The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-04-29
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

." AohiNIroN, ~. ", april III, 1900.
To TIE Editor. of he Herald. -. d.
Monday will be q great holiday. here for
young and for the old folks as well. The Gus.
tom peculiar 10 Washington of trolling
eggs" Will have full sway, and no doubt the
White House grounds will be, as in times
past, besieged by a large crowd. Every year
for the past twenty years the grounds have
been favorite resort for "Yousg America"
on Easter Monday, and until lately the cap
ttol terrace also furnished amusement for
thousands. But Congress has prohibited
children rom using the terraces for their
sport, and restricted them to the White
House grounds. President Cleveland, Tor.
tunately for tho young folks, takes q great
intel est in the children, and last Easter held
quite a reception in the East Room, the little
ones crowding In by hundreds when 1t be-
came known that the President would re-
ceive them.
Out OF respect to the holy day the Senate
adjourned over Good Friday. but the House
refused to adopt q resolution 10 adjourn.
The Senate, in anticipation Of the adjourn
ment. disposed ofa large amount of bust
and passed 500 pension bills, which has al.
most entirely cleared its calendar Of that
class OF business. This spasmodic generosi-
ty must have been brought about by the
sharp structures of SENATE or Blair In the early
part OF the week on the action of the Senate
In putting of from time to time the consid.
Grafton of the general pension appropriation
OIL, and his declaration TO resign from the
pension committee unless q hearing should
be given the committee. ~ ...''r ....
The military captured Washington the
nm al Nal- nd hal
nous New York, Seventh had 800 me In
line. and they together with the MANY
friends who. accompanied them on their
march on Washington made the halls of the
Government buildings buzz with; the merry
vsices Of peace soldiers and their: lady
friends employed in the Offices, The scene
wac In striking contrast with the exciting
wsr.like scenes OF '6l, when the same regl.
ment FIRST visited the city IN response to the
Presidents call for Is o00men. The soldierly
bearing, me marching and gentlemaply de-
pertinent Of the gallant Seventh won the ad- 4
IMITATION and praise OF our citizens and the
hearts of our beautiful girls, and the solder
boys left for home in high glee and with un-
bounded praise of tho the reception given
them - =. :..I sH...if !gsG-S'. g
i One Of the most interesting places to visit
in Washington Is the Secret Service Bureau
In the Treasury Department. In Its rooms
may be seen photographs Of nearly all the
nctea gangs who md It profitable tot spend
their time In connterfeiting the currency OF
their country. The groups of pictures hung
around the walls contain every Imaginable
type Of countenance. from ahe most repul-
siye. looking individual to, the, handsome
young man and most beautiful Of the fair
sex. Here are exposed for he benefit of the
pab,icthe picture Of gifls? young mothers
with babes IN their arms. old, wonle en-, young
and old men, and even the innocent but IN
dnstrious Chi nese, who have sought to de-
fraud the Government by coanterieiting.the
national currency. She tools. dies. moneys,
bonds. etc. which have been captured; from
the counterfe.ters. are kept In large iron
safe at might and displayed In cases to the
punfics axe during the day q In shismusenm
the Government will soon have varied col
lection, constituting a second patent Office
for the exhibition OF American genius. In,
quiry of Chief Brooks reveals the fact that
eonnierfeiters are the most numerous
through the north and west, and instead of
prosecution crushing them out Ii only s.. sfns
to serve to give thems renewed lie and In
creased vigor. Natienal bank, iotes are
much more counter:eited than u. s, notes
and certificates. Coins OF an kinds and OF
every denomination have beeh counterfeit
ed. The most dangerous eountsrfaits are
those struck from a steel die.and principally
limitations Of the gold coins. Moulds of va
rious kinds are extensively used In counter
felting gold. silver and sther coins. but these
are much inferior to thoxe made
from dies. The rprlIscipaii mstaisi used are,
platinum, silver. copper, brass, antimony.
zinc, type metal, and their numerous com
pounds The staifdafd siIv er dollars arc ex-
tensively counterfeited.: and are composed
of aatimony and lead, heavily silver plated.
The Scent nickel coin is q very dangerous
counterfeit. tits struck fron d die, and is
made from the same metalas 10 used by the
mint. The cent. made OF copper. nickel and
bronze is counterfeited 10 small extent.
to MI cabinets Of numismatics
the. old dates. Such in4orrna-
tion as the above is given By TIE obiigine at
teadant 10 change Of these valuables. and In.
stead of tiiins in telling to the many visit
ore the history OF each ceunterfeit and the