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DENVER’S MASSIVE MINT.
It Would Take a Burglar Fifty Years
to Break Into It.
If a man twenty-five years old start¬
ed to rob tbe Denver mint be would
be seventy-five before he finished his
task of tunneling and drilling, if he
ever reached the vault. W hen he did
reach the massive cage he could never
get at the money without detection.
He would have to bring his diving
suit along, as there is water several
feet deep under the foundation of the
mint. He would first have to go
through a wtrll four and a half feet
thick of brick and Portland cement
The boilers and coal bins are far un
derground. They are on the Evans
street side and more strongly protect¬
ed than a man-of-war. They are at
least twenty feet below the surface
and surrounded on the top, side and
floor with a concrete wall four feet
thick.
Supposing our young boring friend
got through that wall, when he
emerged he would find another just as
thick and just as strong. The lower
portions, of the mint building are di¬
vided into compartments. They are
separated, each compartment with its
own defense.
The thief or thieves would find a
real problem to get into the storage
vault. He would first have to break
through a steel door weighing seven
tons. He would then face what is
known as the outer vault. The safe in
this is GO by 20 feet and Is ten feet
high. There are millions of dollars in it.
This safe is girt on every side with
a lining of chrome steel. In the corn
dor within the great vault there are
four doors leading into the subvaults.
The cells where are located these
vaults are barred and netted with
steel. There are no less than sixty
doors in the storage vault. Each of
the eleven minor storage vaults is in a
steel girt cage, which has two massive
steel gates. One is above, the other
below.
The Diebold safe is secured by time
locks. On the inner side of an eight
inch thick door Is a clock, which cau
be set at night to be opened at any
selected time. Until that time arrives
not even government employees can
get in the ponderous door. Two officials
with keys must aid when the clock
is ready to let them in.
The guards will visit the storage
vaults every few minutes aud turn on
a flood of lights, inspectors go about
day and night and visit all of the
treasure rooms of the building, upstairs
and down. Special attention is given
to the vaults, but no portion of the
building is neglected. Every thirty
minutes “All's well'’’ is heard over the
private telephone.
All over the building are bidden high
power magazine rifles. They are oiled
and inspected regularly. It is said that
there are at least a hundred of these
guns always ready for use. Three
years ago $5,000 was spent in the con¬
struction of massive gates leading to
the rooms where the money and bullion
are stored.
The alarm system is connected with
police headquarters. It is said that the
Denver mint is the best protected in
the world, and no big building has any¬
thing better in the way of defense,
with the exception perhaps of the Na¬
tional City bank of New York. This
bank has an elaborate system of steam
pipes around its vaults for use against
raids. If these valves were released it
would roast every one in the basement
of the bank alive.—Denver Post.
To Remove a Broken Screw.
One often requires to remove a screw
with one side of the head broken off.
The following Is a method of drawing
out the broken screw with ease and
without disfiguring the work: riace the
screwdriver against one side of the
head, and with a small block press
firmly against the screwdriver, at the
same time turning the screwdriver and
the block. Tbe screw will come out al¬
most as easily as if the head were in¬
tact
Hia Comparison.
Maud—So Jack compared me with
something sweet did be? The dear
fellow! What was it? Marie—I don’t
think l should' tell you. Maud—Oh, do.
I insist Marie—Well, he referred to
you as “the human marshmallow.”
You certainly had laid the powder on
thick, dear.—Boston Transcript
Right Up~ tcT Date.
"In regard to the custody of the
child,” said the judge In handing down
his decision in the divorce case. "I’ll
let the young lady decide for herself.”
“Ofc " replied the worldly wise young
thing, mar&ma is really going to
get all that alimony I guess I’ll go
with her.’’—Brooklyn life.
Sacrifice For Art’s Sake.
“You say you have devoted your life
to art,” said the man who tries to be
polite, even when surprised.
“Yes,” replied Mr. Cumrox. “I have
devoted myself to an effort to become
rich enough to own a gallery of genu¬
ine old mash ’’—Washington Star.
Politeness.
Politeness Is a quality that enables a
housewife to be as considerate of
husband when he upsets his cup of
fee on the tablecloth as she would if
were a visitor.—Chicago Tribune.
How Unfortunate.
He—I was born on the same day on
wnich Richard Wagner died. She—
Yes, yes! A misfortune seldom comes
Vone.—Fliegende Blatter.
