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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1896)
Criminal Operations in Doctoring Unale Sara's Currency. Bow HktUfnl BlwtpaUtom Darlve Xrg Profits from CUpplne, Kawlne, Gouging, Baring ami OtttttDg Gold PteM. One of the many tmlav, ful scheme to prostitute the coin of the nation hu reoontty been suppress! hj ex-Cliief DriuncKtud, It first came to my otten lion curly last year, says a Kew Turk i leraid writer. I refer to what was !:iim:n as the coin sticker,' whiah made possible the extraction of, with out discovery, part of the fcUver in fAz. the inventor of this eoin ::tici;nr, trhich wan au advertisement printed n fwpvr to be paste;) on coins, auid lerrifi'jriai rights to T1"3 o5 The "cmi stieUcr" cast the govcrn-t.K-.nt a gtvai deal o trouble and ex pense to suppress. On fifty cent and tiue dollar cins was pasted the &3vcr- UvOsks'.Ls wiih a paste of iue"i;ieh nimaat defied removal, covering the in scription on the ivverre of the eoia, -kauettuirr the resonance and of course er.Rlriirwr tha swindler to take out part f the silver and bahstituta base metal. Spurious coins of very common work manship also passed readily with the coin fetickcr on thexs. There is a great increase of late in the number of skillful men who are constantly studying ways and means' of stealing a part of the ptuuine metal from our coins and substituting base metal One of the most successful rwindlers m this line was a man named Wilcox, who was recently taken into custody in Chicago by secret service of ficers. He made an average income of from fifty to one hundred dollars a day by clipping gold coins. By cutting a rim from around the coin, as a tire might be removed from a wheel, he took away from each twenty -dollar gold piece an amount of gold not ex ceeding twenty-six or twenty-nine (Trains in weight, ox the value of one dollar. The subsequent rereeding of the double eagle, done with a machine, rendered it as perfect as over to the eye of the casual observer. The apparatus was small and easily packed, and on reaching a fresh locali ty all that was required was a quiet room in an obscure street and a supply of gold coin. The latter he secured from the bank. He would deposit a considerable sum of money, and after awhile he would draw it out in gold. The clipped coins were passed by Mrs. Wilcox at dry goods shops mostly. One of the most interesting processes consists in sawing a double eagle in two through the edge and gouging out the inside, so as to remove about fif teen dollars' worth of gold. Thus the piece is reduced to a hollow shell in halves. It is then filled with platinum, which is nearly as heavy as yellow metal and costs at the present market rates, though this varies, somewhat less than one-half. Lead is too light for the purpose. The cut edge of the reconstructed coin is disguised by a rim of gold soldered on. and a reeding machine renews the corrugations , of the minting. The result is really a work of art, being a combination of five different metals. Only an expert can distinguish anything wrong about it A method somewhat similar, though less artistic, is to substitute for the in terior portion of a gold piece a core in the shape of a planchet of silver. A better plan, though somewhat labori ous, consists in boring Into the coin from the edge so as to remove a consid erable part of its internal substance. In this manner about seven dollars' worth of gold may be conveniently re moved from a twenty-dollar piece, the hole being filled up with a metal com position and soldered at the opening with gold. Fortunately for the currency, prac tically all the gold in circulation in the United States passes every few hours' through the treasury and subtreas uriea. Every piece received at those institutions is weighed, and, if found light in weight, is stamped with a big "L. Such coins are redeemed as bullion. The loss to the government iy wear and tear on silver coin in circulation is considerable. It averages three cents on every dollar. Last year it amounted to (339,293. The people have not all become familiar with the faces of the new silver coins. The obverse and reverse of the older coins they have known so long and intimately that the draped figure of Liberty and the majestic pose of the eagle are fixed in their mind and always recognized, but the new coins, with changed detsigns, to which, puzzling them more, were added the Columbus souvenirs, have not yet established their identity. The manufacturing counterfeiters, quick to discover and take advantage of whatever favors deception, almost immediately followed the government's issue of the coins of new design with their fraudulent issue in likeuess of them, and reaped a rich harvest be cause the originals were known but not well known. The gilders counterfeiters, too saw in the new twenty-five-cent coin, if gilded, a presentable, beguiling ten dollar piece, and pocketed a full per centage of