Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1871 — Page 4

CURRENT ITEMS.

1 !’■ * A Popular Sbkbatiom—Cold fingers. 8 “““" " The Worst Kind cf Education—To be broughlup by a policeman. ▲ Vibmnia girl of sixteen has died of homesickness at a Richmond Imardingachool. :•«. Tn deepest excavation in the United States la a copper mine in Lake Superior. It is 1,800 feet deep. “ You look as though you were beside yourself," aa a wag said to a fellow who was standing clone to « donkey. The marks of their teeth on some beeswax, which they mistook for maple sugar, have exposed two young burglars in Maine. A Hard Cask—Dying without money, without property, no insurance ia the Mu tual Life Insurance Company, of Chicago, and yet leaving a Wife and small children to mourn your neglect If it ia wise to insureyour property, the loss of which would fall heavily upon your family, it is wiser to insure your life, the loss of which wouht be a blow still heavier. Insure in the Washington. A charitable Cincinnati gentleman keeps a pair of dogs chained nt his front door, so that poor fx-ople who stop to “ get a bite'* can be accommodated without taking the trouble to go in the house. More than fifty million copies of Webster’s spelling-book have been sold in the United States, on which the author’s royalty!* one cent for each book, amounted to 1500,000. The present rate of production is said to be about a million a year. —Eight of the twenty-two members of the Minnesota State Senate, and fifteen of the forty-eight members of the House, were born in New York. Not one of either House is a native of Minnesota The Water Commissioners in Jersey City shut off the supply of water there a few days ago, and a man who don’t read the papers worked a whole day with hot bricks, trying to “ thaw out” his hydrant. A young lady took her younger brother, a little boy of three or four years of age, to church. The preacher was an earnest man, and spoke very loud During the sermon she saw the little fellow in tears, and asked him what was the matter. He sobbed out, “ That man is hollering at me.”

The State Prisons in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts more than pay expenses, and it is urged that it would be no more than just to credit tiie surplus to the prisoners, to be paid at the expiration of their sentences or to their dependent families, when they have such. A couple were married “ for ftin ” in Troy the other evening, and they didn't know until the conclusion of the ceremony that the gentleman who united them was really a Justice of the Peace. They accepted the situation pleasantly, however, invited their- friends to a reception, and are now living together precisely as if their marriage had not been an accident. The Louisville Courier-Journal says: “To every three squares of residences in Louisville there is a cur. and each dog is expected to get his pound of flesh from a letter-carrier. If he don’t get it from the leg of the 1. c. he generally makes it off sombody who passes at night. There is no reason why dogs should not flourish in Louisville, but it’s discouraging to let-ter-carriers.”

A Massachusetts boy of ten years, who had been punished by his mother, revenged himself by directing an undertaker to send a hearse and carriages for her funeral, and they drove up to the house in solemn procession, much to the horror of the worthy woman, who quickly proved to the drivers that she was very much alive. At a party in Portsmouth, N. H., a few evenings since, one of the gentlemen having to pay a forfeit in a game, the penalty awarded was that he should go to the door and count a number of stare in company with a lady, whereupon a young miss who was present created a sensation by getting up and seriously objecting, on the ground that the young man was engaged to her Bister, and she would not sit there and see gny such thing done. None of the Dukes of Marlborough have been famous since the first. A story’ illustrative of the simplicity of one of Ids successors is told to the effect that he wrote to his steward and said: “We are coming down, a large party, in a day or two, to eat strawberries and cream. We shall want plenty of the latter, so don’t let any of the cows be milked meanwhilea curious notion of vaccine economy. The will of a San Francisco physician, recently deceased, contained the following clause: “After death I wish my body to be dissected by my medical friends, the soft part burned and the ashes preserved in an urn, the skeleton wired well together, and both kept in some medical college dr university in San Francisco. But incase my wife should wish for them, it is my will that they be delivered to her, in case she shall be willing to pay the expense of their preparation.” Bishop Marvin tells a story about one of the stewards in the West Texas Conference, who paid as quarterage 100 pounds of bacon, worth ten cents a pound. At the quarterly meeting, however, he brought in a bill charging fifteen cents a pound, and offered in explanation for charging five cents more than market price, that all he gave to the church was “so much treasure laid up in heaven.” and he desired to swell that account as much as possible.

