The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-02
now TO BUY GREEN GOODS.
Dollar Bills as Good as the Genuine Sold
 For 30 and 51 Cents Apiece.
[From the Washington Post.l

For 30 and 51 Cents Apiece.
 [From the Washington Post.l
 A crowd of gentlemen were sitting in
 the real estate office of a reputable dealer here yesterday morning talking about green goods. The conversation stretched to considerable length, and many incidents of the past in this green goods business were told, but finally the party broke up, leaving only the proprietor of the office and one other gentleman in the room. Both mon knew each other well, and each knew | the other to be a business man of good standing and some property The pro- prietor of the office seemed very much interested in the subject of green goods and showed a desire, by several re- marks he made, to learn something about the stuff" and wished the gen tleman remaining to tell him something more of what he knew of green goods and the operations of its workers. So the gentleman, without saying word, rose and locked the office door, looked around very cautiously as though he was going to disclose some great secret to his friend in confidence, and seating himself near the proprietor of the office he took long wallet from his inside pocket and brought forward bunch of ten new one-dollar bills.
 Remarking, "This is money which has never been spent" he told his friend to examine the bills.
 The friend tore off the band of paper which was around them, and after he had examined them their owner hand ed him an older $1 bill, which he took from his vest pocket, and asked his friend to compare the new bills with the old one. After he had done this the owner of the money said;
 Now, then, George, which Is the good money?"
 Well, l should say 1t is all good money"
 Then the owner put all the money back in his pocket except one of the new bills Holding it before him and looking at it admiringly, he listened to hear if any one was near the office door, and then said:
 Now, George, the price of these bills varies a little, but I can buy them for fifty and fifty-one cents apiece" and his friend opened his eyes in amaze ment, "and if you want amy will buy them for you"
 His friend said nothing, but took the bill in his hand and examined 1t the second time. "Well, I never did any of this kind of business in my life, but this looks like as good money as I ever saw" and he was assured that it was good enough to pass anywhere in the world without question.
 After a little more talk about the bill, and after a considerable evident strug- gle with his conscience as to whether he should depart from the legitimate methods of getting good money" and embark with his friend in the pur- chase of some of the money which the sample in his hand represented he concluded that he would like to try | little of 1t, and he admitted as much | to his friend. And when he was asked ] how much he would like to buy at these figures he said that to start with he I thought no more than $5 worth for the l first When he had taken the purchase | money out and was about to hand 1t ! to his friend to make the purchase for | him, his friend said:
 ''No, George, I see you are willing to | buy the goods, and that is all want | to know I heard you say during the ! conversation this morning that you didn't believe a reputable business | man would have anything to do with green goods, no matter how genuine it | looked. Now, I said could by these | dollars for 50 and 51 cents, not 50 or 51 | cents, and you can go up to the treas o1oo Nxrha I thaaa and buy all you want at that price, and the government will make one cent on every dollar you buy" and he went out the office door, leaving his friend to en- joy the joke on himself alone.