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Oil Cloths, IBoots and Shoes, 'Window Paper, 1 Nsils, &c. We are also agents for the sale of the well known Bowe Lock Stitch Sewing Machine. We have an experienced Sewing Machine operator, who gives all necessary instruction in sewing whon required. AMBERSON, BENEDICT & CO. oct43 NEW STORE. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! COIN &.STONEHOUSE WOULD respectfully inform the public - that they have now opened at their new room,on the southwest corner of the Diamond, in Waynes boro', a largo and well selected stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware and Cu ery, Iron, Steel, Nails, Coach-makers Goods of every description, queensware, Cedarware, Shoes Car pets, Oil Cloths, Paints, Glass, Oils, Varnish Brush es, Fish, Salt, and all kind of Goods kept in a well regulated ) store Our goods are all new and fresh and hatre been bought for cash It the late decline in prices. We f ms that from our long experi ence in 1 a determination to sell g« Ids at small ;hall he able to otTer unusual inducer( uyers who desire to save mon ey. Please mill and see for you'rselves. We have a large and well assorted stock of eta de and fancy Dry Goods, embracing Cloths, Cassimeres, Sattinetts; Jeans, Tweeds, Cotton odes, CMrds, Den ims, Stripes, Checks, Gingham's, Linin and Cotton Table D;apers, Crash for Towels, Calicoes, Delains, A Ipaccas, FINCY DRESS GOODS , Trimings, Shawls, Brown and Bleached Sheotinge and Shutings, Pickings, Linens, Flannels. White Goods, Gloves, Hosiery and Notions. We nre re ceiving new goods every week and will supply any article wanted that we have not on hand in a few days. We pay the highest market price for all' kinds of country produce such as Bacon, Lard, Butter, Egge Dried Fruit, Rags, &c, May 29,1868. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! MITE subscriber announces to his customers and the public that he has just opened out a full stock of new fall and winter goods, among whic h he enumerates the following : -tlaßaca luster, .Striped poplin, Mohair lustre, Wool delains, Hosiery, White goods, Shaws, Notions, Cloths, Cassimeres Domestic goods, Carpet Matting, Oil Cloths, lor Table and Floor Groceries, Queensware, Cederware, Glassware, Cutlery, &o. &o. My assortment in every department is more corn . - ptete-thaa-usual, and I am offering extraordioaty inducements to tetrithesers,et the very lowest prices. I tender my thanks to the, community for their liberal patronage. and hope to merit a continuance of the same. Becon,.Lanl, Butter, Eggs and Rags taken in ex . chtinge.ity Mpycho oc.t. 23'68 d 08.• W. MLLE% = 1 1 11 , U r c.a 1.41 =I g. •c,) 0-0 'Pr REMINISCENCE OF THADDE US STEVENS• EARLY LIFE OF THE "GREAT COMMONER:7 Snugly nestled among the mountains of northern Vermont lies the good farming town of Pcacham Some years since, the writer, while passing a few months in that billy country, with the pastor of the villiage, called one day on an aged parisboner, who lived in a small red house in the outskirts of the town. It was during the war, and the wrinkled bands of the gond woman were employed in knitting socks for the soldiers. Of course the conversation turned naturally upon the affairs of the country Willie talking of the army, the President and Congress, the name of Stevens was mentioned. Instantly the large, black eyes of our hostess brightened, and she said : It was over there, on that farm, Thaddeus Stevens was born,' and she pointed to a gray farm house, in sight,.a mile or more across the hills. 'You knew him, then ?' I asked. 'lndeed I did, ma'am !' was the enthusias. tic reply. 'We used to sit on the same seat, in the old school house down in the hollow yonder.' It required a little questioning to draw from the willing and garrulous old soul, the story of the early life of her former school mate. 'The family were poor,' she said, 'and Mrs. Stevens was one of those hard- working moth ers who toil from morning till night, week it and week out. She would have worked her fingers to the bone that her boy might get book learning. Thaddeus was a sickly boy, and very lame. Folks never supposed they'd be able to raise him. But they did ! Why, I remember him as though I had seen him yesterday. He was still and quick like, different from the rest of boys— and some times they'd laugh at him, boy like, and mimic his limping walk They didn't mean any harm, but Thaddeus was a sensitive lit tle fellow, and it rankled. I've always thought perhaps that's the reason he has never been back to the old homestead.' 'Are any of the family left here P ed. 