Show I IA Substitute for Small Change A souvenir of the civil war came d iner Iller chant in New N w York a few days ago I which showed bo ed how scarce carce c small change must have havo been in those dayo daye It was a green postage stamp encased In a a thin metal frame the UlC size of or an old copper cent Tho The face of the stamp was protected by bya a disk of mica On the thie reverse side the Improvised coin wa was stamped Good for foi three cents cento This queer substitute for tor money moner was as given along with other small change by a woman who said It was the last of ot a number of or similar pieces which she had owned I Ifor for ninny many years aud and the num ama who took the combination stamp mica mien and I IlIn tin lIn for three cents In speaking of It said The woman looked as If she was prosperous once and was as sorry so 11 to toI I give up the piece I |