laxm Bute.
Value of Cultivated Mushrooms.
The nutritive value of cultivated
mushrooms Is based principally on tho
largo amount of albuminous matters tliey
contain.
Why then should the cultivation of
this edible fungus be neglocted when it
is known that albumen is the chief of
the plastio respiratory aliments, which
build up the tissues and furnish fuel for
the machinery of the body? Might not
the cultivation of the mushroom on a
large scale be inado a source of wealth
to the producer as well as a new con
tribution to a health-diet for the con
sumer? Without doubt, besides serving his
own pocunlury ends, the producer would
be rendering a great service to humanity,
for It has been proved by the latost evi
dence that It Is the privation of albumi
nous aliments that maintains (ho death
rate at Its present high figure.
Much has been written about the fungi
as a valuable source of nitrogenous food,
yet their adoption as a part of our dally
faro haH not become common, no doubt
from the poisonous nature of many of
them. Often accidents occur by the use
of the wrong species, and sorlous Injury
to tho health has been done by breath
ing the spores of some of them. To
have a species at hand that can bo de
pended on as always being good, would
furnish a valuablo addition to tne table
of pleasant and nourishing food.
A warm, dry climate Is not so favor
able to their growth as moisture and a
moderate temperature. They grow most
abundantly In Scotland In the autumn.
Holoct a cool, shady place lor your
mushroom bods, and which can easily be
kept moist. Make the beds of stifle
manure. Clean droppings are more con
venient. If fresh mix with about one
third of loamy soil and heap up and press
(Irmly together till It begins to ferment.
Then turn over and allow to cool down
for a few daya. The bed should bo
about twelve or Ufteon Inches deep, well
pressed down. Get mushroom spawn,
which Is sold In clay copes, break It up
and scatter evenly over your bod and
cover with a thin sprinkling of soil.
When the spawn has begun to spread,
cover over with about two Inches of soil,
and then wait for your crop, which will
come In about a month orslx weeks, and
may be gathered dally for three or four
moutliB. It Is a common practice to
grow them In caves where a moist
equable temperature can be preserved.
In Edinburgh an old railway tunnel has
been utilized for the purpose of growing
mushrooms, and has proved a paying
speculation. In this climate the bods
should be well covered so as to prevent
evaporation and to keep them cool.
Where they begin to fall In bearing their
fertility may be renewed for a time by a
good sprinkling of stablo urine and
water. Corr. JiivemuU l'rena.
System in the Garden.
It is not yot tlmo to begin gardening,
but It Is a good time to plan for tho crisp,
spicy vouotabloB of which we are all so
fond.
The vegetablo garden Is generally a
small and neglected bit of ground of
which most extraordinary results areox-
inikUmI. It 1b really astonishing what
iiiav be Brown on a little ground, but mo
greatest pleasure aud the greatest profit
(tan only bo seonreu iy tne use 01 au in
telligent system as regards every foot of
the ground. Every time a crooked row
or uneven bed Is made the eye Is offended
and one step Is taken toward failure.
Horace Greeley's ldoa that crooked rows
gave the most room for plants uleu wiui
bun.
I'revlous to planting anything tho
garden should be carefully platted on
paper, using a correctly graduated sculo.
The walks, the number aud length of
rowB, the varieties of vegetables to be
planted, can all bo much more wisely
planned on paper than In any haphazard,
imiiromutu wav.
If nrraugod In this way beforehand
with a dollulto Idea In everything you do
uh to Hiving simeo, rotation of crops,
time of pluutlug, variety of seed to be
used, onlv the small variations of Cali
fornia seasons can disarrange your labor
or perplex your mlud. T hus, only, can
you bo sure of sucooss and pleasure lu
your gardouiug. nurcu ntttn.
Boot-Lifting of Fruit Tree.
A treatment pursued and recom
mended in England, as described at
great length In Hardening lllunlmtril Is
to take tho soil from the roots ou one
side of the tree lu autumn before the
leaves fall, and carefully raise the roots
near the surface, working good, fresh
soil, or moderately onrluhed eompost,
among ami over them, then the follow
ing year treat the remaining roots ou
the opposite Hide in tne same way.
