Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1912 — Page 3

MONEY IS CHEWED UP

UNCLE 3AM ! DESTROYS A MILLION DOLLARB A DAY. How the Government Macerater In the , Treasury Building Gets Rid of the Canceled Notes of Our , Paper Money. A government which destroys sl,000,000 a day may not necessarily be

our paper money. This macerater Is a large spherical receptacle of steel which contains water, and Is fitted In the interior with closely set anives, which, as they revolve, grind the contents exceedingly fine. The massive lid is secured by three Yale locks, each with Its own Individual key. The key of one lock is held by the treasurer, of another by the secretary, and the third by the comptroller of the currency, Every day at one o’clock these three officials or their deputies, with a fourth one designated by the secretary to represent the banks and the people, assemble at the macerater to deposit in It the money which is to be destroyed. Each key holder unlocks his respective lock; the lid is lifted; the packages of halved bank notes are brought, and the macerater receives its million-dollar tribute. The lid is then closed. The keys are turned in the locks, the machinery is put in motion, the macerater begins its revolutions, and the 156 steel knives within are put to their work. Each batch of material is ground finely and more finely until its maceration is complete. The committee of four then unlocks a valve and the liquid, pulp flows out, Is screened into a pit below, and is thence transferred to the bureau of engraving and printing, to be rolled out into sheets of bookbinders’ board and sold for ?40 a ton. Tho capacity of the macerater is one ton of pulp. The average amount destroyed daily is a million dollars. The largest sum ever deposited in the machine by the , committee in one day was 5151,000,000 destroyed on June 27, 1894. It consisted of national bank notes and United States bonds. V The career of this rejected money after redemption, and prior to. its entering the macerater li Interesting. It comes in sealed packages which are counted and then put up in new packages, each containing 100 bills. Four big holes are then punched in each packages. A huge knife cuts the packages lengthwise and the sections are sent to two different officials for verification. From beginning to end the process is like all those relating to the handling of money at the treasury and bureau of engraving and printing, one checking and counter checking by different officials in order that absolute accuracy may be established. The experts are constantly on the lookout for counterfeits, and with all this supervision by trained eyes, it Is rare indeed that a counterfeit or a raised; note is missed. When all the halves have been identified and checked the; mshs of condemned money is ready for the macerater. ,

Wanted Any Old Thing.

Judge Rucker, one of the Missouri representatives, was approached by a constituent, who desired to serve his country in return for a modest compensation. “You want a job, eh?” says Rucker. “Well, I suppose you’re like nearly everybody else —you’re looking for a sinecure.” “Looking for who?” Inquired the job seeker. “I say you probably want a sinecure —a soft snap,” explained Rucker. "You want something with good pay and not much of anything to do. You’d like to ” “Oh, no,” cut in the man. “I don’t want to be a congressman, if that’s what you’re getting at I simply want any old thing that’ll pay $76 or SIOO a month.”

Thought He Had a Cook

Speaker Clark wants a cook He thought he had one. It haa always been the proud beast of the speaker that he represents the plain people. He refused to use the automobile provided by congress for the speaker. He said an ordinary street car was good enough for him, when he did not walk Some one phoned the speaker’s residence. “la Mrs. Clark inr was the query. “Mrs. Clark Is not in. She will not return until half past was the response. “Who Is this speaking T’ was asked. "This la the chef,” came the response.

His Failing.

“Why do other physicians look upon Dr. Piilem as something of a quack?” "Because, my dear, the man will use any Mad of treatment which wifi core the patient”

spendthrift Unole Sam does It, and he has the reputation of being a careful sort of chap. In his service is a great initiate monster, known as the macerater and kept in the treasury building, iu Washington, and through it pass in the final process of destruction the canceled notes of

WANTS PRESIDENT AT PARTIES

Mrs. Taft Does Not Like to Entertain When Her Husband Is Away. The White House was unusually quiet during the month of May because the president was away. Mrs. Taft does not like to entertain largely when the president is away. The first lady of the land seems to make it a point that the president shall be at home when large functions are given at the White House. While the president is away Mrs. Taft contents herself with -long walks and with small tea parties in the afternoon. Two large fiarden parties were canceled because the president had to be away. Indeed, Mrs. Taft is quite insistent that the president shall be present at her garden parties. Two years ago :the president had made arrangements to. visit Indianapolis, but it chanced that this date was the same as the first of Mrs. Taft’s garden parties and the president cared* to yield to the wishes of his wife, and the Indianapolis party trip was canceled to the great dismay of quite a number of politicians in that state, and they hurried down to Washington in numbers to learn what was the matter, not be-_ ing able to credit that a mere garden party had interfered with the visit. But they learned it was a fact, and themselves yielded to Mrs. Taft’s wishes afterward, although a whole year lapsed, entertaining the president in Indianapolis.

