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BANK NOTES MADE TROUBLE
RgroE in Printing Caused Much Cor
fusion 20 Cashiers Who Handled
Them In Course Of Business.

Occasionally an imperfect or mis'
printed bank note will eyade the Wig
dance Of the inspectors Of the bureau
Of engraving and printing. The most
extraordinary misprint thai eVef
Sound its way into circulation was a
$50 national bank note.
A clerk In a western hotel in max
ing up. ,anis accounts found a discrep-
ancy that couhi not be explained. He
placed the ne OF bills at his iefs
hand and as, he counted each one
&urned the note over and put 1t on
gile at bis right He discovered that
when he counted from left to right
hza cash balanced exactly. says the
youths Companion, but that when he
eounted from right 20 left there was
shortage OF $50. The clerk spent
more than Gwo hours In trying to find
out what was the matter. Finally IN
desperation he called upon the cash
aeg for assistance,
The cashier had no better success.
Again and again he counted the bills
with the same regult--one time the
cash would balance and the next time
&c weuEd show a shortage. Finally he
examined each bill both face and back,
whereupon the mystery was explained.
One OF the bills bore the design of
s51 or the face and that OF $3.50 ON
the back The clerk had taken the bill
6or 500.
Upon corresponding with the treas
AIRY department they found that the
department had record OF the BILL.
In 1890 one sheet of bank notes for a
national bank In Kansas City had been
reversed In the press. One plate bore
Che diverse OF q $50 DILL at the top
and the diverse of $10o bill at the
bottom. The other Plate bore the re.
verse Of the two notes. AS each sheet
was printed it had been laid aside to
dry before being run through for the
reverse printing. Inadvertently the
Dressman had turned one sheet upside
down, with the result chat two mis-
printed bills came forth-one with q
$50 face and 500 back and the other
with q 800 face and $50 back.
The cashier OF the bank had been
tbs first ono to become aware Of the
error. He found that something svas
wrong. after he had paid out the note
with the $50 face and the $500 back
by coming across one with the 500
face and the $50 back. This note was
returned to the treasury and destroy.
cd and perfect one issued In Its
stead.
Another curiosity is u 81 note of the
Second National Bank OF Ravenna, O.
10 lacks the signatures OF the preai
dent and the cashier although Il wal
Wi holt challenge.
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saw | HIS MISTAKE
How Scion OF Rich Family Dis
covered That Money Would
Not Purchase Everything.
BY GEORGE MunsoN.

Though his family and friends had
lisowned Richard Brewster when he
was sentenced to serve Ave years In
the Alabama penitsntiary for forgery,
he had still enough influence to have
his escape made easy for him. Al
twenty-five, the second SON OF old
Peter Brewster, the millionaire, he
suddenly found himself bereft Of ev-
eryehing that meant life to him. For
three years he clerked In the war
denis office, dreaming Of the time
when he would be free once more. He
would obtain money from his puri-
fanical old father who had disowned
him, In spite OF his threats; he knew
that he could biackman him for tWen-
ty thousand by threatening to publish
certain facts In the old mans early
history. For although Peter Brew
ster was the squarest man In Ala
hama, once. when he was q young
maxwell, Richard had discovered
that slip, which had made the mil
iionaire indulgent to his sons weak
nesses until he crowned them with
forgery. Peter had never stolen or
forged; still, he could be made to
yield UP twenty thousand, Richard
knew, for silence.
After three years the Brewster In
fiuence had waned with the change
Of governors, and Richard was taken
out of his easy berth and shipped on
to labor In the turpentine camp at
Parsing. There the horror of his po-
sition moved unwise friends of his
father, who, acting without the old
mans knowledge, approached the
head warden with brides. The only
result was that q fifty pound weight
was attached to Richards leg by q
chain. But others were more venai;
and so It came about that Richard
Brewster found himself alone In the
woods. with two hours grace, and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15

