WORLDS ADVANCE 



What was formerly costly manual labor 

 has now been replaced by mechanical 

 contrivances that invariably perform 



A Monotype Keyboard which Perforates a Paper 

 Ribbon that is Afterwards Placed on the Casting 

 Machine. 



The linotype and monotype machines 

 have their own individual fields and fol- 

 lowers, as is the case with everything 

 else. As a general rule, however, the 

 former is largely employed for news- 

 papers and magazines, while the latter 

 is most popular in book and catalogue 

 printing. 



As in most other lines of industry, the 

 human element is slowly but surely be- 

 ing eliminated from the printing trade. 



A Monotype Caster which Sets Up the Type Ac- 

 cording to the Arrangement of the Perforations in 

 a Paper Ribbon. 



their tasks more economically and effici- 

 ently and do not make mistakes. Truly, 

 the day of the man who works with his 

 hands only is limited the competition of 

 mechanical help is daily becoming more 

 formidable. Machinery is bound to re- 

 place everything except brains. 



INSPECTING A WELL 



A novel method of examining the sides 

 of a deep well is that devised by the su- 

 perintendent of the water-works of a 

 western town. 



A well 1,400 feet deep was found to be 

 yielding impure water. The superintend- 

 ent ordered the pump to be removed, and, 

 lowering a cluster of electric lights slowly 

 into the well, he inspected the casing care- 



fully with a fieldglass as the lights moved 

 along. At a distance of no feet down, 

 where the diameter of the casing dimin- 

 ished from 12 inches to 9, the packing 

 was seen to be loose. The entrance of 

 surface-water at that point was the cause 

 of the trouble. 



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