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TBOC NEW AGJC, POllTLAND, OREGON.
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That
Tired Feeling
la a Common Spring Trouble.
It's a sign that tho blood is deficient
in vitality, Just as pimples and other
eruptions aro signs that tho blood
la impure.
It's a warning, too, which only tha
hazardous fall to heed.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Rcmovo It, glvo now llfo, nevr cotu
ago, strength and animation.
They elennso tho blood and clear the
comploxlon.
Accept no substitute
"I folt tired all the tlmo and could not
sleep. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla
a wbllo I could sleep well and the tired
feeling bad gone. Tlili great medicine has
also cured me of scrofula." Mm. C. M.
Boot, dllcad, Conn. 1
Hood's Saraapnrllla promlaoa t
cure and koopa the promise.
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Jlotiorlnit Donrt Whlto Elephants.
Curious coroiuonlcs ore witnessed In
Shun when one of tho sacred whlto
elephants dlca. It Ih given a funeral
Krnndcr thnn that accorded to princes
of roynl Mood. Huddhlat priests olllel
nto, and thotiHnndH of devout Slameso
men and women follow tho deceased
animal to the grave. Jowela mid of
ferings representing aoino thousands
of pounds arc burled with tho do
pliant
Itcflootlona on ilic SlUkmnn.
Wayne MnuVciigli, tho lawyer and
dlplomnt, has on thu outskirts of Hill
tidclphla an ndmlrahlu stock farm. Ono
day last Rummer Homo poor children
wcro permitted to go over his farm and
when their Inspection wan done to each
of them wnH given a glass of milk.
'J'lio mills wiih excellent. It came, In
fact, from n ?L',000 cow. "Well, boys,
how do you llko It?" tho farmer said
when they had all drained their glasses.
"Qeol Fine," said 0110 llttlo fellow.
Then, after n pause, ho added: "X
,wlsht our milkman kep' a cow." I
men are still rreo to bo tho Blares of
pawlon, thnn which servitude there Is
not a worse
Deafness Cannot lie Cured
lit local applications as tliojr rannot roach tlio
dlwaxiil 'ort on of llio ear. 1 l.oro la only 0110
way 10 euro ilunitivan, and that In by CuimtllU'
lluiialromeillca. iiuafiitsslsraustil liy mi lu
llatiuil condition ul llio mucous lllilnif of tlio
Kiuuchlnn T11I0. When this mini Is fnlliimud
you liavo n rum til Ink sound or liunorfoct boar,
lag, unci when 1 1 Is outlruly closcif. Deafness Is
tnu result, aim unions tlio Inflammation caul
An English lawyer, who had been
cross-examining a witness for some
time, and who had sorely taxed the pa
tlence of the Judge, Jury, and every
one In the court, wns finally asked by
the court to conclude his cross-examination.
Iteforo tolling the witness to
Jtand down, ho accosted him with
this parting sarcasm: "Ah, you're a
clever fellow a very clever fellow
we can all see that" The witness
leaned over from the box, and quietly
retorted: "I would return the compli
ment If I wcro not on onth."
Drowning had a maid In his servlco
who had a gift for saying quaint
things. When the poet was going to
pay the last mark of respect to George
Henry Lowes, sho said she "didn't sco
tho good of catching cold at other peo
ple's funerals." And once, when he
was away on a holiday and a Journal
ist camo to the door to lnqulro if it
wns true that tho poet was dead, she
Indignantly answered: "I havo not
heard so, and I am suro my mnster
Is not the kind of a man to do such
a thing witnout letting us Know.
