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dangerous to stroll beyond the parade
ground at Fort Leavenworth unless
one had a friendly standing or whole
sale contempt for Indians. All others
who went forth might fall victims to
war medicine. With the passing OF
the Indian as predatory warrior and
his adaptation to the arts OF peace as
an actor in an open-air drama the
reason for the pony express passed
also. But out In Nebraska, the land Of
sand dunes which outmeasure those OF
Jackson park. they have recently wit
messed revival of this pony express.
Not that lack Of railroads has caused
the revival or that Indians abound. but
that the express company at Hebron
has come to the conclusion that n
municipal tax is unwarranted. Heb
ron needs money and has taxed all
companies which do business in the
corporate limits. The express company
declined to pay the license and moved
out. So a pony express service has
been established between Hebron and
Belvidere. The latter town is a bit
more liberal. so the story goes, and
the company is attempting to hold It's
own with a few outriders.
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Dinerent standard.

Did you ever ask person In Bos-
ton how far 1t was from one place to
another?" said Horace Tuttle Of this
city. Mr.. Tuttle is an old New Yorker
and an advertising ma. He says that
he has lived in Boston for ten years
now, and stlll hasn't mastered the geo.
metrical idiosyncrasies Of the streets.
We'll, II you haven't" he continued,
when you happen to be in Boston
some time, Just put the question to a
citizen for a feeler. How would any
New York person answer such a qnes-
ton II such a one were asked him.
The one to whom the question was
asked said: would probably say so
many blocks, as many as it happened
to be-" Exactly my boy said Mr..
futile; but would a Boston man say
that? Not upon any condition. He
would say II was so many minutes
walk. The reason for this is that no
two blocks in Boston, owing to the
crooked streets, have anywhere near
the same length, and the Boston citi-
zen hasn't the useful block as dis
tance standard. Try 1t some time and
see II am not right. New York
Tribune,
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Ia Forte. rsxa.

The progress Of tho construction
work at La Porto. Texas. the future
great deep-water shipping point at the
head Of navigation on Galveston Bay
on the Gulf of Mexico. ID progressing
favorably. The wharves and switch
Ing tracks are nearing completion and
the work on the streets and on tho
sewerage and water systems Is now
under way. Mr.. |. n. Holmes. tho gem
erai manager OF tho La Porte improve
ment Company and the La Porto
Wharf and Channel Company. is per-
sonally experimenting the improve
ments. Mr.. Holmes makes his head
quarters at the Sylvan Hotel and yiz-
itors to La Porte during the next six
weeks and before tho time OF the FIRST
general La Porte sale. which VIII be
held in February, 1900 should intro
duce themselves to Mr.. Holmes and al
low him to extend to them facilities
for getting thorough understanding
Of the conditions surrounding tho La
Porte enterprises.
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matter of Length.

How long should mourning gowns
be worn by a widow Of 227' was the
question that came sobbing through
the malls Now. II chaneed to be the
sporting editors day of. and the re-
llgious editor. therefore. was attending
to the side Talks With Young Per-
sons There is no hard and fast
rule" wrote the religious editor con-
fidentiy. but they ought to come down
to the boot tops at least" This in
stance illustrates the occasional awk-
wardness OF a newspaper standing as
a bulwark OF morals to the exclusion Of
everything else.-Detroit Journal.
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HOW CHAMBERLAIN woRks.
Secret OF III. Power OF oettinE Through
n Vast uusino.s.

