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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
H. H. MULLIN, Editor and Proprietor
Published Every Thursday
EMPORIUM. I PENNSYLVANIA
MAN THAT THE CHOOKS SEEK
The Unscrupulous One Who Wants
Something for Nothing Is Their
Legitimate Prey.
One Is forced Into a sort of sneak
ing respect for a crook like "Big
Jack" Strosneider, who got the Iron
Jacket the other day for alleged com
plicity in the swindle of Coleman, the
thieving bank clerk, by "Dig Bill" Kol
liher. Strosneider is on the level in
liis crookedness. He makes swindling
a profession. "Sure," he said, not
long before his arrest, "I am on the
cross. But If there were ever a legiti
mate crook, I'm the boy. I give to my
profession the same study that an up
to-date physician does to his. I have
correspondents In at least four Eu
ropean capitals, and they keep me
posted on new and ingenious devices
to separate the sucker from his quilt.
"And the European swindler Is a
past master where we are babes. Most
of our schemes are cooked-over vari
ations of methods the downtrodden
tin horn of an effete monarchy has
cast aside. You see, the cops over
there are fast workers, and a man has
to get it in a hurry if he wants to en
joy life. And over there the govern
ments toss a gentleman of my profes
sion In a cell and forget, him for
eight years before he gets to trial- —
and if lie proves he's innocent the
best he gets is a chance to beat It
over the boundaries. I keep a card
index of suckers, for a man who has
fallen once will fall harder the second
time, if he has any kale left. And I
rather pride myself on my ingenuity.
If I find a crook, I'll land him, four
times out of live."
"If you find a crook?" asked the
other party, wonderingly.
"Sure," said Strosneider. "You don't
think a crook can rob an honest man,
do you—unless he swings a mace? It's
the guy who wants something for
nothing that is fish in the pan."
Raising Culture Pearls.
In Japan, about a dozen miles south
of the famous shrine of Ise in the
sheltered bay of Ago, long noted for
producing the finest of oriental
pearls, these wonderful "solidified
drops of dew" are being produced and
marketed with the calm and business
like methods that characterize a suc
cessful egg farm.
The process of raising culture
pearls is simple, and enormously suc
cessful. With great care pearl oys
ters are developed until they are
about three years old, when small
pearls or round pieces of nacre, which
are to serve as the nuclei of large
pearls, are introduced into the shells.
The oysters are then put back into
the sea and left undisturbed for at
least four years, at the end of which
time they are gathered and opened,
when It is found that the animal has
invested the inserted nucleus with
many layers of nacre, producing a
large and perfect pearl. All that iB
required is care and patience, quali
ties which the Japanese possess to
the utmost degree.
The Utility of Airships.
Only a short time ago the skeptics
said man could never navigate the air.
Now they are saying that airships
will be useful only in war.
The wise man will refrain from ma
king pessimistic predictions. The
progress in aerial navigation has
been so rapid that we need not be as
tonished to hear any day of the In
corporation of a real air line of trans
portation.
Hamilton's achievement recently,
that of Curtiss a few days ago, the
transchannel exploits of Frenchmen
and Englishmen, as well as the suc
cesses of other sailors of the at
mospheric sea, are assurances that
aerial navigation will one day be as
sale a mode of travel and transporta
tion as transit by tand or sea.
Matches by the Million.
There are many methods of manu
facturing matches; there are many
different machines employed in such
manufacture. Nearly every company
has machinery specially adapted to
Its ow n peculiar use, and employs
proc »»es discovered or devised by its
own chemists and n • chstilcs, which
ar<- kept trade secrets Otic of these
machines has been known to turn out
17.H2M00 matches In one day, boxed
and labeled ready for shipment.
Remarkable Maine Veteran.
One of the smartest old men in
Maine at th« present time la Simon
Smith of Ku. i DisileUl Mr Smith was
born Octobi r I, IKI7. and Is therefore
ninety three years uf ukc He never
Used liquor or tobacco, tea or coffee,
and Ui-ver requited the servlees of a
physician 11. u proud of the fact
that be never received tt dunning |«,t
ter or sent one. His health Is still
•-net- Hi nt *u,| he Often calls on
Jrlcuds -Kennebec Journal.
