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AUCTION SALES.
HOs. E. NAGGAMAN. Real Estate Aucncoesr

THOs. E. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate Aucticuesr.
SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS, g. E.
CORNFR SIXTEENTH AND T STREETS
NORTHWEST.
On MONDAY. December 10th, 1873 at 4: Is Or
O'Clock NJ. shall offer for sale. the prem ~
ses. three valuable Building Lots, having an -
aggregate frontage of 81 feet 10th street by leo
feet on L ST., to q ltfoot alley.
Win be sold SCI sratey or together Terms easy.
decl2-3t THOS. E. WAGGAMAN. Aucsr.
nUNCANsON BROS, Aucuoneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF A SMALL BRICK HOUSE
AND LOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RHODE
ISLANDAyENUE. BETWEEN FOURTEENTH
AND FIFTEENTH STREETS NORTHWEST.
BY virtue Of deed of trust, dated March -
Anh A. d: 1873. duly recorded in Liber No. G.sS
District of Columbia, and at the request Of the
holder OF the note secured thereby, will sell, at
public auction, in front of the premises on TUES
DAY, December oath. 1873. at 4 O'Clock o. m. the
following real estate situate in the city of
Washington, ID. G., to wlt:-Lot lettered +, in St
Nncenfs Orphan Asylum recorded subdivision of
original lots in Square numbered two hundred and
eleven CID, together with the improvements, &c.
Terms: One.fourth cash, and the balances in six,
twelve and eighteen months. with per cent inter
est per annum, secured by deed of trust on the
p operty sold, or all cash, at option of the pur.
chaser SlOo deposit required at the time of sale,
and al! conveyancng and recording at purchasers
cost Terms to be complied with in seven days
oAef"1se the Ir tees reserve the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost of the defaultne par
clas er after five days advertisement
5 sAIMAEtSA y TIL Il MARINER, Trustees
dec12 cots "
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STEAMERS FOR NEW YORK

The Steamers John GIBSON and T. @. KNIGHT,
alternately leave Pier Al East River New J<eE1A
AorE, every Saturday, at O'clock p. H. ;SEEkfN
tteorTetown every Saturday. and Aexan >-1sAh
aria day
Freight taken ST lowest rates. For information
apply at Office over Metropolitan Bank, 18th street.
or to B. p. a. DENHAM, Agent, Water street,
Georsetowa
sp21tr SAMUEL BACON. President
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NHOMAs DOWNING. Anctioneer.

I'dOMAS DOMLlNG, AuctIoneer.
CATALOGUE SALE OF VALUABLE STANDARD
MISCELLANEOUS AND FINELY illus
JT TAIEI ~, BQ Ooh ANON AMONG MHICH, ARE
apIANS, PYNE'S PALACES OF ENGLAND,
h hG S.S HISTORICAL WORKS, BURKE,S
DURONS BIRDS OF AMERICA, ENCYCLO-
P.EDIA BRITANNICA, CHAMBERS ENCY-
CLOPHDIA, &c, &c,
To be sold at my auction rooms. southwest rrsz.
corner of PENNSYLVANIA avenue and 18th LfT4gW
street, on MONDAY, TUESDAY and WE'D. O0A
NESDA1 EVENINGS, December 10TH 18th and
18TH, commencing each evening at 80 o'clock pre-
cisely.
decl0st POST THOs. BOWLING, Auct.
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GIVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE DOM.
PLETE FURNISHING OF DWELLINGS,
AND GUARANTEE BOTH STYLE
AND QUALITY OF ALL
WORK DONE.
VIII visit Washington and submit de.
signs and estimates In special cases.
I'M,
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AsToNISHEp OFFICERS.-About a quarter ID
O'Clock Yesterday morning raid was made ON
a negro gambling he'll in Paterson, Nj, ana
eight negroes and three " hite men captured
together with all the implements aud coasid-
cradle sum OF money. one negro made a spring
When The officers appeared and went through
the window as II shot out 0f Il Mortar, CARRYING
Ihe SASH Win nm. The whole mass alighttng
on the heads OF some officers who mad been ssa.
uoned on the outside - aStonislied them that
The fellow was allowed to escape lie went
over tie sheds Ike a eat. Jumped over into War
zen alley and WAS Out OF sight la Il twinklIns
The rest were al captured after bat "A slight re-
Sloiance and were held To bali oT committees la
default OF secufljS.-iA}. Herald, lab
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HOUSEFURNISHTNGS.

