Difficult Digestion
That is dyspepsia.
It makes life miserable.
Its sufferers eat not because they want to.
bat simply because they, mint.
They know they are irritable and fretful ;
but they cannot be otherwise.
They complain of a bad taste In the
mouth, a tenderness at the pit of the stom
ach, an uneasy feeling of puffy fulness.
headache, heartburn and what not.
The effectual remedy, prored by perma
nent cures of thousands of severe cases, is
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Hood's Pills are the beat cathartic
Erudition,
"Remember," said the Boston boy's
ancle, "that children should be seen
and not heard."
"My dear sir," was the courteous
rejoinder, "that i.yone of the theories
whose fallacy has long since been ad'
mitted bv civilized nations. The em
peror of China is about the only person
in the world who gives it serious con
eideration." Washington Star.
Who! Your Grocer?
If he doesn't handle Monopole Spices
he ought to. If you want to try them,
send us his name and address with two
2-cent stamps for postage and we will
send vou a 10 cent tinof Monopole
Cayenne or Ginger or White .Pepper or
other variety. We know you'll say it
is the finest you ever used. Send at
once to Wadhams & Kerr Bros., Port
land, Oregon.
Retaining Fee.
Guest Are tips expected here?
Waiter No, sah ; we doan accept nc
vulgar tips, sah. We is free-bohn
American citizens, sah. we is. and we
wish to preserve our self respect, sah.,!
"I am glad to hear that."
"Yes. sah, all we require is a retain'
ing fee, same as lawyers, sah." New
York Weekly.
Hamlin's Wizard Oil is a good medi
cine ; pain and suffering cannot abide
with H ; your an:ggist win tea you so.
Noah's Troubles.
"Confound that dinosaurus!" ex
claimed Noah, as the ark gave such a
lurch to starboard that the waves
dashed against the roof. "I wish it
would learn to stay on its own side of
the boat!"
Then Noah seized a handspike and
started below deck to shift the cargo.
Ohio State Journal.
Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use tor their
gmiuren aurmg me teeming penoa.
Domestic Troubles.
Mr. Nagget Oh, what's the matter
with you? You're forever finding
fault.
Mrs. Nagget (sweetly) Well, that
equalizes things. You're forever losing
one.
Mr. Nagget Losing one?
Mrs. Nagget Yes, your temper.
Surely that's a fault.
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tle doubtful.iibout you."
"Then why not have me looked up?
You would then have known that I
never pay my bills." Life.
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Only Time Could Tell.
"Hey!" shouted the cycle policeman,
as the man in the big racing car started
to go past him like a railroad train,
"Ain't you riding a trifle more
than eight miles an hour?"
"How do I know," howled the speed
maker over his shoulder. "I haven't
ridden an hour yet." Automobile
Magazine.
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A Windfall.
"You say his money fell to him?"
"No, he fell to it tumbled through
a coal hole and sued the city." Chi
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Sufferers from this horrible malady
nearly always inherit it not necessarily
from the parents, but may be from some
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TEACHING A SCHOOL.
POSITION OF SCHOOLMASTER IS
NO SINECURE.
Bometinea He Haa to Fish to Main
tain Discipline One Pedagogue Who
W hipped Entire Clasa Muscle as Im
portant a Heq.ni.ite aa Is Scholarship.
Who hath bleeding at the nose? He
who teacheth a country school. Where
fore I say unto you, go not gaily forth
to teach them that dwell In the land
found about lest ye have -wounds and
sores, for verily It booteth more to
compass ye boxe than to read the stars.
O. K., HIS Maxims.
It is truth the poet sings that he who
essays to handle the unruly in a coun
try school has educational work cut
out for hltn not laid down in any repu
table text book.
No person on earth Is subjected to
as many petty persecutions born or
sheer deviltry as the country school
teacher. For a week, maybe, after he
takes In" the school he has a fairly
easy road to travel; the boys have not
finished sizing him up. But woe to
him If he becomes unduly confident,
for things will happen not set forth in
the simple rules he has pasted up
above the blackboard. The second
Monday is generally the time set for
the opening of hostilities. The big
leader, likely as not bigger than the
teacher, has used Saturday and Sun
day mapping out his program.
