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canal was designed to provide a year-
round channel 10 feet, deep, whereas
the original course of the river was
BLUE DANUBE not navigable for more than nine
months out of every twelve.
"The opening of the waterway was
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BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF GENTLY
SLOPING HILLS,
The Famous Defile Derives Its Name
From Dangerous
Rocks.
The Iron Gates, the last great de-
file of the Danube in its course to the
Black Sea, and the first point at which
the Austrians launched an offensioe
against their new enemies, the Ru-
manians, is described in the following
war geography bulletin which the U.
S. National Geographic Society is-
a I:
"Contrary to the general belief of
readers to whom the term 'Iron
Gates of the Danube' is familiar, this
famous defile of the chief waterway
of Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and
Serbia does not derive its name from
precipitous walls of rock through
which the watere dash in a narrow
charnel, as at the Kazan defile, but
from the dangerous boulders that
fairly litter the river bed for a cis -
lance of nearly two miles, beginning
at the oho. strongly fortified Island of
Ada Kaleh, which was captured by
Hungary in 1878 and is still inhabit-
ed by a picturesque colony of 500
Turks. Opposite this island, on the
left bank of the Danube and at the
mouth of the jnconseciuentjal Tnchn,t
the occasion for a great celebratiod
In which three monarchs participate
—Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
Hungary, King Alexander of Serbia
and King Carel (Charles I.) of Ru
mania. The festivities of the da
were somewhat marred by the discov-
ery that the current through tbe canal
was so swift that while steamers
could rush through it in their down-
ward journey, they could not make
the trip upward, so tlat the old river
course had to be used for westward -
bound traffic.
Terrifying Sight.
"When the water is high the rock
of the Iron Gates are completely sub
merged, but they are only a few fee
beneath the surface and the boiling
churning waves present a terrifying
sight to the timid passenger as hi
steamer fights its way to the calms
reaches in the vicinity of Orsova
(pronounced Orshova), the first town
in Hungarian territory, five miles
above the rapids and a 10 -hours jour
ney by boat below Belgrade, the
peace -times capital of Serbia.
"Instead of the gloomy gorge
which most travellers expect to find
the banks on each side of the Iron
Gates present a beautiful picture of
gently sloping hills, bountifully wood-
ed. In the early summer these woods
are a fairyland of flowers and the
winds are fairly weighted with the
fragrance of wild blossoms in count-
ess variety, while a short distance
from the river the huntsman finds
leer, wild boar, bear and other game
n abundance. Enhancing the charm
of the scene are the songs ef myriad
birds which make their home in the
orests.
"As the Aver progresses eastward
nto Rumania, the wooded hills cis -
spar and are succeeded by barren
and ridge..
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BITTER PILL FOR GERMANY.
hirty Million Dollars Wasted in
Rumania in "Diplomacy."
Germany made strenuous efforts to
revent Rumania joining the allies,
nd is said to have spent thirty mil -
on dollars in this direction, accord
ng to Herbert Bayard Swope, special
staff observer in Germany for the
ew York World. Rumania listened
ot to German gold or promises, and
Dayer over u
bydayaat lialdtuhi
ndsersiredfir
nintto
set opt for the South became almost
uncontrollable, He felt, too, a strange
glow of tender yet almost selfish
in-
terest at the thought of the cosy,
smiling abode by the seashore where
he would find the hostess, young and
t pretty, where her little children would
hold out their arms to him, and their
handsome father perhaps bear a gen-
tle likeness to the charming, beloved
!woman of the day e of long ago.
With his head sunk in the collar of
his fur coat, the baron walked along,
I thinking all this over, and then sud-
civilly he made up his mind. Hailing
fiacre, he directed th
The Cure
The Baron de Mordiane elowly des
ceiscled the broad staircase of his club
His fur -lined overcoat for the momen
was unbuttoned, for the atmosphere
of the rooms seemed to him to be like
an overheated conservatory.
And so it came about when the
great outer door closed behind him the
keen night ah. pierced him with al
intense cold, and he gave a sudden
shiver—a shiver that seemed to bring
with it a feeling of vague dejection.
