Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 11, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 February 1898 — Page 3

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THE MAINE BLOWN UP

S HAVANA HARBOR. ir q I I 4- I ; Xa. As n rkf War

jjj tO L,IC3 LUSl L.I IXW nil a-wi wi t t b . ittttwfi The U. 8. cruiser, Maine, which was hlown to atoms In Havana harhor Tuesday night, had been the object of intense hatred at the hands of the Spaniards. It will be a long time before the truth is known about the cause of the explosion whether it was done by Spanish hands or was merely an accident. In the meantime a bloody war may be fought. It is safe to wager that there is no accident about it. Time wiir most likely show that it was the result of a deliberate conspiracy to kill and murder th? crew of a warship flying the American flag. Pending an investigation the American people are asked to be patient and not to form hasty judgment. This is asking a great ileal. The latest reports place the loss of life at 238 seamen. Most of these were in the bunks, between the decks. There they were drowned like rats as the waters rushed in upon them. Three minutes after the crack the nose of the Maine had found bottom, thirty-eight feet below surface. The stern was still afloat. The detailed report of the disaster will be found in our summary printed below. Also other developments bearing upon the case. The prevailing opinion among those close to the president is that the horror will not lead to war with Spain. The president says that a full and complete investigation must be made before he can make any recommendations to congress. It may take several days to get a complete report. In the meantime excitement is abating. A court of inquiry was appointed OB Thursday by ("apt. Dickinson of tli Navy. This court will sit in Havana, whore will also sit the court im Inquiry appointed by Spain. Great haste will be made to get at the truth. If it is found that the explosion resulted from a torpedo. Spain will at once be called to account, perhaps by a declaration of war. T'ntil the commission reports President McKinley asks that every American citizen should buspend judgment, i matter how trying the ordeal. It has been learned that visitors were entertained on the Maine the day of the explosion. Did one of these leave an "infernal machine." set to go off it 3:40. just the hour when all the crew would be below deck1.' Why were Strangers allowed on the Maine, and why were they not closely watched? Capt. Sisli.-e will have to answer this question, jen. Weyler says that the explosion was the result of the crew's stupidity. What does he mean by such an expression? In the meantime Spain has apologized for the tie Lome letter and has also expr seed sympathy tor the Maine horror. It is evident that Spain dots not wish to light just now. Captain Blgshee on Friday Inspected the wreck of the Maine. All evidence seems to point to the fact that the magazin. s of the big warship are still Intact. It has been found that its guncottOU is unexplodcd, as Is also its teninch ammunition. The explosion on theMaine evidently took place amidships on the p"it of lift hand side of the vessel. The hij; cat. which was the pet of the crew, was found alive and is being cared for in Havana. One hundred and thirty-five bodies have been recovered. Owing to the lare number of rumors of a warlike tendency which poured in upon the department officials Friday Secretary oi the Navy Long issued a statement In which he positively asserted that no information had been received by the government that added anything to the knowledge of the disaster beyond that contained in Captain tMssbee a first dispatch. He also denied emphatically that any secret cabinet conference had been held, and added that it was Iiis Impression that the explosion on the warship was accidental. The Cincinnati chamber of Commerce, amid scenes of excitement, passed a resolution calling upon the President and Congress to end the war in Cuba. At St. Louis a big meeting was held and L't) names of volunteers enrolled for service In case of war. A mass meeting of citizens is to be hel l io-nipht and further names will be enrolled. So far as yet Wall street has not been heard from. Regular troops of the United States an being sent to the fortifications on the coast. The Spanish authorities at Havana on Friday refused to allow divers emploved by American newspapers to approach the wreck of the Main.. Senator Mason on Friday criticized the policy of the administration, particularly the navy, respecting the delay In the Maine inquiry. Wolcott, Lodge, and Hale made sharp replies. The missing now number L'fS. The Chicago Tribune, in a most carefully prepared leader, says openly that the explosion was due to acnts of Spain. The editorial in the Tribune is remarkable for its lucid deductions and strong points. The Tribune has so far led all other Chicago papers in the work of getting the most reliable news from Havana.

