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Show It is wtW to be cautious, but ther are times when even caution may tie carried to excess. The widow of a German Ger-man officer went to the pension office for the purpose of drawing the pension due her. She presented the usual certificate of the mayor of the village in which she iived, to the effect that she was still alive. "This certificate is not right," said the official in charge severely. "What is the matter with it?" inquired in-quired the poor widow. "It bears the date of Dec. 21," was the stern reply, "and your pension war due on Dec. 15." "What kind of a certificate do you wish?" inquired the disappointed applicant appli-cant "We must have a certificate stating that you were alive on the 15th of December," De-cember," said the official, with gveat firmness. "Of what possible use is this one that says you wero alive on the 21st of December six days lateri"' 'Youth'i Ctpmpantoo, ' |