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I5:ckcr, tshninkon nn.l i .h'linly, vh was conHtiintly sii.lii: oft' the S'i'a iiiid reinstating li rs If Willi a jerk, aiul Miss Agatha 'herself, who 8'it, .'ii'itrt irnin thrf others, glano ing niiea -ily out of the window, as if dUlrivi.-ji'il i.y their garrulity, M-i.ss Agatliti Avas u fair young woman, with a nulilo head and a countenance ex-p-e.-sivG of nil j'n'aee and goodness. Yet at tliis liioiiicut she entertained feel ings (h'i'i.lriliy ho.-tilo to her callers, who ha 1 i n-) in, v, i'h the familiar fn.'o doiaof f i 1". ardors in a family hot el, . to chat, away the afternoon. At heart ( i..y w(.r j utinM)m'i y sorry that M.is Nanai.' Fost .r had .not yet returned fruia a .-hi. -hill, where hhe had polio the d.iy 1 ( t'ore. Miss Xannie, Agatha's cousin, '"inianion and eha)eruno iu one, was far more to their taste; sho was more attentive, iaoiv easily imj)re.ed,' nur f.yi!iiathi.;tie, they thought., Sim .vt . tat looking out tho windoV when they wcro retailing their choicest hM.s of scandal for her especial benefit. But then she was a woman of years. How ever, they still lingered; it was a j'leasant iilaee. Tho Fosters had the handsomest suite in the building-Kiiid furnished with such tastel Kueh car pets! Such decorative artl And tho l usters veto tiji-top . people There were four of them, Miss Agatha, her two bachelor brothers, ten and a dozen years her senior, arid Miss Nannie, who, fdiiee tin. ir parents' death,';hal kept the children to rethor. Tho 'winter clay 1k w to a ( li.se, the room grew dusky, and. ; ;i h,. ladies lingered. -V' i - add endure it no longer; t!. ; r.s, sho was without pa- t h I." l'nso quickly. ," hlia said, with an indig ih' ii ier in her sweet contralto voice, "you must excuso me. I cannot Jisleo to such conversation 1" 'i'iiere was silenea a moment; then Miss Forteseui lifted her cumbrous frame. "(i!i. certainly. I quite un di island. 'We. w ill withdraw. We do not wb.h to otTeiid." " (;h, ceiluhdy," faintly echoed M'rs. ll'. eher, sliding iroin the sofa for the la.it time and preparing tofollow. Agatha's impatience only increased. "And -Jillow me to say"," she cx dt'Mved, will; no compunction, "that I think iaiiies might be better employed than with their neighbors' affairs." " Good-afternoon," said Miss Fortes cue, savagely, , ' ;ool-afternoo:i," bneered Mrs. Ih.-ekrr. "(Jood riddance 1" cried Agatha, tiharply, ere the door had closed. i'.Miay of all day," she said, as chc y.t,:!:: d to aad Iro ia tho l'revc-ntly the door opened. " AU i.i tho dark, Agatlia?" aske4 a chi ery voice. " I thougtit you would never come, Nannie," was tho bwii't, unnerved re- "Why, what is tho matter, my dear?" " " i laive ju: t put Mrs. Fortescue and 1 ' . .. I 'n'eker out of tho room, and It 1 ; .'Mihiycd me." ; , ar me, n hat had they done?" h same old sickening gossip. ;.. ... ijnice llirts on the street; ilrs. Cy hvl-ii hi r btep-child to tho fire to Lai n it, and f;o un aiid so on." "They get their ideas from the tt;orn.!:g p ipei's," said Nannie, calmly, unchiop.ii.' lu-r fur-lined circular. "ThoMcpm-.ther holding the child to the lire is a favorite paragraph, when news is scarce. Sometimes sho heats the llat-ivon. For my part I would lievergo to that trouble." Hat A gat ha could not respond to her f-t.,id humor. Mid helped put away tho wraps, and inquired after thosuburban fiieuds. "You look pale; aren't you well?" asked Miss Nannie when they were fci.-ati:d. The girl dropped her eyes. " Nannie, 1 have si en" new s for you," she said with an eifi.it. "f last night I proioe.ed Mr. iVters to to marry l.im." 'I'..-, u t,i- sighed as if relieved t f a !.'!. ,t i ': 'i.-ii. 'Un- r ., Mill, utterly still. If i ! X..: .'. . re .Mirprised or shocked .w. ' .in. Hie only sat quietly i : ' a. ; I'Ui and taking time to !ui JleVer liiled her eVi.'S VOL. 17. P. 36. until, after some moments, her Cousin cleare ! her throat and tranquilly in ) ' "1 : " Well, dear, are you satisfied that you will bo happy?" Then the girl rose and threw herself 'pen the sofa. " Oh, Niinnio, I don't now ; I can't tell." More silence. Then Miss Nannie asked if she had told the boys. To these women George and Lewis would bo "tho boys" as long as they lived ."I told George at noon," replied A gatha, in a voico heavy with tears. Lowi3 was not here.. I wish you would tell him." " And what did George say ?" "He only said, I congratulate Fetors.'" MissNannfe leaned back in the chair end meditated, bringing Festers upfor icntal review. Foor little whiffet I i i lie suro