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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
River kilograms.

CAIRO, January 3.-Arrived-RaveD
St. Louis, 8 pm; Tidal Wave, Vicks-
burg, 10; Andy Baum, Memphis, IL;
John N. Chambers, Vicksburg, midnight;
E. NJ. Norton, st. Louis, 4; ]. Baker,
south, a; James Kinney, vicksburg, IL.
Departed-Andy Baum, Cincinnati,
am; John NJ. Chambers, St. Louis, 2;
Tidal Wave, St. Louis, 10; James Kin.
ney, St. Louis, noon. Clear and cool.
d. A. Bragg, a passenger on the
steamer Scudder, died on the boat from
heart disease. His friends are supposed
to live in St. Louis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
Holiday

UTICA, N. Y, January 3.-Ohristo-
pher Van Slyke while, saluting the Cen.
tennial New Years morning, shot his
daughter Emma, aged seventeen, dead.
WHITEHALL, N. Y, January 3.-Jas.
Buzell was fatally stabbed by his wife
yesterday morning. Buell. assaulted
his wife and in the struggle that followed
the wound was inflicted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
How Spontaneous Combustion
Takes Place,

How Spontaneous Combustion
Takes Place.
The most frequent instances Of spon-
taneous combustion happen with cotton
rags or waste that may have been more
or less saturated With oil. Few people
are aware Of the ease with which these
materials originate FIRE. Two or three
bushels of rags wet with linseed oil-the
drying oil such as painters use-left in
a heap, have been known 10 char in the
interior with in an hour, and then, after
smoking awhile and being placed where
there was Q slight current of air, burst
suddenly into a blaze. Painters rags
are probably quicker at this performance
than the waste used in oiling machinery
and in printing Offices, but there is plenty
Of evidence that even the heavier oils
thus thinly spread in cotton stuff will
heat 10 q mass, and start a FIRE. Blum
ineus coal, if wet, is about as bad as
oiled rags, though a larger quantity is re.
quired; q gas company in Brooklyn had
q fire a few years ago in their coal heap,
thus occasioned, which lasted a week;
and only the other day the burning Of
the bark Aureline at sea, from this cause,
was ~chronicled. Perhaps the most
curious Of instances Of spontaneous
combustion we're those Of black silks
stored on the shelves of warehouses in
Paris. The facts we're well a~uthenticst-
ed, but the evidence rather tended TO
show hat the silks most inclined to this
freak had been loaded with some sub
stance during manufacture, to increase
their weight. Not strictly speaking
spontaneous, but nearly so, have been
many fires occurring in woodwork ad.
joining heated aues. 1t was stated
before a government commission that a
Ere which took place in the House Of
Parliament originated in woodwork
against which q pipe for heating pur-
poses had lain. The wood in that and
IN similar cases mas been found reduced
10 a condition like punk; and it is the
opinion Of good engineers thai the heat
from steam pipes may be quite sufficient
to set such wood IN 6re.-Journal of
Commerce.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
The Cure for Gosaip.


DViipuof Z Mhfallno.J
What is the cure for gossip Simply,
culture, There is o great deal of gossip
that has no mslignity in it. Good-natured
people talk about their neighbors be-
cause, aud only Because, they have
nothing else to talk about. AS we write,
there comes to us a picture of a family
Of young ladies. We have e them at
home, me have met Them in galleries Of
art. we have canght glimpses of them
going from a booklet be or q library, with
fresh volume in tbeir hands. When
we meet them they be full Of what they
have seen and read. They are brimming
question:. OF topic Of conversa-
ton is dropped only b give place to an
other, in which they e Interested We
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03

n - NANA n
Boston, January 3.-While ebout one
thousand children we're attending Sun
day school in the basement Of st. Mary's
Catholic church yesterday, the drapery
of the statue Of the Virgin Mary took
fire. Some of the children raised a cry
of FIRE, and a panic Selling them they
rushed for the door to escape. The
teachers promptly closed the doors, and
the burning drapery having been torn
from the statue and the fire extinguished
the children resumed the exercises.
Meanwhile the alarm of FIRE in the base
ment reached the congregation above,
and with one accord the people rushed
to the two narrow doors which open into
a porch. These were choked up in an
instant, as we're the narrow stsirways
leading from the galleries. Many per-
Toni in the galleries lesped from the win
dews to the ground; many women
tainted, and it was not until the greater
portion Of the congregation had escaped
into the street that the cause was ascer-
tanned and quiet restored. There was
no loss Of life, but there were several
Casualties.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
probabilities.

