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and enticing. but which are often merely
Connected" In the old sense of the word,
and strained. But for titles which are
full of quaint conceits we must go back
to the earlier days of our literature.
Grammar is not precisely an inviting
study, though in the Diversions of
Purity it became almost attractive; but
Horne Tooke's absurd title is altogether
put In the shade by a sixteen h century
Latin grammar, which had for a subtitle
the following honeyed description: "A
delysious Syrupe newly Ciaryfied for
Younge Scholars vt thurste for the Swete
Lycore of Latin Speche' We wonder
whether this highly sugared pill deceived
single one of the urchins for whom 1t
was SO carefully prepared. Old dictionary
makers adopted similar devices A lexi-
con sounded much more Inviting when
termed an "Altearie," or New World
of Words or when dubbed '4Adanipulus
Vocabuiorum'
For titles of the fanciful kind, the
Puritan writer's distance all competitors
In their hands illusion and metaphor
often become simply grotesque. Here are
few titles of theological pamphlets and
books: "A most delectable Sweet Per-
fumed Nosegay for Gods Saints to smell
at" a pamphlet issued in 1856: 1.-THE
Shutters of Divine Love-; Heel Pieces
for Limping Sinners; The Spiritual
Mustard-Pot to make the Soul Sneeze
with Devotion and so forth. Devotion
is hardly the feeling which seems most
likely to be inspired by the perusal of
such absurdities. But the Purltans, in
the adoption of these high-fown and gro
tesque phrases, simply aped the ways of
more secular writer's. The romancers OF
Elizabethan days revelled and fantastic
titles, which were doubtless enticing
enough to the limited reading public of
that day. Painters palace of Pleas
ure" is a type of many book titles SIM
ilarly constructed. The ephusistic school,
of course, let their fancy run riot in the
invention of strange names for the tedi-
GUS romances in which they discoursed
of strange birds and beasts and plants
Greene's "Philomela; the Lady FitzWa-
tiers Nightingale" or "Morando. or the
Tritameron of Love- sound much more
attractive than any modern reader could
possibly find IL to be.
Fashions in names have changed, but
the object aimed at remains the same
The modern novelist invents a far-fetched
or a startling title in the home of stimu-
iating curiosity and alluring readers and
buyers, just in the same way that his pre-
dseessors of three centuries ago strove to
secure attention by inventions cast in the
mould of the vocabulary which then hap
peued TO be fashionable.
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lawn, and innocently inquire If 1t has
been hot down town.
Usually get an szslazing statistic, and
then, just to prove to John that there is
no place like home, l reach for my Their
mometer, and he gives long, low, admir-
ing whistle. I always arrange for that
thermometer to register a good eight de-
grees below any other ia town, and some
times it's telling the truth as to the tenn
perature of the house. and sometimes il
sits with its feet In a bowl of water for
awhile, but John does not know that and
the effect is just the same, because, as /
said before about the palms, the eye and
imagination have such an effect upon the
body that If you think you are in a cooler
place you simply begin 10 get cooler and
Johns temperature drops to the registry
of the mercury in my bulb every time
When old Farhnheit has done his duty
and the long glass is empty. / send my
man up TO his bath. 1t is ell drawn, his
clean clothes laid forth, and when, cheer
full and refreshed he gets down stairs din
ner is on the table. 1t is always good
solid, mans dinner, but seasonal BILE, with
delicate clear soups, or jeliied houillon
and CLAIMS on ice and salads and cod des-
sert. and then we go out on the balcony
to smoke and have coffee. If it is a pref
~ hot night 1 suggest a spin around the
park and out into the suburbs in the au-
iomobile, which excursions are often de-
lightfully prolonged until u O'clock and
are always productive of excellent rest
or we stroll around to a roof garden, and
in the morning the head of the house
finds his breakfast laid on the balcony.
his melon ice cold and small sized but
tonhole bouquet beside his plate.
Sharing His Joys.
