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' BYINGTON, Real Estate and Insurance Room I. Gazette B’I’d. DAVID gw. RAYMOND. Funeral Director _ and Emlalmer 89 Washington Street South Norwalh Besidonulllahmemo Hotel. SUGAR SOLD AT MOSS Statement Made to Trust Investigators In New York City. HOW PRICE IS RBGULATED. G. “’al‘do Smith Explains the Experience of the “'holesale Grocers' Associa- tion “'lth the American Sugar. Refining Company. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—When Senator Lexow called the trust investigating com- mittee to order in the city hall today, he said: ‘ ‘15 Mr. Elberson present? Mr. Johnson? Mr. Smith?” As the first two were not in the room, G. Waldo Smith took the stand. He said he was president of the Wholesale Grocers’ association of New York and vicinity, which covers New York city, New Jersey as far as Paterson, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and up the Hudson as far as Poughkeepsie. Members must be ”distributers of food products at whOlesale”—jobbers, in other words—and some large retailers, such as Park & Tilford. There was a. southern association, he said, taking in the southern sugar plant-ers’ territory. The chairman asked what control the association exercised on food products. “None.” “Who does exercise that control?” “No one. The only control might be that our secretary sends out bulletins of the price of sugar.” “Why sugar especially?” “It is by far the most important article in our trade.” . “When did you begin to send out these bulletins?” “Subsequent to the fixing of rules in re- gard to sale by the sugar refineries. ” “That action was taken without refer- ence to you?” “It was taken at our solicitation.” He said this request was. made to Mr. Havemeyerand Mr. Searles by a number of the dealers. The prices were posted ev- ery day in the office of the American Sugar . Refining company and copied by the score- tary for his bulletins. He knew nothing about the amending and reprinting of the rules, but supposed any changes were made by the refiners at the “demand and request” of some one of the state associations of the grocers. “I would like to make an explanation. Five or six years ago the wholesale dealers were selling at a net loss”— Dealers Losing Money. “How about the consumers?” broke in Senator Lexow. “They were getting the service for noth- ing. They are now getting it at about two- thirds of the actual cost. Our average profit for three years on sugar is 4.42 per cent. The average cost of doing business is 6.5 per cent. So we are losing about one-third the cost of doing business. ” “Does it apply to sugar only?” “Yes. That is about 30 per cent of the whole business.” The factor system begun a year ago last October was at the solicitation of individ- ual western and southern grocers, he said, including allowing the rebate every three months instead of on every bill. ,He said he did not know whether this request of the western and southern grocers included a. request to fix the price as the standard price for all sugars. The only condition of getting the rebate was the testimony of the factor that he had not sold below the daily prices. “The only markets open to us in New York are the American Sugar Refining company and the Mollenhauer. We buy ‘about the same amount from each. We get the same terms, the same rebates, the same allowances, the same credits. There .has been no agreement, however. It has just drifted around to this. ” Asked how the price was fixed, he said, “We are telephoned it every morning by our broker.” He said he knew nothing of the rules .put out by the American com- pany. Senator Lexow handed him a fac- tor’s agreement. He explained that not selling below the price was‘the' only con- dition of receiving the rebate 'by saying that all the other conditions mentioned were universally fulfilled before there was any agreement, and he explained the ref- erence to other conditions in the affidavit, such as time of payment, in the same way. The affidavit, he said, was not asked for in the original solicitation for a limited price and a rebate system. When the re- quest was made, the American refiners said they would make the change if 95 per cent of their customers in this territory would sign the request. Ninety-nine per cent signed it. Smith’s Explanation. “Will you allow me to explain why the western and southern grocers asked this change? It was because, before the prices were fixed and went into effect at once, one dealer would get a. telephone message of change of price and put it into effect before the others heard of it. ” The chairman asked a general question about competition. “If