TEXAS GIRL ENTERTAINED

Miss Katherine Morgan Was a Guest at Many Receptions and Entertainments. Prominent among the many beautiful and charming society girls visiting the national capital during the season just passed, may be mentioned Miss Katherine Morgan of Bonham,

Miss Katherine Morgan.

Tex. Miss Morgan has just returned to her home after spending the winter as the guest of Mrs. Lurton, wife of the associate Justice of the Supreme court She attended a great many receptions and balls, and was a general favorite among the different sets which go to make up Washington society.

One of the Knox Knocks.

Philander C. Knox, the secretary of state, received one day in his office a bunch of high-browed Washington, newspaper correspondents. *ln the number was William Hoster, who stepped to the front with a copy of his paper in which was one of his dispatches under big, black headlines. The dispatch dealt with the affairs of the department of state and ran along glibly as If the writer bad enjoyed the confidence of Mr. Knox regarding the whole matter. “What do you think of this article?” asked Hoster, exhibiting no modesty as he handed the paper to the secretary of state. “After looking this over,” said Mr. Knox graciously, “I must say, Mr. Hoster, you are the nestor of Washington correspondents." ( At this, Hostor took on the aspect of a balloon and looked exceedingly pleased until Knox added softly: "Mare’s-nester." —The Popular Magazine.

Playin’ by Ear.

In a recent speech in the senate. Senator Rayner of Maryland was condemning the argument of a political opponent “My colleague misunderstood me,” he said. “He misunderstood me as completely as the little boy misunderstood the ear trumpet “One Sunday morning in church as the hymn was beginning, be saw a man take an ear trumpet from his bosom and clap it to his ear. ‘Oh. ma, look!’ he whispered, excitedly, to his mother. That there gentleman must be goin’ to play by ear!’”

District Population.

It is estimated by Maj. Richard Sylvester, superintendent of police, that the t'tal population of the District of Columbia will be shown by the police census to be approximately 355,000. The enumeration has been completed in all of the precincts and the results are now being compiled. . f The last police census, taken in 1909, showed the population of the District to be approximately 343,000. It is believed that during the three years the population has increased by 13.008.

FALSE IDEAS OF PERFECTION

Absurd Development of Muscle Hae Little Part in Production of Perfect Athlete. A recent portrait of a lumpy athlete, who invites others, and not without success, to try his system of physical development, shows that the fa&e idea of perfection which obtained for so many years, and which demanded huge and knobby muscles of Its disciples, has not yet quite died out. This type of manly perfection, once useful perhaps to hang armor upon, was thought to possess the sanction of the golden age of artistry when the lubberly Farnese Hercules came to light, to be hailed as a supreme product of the Greeks. We know it now for an example of decadent Greek taste, fit companion of the absurd and sensational Laocoon. It is naught but a type of the strong man of vaudeville with his clumsy masses of beef and his brain of a spoiled child, fit only to push his awkward dumb bells into the an enviable sum of achievement truly after a lifetime of work by a civilized human being. No less than strength, are speed and grace demanded of the ideal athletes, likewise a face of refinement and Intelligence to tell of a brain within to comprehend art, music and literature, and the ability to plan victories either of peace or war. Look upon the Apollo Belvidere, which embodies the true dreams of health and mental and physical efficiency, with its face of exquisite beauty above a form whose lines are tranquil poetry, yet shadow forth their readiness to start into sinewy vigor when the call for action comes. Even the Indian, the perfect savage, never resembled the Farnese monstrosity, the emulators of which find their place in modern life so much better filled by the derrick. —New York Medical Record.

TACT BETTER THAN COMMAND

Good Idea to Let “Less Criticism and More Comradeship” Be Your Guiding Motto. r . V “Less criticism and more comradeship,” would be a helpful maxim for all homes. It is easy enough to be pleasant to the casual acquaintance, but the great difficulty lies ih b9ing decent to those who are devoted to us —-to those who are ever willing to forgive our shortcomings. There is no duty above treating your friends courteously and trying to illuminate the general monotony of the lives of those you love. In home life tact will succeed often where command will fail. Suggestions will go farther than argument. Direction is so much better than dictation. Criticism of loved ones is a vice that takes possession of one like a stimulant, or a drug, once it is encouraged. It may begin in our socalled high moral standard and hatred of sin. But once it becomes a habit, it is indulged in fox the satisfaction it gives. An Eden can be ruined by constant fault-finding, selfishness, and withholding the words of praise. A paradise can be created by small kindnesses and by thinking sweet and helpful thoughts of those about you. The next time you feel like criticising a loved one, force yourself to say something complimentary to him instead. Try it and see if you won't be happier.

