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Show Brans and Dollar 11I1L. Several customers were in Uio shop chatting together, when Uie grocer pointed to a lot of pea beans and asked how many it would take to make a bushel. A great variety of estimates were offered. One reckless person said 50,000, to the amusement of the rest of tho company, all of whom had guessed a smaller number. , "Well, gentIemen,"Faid the storekeeper, store-keeper, "there aro 119,000 such beans in a bushel." 2vot ono was Inclined to believe him at first, tut he showed them that it took CO to weigh half an ounce, and a little calculation convinced con-vinced them that his large figures must bo approximately correct. "Xow, then," said the grocer, "how many dollar bill will it take to weigh as much as a silver dollar?" dol-lar?" One said 109; another guessed 75, and one man, remembering the beans, put the figures at 300. "All wrong,' replied the grocer. "It takes Just 22," and tliat aUo he proved by tho scales. Conner aud Uroctrt' Gatciie. |