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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1920-01-08, Page 3r SYRIAMAKESA QUICK RECOVERY FROM THE RAVAGIS OF WAR. Primitive Conditions a Factor in Recuperation of Devas- . tated Regions. Travelling through Palestine I was astonished to see .numerous herds of cattle and flocks of sheep on the hill- side, writes W. T. Ellis. Reports con- ing out of Sy'ria' had declared that all the live stock of the country had either been devoured by the Turkish army or' else. eaten by'the people to avert starvation:.. This loss has been repre--' sented as a basic cause of continuing destitution. - Yet hero were the blaeic cattle and the, black sheep and black goats, ap- parently as fat and numerous as ever, and tended by well fed; merry young- sters, while their parents worked in the fields gathering the abundant har- vest. How hast. Live stock ,and people escaped? "Go East," and Live. 1 Styles for House Gowns/1' RECORD PROGRESS BY ROYAL BAM Institutions Semi - Centennial Report Best in its History , —Liquid Position Strong— Profits For Twelve Months Showed Gain of $613,418 at $3,423,264; Assets at New High. In further 'celebration of itc: firtieth anniversary, the /* al Bank of Can- ada, in its statement for the year end- ed November 29 last, reports a twelve - r•' 9232 0236 leo. 9234 ---Ladies' House Dress. Price, 25. cents. Kimono sleeves; in- step length. Cut in 8 sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44,46 -and 48 ins. bust measure. Size 36 requires- 31/4 yds. 36 or 40 ins. wide; contrasting, 11/3 ydrs• 27 ins. 9234 ins. wide. No. 9232 --Ladies' Negligee. Price, in its career rose over the $500,000,000. law of diminution to the future. The 25 cents.. With angel sleeves, ' ori mark, bein shown at $533,647,084, a calculation shows . that bythe year sleeveless with overdrapery. Cut in gain f-$106,13-4,102 over- the figus 4000 A D. the stature of the average -- 3 sizes; small, 34, 36; medium, 38, 40; of a year ago. To this splendid ag- man will be reduced to fifteen inches. "They fled to the East was the sue- large, 42, 44 ins. bust measure. Small gregate liquid assets contributed Will Human R ,From the record over nearly three c that in 1610 the a man in Europe wa say, five feet ine 1790 jt was onl fi.v In 1820 it was and a fraction. At the ,pres it is five feet three itches a quarters. It is easy to ded f re 1 Die Out? F • facts extending, turies, it is found rage height of a 1.75 metres, or, nches, while in feet six • inches. inches t time; three - from decline these figures a rate o gu a in human stature, and to apply this, working bac)cwards and forwards, to the past and to the future. By this calculation it is determined Monthly period of record progress that -the stature of the first man at - from the standpoints of financial faired the surprising average of six - strength, liquid position and profits., teen feet nine inches. Truly, there Recent exhibits of Canadian banking institutions have indicated that, al- though the period through which the banks have passed have been difficult ones owing to the important readjust- ments necessary, they have been able were. giants on the earth in those days: The race had already deter- iorated in the days of Og, and Goliath, was -quite a degenerate offspring of the giants. Coming down to later to further strengthen the already tides, we find that, at the beginning strong positions occupied 'at the end of our era, the average height of man • The Royal Bank in its' annual state- ment, made public yesterday, proves that it is no exception •tc this general rule, the report being the most notable ever issued by, the progressive institu- tion. Total assets for the first time was nine feet; and, in the time of Charlemagne, it was eight feet eight inches. ..But the most astonishing result of this scientific study comes from the app$:catioi] of the same inexorable 1 2 3 908 8a^ representing nincreaseAt that epoch there will be only - around 21/5 •ds yds 40 or 45 ins. wide; with angel $ rind -answer -.of .a-friend-dvirho resided wide; trimmin bands, % yd. 36 ins. size requires, with overdrapery, 4 4`.$273,908,862, $2 the year of almost 49 millions and • i �, repre�en ing a Lilliputians on the earth. In' Jerusalem throughout the war. The �we.