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'mjlJEST FORM MONEY IN AMERICA ft 7V??" Shilling Kotonial Currency. B'l'iue Tr??" ?hilling W<l* ftn(>y llUtd? fOr COI'i'HOII UM) ill prlraiJ P*rt*OVlarly v^L tfuglund, and ilutsd 165J( i,i Bre? SSerbe Ili "The Btor/ cff i ' ilhTvutl >)> the Chase National H couiloucd to be struck for ; K, t} )t ?rH thereafter, but all j>( Wr the t?aia? date. A wuii; K. |m' tin- luiiue of John ItulT f : contra< ( lo coin this money, vftoxurac' ho received oue col**' / K^if oUl of a certalu number v.-V.Kr the colony, By virtue of } Ktract Hull managed to beJ,.. I very wealthy man and the in cancel the contract, < 'V::I ghrewd gontlemau would UOt jJ?, a la related that at the MH of Ida daughter he had a baltoftt up, on one tray of which bin |ftr stood, while coin we a put !; Mother Lruy until a balance wuh H Thut was her dowry?"her ; In coin. :vBro and during the ltevolutlouV^br there were aome interesting ^ftssued in America. For exaiuBero waa u note issued by tiie Sf Liberty iu Boston In order to lft Hie cause of freedom. These - were brought out in 1775, An j fti specimen, of great rarity, is H collection, its ,fare value was Hillings. Paper money was. in ftu use In the Colonies from Its Hed use in Massachusetts in 1600. Hladelphlu checks were made out H Eighteenth century which did Hcutlou any bank, but merely out hh follows: Hhter of the hank. Please pay order of," etc. I reason no bauk/name appeared ft check whh that In Philadelphia Hwus only one bank?the Bank of I America?and so no mistake possibly arise as (o where to go ml payment. H of the most Interesting of the Hental paper moneys waa an Hiote Issued In 1780 by the state Hjsachusetts Bay, now MassachuI The purpose of this was to H? the state's quota of the ConHal army. The note reads 'as fob I "Pay 250 pounds on the first Br March, both principal and in to be puld In the then current ft <>f the said state in a greater Bk sum according as five bushels in, sixty-eight and four-sevenths Bs of a part of beef, ten pounds pep's wool and sixteen pounds of leather, shall then cost, more or llian 130 pounds current.money at lien current prices at said* artb the same being thlrty-two^ times lie-half Whrft ftre same quantities same articles would cost fit thS" I affixed to them bra law-of-thleI in the year of our.Lord 1777;* 1 'iVy ... * . . ILapland Girls Studious Iger for knowledge of the outside B. Lapland girls. In Hlrma, near order of Finland, are enthusiastic Ints In the Y. W. C. A. traveling l, according to a report from In Braathen of the World's g Women's Christian associa wlth headquarters In London. I reach the girls of Kir ma the ers of the winter school traveled Bles In an open sled on a frozen B Many of the girls had difficulty Hehlng the points} where the trpiy school made temporary stops. Bhe summer course two young Hraveled more than 100 miles In Bbuut. ? . - . r. ?g. ft W- C. A. courses include! Bcr?'t, cooking, anatomy, nursing Bret aid. In a recent report th#. lint Ion says that within the puft I its traveling secretaries have ft* 28 of the countries that have shing associations of many yeiucs^ jlng. ??- yj?- >1 * ~j Suburbanite* Bh Gllmore Walker and Tommy By, film editors, flave moved Into ft?an residences and are always ftRring notes on their respective ?. The other d?y when they met. Ber said : Bllke my place better and Jbetftt's Krent In ;li* mornlpg to hem* eaves wldfipe?ng/^Mw yotir ft* like that parr bf-ttr admitted By. "bit it sure gets\my goat tb the lawn mowq.M-~|^s Angeles E ft*? to Church by:RmtUp ftj?lug up for the Stinday radto m services is the weekly obHoe at the ranch homo of Hartbf sr. about twenty-flVa* mites 'from Bin!' Texas- Therenb church Bservlo^'V K? the Parniepl? tune Bis If ,,roac,0"8t from various B for ut/nr,ner that Kr.,1 L orf,a?ton asstfres serfBus Rervi',<M obsenr|n?r ^ the Es trn 7" flnd tb^y *?<>?