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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09
CORRESPONDENCE.
MaDati, Setiembre 8 de 1883.
Er. Director del BoLsT1N MERoAN
NTIL.
pnarto R;ao
Mi distinguido amigo
Puerto Rico.


Despues de nuestra Altima cores.
pondencia, ha prestAdo la Gusrdis
Civil nm servicio digno en- alto grado
de que sea tenido en- cuents por los lla
mados & premiar los desvsloa en- su
constants labor } de ests bsnemerita
cIase, distinguida como 10 que mSs 60
llevAr sl sosiego , 10 tranquilidsd 4
los vscinos que han sido presa de innu-
merAblss robOs de ganado en- extrnss
jurisdicciones;y con esa empfess, aco-
met'da con el &nimo serene y tran
uuilo, confado en- 10 nobleSs del pro-
p6sitos que les apimabs, constituy6se
en- el poblado de B.rcelonets, 81 Jef,
de 10 Inca de Vega B j., acompsnsdo
del Csbo Oousndante de este pussto,
D. Francisco Fontanet , los GaArdias
D. Jose FsrDAndes Alvares J D. Ma
nuel Cruces Pequeno, , heehss To-
eorrsspondientes investigaciones, en-
tregaron D 10 sutoridsd competents
seia bestiAs sin docamentaci6n de min.
gXu genero, 10 que NOS hace suponer
no sssn de adquisici6n legitima.
TAmbien han ido entrsgsdos 81 tri.
bunAl de esta localidad, pot los Guar.
Aas de qus dsjamos heeho mirito, tres
cabsllos en- las mismas coudicieaes que
lss bsstias ocupadas On Barcslonsta.
El cello dssplsgado por sl tribuoal
de Ambas jurisdicciouss, merses nues-
tro parabien, esfoysAndoss notab.em.n.
te para que sean aciarados loo hechos
y autores de eemejantss feekorias, y
Aunqus nos goxsmos POGO con sl NAL
Ajeno, el peso de 10 Icy rssaiga sobrs
81 que resulte culpable.
Asi 10 rsclama 10 opinion sensata,
Asi 10 reclama IN cusrpo tan distin-
guido, que viene scnmalando ssrvieios
de confederation, llsvsndo 10 tran.
quilidad ! Loo hogafssiy de sss mode
tan noble y lsvAntado, no rssultarln
irA.ilss los patrittieos servicios qns
este euerpo tan bensmtrite hs pfsstsdo
? viene prsstando 4 10 eausa del or
den, balnArts de sls trsdicionss sagra.
dAs.
Rsciban, puss, 81 afecto de nnsstrs
consideration Los lsslss 0uardiss qns
Asi enAltecen 10 honrs de o. institute
con 81 procsdsr que tisnen sersditado )
......l sdelsnte L.. sl pueblo ssnsatG
les AI IIAuds noblemsnts.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09
BOletin Mercantil.
Y usted me arranc6, doctor,
de las garras de 10 mnsrt".

DsvoIvi6ms Ia salud
con su etfuerzo sobrehumAno,
50 ciencia y 81 exsctitud,
con una solicitnd
solo digns de IN hsrmanc.
So!icitud tan sincera,
one j@mas h. de olvidar;
lsiempre Ie pude encontraF
vslaudo 4 mi cAbecerA
como un angel tutelsr!
lGraciasl PalAbra one digo
sl amab!e saivAdor,
D quien vsnsro y bendigo,
como h 1mbre, como do tor,
caal csballero y amigo!
Tomas de Asensi.
Bayam6 ;, Agosto % de 1888.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09

ducida iesde ia fiacs del MIN nom
bre, para 81 TEN olo psrroqnia', sestt
costumbre ds tolos jos Al -, NJ d4jt
NADIA a. 6 iesesr.
To1os, indistintAmentA, ieseab.n Car
gar Ia imagen, 10 qua prueba at ,men
te, one lejos de decaer ell espfritu re
ligioso, aumenta cada vez mas, = sui
sagrAdos dogmas son considerados cua
corresponds IN pueblo por e1;e'en-
cia cat6li o.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09
sUSCRIPCION

q favor dc la viuda 8 hijos
del infortunado D. Pedro
Reus.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09
LIBRETAS De IJUS1ES
PARA IA GUARDlA CIVIL
De venta en- ssta lmprent,.
PUPILOS.
MPRENTA DEL BOLETtN.

