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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-02-06
National Grange.
From the Missouri Farmer.l

rIOHl Tie .hiSSOuIA 4 dAlhcisl
The National Grange will meet in
Charleston Feb. 3, 1875, and will be one
of the most interesting occasions in
Grange history. Millions are looking
on with eager anxiety. The large
amount of money in the treasury will,
if rightly handled, be the great cohe-
sive principle, head or ueuclus, around
which will cluster our order, East,
West, North and South; or if mistakes
are made it may prove the shoal upon
which will strand the grand old vessel.
Our delegates must 60 there to repre-
sent a people, and not to learn what
people may or may not do. The man
ner in which it was originated it was
necessarily patriarehal in its nature,
but now its character must change.
Ali honor to the noble minds that con-
ceiyed the plan and put in operation
the great work but while we honor
and venerate them, if they are sincere
in working for the good of a common
people they will not stand in the way
of the only plan upon which American
institutions can prosper-representa-
ton and legislation by those who pay
the bill.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-02-06
Iiyedit Down.

An honest blacksmith. was once
grossly insulted and his character in
famously DETAINED. Friends advised
him to seek redress By means Of law,
but to one and all be replied, No;
will go to my forge and there in six
months | will have worked out such a
character aud earned such name as
oil the judges, law courts and lawyers
in the world could not give me- lie
was right. 1t is by honest labor, man
ly courage, and a conscience void oi
offence, that we assert our true dignity
and prove our honesty and respecta-
bility.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-02-06
Hints to Writers and Speakers.

William Cullen Bryant gave the fol.
lowing excellent advice to a young
man who offered him an article for the
Evening Post:
My young friend, 1 observed that
you used several French expressions
in your article. | think that if you
will study the English language, that
you will find it capable of expressing
all the ideas you may have. | have
always found it so, and in all that |
have written | do not recall single
instance where | was tempted to use a
foreign word, but that, on searching, |
found better one in my own language.
Be simple, unaffected; be honest in
your speaking. Never use long word
when short one will do. Call a spade,
not well known oblong instrument of
manual labor; let home be a home,
not a residence place, not locality,
and so of the rest. Where a short
word will do, you lose by using Il long
one. You lose in elearness, you lose
in honest expressions of your mean
ing. and in the estimation of all men
who are competent to judge, you lose
in reputation for ability.
The only true way to shine, even in
this false world, is to be modest and
uuassuming. Falsehood may be a
very thick crust, but in the course of
time will find place to break through.
Elegance of language may no. be in
the power of all of US, but simplicity
and straight-forwardness are.
Write much as you would speak,
speak as you think. If with your in
ferior, speak no coarser than usual; if
with your superior. no finer. Be what
you say, and within the rules of pru-
denee. No one ever was q gamer by
singularity of words or in pronuncia-
ton The truly wise man will speak
so that no one will observe how he
speaks. A man may show great
knowledge of chemistry by carrying
about bladders of strange gasses to
breathe, but he will enjoy better health,
and find more time for business, who
lives on common air.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-02-06

The corn crop Of Missouri for 1874
is reported at 81, ,034 ,075 basheles; the
crop 16, ,57S. .sl3 bushels, and the wheat
crop II 2I5, ,926 bushels.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

