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WOMEN ASTRIDE.
While watching the equestrians on
the Boulevard the other day I be
came Interested In the number ot
.women who rbde astride. It was a
revelation, as well as a revolution.
Twenty years ago I should not have
liked It, but now it seems quite the
proper caper, and there is no offense
against propriety in 1906. It Is the
woman on a side saddle who now
looks out ot place. New York Press.
i ACCEPTING A COMPLIMENT.
' It is the way a woman takes a
compliment that stamps her place in
society.
A blush denotes the dobutante.
A giggle, the silly or unsophisti
cated. A brusque protest, the sensible but
unpolished.
But the quiet, unelated smile, with
ft quieter "Thank you," if re?ly be
necessary, unmistakably denotes the
woman of social training, the one ac
customed to compliments. Phila
delphia Press.
WOMAN ELECTS ENGINEERING.
Miss Nora Stanton Blatch, grand
daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
has been appointed a member ot the
city's staff of civil engineers In charge
ot the 1161,000,000 Catsklll water
system.
Miss Blatch's appointment was not
due to any pull, but was made on
merit.
Miss Blatch is an unusually pretty
young woman, athletic, active, and
' fond of outdoor life. She distin
guished herself two years ago, while
a senior at Cornell, by swimming
Cayuga Lake, a distance of two and
one-halt mllea. The feat was an easy
one for her, and her friends declared
at the time that she could have swum
the entire distance back.
She decided to follow engineering
on entering college, and applied for
.membership In the American Society
ot Civil Engineers. She was ad
mitted recently, being the first wom
an ever received into that organiza
tion. She Is the daughter of Mrs. Har
riet Stanton Blatch, a noted New
York clubwoman and lecturer, and a
daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Mrs. Blatch lived in Eilgland for
fourteen years. Boston Advertiser.
; A SMILING VOICE.
! "Cultivate a smiling voice."
That was Miss Jessie A. Fowler's
Inst word to the Rainy DaiBlcB at the
Hotel Astor, on "Personality in
.Vtolce," and when the Daisies In the
fnont seats raised their eyebrows In
query, says the New York Tribune,
"Smile, then speak, and you'll know
what I mean," explained Miss Fow
leV. "Character is always seen in the
V( ilce," went on the speaker, who is
a petite, blond person, with a very
fejmlntne pipe of her own. 'Why,
It II have to engage a stenographer
over the telephone I can always tell
by the voice whether I want the ap
plicant or not. Through the tele
phone character is revealed in a way
they little know of.
"Pitch has a great deal to do with
revealing character. A high pitch
shows one form of character, a low
pitch another, a staccato pitch an
other. It you will let me use your
(voices in demonstration I will show
jwhat I mean."
i Here she swung round on her heel,
and, pointing an accusing forefinger
in the direction ot a gray haired dow
ager in a green velvet turban, de
manded: "Did you vote at the polls
yesterday?"
"No," chirped up the owner of the
turban in a still, small voice, scared
but ot her wits.
,. "A strong, womanly quality that
devotion to the home," Interpreted
the speaker.
I "There's a Mrs. Jones in the room
ask her something," urged the
president.
Turning the searchlight cf her in
terrogatory In the direction of a small
elderly woman attired in black silk,
with a black bonnet tied under her
chin, Miss Fowler asked, sweetly, it
Airs. Jones thought there was some
thing scientific and feasible in what
she had just been saying.
, 'No, I don't," replied the Mrs.
Jones thus appealed to, in a deep,
Sub-cellar, sonorous organ. "The
Buavest people I have ever known
have been the most treacherous, the
coldest have become my warmest
friends." ,
'You haven't caught my meaning,"
Miss Fowler hastened to say. "Your
own voice illustrates It exactly. I
would expect to find you conscien
tious." . .
There was a stout Daisy In brown
with ecru passementerie on her bod
Ice sitting over by the piano. The
speaker fell on her next.
"Now, Mrs. Smlthson," she said,
coaxingly, "I hear you're a dear.
How long have you been a member
of the Rainy Day Club?"
The "dear" acknowledged to five
years.
"Are you a member of any other
clubs?"
"Thirteen."
"Do you go to all the meetings?"
"No."
