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The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-25
Hsv's TAssi

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
eoe any case Of Catarrh that cannot b
eured by Halls CatArrh Cure.
=. J. CHENEY 4 CO. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known y.
!. Cheney for the last V yearr. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their hrm.
West Z Truax, Wholesale Drugsists.
Toledo. o.; waldins. kinnan q Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls catarrh Cure 10 taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
eous surfaces Of the system. Tsstirno.
aials sent free. Price TIC per bottle. 0ol1
by all druggists.
Halls Family Pins are the best.
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5t3o 011g1v Toos1oA1 1oeyeeo WesaA q
a. 1o = eooeneo1 tsne1a ~
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"Mra links Ia the most coura geous woman
know" .Whyr' "She goes over and uses
DIR. Blanks telephone to call up another
Doctor"
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"IIe sad he wasn't good enough for me-"
"wellr' "And when I asked him whether
he Esmbled or drank he got mad and went
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home with our packages from the laundry"
'0reat Mott! Have we got to quilt wearing
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$50 you are going away. Mrs Rusher"
Eyes; we are going to move to Kentucky
for 4 few weeks until my husband gets to
be called colonel and then We shall go to
waRhlnKtOp to live"
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Down town this morning a woman agent
talked to me half an hour. recommending 8
health foods" "well, what Of it!" ''Then
she asked me what was good for indlGestiou
said she was suffering dreadfully."
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-25

The Christmas money order busineAa
Of the New York l1Stosiic~ greatly ~
ccetis that II any Sysevleus year. Our
Christmas i'ersrats to Eurutr. rcpsc-
sentssi by nsosey orders sent during
tlAe Arst eishteen days In tleCember,
waa 81 H3A In i4O.Rl1 inoesey Or.
ders. Thr largest nusslRr ~ ofhesx.
51409 sent 10 Oreat hsitain ard are.
Mnl. rst,eesenied N1pA7N. aed ,e52A.
~ wuB sent 70 Germany.
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EAseass yssr Bsvess with Cssearsss.
CsnAy CsthArtie, cure constipation forever.
~. S1e. nc. Z. q. TALL. druggists refund noosy.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-25

TO Cu1E a COLD IN ONE DAY,
TAKE Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-25

I'VE have corn bread all the time now"
"Whyr' My husband lost ~ much on
wheat that II makes him weep to see . bis
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''8tubha has written a popular novel, I
didn't know he was 30 clever" s.lis has
donc better than that; he has married rich
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Ay nueDauu Ayh tuoSe HhIEteu ueu Wy
In Alaska are having an easy time this win
out OF bed In the middle 10 the nigh, to
see II the front door II locked
The Levy 4 levin Mercantile Co..
10th and Larimer Sts, Denver. carry
the finest line OF Pure Wines and LlQ-
uors for Medicinal and Family use. In
the state. When In need Of straight
goods In their line. It will pay you to
order from them. Send for price list
Prices are reasonable and mail orders
promptly attended to.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-25

The hrrt meeting of the National
building Trades Council WINS held In
~. Louis on the nth. and wns mnr.esl
by n AcnthinR d.nuncintlon of the
AneSicsa Federation Of labor for
la Wing psss.si u resolution Ut Nash
villc 0plx,~ink the fnrmatioe II the
National Couur4i. The fsiepatldn ~
Labor 0pIsssssi the ncw orpsnlxa tion
Ms tending to create nfWrth~r division
In tlse rnhks Of laiDr. Tie caM for tn
convention WAS Issussi by th" Building
Trades Council ~ ~. Louis. Fifty.
four accredited delegates rcs,s,Vdesi.
The session wnA executive. IMPORTERS
lelng refused nimitsamcw.
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~ Aaeveflse Avest1Doaon1o Hlnlly
nssslse NJ esesA
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-25

