Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1903 — HAND OF MONEY HANDLER. [ARTICLE]

HAND OF MONEY HANDLER.

Velvety Fingers Not Common Among Mei/in His Line of Business. “Look at my hands,” said a man a* he drifted into the office of a i well-.' known business man, and as he said It he stretched his fingers out to their full length, exposing the palms of his hands. The insides of his hands were Very rough- That was exactly wliat he wanted to call attention to. “Do you see these crusty formations,” he continued, ‘These corns and bunions and knots and other things of that sort? Look at ’em.”. He still held his hand's open for Inspection. “Do you know where I got ’em?” h 6 asked. “Splittin’ wood,” answered the man. “Not much,” said the fellow with rusty hands. “Maulin’ rails,” ventured the man again. < “Xbpe,” was the short reply of the man with the heavy hands. “Fullin’ a cross-cut. saw,” suggested the man as a last resort, but he was wrong again. “Well, bow on earth did you get ’em, then?” he asked with a show of impatience. “Handlin’ money,” was the man’s reply, and lie smiled at- the look of disgust,and incredulity which spread ovey the face of the man be was talking to. “Y’es, sir; I got all these corns and bunions and knots and other rough things which you see on my hands by handling money. You see, I work for a traction company and have to handle aud sort all the money of the company. A great deal of the money is in small denominations aud we handle It in bags nnd packages of various' sizes. There is so much of it that a fellow’s hands soon become hard on the inside'and gradually grow into the knotty condition Avhicli you find mine in at tbls time. You can bet that handling money is not the soft and velvety business it Is generally supposed to be. The association of soft white hands W'ith the business of handling money is dead wrong, nnd if any man doubts what I say about it I simply ask him to step up aud take a look at my hands.” " ' r

And the money handler with the rough hands, blew out qs suddenly as he bad blown in.—Boston Tost.