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HEALTH EDU Ai pII
BY DR. J. J. IVIIDDLETON
ProvincialBoard of Health. Ontario
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Torouto,
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'eft Nth !la NEIL CI manavaIca wa®
Ono of the most dangerous methods
of infection is by "carriers," e.., pec;
plc who, though not .slowing any ae-
Live Symptom's of disease, yet harbor
a
the Particular Dexnz arid, transmit the
symptoms of cholera, and on examin-
ing the excreta of this nurse who `vas
well, the cholera vibrios were found,
elle being lundoubtedly the cause of
the illness among the others. Of
e immediately ediatel isolated.1
course ..he was il'r m �y . with;
disease 'to otbhers, 'Several cases of In devising means 'for dealii:g
e t first con-!
typhoid transmission by carriers have the danger of carxiera the �
al,rn•ost become famous:on account of sideration is to prevent,' if possible,
the publicity they receive while the eases developing into carriers,' and,
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origin': ofthe mysterious cutbreaks failing that, to protect the community,
was being investigated. In nearly from the danger which the presence of
every case the disease was transmit- carriers involves.
ted through contamination' of the Certainly every person eonvalescenti
drinking water by infected excreta, or from an infectious disease ,and 'about
bythe ' carrier dtirectl infecting the to be discharged from the isolation
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food by handlinUgit. hospital, should first be examined to
that of see if' they
A noted case on record wasare still harboring infee-
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"Typhoid Mary," a servant girl who tion in the nose, throat or ear, or
a year or two before the outbreak of execreting it by the bowel, or in the
the Great War worked at several urine. In the case of a typhoid car -
houses in different sections of the dis rier, the safest plan is to instruct the
trict where s,he lived, and every person, as to the danger he or she is
house she went to, typhoid, broke out: to the community if .every precautioia
For a long time no siestpncion rested is not taken. To take special care
on the girl as she was apparently ''in with the dejecta, to keep clean hands,
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the best of health, unci it was found, and to disinfect the dirty bed and body
that the outbreaks of .typhoid fever Iinen are some of the main points;
followed her trail of wanderings. Her also the carrier- must in no drawn -
blood was
drawn-blend,was examined, and it was found stance have anything to do with the
that "theS girl was harboring the ty- handling, . preparation or cooking of
phteid germ in her system and thus • food for others. I•n addition .all . car
able to transmit it to others. rier cases should be kept under ob-
Much investigation has been done servation as much as possible until
regarding'.., the role of carriers in they cease to be carrier, which some-
spreadingtyphoid and diphtheria, b1:,t times yrnfortunately lasts for a long
many other- communicable diseases time.
are conveyed by this agency, includ-
ing, dysentery and diarrhoea; small H. A. McC. asks if there is any cure,
pox, cerebro -spinal fever, acute poli for insomnia.
ornyelitis, pmeumoeoccal infections, Yes, cultivate a contented mind,
sleeping sickness, scarlet fever, avoid afternoon sleep and avoid war-
- plague: and. tuberculosis. Cholera can tying, don't eat or drink much for
also be transmitted by carriers, this some time before going to bed; take
being regarded as the chief cause of 'a• brisk walk in the open air before
ohollera outbreaks in Bombay during retiring and avoid a stuffy, atmosphere
1918. All the nursing sinters, with one at night, avoid reading in bed, and if
' exception, on one of the hospital ships these measures fail take a sere voyage
coming into Bombay in 1918, showed or change of climate.,.
Annual Agricultural
Stocktaking. '
For the fourth successive year the
Dominion Bureau of Agricultural Ste
tis•tics is engaged in making an enum-
eration throughout .Canada of the
areas sown to field crops and of farm
live tock.- This enumeration is being
effected by means of schedules dis-
tributed to individual farmers. When
filled 'lip and returned, the. cards will
be transmitted to' the Bureau at Ot-
tawa fee compilation into totals, ex
-cepf`�'a'"s regar�"s""il .,
Colunvbia, where the' provincial de-'
partments will undertake the compila-
tion. The collection; of these statis-
tics represents a national agricultural
stocktaking of nc:ch Value , to the
farmers as well as to the country
generally. Owing o these annual sta-
tistics, it is possible to show that the
area in Canada trader field crops in-
creased from: about 39,000,000 acres
in 1915 tri nearly 53,000,000 acres in
1920 and their value from $825,370,000
in 1915 to $1,465,244,000 in 1920 or
nearly 75 per cent.
