Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 January 1878 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

C. DOAM1S, rilUkr. JASPBft, ' - - . INDIAXA. ITEMS OF INTEREST. tenM)tmI ami JLHmf, -Mrv E. .Booth, daughter of .Junius Hindus Booth, has gorie on the stage in Philadelphia. - Tlie French Academy of Moral Sciencu linn elected Ralph Waldo Emerson one of its foreign associate. Dretllarte ha dissolved his connec-tion-with the Washington Capital and returned to Now Jersey. Julos Verno owns a Hew iron steam yacht of 100 tons, called the 44 Saint Michael." From Havre, the port where it was built, M. Verne intends to sail on a visit to all the seas of Europe, and probably to others also. Hen Hill, on being asked to address some Alabama editors, answered: "I really desire to address a Press association, because there is no power in this country capablo of doing so much good, and really doing so much evil, as the press of this day," A most noted monk, Alcoin, occujiivu. iiuHnuu .a. ) uitra in transcribing a copy of the sacred Scriptures for the Kmperor Charlemagne. This intcreMling relic is now in the British Musoum, anl is valued at 760. Mr. Andrew Elliot, of Edinburgh, is going to publish a fac-similo reprint oftho Indian Primer of John Elliot. This reprint is from the original edition of 1(509, a copy of which is in the library of the University of Edinburgh. Said Mr. Whittier once: "It was a wonderful thing to see one's self in print for the first time. I shall never feel so well again It is not true, as has been said, that I dash off my writing rapidly, and send it to the printer without correction. I don't believe any body does that, or has any right to do it." The expenses of Stanley's great African journevs, just concluded, havn been about $115,000, borne equally by tho New York Herald and London !Celegraph more than any previous African expedition, privatoorgovornmental, and giving, for that matter, more complete and important results than anv other. A writer in Chambers's Journal, who has been look ng over the man uscript copies ofw.en or eight of Charles Dickens's novels in tho South Kensington Museum, says that one is struck by the number of alterations and interlineations with which the pages abound. The first emotion i one of surprise that uie oooks mat appear so lluent and natural, should hare been the result of .o much anxious thought, care, and elaboration. George Eliot has won much praise for her " Daniel Deronda " from the Hebrews of many countries. A German Professor.David Kaufman by name, the Jewish Theological Professor at tho Hebrew Seminar at Buda-Pesth, lias written a monograph to thank the novelist for her wonderful skill In portraying Jewish life nnd character. Heconfesses himself astonished at her ripe knowledge and comprehension, and out-of-the-way search of Jewish lore. Joseph Cook is eettine" rich in the lecture business, John B. Gough is to make a lecturu tour in Kmrlanil- f!nl. : t 1 i" n i

lector Simmons of Boston lectures tolfV .l,Uir' l00K Uie Sulu l,mc

acw England audiences on Ki'fnrm'' .Joaqum Miller is on the platform this season. Unrty-ono women are giving readings throughout the country. Thev are cheaper than lecturer, and exceed tho demand. Burdette of the Burlington Ilatrkeye is on a lecture tour in the East. Gen. Banks lias made a few engagements. Mrs. Liverniore is booked for the winter. Beecher lectures two or three tinic V am every week, and has re-' ice from ?5(X) to $200. uueeu his price eudell I'hillips has just completed a tour of six weeks ia the West. Solenre HHd IndtMtrjr. The telephone has been tried between Dover and Calais with satisfaction to the spectators of the submarine cable. Lynn js said to be losing its trade in iKtots and shoes, which used to be almost a monopoly. Western manufacturers are getting a large share of tho business. Two hundred and twenty street lamps ut Providence, It. I., which extend over a distance of nine miles, are now lighted and extinguished by clec'tricity, in less than 15 seconds, by one man. Among novelties constmcted of paper is a chimney for a factory at Breslan, Long Island. It is 50 feet high, and rendered lire-proof ami impervious to water by a chemical preparation. Xext wo may expect stoves and grates made of paper. Birds killed en the Western prairies, packed closely with paper in barrels, ami without any freezing or other artificial process of preservation, are senl to England by every steamer, where they arrive in excellent condition. An orange tree iu the Azores in one year produced 20,000 oranges, which were exported in perfect condition to England. In these islands the ex port a . tion of oranges has become a very im portant industry. During sho pastyear they have yielded to Great Britain alone 208,015 cases of the fruit, worth about .500,000. The branches and trunks of tho trees are attended to so scientifically that they usually attain gigantic proportions. S. G. Liverniore, of Cedar Rapids, Iova, hag aGaerasey eow which sweeps