He set forth homewards, and all at
once there came to him a vision of his
valet asleep in the ante -chamber, of
his huge bed -room, of his large bed
antique and sepulchral -looking. And
as he thought of these things a sad-
ness weighed down his heart, and n
coldness seemed to seize him, body
and soul, more biting than the freez-
ing air of the night.
For several years past he had grad-
ually begun to feel more and more the
burden of his solitary life, that mele
ancholy solitude which so frequently
oppresses lonely old bachelors.
Formerly he had been energetic,
alert, gay, devoting all his days to
sport, all his evenings to pleasure. But
now time hung heavy on his hands,
and ho hacl become indifferent to
amusements.
The monotony of his evenings, the
same friends always found in the
same place, the club, the same parties
at cards, the same discussions on the
same subjects, the same feeble wit
fiem th,
dal about the same people, all' these
things wearied him now.
At length he found himself unable
any longer to endure this mode of life
—so regular, so empty; so banal, so
flippant, yet at the same time so de-
pressing. He longed for an existence
which should be mare restful, com-
forting, and satisfying, although he
s , did not quite know in what way he
_1 would secure it.
t ; True, he had no thought of marry-
, . mg. He did not feel he had the cour-
age to condemn himself to the melan-
s choly servitude of wedded life, to that
• odious existence of two beings; who,
always together, become so accustom-
ed to one another's ways that not a
word can be said, a gesture made, a
- thought, desire, or an opinion express-
ed by the one that has not already
. been anticipated by the other.
And so, from time to time, the
, baron's thoughts reverted to an indi-
vidual whom he had come to look upon
as his godson. In fact, for the past
year he had thought of him incessant-
ly, experiencing a strong, almost an
irritating, desire to see and to know
him.
1
River, which here forms the Hunger- 1
ian-Rumanian boundary, is the at-
tractive little Rumanian customs vil-
lage of Vereiorova on the Budapest -
Bucharest railway, 237 miles west of
the latter city,
Dangers Removed.
"It was not until 1890 that work i
was begun in a definite and eompre-
bensive manner to rid the Iron Gates ; 2
of some of its gravest dangers to
navigation. In that year a Hungarian
engineering company undertook the
task of removing nearly a million and T
a quarter cubic yards of stone from
the watercourse. fight years after
the enterprise was inaugurated the
canal which had been hewn from the p
solid rock on the Serbian side of the a
river was ready to be thrown open to li
the steamers which ply the Danube i
from Budapest to the Black Sea. The a
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He had interested himself in the
boy many, many years ago in circum-
stances more or less dramatic and
tender. In those far-off days the
baron had been young and impression-
able, and but for a grievous lover's
quarrel the boy might perhaps have
been his own son. However, the lady
married someone else, and when next
he heard of her and her husband they
had both died in straitened circum-
tances, leaving a little fellow of
liege education and the fees and
necessary private income incidental to
his "godson" becoming articled to an .
nrchitect.
All this was managed by a discreet
attorney, who served as intermediary
without ever divulging the identity of
the young fellow's benefactor.
Thus on this particular evening
twelve months to the uncertain
mercies of a poor relative who lived
It.was then that the baron anony-
mously undertook to pay for the
child's upbringing, and, later, his
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the pill was a bitter one for the Huns when the baron felt more than usually
to swallow, particularly as the pre- gloomy and dissatisfied, his mind I
sent King of Rumania is a member dwelt more intently than ever on the
of the elder branch of the ICaiser's little son of the sweet woman he had
family. The Germans are sick of loved. He had not seen the boy since
the whole Balkan question, believing he was two years old; all he knew
was that the child, having grown up,
lived in the outskirts of Marseilles,
had the reputation of being a most
intelligent and well-bred person, had
married the daughter of an architect,
to whose business he had succeeded,
and that he was further reputed to be
earning a large income.
Why not go and visit his protege?
, Then, without betraying his identity,
he could study him well and ascertain
if perchance there might be in the
near future a pleasing prospect of his
taking a place in their delightful fam-
ily circle as a welcomed guest and
member. Thus speculated the baron,
there would have been no war had
it not been for Balkan intrigue. Fail-
ing to wipe the Balkans off the map,
the suggestion is made in Germany
that the people should be taken in
hand and civilized so that the Balkans
will no longer be the "powder barrel"
of the world. It is charged in Berlin
that the German Government spent
about thirty million dollars among
the officials, civilians and native press
of Rumania in "diplomacy" which
failed.
