The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 779, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 11, 1906 Page: 3 of 4
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LOOK OVER WASTE.
PECULIAR DUTIES OF WASHING-
TON TREASURY EMPLOYES.
An Discarded Paper Gathered up and
Subjected to Systematic Search
—Large Sums of Money
Have Thus Been Saved.
Any one who enters the treasury de-
partment at the extreme northern door
-on Fifteenth street can, when he gets
at the foot of the short flight of granite
steps and glances into the first room
on the left, observe the manipulation
of the waste paper, gathered up each
day in the treasurer’s office and car-
ried from below to undergo examina-
tion before it is sold to be remade into
new paper, says the Washington Post.
The presiding genius of this particu-
lar waste-paper room, as it is called, is
Mrs. Mary Warren, a pleasant-faced
and courteous woman, who has been
fingering waste paper for at least a
third of a century. She has the as-
sistance of two other women, and the
work is by no means light. “Our
fingers sometimes get very sore,” said
Mrs. Warren, “and we have to use
glycerine very often when the day’s
work is ended to keep our hands soft
and our digits limber.”
Sometimes papers of much value
and money of large amounts are found
in the discarded envelopes that find
their way into the waste-paper room.
Mrs. Warren herself received a promo-
tion some years ago for discovering
and promptly turning in a heavy
amount of money that had been heed-
lessly left in its inclosure. Checks
have frequently been found among
the waste papers, envelopes, and
boxes that are dumped into the large
jwicker baskets preparatory to exam-
ination by the trio of diligent search-
ers in their humble little room in the
treasury basement.
Sometimes on a pay day, a clerk
when he gets his little envelope, in a
burry to get out and “blow in’% some
-of his cash, fails to extract the full
amount. He tears open his envelope,
thinks he has got all of his salary,
-when he has not. The sweepers find
the envelope on the floor, chuck it into
the waste basket, and down it goes
with an abundance of other litter to
Mrs. Warren. She or one of her pains-
taking assistants, finds it and the man
who lost it gets it back and is so hap-
Ipy that he feels like writing a sonnet
in honor of the finder.
“We don’t find as many checks or
greenbacks now as was the case some
years ago. When we do it can easily
be traced to carelessness on the part
of some one,” said the chief of the
room. “In every case it is an acci-
dent, but such accidents can hardly be
overlooked more than once, and the
careless employe who is responsible is
duly cautioned. The fact that such
mishaps are so infrequent now does
not in the least lessen our responsibil-
ity. We folks down here handle every
piece of paper conscientiously, and if
any sort of valuable matter comes
here in the waste it won’t escape com-
ing to light under our scrutiny.
“It strikes me as something of a
misnomer to call all this stuff waste,”
Mrs. Warren continued. “Nothing
goes to waste. The sale of the paper
brings cash into the treasury. Even
the sealing wax that is melted upon
the strings about big envelopes is util-
ized. I believe it is re-used in the
preparation of cement. The thick pa-
per boxes are all examined and go out
into the world again to perform some
new service.”
In addition to the “waste room,”
which is under the supervision of the
treasurer, there are two others in the
department. They are under the eagle
eye of Superintendent Rhodes. The
duties are similar to those just re-
ferred to, but if any of them is more
important than the other it must be
that of the treasurer’s office, for there
it is located in close proximity to the
counting room, the cash room, and the
great vaults, with their silver and gold
and greenbacks and bonds and mil-
lions of the nation’s wealth.
Singular Austrian Law.
A few days ago the murderer of Mr.
Reid, the Paisley man who mysteri-
ously disappeared from Heidelberg
last July, having been arrested in
Austria, was tried at Feldkirch and
was convicted and sentenced to 20
years imprisonment.
The case illustrates a singularity of
the Austrian criminal law. Generally
speaking, a premeditated murder is
punishable by death in Austria, but in
cases where between the time of the
murder and the arrest the prisoner
has been punished for some other
crime a sentence of capital Punish-
ment cannot be passed upon him.
In this case the murderer had
served a week’s imprisonment for
petty theft about January of this year,
and to this circumstance alone he is
indebted for h'is life.
A “Regular Pickle.”