GAS FIXTURES.
NEW DESIGNS.
VERY Low PRICES.
Persons purchasing GAS FIXTURES from IA can
nave them put NJ In WASHINGTON. u. c.. FREE OF
ALL EXPENSES, aud save 3 large percentaze
JUST OPENED, DIRECT FROM PARIS.
Rare and Artistic Desisns of
COUPES, JARDISIERS. SC0NCES
PLATES STATUETTES. EWERS,
MANTLE AND CLOCK SETS
In the entirely
PALLISST WARE.
ALSO,
Dresden Glen and Polished BRASS GOODS
In Great Variety.
@. Y DAVIDSON l. CO.
North Liberty street,
noy26tth,sH2dec Baltimore, Maryland.
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FOR POTOMAC RIyFR I.ANDINnu

bteantF JUHN ". IHOMPSON, Captaiu JOHN n.
WOOD, leaves her wharf terminus of ,fT~>
S1n an ana 9t , street line Of cars at a.
man, Notn-ai and Leonarltown, stopping at inter
mediate landings each trip Days Of sailing Mon.
day, Thursday and Saturday.
FOR furtssr Information, apply at the Office over
metropolitan PiCk, knoxs Express Office or st the
Company's " b9rf. foot Of 9th street.
Baggage called for on application at Knox's Ex.
press Ofhee: SAMUEL BACON. Presik
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sT~NeInphis. New orleans and Charle,t m
are wrestling With the municipal debt proe
lem.
sE Tie number Of oysier-catchers bp,i
men aLd openers in Virginia il pat dowa A.
fu.CDa
a. Tie south Philadelphia VI. r. Conference
have adopted a report calling upon churches 10
prtViqe hfeuncnted wine tor sacramentai
purposes
u The grand jury 81 Boone county, No has
nemoraliIed the Legislature ia favor Of e-ts.b-
fishing the whiDping-poSt for petty Offences,
declaring that under the present system OF fine
and imprisonment IL il the honest taxpayer
that is punished.
"a Six years ago there was but one Christian
chllnh in Japan. Now there are thrty-Six
Then every Christian effort was crowned upon
by the government. To-day one hundred young
men are studying for the ministry in the schools
OF the American board.
- Nine. PrIIdhomme to her husband: odd
you know that the Emperor OF Russia was very
me- NJ. Pludhomme. ats possible. But tran
quili1e yourself, my dear; kings and emperors
very rarely die. Hardly one or them dies year
And Just see how many poor people like our
selves die every year"
~ John Peterson. an old bachelor OF Nicholas
county, ny, wrote Will, handed il to his sister,
and went and hanged himself. He had been
kicked on the head 10y a mule, and, as he hung
himself In the stable, IL Is thought ne wanted
10 gel even 10y making the animal feel bad.
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STEAMERS, &c.


