Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 18, Number 45, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 November 1876 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER;

C. IM)iXE. Publihr jasI'F.i:. INMANA. mi: ;iaMiurrt:i:. IILI.tr i "I Itriln mi Uasair Mil Kfiu .tr. jl l.Ut"'' (!M KMI( riI.I -IUKV 1 1 K - I Til k ri i r.Ki so ok ;ovi.!:(h At OMAH A, (M K).l.lt;S, l7o. j liiMii min: While it is m.t d icult j,, (.l tain ii:f"i m:ti 'fi regarding the na-...-raid L:bii. i.f the 1'fiiitJ nr grass-' v .. ... ii o particular method forth ir k'k rmit'.a.i. 'it r i'ir protection irniu . ravage, tn" yet been found to v ..i .-iA. . "w 1U.", "i an 1 '.i. a 1 i illv in tae li.-i:j'- ' riVal.fV, out th-i'..tl ntves i r a r. -.-es.ity eo'.nec'.e.! ty f t::e with the i in' rx sla i f aTii'ultur? is a ;e--dv !v f. r the 'rnwii e il. 'the Ire.iu d Apiculture at U'ahintoh, eU'.b'.'.-lie.I for the advarn-eiuczit of our jre.it a'rifu!taral interest, i r.-arly ; . i'.tat i i reanl t htt-vi-t or raihitj- ' fr do.nt.ati' in , the attention of the ivjurtnit r:t not Latin been directed' t the iaw -ti'a'.-.tn of the subject. Is .t-re hot a preat fult thatthin Depart-! meat hai r.ntiven thin nucstinn more , a:.tak..m. --un. m..u.u ".' ! It could " ;veiti'iti .nuf a subject goc'.oiely al-.-l with the vital jruperity ( . me i ci.iitrv. The fullest information . j tzi'io-tieit in tne report 01 tr.e i.ef the Smithsonian Institution forlv.H. Is order to hrln the tuhject realily Uf re you, I deem it proper to review triellytle deotructioa which has been nade'hy the Iia-usU in various countries, and at dirlerer.t ieriod. of the j.. it, ti'ether with some of the means mhich hae U'n employed for defense avr."! their iaroad. IVrlip theearli.t recrdtJ appearasce t.f the j:rashoppers ujMn the North American continent, was upon the lands of the Jesuit missionaries, in (. ilifornia, in the year 17;'2. They reM'peare.l there in 1710, and in 1753 and 17U, and a'ain for three years mccevely, inninif with 17o0. Capt. J .r.athan Uaner, w ho explorel the vat in ;mii ef the extreme Nortnwest in i.. -,, ok noes uieir ap-arance ai inai ar. u:.3 . anainir iai inej iu.esk , W. - . 1- i aart.1 tKu itifurior a 1 . tri& u in ' lar- swarnis. and do a in'tat deal of nis. hief." I he hrst rec.ra we tin t 01 the ap- ' f-arauce 1.1 the I.K-uit in the orthwe-t 1 the pres. Ut ceutury IS CoUtaihed i in .m;.i s iii-tory 01 .Minnesota. 11 00cirridinthe U.d Uiver settlement in tie years 11 an 1 21, and was an inTi'iun ia great force, causing much suffering in a young colony already trk:g;ing with the numberless har.fhip incident to early pioneer life. The account states that the gra.sbopiters can.e from the west one afternoon in tie last week of July, l!, ate every .... - . ti:D fcai-en auu uep onteu tneir eggs. I he colon i-! were obliged to send to I'rtiriedu C'Lien to obtain seel for their next crop. From lJ'J to 1 nV) there seem to Luvc br-en no marked locust iava-ion in the M siisi lpi al.ey. ex- i Crt'tir. the ravages in lexa in 1 !.! nUa lalM'.'. T hi lon-r in rval 1

vf quiet may pr bars U explained by 1 ,, UirX kettles, with musical instruthe fa. t th..t within the inten al severe ment. shouting, etc.