Subdued snickers, inattention to the
business in hand, poorly prepared les
sons or lessons absolutely unlearned
mark the day's proceedings. The teach
er reprimands and orders the school to
stick to those tasks until they are
learned. Nobody is kept in at recess or
noon rest, for as yet no open defiance
has marked the demeanor, of the pu
pils. They go slowly, for the temper
of the master is not a revealed thing
yet. Just before school "lets out" the
teacher rises, taps his bell and, having
secured attention, delivers a curt lec
ture concerning what has been done
or, rather, not been done and his anx
ious desire to see Immediate improve
ment Then the bell taps in dismissal
and the boys rush tumultuously out.
firing back bucolic shouts of scorn and
defiance as they scuttle away.
Then the teacher, if he Is wary.
knows he is in the position of the man
who has bet his sole remaining dollar
on a losing horse he Is up against it
good and plenty. He arrives at the
scene of his labors on Tuesday with
AS LOVELY A BICKER
tense muscles and hard face, for there
will be some kind of a row before the
shades of night fall. It is very seldom
that a coward can be induced to take
a country school, for his dominion will
not last five days. The boys can tell a
shirker at a glance and they lose no
time with such, but get busy at once.
The little boys begin the racket, for
they have been incited thereto by their
elders, who wish to take a few notes.
The big boys have said they are behind
the little ones and they are, so far be
hind that no help comes In the long
aching day. Some small boy fails to
learn his lesson. When asked why, be
says with a wildly beating heart, but
bold front, "I don't have to." This
causes a snicker to run all over the
room, wherein the bold youth joins,
closing with a gasp as the ruler drops
on some soft spot in his anatomy. He
knows be cannot whip the teacher and
looks In vain for the promised help.
So he takes bis licking and snufillngly
promises to be good,
Rage Is in his
heart against the teacher and the big
ooys txnu.
Possibly three or four such happen
ings reduces that school to a condition
of somber thought; the teacher' Is not
so easy after all. Morning recess calls
for a conference. Usually the teacher
stays inside the school house in deep
thought. He sees his work and plans
to have it out as soon as possible, for
delays are dangerous. He sits at his
desk, fingers his ruler and once in a
while glances out of the window. He
marvels that the children do not seem
to be playing, but he has things to
chain his thoughts and fails to hear the
stealthy footfall on the roof. Then as
the children file in, bobbing in awk
ward courtesy as they enter, he be
comes aware of a large amount of
smoke in the room. He is being
"smoked out."
"Jack Simpson." he says to the big
fellow he has picked out as the ring
leader; "see what is the matter with
that stove."
Jack obeys It Is part of the play
and a huge volume of white smoke
rushes out into the room. He closes
the door, coughs explosively It Is all
put on and backs away. "She's full o'
sumpln'," he gasps.
"Why Is the pipe choked V
"Swallers must 'a built their nests
in the chimley."
This sally is greeted with a roar.
"Silencel" cries the teacher, his
words cutting like knives. "I will do
the laughing for this school. That chim
ney was not choked when school as-
sembled this morning; why Is It In
this condition now?" f
"Reckon they built them nests w'Ue
we wuz at recess. :
"What were you doing on the roof a
while ago?"
"Wuzn't up on no roof 'ralL"
"Open those windows. Nobody is to
leave the room until bid," says the an
gry teacher, seizing the ruler in a firm
grasp. "You stuffed something in that
chimney. Simpson, and you're going up
there and take it out right jiow."
"Think so?" is the Impudent retort.
"You will either do it or I will have
to punish you severely."
"Beckon you better lick me If ye
kin," says Jack as he defiantly faces
the pedagogue. "
This places the school and teacher on
a war footing. The ultimatum having
been delivered the teacher either goes
in and fights a winning fight or loses
all control of the school. It admits of
no alternative. For the honor of the
profession, be it known, in most cases
war medicine of a fierce and eager va
riety Is speedily mixed. In the early
clash bone and sinew on the side of the
big boy tells and the scholars dance
about, hoping for victory. In the end
In most cases skill, endurance and high
er nervous energy turn the scales and
in almost record time Simpson is a
licked commodity. He may not actual
ly ascend to the roof to correct his er
ror of Judgment, but the thing is done
and the "smoke out" is a dismal fail
ure. In Kansas after the close of the war
a set of boys from New York arrived
in a little village to find homes. The
village school was taught by a former
trooper who still wore his blue uniform
vest. One of the New Yorkers was
the soul of mischief. He signalized the
coming of winter when Ice was good
and skating fine by putting some aw
ful things on the big cannon stove.
