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MARRIAGE AT DEATHBED.

Dying Woman Wished to See Her
 Daughter Married Before the Pass
 ing. ...,- .-. .~......
 Because her mother was near death and wished to see her daughter married before she passed away, Miss Bessie Welton, daughter of Mrs. Carrie s. Welton of 365 Walnut street, on Sunday afternoon was married to Henry Bau- wens. Their marriage had been fixed for January 20, but the desire of the mother to see her daughter a wife led to the performance of the. ceremony on Sunday. Mrs. Welton died yesterday morning at nine o'clock. ....s
 The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Frederick D. Buckley, rector of Trinity church, shortly after the doctors informed Mrs. Welton she could live but a short time. Mrs. Welton immediately sent for MT. Buckley and the ceremony took place in the same room where Mrs. Welton was slowly approaching death. The shadows of the grave failed to af- feet the mother, however, and her fea- lures took on a look of happiness as she heard the words which made her daugh- ter and her betrothed man and. wife.
 Invitations for the wedding on Janu- ary 20 had been sent out to many friends of the young people, and other arrangements had been made for the affair. Mrs. Welton's funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon. Hel daughter and her son-in-law will attend side by side.-Waterbury American.
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entrance. while, in the office. expert tyDewriters are needed to manipulate the cash registers. #
 Of course the women have an explan- atfon Of why it is that the men find it so easy to make ID their minds con- corning what to buy, and this explana- ton does not wholly relate to masculine recklessness. "A woman, < we are told, lis so easy to suit: any one of a host of things will please her as a present, whereas. for 6 man. it is almost inn possible to discover anything appro- priate. Perhaps this reason partially suffces, but surely there is another. Du- tiful housewives, daughters, sisters and sweethearts, who naturally distrust masculine judgment, have habit of at least darkly limiting their preferences. and although man is a stupid animal he is sometimes capable of understand ing what he is "sicked on to get. In addition, the sFopkeepers and the ad- vertisement writers are most kind. What man can go far astray when he sees s26 hose going for S12,sa, pianos at
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calling carriage, drove madiy to the burn ing theater. By the greatest good fortune one of the first persons he encountered was the hysterical maid, who informed nm that the two children had been saved with out injury. Mir. Reyell then hastened Into the theater and participated in the rescue.
 T worked in the upper balconies, ne said, 'and the sight of those poor women and their little children with clenched hsts raised as though trying to beat their way to safety, and stricken down in the very aet is too terrible to attempt to describe. But l thought of how my own little one hao all I could to save those who were not so fortunate. l assisted the police ana nre- men in carrying down more than twenty" STATEMENT BY CORONER.
 speetion of the theater as is possible in the condition in which 1t is tonight. He sald ::
 1t the asbestos curtain had been in work ing order I believe that the fire might have been prevented from spreading. into the auditorium. An iron railing which separat- ed each row of seats from the adjoining tier prevented, think, many from reaching safety. This circumstance combined with the steep incline made it difficult for so large an audience to escape without great delay. The plush on the seats of the hrst balcony was charred but still visible. This does not look to me as though everybody would have gotten out of the theater alive, when you take into account the speed with which the flames had spread My inspec- tion shows that the seats on the main floor were burned but little. The balconies had evidently shielded to large extent the seats in the parquette. The path of the flames was evident. The stage and the ceiling of the theater were biistered and blackened. There was practically no dam age to the furniture on the first floor. The boxes on the second tier were entirely de stroyed by fire, while those on the first floor were burned only in spots, evidently by burning fragments from above"
 THE THEATER.
 The Iroquois theater was completed less than two months ago at a cost of half a million dollars, and was the finest play house in Chicago It was oDened to the public on the night of November 23, with ''Mr. Bluebeard."
 The style of the structure architecturally l 7 is that of the French renassiaance. It had total seating capacity of 1,724 chairs with plenty of good standing ndg @ Gn ses %he ] records of the city building department show that the theater was hsn}elT e9%Gtete re e proof. ali requirements of the law having l been complied fifth.
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s4s5o Velour Coat Gan exquisite
 modeD reduced to ...... .s3s.5o sss.5o Velour Coat (very dressy
 reduced to .... .......... .S25.0o s30.oo Velour Coat (fancy cape ef-
 fect) reduced to...........s2f.5o $24.75 Velvet Coat (long skirt ef- fect) reduced to ..........$17ss
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MANS DAYS Ar THE SHOPS.