the hoard on lacteal Droduat. Sua

dropped lr Jin Mlf Oot 18, 1876. ; From.Nov. 1 following to Sept. 1, 1877, she gave 4'm powMle 4f mil), froi which Whs rm kfl pwmd of tatter. Sept, JK), 1877, she dropped her second can; and from Uct. 16 following, in seven days, she gave 121 pounds of milk', from which was made 9i pounds oi muter. An official statement rives the num beref gallons of wine produced by eacl of the grape producing eountries'of the world, for 1876: France, 1,170,076,118 Germany, 76,17,S04 ; Switzerland, 25Q, 000;-Bohemia, 85,000; Austria, 8-1,702, 841; Hungary, 221,214,400; Russia (provinces in part), 44,861,000; Portu gal, 111,000,000; Maderia, (1874) 1 t.w.vw, nary, fu,uuu,uuo; Turkey and Koumania, 22,000,000; Australia, 1, 928,024 ; Cape of Good'Hdpe, 1,785.920 Balearic and Canary Isles, 201,150; onam iin part) oo.uw.uuo: tireece. 'G. 400,000; United States, 13,000,000. . There are 25 packing-houses in Bal timore, employing each from 50 to 450 i aim Handling o,uw,uuy of raw and 15,000,000 of canned oysters each season, Besides there are 50 steaming imuM!, wnerc m,uw,uuu cans are propared each season by 7,000 men. Near ly 2,000 men are engaged in making cans. Oysters shuckers make on an average 1.25 per day, but some experts mhu us niuen as .to. a ousnei of oysters in tho shell will make 10 cans, and miii nave bnucKeu ana canned as many as i, 500 bushels in a day. It is expected that Bartholdi's statue of Liberty Lighting the World," which is to serve as a lighthouse in tho Harbor of New York, will bo ready for display at the Paris Exhibition. The hand of this gigantic figure measures over four meters; tho middle finger is two meters in length, and weighs 45 kilogrammes; and the wrist is the size of a locomotive lioiler. Tho height of the statue on its pedestal will be C7 meters tlie unlifted arm, holding tho lighted torch, reaching aoove me neau. School and Church. There arc 19 Jewish places of worship in New York City. Arizona expends $42.41 per capita for the education of her children in public schools ; California, 22.04, and Mas sachusetts but $20. Moody and Sankey are referred to - oy uie ram uauioi as " the founders nf a vogue in the United States." The Rev. Edward Abbott, who retired from his editorship of the Congrc;uisMii9i, Miun time ago, is aoout to oecome amemnorottho I'rotostantEpis copal Church. California has a school population of 200,00. The number in tho public schools is 135,335, and the average atlumianee is oy,o,Ji. mere are 3,107 teachers, 1,98:) of whom are women. The Pone has authorized Cardinal Manning to negotiate with Great Britain for the removal of certain difficulties which delay the establishment of tho Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland. I ho Republic cf Honduras is about to introduce the American free school system. In is capital, Camayagua, a national college is to be established, and a commissioner has been sent to this country to obtain books and teachers. Miss Josephine A. Stone, a colored girl, who graduated from the High behool at Newport, Vermont, this last for the "'S"" iiwmisiih, cave uie valediotory, and did the last two years' study in one. She is the daughter of a cook, and supported herself by her own labor. Tho State School Commissioner reports the following school enumeration lor Ohfo for tho past year : White bovs between (J and 21 years, 515,049; while girls, 489,096 ; total white, 1,004,145; colored boys, 11,782: colored srirls. 1 1321 ; total colored, 2,'J,10il : grand to-' 't 1,027,218. This is an increase of i z,wu over last year. They have reduced whipping to a . isnment was inflicted, the instrument used, and the numlier of blows struck. This arrangement tends to make teach ers think twice before they strike once. Harvard has 112 scholarships, with incomes varying from 40 to$:i50a year. Ihe l tnversityof now autnits women as snec in history, physics, chemistry, and music. Arcadia College, at Wolfville, N. J., has lost its mam buildimr bv lire The Amherst seniors have asked to Study English literature next term on a , J changed plan. Professors Rose audi Douglass of the University of Michigan are to have a formal examination on charges of dishonesty is connection with the chemical laboratory, lint' "' Ml'linpn. Miss Mary Cody, aged 10, daughter of 11. Cody, who lives near South (tranby, Oswego County, N. V., was burned to death from her clothes taking fire while engaged in coloring rags by an out-door tire. At Cleveland, O., on New Year's Day, Charles T, Boyor, aged 28, a cloth inir salesman, was out WmW in Mmm, ny with a friend, when the horse ran away. Both were thrown from the wagon, and Boyer struck with his head upon the curbstone, crushing histbrain. His companion was badly but not fatally nun. At Bucket Lake, about 1 miles from Yarmottth, Nova Scotia, three children, two of them belonging to Mr. Hatfield, want on the ice, which gave