It is said in Berlin that German
diplomacy ayes more successful in
Greece, but the allies are starving
the Greeks into submission.
"Turkey is fighting with an ally
she dislik8s for a future she fears,"
says Mr. Swope, as this was the only
alternative left to the Turks, who
realized that Turkish retention of
Constantinople was doomed in any
event, but might be prolonged by a
German alliance during the war.
4e -
War as a Wonder Worker.
War is a rare wonder worker, says
the London Chronicle. Less than ten
yeas% ago the proposal. to establish a
municipal Milk supply for London was
supported only by the more daring
progressive candidates, All the rest
shrank from it in horror, and all over
the Metropolis moderates denounced Ib
as rank socialistn, Now—with cdn.
siderable additions—it Is coolly and
unanimously put forward by a emn-
mission on vvideh all political pattitle
are represented—and no ono seentit
bearified
coachman to drive him home. A
soon as his half -awakened valet ha
openedottshedeoor he said: :
focMarseilles.
Lui,wstart to -morrow evening
We shall remain
there perhaps a fortnight. Make your
preparations accordingly."
* * * * * *
As the train glided along the Baron
de Mordiane awakened after a night
of slumbering, took a look at himself
in the little mirror of his dressing
ease. The clear atmosphere of the
South revealed to him wrinkles
crows' -feet, and other signs of wan
ing years, hitherto quite 'unsuspected
in the half -lights of Parisian apart
ments.
"H'm!" he said to himself dole-
fully. "Certainly I cannot claim to
look particularly young. On the con-
trary, I believe I'm beginning. to look
a bit old!"
And his desire to spend the rest of
his days tranquilly with the family of
his protege forthwith increased.
Towards one o'clock in the after-
noon he arrived in a landau hired in
Marseilles at one of those country
houses; approached through an avenue
of trees, and possessing walls of such
dazzling whiteness that they make
one's eyes blink.
He smiled as he walked along the
avenue and said to himself:
tt neat—very p e y "
At that moment a little boy of five
or six years ran out from a shrubbery
and stood stock-still on the edge of
the pathway,staringwithwide-open
eyes at the smiling stranger.
"Good -day, my. little man!" observ-
ed the baron, going up to him.
The youngster made not the slight-
est reply.
Then the baron, bending down, took
him in his arms to embrase him; but,
almost stifled by an odor of garlic, of
which the child simply reeked, he put
hins down again abruptly, murmuring
to himself: ,
"Oh, it must be the gardener's
child!"
Then he proceeded towards the
house. To his surprise he perceived
washing hanging from a line in front
of the door—aprons, dusters, shirts,
table -napkins, and what not --whilst a
smaller line, bearing a festoon of
stockings, was stretched across an
upper window like a string of sau-
sages at a plaak-butcher's.
The baron 1.nocked at the door. A
servant appeared, a true servant of
the South, in soiled dress and apron,
and with unkempt hair.
"Is Monsieur Duchoux at home?"
inquired the baron. "Please tell him
that Monsieur Merlin would like to
speak to him"
The girl looked astonished, and re-
plied:
"Ooh, I say! All right, come on in,
if you want to see him!" And then
called out: "Hi, master, you're want-
ed!"
The baron entered, and in a large
room, darkened by partly closed shut-
ters, he indistinctly perceived people
and things all bearing a most sloven-
ly appearance. Standing in front of
a table, overloaded with all kinds of
objects, a little man was tracing de-
signs on a large sheet of paper. In-
terrupting his work, he came forward
a couple of steps.
His open waistcoat and rolled -up
sleeves indicated he felt very warm;
tis muddy shoes revealed the fact that
t had rained some days ago.
"To whom have I the honor of
speaking?" ho asked, in a strong
Southern accent.
"Monsieur Merlin," replied the
baron. "I wish to consult you about
the purchase of some building
ground."
"Ah, very good! Joeephine, bring
a chair."
This instruction was addressed to
his wife, who sat with her knitting in
the gloom.