Stur? of the Wreck. The explosion, it is said by some, was caused by over 600 pounds of gun cotton, and the subsequent explosion is alleged to have been caused by shells and carrtidges. Lieutenant Commander Waiuwright of the Maine was half undressed at 9:45 p. m. and was smoking in his cabin, next to that of Capt. Sigsbe, it is said, when the explosion occurred and put out the electric lights. Wainwright then lit a match and went to Capt. Sigsbee's cabin. The captain, it appears, had been thrown from his bed. but was uninjured. They both went on deck and gave orders to flood 2.500 pounds of gun cotton which w as on board. The order was carried out. but the men who fulfilled it never returned. Havana, however, was saved from a still more terrible explosion. Capt. Sigsbee. interviewed wih reference to the cause of the explosion, said: 'I cannot determine the ranee, but eompeetnt investigators will decide whether the explosion was produced from an inferior or an exterior cause. I cann )t say anything until after such an Investigation has been made. I will not and cannot conscientiously antici pate the decision, nor do I wish to make any unjust estimate of the reason for the disaster." When the explosion occurred Capt. ' Sigsbee was below, but he rushed up On dec': in his shirt sleeves and gave Orders. Efforts were at first made to j s th vessel, but when Capt. Sigsbee realized the extent of the damage j done and that many casualties had occurred he bent all his energies to as- j Eurir.g the safety of his men. The report was heard in the city. and crowds immediately flocked to the harbor front. Flames at that time were bursting from the battleship. The greatest excitement prevailed among those on shore. The com- , mander of the Spanish ship Alfonso I XII. immediately had boats lowered , and sent to the assistance of the Maine. These boats picked up several sailors of the Maine, who were swimming. They also rescued several of the wounded. Half an hour after midnight thirtyeta of the erew had been carried to th' military hospital of San Ambrosio. They were all most seriously wounded. Five otters of the crew were taken to the Alfoiso XIII. hospital. On board the Spanish cruiser AI- i fonso XII. twenty-six of the wounded , were treated, and thirty-six were succored on board the City of Washing ton. The Maine at the time of the explosion was at anchor about 500 yards fnrn the arsenal and some 200 yardfrom the floating dock. The explosion put out the street lights near the wharf and blew down telephone and telegraph wires in that vicinity. Admiral Manterola and (Jen. Solano put OS to the Maine soon after the explosion and offered their services to Capt. Sigsbee. l'robe for I'Het. The navy department r eived a dispmtrn fron Adssirsl Hicard, m command of th? North Atlantic ssjoaaVsn, giving detail of the court of inquir to lavestlKate tie Maine disaster as follows: Captain SaSSBSMMS, president of the court : Captain Chadwick, Lieutenant Oesassander Schroeder and Lieutenant Commander Marix. Captain Samps, a, tn. president of the board, b commander of the battleship lows, now st the Tortnaaa Captain Chadwick la eomander of the New York. st Key West; Lieutenant Cam m a ruler Schroeder is executive paVer of the pat tie-ship Massachusetts, now ut the TorluKas. Lieutenant Commander Marix is executive officer of the Vermont he w- !-

