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having been planted there but as inst

having been planted there but as just
happening to come up by chance. Of
course it would be uselesst to plant crocus
IN a lawn that is cut very early with a
lawn mower; but farmers yards are
not generally kept in this way, ours
isn't, and 1t is q splendid place on the
south side of the house for these very
early and CHEEKY blossoms. The grass
being left undisturbad until the usual
time to make hay, the crocuses have a
chance to grow their leaves and ripcn
the bulbs, SO they so On and do we'll
for many years.
These bulbs can be planted any time
IN the fall before the ground is frozen
hard, but the earlier this work is done
the better, as then the bulbs have a
chance to grow some roots before be-
ing frozen IN for the winter. Putting
them direcrly under the sod, as is Of
ten advised, [ have never found very
successful. [ prefer to cut small holes
into the turf with g sharp trowe], a
little larger than the crocus bulb and
about three inches deep, put in the
bulb and fill up the hole with some
good garden soil. Sometimes a big
ger place is made and several bulbs set
out, leaving a little space between
each bulb, but the single planting is
best usually. I think. A well-grown
bulb will have eight or ten blossoms
and make q fine bit Of color in the
grass just beginning to grow green.
When the dead grass is very long in
the spring, the crocuses will show to
better advantage, ifmuch of the brown
grass is pulled of, taking pains not to
tread on the points OF the crocuses
coming up. The next spring after
planting, the little holes made in the
grass will show somewhat but very
soon fill up, they look bigger than
they are, in the winter. If the lawn
is kept nicely mowD, crocuses set out
as described will bloom we'll the first
spring after planting, but very spar
ingly after that. Cutting off the
green leaves Injuries them; they are,
however, well worth putting out each
year.-American Agriculturist.
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way it is possible to learn that Mary
ventlon received the proper sanction
Of Uncle Sam that her invention was
straw weaving with silk or thread, and
that it was patented on May ), 1899.
Mary Brush, the inventor OF a corset,
comes next, her date being July 81.
1915. About every sixth woman in
ventor poses as the patentee of a
corset. Next to corsets in popularity
come "curl retaipers," crimping irons
and the like. Cosmetics also play an
important part, and bustIes are by no
means in the minority. Some of the
articles invented are by no means what
one might expect from women. Such
for instance, ale a ''smoke stack for
locomotives o Silence rail" and a
snatch aud cigarette box" It is in
teresting to note thai a large proper
ton Of the inventions scheduled in the
first pamphlet are merely improve
ments upon some article originally in
vented by man. But the appendix
registers q different order OF things.
There the inventions are nearly all not
improvements, but the original articles
themselves. This shows the advance
that has been made in woman's
thought and action. Once she was
content merely to improve upon what
man had already devised; now she
originates and deyises for herself
New York Sun.
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INVENTIONS OF WOMEN.

If you send seventy.fve cents to the
Patent Office at Washington with the
request that it forward you q list of
the women inventors to whom patents
have been granted by the United
States Government, you will receive
two square dove colored pamphlets
containing the Information that you
wish in duly authorized form. The
first pamphlet covers oil the patents
that have been granted to women up
to July l, 1888. The second pamphlet
is an appendix extending from the
latter date until the present. The
patents are arranged in chronological
order. Each page Is divided into four
lengthwise columns, headed as follows
Number of patent, name and address
OF patentee, title OF invention, and
date when patent was issued. In this
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TO START WITH ANsoRA DAT

ltyou only want to experiment, take
grades; but as a permanent invest.
msnt, and on a small place, if you can
ahord It, always buy the thorough.
oreds; only where large numbers are
required. or where capital is limited,
should grade goats be selected. But
no matter what you buy, be careful
mat You get your moneys worth. The
name "pure blood" or Thorough
ored" Is often only used to poke off
oehclent ANIMALS on an unsuspecting
buyer, ard remember particularly.
That no animal with bare throat or
chest or pouch will breed true to the
standard type; all that long, coarse
halr or name on tho back, between the
horns and tail, and along the rear part
OF the thighs, depreciates the value OF
your mohair. The coarse hair is yery
easily introduced in a flock, but es.
ceedlngly difficult to get rid OF. It is
Il good deal quicker job to breed up a
smooth.coated common goat to the
standard Angora type, than to breed
outthe coarse hair of full-feeced goats.
1t will stick to their get like their own
shadow. Ifyou are compelled to make
your start with common goats, by all
means take the smooth-coated, short
haired kind.-New England Eoue-
stead.
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FREAK OF PARIS DANES.

