THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, AUGUST &7, 1000.
THE CITIZEN
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otllce. Honesclale. I'a.
E. B. HAltDENlJEliOH. PRESIDENT
W. W. WOOD. - MANAGE!. AND SECY
DMKCTOHH !
0. H. DORFL1.VC1ER. M. H. AM.EJf.
IlENIiV WILSON. E. I). HAKDENnEKOII.
W. W. WOOD.
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$1.50 per year
FltlDAY, AUGUST 27, HUM).
KEI'LIU.ICAN NOMINATIONS.
JUSTICE OF THE SUMIEME COUUT
. Judge Hubert Von Moschzlsker,
of Philadelphia.
AUIHTOH GENEHAL,
A. E. SISSON,
of Eric.
STATE THEASL'HEH,
( Jeremiah A. Stober,
. of Lancaster.
t ' JUKY COMM1SSIONEH,
W. H. Ilullock.
Honesdnle has but few If any
"undesirable citizens," and it is the
duty of every self-respecting person
to help maintain that record.
Wellmnn's failure to reach the
North Pole by an airship, proves
that the development of the airship
has not reached a stage where avltu
tors can go very far from their base
of supplies.
Andrew Cnrnegle Is beginning to
tighten up on Ills wad, Instead of
giving away ten and twenty thous
and dollar checks, he Is giving peo
ple who ask for money all the ad
vice they can carry away. Unless
Andy is very careful he will die rich,
which he claims is the unpardon
able sin.
A sigh of relief went up from the
band of Progressive Democrats now
at Saratoga, that was felt as far
west as Oklahoma, when the news
was received that Bryan would not
attend. Prayers are now being of
fered that Willie Hearst, Charley
Murphy, Pat. .McCarren, Tom Tag
gart and Flngey Conners will be
providentially prevented from being
present.
The cruelties and indignities
which Harry K. Thaw complains as
being heaped upon him at .Mattewan
are: Can't play the piano; can't have
the white of eggs, nor orange juice
as his private doctor orders, but
the crowning cruelty is, ho is com
pelled to go to bed at S o'clock
nights. Isn't this awful to a man
who took pleasure in using a dog
whip upon the backs of girls?
The newspaper and sidewalk com
ment on the retirement of Mr. Pride
from his temporary occupancy of
the editorial chair of The Citizen,
and his attitude toward Mr. Wood,
the managing editor, has not yet
struck the true inwardness of the
situation. There need be no diffi
culty, however, in explaining tills.
It is common to say of 'a man who
proceeds with his business unob
trusively that he "says nothing, but
saws wood." In the present case,
Pride saw Wood, but sawed no wood,
and llnally, instead of sawing wood
he cut Wood. Hence the vacant
chair.
A very plausible story is going
the rounds to the effect that a much
more feasible route for an Inter
oceanlc canal has been discovered,
wholly within the territory of Co
lumbia and that British interests
are acquiring the rights with a
view of constructing a rival canal
to that of the United States. Great
Britain may not like the idea of
Uncle Sam controlling the only wa
terway between the Atlantic and
the Pacific, but it is Improbable that
she will spend hundred of millions
of dollars, Into an enterprise of this
kind when she needs all the money
she can scrape together to build
battleships in order to keep peace
with CJermany.
New York has a genuine octopus
not the home-grown, tariff made
species but a real live octopus,
born In Bermuda waters and brought
hero at great expense. It Is located
nt the Aquarium, only n stono's
throw from Wnil street where the
brokers can como nnd get pointers
by studying its habits. Men are
kept busy pumping wnter Into the
Octopus's tank, a process which ap
peals to the stock broker's sense of
humor. If the nnlmal can stand
his surroundings ho will obtain a
post of honor, such as is enjoyed
by only Harrlman, Morgan and
Rockafeller.
RELIGIOUS CENSUS. I
Standing out as a conspicuous i
feature of a bulletin Issued to-day
by the Census bureau entitled "Cen
sus of Religious Bodies," is the fnctl
linf nut nf n nlilirnli mnm Viorcll 1 1I In '
the United States In 190G of nearly
33.000,000, males .formed consider
ably less than half of the total.
