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The White Cross Society.

70 THE EDITOR or THE suS-Sir; see by u Wash.
ington despatch In your issue OF to-day that a Mrs.
Jane b. Creighton OF Portland. Ore. has organized a
white Cross Society, " and appears to be seeking
Government recognition. | beg to say that tho
White Cross Society il a society composed exclusively
OF men. having for it's objec. tho promotion OF social
purity, It was organized in Iss5 and has branches
all over the country. We haze BEEN hindercd often
in our work by persons seeking to use our name,
especially in connection with literature and charity.
1t is to be hoped that this new organization may zee
the p~ropriety Of choosing some other name for it's
good work. Il. T. DE COSTA,
Secretary General. White Cross ommitte
New YonK. Feb. 70.
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The great VAN Hoist has been spoken
again. The last time he was reported he was
unutterably seasick. and convinced that the
country was going to be a total wreck. Now
he has crawled on deck. and is whispering
hoarsely Where is the sheet anchorp" We
take out Of his nautical dictionary this concise
definition OF the missing sheet anchor:
THE character of the American men and women.
not merely as individuRls but as oitizens-as c~o-aotive.
co-determining. c~o.formative constituent elements
OF the sovereign general will--that is the sheet an
Choir of the republic"
When this dazed mariner finds his sea leRs and
gets the mlst out of his eyes. he may be able to
discover that tho sheet anchor Is all right.
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There Is n certain melancholy pleasure in
reading the political obituaries Of the Hon.
ROGER QUARLES MILLS of Texas. Although
he will not formally depart from the Senate
until March 3, the Democratic newspapers
have hidden him farewell. He is only a
ghost lingering in the Senate, and the poll
cies and the hopes for which he battled so
long and thunderously in tho House and on
the stump are a heap OF chaff, He belongs
to the history Of delusion. He is become
rather a shadow than a memory. And all
the noisy fuss and fret Of Clevelandism has
died away into such silence and oblivion HIS
he has come TO after n quarter of n century
IN public life.
For the sake Of che economic theories Of
such men as Mr.. MILLS, the Hon. SAMUEL
JACKSON RANDALL was read out Of the party
of which he was the ablcst leader after tho
retirement Of Mr.. TILDEN. The Democratic
party was led by the nose and tariff smash
ing became tho chief amusement OF the
baiters. The country was treated to hori-
zontal reduction and vertical reduction, To
Morrison bills and Mills bills. The pro-
tected industries were assailed as Robber
Barons and the Money Power. A long
campaign Of violent language against pros
perity unconsciously prepared the Demo-
cratic masses for principles which as yet
were mostly confined to persons regarded
as Socialists and cranks, Finally GROVER
CLEVELAND heard Of the protective tariff
and announced the find to mankind and
proceeded TO command the country to re-
form the tariff. The country disobeyed and
was punished by being deprived of the
a~Arvices Of the Buffalo Golden. Meanwhile
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TIE TURK A TO SOCIETY.
Upper Circles in Washington Flee When
the Minister Begins to Talk.

