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No More Sam RandalHsm
The letter in -which Hon William J
Stone of Missouri advised the evic
tion of Harrity the Pennsylvania gold
bug from the Democratic National
Committee is a landmark in the his
tory we are making as a country For
year after year Samuel J Randall
who was put to the front by the same
element which put Harrity forward
prevented the Democratic party from
nptinsr on the tariff issue Those who
thought they could do with Harrity
what they did with Randall see now
that they are dealing with new condi
tions and with different men
In writing to Chairman Jones Gov
Stone says that many of the so called
gold Democrats in the party are in a
state of mutiny and are more disposed
to co operate with the Palmer Buckner
contingent to undo what was accom i
pllshed at Chicago than they are jto
co operate with the true Democracy in
upholding it This is the vital point
It is so vital that had there been any
r nntinn tiinn flint nrtnoll v taken
liad the committee compromised with
Harrity and thus opened the way foj
the Palmer Buckner element to control
hn Dpinoeratlc narty there would
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THE CHICAGO PLATFORM
The Chicago platform forced to the
front In this country a question which
can never be forced into the back
ground until it is settled That is
whether the control of the currency
and of trade depending on it shall be
exercised by the people or by corpora
tions by the Government under just
laws or by alien plutocracy in alli
ance with our trusts and syndicated
corporations No single question in
politics could be of more fundamental
Importance than this but the issues
raised by the platform itself are far
broader deeper and stronger than any
question of the control of the currency
can be The platform is a stand for
popular government for civil liberty
for home rule for true Americanism
and all it represents against coercive
government and all it means Shall
we maintain the government of the fa
thers of the Constitutional Union of
Washington and Tefferson or reject
ing it shall we accept the imperialism
of Russia and of England The plutoc
racy of Loudon and Wall street against
iwhoee domination in America the Chi
cago platform was adopted inprotSst
is the determined foe of democracy
and of republican institutions To re
cede from the platform vould be to
surrender the future of America to the
enemies of American liberty and sover
eignty Democrats will never do it
They are ready to do for this new dec
laration of Americanism all that the
Americans of jTG did to give validity
to the Declaration of Independence
Japans Gold Expcri merit
While Republicans are trying to
make the people of the United States
believe that the gold standard is a good
thing Japan is learning a lesson of dis
tress through adopting the creed of
gold Industrial conditions in the
Flowery Kingdom have passed from
bad to worse and the year 1S97 was
marked by the greatest depression in
manufacturing circles In his report
on Japans industrial condition A H
Hay of the British legation at Tokio
says The cotton spinning industry
on which such great hopes were based
has already suffered severely At the
end of the year many of the mills were
financially in a precarious condition
and several small concerns in a state of
bankruptcy In commenting on this
report the London Financial News re
marks These are the mills whose
prosperity not many months ago1 we
were able to cite as indicating liow
comfortably a silver using country
could compete with Lancashire In
the early part of last year the Japanese
spinners were doing uncommonly well
and the belief that all the surplus yarn
would find a ready market in China
was being realized The years exports
of yarn to China reached 403GG80
pounds against only 15250110 pounds
in 1S9G The future seemed roseate
but in Mr Lays words the adoption
of a gold standard in October together
with the fall in silver and the enhanced
cost of labor and fuel doomed these
expectations to disappointment Here
we have cause and effect set alongside
In a way that should impress the In
dian Government if it can for a mo
ment emerge from its own narrow pre
occupations so far as to look on cur
rency and exchange as factors influ
encing the whole life and prosperity
of a country and not merely the set
tlement of a foreign debt charge
Japan is paying dearly for its desire to
imitate the most civilized nations
and placing itself on a gold standard
Foreign trade has fallen off manufac
turing has declined and just at pres
ent a panic is threatening the coun
try Truly the gold standard is a goud
thing to let alone Chicago Dispatch