The last new craze in Paris is said
to be the wearing of a lighted lantern
IS q personal ornament. The fashion
originated with 8 speculative manu-
f~aeturer, whose "petites lanternes"
were bought by tens of thousands at
the fair at Neuilly.
The lantern is very small and neat,
and made in a Gothic form after an
ancient model. II is only of tin, but
is sufficiently solid, has well-itted
glass plates, is about the size of a wa
nut, burns for some hours and is sold
at the price Of six sous. Almost every
body who returned from the Neuilly
Fair to Paris, as O correspondent tells
us, looked as ii he were outwardly
symbo:izlng the midsummer saint,
John the Baptist, 'a burning and a
shining light" The mel and boys
had tho little lanterns in their hats
and the ladies carried them in their
bouquets. San Francisco Chronicle.
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v1CToRIA's LONG REIGN.

The Queen has not only outreigned
all the sovereigns Of Europe who were
on che throne when she succeeded, but
she has seen the end of sixteen reigns
which began after hers. She has been
contemporary with five sovereigns in
Prussia, four in Russia, and two in
Austria. In the case of France,
she has seen the reign of Louis
Philippe, the republic OF 154S, the
empire, and the republic of
1870. In the internal affairs of Eng
land she has witnessed little less than
q revolution. When she came to the
throne there were virtually no rail-
ways. Now there is hardly a village
without O. station within three or four
or four miles of it. But perhaps the
greatest change OF all is in the condI-
ton Of the people: Sixty years ago
the nan with q Gf a week was excep.
tionally fortunate. Now 81 week is
getting to be regarded as the normal
rate of wages. And yet sixty years
ago the purchasing power OF el for Il
man who drank tea and smoked was
about half what it is now. We have
dwelt elsewhere upon the Queens posi-.
ton in her own %dominions, and will
only say here that without question
she IS the most striking figure in the
whole English speaking world. No
Queen in history has eve won SO great
an amount of love and respect.-Lon.
don Spectator.
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THE PIONEER,

Theodore Roosevelt emphasizes the
fact that the movement of population
to the West from New England did
not begin to be appreciable until after
the War of 1872. A famous settlement.
like that of Marietta, only proves the
rule. In the earlier period the settlers
were from the Southern States-not
planters, but from the hardy men Of
the hills and mountains fho had really
been pioneers all their tives as their
fathers had been before them. In blood
and in beliefs these people We're more
nearly allied to the Northerners than
they we're to the Southern planters.
The people of the Northern and Eau
ern States who went West in those
days were as likely to settle in Ken
lucky as in Ohio, and they migrated as
readily 'to Tennessee and Mississippi
as to Indiana" Thus it came about
that Tin Kentucky and Tennessee, IN
Indiana and Mississippi, the settlers
were Of the same quail. They pos
sessed of the same Writ .es and the same
shortcomings, the same ideals and the
same practices" The investigator who
desires to know what the average was
In pioneer life-Mr. Roosevelt does not
say this, but it is true-need only make
q tour among the mountains from the
Potomac to the southernmost foothills
Of the A1leghanies and the Blue Ridge.
He will find there the words and
phrases still in use which made the
speech Of early Kentucky and Ohio III
teresting, before the West, as well as
the East, fell to the dead level of the
school-book dialect. There are places
where these peculiarities linger even
yet, just as there are bits Of oak and
beech forest more than usually expan-
siye where a few years ago, even in
Central Ohio, a cabin could be found
newly built, the ends of the logs shin
ing with the Esssh given them by a
sharp axe, agA the earth floor within.
more primlss1e than the %puncheon,
beaten dOggn to the consistency Of
pressed brick. It is Ito fashion with
politicians and novel writer's Of b
present day to d%epreciate these noun
taineers. They settle their feuds with
the rife, they make illicit Whiskey, and
In spite Of their Scotch-Irish Presby-
terrain origin they are addicted to a
very picturesque profanity. But they
are to this day and they always Will
~be-subject to the rivalry of the ROCKY
Mountains in centuries to come-the
source Of the healthiest humanity In
North America. 1t will take a genera
ton, sometimes two generations, TO
tame them down to ordinary life, but
they will always be found where the
peril is greatest, just as Longstreet,s
veterans, mostly these very
GERS, are said to have kept on charging
even when their feet were shot on ana
they had to crawl on their hands ana
knees.-New York Tribune.
There are probably 100000 men en-
sployed in the mines or Mexico.
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ART IN AGRICULTURE.