This root-lifting treatment Is for re
J ii vomiting and bringing Into bearing
trees of some age ; and It seemB reason
able that tho shortening and bringing
nearer the surface of the terminal roots,
lulluenolug them to branch out more
within roach of tho lnllueuco or air ami
sun, would be beuellolol. Khortonlng lu
of the branches simultaneously Is
especially mentioned as advisable, lie
cause " every leaf aud twig contributes
to the formation of now rootlets.
For young troos the same authority
ivooiucnds to lift each one entire every
second year 11 and replant with all lis
roots lu a Horizontal position.
Tomatoes for Inaeota.
The following experience of a French
?.ni0UY,rtrt Ua un iniod us for
as the, wr XtuTto lU,,H'tH JUMt
out several tomto . l'" lng
irr( to me to nlaoe Sk Ulua -
What was n v LIW " '.
(lav. to notice tl t ii Ti.T,. "" ""."
disappeared, oxoept from the leave be.
vend the lntlunnmi of (.. ........
carefully exuai-atoil thuiui l.,Uv..- .....i
applied the tomato to them, wlieu the
lusoots (ltnappoarod a though by en-
nlmtit ttutut unit fr..it, ttiui i ... -
...... ....... in, vjiliu wie
peach tree began to grow luxuriantly.
inning w cany me t'ApuriuiuuiIurulor,
I put some of tho tomato leave lu
water aud sprinkled other plants, such
a the too bush, orange tree, apple
tree, pear tree, etc., with the Infusion,
which also had tho eame effect of com
plotely freeing them of Insects within a
few day."
In very many eases It will bo found
profitable to whitewash the poultry
house and yard once every month at
least, OHpeWully lu summer.
ONE NICHT IN THE ARMY.
How a Man ltecame a Colonel on Short
Hervlue.
Col. Ike Hill, of Licking county,
without doubt one of Hie greatest of
national characters, was in the city a
few days ago. To a number of old
friends, who braved the terrors of war,
he related how he came by the title of
Colonel.
"I served in the army one consecu
tive night," said Ike. "It was tho
Army of tho Potomac, and it was near
Alexandria when I found them. I was
on my way there, and on the train, not
far from Alexandria, met an old- friend
who was an officer in that army. 1
was then a great short-card player and
he knew it. He invited mo to go down
to camp, telling mo I could win a bar
rel of money. Well, I went.
"It was long toward evening, and
that night we nad a game of poker.
Why, I won at least $3,000, breaking
them all. One of the crowd of ollicers
was a sore loser, and when he had
staked and lost his last cent ho pulled
his revolver and made me throw up
my hands. Then they took every cent
I had and turned me over from one
guard to another UDtil I landed in the
bull pen at Alexandria. I was dressed
fit to kill , and one of those devils took
a knife, running it up the back of my
Prince Albert, slitting it to the neck.
My patent leather shoes were all burst
from walking and I was about dead,
besides being 'busted.' I succeeded in
getting out of the prison and over to
Washington, whore Mrs. Sunset Cox
loaned me $25 in gold."
"Was that all of your war cxper
ienceP" asked one of the party.
"That was all. Cant. Uwens once
asked me, in a very surprised way,
whether I had thrown up my hands
when they told me to. I said 1 did.
"lou wanted no more war, then, in
yours?'
"No, indeed. Some time afterwards,
in No'.v York, I met a friend of mine
who was an officer connected with the
Army of the Cumberland. Ho and
several others and myself were chat
ting, and tltey were telling mo how
many barrels of money I could win if
I would only go with them to the army.
"Gentlemen," I said, "I believe it is
all true what you tell mo about the
money I could win. I guess I could
win a house full, but I can't whip that
confounded Army of the Cumberland
any more than 1 could whip the Army
of the Potomac. So, you see, I couldn t
got away with the money. Cincinnati
Inquirer.
Scarlet Fever Microbes Live Long.
Thirtv-live vears airo an omilcnt
family lived in one of our most beauti
ful suburbs. Two lovely children
graced the happy household. lint
scarlet fever close J their eyes in death.
The grief-stricken mother gathered up
little slips, slippers, and toys, with two
golden tresses, and reverently laid them
away in a trunk as sad but priceless
mementoes of her lost darlings. War
camo with its tragic vicissitudes, and
death time and again throw its shadow
over tho hearthstono. Finally the
place passed into strangers' hands.