'No, not any near kio. The old folks died many years ago, of course; for I'm an old woman note,' and she stopped to heave a sigh over the dead and buried years 'But, deary how plain I can see that old school house. Swath Jones, she was our teacher, and I remember she used to go round and tap us on the heed with her thimblcd finger to make us sit still. 'Pears to me, to this day, chat I can feel the dent of Senath Jones's thimble on my head. I wonder if Thaddeus Stevens ever remembers the old times. JTaio't at all likely. lie's bad so many other things to think of. I've heard that he's got to be a great man amongst 'em there at Washington.' As 1 said, four years have passed - since the story was told me, and some items of the account have escaped my memory. But I WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1868. 3PCI3MTICJAtILL. AUTUMN LEAVES. BY ELLA. Out in the sighing forest, rustle.'neatb our tread, Like the half-smothered wailings Of mourners for the dead ; Or, like some wandering spirit, Thr - --- Adand - ..at, sad and restless, grieves O'er all its bright days w asted— Moan the sad autumn leaves. Like them our lives are changing; n e no must fade When pass our few brief seasons, Of sunshine and of shade ; And though, perhaps, our Some home our hearts bereaves, We're soon riO more remembere Than withered autumn leaves Oh, moaning leaves of Autumn ! As sad were earthly life, Were there no gcrWitius uture Undironed by grief ard strife, Where heartstrings are unbroken , And no sad spirit grieves Where are no faded flowers, Or withered Ajoio"- - • NOT THE ACED. Forget not the aged ! _— Young maiden. I pray ! - - 'Though thine eye is now sparkling., Yet time never tarries, And thy portion may be To stand by life's wayside A blossomless tree. Forgot not the aged ! Young man in thy pride ! For the sake of thy mother, Thy sister, thy bride— Give heed to their sorrows, Lest thy loves be ,left, Amid tempest and trial, Of succor bereft. Forget not the agad ! When sickness and woe O'ershadow thy dwelling, Thy spirit shall know That our Father in mercy Hiniself watcheth o'er Their couch who forget not The sick and the poor !. liactorport clexk.t 1V" = - - a think I shall never lose the impression of that sad, silent boy, plodding wearily and haltingly over those Vermont hills,—smart ing under ridicule, and battling with pover. ty—but full of high resolve in spite of all. Who can tell bow much of the power which is felt throughout the nation to-day, may have been wrought into the character of Thaddeus Stevens by the cruel struggle of that early warfare ? 'The strength of the hills,' I thought as I stood that night on the steps of the low-farm house, and saw the sun set behind the Green Mountains, forty miles to the westward, while the crimson flush of the afterglow reddened the white hills whose pyramid peaks are sharply defined against the sky as many miles to the east. how may men who, a ,generatiotiheoce, are 1O stand se giants among their kind, are to-day concealed among these towering hills ? In how many obscure homes a patient woman labors, ready to coin her very life's blood that the bo , of her pride may rise and shine, when her own eyes are c ode', an for own toil.hardened hands folded in their last—l almost said their first,—long rest i'—Spring_ i Cling Close to the Rook A long train of cars, fourteen or fifteen, were recently passing over the Allegheny Mountains on their way eastward. They -were-crowded-with-passengers. As the iron horsesnorted and rushed on, tb , ..1- began to descend, and needn't f'ver but t he ble r. ,..,.,.avitution to send them down swiftness. Just as the pasren gers began to realize their situation, they came to a short curve cut out of the- solid rock, a wall of rock lying on each side Suddenly the steam whistle screamed as if in agony, 'Put on the brakes, put on the brakes, but with no apparent slackening of the cars. Every window- flew—open, -and ever • head - thar -- • see - what - the - dano - b er - wataird-eviiry-orre-Tose up in their places,fearing sudden destruction. What was the trouble 7 Just as the engine began to turn in the curve the engineer saw a little girl and her baby brother playing on the track. I n a moment the oars would be upon them. The shriek_of the whistle- startled the_httle girl, and every one looked over that could see them. Close to the track in upright rock was a little niche, out of which a piece of rook had been blasted. In an instant the baby was thrust into this niche, and as the cars came thundering by, the passengers, bolding their breath, heard the clear voice of the little sister, on the other.side of the cars ring out, 'Cling close to the rock, John ny, cling close to the rock And the little creature struggled in, and put his head as close to the corner of the rook as possible, while the heavy