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STENOGRAPHERS.
A etenograpner is a young lady
»who takes down the hard thunk
thoughts of her employer in a note
book and afterwards edits and im
proves them on a typewriter, as
soon as she has done up her cuffs, re
vised her hair, manicured her nails
and modified her complexion.
There was a time when there were
no stenographers, and business offi
ces were gloomy places, in which
men swore and wore hats, smoked
cigars and kept their feet on the
tables and their coats on hooks in
the closets. Then the cheery sten
ographer was invented and through
her coming, most ot the gloom ha. r
been dispelled.
Stenographers are manufactured
by business colleges out of shop girl:;,
farmers' daughters and assistant
housekeepers, with now and then
high school graduate as a prize pack
age. They have good educations and
can spell almost any small word by
ear. However, the memory of the
average stenographer is somewhat
defective, which makes it almost im
possible for her to understand her
notes after they have stood for &
few minutes.
® Stenographers are great linguists
and are forever inventing new words
and phrases. A stenographer will
write "Supreme Cuff," "snuborgin
ation," "Witnesses be noses and
■ays" and other remarkable improve
ments on the language, without giv
ing ft a thought. Indeed most of
them are very modest over these <
sdUevemente and will take bait an
Make Most of What You Have.
Shakespeare says, "You can't turn
the wheel with the water that is past,"
The modern age says, "You can't excel
in fitness when you spend the hours
in idleness." Dreams of the glory that
if> to be are largely dreams still long
after the Gays are past that should
have witnessed the crowning. But life
Is more than dreams. Most folks have
learned to their sorrow that it is a
rather stern reality. It promises much,
but it's always conditional. It teaches
men that in the using of what they
have they become tlie heroes of the
days that are to be. It's the tilling of
present hours that brings the full hours
of the future. It's folly to mourn the
past. It's all made in the present and
today passes so swiftly into tomorrow
that we scarcely realize how swiftly
go the speeding hours.
Fortunate Is Our Country.
It is stated that the United States
has 5 per cent of the world's popula
tion and 33 per cent of its wealth. ID
other words, one-twentieth of the peo
ple and one-third of the money of the
whole world.
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time to convince him he is entitled
to all the credit of the improvement.
Stenographers get from $3 a waek
to $lO,OOO a year and earn less and
more than this. A poor stenographer
is dear at $3 a week, while there is
a waiting list of eager em
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typewrite d letter or two.
rapher who sharpens her pencils In
her spare time, and writes letters
which can be "signed but not read."
Stenographers should always dress
modestly and refrain from anything
/but business conversation during of
fice hours. Unless they do this, they
ire very likely to become million
aire's wives, or to meet some other
equally terrible fate. M
Appropriate Look.
Robert had lost his little pet dog and
felt bad about It. His father told him
poor little Fldo must be dead or he
would return home. His mother sent
him on an errand, when he met a wom
an frtend of his mother's who asked
him if he was 111, as he had little to
say. "Oh, no," he said, "but my little
dog Is dead and I am wearing a black
look."
Da::., ".'nought.
Wisdom is <» it;nearer when we
stoop tliau w!. '... soar.—Words
worth.
Sleep and the Brain.
It used to be thought that sleep hap
pened because the circulation of blood
through the brain grew so feeble that
this, the seat of consciousness, could
work no longer and sleep took place.
Many years ago a surgeon study
ing the subject watched the failing cir
culation of the brnin through a hole In
the skull of a sleeping animal. Yet
this Is only effect, not cause. The
brain has less blood because It sleeps;
It does not sleep because It has less
blood.
His Ru!inq Thought.
One hears a L r reat deal about the
absent-minded professor, but it would
be hard to find one more absent-mind
ed than the dentist who said soothing
ly, as he applied a tool to his automo
bile, under which he lay: "Now, this
is going to hurt just a little."
The Lee Family.
The Lee family of which Gen. Robert
E. commander of the Confederate
army during the Civil war, was n mem
ber. was ofsEngilsh origin. One of his
ancestors emigrated to Virginia in the
reign of Charles I, and the family was
prominent then, during and after the
Revolutionary war. —Columbus Dis
patch.
Time Is Mcney.
In Korea, both among- prosperous
Christians and among those to whom
money is a hasty and infrequent vis
itor, a favorite subscription blank I?
lone which says: "I promise to give
: days to church work this year."
The days thus given are devoted to
i evangelistic services or to the building
of churches and schools. —World Out
look. /
Ordering One's Life.
Take time to scrutinize your life.
Try to define just why you are "run"
and decide for yourself that if you are
going to be ruled, as most of us are,
It must be by something or somebody
well worth the arduous sprinting we
are all indulging in. If the goal to
ward which we are being steered is
worth while, only then can we look
back and feel that the race has been
well run.
How Could He!
"I'm terribly worried I wrote Jack
In my last letter to forger that I had
I told him I didn't mean to reconsider
I my decision not to change my mind,
and he seems to have misunderstood
me." —Life.
