davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-10-05

Ser neue @ouperneur oes
Stoates Nnebo 2eon DER glopofnt
@ibiano 6. @iaareal, bot iein @mt
angetreten.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-10-05
%. g. G s. gats.

Ntlflinft-
No. 241-Won Souitou lao gaIpeiton
10, o.: .e,.a 6.S0 m9rsens
!. ). ..7.20 morgens
@o. 235-Wom Noroen. .7.SO borntiti.
Jo. 15-8pn @nco. 800 nndm,
No. 231-@om Norben unb Souftcn
-. ....3:25 na6nr
No. 9-Tom Noroen. ..7:45 abenos
:. ;. ;. lilo BORN
SO. 10-gfad bem Moroen. 300 born,
So. 10 Nab Guftiu uro 8aco
:. -. :. ;. =. $50 BORN.
go. 10-Na9 Dem Norben. 800 BORN
SO. g. Nab 9alIas, Sort 8ortb
uno Waco.. ....8.45 abenos
$40. 236-Nad bem 9orben. :.
=. 49,. -. bib abenbs
Ro. 242-@ad &oufton uno Gall
beiton. =. ;. -. .10.15 nbenos
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-10-05
g. u. & u. 3. yatn.


@o. 1--aouiton u. 3. aiiite. ....
;. ......7:00 tladJnl
$40. s-Souiton uno Der aiiite.
-. lib borEl
yto. 44-Ton 8errbiqe, MIR on @o6en@
tngen.. -. 4. 9:35 bora,
$40. 44-@on aerrbiIle, nur 9onm-
tags. ;. -. 500 nadnl
$50. 146-@on 8errbine, MIR an @oz
d,entaaen. :. ;. $40 nahta
gbfabrt -
Ro. -SOuiton uuo Der aiiite.. -.
SO. 4-Sonifou uno Der aiiite.. "' ....
-. -. ;. 10000 abeno5
SO. 6-&iiitenitdbte. ...2:10 nad)n.
$40. 43-saad aerrbille. nur in @os
ellId9ell. .4.45 rlaGm
No. 41--Na6 aerrbille, MIR @onns
no. i4s-aa6 asrrDius. l,llr Il IL in gSss'' ssoa
d1entaaen.. :. ..7:25 BORN
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
How to Build Cigar Box Crane; Easily Made.

~ HERE is no end of toys and useful
articles that can be made from orul-
nary cigar boxes OF various sizes the
number and variety being limited only
by the ingenuity of the maker.
ordinarily the boy wants something that
will go when it is done and so am describ-
ing a crane like they use on the docks in
England and the continental ports for load
ing and unloading ships.
Here along the docks one sees many Of
these perched on top of a towerlike arrange
ment on wheels, the track on which the
wheels run stretching along the length OF
the dock edge.
Along this track the towers move, driven
by water power mostly, until they come to
the part OF the ship where they are to work
and there they stop by the hatchway.
A man in the cranehouse on top of the tower
works the levers and the big steel boom
swings out over the hatch. drops a rope
away down into the hold. then at a signal
hauls up until there comes into view the
load OF trunks or boxes. or freight of some
kind at the other end of the rope
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

corner saw the part Y shown in the details
II doing this watch out for nails or you will
dull your saw. This done, smooth off the
cut. and with a sharp knife cut the windows
and door.
Having selected the spOOIs for the wind
lassts, nit their axles tightly in place, Ieav-
iEE one end long. Make the holes in the cigar
box sides large enough so these wooden axles
will turn easily, and ft the spools in the
box by driving them through the spools in
side the box.
The way of making the crank is shown in
cigar box shaped as shown and out of one
make 1t of wire. Another way is shown in
the larger drawing of the complete machine
Make the boom as in the details, the block
(b) fitting up at the top and the small pulley
(p) fitted between the outer ends The way
OF making the pulley from piece of curtain
pole or round wood in shown in the sketches
Make the boom about twice as long as the
cigar box, and pivot it at the open end Of the
" cab " part as shown, the stick Ca) being the
pivot for its turning. The car is a block
of inch wood, and to this the "cab" " in
pivoted as in the lower right hand sketch
Here A is the cigar box bottom. N the pivot
ing nail, W a thick wooden or pasteboard
washer, and d the board car"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