From the 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
WASHINGTON. Feb.i 25.-The new Turkish
Minister is a terror to Washington society. He
is one Of those foreigners whocome to America
full Of curiosity concerning this people. and
with no hesitation about exercising 1t. Usually
the American ladies' OF Washington are willing
to satisfy this curiosity. and can hold their
own against the questioning. But this new
Turk is altogether unspeakable in a social
sense. He attended an official function a
few evenings since and was introduced to a
lady in full reception, dress. a little fuller than
usual. perhaps. The Turk exchanged the
S STaF ? ~ tS Sm eoSntpg fS when 1RF he he f Is acc fea ta9-
Gradually his attention became rtveted upon
the lady's costume in such a manner that she
of her, It length the Minister. in his earnest
asked: oo ,.o,on, nouu,,. ~.
without protest 2"
The lady c0l2red furioH.sly. and replied that
The Minister shook his head IN a deprecating
way. and began to tell how different 1t was in
his country. The lady made her escape as
ward the Minister was at another official res
ception. He was presented to a well-known
society woman. and, began:
Are you married ~
The lady answered In the affirmative with Q
May i ask how long you have been
The lady said that she had entered the state
Of matrlmony sons ten years ago; o.. wos ,ha
next question.
Tho lady replied. with a slight manifestation
Of embarrassment. that she had mono.
The Minister stopped to think for a full half
minute. and. with q puzzled look. resumed:
The lady he'd. and what the Minister was
going 10 say will never be known But no
member. OF Washington society will now risk
an Introduction to the terrible Turk II she can
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LAWSUIT ABOUT A CLOCK.
Originally Valued at 80, Litigation Has Cost
3 900, and the End Is Not Yet.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. Feb. 24.-Justice Eben O.
Poole OF this city has in his possession q clock
valued at IS that has cost $1,000 already. and
before the rightful ownership Of the timeplece
Is settled 1t may cost that much more.
Mrs. Amanda Mckinley. living on West Ala
bama% street. bought a clock from W. w. White.
agent in this city for the American Wringer
Company of Cincinnati. eighteen months ago.
The woman made only one payment on the
clock. and the agent attempted to take II from
her by force. He failed, and the next day was
arrested for striking Mrs. Mckinley. White
got out a writ of replevin for the clock. and tho
constable secured Il. Mrs. Mckinley sued for
the, possession Of the clock. and a jury found
for her.
Mrs. Mckinley also sued the American
ing that White. In trying e, take the clock from
her. permanently disabled her by striking her,
She won the suit In. two courts. and an appeal
was taken to the supreme Court OF Indiana.
where the matter rests at present.
Mrs. Mckinley has filed a suit in a Justices
The Justice informed her that she owed tho
court SO in fees. and that she would have
10 make monthly payments OF, the timepiece
to the wrinRer company. Mrs. Mckinley
will take the matter into a higher court.
Although a jury has given her the pos
session Of the clock. she cannot secure it
until she has paid a sum three times Is value,
piece. she, says, II 1t costs her 81 moro.
There had been a dozen lawyers to reap rich fees
from the litigation over the clock. In the dam
age snit Of Mrs. Mckinley against the Amer!-
can Wringer Company, tried at Boonyillo, M
teen attorneys were employed.
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A bill nov before the Texas Legislature
provides that a citizen may justifably assault
and batter anybody who calls him a liar. We
should suppose that many citizens Of Texas.
and particularly those Of Waco. would prefer
to settle personal controversies In a vigorous
extra-legal manner and would scorn to plead u
statute in defence OF their method Of settle
ment. At any ratio the bill seems to be an I'M
justiflable attempt to interfere with the popu-
lar game OF hurting the lie and hurting bnck
the lie. and is therefore Objectionable as a blow
at public amusements.
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The current number of Literature repub-
important glossary which Mr.. STUART COL
has discovered among the papers OF
the author OF " Alice in Wonderland"
'Bryllyg derived from the verb to bryl or brolD.
'the time Of broiling dinner. l. e.. the close Of the
afternoon
"slythy compounded OF Shiny and 1.-the. smooth
and active
"Tove. a species of badger. They had smooth.
white hair. long hind legs. and short horns like a
stag: lived chiefly on cheese.
ogre. verb derived from gyaour or giaour. a
dogD. to scratch like a dog
"dymblo whence g~imblep. to screw out holes in
anything
WADE derived from the verb to swab or SOAK,
the side of a hill from its being soaked by tho
rain.
"Mimsy whence mimserable and miserable. 'un.
happy
"Borogrove. an extinct kind Of parrot. They had
no wings. beaks turned up, and made their nests
under sundials: lived on veal.
"Mome (hence soiomomc, solemone, and solemn.
grave,
"Rath. q species of land turtle. Head erect:
mouth like . shark; tho fore legs carved out so that
the animal walked on his knees smooth green body
lived on swallows and oysters.
"Outgrabe, past tense of the verb to ontgribe Ut 10
connected with the old verb to grike or shirke,
from which arc derived Shrek and 'creak ,,
'squeAked.'"
All philologists will perceive at a glance that
this vocabulary applies exclusively to the first
stanza OF LEWIS CARRoLL's deathless poem,
Tho Jabberwock":
Twas bnlliG and tho slithy toves
Did eyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the bOroEroves
And the nome raths outgrabe-."
With the aid OF this new light Mr.. CoLLIHd-
WOO proceeds to render into literal English
the celebrated passage in question. as follows;
1T was evening, and the smooth. active badgers
were scratching aud boring holes in the hillside;
all unhappy were the parrots; and the green turtles
squeGkod out"
Acute criticism will note two defects in Mr..
-CoLLISGwooD's version. The first is the I'M
supported assumption that the Anglo Saxons
and Middle English dlned late In the afternoon
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or IN the evening. The second is the strange
omission 10 give value TO nome In the rem
derinC. It was not the green turtles as n body
that sauesked out; the sdueaks were uttered
only by the solemn or serious-minded green
turtles.
As In many other cases OF disputed reading
which have engaged the attention OF learned
commentators. this unexpected publication
upsets many able theories. Nevertheless. II Is
authoritative. and IL ought to be conclusive as
regards ut least one stanza involved In the
Rrent and nRed Jhbberwock CONTROVERSY.
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The Boston Transcript is so saddened by
the progress OF Imperialism that 1t takes refuge
in this philosophy:
There arc other lives than this-no need to cling
% to this one"
Cheer up. despairer. Forget football and
imperialism and all the other iniquities OF the
age. Remember the new Boston car sheds and
be happy.
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The Chicago Inter Ocean is irreverent to
the Hon. CARTER HARRISON when It says that
personally he knows as much about the over
head and underground trolley systems az a
South Sea Islander does Of n four-in-hand
necktie." As a leading young anti-monopolist
Mr.. HARRISON scorns to faint his mind with
knowledge Of the trolley systems. As a states
man he holds that everything about the opera
tlons Of trusts and corporations Is necessarily
evil. Why should he acquire knowledge that
would hurt him in his business?
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Signs of IA Revolt.
New YonK. Feb

