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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08

spare room i'm the stamp division Of
the treasury department ON the sec
ond floor of the building. IN a few
days the packages began 10 come by
the dry load. They were raised on
the freight elevator Of the building to
the second floor corridor and piled along
the wall. With each passing day the
piles grew. They rose To the ceiling
of the corridor They spread along
the corridor until they passed the en-
tire length Of the building on the west
side Then came the supervising archi-
tect of the Buiiding and shook his
head graVely and started a COmputa-
ton. He quickly demonstrated that
the stamps and stamped paper in the
great marble corridor weighed more
than 300 tons. He as quickly decided
that the supports of the building were
not strong enough to bear the addi
tional weight. and ordered the papers
removed. A building was rented a few
blocks from the treasury department.
and, under the supervision Of a bonded
employe. the work of counting the
stamps and making up the claims was
started there. All along the corridor
OF the Treasury building which is two
blocks long and a block wide. desks
We're placed and the counters and ac-
countants were put 90 work. so that
they might expedite the forwarding OF
the money to claimants. All checks
and drafts and stamped papers were
forwarded to the department at the
expense OF the claimant The stamps
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08
Author of "The Country
Boy"

EAR NED You seem to feel that the bin you
have put through has given you a mechanics
lien for life on the franchises OF your constitu-
- ents. Perhaps it has. But let me ten you
this A boy who has played hockey and wound up
with secret raid the jam closet is novice in the
gentle art of forgetting compared with the average
constituency Any ordinary bunch Of voters can for
get TO remember more things than a village money
lender remember 20 forget when making up a
schedule Of personal property for the tax assessor
The affections of frsky girl in her first year Of
boarding school life are sermons fin constancy along
side the fluctuations which are recorded at the ballot
box.
OF course. the fellows who pushing for the
appropriation which you landed have told you that the
passage of your bin would make you eternally solid
with the horny handed voters in your district that
long as grass continued 20 and water to run
I'm the old Eighth YOU could Just say thumbs up
and would De yours. Then they pounded you
on the back, gave you "a stag dinner and presented
you with gold watch engraved with sentiments from
your grateful constituents" I've had of these
and my experience is that they'll longer with
out cleaning than most constituencies VIII without
change OF heart
This cow country out here hasn't any more than
S. share OF cutters. but little incident just occurred
over az Pinhole that sheds light the subject of
The amount of faith a man is warranted In placing
on the political constancy OF constituency to which
others Nov. Pinhoe isn't strong on the traditional
means Of grace: it's short on churches; the w c. T.
or tlNlu1ttion maven pn apie 20 CUT q very FIue
syath there. But for All that there is good deal
doin6 in Pinhole right along, and the people have
been accustomed TO point with pride the fact that
its bars faro banks and other local institutions are
the best i'm the state and turn away the enter
prisng patron any hour of day night
At the last session of the Legislature, however
there a tidal wave of moral sentiment that made
the bows hold their ears TO the rails and listen GOOD
many Of them Concluded that the water wagon was
coming in earnest. and they couldn't much diff
ference between a blue ribbon and a ballot The W.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08
Revenue Stamps

thousands Of sleeping car seats and
berth tickets. an of which bore the
stamps which had been paid for by the
company, and for which the company
wanted it's money from the govern
ment. The company had perhaps the
largest amount of stamped paper on
hand of any concern i'm the United
States. as it was necessary To send the
tickets TO all of it's branch offices
stamped at the central offices at Chi
cagO and New York When the repeal
went into effect the sale of the stamped
tickets and receipts was suspended. and
three months time was necessary to
bring these tickets back to Chicago and
prepare them for shipment 20 Washing
ton. When finally assembled they filled
thirty-one boxes and weighed i'm all
eight tons. The boxes contained not
less than 1890, goo tickets or receipts,
as the Pullman company was given a
government warrant in excess Of $4,000.
Task of Counting.
The money was not paid. however.
until after every ticket had been
counted by the government employees,
as the count of the company. in spite
of its standing. could not be accepted
by the auditor for the government until
verified. When all had been counted
and the claim adjudicated there was
some talk of asking that the tickets be
sent back. The government took the
position that the expense Of cauceling
the tickets would be too much. unless
the company would agree TO accept the
payment made on account OF the tick
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08

