(ANTIQUATED MONEY. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN REDEEMED. Many Small Notes Are Still Treasured ag Curiosities —A Little Comes In Every Year—How Counterfeits Are Stamped. Facts About Scrip. "Say, mister, are these any good?" in quired a timid looking youngster of Doorkeeper Brady at the sub-treasury the other day as he hauled out a half dozen pieces of ragged, dirty paper. A close inspection showed that they were pieces of fractional currency, or "shinplasters," such as played so im portant a part as a circulating medium before the resumption of specie pay ment. The young man was directed to the small change room, where he again asked the same question of R. C. Haff, who is in charge of that department. Mr. Haff took the soiled and crumpled bits of paper in his hands, smoothed them out, and with the hasty touch of an expert singled out one of the pieces and turned around to a block of wood behind him that looked like a butcher's chopping block. He laid the selected piece of paper on the block and gave it a whack with a steel instrument; then, turning to the young man, he said: "These five are good, but that one is coup {erf eitj' 1 As he spoke he handed back the bad token, and across the face was the word "counterfeit," cut clean and clear. The Bteel instrument with which lie had struck the paper was a sharp stencil die that cut the tell tale word so clearly that the bit of currency never would be current again, and any fool could see that it was worthless. "Do you want these redeemed?" con tinned Mi - . Haff, as he pointed to the five grimy slips on the counter. "Yes, sir, if you please," stammered the youth, as he eyed with pained sur prise the mutilated pieoe returned to him. Mr. Haff put two bright silver dol lars and a silver quarter on the counter, which the boy picked up in a hurry, as though he were finding them in the street. LOTS OP MONEY LOST. "Do you get much of that old frac tional currency now?" somebody said to Mr. Haff as the boy went out. "No," he replied; "we get very little now—not more than $2,500 a year. The amount coming in for redemption is growing less and less every year. It used to come in here by the bushel basketful. But for many years now we only receive it in driblets. We seldom get as much at a time as that young man just brought In." "But it has not all been redeemed, has it?" "No, indeed; and, what is more, a very large amount will never be redeemed. There is now outstanding in old frac tional something like $15,000,000. And of that it is estimated that not more than $8,000,000 to $5,000,000 will ever come in." "But where is the rest and why will it not come in for redemption?" "A great deal of it has been worn out by the wear and tear of twenty odd years. Any quantity of it has been burned up in the fires that have occurred since the time it was issued, and in numerous other ways it has been lost or destroyed. Then there are some people who hold all they can get to use in send ing small amounts by mail, finding it handy. Then, too, the old currency is now so scarce that people keep the occa sional pieces that come to hand as curi osities or pocket pieces. A great many coin collectors have crisp, uncirculated specimens of it in their collections. I know one wealthy gentleman in the city who carries in his pocketbook, wrapped up with the greatest care, four clean, bright specimens—a fifty, a twenty-five, a ten and a five cent piece. He said it was the first money he ever earned. It was paid to him in these identical pieces brand new from the press, and he has kept them ever since for luck. Ido not believe you could buy them from him to day for SI,OOO apiece. He calls them his reserve capital, and if he ever loses a million or more, as he is now reported to be worth, he will have his ninety cents reserve to fall back on." DETECTING COUNTERFEITS. A good deal of the fractional currency that is brought to the sub-treasury for redemption turns out to be counterfeit, and the moment it comes into that place, no matter from whose hands it comes, it is hurried to a block and stamped "coun terfeit" with the stencil cutting die. They ask no permission, but just go and do it. The same rule is followed, too, in the rotunda where the hills of larger de nomination come in. Sometimes men get very angry when their bills are hand ed back to them mutilated in such a manner that they