CONFEDERATE CASH. TNIQUE COLLECTION OF PAPER MONEY OWNED BY UNCLE SAM. Business In Countevieiting —Deproe- ciation of the Notes, Hidden awnv among the are! ives of the "Treasury Department is a euricus volume which few people have ever look wd into. Though nothing more nor less than a scrap book, it is filled from cover to cover with money, Altogether it holds not less than $200,000. The yet the whole of them would not be wocepted to-day in payment for al Hour or a box of soap. This because Confederate notes and bonds, which com 15 at present nothing more than their value a2 wasto paper, save in spesimens are in demand by Navertheless the volume is « teresting by reason of the vepresents the most compl assemblage of the ‘‘shinpla ' put in | circulation promises to pay by the government of the South Civil war, tremely in wt that ors us during book, the various issues of currency | being arranged in clironological order gue follows from start to ¢ h of the greatest civil world has cver secu. nation is always told n by its money. ‘Two y confederate states pro the inscription on the very soon this is repls : servative legend, setting the date of pay- ment at ‘six months after ratification of a treaty of peace between on federate states and the United States” snd this latter form holds up to the end of the war, The money is patterned pretty closely after Uncle tines of steel engraving are itated by the processes of graphy. Why this method employed is quite an « dote in itself, It will be remembered, perhaps, that | Charles G. Meminger th Carolina wp» taking office as the first secretary of the confederate treasury made with the American Bank Note Company of New York for a supply of pay Hote for $1,000, $500, $100 and £50, swwder was filled, a const of the currency being s mond ard safely delivered being found satisfactory the ompany was requested to s engraved plates. This was de United States government alert and socceeded in plates on board of the ve nveying them to Ri wil yes the history the of nil conflict that Th \ wet interestingly thi © Story pe th ' read but notes #& more con- the « Sam's, but the clear terial of Sout L contract rable ped gress very effeeti srainst employing ote Company to print money, 18 action in lending to the confederate government nounced as disloyal, Now, at the time when the war be (ran, the American Bank Note Company had a branch establishment Ne which was conducted DY & man nam Schmidt, Bubsequent to the e sieseribed plates fo £5 Noles were eng from. This d r Blanton Duncan, | Reontucky regiment, st establishment at Hichu paper current y contracts to } treasury. Other va for the same for povernment great, they all At this period tng in the south w 100, TE presumably nn the covernor of public sentimen the braoch offic w Orleans, vent just £30, $10 aad snk Tel a wind for produc nour YY. Oohia beair being pany, and copliscating s the shape of plates tools, ¢ it among the lithog 1 these litho himoud and olumbia, 8B. C., coniinved to priut paper money for the up the beginning to the end Ear from $1.500.000,00) in of various denomin out and put into Dyer Lhe scrap une notices that rach bede is actually sigoed in pen and ink with the names of the treasurer and register of the treasury, the serial number being put on in like manner, This was accomplishad by em woying clerks to sign for those officials They were arranged to work in pairs, | woe signing for the register and the other | for the treasurer. The numbers sdded by a third person, At the be gin fing this labor was performed by men, frat they were in such demand for fight. fg purposes that women were substituted | iater on Altogether 344 women and 68 men were engaged in this task during | the war. They did the signing aud nom: | bering of the notes by were afterwards cut up. Ono compluint that was made against | Behridt was thut he was horribly slow, and this was u very serious matter where | there was an immediate necessity {or ol most unlimited supplies of a nego tinhle mediom. The lithographic establish. | mdnts imported the paper and other material in immense quantities by block. ude runners from England. They also | whtained from Great Britain their work: | wes, nearly all of whom were Seoteh men, The firms of Keating & Ball, at Columbia, survived ali the other money printing concerns, and toward the end of the war they had all the contracts and were the official engravers for the con. federnte treasury. Their factory wis des. troyed by General Sherman on his famous raid of 1865. Ju 1864 because of the vontinued quarrels among the different people who did the printing of the our. vency, the treasury appointed an