PREPARING 10 RAISE THE BATTLESHIP MAINE
DAKOTA CITY II ERA LD
IN SANTO DOMINGO
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
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JOHN H. REAM. Publisher.
FILIPINO CITY UNLIKE ANY OTH
EH IN ISLANDS.
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GIRLo UTIES.
The young girl who tried dramatlo
Uly to tuke her llfo in New York re
cently through disappointment Bnd
disillusion placed tho blame upon the
wrong shoulders. It In no degree
rests upon either the business or pub-
Uo social side of American life, Bays
Washington Tost The responsibility
for such an outcome must ho horno by
those who are In duty bound to give
their children right views of llfo. The
slgkt of n young girl, however preco
cious, going to a city like New York
wlthqut friends or advisers to whom
phe would listen, and very evidently
head-strong and Impulsive, there to
upend two years writing a book and
precious manuscripts which she ro
mantically wishes to be burled with
her, calls forth noihlng but pity. But
this sentiment does not obscure the
fact that the girl was permitted to
ain a false view of herself and her
'relations with tho world. Acts such
as hers in no degree Justify the whole
sale condemnation of the business llfo
of our cities or warrant tho sweeping
statement of a young girl facing nt
'once both womanhood and eternity In
inaylng that "a girl cannot get alonf
ihonorably In New York."
Still another use for automobiles
The town of Jamaica, L I., had an
unpleasant time when a main burnt
and the water supply was shut off
'completely. To say entiling of the an
inoyance, Inconvenience and danger In
jprlvate dwellings, the orphan asylum
E--& other Institutions were subjected
especially distressing experiences.
meet at least partially the demand
C.n automcblle service was organized,
he machines going with tanks, bar
jrela and ether receptacles to points
where watsr could be obtained and
(bringing It to those In need. This was
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ueei uui poor suuHuiuie lur uiu
;ular system, yet It proved that In
im of stress the auto Is a valuable
lltary.
Still they tame, those Chinese stu
dents who art) to be trained at Amerl
lean educational Institutions. A party
ftt sixty-eight has arrived at Honolulu
These students are some of the num-
jber sent by the Chinese government,
tha expenses to be paid from the
Boxer Indemnity money returned by
the United States, says Troy Times.
That kindly act has brought a rich re
ward In the form of the esteem, grati
tude and confidence of China and tho
"influence that will be exorted through
the absorption of American Ideas by
(the bright young men who are tho
(beneficiaries of the arrangement
Engineers at work on the Panama
canal propose to leave as little as
possible to chance. They are now en
gaged In experiments to determine
(the effect of sea water on concrete.
'an enormous quantity of which is em
ployed in the construction of the canal.
Concrete in different stages of prep
aration and with various forms of
protection will be subjected to the ac
jtlon of the salt water and the results
Iwtll be carefully noted. Probably
(there never was a great undertaking
of this kind In which so many pre
cautions were taken to guard against
future risk.'
I Germans usually do things thor
oughly, and the announcement that
there Is no cholera in Berlin, although
the disease has broken out in the vi
cinity, no doubt testifies to the ef
fectiveness of the safeguards em
ployed. Modern medical science is
visually victorious over the ailments
once regarded as scourges, against
which It was almost useless to con
tend. Yellow fever, cholera and the
like are no longer the terror they
were formerly.
General information concerning in
fantile paralysis, Is meager, but since
woman of sixty six has died of the
malady, the fact Is plain that the
scientists who gave it a name were
not overcrowded with information
either.
A Chicago professor says that the
law is a hindrance to some people. If
by some people he means burglars,
pickpockets and grafters, we might
add that that Is exactly what the law
1s intended to bo.
Farmers will not become greatly in
terested In aeroplanes, monoplanes
and biplanes until they have worn
out their automobiles.
Man has at last beaten tho pigeons
at flying, but with fair woman's help
be long ago distanced them In the
pleaaanter art of billing and cooing.
A New York man Is taking his piano
for a voyage to restore its tone.
Probably it got a llttlu shaky on the
high C's.
We Imagine that h'speranto would
be a good language to uso when talk
ing back to your wife.
A minister calmly announces that
automobile scorchers have no chance
tot getting Into heaven. This Is good
news fcr those of us who contem
plate gol ig there.
The l.rst hobble skirt casualty Is
reported from Newport. TUat town's
nothing if not up to date.