NOTICE TO MOUNT VERNON PAS
IN SENGERS.
The ssesnIsr ". W. CORC0RAS. which hiss
been recently hpi!t and furnished, <Hsh
L. l. BLAZE. CAPTAIN. is the only boat ESste;
SLOWED TO land passengers at Mount
Vernon wharf. Round trip 81, including adnaission
to mansion and grounds.
Steamer leaves 9th street wharf daily Sundays e1
ceptedl s. 10 N. and returns about y MoH.
HOL1INGSW0RTH, Supt Ladies' Mount Vernon
Association. L L BLAKE. steamer w. W Cor
te15ly
(IHANGE OF SCHEDULE.-Th steamer
~ MAITANO. Capt. VIM u, BYLEs, - >SfSh
VIII. on and after October 18th, 1873, r.
leave 6th-street wharf every MON
DAY and THURSDAY at O'Clock q. M, Tor Chap
100 and landings in Wicomico river, and on SAT
excepting these in NoInini For additional inform
alton inquire at G. I. Sherif's Coal Office, Nos 328
and lila Pennsylvania avenue. at wharf Office foot
octi5tr g. TUCKER JONES, Aren't
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GUNNER ARRANGEMENT.

FOB NORFOLK. FORTRESS MONROE AND THE
SOUTH.
rI The sniT ard elesant iron steauef LADY OF
VILE. leaves etistreet wharf, until Ess3ta,
further NOTICE, every Monday, Wed
nesday ana Friday, at 5 O'Clock o. NJ connectin1
Nth steamers for Boston, Providence and other
Northern points Returning, leaves Norfolk every
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VII st..I az allcll ID, cOnnlenclnR on NUNDAY
EVENING. December 16, at O'clock, at the Art
Store. 1903 Pennsyl yania avenue. two doors from
Messrs. Gats Jewery Store. one of the most inter
estIIg collection OF Pictures offered at public
sale in Washington
Especial attention is invited to this sale as it af-
fords rare opportunity for persons of taste Sc
cure good pictures and choice gifts for the holidays.
Now on exhibition and private sale, Gold, Velvet
ard other Picture Frames at cost.
declD-6t' THOMAS DOWNING Auct
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tween the states was passed, after having been
earnestly opposed by Mr.. Hewitt
The biz for the distribution OF the uneypend-
ed balance OF the Geneva award was taken up.
How 1T FEELS TO BE HANGED.-one Mr.. Me
Gee, down in Old Kentuck. lately came near TO
being hanged by vigilance committee tor a
murder which he did not commit, the actual
murderer being member OF that extra-judicial
BODY. He has given an elaborate account OF
the sensations which attend that method OF
dying. Being Jerked ap by the rope, there was
no pam While he was ascending. lie then could
feel his eyes suddenly turn into balls of fire,
and to protrude from their sockets; his muscles
refused to respond TO his WILL his joints felt as
If pierced by red-hot needles; his knees twitched
and Jerked c0nvulSiYely. Then came delic-
f0uS sensation of cool numbnesS which began al
the eAtremitieS and gradually stole over him.
He lost all desire TO save himSelf-in fact, pre-
ferTed to die then and there. Almost every act
of his life recurrsd to his memory. He heard a
distinct roar, as of a far-away cataract; IL be-
came louder and finally almost deafening; then
it changed into the most delicious music; every
thing was as light as midday; then followed
unconSciOuSneSS-not absolute Inconsistencies
either; he was himself and not himself; he
seemed TO be sailing through space as bird
seems to boat without moving a wing. The ST.
lence was terrible. Great bodily pain then en-
sued, and when he came TO himself he found
the rope broken and his executi0ners disputing
as to whether he sholld be strung UP again or
carried to jail. The merciful plan prevailed; he
was locked up for three days; then he was re
leased, the real Murderer taking his place.
DEATH OF 1.-THE MAYOR OF timber Box."-A
dispatch from Chester, Pa, December 9, says
Under Box, row OF houses In which he lived.
died suddenly this morning at the age OF IS
years. He could not pay his school tax, be-
came frightened for fear he would have to go to
jail, and was about to leave the city on that ac-
count. He dropped dead from the Settee on
which BE was sitting, Just as he was about to
start. Fright was undoubtedly the cause or his
deata. The eoroner's verdict was heart dis
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20
ET TRIPLE SHEET.

