Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-31
PEOPLE WHO MARK MONEY.
Some Of the Queer Things That Result
From This Mania.


Some Of the Queer Things That Result
From This Mania.
A mania for advertising and putting
strange communications on the back Of
the paper money Of the government has
broken out. As general thing torn bills
are used, as that gives the man with
the mania an excuse for his work, for he
uses the slip with which the pieces are
put together for this purpose. On bill
that came into the hands Of one man on
Dearborn street was a slip on which was
printed, "Shake the bottle" When he
turned it into the bank, the receiving
man, whose quick eye caught it, asked,
"Did you bring the bottle with your"
On So bill handed over bar on
Monroe street was a slip on which was
this:
"TOuch not, taste not, handle not "
A Dearborn street bank took in a 5000
bill not long ago on the bank of which
was pasted a slip that had printed on 1t
the Ten Commandments.
A cashier in a mercantile house on
Randolph street has bill of 81 denOmi-
nation OH which is a slip, and on the
slip is written in woman chirography
an offer of marriage. The writer puts it
thus: Il give up my last money on this.
l send it ont into the world, hoping it
may return to me with a good man who
will love me and take care Of me" But
no address accompanies the offer.
A bill is in frame i'll an express Of
fee. There is a hole in the bill, and
note explains that the hole was made by
a bullet fired by train robber. The Dill
was in the side pocket Of an exp. eSs
messenger
A bill handed in at a cigar store on
Madison street had this on the back;
Don't come back to me until you can
bring your silver brother with you "
A periodical dealer on Washington
street received a remittance by mail
The inclosed bill had been pasted mp by
newspaper clipping which contained a
cut Of the newsman. The sender does
not know the dealer, and it is not at all
likely that the former ever suspected
that the cut was that Of the man who
was to get the money
A physician in the Venetian building
has a private mark on s. bill which
he sent afoat several years ago. 1t comes
back to him about twice a year.
A wholesale merchant over on Adams
street was in China and Japan few
years ago. He gave japanese function
airy So bill as a souvenir, placing on
the same private mark. About three
weeks ago it came into his possession
again. He is confident that he is not
mistaken in the mark, and does not feel
complimented over the idea that his
japanese acquaintance did not think
enough of him to keep the bill
A business man Of this city relates
this: He went from Chicago to Pitts
burg on sleeper. He paid the conductor
for his berth, giving him a marked 50
bill. He went from Pittsburg to Cleye-
land the second day, and on the third
day he bought a sleeping car ticket for
his return trip. The conductor handed
him the same bill he had given to the
other conductor.
This story was told to funny man,
who told this: Il went down 10 Wash
ington few years ago, and just before
quitting the train l handed the porter Of
the car in which had travelled a 81 bill
and have never seen it since.
There is a bill floating about the coun-
try somewhere on the back of which IS
a prescription written by a reputable
physician several years ago 1t is a
"sure cure" for the grip, and was put
there by the doctor out Of fancy that
it might save somebody's life.
Another one is in circulation, pre-
sumably, on which is written: " If this
should fall into the hands Of Reuben
Middleman, he will please communicate
his address to his brother James, Gen
eral Delivery, Boston, Mass, on or be-
fore January, 1896. After that in Eng
land. He knows where.
Then the funny man got hold Of one
on which he pasted a slip and then
wrote, You are all the world to me be-
cause l am stuck on you.
A dollar note in the possession Of La
Sale street lawyer has this written
across the face Of it, This bill has saved
my life three times, but | give it up.
His life or the bill: Who knows what
story that dollar bill could tell?
There is a s. bill somewhere, if it
isn't destroyed, on the back Of which is
Endorsed the statement that the man
who had it passed it number Of times
at the Worlds fair-frst in purchasing
a ticket, then at various times at the
cafes, and finally, as he supposed, in Old
Vienna. And then he paid his hotel in
part with the bill, indorsing that on it
the last time he saw it, as he supposes.
A banker on Washington street told the
writer that he has a collection Of bills
on which are written or painted or
drawn many strange things and pictures.
His collection represents face value Of
more than 5000 Chicago Tribune