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Show I How a $10 Bill Paid $90 Debts. Mr. Brown kept boarders. Around his table sat Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Andrews, the village milliner; Mr. Black, the baker; Mr. Jordan, a carpenter; and Mr. Hadlcy, a flour, fo 'd aud lumber merchant. Mr. Brown took out ol his pocket-book pocket-book a $10 note, and handed it to Mrs. Brown, saying: "Here, my dear, are$10 toward the $20 I promised you." Mrs. Brown handed it to Mrs. Andrews, An-drews, the milliner, saying: 'That pays for my new bonnet." Mrs. Andrews said to Mr. Jordan,; as she handed him the note: "That will pay for your work on my counter." Mr. Jordan handed it to Mr. Hadlcy, Had-lcy, the flour, feed and lumbar merchant, mer-chant, requesting his lumber bill. Mr. Hailloy gave the note back to Mr. Brown, saying: "That pays $10 on board." Mr. Brown paused it to his wile with the remark that that paid her the $20 he hud promised. She in turn paid it to Mr. Black to settle her ! bread and pastry aooouut, who handed hand-ed it to Mr. Hadley, wishing cradit lor the amouut on his flour hill, he again returning it to Mr. Brown with the remark that it settled for that month's board. Wiiereupon Mr. Brown put it back into his pocket-book. pocket-book. eTclaimine "that hn nova- thought a $L0 bill would go so far." Thus a $10 greenback wan made to pay $00 indebtedness inside of five minutes. Who says greenbacks. are ; worthless? Sacramento Sentinel. I |