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FORTO H1CO COMMISSION.
Americans Send Macias Ward They
Are Ready for Business.

SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Sept.
9.-The American Evacuation Commits
sioners at a meeting held yesterday
afternoon, decided to notify Captain
General Macias that they were present
and ready to proceed with business.
A communication to this effect was
drafted in most courteous terms 1t
asked where and when the Spanish
Commissioners would meet the Ameri-
cans.
Lieutenant Sears, Rear Admiral
Schley's flag lieutenant, delivered the
communication to the Captain Gen.
eral, driving to the palace in a car
rtage. At the gate of the palace a
brick was hurled at him from the side
walk. Being an old baseball player,
he was able to ward the missile off
with his hands as it fell, striking him
on the ankle, but doing only slight in
jury. This is the first incident of the
kind since our arrival here.
The Lieutenant did not deem 1t ad-
visable to lodge a complaint, and the
police made no arrests.
The American Commissioners are de-
termined to brook no delay as indicated
by their action. Although Captain Gen.
eral Macias recognized their presence
by official visits, they have not been
notified of the appointment or the
names Of the Spanish Commissioners,
and the names of the latter have not
been officially gazetted, in spite of the
fact that 1t is understood unofficially
that Generals Ortega and Valleri and
the Auditor Of War, Senior Aguillar,
comprise the Spanish commission. The
thirty days expire on Sunday, and If
the Spamards are not prepared to pro-
coed on that date they must explain
matters.
The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer
Terror and the gunboat Ponce de Leon
sailed for the Island Of Martinique to-
day, where they will be placed in dry
dock, as their bottoms are foul, before
proceeding for Spain. The gunboats
Isabelle H. and Concha will follow on
Monday.
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him had returned this morning from a
three weeks trip over the State in a
covered wagon. Inmates of the house
where she lived before starting on this
trip say that the woman was a very
dissolute person, and was addicted to
the morphine habit, and that she often
had boasted Of having once shot and
killed a woman. Her trunk was re-
ceipted for in the name of Florence
Montague. She was about "A years
old, and is said to have been very dis
sefute. It is understood that her
mother lives in Minneapolis.
Lawrence is a brother of M. J. Law
renee, President of the Farmer Pub
fishing Company Of Cleveland, O., and
owns an interest in that paper He is
about 40 years of age, and has a wife
and several children in Cleveland.
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SACRAMENTO MARKET.
Little Doing in Produce Circles
Yesterday.
Sacramento. Sent.

Sacramento, Sept 9Th.
There was little doing In local produce
circles to-day, owing to this being a hol-
iday.
various articles mentioned:
FLOUR.Family Extras, $3.50 per 10.
TBS; s1.25 for so Tbs.
dozen; Lines, 121ac; Lemons, 25@4Oc: Co
ccanuts, 10c each; Bananas, 25c dozen;
Ga ant,a., 5a1os; Grapes &c per ID;
Pears, &c per 10; Strawberries, 1Oc ID;
Al s125 per per box; Peaches, S@4c per
Celery, sc per head; Caulihower. 1Oc per
head; .Cucumbers, loo per dozen Pota-
toes, 81 per sack; Turnips, Beets, Par
snP esen oneas had pes oss
for Sc; Peas, 7c; Beans, &c. per n; Sum-
mer Squash II, G.a 2e per p 2: Green Peppers
Plant, SC; Gunbo. SC; Lima Beans. &C.
Shell Beans, &c.
DAIRY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. os sOc
roll. Cheese California, 15c per f.; Young Ing
America, lie; Eastern Creamery, 15Q2oc;
N SuTgNeW W. walnuts, 15c per ID; New
Almonds. 121zc; New Brazils. 121ze: Pc
cans, Ice; FilbeTts, l5c; Chestnuts. l5c pei
MEATS Beef-Prime Rib Roast. 121zca
15c; Loin Steak, 121a@15c; Rump Steak
Joe; Chuck Roast, 1oc; Rump. Sc; Brisket
&c; Chuck Steak, 10c. Veal-Loin and Rit
Chops, 15c; Roast Veal, 12c. Mutton-Leg
11Q121ae; Loin and Rib Chops, 1212c; Nut
ton Stew, Sc; Shoulder Chops, SC. Pork
sQ12c per ID. Corned Beef, Sophie; Sau.
sage, l2zc; Vienna Sausage, 15c; Bacon
SQ13kc; Ham. 121aa13lxc.
POULTRY-Hens, Coo each; Spring SOC
each; Broilers, 2594Oc each; Tame Geese
$3.50 each; Tame Ducks, 50665c each; Tur-
keys, 15c for live and TIC for dressed pei
10.
EGGSCalifornia, Csc per dozen.
HAY AND GRAIN-Oat or Wheat Hay
eocas1;. Alfalfa, 7oQ75c: Whole Barley
| s15o91 50; Middlings, s1.O5; Shorts, csc
Bran, GOO; Straw, 60665c; Corn, large
| s13O; small, $.35; Cracked Corn, 81 40
Ground Corn, $1.35; Red Russian oats
| SLIGO.
| ! GRANITE MINING CANDLES-10 or
6Ac; u OF, &c; IA OF, 71ac; 16 OF, s12o.
COAL OIL-Pearl Cases, lie; Star, lie
Eocene, 19c; Extra Star, 21c; Elaine, 23c
Water White lbulkl, 12c:
41ac; IL OF, Size; IA OF, Size; 16 OF, 71xc.
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CASSIUS M. CLAY.
The Kentuckian Granted Divorce
From His Girl Wife.