ajiuum in tuu iuoiii5 Mmoois oi certain u mo uumgu ui iMjinj; mum- stance me serpents belong to the nonConnecticut towns. Whenever teachers ' U0M of $wrut societies six of them to venomous class, which kill their prey by indict corporal punishment, they are ' I n Siberia and penal servitude in compression. Snalla has brought with obliged to send the pupil to the School the mines, and the other two to impris- her three small anacondas ami a boaSuperintendent with a certificate ex- omnent, constrictor, and Mr. Farini, to whose plaining tho ofibnso for which the t I enterprise! we owe this rnmsrkalilw ox.

way, Mr. HaOeld's faRiilv. iaeludia

juawwi, ins wiie anu two uaegMers, ruslied to the seene, and in tk exoite inent all were precipitated into the wator, when Mrs. Hatfiald. a daughter aged 30, another daughter agd 6, and ' a son aged ;p years, were drowned. -ShooUnir acoidenta:. AL IUIlumi. teine, 0 Grant Pray, a 12,-nwr-old soh of Capt. John Prey, special ,Pot-pee i detective, while playing wltfc a.reyolver,rl Hey, O., who was visiting him. The oaii entered uie rimt eve. uaatn riwmit. ing jn a few; minutes afterwards. Near -. - c? - Jf ' " jawae, iu:n.t doapn joomer was I wnon a uosr ran against the trisrirer, w I DO ' Va.. James Carter, colorml. wax fooling with a double-barreled shot-gun .....w.. ..w,...y iwuvv.v., mi ii w,u rfifitinf ittrftinst. ivVulnmon u'lum it wa? discharged, mflictiiiff internal injuiiiwiium wiiiciino men. : !.. t i i -if.j' Tho suicidal list: Henn- Atwood. a Nebraska young man, went to Washington aftera clerkship, with first-class recommendations. Hut he couldn't get nnn annul all i imnnnfinil foot for home, but became discouraired and shot himself by the side Virginia road. A man, who kl of WW hinisolf in the American House.Montreal. as J. M. Scott, New York City, com mitted suicide by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. He had been drinking heavily, and had spent all his money. Mary Holliday, of Howick, Canada, unable to withstand the importunities of two suiters to whom, liking them equally, sho thoughtlessly engaged herself, took strychnine and died blio was a woman ot unusual beauty. anu of a happy but excitable disnosition. John Stolz, a tailor, supposed to be long at Omaha, shot himself at l)es Moinos, Iowa. Others in brief: Albert Cole, of Osgood, Ind.; John Staubrough, of WostGeld, Ind. ; John Vadcr, near L.aporte, ma.; S. B. llobinson. a well known lawyer, of Washington County, 0. ; Wm. B. Little, coal and lumber dealer, of Mechanicsburtr. O.: M 1 - . 1 laria Urcnan, an Italian, aced 21. of Cincinnati; Anthonev Vasev. hardware clerk, of Caro, Mich. ; Wm. Taylor, of Clare County, Mich. ; John Olanson, of Detroit, Mich.; Delia Wright, aged 1C, a village belle, of Tecumseh. Mich. ; Orlando Itay, of Roxana,Mich, ; Keubon Heed, of Foil du Lac, Wis.; vt m. li. lttchanlson. of Lexmethn. Kv.: John O. Poaree, aged 30, of Maysviile, Ky. John X. Flette. dry-goods sales man, oi aiempins, enn.; .lohnMaHgus, of Tracy, lenn.; Mrs. Kemhart Brucbank,of W heeling, W. Va.; George F. Kimball, asred 18, book-keeper, of Boston, Mass. ; Frank Carter, aged 50, of Cambridge, Mass. ; Dr. Hatchelder, of South Boston. Mass.: Willard S. Kirby, of Wostport, lass. KerrijfM Xetri . Mrs. Bowler, a sister of Hon. Geo, W. Pendleton, was formally received nto the Human Catholic Church, at -ondon, on tho 15th of December. The King of Saxony has nominated Baron Taucunite of Leipsie, the well Known publisher, to one of the very imited number of life peerages in the Upper Chamber of the Saxon Parlia ment, vacant by a recent death. Sunday English papers are discuss ng the question whether England I,., i 'as , ever derived any solid advantages from tho conquest of India, and a member of the House of Commons recently re marked that it had been of far less valuo flian the invention of the steam engine, penalties all those who did not speedily obey the command. Eight of tliefe lafamilies, ":.lvc been condemned by the Russian indignation is expressed Berlin papers at tho conduct of the citi zens there toward the members of the

