Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-27

they we're mueh better enEravsi than ths
Eovernment muusv-
Thers r. a stony told about q nsslouB
custom cf1csr uho one day dstected a
lauEs quanfIty Of counterfeit money
heiuE bru1rht In By q nan Who came
frum Germany. He seised the lot snd
wired 70 BuEota 70 the central government
% know VIVA. he Should DO. he vas rather
SURPRISED % ret back q rush answer that
he should let the money come IN The
government rather uelcor1ed getting IN a
lot % wei made money without paying
/ for H.
safe froa Ptekpoekets.
II h q ht Of money 70 make q
rUsi sum. Travellers have 70 carry a big
pcckstfuL F7r instance. a mar going by
steamer from Posrto Colombia 10 santa
Marta was standing At the ran on a windy
day when BIS coat tails blew aside In q
hip pocket was seen what is called q roll
big enough 20 choke a COW. Re had \ LOT
q twenty-five peso bills laid cut Tat and
tied with q cord about the middle
Gee what a einch for a ~pickpockst-"
said a New Yorker who saw the exhibition
q wealth.
II a man bothered to stsal that truck
he'd Be prosecuted for insanity" said a
Dot too loyal Colombiano.
Il makes IN amusing sight to see one Of
the small Colombian children. without a
stitch u clothing On hurrytnE ou1 q q
house TO a store with q bul Of s0me huge
dsnouinat1on. possibly 100 pesos clutched
IN a chocolate cnlored hand
1t doesn't look safe to send q child out
with % much money said = kindly dis
posed American woman catching sight
OF the 100" on the note Then she got
some Information and added: We'll even
q dollar is a lot OF money 70 let q child
> have"
In an office one cay q man pointed to
his valise standing open on the table.
LOOK there b sad SEE what trust
have in my servants II limit every mar
> Who would dare 60 away and leave E5E
Q lying In 4 a that's open"
The listener EHspsd and went 70 look
E in the bag. Sure enough there was the
, equivalent Of KS worth o. real money
az the foreigner soon gets 70 call any
thing that isn't paper.
r Even N the matter Of small coins n,
$ Colombianos keep up the deception Their
IL q piece made Of lead chiefly, what 4
: called 'cocobolA' money down there. Thil
y 10 marked Five Pesoa. , M" The D N
\ means "pspel moneda' and Is to fndicAt.
tha4 the supposed 8 IL really worth nv,
h cents. II they marked the eo4n 70 rea.
five cents gold II would be the right value
California with the no coin smaller than
nsckes" boast 10 quite ou1dOne down 4
Colombia where the peso Is the smallest
Uruguay Dtse0uat Devfee.
y The entire south American continent /
accustomed 70 eccenfr1ciues in the man
= agement OF its financial concerns. For n
= stance II Ia told Of Uruguay that they hav
= a ven neat little device IN d-lscountinE-
A. almost every one kR0WE. The COL
dollar OF the United States is not 100 De
cent gold. II c0uian't very wei be an
san be a circulating medium The Repuf
&c Of Uruguay profted by that fact whie
Also is the case IN al ouutr5es wher
= there IL a Eold srzaeard
The gold dollar OF Uruguay Is a suppg
stttious coin OF such finsness that 1t
=, actually 100 per cent gold. II does n,
= circulate. except in the mind OF the treal
Sc urer OF the country Consequently ever
to gold coin Of every county L. discounted
Uruguay against that wonderful imzsinar
piecs OF money.
Peru and some Of the others have fro,
tine to time rsp1daAned parts OF the
d currency. Perhaps that Is what Colonb.
yeS may DO
1e "A masters stand one resident sni
the money isn't pretty enough for wal
,g paper ana II isn't Of much use for an
A. thing else"
to There is some remarkable gold mon,
a in circulation in Colombia. Thers a
IN eoins Of Spanish Kings dating back
be the seventeenth century. These are dou.
CT looms. which pass current At the val,
n OF us French and ether gold also il
d be found In Colombia There Is also
We small amount Of gold money Of the =
public in circulAtion- That il genuine A.
70 b worth what 1t purports 70 be. Most
We the persons who gets q chance at one
these coins is apt TO bury II.
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