cates willing to seal the culminatjon tf
their infamous policy- by an aliranc
witli the nation responsible for the
whdle monometallic ssttiithat is now
cursing all mankind In ttief campaign
of 189G we tried to makeit Main that
the Republican party was being aitletj
by British money and that if the Re
publican candidates were elected Great
Britain would be prompt in collecting
the indebtedness We all know that
ever since the day that McKinler took
his seat British influences have1 been
dominant at Washington So the Re
publican party has sought tofavor
an alliance with our traditional foe
This is a glorious 7day forJDeinocracy
The people more crearly Understand the
position of the Republican party It
has succumbed to the influence of the
British gold Its candidates of 1000
will have to face the American people
on the record now being made
Democrats Are Ipyal
Patriotism is characteristic of Dem
ocracy Tlfrbugh theiTpatriotism of the
Democratic tfiembefrs of Congress all
partisan advantages were ignored
when the discussion of war measures
was firstbegunat the papitol The pat
riotic attitude has not beenchangd al
though Republicans hafre constantly
iisedwar asfcis means by Which to ad
vancehejrartyinterests Ihtheplat
form adoptel fey the Democrats at the
Indiana Staeconyention theloYalty of
the Democratic party to the country
was confirmed and its support pledged
the Government i in wMh
Spain All effort of Republicans to
place the DembcraticpaTtyin the op
position will fail -As a matter dffaet
tnc Democrat were the earliest and
strongest advocates of Avar and their
yiews on his1 subject have suffered no
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tion approves the war and rejoices in
the heroic defiflg of eweyand Hobson
it echoes the sentiments of every Demo
crat in the la ad and its action meets
with hearty approval from Democrats
everywhere
Hannns Friends
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A man who charges the government
three prices for something the govern
ment needs and must have says the
Baltimore American can hardly ex
pect to have his name put down on the
roll of American patriots Perhaps
not but he will not be lohesomeall the
same There are nearly as many of
him probably on the pay roll as there
af H of patriots on the armyroll Char
lestonNeWs and Courier
Gallinto Gerinaris
We have always tohjLj the Germans
that the narow Republiqjyn party has
no use for the Germans except on elec
tion days Every Republican paper
from Maine to California is now false-
j ly and maliciously making the state
ment that the German people are
against us in this war This must be
galling to the Germans who have al
ways supported the Republican party
Exchange -
Makes the Grafter Envious
Perhaps some of the imperialists
have noteft fhe item that iduring the
four years that General WeylGr was
Goyjei nor jeiieraFof the Philippines at
a salary of 40000a year he was able
to add to his privatqirbank account over
1000000 Manchester N h Uinion
Political Notes
W hy not whip Spain out of Havana
andr be done with it What is the use
of all this fooling E j
We might have whippedpam in six
weeksif Hanna kaxbbeon permitted by
J Pierpont Morgans y
If Hanawashalfas anxious fto take
HavanaasyiiehiiSjJtfeen to force sj bond
dealSpnin jwbulfy surrender t once
Republicans -who voted for cKinley
on his pledge to jenforcetha law against
the trusts nni9t lTegeAnganxious by
this time to sea lnH begin
Oregon lie1 forgets1 0 add
didnot asli dregob V wait for
have been no party left Now the f M fallowed to take Havana
party will trample down obstruction
ists md drive out traitors There will
he no weakening anywhere least of all
at Springfield when Missouri Demo
crats meet to decide between the Chi
cago platform and its enemies
Priend of Anglo American Ajliancc
It must be evident to all that the Re
publican party is wholly responsible
for all that has so far been done lnjthji
wav of an Anglo American alllani 8b
distasteful to the people of the country
As this same question is ftmparable
from the great financial issue It is not
stsauge to sec the gold standard- era
When Hanria claimsthaf he was in
dorsed by
that he
details of his bond grab before votini
The more goliL there is in the treas
ury under -the Mvftilcfy Jp6IiCy the
niorenroiiey3elhavet0 bA6rrowrat inter t
est to k3tp treasury rgold out of circula
tion i it f c
WliaVftas6ec6inet of the man who
saidIcKitiiey would finish poor old
Sspain i six weeksj bond deal or no
bond deaHj jHas he pulled the hole in
after him
Remejyber tlie McJnley administra
tiJi wiu h iuow taking j2QO000000
ontf business for bonds has another
2CO0G00O0 locked up in ithe treasury
to mike the ljonds necessary