NEARLY all the disagreeable habits
which people take up come at first from
mere accident or want of thought. They
might be easily dropped. but they are
persisted in until they become second
nature. Stop and think before you allow
yourself to form them. There are disa-
greeable habits of body, like scowling,
winking, twisting the mouth, biting the
nails, continually picking at something,
twirling key or fumbling at . chain,
drumming with the fingers, screwing and
twisting chair or whatever you can lay
your hand ON. Don't do any Of these
things. Learn to sit quietly like a-gsn-
tleman, I was going to say, but ! am
afraid even girls fall into such tricks
sometimes. There are much worse hab-
it's than these, to be sure, but we are only
speaking of very little things that are
only annoying when they are persisted
in. There are bad habits of speech, also,
such as beginning every sentence with,
"you see" or "you know" "now-a,"
"why-a," don't care,"" tell ye what"
"tell ye now" Indistinct utterance,
sharp nasal tones, . slow drawl, avoid
them al. Stop and think what you wish
to say and then let every word drop from
your lips just - smooth and perfect - .
new silver coin. Have care about your
ways Of sitting and standing and walk
ing. Before you know it you will fnd
your habits have hardened into . coat Of
mail that you cannot get rid Of without
terrible effort.-LiHk Corporal.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
i, OLD TINES.
THERE'S beautiful song on the slumberous

THERE'S q beautiful song on the slumberoul
air
That drifts through the valley Of dreams;
It comes from CLINE where the roses were
And tuneful heart, and bright brown hair
That waved In the morning beams.
Soft eyes OF azure, and eyes Of brown,
And snow-white foreheads are there;
A glimmering cross and glittering crown,
A thorny bed and couch Of down,
Lost hopes and leaflets Of prayer.
A rosy leaf In dlmpled hand,
A ring and plighted vow;
Three golden rings on q broken band,
A tiny track on the snow-white sand,
A tear and sinlees brow.
There's tinctare of grief in the beautiful
song
That sobs on the summer air,
And loneliness felt in the festive throng
Sinks down in the soul as it trembles along
From q cline where the roses are.
We heard it 6rst at the dawn Of the day,
And it mingles with matin chimes;
But years have distanced tbs beautiful lay,
And its melody foweth far away,
And we call it now "Old Times"
-Tinsieu'S Md0dxiNe
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
Trinity Church Clock.

ONE of the largest and best tower
clocks in this country is that of Trinity
Church, Broadway, New York. It was
made in 1846 by James Rogers, and is q
splendid specimen Of horological work
manship. The dials are ten feet in d.
ameter, each hour being cut in relief
from single block Of stone. The hour
hands are four feet in length and the
minute hands about five foet four inches.
The clock is forty feet above the dials,
and the movements of the hands work
through long, tin tubes incased in oak.
There are in the clock-tower three large
cylinders, carrying steel and brass cog.
wheels, the largest wheels being two feet
six inches in diameter and the smallest
being seven inches. In all there are
twenty-seven wheels, not counting the
friction rollers. The pendulum-rod is
made Of wood, twenty one feet in length,
and having at the lower extremity about
i've feet swing. In this there is trade
secret. Wood shrinks sideways. while
iron, steel, brass and other metals shrink
in all directions. Therefore, wood, well
seasoned and waxed, is used for tower
clock pendulums. Three weights are
used, hung ct the ends of heavy, sea-
soned ropes. The largest is on the hour
hand and weighs 125 pounds. Bales Of
cotton are ON the lower floor Of the clock
tower, 90 that II the ropes break tho
weights shall not fall into the body Of
the church. By simple trip leverage,
three bells in the chime are connected
with the clock, and thus ring out the
quarter hours, repeating on the last two
quarters. Another lever tolls the hours.
The clock u wound up once : week, tax
inE two hours each time to raise the
heavy weight from the cotton bale to the
top Of the works. 10 economise labor,
: patsat wineh 4 ussd - perform thI1
Nesk, ysstks 0spsRtes,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
9or Hon,.g &eadtrs.
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK!