The New Orleans Custom House ID confbar-
atlvely tho most extensively conducted large
Tasstonl-hohse In the Union. There are on the
coast Of Maine, 1t IL true, n number OF GUS
toms districts where the expenditures far OK
<1eed the collections, but these and these alone
Are mere extensively conducted than the
granite building in this city. Our city is the
sixth port In the Union in the amount Of
Oollections. Tho following are the expen-
tiitures In the six leading ports Of this coun-
try for every dollar Of revenue collected:
New York. 40 cents; Boston, 4.s cents; San
Francisco. 40 cents: Philadelphia, 5s cents:
Baltimore, % cents, and New Orleans, 1871
cants. That liz, the New Orleans Custom
House III live times as extensively conducted
az tho New York, and three times as expensive
~ the San Francisco and Boston custom
houses. and this wholly because IL s made d
political asylum and the headquarters Of the
Radical party Of the State
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THn NEW oRLHANs DEMoORAT WEDNESDAY, MARoH 2o 1s7s

In this rejoicing. Our opinions Of right and
wrong, our love Of justice and scorn Of the
villainy which violates our most sacred laws
and corrupts our manners, have grown too
stiff and stubborn for lie to feel otherwise
than deeply panied and Inundated at the es-
cape from justice through the technicalties Of
the law Of man who has SO wronged, OPP
pressed and harassed our State. We see in
graduation over the result Of this trial
o melancholy evidence Of the decay Of that
inexorable spirit Of resistance 10 every out
rage upon the constitution and the freedom
Of elections, which constitute the only true
basis Of our institutions From formidable
and widespread, open and defiant, attacks
upon these there is little danger. "rhe true
danger" says one Of the wisest and greatest
Of men, sis when liberty Is nibbled away foy
egpedients and by parts.'
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20

The Legislature adjourned yesterday We
do not propose to criticiee It's record until we
have had fuller time to review and investi-
Kate 1t. There is no doubt that II has failed
10 accomplish nearly, II not all. the sweeping
reforms which were anticipated by the peo-
pie, and that THERE'S wide and very deep feel
Ing of disappointment Mt the meagre results Of
NO many pledges. Upon the other hand, the
very exhaustive speech, reviewing the legis-
iatlon OF the past two sessions, made in the
Senate by Mr.. White on Monday very full
synopsis Of which we printed In the DEMO
GRAFT yesterday, shows beyond dispute that
much more has been done than was generally
known, In the way Of retrenchment.
On the whole, the results cannot be satisfac-
tory, but it must be borne in mind that the
Democratic majority was very small; that
many Of its members were inexperienced,
and that the reform movements were en-
barrassed at every step by the powerful Rad
Teal minority and few Democrats, whose ac-
tione must remain unaccountable upon any
known theory creditable to them. However,
In q day or two we will be better able to form
q Just estimate Of the value the session has
been to the State, and In the meantime we
wish our country friends a speedy voyage
homeWard to their families.
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Gut West they have given up celebrating
the Fourth Of July, Washtngton's birthday,
etc, and celebrate instead "repudiation day"
At ghillicothe, Mo-, for instance, ut the re-
quest oil The citizens, the City Council met
March IA and repudiated the railroad bonds
Issued to the st. Louis, Brunswick and Chill
licothe City Railroad amid the Widest and
most enthusiastic shouts of the delighted
populaee In honor OF the glorious event q
citizens meeting was called Immediately nf-
forwards, the town paraded, and bonfres
lighted ON the public places. The whole cele-
bration, procession, bonfres. etc, was ex-
tremely well arranged and proved highly sat
isfnctory to the Chillicotheans and those poo
pie from the country who came to town to
Join In the festivities fully equal, many Wis
itors declare, to Mardi Gras In Memphis or
Mobile The infrequency Of holidays and
celebrations Of any kind In this country has
often been commented on. The Missouri In
vention Of "repndiation day" will, therefore,
he welcomed as adding another holiday to
the American calendar.
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It has always been the custom of country
districts to vaunt their morality as compared
with the unblushing immortality of cities
virtue dwelt In the country, vice in the city.
This idea Is apparently common to all coun-
tries. I'm France the peasant points to the
iniquities OF Paris, and In rural England, Lon
don ID regarded as tho refuge of thieves and
murderers.
carefully prepared table, just compiled
by the English government, shows much of
the absurdity Of this charge, and makes other
queer revelations In this connection. Ac-
cording to this table, lately printed in the
London Spectator, the proportion Of habitual
criminals In the population is largest In the
smaller villages. and least in the great cities.
4 OF all the cities, towns and villages of Eng
land, London possesses the fewest habitual
criminals, there being only four of these to
every 10000 inhabitants; in Liverpool they
rise to eleven In 10000, while in Taunton, the
sleepiest and most rustic Of little towns.
] there are seventeen criminals to every 10000
persons. The proportion Is found pretty
much the same throughout the kingdom, and
there seems to be no doubt that the criminal
GLASSES are comparatively scarce in the larger
cities. The report attributes this circum-
stance to the fact that the cities are well
guarded, well policed; that they present
better and more varied field for labor, and
that certain crimes are peculiar to the coun-
try. A somewhat similar showing, it may be
remembered, was made by Victor Hugo in ref
arence to Paris. The Parisians proper are, he
demonstrated among the quietest, most con-
sentative, orderly, hard working and peaceful
of people. The excuses of that great city are
altogether the fruit of the people from the |
country who have settled in Paris Although |
Paris was the birth place of the revolution OF |
1859, few ii any Of the leaders Of that revolu- |
lion were Parisians. In 1871 the chiefs of the |
communis Is we're probably without exception |
from other parts OF France, many of them |
from other countries. few more statistics
would probably altogether dissipate the vul-
zar error about country virtue and city vice.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20

