The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-23
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stated that in the inner pocket OF coal Il
the same he had been buried in--would t,
be found large sum of money in, bank .
notes. The body was exhurheds and 7
the Shiny, disculored money, with q
the odof of The grave about it, was sent i
her for identification. Another in=
stance. illustrating how cupdity some- I
times oyerreaches Itself, was that of |
miser who had buried his savings, to y
the amount of nearly $4,000, in an !
earthern jar. After an interval of sew !
eral months he went one day to add 9
few hundred dollars to his treasure, and
found the whole an indistingushable
heap of molderng paper. Although
living in the far West, he had heard OF
the skill of the women of the Redemp-
ton Agency, and lost no time in as
signing his precious jar to their, care:
The money, with the exception ofstbout
$500, was identified and returned to him
in fresh new bank notes, to his infinite
satisfaction.
Another conspicuous example OF
ability, and also in quite a new, line, il
that of woman employed in the Law
Division of this bureau, and who pre-
pares the briefs for the Solicitor of In
ternal Revenue in the various cases
arising out of violation of internal reve-
nue. laws. She is considered one of the
best law clerks in the bureau. and is
engaged upon the most difficult and
complicated compromise cases. Her
remarkable power of grasping impor-
| tant points of case and presenting
them in clear and concise language is
shown by the fact that she prepares her
briefs from first notice; that is, the first
! abstract is the one submitted to the So
| licitor, no other copy being made. In
order to do this she thoroughly studies
the case before putting her pen to pa
per. In an important case five days
are often spent in careful, laborious
study of it. The result is a clearness of
statement and a logical presentment OF
the evidence which is justly considered
remarkable The briefs in the case OF
the whisky frauds in Grants time were
prepared by her, and it is a satisfaction
to add that she receives the same salary
as men doing the same work.
The Interior Department employs 618
women as examiners of applications for
patents, clerks, stenographers, type
writers, accountants, tracers OF draw
, ings, copyists, pastors, etc. The work
, of women as examiners of applications
for patents deserves the highest COM
mendation, since it requires knowl-
|
! and aclinery-branches of study with
which at present women nave only
limited opportunities to become thor
oughly acquainted the smattering OF
science taught at the average girls school
: being of little value for any practical
!; uses. Consequently, the women who
have qualified themselves to fill posi-,
: tions in this department of the Govern
ment service have done so by persever'
Q ing private study, under the disadvan.
tage of lack of proper direction, ano
!, often after hard days work at the
desk. The work of an examiner in thu
u Patent Office can best be shown by Civ
: ing an instance of the duties of WON
= an filling the place of assistant examine
e to the electric division, and whose de
7 partment is that of electric lighting
g The number of applications for patent
IL in this section is enormous, which great
g ly increases the difficulty of discriminat
$ ing new claims and those which hav,
Is been met in some patent previousl
Y granted The inventor gives at leas
'e half dozen specific claims to novelt
y possessed by his invention. 1t is the
le necessary for the examiner to look VI
9. all patents of this class. This involve
lg not only careful research through a
in all scientific books and periodicals n
re latino to the class of inventions undt
+ consideration.
oy The following are few of the que
ld tions taken from special examinatio
of the civil-service for third assistant e.
re aminer in the Patent Office:
%. l. State briefly how may be produced glas
= sugar, salt, iron, steel, prass, coal OIL, co
e. >. Name the so called mechanical power
.al state briefly how you calculate the power
al each; why are they enormously call
oy 3. Describe aBarkers mill" Give the til
he 1. briefly define the mechanical teri
aange pinion 6eye gra genr ffiGson die gea1rb bo
nd pis' & Whas are letters patent? What are |,
nu pose are they granted? Upon what is t
lin authority Of Congress to legislate there
nc nc effect effect of their grant in this country?
VI 6. Given n lever with long arm OF 20 Il
and short h Of &c the e ala
oo, eter, on whose axle, foot in diameter, VIII
OF rope leading to q weight lying upon an
~ tude OF i foot 10 the long arm of the lie,
ne- is applied powerof 1opounds. What wei
tba The long arm of the lever is moved thror
':1' :ne a space of 10 feet. Through what space '
1tn the weight he moved.
nto T. State the law as to reissues.
g. Under the provisions of the law, v
VI may receive a patent? What does the
,wo require an inventor to do before he can
cen tain patent?
ing Miss Ada Sweet, the former pens
Of agent of the Eighteenth District at {
nth cago, was universally acknowled by
j, is superiors to be one of the best age
men of the Interior Department. She S
ices ceeded her father in this office in Is
,wl- having previously acted as his Gle
the She is the first woman who has fl
this position, and with the exception
( of her successor the only one.
rely The Post-office Department empl
ex- 124 women, principally in clerical We
mu- but some branches of this work are
here difficult nature and require a pecu
ark fitness and class of qualifications.
t of knowledge of the modern langua
me and g. complete and minute famil
eem with localities are requisite in man
most the departments. A lady in the {
been letter division is the most skilled
that pert in deciphering. misdirected
IA illegible letters in this country, an
she illustrating her peculiar powers in
nces field she is called IN the departn
S of s.thc blind reader" Letters in
Snife languages, and the perversion of
enti lanGua0es. addresses in dialect,