Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1884 — Page 3

BOYHOOD OF EMINENT MEN.

An Eminent Teacher on Choosing a Calling—Lewis Cass and Daniel Webster. Dr. Benjamin Abbott was for half a century principal of Phillips Exeter Academy. He was orje of the most eminent teachers this country has ever produced. Last June the 100th birthday of the academy overQwhich he so long and so successfully presided was celebrated. The pamphlet which records the proceedings of this occasion contains the following reminiscences of Dr. Abbott, from the pen of Prof. Waterhouse, of Washington University : Dr. Abbott was then about 85 years old. His venerable figure was l seldom seen on the street, but his name was like a living presence. The personal qualities which, through fifty years of service, had won so wide a fame for Phillips Exeter Academy were well known to all the students. Stories of his high-bred courtesy and moral dignity of character, of his effective discipline and noble ardor in the work of instruction, were among the most cherished traditions of the academy. An earnest desire to see so distinguished a teacher induced me to call on Dr. Abbott. He received me with cordiality, and expressed the gratification which the visits of students afforded him.

“I have given,” said he, with a smile, "the best energies of my life to the education of youth, and it is but natural that I should not be indifferent to the regard of young folks.” Some inquiries with reference to my own objects in life served to introduce the theme which seemed to absorb all his thoughts. He explained at length his own theory of education, and spoke of the progress of the academy since it first came under his control in 1788. Alluding to the choice of a profession, he said: “I have always been accustomed to advise young men to take good care of their health, perfect themselves in their studies, acquire as much practical knowledge and general information as possible, and then let circumstances and the bent of their genius dictate what vocation they should follow.” It was suggested that some teachers recommend an early choice of a calling and the pursuit of the special studies which tend to promote professional suer cess.

“No, no,” he replied with great earnestness, “I do not believe that this is best. I have always counseled the youth under my charge first to complete their general studies, and then to follow the guidance of their natural tastes in the selection of a profession. A long observation of the careers of young men confirm the wisdom of this course.” A transition from this subject to the great men who had once been under his tuition was very natural to a teacher proud of the success of his pupils. The incident which Dr. Abbott related about school boys who have since become illustrious were extremely interesting. “Lewis Cass,” he said, “was a very wild boy. One day his father, Maj. Cass, came to me and asked me if I would take his son.” “Certainly; but why do you ask ?” “Oh! the youngster is headstrong and hard to manage. I am au officer, and can govern soldiers, but that boy is too much for me. ” “What does he do?” “Plays truant, runs away from his work, steals off without my permission to go a gunning, fishing, and swimming, and is full of all kinds ofi -pranks.” ■ —• “Well, send him to me, and I’ll see what I can do with him,” “The boy was placed under my charge. Several months later I met his father and asked him how his son was getting along. ‘Well, sir,’ said he, ‘if Lewis was half as afraid of the Almighty as he is of you, I should never have anv more trouble with him.’ ” In relating this incident Dr. Abbott fairly shook with laughter which the recollection of Major Cass’ answer excited. It is scarcely necessary to add that, controlled by the preceptor’s extraordinary power of discipline, the strong motive energies which led young Cass into all sorts of boyish mischief were directed to nobler objects. The results of the wise management which quickened the ambition and roused into action the faculties of a powerful nature are recorded in American history. It was, however, intimated that at Exeter the future statesman evinced more talent for practical affairs than for the details of scholarship. In speaking of the schoolboy traits of Daniel Webster, Dr. Abbott mentioned an unexpected fact. He said that “young Webster showed an insuperable aversion to declamation. As ‘the boy is father to the man,’ it might have been supposed that the lad who was destined to be pre-eminent in oratory would have exhibited an easy fondness for declamation, but no persuasion could overcome his diffidence.”— St. Louis Republican.

She Works for a Living.

