THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER
VOL. IV. NO. 14.
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W.C. SMITH Charlotte NC*
WISE WORDS.
Live up to your engagements.
Never be idle, for work prevents pov
erty.
Good character is above all things
else.
It is better to be nobly remembered
than to be nobly born.
Do not be guided by the impulse of
the moment, but by your best cultured
judgment.
Let friendship gently creep to a height;
if it rush to it, it may soon run itself out
of breath.
Men love to hear of their power, but
have an extreme disrelish to be told of
their duty.
The wise prove, and the simple con
fess, by their conduct, that a life of em
ployment is the only life, worth leading.
To be amended by a little cross, afraid
of a little sin, and affected by a little
mercy, is good evidence of grace in the
soul.
Polish is easily added if the founda
tions are strong: but no amount of gild
ing will be of use if your timber is not
sound.
If we bring into one day’s thought the
evil of many, certain and uncertain,
w hat will be" and what will never la?,
our load will be as intolerable as it is un
reasonable.
It is enough that we have swallowed
these truths, we must feed them as in
sects on a leaf, till the whole heart be
colored by their qualities, and show its
food in every, the minutest, fiber.
Coleridoe. _ _
Our Disappearing Forests.
In a little while this earth will not be
a decent place of habitation. An earth
without forests cannot maintain its
inland water supply and the
conditions for the of agriculture.
Our forests are disappearing with fright
ful rapidity. In this country we have
less than 500,000.000 acres of forest area,
and the consumption is more than 20,-
000,000,000 cubic feet annually. This
does not include the enormous annual
losses from forest fires. The forests
within easy reach will be practically ex
hausted before any new crop started can
Ik- ready for use, or can be of any ma
terial service in maintaining the proper
rainfall.— Milwaukee Sentinel.
A Rehearsal.
A man and his son were passing an ar
senal where a battery of artillery was
practicing.
Room! boom! boom!
“What does all that mean, father?”
Room! boom! boom!
‘*Uh, simply some newspaper men re
hearsing.”
Room! boom! boom!
“Newspaper men! Why, I don’t un
derstand you.”
Room! boom! boom!
‘ A lot of journalists, my son, getting
ready to write headlines for a Kansas
newspaper.
Room! boom! boom! —Arlansaw Trav
eler.
There arc two cliureh bells at Messilla,
o, that uro valuable. They were
**** * n l*o'». and it in said tfrat just be
fore the casting was made at least SI,OOO
worlh of gold and silver jewelry was
uropjrd into the molten mass of metal
»>y the devout, who thought thus to pro
pmotc their patron saints. The bells sre
covered at,fi liie P retiou * matnJs ra-
the cream of the mail**. ’
All Btrta ms Hewn nnd Gonatp from Va
rious Quartern.
It is said that the English co operatives
have a lank whose transactions amount to
f£O,CCO,OCO a year. They have 1,400 stores
and do a buriness of 1150,000,000 a year,
j Their 000,000 members receive an annual
profit of *45,C00,0e0. Their prefits during
the past twenty-feur years have been #l5O -
000,000.
The Russian minister of railways has ap
pointed a commission to select a method of
lighting railway cars with electricity, and
all the principal companies will hereafter be
compelled to use the light on passenger
trains. The South Russian Railway has for
seme time used electric light on all its fast
trains from Odessa to Keiff, and the Czar’s
special trains have been :o lighted for a long
time.
The address to be presented to the Presi
dent by British members«of Parliament, in
favor of settling international disputes by
arbitration, bears the signatures of two
hundred and thirty members. It has been
illuminated on vellum, and is a work of art.
It is six feet in length, with decorated bor
ders, and at the head is an allegorical design
representing a union of the two countries.
There will be a meeting of Ex-Confeder
ates and others in Raleigh, N. C., in a few
days to consider the establishment of a home
for North Carolina’s disabled and infirm
Confederate veterans. The Raleigh News
and Observer expresses the hope that there
will Ije a full attendance at the meeting and
that some plan of action will be agreed upon
that will result speedily in the establishment
of such a home as is needed.