- The Efficiency Engineer.
-Some one was talking to a Western
man with reference to scientific farm
management.
"When," said this man, who cherish-
es. rather old-fashioned notions, _"I
hear the bragging of these 'efficiency
engineers' that they • can increase by.
so many fold the output of a farm I
am reminded of the case of one Tom
Gates. r
"Tom was feeding his Ivens one sum-
mer day with cornmeal when along
came one of these experts.
" 'Why,' queried the expert, 'waste
all that goad`. cornmeal on all these
•hens? The stuff looks just like saw-
dust; then substitute sawdust. The
hens will never know the difference.'
-"Then he went away. . When next
he came that way he sought out Tom
and asked how the sawdust feed was
wbrking.
` 'Fine,' said Tom. 'An old yellow
hen has been on it est( r since you left,
and in her last hatchings six of the
chicks had wooden legs, three were
woodpeckers and the rest were rail -
birds. „
Wisps of Wisdom.
The man who sells his health for
wealth makes a poor bargain.
'Open the door to suspicion, and
peace flies out of the window.
It is hard to get what you want
when you don't know what it is.
The only hopeless failure is the pe-
son who has ceased to strive for suc-
cess,
If you want work well done, select a
busy man—the other kind hasno time.
People are made more unhappy by
the ills theyfear than by thgse they
`SYxffer ' •n e
e
Little minds are tamed and subdued
by misfortune, but great minds rise
above it.
The world is full of will people—
some willing to work, and the rest
willing to let them. •
More harm is done by the cowardice
of those who are afraid to do that
which is right than by the courage of
those who do wrong.
King Edward's Joke.
Judge Adams was proud ofhis re-
semblance to King Edward VII. He
wore his beard trimmed in the same
fashion, and occasionally frequented
the same health resorts. One of the
many fantastic stories he used to tell
of his adventures and misadventures
ran as fellows:
"''See here, Richard,' said King Ed-
ward to me on one occasion; 'this
won't do, you know.'.
'What won't do,•your.Majesty?'.I
asked.
" `Well, it comes to this: you or I
must leave Moinburg, and I vote we
toss up which it to be. I don't mind
M the least them mistaking me for
you; I don't mind the band playing
God Save the King whenever you ap-
pear. But when I cannot show my face
out of doors without some chap slap-
ping me on the shoulder and singing
out with a strong Cork accent, "Hal-
loa, Dick, how's yourself. Come and
have a drink," it becomes a bit tire-
some.'
Woman.
Gray—"Woman is a riddle."
Bray—"That's right,, She keeps us
guessing, and yet we hate to give her
up!"
r Frend or Foe?
.M.any people find that
tea and coffee are foes
to their health, but that
Instant: Pos tum is a
friendly table drink.
This urs`cereal beverage
is rich in aroma and fla-
vor —fully satisfying—and
contains no element of harm
for nerves or digestion.
'There's a Reason"
fir POSTIJIK
�i..Vrr• ••• iy
Super-Wireless*
Battle,% fought with erevr'laas areQ-
plane bombers, mince unmanned, sub-
marines, ships, searchlights, guns, ate,;
all coptrolledby wireless --all the ma-
cirinatioii of ;strife brought itlt,4 play,
perhaps, by the simple pressing of a
button!
Such, It Is said, aro but a few of the
wireless wonders of the future,
Aloins the saner side of We there
are other joys to come. The: journalist
will be armed with • a pocket wireless
telephone instrument, From the scene
of his story be will talk his "news'
direct to the news -room, •and receive
his instructions_ from the editor 'with-
out further time and money beim;
wasted in getting back to the office.
Wireless h t • •aIha will extend
P o ogx.
their power. When the wireless sys-
tem is moreerteot newspapers Will
p p
be able to publish pidtures of topical
interest within ,twenty minutes of
their being taken and ata distance of
10,000' miles away.
