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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10

all sorts of packages, were lying about
These packages We're of old bills, which
had come in for redemption. Some were
corded up in piles. others were neatly laid
out upon the counter. and others were
still i'll the great hoX-like carts IN which
they carried from one part of the treas
ury to the other The packages We're lying
about just as they came from the banks,
and as L looked, Mr.. Albert Relyea, the
chief Of the bureau, picked up one of them
and handed 1t 10 ME. There is enough IN
that handful to make you rich," said he.
l looked at the figures it's outside and
found that l had 100000 in my hand.
You have 81 $50, 900 before YOU" he went
On, as he pointed to about two bushels of
bank note packages on a desk at the right.
1--WE handle IN this bureau just about a
million dollars of notes a day. Uncls Sam.
You know, gives new money for old. We
pass upon the OLD. cut it into pieces and
send it out to the bureau of engraving and
printing, where it is ground up into mush.
If there any pieces of a bill left, and
it can be shown that the man holding the
pieces has legitirnaIely lost the balance, We
give him new bills. We have replaced burnt
money and money chewed into thousands
OF pieces. great many of the attempted
frauds upon the treasury are from people
who pretend that money has been de-
stroyed when 1t has not, and want Uncle
Sam to give them new supply.
A $2O,OO0 Rats Nest.
Here for instance, is a $4,000 Job that
has been troubling me for some time"
said Mr.. Relyea, as he took a handful of
MANILA paper slips, each the size of a
bank note, from a drawer at his right and
laid them before me. ION the corners or
at the top of each slip there was little
piece of bank note pasted Some of these
were pieces of $50 notes. Some of $40, some
of 80. some of a hundred and several OF a
thousand. None of the pieces were bigger
than your little finger nail, and they came,
as it was afterward shown. from at least
a hundred different notes. Those bits of
money" said AIR. Relyea, were brought
in to me one day a few weeks ago by
slouchy-looking adventurer. who came
from one of the backwoods counties of
Pennsylvania. He brought them in in
pillbox and laid them before me and told
me he wanted the United States to redeem
the amount of money which they represent
ed. l asked MIN how the money had been
destroyed, and he told his story. He said
he was a paddler, and that while out in
oregon about year ago he had made
lucky real estate specula tion which had
Melted him $4,000. This money ne had
brought back with him to his home in the
east, and had taken with him to his farm
in Pennsylvania. He said it was in the
time Of the panic and he feared to trust the
banks. So he buried it under the loor in
his spring house. After few weeks he
went to look at it and he found that the
rats had gotten iii and eaten it up. These
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10

From the New York Tribune.
II once saw a rabbit hop out of the brush
near my shingle shanty in the woods just
at dusk and begin to nibble at some buds.
On hemlock Dough just over the rabbit
sat big horned owl that took a step or
two along the limb the moment the rabbit
came in sight. The rabbit became alarmed
and darted into the brush, and the owl ad-
justed its wings and looked disappointed.
In moment the rabbit skipped out again,
and the owl let itself drop noiselessly and
caught the rabbit. Then the owl flew into
the tree with the rabbit, and all of sudden
a wildcat that hadn't seen before ran up
the trunk, gave the owl a cuff and knocked
it out of the tree springing down upon it
and taking the rabbit away. The owl sailed
off through the woods, and I dubbed the
wildcat to death while it was crunching
the rabbits bones.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
J. H. FIELDEN ELoPEs
Is mar ried m Milwaukee 70
Miss Grace Gillian.