in the same wagon with il, even in the same
neiEhborhood.
Photograph cylinder making is a bust
ness almost wholly by itself To be sure a
few distinguished men and women are en-
ployed now and then, Ike Caruso. but most
OF the voices and instrumentalists are the
same old friends whom we have been hear
ing. for years. The deep voiced announcer
we know him well! Here is a firm that
makes $500 big cylinders ard 5000 smaller
ones day, and they keep the voices hum
ming and the orchestra drumming all day. for
the bens fit Of the many thousands in homes
and stores and restaurants , and waiting
rooms
over in Paris they have a select few who
follow the business of " saint making
cultured people who study the lives anc
characters Of the Old saints, for the purpose
Of getting up models, from which images are
made for the eager trade
The occupation of " business adviser is
a growing one and there is room for a great
many more occupants of 1t. The adviser
is called in. when business is getting bad. and
he looks 1t all over to see what's the matter
with it. He studies the plans on which it is
run, learns the habits of the employees the
cost and income and then advises how il
can be improved. or recommends an assign
ment. He must be an expert to be able to
grasp a business and he has a chance to
prove a useful man
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

but If you have toy motor or steam engine
I have no doubt many of you boys are in
genious enough to make one to work with
power. II you do. let me see picture Of it
when it is done.
The box part. A, is cut with a space out
forward. as 1 shall explain later, and in this
space the boom, B, made Of two sticks with
a pulley at the top, is fitted.
Back in the box are two spool windlasses
on which the ropes " or strings wind up.
These are turned by cranks, as at c, outside.
and the string from each has its own work.
One string fastens to the boom, as shown,
so that when its spool is turned by the crank.
thus winding up the cord the boom Is lifted
or, by the opposite operation, lowered. The
other string goes over the pulley, so that
turning this crank raises or lowers the weight
on the end Of the main rope"
The turning Of the whole apparatus is done
by hand, though this might be rigged to be
done by the turning OF third crank near by.
x
Cab" Cigar Box.
For the cab part select a good sized
cigar box shaped as shown and out Of the
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
By James S. KirtIey.

which would be warranted to pEow up and
harrow the feelings OF the stonIest heart.
The well 10 do employed professionals to
mourn at the funerals of their kindred. Men
skillful in lamentaton and mourrers
who go about the streets 80 were professionals
who excited the envy Of the amateurs and
the eager improvidence of the poor.
Not all Of these queer occupations are
crowded That Of "cockroach guard for
instance. has. as far as has been learned.
only one follower He is found in Chicago
and is employed by factory to keep off the
creeping pests that are generated in a gar
bage dump across the street His name is
Michael McIlvaine He wears "A star as a
special policeman and his official designation
as a protector of the factory from the incur
sions of the pests from across the stree:
is " coCkroach guard" With his long cane
and rawhide whip and pair of eyes that are
a combination of telescope and microscope
these bugs have about as much chance to
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
Woman Enters the Field.

Here entered the woman. Could she not
IN an adding machine with even greater
-peed than a man? Could she not copy a
i'll of laGing or an invoice with the same
Gexterity as her brother? And, for that
natter why shouldn't she be given a chance
H. a ledger clerk? Then. too, she would
Aurk for less wages-a beginner always does
The woman was given her chance and made
~ood. She. too, became one Of the cogs in
his most complex machine called industrial
re and her numbers have increased year
oy year until in many of the accounting
departments Of the department stores, manu-
'acturing concerns. and even banks, she is
"u an equality, numerically at least. with
Ter brother
in the majority Of the smaller businesses
IN the suburban and country districts, the
''"man has practically superseded the man
n this clerical position. Here she is usually
a combination bookkeeper and cashier, and
more frequently than not also has the dulles
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
FAKE Lines Innumerah1e

