TOE OMAITA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY MAT 15, 1004.
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MONEY TO LOAN CHATTELS
' MONEY.
If yon are annoyed by numerous small bill
. iiiKi iiava m-tuuiuiKii:u uuiiui uiej wiuiejr
ll imam u5 eu ButnuiB in )uu iu itvui
ffrtfin.-v from 1 i a n 1 I V h .rit n ,i rhfiit
u, in weekly or monthly payments
until you ft out of debt. "We loan on
furniture, planus, live stuck and other
Chattels anil we make lottns to salurit
'people upon tbetr own agreement to re
puy.
Cur rates are as low as any and a great
deal lower than some, our service Is
quick and without publicity. If you have
dealt with ua and cue pleased, tHl others,
and If you are displeased, tell us,
Omaha Mortgage Lioun Co.,
119 Board of Trade Blilg. Tel. 2293.
(Established IBM.) South IHth 8t
X-810
MONEY! - MONEY!
' WE IX)AN MONET TO AN t l'EHttON
residing In the city and holding a peima
' nent pusltluu with a responsible tlrin.
ON Puain Note, no tiNuoiiocins,
2 nun ai iui lowest rmes uu iMiig. time, vmsjt
f payment plan. We also loan
ON FUKNllLHE. Wil'JlOi,' REMOVAL,
l'lanos, etc., at the same low rates and
,eay terms, H not convenient for you to
call at our office,
WHITE Oil 'PHONE U8 AND AOENT
will call on you to explain our- system
aid arrange loan at your residence. All
' business confidential. . .
THE J. A. HUTTON CO., SUITE 614.
J-A-VTON fIii,OCK, TKLEPHONB 1M07.
' - X M'.W
I 1 CASH
Tou can establish a CREDIT with an old
KEL1ABLK tlrm and secure money
whenever you need it.
W'a will advance you enough money to
pay oil all your aetns; so that you will
owe It all In one place, where you get
Vourteous treatment.
Our . enjsy payment plan has astonished
fieople Who had previously borrowed of
other roan companies, on account of Our
liberal rates.
A'e make loans on SALARIES. FURNI
;TUKE, PIANOS, I-.1VK STOCK, etc.
r RELIABLE CREDIT CO.
8Q7-8 Paxton Block. X-HB2X
MOEY
9
to
LOAN
Phoenix Credit Co.,
&U 1-ax ion iilk.
X-81?
MONET LOANED SALARIED PEOPLE
v and others with security; easy payments;
largest business In 4y principal cities.
- Toiman, room 440, Chamber of Commerce
bldg. x.--m
3 P. C. YEAR
litOM 1100 to $o,mw loaned on your personal
note at 3 I KK CENT I'EU VEAH. All
ood loans wanted. Call or write and get
my system. W. L. Eastman c Co., Hug
Farnam, Omaha. X 913
If you are FINANCIALLY
r- EMBARRASSED, come and have,
a CONFIDENTIAL talk with us.'
STAR LOAN CO., 044 PAXTON BLK.
i . ( X MsJ
MONEY to loan on furniture, horses, etc,
,,at half usual rates. Dr. Prlbbenow. room
. 215 at 209 S. Win, St.-. Tel. B-2'Jtil. X 914
MONEY loaned on pianos, furniture, jew
elry, horses, cows, etc- o. . Reea. sis) b.
- JK Me
CHATTEL, salary and jewelry loans. Foley
juoan. to., uot itrntm at. eM
SALARY and collateral loans. .Templeton,
112 Bee mug. lei. A. si i
MONEY TO LOAN ON
FURNITURE. PIANOS, LIVE STOCK,
DIAMONDS, SALARIES, ETC.
!Wa charge nothing for making papers.
Lowest rate" and easy terms.
ALL BU8INE88I8 PRIVATE. Tel. B2418.
OMAHA CHATTEL LOAN BANK,
1404 Farnam St, upstairs. 'Phone A 21 13.
" X-M998
MONEY TO LOAN REAL ESTATE
FARM and city loans, low rates. y H.
Thomas, First Nat l Bank Bldg. Tel. 1644.
W la
PRIVATE aioftey. Blwrwood, 93t ti.J. Life.
. : . ! ' : - W W
ft' "
4 TO P. C money. Bemia, Paxton block.
w i!u
PRIVATE money. F. D. Wead, JB Douglas
W-J-I
y ANTED, city loan and warrants! W.
Farnam Smith & Co., 1M Farnam at.
W-H22 .
MONET TO LOAN, Payne Investment Co.
w sai
WANTED, real estate loans and warrant.
. c. meters a Co., Bee Diag. w Z4
t per cent loans. Garvin Bros., 1004 Farnam.
. W .0
ONET vo loan. Kenny Real Estate and
n vestment Co., r. sou Bee bldg. w Sa
CITY loan. IL D. Holmes. 7U N. Y. Life.