To THE EDIToa oF THE SUE-Sir; Don't you
think 1t would be q good plan II the women would
now retaliAte and begin a crusade against the man
who ''goes out to sec u man" between acts. Have
been to the theatre a number OF times this winter,
and run the risk each time of running my hat. 1
think II a man had to hold a mass of velvet and
feathers in his lap. and rise at least six times during
the evening to let 4 woman pass, there would be a
far greater outcry than there Was whom the women
kert the hats on their headA. LERJ
NEW YoRE, Feb, 70.
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Hardly-we Are Becoming Fastidious.

To THE EpIToR OF The sUS-Sir. Ia the following,
from Grayson county, KY, worthy = place in Your
gallery of famous names?
Jess 7. Gosnell Of Grayson county, candidate for
State Treasurer. subject to the action OF the Demo.
cratic party. 1892. solicits your support and innu.
ence." +. ". DAVIS.
DRooKLYk, Feb. 20.
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Governor PINGREE Of Michigan Is n Republic
can OF the old school.-NeiD Haven Register.
Governor 1NGREE Of Michigan is a Democrat
Of the new school who calls himself a Republi-
can. and apparently has the fantastic notion
that he can be elected President by a combina-
ton OF all cranks.
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A Query Answered.

Doe. the sun set on our domiuIOns = AnIlous Inquirer.
Perhaps II does;
But We want to say
That nobody else
Can treat us that way.
And IL any one thinks
He can, why let
Him get himself ready
And try to ret;
That's all.
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English ms She Is Spelled Mt Harvard.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The mid
year examination in Fine Arts Three. which
was held at Harvard on Feb. 4. uncovered
these curiosities Of spelling among other
things almost as curious:
Appolo. Proceeding.
Alehaster. Collum,
Terricotta, Entirely.
Citidal. Physique,
Inate. Renound.
Pillar. Backwood Backward,
Jems gems, S%culptcrs,
Statute %istatue). Athlete.
Such errors we're found distributed through
out the class. and were not confined to a few
notebooks. Several OF those who misspelled
athlete were especially prominent In athletic
circles.
This class in Fine Arts is among tho largest
in the university. having fully three hundred
members. Itcontains no freshmen. but is made
up mostly Of juniors and seniors. 1t is prob
ably the most popular Of the general culture
courses. and was under Prof. Charles Eliot
Norton until the present year. The course has
been regarded as almost u liberal education in
itself. Y.
CAMBRIDGE. Feb. %.
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Where the Blizzard Blew.
From he AoDorth, Ca, Post.
The whishers OF the town billygoAt were frozen
Oh during the blizzard.
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~PLnrs-Kiosouo No. II. near Grand Hotel. and
Eiosquo No 10. Boulevard des capuoines.
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DRooKLYR. Feb. 20.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-09
ICEBOUND ON THE LAKE
Three Men Imprisoned at Chicago
Water Works Crib

Chicago. Feb S-ThTse men ice-oouud
several miles out in Lake Michigan today
saw the failure OF & strenuous effort 10
send them relief by b05-sleds, pulled By
hand across fields % ice with tae temper
atu7e = below zero. Assistant City En-
gineer Paul Brown headed the relief *
petition which took supplies 70 Captain
Kelly and three assistants a. the city Wa
Ter supply intake knowa a. the sixty
eighth street cr5h Brown and his two
companions. Captain William Smith, c,
the Durham Jug line. and Captain DanisI
Donovan. chief city diver. boarded 81 Iii
nols Central express train Win about %
pounds OF provisions They ieft the train
n Slxty-e.Ehth street. loaded their cup
plies on ooh-sisd and started across The
ice fields for The crib The strong west
cry wind made TIE TIP exceedingly dan
Eerous. 5ora from the foes of .cs and the
risk % freezing Brown and his associ-
z1es 1ook t5s-os a, me ropes. whsle The
others plshel the proygs5oz.ladsa sled
and after an exciting experience. owing -
gaps AID foaelug iee ne daring MISSION
sras KEN o-4-lIy zoanfoued-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-09
OLD INDIAN MURDERED
wife and His Farm We're Objects or
COVetOuS Desire

