(Silt flfounfjj gitItfoiatc,
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 18G9. .
FOIl GOVEliNOlt.
JNO W GEARY,
Subject to the decision of the Republican
Slate Convention.
STATISTICS CF CUBi.
The wholo number of troops tliat have
arrived in Cuba from Spain, up tho 23d
ultimo, is stated at 13,109 soldiers of all
arms, and 651 officers of all ranks. They
have been most enthusiastically received by
their volunteer countrymen resident in
Cuba. A list of those banished to 11 Per.
nan do IV for political offenses, published
in the Di irio of the 2 -1th, included 241
whites and eight colored pcisons. Setior
Lemus, the representative ot tho Cuban
insurgents now in Washington, has pre
pared in English some very interesting
Statistics of tho resources of the island
from the official records, from which is
quoted tho following : The amount of
trado curried on iu the ii.latid it over SI 70,
000,000 per annum. Iu lSllJ tho pn
duction of the island was S3l'C,000,UtH).
taxes paid in, $37,750,0X1 ; import, $"i7,.
400,000 ; exports, $43,-100,0000. The
rural wealth was theu estimated at S3SI,
000,000 ; wealth of towns ? 170,000 000';
industrial and commcicial wealth, $714,'
000,00). The Spanish population, in
cluding the army, was 150,000 ; Cuban
white population, 750,000. Of these,
326.000 were women and 215.000 eld
people and children, leaving 210.000 able
for the army. The necro population was
000,000 from which 50,000 may bo taken
for the field This, he claims is a low
estimate. It will bo seen however, that it
gives them 2GO,000 men for the army
lhe productions in 1802 were : Suiia
02,000,000 ; tobacco, 530,000.000 , other
Items, 37,000,000; total 129,000,000.
NEWS IIEKS.
Gold closed iu New York on Saturday
The appropriation bill is still under
consideration in the Pennsylvania Senate
The New Jersey Legislature adjourn,
ed Saturday.
The United Statc3 steamer Narrnjran
sett has sailed from Havana to Key West
.She will be returned there in a few days.
Dunn, the colored Lieutenant Gov
ot Louisiana, was anions; those who had
interviews with the President Saturday.
A bill comncllinir newsnnrcr tn mil.
lish their circulation was killed in the New
.York Legislature Saturday.
In the New York Assembly, Saturday,
a bill was reported imposing heavy penal.-
iirs on seuers oi icitery tiekcts, drawers of
lotteries, or publishers of lottery advertise.
. ments.
Ta the case of liog-.rt formerly pay
master's clerk in the- navy, which bus ju.-i
closed iu New York, the jury found a ver.
diet for the Government ot 53,402 28
damages.
. A Havana dispatch says that Innoccn
oio Casanova, a citizen of the United
Srates, has been arrested on suspicion of
complicity iu the plot to seize the bteamer
Comaianditario.
Subscriptions to tho amount of SjrjO,
000 for a home for aged and infirm Jiap
tists were received at a meeting cf that
denomination in New York on Thursday
evening.
The steamer Edi'nburg brought to
Cincinnati on Thursday sixty five horF.es
sent by President Grant to Gen. Sheridan'
iney go forward to St. Louis on
steamer champion.
the
A large fire has been raging for the
past few days in the woods between Sa"
Harbor and East Hampton, Long Island"
It has burned over five hundred acres and
caused a vast amount of daaago.
Dr. Kobley Dunglison died on last
Thursday night in Philadelphia aed
eeventy-one years. Mr. DupuHspu was one
ofthe most distinguished physicians and
authors in the cruntry. lie was tor many
years connected with the Jefferson Co'lce
of Philadelphia. ' n
--The New York Times soys there is no
doubt that the Houso has been overreacted
by the Seuato in the tenure-of office busi
ness. Judtres Hoar and Davis construe
ithe new .bill as leaving in tho hands o( the
Senate a continued check up in all re.
rmovala ,by the President.
A Lima letter savs: Tim P..-,,,:....
Minister at Washington has.been instructed
to sett e the question at issue .with Smn,
and all points that cannot be settled between
the Ministers of .the two countries are to
be submitted to the President of the
United States, whose decision Bb.aJ.be final.
