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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-07

One vault contains about S3,000000 Of
national bank notes held for redemption,
and another s., ,000, 900 or so of mixed money
held for the same purpose. If the tunnelers
could get into these vaults they might be
able to run away with some paper which
they would be able to dispose of, and the
same is true of the leash vault" in which
an average of 81, coo, 900 is deposited nightly
of the money used in the daily business Of
the department. But these vaults are very
difficult of access and at least two of them
could not be reached by tunneling, as an
entire floor, lighted and patrolled, is be-
tween them and the ground upon which
the treasury stands.
The richest harvest robbers could find in
the treasury is in the gold vault, where an
average of S27, 900, 600 IN gold coin is stored.
Forty thousand dollars in gold weighs a
little less than $50 pounds, and gang of
burrowers might get away with several
millions of this precious metal, and, hav-
ing made their escape, dispose of the booty
without much danger of detection. Gold
is easily passed, and it is safe to keep. I6
can be melted up and a market is ready
for it in any part of the world. The gold
vault is a rich prize, hut if any enterpris-
ing burglars read this letter, and by it find
their daring and their energies stimulated,
| shall do them the kindness of whispering
in their ears that the gold vault and several
of the other vaults in the treasury are pro-
tected by electric wires connected with the
alarm gongs in Captain Cobaugh's office
How humiliated an enterprising burglar
would be when, after months of labor,
danger and hardship, he had at last bur
rowed his way to the bottom of the gold
vault and had the yellow treasure al
most in his grasp, a bell were TO be set
ringing in the watchmen's armory and
score of grim, well armed men were sta
toned within the vault whence the alarm
had come, ready to seize him by the hair OF
the head the instant he succeeded in effect
ing an entrance,
The danger to the treasury is not from
without, but from within. This is shown
by the fact that the only robbery of i'm
pOrtance that ever took place in the build
ing was of a package of $500 notes contain
ing s47, 500, which was passed out to con-
federate by clerk employed in the cash
room. More than half of the money was
recovered. When he was treasurer Mr..
Huston, of Indiana, told me that no system
could be devised by which the United
States would be free from the danger of
loss of two or three million dollars some
day. But the robbers will have to be
treasury employees" he added, "and not
outsiders Of ali the men in my Office only
five or six are permitted to enter the
vaults. No one is permitted 10 enter alone.
Two must 60 together. Suppose these two
men TO be in collusion, with confederate
outside. They could slip million or so
apiece under their coats and return TO their
work. The absence OF the money might
not be discovered for several days, possibly
not for several weeks In that time the
thieves could travel to a foreign country"
ROBERT GRAvEA
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Eartbuorms in the New World.

1t is a remarkable fact that in two
kinds of earthworms, inhabitants Of the
New World, the little bristles, which are
the locomotive appendsges, are greatly
enlarged in the tail segments. In one
of these, the Diach8ta windlei. the bris-
ties in question are enormously enlarged
and of 8 hookliks form, 30 that the
creature must be able TO retain a very
firm grip upon the soil. These facts are
surprising, ss an earthworm is perhaps
an animal in which we should not ex
pect much manifestation Of intellect;
but, on the other hand, Mr.. RomaneS
discoveries about the intellectual possi-
bilities of Sally, the ehimpsnzee, may
be regarded as having moved the whole
animal creation mp peg or two in men
tai caliber.-Chambers' Journal
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A Sovereign Remedy.

