The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20

| From the Washington Post.
During the past few days final ship
ments have been made from Washing
ton of materials for the United States
treasury exhibit at the Buffalo Pan
Anne fcan exposition. Most of the ex-
hibit is now on the groutVls. other
| shipments having been made from
| Philadelphia, New York. Boston, and
| from life-savng stations along the
| coast.
| The display will be in charge of Mr..
| Walter II. Hills. superintendent of the
| treasury. and will be the most COM
plete and comprehensive the depart
ment has ever made. Seven thousand
| square feet of floor space has been re-
served in the government building for
the treasury exhibit, but even with
| this. Mr.. Hills will be more or less
| crowded for room. About every di-
| vision of the treasury except the rev.
enue cutter service, will be represented.
| Among the most attractive shOwings
will be those of the lighthouse and
| life saving services. In the center of
| the government building, under the big
| dome, will be erected lighthouse
| forty five feet in height. fully equipped
| with lights and signaling apparatus.
| 1t will be an exact reproduction of one
| of the best known lighthouses on the
Atlantic coast.
The life-saving service exhibit Will be
outside the building. on the shore of an
| artificial like. There will be a crew
of eleven surfmen, in charge Of a lieu
| tenant. and two surf boats, one twenty
! six feet in length and the other thirty
| four. In the center of the lake will
be erected q mast. to represent a dis
| abled ship, and from this daily res
| cues will be made. Lines will be
| thrown to the mast from the shore.
| and the breeches buoy and other ap-
rarat tus will be operated. Among the
cLriosities shown will be the first life
car ever used in the service.
MINT PRESS TO TURN OUT SOU
VENIRS.
The mint will be represented by a
coin press of the very latest pattern
with a capacity of eighty coins min
ute. This press will be kept in opera
ton, turning out souvenir medals at
the exposition. The bureau of print
ing and engraving viii show a plate
printing press. This will also be oper-
ated turning out handsome exposition
souvenirs. The marine hospital SER
vice will show models of quarantine
stations. the coast and geodetic sur
vey will exhibit miniature tide guage,
and other bureaus will have exhibits
pertaining to their particular work.
The redemption division probably has
the greatest curiosity to show. 1t is
the old knife that for more than
quarter of a century was used in the
treasury for cutting in two bills that
had been turned in for redemption.
The knife is a huge affair operated by
hand, and was displaced cnly a little
more than year ago by electrical
machinery After the money turned in
for redemption was counted by clerks,
it was cut in two lengthwise, and the
halves counted again. 1t was for this
work the knife was used, and during
recent years, when an average of near
ly million dollars a day was turned
in, the man who operated the knife
did not have a sinecure. Treasury Of
ficials estimate that the blade of the
knife has passed through bills repre-
senting face value of between $5,OOo,-
OCO 900 and $4,000. 100000.
OLDEST GOVERNMENT RECORD.
Rnolnef curiosity VIII ~ thc hist
ledger and journal kept by the treas
urer of the colonial government the
early entries in which antedate the
signing of the Declaration of Indepen-
dcnce. 1t is undoubtedly the Oldest
gov eminent record in existence.
The display of coins will be very
complete, embracing every coin issued
by the United States, and some of the
finest made by other governments of
the world. ancient and modern. There
W ill also be shown large number OF
government bonds and securities, in
Guiding some of the bonds of the Dis
tlict of Columbia,
Mr. Hills will spend u large share
of his time in Buffalo after the expo
stion opens, and will have as assist