IT)othe attadino.
A TIJIINp DOWN., PiGE.
There's a turaed-doWn page, as some writer
says,.
In every human life— , i
A bidden st(irynf happier. ays .
Of peace aniid the strife.
A folded leaf that the world knows not—
A. love dream rudely crushed '; -
The sight of a foe Unit isnot forgot,
Altho' the Voice be hushed.
- i
The far-distant sounds ot a I}arp's solt strings
An echo on the sir ;
The hidden page May be full ot such things,
Of things that once were far. •
There is a hidden page in each life, and mine
A story,migbt upipld !
But the end was sad of a dream divine—
It better rests untold. '
ECONOMY 1N , - F OD. •
During these hard times not la few people
Lave found_ tbetp§elves.straightened as to means
But. appetite will 'return ; the hunger or' gtpw-
Mg children will not be silenced by mioney ar--
tides in the ,newspapen33, nor by the hope of
better times three months hence. Tily want.
something which will give them satisfaction,
which will supply the material for groWth
for exercise, 'and they clamor for ; bread, fpr
meat, for whi4ver they like, and which . they
Are accustomed to have. • 1.
Though we now write for the belie* of those
who are. hard pressed for means, and: i ivlio can
not reason down their appetites, there is no,
law against the adoption of our suggestions by
. those who can live as they Please. ' When we
stand by the Market. or grocery •store; and see
what basket loads of eriide articles of food are..
.lugged home' by Thin, pale, careworn woien . „'
whose purses are as
.thin as their clitieks, a;
d.as
em p 1 . . , -, Ni, , take, hasty inventory 'of i tlheir stock, -
"and wonder that experience does nott teach them
a lesSon of thrift in . the administration of their
enforcedeconomy.. There will he a few-lurn
ips, which are over ninety per ,a
cent. water. T .
Perhaps`. there am.Some e parsni . o or beets, or
head of cabbage, or a pack of greens, Which
though large ~in . bulk, are eoalse and, crude in .
character, and-contain but very little .p.utri
ment, probably over ninety per cent: of all he-.
ing water. There may be a• loaf' of baker' .
"bread Made, of superfine flour, an raised to an.
enornious bidk, considering the"arbount of ma-.
tc.rial. There will perhaps be one-eighth of a
pound ot tea; and a little butler . ' BUying in a
small way the price paid,. as in the case of po
tatoes, is enormous ; but the dollar has been
expended. - ~ . . .
Let us take'a dollar and fill thebasketforthe
D t ]xi, elision( r. •.. Remember that . she is a poor
needle-woman with Tour' or five children: She
hag to work hard the whole week • for the
small pittance she can expend on Saturday,and
she has all she can do to keep the wolf of star
ration from the doer We ,would .put in for,
her, instead o! four quarts, or prtlto.f.T., two
quarts a wheat: Instead Of paying fotir dol
lars a bushel for the wheat, we would buy it at 1
the rate ot., two and a half dollars, and the
wheat, cooked like rice, would be adelicious, ,
nttritious, and a most' wholesonie- article of 1
food ; and 'considering the amount of: nutri- I
ment it contains, it would be ten' titnes cheaper I
than the potatoes. The wheat
. would subserve 1
every purpose of the potatoes, • except, perhaps. I
bulk. It would. be Much more nutritious than
the baker's superfine bread.. The cabbageohe
parsnips, the turnips; and other. trash, often .
wilted and unwholesome, could n'ot. compare,'
with. the wheat in. any sense, except thatot
.bulk, Another WhOlesome and exceedingly',
hutritiouS article • of diet . is that of beans'; and
.i
they do not sell at a price much exceeding that.
of potatoes, and they are five or six times more
nutritious. Another cheap limp! wholesome: ar..
tide of food is that of oatmeal, which can be
cooked in plain water, and if anybridy tiOtibts •
the wholesoineness. and nutritive qualities of
the article, let him look. at the 'Scotch and Irish
ahorin'g people, who Are,mainlYraiied upon it.