Vast Busino-s.
A glance ut Mr.. Chamberlain's room
In the colonial Office Will reveal part of
tho secret OF his power In getting
through work. says the New Penny
Magazine. There Is nothing super
fiuous. nothing out OF place. and every
morning when he comes to business
his desk is absolutely clear. There Ia
berlaln works In large room, looking
on the great quadrangle round which
are built the foreign. colonial. home
and Indian offices. He often lunches
In his room when too occupied to go to
his club, the Athenaenum. Sitting at
his large desk at the farther end of tho
room. he has accorded interviews to
men OF all nationaiities ana all colors.
Mr.. Chnmberlnln's morning mt the CO.
lonlal office is taken up in dealing with
great mass of papers. In addition he
has to give verbal instructions to his
subordinntes and to see n large num-
Der Of important people. In the after
noon he has to go down to the house
of commons during the session, where
ms a minister he must attend daily to
answer questions besides transactlng
his general parliamentary business. To
his private room in the house OF com
mons papers follow him in boxes. la
beled with slips OF paper. red. green
or white according TO the urgency OF
their contents. Nor is the days work
ended there. At midnight. when he
goes home. he finds papers at his pri-
vatc house; and even when he is away
from London they arrive with regular
| ity by post or by special messenger.
In fact. Mr.. Chamberlain cannot escape
them unless he were to disappear alto
gether.
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full conclusion that short-haired mer
become civilized, rather than that civ
ilized men become short-haired. He
ordered general barbering, and when
it came off ton or so Of raven locks
came off with it. Many an owner OF
the locks was shorn while he wrig-
1 gled on the ground under as many oi
the Indian police as could sit upon
him-shorn as sheep are shorn, strug-
Cling and gurgling the whole while in
futile protest. One dissenting buck
was chased all over the territory before
he was finally caught, thrown down,
sat upon by the entire posse and de-
haired with large, choppy pair oil
shears.
The one conspicuous thing which
they did do. and which. above all. the
government wished they wouldn't do
was to drink copiously and painstak-
ingly of a liquor especially designed
and brewed by themselves to create
the unholiest, beastliest, vllest jag
that ever cheered an inebriated soul.
The lieutenant found the whole tribe
drunk when he arrived on the scene
He figuratively kicked some twenty or
thirty of them sober and made po-
licemen of them.
The twenty bucks that Lieut.. Stot-
tier kicked into sobriety with the toe
of his boot had been educated at the
expense of the government. and were
presumed to know better than TO run
about like mowglis of the jungle, with
out restriction and without RESPONSE
bility. He began on them, and soon
had them in American clothes, thor
oughly cleaned, barbared to hnish
and installed into regular duties
Lieut.. Stottler, in his three years
Transformation act, changed all that
along with the rest. He determined
at the outset that the children OF the
tribe should be educated into men ana
women with minds of their own ana
with the right to choose thelr own
husbands and wives well developed IN
their minds. He caused the school ~
Nescalero to be raised to plane OF
usefulness and filled it with the Ihuian
Young Today these Indian young are
becoming respectable citizens oil tns
country. educated and civilized. win
never trace OF the shocking depray-
ity which the whole tribe was In no
later than 1894. The haircut order
was introduced first with bripe' rite Nv
dollars was given to the brave "no
started the shearing. he went no-
sbeared and his squaw laughed at nm
Mortified beyond words, the p.a.t
stalked forth in silent misery thal
yearned for company. He coaxed an
other fellow to follow his example.
and the two coaxed two more. finaliy
all the policemen were shineleI anu ~
uniformed. Then came tne .a9 80
rounding up the others. They "ese .ne
RIM down one by one, thrown to the ne
ground TO and ileeced, their hair coming coming
Of I'm in notehes and slashes as though ,ll
IT were cut with a scythe. To-day ,sa the.'
is ien't a long-haired buck in the tribe
nor is there an uncivilized one
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oEoonApAv ron 4 AeHor1saon
v.-sh.- w-r. sent over Along Win IN.
whale nlahhsr.

whale Bfubbsr.
Canadians are very touchy on the
subject OF climate. as Rudyard KipiinK
discovered when he somewhat thought
lessly dubbed the dominion our Lady
or the SHOWS. says the Philadelphia
Post When Arthur stringcr, the young
Canadian poet and author. nrst went
to Oxford. he carried with him letters
from Prof. Goldwin Smith OF Toronto
to Prof. York Powell. the distinguished
historian OF Christ Church. This old
Oxford don. like one or two other Eng
lishmen. had very vague ideas about
Canada, and somewhat surprised the
young stranger by inquiring II he got
along nicely on English roast mutton
after living so long on frozen seal meat.
The young poet graveiy protested that
he perhaps missed his whale blubber
n little. but the next day cabled home
and in less than week tho fneat
basket OF Autumn peaches ever grown
In Ontario, carefully packed In saw
dust. was on It's way to Oxford. A short
time afterward the young author was
again dining with the Regius profess
sor of Oxford. and that gentleman pro-
'">N~t ~ Wv th'4i a 4thtt afrh tt&ata
with tremendous peaches. Most ex-
traordinary." said the old professor.
but these peaches were sent to me to-
day. and I'm blessed II know who sent
them. From the south OF France. sus-
pcct. so saved few OF them for you.
strinser: they will be such a novelty.
you know" The Canadian very quiet
ly took n steamship company's bill of
lading from his pocket and handed It to
the professor. The professor gaxed at
the bill. then at the fruit. then at the
poet Il had some whale blubber. too.
professor" said that young man, but
l simply had to ent that. These other
things were grown on my uncie'H farm
In Kent county. Ontario. you know. He
has 200 bushels of them every year.
and he sent me over basket OF little
ones along with the whale blubber."
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Lieutenant Siottler Makes Transfer
nation In Mescoleros.

