MKNT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, 1
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6to 14 days. We.
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Always hold fast to love; we win
by tenderness and conquer by for
giveness.—F. W. Robertson.
The Remedy that revolutionizes and re
generates the victim of constipation is
Garfield Tea, a herb combination.
Some men don’t know very much,
but they don’t know it. 1
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
Elegant Language.
“A poet speaks of himself as a
‘blind voyager across the bitter
seas.’ ”
“Perhaps an overlndulgence in fancy
food has given him an acute sensa
tion of mal de mer.”
ITCH, ITCH relieved tn JO minutes by
WooUord’s Sanitary Lotion. At Drucglsta.
Two heads are better than one—ln
a cabbage patch.
Then Your Kidneys May Be Weak and in
Need of Quick Attention
Backache is enough cause to suspect the kidneys. The
kidneys are in the small of the back. Congested kidneys swell
and throb. The back naturally aches. It hurts to bend or
stoop or to sit down.
Kidney trouble may come on all unnoticed. A cold, a
chill, a" fever, a strain or irregular habits may start it. While
sick kidneys can be cured in the beginning, it is a serious
matter when dropsy, gravel or Bright’s disease sets in.
Doan’s Kidney Pills have made a reputation in the cure of
backache, and kidney and bladder ills. The best proof is the
testimony of the users. Here are two typical testimonials.
Thirty thousand others are being published in the newspapers.
A postage stamp will bring you reports of cases nearer home.
If you suspect your kidneys, get the best-recommended
kidnev remedy.
MRS. JOHN EPPLEY,
A Resident of Ashland, Pa.
Cured of a Very Severe Case, With
Some Dangerous Features.
Mrs. John Eppley, 916 Walnut St.,
Ashland, Pa., says: “I was near
death’s door many
days with kidney
trouble. My back
was painful all the
time, the secre
tions from the kid-
Heys discolored
and contained a
sediment, and oft
en large lumps
' would form on the
kidneys and some
times would burst.
“I was in a terrible state and not
having a moment’s peace. I came as
near dying as I ever will and live. I
started using Doan’s Kidney Pilis and
kept it up until cured. I have had no
return of the trouble, although that
was four years ago.”
The Keynote.
Knicker —I thought simplicity was
to be the keynote of your gowns.
Mrs. Knicker —It is; I have simply
got to have them.
Mrs. Wtnalow’a Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces indamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.
Good Advice.
“I will have my pound of flesh.”
“Be a vegetarian instead, and take
a peck of potatoes.”
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Rochester, N. Y.
Cured of Backache and Kidney
Trouble with Uric Poisoning.
“Some years ago,” said Mr. Frank
lin on March 1, 1911, “I found that 1
was suffering through the failure of
the kidney to rid the system of uric
acid. My back
was lame and
ached if I over
exerted at all. I
often felt languid
and depressed
and the kidney
secretions were
annoyingly irreg
-5 ular.
v “Doan’s Kidney
Pills brought me
prompt relief from the aching and
lameness and by the time I had taken
three boxes I was cured. Right after
wards I made a statement of my cure
and am glad now that several years
have passed to repeat the story and
to say that the results were perma
nent.”
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