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The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-30
NEWS OF THE stale.
GRANDMOTHER Died From .Jov.

OVIs
The good people Of Montclair have been
greatly worked up of tate on the success OF
ne revival meetings being held fin the
Union Baptist Church. Many conyersions
rave peen made by the eloquent preach
srs. Among the most enthusiastic OF the
:evivalists was Mrs. Mary Ann johnson.
AItnough hfty-six years OF age, she wac
among the most energetic OF the singers,
and great was her Joy when her grand.
Laughter her intention OF CO.
'ng 20 tue nesting. With Il sweet. tremb.
ing voice the blushing girl made her CON
.ession Oh faith and there was a shout OF
,oy from the congregation. But above al.
their voices could be heard that OF the
Praise the Lord! Hallelu.
lah!' she shouted; then she sank to floor.
physicians were summoned, but they shook
their heads. dead, from heart disease
brought about by emotion" was the yer.
iict. Silently the congregation fled out
dead.
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There is no doubt that too great
mental strain is dangerous. The
woman living on the prairies goes in
sane from constant monotonous gaz-
ing OF the even horizon. Monotony
takes the form of effort and ends in
insanity. Many great brain workers
have died insane-too little variety.
too great concentration. IT you use
your brain a great deal, get variety in
some way. Force yourself to a change.
Change OF thought. change of diet,
change of air, change of ex%ercise-all
those things are needed by man. For
natures aim is to make of mar a
many-sided creature and to increase
his productiveness by adding to his
wants.
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The increased longevity of the aver
age civilized man of the present in
comparison with the average man of
a century ago is the best indication of
the popular growth of science, as ex-
hibited in medicine, surgery, SANTA
ton, invention and economics. From
q little over thirty to forty years is a
remarkable increase and an eloquent
assurance of the present ~betterment
in the living conditions of the masses.
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Hens That Eat Eggs.

Hens that eat eggs are considered
beyond the pale of reform, and the
usual advice is to send them to the
block. It is to be doubted if real
poultrymen are ever troubled with this
habit, for it is most certainly the out
come of unnatural conditions. A hen
does not eat eggs unless she feels the
need of some stimulant in the way OF
Q food that she Graves. A hen rightly
fed does not have this unnatural crav
ing, and if a flock gets to eating eggs
the first thing to be done is to give
them a different kind Of feed or 0
greater variety of feed. TO illustrate.
a SHORT time ago the writer found one
of his hens eating eggs. On watch
ing her one day he saw her lay a soft
shelled egg and turn around and cal
it with the greatest of avidity. The
fact that she laid soft-shelled eggs
showed that her system was out of or,
der and it may be she was craving the
very food that the shell of the g
contains. This hen was getting bone
meal, but it did not seem to give her
the amount Of lime she craved. This
hen was not killed, but the whole
flock was given a little more of the
food they were supposed to lack, and
the trouble disappeared. The writer
has seen several focks with the egg
eating habit, but has never seen a
flock that was not cured without the
loss of q bird.
1t may be that some focks get the
habit so badly that they have to be
executed, but, but such extreme cases
are not common. If, after being fed
properly for a short time, they still
persist in eating eggs, have the nests
arranged so that the eggs cannot be
easily seen and it Is doubtful if the
trouble will last long. Feed Sc there
will be no soft-shelled eggs and the
probability is that there will be no egg
eaters in the fock. -Farm, Field and
Firaside-
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rel is placed in the ditch and rough
stones heaped at the sides as shown.
Those next to the barrel are cemented,
SO that when the work is completed
there is a solid arch through which
.he water can run Make the arch
hat is cemented thick enough so that
he weight above may not crush it in.
The rest of the "bridge" is laid up
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CAREER OF GENERAL JouBEEr.
His Military Genius Made Possible the
B0er Victories Over the British.

