There are 900 parts of pure silver and 100 parts of copper
in the "trade dollar." The copper alloy is added to make the coin hard,
so that it will wear well, as silver by itself would be too soft.
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Chicago, Ill.
DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I, for one, think it is all nonsense about those
"that" sentences. Anybody can put more than eight "thats" in a
sentence; but if he, she, or it, can parse them, I would like to
have them do it. I don't believe it can be done. Let them parse the
sentence in the August number, for instance; and, if they can put
in twelve "thats" and then parse them, why, then, and not till
then, will I believe it. Please put this in the Letter-Box, and
oblige.
C.P.S.
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Louisville, Ky.
DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I thank you very much for the many beautiful
designs which you have given for Christmas presents, and for the
pictures and silhouettes which you have published, from which we
have copied in _tableaux vivants_ and shadow pantomimes. We had
"The Modern and Mediaeval Ballad of Mary Jane" (published in
January, 1877) in our church entertainment, and it "took"
immensely.
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