I've given him leave 10 ask in any
one he chooses for breakfast or dinner,
up to the limit of three and in the last
spell of hot weather we never sat down
to the table alone. Some of the man con-
fessed they had refused 10 believe Johns
tales Of the accommodations he got at
home; some of them have quite tearfully
begged permission to repeat the expert
ence, so weary are they of club and res
taurant food and I've had the offer of a
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fer no special attraction 10 catch the at
tention of possible readers. None OF
Thackeray's or DickensS titles are OF an
alluring or particularly suggestive turn,
save perhaps Vanity Fair" The Mystic
~ of Edwin brood" and "A Tale of Two
Cities" Some other novelists have de-
/, voted special care and thought 10 the in
vention of attractive titles. Wilkie Col
Inns was much exercised about the naming
of the book known to fame as The Wo-
man In White The story was finished
and part of II was already in type for Sc
rial publication in Gan the Year Round"
before a name had been found. Literally
al The eleventh hour" said Collins himself
long afterward. II thought of The Wo-
man in White In various quarters this
was declared to be a vile melodramatic
title that would ruin the book. Among
the very few friends who encouraged me
the first and foremost was Charles Dick
ems. Are you, too. disappointedT l said
to him 'Northing of the sort Wilkie! A
better little there cannot be- "a verdict
which the reading public was not slow 10
indorse. mo Thoroughfare"-the title of
the story written in collaboration by Dick
ems and Collins-was another happy in
SEPARATION. Collins carefully studied ef-
fectiveness in most of the titles of his
novels. mo Name" After Dark" Miss
or Mrs. ?" THE Haunted Hotel and the
like, have all proved alluring enough to
hesitating readers. George Eliot's titles
are mostly of the straightforward, pedes-
trian order but she is said to have had
great trouble in fixing on one for the book
which tells the history of Maggie Tulli-
YER. Stephen Guest and Philip Wakem.
THE Tullivers'' and various others were
suggested before 1t was finally decided
to call the book by the not very happy IL
tie of THE Mill on the Floss" Haw-
thorne with his natural instinct for the
picturesque and the suggestive, found IT.
ties which were not only attractive, but
full Of suggestion. What could be better
than THE Scarlet Letter." THE House
of the Seven Gables and THE Marble
Faun"?
OF recent years novelties have WED with
one another in the invention of far
fetched names, intended to be arresting
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the sun. and. as there is usally a breeze.

the sun. and, as there is usally breeze
the heat is rarely intense.
Many of the merchants Hive over their
stores. and their entire force of clerks
and other employees with them. In a way,
this is an excellent ching for the clerks,
who are, for the most part, young men
from Spain. having come especially to
take these positions. Their employers
take the same interest In them that they
would in their own families, for they form
a part of these-live in the same house
and eat at the same table. ANY morning
between IL and y. If one goes into
store, he will find il almost deserted by
its clerks, and in room little further
back-usually somewhat more elevated
than the front-the entire force can be
seen eating their breakfast. At the head
of the long table is the employer, and
oown either side the employees. from the
head clerk 30 the boy who drives the OK
carr or any other vehicle that there may
be in connection with the establishment.
I am told that there are very few
Cubans in business on Obispo street
and that each Spanish merchant has
enough rifles to arm all the persons I'M
der his roof-e significant fact, If true
Naturally. these Spaniards are very anx-
ious for the Americans to remain in Cuba.
Not long ago I heard the owner OF a
large store-as sizes go here-remark that
the day The American army leaves Cuba
he will close his store and set sal for
Spain.
On Church holidays doors are closed
partially-for the sake of appearances,
but If one wishes to buy anything he has
no trouble in doing co. II there are two
doors one of them Is closed, the other
left open; if there is only the one door,
it is left ajar, so that the public may not
feel itself debarred.
Doubtless, in time, some enterprising
American will open a large store on the
lines of some of those in the states.
Americans in Havana realize the conven-
ence this would bring them But when
that time comes the fascination which Is
now a part of Cuban shopping will disap-
pear, for the odd little shops will not be
able to compete with an establishment
of this kind, and their doors will have to
ba closed
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ALLURING TITLES.
CIeverness Shown by Popular Au-
thors in Naming Their Books.

From the London Globe.
The effect which taking title may or
may not have on the fortunes of a book
is an open question. When books are
spoken of in this connection ii Is usually
There Is little need or excuse in the
fields of history and biography, topogra-
ply, theology and science for the use of
other than perfectly plain, straightfor-
ward titles. In the domain OF the essay
fancy has more scope, and here some
writer's have been happidly inspired.
