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soeei.i ~ TessgrsUh.

II. sessts o. the grst sale oi ciothias
SisAtIy dsmsked BY ssisr bsss reostvee
or3esp ffoIG ;he insvrsncs eoopaniss -
Ell the k.Iapos 81 rhs Ecods if.te s
evss psie,s ibey .'lI bring ssa 20 e'eS ~
-, s.vtus Wishing 10 bay rsrhing fof
- ~ k5yS ssar csu d. % f snco iou
r,ie,s tbst vi szsonish eyseyOas ks.
r~S>r auIy . lev days N -, ~ 10
h.is stsv4 s. 6sa lbsss HsysstsNssss
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s WrErLING's need is urgent. The
red-tspe performances at Washington
should be dispensed with and the
money sent directly here without de-
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Moving into she Secoad stories.

JEFrERsoSvILLE, INp, February H.
EooN-Nine thousand people have been
compelled 10 move into the second stories
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s The Secretary Of War is wise In di-
'Iecting our local authorities to distrib-
'1le the amount allotted to our city in
lead of placing il in the hands Of Fed
efal Office. holders
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i THE eve Of your Uncle SAMMY TIL
'pFN : OF so near closed but that ne
cap ace to write HEX for THE REGI.
No. RELIEF FUND.
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Iri is hoped that Secretary LINCOLN
viii adopt the promptest measures Po-
.sible "a using the Congressional sppr1-
pris, II among the food sufferers.
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A $1,000 Donation.

.s,..ini Telegram 10 The Eti'or Of the Register
CLyyYLANp, o, February 12-Draw on
- 2 for one thousand collars for the relief
oI tn, tiocd sufferers.
II Il PAYNE
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Ra.fon Aroused.

BosTox, February IA cnnmit;ee OF
citizens has been appointed to make col
lections for the sufferers b. the Western
nOCCs.
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Ircr' hardly bepOssible that wheel
In Ma. ouly receive the paltry sum OF
g. 2OJj rom the Congressional spproPri-
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When . remedy has proven itsslf 70 b
A cure Tor con,um piion and perfect iong
r.stor, ~, 4, should BE- kept IN rsJ M .sn
regulated bome. We r,fsr 70 Df. wistsrs
Bsl.sm OF Wild Cherry, . stnsie oose 9
which will cure en- ordinary cough % oo'G.
few bottles will curs oonsumpuoo'
!, very pleasant 20 tsks.
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Hysssyss So sssvsss
We siys our rss6srs % eI9scs fren 2
cheerful I.iter. vrittss ~ M EAs:os
Sn,ith' II Richmond, Jnd-, vbo ~.
'.sams,iEsa HeSvss< sureo Ins 81 ny
and nervous prostrsaoa.' cmneo'
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SUBSCRIPTIONS to the various relief
rfu Gs are coming in handsomely.

MORE rder and systemi' needed IN
th", .'auoa Of supplies in the desti-
ll:te G.stI g.
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ph,i.deI.his Er,esds AZ.

PHILADELPHIA. February i2.-Drsr,l ara
Co. have been made trsssursrs Of the Wsst'
srn food relief fund and . di''r'buuoe
committee appointed. The P'nnsJivsnla
Rsilrosd Company contributed four th's'
ssnd for the sufferers by The Western arod.
two thousand TO 10 dirhou,sd from their
Pittsburgh Office. one thousand each along
the line Of the Pan Hsndisand Pitubarss'
r. Wsyne and Chicago roads.
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PrpBuKcH, February IA meeting o.
the Western Sail Association will be hsia
10 morrow to consider the shvissoiiy ~
u,o,ooginy the stoppsee Of nail machines.
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S<NS Ite0Ss

Yesterday en- ipcpient FIRE occurred In
Robsr, Dours5's bouse, Sh First street.
John Clifford has opened che old Gov
coal boat
The remsins OF Mr.. Charles Berkeley
viii BE- buried today st II o'clock.
The bop 10 bs7e taken place ct ferreirs
Central Hall 20 night has besn posfpo7se.
Perry Sf0tgrsss has returned iran m
txirrd dsd trip 70 the country.
Yestsrdsy Captsin L. w. fnekcfign'
sold the s.esner John Lomas 10 Ptisonfkn
psriiss at nies price. and she VII iss's
Tor thaf toiDt this rnorrisE
Jsmss EtsIke u able 10 b cot
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e,icviuy the Distressed
n, yufca for6i,is Us.

