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Go Be Continued.)
The Car Searcher and His Business

| From the Louisville Courier Journal
III YOU want to get an idea of the immensi-
" OF American railroading, talk to a car
searcher The United States cover a pretty
large area, as some one has observed but
the railroad men, and particularly the ca
searchers. know their way about it as a no.
liceman knows his beat. car searcber he
II said fo- the benefit of the uninformed. is
an official sent out by one of the companjes
to look for cars which have been borrowed
by other lines and treated like borrowed
umbrellas, OF course these officials are ex-
perlehced men, a great trust is reposed in
them and they have a great weight of re-
spohsiblllty to carry on thei- shoulders
one or these men whom met a few even
lngS ago talked OF one car .'somewhera
around py Eagle Pass or chance of find
ing another at Portland, Ore, as if these
places were only a few squares the other
side of Broadway. He had been sent out by
one or the big lines that cover the territory
between New York and Seattle to Snd GER
tam 1relght cars that had been running up
long bills for "demurrage'' against their
borrowers. "Demu.rage is charge made
Dy the owners of d car. at so much per day.
Tor the time the car is kept away from its
own line. w.
They'N take car he said, somewhere
down south, and. instead of sending it back
when they're done with it, will use IL for
some other work. That goes on and on nm
smashup." "i ee'' '''
Ihen you have no more chance of finding
IT, interrupted. This was where | dis
played my ignorance
haven't L, though? | go to where tho
car was sent and make them show me the
pooks. Let me tell you about one car be-
longing TO our line that got away down
south, and nobody could trace it. The
agent at that depot was a little bit of n
man. all beard. When [ showed him the
entry on his books and asked him where
that car was he said he didn't know any,
thing about it, one night he saws. Il
ieit IL mere on the siding. and when l came
next morning it was gone Some of those
freight conductors must have come in here
IN Inc night, and looking around for q car
they just took that one You're a -
liar L said. I've been railroading all nv
iife and l know that conductors don't go
rawhlding about yard at night time look
ing TO get cars. They amt SO anxious to
md extra work all that Now | said
you Just tell me where that cars got To- or
VIII report that you lost it Well he
commenced Whispering about his family
and how he'd lose his job If / got him into
trouble about that car. At last he owned
up That one day they were short of cars
In the yard: they took and loaded up our
car with agricultural machinery for At
lanta. Ga; the train was wrecked and the
car was all burned up. If you had told us
that at the time, | said. you would have
pay about 81, 900 for demurrage. and serve
YOU right. AS for your family, I've got a
family, too. If l go back and tell the COM
pany can't find that car. what is my fam
lily TO do? And / was right. They had to
pay about $1,000
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From the Philadelphia Times
Every one is on the lookout for novelties
in the way of entertainments. games. &c,
and the latest thing, We believe, is parlor
golf. Now, as but very few Americans have
mastered the game in it's outdoor form, this
seems a little like rushing matters There
Is. however, another equally novel form of
amusement that even the most unsophisti-
Gated can indulge in, and which, on that ac-
count. perhaps. is especially popular A set
of young women bring together on one even
ing photographs of themselves taken when
they were babies. or, at least, very young
These pictures are set UP in row and the
man who identifies the greatest number of
them receives prize. Exceedingly cheap
and simple, is it not?
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quarters here and his mate here. I'm done
with the woman.
You don't know where either Mr.. or Mrs.
Hendricks is at this moment"
"Yes, i do. Hendricks is underground.
He is building an underground railroad
Fenning was surprised but he merely
smiled. What is it?'' he asked.
It's at the other end of your mail" re-
piled his companion.
Correct" said Fenning. Now, then,
what do you want to do?"
Il want you TO write TO him and say I'm
up to the whole thng-have looked at his
underground job at both ends and want
him to meet me there
Your game is blackmail. How much?'
We'll. it's worth $4,000 or more to the
government or the steamship company, see
ing that two-thirds of the plumber is I'M
touched. 1t ought to be worth $4,000 to
Hendricks to keep both ends of his bur-
row a secret"
Then why don't you go to him?"
mo, sir"
Then what the devil do you want to do?
