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The National tribune., 1891-10-22
A CnnIentlnnaI cusinm.


One of the simplest instincts OF good manners
would seem TO be that a man should uncover
his head while eating his dinner with his
family; yet it is pretty certain that the first
gentlemen Of England two centuries ago habit
ually wore their hats during that ceremony,
nor is il known just when or why the practice
was changed. In Pepys's famous Diary"
which is the best manual of manners Tor its
period, we read, under date of Sept. %. 1861 {:
" Home TO bed having got a strange cold in my
head by finging of my hat at dinner, and
sitting with the wind in my neck" In Lord
Clarendon's essay on the decay of respect paid
10 age, he Says that in his younger days lie
never kept his hat on before those older than
himself, except at dinner. Lord Clarendon
died in 1914. That the English members OF
Parliament sit with their hats on during the
sessions is well known, and the same practice
prevailed at the early town meetings in New
England. The presence or absence of the hat
is therefore simply a conyeationality, and so il
is with a thousand practices Which are held. 50
long rs they exist, to DO the most unchange-
able and matter of course affairs
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Why lie Wanted his PerImmOn, Green.


With the immortal Stonewall Jackson. strag-
Cling, especially during a forward march, was
an objectionable Otiense; but there was one
instance in which it was promptly eond0ned.
During one Of the forced marches, along in the
Summer of 90, through the pines aud simmons
regions he stopped to consult with some gem
eral officers until the whole command had
passed some distance. Riding forward TO the
front, he discovered a private of his old brigade
up n 'smmOn tree.
what are you doing so far in the rearf "
cried the General.
al am eating simmons" said the soldier.
why, they're not ripe" said the General,
with some sarcasm.
81 know it," said the soldier. 81 want 'en
green"
"Why do you eat green 'simmons7" said old
Blue Light.
ITO draw my stomach up to fit my ratlOnS,'
said old Web Foot.
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We had still four hours before we should
reach the point where the ascent began, SO we re-
entered our compartment and tried 20 restrain
our disgust. But what with drunken men,
drunken half nude women, and drunkest cry
ing, vomiting babies, we had an awful time
The woman next me impartialy slept on her
husbands or my shoulder while the babies
rolled around
on THE FLOOR.
At last we stopped. and fastening TO Rlight
sought out the engineer, by him were intro
duced TO the new one, aud obtained the re-
Quired permission TO ride on the engine. Here
we laid in our days meal. and for the second
half franc got two sticks Of bread, pound Of
Bologna sausage and bottle OF fair red wine,
leaving our cash in hand three francs above
travelling expenses
Placing our grip-sacks on tho tender, and
seating ourselves on the water-tank, We dis
cussed our frugal repast aud related TO the
amused engineer our situation. We could now
laugh no il, for there was no use being low
spirited. II we went hungry, what did it
mattCr2
The half hour Of waiting passed quickly, and
by ms end we were on pleasant terms with the
engineer and fireman At this place diligence
was provided for those who preferred 10 ride
over the mountain in the old-iashloned way,
and much 10 our surprise fully half the passen-
gers went that way. Once started we made
the lower two-thirds Of the ascent rapidly,
passing close TO the entrance 10 the tunnel. The
time by rail over was eight hours; by the tun-
mel il is now one and half hours. The last
third was very grand. The road ran along the
edge of deep rayinos then into a tunnel or
elbow, and so criss cross, each turn IN tunnel
until the summit was almost reached.
Then came the real ing The
GRADE WAS VERY STEEP.
The engine, going full speed, got half way mp
the incline, then stopped aud slid slowly back.
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How Peanuts Grow.

Did you ever see peanuts growing" asked
a we'll known produce dealer yesterday. "Well.
down in Georgia you can sec them grow, and
they do say that If you listen right hard you
can also hear them grow. But. do you know,
they raise tho biggest kind, or COOLERS down in
southern Illinois. The Egyptians have no use
for the word peanut though. They call them
'gOober pease' IL has been my business to buy
COOLERS in the field, and in pulling up three OF
four vines you can estimate the entire yield Of
the patch very fairly. The fine fber5 Of the
roots are crowded with the peanuts, just as the
small roots Of the potato vines are filled with
little potatoes. ] have met numberless persons
who supposed that peanuts grew on trees. and
others who thought they came from large
bush. In fact. there is direful amount OF
ignorance extant about the little nut"
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Again we tried with the same result But the
third time we kept going, though slowly, and
reached the summit
II was now dark, being about ] o o'clock when
we commenced the downward plunge on the
Italian side With brukes hard set we dashed
on into the darkness. The sparks few ia
showers from the wheels aud the odor Of hot
iron peunoatcd the air. There was no moon,
and as We went roaring into the darkness Of a
tunnel and then out into the starlight, there
was little difference, for tic engine headlight
dimmed the light Of the stars and illumiued
the tunnel
We had descended some distance when we
noticed away OF on the plain before Us num-
beers Of huge fires. We counted more than 80.
Could there be CONGREGATIONS in all the viii
laRes2 Consulting the engineer, be informed
us that the people were celebrating the Pope's
Goth birthday, or the 50th Of his occupation OF
the Papal Sec, or perhaps both, by huge bonfres
all over Italy.
The light Of these hrcs added much to the
WIERD RIDE
downward, which lasted for over two hours. II
Was a ride never 10 be forgotten. When we
reached the foot Of the mountain.we returned
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The nennle al the Morld,. Dl.nensnrv of Rnt.