Unless they have stonily resisted ap-
 peals so plenteously made both to their
 pity and sels-interest, the women. by this time, have finished their Christmas shopping. The counters are all con- cuered. their money all spent. and the parcels are now at home waiting for tissue and blue ribbon. The three
 weeks canpaign-and seldom has it been more strenuous-is over so far as the principals are concerned, and all that remains is to round up the super numerary men. The three days before
 the great morning are officially set apart for masculine activity, and within
 this period it is not disgraceful for men to be seen in .er1poriums usually sacred to the other sex: within these hours, without loss Of self-respect, they may iaDpear in the temples Of chiffon and
 peau de cole. and without sacrilege draw near to even the most holy bar gain shrines. i Mans consciousness concerning Christ mas is a sluggish lump most difficult to ienliven. His home may be buzzing with
 the Christmas spirit. but he dozes on. His preliminary purchases are practic- ally nil, and he usually is bump against 7. the event before he thinks of it's advent.
 Hence the mems days, as the three just
 before Christmas are called. and the
 presence In the shops Of strange. over
 coated creatures whose awkward bear
 ing betrays uncomsortableness How ever. they are welcome, for it is the
 testimony Of cashiers that while a
 bunch os men are poor shoppers they
 are good buyers. They indulge in no
 butterfly fitting from counter to coun-
 ter, no merely epicure tasting, but make
 a football rush for the first thing in
 sight. Fortunate indeed. on the days
 when the men arrive, is the young wo-
 man whose place Of sale Is near the
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REV HAVEN MORNING 5OURNL

Many niddle-aged residents of this city were, in their youth, among her pupils. Mrs. Phelps was native of Windsor, daughter of Lemuel Welch, and leaves several relatives of that family in the town, including Deputy Sheriff Edson A. Welch and Postmaster Charles T. Welch, both of whom are nephews. She leaves two grand-daughters, living in New York, Mrs. carrie G. Sarles and Edith J. Griswold, who is a practising lawyer. There are also two surviving step-children, ex-Probate Judge Roswell H. Phelps of East Granby, and Mrs: AL line L. Hoff of Philadelphia. Mrs. Phelps was nearly eighty-two years old. Hartford Times.
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HUNDREDS LOST
 IN TAElTER FIRE
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SSyOHltiluSu llOl1l F lISI F dSG.l~s3se- ical because of the speed with which the flames spread through the mass of scenery in the flies and on the stage $ COMEDIAN LAYS FIRE TO ELEC-
 TRIC WIRE.
 ssThe fire began in the middle of the second act, said MT. Foy, the principal comedian. An electric wire broke, was grounded and from this the flames were started in the rear of the stage. The stage is ususually wide, and there was so great draft the flames spread rapidly. They soon had attacked all the scenery in the rear of the house, never believed it possible for fire to spread so quickly. When it first started I went to the footlights, and, to prevent alarming the audience, said that there was slight blaze and that it would be better for all to leave quietly. Then I stepped back and called for the asbestos curtain to be lowered. This, when about falf way down, refused to go further and thus an additional draft was created. This swept the flames out into to auditorium, and knew that the theater was doomed. I hurried back to the stage and aided in getting the women members of the company into the alleys. Some of them were in their dressing rooms and were almost over- come by smoke before they could get down to the stage and to the doors. The simple fact that the curtain did not de- scend entirely was hat saved the lives of the company, although it caused such a horrible catastrophe in the front Cs the house. After the curtain had refused to descend, there came the explosion of the gas tanks and with the curtain down all the fire and gas would have been con!ned between the rear wall of the theater and the fireproof curtain in front. Under these circumstances it would not have been possible for a sim gle member of the company to escape alive unless he or she had been standing immediately in front Of the door lead- Ing into the alley. As it was the draft carried all the gas and fire out before the curtain and the company was saved although their salvation was the death Of so many poor people in front"
 Rarely in the history of Chicago has its people been so stirred as by the calamity of to-day.
 { GREATEST CATASTROPHE SINCE s CHICAGO FIRE"
 is, next to the Chicago fire, the greatest catastrophe that has ever oc- cured here, and the speed with which It came and went seemed for a brief period to appal the business section of the city. The news spread with great rapidity, and in a short time hundreds
 
 ing toward the theater.
 BODIES STACKED UP.
 Although all the patrol wagons and every ambulance owned by the city was pressed into service, they were utterly inadequate to carry away the dead, and in a short time there was line fifty feet long of corpses piled two and three high on the sidewalk in front of the theater; It was found necessary, in order to carry the bodies rapidly to the
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DEATH OF MRS. JULIA F. PHELPS, E &- pIIET pS