WHEN walking out some summers day,
What If q little bird should call,
And on your shoulder perch and say,
"Speak well of all, or not at ALL"
What would you think?
What II you chased and caught for fun
An airy, gaudy butterfly;
And on its wings there in the sun
You plainly saw the words, Don't lie"
What would you think?
What IL you watched an opening rose
Spread all its petals to the air,
And to your wondering gaze disclose
Two little warning words, Don't swear!"
What would you think?
What II you sought to rob the birds,
And hunted for their nest with zeal,
But found each egg traced DER with words
As plain as print, Dear boy, don't steal"
What would you think?
-Christian Union.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

olutions in favor of the Centennial Ex-
position and the Texas Pacific Railroad;
the improvement of the mouth of the
Mississippi and the repeal Of all laws
taxing tobacco.
The Legislature of West Virginia have
resolved to remove the capital of the
State to Wheeling.
A Ministerial crisis prevails in France
in consequence of the opposition of the
Assembly to some Of the pet cons:iiu-
tional measures desired by the Govern
ment, and President MacMahon finds
some difficulty in inducing any one of
the prominent statesmen to undertake
the formation Of a new Cabinet until
these questions be fully determined.
A Singapore telegram of q recent date
reports that serious revolt had broken
out among the Chinese prisoners coz
fined there, which was not quelied until
sixty seven persons had been shot.
Great Britain has recognized King
Alphonso.
The Archbishop of Dublin, in recent
pastoral letter, condemns the mission Of
the Chicago revivalists, Moody and San
key, in England, who, he says, "promise
salvation by foolish sensationalism, with
out requiring repentance"
The recent general order of the Secre-
tary of War in relation to furnishing aid
to the grasshopper sufferers is to be car
ried out with the utmost dispatch.
The Pacific Mail Directors have ap-
proved the order of Manager Hatch in
stituting suits against the parties who
received subsidy money.
A bill has lately passed the Kansas
Legislature to loan $05, 900 for six years
to destitute counties, without interest.
M. L. Dunlap, the agricultural and
horticultural writer, died at Champaign,
ILL.,, recently, aged sixty years.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

/. PLACE . tobacco pipe in such . Pc.
sition, ON the edge Of the table, that II 1t
were left unsupported it would fall to
the ground. A poker may now be sus-
pended from the pipe, in such manner
that the weight of the poker will be sus-
tained by the pipe. The looped string
on which the poker hangs should be a.
close as possible to the bowl of the pipe,
and the end of the poker must fall under
the edge Of the table. The center OF
gravity, in this case, 10 below the center
of suspension, and the pipe consequent
ly supports the poker.
2. If little thread be well soaked in .
strong solution of salt and water, and
then dried and tied to ring not much
larger than wedding ring, you may ap-
ply the fame of candle to the thread,
which will burn it to ashes and yet it
will sustain the ring. The cohesion OF
the fibrous particles of thread having
been destroyed by the action Of the
flame, the ring is now suspended by tho
cohesion of the particles of salt
8. Wrap piece of clean writingpaper
tightly about the cylindrical handle OF
the poker, and the paper may be held
over the flame of lamp or candle for
some time without being in the slightest
degree injured or burnt; now wrap .
similar piece of paper around . cylinder
of wood and hold it over the fame.
which will burn it almost Immediately.
This experiment shows the difference be
tween the conducting powers Of metal
and wood, the heat being conducted away
from the paper by the iron almost -
rapidly as communicated, whilst wood.
being bad conductor Of heat, takes fire
almost Immediately.
4. Suspend poker by two strings and
insert the extremities of them into the
ears. A blow given to the poker will
now produce, through the medium OF the
strings, sound equal to that Of great
bell. This shows that the vibrations
qiven to the metallic mass of the poker
by the blow are much more readily COM
municated to the ear by the strings than
tuTOuXu tuC dlI. AAoot W. WIZ HssaAAS
principle, the boiling of kettle, inaudi-
BILE in the air, may be distinctly heard,
even from the beginning, by resting one
end of the poker on the vessel and ap.
plying the other to the ear. So also the
beating of a watch placed at one extrem-
ity of long beam of timber may be
heard Though the timber at the other
end of the beam by person who holds
his ear to the wood although it is totally
in the air.
5. Place in small glass bottle hot
water near the boiling point, colored
deep carmine with cochineal; place the
same at the bottom of glass jar Of cold
water. Immediately the light hot-col-
ored water in the phial will be displaced
by the heavier cold water in the jar, and
will ascend in beautiful crimson clouds
to the top of the jar.-Ezchongs.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
Iowa Postal Affairs.