`ldtlf al oulr on3, ybeing the equivalent of slightly in ' iii;•ens• and `ieYt�i� lits c,t:,native:1 ',No 9236 -Ladies' 'and Misses' sleeves, 3% yds. 40 ins• wide, or 3%41 d excess of 55 per cent. of the bank's pini t hies ast'Coat' Price• .20 cents: In yds: 45 ins. wide. l 11. ha}�il;ti,• to the public •' The latter . xpi,ilns this as tt as ' • i' :',F. aliiiIi 1' i 't11 Cut 111 3• sizes; small, These pattern- ma lie, o t.a;r(''i t..:lir,$ ,' rr ` ' When the Piirklsll � other 'survivals:" t 42 44 Trani our l0�•1 Mc�a=i"1 dealer ,or army arrived and began con sea , a' and 53 2 r relit -in the lel tion 'the people . simply took their ani- ins. easure. Small size requires from the'McCall Co., 70 . Bond St., period. We publish simple, straight testi- Profits w compared with $'2,809,846 in '1918, or from well-known people. the Jordan, in patriarchal style, to the - equal to 2L74 per cent. on the aver- From, all over_ America they testify safety of the Bedouin country• Turk- IrrigatlOn ExteridF In the I age capital employed during the tl it f MINARD'S LINI- ish authority did not Actually extend West. beyond the Mecca railway, so the 1 removed themselves out of the -in the hospitality of the Arabs. - 'cultural history of Alberta and Sas As to "go West" in Fran¢e meant to katchewan as having proved beyoni,d all doubt the. enormous benefits to- be to live. Later, when the Turks were derived from farm irrigation, for in the drought which affected nearly the driven out, the.. people returned.. in. g whole of these provinces, the south safety to their own homes. This is the'sort of thing that mattes country within the irrigation belt- not a westener wonder at the Orient. Two only produced excellent crcps,, but in years ago Syria leas in dire destitu- many localities yields were harvested tion. Now it is fat and affluent, and, save for memories of its dead, better off in many Sections like Palestine than a ore the 1. r'- and 3,? 75,000 buAiels of grain have cans still think of the i ioly Land as . - ... . i �. a. „ ,.,. rw -. .e c..;. - ... VOL 4 edium 38 4fl• 1ax•ge,. r y ,' go .pe i 'NOTICE its fl 3 • 51/4 'Os. 32ins." wide,or 3% yds. 40 Dept. W. for the eardwere $3,423,264, monials, not press agents' interviews, mals and families and migrated across Bloodthirsty Animals. people reach of the invaders and took refuge The year 1919 stands out in the agri- die, so the "go East" in Syria meant well in excess of the average of what are called good years. On 145,500 acres in the Lethbridge • - District, 66,200 tong of fodder crops 1 b f wa • Some Ameri- 'been grown to the total value of about covered with the. dead and the dying,- „� whereas there are fewer beggars than $6,700,000.. 00,000.. Wheat was the largest normally. •- - -crop produced, there being well over How can people lately so destitute two million bushels. Other crops her - recover with such quickness? The, vested included more than a million answer is twofold -their simple life bushels of oats, nearly 400,000 of .bar - and their closeness to a nomadic ley, 26,000 of flax, and 66,000 tons of existence: The Armenian deporta- alfalfa. In addition vegetables were tions should logically have killed every grown and sold. from this area. victim, but these people, an peclal- As another exaiiip,e of what phe- ly the peasants. have alw .1*. lived in nomenal yields may be taken from ir- a'Qprimitive- way. The uriental is 1 rigate'i land, the cac,e of a farmer at closer to the soil than the Occidental. i Brooks may be cited who on his farm He can get along with less food and produced a $9;000 harvest of alfalfa. fuel and furnishing than a more pam. seed: The yield was 14 bushel:, to the pered person. So when a heavy blow acre, which sold in the neighborhood at 80c. per lb. and netted hien a return falls, as it id during the war, he is of $740 per acre. In the large irrigation block of the„ Canadian Pacific Railway east. of Cal The friendly 'soil is absorbing back gary there are approximately 623,500 into its normal processes the recent acres of •irrigable land, anU the exiles, because they never were far amount in the Lethbridge *district ap- • away from it. The Syrian peasant has proximates 110,000 acres,. making a a meagre house -keeping equipment, total