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From Thuraday'a Da!lyt
Dr. J. 0. Cook was up from Emplio
ycstcrdny.
Albert Bear la very tick tlio effect of
oyer exertion some tluio ngo.
Matt Matson was down from
Catching slough larm yesterday.
his
(I. Lovollo, tho mill man roturncd
from Coulllo yesterday.
Mr, nnd Mrs. J. T. Collver of Catch
ing elough, were shopping in town yes
tcrdoy. Tho Areata passed down tho bay yei-r
terday nlternoon drawing 1G feet of
water. '
Gue Engblom ol Empire.has chnrgo of
tho largo donkey in Scngstacken's Pony
slough camp.
Jack Sullivan, traveler for Cahn,
Nicklosburg & Co' is calling on his many
cuttoaiers and friends in town.
Busty Miko'a Diary, Jan. 22, 1P03
A etoro that ties up to old-fashioned
meihods is a good deal like a horse tied
to a poet it can't go.
K. T. Sutton representing the Port Or
ford Tribuno was a MarehQeld visitor
for several dayB tnis week looking after
tho interests of that paper,
Tho steamers Coquille River and
Czarina both went down to tho bay laBt
evening but returned to Empire again
ov.ing to tho approach of a heavy fog.
They were to try again at G o'clock this
morning.
La Belle Marie Tho Queen of Wall
street will be the play this evening at
the opera house. Don't fail to see it.
If you are not attending the Fischer
Company this week you are miesiug tho
chacce to pass some very pleasant even
ag. Tho many friends of Mr. nnd Mrs.
Ueo. Flanagan will be pleased to learu
that the quarantine has been raised
and that they can again go and come as
before. Tho children in the family are
sirain healthy nnd well, having recover
cd from Scarlet fever.
By a letter received yesterday by Mil
ton Hirst, it Eeeme that TboB. Hirst is
sick in Sin Francisco, but the letter does
not Indicate tbnt it is ery serious,
lire. Hirst writes tbat ehe will bring
him home as eoon as he is able to travel.
Coquille Hearld-Adam rershhaker,
the retired millman of Prosper was in
town Thursday. Someone accused him
and Win. ftallier as putting up a job on
tomeone as they saw them with their
heads together whispering on the corner.
E. B. Price, he postmaEter at River
ton tent in his resignation and was ac
cepted by the pottmaster general. Up
on petition of tho citizens the order to
discontinue wae reciuded, Tho petition
nsking the appointment of Wrn. Jiahn
as pottmaster, it is thought will bo
granted.
Coquille Herald G. Lavelle. our new
lawmill mnn returned from his trip to
Portland, yesterdny, nnd ho informe ue
that ho is ready to proceed with the con
struction of tho mill ns euonns here
valves a favorable report from Washing.
ton in regard to his boom privileges, and ,
it ho weather is nt all favorable
Substantial improvements
L, J, Simpson ia having a plank drive
way constructed across the flats in a
direct Hue from tho Porter mill to the
M'arrow wharf In .North Bend, which
will materially ahortctt'" the distance
It keeps a nowspapor hutl(og to keep
up with theeo North Bond improvement.
Porter Mill Running Again
L, J. Simpson iuforma tho Mail that
through the courtesy of H. E. Shlue,
mauagur ior the southern Orcgou Co,
enough material was borrowed from the
Enipiro mill to rig up tho Porter mill
until thodarunco wrought a few days
ago can be pormnuotitly repaired. The
mill started up full blast ngaiu jester
day morning. '
FourMill City Tax
Tho towu board held n meeting Tues
day evening, and besides sweating over
street matters until nearly midnight,
they levied a 4 mill tax for citv purposee.'
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Tho reports of the city officers wero
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(otmatloaot thecitujne; nn excellent
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lhintod0'
From Friday, oauy.
