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Show Coatriotion and Expansion. John Henry was with Julia the other evening when she obaerved, "John, dear, what ia ail thia talk about contracting and expanding the currency, and which do you believe in ?" "Well, my aweet," Baid John, pulling up his collar, "that dependa upon circumstances. Iu some cases I should advocate contraction of the currency, and in others an expansion of it. It id according to the circumstances, circum-stances, that is, the condition of things." "But what ia the difference between the two, and how do circumstances cir-cumstances affect them? That's what I waut to know, John." "Oh, that'B easily explained," said John, in a tone of great carefulness. "For 'instance, when we are alone we sit on one chair, don't we?" "Yes." "Well, that's contraction. . But when we hear your pa or ma coming we got ou two chairs, don't we?" 'I should say we did." "Well, my love, that is expansion. So you Bee that it is according to circuin-Btancea." circuin-Btancea." "John," said she, very sollly, burrowing under his left ear, "we are contracting now, ain't we?" "You bet !" said John, with increased in-creased cheerfulness, |