"A Mail World, My Masters."
tj* 4f, I in !l»J*
ihtii ami «!i«'U*r *i*y* « v«rykj<*iy »lil
be er**y by (life jrwur tl7» What ill!
ytiM t lit life (il It T"
I fluiik (tin dot iui hliiiMt lf in ir.tiy
tor »H)iuri«is Ctifiul&id Hi&ia
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lircom,
)iu*t*fta4 limit*#* ty i I w*m4*r why
Mi bMi.il You ft **«r Qlivl 414/ jln
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ARE QUEENS OF HOMES
AS WELL AS EMPIRES
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YER since Queen Victoria,
some fifty or sixty years
ago, roundly spanked a
small son who was cutting
up didoes —and that right
in public in the midst of
some big procession or
other —the English throne
has set about the most
forceful example of strict
attention on the part of
its queens to the principal
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business of womanhood that the mod
ern world has seen.
Not that publicly chastising a naugh
ty child is of itself an index of the
right sort of motherhood, by any
means. But in these particular cir
cumstances it certainly was. For it
served to show the entire world that
the queen of Great Britain and em
press of all India put nothing, not
even royal decorum, above the busi
ness of motherhood.
She did not, as many mothers might
have done, allow the offender to keep
on in his evil course until the ros'al
parade was at an end, and then get
down to maternal first principles.
Nor did she loftily wave him out of
sight, as we fondly imagine all kings
and queens may, when brought face
to face with an unpleasantness of i
whatsoever sort.
Instead, she spanked sonny with her
own right royal hand.
The act was simple, human and
illuminating, even if a jar to that Eng
lish hallmark of good-breeding, deadly
composure under all circumstances.
Queen Victoria set the example of
supreme maternalness at a time when
to be motherly and domestically in
clined was not considered in the best;
of social form. Queen Alexandra after
her, and now Queen Mary, continue to
make a fashion of it, as much as any
thing can be made a fashion of, that
requires all that is best in one to
perform.
Makers of Homes.
In trying to get hold of the salient
characteristics of Alexandra, now
called the Queen Mother by her own
wish, and Queen Mary, upon whose
shoulders the royal mantle worn by
Alexandra for nine years now falls,
the curious fact presents itself that
they have almost no existence outside
the role of mother and housewife.
That is, whatever distinction they
have attained has been through being j
devoted mothers, splendid home-ma
kers, companions to their husbands j
when companionship was desired of |
them, and conserve™ always of the i
name they took iii marriage.
While the people have loved j
her, their feeling is nearer reverence ;
than fellowship. She has stood alone j
:n a little world of her own, aureoled j
by pure goodness.
Perhaps the fact that she is more I
than (lightly deaf has caused this |
separateness from human foibles. Per- j
haps it has Baved her pain, too. for 1
people may whisper, but they will not
shout about scandal
Alexandria is a lover of horses and
dogri, particularly dogs. At one time j
she Aas In* champion woman tandem
driver of Kngland. She adores music
and HoW'Ti. In Kdward's dead hands
she folded one white ros> before he
was shut forever from the world.
Th<* «|nt «II who sneer-<lt Alexandra
on tht throne. Mary, IK the first Mrlt ;
lab coii.-ort that In hat on tin- throne |
of Knglami fur hundreds of year*, j
While rent mhlliiK Alexandra in the I
most womanly of her traits love of >
home and children *he gives every J
promise of being a more aggressive '
t u tor In the tinal summing up of the j
r< Igii In which she figure*.
Personality ot New Queen.
Hh ied her husl>aiiit have led so
< hided H lite that very Utile has b< «n
heard oi 'heir private affairs nut H
appears that ah« Is reuowued as a de- (
'i rmliied patioiil/er of Knglish <* xtlle I
manufae* urea, refusing to wear any- j
thing not woven In llritish realms.