WARRINGTON, January 3.-For Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley, clear and
colder weather, With northerly to east
erly winds and rising barometer. The
Ohio aud central Mississippi rivers will
fall slowly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
LEGAL.
InsOIvent Notice.
STATE or TENNESSEE, SHELBY COUNTY,
0pPIcE COUNTY CoURT CLERK..

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY COUNTY,
0PPICE COUNTY COURT CLERK.
MEMPH1s, TRHH., December 81, 1876
To James NJ. Cannon, Ex'r Of Thos. Joyce,
deceased:
HAVING SUGGESTED THE INSOL-
III vency Of the estate Of Thomas Joyce, de-
ceased. you are hereby ordered to give notice
bv adyertisement in some newspapor pubs
lished within the said State, aad also at the
door Of Shelby county, for ali
persons having claims against said estate, 10
appear and file the same with the Clerk Of
the County Court, authenticated Ia the man
ner prescribed by law. on or before the Sd 6av
Of April. 1876. and any claim not filed on or
before said day, or before an appropriation Of
the funds Of said estate Is mode, shall be
forever barred, both in Law ard equity.
Witness my hand, 81 ONCE, this 3Ist day Of
December, 1875.
JAMES REILLY, Clork.
By JHo. J. SHEA, D. G. lOT-ll3-119 l25
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03

at II o'clock am. AZ the southwest corner Of
Fifth and Kerr directs. Chelsea, In the city OF
Memphis, sell 10 the highest bidder, for cash,
the piece Of land mentioned In said trust
decd, being lot Ne. 14 IN the drecnlaw and
SaharanS subdivision. situate ct the corner Of
Fourth and Kerr streets, fronting "a feet 3
l4s16 feet TO an alley. being the same plsoe
whsre the said Kaiser formerly resided.
The title TO the above property 10 believed
% BE- good, huf I convey only o. Trustee.
l06-ls6 j. B. GRtFFING, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
Heaxy D~efaIcatiOn.

TOLEDO, January 3.-Chas. R. Beck
with, former confidential clerk OF Benz.
F. Babbitt, the well-known soap manu-
%facturer, was committed to prison to day
without bail to answer the charge of en-
bezzlement, The amount of the defal.
cation now known is $500, 900 and may
reach $500. 900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03

ssvKS prominent distillery and recti'
fyiug establishments have been seized at
Chicago. The proof against them is
conclusive and specific. 1t is thought
that nearly thrse-qusrters Of q million
dollars will DO found due, and that con
yietions are certain TO follow. implicst-
ing high officials, back Of the whisky
men, who receive tLeir share Of the
plumber The country begins to feel
that the head men back Of all this ras-
esIity have not yet been reached. The
lightning strikes down the little scrubs
p~rumiscuously, but the tall timber is as
yet unscsthed. More lightning rods are
Aeeded at Washington. General Bah
cock has been acting in this capacity for
a long time, but be has been stricken
deWn. AID has left a void that is hard to
I'll.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03

COLONEL JoYcE appeals to the inspec-
tors Of the Missouri ~penitentiary to allow
the prisoners to read newspapers. If he
had an idea of what has been said about
him since he went to the penitentiary,
the thought of even seeing a newspaper
would not be pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
ooUoH BALsAM.
WILLIAMS
Balsam wild Cherry sand Wood
Eapahn

for Coughs. Colds, Consumption, Bronchitis,
and all Diseases Of the Throat and Lungs.
This %uneQualed preparation is paying the
usual penalty Of merit, and we would warn
buyers to be cautious In receiving the asser-
tons Of interruptions parties claiming TO have
the same thing" OF, made In the same
way" or " just as good"
We are now nearing o season when q OOU0H
Balsam Is placed on lis merits, and when cold
days and nights, and rainy weather. calls
upon a cough preparation 70 prove It's efficacy,
and no 0ther. medicine will answer the same
purpose as Williams' BSlsam for the imInedi-
ate relief Of the diseases for which 10 Ia 40
confidently RECOMMENDED. We earnestly ask
a trial, and rely upon its merits 20 prove our
assertions that Il is the BRsr RFMKDY ever
offered to the'public for all complaints arising
rom diseases Of the Threat and Lungs. Try
Il and be convinced Of its magical effect. II
you cannot obtain 1t from your druggist. send
70 us and We -.l forward II.
All Wholesale orders addressed TO @. G..
Ward 4 Bro. Memphis. Tenn, will receive
prompt attention.
Meme genuine without our Trade Mark on
each bottle. Beware Of oounteTfeits-
hespsotfully, &C WARD & BRO.
6O@lUO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
FOREIGN.