The following postal changes were
made in Iowa during the week ending
Feb. 6, 1875:
tablished-Weston, POttawattamie
County, Charles F. Chaplin, Postmaster.
Discontinued-M Munterville, Wapello
County.
Postmasters Appointed - Creswell,
Kosciusco County, George w. Morgan ;
Il.yria, Fayette County, Henry Wycof; !;
Pin Oak, Dubuque County, Charles L
McGovern; Prairie Hill, Boone County,
Frederick Miller.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
h Toledo E1tys,siflt.
aWhat shall we do, am not . good

aWhat shall we doi ! am not . good
nurse" said one.
"Nor l." said another.
"Try me-" said Matty.
"Youl why you are only girl"
az cannot help that. But think 1caa
be a nurse all the same"
eyes, let Matty nurse us," said one
of the invalids, and that settled the
matter. Very soon there was change
for the better, and presently all were
we'll.
"Matty is worth her weight In gold"
"I would rather have patient, pains
taking Matty for . sister than anyone
know"
aMatty is good and loves God, and BE
makes her WISE"
"Matty is better than two of some OF
the women one Sees"
These are few of the things that are
said about Matty. although she 10 only
q girl."-London Christiaa World.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
CorroN.-Middlng upland, 15x0f6c.
LIVE sTocK.-Beef Cattle-x10 O0012.O0. Hogs
Dressed, e8.25 q 8.75; Live, t67507O0
Sheep-Llve, $6.5O07.25.
BREADsTurFs.-Flour- to choice, $500
5.25; white wheat extra. 35.251590. Wheat-No.
Chicago, 81 .03D1 .05; No. 2Northwestern, 81 .04
01.O6; No. Milwaukee spring, $1.O70l .09h
Rye-Western and State, e1095c. Barley
$i.3501. 40. Corn-Mixed Western, Sl0S2c.
Oats-Mixed Western, 661i96sc.
PRovIsIoNs.--Pork-New Mess, S19.20019.95.
Lard-Prime Steam, 140141sc. Cheese-1a0
l6c.
WooL.-Common to extra, 51G65c.
CHICAGO.
LIVE Srock.-Beeves-Cholce, S5.600600;
good, 35.6O0soO; medium. S4.a5G475; butch
ers' stock, S3OO04.25: stock cattle, 42.75Q1i.10.
Hogs-Live, good to choice. $6.7507. 90; Dressed,
S7.6sh@7.80. Shcep-Good to choice, 95.50G6. .2s.
PRovIsIoNs.- s.-Butter-Choice, 29135c. Eggs
= Fresh, 2S03Oc. Pork ~ Mess, S18.250
1890. Lard-413.50013.62h. Cheese-New York
Factory. l7017hc; Western Factory, 16hGl7c.
BRTADsrUFrs.-Flour- Winter extra,
t4.25G16.5O; Spring extra, 33.7504.50. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, S4k0S4hc. Corn-No. 2, 62h
0s2Hc. Oats-No. 2, 52ll052hc. Rye-No. ?,
Hh0s6c. Barley-No. 2 3109O1 .O9h.
WooL.-Tub-washed, 4505Sc; fleece, washed,
4O050:; fleece, unwashed, 27037c.
LUxB1R.-First Clear, 352.00055O0; Second
Clear, 3A60005O.OO; Common Boards, 81 600
l2oo; Fercing, 312.000ls00; "A" Shingles,
t3.0G0s.25; Lath. 3200023.
CINCINNATI.
BREADsruPys. 34.9505.10. Wheat
Red, 3l.1O01.14. Corn-7o07lc. Rye-$10e0
! %. Oats-59O62c. Barley--$1 .2S01.S0.
PRovlsroxs-Pork-31s.so .so01soo. Lard-1aA0
l4hc.
LIVE SroCK.-Beeves-Falr TO choice, $50
05.75. Hoge-Live, @65007.3O.
BRKADsruY1s.-Flour-X Fall, $4.350A.5O.
Wheat-No. Red Fall, 41.0501 .05h. Corn
No. 2, 6aQS3Ac. Oate-No. 2, 56056hc. Rye
No. 1, s9c0S1 co. Barley-No. 2, 41.3001 "a.
PRovIsIoNs.- 1S.5001S75. Lard
MILWAUKEE.
BREADsrUFTs.-Flour-S Xxx, 90.
Wheat-Spring, No. 1, 90A09OHc; No. 2, s.
0s5Ac. Corn-No. 2, 62h0S3c. Oats-No. 2, SOY
oslo. Rye-No. l, 31.eo01.01. Barley-No. 2,
31.1601.H.
BRHADsrurrs. Wheat = Amber Michigan,
81 1.07A01.07N; No. 2 Red, 41.0601N. Corn
High Mixed, 66066Ac. Mte-No. 2, 56056kc.
CLEVELAND.
BRHADsrurFs.-Wheat, No. 1 Red, $1.10H0
III; No. Red. 31.04H01.O5. Corn-.O071c.
Oats-No /. 50060c.
DETROIT.
BREADerUrrs. -Wheat-Extra, S1.l3k0i .13X
Corn -6ShGl69c. Oats-56H057kc. Dressed Hogs
81. .S008.0O.
BUFFALO.
LIVE Srocx.-Beeves-35.0O .0O05.75. Hogs
Live, 47.oON7 80 Sheep--Live, S5.25O6.25.
EAST LIBERTY.
LIVE Srocx.-Beeves-Best 36.2506.8 .871 me.
dunn, s 55O05.73. Hogs-Yorkers, $6.6006.9O;
Philadelphia, 37.7O07.s0. Sheep-Best, $500
$50: medium, 45.2505.75.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