Margie heard a neighbor speak of
some one who was in trouble as being
“in a pickle.” Shortly after her small
brother was planning some mischief
and she exclaimed: “Oh, you mustn’t
do that, Harry, or you will get in a
cucumber!”
JUST ONE THOUSAND "PLUNKS.”
Wife’s Keen Business Sense Cost Mr,
West That.
“Did you hear from Mr. Williams to-
day?” asked Mrs. West, as she poured
the coffee,
“Yes,” iteplied Mr. West, reaching
for his cup; “he will call at eight
o’clock this evening to look the house
over. I feel that he will take it, for
his wife is about as anxious to live
in the suburbs as you are to leave
them.”
“I suppose,” said Mrs. West, with
a longing look, “that my presence will
not be wanted during a business inter-
view; but I shall die of anxiety and
curiosity in the meantime, for I have
that new home all built in my imagina-
tion.”
“Why, dear, stay if you wish; your
presence will lend an additional charm
to the place,” said Mr. West, gal-
lantly'. r - •
“Thank you, Jack,” said Mrs. West,
smiling. “It’s time I knew something
about business, any way. I’ve read so
much recently of how great men really
owe much of their success to their
wives. You know how much money
Mr. Hamilton has made? Well, he told
me that he' never thought of making
a deal without Mrs. Hamilton’s advice
and approval.”
At exactly eight o’clock the bell
rang, and Mr. Williams was admitted.
After a pleasant chat, that was great-
ly brightened byr Mrs. West’s cheer-
ful presence, an inspection of the
house was made. Mr. Williams did
not disguise his approval of the prem-
ises, and Mr. West, watching the sat-
isfied expression of his face, realized
the certainty of the sale. Finally Mr,
Williams asked:
“What is your price, Mr. West?”
“Seven thousand dollars,” replied
Mr. West.
Mr. Williams was on the point of
accepting this offer when Mrs. West
interrupted him, saying to Mr. West,
in a reproachful, pleading voice:.
“Why, dear, you told me you would
take $6,000.”
WAS THE PLAYTHING OF FATE.
Ardent Wooer Foiled in Three At-
tempts to Propose.
A rich widow in Koloczvar, Hun-
gary, recently brought an action
against a wealthy local landowner, al-
leging that his long courtship, which
had resulted in no proposal, was dam-
aging her reputation and arousing
scandal.
The landowner, M. de Szabo, ap-
peared in court and admitted that he
had paid the widow marked attentions.
But, he declared, fate was against his
proposing, for he had made “many
strenuous efforts” to do so, but all
were unsuccessful.
The first time “he was just on the
point,” when he happened to tread on
the tail of the lady’s pet dog, which
upset him so that he was unable to
continue.
Next time he meant to let nothing
interfere with the event, and in order
to impress the object of his adoration
drove up in grand style with four
horses. But turning a comer, the car-
riage upset, and the unfortunate lover
plunged head foremost in a pool of
dirty water.
Undaunted, he made a third and last
attempt. Attired in his most gorgeous
costume, he started off on his way to
the widow’s house. On the way, how-
ever, he passed under a ladder, a very
unlucky thing, and a painter upset a
pot of green paint over him.
After telling his tragic story the
Hungarian gentleman pathetically ex-
claimed: “So you see, gentlemen, that
fate is against me”. His statements
were proved, and amid much laughter
M. de Szabo left- the court “without a
stain on his character.”
Homeopathy.
“Why did you divorce your first
wife?”
“She had poisoned my life.”
“Then why did you take another?”
"As an antidote.”
Returns from Small Capital.
Many of the great mines -of the west
were developed by men who had com-
paratively little capital. The Aspen,
which yielded about $23,000,000, gave
its fortunate lessee $467,000 in 45
days. He had spent only $8,000 in
opening it. The Hecla, of Burke,
Idaho, was opened by six dairymen
who a few weeks ago refused $2,670,-
000 for it. Ex-Senator Thomas
Kearns, general manager of the Sil-
ver King, which has paid $10,505,000
in dividends, says that it cost $58,000
to put the property on a paying basis.
He and his partners had nothing but
their wages and savings from them
when they began to develop the mine.
—Leslie’s Weekly.
Where Worship Comes High.