The people at the Worlds Dispensary Of Buff
falo n. Y, have a stock taking time once
year aud what do you think they dor Count
the number Of bottles thapye boon returned
by the men and women who say that Dr.
Pierco's Golden Medical Discovery or DR..
Plerce's Fayorite Prescription didn't do what
they said il would DO.
And how many do you think they have TO
count. One in tenp Not one ia fire htmdredl
Here are two remedies-One tho Golden
Medical Discovery" for regulating aud inyig-
Grating the liver and purifying the blood; the
other, the hope Of weakly womanhood they've
been sold for years, sold by the million bottles
sold under positive guarantee. aud not one in
five hundred can say: " IL was not the medi-
cine for mel" And-is there any reason why
you should be the onel And-supposing you
are, what do you losef Absolutely nOiLingl
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ability" Once more we went over the bin
item by item.
Look horelp said ]. Clarke paid for that
champagne cash. That's two francs and a half
for grub anyway, and we can walk 10 the sta
tion and save another franc"
While Dick packed our grip-saclss ] went
down stairs 10 the Office and had profound ar
Rument with the cashier, ia which ] proved
10 him that as we brought the candles with Us,
which we bad paid Tor in the hotel al Neu
ehatel, and the soap ditto Ia Lmccme, we had
carefully avoided theirs, which were unused,
and stiil la The room. As We had only hand
Eatchuls he could not charge for bringing trunks
from the station, and as 10 the champagne the
waiter who had served MS, knowing that Mr..
Clarke, resident o. Geneva, could be brought
O. testify against him, acknowledged 10 il hav-
ing been paid Tor Ia cash.
Then Ia a quiet WAY ] remarked that az we
were going 10 see friends before We left, there
would be no charge for the omnibus to the sta
ti0n. Our bill was settled as corrected, and
then with the
AIR OF AILLIoNkIREs,
Dick aud marched out Of the Hotel de Russo
and promptly made q bee-line for the station
We took third class tickets for Turin, and
in 10 minutes were rolling out Of Geneva with
enough money 10 pay for our passage 10 Nice,
and four francs ls0 cents 10 provide two
hungry NidshiImen with food for three dave
We bad plenty Of food for thought IN the
narrow escape we had made Of not being able
90 pay our bin. and in the disagrocablc alterna-
tive we had In lurrying through. We had
intended walking part OF tie way, but our
leave was TOO nearly up 10 make il safe 20
linqer on with so small margin as so cents.
happy-go-lucky, as an Midshipmcn are, our
spirits were not long overshadOwed by the
matter and VIC soon turned our attention to the
views Of Mount Blanc and the various mount
aims in sight, the costumes Of the natives in the
fields, and the actions OF the party we had In
the train.
There were two families, husband, wife and
two children each, the two youngest still I'M
wcaned, aud fully allowed osolace their appe-
titles. The women, apparently without notion
OF immodesty. kept their dresses open the most
OF the time. After about an hour these people
produced baskets Of food and wine, and kept
appealing all day. The red rough claret Of the
country was freely imbibed, even the suck ing
babies being given an allowance. The wine
seemed 10 be strong, Tor all Of them became
QUITE MAUDLEG,
and were 50 disagreeable q company that we
should have been glad 10 change our car. But
Il was fast train aud we had no chance til
about three. when We crossed the frontier into
France Our passports were all right and ouI
baggage easily inspected, 20 we had fully al
hour 90 look about
Among other things we did was 10 find ont
al about the route over the Mount Cents Pass
where the railroad reaches the summit by Ions
Eig-MFs The present tunnel had been noarl,
Al not quite cut through, but was not open
We found that the engineer, ScOtchman whit
WA 10 run our train 10 Tie foot Of the Pass
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The Logic OF IN.

