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Tke American Agricnlturist says
ta'low is the best article Tor gress-
ing wooden axies, and also recon-
mends castor oil for iron and steel
axles. In either case but little
should be used.
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In setting out young orchards
al ways register the varieties imme-
diatelyin book, where they may
be referred to in feS years when
the trses commence bearing and
after the labels are lost aud the
names are forgotten.
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Letter from Iowa.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa June 26. '68.
To Editorsof Lancaster Gazette.
SIRs "A great many letters
are received from Fairfield county,
by the former residents Of that
county, now:residing in this vicin.
ity, inquiring about our town and
surrounding country, that they
may have some idea what to ex-
poet before leaving their homes in
Ohio and seeking new ones in the
West. / have been requested to
convey what information | can
through the medium of tho Ga
zette, that all may read and know.
If you deem it of sufficient inter
est to justify its publication you
will obligc some ofyour old friends
by furnishing your readers with
the following correct statistics: -
Cedar Rapids is a thriving town
on Cedar river of
Inhabitants 4.CO0, Churches O..
Colleges (cost s25,000.) !, School
Houses 3,ghotcls s, Printing o Oflices
(both Republican, 2, Public Halls
3, Dry Goods Stores IL, Wholesale
Groceries 2, Family Groceries II,
Clothing Stores 3, Drug Stores 5,
Queens Ware Store l, Hardware
Stores 4, Furniture Stores 2,
Wholesale Harness Stores 2, Re.
tail Harness Stores 3, Leather
Stores 2, Book Stores 2, Jcwelry
Stores 4, Banks 3, Mills, Flour, &c.
(watcr power 4. Mills,
steam, II, Mills. Planning (water
power) l. Saw Mills, water power,
2, Paper Mills, water power, !,
Steam Bakery 1, Hand Bakeries 3,
Woolieh Factories 2, Soap Fac.
tory /, l,,FouDdries 3, Steam Turn
ing Shop i, Steam Grain Elevators
,, Tanning Mill Munufactory /,
Agricultural Implement Factories
5, Carriage and Wagon Factories
4, Bellows Factory l, Candy Fac.
tory l., Mineral Water. Factory |,
Pork Packing l, Brew Houses 9,
Tanncrics 2, Lumber Yards 4, Coal
4 Yards ], Commission Houses 4,
Livery Stables. 3, Blacksmiths !,
Photograph Galleries 9, Insurance
Offices 3, Billiard Halls 2, Mason
ic Hall Odd Fellows Hall !, g. A
r. Hall, 1 Physicians ~, Lawyers
,l3, Dentists 3, Railroads 2, Regular
trains per day IS, Irregular trains
per day 3 to s, Average amount o.
Lumber unloadcd at Cedar Rapids
per day, car loads, ID TO %, New
Houses built in 1867, 1877, Wagons
crossing Toll Bridge every day
from 200 to 500, and on busy days
500 20 700, Shipments Of ono Firm
Hall,& Roley, Grain dealers las
month, May of Corn, car load
, 81, Wheat %, Oats ii. There ART
} three other firms that do about th
, same business making in all
! car loads per month, $40. Tho
water power -four mills make ant
ship 500 brls, per day. Cedar rive
\ gives most excellent water power
We have also a regular fishery.
. T The surrounding country is roll
ing, wooded, and watcred, an,
. thickly settled. Land worry pro
ductive. That within 10 miles q
t6@nlis worth from $50 to $50 pc
4 acre. -4y nl'H'9 Haa t'.".'
The following is list Of resident
/
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m. n. RIf,LINniIURST

koTnioaa GENT FOR WHEELER kND WILSON'S
hlltlGlA AND HOWE'B SEWING -MACHlNESu
tn MAehine FiudInSs-sheet Music aud lnsir,ca nc
sH > iicr Roeks; aiLthe latest Newspapers and Pc
J" riod,cais from fhe East and Che West eBi :. VI
4 w" " Four doors West ofthe Hooking Valley Ma
'tionaI Rank, Lancaster Ohio. feb. ~, OS-ly
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mA GERELEIN