", kut exUr.ss the sentiments OF our
o..lg.,,> when ve say that no more kind,
u =. u. OF g-nerous people exist on the
a. e. 1t earth Vhsu il Washington couu
hi Bruuke co .nty, ". Va. fn1Ir
On :, 20 tae call for aid to the sutterInR
-, l.,v he remsH,berad by the citiz ms OF
Nts urg aud vicinity.
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The Washington Monument.

The monument has now reached q
height of 41O feet. With all of its enor-
nous weight II IA bpt the one.siSty-
louith 6t dti ihch-tite thickness OF n
sheet of stout writing bapef--ottt Of
plumb. Our party went mp IL eight
minutes from the base to the top III an
Otis elevator, taking up two OF Hugh
Sisson's mQrble blocks for the last course
Of stone laid this season, II was n tremu-
louB ascent up the dark marble alley
with those heavy stones, the elevator
qliivcring MS il went dlUng, and as il
reached sunlight at the top, atdibl5
breathing Indicated that relief from the
suspense was boon to thost Of the
party. The ascent could haze beer
made by stairs which are constructed
along the inner walls TO the top.
Around the monument rt the present
height are swung excellently conttiTed
hempen hammocks from all four sides,
so in case Of fall no danger would ensue
to the workmen. These tumbles are not
dreaded, and are said to be frequent. A
week since Baltimore beauty 40 dazed
a wofkmen that In lifting lils cap and
stepping back to let her pdss lie fell
over, and in the hammock, 400 feet
above the terra 6rma, continued his ad'
miring gaze with his cap still in hand.
The superintendent says that in five
years the most serious accident has not
been more than mashed finger among
his masons and laborers. The height
now TO go is l45 feet. The base of the
upper platform will commence when 900
feet is reached. This will he as high as
the visitor can go. The interior of the
monument is twenty-five feet square,
which contintes to height Of $50 feet.
Its dimensions are then increased to 81
5-12 feet by the width of the walls being
reduced; from that point to the top tho
inner walls are perpendicular. The outel
face of the walls has batter or slope o
one-fourth inch to tho foot until they
will reach 800 feet.
As before said, the ascent is made by
mn elevator, one of the Otis patent. II
has n carrying strength of sevonty-fve
tons, and the wire cables would break
only at n test of $50 tons. Even with a
break the safeguards are such MS would
prevent fall of over ten inches. Yet
the superintendent says he has frequent.
ly had to stop, return and put men of,
whose fears were such as to compel re.
lief. He added he never knew lady to
be unnerved in that direction.
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year are Is follows:

New Hampshire, Rhode Island Con.
necticut, Delaware, Nevada and Wy
oming arc the only States and Territories
in which no new roads were built.
ALASKA is the native place of the
seals whose fur is 50 highly valued, and
about one hundred thousand are annu.
ally slain on the islands In Bchring Sea.
The Alaska Company pays to our gov
ornament a yearly rent of }5j,O0), be-
sides 50 on each skin taken. The you e
male seals ati rd the best fur and it is
fin st when about three year. old. The
hunters 90 to the islands in June and
surrounding the herds of young seals at
night, drive them into Enclosures where
they are knocked on the head. stabbed
t the heart and quickly skinned The
skins are salted and shipped dire to
London where they are prepared for use.
The seals were discovered near one
hundred years ago by fur trader who
was lost in a fog, and drifted among the
islands. A warm current from the gulf
of Mexico makes 4 delightful summer
resort for The scala in the frozen zone
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Drifting into iiaclciorhoOd.

Disguise the fact as he may, the single
man experiences decidedly unpleasant
feeling as he comes In sight of the
thirty fifth milestone on the road Of life.
For fifteen years previous he has been
counted as one of "tho boys" and no
thought Of the clean and slippered pan
taloon" has ever before occurred
to him. Gradually, however, he finds
that he would just as soon sit by
warm trcsido rs to go out and make
night of it with the gang. He wonders
why he don't recover from the effects of
dance as easily as he used to. He
cant wear boots rs small as those which
graced his pedal extremities ten years
before, and he gazes with concern at the
amount of the tailor's tape it takes to
measure him for vest. Insensibly he
grows somewhat careless about his ward.
robe, and he is not greatly troubled il
the knot in his necktie is somewhat out
of shape. He can now go out OF an
evening with " vest of last seasons cut
without any fear of losing his social
status. He doesn't inquire with any
great degree of solicitude what will be
the style of collars this winter.
But all these changes are remarked
by the man who is fast slipping into the
elderly" period. There are other
changes which he notes, and often with
no little uneasiness, not tc say constcr-
nation. He finds that at an evening
party he is appointed to entertain one Of
| tha old maida nr n motron whOsa bloon-
ing daughters show too much inclina-
ton to hirt with the ''young fellows
and slight our bachelor. He feels an
moved when some ono in the company
osks him about an event which occurred
"before the war;" He never misses M
opportunity of letting the girls know
that he would have been in the army
chad he been old enough before the
war closed" He does not feel bit
complimented when some very mature
lady informs him that she prefers the
society of "his age" rather than that of
the giddy youths of twenty-three
or twenty-four. And SO it goes. AZ
every turn of his social life he has to
face the unpleasant fact that he must,
figuratively speaking, take a back seat
and allow the younger men to shine in
the scenes which he once adorned. II
man is married, fast. growing age
brings him responsibilities which add to
his dignity. but for the old bachelor
there remains nothing but resignation of
the pleasures OF youth, while time brings
lothing to compensate him for the loss
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GENERAL NEW S.
BALTIMORE owes $3S,bO, 900.

