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Show Tho MAmorlean Coaqnst.w Another sign ot tho "American conquest" con-quest" has been noted by the lontlon papora. A fruiterer In tho west end of the English metropolis Is marking bla good! In Cnlted Htutea coinage !traw-berries, !traw-berries, for Instance, at 16 cent! a basket bas-ket A melancholy London publication publica-tion auggesti that the fruiterer la perhaps per-haps only foreshadowing the Inevitable. Inevita-ble. "We are having a new coinage." It says, "and we might aa well accept the altii!tlon cnll ottr loverelgm five dollar pieces, our iliilllnga 'quarter!.' our slx-penree 'dime!' and our halt-pennlei halt-pennlei 'cent!.' " |