W A SH IN G T O N
Quick !
COUNTY
rizes for the m ost tick-
hit in-
'W IG ?
killing's Best tea is at
■grocer’s.
, of contest published in large
ment »bout the first and middle
■north
One In th e W o r l d .
I o »ir
. jé obtainable information goes,
«¡»Jewell C'abel of East Low-
is the only woman justice of
in the world. Mrs. Cabel
ithe light of the world 58 years
^December. At the tender age
i her devoted parents sent
[¡¡¡¡ol, her mother having pre-
ItiUght the child to read the
School occupied her attentions
fa8 15 years old, when she
|a school teacher.
A t the age
»was confined to her bed for
nrg bv illness, and during that
£ up the languages and became
L in French and German. For
hears following convalescence
1,000 vests a year, finally
^the bride of Mr. Cabel. She
ame Interested in prohibi-
j became contributor to a score
Hines and papers, keeping up
io< work until 1888, wtien she
id a commission by Sebastian
, then governor of Maine, to
emarriages, administer oaths
^acknowledgements of deeds.”
began to do the work of a
istice or notary, as they-are
tMaine. She has ridden thou-
miles after affidavits for the
land his |>oorer dependents in
^¡ms before the pension de-
She does her own house
the time. She is now noting
kr third commission. One year
| September ber hu»band, who
pn ami sewing machine vender
ten helpless with paralysis.
A Queer Judgm ent.
Fl* v e« Are Useful
" t h a X c . m u ° S oenu ^ f T ™ ’ When
•l«.v in the y,
, ! ahno8t
•lers how he ,u',.r
e, ° Wm“r w,,n-
them Tlw,
ii fc0t alo,1S without
r
,
80rt 11" " "*>*••" van.
and win ' T Man8’ ,"'ns- Strain, etc.,
nii'l will clean the ,llrt out of manv
fowl
’
,ru<ke< ” ,ni for the older
t e liick T ra,‘- ,h* Hm‘r I«'«" for
uu r .t i n c their
V T *°
" " K,lt * ° ou enu
merating
conveniences.
Sieves are easily made. Get wire-
cloth with mesh running from coarse
to fine and saw sections from grocery
hexes for frames, on which to tack the
__________
A NEST OF SIEVES.
wire doth. Nail a small strip of wood
over the edges and the sieve Is com
plete. The cut shows a deep sieve with
nil arrangement for "sizing” an article
into three or more grades. The sieve
in the position indicated by the dotted
lines is permanently fastened In place,
and is very coarse in mesh. Below are
two sliding frames with meshes finer
and still finer. Thus with one shaking
three or ever four, assortments can be
made.
U f t i n i ! J o c k s fo r V e h ic le s .
The very simplest form of a wagon
jack is shown In Figure 1. It is sim
ply a board six inches wide, and of
the proper length, with two notches
sawed out near the top, as shown
above. For light wagons, one man can
use this jack very easily, hut for heavy
wagons, assistance is required. The
one in Figure 2 is cheap, strong and
convenient. The part a is made from
a two-inch plank of some tough wood,
and is two and one-half feet long. The
lever, m, is three and one-half feet long
and should lie made from a tough stick
3x4 inches square, dressed to the form
shown. The retaining rod. g. may be
tw o pieces of No. 8 annealed wire. The
upper end fastens in the serrated edge
on the upper side of the lever. This
Restores the Old E nergy,
Checks All W aste,
Renews Confidence,
Brightens the Eye,
Makes Strong M anhood.
kree Classes of Men”
11.000 to any man or woman
Will
sent closely sealed
5i free, full or address
Rton St., P o rtla n d , Or.
W eakness of M en
ERIE MEDICAL CO.,M NU0ARA ST-
WHEAT
BASE BILL GOODS
AN OPEN LETTER
To M OTHERS.
ed or churned with a force pump, mnde
a perfect emulsion, which, when dilut
ed—one part of emulsion to 450 parts
water—readily killed eottou worms. It
seems to combine the properties o f
kerosene and pyrethrum, and "to be
more effective than either, easier to
handle and cheaper.—Farm nud Home.