Lieut.. " E. stottler of the United
states army has been having a lively
time among the Mescalero tribe a,
Apache Indians, in New Mexico. Not
long ago an order was made that a
general haircut should be made among
the Mescaleros. and Lieut.. StottIer al.
aeeeea tne Dig JOHN fact. the order
was made at his suggestion. The lien
tenant has successfully carried out his
Undertaking. thereby establishing a
record of having scalped more Indians
.nan any white man in history. Lieut.
Stottler cut the hair of the Mescalero
Apaches to civilize them.
The lieutenant took snap Judgment
on his Apache braves, with the deIigh,.
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TAILED ONE ON THE BISHOP.
Eminent Divine Had ErcbanGed orIps
with = bridegroom.


From the Albany Journal: Bishop
Huntington of Syracuse told this story
on himself during one OF his last Wis
it's to Washington. The good bishop.
It seems, once went down to town in
Connecticut to perform marriage
ceremony. He arrived the day before
the wedding. and he left at the same
time the bridal pair did. although he
was driven to a different railway sta
tion. As he passed through the sta
tion. carrying his travelling bag. he was
aware that he was creating sensa-
ton. but was totally at loss to ac-
count for II. In tho car he found that
he was still the object of amused at
tention. The porter positively snick-
cred as he passed his seat. and finally.
Just ms the train drew out. he came up
and assisted the churchman to remove
his overcoat What is the matter with
you. my mani" asked the bishop. The
porter'B snicker broadened into a
laugh. Amt you done lef' the lady.
sah?" he chuckied. "Eh7' exclaimed
the bishop in surprise. Then his eye
fell on the side OF his travelling bag.
which the porter had just turned
round. There glued to Il was wide
strip Of white satin ribbon. on which
was painted in large letters; Married
this morning" The facetiously mind
ed best man had mistaken the bishops
travelling bag for that OF the bride
groom. and a chuckling black porter
worked late Into the night removing
the ribbon.
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s.ro.r on Hor.... w..L on pu,eo.

A few months ago Russian veteri-
nary surgeon was sent Into the Ural
district by the government to buy
horses for the army. He had been Sc
iected by his superiors because he was
famous as shrewd and sharp horse
trader. who never had been beaten In
horse trade. But he returned from
his experience with the Ural cossacks
in chastened condition OF mind. for
they had cheated him frightfully. He
confessed that with all his cunning
he had been perfectly helpless in their
hands, and he swore by all the saints
in the Russian calendar that nothing
should tempt him to try II again. His
grief was made the more poignant by
the fact that at the time they were
swindling him so cheerfuily and sue
cessfully a Russian bunco steerer
struck their territory. filled them with
a firm conviction that the world was
coming TO an end In short order, and
sold them tickets for Paradise at enor-
nous prices,
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r.,or. the Metric system.

vsble feature of this annual
al is Mr.. Cages decidedly
~ attitude toward n complete
ystem. The people of the
\ States are already well ahead
rxlyps in this respect. They have
<usl coinage, metric tables and
pnr are taught in all their
and Americans We're virtually
y 10 the general adoption of the
4 hy the conference of American
!. teld nine years ago. Mr.. Gage
isbly right in saying that Great
md Russia would follow the
tteof the states in making q. new
sre. The commercial Importance
mational unanimity in this re-
lbs more than once been urged,
hi urged, In the House of Com
ini the would-be innovator has
Funptly talked down as n fad
h was equally so in Germany
, ihs present mark coinage was
'srd- That is the usual way,
n could not afford 10 be the very
rat nation in the world to adopt
adonal system.-London Chroni-
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screen Of dilapidated antiquity, adding
mat .na1 she could recover it and it would
'uen De as good as new. After prie-
a... lns the pretty things in tapestry and
oriental drapery our ingenious maiden
decided she must manufacture some
tnihg herself, She invested in a heavy
cartrlase paper of dark gray tone
which she carefully pasted on one s,Go
oi ,he screen. Across the bottom she
made an artistic scroll design in sepla
ana then sat herself down 10 wait for
visitors in the artistic and decorative
ilne' OF which she had many. Her first
sailer was youth whose drawings
nave enlivened the pages OF many a
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-01-04
BIZ HAIRCUT AMONG THE APA(HFS..