Thackerays Roundabout Papers have
title at once pleasant and truthfully de-
scriptive. Dickens "Uncommercial
Traveller was also rather a happy
thought The various titles invented by
such present day graceful essay writer's
as Mrs Meynen and vernon Lee" are
perhaps more ingenious than alluring.
The American essayist, Miss Agnes Rep
plier has chosen very happy names for
several of her charming books No one
can deny that I'm the Dozy Hours" "Es-
says in Idleness' and Essays In Minia-
ture" sound decidedly enticing; and IL
the volumes be opened the headings of
the various papers-"A Short Defense Of
Villains Books That Have Hindered
Me-" I'm Behalf of Parents" and so
forth are equally alluring. But II we al
low ourselves TO open the books, and go
from the title without to the sub-titles
within, we cannot forget Charles Lamb.
many of whose essays have names which
are fragrant with his own fancy and hui
NOR, such as. for instance Imperfect
Sympathies" Dream Children" 1.-THE
Praise of Chimney Sweepers." and "A
Bachelors Complaint of the Behavior of
Married People"
Ruskin may be said to have made
speciality of titles which. although attrac-
tive, were apt 10 be misleading. His
Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds"
Is said TO have been in considerable de-
mand for a short time after IT'S first APP
pearance among moorland farmers, and
great must have been their disgust when
they found that the sheepfolds had no re-
lation to hurdles, but were distinctly the
illogical Allusiveness and figurativeness
were always the Characteristic features of
Ruskins titles. What can be more en-
ticing, more picturesquely worded. than
such phrases as "The Crown OF Wild
Olive" Sesame and Lilies" and 1.-THE
Queen of the ARR"
But. after all, II is In regard to fiction
that the question of titles becomes OF most
importance. SO great novelists have
taken but little trouble in the matter,
"waverley" Jane Eyre Nicholas
Nickelby." 'Middlemarch." tom Jones"
Ito name few examples at random-of-
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China's Crack Regiment.
From the London Mail.

All armies have their crack regiments.
Chinas is known as the Tiger Guard"
Its members are supposed to be very IT,
gers when turned loose in war. Then, too
they are dressed in yellow, the imperial
color, with stripes of black. in imitation OF
a tigers skin. The cap is made of split
bamboo and has ears to it,
A bamboo shield, with a monsters head
painted on 1t, completes the fantastic uni
form.
A Tiger officer in full uniform, as he
appears on occasions Of review or parade,
is a matter of no small interest and won
der to the stranger. A highly polished
hclnlct terminating in a crest of gold and
a tuft OF colored hair on a rod eight
inches aLovc the cap; robe OF purple or
blue silk. richly adorned with gilt buttons,
and reaching to the feet, which are meas
ed in black satin boots, constitute q cos
tune OF pieturesqueness aud inconvenience
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His implements of war are in keeping
with the uniform. AL of them glitter with
gems and precious metals. What sort of
fighters the Tigers make remains to be
seen.
The general belief is that they are not
superior to other branches of the Chinese
army except when thoroughly impregnated
with the spirit of fanaticism Their. repu-
tation is largely based upon past glories
and they now appear to think more OF
their adornments than of the serious bus
mess of warfare.
They are carefully selected men. of
good proportions, and enjoy numerous
privileges. On whose side they are fight
ing now is largely a matter of conjecture
They should be defending the Dowager
Empress and the Emperor Kwang-Su, if
still alive.
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fabulous price fer book of my ideas on
how to keep house for homeless business
men in summer
And you look as If you had really en-
joyed it, said the sun-burned wearer of
the blue linen obviously.
80 l have" assented the black and
white dimity cheefully. TT has been hot
at times, but I've picked up some har-
gains in the shops that would make you
cry with envy. / dare say, I've had more
compliments and really iattering mascu-
line attentions than the prettiest belle at
any of the watering places, and John as
sures me that with the success he has
had this summer we can run over TO
Paris next year, and I can buy all the
frocks / want" Emily Holt.
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AGENTS WANTED.

~~~~~~-~@~-~~~-~-~-~-~-<
AGENTS WANTED. TO BE INDIE
pendent, learn the grandest paying pro-
fession of the age. beautiful book and
information absolutely free. American In
stitute of Science, Nevada, Mo.