The gold papers have always confidently
counted on John Sherman to defeat the silver
bill In some way or other, and they have not
trusted him In vain. Notwithstanding the
known desire Of the whole country In this
matter, notwithstanding the loud declaration
of an immense majority Of Congress there
on, Sherman has practically suspended the
issue of any silver from the mints for over
a year to come.
His excuse for this IL hardly plausible He
claims that he can only sell silver for gold
II he were to sell 1t for greenbacks it would
be practically making greenbacks receivable
for customs, as silver Is now receivable for all
such dues. He cannot pay the government
employees In silver because the supply Of
silver is not sufficient to pay all these en-
ployees, and by paying some in silver and
others In greenbacks he would be showing q
partiality and preference to some that would
arouse general dissatisfaction. For the same
reason he cannot use silver in paying the in
terest on the national debt, us he would not
be able to pay all in silver, and would create
dissatisfaction by such q system For these
reasons he thinks that the silver dollar can
be issued only for gold. AS there is very little
gold In this country there is no likei-
hood Of much silver being purchased and
placed In circulation. AS one gold organ
exclaims with delight over this decision:
"The silver men will now find themselves
defeated after all, as most of the new 80 cents
silver dollars will not find their way among
the people, but remain locked up in the
United States Treasury" In other words, the
Secretary Of the Treasury has vetoed the
silver bill, and his veto is far more effective
than the Presidents, since it practically de-
feats and nullifies the bill. The weakness of
Sherman's excuse for refusing to issue silver
dollars must be apparent at a glance. He
says that he will not pay government en-
ployees in silver and thereby get this coin
in circulation, because he cannot pay all of
them in silver. The Northern manufacturers
have been paying their employees wages,
three-fourths in greenbacks and one-fourth
in silver. The government proposes to have
its customs dues paid one-third in gold, the
other two-thirds in other currency. Why
cannot Sherman follow this practice of the
Northern manufacturers, and thereby get
silver into circulation, unless, indeed, he
intends, as he appears to do, to take on him
self the power and responsibility of overturn-
ing the verdict of the people?
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THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

