MAKING MATCHES.
HOW MATRIMONIAL AGENCIES DO
THEIR WORK IN PARIS.
Tlit KuniiflmtliiiK round In All Splierea
of -eiol.v I li DIm iuim Ii'i ."Mailt- liy
tin- ""eciiniliir.v AbciiLh" llntv u .'Miitt'li
it Made.
Thi to nro nt the present moment in
Paris between 11 ft y ami sixty serious mat
rimonial agenules, having ramitlcations
in all spheres of society. Furthermore,
" per cent, of the marriages in the iniddlu
ain I upper eludes of Paris are arranged
by the-.e agencies. This is a fact which
Las lven c-talilished by careful inquiry.
Now let us M'e how the agency is organ
ized ui.d how the machinery works.
.Vinculo de-liv-to marry, lie does not
know h girl that will suit him; his friends
cmii'l help him: the iwiges of Parisian
life pi' vent him from making nciitiuint-aii'r.-
i.inoiig maiTiiiKeablu maidens. He
tlierel re goes to an agency and says, we
will s-:pM)t'. to the nmiiager:
"Mniienr, I am :t I years of age; I am
an c:i j loye in the Bilateral Filter coin
panj . 1 earn Jf."ii a mouth, but hope to get
an nit reuse next year. Can you 11ml me
a ni( i young wife, pretty, bright and an
crpli;.!.:- I do not care lo have a mother
ti law. and I don't mind if the young
lady i- not a musician."
Tbt matrimonial agent looks over his
book- rellects, and replies:
'Monsieur, I think 1 can just fix you.
Lady. !'J years of age, atireeable exterior,
small house near Dijon, expectations
.?S,HK. daughter of a retired military
man. excellent pianist."
Anatoli? accepts at once, and two
months later he is married and happy,
and his excellent wife, who knows
noihu.g about the intervention of tho dis
creet agency, exclaims in a moment of
expansion: "My Anatole, what a lucky
idea that you stopped at Dijon on your
way t Geneva! Had it not been for that
we lnmht never have met!"
now 1)11) IT HAPPEN
New come the question. How did the
matrimonial agent know that this modest
and honorable spinster was waiting for a
husband mi the outskirts of Dijon? The
Hnswcr is, because he has correspondents
all over France, who send him informa
tion and exercise a sort of secret police on
hisuciotint. In the provinces, everylxxly
know" everything about everybody else,
and it. is en-y for the correspondents of thu
matrimonial agents to note that Mile. A.
has inherited s-.'d.'OOO, that Mile. B. has a
weakness for lawyers, and that Mile. C.
lias refused to take the veil. "Very good,"
you will say "Now tell me how the
matrimonial agent manages to bring the
young people together!'" This is precisely
the jK'int where the genius comes into
play, aided often by an obliging priest.
The matrimonial agent has under his
coinini.iKl a whole army of secondary
agent', who may be ela-sitlcd under seven
headitjL-", viz., scouts, ente. tainers having
home-, permanent or temporary inquiry
agent", travelers, followers, introducers,
and coi."eioii" or unconscious intermedi
aries The chief scout of a Ilrst class Parisian
matrimonial agency was formerly a body
servant, of favour; lie married the chani
bermi.id o! a fashionable beauty of the
court of Napoleon III; and now he
and his wife earn in their new profes
sion $2,000 a year. Their business is
to discover marriageblc girls and to re
port them at headquarter.": the ex-valet
of Cavour go-sip., at cafes with men ser
vants in rich families; he learns the modus
vivandi of each family; he get" the names
of all the friend" of a family, and, if neces
sary, the name" of the friends of the
friend": thanks to this information the
chief matrimonial agent is able to dis
cover among tlie-c names either that of a
person afliliated w it h the agency, or else
an unconscious ageni who will introduce
his client to the family of the young lady
wIioh Land and dowry are to be won.
A(ii:ST" ON TIIK LOOKOUT.
Traxelers are agenl sent to the
provinces, and especial!) to the seaside or
to watering places, on some special mis
sion. Followers are volunteer agents who
go to marriages ;,ud midday masses in the
Paris churches, remark young girls ac
companied by their mothers, follow them
to their homes, and by dint of patience
discover who they are, what they arc
worth, and so constitute a sort of dossier
or briet, which they .-ell to an agency.