Rev. Whangdoodle Baxter undertook TO en-
tighten a dark little Sunday kid.
"Who am do fodder of Zebedee's childrunsf
Talk up now, niggah."
81 dunno Dey dom live In our neighbor-
hood"
"What am de name oh ehildruns what Ibis
next door 10 yer2"
"Yerger."
"What is do name Of their fodder1"
"Kunel Yerger, sah."
snow tell me who am de fodder OF Zebedee's
childruns2"
"Kurnel Yerger, OBJ course"
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Dick and i had been taking turns during
our trip in acting as paymaster, settling at
each weeks end; but this, the fourth week,
had been upon combined basis as neither Of
ne had enough money 10 square the bills alone.
Ringing the bell called Tor the bill, aud when
Il bad been rendered we went over il, exam
lining each item carefully, for the grand total
exceeded our expectations. The candles and
soap come of sure" said Dick; that's 10
francs, and the baggage makes three more"
" Two hundred and forty-l3 oli'-227; and
have just 2j0 Ia the bag" said j, after coun ing
out the coin.
Seven francs and a half in my pocket" said
Dick; land ten in mine" Clipped in !.
Forty francs and hall 10 pay our way back
10 Nice. How I'm the world
COULD WE MAKE TT
After careful examination OF time tables
and guide books we found that a train leaving
Geneva at 10 a. m, going over the Mt Gents
Pass 10 Turin, and then south 90 a small town,
Cunie, just north OF the Lower Alps, would
place as there la "a hours, and our two tickets
cost 80 francs, going third class. From Cunie
q stage left every day for Nice; fare five francs
each.
Good" said Dick ave get back all o. K"
/" But what are we 10 eat during the 70-odd
hours2" inquired 1. can live on air for a
while, but three days ] fear is beyond my
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said words which / translated freely as Good
for you! DO il some more!"
Once broken In and having won my spurs,
had the choice OF partners and danced with
every one ] saw. But am fair TO confess that
danced with my first partner moro than any
other, for she had, so TO speak, discovered me
and had prior rights.
Speaking Of waltzing. these Latin races GER
tainly put more life into il than we do, not in
dancing faster, but in throwing their whole
body soul thought into their steps. They
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RobI,y'a VersIon of n.

tSmih, Gray Il Co.'S hoHbdUl
~Bool" exclaimed Robby, as he jumped out
Of dark corner.
ooh. how you startled mel" said the agi-
tsted curate.
+" How funny! That reminds me Of the first
thing the grasshopper said to his Creator"
unused Robby.
Its very strange ] never heard Of that.
What the first thing tho grasshopper said
% his CreatOTT" asked Mr.. Msidenhearte, in
teresiedly.
Good Lord How you made me Jumpl"
was Robby's response.
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nc Imonnt of Sleep.

DR.. Cold. a German specialist, comes out
strongly for more sleep for children. Infants,
he says, should sleep most Of the time, and this
Is generally allowed them. But children from
six TO seven are robbed generally Of their sleep,
and the change affects their health. From 10 to
IL tho average child only gtts eight or nine
hours sleep. while he needs 10 or IL. Until
one is 81, nine hours sleep is necessary 10 keep
up the physical balance. Even an adult. the
German specialist thinks. needs from eight TO
nine hours sleep every day.
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GoIng for TarsheJ.

Milton Montgomery. Co. q. s5th Ind, Vista,
Mo, is deeply Rngered at the recreant Tarsuey
for his going back on his comrades, and his
rebel prOpensties While drawing q salary
of ST, 900 year for employment of scarcely half
his time, he assaults poor veterans who get q
pitiful SlI4 year. Comrade Montgomery says
there is not Union soldier in the State of
Missouri in accord with this reeTeant.
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Pound.