officer with the title of superintendent, whose duty it was to conduct dealings with the lithographic engravers and to superin. tend all matters respecting the produc. tion of the paper currency, As if there hal not been other enuses saflicient to depreciate the value of the vonfederate currency that government was still further em by the on an enormous scale of onfederate treasury of the Lo close » 5 From the ¢ of the conflict not war, shinplasters Fi afinns turned {.ookin book described Ww tion, curions were | sheots, which spiished forgers in the Bermudas and fairly accurate imitations of and bends of the southern states, certain t ployed { the money-printing establishments which supplied shinplasters for the support of the war, and in this way they were ablo impressions made matrices from the original lithographic Thus they had no difliculty in reproducing the bonds und notes It is Liat these criminals actually em- to Secure on stones, Nusterteifing Rts fssues of paper money. Gangs of pe: simile, than tehing fits were apt to be a little biggoer the ¢ current at par, n to deprect fe however, alue had fallen Toward the end <0 little that one a millionaire in order Milk cost %40 a quart, corded instance a scuthern At the beginning of the war ' paper money wi mi x o about HO pet cont, it was worth to Iu “all, modest lunch at a restaurant about At the currency Yery a meal as one could get for Washington now. confeder: 'y the ) cent and a fraction An ex of if Washington, told \ \ donel volun the write hich story of {he an Potomac As the enemy viaen rm of of won trains they were pillaged { ind the funds of ut $30,000 of ized was cram nn med into a gunuv-sack and delivered to the officer quoted Iu res; jucest the entire s geant he had able to dispose rate of $5 on presumption WOT Ges Loa It 1 $1 I LO a ser sho afterward informed him that of it at the £100 to confedrates, the that the pected to be able to use it profit KRY hyn 1 being latter parts of the south where the currcacy had not vet dropped to nothing in value, i YW ashin ton Sar ~ * - The Great Wall of China. ery from I he the ths Lid Wil nigh, raf i tower above us on t i ndy slain ' real canay plains ol , have shown Fis like 1 their supremacy of ti r civilizati in phe ny immed the ire ane jars ssible Vi assert oT superiority 1, we {003 furs AROUND THE HOT SE. wry § mi You should alw that a mirror will a clouded surface, no matic dili- rubbed, it is hunny where the f the sun shine upon it. iIvR Tem 1 Liftiap wives, surcly present r how if direct rays of Tomatoes or lemon jules stains, often upon one’s clothing, discoloration can be easily and This entirely of ammouia, In stamping letters it | ter to wet the nvelopes than the stanips, for this does not remove any of the stamps, end the stamp is not so liable to be lost from the letter, Marble ix a very difficuit article to clean if it is stained in such a way that the stain bois sunk into the stone. staibhs may be removed with a pumice stone or with vigorous serubbing, paste of fuller's earth applied in the i THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH. Tan Vinrves or Yawsine, — The Med for it often curcs ae, in many giving instantaneous re livf, It produces considerable disten Cises of massage, and under the cartilaginous 3 eustachian tube contracts, ar influcnee of the this tion 6 there collected, According to M, {i jis cious for affections of the tube than thy ind is more rational than the insufflation of air, which Is often diflicult to perform properly. Dimitra As Viewed ny "MYSICIANS Some time ago the Health Association AMERIOAN Aneri proposed ry, what median and channels does specific rause of diphtheria gain entrance to the human organism! To this inquiry the opinions are nearly all favorable to median; food and water: air passages, mouth, inoculation bv air, channels it would appear, the prevalent of professional and throat are lv finds a ohservers 1s tha the parts upon w \ uss lodgement Of the olse Fryers bel de Ye ed by the air, but convey drinking water, 1 the fingers, on spooos, knives, ol A large majority dos y : : : disease Ding caused by food. about the nliom tines, Or condition believe in germs, and ducts deve lop «dd within ti body ind necific CAUSES : . while that subject 164 #IXiS anima leper d ) : nearly believe domestic nr y the disea infect human belogs Ergcrneorry 1x Mgpicing mous strides made by the ¢ amd indu tries been to a certain extent applicati wi of electricd and Fhe turns the the dentist, ind in the the cine surgery ele drill of bores all the noses of man hand the ot, and may run the saw trephine of the Fhe i | trie ga is made aed in muscies fel midis ¢ in members the Iimbes, a wii rupted and the Sh and 1a vilen The working of electricity in 3 Nervous sy than in the maladies men em is much more joned - i Cats phoresis produce effects at once apparent to the senses, objec tively the value of elec tricity in sone of the chronic tleal has to bw ac cept « on faith. Not able to demonstrale nervous diseases, a great There value here, and many incline to the idea that suggestion has a good deal do with improvement font this kind treated Besides its employment as a therapeutic lectricity has considerable value as measured by the rheostat is redueed in exophthalmic goitre and increased in hysteria, The moscular contractions pro paris of the nervous system nre so differ Ie ix said that which is a powerful poisbn, and which tricity in paralysis doe to lesions in the brain, ax an example, that their differen. tiation constitutes an important aid ing into the stone, Bears Beeathe Kasier, Southern Oregon hunters are just now movraing the death of John Griffin's famous bear doy, who died a natural death a day or two ago. Trailer was the hero of more than a hundred bear fights in the mountains of Seuthern Oregon, yrigeipally in the Siskivous. Griffin has ept a record of Trailer's achievements during his lifetime, including those treed, brought to bay, and run into caves, where thoy were shot, besides eatching numerous panthers, wildcats, ete, — San Francisco Chronicle. another. Then, too, in the surgery of the birin and spinal cord which has new. ly sprung into existence, clectric stimu. i § i In- deed, much of our knowledge of the ioealization of functions in different parts of the surface of the braiy is owing to olectricity made use of by physiologists in their marvellous experimental ro. searches in cercbral domains. Altogether electricity occupies an extensive Pinte in the armamentarium of the physieian. Ali nfo of the human ecoiomy are explored yy its beneficent light, there is no oell wo secretly hidden that it may not be influenced by this wondorful force which may be made to pencteate skin, muscle, bone, Mood, etves, aod Yiutera, No one can yet place a limit upon its possi- bilities as a remedial agent, for cach year forms pew methods are made noble warfare against the diseases which | hand It is net fies looked yMiciion, assnls mankind on very men Have som r aid for irhini drawn {ron bee : Oh i fricna {New York Suu, Hn RELIABLE RECIPES, Pascunen Laos alt the water well, immering drop lghtiv each eer into it, Cook throwing carefully from the side When the « ofl it 1 Sin pier ts top th pec un fittl alt muflin ring in shag Firphant and Locomotive, The ret fi and woree for the ou fs riers 1 that res : { i i fwioen - so much the That will a lo- condi- a report from grown { the milway near then coolly tween the mils, Mandalay shortly and, inkl the sparks wnt turned and pningonist track, but f It was swept away with such force that the carcass wag hurled down vwukment with the skull et An elephant of it three or four article one had at- the charge which ® to its valiant career, na most gerd An elephant with 4 thin skull sun hardly expect to be victorious in a conflict of this kind: nevertheless, the escape of the train without injury fs very fortuoate « [Hong Koug Gazette, EYON § TON nimal in 4 eon fail to score a tou WD Ne weep tions, is aniply Siam. 5 inst comolive, « vorable { som at a fall ele walked down nl i tra pas HE nranoo, © charged the unknown The train kept on thy aly €30 isle WO | & LEN tone, ami talned any speed io The practice of saying "God bless you!” whenever a person sneezes must be widespread indeed when wo find a simi. lar salutation, #3 buka! (literally, equals live!) obtaining among the Fijians of the South Pacific, n race developed by the blending of the Malayo-Pelynesians with the Papuans, the Fiji group being the borderland between the two, It has been said by a London physician that one i nenrer death at the actus] moment of sneezing than at any other period of ono's life, Herein, perhaps, lies the renvon for the kindly wish, and may ac. Sount for the prevalent ides that it is i CLLA T"ODRIDA, + Uentury Dic. . Hare? t Ww yr} in th \ y goluryngeal stan ean plead infan does sid not is du HATS dves in i of 830.000 Hussia des head HO OH tpparentiy » fF TROT ne, L few nd thd al i J TH Hun {1 i fins Lures, has b tan’ Philade Lhia | Magazine for Uh tyes ves of raised | i hive : ¢ times p iy Hi i vertisemoent Curio 163] The richest eonuntnity bat 1.5080 in En, 000.000 deposit Freasury in Wa frnw £100 MX) in Are tiie Bally Hazors, A Mighty Haul of A Curlous Damage i Brockport stadlion « Combing ction for $20.1 Con Lean the result an operator