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IN s 3 mcrly with the Maine as executive officer before the detail of Lieutenant Com mander Wainwright. who relieved him. Secret C'oue Stolen. How thoroughly Spain has used the spy system is startUnsjly shown by the fact that she is in poss- .-ss'.om of the cipher code used by the state department. Thla is document more carefully guarded perhaps than any other in the keeping of the government. Its possession by any person other than those entrusted with It means that the innermost secrets of our actual relation a with foreign powers are open as the day. With strained relations between Spain and the United S;at when war hangs perhaps uj'on s word, its possession to Spain is invaluable. It lays open to her the vital messages of Minister Woodford and of Consul General Lee, and UtUS enables her to anticipate any possible movement of this country hostile to hr Interests. The fact is beyond speculation. It wa3 : etearly proved in the Ruiz case and is ! further emphasized by the fact that now. ! at this most critical stage of affairs. Captain Sigsbee, whose word may mean war. has discard-.1 the state cipher and is us- ! ing the Knglish code. evler Is Interviewed. Barcelona, cable: Lieutenant General i Valerian.. " yler expresses the opinion in the course of nn interview that the disaster which had befallen the United ; States warship Maine in Havana harbor was "due to the indolence of her crew." 1 He announced Ins intention toask the gov- ; ernment's permission to go to Havana and stand as a candidate for the chamber of deputies for the Havana district. Senator Allen Waats Fact. Senator Allen introduced a resolution instructing the senate committee on naval affairs to investigate the Maine explosion. The resolution follows: Resolved. That the committee on naval affairs 1..- directed to make an immediate and thorough Investigation into the cause of the disaster to the hat ile-ship Maine In the harbor of Havana on the ISth inst.. and report to the senate. Neirridgc Ordered to Duty. Hear A.lmhal Thomas A. Selfridge, t'njted States navy, returned Thursday on the steamship I'll-1 a attr an absence of two years and tutli abroad. He was met on the dock by his son. Henry Eelfrfclsje, who handed hint a telegram which had been reci Ived from the navy department. Admiral Bclfrfclge declined to reeal Its content except to s:(y that he had been ordered t.. report at the Brooklyn navy a rd . Hayn Issssualtlan hi .New York. An order for 3SSt,SS Mauser ritte cartrktsjes, chained with anttphrlte powder. ha.H I" en placed in New York city by the Spanish Roveroment. The order was Riven ihrounn contractlns scene, who has so far mansBjed to conceal his identity. The powder, as Ita name implies, is smokeless. It is uxed i.y the Russian and Gterssaa armies and England. The Maines Hmk I Total. Admiral B Irani ban telegraphed Secretary Long from Key West as follows: "In the opinion of Iiutnant John Hood i" the M line, who hau Inst arrived from Havana, the Maine can never again be iitili.e.i a ship. He describes the whole forwitrd body r the -u, i as completely collapsed where the shock of the explosion was the heaviest. Photographs of the wreck will b nenl t the department. "SIC ARD." I niier. I of Maine' ictlllix. Interment ol th martyrs of the it...k place Thursday afternoon o'clock in the city of Havana. The Main about The tlli.; OU He public buildings were at half mast and man) of the houses were draped in nioorniim. All clSSSei were represented in the throngf that tilled the si i ts along which the funeral procos' sioo passed IS the c. nieiery. The funeral music was fumlshetl b .he bands of the I -ab la I. a CatOllCS and Porto RICO battalions, which accompanied the bodies. The funeral cortege ntarted from the principal entrance of the city hall on Weyler street, then turned to the tiht on Mer- . .inn s street, then up O'Reffiy street, alons the rlht side ol Central park, and Anally to the rkfbl shmg San itafaei street to the cemetery. The population that lined Ihr route gave every indication of the profoondeal respect. Marrying for love without sido Issue Of bread and btttttf is like sipping the froth front a glass of soda-water.

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COMMANDER SICSBEE OF THE CRUISER MAINE. Now la the Harbor of Havana An Incident Showing Hit Correct View as to Value of Haitian Life as Related to Property. APTAIN Obarles D. Sigsbee. who is: in command of the war ship Maine, which has been sent by the navy department to guard American interests in Havana, is one of the most popular OJBCCTI in the navy. His record since he was graduated from Annapolis in 186:1 ; is fine. He is by no means a stranger I to the smell of nowder and he knows , what a ship looks like when it is in action. He served in Mobile Bay. was j an active participant In the work of the North Atlantic blockading squadron in 1S3.", and helped in the attains i and in the final assault upon Fort Fisher. Captain SlgBbee knows howto handle a ship when she needs handling, and when quick action and prompt decision are necessary. This he learn- I ed as a boy in the days when the "old j line" officers were thp flower and pride j of the navy, and before the engineers, who now. in their quiet way. are carry- j ing all before them, came to the front ' with modern invention a:;d machine, y Not Ions? ago the Maine, with Sigshee in command, found herself bearing dow n on an excursion boat in the East River. Ahead was the exci ratal boat, tall of human beings. On either side was a barge. The only clear way showed i pier. The old commander ordered his engines reversed, and to the amazement of the beholders he j steered straight for tue pier and ran into it amuck. The aier erai badly I torn up, the Maine's nose was bruised. but several hundred human lives were saved. The excursion boat ran clear, but ten loaded freight cars, that were standing on the pier, went to then lx)ttom of the river. There is no doubt as to Captain Sigsbee's relative valuation of human life and property. About $4,000 in property was destroyed, but CHARLES 1,000 lives were saved. That wag not a bad ten minutes' work for a man whose business it is to kill. CROMWELL'S HEADQUARTERS. One of the places In which tourists in Bngignd rovol ll Hull's tavern. It looks to-day just as it did when it was en.cted in 1612. When repairs were necessary they nere made with the idea of carfully preserving the appear - ance of the old plate. It was here that Ml 'CH VISITED BY TOURI8T8. Oliver Cromwell made his headquarters for nearly a year. Ten births and six weddings are dated here and there is a story of a murder to lernt a charm for those who love the morbid. One for the HrltUher. Some of the British troops in the Irish rebellion did not fight particularly well. A certain general, at a iord lieutenant's party in Dublin, was admonishing a begging woman to leave the place. vh n she said: "It is that I am glad to see your honor here in the red coat you wore the very day when yon saved the life of my boy. little Mickie!" "Indeed!" replied the general, not sorry to hear something to his credit on such a distinguished occasion. "I had forgotten all ahOttt it. How Hi I save his life?" "Well, your honor, when the battle was at its hottest our honor wan the Hist to run. and when me little Ifickie saw the general run he ran too, the JiOrd be praised!"

