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PROBABLY the greatest profit ever en-
Joyed by the government as a result uP
the destruction OF money was in connec
ton with the fractional currency or shin
pastors issued during the Civil war" SAYS
the chicago Record. 1.-The total amount
issued was 1868, 724, 079, of which Sc. $50, 55S
mas never been presented Tor REDEMPTION
A large amount has been preserved as
cul1os by collectors, and occasionally even
now 1t is offered for REDEMPTION. This
was especially the case during the recent
hard times. People who had the oI6
shlnpiasters of war times in their cabinets
ana scrapbooks got hard up and sent
them in for redemption"
Sufting the Action-"W hich one of tie
popular books OF the day do YOU Ike the
oest| asked the maiden.
10 Have and to Hold, " he answered
in an ecstatic whisper
Don't, Harry She protested Inf her
voice had a smothered sound.--Chicago
Tribune.
Al Dewey, thirty miles south OF Cofrey-
vile, Kan, gigantic walnut log has lust
been cut for shipment ID the Paris ex
position. The tree from which the Iog
was taken was supposed TO have Leon
400 years old. The trunk was sixteen feet
IN circumference, and the first limb grew
forty-tlve feet from the ground.
Point OF View-The beautiful GriseIda
deprecated his passionate praise.
am but worm. after all"' She
sighed the traditions of her Puritan an
cestry being strong upon her
But you look nice enough to eatr' pro
tested the youth.
oh, you're a bird"' the shy girl fall
cred, as If to indicate that she deemed
his attitude of mind largely a matter Of
point of view.-Detroit Journal
WHEN FATHER SIGNS A CHECK.
They've lately served poor father up
In quiet sarcastic truck,
hen father sings lullaby"
When father carves the duck"
And when he monkeys this or that
To any rhymester'S beck
But no one yet has sung about
When father signs a check.
The old man isn't up to date
In table manners p'raps,
And doesn't talk or walk or dresS
Like modern college chaps;
But on his business habits, slrs,
There's neither flaw nor fleck-
You We got a paper good as gold
When father signs a check.
He uses the Colonial quill;
The letters of his name
are rugged as the hand that writes
Unevenly the same.
But you can bet the Jewels all
That kingly crowns bedeck
Inc banks hand out the requisite
When father signs a check
Boston Courier
The government is about to establish q
thoroughly equipped war balloon expert
mental station at Fort Myer. where q
sort of school for the signal CORDS has
Just been started. The balloon house
which is n ba hui a
about $1,000, and will nave plant Tor the
manufacture of gas for ascensions. The
building IS needed to protect the balloons
from wind and weather, as we'll as for
the gas making machinery ard appliances
for imitation. The balloons to be used
Will carry two men easily.
The Rev. George w. Stone. of Kansas
city, says: THE crusade begun in some
American cities against the ringing Of
the church bell that calls worshipers TO-
gether should have the support of Chris
tiaus as well as of those who are me
avowed enemies of te church | take the
stand that the ringing of church bells I'm
city is Christianlike and a survival
of ar age that saw the stupid practice In
auSurated because there were no better
means at hand of notifying the congrega-
ton that the time for church service had
arrived"
]. W. Robinson, of Butler county. Kan.
owns farra Of mere than 10000 acres. Of
which he works 1900 acres himself. in
my fifteen years residence In Kansas"
he says, II have never known year tha-
| did not make money | stand ready to
say that no man who enjoys good health
and who farms nteligenuly and faithful
~ can help but make a good living out OF
45O acres or average Kansas land