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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
DIES FOR EMBOSSED STAMPS.
But One Man Employed in Their
Manufacture Since 1868.

veteran employe of the Treasury De-
nartnent who has been in close touch with
the methods of the monetary branch Of
the government for more than forty years,
has made an interesting statement concern
ing the dies from which stamped envelopes
are made. He said for nearly twoscore
wears. with but one interruption, these dies
have been made by one man. Henry Mitch
ell of Boston, whose services for Uncle sam
began In 1868. The interruption came dur
ing the first administration of Grover CleVe-
lend.
IT will be recalled that at that time, unoer
nressure from the then New Jersey dele
CATION in Congress, Mr.; Cieveia .t s suus,
to revolutionize the methods In the bureau
Of engraving and printing. A new ensraver
was employed to emboss the stamps on the
enve,ones that are Issued by the million, but
the. experiment proved to be a 1aiiufe ana
Mitchell was soon re-empioyeo.
The man who has enjoyed this unique
monopoly for nearly forty years recently
stated that the art OF making THESE u,es
denends on making the matrx properly.
The matrix is born OF smaii ssse b bocn
subdiyided into two partisan unoer pioch
fonned by disk about haM an men tnick.
XII the engraving Is done on this upper
structure. and 1t Is done downward. mere
enters the difficulty of the task tne great
est difficulty of engraving is to cut down.
,.,a,.d that IL to make an intaglio instead
When the matrix, as Mr.. Mitchell calls
1t. the mother die. Is done, a soit puip
sIiehtly less in diameter is thrust INTO II
and kept there until relief design of the
figure is obtained. Then the die Is COM
piete, and from these two parts.the IN
taelio and the relief. the two parents dies
many Thousand embossed stamps may be
made.
The envelopes are made and stamped at
Hartford, more than one set OF dies being
used. But every die is obtained from that
oricinaI matrix New bulbs are mated with
the mother; they. In turn, create new mat
rices, and the process OF propagation Is
kept up until evidences of wear ana tear on
the original dies show and the finer lines
begin to lose their absolute resemblance to
the original engraving.
Gem work is even more difficult than In
taglio engraving for Inc postal department.
TO know how to do It properly requires the
study OF q lifetime.
In comparison with rubies. emeralds and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
Goes Through the Ice.

William Tayman, twenty-five years OF
age, resident of Twining City, while skat-
ing on the Eastern branch, near the Penn
sylvania avenue bridge. yesterday after
noon shortly before o'clock, went upon
ice that was not thick enough to hold his
weight and suddenly went through into the
water. George French, a neighbor and
companion, was with him at the time the
accident occurred, and he was able to res
cue him by using pole. Tayman hurried
home as soon as he was rescued, going
through the snow. 1t Is believed that his
experience will not cause him any serious
illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
RURAL MAIL DISTRIBUTION.
Of Mechanical Device,
Not Contemplated.

AS result of recent reports that the
Post Office Department contemplates the
adoption of a mechanical device for the
delivery of mail on rural routes, the de-
partment has received numerous letters
from inventors requesting tests of their
devices, including schemes for distributing
by trolley wire. with view to adoption in
lieu Of the present method of delivering
mail by carriers.
Mr.. De Graw. fourth assistant postmaster
general, who has jurisdiction over the rural
delivery service. in statement today says
the department has never contemplated the
adoption OF mechanical device for the
delivery of mail. nor will tests be given any
such device. as the idea is impracticabIe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
TREASURER RICE SUSTAINED.
Legislature Cannot Violate State Con-
stitution.


