Telegram-herald., 1891-12-21

What becomes of all the penniesr
IL seems 10 be with thern very much
. IL - with pins-noboly knows " here
and how they disappear. Yet they
vanish Ia some faaazoa- Last year the
Philzaelphia mint eoiaed ~. 0eo, ,0co PEN
nie~ N would take = gOoa-sized build
inz ~ hold 30 many, bus they did not
bes.n - supply the never-satisded de-
fnand foe more. just now the estab-
lishment referred 70 Is hard ~ work
manufacturing further supplies. and So
tt viii eontinue.
Bronze ceEts are subject To more ao-
eidsnts than happen 10 any other
United States co.as II is said that
penny changes hands II. trade ten times
fOr onec that a dlne passes from one
pocket 10 another Being of ANAL
value. these little pieces are nos .2lSen
much care OF There are . ,usaad
ways IN which they get out of Circuia-
ton. and thus the ninting Of them has
10 be Kept up continually. The metal
blaaks from which they are made hy
the simple process OF stamping are
turned out for Uncle Sam by contract
by factory in Connecticut 1T the rate
OF thousand for one dollar. As they
oorse frcrn the machines fresh and
new. they look like glittering gold
One may gcs notion of she number
Of pennies Lost from ghe history of the
old half csnsA OF these. 500. 900 were
issued . fcw years ago. Where are
they now7 A few are In the cabinets
of cosn cohecsors None have been re-
turned TO the mint for recoinagc or arc
helG BY the TREASURY. Nobody sees
them in circulation AL Of .hem ex-
eeps some hundreds saved out by curiO
hunters have absolutely disappeared
OF the old copper pennies. LIS. 900, coo
still nain unaccoanted for. save that
once h . long wkile one sees . spcci-
men There are more than 3 900, 900
bronss two-sent pieces somewhere out
Of A5o0. 900 Of them that the govsrn-
msnt Issued OF nickel three-cent
pieces, ,.esriy 2. .o9o. ooo are yet outstsnd-
Ing. although h - seldom thas one Of
them 10 come scroaA
fn&he trsassry here enc day recently
the question came mp - 10 the
weight Of dollar bill Scales Of por-
feet accuracy were brought into rcquis-
,ition. and the surprising discovery was
made that twenty-sevsn oue-dollar
nsses weighed exactly - much rs .
twenty dollar gold pieca The latter
Just balances $40 graina However,
the bills weighed were perfectly crisp
znd new. Trial made with soilcd
noses. such a. come In avery day for
redemption. showed that twenty-seven
of shsm weighed considerably moro
ssan thc twcnty-doilzr coin Every
paper dollar on ia way through the
worii continually aceussisses dirt. so
that after year Of uss II Is pereeptisly
heavier
The actual weight Of paper money
which the treasury scnda by express
every year to all psrss Of ths country
is in the aggregate enormous Since
July it has dispatched SIS. 600. coo.
nearly al OF II in snsn notes. TO the
sosts aud west FOR sh, purpose of NOV
ing the crops The banks lend this
This cAs'i a. the farmers on whatever
they grow. and thus the products OF
the 6eld are harvested and shipped.
Speaking Of the redemption Of paper
money. . VERY novel ssd interesting aP
plicztion vas made the other day to
the division of the treasury which has
this business in hand The story. - 10
came out. uss as foliowx
An ingesious youth employed 20
sweep oat = New York bank devoted
sssension for considerable period 70
gathering no the crumbs from The tiIls
In the shape Of corners and other bits
OF notes such - get torn OF and fall
about iD any place where dollars are
counted. In The course of time he rot
taw-th~r . suaoti., ef scraps Of the
cor. sufficient 10 nli . pint measure.
and he sent them er 10 the redemption
su-esn as Washington in . bon. with
sh~ e<planatsou that they he'd been
eaten by nice lie stated she arn0unt
al 500. and asked for pc~ hssls in ex-
chaage His little Ssne VA betrayed
on The nsee of IL ~ the eses that the
pieces Forwarded represented. II aay-
thing. rot less than o.. esa The usual
sSdsvit va demanded from h8n.
swearing - his loss; bss he had not
.hcu~ht at that requirement and lacked
thc nerve 20 give il luexi.y Zoe him
srit
Undoubtedly ths rrdeurtica division
does sou,etiuse- rrt swindlea. th~uws
net efs~n. The wcrren experts sn-
piovcs ~ examine the mensv sent in
ar~ wor.i@rfelIy skiilfui n 10 marvel
eos hove sessly they wifl rob. ever .
few eharrea fragments of notes aud
s~s ss sr-ur~te valuation upcn them
The ether asy . pso~ woman tn Ohio
isrrs . w.~ ec~uer of SO t4iA with .
irstifal story scout her bshy's having
sba<us q aa~esy rssre vss s>ft than .
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