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expense to the government. The five
hundred million which is now being
printed is costing the United states
$2o5.0o0. OF course. this is only
made. but even two hundred and nifty
five thousand is not TO be sneezed a..
This expense includes the cost OF the raw
materials. such as ink. paper, etc. ana
production from the time II arrives in
the bureau till it is put in the Treasury
wagon and starts for the vault
Amount Of Paper Necessary.
The paper comes to the bureau in sheets
which will allow of only four notes be-
ing printed on them. Fifteen million
sheets will be required to print the whole
issue. Three notes Of $40 and one of so
denomination are on one plate and 1000.
600 sheets are to be printed from these.
Then 100000 sheets will take the 50 inn
pressions and lastly 100000 sheets VIII
be printed from the $50 and 500 plates.
Two hundred extra helpers have been
taken on TO complete the great budget.
and a great many more are expected
10 be employed before Ii is finished. Even
with such a large force they are work
ing night and day.
Paper money Is a great deal heavier
than most people imagine. A thousand
dollars in 81 bills weighs three pounds.
while $1,000 in gold will weigh about
three and half pounds. A thousand
sheets on which four bills are printed
weighs twelve pounds. The whole amount
of 500 100000 will weigh 100000 pounds.
Every one is familiar with the wagon
that plies between the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing and the Treasury Depart
ment every day, drawn by three white
horses. This wagon will hold $lWo00 i'm
81 bills. That means that il will ac-
commodate about 1000 pounds of weight
i'm paper money. Two hundred thousand
pounds or 100 tons is the weight of the
whole $500. 100000 issue. Consequently.
the wagon will have to make l67 trips in
order to carry the new issue to the
vaults in which ii is to be stored.
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upon their face that they are secured by
United States bonds or other securities.
certified by the written or engraved sig
natures of the treasurer and register and
by the imprint of the seal of the Treas
ury. They shall also express upon their
face the promise of the association re-
ceiving the same TO pay on demand, at
tested by the signature of the president
or vice president and cashier
The controller of the currency. acting
under the direction of the Secretary of
the Treasury. shall as soon practicable
cause to be prepared circulating notes in
blank. registered and countersigned. as
provided by law. to an amount equal to
~ per centum of the capital stock of each
national banking association. such notes
to be deposited in the Treasury or in the
subtreasury OF the United States near
est the place of business Of each associa-
ton. and to be held for such association,
subject to the order of the controller of
the currency. for their delivery as pro-
Vided by law"
Two Millions a Day.
This is big contract even for the bu-
reau of engraving and printing. which Is
accustomed to receiving big orders. Five
hundred million dollars. The average
mind can hardly form any conception Of
such a huge amount. Even a Rookie
Teller would have thrill at contemplate
ing so much money at one time At the
big government money factory, however.
it is only matter of so many sheets. SO
much weight and so much time consumed
in making it.
At the present time they are turning
out $2.OOO,O0O day. and Mr.. Ralph says
that they have not reached their limit
yet. Next week, he says. they will turn
out four million a day. and in the sue
ceeding weeks they will increase their
output. 1t is the intention of the de-
j.. partment to have the entire issue in the
vaults of the Treasury by the first or
middle of October.
Making money is an item of no small
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ANYTHING to Get Away.

d ICHA RID earle. the brilliant actor
N playwright. discussed polar exredi-
tions at dinner party in New York with
a charming young matron-Mrs Asterisk
LAS for me- said Mrs. Asterisk. ct
cannot understand why so many cultured
men are willing to abandon civilization
and its blessings and spend a lifetime
pole-hunting amid the bleak terrors OF
the cold white north
Mr. Carrie shook his blonde head and
smiled
"'Ah, madame. but you must remem-
her," said he. that all men are not
blessed with such wives as Mr.. Asterisk. -
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democratic national chairman would give
out conservative statement conceding
that the republicans had fighting chance
for Pennsylvania. and would probably
carry New Hampshire owing to the I'M
fortunate internal dissensions among the
democrats Of that state, the one in the
southern end having fallen out with the
two in the northern section over the West
minister Confession. And at republican
headquarters young Mr.. Cortelyou would
issue a careful forecast stating that news
of the most cheering character. had just
republicans of the, state were holding IA
splendid final rally under a corn crib, and
there was but little doubt about the re-
suit in Mississippi. providing the colored
vote was got out, not knowing, poor fell
low. that the only time a colored voter Of
Mississippi gets out on election day is to
attend his own funeral in a personal
capacity.