Tho Homer left Portland Wednesday ,
night aud imow barbdund at Astoria. ;
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J. J. Clinkenbeard was in town last
night on his way to the county seat on
business, ' '
Tho now brewery at Ferndalo is Jex-
pected to be ready to begin operations
on March 1st.
Albert Stemmermann has cut down
his logging crow, at his camp above
Allegany, to a Winter basis.
Miss Dell Fox goes to her homo in
Coquille City today to visit her homo
over Sunday.
Mias Vienna Masters camo down from
her Catching slough homo yesterday to
spend n week or so in towu.
See J. S. Fuirfchlle, the carpentor, be
fore you build. He has a nice lot of
up-to-dato house plans..
Tho engagement of 0. S, Masiera nnd
Miss Lelia Cox is publicly announced,
the wedding to take placo in tho near
future.
Coquillo Herald Among other enter-
pmes to be inausared in this place in
the very near future in a steam laundry.
ThiB will prove a great convenience to
tho people of the town and valley.
The A N W Club met yesterday after
noon with Mrs. Is Lando. Tho attend
ance was unuEually large, and all enjoye
themselves to tho ntmost. The next
meeting will be with Mre, W. T, Mer.
chant,
Elmer, the 1 year old son of Ole Pet-
eon. of Bay City. Ml from n ladder . bits of noting ever seen here. One of nKriCulturl purposes, nnd to untalilih
Jsterday and Buffered a compound frac ( these bits was Been last evening in tho gJ"" JAZtiJii
tore of the left arm. Vt McCormacwas.firbt act, when Jean Jnuleide (MlMat.Miiri-hi'iI biegfin, on Monday, thu
called and made the little Bufferer
bh
comfortable as possible.
Departures for San Francisco by Ar
cata, Jan. 22: Mrs. Owen, MiBB Hookey
C Laino, E O'ConnolI, F S Dow, Mrs
Maud Smith, and two children, Jim
Wall, Mr and Mrs Clyde Dalton.
The lea and Cold Storage plant ia now
handling meat for all tho Marshfleld
markets, each having a room for its uee.
It ia gool eight to give a man an ap
petite, to eco tho display of a room hung
full of flue fat beeves.
Officers Installed
The following officers of Altior Lodge,
Fraternal Union of America, wero iu-
Btalted Wednesday eveulng by Deputy
Supreme President Etta Sacchl: Fra
ternal Mnster, Maggie Bear; Justice,
Laura HatiBen; Mercy, Lizzie Heifiner;
Secretary, Nellio Owen : Treasurer, F. A.
Sacchl; Sentinel, Mary Chapman; Stew
ards, Alex Hall, Noria Jensen; Guide,
Etta Sacchl
Chat Morris cut his toll hand sovorolr
with a cross-cut saw Wednesday whlW
working in Sonatackoni camp on Pony
lough. Ho came up to town and his
injuries wero attended to bv l)r McCor-
rnoc. lie lost considerable blood on the
way, ns nn nrtery had been cut.
Tho Young Pooplo's Whist Club met i
nt tho homo of Mlia Agnes Hutchoaon
Wednesday ovetiing, whoro tho mombers
wero most pleasantly entertained by
their charming hostess. Alton Seng
stacken and Miss Auulo Blesen took tho
first prises, whilo tho boobies wont to
Dr. Straw ami Miss LctiU Howard.
Catching Canines.
Marshal Carter is making n round-up
of tho dogs on whicn tho l icon so has not
I hAfftl rinid . Itottnr ivnt ft fnr fnp -t,ii4
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dag, as it isn't the marshal' business to
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chase arouud hunting for tho owners of
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untagged caulnes. Ills duty is to catch
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the dog, keep him '21 hours, aud then
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kill him, if noono has shown up to pay
tho tax.