rocor, an d DO aler In PrOvislons,
TRrrits. Cjonfectio merry, Nuts, Raislns, Figs,
Citron, sauces Pickles; CG.ssTba and other
L%por,S5 nss o. hhno bnTsiNs wns soats an
AZ .atpcL Ale, Cinc innati Lager Beer, &C., &C.
+ Main street. Lancaster, Ohio, one door East
~ Hock king Valley National Bank. ,s U#
; Feb. 81, ls6s-lyU U1 .reHV ih -t
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'There are several moro families
whom L cannot now remember. So
that any one from Lancaster will
fud old friends in Cedar Rapids
and vicinity. Any information
can be obtained by addressing the
above or your humble servant,
GEO. p. CARPENTER.
P.S. Some of my Democratic
friends desire the Eagle to copy
this. .o.'. M
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JOHN WORK 4 SON,

NEanufacturers of TIN, Copper ana
W. shpct.Iron Ware, and Dealer in Stoves,
.Gr,es. Sugar Kettles, Kitchen and House.
hoid Wares. &c.
Kaufman Building, one door West ~ wide
stairway. i- leo. El'leOo-y
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A. BRENNEMAN.

nookselIer and SfatioDer, Main
street, Lancaster, Ohio, one door West OF
TalImndee Hou.e Entrance. School Books
BIank hooks. Miscellaneous Books, Plctures'
Gold Pens, Envelopes, Inks, Slates, ana HI"'
tionery ofal kinds. WA feo' z" o0-y
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whitley, BROTHERS,

DE,LERS IN HARDWARE, COMPRISING
II Mechanics Tools, Saddler's Goods, Under
atskeT's rriinmi ngs, Carriage Makers stock.
cutlery Of all descriptions, Agricgltnrai I'M
ssc"nI door from Columbus street corner,
ssuoma s.av' n.io. -. 7. feb. 27, '6s-ly
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1T. m. ICREED.

'l7A EiGER AT WHoLEsALEAND RETAIL;
.s I'm staple md Fancy !iroceries, Canned
q t!on ~ 4 Sbacnos, Cigars, Provisions, native
esnJ hyaiqn Wines, Confectionery, Toys, Sea,
= MAI alreot, Lancaster. Ohio, opposite Hoek'
,Ius Valley NATIONAL Bank, a.ir,
~ ~, kH kinds ofcountry Produce Wanted. Goods
. .iiaSSvsrad. Al -, =, Peb. 81, Ts1-iyi'
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STROPEL 4 EVERSOLB.

NTRn dfacIurers Of and Dealers in
lW Furniture and Cabinet Ware 0f all kinds.
Undertaking promptly attended to- with q fine
Hearso, and all kinds of Undertaking Goods
furnished at reasonable rates. 3.
Shop and Ware Rooms two doors East ot
Hooking Valley National Bank, Nam street,
Lancaster, Ohio. feb, 27, 1s6S-ly
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4, G. SWIFT II,

0rocer ana Confectioner, Tall
NT madce plock. Main street, Lancaster. O.'
two doors West Of Hotel Entrance. oysters
and the various popular Refreshments nther
Cakes. Ice Cream, &C., furnished parties and
families 10 order. feb. 2I' leoo-b
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"Fathcr Abraham"

