Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 28, 1909, Page 20

RESIDENCE OF J. B. M T WAS the fur Industry that opened the way to Frankiin county. The hunter Is a de- stroyer and the trapper Is heart- less and cruel. FHistory has kept scant record of the hunter and and the true story of his life has written and never can be writ- e the scout or freighter he stands lonely as a grizzly. You meet very trall, every highway and by A where there 1s no way, In & new country. It is seif-evident that the gam bling and not the commercial {nstinct pre in trapping In the west. The fascination is in the hazard. The spell so wper heen ten. Al strong and him on way, a dominates ng usually Is not of avarice, but lies in that delclous, feverish, Intoxicating charm of chance. The every-day trades, the tame beaten path, are not in the trapper's line of march He is for the short cut to fortune. IHe Is casy-golng and good-tempered, yet as ready to fight as an old bear, and you never an tell when ha is going to begin. He is « man whose experiences only wide lacked the has not deep. All his life he refining influence of women. Mountain and wood and stream and other men have been his companions. Yet the trapper has been the pathfinder of more than half of the boundless west. It was he who blazed the way to Franklin county Franklin county is in the southern tier of the counties of the state and 176 mies west of the Missourl river. It is one of the most fertile countles in the Republican lNey. Previous to the year 1870 there had been no settlement In the Republican val- ley, but about this time reports from hunt- ers and occasional travelers, describing its extraordinary fertility, partics were organ- ized to examine and report on the truth of these statements. As a result the settle ment of Franklin county was commenced. The Republican valley had been the best hunting ground of the Indians, and their hostility and occupancy of tite ground had rendered its settlement impracticable. For many years a number of hunters trappers had spent the hunting here, and as early as the winter of 1366-67 a settiement was made In the western part of t punty, but had to be abandoned on account of the hostility of the Indlans. At this time there were no white settlers within 100 miles eastward, and on the north no settlements nearer than the Fiftte river. In 1870 several companles were/ or- ganized In Omaha, for the purpose of mak- ing settlement somewhere in the western part of the state. One of the partles pro- poscd a location in the Republican valley. Therefore on the lith day of September, 1870, Willlam C. Thompson and five others, started out on a tour of investigation, but on account of the unfriendly attitude of the Indians, they advanced with great caution They found wild game of all kinds com- mon to the western prairie, in abundancs, In October the party returned to Omaha nd season with glowing accounts of the country and many people entered homestead claims without seeing the land The first homestead claim in Franklin THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE NOVEMBER 28 190! GREGOR, BLOOMINGTON. county, was made by Barneft Ashburne, one of the party who selected the location. The settiement was known as the Thomp- son colony. A serfous question to settle was, how to defend themselves from the hostlle Indians. They finally applied to Colonel David Butler for arms and ammu- nition, but the governor informed them that before he could comply with thelr request, they would be obliged to organize a militia company. The entire colony was formed into & militla company and wers enlisted In the Second and the governor its officers and Nebraska cavalry, Issued commissions to ordered that they should be armed and placed on a war footing {mmediately. Other colonles settled In dif- ferent parts of the county during 1571-72 Measures were taken to ‘organize the county and Governor David Butler issued a proclamation February 14, 1871, calling an election of county officers to be held the 3d day of the following March The first death In (he county was of Samuel W. Ashby, June 2, 1872 63 years. The first postoffice in th was established at Franklin, May, 1871 A colony from Omaha, composed en- tirely of colored people, took a location on a creek which they called Lovely creek, but thelr money was soon gone and they alandoned their claims before the summer was ovel The that aged county first sermon was preached In the county by Rev. Johm W. Whiting, a one- armed ex-soldier. The services were held urder a large cottonwood tree and listened to by thirty or forty people. During the summer of 1571 