Peoplo are wnrned to be careful In
gating oysters. Yes, first remove the
jsbellt
Buildings of 8tone and Streets Walled
and Paved Native Women Lift
Their Cogon Crass Hats in
Salutation.
The capital of our northernmost
province, Santo Domingo do fiasco on
tho Island of l!;itan s, is an interesting
place. Tho route of our transports
lies a few hours steaming west of the
group, passing between them and tho
Inland of Porihosu on their way to
Nagasaki, jet comparatively few
Americans have visited thin group of
Islands," said Dr. Louis Ottofy, who
has recently returned from this part
of the archipelago.
"Santo Domingo has a population of
about 2,000, and is entirely different
from any other town In the Philip
pines, ,'n t lie first place, all tho
buildings are of stone and white
washed. The roofs are made of cogon
grass .closely trimmed so as to af
ford no purchase to the severe ty
phoons which sweep over the Islands.
"The streets are about twelve feet
wide, many of them paved with stone.
Stono walls extend along both sides
of the streets their full length, giving
them the appearance of lanes. The
walls are about tliree to five feet In
height, broken at Intervals for en
trances to the yards, which in turn
are separated from each other by
stone walls. Most of the yards were
clean and exceptionally neat and at
tractive. "The provincial building, presl
dencla, school house, church and the
parochial school are all built of stone,
neatly whitewashed, and tho grass
covered plaza, fenced vy a low stono
wall, was the acme of neatness.
"Unlike most Filipino towns, there
were no pigs or goats at large; they
are confined to walled-ln sections be
low tne level or the streets. I no
ticed but few dogs and they seemed to
be well fed. There is not a single
Chinaman in the town; in fact, for
that matter pot one on any of the
islands among a population of about
6,000. There were but five white men
there, the priest, who had been there
for 27 years; tho governor, who I
was told Is a Spaniard; two Span
iards who are cattle buyers, and ono
American connected with the bureau
of public works.
"There Is not a single store on the
town. The solo Industry Is tho rais
ing of cattle,' which aro called for by
steamers from Aparri or Manila.
When one of tho steamers anchors
thero tho cattle are paid for In cash,
ranging from $15 to $10 a head. Some
of the residents then take the steam
er for the first port on the Island of
Luzon, bring some onions and garlic
with them and do the purchasing for
themselves and their friends.
"The women wear a peculiar head
dress made of cogon prrass to protect
them from the sun and rain and with
out one exception each one lifted It
In salutation. For three months of
the year the islands are typhoon-
swept and no steamer can approach
them, and at other times, tlough a
regi-lar mall service Is now estab
lished, they are shut off from outside
contact." Manila Times.
Children's Shoes.
Children are often made uncomfort
able by being obliged to wear shoes
that are either too large or too small.
The mistake Is made in buying. An
experienced shoe man who had made
children's shoes a special study ad
vises that the child wear thick stock
ings when trying on shoes. In many
cases the child will wear his "best"
hose, which are thinner than those
for every day, and then the new shoes
will be a trifle too tight when worn
with the thicker pair. Buy as good
leather as you can afford, but It is
not wise to buy the most expensive
shoes, for the child may outgrow
them. The shoe dealer above quoted
says that a shoe with a wide, flat,
low heel Is better for a child than
the heelless shoe, since children
usually put the heel of the foot down
heavily when walking, ""each chil
dren to take care of their shoos.
When the shoes have been wet they
should bo wiped dry, stuffed with
paper to hold their shape, put In a
warm place and rubbed with vaseline
to keep the leather soft.
Forceful English Writer.
Herbert Oeorgo Wells, the English
story writer and essayist, Is forty-four
years old. lie was educated at a pri
vate school, but afterwards specialized
In science and took his degree at Lon
don university. lie UBed his scientific
knowledge effectively In his earlier
books. He was tho Jules Verne of a
new generation. Though many of his
books seem setisutional In nature,
there is always a VPln of philosophic
speculation, and often of delicate
satire. He has taken a forceful Inter
est In r.octal questions, and some of
his later books have a wider and deep
er range. Ho has been accused of a
tendency to decry his countrymen un
necessarily, as In the case of his
rcther bitter indictment of KniillHh-
nien for their fa'.lure to lead the way
In flying ncross the channel; but hi
attitude Is explained as broad as on-
posed to a provincial view of patriot
Ism. Recently he has been dlseuKKlne
the question of the endowment of
r.'.otherhood by tho state.