So. Perhaps 1t will be better to say
nothing that would bring the blush of
shame TO my innocent cheek But.
aunties If you'd only seen the moon.
light falling IN mellow food upon his
pleading face! IL you could have
heard the rich, musical tones OF his
exquisite1y moduIated voice as he
plighted his vows!'
STUFF and nonsense." exclaimed
that sort OF thing.
True" Mrs. Merriwid murmured.
@i've seen him making love to women
that know he detested-kfssing their
fngertips with that splendidly chiyal-
rsc air and sinking gracefully on one
knee before them; also clasping them
In a passionate embrace. Perhaps il
he had clasped- But no matter. And
you needn't look so shocked, because
he didn't. Yes, he certainly knows
bow to do 1t. He has had lots OF prac-
tice.''
Sof course he has,. said Aunt Jane.
How any woman can bring herself to
marry one Of the creatures is beyond
me-"
But they do" observed Mrs. MerrI-
wild. Sometimes they marry several.
and sometimes several marry the
same creature, not all at the same
time, Of Eourse.''
Are you going to tell me what he
said I" inquired Aunt Jane, somewhat
luaDatiently.
Every word. dearie," replied Mrs.
Merriwid. 'You must give me time.
know you haven't any sympathy for
hfga. though, and that makes 1t a lit
tie hard. II you could have seen the
sEasm Of anguish that passed over his
paslad face when he saw that his fond
heps was ssashed-how sternyy he re-
onessed the emotion that shock his
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st. Peters Church at cFertsey, Eng.
land.

Sk. s~S&GEA NINTH 81 At1sSs A5SSp ~H&
land.
Heriot "sprang within the old church
door" mounted up the gloomy tow.
er" and kept the bell from ringing
what would have heen fair young
BasiIs funeral knell." His name, by
the way, was neither Basil nor I'm.
derwood; It was Nevill, and he was
q nephew OF Warwick, the King Max
er; nor had Cromwell anything to do
with the episode, which happened q
couple OF centuries before the future
protector was born. Why Miss Thorp,
who, it seems. is still living at San
Diego, Cal, transferred the incident
from the earlier period to the later.
that lady alone knows. She is now
sixty-two years old. and among her
treasures is q porcelain replica OF the
famous bell, which was sent to her
from Chertsey.
This old abbey or curfew bell now
forms the fifth one of a peal of eight
In the belfry OF the Chertsey parish
church. After hundreds OF years the
ringing Of the curfew was abandoned
at Chertsey, but it. was revived by
the present vicar and now is carried
out from, October to March Is.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15

UITHLLn
Mrs. Stewart Tells How ss
Suffered from 16to45 yeal
oIsd-EIo,y T Finally Cured

Euphenia, Ohio. - Because Of Mt
ignorance Of how TO care for Enyss
when verging into Woraaaheod, and ag
taking cold when going to school, "a
fered from q displacement, and sa
month I had severe pains and naasa|
which always meant a lay-oG IRON M
for two to four days from che Enel1
was 16 years old
81 went to Kansas TO i've with M sss
ter and while there a doctor told nss
the Pinkham remedies but I did noss 81
them then as my faith In patent
cines was limited. After my sistsg Y
I came home TO Ohio 70 I've and lsa|
has been my home Cor the last Is yasa
. The Change of Life came when lVls
AZ years old and about this time ] 81
my physical condition plainly dass
in one Of your advertisements IS
began using Lydia q. Pinkham' s
etable Compound and cannot sel
or any one the relief It gave me = e
first three months. It put ms
where / need not lay of every lIllaa1
and during the last Is years ] hare Is
paid out two dollars toa doctor, and hss
been blest with excellent health 1orss
woman Of my age and can thank VIC
e. Pinkham s Vegetable Comp fQFs
g Since the Change Of Life i oys
have been 3 maternity nurse and Dsls
wholly self-supporting ] cannot re
estimate the value Of good hsalssi: y
have now earned con1for table l!li5
home just by sewing and nursing US
] was So years old. / have reeoEnrlsaa
the Compound to many with gee, 6
suits, as it ID excellent 20 take psss1I
and after childbirth. Miss Essa
ADELrA STEWART. Euphemia, oaIa J
If you want special advice HIIsssa
Lydia 6. Pinkham Medicine Co.les9
dential) Lynn, Masse Your lesIeIa We sI|
be opened, read and ansWerea ,. s5S
woman and held In strict eoIllaass
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.CURFE:W STILL RINGS
Vicar OF Chertsey Church il, Eng.
land Revives Old Custom.
Famous Sell, Cast 600 Years Ago,
Tolsed Death OF King Henry vle---
Gained Worldwide Fame
During War Of the Roses.