31ilk is the. natural , .. food of children, and con
tains all the necessary Ingredients of food for
men ; it •is consequently. Complete f00d... The,
squirrel, the' turkey, .the
,pig may:, be fed . On
Wheat and water, and nothing elge, end health,
gruvrthand bulk Will be the result ; anfinhat
.
which will build up:stich animals will build .up
a human, being. ' . ,''
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'
When we come down to the Very lit and__
hones of the subject' of notrition, heall . • and,
economy,thereis perhaps Mit, a than whO'reads ,
tiiis paper who can eat twenty dollar's
.worth'
Of wheat in twelie..monthii, , or Jess than forty
cents a week,.though ;.lie. may work rit r black...,
sinithing or stone-cutting...Corv-meal is anoth
er cheap and wholesome article, and it nay; be
cooked plainly„and answer for. Change. There
ate many people who live on4hitebread end
potatoes, and thereisnota treatdentof ehabge :
in that. OccasionallY bnteliefs Meat: •AnOthl.
Er excellent article. of diet—and it it can 'be
, bought 'wisely it will. be cheap—viz.i the cuarSe!
Piece s of beef' and Mutt On..
..-
It cold weather the _forvrard'quarters of. Ate.
'beep's carcass could be purchased for a t i eW•
shillings by a laboring .man i?r...vonititi,.',The .
teat could be .boiled. until - they tough: pieces
coul.l be sucked tbtougli a: quill,;' - _and•cooked in,
this way, it would 'be still More WholefrOaelor
tiloBe who are not very strong in ili eirdiges tliie
Power, if the fat . could .all be dp)Ped•oll . ,. ria* it
tlse s tu the top, and instead of . inalkinglt - . into a
v . ery liquid soup, itmight be cooked :dfiwillO a
!tioas3e, and bread or vegetables could be put. ,
lino it, and children would eat it asthet_WOtild.
!Bush and milk.; ' • :-
II it be complained that this' would be a very ,
monotonous diet, it might be argued.tbat -tinny
h man who is well-to-db, and dines at Tfistau
rims, orders a Steak for breakfaat, r 941 4, be9 l
101' dinner, and perbapi cakei for; sup-
Gar, fifty days in stictession. And tpwis md
ontonous. Lions Him on meats: ely;ii3OWs liven
grass, birds en seeds and grain ; and though
the diet is monotonous, they thrive.and eat'
===l
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'stied. - 1 Many a:poor 'woman livis On baker's
bread, butter. and tea; whiCh is not only -monOt
(Nona. but, poor . as n diet. " But we venture an
opinii - M.O-at; if a'table be supplied wiLli wheat,
stewed] mutton, stewed; beans, kndian mush,
milk;•:Or,.on the contrail . . It :another were lad
en With cabbage, turnips, and batter's bread,,lt
would - Scion be seen to which table t4e children
.would report . themelvda ,and !hose who ate
of the trasti would Took -blue . under.; the eyes
and tintiy.in - face ; ' while,. thime whO ate at, the
.other table, dollar iv iollar's* . orth would ;be
ruddy; healthy, happy, and give promise of.vig
or and tong - Ale. ‘ But a family could be kept in
good condition_ on the better 'kinds of food for
one half the•cost - .whieli, would be - required' to
feed theruattabest 1.11 y• he . fed on the trashy ar
:tides of ! diet.-We new a college student who
was iinOr, but hungry . for knowledge, and he
i
bought - half a bushe' Of wheat for 75 . centsiand
.by boiling„ it - and .Using_ it with milk, or frtiit
for a
I cha ge, he lived Well, on less. t han fitly
cents‘a eek. • '
n
'loci would' tibndon 'whiskey and to
-1 i learn to i l )uy;and eat inoperarticles
i immediate revolution would occur
4ndition.* i . :
.If the
baccO; it n!
of diet, a
in their c
I - Alit
ULIARITIES OF SPEECH.
It is ve
to lose,. a
easy to acquire, hut very difficult
leculiar irick of speech oetuannei
1 • •
and tinthi g ;..- is. mote -untvcsa e• look
round among our . frfendS and acquaintanc:es,we
aearcelY one iVlio'has not favorite;
word; his perpetual ~ fornittla, his autUfnatic ac- .
lion, his unmeaning !gesture—all tricks Caught
,probably when young,. and; by not • being.cor
reefed then; next to 'impossible to abolish now.
