Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-13
SOME BARGAIN SALES
THIRTEEN z CENT STAMPS
FOR A CENT AND QUARTER
Hawaiian Dollars Sell For FOrty-Five
and Fifty-Five Cents Each
1900 NiCkleS
Dear.

ne JOyIul JOsher Is aDrOaG III the
town this week and during the past
few days has had a deal OF fun 1T the
expense of the CredulOus members OF
the commonwealth whom he found had
time to listen to his song.
1t is not generally known that la
waiian dollars of the good King Kala-
kaua can be bought at the banks for
forty-hve and fifty-five cents each, bat
nevertheless this Is so and knowing
this the joyful josher has had fun. AZ
the pieces pass at par several OF the
thrifty ones along the waterfront got
to figuring out how they could buy
dollars for forty-five and fifty-five cents
each and pass them at par. thus netting
a considerable little gain.
Postmaster Dat and Captain Camp
bell were talking the matter over this
morning in the Wilder's ship cHandlery
Office when Oscar Lewis. the shipping
master made his appearance. Seeming
an opportunity to make an honest pen
ny without hard work he begged to be
put wise to the game" when the
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the chance, remarking that he knew
two firms in San Francisco who would
take the money at par If they were net
yet "on" to the slump. The next seen
Of Lewis he was out with a gang OF
sailors carrying money sacks, and was
on his way to the banks to buy all the
Hawaiian dollars in sight at the rate
quoted him by Campbell and Dat.
Meeting his partner, Frank Turk.
outside Spreckels' Bank. Lewis let him
In on the scheme to make a fortune.
Turk gazed on Lewis for a few sec
onds and then handed him bunch Of
air that would have cooled a piece of
ice. The burden of his talk was that
Lewis was a fit subject for the nut fac
tory. and that he was a driveling idiot
and should go way up on hill and
stand on his head to get his brain put
in place again. Lewis was out for the
stuff however, and thought Turk was
trying to divert his attention to some
thing else so he could bet In and cop
out the dough-" Then Turk fearing
for his partners reason tried to
humor him and finally asked him to
add forty-five and fifty-fve cents to-
gether and find If the sum total was
not what dollars were always sold at.
The men with the money sacks were
dismissed and Lewis went and bought
a brace. for himself and partner.
When someone told Q. II. Berrey
that 1t was possible to buy thirteen two
cent stamps at the Postohice
for one cent and a quarter he went
right around to see Postmaster Dat
about It. Dat told him that the report
was true and did not seem surprised
as the stamps have always sold at the
price. Berrey Immediately put down
five cents and asked for fifty-two two
cent stamps and was then told he was
shy nine-nine cents of the cost price
That although thirteen two cents
stamps were sold for one cent and a
quarter five cents was not enough to
pay for ffty-two twos.
1t was then explained to him that
one cent and a quarter amounted to
twenty-siX cents and when he worked
1t out on a piece of paper he found
that the statement was correct lie
left muttering something about
mphOOlishness.
The community along Queen and
lower Fort streets were startled tho
other morning by the current report
that S. b. Rose of the Wilder's Steam
ship Co, was willing to pay $l5 FIR 1909
nickels. 4 young man from II. Hack
field q Co. was soon on the spot with q
nickel of the coinage of 1900 and want
ed Rose to take it for the price quoted,
Rose said he was willing to take 1t at
the price II the young man would
bring along the other 1899 nickels ne
| cessary to make up the 1900: 4 large
barrel of Sauerbrunnen was sent
around to Roses home as a bribe, to
keep him from telling about the trans
action but somehow or other It leaked
out.
Thus during the dull times doth the
| joyful jOsher abide in the land and
groweth fat on the laughs caused by
the efforts of the credulous 20 get
| something for nothing.