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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
"Curiosity Killed the Cat"

The saying Curiosity killed the
cat" is believed to be a corruption
of the older saying "Care killed the
cat" It is one of the sayings per-
petuated more by sound than sense.
A proverb known in England and
Scotland from time immemorial
says that a cat has nine lives, yet
care will wear them out. "Hang
sorrow, care will kill a cat," occurs
in Christmas" a poem written by
George Wither, who died in 1867.
The same line is attributed to Ben
Johnson, John Taylor and others.
This proverb probably referred orig
inally to the fact that cats are fire.
quently so petted and pampered
that they sicken and die. However,
cats are not usually thought of as
being especially curious. Why "Care
killed the cat'' was changed to
Curiosity killed the cat" is a puz-
cling question. One writer says a
plausible explanation of this change
is found in the fact that one of the
figurative senses of "cat" is "a
human being who scratches like a
cat, particularly a spiteful or back
biting woman"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
COLORA

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Durham, West Noting
ham, last Friday night at the home
of Mrs. Harry Plummer, Rising
Sun.
Mrs. Marion Tatum is having her
house painted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brinton Miller, Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Roop, of Washing
ton, D. c., spent Sunday here at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Jones.
Mrs. Anna Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
Evan Heating, Avondale, Pa, and
Mrs. Taylor McVey, of Greenhurst,
were recent callers at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Way and the
Norman Ways.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Rawlings
David and Mabel Rawlings visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wright Sun
day.
Little Miss Harriet Ann Jenness
of Elkton is spending the week with
her grand parents Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam T. Jenness.
The David McVeys, of Media;
Mrs., William Fulton and son, of
Oxford, were recent visitors at the
home of their father Walter o. Nc
vey, Porters Bridge.
Mrs. Annie Pierce, of Chester, and
Mrs. Robert Muldoon of this town
were callers last Friday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Pierce's cousins,
Mrs. Cecil Kirk, and Mrs. Annie
Aiken.
Mrs. Elwood Foster spent Thurs
day last with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Keim, Rising Sun.
A. Bennett and family, Philadel-
phia, were weekend guests of Mrs.
w. N. Wilson, who returned to Phil
adelphia with them for a few days:
Miss Genevieve Foster and aunt
Miss Mary Foster, were New York
visitors last week. They also visited
the Harry Pewells, Newark, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton Campbell,
of Port Deposit. Mrs. Henry Love
and daughter, Miss Martha, were cal
lers at the home of Lawson Love
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. S. E. Riley, Mrs. S. w. Fitz-
gerald and Mrs. Ruth Riley were
shoppers in Lancaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gray, of
Wilmington, week-ended with his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Granville Barrett, Rising Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
WOODLAND

The members of HOpewell M. e.
Church are having Buyway Bazaar
in the Church House the evening OF
the 18th and 14th October. There
will be house to house canvass Tor
anything you care to donate, and
each evening they will be auctioned
off. The first evening there will be
an Amateur hour, and Musical
program the second evening. Pro-
ceeds to wipe out the debt made last
Spring when much needed repairing
had to be done at the parsonage.
Mrs. Ella Williams Wells, of Phil
adelphia, spent the first of this week
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Astle.
The Woodlawn w. c. T. U. met
with Mrs. Milton fletcher, Friday
afternoon of last week.
Miss Matte Taylor, of Whining
ton, spent the past two weeks with
her brother, Mr.. Evans Taylor.
Robert Jackson is attending Della
ware College.
Mrs. Cecil Paxton is in Maryland
General Hospital, Balto., for treat
ment
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Lynch have re-
turned to their home in Laurelton,
l.. l., after spending a week at 1.-The
Run"
Mrs. ]. c. Bell of Glenolden, Pa,
spent this week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Tyson.
Mr.. Howard Barnes, son Norman
Leo Bitner, Joseph Gatchel and
Rufus M. Jackson drove down to
College Park, Sunday to see their
friends Ralph and Amos Burlin and
William G. Jackson, students at the
University.
Mrs. o. G.. Smith is with her
daughter, Mrs. Walter Streeper,
Philadelphia.
Barclay Reynolds spent several
days this week at his Alma Mater,
Bucknell College. Lewisburg, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Marker are
enjoying a motor trip to the Old
Dominion State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30

