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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1808.
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scnANxox, rnci:MBcn 22, isos.
Down South tliey want tho next Hp
jmlillcnn presidential ticket to lie: .Mc
Klnley anU Wheeler. A better plan
would be for the inocrnts to nomi
nate Wheeler and then the countiy
would be assured of a Rood president
whlcheer way the eat should Jump.
A Curo for Truancy.
An lnter"tInR point In connection
with the enforcement of the coinpul
lory education law has atlsen In Lan
caster. Tho New lira, of that city
notes tho frequency wlthhlch non
iompIlaiiLe with the law Is excused by
parents who my they are too poor to
clothe their children so that tho latter
will be ptosentablu In school, and thf
superintendent of tho Lancaster
schools hat Investigated a number of
these claims and found them well
founded. To overcome this clIMculty
he has begun a sjstematlc collection
from well-to-do persons of donations
of clothing and money, and announces
that lie will 11 y to clothe by private
l)ne(lcence "eiy tuunt who'-e tru
ancy Is due to genuine poverty.
Tills Is undoubtedlv the way to solve
this problem. It has ncen pioposed bv
some edueatois that the state, which
now provides fieo schooling and flee
text books, nlo provide free lunches
and fiee clothing foi pupils whose pat
ents aie destitute. The hum.uie senti
ment behind the proposition Is entitled
to respect but It may be questioned if
the state litis not cone as far In tho
dltcetion of ducutlonul llbeiallty as in
common fairness It should. The state
must not go to far In this dltpctlon as
to undermine the -piilt of self-help
among either Individuals 01 communi
ties. Hut tlieie is no tejson why the pu
pils alicady in our rehools should not
be com cited, outside of school lioins,
into a oIunteer army of canvassers
for the benellt of other child! en who
do not by reason of poverty now at
tend the public chooK We have had
in this city n leeent lllustiatlon of tho
effectiveness of such n c.invafs In the
name of humanity. The vast collection
for the poor made lr. the Scranton
schools for Thanksgiving day showed
that the little folks, when enlisted In
woiks of benevolence, are lnepresible.
It this zeal could be dliccted to tho
work of tnerromlnK the ti nancy which
comes from dlie poeity the tjaln to all
concerned would be immediate and pal
pable. It Ik not easy to see for what pur
pose the war Investigating commission
Is pioloiiKing lt sessions Only one
witness has been heard by It whose
testimony has pi ac Ileal alue; and it
Is not pi nimble that Colonel Iooi-e elt'j
sugsestloiiH win lip needed.
History Will Repeat.
To an KiiBllsh writer who in a for
eign magazine chained this country
with Incompetence in its dealing with
the South after the close or the clil
war and who from this alleged Incom
petence made deductions unfOAOiable
to the prospects of an meilean colon
ial system, reply In ample fashion Is
made by the New York Sun, which
thus calls the l'liBllshman to uccount:
"The nuthoiitj of the Federal gov
ernment was extended foithwlth over
a region which had put its thcoiies of
tho constitution to the oidcal of war,
and had been oveunme The levoltint;
states were restored to the 1'nlon with
the full rights and pilvllege which
they had enjoyed pievlous to t'le con
tlict Bv rrpld steps they and their
people ieceled their full telatlve pow
er In our political system. And the
Civil war had fieed about four million
negro slaves, yet that tremendous so
cial and political ioolutlon occuried
without pioduclng other than spoiadio
outbieaks of dlsordei. Southern In
dustiy, dependent on the emancipated
iaee, was levlved without any wide
and serious dlstuibance of the relations
between the blacks and white". The
cotton crop, the great agileultural In
dustiy of the South, decreased largely
during the four yeais succeeding the
war, ns was lne itable after the waste
and rtraln t'nd social transformation of
that conflict, but It was still great
enough to prove the continuing enter
piise of the people and the ordeily
condition of society. In the four years
fiom 1858 to 1EC1, inclusive, It was In
the aggregate 15,291,219 bales, as
against 9.24G.T93 bales In the flint four
j ears succeeding the war, but tho lat
ter amount was great In Itself, and
considering the destruction of capital
In the south by tho war was astonish
ing. Fie yeais after the war the cot
ton crop began to reach Its old propor
tions and speedily It doubled tho gieat
est production of the past. Meanwhile
southern wealth Increased lapldly In
all directions. Hallways were rebuilt,
reorganized and extended nnd im
proved, until now tho southern railway
systems have come up with tho best
equipped and best managed in the
Union. The white population of tho
southern states Increased from about
eight millions In I SCO to about fifteen
and one-half millions In 1SC0, and the
colored fiom about four millions to
nearly seven millions. Can our for
eign critic find In history an example
where problems so tremendous ns
those Imposed on the Amerlcun peoplo
by tho Civil war were solved bo suc
cessfully within a period fo short?"