! suppose the husIncss could have bee,,
done by letter. but the bishop has gone
nnd his smile With him. II IN 4 sorr Of
n tin smile nvcted %. never sAw an
evangelist without that smile. and
when ] scc II want to hit Il. The
fact ls that nlne-teutha of the race arr
doing the hest they eau. There N not
anything TO smile about.
Ordinarily when . white man kills
. white maa In Colorado. he In arrcs,.
I'd. tried. convicted or acquitted. when
q white man kills . white man The
government Of thc state does not visit
four weeks and nrnd out 4 cosumiti.r
of inquiry. People who Kill one an.
other arr arrested ~ = rule. "a
hut Colorado justicr shifts l,rr blind.
foai To see what color q man Ii. have
kept In Z scrap hook thu account of
thrsc lorder r,ifasna ah rrtNiefrd NY
themselves. like Q ~ that stands On
two ftsct-A weii.trAced. competent liz,
! want ron IN notice. n you will take
the Isains. that no two. OF these Iloutt
cUunty anaasslns tell the same story,
and that no oue tells the same story
twiC~. They iii agree that they uhce
some men: that In "the nght~ two In-
dian women were wounded and soa
i,aby. rhese rufbans ali asree tkas
after the 'hght" they wess all abse 70
gidr Into Craig. They aii agrss tssat
thry found % immense numbss of raw
deer skins. which proves that an In
dian car hit Routt county deer. WHO
has thoss hidssf Now We have Il that
ten ln6lans at teA paces opened IRE %
eightssa u tweatv.eve deputy game
Wnr6eos ard navGe III ooe q them.
Thsy On TN 1eGe q log fangs. hut
are ~ at1s y klll eAals war6eas q
vsey seoss naee. Tasy canrat sysa
~ . ena@ vaflse,s hsfse. XsA ttsa
thsse eewarls snA thieves ard mue.
dsrses ~ ~ tna fse cEais. Thsy
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taken over 10y the latter In the lutrrcs,
of Egypt. Is one of the three keys Ia
the Soudan. the others lA,Ing Douyoln
and Bcrbcr. II n mn Important stru,.
cgicai center between the river Nile
nnd the ltcd sen.
Two pns,cbonrd l,oxes flled with
c"lluloid combs came In contact with
steam pipes NJ n cnr On the Sixth Ave.
nuc Elevated railway In New York.
nnd exploded with grcni force! while
the train was standing nt n station.
Two men were hurt by the explosion
nnd three women tainted. There was
n panic Oii the car. but the fnct Tint
when the Incident occurred Il wNs stn.
ilonhry nnd the gates were open, Oh
Grated to avoid tllsnstrous results, The
cnr was wrecked. iaYtE
After n week 0f conference n Bos.
ton. Justices Putnam and King. The
commissioners for the United States
and Cnnndn respectively. In the arbI.
trntion Of the Herring sra claims. hny,,
coinpl~sssi their work for tho pres,,nt
and u II understood will n0on lrrIn
THE preparation Of their reports Ia
their respective governments. II IN fsyt
known what claims have inru ruled
ouf. hut II n Understood thar the tOtnl
approved claims will 'amaint to mor,'
than si.O00.OO.
A special from iAadnton. Idaho.
says: The nrst t~se tried by woman
jury In Ncs lserrrA county WAS heard
lheeose f'rUhate Judge Rtarkcy TODAY,
g wns cyiminal aetlon brought ~ f,
Waseea, chnrxlng jaspes Kkiwcll ANA
Nev>ee ~ With the inrcny a DOOR
~ u1ads1A TIE follOwing womcu
w. eetve1 - tbc jury returned {
vee0ee y esvee - tlbs defsudanis:
NJ lvae M. Z. nowlry, Mira p.
= 49, @ ~ Htn3:;n ~; flx: hrA ). \.
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
THE FREEDMEN'S HOS
PITAL.