If poultry owners OF Maryland
want to know how to save money
they should read and digest the re-
suits of a recent survey conducted
by Paul r. Poffenberger, of the Uni
versity of Maryland Department OF
Agricultural Economics. Mr.. Poffen-
berger found that among zoo Mary
land poultrymen who bought baby
chick mortality among chicks secur-
ed from breeding stock that had
been tested for pullorum disease
was about IA percent, whereas
chicks secured from breeding stock
that was not tested had mortality
of about 23 percent.
He discovered in addition that
chicks purchased from Maryland
hatchery operators had mortality
of about II percent, whereas chicks
purchased from hatcheries outside
the state had a mortality Of over
l6 percent. A little more was paid
for out-of-state chicks than for
chicks raised In MARYLAND.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
Sacred Cactus Used by
Indians in Celebrating

Certain varieties of cacti prefer
the exposed mountain tops, and it is
there only that they are found in
profusion. One, the Epitholantha,
blooms early in the spring, before
the rainy season, so that it's minute
supply of pollen will not be spoiled
by moisture. The flower shrivels
and disappears entirely, but under
the thick mat of spines the fruity
seed pod develops, writes Curtis
Redfern in the New York World
Telegram.
When ripe these pods again come
into view, burst open and scatter
their seeds to the wind. Or hungry
birds, attracted by its brilliant red
color come along and help to broad
cast them.
Echinocereus stramineus follows
a different method of protecting its
seed until they are fully ripe. Until
the fruit is ripe the pod itself de-
velops innumerable wicked spines.
This armor protects the seeds until
they are fully ripe. Then, having
served their purpose, the spines
drop off at the slightest touch. This
species, called the desert strawber-
ry, is greatly priced by the natives
as well as the birds.
There is a species called the
sacred mushroom, or mescal but
ton, that grows in northwestern Mex
leo. Each year medicine men of
Indian tribes in Oklahoma make
the pilgrimage to Mexico for their
years supply Of this species. Arriv-
ing, the medicine man in full tribal
regalia offers prayers to the Great
Spirit and with much ceremony the
plants are harvested, cut up and
dried. Later at their tribal festivals
they are eaten and produce a highly
narcotic effect, accompanied by
pleasant Authorizations. These are
believed by the Indians to be mes
sages from the happy hunting
grounds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
POTATO RECORD THIS YEAR
SET AT HERSHEY

The Hershey, Pa, Industrial
School Farm at Hershey has COM
pleted digging record acre of po-
tatoes with yield of TAI bushels
per acre, according to A. S. From
meyer and Glen E. Miller, County
agents in Dauphin County.
This yield surpasses, by forty
eight bushels, the former Pennsyl-
vania record which was held by Wal
ton and Sons, Chester County, with
a yield of 693 bushels per acre.
John J. Daniel, superintendent OF
of the Hershey Industrial School
farm, reports that this acre was
planted on April ~, 1888, with
forty-seven bushels of Maine Green
Mountain seed potatoes. Approx
mately ten tons of fertilizer were
applied to the acre, 900 pounds OF
7-21-21 fertilizer were broadcast be-
fore planting and an additional 200
pounds of the same fertilizer was ap-
piled when the plants were four to
five inches high.
The potatoes were planted in rows
two feet wide and six inches apart
in the row. They were irrigated dur
ing the dry season in August and
were sprayed seven times with "A
SO Bordeaux mixture with a pres
sure of 500 pounds.
Mr.. Daniel grows about thirty
acres of potatoes on the school farm
under general farm conditions. His
record acre in 1897 produced $40
bushels per acre.
Harrisburg Patriot
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
How Horse Trots

The trot is progressive motion
of a quadruped, as a horse, in
which each diagonal pair of legs is
alternately lifted, thrust forward
and placed upon the ground with
approximate synchrony, the body of
the animal being entirely unsup-
ported twice during each stride.
When horse is trotting at high
rate Of speed, the forefoot usually
precedes its diagonal hind foot in
being lifted from and placed upon
the ground, and the body is entirely
without support for about one-half
of the total length of the stride.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30

The first Poultry Products Mar
keting School at the University OF
Maryland, which included a three
day session from September IA to
IL, attracted representatives from
nine states and the District of
Columbia.
The school was planned and ar
ranged by Professor James M. Gwin,
who is in charge of poultry market
ing work at the University. Out
standing authorities on various
phases of the subject from number
of states appeared for lectures and
demonstrations covering the prac-
teal and scientific problems connect
ed with marketing high-grade poul-
try products.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
Cecil County High School Fall
Athletics
Soccer and Field Ball-193S

