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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
Civil Service Exams.

The Civil Service Commission has
announced examinations, to be held
October ) and 6 and November /, for
assistant examiner in the United
States Patent Office, salary of 81, POO
at entrance; assistant steam engineer,
United States penitentjary service.
salary 5000; assistant superintendent
of seed warehouse and seed distribu-
tion, aud inspector of seed warehouse
and seed distribution. Bureau OF
Plant Industry, salary from 500 to
$l25 The examinations will be held
in Washington. and in Baltimore,
Cumberland and Salisbury. Nd, and
Lyuchburg, Norfolk, Richmond, Roa
noke and Staunton, Va.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
STAYED Over Night.

Governor Warfeld, after his official
day at the Executive Department yes
terday, remained at the Executive
mansion over night, having with him
lis son, Edwin Warfield, Tr., stu
dent at st. Johns College. and Secre-
teTy Oh State Oswald Tilghman. These
three and one or two college students,
friends of Edwin, were entertained
by the Governor at supper at the Hotel
Maryland last night. After supper
the party spent the evening in the
billiard room at the mansion
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
Hawkins Wins Again.

]. NOVEL; Hawkins, the we'll known
Baltimore trap shot, won first average
at the fall tournament of the Brad
ford Gun Club at Bradford, Pa, yes
terday, breaking 156 out of 165 targets
tried out. The sixty contestants in
the tournament who came from all
parts of the country, were entertain
ed by the home club at clam bake
and green corn roast. which was
greatly enjoyed by all
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
Advisory.

The local displayman received the
following despatch from the Weather
Bureau, Baltimore, at II q. M, to-
day:
Advisory 1030 Storm still CEN
trail off the mouth Of the Mississippi.
deepening somewhat. Southeast storm
warning continued at Mobile and
Pensacola and on Louisiana and Mis-.
sissippi coasts. Still considered un-
advisable for vessels to navigate Mid
die Gulf water.
(Sjgned) HENRY. -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
Circus Is Coming.

Some time tonight the annual event
in the minds Of the small and big boys
Of Annapolis will open mp with the
arrival in town Of the big circus.
The Frank a Robbins Company,
which will open its big show on the
circus lot tomorrow will, it is now
expected, arrive in town at an early
hour tomorrow morning aud begin the
work Of getting ready for the opening
performance in the afternoon.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
Completely Organized.

The Annapolis Mandolin and Guitar
Club was completely organized and
the officers elected at a special meet
ing held in the rooms in the Colonial
Hotel last night Mr. John r.
Strange was elected president; g. K.
Mahneke, vice president; Mr.. Boyd
Dexter, secretary treasurer, and Mr..
George Denninger, leader and direc
tor. The club now has sixteen mem
bers-fve guitars, seven mandolins,
two banjos and two flutes, and at the
present rate of progress will shortly
be ready to appear in public at enter
tainments and similar affairs.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
Banquet Called OFF

The annual second class midship.
mems banquet, which was to have
taken place at the new Willard Hotel
in Washington tonight, was called
off yesterday afternoon as a result of
the extension of leave 10 the midship.
men now enjoying their vacation.
will, however, be held al
the Willard on next Friday night, the
date before the one set for the close
of the midshipmen Is extended leave.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29

There will be a meeting of the u.
s. Naval Institute at the Naval Acad
emy on Friday. October 13. The
meeting viii be lheld at the Academic
Board room in the Superintendent &
Office at o. clock and the notices re.
lating to it were sent out today.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29

Assistant Surgeon II. f. Hull, has
been detached from the Naval Hos
pal. Philadelphia aud ordered to
the Naval Academy, Annapolis. 49,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
WANTED

WANTED-AT NAVAL ACADEMY at
w once a white Nurse Girl for baby. Re
ferences required. Apply at Capital Ohice,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
ADVERTISE

your Wants, For sale, Lost, and
Found in the
EVENING CAPITAL.
only Daily in gity aud read by
Every body.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
Clean Life Best Road
to Success in w orld.
By Henry Oven.