The smell sent the school to the tall
grass outside. Wilson was charged
with the trick, but denied it stoutly.
Then the- school reassembled and the
usually mild eyes of that teacher blaz
ed. Wilson was as big as he and fun
was sure to come.
The boys commenced to whistle In
concert with the shrill piping of the
wind. One small boy was detected in
the act and received a hot ruler on
his crupper when Wilson interposed
and said he alone was to blame. The
pedagogue then allowed he would have
to whip Wilson, so the action commenc
ed without time wasted in prelimina
ries. Wilson sent the teacher in under
a form In the first clash. The teacher
rose and staggered to a clinch. Then
he got busy over Wilson and pounded
AS EVER CAME OFF IN A SCHOOL
that young fellow right merrily. Half
a dozen of the bigger boys yelled foul
and went to the rescue.
As lovely a bicker as ever came off
in a school house followed. The boys
had the teacher In under the desk,
which was upset, the forms were
marked by bunches of hair as some
head went against an iron standard,
the dust of battle covered the strug
gling heroes, but the teacher would not
yield. The small boys and all the girls
were howling In concert, scared into
fits, for all thought murder would be
done. But this kind of thing must end
and it did very suddenly.
The non-combatants were gazing eag
erly at the place where the row went
In behind the dust cltfuds. Shouts,
blows and howls broke the veil, but
nothing could be seen but an occasion
al protruding headarm or leg which
was promptly smitten. The assailants
being over eager and lacking the cool
skill of four years' battle with the
"Jahnnles," were buffeting each other
in high vigor while the teacher dodged
In and out, missing a punch here and
giving one there. At last Wilson sud
denly, shot out of the cloud aud strik
ing his shock bead against a foot of
the stove upset that and lay out.
In time too short for record the big
boys were fleeing while the . teacher
camped on their trail, laying about
with a thick cane. He was something
careless concerning the part of the
anatomy, but he landed. He drove the
mob to a corner of the room and con
tinued to baste those boys even after
they had all made submission. He in
tended to settle the bossism of that
school right there, and he did. Then
as the smoke from the stove filled the
room he marshaled his enemies and
standing over them forced them to
right the stove and pour cold water
on Wilson.
The teacher's head had a series of
bumps much resembling a map of the
Big Horns. But others also displayed
mountainous regions where naught but
hair had previously existed. Black
eyes once blue were frequent. In fact,
the teacher was the only one in the
bicker to ignore his bruises. The oth
ers lay on hands and emitted short,
poorly suppressed groans at intervals.
Wilson crave! and obtained permission
to speak and made a manly apology 'be
fore the whole school. This ended the
war and it was never resumed.
All there is to some celebrations, you
hustle to get there, and hustle to get
back.
THROUGH THE TELESCOPE.
Has
ible Tragedy of the Siege of Lady
smith.
When the Boers besieged Lady smith
they permitted a "camp of refuge" and
a field hospital to be established at In
tombi, a few miles distant. Here the
non-combatants were gathered. And to
the hospital, writes George Lynch in
the London Daily Express, came every
morning the train from Ladysmith,
bearing its burden of sick and Wound
ed.
To the dwellers at Intombi that train
brought the history of the siege, the
daily bulletin written in blood and dis
ease. Women who bad husbands and
brothers and sons in Ladysmith crowd
ed around always to see what news it
brought, and went away with a sigh of
respite and relief when it carried noth
ing for them.
And yet, after a fashion, these wom
en at Intombi were more fortunate than
the men in Ladysmith, since they could
learn from the new arrivals how their
loved ones fared. But men were not
allowed to go backward and forward
to Intombi; those who went had to re
main, and somehow or other little or no
news seemed to reach the garrison.
