The Newtown bee., 1897-03-26

coin. This is to meet the demands of the district of Columbia. The law re. quires the Treasury to have in reserve $100, 100000 to sustain the country's credit. At every political change the, Treasurer's the money has to be counted. When Morgan succeeded Nebeker he gave sa receipt for $740, ,801, ,41978, a count that required three months to com plete. It was the largest note that ever passed from one administration to the treasurer under another.
 Some of the best work in the treasury is done by women who have become very expert in detecting counterfeit money, in estimating values of burned and mutilat- ed money, and as counters. The mas siveness of the vaults, the severe system in every detail impress the visitor with the dignity of our government and it's solid financial basis.
 The Washington monument is an obe fisk 555 feet in altitude, the highest work of masonry in the world. It is built of pure white Maryland marble, it's gleam- ing top may be seen for many miles around. We went up in the elevator and tried to enjoy the peerless view, but un- fortunately one of the highest winds known on the coast was raging, so our glimpse of the city, the heights and Georgetown had to be hastily taken, and
 that at the risk of losing all our head gear. We walked down, that we might see the tablets presented by 40 states, 16 cities and 37 fraternities and societies.
 We were filled with indignation to find
 that some execrable vandals had mutil-
 ated the designs, carrying off spokes to wheels and even the entire busts of fig
 ures in sitting posture. Among the historic stones are contributions from the
 ruins of Carthage, Vesuvius, the Alexan-
 drine Library and the Tomb of Napoleon
 at St Helena. Greece sends a marble
 from the Parthenon. China, Japan, Si
 am and the Cherokee nation are repre-
 sented. The tip of the monument is ar aluminium plate on which is inscribed
 "Laus Deo."
 . At o'clock we presented ourselves a
 the White House, ,supposing the presiden received on this day for an hour. w
 found however that he had discontinuet
 this little courtesy since his summer va cation, SO we had to content ourselye with promenading through the vestibul . with it's fine screen of Tiffany glass, an'
 the sumptuous East Room, furnished il
 soft brown colors. It is lighted by thre
 immense chandeliers glistening with pen
 dants of cut glass. There are life sig :, portraits of Jefferson, Lincoln and Maj :, tha and General Washington. The guar
 Ieven left his post to hurriedly tell u that the last canvass was cut from tn . frame in 1914, and carried by Dollie Mad :. ison across th e Potomac; by her thought ', fulness saving this and the precious doc :. iument of Independence when the Britis Admiral Cockburn burned the Capitc and Presidents house.
 The four-storied granite structure c the State, War and Navy Departments
 franks as the largest and most magnifcer office building in the world. It has 5C
 rooms and two miles of marble hall
 The entire structure is fireproof, for th
 |records deposited here are priceless. Wa
 lfigures in glass cases exhibit army an
 navy uniforms from Colonial times to tI ,e present. In the corridors are models { ,e our war vessels and firearms of every d n- scription. Fifty thousand books are co ,a lected in the State Library. A sacre' h ness attaches to this room for here ti ut original paper of the Declaration of I to dependence Is sealed in steel safe. le seems that in ISIS 1t was intrusted to V c. Tyler, teacher of penmanship, \, make fac-simile. He subjected it if some process that caused the signatur ,olslto fade and nearly destroyed the enti