Of the total church membership j
reported by the various religious '
bodies nnd classified by sex, 43.1 I
per cent, were males and 56.9 per j
cent, were females. Among the '
Protestants the difference was j
greater, only 30.3 per cent, being I
males, while in the Roman Catholic
church the males formed 4'J per I
cent, of the total membership.
Fewer males than females were
found among the Latter-Day Saint
the Lutherans, Disciples, Methodists,
Baptists, Presbyterians, and Pro
testant Episcopalians, the percent
age of male members decreasing In
the order shown, there being but
35. n per cent, male among the Epis
copalians. Among the Christian
Scientists only 27. G per cent, were
males, and of the Shakers but 21.3
per cent.; but in the Greek Ortho
dox church 93. y per cent, were
males.
Other salient features of the
report show that there were 51,
250,000,000 invested in church edi
fices nnd that every day eight new
churches sent their spires skyward.
Of the total estimated population
of continental United States in 190G
the church members formed 39.1
per cent., as against 32.7 per cent,
for 1S90. Of this 0.4 per cent, in
crease the Roman Catholic church
Is credited with 4.4 per cent, and
the Protestants with l.S, the re
mainder being divided among all
other denominations.
The total church membership for
190G was 32.93G.445, of which num
ber the protestants were credited
with 20.2S7.742. nnd the Roman
Catholics with 12,079,142. Of the
protestants bodies the Methodists
numbered 5,749,838, the Bnptlsts
5.002,234, the Lutherans 2,112,
494, the Presbyterians 1.830,555,
and the Disciples or Christians 1,
142,359. The rate of increase
shown for the Roman Catholic
church 93.5 per cent., which is more
than twice that for all the Protestant
bodies combined.
SCHANTON'S NEW HOTEL.
The contract for the building of
the Casey Grand hotel at Lacka
wanna and Adams avenues was filed
Tuesday. The contract is drawn
between A. J. and P. J. Casey and
the Carlucci Stone company and
shows that the contractor U to re
ceive $3SlS.000 for the work.
Among the clauses in the contract
are the following: The building must
be completed and ready for occu
pancy on or before July 1, 1910;
the contractor must furnish a bond
for $200,000 for the faithful per
formance of the work, and an addi
tional indemnifying bond against
accidents of ?40,000; that the con
tractor shall receive a bonus of $100
for each day the building is com
pleted before the specified time, and
pay $100 a day forfeit for each
day the work goes over the time
limit. The sum of 5200 is to be
spent by the contractor in protect
ing the foundations of adjoining
buildings.
The work on the hotel is to be
done under the supervision of Arch
itect Charles R. Weatherhogg of
Fort Wayne, Ind., or his agents and
all disputes over any clauses in the
contract are to be referred to an
arbitration board made up of John
Nelson, E. 1). Walter and Eugene
Fellows.
Work on the excavations for the
hotel was started on Wednesday.
The plans have already been filed
with the building inspector and the
permit will be issued in a few days.
COMING THE FARMER'S WAY.
The directors of the Consolidated
Milk Exchange, at a meeting held
Friday, in their offices in New York,
again advanced the price paid for
milk to farmers one-quarter of a
cent a quart. The new price went
into effect on August 1G, when farm
ers received 3 4 cents a quart, or
51.30 for forty quart cans of milk.
This is the third Increase received
by the farmers since June. On June
1 they received 2 U cents a quart or
90 cents a can; July 1 they received
a raise of one-half cent, to 2?4 cents
a quart, or $1.10 a can; August they
got a raise of one-quarter cent, to 3
cents a quart, or $1.20 a can, and
Friday they received another quar
ter cent, advance. According to
Joseph Laemmel, secretary of the
exchange, the farmers are not yet
receiving enough money to encour
age them in the production of milk.
