Thursday, December 80, 1015
ASHLAND TIDINGS
Page Seven
"Third Light" Is
Bad Experiment
That the "third light" experiment
can not be safely performed by ama
teur electricians Is the declaration of
3. T. BuBselle, engineer of the de
partment of utilities of the state pub
lic service commission, after readng
an article of fiction In a standard
periodical entitled "The Third
Light."
"Realizing the curiosity that may
be aroused in the mind of the begin
ner or amateur electrician, and the
possibility of harm to the boy who
might attempt the experiment, It
seems only proper that a few words
be spoken regarding the third light
experiment that may be made by
youthful electricians following the
publication of an article in one of
our popular magazines, entitled 'The
Third Light.'
"The article purports to convey
certain information based upon prac
tical electrical standards and prac
tices. In this, however, it is In error,
as there appears a drawing of equip
ment and circuit arrangement which
Is misleading and not In conformity
to the thought expressed by the writer
of the article.
"The dangers surrounding an ex
periment of this kind by the amateur
electrician are many.
"The General Regulations Govern
ing Overhead and Underground Con
struction, of the public service com
mission of Oregon, section 14, re
quire the grounding of all neutral
wires of low potential (secondary)
distributing systems, and, where the
neutral Is not accessible, the ground
ing of one wire of the secondary or
commercial lighting or power circuit.
These regulations become effective
October 1, 1913, and previous to that
date a great many. Installations of
transformers with secondary (110-
220) and other voltages) lighting
and power circuits bad been Installed
without ground connections. There
in lies the real danger to the youth
ful experimenter, for, should an un
grounded transformer secondary or
house lighting wire be used to make
the 'third light' experiment, and the
transformer be faulty or leaky, the
person making the experiment might
receive the full 2,300 volts current,
the result of which would be the
maiming for life If not the instant
death of the experimenter.
"Wiring conditions n Oregon are
such that the experiment would fail
unless It were made In some locality
where the transformer secondaries or
low potential distributing wires are
not grounded.
"The principle Involved In the
'third light' experiment, while It ap
pears Intricate, Is very simple, and Is
nothing more than the substituting of
a ground connection for the middle
conductor of a circuit of two lights in
series. It is therefore obvious that
such an experiment can be made with
batteries and small electric lights,
such as are found in 'flash lights' and
without the Inherent dangers sur
rounding experimenting with the
house lighting wires, whether they
are properly grounded or not.
"Experimenting with commercial
or residence lighting wires is not con
ducive to the success of the 'safety
first' movement, and it is strongly
recommended that such experiments
be left to the advanced student or
professor and be not attempted by the
amateur."
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The Man of the Hour In the
Balkans.
THE king of the Hellenes-to give
him his constitutional title la
beyond question the man of
the moment In European do
ings, lie appears to bold the whip
hand In Greek affairs. He has the
aruiy with hl-n and if he bo wills cuu
seriously Interfere with the plaiiH of
the allies in their defense ugalust the
advancing hosts of the Teutonic pow
ers. lie bus forced Venlzelos for the time
being Into the background mid has
shown that, although a king only by
consent of parliament, he intends to be
a real king while parliament Is not sit
ting and a king with the highest Inter
ests at heart of a country ho loves and
In the future greatness of wblch .be
bus an unswerving faith.
Constuntine represents the more con
servative classes in the Greek nation
and so far us lie can do so constitution
ally voices their present belief that
Greece is safe only in avoiding Interna
tional entanglement and doomed if she
listens to the call of Mars.
As regards family relationships, Con
stnutlne Is in a peculiar situation. His
wife is a sister of the kaiser, but, on
the other hand, his mother was a cousin
of the Russian czar.
Coiistniitliie's career began in the
army. But what a life of ups and
downs has been his siuce he Drst Joined
the colors! It never was much of an
army anyway in fact. It wag a sort of
laughingstock among the military men
of other nations until be began to find
out where It failed and helped to es
tablish reform that raised Its dignity
as a fighting force. But he bad to ug'ut
against Intense opposition from vari
ous quarters, and the unpopularity ol
the royal family of which be was a
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EISO CONSTANTINH OF GBBBCB.
member did not help him greatly In bis
efforts. In 1S!)7, when he was twenty
eight, he was in charge of the troops
when Greece entered upon her disas
trous campaign against the Turks. He
did the best be could with the two
dollar rifles bought from the French,
but he had to suffer the blame for
nonsuecess when It came.. He and his
brothers were actually "booted" out of
the service later, and it was not un
til the Balkan wars came on that be
bad a chance to redeem himself and
show the tough stuff of which be was
made.