Charles Hallam Keep sat at his desk
en- Washington the other day with
nile of treasury warrants before him
eight inches high. AS fast ass thc col
orcd messenger beside him could pass
them of the pile and blot the sig
natures he appended his signature 20
them as assistant secretary of the
treasury.
"Its The last 5000 OF the 10000, me
said. and then went ON 90 explain that
Dc was signing the treasury warrants
Tor The payment of $4,000 claims for
unrcdeemed stamps. which were left
in the hands Of the people OF the Unit
ed States when the war revenue re-
peal bin went into effect. As a mat
ter OF fact. his was the last act IN
the process of "cashing in about 500
tons of valueIess paper I'M the form of
blank stamped drafts, stamped checks
or stamps in sheets.
THE task began eighteen months ago,
when congress decreed that the spe-
clal internal revenue taxes which had
been levied because Of the eXtarordin-
sary expenditure incident TO the war
with Spain should TO longer be col
lected Congress also provided I'm the
legislation the subject that after three
, months notice all stamps. stamped
checks Stamped drafts or receipts
should be redeemed at the face value
Of the stamps they bore.
1TOre thar nifty temporary employees
have been engaged FOR the last eigh-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08

teen months i'm the task of redeeming
the stamps which were outstanding
when the war revenue repeal bill
wcnt into effect. The expense Of the
process to the government has been
i'm excess OF $50, 900. Many OF the checks
had the stamps imprinted upon them
under government supervision Each
stamp had to be officially counted and
then. under the supervision and in
sDectiOn Of a committee Of treasury of
6ciais. carried 20 the furnace and
burned. or else cancelled After there
had been endorsement after endorse
ment. and certidcation after certihca-
ton TO the effect that the stamps had
been accounted for. warrant on the
treasury was issued TO the person who
had forwarded the stamps. No claims
were considered under the law which
did not amount to s. or more. Hun
dreds of claims for amounts less than
81 poured into the treasury DEPART
ment. but were returned TO the sender
with the information that they could
not be paid under the law. Claimants
we're advised to turn over their small
Claims TO the nearest bank and have
the redemption sought by the bank.
When the Rush Began
Within three weeks after the war
revenue repeal bill was passed. the
checks and stamps and stamped paper
began to arrive on every train. They
came from every state in the Union
and from distant Hawaii and Alaska.
AT first the bundles were piled ip the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08

cts counted as final and in full, and
would bind itself not TO make further
claim either as a company or through
its agent. As the company has reason
To believe that it still has a number OF
be sent i'm for redemption b. would not
agree 10 this. and preferred TO see the
tickets all burned. This was done by
carting them over to the bureau of en-
craving and printing. There, before
the tickets were shOVeled into the fires
under the boilers. they were weighed.
and it was found there were eight tons
of them.
These statements as TO the redemp-
ton OF stamps and stamped paper in-
dictate but a small percentage Of the
real work done by the government i'm
connection with the redemption opera
tons. If proprietary and beer and to-
bacco stamps be taken into considera-
ton. the value CT the redemption
reaches at least 5000, 00o There was
a rebate on tobacco In packages which
resulted In the fling Of not less than
10000 claims and the payment of not
less than 81 100000. These amounts are
necessarily approximate but are con-
sentative. The treasury officials give
no figures on individual transactions. as
it is held that they have no right 10
under the law which protests private
corporations and individuals whose pri-
vate business must be known fin part
by the treasury officials in connection
with the collection of internal taxes
Washington Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08
Clarence S. Darrow

long been famed as the finest I'm the world. This is
partly true because Of the despsed scholars Of the
lives Here they have established schools, and here
rants learn wisdom the feet of despised fug
tives driven from their shores.
1t would be out of the question to catalogue the
great men who have fed to this mountain republic
to their lives. but the victims of every govern
ment on earth have brought their feeling and inspra
protection OF her friendly outstretched arus.-
The soil Of the little republic was fairly invaded
by the best blood of Germany in 1913 and amongst
these were Mommsen. the great historian; KochIy,
the great scholar Liebknecht the German statesman,
and Wagner the composer. OF course there are many
people who do not know that music be revolu-
tionary but it may be. and, in fact. it always is,
when its symphonies high that the ordinary
mortal cannot feel their harmony these this har
mony is discord for it speaks of something far beyond
and above the comprehension of their little souls Not
less than 10000 fugives of the revolution or 1S4 fed
In 1853 Austria turned out 5000 Swiss charged with
political Oenses. and six years later Switzerland
ceived into its haven the Austrians driven from
The Franco-German war found Switzerland receiv-
ing German and French fugitves alike, protecting
both. feeding both. and giving to the world
teal lesson of that benefcence and humanity of a
neutral non-coInpatant land switzerland at one time
has received as many as $4,000 fugtives from pursu-
ing armies.
Bazzini the italian Iberator fed to Switzerland
and protected here at little expense and risk
into the field. rather than submit 20 demand Of
the French to give up Louis Napoleon, then fugi-
This position as a neutral power i'm Europe has
made Switzerland the chosen place for many OF the
important meetings and movements or the world
Thus Geneva was chosen as the place TO arbitrate
the differences between Great Britain ana the United
States The city has been selected for confer
ence/to bring about universal peace and substitute
arbitration for
Switzerland in 1864. called a convention. partici-
pated by all the powers OF Europe to mitigate the
horrors of and 20 give neutrality To physicians
nurses and the like, and it the Swiss flag. with
its colors reversed that made the badge of the
Red Cross society. Geneva. too. was recently chosen
as the place of meeting of the International Labor
congress. and Berne has just now completed con
vention Of representative Jews from every portion Of
the world.
The Swiss people do not protect their neutrality
from any narrow motives. They firmly believe that
their little republic has mission on Garth. and
their leading and statesmen are pledged i'm the
strongest way to the great work of the huuanizuE.
the IiberaHzng and the uplifting OF the world
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08