Mrs. Julia E. Phelps, widow of Rich ard H. Phelps, died December 29 at the residence of Randolph Griswold in Po- quonnock fWindsor), where she had been cared for during the past year.
 Her former homel for the past twen- weight years, was in East Granby. Previous to her marriage to Mir. Phelps, she (then Mrs. Babcock) had been a teacher in the schools Of Hartford, first in the North school on High street and in later years with Principal Barrows as head of the intermediate department at eht old Center, now the Brown school.
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half price and Russian sables ruinous- ly sacrificed? It seems positive wleng not to avail oneself of such extraordi- nary offers. and poor man is not SO much confused as to what to buy as what not to buy.-New York Commer- cial Advertiser.
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Miss Livingston.
 W. Reinhart.
 Miss Muyre, serious.
 S. A. Muyre and wife
 Ralph Comper.
 l.. M. Mellen. Elgin. III.
 Miss Nellie Wild.
 Mrs. Gallup.
 Mrs. Stratton.
 Mrs. McGill and daughter Jane.
 Mrs. Steinninger.
 s. A. KiIroy and daughter.
 L. E. Reid.
 Mrs. George Everett.
 Miss Stewart.
 William Swick.
 Mrs. James Henning.
 Mrs. D. Seely.
 Mrs. J. !. Johnson.
 Mrs. John Holmes
 Delizy Garland.
 John Kerwin.
 Affy Trevalier, at hospital.
 Lewis Busback, burned and crushed.
 D. A. Stratton, Alpena, Mich.
 William c. Sellers.
 Ralph Kampare, at first reported dead, unconscious at hospital.
 c. L. Robert. ..,. .t,.
 Mrs. Josephine Spencer, serious, at hospital.
 Mary Muegher, at hospital.
 Emerich Hewins, Pittsburg, Ind, at hospital.
 Lillie Alderman, at hospital.
 A. c. Jones, usher, will die.
 Miss Estelle Muir, at hospital.
 Leonard Diddendorf, aged sixteen, of Lincoln. III.
 Louise Dee. will die.
 Found late at night after being re- ported missing.
 Qn the above list two or three persons are given as missing, injured or dead. The death list is, however, accurate ac- cording to last corrections from Chicago at press hour) ..e a s@ NEW YORK POULTRY, PIGEON .,. AND PET STOCK SHOW.
 Next week, beginning on Tuesday morning, January 5, and closing on Sat urday night, at Madison Square Garden, the New York Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock association will have five days ot success with it's fifteenth annual exhi- bition. Tn addition to the poultry and pet stock, the Atlantic Cat club will make a fine showing on Wednesday Thursday and Friday of long and short. haired cats competing for many prizes The cat show will be located in the con. cert hall. while the big space in the garden will have thousands of birds oi the finest breeds. The incubators breeders and exhibition yards will bt features with the finest display in al classes that the association has evel presented. Each year shows the impor' tance of the New York show, not onl. to breeders. but to all who are interest ed in poultry, pigeons and pet stock The arrangements of the show give' each department it's fullest representa- ton, and prize winners from every To cality, and foreign birds will also b, shown. The show has become a fash ionable one, even in the great city, ant it Is never disappointing, either in it'i commercial value to the breeders ant buyers. or to the public, and from min, o'clock in the morning until half pas ten at night the pretty pigeons, tn beautiful fowl, the cunning cavies anS ] the rabies have lots of admirers, whil' ] the cats have their friends who are en' i thusiastic on their pets and favorites.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-21
CLEARING THE PARAsoLs.

