Show monkeys as coin testers it is said that the great ape of siam is in great request among the siamese merchants as cashiers in their counting houses vast quantities of base coins are known to be in circulation in siam and according to advises advices from that scorched up little oriental kingdom no living human can discriminate between the good and bad coinage with as much accuracy as these apes these monkey cashiers possess the faculty of distin puishing gui shing the rude siamese counterfeits in such an extraordinary degree that no trained banker can compete with them in their unique avocation in plying his trade the apo cashier meditatively put each coin presented to him in his mouth and tests it with grave deliberation from two to five second is all the time this intelligent animal requires in making up his decision if the coin is all right it is carefully deposited in the proper receptacle if base it is thrown violently to the floor while the coin tester makes known his displeasure at being presented with the counterfeit by giving vent to much angry chattering st louis republic |