The morning times., 1895-10-19

To this may be attribated half the sue
cess OF deceptions and frauds. Sleigh t. of
handperforlersa and many alleged MEDIUMS
mind-readers and mesnerists uepend on IL
Men who live by their wits profit byit
There is a man in a large city of the
Ohio Valley who will sell tickets for any
entertainment without pay. He got ever
by keeping the change of all who neglected
10 ask for il Shrewd nieH often count Oh
| this forgctfulness and take advantage al
ii TO fill their purses and Increase theiI
| bank accounts.
1hougntiessness, carelessness, mental
failure or this kind, are responsible FOL
many an accident and much loss. Lost
money, lost watches, lost pocketbooks.
half the time go in this way. There are
| nufnbcrlcss instances where a moment 's
oversight has put out of the way a $40
Dill or a diamond ring and caused the
owner much worry.
1t is probable the direct losses of money in
Washington alone win average $1,000 a
month.
In one day recently, Friday, October 8.
there were accidental losses of money
| noted amounting tn over $50 One man
| dropped a roll uf small bills that counted
up $40, another lost a pncketbook with
| $50, and some small change, third
dropped a purse with an unnamed amount
| Va CSlSu, anu lOuElD slip a STU Dill.
SLIPPED IT AWAY.
The latter case was typical. The posses
sor or the money In changing his clothes
| slipped the Dill loosely in the pocket of the
| trousers he was going tn put on He in
tended to secure the money more carefully
when he had dressed, and didn't want to
| forget and leave the money at home
The purpose passed from his mind before
ne had completed his toilet. He walked
| square down Delaware avenue and through
the Capitol grounds, and the Capitol to the
Congressional Library before he thought
again or the money. 1t was gune. 1t bad
| dropped from the pocket somewhere and
was gone.
What to do in such a case is n puzzle
Many persons worry little, make lutte
furtive search and say nothing 1t seems
such a foolish thing to lose money by
accident. Others advertise. They be-
lieve in the honesty of mast meD and
think any one who picks up the missing
roll will return 1t II he only knows who
the owner Is. In many newspaper offices
the clerk VIII tell him it's no use
Advertising recovers dogs, bicycles,
horses, rings, watches, and almost any
thing, but very rarely does it recover
money. Men are honest, but there is NO
way to tell whose money 1t is that has
been lost. 81
The fact that bill has been found on
one side OF the street is no proof that it
was lost on the other. IL is easy TO as
sumo that the announcement that money
has been found will cause some rogue to
claim IL.
There are so many chances for mistake,
and the money will be so Convenient to
use that many a person whQ calls himself
honest says nothing when he finds money
and forgcts TO read the sadveTtising col
unns OF the newspaper for a day or two.
There are many suggestions from the
friends of the loser of. what he may do.
One made by Col. Robert Christie is about
as good as the best. He says it is Jap
anese maxim. Look as well when the
thing is not as when it is: you VIII be sure
to find it, He adds also another proverb
from the same source. Look seven times
for 1t before you accuse another OF tax
ing it,
In addition to the suggestions the loser
is sure to hear where did you lose it" as
II he knew and were keeping it a secret.
In all these questions the philosophical man
finds reason to say nothing and quiets HIM
self with the reflection that some one
who needs the money even more than him
self may have found it and put it to
good use.
LOST 1T ON A TRIP.
An instance OF this kind was that of Q
popular clerk in one OF the courts here.
He went down TO Atlantic City few years
ago with $50. He spent $40 in going down
and around the hotel. zAs he started out
he carefully pinned two $40 bills in the
watch pocket Of his trousers He spent
a couple of hours enjoying himself in the
crowd ON the beach, then returned to the
hotel
When he wanted to, pay for something he
reached for his money, and was In blank
amazement to find it gone. He then thought
a moment and remembered that'the watch
pocket had no bottom. II had ripped out
a week or two before. He happened TO
have q check that helped him out, but It |
was several hours before he really began |
to enjoy himself again. He said nothing |
to anybody about his loss till year after |
ward. His mother was looking at his trou-
sers he wore that day and said:
what did these cost?"
''Well." he replied, 81 think they cost me
$4s. That means the IS l paid TO have
them made and two $50 bills dropped out
of the pocket" And he told her the story
of his Atlantic City experience
Another case was of a young man at the
races He was winning and nervous. 1t
is usually under some excitement that the
mind loses the run of events and drops
something from consciousness He had
won $50 more. He was paid In a ten and
two fives
In passing from one betting stand to an.
other the tendollar note must have flut-
tered out of his hand. He never could ac-
count for 1t. All he knows was that a few
before he reached his seat 1t was
paid to him, and when he came to count it
up it was gone. As he had 81 40 left
from a start of So, however, he didn't
grieve much over it.
CHECKS THAT DISAPPEAR.
Losses of checks are no SO serious.
though frequently more annoying. A
colored employe at the Capitol last winter
started across the grounds TO his home with
his pay check in his hand. 1t was windy
and when he reached his room the check
was missing. He could think how it got
out Of his hand. He supposed he was hold
ng on hard and fast all the way. He af
forwards concluded the wind must have
twitched it from his fingers.
As the paper was drawnagalnstt the Treas
Try he sent notification at once to refuse
payment If It should be presented. He
also set about getting a duplicate. As the
was less than $50. lit was not nec-
,ssary to have an act of Congress to en-
able him to get new check, but it re-
luired long, careful manipulation and atten-
Ion to many details to get the thing through.
It was full four months from the time of
he loss before he could draw his money.
much larger loss. but unaccompanied
" the Inconvenience, is the keystone of a
tory about Albert Fink, for many years
commissioner of the great railroad pool
. New Y ork. Mr. Fink was, when younger,
he superintendent Of great bridge which
lie received his check, and being in hurry,
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