TIE following touching story, which ID
not without q moral, we take from an
exchange:
"A company Of poor children who had
gathered out Of the alleys and gaSrets Of
the city were preparing for their depart
ure to the new and distant homes In the
West. Just before the time for the start
ing of the cars one Of the boys WAS NO
ticed apart from the others and appeared
to be very busy with . cast-of garment.
The superintendent stepped up 70 him
and found that he was cutting . small
piece out Of the patched lining. It
proved to be his old jacket, which, hav-
ing been replaced BY new one, bad bean
thrown away. There was no tine 70 be
lost.
..Cons, John, come said the 6uperin-
tendent. What are you going to Do With
that old piece Of ca'icor
.'Please, SIR said John, I an cut
ting it % - to take it with me-. Ny
mother put in the lining to this jacket
and this was piecs Of her drssa lt's
all l have to remember hsr by Tie
boy was svidently thinking Of his roth
cr's love and Of the sad deatA-scens =
the old karret when shs did, for n coy.
cred liz face with his hands ard sobesd
= II his heart would bgeak He tA6a
thrust tho little pieoe of calico into NJ
bosom and hurried into ~ or anA W.
soon fas away iron : pla1s vle1o :
nothm's lovs had naAs : heGae 1oelfAs
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

ling by piece Of skin, and his head and
body were one mass Of crushed bones and
flesh. 90 great was the force Of the mans
body that the feet, - they revolved around
the shaft, crushed through pine partition
near by, widening the gap At every revolution
until hole nearly i've feet square had been
literally pounded out.
The other day Mr.. John Bellows was chlor-
oformed on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
train near Union City, and robbed Of sixty
i've dollars. Though the car was full Of pas
sengers, no one saw the operation, and the
robber, or robbers, got of free with the
booty.
Warrington County.
Two little girls of Thomas Walker, Of
Crawford Township, in some way recently
upset . kerosene lamp placed on top Of the
tea kettle on the stove. The flaming oil
wrapped their clothing in flames. Mr.. W., an
invalid, sprang from bed, followed one girl
outdoor, and in extinguishing the flames
burned his hands and arms badly as high as
the elbows. Mrs. W., though weak from re-
cent confinement, arose from bed ard smoth-
cred the flames on the other child, burning
her own hands quite severely. The little girls,
five and twelve years old, were fatally burned
woodbury. County.
Sioux City young man was out calling
the other evening, and when he started home
he left the room by the wrong door, and
bowed himself down the cellar stairs, reach
ing the bottom in q chaos Of pickle jars,
cracked plates, mackerel kits and an empty
cider barrel.
The Sioux City Journal thus laments: With
no mail since Tuesday, and the editor fast in q
snow bank somewhere between here and Fort
Dodge, it is not to be expected that the Jour-
nal can maintain its standard Of excellence.
We've MIXED the same batch Of exchanges
for the third time, and If there is anything
left in them OF interest we can't find it. If We