Coquille Horald-J. Khrmau, late of
Portland, a practical packor, who was
In this placo latoly looking for a location
has been offered special inducement by
North Bend aud will proccad at onco to
B into butinces nt that place. This U
an enterpriie which this county should
thoroughly appreciate regardless of its
location, and that Mr. Ehrmau thorough
iy understands his busicess there is no
question, and nn up-to-date packing rs -
tnblishment conducted under bin sun-
erdgIon w mMn the v, of ma
hundreds of dollars to the people of Ccos
1 county, besides tho creating a steady
market for hogs.
Report Was False
The report which had general cir
eolation on the Bay and Coquillo some i
time ago, to tho effect that a young mnn
by the name of .Milton Patterson whose
home is nt Coquille City, hnd been ar-
rested in Kiseburg on suspicion of
having held up tho Myrtle Pjlat stage, f
wua at! a mistake.
How tho rejiort originated .is not clear,
but it wob evidently etnrtud by tonle.'SO p.
mischief-maker, and it waj well spread.
Marshal Carter lookcil into the matter,
and snys he found there una uothinqin
it.
The youag mnn returnel to his home
at Coquillo City nb'sui Christmas and
has now obtained employment on the
Biy. Such false and nulicloua reporth
often work great injury, for which there
is no adequate remedy.
La Belle Marie
Onlyafairhouto turned out to sfo!
the Fischer company in The Queon of
Wall Street last evening, but tho piny
was well worthy of a larger nudlunco.
Aa the Mail has eaid this company is
treating its patrons to pomeof the finest
Fifcber; denounced her botrayor. Tho
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writer has Been actresscB of much greater j
pretenaions fall far short of Misa Fi&ch
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er't rendering of euch a ecciio. She
was Superb.
Tho piny tonight will bo East Lyntio,
with Miss Fitcher in the role of Lady
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IIabel, and those who like the strpng
imotional drama will do well to eeu tho
i company in this play,
From Saturday's Dally.
BuBty Mike'e Diary, Jan. 21, 1UM-
An ad in tho paper ia worth two iu any
desk (with apologieo to everybody,,
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The Homer managed to get out over
the Columbia Lar yesterday morning
and is due heie thiu morning.
The eteam schooner Signal . nrrivrd
yesterday and came up for fuel fwin the
BeavcnUill bunker.
Tho item in yesterday's paper an
nouncing the engagement of C. S. Mas
ters aud Mies Lelia Cox is denied point
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blank by the yonag lad aud her rela-
tivei. Tho itont was handod in todhli
oflko in writing by Miss Vionna Mas
tors, who had boon misinformed.'
A letter rccolvcd from J. D. Hundor
lnnd yeatordivy enya that he and Mr.
Sunderland are getting along nicely nt
Santa Ana, Cnl. Mrs. Kundorlnnd imule
n trip to Texas but did not alny thuro ns
long as she intended.
W. II, Noble is bulldlug a now barn on
n pile foundation nt his residonco pro
perty. Jack McDonald toroman in Qnge'a
logging camp on the Isthmus, was in
town yesterday.
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11. Eengstacken wlllgotout some plloa
nt his Pony slough camp for tho new
mill nt North Bend.
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It. E, Shine was up from Empire yea
terday. o
Cius Mehl, of Coquille City, is In town
eeoking medical relief from au attack ol
appendicitis, from which he has been a
sufferer before.
Brick and Tile.
C. S. Laughead is making proparn
lions to open a brick yard and tllo fact
nrv on Chug. Donna's nlaco on Catchine
. .in,,,.,, ti. u .,nl,ln,. M.ut I. im.l-
! y needed on tho bay. If the right
! e0rt of material can bo found and pro.
nt,Tv w0,V(hI theru will bo nlentr of
demand for the product.
Baptist CfluTCll
Suudny .School at 10 a. m. Preaching
1 service nt 1 1 a. in. Topic "Carnul Chris
J tinns. Text 1 Cor. 'J: 11 II. Y. P. S.
nt 0:30 p. m. Evening service ut 7 :30 p.
rn. Topic "The Only True Faith" text
Math. S:U "I Am a Man Under Auth
ority." All arc welcome.