Contractors Inspector-Is there a man named
Crooley on tho work here?
Gang man-They Is.
Inspector-Do you know himf
Gang man-Oi do. He's frind that niver
TURNED his back on me yit.
Inspector-Where can find him1
Gang man-Right ferninsht yea, sor.
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wss friend Of tie one who ran the train over
another Scotchman. Half francs worth Of
liquor opened IBIS heart So that he promised 20
get us permission 20 ride on the locomotive up
and over The mountain
This WIS just what we wanted, for then we
should have chance 10 got The views an around
Instead of out Of one little window on one
side We should also probably avoid being
6lept upon by our drunken nCiRlbOra, for We
found that we could not otherwise change our
position, AL the other tlird-class compartments
being fall.
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dance all through and through In dead earnest
and with a lightness that amounts almost 10
floating.
After an hour Of dancing, some red wine was
passed around, and then the dance went on, not
only in this house but in several others the
musician sitting in the street. so that his music
could be heard al about. At the second panso
in the dance gave one Of the men our remain
ing half franc 10 get wine, and the whole com
pauy drank with US. What cared we IL we had
not cent? We had music and dancing pretty
girls and good fellowship. Tomorrow we
would take our chance.
Again we whirled in
THE DIZZY WALTZ
and kept IL up till the coachman's horn an
nounced the hour Of departure was at hand.
We then announced that we must 90, as We left
on the diligence, but we were impOrtuned to
stay over till tomorrow. We were offered
quarters in bali Rdozen houses. Cunie insisted
that We should remain, but though we would
have been delighted the stubborn fact that our
tickets had been taken and that our last penny
had been spent left no alternative. With sOr-
row we refused their pleasing aud generous
offers, pleading Official necessities, aud when
they gTaspcd the idea that we really must 90
the whole party, now swelled 20 half a hundred,
escorted MS TO the diligence aud gave US a rous-
ing send-oh.
As the coach started they shouted good
wishes and invitations 10 return after Us, and
we both were really sorry that we could not re-
main; and although Cuuie is a one-hOrss little
town it will always have soft corner in my
heart.
Slowing ourselves away az best we could, the
night passed slowly, for sleep Was almost i'm
possible. Every jolt threw as about, while ID
took all our efforts 30 save ourselves knocks and
bruises. Tired out at last, we d0zed and finally
awoke 20 find the privacy OF our hitherto-empty
coach broken into by three passengers-a gray
| Franciscan friar, a understanding middle aged
| female, and rAscally- looking Jew. We having
taken the two corner seats at the back, the friRI
and the Jew took the front scat, aud tho woman
chose the middle seat between Us. With this
wedge 10 keep NJ steady we soon dropped of q
sound sleep. All day long we crawled up steer
| mountain roads and ratified down equally steer
ones. Tho rests for meals offered no pleasures
for Us, and except few berries we went hungry
and thirsty until the diligence rolled into th,
fair city Of Nice at p m.
Once again we were rich The diligence By
our order dropped us at the Hotel Chauvan
the largest and best In the place. A dinner o
| all the dclcacies OF the season, washed dowr
by the most expensive wine; large donbl,
| room, orders for breakfast and a carriage th,
next morning. We were rich, the ship wa
near, our credit was good, our penury WAS over
But yet those jolly hours Of absolute poverty
at Cune were not TO be forg0tten-not even no
grotted-eKcept that we had been forced {,
leave there. But then, perhaps il was for TIA,
best. Some fellow might have gotten jealou
At one Of US and stuck knife between his ribs
As il is Cunle will always be remembered
pleasantly.
D.
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He Wa. an Honest Man.

tSmth, Gray q Co.'S EonnIVl
Five or six persons saw him pick up q $40
gold piece from the floor OF the stTeet-car, and
two or three said, simultaneously:
al dropped that"
"Pm an honest man." replied the finder,
"and IL ! knew who lost this | would restore
IL, but none Of you fellows own Il. The man
who dropped it got OF the cars three squares
hRek -
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the old lady, was soon whirling around and
brought all my best knowledge of the waltz
into play. always prided myself on knowing
how 90 make my step accord with my partners.
but when we had whirled for about 10 minutes
j stopped. seeing that all the rest had. was
startled by shouts of /" Bravo I" and my partner
with great yigor slapped me on the back and
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ITO Be oontinued.)
A CorrrcIIon.

IN our Issue Of Sept "a, In an article entitled
" Honorng Army Nurses i'm Los Angles Cal, :"
our correspondent was in error regarding one
name. lie had IL Mrs. Susan Mcclure, when
IL should have been Mrs. Ellen MeCleye. Mrs.
McCleve served as an Army Nurse when she
WAS Miss Ellen Egau, and did good service for
the old veterans
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ISmih. Gray & co.'s Ifonihly.I

Customer (being measured for q suit Of
clothesl-I am a little short.
Tailor STRENGTHENING upl-I can't do t.; no
use talking. Your last bill was allowed to run
over a year, and there amt any money in
the
Cnstomer-Don't ret unduly excited. was
merely going TO remind you that am little
short in the arms
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UR funds are get
ting low, Dick" said
] 10 my companion,
one morning after we
had been in Geneva
four days, and in
Switzerland almost a
month. T" That ring
you bought yesterday
made a big hole in our
surplus. j shall get
our bill right of, for !
am suspicious that the
money bag won { stand
many DAYS moro"
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LPrank Admission.
The EpOeh.l

"sambo. where did all those chicken feathers
on yOur coat come from9
dunno. massa, but hab my 'splshuns-dat
measly niggah, Sam JohnslnR, ! jss traded
coats wifi am none To good
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New Music.

