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SILVER'S FALL IN IN NDIA.
The Decline of the Rupee and the Wretehe
State of the Natives.

The Decline Of the Rupee and the Wretehed
State of the Natives.
DR.. p J. Scott, missionary who has
been in India since 1862, is at Delaware, o.,
on a furlough. He is in no sense politi-
clan, and in telling about silver in India
stated repeatedly that he did not want to
furnish any political arguments. He said !:
50 The silver rupee, corresponding to your
American half-dollar, is the standard piece
of money in India. When I went to India
the rupee was worth about 48 cents COM
mercially; when I left year ago it was
worth about 25 cents. That is, silver has
deprecated there as here and as all over the
world.
India has not discredited silver as money
at any time. Silver has been the circulating
medium. Gold is seldom or never seen.
The mints were closed to silver a few years
ago, not to discredit it, but because the Gov
ernment hoped by decreasing the volume of
coinage 10 maintain at steadier value the
rupee. Silver continued to fall, however, as
it has the world over. India's fnanciers at
tribute the depreciation Of silver to the vast
silver production of American mines. In
dian and European fnanciers agree that the
vast increase Of the worlds output Of silver
has produced the steady depreciation in its
bullion value.
Day laborers, such as coolies, receive
from 9 to cents per day. Masons, carpen-
tiers, mechanics, and all such as we class as
skilled labor, receive from 10 to IL cents per
day. Wheat is worth per bushel from 30 to
45 cents in the currency of the country
about 80 cents just now. Clothing and
cloth goods, such as is manufactured in In
dia, are somewhat cheaper than we get
them for here, on account of the very
cheap labor. For imported cloths, gar
ments, and shoes brought from English mills
the India pr ces are about the same as the
American. Articles such as lamps, glass,
and queensware, anything breakable or
liable TO damage in the long transportation
journey, cost many tihes,more than they do
here. Beeisteak runs from to 10 cents per
pound. Mutton is very expensive"
How can the common laborer or even
the skilled workman clothe and feed him
self and family when, he gets but from 2 to
12 cents per day, and yet has to pay Ameri-
can prices for flour, meats, and clothing?"
the Doctor was asked,
That must seem q puzzler to Americans.
The India workman uses the simplest arith-
metic. Lowest wages mean cheapest food
and scantiest clothing. He wears only q
turban and breech clout, with now and then
a flowing robe, all of the cheapest cotton
fabrics. One garment lasts him year. As
food, meats he never can afford. Rice and
pulse three times day if he is fortunate, or
only once or twice, in many cases. constitute
his sole diet. He wears the least possible of
the cheapest possible clothing, and eats the
cheapest, commonest, scantiest fare, for he
can afford no better"
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From a comrade in Missouri,

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: served 50
months in the 11Sth ILL.,, from Aug H. 1862,
to October, 1865, when we were mustered
out at Springfield, H., and returned home.
took farming for my occupation, and, not
withstauding the Populist aud Free Silver
craze, have done WE'LL Speaking of Popu-
lists and Free Silver, the Democrats are
crazy over the subject here, and it woald be
well for our TRIBUNE friends in the East
to not underestimate the craze; and / am
sorry to say some of our old comrades have
gone off with the craze, too. All we hear
here is the South and West against the
East. This is the burden of the Popocratic
harrangues. live in the Bloody Ninth
Missouri District; wds represented in our
last Congress by Champ Clark, who was
noted for drinking whisky and fighting me-
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"Stand by Your Colors

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: For one
I can assure you that you are right, eter-
nally right, ON the finance question. Stand
by your colors, and / am with you. You
are right in saying that it is the same old
crowd that erstwhile tried to wreck the
Union.
You are right in saying that prior to 1861
there was no silver money in circulation ex-
cept the debased coin of Mexico the French
fivsfranc piece, and the English sovereign.
The Mexican halves, quarters and 12aa cent
pieces usually passed for 40 cents, 90 cents, and
10 cents, the sovereign 81. 80, and the French
5-franc piece was the largest silver piece
in circulation. So scarce had the silver coin
become in April, 1861, that our merchants
were compelled to use pasteboard checks for
5, 10, 25, and so cents, respectively, issued
by the bankers, and redeemable in sums OF
$5 when presented to the person issuing
theme. E. SMITH, Go. E, 9Th Iowa, Fair
banks, Iowa.
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A SOUTHERN COMRADE
Sounds tho Trumpet Call for Comrade VIZ
Mckinley.

