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DAKOTA CITY HERALD DAKOTA CITY, NEB. JOHN H. REAM, . Publisher. THE BEST REAL "PULL." Now that tho summer Is nearly ovei Jbundreda of young men who were (graduated last June from colleges and ilgb schools are entering the voca tion which they Intend shall he theli life's work. Some are ntlll seeking suit fable openings. The young man with out a "pull" may believe himself band! capped. Ho Is likely to see Instances where the employer gives first con Slderation to his son, his nephew oi' the Bon of a friend, nut that Is nc more than right The average busl nesa man recognizes the obligations ol relationship and friendship, un to the point where they do not impair his material Interests and those of his ns soclates. His nephew and his friend's son must make good his own son, most of all. His tendency, in fact. Is o be more strict with his son than lie la with any of his other employes, eays the Cleveland Leader. If a young man thus favored with tho first oppor tunity shows that he will be a failure In the work ho Is doing, he la re moved. Fumily ties and friendship usually will not hold him. Then comes the chance of tho young man who may Tiave felt discouraged because he hnd no "pull." The best "pull" any young man can have In starting In life Is honesty, Industry and tho determina tion to work for his employer as 'though be were working for himself. He should realize that. In fact, he is working for himself and that he has a financial Interest In the business, to the extent of his pay. Such a younj man is bound to succeed. A year ago a tipless hotel of tin first class was opened in London. Tin management "positively announced" that no gratuities to waiters, porters, maids or other employes would be per mitted or suffered. The "experiment." as everybody called It. seemed ex tremely Interesting, but the result wai considered doubtful. Skeptics said: "Walt a month or two." The hotel Is now a year old. The public Is as imred that the no-tlD doIIcv enforced to the letter, that the es- taoiwnment has prospered beyond all expectations, and that there has been no trouble whatever In getting em ployes and good. fit. well-mannered employes, too. This Is very gratifying news indeed, says the Chicago Record Herald. Presumably the hotel pays wages and salaries that compare fa vorably with those of hotelB where Up Tgo." or run riot at all hours ol the day and night Mere prohibitions, where temptations exist, will not eradi cate an abuse. But If everybody Is satisfied at the tipless hotel there If f o reason why Its policy should not uocee4 permanently. Upo a Newport "farm" which cost a fortune the young owner lies ill c( typhoid fever. A wealthy woman near, by suffers from the Bame "disease of dirt." In Manhattan last year there was a sporadic outbreak In the region of costly apartment houses. This year It Is Brooklyn's turn. Bays the New ;York World. In this city, with its Euarded water supply. It is likely that yphold at this season is brought from Cnsanitary summer resorts or Incurred luring automobile runs. Every life lost by typhoid is a wasted life. It Is absolutely preventable. People who live in marble halls without caring whether poison runs In the pipes be kind them; the very rich who spend millions In display but neglect sanita tion; college professors caught un aware by epidemics like that la Ithaca those have themselves to blame if the disease occurs. Typhoid origina ting Id any community disgraces it fin J A new method of making physical examinations to detect the presence ol tuberculosis has been demonstrated at fQuy's hospital. London. The examlna lion ta made by the aid of X-rays, and knows tuberculous ravages In the lungs. It is said, at an earlier stage khan they are revealed by the stetho scope. The X-ray is valuable for uany purposes, but roust always be jfcsed with caution, as numerous sad tnpertancea have taught Cable reports that In Berlin during ring boots a band always plays livelj airs, and many boxers not only keep time with their feet but seem to take 'their hitting and sidestepping cues fro in the music This is magnificent, tut it ts not boxing. Over here there's no music required save tho thud of the padded glove and the contestant! have to move lively enough. An Interesting Incident at the con ventloo of the National Association ol Master Bakers in Baltimore was the reading of a paper by a Washington lady dealing vigorously with the tueth ods of bakers and pleading for home made bread both for sanitary reasons and as a matter of economy. The bakers were gallant enough to allow the lady to have her bay, and If her objection to some of the practises men Uoned are well founded doubtlosi there will be reform. use of the indemnity fund returned by the United States by employing It for the ed'ieatioii of Chinese youth In ..(..'