The voice of the brown and ecru
study, who is a club president her
self, had been gradually fading away
all the while, till now It was reduced
to a Bhy whisper. Embarrassment,
which bad struck terror to the heart
of every other woman when asked to
reveal her character through her
voice, seemed to have paralysed her
vocal powers, too.
Miss Fowler was not abashed.
"Couldn't be deceived In that voice
so sympathetic," she announced,
heartily, 'though weaker than Mrs.
Jones's."
"In voting," Miss Fowler summed
up, "we should vote for people by
the shape ot their heads, not the
amount of money they have or the
number of addresses they can make.
And we are coming to, more and
more. The shape of the head the
shape ot the head tells the story?"
BEAUTIFUL LINGERIE.
"My Swiss maid's under wardrobe
is greater than my own by at least
100 pieces of each article," writes an
American woman to the New York
Tribune, "and apparently it is not
yet equal to her needs or her desires,
for all her Bpare time Is employed In
adding to the collection, and she
tells me, too, that her father and
brothers are equally well provided
for, each one of them having over
100 shirts apiece.
"This Is not altogether a matter
of luxury, however. The Swiss house
wife washes not often, but much,
and a large supply of linen Is neces
sary to carry the family through the
intervals between washes. I have
often noticed acres of land adjoining
a Swiss chalet, or farmhouse, covered
with fluttering linen. The laundry
work is, in fact, allowed to stand for
months, and in this way the Swiss
consider that the linen Is best pre
served, and not only Is Swiss lingerie
great In quantity, but Is beautiful in
quality, and, in the case of the wom
an's wear, much adorned with lace
and embroidery. In many Swiss fam
ilies where there Is pinching and
scraping for the necessaries of life
much of tbe Inconvenience could be
avoided by the sale of these exquisite
accumulations. But they would nev
er think ot obtaining relief In this
way.
"Swiss girls are very skilful in the
arts of Incemaklng and fine needle
work. They begin when mere babies,
and before they are ten hnve usually
acquired wonderful proficiency. It Is
ro uncommon sight to see Swiss chil
dren at work on yards of crocheting
as they watch the cows and sheep.
"I had an opportunity to visit In a
typical Swiss chalet belonging to a
well-to-do family, and was especially
Interested in the linen closet, ot
which the bright young housekeeper
was very proud. It was really a
room in the garret portion ot the
house, with a big window looking out
under the awning ot the great extend
ed roof onto the whltecapped Jung
frau. It was surrounded by shelves,
closed with doors, and all the wood
work was as white as the Alpine
snows, and shining with frequent'
scrubbing. Thi doors were decora
ted in a singular manner, and some
ot them were covered with quaint in
scriptions. The drawings were In
three colors yellow, green, and red
and the young housewife had re
cently improved upon them by burn
ing the outlines. She showed it all
to me with a great degree ot pride,
and allowed me to unhinge several
ot the doors and one of the strips ot
decoration, in order to photograph
them."
SV
Not a few black costumes are to
be seen.
Pleats are sot seen, because no
one has enough hair tor them.
For tailored suits nothing is pret
tier than the velvet button, metal or
porcelain-rimmed.
Chinese embroidery Is In great de
mand, and some very stunning ef
fects are produced.
The Jaunty cross-trimmed turbans
ot the season are especially becoming
to youthful faces.
Costumes that display an almost
equal quantity of velvet or cloth and
silk are extremely chic.
Linings, whether of silk or of
something quite inexpensive, are
without exception of soft finish.
Those who fancy mannish effects
will (If their figure permits) wear
the tight-fitting cutaway coat with
fancy waist coat that is now In vogue.
Some ot the loveliest house gowns
In Empire style have as many as six
rows of Insertion edged with lace
trills around the bottom of the skirt.
Marquisette is one of the most
popular of the newer weaves, and
eollenne, crepe de chine, and silk
and wool voile are apparently peren
nial. The lawn hair ties for girls which
were in vogue with summer dresses
may very appropriately accompany
the lingerie models tor the winter
also.
The bronze and sage greens that
are In high favor in the realm ot
Dame Fashion demand a pure com
plexion if the wearer Is to look her
best. White or creamy lace almost
invariably appears In conjunction
with these colors.
