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! . ATIXIKNEYS AT LAW.
fill be
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rr, t-la KiT Block. Vpaialm.
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IS II. UHL,
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SuDienwt, Pa
r. i.-.iiih atlndtoall t.oslueM cntrnrlrd
t ji H..nr a.irnncedoB-follectiuiia, he. Ot-
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Sooieriiet Pa.,
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' isomeram, ra.,
r,n in Somriie ad adiotnineooii'KioR
;i.uniwtnitelto mem wiU i miuitly
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T1L1.1AM H. KOOSTZ.
ATTt)KSEY-AT-LAW,
km,;rct, Pa.,
ffil! rfrt uniDt attrtitton to bariwae mtrein
! to ti. rare In ini-nK't and adjoining; omntMa.
1 - la Printing H"DU)e Kow.
1 1 '! IX Ii. SCOTT,
J ArroKNEY-ATLAW.
Soiuenet, Pa.
uSit Ui-hO-.n Honre. Mrnsinwentrrt
li s tare auet.ltt 10 ilh lironilitntfi) and
ames l. prnii.
a TTl lUX EY-AT LAW.
Somerset. Pa.
(.. Mammoita Block, up etalra. Entrance.
Iin On, atreet. tlolieetioiit maoe eflai
: XL UUrn examined, ana au isru bu"m
::etnl u. viih prumpineat and bdelit;.
L
AKUKM. HICKS
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Somerset, Ptnn'a.
H E1M VKLI. H.S. KIMME1.L.
E. M. KIMMELL & SON
;n.lcr their iirntewlonal aervice to the eltl-
j S .merel and TK inny. i' J''"
nnUe hrm can at all?iniea. onleMlirolewl.m
i Bier4. I iMon"! at their othoe, oa Main
w. oi the Uimmood.
!L.T. K. MILLEK lias prmia-
onlU l.icated in Berlin for the practice ot
nch-wicm. Ulhee uput'. Charle Kriflng
Buit apr.2i-Tlt
i),
i? If P.niTP. 1KKT1 fi-ndirs hlf
IT.ifwi.ioalfrvtceatotne cinen r-
".n.i viciniiy. t'lhce Id residence on mam
'.!t. ol Ihe Diamwd.
D
A.C. MILLER.
PHYSICIAN kSt'ROEOX,
Ei rrro.Ted to Sooth Bend. Indiana, whre he
r ptmlted by letter or otborwl.
Dr.. john r.iLie
DENTIST.
0S-.aii.we Henry Heffley'i ftore,?!aln Crr
lt, Sxnrnct, Pa.
D1:. WILLIAM COLLINS,
I)LXI1ST, SOMERSET. PA.
ra-wtn Mammoth Blnek. above Boyd'i Irn
Vhi !,-t he can at all time be fun4 prepar
!odI1 kim'e w.irk, mch a nllinit reuu
:nr rvirerine fcc Artificial tethot all ktnda.
ifthe 1ji material inserted. Operation
rrred.
pFASJON AGENCY.
J.. P Kwtltf er ot Sand Patch. Somcmet connty.
h. Jonlce ol the Peace, enrv. y-ir and claim
wot will pMinpi.lT collect all Bounty and Pen
icllii ertru'ted to hire Perim wiahti
v. u.i-rmai.n .ill addrew Mm at the almvc
MM t""w eucloeitia; discharge and poataci1
fail,,! reply.
AUCTIONEER.
lUlTlKj) ueedlng ny ecrvtee on Real or Per
1 ftste. or arv-ihinarta hedted o at
ailt and I will anve eatire atltactloa
ii: Mirrt i.y UiAil pr,Hnrt ly attended to.
W. A.C'KINTZ,
I, ill. Continence, Pa.
QIAMONI) HOTEL,
HTOYSTOWN. I'KNN'A.
TK ("I'Ulur and well known hooe baa lately
"lUutvuaiiiy and eewly rehtted with all new
t:tti lurt'tture, which ha made It a very
wirate mo)..rK place for the trauellna publir
ka 'ai4e aoc rou a cannot be rurpawen, all be
'""meUH. with a large pubiie hall attached
k the an Alw tar ire and rwmy atabllnc
' claw bnardii'i can lie had at the loweft je
"l-irV, l y the week, day or wteal.
SAMCELCT'STER. Pror..
fc.E. Cor. lllaixKmd
Stoyaww ,Pa
fURE FERMENTED
WINE,
FOR SALE
IA. J. Wheerat A. J. Caattieer It Ocl
fieret. J-a., or at h . ,
GROVE FARM
f' north o $.nmt, the place of mi
rf. Tu Mluwn.K la a bet vf Uta kind
ana
kinda u
CRAPE, BLACKBERRY,
CHERRY CURRANT,
M-DERBERRY, VYILO-CKERRY
AND CIDER WINE.
T'beaaM UKiaaaUty to Mil perrliaw r.
prpu. ;
a pure bim.
vmtu kar molkcaJ and aacra
I a beTtraice oy liioet
EKK. IU a 4j at. home aallj
Me t VJy ,tat i xr. Addreen Tal l
Jlaine.
1 tie
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LYDiA E. F!r,KHAM'3
71 run? -rtittrfly the wcrt f.it-ju T -ma wn
1. :i. l'all:njr end iHxplnreirntd. tu:! the mnstt'rct
Pr-i.i::l VTtncw, asu ii umicia:7 t!a;4id to tLm
It -feJl (IwJtt cnJ FxrMjtt:mnr fry-m th nt-irn In
on fr.'y rtapcof dt-Tf fciiJiHnit, The ttt;eiij't-omr;-crnn.
UumorlJCJiR t ltwknl Trr7s;n-fl.l) l.y IN cm.
it it'iuoTi faintiHM, flatiili-iiry, flci.tmyNaU riuTii:;
f..rrt:mUnt. find rclirrr wrsknm of thr rt-ttnw !
It rorrn rinfitlne, Ueadarheii, Xoriroua l'rotTt:T",
Tliat fy!inf of fcfarlac down. rsufr.ff r. r'r' ' t
ttad brkjiciic, la cJwajni iennajiciiti.T cuml 1 jr u '-
t will at alltimeaaiid under nil c:niim-arrc r .-t Ir
Jiaruinny with the laws that uorpm tli-r fpnir.I-orrRt- rr
I'crthcct!"eoC Kidney CoraplBint ct either aci Cii
:.ipot:ntl Is urvnirpawn!.