Hendricks may be in the east"
mo. he isn't. You sent him a message
yesterday morning. This is what it said:
Two hundred rifles shipped at St. Louis.
Barrels and stocks in different boxes
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Fenning was now amazed. He was at a
loss for Il moment what course to pursue.
how could the man know all that? Mrs.
Hendricks had seen him the boat COM
ing from st. Louis at the time the dispatch
was sent.
He saw that it was expedient to adopt a
new course with his visitor, whose ferret
eyes were watching him imperturbel.
Look here. my friend; we might as well
be frank with each other. Assuming that
you are not Il monomanac and that all you
say is true Hendricks would naturally ac-
cept your proposition if he had any sort
OF reason to believe that you would keep
your word on the payment of the money.
Assuming. l say, that you don't turn out
10 be crank, how can it all be arranged
II II is to Hendricks interest to meet your
HE must come here"
on are not reasonable. If he is the
man who robbed the steamship he has too
much at stake to take that risk. Why not
go to him? L should like to see the thing
out. III go with you. I'll wire him and
ASK aim II he ii meet you and have a talk. -
fleming was still more astonished the
same afternoon when the man returned to
hear him say: THAT was a risky piece OF
business sending that woman off in a box
She was half dead when they took her out
under that catalpa tree"
There was no possible reply to make to
this. 1t was incomprehensible to Fenning,
and he had that kind of misgiving that an
inscrutable mystery creates.
Il have received two dispatches from
Hendricks. He says that / am to bring
you on and talk the matter over"
What did the third one say?"
There wasn't any third one"
at all cost"
We'll: it costs something to get you
there viii you go?''
Yes, l will. l never was in a place
where l couldn't take care Of myself and
1t won't be to his interest to make way
with me-"
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known that most If not all Of these go to
Laran. But it is known to a few persons
In Memphis that he has a private wire to
one branch of the Laran establishment. and
that he ships great quantities of goods in
boxes and carts and barrels.
The fact is. Mr.. Charles Fennirg is Hem
bricks most confidential lieutenant. and I'M
der the simple guise of real estate opera
tons and an agency for the furnishing of
information about the Laran sanatarium,
stands as 4 close connecting link between
his hidden principal and the world with
which that principal is carrying on active
operations.
His business is so pressing that he works
late at night in his office. He has two as
sistants; one is a messenger and office run
neT. the other is a confidential secretary
assistant and telegraph operator. She is a
very pretty young lady and her name is
Cornelia Laport.
Fenning has three rooms on the ground
floor: one is a public Office. another is
smaller and private office. the third room
connecting with a side street is a shipping
room ard is well filed at this time with
goods waiting to be sent to the depot on the
Wash bayou.
One night in April the door to Mr.. Fen
ning's public office was opened-a woman
stepped in quickly and. shutting it after
her. gliGed across the room in the direction
of the private office. merely saying in low
tone: Mr.. Fenning.'
Mr.. Fenning was sitting at his desk and
Miss LapOrt. not ten feet away, was seated
at another sorting bundle of letters.
Without a moments hesitation Mr.. Fen
ming followed the woman into the private
Office and closed the door
They stood face to face and the woman
said Immediately. with every Indication
that she had been walking rapidly:
Il have beer followed from New York.
must get to the bayou tonight"
Fenning showed no signs of alarm. He
offered her a chair. Did you think anyone
saw you come in here" ne asked.
Il think not. but l cannot be certain"
Pray be seated" said Fenning. You
surprise me. Why should anyone suspect
you?''
lone or more of my letters have been in
tercepted''
Fenning looked grave. All he said, as
they sat down, do you remember the con-
Tents
Clearly
ITO whom We're they Addressed
''To Hendricks. in Washington. Can you
get me 10 the bayou tonight?''