This is the title Of a spicy cam.
paign paper printed in Lancaster,
Pa,,a copy of which has been hand
ed US by Mr.. S. B. Ruttor. We
mako a racy extract from it, which
will be appreciated by those who
can read and "vershtay" Pennsyl-
vania Dutch: - .r
DER GENERAL GRANT.
In der Stadt Louisville is an
demolra'ishcr zeitung druckcr-
elmer Buck ner-un ell sagt der
Grant is net fit for President, we'll
er ken longy briefa shreibt, un ken
grossy speeches macht. Der very
same Buckner war doh for etlich
yohr amohl an General in der re-
bel army, un we er commander
war in Fort Donelson, hut er. an
brief krickt fun General Grant;
seller war so deitlich das or chm
ufamohl ferstanna hut. Doh is der
very brief, ivversetzt in Pcnnsyl,
vanisch deitsch: ,.s
HEADQUARrERs, Amy IN FIELD, J .f
.f'i CAPDIciT BEI FORT DoSEIsoS,
| t. ~. , FEBRUARY lG. 1852. "
On der General s. p. Bucsner, Confederate Army:
Die briefh ich yusbt krIckt, nit EN- Tor.
schlag conditions III mae ha for surrendera.
| Nix waert Es mus unconditional sci. sIer
ten i'm sin grHwd ut del wIerka zu .mOofa. Du
besser shaisht dIch Gus ein shtaab, for mer
kuinma! Nit gro5senl reshpect. &c,
| ....... ~ ..,,t...,. . U. s. GRAST.
Seller brief hut der Buckner deit-
Itch gcnunk icrshtanna. un es hut
chm not long genumma ouszufinna
das, Was der Grant sagt mohnt er
| Qcl .#. ....4.rf. ..I. ..HN
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" The Florida Senators and Repro
sentatives have taken their seats in
Congress. .Ia H.
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+. a. HEM,

I0I" M i MHHUIHUlUIVI HHu DO"'N' ~
oADDLES. BRIDLES, HARNESS,
" y and all Kinds of Riding and Driving Equip
ments, Main. street, Lancaster, ohio' j. NJ
3l.ittie's old stand. "
: A Work edone TO orderr and repairing done
FGsatly and promptly, lt.
,fo t Feb. 81, IS0S-iY. .9 .a. |1Hr ..
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GEORGE CARTER,

[succEssoR TO ROBERT FIELDISG'l
ETss on handat the old stand 2doorswest OF
IIockinr Valley National Bank, fine stock
" uo,s Cans, Umbrellas, Carpet
sacks, Gents Collars, suspenders, and various
articles IN the Notion line. He also keeps Tor
sa,c the celebrated ncic Eres,sior Bnrninq F"id.
Gail and see its operation. lAril ., OS'ly'
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||a -----~ . -
Why is a lovely young lady like
a hinge? Because she is something
to adore. ia .r +..
An urchin crawled into a sugar
hogshead at tho steamboat landing
at Troy. His first exclamation
was, 30, for thousand iongucsYlG
The rcigning belle of Portland
drives the finest pair of horses in
that city, and does all the cooking
Tor her fathers family. 1.
Persons who have been prospcc-
ting for silver near Ripley landing.
West Virginia, have struck a vein
twenty-five inches ,lliek, which
yielded ninety,five per cent. Of
pure siIver.-Great excitement
prevails in the ncighborhood.
A man named Bryan Cary was
engaged in shearing sheep near
Bonneville, Ohio, last Saturday,
when a sheep kicked, driving the
shears into his body, aud causing
his death on tho Monday follow
ing. ia r9sH"'s ja"a's,14 '.n
Osmond Patten, Of Wcstmoreland,
Oneida County, New York, WIS
stpng directly over the left eye, on
Sunday, by honey bee. ! he
sting was soon taken out, but in
about fifteen minutes he became
dizzy and faint, and, although sen
sibIe at times, grew rapidly worse
and died in three hours.
George, "Artcmus Wards IA
vorite boy, is now at work in
Houghton's Riverside Press"
printing Office, under provision of
the humorist's will which requir-
cd hia apprenticeship to 'The best
printer in America" 'r
At Boontown, New Jersey, is
situated tho largest nail factory in
tho United States. Six acres OF
ground arc covered by tho build
ings, and fifteen hundred cords OF
chestnut wood are used every year
in the manufacture of packing
kegs. 4A.. e. r ..
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TTTTUILL & RIGBY,

