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Some FreakiSh Mintage by the
United States.

In ireland, but the king was finally COM
PEELED, by the opposition Of the people, to
withdraw the privilege. and repay Mr..
Newly the sun exacted for the franchise.
Newly then came out to the colonies
and endeayored TO circulate his shillings.
The governor and the crown's representa-
tive were instructed by order Of King
Charles to aid Mr.. Newly, but the coin
circulated under such protest that the
profits of the undertaking were too small
for a profit all round, and the Newly
coinage disappeared.
The Newly shillings bear on the diverse
side a royal harpist kneeling before a
crown. The reverse, st. Patrick, with dou-
BILE cross. driving the reptiles before him.
1t may be proper to notice that the United
States has coined other on-circulating
coins besides the 81 and 81 goldpieces men
TONED. There was a mintage OF 500 silver
dollars in 1874, bearing on the diverse side
a military bust OF Washington and on the
reverse side an eagle standing with ex-
tended wings. There were only sixty quar-
ter eagles coined In 1896, while the first gold
coins struck by the United States we're 744
half eagles in 1895, and not until 1907 was
the value Of the coin struck stamped upon
NHNAs AhN ;" " yin ny Gull
gress in 1853 we're minted up to and as late
as 1889, when their coinage was dlscon-
tinued. They are worth but little over
their face value to collectors.
The confederate silver half dollar, coined
In New Orleans will bring a higher price.
The half dollars escaped the fate OF the
coins prepared for the confederacy inn
mediately previous to the outbreak Of the
civil war, and in preparation OF that event.
The federal government captured the coin
age at the outset, so that not a single piece
(silver half dollars) got In circulation.
Uncirculated coins-that is, coins minted
Cor numismalologists or coin collectors-are
worth only their face value II worn, but II
kept bright and clean will bring fancy
prices. Rare coins are classified in numis-
MATES as proof" fine" good fair
and poor" Proof coins are struck, as
stated. for coin collectors. The planchet
and dies are polished before the coin is
struck, giving 1t a mirrorlike or FURNISHED
surface. The mint makes a small charge
for this, but the numismatist can only Sc
cure the favor the year OF issue, or during
the coinage OF the circulating coin for the
specified year.
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those girls and receiving their letters soon
learns that they have annoyingly vague
ideas OF what is meant by work in any
field.
They fancy. a great many OF them, that
1t is possible to step into positions that
will carry authority, large salary and easy
times without serving any apprenticeship.
They invariably associate success with un-
limited time to play. They have an idea
that there is a quick road 10 mountain tops,
n che can only find the way.
They learn in time, II they remain in the
field, that success built on any but solid
foundations. is no success at all, and that
truth must prevail in this as In every other
purpose Of life.
The Girls Home.
The homo question the bachelor girl dis
poses Of at first by settling in a boarding
house, a life that is drearier than any other
in a city. she moves in an atmosphere OF
art that gives her a certain glamor 10 9TH
ers as we'll as herself. II it were all a
joke, the girl who could AFFORD it would find
plenty Of real enjoyment out OF this debut
in professional life.
In a short time the boarding house proves
uncongenial and the girl bachelor fees TO
the studio building, which is not always as
comfortable even as the hall bedroom that
she leaves. But there is freedom in the new
plan. and sometimes a restaurant in the
building does away with the necessity for
cooking meals.
These makeshift homes are always attrac-
tive in their unconventional furnishing. Life
in this fashion is picturesque, but II is an
odd Bohemian existence that the business
girl gives up for a small apartment as soon
as she feels that she can afford the dignity
of a real home.
But before she reaches this point she has
serious work before her. filled with disoour-
agements and dissppointments under which
none but a sturdy spirit can endure. It IS
unfair to paint rose-colored pictures OF the
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struggle that women find in their first at
tempts to gain a footing in the professions.
Nothing worth while is gained without ef-
fort, and the spurious successes Of the
stage, OF literature and other walks, where
results are obtained by certain forms OF
booming, fall to the earth like punctured
balloons when their brief authority is over.
Masculine characteristics Demanded.
The fact that such successes are manu-
featured and maintained with apparent Sc
curity is one OF the severest trials that
the girl, working l~egitimstely, will have
to contend with. People talk and write
Of the temptations Of dramatic life, but
the fact is, that the stage is no more
filled with such opportunities than other
vacations. The right-minded girl will learn
to value success properly as she advances
and while her progress may seem slow 1t
will be the surer.
So It is not the difficulty in obtaining
employment, the poor rate OF wages or
the drudgery Of toll that prove the real
obstacles in the path Of the strenuous
girl. The chief trouble will be the con-
slant demands upon her for qualities Of
character that are rare In women-the same
qualities which make the successful man.
are not physically fitted for the
workaday world. but for the home life,
and the most eminent women lawyers, doc
tors and actors are always women whose
health has enabled them to stand the
strain.
The Girl with the Hardest Row.
Perhaps the girl with the hardest row
to hoe is the young woman with a voice,
She gains some anne and reputation at
home IN a church choir. perhaps, and,
spurred on by stories Of sudden fame, she
comes to town with the notion that she
will become a Calve, a Melba. or a Patti.
She may have a good but not a powerful
voice, and she begins her task OF finding
a hearing. The singing girl has always
q peculiar mental ealiber and big ideas.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