Hlii I* on *|Mjrt*woiiiaii Hh< likes to 1
skatu, but will ikltH on uothlliK hut j
natural he. Mhe la « g> nilew "inan,
•nd villi have mute but gentlewomen '
about lier, so "freak dinners" and 112
Mitliioi iii >rr.t# limiting into four or j
Ave figures are about a» llk«dy to «lu I
tier » iffi ri.aeu as inurdrr or arson
y,t HI Mary is very K<MM| to the t
poor, tile rally aiding t»u*ais, eu Hit* |
has gaardrif h«r privacy Jealously, lias
reared I .. spl< bdld < Mllureu, i'ii' 1 of
tthuui la a girl and has allowed her- '
elf In I« photographed In an • age j
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 19x0.
ging picture with the young prince of
Wales riding pickaback on her shoul
ders.
Queen Mary was brought up in a
straight-laced, rigid fashion by her
mother, who sent her to bed instead
of to parties. Mary is a cousin, twice
removed, of King George. She was
engaged to the duke of Clarence, the
heir apparent, who died in 1892.
Against Alexandra's will, but greatly
to the joy of Queen Victoria and the
English people, who longed to see an
England princess on the throne, be
ing against any more German alliances
for the reigning house, she was won
over to an engagement with her for
mer betrothed's younger brother,
George. They were married on July
6, 1893, when Mary was about twenty
six years old.
Their Realm the Home.
It is a curious fact from this point
of view that there is no part of such
a role not open for emulation to the
poorest wife and mother among all the
subjects of these queens.
Both Queen Alexandra and Queen
Mary are famous throughout Great
Britain as splendid housekeepers, ex
quisite needlewomen, practical moth
ers, with thorough understanding of
the care of nurseries, and educators
of their young children. As house
wives and mothers they have lived
with a single-minded devotion, not
surpassed by the most rigid of British
matrons.
To be sure, no evidence appears
that either of these women is highly
endowed intellectually, or could by
force of her brilliancy and wit reign
over salons. But they might have
tried. That their natural promptings
have been to devote themselves to
home and children indicates much,
however, and the force of example has
been something tremendous.
Helen Vacaresco, the Roumanian
writer, tells of seeing Alexandra in her
youth. She pictures her as of fairy
like beauty, with the loveliest of blue
eyes, the sunshiniest of golden hair,
and the walk of a goddess.
Lady Randolph Churchill's "Remin
iscences" bring her nearer, for Lady
Churchill is too brilliant a woman to
be satisfied with drawing merely a
lay figure of royalty. She spent some
time at Sandrlngham with the prince
and princess of Wales, and her de
lineation of the woman whose dress
ing table was so crowded with pic
tures of her children and bibelots that
she bad no place for comb or toilet
articles, has the human touch. An
aged white parrot occupied the stund
of honor In the middle of Alexandra's
dressing-room, where he was as
cross as only an old parrot can be.
Lady Churchill tells how the prin
cess used to rap unexpectedly on the
door of a guest's room at night .os
tensibly to ask if the guest was com
fortable, but really to speak a little
word of sympathy, advice or encour
agement, according to what had oc
elli red during the day to necessitate
it. The princess had abnormally keen
• yes for sorrow and trouble, she says,
and won all hearts by her unfailing
sympathy.
Has Known Sorrow.
In IK7I i'rlncess Alexandra lost a
child. Later In the year Edward lay
almost at the point of death with ty
phoid During his sicklies* a stable
boy was strieki n with the same d!s
--< a . and died. Alexandra visited Ills
mother, attended the funeral, and gave
the stone erected over Ills grave It
I tears this legend, which shows how
grarlous ber tact was:"(in« was
taken, and the other was left,"
There are numberless stories of her
i-iiupl-' goodness of heart and lavish
generosity.
Wlieu she came to England her
bountlfulm** of spirit made difficul
ties lor her. rthe gave to uII who
ought ui vould not believe, until
time d< nnmstrated. that people were
preying on Iter well known kindness.
The story of her betrothal to Ed
ward dchoualr prince of Wales, hus a
tender touch of ruiaucs, for he fell
in love with her picture She was the
daughter of a Danish prince, whose
house gave ,in empress to Russia and
.1 king to Greece, hut her youth was
> peal quiet 11 In dunicstlc pursuits.
!#«-** father was not thcu king of la-n
--mark The l.oaie ws» a simple one,
In which frugality and simple living
prevail* d Titer* was a rimarkable
buwd of love between parents ai.d
• bildrcn, however, that sweetened ail
the short shrifts necessary, anil lasted
I through all the after years unbroken,
save where death Intervened. This
Is in part demonstrated by Alexan
dra's recently establlsnnig her sum
mer home near Copenhagen with her
sister, the dowager empress of Rus
sia. Here, it is said, she will retire,
in companionship with her sister.