And then at last would come the day
when the voters OF our country marching
to the polls in serried ranks and some of
them pretty blamed rank at that. would
by their sovereign voice settle the great
issue whether the same bunch of post
masters should go on handing out
stamps for the ensuing four years. or
not. Election day, Larry. with its hopes
and its fears and in some states its lady
voters wearinns the latest word in mid
autumnal modes, but refusing to vote for
Henry j. Balbriggan for Congress because
he had one of those untidy mustaches;
election day, with its tin horns, human
and real tin; its campaign cigars smelling
much like its campaign torches, but not
igniting with the same freedom; its
great mental bets on the general result
and its small ones for cash; it's parades,
its speakings and its open-air souses its
early November frosts; it's fruitage and
its flowers, its pickles, its onions and its
lemons.
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way again, Larry-not since they've
brought the card index and the cash reg
lister into the system and converted the
national convention into a realistic imita-
ton of the commencement exercises at q
business college. Wen still have politics,
but the ticks will not be so audible as
they were. If at ALL My young friend
Blythe was one of those who was out at
the Chicago affair. He Graves thrills, and
SO went to Chicago. He's just got back.
He told me the only exciting thing he
saw there except Mrs. Alice Roosevelt
Longworth being made TO take of her
hat by her husband. Mr.. Longwo.th
from Cincinnati, Ohio, was the scene that
ensued among the colored delegates when
they learned that 3O-cent cigars were be-
ing given away freely without regard to
color by the John Hays Hammond
boom. This. Larry, was the same
boom which subsequently expired with
muffled exhaust like a smelter shut
ting down, deeply mourned by the seven
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day. The employees of the
bureau. of engraving and printing are
working night and day to turn out an
issue of SJOa.OO9.O00 which Congress
authorized to be made and stored away
in the stocking of that venerable old gen.
tleman with the star Spangled waistcoat
and striped trousers. This same stocking
already holds quite an ample supply and
by some is considered to be bottomless.
but during the recent financial panic it
was strained to such extent that the
wise ones at the Treasury Department
were considera bly, agitated as to how they
COLD make ends meet.
1t was rot that the government was in
tight place. bur"that Uncle Sam is such
a paternal individual that he naturally
hates TO see all of his nephews and nieces
financially embarrassed. Last fall he
was not able he would have liked to
place millions of dollars at the disposal of
the needy, and SO corporations were COM
PEELED to place their scrip in the hands of
their employees, which was only good If
the firms themselves ever got hold of any
real money. The five hundred million is
being stored away in the vaults of the
Treasury in anticipation of any such
crisis Then it will be placed literally at
the disposal of the people. And $J00.OOO-
90 will go a long way toward relieving
fuli-grown panic and not such q mush-
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STAMPING THE NUMBERS ON THE BILLS
szNsszassRs eaAa4a4aAzs
THE New Bills Differ But Slightly From the Old Bank
Noes-1n Fact the Fronts the New Ones Are Taken
From the Old Plates Which Have Been Altered TriAe-
On the New Plates the Old Caption Has and
the Following Inserted Irrational CURRENCY, Sc
by United States Bonds Other Secuties"-Amount
of Paper Necessary for the Issue
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Reckless
"Oh. by all MEANS said the Hotel
Clerk. IT'S quite customary. The first
time they nominated Bryan it was an ac-
cident. and the second time it was CO.
incidence. but now it's precedent. He's
a fixed institution in the south like the
boil weeyil. and a movable feastday all
over the country like Easter Sunday, and
a regular visitant from the west like the
seventeen-year locust. and a hardy annual
at all times like the Nebraska wind flower.
He's all these things and blamed sight
more. The year 1904. Larry. will go down
into history as the: strange year when
they didn't nominate Bryan
Then the campaign oughter he on purity
soon,'' said the House Detective.