Conscious intermediaries are llnaucial
agent, solicitors or notaries whoso busi
ness enables them to collect in
formation of a private kind. As for
the unconscious agents, they are
created by tli" conscious interme
diary who calls upon a friend of
the family aliout which information is re
quirwi. or upon a doctor or a priest who
is in relations with that family. This con
scious intermediary has an honorable
.social jKisitlon; lie apologizes for intruding
and says that he has been sent to ask for
information in view of a marriage much
vlcsircd by a irt-oii whom ho is not yet at
liberty to name. The family is puzzled,
wonders wiio the mysterious person may
be and answers vaguely, perhaps, but
Milliciently to enable the agency to know
what are the deires of the family. Then,
if the agency ha?, not on its books a client
capable of lealiing those desires, it is but
a jKxr agency.
The bride rarely knows that she has
been won through the intermediary of an
agency. It is only the very richly dowered
who are aware of the existence of this
complicated and mysterious machinery,
nnd who tire therefore tempted to wo in
every young man witli whom they waltz a
client of a matrimonial agency which is
seeking to earn its tmiinl commission on
the dowry. Thanks to tho extension of
the operations of matrimonial agencies,
French marriages in the middle and upper
duties tend more and more to become
merely operations of loveless and arith
metical multiplication. l'aris fjor. Now
York Sim.
Name "f a CIiihh Color.
The unique name of a class color in a
university not far from Boston is "No. 8."
Vhcn tho freshman class met to select its
color it found tno duty full of dllllcultics.
"What color could be chosen which had
not already been appropriated by tho pre
ceding classes After much discussion a
committee wjus npioiiited to wcuro sam
ples of colors, and in due time n card, tc
which bits of ribbon were uttnehed, was
prechted to the consideration of the class.
A unique color, U'tween the shadas of
jiefloock grevii and jK'iiMsvk blue, was the
mailt of tho vote. Unfurtiiiiutuly no one
knew what to call tho color. It was
neither blue nor giwn. lliuilly one fnmli
man hud a bright idea. Ha proposed that
the color aJiould 1k called "No. 8," the
murk of the wimple of ribbon ujion tho
curd, mid by iinuiiiinoua vote his fauggtw
twji wut uilofrtad. CbloHgo Ttimw.
WillUtm HooUMlor, I ho Standard GH
willwimlrt), Uriw tmr two inllad iy
from hU nlt, anil always wuIU both
wy. rulp or htnu.
SHE MARRIED A SCHOLAR,
Oh, she stil slifM n-ver innrry any Tom and Tick
ami Ilnrrr,
She'll l s-mif famous scientist of learning
atnl n now ii ;
But her Tom w as quite commftctal, and of Agns-
Ml mill II'TM !i t
He win as ipnoiaut, sho said, as nny circus
clown.
So she gtitf ixsr Tom the mitten, and as meok a
any kill, n
He wei t to making nioupy and forgot hts wild
drqwir;
Forgot, 1 nay; at any rate lie hastened tode-srem-ntte
Into it soitlid lHilnc9 man, a trilling million
aire. But site vm a scientific, and Ills tastes were quite
terrific
Tor various kimls of Insects ami for toads ami
ether Kmiif;
And lu"l-atl of plaques anil pictures, rattlesnakes
and Ikki iimstrietors
He'd tiikeinio liia sitting noiii to ornament the
same. "
As n wnlou decorator he preferred an nlllnntor
To a statue of Minerva or a Imatof Henry Clny;
And you olivet to hear him talk nwhllo of his
luiifin Imby crocodile
Thai he pluyi-il wait in his parlor jut to whila
the turn- away;
And his eotini tli cajyeilo, a very charming fellow,
Tnrtiugli Ins iin-nsiug room and bedroom useii
to nou-.i.il-.iutiy tlrift;
And n-.i fl"iiinits iiroboscis and two young rhl-
!IIKNTI. H
He iiii s t tl to hU children as a fitting Christ
luus gift.
But he oM his wife's piano to hay Ipecacuanha
To feed his hiiiiKiixitumus to ease his btoniaili
ni'lifs.
And a s'lan. at.- up his baby, for you know how
hungry lliey lie,
And h- Kent and p-miied his overcoat to feed
his riittiesii,il,-ts. Yankee Blade.