Commend us to a girl of whom it is sneeringly said, “She works for a living.” In her we are always sure to find the elements of a woman —a lady; true, we are not prepared to see a mincing step, a haughty lip, a fashionable dress, or to heat a string of nonsense about young men and balls—the new novels and the next party—no, no: but we are prepared to hear sound words of good sense, language becoming a woman, and to witness movements that would not disgrace an angel. You who are looking for wives and companions, turn from the fashionable, lazy,haughty girls,and select from any of those who work for a living, and never, our word for it, will you repent your choice. You want a substantial friend, and not a doll; a helpmate, not a helpeat; a counselor, and not a simpleton. Y’ou may not be able to carry a piano into your house, but you can purchase a sfinning-wheel or a set of knittingneedles. If you cannot purchase a novel, you may be able to take some valuable paper. If you can not buy a ticket to a ball, you can visit some afflicted neighbor. Be careful where you lopk for your wife and whom ybu« choose. We know many a foolish man, who, instead ofchoosing an industrious and prudent woman for his wife, took one

from the fashionable walks of life, and is lamenting his folly in dust and ashes. He ran into the fire with his eyes wide open, and who but himself is to blame? The time was when ladies went visiting and brought their work with them. This is why we have such excellent mothers. How singular would a gay woman look in a fashionable circle darning her father’s stocking or carding wool to spin! And yet such a woman would be a prize for somebody.

An Egyptian Battalion 1,400 B. C.

The formation of the battalion for combat was as follows: The 100 captains formed the front rank of the battalion, and each captain had his 100 men in the file behind him, a corporal at the head of each nine men. The chief of each 1,000 men was in front of the center of his two companies, while the colonel commanding the grand battalion was in front of its center. The leaders were not mounted on horseback, but were mounted in two wheeled chariots drawn usually by two horses. In the chariots were carried a supply of javelins and arrows for the use of the chief, who usually had in the chariot with him a soldier, who held a buckler to cover him from the arrows of the enemy, while he dealt about him with his bow and spear. In the early days, and down to the time of Sesostris, the officers and non-commissioned officers carried bucklers and swords, while the private soldiers of infantry carried each a buckler and a battle-ax. Sometimes the battle-ax was accompanied by and sometimes replaced by a spear. It is easy to see that Moses drew from the military of Egypt that which he adopted for the Israelites, and later on the Greeks their formations. Both these nations took their first lessons in civilization and organization from Egypt. In the earliest monuments and records of the Egyptian army there is no sign of the existence of the horse as a military animal, while in the monuments of the eighteenth dynasty, the war-horse is everywhere indicated. It is probable that the warhorse was first introduced by the shepherd kings, who came in from Syria about 4,100 years ago. It is certain that the horse formed an important agent in the military establishment of Egypt, under the legitimate kings of the country, 1,700 years before the Christian era, and the lack of monuments erected during the 500 years of struggle between the shepherd kings and the Thebans explains easily the lack of record on the subject. Sesostris had at one time 20,000 war-chariots in line drawn by horses.

The Disappearance of “the Scold.”

Nothing was more common in the Sixteenth century than a “scolding woman,” and the scolding woman had not disappeared in this country till after the Declaration of Independence some even survived that. The evidence of this does not rest upon tradition. Laws had to be framed with severe penalties to protect men from the “common scold”; and these penalties were often inflicted, one of the most effective of them being the “duckingchair,” which in many cases was the only one that could check the wagging of a virulent tongue. Nothing is commoner in the ballad literature of the sixteenth century than the complaints of the railing ot the scold and the shrew, and the devices for taming them were as ingenious as they were brutal. Either the literature of the time is an awful libel, of scolding women were so numerous as to be a great feature of the age; scolding was as prominent as begging, and the scolding wife as common as the tipsy husband. The philosopher wants to know whether it is the temper of women which has changed, since it is a fact that the “common scold” has practically disappeared from modern life (there used to be women whom even the sheriff was afraid of), is no more apiece de resistance of literature, and has not to be legislated against, or whether the apparent difference is only a change in man’s attitude toward the sex. Some students of sociology think that man’s submission has wrought the transformation, and that women appear to be more sweet and amiable now they have their way unruffled. It is a very delicate question, and one that would not be raised here except in the interest of science. For the disappearance of traits in human nature is as useful a study as the elimination of useless members or the development of new organs in our evolution. Nobody except the sciologist can say what the disappearance of the “common scold” has to do with man’s position in the modern recreations of society; the business of this department is to collect facts, not to co-ordinate them.— Charles Dudley Wal’ner, in Harper’s Magazine.

Fish-Eating Plante.