A M iracle o f Surgery.
and
has
th e
signature
of *
wrajr~
A man named George Barns, who
per. Ao one has authority from me to use my name except
will soon walk out of Cook County
The Centaur Company o f which Chas. H. Fletcher is
(Chicago) hospital, is a living example
President.
*
of the miracles performed by modern
March
8,
1897.
a , , jj .
surgery. He went into the hospital
broken up in bone and btxly, and when
he leaves the hospital he will carry
D o not endanger the life o f your ch ild by accepting a cheap substitute
with him a certificate showing he has
L e v e l C u ltu re fo r P otatoes.
which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies
Almost all practical growers now been the victim of the most remarkable
on it), the ingredients o f which e v e n h e does not know.
agree that the level culture of potatoes assortment of hurts that ever befell a
brings the largest crop. This is es mortal being. Surgeons report him
pecially true If the season is dry, as o f broken np as follows)
BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF
Loss of the entire bony vault of the
late years It almost always Is. If the.
ground is cultivated often enough no sknll, the top of the head being covered
weeds can appear above the surface. with a silver plate.
Five ribs gone from the left side of
That will make It easy to keep the crop
free of weeds without ever needing to the body, having been removed by sur
cultivate more than an inch below the geons in an operation.
surface. This is the best way to subdue
Heart shifted from its natural posi
the perennial weeds, quack grass and tion to the right side in order to secure
Canada thistles, as well as the annual a firm resting place for that organ.
Both legs fractured in two places and i
weeds.
________
right arm broken twice
C a ttin g C lov er and G r a s s C loaelv.
Both elbow joints gone and the
It Is not alone because of injury to
cap of the right knee twisted around
sovthes, mowers and other Implements
R E A S O N S F O R U S IN G
to the back o f the leg.
that the haymaker wants as smooth a
Large piece of the breastbone taken
surface as‘ he can get. It is necessary
ont in the removal of a rifle ball.
to have stones and other Inequalities
Part of the windpipe missing.
removed If he would be nble to cut as
Notwitstanding all that he has gone
closely as he should. The new growth,
through, the Tribune says, Barns is
especially of clover, starts quicker and
grows more vigorously If cut close. Be still in a condition to shift for himrelf
sides, much of the weight of both clo and earn his own living like other
Because it is absolutely pure.
ver and grass Is lost If either is cut men.
2.
Because
it is not made by the so-ca.led Dutch Process in
high. So there is loss by high cutting
D u rable Hhoe Hole«.
which chemicals are used.
In the first cut as well as in the after-
A German inventor has found a way
3. Because beans of the finest quality are used.
to make durable shoe soles. He ap
math.
________ _
4. Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired
plies waterproof glue to the leather
Repel I i n g W ir e W irtns.
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans.
and
then
stick*
on
a
lot
of
clean
quartz
It Is much easier to drive wire worms
5. Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent
sand.
This
wear*
splendidly,
besides
fmm corn than to destroy them in the
a cup.
soil. If » little salt is sprinkleld on the giving a gtxxi foothold when walking
B* .o r . that yuu f«t t b . ( « .u l n . article made by WALTER
BAKER A CO. Ltd., Itorcheater. Maaa Eatabllahed 17*0.
hill It will be washed down by rains is slippery. It is said that these soles
and make the locality unpleasant for are as flexible as could lie desired.
the worm. Soaking the seed com in
copperas has also the same effect,
A company ha* been formed which
though we doubt whether the coppera# made an offer to the municipality of Ht.
Petersburg, Russia, to light all the
is strong enough poison.
street* of the city with electric light*
Keen ( a'tlvatlnat.
for the same price that in now paid |
Keep the sulky cultivator at work in for the very unsatisfactory lighting
the corn and potato fields. Widen out with oil lamps.
the frame and ran but on «) in a row.
After the OfU ** *on* o y e T tbe ,on*
An addition of $11,000,000 a year
way, then cross It. This cultivation will will be made to the Prussian govern- !
mellow the ground; start the com to ment expense* by the proposed increase
growing, and kill off the weeds Just as of the salaries and pensions of officials, | 40S-7 Sentóme Street
San Franclaco, Cal...
they are sprouting.
teacher» and their families.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
rio. 1.
n o- 2*
WAGON JACKS.