cannot be used. Not long ago the South Ferry com pany ssnt up to tho sub-treasury a bun dle of the fractional currency represent ing about SIOO. It had been discovered back of a partition in the old ferry house, where it had been either stowed ay/ay or misplaced, and was found when the old building was torn down to make poom for the new structure. Mr. Haff shuffled through the pile and not only pronounced it all counterfeit but discovered that some of it had been brought to the sub-treasury at least twenty years ago, as the marks of the old stamps used as long ago as that to mark counterfeit paper money were still plainly visible on them. Each piece was subjected to the cutting process, and will probably not be presented again for re demption. All the fractional paper currency that is redeemed at the sub-treasury is sent to the treasury at Washington, where it is placed in the crematory and burned up, and all that is left of it is a sort of slag, a single pound of which may repre sent a million. The rest floats off fn smoke.—'New York Evening Snn. The paradise of railway traveling must be Lower Hungary, where the'ifiSfSP are planHh/WagA'of ProveiSca A DEALER IN SMALL COIN A I'Dlqur litininpftn That Amimnti to Mill ions of Dollar* Every Year. Every working day, cloud or sunshine, during banldng hours, a faded wagon of slight frame and leather covering, drawn by a Rosinante, with a meek visage and the cut of a worker, may be seen stand ing a few minutes at a time in front of some one or another of the many banks that abound in the neighborhood of City Hall. From this wagon descends a man with an active tread and dark hair gray ing under the rains of probably fifty springs. In his hand he holds a canvas bag of large size and evidently of heavy weight, which he draws from the back of the wagon, and with which he enters a nearby bank. If he does not take a bag into the bank the process is reversed and he emerges with a large bag of money, deposits it in the wagon and drives off rapidly. Few are better known to the opulent business men of the city and less known to the public at large than Theodore V. Smalley. Mr. Smalley's occupation is that of a broker, a title borne by scores of wealthy and worthy citizens, resi dents of the city, and not sufficient in itself to distinguish its bearer's avoca tion in life as in any way remarkable. But the nature of the brokerage business that Mr. Smalley has transacted for over the last twenty years is unique. No one else in this city ig ijj. Hie same sense a prober. Om or two fieihtijffi, Rfe in New \*ork, which city, however, Mr. Smalley includes to a certain extent in his field of operations. He is a money broker, is Mr. Smalley. To buying and selling money of the low est denomination he devotes himself with singleness of purpose. Promising build ing lots are no temptation to him. He is indifferent to rises and falls in railway shares, and as innocent in puts and calls as a frolicsome kid of drawing room eti quette. Nay, it is even rumored that he cares not for even the elysium delights Gof the owanus canal. Mr. Smalley buys pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars from churches, banks and newspaper of fices and places of amusement, and sells to big stores, factories, pawn offices, banks and largo business houses. A profit of 1 per cent, in the dollar on pennies satisfies him, as will seventy-five cents profit on sl,oooin silver. Not often, he says, does he get more. It is in the magnitude of his transactions and not on the percentage that, he finds profit. In a year he handles over £1,000,000. He is punctuality personified,and many are the large stores m which the clerks time the hour by his daily arrival, laden with strong bags with pennies and silver. "Formerly," said Mr. Smalley, with a sigh, to the writer, "the profits were much greater. That was when trade dollars were in vogue, but now the busi ness is down very fine and it is not on account of competition." "Are you not afraid of being robbed?" "I was robbed once, but I don't think Twill be again. Around the banks rob bing is almost impossible. There is no more secure place that I know of. Officer Kelly is a vigilant officer. He has been a long time on his beat and knows stran gers at sight and the character and pur pose of every loiterer." It was on the 7th of March, 1881, that the sole robbery of which Mr. Smalley