A young physician commencing prac-
tice had among his first patients an un-
commonly unclean infant brought to
his office in the arms of mother whose
face showed the same adherence of
soap. Looking down upon the child a
moment, he solemnly remarked
at seems to be suffering from hydro
pathic hydrophobia.
"Och, docther, dear, is it as bad as
that" cried the mother. "That's big
sickness for such mite. Whatever
shall do for the crathurI"
"Wash its face, madam; the disease
will go off with the dirt"
"Wash its face-wash its face, in
dadeT exclaimed the matron, losing
her temper. What next, I'd like to
know
"Wash your own, madam-wash your
own."-Harper's Magazine.
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sses 40 seSe -. usnnid De willing TO <un-
dertake it. Such tunnel would nave TO
be at least 200 yards long, and how to dis
pose of the dirt would not be one of the
least of the difficulties in the way. A
sewer might be tapped aud the excavated
dirt thrown into that, to be washed
away into the Potomac. In all probability
it would be found necessary to introduce
tubing. An arch of brick or stone or
stays of timber to protect the burrowers
from the disastrous results of a cavern
would cut off their line of retreat and bury
them like rats in hole. This could never
be done without exciting suspicion. Even
if tunnel were dug to the foundation Of
one of the vaults, almost insuperable diff
culties would there be met.
Under each of the vaults is an enormous
mass of concrete, as hard as rock, to be
pierced only by weeks of hard labor. Be
tween the concrete and the treasure are
floors of steel beams which would have to
be removed entire or cut, task which
would require the use of good tools be-
sides great deal of time. 1t is scarcely
supposable that all these operations could
be carried on without discovery.
Odd as it may seem, there are only two
vaults in the treasury which it would profit
the burglar much to enter. These are the
gold vaults. The big silver vaults could
be easily entered were a tunnel once run
under them, and there is plenty of silver
within them. In all there is now something
like 1900 tons of silver dollars In the great
silver vault built few years ago and the
corridor surrounding it-nearly $50 000, 600
silver dollars But a man can carry only
1000 or 1900 silver dollars, and the enter
prising tunnelers would have great diff
Guilty in making away with enough of the
white metal to satisfy their cupidity and
reward them adequately, to say nothing Of
the difficulty of disposing of large NUN.
ber of silver dollars.
In the vaults filled with bonds held as
security for national bank circulation,
there is s22O,0O0,0O0. But the robbers
would be very foolish to enter this, for
though they might run away with hun
dred millions of the bonds they could never
realize anything on their booty. The num-
Der of every bond is known, and any effort
to negotiate these securities would iney-
itably lead to the capture of the thieves.
This is true also of the currency vaults
One of these, known as the reserve
vault" contains $500, 0o0, 900 in paper
money held as reserve to replace worn and
mutilated notes, but every one of these
notes is numbered, and not one of them
could be put into circulation without great
danger of discovery.
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A E1ro w1rn r,.vy-.-. w-

Professor Adler, of Paris, an electrician
of international reputation, has built a
flying machine in which electrical mo-
tors play an important part. He has simu-
lated the form of bird in his ship. The
wings have spread Of fifty feet, and
are made of wicker, with a silk cover
ing. The propeller is in front. NJ. Ad-
ler says he has travelled several hundred
feet at a distance of sixty feet from the
ground; that he steered without trouble,
and that he descended simply because
the accumulatory feeding current to his
motor was exhausted.-NewY York Jour
nal.
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~. Hors. 80 ,rrle supplr.

Census Office statistics regarding horses
mules and asses on farms Of three or more
acres. but not including this kind Of stock
on ranges. kept on holdings OF less than
three acres, or IN cities or villages, show
that IN the states and territories there were
on hand June I. $50 I4.s760IT horses,
LAG. .935 mules aud - 10 asses; that in lsss
there were foaled lsI4. 4o4 horses. I57. .I05
mules ard 1857 asses. that there were sold
in the same year /, so, 557 horses, So .ssj
mules and 7.27l asses, and that there died
from ali cauSes 765 2ll hores, mules ard
asses during the same period-
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ored with a pub
lie dinner last
year he gave as q
toast, 'The Three
ers Estab-
lished by the Con-
stitution-Legis-
la i've, Judicial,
Executive, +" with
q few remarks ex-
pressive of hope
that they might
work in harmony.
President Balma-
ceda soon ordered
his arrest and trial
l,x- military co11rt
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A Useful Adjunct.

