Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-11
WOMAN'S REALM.
BY MRS. l.. II. DpAsk, ASSOCIATE Ep1roH.
Woman's Work at Washington.


Agency, or department of our govari|
ment Which redeems defaced coin cf
damaged worn out bills. This week
we will give an example of womanb
ability in quite q new line. compat
atiyely speaking, for it has but late3F
been considered that the feminisI
mind is capable Of grasping any lS8otiE
questions II law. AT NasAingtfk
there ssa woman who preFa.ss.ss .ss.ss-.' ii
for the Solicitor of Internal RevenuA
in the various cases arising out pf b
violation Of internal revenue law. iii,
the words of the New York 7rajsae.
"She is considered one Of the best law
clerks N the bureau, and is engaged
upon the most difficult and complicat-
ed compromise cases. Her relnarka-
bic poWer'of grasping important points
OF a case and presenting them in clear
and concise language is shown bv the
TACT that she prepares her briefs from
first notice; that is, the first abstract is
the one submitted to the solicitor, no
other copy being made. In order to do
this she thoroughly studies the case
before putting her pen to paper. in an
important case five days are often
spent in careful, laborions study Of it.
The result is q clearness OF statement
and logical presentment of the evil
dence which is Justly considered re-.
markable. The briefs in the case Of
the Whisley frauds in Grants time
were prepared by her, and it is a salts
faction to add that she receives the
same salary as men doing the same
work"
From the same paper we clip the
following questions which are few
taken from the list for special examl-
nation for third assistant examiner in
the Patent Office:
1. State briefly how may be produced
glass, sugar, salt, iron, steel, brass, coal
oil, coal gas.
2. Name the so-called mechanical
powers; state briefly how you calcu-
late the powers Of each why are they
enormously called powers?
5. Describe "Barker's mill" Give
the theory of its operation.
4, Briefly define the mechanical
terms tiange, pinion, bevel gear, fdct-
ioD gear, eccentric, cam, journal, spline
ldIe-wheel, bolt, piston, nut.
5. What are letters patent? lYjitse25s are.
letters patent for Inventions ! For
what purpose are they granted Upon
what is the authority of cong ,ess to
legislate thereon based? What,in your
opinion, has been the effect IF this
grant in this countryp
6. Given a lever with a long arm of
20 feet and short arm Of 5feet. to the
latter is attached the rope from a
wheel 3 feet in diameter,on whose axle,
| foot in diameter, winds a rope lead
ing to a weight lying upon al, inclined
plane having a face Of 3 feet and alti-
tude of foot. TO the long arm of the
lever is applied a power of 10 pounds.
What weight will it comterbalunce
on the inclined plane9 Tie long arm
of the lever is moved through space
OF ten feet. Thought whit space will
the weight be moved.
Z. State the law as to reissues.
s. Under the provisions O Law, who
may receive q patent? Whit does the
law require all inventor to 10 before
he can obtain q patent?
This department employs Gig women
as examiners of application Of patents,
clerks, stenographers, typewriters, ac-
countants, etc. Their excellent work
in this department deserves high COM
since it requires an init
mate knowledge Of physics, mathe-
matics, chemistry and machinery, and
in every application it is necessary for
the examiner to look up az patents in
that particular class. Tins involves
not only careful research through all
the files CT the Patent Office, but also
in all scientific books and periodicals
relating to the class Of inventions IN
der consideration.
It seems strange and i growing
stranger as the days go by, that men,
as they do the great help
which women are capable of giving in
carrying on the arduous duties pertain
ing to Our government, should still
hesitate to grant to them the full
lights Of American citizenship. We
eve ouI native land. Our fore~moth-
ers IS well as our fcre~father8 endured
he revolutionary struggle to give to
is the birthrlght Of a home in Q free
md independe ent land. Women always
come to the rescue and stand unfinch-
ngly by their brothers when q foe
threatens the home so dear to them,
!nd we feel confident that the day is
,ot far distant, when men will realize
hat our help would be likewise bene-
icial in the easier bat no less response
de work OF Strengthening the tangled
breads Of parti-colored politics.
IN Iowa e55 women own and direct
arms, eighteen manage farms, five
,Wn greenhouse, nine manage mark
It gardens, thirteen serve as county
chool superb thirty seven
manage high institutions OF learning
20 are physicians, five attorneys at