9
'4
Eating by the Alphabet.
"Have you got anything hero begin
ning with k" tliat's good to cat?" in
quired a new customer in a well known
local delicacy market, last Tuesday.
"How will pickled kidneys answer?"
replied the clerk, after a moment's
thought.
"First rate. Give me a dozen cans.
The kitten's life ia saved," exclaimed tho
strange patron, with enthusiasm.
"1 told my wife." he continued, "that
if 1 failed to send homo a kangaroo, dead
or alive, before 2 o'clock, 1 should expect
to find the kitten served up for supper in
the latest Chinese style. Hut your happy
thought saved her.
"You see we all got tired eating the
same things day after day, and so last
month we agreed that during December
wo would legin and eat up (or rather
down) the alphaU't. taking one letter a
day, with bread, potatoes, tea and coffee,
thrown in as staples.
"So Dec. 1 we inaugurated tho dietary
system with a bill of fare consisting of
apples in many forms, apricots trickled,
asparagus, almonds and tlio staples. The
next day's menu was beef, beets, beans,
biscuits! buttermilk, bacon and lon lons.
"Tho following day wo feasted on
chicken, codfish Im?.h. clams, celery, cu
cumbers (fifty cents each), crabs, cheese,
cake, crackers, crullers, carrots, canned
currants, canned cherries, citrons, cider,
catsup and candy. And so it has gone
on.
"The fifth day woidd have been a fast
day had it not been for eggs, but wo
made an Raster of it. Yesterday wo
dined, breakf asted and suped chiefly on
jellies. Today your kidney suggestion
saves us from sfarvation, whilo to-inor-row
wo will grow fat on liver, lamb,
lobster, lettuce, etc.
"A queer thing about our new food
departure is tho number of things it
has led us to put in our mouths which
we never thought of iKifore." Buffalo
Express.
Thread Spool.
Among the peculiar industries which
flourish in western Maine is the making
of thread sKols. They aro cut from
smooth, white birch timber a wood
which works easily by various kinds
of improved machines. There aro nu
merous mill:) throughout the lumbering
region, where the birch is sawed into
strips alMMit four feet long and from ono
to two inches in width and thickness.
These strips then go to the spool facto
ries, to be converted into spools. Tho
processes they are put through aro nu
merous, and one of them, the method of
polishing them, is quite interesting. A
barrel is filled nearly full of them and
then revolved bv menus of machinery
and taking until the spools are worn
smooth by rubbing one against another.
Spool manufacturing is tho most im-
Iiortant industry in several of tho vil
nges of Oxford county, and will doubt
less continue m until tho supply of
whito birch timber is exhausted. Tho
manufacture of shoe pegs is another
peculiar Maine industry, though shared
m to some extent by other New England
states. These are cut from maple and
white birch by machinery, and aro worth
at tho factory from thirty-live to ninety
five cents n bushel. The compressing of
sawdust is also a nourishing business in
Bangor in that state. There is a firm
there styling itself a "compress com
pany," who convert sawdust und shav
ings into solid bales by compression,
which finds ready sale in the largo east
rn cities. Timberinan.
Ilni'M'iimnshlp of Mi'tlruu Hoys.
One of the finest and most inspiriting
sights of small town life in Mexico is
the horsemanship of tho boys from 8 to
17 perfect young Centaurs, as much at
home in the saddle as Arabs. How they
go thundering through the streets, what
luarvelously short turns they make, and
how instantaneously they como to a
short, sharp slop in a headlong gallon!
These country towns of Mexico uro tho
nurseries, so to spea!;
cavalry, an arm of th
of tho national
.service in which
Mexico excels. The I. nest sight in tho
world, ono on which the gods must look
down approvingly, is a high spirited lad
astride a good horse. A Mexican boy
takes to tho back of a horse as a Cape
Cod l)oy does to a boat. At no age is a
rider bolder than in that enchanted
period of existence lying between child
hood and manhood.
A Mexican lad, in default of a saddle,
will enjoy himself hugely bareback, lie
early learns to use tho rope or riata, and,
beginning with lassoing dogs anil pigs,
ho advances to mules and cows, and
finally essays the roping of a lively bull.