His Military Genius Made Possible the
Boer Victories Over the British.
Petrus Jacobus Joubert, better known as
Colony and was OF Huguenot and Dutch
descent. When he was seven years old his
parents moved to the Orange Free State,
where he received his training as a hunter
and hts experience In fighting the natives,
which fitted him for his work as comman-
der of the Boer army. It is said that he
never saw a newspaper until he was nine
teen years old, but he obtained a few books
on history and languages. which he studied
diligently and to great advantage. He was
sometimes called "Slim Piet," or Shrewd
Peter.
The browning feat Of General Joubert's
career was Majuba Hill, which resulted In
the practical Independence Of the Beers,
though the suzerainty Of Great Britain was
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We are far behind the leading na-
lions of Europe in the matter of pro-
tecting the public from adulterated
food products. Germany has the best
and most effective laws on this sub
ject. Many of our States have pure
food statutes but they are imperfect
and laxly enforced. The demand fol
o thorough and comprehensive Fed.
eral statute on this subject is Justly
strong and should be speedily com
piled with thinks the Atlanta Journal.
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An Ohio Girl who was marr;ad 70

An Ohio girl who was married to a
man after an acquaintance of three
days complains now because he turns
out to be a convict and not the naval
captain he represented himself to be.
While she undoubtedly has cause to
mourn, it is hardly right that she
should receive all the sympathy. The
man, on his part, ran some risk. He
was probably led to believe that he
was getting a wife who possessed rea-
soning powers.
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FARMERS MOVE WESTWARD.
Special Trains Garry Hundreds Through
Chicago to the Dakotas.

*"
CHICAGO Especially. -Journeying fron
rented FIRMS in Illinois and the States east
OF here to lands In the wheat belt OF the Da,
kotas, 1900 Americans. farmers, farmers
wives, and farmers sons and daughters
have passed through Chicago a few days
ago.
They came in on special trains from
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Ill.
inois and Michigan, and went northwest.
ward over the Wisconsin Central In the
same trains. From that road they were
transferred to the Great Northern to st.
Paul, aud over that many went to the
Devils Lake, Turtle Mountain and Mouse
River districts Of North Dakota.
Fifty tourists sleeping cars were re.
quired for their conveyance, and eighty
carloads of household furniture accom-.
panied them. This is the largest moving
party" ever engineered by the Great North,
ern Railway, and is said to be the greatest
conducted by any road In the country.
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y AGRICULTURAL X

Amount of Hay For q Co,

Amount of Hay For q Cow.
If hay alone is fed, give all the ami
NAL will eat up clean twice a day. 1t
is hardly economical to feed over ff-
teen pounds of roots daily. From
thirty to t~hirty-fve pounds daily is
sufficient. More than this will dis
turb the digestion of some animals,
and also cause many COWS to lose flesh.
Nine to twelve pounds of hay or other
coarse feed of a similar nature, to-
gether with thirty to thirty-fvepounds
OF ensilage. make sufficient coarse
fodder for an animals needs.
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Fruit Crop is In Good shane.

Many OF the dailies have stated TINT Sontb
Jersey n~urserymen fear that the recent
sieet storm has ruined the fruit crop. By
those who are In a position to know. it is
said that it should bring about Just the op.
posite condition and insure a good CROP
ibis season. All the weather conditions
have been such as to prevent destruction
OF the buds BY a late freeze. When this IN.
luIy IS suffered, 1t Is usually brought about
by warm weather In February ard March
which starts the upward aow OF sap, pro.
notes an advanced growth, and then 6
freeze late In March is disastrous. But
this year there has been nothing to stimu-
late premature growth, and storm shoule
nave still further checked such a condition
so that when sthe buds do put out, this
year, they should be past all danger.
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News SInuggled In . Cake.

The trustees of the State Industrial
School for Girls have learned how the In
mates may rave got their information In
regard to what was going on outside the
institution. The mother OF one OF the girls
sent her q cake, and it was inspected by
n of the teachers. Inside the cake was q
choice assortment Of newspaper clippings,
containing a full account OF the work Of
the Mungle Investigating Committee. Mrs.
Eyler confiscated the cake and its filing.
and reported the case to the trustees.
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Free Lodging For German students.

German students and high school
pupils travelling in the various noun
tain regions of their country now have
At their disposal $50 taverns, forty
one of which give them q bed free.
while seventy-eight add breakfast.
and eleven supper, too. Similar tav-
n have lately been opened in the
Swiss Alps.
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Newark's Coming Exposition.