v;itati or. wire felt in Ca.ifortiia in lv arid and ly the jts-i-ble f. t tl. it the l. ut may havccroied the 11 ky Mountain, aiid made advance westward during the year. B.it it is pi tin, fro!ii the word of Carver, .;on the Upper Mississippi Valley, and ttiouh hunted in area wm exceedingly M-vtre. They reappared in Inland chi. tly ia the northwetern mrti -n .f the State, doing but little damage ex-ept in a few l.ca!itie. Their r.'-vt appe;iranee was in when tbey Cj 5 a s.Iij;ht incnirsioa. They appeared in liiuiu-d numbers, doing little damage, in 171-2. Hut the period of the most prolonged and destructive Viit itioi. ot the pest i that which bein ls7;l, iind which continues to this da'e. In.tte vicinity of the Sacramento alley, ('al., in July, 1 "Cm, the l'x-uts v .-i., iu ui, i-v.t.i,ine I'X't Ade their appearance in great nt !r. The a.r for three days, at nunian e.evatioii ..ffrom to feet, was h' r al'y thii k with them, reemb'.inc a ucr.e ri,)W storm. (Jreat numbers fell ujx.n Ue tnvt- tf Sai ranicnto, and the .ty seemed atually taken by storm. Th.y immediately commenced the no.f.i!e !etru( turn of every thing r ''i m Hie neigntvorhood. Ia the raincr.to Valley whole orchards, 'eyard and garden hav been conUr.ii-, J l,y t hem. F.i. tire field f grain i u'iiner crop aim vegtiaoie were -'- n i;i in tin" course d a sini'lj dav. 1 ;:ie lo.rMoii of the ta.iev thev an-!

a-n-iKj ' .i'iLt.1, w.a; me appearance oi i seas are drnen an-1 !ct roved; and " , t P . .i.- "r..J ri " loi-ust, ir. the .Northwest was s thing I at. bv drivir. h-.r, rattle and she,,, "n '" U itLin, h. arp torchlight on the margin of the of repeat.-.! iHvurrer.ee before the time ! OVt.r be Crounds infcted by them. ! fwnr localities have sutTered an a.mosi marsh, and how Captain Marion kindly when he vi-iud the cuntry (1775). and j J, ha. J been Wd , hese tU! U" '''"T, " ' h" he & 'll"f :t i more tha.. probable than even por- wero JVawn up-ra the .-r.mnd a low as anJ w;lh Viese people the Sue. on the ground, and sa;d : " Never min 1, tionsi.f.MioneiAtawere visited between dble by two fast assuming the vital alterna- Jake. lie fell like a brave man, and 1-13 and 1 it nJf wh(lt lat ti 4Ilie t'i live of mj..p? these cr cf yuU can tell his father so." The iuvi,.n of Minntmita in lOVI mad- noie bv brawling and beating. ! '"jr'Ti I r .f a,,n? Aft?r th1 hc attached himself to Ma'as .nMied m..s.tlv t. a narrow Itelt endeavorir.i? to drive them into tren.be : . preenijear, Avnuc me utiai km rion, and was, afur the return of the

2 ye ! the p.i-ii r.gi rs and horse of the j int ba and destroyed; also, lirooms i s!:;g;ei to mh h an extent a to I ar.d shoAels w ere u.-ed for their ilestnic- ' ci-e the create: irconvcuience, and, j lion. A reward is paid forthe tlestru'i"s..n... ii;.fui,-. s, (. :i.t( j..itively j tion of the insecU and th ir egg by er. .hinder human idc. ; tho-e (;..v( rnrnt nt. In Frr.n.-e, wh.Mi 1 hey ev n coiHutni-.l the leave ar.d '. the I.m-usU made th-ir aj ptaraiice, all I'Ark f the sildt r tree, ami the )oiing the j-ople who are able go to the reves hTi.l b.irk of t!.e small branches cue men, women and children -and ' f th. e,.tt-nMoo.l and h lllow. and evt n ; u-e whatever mean m,r i,rt a h-.n.t

t:.. ft grei n parts of the bullm-hc. j 1 some parts of the valley they ate j :hg iu,eand textile covering of rid in throu

all kinds, which had been uaed to shel-

auimal ana plants from their atIn the saine. year they isit-d Or. n, Utah and Texas in grv.it numbers. destroy inr ewrv irrecii thin-' in , their way, and fjlly onedialf of the entre -ri:tof nil kinds. In Kansas, i