Edward and Alexandra were mar
ried in 3863, when she was but nine
teen. In all the years since then,
during which she has had to pass
through the ordeal of getting ac
quainted with the English people, and
has had to maintain a tremendously
difficult social role as princess and
queen, not one single social blunder
has been charged against her.
She has shown herself to be "a
woman of singularly blameless life,
loving and lovable," as one chronicler
puts it. You cannot review her life
without getting the impression f,hat
generally prevails about her in Eng
land, that she is a woman of superla
tive goodness of character. And not
without keen intelligence, or she
could never have picked her steps so
carefully as neither to give offense
nor seem to be offended.
For 37 years the wife of a prince
whose scope, both by inclination and
circumstance, was entirely social, a
"good fellow" in the widest sense of
the word, a man of boundless energy,
superlative good nature and eager ad
miration for brilliance and wit in
either man or woman, Alexandra main
tained a character so self-contained,
so truly pure and good, that, as one
writer says, a veil seems to have
fallen between herself and the rest or
the world, so that not even her most
spontaneous act brings her near to
common human nature.
Tasks Ahead of King George.
About King George's past there
hangs a romantic rumor of a mor
ganatic marriage with the daughter
of Admiral Seymour. He has made
a good husband, however, being with
out any good fellowship or club no
tions whatever. He is no "mixer" in
the sense that King Edward was.
They say that while many members
of his father's court did not know
him by sight when he succeeded King
Edward, his was a familiar figure in
the councils of the workingmen of the
East End. However that may be, it
certainly "listens good" in the pass
in which King George finds himself
today, called upon to stem the tide of
one of the greatest political revolts
that Great Britain has ever known.
In her pictures Queen Mary has the
face of a little puritan, which she is
said to be. Her training has not been
such as to liberalize her views social
ly, at any rate in the way that Queen
Alexandra's have been —or shall we
say that Queen Alexandra has allowed
it to appear? Queen Mary was born
to a great position. Her mother was
a favorite English princess and the
English people have never concealed
that of all women she would be the
c hoice for England's queen.
Married to a man sharing her quiet
tastes, her lack of particular care
for fashion and the ostentation of
wealth —in fact, of everything that
King Edward stood for, including un
paralleled popularity—it is but natural
to believe those who predict a start
ling reversal to the manners of Queen
Victoria's court in England; chiefly in
the rigid exclusion from royal circles
of all persons who cannot back up
brilliancy, beauty or richness with
blue blood and unspotted escutcheons.
Already Queen Mary takes out a
piece of needlework or a bit of cro
cheting for the poor after dinner in
the drawing-room and works at it
standing up, for she believes that it is
good for the health to stand up after
dinner.
Of course, the only thing for the
ladles of the court to do is to follow
suit. So they, many of whom gathered
around the pleasant bridge tables or
evenings heretofore, stand also and
teach their stiff, unaccustomed fingers
the gentle art of wielding the ladylike
needle again. t
It is probably going to be a thor
oughly well-bred court at St. James
hereafter, with a blue blooded attend
ance. There will be no surprises in
the way of Introductions therein of
celebrities in arts not commonly rec
ognized as polite. For which reason
by many It is feared that It will be a
much duller court, too. Which, of
course, remains to be seen.
An Amazing People.
It Is extraordinary how few Jew#
there really are In England, consider
ing ihelr great Influence and insist
ence, says London Opinion. Mr. Her- 1
bert Samuel Is the one Jewish mem
ber of the ministry. There are only
four Jewish privy councillors, and only
four Jewish peers. tilght Jews sit on ;
the London county council; between!
twenty and thirty are member* of Ihtf
house 111 commons llrltlMh Journalism
huH many Jew* among Us member*,'
and American Journalism more. The
in WHpapers In I'arl* are largely inllu
owed by Jew*; In llerlln their Influ
ence Is greater still, and In Vienna It
1* predominant. Finance I* entirely
controlled by Jew*, and hence. It may
be Mild that war* are In their hands
and the fate of nation*. Yet there are
only ll.oon,(MM) Jew* In the whole
world, ami less than two hundred thou
1 and in IAIIMIOII! Truly un amusing
people'
Hand* (Jpi
"If* juKt twelve o'elock," 111111 thn
Hum! man, tremblingly, when lie had
consulted III* Hutch at the request 1 112
th< pnlli» highway man
"Thanh you," «a* the polite high
IIUW, *lr," lie begged will >oU be so
kind *» In |ilac. >Olll baud* In Hi*
i>*iltw position a* limn' on your wut> h.
