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The Springfield herald., 1913-07-11

clothes of his master. writes Carl s.
Hansen in the Forum. He is now liv-
ing the life of that master. He reads
the same papers, goes to the same
church, votes at the same poll. crit-
cises the same drama. On his walls,
as much as he can afford OF 1t. he
hangs the same pictures; he has car
pets of the same pattern. His very
table manners are as much superior to
Chesterton's tinker's as were the no.
ble's of that medieval day to his serf's
The truth is that in all this confor-
NIFTY there is still greater noncon-
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| 564. 4.604,719 silver dollars were loaded
into freight cars of 10000 pounds or
! thirty tons capacity, it would require
more than 555 cars to carry them.
| II these same silver dollars could be
laid flat, one on top Of another. they
would make monument S35 miles
high. If placed end to end they would
make a handsome necklace" 1880
miles in length. Or they would make
belt that would extend more than
half way around the world.
One thousand dollars in new gold
coins weighs 1858 pounds. Uncle
Sans stock of gold. therefore. Is
equivalent to about 5000 tons. which
would require train Of 100 cars to
carry 1t. each car having q carrying
capacity of more than 10000 pounds.
Another interesting fact in connec-
tion with paper money is that mill
ion crisp, new 81 paper bills. II placed
one on top of another. would make q
column about 260 feet in height. or
nearly half as high as the Washington
monument.
United States paper currency Is is
sued in denominations of 81, 81, IS,
$40. 500. $50. 500, $500, $1,000, $4,000
and $4,000. The notes are put up in
packages containing $4,000 of each de-
nomination. So while a package of
1000 81 silver certificates, about seven
inches square, contains but $4,000, yet
a similar size package of $4,000 gold
certificates contains the equivalent of
$4o. 100000.
The nucleus Of the present building
was authorized by act of congress
July 4. 1886. The building was com
pleted in 1912. 1t extended along Fiji
teenth street and was $40 feet long by
ITO feet wide. By the act of March 3,
1855, the continuation of the building
was authorized. The south wing was
completed and occupied in 1861. Op-
erations were suspended during the
Civil war for while, but in 1864 the
west wing was completed. Immedi-
ately adjoining this wing at the north
end of the east wall was the west end
of the old state department building.
In November, 1866, this building was
vacated by the department, and 1t
was Immediately demolished The
work Of laying the north wing of the
building became necessary in May,
1867. In 1863 this wing was finished.
thus completing the building as it
stands today. The dimensions of the
building today are 46S by 264 feet.
The treasury of the United States
in broad sense embraces the treas
ury at Washington as well as sub
treasures located in many principal
cities; thirteen mints and assay Of
flces,, and about 1000 national banks,
in all parts Of the country, designated
as depositaries.
The treasurer of the United States
is charged with the receipt and dis
bursement Of all public moneys de-
posted in the treasury at Washington
and in the various sub-treasuries and
national bank depositaries. He is also
redemption agent for national bank
notes. and trustee for bonds
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ward Halverson saw the plow turn
something metallic out of the ground.
He stopped and picked it up and found
it was a silver watch. He at once
thought of the one his cousin had lost
80 years ago. and although the fields
had been changed. he discovered this
was where he had helped look for the
watch years ago. The thick crystal
was broken and the hinges were rust
ed. but he returned the old timepiece
to its owner. and jeweler to which it
was taken for repairs discovered that
the works were free from dirt and rust
and the adjustment still perfect.
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UNCLE SANS treasury building
at Washington covers two en-
tire city blocks. In this build
" ing there are thirteen immense
vaults, and several smaller safe
vaults. In which are safely packed
away billions of dollars in gold, silver.
greenbacks and securities.
The vaults are wonderful In their
intricate construction. They are sur
rounded by thousands of highly
charged wires embedded in solid con-
crete. any one OF which will give an
son not intrusted with the secret COM
bination. Each vault is about twenty
five feet wide by thirty feet long. and
are built of reinforced concrete four
and half feet thick and strong in
proportion. The vaults are as nearly
burglarproof as human ingenuity can
make them.
Doors Are Strong.
Electricity, applied by the most
modern method. protects the treasure
Each Of the vaults is completely sur
rounded by a network of electric
wires placed two inches apart. The
doors of the vaults being sufficiently
strong to resist any attempt to enter
them. 1t is absolutely impossible for
anyone to gain entrance to this treas
ure house without giving an alarm
that will bring out instantly the cap
tain of the watch and his entire force
of guards, for the minute an electric
wire is cut or even touched the alarm
is sounded, and the guardians Of Un-
me nk Hv,ny
The financial transactions of the
government are conducted on a scale
of such magnitude as to seem almost
incredible. For instance, during the
period Of thirteen years from 1897 to
June 80. 1910. the accounts settled in
the office of the auditor for the treas
ury department aggregated the I'M
mense sum of $6s. .1s1. 900. .O00.. an aver
age of nearly $3.50 200. 900 year.
This vast sum embraces the income
and expenditure Of the government.
the issue. redemption and exchange of
currency, accounts of mints and assay
Offices. customs. internal revenue.
etc. 1t does not. however. include
transactions relating to the postal
service, the revenues of which for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1909.
amounted to 1903 s.562. .sss.o7. and the
expenditures 1921. .004. .1o2.ss.
1t is not generally known that the
United States today holds the largest
stock of gold of any nation in she
world. The amount of gold in the
United States Is more than three times
as large as that of Great Britain. 1t
more than equals that of Great Bril-
tain and France, Great Britain and
Germany, or Great Britain and Russia
combined.
Interesting Figures.
A number of interesting facts re-
garding the silver dollar were discov-
cred during the writer's investigation
of this subject. For instance, 1000 new
standard dollars will weigh exactly
So 92 pounds. II the country's stock of
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PRESIDENT REFUSES APPROVAL.
Senator shafroth 10 Make Stand II
Caucus for Sugar Duty.

