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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Eirst Publication January 9Th, A. d., 1s7o.)
NJ OTICE OF MORTGAGE
IN TORECLOSURE AND SALE.

Name Of Mortgasor-Bdw.rdE Etzgerls.
Name Of noFt9a9ee-P. 4: TolbeEt.
Bsss Of of As:isn%ent@6eo % ist T. Is s., IN III
cembe@. <: D.. isss. It e O'Clock, H., in: BOOK
OF Sa Rs see 80 q e
and assignment duly recorded in said Regis.
ters ONCE, December 4th, A. D., 1s76, ct u
sooSs: !e Il; u N said mortgage records IN book
Description Of Nortgaeed premises-The
east ono half (3kl, Of tho NORTH. east one quar-
ess @ S1 sna ehfsc % ssn &
in Mower county, State Of Minnesota.
Default having been made In tho payment
of the sum Of seventy ono dollars and ninety.
payable November 1st, A. D., 1sB, BY the CON
ditions of said mortgage, and It being stipu-
lated in said nortgage that by failure to make
would make tie fun sum % secured By said
mortgage fan due BY the grantee or his assiens
20 declaring, now. I'm accordance with this
aoqsen n Se fa
claims tho there 81 is due on tse i,Tst pu6iiesssen of
ana aSSs eeSss ssas; M snd no
ing 1T law or otherwise have been Instituted
for the recovery OF tho mortsased debt or
Nov therefore, In pursuance Of . power Of
sale contained in said mortgage, notice 10
hereby given, that tho eaid mOrtge8e win be
&c
made and provided, 1t public vendae, BY the
sheriff Of said Mower county, or hie deputy. at
the front door Of the court, # een.e. in re ctty
Of Minnesota, on the 1tth day Of February, A.
D., 1s7o, at 10 O'Clock. A. n, TO eotasfy and pay
the amount then due on the Aforesaid mort
of said sale, together With the sum Of twenty
0ve dollars stipulated in said mortgage TO be
paid out Of the prooeeds Of said ssls to eaid
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

A FEW facts in regard to women clerks
at Washington. The first lady clerks
we're appointed in the National Treasury
in 1862. There are now thirteen hundred
employed there-the majority of them
engaged in the bureau of engraving and
printing, and in the government printing
Office. They are said to excel as counters,
turning notes with great raptdity and ex.
actness; also that they detect counter.
felts quicker than men, but not consid.
cred as good In figures. Most Of them
are found to be we'll educated aud refined.
Their wages run from 5000 to $1200-one
clerk receiving as high as $1,000. Miss
Kate Wheat, of Oberlin, Ohio, the niece
of DR.. J. N. Wheat, of this city, and who
visited Austin last summer, has been en-
gagged as clerk in Washington for several
years, in the banking department. We
found her very interesting, and her ex-
perience at the national capitol can not
fail to be of great benefit 10 her.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

TIE Legislature duly organized on
Tuesday by the election of the following
officers. BY little coalition with two
or three disaffected Republicans, IN the
Senate, the Democrats were enabled to
elect two of the candidates. In the
House, the Republican candidates were
all elected, and except in two instances,
by a unanimous vote.
SENATE OFFICERS.
Secretary, Chas. w. johnson Assistant
Secretary, NJ. A. Daley Enrolling Clerk,
c. w. Cressup Oem) Engrossing Clerk,
A. W. Powers (Dem); Sergeant'at-Arms
g. W.Pugh; Assistant, G. M. Reese; Chap
lain, Rev. s. c. Gale. The president Of
the Senate appointed Geo. Kanteman oi
st. Paul aud Cyrus Wilkin (colored), o.
Minneapolis, messengers.
HOUSE.
Speaker, G. A. Gilman; Chief Clerk
N. D. Flower; first and second ASST stan
clerks, Robert Deakin and IL. Wiltsie
enrolling clerk, Geo. E. McKibbe n; en-
crossing clerk, Eugene A. Smith; post
master, l.. D. Baird; sergeant.atarms
Frank H. Dayton; assistant, Christian
Johnson; chaplain, Rev. David Brooks
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