Ho cannot. lie has simply fallen
Into tho common error of accepting
passing complaints ns proofs of full
ure. There weie ecaudals nnd mis
takes In reconstruction days; thero
will be bcandals and mistakes during
American reconstruction of Porto Rico,
Cuba and the X'hlllpplnes. These will
bo vociferously exploited and exan
gernted by the opponents of expansion,
the burden of whose song will be, "We
told you so," Professional pessimists,
Mugwumps. American cavaliers tit
America, will write doleful treatises on
the decline nnd Impending fall of the
great republic, Just ns they wrote
them during tbo transition period fol
lowing tho clll war; but herenfter,
ns In the past, tho actual progress
achieved by American Institutions nnd
enterprise w 111 bo amazing-, silently
but sutely giving tho He to nil theso
prophecies of evil and working steadily
for tho expanding honor nnd glory of
the fins. A third of a century hence
the historian of that day will draw as
nattering a picture of tho results of
colonial expansion as our esteemed
New oik contemporary, In tho foic
golnc quotation, draws of tho results
of civil reconstttietlon growing out of
the war of the rebellion.
'Corpoial James Tanner, ex-com-munder-ln-chlef
of tho drand Army
nnd commissioner of pensions tinder
the administration of General Harrison,
lends off with the suggestion that
crippled ex-Confederates bo admitted
to tho soldiers' homes. This Is Indeed
nn era of leconclllntlon.
Bourbonism.
In many wnvs Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, Is one of the nblcst of tho
Amerlcnn statesmen of his time; but
he would be a greater one If It weio
not for certain 'unnecessary nnd in
tempeiate ptejudlccs.
On Monday during a debate In tho
senate upon the subject of the Nicar
agua canal, Senator Hoar, of Massa
chusetts, announced, very moderately
and very sensibly, that ho favoied tho
cnnal project, but that he thought It
ought to bo built by tho United States
government after payment of a fair
pi Ice to the Maritime Canal company
for tho actual value of Us piopeity and
concessionary rights and after filendly
negotiations with Great Iirltnln hnd ic
moved whateer of legal difficulty now
Intervened by reason of tho Clayton
Bulwcr tieaty. "Wo should," lie con
tinued, "at onco proceed to let Great
Britain know that wo desire to build
the canal and that wo desire her con
sent, and wo would get her consent,
with a stipulation that the canal should
be used on the same terms that tho
Suez canal Is now used by all man
kind in time of peace, and neutral In
time of war, except against a nation
making war on this country or upon
Nicaragua or Costa lllca I hope that
for this bill will be substituted a meas
uie requiring tho president to pioccod
to remove the obstacle In regard to
Great Dtltaln, In which I anticipate no
dllllculty whateer; to remove the ob
stacle, if theie be one, In tho rights of
tho company and get tho necessary
poweis for this government to go to
work nnd build tho canal "
This proposition sounds reasonable)
and judicious; It saors of an intent
to be honorable and above board; but
It provoked the senator from Alabama
into a retort of which this Is the pub
lished teport:
Mr. Morgan scoffed ot the Idea of the
I'nlted StutLS goernmcnt going "hat In
hand" to ask tho permission of (ireat
Urlltiln to build tho canal. "If," said he,
"1 wcro appointed a commissioner to tho
court of St. James for such a purpose I
would go to mv grae beforo 1 would pre
sent that paper. Tho people of the t'nlted
States are not going to accept that as tho
utlitude in which they shall bo placed. If
Great Hrltaln had como forward ten earn
ago and said, 'You shall not build a canal
without my consent,' it would hao been
built llo yeais nso. If sho came forw ud
now and said, 'You shall not build this
canal without my consent,' theie would
not bo a man in the United States who
would bo out of the sound of the kettlo
drum "ummoning us to n-ms. Senators
would hao us crouch at the feet ot Great
Hrltaln, but I will new-r nti for a bill
that has got siieh a pioUslon In it "
The fact behind this ebullition of
Bourbon prejudice Is that we arc com
mitted by a treaty to share with Oieat
Britain In the contiol of a trans-Isthmian
wateiway unless Great Britain
consents to release us from this obli
gation. The tieaty was a piece of stu
pid diplomacv for which tho present
geneiutlon of Amerlcnn statesmen are
In no wise lesponslble. Mr. Blaine,
when secietary of state, made a good
aiguinent to piove that Great Britain
bv certain aMs had abiogatcd It; and
If Mr. Cleveland had not rubsequontly
repudiated Mr. Blalno's aigument and
recognized tho treaty ns ttlll binding
we might today legaul It as n deld
letter. Under tho clicumstunces.