LOUISVILLE Sept. ga special to
the Evening Post" from Richmond,
KY, says:
General Casstus NJ. Clay, the sage Of
Whitehall, has been granted a divorce
from his girl wife, Dora Richardson
Clay, by Judge Schott Of the Madison
County Court The decree restores the
defendant to her maiden name
The suit for divorce was filed several
weeks ago. and as it was not contested
by the r andant, every effort was
made to ry it through the courts
No refer was made to aIfrnony, as
it was understood by the attorneys and
the court that General Clay had al
ready made ample provision for his
wife by the purchase Of a large and
productive farm near her -,old home
The marriage contract which existed
between them was dissolved. ~
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ALGER AND SKATER.
The Secretary and General Pay q
Visit to Camp Meade.

MIDDLETOWN Pa.), Sept. Sec
rotary Alger and General Shafter were
at Camp Meade to-day. They wit
messed review Of the troops and made
hurried tour Of the camp. General
Alger resumed his journey at noon to
Detroit, and General Shafter went to
Washington. They were closeted to-
gether an hour this morning in the Sec
retary's private car, which was run
onto a siding at Camp Meade station.
While General Graham was arrang-
ing for the review Secretary Alger and
General Shafter had another confer
ence lasting thirty minutes. What
passed between them neither would
say, except thar It was a private af-
fair. General Shafter said the Secre-
tary was very dear friend, and that
they had been in the civil war togeth-
er as Colonies. He is at work on his
report Of the Santiago campaign and
expects to complete it tomorrow.
Speaking Of the controversy with Cen
eral Miles, he said:
ut is all poppycock. There is no
friction between General Miles and my
self, at least there was not when he
left Santiago. Our relations have al
ways been pleasant, and I do not I'M
derstand the meaning Of all this talk.
The General may have been talking,
but I believe that much Of it Is due to
antagonistic newspapers whose motives
are certainly not patriotic"
Secretary Alger is accompanied by
Mrs. Alger and their son, Captain Fred
Alger, who is suffering from camp
fever, and was too weak to witness the
review.
Secretary Alger complimented Chief
Surgeon Girard on the sanitary condi-
ton of the camp and gave directions to
extend the water system to the general
and regimental hospitals. He said it
was too early to determine whether
this would be made a permanent bar
racks. He would have to know more
about the climate and its effect on the
boys before he would arrange for a
permanent rendezvous.
When asked what he had to say about
the criticism of the War Department,
the Secretary replied that the people
have no idea Of the great task Of equip
ping and sending an army across the
water The War Department" he
added, asks no favors; all it wants
and expects is fair treatment"
General Shafter was delighted with
the appearance and condition of the
men at Camp Meade, and said it was
an ideal location. He expects to meet
General Miles tomorrow in Washing
ton.
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TRAGEDY AT DENVER.
An Ohioan Shot by a Woman, Who
Then Commits Suicide.

DENVER, Sept. 9-W. H. Lawrence
Of Cleveland, O., was shot and probably
mortaliy wounded in a room at the OK
ford Hotel this afternoon by woman
who is known here only as Florence
Richardson. The woman then shot
herself In the heart, dying almost in
stantly. The doctors attending Mr..
Lawrence give no hope Of his recovery.
The couple had registered at the OK
ford about half an hour before the
tragedy as H. c. Rockwell and wife OF
Greeley, Col. The motive for the
shooting is not known.
Lawrence rushed out of the room af-
ter he had been shot and sunk to the
floor in the hallway. IT don't know
why she shot me-" he said. Beyond
that he declined to make any state
ment.
Lawrence and tha woman who shot
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SEALED PROPOSALS.