Cubamust be freed firr5m Span
ish robbers audtaen f rthethieves
of the straT11118 vn wishfo subvert
the Cuban republic and set up a carpet
baxrging gdyerilnientdf thpiroWn
WhenjitiiebQnd grabpjng banks take
snuff ithdiHanna will
sneeze fAnd thereupon the army1 and
and endTtne war
The people wlio are getting gold
standard pgfcesjfpjcotton are not com-
peting v1ejsBtrongyagainst the
chQdsrcsyndlcatesoV9lMr McKinleys
jold u
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The tax Imposed e n options in the
bond Issue WllVofrseYfay an equal tax
enail sales of eashjwheat thus toaking J
Zhe whole tax roneroBlhaRdiifls gnilnvta
be deductedYtiy itthGvliaiidyersoijomtflie
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A CUEI0US OLD CITY
SANTIAGO IS THE OLDEST TOWN
IN AMERICA
Clainis to Be the Landing Place of
Columbus Everybody Takes a Mid
day Nap Men Vomenand Cnildren
Smoke Other Interesting Features
Its a Quaint Place
The bottling up of Cerveras fleet in
the harbor of Santiago de Cuba is not
the only claim to distinction possessed
by that curious old city for as the in
habitants never fail to remind the trav
eler it has long been a disputed fact
whether Columbus landed first at San
Salvador or Santiago de Cuba How
ever that may be St Jago as the
Spanish call it is far older than any
citj in North America
The peculiar narrow streets and the
facades of the houses remind one of
some of the old towns in Italy but
there the resemblance ceases for the
houses of Santiago are nearly all built
around a court or patio as they are
in most Spanish towns With their
high barred windows and glaring plas
tered walls on the outside they look
more like prisons than like the Ameri
can idea of dwelling houses But go
inside the patio and everything is dif
ferent There are palms and shrubs
and flowers and in some of the richer
houses even fountains Meals are often
served in the patio in pleasant weather
In Santiago as well as in other Cu
ban cities the proprietors of most of
the shops and warehouses live in the
same building in which their business
is conducted The shops open about 9
oclock in the morning and remain
open till about noon when they close
up and everybody goes to the midday
meal After that everybody takes a
nap in the heat of the day The shops
open up again about 2 oclock in the
afternoon and remain open till half
past 5 or G Go to an office in Santiago
at half past 8 in the morning and no
body will be up go again at half past
12 and everybody will be eating go
again at half past 1 and everybody will
be asleep
In the evening the people it around
and take life easy and smoke of
course for in Santiago everybody
smokes men women and children
Even the waiters in the hotels and
cafes pull out a cigarette and
between the courses The porters and
cabmen smoke at all times and sea
sons The stevedores on the wharves
smoke at their work and even the
clerks in the dry goods stores roll a
cigarette and take a puff between two
customers The senorita blows a cloud
of snioke from under the lace of her
fascinating mysterious mantilla while
regresses walk along the streets puffing
away at huge cigars Children of 8
and 10 may often be seen with cigar
ettes in their mouths and it is no un-
water so as to form an Insurmountable
obstacle to any attempt to force an en
trance in time of war The country
houses around Santiago are infested
with mice and lizards The latter are
very alert and active and quite unlike
the sluggish lizards seen in northern
climates
SHERMANS MARCH TO THE SEA
How and Where Major Byers Wrote
His Famous War Song
Gen Shermans destructive proces
sion through Georgia will be known- in
all times as Shermans march to the
sea Few of the younger generation
knew how this name was applied but
a writer in the Detroit Free Press
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MAJ S H M BYERS
names Maj S H M Byers of Des
Moines la as its author he having
first used it as the title of his famous
song which begins
Our camp fires shone bright on the
mountains
That frowned on the river below
It is interesting to hear Maj Byers
tell just how and where he wrote this
song which was sung over and over
again by camp fires and by firesides
Maj Byers was a soldier boy when he
wrote it He was a very young volun
teer soldier in the Fifth Iowa Infantry
and his home was in Oskaloosa la
His regiment marched forth 1CKMJ
strong and half of them fell on the
battlefield Eighty of the Fifth Iowa
were captured in the battle of Mis
sionary Ridge and Mr Byers was
among this number of unfortunates
They were moved hither and thither
from prison to prison and finally
marched to a spot near Columbia in
South Carolina A few weeks later
they were moved Into the town of Co