Natural History.
reacher—The butterfly comes from
a caterpillar. Johnny—And you can
ge t fish from a worm too.—New York
Ti mes.
Chat which is sin in the field is
the harvest
It Appears to Be Something of a Fine
Art In Germany.
The following is the authentic history
of a formidable German word:
Among the Hottentots (lu German.
Hottentotten) many marsupials are
found. The works on natural history
do not reveal this fact, but the story is
as good as if they did.
Whenever the marsupials are caught
they are put into a cage, there known
as Kotter, provided with a cover to
keep out the rain (the cover is called
in German Eottengitten, The cage
then becomes known as Lattengitter
wetterkotter. and the marsupial after
his imprisonment in one of them is a
Lnttengitterwetterkotterbeutelratte.
One day an assassin (in German. At
tentater) was arrested for un attempt
on the life of a Hottentot woman, the
mother of two stuttering aud stupid
children, who was called on this ac¬
count Hottentottenstrottertrottelraut
ter. The malefactor was confined in a
marsupial's cage, whence he escaped.
He was recaptured by a HotteDtot. who
put him in a safe place and came to the
chief <>f the .nearest German South Af¬
rican station and said, with beaming
eyes, for lie thought he had mastered
the German tongue:
“I have captured the Beutelratte."
“What Beutelratte?” asked the chief
“We have several."
"The Attentaterlattengitterwetterkot
terbeutelratte."
"But of which Atteutater are you
speaking?"
“Of the Hottentotteustrottertrottel
mutterattentater.”
"Ah! Then why do you not at once
say the llottentottenstrottertrottelmut
erattentaterlattengitterwetterkotterbeu
telratte?"
Whereupon, and naturally, the Hot¬
tentot fled in dismay.—Chicago Record
Herald.
Tokyo’s Pool of Tear*.
One spot in Japan shunned by all Is
the "Pool of Tears,’ a little pond on
the execution ground of an old prison
at Tokyo. It never dries, and even the
hottest weather seems to have little
effect upon it. Since the removal of
the prison no buildings have been
erected on the site occupying the brow
of a bill. By night it is supposed to
be haunted by tbe ghosts of the many
prison victims, and no person, it is re¬
lated. is bold enough to venture that
way after dark lu the daytime the
hill is the resort of students who seek
fresh air aud exercise.—Argonaut
A Legal View of It.
First Lawyer—I was looking over my
boy’s geometry lesson last night I
was quite interested in that proposi¬
tion that the three angles of a triangle
are equal to two right augles. Second
Lawyer—That isn’t very complicated
First Lawyer—No. but 1 was trying to
thiuk what a man could do if he had
the other side of the case.—Puck.
EXERCISE YOUR MIND.
Good Hard Thinking Will Help You
Mentally and Physically.
Exercise your body if you will—that
cannot harm you and is pretty sure to
do you a great deal of good—but, what¬
ever else you do or neglect to do. keep
thinking. The well established law of
the physical universe that a machine
tends to rust out more quickly than to
wear out holds equally good in the psv
chical sphere.
It is no mere coincidence that most
of the great thinkers of the world,
whether in philosophy, science, iudus
try, literature or the arts, have lived to
be old men despite the fact that in
youth they were in many tnstauces
physical weaklings. Significant, too. is
tlie fact that the majority of them be
gau to think, began to exercise tbeir
minds along the linos in which they ul¬
timately achieved greatness, while they
were still young. There is here a preg
mint hint for parents.
Whatever aptitude, whatever special
interest, your child chances to display
encourage him In it. Don’t deaden his
desire for knowledge, his instinctive
tendency to think, by indifference, by
failure to answer his incessant bom¬
bardment of questions. Rather thank
God that your child has an active mind
aud set about training him in the prop¬
er use of it. Teach him the principles
of observation, of analysis, of synthesis
—the principles, in short, of truly effec
tive thinking. Accustom him to think¬
ing tilings out for himself aud seek to
interest him in whatever it is well for
him to know. You need not be afraid
that he will overtax his mind. No
child’s mind—and no man's either-is
overtaxed by anything in which a real
interest is taken.