Guest TO the host]-Count, how is II you
have your old servant. Jacob, still wait at
the table, Why he has the palsy terribly
Count-Oh, you see only use him for
scattering sugar over the strawberries.
FlieCende BIatter.
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owner of Detroit,
was known as
"A unit Emily"
from her tenth
year. She reared
and educated four
teen orphans. be-
sides providing for
many others for
longintervals, and
died at the age of
eighty-two, appar-
emily of pure old
age. In several
cases she provided
a college training
fur hau nk,~,-,,
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soon after being graduated became the wife
of Mr. Sidney E. Cooke, once we'll known
member of the Stock exchange. Early in
their married life Mr.. and Mrs. Cooke re-
moved TO Knoxville, Tenn, and there the
former lied in iSs3.
The new secretary IS said 20 oe woman
of wide culture, an interesting converse
zionist and possessed Of faculty OF sd-
justing difficulties and promoting the ends
OF peace and harmony without resorting TO
heroic methods"
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is the last surviv-
ing member of the
cabinet of Presi-
dent Pierce, and a
very vigorous and
interesting old
man also. On his
eightieth birth
day, which he cele-
brated recently,
he took a long
walk in the morn
ing, visited Girard
college in the af-
ternoon and at
I
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Miss Phnbe Coming, successor.

Mrs. Susan Gale Cooke, who has just
been chosen secretary of the board of lady
managers of the Worlds fair to succeed
Phoebe Couzins, is a daughter of DR.. George
Spaulding Gale. noted Vermont surgeon.
She was educated in New York city, and
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THE TREASURY VAULTS.
AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION,
"ARE THEY SAFE~
So Far as Burglars Are Concerned There
Is Absolutely No Danger to Be Ap.
pretended. but Dishonest Treasury Em.
ployes Might Make a Big Haul
Especial Correspondence.l

WASHINGTON, Sept. Are the treasury
vaults safes Would it be possible for a
gang of desperate burglars to effect an
entrance to Uncle Sans strong box and
rob him of his accumulated wealth, COM
monty known as the surplusi These are
questions which have been often asked
since an anonymous letter was received by
Treasurer Nebeker a few weeks ago, iB-
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The American Statistical association
reports more than 10000 business fail
ures last year, of which a per cent. were
due to fraud, 10 per cent. to inexperi-
ence, II per cent. to neglect, 10 per cent.
to incapacity, and all the rest to desire
to make money too fast.
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Wise Words.

"I think I'll ask the boss to get this
afternoon off, said the youthful clerk.
Don't" said the old cashier
"Why not?"
"You came into this establishment to
try and get on, didn't your"
"Yes."
"Well. don't be so often trying to get
off or you'll never get On. New York
Press.
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Too Much Water.

There is no profit in exploring the
arctic regions. Those who pat their
money in it get frozen oGt-Boston
Transcript
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A Natural Result,

The craze of the souvenir spoon seems
TO have made quite a stir.-Baltimore
American.
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A New Application.

A friend in need is friend who gen.
orally strikes you for Quarter.-Texas
SifhngS
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A VICTORIOUS LEADER.
The Man Who Is Responsible for Bal
maceda's Defeat.

The sudden ending of the civil war in
Chill by the defeat of President Bslma
ceda, draws attention to the man who led
the Congressional forces on to victory. His
name is Canto, and his actual rank is only
that of colonel. He was an exile, and
not along ago narrowly escaped death at
the hands of Balmaeeda's officials.
He won the rank of colonel in the war
with Peru, and when the officers were hon
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faglt
ONLY SURVIVOR OF A CABINET.

Judge James Campbell Is Eighty Years
Old, but Still Busy Man.
Jud0a lanes Campbell of PHILADELPHIA,
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FRIEND OF THE ORPHANS.
Death of "Aunt Emily Ward After a
Long and Useful Life.

Emily Ward, the unmarried sister of
Eber Brock Ward, the millionaire ship
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DIRECTORS:

81. ". LEvY. Pres. \. " OLIVER. Vics Prs
c. A. Walker. Cashier. H. T. kramer. Asst Casa.
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SERIOUS CHARGE.

A dispatch fsnm TopeLs, Kansas. says:
Mn MARY Ellen Lease. high pries.ess OF The
farmers alliance In Kansas. speaking yes.ef-
day OF the murder Of Colonel Sam Wood At
Hagoson last week. said. .sI, d the work Of
this Infamous republican crowd who cannot
beat Us fair, but take The assatsin's work In
hand to put as cut Of the way. Jadge Bo,kin
Is responsible for The murdeF Of Sam Wood.
They tried TO kill me and failed. and now
sc BY special dispatches ihey sre trying TO
reach the mother through her children. Three
times have they tried 10 put them out Of the
way wish poisoned lemonade. snd three times
have they iaiied. You viii End out that The
charge against my son 10 false. Judgment
viii yet overtake them for their Infamous
work. Sam Wood was not the man some
people have pictured him. lie was valuable
man to Kansas. His assassins cannot Kill
his memory" Mrs Lease refused TO enter into
particulars Of the alleged attempt to poison
her. excep, that Il was now being Investigated
and at the proper time the whole affair would
be made public,
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EATING BEFORE SLEEP.

