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warships In Battle

In the days of wooden war vessels
two frigateS. or line-of-battle ships,
might be dashed together and fire shot
into each others interiors for an in
definite period. When Paul Jones was
summoned to surrender he replied that
he had not yet begun to fight. At a
distance of eight miles there would not
be much conversation between hostile
commanders. even by signals, and aft
er vessel is hit there isn't much ques-
ton as TO its future. 4 vessel may be
injured by gunfire and get away, but
if a floating steel fort is hit below the
armor belt by torpedo or has its deck
penetrated by a fifteen inch shell
which meets expectations in the
promptneSS of its explosions it does not
remain in sight many minutes. and the
crew can't float around on sparS until
they are picked up. for there are no
spars. In ten minutes the formidable
warship goes under and carries every
body ON Philadelphia Record.
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How the Trouble Began.

1t was a bright. sunny Tuesday
morning and Mrs. Brown was on the
roof preparing TO hang out her wash.
when Mrs. Jones appeared on the scene
carrying basket of clothes.
What are you dom here?" demand
ed Mrs. Jones. Monday is your day
FOR hangin' out clothes
Il know it is" replied Mrs. Brown,
removing the clothesrins from her
mouth so she could articulate more
clearly, ''but it rained yesterday. an
I'm hangin' 'em out today instead.
Tuesday belongs to the fourth floor
back, an that's vacant, so 1 guess I've
got as good a right here as anybody
else. What is it to you, anyhow?
Wednesday is your day"
"Wednesday Is my day, all right"
admitted Mrs. Jones, but the paper
says it's goin' to rain tomorrow, an 1
amt takin' any chances. You take
them rags of yours downstairs again,
or I'll throw 'em off the roofr'
And that's how the trouble began
St Louis Post-Dispatch.
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CuItivating Amusements.

Don't provide inducements to get a
child to love amusements. 1t may en-
courage a habit that will sadly inter
fere with a sincere and useful life
Don't make boy feel that he cannot
waste too much time in having fun
and catering to his senses. Life IS
real and earnest. and amusement is ad-
missible at times, but should not be
the rule. The manly youth is for fun,
but he is not always engaged in striv-
ing for his own pleasure. He should
not be educated into that idea Of life
He should not be furnished with in
clinations away from what is true and
real in life. 1t is a serious matter
tempering with youths nobler aspir-
alton. Providing amusement is apt to
prove an unnatural adjunct in educa-
tion.-Columbus Journal.
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The little "Enninear.n

1t is unfortunate. according to the
Engineering Record. that in America
most people associate the word ZEN
gineer' with a man who runs an en-
CINE or a boiler. Even the man who
operates the boilers of an apartment
building is called an engineer" al
though the name is entirely a mis-
homer when applied to him. He may
be a good mechanic. but he is not an
engineer. The gray haired man who
drives the locomotive of a tranSconti-
mental limited and who holds the lives
Of hundreds of human beings in his
care belongs TO the very highest type
Of mechanic. but he is not an engineer.
except in the United States and Cana
da. All foreign languages have words
that properly designate the work these
men are doing. In our country there
Is no word to distinguish them from
the bridge builder. the sanitary expert,
etc.
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Houses In Baqdad.


A Bagdad house In the summer II q
fiery furnace, and no one. unless his
name be Shadrach or Meshach or
Abednego, could live within its four
walls with comfort, and yet the natives
have made a brave attempt to over
come the difficulties Of their situation.
Deep in the ground they have built Gel
lars, or serdabs, and these serve as
cooling chambers. The cellars are
kept pretty dark. The light enters"
says one who has lived there. through
small windows. or openings. where, in
stead Of glass. Is placed a lattice Of
palm filed with a prickly camers
thorn. Several times a day the occu-
pants sprinkle water on these thorns,
and the moisture cools the hot wind as
It passes through the rooms and gives
a comparatively refreshing breeze.
But.toward night these cellars become
unbearably close. and then the entire
city mounts to the fiat roofs, where IL
dimes and sleeps. Boston Transcript.
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loo Costly.