New Directory Wanted.

One directory that New York needs but has not got Is the names and addresses of former celebrities who are now running rooming and boarding houses. Such a volume would be highly appreciated by our nomadic population. Many a singer, actress, or writer who formerly held a place in the public eye has now settled down to the prosaic occupation of housing and feeding a small portion of that same public. Their houses are a magnet for young persons with the artistic temperament. One woman who once enjoyed a fair reputation as a violinist has five furnished apartments whlqh she sublets, room by room, to aspirants for dramatic, operatic, and literary honors. Reflected glory rather than physical comfort is the portion of most of these satellites, but the privilege of hobnobbing with yesterday’s greatness compensates for material discomfort. —-New York Times.

Cantinas Maternelles.

There are five dining-rooms in Paris where from fifty to eighty nursing mothers dally receive free meals. Cantines Maternelles these restaurants were called when they were started eight year* ago by Mme. Henry Coullet of Paris. At first the only passport needed was the possession of a baby, but owing to the development of a confusing habit of borrowing babies so as to procure a meal, the rule was altered, and the provision of free meals is now dependent upon regular attendance at an adjoining baby clinic.

The Otter a Wanderer.

Of all the beasts in the world, the otter, that fierce, outlaw, is the greatest wanderer. It Is ns if he were afflicted with a curse that forbids him to be still, tha£ forces him ever to push on —on —on! Rest, as rest, he knows hot Three days will see the end of his longest inaction, and the amount of miles he covers in a fortnight would amaze some folks.—Out* ■T' " n "

What the White Rose Saw

The world seemed very fair and beautiful that summer morning when I first awoke to a consciousness of its existenoe and of my own life and fragrance, and thrust a 'tiny white petal out from among the close green leaves to take my first view of it I was very happy in those early days. The bees and humming-birds kissed me as they floated lazily by and whispered sweet messages of the garden life. They flattered me until I thought I was the most beautiful thing in the garden until she came, and then. I lost my heart. A dream of loveliness she was as she came down the path clothed all in clinging pink, just the color of the moss roses that grow near me, with hair like the sunlight that lies sparkling on the soft grass, and eyes like dark violets. They told me she was a human. One day she stopped by the bush and told us she was very happy, but would soon be much happier; then she patted us and called us her bridal roses, and declared no one should touch us until she gathered us for her wedding day. The next thing J remember was one beautiful night when I heard steps on the gravel, and looking up saw my loved one coming, and with her anoth-' er human, taller and not nearly so pretty; he did not look like a flower at all, unless it were to remind one of the tulips. I never did care much for them. My love was all In' white, and looked like the tall lilies that grow near the gate. He was speaking to her in low tones. I could not hear what he said, but I could hear her voice plainly. She was saying: “Maurice, if there is any truth in this, tell me—l cannot bear to think you would deceive me.’’ Then I looked up in his faoe^—it looked very white In the moonlight. Then he said: “Ruth, you do not understand; I have only lived the life of the average man.” He paused then and came toward me—l felt myself tremble with apprehension—yes, miy fears were realised, he plucked me, and I knew my fate was sealed —that I would never be one of her bridal roses. I thought she started when she saw What he had done. He handed me to Ruth. “Take this little rose, dear, as a symbol of your purity and nobleness and trust me*— cannot you do this?” Her voice as she replied was cold and hard —I scarcely recognized it as the same that had talked so lovingly to us. "Maurice, lam not to be trifled with. I want to know the truth, and you must let me be the judge as to its significance in the weaving of our lives hereafter." ' “Well, then, Ruth, I will tell you— ’’ Here I lost their conversation, for at his first words she dropped me on the path and they walked on. I lay a long while on the rough gravel, feeling lonely and homesick for my swaying bush, when I was aroused by hearing Ruth say, in broken, tearful tones: “Leave me,. Maurioe, for the sake of my love for you, leave me.” I heard him plead with her —then he turned suddenly and left her standing quite near me. She stood motionless, as though listening to catch the last sound of his footsteps—the click of the gate sounded in the distance, and then all whs silent. At last she gave one sob and fell all in a heap on the gravel near me. How I longed to comfort her —and I think she must have felt my sympathy, for after a while she put out her hand and raised me to her lips and kissed me so tenderly, that even now, though I am old and yellow and shriveled, I thrill at the recollection. After a while she arose and carried me into the house and up to her room—this was a new world to me, and I wondered what was coming next. She stood for a long while looking out at the moonlit garden, caressing me softly. Finally, she murmured: “It is no use, I cannot face it.” Carrying me over to a closet she took out a tiny bottle and slowly drank its contents. I had a confused sense of her fingers tightening around me, and then she staggered backward and fell to the floor, and I was Still in her hand. All through the night I lay there watching her, wondering why she lay so still and white. After a while a faint glimmer of light came in at the window; I heard the chirp of birds out in the garden, and the old familiar morning sounds, seeming so faint and far away. How I longed- to be down with my companions breathing In the soft sweetness of the summer morning. Everything was gloomy and unfamiliar in the great room and Ruth lay so still and white and did not speak to me. Suddenly there was a sound of other human voices calling Ruth’s name loudly; then a crashing sound and two humans came into the room and knelt down beside her with strange cries. Tenderly they raised her and laid her on the white bed. Some one took me out of her hand and tossed me on this table, Where I have been ever since. Then there were low sobs and I heard some one whisper something abou’ keeping it quiet—sudden death —anc then I realized what had happened. I had seen'flowers die—but oh, how differently! We did not know they were gone until the last soft petal dropped from the stem. I had never seen a human die—and she was so sweet and beautifaL—Buffalo Express