Someboey in Boston has conceived the bright idea of making money by means of a circular with the taking title of “ Manv to One and One to One of Many.” The scheme proposes that everybody receiving circulars shall send ten cents to the irigen ions originator, who will be thereby enriched; whereupon he will divide his wealth equally with one of the contribu tors, to be chosen impartially by him. The impartiality of this method is remarkable.

A new thing in church music and Sunday School amusement was exhibited at Dr.' Vinton’s church, in New York, on Christmas Sunday. In the Doctor’s remarks he recited the words: “ Ring out the bells for Christmas, Sote»o?*A ; ristm«, The happy, happy day.” And touched a wire with his foot. Hard ly had he ceased speaking when the chimes began to ring, and continued until the whole tune had b -en played, amid the deepest silence. Want of Tact. —Arguing with an opponent, who is lame, and assuring him that he has not a leg to stand on. Telling a man with only one eye (in an insinuating way) that you would like to get on his blind aide. Urging a friend who stammers hesitate to express bis opinion. -DeCtarlng to the possessor of a false set that you mean to do it in spite of his teeth. Informing an acquaintance, who never has bls glass out of his eye, that you consider he takes a very short-sighted view of things. Telling a man who squints that . you are very sorry you cannot see the matter as he sees it. “Do you know the prisoner, Mr. Jones ?’’ “ Yes, to the bone.” “ What is Ms character?’’ “Didn’t know be had any.” "Does he five near you?” “So near that he has spent only one dollar for firewood in eight years.” “ Did he ever come In collision with you in any matter ?” “Only once, and that was when he was

drunk and mistook me for a lamp post ” “ From what you know of him, would you believe him under oath?" ‘"That depends upon circumstances. If lie was so much intoxicated that he did not know what he was doiug; if not, I wouldn’t.", Captain Hall, of artic fame, continues the preparations for his artic journey, and in the courae of a late lecture announced his expectation of* starting about Mayfoi the present year. - Bis plan contemplates a visit, in the find place, to Newfoundland to make up his crew; thence, he will proceed to the west coast of Greenland to take in supplies, and then to Repulse Bay to obtain about fifty dogs for his use in the journey. After that he goes directly to Jones's Sound, and passing up alxiut 20J miles, will turn to the north, with the intention of getting as far toward the pole as possible before winter rets in. He will then go into winter-quarters; and in the spring of the coming year he hopes to proceed on sledges to the pole, with every expectation of reaching it in due season. They have had an “ Enoch Arden case” out at Oakland, California. Enoch went off and left his wife and children destitute; kind-hearted people took up a subscription for the support of the family; and soon after the lost wanderer—whose other name was Kaiser and proposed to assist in eating up the provender. The neighbors thereupon served a notice upon him, reading thus: “D. Kaiser, we give you twenty-four hours to leave town. By order of a committee of your creditors. If not, you will receive a coat of tar and feathers," or words to jthat effect. Enoch —that is, Kaiser—read the document with tearful eyes, sadly east one long, lingering, farewell look upon the replenished pork barrel, and turned heart broken away. He is now a moody misanthrope and a vindictive bull-whacker on the plains. Tiie following pleasant story is told by a pious minister about a monk of former days, lie resolved to leave his monastery on the ground that he there too frequently met with causes of provocation, and was betrayed into anger and other sins. Accordingly, he retired into the desert, in the hope that solitude would enable him to serve God with an easier mind. One day his pitcher happened to upset and, when lifted up, fell a second time, which kindled his anger to such a pitch that he dashed it to the ground and broke it into a thousand pieces. When he came to himself he said: “ I now see that I cannot be at peace even in solitude, and that the fault lies not in others, but in myself.” He then returned to the monastery, and, after many strenuous efforts, succeeded in subduing his passions, not by flight, but by self denial.

A skater in Leavenworth, Kansas, is re|»orted by a local paper to have broken through the ice, the other night, and to have swam beneath it for twenty yards, till he came to a shallow place, when he assumed the perpendicular, and burst through the thin ice with his head. This is a likely story, says the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, but we caß beat it all cut. We knew a young man in Hubtington, twenty miles from this city, who once asseverated to his friends that, on a skating voyage down the river, he fell through an air hole, and struck bottom twenty ft et below, came up safe and floated down stream a quarter of a mile, occasionally butting his head against the ice to try its thickness, and finally came out all right at another air-hole. blow we guess the Leavenworth man will knock under.