Libros escogidos. Acahaa de re-
cibirse en- esta 1mprensa, los si-
guientes.
CHArEAUBRIAND. ri Genio del
Cristisnismo, 3 tomos.-Los Martires,
SANTA TERESA DE JESUS
Cartss ~
SOLDEvILLA.-Joyas Dc 10 HE.
raturs espsfiols.
GOETHE -Werther.-Fsnstn.
n. j. de LARRA.-Obras, 1 tomos.
FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO.e-
e. Psrnsso Espsnol, 2 tomos. --Obas
ssrias-Ohrss f.stivas.
n. j. QuINTANA.-Obrss.
ALARCON.-Teatro, 2 tcna1s.
FIR. L. DE GRANADA.-GuiA Do
pscadores.
A. DE S0LIS.-Conqnista Dc NJ.
jieo.
rfeeiosOs tomos en- i2' , =, slegan.
tsmente encnadernados co tela, con
planchAs J cortes dorados.
SANDEAU.-Marisna.
j. 1SAACS.-Maria.
ii. COTlN.--Mstilde, 3 tomos.
AGUIRRE Y R0SALES.-VirRi.
nis.
REGINA n. RoCHE.-Osear ,
Amand-, 2 tomos.
] RCIZ.-Historis de Santa IsA bst.
+. COOPER. D.. Mercedes dc
Castillo.
Pillar SINUEs.-H1a, sspcsa ,
madre.
LOPEZ GARCIA.-Poesia..
BRETON DE Los HERR EROS.
-Obras sseogidas.
vELARDE -Ohrss pcetieas.
=. pARDO BAZAN.-San Fr1n.
eisee De Asia.
DASTE.-LA Divina Ccmedis.
HLfU Y C0DISA.-LAs Hsass
del Mar. Q tenOs.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09
PONCE.


Suma. 80. 10000
Cuya suma, la de Ponce, nos ha
Dido remitida por el expresado Sr.
Gilet ' nosotros hemos entregado
GD. Miguel Pons, de 10 Oomisi6D
COnstituida al efect0.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09

Ia llnvia ss sxcssiva; y sl Slbado en-
ID noche 10 creciente del rio (, mo pro-
porciones extrsordipafias, dsrribandO
algunos trt sos de pieSss de esns ! 10
6nca Monserrste, del pr pietario D.
Salvador Calaf, srrendsds por % Er.
bio D. Federico del mismo spellido..
No % tiene copocimiento exAeto De
lHs ! erdidss que se hsysn Ocssionsdo, J
no hey que lsmsntar desgraeias ptrso.
nalss.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09

IN III )TAuO A}CdlIc u6 paIE0u'
,luitas don Perfecto Paradf4.
A entada la reuuncia de don
Pedro T. Garcia de Qlevedo de
cargo de Secreiario Ayuutamiento
.le p, liuelas.
Nombrado Secretsrio del Ayuu.
tamiento de Maricao don jose E.
Rios H-rnandez, que ocupaba ei
primer lugar de Ia terna propues,
ca al efucto.
Como resultado de concurso
han sido nombrados:
Para "a escuela elemental de e.
case de B.yam6n ell Professor
elemental don Ru6no Maldonado
Para "a de igual clase de Bar
celoneta el Professor don Autoni,
G. R ,das y
Para la de J J.ncos, de Ia misms
'ategorfs, previa reuuucis de
propuesto y con sujeci6n d la or
den de la Direction General de II
de Noviembre de 1886, ell Profe
aor don Diego San y Simon.
En- la pr6xima semans SO paga'
ran por ia Real Hacienda las 81
guientss facturas del sorteo nj
nero ll?:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09

para mejor acuerdo do los Sc
fores concurrentes a Ia designa-
Ci6n de los que han de sustituirle,
se comedian seis minutes. Trans
curridos 6stos, go procedi6 . dicho
acto, res1ltando elegidos los seno'
res que sc expresan para los cargos
siguientes:
Presidsnte,
Don jose Domingo Bensen.
Vice. Presidents,
D. Plaeido Polanco.
TocGles:
Don Antonio j. Font.
D. Manuel Gonzalez.
D. Anselmo Rosa.
d. Martin Muhiz.
Seorstarie,
Don Juan Mariani.
Acto continue el 6r. Presidente
orden6 que SO libren tres copias de
este particular, uns para remitir
al Excmo. Sr. Jefe del Partido, y
las otras dos para los Sres. Direc-
torres del BoLETIN MEROANTIL 6
Integridad Nacional.
Y no habiendO Otra cOsa de que
trstsr, Sc di6 por terminado el acto.
que firman los se1ores concurren-
tes.o
Es copia conforme con el original
de su contenido, v para remitir al
Er. Director del BoLETrN MERCAN-
TIL, 6rgano del Partido, libro Ia
presente en- Rinc6n, q 5 de Setiem.
bre de 1888.
El Secretario. - Juan Mariani,
" BEL Presidente.-D0ming0.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09