Lvri n iTkiiAM vixrTAir c-ctt
1WD; Tjvired t t3 and ia t-t..-n ire-;:,
Lrai,?lR. IM.-fi. SIxlttlrfcforl. Beiitlynyi.l
lothrfm i of pilli, alra I n th tarm of loccaTu, ca
rrcci'.-t ;ice, 91 ficrbox foro.ther. lira. TaLM-a:-!
f. 't - --?r3l! Ict.rri of in-tiiry. Send or ia:;4
let. .JrvTj &i boR. JfcRtKMi this Ibper.
yc -iVj fiin-iM bo without LYHA c ri:r".m
UV)U I iTXi. Tt raw eift!-astton. t.:..-
FOR PAI.tt FY
C. N. BOYD,
DRrGfilST.
Somerset, I.
pUIJL
LIC SALE
r V.tl.l ABLE REAL ENTATE.
By virtue ol tlie authori'v fciven to the under
ulirnel ty the lsM will and lciament of John
H"Uoher. Uleof IHiildlecreek townhl. SumcrMt
c.juniy, I'a., dtM'd , I will e&ji.e lo Mile by public
outcry, oii me iireiniaea, im
Tlturxdaij December i'MIi, 1SS1,
at 1 o'rl.xk p m of pal.l day. the real estate of the
l John Kouciicr. deed. ounriintiiK of a valuable
Lino. !! iteneir New Lexington, in MiJdiecreek
t'wn.iti, "Sim.-rHt county. Pa., adjoining: lands
ol M. M. Snyder. R. s. McMillen i Bro.. Henry
Hctitijk!iip iN itrirk Trlmiey, J. B. tMcbheld
and Hech'cr ro'hera. containin 2u2 acrea, more
or Irw. alK.ut Hi acrrt clear, 3W acrea In meadow.
There it a
LEGE TlbO-STOET ES1CI ECUSE !
anl a
LE(;E rBAME E.15K BABN t
and other nutbulMlnira on the premtMa; alufl. a
(rood a ide orchard and a Taiiety of other trait
trei-ii. trj-pen, iTnamenial trees. fc.e. The proper
ty l all tn rood condition, well Icnced, and nnder
Hoed cultivation.
TERMS :
One-third tn ti.tnii. one-third to remain a Ilea ea
the lan.t. tlie Intercut thereon to he paid annuallT
Ui the widow ot deoeaxed darins ber lltctlme, and
k!;. r her :cath the i rinci al to be paid to the
hMrff ot the neceaWHl. and the balance In three
4l uriruil .iu n wi Jioul Intereet Poaeea.
fOiu w 11 lie riven "n the lt ot April. 1W2 when
'be deed will lie delivered and jndirment ante, ta
ken bir the deterre't (layuienis. Ten per eent. ol
l.urcliase money to lc paid dtiwn on da. ol sale.
C.B. A1UOHE.
r,. 11 Executor.
OLDEST AND BEST
FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
The Ntw Yobk Obskrv hai now the Iarrert
clrcalstttou ol itt clan. It in
UNDENOMINATIONAL,
UNSECTARIAN,
EVANCELICAL,
and NATIONAL,
It will enter its
SIXTIETH YEAR
with a .heel four timec the alie of lt first luue,
tul' of F reltcn and Itomeetienews; with vlfroroui
tlltonala apoa mattera uf reli(rl i and eecular
intertiit; with carelully edited IiepartmenU for
( 'till'lreo. Sabbat ti School Tecbeni. Parmere and
Kusineaa Men: witbeticbt aattve tilltora. an nn-nvli-1
ta!l ol Forelan t;orre8.ndenu awl paid
M'riteri and Cooutbaiori la ercrr part af the
Couutry.
NEW BOOK
Irerueus " Letters I
With Steel Portrait of the Author,
l sriven toaae one acn11n a a ban Jkir New
- bScitti and Mil l..r iu cmiug jear.
SPKCIMES COPIES Fit EE.
Address:
SEW YOKK onSEKTKR,
novoa Jtcw Tarn.
SOMERSET COUNTY BANK !
ESTABLISH ED 1S77.)
CHARLES J. HARRISON,
CASHIER AHD MANAGER.
iolleeiin made In all parti of the I'nitod
Statea.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Punlcf wlfMnt: toU'tid money Wert can be ae-
c'miiiidated by dralt va New York In any mm.
dlc ton maoe with pr mptnesa. 1.8. Boadl
Ik.uabt and atdd Moi.ey ana vaiuaoie aeeurea
byoneol lilel'dd'i celebrated falea, with a tar-
pi ct k. 1 le e.i v uv ume inca
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
J-AU Ifjral holidayf observed.- dec7
WALTER ANDERSON,
COB. WOOD ST. AKD E1ITH AVEHUE,
A
N0. 226 LIBERTY STREET
PITTSBURGH,
febia - -
10. a'cea.
la Btra . nn
JLEBnts for Fire aiiii Life IiisflrancB,
JOHN HICKS; & SON,
SOMERSET. IA..
And Real Estate Brokers.
ESTABLISHED 18ftO.
Pertor.1 who deflr. to aolL Imt or txebaoae
pronerty. or rent will Ond It to ibeiradvantaae
to rectaier the dearriptioa ibereuf. at do charm la
maie aniens sold or naiad Keal estate buaioeas
generally wiUbc promptly attended to.
... .
"J III. i - f( '.' n. 0
MERCHANT TAILOR
$5TOJ20
not A O., Pjrtbind, Msi
dar at aome. Saaptat
worth lifraa. .WrTa
TWO CHILDREN.
BT L1LLIB K. BER. ,
I.
Weary, after a weary lav,
The mother sat irith tlroojiing lical;
AHhouph some quiet angel's sway
Vas over the noify liouscliolJ!'I,rt'ii1'
Yet nervouj, fretful, full of pain,
Conscious of failure in her strife,
She it;heti, "Ah me ! ,Tis all in vain
To try to live a perfect life '"
li.
Then rose Iier little daughter's plainl;
ThcchiM waa cross and weary too
With the long, eullry j.luy lioun faint.