II read no more. Grace Gillian was
CHve's fiancee, and I remembered who
flelden was now. Give had been sent cut
70 investigate the story of his own BETRAYAL.
SICK at heart and with a great fear upon
me L jumped into cab. 1t was the same
ground Give had gone over before me. and
as L rode thought only of the feelings of
the man who went to do his duty, though
his heart was breaking. 1 knew now WHY
there were only three hundred words Of
the story. What those two sticks must
have cost him.
1t was not far to Gives room: the cab
man drove fast, but yet was too late.
Give lay dead on the bed with one strong
bare arm outstretched on the coyerlet
by his side was the little morocco case I
had seen before. Ten blisters on his barred
arm told the story. Give had tried his
experiment and it had succeeded.
over him stood a doctor and the land
lady. The doctor shook his head as I
Questioned him. There is nothing to be
done he said. I have worked two hours.
He died thirty minutes ago.
It's all through some GIRL walled the
Iandlady. Such a nice young fellow, too
1 know it's woman, for the last words he
said We're: ASK her IL it's wellr' Then he
said: Goodbye, dear old friend."'
Now, what want to know is what un-
dead-dend'"
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New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia
and Connecticut. The Canon DiabIo meteor
ties OF Arizona contain microscopic dia-
monds, and the museum has 800 pounds of
them, out of fall of ten tons.
The museum also has tray full of speci-
mems from the Estherville, Iowa, fall of
1879, the pieces ranging from the size of a
beechnut to a walnut. Here, also, are
specimens of the famous falls at Agram,
Austria, in 1851; at LAigle, France, in 1903:
at Braunau, Hungary, In 1S47; at Orgeuil,
France, in 1864; at Knyahinya, Hungary.
in 1865; at Pultusk, Poland, in 1868, and at
Hessle, Sweden, in 1869.
What They Are Made Of.
Meteorites differ in many respects from
any rocks native to the earth. Metallic
iron, accompanied by nickel, is usually one
Of their component parts-looking like pure
manufactured iron-whereas such iron is
very rare among terrestrial minerals.
Sometimes the iron forms a principal part
of the meteorite, giving it the appearance
of mass of that metal Sometimes also
particles of iron are scattered through a
stony mass. Other minerals are found in
meteorites which are not met with natural
ly on the earth, such as schreibersite,
daubreelite oldhamite and lawrencite
manned after their discoverers), and notably
helium, as lately proven by Prof. Ramsey
of England.
Whenever a tangible and well authenti-
Gated fall of meteorites takes place in this
country the Smithsonian authorities imme-
diately become on the alert and enter into
correspondence respecting them with scien-
tiiic men living in the vicinity of the fall.
All the year round however, the National
Museum receives reports through newspa-
per clipping bureaus of all the falls and dis
plays noted. Only the most promising of
these reports are Investigated, and even
tually many Of these do not materiaIize into
stones.
When they do, and the meteorites are &C.
tually found, and good evidence is furnished
of the date and place of fall steps are taken
looking toward their acquisition either by
donation, exchange or purchase. regular
market for meteorites exists among the ini-
tiated, and the average price paid is 81 per
pound in the case of large meteorites, al
though certain particular stones are worth
double their weight in gold, and as high as
$40 is sometimes paid for a single globule
weighing as little as one ounce.
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were all the pieces that remained, and he
wanted to know if Uncle Sam would not
pay him back his $4,000.
The story was very fshy," continued
Mr.. Relyea- II questioned the man, but
he stt ok to his tale. and L finally told him
that | would put the money in the hands
of our experts and see what they could
make of it, They pasted it on these slips
and they found that it represented pieces
of $4,000 worth of notes. The fraud in
the case however, was evident. 1t was a
strange thing that there was no piece from
the middle of note, and that the rats had
left only those pieces of the notes which
had some printing on them to show their
denominations. We told the man we could
not allow him the money. He went away
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active man of fifty. perhaps. who stands
not over five feet seven in his stockings,
and does not weigh more than one hun
dred and fifty pounds. This mans rame is
Daniel N. Morgan, and he is Uncle Sans
chief watchdog. 1 called upon him this
afternoon Said he: you want to know
of some of the ways In which Uncle
Sam is robbed? Well, they are few. The
United States government loses very little
money. j can tell you. though there are
many attempts of one kind or another to
steal from it. The chief robberies attempt
gu are in connection with the greenbacks,
and most of these come in through the re-
denption bureau. l will give you a mes
senger now. who will take you to the chief
OF that bureau, and l will ask him to give
you all the Information you want"
With this Treasurer Morgan pressed a
button. An ebony messenger appeared. He
led me down into the basement of the
treasury building. opened a door or iron
grating, and took me into great room
where hundreds of thousands of dollars. in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
What He Forgot.