he had money, some social i idinganda fair education. They i d known him a long, long time, and even felt for him a sort of distant rela t i v es' affection. They would do any thing in the world for him. He often Agatha about, to places of amuse r cut, to church, or riding. . But ho v as at least fifteen years her senior, h ii they had never dreamed of his as piring to marry her. His appearance wiis pitifully against him. Miss Nan nie reviewed his bad build, his bowed legs, his " wild eyo," as she called it, a auspicious eyo that seemed to skirmish nbout tho room while its mate regarded you with steadfast respect. Then sho turned her thoughts to Agatha Aga tha perfect in faco and figure and en nobled by education and advantages Agatha, for whom a senator had pro posed and a congressman languished, to say nothing of her lesser adorers Agatha, wno had rejected the senator because ho lacked principle, and the congressman because ho was. a wid ower. Nannie remembered that the girl' bad suffered and shed tears over re fusing these and others. She had a curious- disposition, as the boys had paid. ' ; At length Nannie roused and spoke, v I will tell Lewis ; and now, dear, you had better dress, it is near dinner time. " Harkl" cried Agatha, "there ho is now gone into his .oom." Nannie recognized the clumsy step, Jwis had never yet come up those stairs without tripping at tho top ; the rushing, impetuous way of his boyhood would always cling to him. "I am going at, once to tell him, beforo Georgo comes," said Nannie, rising. "Yes, do," sighed Agatlia,. And when her cousin had gone out across the corridor, and her tap had been welcomed by a careless ' Come in I" tlie young girl stole after and listened at the crack of her brother's door. "Lewis, 1 have news for you," said Nannie, gently, and .there was a hid den sob in her fond voice. "Agatha has promised to marry Mr. Peters." "Oh Lord!" cried Lewis, in open mouthed disgust. Agatha crept away from the door ; her face was burning and her heart beat hard. Fut Miss Nannie remained ' awhile in hrr cousin's chamber. " Lewis," she said, gently, "I sup pose we all feel the' same over this matter? Agatha says when sho told George he remarked that lie 'congrat ulated Peters.' " " Well, t his is too bad," said Lewis, indignantly. "It is a shame if a girl with ber'faco and brains can'tdo bet ter. She is altogether too soft- varted. Sho would have married, all thy. men who ever proposed, if we had let her, and out of sheer pity, not because she cared for them. That is why she ac cepted Peters,' couldn't bear to hurt his feelings didn't want bis eyes to suffuso with tears 1 We must do some thing to prevent." Nannie smiled deprecatingly : "We must be very careful. Agatha has a curious disposition, and if she thought we wero all against him she would only pity him tho more." " If there was only some way to dis poso of him," exclaimed Lewis, grimly; "if we could send him out with, the next Arctic expedition " . . Nannie rose. "You will be. very careful what you say, Lewis?" "Oh, of course." . She lingered at the doorr Agatha has not a forceless nature . by my means," she said ; "sho can get angry if she cares to. She tells mo sho put Miss Fortescue and Mrs. Becker out of our parlor to-day, because of their vile gossip. I have no doubt she did." "Humph !" ' 1 Agatha came down to dinner with her face composed and her manner gracious as ever. Her inward detiance was not outwardly manifest. Of her family, George was a shade more dignified than usual, and Lewis ap peared annoyed, while Nannie put on a regretful look and sighed occasionally. When they left the dining-room, Agatha swept- haughtily by the table, at, which sat the FiU'lescue and Decker. She was done with the twain and intended they should see it. Up m tin a- pari r, George sat down by his MMer. . "Agatha, he, said, tilnWlV iu with aa e i-leu' it i te for tho subject. "it.) Veil ige your idling v,; think you self to Mr. ur faiaiiv ';" did Well t.i one Pcter-i before e TIOWESTA, PA., WEttESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1882. was of .ncro three vrnra nun " VioVaid, -regarding him w ith serene uigrmy. , : " Yes, yes, of course. But there Is such a thing as advice. Mr. Peters is our good friend, but is ho a suitable husband for you?" "What is there against him?" sho nsked, unflinchingly. She wns not blind to her lover's bodily imper fections. Sho had lain awake all night mentally endeavoring to straight en his crooked limbs and control hi3 recreant orb. But with daylight they had dawned upon her as