BALTIMORE owes $3S,JJ0,000.
FLORIDA farmers are importing Ger
man labor.
ALARGE hotel is to be built at Plant
City, Florida.
THE southern lumber trade continues
to Q ow IN importance.
THE growing of the camphor tree in
Florida is proving to be A SUGGEST
SORGHUM IS attracting the attention
of North Car, lima farmers as a paying
crop.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, has lost by
IRE during the past twelve months $780,.
4S4 63.
In four years Arkansas, Florida Lou
isiana and Texas have doubled their
railroad mileage. .....
THE birmingham, Ala iron furnaces
are all in blast, and making pig iron at q
cost of 50 per ton.
TEXAS marriage notice: "No cards,
no cake, no flowers, no thanks, no io-
grets, nobJdy's business"
DURING the year 1883 the value of
importati ms passing through the Louis
vi lie custom house was $2l2, ,26l.
THE postmaster general is preparing
n bill to. have introduced in Congress to
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Sport for Kentucky Boys.

Thursday night Charles Ttalie,
drummer travelling for n wholesale jew.
elry establishment in Philadelphia, ar-
rived in Harrodsburg, KY, and was
recognized by his appearance before he
registered ut the hotel. He was decoyed
by personal advertisement, purporting
to be from Harrodsburg lady, printed
In n Cincinnati paper. The correspon-
dence had been kept mp for long time,
and place for meeting had been ap-
pointed. Dressed in elaborate style, he
set out from his hotel for the place of
meeting, recognizing the spot by dia-
gram he had received in the course OF
his correspondence, but, instead of meet
ing the young lady, he fell into the
hands of dozen boys, who took him to
a pond on the United States Govern.
ment Asylum grounds. The day had
been rather pleasant but the night was
raw and chilly. He begged, but the
BOYS had no conn hssion. They divided
into squads, and each squad took Its
turn at ducking the drummer In the
pond At midnight he crept into the
hotel dripping wet. The next morning
he purchased new clothing, and quit the
town, begging that the story should not
be made public. Charles Italie is said
to be the husband of one wife and the
father OF two children.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-16

SAvANTs all over the world are trying
to account for the recent brilianv sun.
sets. All sorts Of theories have been ad-
yanced, but just at present the most
popular is that the earth is passing
through zone Of mcteoric dust, and
that to the presence Of this dust in our
envelope are due to the strange effects
alluded to. The late snow storms have
materially aided scientists in testing this
theory. TIE snow, upon examination,
has been found to contain meteoric par.
ticles in great quantities. Travellers in
the Arctic regions have noticed on Spitz.
Durgen, where no dust could prevail.
great patches OF yellow and black, pre-.
sulnably of neteoric origin. peculia
storms of blood.red and black dust. snow
and rain have occurred from the earliest
history of the world. No satisfactory
local cause has ever been assigned fo
these manifestations and in the absenc
Of anything better thecosmic dust theor
will probably hold i,s own.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-16
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