good men In their lines, and 1t seems incredi-s
BILE that they do not rise. But look them up
after hours. see how they spend their even.
& ings. their half days of. and see II you can't
find the son for their failure to RISE Nine
times out Of ten they will be found to be,
"rounders. = &. q sports and II there are any
words that suffice as an explanation why.
some men fail they. are the words, /" sport
and "rounder. III
"Sport''Always Failure in Life.
a young fellow Is paid $15 a week. He
pays out Of this SO for his board and out OF
the rest he tries to be a = sport. He goes:
out with the " boys = at night drinks and
&dissipates as far as his money will take.
him, then goes home at night logy. tired,
4" knocked out" He has a hard time getting
sobered to so to work in, the morning and
he leaves OF at noon to go home8and get
the rest that he lost at night.
He is not himself for three or four days.
Then, when the system has rid Itself Of the
poison that he shot into 1t. he has another
opportunitygto go out and be a sport.
And it takes him the same time to recover
from this night as from the other. And
man can keep at this for long time, an
awfully long time, for the human system Is
adaptive and will secrete much poison be-
fore making the final outcry that brings
down the crash, But n man can't do his
best work while. he's living In this manner,
and If a man wishes to win nowadays he's
got to do his best work first, last, and all
the time.
The clean liver can do this He knows
that 1t isn't well to try to be a !" sport, He
may not have any rel gious scruples nor be
any paragon OF virtue, But he Is sensible,
and he knows It doesn't pay. It's slmplya
question Of dollars and cents with him, and
B he. solves the question In the right fashion,
s flS5
Clean Liver to Be Relied On,
q When there is a promotion to be made IN
the office or store that he IS in he gets IT.
Maybe he isn't u better worker than the
other fellow, the sport" He may even be
less capable than. the sport is when he Is
fright" Bnt5the clean liver Is reliable, he.
can be depended upon to do his works day
after day, and to last. The man who plays
tho sport, whose energy,is continually below
par. sees the other fellow get the promotion,
curses his superlors for favoritsm, and goes
out to get drunk over It, Soon he 10 one OF
that large army OF (" booze t,ghtegs,' who
drink becausejthelr system Graves liquor.
When they lose theirjobs and go to the bad,
and finally fall Victims to the drink habit,
their friends all say TOO bad. And the
clean liver Is then lust getting into the prime
OF long and satisfactory life,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14

bNs 0 the question, = W hat would you urge
4 on the young man of today as the first!
principle OF success?, a pr ominent man
I = recently replied: The clean life,
& Evidently been reading Wagners
Simple Life.';'' ventured the friend who had
asked the ques ton.
q NO.. was the answer. g. The simple life
doesr.tshardly apply when a ques ton Of win
ming in the race for success today Is con-!
sidered But as the first principle for the
guidance of the young man who wants to win.
success I would place clean living. q Is
only the clean liver who wins success now
3 adAys.'' " 54s5 s5f5 ~. VAR
+, The maj who spoke thus is Just plain
practical, Chicago business man. Pleasant
theories have nothing attractive to him. All
questions of whatsoever nature, : appeal to
him on the practical side or not at all - is
all business. When he.says that clean living
is the first and foremost requisite for success,
when he places this above education, tram
ing and even the hard work success regime
advised by most men who lay down rules Tor
heyoun e man to follow to wealth and posi-
ton, 1t is up to the young manitof pause ana
give his words consideration.
Z Il He does not advise clean living because nc
is particularly Interested in the spiritualwel-
fare OF the young man Of today, 10 worries
not about tho future OIL the HuIIld Lr tout
when nailed downfor the prime principle OF
a recipe for success no says. Live clean"
And he knows, for he. came up from the bot
tom hims self and has hundreds Of men under
him now.
81 Keep Body and Mind Clean
There is nothing Utopian nor finical about
tho !" clean life proposition. There are a
whole lot OF young men IN every city In the
country who could give a good nition OF
the phrase from having dabbled deeply In
lis exact opposite. Itmeans to 1--we IN a way
that is best calculated 10 keep the body and
mind free from disease or decay--to live
clean. 81 yIys
In these days when 1t 10 the strenuous life
that obtains in. business aifairs. 1t Is theman
of health. the man Of goodphyslca stalAinn,
energetic, clear minded, and sane who wins
the position worth having. The weakling who
has spent his best days In dissipation that
has cost him his health is the man who winds
up at the bottom Of the ladder. IN The places
where the failures Of the age are relegated
The pace is too swift for them md they drop
behind mutterlng that the hand of fate Is
turned cruelty to them and that less capa bio
men than they are being promoted over their
heads through inhucncenetc. f.3 81
I'VE all know this tyne. livery office, store
and business house In the country has them
Tho Men Who Kick. Many of them are
u ! % .ff y TX b. !, a. & +
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
BOX Office Man Must Work Rapidly.
BY CIV e. johnson.