Art in agriculture is coming to be
more and more noticeable every day.
With the advent of new methods, inn
proved implements and a wider knoWl-
edge of the field, the agricuIturist dis
| rising higher in the field oI useful or
ornamental art as the years go by.
We may say that sharp competition is
no small factor in this progressive
movement, says the agricultural stu
dent. Take, for example, the manner
in which certain products are prepared
for the open market. The Improvement
in the condition of certain dairy pro-
ducts and fruit on market in the last
few years is truly wonderful. The
reason. of course, is that people always
buy that article which is put up in the
most tasteful and attractive style, and
are willing to pay a little more for ii.
With this change comes Il more whole
some effect upon the article Itself, and
| disease is much less disseminated
through food at the present time than
| formerly. -"PISr precautions are
taken LrN than ever before in pre-
venting the spread of contagious dis
eases in this manner, and with the in
| crease in the size of the cities and the
greater liability to ill-health, these pre-
cautions cannot be observed too care
fully. Thus the agriculturalist, to be sue
cessful, must keep right up to dateatn
his readings and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
! Farmer.
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For r FRUIT.

The apple harvest brings up the sub
ject OF the proper disposal of the fruit
when gathered from the trees. The
apple crop will be large in many Sec
tons of the country this year, and
prices will be likely to. rule low-for
the first part of the winter, at least.
Much fruit will undoubtedly be stored
in the hope Of a better price later on.
1t is important, therefore, to adopt
such a plan of storage as will keep the
apples sound and plump, and in pos.
session of the best possible flavor. A
cellar just moist enough to keep the
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Precious Ballast.

Everyone has heard that the Mex.
cans use railroad sleepers made OF
mahogany" said Arthur Da#son, an
English gentleman residing in the City
Of Mexico, while ;at the Great North
ern, abut the Mexican railroad builder
goes even further in his luxurious
ideas. On one OF the lines the ties
are Of ebony, and a low grade OF silver
ore ia used for ballast. OF course the
explanation is that the ore did not
pay to work, but this does not remove
the impression OF lavish extravaganza
which this roadbed creates. In some
Of their bridge construction the Me2i.
ans use marble."-Chicago Times.
Herald.
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CASTOR OIL A HAIR TONIC.

The fashionable couture for young
women and girls is waved at the sides.
where it droops a little. Small combs
hold these waves in place. The coil
at the back is placed rather high.
Castor oil, pure and simple, is said to
be an excellent tonic for the hair, used
once a month.
1t is applied with a small, fine
sponge, which is dipped in the oil and
rubbed On the scalp, the hair being
parted with the fngers.-New York
Recorder.
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NEWEST OUTDOOR FAD FOR GIRLS.

Timidity must no longer be a fash
ionable affection, for one of the very
latest social fads demands bravery of
a decided sort. Milking the COW is
the latest pose assumed by young
women, and it is one that requires a
good deal in the way of background.
T. the first place the hostess must
haze q good sized country estate, with
spacious lawns. Then she must give
AVN fete for cAssoty, in which the
Chief and drawing attraction is the
spectacle of ,oung women milking
COWS in the middle of the lawn. Play
ing tpast9Fe@a rather dangerous for
the Young women and rather discern
ing to the COWS, but it is profitable
and future open air bazaars cannot
afford to dispense with it.
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r POTATOES.

