The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-30
TRICKS In BANK NOTES.
TALES TOLD BY AN OLD MAN IN
THE TREASURY.
APparsstiy No Limit to the Clever
Tricks of Counterssisers-Capital Pieee
Of Worknaaslstp . The Elpsrisaesd
Eye 0f the Clerk.

Tricks of CountePfsisers-Capital Pieee
Of worknaaship - The Experienced
Eye of the Clerk.
There h . whits-hairsi. sharpeyed httls
man in the treasury, Who has ieen one If the
features II the plaee for years. Whibs not
really sessssihle to culinary visitors, Ia can,
ON presentation Of a hitter If intr .isi. tim,
rentr himself an eAtpnsly interesting per-
,nnase. inaSnuch - h. Is q prfect store
hou,e Of anessttes, which he relates with all
the charm II All accomplished raeonteur
Into this gentknans hands, speaking meta
phorhally, happened 10 fall, AMI il NJ
quirei no particular effort 10 make thu OH
,ial laxative. He was inspecting at the
momsnt u spurious tlU note, AMI this cir.
cunlstan,e gave rise Ia his firss ansssiote
Il tell you" he sail, there Is Apparently no
lirnit IA the clever tricks u counterfeiters
Just k.,k at this note. II doubtless deceivei
over hundred people bfore Il CANINE into
our hantS know for a fact that il WAS a.
,eptsl IA genuine BY a hank teller Ia high
standing, AMI YET the instant certain young
woman in on, II our departments Vt her 81.
l.rieneei eye fall ufon ID, she dtectsd III
""'~ ~ A '~"' VIZ A""P
on TINS o'li rei'''''s me ot e'ts' "hhh ean'o
To our h"t@e SIM" TIME Ago ASounterfelter
haa GOT up hn''llrr OF si'" notts On SIX
separate hanks, The copy usai was Oa .
hank whieh made its tlW notes in this style
I'm one end ii thu PAPER was an engraving
ii ship, thu yar'i-arm Ut which ran between
two delicate fiourishes underneath the word
ths' whhh was 'he hrst "oru ~ inc hsine
:" inc uaaA " Ssae' M Tor hstaise, iho
Naii"aA, haik I" a's hepaoie' OF the fins
Nat'onai 'anA. Inc irauu Woam nave tss'h
al1''h"'f'y mat one nai INC 'ouhterieitsr
ma" MS iGes pAyaoe Dy inc sahe ishk
i'o.h whrn 'e esssisN e,susiginai slsssnn
Instead q ING ane'snuy shrwd' however,
"aNa' sh'Air OF tnat precaotio'', VI per-
hai' through AN excess Of caution, Ia made
th'm payable ny SIX other hahks' Each VI
thes latter iiist'tu''oal: nad oile distinctive
I"'afe Oh t,e '"e u tneir si" hous ihs
yaid arm I" tue vessel instead ot running liz
tween t,s TWO minute nouf'shes barely
""ent, Tue "nts"'e u the nourisn nearer tue
Top ~ ~" ,sss ann aPs.~en'" e''ss'r % tne
"ou tne ny inc sixteenth ot an inch VI
"uf~' t''e cMh'eriet' winch was calatai
piece Of Workmanship WITH tue one exception
nent'"s1, "'Seiv'd merchants easily and
deceived many rliets ~ well. The n",i'ent
the notes lnsed through H. hands Of a lying
ey'' yaae ny u NC treasury sn' ~
s"et" tser spufs6s quantity IN tw,nk'
"''s'
y" MoASs Hs
must " d''i'uit, t'sn ! remarked,
!" h@.iwhH your clever ielha" rierkH
How ''o 'hy educate Their eyesF
ny constantly running over money. To
eu'"uty "a.h u@sA' WOMEN az WORK you
"ouhi T"slh'y imagine That their Sole ann
was simply a. count 'he money US raphiiy a.
t'ns'0e' MOI 81. clerk Will take Wie OF
.'iS, ushuy iase''ssi tfetner ny ruih.T
bails' AMI ~.t'Fw $" much Us hsening tho
,as'ehhgs, she VIII rg'h ID count NJ
nH"'"''s '"" ~ ""'e.J 'u'""'e "'o' iu".y
vie "plsi ''en' mann cor'er :" e"rh "o'e'
I'm ."""s" ,"e "", '"S su'" s''N.,, p'
''" VI ''e "o'c io' "r su"'e' sue viii INV
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III "A' p." Us e"'' '"A"'e re'y
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"e'e e"s"so, 'o' e'e'u, '"o"e".s I'LL "a~u'
wig tno '"'AS 'o"''' ''o"'y u" '"e "'a'''''r
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laying ""e, ne eA'''iN''eu" io' n'o''e"',
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SPLITTING NOTE IN TWO
pss'ble,' ! asksS, TOT nde 10 To
!" spt III Two as ID SHOW Doth sides OF u In
"eti =.
oh, yes ana IL Is very easily done You
P'ocuie certain kiiri o' gum al" paste tne
no'e lace do"h"afa u pise Oh paper
linen you paste another piece oI paper over
tue lack oi tue note ny carefully lAiuing
the two latees apart the inter- Q! the note Will
spit, anu what looks IKE a dullcult uailsac'
t'oh Is easily accomplished Nothing, bow
ever can ." gained ~ the opration IL one
nan u such blii we'r ior"arled 20 us ION
'e'enhpuo', we womb return u ufe *nes
ohe haiI Oh Hs lace value Sharls'rs "ueiee
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