THE PATTERAN.
tThe "pitteran" or "patrin" ! a branch
a of e grpay along tne road to indicate
nr vi ms inoe wno may xouow, me
.y that he haa taken).
You aet the pntteran for me
J 'Along the world you wandered through,
j Lest mazed and weary I might be
I And mias the way that led to you.
! How oft at open doors aglow
' Have I delayed my roving feet
I And wondered, "Shall I further go!"
Jtor just a hungry heart quick beat,
i
When on the threshold I have seen
j Your -woodlnnd signal where it lay
With onward-nointing finger green
To warn me that I might not stay.
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The gypsy knew the uypsy's call;
It leu my wayward feet nripht.
Together ns the shadows fall
We kneel our roadside fire to light.
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The fire we kindle, hand to hand,
Bhnll cheer the way for weary men
Till our Great Chieftain give command
"Break camp and take the load agnin."
Then, Love, whoever goes before,
If it be yon, if it he I,
Shall set the patternn once more
Across the spaces of the sky.
Amelia Josephine Burr, in Putnam's.
H M I I I
TERRIBLE CHAUNCEY
How a Bad Man From. Bitter
Creek Escaped Being Lpched.
When the Methodist conference
sent Billy Wheeler to New Mexico to
turn the bad man from his evil ways
It must have been the result of In
spiration. The little church at Los
Cerrillos was Billy's first chaise, and
he was as proud of Its adobe walls
and goods box bell tower as a slx
' year-old boy with a new red wagon.
Billy was a 200 pounder, a rosy
cheeked lad with a blue eye that
looked thoughtfully at the boys when
they told him fairy tales of the miners
and the cliff dwellers. He was slow
of speech but earnest In action, and
. when the men of the sombrero
learned he wasn't afraid of a gun
they took to him as a brother and a
gentleman. The first collection was
taken up by Shorty Mac, the saloon
keeper, and Stormy Jones, the Bllck
est card sharp In camp, who volun
teered as ushers and produced results
by carrying the contribution hat In
ene hand and a" cocked revolver In
the other. That Sunday not a man
"passed up" the chance to contribute.
So as not to offend proprieties Billy
took to wearing a revolver and . In
time became quite expert In bitting
tbe ace nailed to a tree.
Billy's wonderful popularity as
shepherd of the camp arose from the
fact that he was "one of the boys."
He taught the men to whom he was
sent to preach and respected the en
vironments which caused them to be
somewhat different from the safely
saved flacks In the haunts of civiliza
tion. Mining and cattle raising be
came a part of his study and he was
as good a Judge of horseflesh as the
Territory had. In consequence the
little adobe church was filled every
Sunday with a respectful congrega
tion and there was some talk of hav
ing prayer meeting. To the boys
Billy was affectionately dubbed "The
Parson," and if he wasted anything
he just had to raise his hand.
One morning a stranger blew In
from up the valley somewheres and
went over to Sandy McPherson's tav
ern, where he registered as "Chaun
cey de Argyle, Bitter Creek, Mozam
bique," in characters that looked like
they had been enmeshed in a wireless
current. Chauncey was six feet three,
broad shouldered and wore a fierce
black mustache that curled down to
his collar. About his Bash were four
navy revolvers, all loaded and ready
for use. A beautiful dagger handle
stuck out the right boot top. Chaun
cey's head wag covered with an un
usually big sombrero, round which
little bells Jingled from a leather
band. Physically he was as fierce a
proposition as ever came to town and
he gloried In the knowledge.
"I'm a bad man from Bitter
Creek!" said the warlike guest,
pounding on the counter with the
butt of a revolver, "an' I want the
best you got; no handmedowns for
me."
"I see," said Sandy, who was a
Quiet, unemotional chap and who
never carried his guns in sight, "How
long you going to stop?"
"As long as I blame please," thun
dered tbe bad man, glaring down on
, Bandy.
At dinner the guest from Bitter
' Cree laid his revolver on the table
beside his plate aad looked around
on the assembled miners, cowboys
and gamblers.
"I come down from Bitter Creek
to help run this heah town," he pro
claimed. "I killed thirteen men up
where I live an' If anybody's got
anything to Bay 'bout it I'm waitln'
to hear from him."