x kA0V1Sy AAA1S0AAs A0OS ~ nv "s~0 DsAs~~
wiched IN between tho acts Of Evangeliae,
an extravaganxa OF the most ridiculous
sort, ~ far removed from the serious and
sentimental as possible. After amusing
the audience for 4 while iu what I may
call his Legitimate business, and In the
way they expected, he answered tho last
encore by reciting In very effective
manner, the thoughtful, serious, pathetic
lines, "The Watermill." The effect was
40 if the entire audience had been struck
by q blow from the unseen world as . re-
proof for their levity Of the moment be-
fore, levity created by this same man
who threw upon the m his wet blanket Of
''the Watermill," and so yudely recalled
them from their recreation to the serious
business of life. The change was sud
deu and stunning, and seemed unkind,
but perhaps it was salutary.
And tho recitation of those beautiful
lines Of THE Watermill" would have
had an additional touch Of pathos if the
actor and his audience had known that
their author, Gen. D. G. McCallum, was
at that verv hour breathing his last only .
mile or two away, and perhaps realizing
more fully than when he wrote the line,
that
THE min win never grind with tho water that
Among the actors there was another,
playing her gay part in the merry extrav.
sganza, who happened to know did not
quite 1it the time and place, that the
smiles that wreathed her face were smiles
only because they bought her bread. A
few days ago they turned to tears in spite
Of her. She was playing An engagement
at the theatre Royal, Montreal, when a
telegram was brought announcing the
death of her mother. 1t was handed the
manager while the play was in progress,
and on inquiring the nature of the mes.
sage he was told that 1t was death. The
manager waited until he supposed this
young woman's part was over for the
evening and handed her the dispatch.
~ 00pp0ucN k00t NC was M16t0ACu 0uU
that she was to 90 on again. She had
only time to read the message when her
part was called. There was no one to
take 1t, and the manager said, ''See how
brave you can be-" Stunned by the sud-
den intelligence. she went mechanically
on the stage and sang her song,-the
baby Mine" that is now so popular
while the tears streamed down her cheeks.
Except that they may have noticed this,
probably no one in the audience suspec-
ted that instead of being $50 happy l
could weep" this poor girl was weeping
from the most poignant anguish. Truly,
there are more people in the world than
the sewing women whom Hood described
in his "Song of the shirt" that have no
time for grief.
When the drama was suppressed in the
reign Of Charles I, by public ordinance
but there goes the curtain down on
the last act. G.
NEW YORK, December 28th, 1878.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

WE see by the Mankato Reuie,o that
the reports Of their physicians show
about $50 cases of diphtheria in that city
from July 1st, to Dec. 1st, 1878, and that
the deaths during that time from that
disease we're only 4S. We think the
citizens Of Mankato should congratu late
themselves upon passing through this
terribly malignant epidemic with so few
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
from our slight acquaintance with tho parties
We judge it 10 useless to ask II the hear sur

