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~ LITTLE KINDNESSES. If you were tolling up a weary hill Bearing a load beyond your strength to Btraln‘lng'each nerve.untmngly, and still - Btumbling and losing foothold here and there, & And each one passing by would do so much As give one upward lift and go their way, Would not the slightest reiterated touch Of help and kindness lighten all the day? If you were breasting a keen wind, which tossed o And buffeted and chilled.you as you strove, : ; ‘ Till, bafiled and bewildered quite, you lost The power to see the way, and aim and move, And one, if only for a moment’'s space, Gave you shelter from the bitter blast, ; Would you not find it easier to face The storm again when the brief rest was . L pastl : 'i‘here is no little and there is no much; We weigh and measure and define in vain. A look, a word, a light respongive touch Can be the ministers of joy to'pain. A man can die of hunger, walled in gold, A crumb may quicken hope to stronger breath, And every day we give or we withhold Some little thing which tells for life or death, : —3usan Coolidge. BREAKING A RECORD. BY ROBERT BARR. ' The manager of the London & Glasgow air line railway, Mr. Swipes, sent me an invitation marked “private,” saying that he was bound to beat the record made by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad now that they had come out in print about it. He added that he thought record breaking in the night time all right enough, if the record breaker did not say apything about it in public, but if newspaper accounts were to be written then the race should be open to outside parties who might wish to know the time without asking a policeman. He added that when the New York Central broke the English record they did so with theit Empire State express, which anyone could have traveled on who had the money to pay his fare. This, he claimed, was the right way of breaking a record if you are going towrite about it afterward. Nevertheless he was going to follow the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern fashion, just to see what his railroad could do, and he invited me, as a person owning an American watch, to come upon the trip, but begged me to say nothing whatever about it, for, he said, instead of breaking the record, we might perhaps break our necks. ‘ He added that he regretted that heJ owned only an old silver turnisy of a watch bi\n;self which wouldn’t split the minutes, let alone the seconds, and so he would like to have a really good watch with which to keep the time. I was to meet him at the London terminus of the London & Glasgow air line at exactly 12, midnight, tarce weeks ago. There was some little risk in going out at that hour, for it is well known that one of the most obnoxious and oppressive laws made by Qgeen Vietoria herself is that every man in London must be in his own housc at 8:40 o'clock, and have lights out and be in bed at nine. Anyone out after that hour is liable to arrest, so I stole up and down through by streets and dodged the policemen until I came to the terminus. Here I was amazed to find an immense locomotive and one flat car, with two camp stools on it.

“What's this for?” I said to Swipes. ' “We're going to break the record with this train,” he replied. *“I wantto have it as light as possible, for an ordinary carriage meets with such resistence in passing so quickly through the atmosphere that I concluded to take a freight car, and if we have a smash-up it won’t be so expensive.” : _

“But you don’t expect me to sit on onc of those stools in the open air from here to Glasgow ?” I'cried, aghast.

“Oh, that’s all right,” he said. “The stools are fastened to the floor of the car, and I have shawl straps with which _you can fasten yourself to the stool. There won’t be any trouble on that score.”

“Where are the other fellows?” I asked. : N s

“There aren’t any,” he answered, “When you are going to break a record the fewer you have on board the better; watches differ, and it would be bad if there was a quarrel about time; your watch shall be the only official | time piece in the company; mine, as I think I told you in the letter, generally loses two hours out of the 24, so 1 think we had better not trust to it.” I strapped myself to one stool and Swipes strapped himself {o the other and at 12:15 we pulled out of Mary\lebone terminus. It was agreed that we were not to begin the record until we had passed Highgate, and were thus safely out of }he influence.of London. The digtan¢e from London to Glasgow is 401.5 miles. We had for engineer Peter McGump, who was a Scotchman, and therefore knew the road to Glasgow well, and Billy Jones, of Whitechapel, did the firing. We had no brakeman, because, as Swipes said, [t was not on the brakes we were going to depend for breaking the record. The engine was known as the Mary Jane, and familiar to all the operators on .the road as “Her Golden Hair Is Hangin’ Down ’er Back.” She gets this nickname fromn her great speed, and from the fact that the smoke with the sparks in it trails out behind like a great banner. : After leaving Highgate Peter gave her more steam, and the speed began to be something appalling. “Oh, it's nothing to what we’ll have by and by,” said Swipes, as he watched me making an ineffectual grab at my hat, which disappeared in the darkness. Swipes counted the mile-stones while I ticked off the seconds on my watch, and beforz long we were going 70 miles an hour. - We had the advantage over the American road in the fact that there are rarely any level road crossings in England, and that one railway is never allowed to cross another on the level. By the time we passed Toad-in-the-Hole we were doing $5 miles an hour, but as the Lake Shore train has attaimed a speed of 923, Swipes yelled to Peter as well as he could to give her more speed, because if she didn’t put in her best licks now, what could we expect when we came to the high grounds and the stiff grades of the midlands? This shouting of Swipes, however, had no effect, because we were going so fast that his mﬁ:é:a‘m he lever, watching slo shont owt the ke pout, ASN 2 s e A S