One of the marked peculiarities of United
States Senators from the south is their un
willingness te remain at their homes after
having once lived in Washington. Senators
Call, of Florida, Pugh and Morgan, of Ala
bama, Cockrell, of Missouri, and Jones, o#
Arkansas, have been absent from the Capi
tal scarcely a day since Congress adjourned.
Some of them make up all sorts of excuses
for remaining, while others frankly assert
that they like Washington better than any
other place on earth.
The famous floating island of the Derwent
water, England, has come to the surface
agßin after a long disappearance. This is a
mass of decaying vegetation forming a layer
of peat, on top of which is a thin covering of
clay bcund together by’ the roots of vegeta
tion. It rests on the clay bottom of the lake,
but sometimes some force, supposed to be in
the gases generated by the decaying matter,
causes it to rise to the surface. Its extent
sometimes reaches half an acre, and it rises
and falls with the water, until it finally sinks
out of ijight again, to be gone probably for
several years.
The State of Michigan is preparing to send
to Washington a statute of Lewis Ciss, to
take its place among the large number now
in position in Statuary Hall, at the Capital.
.Each State is entitled to send statutes of
two ot its distinguished citizens to be added
to the collection. A wore of State are now
represented, and before many years, the room
w hich is the old Hall of Representatives,
will be well filled with the representations in
bronze or marble of distinguished Ameri
cans. Th3 model of the Cass statute was
made in Paris by French. The statute is to
be seven feet high, of white Italian marble,
and will cost #IO,OOO.
He Falsnilicd The Hooke.
A Special from Stafford Springs, Conn.,
says: A great sensation was created here
when the fact became known that It. 8.
Hicks, cashier of the Stafford National bank,
was a defaulter to a large amount Upon
the bank's dm.r was posted a notice tliatthe
institution was rhwed pending an investiga
tion. Natonal Bank Examiner H. A. For
man, of the district of Illinois and Missouri,
w ho was sent to this district on special duty,
gives to the press the following facts:
The investigation of the affairs of the hank
showed that Hicks was a defaulter, and a
warrant was sworn out on charging him
with the embezzlement of $50,000. He has
also falsified the books of the Umk, and Is li
able to prosecution for forgery. He was ta
ken to Norwich, liefore a United States com
missioner, and gave bond in $40,000 to a|>-
pear on October 24. Ihe total loss to the
bank is stated at over SIOO,OOO, and Hicks
confessed to having taken $73,000. Hicks
lived at Stafford Springs twenty years. He
is connected with a number of busim*ss en
j terprines, and has contributed largely to
j make the town a flourishing business place.
A Mexican Ciljr Wiped Ont.
One of the most disastrous storms ever
known on the southern coast of Mexico oc
curred on the 7th and bth. The city of
Quelito, a town of mere than eight thousand
people was totally destroyed and many lives
were lost. Telegrams give occounts of most
affecting scenes, many women, children and
men floundering in the stormy current and
crying for help, which was not at hand. No
particulars are obtainable, os the wires are
down. Despatches say it is supposed there
are a number of wrecks in the Gulf, but the
facts cannot l*e ascertained. Later desjuitek-!
cstothe Associated Press report the entire j
coffee and orange 'Top in Sinola destroyed. !
A PrlNsacr Halrlde
D. R. Reed was oonvi<*ted in the court of j
general rffcm at Sumter S. I’, of aggrava
te! as null upon his wife, and was remanded {
to jail to nwait sentence. He stated las would j
die liefore he would go to the penitentiary.
That night aliout 11:45 o'clock, the jailor was J
aronM-d by a noise in the building, and on go
ing into the ceil corridor was informed by
one of the prisouer* that Reed was trying to |
kill hiriHclf. The jailor told them, “Let bim j
alone," and went bark to bed. In the morn
ing the dead body of Reed was found hang- i
ing by his shirt from the window bars of his I
etli
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ SATURDAY. OCT. 22, 1887
Til rEESIDIKTUI, TOUI
A VISITOR TO THE FAMOUS BELLE
MEADE FARM.