..Oh, it S been on, off and on. for quite
you didn't seem to notice it unless you
were a close observer. You have to have
a keen eye TO see what's doing in these
days when politics has been reduced to
Ike Christian Science because in both in
stances the instructions come from a CEN
trail body and the members at large take
a good deal on faith. It's only been
comparatively short time since a national
convention was something like civil war
and something like street rioting and
something like the annual outing and
games of the late Mad Muilah. But now
it's a cross between administering chloro-
form and a job of plain ironing with
touch of expert porch-climbing thrown
in
Things were different before the intro
duction into the game of the time clock,
the automatic weighing machine and the
patented refrigerating process. not 10
mention the predigested cheer. the moth
ball enthusiasm and the seamless can The
republicans would go to their convention
and name their ticket and then start In
fighting the other side. and the demo-
Gratis would go to their convention as
Stunning that they only had one which was
rarely the case, and they'd nominate their
tickets and then start in fighting each
other. Senator Tillman. abandoning for
the nonce his Chautauqua lecture tour.
where he'd been explaining to the intel
lectual classes of the north why the col
ored man makes such poor fire insur-
ance risk in South Carolina. would return
to his native state TO see to 1t that none
of the Golddust Twins was deprived of
the blessed opportunity Of putting In a
full days work on election day at point
some distance remote from the polling
place. The Hon. Cornelius Bliss would
take steps to inform those captains OF
industry who desired to put cheek upon
the reckless policies of the democrats
that it would be the easiest thing In
the world. providing the check was prop
erly certified.
The evening before the election the
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ping on cockrOdcn. Wnen some leader
of the allies got in the way of the Off
cial asphalt roller, and at the last Uncle
Joe Cannon and Philander Knox and the
rest of their bunch sitting on the back
row with that rapt expression on their
faces"
How dye spell that there word
'rapt'?'' asked the House Detective.
In this case you would spell it rap
ped" said the Hotel Clerk. And that's
the way it was. Larry. and that's pretty
much the way it's loihg to be out at
tried it appears to be able to give the
Peerless Brand Of indestructible candidate
any testimonials, but the boys in the
trenches are going to use 1t again just
the same. They've got the habit. To start
off with they'll give their matchless lead
er a vocal tribute that's going to exceed
the little forty-nine-minute outburst for
Teddy if it takes the back lining out of
every lung in the Nebraska delegation
And then they'll adopt a platform saying
that whereas Providence is supposed to
nothing has been done for the jays in
some time-twelve years, to be exact; and
whereas it is incumbent upon the masses
Of the common people to save the fair
land which our grandsires fought for and
bled for-bled the Indians for. in par
ticular-from those predatory pirates with
money. who now clutch a PROSTATE coun-
try by the throat, the leg and the pants
pocket; and whereas there is nothing do
ing with the Cross Of Gold at this writ
ing; be it therefore resolved, that we point
Weekly Lincoln Commoner and would
point with equal pride to the government
ownership of railroads if circumstances
had been different, and we view with
and think something ought to be done
about them at once, especially the tariff
which has been in the hands of its
wealthy friends entirely too long; and we
would suggest that the marriage of rich
American girls to titled foreigners. is re-
pugnant to the spirit of our institutions
and ought to be taken up by the commit
tee on foreign relations without delay; and
also the Supreme Court and likewise the
civil service; and anyhow the other crowd
had had all the decent jobs nailed down
for sufficiently extended period of time
to say the very least
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little Cue enheims and few other close
friends of the family.
But that is neither here nor there nor
anywhere else. for that matter 1 was
telling you what Blythe said about the
convention. He said that at fitting mo-
ment Uncle Julius Caesar Burrows, who
is a serious statesman with long lines Ike
a Gibson girl or a dachshund. arose in
his white cravat and his Prince Albert
coat and sort of made a gesture with one
arm like a semaphore when the limited
is coming thrt' .gh. And then the limited
did come through. fercely roaring. with
its cowcatcher bearing a striking likeness
to a certain set of front teeth. and its
headlights looking very much like some
nose glasses of pattern that is fa-
miliar to all. And that was practically
all there was to it except taking the faxen-
haired. rosy-cheeked platform out of it's
box and pressing it in the stomach to
make 1t say Papa and once or twice a
low crunching sound, like q waiter step
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After which. Larry, they'i. name VII
nate some comparative yet trusting stran-
ger for Vice President, unless Adlai Ste
venson should oblige, as he has done from
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cept cheering message by the telephone
over Mink Creek. stating that his normal
majority had been increased eight votes
and the opposition leaders in that pre-
cinct now conceded the defeat of their
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BY IRWIN S. COBB.