“Hold on, it’s the telegraph poles you are counting.” e “No, it isn’t,” he replied, “it’s the mile posts.” “Nonsense,” I cried. *“At that rate we are going at the rate of 108 miles an hour."‘ : ¥ “A hundred and eight it is then,” he said. “Stoke her up, Peter.” : I then called the general manager’s attention to the fact that it was not etiquette to tell an engine driver to “stoke up,” as that duty was performed by Billy Jones. He apparently learned for the first time that engineers do not do their own stoking, and he thanked me for the information. At last the mile stones passed so rapidly that Swipes could not keep track of them, so we abandoned the attempt to count them and took only the stations, as we had a record of the distance between them. I saw nmow by making a calculation between two-stations that we were going at the rate of 160.45 an hour, and my hair would have stood on énd were it not for the fact that it was standing straight out behind. The oscillation was somewhat dreadful, and once I'realized with horror as we swung around a curve that all four wheels were off the track, and that we were flying in mid-air; luckily, however, the wheels came down on the rails and ail was well once more. By this time the stations passed us in one continuous streak, as if we were running through the suburbs of a big city, and I was wondering all the time when we would come to the town, but'finally I realized that it was impossible to keep time with my excellent watch, and so we would have to lump the thing by calculating how long it took us to come from London tc Glasgow. The lid of my watch, which I now inadvertently exposed to the breeze, snapped and blew away, and I saw that the gold of the hunting case was beginning to flake off, so I put it in my pocket to save the rest of it. I knew it was not yet two hours since we left London, and to my amazement I spied the spires of Glasgow. I recognized the place because I was born there. “That can’t be Glasgow,” I shouted to Swipes. “If it is we have traveled something like 200 miles in an ‘hour, and the Lord only knows what speed we attained in making up for the time when we were crawling on at 70 and 80'-” s

“That’s Glasgow all right enough,” said Swipes. Then he yelled to Peter: “For heaven’'s sake, shut off steam! Don’t you see where we are?” : But Peter was struggling with his engine, and all at once he yelled back at us: . -

“I can't stop her, sir!” s “leavens and earth,” said I. “What is to be done?” .

“I don’t know,” said Swipes. “It’s my own fault. I told Peterin the hearing of the engine, and she is one of the cutest engines on the road, that ‘we were bound to break the American record, which is 510 miles. You see, it’s only 401.5 miles to Glasgow, and I'll bet you that brute is bound to do the other 109 miles to-night, even if she has to do it on the highway. The railway stops at Glasgow, and I don’t know what’y going to happen.” i

As he concluded the sentence there was a crash and a bang, and the next moment we were in the principal street of Glasgow tearing along the rails of the street car line. Luckily, the same law being in force as was in London, nobody was out on the streets, and' so we went at the rate of 84.75 miles an hour up the main thoroughfare of Glasgow and finally struck the north road for the Highlands. Peter was struggling all the time with his engine, but could not make any progress in his endeavor to stop her. When we got about 50 miles on the main road from Glasgow, sometimes slowing down to 63 miles an hour, on the hills, Peter with a white face turned toward us and shouting:

“My God,sir,we’re on the Craigneputtoch Loch road, and the Craigneputtoch Loch is at the end of it about 50 miles ahead.”