Mark Twain’s Advice to Parents.

Having reflected deeply for half an hour upon the subject of domestic discipline, I feel like sparing a few suggestions relative to the best method of bringing up children. Being a bachelor without children, my suggestions are as likely to be disinterested as if I had never seen a child. According to my observation, the most difficult time to bring up children is in the morning. You do, sometimes, though seldom, bring them up in the morning by yelling at them; but the effectiveness of this process diminishes with its repetition, even when not entirely neutralized by the children’s trick of stopping their ears with the bed-clothes. The only prompt, effective and absolutely reliable method is to bring them up by the hair. If your child has a good; healthy scalp, without any tendency to premature baldness, this method will work with most gratifying efficiency. Try it about once \woek, and you will be surprised to observe how its influence will extend through the six days’ interval, inspiring your child with the liveliest possible interest in the resplendent pageantry of sunrise. To bring up a darling child by the hair requires the exercise of some energy and firmness; but no affectionate parent will hesitate at any little sacrifice of this kind for the welfare of his offspring. Nothing can be more fatal to your discipline than to allow your children to contradict you. If you happen to be betrayed into any misstatement or exaggeration in their presence, don’t permit them to correct you. Right or wrong, you must ob stinately insist %n your infallibility, and promptly suppress" every symptom of puerile skepticism, with force if need lx*. The moment you permit them to doubt your unerring wisdom, you will begin to forfeit their respect and pander to their conceit. Their can be no sadder spectacle than a parent surrounded by olive branches who think they know more than he does. I vividly remember how my father —who was one of the most rigid and successful of disciplinarians—quelled the aspiring egotism that prompted me to correct his careless mark (when he was reckoning a problem in shillings), that five times twelve was sixty-two and a half. “So,” said he, climbing over; his spectacles, and surveying me gnrnlv, “ye think ye know more'll your father, hey ? Come ’ere to me!” His invitation was 100 pressing to be declined, and for a few excruciating moments I reposed in bitter humiliation across his left knee, with-my neck in the embrace of his left arm. I didn’t see him demonstrate his mathe-’ mat leal accuracy, with the palm of his right hand on "the largest patch of my trowsers,’ but I felt that the old man was right; and when, after completely eradicating my faith in the multiplication table, he asked me how much five times 12 was, I insisted, with tears in my eyes, that it was 62 and a half. “ That’s fight! ’’ said he; "I’ll lam ye to respect yer father, if I have to thrash ye 12 times a day. Now go’n water them bosses, ’n be lively”, too!” The old gentleman didn't permit my respect for him to wane much until the inflammatory rheumatism disabled him; and even then he continued to inspire me with awe until 1 was thoroughly convinced that his disability was permanent. , Unquestioning obedience is. the crowning grace of childhood. When you tell your child to do Anything and he stops to Inquire why, it is advisable to kindly but firmly fetch him a rap across the ear, and inform him “ that's why! ” He wiH soon get in the way of starting, with charming alacrity, at the word of "command. One of the most inverate and annoving traits of children-is inquisitiveness, if you are inconsiderate enough to attempt to gratify their omnivorous curiosity, yon may as well prepare to abdicate, for you kill be nonplussed by their questions a dozen times a day, and in a week your sagacity will be hopelessly compromised. An avenge child is a magazine of unanswerable disconcerting conundrums. You can’t expect children to have much reverence for a parent whose ignorance they can expose twice out of three times trying. It is well enough to answer an <-«»y question now and then, fust to convince them thirt you can when you choose; but when they coms to you with a poser, tell them, " Ob,

you never,mind'" or " shut up I ’’ and then they will grow up independent and selfriltant and restrained, only by veneration, from splitting your head open—to find out how it holds so' much information without letting some out. It would be difficult—very difficult—to estimate the beneficial effect that would be entailed upon their children if parents gen orally would adopt the method here vaguely indicated— Huff (do Kcprcee.

P ENELOPE.