Hf 'SPOSE they'll be nominating
= William ]. out at Denver this
coming week. said the House
Detective OF the Hotel st.
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OF content with making money
by the ton. Uncle Sam is also
manufacturing additional tons
and storing it away for rainy
dow The op,YlnUoc tho
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climated before they, can hope to compete

climated before they can hope to compete
with the English ponies.
International games between English
and American PLAYERS have heretofore
always resulted In favor Of the British men
and ponies. When the first International
game Was played at Newport about twentv
years ago with Thomas Hitchcock. Fox.
hall Keene. ". X. Thorne aud August Hell
mont representing, the American faction
defeat was due not to lack of skill on the
part of the contestants but 10 the lack Of
speed in their ponies which were ordinary
broncos from the Western ranges NhiIe
the English players rode ponies that were
full of racing blood.
In 1902, at the celebration of the Oueen's a
Jubilee, q formidable attempt was made
by picked American team to recanture
the trophy which the English PLAYERS Ind
won at Newport and taken to birmingham
fourteen years before. ~. NJ. Waterbury
abroad with Mr., Whitney. were members
Of this team, which played brilliant polo,
but again met defeat.
As both of these victories were attrib
uted largely to the superior quality OF the
English polo ponies great care has been
given to the selection Of the ponies which
Fitzgerald will take to England with him
and IL is believed that some OF them are
finer than anything that has heretofore
abroad. The American pIayers will 70 over
early in May and will probably take mari
In the games at Hurlingham. Ranelae eh and
other polo fields In June. No special match
has yet been arranged and il Is probable
that the American aspirants will conpete
In the open tournaments and endeayor Ia
hght their way 10 the top.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL BASKETBALL.
ne witt Clinton Beats Eastern District
View Foul Ruic Works Poorly.

: In the first game O! the Public School
| Athletic League high school basket ball
series DE Witt Clinton defeated Eastern Dis
| triCt yesterday atte, noon Mt the Twenty
third Regiment hrmory by a score Of 81 TO
| "a. The De Witt Clinton team which is the
same. man for man as last year, had n big
advantage over the Brooklyn boys in It's
superior team work. In the first part Of
the game the shooting was very moor on
both sides and many easy chances tor a
basket were lost. The repeated fouling,
especially holding, made the game slow and
unintereeting.
The game afforded the first opportunity
for testing the new p. S. A; L. rule ty which a
mitted against It without shooting the goal
This was intended to eliminate some Of The
rouEhness which is aniways avs, more Or lcss
did, not accomplish its PURPOSE. however,
and made it an exceedingly difficult matter
Cohen and Sohick Of Eastern District
made the first two baskets and these were
the only points tallied on fisld goals by their
team in the first half. The passing was
but De Witt Clinton showed the result oil
it's experience gained last year The de-
cisions OF the referee were freauently dis
delay the game. The score at the end Of
the first half was IL to iS In De Wits Gin
ton fsyof For the sreaits[ part o' eoi one
or a basket put first one team and then the
other in the lead. .,...:
The Boys' High basketball team was de-
score Of 90 to 3s In rough game at Savaee,s
gymnasium yesterday. Twenty-Five fouls
we're called and they were pretty evenly
divided between the two teams. Cayalaro.
a Stuyvesant forward, shot eight field goals.
The Townsend Harris basketball team
opened up ts series In the Public School
Athletic League tournament last night at
the Washington Heights branch OF the
y. VI. c. A., by losing to Commerce High
School by 35 to 81. The Hall team has won
the Dodge trophy two years in succession
and must win again to keep IL permanently
Whenever foul was called no free shot was
allowed. but the point was at once given
TO the team fouled. Ninteen points were
given TO Commerce and thirteen 10 Town.
send Harris. a total OF thirty-two fouls all
but six of which were for holding. The game
was well played by both teams, The Com
merce players were much heavier than their
oppon ents and started the tallyinR. Capt
Ampulsk fell IN the first half. hurting his
wrist, Elmer taking his place. The loss OF
the little forward and the substitution of
Harbor for Schalman in the second half.
who, was also hurt playing centre, handi-
capped the Hall team. Near the end OF the
game Joseph, the Commerce guard. was
hurt and the game stopped. The referee
was upset by tho confusion and tho time
keeper, who was also scorer. blew the W hiEtle
and dlSappepred with the score book. In
the preliminary game Hartley HouBe de-
feated the Washington Heights Y. NC. A.