A Washington dispatch says that a
.correspondence has been in progress for
some time between certain promiucnt men
in the British Provinces and leading men
io this country, relative to the prospective
..annexation of these Provinces to the
United States. Enough has been de
veloped to warrant the belief, among some
members of Congress, that if the matter
could be reached in an official way, pro
posals would eventually be made to tho
United States lookintr towards knn.i;nn
The following resolution was sought to be
offered in the House Saturday.but, object-on
being made, the effort failed : Resolved,
That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be
and they are hereby instructed to inquire
into the. expediency of investigating the
condition ot our -relations, present and
.prospective, with Nova Scotia an.l'tw.
they be authorized to report (o the Houso
utaoy ume.
J
.Tie Xyt.rj of raitfnj,
The world at large do not understand
the mysteries of a newspaper j and, as iu
B wtch. the hands that are seen are but
mo ihsmvo yisiruiucnts ot mo sprang,
which is never seen ; so, in a ncwsapet
me most wormy causes ot its prosperity
are olten least observed or known. Who
suspects the benefit which the paper do
rives from the enterprise, the vigilance
and tlie watchlul fidelity of the publisher
In pauses io thing Imw mueh of tho
plrnsuro of reading is derived from tho
skill and enre of the printer f We feel
tho bU 'Hushes of printing, if they exist
but seldom ibserve the excellencies.
Wo cut a hearty dinner, but do not
think of the farmer that raised tho materi
als thereof, or the cook that prepared thnii
with ii. finite pains and skill. lJut a rook
nf vegetables, meat, pastries, mid infinite
bonbons, has a paradisiacal oilico in com
pansiMi tiiui nn coiror l jscloro him pass
in review nil Uie exchange newspapers
lie is to know all their contents, to make
for other eyes the matter that reouiro at
trillion. His scissors are to be alert, and
flip with incessant industry all the lilllo
items that together form so laii'e nn inter.
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iti in iiiu iii-ws M'parimcut. lie passi s
in review cacti week every State in fh
Union, through tho newspaper lens. II
looks across uie ocean, and jn strange
i i. i i, . - .
anus, nun uniow.ng mo sun, lie searches
all round the world for material. It will
Tt outre but two second's tiinu fur th
leaders to take in what two buuis' search
Koilurcd. liy him me read the iiianu
scripts that swarm the olCco like flies lu
.'uly It is his frown that dooms them
It is his hand that condenses a wholo yam
iuto a line. It is his sternness that ro
mums M'uiiiiiunrai ouituaries, mat gives
young potts a twig tin which to sit and
sing their first lays.
And the power behinl the throne in
newspapers as in higher places, is fome-
iinics as important as the throne itself
vurrefpo-iuence, occasional or regu'ar,
stands m ave at that silent power which
has the last chance at any aitiele, aud may
send it forth in glory or humility. And,
iu fchort, as the bo)y depends upon a good
aigesnon, so me tieaiiti ot a paper depends
uiioii xi'.m vigorous ui'estion which pops
on by means of the editor. Ought they
not to oe Honored r And since little fame
i- .1. .i , i , . ,
iiuunus iiii'iu, iney snouii: at least have
iheir creature comforts multiplied. From
that daik aud dismal den iu which they
have Eo long had purgatorial residence,
they are at length translated ! Henry
,i. . ii
ii ura jjeecner.
KyKBjf spark of a coed thought should
be uIjwii in a flume, aud produce a suitable
practice in our lives aud conversation.
josh IjILLIngs says lio will never
patronize a lottery so lung as be can hire
Tit
anybody else to rcb hiw at reasonable
wages.
A newspaper published in the regions
of Lakes Menip.hremagog and Winnepe.
;aukee, says that " the fish in Lake Hol
ies hmikeniunk, Maine, are said to be
superior to those of cither Lake Weeley
ebasock or Muosetockmesantue. Those
of Chaunungngungamauug were very lioe,
but they ail got chocked to death iu try-
ng io ten wnere Uiey lived,7
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A IJeautu-ul Indian Sltep.stitio.v.
Among the superstitions of the Seneca
ludiuns is one of singular beautv. When
a maideu dies they imprison- a young bird
uuiii u j.rs.1 oegiiis to try its power of song,
and then, loading it with earcescs thev
loose it over her grave, in the belief that
it will not fold its wings nor close its eves
until it has flown to the spirit land and de.
livered its precious burden of effection to
the loved and lost.