Stage Fright.
Th" curtain rose for the first act of
"Thrilling Dangers." a three-net
drama, which was shout to bo pro
duced before a large audience in one
of Manaymik's small theaters.
"Now. Kwifty," said the stage man
ager to a Ke n and ardent young ama
teur. "It It your turn to go on tho
st:j All you have to say when the
pistol Is fired by Die villain, Is 'Hark,
'tis the pistol." You have no other
werds at all. Now. my boy, do your
Mif proud."
.With tlie:e words from the stage
manager "Hwlfty" stalked toward the
tti'ge. I.'kewUe. the villain entered.
"Swlfty" stood In the wings petri
fied with stag- frl',ht. The sharp and
const ralr.d crash of a pistol shot
r mote ii on Ms car.
"Good heavens!" he cried, rushing
on the stage, "what's that?"
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HWANA, Cuba. Tho commission sent here by the American war department to ascertain the best method of
raising the wreck of the Battleship Maine has made its preliminary soundings to determine the material on
which the vessel rests, and has found that tho work will not be especially dillitult. Divers found several bodies
In the hull, but did not disturb them.
SEE PRAIRIE
Game Bird Rapidly Diminishing in
Numbers.
Driven Away by Settlers In Oklahoma
and Gunners Evade Stringent
Laws and Slaughter Few
Remaining.
Outhrlo, Okla. Hunters of prairie
chicken In Oklahoma this season re
port them diminishing rapidly Incum
bers. Uko the buffalo, tho prairie
chickens In tho southwestern prairies
do not seem ablo to withstand the ad
vance of civilization. This is due not
merely to their being ruthlessly
slaughtered, but to their Instinct to
seek unsettled regions adapted to their
habits.
Four or five j ears ago chickens were
abundant In veslern Oklahoma coun
ties borderlnir on the Panhandle of
Texas, beginning In Beckham county
and running north to the Kansas line.
The chicken did not range east of this
western tier of counties, save in Wood
ward and Woods counties. The few
remaining chickens are found now In
Harper, western Woodward, Ellis and
northern Roger Mills, with scattering
bunches In what once was "no Man's
Land," now composed of the counties
of Beaver, Texas and Cimarron. Across
tho line, in the Texas Panhandle, is a
good chicken range.
Chickens were so numerous In Ellis
county for years ago that late In the
fall It was not uncommon to see 2U0
OLD PAPER IN NEW HANDS
Harrison Family Loses Control
London Gazette After Tenure
of 130 Years.
of
London. "Old Subscriber" has plen
ty to think over these days. There Is
to be a jolt In tho career of the Lon
don Gazette, England's oldest news
paper, which, established 243 years
ago, now Is nearlng Its thirty thou
sandth number. For more than 130
years the Gazette has been printed and
published by Messrs. Harrison of St
Martin's Lane, but the government re
cently put up the contract for public
bids and the prize has been taken by
the firm of Wyman & Co.
The paper was started by the court
when it fled to Oxford to escape the
great plague In the reign of Charles
II. It then was called the Oxford Ga
zette. On the return of the court to
London the name was changed to that
which the paper has borne ever since.
Copies of the paper are In posses
sion of the Harrison family bearing
the name of the great-great-grandfather
of the present manager, Thomas
Harrison, the Issues being dated as far
back as 1780. The paper prints all
the official announcements and adver
tisements under acts of parliament.
It also especially announces all state
events.
Years ago, before the war office and
ndmlralty and other government bu
reaus gave out news direct to news
papers as Is done today. It held all
other news publications at Its mercy,
for It printed exclusively all such re
ports. In those days It was the flrBt
to publish war news and to obtain In
formation on such events.
Paris Salon for Women.
Paris. A feminine salon Is to be
held in Paris next March under the
auspices of the Duchosse de Broglle
and the Marquise de Qanay.
It will be devoted to an exhibition of
all that adorns woman and her home,
from footstools to diamond necklaces.
NEED GIRLS WHO CAN TALK
Normal Instructor Says They Live
Too Much by Book New
Course Is Remedy.
Chicago. "The girl gets her Ideas
,is to how she should act when she Is
proposed to from the books she reads.
She Iihb no other way to get them.
Social standards our young people
are getting are obtained from the lit
erature they read."
Juines V. lloslo of the Chicago Nor
mal school made the statement the
;,tlur day at the first monthly meeting
.if the Head Asslhtants' association of
the present school year. His BUbJect
was The New Course of Study" Just
Introduced In the schools.