.11 J.'lllik'.l- l.'lft V-tllf-MB Vxt.nn. J I li 1 1 II .... (T - J v.. a w.r ut lie- ficiui'i- 'Ulul liUVe arrived la ul.. .....it.trl- A New Jersey rc i; rt lias ruled that a 10 b.' ; i: i: 1 . f. ' J to tike out :lrl-: ;r.. t I' nabvr. It .all ns-'l " '-'"I '',ey ,,Dn"t I"8'" upou lil'n b.'lug in his right bonsaa MM AND LIQUID FUEL REPLACES COAL 'ermits Combustion to Be Regulated Right Along as Needed Easily Stored on Ship. Liquid tuei is praised hy Kir Dover Ion keriwood ns more economical than coal. When the demand for heat is vai lable there is added economy in the . -peed with which liqiiid fj'i lire c,.n he r;il: ( u to lull power or extinguished. In the cake of coal it Is needful to have a thick bed or incandescent f u- 1 md it takes considerable time to I.JiiiK this Into a Mite of active com bustion. To retain the efficiency of the coal fired furnace clinkers have to be periodically removed. And thlf operation cannot be x rforuied without, allowing cold air free access to the furnace, which is detrimental to the holler, besides being wasteful of fuel Added to thlH for some tlnio afterward the fire is not fully effective, so that difficulty is experienced if a sudden demand were made on the boiler. Liquid fuel does not suffer from these disadvantages and permits com bustion to be regulated light along as needed. There also is great saving of labor in stoking us well as in the removal of ash and clinkers. Liquid fuel could bo quickly taken on board a ship, could bo stored where coal cannot be put, and occupies less space than coal. GLASS FOR BUILDING WALLS Bricks of Light Material Gaining Wide Popularity for Interior Construc tion in Europe. Glass bricks are attaining such a wide popularity In Europe as a mate rial for interior wall construction that the dealers In Junk And a ready mar ket for such refuse glass as old win dow panes, broken bottles, and tho like. This glasB, gathered from the refuse heaps, Is melted and run into molds. The bricks thus formed pre sent a smooth, Impervious surface. The glass bricks are being used in schools, stations, hospitals, theaters, public buildings, railroad stations, and even in meat markets. Many of tho meat markets in Hamburg, Germany, are made to convey an Impression of dazzling purity by their use. Several schools and hospitals in Milan, Italy, have adopted the bricks because they reflect more light than ordinary wall material, while In Dresden and other cities of Saxony they are used in theaters and public buildings. SANDPAPER PLANE IS HANDY Base Unscrews to Permit of Paper Being Changed Polishes Rough Surfaces Rapidly. Another Invention of Interest to car penters, Joiners and men of kindred trades is tho sandpaper plane design ed by a Louisiana man. This imple ment, as shown In the Illustration, closely resembles an orthodox plane, but Instead of having a blade under neath it has a smooth bnso covered with a layer of sandpaper, which pol ishes off rough surfaces with great rapidity and absolute uniformity. It also has the advantage of doing the work without polishing the skin off the knuckles of the person using it. The two knobs seen in the cut un Sandpaper Plane. screw and the baseboard, which fits In grooves in the body of the plane and slides backward and forward when the old piece is worn down. That recovered, tho base Is put back, the knobs Bcrewed up tight again to hold it firmly and the carpenter scrapes away with ease and rapidity. Glass Plating or Hulls. Glass plating Is tho novel method by which two English inventors hope to prevent the fouling of ships' hulls, even In tropical waters. The glass, In sec tions about six Inches square, Is ap plied direct to the bare metal with a special cement of wood pulp, resin and linseed oil, and a layer of this an eighth of an Inoli thick not only holds the glass very firmly, but compensates for the difference of the expansion be tween tho metal and the glass. Paint ing is unnecessary. The glass is clalm er to make it Impossible for any growths to secure a hold, and to re- malr firmly adherent even when crack nd with a hammer. Planting Rubber Plants. The w ide reaches of waste lands on the island of Slngaiore, which have been of no use since the culture of gambler, coffee and pepper was given up, are now the scenes of great aotlv lly. Rubber plants are being set out over these wastes and seem to do well. In t tin suburbs of Singapore city a considerable area of swamp land has been d ruined and converted Into amir sery for Para rubber plants, which are bold at a good profit to the planters The eastern rubber boom baa cuinej the flotation of 75 companies with (15 000,000 shares, capitalized n nearly 180,000,000 gold mm DARNING DOME GY MACHINERY Needle Attachment Fitting Any Sew. Ing Machine Is Litest Improved Household Invention. Anion the lateFt Improved house hold helps is a darning needle attach ment which fits any sewing machine. It d s the work In a remarkably nent