So expert "do they become that in war
thov frequently drag their enemies from
their saddles by a skillful cast of the
rope. Some of my younger friends hero
seem to me to live on horseback. They
como home at noontime to snatch n bite,
as most boys will, but off thoy aro again
on their tireless horses. They havo tho
good fortune to live in a country which
enjoys u
climate wlucli makes out-ol-
door life possible all the year round, and J
tho country lad, continually on horse-1
UaCK. grows up StraiglU, lOUUSl una
daring. Host on Herald Mexican Letter.
Hunting Iihslers.
For a seaside bport tho visitors to a
Cuban watering placo havo devised tho
safo pursuit of lobsters. The author of
"Tho Pearl of the Antilles" describes tho
chase:
For this sport a big barge is secured,
and after having been furnished with
carpets und rugs for the ladies' accom
modation we proceed to navigate the
shores and creeks of the harbor. Three
or four black fishermen accompany us
and bear long torches of wood, by tho
light of which the ground beneath the
shallow water is visible.
Our proy is secured by throwing n net,
in tho meshes of which the lobster be
comes entangled; but should this provo
ineffectual a long jiole forked nt ono end
is thrust over tho creature's back, and as
ho struggles to free himself from tho
pronged embrace a nimble negro dives
into tho water and captures him alive.
Great excitement prevails when a Iol
etcr comes on board and bounds among
our crew and passengers. Youth's Com
panion, Tlie Cat Joined In.
A cat was found in tho organ during
tho services that were taing held in tho
Masonic homo at Hroad street and Oer
tnantown avenue. (Jen. Wagner pre
sided nt the organ, and whilo tho hymns
wero taing sung the pussy joined in with
moro vigor than harmony. When the
music ceased tho cat took a rest also.
Whilo tho Scriptures wero taing read the
cat broko forth again in a volloy of
music, her voice pitched in C sharp, and
cervices had to ta tusciidcd whilo Licit.
Wagner served a writ of ejectment on
tho follno. It was supposed to have
boon locked in tho organ siuco Sunday
last, nnd was very muuh etuocli.teU.
I'hlmdelphiu Record,
ME ON KLKCTRieiTY.
THE
MOST
TION
MARVELOUS INVEN
OF THE AGE.
A Complicated Apparatus anil the Vnrl
on lu Which It Can He Put Ita
Great Versatility It Great Ilranhack.
A New Stale ul Thing.
I.lttla did H KranKlln wot thnt some day
the little -.turt ha uuiilo when be baited bis
pin liouu with a goud conductor and taped
the l.w browed mid fallowing nluibua w ith
tin buoyant Kite and the pickle jar of
electricity linn crudely acquired would be
the jk trom whim inventors and scientists
would hatch out a system which could not
only encircle the i;lolie with messages swifter
than the distil of IMni-btu. but that anon the
llUhl of day would tie tillered through a
cloud of cahlre. loaded with destruction sulll
cienl for u whole army and the air be tilled
witn death dealing itail(;IUl( wires.
I am not an old foy though 1 may have
that apiienpinco. and I rejoice to te the
world move on. One by one 1 havo laid aside
my own eiicuintwntii; prejudices in order to
tmp up witn the pnxwion. Havo I not
Krndiially adopted everything that would in
tny whv enhaueu my opportunities for ad
vancement, even through tedious evolutioa,
from the (aper collar up to tho linger bowl,
eyether and nyether
To return, however to the subject of elec
tricity I have reeeutly sought to fntuoin
the tyle and motif ot a new system which is
to be introduced into private residences,
hotels and police headquarters In pnvato
nou- It will te u-il as a burglar's welcome.
In hotel it will Lane the mental strain off
thetiellliov relieving hi in also of a portlou
of hi. uiinienoui Hilary at the same time,
tu the polnv department it will do almost
everything but eat peanuts from tho coruer
stand
the system Is on exhibition in a largo room
downtown, with the signals or boxes on ono
side and the annunciator or central station
on the other Hy walking from one to the
other, a distance in all of thirty or forty
miles. I wiu, enabled to get a blight Idea of
the principle
It l.- certainly a very Intelligent system. I
never felt mv own inferiority uny moro than
I did lu the presence ot this wonderful Inven
tion. It will do almost anything, it seemed
to mo. and the main draw buck seems to bo
J Its great versatility, for It thereby becomes
so complex that in order to liecoum at all in
timate with it (Kilicemeii ought to put in two
year at Yale ami at lea-t n year at lipsic.