competition were left absolutely free, goods would be sold at ruinous prices 'and disaster would exist all over the conn- 9! “Why has that not been the way for the 1,800 years of the Christian era prior to the organization of these syndicates?” “Because 25 years ago there was not 5 per cent of our goods sold at uniform prices. They were fluctuating in quality, cost and price. Now I should say 75 per cent were uniform, so that a. price set by one man has to be‘followed by all. ” Soon after this he volunteered the opin- ion that the interests of labor and capital were identical and that any meddling by the legislature was harmful alike to the producer, the middleman and the laborer. The'chai man asked about the terms of selling co ee, especially those of the Ar- buckle coffee. “The association has never taken any action in regard to coffee. If the Arbuckle cofi'ee became popular in New York, the last solvent wholesale gro- cer would soon be seen. ” Senator Lexow asked whether the grocers would not sell cheaper than they do by buying foreign sugar, and the answer was that there was no agreement with the refiners and noth- ing else to prevent buying foreign sugar if the grocers wished to. . An Anticartoon Bill. ALBANY, Feb. 24 —Senator Ellsworth introduced a bill' 1n the senate today which, if it becomes a law, will prohibit the pub- lication of cartoons offany person in news- papers and periodicals. The bill provides that no portrait or alleged portrait, of any individual shall be printed without the written consent of such individual. Yellow Fever In Peru. , Q ’ . LIMA, Peru, Feb. 24.-——0ne death from. .yellow fever has occurred at Payta, and one person has been attacked by the fever In this city. ,TnnnvENi THE unseen RAID. Assertion of Rhodes That Agitation Will Continue—Getting Behind Crete. LONDON, Feb. 24.-—The parliamentary committee appointed to inquire into the Transvaal raid resumed its session today in Westminster hall. Dr. Leander S. Jameson, the leader of the expedition, ap- peared for the first time. The Prince of Wales, ,on entering the hall, shook hands with, Cecil Rhodes. The latter, when the proceedings opened, was localled to the witness stand and was questioned bv Sir Henry Campbell Banneiman, late secre- tary of state for war in the Rosebery cabi- net“ and present member of parliament for the Sterling district. Colonel Rhodes said that he did not see any difference between the cases of Crete and the Transvaal, “except that the Cre- tans, who have the popular sympathy 01 England, are foreigners claiming civil rights, whereas in the Transvaal it was our countrymen who were seeking civil. rights.” Replying to Sydney C. Buxton, Liberal, late undersecretary of state for the col- onies, Colonel Rhodes reiterated his state. ment that the agitation at Johannesburg would continue until popular rights were granted to its inhabitants. It was impos- sible, he added, that a small minority of burghers should govern the majority of newcomers in the Transvaal. He also stated that the charges imposed by the Transvaal government upon mining ren- dered the poor reefs nonpayable. The witness then reverted to the Cretan troubles and said, “If I give arms to the Cretans, am I to be imprisoned for so do- mg?” Answering a question of Edward Blake, Irish Nationalist, Colonel Rhodes said: “I have been told that'I let Johannesburg in for this trouble, but when I look at all the letters and telegrams I come to the con- clusion that it was rather Johannesburg which let me in.. The J ohannesburgers - tried the reform road prior to revolution. They petitioned President Kruger, whose promises, however, were not kept, ” Referring to the conversation between himself and Bobby White, Colonel Rhodes said: “We Were discussing the Egpytian question. I said, ‘If Great Britain de- cided to remain, I should stop any foreign power [from coming between Khartum and Uganda.’ White replied, ‘We had no instructions.’ I answered: ‘Of course not, but it is not the government’s policy that you should lie on your backs and eat three meals a day. You ought to ascend the Nile and make it impossible for the French to cross.’ I did not know White would apply my remark to something else. It shows how careful you ought to be in what you say.” Want State Bank Tax Removed. RICHMOND, Feb. 24. —- The Virginia Bankers’ association, in session at Old Point Comfort, yesterday unanimously adopted the following: 9 “Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the tax of~ 10 per cent upon issue of- notes by state banks should be re- pealed, coupled with such amendment of the national banking act as will authorize the issue of elastic currency.” Revolutionary Daughters Meet. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The Daughters of the American Revolution were late in opening the proceedings. siderable confusion in the audience during the meeting, and the presiding officer, Mrs. Stevenson, had much difficulty in preserving order and quiet. The impor- tant business of the day was the submls sion of annual reports. Queen Victoria Reaches )London. LONDON, Feb. 24.—-—Queen Victoria ar- rived here today from Osborne, isle of Wight, in order to be present at the first drawing room of the season, which will be held tomorrow at Buckingham palace. Immensacrowds of people thronged the route between the railroad station and Buckingham palace. Her majesty was vociferouva cheered. ' Death of Count do Bohnlno. PARIS, Feb. 24.—Count Lefebvre 119 Be- haine, formerly French ambassador at the Vatican, is dead. He was born in 1829 and entered the French ministry for for- eign affairs when about 20 years of age as attache of the legation of France at Munich. For Uniform Charters. ALBANY, Feb. 24.~The blll creatinga uniform charter for cities of the second class was advanced in the senate today from general orders to a third reading. The \Veather. Fair; colder; northwesterly winds. __I'INANOIAL AND COMMERCIAL Closing Quotations of the New York Stock ,Exchango. NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—Money on call nominal- ly at 1%,@2 per cent. Prime mercantile pa.- per. 3@4 per cent. Sterling exchange steady. with actual business in bankers’ bills at $4.87 @48754 for demand and [email protected] for 60 days. Posted rates. $4.85§é@4.86 and $4.88. Commercial bills, $4.84. Sliver certificates, 64%@05%c.: no sales. Bar silver, 64%c. Mexi- can dollars. 50%0. Government bonds irregu- lar. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm. Closing prices: ' Atchison .......... 14% N. J. Central...... 97 Bur. & Quincy. . . . 74 C.. C., C. & St. L. . 27 North American. 456 Northern Pacific. 14% Chesapeake&0.. 175/4 Do.pref.......... 38% Chicago Gas ...... 77% N. Y. Central..... 93 Cordage ........... Omaha. ....... 49% Cotton Oil ....... . 11% Ontario & West.. 14% Del. & Hudson” .108 Pacific Mail...... 25 Erie ............... 14% Reading ........... 24% GeneralElectric” 35 Rock Island. ..... 06% Hocking Valley.. 6% Silver Bullion. 64M ankawanna......154 t..Paul 764 Lake Shore ....... 157 Sugar Refinery” .1196 Lead .............. Texas Pacific ..... 9% LouisvilledaNash 49% Union Pacific.....' 6% Missouri Pacificu201~§ Wabash pref.. .... 15% Northwestern... .1094 Western Union... 83% General Markets. New YORK. Feb. 23.-—FLOUR—State and western quiet. but fairly steady: city mil-ls patents. $4. 85@5 05; winter patents, $4. 60@4. 85; city mills clears. $4. 75@4. 85; winter straights 34. [email protected] WHEAT—No. 2 red opened weaker under bearish foreign news, but subsequently rallled on large reductions' in local stocks and the via- ible: May. 81 9-16@82 1-1604 June, 81®81§§c. CORN—No. 2 opened easier under weak on.- bles, but recovered later with wheat: May,30 @30}§c.: J uly, 81%@31%c. OATS—.No 2 slow; track, white state. 81@ 290. , track, white, western. 21@29c. @gORK—Dull; mess, $8. 50@8. 75: family, $9. 50 LARD—Quiet; prime western steam. 94.17%; @4. 20 nomi 111.3, BUTTER—“rash; state dairy, 10@19c. .. state creamery, 13@19c. CHEESE— Quiet; state. large, 9@12Vc small, 9@12}§c. EGGS — Quiet: state 19%c.:weste1n, l3@18}§c. UGA R—Raw firm. fair refining,27/éc.; cen- trisfugal. 96 test, 3140.; refined steady; crushed. 50.: powdered, 4%c. TURPENTINE—Quiet at 28mm MOLASSES—Stcady , New Orleans. mac. RICE-Firm; domestic, Who; Japan. 6‘ and Pennsylvania. ‘0. Tiara was com ; A‘s/.113 111011011 1011 can A Rumor That That Arrangement Has New Been Decided Upon. ' THIS MIGHT STOP TROUBLE. The Sultan. Must Be Confirmed by the Powers. Au'Armlstice of One Week Agreed to In' the Selinos District. To Name as. Governor, “'ho COXSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 24.—It- is an- nounced here that the Cretan difficulties have been settled upon the basis of auton- omy for the island, the ports nominating the governor of Crete under the assent and approval of the powers. In view of the possibility that Greece will oppose such an arrangement large quantities of munitions of war are being hurried to the Greek frontier and the Turkish troops there are being rapidly re-enforced. The News Vin. Vienna. VIENNA, Feb. 24.