La
RAISE PUMPKINS FOR SEED.
Western Farmers Make Dig Sums
Out of nithcrto Neglected Product.
Growing pumpkins for the seed is
an Industry which Is developing
among farmers In Iowa. Those who
first tried the experiment found at
once tbe industry a profitable one.
The variety grown Is Connecticut
field.
The pumpkin Is planted with' the
corn and requires no Inarease of
acreage for Its production, while It
yields in seed from $5 tof 6 an acre.
The average price paid is five cents
a pound, and the market has reached
at times as high as eight cents. The
feeding value of tbe pumpkin Is dou
bled by removing the seed, which
possesses the properties of drying up
the milch cows.
Tbe work ot handling the seed Is
carried on by the children ot the
farm, who Drat take the ripe pump
kin and pound It lightly on the
ground until the seeds are loose In
tbe core. The pumpkin Is then bro
ken open and the seeds. scooped ou,
and they are washed thoroughly and
dried and are ready for the scales.
One dealer at Independence. Iowa,
annually handles 7000 pounds of
pumpkin seeds, and urges the farm
ers In his region to raise more. One
large grower annually gets a check
at Troy Mills for the summer's pro
duct, and In places the children get
enough money to pay all their school
and college expenses.
During the St. Louts fair many
went to the fair on the money real
ized from selling pumpkin seeds, and
numerous tales are told of the com
forts recolved from the sale of this
before unheard of product having a
money value in the market. Detroit
News.
AVISI3 WORDS.
It's awful extravagant to get di
vorced from a rich wife.
The best way never to settle a
question is to go to law about it.
We should always like to see our
relatives if they nover came near us.
It's hard work to make love to a
girl Just because she thinks yon
ought to.
Even bald-headed men have the
nerve to criticise tbe way others part
their hair.
A woman would be willing to study
mathematics If it was good for hef
complexion.
There's not much practical use in
being good unless you let everybody
know about it.
About all you have to do to make
people hate anything is to tell them
it is healthful.
A funny thing is the way a woman
can keep her feet warm by wearing
a pearl necklace.
A man looks eligible to a girl
either because be has money or a
handsome mustache.
A woman has a hard time convinc
ing herself that her boy would be
smarter it he had more brains. .
A theory looks like the most val
uable thing In the world till you try
to do something useful with It.
When a man would rather go to
grand opera than a football game he
doesn't know how to tell the truth.
When a girl shakes hands with a
man either she la afraid he will
squeeze her fingers or that be won't.
A man always tries to make out
that it is much worse for a woman
to have a pet dog than for him to
have a bad habit.
There is nothing makes a man feel
so queer as to marry a widow and
always be stumbling on photographs
of her first. 1 -
When a millionaire runs over you
with his automobile ho thinks he Is
mighty considerate ot you to pay for
your funeral.
There Is nothing that arouses a
man's ridicule so much for the fellow
that wrote them as the old love let
ters his wife keeps until be finds they
are his own.
A woman would like to be a man
it she could wear her hair long, have
the same kind ot clothes she now has,'
and think It was exciting to go' buggy-riding
with one.
.When you try to kiss a girl In the
dark and find out that It is her moth
er the only way you can square your
self is to pretend that was the very
thing you meant to do. From "Re
flections of a Bachelor," in the New
York Press.
See Them Scatter.
It takes a canny Scot to disperse a
turbulent crowd without reading tbe
riot act. A street preacher in a
West-of-Scotland town called a pass
ing policeman, .says a writer In the
London Dally News, and complained
about being annoyed by a certain
portion of the audience. He asked
to have the objectionable persons re
moved. "Weel, ye see," said the officer,
thoughtfully, "it would be deefflcult
for me tae spot them; but I'll tell ye
what I'd dae If I were you."
"What?" eagerly inquired the
preacher.
"Just ga roun' wf the hat!"
What! Whiskers?
' It is very sad, If true, that -woman's
admiration for the man with the
clean-shaven face is waning, and that
a revival ot the detestable mustache
Is imminent. If It Is really true, I
hope it will not stop at the mustache.
Whiskers have not been worn for
thirty years and they could be made
quite dandified and D'Orsaylsh if re
Introduced. -The Lady.