On trains no driver, guard, and
stoker will be necessary; wireless will
control 'the' whole thing from .begin-
ning:to end. •
Perhaps, in the long run, wireless
will also control us; may beccme the
A to Z of our existence! Who knows?
The Sixth Sense,
Through the invention of Samuel 0.
Boman, a San Francisco inventor, a
"sixth sense" seems to have been
created:: At a distance of 60'0 feet,' in
total darkness,:Homan asserts "that
with the aid of a delicate instrument
for the detection of heat waves he can
tell •whether one two or several per-
sons are present. His invention, which
was started, during the war for °de-
tecting enemy forces in front of the
American trenoh�es, is a combination
of thermopiles, a reflector and a gal-
vanometer. The instrument, which
acts much as a sound detector, is sen-
sitive to.heat waves..and can be de-
veloped to the point where a complete
silhouette of an object' can be given,
showing the: outlines from which heat
waves emanate. It. can also be. used
for the detection of airplanes thous-
ands of feet in the_ air. .
U. S. Government officials are said
to be considering use of the lnstra-
ment for guarding valuable goods,
such as large coal piles, warehouses
and automobile fleets not in use. In-
stead of a. large number of guards,
who can Ire avoided, it is expected to
set up one or two of Hoffman's instru-
ments, which will immediately show
the presence of people in the vicinity.
TERYELOOD
NS ILL HEALTH
Rick .,J4ed Blood Brings Bright
y'es and Rosy Cheeks.
The girl who returns home from
school Or from work thoroughly tired
out Trill lie fortunate if she escapes a
phesie;ti breakdown, because;this, get-
ting, tired ° so easily is probably tlte"
first w'arxiiiig symptoxri of :a thinning
blood, ;then:i flet not be disregarded if
hey `;health,;is to bei preserved,
;, e n•
f_hsn. the blood becomes thin and
hapilre the, ;patient becomes pale,
Siie:,"not only ties out easily but often
suffees trori headaches, palpitation of
the heart,; dizzy .spells and a loss of
aplie this lte.
In condition Dr. Williams'. Pink
Pills will be found to have a beneiioial
action, on the blood. Mists Delima I a-
freniere, St, Ambrose, Man., has
Preyed . this in her own case, and atl-
vis,es others to nee these pills, She
says: "Before I began the use of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills 1 felt like a com-
plete wreck of my • former self. My
blood. was poor and thin. I suffered
from faint and dizzy spells, and had
bacleaches and headaches almost every
day;" 1 decided to give Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills a trial, and by the time I
had' ; used three boxes I felt much bet-
ter and I continued taking the pills
until I felt as well as I•ever did. For
what they did in my case I cannot •re-
coMmend these pills too highly." •
Di'; Williams' Pink Pills can be ob-
tai'iied from any dealer in medicine, or
by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes
for `$2:50 from The Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine
edicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
T, he Tatar's Burglar Device.
nil: Tibet the Tatars have what is
possibly the oldest burglar trap in the
world. It was invented to prevent
people from robbing the tombs.
Whenever a royal personage died in
Tibet he was buried with all his
jewels and his royal robes. To add a
still higher tribute, the most beautiful
young women of his court 'were suf-
focated and embalmed on the day of
`his' funeral. With their beauty thue
;preserved, they were,placed in a stand-,,
•ing position round the tomb of their.;
imaster, each holding some trinket that,
the royal personage had used during'
h'fs lifetime. • • '
In o rder to protect those treasures
from vandals, the Tibetans erected en
d sharply pointed
arch In which festa
'arrows, and under which was a, release'
SAVE THE DIEDREN i nick
that discharged the `arrows n quick.
.succession. Whoever, trod on the re
lease robbed no more.
;, The invention, hidden round the
emples endthe'tombs or the filch Ta-
rs, was doubly efficient,` for -it both
•
'and provided inex-
ratected property
i ,•ice. q,•
-one ever s t m r
E,i;943;141e .S`i...w.a, y„, ?;,In ;e•, is. `n.
