The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, October 24, 1902, Page 8, Image 8
' GREAT COAL STRIKE ]
NOW DECLARED OFF
Miners' Delegates Agree to
Arbitration Proposal.
RETURN .TO WORK THURSDAY.
They Decide to Submit All Questions
at Issue Between Operators and Mine
Wnrkrr. An Commission Named bV
President Roosevelt.
Wilkcsbarre. Pa.. Oct. 21.?The mine ;
workers* convention has accepted tkp
arbitration proposal, declared tno
strike off and agreed to return to
wjork on Thursday morning next.
The vote was unanimous.
The resolutions committee submitted
b icport recommending that a communication
he sent to President Roosevelt
informing him that the convention
accepts the arbitration proposal.
President Mitchell is authorized to act
as the mine workers' representative
before the commission.
The following is the report of the
resolutions committee:
We, the committee on resolutions,
beg leave to recommend that the following
communication he adopted an 1
forwarded to President Roosevelt:
"Wilkcsbarre, Pa., Oct. 21.?Hon. 1
Vheod'ore Roosevelt, Washington, 1).
C.?Dear Sir: We, the representatives
of the employes of the various
coal companies engaged in operating
mines in the anthracite coal fields of
Pennsylvania, in convention assembled,
having under eonside: ation your telegram
of Oct. 18, 1902, addressed to ,
John Mitchell, president of the United '
M ine Workers of America, which reads !
cs follows:
" 'I have appointed as commissioners
Brigadier General John H. Wilson. ]
It. H. Parker, Judge Geo: go Gray, K. ,
B. Clark. Thomas H. Watkins, Bishop j
J. L. Spalding, with Carroll D. Wright j
as recorder. These names are accept- |
cd by the operators, and I now earn- |
e.stly ask and urge that the miners i
likewise accept this commission. It !
is a matter of vital concern to all our
people, and especially to those in our
great cities who are least well off,
that the mining of coal should be resumod
without a moment's unnecessary
delay.'
"We have decided to accept tho
proposition therein embodied and subr.ilt
all questions at issue between tho j
operators and mine workers of the anthracite
coal region and adjustment to j
the commission which yop have named.
"In pursuance of that decision we '
shall report for work on Thursday )
niorning. Oct. 23. in the positions and J
working places occupied by us prior
to the inauguration of the strike.
"We have authorized John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers
01 America, with such assistants as
he may select, to represent us in all
hearings before the commission.
(Signed) John Mitchell, chairman of
convention; W. II. Wilson, secretary
Oi convention."
Many Miners Returning.
i-ousvme, i'a., uct. 21.?Many mine
workers who left the region during the
period of the strike, have returned 11
their home. It is claimed that of the
6.OO0 strikers who secured work at the
Baldwin Locomotive works. Philadelphia,
75 have quit since Saturday and
have returned to the coal regions.
PRICES OF COAL FALLING.
Anthracite May Sell at $7 a Ton Within
a Week.
New York, Oct. 21.?Prices fixed
last week by the retail coal dealers at
their exchange have not been maintained.
Some domestic sizes were
sold at the schedule rate of $15 a ton,
but many dealers made prices to suit
customers, selling as low as $12 a ton
In many cases, and advising them to
get along with as little as possible until
the price could ho reduced again.
Most of the dealers said they believed
that anthracite of all domestic sizes
would be selling at $8 a ton and possibly
$7 a ton within a week.
Soft coal was selling at below tha
scheduled price of $0.50 a ton. In1
many cases the dealers were selling :
at $4.50 a ton and were not making j
large sales even at that price. Tho '
dealers who were obliged to order their !
supplies of soft coal in advance are
suffering from the fall in prices.
The coal roads arc making prcpara- '
tions to rush anthracite to the market
as soon as tho miners go back to work, j
The Heading company alone already I
has nearly 10,000 car3 sidetracked
near the mines.
Chapman Charged With Murder.
Decatur, Ala., Oct. 21.?The coroner's
jury, which has been in session
here since Saturday investigating the
mysterious murder of Richard Newman,
which took place last Friday
night, returned a verdict of wilful murder
accusing C. M. Chapman, who was
recently employed by the city as superintendent
of street work, with the
crime. Chapman was arrested and
lodged in jail to await trial.