' - . Yg M2g
FOR SALE HORSES, WAGONS
HORSES for sale; Id-hand harness and ve
hicles cheap. Melchlor'a Stables, 501 b. lUtli
P 903
Family horse, carriage, cheap. Stfm'l Burns:
. P MK24 Jell
W BUoaiES, wagons and all kinds of rigs
at half 'pricier H. Frost. 14th and Leaven-
.1 worth.. . P 91
SELLING! out bugglea, wagons, hnrneis, at
cost,. Anderson-Millard Co., 16m CapltoL
P 844
OOLF surrey, new; solid seat runabout; de
pot rorkaway; will sell all for one-fourth
'cost.' Enquire Ml Brown Block.
, . P-M850 19
SHETLANDS
rlne gT.Ue ponies, saddle and harness;
safe lor children. 43d and Center ste. Tel.
Black 1124. .. 1 P-MS48 22x
FOR BALE Twe-sftted carriage, phaeton
and double eet of harness; all In good
condition; cheap. Call 21M4 Miami street
t . .... - .P-151-10X
FRENCH Oerni Destroyer" wires "Quit
ter" S weeks; for all external aliments;
is gallon; - express' prepaid; frne sample.
Boburine ctiemuiu Co., luue iuaraet bu,
Gloucester, N. J. Pt-117 15x
OR RALE, horse. 1.050 rounds vounr.
tough, good condition, with harness and
runabout. Good business rig; dirt Cheap
4tt 1100. AOdresa l 41, Bee, p a lax
WANTED, cattle and horns to pasture.
IU) acres 6 nillea north of Florence on Cal
houn road; fine' blue grass, running water,
flenty of shade, wll fenced. Rales: Cat
le, 75o; horses, 11.50 per month. See John
Marnnno on (arm, or TelepUone k-1 "21
Omaha, P-M91S
FOR SALJ0, n up-to-date Rockwell hearse
"In good condition and at a great bargain.
'Address O. Vf. BerkJiUner.. Crson. Ia..
GENTLE driving and saddle horse, single
footr and pacer, fTS, Inquire room 610,
N. Y. Life Bldg. P M1B4 17
WAOONS! Delivery wagons!! Business
wagons!!! Don't fall to see them. The
largest assortment In the west at whole
sale frlces. Johnson & Dan forth. 8. W.
cor. 10th and Jonee ats. P M227 Jel4
SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITERS
A. C. VAN SANT'S school, 717 N. T. Llfa
v . . -1
Neb. Bus. 4k Shorthund Col., Boyd theater.
etU
135 BLIOKENSDERFER. 60.
I3S New York LUe building, Omaha.
1 M!
STENOGRAPHERS
F. J. 8UTCL1FFE. lul N. T. L. Deposl.
Uona, conventions. Tel. S67. M 3W
EArsiMlLE lettera Boylea College, N. Y.
yT..if.
Bldg. -
LAW AND COLLECTIONS
t. V MOREARTY. Att y.. 4J7 Paxton. Tet
A-aaa. 9a
JOHN M. MACFARLAND, New York IJfe
I bidg roouui 04 aud aUk Tet ISU. UMt
LAWNMOWERS SHARPENED
E. E. LAWARENCE, T03 Leavenworth.
Tel. L-1676. -340 MIS
C. JARL, 713 So. ltn street.
M-790 Je 10
P. MELCHOIR machine works, lJth and
Howard. M 791 Je 10
FLORISTS
HESS SWOBODA, 1415 Farnam. 937
L. HENDERSON, 1519 Farnam. Send for
price list of cut flowers and plants.
877
ALFRED DONAOHUE, JR., 1607 Farnnm,
Tel. 3333. -515
Wanted
to
Beautify
We want a nice corner lot on the
following streets, one each, to bteau
yfyl South Tenth street. South Six
teenth street. North Twenty-fourth
street, Sherman avenue and Leaven
worth street.
The beautifying coats y6u nothing.
IJst your vacant lots . at once. ' Se
lections will be made by Civic Im
provement League.
Chas.E. Williamson Co.
Ground Floor, U. 8. Bank Building.
21
IF YOU'RE
Buggy Wise
YOU'LL BUY OF
DRUMMOND
The firm who has sold
more sensible well made car
riages in Omaha than any
other firm, and every truth
ful man will say so.
Take their word and
come in.
DRUMMOND
CARRIAGE CO.,
18th and Harney Sts.
New Styles Just Received,
; . LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO 'BIDtiERS.; i
Sealed bids will be received at the offlee
of secretary of state up tntll 1 o'clock
noon of May 24, 1904, for the construction
of an addition to the waterworks plant at
Hastings, according; to plans apd specifica
tions now on file In the office of secretary
of state.
' The board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. GEOHOE W. MARSH,
Secretary of Board.