of 733,600 acres. Of this less only a few degrees above that of the than 20 per cent. was in crop this year. Bedouin. His home -has not become On the basis of this year's average _encumbered with the , appliances of civilization.. When he moves he does not have to carry a kitchen stove and - a hot -water system and electric de= t five tinier dollars --yearly with an vices and an ,elaborate,. pantry with average of over $40 per year for each him. acre of irrigated land. Therefore when be comes back he With such examples as these -of the needs little to set him going again. fruits • of irrigation it is little wonder His house fg simple, and to be built that the farmers of the: dry belts of better able t endure it. A Reward of the C impie Life. production on irrigated land this total area is capatle of producing crops to the value of between thirtyd and thirty - by himself and his neighbors' His es- Alberta and Saskatchewan are clam- sential furniture is not much, and his oring for extensions to the'existing farming utensils are of the crudest systems of irrigation or the installa- sort. Mercifully, consequently, he is tion of new projects; or that the su- able to start life, anew with an equip- thorities should be devoting more Sport, or billing for pleasure, apart twelve months. This compares with MENle T, therhestoof household Iteme- from the obtaining of food, is suppos- 20.1 per cent.. in 1918 and 18 per cent• dies. in the preceding year• The capital ed to be purely a human pastime, but. of the bank was increased by $3,000,- MINARD'S LINIMENT CO., LTD. many animals seem to, take a cold- 000 during- the year, an issue of $2, - blooded delight in killing for its own 000,000 par value being issued to sake. shareholders • at 150 early in the cur - A rat will kill off all, the young rent calendar year, while a second ad- . dit]onal issue was sold to the London Singular Funerals. ducks or chickens he can find, so too County, We,stzninster & Parr's Bank, will a fox;' though he can carry away' Limited, with which the Royal formed ` An Abyssinianfuneral is- a very but one of his victims. Weasels, stoats a close working arrangement in April singular affair. When a new-born and otters kill not only to satisfy last at a price of $200 per share. infant dies it is almost immediately 1 fmm increases rou t t e outsfar. uric un er the floor;After the de - N. • " SKIN THE CAT" But if you won't exercise vigorously you , must take "C.ascarets." Classified Act#= - " �n # 4101111211aaitz^.a. There nothing like. bending exer- cises, taking long walks, or chopping wood to keep them liver and bowels active,. but most folks take their exer- cise In an easy chair. Such folks- need Cascarets; else they suffer frim sick headache, sour, acid stomach, indiges- tion, 'colds and are miserable. But don't stay bilious or constipated. reels� lendid_ always by taking Cascaret, d casionally. They act without grip- ing or inconvenience. . They never sicken you like Calomel, Salts, Oil, or nasty, harsh Pills: They cost so little too—Cascarets work while you sleep . Real Dwarf Trees. After growing for ten years, - the Japanese cypress, one of; the smallest specimens - of the horticultural world, reaches the. size of a golf ball. As if exhausted with this tremendous effort, the next ten years see it increase only by a et orf, - '-w-hen- it- 'practically. stops. growing altogether.•Remit by Dominion Express M'oneyOrder. If lost or stolen you get yourond l .. , . . their hunger but apparent y These b gh h d b d d sheer bloodthirstiness. Lizards and ing capital of the Canadian institution mise of an adult, the body is washed frogs slaughter insects,worms and up to $17,000,000, the premiums on inwater, sweetened with honey, wrap - other small creatures by the thousand.: the new stock amounting to $3,000,000 ped in a shroud; sewed up in a mat of Then there are the animals which were 'added to reserve! bringing the braided stray;; and laid upon a litter j latter_ up tora parity w:th the capital• kill for food, but ,so• deliberately that, made of boughs cut from trees. P. & L. Balance Over Million. they can almost be accused of • con- After all deductions, which includ- The lamentations of the relatives sciously planning the details; icrdco- resound among the