Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1917 — MOUSE DOES CASH BUSINESS [ARTICLE]

MOUSE DOES CASH BUSINESS

Mystery of Disappearing Money la Solved' When Neat la Found. Anahuac, Tex.—For three months the cash register “t the store of J. E. Broussard & Bi .. has been showing up short, sometimes sl, sometimes |2. C. B. Russloj head clerk, kept watch on persons >ing near the register. Later there was a shortage of |lO. The propriety r knitted his brow and his usual smile disappeared. Tin clerks felt uncomfortable. Next, the' register was 135 short The head clerk left a 35 bill in ti\e drawer that night, and next morning found that it had been multilated, evidently by a mouse. Tbo-babkof the register- was removed, and a goo -sised mouse nest was found in a corner of the machine, which had been constructed of bits of paper money ■ and checks. A $lO bill was found in the oenter of the machine not in any way multilated. ▲ check for S2OO had been chewed in such a manner as to leaye -the date,. part of the firm name, the amount and signature. It was cashed at the hank The mouse bad been doing a "cash’’ business fbr some time, as three tiny mlee,recently born, were scraped out with the nest. There being no way in or out of register except through the drawer when open, the mother mouse must have gone in and out, during the day, each time eluding tho clerks. t n-l - - ■ An electrically heated coffee percolator made of earthenware has beer patented by a New York inventor.