The Presbyterian Church
! Sabbath School at 10 n, in. 1. II
-Nicols superintendent. C.K. meeting nt
in. Misa Edvanla Erickson,
Sermons at II n. in. aud 7:30
! lender.
p. m. Subjects; "Tho Ureal Light Bear
er, or RevuUer of (Jod nnd Truth," nnd
."Practical Heligion nnd What it Djco."
TINBKIt LAND ACT Jl'NK II, 187s,
NO HUE I-OIt PUBLICATION.
United State Land 01 lice. Uosefotirg
Orexon. J.in. 1U-LW!
Nuticu in he.ruby given that In com
pliance with the provisions of thu act ol
Congress of JunuU, 1S78, entitled "An
hcL for tho tale, of timber luiiila in thu
ritntcH of Cnliforuht, Oregon, Nevnila.f
ami WiisIiinuton.Tiirritnry," iiHtixtendi'di
to all tho Public Land States by net of i
Auguet -1. 1WI2
of MBrltIlIJtI,t '.V,; 'ol c Stnto of
Oregon, ha; thin duy filed iu thiH oflico
lift eworri HUU'intJiit .No. li'Jt, tor tnu
purchase of the Lot 8 and El.'J of SICI-I
Section 27 and NWM of HWM of
Section No. 2'i In Township No. 2 IS,
Kangu No. II W, nnd will offur proof to
show that tho Innd sought la more
vnlunulu ior ltd umoer or bionu man ior
'aotlnlay ol March, JUlM.
Ho nuuifu lib witiifheoH: A A Andor-i
KJ Alli'iruny. Or.. FA Kelly, MarMi-
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SilN;Vh.h;;HhS0?;U,", W'"
Any nnd all ner-oriH claiming ndverse-
Iy thu nbowi-deeoiibed lundu aro re-
quested to file their elaiiriH in this ofl'icu'
on or before fcaid .'iOtli ilny of Mar, IUOU.i
J-2 1 .1. T. Biiiwiw, Begitter.
Wliist Parly
The Evergreen whist club entertained
their gentlemen frienda Thursday even
ing, being tho second time this winter.'
Tlu meeting took placo at tho McCor
mau homo and tho members of the club
wero nearly all prceont. Tho 'gentle
men, who are up in all tho scientific and
intellectual aspects of thu modorn game
of whist plnyod"vfiry wliHi'Mmt. thojladics
eawed wood in their own way, while thoy
did not icoro for the ;iri-toH thoy largely
out-played their partners.
.Mr. Kengstacken having tho largoftt
Ecoro received tho honora of first prize,
tho now book "Paul Kelnor" by Jerome,
and Mr. Hofor,;innking tho lowent ecoro
received a copy of "Poloon Whlfit" and
ho will undoubtedly bruah up on tho
game before tho next meeting.
The rdreehmonta wero moat dolicioue
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THE OLD RELIABLE
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POWDER
Abiolufolyr Pur
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
Mid elegantly sorvod. During Intorval
Sum Alice McCormns favored tho com
pany with some flue nolcctlona of muelrj
Barreled the Baby
A South Mnrsliflold fatuity hnd n
n holu barrel of oxcltomunt ono day thin
week. The 10 year old boy of tho
family was playing tipttalrs with his I)
year old sister. They wore nmutlng
themselves with one of those1 rtrulght
barrels lined with tin, tn which roust
coffee is packed. Tho baby was In the
birrel and tho boy was rolling it around
when ho tlione.li It would bo funny to
close tho barrel up for n moment. So
tic put the end of thu barrel in it place,
but on trying to remove it I found it stuck
fast. Thou thu plot thickened. The
kid lusldn of tho barrel pent out a wall,,
Hnd tlm ono outflldu g.ivo thu long yell.
The u Other nppenred on tho scene to rvv
what was tho matter nad wai iuformed
by the lwy thnt ho hvl killed hli sister.