At one Of the Boston theaters recent
ly there. was shown On the screen a
picture Of stock exchange. The bro
kers were hurrying about, pushing,
waving their arms, gesticulating and to
the uninitiated acting like lot Of in
sane men. Two young ladies in the
balcony watched them with breathless
interest for some time, then one asked:
"Why In the world don't they sit
down and rest once in awhile?'
"My dear" was the enlightening an
swer. don't you know that a seat In
the Stock Exchange costs thousands Of
dollars ?-Harper's Magazine.
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Green Flash of Sunset.

One of the most rarely witnessed of
natural phenomena. but one that has
often been discussed at scientific meet
ings and that always awakens wonder
when seen, is the so called green
flash" occasionally visible at the mo-
ment of the disappearance of the sun
behind clear horizon. The Observers
eye must be fixed upon the rim of the
sun as it disappears in order TO catch
the phenomenon. One authority tells
us that he has seen the green flash,
although rarely, at the instant of the
setting Of bright star. Among the
explanations offered Is one based upon
the optical principle Of complementary
colors. If one looks at the sun and
then closes the eyes a green disk will
be perceived A sensitive eye might
be similarly affected by a brilliant
star.
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FoiIinq a Fakir,

A story used to be told at Cairo of
Sir Richard Owen during one of his
sojourns in Egypt. The great natural
list was seated in the shade on the We
randa at Sheppeard's hotel when the
inevitable snake charmer came to him
and produced from his bag a lively
specimen of the horned asp-the dead
ly cerastes. The professor gazed and,
nothing daunted, stopped and plucked
the horns from the head of the reptile
wriggling at his feet, remarking to a
bystander that the man would prob
ably think twice before trying to palm
of upon any one else harmless snake
as a cerastes by the aid Of couple of
fish bones. With anybody else the
charmer would probably have succeed
ed. He had tried 1t on the wrong man.
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Sneed of Bullets.

The rate of fall of the bullet from
the line of projection is fixed by the
laws of gravity. hence the more rap
idly the bullet is made to pass from
the rife to the target the, fiatter will
be this curve or trajectory" the less
accurate the estimation of distance re-
Guired and the less the chances of
error through an inaccurate estimate
of distance.
The normal velOcities of our sport
ing rifles, in black powder days, were
about 1900 feet per second. The first
Of the small bore. high power, smoke
less variety raised this to 1000 f. S.
for bullets of military length and 1900
for shorter sporting bullets. Now it
has gone up to 300 f. S. The burn
ing questions asked again and again
by the rifleman are. Where will we
stop" will the 1000 f. S. bullet
come neXt?'
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Paste This on the Family Tool Chest.

Paste This on the Family Tool Chest.
The idea of this cabinet is to furnish
amusement to the family when they
have scratched up all the furniture and
done all the damage elsewhere they
can think of: therefore
Do not replace or put back anything
that you take out of these drawers.
Try, If possible, to select and remove
from this cabinet some article or tool
that is absolutely indispensable, leav-
ing it preferably out in the back yard.
If you have anything hanging about
your room that is of no earthly use
you might store it in one of these
drawers.
Remember that the main idea of hav-
ing this cabinet on the premises is
gradually to fill it with utterly useless
things.
And remove from it at the same time
all the useful things.
Patience! Keep at it and you are
bound to succeed.-Lfe.
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African Grosbecks,

The social grOsbecks of South Africa
live in large societies. They select a
tree of considerable size and literally
cover it with a grass roof, under which
their common dwelling is constructed.
The roof serves the double purpose Of
keeping off the heat and the rain, and
400 or 500 pairs of birds are known to
have the same shelter. The nests In
this aerial dwelling are built in regu-
lar streets and closely resemble rows
of tenement houses.
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Altar of Roses.

Altar Of roses, by common consent,
ranks at the head Of the list Of per-
fumes. Other preparations from roses,
too, hold a high place and have long
been esteemed. Rosewater is historic.
When Saladin entered Jerusalem in
the twelfth century he had the walls
Of the mosque Of Omar washed with
1t. But altar of Oil of roses is by far
the most precious and the most priced
Of all. An eastern prince viii present
to an honored guest rich jewels, rubies
and diamonds and then add, as the
rarest Of all, crystal bottle filled with
this essence.
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Sawse Sawqe.

