Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-09

In existence, and very few persons have
ever heard of the term before, vet it
Is the name of a trade, the members ri
which are well paid, and which in few
years will hold an important place in
our industrial crafts. The electric
plumber, observes the Electric Review.
Is the man who makes the Joints in
!ead-coveredw wires and cables. He NAV
pe seen any fine day in the subways
ueItly Shaping pasty mass of solder
into wipe joint" around a cable nine.
or skillfully twisting and connea,ing come ,
the wires of the cable itself.
Ihe electric plumber is called upon
to do not only some Of the most difficult
JOBS IN the plumbers art, but must
possess good knowledge of electric
circuits, and particularly OF the insula-
ton .of such circuits. A competent
plumber who has the required eiectri-
cal Skill is atipresent in great demand
and can easily obtain profitable en-
70 this fact we call the
attention of that large num-
Der OF capable but discontented
young men who find their position as
linemen and inspectors for telephone
and other companies do not afford them
the desired opportunity for advance
ment Our advice to such Young men
is to practice plumbing. Exchange the
strap and wise for the fire-pot and SOL
dering iron. Learn to make q wipe
joint. Never mind if at first you do
burn your fingers and make lop-sided
joints. Persevere to the end /, and you
will become so valuable to your own
company that you will not need 10
accept work with another.
Improving the ;PhonO2raph.
1t is said that the phOnograph
has been made now to register the
sound of the beating OK the human
heart. Thus does science continually
trample down all our notions OF long
ago, says Texas Siftings. 1t is not so
many years since we thought the man
was lying who Dragged so OF the keen
ness OF his ears. His friend who boasted
OF his sight declared he could see fy
on the top OF a neighbOring steeple,
and this man whom we have so con-
dcmned, and who now seems to have
been prophetic, said: 81 can't see him,
but can hear him stepping around"
The next thing Edison will do, proba-
bly,, will be to hear somebody think.
Telephones In Sweden.
In probably no country in the world,
says an English exchange, "has the
telephone come into more general use
than Sweden. Not only can Stockholm
boast the most perfect telephone ar-
irangements Of any capital, in addition
to the largest percentage OF telephone
subscribers, but the east coast and the
west coast will soon be in telephonio
communication, a line between Stock
holm and GOthenburg being in course
of erection. Many small towns are in
telephone communication with each
other, and the numberof subscribers is
constantly increasing. In Malmo, for
instance, which has about 40, 900 inhab-
itants, there are 800 subscribers. The
town is connected with about thirty
smaller towns and country places, with
subscribers ranging between 200 and
TO-"
Electric Light for London.
London is usually very slow to move
In new direction; but 1T really seems
as ii the little village" were going TO
take the first place in electric lighting,
says the London Life. A contract has
just been taken to illuminate the city
for twenty-one years. This lighting,of
the streets will extend throughout tho
busiest heart of London, from Fleet
street on the west TO Aldgate In the
east, and from from the northern bound
ary to the river. When completed, no
city In Europe will have done's0 much.