Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 19, Plymouth, Marshall County, 13 February 1902 — Page 8

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Taft Says Living in the Philippines is Very High. PAY OF THE COMMISSIONERS Saloru of Convnlssloncrs ail Goes for Dtcrfalnncnt, Rents ai d Household . Necessities - Governor Toft Says mat Jn increase Should Be Mode. Washington, Feb. 11 In contibüing his statement concerning the Philippine islands before the senate commit ee, Gov. Taft said that the estimate for preliminaiy expenses in those islands must Include a considerable outlay for school buildings It was neces sary, he said, to make salaries from 20 to 25 per cent higher than in' the United States. In this "connection Senator Culberson mfader inquiries concerning the salaries and allowances of the commissioners of the archipelago, "Is each of the commissioners! paid 20,000r he asked. "No." was the repTy. "When we first went cnit the commissioners were each paid 810,000 and the 'cha:rrr.&n $12.000, and in addition there was an allowance of $5,500 to each for expenses; making the total 15.500 and $17500, respectively. When I was appointed civil governor i was allowed 5,000 for my legislative duties and 15,000 for my duties as an executive, making 0,000. The other commission- were allowed $5,000 for their . jgislative services and $10,000 for their executive duties, making $15,000, all in gold." "Is each allowed a private secretary?" "Yes." "And you also have a large clerical force?" "You would think so if you should step into our offices; you would also get an idea of the ne cessity of such a force." 'What other allowances are made?" 'None, except that I am allowed as Governor to live in the Malacanan, the old governor-general's palace. "Is it an extensive place?" "Rather. It costs me $125 in gold a month to light it, and I pay $8.000 a year out of my own pocket for servant hire.-" There are fourteen ponies in the stable, eight of which I own, and I also keep three carriages. "The grounds are extensive, but they are lighted by the city of Manila, as any other park would be." "AreJthe other members of the commission provided with residences?" 'They are not. All of them pay rent, and I can assure you what I would much prefer to pay mine to being required to live at Malacanan and keep up that establishment. If I may be allowed a word personally, I would say that of my $17.500 salary last ' year, I had only $1,500 left at the end of the year, and I am sure that if my illness had not prevented my entertaining to a desirable extent, there would have been nothing left of the 520,000 now paid, and General Wright And Judge Ide have assured me they could save nothing. There is much entertaining necessary, and the cost of everything is greater than in Washington. Indeed, money goes so fast that j perquisites or allowances other than those I have mentioned." Governor Taft added that the commission had had nothing to do with fixing the salaries of its own members, that haying been done in Washington, but he said that it was impossible to secure the services of competent men for responsible positions without paying better salaries than are paid heve. The Brave Are Not Contemptible. There is a popular impression tmong young men that unless they resent every uncouth sally they will be regarded a3 cowards. No greater mistake can be made. The brave, manly boy ia the one who cherishes no resentment and carries no malice in his heart. By -seeking to wreak vengeance upon one who stoops -to slurring figures of speech you simply lower yourssif to hU contemptible leveL Industrial Cchool xXagazine.