however, we cannot now do this with
out appealing beforo the woild as a
dellbeiate breaker of contracts. AVt
must nt leat exhaust friendly means
of negotiation bsforo sounding tho ket
tle drums and belching forth red fire.
In the light of recent events the tall:
credited to Senator Moigan leads like
the braying of an ass.
Admiral IXwey seems to have re
tained his laurels at tho end of a
three weeks' visit from General Mer
ritt, but whether ho will be able to
bear up under Hobson lemulns to bo
seen.
Our Merchant Marine.
Tho most Important new bill Intro
duced during the present session of
congress is that ptesented the other
day in the senate by Mr. Hnnna nnd In
the lioune by Mr. Payne, "to promote
commerce and Increase tho foreign
trade of the United States and to pio
lde auxiliary cruisers, transports nnd
seamen for the government's use when
necessary." This bill is n practical and
carefully considered flist step toward
the ci cation of an adequate Amerlcnn
merchant marine.
Tho bill provides a graduated plan of
compensation to tho owners pf vessels
currying tho American Hag and en
gaged in foielgn commerce, tho amount
depending on the tonnage of the vessel
and the speed, graduated all tho way
from the slowest saUingvese: to steam.
ships of 10,000 tons buiden capable of
making twenty-threo knots an hour
nnd upward. To secure huch compen
sation at least one-fourth of tho shlp'n
navigating crew must bo citizens of the
United States. Provision is nmdo for
the admission to American registry of
all American-owned ships under the
stipulation that tho government cun
usa these -vessels In tlmo of wnr as It
recently used the New York, Paris, Bt.
Iuls and St. Paul, by payment of a
specified rental, A certain number of
American boys are to bo cairled on
each American essel ns apprentices
nnd Instructed In the art of navigation.
Ships reglHteied under this art are to
carry mnlls, If required, without other
compensation.
It Is claimed by the sponsor of this
bill and by others who havo made a
study of tho problem of reviving our
meichnnt nmilno that the enactment
of legislation along these lines would
speedily fill every Amerlcnn ship-yard
with work and call Into existence a
merchant lleet second only to Hng
land's, If In time It should not surpass
that. Tho United States Is tho great
trading rntlon of the world. It Is con
tinually increasing Its Bales In every
open market. Tho Atlantic has long
been burdened with Its growing com
merce; the Pacific Is destined to bo with
in tho not remote future. Tho liundieds
of millions of dollaiH that wo arc pay
ing yearly In freights to foreign ves
sel ownctB ought to bo paid to Ameri
cans; ought to remain In our own coun
try as a part of its ch dilating wealth,
instead of being sent abroad ns a con
stant drain upon our resources. The
remedy solely one of legislation; nnd
tho tlmo has como for congress to net.
Tho supply of Christmas trees will
largely exceed tho demand this year ns
usual, nnd hundreds of trees will bo
thrown nway unsold. When one thinks
of the green tructs that are made deso
late each year to supply the dealers In
Christmas trees and tho people who
decorate their porches with greens dur
ing tho holiday season, It Is a cause for
wonder that the country Is not nlready
the treeless, barren wasto that it Is
sure to become if tho tree-hacking busi
ness Is kept up. Christmas trees are
all tight; In fact, we must havo them,
but there Is such a thing ns overdoing
a good tiling. It Is time, in this mat
tor, to consider tho future as well as
tho present.