Soccer and Field Ball-193S
September 30th-Elkton at North
East, Calvert at Kenmore, Cecilton
at Chesapeake City, Rising Sun at
Perryville.
October 7th-North East at Cecil
ton, Kenmore at Rising Sun, Chesa-
peake City at Elkton, Perryville at
Calvert.
October 14th-Elkton at Cecilton
Rising Sun at Calvert, Chesapeake
City at North East, Kenmore at
Perryville,
October 21st-Cecilton at Elk
ton, Calvert at Rising Sun, North
East at Chesapeake City, Perryville
at Kenmore.
October 27th-Elkton at Chesa-
peake City, Rising Sun at Kenmore,
North East at Elkton, Perryville at
Rising Sun.
November 11th-ChampionshiI
Game. Postponed games to be play
ed on following Tuesday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
Seaweed Favorite Among
Natives of Other Lands

Seaweed does not sound very ap-
petizing, yet it is eaten in practical
ly every part of the world. On the
railway stations in Japan the re-
freshment vendors call out "Ben-to,
ben-to," which is seaweed made into
all kinds of delicacies with the addi-
ton of rice.
But we need not roam so far from
home as the China seas to discov-
er where seaweed is eaten, for va
rious kinds are used as food in Ire
land and Scotland, and certain va
rieties are sold in London, states
a writer in London Answers Maya
zine.
China has always been noted as
a country of strange dishes, such as
newly born mice, arranged round a
dish of honey syrup and eaten prac-
tically whole. Then there is birds
nest soup. The birds are kind of
swift, which, when making it's nest,
elects a kind of glutinous sub
stance resembling gelatine. This
is stewed to form the basis of the
soup.
More curious still is the belief of
Japanese singing girls that if they
swallow live worms their voices will
be improved-and they act on it.
In Uganda ants are eaten. Some
natives devour them raw, others
cooked. In the southern Pacific at
certain seasons the coming of an
edible marine worm Is eagerly
awaited, while in other parts of the
Tropics large grubs inhabiting the
palm trees are roasted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30

A 2 percent decrease in Mary
lands 1888 feed grain production,
as compared with last year, hay
crop IL percent larger, an increase
of 10 percent in this years tobacco
crop, a 23 percent reduction in APP
pie production, an IS percent small
Ter peach crop than that of 1887,
decrease of 8 percent in the potato
crop and a sweetpotato production
about 20 percent larger, are indie
ated by the most recent survey OF
the Maryland Crop Reporting Ser
vice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
RISING SUN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
BY The journalism Club
EDITORIAL

During recent years, our scholas-.
tic body at Rising Sun has Deeh
living in an increasingly better en-
yironment. This is naturally, as 1t
should be, but in the opening OF THIS
new school year, we wish to review
the many improvements that have
recently helped our school, and to
sketch over those which we Delleve
will help us in 1899.
Every year has brought its ad-
ditions to school life. Rather re-
Gently Mr.. and Mrs. HYDE, with their
marionette show, appeared Tor the
first time on Rising Suns assembly
program. They have been popular
feature since then. Two years ago the
first issues of the schools then new
" formed paper, The Ray, appeared
before the student body. 1t proved
valuable aid in bringing messages
from teachers to pupils, and in plac-
ing other news before the school.
Last year found many new I'M
provements entering school life. At
a considerable expense and trouble,
basketball equipment was installed
in the auditorium, making possible
the playing of class and inter-
scholastic games. The addition OF
Mr.. Shingler, boys basketball coach,
to the teaching staff helped greatly.
Ping pong (table tennis) was also
new to the school, it being played
during noon hours and after school
during the winter. For the first time
in the history of the school, we'll
organized system of fire drills was
put into use. Last year also saw, for
the first time, another major project
the making of the Senior Annual
Although previous graduating class
es had none, future ones Will con-
slider this year Book indispensable
Throughout these years, our school
library has had small but valuable
additions.
Having reviewed few of the
principal improvements to school life
in recent years, we will now turn to
the present, thanking Mr.. thinner
man and others who made those inn
provements possible.
This year, for the first time, we
have been able to have Mrs. Mackie
and Mr.. Warren, our home econom-
les and industrial art teachers, five
days a week. Previously they taught
three days here and twice
at Calvert during the week
This will not only enable us to have
an improved curriculum, but will
help Mr.. Warren, soccer and base
ball coach, build better teams.
Owning partly to Mr.. thinner
mans endeavors last year, we ex-
pect a better assembly program for
this year. We also look forward
to, for the first time, the publication
of a school magazine at Rising Sun
High. This magazine will succeed
the older school paper, The Ray, as
a distributor of news to the student
body. 1t will also publish articles,
stories, and other interesting fea-
lures.
Looking backward, we see many
accomplishments which we believe
we can justly call credit to the
school and it's leaders. We see sew
eral this year. We are looking for
ward to seeing many more as the
years roll around.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
WILLIAM T. DEMPSEY