L'p to a year ago," he said, "not
cui out of forty girl graduates from
thi hi jiti biiioola that entered the nor
mal Keliool could get up before her fol
low ktudents and tell in a pleasing
muiiner what the was asked to tell.
She could not tell how to make bread
ji' how to make a dr
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HENS' END
and 300 prairie chickens fly over the
town of Grand. Out In the thinly set
tled country, prairie chicken were a
pest. The few farmers were delight
ed when hunters appeared, and en
couraged the shooting of the hardy
birds that were devastating their
meager crops. Often 400 and 500
chickens would rise from a single
small field.
Notwithstanding Its stringent game
laws, enacted since statehood, Okla
homa has been unable to protect its
prairie chickens. The tragedy has
been that tho birds were most nu
merous In the remote regions, where
game wardens rarely went, and where
they would have difliculty In overta
king law-breakers. The result has
been that in addition to the native
gunners, others have poured over the
border from other states, and helped
hasten the destruction of the prairie
chicken.
The chickens are trying hard to
stay In their old haunts In the new
county of Harper. Two hunters
scoured the Harper county prairies
for two days last week, and got only
forty chickens. This. In all conscience,
was enough, but a poor showing com
pared with other years, when that
many birds could have been killed
easily In half a day.
These two hunters had tne good for
tune to see a species of game that is
disappearing more rapidly than the
prairie chickens. Coming suddenly
over a sandhill they saw four antelope
and a fawn In the distance. They saw
four antelope on the same range a
FLIRTING IS A DANGEROUS PERIL
Preacher Says Coquetry Is Door
to Divorce Court.
Potent Cause of That Coarseness and
Bestial Vulgarity Which Is Do
ing So Much to Diminish
Home Power.
Chicago. "If the true life story of
the 16,388 Chlcagoans divorced In the
last ten years were written, It would
be found that the first station which
led toward the divorce court was fre
quently a romantic flirtation at an
amusement park or fashionable sum
mer resort."
This was one of the Introductory
comments made the other evening by
Rev. Percival H. Barker In a sermon
on "The Pace That Kills" at the First
Congregational church, Maywood.
"Flirting Is a potent cause of that
coarseness and bestial vulgarity which
Is doing so much at present to impair
tho beauty and diminish the power of
American homo life, degrading mar
riage to the low level of a convenience
and to the still lower level of sen
suality. Flirtations foster the social
evil." he continued.
"The mother who permits her sixteen-year-old
daughter to sail about the
city In an automobile until two o'clock
In the morning with a counterfeit
sport of weak Jaw, and weaker mor
als, opens the front door to grief and
disgrace. If you don't know what
company your daughter keeps or what
lime of night she turns in, your roar
when gossips get busy will sound
about as pathetic as the wheeze from
a Jew sharp.
"This Is the time for the modern
minister to shun Idle and toothless
generalities and speak in unequivocal
language. There Is something almost
criminal In the blank Ignorance of
parents concerning the whereabouts ol
"She could go home and write an
essay on a beautiful sunset.
"Parents at home can often teach
children to read and to read right.
Galvanized methods of reading aro
quite unnecessary.
"The child as a baby likes to talk
It Is his nature. When the children
find language a bore, it is not their
fault It ts ours.
"As a rule a course of Btudy tends
to pigeon hole a child's activities; but
this course Is mapped out to stimulate
useful, sensible, profitable coopera
tion. "In tho high schools, sad to say, the
teacher of English does not And all
the co-operation she should have. The
teacher of science uses slang and mur
ders the English language.
"The pupils in our schools, particu
larly in the lower grades, are like
Tennyson's 'brook;' they 'babble on
forever.'
"A principal of a Chicago school
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year ago. The herd apparently had
been able to add one to its number,
despite tho constant danger of ene
mies that lurked at every crossing and
gap.
Tho hunters found In the small, nar
row creeks of Harper and Woodward
counties the best bass fishing they had
ever seen In Oklahoma. The streams
In this prairie country aro mostly
pools, many of them scarcely ten feet
wide, yet twelve and fifteen feet deep.
No man knows when or how bass first
reached theso upland waters. They
have spnwned and hatched unmolest
ed for ages, and grown to their maxi
mum size, feeding on the abundance
of grasshoppers and other insect life.
