Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1917 — Page 3

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Money Talks.

“Reginald Grabcoin asked me to marry him last night,” said Miss Gadder. “I’ve never heard a more eloquent proposal in my life.” “Did he use flowery language?” “Oh, no. He said, ‘Miss Gadder (Marjorie), my father is worth $lO,000,000 and I’m his sole heir.”

Wonderful Cow.

According to this advertisement in a Connecticut paper there is a cow in New England which is possessed of rare accomplishments: “Wanted—-A steady, respectable young man to look after a garden and care for a cow who has a good voice and is accustomed to sing in the choir."

Jennie Seller succeeds her drafted brother as mall carrier in Greenwich, Conn. Some men can be eternally on the job and still not accomplish much.

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Too Late.

He was a great pedestrian, but one day his physical energy seemed to give out. Weary and worn and sad, he was beeginning to despair of finding rest and refreshment when a small wayside house came into view. The good lady of the house executed her commission to supply her visitor with eggs, toast and tea. “May I open the eggs for you?” she asked, smilingly. The young man nodded assent, but, although the shell looked well enough; appearances are often deceptive, and that egg would not have done credit to any self-respecting hen. He drew back his chair with a sigh. “Hasn’t it been boiled long enough, sir?” queried the lady. “Yes,” h? replied, wearily, “but it was not boiled soon enough.”

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Rolling Rapidly.

Tom Moore called on Campbell one evening, and in the course of conversation Campbell mentioned a poem he had just composed and the manuscript of which he showed to iloore. It was entitled “The Battle of Hohenlinden,” the last line of the first verse of which read: “Of Iser rolling rapidly.” When Moore was departing he slipped on the stairs, which caused Campbell to ask: “What’s that? What’s that?” “I, sir, rolling rapidly!” instantly replied Moore.

Different Methods.

The prison visitor op his usual rounds noticed that a nets man occupied a cell that had been empty for some time. “My friend,” he began, “may I ask what brought you here?” “The same thing that brought you here," replied the convict; “a desire to poke my nose into other people’s business, only I generally used to go in by the basement window.” A pretty girl is apt to be less interesting than the bank account of a homely maid. Three River Falls, Wis., business men will farm while wives run stores.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

WAR BRINGS ADVENT OF GIRL RAILROADER

Among the first changes being brought about In the United States by the war is recorded the entrance of women Into railroading. From doing flag duty at grade-crossings to wiping the monster locomotives and operating lathes in machine shops, girls are replacing old men and young men. While the first call for the girl railroader was to replace men who will take up arms, with the bars down they are showing efficiency in branches heretofore employing old men and those crippled in the service of the companies. Especially is this true in the signal department. The new school of telegraphy has recently been transferred from Bedford, Pa., to Philadelphia by the Pennsylvania railroad. When the transfer was made, the course was opened to women as well as men. More than 200 students are now taking the course. The only requirements for entrance are that the applicant be between the ages of seventeen and twenty-five and possess good sight, hearing and a fair knowledge of English, mathematics and geography. Have Miniature Line. The girls are learning by actually operating the block system on a spe-

TEACHING WOMEN RAILROAD TELEGRAPH SERVICE.

cial road, which has been constructed for that very purpose—a miniature, electrically operated road over which hum freights, locals and expresses all day long with all the businesslike faithfulness to schedule which is necessary on the real railroad, telephone bells ringing and telegraph sounders clicking. Official reports and roders are made out just as though the girls were at work, as conceivably they soon may be, in the towers between Philadelphia and Altoona. Down to the smallest detail the miniature road is complete. To a casual observer who might happen upon it by chance, there might be an element of humor in the busy men and women bending over their work along the line of this toy railroad. To the instructors and their classes it is the most serious work, for when the novices have fully mastered the system of the miniature railroad, with its block system, its ramifications of reports and transactions of official nature, they virtually have mastered the system of the Pennsylvania railroad and are potentially able to take their places at the keyboards, the signal phones and the switch and block towers. In the train room the tracks are laid on a great table built in a U-shape, with terminals at each end. The blocks are represented by wooden partitions, through which are cut openings for the trains to pass. All the signaling is

CUT IN PASSENGER SERVICE

Reduction Is Part of Program of War Board for Conservation of Coal and Employees. Extensive reductions in passenger, train service in addition to those already made are to go into effect id the middle West. Between March 1 and July 15 the railroads in this territory effected a saving at the rate of almost 7,000,000 passenger miles a year. The total reductions already made and. those to be put into effect in this territory amount to 12,000.000 passenger miles. Reductions of 16,000.000 passenger miles have been reported in eastern territory. This reduction in passenger train service is a part of the program of the war board for the conservation of coal and men. Thereductions made in the central department will result in saving 500,000'tons of coal a year.