Missionary's Life Threatened.
New York, Oct. 21.?Advices rcceiv.
ed from Dr. George D. Marsh, an |
American board missionary at Philippopolis.
Bulgaria, say he and his wifo
have been threatened with death oy
dynamite, unless the sum of $2,400
each was paid at an early date, according
to an American dispatch from BosI.
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RELATIONS ARE NOW
VERY MUCH STRAINED
Trouble Brewing Between
Venezuela and England.
RUPTURE MAY DE OUTCOME
Venezuela Is Angry with Great Britain
on Account of the Raising of British
Flag on Island of Patos In Spite ol
Protestations.
Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 4.?(Con
respondenee of The Associated Press.)
Diplomatic relations are very strained
between Venezuela and Great Brifc
ain, and should the revolution not triumph
all circumstances justify a prediction
of & rupture between the two
countries. The Venezuelan chancellory
is very angry at the hoisting el
the British flag. In spite of its protesta
tions, on the iBland of Palos; an I
President Castro in h!s conversations
with the British representatives has
been very far from pleasant. In an
Interview which General Castro grant,
ed the correspondent a short time ago,
he said, referring to the commencement
of the Matos revolution and th-i
incident of the revolutionary steamer
Ban Righ:
"It is now several months since tha
Ban Righ, chartered by the Matos rev.
olution, arrived at Trinidad and we
protested against her presence at that
island. The British minister (Mr.
Haggard) immediately repaired to ths
foreign office and assured General
Pachano (the Venezuelan minister of
foreign affairs) 'that he would do all
he could to obtain from his government
that the Ban Righ and all revolutionists
residing at Trinidad and tho
other British West Indian islands
6nouin receive orders to leave and not
to return to those islands If the Venezuelan
government would agree that
the surtax of 30 per cent iriposed til
the customs on goods coming from the
British West Indies, on their entiy
into Venezuela, should be repealed.' A
cabinet meeting was held at which
General Pachano submitted Minister
Haggard's proposal. It was rejected
as unworthy of consideration, and the
question remained at that stage. It
6cems, therefore, from these facts that
the British government through its rep.
resentative here offered security
against the revolutionary party in e\.
change for a commercial advantage.'
The president added: "These proceedings
ought to be known to the
civilized world," and rising and pointing
to the open country, he continued:
"And if tomorrow those fields are deluged
with blood, it will be due only
to?you understand me?" he said in
conclusion, leaving his sentence uncompleted.
HIS WINTER FUEL.
Mark .Twain's Unique Order to the
Treasury Department.
Washington, Oct. 21.?The following
1 nrf tnr wa c* ronol vorl Kw a ah A .\
iwwi f?ut> ?vuvi T\.u Kfj inu nuaom j VIC"*
pantment this morning:
"New York City, Oct- 13.?The Hon ,
the Secretary of the Treasury, Washington.?Sir:
Prices for the custom,
ary kinds of winter fuel having reachcd
the altitude which puts them out
of reach of literary persons in straightened
circumstances. I desire to place
with you the following order:
"Forty-five tons best old dry government
bond*, suitable for furnace, gold
7 per cent, 1804 preferred.
"Twelve tons early greenbacks,, of
range size, suitable for cooking.
"Light barrels seasoned< 25 and 50cent
postal currency, vintage of 1866,
eligible for kindlings.
"Please deliver with all convenient
dispatch at my home in Tiiversdale at
lowest rates for spot cash and send
hill to me. Your obliged servant,
Mark Twain, who will be very grateful
and will vote right."
American Bankers' Convention.
New Orleans, Oct. 21.?All arrangements
for the twenty-eighth annual
convention of the American Bankers'
association at New Orleans. Nov. 12. 13
and 14, have been completed and the
official program arranged. The meet,
ing promises to he the most interesting
in the history of the organization.
The sessions will he held in Tulane
hall, and the program contains many
attractive features. The social end cf
the convention has been well lookc-i
after by the committee in charge of the
entertainment of tho delegates and
their ladles. ?
Sentenced to Two Yearc.