Who does not know! the; familiar I .Tsay" as the
preface to every Je M ark,T—and the still more
familiar "You know 7 as 'the middle term of. ev
\ ery seutenee ?- Who, too, in these later times
bits not suffered froM the infliction of "awful".
.
and jelly ?"4-milestoneS in the path of speech,
interspersed with •ev . n uglier and more obtru
sive signs of, folly , a ci- 'corrupt diction--.thile
• \
stones that are forev r tinnin g u p, showil o ,- the
successive distanees to which good taste and
true refinement . hay .receded in this hideous
race after slang to w iicb our youth is given—,
Then there /are the people who perpetuate epic
uthtions ; who say ' Goodness !" as a mark, Of
surprise; brad Good gracious !:?. When surprise
tin little mixed. witl reprobation ; lower in the
J. . .
social scaleit i',.` - Did you ever 1" and 'indiffer
ent to all stations, "you dontt say so !" or in a
v
oiee of deprecation!, ".,*o-!" and . " Surely not!"
To judge by 'voice aad
,Ikoid,•these_ejaculator3;
peopte. are always in a 4iiite : of surprise. They
go tluotigh the world in unending ;astonish=
ment ; and their appeals to their.goodnesS and
that indetwrinitiftte qUantity, called good..gra-.
(Anti.* are incessant. in , the 'generation that
died with the-Fourth George; the favorite ejac
ulations were "43y Jove !" and "By - George . !"
with excursions JIM; the*r,,gions of "Gad !" and
"By Jingo!' Betbr then we had the bluff and
lusty 'squires who xejeiced in;"Odsbodihins !"
and "S*ounds 1" with other strange aud' un
couth oaths, that mire not meant to offend the
-hearers,but were sin PlYtricks of speech Caught
by . theliPeakers, . 2,'i indeed, is. the habit Cof
swearing and using bad words generally. It
.emphatically a bahf, a trlck . of speech,' meart
i
ing - for the most part no more than the "Good- -
neis.l" . and "Good gracious I". of Lb.: milder
folly.: . .. . , •
Mil
' SEND .kOit MOTHER.
1 t ,
".
“Dear me I it w asn't enough for 'me to raise
and nurse a family vt my own, but now, when
I. l in old and expecti a I little comfort here, it is
all the time 'send for Mother I' " And the dt;ar
old soul growls al 'grumbles, but, dresses her
self as fast as she c n i ! notwithstanding'. After
you have trotted 11+ Off, and ,got her safely in
your home, and she, flies around administering
rebukes, and remediesl by' turns, you feel easier.
It's all right now lor soon will be—Mother's
. •
come. • .
In sickness, no matter who , is there or how
,many doctOrs qua rel over your case every
-1 thing goes' wrong mellow till you send for .
mother.
Iritrouble the fist! thing you think of is to
send for mother., 1
-Thit . this has its ludiOrous as well as its touch- .
ing aspect. The, verdant young couple to
whorii the baby's extraordinary grimaces arid
alarming yawns, which threaten the dislocation
of its chin 1 its wonderful sleeps; which it ac
complishes with its eyes half open, and noper
.ceptible flutter of breath on its lips, causing the
young mother to iritagine it is dead this time,
and to shriek out "Send for Mother 1" iri tones
of anguish—this . . YAng• couple in the light of
the experienc which three or foUr babies bring,
find thatthey haval been ridiculous and-giving
wither a good many trots for nothing. '
Did any one ever send' for mother and she
fail to come ? ' Never I. unless sickness or the
Bnfirtnities of - age prevented her. As when,, in
your childhood,' those willing feet responded to
your, call, so they 4ill do, and will contidue to
do as long as they, are able. , And when the
summons comes• Which none yet disregarded,
though it will b a happy, day for her, it; will
be a very•dark and sad one for you. when God,
too,' will send for ipother, • ‘ •": \ '
•
- it is iropOssible to teach, even zeography,
ivithout...t,eaching "Ober religion or Atheism.-
Philosophy canpotl be taught withouthitherin
titletify.or 111014 n ):: To make our 'scliottis en
• I
tirebf',oecular, woutt3: - call for such. an exiiurga;
Lion of our : text hooka as neither Pope nor
cotiocii: ever attempted... ''So that, wit atever
may bh the. intention; the'. war. is against. 'the
schools tbetnselves t • -.•-
Words ore i good,t but there is something bet 7
ter. , The beat IS not; to ,beexplained , by Words.