a gompany of soldlers was stationed about ‘two miles above the mouth of Turkey creek, to guard against depredations of the Indians. At the first election of county officers, held October 10, 1871, thirty votes were polled. The first store was established at Franklin about September 1, 1871, by O'Ban- non. The first child born In the county was were BLOOMINGTON born October 1, 1871, The first houses were bullt of sod or logs. In the fall of 1571 many of the settlers left the country to spend the winter farther east, where they could secure employment The only crops raised that year were sod corn, potatoes and a few other vegetables. The winter of 1871-'72 Was a severe one, and, though other provisions were scarce, game was abundant. Buffalo, antelope, wild turkeys and other game was plentiful and as there was an abundance of timber along the streams, there was little danger of starvation or freezing. One thousand five hundred Texas cattle were driven in to winter, but the weather was 8o cold and the snow so deep, that by spring only 600 of the cattle were left. Early in the spring of 1572 the settlers who left the county the previous fall, after thelr breaking was done and houses bullt, returned and put in their crops. During thé spring many fresh emtgrants came, and the county was fast growing in popu- lation Up to the spring of 1572 Franklin county had acquired but little Importance. In April the county seat, which had not been established at any given place, was lo- cated here, and the upper story of a bullding belonging to E. A. Kirkpatrick Franklin Durand, was leased for a court house and the county records removed here, but in 1574 Bloomington became the county seat The first marriage license issued in the GENERAL STORE AT BLOOMINGTON. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. eounty was March 1, 1872, to a couple from Harlan couuty. The first Fourth of July celebration was held In the same year in a cottonwood grove, near the Republican river, on the farm of J. F. Puglsey. About 100 people were present. J. F'. Zediker read the Declaration of Independence and his wife, Mrs. Julfa Zediker, read an essay on “Nebraska, Ten Years Hence." Her proph- ecles of the churches, villages, raflroads and other improvements were more than fulfilled. The first school district was organized in the summer of 1§72, and the first school was taught by Miss Maria Peery, In a dugout. In this same year a town company Wi organized in Brownville, Neb,, for the pur- pose of locating a town In some desirable part of Franklin county. The ske of the present town of Bloomington was se- lected, The first newspaper in the county was published at Bloomington in Ausgust, 1872, by J. D. Calhoun, and was called the Bloomington Guard. In June, 1873, the Franklin County Agricultural soclety was organized and the first agricultural fair In the county, as well as the first in the Republican River valley, was held at Bloomington, October 1 of the same year. Governor R. B, Furnas delivered the ad- dress and complimented the farmers and citizens on the remarkable progress they had made and the large and magnificent display of products. In 1874 a large acreage of crops of all kinds was planted with the prospect of an abundant harvest, but in July the grass- hoppers appeared in multitudes and in a few day's (ime everything was stripped of its follage. In the fall of 1874, the first herd of Short- horn cattle, numbering about 100, were brought in by A. R. Gage, who settled on Crow Creek. In 187-'76 Franklin county, at the state fair, was awarded first premlum and va. rious medals for the largest and best dis- play of agricultural products. In 1879 bonds were voted to the Burlington & Missour! River rallroad to Induce them to extend their road through the county, and the road was completed and trains be- gan running as far as Bloomington that same year. Previous to this time grain and produce was hauled to Lowell and Kearney to market. The latter place, nearly fifty miles from Bloomington, was the principal market. Riverton is one of the thrifty towns of Franklin county. It is located in the Re- publican valley. Thompsons creek flows through the town and has several excellent R BLOOMINGTON CATHOLIC CHURCH. water power The town has a population of 500 and is one of the oldest settled por tions of the county. The first settlers arrived 1§71, The first postoffice soon after and was called first store was established Bilvers in 1877 and the taught by C. B. Childs. in.proved but slowly was erected by Shepardson & Vollintlr From this time the town began to fmprove, urtil In 157 it bad the trade from