The case of Charles s. HARE VS.. James H.
Rice, state treasurer of Montana, involving
the right to invest a part Of the proceeds of
the sale of the Montana State Normal
School lands in the erection Of normal
school buildings, was decided by the Su-
preme Court of the United States today ia
vorably to Rice. The action was brought
against Rice because he refused to honor
warrant drawn on the state treasury for a
normal school building under course Of erec-
ton on money derived from the sale of
bonds issued on the normal school lands.
He took the position that the transaction
was antagonistic to the Montana constitu-
ton, which requires that the funds shall be
so invested as to draw interest for the bene-
fit of the normal school. and the Montana
supreme court sustained him.
Justice Moody delivered the opinion of the
federal Supreme Court, which affirmed the
state court on the ground that under the
congressional grant the Montana legislature
could not transcend the regulation of the
Montana constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28

Sergt. Murphy, Precinct Detective YER
million and Policeman Hackett of the sixth
precinct raided the home of William Car
ter. GO North Capitol street. Saturday
night, where an exciting game was In
progress. There was great commotion at
the result. and the officers swept everything
off the boards. Carter was escorted to the
sixth precinct station house and was
charged with permitting gaming on the
premises.
When arraigned In the Police Court this
morning Carter pleaded not guilty and de-
manded a trial by jury. The hearing was
continued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
REPORT DENIED.
Rumor Regarding the Pay Of Employees
at Government Printing Office.

Mr. Charles A. Stillings, the public
printer. was asked today by Star reporter
regarding a report that is said to be in
general circulation about the. printery to
the effect that he had appeared before a
congressional committee and opposed the
proposed increase of salaries of government
employees, so far as the public printing Of
fee was concerned. The report had it that
Mr., Stilllngs informed the members OF the
committee that the workers in the govern
ment printing Office were well satisfied with
the compensation they were receiving.
In reply Mr.. Stillings said to the reporter
that he had In a general way favored the
proposed increase, and. further. that he
had urged increased pay for certain classes
of workmen In his department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28

COUPON.

This Palais Royal Coupon en-
titles the bearer to two (2) panel
cabinet-size photographs and
photograph on nine 0) post cards.
all for the nominal sum of fifty
(5o) cents.
photographer. has achieved con-
siderable fame for her posing and
the artistic finish Of her pictures.
Her studio Is now located on the
Fourth Floor of the Palais
Royal. and visitors are cordially
invited to inspect her specimens
and interview her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
The Palais Royal, Alnsnrr. G and 18th.

diamonds, in particular. steel is soft ma
terial And over and above all that the en-
craving on such stones is most minute Ia
Dor. Every line is extremely small and fine.
Diamond engraving, especially, is one of
the rarest arts in the world. Mr.. Mitchell
has been trying for years to discover the
secret-and the discovery means fees of
four figures more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
Given Four Months in Jail.

Just as Elliott Roberts. colored. was 60
ing into a house on d street to make a
call, his wife. Sadie Roberts. stopped him
She shouted for the police, and Policeman
Lintler OF the first precinct took Roberts
into custody. The latter was accused OF
the larceny OF a watch chain and charm
from his stepson. John Nelson, also col
ored. After hearing the testimony in the
case today Judge Mullowny held Roberts
guilty and sentenced him to serve four
months In jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
Damages Placed at $40, 600.

Mrs. Cora H. King. widow and admins
tratrix Of the late Prof. Theo ingalls, King,
who was killed in the recent wreck at
Terra Gotta, on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, today fled suit against the rail-
road company In the Supreme Court OF the
District Columbia on behalf of herself and
her three minor children. through her at
torneys, Barnard & johnson, claiming dam
ages In the sum Of 10000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
Standards Methods Of Competition.

Some of the methods of competition In
dulged in by the Standard are as follows: :
The Standard has repeatedly after be-
coming the owner of competing COM
pany, continued to operate it under the old
name, carrying the idea to the public that
the company was stiu Independent and
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
POOR SEATS. POOR PICKING.