Snuffers. A couutrvman seoimr for
the first time a pair of snuffers, asked :
v nai s tnem tur ! "
" To snuff the caudle."
" To snuff tho candle."
The caudle iu-t then needed attention.
and with his thumb and finger ho ninched
off ihe suuil, and carefully put it into the
uuuers, saying :
" Well now, them is handy ! "
To Wash Curtains. A lady, in writ
nig aliout the best method of washing lace
curtains, says she always soaks them tro
or three days in warm w,iter by which pro
cess they are eo much cleansed" that very
littlo rubbing is needful. All attempts to
iron lace stretch it entirely out of tharie.
Tho .curtains should be spread smoothly
upon me uoor or a spare room, clean sheets
having been laid down, aud allowed to re
main until dry.
A shoemaker receiving ' a note from
a lady to whom he was naticularlv at
taehed, requesting him to make her a new
pair of shoes, and not knowing exactly
.i . , i ... . . .
mo siyio kite required, ho dispatched a
wri'tcu missive to her to know whether
she would like them to bo Wround or
'Squire toad ? " lhe lady, indignant at
mis rich specimen ot orthography, repied,
ivneeiner.
A butcher let a sailor havo a shou'der
of mutton on trust, but finding a day or
iwo alter, that he had gone to a foreign
laud, said, " My word J but if I had known
ho never intended paying for it, I would
i i. i
nave cuargeu a penuy a pound more ior
it."
The oldelt Trees in the Would.
Tho cypress of Somuia in Lombard,
Italy, is perhaps the oldest tree on lecord.
It was know to be in existence in tho time
of Julius Cscsar, 2 years before Chiist,
and i therefore, more than 1090 years
old. It is 106 eet in .circumference at
one foot from -the ground. Napoleon,
when laying down the plan for his treat
road over thq Siuiplou, a post in one of
the Alps diverged from a straight Hue to
avoid injuring this tree The honor of
superior antiquity, however is claimed by
some in behalf of the immense and yeuera
ble tree in Calaveras County, California,
which is supposed from the concentrio
circjea in the trunk, to be COG 5 yeara old.
Is then a God 1
How eloquently does Chateaubriand re
ply to this induiry t There is a God J
Tho herd of the valley, the cedars of the
mountains bless Him, the insects sport in
His beams ; the elephant salutes Him with
tho rising orb of tho day ; the birds sing
of Him in the foliage; the thunder pro
claims Him in the Heavens ; the ocean de
clares His immensity man alone has said,
" Thcro is no God." Unite in thought at
the same instant the most beautiful objects
in nature ; supposo you see at once all tho
hours of the day and all the scusons ofthe
year ; a morning of Spring and a nioru
ing of Autumn ; anight besponsrled with
s'ars and a night cjvered with clouds ;
meadows enameled with flowers and forests
hoary with snows ; fields gilded by tint of
autumn ; then alone you will have a just
conception of tho universe. Whilo you
aro paziug on that sun which is plunging
under tho vault of tho west, another'ob
seivtr admires him emerging from the
gilded gates of the cast. ?y what incon
ceivable magic does that star, which eiuk
ing fatigued and burning,. iu tho shailo ol
evening, reappear lit the same instant, fresh
and humid with tho dews of tiie-tnorning ?
At every instant of the day that -gWiou
orb is at oncj- rising resplendent, at noon
day, and setting iu the west, or rather our
senses acocive us, there is properly speak-
nig, no east, west, norm or south in tho
wu-ld; Everything reduces stself to n
single point, from whenco the king of tho
day sends forth a triple light in one sub
stance. Tho bright splendor is perhaps
.ii nniL-ii naiuie can present that is iuot
beautiful ; for while it gives us an idea ol
the perpetual magnificence and resistless
power ol God, it exhibits at thesamu timn
a shining image of tho glorious Trinity.
Honi3 Folitcniss.
Should an acquaintance tread on vr.nr
dress, your best, your very best, and by ae.
eident. tear t bow profuse vour " uver
minds don't think of it I don't care at
all. If a husband does it ho
frown'; if a child, he is chjtisod.
gets
Ah I these are httlo thnnrs. sav vnu '
They toll mightily on the heart, lot ua as
sure you, little as thpy arc.