Washington. = Senator Shafroth's
plan to continue a duty on sugar il
the revenue is needed has not found
favor in the sight of President VIII
son. The senator had a conference
with the President at which he urged
him to accept the provision, both to
save the sugar industry and the Dem
ocratic party in Colorado and other
sugar-producing states.
The President listened attentively,
but respectfully declined the Shafroth
plan his Endorsement. The Democratic
members of the finance committee. as
soon as they heard of the Presidents
decision. decided not to accept the
amendment and turned 1t down.
In spite of these discouraging set
backs, Senator Sha:roth has not given
up the fight.
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first essential in the new art of being
is, that a tinker shall not be tinker
when he is not tinkering, or smith
smith when he is not at the forge.
Your tinker OF old was tinker in his
evenings and on his holidays. The
modern tinker must not be out of
place in the research library. Country
people no longer wear peculiar styles.
They are more distinguished for tele-
phones and taste for opera.
The modern smith. tinker. even lab
borer. has not stopped at initiating the
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100000 Die IN
BALKAN FIGHT
DEPLoREs CONFLICT AND
sLAMEs AUSTRIA.
ten DAYS OF FIGHTING
THOUSANDS WOUNDED CROWD
HOSPITALS; BuLGARs Pill.
LACE AND MURDER.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-After ten days of fighting,
more severe and deadly in character
than anything in the last Balkan war,
little light begins to break upon the
hitherto obscure operations. In the
first place, the Scrvians have lost
more mon than in the whole previous
campaign and semi-otficial statements
issued at Belgrade have the appear
ance of intention to prepare the public
for news OF disaster.
Desperate fighting is proceeding
along the Vardar and Bregalinitza riv-
ers which seems to be in favor OF the
Bulgsrians. Important news has been
received of the Bulgarian invasion of
Servia, through Belogradchyk. about
Servia's most important fortified town.
forty-five miles northeast of Nish
No indication is given of the strength
Of the Bulgarian column at this point,
but the Bulgarians claim to have de-
feated the Servians and captured five
guns and quantity of other war ma
terial, and, by the occupation of the
passes, to have opened the road to
Nish. There is heavy fighting also
between the Servians and Bulgarans
to the south of Istip and in the neigh
borhood OF Kotchana. About 100000
men are engaged and the losses on
both sides have been terrible.
Bulgaria's strategy appears to be to
hold the Greeks in check, probably
with comparatively small forces,
while she deals with Scrvia. This as
Lot, tG.xt tnkN
advance of the Greek army.
Reports credit the Bulgarions with
victories near Koprili, giving them the
key to Uskup, and with an outflank
ing movement from the south of Tahy
nos lake, which would cut off the
Greek retreat.
Saloniki dispatches continue to re-
port Greek victories. The Greeks
have captured sixteen guns at Doiran.
Evidence of desperate fighting is
found in the arrival of 5000 wounded
at Salonika. taxing the towns accom-
modations and resources to the utter
most.
A conservative estimate of the
killed or wounded In last weeks fight
ing fixes the number at from 10000
to 10000. Thousands OF destitute ref
ugees from the scene Of fighting are
pouring into SaloniKi.
The Greeks make wholesale charges
against the Bulgarians of burning and
pillaging all the villages they abandon
and of committing murders, mutila-
tions and other horrors. More than
1000 refugees are concentrated at Mig
rita and adiacent villages
Washington. - The Greek legation
here was informed by it's government
that, without formal declaration,
Greece, Servia and Montenegro have
accepted war with Bulgaria; that the
Greek secretary of state has notified
the Bulgarian minister at Athens he
considered the latter's mission at an
end, and that the Greek minister at
Sofia had been instructed to return
home.
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Spcakinn of Go1ts