Many who have had seats selected for them by gentlemanly and plausi- ble sellers of seats in the box offices of theatres and then found that those seats were behind posts or behind ev- erybody else in the house will be in terested in the discovery that such se- lection may have pretty serious conse- quences. It appears that if Miss Ellen M. Case, who died awhile ago in Hartford, leaving rich bequests to va rious benevolent and benefcent soci- cites, hadn't had poor seats given to her by a gentlemanly and plausible ticket-seller the Hartford Union for Home Work would have got bequest of $10,000, and more as residuary legatee. The Friendly Visitors, an aux Hilary of the Union for Home Work, gave the show, and the theatre man agement sold the tickets But Miss Case cut the Union for Home work out of her will, feeling, perhaps, as some others have in such cases, that she had been snubbed, when she hadn't been, except by the grand, the lofty and the peculiar system of the atre management.
 The gentlemen and ladies in the boS offices of theatres may not care much for bequests unless they are coming tc them, but 1t. is well enough for then to know what they may do when they shove off poor ticket on rich bui modest buyer who has made, or i' about to make, a will,
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24

consequences as result of manipula. tive clique enterprises That is the definite realization that there is lim- 1t to the ability and capacity of men to work intelligently and effectively. Combination and concentration have their virtuous sides. and have come In response to industrial needs, but it has been clearly demonstrated that even they have limit set upon their useful- ness, just as individual and independ7 ent forces found there was limit to their usefulness. These then are among the forces and influences which are preparing to confound the confident predictions of financial London. What self-interest falls to accomplish fear of consequences. combined with new realization of human limitations, will. We are a young nation and not the most learned perhaps upon the face of the earth, but we can see point when it is scored against us as the re- cent point was scored and take advan- tage of it Financial London is too ner. vous about our future.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
The MendIcants.

We are as mendicants who wait Along the roadside In the sun. Tatters of yesterday and shreds Of morrow clothe us every one And some are dotards, who believe And glory in the days of old; While some are dreaming. harping still Upon an unknown age of gold. Hopeless or witless. Not one needs As lavish Time comes down the way And losses In the slppiiant hat One great new-minted gold To-day, Ungrateful heart and grudging thanks His beggar's wisdom only sees Housing and bread and beer enough He knows no other things than these, 0 foolish ones, put by your care! Where wants are many. joys are few; And at the wilding springs of peace, God keeps an open house for you. But that some Fortunatus' gift Is lying there within his hand, More costly than a pot of pearle, His dullhess does not understand. And so his creature heart is filled Let him wear brand-new garments
 still, Who has threadbare soul, l say But there be others, happier few, The vagabondish sons of God, Who know the byways and the flowers, And care not how the world may plod. They idle down the traffic lands, And loiter through the woods with
 spring; To them the glory of the earth Is but to hear bluebird sing. They too receive each one his Day; But their wise heart knows many
 things
 Beyond the sating of desire, Above the dignity of Kings. One I remember kept his coin. FAnd laughing Tipped 1t in the air But when two strolling pipe players Came by, he tossed 1t to the pair Spendthrift of joy, his childish heart Danced to their wild outlandish bars; Then supperless he laid him down That night, and slept beneath the stars
 -Bliss Carman.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24

covering 240 acres and operating over thirty miies of railroad, over which is carried to it daily 20O,O feet of sugar pine and yellow pine logs for the match machines. Inferior lumber will not do. It must be straight-grained and free from knots and carefully treated in addition. The by product goes into larger things. The factory on the Pacific coast referred to turns out as this by-product a thousand doors and eight hundred window sashes daily. In a single year one match com pany in the lake. region cut 225, 100000 board feet of pine, though that was in- tended for more than years product.
 The moral of this situation as that of several other situations, seems to be, Plant trees. It is becoming more and more evident that trees planted now will pay we'll
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
Pure Food For Animals.