lumbia and placed in the yards of an
asylum surrounded by a high brick
wall Little of all that was going for
ward in the great outside vorid ever
reached the prisoners but they found
out that Sherman was on the move
and carrying everything before him
They learned that he had taken Savan
nah and courage and hope came to
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THE CITY OF SANTIAGO
common sight to see men and women
smoking in church
All the young bloods in Santiago
wear white duck suits and straw hats
and they may be seen lounging around
the city and the Club de San Carlos
looking cool and comfortable and
smoking of course for that goes with
out saying in Santiago At the Club de
San Carlos which is the Union League
of Santiago the Spanish officers from
Morro Castle and the gilded youths1 of
the city make theLridlingheadquarteTS
Jt is a pleasant place in which to loaf
drink cooling beverages smoke and
gossip The club house is only one story
high like most of the buildings in the
city and in front is a little garden with
a fountain and flowers Opposite the
Club de San Carlos is the Cafe Yenus
where an enthusiastic traveler de
clares as good a meal can be had as at
Delmonicos There is less wine drunk
in Cuba than in most Latin countries
but there is a native rum called bar
cardi which is made from molasses
and which well mixed with water and
cooled with ice makes a very smooth
sort of beverage and a somewhat insid
ious one A quart bottle of this rum
costs only 50 cents and as a good deal
of it is usually drunk at the midday
meal It is not to be wondered at that a
nap immediately follows it
At all places In Santiago where
drinks are sold as well as in the tele
graph offices and postoffice one always
finds lottery tickets on sale and men
and boys peddle them about the streets
These tickets vary in price from 10
cents to 10 and even more
Of all the cities of Cuba Santiago
with its 40000 inhabitants is by far
the most picturesque and interesting
It Is many years older than St Augus
tine and after walking for an hour or
two through its mediaevaWooklng
streets the most matter-of-fact Ameri
can is ready to believe any romantic
story about the place which may be told
to him except perhaps the story of
the immense chain stretching from
Morro Castle to a huge staple -in the
wall of -rock on--he opposite shore
fifty yards away which canibehove np
by a capetan UH It ie level with the
them in their dreary and desolate sur
roundings
One night says Maj Byers while
pacing up and down and cogitating on
the wonderful success of Shermans
campaign I wondered what they
would call It It was not a battle only
I reflected but a march as well4and a
march to the sea Instantly the thought
struck me of a song I 7J
While walking about in the darkness
for warmth Maj Byers partly com
posed the song and finished it the next
day He showed It to several of his
vfellbw prisoners and one of them
Lieut Rockwell set the song to music
There was a glee club among the pris
oners and by them it was first sung
Thence one of the prisoners carried It
North and soon it was heard all over
the land
When the war was over Maj Byers
was appointed to a consulship in Swit
zerland where he remained for many
years He has also been the American
consul to Rome
Painful Spanish Fetters
This is the way Correspondent
Charles H Thrall was tied to
THEIR WRISTS TIED
spondent Haydon Jones when the
Spaniards captured them in Cuba re
cently
Sandwich England
The eleventh century Sandwich was
the most famous English seaport It is
now however two miles Inland owing
to the sea receding
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Convict Xabor on the HiRliwayB
A few years ago the State of New
York adopted a new system for the em
ployment of the labor of its convicts
It was decided to employ that labor in
two channels only the producing of
clothing food and other supplies for
inmates of State penal and charitable
Institutions and the Improvement of
the public highways A committee of
the Legislature of that State appointed
to investigate the working of the new
system has made public its report and
it may be safely asserted that New
lYork has come nearer the solution of
the convict labor problem than any
other State While the convicts have
been kept employed it has been in lines
that have not seriously Interfered with
free labor while at the same time the
profits have been of such a nature that
all citizens share alike in the benefits
In Michigan the convict at work in a
penal institution is a competitor with
free labor in any line in which he is
employed whllethe profits of his labor
go to the party or firm which contracts
to employ him and not to the people
