WEDNESDAY, JANUARY i, 100I.
HIE MORNING ASTOMAN,
ASTOIUA OREGON.
7
ELECTRICAL LIVING
What Modern Man Owes to Ben
Jamtn Franklin.
ENORMOUS INDUSTRIES MADE
Ths MyUriou Fluid Doi Everything
For Us From Milking a Cow to Mat
ing th Hardeit Mtl Great Fac
tor's to Supply Electrical Need
NEW YoltK, r. 31, llW.-'HiU l
tho motor jr but even the taaaul-ob'
w-rvrr h no tlHIUtilty In ntlll diacoV'
liijf hurw ou New York' lrrtlu-
d.d in flmllnit them In u'h numUrs a
often to make tho crowing of a the-rough-fare
something of a problem. The
avwage perwin, of eouraa, might natur
:alty wonder why Iwrw houM nut be
swu th-re uutlt hU Memory l joggoU
Into rwaillng a tUlement, of Tbomaa
A. KIImiiiI made last year, to the effect
that by ClirWmaa of JW8 th hore for
soinmrrvlsl uea would bava dlnred
from metropolitan atre Ha to umk room
for elwtrio borele carU, wagon, drays
'ml all the other vehicles whhh handle
the city 'a trail.
YH if the matrolie baa not arrived
lit au exelulvely horwlw. or rath
er at that of electric transportation ath
New Year' day finda It a long way
further on lt progrr toward the elect
rical era. The thing that cannut be
tione by electricity now ere hardly
: worth doing.
Indeed In all part of the country the
ue of elwtrkity and electrical appara
tu 1 undouhtr'illy iiicrvatlng ty leap
ml taunda, Whether It b milking a
tow or creating a temperature of am-h
ten heat a ha upw before been
olitaiiia-a mer trifle. prrhape, of 7200
lcfrwthe volatile ant lured from
the eUmda by 1H-. Franklin l almost In
variably ealleil upon. In it commercial
aect, too, elect ricity permeate all bu
im lif. It is not aurprking that th
UntM 8taU not only leJa alt count
ries of tha world In manufacturing eliwt
flcdl npparjvtu. but alo aeiula men
broad to do the eonetruetlon work. In
many of' the moat highly productive
manufacturing district of the United
StaUw eleptrlo pawr la being Installed
alxmt ten timoa more generally than any
other kind. The total of aalea for 10OT
la not yet available but thooe of lflofl of
Uie tbre groalwt produrtr of thia 'field
In tho I'nlteJ Statea, and, therefore, of
emirao In the world, the trn Wectrie
Company the Ocnoral J-'lectrlc nml the
IVeatlnghouse Klectrlc, reached ami the
enermou aum of more than $lflO,0O0,Ht0,
Tlio prodiu-t represented by thia biu
total ent-r. Into the daily lives of all
clate of Americana. Take, for exam
ple, the output of Ui Western Electric
Company, Hit, largest of the big three,
win., hm alone IsH year approximated
170,000,000, The grent bulk of theee
Eai in Haste
and repent with acute Indigestion,
heartburn, hiccough or flatu
lence. Then resolve never again
to be without box of then won
dcrful digestive corrective.
Beecham's
Pills
lout Kvttywbtre. In boi 1s. and tie,
thia labor if combined into a alngle In
strument would wait a mounter tele
phone nearly 300 tulle high and weigh
ing lmot 4000 ton a oIohkI monu
ment t the ue of electricity in every
day Ufa. .
(ItlKT1 ne of electricity ar- almot
too familiar to mention. The whole
matter U atlll aelMitifle marvel. ' The
Imaliia man in hi olflcn hl at an
electrio clock and takea au electric cur
to Ma horn. An electric bell U at hl
doori electricity light hi lioua and
perhaps warm it too; it may even' cook
lila dlnnee, AH the while the telephone
kccia in touch mlth tha world whrevr
h goi-a. Ewu th milk left at the oW
in the morning U handled hyelootrlc
nianhlnery In the dairy whence it comei
the flour in the bread la produced by
electrical machinery! the cloth which
eover'a one'a bmly owra it debt to the
nubile vibrating medium,
InWd the time hat appurcnlly come
when an old enylng mut b.- rovUsl,
for to.lay, at any rata, it i electrici'y
which makea t-lie world go round al
though utile acieittiM find that Uivs U
an affair of eubtle elw-trkal currenta.
Herein I'ncle Sam ha outstripped Cupid,
and la again to the front. American in
duntry in the production of electrical ap
paratua i conquering foreign fleida. The
Weatern Electric management, for exam
ple, ha foreign plant and oiln-e mat
tered throughout tin world in Japan.