Booksellers aud Deal
SERsIN WALL. PAPER. NEWSPAPERS,
neriodicals, Sheet Music, ard all the latest pop
uar publications. .. CO, ,,oor, ,oo, .,
PublicSQuare. a...u.i.tf Fe"' go 'o-i'
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OUnH N . w a r. T..
s. d. DRESBACH,

..lsr In Foreign aud Domestic
I'D DRY 00ODS, ar JGERIES, BOOTS d
} iS6oEs, FIyCr GOODS, &c.
Z MAN street, North side, bctSecn Adams Ex-
press once and FIRST National Bank.
Feb, 27, IsGS-1y
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Democratic Retrenchment.

Democratic Retrenchment.
A Legislative session Of 134 days,
at IS per day-thc longest session
ever held in Ohio at tho highest
per diem ever paid a State Lcgisla-
turc.
An adjourn nent to the first of
November, with probability of a
six months session next.
Near One Hundred thousand DBL
lars excess of Legislative salaries
wasted-thc IDIOTS, insane and oth-
CT uniortunates left with an in
sufficient appropriation, for the pur-
pose of making a show Of rctrench-
mcnt.
Tax payers, how do you Ike it?
The expenses Of tho last session
Of the Democratic Legislature were
s166,OOO.
The adjourned session will com.
mencc on the Odd of November next
and will swell tho whole expense
legislation for the year to s2l5,
600. lI ~ .~ -.
The cntirc expenses Of the Re.
publican Legislature last year were
s93,s43. ..s a ae., no
Such is Democratic retrcnch.
mcnt.-O. s. Journal. ... B.
----------s~.----- ...
In his letter accepting the nom
ination Of the Chicago Convention
General Grant declares in favor OF
a rigid economy in the administra,
tion of the affairs of the Govern
ment. With such economy, says
ex, Governor Seymour, the credit
of the Government may be so ad.
vanced that a grecnback will be
as good as gold dollar, and the
question of how the bonds should
be paid finds ready and easy SO
luton. That General Grant, il
elected President, will cut down
expenses, discourage extravaganza
and insist upon economy, who can
doubt, after reading the testimony
of Andrew johnson. who says thai
while Grant was acting Secretary
OF War he effected great reduction
in the administration of tho War
Department, Ito the snviDg Of mil
lions to the Treasury AS he hat
been faithful in few things, The
people will make him captain over
many things.-Commercidt.
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! cmAs. Won RONMORsT,

- nEyrIsr. Every Operation In
S'sr u DIntaI Surgery earefflly and sk'lltnily
psrIorme,l. Artificial teeth inserted IN the
~ WRaainiover Risings new storc corner Nam
~ 'AnlCoiumbis streets.
''' Feb. ~, '6S-ly t.,.- n .........
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,a3THUH 4trroRNEK& A2 :
1T ISInoRE RLAIKE,

9Qe 9QeGA9rr5RNEyarL,w,AyDY NOTARY PUB
Nsi-AA "a iic, u. 3. c. Anissioner for southern
District Of Ohio. Will verify Petitions &c.ln
'sBii<rapt'y Prompt nttention a'Ses 10 SoI,
iA.tion AMI Notariil business. once win
@ Hiater l. Dlugherty. ,rJt .yr.tt
~ March n, 2,lsis-tC N-'.. NA'' -s
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-19