There is to be a change in that
institution soon by the resignation
Of DR.. Daniel II. Williams. The
report is that Secretary Bliss is
willing to appoint District man.
Who is most acceptable to the col
ored physicians in the city? The
Secretary Is very much impressed
with DR.. John r. Francis anu there
is no doubt that DIR. Francis can
be appointed if the colored physi.
clans would concentrate on him.
The question is would DIR. Francis
accept the position if rendered to
him: THE BEB is aware that
DIR. Francis is not candidate, but
he should allow his name to be
used to prevent the appointment of
an outsider. Let the e be a con-
centratiOn at once, DR.. Fraucis.
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
Toastmaster Pulies, introducing Nj

Toastmaster Pulies, introducing Mr.
Chase, said ::
1t is with pride and pleasure that
present to this representative audience
gentleman who needs no introduction
to you, Mr.. President and gentlemen,
nor indeed to the American public.
With pen and voice he has been active
in the defense of the right as against
wrong, truth against error, the weak
against the strong. A man among men.
A born leader; fearless and maschless
in the courage of his convictions !;
Gods image cut in ebony. Such is the
man, the dignifed Chester6eldian gem
tleman whom the National Colored
Personal Liberty League honors itself
by honoring upon this suspicious occa-
sion w. Calvin Chase, journalist,
orator-a friend to love and trust a
a foe to be feared. If he is a friend,
you know always where to find him.
If your enemy, you will not have to
hunt him DaunIlesS, he stands firm
as the everlasting hills through detrac-
ton, vituperation, slander, malice and
prosecution; hot even prison bars muz-
zle him. Great applause.
AS q Journalist he has few equals,
no superiors. The BEE, which he so
ably edits, is potent factor for good
and terror to evil doors. He has
rightly named it for that industrial in
sect, for their name be legion who have
experienced the quality OF its honey
and the severity OF its sting. May his
life be long spared, until his influence
and usefulness be extended from the
regions of perpetual SHOWS to the gold
en- shores of the Pacific, and from the
rock-ribbed coast of Maine to the Ev-
erglades of that section where every
prospect pleases and only man IS vile.
Applause
Mr.. President and gentlemen, Mr..
Chase will now address you.
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.

The first toast was responded to by
DR.. George H. Richardson, M. D., who
said:
Abnegation of force and obedience
to law constitute the fundamental
principles of good society and perma-
+ -nent government. 1t may be true that
at times and for short periods society
and tolerable government have existed
by disorderly capricious and unsettled
force, where no principle was acknowl-
edged, no rights legalized and all was
doubtful, liberty as we'll as power.
This state of society characterized the
Feudal and Hierarchical systems Of
Europe.
But although under such systems
the masses yielded for time TO the
yoke of oppression, yet these govern
ments have always found opposition in
the instructive sense of justice and rea-
son which dwelt in the minds of those
who fought against usurpation. The
rebellion of Luther, of Oliver Crom-
well, of the American colonists of Tohn
Brown and Nat Turner, and Garibaldi
and Cavour and Maceo are exemplii-
cations of the disposition Of brave and
righteous men TO repel unauthorized
force in the grasp of tyranny. And it is
this sense of justice and assertion of
reason which have ever Shackled force
and to which we are eminently in
debted for the theory and structure of
American government. Our govern
ment is representative and its essen
tial functions, to speak generally, are
to impose rules and regulations on the
entire body of society without regard
to particular individuals; to appoint
public officers to serve as the servants
OF the people; to adjust public and
private interests according to existing
laws; to maintain the right of suffrage,
of petition, of freedom of speech and
of the press at any cost-in fact, to in
sure harmony in all the combinations
of the machinery of government in a
manner to extract whatever of reason,
truth and Justice exist in society to
promote its progress and to embody
that progress in the actual structure
and practical operations of govern
ment.
1t would seem that such an arrange |
ment would naturally insure such re-
lations between author and authority |
as to render the numerous inequalities '
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
PERSONAL LIBERTY LEAGUE.
Continued from Ist page.
Amnnr the quests present were !:

Among the guests present were:
w. Calvin Chase, E. NJ. Hewlett,
Tx. Roy, S. Jackson, G. w. Stewart,
Dorsey Suber, E. E. Cooper, A. T.
Lewis, L. H. Peterson, DR.. Phil: B.
Brooks, Geo. H. Jackson, of the Dis
trict of Columbia; L. w. Pulies, Kan
sas; T. L. ZONES, Va; H. c. Hawkins,
West Virginia; c. A. Fleetwood,
MARYLAND; n. c. Johns, Pennsylvania;
|. E. Johnson, Maryland; DR.. George
Richardson, Ohio; A. S. Richardson,
North Carolina; F. NJ. Welsh, Conn,
c. c. Curtis, Iowa; B. F. BranChcomb,
New York; r. w. Thompson. Indiana;
E. w. Henry, New York; A. W. Brink
lev, Delaware; G. c. Smith, Missouri;
DR.. E. B. Williston, North Carolina;
R. D. Goodman, New York; w. t.
Menard, Florida; William G. Silence,
Maryland; w. D. Montague, Massa-
chusetts; L. NJ. Hershaw, Georgia;
VIM. Savoy, Illinois.
The executive committee of the
league under whose aupices the affair
was given, consisted of Messrs. c. c.
Curtis, F. NJ. Welsh, B. F. Branch
comb, n. c. Johns, w. H. Brooks, H.
c. Hawkins, c. b. Jones and c. H.
Perkins. This committee in conjunc-
ton with Messls. Moore and Prioleau
can well feel proud of the success they
met with.
MIR. L. w. Pulies, the toast-master
was the chesterfield of the evening.
His Introductory speeches suggesting
the toasts which were responded to by
those assIged were logical, pointed
and eloquent. He was entertaining
and amusing.
Covers were laid for one hundred
invited guests.
The menu was as follows:
Baked fish, chicken Salid, crab salid,
vegetable said, ham, tongue, sand
wiches, fruit, cake, ice cream, claret
cup, coffee and Havana cigars.
AT the conclusion of the supper the
program was as follows: Toastmaster,
Mr.. L. w. Pulies was suitable for the
occasion.
ToAsTS.
Address, Mr.. H. c. Hawkins, Presi-
dent of the Personal Liberty League
The President of the United States,
DR.. Geo. H. Richardson, NJ. d.
The Press, Mr.. w. Calvin Chase
The government of the United States,
executive, legislative and judicial as
pertaining to personal liberty of the
citizens, Lawyer E. NJ. Hewlett.
The Army and Navy, Maj. CA. Fleet
wood.
Our Hostile League, Prof. Alex.
H. Richardson.
The Negro and the South, Prof. L.
NJ. He .haw.
A lew Leadership and its effect on
our civil and political rights, Lawyer
7. L. Jones,
Our American Representative, Mr..
Geo. c. Smith.
The medical profession, DR.. Edward
Williston, NJ. D.
Home Rule Commissioners ofthe Dis
trict of Columbia, Mr.. R. w. Thomp-
son.
The Negro Athlete, Jesse K. Roy
The Consistency of journalism, Edi-
tor E. E. Cooper, C0lOred American.
The Personal Liberty League, Mr..
c. 4. Curtis.
AT the conclusion of the speech of
Mr.. Curtis, he surprised the distin-
guished company by presenting to
Mr.. Chase, the guest of honor, a hand
some gold medal, made in the shape
of a shield, with two raised books,
upon which are engraved an inkstand
and pen, in the center 1t is one of
the finest medals made. The first
toast responded was by DR.. Geo, H.
Richardson who said
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
A NATIONAL LEAGUE E.

