v
HARE COINS FORGED
THE COUNTERFEIT PIECES DO NOT
FOOL THE EXPERTS.
Date Are t'hnnirod nnd Mint Marfca
Are Imitated, but Tlirre Are Alway
v Llltle Thing Tiuit Heveal the
Frnad Kven lent t'lecra Altered.
Rare United States t'oins i-au't 1
counterfeited fo as to pass muster,"
Haiti nu old coin donler emphatically.
"Tuoro Is no more oliance of die mak
ers liolnjj able to make an exact coun
terpart of a coin than there Is to Imi
tate successfully the Impression of a
mnu's thiiml).
"That there are Imitatlous Is true
enough, nut they are clunisy. Most of
thoin are simple alterations of date.
They cau lo told at a kmiiioxj ly sipns
as unfailing as the sun.
"While tin- rolus of a series of years
may soeiu at first Rlauee to le all of
one exact pattern, yet close observa
tion will reveal distinct diliereucos.
No heller illustration of this c:ui lie
Known than the rare cent pieces of
1704.
"Fifty-six distinct varieties of ceuts
were Issued In that year, and all of
them closely resembled one another.
Careful study enables experts to tell
them apart. It was in Ciis way that
coin experts found that there wore so
many diflViv..t dies made for the cent
In ITiit. for i.ie mint records make no
mention of the fact.
"The favorite coin with those who al
ter dated is the rare 171'. cent, which
is worth S'Jfti and more if in uucirou- j
Inted condition. The 17PK cent is the
Issue that most cloely resembles this
cent, and this is the coin that Is used i
for ult .'ration. Xo collector should I).' I
.taken iu by one of these altered speci
mens, for there were only two varieties
ot the 17!H) ce:it, and each lias marked
differences from the coins of the previ
ous year. !
"The ISO 4 dollar Is another tine ex
ample. That Is the rarest American
coin. Yon would naturally suppose
that there would be many attempts to
counterfeit this dollar, for It Is worth
from $1,000 up. There has never been
a single attempt to counterfeit this fa
mous coin, but a number of coins have
been turned out with the date altered.
"The design of the 1Si4 dollar Is the
same to all practical purposes as that
of the year preeeuliiK It and In fact as
far back as IT'.iS. The silver dollars of
17!18. 1700. 1110. 1801, 1802, 1803 and
3804 ore all supposed to be alike, with
the exception of the date, and they do
look as much alike ns two peas to the
novloe. Yet the die makers each year
have left trifling differences that make
..the" variety and the year of Issue ns
clear ns daylight.
"In almost every case when attempts
-..v. r",--''rrri
nave been made to imitate me irttn
date the dollar of 1801 has been used,
n specimen of which Is only worth a
couple of dollars. To all appearances
an 1801 dollar Is precisely like the 1804
coin, with the trll!lic,' difference In
date, and thus the person making the
alterations seems to think lie has noth
ing to do but simply change the 1 Into
a 4. Yet the reverse of the 1X01 dollar
bears little variations that show the
year In which it was struck.
"Plauslblu tales are nearly always
told by persons with such altered coins
to sell. Not Ions ago a man came Into
my place from the far west. Out of a
chamois bag which he carried around
his neck he took two coins carefully
wrapped In tissue paper.
"Tenderly he laid the coins in my
hand, lie was not a coin collector, he
said, but had heard that these two
pieces were very valuable and had
bought them at a low figure.
"One of (he coins was supposed to be
an 1S04 dollar and the other the rare
1853 half dollar, without the arrow
points alongside of the date, which
ought to have been worth from $75 to
$100. They were certainly beauties,
both of them, and the old man told
their history, which went something
like this:
"Hack In the early forties a farm
seeker, with his family and all his ef
fects In a prairie schooner, came to a
halt at a ferry landing on the eastern
side of a river in Kansas. The man
vas at the end of his financial re
i nirccs, and the only thing In the way
r money he had left was a largo silver
dollar of 101.