Then tho lady tried to unpack the baby
but for a long time tho head reidttod
heruf'otta to remove tt. A knife was
tried, then tho Are thovel nnd other
household utensil. In tho mo.ni time
thu two children redoubled their out
crier, nnd tho boy, who thinks tho world
of his little itiater, was on thu vurgo of
collapio aud thu mother wusu't enjoying
herself very well.
At Inst tho barrel opened and tho baby
watt extracted, and commenced to com
fort her brother with thu asiurunc
'Dontky E ; I nintdead yet."
It watn't nearly bo funny whlhi it
hiitcd a it steme in the retrospect.
MOFFATT RAILROAD
PUSHING FOR COAST
May be Headed for Coos
as Outlet for Could
System
Bay
A rocent Salt Lnko tlirptcii eayfl:
Tho hiilding of tho so-called Moffat ltnil-
road between Donver and Halt Lnko
openB nn endlef a nmount of conjecture
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regarding Its actual ownership. David
Mofl.l, a ton banker ih thu onto,.
,blo promr)ter of tho enterprise, but
rumor Hnye otherB are behind the road,
Thu Moffat road will no doubt ho con-
stiucted, as nearly 2,000 men aro now at
work on 20 mlleaof grndo near Donver
Tho road as aurvnyed Ih almost an a,lr
lino between tho two cities nnd will be
about KOO uiIIoh In lunght, Tho shortest
diatanco by rail between Denver nnd
Salt Lake iu now 1170 miles by tho Union
Pacific, It will therefore result In u
fmvlug ol 170 mllcH of travel and form a
direct mefliiB of communication iu tin.
carrying of transcontinental Unfile.
For the coat of constructing thu Mcff.it
road tho mini of $20,000,000 jia!J j)ei)I
raised. Active work began at daylight
on the first day of tho yonr, nnd thnro in
no iutimntion that there will bo any
cessation, aa various contractor aro atf
Bombling their oulfltH at different pointu
along tho surveyed right-of-way.
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Ilii well known In Wall street tbnt
Gould must eoon seek an outlet to the
Faclflo Const if ho wlslios to maintain,
lho Integrity of his groat fyntom. Ho
must nl'io reach tho const by tho most
direct ronto Iu order to movii trafllaat
tho lenst cost. With the Moffat rond
equip luted thu shortest dlitnncu to tho
Const la directly to Coon Buy. Thuro
nro nc Indications nt lho pretpnt time
thnt tho Moffat road is to bo extended
wost of Bnlt Lake.
Lftitnroo as a Dlicnet.
Iif.bHlucM n Rvnntnnl illnoaso nnoT-Si
thrronn nutltoxln for Its eradication!
Bo lt(tvould npprnr from Um ntntciucnt
Of Dr. Cbarlrn Wnrdell rftllea, tho roolo'
glt of .tho public health and mnrlno
honpltnl nervlco of thu United Htutca,
uiudo atthe recent military conferenco
of, Auicrlcnti rcpnlillcH hold ut Wash-
lUKtoii. lie iifcliiriMi that Innliirtm-nml
vnj.i'uiuii ii in'vuiiiii mi in ui iiifllinwi iu
bo found lit certulu nectlonn of the
uouthern tttatin-h a dlnenno the germ
of which, he niiyn, he hurt dlKcovured.
Dr. Stlle4 xtaten thnt thin dlm'iiuo la lu
tnrgo mi'iiMuri rnipoiiHlhlo for thu "poor
whlto" (llNtrlrtM of the nouth mid Ittclt
rrctly n-nixinrlblo for the roiulUlmia
which have rtrtiilttl In tho cniHitdu
ngtiluitt child labor In tho noutheru cot
ton iiiIIIm. The pri'ticiicu of tho dlnenno
In thu south Liih In the liiNt ten yeam
ri'Milted lu tho Inferior phyntcnl dnveh
opmeiit and mental (miwit of perHonn
nffectetl by It nnd Ih the nnl cnuno of
the "cruckerV provrrblnl IiizIiu'km. The
cruiuido agtiliiHt child labor lu f net or Ion
nt thu nouth won due Indirectly to tho
general prototuro of thin illnciiiic, ami he
Htnti'H that children from tho rural din
trletn after working In tho tnlll.i ho
come gt'iierally greatly liiiprovetl by
ritisoii of tin improved wiultNry comll
tloiiH lu thu cities and the better fncill
tie for tho cure of the ilUeiiMe.