M13dl0tM
NOTICE. "
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received until 12 o'clock, noon, June
6th, 1904, by the Board of Education of
FsJrbury School DlBtrlct at the office of
J. H. i.eRoy, secretary, Falrbury. Neb., for
furnishing- material and putting- in a heating-plant
In the new school building- now In
process of erection In said -city.. Said bids
to be in compliance wl'h the plans and
specifications on file in the said secretary'!
Each bid must be accompanied by a cer
tified check. In amount 1X0.00 as a guaran
tee of good faith.
J. H. LEROY, Secretary.
Mlidit
RAILWAY TIME CARD
UNION STATION lOTII AND MARCY.
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AST.
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WBST.
Rocky' Mountain Umltad a T:0 am a t:M pa
Lincoln, Colorado Springe, Den
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Lincoln, lleatrtue aad Stroma- '
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Columbua Local ...o 4.W pa B .I4 am
Chleaeto at Northvreatera.
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Daadwood, Hot bprlogs and
Lincoln a 1:40 pm a 1:1 pm
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llaaitnga, Superior and Albion.. b 14 pa k 1:1 pm
Chloaao, Milwaukee at It. Paul.
Chicago Daylight
.a l it aa all: 11 pa
.a u pia a 1 10 pm
Chicago Faet aUpreaa
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Dea Molnee aUpreaa
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Chicago Bapreaa
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Paul Limited ,
Minueapolla 4k SU Paul Bx.
IHIaaonrl Parlfle.
t&. Loula a!prve.....
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el. Louis Lacai tee. atiuHej a 14 aa ait ao pia
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Cblcaao axeual a e. team alt uu pm
t.htcaaa Umltad a l ot pm a t.a pm
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be Lauia yA ' pm ail utaa
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Nebieaa aajraa -a ato a I pm
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black Mine Puget Boon aU all l pen a pm
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WEBSTER DEPOT 16TH WEBSTER
Mlssonrl Paelfle.
Mrb. tool. VU Wseplns WiW.kMtis slf tl pa
Chlcaa-o, St. Paul. Mlaa. at Omaha.
Tvia Cltr rtwnrr et ioam k 10 pm
tloux City Fiianiv 1 00 pr all 10 km
0kls4 Local :45 m k I. IS n
txily. k Dally cpt s-iniliy. 4 Dally ticpt
aturiUy. Daily aicept Monday.
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
Clark's Cruise "Arabic"
IB.ROlTeaai one of the Finest, largest and
Steadiest steamers la the World to the
Mediterranean and the Orient
February 2 to April IS. 1905,
70 DAYS. COtrillB OHLY $400 AND UP
Flrst-elann. Including Shore F.xeuralone, Giitds,
Kees. Hotels. Drives, etc. The moot attsotlre trio
leaving the United States next winter. SPRCIAL
FKATORKS-Madelrn, Cndis, Sevl'le, Alulers,
Mlt.i. Ifl days in K?ypt and tha Holy Land, Con
stantinople. Athens, Rome, the Riviera, etc.
Tickets food to stop over In Kurope,
FRANK I. lilARK, 113 Breadway. New Vork.
KOLLAND-AMERICA LINE.
Hvm Teis-Scra stramra at il, KK Xaaa.
KBW TOKK-KOTTBHDAM, via ttOULOUNa.
sailing Tuaaday. il M a a
Rotterdam May 11 Statanda-a Juna T
RyodaiA May a4 Potadam Jun14
Noordaa May 11 Kottardam Juut il
UOIXAND-AMKRIUAKi UN. U Daarkora St., CkH
caeo. : Uany atooraa. 191 rarnaa St.) i
Huuiartord, araaa . . H. tuyaelda, U
garaaa sc
cc:,:?ag:;ie geherale
TRANS ATLANTIOUC
French Um, Now York to Parla RIs Oars,
HaiUoge Kery Thursday at 10 a. an.
La Bavola May 21 La Onacogna . ...Juna It
La Touralna Juna I La Bavola Juna 23
La Lorraine Juna ( La Cbampa(n....Juna it
Nw. nedara, ilfsntlo twln-sora sad axpraa
ataamars; naval offlcara' man-of-war dlaclpllna.
Company's vastlbulad trains, Havraarl 4 boura.
Agenta Harry E. Moorea, lttOl learnMni St.. Loula
Naaaa. First Nat l Bank, C. A. Kutharlord, UM
raraaa St., Rook Island Ry.
ANCHOR UM V. a stAIb ITBAMSHlrR
KBW TORK. LONDONDERRY AND GLASGOW,
a NEW TORK. GIBRALTAR AND NAPUt.
apavlor secommodatlona. Kseellent eulalaav Tea
aoafort of paaaangers carafully ronsldaead. Blngla
r round trip tlokata katwaan New Tors and Boons,
Rngllib, Irlah and Sil principal tandinavlaa and
continantal polnta at attractlva ratea. Send for Book
of Toura. Tor tleketa or ganoral Information appls
to any local agent of tea Anchor Line or to
iiENDKRSON BROS.. Gan'i 4 ran la. Chicaga tlL
'FRISCO ENTERS NEW ORLEANS
Gould Linen and Bocae Island Agree
I'poa Joint I'se of
Track.