were destroyed as soon as carefully
counted and the claim audited.
Wonders of the Printing Art.
Some of the checks sent with stamps
for redemption We're wonders of the
printers art. This was particularly
true of checks of individuals and the
banks of Boston The payer was thick
and glazed, gilt-edged and tinted. and
the blank checks were engraved on
steel. They were bound I'm morocco.
There were many other valuable checks
which the claimants said cost, With
out the stamps attached, from 8 10 u
cents each. This was true of the safe
ty'' checks Some of these were print
ed on safety paper which had a gloss
hardly discernab bic to the naked eye,
but which would rub of the moment
the surface was slightly scratched and
permit ink to spread under the sur
face in a black. Unsightly blOtCh over
"a space Of two inches i'm diameter, and
show clearly that an attempt had been
made to alter the checks. Then there
were other forms of safety checks,
printed much like a money order,
where a certain tearing away of por-
tons of coupons attached showed the
value of the checks. and further tear
ing would reduce the value and could
not increase it.
There was still another form Of check.
deliberately engraved, which contained
in its center q glowing sun. The name
of the person to whom the check was
TO be given was to be written in the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-05

trunks. roots. branches. etc. The green
leaf absorbs from the atmosphere the
carbon dioxide or carbonic acid gas.
which is built up Of one part Of carbon
chemically united with two of oxygen.
This is decomposed by sunlight in the
chemical laboratory of the leaf and
the oxygen is given back to the at
mosphere for animals to breathe and
again convert into this same carbOnc
acid gas. while the carbon Is retained
and built into the wood structure OF
the plant. And. as all the myriads Of
plant leaves of the great carboniferOus
trees were continually catching and
storing these particles Of carbon from
the carbon dioXide Of the atmosphere.
which in those times. 1t Is thought.
was In greater proportion in the air
than 1t is to-day. 1t naturally follows
that great and ever-increasng stores
of carbon were being put by, not as
pure carbon alone. but chemically COM
bincd in the form Of starches. oils. etc.
essential to plant growth.
But the earth was Mt this time in a
very unsettled condition. and perhaps
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-05
Man OF the PeODl,.

The birthday of Abraham Lincoln may
we'll recall the principles which he rep
resented, for which he labored and for
which he endured martyrs death.
There is no more popular figure in Amer
lean history than that of Abraham Lin
coin. He was pre-eminently a man Of
the people. Sprung from the people, he
always remained one of them Men adj
mired George Washington, but it was
an admiration mingled with awe. The
people both loved and revered Lincoln.
President or rail splitter. he was the same
plain American citizen. in whom hon
esty was an instinct, and whose patriot
ism was part Of his very soul.-Charles
A. Dana.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-05
LiNCOLN'S MARROW ESCAPE.
Fiendish Plot to Inoculatc Him w tn
the *mal,pox.

Fterdish Plot to inoculatc Him w tn
the :'mal'pOx.
The demand for an additional body
guard around the White House recalls an
incident of the civil war within the men,
DRY Of many residents. During the excit-
ing period of 81 great fears were enter
tanned for the safety Of the President,
and every precaution was taken to insure
his personal protection.
One morning there appeared at the
White House woman, closely yelled,
demanding an immediate interview with
Mr.. Lincoln. Approaching Messenger
Perkins. who guarded the door OF Mr..
l.lncolns private Office, the visitor made
known her request and pleaded earnestly
that she be admitted to personal inter.
view. The doOrkeeper's orders were, how
ever, very strict. and finding her eloquence
all in vain, she finally compromised by
confiding her message to the courteous
but firm employe. Taking him to one
side. the yelled lady took both his hands
in hers and tendcry rubbed them as she
extracted promise that he would imme.
diately deliver her request to the Presi.
dent Perkins was almost overcome by a
most peculiar odor that appeared to ema.
nate from his companion. and FASTENED to
get rid of her without creating a scene.
No sooner had he accomplished this than
he cOntided to one of the household the
effect produced upon him while in con-
versation with the importunate visitor.
physician who was present promptly d.
vined the truth and instituted search
for the woman, when it was learned that
she had driven rapidly away in a carriage,
and all trace was lost. Perkins was i'm
mediately ordered to return to his home
and await developments.
Within the usual period he was taken
i'll with one of the worst cases of viru.
lent smallpox on record. and for weeks
lay at the point Of death. Upon his re-
covery the faithful messenger. whose de-
votion to duty doubtless saved the life of
the President, was appointed by Mr.. Lin
coin to permanent position on the cleri-
cal force of the War Department, which
office he has continued to hold up to date,
being one of the most efficient clerks on
the rolls
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-05