—The Fremdenblatt says today that the powers were on the verge of an agreement as to the method to be pursued to restrain Greece from further hostile action in Crete and to settle the future administration of the affairs of the island. Lord Salisbury’ s proposals favoring the granting of autonomy to Crete under the administration of a prince of Greece, the paper said, have virtually been adopted by the powers. According to dispatches received here from Athens, the representatives of the powers made‘a demand upon the govern- ment of Greece today for the withdrawal of the Greek troops from the island of Crete. It was the intention of Emperor Francis Joseph to have started for Cape Martin for a season of recreation yesterday, but ' in view of the still unsettled state of affairs in Crete the emperor has deferred his do. parture until next Sunday. A dispatch to the Politisch Zeitung from Athens says that in reply to the ob- servations of the representatives of the - powers that the action of Greece in Crete might have a bad effect upon Greek finances, M. Skouses, the minister for for- eign affairs, said that Greece might be compelled to forego payment of the next coupon of the Greek indebtedness. Exchanges Open Quiet. LONDON, Feb. 24.—The Stock Exchange market opened quiet today. The tendency was better. - BERLIN, Feb. 24.—The Berlin and Frankfort boerses opened firm today. The feature of the markets was alarge increase in the buying on both exchanges. ‘Vnut Greece to Quit. PARIS, Feb. 24,—Le. Gaulois asserted today that the powers have called upon Greece to evacuate Crete within 24 hours and that Greece has consented to do so provided that the autonomy of the island is guaranteed. Redifs Embark For Salonika. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 24.——There is a growing disposition at the Yildiz kiosk in favor of a Turkish advance into Thessaly. Four battalions of Redifs have embarked at; Ismid and Mudania, Asia Minor, for Salonika. Armistice In Selinos. KHANIA, Feb. 24.-—The foreign consuls have persuaded the Moslem and Christian combatants in the Sellnos district to agree to a week’s armistice. Van Dervoort Demands Investigation. MEMPHIS, Feb. 24.—Frank Burkitt of Mississippi, the newly elected president, called the Reform Press association to or- der promptly today. Immediately upon assembling Joseph Parker of Louisville, the secretary, secured the floor. He said that serious charges had been made by the Nebraska State association against ex- President Van Dervoort.‘ The Nebraska leader was charged with being a Republic- an spy in the Populist ranks. ‘Mr. Van Dervoort immediately took the floor and demanded an investigation of the charges. Texas Antitrust Law Benton. DALLAS.'Feb. 24. —In the United States district court for the northern district of Texas, Judge Swayne of the northern dis- trict of Florida, sitting by appointment; in the litigation known as the Standard Oil combine versus the Texas antitrust law has handed down his opinion. He decides against the state and, declares the law un- constitutional. Attorney General Crane of Texas announced that he would appeal from the decision to the supreme court of the United States. McKinley'n Uncle Wants Office. MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 24.——B. F. McKin- ley of San Francisco, an uncle of Presi- dent Elect McKinley, is ln the city visit- ing Mrs. W. P. Elannigan, a cousin of the next executive. He is on his way to Can— ton,-it is understood, to ask to be appoint- ed postmaster of San Francisco. He at present is connected with the postofiice in a position he has held for 15 years. To Let Cadets Visit Washington. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The house com— mittee on military affairs today voted to report favorably a bill to provide for bring- ing the West Point and Annapolis cadets to Washington to take part in the inau- gural parade and to appropriate a sufficient sum for the expenses of the trip. 81:. Albnnn Winn nt Whlnt. OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Feb. 24.—-—The clos- ing games in the whist tournament be- tween the Owl club of St. Albans, Vt., and the Century club of Ogdensburg were played here. Ogdensburg won by 6 points, but St. Albans wins the tournament by 13 points. Minimum Wages 81.50 3 Day. ALBANY, Feb. 24. —In line with the recommendations of Superintendent AL dridge, Assemblyman Kavanaugh has in- troduced a bill forbidding. the employment of any person on public work of the state at less than 81.50 per day. 'J. M. ,anonn Dendr OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Feb. 24.—J. M. Havens, proprietor of the Havens house at Canton, N. Y.,‘died of heart failure today. He was a brother-in-law of Judge Leslie W. Russell and well known throughout northern New York. A Railroad Ofllco Robbed. ALBANY, Feb. 24.