Nebraska, lows, M inn ta ana othe.- i and Spain the (ovcrunicnti pay rewarU iin- r.i n:ir i. .s i..e, Jtna., Mate were visited. Their ravage wt re ; for the destruction of locust or th ir ti.w davs ag, a venerable h:jJ remaikfui!y a destructive a in California the egg. ' a!'" t'gro jcrh: ps i.e of the old-

orrviom year. I !. onm-nial nio-Ie f..r the ucst ruction td the locust Lai been t!ie burning of the prairies. The In- ' tiians inlri ! - take the Kcu-ts, mupiy tliein .!? r pus or nurrouiK.in lU'in by t-r- and 1 riv inr them jr.to the ctn- , U-r, th'n roa-tin thtin, and uftirard uiiritbeiu f.rtfi. Ai early as '.lie t ai.s 1 7 1 J , 17'tl and 17-J, the 1 hUi'.s nude tht-ir apjieirance in Maine (s.e Williams's hi.i'vorv .f Maine), and dev..ur.I ahn.t every xrwu Iteug, 1 7en oei'aior:c 1 aniunj the jieojile that days of failing and prayer were appointed n Rccoui.t of threatened calamity. In the )enr l4.' the locusts made tlieirajpeirance in New Hampshire by iailioi:s, aud were fully a.s ile.itructive as in Maine. They destroyed the entire crops of the State or nearly so. Ia'.eiii autumn a heavy flood came, aftr wh:eh coii weaint r et in ana iiestrovea the e's which Lal be u deposited during the summer. So abundant were thee in.K ( L, that Arnold Thompson, of Merniun' e.ounty, .iuccceiea in catching m a single tveiiin.-, tetween th? hours of s anil I'J, live bu.ihels and three peek, oy means of a u k li'tened ti a cross ' n ... trv..u tV,r..n-K vr . . ' . . ...... . . . ' - -...t- : - .1 .. 1 1 i-i.j a vi 111 1 Lie j t ill s 1 1 . t aii.i 11 , nit 1 v 1. an a miuu. t.i iiiviiin.u-L.iiu vvrim'-fiii. Maiiachusetts and New Hampihire.and the inse ts in those States were, if pos. ible, even more destructive. Theyde- !

voured clover, tohacco plants, burdock, j and the birds cleared the islands of loall vegetables, aid even garments of . custs. , ! men busy in the fields. They also de- 1 There is a species of birds found in

1 voured the loee particles of fawdust I j left on freshly sawed boards. In 1 ! ,

IUltimore was infested by these insects. I the Mtditrranean, called the rose-col-TLe locusts were so thick and dettruct- ored blackbird, that feeds on locusts ive in p:ir!?ns sr. 1 jrrousdj that negrvea and their cga and larvx. It devours were employed to drive them from the , incredible numbers in a day. The redC'd and gardens with rods, and in ; winged starling of the Southern Atlanthis way the insect were rejeatedly ! tic States, described by Alexander Wilwhipied out nf the grounds, leaping t son, is another great enemy to the loand fi ing lfire the line of castigators J cust. Mr. Wilson estimates that 2, V like fl-cks of fowls (these were red-leg-! tjJ of the starling will coiuume in