Sounds tho Trumpet Call for Comrade WIN.
Mckinley.
ATTENTION, -CoMRADEs! Now IS cur
chance. This is the only time since the war
that private soldier who carried his mus
ket and marched on foot has ben nomi-
mated for President of these United States
a man who endured all the fatigues, hard
ships, and privations of that great struggle
a man who really feels for us, and who VIII
see that justice is done TO every one of us by
placing on the statute books such legislation
as will redeem the pledges made by the Ma
tion TO its defenders; man who is so honest
that when he got i'll trouble financially by
going security for n friend did not hesitate
to sacrifice his own fortune to redeem his
promises, but offered to give up his wiies
property, too, rather than that his word or
promise should fail. Such a comrade is an
honor to every one of us, for he is our repre-
sentative before the Nation. Stand steady,
comrades, shoulder to shoulder, Democrat
or Republican, Populist or Prohibitionist,
no matter what your politics may have
been; better to rally to Mckinley for the
honest ful6llment of our Nations promises
10 our Nations creditors, and sound money,
and honest men in the Pension Bureau, and
Gen. Bussey for Secretary Of the Interior.
l am a Southern Union man. My prop
erty was destroyed by Secession. We were
chased by bloodhounds 10 force US into the
Confederate service, but we proved true to
our flag, and we will be true to what We
fought for, National honor and honesty.
So sound the rally On the flag. Forward
Guide center Draw sabers !-Trot!-
Top! Charge Bryan and his disloyal hosts
and repudiationists! !-BERSARD MCGUIRE,
private, Co. B, 1st Tex. Cav, Nineteenth
Corps, Department of the Gull, Manifest
Postoffice, La.
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and as many horses had made the 400
miles in less than; six days; but the
horses were so nearly worn out that one
of them died about two miles above the
fort, and the men we're about as badly
used up.
Fort Sully at that time was about %
miles farther down the. river than it is
now. The Indian camp where we had
been taken prisoners was almost the
exact spot where Capt. Fielner, our topo-
graphical engineer had been killed the
Summer before.
The 9th Iowa Cav. returned to Dav-
export, Iowa, where we were discharged
and paid off on Nov 1, 1865, and it is
safe to say the majority of us had in that
expedition all the experience We cared
for fighting Indians.
(The end)
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vile, then went to field a mile west of
town and had them loaded with corn
and brought in for our horses. A team
was sent ont this morning for Allison.
He was quite seriously, though not dan
geroasly, wounded.
We were reused from our peaceful
slumbcrs next morning by the shrill
blast Of the bngle at 1:30, and in an
hour and a half were on the march
for La Grange. Col. Herrick's Brigade,
led by the 7th Kan, was in advance.
While crossing a vide ditch on bridge
10 feet high, one Of the sleepers broke
and went down with a crash, with the
team and wagon that was on it.
On that road is where our former
Colonel, A. /. Lee, ambushed the rebels
with our regiment and killed and capt
ured 80 Of them without losing a man.
We reached La Grange at noon, having
marched 22 miles, and camped ia the
town.
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rade strong. As their advance struck
our pickets they dismounted and charged
them, but were repulsed and were
charged in turn.
Our regiment was ordered out at once,
but by the time they reached the scene
of action from the river the enemy had
remounted. Lively skirmisling was re-
sumed as our boys advanced, and the
enemy was soon driven into his breast
works across Hurricane Creek.
Though Lieut.-Col jenkins, who come
manded our regiment, received no sup
port, be moved forward and was about
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: see by the
st. Louis Post-Dispateh that at Silver Head
quarters, in Washington, the secretary says
he receives many letters, among them one
from Thomas Spaulding, of Springfield Post,
ex-Post Commander, Erie County, N. Y,
saying that a majority of the members
would vote for Bryan. He says the Post is
composed of 164 members, of whom but four
are Democrats If this is SO, does SPRING
field Post propose to keep the soldier-hating
gang in power four more years? Four
more years Of their rule means the balances
of pensioners dropped from pension rolls
w. F. SUTHERLAND, Lieutenant, Co. ], Seth
H., Huntington, Ark.
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The Red, White and Riue.