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The Peculiar Pets of Several Famous Personages. Potentates have their pets a3 wellts other people. Pope Leo is especially fond of birds. "There are no better diplomatists around me,w he said recently to a foreign embassador, "than my birds. My visitors, after I have given them audience, go away, praising me for my affability, but the truth is they cannot hear half what I say, since my voice ia frequently drowned by the warbling of my little pets." The king of Portugal's favorite animal is a huge baboon. A hideous, wicked animal it is and excessively fond of strong drink, but at the same time it is very droll, especially after it has taken a drop too much. Cockatoos, parrots and humming birds are the pets of the king of Belgium, and. many fine specimens of them are to be found in the aviaries of his palace. The sultan of Turkey is fonder of guinea pigs than of any other animal. For years Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has had a colony of white mice, to the nurture and care of which she has never failed to devote all the time that was neccssarv. For a herd of she goats the queen regent of Spain reserves all her fav vors, and the reason is because she cannot forget that these animals did good work as nurses toward preserving the life of the sickly infam who is now Alfonso XIII. The Largest Flower In the World. Can you imagine a blossom as large as a carriage wheel ? On the island of Mindanao, one of the Philippine group, was found by some explorers such a flower. Far -up on the mountain of Parag, 2,500 feet above the sea level, some explorers were wandering when they came across some buds larger than gigantic cabbage heads. Greatly astonished, they searched further and presently discovered a full blown blossom, five petaled and three feet in diameter. It was car ried on low lying, luxuriant vines. The natives call it bolo. It was found impossible to preserve it fresh, so hey photographed it and kept some dried petals to press, and by improvised scales found that a single flower weighed twenty-two pounds. It was afterward found to be a species of rafflesia, first found in Sumatra and named after Sir Stamford Raffles. The new flower was called Rafflesia schadengergia, in honor of its discoverer, Dr. Schadenburg. He Bowed Low. Lieutenant Colonel the lion. H. C. Legge, one of King Edward's equerries, is a man of medium height, soldierly looking, fair mustached and possessed of the happy knack of making himself agreeable to all and sundry. lie was one of the late queen's equerries and has many amusing tales to tell of his experiences at the court. On one occasion a provincial mayor who was about to be knighted was so overcome by nervousness that when he knelt down he rolled upon the floor and remained there, looking for all the world like an overturned sheep, while her late majesty wa3 hard put to it to keep her countenance. . Banker and Bottle Washer. R. B. Xorrish, president of tha Bank of Ortonville, Minn., has entered into a written contract with one of the proprietors of the Ortonville Bottling works to wash bottles for thirty days at $5 a day; to begin work regularly at 7 o'clock each morning and work ten hours. Mr. Norrish agrees to work thirty days or forfeit $150. This contract grew out of some disparaging remarks made by the bottler as to Mr. Norrah's ability and desire to. work. A Productive Tree. Sonvenir collectors will.be interested to learn that 100 large tables, 6 dozen chairs, 12 dozen workboxes, 11 desks, 24 dozen knife handles, 24 dozen cigar cases, 100 dozen umbrella handles and over 10,000 penholders have so far been made out of the only original surrender tree of Santiago, and the tree is nearly all there still. The apple tree at Appomattox did less than this for the faddists of a great country. A Blue Family. During a recent thunderstorm at Paterson, N. J., a Mrs. William Donohue jumped out of bed and, fetting what she supposed was a ottle of holy water, sprinkled the sleeping members of her family. When they awoke in the morning and saw. themselves in a mirror, they were startled by their streaked faces. The woman in the dark had picked up by mistake a bottle of Dining. The Peking Gazette's Adventures. The Peking Gazette, which justly claims to be the oldest newspaper in the world, having been founded in 1130, may be said to have appeared with an irregularity tantamount to suspension during the late Chinese troubles. A very few copies of this journal have survived those troubles, as the Boxers made a point of destroying all the printed matter they could lay their hands on containing edicts, etc., hostile to their cause and of decapitating its publishers. Consequently The Gazette had to be secretly printed, and it is only lately that some members of the editorial staff have been able to return to Peking under the protec

tion of the American authorities there. It i3 a significant circumstance that during its existence for seven and a half centuries every sus--pension of its publication has been followed by the establishment of a new dynasty. London Chronicle. Actually Carried a Chair. Many people eem to remembei only by an effort that the Empress Frederick was the princess royal of England. She herself never forgets it. It was a grievance of the German court that the wife of their crown prince always remained "die Engländerin." Bismarck was never tired of growling at it. Her easy, informal manners were always scandalizing the stiff Prussian court. Soon after hör marriage she shocked her lady in waiting by carrying a chair across the room for herself. The lady protested. It did not become a princess of Prussia, she remonstrated, to carry her own chairs. "Well," replied her mistress, "the princess royal of England doesn't mind doing it. In fact, I have often seen my mother carrying two chairs." London Answers. How the Club Got the Antlers. In the main hall of the stately home of the Hamilton club of Paterson, X. J., is an elk's head with a noble spread of antlers, and a gem of the taxidermist's art. Behind it3 appearance there is a story. It was once an adornment of the almost feudallikc residence of Catholina Lambert, known as Bclle-visto castle, in the outskirts of Paterson. Mr. Lambert prides himself on a collection of paintings on which he has expended a . fortune. A few years ago Mr. Lambert invited a party of friends in this city, artists and critics, to inspect his collection. They did so, and while praising the paintings many of them seemed to reserve their most rapturous words for the elk's head, which had a prominent place in the castle. This annoyed the picture loving owner. So the next morning at breakfast he commented, en famille, on the bad taste of his guests, and wound rp his rather sneering comments bv turning to his son and remarking: "I say, my son, take that elk's head down to the club and make them a present of it. I don't want it to disturb the peace of mind of New York art lovers. There may be some more of them out here some time." New York Times.