uncompro mising as ever. But Georgo would not stoop to per sonalities. "Nothing," he answered, quietly. "Only we have looked very high for you. We want you to bo happy." "Then do not speak against Mr. reters," she said, in a way that seemed to dismiss the subject. George betook himself to his own room, and L-wis took his place by Agatha. "I suppose I am to congrat ulate," ho paid, with a careless disre gard of Na: :'h;'')i injunctions. " You do -a tseeni very enthusiastic," responded hi- sister, calmly, recalling his secretly-heard exclamation upon first learning the news. " I can't help it if I don't," he an swered, half impatiently. "You know how proud we are of you, Gath and we can't be expected to think any man good enough." She smiled. He went on recklessly: " I don't be lieve you knew what you wero doing. You don't love Peters, you only pity him, just as you used to pity the sena tor and all the rest. This crooked little curmudgeon! Why, he is older than George, and cross-eyed " '. She sprang up in a rage: "Lewis, you have said quite enough. Never speak to me again. I forbid it!'' Then she sought her own chamber and threw herself upon the bed. Nannio came to her after awhile "My poor darling! Why are you feel ing so bad ?" " Lewis has been saying such awful things!" " And are you quite sure you have made no mistake ?" " Quite sure?" She arose and arranged her toilet; Mr. Peters was to come that evening. He arrived early. Nannie endeav ored to be gracious, but excused her- seir, leaving Agatha to her lover, the boys having both gono out. And Agatha, with Lewis' cool criticism still ringing in her ears, felt as if in a dream. Fortunately Peters made no inquiries as to her brothers' opinions of the marriage. Miss Nannie had con gratulated him as though all was s.VVs factory. - Agatha accepted his adoration ou riuUo passively, and at last, when he had gone, retired to her own room to pity him, and tell herself how much she loved lam. But as the winter slipped away the engagement was announced, and, hav Ing remained unbroken, Agatha's brothers even began to feel quite re signed. The quiet, Intense devotion of Nor man X'eters was touching. He wor shiped his betrothed ; to him sho was a very goddess. "If," thought Nannie, with a soft ened regret, " if he wero only not quito so small I If he were only a half inch taller, to be of even height with Aga tha! Meanwhile Agatha was fretting her self to death. A thousand little heart less sarcasms and glances of ridicule, to which Peters, in his great happiness, was utterly oblivious, were constantly stabbing her. Night after night she passed in wakeful agony, the idea of breaking the engagement never once occurring to her. She was sure she loved him, and she realized tho depth of his devotion. She endeavored to rise above morbid sensitiveness, telling her self that people would cease their cruel Avaysshen they saw. that she was de tern led. to stand by him. But she grewthin, and her face wore a hunted expression. Mesdames Becker and Fortescue now began to circulate petty little stories about her ingeniously constructed, but untruthful romances. Nothing very bad, for Agatha was a woman to whom no doubtful mist clung for a moment; but whispers of "coquetry," "girlish folly," aud"li" resort," which wero blown from lipvfi lip on the dubious breath of friendship, came at last to ve the ears of the Forsters. Agatha only grew more pale. Stormy Lewis, however, one day cou fronted Miss Fortescue in the hall before his sister's room. "I can tell you, madame, that you must discontinue your talk of my sis ter," he cried, ungrily. Agatha came out. "Oh, Lewis, dear." He took her by the arm. " Go back, Gath. I've a matter to settle with this lady. She knows what miscliief sho has been trying to wink, and I in tend tho talk shall cease, or I shall take measures she may not admire." , Without a word Mrs. Fortescue turned and lied. "I was sorry for her," said Agatlia; " Bhe hioked so guilty and helpless." " I .'.Clare I haven't much patience with y. . c j," hxchiiaici fir brother, "to think that you would d fend her, and -he .-v.-ry day as-ailing voir good name. But all your w..