William T. Dempsey, aged 81
years formerly of Cecil County died
Sept II, at his home in st. Louis,
Mo-, after long illness of complica-
lions. He was son of the late
Archibald G. and Sophy e. Dempsey,
of near Elkton. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Mildred Dempsey; one
sister, Mrs. Watson w. Koelig, of
Elsmere, and two brothers, Walter
G. Dempsey, of Bellefonte, and Con-
rad M. Dempsey, of Oxford Pa. In
torment was made at Morocco,
Indiana.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
School Supper

The chicken supper of Thursday,
Sept. %, held in the auditorium by
the high school, proved to be grea It
success this year. In fact, owing to
the cooperation of the community
and students of the school, we took
in eighty-four dollars, record, for
another record with clears nee OF
slightly over seventy-eight dollars.
The patronage of the community
is appreciated greatly, as is the
whole-hearted way in which mem
bers of the school and their families
helped.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
With an annual income of a,

With an annual income Of ap-
proximately $15,0O0,0O0, or about
20 percent of the total agricultural
income, Maryland's poultry industry
is exceeded only by the dairy indus
try in value of its products, DR..
Thomas B. Symons, dean and direc-
tor of the University of Maryland
extension service, told the group at
tending the Poultry Products Mar
keting School, which was held at the
University ON September IA to II.
He stated that 90 percent of all
farms in the state raise poultry.
either as Q specialized OF supple
mental enterprise
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
Card OF Thanks

We wish to express our. thanks
for the assistance given and SYM
pathy rendered in the trying time
of illness and death of wife and sis
ter, Mrs. Mettie Bird Baker. Also
for the beautiful floral offerings and
the automobiles at the time of the
funeral.
F. E. Baker
w. X. Bird and
family
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30

The word curfew is taken from
the French words, "couvrir feu, -
and describes the obligation which
was placed upon all citizens to cover
with ashes or to bank any fire which
they might have in their houses at
q certain time Of the day when the
curfew bell was rung. This was soon
after shutdown and was q measure Of
fire prevention.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
NOTICE TO GUNNERs

Trespassing or cunning of any
form, day or night, is positively for
hidden, under penalty of the law,
on the premises of the undersigned.
James Riale,
Liberty Grove. Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
CLERK OF COURT

Having been nominated for the
Office of Clerk of the Court. The
support of all voters at the Novem-
Der Election will be greatly appreci-
ated.
Ralph r. Crothers,
Zion, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
DEATHS
MRS. MARCIA HURFORD

The remains of Mrs. Marcia Yer
non Hurford, wife of Maris Hurford,
formerly of Cecil county, who died
at her home in Camden, N. j., Sept.
10, were brought to Rosebank ceme-
terry, Calvert, for interment. The de-
ceased was 40 years of age.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
Tuesday, October Is, 1888

