The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-05
DESTROYING THE CURRENCY.
How Mutilated Money IL Disposed OF and
the ClrcuIa ting Medium Renewed.

How hutilated Money IL Disposed of and
the Circulate Medium Renewed
Nearly every working-day in the
year, at about two o'clock in the after
noon a queer procession may be seen
threading its way through certain dark
corridors of the United States treasury
building. The procession starts from
the Redemption division of the office OF
the controller OF the currency, proceeds
down the long corridor To the south
west flight of stairs and then descends
to the subj basement Then il marches
along another corridor short distance,
and suddenly turns into large room,
in which is a steam engine and huge
iron tank.
This procession represents all the au-
thority of the National Bank Redcmp-
ton agency, The room in which IL
comes to halt contains the machinery
for the destruction of worn and mutt
lated currency.
The tank referred TO Is in reality u
big steel reservoir into which steam is
introduced 1t is provided with grind
ing apparatus, and is called macer-
alter Previous TO the arrival of the
procession the machine has been tested
10y the engineer in charge. An engine
of about thirty horsepower is required
10 operate it When the boxes are
brought into the destruction room, the
agents Of the government and the
banks each produce n key, which is in
serted in a lock connecting with the
maccratcr. After all the keys have
performed their duties the macerator is
opened. Then lot of red tape IS I'M
wound from the treasuce boxes, and
the man who carried ther1 from the re-
demption division lifts them one after
another and dumps their contents into
the reservoir. AS soon as the last pack
age of bills has left the box the cover
TO the macerater is relocked, the engi-
neer starts his engine, ard the huge
grinders begin TO perform their task
1t must not I've supposed for n moment
that the money thus destroyed is lost
to circulation, When national bank
dispatches mutilated currency TO the
treasurer of the United States n check
is Immediately sent by him TO the bank,
representing the sum received. When
the destruction of the mutilated bills is
complete, new sheets are issued from
the controllers Office and forwarded to
the bank. In this way the national
bank currency OF the country is kept
comparatively clean.-N. Y. Times.
I,4IO Bushels Potatoes Per Acre. (K1
- This astonishing yield was reported
by Abr. Hahn, of Wisconsin, but Sal
zer's potatoes always get there. The
editor of the Rural New Yorker reports
a yield of $50 bushels and Spounds per
ere from one of Salzer's early pota-
toes. Above 1,4i0 bushels are from
Salzer's new Seeding Hundredfold.
His new early potato, Lightning En-
press, has record of sos bushels per
acre. He offers potatoes as low as s., so
barrel, and the bes> potato planter in
the world for but 81.
If YOU WILL CUT THIS CUT AND SEND IT
with &c postage To the John A. Salzer
Seed Co, La Crosse, Wis, You will re-
ccive free his mammoth potato cata-
logue and n package of siXteen-day
Get There, Eli" radish Xxi
"TuAT changes the complexion Of things
unused Wigwag, az he gJlzcd at his wiie's
dressing case. Philadelphia Record.
South Mt Half Rates.
On March and April 9, 1894, the Louis
vile Il Nashville Railroad will sell tickets
Nor their regular trains TO principal points
in the south nj one single fare for the round
trip. These excursion rates take in the prn-
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