llowed. Thus
30% and 5% is expressed 30 and 5 meaning first a discount of 30% and
then 5% from the remainder.

30 and 5 is not 35% but 33-1/3%. 10, 5 and 3 off means three successive
discounts.

A wholesale house allowing 10, 5 and 3 off gets more for its goods than
it would at 18 off.

HOW TO DETECT COUNTERFEIT MONEY.

In the space at disposal here, it is impossible of course to give a
complete illustrated counterfeit detector, but the following simple
rules, laid down by Bank Note Examiner Geo. R. Baker, will be found
extremely valuable:

Examine the form and features of all human figures: if graceful, and
features distinct, examine the drapery. Notice whether the folds lie
naturally, and observe whether the fine strands of the hair are plain
and distinct.

Examine the lettering. In a genuine bill is absolutely perfect. There
has never been a counterfeit put out but was more or less defective in
the lettering.

Counterfeiters rarely, if ever, get the imprint or engraver's name
perfect. The shading in the background of the vignette and over and
around the letters forming the name of the bank, on a good bill, is even
and perfect; on a counterfeit, it is uneven and imperfect.

The die work around the figures of the denomination should be of the
same character as the ornamental work surrounding it.

Never take a bill deficient in any of these points.

Big Trees.--Of ninety-two redwood trees in Calaveras Grove, Cal., ten
are over thirty feet in diameter, and eighty-two have a diameter of from
fifteen to thirty feet. Their ages are estimated at from 1,000 to 3,500
years. Their height ranges from 150 to 237 feet.

FACTS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

A hawk flies 150 miles per hour; an eider duck 90 miles; a pigeon, 40
miles.

A man's working life is divided into four decades: 20 to 30, bronze; 30
to 40, silver; 40 to 50, gold; 50 to 60, iron. Intellect and judgment
are strongest between 40 and 50.

Hair which is lightest in color is also lightest in weight. Light or
blond hair is generally the most luxuriant, and it has been calculated
that the average number of hairs of this color on an average person's
head is 140,000; while the number of brown hairs is 110,000, and black
only 103,000.

Goldsmith received $300 for "The Vicar of Wakefield;" Moore, $15,500 for
"Lalla Rookh;" Victor Hugo, $12,000 for "Hernani;" Chateaubriand,
$110,000 for his works; Lamartine, $16,000 for "Travels in Palestine;"
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