The spirit in Which we ,act Is the chief matter.
A.ction - ; can only b !understood and represent
id by We spirit. : ,, .
,?to one knows what;he is do 7
lag while he is acting rightly, but of what is
wrong we are 'always conscious. ' •
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'1'1: - .'E
DEMOCRAT,. JULY - ' . 12, '.,-18.76',
: NELSON. SIMI;
LAWYERS' FEES -IN ENGLAND.
en st he greatest lawyers here donut receive
such fees as•are frequently' America.' Mr. Ser
geant Parry told me - recently . that . the fees,he
heard.of in.-America were such as almbst took
an English barrister'S breath away.. The Eng
lish litigant has . to Pay two'firtng in each ease
and the paymenta - are,therefore,,divided.- There
ianot a barrister in England .who gets more
than
.seventy-flvetl o nsand dollars - a - year , —
S
which is- about :11 . e. inceme-and
there are only two, or at most three, that make
Over fifty thousand dollars a year. A .thousand
dollars for-one case .10 considered a fan4y fee.
• Probably the low average of fees paid for the
every-day legal work done here IS due in large
part tli.the survival. Of the old theory , that 'the
lawyer lan learned ! friend ofhumahity in i!s
difficultiesiwhose adVice is given solely for the
reward of virtue. Theoretically they -are sup
ported by honoraria* is the'Pope receives Peter's
Pence. They are net .. - snppoied to receive fees
that being. -too gross a form in' which to reward
learntrig and beneyolence. The, honorarium is
really no ,v a - fee, but it can no'. be i stted' . fOr, and
consequently ..it : has 'to. , be paid -in
,advante, if
the retained counsel is expected' to Pay any at
tention .
to a case.
In one or two things- this ; old theory of the
barrister 'is actually Operative. If a poor
Wel comes up for trial he' or she may ask lin
any lawyer present in the court to defend them
and such lawyer mist do his very st for the
criminal. • •He must . take his chances of pay
ment, which, in such cases; is rarely.reCeived,
except that the court gives each lawYer'so call,
ed on to defend a criminal the sum. of two
pounds-;--a nominal sum that seems to be a
kind of precaution against any barrister ever
m aking . Capital by boasting of unrequitted ser
vices to the poor and friendless. The 6114 1 E1-
so wishes to preserve its attilude as the. ec.o
friend of all parties, and ready to assist the 'ac
cused in their defence. The two pounds are
never, I believe, allowed; to be declined.
•
THE - WEALTH •OF SIBERIA
' It is needless, says the Pari§: Temps,, to esti-;
Mate r all the sources of Wealth pertaining to,
this iinhiense . .region„ which is at e s r least tnre :
tithes a§ large as Europe ; 'unfortunately very,
little'of it is available owing to the scarcity of
' the rneans'of rransprirt. AuSsia has long been
aware of the necessity of creating riutes in
der tri derive all :the benOt she might expect
from ;her Asiatic prOvinces, rich in gold, silver,
platinum,. topper,' eoalonarble,and, in the' south
wheat and rye. Great improvements already
have been made in the. navigable rivers;. where'
the boats are nOwjertabledto gci againSt the stream by means et Steam-tligs,'iyhefe . a's before
they
.used only to tfe bhilt , for one trip s rtoWn
the . river, and then broken' `up for fire-wood.---
Still the number of steam-tugs i 4 very
and there is, therefore, no relying upOn eseap=.:
in g the risk of being blocked up, by ice for'ser
•
, en or eight. months.
The Problem . Of in river havigat ion
is a very difficult:. one in that country,; tie
Government is Willing to proVide the hitids,hut
a leasible plan has not yet been bit uPon. Some
engineers propoSe • cutting :a canal thirty-fi . Ve
mlles in length from' the Kel to the Yenissei, so
as to , open a'direct route from Tjumen to K.
achta by the Ohi, the
,Tem, the Tchulin, : and
the Tell . on one side, And the:-Angara on the
other, so far as Lake; Baikal; and thence the
Selenga to a. point s not twenty miles fromKi
achta. But this plan would require the widen
ing of seventy-eight narniwa, which as yet
none but the boats Of the natives can venture
to' path: Hence. mnstprohab:y railways will
have to be executed; where peruidieal munda
tions and enorniotis accurnalations of snow
,will present Obstack , s of a different nature.