-ys of late fire provoking. You are going to marry a mini O , .1 ' ln.m 1 . .....u ;uU una i lum, oeciiuse you pity him. For God's sake, why didn't vou pity some one suitable?" She trembled with excitement and passion. " Lewis, if you have the least particle of love or respect for me, you will never speak so again. I do love Nor man, und it will kill me if anything should break the engagement I" Lewis quit her presence crestfallen. Tho days slipped by. There had been no date fixed for tho wedding, nor was tho subject discussed by the family. None but Nannie knew the terrible tremor in which tho girl existed. She was moving about, her hands con stantly occupied. Day after clay, rain or shino, the t wo women were out of doors. They had always an errand, usually one of mercy. Nannie, how ever disinclined, would have felt it a sin to oppose, and so A gatha dragged her off through tho Hitting sunshine, the moodiness, the chill, or tho storm of the springtime, until one last morn ing. Jthadbcsn raining for three days, and so steadily that the sidewalk llags were cleaned and whitened. Agatha said they would not be ham pered with a carriage, and they took a car for a mile or so, alighting to walk a few squares to another line. The storm had abated, and the rain was but a listless driz7le. Agatha slipped and slid once, and Nannie gave a frightened exclamation. " My overshoes are useless," said the girl, carelessly. "I must have another pair. I have a good deal of shopping to do soon." " Your outfit" ventured Nannie, and stop2ed. Agatha sighed, but the sigh was lost in the noise of the street. A poor little yellow dog limped out from under a passing vehicle, holding up one paw and yelping pitifully. " Oh, see," cried Agatha, with her eyt'3 wet. "Poor, poor doggie I I am so sorry !" The yelps died away in the distance, and the ladies went on. A blind man crying "Cough lozen ges?" upon the corner detained them for a moment. In tho next block an old building had been torn away to give place to a new one. Careless workmen had left the sidewalk unguarded in one place, a step from which would have landed one In a deep cellar, where lay a num ber of loose foundation stones. Just as they had reached this spot they were brought to a sudden halt by loud cries and confusion. Down the street, and directly toward them, came a runaway team dragging a splendid carriage. Agatha took an irresolute step for ward, and then sprang back as the horse dashed up against the sidewalk. The women were thus separated, and in a second Nannie was reaching forward, cold with horror. "Agatha!" she cried, but too late. Tho girl had lost her balance, and had fallen backward from tho unguarded sidewalk down into the deep cellar, and there lay upon the stones linip and unconscious. She would live, sadly crippled and helpless; the spine had been injured and one hip dislocated. So said the best of surgeons. .She would hence forth require all care and tendernesss. " Thank God she is not poor I" cried Nannie. As for the boys, George was con etely crushed, and Lewis paced the iioor for hours, crying for his " Poor, poor sister J" Agatha insisted upon hearing the worst, and, when it was made known, was silent. By-and-bye Nannie could see great tears trembling under the long, dark eyelashes. " I would not mind," faltered the sufferer, "but for him. AVho wiLT love and care for him now ?" Then she asked that he bo sent foi at once. When he arrived Nannie and the boys were in the room, but they withdrew to the window. Peters' face was'-as pale as Agatha's own. ' . " Nohnan, dear," she said, without a preface, "I am a cripple for life. I may never walk again. I sent for you to give you back your freedom." frightened expression overspread s countenance; his Mn ouivered. "and ho sank on Ids knees by the bed and. buried his face. ' Agatha, darling !" he cried, with real pathos, "don't, don't cast me off ! You are a thousand times dearer to me now. All I ask is the right to care for you" his voice broke, and h fell to weeping. By tho window three persons heard it all. They looked in silence at each other, then Lewis strode swiftly across the room. " Peters," he said, " we haven't done right by you. I, myself, have acted despicably. But if you w ill forgive and forget, it will be very different in the future." . Then Peters, who had risen, stood silent and bewildered till, through the mist, f -room grew suddenly bright, for the Aad encircled him and wero elaspmg'hls hands with sudden warmth. And as Agatha lay watching sho raised a feeble hand to stay the tears that course. 