Whistler's amusing personal conceit
wns charmingly displayed on one oc
casion when A. O. 1'lowdcn, a Ixmdott
police magistrate, attended a prlvato
vlow nt tho Orosvcnor Onllory. "Al
most tho first friend I mot," ho says,
"was Whistler, and ha very good-naturedly
took mo up to a full-length
portrait which he was exhibiting of
Lady Archibald Campbell. After I
had dono my best to express my hum
ble appreciation of it beautiful picture,
I asked him If thcro wcro any other
pictures which he would advlso me to
look nt. 'Other pictures,' said Whistler,
in a tone of horror; 'other plcturcsl
Thcro aro no other plcturcsl You nro
through!' "
The list of silent great men Is a long
one. Especially Is this true of noted
, wnrrlors. Wallensteln, Wellington,
I Von Moltke, Grant Marlborough,
Charlemagne, Hannibal, Caesar, all
gave their orders In ns few words as
1 possible and demanded llko brevity
I from their subordinates. It Is said that
Marlborough never allowed more than
n minute for a verbal report, and It Ib
told of Von Moltko tlint when an aldo-de-camp
brought a written messago
that France had declared war, tho
great general simply ordered It filed
lu tho "second ptgeon-holo on tho
right, first tier." In that pigeon-hole
the minimum number of artist of each
claas In the company, the auditing of
accounts by the Minister of Finance.
In the case of the company called the
Comedie Francalse, It manages Its In
terests under state supervision, but
some great work must be put on every
month, or two smaller worka newly
wrltton or revised, including some
pieces by tiring authors. All the other
theaters are free from state control,
although other towns grant subsidies.
A largo number of musical societies
rccclvo encouragement from tlio cities
by grants and medals for good work.
In Berlin tho royal Prussian opera
houso nnd playhouse recelvo together
tho sum of 270,O0O and the lnnd on
which they stand belongs to the state.
Only one theater Jn Home, Italy, be
longs to the city, but In Florence, the
municipal band rocelves $300 a year
and further small sums for tho muslo
stand and maintenance. Milan owns
part of ono of her theaters nnd sub
sidies nro given others. Lisbon has
two theaters owned by the state, one
having been erected In 1703 by prlvnto
subscriptions.
There are three stato theaters at St
Petersburg and thneo nt Moscow main
tallied at tho expense of tho Emperor.
In tho principal towns aro theaters cs
tabllshed by the stato and In which nro
produced dramas for tho education of
the people. Tho prices nro very low.
At St. Petersburg, Warsaw and Klcff
tho temperance societies maintain
those populnr theaters, but are grnnted
subsidies, tlio amounts In the first
named city totaling over $1,500,000 dur
ing the last flvo years.
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taken out and this tuba to (modioli normal
condition, hearliiK will bo dustroiod fnrovcrf
l.?."f"00'!,.P' " mo camel by Catarrh. wr ram,,tMn nlnna for tho successful
men isnuimiiK iiuiauinuamcu concilium ul
in-mucous surfaces. campaign that followed.
Here Is an anecdote which William
Dean Howells tells of his first personal
recognition ns a writer: "Years ago,
ono evening after a day of lonely sight
seeing In Montreal, I returned to tho
hotel wliero I was stopping, nnd con
sulted tho register In the hope of find
ing tho nnmo of some acquaintance.
I wns disappointed, nnd, turning nwny,
1 mot two welt-dressed young men,
who embraced tho register eagerly,
and, presently, one of them said, to my
great surprlso and Joy: 'Hello, Tom!
Hero's Howells.' 'Oh I I exclaimed,
turning toward Uiem, 'I was Just look
lug for some ono I know, I'm glad to
sco you. I hnpo you'ro no mo fellows
who know mo?' 'Only through your
contributions to tho Saturday Press,'
they replied. It was tho first personal
I recognition of my work as an author
them
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not be cured by Halt's Catarrh Cure. Bend for
circulars, free.
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BoldbynrugKl't'.Kc.
Hall's Family Tills aro llio best.
Hnir-Odiivlotnd.
At a meeting of lawyers in South
Carolina soiuo months ago thcro nroso
a discussion as to who wns the best
lawyer In tho State.
"You want to know who Is tho best
lawyer in South Carolina " asked ono
of tho practitioners.
"Yes. Who Is?" was tho responso.
"I am," replied the attorney, with
becoming modesty.
"You nro?" echoed ono of the com
pany. "Let's hear you prove it."
"Why," retorted tho claimant to su
perior excellence In his profession, "I
dou't havo to provo It I admit It"
Anuj Drum Unwind tiy Dog.