Mothers who keep a box of Baby'
Own Tablets in the house may fee
that the lives of their little `ones art
reasonably safe during . the hot wee
they. Stomach troubles, cholera' inj`
fantum and diarrhoea carry off thous- i pensive just
most cases because; the mother does
net have a safe medicine at hand to
give promptly.. Baby's Own Tablets
relieve these' troubles,' *or • if given "oc-
casionally to. the -well child will pre-
vent their corning on. The Tablets
are guaranteed by a government an-
alyst to be absolutely harmless even
to the' newborn babe.•They aro es-
pecially good in summer because; they
regulate the bowels and keep the
stomach sweet and pure, They. are
sold by medicine dealers or by mail at
25 cents a box from Tho Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
A Vicar to the Toadstools.
A vicar of a scattered rural parish
had a remarkable knowledge of fungi.
So keen was he on his hobby, says the
London Morning. Post, that he some-
times neglected his pastoral work to.
search for specimens. One day he
stopped to see a bedridden old lady,
who immediately reminded him” how
long it was since he had made his last
call.
"If I had been a tbadstool," she des
dared, "you'd have been to see me
long ago!"
Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia
" enaln for 11inl.
'�Wlien Canon Burroughs` bf Peter-
borough,;: England,' was in America
some 'moths ago lie told this signifi-
cant story: A woman•empioyed in an
Eng sh mill was allotted a difficult
piece of machine work to do. ,The
foreman told her to send for hiif
the had any trouble with her machine.
She, had to send far him several times
and finally decided that she would not
bother him again but would herself try
to remedy any trouble that might
arise. But when trouble occurred and
erhe tried to . conquer it she merely
made the difficulty worse. The ma-
chine came to 'a complete stop.
When the foreman came to her aid
she looked up at him and said, "1 did
my Fest"
"No," said the foreman quietly, "the
best is sending for me."
To -day men and women ,everywhere
are trying to do their best alone, for-
getful that the Master of all work
stands ready to help them in the. re-
mediable little things as well as in the
great things they lead to. The.best is
always sending for Him.
The moon moves 3,350 feet per
second.
The Explorer's Reward
Can money be made out of the ex-
ploration of uncharted parts of the
world?
The question is suggested by the ex-
pedition which has -already started to
scale Mount Everest. Many people
have the idea that considerable sums
of money accrue to the explorer as the
result of lecturing, or from royalties
on books, describing adventures far
afield.
The explorer, however, rarely makes
money out of his heroic and romantic
undertakings. Sir Ernest Shackleton
confessed, publicly, after the return
from the expedition begun in 1914, that
all hisroyalties on books and all Iris
fees for public lectures had been mort-
gaged beforehand. Otherwise he would
have been 'unable to undertake his Arc-
tic investigations.
When Shackleton returned to Eng-
land in 1909 he was given a knight-
hood and a Treasury grant of $100,000
towards thee expenses or his expedi-
tion to the South Polar regions, But
no Government can continue indefi-
nitely to finance explorers. There
comes a time when
these gallant ad-
venturers would hardly be able to
meet their private bills but for the
generosity of friends.
When Nansen wanted to explore the
coast of Greenland he took it fox
granted that he himself would have to
pay for the cost of the expedition. But
he was not rich neitn, and after wait.,
ing for his fortunes to change -he ap-
plied reluctantly to the Norwegian
Government for the very modest sum
of 5,000 kronen (about $1,375). This
was refused. Everyone thought Nan -
sen a dreamer, No one in official
circles believed in his schemes..;
He had almost given up hope of ever
making the expedition when one day
he received from Copenhagen a draft
for the coveted sum. It came from an
entire stranger, and thanks, not to au
incredulous Government, but to an nn -
known friend, Nansen set out with a
glad heart for the icy wastes of Green-
land, and there he made one of the
historic journeys of the world.
The cost of exploration has risen
enormously in recent years. One hun-
dred thousand dollars would not go
far to -day in the forwarding of an am-
bitious exploration plan. It is doubt-
ful ,if, during the present trade slump,
an appeal for public subscriptions
would bring in very large stuns of
money
Christopher Columbus seems to have.
been an exception to the general rule
that exploration does not pay. Ile
managed to get very good terms but of
Isabella of Spain and her consort, and
he left a will disposing of extensive
property.