_______ __
will be found a M M -< tu ¡.-cable Jack
mxl will easily support half a ton
w e ig h t .— American Agriculturist.
Kmrft n«»d Prfc-*.
No matter how fresh the eggs may
be that you send to market, the re
liable merchant. If >»" are unknown to
him will "candle" them! that is, he
will’ test them by looking »trough the
eggs in a dark place at a strong ligh ,
and should he find only one egg that is
stale, your wlndc lot will *
£
coni Inal v. Nothing 1» so affected by
suspicion as an egg « “ d thc only way
secure the highest price* is to dis
aruTall suspicion by shipping no eggs
t o marketeic-*,,! such as an* known by
vou to lx* Strictly fresh, '»>cp
»
ELECTRIC BELT CO.
f Mention this Paper.
KIDNEY TROUBLES
“The Kind You Have Always B ou gh t”
'»0 knows that Electricity is a
"phener ot vital nerve power,
f the nerves is Electricity, and
fare weak that is what they lack
•Pores it so quickly as
blood jump in the veins,
15 youth bubbles forth from
,!,n? currents. The old, flabby
Wakened, and age is forgotten
Se,lce
the new-born energy.
1 ^ weak. Get back your old
* th>s wonderful Belt. It will
r youth. Read Dr. Sanderi’«
Hot Captain Kidd*« T rtaiu ra.
DRUNKARDS
tchison (Has.) mother goes once
C r o s s H ree-linsr D n e .n 't P a y .
| to court and takes out judg-
The combination of well-established
flO each against her two breeds each grown for a distinct pur-
i money being due according fx»se, is always a failure, as the prepo
¡agreement, the consideration tency of each breed neutralizes the oth
lia which is that the mother er. and thus produces a mongrel that is
pain from annoying the sons quite a« likely as not to reproduce the
*ence or talk. She says that least favorable rather than the most
characteristics
desired.
i have defaulted in payment favorable
Breeding pure-bred animals to grades
(fall.
is always a good plan, for there is no
■ical journal says that paper prepotency in the grade, that having
1 used effectively for keeping a been destroyed in the first cross. But
farm.” True; a three-line item even in this breeding it is necessary for
known to make a politician the best results to have the pure-bred
ra month.
male of the same breed that was used
to make the grade on which It is to be
rows fly at the rate of about 25
crossed. If the grade Is a half-bred
k hoor.
Jersey or a half-bred Holstein, for ex
ample, the second cross on it with a
pure-bred male of the same breed will
make a high grade or three-quarters of
a full blood, and often nearly as valu
able for milk or butter production as if
It were a full-bred animal.
|r- San den’s
Jectric Belt.
Thirty Pounds m Thirty Days.
Most farmers^^ter^Tew ™
A quantity of gold and silver coin was
and that the small onion bed costs more 1
discovered the other day at Cart no
labor to weed it than will buy the
Bead), Astoria, L. I., by workmen en
O a red b y L y d ia E. P in k hom ’a
onions it could grow. It is not so REMARKABLE GAIN IN WEIGHT gaged in making excavations for some
V e g e t a b le C om p ou n d .
where onion sets are planted. They
I new buildings. The coins were found
OF A CALIFORNIA MINER.
cost more than the seed to begin with,
I at a depth of forty feet and ranged in
hut the labor of cultivation is so much
, •* I have been a great sufferer from
j date from 1501, the time of Napoleon
A
P
h
y
sic
a
l
W
reck
and
Not
Expected
to
lessened that they are much the cheap
III. At first they were supposed to he Kidney trouble; pains ia muscles, joints,
est way to grow onions on a small
L ive—H e ilrg in i th e Use o f I'ink IMl'v
part of the treasure generally believed back and shoulders; feet would swell.
scale.
and in Three l>ays Is A b le to
to have been buried by the pirate, I also had wonpb troubles and leucorr-
W a lk —His F r » t :d « Corrobor
Kidd, but the presence of a coin of hoea. A fter using Lydia E. Pinkham'a
T r a in in g t h - Calf.
Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier
Napoleon
III spoils a good story.