"lie persuaded the ferryman to take
his outfit across In his llatboat and left
with him this dollar, which the pioneer
naid was a rare one. worth $10 or S1J
back iu the states, and ho made the
ferryman promise to hold the coin until
he called for it and paid the price of
the ferriage.
"The owner of the dollar never call
ed. After kwping the dollar for many
Jears th'.' ferryman died, and his son
disposed of it to the present owner,
who had picked it up for the bargain
price of S.700. The ferryman's son, who
was a good natured fellow, gave the
buyer as goad measure the 18.T3 half
dollar, which, ho said, was also a rare
cola.
"Now, thut was a very likely story
and ought to sell any coin, but not here
In the east. Tbey were both very fine
specimens, and they looked good to the
rye, but they were both Imitations nnd
not worth any more than the metal of
which they were made except as curi
osities. "The 1804 dollar was one altered
from 1801 'vhlch n jdanou at the re
verse showed, although the substituted
'4 would have given the thing away,
for this last figure was raised very per
ceptibly higher than the '180.
"As for the 1S.T3 half dollar. It bore
no arrow points on either side of the
?. for the verv slmnle n-r.snn that
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Not a scrap of scrap in
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Choice, long leaf, pressed in big packages
like sponge" cake goes three times as far as the
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they had been rubbed away. The work
had been done very cleverly and thor
oughly. One would hardly auimect that
It had ever borne arrow heads, for
there was uo Indication left to show
this, but the Industrious workman had
forgotten to rub away the rays behind
the eagle on the reverse of the coin.
"There were two varieties of half
dollars made In 18T3. One, the com
mon variety, had arrow points on ei
ther side of the dale, while on the re
verse rays shot out In all directions at
the back of the eagle. The other va
riety, which Is the valuable one, had
neither rays nor arrows.
"Attempts have been made to Imi
tate (he cent ot 1815. No cents were
issued Iu that year, anil yet 1 have
seen a dozen specimens bearing the
date.
"Now the latter day imitators havo
taken up the task of adding mint let
tors to certain coins to make them re
semble rare varieties. The accumula
tion of coins bearing these mint marks
is taking a good deal of the attention
of collectors nowadays, and the Imi
tators think they have an easy Held,
but their time Is simply wasted, for
their productions meet with no better
success than the Imitation of the earlier
coins and can lie singled out In a mo
ment. "The coin most often Imitated Is the
half dollar of 1H3S, made at Now Or
leans. There were only twenty of
these coined, and each one Is worth
from $7." to $100. To all appearauces
this coin is Just the same as many
others Issued at other branch mints
during the same year, with the excep
tion of the tiny 'o' beneath (he bust.
"I'roni time to fiiue person have
taken an ordinary half dollar of tliM
date and with iiilinile have sup
plied it with this mint letter. In the
majority of cases the work has been
done so skillfully that the letter has
every appearance of genuineness to the
novice, l'.m almost invariably the let
ter Is located hi a spot different from
that occupied by the 'o' o.i tile genuine
coin.
"Even if the Imitator took care to
place the mint letter In Its proper po
sition there are other points of differ
ence in the dies which reveal the fact
that the coin has been tampered with."
New York Sun.
THE MEXICAN RACE.
It la a Blending of the Indian With
the Moro-Spnnlnrd.
The Mexican Is a blend of the strong
ami sober Indian race, melancholy, se
rious of thought, with the Moro-Spau-lard,
who for elxht centuries v.-ar ed
war In the Iberian peninsula. The
Moors left ill Spain something of their
blood, much of their speech and not a
little of their habit of thought and cus
toms. It Is a good stock, that old Ara'i
race administrators, wonderful culti
vator. .Q.f the soil, chlvalrlc as becomes
Package
the riders of horses, i-ottrteoiiu, with an
oriental graclousness. The blend with
ihe southern Spaniard made the Auda
lusian race which profoulidly Intlu
ottccd the first Immigration into Mexi
co. We hear their words, the relics of
their speech, and we note often the
vest bios of their customs. The Moro
I'pmtl.trd ha made hl Impress on
Mexican architecture and customs.
