Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21


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post instead u hsvnlg % 40 cut for
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party uL Ehs Fich, Tlye rum mAatlod 20
his nseio0s bJrgie. there would Ia a net
saving ~ the world Ia 20 yo4rs that
would buy soIne nan moe hItie farm.
The cashiers of1oo hAs a sysbeEn of
ttIres checks. whereby the counter, the
bookke~per aud tAe teller are guarding
against each others mistakes, and So az
F cnrate Is this matter that in a days
work ranging from 500 90 "a 81 go 600
tho footlngs OF tie tAroo aro alike 70
+ cent
7 The certified check, IN the ordinary
sense ~ the term, does not 20 ~ the
T custom bOuse. TIE bank may - ever 50
good. is certificate must be - the effect
thai 50 much money Is on deposit "a It's
credit az Ehe sab-treasury, and when
that account Is ovordrawn, II only for five
cents. that check waits til the account
f Is made good AGAIN
When yoa pay duties the fact that you
are the president Of a bank or the head
OF a family does not count Ready
money or the certificate OF the sub-treas-
ury alone goes.
In one corner of the cashiers depart
ment II a headsanan's block. near it a
stellated punch and sledge hammer.
When a coin l. found 10 be worthless il
is carefully laid on this block, the pink
.ng iron is placed upon il and then
strong man kits t a welt with the
siedge.
After knocking the essential tar out
Of the com, as one may say, 1t Is politely
returned 20 the owner. who has 10 make
il good The idea, as the bright eyed
reader has already discovered. no doubt,
Is 10 prevent its circulation. and that is
almost invariably the result
Civil service has Its odd and rather
amusing features 10 one, at Least, who
sees the ridiculous readily. For in
stance, there Is q position under the
government m the customs which re-
guires that man WHO fills il shall, TO
the best of his ability, knock of the lids
Of boxes by means OF 4 cold chisel and
hammer.
The knowledge Of Euclid or the binor-
nal theorem Is not absolutely necessary.
the principal thing being 10 avoid pull
ing oat the thumb nail while pulling the
other nsnls But the civil service re-
quires that he shall know certain things,
whether he can knock off the lid of the
box or not. One Of these men has to
stand upon a set Of eyelopeiias In order
20 reach the top OF big box
In the language OF friend, "he is up
on books, but be is short on stature
The civil service does not ask him how
tall he is, bur whether given line, BIZ
secting the base Of an isosceles triangle
ard running due east toward gwen
point, viii also bisect the circumference
Of a given circle whose radius IL perpen-
dicular 70 the base of the isosceles tri-
angle
Take Also the case of a man whose
duty it is 70 pack and unpack valuable
bric-a-brsc- Those who have pot In a
year or two packing and unpacking
without breakage costly china, marble,
glass and other truck viii agree with
me that this n extremely important, al
though civil service examination does
not touch toe question. OF courss it is
well for man who drives team for
the custom house TO know that "evolu-