cliffs and the prey ed disbursements among shareholders - diles which- dro#lrn their re under during the year in the way of div- news is rapidly communicated to all Look at .tongue! Remove poi water, snakes which swallow their dends and the anniversar bonus the people of the neighborhood, who captives alive, and cuttlefishes which. amounting to '$2,206,196, , there re- at once set . out to condole with the sonsfrom little stoma,l1, use their sucker -,studded. arms to en mained a balance at the ;credit of 1 wPle fold other animals in a deadly em- profit and loss account of $1,096,418, brace•or .over twice the amount carried into The parasites which live on the skin, the 1919 accounts from the previous or even in the flesh of other animals, •year. Comparative figures of the po- sition of she profit ani loss accounts gradually weaken their living homes, pf the past three years are given in so that they die from exhaustion. the following table: Sometimes, like the ichneumon' fly,' 1919 1917 theylaytheir eggs in another' crew-' Profits -63,423,264 62.803.19]8846 $2,327.979 gg Prev. bal.. 535,757 564,264 852,346 ture, often a fat caterpillar, so that' the young when Batched out can live' T 7tal • • • •$3.959,021 $3.374,110 93,180,325 A .light, ecnn j spra : 'CO taring of straw placed on wheat in winter pre- vents baking of the soil. in spring and improves the chances of the clover seeding. - Minatd's Liniment Cares Garget in Cows.' • It often costs more to do without an implement that is really needed on the farm than the implement itself would cost. - !Stew fruit in oven while roasting meat . or baking. This will save fuel.,, Fruit cooked in the oven is. more de- licious than when cooked on top of the stove. MVP OF FIGS" CHILD'S LAXATIVE upon an unwilling but powerless host,' Dig iiie ids $1,566:196 31.6.14, 702 91,549,1 ,4 who pines awayas the intruder flour- R�nu9 34°'°°0 F ension b. 10°•000 _ 100,000 .��, 1 Premises . 400,000 400,000 Robbers are common in the animal Govt. tic s. 166.406 130,6 1 world. Perhaps the mosk unscrupu-' Halifax F• 50.000 bus , is the skuas, a sea bird With : Reserve 500,000 hooked beak and webbed' feet, arms .t. ded..$2,862,603 $2.838.353 with talons. These lie in wait for - The seagulls which have been out fishing,' years corn and, chasing there until they drop! • their booty, seize it before it can reach the wader. ,Jf a gull proves obstinate, the skuas will shake if by the tail until.itdrops its property. HER FADED, SHABBY APPAREL DYED NEW "Diamond Dyes" Freshen Up Old, Discarded Garments. - Don't worry about perfect results.' Use "Diamond Dyes," ;guaranteed to ment .pnbelievably simple. This time and attention to the furthering give a new, rich, fadelbes color to any makes pOssible the "Wondors of re- of the schemes of • irrigation. ; .‘ • 1fabric, whether it be wool, silk, linen, habilitatron now being effected. by the• co-operatidn of Ainerkan relief agen- Sandy Scored. hated wasting money. Therefore, turned from a reconnaisance trip in color. - ! cotton or mixed goods, - dresses, stockings. skirts, children's A new preject is- already under way in the south area Of Alberta which will blo„sos, take in the land in the ittlymond, Ster- coats, feathers, draperierr, coveringS, ling and Magrath *diStricts,- and the ; everything. • , COmmissioner of Irrigationowith head -I The Direction Book with each pack-, IIe lived ,north of the Tweed, and quarters in Calgary, has recently re- age tells how to diamOnd dye over any when asfriend in London sent him an' the -Buffalo Lake countrY, where he show you "Diamond Dye""Color Card: To match' any material, have dealer unstamped letter he was annoYed gle has been gathering information . as • to . having to pay 3d. on it for pasta .' the fea.