Said in fun . A SHABBY AFFAIR. WIFF—Isthat a new hat, John?John (.^iooniily)——Its a shabbv-Iookinc: —Yes : its an election hat. 84. \W THE UNITED STATES A HISTORY -::- ^j * j^ jg ,^ well-known fact that Christopher Cokimbuswas the alleged discoverer of America, and that 14^2 was theyear in which the alleged discovery took place. As a matterof f:ict, however, the existence of this country was knownlong before Christopher Cokimbiis was born ; but the secretwas in the possession of a number of barelegged Indians, whohadnt the business capacity to make any money out of it. 85 An
Said in fun . A SHABBY AFFAIR. WIFF—Isthat a new hat, John?John (.^iooniily)——Its a shabbv-Iookinc: —Yes : its an election hat. 84. \W THE UNITED STATES A HISTORY -::- ^j * j^ jg ,^ well-known fact that Christopher Cokimbuswas the alleged discoverer of America, and that 14^2 was theyear in which the alleged discovery took place. As a matterof f:ict, however, the existence of this country was knownlong before Christopher Cokimbiis was born ; but the secretwas in the possession of a number of barelegged Indians, whohadnt the business capacity to make any money out of it. 85 And right here we want to impress upon the minds ofour readers the importance of making money. An Americancitizen without money in his pocket is of little more use tothe world than the younger son of a British peer. At the time our story opens, , the alleged discoveryof America by Christopher Columbus, the population of thecountry was exclusively made up of Indians and wild striking resemblance existed between the two classes ineverything but personal appearance. Mentally and morallythey were about equally endowed. They depended lar
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