“How far is it from London ?” yelled Swipes, putting his hands beside his mouth to make the sound carry. “The middle of Craigneputtoch Loch is just 510 miles from London, and it is over 1,000 feet deep in the middle,” shouted Peter. : :

“There’s where she’s making for,” cried Swipes, unbuckling the straps and clinging to the stool. : v

The hills now rose grandly around us in the darkness and we saw the black water of the loch. ¢

“Jump, Peter, jump!* cried Swipes, as he threw off the straps. | - Peter did so, and I cut the strap that held me. Instantly we were all—Pefer, the stoker, Swipes and myself—llying on the hillside on the heather. The doomed train had plunged right into the center of the lake. It had completed its 510-mile race and used up the fraction by sinking 1,000 feet to the bottom, . s Luckily, none of us were hurt in the slightest, with the exception that Swipes sustained a compound fracture of the thigh, Peter had both arms broken, Jones had all his ribs and one ankte smashed, while I had my veracity sprained so badly that no one has ever been able to believe a word I have uttered sinee.—Detroit Free Press.

THE UNDER EARTH. : Man’s Dependence Upon Products Bee neath the Surface. So slow was the advance in the utilization of the earth’s products that when our ancestors first came t 6 this country there weré not more than about 20 substances other than building stones or gems which were won to commerce’ from -the under earth. These were scantily used; the amount of iron required per capita each year probably did not exceed five pounds, and the amount of coal consumed was even legs. At present the annual consumption of iron in this country amounts ‘to about 250 pounds, and of coal to morc: than 11, tons per head. 'The number of earth materials and their immediate products which enter into the arts is to be reckoned by the hunAreds; each year the number augments with surprising rapidity. Measured by the quantity of the materials won from the depths, the civilized man to-day, as ‘compared with his ancestors in the time of Queen Elizabeth, has increased his dependence on the under earth by not less than 50 fold.—Prof. N. 8. Shaler, Sc. D., in* Chautauquan. A house is never perfectly furnished for enjoyment unless t.heréglggx child in it rising three years old, and a kitten rising six weeks.—Bouthey, L R e e

"~ PLANTING POTATOES. Deep, Meliow BSoll, Kept in Good Tllith, Gives the Best Results, There are two advantages in panting potatoes reasonably deep. One is they are less liable to be injured by dreught. The other is that there is no necesssity for hilling up to prevent sunscald. To grow and yield well potatoes require considerable moisture. If the soil is stirred thoroughly and deep and the planting is deep they will be more certain of securing pienty of moisture than when the plowing and planting are shallow.

Keeping the surface level and in a good tilth aids in retaining moisture in the soil,

A deep, mellow, loose soil kept in a good tilth gives the best results with all crops. Run out the furrows with a single shovel plow, plant reasonably deep, cover well. If good drainage is

provided and there is not too much danger of washing, it will be best not to fill up the furrows entirely, but to do ‘this gradually as the cultivation -is given. The potatoes may be plantcd deeper this way than would be best if all of the covering must be given at once, !

Have the soil rich, and if there is not enough well-rotted ‘manure to make the necessary fertility, it will be a good plan to use a commercial fertilizer, applying it in thec hill before the seed is planted. - If the soil is well-prepared before planting the cultivation can begin with the harrow and generally the first harrowing can be given before the plants show above ground and a second very soon after. In this way the soil can be kept in a good tilth and the weeds destroyed at low cost. :

If the planting. is shallow, more or less hilling up will be necessary in order to prevent sun-scald, and the soil will dry out more rapidly, often to an extent to seriously aflect the growth and yield.—St. Louis Republic.