THE Rocks OF CALvARY.-In Fleming's
"Christology," it is stated that an unbe-
lever, visiting the sacred places of Pales-
tine, was shown the clefts of Noun. CIva-
ry. Examining them narrowly ar1 c,i,i-
cally, he turned in amazement to his fclow
travellers, and said, ~ have long been
student of nature, and am sure that the
rents and clefts in this rock were never
done by nature, or an ordinary earthquake;
for by such a conclusion the rock must
have split according to its veins, and where
it was weakest in the adhesion of parts (;
for this" he said, II have observed to have
been done in other rocks when separated
or broken after an earthquake; and reason
tells me it must always be so. But it is
quite otherwise here; for the rocks are split
athwart and across the veins, in a strange
and preternatual manner, and therefore"
said he, II thank God that came hither to
see the standing monument of miraculous
power by which God gives evidence to this
day of the Divinity of Christi
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The HUMAN FIGURE.--The proportions
of the human figure are strictly mathemati-
cal. The whole figure is six times the
length of the foot. Whether the form be
slender or plump, the rule holds good; any
deviation from it is a departure from the
highest beauty in proportion. The Greeks
made all their statues according to this
rule. The face, from the highest point Of
the forehead, where the hair begins, to the
chin, is one tenth of the whole stature
The hand, from the wrist to the middle fin
ger, is the same. From the top ofthe chest
TO the highest point in the forehead is a
seventh. If the length of the face, from the
roots of the hair to the chin, be divided in
to three equal parts, the first division deter
mines the place where the eyebrows meet,
and the second the place of the nostrils.-
The height from the feet to the top lof the
head, is the same as the distance from the
extremity of the fingers when the arms are
extended.
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me and doleful, and to many disa

tiresome and doleful, and to many disa-
greeable.
Their advent is great festival for the
hogs. And as soon as the insects appear
above the ground, chickens, turkeys, and
all poultry, will also have the feast. So
fond are the fowls, birds, pigs, &C., of these
insects that they will scarcely touch other
food during the locust season. This has a
remarkable effect on all hens eggs laid af-
ter locusts appear-their yolks are nearly
white. The chickens become very fat, and
OF fine flavor. Even the little wren will be
seen flying off with a locust in its mouth,
and all the insectiverous birds then have
great festival
In conclusion, people ought not to be
alarmed. The w on its wing does not in
dictate War, nor the e England. The
sitting" of the locusts never killed anybody,
for the best of all reasons-because it has
none. The insect has neither means of Of
Tense nor defense and all the stories that
are told of children being killed by their
sting or bite are fabulous.
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Instinct sUithOmt Grains.

Long ago, it was ascertained by natural
lists that worms and insects are without a
brain, and yet they pursue a course of ac-
tivity which bears much upon the domain
of reason so we are accustomed to say that
they act from instinct, which is no expla-
nation at all of the phenomena in the high
est order of organic life which have their
origin in the brain. Ifthat organ is severely
injured so that its normal functions are no
longer performed, consciousness and order
ly manifestations of its influence are inter-
rupted or suspended. But the insect world
swarms with beings of the most delicate
construction, without hearts and without
brains, whose movements and habits, indie
pendently of thousands of contingencies to
which they are exposed, prove in the most
satisfactory manner that their acts are a
near approach to the elements of reason
ing faculty, if they do not indicate reason
ITSELF When, by accident, thread of a
spiders web is broken, the little weaver
examines the misfortune with extreme care,
and, by taking different positions, surveys
the damage, and then proceeds artistically
to repair it by splicing or inserting an en-
tire new cord. Again, when a wandering
fly becomes entangled in the net, the eau
tious approach of the owner of the trap, ly-
ing patiently near by for game, indicates
calculation in regard to the character and
strength of the victim. Does it not strange
ly resemble reason when all its movements,
under such an aspect of affairs, show be-
You'd doubt the spider considers the mat
ter in all its relations before venturing to
seize the prey And yet spiders are with
out brain.
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W- A French author, finding his ropu-
tation impeded by the hostility of the
critics, resolved to adopt little stratagem
to assist him in gaining fame and money in
spite of his enemies. He dressed himself
in workmanlike attire, and repaired to a
distant province, where he took lodgingsat
a farier's shop, in which he did little
work every day at the forge and anyil--
But the greater part of his time was secret
ly devoted to the compositing of three large
volumes of poetry and essays, which he
published as the works of q journeyman
blacksmith. @ Hg AKA azea
The poems of this ''child of Nature, 2 this
'untutored genius, "inspired son of Vul-
can, as he was now called, were immedi-
ately praised by the critics, and were soon
purchased by everybody, The harmless
deceit filed the pockets of the poor poet,
who laughed to see the critics writing in
cessant praise on an author whose every
former effort they made a point Of abusing.
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II V'iCiOlss Mule.