-sibility of another projected' He was still more hnnoyed 'on open -.1 scheme. This provides for the diver- , Untrained. ing the letter to find in it nailing hue' sion of the flood waters of the North katchewan River to ierigate the The doorbell was ringing. - . a single sheet, saying, "1 am well.' . lands lying to the east and south of Virginia's mother (who was dress- good mixcrq---a man In 'his busineas Buffalo Lake, all the way to the area ing) peeked .out-- and saw a stranger rettarn he proeurect largegflat: and a woman in her kitchen between Youngstown and Saskatoon. at the door. stone, and after having packed it in a I mourners. .ver "ani bo As soon as they catch sight of the funeral procession, they begin. to weep and cry aloud. When they join it, the men range themselves on one side of the bier, the women on the other, and chant. When the religious ceremony is over the corpse is buried in .the churchyard. • London tube railways which were built fifteen years ago for an average 100,000 cost of 1:600,000 per mile, would now 260,000 cost at least £1,000,000 per mile. 188,367 60,000 628,300 Terialliadillal.1111111M.141.1111.1111111/111.111- nce sheet* of the last two 1 s follows: 1918 Coin and notes -955,681. Cent. Gold Res... 24.600.000 2 Notes oth. banks 3.464;200 10.678, Due by Cttn. bks. 17.103 6.042 Govt. seCurities. 45.323,59R 36,599,97e Other securities. '52.815,433 44,705.300 Call loans, Can. 16.435.614 10,067.481 Call loana. out.. 33,812.751 24,374,191 24,658 Tot. 'lio. assets.$271.908,562 8224,982.058 Curr. loans, Can. 143.259 516 119.184.715 Curr. loans out. 90,210,271 64.175.163 Overdue debts.. .365.089 38,8,513 fteal estate ... 1.495.271 1.171.131 Bank , premises.. 7.01'6.44,4 6.492111 Letters credit . 1.6.467.978 10.-162,629 Other assets ... 173.648 213,910- • Deposits. dem...6159.656.229 6185,243,27R t Due other banks 7.463.823 Bilis nay. *06.776 1.etters credit ... 16 467,978 Public ljab. ....S497.697,243. S397.547,102 GRAY' For Coughs, Colds, and the relief of in. 04 flammatory conditions of the throat arising from Bronchial, Asth. matio affections and derangements of the Respiratoty Organs. • Totals 3531 647 084 6 095 721 7. 316.058 10.162.629 t 427,512,362 Both men and wornen need to be wooden box, with many wrappings,1 The scheme in outline, is to tap the Virginia, aged five, %Vas told to' • --e-o-•-•-•-• N th Saskatchewan Itiver at, or near, • dispatched it carriage forward. i er When his friend had paid 3s. ld. car-, siege he sought for , an expIansition,, to ! of canals and ditches carry the water jakes and depressions lying to the and found it in a letter at the top oft --, east, utilizing Buffalo Lake as the main • the package. I reservoir. • Rocky Mountain House, and by means 'Tear George, -When I found that! The Alberta Provincial Government yet were vrell,' this great load rolled is also considering the establishment Putting An Egg In a Bottle. di of an irrigation experimental farm at g point on the Saskatchewan River two miles north of Medicine Hat, cov, ering a distance of twelve miles along which has a mouth much smaller than' the riVer adjoining the city. There are approximately 35,000 acres of land which can be brought under irrigation under this plan. The finest feature of irrigated lands is that they cad be trusted to produce at leapt good average crepe every year, and indeed, so far from the quality of the lanedeteriorating, its tive as the farmer learns by study the egg, says Popular Mechanics. First soak the egg, in vinegar until the shell becomes soft and 'pliable. It will then be easy to force the egg into the bot- tle. Pour colt! water into the bottle and allow it tO remain until the shell becomes hard again. . The bottle can then 1:ie shown to friends, who aro cot.. tain to be 'greatly myetified by the sight of an egg in sual a bottle. Kee-) palms and ferns away from .An ordinary 'nail travels at an average speed of one milt Mt' -four- teen days. answer the door and say her mother Followi g instructions, Virginia was stuniped hen• the stranger asked, "whe ill she, return?" hout leaving the door, she W- 10: "Oh, mama, he wants to know Whe you are coming back? What shall I say?" Th.e Pay Envelope. The workman wait digging., The wayfarer of the' inquisitive' turn of mind stopped for,a moment to look on. "My man," said the wayfarer at length, "what are you digging forr The workman looked up. "•Money,' he replied: "Money!" exilairued the amazed *ayfarer,. "And when do you expect "On Saturday:. replied the work - an -as he resumed operations, etild temperatures rats are found to develop. a sort of "overcoat" or additional outer covering, which growsi water to use, and the best system of crop rotation. • One thorn of experience worth a ' \care., whole wilderness of warn lig. It Works! Try It