A Muscular Prince. Prince Christian of Denmark, who is on terms of close intimacy with the Duke of Cornwall, has THE TECsCB SEIZED THE BUSfJLWAYS. more than once demonstrated his coolness and personal strength. Recently the heir to the Danish crown was driving with the princess, when the bells on their horses startled the animals in another Fleigh, which was overturned, tho occupants being entangled in their rugs. The startled horses bolted, and the unfortunate nassenjrers were in treat danger, but the crown prince immediately leaped cnt of his sleigh, seized the runaways and bn rght them to a standstill A LITTLE HOHSEHSE. How a Cowboy Had Fun 'With en Ath letle Parson. A clerical friend of mine told me a capital story of a Yale man whowas the stroke oar of his crew and the chief athlete on the football field. He entered the ministry and spent years in missionary labor in the far west. Walking one day through a frontier town, a cowboy stepped up to him and said : "Parson, you don't hare enough fun. Take a drink." The minister declined "Well," he said, "parson, you must have some fun. Here's a faro layout. Take a hand in the. game." The minister declined. "Parson," said the- cowhoyy "youTI die if you don't hav some fun." And he knocked the parson's hat off his head and hit him a whack on the ear. The old athlete's spirit rose. The science which had been learned in the college gymnasium and forgotten for a quarter of a century was aroused, and a blow was landed on the jaw of that cowboy that sent him sprawling in the street. The parson walked over to him as if he had been a door rug, picked him up and dusted the side of the house with him and thn mopped up the sidewalk with his f orji. As the ai-ibulance was carrying the cowboy. off he raised his head feebly and said: ... 'Tarson, what did you fool me for? You are chock full of fun." Hew York Times.

CONDENSED STORIES. The Quarter. Deck a Little Too Cheap For Secretary Chandler. ' At the Army and Navy club tha other evening a group of officers were discussing the recent difficulties of ex-Senator Chandler with Bear Admiral Evans. One of the officers, now retired, mentioned incidentally the fact that Mr. Chandler upon taking up the navy portfolio was not as familiar with nautical matters as might be desired. Soon after taking hold of his official duties the secretary had occasion to visit what was at the time one of the larger vessels of th navy. Upon the morning following his arrival the commanding officer, after a brief exchange of greetings, said: "Mr. Secretary, would yoa care to see the marines mustered on the quarter deck?" "H'h!" replied the head of the department, so the story goes. "It seems to me that for the secretary of the navy at least a half dollar deck should be provided." New York Times. . Presented His Portrait. A pretty tale is told of. Leopold II., king of the Belgians. In his own land he is devoted to long walks. , On one of these expeditions he stopped at a farmhouse and asked for a glass of milk and then said something to his companion in Eng-