Hie young calves should not be turn
ate His T estim ony.
and Liver Pills, I felt like a new wo
ed out before th® middle of June Prom the Republican, Santa Rosa. Cal.
E K K T H E F A R E W E L L IS S P O K E N
man. My kidneys are now in perfect
^ lien ready to turn thorn out, have a
Here is a true story from California; On the deck of the steamer, or on board the condition.”— M rs . M a g g ik P ottb , 324
strong head halter for each one. and
Borne three years ago, James H . Falk- train that iff to bear you away from those dear Kauffman St., Philadelphia, Pa.
h‘ad them out to ami from the pasture.
to you, you wilt, If you are wise, have safely
ner,
of Santa Itosa, while prospecting, stowed away in your luggaice a sufficient sup
•* My system was entirely run down,
1 hey will soou leuru to follow and be
ply of that safeguard against illness— Hostet and I suffered with terrible backache
discovered
a
quicksilver
mine,
and
come very doolie with such training,
ler’s Stomach Hitters. C om m ercial travelers,
in the small o f my back, and could
lu selling Jerseys, we always say that while preparing to worK it, was alone tourists and pioneer em igrants concur in testi
tying to the fortifying and saving properties of
the cow can be led. uml It adds several on his ranch, far from any one. It the great tonic. Use for constipation, bilious- hardly stand upright. I had no ap
was there lie was attacked by pneu ness, malarial and kidney com plaints and ner- petite. Since taking Lydia E. Pink-
dollars to her value. Near the city,
monia, and when found five days after vousnes:-. ______________________
ham’s Vegetable Compound, I have
where family cows are In demand, at
T o o t h a e h e N o E x ru a e .
gained fifteen pounds, and I look
go<sl prices, a cow that can be led out and carried to his home he was ap
Toothache w ill no longer be accepted better than I ever looked before.”—
and tethered on the lawn Is worth a parently dying. He did not die, how
ever, but for over a year was in daily by the Geneva (Switzerland) pontofllce M rs . E. F. M o r t o n , 1043 Hopkins SL,
great deal more than one that can not
expectancy of death from what was pro I as an excuse for the absence of em* Cincinnati, Ohio.
lx* thus managed. With bulls, especial
nounced by nearly all the physicians as I ployes.
L i l l i a n CK)I* i * en , B o x 77, St. Andrew's
The Canton superintendent
ly Jersey bulls, put a ring into his nose,
consumption.
Bay,
Fla., says:—‘ ‘ Before taking Lydia
lias
issued
a
circular
directing
them
to
w'hen four months old, and lead him
At the end of about one year Mr. have their teeth extracted rather than E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, I
With a stout hickory staff. The bull
Falkner heard that Dr. W illiam s’ Pink to have the service suffer.
had suffered many years with kidney
can be early taught to lead, and he
Pills were sometimes efficacious in such
trouble. The pains in my back and
should be gradually made to cut the
A GOOD SCHOOL.
maladies as his, and procured some.
shoulders were terrible. My menstrua
fe»*d and pump the water for the stock.
H oitt’s School at BurlinKanu*. Cal., has always
The result was astounding, for before
tion became irregular, and I warn
A hull so managed Is safer and makes
stood in the front rank of its class, and this
three boxes of pills had been taken, year has done exceptionally good work as troubled with leucorrhoea. I was grow
a better breeder.—The American.
the man who had been given over, and judged by the effort of the boys, at com m ence ing very weak. I began the use o f Mrs.
could not walk without assistance, m ent.—San Fiancisco Post.
Pinkham's medicine, and the first bot
C lover G r o w in g in th e W e st.
Time was when Western farmers did when he l>egan their use, was working
Rotary snow plows are being used tle relieved the pain in my back and
not care to do anything to Improve the at his trade, and has ever since been a with some success in throwing water regulated the menses. It relieved tha
fertility of their soil, which they hale and hearty man.
pain quickly and cured the disease.”
off the railway tracks in South Dakota.
thought was inexhaustible. But de
These facts are vouched for by such
creasing crops have turned their atten men as Sheriff Allen, Mr. C. L. Ma-
C A N BE
tion to better modes of manuring and bley, the city clerk of Santa Kosa. Mr.