And feeling real and e.nilljiiih' dni
The mother wua too tired to bear,
The child was far too tired to kmnv.
And so, ere cither waa aware,
The word had ended in a blow,
in.
fill, whut a sad and bitter wrong!
The baby, Robbing, went her .way:
' Then roc a corrow itwift atid strong,
That tlll to all excuse paid "Nay."
"It was uiy duty: every niyht
The child is apt to disobey ;
It was my duty: I was riglit."
Yet her conienec answered, "Xay." j
IT.
And soon with soft, regretful tears, . j
H o Mood beside her child aain,
And tli.U low aij-'hitig sob she hears
That i the aftcrtide of pain.
And lo I beside the little lied.
The child, alone with childish grief,
Her treasures by ber side had spread,
As if in them to find relief,
v.
A broken doll china toy
A bit of ruby .tinted glass
The picture of a pretty boy
A bunch of scented ribbon-grass.
The mother gazed till love and shame '
Her bosom like a tempest "iwayed;
Then softly breathed her darling' liar, le,
And lowly knelt and lowly prayed :
vt.
"I am a child, dear Father, too ;
My treasured household gaud and g iar
My worry all the long day through.
Must in thy eight but toys appear.
What am 1 but a little child
That ktiows tint how 'tis best to lire ;
Hf trifles vexed, by toys beguiled?
Oh, Tathcr! pity and forgive."
WHAT SHALL IT HE?
Ihe reader will be so oulijiinir as
to imagine an old hull in ixn old,
tumble-down country house. A
brisk wood fire is burnini; on the
"dogs" of the hearth, and its blaze
lighta ut the large apartment.
Ihere are fix jrersons in this room.
The sofa near the Fire is occupied by
young Mrs. Christopher h imams
Uunnett, who is an object ol interest
met at present Hie was Jane lJrad-
ley, and has been married to younjr
Villian:s IJunntU Komethin under
a year. Airs urauiey is sealed ai
a a i, ii .1.
the end of the eofa, near her daugh
ter s feet, which ehe has with great
propriety, covered with her shawl.
Mr. Lradley is located at the table
with old Mr. Williams bunnett, who
took the name of Bunnett on his
marriage with the superb old lady
at the other side of the Cre. for Mir 3
Bunnett was an heiress.
Mr. Bradley 5s a little punchy
man of eight and forty, with white
teeth and a red face. Somelodv
once told him that he was like Na
poleon, and he used to stand in at
titudes accordingly : but now he is
obliged to give that up. as his obesi
ty will neither allow him to cross
hi3 hands behind his back nor over
his face. lie is now drinking some
whisky and water, and looking with
a thoughtful air at the fire, as if the
logs made an enigma that lie wished
to penetrate.
Mrs. Bradley is a comely ladv,
about half a dozen years younger
than her husband. She is chielly
remarkable for her fidgety temjera
ment, which manifests itself contin
ually in the muscles of her face and
her "fingers. If those are both at
rest, then her feet 6hake.
Her daughter Jane is a pretty
person ol nineteen, one is very
lively and good-tempered ; uoats
upon her husband witli all the
clainging flection of the first matri
monial vear ; can play a lew mild
quadrilles and waltzes on the piano,
and sings Moore'e melodies when
she is alone, but never otherwise.
As we have hinted, at present the
lady is an object of great and deli
cate family solicitude.
Mrs. V1ll1am3 nunnett, lormerly
Miss Constantina Bunnett, is the
grandest old lady one would meet
anywhere in the country. She is
always dressed after ancient models,
and of great severity of demeanor.
At country balls, evil young men
have christened her Agamemnon
and Henry Mil.; and some hare
even gone so far as to call her, when
in feather., the king of the Lanninal
Islands, all of which will give an
idea of her imposing presence. She
paints her face and takee nuli, ie-
cause she once saw ine wne 01 me
great Mr. Fox do so. When she
does the latter she lets much of it
fall ujon her old point lace collar,
upon which her hus'iand says,
jacks alive!' which means that
she is to brush it away ; and this
private communication often puzzles
society.
These, then, are tne six person
ages assembled round the fireplace
of Coulter Court at the end ot Jan
uary drinking respectively elder
wine and spirits and water. The
r .1 Ml I
eHiise 01 their meeting win nuw w
told.
"We don't get any further, re
marked Mr. Bradley, after a (ause.
"Come what shall the little stran
ger's name be? I wonder if it will
be a girl?" . f
"Wonder! of course, MK Bradley,"
replied lle wife. ' Three games of
Patience running all give the same
answer.
. "I think as I am the first got!
mother, it should be called Constan-
tia ." said Mrs. Williams-Bunnett
"And Antonia, because I am the
godfather, added the gentleman.
' "Oh cerUnlv," hesitated Mrs.
Bradlev; hut we want an every day
name first, I think, "omethwg la
miliar-like and pretty."
"I think Constantia is familiar
enough," resumed Mra. Bunm tt; at
least it is so with the aristocracy.
The Bradleys look at each other.
And Mr. Bunnett exclaimed, "Jack's
alive!" which had the desired effect
''What do you say Jane?' asked
Mr. Christopher.
omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1881.
"I should like Constantia and An
tonia, but 1 think there ought to be
another one first; I was going to
4 suggest Elizabeth."
"Oh, i.o, dear!" cried Mrs. Brad
ley; its so servant-like, and always
ends in Lizzy or Betsy, or something
ifist as Ui x."
t ' Suppose we call, it Mary," ob
served M r. Christopher.
"Come, now, Mary'sa-3 common
as Klizabeth, if vou come to that."
said Mr. Bradley. It will be 'Polly'
or ilollv or sometnmg ol that sort
i.Everbody's named Mary half the
charity school so s cook. hat do
j you say to Angelica?"
, Just at that moment the delibcra
, tion was suspended by the arrival
: of Tom Bradley, the son. He had
; been out late shooting, and now
came blundering into the hall in
(those preposterous shoes which
sportsmen love to adopt, bringing
his gun with him wtrrch he put in
the corner.
"Pray take care of your gun. Mr.
1 nomas, ' said Mrs. Junnett; you
know I cannot endure to be near
one."
"Oh, there is nothing to be afraid
of," replied Tom. "I flashed both
barrels before I came in."
"Yes, but still it might go off,"
added the lad'.
