The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-23
REDEEMuNG MONEY.
UNCLE SAM GIVES GOOD CURRENCY
Foa BAD.
mn WIN Not he Redeemed ~ Lee.
than Thres-nfths of II !. sa.ed-work
OF Experts Ia Required In Dstermlnlns
value of Blns.

Value OF Biils.
The Bureau OF Redemption at wash-
lngton, which redeems mutiiated cur
rency. performs some astonishing
work. The agencies by which money
Is destroyed are many. but usually tho
commonest one is hre. for which.of
course. the owner OF the money is not
always responsible. Often. however.
tho owner is responsible. The Mis-
souri, man who puts 400 In the stove
over night for safe keeping. and then
lighted the FIRE before he remembered
the trivial occurrence. certainly had
only himself to blame for his loss. He
raked up ard carefully collected the
burned remnants OF the roll OF bills.
and sent the package on TO Washing
ton with the required AFFIDAVIT. One OF
the most expert workers In the de-
partmont was set 10 work on the task
and In ten days had restored four
htths OF the original amount This was
an that could be redeemed. but tho
owner was 80 .overjoyed at faring 20
well that he sent one OF the crisp
tloO bills back TO the clerk who had
done 10 well for him.
The man who carried something
over $500 In his pocket when he went
cut TO feed the pigs was also from Mis-
sourt The piss could not masticate
the leather wallet. but they made
short shit OF the bills. and paid for
the dead with their lives. The badly
muuiated bins which were recovered
after the slaughtering were sent to
Washington and $50 we're redeemed.
But no one state can lay claim 10
all the careless owners OF money. Iowa
has furnished her quota. and her Ia
vorite agent OF destruction seems at
present TO be the goat A man In
ogcon, Ia, huns his coat upon a fence
while working out OF doors on a warm
day. As there Wa no one about he
paid no further attention 10 Il until
his work was finished. In spite Of tho
fact that In one OF the pockets we're sir
s. bills. When he went back for tho
coat he found u lying on the ground.
and scdate-looking billy goat was
grazing near by. The bills were gone.
~ NNNH SUI MAI NNNNNNAANM AANMk ~ INV
time waEercd that the goat had eaten
then and as there seemed no other
plausible explanation Of their disap-
peaunce the goat was killed The
bills were found la the form Of a lump
IN the goats stomach. by the time
they reached the treasury department
the mas had hardened. and no one
would have mistrusted that the brown
lump was worth $50 Of Uncle Sans
currency. hut the experts placed Il IN
water. separated the particles. and
verified the value Of tho mutilated
remnants Another inquisitivo goat
ate a more expensive meal than this.
lie discovered tho tin can hidden IN
der the house In which tho tax coli
ioctor placed the government which he
had gathered the previous day. II
amounted 10 $500 Fortunately IN this
case thu collector discovered the goat
a. the last bill was dlsappcaring This
goat also was Killed and In similar
manner the badly disngired money
vas reclaimed. A pauper tsupposedlyb
died In New York Almshouse lie
was buried 10 In a pauper's grave.
Later some relatives came from the
old country. who we're aware that he
had possessed some money. The grave
va opened. and In a secret pocket ~
his undephirt was found more thss
5000. This money vas sent on for
redemption. and the task for the en-
perts was one Of the most siaagreeabis
that has ever been undertaken. Rs-
eently the department received a pack
age which had been In q defective safe.
In the package were both silver. which
had suffered from the flames, and
oharred bills. During the travels Of
the Dor in which the money was scnt
the silver had worked about and had
reduced the bills 10 hns sshes. No
ore would suppose that these hne pa
per ashes could ever be Identified. and
the task was an unusually dificult one.
but the head OF the department with
two assistants had within AT hour
Identified two $50 bills None OF the
pieces Of which these bills were made
up were larger than a pin-head. The
work Is done by means OF powerful
maEnlfyinE glasscs When all the
pieces that are sent In have been
pasted In place. n bit Of glass Of the
same size Il placed over the card
This glass Is marked on ln.o
sauares. II three-hfths Of the pin
NJ, h,en rescued the amount u MADE
GOOD By the government. but u les
than this Is saved the bill cannot ba