The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-30

now lI IS over here, and whether the Yankees would object to trust Dutch man. How can he get q reputation here
 Must he serve the government or some
 company without pay to get start How
 much pay does civil engineer get in
 this countlygn
 The fact that "A. A. P.is" brother comes from Holland will not iniare his chances in the least when he reaches
 America. Whether there are too many or too few civil engineers in this country
 is question no oAe can answer, but there seems to be employment for all the
 good ones. If the young man comes
 with his diploma that will be his repu,a- tion until he makes one by his work He may not be able to find employ ment at once, but little waiting will give him an insight into the ways oi the country and
 be of benefit to him. lf he intends com
 ing here he should apply himself to the study of the English language for the next year. AS to the pay of civil engin- eers, there is no fixed price. It ranges frem SI oco to Sio GOO and even higher.
 ID. B. M," of Nashville, Tenn,
 writes:
 am r years of age, and have been
 working in printing.otfice for three
 years, and by close and diisent attention
 have acquired thorough knowledge nf
 the art of printing. I get good wages
 perhaps better than the average boy
 and like the trade first rate but at the
 same time have desire to become a
 physician, although could not abandon
 my trade, and would have to read at night.
 have never been to school but two ses-
 sions, although have taken advantage
 of and improved my spare moments until now have a toleraoly fair education. Is it absolutely necessary fer person to be familiar with Latin to make a good doc tor5'
 You would be foolish to make any change. In the first place 1t would be throwing away three years of your time, and, in the next, the chances are that you will earn more money than the average doctor You are satisfied with your trade and have done remarkably well all around. Keep improving yourself and you will some day edit a newspaper of your own. So long as druggists use Latin terms physicians must follow. Why it isn't just as we'll to write the word " water" for aqua PHra is a conundrum you mus. ask the nearest druggist or doc tor to guess, but all attempts to innovate in this direction have proved failures
 The following letter from Charlevox X Mich, contains many points to which the boys should give earnest consideration |:
 Reading in the different issues of the Free P,ess your Short Talk With Boys it has often occurred to me that it would be better for some of those young gen. tlemen that ask you how such and such positions would pay them to go at some thing that, with little muscle well dis played, would make them their swn mas ters. l refer to those (of which there seems to be vast majority) that want such a position as clerk, book-keeper, telegraph operator, etc., or in other words, those. that do not want to work hard. Would not these same young men do far better to go to work in some mill or fac tory, and as they gradually work up learn the trade in which they are employed? True, it may soil their little hands their clothes may look little the worse for dirt and their companions may look down on them because they are common hands last look ahead few years and see if there is any difference then in tt c positions. The first year in a factory or mill you get ten to twelve shiliings (SI 5 SI 5o) day; in store you possibly ge, 5 week the first year. Keeping up the style of store just about balances the clothes worn out by the rough work of a factory or mill. You can work up in a mill just as fast as you can anywhere else. Your wages will increase every year, and in five or six years you will be able to handle any part of the business, or to even take full charge of it. And where are hrst-class men wanted more than those wanted to take full charge of our mills and factories right here in Michigan Then, also look at the field of labor outside of our state. Is it so hard to work upS From the very outset you receive wages that will allow you to live well, and days work in most man. ufacturing establishments is but ten hours. Still, you say that mills only run through the :urr.e:, consequently there Is nc.hing to do h the winter. Now, re- there is large amount of re- pairing to be done through the winter. If you do not wish to do this, go with the crew into the woods. Yes, that is hard work, but if you make a success of any thing in this world you have got to work Tor it, besides you cannot pick out the easy work and let the rest go, no matter what position you are in. Does not a clerk have hard work2 Go and stand in a d&.k, poorly ventilated store all day and see if that is easy, especially when scarce ly time enough is given you to eat a square meal For this you get barely enough to live on for the 6rst year and but little better for the next two or three. And for ali they woTk so cheap, see Ac~ many idle ones thcse are in every city of any size. Just look in the want col umn of any daily paper and notice the of situations wanted and prob ably not one-tenth use the papers as a means of obtaining position. A good book-keeper can get little better salary if he gets work at all, but how many are there are that do not have employment in that line from one years end to an-