profit until discovered. The lack of weight should, of course, and does make known the fraudulent character of the gold coin. This last, the gilders' scheme to falsify coin, as It requires neither skill nor expensive plant, and promises so much for ao little, is always a seductive one to the unprincipled or weak of will Nearly all legal papers are now type written, though documents are en countered now and then which have been laboriously written out by the hand of one of the connseL The men wno still cling to the habit of writing their own legal papers are usually old lawyers, often of good practice, who cannot accommodate themselves to the new order of things. Young lawyers, so matter how email their practice, manage in one way or other to obtain the services of a stenographer. Borne of the older men find it practically im A WHISTLING SNAKE. It b On. ot Ui. ItauUMt SeipaMa tmmt In Kew GttllMa. The discovery of the Horn expedition to the McDonnell mnp?s in Australia of a remarkable specimen of natural history called a "whiatling spider," whose peculiarity eouairta in producing a n hUUing noise by the simple opera tion of drawing its fore leg across its jaw, seems ct the moment to be out done. Stir William Maefrregor, the ad ministrator ol British New Guinea, b now in the field with another extraor dinary discovery a whistling snake. In his latest report Kir WjUiam says that a large number of deaths occurred early this year in the Eigo district of New Guinea iroru snake bite. The ad ministrator points oat that the island is infested by a small species of black snake, which is very fierce. The natives declare that whenever a man goes near one it rushes at him, utter in? sounds which they describe as re sembling a whistle. ''Shortly before I was.at the government station," writes Sir William Maegregor, "one of these reptiles attacked the government agent, but was killed before it did any harm. A little while before a boy of fourteen years was in the bush near the station, when one of these snakes mad a rusn at mm with the usual peculiar whistling sound. The boy thonght the noise emanated from some cockatoos in a tree and began to look for them. lie did not discover his mistake until he received a bite from the reptile, from which he died in a little while in great agony." . MONUMENTS OF INDIANS. Aa Imamlsbable Memorial of tha team Catnrj. The architectural monuments of Indii frequently gathered a group Ou satellities around them, like the feudal towns called into existence by the needs of medieval castles. A solid shaft of mixed metal stands near the Koottrb which dwarfs It to diminutive size. This column, says the Chicago News, known as "the Iron Pillar," was olaced in its present position by the Hindus about A. D. 315 and was erected by Fajah Dfaawa, who inscribed his name upon the imperishable memorial. An other relic of Hindu monarchy remains in the "Boot Khans" or Idol temple and the ruins of later date consisting of the great mosque of the kootnb, the palace and gateway of Alla-uddeen and the tombs of kings and prime ministers indicate that the vicinity of the stately minaret was reverenced as holy ground. The architectural treasures which enrich the Indian-peninsula are now secured from destruction or violation by the protection of the government, and schools of archaeology employ large numbezB of native draughtsmen, whose accurate copies of every detail In the varied and intricate designs of palace, temple and tomb display the inex haustible patience and subtlety of Hindu genius, which, while reflecting the influence of every dominant race, possessed sufficient inherent vitality to suape inem into native mold. The ruins of forgotten dynasties which rise on every side of the Kootub Mlnar transport our thoughts , to the heroic age of India, when sages and warriors divided the honors of the ancient mrstic land. The woman of the Aryan race fre quently fulfilled the promise of the tnoal name derived from the word "Arya," or "Noble." Vedic hymns of legendary tunes and Historical records of subsequent ages depict a higher type ox womannoou tnan that of the later epochs, when the comparative freedom of antiquity was crushed1 beneatn the heavy yoke of caste and creed. A Bias tor Bum Seashore gunners hold that the wild goose can count two, but not three. Accordingly, it is customary in prepar ing to Bhoot wild geese from a blind or some detached ribbon of marsh for three men to row over to the station together and for two of them to return to the mainland. Thegeese, being on able to count above two, believe when they see two men returning that no enemy has been left upon the marsh. and approach the spot without fear. It is asserted if only two men go out and only one returns the geese will care fully avoid the region of the blind. Medical Examiner (for Insurance oompany) "You appear to be in a very weak, nervous, depressed physical oondition." 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