She ends by taking a place in a choir or
else she Joins the chorus.
The girl reporter who begins at the foot
OF the ladder has to work right we'll in
order to make a living. She must work
in all weathers, must sleep and eat irreg-
ularly and lose much OF her sensitive re-
hnement in the inevitable contact with ali
sorts and conditions Of men.
The girl typewriter, the young woman
who decorates china, and she who makes
c%otillion %favors, all have their own troubles,
great and small. Some lines Of work are
more sheltered than others. and these are
by far the most desirable.
There is no highroad to success. and.
often as this is written, 1t cannot be re-
pested too often, When you hear a woman
state that she has never experienced any
OF the hardships and disillusions of life IN
her work, whatever IT may be, you may be
sure that she is uttering a falsehood. Some
women make a practice Of writing and
speaking in this strain. They insist that a
woman can go into any business field and
maintain all her beliefs, her faith in hui
mhnity and her femininity as securely as In
her home life, but this IL the exception
rather than the rule.
1t is better that girls should understand
the dangers before embarking on such a sea.
il a girl can act, sing, paint or write with
any skill she will do II. II she is required
TO work for money, she will utilize her
talent; but II Is a mistaken idea that the
woman who turns into a happy domestic
harbor and makes wifehood and motherhood
her profession abaudons her art" There
is very fine art in the making Of a home.
or the host OF girls who come on from
the south or west how many survivor And
the few who gain a place are always
anxious and ready 70 drop the parchment
OF the lawyer. the crown Of the stage
queen or the pen OF the poet to sing the
cradle song OF some happy hreside.
It is as II should be. The woman first and
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21
I iff1a Known Mo- @G C~~,- Few
u WIN TWILL III NSIIlIlS Hea

