Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-13

~r.-rr- vnere the curiosities cf the dcad
litter once are present in m impueanG
array. i m old mailbag which was taken
from I pouy express By his Indian assas-
sinx 70 this day the bsg showsthe stains
N the moor fellows blood Foreign gov
erpments contribute an interesting exhibit
illustrating their postal methods
The state department sends collection
Of historical documents. but the original
FEDERATION OF Independence is not here
The department Of Justice shows PORTRAITS
az ali the chief Justices Of the United
states supreme court The treasury ce
partment makes magnificent exhibit OF
coins and mint processes. including ma
chimes for stamping coins which are IN
operation before the eyes Of vis.toz
splendid display is that of the war depart
meut. Full-size figures show the omcers
Of various rank, from Acknowledgement
down. mounted. Other figures show prf-
yate soldiers and cavalrymen. Still others
display tie uniforms of our history, rum
ming back to the colonial period. There are
models of camps and barracks, and graphic
representations of the operations OF an
army in the field. An old army Office
wagon shows the clerks at work at their
desks. Machines from the arsenals show
how cartridges are made. A field farrier's
outfit suggests no end of trouble in put
ting shoes on the feet Of the frisky govern
ment mule Many models show the WORK
OF the engineering corps Of the army In
constructing canals and breakwaters, i'm
proving rivers and harbors.
In the exhibit of the bureau Of registry
Treasury Department. the visitor may see
specimens of all the bonds and paper
money issued by the government prior TO
the establishment Of the bureau OF engrav-
ing and printing. Samples OF the old
colonial bonds are given, and there are
government bonds which once passed cur
rent for money. Here may be seen the
original warrants drawn for payment OF
SIS, 600, 900 in the Geneva award case. The
first key used to lock the vaults in the
United States treasury is shown, and a
big, awkward thing it is. That was long
before the era of time and combination
locks.
The bureau of engraving and printing
has a display which makes ones mouth
water. 1t is collection of all modern
paper money issued by Uncle Sam, in de-
nominations from 81 up to $4,000 Here
people who never expect to own govern
ment bond may see what one looks like,
and they may see also samples of the won
derful engraving process by which 1t was
produced.
In the field of money the greatest display
Is that of the National museum, which
shows the coins of the world. The collec-
ton is one of the most comprehensive in
existence, and is valued at q
fabulous sum. 1t includes not only
the coins of all nations and all ages,
going as far back as 500 b. c., but
the various substitutes for coins used in
various parts of the world by primitive
people. The most novel Of these, perhaps,
are the bars of salt moulded into bricks
and used it is said to this day for making
small change in Abyssinia.
Uncle Sam had the means and the organ
ization for the making of magnificent
show here, and he has done it. Leaving
out Of the count his life saving station and
weather bureau, battleship and other out
door exhibits, he has within his big-domed
building a world exposition Of itself. Our
Uncle Sam il good deal Of fellow.