In medic Dc bnmsroso seompshs.
lAivnto , copfundidas todas hs elsses
6s In Sociedsd, % llss6 1 sfetto, sI
DumirEO prbximc pasado, 10 pfoessisp
Nh Yirg'n Dc AVnasnsss, 9us, epn-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09

A Ia hora en- que cerramos ls pre-
sente llueve flertemeute, promo .ticc
segaro de una regular creciente de rio
que ocasionara perdidas a los hscan-
dsdos que tengAn sus plantaciones in
meiiatas 4 sus margenes.
H,sta Ia p'6xim~ sc despide So
stento = 8. 3.
n z g M
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09
aACETA DE HOY.

N mbrado Acalde de Barran.
.luitas don Perfecto Patadi4.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09
:. ALUNSU. % iuinas 5. Justo.' to-


AUTONhAEU Dc LA HEAL CAHAs
Con titulo honorifco por 8, NJ. el Rey. Premiado
con medalla de plata mencion honorihca.
Hace personalme1te toda clase de resra.o on 81
1nevo Establishments lprlmeso en- 80 cIase) dc
10 ia nanana Q 8 dc 10 tarde, annque u dia sea
uublado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09

Subastas.
Prosidencias jadiciAlss.
AyuntAmientos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09
GUIA LOCAL.
S0BaINOS. De EzQUIAGA.
FORTALEZA z.

CASA de giros y comisi6n. Agen-
tes de los correos de Espaila y
Oompailia Atlas de los Estados-
Unidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1888-09-09

0.rs yes los GgArri!lo. d "a
Corona A"~~tNrvna, y do oFo aao,
negucou aas faoEicAnsua. kssss CO.
g4Faia.es. soaa al esolnao dU q deal,
ca y &c "a m@T.
Agc4g1s, sxva- saeA de L, e..
S4saas J Ia
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-08
Just as Ridiculous.

We laugh at the immense hoops, the
small bonnets and punched waists of
thirty years ago, and yet our present
fashions will appear quite as ridiculous to
our grandchildren. Regarded from dis
passionate point of view, could anything
be more absurd than the women of the
day with their immense bustles, like the
humps on the backs of dromedaries, ris-
ing abruptly from waists like those of
attenuated wasps, and shoulders dis
torted by the compression of the corset?
Ridicule is of no avail, appeals to common
sense are just as useless, and unless the
woman of the future is very different
being from the woman of the past and
present hideous, uncomfortable and in
furious fashions will reign with just as
despot;c sway as they have ever done.
We are SO swathed in the garments of
conventionality that our forms, COM
pressed and distorted out of all semblance
of symmetry, appear to US as beautiful as
the free and natural limbs of the Greeks
Of old. Each woman should be independ-
ent enough to assert her own individ-
uality, and attire herself in garments that
are at the same time graceful and becom-
ing. When the age of reason in dress has
been attained, then, indeed, will women
bask in the sunlight of the golden age of
comfort, beauty and health, and revel in
the delight of limbs unfettered with
heavy, clinging draperies and forms un-
compressed by stiff, ungainly stays.-A. de
Montaigu in Dress.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-08
The Contagion of Yawning.

"Did you ever notice how contagious
yawning is?" said a round faced young
man waiting for Harlem train the other
afternoon at the Park place station of
the Sixth Avenue Elevated road. "You
can make any man yawn if you go about
It properly" continued the young man.
II have to travel up and down to Harlem
4 good deal, and l amuse myself that way.
Women yawn oftener than men, and fat
men oftener than lean men. The best
time to make them yawn is early in the
morning and late at night. Then all they
want is hint and off they go. One night
last week | sat next to an old gentleman.
He got on at Chambers street and rode up
TO Forty second street. made him yawn
5wenty-seven times. Then l was tired,
but the old fellow had gone into the
habit, and l thought he would split his
jaws, he kept them so far apart"
The young man had hardly seated him
self in the car before he turned around
and stared straight at workingman op-
posite, who, of course, looked at him.
Then the young man leaned his head lazily
against the window, closed his eyes,
opened his mouth very wide and began to
yawn with great deiiberation and an air
Of utter weariness. The man in the blue
overalls became interested and stared in
tently at the wide open mouth and the
closed eyes. The young man put up his
hand in affectation of covering his mouth,
and then, as if it was no use to try to
check an overpowering impulse, he drew
his hand away, threw his head still fur
ther back and uttered that sound peculiar
to the hearty yawner-ho-ho- A mo-
ment later the man in the blue overalls
gave evidence Of twitching of the jaws,
spasm shot across his cheeks and then
his mouth opened and he yawned SO wide
that it appeared as though he were going
to divide and the top of his head would
go on up into space. The workingman
was now started, and all the way up he
kept yawning every few moments Then
the young man turned his attention to an
old lady opposite with equal succcss.--
New York World.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-08
American Inventions in Madrid.