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TWO TERMS ARE CONFOUNDED

Contagious Disease and Infect lous DU eases Not tin- Same. The terms contagions and infectious are not synonymous. A disease is contagious when it is transmitted from the sick to the well by personal communication or contact, more or less intimate, and all contagious diseases are infectious i. e.. they are due to the introduction into the body of a susceptible individual of a living germ, says Popular Science Monthly. But all infectious diseases are not contagious. Thus small pox. scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria, influenza, etc., are infectious which are contagious, while malarial fevers, typhoid fever, yellow fever, cholera, pneumonia, peritonitis, etc.. are infections diseases which are not contagious at least, they are only contagious under very exceptional circumstances, and those in close communication with the sick, as nurses, ete.. do not contract these diseases as a result of such close association or contact. The generalination (hat all infectious diseases are germs, capable of reproduction, is based upon exact knowledge, gained chiefly during th last twenty years, as regards me specinc inrecuous agents or germs of a considerable number of the dis eases of this class. In some infectious !; -i . - hnanipr iin surh nnsitive demonstration has yet been made. The ! investigations which have been made justify the statement that each infectious disease is due to a specific i. e.. distinct -micro-organism. There are, however, certain infectious diseases which physicians formerly supposed to be distinct, and to which specific names arc given which are now known to be due to one and the same infectious agent or germ. Thus puerperal fever and erysipelas are now recognized as being causes by the same germ: the germ which is the usual cause of pneumonia is also the cause of a considerable proportion of the cases of cerebrospinal meningitis, etc. AT SCHOOL AT" 72. Hie Old Lad) Wai a Most Tractable PapiL ' The oldest pupil I ever taught in an experience covering over sixty years in the school room." said Uncle Rector Williamson, the well-known mountain pedagogue, to a Louisville Post man. "was good old Miss Lennie AbBhtre, who lived single all her long D. SIGSBEE. life at her little home in the mountains of Kastern Kentucky. At the age of 72 .-he did not know B from bull's foot. Site stopped me late one morning in Winter about fourteen years ago as I trudged across the mountains on my way home from the little log school house, and told me she was coming to school the next day. I thought she meant she was going to drop in to amuse herself by hearing the children recite, but she startled me by announcing that she was tired of Iiing in ignorance and wanted to learn how to read. I taught her two three-month terms, and. strange to say. the 72-year-old spinster picked up her primary education rapidly. The last time I saw the kind-hearted first year graduate she was reading her Bible, and told me she was prouder of being able to read than she was of her little farm and all else she possessed. She died seven or eight years ago. but I will never cease to remember Miss l.ennie kindly, for she was my oldest and most tractable pupil." "Win for Thy SseBSSShfS Sk.M I had occasion to call on a lady whose temperance views were as strong as were her dislike to the church. At once she asked if I were a teetotaler, and my confession that I belonged to the much-abused class of moderate drinkers brought down a storm upon my devoted head. In the course of my defense I quoted St. I. nil's advice to Timothy: "Take a little wine for thy stomach's sake." Now, every man knows the joke about the reply a story as old as the hills; but my teetotal friend made the famous answer in pel feet good faith and In anything but a spirit of joking. "I am surprised that you. a clergyman, don't know that Paul was speaking of wine for outward application only." And not only this, hut the good lady proceeded to defend her peculiar Interpretation. There was an old woman I knew who used to say that nothing did her so much good as Queen Anne (quinine), especially when she had the headache or the toothache. The Corn-hill

NEWS OF INDIANA.