The time of sitting will be 9 A. M.
to 8 P. M.
The last mentioned day, October
10, is for the purpose of revising
the Registration List, and no new
names shall be added, except where
the applicant produces removal
certificate, in which case the said
applicant shall be entitled to regis
tration.
First District, A to Nc, Inclusive
At Cecilton, on Main street. in Jun
ior Order American Mechanics Hall.
First District, N to z, inclusive
At Cecilton, on Main street. in Jun
ior Order American Mechanics Hall.
Second District, A tonic, inclusive
AT Chesapeake City, in Civic Club
Hall, ON Bohemia avenue.
Second District, N to z, inclusive
At Chesapeake City, in Civic Club
Hall, on Bohemia avenue.
Third District, First Precinct
A to F, inclusive-At Elkton, in
Council Hall Building, on North
street.
Third District, First Precinct
G to Nc, inclusive-At ElktOn, in
Council Hall Building, on North
street.
Third District, First Precinct
N to 2, inclusive-At Elkton, in
Council Hall Building, on North
street.
Third District, Second Precinct,
A to j, inclusive-At Elkton, in
Herman LETTERS Warehouse, on West
Main street.
Third District, Second Precinct,
X to u, inclusive-At Elkton, In
Herman letters Warehouse, on West
Main street.
Fourth District, A to J, Inclusive
At Fair Hill, in the former Henry
Hess property, opposite Foxcatchers
Hounds Club House.
Fourth District, X to q, Inclusive
At Fair Hill, in the former Henry
Hess property, opposite FOAcatchers
Hounds Club House.
Fifth District, First Precinct,
A to Nc, inclusive-At North East,
in the Store Building of William 4.
Roney, on Main street.
Fifth District, First Precinct,
N to z, inclusive-At North East,
in the Store Building of William T..
Rooney, On Main street.
Fifth District, Second Precinct
At Charlestown, in Mrs. Sarah E.
Cooper's Store Building, on Main
street.
Sixth District, A to F, inclusive
At Rising Sun, in the Fire House.
Sixth District, G to Nc, inclusive
At Rising Sun, in the Fire House.
Sixth District, N to 2, inclusive
At Rising Sun, in the Fire House. .
Seventh District, First Precinct,
A to Nc, inclusive-At Port De-
posit, in Fire Engine House. on Main
street.
seventh District, First Precinct
N to 2, inclusive-At Port De-
post, in Fire Engine House. on Main
street.
Seventh District, Second Precinct,
A to Nc, inclusive-At Perryvllle,
in Junior Order American Mechanics
Hall building.
Seventh District, Second Precinct,
N to q, inclusive-At Perryvilie,
in Junior Order American Mechanics
Hall building.
Eight District-At lakewood, In
American Mechanics Hall.
Ninth District-At Calvert, in
Rosebank Cemetery Hall.
BY order of
TOBIAS RUDOLPH, President;
CHARLES BIDDLE,
T. BAYARD VINEYARD,
Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tions of Cecil, County.
HENRY A. WARBUTON, Attorney.
STANLEY d. JEFFERS, Clerk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30

More than 200 All Club boys
and girls from 16 counties took part
in demonstrations. Judging contests,
cake baking and livestock exhibit
tions at the Maryland State Fair st
Timonium this year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
ASSISTANT TREASURER

l respectfully ask the support of
all voters for the Office of Assistant
County Treasurer, at the General
Election in November.
w. Herbert Baker,
Elkton, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
FOR TREASURER

Having been nominated at the
Democratic primary, l will appreci-
ate the support of all voter at the
General Election in November.
Edwin S. Dorcus, Elkton
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
POLITICAL CARDS
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

respectfully ask the support of
all of the voters for the office of
County Commissioner.
Harry d. Barnes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30
N O TICE!

l will not be responsible for any
debts contracted, or any automobile
damage done by Earl Baugher.
H. H. Baugher
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30

Much of the charity that begins at
home is too feeble to set across the
street.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-30

Next Week.
Call OF The Rockies
Crime Ring
Holiday
Three Blind Mice
Passport Husband
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-14
yOGELSANG. BROWN. CRAM. FEELY &
FINNEY, Attorneys.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the District Of Column
bia. Holding Probate Court.--1n the matter
ceased.-No. 53233-order Of Publica-
Application having been made here
in for probate Of the last will, and tesla
ment OF the said deceased. and for letters
testamentary on. said estate BY Edward
c. Finney. it is this 9Th day Of May: Ap.
1928. ORDERED that Elmer z. smith.
washington, d. C.. j. Graf Smith. 4205
Thirty-r1inth Street. Northwest. Washing
ton, D. C.. Edgar Smith. Annapolis Boule-
yard Savannah Park. Maryland. Frank A.
Smith 1868 Myrtle Avenue San Diego,
California. Mrs Frank O'Connor. 2a44
West North Avenue. Baltimore. MARYLAND
Mrs E,wood Wilberson. 321 Martindale
Avenue, Baltimore. Maryland. Mrs, Anna
Bross. BIO clifton Avenue. Baltimore.
Maryland. Mrs James Preston Williams.
1903 Hilton Street. Baltimore. Maryland;
and the unknown heirs at law and next OF
kin of Walter F. Smith. deceased: and al
others concerned to appear in the said
Court on the Goth day Of June. 1898. at
10 o'clock. AM, to show cause why such
application should not be granted dun, Let ls
ington Law Reporter." and the Evening
weeks before the return day herein men.
than thirty 800 DAYS before said return
day. JESSE c. ADKINS Justice. tSeal)
true COPY. Attest: THEODORE COGS-
WELL Register of Wills for the District OF
Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court.
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