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Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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es and ought to be prosperous, has beentorn by civil war, the people oppressed andplundered. Now it is just possible that thebetter elements will organize and prevail; thatindustry will be permitted to go on, and Mexi-can affairs be well managed. It is not impos-sible—though it certainly does not seem likely,as yet—that Mexico on the south of us maybecome as good a neighbor as Canada is onthe north. Haste the day! TRADE AND THE TREATY Financial reports do not look interesting, butthey contain facts you need to know if youwant to understand what is going on in theworld. Consider, - for instance, the following-facts taken from a recent report of financialconditions in Czechoslovakia. First, there is the budget. A budget is anestimate of income for a certain period, and aschedule of expenses. Many prudent peoplerun their homes on a budget system; mostbusiness concerns use it; and- governmentsfind it necessary in the management of publicfunds. If you know how much money you are likely
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Times Wide World Photos GENERAL VENUSTIANO CAKRANZA, AS PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, PRESIDING AT A CABINET MEETING 844 THE WATCH TOWER (July, to have in the next week, or month, or year,and plan in advance the use of it, you aremaking a budget. You will probably get morefun or profit from the money than some otherperson would who, having an equal sum, spentit without planning. Suppose two boys start out on Circus Day,each with a dollar. One boy says: Thirty-five cents for my ticket; sixty-five cents left.Fifteen cents for a side-show; balance, fiftycents. Guess I 11 go both ways on the car—adime for the fare; still on hand, forty cents.I 11 have a bag of peanuts, too—first, though,I 11 put a dime away for to-morrow; thentheres twenty cents margin for any-old-thing-I-like. Perhaps he tucks the sums away indifferent pockets, and it all works out splen-didly and he has a dandy time. The other chap takes his dollar and away hegoes, without a bit of a plan in his head. Hegets a soda—ninety

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