SPARROWS GONE IN A NIGHT
Birds Disappear Suddenly From La
redo, Tex., During Severe
Tropical Storm.
Laredo, Tex. The thousands of Eng
lish sparrows which have Infested La
redo for tho last 13 years disappeared
from the town ns If by magic a few
nights ago. Not a sparrow Is left as
a reminder of tho twittering, chatter
ing myriads of birds which formerly
thronged the streets. They left the
town flying before the tropical storm,
which whipped up the Rio Grande
from the Gulf of Mexico. Where tho
birds went to is a mystery. The dis
covery of Laredo by the English spar
row was made with a suddenness as
great as that of their disappearance.
One night, 13 years ago, the town was
invaded by hundreds of tho birds.
They are supposed to have flown down
from San Antonio, 150 miles to the
north.
their children during the evening
hours.
"It Is more 'difficult to marry off a
girl who has been pawed over bj
every chap in the community than i
is to fatten sheep on pineapple lea
And should they come to Hymen's aV
tar, they assume the responsibilities
of wifehood with the enthusiasm of a
one legged man at a society cluH
dance, for they have flirted away theilj
hearts until they are incapable
truly loving their husbands.
"The flirt is likely to discover af
finities In other homes and put the
discoveries Into practise. Thus flirt
ing undermines the home; and when
home life with Its sanctities, its calm
and deep Joys and sorrows, ceases to
have its charm for us in America, the
greatest breakup and catastrophe la
history will follow.
"In respect to this menacing evil, a
good rule for youth is: Resist the be
ginning of flirting. Flirtation Is the
first step toward self-degradation.
"Tho man or woman who flirts Is
hntching a serpent's brood that will
ono day wake into life to hiss and
sting; he is rearing wild beasts of
prey that afterwards will turn upon
him and rend him. Shake It at its
birth. Flirtations dwarf man's view of
life far more than they broaden them."
Double of Alexandra.
London. Tho Countess of Norman
ton Is regarded everywhere as a re
markable double of Queen Alexandra,
She is a daughter of the late Lord
Strafford, who, as Sir Henry Byng, was
a valued member of the household of
Queen Victoria. She is a tall, stately
woman, with a wealth of fair hair, re
calling her Scandinavian ancestry, for
her mother was a Danish lady, Count
ess llenrlette, a Hannesklold-Samsoe,
a connection of Queen Alexandra,
which may account for the resem
blance. once told me that he was satisfied If
his pupils could find an excuse for
using words. I hope ho is dead dead
to the schools.
"Our rending has been too much of
the prescription sort not enough ver
satility in it. There is too little read
ing to get the gist of a matter.
"Wo say, 'Now, In this coming
semester. I will set so many hurdles
for my pupils to j-imp over.' Suppose
life does not happen to set the
hurdles In Just the same way. The pu
pils go out Into the world and fall to
make good."
1,526,966,928 Rode In Gotham.
New York. Mere than a billion and
il half passengers rodo c hcj vaiioua
transportation lines In ater New
York during the year endud June 30,
1310.
Traffic figures made public bv the
public service commission gave the to
tal at J,.ri.b,;uib,:t!s, as compared with
l,3961OK0,;."2 for the previous twelve
months. The fares collected by the
various companies totaled $7,224,179.-
63. Operating expenses ol 'm roadt
for the year wire $i;:.2T-!.;57.1'
TECHNICAL TELEPHONY?
Sounds formidable, doesn't
it? But the big telephone com- a
panies conduct schools to teach J
it to aspiring youngsters, and
pay them a weekly wsge to
boot Going up the ladder and
through the school at the same 'J
time The big prizes, and other t
positions of authority that pay
well The only preliminary to
taking up technical, or plant, 'J
telephony is a rudimentary edu- -4
cation.
By C. W. JENNINGS.
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a
AST week 1 told how a boy
starting In as a messenger
at a few dollars a week,
with application and ambi
tion could make himself a
power on the commercial
side of the telephone industry, now
rapidly spreading to every nook and
cranny of this country. Today, I pur
pose telling how a boy, who doesn't
know the flrst thing about a tele
phone principle to begin with, can
equip himself for high office and in
fluence on the purely physical, or tech
nical, side of the industry.
