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New-York tribune., 1879-09-17
al since Jan L. sl95Sl4 1903 s94GssC2e4 s2Si. sso4s
rrRoPRAx FINAvC1AL MARKETS.

ToNpoN Sent lg-l2.SO D. MI :. bonds four and hat
nor ct loss four per cents l03 Ney ves. lO59i Eie
iawav shares - y preferred, - d.. second Conso
1854, Illinois Central, Vi Z sNewJcrsey Cenfa O31s Read
ing Railroad + p.
IoNpON sent -Consois 97via Tor both money
and Paris advces quote three r cent rentes al
p. francs coutmcs interest. fol tho account.
LONDON. iGs 80 p.mEr1e hail waY
prferred second consos 1885, PENNSYLVANIA Cen
trail a. Tho amount in-O the Bank 81 Eng
aId on balance &5sOO0 lars ndvices quote three
uer rens s3 O7 cenumes Tor the account
PARIS sept loExCnange on London 20 francs 81 = cen
New-York tribune., 1879-09-17

Poor Damaged. all kinds , a &c $500, ,, -
Calcutta BufaiO-Light. 10 29lTc.: Mi1dlelO-Vlfcj
Heavy, lSGl1c.; Damaged 10 10 re.
Export and JObbing Leather, Heavy, 22d24e
New-York tribune., 1879-09-17

Receipts for the week 1l5B DO1es last week. O2006
boxes corresponding week last year. 5S,fu Doxes hx
,oria 6I.g4l boxes same time last year.
tSsI7 boxes Liverpool cable 0uo;siions dun at
I,snondfug tine last year, 42 There LITTLE
dong 10 day and nothing upon which . base quotations
That there ia stronger feeling IN the market Will
deDv but what Justify the prices paid Ia the
trv yesIerday the cmpreenson of an ordinary
Nev Yorker-perhlps OF the Cca operators FUR
nlsh a lille gh subject. Receivers views very
10 but IA Wow OF
The SHARP n The AMI trat tho buk o the
make up August as flF"afG, theY are r'
ened 10 tlna that VIII eTetclrd before TIE
close of the week quote $40. fr strictly Fancy S11"
Factory rkinR than pet or special ght htine
more yesterday AT pflfos hafiV III &c
with these hsrcs. and "a c'nstry"Fe dealer
New-York tribune., 1879-09-17

The business in State bonds amounted only 10
g. 900: Louisiana consols at IS. and Alabama ss,
Ala. and Chat. Railroad at Is.
OF city bank stocks the only sales were 70 shares
Of Metropolitan at i20
The business done IN railroad bonds was not
large aud prices generally a tr1he lower.
Among ths speculative kinds, Texas Paclhc
land grants were the most active, selling at 40
Q43a iOG ash. against SO yesterday. Erie seconds
We're irregular. first declining 10 1855 then rising
New-York tribune., 1879-09-17

Receipts week. bales last week. : n bsles
coif,suOrdrC week t bales ENIorts for the ~ee
bales tine last 81. laes inft" good
business doing viii porfcrS and tur ararf EntfN -
and sierei hy the trade a. ie'ng 80 very
quite atd
made n small 90 DC, tut x M'ud h'
pretty dcuit iiIe sc. tor gso~th no matter
how blly De-. Ir0ducerH ITice Cnfcf eaE-fs
the follow from letr Z" llnrnt d r IA ts cy
late London estimates the English crop az lO ~ p
300 Cuf uToutDlv 10000 cwt. orr c~i. pr acre on
$4,000 rhe annual consumption OF Grat Eriain -
estimated a. a. cwt hold stocks estimated
100000 Cwt The Importation oi lor.i izn hops must te
go OOJ l6u,OOO ba II the tont
Europe supply 100000 of this deficiency there viii
opening $4,000 bales American. American oi
1873 quoted 81 Yer cw'. Tor iner io rtiF
choice ToD 1875 hat arryci to establish
r.llllle au.I- ION. Qnutailnns.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
HAD FORGOTTEN HIMSELF.