A gentleman stops at a fiiend's house,
and finds it all in confusion. "He don't
see anything to apologize for never thinks
of such matters everything is a'l ri"ht,"
cold room, cryiug children. " ncrleetlv
comfortable." "
He goes heme 'his wife has been takino
care ot the sick ones, and worked her life
almost out. 41 Don't sco why things can't
be in better order, there never was such
cross children before." No analogies ex
cept away from home.
hy not be polite at home ? Wh ? not
use freely the golden coiu of courtesy ?
How sweet they sound, those little words,
' L thank you," you are very kind."
Doubly, yes, trebly sweet from the lios wo
love, when heart-smiles make the eje spar
kle with the clear light of affection.
He polite to your children. Do you ex.
pect them to be mindful of your welfare,
grow glad at jour opproac'h, to bound
away to your pleasure before your request
is half spoken ? Then, with all vour
dignity and authority mingle politeness.
Givo it a niche in vour household trmr.lo
Only then will you have the true secret of
sending out into the world really finisod
gentieiuen aui ladies.
A gang of negroes lro.n the Manuelito
antation, near C'ieuluegos, Cuba, ioined
the insurgents recently, and tnmrn Kr,
pursuing them.
ChiistopV.fi- IXiil,!. living ;n tho South
ard Cinnltn, -Sew Jersey, was on March
olst so iuly stabbed by liii father that
f v"unut live, the murderer is seventy
yearuuf age and served in tho army during
uie lato war. Ue parted from his wife
soino years ago. 1 ho children renounced
him and took sides with the mother. The
lather aud sun met in a bier saloon, after
leaving which the old man drew a knif
four inches in length aud inflicted such
terrible wound in the abdomen of the son
as to allow th bowels to protrude and drag
on tno ground, where the unfortunate man
was found in a dying condition.
A Wonderful Ikee. Iu the birch
nuuu vi V.UUOUU1, rcouuuu, uiero is a
wonderful tiee. well worihv of notf
Somewhere about Ihirry years ago a Utile
giant ot the tortit was blown down in
storm, and fell across a deep gully or ra'
vino, which it completely spanned, and tho
rop nranches took root on the other side.
From the parent stum no less than fifteen
trees grew up perdendieularly, all in a
row ; and there they still flourish in all
their splendor, whilo the parent stem
evinces no signs of decay. Several of tho
trees aro not less than thirty feet high.
The trco is a large fir.
Wet Clot u 3 to the Head In
slighter degrees of fever, wet cloths are
ordered. In this, caso remember that no
extra weight must bo applied. A pieoo of
rag juiuou once, rinsed in cold water and
applied, is quite thick enough ; tbo weight
oi a wei lowci would probably do as much
injury as the cold would do good,
A Cuttjous Experiment A curious
physiological experiment was recently made
by plaeii.g a lew grains of barley before a
hungry pigeon. While pecking ut the
bailey the brain of the pigeon was frozen
by means of a spray of ether. Tho bird,
being thus deprived of consciousness',
cnas.ed pecking, and remained as if dead.
Tho barley was then removed, and tb
ether spray having ceased, the brain was
allowed to th?w. The bird boon returned
to life, and its first act was to renew tho
pecking for a lime, although no food was
before it.
DUDLET ItANl'ALL who makes " fT:.h "
for the Aurora lieaeon aud spices it well,
is guilty of the following ; As Cuba-
Nellie Wade, why didn't be have her uncle
weigood, also I Jiecause he's lien Wade
I iiave seen a farmer travel about.
much that there- was nothing atome warth
looking after.
TAW NINO & LUMBER CO.
jEYSIONli STOM3 WILCOX PA-
ATTENTION EVERYBODY
SPRING OPENING
r
m
Tli largest store In North Westorn Pa., JU
tcrally filled to overflowing.
WINTER GOODS closing out regardless of
value.
Tfe are opening the spring campaign with
lhe largest and most attractive stock ever
offered in this market.