A curious feature connected with tho
Servian army is tho manner In which
most of tho regiments carry tho big
drum. It la not, as In most countries,
ailing In front of thu man who plays
it, but Is placed upon 11 Hinall two
wheeled cart drawn by n sluglo dog,
which has been so trained that It keeps
ita place even through tho longest nnd
most tedious of marches, Tho drum
mer takes up a position behind thu cart
mid performs on thu Instrument us the
animal pulls It along.
that I had ever received from a stniu-
gcr, and the words were golden."
THEATERS OF OLD COUNTRY.
In
The first threshing innchlna was re
cently set up lu Daiuiihcua. It Is a steum
thresher from Indiana.
CASTOR I A
For Infants nnd Children.
The Kind You Havo Always Bought
Slfc'uaturo of OCtjnc&i
There Is lit tin peace or comfort In llfo
it we aro always uuxloua im to futuru
events. Colerhlue.
A Lesson Out of School,
Plalu-mnuiiiTcd, common-senso rela
tives servj 110 more useful purpose
than In keeping down vain pretentious
and silly tendencies lu other members
of tho family. The New York Press
nays that It had become fashionable lu
a certain school to diversify names.
Mattel had become May belle, .May
Maymo, aud soon Jcsslo caught the lu
fectlon. She write, a letter to her elder broth
er, Sam, and slgtied It "Jessica." Sam
detected tho signs of the times,' and
this was his icplyj
"Dear Sister Jessica: Your letter re
ceived. Aunt Marlea and Uncle Qeor
glca started for Hostoulca yesterday.
Maiutca and pnplca are well,
"I bought a new horse yesterday.
She la a beauty: her name Is Maud lea.
Your affectionate brother, Bamlca."
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Mnuy Cltlca They Are Controlled
by the Government.
Tho recent theater horror In Chicago
has turned tho attention of tho country
toward theaters In general and numer
ous cltlca are hurrying to "got their
houses In order" that such a catastro
pho may not occur to them, says the
Municipal Journal aud Engineer. It
would speak better for theso cities if
they did not need such prompting. In
many cities on the continent the opera
tion of thentcra Is not left to private
coucorus, but tho municipalities have
erected the playhouses or subsidized
them, and this Idea Is gradually
spreading.
In Vienna the court theaters were
erected by tho statu on stato lands aud
consist of two buildings for different
phases of tho drama. Tho opera house
for operas, ballets and concerts, cost in
tlio neighborhood of $'J,MS,1)75, while
tlio llurg Theater, for tho drama Itself,
cost $(18,030. The.se theaters aro the
property of tlio Kinperor's treasury
and aro maintained by tho lord cham
berlain's department, and whenever
the revenue does not cover tho ex
penses the Kinperor's civil list makes
up tho difference. Tho chamberlain's
department assumes uo responsibility
in extending the grant, which Is looked
after by Uie Hungarian government.
Ilesldcs the state grants, tho Hoynl
Opera Houso nnd other theaters lu
lludapest rocetvo different grants from
tho state and other smaller grants from
tho city. The provincial towns of Hun
gary assist theater managers by al
lowing froo uso of buildings and help
ing to dofray cost of heating and light
ing. llelgium grants subsidies to com
posers, whoso works are produced In
a Iielglutu theater, and, lu addition,
subsidies aro given to composors pro
ducing their works in French, Kleuilsh
or Walloon. Most of tho cities sub-
( eldtze or own several theaters, some
are given rent freo, and in most of
them the scenery and furniture belong
to U10 town.
I At Sophia, Itulgaria, tho city Is to
' erect a theater as soon as enough mon
ey is accumulated from the stato lot-
I tory.
I In France, tho four national thea
ters occupy the buildings rent freo, but
they must pay the taxes, provide for
maintenance and allow larger repairs
to be made by the state without claim
for damages through Interruption. An
annual subsidy is grnnted to each tho
otcr by the national parliament, ware
houses are provided for storing
scenory. The three largest theaters
. must submit to regulation of the
1 choice of pieces produced, prices of
oats, numbor of performances, as well
aa ths number of new pieces per year,
It Was Onco Uacd by n Lobbyist nnd
Telia a Queer Story.