don't get mail to-day we will have to fall
back on the Bible and cyclopBdia."
The Sioux City Journal tells Of a station
agent near there who wanted to use some red
lanterns, but had no red globes, and wrote to
the Superintendent to send him . gallon Of
red signal oil. The Superintendent sent him
his discharge.
A dwelling house at Sioux City, belonging
to w. Agnes, was burned few mornings
since. Loss $4,000.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

You want to obtain customers. In NO
way can you 20 rapidly tell thousands a.
through the columns Of that never-rest-
ing public servant, the newspaper-read
while You are awake, read while you
sleep, amid winter frosts and summer
heat, always in somebody's hand carry
ing its messages Of joy and sorrow, hope
and fear, mingling the announcements Of
enterprising merchants and manqfactuT>
ers with all. In NO other way can you
80 cheaply keep your announcements be-
fore the people; in NO other way make
upon peoples minds the impression you
would place there. Tho first considers
tion to dstwmjms that you advertise II,
that "it pays" After fair use Of ad-
vertising your reason for eoatisajx0 viii
BE-, :. It Psys."-1dlsdo Cosssssrcial
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

To have fine tuberoses choose bulbs
that have clear skin, and are firm, and
not long st the top. Bake box Of sand
to have it dry, and keep your bulbs in it in
> cool, dry, dark place. where they will
not freeze. For early lowering. start
the bulbs next March in pots, 10 ! warm
dark place. ard ~ ont aftsr I'll danger
g {root II pono1y 1b|e1o A1e6o.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-02
AN APPEAL TO THE BENEVOLENT
Books for the Industrial Schooi'

IL there was ever an Institution erected for the
public veal and worthy the moral sympathies Oh
the benevolent aud the good, such must be regard
ed the home which has been established at HALO
well, for the protection and education of class oil
HELPLESS girls from eight to fifteen years OF age
The State and the liberality OF few individuals
have reared the buildings, furnished ii, and put the
school in operation. 4 small library Of books IS
needed for the children and officers Of the lnstitu
tion. Not sectarian books, but truly christian vol
umes, history, bograI by, and other works, suited
the age and mental condition of the children are
ded. To this end the undersigned make THIS
peal to the benevolent, soliciting them to SEND
uch books as they can spare, or small cash DO
nation for the purchase of books to Henry r. Bak'
er, Hallowell. They will be placed at once IN the
schoolroon,, where an appropriate case has been
provided to receive them Shall the children ana
officers of the school speedily be gladdened with
the sight of the desired volumes
HENRY X. BAKER, Executive Committee
JOHN l.. STEVENS, of the Industrial
SIMON PAGE, School for Girls
Hallowell, June 2, 1875.
axNewspapers in the State requested TO copy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-02

Sanford's Jamaca Ginger is for sale by
PARTRIDGE BROS, under Granite Hall.
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