In this age a little mans bigness often
Is limited only by his ability to keep him
self before the public. On the other hand.
many OF the achievements that have con-
tributed to this nations greatness and the
worlds progress have been wrought out in
quiet corners and byways, and the world
has known little OF their authors until long
after the achievement made the world
richer and better, or until after the worker
has been dead along enough to get into the
cyclopaedias.
John Fritz, the ironmaster Of Bethlehem,
relates the New York Sun, lived long in
obscurity before, through a dinner and a
medal given to him at the Waldorf-Astoria
the other night, the world learned that Il
was his genius which practically revolu-
tionized the iron and steel making Of the
world. But John Fritz is only one Of thou
sands Of men Of genius In this and other
lands who have lived and worked and
achieved great things and the world has
known little or nothing Of them and their
work.
Since the dinner at which Mr.. Fritz was
the guest OF honor the newspapers have
made the Nestor Of American rolling mills
fairly we'll known to his fellow citizens out
side the iron and steel trade. None OF the
speeches made at the dinner, however, gave
a very satisfactory notion Of the kind of
man this octogenarian really Is.
Like many other great men, Mr.. Fritz
had few Of the advantages Of education
with which to assist him in his work. What
he was able to accomplish was due largely
to natural talents and to a stick-at-itive-
ness which knew no such thing as failure.
Even with the extensive latter-day ad-
vertising which Mr.. Fritz has been forced
to receive 1t is quite likely that few outside
his W trade know just why he is re-
garded as so great a man by those engaged
In iron and steel manufacture. II seems
that Isaac Holley, dead many years, and
John Fritz, are conceded to be tho greatest
iron masters the world ever produced.
What Mr.. Fritz did for the industry was
largely in the way Of inventing rolling
mill machinery. For instance, IL was
supposed for many years that a steel beam
or a steel rail could be rolled only through
two rollers. When the beam or the rail
had passed through these rollers once It
had to be carted back to its original posi-
tion and sent through the rolls again and
again until it had assumed the required
form.
Mr.. Fritz made up his mind hat IL two
rolls could be used there was no very good
reason why a third should not be super
posed on the second and some mechanism
arranged by which the piece of steel might
pass through the first two rollers and be
passed back automatically through the sec
ond and third.
The foreign steel makers laughed at such
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a proposition and said II not only could
not be done, but that Il was absurd. While
the foreigners we're thus having their fun
with the genius Of Bethlehem, Mr.. Fritz
was at work upon the machinery and soon
had II Installed and in running order. To-
day his Invention is used in every rolling
mill Of any consequence in the world.
Those who know him best say that John
Fritz has owed his success principally to
the fact that, while he has always recog-
niEed his own ability. he has known equally
well the limitations that have been put
upon him by his lack Of education. Several
years ago before he retired from active
business, he was showing some mechanical
engineers, all graduates Of technical
schools, through the Bethlehem plant.
While the engineers were examining the
great engine in one Of the mills, Mr.. Fritz
said:
When I get a contract for a new engine
l always want to have all the educated
brains l can get to help me. You know
what brains I've got are in the rough. They
never had any school polishing.
Il want the best trained craftsmen I
can get to draw the plans. and l want the
best mathematician l can get to cipher
4NANes oAN HNA VI III NATlO1N
parts, and then l want the best men I can
get to set it up. Then, after all the work
has been done, l take a walk around her
look her all over and say:
Well, boys, is she all right?'
Then everybody will say that every
thing is all right. I ask the Mathematician
II they are sure their figures as to stress
and strain are all right, and they are aoso-
lutely sure. TIL craftsmen are sure that
their plans were all right and the fellows
that set her up are sure that all the parts
have been put together properly. Then I
say:
Well, let's start her up, then, and see
why the darned thing won't work."
Another nan who has done much to
boost along the worlds progress and is
comparatively unknown outside a very linn
tied circle, is Alexander E. Brown of Cleve-
land. There is hardly n mine of any kind.
anywhere, whose development has not been
made possible, or at least much more
profitable and easy, because Of his in
ventive genius.
He has invented and made more heavy
labor-saving machinery than any other man
in the world. All Of his inventions have
been wrought out on the principle OF saving
time and saving money in the handling of
materials at mines, docks, iron and steel
plants, shlpbuilding yards, structural works
and railway terminals.
OF his inventions 1t has been said that
they have so reduced the cost OF transpor-
tation in this country by water and rail,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21
Lore of Rare Coins

The coinage Of an American 81 goldpiece
has probably excited more mail inquiry
from r. &. Preston, director of the mint,
than any or all the other coinage Of the
United States. The minting OF the coin,
relates the Washington Post, was author
lied by the coinage committee of the house
Of representatives in 1878, as also what is
termed the goloid dollar and gold metric
dollar. The goloid dollar, so-called, is CON-
posed Of enc part gold and twenty-four
parts silver, making a total of twenty-five
parts nine-tenths fine and weighing 25S.
The gold metric dollar (of 1879 is also
composed Of one part gold, but has 1871
parts silver and 1.9 parts copper, making
a total OF nineteen parts, and is In weight
14.2 grammes, while the standard metric
dollar of 1879 contains 1858 parts silver, AZ
parts gold, 100 copper, making a total Of
1000 and the weight OF the coin 25
grammes.
The Stella or 81 gold coin which belongs
to this authorized series contains 6
grammes Of pure gold. three parts silver
and seven parts copper, making a total Of
seven grammes. There were but $50 Of
each OF these coins struck, and they were
distributed among the members of congress
and a few officials, the price for the series
being S6.75 coin of the realm. 1t is easily
inferred that none of the coins are in circu-
lation, nor will the United States pay their
face value for them, as stated by Director
Preston. The presentation of these coins
by their several holders in different parts
Of the country accounts for the numerous
mail inquiries addressed to the director of
the mint as to their genuineness and also
by numismatists. who desire to purchase
specimens for the collections.
In fact. it is from this latter class that
the greater part OF the inquiries come, as
but few people outside the students or de-
voices OF numismatics know aught of the
coinage In question. 1t is presumed that
some Of the original holders OF the pieces
parted with them to friends as presents,
and these presents or souvenirs being ex-
hibited by the grateful recipients, has given
rise to the supposition that the mint issued
them in large quantities as a circulating
medium.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