Graver and Uncle Bob-Reviewiov the
Deer—Same Interest Ing Reminiscences.
A dispatch from Nashville ,Tenn., says:
The President has made the personal acquain
tance of Uncle Bob Harding. Every stock
man in the land knows “Uncle Bob," the
colored major-demo of the Bell Meade stock
farm and one of the chief authorities cm
blooded stock in the world. It was intend
ded that the day should be for the Pres
ident one of restful quiet, and so it was.
President and Mrs Cleveland could not re
sist the temptation,' however, to stroll over
the great breeding farm, and so accompanied
by their host, Gen. Jackson, they sauntered
out, and, of coursa, Uncle Bob was in the
way. It was a great day for the old man.
“I met bim very courteously," (meaning
seriously) said Uncle Bob to one of the Pres
ident's party later in the day. “Just think.
Oh, Lordy. that I should live sixty three
years and then see a President.”
“Why, Bob, is he the first President you
ever met. "
“Oh, no, I seed Ginral Jackson and Mr.
Polk, but he is the fust one I ever got in my
hand. He’s a fine gentleman. Very much
so."
Bob was much inclined to give renrisincen
ces of the stables, and he branched off into
talk about Luke Blackburn. A reference to
Mrs Cleveland recalled him, and he slid of
her: “Oh, she do beat ’em all, and she cer
tainly do know a good hoss."
Passing the stables the distinguished trio
sauntered out into toe deer park and sud
denly, as they stxxl upon the knoll taking
in the enchanting beauty of the scene, a
drove of more than two hundred deer came
bounding past. Splendid large fellows they
were scampering as if for life and hardly
touching the ground. This again was Uncle
Bob’s work. As soon as the visitors entered
the park he had the deer corralled in a corner
and then drove them past in review.
Belle Meade farm is owned in common by
the Jacksrn brothers, who married two as
ters, Misses Harding, daughters of the foun
der of the establishment. The Belie Meede
mansion, the present resting place of the
President, is a typical Southern home of the
highest class. It is a very substantial two
story brick structure of ample proportions,
but built without much filagree or ornamen
tation.
The ladies cf the white he use. After lunch
the President and Mrs Cleveland, escorted by
Gen Jackson, drove into Nashville to pay
their respects to Mrs. Polk. At the request
of the visitors the affair was made as infor
mal as possible, it being designed merely as
an interchange of courtiaes between the lady
of the White House of forty years ago and
the lady of to-day.
There were present by invitation of Mrs
Polk: Governor Taylor, Senator Wm. B.
ate, Ex -Governor James D. Porter. Major
J. F. Thomas and several other gentlemen of
prominence of this city and viemity.
The stately Polk mansion was surrounded
by a great crowd of people of all social
grades, all ag. s ami both sexs, gathered to
see the President and Mrs. Cleveland.
The visitors were received at the Church
street entrancs, Governor Taylor offering
his arm to the President, ami Mrs Cleveland
taking that of Mr. George W. Fall, and
entared the spacious parlor, where Mrs Polk
stood awaiting them. Governor Taylor pre
sented the President to Mrs Polk. lT»e lat
ter extended her hand and said:
“Mr. President, I am indeed delighted to
meet you.’’
“And 1 to meet you, Mrs Polk," replied the
Prceid-nt. I have looked fear ward to this
visit with a most pleasant anticipation.
Mrs Cleveland was presented, and the two
ladies conversed cordially a few minutes.
The other gentlemen present were then
presented to the President and Mrs Cleve
land, after which the conversation become
general, the President devoting himself al
most constantly during the brief remainder
of his stay to Mrs Polk. He expressed a fear
that the crowds of to-morrow might be an
noying to her.
“No, it pleases me," replied the courtly
dame, “to see my people tender such an ova
tion to President Cleveland "
Then the two turned their conversation to
the W hite House and Washington. The lady
was an interested questioner, and the Presi
dent a willing informant.
Prettier than a picture. Mrs Cleveland
was the object of marked attention from all
the gentlemen present, proving herself a
captivating listener and charming cooversa
tionalist.
