Immortality For A Cent

When the pedestal of the statue of I Blair, which Missouri has presented to statuary hall, was standing in that hall the other day awaiting its bronze figure, some one noticeu that in the center of the stone block was a small square hole. The Missouri delegation was present to watch the placing of the statue, and one of the congressmen fishing through his pockets found a cent. He put the coin in the square hole, and also deposited a bit of paper with his autograph. The example was contagious. Every member of the delegation put in a cent and his name, some curious bystanaers did likewise, and by the time that the statue was placed in position there was almost enough copper in the pedestal to sheathe a ship.-