Some of the boys looked up curl
ouBly and then went on eating. The
bad man used his dagger ostenta
tiously to cut up his victuals, now
end then dropping It on the floor to
make a noise. Falling In his effort
to pick a fuss, the gentleman from
Bitter Creek lit a cigar and strode
about town. In the afternoon he
went out In the hills, where Carl In
glefrltz, an Inoffensive old German,
bad a little claim, and took possession
iy shooting at Karl's feet. Karl came
running to town and told of the in
vasion. The bad man went to other'
places, Issuing ultimatums and telling
' of bis slaughter of tbe unfortunate
thirteen.
If there was any spirit of retalia
tion among the denizens of the fren
tler camp an outsider could not have
located it with a spyglass. On such
occasions as the real hair trigger men
of the mountains having serious work
ahead they don't announce the pro
gram from the housetops. When
they've fixed a date for a funeral they
tread as a cat until after the obse
quies. The shank of that afternoon
In Log Cerrillos was as quiet as In a
well-ordered cemetery. Men lounged
about in the shade of frame and
adobe shacks, too lazy to talk. When
the bad man stalked down the streets
whoever wag In the way stood aside
to let him pass. Without protest he
was permitted to empty his revolver
into the belfry of the town hall and
to jump up and crack his heels to
gether whenever he felt a-mlnd.
It was nearly midnight when Sandy
McPherson, the tavern keeper, ham
mered on the door of Parson Wheel
er's two-room cabin down the gulch.
Billy got up to see what the matter
was.
"They got that man from Bitter
Creek down in Shorty Mac's place,
parson," snid Sandy, "and they'll sure
hang him if you don't go over and
talk to 'em. Stormy Jones Is out now
hunting a rope."
The fellow had the look of a Hon,
but his head had got turned on train
robber talk.
Billy hastened down to Shorty
Mac's place, which was the principal
saloon and card room of the town.
The boys were sitting around on kegs
and boxes, smoking quietly, while the
committee searched for a rope. The
bad man, white and In a state of utter
collapse, was under guard on a bench
In the rear.
"Boys," said Billy, "what are you
going to do?"
"Just hang that coyote over there,"
replied Big Enough Jim Hines, the
stage driver.
"Hang him? What's he done?"
"Killed thirteen men up at Bitter
Creek; he said so hisself."
"But that was only in fun," replied
Billy, "That fellow never killed a
man In his life."
"Then we'll hang him for lyin'
bout it," said Hines decidedly. ."This
man's rode twenty miles, parson, to
come down here and show us how to
run this town. He 'lowed he'd killed
thirteen .men up at his dlggln's and
was cornln' down here with loads In
his guns for thirteen more. We've
give him a fair, square trial and every
man has found him guilty. Now we're
just waitln' on the rope. If that ain't
the law I don't know what law Is."
There was an approving chorus
from all the assembled humanity save
the condemned. Billy realized that
he was up against the proposition of
his frontier career. These wild, un
tamable spirits, yet endowed with a
high sense of justice, were on the
borders of civilization and chaos. A
failure here would set his werk back
for many years. The task to save
this cringing braggart would be a tre
mendous one, because bis execution
ers were actuated, as they looked at
it, by motives as fair as the laws of
Solomon,
As the committee appeared with
the rope Billy desperately determined
to save the man it he could, Invented
a wife and children for the con
demned and talked pathetically of
their lonely condition with the father
and bread winner taken from them.
Guided by the idea that the end jus
tified the means, he went ahead and
described the little cabin home In the
mountains, the mother at her work
making and mending the clothes, the
little ones running about barefooted
and tattered, crying for the father
who would never come, and then
drew a final picture, the tragedy of
starvation and death amid the moun
tains' solitude and the wolves feast
ing upon the forms of mother and
children.
Stormy Jones threw the rope under
the bar. Big Enough Jim uneasily
shifted his position once or twice and
held a whispered consultation with
the others. It was clear that Billy's
speech had made an Impression; he
was the one man in the camp who
could make a talk and the boys would
have shot any one who doubted the
accuracy of any statement their "par
son" made.
At last Big Enough Jim, leader of
the occasion, spoke up huskily.
"Parson, we're mighty glad you
come," he said. "You told us some
things we didn't know, an' If we
hadn't knowed 'em we might 'a' been
sorry for a long time, the court
hereby reverses Itself an' lets this
man go free. We're much obliged to
you."
Billy, tremendously elated, shook
hands all round and then went back
home. In the morning while the
"parson" 'was waiting for his mall at
the post office Shorty Mac and Stormy
Jones, their eyes glowing with enthu
siasm, came in and led him outside
the office, where Stormy related the
sequel:
"We did the thing np right last
night, parson, after you left. All the
boys thought just like you did about
it, and so when I made a motion to
pass the hat they voted unanimous.
