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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23
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In quiet spot IN New AoIN cl'y' n nv.
s.''sestins. money. there lives an indi-
S.ltr,.l fo whom tho bond issue ana the
t-i,oirg out Of silver certificates and
- hiils ls OF more Importance than TO
any collection OF people or Wall street
,rhis is VIII IT. Low. the star OF the
Coyernmcut artists and the designer or
the new money that viii appear upon
the street iu April.
Tho making of n dollar bin IS 10 him
III work OF months. without considering
Tie lnal engraving OF the bin in the
Treasury. All the year round he is
busy milking money and, though he
makes IL I'm a different sense from tho
inoney-mokcrs in general, 10 is no less
business with him.
Tho getting out OF q bond Issue IS a
different matter from the designing or
q hi bot it an requires the hand Of an
artist before the bond IS ready for pre-
sentauon 90 the public.
MAKING MONEY TO ORDER.
Mr.. Low requires. when there is a bill
10 be- designed. the commission from the
Art Dopartmel. OF the Treasury lie Is
engaged by tho job. and be is TO get up
@ BIN OF such and such denomination
after an original design. 40 limited
time Us given him. but De is TO do IL as
Soon as Doe can. The design takes the
longest time.
With a piece Of drawing paper before
him. two feet boy one foot or as large
Rs good-sizod writing pad. the man
who makes the money for the Treasury
goes 90 work upon the bin. lie thinks
OF allcg0rical figures, recalls historical
sketches and finally ropudiatcs all and
invcnts "a picture from his own head
an original conception.
IN the new ono-dOllar bin That s. now
being made In the Engraving Depart
mcnt OF the Treasury the design is q fig
ure design. Tho title Is History Instruct
ing Youth" A female figure points to
Youth. who stands beside her, the
grow Oh OF the country ia the distance
is tie Washington Monument and tho
Capitol. and upon a slab az her feet is
the Constitution OF the United States.
The drawing for n bin takes three
months. II the artist works upon it IN
custriousiy Mr.. Low once, when rushed
with outside work. did a design in two
months but ne did not enjoy the work.
Three or even four months is none too
much time.
The bin IS complete when it leaves hts
hands. 10 is like mammoth note and
would deceive a colOr-blnd person nj
a distance. The color Is lacking That
j. all il IS done IN black and white. and
when the engraving ia made IL rs printed
upon greenback Government paDer end
tho seal IS done In deep red. MANY az
the completed designs are IN oil colors
done BY the artist, and are exquisite
works Of art.
The fine lines that an artist must draw
can De noted by studying a greenback.
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piece is taken, either the blurred bond,
or sharp record OF IL. must be inserted
10 take the place of the additional piece
of paper used. No one can tribe with
bank-nOte paper
When the bonds and bills go 20 press,
as printing them is called, the work OF
the artist is done. In the case of a bond
issue, the printing Of the bond is very
critical work. Each one is numbered.
counted and watched by a stan OF Treas
ury officials whose record is above sus-
picion. When the bonds are turned OF.
they are tied in packages and given into
the custody Of a Treasury official. who.
with an escort. takes them 10 the man
who has bought them. lie conducts them
in person, as the Queens crown is taken
back TO the Crown jewels.
The matter OF the transfer OF the bonds
IS done quietly. In the last bond issue II
is said that no less responsible an indi-
Vidual than Logan Carlisle son OF the
Secretary, personally conducted them to
the purchaser
THE man who makes money IL never
a rich man, for he makes IL for his coun-
Try and keeps but little himself. But he
IS necessarily patriot or he could not
be imbued with the patriotic sentiment
that Is necessary for the designing OF a
United States bank note or bond.
JAMES BARTON.
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THE NICARAGUAN HOME.
Minister Lewis Baker, OF Nicaragua,
lives i'm a. native house. with two stories,
deep veranda and all native servants.
lie has made himself 80 much one OF
the Nicaaguans that his friends in Min
ncsOta, his native State. who are ION
the inside" claim that but for his office
the trouble over the Nicaraguan canal
would have become as serious as the
Venezuela dispute. lie has a way OF max
ing the natives respect him, and. through