'Pshaw!" said Torn, laughing;
you're just like my mother; she
would not sit near the stock the oth
er day, after I had taken the barrel
off to clean it."
"And quite right, my dear," oh
strbed Mr. Bradley. "lieally such
dreadful accidents do occur, that one
cannot be too careful."
"Well there, mother; I've nut it
outfide the door. Will that do?"
And, returning, Mr. Bradley, jun
ior, took his place at the table, and
a stiff glass of brandy and water.
xou hftve come back in time to
help us, Tom," said Mr. Bradley.
e are having a discussion.
"What about?"
"A name for for the little hem!
-the little nitce -ou expect"
"Ah! I see," replied Tom, putting
down his glass. "Well, there is no
great difficulty about that, 1 6up
po.-e.- Call her Diana or Juno."
" hv, mv dear Tom, these are
flip n:inif nf vnur linrriil flrtoru'"
cried Jane.
"Well, Jennie, why not? They're
very pood nanus.
"Jack's alive?" observed Mr. Bun
nctte. "How exceedingly warm," re
marked J U lady, trving to turn the
action of brushin:' away the snuff
into fanning herself.
"I've ;ut it!" cried Tom, on a sud
den. "C H hi'ii Shirley; it's a first
rate name; IV seen it advertised
no end. Cull him that and have
done with it."'
"Hiiul"lj5ttid 3Irs.., Buunett, in a
statelv Ume. "We are speaking of a
girl, Mr. Thomas."
v ell, it will do just as well. No
body knows in the citv whether
Shirley means a man or a woman.
That's the advantage."
Mr. lorn Lradley wentaway every
Monday, and never reappeared nn-
til the next morning. Consequently
he sa much lile and was a great
authority on matters relating to
town. And this Mrs. Burnett hated
above all things, for she always
wished to monopolize the metropoli
tan information.
"There is no need of names like
that," she said, with a toss of her
head, "I have seen the pajers this
morning, and read of a story where
the Christian name is Lettice."
h !" said Tom, "genteel for
cabbage; memoirs cf a tailor."
The lady looked at young Mr.
Bradley likeee ce of thunder.
I think," said Mrs. Bradley, "we
niiuht do worf-etiian choose Isabella.
"Or the Fatal Marriage," inter
rupted Tom. "I saw her once at
the theater."
There does not appear much dif
ference between Isabella and Con-
Htantiri, remarked Sirs. Bunnet,
with her usual severity ; "eSiKcially
for a 'familiar pretty' name."
The lady had not forgotten the re
jection of her own.
"Constantia 1 cried Mr. Bradley,
junior ; why, that s the name 01 a
wine, not of a girl.
"Tom 1" iriurmered his mother,
with every kind of domestic tele
graph at work; and she added.
till lower, Its Mrs. Bunnett s
name.
"Well, I don't care mother," was
the retilv. "It isn't cirl's name
any more, because its that old
things."
-My dear!"
"Dorothy" sugpejted Mr. Brad-
lev.
' Dorothea is more poetical," mild
ly aided Mr. Bunnett.
"Dorothea ! cried the inevitable
Tom. "Yes. I've seen her image
in the crockery shops. Oh, very
pretty, indeed ; dresses as a boy,
with her trousers tucked up ; neter
mind."
And he mixed another tumbler of
brandy and water.
When I was a boy, saiu Mr.
Bunnett, 'I could play the violin,
and I could make it say, 'Ah, ah,
poor Dorothy," sliding the finger
up and down the first string while I
kept bowing it."
t'Oh ! that's nothing," replied
Tom ; "vou should hear Ole Bull.
He can do nil sorts of things make
it crow, and bark, and imitate a rail
way. No stop that wasn't Bull
it was Smith."
And here young Mr. Bradley in
dulged in a reminiscence of the ma
sks of Ethiopia with all the langhs
and chuckles, and forced expiations,
which, as comparatively recent in
vestigations have shown, character
ized that singular people.
"If we are going to settle the
name to-night, I think we had bet
ter keep to the enbject.'' said Mrs.
Bunnett
"So do I, ma'am"' replied Tom,
6torminr suddenly. "There's the
very last name I was singing Su
sannah. What, not Susannah?
Then I give it up unless you get ft
French dictionary, and run over the
Christian names at the end."
"E'canor is pretty, I think," srid
Mr. Bradley.
"What!" observed Mrs. Bunnett ;
"you cannot possibly recollect the
infamous woman that Charles the
Second so misconducted himself
Be
ESTABLISHED, 1827.
with ! I should never think of any
body else." -
"Jack's alive," exclaimed her hus
band, as the old lady took snuff
most violently in her excitement :
"Here's Mr. Kidd," cried Tom, as
a mild young man came timidly in
to the room. "Here Kidd, your ad
vice gratis is wanted. What shall
its name be?" ' ,
Mr. Kidd was the assistant t6 the
village doctor and" passed the great
er part of his time in remote' cot
tages. His only relaxation was oc
casionally coming into lea with, the
Bradley's, as ho wished to do on the
present occasion. Before ho an
swered Tom's question, he went ccr
emoniously round to 1 everybody
bowing to some, shaking fingers with
others, and asking them how thev
all did. .
"What's a pretty rut mo for a girl?'
continued Tom. . 1
"Well really, MrvThomas," hes
itated bland .Mr. Kdd, 'smiling.
hardly know, you are a little too
sharp on me, 1 think. A name is
very important affair.,"
"My uncle was going to be married
to a great fortune,"' but the lady
would not have himion account of
his names. He was 'born in 1775,
and was called Lisbon Earthquake
Kidd at his mother a express desire.
because it had just happened."
"l nave Known many great per
sons apply similar names," observ
ed Mrs. Bunnett, "especially of
places ; but thev always appeared
absurd. ...;-
"I should think so," said Tom
"Imagine a man going through the
world as Tetburv Jones. Ho ! ho
ho! 1
Ana he made the nan ring again
with his laughter. '
These were noblel families that I
alluded to," continued Mrs. Bun
nett ; but still the custom was n
dicuious, to name a person alter a
place. Suppose we call the child
Nancy ?" U
"Nancy, city of France, capital of
the Department of the Merutne,
cried Tom in a breath quoting bit
of school geography.