'GARDEN CULTIVATOR. Its Designer Claims That It Reduces Work to a Minimum. To make a garden cultivator as illustrated below, dress two pieces of hard wood two by eight inches by four feet, as shown at a, a. It should have a spread of two feet at the rear end. . 1 | ”.I"‘L‘l ‘ f t\"‘\“’ { o ..\\" I." 77, d} | | : HOMEMADE GARDEN CULTIVATOR. Cut another piece, b, to fit between the main pieces at the rear. Another piece of four by four in material should be spiked across the three pieces. Drive through the upper side 20 penny spikes, slanting them back well. Fill the | wood, keeping the spikes about two inches apart. Attach to handles securely, as shown in the cut, fasten the whiflletree hook and the harrow is complete. | While this harrow is handy for' numerous crops, it is e€specially valuable among strawberries.—J. B. Mathews, in Farm and Home. : A SOUTHERN OPINION. The Road Problem Is Asserting Itself in the-Cotton States. . The subject of improved public highways is attracting a large share of public attention. In the opinion of the Southern Farm Gazette, of Starkville, Miss., good roads is one great need of the day in the cotton states. In order to have better roads, it is necessary to reorganize our present general plans of road working, and adopt more modern and more effective methods. It seems that it would be a wise plan to utilize county convicts in connection with this line of work. These convicts are usually a burden on the county. They should be worked. They should be worked for profit. What better profit can the tax payers desire than the profit arising from better public roads? Better roads are indirectly a profit to every farmer that travels over them. The better the road, the less strain upon the team and the wagon and the harness and the patience of the driver. The better the road, the greater the saving of time in going from one mile to another, and the greater ease with which the burden of freight is transported.

Inexpensive Cold Storage House. A refrigerating house has been built in Michigan, which will serve as a useful model for small country communities which desire the advantages of cold storage at a low cost. The walls of the house are built of cedar blocks, laid up with lime mortar like niasonry, save that the mortar is laid under each of the headers 18 inches long, of which the wall is chiefly composed, leaving a six-inch air space in each joint. The outside of the wall has a coat of cement, and the inside is heavily coated with auicklime plaster against which tiressed sheathing was nailed while the mortar was still soft. The floor is paved with cedar blocks, and the loft over the storage room is filled with straw. The windows have fine sashes, with successive four-inch air-spaces. The cost of the building, with cold room 24 by 30 feet, and eight feet high, is given at something over $6OO. The building is cooled by natural ice, stored during the winter, and rip 2 fruits are kept in it a month without injury. : Good Roads Increase Trade. : Maurice Thompson, the poet and naturalist, of Crawfordsville, Ind., says: “A successful business man said to me, all good roads run down hill;’ by which he meant that traffic flowed like water along a pleasant highway. Show me a flourishing town, and I will prove to you that it is a basin into which good #righways pour their streams. I know that this is true in Indiana. There is not a genuinely flourishing town within our state which is fed by ill-kept roads. Mud colors whatever it comes in touch ‘with, even the temper and aspirations of men and women. Who can keep in a ‘good humor with clay on his feet?” € ki LT - Easy to Guess, : If you were a farmer and lived between Two towns that wished your trade, A% one g:ad ;l‘treotu ‘all»mxg :atd clean - N X e i . ea i A do%fui iceng‘ 3“ mmrﬂ!‘?ﬂ:ﬁ. ' | Dok v n o you Wiink wodia el sl T o e

" PREVENTING' PEACH ROT. It Can Be Accomplished by Early .s’r.ying, at Small Cost. Rot is one of the worst enemies of early peaches, but it can be controlled by proper spraying, and at a cost of less than two cents per tree for each spraying. At the Delaware experiment station, five or six sprayings increased the yield threefold, and of this total yield the amount of sound fruit was increased from three to fourfold, making a total increased yield of sound fruit at least tenfold on trees sprayed, at a cost of 10 or 12 cents per tree, com« pared to the unsprayed. The first application was made when the fruit buds began to swell; the second just before the fruit buds opened; the third when the petals had fallen; the fourth when the fruit was the size of peas; the fifth when the fruit began to color, and the sixth about two weeks later. 1t is doubtful if the last two sprayings are really necessary in most seasons. The best succgss followed the use of a weakened bordeaux mixture, made of six pounds bluestone or sulphate of copper and six pounds lime, to 45 gallons of water. After the first and second sprayings, add three ounces paris green to this formula, as a protection against insects. Another equally good fungicide (but the paris green should not be used with it) is copper acetate, eight ounces to 45 gallons of water. There was twice as much rot with two spfayings as with four or six. Neither of these formulas will injure the foliage.