81 understan'," began Brother Gard
ner, in the Lime-Kiln Club, II under
stan that sartin pussous in dis club am
broke up ober de theory of transmigra-
shm. 1t has bin reported to me dat
Samuel Shin am shakin' in his butes FUR
fear dat he will be turned into dog ana
have to foller brick-wagon. larn das
Elder Toots am almos' sick abed bekase
he expects to be transformed into an ola
white boss an be used on delivery
wapin alrly an late. 1t am said dat
W6elebone Howker had fit when his
wife ate two hull pies an went to bed an
dreamed that he had died an bin trans
formed into hyena. Eben Judge Ca
daver turns pale at the ideah Of his ever
becomin' giraffe an havin' to hold his
head too high to cher see lost cent
on de sidewalk.
"Gem'len, dar' may be sumthin' in de
theory, but see no occashun fur worry.
If Samuel Shin am turned into dog let
him conduct hisself in an honorable,
gentlemanly manner an he will not lack
fur friends nor bones. None Of you will
remember dat you once libed on airth as
men an were members of de Lime-kiln
Club. If Slapback Jackson am turned
into coon it will come perfeckly natural
to him to take to tree when he nears :
dog bark. If Sunset Parker Iess 10 ~
present shape to become an - oA h;r, IN AM
will come perfekly material 70 - r cTssed
he will submit to be pounaeu - horrs or
widout thought Of usin n's J, I sosi hsd
hoois. Dar' am no occasnun W ;.hs 10y; ~
in de daytime nor lose any sleep % q nsas. s.es.
pyeS8 -.---.---
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HE'D WAIT AND SEE,

During the war couple Of New York.
ers went down into Pennsylvania to
prospect for oil, and, having discovered
STRATUM, they undertook to purchase
five acres of land of an old German. He
was up to snuff, if not to oil, and refused
to sell at any reasonable figure. One OF
the would-be purchasers finally said to
him :,
"See here, Mr. Klopp, We propose to
buy this land and turn it over to the
government"
"Vhas for ?"
"To help put down the rebellion. The
time has come when every man must
show his colors. Are you for the
Uniou?'
"Vhell-
"Are you patriot, or not ?"
"Vhen, I tell you how it vhas. II dere
ehas oil in my land, hold it for ona
tousand dollars an acre und vhas
rebel. If dere vhas no oil, l sell it to
you for two hoonered dollars an acre und
vhas good patriot"
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exclude newspapers publishing lottery
advertisements from the pound rntn.


exclude newspapers publishing lottery
advertisements from the pound rats
The decrease Of the public debt for
December was nearly twelve millions !;
while the total dccrease cinco the thir-
tecnth Of June was over fifty-threo
millions.
THE Mexican government has declar
ed forfeited the concession made to Gen.
eral Grant for a submarine cable con.
Meeting Mexico and the United State.
and Central America, no work having
been done within the prescrhe time,
UNDER the provision OF the last post
Office appropriation bill that when the
compensation of any postmaster of the
fourth class reaches $3.50 for fonr cSr.
fecutiye quarters, exclusive Of the com,
missions on the money order business
he shall be assigned to the presidential
grade, the following named fourth class
offices have been placed upon the list Of
presidential Offices with tho salaries Of
+ e postmasters az stated YorkvilleI
South Carolina, $1,000; Morri,towh,
Tennessee, II, 200 Jonesboro, Tennes
see, 81 900; RockhilI, South Carolina,
$l,lOO; Ath ms, Tennessee, Sl,lOO
Quitman, Ga 81, 100
gHE business failures OF the United
States during 1883, as reported by Il. G.,
Dun & Co., number 8, lS0 against G,73s
in 1882, an increase of 2,44G. The liz.
bilties for 1883 are $4i2, 100000, against
slO1, 200, 900 for 1882. The failures OF
last year are greater than those Of any
year since 1878, when they reached
10,43S, with liabilities of S234, 900, 600.
A close analysis of the tables presented
in the circular shows that out of every
ninety-four person1 ehgagtd In business
In 1883 one failed, while in 1878 one per-
son failed out of every sixty-four traders.
In Canada the proportion of failures
during the year was one failure to every
forty -eighttraders
THE Rait,cay Age publishes a sum,
mary of the railway building in the
United States for the past twelve
months. 1t shows 6,6O0 miles of main
track laid, at an approximate cost of
SIG 900, 600, making the total miles Of
railway In the c uutry to date atout
10000. The cons ruction during 1882
was the largest in the history of the
country-ll,6 500 miles, and the year
before $500. The States and Terrific
ries which lead in the construction this
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-16

VI this immigr ton New York state
has receivei the largest number, as has
been the case for many years past. AL
together lag, ,6S7 alien have settled in
the state, less than 10000 of whom re-
malned in New York City. More than
10000 of the latter figures were German
Irish and English serving girls, who
came here with the intentio OF finding
such employment and were furnished
situations by the labor bureau. The
avowed destinations of all immigrants
arriving during the p st year can be
seen by the following table:
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PRICES IN NEW YORK.