Nothing has been said OF the fake lines Of
work. Some of them are well enough known;
too well. in fact. Some are unique and can
be spoken of without fear of suggesting
them as desira BILE vocations to any readers
OF this story. Here is a young negro who
made his living for a whole year collecting
money to bury other negroes who were in
imminent peril Of being buried in potters field
or not being buried at all but cut up by the
doctors. Sympathetic negroes came to his
aid with enough to make him comfortab BILE
living a whole year. till he was arrested the
ether day. That was also in Chicago. An
other man declared in court the other day
that " sickness was his occupation, and
when he insisted on it. got a nice sentence
TO the workhouse in order to start him on a
new career. He followed being sick as a
vocation.
The deadbeat Is a commonplace, but his
skill amounts to genius sometimes. In our
old town there was man who went to the
urdertaker and told him his wife was dead
and they wanted him to hurry over to take
charge of the body; her mother would pay
the bill, and he wanted 81 to wire to relatives
and he could put that into his bill. The un-
dertaker, delighted at the prospect of more
underground work. advanced the money and
hastened to the house, only to be met at the
door by the woman lie hoped to bury.
The tree faker is worthy of a paragraph
a.: to himself He goes out into the woods
III the early spring, digs up some common
trees, and hastens of to his unsuspecting
victims in villages and cities and exhibits
his rare Japanese and other oriental shrub
berry. They would ordinarily cost so apiece.
but he got them through intimate personal
relations with dealers and can sell these few
at 50. When the sun brings out the old
leaves so familiar to their eyes they VOW
vengeance on that swindler. but he is safe;
he never tries the same neighborhood twice.
There are still other unusual callings to be
developed. We are getting acquainted with
new powers in nature that are to be utilized
The wastes of former years are to be saved
and new lines of work will grow out Of them.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
Naturally They're Grave.

The solicitor for the undertaken plies al
most as serious a trade Some men make
a success at II. 1t is not known whether
they stand in with the druggist and the
doctor or not. They are almost invariably
cheerful and tactful men, though somewhat
grave in their tendencies. And speaking Of
the solicitor reminds me Of the snitch"
The snftch is a lawyers solicitor, and evi-
IDENTIFY not reputable either in or out of the
profession. He not only watches to turn
business in the direction of his employer but
he makes it point to stir up business. He
can frequently induce people Of feeble or
vindictive minds TO go to law and to engage
wisdom would suggest arbitration or oblivion
for their troubles
The professional juryman is one of the we'll
known men around courts and police sta
tions. With no other way to make living,
he is ready to serve the community and play
into the hands of the lawyers with whom he
has the most interesting understanding.
The professional mourner is almost an ex-
:inct species today, at least where an hon.
orarium is expected. The unpaid mourner
is not unknown among US as a sort Of profess
sional. 1t is usually a woman, for attend
ance on funerals offers mournful satisfac-
ton to certain temperaments of the female
sex, with the luxury of tears and the pleasure
Of expressing sympathy. This occupation
fiourished in the olden times They formu-
lated their grief and reduced mourning to a
<ystem. It was expressed by tearing the
hair and clothes, weeping aloud, and beating
lie breast and mouth, the latter enabling
them to make quavering sort Of sound
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
Oil Well Shooter in Demand.

The oil well shooter is one OF the most
useful men in Texas Having much OF his
practice in that robust state, he is expected
to be good shot" He is indispensable.
When a man has dug a well and got down to
stratum above the oil itself, he sends for
the " shooter" who comes with a load of
nitroglycerin. in his blackboard. all the way
from 80 to 800 quarts Of it. the whole. thing
liable to explode any minute while he is
humping along in his wagon and send him
nearer to heaven than he has ever thought
Of But he takes his chances, and If he
reaches the place without being torn into
fragments he puts bhe stun down into the
well. lights a fuse. and then takes to the
tall timber The only thing that is at ali
certain about that risky thing is that 1T is
sure TO kill Il 1t goes on while the man Is
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
How Big Crane Works.

Then stopping the pull on the rope. the
driver pulls another lever and the house on
top Of the tower begins to turn. the boom
turning with it, so that the load on the end
Of the rope swings around over and away
from the ship till he stops it over the dock.
Then, letting the rope slip, down goes the
load on to the dock. to be loosed by a navy.
below.
To set the load farther away. the boom is
dropped lower. and by hauling it in nearer
and straighter up and down the load can be
brought closer to the tower. so that the crane
can set down it's load or pick 1t up anywhere
within range Of the length of the boom B
and for the entire length of the track by
running the tower along It.
Some cranes are merely on cars. as have
shown in the drawing, but II you want to put
yours on top OF a wooden tower it may be
easily done.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
To Make Car Run Easily.