From the Chicago Record.
Gee-"What are you loafing around town
at this time of night for%'
Dee 'Fraid to go home. Wife told me
to be sure and remember something, and
I've forgotten what it was"
Gee-''It wasn't bread or groceries, was
ft?'
Dee-"No"
Gee-"Baby food, tacks or theater tick
etsY'
Dee-.No; but I've just thought of it,"
Gee-"What was it?'
Dee-"Why, she wanted me to remember
to come home early"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
What Jimmie Said,

From the Philadelphia Times.
A class teacher was recently lecturing
his class of small boys about errors of
speech.
Now. to speak of molasses in the plural
Is shocking, he said. Think of a person
saying them molasses!"
Please sir. always say those" timid-
ly remarked little Jimmie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
The Indignant Alderman.

From the indianapolis Journal.
Sir said the indignant alderman ''are
you not aware that were to vote for your
measure 1 would be exposed to the con-
domination of all the good citizens in nv
ward? And that sort of thing" he added
lowering his voice, comes pretty high,
you know"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
The Need of His House.

From Harper's Bazaar
She-'So you are having your house 70
decorated, Mr.. Hawkins?"
He-"Yes; the workmen began last week"
She-"Are you making radical changesT
He-"Yes-very."
She-''What is to be the main feature Of
the new houSew
He-"You-if you'll consent"
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A Spectacular Display Scheduled
for Tomorrow Night.
WHAT is KNOWN OF THESE BODIES
Few Are Found, but They Have
a Market Value.
Written for The Evening Star,


/ spectacular displays
of meteors or fire
balls are most fire.
quently seen in the
heavens, and tomor-
row is one Of the
particular red-letter
days of the month
when the best dis
plays are noted. In
consequence t h e
skies will be watch
ed tomorrow night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
Interesting Stories About Attempts
Made to Rob Uncle Sam.
THE TREASURY REDEMPTION BUREAU
A Woman Who Probably Stole
Thousands of Dollars.
S o ME- NOTED CA S E s
Copyrighted, 1895, by Frank G. Carpenter)

les today of men
who are trying to
break into Uncle
Sans money box.
He keeps his pile,
you know, in the
United States treas
ury, and there are in
his vaults today
1884. 900, 600. T h s
vast sum Is under
the charge of the
United States treas
yr-a. l,.,-IA
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very angry. About two weeks later he
came back, bringing three big rats nests
with him. He laid these down on my ia
Die. and said: There. sir, are the nests
$4,000 still in them. I found these after
went home. and 1 have brought them down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
How Woman Stole a Fortune.

IFS not money often lost through the
counters. Mr.. Relyea?' I asked. You
have large number of women here who
handle hundreds of thousands o. dollars a
day. I should think it would lie easy to
slip out a bill now and then"
Such a thing is impossible" replied the
chief. 1.-The money all comes to US done
up in packages from the banks. The
amount in the package is marked, and the
woman who counts it is responsible for
the amount she receives. They come in
packages of hundred bills. If the pack
ages are not as marked the woman must
report them at once to the chief, and the
bank stands the loss. If she makes mis-
take or passes a counterfeit she must
make the mistake good. After the money
is counted it is cut lengthwise in halves
and one-half goes to the Secretary's Office
and the other half to the counters of the
registers Office. Here it is recounted, and
there is in fact, no chance for the slip
ping out of bills, as you call it. We had
however, one case of this kind, and the
woman who did it probably stole thou
sands of dollars from the government. This
woman's name was Mrs. Ernestne Becker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10