$500 CAN BE MADE DURING CAM
paign season selling our campaign ties
greatest sellers ever introduced: territory
going; write Immediately; full line white
and fancy rubber collars; enclose stamp
Dept. c., M. g. M. Mfg. Co., Springfield,
Mass.
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Physicians in the state prison at Co.
lumbus, o., have just taken a fifth finger
from the hand of Will Byers, a convict.
Byers is serving a term for robbing the
mails and found that his extra finger
interfered with his work in the glove shop
of the prison.
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SOUTHERN UMBRELLA FACTORY;
largest umbrella factory south of Balti-
more; all repairings neatly done; all covers
cut from piece; mourning umbrellas made
to order; we call your special attention to
our fresh stock of alpaca covers. $50
West Broad street; second block of Gen.
trail depot
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HELP wANTED-sIALE.

~~~~~~NN~~~~@-~S->-S>.-
WANTED, GOOD FARM HAND, WHO
understands trucking and is willing to
work. D. B. Lester.
WANTED, A FIRST CLASS BARBER;
steady employment 551 East Liberty.
Jas. r. Davis
WANTED, CoLORED BOY OR MAN
to milk and do dairy work Address 523
East Liberty street.
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WISE BUYERS ARE PLACING
their orders for furniture and carpets 10
be delivered any time this fall. We have
plenty of bargains for early buyers. See
US to-day. C. P Miller, Agt.
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WANTED, SEVERAL TRUST
worthy persons to manage our business IN
their own and nearby counties; mainly Of
fee work conducted at home; salary, $500
a year and expenses; mention reference
and enclose self addressed stamped envel-
ope, The Dominion Company, Dept K,
Chicago.
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GUARANTEED FOUNTAIN PEN, ST.
At Gardners Bazaar.
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LADIES, READ THIS: LEBORD'S
French pills. female regulator, sent post
paid for the next ninety days for fifty
cents a box. Regular price, one dollar.
We want ten thousand new customers to
use Lebord's French Pills; better than
Tansy and Pennyroyal; every box war
ranted: only two boxes to any one. Re-
member only 30 days; take advantage
while this offer lasts. Beard Chemical
Company, 242e Olive street. Louisville.
Nv
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WANTED, A GOOD MAN IN EVERY
town in Georgia, to handle our account:
write for terms; furnish references,
Grantham Bros, wholesale fruits and pro-
duce, Savannah, Ca.
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ABOUT MATTRESSES; DON'T BE
fooled by unknown cheap Johns; Fox's
established sixteen years. owns his own
building, has patent machine for picking
material; largest and best equipped work
shop; employs white mechanics only; rem
ovates mattresses thoroughly; 81, up
wards Fox's PA Whitaker
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WE WILL REPAIR YOUR OLD
trunks and sachels to look and be good
as new; or take them in exchange; UNI
brellas recovered and repaired. Chatham
Trunk Factory, Broughton. corner Aber-
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WANTED, AN "a 1" MILK MAN.
none other need apply. Kensington Farm
Dairy.
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HAVE YOUR OLD MATTRESSES
renovated, one dollar; returned same day.
Telephone 4143
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ANY LADY CAN EASILY MAKE slS
TO $25 weekly by representing us In her
locality, and as the position is both pleas
ant and profitable the year round. 1 will
gladly send full particulars to all. Even
your spare time is valuable and IL you
really want to make money, address, with
&c stamp, Mrs.. Mary E. Wheeler, 81
Washington street, Chicago, Ill.
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M'GILLIS IS CHEAP ON RUGS, NETS.
lace curtains, hammocks, water coolers,
pillows, pictures, stoves, bedroom suites.
and furniture of every description.
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HELP wANTED-NfALE.

WANTED FOR TWO OR THREE
months, first-class stenographer and tyne
writer; man with railroad experience pre-
ferred. Lane, Morning News.
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statesmen To SELL PERFUMES.
toilet soaps, etc., to dealers; 500 monthly
and expenses; experience unnecessary.
Plumber Perfumery Co., ST. Louis, Mo.
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WANTED, WOMAN TO COOK AND
wash at White Bluff. G. H. Remshart, 10
Bryan, east.
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EXPERIENCED HANDS CAN GET
employment at e. & w. Laundry, 712 An
derEon, west.
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WANTED Ar ONCE, A GOOD COOK;
none need apply unless well recommended.