on the trouble, his home has been as
peaceful as "A summer sky.
on the first day OF Minister Bakers
arrival in Nicafagua-the mission includ-
ga Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador
Minister Baker went out for a walk. A
crowd soon gathered around him, follow
ing the "Minlstro Americana" This.
Mr.. Baker. being a modest man. did not
relish, so he stepped into barber shop.
In the BARRIERS chair sat man with
lathered face, partly shaved. AS soon
as the barber saw his ilustriOus visitor
he unceremOniOusly ordered the customer
under tho razor TO step aside until the
MinistrO Americana was served. Against
this proceeding Mr.. Baker protested and
insisted that the barber finish his present
Job. allowing him 10 walt his turn No.
The Minister'S wants must be attended 10
before all others, he insisted, and demand
ed that MIR. Baker take the chair which
tho other man had submissiyoly vacated
with half-shaven face
The woes OF the Minister abroad do
not affect Alexander Mcdonald. OF Vir-
gluia, Minister TO Persia. Though upon
q salary OF only 5000 a year no lives
Ike prince and is a bosom friend OF
the Shah. He is the only foreign min
lister who talks over affairs with a ruler
as he would with a blood brother.
Minister McDonald's house IS a beauti-
ful Persian mansion, furnished inside
with all the exquisite bric-a-brac OF the
East. The servants in the house number
100. Minister Mcdonald is a bachelor in
frail health. Upon his last visit 10 this
country. two years ago. the Shah said:
Il commission you TO bring back a wife
from your country. Yes, bring back twen-
~ OF them. Or one, and l will loan you
the others"
When Minister Mcdonald told III. Shah
he was unmarried and had no children
His Majesty was as open-mouthed with
astonishment as a gentleman with man
enrs so exquisite could we'll be.
Tho Shah has his portrait upon the
postage stamps or Persia. THAT is an
excellent likeness of me-" he SAID hand
ing one OF the new stamps OF Persia 10
Minister Mcdonald.
TERRELL'S HOME
Terrell, OF Turkey. keeps house when
his wife is with him. Now she is IN This
country. But in Turkey all living il
housekeeping" as a large corps OF SER
wants wait on one exclusively night and
day. There Is no denying the fact mat
Minister Terrell has felt the Armenian
question, but he is clever enough TO keen
his own home In Turkey running along
smoothly. not upset OF inquiries as Bay-
ards has been. But no one who reads
Ierreifs letters from Turkey thinks he
mas lost his patriotism TN the ease OF an
Oriental home.
The Minister TO Switzerland lives unon
Lake Lucerne most OF the time. He "a
IN faiaaAAA hx var. as Switzerland Is the
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most peaceful country I'm the world. lie
enjoys the lovely view up the lake, while
surrounded by all hotel convenience
electric lights. steam heat. and all the
accomplishments OF civilization.
In time OF peace the foreign represen-
tatives do not fare so badly. but when
there is war talk they pray that IL may
be hushed for what was merely diplo-
matte errand becomes one of danger, ex-
pense, strategy and discomfort.
CLARENCE s. RUSSELL.
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the living horse left idle in his stall to
die natural death, while his successor.
the mechanical horse. does his work
and does il better. more cheaply, and
more quickly.
In the cities wo are promised as sweep
ing change In methods of haulage as
the street railways experienced when the
electric and cable cars supplanted the
horse cars. and caused us to wonder why
We had waited so long for so easy and
satisfactory means of covering long dis
tances. We shall have motor-driven de-
livery wagons, vans, drays, and express
wagons. Stage coaches. cabs, and all
other public conVeyances will no longer
rattle over the cobble-stones TO tho clat-
ter Of hoofs, but viii glide swiftly along
on rubbertired wheels sctuated BY a
motor secreted under the seat. All vehi-
GUAR transportation. even TO the delivery
OF the matutnal can OF milk or tho last
bill Of goods purchased at a big dry
goods shop. VIII be accomplished by the
magic OF the motor.-oliyey Mckee, in
March IippincottA
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War TALK MAKES TROUBLE
Minister Alexander Of Greece Pays Double
for Neat Since The Yenlzlala Dispute.
SPITE TAKEN OUT ON AMBASSADORS.
How Terrell In Turkey, Mcdonald in Per-
STA, Peak in Switzerland and MacNeagh
Teelthe War Talk~Why Mrs. Potter
Palmer Wanted the German
Mission.