The name nt the dlnetinn n unrlnnrl
iihln. It priHlueeM a condition the symp
tom of whleh are not unlike tliono of
continue! nmlnrlH. Acrordlng to Dr.
Btllcri, tho iltM-MNo Iiam been (HhhihwoI
and Ih Minreiillde of turo. The trouble,
n-on he, Ih to Identify it and to prc-i
Hcrllw thu proper rem diet.
Ono of the hymplottiH Ih thnt the din--n
no htlinulHten nn apiiotlto for differ
ent thlugH in Individual oiimn. Tho
"dirt eaterj)," sayn Dr. StlleH, "all mif.
fer from thin eraxlug. Tho tllM-iiHo Ii
duo not, an aotnu phyHlclniiH Mlnte, to
tho habit of eating dirt, but that con
versely tho Iwlilt Ih due to lho iMnviiho."
Dr. KtlluM' lineotlgutloiiK ami lliidlugii
furulHh an luteroiitlng entitrlbutloii to
tho recent dUi-overlen roMpiN-tlnjc health
and miultntloii, and It Ih to ho hoped
that Information roiieernlui; tho mal
ady will lit- Hpretid ItriHtdcHot througli
out nectlonit of Uio world In wlilih tho
dlioflte Ih (oiiiiiioii, If Dr. .Sii can
cure InzliieHN, he will bo regarded u u
public buiiefuctor.
A Jlurili'rrr' Wlilin,
A munlerer In Camida awaiting cxe
rtitlou luiilHted on n nime of plugong
Ukt preceding death and alio for n
view of the Hruffold, both of which
wlnlicH were giaiithd.
An Ani-lrtil Alllniirr,
TIip very i-iulU-Ht examph of n nn
flonal alliance Ih contained In what
(a tho ohlcMt hlNtorlenl dooiimeut yet
known, liiHerlhed on a howl found at
Hiiuglr, In ('liaMieii-Hie Hhlnar of the
lllhlo-and datliii; from about 7000
H. C.
A IVrnrtuti I'errrl,
Before It eouhl lie killed an escaped
ferret deHlmynl elKhteeii chlckviiH,
eleven ducl.H, two plucoiiH and a valua
ble fame prize rabbit at Multou, York
Hhlrc, England.
Tho young woir.au Kloruuco Burim,
who vviih promlmiiitly connucteil with
a New York iniirdiii myntery, In mild
(o have hnd a very hnd caao of tdngo
fright when she mndu her II rut appear
anco lu vaudovlllo. Tltoro will be II tt lo
or no xympnlhy for tho manager who
lu responsible for tho HiilVerlugu of tho
midleuro.
If tho merchnntH and huilnoHS men
of CaraciiH had inoio faith lu I'rcHtdciit
CiiHtro, ho might iln'd a way out of tho
dlfllculty by paHatng lho tiombiero.
Tho r;t. PolerHburg dUpntch felling of
100,000 doHlltuto and Htarving people lu
Finland la not cheerful leudiiii; In thla
holiday m-anon. Crop failure) Ih given
aa the cauHc. 'i'lio Umwlaii govern
ment Hhould Hieud Iohh on Ha army and
inoro for tho relief of the ntarvlug peo
ple. ,
A Now Jersey mechanical engineer
bau Invented a method of converting
the latent heat of thu atmosphere Into
power. Any muii who would tamper
with tho heat lu thu atmosphere at thlfl
tlmd.oufrbt to -bo proaocuted. ?&i,a
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