One cf those present was an old Irishman, a
gentleman of wealth and culture who was in
troduced by Governor Porter. Mrs Cleveland
expressed lier delight at makiug tbe acquain
tance of a friend of Governor Porter. Tbe
gentleman's eyestwinkled as be looked at
her for a moment. “Madame" said he. 'there
Is but one remark I wish to make— you are
purtier than your pictures."
Mrs Polk pr seated Mrs Cleveland a liou
q let of Marechal roses in tbe name of her
grand niece, Mrs Sadie Fall, who, she said,
sailed yesterday from Liverpool for America.
She then invited tbe party to refreshments,
!at which each guest wax served with
a glass of sherry seventy-five years oM.
Tbe guests, after visiting the tomb of
| President Polk in tbe grounds adjoining the
| mansion, returned to Bell Meade.
Mrs Vilas is quite exhausted by the fa-
I tigues and excite ®ent of the journey from
I Madison, and has been confined to her room
nearly all all day. It is reported to-night as
I doubtful whether she will be able to precede
[ to morrow.
j Fire damaged the stock of the Norfolk,
I Va Tinware Manufacturing Company and
I the Enterprise Iron Works to tbs extent of*
about #s,ooo. Insured.
PERIL OF THE PRESIDENT.
Faar People Serlaasly Injared Near Hie
Carr lose by a Cable Car.
While thousands of sightseers were crowd
ed at Ninth and Broadway, Kansas City,
Mo., waiting to catch a glimpse of the Presi
dent. a cable-train dashed into the mass
crushing and maiming a large number.
Two cable trains were .standing close to
each other. The cable had broken during the
day and the strands had been wrapped
around with wire. The grip of the second
car became entangled in the threads, which
were wound around the grip so firmly as to
start the second train in motion. It crowded
into tbe first and pushed the car into the
thick crowd, injuring several of them seri
ously.
Tbe Presidents carriage was only about
twenty feet beyond the track when this hap
pened. else his safety and that of his wife
would have been imperilled. The carriages
immediately following had not yet reached
the track, so the accident was confined to the
people who were in the jam. Tbe names of
fear of the injured have been received and, it
is thought, if any other* were hurt, their in
juries were not serious.
A Caftan Ship Afire.
Early in the morning the British steamship
Hugbenden lying at her wharf in Savannah,
Ga.. was discovered to be on fire. All the
engines of the department were called out. but
the ir work was of little avail. The cotton in
the hold was on fire and there was bflt one
way to extinguish it. and that was to flood
tbe ship. The tug Forest City came up
alongside of the ship scortly after the fire
started and gave all the help in her power.
The tug turned bar steam on the fire, and the
fire department ran all its available hose
over tbe British tramp. Kate Fawcett, lying
inside tbe Hugbenden. and poured water in
to the bold of tbe vessel. This was kept up
steadily until 9 o'clock, when tbe ship's for
* ward apartments were flooded. The tire was
confined to this section of the ship, seeming
ly having raged worse under the deck just
aft of the second forward hatch.
The Hugbenden had five thousand bales on
board and was nearly ready to clear. She is
now being pumped out and unloaded.
The insurance companies are putiing up
rates on ships at this port, owing to fre
quency of fires in the cargoes. There is no
doubt that some of the fires have been of
incendiary origin and startling developments
may be made in a day or two.
Flames In an Insane Asylum.
For the second time a fierce fire visited the
Northern Insane Asylum, on the southern
limits of Cleveland, Ohio. It was the occa
sion of the weekly dance, given the more
manageable of the patients as a healthy
means of recreation. About three hundred
and fifty of them, in charge cf their attend
ants. were enjoying the diversions when the
cry of “Fire!'' arose, and flames and smoke
j:tuicd in upon them with bewildering sud
denness. A stampede was the result, and
tbe attendants had scarcely time to realize
the situation when the room was filled with
leaping fire and dense smoke. As soon as
t the first excitement had abated tbe attend
ants made a courageous rush into the suffo
cating smoke and rescued all they could of
tbe unfortunates who had been overcoma
The bodies of six insane women who had
met death by asphyxia and burning were
recovered and three more were found
in an injured condition.