>r r. BUST lIABTE. —ILU HTATIDSrO. r. Horxiss. iHimpson'a Bar, Ikfiß.) So you've come 'yer age# And one answer won't do? Well, of all the denied men That I've struck, ft Is you. O, Sal! 'ycr’a that denied fool from Slm'peon'a, Cavortln round 'yer In the dew.

Kem In es yon will: Thar—quit! Takes cheerNot that; you can’t fill Them theer cuehhige this year— For that cheer was my old man's, Joe Slmjieon, And they don't make such men about 'yer.

He was tall, was my Jack, And as strong as a tree; Thar's his gun on tiie rack— Jest you nest it,and sec! And >/w come a courtin' his wldder, Lord! where can that critter, Sal, be?

You'd fill my Jack’s place? And a man of your size—- — With no baird to his face, Nor a snap to his eyes And narv—Sho! tliar! I was foolin’, I was, Joe, for sartain-don't rise.

Sit down. Law, why! Sho! I'm an weak as a gal. Bal 1 Don't you go, Joe, Or i’U faint—sure, I shall. Sit down— enyitha, where you like, JoeIn that cheer if you choose. Lord! where's Salt-

John Oakhart and Son.

John Oakhart and son are Baltic merchants. Young John entered his father’s office as a clerk, at sixty pounds a year, of which he paid his mother forty for board, lodging, and washing, and clothed himself with the odd twenty. Do not imagine that Mr. Oakhart’s establishment required this assistance. The old gentleman desired to make his son feel independent—he was a man; he earned his own livelihood, and he should feel that he supported himself. At twenty-five years of age, young Oakhart marries, receiving with his wife a moderate sum of money. He wants to purchase a share in his father’s business; they cannot come to terms. Young John can make a better bargain with a rival house in the trade. The old man hesitates; he likes the sound of John Oakhart <& Son, but business is business, and, as a calculation, he can’t do it. So young John becomes a chief partner in a rival Ann to Hi at which must one day be his, and trades against the old man, whose only sin is to lay up wealth for his son. Every day, at four o’clock, leaning against a particular comer on ’Change stands the elder merchant, his hands deeply sunk •in his dog’s-eared pockets. A young city man approaches; they exchange a quiet, earless nod. “ Feel inclined to discount for £1,200 at long date!” “ What security ?” asks the old man. “ Turkish ’54.” “ Any names’" “My own, only; it’s a private matter, and has nothing to do with our house,” .replied the younger. “I should want more than that, as money goes—say ‘ “ The brokers ask only 4>£ ” replies the young man. “ Then givet it.” And they separate with an indifferent nod. That was father and son. Every Sunday young John and his wife dineat Russell Square, in the same house where old Oakhart has lived for thirty years. His name has been cleaned out of the brass plate on Ute door. This house John still looks upon and speaks of as his home. All (he a&*iations of his childhood are there—every piece of furniture is an old is sacred in his eyes, from his own picture, taken at four years old, with its chubby fhce and fat legs, to the smoke-dried picture Of Gen. Abercrombie. They form the architecture of that, temple of his heart —his home. After dinner the ladies have retired. The crimson curtains are comfortably closed. . The crackling tire glows with satisfac- ' tion. • - “ Jack, my boy," savs the fatbefeJ' what do you want with £I2OO J ’* ,

“ Well, sir," replies young John, “ there is a piece of ground Hext U> my villa at Brixton, and they threaten to build upon it,- if so, they will spoil our view. Emily," —meaning his wife—“has often begged me to buy it and inclose it in our ganden. Next Wednesday is her birth-day, and I wish tv gratify her with a surprise; but I have reconsidered the matter—l ought riot to afford it—so I have given it up. “ Quite right, Jack," responded the old man ; “it would have been a piece of extravagance." And the subject drops. Next Wednesday, being Emily’s .birthday, the old people dine with the young folks. Just before dinner, old John takes his daughter-in-law aside, and places in her hand a parchment—it is the deed of the little plat of ground she coveted. He stops her thanks with a kiss, and hurries away. Ere the ladies retire, Emily finds time to whisper the secret to her husband And the father and son arc alone. Watch the old man’s eyes fixed on the fire, for he has detected this piece of affectionate treachery, and is almost ashamed of his act, because he docs not know how to receive bis thanks. Fora few moments a deep, gentle feeling broods upon the young man’s heart; he has no words—it isa prayer syllabled in emotion that makes Iris lips tremble; he lays his hands qpou his father’s arm, and their eyes meet. “ Tut, Jack, sir! pooh, sir! It must all come to you some day—God bless you, my lx>y, and make you as happy at my age as lam now.” In silence the souls of these men embrace. But who is that seraph that gathers them beneath her outstretched angel wings? 1 have seen her at the fireside, fluttering like a dove from bosom to Ixisom. I have seen her link distant hearts parted by the whole world —she is the good genius of the Anglo : Saxon family —and her name is Home.