EDIToE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: God bless
him and all connected with his noble paper
Three cheers Cor the Red, White and Blue
Long may it wave DER the land of the free
and the home of the brare.n
Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue
Success for the Republican ticket and
Caaraie Mckinley, TOO.
Old soldiers, be firm and stand to you,
Pos;s. DO your dnts, and victory will be
yours. HAMILTON, Co. f
~ Ceie. Gar-, Franklin Corners, Pa.
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THE NATIONAL TRlBUNE WASHINGTON G.

groes. The Popocrats have him up again
this Fall, and feel sure of electing him.
Comrades, stand firm, and help elect Nc
Kinley, the soldiers friend, The peoples
friend, the Governments frieud.-JoN. w.
STEVENS, Co. /, 1lsth H., Ladonia, Mo.
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And correspondingly low rates from other sta
tions Tickets will also be placed on sale at the
Offices Of all connecting lines.
The b. & o. maintains a double daily service
Of through solid vestibue trains between the
East and Chicago, with Pullman sleeping and
dining cars attached.
6. A. z. Veterans will remember that all B. &
O. trains run via Washington, Hsrpers Ferry
and the Potomac Valley.
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"Skiin MILK with a Fly in IT,

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Your edi-
toriai oi the 9th suits US very well. Hit
them again. There WIS entirely too much
secesa IN that Convention in Chicago. /,
was Skim milk with 1y in it. II will 90
down after November. c pol weather will
Kill II. Huirah for Mckinley ,-ANDREw
FEcKER, Co. Il, 10th \. Y. Cav, Sandtown
Del
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-08-27
"Filled with Facts and Good, Sound Doc
trIne."

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE is filled with facts and
good sound doctrine. It ID safe gni6se for
anyone to follow in this great crisis of this
country's history. It behooves every man
who wore the blue 10 see where he stands to-
day. We must again fight the same old
crowd. Free silver is only breastwork be-
hind which the enemy are shielding thsm-
ought to be able to see through their strategy
this time. Mmy thanks to The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE for its gallant fight for the cause
of Protection and an honest dollar. am
with it every time.-C II. EASTMAN, Co. F.
I'd N. H., North Conway, n. b.
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"THE ARK IN THE DELUGE.

jubilant day by day over the prospect of
Bryan's winning in the United States. An
estimate of the various forces published in
the New York Journal seems to indicate
that Mckinley has very little chance of win
ming, unless reaction against the silver
hysteria strikes the United States before
November.
IF Columbia carries out her apparent in
tention Of isolating herself commercially
from all the other prominent nations Of the
world, it is felt that a vast number of in
vestors, both English and American, will be
driven to invest their capital in Canada, and,
by curious chance, it happens that at the
present time our fields for investment are,
for the first time, coming before the financial
world.
This is an interesting application of that
very selfish old adage, It's AL ill wind that
blows nobody good Yet Canadians are not
to be blamed if they rejoice that in bringing
ruin on herself Columbia may be shedding
prosperity on US. The question is, whether
any boom that should arise here would not
fatten out when the United States begins to
reap the whrlwind as result Of the present
seed-time among her politicians. The re!a-
tiOns between the two countries are uEques-
tionably intimate, and the recent hard tImes
have been reciprocal between them.
However, Canada presents genuinely
fruitful field for investment, and capital
would put her on a grand basis, SO that there
is ground for the belief that ultimate disaster
in the United States would leave her sounder
than ever"
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IT-(continue6.

