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SEWARD. - - ALASKA.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER L IN •">
COIN DOLLARS IN PRIVATE.
Italian Tells of Money Which la
Minted in Palermo—Shows
Samples.
One e\ening I was sitting with an
Italian iriemi in a restauiaut, relates an
Every luiiy s Magazine writer, and we
were discussing A men can laws and re
stricuens. at which he was very rnuca
inclined to scoff.
"Did you ever see a dollar that is not
a dollar?" sa*d he. I shook my head,
and he roiled across the table to me a
silver coin, it stciiud tu me to be a
dollar. 1 examined a v»uj every care,
and pelting allot..ei irorn ire ca.-b ieg;s
ter, compared tuo tv.o. i i. y were ex
actly aline in weight, sou.id, color,
milling and all. At hist l got them con
fused, and on y my triend was able to
point out which was which.
"That is what we call a Palmero dol
lar," he said. “Do yi u remember some
years ago that western silver miners
were caught taking about $7,000,000
worth of silver into the Nevada City
mint and having it turned into money
without being recorded? Well, that ts
just what Is going on in Palmero to-day.
with variations. Silver is brought in
San Luis Potosi. Mexico, or thereabout,
shipped to Paris, tali^n to Palmero, and
minted with reasonable privacy. The
dollars are jumbled with stones to nick
them and laid in greasy clay, then coma
over here in third-class baggage for j
distribution. They cost about 43 cent3
and defy detection, except that the nicks j
are too similar, and it is said that the
‘M* on the reck is not quite deep enough,
and that the T in piuribus is a thou- j
sandth of an inch crooked. You know
every counterfeiter makes some little
mistake."
SEWARD CHURCHES
Methodist Episcopal Rev. L. II. j
Pedersen. pastor. Preaching until fur-j
tiier notice every Sunday evening at 8
o'clock, preceded by 2<> minute song
service.
The (I os pel Mission lvading room is
open at all hours. Mission services
every Sunday evening at * o'clock
fron building on Fifth avenue.
L. B. Sly. Missionary.
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
COLKMAN HOl'SK
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i
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