We find the following story travelling
around in the Western papers True OF
not it is rich. The incident was related OF
the Olympic Theatre in New York.
In the spectacular performance of Hump
1 ty Dumpty, now running at the Olympic, q
small mule is introduced, and is made to
appear quite comically by the dexterity OF
| his heels.
About fortnight ago the regular animal
1 fell i'll, and an amateur was substituted
When one of the characters touched the
new mule to have him kick he began in
admirable style. He kicked off the fellow
and kicked him twice before he touched
the boards Then he ran toward several o.
the other dramatis persona, and kicked
them.
Every object on the stage, whether mate
rial or mental, he kicked off. Next he be.
gan on the scenery. He kicked down a
picturesque cascade, granite prison, rob-
ber's cave, royal palace, the Rialto, and
Vesuvius in eruption, and was about to
attack the "grand transmutation scene''
from" Midsummer Nights Dream when a
rope was thrown around his neck and lie
was dragged off by the whole strength Of
the company, assisted by all the able-bodi-
ed supernumeralies
The audience, many of whom supposed
the obstreperous mule part of the perfor-
nance, were delighted at his energy, and
demanded with deafening plaudits, repe-
tition of the scene. The uproar was SO
great that the manager came out and said
that an interinission offifteen minutes would
be given to enable some of the actors to re-
cover the breath that ID mule had
kicked out of them, and pledged his honor
that the brute should never make another
appearance on the Olympic stage.
At this the audience roared louder than
ever, and for nearly half an hour the per
Torrance was suspended by the universal
guffaw.
Every night since the kicking mule has
been called for, and the manager Of the
theatre has, in consequence, inserted an adj.
vertisement in the daily papers that the ami
NAL was mysteriously knocked in the head
the same night of his highly successful de-
but.
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Origin 0fC0iss.

1t was in the reign of Servius Tullius
$50 years before Christ, that the Romans
first coined money, using copper for that
purpose. At one period of history, cattle
appears to have been the sole money in
use.
Just fancy the figure of an elderly lady
from the country, driving up to the door Of
Alderman Wild, and, having purchased a
pound of candy, handing over an ok in
payment, and demanding two sheep fol
changed -.J
Or just think of an elderly gentleman en-
tering an omnibus, and putting an entire
sheep through the hole in payment of the
ride.
/ adduce these imaginary examples with
view to show you that the possession Of
such comforts is to be attributed to money
sheep being totally incompatible. 1t il
by the consequence of money that we have
these and other now important convenience
of life
Even to this day, the skins of animals
are used as money in the north western ex-
tremity of our own continent. And even
in our closer neighbors, up among the Blue
Noses, am given to understand, that dried
fish is used as money among the natives to
this day.
! What shocking reflection it must be to
the young people of our time that the re-
fined and polished Romans had no other
coin than copper Now a-days, if young
lady buys little slip of court plaster in a
drug store, and hands the clerk quarter
to pay for it, that exquisitely polite gentle
man elegantly wraps the change in tiny
piece of whitey-brown paper, delicately
! perfumed, and with an elaborate bow hands
it to the fastidious young lady. .
Copper, however, made very excellent
medium of change, until nickel pennies
were invented. But it must have been a
cumbrous coin. We can form an idea Of
the inability of copper for the purposes Of
commerce, if we fancy ourselves obliged, in
that currency, to pay the duties on an in
voice of silks, or cargo ofteas.
Silver was not coined until 200 years be-
fore Christ-350 years after the first coinage
of copper.
The world had wonderfully advanced
in civilization before gold was coined into
money.