evening slipper. Though nothing spe-
elaiiy new is introduced in materials
sa'lns' silks and elaborately embroid-
srea cloths still being used. there has
oeen a thorough revolution. In the
sas snape OF the heels and toes. the former
peins not near so high and twice as
oroaa' and the latter also much in
creased In width. Large bows OF rib
oon and silk and satin are used upon
tne new evening slippers. and the same
eiaooration of decoration is adhered
TO In the matter OF buckles.
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There 4. more Catarrh IN this section Of the
country than All other diseases put together
and until the last few years was .upr-necd 10 h
inrurahlc Fur grrat many years docturs pro
nounccd II n local disease. and prescribed locn
with local treatment pronounced IL incurahlu
neicner has proven ratarrh 70 be a constltn
lonnl nlhcnsc, and therrforc fcquires conHti.
ufnctured by y. u Chenty 4 Co, Toieds Onto
= the only constitutional curn on the mnrket
II IA taken internally In doses from 10 drops Il
q ateaspoonful II acts directly upon the blood
aud mucous surfaces of tho system. They ofci
one hundred dollars for any case II falls 70 cure
send Tor circulars and testimonials. Address
y =. CHENEY A co. Toledo. Onto.
Sold by Druggists no
Halls Family pills arc the beat
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Too Lazy to Hunt.

Remember" said the young man
with the downy mustache and the for
eign title. Il am not fortune hunter" /"
mo" answered Mr.. Cumrox. gloom
lily, Il discovered that shortly after I
became your father-in-law. You pro-
pose to st still and have the fortune
walk Into your bank account. You
won't do anything so fatiguIng as to
get up and hunt IT,"
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M nesemblanee.

1t costs nothing to be ordinarily ios pS
lite even under adverse circumstan.TT' circum'l' -,
and It generally pays. A passehse, IA "a
n sleeping car. who was Urea ,,od nnd
sleepy and wanted to go tc peu, ea,e, '.nred
out 10 man who had just enteieS l'ss
@ ,ha coach and was hurrying through
- asav isn't It about time to hase W.
these berths made up .n,,ad the
you take me for?" angrily ,ep sao,, aDo
other stopping and coming back ;.,..nr ~
1 look like sleeping car eohoue,o. ono .,red
air." mo" slowly rejoined tne 'Ii.u M.
passenger. looking up at him weaiIy W..
'eYou do not. beg your paruon .on w.
ohservation is that sleeping car ooH
auctor Is always gentlcman.
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OLD PONY EXPRESS ReDrvrvus

Hebron Ssb. Witnesses n Revival OF
Famous cross Country Riding.
forty years ago the great plains OF
the West were crossed by set of dar-
ing riders who were known as tho
pony express" History. romance and
tradition are filled with stories Of the
aoings of this band of daring men.
hut That was at a time when it was
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ally journal. TO him She explalned bt

daily Journal To him she explained her
predicament, and he good-naturedly
produced the ubiquitous bit of crayon
and sketched in one of his popular
cartoons. Other friends soon came to
her assistance, and at the end Of a
week the screen was finished, COM
pletely covered with autograph sketch
es. all of considerable artistic merit
and many of no little intrinsic value
as well
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An Ancient Tree.

The Oldest tree on earth with an au-
thenticated history is the great bhoo
tree OF Burmah. For twenty centuries
1t has been held sacred to the Buddha.
and no person is allowed TO touch the
trunk. When the leaves fall they arc
carried away as relics by pilgrims
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-01-04

,onstantly increasing business
kB& o. r. R. has necessitated
raisrial additions to the tele-
srice. During the past year
h 1000 miles of copper wire. 166
y 70 the mile. have been strung.
Ines have been placed in service
pa Baltimore and Pittsburg. Bal
and Parkersburg, Newark. o.
efaso, Philadelphia to Newark,
aklphia to Cumberland and Cum
y to Grafton. During the sum
xvsral Of these wires were quad
Izh between Baltimore and Cum
1li and duplexed west.
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..,.,,. screen.

An impecunious maiden with aru,st,o &c
.ano,es a. recently found herself IN
saad .e =, a screen to hide the badness
n nc necessary washstand. the one
,,,..,rh,ng S element in an otherwiss
dainty room. says the new iJr Iananese
aid A friend gave her a 'spaA''S
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accompanying Illustration. can hold at
bay a great number Of the enemy. The
picture shows a number OF Cape Col
ony troopers ready for active service
in their war against the Beers. and
gives a good idea of the nature and d.
mensions OF the improved rapid-hre
gun which they are using against tho
Transvaal burghers. This gun has
been tested up to forty shots a minute,
from which fact some idea OF its death
dealing capability may be gained.
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yIornouisu

p, upon our land-a symptom of
-neptal ill-health. The right laws
"A upon It as Hostetter's Stom-
|riters does upon constipation. or
sia They would quickly restore
purity; and this is just what
|isisfs does for the human CON
It makes the stomach strong
|rDg Indigestion and biliousness.
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',,,.ls THE x-HAvs-'