The Brooklyn Hagle claims to havo
been the first newspaper m. the United
States to nppreclato the significance of
Dew ey's victory nt Manila and to start
the ball rolling for expansion. But the
Knglc Is mistaken. To the New York
Sun belongs this honor, and also the
honor of having led the argument for
expansion from start to finish. Tho
Sun's treatment of this pioblem Is tho
Clowning glory of Its eventful and bril
liant caieer.
Since tho conclusion of the peace
negotiations at Paris tho peoplo In
search of foreign news are taking;
moi e Interest In James Gordon Ben
nett's dally cablegrams In reference
to the fluctuations of the wind.
It Is to be regretted that General
Shaftei's opinion of the Cubans was
not given while General Garcia lived.
An accurate Cuban opinion of General
Shatter will piobably never be ex
pressed. Tho Cai lists of Spain seem to be
very slow to take tho hints continually
thrown out to them that tho vacation
season has atrlvcd.
Full settlement of the recent affair
should not be made until it has been
ascertained that Billy Mason deslies
peace.
It looks as though the long expected
business boom for Sciantou had ar
rl ed.
Sectionalism In the United States has
gone to join the silver Issue.
NEWS AND COMMENT
Wiltes H. I.,. West In the Washington
Post: ' Mention h.ifc been nnido hi prev
ious dispatches of the cordiality of tho
presidents reception in tho touth. This
was to h.io been expected and Is not
nearlj so signllicant In Indicating an era
of tood lcollnjr as tho treatment which
has been accorded tho soldiers who aro
encamped hi southern cities. 1 hae taken
especial pains to question tho olllcers and
men of northern regiments stationed in
the south as to their reception nnd with
out dissent hao been told that tho hospi
tality Is sincere and unbounded. It would
be almoit true to say that if tho soldiers
uro not boon removed to Cuba they will
be killed with kindness. Tho homes of
tho southern peoplo have been thrown
open to tho noithern men, who aro In
vited with great cordiality to nil social
functions. Manifestations of good will
have taken practical form At Savannnn
on Thnnksglvlng Day tho ladles of tlia
city cavo a bountiful dinner to tho 1200
men In tho Seventh Armv corps, 1.700 tur
kevs alono being contributed, while the
best society of tho cltv wuited upon tho
men nt the table. In Augusta great pre
paiatlons hae been made to entertain
tho olllcers and men on Christmas Day
and In eveiy household two or three sol
diers will find welcome places at tho
family table. The scenes which wcro
witnessed in Washington during tho early
months of tho war, for Instance, havo
been, I am told, utterly unknown In Sa
vannah, Macon, or Augusta, nnd between
the soldiers nnd tho people there Is tho
most cordial fccllns. The departure of
tho troops for Cuba, will be an occasion
of genuino regiet."
War department ofllclnls are said to ba
much surpilaed and gratified over tho
groat reduction In the death rate among
the troops tu tho Philippines, Cuba and
Porto Itlco. In tho past week only two
deaths occuired among the forces hi and
around Manila, and ono ot these was the
rebult of nn accident. Tho other was from
tjphold fever. Major General Henry, in
command of the forces In Porto Itlco, re
ported on Mondav that Sergeant Thomas
n Varley, of Company C, Blovcnth In
fantr, died of typhoid fever on Saturdiy.
It wns tho first death of a soldier in Porto
ltlco for a week. General Otis' dispatch
said that no deaths had occurred on Sun
day. Tho death rato lu tho province cf
Santiago de Cuba has also been ireduced
to ono or two a week, and there hove
been no reports of deaths among the
American soldiers In other parts of Cuba
for several days. Tho military authori
ties aro unable to tell tho reason for this
remarkably low rato of deaths among
soldiers in tho field. It Is said by old cam
rnlgncrs and students of military history
that nothing liko it has been known to
exist nmong troops engaged In lleld scr
Ice. Tho rato is lower than that of
tioops In barracks In their own country,
with every facility for keeping th?m
healthy and contented. The.ro aro 7.000
United States soldiers in Porto Itlco, nioro
than 20,000 In tho rhnipplnrs, and sev
eral thousand moro In Cuba, including
thoso in Santiago province Tho most 10
markablo decrcuse Is in the Philippines,
whero tho death rate last week was ono
ten thousandth of 1 per cent for tho to
tal number of troops.