In this l include, says j. NJ. Rice,
of Oklahoma, the sugary, juicy varie'
ties grown in the South, which are
perhaps more properly designated
yams. and I shall more especially refer
to the methods of raising in the drier
Southwest.
The people Of the North have an OBJ
lection, or, perhaps, as with myself,
it was only d prejudice, against the
sugary, juicy varieties. For myself
and family, after becoming accustomed
to them, We very much prefer them,
but this is, Of course. a matter oil
taste, for both are good.
Our plan for a dry country is to
have the ground deeply plowed in the
winter, and then, alter a rain and be.
fore planting time, to throw four fur
rows together, but aiming to overturn
all the soil, SO it is in width but three
burrows of our fourteen or sixteen met
plows. These are gone over with hoe
and rake, leveling the top a little and
smoothing the sides. A light rain is
preferred planting time, but we do
not always wait for it. The roots OF
the plants being well dampened, they
are firmly set in the firm, loose soil,
and a little basin, holdings shalf-pint,
left around each plant. Water is
poured in, filling the basin, and when
soaked away dry soil is drawn around
the plants. A little surface hand Gull
tiyation is given, then such cultlva-
ton with the horse cultivator between
the ridges as is needed, and blowing
once with a stirring pillow, throwing
the sides of the ridges to the centre,
then back again. For part OF our
ground we thus last year filed the
trenches with damp. chafiy straw,
tramping it IN well, and, while al
were good, those from the nulcneo
Ground we're a little more even IN size,
showing that the dry spells had no
affected the growth Of q part.
Plants with heavy foliage and large
roots do best in q dry climate, SO tn.
large sweet potatoes or yams succeed
best here.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned. have known f. J. Che.
ney for the las Is years, and belieye him Del,
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obl.gs,
tion made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WaIDINa, KiNNAN e MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. net.
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system: Price, Use. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Balls Family Pills are the best.
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FACE COVERINGS,

Wells yet are long, loose, full at the
back, over the hair. New ones are of
white or black chiffon, with an inch
ruf1le of the same material around the
lower edge and ends. White Or black
tulle over pink is often seen now.
But careful women refrain from ap-
pearing in such mystical face cover
ings when in ordinary toilet.
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SHORT TRAINS FOR NATIONS,

The return of short trains is immi-
nent. They will be used chiefly by
married women for indoor wear and
ceremonious visits, while younger wo-
men, ven for these purposes, will
still cling to skirts that clear the
ground.
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WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA.

The women workers in the colonies
are o turning their attention to
many new occupations. A few have
taken up farm lands some are consid-
ering market gardening and others are
instituting silk-growing and silAworm-
raising as home industries.
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C~ENTREvILLE, r. l., Sept. II. 1891.
unn A recent journey TO Alabama l have
..ri from a Jesuit Father Of Mobile College
tnne wonderful cures from eczema, ETC., from
M use of TETTERISE.
'n sT nave several people of my congregation
Mt are suffering from eczema, letter, etc.
tsn~e number of yeas. Please send me two
hores by mail. want to see what our TET
uvnJNE will do for them. | ~encloss one dol
lar" Yours respectfully,
iaf' Rev. G. P. GABoURY.
,box By mail for SOC. in stamps.
J. r. SHUPTRINE. Savannah, Ga.
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WOMAN As A DRUMMER.

Miss Rose Kellogg, for the past two
years a resident of Spokane, Wash,
has decided to become q lady travel
ing man, and she is now on the road
Tor one of Flew York's largest music
stores.
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An AppeaI for Assistance.

listen to the mute appeal for assistance made
IL His stomach, or his liver, in the shape of
divers dyspeptic q Inns and uneasy sensa-
lions in the regions OF the gland that s~ecretes
his bile. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. my dear
sir or madam-as the case may be-is what
son r, ouire. Hasten to use if you are troubled
9Th heartburn, wind in the stomach, or note
hat your skin or the whites of your eyes are
taking a sallow hue.
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FITSstoppcd free ana permanent;ycured. No
fits after first days use OF DE-. KLINE's GREAT
NEKvERhsToREe. Free So trial bott!eand treat
iee. SEND to DR.. Kline. 9l Arch ST. Phlla., IA.
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The object of the manufacturers of Dobbins' Elec-
trio Soap las been for 2syears to make this soap o:
such snpe ior quality IL it will give universal
satisfaction. L ave they succeeded? Ask your
gr.cer or t. Tax, no osie..
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away