AMERICAN SOLDIER THE BEST

World’s Records for Marksmanship Ail His, and He le Trained to Act "v on His Own Initiative. 1! there Is one big, distinguishing trait of the United States regular, it is individuality. In every (me of the great foreign military nations, particularly Germany and Japan, batalllon and company officers and enlisted men are carefully trained not to think for themselves. They are used as mere chess pieces under the guidance of a master mind. Ih this country, where our melting pot has yielded us an extraordinary self-reliant, cool thinking, intensive initiative product, it is only natural that our soldiers should be traihed as are our civilians. The United States army spends annually on rifle target practice five times the mm spent by any other army of an equal number of men. This applies, too, to our field and coast artillery. As a result, no better marksmen can be found than the American soldier and his cousin, the national guardsman, who is trained along the same lines. Every world’s fire control and accuracy record with rifle and big gun is today held by the American soldier. The United States army is small, in accordance with the will of the people not to support a large standing military establishment. But what we have hr ahm/St 100 pqr cent, efficient, tbe splendid nucleus of the big army of regulars, militia and volunteers which we should place in the field if occasion required. It is only in equipment quartermaster, commissary, medicine and particularly ordnance stores—that our army is lacking.— Leslie’s.

SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER

Absent-Minded Woman’s Peculiar Reason for Wanting to Be Rung Up on the ’Phone. Absent-minded persons sorely try the patience of girls in the New Rochelle telephone office. Not loiig ago a woman confessed herself subject to extreme forgetfulness and requested the day operator on her exchange to ring her up every morning at 9 o’clock. A week later she said: “Central, what was it I wanted you to call mp for at 9 o’clock?” “I don’t know,” said the girl. “You didn’t tell me. You just asked me to call at 9 o’clock.” y “Too bad,” said the woman. ‘1 know there was something I wanted to do every morning at 9 o’clock, but I can’t for the life of me think what It was.” The 9 o’clock calls continued, however, and several days later the woman took central into her confidence again. “I have found out why I wanted to be called,” she said. “A friend had given me a canary and I wanted to make sure of remembering to fepd it. The poor little thing is nearly starved. Hereafter when you ring won't im just say, ‘Feed the bird,' and I'll S° straight and do it?” Central promised, and the neglected canary Is now a plump and contented bird.—New York Times.

Rousseau’s Etiquette of Love.

Before Rousseau, love was a highly refined form of social Intercourse, a species of gallantry conducted witn self-restraint, and all the formalities of special etiquette; any extravagancy, whether in feeling, in speech, or in action, was banished. But when SaintPreux, oppressed by his high-strung passions, came to the rock at Meilllere to pour forth in solitude the flood of his sentimental tears, all the witty refinements of eighteenth century gallantry, for good or for evil, were finally swept away; extravagancy was free to lay down the Rousseau who enabled Mlrabeau, In his first letter to Julie Danvers (whom he had never seen), to declare, also, am a lover, have emptied the cup of sensibility to the dregs, and could give a thousand lives for what I love.” It was Rousseau who laid down a new etiquette of love which every petty poet and novelist still' adheres to. — Atlantic Monthly.