India, Africa In oorea of eitie and
doacna of countrlea la luiy ciign;pd In
furninhlng for'igner with nppuratu for
projecting convernt iona. Kor jut a
in the I'nlted State the manufacturing
Aaociat of the IU-H eompatilc i lualy
engaged In enabling people to talk, to '
foreign conutrie It la furnishing He
phonea for jut the aame purioe. A
hundred different tonguea may be apokesi
through thcao Inatrumentu, but- they all
bene the Imprint of Vnclo Sam'a energy
and all bear ttrk-king testimony to tie
manner In which electricity maket the
commercial mrorld go round.
During the latent year covered by
federal reporta elect eio tTanaportaUon
line in the United State carried th
timet at many paatengera the ateam
line, although the mileage of tlie latUr
wa approximately eight tlmea greater.
Yankee puh, which Im built a troll'jy
line to Kgypt'a pyramid, the earth eli
cit monument, l fnlay carrying cleotrle
trninportation all over the world. Every
,Vear tloiifrh Ada agency alone the ekv-t-fk-
age i Itcing brought to new millions.
Even in place which have heretofore
been, regarded ; only eenii-civlliacd,
electrklty, projected by Amerimin pusli,
i. bringing about a new era.
1 B I r r ra. V -1 s!- ynnn i LU -4 -
. rrrTnTiQi titt rritrrkxrri l"nrmfVrr
I. AoOlUAlliUWU ijjuo.uvno ju. .
i The Ave thousand lnatrmraent provluced each day In the Bolt factoriea are
made np Into complete "atatlon" after the operating companlea receive them.
oonIeted not In power plant or huge
engine, but in tJiat uniyeraal agent of
everyday life-Jthe ubiquitoua telephone.
"More than $85,000,000 worth of tele
phone and and telephone' aupplie were
produced In tho United States laat year
,nd of.thl aum tlie Wetern Electric,
jmanufaoturer undor the Bell patent,
turned out by far tha graaUr parW With
fthe country lending ovcr'sth W'iri
1 something like 16,000,000,000 telephone
' toJk every year, theae figure give
pome Indication of the" extent io which
through the telophon the whole country
la being electrified, UiU Si l.'f -I
At tibout the middle eightie when th
IWestorn Eleotrio first began to turn out
telephones ,tha..total output for the year
wa 60,000 inntrumont. Now at it
felgantlV'iactor' Jtf New York that total
irepresehla only two week1 output, for
tha instrument are manufactured at the
Chicago headquarter. The result of
So that electricity ia Indeed the. great
jeet modern niimcle worker. ;. The tele
I plione ha come into o common ute that
aome of the popular wonder at it mar
velousuea ha disappeared. Yet it atill
remain a magical Instrument, confer
ring on mankind a favor for even the
fuggeation of which people would have
once been tortured.
. ,I lea, known fields, too, electricity
ia worfcing' magic. There is the electrical
furnace of which It Inventor said that it
would produce a temperature "twice as
hot as Hade." Human nerves which find
hundred degree of heat uubearable and
death producing can convey no idea of
what a. temperature of 72O0 degree
mean. Compared to this a bap of red
hot iron ia cool. The tremendous heat
obtained by the electric f urnaoe has
made it possible to reduce to metallic
form the element known as tantalum,
so named because of the difficulty of
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f Our entire stock consisting of Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches,
Silverware, Clpcks poods, Guns, Pistols
and Suit Case 30 days bejow
actual cost. ,v ,
We have bargains too numerous to mention.
HERE ARE A FEW:
$ J 0,00 solid leather Suit Cases :B
Sale price $4.25
All musical cases at 90c each. .........
$12.00 Columbia Guitars !; ! !;
Sale price $5.75
Fine toned Mandolins
' Sale price $2.50 up
Stradivarius model violin, perfect tone
Sale price $6.50
J8 size Elgin & Waltham Watches
in dust and water proof cases
: v :) - Sale price $3.50
$15.00 Honcr double reed 6 bass Ac?
Sale price $8.75
High Power Field Glasses
' Sale price $3.00
Dollar Clocks and Watches
r r Sale price 65c
Exceptional bargains in all un-called-for pledges.
Safe and Fixtures For Sale.
ASTORIA
LOAN
' V: fiiV,'
694 Gommercial St.,
BALL BUILDING
OFFICE
ASTORIA, ORB.
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urratiiig it from ita ore. A curioux
and interwiting ubitance, indeed. It i"
o hard that even tho diamond, accepted
the hardest element of all, makea little
impression upon it aurface. In a recent
experiment a sheet of tantalum one
third of an inch thick wa put under a
diamond drill revolving 5,000 time a
minuta. ' At the end of three, day of
ooiitinuoua boring, thia drill, which cut
into ordinary eubetanc i though they
ft-ere nutty, liad not cone through more
than ono-third of the plate. As a matter
of fact tha diamond waa just about a
much worn as the tantalum.