was the victim occurred. He had pur chased early in the forenoon, and about a quarter of an hour previous to tho rob bery, several hundred dollars' worth of small money at The Eagle office, and had driven to St. Anne's church, on Front street, near Gold. While waiting a few moments in the pastoral residence for the Rev. Father McMeel a strange man took advantage of his absence, jumped into the wagon, and, driving oil at a furious gallop, escaped pursuit. Tho robbery created a sensation at the time on account of the audacious manner in which it was effected. W. H. Morris, whose sobriquet is "Country Conklin," was arrested upon suspicion, tried and acquitted. The money amounted to $827, not a cent of which Mr. Smalley recovered.—Brook lyn Eagle. A Wealthy Oil Man. The richest man among the guild of oil producers is John McKeoun, of Wasli inton, Pa. About the time of the break ing out of the oil excitement on Oil creek he landed at Castle Garden with no more of this world's goods than thousands of other immigrants. His first work in the oil country was as a day laborer, with a pick and shovel, grading seats for oil tanks near Petro leum Centre. He became a contractor and built derricks and tanks for oil pro ducers. When oil was found in the great Bradford basin in McKean county he got hold of some property and entered the list of producers. He had amazing good fortune and after operating in Bradford for several years left McKean county a comparatively rich man. He also made a fortnno in Butler coun ty and then went to Washington county, where he opened up a great oil bonanza. The biggest wells in that wonderful ter ritory liave been his, and at times his income from his gushers has been as much as $25,000 a month. Mr. McKeoun puts on no style, and might bo mistaken any day about his wells for one of his workmen. His wealth runs into tho millions. The oil producer who ranks second to him in wealth is Thomas W. Phillips, of New Castle, Pa.—New York World. Our {jtieer Engli*li. A ship called the David E. Ward put into Ban Francisco in distress, and the papers of that city speak of "her" long voyage, "her" loss of spars, "her" ar rival after many dangers, etc. Tho En glish language was evidently invented to sell as a puzzle. Had the ship been the Jenny P. Ward she would not have been referred to as "he." But why not? —Detroit Free Press. Eiderdown. Eiderdown is the down of the eider duok. This duck Is common in (Green land, Iceland and the islands north ahd west of Scotland, It is about the size ot A goose, and receives its distinctive naSiO from tho river Eider, in Denmark.—Drf Goods Chronicle. FANCY'S FERRY. You've crossed his ferry many a time. Perhaps you didn't know it. He seats you in his ferryboat and then begins to row it; He dips liis oars so softly that you cannot even hear them, And lo! you land at Fancy's docks before you know you're near them. Oh! Fancy's lan! looks very grand with structures high and uiry, And bright impossibilities to mislead the un wary; And presently you find yourself, no matter what fetr station, A-l>ulir!7ng castli s in the nlr that haven't a foun dation. And yet it isn't difficult to rear them till they're higher Than anytblug you ever saw in turret or in spire; And Fancy seems so wondrous bind, he gratifies each notion— You've not a whim but is indulged through his extreme devotion. Old Humdrum town you left behind seems sadly uninviting, With school, and hooks, and lessons that you're tired of reciting. But 10l what's this? Your castle shakes! Its walls are all o-crumble! You stand amid a ruined mass, alive, but very humble. Then Fancy rows you home again-it doesn't take a minute; You wouldn't know—his boat's so swift—that you were really In it. But—at a word (with such a shock!) false Fancy lands his wherry; What does he care for foolish folk who daily cross his ferry? —Julie M. Lippman in Buffalo Express. Honesty anl Conventionality. The root meaning of conventionality is a bringing together of the best forces of the head and heart to devise methods by which we may meet subject to com mon laws; our social status is main tained among our kind by our knowl edge and interpretation of these laws. He who sees a conflict between conven tionality and honesty bears the same relation to tho social world that the Anarchist does to the political; ho ob jects to obeying laws that trammel his