The baron then noticed a young wo-
man of untidy appearance. Sho pos-
sessed a fine head of hair, thick and
black, but extremely touzlod.
She politely offered the visitor a
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WORK URGED FOR
B from it a child's frock, an miff
flower -pot, and a greasy plate.
noticed that on Duchoux's work -table
therebaron seated himseff, and thi GERMAN CHILDREN
there were, in addition to books an
papers, two freshly-gatbered lettuces
a hair -brush, and several unwashe
teacups.
The architect noticed the baron'
glance, and remarked, with a smile:
"Sorry the room is rather untidy
- but it is all the fault of the children.
And bringing his chair closer to hi
client, he continued: "I presume yo
- are seeking a little estate somewher
near Marseilles?" •
4 A HUN STATESMAN WANTS THE
SCHOOLS MOBILIZED.
Matter Out of Place.
Officers "Sergeant, stop those two men quarrelling. We don't want
any of these beastly fighting men healif"—London Bystander.
His breath carried an odor whit
the people of the South exhale a
the flowers do their gentle perfume.
"Was that your son I met in th
avenue just now?" the baron inquired
"Yee, the second. I have three
monsieur—one a year." And Duchou
beamed with pride.
"Well," reflected the baron to him
self, "11 they all give off the sam
scent their nursery must be a verit-
able conservatory."
But what he said aloud was:
"Yes, I want a pretty little place
near the seashore."
Duchoux, in reply, assured hint that
he had ten, twenty, fifty, a hundred es
more such properties at all prices, t
suit all tastes. He spoke like a run
ning fountain, smiling, self-satisfied
and complacently nodding a round
baldish head, And the vision of a
delicate little fair-haired woman, with
a delightfulfigure anda musica
voice, flitted before the baron's eyes
Yes, true the son resembled,his mo-
ther, in intonation, gestures, and
vague general mannerisms, yet Borne -
bitterly thoughtthat
the resemblance was much as a mon-
key might resemble a man. And he
felt irritated and exasperated and
disturbed, a's though by a nightmare.
Duchoux was saying in metallic
tones:
"I can show you a property that is
an exceptional opportunity."
The baron stammered:
"'When can we inspect it together?"
"To -morrow, if you -wish."
"Yes, to -morrow. What time?"
"One o'clock?"
"Yes, that will suit me."
The baron stood up. He was seized
with a violent desire to rush away.
Duchoux walked with him towards the
door.
"This house is your own property?"
asked the baron. •
"Yes, monsieur; I bought it recent-
ly, and I am very proud of it I have
risen from extreme poverty, and I
make no secret of it. All that I have
achieved has been resolutely by my-
self."
"Till to-morrow—one o'clock," said
the baron.
4 *
'The landau rolled along the white
road.
"Coachman, to the station!"
The next evening, on entering his
club, an old friend remarked to him:
"Why, we haven't seen you for
quite three days! Have you been
ill?"
"Yes; a fearful headache. I suffer
that way sometimes. But one soon
gets over it with the proper treat-
ment"—Translated from the French
for London Answers.
h the district of Hamm, contributes an
s article to the German press on "A
a War Work for the Schools," which has
attracted wide attention. His sug-
gestion that the national schools in
' town and country should be mobilised
lc for the collection of wild fruits, ber-
ries, and other products of the field
e- and forest, is made with an earnest-
ness, and even solemnity, which
throws a remarkable sidelight on the
present situation, and reveals the
discomfort and inconvenience which
Germans aro already suffering from
the scarcity of food and fodder.
The baron recognises that much has
been already accomplished in gather-
° ing in wild natural products, but in-
flnitel more might be done Take the
case of nettles. Were all the nettles
in the Fatherland collected enormous
assistance would be rendered to the
starved textile trade. The Govern-
To Gather Nettles, Nuts, Berries and
Other Wild Products Now
Wasted.
Baron Schmolder, a Privy Council-
lor and President of the Senate of
ment appealed to grown-up people to
• collect these valuable plants, but little
attention was paid to the appeal. Then
the Landfill= men were ordered out
to gather nettles, but little progress
was made. And now the time has
passed for harvesting them, Had
the matter been attended to, says
Baron Schmoder, Germany might
have possessed thousands of tons of
nettle fibre which has been deliber-
ately thrown away.
