Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-03-15


the Shiny. discolored money. with
the odor Of the grave about Ii. was sent
her for Identification. Another in
stance. illustrat' how eup'dity some
times overrcaehas itself was that Of a
miscr who had buriel his savings, to
the amount of nearly 100000, in nm
earthern Jar. After an interval OF sew
er;,l months h. went one day to add n
few hundred dollars to his treasure, and
found the whole an indistinguishable
heap OF moldering paper. Although
livir" iu the far West. he had heard Of
the skill of the women of the Redemp-
tion Agency. and lost no time in as-
signing his precious jar to their care.
The money. with the exception of about
$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 new line. is
that of woman employed In the Law
Division If 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 Il 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
iiciior, 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, laborions
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 ease Of
the whisky frauds in Grants time were
prepared by her, and II Is satisfaction
TO add that she receives the same salary
as men doing the same work.
The Interior Department employs 6lS
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 IL requires knowl-
edge OF physics, mathematics, chemistry
and machinery branches Of study with
which at present women have 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 10 fill posi-
tions in this department of the Govern
ment service have done so by persever-
Ing private study, under the disadyan-
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 assistant 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
~ increases the difficulty of discriminat-
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. 1t Is then
necessary for the examiner to look up
all patents of this class. This involves
not only 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
The following are few of the uues-
tiohs taken from n special examination
Of the civil-service for third assistant ex-
aminer in the Patent Office:
!. state briefly how may be produced glass
sugar. salt, iron. steel, brass, coal oil. coal
2 Name tine so called mechanical no,,.r.
state briefly how you calculate the power of
zach. why are they erroneousiy called
:. Describe "Barker's mill" Give ,ha ,n..
Dry Ofitr operation.
I. Briefly define the mechanical tenn.
hnnge, ptnion. bevcl gear. friction gear 80.
centric, cam. Journal, spline, idle. wheel boi,.
piston, nut
:. what are letters patentp VIVA are lea.
pose are they grsntedf Upon what IL the
authority of Congress to lcgislHte thereon
nnself u.s., Whni. 10 yonr opinion. has been the
erect oil their grant In this countryY
u Given "a lever with a long arm Of 20 feet /
anh a short arm of 'eet; 10 the latter IL Mt.
aclei the rope from wheel feet in tlinn
ster, on whose axle. foot Ia diameter. wInsIs I
! rope leading to "a weight lying upon an in
'linsd piaue having face OF 5 feet and nItl. 1
= applied "a power of 10 pounds. whai wrIubt |
; III Il counteri,alance siu the inclined nianas
Hs iaHN arm OF tbA lever IL moved throuylt
! sps.e ~ y ieet Through what space will 1
:. state the law as 20 reissues.
= tnder the provisions OF the law who
may receive patentg WHAT does the law
elulre an inventor TO do before lie can oh.
ain PATENT
Miss Ada sweet, the former pension
gent of the Eighteenth District at Chi
ago, was universally acknowled by her
10 be one of the best agents
Il the Interior Department. She sue
'eedetl her father in this Office in 1874.
laving previously acted as his clerk
she i the first woman who has filled
his position, and with the exception Of
Ter successor the only one.
The Post-oflice Der9tment EMPLOYS
"a women. principally in clerical work.
'ut some branches OF this work are of a
liificnlt nature and require a peculiar
illness and class OF qualifications. A
.nowledge of the modern languages
nd complete and minute familiary
With localities are requisite in many of
he departments. A lady in the dead
etter division is the most skilled ex-
'ert in deciphering misdirected and
llegible letters in iiiis country. and as
1sstrating her peculiar powers in this
eld she Is called IN the department
the blind reader" Letters In All
lngHages. and the peryersion of ali
addresses in dialect. mis-
pelle'l, misdirected. partly omitted,
Trough carelessnesS or ignorance, are
ent 10 her every day by the score 10 be
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