LONDON, January 3.-The amount Of
bullion Withdrawn from the Bank Of
England to-day was eIO5, 900.
BERLIN, January 3.-The discount
rate at the Imperial Bank has been raised
TO 6 per cent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03

Mr.. HAN. of the Chicago Inter-O ocean,
denies that he wrote or instigated the
recent villsinous attack of that paper on
Secretary Bristow. The editor-in-chief
knew nothing Of it. and the question
arises. Who in the name of conscisne e
is responsible for IT'D Had the ARTICLE
proved a pslpable hit every man ab out
the paper would have claimed a shN e Of
the glory.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03

The latest defalcation worth not icing
occurred the other day at Buffalo, New
York. 1t was a Republican, Of Course.
His name is Joseph Bork, and he was
city treasurer, a leading member of the
church, and true to his party. HIS
short about $500, 600, but when he started
to New York he did not stop short of
Canada.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
HELP.
INTELLIGENOE OFFI1
ANNouNoEMEMra-
For school visitor.

"VH HD"WWN NH0NUUFs =
d. N. JAMES is a candidate for School Viz
itor from the Sixth ward.
am a candidate for School Visiter from III
Third ward. X. J. b. u. VIM
At the solicitation Of many friends Of thr
City Schools. ! I'm a candidate for school Vis'
itor from the Ninth ward. X. B. MILLER.
b, P. ANDERSON is a candidate for scbocl
Visitor from the Tenth ward.
y. M. GREER is a candidate for school
Visitor from the Fourth ward.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
Trustees Sale.

pY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED Exc
ID cuted.to me byJ. j. Kaiser. on the 1st day
Of October. 1873. 10 secure the Indebtedness
therein described. recorded In Book No. 81,
page 6O8, in the Registers Office VI Shelby
county, Tenn, / will on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03

GALEN'S HEAD DISPENS, AUY
99% Fourth ST., bet. Mar0
Jefferson, LOufsyIllr ~ auu

90% Fourth 81, bet. MarN .
Jefferson, L~OulsvIll' TS"""
THIS INSTITUTION WAs eor. n, rOuvn
4 1858 BY a special set > tbe h%ssislStuTe.
thn vnvgSsStpss I;lIfu1i ,vsaty srsons, Of either sex,
fee. EiShteen yesTS ment for a reasonable
ohlas no IN 0naranS successful practice en-
aDIes ~ " svttns zoe a perfect cure in any
N;nbtA TrpeIss;sS .rhea or Seminal Weakness,
pphys;coi Dsss 49, Impotency, Mental and
M = sfSsa Nv y, and finally resulting in abso-
dute inSsaN , if allowed to run too long with
SStSnS S.SpJr treatment. Gonorrhea. elect.
HslSS'u's :, Syphilis, Scrofula, and all affec-
ssons Of the Urinary Organs cured in the
snel,. est possible time. All Female Com
R,VAints speedily and perfectly cured without
me use of painful remedies. Consultation
personally or by letter free. Patients can be
successfully treated by mail or express in any
part Of the world. sSend Csc for our Illustra-
ted Medical Report, treating upon all the
above diseases, containing valuable. advice
IN regard to their treatment, etc. Address as
above: ~ xiii. 72d&x
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03

TIE Vieksburg Herald comes out
squarely for General J. q. George for
the United States Senate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
MEETINGS..
NOTTCE.
NOTICE.

THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE FOURTH
j National Bank Of Memphis will meet at
the banking house on Tuesday. January IL,
1876, between the hours Of 10 am. and IL M,
10 elect nine Directors TO sarve the ensuing
year. w. G. MCCLURE, Cashier.
December II. 1875. 9l-ll4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03

0ATES-In this city on the I'd inst, Mrs.
MARY K. 0ATEs, wife Of Wm.iJ, Oates, in the
forty seventh year of her age.
Her remains will be carried to the family
barying ground near Somervills.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-03
ELEcTIoN.
Election Notice.