The Consolidated Milk Exchange
does not include the largest dealers
of milk in New York the Borden
Condensed Milk Co. and the Sheffield
Farms-Slawson-Decker Co. Al-
; though these companies under con
tract pay the farmers less than the
present exchange price, they are
constantly offering bonuses tor su
perior milk. Loton liorton, presi
dent of the Sheffield Farms coin
pany, said that he was willing to
pay almost any price within reason
to secure the best milk.
SCRANTON BUSINESS COlUiKGE.
Court House Square,
SCRANTON, l'A.
The Scranton Business College,
H. D. Buck, proprietor, will begin
its sixteenth year on Tuesday, Sept.
7th. Monday will bo enrollment
day. New teachers, new equip
ment. Graduates meeting with
splendid success almost everywhere.
Write for literature. H. D. Buck,
Principal. 6-3t8
CHAPMAN REUNION.
Eleventh Annunl Reunion Held at ,
Lake Ariel, August 21.
The descendants of Ralph Chap
man, Sr., who settled in Salem,
Wayne county, Pa., in the year
1S3&, held their reunion at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Wlttlch.
It was the largest reunion ever
held, there being 175 persons pres-1
ent. The day was pleasant and the 250 miles long nnd from o0 to 60
friends and relatives had a very miles wide. The San Joaquin river
enjoyable time. A sumptuous din-1 runs north through this valley unlt
ner was spread on tables under the i ing with the Sacramento river and
trees on the lawn. After dinner i flowing westward Into San Francls
a meeting was called by the presl-1 co Bay, thence through the Golden
cent, Mr. Florence Chapmnn. It I Gate into the Pacific Ocean. It
.was opened by a song composed for ; wns nn extremely hot day when we
the occasion and followed with j took this journey from Los Angeles
prayer by Rev. F. A. Van Sclever of to San Francisco through this val
Ariel. This was followed by music i ley. We had to close our car wln
and recitations and a very pleasing dows to keep the hot air out, but
address by Rev. F. A. Van Sclever. with the temperature at 95 or 100
Oilicers were elected as follows; !
Jresident, Mr. G. O. Chapman, of
Carbondale; secretary, E. L. Chap
man, of Hamlinton; treasurer, Chas.
C. Chapman, West Pittston; execu
tive committee, Mrs. Don. Bldwell,
Miss Lulu Chapman, Mrs. George
Chapman.
It was decided to hold the next
reunion at Nay Aug Park, Scranton.
Among those present were the
following: Hamlinton Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Chnpman and family,
Dwight Chapman, Sr., Mr. and Mrs.
Florence Chapman and family, Mrs.
Levina Chapman, Albert Wetherlll,
Miss Ann Wetherlll, Miss Emella
Wetherlll, Mr. Frank Wetherlll and
family, Mr. nnd Mrs. Flora Good
dldge and son; Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Chapman, Miss E. M. Buckingham,
Mr. Fred Chapmnn and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Simons, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Ames and family, Mrs.
Eugene Simons, Carl and Glen
Stevens, Earl Chapman, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Chapman and family;
Freytown Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Ames and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Ames and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Ames, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Shreck; Scranton Mrs.
Frank Decker and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank bloat, Miss Minnie Ames,
Mrs. John Tucker, (. larence Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Lewis and family,
Mrs. Walters, Miss Maud Walters,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Randolph and
daughter; Sterling Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Robecker and family; Car
bondale Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Ihfliter and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. O. Chapman, Miss Lulu Foster,
Mrs. C'lilford Chapman and family;
Prompton Mrs. O. W. Chapman;
hnvley Mrs. John Chapman and
family; Honesdnle Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Brown and family; Daleville
Mrs. James Havenstrite and son
William, Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Ames and daughter: Philadelnhia
Mrs. E. J. Wilkins; Lancaster Mrs.
J. M. Swarr and sons, Urban Baker;
Gravity Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mast
ers and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Brooks and son; Avoca Mr. and
Mrs, Jack Hummer; Montrose Mr.
Byron Jones; Duryea Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Warner and sons;
Clark's Green Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Chapman; Ariel Rev. and Mrs.