THE TAMPA EPIDEMIC.
Six New t'nnes and Two Death*. One
Death ml Palatka Jarksonville Qaaran
linen Palatka.
A despatch from Jacksonville, Fla, says:
The fact that a death from yellow fever had
occurred in Palatka became known here.
The pi evident of the county health board im
mediately declared quarantine egainst Pa
latka, end sent out a special train with offi
cers to stop the trains at the border erf the
county. A train was met at Orange Park
aud all persons from Palatka were sent back
there on a special train.
Rigid quarantine has been established on |
rail and on river, and it is not thought that .
the fever can reach Jacksonville. A special j
to the Times Union from Tunpa says there
have been rix new cases and two deaths. Dr.
Perter and nurses from Key West have ar
rived.
He Blew Ont The Gan.
A. J. Taylor, a well known farmer of Law
dale visited Columbia S. C., and went to the
residence of his friend, John L. Long, on As
sembly street After a pleasant chat with
tbe family be retired to his bedroom about 10
o'clock. At 8:20 in tbe morning a servent
was sent t> his room to awaken him. There
was no nsimwe to his knock, and upon open |
ing tbe door he was repelled by the strong
smell of gas. He then went in and found Mr.
Taylor black in the face, grasping and foam
ing at tbe mouth, and the window down.
He had blown out the gas on retiring. Two
minutes afterwards Dr. Tolley was upon the
scene, and found Mr, Taylor in a crtnatoNC
condition. The galvanic battery was applied,
but without producing the desired effect.
He remained unconscious until 7 o'clock in
the evening, and isis believed there is a slight
chance for bis recovery.
Tbe New York Bank.
Mew York. October 15.— The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes; Re
serve, decrease $552,550; loans, increase,s3,-
1054.000; specie,decrease #415,000; legal ten
ders. increase $782,700; deposits, increase
$4,8*1,1X10; circulation, decrease $12,300.
Tbe I Minks now bold $7,300,300 in excess of
the 25per cent rukl.
According to the official reports there were
30,780 fatal cases of cholera in the north
west j rovinces of India during tbe month
of August
A CHICAGO SENSATION.
A Millionaire Murdered by his Stefesen at
ike Church Door—“ The Son of his
Mother."
A dispatch from Chicago, HI., tays:
Stephen W. Rawson, president of the Union
Trust and Savings Bank of this city, was
shot as he emerged from the Third Presby
terian Church on Sunday by his stepson,
William Lee, aired seventeen. Rawson had
been charged by his wife with purjury and
other offences. He on the other hand al
leged that she, although prominent in society
and a beautiful woman in appearance, was
really a disreputable, blasphemous, devlish
tempered adventuress, who coveted his mon
ey.
For a year or more the two have been
fighting each other in the divorce Courts,
and within a week the banker has filed
against'her additional charges of adultry.
For the insult to his mother Lee shot the
grey haired millionare, his stepfather, five
times, in a throng of people near the church
door, every bullet taking effect, Mr. Raw
son's wounds are regarded as mortal. The
murderer was arrested at his own request.
When apprised of the murder, Mrs Raw
son said to a reporter: “I am glad of it; he
deserved it.”
“What was it done fori" asked the reporter.
“Because Rawson has made me out on the
streets to be a public prostitute. “I’ll stand
by the boy," she cried, raising her arm with a
dramatic gesture; “he did no more than
any boy would do. He is the son of bis
mother."
A COTTON FIREIN LANCASTER.
Destruction of 100 Bales ot Cotton, a
Depot, Two Warehouses and a Small
Building.
A dispatch from Lancaster, S. C., says: A
fire broke out here on Saturday, which burn
ed the depot of the Cheraw and Chester Rail
road Company and most of the contents of
the same, and also about 100 bales of cotton,
which had just been placed on the platform
of the depot ready for shipment. There
were also consumed two warehouses of Heath
Springs & Co., which stood adjacent to the
depot, with a large amount of goods and
merchandise. There was also a small tenant
house standing near burnt down. The fire
originated in the cotton, which was standing
on the depot ready for shipment, and when
first seen was blazing from a bale of cotton.