An incident. somewhat ludicrous
one, too, of the fire at the Hagerstown
hotel, has been told US by one who was
there and who literally sbarely" esc:.-
ped with his lite. He is travelling man.
Being suddenly awakened that ght by
a bright light shining in his face. he dis
covered that the window-flame of his
room, on the third floor, was one blaze
of flame and the apartment was rapidly
filling with smoke. He at once left,
how he knew not, but finally succeeded
in reaching the ground by jump from
the second-story window. When safely
landed. he stood watching the WORK
OF destruction, and near by him were
group of very thinly -clad females, also
gazing.
While thus standing, he noticed q
party of firemen hurrying past with
quantity of feminine apparel. He imme-
diately, with that gallantry so in
keeping with travelling man, hailed
the men with:
Look here, you fellows. give these
ladies some of those clothes"
The reply was IN an instant:
''All right, stranger, Well do SO; but
don't you think it would be good idea
to put on pair of spurs yourselip"
The last remark caused him to inves-
tigate himself, when he found that his
whole costume was Shirt vest, and y
pair of CATERS. while the rest OF his
garments hung idly over his arm. Our
friend blushed, sought refuge, ,and pulled
on his pants.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
A GEOLOGICAL TREASURE.

The E. A. Seminary, which is gathering a
collection of geological specimens, came lately
into possession OF genuine treasure in that
line. The class in geology. in one of its pros
pecting tours, came upon a granite boulder
about three feet long, two feet wide and foot
thick. There being no granite in this neighbOr-
hood this boulder is Us much of an interloper as
an elephant would be if found grazing among
our cattle. Whence came the stranger? The
granite obeIisks of Egypt have upon their sides
Inscriptions in a tongue long since dead and
which tell nothing to any but the skilled Egypt
Ologist. So this boulder has upon its sides GER
tam marks which to the eye OF the unskilled are
without meaning, but to the scientific lady who
discovered the boulder they tell story that
runs back to the days when mother earth WAS
young. In 1.-the Great Ice Age" this stone was
detached from its original bed. perhaps in
Montana where our brother Missourians now
live, or it may be far up in the sunless peaks of
the Saskatchewan. and, rough, rugged and with
sharp corners and points. started on lts journey
OF centuries toward the south where it now rests
rounded and worn, SCARED and grooved with
innnmerable turnings and twistings, grindings,
rollIngs and buildings in the glaciers, among
huge blocks of ice and other blocks of stone.
Then again it may have been heaved hither and
thither by the waves of the OCEAN that then
covered the country, and polished with the
smaller stones, gravel and sands of the sea- 1t
lay the limestone bedrock at the bottom of
an eroded valley, where 1t landed ages ago
to be covered with two hundred feet of clay and
the stately oak attained It's SLOW and mature
growth above it; again the clay was by innu-
mcrable rains and melting SHOWS slowly
WASHED from over it, exposing 1t to view.
From the day when the suns rays first caused
the limitless desolaton of Ice to melt and move
till the "eweet girl graduates, - the consum.
mate flowers of our civilization found it, what
adventures 1t has had Perhaps it lay ut rest
on the shores OF the great inland sea and the
Mososaur industrlously sharpened his teeth upon
it, the little saurians played hide and seek around
1t or the young Labyrinth odont sat upon it and
gravely viewed the ladscape o'er. What o tale
it could unfold (not the Labyrinthodont for he
had no taiD If it had tongue and could speak
"A feature of special interest is a compara-
lively recent fracture which has carried away q
large part of it. AS this is comparatively re-
cent and there is no mark OF tool on it, 1t is @
Strange anu so far inexplicnble incident. The
fracture exposes to the eye wide vein of inject
ed feldspar.
The institution is to be congratulated on this
acquisition to its geological cabinet, and on the
possession of young lady teacher whose scien-
tific zeal lead to the discovery. She modestly
declines to allow her name to be mentioned.
G. W., in.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
WHY WILL YOU

