Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25


Everyday Occurrences - Casiiicrs'
Mistakes In Banlss-The Finding of
Dead Bodies-kpnday Contracts.
1t is an American Yredilection to be-
lieve the outre and freakish stories that
are based solely ON hearsay testimony
and to reject often the commonplace
lies that are commonly believed would
ill II volume. Only few OF them are
given below.
How often have you been inflicted
with the story of the man who was
overpaM when cashing IL check at til.
bank and The cashier telling him that
no miStalies would be corrected after
the customer left the window! -ic-
cordins to the story, the cashier laid
down tile man,l,E,a before the cashier
knew the mistake WAS in his favor. 1t
makes an excellent yarn, but -diiigent
search discloses that it aeyar lad any
foundation in fact. Bair1,s have 40
such rule. If Il customer is e,ltlcrpaid
or overpaid the mistake will Sgpeaf
when the balance is struck ut tile sllu
OF the days business. and The erroe
will be chcerfully rectiiied. But the
majority of the public believe the tict-
tious story OF "how the fellow Got the
best OF the bank" simply because it is
good story and they like to believe It,
Probably the most common error Oh
the part of the public is the belief that
when Il dead body Is found no one has
right to touch or move the remains
until tle coroner comes" There never
was any such lrrH, is not now and
probably never w1II be- The citizen
who is of an inquiEing turn of mind
has perfect right to examine the dead
bodies he runs across III the course OF
his travels, to move the remains and
even search the pockets OF the de
ceased, provided. of course. that his
motives are honest. That is ali that is
necessary.
There Is also a prevalent belief that
note signed or contract entered into
on Sunday is void AMI that either party
can plead the fact of the sacred day to
get out Of Il bad bargain. This is not
true III a man enters into 4 contract
or signs note Oh Sunday he is legally
bound and can have no defense that lie
would not have il the transaction had
occurred iii The middle OF the week
Il had my Eack against my own
house when I struck this n,nn.' says
the defendant in police court. He be-
1ieyes that his proximity to his castle
gives him more rights than he would
have If he We're in the street This be-
lief has been the cause of much can-
tankerous litigation, and 1t has ever
resulted in the ruling that man has
q right to defend himself in n reason
able manner IL he! is attacked, what
ever may be his geographical position
and the Incidental contisuity of his 4
home ''cuts no Ice" In the case.
The public has great confidence In
the magic number three, and without
any reasonable basis for the belief. 1t
is commonly believed that if drown
ing person sinks for the third time he
Is gone for good and ALL The facts
contradict this. Many persons die In
the first sinking. aud if one has the
strength and vitality to rise 10 the sur
face of the water twice ii furnishes an
excellent presumption tlitf he VIII be
able to do so again. Iii Ill. eddy o.
rapidly moving waters people have
sunk from sight IL hal.' t,.o9 i:lnas
and lived to tell the experience to their |
grandchildren.
Then there is the third cnngeStive
chill. commonly believed 10 l." fatal.
Most people who die from tiiis catlse
succumb to the first or second attack
If man succeeds III weathering two
of them the odds are in favor of his |
coming out victor In the third. .sla.ost
every community possesses citizen
who boasts the fact that Ia. ll:,s /; sill |
YER plate in his skull. Surgeons say that |
very few attempts were ever made at (
such an operation, and all of them
were failures. There does not exist a |
man who has II silver pfate In Lis |!
skull. although many men honestly be-
lieve that they are carrying this species I
of paraphernalia in their craniums.
The bone Of the skull cannot live and
be healthy in the presence of IL foreign
body. 1t is said by surgeons to be
pAs sASat lupoSsipiHty, Dul tu1S seiNes |
in no way to overcome the common
and erroneous belief. IA
The medical fraternity has another
false belief to combat in cases of shin
gles." This disease consists of Il skin |
eruption, always following affected |
nerves and commonly appearing on
the body. 1t is n very common belief
that if the shingles" completely sur
round the body and strike Il meeting
point the patient will die instantly.
The belief is untrue.-Kansas City
Innrnal.