Telegram-herald., 1891-12-21

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s2y. Foorts AL cs1t1s taelr hesx1s
~ thea ser Aiol2S. aAa wA~s they are
Hx1tea tll< srsea s-<ks ~ zp II sEaeas.
Iae grcatsss sun ever coasu.ssa ~
ara IA tina sean<ry ~sz ~. COO sos That
zznaant seat ep IL snoxs At tie sub
treasury. sag the go-eransnt vas able
- Feplxce il ~ the cost Il paper and
Priatszg IL has eeen estimated that
one per ee1t OF al ths paper saonsy
issued !. lost or destroyed OF the els
fractional currency IL "a reekoasd that
s.. sss, ~ A@s been totally lost
4 few days ago an Cd eolosss man
fFom a<rosS tae Potouaze IL Essglniz
sroogas 20 the tgsasGfT al extr A0rdk
aary looking lamp II metal de SAID
tlat il was i8t oi silver aollsrs.
halves sati 4lart~rs. which he sad pat
II tln szl s0IaS years back and hid
den in the xfene wall % barn By re-
moving a stone and plasteFing up the
erise= When recently hs took ,sEt the
box. he foune taAs triekiag waier ha1
F1stsd i zIDost away. covering tae
CONS with oxide Of iron and sticking
tAeGa together il a mAss. Assistant
Treasurer Nhelpley had the lump put
into zsc.d aa1 treated with lYe aad saw
dust, SO tsag the silver pieces came out
IS prstty and bright "A ~hea they were
Iainted. aud the old man carried them
away delighted.
One dsy this week 81 note on the
national bank oS Rhode Island az
Newport cane IN for REDEEM ptioa On
fh.a {a.fss. a. N-.f.tv.t mt ka
back wa ~ ashed perfectly clean. 50
that not clark was left on t. The
joke OF II - that the bureau Of engr av-
ing adopted TIA broua back for snch
bids Oh the yroaEd ta2s it could not be
wsshec OF, as the green back eau be.
IL was intended in this way ID prevent
counterfei.ers from procuring treasury
paDe- by rendering notes of small de-
nominations blank with acids and print
Ing big ones on them This is the Hrst
time that eonGdencs in the ialelibility
OF the brown ink has been disturbed
Even the seal on the front, which is
done IN the same ink. has entirely dis
appeared in the bill described Whether
the thing wss dcna for jest or by ac-
cident the authorities do 40 pretend "
say.
The new designs soon - be made
for the entire series of silver ocrtif-
eates except the one for two dollars al
ready completed VIII furnish q big Job
10 the bureau of engraving. only the
backs ere TO be changed, bat the
making Of a single one of these money
plates, with all the lettering ana geo
metric latho work involved, is . for
mitsble task IL is not oa this ac-
count that Chief Engraver Casiiear
thinks the proposed alterations un-
wise His opinion is that II is q mistake
TO change the appearance of currency
more ofsan than - absolutely neces-
sary. The people do not readily accept
paper cash that has q strange look.
To illustrate this Mr.. Casilsar
told how he happened to be in
New YORK ut one time during the war
looking out for a gang of counterfeit
ers To avoid making his presence in
the city conspicuous he put up at .
second-rats hotel where he was un-
known. For some purpose lie handed
TO the clerk at the desk a brand-new
Afty-eent note II was an issue inst out,
with Gen Spinner's portrait on 1t, the
likeness having been substituted for a
picture Of Justice with her scales,
which the forgers had initiated very
successfully.
/ The clerk looked a4 the note with
evident suspicion, and handed it back
Il never saw anything like that be-
FORE" he said.
IT 10 good. I ass urs you, replied
J Mr.. Casilear.
II don't believe II. /" said the clerk.
'very wcu," rejoined Mr.. Casilear
ut doesn't matter. though know It u
good. because made it myself"
The clerx smiled sardonically.
That h just what occurred 10 ne. /"
he said Therefore 1 refused TO 40
cept H."
Mr.. Casilcar felt that the joke was
on himself. so he treated himself to a
bottle OF soda-water at the bar and left
for Washington that evening Wash
ington Cor n Y Sun.