F. A. Van Sceiver, Mr. and Mrs.
John Wlttlch, Miss Laura Wttich;
Jubilee Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Masters
and son, Mr. Edward Chapman;
Shultzville Henrietta and Elery
Peters; New York City Ada War
ner, Florence Evensen; Canadensis
Albert Feltham, Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Edwards and family; Reading
Miss Valeria Wlttlch, Mrs. .Maine Ir
win and son; Wilkes-Barre Mr.
and .Mrs. Lorr Bidwell and son,
and Mrs. Lon. Bidwell and son,
Mr. and .Mrs. Chas. E. Chapman and
family.
INSURANCE CO. SHY ON CAPITAL
Assistant Deputy Attorney Gener -
al Hargest, in an opinion to Insur-1
ance Commissioner Martin on Mon
day, advised against the issuance of
a certificate to the Pennsylvania In
surance company, of Pittsburg, be-
cause it uoes not nave a patci-up i Paiiflc to mountain time. Our next
capital of $100,000 as required by I important stop is Ilazen, where
the act of 1S70, regulating joint ! passengers change cars who wish to
stock companies. g0 fortune hunting in Southern Ne-
The company was chartered In vada, among the mines. We could -lS.-,2,
but went out of business in j name the Rawhide, Falrview, Won
1891. It is now attempting to re-jder, Tonopah, Goldfleld, Bullfrog
vive itself under its old charter, with ; and a score of camps already well
only ?12,000 paid up capital. The i known to prospectors and stock
opinion says it is "the policy of the ) brokers, that are reached by the
state not to permit an insurance , N. c. R. R. from Hazen. This be
company to engage in business on so ing the 4th of July, most all the
meager a capital." . places we passed through were dec-
I orated for the occasion. At 7:17
IMMKNSK POTATO CROP. '" we are ilt Battle Mountain.
j Here in the early sixties was the
' scene of a fierce fight between the
Increase of 210,000 Barrels in Vicld j immigrants and Indians. The In
Froin South Jersey. dians were worsted, but they clnim
From figures received from the ,0 thls (lay "hoan wh,te men killed."
various shipping points it is estimated I Eastward r train follows the old
that from south Jersey alone more ' overlanl trail to Lucln, across a
than 4,000 carloads of poatoes will I voelon for half a ntury discrlbed
be shipped this year. In geographies as the "Great Amerl-
This will bring to the farmers 1 pan Uesei't-" now said to be good
more than ?1,:0i,000 for their crop fertlle laml requiring but the touch
of 040,000 barrels. This is nn ln- 'ot wnter t0 make k Productive. Just
crease over last year of 240,000 bar- botore retiring, our porter Informed
rels. The crop has returned to tlo ' us tl,nt thoso wlshinK to bo called
growers an average of $100 per.1'1 tllu '"orning In time to seo the
acre, which, after iloilncHt.ir tiw. ont Great Salt Lake Cut-off, would be
of growing and marketing, shows a
nice profit.
The Farmers' Exchange has trans -
acted more business than was an -
ticlnated and hns had to Increase its
force of clerks.
.CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
"A TRAMP ABROAD."
Interesting Letter irom Mr. August
J. Rchbein.
(Continued.)
The San Joaquin Valley extend
ing northward from the Tehachapl
Mountains to the Sacramento val
ley, and laying between the Coast
Range on the west, and the Sierra
Nevadas on the east, forms a basin
degrees In the shade, we felt no ox-
haustion from the heat. The dry
ness of the air renders this extreme
heat less felt than it would along
our eastern coast where the air is
more moist. Through this valley
we passed groves of oranges, lemons,
olives, dates, figs, grapes, and other
semi-tropical fruits, giving evidences
of its wealth where water has been
applied through irrigation. Ac
cording to the census of 1902, 90S,
182 acres of land in this valley alone
was under Irrigation, and this out
of a total acreage of 1,708,720 un
der Irrigation throughout the state,
nnd we were told that It was safe
to assert, that more than two mil
lion acres are being watered nt this
time. In California this brief state
ment will Illustrate what has, and
Is being accomplished in reclaiming
Hint which was once called "Desert
Land." We reached Fresno, hnlf
way up the valley, at noon. Mere
Is the center of the largest raisin
producing district in the world,
about five-sixths of the total pro
duction of the United Stntes, or
from 50 to 60 thousand tons comes
from the Fresno district. Also the
celebrated Smyrna fig the fig of
commerce is now produced here
in perfection. They call it the
Calimyrna tig. At Merced, a small
country town in the heart of the
valley, is where the Yosemite Val
ley Railroad can be taken to the
picturesque and wonder valley of ;
the Yosemite.