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE
office of the undersigned until 5 o'clock
o. M, on MONDAY, September e. 1888,
for supplying the Water Works of the
city of Sacramento with coal for Pc
riod of one year from date of contract.
All Goals presented must be submitted to
an evaporative test. Specifications on hie
in office of City Clerk. certified check,
made payable to City Clerk, for sum OF
S. 600 must accompany each bid. The
Board of Trustees reserves the right 70
reject any and all bids
se7-3w M. ]. DESMOND. City Clerk
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Seventh Illinois Infantry.

CHICAGO, Sept. 9.--The Seventh II
Hnois Infantry Colonel Marcus Kava-
naugh's regiment, consisting Of 1850
officers and men, arrived here to-day
from Camp Meade. Middletewn, Pa.
Outside Of twenty men, who had mild
cases of typhoid fever, but one being
serious, the soldiers were pictures Of
health. There have been but two
deaths in the entire regiment since the
men were called out
The record-union., 1898-09-10

The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section /. No person shall expectorate
ON the floor of any street railway car
or other public conveyance or public
building, or on any sidewalk in the city
of Sacramento.
: Section q Any persons who shall vio-
hate any of the provisions Of this ordi-
nance shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall
he fined not exceeding Five Dollars. or
shall be punished by Imprisonment In the
CITY Jaif of the city of Sacramento for
a term not exceeding two days, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment
Section g. This ordinance shall be pub
lished for three consecutive days in the
daily papers Of the city OF Sacramento,
and shah take effect Immediately there
Passed November 80. 1896
CHARLES E. LEONARD,
r President of the Board Of Trustees.
Approved December 5. 1896
c. II. HUBBARD. Mayor.
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TO LET.

s27.50-Cottage of rooms, No. 1926 L, with
all Of the most modern improvements:
stable on the alley.
s30-Cottage Of rooms; heater; all other
modern improvements; also cooler, max
ing it the coolest house in the city. No.
1870 N street.
s11-A fat of rooms, bath, hot and cold
water; on west side of Eighteenth
street, P and @:
bath. patent closet; choicest dwelling in
city for the money. 1927 street.
$13-No. 1924 Eighth, r and s streets, new
house of five rooms, modern improve
ments of all kinds.
s13-No. 24O9 o, Twenty-fourth and TWEEN
ty-fifth streets; bath and other improve
ments.
sS-No. 1919 Third, L and M streets; four
rooms.
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W. P. COLEMAN,
Real Estate Salesroom, 3e6 Street
p BOHI. Manager.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE
of California, County Of Sacramento.
In the matter of the estate of FRAN
ZISKA LOFFLER, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY,
the 18th day of September, 1898, at II
O'Clock q. m of said day, and the court
room of said court. at the Courthouse, In
re- mento. and State of California, has
been appointed as the time and place foI
proving the will Of said FRANZIsKA
anplication of Henry Wuttke and Mrs
Dora Fuchs for the issuance to them o.
letters testamentary thereon.
court this I'd day of September 1898.
(Seal) w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
81. q. 8. Waehhorst, Deputy CLERK Ied
W. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY E. S. Wachhorst, Deputy.
Miller s. Brown, Attorneys for Peti-
tionar, se3-10t
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California Fruit Sales.

The Earl Fruit Company auctioned
California fruit yesterday with the fol-
At Chicago: Malagas, s154; Tokay, sl35
@1.55; Saiway, 7Oc@Io5, average S5c.
Weather cool -Four cars sold.
At Boston: Bartletts, S1.10@2, average
$1-36; Gros, 95c@$110, average $102; Orange
Free 90cG$105, average Gle; Lemon Cling,
90c; Crawford, 90cQsL20, average CSC Two
cars sold. Weather cool.
AT Montreal: Peaches-Salway, aver
aged s118; Orange Cling, .s1.2O; Georges
Late, S1.25; Freestones, M01; Late Craw-
ford, $1.20. Prunes-Hungarian $3.50; Gros,
$780, Grapes-Tokay, single crates, 81. %;
Black Prince, s123 Bartletts, s1.40Q2. 40,
averaged $1.73.
Porter Brothers Company sold yester-
day, at open auction, California fruit at
following prices:
At New York: Pears-Doy du Comice,
81. 7O@36 5 box; Rartletts, 81, 2562 So Howell,
$1.55; Beurre Clairgeau, 81. 3O@1. 35 Plums
Kelsey Japans. s101.60 single crate;
Schley, 75c; Egg, 55@70c. Prunes-Hungar-
ian, a.1o single crate; eros, 7oc@si Is;
Silver, G0c@s1; other varieties, 556S5c
At Chicago Pea. Bartletts, $500
2.10 box, and SIC half box. Grapes-To-
kays, I.45 single crate.
At Minneapolis: Pears-Beurre Clair
geaus, s1.40 box; Howell, s135; De Anjou,
$i.20; Duchess, 95c@1 Peaches-Salways,
75@SOc box; Georges Late SOC. Prunes-
30@75c single crate. Plums-Egg, 45Q55c
single crate.
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ORDINANCE NO. SOP.