The project for holding a big Industrial
exposition In Newark In 1902 was given
tangible shape at q big mass meeting In
the Board OF Trade rooms. It was decided
to invite other States to cooperate, and
the help OF Philadelphia was particularly
counted upon, The details Of the big show
will now be looked after with earnestness.
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Saw His nrother Ktllea.

when the passenger train from Cnmder
passed Finley station, on the West JERSEY
q Seashore Railroad, 1t frightened q horse
attached to a carriage, which stood near
the station. The scared beast dashed
wildly of. and turned SO sharply as tc
throw Mrs. Charles Weber with terriht
force. She struck on her head and was in.
stantiy killed. In the station, with his
hand on The telegraph key. sat Charles
Weper,the station agent and son of the un
fortunate woman. He saw the horses sud.
den break and saw his mother thrown out
OF the carriage, but so quickly was it all
done that by the time he reached the doo1
In his leap to the rescue Mrs. Weber was
dead.
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The Jersey City officials have computed
that under the Foote Franchise-tax bill
passed by the New Jersey Legislature and
signed by Governor Voorhees,, Jersey City
will get about $20. 900 more in taxes than
she now receives from trolley companies,
gas and electric light com panies. The
net will not go into effect until January
LIST, 1901.
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It has been quite a while now since
anybody came back from the KIon.
dixie with millions, and those who
were doing SO every few days last fall
seem to have either gone back or been
awakened out of their dreams.
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The Russian Government has de-
cided to limit the number of physi-
clans who may be graduated each yea.
The honor of creating q medical knowl.
edge trust will rest with the Gar.
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NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Z. c.
What William j. Bryan SAYS.

What William j. Bryan Says.
APRIL 8, 1899
EDITOR NATIONAL WATcHMAN:
Icongfatuiate you upon the splendid work the
Natlcnll Waicllnan is doing. 1t is an honest,
earnest. able. and fearless exponent OF Jeffer.
sonial democracy and deserves a cordial sup
port. ] hope that your circulation will increase
until you hive readers in every precinct in the
United states. The peopis should support tn.
saperst that 4 sht the battIe Of the people.
Yours truly. w. ]. BRYAN.
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THE BARREL PLACED IN POSITION.

with loose stones and the top is sodded
over. For a wider bridge, place two
Or more barrels end to end and build
the cement arch over them. Where a
culvert is laid up without cementing,
the stones settle into the opening and
thus soon begin to fill up the culvert.
New England Homestead.
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Hobart Memorial rurd R,...

The Hobart Memorial Committee at Pat
erscn Il few days ago CAV out a statement
showing that the fund hat is being raised
to build a monument to the late Vice.
President now figures up @12, 500. Presi-
dent Mckinley Is among the contributors.
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Big fortunes suffer a tremendous
shrinkage when the post norton ap-
praiser gets in his work. The estate
of the late John I. Blair, which was
rated at something like $40, 600, 900
when he was living, has been scaled
down to 81, 600, 900 now that he is
doo1
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One of the most encouraging factI
of experience is that in any refuse
heap of humanity there are children
who, taken in time and trained prop.
erly, may show conspicuous excellence
in many ways.
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Spear Heada Pound under oId Hou..

About fifty Indian spear heads OF stone
have been unearthed In the digging Of a
cellar on the property formerly owned by
Mrs. Mary Arnold at Bordentown. The old
house Is Of brick aud is now being re-
modelled. The spear heads were all found
together and had been placed In a wooden
box which had long ago rotted away. The
house is one Of the oldest In Bordentown.
having stood there before the Revolution.
ary War.
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A Plague Of Kabid Dogs.

A mad dog passed through the upper
part OF Hunterdon County q few days ago,
biting a large number OF dogs. At Mechan-
~icsville eight dogs were bitten by the rabid
animal. The dog made its escape, and it
Is feared much stock has also been bitten
by this canine. A large number OF dogs
suffering with ~hydrophobia have passed
through Hunterdon County, and a great
many COWS. dogs and swine have been bit.
ten. Nearly all OF the COWS and hogs bit.
ten have gone mad. Many towns have is
sued proclamatlons requiring all dogs to
be muzzled. The Common Councils OF
Clinton has offered a reward Of 81 for each
unmuzzled dog killed in the borough.
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Women Elected to Board of Education,

At the annual school meeting held at
Moorestown the following additional men,
bers OF the Board OF Education we're
elected: Mrs..Sadie s. Dudley. Mrs. Mary
M. Perkins, s. K. Robbins and Charles s.
Haines. Appropriations amounting tc
$1,000 were made In a addition to the State
appropriations.
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Doctor Fen and Broke His Neck.