Last year two families took it as a
summer residence. The children, six
in number, with childish curiosity be
gan to explore the secret recesses of
the grand old house. In the closet
was found the forgotten trunk. A
touch dissolved tho timo-corroded clasp,
and one by ono the sacred relies were
removed until a failed newspaper was
found, which told the pathetic story.
Half-spelling out the meaning they
took it to (heir mother, who eluded
their curiosity and tenderly replaced
the treasures.
Five days after this occurrence two of
tho children were seized with scarlet
fever, and forty-eight hours later the
other four were attacked. Two cases
were grave, tho others mild. All re
covered. Was the disease contracted
from the trunk? I think so, because
there was no other ascertainable source
of infection. Journal of Sunfry.
Two of a Kind.
It is said of the wife of a certain con
gressman, who has earned a sort of
Mrs. Mataprop reputation here, that
she went nut long ago to a local intel
ligence office to engage iv servant. 'The
lirst one to whom she spoke knew Kn
glish imperfectly, hut said, when asked
what country she came from, "I um a
Hoheniian."
'(loudness me!" replied tho con
gressman's wife, with a virtuous shud
der. "I am sincerely grieved to hear
such a confession from a young person
so apparently innocent as yourself.
My husband 1ms often told me that Ho
hemiauism was simply another form
for disreputaliility. However, 1 trust
that there is still a chance for you to
reform."
And with this she drew her matronly
skirts ii way from the suspicious young
woman of Bohemia, and went over to
another applicant for a domestic situa
tion. Aor did the latter fail to satis
factorily, though unconsciously, avenge
her sister in employment.
"1 lease, nut tun, she said, altera
long and exasperating series of (jiie
turns addressed to her prospective mis
tress as to the duties winch would lx
expected of her, "1 would like to ask
w hat votir 11:11110 was before you were
married. Kefore I take a place I al
ways like to liml out I'vorvtliinir about
the family 1 am to live with, as to re
spectability and so on." H'aMnytoH
UUcr in J'rovitlcnce Journal,
Drinking In Kurope.
The Jcwitk ,.,.,.,.
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Itallwaya In Chin.
Chinese railway building has como to
a end, because the Frensli government
Insists upon the fulltlineni of the Tien
rln Irealy. by which France, It u
agreed, was to supply the personuel and
ualurial of all Cuiuuae railroad.
WHAT SHE CAN DO.
Some IteHpoctH In Which the Weaker Cur
lllHcount the stt'oiifrer Hex.
The Hoston Timu.i in a spirit of fair
ness admits, and even proclaims, that
there are some desirable tilings a
woman can do. Hero is a sauipli
batch:
She can come to a conclusion with
out the slightest trouble of reasoning
on it, and no man can do that.
Six of them can talk at once and gel
along iirst-rate, and no two men can dr
that.
She can safely stick lifty pins in her
tL'ess while ho is getting one under hi.'
thumb-nail.
She is as cool as a cucumber in a hall
dozen tight dresses and skirts, while a
man will sweat and fume and growl in
one loose shirt.
She can talk as sweet as peaches and
cream to tho woman sho hates, while
two men would be punching each
other's head before they had exchanged
ten words.
She can throw a stone with a curve
that would be a fortune to a base-bull
pitcher.
She can say "110" in such a low.voici
that it means "yes."
She can sharpen a lead pencil if you
give her plenty of time aud plenty ol
pencils.
She can dance all night in a pair of
shoes two sizes too small for her and
enjoy every minute of tho tini .
She can appreciate a kiss from hni
husband seventy-five years after the
marriage ceremony is performed.
SI10 can go to church aud afterward
tell you what every woman in tho con
gregation nan on, and 111 some rare in
stances can give you somu faint idea of
wnat tlio text was.
She can walk half tho niirht with a
colicky baby in her arms without once
expressing the desire of murdering the
nilant.
She can do more in a minute than a
man can do in an hour and do it better,
Sho can drive a man crazy in twenty
four hours and then briny: him to para
dise in two seconds by simply tickling
nun under me clnn, ami there does not
live that mortal son of Adam's miser)
who can do it.
How Ono May Kill Time.