It is not known how the fire got there, but it
is supposed to have been accidental. The
wind was high, and the fire could not be con
trolled.
Heath, Springs & Co’s loss is very consid
erable. They had no insurance on the ware
house and only $3,000 on the merchandise
stored therein. There was probably eight or
ten thousand dollars worth of goods in the
warehouse, most of which was destroyed. It
is persumed the railroad company had in
surance on the cotton on its platform. How
much loss was sustained by other merchants
from lo6s in goods in the depot is not known.
At this time the entire loss of property will
probably reach $20,000 or $25,000.
Our cotton buyers nave means, and this
accident will not impede the purchase of
cotton at this place. The public will be ac
commodated. Let the cotton come forward.
WHEN WILL IT STOP*
An Accommodation Train Telescoped by
ni» Exprenn—Both Loaded With Pansen
gers For Kansas C’itjr.
A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo., says:
An accommodation train on the Missouri Pa
difle Railroad, consisting of four passenger
coaches, left Independence, Mo., crowded
with passengers for Kansas City. Near Rock
Creek Station the possenger train was tele
scoped in the rear by the Wichita express,
consisting of eighteen coaches, all heavily
loaded.
A lady standing on the platform of the sta
tion was struck In the obdomcn and killed by
the debris. Conductor H. H. Noland was
badly injured. Matt Chapman, baggage
master of the accommodation train, suffered
a broken leg and other injuries, and Edward
Milton, an employee of Solomom H. Reed,
of Independence, was also seriously hurt.
A large number of passengers on both
(rains injured themselves in trying to break
through the windows. The accident was
caused by the failure of the train dispatcher
to notify the conductor of the express that
the accommodation train had preceded him.
Most of the iwissengers on both trains were
coming to fee President Cleveland.
SUNK BY TIIEGULFSTREAM.
The Fate of Ike Hteameklp E. C,\ Knight -
Ne Live* Lost.
A dispatch from Wilmington, N. C. says:
The steamship Gulf Stream, Capt Penning
ton, which arrived here Saturday morning
from New York, when off Little Egg Har
bor, about 3 o’clock last Thursday morning,
collied with the steamer E. C. Knight, Capt
Young, bound for Washington, D. C., to
New York, sinking the latter in about twen
tv minutes. The crew were taken off the
sinking vessel and brought to this port by
the Gulf Stream, and will go to New York
in that vessel, with tho accept ion of Capt
Young, who leaves here for Washington.
No livei were lost and no person injured, and
the Gulf stream sustained no damage.
The Cullen Supply.
The total visible supply of cotton for the
world is 1,946,049 bales, of which 1,403,14
bales are American, against 1,468,157 and
1,107,557 bales respectively, last year. The
receipts at all the the interior towns are 177-
314 bales- The receipts at the plantations are
308,457 bales, and the crop in sight Is 1, 413,-
000 hales.
Ueherl Garrett Realgas.
Mr. Robert Garrett has resigned the presi
dency of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, and the resignation was accepted.
Wm F Burns will continue to act as president
until tbs annual masting.
Terms. $1.50 Her Aina Single Cony 5 cits.
DETECTING BAD MONEY.
HOW BOGUS CURRENCY IS DISCOV
ERED BY EXPERTS.
Greenbacks the Hardest to Counter
felt .and the Most Difficult to Dis.
cover—Glass Dollars.
Without doubt, the easiest way to
make money is to have a manufactory
of one’s own. So evident is this fact
that, although money-tellers have de
veloped almost marvelous skill in the
detection of counterfeits, and although
the discovery of the fraud often leads to
the incarceration of the perpetrator of it,
there are persons who carry on a regular
business of counterfeiting money. There
must be workmen of great skill and ex
perience, a manufactory fitted up with
tools, traveling agents and branch
agencies.
Counterfeiting paper money ip the
highest branch of this business, as it calls
for the greatest amount of skill and ad
mits of being done on a large scale.