70 SOLVE POSTAL PROBLEM.
Periodical Publishers' Association
Suggests Postal Tribunal.
' There will soon be presented to the
Postal Commission, which by direc
tion of Congress is Inquiring into the
working of second class mail regula
tions to learn whether its classifica
tion "should not be grounded upon
practical rather than ideal distinc
tion," a plan for the settlement ot the
disputes over classification long trou
bling the PWofnce Department This
plan, It Is expected, will take the
place ot the proposal ot th depart
ment, everywhere warmly denounced,
to combine the second and third
classes of mall at a uniform rate of
tour cents a pound. i
Tbe suggestion comes from the.
Periodical Publishers' Association
the organization of magazine anq
weekly newspaper publishers (repre
senting all the prominent periodicals
In the country. j
It is In effect thst the commission,
recommend to Congress the creation
of a permanent postal tribunal on the
lines of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, to deal with problems In
postal classification, as tbe other com
mission deals with railroad rates.
Such a commission, It Is contended
would speedily settle disputes which)
now cause so much friction between
the department and tbe publishers
and at the same time would rid tha
second claw mall of the many sheets
masquerading as periodicals, whllej
really nothlngmorethan gratuitously!
circulated advertising mediums. The,
effect of such a clearance would!
greatly reduce the deficit from second
class mall handling and would render
abortive further agitation for an In
crease in the second class rate.
, The Publishers' Association will
suggest that such a commission be
composed of three members, one of
whom should be familiar with the
publishing business. It should have
Jurisdiction over all matters of postal
classification, with an appeal only to
the United States Circuit Court. It
should have the right to deny the use
of the mall to violators and to pass
on all applications for admission to
second class prlvjlegns.
With such a commission weeding
out bffenders against the postal reg
ulations, the association believes that
the present rate for second class mall
should stand, except possibly in re
gard to free sample copies of period
icals. The plan has been submitted
already to the' postofTice authorities,
and it Is likely to have their endorse
ment. If the commission accepts It,
it will probably b enacted Into law
at the next session of Congress and
permanently end the troubles of the
Fostolllce Department over second
class mail rates.
'- A Dazzling Prospect.
A poor Mexican laborer who
chanced upon pay ore returned after
his fortunate find to the doorway of
his miserable hovel, and sat down to
enjoy at lelsuretheprospect of riches.
At first, he confided afterward to his
old employer, his thoughts were
hardly thoughts at all; tbey were a
vague, delicious, golden vision In
which details were ignored. After a
time, however, it occurred to him
that be might as well make up his
mind definitely what he would do
with his money when he got it.
He could decide upon but one
thing, but with that he was quite
contented. Screens in that region
were unknown, nd Insects trouble
some, but he bad heard of a remedy.
He would apply it freely where It
was most noeded.
"When I get my money," be told
himself, proudly, "I will go to the
store and spend it. I will spend gen
erously. I shall have no need to be
mean. I will buy'-fly papor---gotd
sticky fly paper. Sheets and sheets
of it will I buy. Then I will return
to my house and paper the walls with
It, and I shall be no more troubled
with files.
"Ah, saints! but it Is indeed a no
ble thing to be the owner ot a gold
mine!"
,
Gas Helping Out Electricity.
The largest gas engine driven elec
tric plant thus far noted is to be in
stalled for the Milwaukee Northern
Railway, a new lnterurban line that
will extend from Port Washington,
Wis., to Milwaukee. Three horizon
tal twin tandem gas engines, each
with a rated capacity of 1500 horse
power, will be directly connected
to three 100 kw., 3 phase, 23 cycle
alternators. These generating units
will be installed in the main power
bouse at Port Washington on the
harbor front, where coal can be un
loaded conveniently to the gas pro
ducer plant. The six gas engines
and alternators mentioned, together
with the gas driven exciter sets and
equipments for tbe eight substations
to. be used, are of Allis-Chalmers
manufacture. Engineering News.
Venison Once Cheaper Than Pork.