It is important that two of the sprayings be done before the bloom opens. Five applications made and begun after the bloom was nearly shed were considerably less effective than when two were made before the bloom opened. Four applications made after fruit had set were less effective than two made before the bloom opened. When two applications were made, better results were obtained when one of these was applied before the buds opened, and again when the fruit was about one-half size, than when both were made before the bloom opened.—American Agriculturist. ; »

PRIVATE | CREAMERY. Success of a Dairyman Engaged in the ‘, Making of Prime Butter. - “Here and there a dairyman isjpreaking away from the factories and trying the making of gilt-edged butter. Ihave a neighbor with an ¥B-cow dairy on a 130-acre farm, who made this change last winter,” writes L. B. Pierce in Country Gentleman. “He bought a separator costing $l2O, and some other conveniences, and prcceeded to make a high grade of butter for customers in .our town and Akron, delivering every Saturday morning. ' Almost from the start his customers brought other customers, so he had to buy the cream of two neighbors, besides some from a creamery a few miles away. I have my doubts whether that bought from the creamery brought him any profit, but in most cases it was a neeessity in order to hold his customers through a period when from weather or accidents to cows his own supply was insufficient. The most interesting fecature of his experiment is the returns he gets from the skim-millk fed to calves and swine. He kills and retails his veal and pork, also making sausages and mince-meat, and I am inclined to believe that his by-products bring himn in nearly as much as the beautiful butter his wife makes. Besides the by=products of the dairy which he sells, including buttermilk, he sells (on his regular weekly trips) the surplus from a fine vegetable garden, and more or less orchard produce. He also retails many bushels of potatoes. At the same time they work extremely hard, and I pity him when he has to go town with a blizzard in the air and the thermometer some degrees below zero, which all goes to show there is no royal road to success.” :

FOR MARKING PLANTS. A Label Which Is Proof Against Heat and Stormy Weather. Where one has several varieties of tho same kind of plants, or is trying new varieties, it is always desirable to put a marker at the end of the rows. A piece of lath with the name marked

W& [0 k‘ y/ | ‘gg& ! \ : J X ) Z é”/ \ % ‘> /’{4s (?5- : NV T E ) A | - Wt /] ){ < ' j‘(-' Q> ) ] { IMPROVED LABEL. upon the end with a lead pencil is the common plan, but before the end of the season the pencil mark is usually nearly, if not wholly, effaced. A simpla plan is shown in the accompanying sketch. The lath and the namle in lead pencil is used as usual, but over the name is fastened a bit of wood, as shown in the engraving, to protect the marking from the weather. A thin strip of wood, a few small screws and a jackknife are all that are needed, and a dozen of such markers can be prepared in a few moments. — Orange Judd Farmer. & . ‘ fE Antiquated Methods Must ;G'o. The old-style corduroy highway was a well enough thing in the pioneer period, and the old system of spalling the highways and throwing dirt from the side into the center of the pike was doubtless the proper thing in its day, but the farmer who worked out his taxes in this way has learned at last that it has been a costly as well as a worthless proceeding, and he is now among theireformers.. There has been too much’destruction in wagon tires and springs. The farm carriage has been too often wrecked in the ruts, and farm stock has suffered. This loss has finally appealed to the pocket, and the farmers who have been figuring out profit and loss on the old system are now th’e"hdhcatea of the new, - lPernunw ent road improvement is here to stay and grow; and as the movement spreads through well-directed methods the area of good m&:ﬁs' will be not only gradually extended this year, but will rapidly increase. The farmer who looks after t‘ﬁam‘e ‘r whi¢h his farm products’ are taken to market ﬁ%ﬁ;w oot now saves money, even when;the prioe G e e e