1--WE Loved that Dear Old Flag" Words by
Comrades Arthur w. Moore, of Post 391, and
music by ComraGe Edgar w. Sherwood Of the
same Post, Rochester, N. Y. This Is q stirring
patriotic song. that Is sure to become very
popular. 10 is beautifully gotten up with a
brilliant title-page. Price 50 cents. Published
by tho Central Music Co., Rochester, ". Y.
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CrImn Irnlnsf Rnsfon-

Briggs-Where Is Spunker2
Grigss-Gone abroad for his health.
Brggs-What was the matter2
GHgg-IIo undertook to lead a Boston ger
man la Il rE cnat
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Tie HIght Of BIIss.

tHrpsT'S Young Fsoplel
snow" said the teacher on the opening day
OF school, !" | want you 20 tell me what you all
enjoyed most during your vacation2"
Sleeping late in the morning" was the
charms
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Birds oraFeaiher.

Westerner-From the East, sin't yer
Easternor-Yes. Pm President Of the
Twenty lfth National Bank Of New York.
Mesterner-You don't say sol Pm right
glad 20 meet you'll Pm Missouri train robber
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70 our places in the cars, and by accident get
ting into an empty scc0nd-class compartment
bad a long and SQUAD sleep, waking TO End our
selves ia Turin NJ in the morning
Here we spent another franc for breakfast
and crossing the city on foot took the cars for
Cuuie al 3, arriving there 40 10 a. m. We saw
little Of Turin, posting right on 10 take the
diligence az Cune, which was scheduled 10
leave on the arrival Of the train; but, alas. il
had been changed and left at 10 p m, so we
were condemned to pass the day in this little
out-of-tbe.wsy place.
Purchasing our tickets and getting good seats
IN the diligence, we found we had two francs
left. Al the hotel IN the town we ordered a
dinner, cheap az ono franc, for we bad the use
Of the hotel parlor all day. Making this our
base we walked tie town over visited some
ruins aud picked almost a meal Of berries; hut
tune passed slowly. While at the window in
the hotel we watched the women Of the neigh
boThood sitting IN the narrow cool streets be-
fore their doors. with their spinning wheels
and sewing We walked 10 the first corner aud
found a billiard-lab for
FOUR CENTS A GAME.
We played as long games as we desired, and so
worried away the time all 4, when we ate our
duner, and then slroiled up and down the
street smoking
We had pusscd 10 and fr0scveral times, when
. pleasant faced mair0n accostcd us aud ia the
patOis Of the country Picdmontose, which is
hybrid between French, Spanish aud Italian
asked rs 10 st down, bringing out chairs. This
we did, aud there we answered Ms best We
could series Of questions about ourselves
where We came from, who We were, where we
were going. Bot what with the difficulty Of IN
Outstanding thom and our own attempts 10 so
| miugle the three languages as 30 produce Pied
/ muntese, IL slow work and caused much
murriment NJ our expense. The neighb0s drew
their chairs around, and soon We had quite a
| full audience.
They were all pleasant featured, some Of
the young women being fairly handsome but
Of a coarse, provincial type. AZ the twilight
act iu there came stroiing in the men Of the
] place, from their fields or vineyards. One
1 answering 10 cries Of Antonio, 20 and get
your music" finally appeared with . either, on
which he played most admirably. Soon the
sound OF feet on the bare, hRrd-packed earth
floor Of house close by attracted our Etten-
ton, aud upon looking ia we found the
younger people enjoying waltz
Soon muscular,
FINE-LOOKING GIRL
advanced 20 me- aud la most winning tone
Gskod BRili2" Indeed / could aud would
II 1uEsinp INV hat iUr "A bsl ~ INV drsff riand
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FINK-1ooKINa GIRL

advanced 20 M, aud la most winning tones
Gskod: Baii1" Indeed / could aud would.
Tossing my hat into the lap Of my first friend,
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EUEE SAMPLES OF Cloth the Famous Ply
TREE mouth Rock 81 Pants cut from, In
GLIDING self measurement blanks and linen tape meas.
are. n you mention this paper. Address PL XMDUTH
ROCK PANTS Co, 20 IL Ell0E ST. Boston.
Mention The National Tribune
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ExPRrie3ceS
RdUR3turQS
Through The Mt Cents Pass, and a
Night in Cunie.

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