(Copyright, 1902, by Wnldon Fawcett)
IN tbo panic of 1893 tbcro wns a
sudden call (or bank notes from
banks In nil parts of tho coun
try. The demand, beginning In
modcrnto terms, presently In
creased to enormous proportions. It wiped
out tho 15,000,000 supply or bank no too In
tbo treasury vaults in no tlmo nnd still
the call continued. Tho Issuo division of
tho Treasury department was set to work
double tides in tho effort to keep up tbo
supply. It fell behind hopelessly from tho
first and nt one tlmo tbcro were frenzied
requests for somo $30,000,000 moro than
could be supplied. Naturally this Increased
tho panic and aided In bringing about
disaster and the authorities nt Washing
ton enmo In for severe criticism. Tholr
answer was that tho $5,000,000 In bank
notes on hand took up all tho spaco avail
able for such storage. "Provide moro
space, then," said the banking Interests,
nnd the government set about It.
The result of Hint complication Is n
wonderful new vault, Just now completed,
which will store $90,000,000 In money. With
this enormous sum on hand It is not prob
ablo that any demand will bo ablo to ex
haust tho Immedlato resources. Tho new
vault Is twclvo feet squnro nnd Its walls
rise to a height of twclvo feet. Tho lining
of Uncle Sam's new money cheat Is com
posed of Bessemer steel plates three
eights of an Inch In thickness, and theso
nro securely fastened by means of hugo
screws and bolts to a framo work of steol.
which Is built Into tho masonry. All tho
pigeonholes, nearly 6,000 in number, nro of
steel and thcro Is not an Inch of Inflam
mablo material In tho furnishings of tho
vault.
This rcccptaclo of tho nation's wealth Is
doubtless an object of deep longing to somo
thousands of gentlemen who mako a living
by helping themselves to other people's
money In ways not sanctioned by the law,
but It would bo n very remarkable cracks
TREASURY EMPLOYE WHO
FRIEND of William C. Whitney
the other day spoke of tho latter
gentleman's lavish style of enter
tainment. Mr. Whitney said in
reply: "I havo tho money and can
afford tho expenditure. It Is tho duty of
evory rich man to spend as much as ho can
afford, and that is my way of helping those
less fortunuto than myself. Better give
employment than glvo alms."
Stuart Robson, the actor, was onco a pagu
In tho United States eenato, bis appolnt
mont having been due to tho efforts of such
distinguished southerners as John C. Cal
houn, Jefferson Davis, Henry Clay, Robert
Toombs and Alexander Stephens. Ho and
his playmate, Arthur Puo Gorman, went
from Baltimore to Washington and tho man
who is now senator from Maryland suc
ceeded In being appointed pago at once, but
Hobson was kept waiting for a time.
Rov. Peter MacQueen of Charlestown,
Mass., says that In a small town In Scot
land he recently came across 'an old man
seated by tbo roadside, apparently In' much
distress. Believing a helping hand could
bo given, or tho monotony of bis own travel
relieved, ho approached tho old man and
began conversation. Tho latter, on learn
ing that tho pastor was from America, be
came Interested and several times during
tho conversation asked of sovera) pcopla
whom ho had known to lenvo the town for
America. Among other nnmca montloncd
was that of Andrew Carnegie, of whom bo
had evidently heard llttlo slnca his de
parture for this country. Mr. MacQueen
said ho hnd heard of Mr. Carneglo. "They
tell me 'Andy' Is doing qulto well in Amer
ica," said tho old man. "Tho pcor old fel
low was a schoolmato of mine," he con
tinued, "and mnny a day wo spent fishing
together. Ho novor had much sense."
It has Just boon announced that General
H. W. Carpenter wns tho donor of the $100,
000 presented to Columbia university Borne
tlmo ago for tho founding of a chair of
Chinese languago and literature. Tho note
which accompanied the letter of donation
said that tho money had been saved from
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Ninety Million
man, or nrray of cracksmen, for that mat
ter, who should get anywhere near tho $90,
000,000 securely nested In the now vault.
This new vnult can bo entered only through
tho old vnult and Its location Is Impossible
to determine from tho outside of tho build
ing. Tho government has even gone so far
ns to put In fnlso windows, heavily cur
tained, to deceive anyone who might try
to determine thu resting place of tho treas
ure from outsldo. Two special guards who
havo for years done sentry duty over thi
bank notes guard tho now vnult ns they
guarded tho old. Hut even If theso guards
could bo overcome the bank robber who had
reached the cntrnnco to tho vault which he
could never do, by the wuy would
be nblo to get no further, for the doors are
practically Impregnable. It wns not so al
ways. Tbcro wns a tlmo when n committee
of Investigation lrivltol n delegation of
bank burglars to experiment on tho doors.