An extended course ot study would thus ier
fwt hlin in this line, but lie would not then
t.e content to act as a policeman He would
want ui tie u scientist, with dandrulf on his
coat collar and a tar iiwhv look.
I'heu. again, take tho hotel schemo, for in
sUtnce. W e go to a diul which is marked
room There we find that by treating it
In a certain wuy it will uniiounco to tho
clerk that room 3"-' wants ii fire, ice water,
Imis ink. (Mijier lemons, towels, lire escaie,
Milwaukee seu. pillow shams, New York
World, menu. Croton Irappe. carriage, laun
dry physician, sleeping car ticket, berth
mark tor -cuiio. Haltord vinco, hot Hut irou
tor ironing trousers, baggage, blotter, tidy
tor ciiair or any ot those things. In fact I
have not given half the list on this huromo
ter lieeuuse I could not reinemlier them,
though I may have added others winch wero
not on the indicator The message urrives
ut the olllcti. but the clerk is engaged in con
versation with a lady He does not jump
when the alarm sounds, tint continues tho
dialogue. Anothei guest wins tho otllco that
he would like a copy ot The Congressional
lloeord
The messngo is filed away automatically, and
the thrilling conversation goes oil 'Then No.
7 t-0 osks to have his mail sent up No. ii
want-s to know what tune the 'bus leaves tlio
house forthe train going east, and whether
that train will connect ut Alliance, O., with
u tide water train tot Cleveland in time to
catch the I Jike tihore train which will bring
bun into New N orK at ?:.). and whether all
those trains are reNrted on tune or not, nnd
it not, will the oillce kindly state why? Other (
guests also manliest a morbid curiosity
through their transmitters, but tho clerk
does not get excited, tor ho knows that all
those remarks are Hied uwny in tho largo
black walnut box at the back of the ollicu.
When he gets ready provided ho has been
through a course of study in this brand of
business, he takes one room at a tune, and
uddressiug a pule young "Hauistcr I'olisher"
of the name of " Front,'' he begins
to scatter information, baggage, towels,
morning puiiers., time tables, etc, all over
the house It is also -.iiposed to bo o great
tune saver Cor instance, No (IS wunts to
know the correct time He moves an indi
cator around like the combination ot a sfe,
readi u lew pages of Instructions, and then
pushes a biitnui, perhaps. Instead of ring
lug tor a hoy unci waiting for him some time,
then asking him to obtain the correct time
Hi the oillce and come bark with tho informa
tion, conversing with various people on his
way Irnck and exeetiiig compensation for it,
lt,Kmst can ask the oillce and nx-eu-e tho
un(iw, WU,0ut getting out of lied. You
,.,.. H ....ii tnr ivrtain hour, and nt thnt
time your own private gong will make it bo
disagreed le lor you that you will l: glad to
rtse. Again, it you wish to know tlio amount
ot your bill, you go through certain exercises
with the large barometer in your room, and,
supiKising you have been at Hie house two
days and have had a lire In your room threo
times uuil your bill is therefore iV.ti. 18, tho
answer will come back and lie announced on
i your gong as follows One. pause, three,
! pause, two. pause, one, pause, eight. When
! there is a cipher lu the amount I do not
1 know what the method is, but by using due
i care in making up the bill this need not
i occur
'Thin system l ulso supjiosed to keep Its oyo
! peeled for policemen and inform tho central
station where the patrolman is all the time;
I also as to his temiieruture, pulse, perspiration
I and breath It keeps u record of this nt tlio
1 main oillce on a ticker of its own, and tho
I lutortnation may be published in tho bociety
I column of the paper lu the morning.
! Klectricity and Spiritualism have arrived
jut that tage of perfection where a coil of
! wire and u can of credulity will accomplish a
i great dent. The tune U coming when even
j greater wonder will tie worked, and with
electric win. the rapid transit trains and
' the Ktigluh sparrows under the ground, the
j dawn of u tietter uud brighter day will lie
j ushered in 'The car driver und the truck
man hall lie down together. Itoatoti will not
rise up agultol litidon, he that heretofore
slag iliall go forth no more to slug, and melt
thull leant scrapping no more, IJill Nye in
New York World.
