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nH?f SOFT PEDAL ON POLITICS. the designer, VictoY D. Brenner,. No more of these pennies will ap pear with initials. In the future they might be worth wore; not now. I' nouT V I TMUK (fTZ I p01JTtCSl l.ii. J, '4 JV v,Vk K 1 ii hJZL Muncie, Ind., July 10. (Spe cial.) Because of several fights about town between men disa greeing over politics, Muncie sa loon keepers are posting in their places of business this sign : "Please don't talk politics in here." One liquor dealer has found it necessary on Saturdays, he says, to mingle constantly with his cus tomers and to caution them to prevent their mixing in broils over politics. ANSWERS What will remove the scent of the enamel from an enamel-lined refrigerator? Reader. It will wear off in a little time. Set the refrigerator out of doors; open it and let theair and sunshine in it for a day and a night. Some of the Lincoln pennies have the letter D beneath the date. Why is this? Is its value any greater? Inquirer. I think you will find that the letters on the Lincoln pennies are V, D, B or iB alone, representing the name of o o A NEW ONE COME. New York editors are patriot ically trying to dissuade women from adopting the proposed Robespierre styles from Paris. ' We don't know what a Robes pierre gown looks like, but we do know that in Robespierre's time the French woman wasn't half dressed, physically or morally speaking. It was in a period of slaughter, arson and paganism, and woman took her full rights in the general deviltry. The new -Robespierre styles will probably be representative of woman.about as low down as she can get, but, if it's playing the monkey to the Paris demi-monde that's fio reason why New York high dressers won't be for it. o o j- Long Years Ago. "Ah," said ' the grey-haired wayfarer at the railway refresh ment room, "this is the old place. I recognized yonder landmark at once." "What landmark?" inquired the barmaid considerately. L "Years ago, when I traveled over this line, said the stranger in a choking voice, "I "carved my initials and the date on yon der bun. I see you have it still. Excuse an old man's tears." Texas is harvesting 175,000,000 watermelons. safaai&ilfci taa-i-