For the present there is but one line in con
templation, that (*the Oural, or Ekatberine
burg, which will start froth Perm and end at
Tjumen, with branches to the several metallur
gical centers, such 'as• Nijhi-Taghills, north or
Nia ski, and south of it,Zlataoust. Ekatherine. ,
burg is an important center where the iron of
the Oural is worked, and amethyst, rock:crys
tal, and topaz are ciit in establishment belong
ing to the Emperor. '
Famous HOUSES IN LONDON.
• The SocietY of Art has s during the past month
set up on seven different ;houses in London
small tablets commemorating the tact that the
house has once beeh occupied by some famous
inhabitant. In Gough Square, Fleet street, is
the name of Sathuel Johnson ; in Gerrard
street, Soho, that of Edmund Burke ; and sip
iiarly we are reminded - that Mrs. Siddons lived
in Upper Baker street ; Faraday In Blindford
street; Garrick in Adelphi Terrace; earthing
in Conduit street : and Nelson in New Bond
street.
The idea is .a good one, and :it is a pity that
it cannot he more generally carried out. There
is hartily a street Or 'square in London that
cannot boast Boma Slid of history, and nothing
can better. serveto. keep such traditions alive
than a small commemorative . tablet sueb as
that adopted by the,Soniety of Arts. In many
irstsnces, of course, the whole house has been
pulled down, and even .its sight cannot be as
certained. We knOw; for example,that Charien
Lamb lived at No 20. RuSsell street, Conyent
Garden,
_but not a -?trace t*maing• r
01. the 'house
inhabited.by Mrs. Barton :Booth,.the Saritlow
famed for. dante of IGay and.tbe favorite of the
great ,Dike of Marlborough..
low's chambers still eiist.in Purnp Conrt, btit.
not. a stone
.remains ot.the
. building in
"Cheerful Crown' pffice -Row," where' Lamb
was born, or of thei Chatnberi- . in.lnner Temple
Lane, occupied by the great Ambit. Johnson.'
In their intercourse with the- world people
shouldnot take words as so moth genuine coin
or staUdird metal, but "merely as`counters that
people may play vOlth. . - :: •
•
If wiadom were nonferred with this proviso
that I must keep it to inyselt and not commu
nicate it to others, I would have none of it.
I==l
The'attezfion o[ the: readers of e biemocriket , ie esied to the feet that READt-CASII is takes. is exchange
:ALL
,at the abtve
THEY CAN BE CRAP VlllOl CASH IS OFFERED,.
. .. ,
• , , ,
The long continued depression in Vastness circles call for cash transietrons by •matmfitctitrers, and ,),
bought close for cash can be cold at low prices. To satisfy yourselves of this fact, when at Binghamton, Clit o ei ...
ba•imine the geuetal stock of Furniture and prices at 18 Chenango atreet. „
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May 31, 1E46.
0
G
i d
et
A 0
V 4.
Pds
. . . , ........,_ ANL..
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. '' _ • 1 000 .
N AVANTED;...ARIVIEDI , '
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. •1. 1 . -ME N
with Greenbacks,.to buy the 'best made, easiest-running, and most durable- Wagon ever made for the money.
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT 'OF , PLATFORMS, , OPEN AND, TOP
.." • ' BUG:GrIES AXD PILETONS, 'EVER. OFFERED, TO THE. ~
CITIZENS OF. NORTHERN -PENNSYLVANIA.
, •
Particular attention is called tolour Standard Platt - mins. We claim to make the begt Family and Farin Wagon
combined, ever. offedi for the money. Each Wagon Warranted as.represented. We employ none but experienad
mechanics. Selecting best of et?ek for cash and pay cash for labor, and we have reduced - the prices, as follows:
•
No. 1, Platform,lM Spoke, 1% Axle, 1M Spring, i Top Buggies. Piano Box er Shell body or Broad '
-1 - - . $115"00 I Box, with Enamel Cloth, Top and Damask .