Technical telephony sounds for
midable, doesn't it, especially when
you recall that your boy has never
displayed, to your certain knowledge,
any pronounced leanings to study any
thing from the mechanical or tech
nical side. But don't, worry, notwith
standing. If your boy makes up his
mind that he would like to take up
technical telephony. Provided he Is
about 18, has a rudimentary educa
tion, and is chock full of ambition and
determination to get ahead, the tele
phone company will see to It that he
gets the necessary technical knowl
edge, that he may bo of value to them
and to himself. And If, In good time,
he reaches a position of great power
In the company he will not have been
the first youngster to mount the same
ladder to success.
Your boy, then its having been de
cided that he is going to make a de
termined effort to learn everything
possible to be learned about the phy
sical side of the telephone business
applies to what is known as the plant
department, tho particular and dis
tinctive branch of the industry that
installs tho telephones and keeps
them in good working order 3G5 days
In a year. At once, he doubtless will
be surprised to learn that he has to
begin by going to school; and his sec
ond surprise will come when he Is
told that, nevertheless, and notwith
standing, he will be an employee of
the company and will actually be paid
a weekly wage while he Is being In
structed In the abe's of technical
telephony.
The pay of the pupil varies from $6
to $10 a week at the start, according
to the city In which he begins his
life's work studies. In almost every
one of the big cities throughout the
country the telephone company oper
ating therein maintains a regular
school of Instruction in connection
with its plant. The school In New
York city, where there are 340,000
telephones in use, is typical of all the
others, and so its methods and the
lines of advancement therefrom, are
here described.
The school is in charge of an In
structor, who, of course, teaches
everything there is to be learned
about putting the Instruments to
gether (assembling, It is called); how
the wires are connected properly, and
how to Install them and the instru
ments in a building and fix them
ready for use. After two or three
weeks of instruction, demonstration,
and listening to lectures, the boy will
know enough to be sent out as a help
er to one of the regular installers.
An Installer makes connection with
the outside wires or cables at the en
trance of a building, continuing them
beneath mouldings and through walls
to tho particular room in which the
'phone is to be installed. Then, when
everything is ready, he connects the
"phone itself with the rest of the sys
tem and turns it over, ready for use,
to the traffic department. He Is a
very important factor in the telephone
'ndustry.
As a helper to an installer your boy
will receive probably $8 or $10 a week.
His work as a helper will continue for
several months, and all the time he
will be getting more advanced in
struction In the sc hool, learning down
to the uttermost detail tho Internal
construction of the instrument him
Bell. Perhaps, by the time he has
mastered this bit of technical knowl
edge he is receiving $12 a week, as
reward for work wt 11 done and les
pons well learned; ;m(! t) en, one line
morning, he walks into the ofliee to
find himself pron.otc 1 to he an in
ptaller, with a 1: !;).'! uti r hi:: nt
$13 or $1S a week.
Alter a month or io i;f actual in
stalling, lor which h? i -.'.' is respon
sible, he is given vxiV. i.:o:e to 1: nical
(raining in the school. Tli.'.i ti:::e i.e
learns the principle--, i.i t -!i j.hone
eonstruetiou and opiiaMon. and elso
how to wire up and oinntet what are,
known as privn'e branch rv, iu hbonnls,
the central ilist r: in: t ;J: r points in
buildings nr.d eCicr. th;:l have numer
ous lira eh tckT':"-,es n.i:i.ii g from
r.ne ro ., or upart'iient, or ih'.-l;, to
another. Alt r I.e !. ,s jrovej to the
herd el tie schcri l.ln ability lo do
t Veil v H i; prael i. :ill , he liect-nies an
instal'er ol' privn'e switchboards, or
fxclini :;e-, as I Ley arc popularly
.ailed, nt j. bout .'" a week.
So is g'es on tl nr.ig'i ihe various
fiK lnl.y g: oled covrses of tho school,
lir.iil he l.n ;v. - the l-sic phases
tr. lie tec' :!(:. 1 work cf telephony,
r In.jiu ttie demi's i ine nickel in
the-slot Instruments, the party llnesj
the Intercommunicating telephoned
(local telephones used for connecting
various rooms In tho same building
without getting outside connection)!
speaking tubes, etc. Ouo of the feat
ures of advanced instruction Is the
hunting for trouble. The teacher fixes
up all sorts of devices and cross wires)
which might happen In any concelv
able mistreatment of or accident to am
instrument, and the pupil Is required
to discover the cause of the trouble
and apply the proper remedy.