At the age of forty-three the crown
prince found himself at the head of au
army Improved almost out of recogni
tion by the efforts of Veuizelos and
others and brougbt home the spoils of
glorious war to an enthusiastic and
united people. It was an extraordi
nary rehabilitation of a seemingly III
starred military career, in one day,
almost, the man bad risen from the
depths of unpopularity to the very
height of national favor. When the
war closed and he bad succeeded bis
father i who had been assassinated at
Snl onik I in l'J13i. a war medal in his
honor was struck by the Greek gov
ernment. On the medal Constantino
was called "Bulgarocbtbonos" (Bulgar
killer), and the inscription read. "To
the Bulgar Killing King."
Everything that has occurred since
the accession of Constantino the quar
reling that has gone on between the
king and Venlzelos, the breakdowns of
ministries, the charges of mendacity
that have been burled against the late
prime minister by his monarch and the
uncertainty that bag existed regard
ing the immediate attitude of Greece
toward the warring nations all show
that the man on the throne has a policy
and that he is carrying it out with all
the firmness and character be possesses.
The king's policy is that of a strict
neutrality and the avoidance of any
entanglement which will interfere with
the political and economic building up
of the nation as It now stands. The
policy of Venizelos Is to bold to the
nation's obligations and to support the
cause of the allies not only because of
the dangers which any other policy
would involve, but also because of the
advantages which would accrue to
Greece If the allies won.
Th Land of Large Families,
In his article on the winter life of
the French Canadians in Harper's
Howard E. Smith tells of the ex
traordinary large families of these
simple folk.
"Soon the twilight grew to night,
and the large lamp on the table cast
its orange glow over the room and the
long table filled with steaming dishes.
" 'You have a large family, mudam,'
I remarked, as they gathered about
the table.
" 'Oul, monsieur, we are sixteen. It
Is a good gift to lo bon Dlcu, n'est-ce
pas? she said, turning toward the
cure.
"'C'est vrai, mon enfant It ,1s.
There is no better gift than that of
another child to his kingdom.'
"I could not but remember that the
law has also encouraged large fami
lies by passing a bill at Quebec giv
ing ten ncres of land to any family
having from that time forth twelve or
more children, and how in two years
the law was repealed because the de
mand on those ten acre lots was m
excess of tho supply."
Strawberry Noie.
The most distressing of facial de
formities, rhlnophyina, which is char
acterized by a much swollen and red
dened tip of the nose, making this look
like n huge strawberry or a piece of
cauliflower that has been dipped In
beet juice, may be cured by a simple
operation. Sir William Mllllgan of the
Boyal Infirmary, Manchester, England,
describes this In tho London Lancet
The operation consists in cutting off
all the hypcrtrophlfd tissue, while the
nasal passages aro kept extcuded with
absorbent wool in order to preserve
their contour. Care Is taken to avoid
Injury to the lateral cartilages, and
only two insignificant blood vessels re
quire tying. The raw surface is cov
ered with two thin grafts of skin cut
from the patient's thigh, over which a
sheet of gold leaf Is placed and a dry
dressing fastened with adhesive plas
ter. It should be possible to remove the
dressing in five days.
j THE MOVIES ;
The Christmas night crowd at the
Vining Theatre was one of the best
for several weeks. The picture, "The
Alfen," was very well received.
George Beban as the Italian was wonderful.
The orchestral concerts at the
Lyric are becoming more and more
popular with Ashland theatregoers.
A few months ago 7:30 was the earli
est hour at which any one thought
of arriving at a show. Now on or
chestra nights the Lyric Is well filled
at 7 o'clock. The concerts are played
between 7 and 7:30.
The "Two Orphans" at the Lyric
Sunday and Monday last was a great
relief from the problem plays Which
have become the main dependence for
drawing crowds to the picture houses.
The "Two Orphans," filmed from tho
famous old play which was familiar
to our grandfathers, at times ap
proached melodrama, but was smooth
ly arranged and magnificently staged.
In this play Theda Bara, the vampire
woman, appeared In a role new to an
Ashland audience. As the affection
ate sister of the little blind orphan
Miss Bara reversed the opinions
which many in Ashland bad toward
her.
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feur, French chef, and ten or twelvo
other things all rolled into one.
Cecil B. De Mllle, the Lasky-Para-mount
director general, is Just com
pleting "The Golden Touch," In which
Cleo RIdgley and Wallace Reld art
to be co-starred. In the big fight
scene Reld was called upon to pick up
Ray Hatton and throw him to the
floor. He did It so realistically that,
after the fall, water bad to bo
splashed Into Hatton's face before he
woke up and Inquired what other
damage the cyclone had done.