Prof. Baird, of the National Museum, has received from England a specimen of an aquatic fish-eating plant, known as the great bladderwort, which has been discovered to be peculiarly destructive to young fish. The plant is large, has no roots, but floats free in the water, and its leaves bear small bladders, which entrap the fish fry. Twelve or fifteen species of the plant are found within the limits of the United States, and it abounds in the Fish Commission carp ponds in Washington, where it has been heretofore introduced at considerable labor and expense, having been heretofore regarded as excellent fish food. Prof. Baird will warn carp culturists to destroy the plant wherever found, as he believes that millions of fry must be annually caught in the little bladder traps. _

The Cineraria.

The cineraria has deservedly acquired much favor among the floral world, although only brought into general cultivation within the last few years. They are shrubby plants, of various forms and appearance, and they are found in every part of the known world. There are two ‘modes of increasing this pretty plant-—by seed, which ripen abundantly in this country, and from which the many hybrid varieties recently introduced to the notice of amateurs have been obtained; alsq by cuttings and by division •< the roots. __ : .

The Weeping Willow.

More than 150 years ago, a merchant lost his fortune. He went to a seaside city of Asia Minor, to recover it Alexander Pope, one of the great poets of England, was the merchant’s warm friend, and sympathized with him in his misfortune. Soon after the merchant arrived in Smyrna he sent to Pope, as a present, a box of dried figs. At that time the poet had built a beautiful villa at Twickenham, on the bank of the Thames, and was adorning it with trees, shrubbery and flowering trees. On opening the box of figs Pope discovered in it a small twig of the tree. It was a stranger to him. , As it came from the East he planted it in the ground near the river, close by his villa. The spot accidentally chosen for the planting was favorable to its growth, for the twig was from the weeping willow tree —possibly from the bank of one of “ the rivers of Babylon ” —■ which flourishes best along the borders of water courses.

This little twig grew vigorously, and, in a few years, it became a large tree, spreading wide its branches and drooping, graceful sprays, and winning the admiration of the poet’s friends as well as strangers. It became the ancestor of all the weeping willow trees in England. There was a rebellion in the EnglishAmerican Colonies in 1775. British troops were sent to Boston to put down the insurrection. Then 1 leaders expected it to end in a few w’eeks after their arrival. Some young officers brought fishing tackle with them to enable them to enjoy sport after their brief war. Others came to settle on the confiscated lands of the “rebels. 1 ’ Among the latter was a young officer on the staff of Gen. Howe. He brought with him, wrapped in oiled silk, a twig from Pope’s weeping willow tree at Twickenham, which he intended to plant on some stream watering his American estate. Washington commanded an army be-fore-Boston which kept the British imprisoned in that city a long time against their will. On his staff was his stepson, John Parke Custis.who frequently went to the British headquarters, under the protection of a flag, with dispatches for Gen. Howe. He became acquainted with the young officer who nad the willow twig, and they became fast friends. Instead of “crushing the rebellion in six weeks,” the British army at Boston, at the end of an imprisonment of nine months were glad to fly by sea for life and liberty to Halifax. Long before that flight the British subaltern, satisfied that he should never have an estate in America to adorn, gave his carefully preserved willow twig to young Custis, who planted it at Abingdon, his estate in Virginia, Where it grew and flourished, and became a parent of all the weeping willows in the United States.

Some time after the war Gen. Horatio Gates, of the Revolution, settled on t£e “Rose Hill Farm,” on New York Island, and at the entrance to a lane which led from a country road to his house, he planted a twig from the vigorous "willow at Abingdon, which he had brought with him. That country road is now Third avenue and the lane is Twenty-second street. Gates’ mansion, built of wood, and two stories in height, stood near the corner of Twen-ty-seventh street and Second avenue, where I saw it consumed by fire in 1815. The tree which grew from the twig planted at the entrance to Gates’ lane remained until comparatively a few years ago. It stood on the northeast corner of Third avenue and Twentysecond street. It was a direct descendant, in the third generation, of Pope’s willow, planted at Twickenham about 1722.

A Novel Idea.

