The San Francisco call., 1898-09-30

The duties of an office assistant vary, consequently it is impossible to '.gfve a rough estimate of the kind of work such position calls for.
 DEBT AND INTEREsT-E., Santa Cruz Cal The following is from an an- alysis of the principal of the public debt of the United States for the year closing June 31, 1887, prepared in the office of the Treasury: Debt on which interest has ceased, S1 ,346, $50 26; debt bearing no in- terest, which includes certificates issued, gold. silver and currency deposited in the treasury. S96S 960, ,655 54; outstanding prin- cipal, $1,S17, ,672, ,665 go: cash in treasury, sS25. .e49 7G5 S7; total of debt less cash in the treasury. 1892, OPP 300 O3; population of the United States June l. 72,s07. 600; debt per capita, sl3 63; interest per capita, AT.
 The several rates of interest which the United States pays at this tune are per cent, per cent, 50 per cent, I per cent, 3.5 per cent, per cent and ? per cent.
 A WRITER'S NAMElPseudonym San Jose, Cal There is no rule that compels a writer to reveal his or her true name even to the publisher of the matter of fered A writer may introduce himself or herself to a publisher under a pen name and be known by that name, and all business can be transacted under mat name. Such writers ate paid accordlng to the rules laid down by the publish CTS, and as all publishers do not follow the same rule it is impossible to give the various methods employed snort sto- ries are paid for by those who use them according to merit, as q rule, puI there are some publishers who have cast. iron rule of paying so much an men or space occupied in print for all matIer, good, bad or indifferent, so long as 1t is accepted. Without an examination Of the pay, roll of the daily newspapers that ter of impossibility to state' with de- gree of certainty if a majority of such short stories are furnished by the writers without pay.
 COLOR Subscriber, City. Robert Hoe of Hoe printing press fame gave the following account of color print ing:
 Ut has been found that a combination of three primary colors properly printed will produce any picture required To these black is sometimes added. making four printings for complete colored picture. fishers have attempted to meet the pop ular taste for colored pictures, and 10 that end presses have been constructed for some newspapers. In the presses Tor printing in colors the forms for the diff, ferent colors are placed upon separate cylinders, opposite to each of which are attached impression cylinders. The pa per passing through this series Of cylin- ders receives in perfect register the diff ferent eolors, having. first been printed in black upon one side. These colorcd supplements are delivered from the ma chimes folded without shutting. The art of simultaneous color printing on the ro- tary principle is still in its infancy"
 A LADY REPORTER-B. NJ. L., City. Some of the brightest reporters, men and women, employed on the newspapers of the United States are those who have not had a college. education, while many of the worst failures are those who have entered the profession from colleges and universities. The former have 3 natural aptitude for the profession, have fac ulty of being able to write good English, can tell what will make a good news item, are indomitable, energetic and are able to tell in a comprehensive way all that they see, all that they hear, and which is requisite in the presentation of a readable news item. The latter as a gen. eral thing are too prosy and have to travel all over the field of literature to cull flowers of thought to make a pre- sentable bouquet. Many of these make good writers when they are given time and subject, but as a rule they do not make the best reporters There are women who have developed considerable ability as reporters, but they are those who attend strictly to the work assigned them and are ready to undertake any de- tail that a man would be assigned to.