.rs Nskss a Similar
graph
y Baker of the
- Gsois,,svlyaaia. has made
q Of @ @will rank with thai
70 y ", xray fame, if not above
trs . : Philadelphia Inquirer
ilf rsy whs the first tenta-
Z etcn ~ the line of photo
rdpsn'. apparently Opaque
y in,ys NJ difficulty of securing
~ w With certainty and dls-
rais " m' apparent TO all those
y 1esn ,he system. Professor
s5r n-tu a,,pces that by means
~ s.,sment. s radlum. discovered
:. rs,;e Of Paris. he is abie TO
p, .a,n '..sasraph in manner similar
'es,If x Ike Xray process in less
y 4. ,, a. This discovery is plain
~ ~ who II have followed inedl-
~ The slow process requir-
~, ~ will be done away with
- Arlf VII - - Il, 60
nd nd negatives secured IN so
~ ~ of time that the patient
VA SuIscommoded by the work
,u.,ead of the delicate and
,.,,,,eal apparatus now requir-
~ a radium will be substi-
Tsis metal has the peculiar
! 4 n TrudIating an invisible glow
..,rutly violates one of the eie-
srs of physics in that ii does
rs photographatic power
n ann nor lose 1t by expen-
n 4 therefore, far more eco
y rse than the Roentgen ray,
.lways ready. requiring no
.siustment. The body through
= photosfaph is to be made
! hrtyeen plate of the metal
4 ssnsatiye Photographic plate.
,,,I cases the time required Is
!, half minute. The Radlum
I auparently easy to prepare
Z none M, Of the bad effects, such
IN and bllstering. which gem
mompany Xray work.
k..or Baker is TO be sincerely
-.uI,ted on the results of his ex-
|.<fs
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Mad, ulm re,, u-te,r.

Johnny (sobbing) docs 1t really
h-h-hurt you to whip me. mamma ?"
Ma-"Yes, my son; very much more
than It hurts you" Johnny drying
his eyes)--'.I'm so glad. STRAY
Stories.
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We ,fu.t nav, IL.

He-Is there nothing in the world
you care for except money! She-Lots
OF things; but they all cost money
New York Journal.
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Suspicious.
think. they've invented

He-Just think. they've Invented
liquid airl
she-Yes; that's something else for
you menl You're so fond of drinking
that you want to drink your air in
stead of breathing it!-Fliegende
Blaetter.
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As the war in South Africa pro-
-.os =. events more and more demon
s,rate = the Importance Of the mnenine
,s :, moder1, campaigning. 1t is al
SUI, sul we'll known how at several en-
gagements the English had the .',anaar aanaa
tase "a BECAUSE Of the superior manns, ana
" .~s a.hicS they handled their guns ana
-. ~ sas been shown that a very small
body Of men armed win ,l...n sman :, me me
uous = VA are guns. like that shown In 'ae
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rrnnInr sIlnners.

The threatened fin de steele crusade
against French heels and pointed toes
has resulted in the designing of new
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-01-04
Sold by Druggists. no.
Halls Family pills arc tho best.

~ have fivo invitationa to chriatmaa
dinner where nrc you going," That .
puzzlinf question. think n rncnu
ti0u."
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AFuinaido wnA discovered yeatordny In
Mexico. but no doubt TINT y only the be.
ginning. Every seaport In tho world
rs likely to be heard from In the noxt
week or two.
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with. 25.oo0 American soldiers applying
for pensions for Injuries In the late war
the. spanish government 10 probably won
dorinE how they got injured.
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Woman. dramatically speaking is
not part of speech; she's simply tho
whole grafton.
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New York newspapers are growing mod
eat. None Of them has claimed the credit
y the british defeat at the hands OF the
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-01-04

To cure your catnrrh or Cold IN Head,
Use London Balm. All druggists refund
money. n 1t falls to relieve. &c and 5oc.
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what are those qucer.loolfiug things
selling on the cOrnorf" '.rhose7 Oh
those. are pressed Christmas trees for
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For once I'm going to let the children
eat all tho candy they want" They'll
be awfully STICK. and you'll have TO take
care OF them 'No. / won't; I'm RoinE
TO eat all ! want. and he slick. loo
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apoft That the Beers have a large
.olee Is not so surprising as the
- 'ne news got past the censor.