Tho committee believed that tho place wq.i
pretty secure. Tho gentlemen of the Jimmy
examined ,tho situation carefully, smiled,
did n few minutes' work with their tools
nnd said to tho Investigating committee,
"After you, gentlemen," ns they bowed be
fore tho opened entrance. Now there are
dupllcato locks on those doors nnd thu
whole construction Is so compact that noth
ing but dynnmlto would hnvo much effect
upon It.
Asldo from this passive protection In all
Its various forms tho gigantic storehouse of
wealth opposlto the Whlto Itouso has tho
benefit of one of tho most complete systems
of guards ever devised. About Bovonty
watchmen nro employed and they work In
tlireo reliefs, patrolling tho cntlro building
nt all hours of tho day and night. In the
omco of tho captain of tho watch nro re
cording Instruments to which each watch
man must send an nutomatlc report onco
every half hour whllo on duty. Tho cap
tain's office Is continually In communication
with tho chief of pollco of Washington, the
commandant nt Fort Meyer nnd tho com-
HAS CHARGE OF MILLIONS.
Episodes and Incidents in the Lives of Noted People
tobacco and whisky. Goneral Carpenter says
that that expression has been grcntly mis
construed. Most people, ho asserts, havo
construed tho statement to mean that the
money had been earned In tbo tobacco and
whisky trnde, whllo be Intended to say that
ho had B.ivcd tho sum donated by total
abstinence from tho uso of tobacco and
whisky.
Comment has been mndo on tho small
amount between $30,000 and $35,000 left by
Sir Walter Bcsant. It may, however, be
safely nescrtcd that, except Sir Walter
Scott, no novelist has ever made such sums
as would bo regarded by men In tho monoy
market as wealth. Scott's Income averaged
for years $50,000 a year. Dickens left $100,
000, Thackery less, Bulwer Lytton, with n
vory keen eyo for tho .main chance and a
considerable but Incumbered estate, $400,000.
Ho was christened' Ocorgo Brlnton Mc
Clcllan Harvey when ho was born up In
Vormont, relates tho Brooklyn Eagle. That
was In tho dnys when Goneral McClellan
had tntenso admirers and when thoro wero
men who did not ndmlro him a llttlo bit.
Ho carried tho nnmo with him to tho Spring
Mold Republican when ho told Samuel
Bowles, who wanted him to work for noth
ing and board himself, that ho would go
back to Vormont beforo ho would accept
such terms. Ho still had tho name whon
ho camo to New York. But when ho bought
tho North American Review ho dropped part
of It and put his name on tho front pago as
"Ooorgo 11. ilnrvcy." Ho has Just cut It
still shorter, for It nppears as "Georgo
Harvey" in Harper's Weokly, with tho title
of editor annoxed. Tho next chango will
doubtlcrs bo to "G, Harvey" and then, It
may bo cut to "G. H." nnd If ho keeps It
up ho may wrlto It simply "H ."
Although Maximo Gorki has been known
as a writer only eight years, moro criticisms
have been devoted to him. than to any Rus
sian author except Tolstoi. He Is only 33
years of age, was born In Nljnl Novgorod,
lost his father and mother before be was 9
years old and set out to mako his way In
tho world at a vory early age. He wandered
Dollars in
LOADING
mandant of tho Washington arsenal, so that
In tho ovent of nn emergency tho pollco or
a cavalry forco could Instantly bo sum
moned. Stacked In ths various parts of tbo build
ing whero money Is stored nro sufficient
weapons to arm over a thousand men and
quantities of ammunition. The Interior of
tho building Is also honeycombed with
wires to facilitate quick communication
and should any foolhardy robber attempt
to Intimidate tho treasurer, assistant
treasurer or cashier, tho official would only
havo to press n button under his hand to
bring an armed forco to his assistance In
less than thirty seconds. At 5 o'clock each
day nil tho doors of tho Treasury building
aro closed savo thoso at tho main entrance,
and by 6 o'clock every person save tho
watchmen must havo left tbo building nnd
tho keys to nil tho various doors been de
livered to tho captain of tho watch. As
sisting tho guards on the Inside aro a num
ber of outsldo watchmen stationed In shel
tered posts or watch houses, so disposed ca
to command ovcry foot of tho exterior of
tho building nnd its approaches.