We continue our journey north,
passing through Lathrop, Tracy,
Port Costa, where the great ware
houses which receive the products
of the grain fields of nearly all the
State, are situated, and arrive at
j San Francisco at ( :4o o cloelt. We'
I left Saturday night at 9 o'clock, by,
' the Overland Route for Denver, j
i Col., and the east. We had as our;
'companion on this trip to Denver,
Prof. Clark, of Stanford University, ,
who gave us some very interesting
information in regard to the scenery
we traveled through. We were up
early the next morning; our train
. as climbing the sides of the Blue'
Canyon, where we had a beautiful i
view down the gorge some two
thousand feet. Along this part of ,
our journey, for a number of miles ,
the track Is protected by snow
sheds, but the sides of the sheds are
latticed so the scenery is not en-1
tirely lost. We readied the sum
mit, 701S feet above the sea, at 7,
o'clock. As we passed on, we saw
to our left, down in the valley, In-1
dependence, Donner and Webber
Lakes. The unfortunate Donner
party camped by
name, snowed in,
the lake of that
in the winter of
1846-47, losing 43 of its S3 mem
bers. We arrived at Truckee at S
o'clock a. in. This is a lumbering
and railroad town of about two
thousand people. We follow the
mountain side down the canyon of
the Truckee river, and at 10 o'clock
we are at Reno, at the foot of the
sierra Nevada Mountains. Reno Is I
the most important and substantial
of Nevada cities. At Sparks, a
short distance from Reno, we set
our watches one hour ahead from
1 ""'onmiodated upon the payment of
-two uItSl cents. Wo depended
1 u',on olrselves, saved our quarter
' nn" wns un at 4:30 -ust before our
1 traln reached Lake side. We cross
the marsh and soon we have the
dense green wnter of the lake on
either side of us. Looking ahead
wo can see the track gradually come
together and fade nway in the sea.
We travel thus for twenty miles over
the water, seventeen feet above the
lake surface. It's a beautiful bright
morning, the sun is Just rising above
the distant mountnln. What an
enchanting nnd fascinating sight!
We felt repaid for our extra effort
In early rising, and this rldo across
Salt Lake will linger in our mem
ory long after many other things
are forgotten. The old road-bed
around the north shore of the lake,
for a distance of 147 miles, has
been abandoned. This Cut-off from
Lucln to Ogden, a distance of 103
miles, a saving of 44 miles, Is built
across the heart of the lake, and
so nenrly straight that It Is only
170S feet or a third of a mile longer
than an air line, with practically no
grade. Before we leave let me say
a word about Salt Lake. The Lake
Is eighty-three miles long nnd llfty
one miles wide; Its greatest depth
is thirty-three feet, and It Is 4,200
feet above tide wnter. Save only
the Dead Sea of the Holy Land this
Is the most salty body of water on
the globe, the former containing
24 per cent, of solids, the Great
Salt Lake 22 per cent. In other
words every five pounds of the Salt
Lake water contains one pound of
salt of which thirteen ounces are
common salt. The Atlantic Ocean
water contains only 3 4 per cent,
of solids. No fish live In this salty
water of Salt Lake. We reached
Ogden at 7 :10 a. m. and left nt
S:20. giving' us time to see some
of the town. Odgen has broad
paved streets, good stone and ce
ment sidewalks, well-kept lawns,
some beautiful homes, solid busi
ness buildings, a large Morman
temple and has a population of
about twenty thousand. The Wa
satch range of snow-capped moun
tains looked to us to bo about two
or three miles hack of the city.
Prof. Clark told us It was seven
miles to the foot of the mountains.