And thia now substance which the
wizurd electricity has produced will it
Mlf ha ued in the electrical industry
to supplant the present carbon filament
in tho electrio lamp. Tantalum doe
not melt lxlcw 5200 degree Fahrenheit
mid will therefore give a much better
light than carbon, since an increase of
only 2M degree in the melting point of
tho material used for the filament nearly
louhleg the amount of light.
When all is said and done tie arrival
of the electric age means greater efllei
ency and power iu oil commefciul fields.
Uorsea may still lie drawing hgads in
New York's streets in spite or air, f.ui
son's prophesy, but as each New' Year
brinus nearer the dinppearance of conl
and wood, Uio world gets further into
tho electric age whose future is assured
as long a 'river shall continue to run
down hill and develop the power com
tared to whioh the slaves of Aladdin's
lamp were pygmlea. Electricity has
pretty nearly . abolished distance with
Its two-milo a minute trains and its
telephone connections whioh travel from
New York to Chicago in less time- than
the human voice would take to go aorcss
an ordinary room. It liaa, in fact, given
old fathor Time many knockout blow.
An electrician of international note re
cently remarked, "The single agency of
electricity ha increased the span of
mortal life, judged by what can be ac
complished in it, to many time that of
our- forefather. Judged either by com
munication, transportation' or produc
tionwe, through electricity, can do
more in an lour than could they In a
day." .
ed to alight improvement which he
made in his machine aince : id last
attempt. Accordingly he baa summoned
the commission of the Aero Club to wit
lies the attempt which he will effrred
for the machine which ahall first succeed
in sailing in the air a circle measuring
a kilometer and which has already been
tried for three times.
' I
Fever Sore.
Few sores and old chronic sores
should not lie healed entirely, but should
be kept in healthy condition. This can
be done by applying Chamberlain' Salve.
this salve has no superior for this pur
poe. It is also most excellent for chap
ped hand, sore nipples, burns and dis
eases of tho skin. For sale by Frank
Hart and leading druggists.
APPOINTS COMMITTEE.
SUCCEEDS IN FLYING.
Will Now Make Attempt to Win $10,000
" ' PriM.
PARIS. Dec 31 Henry Farman yes
terday succeeded in flying in a circle
of about kilometer with hi aeroplane
with the gieatBt ease. Thia is attribut-
Italian Government Extending Work of
j Excavations.
Home, Dec. 31. The italian govern
ment,' wishing to carry out the work of
excavation at llerculeanum, to which
project Prof. Chai-lcs Waldstein has re
called the attention of the world, baa
appointed a committee composed of eight
professors and engineers connected with
the National Museum at Naples to di
rect the work and publish reporta of
their discoveries for the benefits of the
scholars at home and abroad. The
mayor of Eome has ordered suspen
sion of the work on the Aurelian wall at
Rome, wishing to examine into the na
ture of certain complaints that had been
made.
Stomach Trouble Cured.
i 1 : ...... ' ; "
If you have any trouble with your
stomach you should take Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. P.
Klote, of Edina, Mo, says: "I have
used a great many different medicines
for stomach trouble, but find Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets more
beneficial than- any1 other remedy I ever
used." For sale by Frank Hart and lead
ing drupeists.
FACING PROBABLE LOSS.
1NEW YORK, Dec, 31. Instead of the
usual New Year's harvest sale of
flowers, New Year's florists are this year
facing probable losses from lack cf de
mand for their offerings and are slash
ing prices right and left in the hope of
disposing of a fair proportion of their
stocks. Purchasers are reaping the bene
fit of the reductions, Iwhich in many
cases is said to reach 50 per oent.
TEA
Montiyback njeans that
the tea is good and well
worth the money.
Can't m e a n anything
else.
Tour tracer returns rear monsf If rM don't
Ilk Schilling Best! w par bi . v; .
Start the New Year
Right...
by having a good tailor
take care of your clothes.
It will be better for you,
your clothes and your
pocket-book.
If you can't call, ring up
; Main 3711 and I will
, send for your work.
Carl E. Franseen,
. Astoria's Leading Tailor
179 nth St. Phone Main 3711.
Hundreds of samples of up-to-date
woolens to select from
Special Reduction
j't" :v ON
Japanese Goods
AT
Yokohama
Bazar
All kin da of Japanese goods, lncludini
China ware, baskets, silk handkerchiefs,
brass wares, fans, toy, bamboo furni
tures, etc., etc Some goods at half prica
626 Commercial Street. :.
School Shoes
FOR
BOYS
The Billy Buster Steel Bot
torn Shoes
The Shoe
with a Sole
that Don't
Wear Out
S. A. G1KRE
543 Bond St, opposite Fisher Brat,
434 COMMERCIAL.
Seal
Fish
Me
77 Ninth St., near Bond :
"Fresh and Salted Fish.
Game and Poultry,
Groceries, Produce and Fruit
Imported and Domestic
Goods. , .
P. Bakotitch & Feo, Proprs.
Phone Bed 2183