him With the purchase OF whatever uck-
a cts bill Is handed in for. and in this
manner the sham loser OF change FREE
quently Is baked. The box Office man may
knowthe face has not been at his window;
he may recall just tho face that turned away
leaving the cash: the person may be unable
to show the tickets he is supposed to have
purchased Just few minutes before. The
whole chance OF the sharper lies IN having
green man in the box Office, for always under
the circumstances the doubtful ticket man
may insist upon the loser's coming to- the
window after the rush Is over.
At come OF the office windows where fast
crowd may be damned, the box Office man
brushes against some of the tricksters that
are on the outside. One of the best OF these
tricks is that In which the person stepping up
to the window a sits for his seats and displays
a SIS or $40. The crowd Is lined up and
clarnorous. perhaps and the fellow with the
bill is In hurry The incautious box Office
man. seeing the bill plainly, has the amount
OF 1t in his mind when he reaches for 1t, only
to get a 81 or So bill instead. Save for his
experience and watchfuness, almost any
man who would be hurried can be taken in
on this trick. for the reason that he has al
ready picked UP the change for the antici-
pnted bill before he turns toward the window
again,
Trouble Over Change Making.
The possibilities over change making, In
one way and another, are innumerablc.
recall the benevolent looking old woman who I
gave me a 81 bill and who made a tremen-8t
dous protest when l passed her 81 back in
change. She said she had given me a $40
bill and that she would wait there TIL she
got the right amount in return. asked only
that she return when my cash had been 4
counted, but she staid there, blocking the line
until the mana ger appeared outside, when
she accused me Of dishonesty, impudence,
Strlckery and all the sins in the calendar. Tho
manager finally induced her to look in her
handbag to make sure-and there she found
the s10 crumpled a bit, but still safe.
At the st. Louis exposition an exhibitor left
his pass at home and the gat emen would not
recognize him without IT, He came over to
the window and threw down 500 bill In
payment for the ticket had a bunch OF 100
S15bllls in a strap and had counted it over
twice. pulled a bill off the top, laid the
change on top OF It and showed the bunch
through, pologizing because I had no larger
bills He was the mad dest man in Missouri. 81
j In the box Office the man who can S'tdress
his house" nicely has something that Is in z
demand. II he can sell the So seats as we'll
as the seats In the real and in the balcony,
he will have the squalifcauons,oft the sales,
man in no small degree. 1t is necessary that
he shall size up his Gust omer at the window.
and wilileit is easier TO sell some men a box
than to sell other men a 50 chair, at the same
time II the box Office man hands out two OF
his best seats to the right sort Of candidate
they are not likely to be handed back. even
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
I 1HlSN the man IN the box office
raises his windowup a pleas