Fenning shook his head. Il can get you
on the way" he said. 1T is thirty miles to
Upton county. / must say that 1 am sur
prised at your coming here. There is moth
ing at all can be proved against you and
you run the risk of connecting this office in
The chain of suspicious. whatever they are"
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dred feet away. told him 1 was tired and
was going Immediately to bed. The moment
ne left me | slipped down the stairs. 1t
was Ia O'Clock. There was one chance in a
hundred that the door of the lady's en-
trance was not locked. The hall boy had
gone TO the Office to report. There was no
one in the hall The door had not been
locked. / went out softly. The side street
was deserted There was one hackman at
the corner on his box waiting for some one
but he was asleep. / head him snore.
took roundabout course and here 1 am"
Il am satisfied that you have made a mis-
take in Judgment" said Fenning IF YOU
are known as Mrs. Hendricks or as being
in COMMUNICATION with Hendricks this is
whe-e they will look for you"
but they need not find me. Nothing
VIII be done till morning. / locked nv
room door and they believe ] am in my bed
We nave got the night before us Remem-
per. this officer may have a requisition"
Nonsense. replied Fenning You have
done exactly what he has cXpected-acted
susplciouSly. He is simply keeping track
OF you I'll wire to Laran for instructions. +"
FenninG got up.
You waste time" said the lady, putting
her hand on his arm. Understand thar
everything depends at this moment on my
DeInE anie 10 reach Laran. a hundred pos
sibilities may intervene before tomorrow.
You must ship me from here early in the
morning"
ship you? Howe"
With your goods"
reHnlnS CONSIDERED moment.
Il understand you,'' he said ut may be
possible"
1t is imperative" she replied. Tell
Miss Laport that she must change dresses
with me and lend me her veil. Take her
nome and leave me here. | must 20 out at :,
O'Clock with your goods. When you re-
ceIve visit from the officer il will depend
upon your wit in handling him If | get to
the bayou ahead of him. Here are three
snap pictures of him | took with detective
camera at different times. This one was
taken in New York, and the necktie is red
don't forSet-it may help you"
But, said Fenning, lit is impossible for
you to be boxed
Nothing is impossible just now" she re-
piled, calmly.
At $50 O'Clock the next morning a mule
TRUCK was loaded with three large and
about twenty small boxes al the side en-
trance of Jennings place and driven away
1t was familiar scene TO those in the
neighbornood. Just before the two men
who were to drive IT left the place Fenning
gave them these instructions:
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sl BALTT,'o :. AND OHIO RAILROAD.

SCHEDl IL IN EFFECT Nov Ia isss2
Leave washington from station corner OF New
Jersey avenue and e ST
FOR Chicago and Northwest, Nestibuled Iamits-x
express trains IL 80 a. IA. Sis pm
;,tSr Sncinnati 81 Louis and indianapolis, yes-
upaled Limited $50 pin, express 80 night
For l1ttsburg and Cleveland express daily II 80
| an and $40 pm. A~
For Lexington and Staunton. IL 80 Am
For W Winchester and Way Stations go nm
For LuraE, Natural Bridge. Roanoke kDorrills
Chattanooga, Memphis and New Orleans. hi 10 n M
daily; Sleeping Cars through.
For Luray, 800 pm. daily.
tor Baltimore. Week days, 1885. 800 s:3s
Ii:l5 (s:oo, 45 minutes, xss05, $50 ~ 80 Cl0o0
As minutes. 3:25 x4:2s, 4:3I, u :O0. r5:ao S:SS
x6:.0. $50. Ns;OO SIZE, x9:OO 1850 III 40 ani
llSo pm Sundays. a3 30 e 90. ~ miuutesD KS 90
45 ninutesl. 800 ash. 70 49, 30 Is 90. rs 10.
40 10, 1880. All 80, IL rs pm.
For Annapolis, 1;l5 and $50 m, Il: Is and 4 q
pm Sundays, $3.50 IN. i.3i pm.
For frederi,k, IL 80 am, u:l5. 4:3o $50
pm.
For Hagerstown. III 30 an. and g 80 pm.
For Boyd aud way points. % 05 pm.
For Gaithersburg and way points 900 ,s.oo
.9:4o. a 30 pm.
For Washington Junction and way points, 1000
an. MS pm. Express trims stopping at prin-
clpSl stRtioEs only. q 80. 3 30 pm
ROYAL Blue LINE FoR NEW YORK AND PHIL
For Philadelphia. New York Boston and the
East, daily S.S5. 500 1890 an. ex. sun Dining
| Carr, u2:oo Dining Carr. 800 $500 Dining Carr.
