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Show CAnELtSaSNESB WITH MONEY. Innbrr ot lh Trmtory Appll to t lUlmtjans IlrthlMt lvopl. Tbo secretary ot tho treasury baa a rery largo directory of carcleaa pcoplo of people, who haro money to burn or otbcrwlao destroy, and who appeal to him for reimbursement Unc'o Sam Is kind enough to restore lost money when ho Is satisfied that It is actually out of oxlstcnco, nnd tho treasury department de-partment has to look after tht branch of hi financial affair Hardly a day rassca that tho accrotary la not appealed ap-pealed to to mako kood money do tro)cd, and he often receive remnant rem-nant of bill more or lets rccognlx-able, rccognlx-able, with queer tales ot how the work of destruction was wrought One ot tho latest nppllcntlona waa from a Vermont Ver-mont farmer who sent a masa ot remnants rem-nants ot bills that approached tho condition con-dition of pulp nnd asked for ISSO In roturn, which, after some delay, bo received Ho ald ho had very care fully hidden tha money under tno rat-tern rat-tern ot hla barn and somehow It had gotten Into tho hay and bran feed to ono of hla cows. Tha cow waa chewing chew-ing the green feed when Ha nnturo was dlscocrcd Another farmer, from Kansas, has sent u lot ot chopped bills that he saya repreacnta 10 Accord Ing to hla story thoy were In tho pocket pock-et ot a real that wax hung on n fcid cutter, nnd when It nns being operated operat-ed the corner ot the rest that held tho money got between Its knives and with tha money was torn In atircdi The claim I now In process ot adjustment A Boston man took from his pocket what he saya he thought was a piece of paper and burned half ot It In lighting light-ing the ga. The gaslight revealed tbo fact that ho had used a f!20 bill for a lighter A Washington nan a couple of weeks ago went In plreon to tha secretary to get 135 for aomo badly mutilated bill that hi playful pup had been exercising with tor an hour A Wisconsin woman has sett a lot of tinder that ahe ay waa obqi 90 Several Sev-eral month ago ahe hid It In a stovepipe stove-pipe hole. Into which-a plpo from a laundry tiro waa recently placed As the pipe rested In tbo bllla tinder was tha result Another woman, tbl time In Indianapolis, pot 110 In greenbacks mixed with greens sho was preparlni for dinner and boiled them Into an al mast unrccognlzab'o niasi A lovlni Philadelphia papi ha asked (20 for few strips of greenish paper and s ccore of pellets of tbo time material Ho say they onco constituted a Kt bill, which bis pet boy nad torn ta pieces, rolled Into ball and blow through n gloss tubo nt tho cat canary bird and nursemaid An Ohio man ( wants to aell tho treasury department a rcouso nest for S100 He say ho has that nmount In bills In a buroai drawer, and that tho mlco appropriated appropriat-ed It In bit to build a homo In which to rear their family. This list Is con tlnually crowing, and tbo communications communica-tions giving tbo remarkable details an so frequent as to causa no smllo oi comment In tha depnrtmont Kach on Is tin-ply n now cata that follows along a lino ot red tnpo until It Is ad Justed Philadelphia Inquirer |