The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-03-27
A PLENTY or HARD CASH.
Ways Of the London Bank TeIleHs---EX.
peFtS In Handling Money.
Features 81 the English System That
Might - COpIea % Adj
vantage.

A London bank teller always expert
ences feeling Of relief when he finds his
money correct at the close Of Fridays
work, and this feeling IL usually shared
in by the rest Of the staff, who can not
leave the bank until he either discovers
his error or satisfies himself a. to the
actual shortage. The great bulk Of the
shortages made across bank counters in
England are believed 10 occur on that
day.
Next in order Of bad days for the teller,
or cashier, as be Is designated in London,
comes Saturday, but there the bad luck
Is Ineligible. Saturday is wages day,
and no sooner has the teller filed his till
and loaded up his shelves with silver in
Is and ElO bags than the days work sets
in like food. Until l2 O'Clock he is pay
ing away with both hands; alter that
hour, II be is receiving clerk As well, he
begins TO receive heavily, for Saturday is
also the last day Of the week. and every
one elects that the bank should receive
his deposits rather than that be should
keep them In his own less secure custody
over Sunday.
In beginning work on Saturday the
London teller faces an open mahogany
counter, Of which the portion controlled
by his desk 10 probably six feet long by
three teet wide. He likes TO have . good,
square view Of his customer, and 1t Is one
Of the canons Of British banking that the
eyes Of the staff shall command the coun-
ter.. With such an open counter the chief
clerk 10 able to keep the whole field under
bis eye at one time, and to relieve the
overstrain at any particular desk. The
effect Of the exposed condition IL bene6-
cial, too, on the staff, the members Of
which preserve Q steadier demeanor and
attend more closely TO business while
under the eyes Of the public.
The London teller is q quick manipu-
latOr Of coin. This Is largely owing to the
fact that the smallest note issued In Lon
don is Of the value Of Is or S25. When
asked for gold in q greater amount than
his eye can count ct Q glance, the teller,
after counting Il quickly with . piano
lol.s wO.lOn, snio"S " VIVA nus cOPpef
s0OoP ,IVO ms iAi.nlul scA.es' sno %
checks his count. The weights Of these
scales are arranged In suitable numbers.
The teller also checks the gold which he
ISoelves " Neisnt' ana mere ms knowi-
euse ~ nls DuslneSy Win % .estoo' One
.u n.nuIeu ne" !, SoseLeisns ny ol luu Welgn1'
i~.l'ei more ~ lAc'' Ou! .ne same numDer
'AHen - 1APnA-A1 "ln % iounu 70 %
ueA,y nAn so'eIe,sn Sol y per cent?
.nOlt ~ Me'sh., Wnle iOO pounoS s'eiiing
n oIIInaIy nan sOvelelEns are somenmes
~ - slni,lnsS 'or Per cent snort N V.iue.
i"o se.el can qS'Sk,y sA''.ly nimSeh -
70 wnesner tne oenciency u caused Dy
snotse IN INC "elsn' On 'ne count' "
olV,ulns 'ne amount ano weighing one
money .sAinSe the O'ner' II 'ney Oalance
eveniy tne count Is correct ana tne diner-
ence 10 due TO underWeight. II the Lat.
ter exceeds the average stated, the coin
will need To be speciallv exam,ned: thera
4. 0.ohoLI- .o,.a.h,.- .,.o-..
PiOOaO'y soneenlnB WIons'
The edge OF the English bank counter
is provided with q lip to prevent the coin
frnm rol,ino osr ani N aid tha teIlay n
-ooa,.,o. - e a.. -. =. ,.m..,,- 80 =
'0"0p"s ~ tne lnoney' Al Ueher uSuAiiy
counts with the hrst two fingers OF each
hand, simultaneously, Sometimes he
p.s. a,x anoa,a and a tsll.r h.. hson
80 =, -
Known W COUNT 1OV soVeLeigns IN one
minute, working against time. An ex-
pert teller will count 100 pounds sterling
voIua "a ,,lvo, n .ovan ,o,r,,,o- who.
:. = =, 49, 49,
u rememDefeo tnAt tne coinS are AWAY
mixed, and consist Of sixpences, shillingB,
forms. half crowns and crowns. with
80. 4. S,.I,,.I oon,,.,t.,,,.. .,,,o,,,.,,,.,,,
y 'N0Hp
TINS Wll reasonably % conAdered g aIe-
maTkable feat.
The animal loss from wear and taar of
Ia -, 4, Vn.I..,l -, -....,. - ~.
SUI YIN - sleuN " to-soI " sno ~
senee Oh small notes y Almost mcfeoiDie.
In Scotland the issue Of one pound Bter.
ling notes displaces gold 10 great extent.
The Scotch teller excelg In counting paper
money. In lingering bundle Of notes
be 10 q king among men. Placing the
packets upright against his left palm, and
seizing the top corner between the finger
and thumb OF his right hand, he will turn
over the notes 20 quickly that an ordinary
observer will be a. entirely deceived Is By
the three-card trick, and will probably
count sixteen or seventeen to the tellers