An Ordinance Establishing Separate and
Special Funds Representing the Sew
eral Funded Obligations of the City
and the Several Departments Requir-
ing Municipal Expenditures for the
Fiscal Year Eighteen Hundred and
Ninety-Nine.
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RattIeshin Massachusetts,.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-The United
States battleship Massachusetts
reached this harbor to-day, and is
now at the Government anchorage off
Tompkinsville, S. I.
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California Dried Fruit.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9-California Dried
Fruits steady. Evaporated Apples-Com-
mon, 6@8c; prime wire tray &c; choice,
SIC; fancy, s%gloc. Prunes, 49sc. April
Peaches-Unpeeled. 1880; peeled, 2g1sc.
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ORDINANCE NO. 500.

An Ordinance Fixing the Rates of Taxes
to be Levied and Leyying the Same for
the Fiscal Year Eighteen Hundred and
Ninety-Nine. -
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ORDNANCE NO. 444.

AM Ordinance Prohibiting Expectoration
& in Public Places. and Providing a
Penalty Therefor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-30

Bob Cunningham and two compan-
lens went coon hunting near Pulaski.
Coons can be found only at night, and
they are usually seen near a cornfeld-
The trio, with their dogs, had wander
ed about half the night, when Bob sud
denly pulled up with ''Hist l see big
one. - He became afflicted with touch
of the buck fever and danced about in a
strange and weird manner. do you
see his eyes?'' he asked I'm going to
shoot -
The gun went off and Bob said, with
many an adjective, I've missed him. -
he loaded up again and blazed away,
and still he declared he saw the eyes
None of the other parties could see the
first symptom of eyes, neither could
they hear Mr.. Coon rustling among the
trees Bob declared that he could, and
he shot once more, but the "eyes'' were
still there.
He is a pretty good shot, and firing
three times at so laEge an animal as a
coon made him think, so he walked
over to the tree where he saw the coon
and took a good look, and then discov-
cred that he had been shooting at two
stars that were peeping from between
the limbs Of the tree - New Castle
COurant- Guardian.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-30
awonaerfuI Liver cur..

The manager of the electrical exposi-
ton in Philadelphia asked Mr.. Edison
TO visit the show and give a short talk
on some electrical subject, or if he found
it inconvenient TO do so TO send ON n
photographic cylinder setting forth
some of his latest ideas of electrical in
terest. Mr.. Edison complied in his own
way with the latter request, and in do
ing so while emitting any reference 20
electricity produced an electrical effeCs
upon the management and the auditors
by his ntribution. 1t was as fellows:
NY DEAR MaRss-You asked me TO send you
q monographs cylinder for your lecture and
TO say n few words to the audience. 90 not
think the audience would take any intcrt 81 in
dry scientific subjects, but perhaps they might
be interested in little story that man sent
me photographic cylinder the other day
from San Francisco.
In the year f73 from Massachusetts,
came TO California with chronic liver
plaiut. He searched all over the coast for
mineral spring to cure the disease, and finally
he found down in the San joaquin valley a
spring the waters of which almost instantly
cured him. &c thereupon started snnita-
rum. and people from all over the world came
and were quickly cured.
Last year this man died, and powerful
had been the action of the waters that they
had to take his liver out and kill it with
club. Yours truly. EDISON.
-Electricity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-30
Pearls.
Electricity.

Pearls, the costly product of the pearl
fish of the Persian gulf, are obtained
from tho bed of the sea by divers, who
bring up as many of the oysterlike SHELLS
as they can and then place them in
heaps on the shore covered with sand.
They are left for several days while the
fish decay and the shells open, after
which the sand is sifted and the pearls
found. They are then cleansed and pol
ished. The value of the pearl depends
ON rts size, roundness, color and bright
ness. The most renowned pearls We're
the two which formed Cleopatra's ear
rings, one of which she dissolved in n
goblet of vinegar and drank to the
health OF her guest, Mark Antony.
The remaining pearl became the prop
erty of tine Emperor Augustus, who had
it cut in two for earrings for his daugh-
ter Julia. Another historic pearl records
a similar act Of extravaganza nearer our
own time. 1t is said that at a banquet
given to Queen Elizabeth on tho open
ing of the Royal Exchange Sir Thomas
Gresham ground a precious pearl to
powder and drank it in a goblet of wine
to the health of his royal guest. Chi
cago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-30
How Mines Are Exploded.