** Hid damrhf* fOT the HtHe ?lneKLV'^r",e m*** ?pl?al Is ewimnted ai^l E frrlu, ^P'tallzatlon'fi Buctiir*. W.281.000. Tho Bin f ho rS *t*own particular Bnali i? I>'J0<,ttct,on of various lines Ch h medl,rai copper to iHlMyBOO in rffir* aM| lb H3,7M3OO |n 19jMJ ^ ft - tijhere Are Lirr:ita Even to Executive Ability Ortchton, until hi* health Ue?erted him, WM e* MtltmuittiiMKfr. Then he went to the country end 'became an apiarist. You know, he k^.t bee*-or rather, tho bcca kept him Hie "WogflQindule" honey was m,ld Ht many of the better place*. Hut some pei.pl* bought the adjoining farm and atari ed another uployy, rrlchtau'* hee? u? longer tuJpycd h luunophly ?f rh? flower* and blossom* Uualtiva* beKan to full off. So Crlchton did the usual thing, lie held u round-table conference, llo told the bee* they must hustle up more buiing**; they must get on their toe*. ThdHk** aeemed grieved, but they buzzed off. filled with uerlou* purpo.se and augmented resolve. fttlll Crlchton was not satisfied. Tie organized an luterhlv* contest and spurred them on. He posted graphs and tabulated return*. He told them of bu*luosa cycles. The be**, of course, found ull t^i* confuslug, but they tried to make good. Their wing* became frayed; they no longer hummed at their work. One day Crlchton posted this clr cular letter: "It has come to my nodes that outlying territory In North Forty la being neglected. We need that business. (Jo out and get It." That night while Crlchton slept, unusual agitation might have been seen among the hives. Some of the bolder .^?"!?d. from door to door, and the rest streamed to the rendezvous. Scouts came back from Crlchton'* room and reported the window open. Across the garden, up the wall, over the stll and under the bedclothes thousands of bees crawled steadily. At a given signal they bured their poisoned stilettos and plunged them to the hilt In the flesh of the ex-salesmanager. He died at dawn. Delightfully Intelligent crerilurea, bees 1?Kansas City star. Bo Slow in Judgment We are not always aware of the scars and we don't see the wounds of many a life we are tempted to condemn. If wtf knew all we might forgive all. We think we know, and dls[ cover that much has been hidden from [ Us. Had we the trials of some it is quite possible that our achievements would be fewer than theirs. There may be a score of unpleasant things about a man, but so long as there Is one good feature It Is worth our while to And It. Try for one week to put the one good fact of another*! life by the side of the many things which you dislike and you will be surprised how happy you'll be. There is still far more good In the world than badness. As we look round we can And many a gem In rough places and* many a flovfef among the weeds.?London Tlt-Blts. *V- C* ' ?* - . r. - . Excess Optimum r Hdtei iPprd tells this story apropos I ! of optimism: "A bald-headed man went Into a barber shop and asked the barber If he had any good preparations for growing hair. ? - V 'Here; -sir/ said the barber, who was bald-headed himself, 'Is an excellent thing.* He took a bottle of pink liquid from a shelf. 'My own Invention, sir. Warranted to grow hair on the baldest head. The large-slse bottle Is worth Ave slmoleons. The eompiete cure of six bottles would cost you twenty-five.* " 'All right; I'll take the complete cure,' said the man. "And he chuckled happily, looked round the shefves and $dd$d; " 'By the- way, you wrap me Mjp.^e^of those patent electric hafr _ '' "*"^>1, rftim 11 I in,^-- ?r- I ChftOMm in the PluralDr. Frank VUetelly, editor ot Funk A Wagnails, .aye that "the plural of cheese Is cheeses. It dates from 1800, *ad may be found in' Langland's THflioh of Flora Plowman*?>Twey grehe clieaes.* The plQral Is used In Instances where various varieties are considered, or numbers are specified: Chuddar, Dutch, Rdam and many othtaST rrhe farmer had fid cheeses in hli cheeseroom.' Ip speaking pf the article In its -atfributlfe iaetise or refrwrinf to ll In bulk, the singular form cfr tfcs Word ls eorrect, thus: *Qhea#e sandwiches'; 'gregt quautltfea of Aeese'l 'the cheese market'" AJmffToak Hanry James was once dining with Theodora Goo'k, euthor of "The Sunlit tfgbra," Of; the letter's birthday, lifting hi. glass of port, he rose with "My dear Theodore," he began, "I hold in (by, hand *. glass, perhaps I should say goblet, fllled to the brim . with a nuld which has a poisonous -and practically fatal effect on every tterve of my body; but I am asked to propose your health and If you Imagine?if your friends here luinglno that by one scintilla Jt may be .ameliorated, I will drink it'to the dregs."