Here is the old King Richard IL.
way Of making sausage: "Pyggs in
sawse savage" or pigs with sage
sauce. "Take pyggs yskaldid (scald-
ed and quarter them and seeth them
In water and salt; take them and let
them kele (cooD; take parsel parsley,
savage (sage) and grynde it with brede
and yolkes of ayren (eggs) harde ysode
boile0; temper it with vinegar some
what thick. and lay the pyggs in a
vessel and sewe onoward the sauce
over them, and serve it forth" Take
pyggs" is pretty good. Size or number
seems OF no consequence.
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Hate Ali Around.

The famous English chief justice
Holt and his wife hated each other to
the limit, and when she fell danger
Ously i'll he was so delighted that he
became digracefully tipsy. But his
wife was equal to the emergency and
sent for the great DR.. Radcliffe, who
hated Holt, and therefore out Of spite
when the case was presented to him
came with great promptness and saw
ed her life.-Westminster Gazette.
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Who the 4 etts Are.

The Let's are branch of the Lithu-
anian nation. SlavOnic division, and
jewellers in the Baltic provinces of
Russia. Lithuania was at one time
great kingdom. later a part of the Po-
hsh nation and now embodied in Rus
STA and Prussia. The Let's, subdi
vision of the Lithuanian people, at
present number more than 100000.
They are Of average height, well built.
but seldom very tall. The finely cut
features. fair hair. blue eyes and deli
cate skins are characteristics that dis
tinguish Lett from Pole or Rus
Press.
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Hinh Lido.

The feminine naivete that is so anus
ing to the nautical man has a good IL
luStration in this question asked by
young woman who saw monitor lying
at anchor in Boston harbor. She turn
ed to her escort and said: What makes
that boat lie so low in the water? Is it
high tide ?"-Sailors' Magazine.
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o O o o o O o o o o
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Mater For the Baby.

0 Infants suffer from not hav-
o ing enough water to drink. Ba-
o hieS are thirsty and frequently
o cry from the discomfort due to
o thirst.
o In proportion to its weight an
o average infant during the first
o year of life requires little more
o than six times as much water
o as an adult. During the time
0 when the child is upon an entire
o ly fluid diet the addition of much
o water other than that supplied
o by the food IS unnecessary. The
O food breast milk of all young
0 mammals consists of from so to
Q 30 per cent of water. This Is
o needed for the solution Of cer-
o tain parts of the food, such as
0 the sugar and some Of the pro-
0 teids. and for the suspension Of
o the other proteids and the emul-
o Sified fat. All the food is thus
o dissolved and infinitely divided
o so as to he the more readily act
o ed upon by the feeble digestive
o organs Of the infant.
o When the feeding becomes less
o frequent water to drink from q
o bottle with a nipple on IT. should
o be given to drink between the
o feelings. In summer time espe-
o cially babies suffer a great deal
o from thirst.
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Care With Mushrooms.

Mushrooms. on account of the amount
Of nitrogen they contain, approach
nearer to animal food than many other
vegetable products. An analysis shows
that mushrooms contain 3.5 per cent
proteids, boiled potatoes 2.5 and onions
lie. Experts say that mushrooms
should be eaten perfectly fresh and
never eaten after being warmed over
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Two Kinds of JOY,

The joys as well as the burdens of
life are pretty evenly divided between
the sexes after all, and probably little
girl derives as much innocent pleasure
from being n flower girl at a wedding
as little boy does from going to school
with live garter snake i'm his trousers
pocket.-Ohio State Journal.
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Sure Bait.

How did you manage to sell that
piece of goods that's all out of date to
Mrs. Hifii?"
Clerk told her it was a great bar
gain. but l thought Mrs. Richcoin had
had it laid aside for one of her daugh-
tiers. Then she took it right of.
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Her Fear.