will. There is no greater evidence of crudi ty than a belief that a declaration of an honest opinion is always in order and that silence is deceit. Tact is regarded as a sixth sense by some, and if we stop to analyze it we would say that it was a perfect balance of honesty and conventionality, for the tactful person is of too high an order to be untruthful, and of too kindly a nature to be unconventional. It is this balance that endows him with that attitude that lifts him above the mass of men. The woman who thinks it necessary to tell another that she has ' 'gone off five years in one" is certainly honest, but she is not conventional, even though she can quote the written laws of every book on etiquette, and accepts all hew acquaint ances on the basis of the "rules for the use of cards." We endure her when forced to meet her, but we do not make opportunities for that privilege, nor value her the higher because she is per fectly honest. Conventionality is to society what the criminal law is to the world at large, and should be so applied that the person who robs society of the possibility of pleasant intercourse, of graceful act and speech, of the power to meet imperson ally, should be kept out by the combined efforts of those who believe that kindli ness is the foundation of social inter course.—Christian Union. 15igg the * -fv / h "■"" RSI'-<*< / 1 / T _ === =^^^^T,;lZ P "'° JFL I LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. OF PHISBOROB AND _ALLB6IIENY CITY, PA. ■HFTIie iirn.s named below are the lead ing and representative ones in their re spective lines of Business. When writing to either mention this paper. VH AHL ES 1' EEI FEU. Men's Furnishing Goods 443 SMITHFIKLI) STKKET. 100 FEDERAL ST., \I LEGH ION Y. Shirts to Order. . We make all our own shirts, and our custom Shirt Department Is the best equipped In the state. We carry a fuL line or Full Dress, all over Embroidered P. Ks., and Embroidered Linens, and guarantee a tit. It you can not get a tit elsewhere give us a trial. cleaning and Dyeing unices at above local lons. Lace curtains lanndrled equal to new. Full Dress shirts laundrled. liana Finish. •jiff'Tlß Jhh JOSEPH HOHNK A. uE-iiS Dry Goods. silks, cloaks. No "MijwTwsili'.SSi tlons. Millinery, etc. Stores, sis to 621 t'enn ESTABLISHED 187u VV CELEBRATED swiss STOMACH N rr TE _ The Swiss stomach Bitters are a sure cure tor Dyspepsia, Liver Trade Marb. complaint, and ever}' species of Indigestion. Si per bottle; six bottles, S5. WlKl cberry Tonic, the most popular prepara tion tor cure of coughs, colds, Bronchitis, etc.. and Lung Troubles. The Black (;tn Is a sure cure and relief of the Urinary Organs, Gravel and chronic catarrh of the Bladder.. For sale by all Druggists 111 l. i. COHEN. JEW EL. Lit. JL sign of the clock, j 538 Diamond street. "lttsbu.gh, I'p, | Diamonds, Watches, Jewely and Silverware, clocks, Bronzes, Gold and siiverheaded canes and umbrellas. The Largest Stock In the City, M. ROSENTHAL , successor to Thomas Gamble. Importer and Wholesale LIQUOR DEALER. live Whiskies and Wines Specialties. GUgenhelmer, Finch, Gibson. Overholt. art Fer ry street, plttsburgb. Mall ortlers solicited. nn iqirrift Fifty-first Year. PR 4 M \ Back Again l llill U with Loads of CHEAP BOOKS, BIBLES, ALBUMS, At Half the Regular Trices LA A I/O 428 Wood Street, ,1 |lK\ Pittsburgh, Pa. U U U IYUi GRAHAM ROACH AND BED-BUG POWDER / Banishes Insects at sight. fSJSES'GRAIIfIM'S BLACK DROP. / Ji' * V For catarrh. Sold by all Druggists L. GRAHAM, Manufacturer. Pittsburgh, Pa. CABINET PHOTOS. SI.OO PER n , A DOZEN. (. V / prompt Delivery, crayons, etc. at ~f tnw Prices. 1.1 ES' Popular Gallery, Lz HI and IS Sixth St., Pittsburgh, Pa. APPUITCPT W. H. 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All to be sold at lowest cash prices at Meyer, Arnold & Co.'s, Lim., 828 Liberty avenue. Pittsburgh, Pa. -rfrtSjSfs. OLD FASHIONED WHISKEY HOUSE. A\oe No rectifying, NO eompound (j|G. W f*V|.A u. E. LIPPENCOTT. \ \f Distiller and Dealer In XATf/ivb/'if I'VItB RYE WHISKY. PITTSBURGH, PA. VJM. J. FRIDAY, senior member late Schmidt & Friday, ""•TytlN Distiller tc Jobber In ,piffTOgj FINE WHISKIES, and Importer of jfljifyMi LIQUORS 4 CIGARS, iSS* '' smii hili-hl Mr. ■ JL'ilfWkW" 1 t- PITTSBURGH, PA THOS E. POLLARD PISTIM.HR, IMPORTER AND JOBBER IN Fine Itye Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Rums, Wines, Ac,