from our slight acquaintance with tho parties
We Judge it 10 useless to ask II the bear sur
vived.
There have been q liquor licenses issued
during tho year. Excluding the drug stores,
breweries aud licenses surrendered, there have
been 50 saloons proper doing business. They
loon. Estimating the daily sales Of each a
Tor iiquor.~ked Wtno Advance.
What q record Of sin and suffering, of wan>
and shame, of wives worse than widows, Of
children worse than orphans.
"A. 8. Lindsay, editor Of the Worthington
Journal, places the name of his wife-Viola
8. Lindsay-with his as associate editor. She
10 to take charge Of the local department. He
says: 'she has already assisted W very ma
terially, and a. her editorial labors are to be
increased, We desire to publicly recognize
them and give credit whore 1t 10 due, believing
that man has no moro right to steal his wife'a
brain productions than he has to pilfer the
editorials Of an exchange and palm them oh
40 his own.'
-Thursday last was the coolest day the in.
quite number % Of years, tSe mercury having
reached - degrees below zero. The coolest
day in this city of recent years was January
tss sso1
the highest temperature for the month being
q degrees. As win be remembered. the win
ter Of l877 was the mildest eXperienCedin for
ty-three years, the coolest day OF the year be-
ing January I'd, when the mercury was be-
low zerO.-St. Pnul Gl0be, Jan. 1.
Over on the Illinois Central railroad that
runs through Usage, Charles City, Nashua,
Waverly, etc.. a passenger stopped Geo. Frink.
not this train move faster2' George drew
himself up to bis full height and expanded bis
breast to its full capacity, and replied: ut
the rate Of speed get OF and walk" The pas.
aenger settled back In bis seat and rejoined,
II would, but my friends won't be to the do
don't want to be waiting round the station
two or three hours" George Immediately
went forward to sec fellow in the next car.
tiacation BY buying and eating three feet Of
bologna sausage.-M0s0n Ctty Republican.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

Two of inventor E.lison's little ones
are named Dot and Dash, after the letters
ofthe telegraphic alphabet. The Pioneer
Pres Of the Sd, has very interesting
letter from correspondent. written from
the home Of the great inventor, sketching
his life and his inventions.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

The number Of acres of land. exclu.
sive of town lots, assessed IN Mower
county for the taxes of 1873, is 443,727,
the average valuation per acre of which
is $12.48. Only nine counties in the
State exceed this valuation. Value of
town and city lots in the county, $3.50, ,020.
Value of taxable personal property,
$1,14O,s95. Total value, 1921 $40. Rate
of taxation-14 mills. Total taxes as.
sessed, $104,120.15.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

The Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany has let the contract for building
one hundred miles Of road west from
Bismarck for $7,1O0 per mile, which IN
cludes grading, bridges, ties, iron and all,
ready for the cars. This is very low
bid. The work is to be completed by
November 1st
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

In Ramsey county they select their
"blg guns tor grand Jurors. In the list
we notice tie names of J. A. Wheelock,
editor Of the newspaper of the State, Ex-
Gov. Vim. X. Marshall. Hon. J. T. Aver
i'll, John L. Merriam, Phil. 8. Harris and
u W. TnuersOn
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

WE see that combinations between hard
coal companies in Pennsylvania are
breaking up. This fact will no doubt
materially affect the price of coal. Com
forting news, with mercury down to 80
in the shade,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

"HELEN's BAB1ks."-This work is &C.
knowledged to be the best selling article
in our bookstores. Druggists, however,
say that DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup sells bet-
ter than any other medicine. 1t is always
reliable.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
THETRANSCRIPT
AUSTIN, MINNESOTA:
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. ., 1870.
THE latest exploit is the manufactur.
ing OF hens eggs. The story Is told by
a San Francisco reporter.

A RUMoR comes from Paris that for =
time, bonnets will be worn on the head.
1t will certainly look little odd first
rht
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

BLACKSMITH SHOP.
- W. W. PATTERSON has bought out
does all kinds of work in his line on shortest
notice at low prices for Cash. Shop corner
Bridge and st. Paul streets, Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

BULLOCK g. PIERCE,
IL BARRIERS and HAIR DREISERS.
Rooms under Mower County Bank, Main
street, Austin, MINI. Satisfaction guaranteed
or no pay. All branches Of the business con-
Quoted in the mostiapproved style. Baths
-plunRe OF shower, hot or Cold-attaQhed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

