The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26

thorized the issue of legal tender notes pay
able In gold. These were the original
"greenbacks." They came in sheets from
the banknote companies with blank spaces
for she signatures of the treasurer and reg
lister. 1t was necessary to cut them apart
with scissors and trim the edges, no machine
having as yet been invented for that pur-
pose. Gen. Spinner suggested that women
be employed temporarily to cut and count
the notes. A number OF them were hired,
and after they had cut 500, 600 900 worth of
paper congress authorized another issue, at
the same time making the employment of
the women permanent. Some of Bhese very
women are still at work in the treasury
where their sex is intrusted up to the pres
emit time with the counting OF the money
From this starting point women gradually
made their way into the other departmental
A great many young men secure places in
the departments merely for the purpose of
supporting themselves while they are study
ing in the great schools Of law and medicine
here. Matters are 30 arranged at these iu-
situations that a clerk who stops work at 4
O'Clock p. m. can get dinner and be on
hand for the evening lectures, which begin
at O'Clock. After being graduated, the
young physician may practice and yet stay
In office, becoming what is known as q
SHUTDOWN doctor. :" The medical schools of
the Georgetown College and Columbia Uni
versity are of the highest rank. In the
Army Medical Museum the finest medical
library IN the world ia accessible Justices
of the United States supreme court and
great medical officers Of the governments
are members of the faculties of these and
other learned establishments ia Wash
ington.
The House voted to reduce the annual
vacation of the clerks from thirty days to
fifteen days. Undoubtedly many OF the
government employees do abuse the present
privilege, which allows them thirty days
SICK leave IN each year In addition to the
regular month OF absence. It is reokoned
that one out of every SIX of them always
gebs in as many as thirty days illness per
annum. Persons of this class always have
their holidays figured out for a year In adj
vance. By having things thus scheduled
they are able to turn their leisure 20 the
greatest advantage. For example, whenever
there is legal holiday there is usually
half-hoiiday on the day previous The clerk
takes the working part Of that half heliday
off. This gives him two days clear. But
on the day before the half-holiday he goes
TO the chief of his bureau and asks permits
sion to leave at $3.50 o'clock .. M, so as to
catch train. Thus the single days holi-
day Is expanded Into ~ days The In
genuiby with which such affairs are man
aged is said to be wonderful. Legal holi-
days are not subbracted from the thirty
days leave. Likewise no account Is taken
of the holidays that are granted when ex-
secretaries die. There we're five holidays of
this latter sort ia December. However, it
should be explained shat twosthirds of the
department employees rarely take q day Of
the sick leave allowed them.
II clerk is absent over sixty days in any
year, he or she must pay substitute. The
civil service commission provides all the
substitutes that are wanted. II is provided
that the clerks shall give to the substitute a
certain proportion Of the pay, usually
amounting 20 about SO per cent. By thus
hiring substitute clerk might retain his
place in the service OF the government for
ten years, though himself blind, paralyzed
and confined TO his bed, In all cases Of