"HEBE'S PORTRAIT OP TOE LOXO NOSED ENGLISHMAN." lish. The dame who went to fetch the draft was heard to say, "I wonder what the long nosed Englishman will pay?" When she came back, King Leopold handed her a five franc piece. "Here," he said, "i3 a portrait of the long nosed Englishman." Applause on Trust. In Jules Simon's recently published "Premieres Annees" he tells that once, when a candidate in Brittany, he spoke for more than an hour amid great applause and was "chaired" and carried back in triumph to his hotel. There the friend who had organized the meeting said to him, "Well, I hope you are satisfied." The orator assumed a modest air. ''Come, now' said his friend, "own up. No one can have an ovation like that without being moved by it." "Well, then, I own up," said Jules Simon. Laughing heartily, his friend continued: "There were two or three thousand people there, were there not? Except you, myself and three more, whose names I could give, not a soul understood French. You got your applause on trust." Jules Simon concludes, 'Tt was the greatest oratorical success of my life." AMOS CUMM1NGS WON. "Sitting one night in Chamber tin's hotel, in Washington' said Amo3 J. Cummings, "were John Allen, ihe Mississippi wit ; Senator Vest and several other men of more or less national distinction, when the conversation turned upon violin music. . Vest is noted for his skill with the horsehair bow, and the upshot of the discussion was t hat hechallenged me to a duel on the violin. "I sent a servant around to a pawnshop and got an instrument which looked as if it had been used to bail out a boat. Vest had a 'Strad' or a Guarnarius or an Amati, and he played a selection by Vieuxtemps. It was highly classical and beautifully done. "I tucked my old fiddle- nncfer my chin and scraped away at The- Arkansaw Traveler' I had! no4 been playing for a minute before- twenty feet were keeping time- to. the- noise, and several negro waiters "wer doing Jubas. Of course I won tho prize, but Vest said: '"You're no violinist, Amos; you're nothing hut a measly fiddler.' " Every Woman May. Have an Indoor Butb Garden. Every woman should be her own florist. Then instead of being at the mercy of the professionals, who in midwinter and spring are able to command exorbitant prices for their choicest blooms, the thrifty housewife who has exercised a little forethought may fairly revel in blossoms that cost her nothing at all. Those plants which are raised from bulbs may be most successfully managed by the amateur flower raiser. They require the minimum of attention and are most lavish in their production of blossoms. The bulbtf, should be buried in terra cotta il'jwerpols, a wide pan

being especially made for the 'accommodation of such plants. After they are placed in the soil the bulbs should be set in a warm cellar to germinate. When the leaf stalk begins to push above ground, the plant may be brought up stairs, but should then be covered with another pot in order that the light may not nave a bad effect on the flower bud.

Problems For the Housewife. Here are the problems that confront every conscientious housewife. Every woman who takes upon herself the responsibility of making a home must solve them and all their ramifications one way or another. Surely the housewife lias important issues enough in her hands without seeking a field for others. First and foremost come the buying, cooking and serving of something to eat. . Second, the problem of cleanliness. Third, the servant problem. Fourth, the comfortable and artistic furnishing of the house and making it a pleanant place to stay. Fifth, the intellectual life of the home, for the attainment of which The Latest Notions Present Some Afc tractive Draperies. The window hangings, draperies in general and other accessories that make for the adornment of the house, beautiful and that the art decorators are now showing are luxurious to a degree. It is noticeable that there is as much latitude allowed in the selection of draperies by the woman who would be fashionable, so far as her house is concerned, as there is in the choice of her wardrobe. The holland or plain linen shade that for so many years remained unadorned save for a more or less elaborate fringe is now transformed into a tiling of beauty by a fringe of applique lace and insertion of the same in artistic-pattern. In one stvle of holland line shade seen recently the applique design was on a foundation of black net, but the color was not apparent when the light shone through the shade, and the combination of the light buff linen and the lace was exceedingly effective. Brussels net with a broad bolder of silk applique on heavy net repre sents one of the latest designs iD handsome lace curtains, althougl Arabian lace is still the favorite in the more costly window hangings. In the line of heavier drapery for the window or for portiere use the silk curtains in the most delicate shades, with embroidered edge in silk to match and applique or silk in self color, are exquisite, particularly in the shades of pale pink and blue that are just a little darker than the pastel colorings. For summer use in particular, but not necessarily confined to this particular season, are the Scotch madras curtains, which are now found on the list. They can hardly be considered as costly or luxurious draperies, but they are beautiful in the finer grades, which drape as gracefully as crepe de chine and are really as soft as this poplar dress material. To mention the color combinations would be to catalogue all the possible variations of yellow and brown and red and blue and green and pink ill artistic effect. The End of a Stage Fight. Mr. Lyall Swete is a young English actor, but his exceptional height proved on a certain, occasion he is not likely to forget rather a disadvantage. It was during his apprenticeship to the stage, when he was playing a villain in a melodrama, says London Answers. The company gave a show in a tiny theater with a particularly nari o w stage. The pit and gallery were crowded but only one quiet little old gentleman was- to be seen in the stalls. Mr. Swete made his first entrance hurriedly and had his hat knocked off by the front sky border. The stage- manager, after consoling hi, added r "Work up. .the fight in the last act. It ought to- get three calls at least''" Mr. Swete worked it up and when the hero knockad him down he did a back fall, with his head toward the audience. There was silence, then- a roar of laughter. Mr. Swete was- greatly puzzled till he heard the soft voice of the quiet little stallite murmuring gently, "Excuse me, sir, but your hair is on. firer So the villain1 took his head out of the footlights, and the audience gave the httlo old gentleman a round of applause. Earning: Theft Fe. Recently an Indianapolis jury trought in a verdict of guilty against a woman charged with profanity, and then paid the fine imposed upoj her themselves. At nrst it was supposed that they were Influenced by gallantry, until it was revealed that their own fees for service in the jury boor, depended upon a conviction. For Superlativ nerve that jury is entitled to the blue ribbon. San Francisco Chronicle. "" Tolstoi's Opinion of Women. - From my own personal experience I know that women are inferior to men. Count Tolstoi in a Parii Interview. DON'T BE FOOLED! Take the genuine, original ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA Made only by Madison Medicine Co., Madison, Wis. It keeps you well. Our trade mark cut on each package. :rlce, 33 cents. Never sold x in bulk. Accept no uesu w n. ,,1 tute. Ask your druffflst.