Often liie Moorl h eyes la souio Mexi
can woman's face, proud, yet mourn
ful, arrest attention la fay, crowded
Ktl .-els.
The Anglo-Saxon Is the newer man,
as 11 wore. He Is a man of positive
achievement:!. To him lire due the rail
way ami the steam, hip. the telegraph
and Ihe telephone, the consolidation of
;nisi!ies: the active co: i!iurc!al cou
nties t of the world's t'larliels. 11a In
our modern age tmitclici the old Ro
mans iu many deed::, Iu world adven
ture. He la the younger brother In the
great Aryan family, which came Into
l'.iii'ope ages into from northern India.
Spaniard and American. Mexican and
Henna. i, are all relatives, kinsmen
long time unaware of their blood rela
tion. Spanish. Ktulls'i. French, Italian
I'. ui Herman, (lie li:is!: of Aryan and
the Sanskrit Is the common storehouse
of the word roots, which we all em
ploy every day.
Curious that v.e should Imist on our
differences when we are all essentially
the siiiic. Whatever Is Aryan In us
l.iud that Is the greater part) Is not
Semitic. We are bloo l bro ilers and
not strangers. The Moor Is Arabian
and therefore Semitic, as are the .lows.
Hut most of til Mood in Spanish veins
is Aryan, and hence relates whatever
Is Latin hi the M'.slcaii. the Central or
South American, to tint tieriiiin, I'.ng
lish iiaii and American.
liy magnifying our differences, after
all but our dlsi motive family tr.ills, wo
draw apart. If we stopped to trace our
origin we should see Unit wo are not
strangers, but I retliren. Modern Mex
ico. YOUTHFUL WARRIORS.
I'lxnrro completed the conquest of
Peru at thirty-live and died at forty.
Cortex effected the conquest of Mex
ico and completed his military career
before the age of 'tMrty-slx.
The great Conde defeated the Kpan
lurds nt Kocrol at twenty-two and won
nil his military fame before the age of
twenty-five.
I'eter the Croat of Kunsia was pro
claimed cKifi' nt ten years of age, or
ganized a Inrgo nnny at twenty, won
the victory at Hmhach nt thirty, found
ed St. Petersburg at, thirty-one and died
ot the uge of fifty-five.
The Question.
"A politician should strive t be a
representative man."
"Certainly," answered S".ilir Sor
ghum. "The question Is whether you
are going to represent tie pv.bllc or
the boss." Washington St.-i'.
bites
average
a sealed
TRICKS OF ORATORY
DEVICES USED BY NOTED SPEAKERS
TO GAIN A POINT.
The Effect DeinoHl benef Attntned Ity
nilnprnnnnnclnir Ilia Words The
Trnp Into Which the Rlnqnent Car.
ran Drew n Willies.
One wonders of Demosthenes wheth
2r he ever In after yearn resumed of
set purpose that habit of stammering
which he had taken such heroic moans
to eradicate. A stammer Is a most ef
fective trick sometimes, and wo know
that Alclhladcs found his lisp by uo
moans the least useful of his many
winning ways. The trick lit oratory
combines both the conventional mean
ings ot the word. It Is sometimes a
habit, sometimes a will, sometimes
both.
Addison tells a capital story of a
trick iu forensic oratory. At Westmin
ster hall "thero was a counselor who
never pleaded without n piece of pack
thread In his hand, which lie used to
twist about n thumb or finger nil the
while he wns speaking. The wogs of
those days called it 'the thread of his
discourse,' for he was not ablo to utter
a word without It," as a foolish client
proved ouce to his own cost, for fie
stole the thread, and his advocate
came to utter grief.
Another clever sort of trick, the "tak
ing dodge," to borrow a phrase from
the vernacular, Is the more generally
Interesting. The classic lnstanco which
naturally occurs to every one Is
Tturke's famous "dagger scene" In the
house of commons when he empha
sized his peroration regarding tho
reign of terror iu France by dramatic
ally throwing a dagger on the floor of
the house as an example of the meth
ods of the opostloR of liberty, equality
and fraternity.