MINOR HAPPENINGS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Many Seek ;r;tce at MunHe Deed -The Drail Murder I Mystery An Old Tobacco Dying It rief Item. An Old Still a t hewer Many Are Converted. Muncie: The revivals in progress in the various churches in the city are remarkable for the number of conversions. The protracted meeting at the High Street II. B. chuivh. under the leadership of the pastor, the Rev. L. J. Kattaajer, has been in progress since New Year's, and with yesterday's services nearly ISO conversions had been recorded by Miss Sarah Hoebler. the deaconess from Cincinnati, who is assisting in the services. Over 2otj have united with the congregation. During the ion days of the meeting at the. First Baptist church sixty have accepted Christianity. The Rev. Mr. Carter has only been with the church for four weeks, coming from Lafayette An Old Unci. Lafayette; In the county recorder offic(1 ,hor afternoon there was presented for record a deed which had been locked in the secret depository of a country resident since November. 1831, ami was then brought out on account of a real estate transaction. The peculiarity of the incident, however, was that the proffered deed was in two distinct handwritings, a condition un accounted for until some old-time resident had been consulted. At the date mentioned Daniel Baugher was the county recorder, and in making the original deed he had finished a line in an incomplete sentence. He died before finishing the work. S. C. Cox was subsequently appointed to fill his unexpired term, and this gentleman took up and completed the deed from the point at which it had been dropped by his predecessor. Harder siill a Mystery. Brazil: The authorities have failed to on ravel the mystery surrounding the murder of John Beset i. the Italian miner, who was killed last Saturday evening in the Pratt mine, near Lodi. Ten minutes before finding the body he was seen at his work in the mine. It is surmised that while on his way out he was strack from behind, -he murderer dragging the body to the mouth of the shaft and throwing it on the rage. It is a theory that the head was llowod to project tinder the supposition that it would be caught by the timbers of the cage and torn off. but Instead, however, it was dragged from the tage and dropped back into the trap. old Tohaeeo Chewer Dying John S. Fudge of Albany, Ind.. one of the pioneer residents, is lying at the point of death. His illness was caused by a sudden breaking off from chewing tobacco. He was addicted to this habit for fifty years, and last week he conceived the notion that he had enough will power to quit. He immediately became seriously ill, and his physicians say he may die of nervous prostration unless he resumes the habit. Indiana Brevities, Indianapolis: Thirty days ago May wheat was selling at about 00 cents a bushel. Now this same option is quoted at from $1 to $1.0'. Receipts from all northwestern points are falling off and exports by seaboard are rapidly in creasing. Leiter is sending ins enormous stock of wheat to New York for d! .hinnm ,1 n vor v t m n r points to high wheat prices which will break the record. This boom has no connection With the Cuban war scar" and seeSSI lo be a legitimate advance from natural causes based on the law of supply and demand. It is asserted that during the meeting of the .State Lincoln League at LaCsyette the administration of Governor Mount was not inllorsed. and Lieutenant Governor naggard was purposely kept in the background by the managers of the meeting, who were largely supporters of Henly fO" Senator. Rowdy young men started trouble in the Independent Stmt NcwligM ehnreh at Tipton, and the police authorities aided the church members in restoring order. During the melee Elias Tucker was struck by a brick, thrown by Albert Hunter, and severely Injured. There is dissension among the striking miners at Washington, and the Gazette of that city charges that supplies sent to the strikers are distributed among a favored few. while others are neglected. President Knight has gone there to Investigate. The operators in the block coal district, have refused the request of the miners to check off the dues of miners, reduce the price of powder and make the day laborers do certain work in the mines now performed by the miners. Charles Howard), Robert Williams. Harry Thompson and Joseph Smith, the latter colored, have been arrested for robbing Hie Lebanon postoffice some nights ago. They are also said to he wanted in other towns. The differences in the Krein chainworks at Marion have been settled by the management agreeing not to discriminate against union men. but to employ either non-union or union lalor. as may be most satisfactory. The Commercial Club of Noblesville is raising a subscription of $10,000. to ne useu iu BSCSwiwsj iHciunco.