I.!illM- Day Tyrnnli.
Customer This steak is nuv on ouo sido
mid burnt o:i the other.
Unfed Waiter Yes, sab.
"And it's greased all over with olco or
soinethin wors:': tastes as if flavored with
kerosene and garlic."
Waiter Yes, sail.
"Take it back, tell tho cook what the mat
ter is mid see if he can't givo mo something
lit to eat."
Ywdtfi- (entering kitchen) Steak for one,
Omaha World.
V11 (Jimlllluci.
Plumbi-r (to apiilicant for work) Where
were you employed hist?
Applicant I was making out bills for nn
iceman all summer, and
Plumber That's enough! You may con
sider youi-self engaged for tho winter. Now
York Sun.
Mi t Ills Waterloo.
"Jes.' a minute, if yon please," said a man
iu western Nebraska as ho came out of a
house and hailed us as wo Mere going past.
"Did you happen to notico tho school house,
much when you come past it down hero a
milei''
"Yes, wo saw it."
"School wasn't called yet, I reckon f
"No."
"Was the boys out bavin' a ring rastlo an'
whoopin' a gixxl deal like lnjunsf"
"No; everything was very quiet."
"School house broke up uny winders gone
or door stove inf
"Guess not."
"See anything of the teacher?"
"Yes; saw liim through tho door, sitting
with his feet 011 the desk leading a book."
"Was, hey Seemed calnif"
"Ho apieurcd that way."
"Seo anything of a big, raw boned boy,
with long arms an' big hands, wearin' a high
felt hat painted red, white '11' blue?"
"Yes; wo noticed him."
"Wa'n't ho walkin' 'round talkin' loud with
his thumb under one gallus an' a. chip 011 his
shoulder f"
"No. He was sitting 011 tho ground near
tho school limiM', u ith his back againsta tree.
His no"o was all bloodv, his arms wero hang
ing down, and lie looked sick. His clothes
wero about hair lorn oil' of him, mid onoof
tho small Uiys was carrying his striped hat
full of water to him Irom tho creek."
"Well, I sw'iir if that don't bent mo!
Didn't holler no slang at you or offer to fight
you?"
"I don't think ho saw us at ull one eyo
wns closed up.''
"I exiiect nothing s'prises mo now I I
reckon tho plan didn't work."
"What was it r"
"Wy, that feller's my boy, you see, nn' ho
lowed to lick the teacher this mornin', but I
reckon from what you say something went
wrong bouicwhcrc. Tho teacher gave him a
longer Vithinetie lesson than ho orter, an'
says I to him, 'Hop onto tho littlo dood
an' whale him jtn' show him that you under
stand what's tho matter o' lfannerl" Bill
said that he'd do it an' that I'd better see tho
other two school oifecrs an' git another
teacher somewheri', 'cause there wouldn't lo
enough o' this tin left to wad a gun when ho
got done with him. Suys he, 'Pap, don't bo
scartif you notice small pieces of 11 school
teacher fallin' 'round here 'long durin' tho
forenoonl1 One eyo bhet un' his noso bloodyl
An' Hill nl'ays claimed ho was a fUrhtcr, tool
I'll bo teetotally chawed if ho aln'i boon trot
tin' iu tho wrong class for two years. When
he gits homo if 1 don't bring out tho old strop
nn' larrup him myself then you can thoot mo.
A blnek eyo an' noo all bloodyl Say, wait
till 4 :'M o'clock an' you'll bco a big, lazy,
double fluted fraud of a boy git iiouudcd ail
to pieces by his old father I" Chicago
Tribune,
t
Tlici Holiday .!if nteu.
Johnson Your brother Is spending his
winter in Florida, I believe; health bad?
JacUou llu' there for economy; not
health.
Johnson Economy ?
Juckwn Yt. IU ooleulntl that tho lav
ing iu ooat and L'hrwtmu presents would
iwy ruilrotul fan ImjUi way und put mouoy
!u hi jioekuL IuJl CilwiL
Tim lriririllil TinirUt.
Ivuly Yo4ir piotln are vey raggul.