In the dearth of news one man in
Ladysmith had arranged that twice a
week, when he could get off duty, his
wife at Intombi should go at 12 o'clock
and stand in front of a big marquee
where he could see her through the
ship's telescope at the 4.7 battery.
She went there regularly with her
child, and straining her eyes toward
that sandbagged point above Convent's
Hill, sometimes fondly imagined that
she could see him. And as the months
passed her child, like the others In the
camp, grew more sickly, thin and pale.
till it seemed as if the Erl King spirit
of the tuiasmic fog had wrapped it
round and entered it, and made it
changeling of his own.
But delicate as the child was, the
mother was the first to fall sick, and
the news of her illness reached her hus
band by his seeing one tiny figure
standing alone at the appointed place.
waving a handkerchief. And there came
a day when it, too, was no longer ti
be seen. He could not go to them, but
had to stay and fight on with bitterness
in his heart.
A Vanishing Bird.
. If the north German' farmer looks
with equanimity upon the gradual dis
appearance of the stork, the Northern
tourist in quest of the quaint and pic
turesque will hear of the vanishing .of
the long-legged, red-beaked bird with
HOUSE FOLLOWED.
unmixed regret And what will the
children say, whom Hans Andersen has
told stories of the stork so wonderful
that the bird seems part and parcel of
Fairyland? But the facts are that with
in the last half century the number of
storks in Schleswig-Holstein has stead
ily decreased. Villages which used to
be the home of over sixty families of
storks, and where sometimes six stork
nests could be counted on the roofs of
ojie farmer's buildings, hardly show a
single nest now. Yet the arrival of the
stork was always hailed with delight
by the natives, and it was counted as
much a sign of good luck if a stork
built on a roof as in other parts of Ger
many It is to have a swallow build un
der the eaves. Philadelphia Record.
He Liked the Place.
He had sidled into a cheap restaurant
not beyond earshot of the Herald
Square clock, and hung his high hat oo
a low peg. As became one of thosa un
placed individuals who loiter in swell
lobbies and eat at uncertain Intervals,
he tried to ignore the casual acquaint
ance who sat opposite, but with a per
sistency peculiar to .casual acquaint
ances that person wouldn't stand for
it. He butted in, so to speak, and thr
tenant by courtesy of hotel rotundas
felt that it was up to him to say some
thing. "Do you know," he began, "I like this
place. The cooking is so homelike, the
griddle cakes so delicious; they are just
like my mother er mother er moth
er's servant used to serve." New York
Telegram.
A Phenomenon Explained.
"Why is it," said Mrs. Miggs, "that
a single man is so anxious to take a
girl to the theater, and seems to care
so little about plays after he is mar
ried?" "That's very easily explained," an
swered her husband. "It Is due to a
certain deplorable but inevitable mas
culine vanity. When he takes the girl
to whom he is engaged to the theater
he knows she is comparing him with
the handsome hero of the play, and to
the disadvantage of the hero. After
marriage she doesn't hesitate to tell
him flatly that he looks like the low
comedian." Washington Star.
Money Is the Magnet.
Some men excel in talking much.
And some in talking loud,
But the man who lets his money talk
Is the one who leads the crowd.
Washington Star.
MAN IN THE IRON MASK.
Ancient Cemetery of St. Paul in Pari
: : Hia Bappoged Burial Place.