HE 11IH DIS-
patch had gone
and another detail
made, consisting Of
Privates Gibson,
Stickley, Rice, and
myself, under COM
mand of Serg't
Matt Witted. We
had no duty to per-
form but keep our
selves in readiness
for the 18th dis
patch, which was
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30 charge their works when he was or
dered back to camp. Just as they faced
about to fall back she'll from the rebel
works struck Alonzo Dickson, the Or
derly-Sergeant of Co. Il, in the back Of
the left shoulder,
TEARING HIS HEART or
as it passed through him.
The body of Serg't Dixon was brought
to camp, and his comrades buried it near
Ab5vville. Comrade Dixon was favor
lite. He was a true patriot, brave sol
dier, and an efficient officer.
A substantial bridge was finished Aug.
"a. and our division of cavalry crossed
the river upon it next morning. About
noon we crossed Oak Chewalla Creek.
Then we came into the Wyatt and Holly
Springs read, moving toward the latter
place in norrheasteriy direction.
The 18th No. was sent to Wyatt We
camped an hour before sundown on a
plantation belonging to Mr.. Cox, lo
miles from Holly Springs. The 18th
Mo. campcd at Chulahoma, five miles
west of us, and did not join US till near
noon next dav We moved very leisurely,
and canned about sundown four and a
half miles from Holly Springs.
Three men of our regiment and seven
of the I'd Iowa struggled off eight miles
to the left flank, and while in a house
getting something to eat were surprised
bvrebels. One of the I'd was killed
and one CAPTURED One of the 9TH men
was captured and the other two escaped,
but both were wounded. Allison, who
was shot through the LEG, was obliged to
stop at house. Rice was also wounded
I'M the leg, but was able to reach camp.
All their
HORSES WERE CAPTURED.
Col. Hcrrick's Brigade took the ad-
vance IN the morning of Aug. q, fol
bowed by the Second Brigade. In two
hours VIC were In Holly Springs, and
went into camp in the Payton road, on
the west side Of town. Most of the In
fantry had reached town. 1went to the
supply-train and got our regimental
wagons that were put into it at Abby
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GAR. National Eneampmsnt, ST. Paul.

The B. & o. r. z. will soil tickets from all
points OIL its lines east Of the Ohio river to st.
Paul at one single fare for the round trip, good
for all trains, August 18th, Both and 31st. valid
for return passage until September 18th, with
the privilege of an additional extension until
September Goth by depositing ticket with Joint
Agent
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MT Hobart discussion Of the financial and involved
ean National making
o o
The author journalist Of and writes lucid and rGbs
will
he
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The Feather.

The best authority on Poultry, Pigeons and
Cage Birds. Monthly; elegantly illustrated.
Fifty cents year. Geo. E. Howard & Co.,
Publishers Central Power Station, Washing
ton D. C.
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FACING THE REDS.
Indian Fighting Under Sully in the
Northwest.
A CRITICAL MOMENT.
Mystery OF Deliyerance from
Danger Solved.
LIGHTING A WAY.
Exciting Events Just Before the
End Of the Expedition.
ny FRANK MYERS co B. 6TH IOWA CAV, MIL
LIGHTING A WAY.

pY FRANK MYERS, co. B. 9Th IOWA CAV, MIL,
LER, S. D.
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and preparing for a systematic advance
into Kentucky, Of which he was native,
and with wh.;se people and geography
he must ave been familiar.
Ito Be eoHiiauSG.l
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Canada Has Hopes.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: inclose
an editorial clipping from Toronto Nems.
Tell the boys in blue, my old comrades, to
study it.-G. K. IRWIN, Co. II, 200th Pa;
Co. F, AID V.R.C.; Co. F, 1st U. S. Inf,
HOLY Rood Ontario Canada
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BY BYRON ANDREW,

Author of the life Of John A. Logan" etc, etc
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ITO Be eoniiqusG.l ]

COMPLETE REPORT OF THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1896-11-05

Sn Der eatbeorale wiro ant nGhiten
Sonntag wGbreno oes 6obamtes cine
BON ,pei Baiiioniitenpatern seleitete, ,pei
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weroen; in Der eriten Wobe weroen bic
Wiiiionspreoisten in oeutiher uno in Der
folgenoen Wobe in engliider Sprabe se'
balten weroen. Wabreno Der Wiiiions:
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sur gewobn,iben Stunbe; an ben Wert:
taeen weroen ieoen Woreen UNI 5, 8 unc
8 llbr bic bl. Meiien seleien; an ben $50:
bentagen lit nab Der 9 llbr Weiie eine
Yreoist; balb 4 llbr nabmittass Inter
ri6t fir Die 8inoer; abenos balb 8 lib,
Rolenfran;, llnterriht unb Preoigt. Wit
bent geitten miro 9ienitag Wabmitta0
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Yeitten lit ieben Gag morsens bon I bts
9 llbr unb bon balb II bis elm 0ierteI
Dor 10 llbr, uro nahmittaes pon 3 bis
elm 0iertel Dor 6 lsbr seseben. Wogt
Die bl. WiHion cine iegensreide fem!
9(m tcmmenben Sonntage miro be,
bobw'ite Serr 9bt peter Gngel, 8. 9. y.
bon Der st. Sobn's gbtei Die neue Stride
in 3eit Linton fsisrlidit benz 9ienite oes
BERN weiben.
Nm nabiten Sonntaee wire in be,
pom bohw. y. Gonrab, 8. g. g., patio.
rirteN @emeinoe 9lbanp cine abttdgigt
bl. Wiiiion BON Den bohw. Seiuitenpaterr
Bort uno Neubranot e%rofinet werben.
3ienitag, Mittwob uno 9onneritae
in lebter Wohe wuroe in Der pom bo6w
Serrn 8. Wielt paitorirte @emeinoe Wil
terrible ieit uielen Sabren gum eriten Sra
[: Die pi%er,isitunoiae @ebetsanoabt &c
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fen wabreno oes orei Gage Die bobw
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Sauf Centre, 8ospobar pom Nortb 9rai
RE uno 9lr,i uon Gersus Sails uuf be
aaniel unb i'm Yeihtitubl aus. $50 pei
ionen empfnsen wabreno Der @naoenyei
oas bl. Sa!rament Der 1use uno Die bl
Goumxnion.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1896-11-05
~ q acobiou WiIIe De-