SUICIDE Is not more sinful than neg.
lecting cough. For only IS cents you
can buy a bottle Of DR.. Bulls cough
syrup and be saved from death.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

deepest thinkers of our day, that the life
of the masses is no boon to them. And
the less of boon it becomes the greater
necessity for escaping from 1t for an hour
or two once In while, in order that .
permanent escape through the waters of
the "dark'fowing rlver'' may not be RASH
" sought as = happy release. People re.
quire Amusement and will have it; it ls 4
safetyvalve to the overworked, it brings a
smile to faces too much accustomed to the
wrinkles Of care, and smile Is the rain.
bow Of the human heart, infinitely more
beautiful than any God ever set in the
vault Of heaven. It is . pity that the
amusements offered to the people are not
always the most wholesome in q moral
sense, but they are probably as moral as
the people they are offered to. II it were
not 80 the plays Of the better class would
be the best patronized, while a. = matter
Of fact the most successful theatres are
those which offer to the public something
. little of color, the chief feature OF
which 10 ballet troupe Of half undressed
women. It 10 . common charge that the
playhouse demoralizes the people; but In
view Of this fact those who cater to the
public In amusements might fairly say
that the people demoralize The drama. =.
That the people 60 to the theatre to be
amused and not to be instructed was ,llus
trated at Booths theatre last mig ht.and the
incident Wa what suggested the foregoing
reflections. Gus Williams Il Z serioAcom.
ic vocalist, one Of tho best on the boards
who. interlards his songs with fnnn,
speeches and dry jokes end whose special
business 1t 10 to keep tho house in roat
Of laughter, . duty he never fails to &C
compl,sh, while maintaining the utmost
, 1879-02-15

Hoo rRonucrs-Wers Irregular ana lower.
Pork nnh tfa welo active, md Ut ono ttn,u quito
wesk. whilc nea.s were relatively steady, with
Ieas tlonE. lloEs wcro Qaatud hrmeE. vita q light
supply, while Liverpool wa4 - higher Oil purk, IL
hiRl.ar on HAM. amt " laweE OIL lard. Iu cause
Of tho wcaknras was 1ltlcult tu understand hut
II WIS probably duo altogether to tho fact TINT
few holHers Thought It o good tima to sell, atld
helr early offerings BROUGHT out others anxious tU
realize oufare further decline should occur. Tho
market was slsadler In the latter part Of the ay.
Mkss FonK.-Suld from DC ahoyu 10 17.sc bolow,
md cosed Tic under thu latest pricos of THUR.
wers reported Ut $50 bsls seller March At So a7!
GIL 30; ~, h1o brls sclet April Al 50. TIL diD. wi
and y. 7a0 brls seller May At -. .00at10.10. Total,
ii, GOO hs|s. Tho market closed stsady at 50. 90
Tor cash Or February So.B7!tG10. 10 for March
, 1879-02-15

g.. a2!t @o. 65 for April; and 81; Ql@o.97n for
l'r[mc mess purk waa nn0scl ht -. 75G10. 90.
ami extra nri1nc nj 81. .6u6b7. ~.
LAn,,-Dccltned 7!{GblOc per 100 lbs, and c1Dsnd
70 below tho tatcat prices Of Thursday. Bales
were reported OF 10 tc- spot fkcttedl at 50. 70:
., GOO tc, seller starch at So g1!i6s0. TIM la.oOo
The market closed stcadY At sd.0o for epot u
Fchruary; 80. oo for March; 80. 7o Tor April; and
81 81 for Mar.
AtxArs-Wero lcAs active, and averaged easlet,
but closed nearly tho same a. on Thursday. The
doing ittle. snes were reported q. 100 900 boxes
sao.t rlbs, ssflCr M AnrIl. A. 81. 456ea. 52!d :oo
4itc; l. gUO 600 iii short rs At "A. 15Gs4. 10 for
March, 81. K01i.87!s for April ind 81. .n5
for May: h0, 900 lbs shost cleara at $4.Bo for
tcs sseot picked hams tic bsi At ~, The foliow
Ing were Tic closing prices per 100 lbs on tho lead.
ING cuts:
, 1879-02-15