HO that I Mill In . nabled togo thimw'i
your JHH kei with i( » hide trouble <ll
!***»»»* r*
Double the Wheat Yield
of Your Land
Crop rotation and good tillage will not do it all. You
need fertilizer —need Armour's. In order to secure P
proper return on the investment in your land you MUST
increase the yield per acre.
Armour's Fertilizers
for wheat have a record of alwa3's producing the heaviest
yield. Use them this Fall —Grow more wheat —Make
mOre money. Ask your dealer.
Armour Fertilizer Works, Chicago
COUNTRY'S WEALTH IN OIL
Industry That Has Grown to Enor
mous proportions Within a Few
Years.
The production of oil in the United
States has grown from nothing at the
lime of its discovery to enormous pro
portions. Millions of barrels have been
taken from the country near the west
ern slope of the Alleghenies in west
ern Pennsylvania, and millions more
from the districts in West Virginia
and Ohio. Indiana has yielded its
share and Illinois has been productive
beyond ilie dreams of avarice.
It remained, however, for Kansas
and Oklahoma, together with the In
dian Territory, to open the eyes of the
modern driller and capitalists. W r hen
the soil was first tapped in the wild
catting operations of that section
great gushers rewarded the efforts of
the men who had the courage and cap
ital to engage in the enterprise. The
usual rush followed, but many thou
sands of acres had been already taken
up and the war for supremacy began.
The Lost Chords.
The village concert was to be a
great affair. They had the singers,
they had the program sellers, they
had the doorkeepers and they would
doubtless have the audience. All they
needed was the piano, but that they
lacked. Nor could they procure one
anywhere.
At last the village organist learned
that one was possessed by Farmer
Hayseed, who lived "at the top o' the
'ill." Forthwith he set out with two
men and a van.
"Take it, an' welcome," said Hay
seed cordially "I've 110 objections
s'long as ye put 'Pyenner by Hayseed'
on the program."
They carted it away.
"An' I wish 'em joy of it," mur
mured Mrs. Hayseed, as the van disap
peared from sight.
"Wish 'em joy of it," repeated Hay
seed. "What d'ye mean? - '
"Well, I mean I only 'ope they'll
find all the notes they want," replied
the good woman. " 'Cos, ye see, when
I wanted a bit o' wire I alius went to
the old planner for it."
It Is a Mistake
Many have the idea that anything
will sell if advertised strong enough.
This Is a great mistake. True, a
few sales might be made by advertis
ing an absolutely worthless article but
It is only the article that is bought
again and again that pays. An ex
ample of the big success of a worthy
article is the enormous sale that has
grown up for Cascarets Candy Cathar
tic. This wonderful record is the result
of great merit successfully made known
through persistent advertising and the
niouth-to-inouth recommendation given
Cascarets by its friends and users.
Like all greut successes, trade pi
rates prey on the unsuspecting public,
by marketing fake tablets similar in
appearance to Carcarets. Care should
always be exercised In purchasing well
advertised goods, especially an article
that has a national sale like Cascar
ets. Do not allow a substitute to be
palmed off on you.
M Idas.
Midas had come to that point In his
career where everything he touched
turned to gold.
"What shall you ever do with the
stuff?" asked his entourage In visible
alarm.
Midas affected not to be uneasy.
"Jtist wait till the boys begin to touch
me!" quoth he, displaying nil ac
quaintance with economic tendencies
far In advance of his age.—Puck.
Those Awful Roaches.
Th»'y sneak out on the kltclu n sink
and look at you saucily some!lines.
Don't fret your life away dusting pow-
Jers 111 the crevices and buying Insecti
cides. Make u hot suds with Easy
Task soup and go after that *lnk. Mr.