One of the old houses ot Paris, situ
ated at 17 Rue Beautreillis, is about to
disappear, and the place thereof will
know it no more. It has been handed
over to workmen, who will demolish
it to make room for a workshop. Rue
Beautreillis la an ancient and narrow
street which the omnibuses do not
penetrate, remnant of- the times when
the Place des Vosges was the Place
Royal and the home of beaux, "pe-
ruked," and red-headed. In the gar
den of the doomed house, famous in
times past as the residence of distin
guished persons. Is a grave which local
tradition says is the resting-place of
that mysterious figure in history the
Man with the "Iron Mask, says the
Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall
Gazette. One remembers that this re
markable person died in the Bastile in
1703 and the local register says he was
buried In the parish of St Paul. Now,
this garden undoubtedly forms a part
of the ancient cemetery of St Paul,
and the church, itself, is near at hand,
set in the midst of a cluster of old
houses. It is in the garden that the
famous Iron Mask is said to have been
buried, and the spot is the Mecca of
daily pilgrimages. Outwardly, the
place Is unlovely enough, ragged and
uncultivated. A few poor bedraggled
flowers try to live on, cut off from the
sunshine by the over-topping bouses,
and prematurely faded by the smoke
from a neighboring wash-house, out of
sheer respect for a great name. In a
corner, where are the decayed trunks
of some acacias, and where a pool of
stagnant water gives an additional as
pect of melaneholy, is the reputed
grave of the Iron Mask. The old at
tendant will tell you that the water
does not run away because there is a
vault beneath covered over with a
thick bed of cement In the middle of
the garden there Is a subterranean pas
sage which leads by gentle descent
direct to the cave of bnriaL . The ques
tion which Is agitating the minds of
the "Old Paris" society which watches
oyer these matters is whether- the
aones of this fascinating figure of a
former century are really there. This
will be settled, perhaps, when the
tomb is opened. Will the strange in
strument that he wore for so many
years be found, rust-eaten, among the
remains? Actually, there is on the
grave a column which bears an inscrip
tion, cut with a knife, "Here lies Mar
chiali, the Man with the Iron Mask."
It would appear that the inscription
was copied from a stone, .which was
formerly In place there. The ancient
cemetery of St. Paul is now almost
built over. Here, however, if one may
again believe the tradition of the quar
ter, have lain the ashes of Rabelais, of
Mansard, the architect who built the
Bank of France, and the hotel, now
the Musee, Carnavalet, of Moliere and
his spouse, Armande Bejart
Another Illusion Dispelled.
lluthless bacteriologists destroy one
by one otir fondest illusions. Now faith
in the purity of glaciers must go the
way of other popular fallacies.
Hitherto the xaa in the street" had
imagined ttxt were all the waters of
every city and plain polluted he would
still find immaculate springs In the
Alps. But M. Binst, who presides over
a chemical laboratory at the Pasteur
institute, having no such faith, obtain
ed some ice from the glaciers of Mont
Blanc itself and placed it under his
pitiless microscope. His verdict shat
ters the dreams of mountaineers. It
appears that even the summit, which
so long remained untrodden by human
feet, has lost its purity, if it ever had
any.
The ice in question, and water melt
ed Therefrom, were found, on bacterio
logical analysis, to be "peopled with
colonies of Microbes." The statement
which follows is particularly terrify
ing. It appears that "the germs in
question were found to belong to the
most varied families of bacteria."
M. Binst accounts for the pollution of
the Mont Blanc glaciers, says the Lon
don Telegraph, by surmising that the
microbes have been conveyed to the
mountain peaks by the winds sweeping
the cities in the valleys.
Criminal Carelessness.
A woman was recently robbed of
$3,000 in bills at 8 o'clock at night.
her dress being literally cut from her
lody by the thieves. An unprotected j
woman has no business to be carrying
$3,000 at night anywhere unless she :
is prepared to take the consequences. .
Within the past year the newspapers
have recorded hundreds of cases of
murder, assault torture, robbery and
arson, all due to the criminal careless
ness of people keeping in their houses
or on their persons, large sums of
money which should be safely lodged
in the banks. Many people are preju
diced against the banks, but where
there Is one bank failure there are a
hundred robberies. It is easy to take
proper precautions but practically Im
possible to catch thieves.
An Economical Parson.
Brer Williams, all thoo' de winter
season you wuz preachin' red-hot ser
monts on bell fire, en now dat de spring
come you ain't got a word ter say 'bout
hell fire. How come?" I
"Brer Thomas, de wayfarin' man.
do mighty foolish, mout er knowed
why dat wuz. In de winter season, j
Br'er Thomas, coal wuz $6 a ton." At- !
lantic Constitution.
In Installments.
Mrs. Gay But I told you to Itemize
the bill.
The Milliner The bill I sent you on
the first was Itemized; every item was
there.
Mrs. Gay Graelous! You don't un
derstand me. I want you to send only
one Item each month, or my husband
will never pay it. Philadelphia Press.
