Iron County register., 1896-03-12
IT WAS ALL RIGHT.


He had small brown eyes and brist-
ing red mustache. His cheek bones
we're prominent and his temples formed
little hoilows in the sides of his head.
Moreover, he was receiving teller in
"a Dearborn street bank In his po-
.sition. where he handled sums of money
ranging in value from tens of thou
sands of dollars to as many cents, he
had ample opportunities to bestow his
personal favors upon whatever patrons
of the bank were most deserving and
to literally wipe less fortunate deposit
-ors out of existence with one sco-nful
eSlook of his deep-set eyes. 1t was only
-one tone harmonious with the rest
of his nature that prompted him to
seize such chance by the forelock and
work it to his complete satisfaction.
OF all the lesser lights in the CONNER
scial world that transacted business
through the medium of the receiving
teller's bank there was one firm which
b" had singled out as special mark
for his aversion. 1t was a recently or
s2aniZed concern that lad started out
with a very modest capital, and the
first time the woman who had been
Employed as maid-of-aIIwork around
the Office went over to the banking
house to make deposit she carried
three checks, amounting to SIPS. The
receiving teller noted the smallness of
-she sum, and his brown eyes sunk a
little further back in his head, his
@eyelids perceptibly frightened, and his
red mustache bristled a little more than
usual. When he returned the bank
hook he threw it down before her with
n little whack that gave her to under
stand, without any pretense of quib-
bling, that he had given her a chal-
sIenge of war to the end.
The business of the new firm dragged
miaerably along in the very lowest
stratum, and for months the ability to
deposit more than 500 made q red
letter day in their history. Week
after week the receiving teller grew
more suspicious of the woman, who
'Squailed visibly before the outspoken
contempt in his dark eyes and bristling
mustache, and a. last he reached the
point where he doubted what little
money she did have was gotten hon.
estly. A check given by a firm in the
city had to be certified before he would
have aught to do with it; if it came
from another town it was considered
worthless until he had communicated
with the issuing bank, and he gave or
-ders to the paying teller to cash no
order she might present without con-
ssulting him.
The wonan's soul grew faint and sick
from persecution and her dreams were
I'm fa6 hv of ffolr,-Sof
bristling red musiache and piles OF
spurious checks. One day a streak
of good luck blew up hard against the
new firm. and the woman's step was
light and her heart was exultant with
victory when she marched UP to the re-
ceiving teller's window. She had a
check for $500. He looked at it once
careless.y. and said in that piercing
tone which was insignia of his dis
pleasure: ..You must get that certi-
fed"
The woman was strong in the knowl-
edge that she was bolstered up by
$500 check, and she decided to take a
firm stand.
''This is good" she said. resolutely.
s'It is now 1880. 1t will take an hour
to get it certified. We have 30 make
500 good here within few minutes.
Please credit us with that amount"
The receiving teller's face flushed at
her defiance, and he watched her as
she started away. She stopped at the
paying teller's window. He tapped
on the wire netting separating the two
Cash nothing This check cannot be
-6rawn against.
The woman's eyes biazed, and she
s.aiked back to mis- desk.
''Sir," she said. do you see whose
name is signed to that checker
He Strengthened up haughtily.
Il don't know the name," he said,
sharply 1T is some one we have never
heard off,
..Please look at it again." she re-
turned.
Reluctantly he took it from the spin.
die and studied the signature.
'.Will it be all rignt?" she asked
eoftly.
He nodded. The name was that of the
president of the bank.-Chicago News
Ice from the Upper Air. 4
A Yankee farmer in Brazil, who
ionged for the cooling liquids of his
native land and was unable to obtain
them in that tropical country, has
utilized kite for the purpose of obtain.
ing ice. he fills tin can with water
and sends it to the height of three miles,
where it is promptly frozen. After q
sufficient interval the kite is rapidly
hauled in and the cake of ice is secured
The inventor is so pleased with his
tov that he now proposes to send up
kite $50 feet long by steel wire cable.
Under the kite will be suspended pull
ley. over which runs an endless chain
hearing cans attached to hooks. The
cans will be filled with water, and the
speed of the belt upon which they run
viii be regulated so that the topmost
cans will be converted into ice suffi-
GENTLY hard to stand the downward
tourney. This is certainly the most
original ice machine of which we have
ever hearii.-South American Journal.
Abundance of Trimmings on Sleeves.
The abundance of trimmings on
sleeves is one of the new departures of
the season. Sleeves are made in 1--WE
or nix pisces, and the seams which join
these are buttoned. braided, laced.
trjunu0 with gimp, let, lace or sem-
broidery- In many cases where there
Is really no division one is simulated by
fS oeu-