There are several methods by which
mines and torpedoes anchored in har-
bors may be detected, but it is very dan
gerous and difficult work, and its sue
cess depends largely upon the circum-
stances and the condition of the water
and the bottom of the bay in which they
are placed. Sometimes they are discov-
cred by dragging with kedge. Some
times they can be seen when the water
is clear, and in order to assist the natu-
raj vision IL canvas telescope is rugged
which drops upon the water and shuts
out the light from the eyes of the OBJ
server so that he can have better view
of the bottom. There are other methods
also known to sailors and frequently
practiced. The most effective is called
'countermining' is, the explo-
sion of torpedoes in the water, which
by their defamation cause the mines to
explode. Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-30
The Eject of Wind ON Lakes.

Attention has been called to the very
remarkable effect of the wind OH vari-
Gus inland bodies of water. 1t is not
unusual for the residents in towns on
the shores of lakes to be greatly incon-
venienced, provided heavy wind blow
ing on shore continues for any length of
time. In the Baltic sea the level has
been altered for upward of eight feet
Sometimes tho water is blown out of a
channel, leaving it almost dry. In one
instance a depression of six feet oc-
CURED on one side of body of water,
with "a corresponding rise of six feet ON
the other. Lake Erie has been known to
alter its level distance of Is feet ON
account of heavy winds, and Lake
Michigan was at one time the subject
of considerable interest from the same
cause. The wind was heavy and contin-
uous and piled the water up on one
side, while the other was so low that
people walked out upon rocks where in
the memory of man no feet had ever
trodden.-New York Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-30
ONLY HIMSELF 70 BLAME.
There Was No Need CT His Piunging 81
RcckIessIy and BlindIy.

There Was No Need CT His Piunging So
ReckIessly and BIindIy.
Miss Pinkerly-Are you interested in
charity, Mr. Tutter?
Tutters (whu knows that she is and
suspects a possible donation) - Well,
Miss Clara, thar depends. Some forms
of charity are excellent. Others are mis-
directed
so. You know we are going TO give a
little entertainment at the church
Tutter-Oh, yes. Something for the
heather, suppose. Do you know, Miss
Clara. haven much faith in that sort
of thing Now, if it We're nearer home.
) Miss Pinkerly-But it is nearer home.
It's Just for the poor children of the
neighborhoCd-
Tutter (seeing no escape) = Well,
that's better. 1 approve of that OF
course I'll take ticket. Awfully glad.
Miss Pinkerly-Oh, that is so kind
of you.
Tutter-Not at all. Tell me, what
sort of an entertainment is it going to
be?
Miss Pinkerly-Oh, just simple lit
tie affair. We thought it best, you
know, to have everything rs simple as
possible. There will be refreshments,
of course, but they will all be donated,
and then we propose to have some sort
of amateur play-possibly n charade.
Tutter-Oh, see. Well, it S q worthy
object. / believe in that sort of thing.
Have you sold many tickets?
Miss Pinkerly-Not so many as
hoped to. Still there is some time yet.
Tutter-Put me down for two tickets.
Miss Pinkerly-Now, Mr.. Tutter,
you are really too generous. You must
consider your own pocketbook little.
Tutter-Don' t say word. y simple.
Inexpensive little entertainment like
this, with such a worthy object in view,
ought to be encouraged. By Jove, tho
more think of it tho better like the
idea. Charity begins at home. It's a
good thing, Miss Clara. I'm not salts
fed. Let me have four tickets No,
make it half dozen.
Miss Pinkerly-Now, Mr. Upper,
really
Tutter-Don't say another word. 1
insist ppon 1T. Where are the tickets?
Have you got them here? I'll take them
at once.
Miss Pinkerly-Oh, yes! Here they
are
Tutter-Good! Now, how much did
you say they were apiece?
Miss Pinkerly-Only So, Mr.. Tutter,
-Harper's Bazaar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-30
Druggists Lights.

An apothecary found himself minus
his red light one night, at time when
it was customary for tradesmen of his
class to ornament their store fronts with
simple red lamp. To supply his need
he took a glass bottle filed with red
fluid and placed candle behind it The
effect so pleased him that he added an
other Rival druggists illuminated their
windows, increasing the number of
lights and also changing the coIors.
Thus the entire town followed the lead.
So it became the fashion. Christian
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