Mrs. Bunnett got very anery, in
deed. She turned away from the
ill-conducted younj man, and said
to her husband : -Y
"Mr. Bunnett, wejmust go, or I
shall have no time to write those
letters to-night to mv dear Lady
owht." ,'; "
"Oh, don't go yet, until we have
couie to some arrangement ex
claimed Mrs. Bradley.
"Half ajininute longer, mamma,"
added Mr. Bunnett, junior.
"I'm sure we shall find one direct
ly," said his wife. ,.
"There is no difficulty in finding
a name," replil the old lady, with
seventy, for she eUli clung to her
own. 'IhegTeaktrnng is to decide
upon it. I shall say no more."
"Come Kidd," cried tho res less
Tom, "another shot ! What do you
propose ?"
"1 have a sister," mildly replied
the assistant.
"Here stop! hush !'-exclaim
ed Torn to the company generally ;
'Kidd'sgota sister. Well, what's
her name ?"
"Prudence."
"And a very good name, nn
moral r.nd characteristic. What do
you say to 1'rudence, ladies and
gentlemen ? Or, better still, Econo
my eh? Economy Bunnett not
1 , -
so nan.
"I am waiting for you. Mr. Will
iams Bunnett," said the stately lady,
rising frm her chair at the last of
fense of Tarn's.
"Haifa minute," exclaimed Tom.
Pshaw ! I was only jokins : the
name can be settled in an instant.
liOok here Bosa, Theresa, Louisa,
Margaret, Emma. Annie, Fannie,
Miy, June, July, August, oh, "no I
foreot. I am getting on too fast.
And so, he was ; for Mrs. Will
iams-Bunnett bade n stately fare
well ti the assembled party and
sailed from the room, followed by
her husband, to the great consterna
tion of the Bradleys, who held her
in creat awe and respect They
would not have offended her for all
the world.
Eisrht davs afterwards, Jane Con
stantia had leen the name finally
decided on, an interestino event oc
curred in the family The bell was
lied up in leather, and the world
was informed that Mr3. Christopher
Bunnett-William!? was as well .13
cou!d he expected. A fine little ba
bwns handed around to affection
ate friends and visitors but it was
a bny.
Bad AVork.
"I drink to make me work," said
a young man. lo wnicn an old man
replied: "That's right; thee drink
and it will make thee work! Ilurken
to me a moment and I'll tell thee
something that may do thee good. I
was once a prosperous tanner. 1 had
a good, loving wife and two fine lads
as ever the sun shone on. We had
a comfortable home, and lived hap
pily together. But we used to drmk
to make us work. Those two lads I
have laid in drunkards' graves. My
wife died broken hearted, and she
now lies by her two sons. I am
seventy-two years of age. Had it
not been for drink 1 might now have
been an independent gentleman, but
I use to drink to make me work. It
makes me work now.' At seventy
years of age I am oblieed to work
for my daily bread. Drink! drink!
and it will make you work."
New Bixwmfield, Miss Jan. 2.
1S80. I wish to say to you that 1
have been suffering for the last five
years with a severe itching all over.
1 have heard of Hop Bitters and
have tried it I have used up four
bottles, and it has done me more
good than all the doctors and medi
cines that they could use on or with
me. I am ohl and poor but feel to
bless you for.such a relief by your
medicine and from torment of the
doctors. I have had fifteen doctors
at me. One gave me seven ounces
of solution of arsenic; anothef took
four quarts of blood from me. All
they could tell me was that it was
skin disease. Now, after these four
bottles of your medicine, my skin is
well, clean and smooth as ever.
HesetKsoche.
Pictures of Life la Mexico.
The dense population that is
pressed together in the valiey of Mex
ico, and the country-like character
peculiar to many parts of the capital,
n correspondent says brings always
crowds of boorish people into Mex-
M.u a murougumres. lnuians oi pure
blood, looking like disfigured gypsies
are constantly seen roving about,
Husband, Wife and child arc trottinn
the same slow pace, stooping to the
ery ground and frequently carrying
heavy loadrf, or tho straw -mattresses
on which they had passed the previ
ous night, on their way to the" city.
Passing the front of "somo ancient
church or a decaying convent we
see tho graves crowded with ugly
looking Indian women nursing their
dirty little urchins. In the shade of
some building we see a happy fami
ly sharing the frugal meal, consist
ing of "tortillas" (a cake baked of
Indian corn) and some fruits ; now
and then they may even be seen in
dulging in the luxury of "trijolas"
(reed beans,) the national dish of the
Mexican ; not very far from the hap
py "at home" we notice a crowd of
shabby looking young men lying on
the ground smoking and gambling
at cards ; the monotony of the play
is now a.id then interrupted by wild
curses or a blow at him who hxs been
found guilty of cheating his drowsy
companion, .
n Indians and Mestizzos, the broad
brimmed sombrero on their dmst-
covered heads, are leaning against
the walls of some fonda (inuj;
they are shepherds, or muleteers.
whe aave brought cattle and good3
front the interior and are now gaz
ing at, all the splendors ol the capi
tal "nd beholding the wonaers of
theni. They are daring looking fel
lows, clad in dirty linen clothing
and i parti-colored shawl, which
thev draw closely around their neck
and head when tbe wind begins to
blow, so there is little to be seen ol
their defiant faces. Pickpockets
ind thieves wearing a mixture of
national and foreign garb, are seen
prying out an oportunity favorable
to their profession.
Men ana women of ail ages and
complexions, boys and girls besiege
the coffee houses, annoying the pe
destrian with their shrill voices.
pressing him t buy a lottery ticket
and gain the live or ten thousand
ros'' thai are drawn on the coming
morn ; venders ot matches and oth
er triiles. follow you step by step till
you get rid of them by spending a
copper niece or two, but only to be
annoyed by others who have watch
ed your weakness and are anxious
to have their turn also. More pleas-
unt than these match and ticket
cllcrs are those who oiler fur sale
small obiecte of art, as waxen fruits
of great beauty, artificial flowers and
wooden charcoal figure of perfect
workmanship; tiny little figures
representing scenes of. everyday life,
beautiful birds on cardboard and
different kinds of feather work are
to be obtained at very low prices.
