The Opelousas courier., 1905-11-11

'"AN ILL., p"A A1o2i-,
! w Y while you're out,''i is advice
9 @ harder for the New Yorke
j to follow than for any els
|oE in this country.
According to tales published in til,
current "Dickerman's L. S. Treasury
Counterfeit Detector' there are thir
teen different kinds Of counterfeit
bank notes Of this State, ranging il
denomination from So to 500, to sa,
nothing of the phony gold coins anG
small change. The bank officials OF
Massachusetts, which comes SECOND
on the list, only have to keep theil
eyes peeled for ten different kinds OF
native counterfeit bills.
Unless a mans an expert, be would
nave to carry a small chemical la
boratory, a pocket tool chest, and a
complete collection Of United States
currency, indexed for immediate re-
ference, if he would be absolutely safe
against bad money.
1t would embarrass some folks, how
ever, to hold up the box office line
while they dropped acid on their change
and counted the hairs on the buffalo
in the %tive-dollar bills. The only pro-
lection afforded such people is that
derived from a hasty glance at the
color of the note and the workman
ship on the portrait.
Judging from the descriptions of
counterfeit United States and Treas
ury notes given in "Dickerman' De
tector' the most general defects are
in the portraits. Watch out for the
evil eye, bad compilations, tousled hair
and the shape of the nose; if you do 1t
may save you money.
For example, if a two-dollar bill on
which Jefferson has only one eye is
offered to a man, he shouldn't take it.
Neither should he accept a bill upon
which a white streak runs across the
iris of each of McPherson's eyes.
If McPherson's hair and beard
haven't been carefully brushed, or if
he has a staring look, and the head
appears fiat" have nothing to do with
him. And above all things shun him
II he has many white spots on his
Now for the ten doliar-note. Be on
your guard against Gen. Sheridan un-
der these conditions: When his face
mas a moth-eaten appearance when
his right eye and mustache are hard
y visible" when his mustache and
chin whiskers appear smoothly
brushed (they should be struggling
and bushy); and last but not least.
when the fright end Of his forehead
right cheek is a mass of white
)atches.'
Daniel Webster should be avoided
N ten-dollar bills when Lis lose is fat.
In twenty-dollar bills keep an eye on
Alexander Hamilton. If his nose,
instead OF being round on the end, is
'rought to a sharp point" and if "his
hin, instead of being double, is
quare,' he is an impostor.
The man who takes a bill with the
ne OF Benjamin Franklin's mouth and
opening Of lis ear too pronounced.
lay be out ffty'dollars. He may find
however, in the fact that
1dlsdnct tail feathers OH an American
agile might have cost him a hundred.
Admiral Farragut has too long a
ose and his upper lip p%rotrudes. that's
$50 a sign that a h~undred-dollar bill /,
bad. /.
AS might be expected in a counter
Fit, the figure Of Justice in the $500 I,
is somewhat out of plumb. The J
ale she holds aloft is, very appro- !
'iately. slightly crooked.
In addition to this she is club- =
'oted, and her toes are too short. If :
lrther proof were needed, it may be !
'uhd in the indistinctness of the lobe :
j. q. Adams ear. :
In the silver certificates even Mar 9
a Washington's complexion doesn't \
cape the hands of the spoiler. She !
ceives mention among the one-dollar .
as having white patches z
forehead and face" .
On tWo-dollar silver certificates it is
ell to make sure that Gen. Han !,
cks hair and mustache are smoothly q
ushed, for n counterfeiter has 81
used them badly. Also be wary of a.
lillian Window, especially if his up
7 lip appears a little swollen" or If
) cheeks appear sunken and his
in out Of proportion IN
sen. Grant is chief sufferer in coun- 2,
felt hye-dollar, silver certificates. In o.
case Two white patches appear ri
his lower lip, lear left corner of 10
'uth.' In other instances che looks IN
embarked and has a moth-eaten a.
p~earance." One counterfeiter seems ga
mad all the instincts of a COM or
n thief, for in his production the So
ON Gen. Grants shirt front is on
-
'en-dollar silver certificates are dan r,
when Hendricks lacks a right m.
!, pa
N the tWenties look out for Man oy
6. Don't let the left side of his va
e press against the background too in
sely, and above all things see that on
mustache is nicely curled. One mt
lgler h~asSsadly bedraggled ii. IN,
! he only described counterfeit of NJ
hundred dollar certificates Monroe ~;
he victim. His left cheek bone is the
sing, and this. as might be sup Of
ed, gives his face "a different < nm
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course, the portraits on some
bills are NOT dafnct;ya
2 these, and in the case of coins. q
II methods are necessary for de- Pa
Ion. But any one who thororighIv oe