who are taxed to support such institu
tions The convict working on such
contracts is more of a menace to the
laboring man employed in factories
than if he was at large for he will
sooner or later affect the value of his
labor We have always maintained
that convict labor should be employed
in such directions as will not bring it
into competition with free skilled la
bor and 131 tit me prOUla
should go to the State not to the indi
vidual who contracts for such labor
Road building is certainly a line of
work in which convicts can be safely
employed because it will interfere less
with other labor than other avoca
tion in which they can be employed
and the benefits of good roads can be
enjoyed by nearly all classes of citi
zens
Labor unions have been trying for
years to have the present system of
contracting the labor of convicts to
manufacturing concerns abolished on
the ground that it gives such concerns
an unfair advantage and tends to low
er wages in any industry in which such
labor Is employed They are surely
right in their position on this question
Michigan Farmer
Care of Highways
We have not had time to learn by
actual experience as much about road
care as we have concerning the con
struction of highways but this part of
the work must not be considered of less
importance writes A A Pope in the
Outlook Drainage is essential both for
surface and for understructure and yet
great care should be taken to so ar
range the grades as to avoid deep wash
outs on the surface or the loosening of
the foundation
Hedges of sufficient growth to protect
the surface of the road from the vio
lence of the wind will do a good deal to
retain the dust which plays so import
ant a part in holding together the lay
ers of broken stone Country byways
where the shoulders of a regularly con
structed macadam way of narrow
width are allowed to grow over with a
thick covering of turf will more firmly
hold themselves and the roadbed in
place by preventing the rutting of the
surface at the turnout places for wag
ons and by retaining in the roots of
the grass sufficient moisture to assist in
cementing the whole into a solid mass
A moderate number of shade trees
along the highways assists in preserv
ing the surface of the road by prevent
ing a complete evaporation of the wa
ter Their chief danger is the possible
disturbance of the foundation of the
road by the spreading roots of the
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30969 for Gravel Koads
The Board of County Commis
sioners of Scott County Ind has
let a contract for the construc
tion of nearly twenty six miles of
free gravel roads in Finley and Vien
na Townships this season The win
ning bid was 30909 or just IS cents
below the estimated cost
Little Boy Kinds Bi Titles
Now that Spain seems about to lose
all or nearly all the remains of her
once proud empire beyond the sea it
is interesting to note how the memory
of her past grandeur is to be found in
the official designation of her infant
King
Here are his names and titles in full
Alfonso XIIILeon Ferdinand Maria
James Isidore Pascal Antonio King of
Spain of Castile of Leon of Aragon
of the two Sicilies of Jerusalem of
Navarre of Grenada of Toledo of Ya
lentia of Galicia of Majorca of Minor
ca of Seville of Cerdena of Cordova
of Corcega of Murcia of Jaen of Al
garra of Algezira of Gibraltar of the
Canaries of the East and West Indies
of India and the oceanic continent
Archduke of Austria Duke of Burgun
dy of Brabant and of Milan Count of
Hapsburg of Flanders of Tyrol and
of Barcelona and Lord of Biscay and
Molina
As his little Majesty was only 12
years of age upon the 17th of May one
is forcibly reminded of old Eccles com
ment when he hears the long tale of his
little grandsons aristocratic Christian
names He doesnt look big enough
to hold them all London Daily News
An Arab Proverb with a Point
Who can affirm that the mule entered
the jug This proverb Js frequently
quo fae to shqw thatthgugb one inay
conscientiously oenevem a taing wmen
c xi dasviut in Itself it is
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better not to repeat It from fear of be
ing disbelieved It arlses from itheVfoI
lowing Arabic legend An Arab who
denied the existence of genii bought a
mule and took it home When per
forming his evening ablutions he saw
the mule enter a jug and this so scared
him that he ran shouting to the neigh
bors and told them what he hadrseen
they thinking him mad endeavored to
appease him but all in vain he vocif
erated more and more so that the au
thorities sent him to the madhduse
When the doctor came to see him he
repeated the account of what he had
seen whereupon the doctor ordered
him to be detainedlie continued upon