and thorough fashion in a won derfully Miort npaee of time. A hole in a garment which would require a half hour's time hy handwork may be done in two minutes, therefore we do i, of exaggerate when we say it Is an I Darning by Machinery. absolute necissity in every household. In attaching the darner the presser foot of the machine Is removed and the article to bo darned Is stretched between two hoops, similar to em broidery hoops. It is especially valu able for darning lace curtains and table linen, as well an stockings, un dergarments, etc. Darning can also be accomplished by those with poor eyesight, as there is nothing compli cated about the little apparatus and one threading of tbi needle enables one to darn continuously. HANDY FOR FIGHTING FIRES string of Buckets "Nesti" In Tanl, and Filled With Water as Each Is Taken Out. A compact and efficient fire-fighting apparatus that is a big improvement over tho old fashioned system, that required a string of buckets hanging along the wall, has beon designed by Handy Fire Apparatus. a New York man. This apparatus cor. slsts of a tank, Inside of which is a device for centering the buckets as they are lowered Into It, bo that each bucket fits into the one below it, and they are thus "nested," a series ol them occupying little more space than one would take up. The tank Is filled, with water or with some specially pre pared fire-fighting fluid, and holds enough to Insure each bucket being filled as it is drawn out. There la no time lost in seizing a bucket and run nlng to another place to fill It and every one knows that speed Is an es sential feature in fighting flames. The apparatus not only does away witn an unsightly row of buckets, but ex pedites the work of combating the blaze to an Important degree. Mining Coal. Nn ronl is mined In this country lower than a depth of 2,200 feet. whlls several English mines penetrate j.dui feet down, and there are mines In Bel Plum 4.000 feet doeD. Eight-Inch seams of coal are mined commercially abroad, while few veins less man n Inches thick are worked in this coun try. INDUSTRIAL AND MECHANICAI. NOTES. There are almost 400 automobiles In use in Manilla. Knclnnd's factories consume about one-fifth the coal the nation mines. Tnns:sten salts have been found to be valuable for fireprooflng textiles. nnlv 88 Der cent, of the real effi ciency of a ton of coal Is utilized. The remainder is wasted. A flPW iv natemed English machine to sell stamps automatically can be adjusted to fit coins of any denomina tion. Tho Inventor of a new pocket auto mate eun claims Its bullets will pen. trate half an inch of steel at 1.000 yards. Mountains of nure marble, have been discovered in tlerman South Africa, the like of wlilcn are unnnown In the world. An Ohloan has patented a dpvlee to turn automoiiiie lamps wun me wheels to Illuminate tho roads in rounding corners. An essential feature of a new Bel gian monorail ear Is a pair of largo wheels at the ends of an axle to serve to maintain equilibrium when the car is starting, after which they are raised from the ground. Itecent experiments have proved conclusively that coal dust which has been ground to a state so fine that It will pass a 200-menh sieve, will ex plode from contact with either a naked flame or with the arc of an electric current. Zanzibar and Iho neighboring Island of I'einbu supply most of tho world's cloves. Of the United Stntu annua! paint and varnish bill of $100,000,000 the railroads pay about one tenth. 5 Homo Town 3- Helps -E L LIVE IN FARM VILLAGES Vestern Plan That Still Further Does Away With the Loneliness of the Farm. In tho newly Irrigated regions of the west the government la laying out model farm villages, and the experi ment has novel features which make It nn Interesting study. Intensive methods and the certainty of water make possible large crops on a small area, and tho plan Is to have the farm ers and their families centralized In small communities within easy access of their outlying farms. In the Sun Hlver valley, Montana, for Instance, 20 towns are now being laid out six miles apart, so that no farmer, even if he lives in the most remote comer of his farm, is more than three miles from the school, church, stores and offices of the vil lage. Moreover, tho towns are con nected by trolley lines, the power be lng supplied by the Irrigation canals which furnish water and power for the farms. There is a similar arrangement hi southern Idaho, where thousands of people huve found homes anif have prospered in a region which was absolutely desolate and un inhabited a few years ago. This plan eliminates the loneliness and many disadvantages of farm life, where the homes are far apart and many miles from a city or village. Of course it is only possible in a new country, where the town is arbitrarily located and made to order, and not the result of natural conditions and slow development. Tho