SCIENCE NOTES:
In the Chtn,iker ze;tung It Is statcd TINT tho
aununl production Of potnah In France Is over
1900 tons: Of this, 10,0o0 tons ara obtained
from The aehcs Of tect-root, zoos tons from the
suint {thc natural ercasc} Of wool, md the re-
nlatnder from mineral BouEccs.
Prof. Brooks, Of the Johns Hopkins Untycr-
etty ia still continuing his COURSE Ut instruction
to tcachcra III elementary zoology, Some par
t1cular form Of animal life, Buell Us the earth
worm, the icccl, cte., is taken Us tho subject Of
each series of lectures. a n,nute analysis ia
published beforehand OF all the points II ex-
ternnl and internal nnat0uly md general strlle-
ture 10 which attention IA 10 ba especially d.
rcctcd.
The Frefn1am's Jonrna' says lint TRANSMISSION
Of milk into il.e btooi of pattunt dying from
exhaustion was performed ut the Pr0rt,lrnt
1ufrmhry, Dublin, recently, by Dr. Atrhlon
ami s(ncDonncls. Although apparently having
only few moments to lIyo WHEN the oIGratton
About pint OF milk wns takcn frotn row lent
for tiir OCCASION by AR. Aloore Of South Anne
street, nsMl was directly injected into the vein.
The Edlnbure Seo'.naan says tint tic princt-
pal pnint Ut public interest III connection with
the vii! Of tl,c late Marauis OF rwccduc Is thu
btris 10 which 60 1uticE care n1ld scientific nt-
tention was given By the deceased noblennn.
Up I'LL the Marquis death It was believed by
many that the chnngcs wcro that tlls collection
would go the museum of some public Institu-
tim but this course, IT las bren asccrtlItlc IL
not the one which thu Trustees Rre directed
to follow. All the library Of The geological
works and thu entire orn1tho!ogical ,co!lcetion
nrc bcqucatlled tn the ntnhow VI t!ie latc Mar
outs. str. Jtohcrt Wurluw Kan.sny, Dr.. of
Wblteh!lf. fnil!ng wl'ons, to aint Goodwin
Austen, Ut Stafford, near Gut!1tord.
hIr. Flanlmarlon, tho well-known popular
wr,ler upnn nstronulny n,na kindred subjects, Ia
nov obtaining untls tor the purpose Ut nrgantx-
inC tree observatory on the plan Of tllpsu ex-
, 1879-02-15
REAL ESTATE.


The following instruments were tllel for
record Friday, Feb. IA:
city rnorEnrr.
West jackson 1t, 4aa.1o # " of namll-
tun NJ, 81, Fl ln.l0x75 It, latet. Feb.
IL tElnily II. fetty 10 Oscar II. Secrlst}.S 5000
West Jackson u. sat.u ns the npoyp. dated
Feb, II toscar II. secrlss. 10 Mary l..
waSsss .Ss' AZ. Ii; Il Of Twsnty.sceond ii. 00'
WI 1Daix1tD #, With othcr property,
dated Fc3;; Y tthaF'es II. 1lu'Dutt TO nm
1.sn. snsy ypiace' 1tsiaaH Il 81 lsr
son It, " (, .0xl.3 d.1o It. impr9saa,
dated Jnrch u, 1H74 tJoseph IL. l1url- -t
os1taSt i, ls W L Il .r;ii::ty '''''
Vi, " 4, hdxl.t It, dated Feb. II tA!.
II. and j. 4. tiross 10 Peter Lclidy}... O30
nyef a,1 # tsns9 f. 's cgh p. Wssi Y ti;,n #;
W.T.. es?Hr ni9us te ss9'sS s II 10000
sf Hi. Eaa19o da'sa ,s..p:t Fse II A"drow ann
pesSains. ii, bcswesn isaaioiph and ~''''
Washington sts., Y +. 159txl5o IT, i'm,
Charles nahlgrcch IL CIarn T1scl.ar)... b,0o0
III It.. .datua Fob. . William 1iopkin4
Wet Nins.ssnth Il. n cor oi i;:.;. Mots.nst ''o
~, :.11lu0 Il, daled Feb. ii tjUllaun
passa stf'a 81, IT, vaslsf esf & Fss!xoo It. r. 10'o
:E4xbyloi Il, along tho ryer. tated
Fsh. ;ltJan,us y. snorp 10 Charlotte s. .
wsst jpasxson Il, il Il of iauilna II. 'o'ooo
.jxln! u-l0 II, .sated Feb. IL tiicorsa
M. Fasnswurta tn t:sorKo C.. WlI+uu'.. 5000
Clark II, t10 II ii q! Lake 1t, " +. LOx
no 4-lu II. tnproyrt!. dated Feb. II
!Maryk. Peek = al. q lIafolds. Psckj 80. 600
nngG of l:st y. lUx!0! U-lux132 II, tIaf-
cd Feb. ~ tunE0n Mutual Life. Insur.
anco Company to Lcnuei u. FaIroaMkJ 1900
HuuTsI Or Clrr tisIIvs. WITHIN 4 HAplus or SEVEN
NlLEB Nr TIE uIly-IDInH,
Morris Bt. ~ Il " nf SIswart nv, uk nix
III II. dated any. :D. lH7a Ia. W.
Windrtt to i. u. iio!mcs>.. ... .,....,s 1000
, 1879-02-15