just to show you that I have been telling
the truth. My money has been eaten. and
1 want it,
".An right said I, we will look at the
nests 1 handed them over to our experts
and the pieces of money were picked out.
We found that in the nests there were the
pieces of seven bills. One of these was a
hundred-dollar bill, another was ten and
there were five one-dollar bills. We at once
saw that they were not torn by the rats,
but that they had been pulled apart by
hand. A rat makes a clean cut when it
eats greenback. 1t does not masticate
the whole bill, but it cuts holes in it and
gnaws out piece here and there. His
notes were all torn in little pieces. We
then turned him over to the detectives
They traced him, and they found that he
was. as he claimed. farmer peddler, who
had gone to Oregon, and made there 81. 500
by jumping mans claim He had brought
this money back to Pennsylvania, and had
deposited it in bank. 1t is my belief that
he drew 1t out in large bills, say, twenties
fifties and hundreds. He then pinched a
corner or a little strip off of the top of
each of tfese bills. This would not be no.
ticed, and would not hurt his passing the
bill and having IL changed for smaller bills.
The small bills he would again deposit, and
again draw out the money in large bills.
pinching off the ends, so that he finally
got the pieces which made the representa-
ton of 81 900. He was great rascal, and
1 wanted Chief Brooks of the secret service
to him. I remember he came into the
his mouth. 1t was so bad that I had to
tell him he must not smoke while in the
redemption bureau. He was loud in MS
language and very profane, and told him
he must not swear before the ladies. 1t
was shortly after this that we went up to
see Chief Brooks. Mr.. Brooks is a kind Of
a Sunday school man. He likes to warn
boys against entering the paths of crime,
and before We came to business he told me
of a Sunday school meeting which he had
just attended in Philadelphia, and speech
which he had made to the boys. He then
talked at length with the swindler. while I
sat in the background. When We left, how
ever, I saw the swindler throw his arms
around Mr.. Brooks neck, and heard him
say this Brother Brooks. I am a good
man. I ney er smoke: never swear. I am
poor, humble follower of the lowly Jesus,
and I want you to help me to get back my
money The rascal had heard Brooks re-
marks about the Sunday school. and he
thought he could work upon him in this
way"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-21

Veterans of the North and south TO
Meet mt the Atlanta Show.
ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. 20.-To-morrow will
be blue and Gray" day at the Cotton
states and International Exposition. All
day the vanguard of Grand Army posts.
fresh from the meeting at Louisville and
the dedicatory exercises at Chickamauga,
have been pouring in. The visitors will be
entertained by committees from the Confed-
crate Veterans Association, headed by Gen.
Clement A. Evans, commander, and during
their stay in the city they Will be the
guests of the exposition Governor Nor
ton, of New York, and Governor McKin-
ley, of Ohio, will take part in the exercises,
and among other distinguished guests will
be Governors Rich. of Michigan: Holcomb,
of Nebraska: Altgeld. of Illinois: Mcintyre,
Of Colorado: Woodbury., of Vermont. and
Werts, of New Jersey. The features of the
days programme will be addresses by Gen.
James Longstreet. representing the Grand
Army of the Republic in the South; Gen.
John B. Gordon, commander-in-chief of the
United States Confederate Veterans, and
Col. Ivan n. Walker, commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic. An ad-
dress of welcome will be delivered by Cap
tain b. E. p. Howell for the exposition,
Hon. w. w. Ellis for the Confederate Vet
erans. and J. r. Lewis for the Southern
branch of the Grand Army. In addition TO
the reunion features, tomorrow will be
Kansas City day, and large party of Mis-
sourians are expected.
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Fast Gaining Friends
HUMBOLDT
King of Domestic CiCars
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THEM
Pe l.. CHAMBERS.
SO W. Washington St.
Entrance into Bates House Lobby
GRAND LODGE /. O. o. F.
Adoption Of n New Law Regarding the
Wearing of Ribbons and Jewels.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j., Sept. 2O.-A de-
termined effort is being made by the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge. 1. o. o. F.. to push
the business of the session in order to ad-
journ tomorrow. Representative Grass
man, of New Jersey, to-day introduced a
resolution providing that suitable memorial
pages Of deceased members of Sovereign
Grand Lodges be placed in the revised
journal. 1t was favorably reported by the
committee on legislation and adopted. The
committee on Patriarchs Militant. to whom
was referred the recommendation of the
grand sire in regard to changes in the code
of that branch. reported a number of
amendments. and all were adopted.
The committee on legislation made a re-
port recommending changes in the bylaws
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge which had been
introduced by Representatives Wells and
Lancaster and referred to the committee
which resolved that the last clause of Ar
ticle % OF the bylaws of this Sovereign
Grand Lodge be amended by adding there
TO after the words Ito wear the following
Providing that grand bodies may adopt a
badge. OF uniform size and design, the color
to conform with existing regulations" The
clause was amended to read as follows.
AT sessions of grand bodies. i'm lieu of re-
gala hereinbefore described, ribbon may
bc Wotu VI TIE CpioT VI the nlSneSt degree
the member has attained, having attached
thereto any jewel which he is entitled to
wear. provided that the Grand Lodge NAV
adopt badge OF uniform size and design
the color to conform with existing reguia,
tions." The report and resolution were
adopted by a vote of 80 TO 90 This matter
refers to grand bolies In all States and
gives members or those hodies the privilege
OF wearing a ribbon designating their rank
and station. instead OF wearing regaias.
The proposition TO create a degree for
Rebekah State assemblies was defeated
Past Grand Sire Nicholson. of Philadelphia
moved that the report from the judiciary
committee decisions OF the grand sire
be acted upon. The motion was carried.
This afternoon number of the grand
slres decisions were considered. Some
were approved promptly, a half dozen were
first amended and then approved, and three
were not approved at all.
A resolution giving State grand encamp-
ments the power TO make the payment of
sick benefits optional with subordinate en-
campments came up. but failed to pass
A telegram was received to-day from the
county convention of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union at Philadelphia
congratulating the convention on the
amendment which passed yesterday debar-
ring saloon keepers. bartenders and pro-
fessional gamblers from membership in the
order.
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Literary Slenths Discover Something
Not Original I'm a Famous Address.