CLEARING THE PARASOLS.
Out they go-every parasol for woman
or child. The latest spring and summer
styles, plain, fancy or for mourning at
one-third off.
styles, were so, rs, $1.O0 and 81 so
reduced to "a, so, 67c., and 500
Ladies Taffeta and Twilled Silk Parasols
black and colors-were $500, $3.50
and 3.O0-marked down to $1.34,
$1.67 and 80. $2.OO
SUMMER GLOVES AND MITTS.
The prices all Iisle, Lace Isle and Silk
Mitts and Gloves are marked for swift
selling.
Ladies Lace Lisle Gloves-2 clasp, but
ton and elbow lengths that were %,
SO. 75c. and $1.0O-are IT, "a, so
Silk Lace Mitts, any length. black or
white, pretty patterns-were so, 75c..
$1OO and $125-now "a, SO, 81
and sac
REDUCING MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
There is clearing sale going on in the
Coat Suit Department and every article
lids DCCn iCQOCtds louilb w eholSs ohfl -,
Dresses, Wrappers, Corsets. etc. The bal
ance of muslin underwear to be sold this
week
SHORT SKIRTS.
White Muslin Skirts with H. S. flounce
and tucks, reduced from 6Oc. to-. 4Sc.
Cambria Muslin Skirts, trimmed with
tucks and embroidery, worth $I.25,
Tor MIC.
Fine White Cambria Muslin Skirts.
with beautiful embroidery and groups of
tucks, from 81 SO to...... .1S
Finest White Cambria Muslin Skirts
with wide embroidery founces, were
$500, now ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. AS
LONG WHITE SKIRTS.
Prices on all sharply reduced. Skirts
that are worth one-fourth more at
SITS, $1.98 and ). = ..$2.1S
NIGHT ROBE OFFERINGS.
White Muslin Gowns, plain, but well
made, tucked fronts with Cambria ruffles
around yokes, Soc value. . 39c.
Fine Muslin Night Robes with embroid-
cry and tuck fronts, high neck, low neck,
square and V shape, 75c., SOC. and Csc
CORSET COVERS.
The immense variety offered for your
choosing forbids an extended description,
but the little prices will soon pass them
out-all profit clipped-Sc., I2c., 19c.,
Il and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. &c.
The finest Camric, Nainsook and
French Lawn, handsomely trimmed with
laces and embroideries, 44c., Sac, 79c.
WHITE MUSLIN DRAWERS.
Plain Muslin Drawers with Cambria
Ruffles, tucks and embroidery, Csc, Sic
Others of best quality Muslin, trimmed
with lace and embroidery, 69c., zee.
and :. :. :. >. :. :. ;. :. :. :. :. sec.
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MEMS SOFT BOSOM SHIRTS,
rlhe MADRAS and Percale Shirts, neat pat
terms, last colors, and ideal summer
'li 20 ieuuced to =. 44c.
MEMS KNIT UNDERWEAR.
Here are values that will catch and
nold the attention of money-saving buy
ers.
Mems Ribbed Balbriggan Shirts and Draw
ers, Combed Egyptian Yarn and Tuck
stltcned KNIT underwear Solid Pink and
blue, Ecru and Fine Pin stripes-worth
Que and up-your choice per gar
Anehe :. :. 33c.
MEMS HALF HOSE.
A special run is now eng made on Mems
Fancy Stripe, Drop Stitch, = Lace and
Colored Embroidered Half Hose.
Due. Fancy Socks, go for Csc
zoe Fancy Socks, go for !. :. I. !. lee.
19c Fancy Socks, go for :. :. :. I2kc.
cohGATE's TOILET ARTICLES.
The sterling qualities OF Colgate G. Co. s
soaps, toilet water and vaseline prena-
ratIons has the earned reputation of be-
ing the best. We retail here by the dozen
at wholesale prices.
CASTLE, Palm, Rico, Tuscan and Turkish
Bath soaps, large size cakes, 44c doz..
eaeh =. :. :. !. SIC
Honey and White ClematisS Perfumed
Soaps by the doz. 64c., per cake :. &c.
Elder Flower Qarge cakes and Geraniol
highly perfumed-85c. doz., by the
cake :. :. :. :. =. SIC
Vlors-a new violet perfume and Cash
mere Bouquet Soaps, small and large
size cakes IS, 10 and 24c.
Violet Toilet Water-1A and 3 ounce
ID and :. :. -. :. 37c.
Florida Waters ounce and half pints-
Il and ;. ;. j :. !. :. i. 42c.
La France Rose Toilet Water-full
Dental, perfumed Violet and Tale Pow
ders in large tbs :. I5e
Camphor Ice, Cob Cream and Perfumed
White Vaseline !. Z. ~, IL and I6c.
LADIES' AND CHILDREN,S OXFoRDs.
At half price aid less.
Children's Oxford, were $1.OO and
$I.25 for ;. :. :. :. . soc.
Misses Strap Tic oxfords, $I.25 and
B1.5O for =. 49,. :. 75c.
Misses Patent ouen Strap Ties $500
now So. !. !. 81 90
Indies' Patent I.ather and Vici Kid,
were $3.50 an $500, for $1.25
and 81 so
MEMS FINE sHo:s.
splendid bargain in Mems Balls and
Oxfords They'll srprise you.
Mems $500 Oxfols for :. $500
A5ap-S E0 Cvfnar a
Mems So 90 Oxfors for +. $3.50
a few dozen of Mn's High Cut. Patent
Leather Wei Kid aid Enamel Shoes at
half price. Were So 90, $3.50 and
"a 90. for 81 so, Il rs and :. $500 |
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Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy.