Some persons, though not actually sick
keep below par IN strength and general Ton,
and an Of the opinion that fasting during
the long interval between supper and break
fast, and especially The complete emptiness oI
the STOMACH, during sleep, adds greatly 10 The
amount OF ctnaciation, slceplessness and gen
efal weakness VIC 10 often meet Physiology
searhes that In the body there Is perpetual
aIsintseralion Of filssue, sleeping OF waking; i
d therefore 'ogicai TO believe that he supply o
nourisbment should be somewhat continuous,
As bodily exercise il suspended during sleep
with wear and tear eorespondingiy diminished
while digestion, assimilation and nutiiiye ac-
tivity continue as usual, the food furnished
during this period ldds more than Is
destroyed. and Increased weight and improved
general yigos are The result.
All beings except man ale governed by nat
ufal instinct. and every being with stomach,
except man, cats before sleep, and even The
human infant, guided BY The same instinct
drinks frequently day and night, and ifits
stomach is empty for any prolonged period I.
cries long and loud. Digestion requires no
interval Of rest, and II the amount Of food
during the twenty four hours is, in quantity
and quality, not beyond the physiological
llini:, Il makes no hunful difference to the
stomach how few OF short are the intervals
between eating. but !. does make vast diff
erenee In the week and emaeiated ones well
fare 10 have = modicum Of food in The stomach
during the time Of sleep, that, instead ofbeing
consumed by bodily action. Il may during the
interval improve the lowered system.
I am fully satisfied that were the weakly.
the emaeiaied and the sleeplees 10 nightly take
a light lunch or meal Of simple, nutritious food
before going 10 bed for Prolonged period,
nine in ten Of them would be thereby lifted
into better standard Of health; on the con
tfary. persons that are too stout or pie,boFie
should foiiow an opposite uise.-New York
Medical JosvHai
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a WARNING.