Guthrie. o. T.. Feb. Especially DEPUTY
United States Marshal Smith has arrived
with three men in custody. having been
arrested for the murder % au old In3.an
who was found dead by he roadside about
two weeks ago The murder 81 sail TO
have taken place In the res on Of CEehs
Geek. In the southern psr- CO the 80
mancne and ADl be reservation. few
miles north OF the res river. The story
is told Of three Mexicans who murdered
an old man. who owned a spiendld farm
down there and who desired 20 possess a.
one Of these grcasers Is SAT 20 have been
having Illicit associations with the Wife
and desired to own her. one day the hus-
oend and wife started somewhere Ia a
wagon These three gressers appeared o.
the road inter- IoJing them. and Eiuei
the husband, ORA gfiug him OF 90 one SIDE
with lariat rop7 4 cowboy happvac1
20 be IN tbs vicinity OF tho crime ani Sc
ported IT to the proper officers Who. .i Il
supposed. have captured the right fellows
judging from the description given by thu
CO v boy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-09
Legislators Invited to Alva. Norman
and Woodward

Guthrie, o. T., Feb. (SpeciaL)-Both
branches of the legislative assembly have
formally accepted invitations to visit the
towns Of Norman on the afternoon of Feb
ruary q, and Alva and Woodward on the
14th and 18th of this month. For the lat
ter trip Pullman sleepers will be furnished
the excursionists. who will leave here
Thursday at 5:45 o'clock, arriving during
the afternoon a Alva. where the new nor
nal school building will be inspected. After
a few hours in Alva the legislative visitors
will proceed on their journey to Woodward
as the honored guests Of the cattemen's
convention. winding up with a grand ball
on the evening of the 18th.
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councilman; Pottawatomie and Cleveland.
one councilman; Canadian and Clevelnad,
one councilman; Grant, one councilman;
Garfield, oe councilman; Kingfsher and
Blaine. one councilman; Dewey, Custer
and Woods, one councilman; Beaver,
Woodward, Day, Roger Mills, Washita
and Greer, one councilman.
Sec. ?. The representatives TO be appor-
toned among the counties as follows, to-
wit: Kay. two representatives; Noble,
one representative; Pawnee, one represen-
tative; Logan, two representatives; Payne.
one representative; Lincoln, one represen-
tative; Payne and Lincoln, one representa-
tive; Pottawatomie, one representative;
Cleveland, one representative: Oklahoma,
two representatives; Grant, two represen-
tatives; Garfield, two representatives;
Kingfsher. two representatives; Woods,
two representatives; Canadian and Blaine.
one representative; Dewey and Custer, one
representative; Beaver and Woodward, one
representative; ay, Roger Mills, Washita
and Greer, one representative.
Sec. g. All acts and parts of acts in con-
hict with this, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage and
approval.
Other bills introduced in the council to-
day were:
No. 1872. by Magness. by request-An act
to prohibit the running or using Of gamb-
ling devices known as "slot machines" and
providing a penalty therefor.
No. 1874, by Hutto-Repealing Section 15
Of Article /, Chapter % of the session laws
of 1897, relating to the marriage Of white
persons with persons of the negro race.
No. 1875 by Clarke-An act to encourage
the construction of ponds and reservoirs
for the storage of rainwater for irrigation
and for creating the office OF
pond commissioner.
In the council committee Of the whole,
ported favorably. council bill No. Is. by
Brett, prescribing duties of county survey
Drs and providing for the changing of sur
veys, was amended and reported favor
ably. Council bills Nos. 81 and 81, provid-
ng for the collection of poll tax and for
The planting of trees were taken up joint
y. The measure was amended to make
t a misdemeanor 70 rthe overseers to neg
ect to warn taxpayers to work and the
same for those who refuse to work or hire
4 substitute. the penalty is fixed at from
EN- to forty days Imprisonment and a fine
1g SO to s25. The bill was recommended
- amended
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-09
MEN FROM THE KAW'S MOUTH
Are Entertained by the business
Community at I'll Reno,