Can't I do mjhumIiik for ) ouT
1 rMlHl 'm, Hi'ultuiit yu may mw an
vufwiton thu ImUttit, U you iduua. it
huviiu Ut M thu iuu of kooiuty.)rif k
J.' CU
farm and cakdenJportlandjiarket.'
SWKliT l'(ll'.lTlli:s.
Dig us froon us the vines are touched by
frost, K'iiig ciireful not to bruise tlie t tt
l?rs. Tlieso to be kept slum d In? d-iel
for a day in the sun, and then bo pHoked
in perfectly dry sand, cut strnwor leitvt.s.
Keep in a drv jilace. w here thert1 is about
iKT of lient.
K.l .M A N A (5 KM ll.VT.
Many a man has broken his luck mid
lost his heart on jioor farm which he 1
has stillered to run down by Imd insn
iigeinent. 1 lo hns spread his lalwr audi
capital over 100 acres, when by confining I
himself to twenty-live or thirty he might
have ln'coinc happy and rich.' The wav 1
to retir mudi 1111 orrnr is in luirin n-Wf, '
one lielil and get that into grxni condi
tion, and let tho rest lie, and to no on
through the farm. One rich field will
then inuko it easy to enrich another or
two; and while the beginning is sdow, it
is down-hill woik; ami rs the end is
nearly reached progress! is funt and easy.
IM.ANTS.
It is iinK)rtant to distinguish in plants
the dill'ereiuo betweiii what may be
vegetative and iviroductie stages in
plants, says Thomas Mechiini. ll" a
br.inch on an unfruitful tree be " ringed "
or in someother way injured, tliat branch
is at once biought to the fruit-liearing or
reproductive condition. So far there is
an antagonism between the vciictative
and reproductive stages. When the re
productive stage is reached there is an
other sulKlivision. The part to which
nutrition most freely Hows produces
cliielly female tlowersj while the part to
whicli nutrition llows less freely yields
cliielly male flowers. Any one can see
this who examines a larch', a spruce or a
pine.
Iv ITCH KN OAKIlKN".
No farmer can be a true husbandman,
suys the AVic Kmjlmui Ihwiettetul. who
does not have an' ample, well-cared-for
garden. It isn't necessary to go to a great
expense to secure this, but to just a lit
tle forethought and care in planning the
work. A rich, well-cultivated soil is
necessarvto push forward the vegetables.
The hind should also be well drained and
have southern exposure. L'nless one
wants them it isn't necessary to have all
the hotbeds and other appliances of the
nmrket gardener, but good seed is. As
soon as the ground can be worked, ma
nure heavily. Plant radishes first, and
follow witli'lettuce ten days later. At
the same time plant tho earliest peas.
These can eooii follow with the later va
rieties. Heets and onions can also be
sown about this time. Cabbage and to
mato plants are soon ready, but can lie
lxmght at some market gardener's
cheaper than to raise them. Hush beans
and sweet corn come a little later. Noth
ing is gained by planting them too early.
Lima beans are among the last things to
be planted. Don't have more than three
plants in a hill or more vines ttiau beuns
will be raised.
One rule for 11 successful garden should
be remembered: Don't plant all the
vegetables of the same kind at once.
Much greater benefit will be derived by
planting them at intervals of a week or
ten days, so that when one lot is over a
fresh one will be coining on. This is es
pecially true of sweet corn, beans, pens,
etc. Again, as fast us one crop is har
vested, clear the ground and put in a
later one. Karly peas can be out of the
way for tomatoes and turnips after sweet
corn in many sections. Cultivation is a
thing that dbes wonders with all of these
things, however. Run the cultivator
through the rows every week to stir up
the roots and give 11 "good digging be
tween the hills. You will be surprised
to see how fast the crops will grow.
I.KAVKS AS lSKDIMhC. AND MA.M'KK.