500 ul:3o pm. Sleeping Car, open at 1000
clock.
Buffet Parlor Cars on all DAY trains.
. FOR Atlantic City, 1880 am. and 1900 noon.
Except Sunday. DAILY. Sunday only.
xExpress trains.
Basgage called for and checked from hotels and
residences 10y Union Transfer Go. on orders left at
ticket offices; Gl9 and 1881 Pa. ave- and al Depot.
X. Il. CAMPBELL. CHAS. o. SCULI..
Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt-
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PackuGe-Carryi Etfuuefte.

FROM the Philadelphia Times.
There Is an etiquette OF package carrying.
Did you know it? One must never. never
DE seen with brown paper or newspaper
parcel, but ii is quite au fait to carry "A box
or package done up in white paper and tied
with pink or any fancy string. long as its
size is not prohibitive OF the idea of pur-
chases at the jewelers. or druggists. Any
thing limiting at groceries or bulky mer-
chandise is tabooed, and even though you
are dying to wear your new hat. IL is wiser
TO have 1t sent. even if thereby YOU en-
danger its arrival in time. than run the
risk of snubs and cold chances by taking it
yourself.
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HE WONDERFUL
collection of coins at
the United States
mint in Philadelphia
has been made at a
cost to the govern
ment hardly m Or e
than nominal. 1t was
begun in 1898, but
previously a custom
had been established
of preserving what
are termed master
coins"-that Is to sae,
tho first piacaS of new
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

STEAMER MAITLAND
FOr Mattox Creek and intermediate landlngs
from 9TH street wharf every SUNDAY. IlfS-
DAY and THURSDAY NJ O'Clock an. Pas-
senger and freight rates the lowest. for In
formation apply q. 4. SHERIFF, Coil once.
32o la. IeloSm
WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT CO.. LIMITED"
From 1th 81. ferry wharf. -
Steamer WaGeheld MONDAYS. NEDNES-
DAYS and SkTER DAlS at Z am. for Nomlni
creek Ieonardtovn and 81. Clements hay and In
termediate landings. Returling TUESDANS.
THURSDAYS and SUNDAis See srhedlleJ
d3O-tf Gen'l Manager.
NORFOLK AND WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT co.
Many LINE BETWEEN WASHINGTON. u. C.
FORTRESS MONROE and
The new and powerful Irou Palace steamers
WASHINGTON AND NoRFoLR-.oUTH BoUNn.
Leave Washington daily n : D-m. from foot ~
7tb 81 wharf arrive At FOrtresA Monroe $40
a IN. next day. Arrive at Nor K at 100 a
where railroad connections are tade for all points
south and southwest
NORTH ROUND.
Leave Norfolk daily at 6:iO I'm. Leave Fortress
Monroe at 7:l0 pm- Arrive az Washington st
Tickets on sale NJ 3d. GIa 1861 and 1921 Penn
svlvania ave. and 6l5 18th At NV.
Ask for tickets via new line.
JNo. CALLAHAN.
ap14-tf Cen SUIT.
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THE GREAT LARAH REBELLION
WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY
EYM CRINKLE.
copyrighted 1S94.J
CHAPTER IN.

IGHT VI o y T FL 5
elapse. There is an
office in Memphis
whose sign reads :
Charles Fenning.
Real Estate. Office
of the Laran Sana-
ta-ium."
1t has long been re-
marked that MIR.
Jennings mails are
enormous. He gets
sometimes as many
rs five hundred letters
in a day. 1t is not
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s.N HIrHSFHM S2;Il1. AND DANvII.LE RAURo1n
REI1BFH IL toc,SyrMVo, HyDEKoPER AND

NI1...
An Schedule In effect Decemher - IS,
an tslhs arrive and leave an Paans,iss;i n.
Seaa S'ati0h Washington, u. G. IN
mediate srs,tn ai!-Iocal for Danvile and inter
ne Norfolk and Western railroas yr,Sah . WIN
day. sOuis' oally, except Sun
=, II ;0l an, THE GREAT sor-rHr-px r,S-r
"a paly, operates Pullman Hufrer sSisa-eo-s
TSr hofk ano Washington over Tic NEW Sr40I,-
i.i wa Columbia 10 Savannah ana Jartso,yl.