ced l.custs.) From iravs account of the West In dia Islands locust there are fullv adegtrUl..ive w in the United States Where h ali .,lt(,j . either Uion trees. , 1 corn or irrten iru.i-. noiiiwi was e w a jeetel 1-ut ruin and barrennes. Kfort were made on the approach of the ia-ect-s to frighten them awar bv the iowinsr of trumpet. and other iu 11 Other lllstrUment,. and to ib-striic them tnnrh I . - 1 --r jheni. Mexico ha. often 1 n inleste.i by locu-ts, and their ravage have caused in some Kadities severe famine, of Central Amend, ami according to accounts given by K. (I. Squire, are -f the same sjn eies a those in the United States. At intervals they afflict the entire country. The means d d feiise there resoit d to are lighting of fire. and by shoutif and wavin' branche to arrest the attack. In l'alestine the inhabitant at the ati.roa h of the lx lists endeavor to iri. thern wh v wit h siik ike fruin I mm. ing pile of wood, and with beating of .... L r.u. i:i...n t, crrmn.l n.l In Morocco, where pople have teen a. .lainted with lw:i'..', and subject.-d to tfi ir ravage s nie ortions of the year, time without !ute, the people undertake to destroy them with wet and dry diu he, into w hich the young indug across, or to a cloth stretched out t , i . . uion the jrround and drawn up to a ridge. where thev were trampled uion i I K- ...l... 1 .1 1 ... . -mi i i usueii i i imi s. i ii luc 11 ui tin c i v - t. .i n . i . .u i Mfordetroyingl.Kusu is ,,v dnvi3 the voun, inu. ilTtche d;..- two or thr, : feet deep. Tfte Kusian (Jovernment . has decreed that a sum equal to ten j cents per pint shall 1 paid for the lo- j cu.tegjs. The l. uts in Russia are gathered at night by the aid of a sieve, and thrown into bar nQJ no destroyroyel 1 In some countries the experiment of watering the fields with lime water and lye to destroy tLe eggs of the lKust has proved impracticable, as the eggs can hardly b reasLed to any extent. In tiree'-e each inhabitant is required to tike part in their destruction three times a )ear. First, in destroying their eggs; next, in destroying trie young larva-, and lastly, in destroying, the a-iult locust. In China and theUoman empire, and in many parts of Iurkey, the rural authorities are required to have the inhabitants attend to the destruction of the locust in order to prevent their Itccoiu'r.g a public scourge. 1 he means f-.r their destruc tion were sheet spreal out and th vmn ' locust drive.i on them, and nut From the rarliet times," by regulation of the iovern ment, a common prii'cha Ucn paid for the lK'Usts collected and

their egg. The reward of one-half franc is paid for two pound of egg, ami one-ouarter franc for the frame

weight of the insects. Twenty-live thousand franc have been naid in o:ie hear lir colli cting pounds of egg. an! insert. In Italy. Hungary i In Snain t.'iev formerly swent the voting locusts into large heaps with long broom and burned them. Figh t t n thousand bii-l:t 1 were col.ectcd in three wti Ls, hy '.,lsJ men. It is certain that many kinds of bird s are very Je -tnn-tive tj the lx-jt and are Lis wurit encniy. A bird in Inilia terri d , the jrraJkle m a reat consumer of the htcu.it aud its The gr.tkle is sim ilar to our Calif-trnia chenate or hlack- ! hird. The inhabitant of India ha'.e Lilled the srtakle tj aluioit Lis exterluiuation because of hL depredation

upon the yun crops; but when this . tor that ave him life should kv fit to ha been effected a preat iBcrae ha. ; take hack the pift. Uncle d ike" occurred of destructive inects and es- I'uliia.;ii Las for many years i-eea Lvin pecially the hx ints. Some of the e'i; the couT.V where he die!t having teof the lM-uit U in acc identally intr'o-! fore the war been a slave of the Tuiam duced into the French Island of li..ur- family. " Uncle Jake" claimed to be bon, they mu!t:plied so as to threaten 1 '' years old, and was probably, jud,;tlie devastation of the country. The ' in from Lis a'e at the time "various (lovernu-eiit learning the irreat M-rviees ents were enacted, not le-s than Yllt