The Spaniard makes no distinction be-
tween Enghshmen and North Americans,
but labels them indiscriminately as in
gleses." American" here means South
American, and if you tell the natives you
are an American they are apt to express
surprise that you do not speak Spanish as
fuently as they do. What is particularly
aggravating is to find number of Ameri-
can inventions utilized in Spain and in
variably placed to the credit of the In
gleses." Twas annoyed to find that street
cars are supposed to be an English inven-
ton; but my Indignation rose to fever
heat when | entered a place marked
English Drinks" and found-a genuine
American soda water fountain, an article
positively unknown in England
The word "Ingleses" meets the eye at
every corner in modern Madrid. There
are for sale English hats, English crav It's,
English biscuits, English candles and
matches, etc. One also comes across
German goods occasionally lithographic
establishment or Wagner opera in the
window of a music store by the side Of
Carmen" but the English predominates,
even over the French, which has always
hitherto made it's influence felt in Madrid.
In fact, the Spanish capital has never been
a thoroughly Spanish city, Though
known to history almost thousand years,
it remained mere village until Charles
V made it his occasional residence, and
Phillip II, in 1860, his capital and even
then it did not grow with special rapidity,
for of its 500, 900 inhabitants, 300, 600 have
been added in the last thirty years-con-
sequently large part of the city has an
essentially modern aspect, resembling
other European cities.-Cor New York
POST
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-08
Helena Montana. Thursday, November g. 1888
R..,ht nosee s-c- rsc:sc..-s-

Contemplate now the doings Of one
whose acts according to Kant have no
moral worth. He goes through his daily
work not thinking Of duty to wife and
child, but having in his thought the
pleasure of witnessing their welfare; and
on reaching homo he delights to see his
little girl with rosy cheeks and laughing
eyes eating heartily. When he hands
back to shopkeeper the shilling given in
excess of right change, he does not stop
to ask what the moral law requires: the
thought of profting by the mans mis-
take is intrinsically repugnant to him.
One who is drowning he plunges in to
rescue without any idea Of duty, but be-
cause he cannot contemplate without
horror the death which threatens. If for
a worthy man who is out of employment
he takes much trouble to find place, he
does it because the consciousness of the
mans difficulties is painful to him, and
because he knows that he will benefit not
only him but the employer who engages
him; no moral maxim enters hismind.
When he goes to see sick friend the
gentle tones of his voice and the kindly
expression of his face show that he IS
come not from any sense of obligation,
but because pity and a desire to raise his
friends spirits have moved him. If he
aids in some public measure which helps
men to help themselves, it is not in pur-
suance of the admonition edo as you
would be done BY" but because the dis
tresses around him make him unhappy
and the thought of mitigating them gives
him pleasure. And so throughout; he
ever does the right thing, not in obedience
to any injunction, but because he loves
the right thing in and for itself. And
now who would not like to live in world
-''The Ethics of Kant" by Herbert Spen-
Ger, in Popular Science Monthly.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-08
Life on a Cattle Ranch.

The men are called at 8 o'cloc!, II the
morning, and, after hasty brcG.:f2st Of
bacon and coffee, some are detailed by the
foreman to ride out and drive all tho cattle
they can find within certain radius into
camp, while the others keep them in q
herd, when they are driven in. AS soon
as they are all in, the representatives of
each "outfit, in turn, ride through them
and cut out every animal with their brand
upon it and herd them apart. Occasion
ally COW breaks away from the herd and
q rider starts after her at full speed, and
after an exciting chase drives her back
again.
When the cutting out is completed
each ''outft" begins to brand it's calves
A rider ropes a calf by the hind leg,
throws it and drags it toward the fire;
one man then holds it by the hind legs.
while another sits on its shoulder and it
is branded on it's side and has its ear
notched. This is an exciting scene as the
calves are bleating, the men shouting,
roping~and wrestling with them and the
fires are blazing. Sometimes when they
rope a vigorous young steer they have
great difficulty in holding him and it re-
quires five or six men to do so. The night
Is divided into watches of two hours
length and the men take turns in keeping
the cattle in herd. 1t is the most ex-
citing part of the cattle business, but it
Is very hard life, as a man is in the
saddle all day and only gets few hours
sleep.-W. Lynn Wilson in Detroit Free
Press.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-08
LeCturing the Natives.