Tho comment of the press Is almost
unanimous In criticism of Hero Ilobson's
kissing exploits. Says tho Washington
Post: "Wo think wo may safely say that
Hobson Is rapidly diminishing his own
proportions and alienating tho respect of
tho American peoplo by this barnstorm
ing tour of his. His persistent posing bo
foro nudlences in different parts of tho
country, nnd worst of nil his nauseous
osculation of tho seml-hysterlcnl women
who throng to hear his so-caUwJ. lectures
theso aspects of tho raso aro rtklng on
ttm properties of Ipecac. Ho is making
himself both cheap and tiresome. Ho Is
diluting tho worth of military achieve
ment nnd clothing renown In tlio cheap
habiliments of theatrical display. Tho
country Is sick of tho whole tawdry, melo
dramatic performance, nnd scnslblo and
thoughtful men aro wondering why the
navy department permits such melancho
ly nonsense. If Mr. Hobson huel mod
eled himself upon Captain Clark, of the
Oregon, who, after accomplishing ono of
tho most brilliant exploits of thin or any
other war. retired from Dublin low. he
would havo today a much firmer hold
upon the respect and approval ot the
Amerlcnn people. Slnco ho has chosen
another and less ndmlrnblo couise, how
ever, tho navy department would do well
to consult tho dignity of tho bervlec and
to call him in."
There aro some big congressional dis
tricts In tho United States writes Ulon 11.
Butler In tho Plttsburu Times: "Toxas
has ono district with thirty-seven coun
ties. To go from his home, In San An
tonio, to Wendell, In tho west end of his
district, means for Hepresentntlvo James
Slajdon n Journey of D00 miles, whllo to
reach tho confines of Kctor county, by tho
roundabout way that must bo traveled,
would ncccssltato a trio of almost twice
that much. Mr. Sla den's district is as
big ns from Pittsburg to Chicago. But
oven Mr. Slnyden's district ha3 to toko a
back seat when ono that adjoins it on tho
north Is brought to notice, for tho Thir
teenth Texas district Is composed of
eighty counties, and J. H. Stephens, who
Is its representative, cun wander away
from his homo In Wilbarger county n dis
tance of from TOO to 7ti0 miles in three or
four directions and not run any risk of
gottlng over Into a neighbor district to do
his clectloneoilng. If n lino wcro drawn
from Now York to ChlcaEO, and onothor
from that down into tho north of Ten
nessee, It would about cover the extreme
dimensions of this big district, which, be
ing Irregular In shape, could not Includes
so much territory ns tho squ.tro so de
scribed, still, the Thirteenth Texas dis
trict Is not so big In ono way as somo
others. It has but 100,000 Inhabitants. Mr.
Dalzoll's district In Pennsylvania has a
half moro peoplo than Mr. Stephens' big
bailiwick in Texas, and Mr. Dalzcll can
rldo from ono end to tho other of his ter
ritory In half nn hour, whllo Mr. Steph
ens would havo to nlve up two or threo
days to tho same thing In his own."
Says Secretary of Agriculture Wilson:
"A vory Interesting hint comes to tin, peo.
plo of the United States fiom Tuskcgeo
at tbo present time. Wo will bo rcspoi.sl
blo to the world and tho Maker for
10,000,CKiO of colored people In tho sev.
cral Islands now under our Hag. lho
ery best servlco that can bo done by tho
United States to thoso Islands Is to teach
their peoplo to work. Just ns Booker
Washington Is teaching the colored peoplo
of Tuskcgeo to work Wo havo not hail
marked success with the Indian, because
ho would not work. Wo nio working peo
plo ourselves. A man has scarcely re
spectable standing in tho United States
who docs not contribute by his head or
his hands to tho wclfaio of tho republic.