Patented Articles Must Be Marked.

We are all accustomed to see a patented article marked “Patented,” with the date of the patent. It is doubtful, however, whether one in a hundred, or in five hundred, who notices the mark realizes its importance to the patentee. The statute on the subject makes it the duty of all patentees or those holding under or making the patented article for them to apply the mark “Patented," together with the day and year the patent was granted, and the same statute provide* a* a penalty for not marking that "in any suit for infringement by the party failing to so mark no damages shall be recovered by the plaintiff, except on proof that tbe defendant was duly notified of the infringement, and continued, after such notice, to make, use or vend the article so patented.”— Scientific American.

Ministerial Economy.

Considering his meagre salary, It was a mystery to economical parishioners how the minister could afford to contribute so liberally to the church’s social affairs, but another financial expert finally explained that it was a good investment “The money he contributes makes these entertainment* so attractive,” he said, “that the young people fall in love and marry, and he makes it back many times over on the wedding feta.* . t:

GOTHAM CHURCH IS RICHEST

Trinity In Manhattan, N. Y, Said tsl Hava *75,000000 Invested In Property. | New York:—lntereet baa always! been evinced in the workings of Trto-j ity church. In Manhattan, New York;! that church, whose spire marks thol heart of the greatest financial district* On the continent, though it no longer] can show above the surrounding! buildings; that church tinder whose; eaves rest the forms of the most dlsj tingulahed of statesmen and citizens] of earlier days, occupying ground that! Is worth almost inestimable sums. yet! safe from the encroachments of the. business world. One need not go to Europe to few wealthy churches, for in all the World!

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Wall Btrest, Old Trihity in Distanced

Trinity is the richest Christian! church. Richer, indeed, than many of the great corporations of the land: which have been stamped as predatory, institutions. Heretofore it has been said of Trln-* ity that Its invarlabl* policy was "addition, division and silence,” but sinew Dr. William T. Manning became the, rector of the church things hav*», changed. Dr. Manning maintains that there is a legitimate public Interest In the details of the wealth and maamgw-i ment of the institution. Otherwise wawouldn’t know that Trinity’s wsalthi amounts to $75,000,000. Of course this isn't all in churchesw chapels and cemeteries, though probably such property would bring s4s** 000,000 In open market. The church and Its neighboring cemetery together’ with St. Paul’s chapel a little distant on Nassau street are put down on the city's rolls as valued at exempt of course, from taxation. St. Agnep cost $1,900,000. Intercession cost $500,000. Both of these properties, as well *s many others whbfei are unproductive because used for re** ligioua purposes, are owned by tJpP ity. It is upon these many plots and: structures that, taking the city's own: estimation of the value, the estimate) of an unproductive wealth of $45,000*-* 000 is mads. Recently Dr. Manning had the holdings of Trinity announced in its nine 1 chapels; and the figures revealed that! the city assesses the property which; is held for investment at $15,000,000.! This assessment is scarcely two-thirds; of the real value of the property. In; addition there Is enough other productive property to bring the total of s3o** 000,000.

NEWSGIRL HAS A ROMANCE

Married to Wealthy Man Who Bought! • Book of Her In Now York Hotel. New York. —When Nan Corrigan,, until a few days ago newsglrl at tffe Hotel Vanderbilt periodical stand, sold: the first book to young Frank M. Bates of Attleboro, Mass., there bud-, ded the romance which culminated ha their marriage at Danielson, Conn. The wooing, though of short duration, is said to have been complicated by the attentions of a wealthy Buffalo* widower, who had met Miss Corrigan while she was employed last year sti the Hotel Belmont. When the news girl took up bar* place behind the stand at the new betel last January the Buffalo man fedlowed, but he soon lost prestige after the appearance of Mr. Bates. Monday; evening the former newsglrl packed! her trousseau - and quietly sllppsdi sway from her home without anyone anything about ft. Frank M. Gates is widely known in Now England, where he has base making free use of a large fortune left him bv his tether, Joseph M. Bates, a manufacturer of Jewelry at Attleboro. 'He had bean married, twice before.

Burglary As a Rest Cure.

- Danville, Pa.—To break Into a house simply to find a good place for rest is a Danville novelty. Daniel Miller and Edward Kingston, under the influence of liquor, arrived at the, former's boardinghouse, kept b T George 3wank,. and were refuted admittance. They talked the matter over, then! made their way to a house near by, the owner of which is out of town with bis family, and coolly forced an entrance and went to bed. Late at night their act waa discovered and the police were notified.. They found tbe two fast azlssp, and! bottle of whisky.