a very large extent of country. In educational matters Riverton greesive and up with the times, Franklin is located close to the center of Franklin county, close to the Republican river and Center creek. The Burlington rallroad passes along on the level bottom here March 20 was established Riverton. The here by John first school was Up to 1873 the town In 1874 a flouring mill is pro- TYPICAL lands just below the town I8 here obtained of the miles to the north, east south a view fs had of the broad river ley and high hills, The county seat was located here until 1874, when It was removed to Bloomington. In a few months the entire town of Frank- lin was removed to Bloomington In 187, for the third time, a started where Franklin now first stose was opened in October Schnack. The first A pleasant view level uplands for and west, to the val- town was stands. The by Peter marriage was that of George Rice and Maggie Powell, November 1, 1880, Rev. J. M. Strong officlating. The first death was that of Miss Mollle Mills, No- vember 12, 1880. The first sermon was preached by Rev. J. M, Strong, a ¢ gational minister, in 1580 The Franklin flouring mills were erected in 18%0 by Rice & Potter on the Republic: river, . Frankln has a population of 1,200, Bloomington, the county seat, Is a thriv- ing town of about %0 to 1,000 inhabitants, sltuated on the Republican river, whose valley is one of the garden spots of the western plains. gre. very line of business s represented, there belng two strong banks, four general BLOOMINGTON D to Franklin County’s Fertile Soil < HOME. stores, one of the largest lumber yards in the state, harness shop, bakeries, restaur- ants, hotels, drug stores, Jewelry storo, printing offices, meat mawiet, furaiture stora clothing stors, autemebile delivery and many other institutiens, besides nini erous professional mén, There are othor liney of business which are et unrerre- ented here, which will be f1led in & short time trom all present indieations, Educationally, Bloomington {s oqulpped much better than any town In the state of her size, having maintained for many years a full twelve grade school, fully aceredited at our state university, to which institution a large number of our students have gone to complete thelr education. In churches several denominations are here represented there being six chureh bulldings in the town The town is situated on the main he the Burlington between St. Louis and Den- ver, which Is the shortest route of that line betwedn Chicago and Denver. The town Is also on the new line surveyed in the line of sum- mer of 1907 by the Salina & Northwestern » Nearly every resident of the town is the owner of his property, ver little, specula been bettered vasily in the last few and there is no fear of a retrograde ment In the values of property, cith'r city or farm. In fact, the values are on a steady rise. It s a good place v make a home, it Is p good a place to cmba k In business and an acquainiancs with the town will convinee any who are secklng a change. The people are respectable, law- abiding citizens, generous and hospitable Franklin county has seven rallrond sta- tions and fifty miles of rafiroad. It has 7 miles of public highway punula tlon of 12,000, The property valuation of Franklin county Is about $17,00,00. The farms of Franklin county contain 239,00 acres, 155,000 of which are under culiivaiion, yoars and a On these farms were produced last s ason, 76,000 acres of corn, 42,000 acres of wh at and 12,000 acres oats. These farmers roid and shipped out last season, 251,000 bushcls of corn and 637,00 bushels of wheat, A very large proportlon of the corn Is con- sumed on_the farm. The wealth of (uls county cofisists largely of fat stock. Last season the farmers old and 000 head of beef cattle and of fat hogs. .Also 4,600 mutton The future of Franklin county pend largely upon the dairy shipped out 72,000 head sheep. will de- indusiry. Al- ready the farmers have 6,500 cows on their farms, and each year they are : more hand separators and adopting modera methods in this Industry. Last ssason they ®old and shipped out of the county 362,000 pounds of butter and (500 gallons of cream, The poultry Industry is fas: com- ing to the front as a rioney-maker for the farmer's wife. Last season there iwere 805,000 dozens of eggs and 200,00 pounda of dressed poultry sold. ’ Experiment and Result in the Widening Field of Electric _Application Automatic Phone Exchange. ICE Consul William Washington Brunswick of Chemnitz thus describes the working of an au- tomatic telephone system that has been introduced by the gov- crnment: “The first automatic