Dr. Paul a. ~Stackpole. the oldest medi
cal practitioner In New Hampshire, was
found dead at Dover at the foot Of q flight
OF stairs, down which he had fallen anc
broken his neck. DR.. Stackpole occupied
an apartment alone. He was eighty-si2
years OF age, and had beer practicinf
medicine since 1842.
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RAILROADS ON THE INCREASE.
Nearly $4,000 Miles Are 20 - Duilt Dar
inx the YanE.

The Railway Age Of Chicago lays: Al
though more miles ofYneW railroad were
built in the United States last year than r.
any year since 1880. there - eySty tndiea.
tion that the present year Will Nlfnseees
greater activity. ~ the eGsreGat4 tnert
are neaEly -, ooe mtls{ IS 3 1fjeotea road
New England Stakes, ~ bilees 1tddlt
States, 2140 tteeiSoufhA 9 States, 975s
mflos: Gull and Miss alley Btntes,
6198 mi.ds: Gsnf7ot Stutes. 66at
miles: NorflaNS6Skes 6197 miles
Southwestern 6Sake miles; Paoins
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Bonfire Spark Carried Death.

At Dividing Greek little Lillian Turner
died from horrible burns. She had been
playing about a bonfire in the yard when
a spark few upon her dress. Instantly
she wa in flames and every vestige OF
:lothin & was burned from her body.
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Mar Ashcroft, British Columbia,
several soda aud borax lakes have
been found. One of them contains
about 20, 900 tons Of the powders.
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Making Stone Culverts.

HkaKIHg StOn6 CuIV6ftss
Where fiat stones for building Gull
verts are not at hand any rough stones
can be used by the plan shown in the
cut. If for q foot-bridge q single bar
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Automobile Road 10 Il white Mounta,,

A project is on foot to construct an auto
mobile road from New York City to til,
mountain region Of New Ham pshire. Th,
highway would go from New York Cit.
through the northern part OF Connection
Into b Berkshire region In Massachusett,
and pass from Vermont to New Hampshire
at Bennin gton. In New Hampshire /,
would tou oh the Lake region at Sunapes
and Winniptseogeo. 60 no the west side o
the mountains ~ far as lancaster and theI
east down through DIxville Moth to ID
seacoHst
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The coasting steamer Gleneige founderee
during a gale OF the Gippsland coast ii
Australian waters. Out OF a ships com
pany Of thirty-three only three were saved
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-30

II a man does not pay his taxes in
switzerland the Law forbids him to
enter a saloon. Here is a chance for
a budding legislator.
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LONDON (By Cable).-In connection with
the announcement OF the death OF General
Joubert 1t Is interesting to note that Sir
George White, the British General who
commanded the garrison which defended
L~adysmith, In a speech at Cape Town de-
clared that Joubert was a soldier and g
gentleman, and q brave and honorable OPP
ponent.
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GENE JOUBERT DEAD.
Transvaal Commander-in-Ch Chief Sue
cumbs to Disease at Pretoria
He Organized the Army Of the South
African Republic and Indicted
Many Defeats on the British.

PRETORIA, Via Lorenzo Marques (By
Cable).-Plet Joubert, vice-President Of
The Transvaal and Commandant- General
Of the Republics military forces, died at
The age Of sixty-eight years and sixty
Jays. He succumbedto an attack of acute
inflammation Of the kidneys after a short
Illness.
deepest gloom by his death. His loss is be-
feved to be i~rretrievable.
The body was taken to the Walker
stroom district, where 1t was inferred in
the family cemetery on q farm he owned
there.
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still maintained. Afterward, In 1884, the
man OF force exhibited the uncompromis-
ing honesty OF his character by threatening
to resign unless.the burghers- abandoned
their plan to raid British territory. He
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-02