AUGUST J. REHBEIN.
(To be Continued.)
JAMES TlGHE'S AUTO OYER
HOARD.
While the City of Newburgh, a
ferryboat plying between Newburgh
and Flshkill, and conveying eluvon
automobiles belonging to the party
of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Com
pany of Mlddletown, was making
the landing at Flshkill, F:day a.
m., the boat struck the ferry slip
with such force as to cause the last
auto on the boat to start baskward.
The heavy machine owned by
James P. Tighe, formerly of Hawley,
struck and carried away an iron
rod extending across the end of the
boat and the machine plunged into
the river. Alton J. Vail, the well
known lawyer of Mlddletown, wns
the only occupant of the car at the
time and he was precipitated into
the river with the machine, but
quickly arose to the surface.
F. O. Rockafellow who is an ex
pert swimmer threw off his coat and
plunged Into the river to the rescue
and was able to hold Mr. Vail above
water until further assistance was
rendered and both men were pulled
out, none the" worse for their adven
ture bfvond the involuntary bath
and an ompaniug discomforts.
The accident caused great excite
ment for a few minutes, but after
an hour's delay, during which
Messrs. Vail and Rockafellow dried
their garments, the party proceeded
on the journey to Poughkeepsie.
The "drowned" car was in charge
of "Joe" Clark, the well-known
chauffeur, and he and the other pas
sengers were promenading the deck
when the accident occurred. Be
fore Mr. Clark could reach the ma
chine to apply the emergency brakes
the car went over the end of the
boat into the river.
The auto tank into thirty feet of
water, and was by means of
a derrick on a fi.t.ui dredger which
is at work near the Flshkill docks.
The matter of fixing the blame
for the damage to the machine has
not been fully decided as yet, but
Mr. Tighe, who so kindly loaned
1IKN1! Y '.. IR'SSKU.,
I'lIK-lnENT.
AXDIiEW THOMPSON'
vim ri;r.niK.T.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Bank was Organized in December, 1836, and Nationalized
In December, 1864.
Since its organization it has paid in Divid
to its Stock holders,
$I,905,800.00
The Comptroller of the Currency has placed It on the HONOR
ROLL, from the fact that Its Snrplus Fund more than
equals its capital stock.
What Class 0
are YOU in
The world lias always been divided into two classes those who have
saved, tluve who have spent the thrifty and the extravagant.
It is the savers who have'built the houses, the mills, the bridges, the
railroads, the shins and all the other great works which stand for man's
advancement and happiness.
The spenders are slaves to the savers. It is the Inw of nature. We
want you to be n saver to open an account in our Savings Department
and be independent.
One Dollar will Start an Account.
This Bank will be pleased to receive all
or a portion of YOUR banking business.
the auto to Excelsiors for the trip
to Poughkeepsie, will not lose any
thing through the accident.
There has been talk that the
Samuel Parrott Dredging Co., of
Newburgh, which raised the auto
mobile from the river, would claim
salvage costs, This Is not so, for
the dredging company was employed
by the ferry company to raise the
machine, and wns pnld $30 for the
Job. Tliis the Excelsiors have paid
or will pay.
It Is said thnt It will cost about
$G50 to repair the automobile. It
Is probable that the machine will be
sent back to the factory where it
will be made ns good as new and be
returned to Mr. Tighe.
Legal blanks at The Citizen office.
LYRIC THEATRE
BENJ. H. D1TTRICH. - - LESSEE AND MANAGER
On Night Only ft IP BIT 1
WEDNESDAY dCrl.l
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IN
A story of the far West, contalnlnc every
clement of the successful clrainn.
Sensation, Heroics,
Pathos, Comedy, Music
Special Scenery and Effects. Pre
sented by a good cast.
PRICES 15, 25, 35 and 50c
SKAT SAI.K opens nt the box uftleo
at 11 a. in.. Wednesday. September 1st.
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-OF-
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AT-
MENNER & CO.,
General Stores, Kffir
Honesdale, Pa.
Sale of
WASHUP
QOODS
-AT-
Very Low Prices
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