telephone exchange em in Germany has just been installed in Hildeshelm by the imperial German postoffice, requiring no central to make the desired connection, each subscriber be- ing his exchange. The apparatus Is like a clock, with indicating numbers. The Hildeshelm subscriber's set, connected to the automatic exchange, Is composed of & disk on wh to be found ten holes numbered from the bottom up, 0 to 9. These halves are just large enough to pe mit the insertion of the forefinger, the holes being on & movable disk. If, for Instance, a person desires to be connected with No. 91, the subscriber first removes the recelver from the hook, then places his forefinger in the slot num- bered 9 and rotates the disk as far as it will go—that s, until his finger strikes an ction. He then removes his finger from the slot and permits the disk to re. turn to its position under the ac tion of & spring, whereupon the forefinger 18 Inserted in the hole marked 5 and the disk 1s again rotated until the finger meets the obstruction, the disk being again per mitted to return to its normal position; the laces his for h are average person's obstr normal subscriber then again in the hole marked 1, disk and lets it efinger rotates th again return to zero. The manner in which the ¢ made s as follows: When rotates the disk by placing his finger ir 1 rotates the disk he line to the nase of No nnection @ subscriber the hole 9 & sends over the the requisite impulse central office to move, in the %1, the 100 switch words dred in the nine steps, of, in other the switeh picks out the ninth hun Similarly, when his finger is placed hole 5 and the disk is rotated, It is again rotated thr angle and sends back ugh @ predetermined 1o the central office which In turn a final had in the d 1o the 10 fivg impulses. move ctor, which meantime be come connec switch above veferred 10, five spaces, which will corre spond to the s in this particular 900; and 50 again Wwith the 1, until finally the ap- paratus in the eentral office has been e nected through to line No. %1 from the calling subscriber's sary for th as th's 18 line. It s not subscriber to neces ring, inasmuch s0 done automatically The subscriber having finished, termi- nates the connection by hanging the re. epiver on the hook. Immediately another pe.son can be called up. Should the sub- seriber wish to call can get mo while & number is in connection uniil the user has ceased conversation, and this, of course, does away With the annoying fea- ture In telepliones of belng interrupted in the midst of & conversation by some one breaking (. By (s system the subscriber use he can readily be connected at any time, whether day or night, and it is evident that it will ultimately do away entirely with the exchange girl, as it reduces the cost of maintenance. The government is energetically pursulng experiments for the improving of the present telephone system, and the automatic device seems to solved the problem.” have 'he Electrical Dressmaker. In those good old days still within the memory of most of us, every community supported one or more dressmakers who traveled from house to house and made the gowns for our mothers and sisters These dressmakers cut the cloth accord- ing to a Ussue paper pattern and sewed it mostly by hand, although the old sew- ing machine was called in now and then to do its share of the rougher work. The dresses were basted ard fitted and then sewed and finished by hand, the whole process taking days and days. Down In the big city of N make dresses by electricity dogen dresses while the old-fashioned dressmaker would be taking off her hat and coat. In this New York factory the dresses are made by the thousand. The various colored goods as received from the mill are spread out on long tables and in a flash the electric knives have eut out the many complicated sections of the gar- Then the passed along to other operatives, machine, tiny motor and ew York they They make a ment according to the patterns koods are One driven by a electric managed by a young woman, together in a trice while other motor-driven ma together the parts These machines sew at the minute some idea of how fast buttons are sewed on and hnother electric machine nd completes the sews the sleeves all about her are chines stitching of the dress rate of over which will give' you y run. Even the by electrieity other a thousand stitches a fashions When the buttonhole. dresses are finished they are pressed with an electric iron, packed In boxes and delivered to the refiroad station in an electric truck. The fact that electricity drives (he various ma \es makex it possible