The value of forest leaves and scrap
ings from tho bush generally as manure is
well understood by the fruit growers,
says the Prairie Fanner. There is per
haps a loss iu many instances in the
method of its application. The very
general method ot application is to
spread it as a mulch oer the surface of
the ground, and while its application in
this manner is no doubt productive of
much benefit, yet the full benefit of the
leaves can scarcely be expected to bo ob
tained in this maimer, as much of their
substance is evaporated into the atmos
phere. A preferable method of applica
tion in every respect is to compost the
leaves with lime and swamp muck, or in
fact any still' soil if swamp muck cannot
bo obtained. The compost heap should
bo formed by spreading the leaves on a
piece of high and dry ground about one
foot deop. Cover this with lime three or
four inches deep, and on the top place a
depth of say fifteen inches of earth. Un
der this pressure and lieat the leaves will
speedily decay. The nitrogenous matter
contained in tho leaves will be absorbed
bv tho earth and fixed there, and the 1
earth will lie mellowed and disintegrated I
by tho gasea rising from the decaying!
moss beneath. When the leaves are de- j
cnyed, turn the compost heap over by ;
trenching, and permit it to lie and decay 1
and disintegrate for a couple of months 1
longer, when it may lie spread on the
soil, und will lie found an excellent ma- !
mi re for orchards and nurseries.
Tho autumn is obviously the beat time
to prepare this heap, for then the leaves
are most abundant and contain fertiliz
ing ingredients in greatest abundance.
The winter or early spring is tho prefer
able time to apply tho compost. Weeds,
which form such u nuisance in many
places, make an excellent compost; only
care should lie taken that noxious weeks
have not seeded before being composted,
because tho heut of tho coin post heap
will not destroy the life germ in many of
the seeds, uud'if such a compost is placed
on clean land a rich crop of weeds will
be the result, und trouble will ensue.
Leaves make good stable liediiing. A
German chemist, lireiteulahmer, found
that 1,000 pounds of bedding absorbed
the following weights of liquid . Htraw,
;i,00J pounds; sawdust, ;i,671 pounds,
und leaf rakiugs, -l.IMO jkjiiihIh. From
this it seems that it is not good economy
to uo straw us bedding while forest
loaves ran lxi hud. Leaves answer well
in thu pig (eu. They prevent all had
odors, and keep thu pigs clean and
healthy. The sanitary value of gum
loaves is now well understood all the
world over. Iluforu the Uslding of this
kind is upiiliod to the soil it hikuiIiI lie
oouiKtod for 11 few weeks, 'there is u
mine of wealth in our decaying Iwvui
mutter, lliuittdoiiu locks uml hour, in
Iriiottihli) swamp muck, little ..nhrto
ty iiiuiiy, uppmdttto I um utlluod hy
iuw of uiir funiiur and hor iiuiiituiinu.
The markets are quiet. Groceries and
smoked meats have a tendency to ad
vance. Ci ron nd barley has advanced,
Kggs are still weak and lower. Navel
oranges are scarce, probably on account
of the shortage of crops in Southern Cal
ifornia and friiitinen there not allowing
them to leave the warehouses. All kinds
of oranges have advanced. California
lemons have also gone up. Chickens are
still plentiful. Canned corn and stock
salt have risen. Dried Italian prunes
have fallen. California walnuts have
advanced. There are no changes in tho
other markets.
ViiKr There is very little doing in
the l.x'u! markets. OlK-rings are small
and prices asked considerably above an
exKirt basis, causing buyers to b iid vit
Cargoes are again cabled tinner and
alwiit lid higher, but the continental de
mand is checked. The Liverpool spot
market rules steady ami futures imyu
Inr at the close. Eastern markets are
lower.
I'i.oi-k 'iuote: Standard, I. ""; Walla
Walla. l " 1 per barrel.
Ovri .J'lote: (iJ'9ufd.V per bushel.
II Y ljuotu: ,flU2l7 per ton.
Mn.i.sTcfKs Quote: lirui, f I'.i :.'' ;
Short", tsJHt'JZ; Ground ISnrlev, !f:',l."0
a.fiti; Chop Feed, s'.'5 per ton; Hurley,
f I. IT) 1 a l.:$t percental.
ItiTri'.u Quote: Orovton fanny cream
erv, :!(!; iHin-y dairy, Uov, fair to g'X)d,
2t((22'9e; common. 1 7 ; California,
ii 2-le per pound.
Ciikksk Quote: Oregon, l-MKV; Cal
ifornia, 1-IirfMfic per M)i;nil.
l i .0- Quote: Oieiwn, 17e per dozen.
Poiu.i'KY Quote: Chickens. $."; small
I'roileis, .fl.OO i.M 50; large liroilers, 4o.n0
f)..)0; Ducks, 10 f 12; Oei-se, nominal,
fl- p r doz -n ; TurKvs, 17c per pound.