Tho transfer of tho newly printed cur
rency from tho Dureau of Printing nnd En
graving to tho Treasury department and
tho dispatch of consignments of bank notes
from tho national treasuro houso to the
railroad stations Is characterized by watch
fulness equally thorough. Some of tin
wagons employed nro virtually great Iron
all over Russia, undergoing such privations
nnd sufferings that on ono occasion he tried
to commit sulcldo. At last, after herding
with rogues nnd vagabonds nnd tramps in
both Europo and Asia, ho discovered his
vocation.
No ono in the houso Is a better authority
on fish than Representative Minor of Wis
consin. Ho is a disciple of Iznak Wal
ton and during tho summer spends much of
his time with rod and line. Mr. Minor Is
said to bo so expert with tho rod that he
can tell tho difference between the blto of
a black bass and a brook trout. Beforo
coming to congress Mr. Minor was engaged
In tho Bhlpplng business.
"Tho lato John T. Raymond nnd I had
been matching dollars all tho afternoon
and ho only ceased because of having to
play that night, and tho one sport that fas
cinated him completely had already kopt
him overtime," said William St. John to a
Washington Times reporter.
"I went to hear him, as I always did
when thore was nn opportunity, nnd chanced
to sit in tho very front row downstairs.
After awhtlo Raymond camo on and It
wasn't a mlnuto before ho Bplcd mo. I
saw him fumbling in his vest pocket while
ho was speaking his lines nnd noted n
smllo on his good-humored faco. Presently,
getting as closo to, mo as ho could, ho
said In a voice qulto audlblo to all around
mo, whllo he held up n sliver dollar:
"Heads or (alls, Saint?"
"I put my hand up to my head, which
ho translated In a flash, and, with the ro
mark, 'You win,' went on with tho per
formance. It wns certainly ns curious a
by-play as wns over seen nnd tho onlv
tlmo I supposo In tho history of tho stngo
when nn actor actually gambled during tho
production of a piny."
Senator Proctor owns nenrly tho wholo
town of Proctor, Vt., whero ho employs
over 2,000 men In his vast quarries. Ho
also owns tho only store In tho place
nn enormous emporium, where almost any
thing may bo purchased. Mr. Proctor pays
good wages, but most of his earnings come
Ready Money
GOLD ON UNITED STATES TItEASUItY
safes on wheels. Two guards occupy tho
scat with tho driver, two others have
places on top of tho van, and n trio of em
ployes stand upon a broad step at the rear.
All nro, of course, fully armed. For tho
delivery of express shipments of coin nnd
currency there nro employed wagons with
heavy Iron screens, and these, like the vans
Just mentioned, nro protected by tinned
guards on tho Inside nnd outside. No at
tempt has ever been mndo to bold up one
of theso wagons. Nothing less than nn nr
tlllery company would hnvo much chnnco
of success, ns tho wagons nro practically
fortresses, as well ns safes.
Tho guarding of the nntlonnl treasuro, In
which such p. marvelous precautionary sys
tem Is employed, In reality commences nt n
point In tho governmental money-mnklng
long before the currency has como Into ox
Istcnco ns such. Tbo mill nt Dalton, Mass.,
whero Is manufactured tho "distinctive"
paper on which tho United States currency
is printed, Is hedged nbout with safeguards
designed to prevent not only tho theft of
tbo precious fabric, but also to Insuro tho
Bccrccy of tho chemical and mechanical
processes whereby there aro provided tho
two lines or bands of looso colored silk
fiber which appear In each spoclmon of
paper monoy and upon which tho govern
ment rolles largely for protection ngnlnst
Imitations. An nmazlngly Intrlcnto nnd
complex system of safeguards provalls at
tho nureau of Printing nnd Engraving nt
back to him through tho store, though ho
sells goods moro cheaply than they can
bo had elsewhere In that region.
Governor Crane of Massachusetts, who
has Just been re-elected by a voto tho
greatest in years, is a tall, quiet and re
served man. Ho Is tho hend of a firm of
pnpormakcrs who mako the paper, on which
tho United States bank notes aro printed.
As chief executive of tbo state, relates
tho Saturday Evening Post, ho has had a
keen eyo for tho saving of expense and
ho found an excellent opportunity to oxer
clso his economical bent nt tho tlmo tho
stnto determined to assume control of tho
waterworks of tho city of Boston and
negotiations wero on foot for tho ad
justment of tho purchaso prlco.