A man whose head is bulging with
mathematical problems has iigured out
the disposition of every hour of the
daily life of an average man, and tells
just how many hours a man of 50 has
devoted to his toilet, meals or uuwspa
per. "Let us assume," said he, "that the
sleeping hours of an average man will
number eight daily. That is one-third
of his time, so that in fifty years your
man will have slept, all told, sixteen
years and eight months. The man
who is shaved daily at 60 years proba
bly Had lus taee scraped not oltener
than three times per week at zo years,
while during his lirst eighteen years a
razor never touched his lace.
Say that tho senii-eentenarian has
averaged two shaves a week for fifty
years, and that will give 5,700 scrapes
in the half century. At an average of
fifteen minutes per shave the time de
voted to this one small element of life
will run up to lifty-niue days and nine
hours.
If a man should not shave in fifty
years, and then attempt to mako up his
proportion all at once, he would liav
to shave night and day for nearly two
months, Tho average man who is not
limited to twenty minutes for dressing,
breakfast and catching tho train, con
sumes about thirty minutes in getting
inside his clothing 111 the morning.
Half an hour per day for iifty years
would amount to one year, fifteen days
and live Hours, so that if a man should
dress himself at the start in life for the
wholo fifty years, says tho Baltimore
S'k, he would pass two weeks beyond
his lirst birthday anniversary, and this
means working twenty-four hours per
")
A Kelf-wlinllng Clock.
The New Haven Clock Company,
after a year or two of experiment, have
at last perfected a piece of nieclianicism
which, if it does not realize tho desire
for perpetual motion, seems at least to
bo a step in that direction. They are
now manufacturing and about to put on
the market a self-winding clock.
Tho motive power is furnished by
electricity generated by two Leclnnche
cells, w hich do the work cIToctually fol
from twelve to eighteen months with
out renewal. I ho mechanism is sim
ple in tho extreme. Much of the ordi
nary clock is omitted, and littlo re
mains save the escapement wheel. The
clock is wound every hour by a cur
rent from tho two cells of the battery
working through a pair of magnets,
The maiu wheel, winch revolves once
an hour, connects the current at every
revolution.
When the contact is first made and
the current passes through the magnets
the armature is pulled down to the
magnet heads, drawing with it an arm
which winds ono tootli of the ratchet
wheel which is fastened to the box con
taining a spring of the finest steel at
tached to the center pinion. 1 Ins opera
tion is repeated for live or ten seconds
at the rale of three blows a second un
til the spring is wound and the current
is cut oil' by the passage around of the
main w heel.
A Southern I'utriurcliCHS.
A story is told oftien. liurnside, say
the Columbus (0.) Journal, that ac
counts in part, nt least, for the number
if f.mtl.tii ! na it, tin, u,,i,tV, W'lt.ii,
commanding in east Tennessee an in
vitation to dinner was extended to hi ill
I.. , 1 ...... t - . !...;. . !
uy au cuiei iv iai uiei . 1 lie iu naiiou
was accepted. At the table sat the
mother of the host, a lively old lady,
but in appearance extremely old.
"Mother," said the general, ""may 1
1 ask v o v ... .. . 1 J ... .
..11 K r 1 on appear io ne (luiie
em t,,r 1... '.' .. ' 1
" lively h 1 . ...r . . ,! ,
"Yi. .. ' , uu. ruie repneu:
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ved here all mv litV 7 V .. V
-i,uti.v h,.w ,,id 1 ;J" 1 k,1,
wer in Umdoq'
It is calculated that Uuriiur .
dm, season U,e 1 average u, au
iu flow era daily U jta.Ouu.
How Cheap Gloves Are Made.
It may, perhaps, interest readers to
know some of the secrets of cheap
glove-making. My facts relate to
Bohemia, from which country many
cheap gloves are imported. Before the
introduction of tho glove sewing ma
chine, which took place about 1M70, a
simple apparatus was in use consisting
of two brass plates, in which the
stitches were incised, holding tightly
together the leather parts of the glove,
while the needle of the sewer followed
easily these incised stitches. It was an
easy work, not at all injurious to body
or eye, and an industrious and quiet
girl could, without any exertion, sew
two pairs of gloves a day, fur which she
received from 2 1-2 pence to 8 pence
each, equal to about 5 pence to 6 pence
a day. Very poor wages, uut, tne
money was earned in a comfortable
way.
