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Show Common Sense. Common sense is a precious . ?;-tn. How many of us can b;. ;.; t!.i:i quality? No iloulrt many o u. (u boast of having a goodly ahare of common sense, yet how. many of us a:o superstitious? Do you have a queer fueling when thirteen guests are In your home? Have you evei hesitated doing some task on Friday the thirteenth Well then rend His. following and" see how foolLh this is: There were thirteen colonies with a Hag of thirteen stars and st, ipns. The eagle, an American emblem, re quires thirteen letters to spell It "American Eagle." So does the moi.-to moi.-to "E Pluribus Unum." Tliere were thirteen ships In the flrat American navy and It takes thirteen letters to spell John Paul Jones. Perry's victory vic-tory on Lake Erie was won on the thirteenth day of the month. The Stars and Stripes were raised ckc. Fort Sumpter on the trirteentli of the month. The thirteenth amend nient freed the slaves. Now con Iter fur common silver quarter thore are thirteen stars around the. head of Liberty there are thirteen leaves on the olive branch born by the eagle. In the shield on the eagle's breast are thirteen bars and in the ribbon In his beak is a motto with thirteen letters; each of hij wings has thir-feathers thir-feathers and it takts thirteen letters to spell quarter dollar. No, things do not just happen of themselves. Theiie Is a cause back of everything that happens. We 11 vf in a world of cause and effect. |