Allow cold to advance in your system and
thus encourage ore serious maladies, such us
Pneumonia, Hemorrhages and Lung troubles
when an Immediate reliei can be readily at
tanned. BOschee's German Syr"p has gained
the largest sale IN the world for the cure OF
Cough. Colds and the severest Lung Diseases
1t is DIR. Boschee's fanious German prescription,
and Is prepared with the greatest care, and no
lear need be entertained in adm ister ring it Ia
the youngest child, as per directions. The sale
OF this medicn" is Unprecedented. Since frs,
introduced there has been constant increasing
demand and without single report Of Il failur,
to do its work in any case. Ask your Dru.gis,
as to the truth of these remarks. Large size =.
cents. Try it and be convinced. ian25eow
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02

eligion and worship, the press and
speech, and freedom lot persons under
he protection of habeas corpus from ar
rest without due process either by SOL
diers Of the army or officers of the gov
ernment, either at elections or elsewhere;
TIE RIGHT OF ELECTION
By the people, unarmed and uncontrolled
by the presence of troops or armed men
at the polls, or OF special deputy United
States marshals of elections; the abso-
lutte supremacy of the civil over the mill
itary authority /; the right OF trial by ju-
ries impartially selected; the absolute
acquiescence in the will of the majority,
the encouragement of agriculture, the
corner stone of the worlds industry and
foundation of individual and general
prosperity, and OF commerce, its hand
maid the re-establishment of the bime-
talic system, the perfect equality of gold
and silver as coin and bullion with un-
limited coinage and legal tender power;
the establishment OF the tariff on basis
for revenue only. and not for the protec-
ton of the few and the oppression OF the
many; the substitution of U. S. notes for
the national bank circulation with q re-
peal of the laws authorizing the charter
or incorporation of any more national
banks, or the issue OF any circulating
notes by them the issue directly by the
general government of all the paper cir
culatlon of the country; the support OF
the state governments in all their rights
as the most competent administration for
all our domestic concerns, as the surest
bulwarks against all anti republican
tendencies; the preservation of the gen.
eral government in its whole cOnsttu-
tional vigor as the sheet anchor of our
peace at home and safety abroad,
thus making of the general and
state governments an indissoluble union
of indestructible states. Democracy SIM
ply asserts the same state rights doc
trine that was embodied in the republic
can platform of 1861 on which Lincoln
stood. They were forced to proclaim
that doctrine to get power. The demo-
Gratis have met difficulties before. The
federalist, know-nothi and whig par
ties have all been met and vanqnished
by the democratic party. but it did not
HUNT THEM DOWN .a
And persecute them, but took the best OF
them into its own ranks. and now they
are honest, trusted democrats. The dem.
ocratic party was never proscriptlve
party. We have now to meet the one
idea and sectional party-the republican
party-and victory awaits us in 1880.
| We elected our nominee in 1876, but by
the frauds and returning boards of the
republican party we were cheated out OF
our choice. We now have possession OF
: both houses OF congress, and in 1880 we
! intend to elect our man and inaugurate
the choice OF the American people.
He then paid his respects to the green.
back party in manner that must have
. put to shame every greenbacker for evel
having been so foolish as to leave the
grand old democratic party. 80
} The delivery of the speech consumed
J about two hours. and was closely lis.
, tened TO throughout. h
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
CARROLL. OF OARROLLTON.