causing it to explode, killing Boomer knights of some thirty orders, and it is instantly. At Auburn, 1'enn., a son of these who attect most to wear no ribbons Abraham Mayer, while celebrating the at all. Theeustom of going outto even2sew Year, accidentally shot away part 1 ing parties in plain clothes unadorned

oi ins lace ana noaa. At llunttnirton. ' is one of recant With, hut it 5

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ouiiib uiiHt o an imperial iiKase unqucstionauly of a

recalled to bt. Petersburg!! all Kussian astonishing character

ladies who were studying at the Berne charming of Snalla Polvtcchnicum. thrcateniiKr with scveni I sntwu tmm that nf

in t ho luvar.

have been condemned by tin

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walk the dtreeu. Thev are followed by 1 aKN of a light brown color, with somecrowds, and their cues are nulled, to , what pleasing features, and a lithe and

thesrroat dulisrht of the noimlaeo. The graceful form. Her power over theser-

Poiinsylvnnia ! police have orders to arre.t all oftendcial students I crs. and school-tGUL'hnrs lutvn bonn li.

rected by the Government to urge decent behavior in this matter upon thuir pupils. In London and Paris the Chinese Legations have never been annoyed. It is related,' as actually true, that a young lady, recently walking in tho country lanes near Tennyson's home, course, turned round before she was put Ot S trllt. tttll llflin I Mr Tmnn'm.wrn.1 insr on 1 is way xi Wad. J 6 1 . , kiiv vouui. ue i ans laioiy iook pos-' session of the former residence of his grand aunt, Madam Adelaide, sister of ' mairnincenl private italiiislminnt. in Paris. Sixty carriages can stand together in the court yard, 1,000 guests oan circulate in the reception rooms, and the garden in a miniature park, extending to the Rue de Babyloae. The howee hi now known a the Hotel G&lliera,

I mnt a crnntlnnmn wlm ut. inruniirnnnli

riitlihoratelv ' tftnV nut a ln,1LV" J !iml ovcn HllCC lOliatO. Uno Will COil itsoreKt ov. hi. ftj ' Mlf r0,md lr waistand thoothers round

it.nnFii , nil M.uiKiucr ui j.ve. oi

ivmg uoua rniumpe, in tne uue de would bo alarming if the performer did Varennes, near tho corner of the Hue - not convince m by her confidenee that vanneau. It is considered the most J no evil would result. Th m-flmn u i