One of the tricks credited to Sheri
dan was very much on tho linos of a
famous "score" of classic times. A
member whose admiration for the bril
liant statesman was not tempered with
discretion greatly annoyed Khcrldau
by continually ejaculating, "Hear,
hour!" without rhyme or reason. Sher
idan determined to give him a lesson.
At the close of one of bis speeches, de
nunciatory of some Individual, he used
the words, "Where shall we And a
more foolish knave or a more knavish
fool than he?"
"Hear, hear!" come as usual from
the troublesome enthusiast. Sheridan
boved, thanked him for so obligingly
supplying the required information
aud resumed his sent
And long centuries before Demos
thenes, Inveighing ngnlnst an opponent
who wos suspected of receiving subsi
dies from the court of Persia, passion
ately asked the crowded audience, "Is
he not Mlsthotos a hireling?" Hut ns
though Inadvertently he mispronounced
the words so obviously that the audi
ence shouted out corrections from nil
points "Mlsthotos! Mlsthotos"' the ef
fect of which wns to muke the citizens
themselves apply the opprobrious epi
thet. Not very dissimilar In character Is
one of the many tricks attributed to
Cumin. He was engaged on a case
wherein the principal witness on tho
other side was a gentleman of position
whose evidence. If accepted, would be
conclusive; In his opening speech Cur
ran Inveighed with all the bitterness
and eloquence In his power against
the chief witness for the other side,
but without actually mentioning his
name. When the time came for the
witness a Mr. I.egor to he sworn Cur
ran Interposed In the blandest wjy
that this was surely a needless formal
ity. Mr. I.eger's character was such
that he felt sure the Jury would accept
his simple assertion. Tho unfortunate
mau fell Into the trap. "I am glad,
Mr. Curran, you have a better opinion
of me now than when 3-011 first spoke."
"Von admit, thi'ii, sir, that, though I
uume.l no names, you recognized my
description us applying to yourself?"
Another of Curran's oratorical tricks
Is not unlike one Sheridan perpetrated
on the house. Iu this case the last
speaker, It will be rememljcred, had
wound up his speech with n classical
quotation, which, to Judge from the
plaudits It received, made a most ef
fective point. Sheridan in his reply re
gretted the honorable member had not
completed tho quotation. He would do
so himself, and the house would then
see how fat!jj to the contention of tho
honorable ufomber was the nuthorlty
he had cited, whereupon Sheridan with
magnificent dramatic effect recited a
ro:;orous piece of gibberish! And tho
house applauded vigorously.
Curran's trick was nt the expense of
a preternnturally stupid Jury. The
judge happened to be n consummate
classical scholar and, knowing Curran
to be the same, was naturally astound
ed on hearing him quote a piece of Lat
in as coming from the Phantasmagoria
of the historian Ileslod! "You mean
Latin poet, Mr. Curran. Ileslod was a
Greek, a poet and not a historian, and
I doubt whether be ever wrote a work
called the rhantusinagoria. The lines
are Juvenal's." "Ileslod, ray lord, I as
sure you, and Greek, not Latin." "Ton
must be out of your senses, Mr. Cur
ran, or think I am out of mine. The
lines are Latin." "Well, my lord, I can
only suggest that we leave It as an la
sue for the jury, and I'll bo bound they
will find it-Greek." The trick was
perfectly effectual. London Globe.
A Chesterfleld Retort.
When Lord Chesterfield was In bis
last Illness and his death was only a
matter of a few weeks, his physician
advlsod him to go for an easy drive In
his carriage, and he went out. As the
equipage was proceeding slowly along
It was met by a lady, who remarked
pleasantly to the great Invalid, "Ah,
my lord, I am glad to seo you ablo to
drive out!" "I am not driving out,
madam," answered Chesterfield. "I
nm simply rehearsing my funeral."
-AWRENCE
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it's human nature.
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A. Gooder
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