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Germany Prepared to Produce Documentary Evidence. THE KAISER SPOILED A PLAN Sensorional assertion Thar Lord Pauncefotc Proposed a Joint European Interference in Spanish war and That William Headed it Off Berlin, Feb. 11 The official North German Gazette repeats the assertion that on April 14. 1693, Lord Pauncefote, the Brit ish ambassador at Washington, proposed a joint European note to the United States declaring that American intervention in Cuban affairs was unjustifiable. If this declaration is replied to by Great Britain, the documents relating to the matter will undoubtedly be punished. In official circles here itis deemed best to wait and see how the statement published in the North German Gazette is received, It is also declared in official circles thae the original message received from Dr. Von Hollebtn, the German ambassador at Washington, in which the British proposal was reported to Berlin, bears on its margin a note written in Emperor William's own hand, flatly refusing Germany's assent to the project. The following declaration was made by United States Ambassa dor White today: During the whole period of the war the conduct of the German government was in every respect that of a neutral and friendly power. On the only occasion when as ambassador I found it necessary to ask the German government to stop and overhaul a Spanish ship in the Elbe, which was supposed to contained contraband, the government complied without the slightest delay. No wish to embarrass the American government was ever shown for a moment by Berlin. Germany's conduct was all we had the right to ask or desire.'' The Original cf Tom Brown of Rugby, the Schoolboy Hero. Few better book? are known among English speaking boys than ''Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby." Thomas Arnold, Jr., was at Kugbjr when Thomas Hughes, the Tom Brown of the school life, was a pupil there, and in "Passages In a Wandering Life" gives his recollections of the boys' hero. Tom Hughes at fifteen wa3 tall for Iiis age; his long, thin face, his sandy haiir, his length of limb and his spare freme gave him a lankncss of aspect which wa3 the cause, I suppose, of the boys giving him the extraordinary nickname of "executioner." No name could be less appropriate, for there wa3 nothing inhuman or morose or surly in his looks, and still less in his disposition. The temper of a bully was utterly alien to him, and he was always cheerful and gay. He was one of the best runners in the school, and many a time have I seen him in the quadrangle just before "hare and hounds"' he being one of the hares lightly clad and with a bag of "scent strapped around him. He was too keen eyed and observant to hi specially popular, bat all the small boys liked him because he was kind and friendly to them. He reached the sixth form, but left before he had risen high in it, feeling, no doubt, that his work lay elsewhere. Prince Rupert1 Drop. Glass is an extremely bad conductor of heat, and the reason why tumblers and other Tessels made of lass crack when hot water is sudenly poured into them is that the interior of the glass expands before the heat can penetrate through the particles on the outside, which are consequently then "riven asunder. Small glass toys called Prince Kupert's drops, which may be obtained at a glass blower's, show very clearly the effect of heat on bad conductors. They are made by dropping a 6mall quantity of glass while almost in liquid state into water, by which means a globule with a spiral tail is instantly formed; the outside of the globule cools and solidifies the instant it comes into contact with the water, before the inner part changes, and this, as it gradually hardens, would contract were it not retained and kept in its form by its adherence to the outer crust. If the tail is broken off or any other injury done to the globule, it will burst with a slight noise and fall to pieces. In order that glassware may be durable it is annealed that is to say, it is put into an oven, the temperature of which is allowed to decrease gradually.