SAVED
The craving tor drink is a disease, a marvelous
to Increased growth of clover. This is Perry Fitts, the well-known lumber
cure tor which has been discovered called ‘'Anti-
Quickly, Thoroughly, Forever Cured
especially true where stock growing dealer, and many others, and are made Jag,” Which makes the inebriate lose all taste for
strong drink without knowing why. as it can be
by a now perfected scientific
and dairying have supers,sled the ex the subject of quite an extended article given
secretly in tea, coffee, soup and the like.
m eth od that oannot fail
If “ Anti-Jag” is not kept by your druggist send
clusive growing of the earlier settle in the Santa Rosa Republican by Mr.
unless the caee is beyond
one dollar to the Reuova Chemical Co., Wi Broad
human aid. You feel im
ment. Clover is especially adapted to Virgil Moore, the well-known corre way. New York, awl it will be sent postpaid, in
proved the first day,feel a
benefit every day, soon know
the Western farmer, because corn, spondent, who resides near Mr. Falk plain wrapper, with full directions how to give
secretly. lu fo r t u A t lo u m a ile d fr e e .
yourself a king among men
which he always has grown. Is only an ner, and was familiar with the whole
in body, mind and heart.
I Drains and losses ended.
Imperfect ration. It Is too largely car circumstances.
A recent census of Buenos Ayres, A r
E very obstacle to happy
bonaceous and needs more nitrogenous
married life removed. Nerve
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain all gentina, shows a population of 868,850,
force,
energy, when
nutrition. Nothing better supplies this the elements necessary to give new life which makes it larger by 100,000 than failing or lost, are restored by will,
this treatment All
than clover, nor do any crops better and richness to the blood and restore Rio Janeiro, and the metro]>oliB of *eak portions of the body enlarged and strength
ened. Write for our book, with explanations and
supplement each other in farm rotation shattered nerves. They are sold in South America.
proofs. Sent sealed, free. Over 2,000 reference«.
than do clover and corn.—American boxes (never in loose form, by the Beware o f O in tm e n t, for Catarrh T h at
Cultivator.
BUFFALO. N. V.
dozen or hundred) at 50 cents a box, or
Contain M ercury,
six boxes for |2.50, and may be had of As mercury w ill surely dentrov the sense ol
Make m oney by «uc-
A T h r e e -H o r n « K e e n e r.
all druggists or directly by mail from smell and com pletely dersttse the whole sys
cess.ul speoulation in
In reply to numerous requests for a
when entering it through the mueuus sur
Chicago. We buy and
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Schenec tem
faces. Such articles should never be used ex
sell wheat there on mar
three-horse eveuer. Orange Judd Farm
cept on prescriptions from reputab • physi gins. Fortune« have been made on a small
tady, N. Y.
er gives the accompanying illustration
cians, as the damage they w ill do is tenfold to beginn ing by trading in futures. Write for
the good you can possibly derive from them. full particulars. Beat of reference given. Sev
as perhaps the simplest and best o f any
T ro lley Service W ith o u t W ire .
Hail’ s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. eral years’ experience on the Chicago Board of
that have been used hitherto, since
The electric trolley system to.be intro Cheney A Co.. Toledo., O., contains no mer Trade, and a thorough knowledge of the busi
cury
is taken internally, acting directly ness. Downing, Hopkins A Co., Chicago Board
In this arrangement each horse must duced in Paris in time for the Interna upon and
the blood and m ucous surfaces of the sys of Trade Brokers. Offices in Portland, Oregon,
do his full part of the work or show at tional exposition of 1900 is vastly dif- tem In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure he sure Spokane ami Seattle, Wa«h.
get the genuine. It is taken internally,
once that he is shirking. The point o f erent from that commonly employed in you
and made in Toledo, O., by F. J. Cheney Jt Co.
attachment to the plow or load must the United States, inasmuch as the Testim onials tree.
Sold by Druggists,
price 7.V* per bottle.
■»Ml
lx* made exactly one-third of the dis dangerous overhead wires are absolutely
H all’s Family Pills are the best.
We carry the most complete line of Gymnasium
tance from the point of attachment of done away with, according to the
and Athletic Goods on the Coast.