Not Original I'm a Famous Address.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-That curious
class of newspapeS readers who delight in
convicting every prominent writer or
orator of plagiarism is in a f1utter of de-
light over the fact that President Abraham
Lincoln does not appear to have been the
author of the famous words government
of the people, by the people, for the peo-
pie" which he embodied in his Gettysburg
address and which are to be inscribed on
the Lincoln memorial at Gettysburg. IL
seems that Mr.. Lincoln was plagiarst-
an unconscious plagiarist these literary
plagiarist. Mr.. Lincoln quoted the words
from letter. written by Henry Wilson TO
certain persons in Boston in 1850. But 1t
appears that as far back as 1850, Theodore
Parker In an address delivered before the
New England anti-slayery convention held
in Boston, hsed the expression, "a govern
ment of all the people, by all the people.
son the plagiarist. But there is even an
earlier use Of the phrase, for in 1890. Daniel
webster in his second speech on Foote' s
resolution, used these words: THE peo-
ple's government, made for the people.
made by the people, and answera5le to the
people, This would fasten the charge
of plagiarism on Mr. Parker. But the
absurdity of all this literary grave-digging
is manifest from the very fact that all
the words had acquired on the minds of
the American people until Abraham Lin
coin gave them undying fame in his Gettys-
burg address.
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NO OVERHEAD TROLLEYs.
Underground Electric Current System
to Be Used I'm Washington.
he Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-The problem
of the underground electric current system
as the motive power for street cars has
apparently been successfully solved in
Washington. Some time ago the Metro
politan line equipped Its Ninth-street branch
with an underground system which was a
modification and Improvement of the Buda-
Pesth system, the changes being the work
OF Chief Engineer Connect. The system
worked so successfully that to-day Presi-
dent Phillips. of the Metropolitan line. an
nounced that the company would proceed
at once to Introduce the Connett system
on all its ether branches The work will
be completed by next summer. The success
of the Copnett system In this city will be
OF interest in all other cities because IL
indicates that the overhead trolley system,
Justly regarded as a dangerous nuisance
wherever 1t has been used. and therefore
prohibited in washington by act OF. Con-
does not disigure the streets and that is
not constant menace to life and property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-21
A GRACIOUS ACT.
Miss Helen Gould Requites Long-Past
Kindness to Her Father.

poUcHKEEpsIE. Sept 2o.-when the
late Jay Gould was boy his lot was cast
In the little village Of Hobart. Delaware
county Robert Wilson. father of DR.. John
p. Wilson, OF this city, was a blacksmith
there. He took young Gould into his house
and for three years boarded him and sent
him to school. In return for this Gould
kept Mr.. Wilson's accounts. Robert VIII
Delaware county, however fs Mrs. Charles
Hicks, a daughter of Robert Wilson. She
has son. Samuel. fwenty-one years old.
ton. About ten days ago the family were
surprised TO receive from Helen Gould an
offer OF a nonccmpetitive schols rship In
man. In memory Of the kindness OF his
grandfather 70 her father. 1t Will OF course.