of the prakle of India, had a number of ; pairs imported and distributed over the ! t-lands unltrthe (iovernmcnt's charge, j i hey orea very last, ana in a lew rears the Jix-u-ts were exterminated. The, grakle then U'an Uj di the newly ; sown fields, in search of es, when the colonists, coucluding that they were de- j vouring the ee.l. Were alaj-met anJ j;ot , them exterminated by the (i jvernment. In a few years they perceived their error, for the locusts azain commenced J their ravages. Ujon this the (iovern- j ment procured a new supply of grakles immense numbers in Hussia, l'oland and Ixtwer Kgypt, and on the shores of three weeks the enormous amount of: io,.'.v,o"v,o-j 01 me eggs aau iar:e 01 , the grass noppcrs. ! 1 The large number of birds found in ' our several States are intended as poi- , tike blessings to the people, nd there is no doubt that suitable laws should re parsed by all State, and especially those which are ravaged by locusts or ..L...i.pa t. lh ..P. .t..-t i..u r.l of T:. . r,...:i, . -.--it ..l v.:.i 111 lis. C'lHTliiH L lie PLAl FV 1 1 1 1J. urk, crow, jackuaw, stark, :-.uu msi lhe roM..0i.,n.j sta-ling and 2rakle should be intrtKluced into the l.':.i ed states. These bird are a very deiurue them at ni'ht. when thev aliirht on the ground. It should le regarded a a crime to shoot or catch any bird which show themselves useful to the inhabitant. In Firvnt the ibex was r,,n;dered da. re.l. Ueause it deitmved reptile and insects, esptn-ially the 1CU' t. France place her chief reliance , fur the destrjetion of lo-usts upon 1 Dims. I shall not attempt any details of the i prolonged visitation of th" destructive insects, from whi.'h several State are ( now suffering. Mot of you are doubt i los familiar with the sad experience of J many l'falities ia your several State,1 where the jMople have suffered contin-j uouily to the last extremity i.f endur-, ance. In my own State the ravages have thu far lieen confined to a compara- i liaj Kiuin tiftTaa m. i jv nriva(Ar I ri O n tn . , , H , , . prior season, and Jess complete :e- . 1 v. .i . . . iin inu.f'11 nwp 11 i in.irr--'.in 111. i-, , l , .... i i i.. calities nt heretofore vi?ted bv them. mating an apprchen.rm for the future, , 9U'"h . his ctu r U f-re brcQ cxPcn" i enceo . U "ingu.ar fact, although the pr-;aopers or locusU hare infested van"u IH,rtloDS ' this country, mure or h' n,rl' eyt I7 "eanfor the past iioi.e ii uur ol-m-hiuj; iuers tr sciemi-i nave ma le iul a passing notice of an insect which ha caused this country so much distress by it terrible ravages. The nature and habit of the grasshopper should be diligently observed by cultivator of the soil, and by the scientific men of this country. The (General Government skould employ the ablest naturaltists in America to study and compile for public use the most searching and complete investigation iato their habit., etc, and the best methods of checking their increase and thwarting their ravages. The iuo.t illustrious nations of the world have n jt disdained to devote their time and mean t the destruction of lhi pernicious insf-ct; and it surely becomes our nation, which pride itself upon ita practical sagacity, to give timely heed to problem uihui the solution c f which dep. nds ) largely the primary source of its prosperity. lr. Allchin, an eminent In-.l.n phvsiciar. Las frankly avowed, in an ahlre.-s to student, that "of all scienline pi.rsuits which practicaby conct rn the community, there is n me perhaps which rest tijiou so uncertain and insecure a ba.sis as medicine."