You know, goats may be raised
prohtably on land which is unsuiteS
for anything else." said the real es.
tate dealer
We'll" replied the prospective Gus.
toner, the goat is generally the one
who gets that land
The Springfield herald., 1913-07-11
ALL LIVES AFTER ONE MODEL
Tinker and Smith Are Anxious to Ap-
pear Like Lawyer and
Preacher.

Most remarkable of all the revolts
is the revolt of the common man
against the distinctions that once
marked him Chesterton deplores the
lack of color in modern life. He harks
back to the middle ages. when tin
fer VAS tinker with pack and apron,
and When a sniti was as easily recog-
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Husband Stays Bride and Kills Self

Kansas City.-The jealousy that
made the married life of Frank Bailey.
a vaudeville actor of Atlanta. Ga, and
bis wife and teammate, Maize Kenne-
dy Edwards of Denver, unhappy, led
him to shoot and kill her as she lay
sleeping in their room in this city.
and to kill himself.
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formity. The day of the conforming
smith is gone He seeks the same re-
flnement as has the doctor who at
tends him, the teacher who instructs
his children, the politician he elects to
represent him. the minister who ex-
horts him. 1t is part of his ambition
to live and to think middle class.
The Springfield herald., 1913-07-11
Retreat Sounded from Gettysburg.

Gettysburg. Pa.-The great reunion
of the blue and the gray, commemorat-
ing the fiftieth anniversary OF the bat
tie of Gettysburg, virtually came to an
end Saturday, although the camp
where moro than $4,000 old soldiers
were cared for during the week was
not officially closed until Monday.
The Springfield herald., 1913-07-11

Seven Persons Injured in Weld cou
Greeley-Seven persons were vic
tins of accidents in Weld county in
twenty-four hours. but only one acct
dent was due to celebrating July 4.
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New Name for .centr.Ir

We know of an excited German who
rushed to the telephone, seized the re.
ceiver and shouted: Hello, hello, Iss
this the middle?-
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w. A. Sticknex Dies.

ST. Louis.-William A. Stickney. a
pioneer cigar and tobacco wholesaler
of St Louis, died at the age of sixty
nine.
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Ian. MonopoIize si.hIno.