—The safe of the Al- bany Railway company in their main = office in this city was broken into by thieves-and $2, 500 stolen. _ French Statesman Dead. _ PARIS, Feb. 24.-—M. Le Boyer, ex-preo- ldent of the French senate, is dead. v1.11” rlr ’1; 3 J ‘wAsmNo ..- POWOER OAKE OF TOILET SOAP IN EVERY PACKAGE. “FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. A SPARROW’S PRACTICAL JOKE. How He Desired a. Companion to Get a Sticky Bath of Ink and Mucilage. .I think it not often recorded that birds in general are, given to perpetrat- ing practical jokes, but I chanced to Witness a. little episode which would seem to prove that some of the genus have a deal more fun and frolic in their composition than is commonly supposed. 'It transpired one morning that, in a burst of absent-mlndedness, I dipped my mucilage brush into my ink bot- tle, and my pen into the mucila‘ge jar, thereby ruining the contents of both. Preparatory to having both bottles washed and refilled I poured the worthless mucilage and ink together in a small tin pan, which was sitting on my window ledge. Presentlyanin- vestigati-ng sparrow chanced along, and, mistaking tile tin pan for a bath, doused head and tall into the mixture. Evidently the dip was not an enjoy- able one, for the bird lost no time in getting out, stationing himself, inky and drippy, on the ledge 1n the sun to dry. But drying was just _what he should not have done under the circum- Stances. Pretty soon the mucilage be- gan’to harden, and before the bird knew what was happeni‘nghe was in- cased from tip to tail in an inky gum coat. What to do the little fellow knew not, and it was quite amusing to see his frantic but fruitless efforts to extricate himself from his predica- ment. After watching his attempts for some time, I at last tok pity upon his helplessness and lifted him across the room and put him into a. full basin of water,'where he soon washed himself free of his embarrassment. After his bath, while the little fel- low sat in the window preening him- self 111 the sun, there chanced along another sparrow, also out upon a tour of inspection, whereupon the two set up a lively chattering and chirping with many (labs in the direction of the pan. ' "No. 1 is warning his friend of the danger that lies therein,” I thought, and immediately thereafter was start- led by seeing sparrow No. 2 dive into the pan headforemost. No sooner had this happened than No. 1, with a chirp and a chatter, flew to the other side of the street, where, from a convenient housetop, he watched his friend‘s struggles with the predicament that he himself had just passed through. If that was not playing a practical, joke, it was very much like it, and, at all events, bird No. 2 understood it to be one, for after I had treated him to a bath, he made after No. 1 post haste, and the last I saw of themthey were 'fighting it out on the roof in good fash- ion—Nashville Correspondent Phila- delphia. Times. Monkeys Rendered of Use. The newest service rendered of monkeys to mankind was illustrated in London. The school inspectors no- ted with suspicion that a great many families reported “no children,” and in order to ascertain the real number of children in the district resorted to an ingenious scheme. Two monkeys were gaily dresed, put in a. wagon accom- panied by a. brass'band, and were driven through the streets of the dis- trlct. Crowds of children followed the monkeys, and when the wagon was stopped in a park,the school officers distributed candies to the youngsters while they took their names and ad- dresses. Two hundred stray boys and girls were rounded up by this method. —Golden Days. Rosamond’s Love. Occasionally Rosamond, who is now just three years old, is naughty. She was so the other day, and her mamma, to bring her to a. proper reall- zation of her conduct and what it might lead to, said: “Rosamond, mamma cannot love her little girl if she is so naughty. ” “Very well, mamma,” answered the little maiden demurely, “then I suppose I will have to love myself.’ “It ain’t any trouble to get along in Europe, whether. you know the lan- guage or not,” said the man who had been on a. “personally conducted.’ ~‘V‘Take Germany, for instance. One day I wanted a drink, and 81 went into one of the gardens and said to the waiter. ‘Look here, old man, I’m dry ;. do you understand? Dryl And the next mo- ment he came back with three beers." —Cincinnati Enquirer. . . Thoughtful. A small boy of four was riding on a rocking horse with a companion. He was seated rather uncomfortably on the horse’s neck. After a reflective pause he said: “I think if one of us gets ofi I could ride much better.” .MAYBE IT WILL FLY.