In each country where there is war or
rumor Of war the position Of the repre-
sentative of the United States Is rem
dered doubly difficult by state troubles.
Few OF these representatives, have resi-
dences provided for them. and none ma
they have q salary adequate for the enter
tanning Of powers whose wounded reel
ings must be placated by lavish hospltai-
ity. Their position would be an unenVieo
one were it not for the lifelong nonor
attending a successful performance OF
diplomatic duties.
other countries make point OF own
ing their own Legation homes. In Wash
ington England owns one Of the fnest
squares in the city. But IT is the policy
OF the United States not 10 do 50. The
only foreign land owned by this country
IS situated in Corea, the East Indies. Siam
and Japan. In the Orient it Is imperative
10 own the legation, as our Ministers on
going there find it impossible TO live four
years in the houses provided by the ma
figoQ
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MAC VEAGH IN ITALY.

There were four carriages with fronts
OF glass, each as large as Nictoria's royal
landau. -Four white horses drew each
carriage. The harness was In scarlet and
black, and the cushions of the carriage
that was 10 take Mr.. MacVeagh Of scar
let, while sixteen servants waited upon
him, perched upon their respective car
riages. Thus the procession moved to-
wards the palace. with Ambassador Mac
Veagh covering In the middle carriage.
This is enough 10 give a hint of the
extent OF magnifcence I'm which an AM
bassador must live abroad, for he would
hardly dare for the sake OF his coun-
try's name 10 travel about the city with
fewer than two horses better with four
The four Ambassadors get 1880 a year,
except Ambassador MacNeagh. who gets
Sl2 600. But this is so INADEQUATE, es-
pecially in time of trouble when money
must be spent, that representatives trem-
bic lest they have that honor thrust upon
them. In leisurely Italy the war talk has
scarcely touched the Minister thus far.
Minister Alexander. Of Greece. says he
can live more comfortably upon his 81, 800
n year. with the rank as an Ambassador,
with the etiquette Of the Ambassador TO
maintain. SO much does the rumor OF
war affect a Ministers home that since
the beginning Of the Venezuela contro-
vorsy, IL IS said, the Grecian butcher who
supplies Minister Alexander has charged
him double. as his sympathies are with
a brother, an English sailor.
The Alexander house IS a large square
structure in Athens. u floats on hoH-
days the American flag. and has the APP
pearance OF n city mansion I'm this cOun-
try. It's servants are natives. and It's gar
den IS filed with the flowers OF Greece.
while around its doors hang the types
Of Greece, the peasants selling trihes. the
flower girls and the boggars. II is a very
comfortable Legation ana Minister Alex
andcr, with his wife and daughter. has
been singularly successful in making II n
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nounced as the coming means Of loco
motion. not only in cities. but I'm rural
localities. And the revolution. as its
prophets assure as. will work a change
I'm present methods radical enough TO
enable the humbiest farmer 10 furrOw
his fields with a. ncw-fangled plough
operated by its own motor We shall
see. also. m0tOr-driven farm wagons
loaded with produce en- route 10 market,
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POLITICIANS IN WAX-W0RKS.
Hundreds 0fTlGm Being Completed in Time
for Exhibition During Convention Week.
VICTORIA BECOMES SENATOR HILL.
Brice Must BE New, but Bismarck IL
Cleveland by Changing His Clothes
Turning Mrs. stanton Into Morton.
ScaIpiDg Paderewski for Reed.