to complete ghou ds of thes sses @ day, thereby say nearly all former cost of making ess by hand Cables of the World, _ The various governments of the world fown together 530 cables, having a total length of 14,480 miles and containing 21,560 miles of conductors. The French govern ment, which takes the lead as to length of cgbles, has 3400 miles in fifty-four cables. As to number, the Norweglan gov rnment comes first, with 3 cables, hav Ing & total length of 248 aniles. Finally 5 to"the length of conductors, the Eng. lish government comes first, with 5468 atles of conductors, divided among 11 cables, having & total length of 1.355 miles Private companies to the number of twenty-elght own 38 cables, having & length of 126,664 miles and containing 127,62 miles of conductors. The French panies, only two In number—the Compagnie Francaise du Telegraphe de Paris & New com- York and the Soclete Francaise des Tele- graphes Sous-Marins—have eighteen cabl withy a total Tength of 7.249 nautical miles, The most Important of the private com- panies is the Eastern Telegraph company, which cperates seventy-five cables, with a total length of 25,37 miles. The total number of cables in the world is 1,168, with a total length of 140,34 miles and 149,19 miles of conductors. This is not sufficient to reach to the moon, but would extend more than half way there. e Electrieity in While Santa Claus still adheres to the g00a old-fashioned ways, driving the same o0ld reindeer and sleigh, carrying the same old pack ladened with good things to eat, toys and things boys and girls like best, he 1= not at all adverse to applylng mod- ern methods whenever he can. So it Is that the best Christmas tree this year will be lighted with tiny electric lights of many colors, completely eliminating the fire risk of the old-fashioned cand which had spoiled many and many a promising holl- day Germany leads the world as a maker of toys, exporting more than $0,000,000 worth last year. France, which ranks second, shipped only half as much. This country is the largest purchaser of toys in the world, as last year we Imported nearly 12,000,000 toys and dolls, and it is estimated that we spent not than $30,000,000 for forelgn and home-made playthings. While we cannot hope to compete with the for- elgn countries in the manufacture of cheap toys it is nevertheless gratifying to note that our Yankee ingenuity and the expanding demands of American boys' has greatly increased our production of electric toys and model devices which are exceedingly instructive as well as enter- taining. The Americen girl, for the most part, is not so exacting, belng content with the old-fashioned doll, but the modern doll hoube is most complete, even to being elec- trically lighted. less home implicity of Pope Plus. URING the month preceding and the month following Easter I had the privilege of four diences with Pope Plus X, writes Kellogg Durland in The Dellineator for December. BEach Gue 4 iooked upon this quaintly sweet benign figure, the most eminent in the Christian world, my appreclation, admira- tion and reverence for him deepened. Pius X surely Is a unique phenomenon, a veritable fire of righteousness whom the exigencies of life have brought forth out of & seething caldron of diplomatic in- trigue, a little world of inordinate ambi- tion, plot and counter plot. The first time 1 stood near to him I sald half aloud, “Surely here is a good man!" In a world of human fraility this is much to say, even when one is standing at the very heart of Christendom. Six months of close contact with the eminent and the lowly who make up the Vatican household have taught me not to be surprised ai the character of the men whom 1 had come to know, and I- had learned through wide experience that the great Christian church Is an institution, an organization controlied and = managed wondrously well by some of the greatest en who are of lomats In the earth administrators on necessity before all bigg st and in the fullest sense of that broad word, Pius X = no diplomat. He i @ simple man. He is a parish priest who, through the sheer force of goc works, has succeeded from parish to par Ish, eac. successively larger, till now his paiish is world-wide, He is the shepherd of the innumerable flock Poverty has never b to Plus X & virtue, but riches, at least for him, @ sin, and this sin at least he has ever been free from. All through his life “s & parish priest, as bishop of Mantua and as Patriarch of Venice, he has shared everything he has had with the more needy wbout him. When he was first made bishop, one of his sisters wrote anxiousty to him: “Beppo (his pet name) how shall 1 cook for you now that you have become bishop?’ To which the good Sarto replied, ““The same as you always have, just as much and no more.” As Patriarch of Venice his salary amounted to 23,000 lire annually, which 1s approximately $4500. With this he always supported ten poor students in the semi- nary, allowing each $100 a year, contri- buted to the support of his mother and sis- ters, and lived most economically him. self. All his life he has carried a nickel watch, which cost about 10 francs, or $3. This he always wore In his vest pocket, secured by an ordinary black cord. After he had been made cardinal he was presented by a wealthy gentleman with a gold watch The cardinal wore the kold watch for a tew days, but it literally burned a hole and when he came presently upon one who needed the worth of the watch more than he needed the watch he sold it. Prince Fredric of Schoenburg- Waldenburg sent as a New Year's gift in his pocket some a handsome gold watch, studded with bril liants. The pope accepted the gift, but in thanking the prince told him frankly that he should continue to carry his old nickel timepiece, Once at & conference Sarto was asked the time, and, pulling out his old watch, he sald: "I can tell you the time. Nickel watches keep very goud time. Al e Amiable Aked's Answer. Rev. Dr. Aked during a runsin with an egnostic the other day scored a neat fall for the orthodox, relates the New York ‘Telegraph It happened on a railway train The doctor's dialectic adversary was & drummer, who had purchased & paper- backed edition of some lectures dellvercd by the late Colorel Iugers It was all an overwhelming novelty for the drummer. With his natural gift of loquacity & very brief intake of ideas sufficed, and he 10 spurt lke a geyser Everybody within the sound of his volce was deluged, including the unfortunate Dr, Aked, who wished to escape but couln’t, as the drummer preferred a clergyman “Health ought to be catching, you kuow, shouted the drummer. “It 15, nodded the “Then there was drummer, * terstrokes. began minister Moses, meekly pursued the who paid no attention to eoun- He mado mistakes only.” “So0 do we all,”" suggested the clergyman, “and Moses told us first.” ‘And creation isn't such a much, how,” went on the drummer like a spring time flood Nothing in the uni made well instance. “Er—ourselves. We tect tho eye, but our Now, if it had rest our sense of ours any~ se I8 have eyelids tp pro- lds we could ears have no good job hearing by closing a lid been a over it once in a while, couldn't we?" It was the doctor's turn to enthuse. Gireat!” he exclalmed. “You have ac tually uttered a new ldea—at least, one that 1 have never heard of before. I will con- cede you & point against the human ear. I would give thanks to the Maker if He had made mine with lids. Believe me, sir if 1t were so I ghould close them now." s Aldrich May Be an Elk. Charles Dyer Norton, assistant secr tary of the treasury, who accompanied Senator Aldrich In his campalgn of mone. tary education in the west, got back to Washington yesterda. reports the Wash ington Herald Out In the prairie states they had & story that Mr. Aldrich was a bad man with horns Lots of people came to see Mr. Aldrich to find out If the story was true. At Milwaukee. whe Mr Aldrich addressed & public meeting, one of the audience came forward to shake hands with the Rhode lsland senator. You must be an Elk, sen ator ton, said the man, according to Mr. Nor- for 1 notice you've shed your horns.” It is only recently that electricity began to take a conspicuous part in the Christ- mas holiday. Of all the electric toys tk litte trolley car is the best. It takes its power from the lighting circuit and will run on its circular track quite as well a: its larger cousin In the city streets, Toy motors and generators, to run toy mach- H inery, are other electrical novelties for boys. The electric devices, compact gnd neat, being of the greatest benefit and worth o the recipient also became very popular last year as suitable holiday gifts. The heating devices are made of handsome nickel or burnished copper and are really ornamentel as well as useful. The elec tric flatiron was just about the right size and cost just enough to make it an ideal Christmas present. The chafing dish and coffee percolator were also selzed upon for presents and other heating devices for the kitchen and dining room, such as the elec tric toaster, water heater, broflers, frying pans, shaving mugs and ovens are num bered among the electrical things which Santa Claus carries i his pack e Big Eleectric Locomotive., Electric locomotives