NEW TORK, May 14. -After nearly a
year of negotiation George J. Gould, on be
half of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain rail
way and the Texas & Pacific railway, and
B. F. Tokum, on behalf of the Rock Island
'Prisco system, have signed a contract by
which the Rock Island and 'FrlBco system
Will gain access to New Orleans by track
age ' over the- Gould lines and the Illinois
Central. The contract la to run ninety
nine years. This insures harmony, between
the Interests which for a time last winter
were on the point of disrupting.
Use of the Gould lines will be granted to
the Rock Ialand-'Frtsco system from a
point opposite Memphis to a point opposite
Baton Rouge. By this contract the 'Frisco
will be relieved from building about 826
mllee of road through territory already
plentifully supplied with railroads.
From Baton Rouge to New Orleans, about
twenty-five miles, the Illinois Central will
be used under a similar agreement to that
made with the Gould lines, i
At New Orleans the 'Frisco and the
Southern railway will Jointly occupy new
terminals, which will coat approximately
$14,000,000.
More
Trips
This
Week
to
the
St. Louis
World's
Fair
Coupon
Page 2.
Ten
Bee
MANY BANDS; LITTLE TO DO
Etenogrphri and Typewriters Dragon the
Hew Yerk Ltbor Market.
STILL THE SCHOOLS "WORK OVERTIMt
foment leas Derele Fre Employment
Bareaa Where HreoU at Men
aad Women fleelc Paying
Jobs.
Never In the last twenty years have
so many stenographers and typewriter
been out of work in New York City as
at the present time, and never have
their demands upon employment agen
cies been so urgent. This situation has
been created largely by the immense In
crease during ' the past winter In the
number of schools and colleges where
shorthand and typewriting are taught,
there being today between 2no and 300 of
these places of Instruction in New York
City alone. x
In the metropolis the great center of
stenogTaphlo activity In the United States
hundreds of young men and women
graduates In "pothooks" are dally seek
ing positions, and their persistent ap
peals have led to the establishment within
the past month of by far the largest and
moat Impressive employment bureau for
people of their craft In the world a place
where no fee whatever Is exacted from
employer or employed for the service ren
dered. While this bureau supplants a
smaller one of similar purpose, It Is In
itself a new institution, occupying the
entire third floor of one of the largest
business houses on Broadway within a
few minutes' walk of the general post
office. It constitutes a department of
a typewriter concern, through Whose
offices In different part of the couutry
positions have been found for from 10,000
to 25,000 stenographers and typewriters
annually In the last ten years.
Two Hundred Applicants Dally.
To obtain an idea of the appearance
of this bureau, picture a room 100 feet
deep and forty feet wide filled with young
people of both' sexes, with about five wo
men to one man, some operating type
writers and others sitting about smiling
and conversing light-heartedly on a va
riety of topics. On weekdays, between
the hours of 9:30 in the morning and 3
In the afternoon, this place is visited reg
ularly by upward of 200 persons claiming
familiarity with the twin arts In Bearch
of work. To each applicant, when his
or her wants are made known to the
manager or one of his assistants, Is given
a seat in a certain part of the room,
which is subdivided into sections to ao
commodate all classes and degrees of
efficiency. Young women who desire po
sitions paying a minimum salary of (12
a week are assigned to section A. Sec
tion B la for women willing to accept
less than $12, while section C is for males
exclusively.
Fully one-third ' of the large room Is
given over to a so-called practice depart
ment. Here may he found twenty-five
up-to-date writing .machines thoroughly
equipped and adjusted for practicing.
Free access to these typewriters may be
had by any applicant, except during the
period of examination for no one who
Is not able to demonstrate the qualifica
tions of an amanuensis deemed, necessary
by the bureau Is considered eligible far a
pjace. ..' - - ...
" ' The Reg-nlar 'Examination;,
The regular examination consists of
taking In shorthand three business letters
dictated at the fate of jlghty, ninety
anil 100 words per minute, respectively,
and transcribing them on the machine
in less than fifteen minutes. These let
ters are selected with great care and are
free from all technicalities, and it Is In
Another "Election" Is On
j
It only took 2,376 votes
to win a trip last Week.
Mm
If you want a free trip to the'
St. Louis Exposition let your
friends know it they will
gladly help you.
Rules of the "Election"
The ten persons receiving the largest ' number of
rotes at the close of each "election" will be furnished,
at The Bee's expense, as prizes, each a free trip from
Omaha to St. Louis and return, to be taken any time dur
ing the exposition.
