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YAP
CURRENCY
Much has
been
said
recently
about
he
littie island
of Yap
because
it is
a strae
gic
cable
s:ation
connectine
Smerica
with
Asia,
and
its
relatiorshipto
the
Poace
Treaty.
This
island
is
one
of
Ihe
Caroline
group,
north of Australia,
seiz
ed from
Germanv
by
Japan,
and
whi-
it is
alleged the
latter
nation
will
hoid
under the terms of the Peace
reaty.
One
of
the
most
interesting
facis
about
the
island
of
Yap,
is
the
form
of
money
used
by the
natives,
which
con-
gists
of
large,
flat, circular
stones,
with
a hole
in the middle,
resembling
an
old-
ifzshioned
American
grindstone.
These
stones
are
quarried
in the Pellow
Islands
and carried
over
to Yap,
on
large rafts.
Each
man’s
wealth,
as it is acquired,
is
simply piled against
the wall of his house
where
it
remains
unmolested
by
his
neighbor.
A
stone
in
Yap weighing
500
pounds
will buy
a pig.
while
it
takes
a
stone
weighing 1,000 pounds
to purchase
a wife
—a
wife considered
twice
the value
of
a pig.
Ornaments
worn by
the
natives
such
as
beads
and
brass
rings
may
be
bought
with stones
weighing
from
100
pounds
or
more.
There
is
little
com-
merce
on the island.
Bananas
and other
food
are
so
plentiful
that
evechange
of
this
nature
is
unnecessary
and
beyond
a string
or
two
of
beads
the
clothing
problem is unknown.—Everyday
Life.
|
Juggs —I
say.
do
you think Binksisa
man
to
be trusted?
Buggs —Trusted?
Why,
rather.
I’d
trust him with my life,
Juggs—Oh,
ye¢s,
but
with anything of
value,
I mean.
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A Ghristmas
Enterfainment
consisting
of
Scngs,
Dialogues,
Recita-
tions,
Faney
Drilis and
other attractions,
with
the
use
ofa New Organ,
will
be
held
on
-
Tuesday
Evening,
Bp. m.
De-
|
cember
20th inst.
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AT THE
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2
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Graded
Grammar
School.
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Tickets
will
be
sold
at
Miss
Quin’s
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and
also
at
the school
on the
said
evening.
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and enjoy
a pleasurable
time
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DECEMBER
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