A pretty floral device, which has a charming effect, especially by gas-light or candle-light, may be made by placing a small bouquet of flowers in a plain glass vase, and over this a little glass cage; then the whole is to be plunged into a pail of water, so that the shade is quite full, and, before taking it out, a glass plate must be slipped underneath, to keep the water in. The result is that the water in the shade gives a most charming aspect to the flowers, and will preserve them for a very long time, if the air can only be kept out. This is the great secret in preserving flowers. The lovely bouquets which come from florists for weddings, balls, and the like, are all made up on wire, so that the stems cannot touch the water; but we have often succeeded in keeping them fresh for a long time by covering them with a glass shade at once, and excluding the air: and "we have • also kept them fresh, so as to use them twice, by covering the blooms over with a wet handkerchief, or wadding. Maidenhair fern may be kept fresh for a long time by placing it in a basin full of water, so that it is quite covered, till wanted. We have frequently, in this way, known it to be used in the hair three or four nights running, even when it had seemed quite withered.

Cocoa and Chocolate.

Many drinkers of these pleasant beverages are unaware as to the method by which the cocoa seeds are obtained Cocoa, or cacao, is extracted from- the seed of small trees of the genus theodroma, which, when cultivated, grow from twelve to eighteen feet high, but to a higher elevation Th their wild state. The flowers are small, and cluster on the branches and trunk, the matured fruit appearing as though artificially attached. Out of each cluster only one pod is allowed to mature, and this when full grown is from seven inches to ten inches long by three inches to four-and-a half inches wide. The five tain each a row of from five to ten seeds imbedded in a pink, acid pulp, the cocoa bean. The tree is indigenous to MexicOj but it can be cultivated near the twenty-fifth, parallel of latitude, and thrives at any elevation under 2,000 feet, but it requires a rich soil, a warm, humid atmosphere, and protection from cold winds. The trees are propagated from seeds in a nursery until they attain a height of from fourteen inches to eighteen inches, when they are transplanted and carefully sheltered by planting other trees about them.

■They commence to bear about the fifth year, but do not attain maturity until the eighth, and continue yielding fruit for nearly half a cehthry. There is no special time for harvesting the crop, as the trees continue bearing all the time, flowers and fruit in all stages being curiously borne on the same tree. But in Venezuela the principal gatherings are in June and December. Chocolate is generally made from the finer varieties of cocoa seed, and was a favorite beverage in Central America long before Columbus discovered the New World. As at present prepared chocolate is made in cakes, while cocoa is usually sold in powder, flakes, or nibs.

The Choice of Occupation.

Parents often complain to me that their sons who have been to school all their lives have no choice of occupation, or that they choose to be accountants or clerks, instead of manufacturers or mechanics. These complaints are invariably unreasonable; for how can one choose at all, or wisely when he knows so little ? I confidently believe that the development of the manual elements in school will prevent those serious errors in the choice of a vocation which too often wreck the fondest hopes. It is not assumed that every boy who enters a manual-training school is to be a mechanic; his training leaves him free. No pupils were ever more unprejudiced, better prepared to look under the surface, less the victims of a false gentility. Some find that they have no taste for manual arts, and will turn into other paths—law, medicine, or literature. Great facility in the use of language is often accompanied by a lack of either mechanical interest or power. When such a bias is discovered the lad should unquestionably be sent to his grammar and dictionary rather than to the laboratory or draughting room. On the other hand, decided aptitude for handicraft is not unfrequently coupled with a strong aversion to and unfitness for abstract and theoretical investigations. There can be no doubt that, in such cases, more time should be spent in the shop, and less in the lecture and recitation room. Some who develop both natural skill and strong intellectual powers will push on through the polytechnic school into the professional life, as engineers and scientists. Others will find their greatest usefulness, as well as highest happiness, in some branch of mechanical work, into which they will readily step when they leave school. All will gain intellectually by their experience in contact with things. The grand result will be an increasing interest in manufacturing pursuits, more intelligent mechanics, more successful manufacturers, better lawyers, more skillful physicians, and more useful citizens.— Prof. C. M. Woodward, in Popular Science Monthly.

The Loquat.