All Humors Are impure matters which the skin, liver, kidneys and other organs can not take care of without help, there is such an accumulation ot them. They litter the whole system. Pimples, boils, eczema and other eruptions, loss of appetite, that tired feeling, bilious turns, fits of indigestion, dull headaches and many other troubles are due to them. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Kemove all humors, overcome all their effects, strengthen, tone ant invigorate the whole system. "I had salt rheum on my hands so that I could not work. I took Hood's Sarsaparilla and It drove ont the humor. I continued its use till the sores disappeared." Mas. Iba. O. Browx, Rumford Falls, Me. Hood's Sarsaparilla promises to cure and keeps the promise.

HAS IT A FUMCTI0N? Dr. E. V. Ilershey, known as the leading surgeon of Denver, stirred up the Interstate Medical association the other day with the positive Ftatement that the vermiform appendix has a function to perform in spite of the reiterated statements of the world's wisest medical men that it is without use and may b removed with impunity. Dr. Ilershey advanced the theor) that the appendix has a secretory function, serving as a lubricant to the great intestines, and that any interference with the enran brings about other forms of sickness and a multitude of disorders, including fatal constipation. These statements led to many passionate criticism?, the speakers all protesting against allowing such heterodox theories to go forth as the indorsed sentiment of the meeting. Finally by resolution Dr. Ilershey was instructed to conduct experiments, retain notes of his observations and report results a year hence. Denver Cor. Chicago Kec-ord-IIerald. A Story of Secretary Root. Elihu Root, the secretary of war, has a vein of humor in his composition which sometimes finds vent in irony. During the most trying crisis in the Chinese affair of lait year a group of newspaper reporters were admitted to his presence and, standing in a row, plied him in turn with questions. The secretary's expression changed from interested curiosity to rather marked wearines as the bombardment went on, but his manner never lost its gravity, even when the last of the group burst out with, "Mr. Secretary, I am informed that the president is very tired of Minister Conger, and is going to get rid of him." "Ah," responded Mr. Root, with evident relief that the secret was out, ''you have discovered that at last, have you V "Yes, and now could you tell ma whether Mr. Conger will he dismissed or simply superseded V "Neither; the president, with careful regard for oriental etiquette, will send him a poisoned letter." The markets. Plymouth Wheat..... Corn . )j&tf It y 3 Clover Seed Potatoes ........ Lard . Hen . Spring Chickens.. Uoosters ..73 . 4 50 .14 50-500 70-85 ..i..lO-10J . 8 8 6-8 Gobblers. .8 .5 it Geese.. Ducks Turkeys Fggs 9 23 Batter. ...18 Apples sa-ioo Chicago Wheat. Corn-.801-2 Oats. Ry 6.Mm .5 Clorer... .jS 50-0.40 Potatoes. .-72 Cattle. Hogs 4 80 to 6 20 .5.20 to 6.40 .4 15 to 4 TS 8heep. ItiNitratet and Dtscriptivt BMklets Frre. The following excellent publications prepared by the Chicago it North-Western R'y will be sent free to any add roes upon receipt ot postage named. Tbe information therein is of great value to thoee who expect totravel either for pleasure or profit. All ot the publications are handsomely illustrated with half tone views: California, Illustrated. ...Postage 2 eta HuDtiog and Fishing 2 cts Colorado, Illustrated " 2 cts Through Picturesque Wisconsin 2 a Beautiful Country Near Chicago u 2 cts Picturesque Milwaukee 44 2 cts Opportunities for 3usiness. 2 eta Copper and Iron and Where They are Found... 2 :ta Across Picturesque Illinois and Iowa. ..." 2 cts Population of Cities on the North Western Line... " 2cts The Indian The Northwest. A hittory ot the Indian tribes. GO cents Address tV B.Kntskern, G. P. & T. A. Chicago fc North-Western R'y 22 Fifth Ave, Chicago.

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