Growth of Cereals.

At a late meeting of the British Association, Mr. F. F. Hallett read a paper on the" Law of Development in Cereals.’’ His experience showed him several years ago, that grain and especially wheat, was injured by being planted too closely. He found a wheat plant would increase above the ground in proportion as its roots had room to develop, and that the roots might be hindered by being in contact with the root of another plant. He continued a series of experiments, planting one kernel of wheat only, and succeeded so well in improving the method of culti vation as lo raise wheat whose ears contained 123 grains. In the course of his investigations Mr. Hallett made other discoveries with regard to the growth of cereals, which he sums up as follows: 1. Every fully developed plant, whether of wheat, oats, or barley, presents one ear superior in productive power to any of the rest on that plant. 2. Every such plant contains one grain, which upon trial, proves more productive than any other. 3. The best grain in a -given plant is found in its best ear. The superior vigor of this grain is transmissible in different degrees to its progeny. 5. By repeated careful selection the superiority is accumulated. _ 6. The improvement which is first raised gradually after a series of years is diminished in amount, and eventually so far arrested, that practically speaking, a limit to improvement in the desired quality is reached. 7. By still continuing to select, the improvement is maintained, and practically a fixed type is the result.

Clicking.

Many horses have the very unpleasant habit of striking the toes of the hind shoes against the fore shoes. Most horsemen will agree that it is a fault belonging to some of the best, as well as the worst. It more frequently occurs with young horses, and they often click on the turf or soft ground, and not on the road. It arises ifrom the too great activity or length of stride of the hind legs; the fore feet are unable to get out of the way in time; therefore, anything which detains them, such as a soft or heavy soil, must assist the practice. The principal point to be remedied is the intolerable noise, from which the evil derives its name, and this is often effected by making the’hind shoes square at the toe, and leaving the toe. of the crust somewhat projecting over the shoe, by which plan the crust receives the blow, instead of the shoe, anil docs not make any noise. It sometimes happens that, from the repetition of these blows, tho crust is worn so thin at the toe as to produce or threaten lameness, in which case the plan of shoeing mentioned must be desisted from, and we must put up with the noise to avoid the greater tvil. When a square toed shoe fails in preventing clicking, it sometimes happens that a shoe pointed at the toe will succeed, which no doubt arises from the circumstance of the shoe, having so small a surface to come in contact with, it may fail to strike the fore shoe, but may go within, or by the side of it.— Eichtnge.

Horses.

Horse stock of every kind require constant attention in winter. There are few stables sjo perfect in every particular that some improvement cannot be made in them. Some are too cold, and the horses consume an extra quantity of food to keep up the heat of their bodies. Some have not sufficient ventilation, and the horses are compelled to breathe over again the vitiated air which has been expelled from their lungs. Many stables have not sufficient light, and this, in itself, is a serious defect, as the want of light gives rise to various diseases, according to the statements ot experienced veterinarians. The racks, feeding-boxes, stalls, and floors of stables are, in many cases, not properlyconstructed, and improvements in these particulars may be necessary. Street car and omnibus companies find that a great economy of provender may be effected by “ chopping ” and steaming hay and straw, and mixing with bean-meal or com-meal. Farmers should follow their example. The shoeing of horses Is a matter of great importance, especially in winter, when accidents frequently occur from horses slipping on ice or the smooth frozen surface of t lie ground. The repairing, oiling, and padding of harness should be attended to, and veterinary medicines and instruments kept ready for use. — Western Rural.

To Care Scratches.