T.ondon, Oct. 21.?Henry Conrad, of
Baltimore. Md.. whose real name Is
believed to he Fisher, and who was ar.
tested Sept. 15 on the charge of attempting
to secure a wax impression
of the key of a postofflco box near tho
Stock Exchange by distracting the attention
of a letter carrier, who ha 1
opened the box, was sentenced today
in the old Bailey to two years' imprisonment
at hard labor. Prosecuting
counsel said Conrad has been imprisoned
in Amorlca for three years for
forgery. He came to London seven
years ago and had been robbing le>
ter boxes in connection with a number
of foreign experts,
HollancS'3 Injuries Prove Fatal.
Rockingham, N. C., Oct. 21.?As a
result of the wreek on the Seaboard
here theTe has been one death, II. L.
Holland, of Raleigh, flagman. It Is
thought '?ho others irvjifcred will recovcr
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SAVANNAH'S NEW INDUSTRY.
American Cigar Company to Estab- ,
liah Large Plant.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 21.?Nathan
Weiss, of New York, representing toe
American Cigar company, Is In Sa- !
vannah negotiating for tho erection j
of a factocy. He met the mayor and .
a number'of loading business men at
the city exchange and today there
will be a mass meeting, to which the
company's proposition will be submit- j
Mr Wnl..' - l.l 1- .1? > I
i ??.. ?t viovj pi vlivsilll/u 10 uiwl
: his company would establish & factory
in Savannah, eventually working 2.U0U
or 2,500 hands.
Savannah is asked to give a lot capable
of holding a well-lighted brick i
building, 160x60 feet. The structure
is to be four stories high. The company
is to have the building rent free
for five years, and afterward to pay 6
per cent on the investment for five j
i years, having the option of buying the
building at any time during ten years.
Mr. Weiss thought that the building
would cost $25,000 to $35,000 to erect
It. The American Cigar company
would move its machinery here, import
i skilled labor, gradually teaching and
I developing the other labor. He estimates
that the investment of tho
American Cigar company would be between
$76,000 and $100,000.
SMITH WHIPPED AT VALDOSTA.
Taken Prom His Home and Roughly
T reated.
Valdcsta, Ga., Oct. 21.?J. A. Smith,
a white man who came to Valdosta
from Jacksonville, Fla., a few months
ago, was taken from his home on
Thursday night by a crowd of semimasked
men, who carried him to ths
edge of the city, an.d, giving him a severe
whipping, warned him to leave the
city at once. Smith took the first
train to his former home at Jacksonville.
The whipping is said to have been
the outcome of the part Smith took
in organizing the unions of the negro
cooks and washerwomen of Valdosta.
He is said to have worked up the organization,
making a number of
speeches to the women at some of tho
negro churches and creating considerable
dissatisfaction among them and
their employers. The feeling against
Smith he-.e is pretty strong, and he
has probably left Valdosta for good.
HOT TIME AT HOT SUPPER.
Eight White Men Try to Take Charge
of Negro Festival.
Washington, Ga., Oct. 21.?Saturday
night a negro "hot supper" and dance
was in progress in Oglethorpe county,
Just across the line of Wilkes. At a
late hour, while the dance was at its
height, eight white men, under the influence
of whisky, came upon the
scene entered the building and made
efforts to dance with the negro women.
This bold step aroused the anger of
the negro men, who protested vigorously,
but the white men gave no heed
and proceeded to carry out their purpose
by force. Pistols and knives
flashed from all parts of the room, the
women withdrew and a desperate fight
er.sued between the whites and the
negroes.
Fifty shots were fired, two negro men
were instantly killed, several were
wounded, and one white man was severely
cut.
Strike of Tinners In Macon.
Maeon, Ga., Oct. 21.?I.abor circles
of Macon are concerned over the strilec
of several tinners, which occurred a
font /lavo n rrev ? 11
iv tv vic*j o 03v/ 1 It 111c V_>CIIII u1 rill I ruii* I
shops. The trouble was caused by a
demand of 50 cents extra per day and
a change of the foreman for the tinners.
They claimed that the present
foreman was not a tinner, but a carpenter.
and therefore unfit to fill the
position. The demands were not
granted and nine men walked out of
the shops. There have been no Indications
on the part of the employers
of the strikers that the requests will
he granted, and the men are still Idle.
