Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-23

~ length. rive iost my pOcket-book.
Well, that IL q good 'un on me-"
Oneof his acquaintance instantly dived
down into his own pocket and yanked up
a big handful OF loose silver.
Let me settle" he interposed. But the
other man caught his arm with reprosiue
gesture, and told HIM to keep his silver.
AsrRip or WHITE PAPER.
Let the bartender take IL ont Of this
he said. and drawing a little pile Of letters
and memoranda from his inside coat
pocket. pulled out a strip OF white paper
and laid 1t on the bar with the drink check.
The paper was perfectly blank. so was tho
look on the tartender's face.
What ~ this fory" he asked.
To pay for the drinks"
Here. here" retorted tho dr!nk-sllnger.
we don't appreciate Jokes here. We
haven't GOT time 60 waste on EN-
That's good for the order serenely
persisted the customer.
No, Il isn't. | want cash. American
cash
That is good American cash. It's g
note aud want nv change. too.n
Come on l" the bartender exclaimed.
Just pay up without any more funny
business
Then you won't take that for S2?" said
the customer, apparently surprised.
Take that bit OF white papery Well,
not much"
We'll. I'll bet $40 you will take it," re-
torted the customer. and I'll prove 70 you
that II Is good money OF the realm right
now"
He pulled out of his trousers pocket q
little wooden disk on which rested two
tiny cylinders. They were set up on the
disk 30 that the whole contrlvance looked
exactly like tiny clothes wringer. The
gsHI4s - -. ,v,c aflfs
and little over n quarter Of on inch IN
diameter. The customer fitted the strip
OF paper between the cylinders, and, put
ting key IN hole at the side of the cylin-
der frame began to turn them.
MAKING THE MONEY.
The white paper slowly Rided out Of
view on one side Of tho cylinder and q
braud-new- two-dollar bank note began to
appear on the other side. IL grew longer
and longer as the white paper disappeared.
When the paper had all disappeared, the
bank-note dropped on the bar.
There said the customer triumphant
w.. Now will you take the check out of
thatin
The bartender had watched the start
ling metamOrphosis with bullying eyes.
He stared at the bank note for fully a
minute. Then he picked II up. felt OF IT.
and held IL To the light 20 see II 1t had silk
fibre. The fibre was there. Finally he
walked up TO the proprietor and showed 1t
20 him.
That gentleman made it out of piece
Of white paper" he SAID. pointing TO the
customer.
The face Of the latter was wreathed with
smiles. The boss examined the note sus-
piciously, but was soon convinced that 1t
was genuine, and he handed over SL5j
change.
What kind Of machine do you call
that. anyhow" asked the proprietor.
Wouldn't you like to know y ! retort-
ed the customer. Well. it's the little
joker he added lit just coins money
out Of paper of any sOTt-old envelopes,
protested checks, prescription blanks
ANYTHING
Then be rammed the cylinders in his
pocket and walked out. number of the
other customers tagged after him and
asked for the secret of the machine, but
he merely wjnked his eye, and said no.
thing.
THE JOKER.
The money-making machine is contri-
vance that appeared first III the West. 1t
took the weqtern cities by storm. The
New Yorker had got hold of the first one
that reached Gotham. There was another
of the machines in the window of a
saloon on lower Broadway on Wednesday.
Brokers crowded messenger boys and news
bows away from the window in their
eagerness 10 see the cashier in his
leisure moments grind out new bank
notes from strips of old paper. The
brokers stirred at the machine and tried
to see how The thing was done, but they
had TO give 1t up IN despair. The cashier
made money from any paper customer
gave him. out he declined TO give the
money back again. That of course made
il evident that the trick depended for
success on the machinery OF the tiny
wringer.
Watch as closely as the spectators would,
however, they could not see one cylinder
consume the paper and the other cylinder
turn out the bank notes. The secret was
simple but clever. Both cylinders are
hollow. One is loaded with bank notes
wound around q bar. The other cylin-
der Is empty when the machine starts
u make money. When the cylinder key
is turned the empty cylinder rolls the pa
per around its centre bar. and the money
cylinder begins to turn out bank-note.
This can be kept up Just as long as the
stock of bank-nOtes III the money cylinder
holds out. Bills OF any denomination
can be rolled inside the money cylinder.