The San Francisco land grnbbeis'
methods of conveying brlbo money to
employes of tho lnnd ofllco recalls thu
manner in which a certain lobbyist out
West used to make IJ "worth whlto''
for legislators to vote ns he wished. -Illblo
society had placed n copy of the
scriptures In each room of every hotel
In tho State. Whenever tho lobbyist
wished to brlbo n member of tho leg
islature ho would Invito him to his
room and, after going over nil the le
gitimate arguments In favor of his
measure, would nsk if tho legislator
had ever read tho book of Job. It was
a fairly safe guess that ho had not, but
even if ho had not it made no differ
ence. "It Is a wonderful story," the lobby
ist would say, "and I think you would
find It prolltnblo to rend It." Then ho
would plnco tho Illblo in his guest's
hnnd, bidding him read Job while he,
tho lobbyist, stepped out for a few mo
ments.
"How do you like it as far as .you
havo read?" he would ask when ho re
turned. If tho legislator said ho liked it tho
lobbyist know that tho bank note
which ho hnd previously placed be
tween tho leaves at tho beginning of
tho book of Job was of a satisfactory
denomination.
They used to tell the story out ttieio
that legislator onco took tho mnnoy
and then voted ngalnst tho lobbyist's'
measure, whereupon tho lobbyist
frightened him Into giving bnck the
money by threatening to prosecuto
htm for grand larceny. And, suro
enough, It wns nothing less, for tho
lobbyist had not said a word to Indl
cato that he meant to havo tho legis
lator take tho money, and, of course, n
innn lias a right to use a $1,000 bill
as a bookmark If he wants to. Brook
lyn Eagle.
MOURNING IN JAPAN.
Japan has two religions Shlntolsm, U10 national religion, of which the
Mikado is "Pope, King, and a Deity rolled Into one:" and Buddhism, fos
tered by tho usurping Shoguns, or Tycoon Emperors. A Buddhist funeral
and cremation are mndo the occasion of ctabornto ceremonial. Tho body,
borno on a kngo, or palanquin hearse, is carried to a tcmplo aud there laid
upon tlio steps, whllo tho mourners enter to pray a ceremony followed by
the distribution of sweets wrapped In tissue paper. This Is In turn succeeded
by tho cremation, which takes placo In a small room some ten feet square,
with a cowl or chimney. The less ornamental part of the kogo Is burned
with tho body, but the templo-llko roof is usually removed before the crema
tion, so that it may serve again. After remaining for as long ns possible In
side the crematorium, tho mourners Join the relations of tho deceased in a
"wnko" already begun by them.
WE HAVE THE TRADE ON FINE CIGARS. WHY ?
LA INTEQRIDAD "HENRY THE FOURTH "
EL SIDELO "Good Reason?
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I.STAIII.I-1IKI) 1831.
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JAPAN'S FIGHTING ADMIRAL.
Ilclhnclilro Toko, NhvdI Hero Who la
Culled the Dcwcy of the Orient.
A general or on admiral Is judged
by rosults. Measured by this Btand-
ard Togo Is entitled to bo classed
among the great captains. He Is tlid
kind of man who says llttlo and docs
much. There Is nothing of tho spec
tacular about him. Uo goes through
no preliminaries and gives few orders.
Hut he strikes. After ttint tho other
fellow does tho talking, provided ho is
nblc.
That was a choice bit that Togo got
off when ho made his modest report of
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Is held in Japan to consult with tho
emperor nnd tho cabinet, tho actlvo
command lu tho present war fell on
Toga
Ilclhnchlro Togo was born on Oct
14, 1S57. He comes from the famous
Sntsuma clan that has furnished all
the naval heroes of tho kingdom. Uo
was educated In a war college nt
home, thou went to England, whero ho
Bpent two years, 1873 and 1874, In the
Incorporated Thames Nautical Train
ing College, which was conducted on
bonrd the Worcester. Ho ulso spent
soino time at tho Greenwich Naval
Academy nnd served for ono voyngo
on an English warship. Returning
home, he gradually worked his way
up until ho precipitated the war with
China by 'sinking the If owshlng.