Duke d dalliera and hU DucImw, who

- mw muck oomiumy tlwre. f viously inhabited, thirty v It wa pre ' yr? ago, by Gen. Cavaignac, tlie brief dicUtor of I Jjav freent balls to the French noWl ty, but received no bne who arrival ltr than 1 a. m. At that hour a guest j A Russian collects stars as an En I g9 " ' . ivntttvtl , 41114 wro , wiisimmii wmiiii ..n-wwi an.i ,v, , iQHnla is an expensive one, for it entails a disbursement of fee which are always large and sometimes exorbitant. Some itussiau Generals and Senators are ntim and nntv lilli.niaaa itucdutio longer Show tlieir star at the theater auu ax JlitSig 1M1L1W, iUt IIIGYUIU IBH vium umi At , R'.lul .1. .. have no choice, but must wr nil thn . . . " stars ana crosses thev noseees. eve though thqlr bosoms should resomble a Jewuler's shop-front in consequonce. f - , n. V, uuiuo Willi U1W ?.ho,j51an1 10 ,HSt J'oar la7. m .bcd whh "1B WUB ino nre, wnu tins year let

roistered', . . . uo ms 1,1 i ' hnil. I nns 19 nigntal ilnrntinn nu.u

ed. Gontlemen who can't tell a polon ? t .... suae irona an anroa iront will boar in mind the prevailing distinction between a uai ana a oonnet. Uno is worn over the oar, and tho other on the nape of tho necK. man whose knowledge is based ' on actual experience says that whencalli uijr ou tueir sweeiuearis younff men t . i i . should carry affection in their hearts, penection in their manners, and confec tion in their pockets. We were shown a very beautifully decorated piece of pottery yesterday, ft was a deep red on the outside, and tho inside was decorated with two quarts of beans and half a pound of pork." Tho J reader of this line sentiment instinctive1 . . 1 v mnrmnrj ollietnii 1 " Is my breakfast ready?" said an impatient young man who was trying to get his morning meal at a beer saloon. "Don't know,'f said the waiter: "I'll whistle up and see." "Heavens! no: don't do that. I ordered sausage, and if you whistle you'll have the whole lot down." At the renting of the news in Chicago church the other evening, there was a hot competition for pew No. 78, and bids ran up to a large sum. It was finally knocked down to Brother B " Why were you so anxious to get that particular seat?" he was asked by It il . mm m - ... r urouieru. wnyr Because it's next to Brother M.'s," he replied. "Well, wnat ot that?" returned the other. vny," repnea iirotner "M.'s as bald as a jug, and he draws Hies from every body around him. I made up my minu to get a for if there's an pestered with listening to a good sermon." Snails, an AnjssIhIsh Saake-Charmer. Sonio new added to the Aquarium at features have just been attractions of the Royal n osiminster, winch are likely to prove interesting to the gen- ( ists. One is an exhibition of the extra ;.t inifjiu, auu iiuuuunuv au iu uniurm - , r : ., i , . ordinary power which a female Abyssinian snake-charmer possesses over reptiles of the boa-constrictor class. We had an opportunity yesterday of witnessing this performance, which is most singular and The snakediffers in some reflirt TtifltUtt Dnul'n. charmers who wore brought to Europe bv Dr. Lynn. In the latter case the venomous cobra was shown to be eaimble of control; but in the present inInbition, has added a splendid python irom the southwest coast of Africa. pents seems to be complete, The anacondas (which must not be confounded with the gigantic South American water-snake, though they are of tho same genus) allow her to treat them with the utmo3t familiarity. During the performance she keeps up without intermission a low monotonous chant, supposed to Ikj one of the means employed for tho charming of tho rentiles, and they appear to be most docile without apparent ellorfc sways itself to rj,i T Jy! I1 erects iwelf into a vertical 1'8'Von - The boa Is about ten feet long, . .. . ' ' - v. . , anu is a very beautiful serpent. It is remark'aoiy tame. It curls itself round Snalla's, waist, ana its forked tongue plays around her hand in a manner that recent purchase of Mr. Farini 'at 5t is. therefore, at--present only undergoing the taming process ; yet Snalla has in a few days got it under such control that it will submit to her manipulations, while It will fly fiercely at a strasgtsr.

