Evening star., 1898-12-10

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Ey.ry snau must have i.i- f3d. and owe Of
n very unusual character developed 4 day
ar 50 ago Ia the possession Of 4 guest from
the vges; Of all uptown hotel He was a
nie--Iooking man Of fifty or more, and evil
IDENTIFY had money. for lee handled himself
like a man hobituated 10 the use of the
h-@t there was EoiH-. Il iS not unusual 10
soc new money In Washington. but this
particular man had So much tina; was new
and none that was old mat the clerk at the
hotel sppk" 10 him uf ii.
We'll laughed tn, eeutIeman I admit
that / 30 have considerable new money
with M. it's fad u mine, don't you
Know Twenty years ago ] had a friend
Who died of smallpox. ."n.ractcd from the
rnouey h. received from jhe man who un-
Willingly wa thus sHTTalinE the c0nta-
sioU- II Impressed Uis 50 strongly that I
made up my mind never 10 handle any sec
oud-hau1 money. ami from that day tr this
/ nayr never touched a cent except from
FRS, hands You Ulay mos have noticed. but
! always H5.N- the change for any bill
I'uy 1T cash, that i need not TAX" sec
.ud-hauG money. ] pIrEiJa myself Zach
ley from q stock ! hg, T. "u hand, rep'eE-
IsI!EzS it from the bank. with silver ana
rrp,T coins ami TI.k.'S, and with new
bills irJ-l one dollar ia j.li though ] very
rarely AIRY a t.a-ao.iar bill, As ] use q
~ eek when the amount --s'S TO ba as much
a. that Thus ann "LTtyS Prepar"d 20
meet any demand. Sc. A.Id th'' row
money iT.iist spread ol- "u the counter
before Eu- g..-S q htnti % of shining now
dime. quarters. Gi"k-l~ and halves. with
O aaZ ug IurrS pu-r5 a. G1ZZtIN- as
gold. lis no, "a bad sanitary idea. l
think En concluded and / IN lit like
;ue Bank of England y"u know, II never
passes .ur any bur hrard-new bills, ami II
rrr-r NOM r0gtF
sua N!uIgv and tender 81 in payment ht
.uprn-r. Two minutes iater, That bill would
Lso into the IRE box just as speedily as
would tine htI that had been doing service
.u very English colony f3T forty years.
"On. cf tie most GllHcult things in con-
uactiou with official life remarked an Off
ciaI Of the Navy Department to a Star re-
porter. Is 10 make up a fair and proper
efficiency record for clerks. The average
clerk does not want any more than IS due
him hut hc wants every bit that is due,
and it Is proper that this should be so, fol
q. clerk Who IL careless about the way he
is rated IS often careless about many other
things Tive difficulty is 10 give each clerk
exactly what Is duj, him. In the Navy De-
partncnt and / presume the same holds
good in all Of the departments, there is no
universally observed system OF keeping the
.if..Iene, record. Ia DIVISION or bureau
OF tn, Navy department keeps il its own
WAY. though d meeting ut clIeiS 81 uIFI-
SinuS was held TINS week - arrange u
common plan. 40, ,UEding to III" diversity
0E -ys;' MS ii clerk IN one division IS rated
higher Tor doing the ~Im" KIND OF work
tEau 90 clerk IN another DIVISION. The
.EapuUJ OF work Is al important item i'll an
efficiency record, bun - hardly as I'M
Esristut as the ChaiaD ,oT Of work. that *.
how tE, work - gone som" DIVISIONS give
on. record to an ults clerk and another 70 a
young gi,rk for d,iug Tire same work, and
~ result - ueIJu.r IS SATISFIED Others
fatt IgL- consideration tine "dIStIJy Of
clerks TOT lu-iau,, %. a clerk WhP IS a
gradual. of "a law college, and who is q
practical ottlC- lawNer- gwen a higher
rating Tor the work ne does than Is Il
yu-tGfgl tIsl. service ,I"Tks Who passed his
examination fresh from ms school books,
though both may be engaged on the same
WORK The experienced GEEK might not ne
sihI. 10 pass a CIvI s"rr4Ce examination,
Fut h, - Icy alI means q much better Jerk
a. far a~ department work - concerned.
FtunlaI4 nature Il human nature every
va"r.- ma IL - particularly :" IN tho de-
ParJusuE~ and y t.Ilr tupSe who make up
the efficiency record do not intend that
tt-y shall have any persona! Uias i'll TIE
matter, jIey cannot entirely avoid II. The
nov system is intended Ia eliminate bias
oI favor, # such tnins is possible
j Iua't SUI pose th-rc Is fun Kit Of bur
glars. Tools il ex-sJoGcs. though the time
Ms N-tF-l LlrE wee plenty FIlS+'I N''ti an
ola detective to star reporter, The fact
5. burglary that J.. scientific professional
burglary oT TIE zeal kind. : : Lost art. to be
hear. rf TO more except IA narratives of
The past, Time locks on bank safes began
ta- disappearing act FOR the burglar. and
.hc Iuprcy amrut In th1 manufacture of the
smaller sales aid tn rest. The mauufac-
rUr. - the ordinary see! safe has so i'm
pruva.! hat il - next 20 impossible 20 OT n
them d. tie limited tIm" that burglar
Wou.t have 60 work on them. There are
kits ot burglars tools III police museums,
no douv.- but they are like a lot Of the
counterfeit mOusy winch Is captured every
now AMI then. made for exhibition Vur-
poses. as The money = manufactured eS-
pIeS-1y 60 },e captured. l have seen kits Of
burglars tools that cost more money 10
rLaEUtf"jur- than does any surgeons out
IN. u H= finest Kind of workmanship was
f-'-a<SIry t' turn them ont. tut tha- " as
thirty a. forty years ago, when person
rara iv picked up a newspaper that did not
contain &H account Of bank burglary
sCEI-W h-Tr- There are rOJbeTIeS heard of
these IlyS. but they are inside jobs, ana
are t7Er by SacakS and others during the
10 wight hours To open the modern bank
SAT- Il would require force OF half a
dozen U7U ana probably SIX 10 ten hours
Of work The metals used in il are as hard
IS thr tools used for drilling, and some
uf IN" inside casing metals about the
loyk where drilling would most likely be
done. is 80 placed ina, II VIII revOIv. like a
cylinder II an attempt Is made 10 drill il.
But behind al this is another fact. and an
important ons IN This connection, The bank
burglar Of years ago Is dead and ne has
40 SUCCESSOR in has business. Like in all
Cth-T things. II was a question Of the sur
vtyai ~ III. nttesJ. and the burglar WAS
nO' fit
= =
"pIr foreign possessions compIicate mat
ters regard the ratious for soldiers"
explained commi>sary officer to Star