Tells how to loosen a sore. tender cern so it lifts • out without pain. Good news spreads rapidly and drug gists here are kept bugy dispensing freezone. the ether discocry of a .Cin- cinnati man, which Is said to loosen any corn so it lifts out with the Ask at any nbarracy' for n onartor . ounce of freezone. N%hic'h will cost very little. but is said to be 1,1111:cient to rid one's feet u; every hard (iv corn or cal:us You apply kelt n few firoos Imo tender, aching 0 ;10.1 1:uosatiy the is so shriveled that it lift, Out wit*,1 Eng thituti:---- sands of deaths onn;1,?.y f:mn jaw and infection herei.:for rc..eltuir Accept "California" Syrup of Figs ' only—look for the name California on the package, thea you are sure your . child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little stoinach,- liver and bowels. Children love its delicious fruity on each bottle. Give.,it without fear. Mother! • You must say "California." Gum and other medi. cinal agents. Success. - fully used for 60 years. Alwsys buy Me Largo Sls• GRAY'S SYRUP of America's Pioneer Dog Itemedies Book on DOG DISEASES and How to Peed Mattel Free to any Ad- drestr by the Authot. H. Clay Glover Co., Inc. 116' West 31st Sifoct ACure for Pimples or any other strong mineral to cure pimples caused by poor blood. Take Extract a Roots - druggist calls it "Mother Seigel's ( Curative Syrup -and your skip will clear up as fresh as a baby's. It wiil sweeten your stomach and regulate your bowels." Get the genuine. 50c. and $1.00 Bottles. At drug stores, 6 DON'T NEGLECT A RHEUMATIC PAIN Go after it /with. Sloaa's Liniment before it gets dangerous Apply a. little. don't 1•117,, let tratr, and -good -by twinge! Same for soilcti clothing. 1:clial.le--1"-c biggest for 1410an's Li: inicl,t "Ito 30 S-781:1 COUGHS • pOl Tltar•r AGENT, WANTING. 1 •'go�xi prints' aid �' ivy.• i,wes$ prices on frarnee---ask • �,; �'..taiozue. 1'n.ted Art Co., -4 LirunsN :ch :1 . c.. To. runt.,. v.../ internal and external. cured wifjoatil own by oar home treatment. Writ:Lig before too late. Dr. Heilman Al EWSPAPER. WEEKLY. IN latUCIS .1.1 County. Splendid epportnnity. Wedge box T. Wilson Publinhing Co.. Limited'. TS Adelaide St. Toronto. wFALL EQUIPPZD NEWSPAPER and job printing plant• in EastArij Ontario. Insurance carried $1.600. go for $1.200 on quick gals. Bos-IIE Wilson Publishinot Co.. Ltd. Toronto. HCtICE SILVER BLACK BREEDING Foxes. Also, we are buyers of Rile Furs. What have you—what price? Reid Bros., Bothwell. Ont. rIOFFIN STOCK' WANTED. IF' YOU N..) are able to supply. advise us, as we will pay the highest prices, dry or green from the saw. Keenan Bros., Liroited. Owen Sound, Ont. Thanks to the automobile, the iitrb- tabs of every Country tovin‘now take • in all the Surrounding country for ten miles or more. • Stinard's Liniment 'Cures Distemper. If sausage is rolled in flonr before frying it Will not burst. DAD! YOUR HAIR 14S FALLING FAST "Danderine" will check that ugly dandruff and stcip hair coming out To stop failing hair at once and rid the scalp of every particle of dandruff, get a Small bottle of 443anderine" at any drug or toilet counter for a few cents, peur a little in your hand and rub it into the scalp. After several applications the hair usually stops - coming out and you can't find asy dandruff. Soon every hair on; your scalp shows new life, vigor, bright.. ness, thickness and more color. 1ROUB ITCHY E InRashOnF 7 A 6'1 bad been troubled witheemer.a on my face which took the form cf a rash. • Later it broke out on my cawing rr.e to scratch them trtil thsy were bleeding. Tho re..712 we ..14 oftsn keep me awal...* failsd, and then thought I would try was nct long till ti -*.e rar.h began to disappear, and uced three cokes nif Soap and four bones of Ointment. which healed me." (Siarked) W. M. Cuticura Soap to clet.nze, Cuticula Ointment to soothe and heal. Soap 25c. °let:went 25 end 50e, Sold ne,Limitee, t.. Matured. ONLY :TABLETS MARKED "BAYER" ARE ASPIRIN Not Aspirin at All without th,i ''T3a3:er Cross" - package which contains complete di. Tect ions. Then you are getting real Aspirin -the genuine Aspirin pre- scribed by physicians for over nine- I yeare. Now made in Canada. 1 Handy tin boxes containing 12 tab - _There s only one Aspielu—."Bayer".—Yon must say "Bayer".