By fitting the pasteboard washer, and
smearing 1t generously with lard you will
have an easy turning crane so you can
swing your loads quickly. Lard may also
bes used on the track If you want the
car" to slide easily.
The making Of the track is simple, the lath
merely mailing UP against the square stick
(O. The whole arrangement can ba fixed
along the edge Of your workbench.
Before calling the top done test the bear
ing Of the pulley to see that it runs easily and
that the nails Cn) which drive into the
ends Of the wooden axle Cp) to form the
pivots are centered right Also see in max
ing the cranks that they are not so long as
to hit each other in turning.
II the holes happen to come too near you
can fix one crank on one side of the box
and one on the other. For the rope ="
use ordinary hemp cord.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

Of the stenographer allotted to her charge
And for all this she will not averag in salary
more than SIS week.
She is handicapped, however. in any ad-
vancement that may be her due by her
probable marriage It's my constant
fear" said one credit man who has risen
from the ranks of bookkeepers, - that am
going TO lose the two best ledger clerks that
I have; they're women, and have been with
me several years. but l know that they're
staying on the job merely until the right
man come along. When business and matri-
mOny are in the race you can lay YOUR last
cent on matrimony. III lose EN- sure some
day, just the same as I've lost others before
them
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

e" Just to show you what we think of 1t as
profession, we give but thirteen weeks to 1t
IN our business course and at that it is only
rne Of several other studies in this same
course
The underlying principles Of bookkeeping
are comparatively simple, and having gained
these, the bOokkeeper is ready for his work
AS an Illustration of how the expert book
keeper unravels the so-called mysteries Of
new system: Not long ago railroad sup
Fly man came to me asking that We instruct
his wife in his own especial system of book
keeping. He had evolved 1t himself for his
personal use and thought it beyond the ken
Of the ordinary man.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
Are You Bookepe Then Chance

to US and 1 gave them to the head of our
accounting department. The accountant
turned the leaves rapidly over, scanning
them carelestly. Where's the lady?' he
asked. He was ready to teach her all the
intricacies Of the set. I never saw a more
surprised man in all my life than the owner
of that set Of books. Why he had thought 1t
would take long and strenuous labor on the
part Of the accountant to decipher the mys-
teries of his system.
This only goes to show that We have
good cause when we state that we do not
make bookkeepers. Bookkeeping is only the
one Of many things that go into the making
of the modern business manY
So it is that the young man who would
enter the business world through the door
way Of bookkeeping must bear in mind the
constantly narrowing tendencies that his
work will bring to bear upon him. He must
bear in mind that 1t is his general knowledge
OF business affairs, and not his adeptness as
a billing clerk, that will land him in the Sc
lect circle Of the successful men OF affairs
His groundwork must be of the frmest and
all the intelligence that he has brought to
bear to keep from the rut Of deadening rou-
tine.
Because a man is only a cog in a machine
there is no reason why he should remain one
There is the chance and it's Up to you to
take it.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

get past him as a clay pigeon to escape from
Buffalo Bills gun. He is death to the
invaders In our present warfare against
the housefy an occupation is offered COM
biRing both industry and ease, as we'll as
excitement. One man out in Pennsylvania
has killed 700 quarts of flies this season. His
example will doubtless prove contagious and
his success will probably suggest, to those
who can afford it. the starting of the new
calling of fly killer.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
= ::
1--WE Don't Make Bookkeepers."

As to the position held by the bookkeeper in
the commercial world today-the bookkeeper
who desires to d" stick to his last the re-
mark OF the manager of long established
business college is perhaps the most illumina-
tive We don't make bookkeepers here, -
he said We train men in business-cover
the whole ground. The bOOkkeeper as such
is not fitted for the broader and more profit
able side Of life: he is a mere COPPER
OF course, he is as essential, but the mere
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

-HE old general bookkesper has
footed up his last column. In his
place has come the ledger man. the bill
L clerk, the cost clerk, the entry clerk.
the invoice man. Specialization has
once more won out.
Modern industry has but little need Of the
all around man. 1t wants and consequently
gets the man who can do one thing well and
that as fast as human endurance can stand.
bit faster, in fact, for there are always
A reserves " in plenty waiting when the
veterans falter in their stride.
Twenty years ago, before the modern spirit
Of concentration Of industries and the spe-
cia.zation of the workers had taken firm
hold the bookkeeper like the lawyer. the me-
chanic and the doctor. knew his trade
from its every angle He kept complete
set Of books, not merely the - S " ledger or
an invoice book And what is more, he grew
almost to love them. They were his children
in business. NDt a blot marred their pages
and their fine copper plate script,
showed the chief characteristics OF the old
boOkkeeper-regard for detail and a mar
rowness Of view that so often ma5e him one
Of d" the shabby genteel."
But with the birth of the " trusts a new
era was issued in for the bookkeeper AS
- such he became a mere cog in a gigantic ma
cnine. No longer need he boast of his ability
10 add three columns OF figures at one time
Even that took too long. and. besides, there
as the probability of error. Business de
inanded a quicker and more certain way. and
the adding machine was the response. In
The same way and in response to the same i'm
perative call have come the dozens OF sys-
ems" each One-callng for division OF the
labor that was the '' general bookkeeper 5.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