Si ill another advanced coursa
teaches how telephone Installation;
must be done In what Is known aa
particular work. By this Is meant in-'
stallations In costly private resU
dences, where every wire must b
concealed, and the work done around!
rare furniture and bric-a-brac. The
company expects every Installer to
ns he does installing of the ordinary;
kind.
After five or six years of Instruction
and practical work, first as an Instal
ler's helper and then as an Installer,1
your boy, having shown In the mean
time that he can handle men, may be
made foreman of an installation dis
trict, with anywhere from f0 to 1001
men under him, and be paid a salary,
of $35 to $10 a week. The next pro
motion would logically be to chief
foreman, over all the other foremen
In a large district, with a salary of
$3,000 to $4,000 a year.
Not a bad salary in fact, far above
the average. But the young man with,
ambition with sufficient ambition to
cause him to rivet his eyes on theJ
headship of the plant department
will have realized eaarly in the game
that there are various lines of adi
vancement In technical telephonyJ
and that the best way to become plant;
"head" Is to train himself In all thei
lines. Including the line Just de-
scribed, he will also strive to master
the cable department which has to do
with the laying of cables In subways
under the streets, the wiring of build
ings, maklr.g underground connec
tions, understanding the wiring neces
sary for particular classes of installa-
tion, etc.
Still another division of plant worK
Is that of Inspection. Inspectors are
the men who make regular rounds In
assigned districts to see that the tele
phones are working properly. They
begin in the school, Just as Installers
do, getting a salary of $6 a week a8
students. When they are put on regJ
ular work they are paid from $15 trt
$18 a week and work up to what aroj
known as special inspectors, at a sal
ary of from $23 to $27, attending to
such Important worok as the inspecs
tion of hotel switchboards. Finally,
an Inspector, If he shows ability, mayi
be made a wire chief, in charge of
the switchboard plant of a central
office, at a salary of from $2,000 to
$3,000 a year. Then he may become
a district inspector, or supervising!
wire chief, for a larger territory, ati
from $3,000 to $1,000 a year.
rruui any one ol ui neaas or me,
departments of Inspection, Installa
tion, or cable, your boy might be se
lected to go out and establish new
plants In large communities, starting
with those comparatively small, and
working up through those of Increas
ing importance, till he had proved his
ability sufficiently to be the plant
head of such a district as Manhattan
and the Bronx In Greater New York.
The last direct promotion would be
to the position of general plant super
intendent, who is the head of all physi
cal departments of the business, and
Is one of the most Important officials
of the company. Of course, the man
able to administer such a post as this
is not far from the general manager
ship and the presidency, to which
jour boy may at least theoretically
aspire. As plant superintendent, his
salary would be not Just two or three
or four thousand dollars a year; and
as president well, It Is needless to
say he would be well paid.
(Copyright, 191(1, by tho Associated Lit.
entry Press.)
Says "Chain Prayer" a Nuisance.
The "chain l.rayer" craTe, denoun
ced by bishops and clergy la this
country as the invention of fanatics
and a nuisance, has struck England;
and the pulpit and press are Inveigh
ing against it. The vicar of St. Au
gustine's, South Croydon, advised his
parishioners who received such "pray-
-is, wnii ieiiitsis mat iney De sent
on to nine otner persons, to dTop them
into the waste basket. "If the whole
population, took to writing 'chain
prayers.' he says, 'it might be a good
thing for the postofflce, but it would
be an intolerable nuisance to the gen
eral public. Klghty-one persons would
be involved In the second round, 72!)
In the third, 6,5lil In tho fourth, 59.049
In ihe fifth, 531,411 in the sixth, 4.7S2,
!'09 in the seventh, and 43,046,721 In
the eighth. Kvery one In Great Bri
tain would receive the chain prayer on
or about the eighth day, the .whole of
Kurope would get In on the nlnnahtd
Kurope would get in on the i.inth and
the whole world the day after."
Telephone on Aeroplane.
As the motor of an aeroplane raakei
loo much noise for an aviator to heai
uny'hing tlse, a French army offlcef
has invented a telephone for a passen.
gT to use to talk to him.
One cf Life's Finest Triumphs.
It is a hiautli'ul thing to model a
statue and give it life; to mold an ln
tellirj r.ce and Instill truth .herein li
still more beautiful. Victor Hugo.
Progress.
The world progresses: Formerly we
found only the Police Gazette on bar-
lipr khou tabled. 'nw wn flnri t v,
jest magazines. AtehlKon Globd.
