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Rh man to a 3-foot coffin. It will mutilate the remains to attempt it.

"Many other things do not, also, readily adjust themselves to a lower plane of prices.

"Suppose the proposition embraced in the question to me was made to the now irritated farmers, and one of



them was to go forth to test it, and see if he could buy as much of this world's goods with 50 cents as he formerly could with a dollar.

"We will suppose, before starting, he goes to pay his taxes. He will find that his 50-cent wheat will not pay