1 her clicks. "I never thought," she sobbed aloud, "I r.evur divamed I could Lo so happy!" $1.50 PER ANNUM. SCIEXTiriC 50TES. A French paper says : " It Is a re markable fact that there are no rata in the islands of the Pacific ocean. Re peated attempts have been made to acclimatize tho rodents there, as tho flesh is much esteemed by tho natives as an article of food. But the attempts thus far have failed, as they invariably die of consumption." Among the instruments at a recent scientific meeting was one exhibited by Sir F. Bramwell, employed for ascertaining the velocity of trains and the efficiency of brakes. With this apparatus it was found that a train weighing 125 tons ran five miles five yards after steam was shut off while traveling at a speed of forty-five miles an hour. The line was leVel and the day perfectly calm. Sensations are transmitted to the brain at a rapidity of about 180 feet per second, or at one-fifth the rate of sound; and this is nearly the same in all individuals. The brain requires one-tenth of a second to transmit its orders lo the nerves which p-eside over voluntary motion; but this amount varies much iu different individuals, and in the same individual at different times, according to the disposition or condition at the time, and is more regular the more sustained the atten tion. Experiments upon over four hundred individuals of all classes, ages and oc cupations show how great is the diver sity of opinion as to the size of objects seen through the microscope. The ob ject used in the experiments was a common louse magnified to a theoreti cal size of 4.6G inches. The majority of observers underestimated this value ; two estimates were only one inch ; seven were over a foot, and one was at least live feet. New students of tho microscope usually re ceive an impression somewhat larger than the real value, and adhere to it for a considerable time. 1 Dr. Mittendorf states that Ameri can students are less afflicted with near-sightedness than German stu dents. The affection is developed by sedentary occupations and lack of ex ercise, women being therefore more liable to contract it than men. It usually appears in childhood, rarely after the twenty-first year. Weak glasses of slight blue tint should be worn early to stav its crosress. "as blindness often follows neglect of treatment. In his paper on this sub ject Dr. Al. tells of a tine horse in Ber lin which became intractable and wa3 found to be suffering from near sightedness, but was as docile as ever after a pair of glasses had been fitted to its eyes. HEALTH HOTS. Eatlighly at supper, retire early and eat a hearty breakfast, if you would keep a clean tongue and a good aj)pe tite. Dr. Footo's Health Monthly. To remove warts, cover , them with baking soda, wet with water and fce them up ; a few applications will remove them. I have tried it. Cot tage Hearth. For a tight, hoarse cough, where phlegm is not raised, or witti'difficulty, take hot water often as hot as can bo sipped. This will give immediate and permanent relief. Don't fail to' try this remedy because it is simple. Dr. Denker, of St. Petersburg, treats diphtheria by first giving the patient a laxative, and when its operation has ceased he gives cold drinks acidulated with hydrochloric acid and a gargle of lime-water and hot milk in equal parts every two hours. His method has been very successful. Careful cooking of even the longest used and best known kinds of food, whether animal or vegetable, is the im portant rulo to insure health and strength from - the table. No matter what the quality of the food to begin with may be, a bad cook will invariably incur heavy doctors' bills aud a not less inconsiderable "little account" at the druggist's. Treatment of Frozen Persons. Medical men have always differed as to whether the best medical treat ment of frozen persons was by a gradual or a rapid application of heat. " To settle the matter," says Know ladye, " Laptchinkski has made a series of very careful experiments upon dogs, with the following results : Of twenty animals treated by tho method of grailiral resuscitation in a cold room, fourteen perished ; of twenty placed at once in a warm apartment, eight dunl '; while of twenty immediately put into a hot bath, all recovered." The experi ments will probably influence the practice of medicid men in Russia and Northern Europe, where the question of the best means of restoring life in persons suffering from excessive cold is of frequent occurrenco every winter. Anglers predict that in a very few years the trout will all disappear fi-aa the valley streams of Montana, owing to the immense numbers carried out into irrigating ditches ami into the fields. t Paris scientists have succeeded in inoculating a nulo with smallpox. It is a wonder tho mule didn't kick against it. j r.f rr "WumI - .a ihi Uicea Rmt in. ft:if Ytiwtnenta collected V'-eTj iraij-dTerti6lmontg must b ....... n., flnUrerr. In the Mining Town. "TiBths Iant time, aarliue," ho ponttv said. As h kissed her lips, like cherrijs red, While a fond look sloae in Lis eves of brown. My own is the prettiojt srirl ia town; To-morrow the boll from the lower will ring A joyful peal. Was thore ever a king oo truly blest on his royal throne, As I shall be, when I claim my own?" 