Vancouver. B. C.-Two-thirds of the
British Columbia fishing licenses for
the season just opened were issued to
Japanese fishermen.
The Springfield herald., 1913-07-11
Guidance In the Case

Evidence In the Case.
How do you know this horses tail
was cruelty cut?"
we have parliamentary evidence
of the fact"
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dry with bath towel
ing till they shine.
The 8 Looping g stone
dikes are mopped ev-
cry morning between
Z and 9 O'Clock. Tiled
roofs of a soft red
rise like flowers amid
the foliage of the
trees; thatched roofs
of a dove tint go slop-
ing down close to the
ground as If they
would slip off the
cosy houses just as
tho n 0v opnI nrQ n
The Springfield herald., 1913-07-11

you see the across fiat and fertile land. big
red sun which you may look at without blinking.
There is mighty river flowing full and broad be-
tween low banks with scattered trees You glide
into canals lined to the waters edge with grass and
buttercups. envened with groups of fishers in trou
sers of the strangest cuts. who stand chatting with
schnapps
The trousers boomers not unlike the knick-
ers of the fair when full built (speaking OF the
knickers). and they wear round knit caps of vivid
green Others. more sober, wear bomb-shaped
quettes OF orange velvet embroidered with black
silk
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Ellen Terry, es, Leaves Husband, Al.

London.-Ellen Terry. the famous
actress, and her husband, James Ca
rev, twenty-four years her junior,
have separated by mutual agreement.
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THROUGH A LAND OF )
CANALS

ROM Antwerp to Rotterdam Is less
than three hours by the rails hut on
the little steamer which crawls
through the creeks, canals and lakes
of iceland 1t is full day
Come, steep yourself in sober lux
ury in an atmosphere of selfrespect
and much peace and damrness.
The steamer starts in the cold half
dawn with all the Antwerp stretch of
river lights burning an orange yellow.
Affnr nS tnn ct{varInU
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Interesting Figures.
PNCLE SANS treasury building
at Washington covers two en-
tire city blocks. In this build
ing there are thirteen immense

A number of interesting facts re-
garding the silver dollar were discov-
cred during the writer's investigation
of this subject. For instance, 1000 new
standard dollars will weigh exactly
S. 92 pounds. II the country's stock of
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Notions &c to Lost Arts"

Current tradition credits the ancients
with many "lost arts" 1t is still com
mon to hear people say that means
unknown to us must have been EN-
ployed to erect the pyramids, that the
Damascus blade is beyond the power
of modern cutters and that the art Of
hardening copper died with some little
brown Aztec.
In point Of fact, larger stones than
any found In the pyramids have been
quarricd In Maine, carried across the
sea and erected in buildings in Eng.
land and France If any one cared to
pay the cost there are plenty Of con.
tractors who would build replica of
the largest pyramid and would not
take so very long about it.
1t is doubtful whether Damascus
blade" will stand as much as good
modern hand saw or the spring of a
cheap clock
Copper can be hardened by modern
methods to equal any specimen that
has been left to us by the ancients.
Many arts that are supposed 20 be lost
are simply abandoned because there
Is no modern need of cultyating them.
and others are not even abandoned,
but employed every day and improved
upon.--New York Tribune.
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the probability, it was urged, was that
a wife who knew that her lord and
master might slice her 10 death with
q sharp knife II he wished would be
very careful not to give him cause.
If China had been left to her own
devices the opium traffic would have
been stamped out long ago, but Great
Britain insisted upon selling opium at
the Chinese seaports, and, when object
ion was made, whipped China for pro-
testing, took Hong Kong and some
millions of taels as indemnity for loss
es sustained in inllict!ng the punish
ment, and continued TO pollute the
heather while sending him missonar-
les who taught him That vice was
ruinous.
China as a republic is now wrestling
pretty vigorously with the opium habit.
How vigorously is indicated by the
spectacle strange and striking in
modern times--of miserable half-mad
woman being shot to death by squad
of soldiers in a public square to inn
press the people with the seriousness
of the struggle with an evil long fos-
tered by foreign Interference.
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ADVERTISEMENT
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The public execution, in Shanghai
OF q woman who dared disobey the
order OF the Government against smok
ing opium is a tragical act in trag
ical drama Of the Far East
The Chinese Government Gov
ernments, since the various Viceroy.
were final authority in most local mat
ters under the monarchy always re.
lied upon the death penalty as dis
courager Of many kinds Of crime anc
vice.
The theory Of the Chinese when tn,
country was an absolute monarchy wa,
that the authority which prescribed the
most terrible punishments for even
trivial misdeeds was benign, because
IL lessened the probability Of even
trivial misdeeds. A man might
'lynchee" his wife for any one Of va.
rious unsanctioaed acts or habits, but
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ADVERTISEMENT
A SPADE IS A SPADE.

