Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06

with all his money" remarked man.
discussing the death of wealthy resident
OF a neighboring state, Ibis life could not
be saved"
DO you mean that wealth will not save
life?" asked member of the little party
of friends.
That's exactly what I mean said the
man who had made the remark. In other
words" he added. II mean when man
time comes to die his life cannot be pro-
longed by the use of money"
II Just want to tell you,' said the ques-
TONER, that 1 know of case In which
human life was saved by the use OF money
but the cash did not go to a member OF the
medical profession. 1t happened some years
ago. when 1 was living In the wild and
woody west. The town in which, lived
was filled with gamblers, and there were
two factions among the sporting fraternity
One night there was a murder committed,
and the man who committed the deco was
what the boys termed good fellow
There was no question as to his guilt, ana
II was certain that he would be sentenced
to death. ,
II went among the boys and took up
collection to save his life. Almost every
man who was asked for a donation wanted
TO know how the money was 10 De useo'
but l told them not to ask too many ques-
lions The money was given 10 Jui VI
and when the vote was taken TINS juror
was the only one of the twelve men who dlo
not favor the death penalty. His argument
was that the man had done right III taxing
the life of his victim, and a disagreement
was the result The prisoner afterWafd eS-
raned from iail and remained away until
the witnesses against him had elther uieo
or disappeared and the result was that ne
was not given second trlal. -
Hereafter" he concluded, 90 not say
yui1
x
.ryour article on paper money, remarked
q bureau man to The Star rounder, ana
the statement that the life of bill is from
three to four years remind me that 1t ism t
any too short if there be any truth IN the
prevailing opinion that bills carry ana
disseminate disease germs
"How's that?" interrogated The Star
man.
We'll. friend of mine, who resides In
milwaukee, tells me that well-known doc
tor of that place, who, by the way, Is the
city chemist, recently made some very
startling discoveries in an examination OF
some old paper money. On one much worn
bill he found with a powerful microscope
more than 1900 900 bacteria, on another
"a 600 on another note GOO. and on
comparatively new bill about 800 were
found"
DO YOU think the bacteria will need to
have special legislation like the boil weevtl,
to keep up a healthy circulation inquired
The Star quid nunc, backing away from
striking distance.
mo, from my knowledge of the world s
attitude on the money question, can say
without fear of contradiction that the
safest place for germ to get is on piece
Of money, and if the majority or folks
keep il no longer than l am able TO do'
.; far "a
to get as near as speaking acquaintance
*
ct heard a good story the other day.,
said a man to The Star rounder, which
showed the clever use of a confederate $40
bill as a wedding fee. well-known JUS
tice of the peace was the victim. and he
laughs himself over the occurrence when
he recalls the incident"
How did it happen?" inquired the inter
viewer
We'll, you see, the J. p. Is one Of those
progressive chaps, and. thinking that it
might help stimulate his marriage fees, he
advertised quite generally in certain chan
nels that he would give 800 in trading
stamps with every so matrimonial fee."
Did it takeT' asked The Star man. when
his narrator finished laughing over his rec
election of the story.
day a young couple presented themselves
at his Office and asked to be married. She
was vivacious and pretty and he had the
look Of one of those wised-up chaps. Both
of them were young. and suggested any
thing but trickery. Well. the justice made
quick work of the ceremony. and the newly
made groom handed him an envelope, say
ing: Here's ten for your trouble. and we
are both very much obliged Well. the
girl was SO deuced pretty and the chap
clever that the j. p. didn't examine the bin
inside the envelope. He observed that
there was a bill there. and then threw the
envelope on the desk with pa-don't -care
air Then the bride spoke up: Johnny.
don't forget the trading stamps. They'll
I'LL my book. "
Did they get the stamps?'
Get EN-. Well. l reckon they did-s100
worth. too, in red, blue. green and almost
every color he had; and the funniest part
of the joke. too. is what followed AS the
couple started out of the Office they shook
the justice very cordially by the hand and
the bridegroom remarked, Now. be good,
and don't take any bad money!"
Here the reciter of the story stopped to
laugh. after which he resumed:
Would you believe" he said that JUS
tice never suspicioned anything wrong but
casually remarked as the couple passed
out of the door: guess not. 1 get up
early each morning."
After the couple had gone the Justice
opened the envelope and removed the bill
II was a $40 bill, all right. but it was one