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Show Punishment for giving short weight is far from now, and the Turks long ago took drastic measures to check this tendency on the part of tradesmen. The Sultan Achmet II, walking through the streets of Stamboul, saw at the door of a baker's shop the owner, his hands tied behind be-hind him, with one ear nailed to a post. Upon inquiry he was told the cause of the poor fellow's predicament. "Who is he?" asked the sultan. "May it please your highness," was the reply, "he supplies the bread for the imperial seraglio." "Ah, my baker? Then set up another post and nail his other ear to it. The sultan's baker should have a double reason for honesty." San Francisco Fran-cisco Argonaut., |