Apply to H. II. Hull, Henry street and
Waters avenue.
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s12 WEEKLY AND EXPENSES, Def
mite bona -ide salary; men and women as
general agents; rapid promotion, increase;
local and travelling; reference required.
Butler & Alger New Haven, Conn.
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LADY TO TRAVEL IN GEORGIA; $50
monthly and all expenses to start; perma-
nent position If satisfactory; self-ad-
dressed envelope for reply. Address Man
ager MacBrady, Star building, Chicago.
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MEDICAL.

~~S~-~@~--~~-~~---~-~
LADIESi CHlCHESTERS ENGLISH
Pennyroyal Pills are the best. Safe. re-
liable. Take no other. Send 4c stamps
for particulars. "Relief for Ladies'" in
letter by return mail. Ask your druggist
Chichester Chemical Co., Philada~, Pa.
l HAVE FOUND A POSITIVE CURE
for drunkenness; can be given secretly;
will gladly tell you what 1t is; don't send
money. Mrs. May Hawking. Lock Box
L. H. 49, Grand Rapids. Mich.
MORPHINE, OPIUM, LAUDANUM,
cocaine habit; myself cured; will inform
you of harmless. permanent home cure.
Mrs. Baldwin, Box 1912. Chicago.
HOW ARE YOUR FEET? IF YOUR
feet are troubling you, call on me and
will give you relief; cure ingrowing
nails, corns and all diseases of the feet
without pain; charges reasonable; can
give the best references in the city; pa
tents treated at residences; orders can
be left az Livingstons drug store. Bull
and Congress streets; telephone 2ss. Lem
Davis, surgeon chiropodist.
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PERSONAL.

WE ARE SERVING AT OUR FOUN-
tain to-day the following sherbets: Cho-
colate, peach, lemon, orange, banana and
the new one, royal princess. Furber.
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WANTED, A BARBER. APPLY SIS
Liberty street, east
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WANTED, NEAT, INTELLIGENT
house girl; call Sunday. 113 Liberty street.
west
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MOSQUITO NETS. ALL GRADES or
American and imported lace nets, with
best fixtures; prices low. C. P. Miller,
Agent
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WANTED, BROoMMAKERs. AID
dress Box $50, Charleston, S. c.
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HAVE YOUR FURNITURE MOVED
by men who know how to handle it. Tel
ephone 4143.
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SIDE LINE OFFERED BY HIGH
rated corporation on uncovered ground;
several earn $25 week cash; free outfit.
Factory, P. O., 1871, New York.
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FOR CARPET TAKING UP, CLEAN
ing, storing and relaying, ring telephone
2, District Messenger Company.
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WANTED EvERYWHERE-HU
lers to tack signs, distribute circulars,
samples, ETC.; no canvassing; good pay.
Sun Advertising Bureau, Chicago.
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WANTED, TRAVELLING SALE NAN,
for Sept. l engagement, acquainted with
Florida trade must be sober and relia-
Bile, with references. Address Traveller,
Box 1852, Jacksonville, Fla.
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YOUNG MAN TO TRAVEL IN GEoR-
gia; $50 monthly to start and all expenses:
position permanent If satisfactory; self
addressed envelope for particulars. Ad-
dress Manager ellis, Pontiac building,
Chicago.
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WATER COOLERS, BALDWIN RE-
frigerators, hammocks. lawn chairs and
all summer goods closing out at lowest
prices. C. p. Miller, Agent.
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HELP wANTED-FEmALE.

WANTED, SINGLE WOMAN; WHITE
preferred, cook, wash and iron for fani-
ly Of six. Must have best recommended
tons. Isle of Hope, Mrs. J. B. Wiley.
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WANTED, A FIRST-CLASS SALES
man; thoroughly experienced in clothing.
shoes and hats; good salary guaranteed;
none but frst-class and with good refer
ence need apply; send reference with ap-
plication. Address D., Office, Savan-
nah Morning News.
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MILLINERY! MILLINERY! ALL
hats and shapes at greatly reduced prices;
flowers, trimming, hats trimmed, 25c;
cleaning, dyeing. Mrs. s. Britton. 1856 Bar
nard.
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WANTED, COOK FOR SMALL FAM
lily; references required. Apply 235 Cor
don street, east.