An absolutely fire-proof chimney 50
the double and single whiffie-trees, to Philadelphia Inquirer. The new sys
SUITS A .G UNIFORMS MADE. TO 0R0ER.
give each horse an equal share of the tem is the invention of the French en feet high, has been built of paper at
Be nil for Our Athletic Catalogue.
work. To make a four-horse evener, gineer, Bochet, and, while rather sim Breslau. It is the only one of the kind.
W I L L A F I N C H C O .,
attach a double whiftte-tree to the ple, it steers clear of the objection of
Piso’s cure for consumption has been a 8 1 8 - 8*40 M arket St.. Nan Francisco, Cal*
unsightly obstruction which is usually family medicine with us since 1865.—J. R. T > U F T r it K an d P I L E S cured; no pay tin-
Jt|> til cu red ; send for book. D rh . M ansfield
raised when overhead wires have to go Madison, 2409 42d ave., Chicago, 111.
A PoKTKKFiKi.ii,
Market 8t., San Francisco.
up. Bochet establishes overhead con
Pottery clays have been found in ten N. P. N. I T .
No. * 7 , *97.
tacts from electric lamposts belonging
counties of Missouri. It is reported
to the city, the distance between posts
H E N w riting to advertisers, p le a ««
to be worth from $8 to $12 per ton.
w mention this paper.
being somewhat smaller than the
length of the electric train, consisting
THREE-HOUSE EVKNF.R.
of two or three cars, so that contact is
always assured at one point at least.
point where the single one (seen in the
Through flexible points of contact sus-
sketehl is attached, and make the at
jx*nded from each electric post along the
tachment for the load exactly in the
proposed line the current will be taken
middle of the rear evener.
up by means of a copper rail fastened
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
along the edge of the roof of the car not
A N ew In se c ticid e .
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD ” C A S T O R IA " AND
A new lice exterminator, recommend lees than 14 or 15 feet from the ground.
“ P IT C H E R ’S C A S T O R IA ,” AS OUR TRADE ' m a r k .
ed by the Arkansas Experiment Sta The contact point will slide along that
I,
DR.
SA M U E L PITCHER, o f Hynnnis, Massachusetts,
copper
rail
and
there
is
not
the
slightest
tion, is mnde as follows, being a kero
was the originator o f "P IT C H E R 'S CASTORIA," the same
sene extract of pyrethrum: 1V4 gallons difficulty in establishing a continuous
kerosene soaked through 2>£ |x>unds current if the points of contact are I that has borne and does now
/ /&/> ’ s? ~** on every
pyrethrum. resulting in a yellowish, made sufficiently elastic. The current !
bear
the
fa
csim
ile
signature
o
f
wrapper.
is
allowed
to
return
to
the
power
sta-
i
oily extract, which will not mix with
This is the original PIT C H ER 'S CASTORIA," which has been
water, but which will form an emul tion through the track of the line, as
sion with soap, similar to kerosene usual. This system offers all the bene
used in the homes o f the mothers o f America for over thirty
emulsion. One pond o f soap dissolved fits of the overhead as well as of the
years.
LOOK CAREFU LLY at the wrapper and see that it is
underground
system
without
any
of
In one gallon of boiling water added
the k ind you have always bought
y / f /t 'T * on the
to one gallon o f the extract, well mix their shortcomings.
tables.
^ sooner you begin U
IhUJtHg’s Best tea, the
, your chances at that
J offered for the miss-
ford— besides the ex-
HATCHET.
“ Sirt“..,™ .......
i
for strictly fresh eKF* arP M *a,>le
chol.-e I " « -I-.,iiltrr l , " l * .
It Ronthe* the child, »oft- •
¡yfXwíSi p^ln- <****• wind rollo.and Is ê I
r r - w ln - Oslo" Net. 'o r 'a l*.
f i r * " '" . h,((I.|W | a good htisi-
* ¿5 ofíí10^ Tw*nty flr® c*nt* * 11
Walter Baker & Co.’s
B r e a k fa st C ocoa.
CHEAPEST POWER...
Rebuilt Gas and
....Gasoline Engines
h e r c u le s G a s
hto
small onion bed that
farmers hare tne
houw.wlfe to
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: c . . .
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