The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-19
FOR BRIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE
INTERESTING READING FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Papsr Monsy--A Fish Catching Dog
--For Soldiers to Ride--A Hy-
drauilo Racing Matoh--
An Umbrella (.
Story.
Paper Money.

Paper Money.
A Government engaged in the man
ufacture OF money takes particular
pains to prevent counterfeiting. Es
pecially is this the case with bank.
notes, or paper money" The pro
cesses that the paper undergoes in lite
manufacture render it very difficult
for an outsider to produce good inn.
itation. The Bank OF England indi-
Gates the amount OF the note by wa
ter-mark, which requires much time
and trouble to perfect, and when a
note once issued is returned to the
bank, it is Immediately destroyed. In
this way acertain account can be kept
of the numbers of the notes outstand-
ing and counterfeiters are puzzled.
Our government has different
method OF battling dishonest people.
The paper has a particular fibre, and
in addition silken threads OF different
colors adhere to the suface OF the pa
per, which only receives the particular
kind of ink that the government uses.
There is but one man who knows how
to mix this ink, and he received the
secret from his father, who invented
1t. The manufacturer employs six
men to prepare parts OF the in
gradients that go to make the ink. but
the mixing is done private. The
manufacturer locks himself in his
room for Q fortnight once a year. and
perfects Ia that time enough ink to
last the government q year. For
this he receives $50, 1000.
The paper is manufactured in Mas
sachusetts, and the silk mill that
makes the silk threads is close at
hand. The threads are three-eights
Of an inch in length, and distributed
differently on each issue OF notes.
The paper is cut into sheets 6h inches
wide by 1Sh inches in length, which is
Just the size of four notes. It takes
1000 sheets of this paper to make IL
pounds, which means 1000 notes. It
Is said that the average number OF
pounds used by the government is
175,0 900 a year, and as every twelve
pounds may be anything from 1000
"a, 600, 900, the government must be
kept rather busy making money.
After the paper is received from one
place, the ink from another, and the
engraved plate from still q third
scource. the Government Printer has
his thands full perfecting the notes,
which 60 through several more hands
before they get into the peoples
pockets. Or course the notes are only
certificates for so much silver or gold
deposited in the Treasury, and "pay-
able on demand" but the general
faith in the honesty of the govern
ment is SO great that most people
prefer the notes to the heavy gold or
just as good for all purposes.-Har-
per's Young People.
A Flsh-Catching Dog.
1t was pleasant drive OF two miles
over the hills that Lewiston Me.
Journal correspondent enjoyed with
two companions few days ago. At
the end Of that distance in the pros
berous farm of James Rideout. We
tound Mr.. Rideout, large, genial man,
1t his home. After while he said:
"Why don't you go down to the
brook and see my dog catch ale
wives?"
OF course we went. It was but a
o short distance from the house that
the brook joined the salt water, and
for fifty yards, when the tide was out
spread itself in shallow ripples over a
broad bed OF pebbles end stones. The
little son OF Mr.. Rideout had built
with the stones several small in
closures, the water flowing from one
to the other. When the tide filled
the brook the water was fairly alive
with alewives, and as the tide went
out number OF them were left in
these artificial pools, unable to es-
cape. Then the dog, a handsome col
lie. would dart into the pool and
drive the frantic FISH before him till
one became stranded, when he would
seize it and bear it ashore.
Such was the state OF things when
we reached the mouth of the brook.
The tide was out. There were several
hundred fish in the pools, which are
not over q foot deep, and the dog was
splashing about in one OF them, while
the cleaning lively fish were jump.
ing from the water in their efforts to
escape him. OF course, though ne
snapped at them very quickly, he
could not seize fish that was free to
move In the water, but as soon as one
dashed among the rocks the dogs
teeth held It fast and brought il
ashore. There were at least fifty fish
on the bank that he had caught since
the tide went out. He never eats
them, and his teeth make scarcely
scar.
We've been eating alewives every
day for weeks" said Mr.. Ride
out. "He's been catching them fol
years now. Sometimes he stay
down there till o o'clock at night. II
seems like waste, there's 30 many
left on the bank. But the crows CONF
here and eat 'em, and 1t keeps EN-
away from my corn. So that's ON
good thing"
We gathered upforty-five ofthe fish
which were about ten inches long, ant
took them home. We ate some tn
next morning and they tasted just O.
| ,ood 70 thav hadn't beam caught b,