A charming picture are the Mow
er girls, who are busy composing
their abundant stock of the very fin
est llowers into tasteful nosegays,
in which we fiud a great variety of
roses and the ladies' favorite, the
dark blue violet flowers that na
ture offers us the whole year round.
Tasteful garhtnds, llower baskets
that would , make the New York
florest rave, charm the buyer's
eyes; nosegays of all dimensions
and the delicate llower fcr the dan
dy's buttonhole are to be purchased
at low prices. For flowers the Mcx
icon has a well-pleasing weakness,
and the love of flowers is one of the
qualities that the Spaniard has in
herited from his Moorish conquer
ors and has brought with him to
Mexico. Old matrons and young
ladies eyeing the passers-by from
the balcony, all have their hair and
dress adorned with fresh flowers.
The fruit vender makes a fine dis
play, of his stock on the ground or
in his primitive shops. Apples,
pears, strawberries, peaches, apri
cots. Turkish and Indian figs, the
grov. ih of the temperate climate, are
to be seen lying together with the
golden orange, tho yellow lemon,
bananas, anena, mangoes, and the
delicious rhirimoya. productions
of th torrid zone. Those who are
fond of a cooling draught may ap
ply to the numerous water stands,
where inoffensive mixtures of water
and anenas. lemon and juices are
served to the caller for two cents a
glass. While sipping our nectar,
wo notice two or three old Indian
women, half naked, who press with
around stone the juice out of the
fruit. Chocolate and cocoa, are
served as well at the stand. Travel
ing cooks with their two wheeled
kitchens are to be found in every j
street, and they serve dishes to those
who give them a call ; yet a foreign
er would scarcely be pleased with
acid Spanish pipkin or the baked
sweet potatoes, and other dishes, as
they are generally ppiced with a
deal of dirt
That I.lttlo Hatchet.
"Come here, George Washington
vou black ape!" exclaimed Rev.
Aminadab Biedsoe, of the Austin
Bluelight Colored Tabernacle, to
a Sunday school scholar who had
just removed a big wad of some
thing or other from his mouth. The
boy's tremRling limbs carried him
into the immediate presence of the
irate shepherd.
"Yer was chawin1 terbacker in de
house of do Lawd."
"I owns right up. parson. I was
chawing terbacker, . but I won't do
so no moah."
"George Washington, chawin' ter
backer, nm bad enousrh, Lawd
knows ; but . when yer has got so
shameless yer don't eben try to lie
out of 1. hit am time to take yon m
hand, so yon won't grow up and dis-
erace the rather of his country.
Lean oher dat knee, George." And
for about ten minutes people living
ing several blocks off imagined their
neighbors were preparing tough
beefsteak with an axe.
' Thomas O. Thompson, Esq., the
Mayors Secretary, who some lew
days ago slipped on a banana peel
and sprained his knee, writes that
Ct T "ltl ltl,. harm
Ol. VULUOa V ' 1 1 AU MKV U VUBIU1
Chicago Tribvmt.
era Id
A Happy Home.
A pretty story about a German
family discloses the secret of a hap
py home, wherein joy aboundeth,
tiioudi there are many to feed and
clothe.
A teacher once lived in Strass
burg who had hard work to supnort
his family. His chief joy in life,
howeyer, was in his nine children.
though it was no light task to feed
them all.
His brain would have reeled and
his heart sunk had hejnot trusted in
his heavenly father when bethought
01 the number of jackets, shoes,
titockings and dresses thev would
need in the course of a vear. and of
the quantity, of bread and potatoes
thev would eat.
His house, too, was very ciose
quarters for the many beds and
ci ibs, to say nothing of" the room re
quired for the noise and fun which
the merry nino made. ' -
But father and mother managed
very well, and the house was a pat
tern of neatness and order.
One day there came a euest to
the house. As thev sat at dinner
the stranjrer. lookinsr" at the hunmrv
children about the tabic, said com
passionately :
Poor man, what a cross vou
have to bear!"
I ? I a cross to bear!'' asked the
father, wonderingly ; "what do you
mean ?"
"Nine children, and seven boys at
that!" replied the stranger adding
bitterly. "I have but two, and one
of them is a nail in my coffin."
"Mine are not," said the teacher1
with decision.
"How does that happen?" asked
the guest j
"Because I have taught them the I
noble art of obedience. Isn't that
so, children :
"Yes, sir," cried the children.
"And you obey me willingly ?"
1 nc two nitio criris laughed roiru-
ishly, but the seven youncsters
, , , j "
shouted:
"Yes, dear father, truly."
Tien the father turned to the
guest and said : "Sir, if death were
to come in at that door, waiting to
take one of my nine children I
would sav,' and here he pulled off
his velvet can and hurled it at the
door.
"Bascal. who, cheated vou into
thinking that I had one too many?"
ine stranger laughed; he saw
that it was only disobedient child
ren that make a lather unhappy.
One of the nine children of the'
poor school teacher afterward be
came wide!- known; lie was the
saintly pastor Oberlin.
An Irish Story.
One !' the . Boston resturants
boasti 0 an Irish Munchausen who
acts in the humble capacity of wait
er, and adds much to the entertain
ment of the guests. One of them be
ing served with a small lobster ask
ed :
"Do you call that a lobster
Mike?',
"Faix, I believe they do becallin'
thim lobsters here, sur. e call
thim crabs at home."
"Oh " said the diner, ''vou have
lobsters in Ireland ?"
"Is it lobsters ? Begorrah, the
creeks is lull of them. Many a time
have I seen thim when I've lepned
over the sthrames."
"How long do lobsters grow in
Ireland ?"
"Well," said Mike, thoughtfully,
"to spake wid in bounds, sur. I'd
sav a matter of five or six feet."
"What?" five or six feet ? How
do they get around in thosecreeks ?"
Bedad, sur. tho creeks in Ireland
arc fifty or sixty feet wide," said
unabashed Mike.
"But" said the persistent inquir
er," yoa said you had seen them
when you were leaping over the
streams, and lobsters here live in
thecea."
"Deed I did, sur. We're power
ful lepj)eis in Ireland. As fur the
say, sir, 1 ve seen U red witn thim.
"But look here, mv fine fellow.
said the guest, thinking he had cor
nered the Hibernian at last, "lob
sters are not red until they are boil
ed."