fossil root end of Calamite or horse
tail Of the coal period. and figure
modern horse tail. actual size. Com
parison speaks for itself. Club MOSES
were abundant. in varieties many of
which are extinct. These mosses grew
100 feet or more tall, and scattered
myriads of seed spores and spore
cases; season after season this con-
tinued, until deep and dense layers
were formed around the roots. To-day
we get coal that is more or less COM
pletely built up Of these resinous
sDores-the bituminous sort frequently
owes it's brilliant and glossy appear
ance to the presence of this resinous
matter. These big club MOSES are
termed lepidodendra. The stem or
trunk of a lepidodendron Is covered
with scars where the leaf stalks were
originally attached. and these trunks
are often found standing upright in
the coal mines. with their striking
scars arranged spirally around their
whole length. The sandstones and
shales found above coal strata often
reveal fossilized portions and casts or
impressions of the scaly bark of these
great stems.
II we add to the plants already men,
toned certain coniferOus trees similar
to pines and larches, we will cOmpre-
bend that the forests of the coal Pc
Rod. although largely composed Of
what we now regard as insignificant
weeds. were not by any means insg-
nificant as forests. On the contrary.
everything points to the fact that the
forests were so dense as to be almost
impenetrable through the various
plant growths. individuals striving
with one another to get their leaves ex-
posed to the sunlight, just as the liv-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-05

that is. not particular whether he
swan in the water or moved about on
land. He had relatives, and the whole
tribe went by the general name of
Observation-Disclosures name being of d.
mansions to correspond with its bear
ers. Then there We're scaly. alligator
like reptiles, and the smaller fry in
cluded tree lizards. land snails, large
scorpions and spiders, cockroachos,
beetles. huge May-fies. and other
marsh insects. Among things in the
seas were the oyster. and fishes to
which the armored sturgeon of to-day
bears some resemblance. All these left
their trademarks. so to speak. in COAL
But this is in manner DEPRESSION
There were trees in those days. Not
the sorts we now have. but those of
less complex structure. They were tall
some of them over 200 feet. and cor
respondingly thick. They have left
descendants, but puny Ones-hOrse-
tails, club MOSES, ferns. are common
instances. The construction of these
trees tells us that the earth was a
very damp place those days. There
was water everywhere, and in abund-
ance. Even the air was habitually
saturated with it. The sun was hot.
and the combination made things
grow. Figure 1 shows at its right a
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-05

was he who had sent the valentine, hop
ing the little message would, in some
way. help him to gain her love. for il
was not true. the report which the Cos
sips Of Baysville had brought agains,
him, but more n reserved nature which
had made him seem Indifferent to those
who would like to have been his friends.
Aunt Selma soon found that he was n
noble. true-heartcd man. one she could
trust with her whole love and life, and
when he asked:
Twill you share the home have made
ready with the thought of you?" she did
not refuse, but little later went quiet
ly into the church which the children
had filled with flowers. and when she saw
the sweet blossoms and realized that all
this had been done for her. tears of hap
pness filled her eyes and she thought
How fair is life and all changed for
me by the aid of entine."-Indian-
apolis Sun.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-05
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

The hour was on us; where the mani
The fateful sands unfaltering ran,
And up the way Of tears
He came into the years.
Our pastoral captain Forth he came,
As one that answers to his name;
Nor dreamed how high his charge.
His work how fair and large
To set the stones back In the wall
Lest the divided house should fall.
And peace from men depart,
Hope and the chlldlike heart.
We looked on him. "'Tis hc." we said.
Come crowniess and unheralded.
The shepherd who will keep
The hocks. Will fold the sheep.
Unknightly. yes; yet twas the mlen
Presaging the immortal scene,
Some battle of His wars
Who sealeth up the stars
Nor would he take the past between
His hands. wipe valOr's tablets clean,
Commanding greatness walt
TIL he stand ut the gate:
Not he would cramp to one small head
The awful laurels Of the dead.
Times mighty vintnge cup.
And drink all honor up.
No tiutter Of the banners bold
Borne by the lusty sons OF old,
The naughty conQuerors
Set forward to their wars:
Not his their blare. their pageantries.
Their goal, their glory. was not bis:
Humbly he came to keep
The focks. to fold the sheep.
The need comes not without the man:
The president hours unceasing ran.
And up the way Of tears
He came Into the years,
Our pastoral captain, skilled to crook
The spear into the pruning hook.
The simple. kindly man,
Lincoln American.
New York Independent.