Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28

Inc money. win the exception OF aDOu
$500, was Identified and returned to hin
in fresh new bank notes, to his infint,
satisfaction.
Another conspicuous example o.
ability, and also in quite new line, is
that of a 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
compiled 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 il. The result is cearness 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 satisfaction
to add that she receives the same salary
as men doing the same work.
| The Interior Department employs 6l8
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 "a knowl-
edge Of physics, mathematics, chemistry
and machinery branches Of study with
which ut present women have only
| limited opportunities to become thor
I oughly acquainted, the smatiering of
science taught at the average girls school
being OF little value for any practical
uses. Consequently, the women who
have qualified themselves to ill posi-
tions in this department of the Govern
ment service have done so by persever-
ing private study, under the dsadvan-
tage of lack of proper direction, and
often after hard days work at the
desk. The work of an examiner in the
Patent Office can best be shown by Civ
ing an instance of the duties of a wom-
an filling the place of ass slant examiner
to the electric division. and whose de-
partment is that of electric lighting.
The number of applications for patents
in this section is enormous, which great
ly increases the difficulty of discriminate
ing new claims and those which have
been met in some patent previously
granted. The inventor gives at least
half n dozen specific claims to novelty
possessed by his invention. II is then
necessary for the examiner to look up
all patents of this class. This involves
not only "A careful research through all
the files of the Patent Office, but also in
all scientific books and periodicals re-
lating to the class of inventions under
consideration
The following are few of the ques-
tons taken from n special examination
of the civil service for third assistant ex-
aminor in the Patent Office:
J. state briefly how may be produced glass
sugar, salt, iron, steel, brass, coal OIL coal
gns.
>. Name the so-cailed mechanical powers:
state briefly how you calculate the power OF
each why are they enormously called
powcrsY
s. Describe "Barker's mill" Give the the.
4. Briefly define the mechanical term,
flange, pinion, bevcI gear friction gear, &c.
centric, cam, journal, spine, idle wheel bolt,
piston, nut
,. What are letters patent? VIVA are let
ters patent for inventlonsy For what pur-
pose are they grantet2 Upon what Is the
authority OF Congress to legislate thereon
| bascdH Whht, in your opinion has been the
effect of their grant In tbs country?
a. Given "A lever with a long arm OF 20 feet
anu short arm of . Get to the latter Is at
tnche the rope from wheel feet In diam.
eter, ON whose axle, foot in diameter, winds
I a ran ~ tYtFf afsI.t Ira...
| cllned plume having q face OF feet ana nlti.
tude OF foot To the long arm OF the lever
Is applied power OF 10 pounds. VIVA weight
VIII u coun erhalanee on the Inclined plane?
! The long arm of the lever is moved through
a space OF 10 feet Through what space viii
the weight be moved
Z state the Inv as to re ssues
= Under the provisions of the law who
may receive patent? Wnat does the law
require an inventor to do before la cun OH.
tain n PATENT
Miss Ada Sweet, the former pension
agent of the Il ghtcenth District at Chi
cago, was universally acknowled by her
superlors To be one Of the best agents
of the Interior Department. She sue
ceeded her father in this office in 1874.
b Ting previously acted rs his clerk.
Sh rs the first woman who has filled
this position, and with the exception of
her successor the only one.
The PoSt-oilice Department EMPLOYS
ia women, principally in clerical work,
but some branches of this work are of a
difficult nature and require peculiar
fitness aud class OF qualifications. A
knowledge at the modern languages
and complete and minute familary
with localities are requisite in many of
the departments. A lady in the dead
letter division is the most skilled ex-
pert in deciphering INSTRUCTED and
illegibIe letters in THIS country, and us
.Stratlng her peculiar powers in this
field she is called IN the department
1.-the blind reader" Letters in all
languages, and the perversion of III,
languages. addresses in dialect. mis-
spelled. instructed, partly omitted.
through earelessneSs or ignorance. are
sent 10 her every day by the score to be
deciphercd. redrected and sent to their
destination. -Four women in the for
egn department of the Dead Letter
Office return all fnr"ion lattars % the
countries from which they have been
seat The woman who has charge of
this branch is a German. aud eminently
quarhed for her duties 10y her linguistic
atttmments and her remarkable knowl-
edge of geography. She is perfectly
familiar with every country. CITY and
town in the world. aud it was stated by
the chief clerk of the post-oilice that he
had no doubt that She would be able to
distribute the mail in London as well rs
in Washington.
The State, War. and Navy Depart