London. -Curfew viii be rung to-
night and every night from now until
March next on the historic old bell OF
Chertsey Abbey, to whose clapper
Blanche Heriot is supposed to have
chung, 500 years ago. in the hope OF
saving her lovers life, as told in the
famous poem by Rose Hartwick
Thorp.
Probably few of the thousands OF
people who have read "CurfeW Shall
Not Ring Tonight" or heard 1t re
cited. have any idea that the bell,
which its plucky heroine-who Is
called Bessie in the poem-kept from
ringing, still is in existence. On the
other hand, such Americans as have
visited Chertsey, which is o thriving
town, twenty-five miles from London
will have learned all about the Abbey
Bell, as 1t is called, which is consid-
cred to be the most historic and old.
est ringing bell in England, but which
it was left TO an American writer TO
make world-famous.
1t was cast 800 years ago. It
weighs 1000 pounds, measures three
feet high and nine feet in circnmfer.
ence, and around the crown is a Latin
sext which may be translated, 'Of
your charity pray for US, 0 Virgin
Mary" 1t was ordered cast by john
de Rutherwyck, the most famous OF
the Abbots of Chcrtsey, and in May.
1871, it tolled the death of the muir.
dered King Henry VI, when his corpse
was brought from London by water
and found a shelter in Chertsey Alb
hey until it finally was reburied in ST.
Georges Chapel, Windsor.
In the abbey it is supposed to have
been used as the pardon bell, which,
previous to the Reformation, was
tolled to call the Worsnippers to a
prayer to the Virgin Mary, which pre-
coded the regular service. When the
abbey was dismantled, however, its
bell was transferred to the gloomy.
Swallowed tower" Of the parish church
OF Chertsey, which is named st.
Peters, and also dates back to John
de Rutherwyck. and there, every
evening, just at sunset" it .stolled the
twilight hour" every evening, that is.
except the historic one during tbs
War of the Roses when Blanche
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15
MELISSA COULD PROMPT q BAD
ACTOR.

Mrs. Merriwid had been out on the
front porch so long that her maternal
maiden Aunt Jane grew anxious and
throwing light wrap over her head,
went out to demonstrate. Her niece
was sitting on the swing lounge, bend
ing forward, with her upfuTned face
resting on the palms Of her hands
Her expression was pensiye-abstract-
ed, mournful.
"Excuse-'' Aunt Jane began, and
then. seeing that Mrs. Merriwid was
alone, "Oh, he's gone, has he?"
Mrs. Merriwid started violently and
pressed her hand to her heaving
bosom
esWho speaks % she cried, in 8
tragic voice. aCouId it have been?
All! No, no! Oh. It's you, is it, aunt
ums? Yes, he is gone-gone forever.
Alasf that should say SO. He has
left his Melissa to tears and solitude.
New what awaits the splendor OF the
moon, and what the glory Of the star
lit skies!''
"Are you crazyg" calculated Aunt
Jane.
II suppose some people might think
I was.' replied her niece. in her ordi-
nary matter-of-fact tones. 1--WE sust
missed chance to get my picture In
the papers and be described IS q 'fas-
cinating and wealthy widow MT.
| Buskins, at the same time. escaped
being forced iato the fierce, white
light that beats about the shrinking
Thespian. I've eGaed him FROM that
| at least"
| 'You mean that he proposed and
you refused him ?" asked Aunt Jane.
"T mean that he laid his loyal heart
ut my lily feet and that coldlysspurn.
ed his preferred love-" corrected Mrs.
Merrivid. In other words, laughed
him to scorn and said him nay, cruel
that was! Hist are We alone? All
right, then, honeysuckle. Bring Pill.
low over here and sit down and I'll tell
ron all about it.
Well" said Aunt Jane, as she COM
piled with the request, @I'm glad YOU
didn't accept him. may be o1d-fash-
toned. but must sag that from all ]
j hear about md actresses. u
] would have haen d very IN fortunate
thing, to say the least =
You interest me strangely" de-
clayed Mrs. MerriWid. What have
you heard? Never mind, though, dear
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15
RHEUMATIC ADVICE
Prominent Doctors Best preae.s..
ton Easily mixed at E5ens 3


From your druggist get ona
Of Toris compound lin original s ZIP.
package1 and one ounce Of syran ~
Sarsapari11a compound Take sssaa 9
two ingredients home and but Vs. VS.
into 8 half pint OF good Y,htssnnss
Shake the bottle and take 800 sss
spoonful before each meal ana ii - IN
time" This Is said to be the .is,, sss.
and best remedy known to the msa.sa!
profession for rheuna tism ana -
ache. Good results come after tha 80 81
dose. II your druggist does not rs Us
Toris compound In stock he vii, sss "
1t for you In a few hours from u
wholesale house. Don't be fnfns.sal
to take a patent medicine iEssssssaI 49, y
this. Insist on having the genuine s;. \
compound In the original or,e-onnea s,sa
ed. yellow package. Hundreds (, ~ 3
worst cases were cured bere by this 81
Globe PharsaaceuNSea, sanoratorsss = !
Chicago.
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s.Iaious Chickens.