has been a real blessing to our home, and
while it is not king cure-alp" as some
one quantity puts it, it is a wonderful
medicine. In 1901 there was an epidemic
of typhoid fever in this village-two of
our boys (aged and years respectively
were stricken We gave the Remedy
three times daily, doubling or trebling
the dose when the temperature went be-
low normal No other stimulant was used
Patients were dieted and nursed carefully,
and though one of them was very sick,
physician was called in only four times
in the fourteen weeks. The after effect
was splendid, each patient rapidly gained
strength and within two weeks after leav-
ing his cot, was able to go to the Sunday
school. We owe much to Mrs. Joe Persons
Remedy.
About four years ago scrofulitis devel-
oped in one of our children (neither of the
above). The child's life was despaired of
for long while, the mere touching of the
affected limb producing agony After four
months of lowering, apparently over the
brink of the grave. we began to use Mrs.
Joe Persons Remedy with the consent of
our physician. Slowly the blood began
large as an egg passed down the leg, stop
ping above the knee. The doctor lanced
the place, then came no more This open
ing remained for two years, during which
time both Wash and Remedy were daily
used. the boy growing hearty and healthy.
At the end of this time he began to try
to walk. Walked. on call fours" for a
year, then on his feet for the past year.
1T he had grown crooked pitifully so
Had him examined by one of Richmond,
Vas best physicians, who said he was
in splendid condition, and would only
need mechanical treatment. Until 1 get
him straight continue to give him the
medicine he has been taking" This was
done, and in January the little fellow went
to the Retreat for the sick, Richmond.
Va, for this mechanical treatment. In
April he returned to Hasty straight In
all these years not one drop of medicine
except Mrs. Joe Person Remedy. AS a
blood purifier its value is lin my opinion)
priceless. / cannot, in view of all it has
done for us, withhold this testimony.
MRS. ]. T. THOMPSON,
TASTY, Scotland Co, N c., May 4, 1903
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FOR sALE-DENTAL OFFICE, ELE-
gantly furnished; city of 10000 inhabi-
tants; growing practice: only two other
dentists, good reasons for selling; price
reasonable; splendid opening for young
man. Address r. II. D., care News and
Observer.
719-1Wk.
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Trains Leavs Raleigh Daily


w. H. KING DRUG CO.-King- Kola
A. b. .STRONACH CO.-Remnant Sale.
BOYLAN, PEARCE & CO-Carpet Sale
sHAMROCK.-Fife Investment Co., San
Antonio, Tex.
Va.-Statement.
THE UNDERWOOD L. Lindsey,
State Agent, Durham, N. c.
EASTERN LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY OF AMERICA.-Was
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DEMoSTHENES SOUGHT AN HONEST
Man. We are seeking competent and
energetic men TO fill the various posi-
tons we are being constantly called
upon to FILL Are you competent to fill
a better position If SO we shall be
glad to make your acquaintance; we
can use you. Write for plan and book
let. Hapgoods, SIS. Penna. Bldg. Phil
adelphia, Pa.
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THE WEATHER TO-DAY.

Local forecast or Raleigh and vicinity
to p. m. tonight: Tuesday, fair weather
Local data for Raleigh yesterday: Max
imum temperature, go; minimum tempera
ture, ~; mean temperature, 81: total
rainfall. o inches In last twenty foul
hours.
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turned Saturday from Havelock, near
Morehead City, where they spent one week
in hunting for the finy tribe They were
joined by parties in Goldsboro and other
points. They report delightful time and
says fish were plentiful They also bag
ged many ducks and other birds.
Major F., H. French, of the United
States Army, is in the city from Fort Nc
Pherson on his way to Morehead City
where he is the camp instructor detailed
for the Second Regiment of the NORTH
Carolina National Guard.
Don't forget the lawn party "wednesday
and Thursday night in Nash Square. Il
will be given jointly by the Capital Hose
Company and the st. Lukes Home fol
Old Ladies, and the proceeds will be equal
ly divided between these two institutions
each so worthy in its own way.
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FOR SALE-WELL ESTABLISHED
Book and Stationery Store in thriving
Eastern Carolina town. Paying business
on easy terms Address Il. c., care
News and observer.
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WANTED AT ONCE.-A FIRST CLASS
clothing salesman with reference. APP
ply to Lock Box 1856, Wilson, N. c.
7-15-1W.
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WANTED-ONE AND TWO INCH OAK
and poplar lumber. Address, Newberry
Bros. & Cowell. Dunn, N. c.
7-15-7t
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HELP WANTED IN CALIFORNIA; ALL
kinds Full information on receipt of -
cents, on employment, agricultural,
mining and investment opportunities.
State Information Bureau, 23S Brad
bury Building, Los Angeles Cal.
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WANTED-TO BUY A DRUG STORE IN
Eastern North Carolina, in small town,
must have an established trade. Adj
dress ''Salye,' care News and Observer.
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