Let ub now compare what progress
these girls made in tho golden era of
machinery. The poor sewers are never
in a position to acquire the requisite
sum to be owners of these machines.
The district to which I refer is a poor,
mountainous part, the men mostly
miners of au imperial silvermine, with
daily wages of 16 pence. The requisite
machines are owned by middlemen,
called factors to whom the glove manu
facturers from all parts of Austria send
their unfinished gloves for sewing.
These factors are proprietors of a cer
tain number of machines from twenty
upward to a hundred which are fitted
up in workrooms, most 01 them very
indifferently suited for tho purpose. 'The
poor girls from the neighboring dis
trict have often to walk a distanco of
eight miles to iind work in such work
rooms. They leave their miserable
cottages at 4 a. m. to begin their day's
work at b a. m. Alter a hard labor of
twelve hours on a most complicated
machine, aud after having passed an
other two hours on the wav home, their
whole earning consists of 7 pence. In
cluding the hours she loses on the
road, sho works ninety-six hours a
week for 3 shillings 6 pence, her
body continually bent over a most
complicated machine, her eyes watch
ing leather thread, and needle incessant
ly, her foot moving continually, amid
the rattle of many machines, 111 a most
sickly atmosphere. This is how cheap
gloves are made.
THE EMPEROR MERO.
The Trouble Ho Took to Keep Ills Voice
Soft and Sweet
A useful example of the proper enre
of the voice is to be found in a very un
expected quarter says tho !ontcmporary
Hcvkw. The Emperor Nero, as is well
known, believed himself to bo a great
artist, a notion of which those about
wero not likely to disabuse him. Hip
dying words, "Qualis artifex pereo!"
show that ho had at least one feature ol
the artistic temperament. Ho sought
fame by many paths, in poetry.liddling,
driving and other branches of the line
arts, to say nothing of his scientific ex
periments on the bodies of his nearest
relations. The imperial virtuso was
particularly vain of his voico, which I
can well imagine to have been soft and
sweet, qualities which often enough
accompany a cruel nature. He was
proportionately careful of so precious
a possession. His system is worth
quoting. In addition "to such general
measures as attending to his liver, and
abstaining from such fruits as he
'fancied to be injurious to his voice, wa
are told that at night he used to lie on
his back, with a small plate of lead on
his stomach. This was probably for
tho purpose of checking tho tendency
to abdominal breathing, which has al
ready been referred to 'is the less per
fect way in respiration for singers. In
order to spare his voice all unnecessary
fatigue he gave up haranguing hut
troops aud ceased even to address the
senato. As in later times there were
keepers of the king's conscience Nero
gave his voice into tho keeping of a
phonascus. He spoke only in the
presence of this vocal director, whose
duty it was to warn hiiu when his
tones became too loud or when he
seemed to be in danger of straining his
voice. To tho same functionary was
intrusted the formidable duty of check
ing the emperor's eloquence when it
became too impetuous. This lie did
by covering the imperial orator's mouth
with a napkin. It must have needed
no small measure of courage to apply
this effectual method of "closure to
the arch-tyrant of history when intoxi
cated with the exuberunco of his own
vocalization.
Charles Sumner on Mucaulay.
Macaulay was truly oppressive. 1
now understand Sydney Smith, who
called Macaulay a tremendous ma
chine for colloquial oppression. His
memory Is prodigious, surpassing any
thing 1 have ever known, and lie pours
out his stores w ith an instructive but
dinning prodigality. He passes from
the minutest dates of Lnglish history
or biography to a discussion of the
comparative merits of different ancient
orators, and gives you wholo M ropes
fr?m the dramatists at will. He can
repeat every word of every article he
has ever written without prompting;
but he lias neither grace of body, face.
uor voice; he is without intonation or
variety; and he pours on like Horace's
river, while we, poor rustics, foolishly
think lie win cease; and u you speak,
he does not respond to what you say,
but, while your last words are yet on
your liiw. takes up aL'ain his wonderful
tale, lie will not confess ignorance of
anything, though I verily believe no
one would ever have occasion .to make
the confession. 1 have heard him call
ed the most remarkable person of his
ajro, ami again the most overrated one,
You will see that he has not left upon
mo an entirely agreeable impression
still 1 confess his great and magnificent
annulments and powers.