$50 you wish to marry my daughter.
Well, rather like you personally, but
the question is, can you support herY'
81 have an income of $1,000 from an
uncles estate"
Good; that will pay the rent Of q
house."
II get $1,000 more from bonds which
I own"
"Good again that will pay the ser
wants wages"
81 have 81, 900 a year from business
firm Of which AM silent partner"
"Yes, that will feed you. What else"
"That is all, sir"
GAM And do you expect my
daughter to go without clothes? Do
you think we are Hottentots? She can
never be the wife of poor man. Good
day, sir. ."-Phiiadelphta CAL.
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HOW SHE KNEW.

HK-"Beiore you give my old overcoat
to that beggar, my dear, had you not
better look through the pockets ?"
ShE-"When did you wear ii LAST"
HE-"Tho latter part Of last Marcu, [
think"
SHE-"Then I know there's nothing IN
the pockets"
HE-"EOw SOP
SHE-"Beca,ise that was before you
stopped drinking"
"HE HAINT EAGER FOR THE CONTEST.
"Mr. Smith. do you know the charao-
ter of Mr.. Jones?"
"Wall, I rather guess I do, Jedge,"
"Wel, what do you say about it2"
"Wall he amt so bad a man after all. d"
"Well, Mr.. Smith what we want to
know il: Is Mr.. Jones OF n quarrelsome
and dangerous disposition ?"
"Wall, Jedge, should say that Tom
Jones is very vivid in verbal exercise,
but when it comes to personal adjust
ment. he hain't eager for the contest"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-16

amined the figures given by provision
dealers in that city find. that fully three
fourthr OF the butter sold by them ID
counterfeit. Besides the local Supply,
between four end five thousand tubs of
butter are brought to the city daily.
Since the oleomargarine and batterine
were SO easily detected, an article has
been introduced which is manufactured
under the name of suene and tastes Ike
the real production OF Jersey cream, 1t
is made "f Pure leaf lard, thoroughly de-
odoiized, and fresh creamy butter and is
sold for thirty-eight cents pound,
Chicago and Detroit arc the principal
manufacturing places. the former city
making $4,000 pounds OF suene each
day.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Two plans are proposed to relieve the
over-supply of cotton spinners and wea-
vers in the Massachusetts mills--either
10 colonize the surplus laborers on south
ern lands or to direct them to cotton
mills springing up in the south, where
they may find employment at their life
long avocations. While the first effort
is perhaps the best, the latter is more
Immediately practicable. 1t is almost
impossible to induce mill hands to take
up and operate the cheap lands OF tho
west and south.
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those the Captain sends before them
Justice Gardner is strict. He sends
them TO the Island Tor six months. Jus.
tice Smith usually imposes three months
hehten6es HpoI, ,th1H; Justice Duffy Is
very mild. Five days or ten days are
the terms he seems to regard as ilist.
At the station house it is said that the
tramp evil ID growing rapidly. Stout
young men aie h3w ireHuently found in
the ranks, and one boy Of IA came 10 the
station the other day. Tramp women
are few, as compared with the male
trNmps. Saturday nights blotter shows
thrt qi twenty dodgers sixteen were men
and four were &tmef. Twcnty is n
small number, however. Un Friday
night 'hrts.nine slumbered, on the soft
sides OF the plank D5d1. TIE women do
not seem to quit the city and ROAM 8!thg
the country roads in the summer time
as We '''er do They lead the same life
the year around.
In Captain Allaire's precinct many u
the women get enough money for rum,
which is the only thing they appear to
want In the world, by working for the
orthodox Jews. On Friday evenings
and Sftutdtto sheoe ,Qld.sttie Jews viii
not do any work. They viii t,pt eAen
-idc on a horse.car, so strict do they
oDser3e their Sabbath. On those DAYS
they employ these Gmsr tS DO what
pyar bnugnhnII worly L. no a L., ,,n,,o,,. 4
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-16

Tree culture is now attracting much
attention in some sections of the coun-
uy. The land where quick growing
uees are planted must be in iirst-class
condition, deeply plowed, and as well
prepared as If the cultivator intende to
tase crop of corn. The hard ods
eslower of growth, but are more prom
aole' The walnut, seven years after
painting the seed, bears fruit, and all
'ne lumber producing trees pay at least
.oper cent. upon the cost of land, plant
aug and culture. Close planting pays, as
JUG trees can afterwards be thinned out
Ala the best allowed to remain. As our
great forests are about exhausted, it is
Ane 70 provide for future supply, by
painting trees on a large scale.
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