older farming communities of tho country will watch with interest the government program In this mat ter, for In it they will find hints for the solution of their own problems probably toward the happy settle ment of which long steps have been taken within the past generation. Youth's Companion. WOMEN PLAN MODEL VILLAGE Los Angeles Residents Have Under, taken a Work That Should Appeal to All. A model village, within the five cent car fare limit, built by women and conducted by them, where the pool may, for the same price they now pay lor a miserable, insanitary court dwell ing, obtain a concrete home, sunny, sanitary, with a bit of garden where they may grow their vegetables and Mowers. This is what is to be accom plished by Los Angeles women. " Wehope to make tho village," said Mrs. Roundel, one of the leaders In the enterprise. "It will be an example of what may be accomplished. "As now outlined, the houses will be built by clubs or individuals, each house to be marked with the name of the donor. If a man wishes to give a house, let him name it for his wife. The house would, I believe, have to be come tho property of the city, but the government could entirely remain with the women, acting with the housing commission of the city." The plan, as outlined by tho club women, includes building the houses with space for gardens. From the rental of the houses, it is believed, a sufficient sum could be obtafned not only to pay for the actual main tenance, but cover the expense of a district nurse, whose business it would be to teach inmates to adopt Ameri can methods and live in cleanly, hy gienic manner. "As soon as 100 children are gather ed in the district," said one of the club women, "a school will be given to us. The work would be one of sympa thetic philanthropy, for every club, or Individual, who builds a house will take pride In it, also a personal inter est in those who live in it." California's Scenic Boulevard. One of the most beautiful scenic drives in California will be 30 miles long, beginning at Fremont Gate, the main entrance to Elysian park, follow ing the range of hills on the south side of tho Los Angeles river, drop ping down through Griffith park to the river valley, which will be followed as far as the town of Iiurbank, and thence, turning back through Wild Cat pass and a portion of Cabuenga pnss to Hollywood and thence back to the central portion of tho city. There are views and vistas and beau ty spots along the road, any one of which could be made the subject of a really great painting. There are ele valloiiB from which all the surround ing country is visible and others where the mountains tower high above the road. lios Angeles Express. House Numbers on the Curb. The problem of house numbering in Pasadena has been complicated by the fact that a majority of the houses are set back from tho street on grounds of varying size and are completely cov ered with the luxurious southern Cal ifornia trees and shurbs, so an to make It Impossible to have any uni form system of numbering the houses themselves. As Pasadena la so popu lar a resort of tourists it has made It particularly difficult for them, as well as for delivery men and for the police. The mayor has recently au thorized painting the numbers of the hviaes on tho curbs throughout the c''y and tho names of tho strei. near tr street Intersections. The Otters and figures are black, an inch ud a hah" high, with a white ground Twentieth Century Magazine. No Use for Pythagoras. Fuddy I understand there is some talk of removing the name of Pythag oras from the front of the Iloston public library. Ouddy Why so? Fuddy Some one has discovered that he wrote: "Have nothing to do with beans." All for Good of C ommunity. Everything In which a community can Join and take part iu for thu real aood of the commuulty GRAND OLD MAN" OF FOOTBALL nix Walter According to Walter Cump, popu arly known as the "Grand Old Man" of football, there are circumstances wherein even a football player is not entitled to occupy turf room on a football Held, eays Detroit News. He must pull up stakes and "beat it" or be penalized. The circumstances are these: A player Is running to catch for ward pass. An opponent is directly In his path but is not nware of the whereabouts of the ball In the air. He realizes that the runner is after the ball, however, and thinks that y standing still he will make bim (the runner) go out of his way In order to complete the pass. If he is success ful in this, Camp avers that any ref- PURPLE TEAM IN FINE TRIM Players Are Now On Edge and Ready to Tackle Any Team Captain Manley Shows Class. Although getting away to a bad start. Coach Hammett has rounded Northwestern into fine trim and he and Captain Manley are satisfied with the outlook for the team. In the first game of the season, that with Wesleyan, the boys did not show Captain Manley. tip well, with the exception