No restrictions are placed as to where the party Urea
as a candidate for one of the exposition trips.
. No votes will be counted for employes or agents of
The Bee.
All votes must be made on coupons which will be
published each day in The Bee.
Prepayment of subscriptions may be made either di
rect to The Bee Publishing Company or to an authorized
agent of The Bee.
No votes 6ent in by agents will be counted unless
sent in in accordance with instructions given them.
The vote from day to day will be published in all edi
tions of The Bee.
The 'elections" wilTcloso each Saturday
at 3 p. m.
Votes may bo deposited at the business office of The
Be or sent by mail, No votes sent by mail will be
counted which are not in the Omaha postoffice for delivery
at 2:30 p. m. on the day of closing.
Address
Exposition Dept.. Omaha. Daily Bee.
Omaha, Neb.
sisted that they shall be written prac
tically free from errors.
The manager of this unique Institution,
who has the bearing of one laden with
a multitude of professional secrets never
to be divulged, explained the other day
the inside workings of his establishment
nd the conditions which brought It about.
"Some people think," he said, "that the
day of the office stenographer haa gone by.
They read the score of advertisements
which appear dally in the newspapers of
shorthand writer wanting position and
conclude that those skilled In the winged
art are no longer In demand. This Is a
great mistake. Never In the last twenty
years were so many stenographers and
typewriters employed as there are at pres
ent, and never has the demand for them
been at, keen. But don t misunderstand me.
In saying this I would not create the im
pression that the salaries which the craft
can command today are In excess of those
paid heretofore. Quite the contrary. I do
say, however, that competent and trust
worthy amanuenses are sought more
eagerly now than at any time in the past,
and In proof of this let me give you a few
figures showing the number of positions
which we filled last year. In New York we
placed 7,786 applicants: in Chicago, 1.124;
In St. Louis, 2.033; In Philadelphia, 1.K86; In
Boston, 1.4f0; In Kansas City, l,27f; In' San
Francisco, 1,13; In Pittsburg. 1.12; In St.
Paul, 687; In Buffalo, 604; In Cleveland, 600,
and In Baltimore, 487.
"Aajed Thirty Pins."
"About 80 per cent of those who seek our
assistance are women between the ages of
IS year and 30 plus ye 30 plus. That's
the way many of our women state their age
on the blanks. . We ask what the plus'
means, and they say, . 'Oh, never mind,
Just 30 plus,' and we let It go at that, giv
ing them the benefit of the doubt. About
one woman In five who applies to us suc
ceeds In having her name placed on our
list. The others are simply not competent,
and show that they are woefully In need
of practice, and w suggest that they de
vote all the time possible to study for,
say, a month or six weeks and then come
back for another test.
"Scores of girls come here who are ut
terly unable to read their notes taken at
the rate of eighty words a minute the
lowes average rate of speed with which
any stenographer can hope to get along In
a business house. The notes are all there.
after a fashion, but they are as illegible to
their authors as Greek or Sanskrit. I find.
also, that many of our female applicants
nave no uenniio iaca oi me proper arrange
ment of a business letter, for Instance, and
that they spell badly and are all at sea on
punctuation. I am surprised that puncua-
tlon is hot more thoroughly taught In the
publlo schools than it seems to be. It ought
to be hammered Into every student from
the day he enters school until he leaves It.
Men Stenographers Scarce.
"There is a growing scarcity of male
stenographers, and this includes type
writers as well, because the two arts are
almost invariably combined. In view of
this scarcity, we have made strenuous ef
forts to persuade the schools to offer extra
Inducements to bring young men into them.
It . pays a bright, active young fellow to
study shorthand. If he enters a business
houBe as a common clerk he receives from
$4 to 37 per week. We can place all the
competent male stenographers we can get
at salaries ranging from $8 to $12 a week
without any trouble, and it therefore be
hooves a young man to spend six or eight
months more time at a business college and
acquire shorthand. If only to secure this
additional salary from the beginning. But
a knowledge of shorthand is also exceed
ingly valuable as a stepping stone to better
things, for the stenographer, comes In direct
contact with the head of the house for
which he" works. . - .. , .
Not JobsEnonah.
"How do we find" position for all these
people? We don't : find them. They find
us," and th manager cast . a "glance at
the telephone by hl side. "Every day we
have from twenty-five to fifty cans lor as
slstants over that 'phone. The employers
state briefly the qualifications they require,
and we endeavor to meet tbem. It we tall
to do so the first time, we try again, and
centrally succeed In the end. Then we re
ceive personal applications for help, and
others by letter and telegraph, frequently
from men outside ot the city. Nut long
ago we sent a young man stenographer to
Cuba, one to Colombia, and one more to
another South American republic. It la not
at all unusual for us to fill positions In
New Jersey and remote parts of New York
state.