THE BEE is pleased to know
that a national Afro-Americaa
league is about to materalize. In
every state il the Union there are
local organizations being establish
ed. Some time in the early fall a
call for a national convention of
leagues will be meet. The BEE
and the Pennsylvania States league
have for some time endeavored to
convince the colored people in the
United States, that it is. absolutely
necessary to have a national organ
ization of Afro-Americans for their
advancement. 1t is hoped that
chairman Goodall of the executive
committee of the Pennsylvania
State league will see the necessity
of an early call for a national CON-
Vention of states leagues. Organ
ization among the colored men in
this country is what is greatly
needed at this time. Let it be un-
derstood that it is necessary to place
a man at the head of the organiza-
ton who has nerve and Is capable
of representing the people.
Let us look about us and select a
man in whom the masses have con-
fdence. Let us be true to our
selves and the people we represent.
Philadelphia, Pa, is the proper
place to hold a national convention
Of leagues. We know the people of
Pennsylvania will do all in their
power to make such a league con-
vention a success. We want a new
leadership.
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

DR.. Edward E. Williston, who rel
sponded TO this toast said:
The medical profession is one Of tis
oldest as well as one Of the nObiS
professions. 1t prepares q man 10 Ire
on this earth and puts him in Col.s
tion 10 dwell in the world beyOst
The theOlogian's duty IS TO pTepE:
souls OF men. He lays down gsg
moral truths. He offers spiritual ;Oot
but no man who is i'll constructed, gi
has frail physique can COmprehe1tlI
moral proposition or carry II Oul tors
desired sequel; because he cannot q
gest the food that goes to the supP,1
of his body, nor can he digest u
spiritual food.
The work of the physician IS a'
limited as the average denizen 50
poses. The profession is scIea,s
1t is the duty of the physician TO stdi
the individual. Many OF the diseases
if not a majority that human mature
has to contend with, come in the c3i
egory, known as mental derangemens
and as the physicians finds thev:ro5
phases abnormal, he seeks TO astsf
tain how far the environments are r
strumental in producing the concirN
Walk with ME into the libraries OF
leading physicians, there you vii 2:
the works of Darwin, Huxley, Iy1-A
and Spencer.
Today many shining lights e1is
because they were given the OPP
tunity to be redeemed, to Be regls
ated by the guiding aid O. =
physician.
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
PRESIDENT H. c. HAWKINS,

Said among other things that THE
BEE had made many sacrifices for the
cause of the Personal Liberty League
The organization was started in 1892
with IS members, but now its member
ship numbers over 5000 covering every
state in the Uuion Our honored guest
who caught the inspiration, kept the
organization before the people not
withstanding the opposition of those
who did not believe in personal liber-
ty. After several years of laber, The
BEE made itself the most illustrous
paper in the world in defence of the
negro and personal liberty.
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
THE PRESS,

The second toast, the press, was re-
sponded to by Mr.. Chase.
The sentiment to which | shall re-
spond is, no doubt, the greatest in this
age of our civilization. The bodies to
which it is attached have for centuries
been the desecting knives of govern
ments; legislative bodies have bowed
and paid homage to their ingredients {;
principalities and ancient dignitaries
have hesitated and the French gullo-
tine has often been augmented by
Marat, whose pen always called for
blood. The French people have stood
with amazerlent and witnessed the
French revolution which was but
mockery in comparison with the power
which these veachles would produce.
Marat, one of the principals of the
Jacobln's, whose pen struck terror to
the French people, but who met an
untimely death, is but one evidence of
the power and influence of the press.
The first paper that was ever pub
lished was the Gazette, printed in the
year of I457 at Nuremburg and history
records that not copy is in existence.
The first French paper, The Gazette
ae France was established in the wear
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
OUR HOST-THE LEAGUE.
Prof. A. S. Richardson said:

20, Liberty thou goddess, heavenly bright
Profuse OF bliss and pregnant with delight,
Eternal pleasures IN thy presence reign,
And smiling Plenty leads thy wanton train"
Mr.. Toastmaster and gentlemen ::
When | first beheld the statue of Lib
erty Enlightening the World, was
deeply impressed with the significance
of this wondrous gift of the people of
France to the government and people
Of the United States. There il stands
majestic, Sublime-a monument to the
lasting friendship between the two
greatest republics on earth-a testimo-
nial TO genius and art, flashing forth
from its famous torch a halo of light
over land and sea, beacon for COM
merce and in allegory lighting the
pathway of mankind toward the higher
realms Of perfect liberty. Liberty for
which Wilberforce and Clarkson plead
in the English parliament, for which
Washington and Jefferson fought, for
which Toussaint L Overture struggled,
ami for which John Brown and FredeT-
ick Douglass suffered and labored.
But what are these achievements if
they do not include personal liberty
and what is personal liberty If il be not
religious freedom, the freedom Of the
press, of free speech, of the right of
everyone to enjoy the blessings of our
government and partake of the fruits
of civilization as a common heritage.
If it be the purpose Of this League to
guard and defend these rights and fos-
ter and protect these privileges, then
the movement which it has begun is
entitled TO the support and CommeEda-
ton of liberty-loving people every
where.
| take it that this League stands tor
equal rights for all. That it stands op-
posed to the methods by which the
elective franchise is abridged in certain
States of this Union, and with the sole
purpose of eliminating the colored vote
therein. That ii stands opposed to the
jury system by which man is not tried
by his peers, but by a collection of
twelve men before whom the party
must invariably establish his innocence
or else be considered guilty. That it
stands opposed TO the separate Car laws
and railroad corporations that seek to
thrust man into a cattle-car or other
railway compartment against his will
simply on account of race and color
prejudice. That it stands opposed to
the proprietor of public cafe who
would relegate respectable man into
his backyard or among the swill-tubs
of his kitchen because such proprietor
has some vague apprehension that all
persons of certain compilations or Of a
certain race are suspicious characters.
That it stands opposed to an appoint
ing officer in this government circum-
venting the law by rejecting eligibles
for appointment to positions, duly GER
tilted by the civil service commission,
because such eligibles do not measure
up TO the standard of what he thinks is
the correct shade of what a govern
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
Mr.. PENICkS BACK.

Public Piinter Palmer, who al.
ways does good things has rein
stated ex-Foreman Thomas Pc.
nicks in his old place as foreman of
the Folding Room. Mr.. Penicks is
gentleman and man in whom
MIR. Palmer has confidence as
q workman. 1t is a deserved
compliment to worthy aud a de-
serving man. Accept our con-
gratulations Mr.. Penicks and the
good wishes of your many friends.
The Washington bee., 1897-06-19
THE NEGRO ATHLETE.

The next toast was responded TO
Mr.. Jesse K. Roy, who said IN s.oqla
tones that 1.-THE Negro Athlete vas
glorious theme worthy Of the pen !
Homer, and who knows but some Y.
an unborn Negro Homer vii .. cl--
poetical praises Of the athletic acne.
ments OF Jackson, WolCOtt and DlA'J
gladiatOrS of Hart, pedestrian.
Lewis an undisputed star OF tne ~. ~.
ball field of Howard College; Of D.s| Do.
Sam, the oaISman, and many J.l-
who have gone unhonOred anu
sung, ,"-forgotten because oi ~
complexion, and discredIted oeC4-,
of their racial affinity. WHAT Hs -
accomplished along the lines o. pIz-,
cal culture is source Of grati.nIa--;
to our friends and constant tn'lD
the side Of our enemies. II
We have demonstrated oey0nl, -
that under equal and uniform! :,
conditions we have nothing U -.
from the dominant race from dn -
lectual point Of view and / ioI '-- -
convinced that from PhysIc,a5I - ~
point We are unqueStoNalI@
superiors. ,.,5 q
Even around this festaI ooaLEe n
have a glorious vlndlcT non - 80
optimistic view. The gentleHian. n.
we have assembled to honor w.. go.
self an athlete Of magnificent ~.
tions and undisputed skill. DIi i..,, =.
the great Ieveller, has tIacel r., -,
embonpOint upon that onGe -
stature and painted upon ma r.
white threads of care. HoWey.e.s,, =
still our own Chase and We DeJsTz,,9
nothing but good and gooo -"
him.
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