Tragedy In a Saloon.
Tlirmingham, Ala., Oct. 21.?Coroner
Paris has news of a killing at Pinkney
City, in the remote end of this county
on Saturday night. Joseph Watts
and D. Statum, two white men, were
drinking together excessively In a sa
loon there, and finally went into an
adjoining room and amused themselves
by dancing for each other. After
awhile something heavy was heard
to fall, and shortly afterward Station
left the place. When other partlea
entered the room later on Watt's dead
body wa? found with the throat cut
from ear to ear. Statum escaped.
Disputed Over a Law Suit.
Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 21.?In a street
flght growing out of a dispute over
a lawsuit. W. C. O'Neal, president of
the American National hank, stabbed
Adolph Oreenhut, a wholesale gTocer,
under the left ear, near the large artery,
also in the hack and on the arm,
the wound In the neck being serious.
O'Neal was arrested nn o .? ? -??
(V T?m lain
charged with assault with Intent to kill
and was released on >500 bond. Greenhut
is resting easy tonight, but Is not
yet out of danger.
Burglar Made His Escape.
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 21.?A burglar
ateir.ptcd to effect an entrance
at the residence of Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson at an early hour this mcrnlng.
Edward Orcsliam, who occupies rooms
at the Jackson home, wan awakened
by the noise made by the Intruder
and fired two shots at the fleHng burglar.
neither of which reached the
mark.
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SERVANTS IN JAPAN
A LAND WHERE DOMESTIC SERVICE
13 CONSIDERED AN HONOR.
The "Bora** That Walt on Table lo
Hotels and How ' They Worlc.
llonaeboIU Servants That Are Equal
In Birth to Their Masters.
They bave some curious notions
nbout servnuts iu Japan. Instead of
its being considered a disgrace to go
into domestic service iu tbnt country
It is nu honor, writes Mr. Douglus Sladen.
Jinrikisba boys and grooms may not
liavc tbe bonor of bclug servants at
all, but are trndesmcu, which is the
lowest thine of nil in Japan short of
belug an eta, or member of the class
of outcasts. (Jrooms are excluded as
a betting, gambling, chcntiug lot (tho
Japanese think it impossible for a
groom to be honest) and the ricksbnw
boys as rough people without any manners.
There are two classes of servants,
personal nnd kitchen. Kltcheu servants
need have uo knowledge of etiquette.
They are sometimes rough
creatures from the country, uo better
than rickshaw boys. They are dull,
contented drudges, but Cook San (Mr.
Cook) Is held in a very different estimation.
In a small household he docs
the catering and keeps the accounts ns
well as superintends the ridiculous little
bird's nest of charcoal ash which
cooks the menls in Japan.
The personal servants show n humility
to their employers which would
paralyze an Englishman with auy
sense of humor, and their masters assume
an etiquette nir of command.
But from every one else these servants
expect u considerable amount of
politeness.
Hotel scrvauts are male-and female.
Hotels for Europeans generally have
men housemaids as well as men waiters
and call them nil "boys."
To go to n Japanese hotel for the
first time Is like going to a farce. It is
impossible to keep serious. In the dining
room you are surrounded by pantomime
Imps dressed In indigo cotton
doublets and hose, who run about
shoeless and are called "boys" and
look like boys until tlie day they die.
Half of them know no English except
the numbers. Each has a number to
himself, and each dish on the menu
has a number, even down to the potatoes.
"No. 5," you say If you are new to It,
"I'll hare some 2, and I'll take some 7
and 0 with It, please." Ho catches
some numbers and brings them, but
you would have a far better chance of
getting what you want If you simply
said 2, 7. 0.
You can hardly hear yourself speak
ior me 6cruir, scrufl neross the lloor.
You think It Is lucky they don't wear
boots. At very grand hotels they wear
blue serge suits like ship's stewards
and bad imitations of foreign shoes,
and they don't run, and then they
don't wait so well, because It is not
natural for a Japanese "boy" not to
run.
A Japanese "boy" has one good quality.
Though he cannot understand English.
before you have been In the house
three days he will know your tastes,
and if you like the breast of a chicken
belter than the leg you will get It, nnd
you will have your steak to look purple
or burned under when it Is cut, as you
prefer.