"On the whole, pupils In the branches In
question are being taught more thoroughly
now than they used to be. Parents have
begun to see the fallacy of sending their
children to unreliable short-term Instruc
tors, and so the latter are doing a poor
business. The best teachers have rigorously
subordinated the word 'speed' to the word
'accuracy.' Formerly It was the pupils'
habit to spend most of their time trylag to
get up speed In shorthand, regardless of
the formation of their notes. The one who
could put down the greatest number of
shorthand characters In a given time was
looked upon as the ablest student Now
accuracy Is the watchword in every school
that produces efficient graduates.
Give Na Trouble.
"Most of the young women who come
here are models of good behav(pr and give
ua no trouble. I find that one of their
most serious shortcomings Is an Inade
quate understanding of the Importance ot
punctuality. When It comes to being at
their desks promptly at the hour named,
the young mon have the fair sex beaten to
a standstill. The women begin with the
best of Intentions, but are apt to feel, after
they have been In one place for several
months, that they should enjoy the same
privilege as their bosses, who may arrive
at 10, 11 or 11 o'clock, as the case may be.
So far as concerns expertness on the type
writer, however, the girls, as a rule, excel
their brothers, so that, summing matters
up, the question for an employer to ask
himself Is simply whether he wants a male
or a female notetaker, and then make his
requisition.
"Because the same people, In many in
stances, come here every day and perhaps
two or three times a day, It should not be
Inferred that this bureau Is in any sense a
club. The unemployed who have passed
our examinations are at liberty to drop In
as often as they like, and then there are a
number of girls who do temporary work
on odd Jobbs, whom we are gla5 to have
around. These girls may be away only a
couple of hours at a time. We have one
whose specialty Is literary reporting. She
Is invariably called upon to report sermons,
lectures, and so on, and her work Is woll
nlgh faultless. Another Is skilled In legal
reporting and Is reserved' for handling
briefs, references, and such matters, while
another is conversant with medical phrase
ology and has the call when physicians or
medical terms are Involved. Of course,
very few of our young people are all
around verbatim reporters, able to grapDle
with anything that comes along. Quite
orten a stenographer whom we send out as
a substitute or to help do a special Job
'catches on,' as we say, and becomes a
fixture In the office.
The I.ooae-Leaf System.
"Advanced office methods which are rap
idly coming Into vogue promise to open up
for stenographer and typewriters a much
broader field than they have enjoyed in the
past, by which I mean that many modern
business houses have adopted what is
called the 'loose leaf system" In keeping
their books. The chief clerk dictates to
his stenographer matter for. the day book,
ledger or consignment account, which it
has been customary hitherto to enter with a
pen, and the stenographer typewrites his
notes on sheets of paper of Suitable size to
be secured in the book for wblcrr they are
Intended. Another way Is to place In the
stenographer's hands In manuscript form
data to be recorded, and allow him to en
ter tnem where they belong. This system
is praiseworthy for many reasons. It ob.
viates the necessity of employing a big
siarr or entry clerks. Insures a neat, indal
llble and legible copy, and gives the office
sienograpner enough to do to occupy most
or ni time. And this, it is easy to see,
makes for an Increase In the latter's
Stenographers In these days are also in.
trusted with billing, issuing certificates of
stock, and so on something which they
never nave aone in the past.
"Do our girls every marry their emnlov,
ers? Well, now, perhaps I ought not to
tell of their love ventures; but It la not
a rare thing for a boss who is paying his
female amanuensis 125 or $30 a week to
make her his wife and then hire another
gin tor naif that pay to do her work. In
more cases than one, though, the new
bride is as shrewd as her huahnnil
contrives still to find something for herself
o oo at tne omce, so that she may keep
an ey on the old man."-New Tprk Times.
kABOR AND INDUSTRY.
raw snkrrr0(!ue'" e-twelfln ne world's
Owing- to the acceptance of a 20 per
nfn,IeI"lV0J, .WB"w' the employes
of the United States Steel corporation, It
haa been decided by that company to
Newcastre. Pa " l,0", """" ml11" at
The manufacture and sale of tobacco is a
state monopoly In Austria, which nets the
national treasury over I27.0OO.O0O a year.
tti. V.0"1- "rp,t 'umber districts of the
F. - States, th southern pine region
stands first In it are 48 per cent of the
sawmills and half ths lumbermen.
America's trade with Great Britain last
year aggregated 11,000,600,000; next In Im
portance la our trade with Germany, which
,sttle mora tha" one-third as much
Thorium, which elves tha Mh. .
fas mantle its intensity, wag a curiosity
wenty years ago. but hundreds of persons
ri? 7. makJnfv.a IlVln figging It lo North
iteSJSoa nnual output Is worth
The machine Industry of Germany was
never In worse condition than at present.
two reasons are oHv.n r. . v. A .i 1 1
yst, the great depression In Industrial
aui over me empire; and, second, the
enormous strides In the use of gas engines
jndsteaip. turbines within the last few
The Possibilities Of Wheat ral.lner e
much greater In the Canadian provinces
and territories than In tl tlrli.j a., .....