The trouble with most of us is that
we are not really interested in any¬
thing. We have interests, to be sure,
but they are diffuse, thin, weak—they
do not grip us. That is why compara¬
tively few of us ever think in the true
sense of the term. That is why when
we are called upon to do anything in
the nature of sustained mental effort
we are overwhelmed by doubt, fear,
worry, and mayhap have finally to call
in the doctor with his sage pronounce¬
ment. “Poor fellow, he has been think¬
ing too hard.” In point of fact we
have uot beeu thinking at all simply
because we have not been Interested
enough to think.
Let us get truly interested in some¬
thing. no great matter what it is, and
we shall find that we can think about
it easily enough. And. thinking about
it—definitely, tirelessly, earnestly think¬
ing about it—we shall find ourselves
grow both in mental and bodily vigor.
—H. Addington Bruce in New York
Sun.
Thou shall not rise by grieving over
the irre media hie past but by remedy¬
ing the
THE eOVJNGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1913.
An English View of American Methods
and Our Big Trunks.
A fact to he sternly borne in mind, j
especially by those who voyage round
the world, is that luggage which will
serve for every other place on earth is
too often useless on American rail
ways The wanton breakage of lug¬
gage goes on on every American rail¬
way. A trunk may travel round the
world, on all the European railways,
aud in the hold of every kind of boat:
it may be heaved iu aud out of sam¬
pans. dumped about by bullock carts
and knocked around by coolies and car¬
riers. and arrive at, let us say. San
Francisco, as sound aud serviceable as
when it left the London terminus, and
before it has journeyed half across the
American continent be smashed and
useless. Many thousands of pounds'
worth of European travelers' luggage
is thus gratuitously destroyed every
year.
The American press, and in some de¬
gree the public, treat the "baggage
smasher" as a joke, instead of being,
as he is. an almost criminal survival of
tbe barbarous days of America, onfe of
the last points on which the United
States fails of being a civilized coun¬
try. To this abuse are due the mon¬
strous. iron bound trunks which mark
the average American traveler, a
nightmare to the porters of less reck¬
less countries, and for tbe transporta¬
tion of which the owners on continent¬
al railways not seldom pay more than
they do for their own first class tickets.
Just as the struggle goes on between
projectile and armor plate, so does the
conflict between the American traveler
to build luggage which wil beat the
baggage smasher, and of tbe baggage
smasher by more and more strenuous
smashing to beat the traveler and trunk
builder.—London Times.
Caribou Horns.
The caribou, or water buffalo, of the
Philippines often attain to great length
of horn, one specimen, it is believed,
staudiug quite without a rival in that
respect Measured along the curve of
the horns, it is over twelve feet from
one tip to the other. The spreadnif this
animal’s horns is greater than the
width of several of the narrow lanes of
the town—Iloilo—where his owner lives,
and in consequence a brown line of
scarred bark on the thickset bamboo
hedges often marks tbe roads which
this splendid old giant has traversed.—
Wide World Magazine.
Voltaire’s Poser.
Voltaire’s test to ascertain the sense
of responsibility of an individual was
to ask him to suppose that he had iu
front of him a button The effect of
pushing the button would be to obtain
one’s dearest wish—love, fame, wealth,
power, or what not—and at the same
time to cause the death of an unknown
* hinamau ? What would ho fin?
A ROYAL INSULT.
Lord Brougham Bided His Time and
Repaid George IV.
With all of his knowledge and talent
Lord Brougham was eccentric and slov¬
enly in his personal habits. While he
was a young and comparatively un¬
known barrister he was asked to a din¬
ner at which the prince regent pre¬
sided. Mr. Brougham’s hands needed
washing. The regent’% keen eyes rest¬
ed on them. He beckoned to a waiter
and gave him an order which the man
heard with a scared face, aud then
going out he speedily returned with a
ewer full of water, soap and a towel.
He carried them to Brougham, pre¬
senting them with the prince regent’s
compliments. The barrister instantly
withdrew aud never afterward referred
to the insult.
Years later, when the prince, now
king, tried to divorce his wife. Brough¬
am ns ber defender so vehemently sus¬
tained her cause that she triumphed
The king’s name was not mentioned
during the trial, though the nation
kuew that he was secretly the prosecu¬
tor. Brougham in iiis speech declared
that he saw in the distance the name¬
less persecutor of his innocent client,
quoting with terrific effect Milton’s
words:
The other shape.