If lie saw you using a teaspoon after
your wife, be would very likely bring
you a used teaspoon with your next
morning's ten. His motto Is that there
Is no accounting for the madness of
foreigners nnd the forms it will take.
But your bedroom boy is a very different
person, lie has Intelligence and
often a fair command of English.
There Is nothing that a Japanese
room boy cannot do. I would trust him
to mend my watch. I have tried him
on such varied problems as luring a
frightened canary back to Its cage,
(lshlng up a small coin that had fallen
through it crack in the tloor nnd mending
the lock of n portmanteau. One of
them even said that he could take in a
felt hat which I gave him so large for
him that tils ears did not stop It
The Japanese like their lints to rest
upon their ears. They can mend your
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handler than sailors. They expect you
to show them all your purchases and
always tell you how uiuch more or how
much less you ought to have paid.
In the transient life of n hotel you
see the farcical side of Japanese servants.
The pristine and sentimental side
you only get In a private family, where
the servants, like the pages of the middle
ages, may he equal In birth to their
masters, but willing to do service In
his household because he Is a famous
poet or noble or man of science, so as
to gather the crumbs or education
which fall from his table.?Uxchange.
Economy.
Fudge?Yes, Kplnks has a splendid
system of economy.
Judge?now so?
"He goes to work and lays aside
money for something he doesn't need."
"No economy in that."
"Isn't there? Well, by the /ime ho
lias the money saved he always lints
out he doesn't want the thing?and
then the money Is saved."?.Baltimore
Horn Irl
An Amicrlng Innlnnntlon.
"I don't sup|K>se he mount anything
unkind." wild the young woman. "but
It was n very startling coincidence."
"What do you mean?"
"Jnst before Unrold nnd I got married
Ills friends persuaded trim to join
a 'don't worry' club." ? Washington
Star.
One of the worst things that can happen
n young man Is to get the notion
that he can't have a good time without
pasting his money.?Atchison Glob*.
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As we write it rains, as it i
grow, as your "grass and pea vi
McCORMICK I MOW
Try a mower and rake in
and if it is not satisfactory brinj
until you are satisfied. Remei
Coimick.
Big lot Rock Ilill Buggies <
Rmoothest best buggy on the
wagon until you have *seen our
GREEN <
VEHICLE AND LIVE
^ DR. I. M
fc ~DEN1
Crown and Bridge
Work a Specialty.
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Glenn Sringi Ginger I
Springs Mineral 1
on the n
WH
Roooiico all ingredients usee
DuUdUou it j3 made from Gli
THE OLD RELIABLE
been alleviating suffering for ov<
made into most delightful carbo
know that you will say, as other
Drinkers of Ginger Ale wil
lightful and refreshing drink, ini
Water. Experts pronounce it i
it and you will be convinced. 1
THE GLENN SPR
Glenn Spri
THE SPLASHING HOUSE.
A French Yarn Tlint Waa Printed te
Illdlcule Knfcllnbtnen.
One of the most extraordinary tales
ever Invented about Englishmen by
foreigners was the "splashing house"
story, given to the world by the Paris
journal Patrle in 18G8. An ingenious
writer in the paper gravely Informed
his readers that in the suburbs of London
were houses where "earth beaten
up into mud is retailed." To these
houses men were accustomed to resort
in hunting kit for the purpose of being
splashed with mud.
"These curious establishments nre
provided with muds of different counties,
but principally of those counties
where the hunting Is best. The sale of
the mud is conducted in the most serious
manner imaginable; the attendant
inquires. 'From what ftpunty, sir,
do you wisli it to bo suppos&l you have
just returned?' 'From the county of
Kent.' The pretended sportsman thereupon
takes a seat on a wooden horse
whose legs throw up the selected mud;
after having been well splushed the
customer pays his bill (3 shillings),
casts an eye of approbation toward the
mirror, takes a whip In his hand and
goes to exhibit his muddy clothes in
Piccadilly, Iiond street or Pall Mall,
in order that it may be supposed that
he has just returned from c grand
hunt." ,
In addition to the chance of marrying
an heiress which this remarkable
fllsitl-iv '
v. ? ?.? iwium V.'UIIHTD Oil
their wearer. says (lie French newspaper
man. the i>a(ron of the "splashing
house" lias another more immediate
advantage. "The mud with
which he is splashed affords, |f pot 1
proof, strong presumptive evidence 1
that lie Is a landed proprietor in the
county whose mud bespatters |iim."