The ground on which All Hallows’
church stands, in London, is worth
$4,000,000. The average congregation
is 26. At three per cent, the interest
on the value of the ground is $120,000
a year. Therefore it costs about $5,000
a year, including the running expenses
of the church, to supply each member
of the congregation with the facilities
for worship which are enjoyed.
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THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE, NOW
ON EXHIBITION IN PARIS
Paris.—What is undoubtedly the first automobile, constructed in 1770, was recently placed on exhi-
bition in a museum here and has attracted a great deal of attention. It was planned and built by C. J. Cug-
not, who was evidently more than a century in advance of his time, and, had it not been for a French revolu-
tion, it may be that Cugnot’s name w ould occupy the place in history that is held by George Stephenson, in-
ventor of the locomotive. The original automobile consisted of a wooden chassis, or body, on three wheels.
The boiler, a kettle-like contrivance, was in front and the single fore whe el was driven by two cylinders. The
steering apparatus was much like that of the present day and the machine was undoubtedly equipped with non-
skidding tires.
LOG HOTEL WHICH IS FAMOUS.
REMARKABLE RANCH HOUSE IN
WILDS OF WYOMING.
Has Finer Cut Glass, China and Silver
Than Any Other House in State
—Hostess Is Refined
and Educated.
Lander, Wyo.—A little one-story,
six-room log ranch house in Wyoming,
with sage brush land stretching away
from it in all directions and with only
a lumbering mountain stage coach
drawn by four horses connecting it
with the outside world, has in it more
and finer cut glass, china and silver
than any other 'house, public or pri-
vate, in this state.
Arapahoe boasts not near fifty souls
all told. But the traveler going by
stage from Lander to Shoshone will
find its ranch house an uncommonly
good one at which to stay overnight,
for Mrs. Becker, its gracious hostess,
does not spend all her money cn orna-
ments for her table. She always
makes enough to pay the salaries of
two first-class Chinese cooks and to
supply her table with delicacies.
Many ranch houses look neither
more nor less inviting from the out-
side than does this one. Dirt, poor
food, cracked dishes, wretched serv-
ice and insufferably bad beds compose
the accommodations. The traveler is
agreeably surprised, then, when he
finds the wealth of cut glass, china
and silverware which graces Mrs.
Becker’s table, excellent service, every
delicacy that a city market affords,
cleanliness everywhere, easy chairs
and couches, beds fresh and comfort-
able and an atmosphere of refinement.
Mrs. Becker’s cut glass, china and
silverware are the pride and the de-
light of Arapahoe and all of the coun-
tryside round about it. Even the In-
dians who have got a glimpse of them
regard them with a sort cf proprietary
interest. Not long ago Mrs. Becker
sent an order to New Ycrk for $1,000
worth of cut glass and that $1,000
worth is not all she has. Besides her
valuable collection of cut glass, china
and silverware Mrs. Becker has many
hundred dollars’ worth of Navajo
blankets and Indian curios. She made
an army officer’s wife a gift of five or
six hundred dollars’ worth of blankets
and curios recently and thought noth-
ing of it. She is a western woman
and does things in a western way.
Not long ago Mrs. Becker gave a
party at her ranch house to which she
invited some of the best and best
known folk in Lander and army offi-
cers and their wives from Fort Wa-
shakie. It was a unique society func-
tion. Each of the numerous guests
went home from it with a costly gift
from the hostess. One young lady-
was given a saddle, another a beauti-
ful and costly souvenir spoon with an
elk’s tooth set in the handle and the
others received gifts equally valuable.
This remarkable woman, who has
made a snug fortune out of a little
ranch house in the wilds of Wyoming,
is educated, refined and accomplished
and there is not a more gracious host-
ess in the state than she. This keeper
of a ranch house has gowns that
would attract attention in any large
city.
So wide has become the fame of
Mrs. Becker’s ranch house and so
great its 5 popularity that a handsome
addition is being built.
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DESERT CORN FOR MELONS.
More Money Made from Juicy Fruit,
Say Oklahoma Farmers.
Lawton, Ok.—The greatest water-
melon shipping station of the south-
west is Cement, Ok., a small town on
the Frisco railroad, 30 miles east of
Lawton.- The shipping of this sea-
son’s crop began two weeks ago and
to date 120 cars have been shipped to
Kansas City, St. Louis and Denver.