Time was, along in the early 40's
and In the early &0's, so the last ot
tha old settlers say, that from the
wilds of Morgan and Brown counties
hunters would bring venison to mar
ket and sell It much lower than pork
was sold In that day, pork being pre
ferred by the Hoosler then to the red
Beer of the woods. It was in that
tii than an entire wild turkey, full
groWn, wouI4 sell at a price far
below the present appraisement of a
scrawny spring chicken; and a dozen
quail could be bought for less money
than it now takes to bny a dozen
links of sausage neither was the
quail required to masquerade as
('short billed snipe." Indianapolis
News. ,
WHOLESALE BUSINESS GOOD
Christmas Week Makes Favorable
Comparison With Previous Yesrs
In Volume of Trade.
R. O. Dun ft Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says:
''Christmas week made a favorable
comparison with previous year as to
the volume of trado. Retailers' stocks
of winter goods have been so well
distributed that there remain less
than the usual assortments for bar
gain sales. Wholesale business Is
good for the season, and collections
show further Improvement
"Jobbers are ' delivering spring
goods In some lines, adding to the
freight congestion, which has not
been relieved, except In Isolated cases.
Manufacturers complain of the light
receipts of fuel and raw material
which has reduced activity at many
plants, and there Is also some inter
ruption because of Inventories and re
pairs. On the whole, however, there
is less Idle machinery than Is custo
mary at this time.
''Lack of snow greatly facilitated
building operations at many cities
and work is making rapid progress,
although delayed deliveries of ma
terials retard operations In this in
dustry also.
''High prices are maintained In all
sections of the Iron and steel Indus
try, which Is only natural when all
departments are crowded with work
and contracts run bo far Into the fu
ture tliut there Is no prospect of idle
machinery for at least the first half
of next year.
''Pressure for pig Iron Is especially
severe, partly becnuso of railroad
blockades that retard delivery and In
some cases cause Idleness at the fin
ishing mills. As current deliveries
are Interrupted, there Is more dis
position to prevent a repetition of this
difficulty by placing larger orders for
future delivery, and a very heavy ton
nage was purchased during the lust
week for shipment during the last half
of next year. Railway congestion Is
still most disturbing to Southern
furnaces, while best reports of prompt
shlpmonls nie received from coke
ovens, whore an unprecedented out
put Is being handled without disturb
ing quotations.
''Wool Roods continue to develop a
little faster than worsteds, Indicating
Hint the trend has changed, or that
larger stocks of the latter were car
ried ovor."
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. a rod I 71 n
Kyo No. '.' 71 7)
Corn No 'i yellow, ear Ml 57
No. t yellow, aholiod to Ml
Mixed niir f 61 67
Oats No. ( whim m m
No. wl! to 87 as
Flour Winter patent 8 fa 4 0)
Fancy straight winters 4 no 4)0
Hay Nr. 1 Timothy 1 75 i 25
clover No. 1 17 m 17 71
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton 1 00 w M
Drown middlings HI 00 so 51
limn, bulk il SO w 00
Straw Wheat e 11 8 5)
Oat 8 00 810
Dairy Products.
Butter Elgin creamery I 19 w
Ohio creamery 2-1 t7
Fancy country roll 19 20
Chenso Ohio, new II II
New York, new 14 15
Poultry, Etc.
Hens per lt S H IS
Chickens dressed M H
Ekk l"a. and Ohio, tresh W 81
Fruits and Vegetable!.
Potatoes Fancy whit por bu.... 40 56
Cabbage per ton Six) 10 1)
Onions per barrel OJ 4 It
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent I S M 4 10
Wheat No. rod M 7
Corn Mlied 4 47
Eggs j" M
Butler Ohio creamery 81 m
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent 8 61 S S
Wheat No. red 77 U
Corn No. 3 mlied g
Oata No. S white
Butter Creamery JJJ "J
Eggs Pennsylvania firsts "
NEW YCRK.
Flour-Patents ?
Wheat No. S red ii
Corn No. S ! il
Oats No. S white Z
Butter -Creamery z2 M
Jfggs State and Pennsylvania....
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Good
Goes Further
There is a very small difference between the
cost of the highest grade flour and an ordinary
flour only half a cent a pound.
The good flour gives you full value for your
money good results every time.
The ordinary nour
you good results once
in a while.
is the dependable flour you can always be cer
tain of every bake turning out well. '
The extra half cent per pound that you pay
for KING MIDAS Flour insures you a good
margin of safety it insures you more and better
bread than you ever ate, and the extra half cent
is really economy.