But much has been done, and Herr
Schmolder gratefully acknowledges
the progress made in substituting the
berries of the -white thorn for coffee
beans, the leaves of blackberries,
strawberries, and raspberries for tea,
mushrooms and other forest fungi
for meat. Still more grateful is he
for the ingenuity displayed in util-
izing beech and linden nuts, sun-
flower seed, acorns and horse chest-
nuts, which have either helped as
fodder or have been ingeniously em-
ployed in increasing the supplies of
oil.
TIIE PATRIOTIC FUND.
•
How the Womeit of Vancouver Influ-
ence Subscriptions.
The truth of the old adage that
"Union is Strength" has been redis-
covered by the soldiers' wives of
South Vaneobver, B.C. In this sub-
urb there are 724 families being help-
ed by the Canadian Patriotic Viand.
The soldiers' wives and mothers have
formed, among themselves, an asset-.
elation. They meet regularly for so-
cial interceurse. They contribute
time, service and money to patriotic
mama They stand by one another
in trouble. They restrain any mem-
ber of their group who may be in -
dined, by extravagance, 0 bring dies
credit on the Patriotic Fund. This
body of women are just beginning to
find what power they can exert. Their
combined monthly cash income
amounts to about $50,000. Not galas -
fled with the way in which the South
Vancouver merchante are contribut-
ing to the Patriotic Fund, they have
determined to use their power to en-
large the shopkeeperet horizon. They
have recently had printed a small
window card intimating that Mr.
Storekeeper is giving to the Patriotio
Fund. Where this is the case, the
card 11 put M his window and the sot-
dier10 wives spend Money where tho
card appears. Acting on the principle
that "One Good Turn Deserves An-
other" the soldiers' wives of South
'Vancouver have become an important
influence in Avelling the receipts
the Patriotic Fund,
Gathering Wild Nuts.
Germans now know that out of.
sloes admirable fruit syrups may be
made, that sonthernwood supplies
food for poultry, that bracken leaves
make excellent bedding, and that el-
derberries, crab apples, and numerous
other gifts of God in the woods are
available for food and nourishment.
The appeals which the authorities
have hitherto addressed to the na-
tion have largely fallen on deaf ears,
simply because they appealed to the
wrong people. Adults are all already
burdened with war work of some
kind or other, and their leisure hours
they need for rest and recreation.
There ought now to be an earnest
appeal issued to the children, for now
is the moment for gathering in mush-
rooms and other edible fungi, sloes,
beech nuts, haws and other berries,
and the useful fronds of the bracken.
Baron Schmolder considers that
this is the sort of work which appeals
to the youth of both sexes. German
boys and girls, moreover, are all in-
spired by a wish to do something
practical and tangible for their coun-
try. If the authorities would only
consent to the employment of the
children in this work they would
have at their disposal the magnifi-
cent organization of the schools, and
in the disciplined and patriotic staff
of teachers the best qualified over-
seers and directors of this national
enterprise.
Change School Plans.
It will do no harm either to the
children, or to the wider interests of
the country, to suspend educational
work until this harvest of the woods
and fields is garnered, The existence
of the Fatheelantl, he states, is of
greater importance than that children
should have uninterrupted Instruction
in German literature and arithmetic.
The children can afterwards catch up
What they now miss, but the fern
leaves and berries and nuts, if not
gathered at once, will be lost for ever,
Chimney rim
For a chimney fire a few pounds of
%alt thrown M at the top is probably
the best handy extinguisher; but a
pail of sand, earth, ashes, or even
coal, will be very helpful, 11 a fire -
pine° connects with thechimney the
latter materials are not desirable to
use, since they are liable to scatter the
Three thousand women aro employed burning soot into the room where the
In English coal -mines. fireplace is located.
From Erin's Green Isla
NEWS MAIL FROM IRE.
LAND'S SHORES.
Happenings In the Emerald Isla of
Interest to Irish-
men.
The death IS announced of William
Ritchie, editor and proprietor of the
Fermanagh Times, Enniskillen.