Before the season closes more than
500 cars will have been shipped. In
a radius of a few miles of Cement
there are 700 acres planted in melons
this year. The average production to
the acre is 500 melons, or about half
a car load.
The melons placed on the track at
Cement bring the producers an aver-
age of $50 per acre. At this rate there
will be shipped from that point this
year 350,000 melons that will place in
the pockets of the producers $35,000.
Recently there was a scarcity of
cars and during the few days inter-
vening between the last shipment and
the arrival of more cars 20,000 melons,
or 20 car loafls, were piled along the
track on the ground. No such a sight
was ever before seen in the southwest
country. No train of 20 cars, contain-
ing watermelons alone, was ever be-
fore pulled out of Oklahoma. The
Alabama sweet variety has been
adopted by the melon farmers. This
is a long, striped melon of yellow and
lead colors.
The production this year will be
double that of last year and the acre-
age is in the same ratio. The quality
of melon is also better and the de-
mand has been greater.
E. C. Lutes, a lessee of some Indian
allotments in the Indian pasture south
of here, this year has cultivated 200
acres of melons, the seeds from which
he is selling to a Kansas City seed
house for 12 cents per pound. The
juice is being manufactured into a
syrup by a- new process. His crop is
unusually fine and he has found that
more money can be realized from the
growing of melons than from any
other branch of farming.
New South Wales Growing.
The population of New South Wales
on June 30 was 1,540,240, an increase
of 9,540 for the quarter.
Biggest Oyster
BIGGEST OYSTER IN THE WORLD
Monster Columbia River Bivalve on
Exhibition in Minnesota.
Minneapolis, Minn.—Lying upon the
floor of a little shop on Fifth street is
the great twin throne of the “king of
oysters.”
His majesty in the original state
ruled over the vast beds in the tidal
waters of the Columbia river, where
he was by right of weight and of ma-
jesty the absolute king of bivalves. In
all the world where oysters have been
known, from the wonderful oysters of
Britain, enjoyed by the Romans, down
to the little cove oyster that grew in
a modest way around Fair Haven,
none has ever been known that can
compare with this great oyster of the
Columbia.
How the upper and nether shells
chanced to come to Minneapolis is
simple as a story. A friend of Harriet
B. Whitted. on leaving for the coast,
promised to send her something in the
way of a novelty. Upon his arrival
in the World.
there he chanced to go fishing, and
while after large fish in the tidal river
hooked on to a mammoth oyster. It
was a bivalve that would easily weigh
two pounds and it contained a fine
pearl. Nothing would do but for him
to investigate the seme bed, and while
prodding with an oysteit rake the next
day the king of all the oysters was
brought from his home.
The bivalve was shipped to Minne-
apolis, and when weighed it tipped the
scales at 98% pounds. The mam-
moth was roasted in an oven that,
though large, would just hold it, and
the meat had to be cut with a carving
knife. “Oyster steaks” was the bill
of fare.
The two huge shells are each about
as much as one can lift from the floor,
and a toy boat floats about in water
in one of them. So it can safely be
said that Minneapolis has, owned by
one of its citizens, the shell of the
king of all the oyster family.
Nothing is gained by abusing those
whose opinions differ from your own.
BRITISH GUNNERS DEAD SHOTS
Remarkable Scoring Marks Firing Ex-
erices of Meiterranean Fleet.
Londoh.—Some remarkable scoring
has been made in this year’s firing
exercises in the Meiterranean fleet.
The destroyer Bruizer with its six-
pound guns made 46 hits out of 64
rounds, and with its 12-pound guns
six hits out of ten rounds. The aver-
age for six-pound guns is 10.36 hits
per gun, which constitutes a record
for this class of gun.
The Bruizer’s scores are better than
those made by the destroyer Dragon
which recently was complimented by
Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
on its performance.
The cruiser Barham, in a heavy gun
test, made 42 hits out of 58 rounds,
the best gun’s scores being 11 rounds
and 11 hits from a 4.7-inch gun. The
next best score was ten rounds and
ten hits.
Preaching on the dangers of money
often has its first effect on the col-
lection.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 779, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 11, 1906, newspaper, September 11, 1906; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth897758/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.