cars whirled past him. And many were the moist eyes that gazed, and a silent tVaiksgivitig wont up to heaven. " Pluck that beautiful flower', look at it a long time. Become conscious that it is the expression of a beautiful thought of some mind. This is the magi° key that will un lock'the reason of all nature. All the flow ere are thoughts realized. pass from the flowers to the trees The rounded maple, the graceful elm, the straight poplar, th-e -bending willow—every tree is the thought of some mind. Pass from tree to mountains. How mighty those realized thoughts ! Look at the sea. What an undivided thought ! Ponder the whole earth. A world of some creating mind. Gaze at the stare. Thoughts line the firmament.. Now great, bow wise, how lovely, how potent, how incomprehensi ble the spirit whose thoughts are thus put forth ! “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handi work. Day unto day uttered) speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard." lie that built all things is God. We walk upon and in the midst of his realized thoughts. how carefully and lovingly toward him we should walk. How NEAR Is HEAVEN.—Christians somo• times look far away to Heaven; but that rest is not far 'off. The clouds that hide their shining worlds are thin, they are transient, and soon will obscure no more ; the journey may end this hour; one short step may place the Christian in a ray of light; one dark hour may hang upon him : but the morning comes and shade behind it. Day,, bright, peaceful and eternal, succeeds it. A pang may be left for a moment, and flies away lcr ever. A conflict, sharp and painful, may continuo for a night, but victory, eternal vic tory, ensue.; How soon, oh ! how soon the Christian's cares are over, his eyes no more suffused with tears. Near at hand is the land of his pursuit. Hope cheers hits. Flow glorious the object that hope embraces ! How holy its spirit! Who can contemplate the home that our Heavenly Father is fit ting for His children, and not feel in his soul a thirst for its enjoyment! Well, these delights, the happy clime, those ever verdant plains, are not far distant, WITH THE TIDE —A correspondent of the New Haven Journal contributes the follow ing to the column's of tbat paper: 'Some time since, I read in-one of your papers an article in substance that a great majority of the human species die at night, or rather be tween the hours of midnight and ('our, A. M., or daylight. Such', probably, is the fact; but it did not seem to occur to the au thor of that article that during such inter val the tido was then ebbing at the demise of such persons, bo its locality where it may. Lot any person losing a relative or friend, note the time, and such will find that eight out of ten depart this life at ebbing or turn of the tide, most cenerally at the first quar ter of ebb-tide' Slight of hand—ltefuFing an offer of mar. Providence of God Vindicated. DESPERATE CONFLICT DETWEE'N A TIGER AND AN ALLIGATOR. Capt Davenport, of the sloop Diana, in a letter to a friend, r.lates the following dead ly encounter in the waters of the Congo river, — lt - was aalm hot day, and 'Campbell, who had made too free U9O of liquor, was bent on going overboard; and although we used every means to prevent him, he dashed into the watery element. He had swam but a short distance when an alligator spied him from behind a rock and ado for him. Ills escape seemed impossible. - Johnson proposed to sohiit — tbio poor fellow to 811V,0 jaws of the monster. I would not consent to this, and waited with horror the anticipated tragedy. Anxious to do what we could.to save him or to delay the anticipated destruction, we wed two shots at the alligator ; but the bee - glided over his scaly covering like hailstones over a tiled penthouse and his progress was iv DO Monna ingrulapa The report of our guns and the yells of the Llacks on board the vessel who saw the peril of Campbell roused him to the reality of his fearful position as be saw the voracious monster making_for him, and with all his strength atuLskill_he_swam-for the shore,-----, nil now a scene is presented beyond the power of description. On his approaching to within a short distance of the shore among some canes and shrubs which grew along the banks of the stream, and his terrible_ enemy with wide-extended jaws just ready to swal low him up, a fierce and furious tiger with glaring eye balls sprang from the thicket upon him. The desperate spring of the tiger caused him to overleap his prey, and—he landed in A—ti es perate-s tr ug ele-no w-ens ued—for—th e mastery. The water was reddened with the blood of the tiger, who was held as in a vice by the death grip of the alligator; and while the tiger made terrible