In the closing hours Of the Senate yester-
day, Senator Demas, colored Republican,
offered the following preamble and resol,l-
tions, which we're unanimously adopted:
Whereas. the Lieutenant Governor. and Presl-
dent OF the Senate, The Hon. Louis A. Witt,
s s s s ssa. badr ap b}s 81
during the regular and extra sessions. which
aye given rtse to debate has by those rulings
penas Five ~ "PGn ard a KS bsar
lug towards he members Of This Senate. u both
end polite. that Il has resulted In such a rapid
dispatch OF the business pending during The
rtgular and extra sessions that the calendar OF
| this SENATE was clear upon each days adjourn
.Wh ae bis marked ability as q presiding
nae ghooF dpy hey OF h
| in the history Of the Sta o; aud
Wh-reas. that ability, with the prompt and
discussion, and perhaps confusion and bad
feeling between those Of Il different political
1 Resolp.ed L. That the thinks of the members o,
thu, Senate BE- and the same are hereby tend
cred to our honorable presiding officer for the
rsasf2nss sat forth in the foregoing preamble
Resolved. T.at, irresnectIve of party, race Or
previous 7. 60. s,ondttion.. we. The members OF the
ernor and President Of tho Senate, during both
sessions, US unbiased In the strictast sense OF
tho word. and SO believing. desire t. express
our sentiments rs hereinbefore set forth and
be II further
Resolred. That The Secretary of tho Senate
be and - her,by directed to haye these reso-
presented to the Lieutenant Governor with the
seal and, signature Of the Secretary Of the Sen
ate attached.
The very high compliment embodied in
these resolutions, offered by a colored mem
Der Of the Senate, is richly merited by Lieut..
Gov. Witt That gentleman has presided
over the deliberations Of the Senate with dig
nifty. vigor and impartlality, and by discharg-
ing his whole duty, without fear or favor, has
won applause even from his political oppo-
nents, and greatly facilitated the pub
lie business. The resolutions recite the
fact that during the session the
calendar OF the Senate has been,
by the prompt and correct rulings of
the Lieutenant Governor, kept clear This is
true; and II the Senate must incur, with the
House, the responsibility for the failure Of
many reform measures, that was no fault Of
the presiding officer, whose vigilance and
promptitude aided that body 50 efficiently In
keeping itself ready for business.
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A CARD.
To Messrs. Steers and Morse:

To Messrs. Steers and Morse:
You are respectfully informed that we will
TO-DAY "WEDNESDAY recompress at the
Champion Press. commencing at 10 o'clock a. NJ,
one hundred and fifty bales of cotton from two
Of your largest presses. and we invite you and
your friends, as well as all who take an interest
in such matters. to witness the effect of our re-
COMPRISING. We will be pleased to have you,
OF any persons you may select. to measure the
bales before and after being rpcompressed.
JOHN B. LAFITTE CO.,
Managers Louisiana Cotton Tie Company.
mh20 1t q
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WAGONS! CANE CARTS! SPOKES!
.m. III. N. SORIA.
18 and 20 Union and Is and II Perdido

Sole Agent for the celebrated "sTUDEBA-
Of all kinds and sizes.
Dealer in Philadelphia and Western Cane
Wagons, Carts and Drays: Timber Wheels !;
Wheelbarrows of all descriptions; Spokes, Fell
toes, Hubs, Shafts, etc.; Wheelwright material
Orders promptly filled. ALI work warranted
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BODLEY BROTHERS,
175 and l1D. .ConmSn street. 115 ana l1D
Between st. Charles and City Hotels.
FARM AND PLANTATION WAGONS,

Cane CARTS, Bagasse Carts. Small Carts OF all
sizes. Timber Wheels. Wbeelbarrows. bpokes.
Fslloes, Shafts, Wagon Material. Axle Grease.
etc,
This Is the Oldest and largest wagon establish
ment in the SOU h., manufacturing their own
work and guaranteeing everything they sell.
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