LEwIsTowN, MONT, May >, 1900
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-02

he wants to win, but win or lose, he
viii support Bryan. Why? Because
he Is shrewd enough to know that II
will be the last fight made on the sill
yer question by the party, and he
wants to be In line and have n front
seat with the mourners SO as 20 be
eligible to inherit what IL left. So 1t
Is with many other eastern Demo-
Gratis and newspapers. They have
no use for silver, or Bryan either, for
that matter, but they have observed
the trend OF events; they know that
Bryan will be nominated at Kansas
City, and after laboriDg to have sill
yer pushed as far to the rear as pos
sible in the platform and In the cam
paign, they will sugar-coat the pill
and swallow 1t without a grimace.
But not 50 with the hard-headed bus
mess lei and artisans Of the east,
who do not make their living by pol
tiles, but through policies that give
them profit and employment atgood
wages. To them Bryan stands for
all the evils and iullacies he stood for
before, while they will be slow to nc.
cept his ideas ON new issues. IL is
safe to say he will not carry an east
ern state he lost before. while he will
not have one electoral vote from a
Pacific coast state. He may carry
Kentucky and Maryland, but 1t is
doubtful.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-02
shoot Him ON Judgment Day.

81 will have to give a word or two in
explanation in order TO insure a thor
ough appreciation of this story" said
j. Il. l,ockhiil, of Chicago, at the Fifth
Avenue hotel the other day. "In the
southern Illinois town where my father
livesthere used TO be a selectman named
Watkins, who had held office so long
and reached so advanced an age that
jokes about few die and none resign
he had solved the question Of living for
ever etc, were constantly applied TO
him. Another selectman by the name
of Lindsey, who was something Of a wit,
was very sick and not expected TO live,
and while he was in this state Watkins
fell i'll Of pneumonia. from which dis
ease he subsequently, died. a friend
calling on Lindsey told him Of Watkins
sickness ard that his death was mo-
mentarily expected. \ twinkle crept
into LinGsey's eye as he whispered to
his friend: No: Watkins won't die
this time. He'll never die. They'll have
to shoot him on Judgment day.'"-N.
y. Tribune.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-02

The constitution says that III va
cancies happen by resignation broth
erwise lin the senate OF the L. s.
during the recess Of the legislature Of
any state, the executive thereof may
make temporary appointments until
the meeting Of the legislature, which
shall then fill such vacancies" which
would plainly indicate that it was
the duty OF the legislature to elect
senator's when it has An opportunity.
After balloting seventy-nine times the
Pennsylvania legislature refused to
elect Quay and his adherents pre-.
vented the election Of amy one else, 30
the vacancy practically occurred dur
ing Il session Of the legislature. The
governor had no right to exercise the
power that belonged to the legislat.
ors.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-02
brigham Young n Humorist.

Brigham Young had a shrewd sense
of humor that supplanted any de-
ilciencies in his miraculous gifts. A
cripple once came to him and asked him
to create for him a new leg.
What did you do with the one you
lost?" demanded the prophet, sternly.
81 burned it," was the answer.
well, brother" said Brigham, ~ can
get you a new leg, but on the last day
that other leg would be raised up also,
and you will carry three legs into the
hereafter"
We'll, | never thought of that" re-
joined the cripple. I'D rather go about
on one leg here than on three legs
through all eternity."-N. Y. Mail and
Express.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-02

While the Neill letter published by
the Eagle last week was not the let.
ter seer 10y n number Of our citizens,
and Is the same letter Neill tried to
work off OF the committee at WASH
ington when he refused To show his
letter.tle, II contains something Of
local interest. II revealed the fact
that Mr.. Johns was willing to dis
member and inIure the county by
having the southern portion segre-
gated and attached to Yellowstone
purely OF political grounds-becauss
he wanted tn get rid OF that stanch
Republican stronghold, not that he
was solicitous Of the welfare OF the
residents Of that section. They could
go to hndes or anywhere else SO long
as their absence would tend to max,
Fergus county Democratic. The ed
itor Of the Eagle is always controlled
by the same lofty motives.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-02

Exports Of American products and
manufactures were almost $50. 000, 900
greater last March than in March,
1899. In the last two calendar years,
under the Dingley tariff. we bought
from Europe goods worth S725, 0OO,-
900. In the same two years we sold
10 Europe goods worth 81, $40, co.,.
900. The balance Of trade in our
favor was thus sl,2l5, 900, 900 from
Europe alone. And yet Democratic
orators a few years ago could not
open their mouths without ringing
In that remark about the tariff build
ing a "Chlnese wall around this coun
try" Actual demonstration having
proved the fallacy and absurdity O
this expression, "entangllng ALI
ances' has been substituted for 1t By
the same howlers Of calamity and de
spair, simply because the state de
partment OF the present administra
ton Is reaching out for the market
Of the world.