in Rochester ago the horse was injured cident, aod Sloat a telephone sage to Dr. Edward Crandall, a vel Ary come to Brockport on the first train, The receiving operator substituted Fairport for Brockport and signed the pame of ¥F. KE. Smith. The message was sent to Dr. Crandall’s office and he went jrumedistely to the New York Central Station, only to find that the local tin for the East had just gone. A teasin for Brockport, however, was standing in the station house, a messenger was seat after the doctor by Sloat, snd the surgeon finally reached Brockpert after several hours delay. He was foe late to bo of aid to the animal, sithongh, so the piain tiff staves, the injuries would not resulted seriously if the doctor had ar rived promptly. [Now York Tinea, YOAar ny wh SUTReOn nh i The Cosmopolitan The January Cosmopolatan a rich in lustmtigh sod varied in interest, [t opens with a description of the manner of making an illustrated magazine (meaning, of course, jtseify, this being the frat is sue from its own printing office, with the mysteries of a printing office greatly, and it is illustrated by portraits of its Jeading contributors, the sumber of whan will bs a surprise, Among the illustegtod papers in this number are “Four Famous Artiste,” by Ger ald Campbell ; “ Japan Revia. ited,” by Bir Edwin Arnold; “‘Reautios of the American Blage,” by Joseph P. Read and William 8B. Walsh; “I'he Confessions of an Autograph Hun- ter,” by Charles Robinson; '° s Bug: lish Laureates,” by RH. Stoddard; “The Muses of Man "by Brander Matthews; “Grant Under Fire,” by Theo. dore R. Davis; and “The Wheel of Time,” a serial novel, by Henry James, In ad. dition there are several poems and two domplete stories (the Iatter by W. D. Howells and Louise V. ; wall the new your YOu THE YOUNG FOLKS HOME VinsT, i TAWnY Cut, Afraid of mouse or rat; y mother said one ds take that cat fost hier 10 ine styl from home a mile, were Lo tell our tak so wide the door nt on the floor! New York World the Chi sly rom do in all HELM i pry LOriIlons Kegs? I Cr Suess » TO} ney have a different suse of that c a : viel we Ao Year's Day the Foes t off to kes » pager iw fare i iO 0 evil wit LH the New serial we ti yd at bedtime tabyie, rvices exporter fireworks of ¢ NIGHT YUN lots of fom for an hides peanuts pee places about the ro or thre the certain time the The one who bh ther wins the first pn Twi is prize 8 ving fewe ar orreal Bnort Teal EPOrs ftp 10 sie who i% anuts in one hand her. A man © sad to be a + who have tried it rewarded, i» nod ugrht y is hos ris to be mast SO, CON The on potatos: rom bp river AT Dal P ato, enit “EVRY uoOn a Among them still in short teil 4 wanda destined fifteen-year compani for exec in front of the cold Making good deal of gra fweort to shoot m * gad the colonel vour } s is ands, it's That ix the order.” said the bev. “‘Buat » in Miromesnil sirect, where is concierge in a homse, if I don’t come hame, and a great deal. 1 just want to go home and quiet her a bit, sou know; and then again, I've got my \ here: I'd like to give it to my mother, ao she'll have ss mach as that, anyway. Come Colonel, let me run home a little while. I give you my word of honor 1"1l come back to be shot!” The Colonel was struck with astonish. ment at the boy's demand, Tt also began to amuse him a good deal. “You give me vor word of honor, eh, that vou'll return in time to be executed I™ “My word of honor, mister!” “Well, well,” said the colonel, “this young scamp has wit as well as assurance. A rather young rebel to shoot, too! Well, his assurance has saved him. Go home, boy I” The youth bowed and seampered off. “The lest we shall sce of him,” said the colonel, Hialf an hour passed by; the colonel, who was now indoors in his headquar ters, had forgotten, in the of his terrible business, all about the boy, whom he regarded as having been definitely set free. Dut all at once the door opened and the boy comniunist popped in, “Hera 1 am, mister!” be exclaimed. “I saw mamma, told ber, gave her the watch, and kissed her. Now I'm ready ™ Then the colonel did pnd pn none but a rough soldier w have done. He rose, came over to the boy, seized him by both ears, lod him thus to the door and kicked him out of it, oy- claiming : “yet out, you young brigand! Get back to your mother just as as you can! With a red face the officer returned to his chair, muttering to his companions ss he waved his hand toward a party of the condemned insurgonts: “80 they have their heroos, those scoundrels” [Boston Traveller, An she'll worry pate 5] Tx population of London now ex- coeds that of New York, Brooklyn, Phil.
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