Charis,on az Dan'nle with the Pullman Sleeper for
Si ton via Columbia and at Greeushoro xt,h
lor Augusta also carries Through ps,t,,.s.
Dunet sleeper New York to Atlanta vharn a.
eoaor rOlneSflSn Is made for Birminxham. Mont
mad,S, p-m..Daily for Charlottesville and Inter
nd re stations, and through train for 49,.
ny ~ ana strasburg, daily, except Supdar
rit,vS: 10 p:In. " ASHINGrON AND sol 1TuursS-r
OF Pullman %eL I'D LIMITED, composed entirely
. . over the NEW SHORT LINE via Colnesn.ss =
augusta, savannah Jacksonville and ram,s n, -
Iss, car, Snarioite to Jacksonville. Also or.rst.
Atlanta and Montgomery New Yors 90 e.h.. mn
Va salisbury. and Washington to Nsnnses ~, ~
iai Dining Car Greenboro' Ia Mont
TRAINS on WASHINGTON AND OHIO nrvrs-
IN ieaSe Washington a s:1O a m q. * n M
99all!' Tor Round Hill. and 0:25 nm excen, Snn
uaa, Iof herndon and intermediate stafto1s r.
turning, arrive Washington s:a0 a M 90 I. ~
daily. from Round Hill and O:5s AM I'm;
suislaE, IRON herDdOn only
=, Ihroush trains from the south arrive xash
sss 'I n, 10 an 2S pm and $50 pm. Manas-
$40 am daily from CharioitssvIli. ~Ai
lfhets Sleepng Car Reservations ana snsorv,,,,o.,
FURNISHED at Offices. 5ll and 1900 pennsrir. ~
Rs @n1 e PASSENGER Station. Pennsy Iva MA
W. H. GREEN, Gen. Man.
. - W. \. Turk Gen Pass A.,
l. 3 BROWN, Gea. Agt. Pass. Dept. d2s
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NnRrnIk ANp wAsuINGrox STEAMBOAT oo.
NOTARIES PUBLIC.

COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS AND NOTARY PtB-
lie for all states and territories a SPECIALITY
hy a. IL. EVANS. Office tasencnU 1921 r %.
Always an dice c;irs hours ta7-u
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR EVERY STAFF
.,f TERRITORY. Nollrv aai = ). Commissioner.
or.s s6-lN L. Ei-AlI- 1921 Il 81. n-N.
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II you are poor sleeper. not only do forget
TO put on your night-cap but on retiring also
take II ni2htrap Of llursfords Acid Phosphate. to
make assurance dsyb.y surv.
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VAL u ABLE COINS
Specimens That Are Preserved in the
Philadelphia Mint.
SOME OF THEM OF VAST ANTIQUITY
Story of the Pet Eagle of the Mint
and Its Melancholy Fate.
QUEER THINGS FOR MONEY
SOME OF THEM OF VAST ANTIQUITY
QUEER THINGS FOR MONEY

Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IL, 1894.
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RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
STATION CORNER OF 9TH AND b STI


STATION CORNER OF 9TH AND STREETS
In Effect January IS 1924.
ii:uS AN. PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED -puijmsr
Drawing and State Room. Sleeping Dining Smol.
ihS and Observation Cars Harrisburg TO Chicago,
p paIG lln1ti. Indianapolis aud Cleveland Dufet
rarl"r Car 20 Harrisburg.
c. 60 An; FAST LINE.-For Pittsburg. rarlor
BIB Pm. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.
human Buffet Parlor Car Harrisburg Sleep
i ~ ana Dining Cars. Harrisburg 10 ST. Louis.
10 IN. WESTERN EXPRESS Pullman Sleep
p;nSs Go 90 chicago aud Harrisburg to Cleveland.
40 Pm. sorTHwESr.zN ExPRESs.-Pullp,sn
Cars M. lar TO 81 Louis and Sleeping and Dining
1910 pm. Pacific TXPRFSs puuus, s,..,.
ing Car TO Pittslurc.