It footed up $225 In coin and we give
the whole cargo to the Bitter Creek
man to take home to his wife and
kids." St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Rose leaves are Imported free of
duty when brought in In a crude
state, the value of the imports of
1908 being only $105, in 1907 $2137
and in 1906 $5879. The value of
rose leaves Imported In the decade
ending with 1908 amounted to over
$20,000.
Even if you stand on your dignity,
it will not enable yon to see over the
beads of the crowd.
Cows Spread Consumption.
To show that there Is danger of
contracting tuberculosis from using
milk from tubercular cows, we cite
the statement of Health Officer Wood
ward, of Washington, who says that
about fifteen per cent, of the people
who die in .the District of Columbia
from tuberculosis contract the dis
ease as a result of drinking milk from
dairies in and around Washington.
It has been found that an unusually
large number of cows around Wash
ington have the disease. This is a
serious situation, and if this is true
around Washington it Is true in other
large cities. The only safe way Is to
give the cows the tuberculin test.
Farmers' Guide.
Chenp Horse Feeds.
The Michigan Agricultural Experi
ment Station has published a bulletin
on comparative horse feeding. It
states that six horses at work re
ceived a regular ration of timothy
hay and oats at an avernge expense
of 29.6 cents per day, estimating the
feed at current prices. The horses
lost an average of eleven pounds
each. Six horses were fed a cheaper
ration consisting of shredded corn
stalks, oat Btraw, hay, ear corn, oats,
beet pulp, bran, oilcake and a few
carrot3, the average cost of which
was 17.7 cents per day, and the
horses gained on an' average four
teen pounds each. Four horses were
alro fed the cheaper ration, but as
they were at rest part of the time
they were not fed as heavily as the
other lots. The average cost of main
tenance in this trial was 12.9 cents,
and the average loss In live weight
for each horse four pounds.
Horsu Holidays.
The Federal Government Is acting
on the old saw that "all work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy," and
has adopted a rule for a holiday for
horses employed in the public service.
The first example of the new law was
tested in the case of all horses used
In the service at Washington. The
horses employed In the Postal De
partment are to have a thirty days'
vacation every year, the same as Gov
ernment employes. The chief of the
department believes holidays will add
to the efficiency and durability of the
horses in the Government service.
Every summer all the horses em
ployed in the Postal Department at
the capital will be sent to the Gov
ernment pastures of Maryland. A
change to the rich, tonic grasseg of
the country and the opportunity to
repose in the shade of the Btately
trees will not only be appreciated by
the horses, but will greatly add to
their efficiency.
Keeping Vp Soil Fertility.
With reference to keeping the land
np with clover alone, I formerly be
lieved the fertility of the soil could
be maintained Indefinitely by crop
rotation and the proper u;e of clover,
but in recent years I have changed
my mind. Certain elements, as nitro
gen, phosphoric acid and potash. In
herent in the soil and necessary to
the growth and thrift of all plants,
are removed from the land by contin
uous cropping, two of which cannot
be replaced by clover alone.
Ab all know, clover If properly
used, will renew the diminishing sup
ply of nitrogen, but will not develop
the available phosphoric acid and
potash In sufficient quantities to grow
profitable crops. There comes a time
in the history of all old land, when
the exhausted elements which cannot
be restored by clover must be sup
plied from some other source. Stable
manure, which is complete within
itself, or some form of phosphate or
commercial fertilizer must be used.
If you have enough stable manure
you will nevei' need any commercial
fertilizer. But who has enough?
We probably have more utable ma
nure than any one else in this vicin
ity, as we feed and fatten, each year,
for the market, a great deal of live
stock, consisting of some 1500 head
of sheep and lambs, in a barn built
expressly for that purpose, and in
which they are well bedded, thereby
conserving, In the best possible man
ner, all liquid as well as all solid
manure. In addition to this we fed
last summer more than 500 head of
hogs. The manure from all these
animals goes through the spreader,
am back on the land, yet we have
not enough. Hence, we supply the
deficiency by using commercial fer
tilizers, and In addition to this, we
sow clover in all small grain, having
now more than 100 acres in clover.
Our average yield of wheat has in
creased from twelve to fifteen bushels
per acre, giving the figures for each
year and field. One year we sowed
wheat in two twenty-five acre fields;
one of thase, comparatively new land,
and the other, very old, upon which
we used 125 pounds per acre of a
fertilizer carrying, probably, one to
two per cent, nitrogen, Beven to
eleven per cent, available phosphoric
acid and two to four per cent potash,
no fertilizer being used on the newer
field. From the old land we harvest
ed twelve bushels more per acre than
from the new, and of better weight
and quality. t
The old field had been In cultiva
tion, probably, more than fifty years.