But, in a general way, explorers
must be counted among those who
give their all freely and gladly for the
landthey love,
,That the'Ogy Sl ou
'Are 1.)oir g�
Col, A, W. Gray, M,P:P, for Leeds,
has presented a large and beautiful
Union Jack to the 1st Westport Troop,
thus completing the Troop's "colors"
Scout
These are big days in Boy Scout
circles down Welland way, . special
Scout Officers' Traiaing Courso i,s no'Sv
in full swing. The Rotary Club Is
backing the four local troops •: both
financially and "itotariaily," And Mr.
J. C. Mclvor, Troop Cominitteeinan of
the let Welland Troop, hs.just ofi'ered
a flee 'cup as a trophy for lutea -troop
'competition.
Renfrew and Kincardine Troops
have been suffering from.:growing
pains. The "doctors" --•in, both cases•
Provincial Scout Officers -recommend-
etl `•'surgical treatment," with the re-
sult that both towns. have two troops
each now instead of just one. And all
of them are working hard to make
their Troop and their town the very
best Troops and Scout towns in On-
tario,
Mitchell citizens have organized to
back -Scouting in their: town.. In order
to help the two local troops with.
equipment, camp, sports, etc., and to
provide a satisfactory meeting place,
five hundred dollars is now being
`raised by public subscription. This
amount also includes Mitchell's con-
tribution to the funds of the Provin-
cial Council.
We recently reported that the Brock-
ville Rotary Club was raising $1,0000
for.the' funds, of the 1st Brockville.
Troop. We' are now glad to be able
to announce that the amount has been
raised—and it only took the Ro-
tarians three hours to get it together.
The Brockville • Scoutmaster, Mr. A, J.
Train, is one of Ontario's veteran
Scout men.
Through the kindness of Major W.
Eaton, the lst New Toronto Troop will
hold its summer;camp this year on
his big farm at Oakville. A similar
generous offer from Mr. Chas. Parker,
Chairman of the Troop Committee of
the 29th Toronto (Humber Bay)
Troop, places- his fine estate at the
disposal of the officers and boys of that
Troop for their summer outing. Such
co-operatidn from friends of the Boy
Scouts is most valuable and very
much appreciated.
r Scouting does not force the boy to
be obedient. It takes it for granted
'that he is—and twelve years of Scout-
ing has demonstrated the correctness
of this attitude.
A leading newspaper offered a prize
for the paragraph that had given the
.greatest inspiration and help. Lines
from Tennyson and others were sent
in by the hundred. The letter that
gained the prize was as foilowe
"I am only;a boy; and boys' opinions
are not respected by most grown-ups;
but we have them just the same. The
paragraph which helps me most is the
Boy .Seoutpromise, as follows:,
" `On my honor I promise; that I will
do my best, To do my duty to God and
the Kin T•o hes other eo le at all
�',. P P p
Iiniee;.,To bbey. IhE) Scout • J4w.''. "
His Hearing Restored.
The invisible ear drum invented be
A. 0. Leonard, which is a miniature
megaphone, fitting inside the ear en-
tirely out of eight, is restoring the
hearing of hundreds of people in New
York City.. Mr. Leonard invented this
drum to relieve himself of deafness
and head noises, and it does this so
successfully that no one could tell he
is a deaf man. It Is effective when
deafness is caused by catarrh or by
perforated, or wholly destroyed natur-
al drums. A request for information
to A. 0. Leonard, Suite 437, 70 Fifth
Avenue, New York City, will be given
a prompt reply. advt.
What Is Politics?_
"Pop?"
"Well, Junior—"
"Are 'politics' plural?"
"No, my boy, there isn't anything in
the world more singular than politics."
MONEY ORDERS.
Send a Dominion Bxpress Money
Order. Five Dollars costs three cents.
What He Had.
"There was a strange man here to
see you to -day, Papa,' said little Ethel
on meeting her father in the hall.
he have a bill?'
"No, papa. He had just a plain.
nose,"
Blistered Feat, Sore Peet, Tired Peet,
,Sunning and Aching Peet.