1 he I'luy on Wnril.
A RrooUlyn man propo to Import mon
keys und train thum to liecninu UxjtbluekM.
Would Uiu puhlic put up with ucu moukey
khluistr Texiu tjiftuiu.
Cood Advice,
If four hat blown tut In tlio street follow It
plncldly und with gentlu dignity. Bomobuly
nUu will chuMi It for you. Harper' Uaur,
AN ARAB IVORY RAID.
A. Cruel Attack or One Trllie I'pon Ac
other In the Wilds or Africa. I
Soon after Tippo Tib's occupation of
Stanley Falls in 1879 rumors reached
Yabuli and tho neighboring villagos of j
oppression and twrsecution by tho Many
ema. Chiefs met together to inquire of j
each other the reason of this invasion, i
Less than three years after Stanley's
fight with the Basoko at tho mouth of
tho Aruwimi, tho Manyema mercenaries
of tho Arabs attacked and destroyed sev
eral villages higher up the samo river,
having traveled overland from tho Congo
through the dense forests below Stanley
Falls; and descending the Aruwimi river
in canoes they laid waste all tho villages
by tho way, capturing men and women,
nnd imposing fines of ivory for their re- j
demption upon thoso of tho natives who
wero fortunato enough to escape to tho
woods.
Although every precaution was taken
by tho people of Yabuli to guard against ,
surprise, they instinctively felt impend
ing evil and a gloom settled over tho
villago affecting young nnd old alike.
They all appeared to realize their iso
lated jwsition, escapo being impossiblo 1
as their neighbors wero nt enmity with
them and with each other, and tho poor
wretches lived in a condition of fear
bordering upon panic. ,
At last tho evil day arrived. Early
one morning, just before daybreak, they
wero suddenly startled by tho loud re
ports of the Manyema guns. Tho forest
around the villago appeared alivo with
armed men, who rushed among their
dwellings from all sides, firing reckless-,
ly, sometimes in tho air, into tho doors
of tho huts, and at tho panic stricken
savages, who rushed toward tho woods
for shelter. A few of the braver natives
stood their ground and hurled spears
nnd knives at their assailants, but ono
by ono they dropped, shot by thoir bru
tal enemy.
After firing their muzzlo loading mus
kets many of tho Mnnyenia rushed upon
tho natives and clubbed them with tho
butt end of their guns. Tho women en
cumbered with their children, whom
they wero bravely trying to carry off to
tho shelter of the woods, wero soon over-.
taken by the Manyema, who roughly
threw them to tho ground and bound
their arms and legs. Nearly two-thirds
of tho women and children wero capt
ured, including tho favorito wifo of
Ioko; but many of tho men and a few
women managed to escapo to tho woods.
Herbert Ward in Seribner's.
AVas Once the Oueen'ii.
Missing a literary treasure supposed
to havo been once in tho possession of her
majesty the queen! The precious relio
referred to is a copy of tho original edi
tion of "A Christinas Carol." presented by
Dickens to the author of "Vanity Fair,"
with tho interesting autograph inscrip
tion, "W. M. Thackeray, from Charles
Dickens (whom ho made very happy
onco a long way from homo)." Tho
story runs that tho queen possessed a
6trong desire to own tho little volume
in which tho names of these two great
contemporary masters of fiction wero
thus associated: that an unlimitod com
mission was given for its purchase, and
that it eventually became- her majesty's
property for tho sum of 123 10s., and
was immediately transferred toher'keep
ing. Tho original authority for tho state
ment appears to havo been tho lato Mr.
Hotten, the publisher; but it is moro
important to note that Dickens' biog
rapher, Mr. John Forster, has given it
additional currency. Tho strango part 1
of tho matter, however, is that tho royal
librarian knows nothing about it, except
that no such book is included in tho col-,
lection tinder his care. Londou News. I
Climate of Southern California.
Winter as we understand it east of tho
Rockies does not exist. I scarcely know
how to divido the seasons. Thero aro
at most but three. Spring may bo said
to begin witn uecctnher anil end in
April; summer, with May (whoso days,
however, are often cooler than thoso of
January) and end with September; whilo
October and November uro a mild au
tumn, when nature takes a partial rest,
and tho leaves of tho deciduous trees
aro gone. But how shall wo classify a
climato in which tho strawberry (none
yet in my experience equal to tho east
ern berry) may bo eaten in every month
of tho your, and ripe figs may bo picked
from July to March?