This fruit is rapidly taking rank as a popular favorite, many preferring it to the orange or lemon. The loquat crop is now in its prime, and at a most auspicious season—between the citrus and stone-fruit crops—and trees everywhere are looking their best after the heavy winter rains. It is gratifying that so many gardens are graced with this pretty, ornamental tree, in foliage quite as showy as the magnolia, only bearing a golden-hued plum as well as a blossom. Mr. O. A. Stafford, of Montecito, has what might be called a prize sample of each, growing in the grounds near his residence. A royal specimen of the magnolia, with great buds formed and just ready to flower, and not far away a Japanese loquat heavy from its crown to the earth on which the lower boughs rest with solid masses of rich, dark leaves, the center of each shining spray glowing with yellow clusters of fruit. The “apples of . the Hesperides ?” who knows ? Between the two as garden beantifiers neither could be Rejected nor preferred, the utility and beauty of the golden plum of Yeddo making it as desirable as the queenly magnolia.— Santa Barbara Press.

The Coming Flower.

There can be little doubt that the new race of tuberose begonias is destined to play an important part in the decorative gardening of the future. The begonia is, so to speak, the coming flower. There are two particular lines along which we may expect to see the tuberose begonias extending themselves—namely, as greenhouse summer decorative plants, and as bedding out of rock plants. In each of these they have already distinguished themselves. As indoor decorative plants they come at a season when they are especially useful—at a time when greenhouse flowering plants are becoming scanty, and when, for the most part, recourse must be had to the tender annuals. For decorative use their free branching habit, and the abundance of flowers they produce, while still of moderate size, eminently adapt them. Their usually rich and now varied colors particularly recommend them for this use.— Gardeners’ Chronicle.

The profits of flower-farming in some portions of the old world are shown in the following figures: An acre of jessamine plants, 80,000 in number, will produce 5,000 pounds of flowers, valued at §1,250; an acre of rose trees, 10,000 in number, will yield 2,000 pounds of flowers, worth $375; 300 orange trees, growing on one acre, will yield at ten years of age 2,000 pounds of flowers, valued at $220; an acre of violets, producing 1,600 pounds of flowers, is Worth $800; an acre of acacia trees, of 360, will, at three years of age, yield 900 pounds of flowers, worth s4so*, an acre of geranium plants will yield something over 2,000 ounces of distilled attar, worth $4,000; an acre of lavender, giving over 3,500 pounds of flowers for distiHation, will yield a value of $1,500. “What is it that makes your hose burst?” asked a young lady, curiously, of a fireman at a fireman’s ball. “Why —why, I don’t know, ” blushingly stammered the young man, casting a shy backward glance at his heel, “unless it’s because I haven’t got anybody to darn ’em for me.”

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Higher Prices for Batter.

J All dairymen who use Wells, Richardson A Co.’s Improved Butter<Color agree that it Increases tne value of butter several cents a pound. It is pure and harmless, convenient for imtant use, has no taste or odor, and gives a clear, golden richness to the butter. It is the very best butter color obtainable, and is not expensive. In every State in the Union the demand for it is Increasing. “What are pauses?” asks the teacher of the primary class. “Things that grow on eats," piped the small boy at the foot.

Lots of People

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A Care of Pneumonia.

Mr. D. H. Barnaby, of Owego, N. Y., says that his daughter was taken with a violent cold which terminated with pneumonia, and all the best physicians gave the case up and said she could live but a few hours at most. She was in this condition when a friend recommended Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs, and advised her to try it. She accepted it as a last resort, and was surprised to find that it produced a marked change for the better, and by persevering a permanent cure was effected.

Three Remarkable Interviews.

A reporter has interviewed Hon. Wm. D. Kelley, M. C.; Hon. Judge Flanders, of New York ; and T. 8. ArthUr, in regard to their experience with Compound Oxygen. Thest. interviews give surprising results, and show this treatment for the cure of chronic diseases to be most remarkable. A copy of these interviews, also a Treatise on Compound Oxygen, will be mailed free, by Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1109 Girard st., Philadelphia.

“Put up” at the Gault House.

The business man or tourist will find flrefr> Class accommodations at the low price of II and $2.50 per day at the Oauit House, Chicago, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This far-famed hotel is located in the center of the city, only one block from the Union DepotElevator; all appointments first-class.