OFFICE or BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, December 20. 1875.
TN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIRE
i ments Of the charter Of the Memphis City
Schools, notice is hereby given that an Elec-
ton will be held for one member Of the Board
Of Education in each ward of the city, to serve
tive years, the election to be held on Thurs
day, January 18th, at the SAINT time and place
the election is held for municipal officers.
81 l16 r. W. MITCHELL. NJ. D., Pres't.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20
DRIVEN TO DESPERATION.

The bloody shirt having failed as an
effective electioneer.ng emblem in the
States of Indians, Ohio and West Vir-
ginis, the Republican leaders are driven
by desperation to invent new false
hoods for the campaign. The latest is
a dispatch, purporting to be from Lon
don, which appears in the New York
papers to-day, to the effect that the
European syndicate WAS about to stop
taking the new loan of the United
States until the election of Hayes was
guaranteed. Te-dsy's dispatches say
that a denial of this new campaign
fslsehood will appear in the Herald to-
morrow from August Belmont, agent
of the Rothchilds, whose remarks on
the subject are brief and to the point.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20
EASTERN DISPATCHES


New YORK, Oct. 10.
Francis P. Blair. senior, the vener-
able journalist aud politician, died on
Wednesday at his residence, Silver
Springs. Maryland, aged eighty seven
years.
Arrival of Tweed's Companions.
Mr.. Hunt. known as Richard Tweed.
OF this city, and Mr.. Sands, known as
Mr.. King, who were with Mr.. Tweed
at Vigo when arrested, arrived yester-
day.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20

The recent elections have made
material changes In the tables hereto
fore published by the Republicans.
West Virginia aud Indiana. set down by
them as certain for Hayes, have declared
for Til0en. and even Ohio. which they
modestly claimed by 40, 900 majority,
is now by many considered doubtful.
The tables made up since the October
elections by the Congressional Com
mittee figures up the electoral votes of
the several States as follows:
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20
A@thentic Denial Of q Radical
Canard. }

The Herald to- morrow will publish q
letter from August Belmont in answer.
as representative of the Rothschilds,
to despatch In to-day's Evening Post.
to the effect that the syndicate was
about to stop taking the new loan until
Gov. Hayes election is assured. Mr..
Belmont says the safety and wisdom of
investments in funded debts of United
States does not depend upon Prssiden-
tial elections in the opinion of Euro
pean investors any more than the
soundness of English consols depends
on whether the ministry is Tory or
Liberal. That the ability of the United
States to command capital depends on
the universal belief that the country is
rich, and that the people will keep
their promises, no matter what politi-
clans may say. He points out the fact
that while English consols have
dropped per cent and the Russian
loan 20 per cent, United States and
~ per cent have dropped less than one
per cent during excitement over the
eastern question.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20
SENATOR JONES.

The Republican papers of this State
are publishing what purports to be
letter from Senator ]. p. Jones on the
political situation. There is no date
TO the letter and it is probable Senator
Jones never penned it. 1t is fact
known to ever intelligent citizen that
the Silver Bill introduced in Congress
by Senator Jones was defeated by
the Republican party. 1t is also
known that since the defeat Of that
measure. the object of which was to
restore silver coin to the standard it oc-
cupied before it was reduced by Re
publican Congress in the interest of
bondholders, Senator Jones has taken
no active interest in the campaign, and
that his advocacy of the election of
Hayes is of negative rather than a
positive character. 1t was announced
shortly after the adjournment of Con-
gress. by the journals which now pub
lish this letter, that Senator Jones was
on his way to Nevada, and would
stump this State and California for
Hayes. Subsequently it was alleged
that his duties as member of the
Silver Commission prevented him from
visiting this coast before election; but
M nna doph4c tbot &c Al -
disposed to stultify himself and advo.
cate from the stump the success of
the party he fought in the forum, but
what the meetings of the Silver Com
mission would be arranged to accom-
modate him. 1t is evident that he did
Aot care to do that, hence he kept away
from the Pacific coast during the cam
paign. This silver question is one of
the real issues of the campaign. It's
solution is of the gravest importance to
Nevada. yet Republican journals and
stump speakers never voluntarily al
lude to- it. They attemptto conceal that
ana the Chinese question, as they do
all the real issues, in the folds of the
bloody shirt. The candidate of the
Republican party for Congress never
mentioned the subject in his speech.
for the reason that-like all the repre-
sentatives of his party-he dare not ex-
press himself as being opposed to the
great monopolies, corporations and
money kings of the county. If the
people of Nevada are true to themselves
and the interests of the State, they will
vote for the party, and men who are
known to be in favor of the remoneti
cation of silver, making it a legal ten
der for fares and freight on railroads
and oil other purposes.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20
WESTERN DISPATCHES
Ariest of Supposed Stage Rob-
bsrs.