In the library OF the City Hall, in this
city, there is large auarto volume con-
tanning the Declaration of Independence,
appended to which is an interesting man.
uscript, of which the following is q true
copy, in the handwriting of Charles Car
roll, OF Carrollton. The book was pre-
sented at the suggestion OF Rev. Stephen
N. Rowan, the orator of New York city,
on the occasion of the death of John Ad-
ans and Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Rowan
recommended, in the course of his ora
ton, that "a copy of the Declaration OF
Independence, elegantly engrossed on
parchment, be transmitted. ere it be too
late. to the venerable Carroll. its sole
surviving signer. to be certified by him,
| and used by our common council on ev-
cry succeeding celebration OF the Fourth
OF July" The suggestion, meeting the
approval of the mayor and common
council, DIR. Rowan. in company with
Rev. Mr.. Gibson, of Baltimore, visited
| MIR. Carroll. who received the PROPOSE
ton with great warmth OF feeling.
When the book was afterward handed to
John Quincy Adams, who was at that
time president. for his signature, he
pointed out singular coincidence in the
dates OF the original signature of Mr..
Carroll to the Declaration and his sigma.
ture to the certificate OF approbation-
He signed the original on the I'd of Au-
gust. 1776. and his certificate of appro.
baton on the I'd OF August, 1926, exact.
ly fifty years to day. The following
is the document:
Grateful to Almighty God for the
blessings which, through Jesus Chris,
our Lord. He has conferred on my be.
loved country in her emancipation, and
upon myself in permitting me under cir
cumstances of mercy to live to the age
of 80 years. and to survive the fiftieth
year of American independence, and cert
flying by my signature my appreciation
of the Declaration of independence
adopted by congress on the Fourth o
July, in the year of our Lord 1776, which
l originally subscribed on the I'd day o.
August, OF the same year, and of which
am the last surviving slgner,I do here
by recommend to the present and the
future generations the principles OF tha
important document as the best earthly
Inheritance their ancestors could be
9ueath to them; and pray that the civi
and religious liberties they have secured
to my countrymen may be perpetuatet
to remotest posterlty, and extended t.
the whole family of man. Charles Car
roll. OF Carrollton; Stephen N. Rowan
ID. D.. pastor OF the Eighth Presbyterian
church. New York John Gibson, paste
OF the Reformed church, Baltimore.
The ministers are witnesses. -rNev
\ ork Sun.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02

Only one little lamb
Upon the lawn, before the cottage played;
1t cropped the tender grass,
Or with the wandering brOoklet gladly strayed
From tender hands, il dainty morsels cullcd,
They nightly led 1t to the sheltered fold,
And kindly tempered to its helplessness,
The iervld sunshine, AND the winters cold.
Only one little lamb.
A thousand verdant hills
Where white with fiocks beyond the valley
rim;
The shepherd knew them all,
1hey by still waters wandered oft with him.
Or In green pastures Rested peacefully;
When the long tranquil summer day was
dcne,
He in his bosom carried the young lambs,
And had loving name for every one;
thousand happy focks.
The shepherd passed my way,
My solitary lamb, his eye espied;
In matclless tones of love
He woOed my little treasure to his side
Then to his shoulder, raised it tenderly.
l dared not murmur ut the wise decree,
Which TO the shelter OF the heavenly fold
Called, safe from harm, forever more to he,
My only little lamb.
Now, in the darkness here,
l sit alone. and look through falling tears
To where, above the clouds
The golden summit of the Hill appears,
The Hill Delectable, where stray the locks
Which the Good Shepherd leads by pleasan
ways;
cheer my heart with precious memories
OF my lost lamb. anu count the laggard days
or my sojourning here.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02

w. II. and j. Il. Davis have retired
from the Henry County Democrat, Geo.
Il. Lnsle purchasing their interest in
the paper, which will be conducted in
the iuture by the Lingle Brothers. These
young gentlemen are men of excellent
attainments and have the experience to
make the Democrat one OF the best OF
journals Success to the Democrat un.
der its new management.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
the BR00ksIDE.
BY LORD HOUGHTON