S1., An for Kane, Canandaigua Rochester and
il.po AN. for Williamson and Remove daily or.
I'D f sunday. For wniiamsport daily. 3.l5 I'm.
niagara Fails daily except saturday with Sleep
20 a. "a I, ashifgton to Rochester
Buffalo dsi ITr Erie Canandaigua, Rochester and
.~iar ana Saturdays only Washington to Roch-
foh PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK AND TIRE
400 PM .,coNenrssEIASSITi;, ,r,,7vn
New NE. WIN Win Dining Car from baltimore. for
80. s nS6k daily a. for Philadelphia week days
a2I' "a ,s.espf Monday S% a asS dining 1 carr.
20 40, 1850 1900 and II :s5 Pm. on Sunday.
D Dht33 5I5, 40. lO:eo and ii;a5 PM. For
cam 1t,'oelphla only. Past Express $50 AM week
ra- a., i-Apross, 2:Ol and 5:4O pm. daily.
and a.. y Wiz cut change. 1850 AN. week days
fGT as ssaiiiore e25 52O. $780, 900. $40. II 90
400 , sae HOO AN, 1915. POI. 2:30. 3:Ih.
yo.so :a.5'eed), 4:20, $3.50 $50 6:l4 no 1000
600 a LA and I1:35 Pm. on sunday 5:2O.
S'S3 sS:os' II 500, ll:o5 AN, le:i5, i:is e.Oi.
1osSo 80 -, $500 Limited 4:aO 5:4O ol4, s:lO
IV'vo, lO:40 and IL :35 p NJ
For Popes Creek line -..r NJ -. ..oo M,
oaliy, except Sunday. " ""N ,0 -
ff PM An1 S. 20 800 and 80 AN. and 40
and 90 4 except sunday. sundays 900 AN.
Vile ST. Sn Line Express for Richmond Jackson
NJ daily kk1 me and Tampa, 100 An, sac p.
Ricbmoad aaoTAaa Special, 5:55 PM week days
mond or,r I ua Auanta 1852 Pm. daily. Rich
Inouo Only, lO.S1 AN. ueek daxs '
accommodation for ouan;ieo 80 ~ au.- "a
80 IN week DAYS ~ '-"' N@-' ~"o
MieA5n TI zoe G:s5. 7:45. $40. s.45. IL so
nd 40 n S;.s, 4:2s. 300 els, 500 lo.0S
An 90. ~ ~ On Sunday at 200 5.Ss a:zs
Jeaya 10 70, o;Io. 500 and 1906 p Nj
= ~ 900 enufla IOr Washington oa5 s.4a 7sE,
80 90" lVi5, liza AN, LOO a,oo s.so
go 80; ~ 10 9:l5. 1852 spd m .os p IL a..
and lO:52 PM ~ "'oo' a;vo' go. BIB
onices northeast corner OF latb s,-.o. an.
, anna avenue and at the statton ,;fb 80 !,
as bo, nnere orders can lie left for The .e.res,.,
dences. hrOil notels and resi-
s n PRFvOSr ]. H. WOOD,
General Manager. ~Ssenget Agent.
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The American Eagle

A more modern relic in the cabinet is
superb American eagle, stuffed and inclos-
ed in a glass case. Its portrait has been
preserved on the silver dollars of 1896, 1885
and 1899, and on the nickel cents of 1856
The birds name was Peter and he lived at
the mint six years. He was known as the
mint bird" and flew about the city as he
chose, nobody interfering with him. He al
ways returned before the building was
closed. one day he perched on "A fiy-wheel
and. getting caught in the machinery, was
killed.
The first coins issued by the United States
We're half dimes of silver struck in 119,
in which year The mint was established by
act of Congress. The first gold eagles made
were turned out in 1876. When ii was first
proposed to use the eagle as an emblem on
Uncle Sans money the suggestion was on
posed vigorously by southern member Of
the House of Representatives. He argued
that it was called the king of birds and
was, therefore, not appropriate for re-
public. In response. Judge Thatcher NAV
fully remarked that perhaps a goose might