'Twasafand farewell; 'twas a sweet good bye; But she watched him go, with a troublod sigh; So into the basket, that swayed and swung O'er the yawning abyss, he lightly sprung, And the joy of heart seemed turned to woe As they lowered him into the depths below. Her sweet young face, with its tresses brown. Was the fairest face in the mining town. Lo! the morning came j but the marriage bell, nigh np in the tower, rang a mourning knell F or the true heart buried 'neath earth and stone, Far down in the heart of the mine alono. A sorrow-peal on her wedding day, For the breaking heart, and the heart of clay; And the faco that looked from her tresse brown Wag the eaddost face in the mining town. Thus time rolled on In'ita weary way, Until fiftjj years with theirshadows groy Had darkened tho light of her Bweet eyes' glow, And had turned the brown of her hair to enow. Oh! never a kiss from a husband's lips Or the clasp of a child's sweet finger-tips, Had lifted one moment the shadows brown From the saddest heart in the mining town. Far down in tho depths of the mine one day, In the loosoned earth they were digging awa , They discovered a face, bo young, so fair From the smiling lips to the bright browa hair Untouched by the finger of time's decay. When they drew him up to the light of day, The wondering people gathered round To gaze at tho man so strangely found. Then a woman sprang from among tha crowd, With her long white hair, and her slight form ' bowed; She silently knelt by the form of clay, And kissed the lips that were cold and gray. Then the sad old face, with its snowy hair, On 'his youthful bosom lay pillowed there. He had found her at last his waiting bride And the people buried them side by side, if i ' HUMOIt OF THE DAY. "Never smoke before ladies." Wo suppose one must let tho ladies smoke first. Lawrence American. Corn is said to be late in ripening, but when a fellow treads on your foot you will find your corn is ripe, and yell oh 1 "Where are the men of 76 ?' 'shrieks an excited exchange. Oh,to Halifax with the men of seventy-six. Give us the women of twenty-three. Hawkeye. Who ha3 any right to sneer at-the inventive genius of woman when one in New York has discovered a process by which cat skin can be made to look like seal ? Detroit Free Press. A man in Elgin, Illinois, put on a clean shirt with such energy the other day that he broke an arm. It is a duty which one likes to have off his mind as soon as possible. Free Press. Typhoid fever is now the fashion able disease. Having it is prima facie evidence that you are in easy circum stances and passed tho season at a summer resort. Philadelphia News. A man never realizes the littleness of his own abilities so much as when, after blacking his own boots, he is ' greeted by the first boy ho meets with the customary "Shine?" Lowell Citi zen. Several of our exchanges are de voting considerable space to the im portance of "cooking girls." It's no use. We don't want them cooked. The raw damsel is good enough for us. Hartford Times. Mrs. Partington honored us w ith a call this morning. She is looking well, and she says she is liko the windows of a renovated house all the old panes are out of her, and tho pneu matics are things of the past. Huston Star. "Pa, I'll be right sorry when you get well," said a iittlo Austin boy to bis sick parent. "Why, my son?" " Because I won't get any more empty "medicine bottles to sell. I sell 'cm tor five cents apiece to the drug store." Mftihfjs. " Few men are born to rule," and that is what tho bookkeeper tiiinks when ho comes in after lunch and finds the old man has been trying to close an account on the ledger with a spattering pen and a nickel ruler. Jloiton Jiullttin. Jn the German army more attention is being paid to the science of aero statics, and otlicers are bciag trained to make balloon ascensions. 'This will lit them to come to this country and amuse the population ou tho Fourth Of duly. Jla.ituil I'vft. A Now York man says he keeps chops and idcaks for several davs in tho hottest weather by burying 'them ia meal. M. al is a g.io.t udng in anv weather for steaks mil chops.. We more particularly refer just now to the morning ima.l. IuiJ,i:iy A'ucv.
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