BY LORD HOUGHTON.
WANDERED by the brookside,
1 WANDERED by the mill;
could not hear the brook flow,
The noisy wheel was still;
The re was no buzz of grasshopper,
No chirp of any bird;
But the beating of my own heart
Was all the sound 1 heard.
1 sat beneath the elm tree,
watch ID the long. long shade,
And rs it grew still longer
did not feel afraid;
For listen d for :. foot fall,
llsten'd q Tor word;
But the beating of my own heart
Was all the sound 1 heard.
He came not-no, he came not
The night came on alone
The little stars sat one by one,
Each on his golden throne;
The evening air pass d by my cheek,
The leaves above were stirr'd;
But the beating OF my own heart
Was all the sound heard.
Fast, silent tears were flowing;
When something stood behind;
A hand was on my shoulder,
l knew Its touch was kind;
1t drew me nearer, nearer
We did not speak one word;
But the beating Oi>Our own hearts
Was all the sound we heard.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
ONE LITTLE EMPTY STOCKING.
BY JosEPHINE PoLLARD.

One little empty stocking,
Lett OF pretty pair;
We hung them by the chimney corner
With tender love and care.
The year has brought us sorrow,
With bittercst tears, and pain,
And we have no smiles of greeting
When Christmas comes again.
Oh, little empty stocking
To remind us OF all our joys,
The shouting of happy voices
At finding their little toys.
Butnow We have lost your darling,
The dear little feet are still,
And there's only an empty stocking
That Santa Claus cannot fill.
Some little empty stocking
There's time enough n,w to fill
With many loving token,
Pressed down with u right good will.
For selfish it is, and sinful,
Thus over my loss to repine,
When know there are other larlings
Not as safe, nor as rich, as mine.
And ever what God has taken
Some recOmpense surely brings;
For out of the gloomy shadows
We're lifted on angels wings,
When We open our hearts to the sunshine
Ofinfinite love and grace,
And feel that n Christ like presence
Has taken the dead child's place.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02

A young lady, the other evening.
kissed. i'll the dark, a young man whom
she mistook for her lover. Discovering
the mistake she said Its not he, bui
IT nice.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
PACIFIC RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

LEAVE LEXINGTON.
Accommodation for ST. Louis and the
East .....................4 25A. NJ
Arrive at st. Louis. Observation-Disclosures. 5:OJ r. L..
Express and Mail tor st. Louis, East. 7:l5P. N.
Arrive at st. Louis. Observation-Disclosures 5 % A. NJ.
sunday (accOmmodatlon) train. .5 As p. Ii Z.
ARRIVE.
Express and Mail from st. Louis, East
from st. Louis, East
Sunday (accommodation) train -. lO:i5 A. 81.
G. BEN RUSSELL, Agent.
ST. LOUIS. KANSAS CITY AND NORTHERN
LKAvE LEXINGTON
Trains for Kansas City and West. -. q 100 A NJ
Trains for st. Louis East and South. Z 90 n
Trains for Kansas City west..........7 . 100 = NJ
.......-...........I. 4 w L VI
ARRIVE AT LEXINGTON
Trains from st. Louis and all points East
ana Soutn. ........................ 800 N
From Kansas City and all points West. $3.50 A Nj
'' ''' anu '''' - n: Bi;iisH0tip, Agent.
wYANDoTTR, KANSAS CITY AND SOUTHWESTERN
RAILWAY. NARROW GAUGE.
LEAVE LEXINGTON:
Passenger for Kansas City and west. 6:55 A. NJ.
Express Mail. ........................ 2:35 p. NJ
Freight % A.. NJ
ARRIVE AT LEXINGTON:
Express and Mail from Kansas City
and the west. ......................1l IL OS A. NJ.
Passenger Observation-Disclosures. G:l5 p. NJ.
Freight $50 A. NJ.
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CLUBBING RATES.

Subscribers to the Intelligencer can obtain our
Clubbing Rates on foreign papers and periodI-
calls at any time during the year. In addition
to the above we extend to our subscribers the
benefit of lowest club rates to all other leading
magazines and periodicals.
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II ALEXANDER.

TTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice IN tne
A Courts of Laiay yetIe and adjoining counties:
Eni also attend promptly to the collection Oh
Iaims, and to investigation OF titles 10 ea Teall
a sLute Office over the Banking House OF Mh
AlOrrisOn Co, Iahtf-1f
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02

L sale, as follows:
ONE OF los ACRES,
TWO OF 20 ACRES EACH,
THREE OF 40 ACRES EACH,
TWO OF 80 ACRES EACH,
FOUR OF so ACRES EACH,
AND SEVERAL RANGING FROM l2O TO e4O
ACRES EACH,
Located in the southern part OF the county, and
within from ONE to FIVE miles of the Chicago
b Alton Railroad. NJ. NJ. ROBINSON,
w. L. ANDERSON,
junl5tf Real Estate Agents. Mt. Hope Mo.
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1t was brown with a. golden gloss, Janette,
II was finer than silk OF the floss, my pet
Twas II beautiful mist falling dewn to your wrist
Twas thing to be braided, and jewelled and
kissed
Twas the loveliest hair in the world INV bet.
My arm was the arm of clown, Janette,
It was sinewy. bristled and brown, my pet,
lSut warmly and softly it loved to caress
our round white neck and your wealth Of tress
-FOUR beautiful plenty OF hair, my pet.
Your eyes had swimming glory, Janette
Revealing the all, dear story, my pet,
They were gray with that cnastencd tinge of the
sky
When the trout leaps quickest tn snap the ny,
And they matched with your golden hair,
my pet.
Your lips-but have no words, Janette-
They were fresh us the twitter of BIRDS INV pet .
When the spring ia young. and the roses are wet
w ith the dew-drCps in each red bosom set,
Anu they suited your gold brown hair. my
pet.
Oh. you tangled my life in your hair, Jlnette,
Twas silken and golden snaIe, my pet,
But. SO gentle the bondage, my soul did i'm
plore
The right TO continue your slave evermore,
win my hngers enmeshed in your HAIR, my
pet.
Thus ever dream what you We're. Janeiie
with your lips and your eyes and your hair my
pet,
In the darkness of desolate years moan,
And my tears fall bitterly over the stone
That covers your golden hair, my pet.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
~ RYIAND. xENOPHON RYLAND,
Notary Publlc
RVl.AND Il RYLAND.

A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Lexington, Mo.
n Onice over No. 0i, Main street. fractlce
in All the Courts oi LaiaS cite anu adjacent eoun-
ties, the Supreme Iourt Oh The otate anu
IIistr,ct COurl of tie United Stutes. prompt
attention given to collections and all other
business, IsAnl7
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.1V ATKINsON, M. ID. i.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON: ONCE. .cfdsnn. consn..
Ptaiion and operating rooms. at resiuenee
cnrnsr pine and franklin street, No. Is. .wheie
can be found at all hours in the day except %nen
professionally absent Thirty years n srmS during
,Sa ,Sa i,s var having performed all capitol as
Well as minor operations incident to military us
well MS civil life. With fuii supply o. in9 saaI
confident Of rendering satisfaction In all Sasss
Entrusted to my care and treatm&snt. & -aasEs Signs
orders LEFT at Hults' livery stable VIII, orIsvi 1g
immediate attention.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
JANETTE's HAIR.

"Oh loosen the snood that you wear Janette,
Let me tangle hand in your hair, nv pet"
For the world to me had no daInticr sight
Than your brown hair yelling your shoulder
white.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
-111IAW YOUNG.

A TToRNEY AT LAW, Lexington missouri. a So III.
:nnrts Of Lafayette county and the courts OF
Record in the state. Office opposite tns sSuts
hoHse. An business promptly attended 10.
jan6-ly
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HUNTS REMEDY i,

HUNTS REMEDY is
purely Vegetable,
and is used by the
advice ofphysicians.
1t has stood the test
for 80 years, and the
utmost reliance may
be placed in it. One
Trial will Convince
iOu. Send for Pam
phlet TO Uan4-ly
WIN. E. CL
SOLD RY Al
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