? Mttftburgh^Chrordcle^ Sort* Ci gar a Quickly \ Sixty times a minute a new cigarsorting machine picks up a cigar, looks at It and selects the compartment where It belongs, according to the j shade1 of Its broWn colortng. Mechanism then deposits it in the proper place. The new d?hrfbe, which Is being utilised by several cigar manufacturers, la actuated by a photoelectric cell similar to those used. In television. Light from the cigar falls on the sensitive alkali metal ooafbtg Inside the celh resulting In n shower of electrons which, property controlled In ma . electric circuit, act on a r*?a* circuit. Lfcar^sairi swri n 11 m i .n8"' ' - ?- fk grr r? ' r . THE MAYFU)WKK PAS8KNUKU8 List of Ihow Who KiitablibM First American Settlement The Mayflower sot m>! from Plymouth, Finland, on September d, 1620, and after a stormy voyage landed Noveml er 21, 1621), ut Plymouth, Mas*., at u point where Plymouth ltock, a )iUK?j granite U?uUler, stands at the water's edge. The names of the Mayflower's passengers are listed in Ames' "The Mayflower and Her Log," 60 adult colonists, two seamen, nine servants, 11 girls and 21 hoys. Half of the; company died during the colony's first year. These ure indicated by a star ( ). The figures indicate the approximate ages ut the time of the landing, so far as they are known. Adult colonists?-John Carver*, about his wife, Katherine*; William Brudfoiti, 30; his wife, Dorothy*, 23; Edward Winslow, 26; his wife, Elizabeth*, about 23; William 1 Brewster, about 54; his wife, Mary, about 51; Isaac Allerton, 32; hisj wife, Mary*; Samuel Fuller, surgeon, about 30; Capt. My las Blandish, 30; his wife, Hose, younger than Myles; Christopher Martin4, about 40; hU wife*; William Mullens*, over 42; his wife, Alice*; W illiam White*, about 30; bis wife, Susanna, about 23;* Stephen Hopkins, over 36; his wife, Elisabeth; Richard Warren, over 46; John liowlaiul, 27; George Soule, about at; John Crackstotie*, about 36; Francis Cooke, about 38; John Hillington, ovei 30; his wife, Helen; Edward Tilley*. alnrnt 30; his wife, Ann*; John Tilley*, over 36; his wife, Bridget*; Thomas Rogers*, over 30; Thomas Tinkei*, over 21; his wife*; John Rigdale*. over 21; his wife, Alice*; James < hilton*, about 10; his wife, Susanna*; Edward Fuller *, over 26; his wife*; John Turner*, over 30; Francis Fa ton, about 26; his wife, Sarah*; Moses Fletcher*, over 30; John Goodman*, over 21; Thomas Williams*, over 21; Degony Priest*, 41; Fdmond Margeson*, over 21; John Alderton*. over 21; Peter Browne, probably over 26; Gilbert Winslow, 20; Edward Dotey or poten, over 21} Richard Clarke*, over , 21; Thomas English*; Richard Gardiner, over 21; John Alden, over 21; Edward Leister, over 21. Sailors hired for one year?William Trevor, probably about 21; Ely. probably ubout 21. Servants and employes?Joha llooke, a boy*; Roger Wilder*, probably over 21; Solomon Prowder*, probably under 21; Edward Thampson* probably under 21; Elias Story*, probably under 21; William llolbeck*, probably under 21; Robert Carter*, probably under 21; John I.angemoro*, probably under 21; William l.utbam, about 10. Girls?Priseillu Mullens, over 10; Mary Chilton, Mrs. Carver's maid, perhaps about 20; Elisabeth Tilley, 13, daughter of John; Desire Minter, about 10; Remember Allorton, about 0; Constance Hopkins, about 11; Demaris Hopkins; Mary Allerton, about 4; Humility Cooper; Ellen More*. f Hoys? Love Brewster, ubout 7; Wrestling Brewster; Joseph Mullens*, over 10; Bartholomew Allerton, about 8; John Crackatone, Jr.; Giles lloyklua, iibout IB; ? Turner*; Turuur*, 2nd; John Uillington, Jr., about If; , Francis Hillington, about 14; JoaupH ' Rogers; John Cooke, about 10; Kkk aid More, about 0; Jaipur More0, "j. little boy"; his brother*; llenry Simpson, 6; Besolved White, 0; ?? Tinker*; Samuel Fuller,v,4MrfT ot ward, about 5; Samuel Katon, inlartt; Ocuanu* Hopkins, infant. Besides these, the Mayflower had at the beginning another passeugur, William Button, who died on the voyugo. And while .she lay at Capo Cod harbor a son, Peregrine, was horn ?? Susanna und William White. Pistol Duel Bespits Fatally. r Florence, Jan. 10. - Joe KoIktUok is dead and Webster Fra/ier is futal ly wounded as u result of a pistol duel between the two negro men in a house near the Mars Bluit' bridge late Sun day. Robertson was sht)t three times while only one of the bullets from hi* weapon hit Frazier. The shooting followed an argument over a trivial matter. ? ?- - - ; thea.es. 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