Maud-What makes you so awfully
nervous, dear?
Clara-Why, Fred is to have an in
terview with papa this afternoon.
"Oh! And are you afraid your IA
ther will not give his consent?"
mo; fear Fred won't show up"
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CompuIsion,

"If that bad boy insists on carrying a
chip on his shoulder you shouldn't no
tice him.
81 didn't" replied the square jawed
youngster, 80 long as he kept it on his
shoulder, but when he took it of and
hit me in the eye with it 1 had to do
something. "-Washington Star.
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Not NecessariIy,

"One wife too manyw exclaimed Mrs.
Wederly as she glanced at the head
lines of her husbands paper. 81 sup
pose that Is an account Of the doings
Of some bigamist"
mot necessarily, my dear" replied
her husband without daring to look
up.-Buffalo Courier.
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O o o o o o O o o o o O {
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Prickly Heat.

o Never use soap on a child suf-
o fering from prickly heat Wash
o its sensitive skin with starch
o water, using a half teacupful Of
o starch to a small baby tub Of
o water. Keep the skin busted
o with talcum powder. Morning
o and evening the child should be
o sponged from head to foot with
D q solution OF bicarbonate OF soda
o "a teaspOOnful dissolved In q
o pint Of hot water. Use when
o lukewarm. The soda water re-
o neves the burning sensation and
o itching. Unless one has suffered
o from this affection she cannot
o imagine the misery Of the little
o child who Is covered all over its
o body or in parts with a Hne red
Q rash that stings, burns and
o pricks Ike needles. 1t Ia soms-
o times necessary to call In ply
o dcian to treat the baby when
o the condition causes great rest {
o lessness and nervousness and {
o loss q sleep.
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Of Course She Doesn't.

George is such a nice chap" said
the girl in pink. 81 always enjoy hav-
ing him call on me-"
81 don't" snapped the other.
"Of course you don't, dear. You'd
rather have him call on you-"eSt
Louis Post Dispatch.
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A Tartar Proverb.

A Turco-Tartar proverb throws q
strong light on the question Of the
amount of veracity to be looked for in
official documents by orientaS. The
proverb runs as follows: HE who
speaks the truth will be expelled from
nine villages"
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Salary of the President.

In the second sessions of the Sixtieth
congress the presidents salary was
fixed at $4,000 a year. and in addition
he Is allowed $4,000 for travelling ex-
penses, which is practically extra sal
airy, as he does not have to return any
Of It not used for travelling expenses.
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HAPPINESS.

There is an instinct in the heart OF
man which makes him fear a cloud
less happiness. 1t seems to him that
he owes to misfortune a 1.-THE Of his
life. and that which he does not pay
bears interest, is amassed and largely
swells a debt which sooner or later he
must acUuit."
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Character.

Character is not cut in marble-it Is
not something solid and unalterable. It
Is something living and changing and
may become diseased as our bodies do.
George Eliot.
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OnIy on the Outside,

why, Ethel, you don't mean to tell
me you want to marry that baldhead-
ed Professor Wiseman?"
1T is true he is bald" said Ethel,
but think how many young men OF
today are bald on the inside Of their
heads"
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Unusual.

"He's different to most men anyhow"
'Tn what wayT
He even knows all the words In the
second verse OF America "-Detroit
Free Press
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The Man Behind the MESSAGE.

The value of a thing depends largely
upon who says it. Words may be bull
lets, but character must be the powder
at the back Of them to give them pro-
jectile force. The man behind the mes
sage is as important as the man be-
hind the gun.
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He Told Her.

what is it, do you suppose, that
keeps the moon In place and prevents
It from fallingT asked Araminta.
81 think 1t must be the beams" re
piled Charlie softly.
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Its Risk.

"A kiss may often have deeper mean
ing than appears"
perhaps. but it Is thing you have
to take on its face value."-Baltimore
American.
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Pope's Preference.

The Prince of Wales Of POpe's time
once said TO the poet:
"Afr. Pope, do you not like kings?"
"Sir," replied the poet, 81 prefer the
lion before the claws are grown"
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Words and Actions.

~Is Bliggins patriot?'
Eyes. But he's the kind that would be
more useful In school Of elocuton
than in a training camp."-Washington
Star.
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Chest and Lao.

First Fresh-My father has q fine
cedar chest. Second Fresh-'Snothing.
Ny father Is a veteran and has a nick
ory leg.-Dartmouth Jack-o'-Lantern-
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keeps Him Busy.

The Skeptical Aunt-What does he
do, Dolly, Tor livingi Dolly greatly
surprised)-Why, auntie, he does not
have time to earn q living while We
are engaged
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A Few Words.