II W. W n 5Ure LOVING CTOWuy AWUeIeVeTslIstt
may be, and reaches out his hand
for the first coin or bill tendcrcd In
exchange for seat inside. he comes in touch
with as vnriegated world as there Is i,eces-
sity for one to know.
Before that window Is raised, perhaps, the
ticket Beller has counted and racked his
tickets ten days to two weeks In dvance OF
the date; he has laid aside his tickets for the
use Of the critics who may be expected; a
few others have been counted out for the
emergency OF mistakes that should not occur,
but which do occasionally even with a box
Office man; and so, 5opening his window a t
$3.50 o'clock In the morning and perhaps
keeping 1t open till 10 o'clock at night, he is
ready for the first time to take up the siren
uous work OF his calling.
There arc those who may look upon the
duties OF the box Office as short Of a calling.
But at times 1t approaches a profession in
the skill. and tact, and Judgment with which
the man comes in contact with thousands
OF his fellows in a money transaction which
must be as rapid and clean cut and salts
factory as is possible TO ono with quick ears.
quick eyes, quick wits. and much quicker;
hands. lie
Soils 4.OOOTickets5in an Hour.
5 Selling 1000 in an hour-almost seventy
tickets ynInute--and not stacking a single
counterfeit coin or picking up O single bad
bill Is my record at the baseball grounds Of;
the National League In st. Louis last year.
The rnana gemcnt gave me a new hat on tho
record, but earned It. When l was done
that Sunday afternoon the floor of the cage.
was covered with bills to the tops OF my
hoes but not man had been kept wal ting
In the line for half minute In the whole
nour, and nota counterfeit or case Of short
changing 3 had been worked on me. But
moro than rapidly need be wondered at in
this case, 1t is the strength In the fingers
enabling one TO work at such pace. am
not a wcakling by any means, but another:
hour a t ouch pace would have left me with
too little strength In my fingers to pick up
coin or bill. 81 s III IA 5s d! I'M
"a Yet wherever the box office man may work
.he Will BIO called upon for these spurts OF
speed. They may not last longer than a few
minutes, or they may stretch over an hour,
but when he Is going at the rate OF seventy
a minute, he Is close to tho possibilities Of
fingers and OF wits. AS to wits. however,
the suboons cious self Is better than the brain
effort in such position. I don't know now,
and I couldn.t tell why It is that in my box
office experience L have never taken in a
rfeit-probably my fingers could tell II
they could both think and talk. simply.
touch bill or coin and know It is either
good or bad. 7 55
Hnrdest Work at Ball Parks.
Tho hardest work 1 have ever done is at
tho ball parks. It is there that human ma
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14

ture takes on ono OF It's most absurd phases.
There may be ten windows for tho sale OF
tickets, but the crowd is likely to g ct, bulge
upon only two OF these, leaving the ether
eight to comparative idlencss while 1t drives
the two ticket men to death. People VIII fol-
low the Alnes--you can't drive them away
from them. t ID
4 The box office man for the most part is IN
tho business because he has ideas for taking
I out a /" show I" Of his own some day--of be-
coming a manager, or, if all goes we'll OF one
day having a house OF his own. For with q
house OF his ownin proper location. the owner
and manager OF 1T has agold mine. But That
the box Office has its own glamour and its
own atmosphere appealing to him Of itself
! have seen demonstrate ed many times One
OF the best business men In Chicago was a
"B. O." man years ago and occasionally he
appears at the box Office where friend is
manager and asks . Say, let me hand EN-
out for few minutes, won't you " HIS
daily. work involves the handling OF tens
OF thousands Of dollars, yet It lacks some
OF the lie and action that belongs to the
crowded box Office, while In an evening Sex
plot Of tho kind he makes an OCCASIONAL mis-
/ tAke that In the aggregate makes the recrca-5
ton more expensive than box next to the
stage.
q i5t q
Y Tact Needed in Handling Crowds.
"A peculiar ability is required in the hand
4 Ing OF big crowd and in keeping It's indi-
yldual units in good humor. In this work
to keep the line moving every moment, 10
satisfy the customer at the wind ow as lar
as is possible, and leave the impr sion that
the Gus toner has at least got = the next
best thing, belong to the duties OF the man
sin5the box Office. " si Ri IS Pr F
a young man will be necessary for the
work because OF his stronger physique, his
optimism, and his & nerve This thing
called 81 nerve is the essential thing In the
4 box office man who Is to make a success; =
swithout3it he can do nothing. Many time
II have seen q man who somehow had lost
#his nerve have to step from the window,
close II, and go outside for a turn or two UP
and down corridor or walk He had to
settle his nerves and anything that Ewouldi
8 do 1t was necessary; a ratified man cannot
dispense tickets for crowded house.
as Sharpers Gain by T rickery.
u This disposition OF people to leave change
at the window has given opportunity to
certain brand of sharper. both male and
female-and there are quite IS many women i
as men who avail themselves Of 1t. This
sharp person sees the money left Just ahead
in the lire. and drops out for a few minutes.
Renppearing and moving up the line again,
the person makes claim for the change from
a certain bin But in the meantime 1t is
one OF the rules of the box office man to look
into the face of every purchaser, Identifying
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
Worth Of Education to the
Man a WORKING s as i. ses By Charles Il. ThWing