RAIL CASH BREAKS RECORDS

Figures for April Show Increase of Moris Than $500,000 on Net Earnings for 1917. Complete figures of railroad revenues and expenses for April, announced by the interstate commerce commission, show an Increase of more than $500,000 on net earnings for 1917 over 1916. A new record for railroad operating revenues was set during the first four months of this year, the tothl being $1,202,606,000. For the same period in 1916, the previous banner year in railroad revenues, the figure was $1,095,816,000.

done with the regular equipment such as is used in the regular operations of trains, telephones and telegraphs. There are divisions in this system,for 50 students and a passageway up to the center enables the Instructor to move from one to another for individual attention. Three-Track System. At present the system is a threetrack one, two regular lines and a continuous switch track in the center, just like many sections of the real railroad are built. Shortly there will be added a fourth track, which will make it the counterpart of the company’s fourtrack trunk lines. Another advantage which is given to the students is the opportunity to hear the messages and reports which go over the red! wires of the company, as the lines have been tapped and receiving apparatus set up in connection with them in the school. Telegraphy itself is no easy subject to master, but the equipment of the school contains special arrangements to enable the ready acquisition of speed and accuracy on the part of the students. The telegraph room is 20 by 40 feet, and down the two side walls and the center are tables at which the

fair students sit at their Instruments. These tables are wired in such a manner as to enable any student to enter any speed class at the request bf the principal without the necessity of changing her seat. The classes are made up of speeds, 5, 10, 15 and 20 to 25 words a minute. This is accomplished by having four circuits around the room and a four-holed jack-switch box on each table. This undertaking of the Pennsylvania railroad is not a fad, for the girls actually work hard. The course is not easy and it requires from six to eight months’ steady application for completion. Besides telegraphy and block signal operations, all station office detail work is taught. At the end of the course a job is assured. Other Lines Adopt Plan. The Pennsylvania railroad is not the only company to adopt the system of employing women. At an Erie car shop in Buffalo are 28 young women who are taking the places of men. One young woman is running a bolt cutter and is working 100 per cent piecework. The Baltimore & Ohio road has introduced woman workers in a number of its shops with success. It has also opened positions in the freight and passenger terminals to women. They work the regulation day and wear overalls, caps and gloves while they are on the job.

NEW FREIGHT CARS WANTED

Council of National Defense Negotiating for Construction of 100,000 — Shortage Feared. The United States government, through the council of national defense, is actively negotiating with car builders for the immediate construction of 100,000 freight cars. Inquiries have been made of the car construction companies as to how many of these cars may be turned out by them within a specified time. The government is planning to avoid a possible car shortage when the time comes for assembling supplies at the seaboard cities when the American armies are engaged at the battle fpont in Europe.

FASTEST TIME ON RAILROAD

Train on Philadelphia & Reading Runs Five Miles at Rate of 115.20 Miles Per Hour. In July, 1914, in covering a distance of approximately five miles, from Egg Harbor to Brigantine Junction, a train on the Philadelphia & Reading traveled at the rate of 115.20 miles an hour. The fastest time on record for a distance of over 440 miles was made by the Lake Shore '& Michigan Southern railroad between Buffalo and Chicago, tn June, 1905, nine cars and two engines, including stops, going at the rate of 68.69 miles an hour.

Connecting Link in Peru.

_,jWork has been begun in Peru on a railroad wihch will cross the Andes and form a connecting link betweeb thie headwaters of the Amazon river and the Pacific ocean.

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A Long Wait

Clerk —But you just bought this novel and paid for it. > Customer —Yes. Clerk —Then why do you wish to return It? >» Customer —I finished It while waiting for my change.

Not There.

“You are praising up this suite as extremely desirable, but I can’t see the point.” “Of course not, ma’am. This Is a flat.”

This Will Interest Mothers.

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Bound to Be Tidy.

A fastidious old gentleman was*enjoying a cigar with a friend. The guest, having reached the end of his Havana, hurled the stump onto the well-kept lawn. “What made you throw your cigar there?” said the old man, angrily. “See how unsightly it is on the lovely grass.” “That surely won’t do any harm,” said the other, “for nobody would notice a little thing like that.” “My dear fellow,” solemnly replied the old grumbler, “it’s just little things like these that constitute tidiness, and tidiness is half the comfort of life.” His friend said no more for a time, and in a few moments he arose hurriedly, disappeared, and was absent for a full twenty minutes. “Where on earth have you been?” said his host, when he returned at last. “Oh, I’ve only been across the meadow to spit in the river.”

Foresighted.

Wyse —My dear, there’s no use for you to look at those hats, Tor I have only two dollars in my pocket. Mrs. Wyse—Yoy might have known when you came out that I would want a few things. Wyse—-I did.

Reason Was Plain.

She —The magazines never seem to print any real good poetry. He —I know it. They return everything I send them. W. M. Van Nordon of New York wants 500,000 Chinese imported to work American farms.

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A Natural Mistake.

The Manager—What’s the kick about the sleepers I sent to fill up the band? The Bandmaster —No brains. That rummy with the saxophone is smoking his instrument.

His Caliber.

“The noble Brutus was a cad.” “How do you make that out?" "Didn’t he cut an old friend?”

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Friend, Indeed.

“Did you send flowers to his neral?” “No, 1 sent a fire extinguisher.” The best sardines are sardines. Poor sardines are smelt. Uneasy lies the head that Is full of schemes to get even with somebody.

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