St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-12-15
BURNING BAD MONEY.

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BURNING BAD MONEY.
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A fortune in counterfeit cash, which
has 6een floating around the country in
the arteries Of trade and commerce rs
good money, and finally gathered in by
the Natchful servants of the secret
servi&e, was destroyed by the treasury
department in Washington the other
day. I 1t consisted of q lump sum of
about fifty thousand dollars in bills of
all denominations, from ten-cent ship-
plasters, for which there is consider
able. demand at present in certain Sec
tions of the land, up to twenty-dollar
and pne hundred-dollsr bills This
sum- which would have been sufficient
to paS the presidents salary for . year
II it ead been genuine, was supplement-
ed bys . large number Of silk and satin
hatbands stripped from the most fash
ionable chapeaux of the season. and
condemned because of representations
Of certain coins which they bore.
The work was accomplished under
the supervision Of the three trusty en-
ployees Of the treasury, Of which Mr..
Lee w. Funk is chairman and DR..
George b. Young and Mr.. S. J. Millard
the two remaining members. For sew
eral days this committee has been en-
gagged in taking an inventory OF coun-
terfeit materials of every description
that have been collected during the
last eighteen months. They are re-
qnired to certify that every shred Of
these,are safely and surely destroyed.
The money was taken from under
the locks and keys of the secret service
officisls, where it had been carefully
treasured and treated exactly as If it
had been worn-out or mutilated cur
rency. It was wrapped in large pack
ages, just as it had been forwarded to
Washington by express from the diff
ferent points where it was found, and
first placed under paper cutter in the
basement, where the old bills are
punched after retirement from circula-
tion. The big drawerful of over bushel,
which was carefully carried down the
stairs by laborer, who was enjoined
to look out lest the bottom should fall
out and watched by the committee of
three SO that no one could extract
number of bills in any way-for it was
said that they would make excellent
money with which to play the races
was chopped mp fine enough for scent
for q hare and hounds race. The
pieces were then gathered again into =
box and placed in the macerator,
where it was churned into pulp, to be
sold TO paper makers or perhaps to the
mana facturers of million dollar WASH
ington monuments.
There were several interesting speci-
mems Of false currency in the big collec-
ton. One of these was the remnants of
q valuable collection of counterfeit
notes which was confiscated' some time
ago by secret service detectives from
Cold-bug bank in the effete cast.
This financial institution did not
have the notes in its possession with
no evil intention, but as specimens
from which its officials could more
easiI detect questionable paper that
might be presented over its counter.
The collection was preserved in large
book, to the pages of which the notes
were pasted. These were of all demon.
nations and issues, and could have
been gathered only by several years Of
watchfulness. The covers of the book
were stripped of by the committee,
and it's contents ruthlessly placed un-
der the blade.
In this batch of counterfeits which
was thus guillotined was also q very
beautiful collection of United States
bonds of several denominations and
issues They were printed from the
government plates by special permis-
sion some time ago. and were as per-
feet specimens of the enRravers' art
as the bureau of money making
on Fourteenth street could easily
produce. The colors were as ex-
quisite in variety and tone rs spank
fred new government bills, and they
ranged in the dollar mark on their
margins from twenty-five dollars mp to
ten thousand dollars 1t was said that
these were made as samples for q BOs-
ton publisher, who desired some years
ago to print book for the instruction
and guidance of bankers, and these
bonds, which were fac-similes of the
genuine ones. were intended and some
were actually used as plates for this
book. A recent law stringently for
all kinds of representations of
government currency and other valu-
able government paper brought these
within the pale, and those which could
be obtained were confiscated. There
are several copies, it is understood, in
the possession Of private bankers
the country, who will
not be molested.
Along with the counterfeit money
there was large mass of rubbish,
which the committee consigned to the
furnace with the same care and circum-
spection which marked their disposal
Of the more dangerous articles. Some
Of these were rare mcmentos of the
trade. including pocket
books and memoranda which had been
stripped from his person when the de-
tectives fell upon him and his unholy
calling. Several old-tashioned leather
such rs farmers use, and which
we're probably captured chock-full of
bad money. graced the collection and
we're incinerated The green-goods
profession was also represented, for
put Of the boxes full Of confiscated ma
terials were several Doodle packages,
intended for some inno- |
,ent guy" whom New York or Chi |
ago ''Steerer" had led into the mazes.
Post.
THE ELDER DAUGHTER.
Dne who Sometimes II Made Too Mech ~ /
Slave.
IL seems to be the lot of many
woman IN sa%rif3ro their own v,>reos,ei