IVo shall endeavor to keep every dppart
mcnt well assorted the jcar round, Our
DRY GOODS DLPARTMEXT
will always contain a largo and well selected
stock of Cloths Cassimcrs Si Cloakings, Black
and Colored Silks. SeaionaVie dress goods iu
great variety. Table Linens, Napkins Towels
&c., whilo goods,of every description, bleaalied
aud brown sheetings all widths.
GLOVES & HOSIERY
TIUMMINOS and NOTIONS
CARIETS and OIL CLOTHS
WALL and WINDOW TAI-Ell,
COOKS AND STATIONEKY, CLOTHING,
HATS and CAFS, BOOTS & SHOES,'
DRUGS & MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS &
DYE STUFFS,
LEATHER, cfc SHOE FIXDIXGS,
HARD WARE,
S70VESJ TIX WARE,
IROXih STEEL,
XAILS it BUILDERS
HARD WARE.
NUTS & WASHERS, HORSE SHOES
& NAILS, WAGON SPRINGS,
PATENT AXLES J; BOX US, CROCK
. ERY cud GLASSWARK,
STONE WARE, FLOUR, " -FEED
& -MEAL, COI1N and
OATS, FURNITURE
OF ALL KINDS.
SARI1 & DOORS
COFFINS,
MATRASSES,
BEDDING,
&c.,
TOBACCO & CIGARS,
TRUNKS, VALISES i CARPET BAGS,
IlULiBEU BELTING.
CLOCICG in GREAT VARIETY.
Agents for Koyt Bros. Celebrated Leather
Belting.
With ur superior facilities for obtaining
heavy goods, in largo quantities, from first
hands wa defy competition.
Groceries & Provisions.
We invite particular attention- to our choice
brands of extra and double extra flour, we get
direct from mills at the west thus saving to
customers the profits usually pocketed by
middlemen. Our flour is always fresh ground
and we guarantee entire satiufWinn wiih
very barrel '
TANNING & LUMBER Co.
ln21tf Wilcox P.
W. S- SERVICE
200,000 CUSTOMERS WANTED.
At the new Masonic Hall Building.
STOVES at prices that will pleaao of all do
sirabla kinds.
TIN-WAP.E of every kind on hand at all
times.
Special attention given to Wholesalo orders
Trice list furnished to dealers on application.
SHEET. T1X AXD COPPER WARE,
Houso furnishing goods a great variety.
STEAM AND WATER riPEING,
TUMrS, FISHING AND HUNTING
TACKLE, such as KODS BAS
KETS, SEINES, FLIE8, HOOKS,
CAS, TOWDER, &c. .j-c.
BIRD CAGES A X1CE VARIETY.
ROOFING,. GUTTERS, SPOUTS.
of Tin, GalTAnizt i Iron and Cepper and every
kind of
HOUSE AND JCB WORK
done on short notice and warranted,
AliLNC'Y of Henry Disstons celebrated
taws. Orders for saws at factory prices so
licited, also for repairing, Information aud
prico list fu.niidied on application.
TAPER RAGS, OLD ROPE, OLD
COPTER, BRASS, PEW
TER, LEAD, IRON,
BEESWAX, HEAVY HIDES, BE A KEN
SKINS, SHEEP PEALT3, GREEN
BACKS, NATIONAL BANK
NOTES, V. S.
BONDS Jta.
taken in exchange fur Guo-h or Wurh.
tn20tf. W. P. SERVICE.
A CARD TO TUB LAWKS. D... Dupnn
co's ;uldi;n periodical pills
tor females. lufull;ble in correcting irn-ir.
ulariiies, Removing Obstructions of tho
Monthly Turn-, from whatever dime, aud
always successful as a prevuiitwo. Ono Pill is
a dose. Females peculiarly slltiuted. or those
supposing themselves so, lire cautioned against
using inpso nits vlitla in Unit condition,
lest tiioy invite niiscnrriaae. after winch ad-
moniiion tho Proprietor assumes no re
sponsibility, although their mildness would
prevent any miseliief to health: otl-erwisa
tlie Pills are reenmmeu ded ns a Most Invalu
able lieniedy for (13 alleviation of those
suffering from any irregularilius whatever,
as well ns prevent an increase of fun.ilv
when health v. ill not 'permit it .- oiiictiuir th
nerves aud bringing hack the "rosy color of
health " to tho cheek of tho most delicmn.