Ami landed proprietors being held ip
\ast esteem as solvent and desirable
creditors, the man can obtain anything
lie likes at any shop cu credit.
One wonders whether such a wonderful
tale tlmls any believers among
those who read It.?Loudon Live Stock
Journal.
JUMPING THE DEER.
A Style of flnntliiar That Looks Eaay <
Till Yon Try It.
"Jumping a deer" is a highly attractive
phrase, quite apt to make a tin- I
gllng in the hack hair of the tenderfoot I
who hoars it for the llrst time. It is
also intensely satisfactory to the chap
who always has to shave before wooing
nature. You may, indeed, get n
good shot in this way, and It Is generally
the only way to see the grandest
of all the sights of the jrppde-tleer
?ains your grass and pea vines I
ines grow we are settiug up
rERS AND RAKES.
ade by the McCormick people
g it back. No money pa?H? d
nber what we cell, the Mean
hand. Come and get one.
market today. Don t buy a
car load of ''Old Hickoryb*
Sc, BOYD.
i STO' K DEALERS.
.. I1AIR,' ,+h*
Office Bank Building
Union, S. C.
RINK ALE?
Lie, made with Glenn
Mater, is the best
larhet.
[ Y ?
I ore the purest and best,
enn Springs Mineral Water.
that, in its natural state, lins
jr a hundred years is now being
nated drinks. Try it and we
3 have said, that it is "the beet"
1 be dcligbtf.d to get tbis dcide
with Glenn Springs Mineral
the finest on the market. Try
Lsk your, dealer for it.
INGS COMPANY,
ngs, S. C.
running tnrougn a winarail. To see
the glossy curves of fur curl over the
lofty logs that lie piled on cncli other
In boundless confusion is well worth
a trip to the woods, while for liiiu who
loves the rifle as 1 do, more for what
cannot be done with it than for what
can, there is no such target elsewhere.
But for the tyro who is dying'to get
that flrst deer, "Jumping a deer" generally
means out of sight and out of
hearing both. For the deer that goes
olY to lie down after feeding does not
go to sleep, but to ruiniunte and take
life easy. Once in a great while one
falls Into a doze, but almost always
the head is well erect and all senses
keen for danger. And even If one Is In
a doze It may slip away without yonr
suspecting Its existence, for sleep deadens
little ot the senses of this wary animal.
The man who "wouldn't shoot
such an Innocent creature as a deer"
should by all means see one getting out
of a heavy windfall, while the man
who loves game that can get away can
here And the attraction of the woods
at its climax.?"Iluuting the Virginia
Deer" In Outing.
The Ant's Toilet.
A naturalist has been making observations
ou the toilets of certain ants>
and Una discovered ibnt each Insect
govs through most elaborate ablutions.
They are not only itcrformed by her*
self, but by another, who acts for the
time us lady's maid. The assistant
starts by washing the face of her com*
puuion, aud then goes over the whole
body. The attitude of the ont that Is
being washed Is one of Intense satis*
faction. She lies down with all her
limbs stretched loosely out; she rolls
over on her side, evep h<T back, q perfect
picture of ease* The pleasure the
little insect evipces Ip being thus
pom bed and sponged Is really cpjoynble
to the observer. ? Philadelphia
Press.
The War of the World.
We met the people going one way
with their arms loaded with beautiful
flowers.
'Wblther do you drift?" we asked.
"We go," tbey exclaimed, "to adorn
the graves of our dead heroes."
Ijiter ou we met them with their
arms full of bricks. *4%,
"And now where7" we asked again.
io mrow iiii'Be nt our living be*
roes," they again explained, with pity*
Ing smiles st our dumbness.
Bnlfrlalird Iter.
"Did Miss daddy eutertnln your proposal?"
asked tho close friend.
"No." was the sad answer. It
seemed to work just the other way.*-*
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