Tho very first day negotiations opened
lawyers began to flock In to soe both tho
governor and Mayor Hart of BoBton and
beforo a month had elnpsed about half of
the bar of tho state wero lined up, waiting
for a retainer nnd expecting big foe to fol
low from settling tho caso for cither ono
sldo or the otbor.
Tho governor becamo disturbed at tho
sight of It and at tho prospect of the fcos
nhcad. Yet tbcro was n sorlous question
In dispute between tbo city and tha stnto
and lawyers' fees seemed an unavoidable
evil.
At tho last moment, however, ho callod
Mayor Hart by telcphono and tho two
talked together. Tho next day thero was
a porsonal conforenco nnd tho lawyers
wero told to wait a whllo. Thoro woro
meetings each day and nt length tho law
yers wero Informed that a settlement had
beon reached botwen tho two executives,
Tho govornor and mayor carrlod on nil
tho negotiations. It was matter of mil
lions, but tbo best part of tho affair waB
that they had saved about $1,000,000 In
fees enough to run tho plant for a year.
John D. Rockefeller Is following tho ex
ample of Gladstono and chopping wood
meroly ns exerclso on his road to health
nt his country seat In Pocantlco hills. Mrs.
Rockefeller herself looks nfter tbo prepa
ration of ber husband's meals. The lat
WAGON.
Washington, where nro printed all tho cur
rency, government bonds nnd other securi
ties, particularly as regards tho engraved
plntcs, as tho theft of n packago of bank
notes would bo u small matter compared to
tho loss of plates which would print the
faco nnd reverse of n bank note, and which
would confer upon their possessor n virtu
ally Inexhaustible fount or riches.
Tho responsibility for tho Bafety of tho
printing plntcs really rests upon three men.
Each of tho largo doors of tho vaults con
tains thrco combination locks, ono of which
Is operated by each member of tho trio of
trusted employes. It Is necessary Hint nil
three men bo present In order to open nny
door nnd should ono of them bo absent nil
work In the big printing establishment
would be nt n standstill unless ho had
deputed somo person to represent him and
Informed him of tho combination of thu
lock nvor which ho has custody. In moro
tlinn n quarter of n century not n single
plnte In uso nt tho Ilurcnu of Printing nnd
Engraving has been lost, but n fow months
ngo somo persons succeeded In securing
several sheets of printed currency and It
has not been posslblo ns yet to approhend
tho culprits. However, In vlow of tho re
lentless, untiring policy which tho United
Stntcs secret servlco nlwnys follows In such
cases, It may bo taken for grnutcd Hint 't
will only bo n mnttcr of tlmo until tho thief
Is plnccd behind prison bnrs.
WALDON FAWCETT.
ter can hardly cat n full meal as yet, for
ho Is suffering considerably from Indi
gestion. Ilcsldo his woodchopplng Mr.
Rockefeller exercises with dumbolls nnd
In outdoor walking.
Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago Nows: Thoj: oW trite takes
things easy.
Sense nnd beauty, Uko truth and novoltv.
aro rarely combined.
Postago stamps aro egotistical whon they
got stuck on thomsolves. k fi(
Actions may speak loudor than words,
but thoy don't llo ns loud.
Tho pessimist Is always throwing cold
water on tho optimistic tiro of genius,
A wlso man speaks woll of his friends
nnd of his enemies ho speaks not at all.
Wrinkles tell tho story of ngo to thoso
who nro nblo to read between tho lines.
A man who loved nnd won says that tho
best man at n wedding Isn't thu. .groom.
Thcro Is n vast dlfforcnco botwecn second
thoughts nnd second-hand thoughts.
Much of man's unhnpplncss U duo to
his getting what ho expects, but doesn't
wnnt.
When people fly from tho Ills thoy havo
thoy should not fnll to secure a return
ticket.
Tlmo Is monoy to tho unfortunato wrong
doer who Is engaged In working out n flno.
It's a lucky .thing for tho average man
that ho doesn't know somo of tho things
that other pcnplo know nbout lilm.
Feline Depravity
Chicago Trlbuno: "Oh, Horacol'" walled
his wlfo, "I hnvo Just found out that AJnx,
our beautiful Angora cat, has been leading
a doublo life!"
"That makes eighteen, I supposo," said
Horace "What has bo been doing?,"
"You know I let him out overy morning,
becauso ho Booms to want to go and play
out of doors. Woll, I havo discovered that
ho goes ovor to tho Robinsons nnd lets them
feed him and pet him!"