coins Of certain dates will sell for 100 times
more to the collector Of coins than a gold
piece OF the same date, or that an American
cent with the date 1856 will bring a better
price than a goldpiece OF the reign Of Ira
jan, Hadrian or the Antonines. This is
easily accounted for, so far as the Roman
coins are concerned. The ancients secreted
their h~oardings in the ground, and when
ever these hoardings are discovered in mod
ern times, large quantities Of the sam
issue or mintage are obtained at one time.
Thus the rarity OF the coin, which gives its
value is destroyed by the quantity found.
N American cent Of 1855 will readily sell
for $500. while a half penny Of 1895, bearing
the legend Payable at London, Liverpool
or Bristol is worth 5000.
The fancy prices paid for rare coins be-
came inducements to the forger and coun-
terfeiter to go into the business Of coming
them, and 1t is only the expert numis-
matist who can, in a great many cases,
detect the spurious from the genuine. This
he does with the aid Of q powerful magnify
ing glass. 1t is worthy Of note to recall
the fact that the Roman laws punished
the counterfeiter with death. 1t was COM
paratively easy work for the ancient coun-
terfeiter to float his spurious coinage, as
Wv bShNAAS W. u bONNl IlS NOluhkG
was a crude pI oduction, at best.
The American dollar OF 1904 is about the
best specimen Of the modern forger's art,
and the numismatlst alone can detect the
fraud. The dollar of 1901 is used by the
forger, who removes the hgure IL" and
inserts the figure a."
The first mint established in Boston in
1862 was sixteen feet square and ten feet
in height, but the first coin was struck
for the colonies in 1916, In memory of Sir
George Sommers, who was lost off the
Bermudas or Sommer islands in 1912. These
coins were made in England, and consisted
Of brass shilltngs, %sixpennies and three
pennies.
In this day Of impoverished immigrants
II is refreshing, II it is not astounding,
to know that an Irish immigrant to New
Jersey In 1882 brought such a quantity Of
metallic coins OF various denominations
that their circulation was authorized by
law as the circulating medium of the
colony. The Irish Mark Newly shillings
in Massachusetts met with as decided an
opposition as they had in Ireland. King
Charles had sold the privilege to Newly
to coin and circulate these debased coins
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21
CITY OFFICIAL NOTICES.


SALE OF CRY REAL ESTATE.
Notice Is hereby given tha sealed pro-
posals will be received at the city clerks
Cfice, Room lO6, City Han. Omaha. Ne
braska, Tor the purchase OF a strip OF land
IS feet wide and 1852 feet long, lying south
Of ard adjoining lots Z and ;. In block S0s,
City o. Omaha, and bounded on the south
by Nicholas street; such proposals TO be
marked Proposals fer Purchase Of Real
Estate ana must be h!ed on or before
Monday, pecember %, 1902. al 2 O'Clock
?. m, al which time all bids will be opened.
The city OF Omaha reserves the right TO
reject any OF ali bids.
Omaha, December IS, 1902.
W. II, ELBOURN.
EST City Clerk.
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ms u AhNNH anu hAttA hOIhHt sup gaAN-
and bridge works. that, although the rate
OF wages is the highest. the cost Of labor
to the ton OF produce in the United states
is now the lowest OF any like industry in
the world.
The only other rival in this or any other
country to Mr.. Brown in the way Of in
venting and making labor-saving machinery
is Duane II. Church. the master mechRniclan
Of the American Watch company Of wal
than, Mass. Probably not a dozen people
outside those engaged in the making OF
watches had ever heard Of Mr.. Church
until 100 captains Of American industry
were invited to meet Prince Henry OF Prus-
sis at the memorable luncheon at Sherry's
last February.
Mr.. Church's inventions. from the very
nature Of the business which they have
revolutlonized, are Infinitely more delicate
in adjustment than those Of Mr.. Brown.
While a piece Of Mr.. Browns mechanism
will lift q ton Of coal, a piece OF Mr..
Church's mechanism will pick up a hair.
1t has been said OF Mr.. Church's machines
that they do everything but talk.
Most men OF science know about Prof.
Albert A.. Nicholson Of the department. OF
physics in the University Of Chicago. II
one were to walk up Broadway, however.
during the rush hour and ask every man
and woman he met between the city hall
and Twenty-third street II he or she had
ever heard Of Albert A. Nicholson, It is
probable that the great physicist would be
found to be an unknown personality to s9s
out Of every 1000 Of whom the question
was asked.
And yet Prof. Nicholson has measured
the speed Of light, investigated the effect
Of the motion OF the earth through space
on that speed, showed how many waves
OF light could be utilized as an exceedingly
delicate and accurate method OF measures
ment as well as a powerful instrument OF
research, devised a method whereby a light
wave may be made an absolute and In
variable ultimate standard Of length and
made a new spectroscope more powerful
than any hitherto known.
These are only a few Of the men who
have lived and worked for the advance
ment of civilization and the making Of
progress, and the world, while using the
products Of their brains every day, has
known little or nothing Of the personalities
which made those products possible.
TIL fact that they are generally unknown
has probably not disturbed any Of these
men, or others like them, to the slightest
degree. but because the fact is a fact, an
other illustration Is furnished of the truth
Of the saying Of Hon. Tody Hamilton: III
you want to let folks know you're living,
you must paint it across the sky
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21
LEGAL NOTICE.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING,