Koacli and hi* family thrive where
things are not clean, and It I* hard to
clean the crucks and crevices with or
dinary yellow soap* -it Is Impossible!
Easy Task soap make* roaches hunt 1
Other quarter*. It keeps moths out of j
woolens, too, if you use It In your
laundiy. _
Artistic Temperament.
"Ilanilet seemed to speak with au
thoiuy in lii* advice to the player*."
"Ye*," replied Mr Storuilngtun
Harm s, ' although hew a* rather quiet
slid patient Hut In hi* other *»•• lie*
he »»» a* nervous and Irascibb as t
reg ilar stage manuger "
Ths inevitable.
Itrlgg* I don't think much of l'n
iblhl lie'* il *COtUel|.<| ||..
lie* In his teeth.
dries* Why shouldn't lie? m,
teeth am falsi Lite
II seems to make stilus (oik* won
detfullv ioinlortahl- to nil the land
jui>t what ile v think of one another.
THE REASON.
Spick- 1 rtor l is g v n
What's the matter with him?
Span—lmpecuniosity I guess.
A BURNING ERUPTION FROM
HEAD TO FEET
1 "Four years ago I suffered severely
with a terrible eczema, being a mass
of sores from head to feet and for six
weeks confined to my bed. During
that time I suffered continual torture
from itching and burning. After being
i given up by my doctor I was advised
Ito try Cutlcura Remedies. After th®
first bath Avith Cuticura Soap and ap
plication of Cuticura Ointment I en-
Joyed the first good sleep during my
entire illness. I also used Cuticura
Resolvent and the treatment was con
tinued for about three weeks. At th©
end of that time I was able to be
about the house, entirely cured, and
have felt no ill effects since. I would
advise any person suffering from any
form of skill trouble to try the Cuti
cura Remedies, as I know what they
did for me. Mrs. Edward Xenning,
1112 Salina St., Watertown, N. ¥.,
Apr. 11, 1909."
Foxy Hiram.
"Well, now, if that ain't surprising!"
ejaculated Mrs. Ryetop, as she shaded
her eyes with her hand. "There goes
old Hiram Skinflint, and rather than
step on a poor black ant he picked it
up, and 1 bet he is going to drop it
somewhere out of the reach of dan
ger."
Her husband laughed knowingly.
"Not Hiram Skinflint, Mandy. He'll
go down to Jed Weatherby's general
store and order a pound of granulated
sugar. Then while Jed is looking an
other way he'll drop the ant among
the grains and tell Jed as long as his
sugar has ants in it he ought to sell it
at half price. Like as not he'll try to
get Jed to throw in two or three
raisins and a yeast cake. You don't
know Hirnm Sklnfll.it."
A Protection Against the Heat.
When you begin to think it's a per
sonal matter between you and the sun
to see which is the hotter, buy your
self a glass or a bottle of Coca-Cola.
It is cooling—relieves fatigue and
quenches the thirst. Wholesome as
the purest water and lots nicer to
drink. At soda fountains and car
bonated in bottles—sc everywhere.
Send 2c stamp for booklet "The Truth
About ("oca Cola" and the Coca-Cola
liaseball Record Hook for 1910. The
latter contains the famous poem
"Casey At The Hat," records, schedules
for both leagues, and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au
thorities. Address The Coca-Cola Co.,
Atlanta. On.
He Had Been Observing.
"Why don't you call your invention
the 'Haebcloi'i Button?*" I asked my
triend, who was about to put on the
market a button that a man could at
tach without needle or thread.
"I fear that the appelliitlon would
Imply too much restrict Irenes*," he
answered. "You see," lie went on. giv
ing 111 c une of Ills know lug smiles. "I
expect to do ju*t a* much biiKine**
uith the married men u* with the
bachelors."
Important to Mother*
Examine carelully every buttle o
CASTOKIA, a safe and sure remedy fur
Inlant* and children, and seu that It
In |T*o For O vei ;|o Years
Tht Kind You llavs Alway* lloujht.
Household Consternation.
"I'harley, dear'* e*clalued 5 1114
Mrs Turklna, "the haby ha* swallowed
a gold dollar'"
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