No One But a Veteran Can ReArmy Life. It Often Makes Our Able-Bodied Men Helpless Invalids—lhe Story of One '+ Who Buffered for Twenty Years, : / Due to Hardships When in the o Service of His Country. From the Farmers’ Voice, Chicago, 11. Edson A. Wood, who now lives at 990 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, 111., was born on a farm in Wyoming County, N. Y., 50 years ago. Asayoung.man he suffered two sun strokes in the fields. When the war broke out, he joined the 57th Illinois Volunteers, with which he served two yearswhen sicaness forced his discharge. The effects ot the sun strokes and his army life undermined his health and he soon found his brain, heart and kidneys were affected. For eight years he was with the West Chicago Street Car Company, but was forced to seek lighter work, as the exposure increased his bronchial and asthmatic troubles. He then engaged with the Pan Handle Railroad Company. For six years he served them in different capacities. His constitution gradually but surely breaking down, strange mzzf' spells becoming more frequent, he finally sought relief in Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. He said to a reporter: It was some time about a year ago when I was very poorly, that my head was giving me a great deal of trouble, dizzy si)ells, aches and queer feelings, and then I also had a strange feeling of uncertainty in the use of my lower limbs when walking. “Physicians examined my condition close: }F and were of the opinion that I had all the rst symptoms of locomotor ataxia, and I believe they were right, also last summer I had a verg hard time with an attack of tonsilitis and neuralgia from which I did not recover for some time. It was then that] commenced to take these Pink Pills, and had only taken a few boxes when Idiscovered a remarkable change for the better in ever{l way. The pills seemed to relieve me of aches and pains, the symptoms of locomotor ataxia have left me entirely, and the{ have made me strong and feel like myself. “lam going to continue with the use of the pills for the reason that having relieved me of the ailments I thought had come to stay, having been caused thirty years ago from hardships in the army, I am practicallly rid of them and will lose no efforts when have the remedly at hand to keep them rid. lam only too glad to tell all my friends what exggrience I have had with Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and when they see the good physical condition I am in now, although near sixty years of age, they will come to the same conclusion as myself. ‘‘The above is a correct statement of facts concerning myself. (Signed.& Epson A. Woop.” Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of January, 1896. ROBERT ANSLEY, Notary Public. Pink Pills are sold by all aealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by addressin Dr. Williams’ Med. Co., Bchenectady, N. \;

Our dangers and delights are near allies, from the same stem the rose and prickle rise.—Shakespeare. ’

Homeseeker’s Excursions to Kansas and ; Nebraska.

On April 7th, 21st and May sth, 1896, Homeseeker’s Pfxcursions will be run from Missouri River points, and territory West of Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis, to stations in Kansas and Nebraska, at one fare, plus $2.00, for the roun? trip. All who canshould take advantage of the cheap rates and in?ect the most productive corn lands in the nited States, which are for sale, by the Union Pacific Railway Company, at from $2.50 t 0 $lO.OO per acre, on ten years’ time, only 1-10 down. Remember that the Kansas corn crop for 1895, with 8,000,000 acres in cultivation, yielded over 201,000,000 bushels, the estimated value of Whicﬁ is over $46,000,000, bein% $7,000,000 more than annuai output of gold in the United States. . Those taking advantage of the excursions, should take receipts for all railroad fare, and the_ Fortion‘ paid over Union Pacific lines, will be refunded upon purchase of 820 acres. Information regarding rates can tze ascertained from the nearestrailroad agént. ; For mapsand pamphlets descriptive of the lands, write to B. A. MCALLASTER, Land Commissioner, Omaha, Neb. St e A crock! with its ponderous embowelments of lead and bfass, its pert or solemn dullness of communication.—Lamb, Ringling Bros. Circus. This Great Show will be at Tattersall’s, Chicago (16th, State and Dearborn streets), from April 11 to May 2. The performance this year is superior to anythingever offered in the amusement line, and is well worth a special frip to see.. Special arran%ements have been made for the comfort and pleasure of out-of-town visitors. " ; Preceding each performance there will be an hour’s concert by the Royal Hawaiian Band. The arenic performance embraces three hundred performers, many especially imported from Europe for the great show. There is a wonderful somersault act from a platform 40 feet high; also Speedy, the ori%'inal American diver, who plunfes 80 feet into a tank of water only three feet in depth. There are trick elephants, races, sports, and the fine zoological collection for which Ringling Brothers’ menagerie is noted. Don’'t miss it. - ! PSS Home Seekers Excursions. In order to give everyone an opportunity to see the Western Country and enable the home seekers to secure a home in time to commence work for the season of 1896, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y has arranged to run a series of four home seekers excursions to various w)ints in the West, North-West and South-West on the following dates: March 10, April 7 and 21 and May H, at the low rate of two dollars more than ONE FARE for the round trip. Tickets will be good for return on ax:iy Tresday or F'ridaly within twenty-one days from_ date of sale. For rates, time of trains and further details apply to any coupon ticket agent in the East or South, or address Geo. H. HeArrorp, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago, Il '

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