Ruled Off At Hie Stan.
Mrs. Heavywaite "Just to thinkf
Ethel KnliiiL-olc so intelligent, you
know poor Libel?
Ucsvvwalto (a brute) "What hm she
doner M irricd an Italian nobleman;
"No; she failed lu the civil aervico ex
amination for clerks. I cuu t account
lor n,"
lean. Sho probably was required to
jr.10 lead pencil at the Very scud-
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The Dog and the Lamb.
A certain lady, says tho Moston
Courier, had once a valuablo St. Bern
ard of excellent pedigreo, carefully
trained, and in all respects of well-nigh
ideal excellence save for one fault: He
would kill lambs. Ho was beaten, he
was imprisoned, the body of the latest
lamb which had fallen a victim to his
fury was fastened around his neck as
a bailee of shame, but nil to no avail.
His mistress concluded that it was im
possible to break him of his fault and
that she must sell him.
While matters were in this state a
friendly farmer who had some occasion
got into his head the fact thai the dog's
mistress was fond of pets sent her a
snowy cosset, all gay with ribbons and
looking as innocent as innocence itself.
The lady was in despair. She expect
ed that her dog would fall upon tie
lamb and tear it limb from limb; but
having in the past had much exper
ience with pets she said to herself that
if this catastrophe was to happen she
did not propose to have it postponed
until sho became deeply attached to
the new-comer, and so deliberately led
the lamb up to the dog, said to him
that it was her lamb, and directed him
to watch it. The dog looked at her
rather wistfully, evidently requesting
permission to tear the pretty innocent,
but she sternly shook her head and de
parting left the pair together on the
lawn.
She is willing to admit, now that the
trial proved successful, that she had
no idea that it would, and that sho ex
pected to find the lawn strewn with the
dismembered fragments of the lamb.
When a few hours later she returned,
however, the dog was found to have
taken the lamb into his especial favor
ami tinder his especial protection. He
lay down with it, lie followed it about,
and seemed to have becomo uncom
monly fond of it in a way not at all
allied to carnivorous instincts. . In
short the lamb and the dog became the
closest of friends, and as long us they
two did live they continued to dwell
together in peace and affection.
And the remarkable part of the talc
is that from that day the dog no more
molested any lambs whatsoever. It
Mas a plain case of similia similibtis
curantur. T he dog was at once and
forever cured of bis vice, and his fond
mistress relates this story 10 admiring
friends with mingled pride and affec
tion. One Pair of Gloves for Two.
The rittsbiirg Dispatch's Washington
letter says: Gen. Joe Hooker, a mem
ber of congress from the Seventh Mis
souri district, was one of the heroes of
tho late war against the union. He car
ries an empty sleeve as a relic of his
experiences on tho lielil. Mai. Towel),
the chief of tho geological survey, was
in tho union army, mid he also carries
an empty sleeve. Gen. Hooker's lost
arm was on his right side and Maj.
Powell's ou tho left. Their remainiii''
hands are of the same proportions and
they have a mutual agreement under
which they purchase gloves in com
mon. Maj. Towell using all or. the
"rights'' and Gen. Hooker the "lefts."
No difficulty ever occurs between them
about the selection of tho gloves, for
they pay little attention to the freijucut
Changes In modes ami lasmons.
Explanation Wrt In Order.
"My wife, Mr. Perkins," said the hnr
band across the isle of tho street car.
"Ah! Glad to see you, Mrs. Winters.
Why, how you havo changed iu two
weeks."
"Changed? No one else has spoken
of it," she blankly replied.
"Why, when I saw you with your
husband at the theater two weeks ago
to-night you seemed to bo a girl of about
16."
"At the thontorl You you you I"
Her husband had been winkini? and
winking, but nearsighted Mr. Perkins
bad seen notuini;. lha wile settled
buck, figured it out that she was home
alone with the toothache mat nignt
and the frozen Btare she turned on her
husband as they got off covered the
platform with a glare of ice. Bhe has
asked for explanations ere tuis. hi-
(roil lyre I rest.
He Mimed Hit Stimulant.
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( went home, doubting whether I should
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the dinner table I found the cup of coffee
I nd lorgotten In the morning. Down
it went tho first thing, and from then
until now I have been feeling like a
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