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Show A Profitable Exchange. There are rnoro ways than one of earning a living. nidlng In a steam railway could not bo called an arduous ardu-ous way, yet It is ono that might with Ingenuity produce a modest Incomo In a certain Spanish, colony away down In tho south. The peseta Is hero tho current coin; It looks liko a franc, but Its value Is a varlablo one, that may bo anything from 14 cents to 20 cents. It happens Just now to bo only 14 cents, so tho lucky foreigner gots a largo amount of coin when he buys change But tho government for some reason or another think It nocessary to koep a standard value; nnd In tho steam railway tho pesota Is still worth 20 cents, whatever Ha value elsowhoro. So tho traveler who pays for a 2-cent tram ticket with a peseta receives 18 cents change and leaves tho tram richer than ho entered en-tered it. |