are now shuttling trains back and forth through the two- mile tunnel of the Great Northern ralroad which plerces the Cascade mountains about 100 miles cast of Seattle. The locomotives were bullt by the General Electric company at Schenectady, N. Y., welgh 230,00 pounds each, develop more than 2000 continuous horse power and are capable of delivering a traction effort of 8,000 pounds. The use of electric locomotives eliminates the smoke and gases which frequently overpowered engineers and trainmen, im- perilled the lives of passengers and delayed traffie. The big electrics are capable of hauling the heaviest trains, steam locomo- tives and all, up the steep grades, which vas impossible for steam locomotives ex- cept those of the largest Kind The electrical best practic equipment represents the and the latest development of electrical engineering. The Wenatck river has been harnessed about thirty mile south of the tunnel, where 12,000 electrical horse power is generated by the falling water. The largest pipe line in the north- west carries the water from the dam Lo the power house two miles below and 210 feet sea level, whero the turbines change the energy into electricity, which s tres smitted at 38,000 volts to the tunnel. On the descending grede the motors will become generators and return eleotrical energy to the line to assist other trains climbing the hill on the other side of the tunnel. This is the first tme this feature has ever been successfully applied to rail- road work In America. e din “Electric Mary Anu. The “Electric Mary Ann. nearer the invention of R. Borlace Matthews, British electrical engineer, Is & rival to our human Mary Ann who now inhablts our kitchens. The new Mary Ann appears in the form of & handy, portable motor, which by an ingeni- ous arrangement may be fixed to anv ordi- nar labor savirg appliance from a little mincing machine to a vacuum cleaner. The use of ele ie motors in bousework is not rew, but untll the coming of the ** ctrio Mary Ann" each labor saving appihoce has required the services of a fixed motor and the cost has been prohibitive for ordi- rary householders. The great point about the “Electrie Mary Ann" is her extras ordinary adaptability. Weighing only seventeen pounds, she can be carried to any part of the house where electric current i lald on. A lamp is removed, Mary Ann | attached, the brushes or machines are ad- justed, the switch is turned on and the new servant begins her work. Mr. Muce thews gives his Interosting protege a good character. She is said to be hard workins clean and reliable. She rever order, never grumbles or grows tired and has no wasteful habits. She fs a quick worker. She wants no holldays or evenings off and has no “followers.” Nor is she extravagant. For normal requiremients she consumes the equivalent of a sixteen-candla power carbon incandescent lamp, The “Electric Mary Ann" may be fixed to any table and takes up considerably lcss room than a typewrlter, supplies the power for mwireing meat ’ gets out o grinding coffee, clcaning knives, sweeping floors, polishing silver, cleaning boots and helping black the grats, But the “Eleetric Mary Ann” s & versa- tile lady, and she s also declared by her inventor to be competent to drive o wash ing or wringing froning ma- chines, dish washers, suet choppers, electrio fans, potato peelers, churns, bean slicers, radain stoners, dough and cake mixers, egg whisks, dumb walters, cream separators or sewing machines machine, Not even the most careless servani, say the inventor, could come to any ha'm by using the apparatus. Eleotric Sparks. A pocket wireless telegruph has beyt ‘ vented Wireless stations are along the African coast Cuba will s0on be covered with a netwark of telephone line: Electric motors are used to drive forge blowers in blacksmith shops. Wireless communications have been ried across 2,100 miles of space between San Francisco and Honolulu Germany has 561318 telephone stations, more than any other Kuropean country. reat Britaln gomes next with 065,84 and France next with less than 200,000, A two-candle power incandescent lamp burning all night on the front porch and another on the back porch costs but 50 cents month and is the best burglar pro- ventative in the world, A company hes been organized In New York City for the publication of news over & telephone. Bubsoribers will get the ne of the day over the telephone. Thi works very successtully in Parls, Vienns and Budapest, to be establii:a tion having been entered into with buflding and loan assoclations, and as a result, the business of the town Is { The farming interests in the county have .