The area suitable for wheat culture is
mucn larger ana tne yield pnr acre is
twenty-five bUShelS. evhlla in tha ITnlta
States It Is but fourteen and one-half
bushels. In Athabaaca and Mackenxls
spring wheat mature In 101 in km itsvi
owing to the length of the summer day at
that latitude.
American manufacturers who have not
reaistered their traria.marka In Janin ar
In serious difficulty owing to the actions of
persona there who have hem registering
lately a number of the most famous Amer
ican tradti-merks, This haa put a practical
standstill to the business In articles cov
ered by such registrations, as the trade haa
oeen warned that any one will be prose
cuted tor sllina- roods under thaaa irutla-
marks, except when purchased through the
fumes who nave wrongruiiy registered
hem.
The tariff commission SDDolnted bv Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain to investigate trade
conditions. In view of the alleged relative
decline of British foreign commerce), haa
given out some statlatlral tables regarding
the Iron and steel Industry of the United
Kingdom. In ltmO the produotlon of pig
Iron In the United Kingdom was t,7BO.0O0
tons, representing 46 per cent of the world's
total production, and equal to the total
production of the next five Iron-producing
countries. Early In the nlnetlea Hrltaln
gave UD the lead to the United 8tales.
Great Britain la now being further rapidly
overhauled by Germany. The total pro
duction of the United Btates Is now only
just less than the oomblned production of
the United Kingdom and Germany. If
we turn to the consumption of pig Iron,
the new century finds the United Kingdom
third among the Iron-consuming countries.
The results In the rase of steel are, if
possible, more striking than In the esse
of pig iron. While In the period 1S76-1HX0
the averaae annual production of stael In
the United Kingdom represented one-third
of the world's total requirements. It now
represents less than one-seventh, and that
of the United Btates Is two-fifths. While
the consumption of steel In the United
Kingdom, par head of the population, haa
Increased by 2M per eeint, the corresponding
Increase for the United Btates and Oer
itutA? Li tU and !, far cent. rayecUv.lj-
SECRETS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
No Grett riiooTtrias, but IWt of Im
protsmenti ia Bcctot Tttrtv
SOME INVENTIONS OF REAL IMPORTANCE
afek Aettem I .-ens an Merajwrlal Va
por Meat-Effert ta laaarva an
lfatnre Serely Vases tne
Camera Man.
For the Inst two or three dscadea there
had been no great discovery or marked
departure from the established lines of
photography. Of course. Improvements
went on in every department of the art.
This last year, however, there have bee a
one or two Inventions of real Importance;
probably the most Important ana being tha
Invention of Cooper Hewitt and others In
the direction, of artificial light. Mr- Iiw
itt's mercurial vapor light has a larger
percentage of actlnlo power than any other
artificial or natural light, and seems to
solve the problem of photography at night.'
It la fact that the light, when In tha
hands of an expert. Is under better control,
more stable), and more regular than . day
light. .. ..
Another Important Invention Is that of
Dr. Edward Ferdinand Grun of Southwlck,
England, who devised a liquid lens so quick
In operation that he made photographs ot
episodes In plays In theaters without stop
ping the action of the drama. I have been
equally successful her. His claim, which
Is theoretically correct, Is that the sur
faces of the various lens combinations are
neutralized when the space between the
lenses Is filled With certain liquids. I- sup-.'
pose that what he uses must be some form
of balsam of fir.. There has also been a
development, which can be more properly
described as a fad, vis., the construction of
diffusing lenses. This la practically the un
doing of half a century of progress In pho
tographic optica. A certain .class of pho
tographers, mostly amateurs- and calling
themselves the Photo-Secessionists, have
undertaken to produce the effeet .of paint
ing by old masters by doing away with de
tail. Some have made a success of these
pictures; not on account of the latter's sr
tlstlo value,-but because they are different,
odd, and away from routine-. : Some styles
of these photographs are dim and hardly
visible; some show tremendous lines and
shadows which are not In accordance with
the Idea, of art; but nevertheless they all
find some supporters. There Is one certain
good effect from this extreme notion, and'
that Is that attention Is called to the un
necessary and almost painful sharpness of
the, work of some photographers. It also
accomplishes directly on the plate and
in the camera what Is now done by re
touching of negatives that Is. It. softens
the lines and spots without (as Is often the
case) the retoucher changing' the likeness.
Touching: and Retonchlnor.
This retouching of negatives, ' however,
haa gone to a very great extreme, and It
has bpen treated from a satirical stand
point .by a recent writer in the St James
Gazette. He related a pretty story of a
very old and beautiful lady, to whom si
little girl said: "W4 cannot tell whether
you are young or old; do tell us, please."'