bIOCkHDLDEIS' MEETING.
ONCE Of s-Andreesen Hardware
Company, Omaha, Neb.. Dec. Is, l902-No-
tice IS hereby given 10 the stockholders OF
the Observation-Disclosures Hardware com
pany that the annual meeting Of the stock
holders OF the company will be held at the
oflces OF the said company, corner Of Ninth
and. Harvey luroets. in the city OF Omaha,
IN the state n Nebraska, on Tuesday, jan
uary u, A. ID. 1908, at 3 o'clock p. m. for
the purpose Of e~lecting a board OF direct
ors for the company to serve during the
ensuing year, ana 10 transact such other
as may be presented at such meet
ing. III. ]. LEE. President
W. NJ. GLASS. Secretary.
DIS D9Ot
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

lasti Nothing can change It, and the girl
who realizes this and keeps that star IN
view seeks the best career. The women
who achieve are the FIRST to admit this
truth. The girl feverishly striving to leave
her home and lite environments to pursue a
will-'o-the wisp that in reality she knows
nothing Of will always seem like a butterfly
hentInE out its life agalnst a wheel.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21
THE REALTY MARKET.
INSTRUMENTS placed on record satur-
day, December 20:

INSTRUMENTS placed on record satur-
day, December 20:
Warranty Deeds.
Mary I. Hutchinson and husband TO
Sarah A. Glenn, lot Is, block s, Pad
dock Place a. OOo
]. c. Moore and wife 20 Jane StriblinE.
lots 2 and 3, Moore's subdiV. ........... Oa
d. c. Percy and wife to c. A. Magnu-
son, 81 OF nS214 feet OF Wis., feet OF
81 lot 20, J.. /. Redick's add., and az
OF nS2h feet OF 81 block II, subdiv
OF j. l. Redlck's 100
Aetna Trust company 10 c. B. Pritch-
ard, block 81 and other property In
Mary c. Chadwick and husband To- II 4'VO'
i. Hamann, VIZ feet OF lots 2i and
p, Reeds "a R0
]. c. Havemeyer and wife to II. Freid-
man, eA M lot 10, block 7. Kountze
q RS add, and a strip adjoining. 6O
@. Brucker and wife TO j. +. Wuerth.
Bl44 feet lot ! and sl44 feet OF go feet
lot 2, block 2, Campbelrs add. loo
Quit Claim Deeds.
Commercial National bank 10 c A
Magnuson, undiyh OF sh OF ns2h feet
OF Wllsh feet Of 81 lot 90, j,
Redick's add, and undivi5 OF 81 OF
nsEh feet OF sd block II. ]. l. Red
y oNpNif 'sss'''ss. 1
c. 8. Montgomery et al TO Aetna Trust =
company, lots 4 5. 6, II. IL and IL.
block l@' and other property in Flor.
Wv 10
Total amount Of transfers. OI
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DOMINION Line

DOMINION LINE
....,.. SPECIAL NOTICE..
Resumption OF trips by the
popular tWtn-screw steamers Common
wealth and New England. TO the Msdiler-
ransan from Boston, direct to Gibraltar,
Algiers, Genoa. Naples and Alexandra,
Egypt.
New England"s ..y....-..Jan II, Feb. y
To Azores, Naples and Genoa.
..NanSouNer jan 10. Feb. y
'Cambroman .....,....,Jan. 81. March 10
Proceeds through TO Alexandria on the
January and February voyages.
Also sailings-Boston to Liverpool; Port
let. etc, apply TO Local Agent OF COM
FANY's OFFICE. e Dearborn ST., Chicago.