but unavailing efforts to tear the scaly covering of his antagonist, found that the latter had still the advantage in being able to keep him under the water, by which the victory would be more easily gained. At last they both sank to the bottom, and, while we saw no mare of the tiger or his ter rible foe, we lost no time nor efforts in rea ouing from his perilous condition. On reaching the vessel he spoke not a word, though his adventure had perfectly sobered him. From that moment Campbell was never known to be intoxicatetror to_utter an oath. If ever there was a perfectly reformed being in the universe, Campbell was the man. Indian Cunning. A Mexican traveller met an Indian in the desert; they were both on horseback. Ths Mexican fearing that his horse, which was none of the best, would not hold out to the end of his journey, asked the Indian, whose horse . was young and spirited, to exchange with him. This the Indian refused to do. The Mexican therefore began to quarrel with him ; from words they proceeded to blows; and the aggressor, being well armed, proved to powerful for the native. So he seized the poor Indian's horse, and haiing mounted him pursued his journey. The Indian closely followed him to the nearest town and im mediately mado complaint to a justice. The Mexican was summoned to appear and bring the horse with him. He, however, treated the rightful owner of the animal as an im poster, affirmed that the horse was his prop erty, and be had always had him in his pos session, and brought him up from a colt.— There being no proof to the contrary, the justice was about to dismiss the parties, when the Indian cried out 'The horse is mine, and I'll prove it !' He took off his blanket, and with it in stantly covered the animal's. head; then ad dressing the justice cried I . 'Since this man affirms that he has raised this horse from a colt, command him to tell in which of his eyes he is blind.' The Mexican who would not seem to hes itate, instantly answered, 'ln the right eye.' 'He is neither blind io the right eye, nor the left,' replied the Indian. The justice was fullyconvinced by the ingen ious and decisive proof, that he decreed to the Indian his horse, and the Mexican to be punished as a robber. SAGACITY OF A HORSE.—The Madison, Ohio Courier tells this story: 'An old family horse that had been run ning at will through the streets and com mons, lost one of his shoes yesterday, and with the intelligence of a human being, the old horse walked up to the blacksmith shop where ho had been shod for the last twenty years, and to the best of his ability asked the blacksmith to shoo him, by raising his foot and stamping the ground. The smith being busy, drove him away several times during yesterday, and thought nothing of it. .This morning on going to the shop, he found the old horse at the door again ho drove him off, but tho horse came back, and entering the shop, walked up to the anvil, and there he raised his foot., thus attracting the particular notice of thn smith, who examined the foot, and finding it worn off to the 'quick,' kindly piokod up an old horse shoe, and fitting it on his foot, nailed it on ; when the greatful, animal frisked his tail by way of thanks, and . trotted off con tentedly. A 'Cultivator' was espied by a party of Nashville neg roes, when one said : 'A man can jig sit on dat ting an' ride while 'he's plowing.' Golly,' said another, 'de molls was too sharp to think o' dat 'fore de Diggers was sot free.' A Genuine Love Stoz y. On the whole,"pleasant trains and diame ters are not common in the oars. This opin ion I expressed to my friend Summers the other day. 'I was escorting home the lovely Charlotte D- to whom I was at The time quite devoted. Charlotte could ocareely find room to. spread her crinoline and arrange her vol uminous flounces. I stood up near her there being no vacant seat. 'After a few minutes, there came in a poor woman, who deposited a basket of clothes on the first platforqi, and hold in her arms a small child, while a little girl hun , b to her dress. She looked tired and weary, but there was no vacant seat • to be sure, Charlotte might have condensed her flounces, but she did not Beside her, however, sat it very lovely and elegant young'woman, who seemed by moving down closer to others, to make space enough for the stranger between her self and Miss D ----. At last she sue eeed-el, and with - the sweetest blush — - - saw, she invited the poor woman to be seated. "harlot te ll— drew her dra I er_ _araund_ her and blushed too, but it was not a pretty blush at all, and she looked annoyed at" the proximity of the•now comer, who was, how• ever, cleanly and decently, though thinly clad. 