- " W Aes m Ht ..- .. u,
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HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE, ''iss sf% s';;%, sSs
POLO TEAM TO GO ABROAD
MEADOW BROOKS WILL PLAY
IN ENGLAND NEXT YEAR.
Harry Payne whitney, Lawrence water.
bury and j. VI. Waterbury VIII Sail
Early I'm May-About Twenty-Five
Ponies VIII he Shipped In January.

When the polo season opens next year
English players will find an American
team composed OF members Of the Meadow
Brook Club ready to meet them on their
own ground.
The Meadow Brook team has been prac-
tically invincible here for two years and
this side OF the Atlantic. Three of the
members. namely. Harry Payne Whitney,
Lawrence Waterbury and j. NJ. Waterbury,
apparently not satisfied with a monopoly
Of the American victories and signing for
other worlds to conquer" will cross the
ocean next season carrying with them
the good wishes OF every polo enthusiast.
Arrangements have been made TO ship
about twenty-five OF the finest American
polo ponies early in January In charge
OF Larry Fitzpatrick, well known pro-
fessional whip who was formerly prom
inent trainer Of show horses belonging TO
o, II. p. Belmont and William G.. Whitney
For year or two past Fitzgerald has given
his attention to the training of polo ponies
and has achieved as much success In this
field as he did when he was fitting high
steppers to compete for blue ribbons 1t
was Fitzpatrick who brought out the fa-
nous Sundown. lie also introduced to the
horse world Rockingham Hurlingham and
Egbert. Kitchener and Ko-
pelia, all noted winners at the National
Horse Show fifteen years ago.
Among the ponies which Fitzgerald will
take to England with him are Cottontail.
Ginger. Clnders. Conover. Dot, BendiRo
and Greyliny. These equine celebrities
till preoede their riders by some months,
es " ts necessary for them To- become 20.
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DEvERS SHOOTS NINE GOALS.
West Point Captain q Factor In Defeat OF
Fordham by AS TO -.

WEST. POINT. Dec. lo.-By fine team
work and excellent passing. combined
with being able to shoot goals from
almost any position. the West Point cadets
defeated Fordham at basketball here to-
day by score OF 45 to IS. For the frat
four goas the teams led alternately: then
the soldiers took the lead. setting a fast
pace. With fine passing and shooting they
Kept the visitors on the defensive and in
creased their lead until the end OF the
period. which ended with the score % to g..
Derers, The Army captain, played n star
game, and besides covering his man well
he shot nine Of The Army goals, many of
them spectacular enough 70 earn the ap,
plause Of the gallery. Mehoney also did
excellent service for Fordham and shot
Ave of their goals.
In the last half the cadets replaced all
but one Of their team with substitutes and
they failed 10 more than hold their own
during The latter part of the game. Al
though fast, tho game was played without
any sign of roughness and the few fouls
were for running and holding.
IlA nnAnn.
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Games for IlIshIandefs.

The New York Americans will be busy
playing exhibition games on their way
north from the Macon training quarters
next spring. They will go south about
the first OF March and after week or SO
of limbering up will be IN shape for harder
business. Besides the dates arranged us
these 10 be arranged when the team sete
South. On March Is. 10 and IL game nre
TO be played with the Atlanta team in At
cinnati Reds will be taken on IN Atlanta
on one Of these days. The Highlandefs will
split up when they start for home and the
First team-Aprtl 5, Augusta, g. coIumbIa;' :.
Charlotte: a. Lynchburg; 10. Jersey City: ii,
Newark: u, Trenton; ~ Wilmington, Def ~
ton: q Wilmington, ". c.; n DanVille; q, Norfolk;
10 and ~ Rlehmond: "a, Beitimege,