(Rochester Democrat and Chronicls.)
 George B. Mccabe, solicitor of the Department of Agriculture, remarks that the national pure food law is for the benefit of beasts as well as human beings. The following example Is cited; Suppose a farmer livipg in Indi- ana, near Chicago, should haul his hs into the Illinois metropolis for market, ing Suppose, also, that this farmer claims his hay to be timothy If he sells 1t under this claim and the pur, chaser discovers that the hay contains red top the farmer is liable to prose- cution under the pure food law Quite proper. Likewise, presumably the faithful horse who at the dinner hour finds shoe pegs served, when the menu calls for oats, will have quite as good ground of Complaint under the law as the unsuspectlng housewife upon whom the interruptions pe 1let foists nutmegs made of basswood IT this war on the sale of fraudulent foods let no guilty man escape
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
INEVITABLE.

T understand that he recently mar ''Yes, and now he's defendant for life. "--Smart Set.
 First Authof-What was the climax to your last book?
 Second Author-The bill from the publishers for printing it--Smart Set,
 Freddy Hey, does your mother ever whip you?"
 Jifnmie--'Worse'n that. She washes my face, '-Womap's Home Companion.
 you say that d-headed widow is going to marry very ignorant man?'
 Yes, he is ignorant of the fact that she Is going to marry him. Houston Post
 Don't be jealous, Jack. Let's change the subject What is that That's af Sirius, too, dear"-chicago Tribune.
 Hes no good at an argument. is
 Well. I should say not. Why, that man couldn't convince q woman that she is pretty '-Clevelsnd Leader.
 Ethel has gone over to the church to pray"
 For her husband of course"
 Why, she hasn't any"'
 T know it."-Smart Set.
 Nan-What broke off the engage ment between Dick Short and Mlllie Long-Greene?
 Fan-She wanted to put off the we'd ding on account of the financial string ency and he insisted on having 1t right away for the same reason.--Chicago Tribune
 She approached the hoorwalker and asked;
 'sNKTharA shaU find son,ethi,,U nira in oil for the dining-room?"
 On the fifth began the floorwalk- CT. Then paustng, he looked doubtfully at the inquirer, Do you want 3 paint ing or something in the sardine liHe?7 Success.
 Cato, the Censor, made many speech es in the Roman Senate.
 No matter what the subject matter however. it was his custom to end ev- cry speech he made in this manner: Tt Is also my opinion that Carthage should be destroyed and that Christ
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
A sAppENlNe DECISION.

There will be no more "scalping' of railroad tickets unless the Supreme court of the United States changes it's mind, which it is not likely to do. or unless some other powerful people change their minds. But speculation in theatre tickets is not yet extinct, and does not seem likely to be soon, The Supreme court of Illinois has just de- cided State law prohibiting specula- ton in theatre tickets to be unconsti- tutional Such a law might be valid in the case of railroads, but the atre, says the court, is under no ohli- gation to perform it's functions con- tinuously and it may sell it's tickets at any price it sees fit. There is nQth- ing injurious to the health, morals, safety or general comfort of the pub lie in the resale of such tickets at a higher price than appears on their face.
 This decision win bring sorrow to the hearts of people who fear that they may become victims of specula- tors in theatre tickets, It will also bring sorrow to the hearts of theatre managers who try to protect the pub lie from being 'stung." And even some theatre managers who do not try tc protect the public will profess sorrow that they are unable to do it.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
YESTERDAY.

It sometimes rains when 1t doesn't t pour, but yesterday wasn't one of the times Coming after such golden days as. we have had, and coming just when a golden day was wanted it was par ticularly disappointing, not to say dis gusting, But to-day VIII bring another day, and probably a better. Then to- morrow the day of all the week the best, and according to the feelings of many, especially those who have young feelings, the day of all the year the best,
 So let yesterday be charged up to experience and be forgotten. It had its uses, we suppose, but they were not conspicuous enough to attract much attention around here,
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
THE PORT OF cHuAGo.