'The unknown 'tidy drew the little - girl ... u pa. er_ •—cv-rappe — d er—ve yet—ma n—' tle around the half-clad form, and put her muff over the half-frozen little blue hands. 'So great was the crowd that I alone seemed to observe. The child shivered--the keen wind-from-the-door blew - on - her - unprotooted neck. I saw the young lady. quietly draw from under her cloak a little woolen shawl, which she sottly put on the shoulders of the little one; the • mother looked in confused wonder. After a short time she arose to leave the cars, and would have removed the -.:. taws — butt e - uvi trown soil y yr i ispere 1, ‘N - o - keep - it - tor - he - r 7-- Tlre — wom - an — did — n - 0 - answer, the conductor hurried her out, but her eyes swam with tears. I notioed her as she descended to the .basement, and I haat' ly marked the house. - 'Soon_ after, my_unknown rose also to d • part. I was in despair, for I wanted to fo low and discover her residence, but oould not leave Miss D---. How glad, then, was I to see her bowing, as she passed, to a mutual acquaintance, who was standing•in the doorway. From him ere many minutes, I learned her name and ad dros3. 'To shorten the story as much as possible, the lady is now my wile._ In the small inci dent which introduced her to me she showed her real character. A few days after our marriage I showed her the blessed crimson shawl, which I redeemed from the owner, and kept as a memento, There are some times pleasant things to be found in unex• pected places; certainly-I may bo said to have picked out my wife in the oars.' A BEAUTIFUL FIOURE.—Life is like a fountain fed by a thousand streams that per ish if one be dried. It is a silver cord twisted with a thousand strings, that part asunder if one be broken. Thoughtless mortals are surrounded by innumerable dangers, which make it more strange that they escape so long, than that almost all perish suddenly at last. We are encompassed with accidents every day to crush the decaying tenements we inhabit. The seeds of disease are plant"- ed in our constitution by nature. The earth and atmosphere whence we draw the breath of hie aro impregnated with death ; health is made to operate its own destruction. The food that nourishes contains the elements of decay, the soul that animates it by vivifying first tend to wear it oat by its own action, Death larks in ambush along the path. Not withstanding this truth is so palpably con firmed by the daily example before your eyes, how little do we lay it to heart. We see our friends and neighbors die; but how seldom does it occur to us our knoll may give the next warning to the world. DOMESTIC FAULTS.—HOZICS are more often darkened by the continual recurrence of small faults than by the actual presence of any de cided vice. Those evils are apparently of very dissimilar magnitude : yet it is easier to grap. ple with the one than the other. The east ern traveller can combine his force and hunt down the tiger that prowls upon his path ; but he Can scarcely escape the musquitoes that infest the air he breathes, or, the flees that swarm the earth he treads. The drunk ard has been known to renounce his darling vice ; tho slave to dress and extravagance, ho bessetting sin , but the waspish temper, e irritating tone, rude, dogmatic manners, and the hundred nameless negligences that spoil the beauty of association, have rarely done other than proceed till the action of dis gust and gradual alienation has turned all the currents of affection from their course, leav ing nothing but a baron track, over which the mere skeleton of the companionship stalks along. ADVANTAGE OF BEING POOR —A poor man never has any taxes to pay. He can sit down and laugh the assessors to Boron, and road off the big appropriations made by eoun ells with a feeling of indiscrible exhilara tion. A poor man can enjoy life; lie lives in a rented house, and it needn't worry him to see it abused, and his equanimity need not bo dis turbed if it burns down. A poor man can repose in the bosom of his family and know that there is no avaricious young man prowling around after any rich daughters. Nobody wants the poor man to die; no body is laying around in misery and impa tience waiting for him to die.; so as to absorb h!s funds. Another thing--no poor man is ever wor ried by debt; for nobody will ever trust him, awl when ho does see a greenback he heartily ,evpys it. 00.00 Per Wear' Tell Your Mother I wonder how many girls tell their moth ers everything., Not those 'young ladies' who, going to and from school, smiley_bow and exchange notes and carte de visites with young men, who make fun of them and their pictures, speaking in a way that would make their checks burn with shame if they heard it. All this, mostinerednlo.us and romantic young ladies, they will do, altbongh_they gaze at.your fresh young faces admiringly and send or h ive you charming verses and bouquets. N o matter what 'other girls do,' don't you do it. School girl flirtations may end disastrously, as many a foolish, wretched, young girl could toll you. Your yearning for konte_one_to_los_e_is_a_grea timel_oLev_ery woman's heart. But there is a time for ev erything. •Don' let tho bloom and freshness of your hear bo brushed off in silly flirta tions. Render yourself truly intelligent.