Senator Bfice, chairman of the national
democratic committee. has written iettei
OF warming and advice 10 hIs fellow mem
bers Of the national committee. The letter
embodIcs advice In regard to the assoeia-
tIof OF democratic clubs and the necessity
OF the national committee cooperating
with them. The senator begins with the
statement that The presidential contest Il
near at hand, that the republicans are rap.
Idly preparing for Il, and that the demo-
crais cannot be too circuinspeot or too
swiit In arranging to meet them. The
plan OF campaign OF the republicans, he
says, 10 4 colossal system OF clubs to be
maintained and supported by unlimited
means drawn from the pockets OF bene-
iielaries Of a snenopsly policy. This sys-
tenn, he urges, can only be met by an ex-
tenslyo system OF voluntary democratic
elnbs--associalion Of the people IN their
several ncighborhoods for the defense OF
their rights and Interests agaiast those
banded TO assail them. Bhcc thinks the
approaching struggle ID 10 be one mainly
between the clubs. and Il 10 greatly to be
desired that q uniform and perfected sys-
tenn OF democratic societies throughout be
organized, and an intimate association
with each other shall be established before
the beginning Of next year. lie says he
examined the plan or organization now In
process Of successful accomplishment by
the National Association of democratic
clubs. and he fees II The duty Of every
member OF the national executive COM
mitsee 10 give the club association his
most hearty support, and he urges each
member Of the national committee 10 CO.
operate with the assoclation 10 the fullest
extent. The WORK undertaken by the exeeu
tive committee Of clubs Ia absolutely nee-
essary 10 be done.in Briee's opinion, and In
his letter he states the opportunity ss now
pr=seated OF having II accomplished by an
efficient instrument II minimum coat and
then distributed over 50 many localities as
10 not be burden TO any one committee.
Brice concludes his leiies ~ follows;
aAn important feature Of the plans 10 the
selection Of correspondents In the several
states. This now requires urgent asten-
tlon in your state. would therefore. ask
you to confer with the chairman Of your
a,ate committee ss soon as may be conven-
lent and arrange this particular part Of the
plan 50 that you will do all in your power
to facilitate organizations, and In other
ways thai you may think best"
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p. NJ. French keeps railroad time.
Now cream cheese Just received 81 Conrad
Meyers.
Smoke the celebrated Havana filed 5lcent
cigar At julius Josephs.
A largo stock Of wall paper, with late de-
signs. as Fortmiller Z Irving Just received.
Have you secn those pArlor suits that 7
Brink has just rcceivedi They are nice.
Great reduction inmsn's farnishing goods
for the next 30 daysat w Y Reads.
] w Bentley. beat boot aud shoe makersin
city, three doora north Of DgsocRAT Office.
EW Achison 4 Co handle the celebrated
Portland cement walls for semctery lots. /.
rheso walls can be furnished at half the cost
Of any othcr and are far superior.
Brighten up your old rubbera and old
shoes and mako them took as good as new
with VOLTS Aome Waterproof Polish. For
sale at Samuel z Yonng's.
DR. NJ II Ellis, physician and surgeon,
Albany, Oregon. Calls made In city or
country.
Ladies can do theirlshopping In San Fran
cisco without visiting the CITY. and without
extra commission. Miss Il Barrows II ar
chasing agent, 1869 Grove st, Oakland. ~
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And where, pray, are the increased
wages for American workIngmen prom
ised ~ certainty to follow the passage oi
the Mckinley biIli Has not the trend oI
wages been downward The strikes and
ioekouts from one end Of union TO the
other, almost excluAively In the protected
industries, answer the questions. The
Mckinley blu was framed TO care for the
fat-ffIei contributors TO campaign funds
and the fat-fried are taking precious gool
care OF themselves with the aid Of I'm
ported cheap labor. ruthless evictions,
deputy lsheiids. soldiers-alI warrlng
against organized labor. The better the
Mckinley bin Is understood In its purpose
and working the more intense the anger
agains, II. The cyclone OF 1890 will be as
= summer gale 10 the storm that Is rising.
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ERIDAY.

Prof. Condit went 10 Yaquina bay this
noon.
Mr. s NJ W Hindman, Of Lebanon. was
In the city today.
Percy Young and Carlton Sox were at
Waterloo yesterday, and report the
springs at that city In fine condition.
Waterloo will only celebrate the 4th by
having ball In the evening.
Attorney General Geo z Chamberlain.
OF Albany, was In Eugene Wednesday
night. He intended spending the Fourth
here, bat receiving a dispatch that his
mother was taken suddenly I'll, he was
compelled to return home. me.-Guard.
w fawtsr and wife ol Medford are
visiting relatives In the Willamette val
10y, and Mr. vawter will attend thea o
u w grand lodge nj Victoria, which con-
yenea July 18th, before their return
Ashland Tidings. They have been In
Linn county several days.
Mrs ID L Rice and little con returned
home yesterday morning from the vii.
lamette. Mr Rice will be Ia charge OF
the railroad business at the Albany depot
Tor some time yet.--Ashland Tidings.
Judge CanfleId. editor Of the American
Law Register, OF Philadelphia. IL In the
city. He is gentleman Of considerable
legal genius, n long tIms In the harness,
and were he 10 be In Albany long enough
could be induced 10 deliver lecture.
treat worth obtaining.
The hose race at Eugene tomorrow
promises 10 be crack affair. salem's
team Of sprintefs went 10 that city this
noon; also part Of the Corvallis team,
with the Cameron boys. among the fast
eat runners in the valley, In the lead.
Albany's team will 90 In the morning,
and IL composed Of some good local run :
nera.
Chas Sears, Frank Breckenridge and
Fred FoFtmlller. returned from The bay
this noon and joined their company At
Eugene, where the members arc having q
pretty good time. among the amuaemen.s
being that OF ge,slng put In the guard
house. Among those who have had the
experience. were Edward Blodgett and
Mr. MeMahan, two exemplary members OF
the company. They failed 10 return when
their passports expired after a trip down
town.