Show Qucnn MONEY Tlue llraltlne htrttui 11001 tl Tree eler 1oiinl In Metleo Hero It I an amutlng account of a traveler who heat many onn ago to Mexico and found Iho native utlng < a strange kind of currency Says ho In ono of tho small towns I bought somo llnies and cove tho girl one dollar In payment Ily way of change chic returned re-turned lo mo fortynine piece of lOOp tho size of a 1 small biscuit I looked nt her In nitonlthmont end she returned re-turned my look wllh equal sorprlto when n 1 police officer who had witnessed wit-nessed the Incident hastened to Inform mo that for small sums soap was legal tender In many parts of tho country it examined my change nnd found that each cake was stamped with tho name of a town and of n manufacture authorized by the government The cakes of soap were worth three farthings farth-ings each Afterwards In my travel I frequently rcccltcd similar change Many of time cakes show cd sIgns of having hav-ing been In the wnihtub but that I discovered was not at all uncommon Provided Ibo stamp were not obliterated obliterat-ed the soap did not lout any yahoo ni currency Occasionally n man would borrow n 1 cake of n 1 friend wath his hands and return It with thanks I made uto of my pieces more than once In my bath nnd subioqucntly spent them Harpers Hound Table |