alue IN and ofltseIf. II he be un-.
nQ. able to accomplish all he desires to
ID, - accomplish, yet he is able to ac-
complish somewhat He is encouraged by the!
example Of such men as Hugh Miller, from
whom have quoted, and Also of Elhu Bur-
rift. He finds among his own acquaintance
those who, in the teeth OF hard difficulties
have improved their condition through edu-
cation. Every ndeavor he should make.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
) Man Can Earn 100000 SALARY.
By John "a. Howland

III young man, there are no DIV
salaried positions In the "a
- United States now paying or promising
to pay al much as 500, 900 "a year;
President Roosevelt found his 100000 man
for the Panama canal but 1t was a bargain;
counter deal and the man is getting only
s35. 900 salary Some men who are on sala-s
rIes arc making $1,000 a year out Of the po-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14

3 sition, but where they are It Is because OF
stock investmen is in the con Germs The man
who gets a salary Of s25 900 a year is making
good money for almost any class OF merely.
executive business brain and all beyond II -
comparatively easy money. XII l
Y In the world Of business, according to d.
vidend paying business principles, man
who might draw salary OF 500, 900 q year.
would be required to turn into the profits of
the concern In which he was employed at
least three times tho amount Of his salary.
( In many situations his Influence would be re-
Quired to show q net business OF six times his
salary And mall Of this his own concrete
initiative and influence would have to bc
linked to the showing. 3 f
It will be conceded that in the mere operat-
Ing of a great commercial or manu- featuring.
establishment this $780, 900 man could have
no place. For! such a. position making $780,
600 possible as q salary, the 100000 man
would need to be a business getter. His chief
virtue would be salesma nshlp raised to tho
nth power Opening a new field In which
the trade would mean q profit OF 5000, 900 q
year would make tho 500 900 man possible
while perhaps a 10000 man could see to the
details Of supplying this new market
z$l.OOO.OOO Salaries Made by Press
Since the press agent salary OF 81 900 GOO
a year, supposed to have been paid to schwab
as president OF the steel trust, the big salary
as q source of after dinner talk has seemed
little dry and dull. Steel has always been
regarded as the great field for big salaries
in the Industrial world, but when Clarke
went from the International Harvester to
the presidency of the Iackawanna Steel
even the press agency figures stopped at
$4,000 as his annual salary. Yet Clarke
had been credited with being the busiest
man In the world, with no time for anything
but work and the excelsior OF " perfection =.
always before him. tg8
Larae Salaries in Railroads.
Bird OF the Vanderbilt system Of railroads
is the recognized greatest authority on
traffic In this country. with a salary some
where between $25,OOO and $4,000 a year.
Paul Morton, as second vice, president of the
Santa Fe Is supposed to have drawn $50 900
salary and he had both prestige and ability
for the position. Last year the bond ex-
pert in one Of the smaller banks OF Chicago
made his $50,0 900 according to the best judy
ment of the story, But only 5000 OF this
was salary-the rest was the result OF his
knowledge of the bond market and his
ability to Invest for himself as he saw tho
opportunity,
salesmanship in Its one form or anotheris
the great merit In the man demanding the
high salary Without craftsmanship in what
ever Institution, every other position on the
salary roll goes begging. Give me man
WHO win got business =" Is the cry lof tho
business world, and the man who can deliver
the goods In any line and who demonstrates
the fact may sit and wait for the high salary
to come to him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14
Few Men Make 100000 d Year.

There has been talk everywhere Of the
oyerclpwdnE OF the professions and tho de-
crease In Income In the professions that are
old established, such as the law, the MIN
listry. and the practice OF medicine, Chicago
has heard and felt these things, but while