During the past few months there
have been several outbreaks of ty-
phoid reported in Golden, Co. Tine
of Moyne,
DRuorbert Hamilton Stubber,
l'OW, has been appointed
a deputy lieutenant of the Queen's
County.
Sir William Patrick Byrne;
V.O., C3., has been appointed Under
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of
' Ireland
Mr. Denis Henry, K.O., M.P. of
Draperstown Londonderry, has b'een
appointed deputy , lieutenant for
County Kerry.
The death has Occurred at his resi-
dence, Monaghan, of Mr. ThomasTreavor, a prominent Monaghan Na-
tionalist
The death has occurred of Mr.
' Michael Nugent, managing director of
the Dolphin Hotel, Dublin, in his 78th
year.
Lieut. A. E. Kinghan, Royal Irish
Fusiliers, son of the late Rev. Dr. D.
P. Kinghan, Dublin, has been reported
killed in action.
Sergt. John E. Daly, Irish Guards,
formerly R. L C. pointsman at the
city hall, Belfast, has been reported
killed in action.
Potatoes in Wiciclow recently fetch-
ed the extraordinary high price of
; $4.80 a barrel, the highest price paid
iin 40 years.
Thomae Martrn, clerk of the Car-
lingford (County Louth) Petty Ses-
sions, dropped dead while taking the
oath in the police court,
Mr. Thomas Callan Macardle, of
St Margaret's, Cambrieville, Dundalk,
has been appointed a deputy lieuten-
ant for the County Lowth.
Since the report of the department-
al inquiry into the relations of civil
servants in Dublin, two officials of the
Irish local G.B. have been dismissed.
A severe gale was responsible for
the uprooting of a large number of
trees in the Packenham-Mahon de-
mesne, Strokestown, County Roscom-
mon.
Mr. Isaac Ward, well known as
"Belfastiensis," the historian of Bel-
fast, has died as the result of injuries
sustained when he was knocked down
by a car.
The death it action is reported of
Lieut. -Col. Hubert Knox, of the Man-
chester Regiment, the youngest son
of Mrs. Knox, Brittas Castle, Thurles,
County Tipperary.
QUEER RUMANIAN GARB.
The Wallachian Peasant Usually
Dresses in White.
The Wallachian peasant who has
not adopted the homely clothes that
come from the ready-to-wear factor-
ies of western Europe is a picture-
squely dressed man. His costume . is
white. The trousers aro snnething
like twice the length of the leg and
are made to fit with numerous wrielc-
les; his shirt is -made to hang tunic -
like over his trousers and is gather-
ed at the waist with a red belt; his
coat is a sort of military cape, Usually
of brown woolens or of tanned sheep.
skim
The peasant woman usually grows
some silk She buys the silkworm
eggs and uses the spare bed, if there
be one in the house, as a hatchery,
Sho feeds the worms on mulberry
leaves, ,and, if the ants do not invade
the place and destroy the worms, she
soon has enough fiber for a veil or a
waist. She spins and weaves it her-
self. She has a keen appreciation of
color values and combinatiops. She
embroiders her dresses with thread
she has grown from the seed, so to
speak, for she plants the flax, gathers
the fiber and carries it through all the
processes,'from breaking and cording
to spinning.
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Birds Noted Time Change.
At 8 o'elock every morning Mme.
Nageotte-Wilbouchewitch crosses the
Luxembourg Gardens in Paris and
scatters crumbs to the birds. These
have come to know her and to as-
semble on the paths along which she
walks, always at the. same hour. When
the elocics of Prance were set ahead
one hour, and it was really 7 instead
of 8 when she crossed the park, she
vas astohlshed to •observe that the
his* also had adapted themselves to
ho change' in time, and were awaits
ing her as usual. In a communica-
tion to the Societe de Biologie, 1VIme,
Negeotte Wilbouchewitch euggests
that birds learn the time through
What is taking place in the streets
rather than through variations in
light.
Iforeefleali as rood,
Horseflesh as food was introduced
into Gaul when the country was in.
vaded by the Pranks after ,the con-
quest by Julius Caesar. Records re_
lative* to 1404 show that 11, was oaten
in Paris at that time. in several
European countries this food is snuck
and often from choice.,
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