"My dear," the lady replied. "I have been;
a very long time young." On account ot
retouching, many of the pictures turned out
of prominent jrallerles gfve no' true Indi
cation of tha age of the subject. This
peculiarity Is " not universal, as sensible
people will x.pt stond such nonsense. There
are none of. us who' ara not. sensitive to
Father Time's old.' plowshare aad do not
want the furrows filled In, more or less.;
The. most 'experienced (and perhaps I can
claim to be one of the oldettt) try so to
arrange the ligtits and shadows that ihercy
and truth can meet together,', or'. Justice be
tempered with mercy. One thoroughly In
terested and skillful can make a ,fat man
thin, or a thin woman In a degree plump,"
and the ravages xof time can be modified,
much being accomplished by. the simple
arrangement of the light and pose.- ,
Rejuvenating; a Sabtvct.
If the light comes directly Iksj 11 .abova
upon one In years or emaciated, fhe ahad
owe are elongated and the subject mad
cadaverdus. If, on the contrary, the light
la cut off from above and 'comes Into the
face on a level with' the' eyes, It la appar-.
ent, of , course, that the shadows are !llu
minuted, much to the rejuvenation of tha
subject. With such a picture, a slight
amount of retouching, in. fact, only as
much as will smooth the flesh,, gives us,,
without the 'change of likeness, a charming
result. There are some who want' to be
presented aa young as possible.. A lady re
cently came to me who was on the worst:
side of fifty. Bhe had a great deal pf man
ner and kittenish ways; I could se.e thai'
she had no realization .of time's Inevitable
mortgage on her, and would probably look
forward to a photograph .of herself ex
pressive of her youthful feeling. I lighted
the picture with all possible advantage In '
order to secure a youthful result; then told ,
my artist to do all In the power of art; In
tha way ot retouching, leaving. If .possible,
the picture simply founded op faet. I; -was
almost ashamed to show; It to her, as "it
was a picture of a young woman not mora
than 26. She looked at the proof for a
long time, and then said, with a sigh, "Not
so bad, Mr. Rockwood, and if thoroughly
retouched by the artist I believe It- will be a
good picture!"
We do not consider that we are going
beyond our province when we straighten
a crooked nose or . put a pair of eyes so
that they look In. the picture at the same
object So, the whole thing seems to be tn
tha idea that one should be enthuslastlo
and conscientious In making the most of -nature's
possibilities and stretch the Golden
Rule to the point of breaking. George O.
Rockwood In Leslie's Weekly.
OPT Or THH ORDIlf ART.
In San Juan, "Porto Rleo." thera are five
families for every two dwellings.
vvin5,,,no."l?'wm of th tnhabltanta of the '
United Btates haa a direct Interest In tha
pension disbursements.
The bloodiest battle ever fought with
"i.W!!!! wa" . that at Rorodino. In
were killed m,lta' n1 K'0 Isnchmen
1 ,1 e.ltlm".-e, .that leM th,I on In
0L.!ha Tl1 flred ,n modern
battle hits anybody, and If one ia hit the
chance is but one In five that the wound
will be fatal.
The age of the Hlerra Nevada moun
tains, the youngest of the American
ranues Is estimated at l.ft-0,000 years by
frof, LawBori of the University ot Call.
tornla,
William Canon of Edwardavtlle, HI., 71
years old, drove thirty nillea to wed Mrs.
Buaan Jflper, aged a. Tiie blushing bride
brought iier spouse thirteen children.
Wyman Pa vis of Bremen, Oa., ia 100
years old and still strong and hearty. He
aUiibutas his longevity and good health
to the faot that he haa always lived In a
cabin with a dirt floor, keit moist by
frequent apritikling. v '
The pipe line trora the Baku petroleum
fields on. the Caspian sea to Batura, on
the Uli4tk sea. Mo niltna, will be completed
wuriua iw. ana win OOUDle tne transixjria
' TttCimlea for oil. A part of this line.
. iirca mi lue eaeieru eua. naa peea la
operation for several yeara
'I'hAiiuk ka . fH.,u a
walked fifteen, miles over tha tills, from
ivw (uvea is ueroy, uonn., last week
to instruct an undertaker how to bury
film, lie niade the dlatauo In three
y , T, w -"i"! vviwoii s un
dertaking office he sank dovrn exhausted.
"i"" American wheat to Great
Britain Wat year, aa compared with liva.
i itvuu H,uuue(ivu to tvguo.ouo hundred-
yT"h."i,w.T2i"9 ,hal ot ftuaala Uuree4
from MVlftnn it I7mnftm, .1...
r ' - , - vv a 1 1 vwt m,ei aa a J I a a n aa ja aa
from 13.oo0.ou0 to l4.000.000; that of India
v"" -,wv-,vw v a ' ,-'vvvwv auio inai at As-
M-entlna, f 1 n a lau imi ... 1 . .-.- 1 . . .
., . - Argen
tina had a great eavcaea ei wheat Umt
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