— And, above all, tell your mother everything , . Never be ashamed to tell her, who should he our best friend and confident, all you think and feel. It is so very strange that so many yettng_girls-will-tell-ever-y-person-but-moth er that which is most important that she should know. It is very sad that indifferent persons should know More about her own fair daughter than she does herself,—Fan• v.7j Fern. 0-1' AT RAP. • ester ay at r .oon some workmen in the repair shops of he Louisville and Nashville railroad were •ngaged in repairing the end eau old box .r freight car, when one of them, Mr. John Veely, - discovered a - 'rat's nest' in - the - lining if the oar. Upon stirring up the 'nest,' he • iscovered and pooketed five wlO6 bills, three if whioh were interest-bearing notes. It was tither a costly bed for rats, and they had .een living high at somebody's expense, or the most of it was mutilated to some. ex• -en . • ow - t amo - ney go t ere - is a mystery.-- The ear was used during the war over the road, and the general supposition is that some officer so soldier, perhaps 'sutler. hap pened to be in• that oar whoa the train was attacked by guerrillas, and in a moment of 'temporary fright,' slipped the money bo tvveen the lining snd'the outside of the car, and forgot it, or where he put, it. Mr. Veeley has forwarded tho money to Washington for redemption in gold and in. terest on the 'legal tenders' and told.beav era' Mr. Veeley, or Mr. Anybody else, don't find rat nests made of one-hundred del. lar greenbacks every day, and_as he is a so ber, hard-working man, we may, hope by this streak of good lux& he 'may be happy yet.'— .Losiscille Democrat. Not long einee a green•looking Vermonter walked into the offlos of Dt., 0. T, Jackson, the chemist. 'Dr. Jackson, I presume?' said he 'Yes sir.' 'Axe you alone?' •May F look the door 7' and he did so; and having looked behind the sofa and satisfied himself that no one else was in the room, ho placed a large bundle, done up in a yellow bandanna, on the table, and opened-it. 'There, Doctor, look at that.' 'WoII, said the doctor, see IL' 'What do you oall that, Dootor 1' call it iron pyrites.' 'What!' said the man, 'is'nt that stuff gold ?' 'No,' said the doctor, 'it's good for noth• ing; it's pyrites;' and putting some over the fire in a shovel it evaporated up the chimney. 'Wel, said the poor fellow, with a woe begone look, 'there's a widder woman up our town has a whole hill full of that, and rye been and married her P LENGTHY SEPARATION AND RETURNS—. In 1845 John Elliot left his home and his wife, who had borne him eleven children, in Putnam county, Indiana, suddenly and in passion of some slight misunderstanding that bad occurred between them. After he bad been gone about two years his wife, suppos ing him dead, married again. Recently Mr. Eiliot returned, after au absence of twenty six years. He had an interview with his wife, and she, without hesitation, returned to her first choice. Mr. Elliot had been to Cal ifornia during his absence, and acquired a fortune. YOUNG Gums.— When will parents learn the useful lesson, that it is quite as impor tant for the young girl to rove about and breathe tho free air, and stir the young blood, as it is for the boy; and that the result of their negligence will be seen in the faded forms, tottering gait, and withered roses of those who ought to be the light of life and as healthful as the daisy that springs beside the mountain path. As a reverend doctor once passed thre a region of very poor land, he said to,a far mer 'Sir, I sea your land is not very produc tive.' 'No, sir,' said the honest , brow, our land is just like son-righteoubuess.' ‘Ah, how is that?' "Why, the more a man has of it the poorer ho • A mountain of magnetic iron has been dis covered in Lapland. It is sufficient to sup• ply tho world with magnets. • . Why is a hen seated on a fence like.a cent ? Because the Load is on ono side,and the tail on the other.' What is that animal which has the bawl of a eat, tho tail of a eat and the ways of a cat, and yet which isn't a . cat ? A kitten. How to please a lady—Lot her do pleases. NUMBER 21
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