In appenrnnco ho Is very much of a
Jap, with a rather sparse mustacho
and beard and very llttlo of tho pro
verbial Oriental slant of the eye. Ho
Is short, almost stout, rather reserved
and is cool, keen, alert and deter
mined. Admiral Togo has ono wife, which
Is a limitation to which every Jap doe
not subject himself. Prom this union
there arc four children, three sons nnd
ono daughter. Tho two older sons aro
already being trained to enter the
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AUUIIIAL TOGO.
the attack that so nearly put the Rus
sian Tort Arthur licet out of business.
Ho said he thought "the moral effect"
on the Russians would bo good. It was
good; so was tho remark.
This Is Togo's second war. It was
also his privilege to strike tho first
blow against China. Ho was captain
of only ono little ship then, not even
an armored vessel In the modern senso
of the term. It was a second. class
cruiser of 3,727 tons carrying two ten
inch guns, six rive-Inch, ton Maxims
and two nlno-pounders. This was the
Nanlwa, of which Togo remained cap
tain throughout tho year. It'snw the
most lighting of any ship of tho line.
It wns on July 25, 1804, boforo tho
actual declaration of war, that the
Nnnlwn ran afoul of the British steam
er Koshwlng loaded with Chinese
troops nnd military stores bound for
Korea. A gun boomed on tlio Nanlwn
as a signal to stop. Tho Kowshlng
stopped. Togo signaled, "Itemnln
whero you nro or take tho couse
quencos." Tlio Kowshlng romnlned.
Shortly afterward camo another slg
nnl to follow the Nanlwn. Tho Brit
ish captain started to obey, but here
Fair May.
During the reform riots in Hydo
Park, London, in 18(10, tho mob, on a
well-remembered night, begnn tearing
down the fences of Hyde Turk for tires
and barricades. Colonel Thomas Went
worth Ulggiuson tells lu tho Atlantic
Monthly of an English otllccr who wns
dining with a friend, nil unconscious
of tho Impending danger. Presently
ho received a summons from tho War
Department, telling him that his regi
ment wns ordered out to deal with the
mob.
IIo hastened back to his own house,
hut when ho called for his horse he
found that his servant hnd received
permission to go out for tho evening,
and had tho key of tho stable lu tils
pocket. The olllcer hastily donned his
uniform, nnd then had to proceed on
foot to tho Guards' Armory, which Iny
on the other sldo of Hyde Park. Walk
ing hastily In that direction, ho came
out unexpectedly at tho very headquar
ters of the mob, wliero thoy wcro al
ready piling up the fences.
Ills uniform wns recognized, nnd an
gry shouts arose. It must havo seemed
for the moment to the mob that tho
Lord had dell voted their worst enemy
Into their hands.
There was but ono thing to be dono.
IIo made his way straight toward thu
center of action, nnd called to a man
who was mounted on the pile, and was
evidently thu leader of the tumult:
"I Bay, my good man, my regiment
has bcon called out by her Majesty's
orders. Will you give me a hand over
this pllo?"
The man hesitated a minute, nnd
then said with decision, "Hoys, the
gentleman Is right Ho Is doing his
duty, and wo havo no quarrel with
him. fond a hand and help him over."
This wns promptly done with entire
respect, and the olllcer In his brilliant
uniform went hastily on his way amid
three cheers from the mob. Then tho
mob returned to Its work, to complete
It If possible before he whom they had tho Chinese balked, oven threatening
ORIGIN OF THE BAGPIPE. GREAT FALLS
MONTANA
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TOQO'8 WIFE AM) CH1LDBKN.
aided should come back at the head of
tils regiment, nnd perhaps order thein
to bo shot down,
Cause for OUcusc,
Smith had not spoken to his wife nil
tho way homo from the dinner party.
"What's tho matter, dear " said
Mrs. Smith, as sho removed her wraps.
