The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-02
QUEER HIDING PLACES.
Means People Have Taken to Keep
Their Money Safe.

lHCH money ohle.
One of our best-known members
of Parliament built himself a man
sion in remote part of Hampshire,
on the confines of the New Forest.
He noticed during the progress of
the work that a contractors clerkN
came back from the railway station
bringing with him a walking stick
bearing a liable addressed to his en-
ployer This always happened on a
Friday afternoon, and he became GU
rious to know the reason.
When he asked for an explanation
of the mystery the contractor touched
spring in the handle, screwed off a
a headpiece, and, turning the stick
upside down, rolled out on the table
a heap of sovereigns.
1t appears that the nearest local
hank could not be used in time for
weekly pay. Accordingly the con-
tractor had the stick made, the inte-
rior of which was followed out in
order to take the sovereigns. The
precious freight amounted to e10O,
and was despatched every week as
an ordinary parcel During the
whole time it never miscarried.
Possibly a more remarkable saw
ings bank was found during an in
quest held in London recently 1t
was discovered that the deceased
had a wooden leg, within which were
number of soyereigns wrapped in
a kid glove Surely a wooden leg is
ono of the most peculiar banks imag-
Unable.
A short time ago an old miser died
at Brescia. She lately revealed a
singular boarding place for treasure.
She had always lived as one in deep
poverty, and had carefully excluded
all neighbors from her apartment.
When she was taken i'll and felt
the approach of death she sent for
notary, to whom she confded the
hiding place Of her money,
She had lived in constant dread of
robbery or loss. and so for years had
preserved tao whole Of her money in
a followed out leg Of a certain table
in the room. When search was be-
ing made before properly accredited
witnesses a sum of &5.00) wa9
brought to light in money securities.
A sum Of over a quarter Of a mill
lion pounds has heen thrown into
the ash pit by the government. This
extraordinary exhibition of waste of
public money was found out some
little time ago. It was discovered
that scrap brass had been used for
road making.
Originally the ashes from the
brass foundry and rolling mills Of
the Royal Laboratory and other fac
tories were regarded as so much
waste material. AS a matter of fact,
they were given to the superintend-
ent for the purpose of making roads
AMI pathways.
This went on for a number of
years, when a wideawake contractor
got to know of it. He generously Of
fered TO remove the ashes from the
fire holes and to give the govern
ment the sum of IS. 4d. a ton for
them into the bargain.
After this arrangement had been
going on for some time it was dis
covered that the contractor was SELL
ing the refuse at Sc ton Then the
ordinance officials took the matter
into their own hands and issued
proper tender forms for them.
Then the firm which had used to
paying 3s. 4d. ton offered e5 to G6
a ton, while eventually as much as
81 rs. Cd. per ton was offered for
the waste ashes. This means a reve-
nue. of 10000 a year, which hith-
erto had been thrown into the ash
pit. Actually, it is estimated that 6
quarter of a million pounds has been
wasted by the military officials who
thoughtlessly threw the refuse away
A sum OF $4,000 was found in the
mud at Liverpool short time ago.
This was in the mud behind the
landing stage water, where cash
box was found containing a number
of bank notes and about $4,000 in
ties.-Pearson's Weekly.