There are two kinds of competition
in our commercialiSm to-day--fair and
unfair; the first is constructive and pro-
gressive, the last is destructive and an
alfront to the good judgment of buy
er.
1t often occurs that physicians adj
vice is thwartpd and a patients pro-
gress retarded 10y an uuthinking drug
clerk who succeeds in substituting Il
preparation Of Questionable potency or
ingredients for one of recognized and
known value. 1t is, indeed, a serious
offence and one which should beprompt-
y rebuked by every intelligent per-
son.
A conspicuous instance is the substi-
tuition Of inferior emusons Of cod liver
oil for the tried and proven medical
worth Of SCOTS Emulsion, which ply
sicians know contains "A standard SUI
perior grade OF cod liver oil, and is not
contaminated with alcohol or Opiate OF
any sort. These substitutes are often
compounded by unscientilic process, in
unSanitary places and exist only by the
unfair brand of competition which
trades on the popularity and proven
value Of a really meritorious article.
= is high time for the intelligence
o. ,uyers to assert itsefand know wher
a spade is n spade.
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Order To Hear Petition For Final Settlement.
N PROBATE-M aNITowoC COUNTY CouRT.
In the matter of the estate of Ole p.
Hanson, Deceased
On reading and filing the petition Of Oscar
Hanson, Administrator of the Estate of SAID
deceased for the adjustment and allow
ance OF his administration account (and the
assignment OF the residue of said Estate to
such other persons as are by law entitled to
the same:
1t is ordered. that said account he examined,
djusted and allowed at a special term of said
court to be held at the office of the County
Judge in the city of Manitowoc, in said county
on Tuesday, the 1lth day of February, A. ID.
1918.
1t is further ordered, that upon the adjust
ment and allowance of such account by this
court as aforesaid the residue of said estate be
by the further order and judgment of this
court, assigned to such persons as are by law
entitled To the same.
1t is further ordered, that notice of the time
and place of examination and allowance of such
account, and of the assignment of the residue
of said estate he given to all persons interested,
by publication of this order for three success
i've weeks, before said day, in the Manitowoc
Pilot. a weekly newspaper printed and publish
ed at the city of Manitowoc ana state of Wis
consin.
Dated Jan. llth 1913.
BY the Court,
JOHN CHLOUpEk, County Judge.
Hougen Il Brady, Attys.
Pub. Jan. IT, 70, 49,
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1t is common knowledge that Ekern
was a Lat'ollette man. 1t is gener-
ally known that the insurance com
missioner had his eyes upon the
United States senatorship to succeed
Isaac Stephenson and that LaFollette
viewed that plan with approval. Every
one also knows that McGovern wants
to go to Washington, so there you are.
What fine battle is drawing nearer
every day. When it does finally come
the very foundations of Wisconsin will
be literally shaken and the rival leaders
will be openly at it hammer and
tongs -Fon du Lac Reporter.
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Cake Twenty-Five Years Old.

A veteran baker of Quincy, Mass.
had a unique experience shortly be-
fore retiring from business short
time ago, A wedding cake % years
old was brought to him by a local man
to be refreshed for his silver wedding
anniversary. He had baked the cake
himself for the wedding. % years be-
fore.
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A young man was complaining to an
experienced man of affairs the other
day about an old grievance he had
against somebody. Forget it," said
the older man. 1.-THE past is mighty
dead. | have noticed that men who
are always bemoanlng their past mis-,
takes or bloviating over what they
have done don't get very far They
overlook their present opportunities"