The First Gas Respirator.
The first apparatus to enable per
sons to enter a noxious inflammable
atmosphere was called an "aerophore"
and was the invention of M. Denayr
rouse, a French Inventor and scientist
It was first tested at Chatham, Eng
land, 44 years ago, and was reported
successful. Vast improvements an
this .device, which comprised an air
pump, lamp and flexible tubing, have
since been made and these have saved
the lives of hundreds in mine accidents
and other disasters where rescue work
would be Impossible without their use.
The Candle in History.
The cult of the candle plays a large
role in Roman, Jewish and Eastern
ecclesiastical history; and many are
the customs that have tiieir birth In
some magical or ritualistic use to
which the candle has been put. In
some parts of Ireland, for instance, It
was usual on Christmas eve to burn
a large candle which no one was per
mitted to snuff except those who bore
the name of Mary.
The World Is Chee " 'I.-
Doctor Johnson's old shooliuate said
that he C'»uM n>t be a philosopher he
cause "cheerfulness was always hrenk
ing in." Our world of mankind cannot
be that kind of a philosopher, either
for the same reason. It may have its
mood- and depressions, or prove to the
utmost the reasonableness of despair;
but there is an inexhaustible well
spring of visor within It. and vigor Is
another n-ord for joy.—From the Un
popular Review.
Rusty Steel.
To clean rusty steel, well oil the
rusty parts and set aside in this state
for two or three days. Then wipe dry
with clean rags and polish wlih emery
or pumice stone. When very rusty and
a high polish is desired rub the article
with a little slack lime.
Test of Woolens.
One test is to cut off a bit of the
selvedge and touch a match to It. If
It shrivels up, but does not burn, it is
wool, but if the fabric burns with a
flame It is cotton. Another way is to
put a bit of the cloth in a test tube
or other glass receptacle with a solu
tion of caustic soda. The soda will
eat up the wool, leaving that which
Is not wool.
Fateful Days.
Certain days have been marked ones
In some persons' lives. Nearly all the
chief events of Thomas a Beckers
career, including his murder and the
translation of his body—occurred on a
Tuesday. Henry VITI and his three
children —Edward, Mary and Eliza
beth—expired upon the same day of
the week —Thursday.
Burning Truth.
Said the facetious feller: "These
golf fanatics get a lot of satisfaction
out of reducln' their strokes from last
season, but the real joy of life cornea
from bein' able to reduce the number
of tons of coal from the winter bfr
fore."
Invisible Airplane Wings.
Wings of cellulose acetate, being
transparent, make an airplane Invisi
ble at the height of a few thousand
feet, also increasing the operator's
field of vision. Sheets one one-hun
dredth-inch thick are about as strong
as the ordinary wing cover, and the
weight of nine ounces to the square
yard Is but slightly greater. The rap
id spread of a tear when started Is a
disadvantage that may be overcome
with a re-enforcing of loosely woven
silk.
Failure.
When a man lacks principal he nat
urally falls from lack of Interest-
Preferred "Motor-house."
In England during the early days of
motor vehicles, there was a decided
preference for the name "motorhouse"
rather than "garage."
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Important Rivers.
.Tust as Egypt has been made by
the Nile, so Mesopotamia has been
made by the Tigris and the Euphrates.
The view put forward with some au
thority that the rivers should be kept
exclusively for Irrigation and not be
depended upon for transport is chal
lenged on many grounds, one of which
Is that irrigation and navigation can
be effectively combined, and Indeed
made mutually advantageous for
many years to come.
Dark Ages.
The term Is applied to a portion of the
Middle Ages, Including the period of
about 1,000 years from the fall of
Rome to revival of letters in the fif
teenth century. It is generally re
garded as beginning with invasion of
France by Clovis. 486 A. D., and clos
ing with Invasion of Naples by Charles
VIII In 1495. Learning was at a low
ebb during this period.
Size of the Foot.
The foot should be as long as the
ulna, or chief bone of the forearm—
that Is, from the small head of the bone
to be seen at the wrist to the point of
the elbow should be the length of the
foot.
Disapproves Old Adage.
In spite of the old adage to the con
trary, some things done by halves ara
done most satisfactorily, as for exam
ple the much-used Qulnsigamond
bridge at Worcester. Mass. Here traf
fic suffered a minimum of interruption
by completing and nutting Into usa
one !oneitud!nal half of the new strno*
tare before the other half was built.
Mineral Lake.
A lake near Blggar, Saskatchewan,
has been found to be saturated with
sodium sulphate, and the deposits un
der the lake and alongside the edge
to be nearly 97 per cent pure sulphate.
The mineral Is used extensively In the
manufacture of sulphuric add. In pho
tography and other Industrial pur
poses.
Use Reason.
You've got to leaven your work with
aome planning and thought. A fire
less cooker doesn't do the business u»>
til heat is applied.
Psychologically Tested.
Psychological tests are being used
by the United States employment serv
ice In New York to aid In determining
the work for which applicants are beat
fitted.