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rem Office iib unter Der ct. @lOuo @rs
Rem Nationalbanf bsfinbet. oerleibsn
@elo IN fleinen uno arOBen summer Sn
ben nisorisitsn 3insraten. Seine Com,
milton, fein Bonus. @elo ~iofort, na4s
benz bic Yapiere in Dronuns ssbra&t.
- 9. Stmauen's &efauration 1T
9aS uno Nadt often. Otto 9elauiit bat
bic 5lbruns oerielben ibernummen.
Spitsrs in aasn Arten %ieruirt. !Suirie,
oenbeit 81 seben ipirb auf's Bette Der.
iudt. 9. Sdmalen, @isentblner.
Cobb uno Silber 2eute limb miafoar
men. ~
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noroweAliden Staten BON $500 nuf.
tpdrts, eultipirt uno nidt %caltipirt. Nan
frase nod bel s acobipn g. Rils
[ r. unter Der Griffin 3atiouolbani in
st. @loub.
~ NiHts beiieres unb biQiaereS
oils bic u%nsepaarten S4uae bel s. @.
Us o lter. 40
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ooer cine 5arm biais fauien ula, bons
~ Der bette Ylns, uni Sdubs bis
Zig 81 i%auien, 1T bel S. %. 8olter.
belt 5u ieinem eisenen Beiten, iusun er
fid e~rfunhi9t bel Sncobion& R il,
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1896-11-05

g9ie in Spring 6il uno Cafe Senrr
10 noe audi Die pom iIpei bobm. Reoemp:
t%oriiten aus ct. 0ouis, Wo,, in Ct. War:
tin sebaltene bl. Viiiiion, welbe oaielbii
am leBten Sonntag in ieierlibiter Weiit
aeibloiien wuroe, cine bobit ieeensreibe
BUR groBten 5reuoe oes bobw. y. Gouarh
MAJ Die 2%beilnabme al Der bl. UPiiiior
ieitens ieiner Witglieoer cine iebr quite.
ollie iobnten iib I'M 81, Satroment Der
Yube pGbreno Der 6uaoenjeit nit ibrem
8otte aus, uno eepib miro ourb allee'
meineS 6alten Der eeiaBten 9uteu 0or'
iGBe oas 4noeuten an Die bl. Wtiiion Elm
seiegnetes bleiben.
Inter Dem YoriiBe bes bobp'iter
6errn GrSbiibois Jrelano bon ct. Yauj
weroen beute Die Goniultoren Der Tio,eiC
ct. Gloub, Der bobp'ite 6err 2lominiitra
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bam uno bohw. y. 8resor. :. 9. ..
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elite BON orei Ganoioaten ;ur SeieBun(
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Wartp patant seworoenen 9iihoisiiBeSSil
81. Glouo auiitellen.
Die in leBter ISOLDE in Hopalton gun
Yeiten Der neuen totb. Stride eebalten
5air mai in ieoweoer 6iniibt cine eriols
reibe, uno oieies labt nit Siberbeit bar
aui idlieben, oaB Die 6emeiuoe Ropaltor
lid in Babe in erireuliber gSeiie wiri
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lit ant II. Wopember, meroeu iene Den
9etanat ct. Glouo aneeboreno.n Prieite
nabmittoes 4 llbr i'm Shulbauie Der lin
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