Mary Plckford had another full
house at the Vining Wednesday.
Pictures will be sidetracked tonight
at the Vining for real blg-clrcuit
vaudeville,
Races Within Races In th Balkans.
Language and religion are not the
only bf)6U of the intense subdivision of
feeling in tbe Balkans. The whole re
gion Is rrceled out among rare frac
tious, some ui which are lo larger than
a hamlet Roumanians. Bulgarians,
Servians and Greeks have a sharp con
sciousness of race persistence, and at
the same time every state is intent
upon breaking up tbe race units of oth
er peoples v.hich exist within Its bor
ders. If Greece were peopled only by
Greeks and Bulgaria by Bulgarians
and Servla by Servians, the task would
be easier. It is a curse to tbe peninsula
that the villagers have pushed this
way and that wherever there was va
cant land or wherever they could make
a vacancy by driving out tbe previous
holders. The result is tbe creation of
race islands in the midst of angry race
seas. Albert Busbucll Hart in Outlook.
Elsie Janls won, over a few more
admirers to her already big concourse
at the Vining. Tuesday in "Nearly a
Lady." Miss Janis did a "lariat
dance" which must have required
many monotonous hours of practice.
The plot of the story moved from a
western ranch to New York society
life and was well sustained. Inci
dentally the play was written by Miss
Janis.
Making the insects Speak.
In the I'' igraphics of the world thero
Is no passage more human and more
humorous than tbe account by M.
Fabre of bis first interview with Pas
teur, who had never seen a cocoon and
was astonished that there was any
thing In It. He concludes the account
thus: "Encouraged by the magnificent
example of the cocoons rattling in Pas
teur's astonished cars, I have made It
my rule to adopt the method of Igno
rance in my Investigations Into In
sects. I read very little. Instead of
turning tbe pages of books, an expen
sive proceeding quite beyond my
means, instead of consulting other peo
ple, I persist obstinately In interview
ing my subject until I succeed in mak
ing htm speak." London Spectator.
Limited Perpetual Motion.
Ambrose Fletcher solved tbe great
problem of perpetual motion the other
day, after laboring upon It for many
years. It is in the shape of a ball
which swings back and forth regularly
and tirelessly, being propelled by a sort
of clockwork mechanism. There is
only one drawback to this solution of
tbe old problem. He has to wiud the
machinery every eight days. There is
always something wrong, isn't there?
As soon as Ambrose gets it so it will
run without winding be will have the
problem definitely solved. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Exactly Alike.
"You ought to be plensed with these
rolls, George, dear," said the young
wife,. "They are exactly like those
your mother used to uiuke when you
were a boy."
"Of course they arc." replied George
gallantly, "In fact, I thought at first
they were tho same ones." ,
And the stupid creature could not un
derstand why Mrs. George burst into
tearsl-RIchmond Times-Dispatch.
Anna Held, the celebrated French
comedienne, has a wish, simple In Its
possibilities, yet to attain which she
would yield her fame and fortune
willingly for a day to any one pos
sessing any number of choice water
melons. The petite comedienne
wants to pass a day on some ranch
in southern California where she can
eat watermelons to her heart's con
tent and not be forced to be satis
fied with the slight portions served at
hotels. Who wants to exchange places
with her? ' Ever since her articles
with her?
Electric Cars To
J'ville This Week
Medford Sun: The Southern Ore
gon Traction Company wjll operate
cars-to Jacksonville by the end of
next week, and expect to inaugurate
a service from tho Siskiyou Heights
district to the county seat by the end
of February. The present workmen
will be kept on the job, and work be
gun about the first of the year on
the Siskiyou Heights extension
through the Hillcrest addition. The
finishing touches are now being put
on the Jacksonville line. It was
feared for a time that the east side
route would be discontinued, and tho
announcement will be welcome news
to the suburbanites. S. S. Bullls la
now In the east, and upon his return
is expected to have an announcement
regarding still further development
of tbe service. '
Ever since her articles begean to
appear in the papers supplied hy the
McClure Syndicate, Mary Plckford
has been deluged with letters from
people in all walks of life demanding
information on the most alarmingly
varied subjects. If the Famous Play
ers Paramount star were called upon
to answer all of these Inquiries, she
would have to be a doctor, nurse, civil
engineer, lawyer, architect, chauf-
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cording to Newton, the molecules of
rue air nave the thickness necessary to
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large proportion of white.
A Slight Change.
Slight changes sometimes make a
great difference, "Dinner for nothing,"
would be agreeable, for Instance; not
so, "Nothing for dinner."
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A man asks. "Is it durable?"
A woman asks, "Is It stylish?"
A child asks, "Is ft good to eat?"
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