My littlNt boy, Frank. four years.
likes to lo9k the chickens in their
coolt at night. Lately he has had
me 60 with him. as he is a little timid
about going out OF doors after dark.
One night last week he had driven the
chickens into the coop, and the little
chicks In settling down for the night
were peeping Frank said: +'Oh,
mamma, aren't the chickens good, just
listen to them saying their prayers. -
Exchange.
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"a convict, she SAID. and only ha1s

"a convict" she said. and only ha1S
yelled her terror.
tsYes," said the man. I'll make
clean breast of 1t. I'm Brewster
Richard Brewster. see you know
who I am. There is q package I'M
der that seat with q key that will I'M
lock this paddock, and five hundred
dollars. can't reach it with this at
tachment. Get 1t for me and I'll d.
vide the money with YOU
I'VE don't help conyicts here, an
swered the girl. watching him stead
lily. She half turned. still clutching
the child.
"I'll give you ALL shouted Brew
ster. give hundred. Good Lord! !
could buy your crazy cottage for that
and you too.
She turned on him Il guess that's
where you're wrong" she answered
bitter Some folks can't be bought.
II they could zmy folks would be rich
er than theyuare. Perhaps you know
my father, Nernan Grace" she add
ed.
.sGraces The head wardens"
81 thought you did. If he had taken
that Ave thousand dollars your folks
offered him to let you escape, we
wouldn't be living in this crazy cot.
tage,' as you call IT.
Then you won't get chat package
for me?" he demanded.
sSo, nor I won't lift finger against
you, either. Go your own way. I've
heard OF you and your doings. You
poor creature, what sort OF happiness
have you found in your life, you who
think everybody is for sale?''
The thought was new to Brewster.
why I'll haven't had much" he
stammered.
How long have you to serve =
Nearly two years"
"Two years." she echoed. 80 you
are willing to purchase two years OF
liberty by a life of ignominy, hunted
everywhere, hiding from all, trusting
none. always expecting TO hear the
step of detective at your heels? You
poor fellow!"
He hung his head. II don't--knoW!''
he stammered. Nobody ever put it
to me in that way before I've never
met a girl like you. l thought they
were all out for the money. Say
he went on rapidly, that little daugn-
ter OF yours ought to be proud"
my sister," said ths girl, smiling
for the first time. 'sI'l not married
yeti"
Brewster took a step forward and
stood before her. the ball clanking
on its chain behind him. In his eyes
was a light that had never shone
there before.
Miss Grace he said, "if go back
LII I serve my time-ie try to live
a decent life afterwarh and / have
wanted to sometimes, only never
had any announcements / do all
these things, will you let me come to
you the day I am set free and ask
you to help me? Just to tell me what
to do? So that can feel that / have
d friend, besides money!
Yes" she answered impulsiyely
~ es. And shall tell my father what
,you have told naes. B
alss ICED baeH
| through the mangroVes toward the
convict camp, the bali iangling be
hind him,
Copyright. 1918. by W G. Chapman,
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Scientific snaech.

I viii now proceed to add TO nu.
man knowledge. said one scientist.
How will you do it?" asked the
other.
By taking some short word in popu.
lar use and causing several sylIabIsg
TO grow where there was but one
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ailIy Sunday Gusts Physician.

PIttsburg. pa.--While delivering "a
sermon to women, Billy Sunday, the
evangelist, asked the men to leave
the congregation. a physician re-
fused and the athletic minister pro-
PEELED the unwelcome guest through
a side exit into a muddy alley, then
returned and finished his sermon.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15
VIOLIN NEEDS SPECIAL carr
Peculiarly Susceptible TO Atmospheric
and Other Conditions, as Most
Owners Are Aware.