"Don't I know that?" said Mike
reproachfully ; "But there are bil
ing springs in the old country, an'
they swim throo 'em and come out
ready for ye to crack open and ate ;"
and Mike walked off to wait upon
the next guest, leaving his interlocu
tor to digest the lobster and the
storv.
Suspicioui Symptoms.
A minister, who waa perhaps not
too careful in his habits, was induc
ed by his friends to take the teetotal
pledge. His health appeared tosnf
ler, and his doctor ordered him to
take one glass of punch daily.
"Oh r srid he, I dare not.
Peg-
gy, my old housekeeper, would
tell
doc-
the whole parish.
"When do vou shave ?" the
tor asked.
"In the morning.
"Then," said the doctor, "shave at
night ; and when Peggy brings you
up your hot water, you can take
your glass of punch just before go
ing to bed."
The minister afterward appeared
to improve in health and spirits.
The doctor met Peggy soon after and
said ;
"I am glad to hear, Teggy, that
your master is better."
"Indeed, sir, he's better, but his
brain's affected ; there's something
wrong wi' his mind."
"How?"
"Why, doctor, he used to shave at
night before going to bed, but now
he 6haves in the morning, he Bhavcs
before dinner, he shaves . after din
ner, he shaves at night he's always
shavin'." arper' Magazine.
WYite to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham,
233 Western avenue, Lynn, Mass.,
for -.arophlets relative to the cura
tive properties or her vegetable
Compound in all female complaints.
Conjurors astonish an audience by J
taking rolls 01 ribbons irom tneir
mouths, but then it is a common
thing to see a carpenter take ham
men and nails oat of his chest
WHOLE NO. 1590.
Orit WASHINGTON liETTEIt
From our special correspondent.
Washixgto.v, Dec. 17.1S31.
This has been a week of somewhat
desultory speech-making in the Sen
ate, and of presenting innumerable
bills in the House.
Senators Pendleton and Iliil spoke
on the civil service reform question.
Senators Beck, Maxey, Anthony
and Garland had something to say
about Presidential succession, in
case of the death or disability of the
Executive. And Senator Sherman
presented his three per cent fund
ing bill, which, it is believed, will,
with immaterial modification, be
come a law, it being essentially the
same measure that passed the
House last session.
It is somewhat antuseing to see a
Senator make a set speech. It is
such a burlesque om Gray's lines :
"The applause of listening Senates
to command." The Senate does
everything but listen and applaud.
I he benate dozes on the settees ; it
smokes in the cloak-room ; it goes
down to the restaurant, and he treats
the orator with what a casual ob
server might think disrespect But
the orator is quite indifferent to the
indifference of the Senate. He is
speaking over and beyond them.
His object is to spread his speech
on the record, and to have it noticed
by as many as po63ible of the eight
or nine thousand journals of the
United Stales. Senator Pendleton
is not a brilliant speaker. There is
an apparent lack of earnestness in
his oratory. His rhetoric is some
what verbose. He lacks the nicest
precision in the choice of words.
Thurman or Edmunds can put in
twice as much' prickly information
to the page. Then again civil ser
vice reform is not a subject upon
which the average orator can wax
eloquent Though of the utmost
importance, it is dry and uninviting.
There is a faithless apathy pervad
ing political and official circles with
regard to the possibility 01 improv
ing the present corrupt and perni
cious system. The Ohio Senator de
serves praise for the persistence with
which he beseiges this black wailed,
and apparently inexpugnable men
ace to free institutions.
Last week Senators Laphnm and
Miller, of New York, ha ! a brilliant
reception given in their honor at
Marinis' Hall. And, to-: ight, a like
reception will be given , Sjx-aker
Keiler at Masonic Hall. Do you
understand the Agency and the ob
ject of these mammoth s-io-p liti-
cal entertainments .' 1 wi. tell vou.
A number of Governrm . c c.vrka
frow New York and Ohio, ieel inse
cure in their places, and take this
means of introducing themselves to
the new Senators, and to the most
influential man from Ohio. They
wish to strengthen their influence,
because they know that influence
and not fitness is the accepted qual-
ficat:on for onice at these headquar-
terc.
C. A. S.
Sidney Smith Cold.
Sidney Smith was numerous to
such an extent that when it was pro
posed to make him Bishop the idea
so shocked the Cabinet that the wit
ty clergyman was only promoted to
the otiicc of canon. That Smith's
conduct gave good reason for refusal
may be seen from the following an
necdotc given by Ixml Houghton in
his "Monographs, Personal and So
cial," for the authority of which, he
says, he will not vouch, but which
seems to him good enough to be true.
On being settled at his small life in
Yorkshire, Sidney willingly assisted
his neighbors in their clerical duties.
On an occasion of this kind he dined
with the incumbentonthe preceding
Saturday, and the evening passed
in greathilanty,thequire,by name
Kershaw, being conspicuous for his
loud enjoyment of the strangers
jokes. "I am very glad that I have
amused vou, said Sidney tmith al
parting, "but you must not laugh at
my sermon to-morrow." "I should
hope I know the difference between
here and at church, remarked the
gentleman with sharpness. "I am
not sure of that," replied the visitor.
"I'll bet vou aguineaon it" said the
"Squire. '"Take you," replied the
divine. Next day the preacher as
cended the steps of the pulpit, ap
parently suffering from a severe cold,
and, with his handkerchief to his
face, at once sneezed out the name
Ivershaw in various intonations- j
This ingenious assumption of the)
readiness with which a man would
recognize his own name in sounds j
imperceptible to the ears of others, j
proved accurate. 1 he poor gentle
man burst into a guffaw,to thescan
dal of the congregation, and the
minister, after looking at him with
stern reproach, proceeded with his
discourse.
Xsbj' Carpet Itag.
Nashy writes to the Toledo V.lade :
"I hcv inventid a new carpit bag
for the espeshal yoose uv patriots
and agitaters. It is made uv thin
I my rubber with a frame that lolds
up into a small compass, Yoo take
the carpit bag and blow it up till it
bulges out at the sides ez tho it wuz
full of cloze and things and walk in
to a lodging house and demand
rooms with confidence. That car
pet bag bustin with yalyoobles set
tles it It looks solvent and every
thing is in looks. Yoo stay on the
strength uv that bag, and hev your
meals sent to your room, and live
fat. . Presently your landlady warns
money, and commences to watch
that carpit bag. Yoo can't get out
of the house with it, for that is her
anker and her hope. Very good.