El Reno, o. T., Feb. Especial THE
Kansas City Commercial club was repre-
scented in this city tonight by representa-
tives from the various wholesale and job
bing houses Of that city. Kansss city is
jealous OF the amount Of merchandise that
is coming into the territory from 81. Louis
and Wichita, and she is trying her level
best to take away the trade that has here
tofore gone to these two latter cities. The
visit of the club TO this city was not in any
way hep 70 the town; on the contrary,
it was a bid for patronage. The delega-
ton came over the Choctaw and was met
at the depot by the reception committee
of the FL Reno Commercial club. who act
ed as an escort 20 the kerfOOt hotel, where
a number of business men were waiting
to do honor TO the gentlemen from the
mouth OF the Kaw. After partakng OF a
sumptuous repast the multitude adjourned
to the district court room whore addresses
were delivered by prominent citizens OF n
Reno and Kansas City. During the fes-
tivities at the court room. the following
highly instructive little table OF com
merce' was read to show the visitors the
volume Of business that has been done IN
Farm implements and hardware. 400 cars;
lumber. lime and cement. 40 cars; coal
and wood. GO cars; general merchandise
CretaiD, So cars; cotton compressed. 1920
bales; beef 20 cars; -four 1S5 coo barrels;
flour to Europe, 5000 barrels; wholesale
groceries. $50 cars.
Our mills are now running 500 barrels
daily, an average yearly Of 240oo0 barrels.
On this and other commerce FL Reno has
paid the past year 1900 90 freigh1s to the
Rock Island and he Choctaw. Oklahoma
and Gulf roads.
One Of our prosperous merchants was
approached by a groceryman from Kansas
City. who inquired:
Where do you buy your stock. sir?'
AT Wichita" answered the Fl Reno
man.
DO you know. my friend" said tho
Kansas City man. that YOU are losing
hundreds Of dollars every year By n0f do
ing your buying in Kansas CIty2We can TX
Il for you 50 tha- II viii not cost you any
more for freight and we can put the price
down SO low that you VIII see FOR YOUR
self. after the first month. that IL is suicide
on your part 20 buy your goods az WITCH
fta"
Then the E Reno man took his inning
by saying:
What you say may be all true. bu. let
ne tel you lite story. Three years Or
50 ago times were not as good IN y Reno
IS they are now I was hehind several
hundreds Of dollars. The farmers who
owed me did not raise any crop. and. take
Il all around. We were In a pretty bad box
The firm 7 DID business with in Wichita
carried ma through my trouble. and
think ] would not be doing r. Justice %
change now. No. I don't Think 7 VII
change at this stage u tn game"
The visitors viii remain here tonight
ard leave for E1nzasher tomorrow mora /
ing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-09
DIFFERING TO UNCLE SAM
His Assent Asked as 20 the British
Operations In China

London. FEB. s-The debate o. fhe
queens speech a. the opening o. parfa-
neat yesterday was continued ln the
house % commons -01ay sr Eta AsE-
ruead-Bartlert Conservative fnsrn5er FOR
,ns EcclesaE division q Saefle.d mos -
az amendment asking the government o.
take carry and effective I3eaFsres 81 e.
SIS Chlna 20 maintain he~ territorial in8e-
peudeace and % enforce TIE p7lrT So farsa
IL the resolution ef TIE a1uae ~ esu,-asrs
% March I. 1ss re arggsd raat e z-as
che oniy rossi5.e psacy for Grsat ErI-a--
TIE speaker flr,ser zs>er-ed ftst ere
policy q spheres - inr1euce mean. tas
partition - China .sad u vas d1pa-fs..
in als opirlon. = Great Britain wcs.e have
-he s8ouort % tae Talfsd statas 81 nsa-g
- partition. whereas he 5eIeved Great
prs.sirr wa assured - tae s-r-l-- % tt-
Ca5e6 ststes = sc werr Ia r. t1- e.
sectlTe p1aey q uzi1tslns-z C1ina's l--
;szrsrv-
IN ne so1se = commons ~ Nsrrh :
ts7s. -se anenfary s~cre-arF r tsr
fore cSlos .5en 81 CI-zsn. s-sze-s~-
q ez-ea1 Pea - - E-s ~-u.saf -slf-f-
,e't sa1 f-i.ir5 l-fsrerfs .s f1-s aye
1arzre1grt hE- 1e- Ts- Br-
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z8rtnr - -ats c1----.t.e-a vs iaf-
hs- 7gxsr rstter En- ase s8 srarft
20 Keep FIJI az aga - c--uEfsfslc- Wsaf vs~
soa t1 81 eye = -.11efa.Y Ete ear flrs-
Sc .ss- csi-s SO - cs-f-zafes -
rr.s-sr dangers r. re fatare asa se
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e. p-ere-f - sfrs1 ed e.