pew near mm this year, y thinr I hate it's to be

Hies when I'm when I'm

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Paso, ! Texsw, has forwarded to Waakiact ton Alum m Miujuon oi wwwures to prevent the Mexicans from obtaining salt from the hikes in the vieiaity, asd which terininated in the death of Caadie, he says: " On the 5th or 6th inst. large numW of Mexicans, with wagons, left San KlixariQ for the Salt Lakes. They were expected back on the 19th or 14th, and on the afternoon of tlie 12th Mr. Howard left here for San Eliaario with an escort of 'Texas Rangers,' for the avowed purpose of serving writs of sequestration and arrest of the parties having the salt. I am informed that after tbey got there they went to th ...J... M , Plaza, and through the prinoipal streets of the town, and that Howard greatly exasperated and incensed the Mexicans by calling tkera Greasers' and other opprobrious epithets, and by inviting them to come and take him now. During the night the Mexicans gathered and armed themselves. In tho morninff tlie ranrora found themselves surrounded, and firing commenced on both sides. It is impossible to ascertain who tired tho first shot. Some allege that a man bv tlie name of Atkinson, who attachod himself to tho rangers, fired first, others. that the first shot came from the Moxican side. All are agreed, howevor,that the Mexicans killed the first man a Mr. Ellis, who had a contract to supply the rangers with provisions, etc. It appears that many of the rancershad conp gregated. at his house that evening and wore having a convivial time when Mr. Ellis proposed to go out and see what was going on. Ho never returned. It is supposed that ho was spying around and did not halt when commanded and was shot, or that he had obtaiued some laforniation while eavesdroDninp and had been caught in the act. For four days they had the rangers surrounded and commenced to tunnel under the building in which tho rangers were quartered. On the lGth inst., a white llag was raised by the rangers for the Surpose of getting an old gentleman, Ir. Loomis, out of the rangers' quarters, who happened to bo caught in there when they wore surrounded. Tho Mexicans also raised a white llag and Mr. Loomis got out. From this circumstance negotiations were started and Lieutenant Toyes asked them what thev wanted. "They replied that thev wanted How ard and would have him. They asked Lieut. Toyos whether he was hired bv Howard, or was on duty under orders from the Governor of the State. "When informed that he was under nstructions from the Governor it ap peared to give them a new idea. They then told Lieut. Toyos that if Howard would come over to thoir camp and talk for himself thev thoueht'tho trouble oould bo settled. 44 Lieut. Toyes went back to his quar ters and told Howard what thev had said to him, but that he need not go without he so wished. Howard, however, concluded to go, and Lieut. Toyos went with him. The Mexicans then sent for Atkinson and a Mr. McBride, who had been acting as Howard's agent in the salt business. Lieut. Toyos and Howard were in a room together. At kinson andMcBride outside. Tho Mex icans went in where Toyes and Howard wero and told Lieut. Toyes that they wished to speak with Howard alone. ieut. Toyes then refused to leave him. whereupon they took him in their arms ay force anil carried him out of the room, in the meantime the remaiudcr of the rangers had surrendered, and they disarmed them and placed a stronsr guard over them. " Ahey then took Howard. Atkinson and McBride out to one side of tlie town, to a place where they hail alroady dug a grave, stood them in a nit, picked out nine of thoir boat marksmen and shot them down. They held the rangers prisoners during tho night and released them next day, giving them their horsos imt retaining their arms. 44 During the fusilado two rangers were killed and, it is thought, three or iuur muxicans anu a mimuer wounded. Sinco that time (Hie 18th inst.") nothing definite has been ascertained of tlieir operations or intentions. Not a single American is left in the town, all having iiiuu iu nn.i iiuu. Aim rangers, oi ' course, feel very bitter because of the trough treatment they have received. l he .Mexicans claim that they wanted nothing but Howard, and him they would have, cost what it might. Ho had killed Candis, their best friend. There can bo no doubt that many of tho mob were from tho other side of the river. 44 News has just been received that the Mexicans at San KUzario are taking their families to tho othur side of the river, under promise of ollicials thcro that they will protect them. The Deputy Collector's ollices at San Elizario and Voteta have been closed for the last two weeks. Tho Deputy Collector of the latter place sought refuge hero. Have not heard from the former for twelve days." it is wonderful what a halo true throw around a dear one's love will form Hero a girl will go and come and sit with a great lubber of a lubber every evening in a year while he flounders around on her train, steps on kier toes, knocks over tables and commits scores ef other depredations with his No. 11 boots and yet, come Christmas, she will sweetly make him a present of a No. 5 pair of slippers, with a piak: rosebud worked on top. A Si

Ign of Beh

Iadigeetion "Gone to

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mk in five Muuites."