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Show TRAVELING BANKS. A new Idea for encouraging thrift Is being developed In Italy. It is nothing more nor less than' an automatic bank. In a -aat iron pillar there are three slits. In the top one the coin is Inserteda Insert-eda ten centime piece. If it Is false It is promptly rejected and falls out of a lower slit. If It be good the receipt Instantly In-stantly drops from the third opening at the bottom of the box. As soon as the depositor has collected five or more of these receipts he can exchange them tor a bank pass book at the regular savings bank, and on his savings he will be paid by the Government Interest Inter-est at the rate of 4 per cent. By means of this excellent little invention the laborer la-borer Is able to place a fraction of his dally wages at Interest without the trouble or time Incident on making a Journey to the nearest postofhee, u. great convenience, seeing that such banks are open only at certain hours, and those not suited to the man who works with his hands. |