each visit of the doctor to repeat his
statement until his friends succeeded
in persuading him0tat if he wished
to regain his freedom he must recant
this he did and the doctor set him at
liberty to the greatjoy of his family
and friends On making his ablutions
as before he again saw the mule this
time peeping out of the jug but on this
occasion he contented himself with re
marking to the mule Oh ves I see
you well enough but who would be
lieve me And I have had enough of
the madhouse Needless to say that
the genii to avenge themselves for his
disbelief in them had transformed one
of themselves into a mule and as such
entered the jug Cairo Egypt Sphinx
A CONFIDENTIAL POACHER
The Old Soldier Was Indiscreet in
Telling of His Prowess
One day late in the eighteenth cen
tury the great Emperor Joseph of Au
stria was out driving when a heavy
shower came up as the first big drops
fell an old soldier of the invalides came
hobbling to the door of the carriage and
asked to be taken In because he said
his uniform was new and he did not
wanttp get it wet The Emperor who
was taking tile air as a private gentle-
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once fell to talking with him very af
fably Soon the soldier mentioned that
he had had a capital breakfast that
morning
What was it asked the Emperor
Guess
The Emperor ran over all the dishes
he could think of that were best liked
among the common soldiers but to
everything he mentioned the invalide
answered chuckling Better than
that At last the Emperor giving up
the puzzle he slapped his knee and
declared he had taken a pheasant out
of the imperial preserves The Emper
or Laughed sympathetically and the
subject was changed When they had
driven some time the poor poacher
after recounting some of his experi
ences in battle remarked
You look like a military man your
self sir are you in the army
The Emperor said he was and was
then asked what position he held
Guess said the Emperor
The soldier guessed and gnessed
again he finally guessed everything
from sergeant up to field marshal and
to every guess he got the answer Bet
ter than that
Naturally after a while the truth be
gan to dawn on Mm arid the poor man
was frightened nearly out of his wits
but the Emperor onlylaughed told him
to learn discretion in making confi
dences to strangers asked hiiu where
he wanted to go hiadpwn at the
right door and neytertopk any further
notice of his losscof a pheasant than
to make it a favorite story at court
The King of the Woods
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Very few persons ever - visit the
Southern portion of the Lnited States
and become at all familiar with its
woodland life without being captivated
by that prince of singers the mocking
bird Not only as a musician but in
general smartness he is far and
away ahead of anything else that flies
He is the Yankee among birds In
vivacity In cleverness in a quick and
dexterous useqf bjs small but brilliant
brain it would-be- hard to point out
his equal And when in the spring
time the woods resound with his clear
flute like and exultant notes even the
s
man if such there be who hath no
music in his soul would find it hard
to resist the contagious good humor of
his glad and gleeful song
And yet the mocking bird is incor
rectly named He is by no means a
natural mimic Half a dozen birds
could be mentioned that In this particu
lar far surpass him This maj seem
a very strange thing to say in view
of the stories current so abundantly
illustrating and emphasizing this sup
posed gift Popular Science Monthly
Blood Will Tell
A man under the influence of liquor
was riding in a crowded street car
An old woman with a bundle came
in and as no one surrendered a seat to
her it appealed to his gentlemanly in
stincts Being too drunk to stand up
with ease he politely stated the fact to
a man sitting by his side and requested
him to give the old woman a seat but
was roughly repulsed
The drunken man then struggled to
his feet and politely requested the wo
man to be seated Hanging onto the
straps he leaned over the man who
had rights which he intended to main
tain and said to him I am drunk
I know it but expect to get over it
but you are a hog and dont know it
and I dont believe you will ever get
over that condition
What Sandow Is Doing
Sandow the strong man has started
a comprehensive sort of school for
young women in London which is well
patronized They are taught cookery
skirt dancing music and club-swinging
Vacations Tor Fire Horses
The Fire Commissioners of Boston
hare deddid that every horse in the
fire department is entitled to and n
the futtwe shall receive a two weeds
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