Foreshadowing.
"Somethin' is bound to happen to old
Jones if he keeps on the way he's
goin'."
"Think so?"
"Yes. He'll either git kicked by a
mule or run for the legislature." At
lanta Constitution. I
There are certain words one never
meets except in a description of a wed
ding, or some other society event, and
we hate every one of them.
BUYING BINDING TWINE.
Th Following Points Should be Kept la
- Mind. ...
Beware of unscrupulous dealers who
misrepresent the quality of this import
ant article. ,
The best material for Binding Twine
is pure Manila fibre. The poorest ma
terial for Binding Twine is Sisal fibre.
The best Binding Twine is Pure Ma
nila, selected fibre, 650 feet to
the pound. - Tie next grade is made
partly of Pure Manila fibre and runs
600 feet to the pound.
Twine made of Sisal fibre cannot be
spun longer than 500 feet to the pound
with proper strength and evenness.
The great question is how many
bundles can you bind with one dollar's
worth of Twine? Notice the length,
per pqund and figure how many feet of
Twine you get for a dollar. 'The mixed
fibre twine is 20 per cent longer than
the Sisal grades. The Pure Manila
Twine is 30 per cent longer. It is a
simple problem in arithmetic. Use a
little "horsa sense" and you cannot
fail to decide right.
Standard Twine is Sisal Twine, col
ored or dyed to imitate Manila, and is
same length to the pound as Sisal, is
the same strength and same price at all
factories where it is made. Some
dealers are selling it for a better grade
than Sisal, which it is not. When
they misrepresent the twine and use
deception to enlarge their profit do
they deserve patronage?
If Twine is made of Pure Manila
fibre the tag attached to each ball will
always bear the words ''Pure Manila."
If Twine contains. any Manila fibre
the word "Manila" will -always appear
on the tag, for no dealer or maker will
fail to put on the labels any fact which
will recommend his goods.
The "Red Clover Leaf" is the best
grade of Twine made and is the favor
ite with the farmers all over the Pacific
coast, and is of guaranteed length and
strength.
The Manila grades are the smoothest,
evenest and most satisfactory in every
respect.
The Sisal grades are rough, coarse
and harsh ; they wear out the knotters,
twine guides and twine holders on the
binders very fast and are 60 stiff and
unyielding that the knots are more like
ly to slip and become untied when the
bundle drops from the binder
shocking and hauling.
or in
Some twines are sold merely by the
name of - the manufacturer and the
salesman is careful not to mention the
grade or quality. In buying always
require specific information- as to the
quality of the Twine, and, moreover,
be very careful to inspect the tag at
tached to the balls. The buyer, if well
informed, cannot be deceived.
Manila fibre is all brought from the
Philippine islands. The Pacific coast
should especially encourage trade with
these islands, for they now belong to
our country, and in Asiatic trade lies
our best hope for the future, for the
reason that when this trade is devel
oped the Pacific coast will control it
and our commerce will increase a
thousand fold.
The only check that can be put upon
the rapacity of the producers of Sisal
fibre in Yucatan (which is the cause of
the present high price of twine) is the
largest possible use of Manila fibre.
Reduce the demand for Sisal Twine
25 per cent and you will see twine
prices decline at once.
Owing to possible market changes we
do not quote prices in this article, but
we will at all times sell at reasonable
pi ices based on the cost of the goods,
and we will tell the truth about
the twine and will not resort to any
misrepresentation.
Our grades and brands are: Pure
Manila, "Red Clover Leaf" brand, 650
feet to the pound. Mixed Fibre
"Manila,-' 600 feet to pound. Colored
Sisal, "Standard," 500 feet to pound.
Sisal, "Pure Sisal," 500 feet to pound.
THE PORTLAND CORDAGE CO.
Patronize home manufactures. AU
our twine is made in Oregon. None'of
the money goes out of the state except
the bare cost of the raw material.
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Lou Field met Gua Rodgers on the
Rialto a few days ago. After talking
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leather shoes you wore last winter?"
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"Why, wasn't the leather good?"
"Yes," said Gus with a sigh, "but
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nothing.
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