I tivelv small l(.lt an)"" our western and im.ur KnA-r OJ I c..i ii-j i,j

1 KLLICOF THL TAT.

Itralh f m TtMMtcr(r Hk Had Twiaid ! Ilnl if wart r of lb fere. ad ttlilui) af Ilia I tl.lcr III lire alelluM of lit Uclllloair)r War. (l'r:nU:r !imj!i tnlU'U. esiiaine jana a man wio t:s na gen. ration alter rt i.eration t ome ujh.h the '.a'e nt life, a -t it part, Hh l j a-1 otl' iut'i oblivion. He ha i en hUfriih Ixrii, ripened ii.to u.aiiLtod, hrd yne down in ol lae to the rave. CLiidrt i. of tine eiuTations have tlj-tcrt-i around hii Kne.-s ai ! Lean! l recital of the 1 -:e!.c! o a pa t ceruarv, an 1 nave, one utter the other, U-en lai 1 to rt.it in a'raeoer winch ti ter have fall., n. V t, like, the Vand-r:a Jew" of Sue's preat fiction, he La 1 been forced to "iro on" until the CreaJtars old. To men of thLn feneration there is somethit weird and &!mot incoopreneniuie in the existence, but a lew weeks aro, of one who wa a man grow n at the time of the birth of the republic. The old man's stories of the stormy event of the lU-volation were sinulany fresh and accurate, and showed that he had acted Lis part in those great and perilous scenes which attended the usherinjr into existence of the best government the world has evtr seen. The Litory of this old patriarch's life, as he has told it over and over again beside the pine-knot fire before Lis cabin door, contains so much that is marvelous that it e hould not be with held from the public. Uncle Jake's carlie-t memories take him back to a confuted mingling of a eavnge crowd a pea vo age, and the crowding of new sensation of a strange people and a strange land. From all of which Uncle Jake thought that he was brought to this country when Le was about ten years old. He never knew a mother orafatUr. His first ! home was aniiir thi ri- fifh'a .f tha Carolina, where he wa for several" years (be don't know how many) employed 'round de house." When atout 1 years old he was sold to the Da Font family, of Huguenot extraction, and wu the body servant of the "young na-i"r," Henry lu Font. When the lie volution l began, in 1775, his young master en-liW-t a an ir.ii.n nr.'r f..T:'reiu in ite Lotiintuui annv. ana te accompanied him. The old man savs he was , then "jt about grone and didn't Lad ; no har on ruy chin." He retcciiile's clearly his first engagement with the redcoats; it was when Col. Moultrie sent his young master with their Cajjtain Marion, to take Fort Johnson, i When the fort was taken, he himre'f rammed the ball in one of the old cannon that were turned against the Hriiish licet. Uncle Jake tell some marvelous tales of hi own personal dariarr own that and s.milar occasions. tue ludicrous incident of how de s-der laffed when, a ball etrikiBg the sand bags of the fun, he was covered up to the chin and lay veiling fr help, thinkirg' that the rest of his anatomy tad been carried off by the shot. q At the a-aull on Savannah by the combined forces of the French and Americans, his young master fell bv the side it the gallant I'ole, Count lulsiki. The old man's voice would command to Carolina, presented to Marion by his old master for his ce until the close of the war. Uncle Jak could tell many incident of the siege of Charleston; how Clarions leg was brokeQ thtMf anJ hllW he he u banda-e up the shattered limb. He was with tne "Swamp Fox" in all Lis battles and brushes with Tarleton and his tones, U ing once captured bv that 1 1 1 i.I i . iv.iii line i, uut ai i.iAius 1 . , 1 ai rjing off Tarleton's own pa k mule with his private ba-gage. He followed Marion through the swamps of the lVdee and Sanu-e Kivers, was preHntwhenl ..... i!mi. .,e f r.. i a t i. .n . J , .. hanging of three tf Marion's men. He describes Marion a a small man, whom he feared, and yet loved devotedly. Hat strangest of ail is the narratire Uncle Jake gives ut an incident which i familiar to every school Ky the instance of the visit of the Knglish otlici r to Marion at Snow Island, and howMarion gave him a dining on potaies. Uncle Jake allirms that his bands put "dem taters in de ashes, and took deru

out on a sharp stick, and put demonde l oe num'r of this st re z.iic ci- 01 K g ttetween de (kneral and de otVicer." 1 lb morth. I di nt w a:.t to n-sAe trcoAfur the war, Jake returned U the old ! t, but if I Cnl bti I g- t LciLe thai . -v sa.

LomesUa.1. The "-le mass'r" had , you Lave put me up os.n-..r.; s aj lit-e-or.e down in sorrow to the crave, ti i r.-snsp in the p.a e d sh.rr --ai.

: i, f, ,ti.,-...i .M,n hr ".,'1. Tl, , plantation was sold and the slave scat1 ur-' "mong various owners. Jake fell I to the lot of a couin of the lu Fonts, ! who lived in the rice country of South ' Carolina. Here hi chi'dren and rjan 1j children grew around him. When be was, he says, abeat sixty years old. he went down the rivirto isavanr.al), "Fulling de six cde b.t " used on such occx-ious. There etry

bJy vm on tit tnrt Leerir xz.i Xtliirz as an oli inaa rxUj resn-ed , dn'.e iy lowlj in a carritfe b rlr ' to the c rowd. I ixni t Irf dxU: aU LLn must Lae loen Ln Lkiie".ie cwie ! his tour of tri jiupfc thr-.u? i tit- lki.2 ia ! l.'. IViJe I hcle Jake Vv2 It au !"a Kn n ii. r," t.'.oj-h Le il.rt stzn-U-red the niiiie. n afr tis Unt'.e Jiif cis? ot , to Lifippi with atewr uater, ttin.sny we I to n.ai.e tie j..,uneTt In tLat State Le lite j f jt t frw jexr. tallies IT"'.;', up iit. j 7tii"-s-r; . t. re he Las fr.E'-e I. red. 71 oil m:.'e a x-.ur:t ol Lis tr.-t vztz f a 1-co:i.i:iv-, a :e.lokt, ar.d tie tr:un:r ir ai.t j ro Ju.t f tie n-ircb ti i.vLzi ti'-n, i re;.'e:e with in'-r:.

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