‘ A llIachine..MTade to Go in the Air as‘ a Ship Goes in the Water. All motors used heretofore for __ pro- pelling airsh ips have provad inadequate in power or impracticable on account of their weight, and the failure of all of them to raise the ships from the. ground by their own propelling power, Or to guide them in an upward or downward direction, has demonstrated that some- thing new in the way of a. propeller was needed before aerial navigation could be made a success. , " . Such a propeller has, » according to‘~ the Detroit Fiee Press, at last been in— vented by Captain J. W.Vie1n, an old steamboat man and practical machinist, of P01 tland, Ore., in the shape ofa very ingenious and entirely novel paddle- wheel, which, if when put to a. practical test it comes up to his expectations— as the best engineers and machinists in the country have assured him, by mathematical calculations and demon- strations that it will—has solved the problem of aerial navigation, as it will - not only raise an airship from the ground by its own propelling power, but will, while revolving always in the same direction, propel and guide the ship f01 ward or backwar,d upwaid o1 downward. The wheel is so arranged that any number of vanes or paddles can be‘ “feathered,” or turned edgewise, at any point in the revolution of the wheel. In the revolution calculated to raise the ship from the ground four of the six paddles are feathered so as to exert no influence. Each of the feathered’pad- _ dies in turn, when it reaches the right point, will be turned automatically, so as to come into play, and as soon as they have passed the point where they cease to exert power in the du ection re- quired they will be automatically feath- ered again. The shaft to which the paddle wheels are attached passes through the ship about its centre of gravity, and the wheels are completely under control of the engineer, who by simply touch- ing a. lever, can bring any desired num- ber of the paddles into play at any point in their revolution, and thus cause them to exert their full power to lift, push forward or backward or down- ward, the wheels all‘the time revolving in the same direction. By means of a. lever one wheel can be made to back while the other 18 pushing forward, in short, the wheels are so completely un- der the control of the engineer that he can give the vessel any course be de- sires with them. The ship which he proposes to con- struct will be 100 feet in length, 16 feet ‘ beam, with a depth of 24 feet; with an air plane above 100 feet in length and 24 feet at its greatest width, and fur- nished with rudder and vanes to aid in controlling its course through the air. The-paddle wheels, air plane. etc., will be constructed wholly of aluminum. and the space within the vessel, with the exception of the cabin and machin- ery room, will be filled with gas to give the necessary buoyancy. The construc- tion of the ship will enable it to float in safety and also to propel itself should it come down in the water instead of on the ground. ,‘ When is 2' Woman Old? I “When is a woman Old ‘2” is the latest question which an inquiring spirit has addressed to all, the leading actresses in Germany. Some of the answers are worth bearing in mind. Frau Nuscha Butze is of the opinion: “A woman is only old when she tries by force to become young again.” RosaBertens says: “A woman is old when she begins to ask herself, ‘When is a woman old?’ ” Jennie Gross keeps to the safe saying: “A woman is as old as she looks.” Marie Pospischil considers that “As long as a woman believes in youth and ' clings to her youth she appears young, even when she is not really so.” Marie Reisenhofer declares enigmati- cally: “Woman is old when she begins '- to love reason and finds no love in return.” Clara Ziegler, the celebrated t' age- dienne, is more genial and consoling .111 some respects. According to her: ,‘ When is a woman old?” “The con. ceited, never; the unhappy, too satin; and the wise at the right time.” Made Ealy for Them. More men are injured by having things made easy for them than by hav- ing their path beset with difficulties, for it encourages them to stay themselves on circumstances, whereas their su- preme reliance needs to be on their own " personal stuff-Dr. Parkhurst. The Jim ‘or" Whist. “I don t see what enjoyment you can _ find in playing whist night after night.” “You don’t? My dear boy. the game gives more opportunity of calling your fellow men asses, dolts and idiots than any other possible social occasion. «Cin- cinnati Enquirer. SSC THE ORIGINAL Stamped “ Boss 5, Always the Same Cites
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