The cleverest imitations known are of the
SSOO and SI,OOO bills; in fact, so clever
that the issues have been almost entirely
retired by the Treasury. The detection
of spurious money has been reduced to a
regular system. The counterfeiter makes
his plate, invariably a single one,
from which he prints. All the
notes of his issue, then, will
be alike, and will have certain points
of difference from the genuine. These
points of difference are described, and all
the counterfeit notes are tabulated, the
new one 3 being added as fast as they
appear, in a quarterly publication which
all bank-tellers aud others interested
avail themselves of. It can easily be seen
from this why the most dangerous and
illusive counterfeiter that ever lived was
that man or woman who produced almost
perfect imitations of bank notes with the
jien. Os course he imitated a different
bill each time, and by the time the fraud
was detected in any instance the perpe
trator of it was likely to be in
some other part of the world. He
was cne of the wealthiest men in the
world. He could draw money when
ever he wished. The detection of spu
rious coin is no difficult matter, as an
ordinary degree of keenness of percep
tion in regard to ■weight, color, and
sound is all that is necessary. Receiving
such money is generally due to careless
ness and the hurry of business. The
popular test for it is throwing it on a
table to see whether it has the right
ring or not. This test is hardly
reliable now, however, as some
shrewd person, who might put
his evident learning and skill to
a more honorable, if not so profitable,
use, is making Dad dollars wun me ring
in them. The coin most extensively
tampered with is the silver dollar, and
this person adds glass to give them the
right sound. They are made of glass,
in fact, and coated with Babbitt, and
are floating about at the present time
in considerable numbers. They are
brittle, aud the bank tellers have a
little hammer. Any suspected coin Is
laid down and struck with the hammer.
If good it stands the test; if spurious,
like other spurious things in times of
trial, it “flics to pieces.”
For the detection of counterfeit paper
money the bank teller needs faculties
sharpened by practice nnd experience.
He must have the skilled eye of the
artist, because so trifling are frequently
the points of difference between the
bogus and the genuine, that they would
be likely to elude the attention of an in
experienced person, even after he had
been warned. Os course, such differences
as those pointed out in the following
item, which appeared in the Herald of
last week, arc easy of detection, if one
is looking for them. The reason the
counterfeit is dangerous is that no one
would ever notice such small defects if
his attention were not specially called
to them:
A clever counterfeit S2O silver certificate
was received yesterday at the money order
division of the Postoffice. As first sight it
would be taken unhesitatingly, and it is only
when subjected to close inspection under a
microscope that its deficiencies can be noticed,
and that, too, only on the reverse, where the
word engraved is spelled “engravod," and
the word taxes spelled “tares." The “bill"
was received here from Bunker Hill, Ind.,
whither it will lie returned to the postmaster
of that village for redemption. The cashiers
of a number of city haiiks were shown the
“bill. - ' and pronounced it the best of its kind
they had ever examined.
Anyone glancing through “Under
wood’s Counterfeit Reporter” will see
that some counterfeits are easy of detec
tion, ns whole phrases are changed and
parts of the engraving are left out,
while in others the character of the bill
can only be determined from its general
appearance by a practiced eye. The fol
lowing quotations will illustrate the first
part of this statement. A $2 note
issued by the Marine National Bank of
New York is referred to: “In the genu
ine note the title reads: The Marine Na
tional Bank of the City of New York,
‘City of New York’ in blac k panel. In
the counterfeit note the title reads:
The Marine Na ional Bank of New York,
‘New York’ only being in the black
panel.” Such a statement as the follow
ing, taken from the same source, is very
explicit: “All notes on the First Na
tional Bank of Galena, 111., are fraudu
lent. No such bank in existence.”—
Boston Herald.
The jailer of the Pueblo County Jail,
Colorado, permitted one of the prisoners
to play the violin evenings. Tne other
night the scraping began at an early
hour, and was kept up continuously and
vigorously until late, when it ceased.
In the morning the jailer found that
under cover of the music four prisoners
had sawed off a portion of a window cas
ing, worked a big stone out of place, and
escaped.
Sixty millions of matches are said to b«
made daily in Akron, Ohio.