YREKA, Cal, Oct. 20.
Alex. Condree and two brothers of
the name of Kelly were arrested yes
terday morning near Oak Bar, on
the Klamath river, by Sheriff's posse.
for completely in late robbery of the
Scott Bar stage. An Indian named
Billy WAS arrested Wednesday on Scott
river, aud he confessed that he did the
robbing with the assistance of the
Kelly brothers, Condree dividing the
dust among them, and. from the In
dams statement, seems to have been
the instigator of the deed. 1t is sup
posed that they are the same persons
who have been engaged in robbing
Cinnamon in that section some time
past. and that they were engaged in
the mail robbery on Siskiyou mountain
q few months ago.
Booths Reception.
The brilliant reception given to Sem
ator Booth last evening WAS recogni-
ton of the splendid services rendered
by him in Indiana during the recent
campaign. which resulted in the defeat
of his party.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 90, 1876.
Cola, Silver and Currency,
Silver ca per cent. discount buy
ing, and 5A06 discount selling.
Currency. 81, 9lH.
Trades. buying. 92; selling, 90.
Gold closed in New York this fore
noon at Hoy; sterling, 4S4@4S5H.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20

The electoral vote of the 38 States of
the Union is 1863, making lS5 necessary
for choice. There is now no reason
able doubt of Governor Tilden receiv-
ing at least 200 votes in the Electoral
College, and conceding the doubtful
States to Governor Hayes, he will fall
20 short of q majority.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20

THE goddess Ingersoll is alluded
to by the New York Herald as "a
Republican speaker, who is doing a
good deal to make sensible people vote
the Democratic ticket"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20

TIE warlike reports from Europe
created quite An excitement in the New
York Gold Board, and sent the yellow
metal up two or three per cent. In
Chicago the reports had a marked
effect on the grain market. and sent
wheat up few cents per bushsl.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20
Scull Race.
ARTESIAN WELLS.

NNHE UNDERSIGNED BEGs LEAVE
n to inform the public that he il now
prepared, with the most approved machinery,
to Fink Artesian Wells in any part OF the state
on the shortest notice.
All orders or communications on the sub
ject address to Cahoon a. Palmer, Battle
Mountain. will receive prompt attention.
CAHOON Il PALMER
Battle Mountain, October 0, 1876. tt
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20

THE truthful, reliable, and excess
sively patriotic Carson Tribune gives
Kansas to the Democrats in November,
and Indiana to the Republicans. Any
body, with ordinary intelligence, would
reverse this order, but the knowledge
of the Tribune is extraordinary.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20
Preparing for War.
PLYMOUTH. Oct. 10

PLYMOUTH. Oct. 10.
Orders have been received at the
dock yards to complete repairs on four
turret steamships, and on ironclad
Agincourt, carrying twenty-eisht guns.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20
F O R L IG N


BERLIN, Oct. 10.
The Semi.official North German Ga
zette this evening announces that it
learns from good source in st. Peters
burg that the Czarewich will shortly
leave Livadia for Vienna, Berlin and
Londsn, for the purpose of personally
promoting a unanimous action of great
powers in interest of a satisfactory solu.
ton of the eastern question. Accord
ing to assurances given In St. Peters
burg circles, the Car still adheres to
his resolution not to act singly, or
abandon his alliances.
Scul Race.
ST. JOHN, Oct. 10.
The single scull race between BrayIey
and Ross, two miles and return. was
easily won by Ross. Time, 2S minutes,
20 seconds.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20

ESPECIAL TO THE SILVER STATE
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20
7 E.LEC r A p HIC

BY Atlantic and Pacific Line.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-20

The excitement in Wall street occas-
Toned By the rumor of possible war in
Europe subsidized with the close of yes
terday's business, and to-day there is
comparative quiet. Gold this morning
was down to HOY, but it afterwards
advanced to 111H.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-09-07
S. Fl. WH.TTHcRNE,

ATTORNEY AT LAW, LEWISBURG, ,........ ARKANSAS. Will practice in the courts of Con way, Faulkner, Van Buren, Pope and Perry Counties and in the Su- preme and Federal Courts at Little Rock.
 eH Office up stairs in he State building.
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