of Captain Manley. He was a notable exception and his work was the most brilliant shown oil the field. GOLFERS MEET AT CHICAGO National Organization Will Hold Ses sion In Windy City to Award Tournament Dates. Announcement from Itoston that tho next annual meeting of the United States Golf association will be held in Chicago on January 11, has set the Hostou golfing politicians to talking about an eligible for the office of president of the national organiza tion. This position has thrice been offered to Chicago and on each occa sion the individual to whom It has been offered David II. Forgan of On wentsia has declined on account of business pressure. The national championship having been held in Itoston this year, at the Chicago Golf club the year before, and over an eastern course tho year pre vious, it is now fitting that the 1911 event should be assigned to an inter mediate club. Iluffalo and Pittsburg are both out for the event, but in rec ognition of the victory of Fownes In the national the consensus of opinion seems to be that ihe event should be awarded to the Oakmount Country club, which has already done some campaigning for the event. Some action wi.l be taken at tho annual meeting uf the P. S. G. A. In regard to the entertainment of the Australia team which will visit the I'nited Ktates next year. Word was received in Chicago the other day that Michael Scott, who re cently won the amateur championship at Nsw South Wales at Sy4nejl Aus- ft;) MP? filter ! 4 Camp. eree may legitimately penalize on the grounds of Interference with a bona fide attempt to catch a forward pass. "It's up to the player to either get off the earth or be penalized," Camp says. "What! Am I not entitled to stand ing room?" the indignant football player asks. "Not In the least. You see readily that hy occupying certain standing room you are interfering with an other fellow's chances o? completing a forward pass. Therefore it's up to you to get out. The rules may be taken as literally as this throughout. Except in a very few Instances they are purported to mean exactly what they say." tralia, will lead the team from the antipodes that will visit this country. Scott, who Is a son of Lord Eldon, won the Australian open champion ship in 1902 and 1907, and the Aus trian amateur titJe in 1903, 1907, and 1909. BENDER FEELS FOR UMPIRES His Experience Gained at Officiating at Football Game Raises His Sympathy for Arbiter. No one has ever been known in nv cuse Chief llender. the AthleMoa' craf ty and expert Indian pitcher, of being foolish. His Work on the dlamnnd and in other branches of athletics hn always indicated that he knew what ne was about. As a trap shooter tho redskin is a tough man to beat Hut it remained for the Chief to run amuck athletically when he grew care less a lew years aeo while rnnnn? friends in the Osage nation. A lot of Carlisle and Haskell Indian fnntb.ill stars had organized a team, and they thought it would be a fine thing to have Mender referee a post-season game with the Oklahoma university eleven. Chief tried his best, but he didn't know the rules. His own neonln kicked as hard as the collegians, and both teams felt that they were lucky to get through with a tie score. "I've always had a great deal of sympathy for umpires since that foot ball game, but I would rather umntm baseball games forever than take a chance on mixing up with 22 excited football players again," said Bender. DISCREDITS A THIRD LEAGUE George Tebeau Does Not Believe Good Players Can Be Secured for Fletcher Project, George Tebeau, owner of the Kan sas City lllues, while in Louisville the other day said 1':at he did not think there will be a new major league. He said: "The players have prospered under organized baseball. They are getting the highest salaries in the his tory of the game, and the older men, whose experience dates back from ten to fiftoen years, will keep the young er ones in line. Men with money are needed to promote a new league, and they want to see the value of their investment before they put up the cash." Tebeau declares that Kansas City Is the best playing city in the Ameri can association and says his team next year will be tho best money can obtain. He says Danny Shay haj made good, and will remain as manager. He expects Thomas M. Chlvington to he re-elected association president without opposition. Fight Game on Wane. Outside of New Orleans, where fighting has beeu revived, there Isn't a city of importance In this country that will tolerate a bout of 20 rounds or more Just now. The California legislature will convene next winter, aud as there Is Just a chance that no antifight bill will be passed the San Francisco clubs have decided to re main closed until such time as it may be deemed safe to open. Football at Harvard. Foot bull at Harvard last year net ted the athletic association a profit of $r7,:!08. Tho only other sports that showed