What shall I say of a frost (an affair
of only an hour just before sunrise)
which is hardly anywhere severe enough
to disturb tho delicato heliotrope, and
even in tho deepest valleys where it may
chill the orango will respect tlio bloom
of that fruit on contiguous ground fifty
or u hundred feet higher? Charles Dud
loy Warner in Harper's.
Overlooked In the Kxciteiiieiit.
Ho (on a raft in mid-ocean) There,
dear, taste fhis orange marmalade, and
tvhilo I scan tho horizon wrap my great
coat around you,
Sho How great! how noble! how self
sacrificing! But, darling, aro you sure
yon will not bo too cold?
Ho You forget, Maud, that I havo on
ray Ascot tie, Clothier and Furnisher,
A ... I. O IT, .14 bllliusitl tJ llJJ ,1,1. Jllr
r).iri,Wu 11 liiu,,i t ntnnlmtiniitil
ior ineir cuuureu or giving mem auvico
upon tho subject, should study their
temperaments and inherited tendencies.
i Children of consumptive parents should 1
I seldom engage in sedentary occupations, I
I Those who havo inherited weak hearts
' should not engage in work involving .
i much sovero strain.
Senator Evarts is somotimoa known to '
work constantly at his desk for ten or
twclvo hours. During tlio preparation
of tho judiciary bill, at tho last session
of congress, ho sometimes sat in his chair
writing nnd dictating from 8 in tho,
morning till G in tho evening.
Tlio all linen shirt is ono of tho Inxti
Hex of luxuries. Tho man that has
onco experienced the "feel" of a fine ail
linen shirt will economize in every other
direction in order Unit ho may continuo
thJiockl fwL
SIGHTLCSS BUT NOT HELPLESS.
The AclMe Ituslness l.lfe of a Chicago
Man VI ho Is Wholly lillnri.
The wonder of West Harrison street is
a blind man, William F. Bnschick, who
lives at 1H5, where he conducts a retail
cigar and confectionery store. A casual
observer would not be apt to discover
that the storekeejier is totally blind from
the manner in which lie moves around
and shows off his goods. Mr. Bnschick
keeps his own accounts, waits on the
customers, takes in money and hands
out change us deftly as any saleswoman
in n down town store. He seldom makes
mistakes in handling coin, and if any
Vdy wero mean enough to try it would
not be an easy matter to pass counter
feit coins o:: him.
His sense of feeling is keen, and p r
haps more so as a result of the ab.seiu'e
of sight. He hands out any brand of
cigars asked for, and his sensitive linger
tips light upon tho right brand of chew
ing gum without any fumbling. His
eyes, which aro not concealed from view,
aro a beautiful dark blue, and a stranger
looking into them would not guess that
they were so utterly useless.
Mr. Bnschick buys all his stock, going
down town on tho street cai-s and about
the crowded streets of tho business sec
tion of tho south side without a guide.
Ho never loses his bearings. When
ready to return home he waits quietly
beside a peanut stand and asks the ven
der to tell him when a Harrison street
car conies. This car passes his store, and
ho intuitively knows when it is opposite
his home.
Ho jumps from the car whilo it is in
motion. He walks about his store and
turns sharp corners without mishap.
Ho can walk straight to n door and grasp
tho knob without fumbling it, or trip
down stairs as lively and as gracefully
as a young woman, and never makes a
miscalculation when reaching tho last
step. Ho is a candy maker and makes
all the candy he h"11s.
As is usual in ca.ses of blindness, the
loss of this man's vision has quickened his
sense of feeling and hearing. When his
eyes went out of business their available
assets appear to have been transferred to
his ears and finger tips. His ability to
locate objects by sound is wonderful.
This was demonstrated ono night when
a burglar broke into his store. Tho rob
ber left hastily with a leaden bullet in
his anatomy, as spots on the lloor proved
tho next morning. Tho blind man
handles a revolver cleverly and shoots
accurately for one so heavily handi
capped, locating the object to be aimed
at by sound. Chicago Tribune.
