The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-10-26

| hutlt In 800 II. &, II guarded the glrts
brought to the shrine. The state treas.
ury of Athens was in the OpisthOdO.
mos, chamber in the back part of the
Parthenon, separated from the rest If
the temple by heavy bronze doors.
Once in four years inventories were
taken of the contents of the treasure
house. In 431 b. c. Pencles said that
there were G000 tons Of coined money
on the AcropOlis.
Savings in Thrift" Boxes.
Arrangements for guarding the
treasure In the sanctuary of Apollo
Mt Delos were absurdly inadequate in
the earliest days. The Greek word for
thief. tOikCrukOS, means one who digs
through the wall, suggests that pre-
mcditated burglary was not uncommon.
Chests were the dcpositaries for valu-
ableS among the Greeks. Often they
were very elaborate. The Romans evil
IDENTIFY made considerable progress TO-
wards security. their locks being more
efficient than any known to the Greeks.
The Roman strong boxes eXcavated
at POmpeii show that they were often
Of wood, iron bound, and fastened
to block of granite by rods. In
Rome, MS in Egypt and in Greece, the
public funds were placed in temples
for safe keeping The state treasury
of Rome. the Aeararium. was in the
temple of Saturn. From Roman days
to the present century the poor kept
their savings in small thrift" boxes
receptacles of pottery holding from a
pint to quart with only one opening.
Il small slot. Savings could not be
removed without breaking the recep-
tacle. These pottery receptacles often
took on odd shapes. pigs, cats, fish,
etc. Notifications of the Roman strong
box were used as treasure chests in
all the countries Of Europe during the
middle ages and down into the last
century. Puzzle locks were one of the
developments of early days.
When banking started in Florence in
the thirteenth century and large sums
of money began to be accumulated by
the money lenders safeguarding Of val F.
uahleS became more imperative. Neces- |
sity began invention and gradually, |.
through the centuries, progress has |
been made toward safe-loCking de- !
vices and veritable strOngholds in |
which to keep gold, silver and all
valuables. Yet at the beginning Of .
he nineteenth century strong boxes
we're not much more secure than
hose Of several centuries before,
-hough they looked more formidable
With spikes and iron bands. No seri-
,us attempt had been made to secure
but the Increase in paper
money, bonds and stocks and other evil
lences of Indebtedness written on pa
oer made progress in fireproOfing es-
ential. The first attempt to secure
eal ffreproof safes took place in
france, where they were made with
Iouble walls, the space between being
He'd with non-conducting materials.
The First Safe Deposit Vaults.
Successful burglaries and great con-
lagrattons gave impetus to making
afes stronger and brought about the
rst safe deposit vaults. 1t was
attle royal between burglars and safe
nd vault makers for years, but now
he latter seem to have completely !
the burglars I
The highest skill Of the safe maker ;
now devoted to making strong {
Doms or safe deposit vaults for banks I
ays the pamphlet. The early vaults {
ere merely rooms of brick or ma {
Dnry fitted with a safe door of large {
The next step was to '
ne these rooms with metal Such t