a profit during the fiscal year ending July 31, 1910, were baseball und the lawn tennis courts. The total income from sports during the year was $130,02 and the expenses I27.t)4.'i leaving a balance of McGill 0ni Denver Club, .lames C. McGill has become sole owner of the Denver baseball club of th.? Western league by purchasing the half Interest held by Secretary H. C Gun'.horpe. The consideration la said U have been $10,000. WINS BY WATCHING WAGNER Cleved Second Baseman of Pittsbwrf Pirates Gives Big Shortstop Credit for Success. By JOHN MILLER. (Copyright, 1910, by Joseph It. Bowlr.) I win by watching Wngner. When BBked to tell how I won 1 was going to refuse because tt doe sound "swelled" for a young fellow to tell such things or claim to win, until I remembered how It was. I win because Honus Wagner taught me the game, showed mo how to play It something after bis own style, b in telling bow I win I am only praising the teacher and the man I think Ls the greatest ball player of them all. Wagner has had me under him for years. He began to show mo the game when I was a kid, and took an Inter est In me from the first. Ho showed me how to make plays, told me what a fellow ought to do and what he ought not, and coached mo all th time. Still I wasn't a winning player until he got me to Pittsburg where I could play alongside of him every day and watch him. I learned more about the game Just watching Wagner than 1 ever' thought there was in It. The first time they tried mo I was not ready, and they sent me back. Wag ner still had faith In me and kept coaching nie along, and the second time 1 managed to stick. Whether I would have been a good ball player or a bad one but for him I cannot telf I watch Wagner closely all during a game, and move so as to be in the play with him. We talk back and forth and exchange signals once in awhile, but I think he does this more to help me and make certain I will not make mistakes than for anything else. I know that watching blra keeps me from watching batters and runners as closely as I ought and that if he was out of it I would havf Wf - Jf mA John (Jay) Miller. Second Baseman Pittsburg World's Champions. to change the system, but I can tell more now by watching Honus than by watching tho others. No one knows what a great ball player John Wagner Is until he has played alongside of him. 1 play a deep field, and it wa3 Wag- . . .. . .. i , j ... .. . t . ,.i . . take on different balls and how to shift for runners. He showed me how to hit without changing my natural batting position at all. In fact he seemed to know more about me than I knew of myself. LOSE INTEREST IN FOOTBALL Game Is Too Complicated for Amer can Youngsters and Succer Will Be Substituted. Is football losing Its interest for the American schoolboy? Howard Brad street, director of New York city's 5 public plavgrounds, thinks the contin ued tinkering with tho rules has made the game so complicated that the aver age boy of grammar school age would, rather have a simpler game for his hours of recreation. As a result o Mr. Pradstreet's Investigation of the subject, football will be turned dowa altogether at the New York play grounds this year. Its place will be taken by soccer. For boys of high school age and for youths of the col. lego -Mr. Hradstreet thlnk3 that the game still bolds its fascination. The youths whom he looks after are for the most part of an age below that of first year high schoc' pupils. Says Mr. Hradstreet: "I find a prejudice against th eamo on the part of both boys and parents, nnd accordingly I am gji to organize a succer tournament U, take the place of tho American game, It will be an easy matter to cut out football, for in the first place most of the boys don't care about it. Th changes in the rules moan nothing to the youngsters ut the pla: grounds, because they use pretty much their own rules. The principal difficulty in start lng succer will be to teach the game. When the boys learn It I am cun fide ut that they will like succer." Record Turf Winning. In the days of widespread betting oi. horse races throughout tho United States, horses rated by the talent ut luO to 1 or even 200 to 1 ' ve occa sionally won their race, liii' a record lor a "long-shot" winner Is believed by racing men here to be established by the winning in Paris of the Prix du Rhone by La Manche, an unknown horse, which was rated at CC8 to 1. Ad. vices received here declare that a little-known American who had obtained tho horse and trained bim privately wus behind the big winning. The pari iiiutuel machines used in -Vim,-,, iiiiv the total amount of mon ey bet on all contesting horses to those who have played the win.str vi un hi ill iu mi si . iitujiuiv nnr rn him except hi owner. When the race was over, it was discovered that each hundred francs bet on La Manche had won u6,7DO francs. a . .,SJi I i '4 Vriiiiu ,v' hr rt l 7 VI A : -.., I -