The old field was much nearer the
barns, and had had more manure
hauled on it than on the other one.
At the Rothamstead experiment
station, England, three plats of
ground were used in growing wheat
for more than fifty years. On one
of these plats wheat was grown for
the entire period without fertilizer
of any kind, producing 13.1 bushels
per acre, average. On one ot the
other plats fourteen tons of farm
manure were applied each year and
produced 35.7 bushels per acre. And
upon the other one commercial fer
tilizer was applied, and the yield was
37.1 bushels per acre. J. W. F.
Thomas, in the Indiana Farmer.
Feeding and Training Colts.
Feed Is high, but so are horses, and
even the chronio grumblers have
stopped saying that It does not pay to
raise colts. There is no denying that
it pays better to. raise tbe heavy
breeds than the trottlng-bred colt.
Nine out of ten of the former are
prizes, where only now and then a
trotter is developed. The trotter re
quires special training; the drafter
needs only use to make him saleable
at a good price. Somebody asks If it
is true that at present prices for teed
a colt will "eat his head off" in a few
months? . It all depends upon how he
Is fed.
A yearling may be kept well, which
means kept growing, at not to ex
ceed from $2 to $2.50 per month
while in stable, and for much less
when at pasture. A favorite ration
is a pint of ground oats, the same ot
bran and half a gill of oil meal,
twice a day, made Into a thin gruel
with water and spread on the hay
feed. If hay is high, feed oat straw
in its place if bright and clean. Do
not give the colts any dusty food, and
see to it that they do not become con
stipated. Linseed meal, roots, corn
stalks and apples are useful to pre
vent this danger.'
The main thing is to keep the
youngster growing, and to see that he
has no backset. Stunted colts, like
stunted children, will carry the ill
effects ot enrly malnutrition as a
handicap all through life.
Next to sensible, feeding Is Intelli
gent handling of the colts. This
should begin early and be carried on
with patience and good sense. Kind
ness allied to firmness is the great
essential in the training of a colt in
the way you want him to go. A
brawling, impatient, headstrong man
can very soon turn a likely colt Into
a vicious and worthless Imitation ot
himself. Weekly Wltnesp.
Determine Vitality of Seed Corn.
There Is serious danger that this
year's corn crop will be limited by a
poor stand ot plants.
Many growers will be compelled to
buy seed. In such case do not risk
purchases from a different latitude.
If good seed ot a productive variety
cannot be bought near home, then
make sure that the seed has been
grown in a section having a similar
growing season, advises a writer In
National Stockman and Farmer.
Even If the corn Is sold as tested seed
buy early enough to enable you to
make a test for yourself before plant
ing.
The first thing to do 1b to test the
corn that one is planning to use. It
will pay to do this right. Make some
boxes three inches deep and, say,
eighteen Inches square. Partly fill
with sawdust or any other material
that will hold moisture. Place on
this a square of muslin that is
marked in one inch squares and
numbered. On each square place four
kernels of corn taken from different
parts of the ear, one square for each
ear that is to be tested. Give the ear
the same number as the square by
writing the number on a slip of paper
and tying It around the ear. Cover
the corn In a 'box with a pad that
will hold' the moisture, and keep the
box in a warm room. Select for
planting only the ears whose kernels
have shown strong germinating
power. If one kernel in four fails to
germinate, or if the germination is
slow and weak, reject the ear. The
task of testing is not nearly bo great
as these directions may indicate, and
in this way one may know that all the
seed Is capable of making a strong
growth of plants.
It pays every year, but this year it
will be unusually profitable. Much
corn 'will not grow at all, and yej-y
much will germinate only under most
favorablo condtiona, and -some cold,
wet weather after planting will rot it.
Make sure of the rejection of all seed
that Is not full of vitality, and this
method ot testing will enable anyone
to do so.
x Mixed on His Ologlcals.
1 A small boy In Yonkers recently
became tbe proud possessor ot a don
keynot so handsome or so young
as it might have been. However, it
answered the purpose of its acquisi
tion, which wag to afford back rides,
says Llpplncott's.
One day the urchin wag enjoying a
ride when the minister of the parish
met him.
. "Hullo, sonny," greeted the min
ister. "Quite a rare beast you have
there."