If shape it might be called. • • • black it
stood as night.
Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell.
And shook a dreadful dart; what seem’d
his head
The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
George IV. felt seriously this savage
attack. The nation sided with the
queen, and her defender had paid h>
debt with interest
Correcting a Quotation.
In his book. “A Wanderer In Flor¬
ence," E. V. Lucas furnishes a new
reading for that quotation about the
leaves on the brooks of Vallombrosa,
though he credits it to a cousin across
the pond. Mr. Lucas visited Vallom¬
brosa and. describing the extortionate
rates of the hotels there, tells the
story: A departing American was
eying his bill with a rueful glance as
we were leaving. “Milton had it
wrong," he said to me, with the free¬
masonry of the plucked, for I knew
him not. “What he meant was ‘thick
is thieves.' ”
It Did, It Didl
There was a time, years ago, when
school authorities were uot afraid to
be grimly humorous.
Under the head of “Instruction” the
New’ York Daily Times of Aug. 10,
18(18, printed this announcement:
FLUSHING INSTITUTE.
Dear Boys-Trouble begins Sept. 15.
E. A. FAIRCHILD.
A Rude Little Girl.
Maiden Aunt (reading)—In heaven
there is no marrying or giving in mar¬
riage. Small Mazie— It must seem like
heaven to you here on earth, doesn’t it,
auntie?—Chicago News
Here is the Most Con¬
venient, Economical
and the Handsomest
Steel Range Made
Allen’s Princess Steel
Range
in fuel, it converts the lnierno oi the usual kitchen into a room almost as pleasant as
t, cost headache, nervewreck. See for yourself. Made exclu
the sitting room. Goodbye backache,
sively by the Allen Manufacturing Company.
PRINCESS FEATURES
Walla an t p TEMPERATURE —Heat kept in oven by Double Walla and
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other feature! of auperiority
NORRIS HARDWARE CO.
Covington, Georgia
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
First Methodist.
Rev. John G. Logan pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning
amd evening,
Prayer meeting every Thursday ev¬
ening.
Sabbath school every Sunday morn¬
ing at 9:45, C D. Gibson, Supt.
Woman’s Missionary society meets
first and third Friday afternoon in
each month.
Woman’s Bible and Mission study
c!a»s meets every Monday afternoon.
Junior Division meets every first
Sunday afternoon.
Regular meeting of Board of Stew¬
ards second Tuesday evening in each
month.
Choir practice every Thursday ev¬
ening immediately after prayer meet¬
ing.
Presbyterian Church.
Rev. John B. Gordon, pastor.
Services every Sunday. ”.....tng
service at 11 a. m. Night service at
7 p. m.
‘Sunday school at 9:45. J. S. Gard¬
ner, superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at 7 p. in.
Ladies’ Aid Society meets with
Mrs. aJmes F. Rogers Monday after¬
noon at 2:30 after 2nd Sunday.
Earnest Workers meets at The
Manse Monday afternoon at 2:30 afte
first Sunday in each month.
Loyal Helpers meets at the church
at 2:30 first Sunday afternoon in eac’
month.
Ladies’ Missionary Society meets
at the Manse Tuesday morning at 9
o’clock after 4th Sunday.
MONEY TO LOAN ON FARM LAND.
6 and 8 per cent money on good
farm lands. Five year terms. Any
one desiring money on Improved
farm lands T will be glad to figure
with them. H T. HUSON.
IF YOU WAJ'JT A RELIABLE FEED
for your stock free from filler or
adulteration, ask any of the mer¬
chants in Covington for Alfarina
Dry feed, Mo-Grain Molasses feed,
High Life Molasses feed.— 3t
When you wake up in the morning
Feeling busted all to smash
Wouldn’t you give a look of scorn
To find a red hair}in the hash.
CLEANLINESS
is the flrst'law at our restaurant. You
can eat here with perfect assurance
that the food will be served to satisfy
the most fastidious.
G0VIN6T0N CAFE
Phone 221.
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when egg prices are high. Winter eg^s
cost no more than at other seasons, but
they varied sell ration for more. and include Feed your layers a The
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In packages to suit your needs—
25c, 50c, $1; 25-lb Pail, *2.50
180-page poultry book FRBB.
Get Pratts Profit-sharing Booklet.
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Covington, Ga.
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