If you want to quit tobacco using easily and
forever, regain lost manhood, he made well,
t take S @9gnfa'e' the the OF wn nsI r.,s rha Vi that
makes weak men strong. Many gain ten
pounds in ten days. Over 10000 cured. Buy
No-To-Bac from your own druggist. 'nder
absolute guarantee to cure. Book and sal ole
free: Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chic %
or New York. = l.
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Mrs, Misunderstanding Syrup for children
tioa, alIays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle.
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JUST try a Zoe box OF Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The worlds navies are e-timatei as en-
5000, 093 men.
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I have fnund Piso's Cure for Consumption
an u~nfailing medicine.-F r. LOTT, 1906 Scott
St, Covington. Ky, Oct ] 1884,
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CAscARErs stimulate liver, kidneys and bow
els. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, Zoe.
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At least $3.50, 900, 500 worth of British prop,
erty is always Gil the sea.
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Gln11TrSss Comes

With q better III, erstanding Of the
w transient nature u the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentlc effforts--pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that 40 many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to 4 constipated condi-
ton OF the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrupof Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions Of families. andis
everywhere esteemed SO highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. tits therefore
all important, in order tqngSt: its bene-
fetal effects, to %ffttsot. .nen you pur-
chase, thatyoy ha- 1ATRygenuine article,
which is man1saY.i by the California
Fig syrupns only, and sold by all rep
Ii in Encouragement qS2good health
and the sysve1t1 is regular, then
tives or other remediesare not needed.
If afflicted with any act>fal disease. one
may be commended tothe most slSillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrupof
Figs stands highest and is most largely
usedand gives most general satisfaction.
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A wealthy Roman, in the reign of Nero
paid II, 200 for q female flute player.
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WHEN bilious or c~ostive, eat a Cascaret
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, Zoe, Csc.
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ECoNOMIZING WITH MANURE.

1t never pays to stint the manure
dressing in any crop that requires much
labor to grow it. All the labor is made
more effective in proportion as the soil
is made more fertile. In other words,
On rich land crops that require most
labor may be grown with profit, while
on poor soil the balance will be on the
loss side Of the account. The proper
idea of economizing with is to
apply it where it will most aid in in
creasing soil fertility. This is in every
case where a part of the benefit Of the
n will be soon applied to growing
a large clover crop.
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Has Done Wonders.

The annual ''cattle crop" Of New South
rnoIaa is about 400. 900.
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There are 1549 machines or devices for tn
manufacture Of cordage, Irvine and string.
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How'S TI,is?

Something is sure to be accomplished By
the man who sticks to onc thing.
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BRAN A VALUABLE FOOD.

Bran is much more highly thought
Of as feed than it used to be. But it
has it's limitations and should not be
relied upon entirely when fed alone. 1t
Is an excellent feed to give to animals
that have q surfeit of corn, and should
always form q part Of the ration of
fattening sheep.
Fine wheat middlings have all of
the e~xcellencies of bran, and will be
eaten in greater quantities by fatten-
ing hogs. The bran and wheat mid
dlings furnish a greater proportion of
albuminoids than corn has, and there
fore supplement its Deficiencies.
Wheat bran is an excellent Alternative
for horses fed on timothy hay in win
ter. 1t will keep their digestion good
and will be all the better if a table
spoonful Of old process oil meal is ad-
ded to each mess. Wheat middlings
are not as laxative as bran, and are
better therefore for horses that have
to work hard, though both the bran
and middlings contain much of the
nutrinent that builds up bone and
muscle and increases strength.-Col-
mans Rural World.
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LAWS FnowER.

THE cRocUs As a LAWN FloWEh'
Pretty in any place, the croeus Is
particularly attractive grown u tne
lawn, when they do net appear =
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Cotton factories in Mexico employ
over $4,000 people.
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There are probably 100000 men EN-
ployed in the mines or Mexico.