. 2 Seats, - : -
'
Add for Trimming, $5 to 103; Break it 1 Lining, Patent wheels . . - • - - $l6O CO
i I . Rubber Top, Broad Clothing Trimming,slls 00
No. 2, Platform 1M SPoke, 1M Axle.lM, Springs. ,
4x5 Leaves, Drop-tail board, 2 Seats. - $1°5,00 I Phaitons. Leatherloiand Broad cloth Trimming •
Patent WheelF; - - - , 7 - - -. $2OO 00
' . Add for Trimming, Pito isB ; Break VI. .
.
We claimthis the most tonitcniet t and . dura
ble and cheapest wagon in the market.. • I
.
Open Buggies, prices range • :from $lOO ft $l.O 00
• • • according to trimming and painting. , 4e, •
D.
Montrose, Mat 3d, 1876.
GREA.ry,XCITEME.NT
WEIEKS
DRY ± GdiODS,
. _
(02 1 .0 wra. 2H.6 9
.
33ertors . Sac:otos
evitict3l3kia ego.
at prices lower than everknown before In Susquehan
na County. Not excepting priees before the war e
1
NO REAIENENTS I
Everything New and Fresh at Popular
Priem •
3600 yards of best prints iu market, sold during the past
two weeks,,at 6 pi i.ce per yard, and *till them iv mute
10110 W.
;,,Don't be deceived by' others In trade who represent
our goods of inferior quitilty but come and mainline
for. ourselves. Prices greatly reduced but- quality
maintained. ° 2dontrose, April 26.1876,
FURNITURE.
, .
'At W. W:S*.ith &Sou's
. ,
Exten eiveFurniture War oroina yon wiliAnd theta:lest
stock of
FIRST CLASS AND COMMON
FUEL x !Timm
To he found in this eectlon ofltheconntry, of hie owe
manufacture. and at priceit hat cannot tail to give nth
faction. They make the very beet
. ,- 1 - •- - -.-
EXTENI4I,-TALi3-LES
In the Country, aid. WARRAvTthem.
IC , gs t e 3 r 1 1717 33„
Of sit 10 uda dine thh , fiestflat maxner.
. •
03 • No/ EL X.= Gt. - 23 TS a
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OF VA4.IOIMKINDft„
PURE NO.I MATIOSSES I
' - .AND 001alioN - I.IATRASSES
-• _ .
U D' . N G
Thc gi a
sp e cialty i Appalgtetsi; Cflifijpletvis
NNW end the meet elegant NEAR in :he atate t all
needing hia ervicea will he attends to promptlyand. at,
satisfactory charges.
Wit. IL, MIRTH k SON.
lionlltose.l%. Jan. 111.1.871,—x01-41.
2011 Na C) ,9
3313*6313.etztitorty. DJ... -SE"
•
ad ilace, and alsoto the factlhat goo is bought laihts vis j
will prove .satitfactorybeeanse,
New
Store
MELHUISH
AVERY CROUNSE,
3lanntactory at Springvile, and Repository on Public
Avenue. Montrose. Ps. If
.you desire to pur
chase, examine our 'Stock, and if none are on
hand to anit,we can make to order at:satne price
SEARLE, -.Proprietor.
IN itIONTROSE
AT THE
and New Firm
The Largest Stock of .
SILYERNARE.
WATCHES ::ANJI.-JEWRRY,
Kept in Northern Pennsylvania,
And at the 'Lowest Prices.
TABLE CUTLERY,
POCKET KNIVES, POCKETBOOKS, '
VIGLINS, STRINGS, Lc., ac.
Watches, Jewelry, ic.,repalred by
3/e. x:o xiszr..x.hatr. - or. saaixt,
I
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler, successor to Isbell
& M%Web. We have a large stock of Material, new
pa , &c.',wilich enablee Ms to do work more perfect.
and rt i
somptly than ever.-•• •
Goons! (loops
111., etork.
ENTIRg NEVir STOCK OF, LIENS',
BOY'S' AND YOUTHS'-
CLOTHING,
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