But tho colored man will work, and just
an rapidly as tho people of those Islands
can bo helped In this direction success will
come to tho efforts of tho United States
In trying to do them gooil. Just lu whit
way congress may deem wise to man
age thoso Islands no ono can tell. Per
haps congressmen cannot tell themselves
jet. But education toward tho Industries
Is what the peoplo of the islands tiro all
needing."
The legislative comniltleo empowered to
draft a bill legulatlng railroad chuiges In
Kansas has completed Its work. Tho bill
drafted reduces freight rates 20 per cent
Hxpress companies' charges nro reduced
23 per cent., and telegraph tolls aro e
duced at least 40 por cent.
The local census of the city of Berlin
just completed show 3 that the population,
which In 1695 wns about 1.C00.00O, now has
passed the 1,800,000 mark.
WHAT WE SHIP TO ArillCA.
Trom Leslie's Weekly.
Tho wonderful expansion of our export
trade Is revealed by tho official statement
of tho market wo aro finding in far-off
Africa. In 1S9I our exports to Africa were
less than ?5,000,000. During tho past fiscal
jcar they h.vvo risen to $17,000,0u0. Includ
ing corn, wheat, canned beef, lard, butter,
tobacco, furniture, leather, boots nnd
shoes, haidwaie, cotton clothes, , agricul
tural Implements, clocks and watches,
sewing machines, typewriters, blcjcles,
and scientific Instruments. Surely, wo nre
teaching out for tho trade of tho world.
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Fur Robes $3 to $50.
Plush Robes $2 to $65.
Sleigh Bells 35c to $4.50.
Trunks $1.25 to $40.
Traveling Bags. . . .40c to S50.
Shopping Bags. ...75c to $12.
Chatelaine Bags., .ac to $13.
Dress Suit Cases. $1.65 to $25.
Telescopes 25c to $10.
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WOLF & WENZEL,
J 10 Adams Ave., Opp. Court llom;.
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did
Eole AemU tor Iilcbardsoa-Uoyaton'4
Furnace and Haass.
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iristmas Gift Buyer
Prices Halved and Quartered
For
Christmas
Hill & Connell,
121 Washington
Avenue,
Have an unusual large assortment or
Chairs and Rockers Section
Ladles' Desks maun,,
Parlor Cabinets
and Music Cabinets
lu Mahogany and Vcrnli-MsrtlQ.
A FEW CHOICIJ
Pieces of Bric-a-Brac,
Tabourettes, a large
selection : Tables, in
endless variety.
Hill & Connell
323 Washington Ave.
Caleodars,
s,
GflM Peis,
Gold Ilk Stands,
Leafier Card Cases,
Ftaia Pens aad a
Handsome Assortment
Of 1899 Maries,
In fancy bindings, suit
able for Christmas Gifts.
All holiday books at cost.
Reynolds Bros
STATIONERS nnd ENGRAVERS.
THE
I k CMiELL CO,
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
and Electric Fixtures,
Builders i Hardware.
434 Lackawanna Avenue
BAZAAR
HIIEY:
Holiday
AemioiLiiece
meet
O O O 9
We are prepared t
show a finer assorted
stock of
than on any previous
occasion. We make
special mention of tho
following lines, viz.
Real Lace Handker
chiefs, Scarfs, Collars,
Jackets and Collarettes,
also Laces by the yard.
Spanish Lace Fichus
and Scarfs.
Fine Silk Petticoats.
' Ladies' and gentlemen's
Fine Silk Umbrellas.
Kiel Gloves and Mittens
for men, women and
children,
Gentlemen's Fine Silk
Mufflers, Neckwear and
Suspenders.
Fine Table Linens.Table
Setts and fancy Centre
Pieces.
Fine line of high grade
Perfumeries, etc.
530 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
Ucucrol Agent ror tns Wyomlnj
DlatrlcUJ.-
Mining, UltiMIng, Hportln?, Bmokelon
und Uio Itepnuno uuemloul
Company
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
bnfety I'ute, Cnpi uud Kxplodori
itooiu 101 Connoll llulldluj.
bcruatou.
Christmas
Goods
PIIBEI.
AQUNUILS
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