The violin and violonce11o are most
sensitive to atmospheric conditions
and suffer from atmospheric variations
quite a. much he tender vocal.
cords of the sing hose who have
attempted to make the violin an orna-
ment by hanging it upon the wall have
had reason to repent taking such
liberty. The violin loses it's varnish
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15
Very ENJOYABLE

Il met Billy Bumstead yesterday
and he told me he had just had
very pleasant visit of a couple OF
hours with YOU
Yes. He seemed to enjoy the visit
very much. He used the eetira tims
telling me about himself
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15
Prize Fish story.

Tarrytown, N. members OF the
Rod and Reel club OF this city are
thinking OF awarding the prize for the
best story to Emmett Traxter. club sec
rotary. who insists that he caught
three bass at one time.
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jew of Children.

The years will fly. and soon you win
flnd yourselves in the presence of 1t.
Gle children every day, your own chit.
dren. Look ahead TO that situation
The very thought will protect you
from eyildoing and will prepare you
for the greatest joys Of life and the
xnost lasting. When that time comes
yoa VIII see how much this happiness
suTpasses all other human joys, and
how il is the real foundation for the
enjoyment of work and the earning
sivfng President Eliot "a Harvard
BgeahHaeG.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15

Substitutes Bow For. HandsE1ake.
st. Louis. The Imperial club OF st.
Louis, an exclusive organization. has
banned haneshaking and substituted
the bow
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15
Too Muei, For Pop.

Toe Much For Pop.
"Pop!"
Yes. my SON..
s.,They scuttle house at the top.
don't they?''
''Yes, my boy"
-And they scuttie boat at the bot.
tom, do they not?'
t.Why-yes.'' i
well, where w6ald they start to
acuttIe hdnseboat. pep?'.
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It takes a genius to save monay
write good poetry
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15

DIR. Piercs's Pellets, small, sugar -eeals.
easy to take S. candy, regulate and inSigga
stomach, hverand bowels. Donet grips. AiI
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No Sale.

No Sale.
Hubby had arrived lloms viii
wiley slept and at the breakfast saI
there was a cold silence.
"a penny for your thoughts q
love-" he ventured.
For two cents I'd tell yan HIlass
think Of you, abe returned, VITA
dangerous CLEAN In her eye.
He did not raise his bid.
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Believed Macauiay Would slns.

Lord Macaulay, passing one day
through the Seven Dials, bought =
handful OF ballads from some street
folks who were bawling out their
contents TO a gaping audience Pro-
ceeding on his way home he wac as
tonished to find himself followed By
half score oil urchins, their faces
beaming with expectation. sNow then,
my lads. what Is it?" said he
"Oh. that's a good 'un,'' replied one
of the boys, after we've come ali this
way"
"But what are you waiting for?" said
the historian. astonished at the lads
familiarity.
waiting for. Why, amt YOU going
TO sing, gunner ?"-Life.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-15

It keeps wives as busy providing
the inner man as It does HUSBAND
providing things for the outer Wolaa.Es
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Going 70 have turkey On IS
Birthday
NO; I'm going to blow myself ii
year for an elaborate feed. I'm gu
"a give a bacon dinner TO tbs faallsfE
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q at Because
why was the beauty doctor % 81
Cry with Anna?'
Because she told him she was OIL
ing to him to get Few wrinkles Il
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-05

The first gun in the campaign for
the school dictatorship was fired this
morning when friends of Theodore
A. Craig began putting in few
words. here and there, in favor of
the well known attorney to take the
place made vacant by tbs retirement
of w. j. Roberts. 1t is said that MI
Craig is not an ayowed candidate bur
that his friends will use his name at
the mass-meeting next Friday night.
Several years ago Mr.. Craig was
elected by the board of education to
fill the unexplred term Of direc.or
who resigned from the board but
when informed of the action of the
board Mr.. Craig declined to serve
His friends say that he is eminently
fitted fer the place by reason of his
close association with the keokuk
schools since his boyhood.
Mr.. Craig was in the mayors of
fice at the city hall this morning
when interviewed by The Gate Cit,
in regard to the action of his friends
Z He expressed surprise and said tina
he had heard nothing of the matter
in fact had not been approached b.
anyone discussing the coming cleo
ton.
Il would consider it an honor tt
he elected said MI. Craig. but
would have to decline to serve on &C
count Of various reasons, chief anon.
/ which would be my business, whica
is requiring all my time.
Il would positively decline thu
place, were elected continued MI
Craig, and / can hardly believe tina
the report is true. It seems as though
l would have heard something abou
the matter, had it gone SO far as t
have people working for me-"