i0RIy Al-itt, A'"y, 40i 4it Aih'cl
After the academies and the salons get
through their winter excitement there
will come the Grand Opening of the
Exhibition OF Ceroplastic Art. This IS the
art of making wax figures. Though less
protentiOus in its claims. this art exhibi-
ton is seen by more people. is more re
alistic' in execution and costs more than
the National Academy exhibits lt is old
in history, having been begun by Nine.
Tussaud during the French Revolution.
and there are Few people who have not al
some time seen it.
This year the exhibition Of art takes
the form Of political figures and conven-
ton history The exhibition IS not SIN
gle one, different branches OF II being
seen in different parts of tho country
but all over there viii be found the one
general motif the politician. and what
he can do and has done for his country.
WITH THE ARTIST.
zone morning last week your writer
strollcd into one Of the workshops OF a
wax-works exhibition. and had the plea
sure OF chatting an hour with the chlei
artist of the large staff Of waN-workeiN.
This gentleman, dressed in a long whl'e
linen robe. "a becomes an artist VINO
handles delicate work. stood upon tall
box working industriously upon head
that might have belonged TO anybody IN
town
you catch me- said he, looking up
I'm an embarrassed way and orandishine
the shears as though IN a hurry 10 achieve
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CAN'T cOUNTERFEIT 1r.

a DESCRIPTION Of it IS all the Govern
ment allows. Their theory IS that II a
plate were made for printing Il bill In
newspaper It might accidentally fan
into the hands Of INSCRIPTIONS persons
who might dispose Of # TO counterfeiters
who would pay large sum Of money for
it,
The United States bonds that arc ex-
citing 50 much interest are turned off
carefully I'm the Government printing Of
flee. Each one must be perfect. If one
is blurred. or sighted, or printed crook
ed it is destroyed and another one print
ed in place Of il. Each inch Of the Gov
eminent parchment and bank note paper
must be accounted for, and If an extra
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23
DENNY AT HOME.

One OF the prcttiest houses in the Orient
IS the American Legation Of China, where
Minister DENLY and his family live. II IS
q typical Chinese house, set well back
from the street. and surrounded by trees
and foliage. a high wall shuts out the
street sights Of Pekin and keeps away
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Germany, or Wayne MacVeagh OF Italy
have permanent Legations. MIR. Mac
Vcagh for some time lived IN hotel. and
1t was in the corridor Of the largest hotel
I'm Rome where he first lived that he stood
in dress suit waiting when the carriage
drove up to escort him to Umbertos pres
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23
MAKES MONEY And BONDS.
4 New York Artist Works Three Months
Upon Pictures for Each NeX Bill.
one OF THEM COMES OUT IN APRIL.

A Bond Issue, Being an Emergency INV
ter. Does Not Commonly Have
Brand-New Design--Nice Old Ia
trIot with New Letters AROUND
Ills uead-Not Much Money
in Making Money. But
Heavy Honor.
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foreign bank officials. Persons spending
money do not notice the design, but the
| erect upon foreign governments Is pet
| ter when a really good piece OF art WORK
| Is placed upon our bills Travellers con-
sidcr the money OF Spain the pTettlest
money they ever handle. but IN Few
years they Will find United States money
worthy place alongside Spain.
GETTING UP BONDS.
When there IS Il bond issue, as in the
present case. and bonds are issued IN
what maybe called an emergency man.
ncr. without ceremony beyond the re-
ceiving OF bids, the United States does
not commonly order a special design Tor
its bonds The Treasury makes a selec-
tion from an old engraving. perhaps
picture OF "a statesman, ana sets IL IN
q new drawing, which. being properly
lottored and ornamonted. answers the
purpose Of an elaborate new design.
When tho United States chooses to do
this, il is perfectly correct TO do So Few
persons see the Government bonds, and
the engraving department. which IS very
economical In its inside workings, con-
sdcrs the bond plenty good enough Tor
its limited circulation. IN the matter OF
a bill 10 is different bill passes
through many hands. Its average lie
is three years.
After the design for a new bill IS COM
pleted SC is sent TO the Treasury for APP
prevail IL is discussed. examined criu-
cally. compared with previous drawings
for bills, and finally sent back with the
approval OF the Treasury The artist
then finishes e up.
After the finished design has gone back
from the artist 10 the Treasury the real
work begins. The design must pass
through the engraving process; and so
carefully is this done and so magnificent
IS the finished die that II ia matter
OF months Of work for the department.
Tho present new dollar bill which IS eX-
pcctod out in April has been fourteen
months in the engravers' hands or four
teen months since 10 was completed by
Mr. Low. and 10 is not turned of yet for
the public. The care and time spent
upon 10 give people an idea OF the work
required TO counterfeit n bin. So intri-
cate ana elaborate is the new bin that
countorfoitng Will be impossible
As tho work progresses a proof OF the
finished portion is sent 10 tho artist who
designed -. lie notes the finished work
carefully. and. if there has been an ac-
cident in the engraving, he notifies tho
Government engraving department, and
the work is done over again. SO IL goes
ON until the bin is finished.
IL is noteworthy instance OF the
shrewdness Of Uncle Sans leutenants
that never do they allow the artist 20 see
more than portion OF tho finished proof.
The entire bill, reduced, engraved and
printed, he never sees until Il Is a dollar
bin like any other bin in his pocket
As another Instance of Uncle Sans
shrowdness. be 10 no.ed that no maya
zinc, newspaper or individual is allowed
10 copy the design upon bill i'm its COM
pleteness, and though "the man who
makes money" kindly supplied the ma
terial for this talk and showed the
writer O. copy Of the original design of
the bill, II could not be copied for print
ing in with this article
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her on. build her up taller. scalp her.
put on fiat wig and take on two Of
her chins. 1t couldn't lie done. The
manager realized that he had tied up
money. but II couldn't be helped then.
you want 20 know how wax ieurs
can cost $500 I tell you Il could cost
500 without any effort on our part 10
spend money.
First. We have 20 have a plaster cast
OF the person This IL hard to get and
expensive. We get plaster head Of
people as soon as they become promi'
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EVERYWHERE we 80 we find some
one who has been cured by Hoods SaIsa-
II is the one great blood purifier and
nerve tonic.
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The horse and the motor have entered
the lists I'm contest for supremacy.
Roth in Europe and in this country .te
horseless or automobile vehicle IS an
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homo for Americans travelling in Greece. I
n-LLE NLcARAGI-AN u0ALE