Some evening yoo go to yoor room,
let the wind out uy it, fold it up and
put it in yoor coat pockit ; and bid
her good evening, telling her yoo
shel be home early, and the may
light the fire at , 10, and the place
thut knowd yoo wunst knows yoo
no more furever. The first dark
place yoo come to yoo blow it up
again "and go boldly into another
house and establish yoorself in com
fort ef not luxury."
Had barber's itch for years, terri
bly, Doctors failed. Peruna cured
me. C. Beck, Allegheny, Pa.
j Farmlntf la PsTrofa.
! "Yes, sir,'' resumed the Dakota
: man, as the crowd of agriculturists
! drew back from the bar and seated
themselves around a little table,
i "ye?, sir, we do things on rather a
sizable scale. I've seen a man on
one of our bis farms start oat in tho
spring and pjovr a straight furrow'
until fall. Then he turned around
and harvested back."
"Carry his grub with him ?" ask
ed a Brooklyn farmer, who raises
cabbage on the outskirts.
"No, sir. They follow him with
a steam hotel - and hav wlays of
men to chang plows with bitn. We
have som big farms up there,
gentlemen. A fuend of min own
ed one on r. uich he had given a
mortgage and was due on one end
beiore they could get it recorded on
the other. You see it was laid off
in counties." -
There wa3 a murmur of astonish
ment, and the Dakota man contin
ued. "I got a letter from a man who
lives in my orchard just before I left
home, and it had been three weeks
corning to . the dwelling hou-",
though it traveled day and uigl.t "
"Distanced arc pretty wide up
there, ain't they ?" inquired a New
Utrecht agriculturist.
"Reasonably, reasonably," replied
the Dakota man. "And the wont
of it is it break up Limilies so. Two
years ago I saw a whole family pros
trated with grief. Women yelling,
children howling and dogs barking.
One of my men had his camp truck
packed on seven four male teams
and he was bidding everybody
good-by."
"Where was he going?" asked a
Gravesend man.
"lie was going half way across
the farm to feed, the pisp," replied
the Dakota man.
"Did he ever get back to his fam
ily V
"It isn't time for him yet," re
turned the Dakota gentleman. "Up
there we 6end. young married coup
les to milk the cows, and their child
ren bring home the milk."
"I understand you have fine mines
up that way," ventured a Jamaica
turnip planter.
"Yes, but we only use the quartz
for fencing," said the DakoU man,
testing the blade of his knife with
his thumb preparatory to whetting
it on his boot
"It won't pay to crush it, because
we can make more money on wheat
I pat in 8,000 townships of wheat
last spring."
How many acres would that be ;
"We don't .count by acres. We
count by townships and counties.
My yield was $08,000,000 on wheat
alone, and I'm thinking to break up
from SO to 100 more counties next
season."
"Oh, labor is cheap," replied th
Dakota man. "You can get all
rou want for from $29 to $17 a
day. In fact I never paid over
$:h "
"Island cheap?"
"No, land's high. Not that it
cost3 anything, for it don't ; but un
der the laws of the territory you
have got to take so much or none.
I was in luck. Had a friend at
Yankton who got a bill through the
Legislature allowing me to tike
420,000,000 square miles, which is
the smallest farm there, though it is
"Look here," said the barkeeper,
as the Eastern husbandmen strolled
out in a bunch to consider the last
statement, "Is all this thing you've
been telling true ?"
"Certainly," responded the West
ern man, "at least it is a modifica
tion of what I saw in a Dakota pa
per that was wrapped around a
pair of shoes last night I didn't
dare put it as strong as the paper
did. for no one would believe it
You can slate the last round of
drinks and I'll pay in the morning.
I live here on Myrtle avenue.
"Homo, Sweet Home."
In the spring of 1S63 two great
armies were encamped on cither
side of the Rappahanoch river, one
dressed in blue and the other in
gray. As twilight fell, the bands on
the Union side began to play "The
Star Spangled Banner" and "Rally
Round the Flag," and that chal
lenge of music was taken up on the
other side, and they responded with
"The Bonnie Blue Flag" and "Away
Down South In Dixie." It wa3
borne in upon the soul of a single
soldier in one of those bands of mu
sic to begin a sweeter and more ten
der air, and slowly as he played it
they joined in a sort of chorus of a.'l
the instruments upon the Union
side, until finally a great and mighty
chorus s welled up and down thearmy
"Home, Sweet Home." When
they had finished there was no
challenge yonder, for every band
upon that further shore had taken
up the lovely air so attuned to all
that is holiest and dearest, and one
great chorus of the two great hosts
went up to God ; aud when they
had finished, from the boys in gray
came a challenge, "Three cheers for
home ! and as they went resound
ing through the skies from both
sides of the river, "something upon
the soldiers' cheeks washed off the
stains of powder." A". Y. Ie'.h.oiht
My Hatband.
"Boy," said a woman who came
around the corner with a market
basket on her arm. "have vou seen
mv dog?"
"Black?"
"No, he is a white dog."
"Big?"
"No, he is quite small."
"Savage ?"
"No, he is very mild.,,
"Let's see," mused the boy, as he
scratched his head in a vigorous
manner. "I hain't noticed nothin,
nor nobody go past here except a
cross-eyed man who was staving
drunk, all covered with mud."
"Oh, he was nothing but my hus
band, and I just pushed him into
the woodshed to sleep his liquor off
but I'm really concerned lor fear
that my dog has got lost or stoien.
If yon fiodhimlllgiveyonanickle."
A man in a Washington hotel in a
loud tone of voice called his friend
back just as he was leaving the dining-room,
and then whispered to
him, "How far would you nave got
if I hadn't called yon back ?" The
other, straightening himself up, re
plied in a tone loud enough for all
to hear, "No, sir, I won't lend yon
95. I haven't got it, and if I had I
wouldn't let yoa have it nntil you
paid me what you borrowed two
months ago." His friend will neyc
call him back again in a public din
ing Toora-mmmmmmt
Jumping over a fence in the mid
dle of the night and meeting a bull
dog that is an entire stranger to you
is one of those exciting little inci
dents of lite which go far to break
the monotony and rob existence of a
tiresome sameness.
Mir.re-lyr
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