"Yes," replied the boy, "but I sup
pose there are a great many of 'em In
the theological gardens."
Soft Answers.
Nothing provokes bitter enmity so
much as an angry retort, which often
does irreparable harm, and silence,
akin to contempt, is equally irritat
ing. Soft answers are like oil on
troubled waters, and often transform
a seeming enemy Into a lifelong
friend. Home Notes.
Weight, or Wings?
By GEORGE O. ALBORN.
Here is a man who wants to fly.
He goes to some ot the noted aviators
and makes known his desire. They
begin to show him the latest models
of aeroplanes. But the lightest of
them weighs twice as much as the
man himself. He tries to lift It, but
fails. ,
"What!" he exclaims. "Must I
add all that weight? I am too heavy
already. I cannot lift one of theRe
contrivances; to push one on Its
wheels for a mile would all but ex
haust me. It Is preposterous to tell
me that such a machine will enable
me to fly."
"But my dear sir," expostulates an
aviator, "you are not expected te
carry or push this aeroplane. It is
to carry you."
"But how can it? Jt Is not like a
balloon that must be held down,, that
tugs and frets to soar into the air
Here lies your aeroplane, helpless
Inert; it must be lifted, pushed, or
dragged about by a horse."
"Ah, you do not comprehend. Let
me show you. Come, sit by me here.
See, I start the motor. The propeller
revolves. The whole fabric quivers
with power. Now, behold, we are
off, without the slightest jar. We
skim the air like birds. We possess
wings."
And It Is even so. To fly, man
must triple his weight by adding
machinery. Yet this added mass Is
not really weight. It Is wings.
I want to rise In realms spiritual.
My soul would fly. I seek help from
the Word of.God. It says. "Take un
the cross," "Take my yoke upon you."
It speaks of "my burden." And, fall
ing to comprehend the Inner workings
or tne Maker s plan, I cry out:
"Alas, my Master, I cannot raise
my own weight, and shall I add a
yoke, a burden? Woe is me; I can
not carry such a religion."
Are there not many fearful and
doubting souls who hesitate to take
up the religion of Christ because
they thus doubt and fear? Are. there
not those that call themselves Chris
tians who are trying to carry or push
their religion, and are making of life
a desperate and exhausting struggle?
Let us listen to the exultant words
of one skilled in long practice of soul
flying. "I can do all things through
Christ which strengthened me." "It
is no longer I, but Christ." How
Paul did skim through the spiritual
sky!
"My friend, Is your religion weight
or wings?
STEEL TOYS.
Mode Now In Large Variety in Place
of Cast Iron or Tin.
Steel Is used nowadays not only
In the frames of tall buildings, In rail
road tracks, In bridges and such large
ways, but also In tbe manufacture of
toys. ; Many toys that once were
made ot wood, ot cast Iron, or of tin
are now made of steel.
Steel toys Include, for example, toy
carts and wagons stamped out of thin
sheet Steel. A toy steel dump cart,
painted in bright colors and provided
with a twisted wire handle, is made
to retail for five cents. There are
other toy dump carts and four-
wheeled toy wagons of various sizes
and sorts, including ice wagons, mall
wagons, express wagons, milk wag
ons, all decorated in colors, and some
without and some with horses and
wagons and horses all ot steel, these
larger toys ranging up to a retail
price of twenty-Are cents.
Among the steel toys are toy safes
In various styles and sizes and made
in very safelike appearance, and there
are steel toy money banks of various
designs and toy steel furniture and
horns and flutes. In fact steel toys
are now made In large variety, not
the least interesting thing among
them being the steel toy drum, which
Is made not only with Its shell and
hoops ot steel, but with beads also
of steel, painted to Imitate sheepskin.
There is an all steel toy drum that is
retailed for as little as ten cents. '
Why She Couldn't.
An asylum for the deaf and dumb
being sadly in need ot funds gave a
dance. Among the many outsiders
present were two good looking men.
As they were talking-together, one
of them exclaimed: "By Jove! there
is a pretty girl; I would like to dance
with her." '
"Why don't you ask her?" re
sponded his companion, according to
the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
"How?"
"Why, by signs, of course."
So he crossed the hall and placing
himself In front of the girl pointed
with his Index finger to her, then to
himself and then whirled his finger
round and round to indicate dancing.
The girl smilingly nodded an assent.
Finding that her dancing was as
perfect as her figure he went through
the same operation a little later in
the evening. Again she nodded as
sent. As they were waiting for the
music to start another gentleman ap
proached the girl and asked for the
next dance.