Vuuki'uii.ks Quote: Cabbage, ifd.ojdt
1.7.r) percental; Caulillower, .? 1 iMull.RD
per tio.eu; Celery, il.lc per dozen ; On
ions. I c per K)iind; Carrots, $1.00 per
sack ; lieets, $1.50 per sack ; Turnips,$1.75
per sack; Potatoes, 1 15 yi Toe per cental;
I'oniatocs, .V-'.OOm 'J.oO per box; Aspara
gus, 5(ic per pound; Parsnips. $1.00
per sack; Lettuce, L'Od'i L!3e per do.- n ;
Stpiash, 21 r. (it e per iMiind ; (ircen
Peas, e per pound, String Uenns, 15c
per pound ; Rhubarb, 12.00(1' 2.2o per box ;
Cucumbers, $1.2") perdo.eu; Artichokes,
ode per dozen; Parsley, Hoc per do?.en ;
Kadislies, -Tic per dozen buni-hes; young
Oiiion, ;UV p r dozen bunches.
Fauns Quote: Los A uueles Oranges,
$2.25(."i 2.50; Riverside, $:!.(i0m :..25 ; Na
vels, .5.50 per !xx; Sicily Lemons, $0.50
di7.00; California, 4-1.50((f5.U0 pur box;
Apples, $l.()0((i2..)l) per box; Bananas,
$.'!.ll0(ff4.00 per bunch; Pineapples. $5.00
8.00 per dozen; Strawberries, 50e per
pound.
Nuts Quote: California Walnuts, 11 lj
12l2c; Hickory, 8'2c; Brazils, 12c;
Almonds, lGoUHu; Filberts, i:!(fHc;
Pino Nuta, l"'18c; Pecans, lT(tl8e;
Cocoanuts, 8c; Hazel, 8c j Peanuts, 8c
per pound.
Hops Quote: 28c per pound ; nomi
nal prices.
Wool Quote : Willamette Valley, 18
20c; Eastern Oregon, i2il7c per
pound.
limns Q'lote: Dry Hides, selected
prime, 8l... ifiV, ,c less for culls; green,
selected, over 55 pounds, 4c; under 66
pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool. HO
50c; medium, (i080c; lon,l0c(il.$l.25 ;
shearlings, U)(re2'Ju; Tallow, good to
choice, 3i3!fcC per pound.
Nails Base quotations : Iron, f3.00;
Steel, $3.10; Wire, $:i.75 per ko.
Tho MercliHiiillitu Aliirknt.
Coal Oil Quote: $1.95 per enso.
Rick Quote: $0.00(0.75 per cental.
Honi'.v Quite: ItlftMSc.
Salt Quote: Liverpool, $10, $16.50,
$17; stock, $11 per ton in carload lots.
Coitkk Quoto: Costa Rica; 22c;
Rio, 2.'!c; Mocha, 30c; Java, 25$c; Ar
bucklo's, roasted, 2(Je per pound.
Bkanb Quoto: Small Whites, .T?.fc;
Pink, 3c; Kayos, 4?c; Butter, 4c;
Limas, 4'(jC per pound.
SuoAits Quote: Golden 0,fi?jc; extm
0, 5j,e; dry granulated, 0c; cube
crushed and powdered, Oc per pound.
DuiKii Fiujit8 Tho market is tlrm.
Quote: Italian Prunes. 10J12c; Pe
tite and German Prunes, 10c per pound;
Raisins, $2.2") per box: Pluinmor-dried
Pears, 10 11c; sun-dried and factory
Plums, 110412c: evaporated Peaches, 18(3
20c; Smyrna Figs, 20c; California Figs,
9c per iiouiid.
Can.vkd Goods Markotateady. Quote:
Table fruits. $2.25, 2'is; Peaches, $2.50;
Bartlett Pears, $2.25: Plums. $1.'5,
Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $22.60;
Blackberries, $2.2"; Raspberries, $2.75;
Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $2.40. Pie
fruit: AsHorted,$l,50perdo.eu ; Peaches,
$1,113; Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $l.un
per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.35
fil according to quality; Tomatoes.
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animals, origin of the names of States, andef countries, of great
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