After a hard day's work or a long tramp
and your beet are completely used up,
bathe them in hot water, then rub them
well with MINARD'S LINIMENT. It
will relieve you and you will never be
without a bottle.
Amerlaa&e Pfonser Deg Remedial
Book on
DOC DISEASES
• and Bon; to Feed
Mailed Free to any Al.
dress hy the Authet.
31:101F_y Glover 0.04. of
11:11 went 81st %trill
Ne* York, i1,$.*
ocoivisgt
LANG $` ,LT
Si'
itit00O *ALT ,WORKtl
TAKE $1,000 FOR
DECLARES TANLAC
DED TROUBLES.
"Ws the Best, Medicine 1 Ever
Heard Of," Says Toronto
"Honestly, I wouldn't take a thous-
and dollars iii.go'id for the good Taillac
liar done me," said Delbert re Dew -
son, 174 Browning Ave,, Toronto, Ont.,
;veli -known carpenter and builder,
"Besides relieving ore of a t'iarl, ease
of stomach trouble of many Years
stancling, Tanlae bas built me up ten
pounds in weight and I. never reit bet-
ter in -my life than 1 do now. I suf-
fered so I could hardly' stand the press
sure of my clothes against my stow -
act and the way it pained me was
simply terrible, and often I had chole
Ing spells, when I almostlost my `
breath, I was so nervous I' couldn't
sleep and mornings got up feeling
more tired and worn out than on going.
to bed. I lost weight considerably and
became so weak I was constantly los-
ing time from work, and many times
got so dizzy I had to .grab hold of
something to keep from .failing. •Near
ly all the time I tad a headache and,
sometimes it hurt me so bad I could
hardly endure it. My liver was in as
awfulcondition and I had liver spots
all over my body.
"Well, T just kept getting worse, in.
spite of everything I did, until I got
Tanlae. But this ,medicine seemed to
get right after my troubles, for it
wasn't long before I was feeling lots
better. I've. taken eight bottles in.
all and am a well man, never lose a
day from work or feel' bad in any way.
It's a fact, Tanlae is the best medicine
I ever saw or heard of."
Tanlae is Sold by leading druggists
everywhere. Advt.
R. S. V. P.
Here is a true story from a girls'
school in the English Midlands: A
"general knowledge" lesson was in
progress. "Can anyone," demanded
the teacher, "tell me the meaning of
.the letters R. S. V. P.?" There rose
the daughter of wealthy parents,
whose receptions drew all the local
society. "Rush in, Shake, and Vanish
Pleasantly," she replied.
Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere
,What He Answered.
The editor in cr arge of the personal
inquiry column opened his seventieth
letter with a groan. "1 have lost ,three
husbands, a lady reader had written,
confidentially, "and now have the of-
fer of a fourth. Shall I accept him," •
This was the last straw. "If you've
lost three husbands," he wrote, "1.
hqulct; say you are much too careless...
.,
to be trustees `w"`i`iTi afouxth:' ,P
A violent fit of anger affects the
heart instantly, and poison has been
discovered in the blood immediately
after such an outburst.
ASPVRIN
"Bayer" is only Genuine
Warning! It's criminal to take a
chance on any substitute for genuine
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," prescribed.
by physicians for twenty-one years
and proved safe by. millions. Unless
you see the name "Bayer" on package
or on tablets you are not getting As-
pirin at all. In every Bayer package
are directions for Colds, Headache,
Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache,
Toothache, Lumbago and for Pain.
Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets cost
few cents. Druggists also sell larger
packages. Made in Canada. Aspirin.'
is the trade mark .(registered in
Canada), of Bayer Manufacture of
Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.
flllcurn
Quickly
Soothes
Itchipg
Scalps
Treatment:
Gently rtib
Cuticura
Ointment
' ' with the enri
of the finger,
on spots of
dandruff and
itching. Follow next morning with
a hot shampoo of Cuticura Soap.
Repeat in two weeks. Nothing bet-
ter fragrant suer -dream
than thesegr p y
emollients for all skin and scalp
troubles, .c
Sorg 256. 'Okkoneet25 oil Mk. T610160 256, Sold
thtoughtuttheDonnnion, CasladiahDepott
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