VHEEKN5s
NEw ONLEANs, Feb. H.-sight exchange on
New York nj par.
Sterling exchange, ,,ankcrs' bills, 1904.
FOHEtGN.
LONDON. Feb. tl.--Consnls, 90 f-i6.
Alncrkun Sccurittcs-lleudsuE, -: Erie,
251S; preferred. 10
Unitetl States Bon1s-'GTs, 1031S; 10-i0s,
105: nuw hs, 10jY}ii; +.1s, lO7@S.
iiutGs o( discount III opcu market for three
months bills, 1uab.
1Ipow tle bu1lk OF England rnto 1S.
PANS, Feb. li.--lte1ltcB, 1i2t G7I1r.
, 1879-02-15

longer c1rculnto In The veins. Other animals It,
which tl,Al utooA was Injected Immediately after
the death Of the first. cxuttcd in n few hours,
presenting all the symptoms q! having !hcn.
showed the sans alteration. NJ. iarerda CON.
cludcs by stating tl,at numerous experiments
haso shown TINT tln' trlle antidote for SERPENT
po'aohing Ia the Injection under the tkln OF
alcohol, or its administration By tho mouth.
STANDARD METRE OF T1tANc1:.
The great tngot composed Of MI alloy Of niue
parts platinum to onc.of iridium, prepared by
the French with assinoua care, ai,tl at great ex.
pcnsr, TO furnish material for the standard
metres. Is not satisfactory. It's mass ;s $50 XIII
oRraMrncs, about n quarter Of a ton; n!nl Its
complete fusion. which bad to be Ecpt up many
days, was only attained BY the heat ot Tic oxy.
at!oy thcro was extracted. from the Impure Orc
Of platinum quantity of osn,fc nci.l whish, Is
said to bo sufficient to poson the civilized world:
Ths aeld !s carefully preserved y, the s"''tts q
tic '" inrot = was I free from al iiarurity;
put, upon applying to It the test Of Specific gray
fty, II wns foitlh that something clsa tnan
platinum and Iridium waa present. 80 tile alloy
Was subjected tu chemical examination, Which
resulted III tinuinE considerable Quantity Ut
rutIlcnlu,n. Nr DeriIlc. lie FrcNet, chemist,
lays the blamc Tor this effect upon one Of his
have been hastcncI1 by exposure to t1lc funles
Of ostntc ncid during thu preparation at the
Ingpt. Exactly what Is the best thing now to
be donc is not vcry clcar. since to mako new
might rauso much OF The work arcaLv done
to be discarded. But, Oh thu other hand, II the
metres made from tho present nlloy nrc to 10
retained, there will DO Great difficulty when this
lngot is exhausted tn making nnt,ilrr exactly
like ft-thnt is, which shal cohta!n lust 80 much
observation-disclosures Hcles.
, 1879-02-15

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