Pull and explicit directions accomrnnv
each box. Price iff per box : (J boxes. S5.
Sold iu P.id 2WaV. Pa.. 1V G. G. MeswenjAi.
Druggist, sole agent for Hi.lgwav. Ladies, hv
sending him $1 to th j Kidgivay P. O. can
have the Pills tent (confidentially) by mail to
any pari oi me country, ,re of postage.
Sold also by Swayno Si Ueynuld, St. Mary's,
ancl by ou Druggist in every village iu the
Uuion.
S. D. HOWE,
my2 &S-ly. Solo Proprietor, N. Y.
J&pfttot
A New Remf.ht jn CossrMrTiON. A
Physician who b id C'oJisumption for several
years, with f tqucnt bleeiliugs of the lungs,
cured himself wilh mediciuo unknown lo
the profession, when his caso appeared bope-
e.s. He is the .only physician who has uned
it in his own person, or who has any knowledge
of its virtues ; a -d ho can ascribe the degree
of health ho now enjoys to nothiag but ilw
use of his medicine j and nothing but utter
despair aud entire extinction of ail hope of
recovery, together with a want of confidence
in'all others induced bim to haiard the-exper-iment.
To those suffering with any disease
of the hings ho proffers a treatment he con
fidently believes will eradicate the disease
Prico $1.50 per bottle, or 58a half doien,
sent by express. Send fr a circular vr call
on Dr. K. Bovlsto:j Jackson, No. li&O, North
Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
may 30,08-ly
VLKCTUUE TO
published in
YOUNG MLN JUST
a sealed enveloDe
A Lecture on the Nature. Treat
Radical cure of Spermatorrhoea, or Seminal
Weakness, Involuntary Emissions, Sexual De
bility, and Impediments to marriage general!.
Nervousness, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits;
Mental and Physical Incapacity, resulting
from Self-Abuse, o., by Robert J. Culver
well, M. D., author of the "Green Book."
etc. Prico in .a sealed envelope, ouly six
cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
essay, clearly demonstrates from a thirty
years succersful practice, that the alarming
consequences of self abuse may be radically
cured without the use of internal medium.
or the application of the knife, pointing out
a muuB vi vuiv ui uiiuv uimpie, certain and
effectual, by means -of which every sufferer
no matter what his condition mav h ,,,'
cure himself cheaply, privately, and radi.
cal'.y.
ui,, bis Lecture should be In the hanrta f
every youth aud every man iu the land.
Sent nnder aeal. in a plait euvelope, to any
address, postpaid, ou receipt of six cents
pr two post stamps. A.hio, Dr. Culverwell's
" Marriage Guide," price 25 ceuti. Address
the Publishers.
tHAS.;jT.C. KLIVE a en
12T Bowsrj, New York, p. Q. Box 4.5SC
al lg7
POWELL & KIME.
QOOD3 FOR Tllfi MILLION.
POWELL & K I'M Et"
At their capacious (tores beta in
RIDGA7AY
AND
CEN.TBEVILLE,
Have on hand, splendid assortment of
all seasonable Goods adapted to tin .want
of tho people of Elk and adioinintr
counties, which they are lolling at prices
that defv cetnpetition. They would iiaaply
state here, that being very large dealers,
their facilities for purchasing ara an
equalled by any establishment ia tha
county. They buy direoll? from nanaT
facturc and on thf
Another advantage. Tou ea always
fret whut you want at their stores, htass
you mil save tune by going oirostly q
them and TIME IS MONEY. 'ra
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have no space here to enumerate all tht ad
vantages you will have in patronising tkssj
establishments. Rut call and ss. and
reap the the advantages for joargslves.
Among their Goods you will find
DRY GCOD3 ia ealless Tariuties,
GPwOCERI?:3 Chijio.and fr.sh
- CLOTHING of best material superior
cut and finish,
LOOTS & SHOES of ike .est
ktnftir And mul-a
taiddle aged and sldeily.
DRIED FRUIT,
BUTTJE, XQQi,
rORK, HAMS,
LARD, FLOUR;
CORN MEAL.
AND EVERYTHING
26 inch shaved shingles talf8 forgooda,
at the market price, at both stores.
t
Ako most other kinds of coun try pt
duce takeu afTtba ffarkst value- ""
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