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FOR BARGAINS IN i) FOR SALE OR TRADE. No 1 80 acres in Center township, 3 miles south of Plymouth. "0 aoree improved, 5 room house, barn 2t z40, wagon i bed and corn cribs, a good orchard of all kinds of fruits; prioe $37.50. No 2 80 acres in West township, 6 miles west, of Plymouth. 70 terse improved, balance in timber. House is uesrly new, with 7 rooms, outside ce. lsr, 'air barn, two good orchards, all kinds -f fruit Will trade for good residence property in Plymouth. No 362 sores in West township, i miles from Plymouth. 62 seres in eultivatioD, balance in timber, a good honi &od barn, s flue orchard, black walnut and; price f 2,600. No 4120 acres 6 miles west of Argos ' 3(3 scree improved, good Loose with 7 rooms, barn 22x50, other out boildmgt iod good orchard; will trade for smaller farm and give long time on difference. No 5 11H acres '6 miles from Doctldson . 79 acres improved, balance is ooe&dow and timber, fair bouse and s ;ood barn, with other out buildings; will sell for 821.50 per aois or trade for cn? property. Nc6 100 acres 7 miles west of Plymouth. 86 seres in cultivstiou. balsnoa in timber, 1 mile from Donaldson; will -ell cheap or trade for business property No 7 80 acres 4 12 miles west of Plymouth. 70 acres in cultivation, balance in timber, good honse and barn, good or ahard and wind mill; will trade for 40 acres or town property; price $40 per acre. No 8 100 acres S miles from Plymouth with tine improvements, frnits of all tiDds, heavy timber laud; will sell cheap if sold soon. Anyone wantmg a farm .'heap can get it b calling at once. No9 A 14,000 steck of general merchandise in a village near Plymouth, doing a good bnsmess; will trade for an improved fsrm. No. 10 A fine farm of 135 acres i naue rrom ose-isou, jnu. -2 uio. irtm Plymouth, with fane large house, two big I T- 1 T J -1 ' . I 0 barns and all other outbuildings needed on a farm, with a big orchard of all kindc of fraita, wind mill, atone milk bouse, etc together with horses, cattle, böge, poultry implements and grain. Will sell cheap 1500 cash, balance ou time to suit purchaser or will trade for Chicago improved property. No. 1150 aoree on Michigan road be tween Plymouth and Argos. Well improved. Will sell okeap or trade foi lon property. No. 12 60 acres in Weat townähip near DonelsoD, with good iniprovemsuts. Will sell ou terms to suit buvsr. Cheap. No. 1380 acre3 in Polk owDship near school house, with good improvement. Oood snd. Will trad for 120 acra snd pay cash difference. Must be within H or 4rniles of Plymouth. No. 14 21Tla' aores near Sligo iu wr4 :owcship. A good two-story hoiiee good barn and other outbuildings. Will trade for smaller farm or town property. No. 15 I hsvs s new house on Weat Crarro street, nsw bam, a corner lot; will st 11 cheap and on monthly payments. No. 16 Im use sod two lots on Walnut treat ussr er ort bouse and sohool. For ale at a bargain if taken soon No. A fine hone s nsar the nsw sohool building on eontb side of river. Will trado for 40. 60 or 80 acre farm and as sums inoumbranos from 1 1,000 to $1.500 Non is your chsuce, It you want to buy a farm, trade for a farm, sell a farm, or buy or sell town property, 1 can suit you, having property of ail kinds in any part of town, or anywhere in or ojtof the state. We will try to suit you if given a chance. Will be st Lsw OtFce of L. M Laset each Saturday, and all business durins the week will receive sttsntion st said office. Yours for business, S H. JOSEPH.

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