"I am sorry," she replied In the
sweetest of tones, nodding toward her
Silent partner, "but I have this dance
with the dummy."
The crude rate of mortality last
year in the seventy-six largest Eng
lish towns, having an estimated pop
ulation of 16,500,000, did not exceed
14.7 a thousand.
The London police In 190 S arrested
8198- children under sixteen.
A GRATEFUL WOMAN.
Has Only One Kidney, Bat Is Sound
and Well.
Mrs. L. Wick, 287 Dewey Atsl,
Plttsfleld, Mass.; says: "I ran dow
la health until I only weighed it
pounds. Finally ft
consultation ot
doctors was held.
They decided I had
a fibroid kidney
and said it must
be removed. I had
the operation and
came out of the
t hospital as sick as
ever. At last It
nan uij fjwuu
tune to begin using Doan's Kidney
Pills. They strengthened the remain
ing kidney and Increased my weight
to 121 pounds. I have no more
trouble."
Remember the name Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. T.
Toilet of Early Belle.
No less extravagant in the matter
of toilet requisites than the beauty of
today was the Egyptian belle of 60O
B. C. She required, among other
things, a long stone palette, with a
hollow In the center, In which to mix
her green eye paint. This palette also
held a small, delicate sea shell, where
in she mixed the natnt with the neces
sary grease for stiffening her eye
lashes; Ivory hairpins, which rivaled
in length the hatpin of the present
day, and quaint ivory combs. Chicago
Journal.
Unsightly Complexions.
The constant use of Cutlcura Soap,"
assisted by Cutlcura Ointment, for
toilet, bath and nursery purposes not
only preserves, purifies and beautifies
the skin, scalp, hair and hands, bnt
prevents inflammation, Irritation and
clogging of the pores, the common
cause of pimples, blackheads, redness
and roughness, yellow, oily, mothy
and other unwholesome conditions of
the complexion and skin. All who de
light in a clean skin, soft, white
hands, a clear, wholesome scalp and
live, glossy hair, will find Cutlcura
Soap most successful in realizing
every expectation.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment are
admirably adapted to preserve the
health of the skin and scalp of in
fants and children, and to prevent
minor blemishes or Inherited skin hu
mors becoming chronic, and may be
used from the hourof birth. Cutlcura
Remedies are sold throughout the civ
ilized world. Send to Potter Drug ft
Chem. Corp., sole proprietors, Boston,
Mass., for their free Cuticura Book, 83
pages of invaluable advice on care and '
treetASBt of the skin, scaj; e-i fci&
More Big Guna.
The new principle which at bess
adopted in the latest English anf
American battleships is that with the
elimination of the secondary arma
ment the Increased number of big
guns shall be so disposed as to enable
all of them to be fired on either broad
side. The result is that at a given mo
ment of hftttlA Ylrlt-lah and AmarfnATw
ships will be able to concentrate Off
either broadside tbe whole of their
ujaiu oiiuniueuL tuiu a L Lilt) supiQiuo
moment there will be no weight car
ried or guns' crews of the main guns ,
unemployed In the main business ot '
war. In the German navy the design
ers have still clung to the old princi
ple of multiplicity of guns, and cmse
quently a proportion of the weight al.
lotted to the main armament of the
ships Is ineffective at every moment
during the period of action. For ln
sance, whereas the British and Amer
ican ships which are now being com
pleted for sea can bring 10 12-Inch
guns to bear on either broadside, the
German vessels, although they carry
two more guns, can only bring the
same number to bear on either broad
side, and they suffer from the disad
vantage that, owing to the Introduction
of the extra two guns, tbe weights as
signed to armament are not only great
ly increased, but, owing to the closer
disposition of guns, there is liability
to greater Interference, and the strain
upon the structure of the ships at fir
ing Is also probably Increased. Cas-
sier s Magazine.
Finance.
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begin with the Issuance of as large an
amount of stock as possible. Then
prices must be raised as high as pos
sible, in order to pay as much divi
dends as possible. Then as much
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ed in order as well as possible to
conceal the dividends and warrant an
additional increase In prices In order
to pay the dividends on the additional
stock so that it will -be necessary to Is
sue more stock In order to conceal the
excessive dividends, and so on. No
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thropist until he baa repeated this pro
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Av;weak, physicaior a
Sluggish mental condition.
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i the stomach1
To digest other food.
It is also rich in the
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Directly to make up
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Ut brain and nerve centres.
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