fact that he is a bookkeeper doesn't count
much for his advancement. The true secret
Of It all is that he is in the front office and
consequently under the boss eye. II he has
the ability in him it is bound to come out and
will be seen But as stepping stone can't
see much in mere bookkeeping
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

Wv tied smoke" exclaimed: " Ho-o-ly
smoke" It's a long trip, via many
occupations from cockroach shoo-
-r" to saint maker and some of those
occupations have the startling titles Of
Rented Letters" - Second Hand Tomb
-rones." Bottled Smoke " Undertaker's
: ,icitor," Lawyers Snitch,'' &" Business
Adyiser" '' Professional Mourner," OH
Well Shooter" Corporation Psychologist,
Burial Fund Collector" Tree Faker,
ETC.. though the latter designations are not
chosen by members Of the professions. This
list will do for the present purpose, which is
merely to suggest some of the more curious
locations by which men, and few women,
make a living under the tutelage of ' the
mother Of invention"
If you don't like your present job. try one
- these. Ifit's " smoke you have the pack
ing house people for your customers In
>Jea ad OF sending a boy into the " smoke
house to make the kind of fire. out Of hick
pry chips, that will never blaze but will make
is eyes Eu!t like blazes, YOU send a lot of
men into the woods 10 turn a small forest into
smoke which is condensed till it becomes
liquefied, put into bottles, and sold to pack
crs and others who kill hogs where no trees
are to be found. That enables people to cure
their pork anywhere and with little trouble.
There is the second hand tombstone dealer
who comes to the aid of the first hand dealer
and uses the stones that have been thrown
back on his hands. He runs a sort Of misfit
establishment. BY polishing 1t down a bit
and filling up the incisions with putty or
cement, he manages to get up good stone
for those who want something that would
otherwise be beyond their means. He buys
at low rate from the first hand dealer and
sells cheap, but at an advance
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22
CHANCES for the Ambitious.

the young bookkeeper may hold. There are
still bank presidencies to be filed and the call
is usually answered from among those who
have served their apprenticeship over the
ledger The advancement in a bank, 1t is
true is most often as regular as a clock in its
rotation; the youth enters as messenger;
eventually becomes a ledger clerk, thence
teller, and finally assistant cashier. This Is
the case at least in the smaller banks al
though in the big " ones the division OF
labor enters and intermediate steps must be
taken.
If were starting in this business again,
said a cashier Of a large bank. WoULd
start in a small bank. l would do just as
did in other words. 1 went into a country
bank when I left school and when l was
finally made bookkeeper l had learned my
great lesson: Do the work you are doing the
best you know hOw-and keep your eyes on
the job ahead And l think that goes for the
young man of today"
Yes. there are still chances for the young
bookkeeper. The authorship of his con-
Germ, the position of cashier, of secretary
are all beckoning but not to the bookkeeper
who has lost his sense Of proportion in the
" orId Of affairs and has permitted the routine
of his Job to make him a mere cOg-he vii!
always be hookkeeper until he is fired
THE bookkeeper in the credit side of
department store has 4 mighty stiff PROPOSE
ton to handle" said the credit man of one
of these stores. And what is more. he Is
almost of as much value as the crsdi;
man himself. For instance, he must
keep us informed as to all the accounts; If
account runs too high or slows up in
payments. he let's Us know and thus directly
saves thousands of dollars yearly for the
store"
1t is from the ranks Of these " credit~book-
keepers " that the majority of credit men are
recruited.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

''Mysteries" Easy to Decipher.
His Ill health had practically forced him
to give up all his detail work and he
wanted his wife to become his private book
keeper He brought his set Of books over