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Show A Vntiinbtn Counterfeit. "Sometimes," says a Philadelphia barkeeper, "a bad coin Is a very good thing to have. We had n braes 10-cent piece here for two years that was worth Jl a week to the bar I knew the man from whom It was taken, and, of course, gae It back In change. He was a good customer before, but much better afterward. after-ward. Ten times a week ho would come In and either give mo that brass coin or, get It given to him. Ono day the proprietor looked through the drawer, and, finding the bogus coin, threw It away. When I told him that It was wprth 50 a year tq tho house ho, kicked himself. Wm not only lost the, 'coin, but tho customer ns well. He felt hurt because I couldn't glvo him our ppt piece." |