AN.RIcAN UNEAsY WAI-TALIN
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-04-11
REV. SMITH SPEAKS.
His Opinions Given.

RosELLE, N. J.
Hon JOHN MITCHELL, JR.,
Editor Of the PLANET,
Dear Sir FL have been a constant
reader OF your very valuable paper
and heartily endorse your manly staDd
against the wrong, and feel that eve
ry effort that you put forth to uplift
our down trodden race is acceptable in
the sight of High Heaven. You have
my prayers.
have had some experience in Jour
nalism and know that a man who takes
q decided stand for the right will meet
many oppositions, but hope you may
continue to hurl abroad the wrongs
that are perpetrated upon our people,
not only by the whites, but by our So
called race leaders. May you live long
to crush every thing that would retard
the progress of our race.
have read with much interest from
the beginning up to this time the cele-
brated Lunenburg Case and must say
the stand that you have taken In that
case will ever be remembered and
honored by all who have any race pride
in their hearts, and we believe that the
time Will soon come when such men as
yourself will be given the honor and
appreciation due them, and not be
snerled as you have been by superficial
professors.
As an associated Editor OF the New
York and New Jersey Pilot, ] say go on
The truth crushed to the ground will
rise again.
Rev. SIDNEY w. SMITH,
Pastor of 2ud Bapt. Church.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-04-11
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
Politics in the Old Dominion.
Anil q 1oc

April, 6, 1899.
Society doings have been very Quiet
this week. Everybody seem to be en-
jOying the holidays.
Rev. Oconnell of cambridge Street
Church preached an excellent Easter
sermon on last Sunday morning. DR..
Oconnell is an able speaker and q great
worker.
The writer has been noticing with
regret for some time the difference of
opinions between our leaders of the
South and unless a man push him
self to the front, he will always be be-
hind.
If Col. Lamb is the peoples choice,
then gentlemen be loyal and rally to
his support. Consider that every man
has faults and do not throw stones.
Take Pennsylvania for example and
look at what Hon. M. s. Quay had TO
contend with. The battle was severe.
but yet all are loyal to the party.
The writer is deeply interested in
the welfsre of Virginia and know ex-
actly how some of the above named
gentlemen rode into prominence, and
upon whose shoulders they rode and
raSret very much to see the Hon. Ed
mund Waddill dieffr so much upon
technical points from others who have
labored and waited with patience for
their reward.
Mr.. Thomas Menebio of South 10Th
st has been recently blessed with a
nne son. May he ever prosper and
name him Martin Luther.
il. WALLACE.