Not A Itogether Modern.
The opinion held by many peoplo who
havo never had their attention especially
turned to the work of Jean Jacques
Rousseau is not that he was a benefactor
of his kind, but in reality ho was ono of
tho first apostles of the modern methods
of education, and it is only after all this
lapse of years that his ideas havo como
to be widely adopted. It is he who onco
said that wo came into the world igno
rant, but with capacity; that education
begins at birth; that wo learn incredibly
in tho first years, and that as impres
sions supply our first knowledgo thoso
impressions should ho of tho best and
should bo presented in tho right order;
that tho first cry of a child is a request,
tho second a command; that destruct
iveness in a child is not cruelty, but
activity; that the sin of children is thoir
weakness; that strength brings about
virtue, nnd he who can do all things
will never do wrong things.
This wo see to bo undoubtedly good
reasoning in tho light thrown on the
subject of lato years, and understand
ing now how greatly our children aro
affected by what they see us to bo wo com
prehend more fully what Thales meant
when ho said that men must live in tho
consciousness that all around them is
filled with gods, and that this should
keep them moro chasto than if thoy wero
in tho holiest of temples. Harper's Ba
zar. When Japanese Children Din,
Wo stopped one day at a pretty and
rather modest temple shrine, where sat a
clean polled, benevolent looking priest,
with big rimmed spectacles astride his
little nose. Before and nbovo and about
tho shrino hung littlo children's frocks,
their tiny shoes, pretty littlo bolts, dolls,
und other playthings.
"What is this)'" we asked our guldo.
"When littlo children como to dlo their
mothers bring their dresses and play
things here, and put a littlo money lu this
box, Kvery day tho priest offers prayers
that the little ones may bo iniulo happy
after death, and have nice things nnd
pretty playthings when they go to stay
up there with (iod."
As we talked, a heart stricken mother
came and tossed her coin into tiio box,
and as sho placed tlio littlo bundle of her
dear one's pretty clothes in the tender
priestly hand, we thought thero was hut
one thing better than this, the saying,
"Suffer little children to como unto mo,
and forbid them not '' Japan Letter.
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an. .'eful and piolltalil. te keeplni , dairy farnilnn, ele. The chocolate, cotton, Has, lie tup, auger, rice, nutmeg, eloier
r Rinient ef throe auhjecta la crmtrdete and eNmthe, and
tender a the work of rieat radical uie to far met a audi took mm
MOIt I H t'l. l t ill:. Herein la Klren the moat uerul hlnla
toRioMeraof nil kind tif veftetatlra ant frulla, aa fathered
from the eapetleticeef ihe tnot aucceaiful liotlU'ulturlils.
AltriHTi:r'ITIti: miljtna ant plana for liouiea.eottaiea.
I'AMi and otlier onth'iUJlu ji, ltti raluablt auggeitlont to
thne hitendllig tn tulld.
11tlt!Hi:ilO!,1. Thla work eontalna HIM and teatel rrclpaa
.r nlmoit etery ItinglntMedlih for hreaklait, dinner and tea.
ihla department alono teliif worth mote than nine tentba of
the cook tiookaaold t almoil InnutneraMe hlntt, helraand aug
retlona lnhnuekeeperat detlfiistnd auifcatlona for tnaklng
many heimtlful thluga for the adornment of home. In needle
work, emhrol lerr, eta. ; hint on floriculture, telling how to be
Biierenarnl nlth all the tarloua plants: toilet hlnte, trilling liow
to prmert anl beautify the complexion, tiaude, tratb, titlr,
etc., eto.
.MF.IMOAI.. Manydo'.lara In doctor' Mlla will be eared
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Information herein contained, It trlla how to cure, bf alnipte
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Itig their life and habits.
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MININU. Description and Illustrations of the mining af
gold, alher, dlatuouds, coil, salt, copper, IsaJ, line, Uu aud
lulckillvcr.
WiiNDI'.ltH OT 'I I IP- NT.A. rffrelnaredeacrlbe.tan.t
Illustrated the many wonderfuland beautlfnl things found atih
bo t ton of the ocean, the ptants, flowers, ahslls, flibes, eto., lUa
wise pearl diving, coral Gibing, etc., tto.
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