"Have I offended you?"
"I should say you had! That ama
teur poetess that sat next to me so
cited spring poetry all during dinner,
aud she never would havo had the
ghost of an opening If you hadn't men
tinned seeing those two roblus this
morning." Detroit Free Press,
Land tor Opium.
Tlio Indian government now has
about 000,000 acres of land devoted to
opium raising. Most of tho product !
shipped to China.
to kill the captain. Togo hesitated not
au lustant. Warning the Europeans
to leave the Kowshlng, be turned loose
a torpedo aud several guns. In the
language of one of the European oUl
cers of tho Kowshlng, ''the day be
came night; pieces of coal, ipllutera
and water tilled the air, Then I be
lieve all of us leaped overboard and
warn." Togo made no attompt tu
rescue those in the water. He was
the son of a Satsuma samurai, and
that was not his idea of war. But be
did send a boat and saved the life of
the half drowned British captain, who
had been a schoolmate in England.
After the war Togo was promoted to
rear admiral and placed third in com
mand in the Japanese fleet. Later he
was made commander in chief of the
dockyard at Matzuru and still later
vice admiral. As tho admiral "Jlttle
Ito" not the marquis, by tna way
Musical Instrument Bald to Have
Come OrlRlnatty from Unulund.
Tho conference of tho Incorporated
Society of Musicians wns held recently
In tho Athenaeum Hall, Glasgow, says
tho London Telegraph. Dr. Daniel
Ferguson Wilson, of Glnsgow, tho
chairman for the day, In an nddrcsi
on "Folk Music of Scotland," said it
was on record thnt In the twelfth cen
tury the people Bang songs nnd used
for their delight tho harp, tho tabor
and tho choro. Thcro was somo differ
ence of opinion regaidlng the identity
of the choro. Somo thought It was tho
bagpipe, while others arguod that It
could not be, for they maintained that
this Instrument was not Imported from
England till nt least a century after
this date. Judging by nppenranco, hn
vtas disposed to think that tho choro
wns tho bagpipe, for it would havo
been a sorry sight for a historian to
witness a htghlaudor wandering In his
nntlvo straths nnd glens with a harp
In bis hand. Even although It was
conceded that tho English Introduced
tho bagpipes to these isles, It must oo
ndmltted that whenever the highland,
crs gained tho acquaintance of tho In
strument they mado tho inort of it.
Dealing with the question why Scot
land had not tnken her place among
tho muslcnl nations of tho world, a ro
cent writer hnd given It ns his opinion
thnt tho bagpipe was the cause of her
undoing, but It was more probnblo
that tho cattso lay in the lack of en
vironment. Scottish music, however,
had at length obtained nn entree to
the best society, chiefly (icrmnn, and
great hopes were entertained for It.
Dr. dimming, of London, said ho
was sorry to hear that tho Scots Had
got tho bagptpo In Its present stato of
perfection from England. For tho sake
of tlio sins for which tney would tie
punished hereafter, ho hoped that tho
English did not invent 1110 ungpipe.
Tli 11 Uses of I'.ilm Trees
The various kinds of palm trees on
tho Island of Ceylon nre lu themselves
of great interest, aud wheu their dif
ferent uses nre explained a person can
well appreciate how essential Uiey aro
to tho natives In tho low country Sin
galeso districts. The. kernel of tho co
toanut Is a necessary element In his
dally curry; the "milk" Is the bever
age offered to every visitor to his do
main; his only lamp Is fed from the oil;
his nets for ushlng are manufactured
from Its fibre, as is also the rope which
keeps his goat or cow from going
astray; while the rafters of his houso,
the rttch of the roof and the window
blinds aro made from Its leaf and
wood. There Is, perhaps, no product
In the world that Is put to so many
and such profitable uses as the coeou
nut palm, for, even before It Is grown,
Ita leaf ribs are tied together to make
brooms for sweeping and cages for
birds.
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He I think I ought to take a hot
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She Out In the pantry.
He Psbawl It's dark out there and
I haven't got a match.
She You don't need a match to lo
cate it It'a right alongside of the
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