Did You have many words with
your wife last nightr'
mo; only q few words. but they were
rspeated-very often"
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Old Enouuh to Notice.

Are your papa and mamma at
home?" asked the caller.
mo" replied little Marguerite. "One
Of them may be here. but they never
are both at home at the same time"
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Love-.

The greatest happiness to be known
in Life Is the conviction that we are
loved; that we are loved for ourselves,
or, rather, loved In spite Of ourselves
hugo.
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Safety First.

Knicker-Folks are queer. Booker
Yes; the ones who stop, look and listen
al keyhole won't do it at a railroad
croSSing.-New York Sun.
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More Noticeable.

The more rare a mans qualities are
the more he will be found fault with
Dust on a diamond Is alwus more no
ticeable than dust on a brik.-Josh Bill
lings-
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Too Close.

why are you asking me for helpf
Haven't you any close relatives?"
yes. That's the reason why I'm ap-
pealing to you. Age-Her-
aid.
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The manner Of saying or doing any
thing goes a great way toward the
value Of the thing itself.-Seneca-
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sHow are the new twinsr
ct might be worse. They usually ey
IN unison. You know they might wssk
h rslays.-Kansas CH Journal
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II you would abolish avarics you
must abolish the parent Of II, luxury.-
Cicero
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The way to wealth Is as plain a the
way 10 market; It depends chiefly O
two wordsindustry and frusality-
Franklin.
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CAiefy the mod q q man1 Hustns -
IN his own hands.-BacoA
The Detroit times., 1916-10-25
EN-SALOON MAN
PUNCTURES WET
LABOR ARGUMENT

T"r brewers and ssloonkcspers
re uteHE great 90 30 about 81.
HH mon ftfy say viii be- thrown
~ Jobs 2 Michigan goes dry.
sand Is smith. former Toledo 50
..r Keeper addressing employees ~
.e .rs1' axes Engineering com
.s. rrCr Wednesday As "a
r.ar.sr rf fsr- only $1,000 men will
70 affected and tho, viii have t.
months ta 60 rev 'ohs
H.. manager of Your Ecorse
plan r. ra Yesterday taAt he
,eut employ 5000 more men 70
rIa-r-n morning II be could Eet
.rfw. bar rst even advertising has
helped ruu with 'he Eord hiring
IN an average - 100 a day and 9th
or e.E plants reporting a shortage 81
Nr.p. rht 7ef argument fails 10
pieces TIE brewers figures OF So.
aaa men q. either dishonest or else
they made false sFdaVitS 20 the
state department 30 labor Their
own figures sworn show only 5000
men affected
There we're is speakers in as
many factories advocating the dry
cause "Wednesday noon Beginning
Irg-s5s rhfrs Will be so speakers
every day.
The Detroit times., 1916-10-25

WASHINGTON, Oct 25--The-s
will os no regulation OF exports or
OF food prices N tAls country, bar.
ring actual famine or war. except 20
prevent Illegal combinations
This Statement was made today
BY a high administration authority
Asked whether. In view az the high
cost OF living and the admission that
II is caused primarily BY the Tn.
precedented exports. regulation q
exports and food prices might be
possible. this Official replied
Possible. but highly improbable
Administration officials blame the
high cost OF living on the war and
the resulting demand OF Europe for
American wheat. -four, meat and
goods generally--in including the leath-
or that used 10 90 into S. shoes now
selling for a song that hits high C.
They figure that the farmer. after
years OF getting the worst Of s.. is
economically waxing up. And they
figure, too. that the retailer in any
event will get hls"-cespite en-
bargoes or regulatory prices.
who would export regulation
hlt7" several officials asked. and
then answered their Own question
thus
THE farmer"
All declared an embargo that vii.
hit the farner will not be consid.
cred
They have found no evidence 81
price Juggling and say high prices
always 80 with sperity-in itself
evidence OF demand that in he
case OF labor. boosts wages and in
the case Of foodstufs. boosts prices
They declare wages Of other classes
those generally known as consum-
ers. always lag behind. and viii
rise gradually-very gradually-wi
prices.
Prices. they maintain will drop
gradually with tho end ~ the war
or with bigger. crops and an in
crease In Manufactured goods