-Four native carriers were missing
They had got homesick, and run away in
the night. knew well that as soon as
the other three men of their tribe heard
the news, they would 60 and do likewise,
so ordered them to be told what had
happened, and then sent to my tent.
Their dialect was quite unknown to me,
and yet l must impress them somehow.
They appeared, and, like the Judge put
ting on the black cap, drew my revolver
from under my pillow, laid it before me,
and proceeded to address them. Begin
ming with few general remarks on the
weather, first briefly sketched the geol-
ogy OF Africa. and then broke into an i'm
passioned defense of the British constitu-
tion.
The three miserable sinners--thev had
done nothing in the world-quaked Like as
pens. then followed up my advantage by
intoning, in voice of awful solemnity, the
enunciation of the forty y-seventh PROPOSE.
tion of Euclid, and threw all my energy
into blood curdling "quod erat demon
strandum."
Scene two followed when I was alone:
turned on my pillow and wept for
shame. It was prodigious piece Of ras-
cality, but it succeeded perfectly.
These men were, to the end, the most
faithful I had. They felt that they owed
me their lives, for, according to African
custom, the sins of their fellow tribesmen
should have been visited upon them, and
they never forgot my clemency.-'Tropi-
cal Africa"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-08
Example for HoIfQay seekers.

When Maestro Verdi arrived at Monte
catini to take the waters and with them q
well earned holiday, he found that the
chief niece of furniture in the suite of
rooms prepared for him was a piano.
Without saying a word, the composer took
the music of his "Trovatore," which had
been put on the music stand as gentle
ovation, locked the piano, and said to the
son Of the hotelkeeper, Take me to the
place whence can see the deepest abyss" ="
The young man, somewhat abashed at the
proposal, made in solemn tones, led Verdi
to the top of the Marienberg, whence the
latter, who was SO tired that he was
hardly able to stand. hurled the key into
the depths. saying, 1.-THE Virgin be
praised! now have accomplished an act
which Will greatly help me to enjoy and
benefit by my stay On the day of my de-
parture from here will see that the key
Is replaced" Holiday seekers, go and do
likewise. leaving behind you the keys Of
whatever workshops ye come FROM
Home Journal.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-08
How Washington Keeps Cool.

Domestic life has been adapted to hot
weather here as nowhere else. In the first
place every thrifty housewife begins in
May to prepare for hot weather. The
carpets are all taken up and packed away
from the moths, cool straw mattings are
placed on the floors, or more frequently
the floors are neatly stained and left bare,
the portieres are slowed on the closet
shelf and inviting linen covers put on all
the upholstered furniture. The whole
winter aspect of the house disappears,
more air is admitted through the curtain
less windows, awnings are put over sunny
doorways and in the larger dooryards
rustic seats are placed in the shadows of
overhanging vines and shrubbery A sup
ply of low seated, wickerwork chairs,
with bows Of bright colored ribbon effec-
lively tied to their backs, are brought out
on front stoops at nightfall and strips of
carpet are spread from the top step to the
sidewalk. 1t is here the family gathers
as soon as the sun goes down, and late
into the night, until the almost unfailing
southern breeze springs up, nearly all
Washington may be found on the door
steps.-Washington Cor. Providence
journal.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-11-08
New Sort of HOsDital.

A new sort of hospital building is de-
scribed in LIE Genie Civil, which seems to
have many advantages. The principle Of
construction seems to be the formation of
an iron shell, to which is a wooden lining,
capable of being readily removed and re
placed. The lining keeps the room cool
in summer and warm in winter, while
steam and water pipes can be carried
through it, and, by means of ridge venti-
lator, air can be withdrawn from the
room at any desired point by cutting open
ings into the space between the two
shells. After being used for a sufi-
ciently long time, the structure may be
taken to pieces, the iron work sprayed
with carbolic acid and painted, and the
wooden lining strips disinfected by baking
or by washing with carbolic acid or bichlo-
ride of mercury, after which the whole
can be put together again for renewed
service. The expense of this complete
disinfection is estimated at 5 per cent. on
the original cost of the structure, which,
in Paris, is about $500 for each bed, for
twelve bed pavilion, including all the
iron work, carpentry, painting and glaz-
ing, plumbing, gas fitting and steam
heating, together with the beds and mat
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