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Pain is suppoied to be the lot of poor mortals, an inevitable as death, and liable at any time to come upon u«. Therefore it is important that remedial aj'enta ahould be at hand to be u*ed in an emerirencye when we are made to feel the excruciating aguniea of pain, or the depressing influence of digeaae. Buch a remedial agent exiata in that old Reliable Family Remedy, PERRY DAVIB’ Pain-Killer It was the first and is the only perma* _____nent Pain Believer. ~ . ITS MERITS ARE UNSURPASSED, There is nothing to equal it. In a few mo manta it (•urea Colic, Cramps, Spasms, Heartburn, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Flux, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache. It is found io CURE CHOLERA When all other Remedies fail. WHEN USED EXTERNAIXY. AS A LINIMENT, nothing gives quicker ease in Barns, Cats. Bruises, Sprains. Stings from insects, and Scalds. It remove., the fire, and the wound heals ike ordinary soie». Those suffering with Rheumatism, Gout, nr Neuralgia, if not a positive cure, they find the PAIN-KILLER gives them relief when no other remedy will. In sections of the country where FEVER AND ACUE Prevails there is no remedy held in greater esteem. Persons traveling should keep it by them. SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS. QESD FIVE two-eent stamps and get a book on O Home Treatment of GRANULATED EYELIDS. T. J. DOWNING, M. D„ New London. Mo. K” Has Warks, Pi nr Get the Gsnulae. Sold Bvarywhsrs. a s A ukx oa Tiut riuuMßa ar Aa tntmiea at wealth Sad la th. Uul. cottog. *P’ n kIU will th. retowktog Maaswt / llq,’, read BUm b. oppsrenL It b nourbhiffif, Mblidfyteg, and b prepared iffi a firw intaam. Full directions accompany waeh can Ito fiiUta.' [Co.,Palmar, Mom., tor Puaphtoto. PataddU hay-fever. 1 h * Te offered severea 1 f ’be ten years HWLPFAM Hay-Fever in earPr^w>,riband ntid-summerand si «• r n th * ,de “ reto Tallow-sufferers to testify F HAYFEVER #An of Ely's Cream MH tyret My short use of y w.<G demon * tr * ted ita «fW / JMAiDiior.4ol Cppam Balm is a remedy founded on a aiSßy USA, [correct diagnosis of y fVyaaSEVEEJ *° d can ■ “”" , iwbe depended upon, no. at druggirt’e; Vc. by mdl. Hampie bottle by mall, 10c, ELY BfajS.. Dnigglets, Owego, N. Y. THE TIFFIN g MACHINERY! A J? For Horse or Steam Power K g Vt Hundreds of'the beat men in 30 State* Jal 'Mj'-’.. -3 and Temlonee u*e it and wdi have no Kf] RELIABLE! DURABLE! SIMPLE! gif Established over S 5 years. we have ample Kl farihties to fill orders promptly, and igl to astiairction of our customers. Cata rSn icgite raez. Addrea* LOOMIS A NYMAN, Tiffln. Ohio. Cine Oldest Medicine in the World is Vb' probaNy Dr. Isaac Thompson’s bJf elebrated Eye Wateil This article is a carefully prepared phynctan'e srs l scription, and has been in constant use for neariy a century, and notwifiu-tanding the many other preparst. on, that have been tutruduced into the market, ths sa eof this article is constantly increasing. If the direct ons are followed it will never tail we particularly invite the attention of physicians to its merits. John L. Thompton, Hon* Jt Co., Troy, N. Y x iw »t t z xj o’ an. E-.abii.n. a. in. ort»r»t*d, ! **’ Fertile Core of-Conewra, BhkAmjWll Towawrs, Ulean. KCrwroln WiW a -4 Hats Dasaaca, wtttwioi IBs see of Itai. ror s <raa or Blow, and Nttte pain For Dtroxxariov, c>x < t.*cv ,aii narswtes*. address JDK. F. 1.. POND, Aurwr.v. KaaeCs, 111. fXj C«HS WHfM AU UMf AllS? EV kg BeettougnHyrup. Taatesgocal: |g| [S ’Use io noi*. Hold by druggists. KI R.X.U. No. 3S-*a. Inwrtllu; to Advertiser*, nlensed* not leal lo mention this i*ai»er. Ail vrrtisor* UXo da know witnl mmlium* |.ny Hmhu toast.

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