Somebody wants to know how to cure the scratches on his horse. I will give a remedy I have used for years with universal success: Take two pounds of Glauber Salts, one pound of sulphur, and onequarter pound of saltpeter: pulverize all finely together, and give one heaping table-spoonful once a day, thrown on the feed. Now for the feet. Take one pint pf neat’s foot oil and one-fourth pound of fine cut chewing tobacco, and simmer together. Strain out the tobacco, and bottle for use. Take Castile soap and warm water, and wash the parts affected clean, and dry thoroughly before applying the oil. If the ankles are much sore, it would be well to put cloths on them to keep the air from them while they are drying; when dry, anoint them well with the oil fora few days; then wash as before, dry well, and apply the oil again. If thoroughly applied, it will effect a penna nent cute. Keep the feet clean, and scratches will not be likely to return.— Cor. Hural Sne Yorker.

How to Pnrchase Furs.

In purchasing furs, a sure test of what dealers call a “ prime ” fur is the length and density of the down next the skin; this can be readily determined by blowing a brisk current of air from the mouth “ against the set of the fur." If the fiber opens readily, exposing the skin to the view, reject the article; init if tlie down is so dense that the breath cannorjienetraic it, or at most shows a small portion of the skin, the article may be accepted.— Hural.

Throat Attentions and Hoarse

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THE MARKETS.

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Established facts are silent afgnments which neither pen nor tongue can shake, mid' U Is upon estabil-hed facts that the reputation of Hostetter’s StouAch BUterr, as a health-preserving elixir, and a wholesome and powerful remedy, Is based. When witnesses come forward in crowds, year after year, and reiterate the same statements in relation to the beneficial a medicine upon th/fneilrte. disbelief in its efficacy is literally impoulble. The credentials of this unequaled tonic and alterative, extending over a period of nearly twenty years, includs individuals of evsry class, and residents of every clime, and refer to tbe prevalent among the complaints which afflet and harrass the human family. Either a multitude of people, strangers to each other, have annnally been selzed-wlth an insane and motiveless desire to deceive the public, or Hostetter's Bilters, for no less than a fifth of a century, have been affording such relief to sufferers from Indigestion, fever and ague, biliousness, general debility, aud nervous disorders, as no other preparation has over imparted. To-day, while the eyee of thr reader are upon three liner, tens of thousands of persons of both sexes are relying upon tbe Bitters as a sure defense against the ailments which the present season engenders, and thlr confidence is not misplaced. The local potions which interested dealers sometimes endeavor to foist upon the sick in its stead are everywhere meeting the fate that is duo to fraud and imposture, while the demand for the groat vegetable specific in constantly increasing.

3 AN EXPECTORANT REMEDY WITHOUT AN EQUAL. Shun Worthless Nostrums. USE TH AT.WHICH is GOOD ConNumption Conquered. Ff CTOR IM VICTORY! AWARDED TO ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM. Read the following letter, from a prominent merchant of Marine City, Michigan: Marinx Citt, Mich., July 28,18T0. J. N. Harris & Co.—Dear Sirs: The Allen’s Lung Balsam has arrived. I would not like to be without It, lor it han saved my life. I took a bad cold and a cough, and Anally consumption was seated upon me. I was in a very bad state. I tried everything that was recommended, and spent a great deal of money and got no help. I had the Allen’s Lung Balsam for sale, but I knew nothing of its merits. 1 did not like to take it without knowing more about it. I had not sold a bottle. When your agent called on me I told Mm I could not sell a medicine I knew nothing about. Ho urged me to try it myself. I did so, and to my grateftil surprise tlie first bottle stopped my cough, and before the third bottle was taken my lungs were healed and well, and I can now sneak knowingly to my friends and customers of the good qualities of Allen’s Lung Balsam. I remain, yours respectfully. L. C. COTTRELL, As an Expectorant It has no Eoual. ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM IS PERFECTLY HARMLESS TO THE MOST DELICATE. CAUTION. Do not be deceived. Call for and be sure you receive Allen's Lung Balsam. J. N. HARRIS <fc CO., Sole Proprietors, Cincinnati, Ohio rw Bold by Medicine Dealers generally. AGENTS, REMEMBER! you can make from sls t j S3O per week, *nd expenses, by working for us. Address DYER A ROBINSON, Jackson, Michigan.

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