, COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
At Tims* It Puzzle* Expert* to Dotaol
th# Modern Product. •
“Counterfeiting has undergone a
revolution in the last few years,"
*uys the veteran detective.
“In the old days all fine counter
feits had to be engraved }>y hand,"
he explains. “If a man Was found
willing to undertake auclv a'' job, he
had to he an artist of, the highest
order. To finish propefly any plate
of value for counterfeiting required
from ten to fifteen months. Mod
ern methods of photo mechanical
printing from photographically pre
pared plates has made the work of
the secret Bcrviee harder than ever
before. Where before it required
months to complete a set of coun
terfeit plates now a creditable set
cun he turned out within a few
hours. The notes, too, are better
and more dangerous than the finest
hand engraved note possibly could
he, it matters not how skillful the
workman may have been.
“Sometimes it requires the pick
ing out of the silk threads from a
hill and theij. comparison, both as
to length and thickness, with
threads from a genuine hill to es
tablish the fact that u note is reallv
a counterfeit,” he continued. “If
experts are compelled to go to this
length to detect a spurious note it
stands to reason that it virtually is
impossible for the general public to
dii so.
“Counterfeit bills, as a rule, are
never clean and crisp. Almost in
variably they have been mussed or
aged on a plank especially prepared
for that purpose. That, of course,
makes them all the harder to de
tect. Counterfeiters also figure on
the fact that people generally are
not familiar with the characteristics
of genuine money and therefore are
unable to make any intelligent com
parison between the good and the
bad. Under all circumstances by
far the best tost of a Ipii. is to ex
amine the lathe work. This in all
genuine notes is perfect and shows
wlmt may be called an elastic relief
and unbroken line, which cannot be
imitated successfully eveq bv touch
ing up a photomechanical plate
with a graver.
“As a matter of self protection
everybody should acquaint himself
with the features of genuine money
by leisurely examination of bank
notes and thus make himself com
petent to pass upon the average bilT
with reasonable accuracy.
“Let a really dangerous bill ap*
pear, and no means are spared to
run it down to the source. Once the
maker is found it seldom is a diffi
cult task to find the reserve stock
awaiting a favorable time to pass it.
That iB whv it is exceptional-for »
really good counterfeit to be passed;
in considerable quantities.”—Kan
sas City Star.
Whiatlar and Diaraall.
Whistler once came very near to
painting a portrait of Disraeli. He
had the commission. lie went down
to the country to where Disraeli
was, but the great man did not
manage to get into the mood. Whis
tler went away disappointed, and
shortly afterward there took place
a meeting in Whitehall which was
the occasion of a well known story.
Disraeli put his arm in Whistler’s-'
for a little way on the street, bring
ing from the artist the exclamation,
“If only my creditors could see!”
"Imp” and "Brat."
How the use of words changes is
well illustrated by this extract from
Bacon’s “Pathway Unto Prayer.”
“Let us pray for the preservation
of the king’s most excellent majesty
and for the prosperous success of
his entirely beloved son, Edward,
our prince, the most angelic imp.”
In those days “brat” had also
quite another significance. In an
old hymn by Gascoigne is the line:
“0 Abraham’s brats. 0 brood of
blessed seed.”
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