Sold by Quality Qroctrs Letrytehtrt.
SHANE BROTHERS CO., Philadelphia.
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. ;
Csttle.
litro, l.M 10 1,600 lbs Si 16 00
Irinie, I,iWi lol,uu lbs, . HI 6 M
Ornxi, l,iou to l.twu lbs 8 t as
Tidy. I.uui lol.loo lbs 4 DO 8 10
Fair, WW 10 1,100 lbs 8 60 i 40
Common, TOO to MM lbs log 8 txl
Common lo food let mm 7J 4 Oil
Common to food tat bulls IN 8 k)
Common lo ood tat eows 1 M 8 79
Hellers, 710 10 1. Km lbs ISO 4 21
trash cows ana sprinters 16 00 18 00
Hogs. i
frlmsheary hogs .. 16 60
Trims medium weights 6 90
Bst heavy Yorkers 6 0
Mood light Yorkers 6 W
Hli, as to quality 6 60
Common to good roughs IMS 6 Tf
' 4 0J 4 60
8hoep.
Prime wethers 1 8 80 6 40
Wood mlied t 00 t i
Fair mlied swes and weljisrs.... it 6 00
tullsand common ... 1 00 (60
Culls lo sholce lambs 8 00 7 ii
Calvts.
Vsal Calves 18 09 ( 11
Heavy and thin calves 00 4 M
Making Use of 8moke. ,4
In Brussels, Mallnes and other Bel
gian towns a novel method of not only
getting rid of smoke but turning it to
good account has recently been em
ployed. The smoke Is driven by a
ventilating fan into a filter filled with
porous material, over which a con
tinuous stream of petroleum, benzine,
alcohol or some liquid hydrocarbon
flows. The result Is that the smoke
Is entirely suppressed, while the filter
yields a gas of great heating power,
which can be used for domestic pur
poses and for driving engines. The
filtering material Itself also becomes
a good combustible during the pro
cess. Black Hills Mliilnsr Review.
NEWSY (JLKANINGS.
Roumnnla has accepted an Invita
tion to participate in the Jamestown
Exposition.
It Is reported that the United
States recently purchased a war bal
loon in Paris.
Water Register Padden reported
an increase of nearly $500,000 in the
water revenues.
Alexander Qreger, Russian diplo
mat, horsewhipped Count Rodellec
du Porzle in Paris.
The most complete veterinary col
Inge in the world is contemplated by
the University of Illinois.
Constantino Walwyaskl, formerly
fli policeman, has been indicted In
Chicago for arson and burglary.
Investigations were begun into two
recent suicides from private sanitar
iums in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Immigration into the United States
at Mexican border cities was heavier
In November than for many years.
Secretary Taft reports that relig
ious differences in the Philippines are
approaching a satisfactory settlement.
During the past year 8193 Indict
ments have been returned against the
Standard Oil Company by various
grand Juries.
Thirty thousand persons are said
to be starving in Lodz, Poland, and
many murders have been committed
t Socialist workmen.
The New Zealand conference of
Trades and Labor Councils has re
solved that the poll tax on Chinamen
be increased to $5000 a head.
Solicitor-General Hoyt, In an ar
gument before tbe Supreme Court on
the Kansas case, declared that the
nation had a right to intervene when
the action of one State affected an
other. Llndon Wallace Bates, engineer
and canal authority, criticised Presi
dent Roosevelt's canal message.
Two rich glrU of Cincinnati are de
scribed as living the simple life. The
older Is sixteen, the other almost fit-,
teen. They havo traveled all over
Europe and have been in. Egypt and
Mexico. They learned French in
France, Italian In Italy, German in
Germany. They drive automobiles, ride
saddle-horses, play tennis and other
outdoor sports, have lessons on the pi
ano, mandolin and guitar, go to bed
at 9 p. m. and breakfast at 8 a. m.
What, after the amazing calm of tholr
early years, may these girls not do,
marvels the New York World, If they
decide to try the strenuous life?
m ov-icwiwr.
"Yes," he said, sadly, and there was
a tear In his eye. "Yes, my business
has driven me to tbe wall."
And he went on posting bills.
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