Chicago isn't on the seacoast and so it can't claim some things that go with the seacoast, but it is on the lake coast, and 1t claims all that goes with that. For instance, it rises and says that Chicago as a port of entry for foreign goods, as measured by the customs receipts collected, ranks fourth among the cities of the coun- try. The government statistics for the last fiscal year show that only New York, Boston and Philadelphia are ahead of it. New York, of course, has enormously greater receipts than any other city in the country, but Boston has less than three times the collec- tions of Chicago, and Philadelphia on- ly double. The figure for Chicago was S1O,162,952. Below Chicago came San Francisco New Orleans, Baltimore and the Puget Sound ports, all on the seaboard, and also cities like Detroit and Buffalo on the Canadian border, as well as all other inland cities. Only St. Louis, among other inland cities, makes showing in any way coInpara- ble, and its receipts were less than a quarter of those of Chicago,
 
 That's porting it some. Perhaps by and by Chicago will be able to claim that it is the greatest port for airships in the world.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
Fresh-watef Criticism.

(The Waterbury AmericanO
 The young gentlemen who described the departure of the Pacific fleet for the public prints were assuredly not of the kind who habitually go down to the sea in ships, They told the Associated Press that the sailors manned the yards whereas we haven't had any yards in the American battle division since the Chicago was reconstructed; they led the New York Sun to declare that signal flags were stretched from the Connecticut's bowsprit to truck and bowsprits, save for coal schooners went out of fashion years ago; they had Admiral Evans voyaging around | Hampton Roads in a galley" which ,s a craft used only in the sea service oi H B, M, and they rearranged the May 1 flower so that when President Roose- l welt stood alone on the bridge lob viously lie must have navigated the yacht) the rest of his party stood "or l the quarterdeck directly beneath him. However they united in declaring that the fleet was the most impressive thing of It's Kind afloat and in this they were probably correct.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
MORE ALARM.

Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth." Also behold how much wood the little match in its making useth up. So much that the match-makers are viewing the situa- ton with as much alarm as the situa- ton is viewed with by an opposition political party. The people of this country alone are using 700.000,0o0,- 900 matches year and if the lumber becomes poorer may soon be calling for twice this number. There are hun dreds of factories scattered over the country, one plant on the Pacific coast
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24

 mas shopping should be done earlx-" v Philadelphia Press. What will I get for brother, What will I buy for sis, What will get for mother And what for certain miss! What will I get I wonder. For Christmas time is pSyh; With just two dollars-thunder What can a fellow buy?
 Cleveland Plain Dealer Say said the tired-looking man as he paused in front of q stall in the nsh market throw me four or i've or your biggest trout, will your But why do you want me to throW them?s queried the astonished dealer. 50 I can look my wife in the eye when I get home and tell her l caught them replied the other, wearlly; may be a poor fisherman, but m no Ananias '-Chicago News.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
ANOTHER EAGLE AND CRITICAL EYE

Henry Reuterdahl's eagle and criti- cal eye discerned that our battleships which steamed away so proudly and grandly the other day on their mis- sion of peace were so low in the wa ter that well-directed shot from an enemy could penetrate a ship at a place near the water-line where the armor is thin and sink it. But there was another eagle and critical eye tas- tened on those ships when they steam ed away. That was the eye of Theo- |dore Roosevelt, president of the United States, and the man whose energy got the United States navy ready for the Spanish war. as now it has got 1t ready for the Japanese peace And this is the result of that eyeing, ac- cording to "cne of the highest author ities of the government: President Roosevelt, when he reviewed the feet on it's departure for the Paciflc, espe- eially noted the height of the arnor belts on the battleships above the wa ter line, In every instance this belt was above the water-line, and in many cases 1t was from three to four feet The complaint has been made that when the ships are fully loaded the top of the armor belt Is awash. The ships of Rear-Admiral Evans fleet were as heavily laden when they start ed as they will ever be in time of war, and perhaps more heavily laden, so that the President himself stands ready tc refute exaggerated conclusions drawn by recent amateur critics of naval construction.
 That's the way to talk to en1. Let us have no exaggerated conclusions" by amateur critics of naval construc, ton" That's a mild way of putting It too.