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•Vol. 19.---N0." 44.:,:„,

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Notes and Comtiifitrt,

An evidence of a spring election street cleaning. Who'lbtoe elec—that is,, who will win tbe pennant this season?

New York Democrats talk ballot reform and then rote against it.

Rochester ba» a dried apple trust. If there is any watering of utock tbe thing lis sure to "bust

These are the days when the fellow with a new spring suit carries his overcoat on his arm. ______

This may bea quiet campaign after all. The Republicans say they will not give the Democrats "Flu" on election day.

.Saloon wore forbidden in Oklahoma, but no doubt there are numerous drug stores with a full supply of patent medicines. ________

Oklahoma was settled in a single day, but it will require years and j'ears to settle all the disputes that will arise, and perhaps a little lead.

It does not argue that because two candidates for the council have "W. O." as their initials, that the city will necessarily be "wide-open."

Col. Dob Ingersoll appears to have dropped out of public sight. Moses in spite of his "mistakes" still holds his old piace In the popular heart. ,v

Secretary Tracy Is an admirer of speed. He has always owned f#st trotters, but has disposed of them in New York. A little more speed in our vessels, Mr. Secretary.

Clarkson is the phenomenal pitcher of the new administration. Ho has more Htrlke-out credited to bim than any other offldnh lie Is a terror

office holders.

Jay

a discordant scrcachlng while they sleep. Mr. Clarkson Is saying nothing but sawing wood at a lively rate, replacing the old with a good quality of Republican Umber. \y:'

There is an alleged corner in sngar. Being partially built upon sand it is doubtful if it can stand.

The Dakotas adopt constitutions on July 4th, an appropriate day for the foundingof the States on true patriotism.

The country still believes that Gen. Grant was a bigger man than Gen. Adam Badeau. If it continues to think so it will not be Gen. Badeau's fanlt, how-

*ver-. ...

Another ''grandpa's hat'* has reached Washington. The new Senator from Rhode Island boastsjthat his grandfather was Senator when, W. H. Harrison was inaugurated:

Foreign military men will view the United States troops in New York on the 30th. They should remember that there are over a million such men who would go to the front if called upon.

Barnum was once a newspaper man and was jailed for assailing corrupt officials. He always was great on advertising Phineas T. He was recently presented with a cane cut from one of the

rafters of the old jail which had just

ting to

Democratic

President Harrison demotes about 14 hours daily to the office seekers. If he is not dispensing offices be certainly is considerate In giving place-hunters much uf his time-

fc.

The-wn-of .^-ttli^rioui^re-tkeHryi^ tto »in this country. The son of John Bright sue ceeda to the place made vacaut by the death of his father.

Gould says that no man should possess over a million, that it leads to reckless speculation which Is bad for the people. He did not, however, express a desire to reduce his cash to the million mark. _______ ./

A West Virginia convict wanpftrdoribd on the ground that he was not mentally balanced. He regarded the pardon as an Insult and refused to accept his liberty. There Is now no longer doubt of his lusanlty.

Hetiiiy, in whoso honor is the centen nial celebration in New York? Ward McAllister has attracted so much atten tion that the name of the father of his country has almost been forgotten^ in connection with the event.

Gas consumers can now easily understand how so much gas gets through the meter. Twenty-five minutes after natural g& n-as^utijed i^folthe pipe line In Mercer oonnty, Ohio, It*aslighted In Daytou 45 miles away.

Telegraph poles and wMfilNjavo been ordered itt many dtiw If "#t off the earth. With a threat to use the ax it is only necessary to inform the con^jpstties that they

,Jconduit"

The bouncing of some few Democratic postmasters before the expiration of their terms has caused considerable alarm. It does not seem to be the policy of the administration to oust postmasters unless they have been especially partisan in their efforts, The boys will in all probability be compelled to wait acme little time before the poetofik* positions in this city will be open to them.

Inventive mind* most rtnd fall scope somewhere. Tbo lateet contrivance evolved from tbe brain of sor-.- genius or other, is a sky-rocket whU li carries up a man acd when the rocket explodes a paracbute extends and the paseenger descends In safety, Should men of pyrotechnic brilliancy go up In tbe world, or rather above the earth, In such an arrangement they would not be hart by their fell. There wonld then be no occasion for the remark* "He roee like a rocket," etc.

The extra session of the Senate lasted to the day as long as did the first sessson of Cleveland's administration. Clove land made 171 appointments while Harrison sent in 374. Office seekers who do not think tbe ax is swinging rapidly enough should consider these figures smile and—wait.

A physician says that basi ball is source of heart disease. When a player hits the ball and runs for a base his

last year. Miss Blame may be as witty

as the correspondent declares but the country at large will demand better evidence of It than tbo fact that she has learned to speak a sentence of English slang in the real manner*of an Englishman

A Missouri woman makes the curious criticism that President Harrison's cabi net Is all right with the exception of Secretary Proctor, and about him she remarks that a man with whiskers and no mustache must be looked upon with distrust. When women are extended the right of suffrage tho day of politicians with neglected hair or btard will be passed. Carelessness In appearance

I democratic postmasters no doutt hour may catch votes now, but the female

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or take the^ooiSbe-

quetux*. HWr Miss Daisy and "Miss Young were among th? Oklahoma bootouirs. Thiir success in semiring landhaa uotjret been reported, but no one would be so ungallant as to traoiple aponthe rights of a woman, especially if she were Young or a Daisy.

be very annoying in Terre Haute The debt has been increasing and ^no in some localities. Steps should be taken remedy has been suggested. Something to avoid its becoming a nuisance.

A correspondent asserts that Miss Margaret Blaine is regarded as one of the wittiest young women in Washington,being able to say "Don'tyon know? in a way that is the envy of all the tbftdrain ut&^tfetttrc^dx#.

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fancy must be appealed to in the event women vote. »f here Is said to be a "don't committee" in Philadelphia* It is composed of men who are ever ready to cry "don't" wh6n any improvement is suggested. It is a strikiug fact that in every city there is a committee. Many "don'ts" should be choked until tbey could not "holler," yet in some instances such individuals are of serv ice. Terre Hante is In need of a dont committee to suppress the reck less expenditures of the city's finances. The condition of affairs hits been growing from bad to worse. It will require more than the cry of "don't" to get the city out of its^preeent financial straits.

It does not seem to be known, bat there is a law, passed in 1881, declaring women eligible to office nnder the general and special school laVs of this State. Shortly after lie passage the attorney general render an opinion that such a law was unconstitutional, and this seems to have settled the matter. At least, no woman has ever been elected to office and the law has never been tested. Women are eligible to the office of county superintendent of schools. Now Is the timeffor *ome enterprising "school marm" to make herself famous by seeking an election and testing the law.

At Springfield, 111*, last Sunday, Mm Pauline King, a colored woman, attempted to turn water into wine by sup- ladies walked together on the ernatural means. Having fasted forty The men seem to go In "blocks of

days, she claimed to have been t^ld tn a At any rate three or four of them walk vision, that God would work this mira- abreast and do not give way to a cle through h«r agency, but her urgent lady until they are eosapelled to do so. petitions failed to change the pellucid Often she la forced to

water in the jars in the least degree and them or hallt until ihqjr P» by. 8ta the multitudes that came with dippers dents are ewpecially complained of, and to drink wine were fain to return dt»- very frequently clerks fralk in fours at appointed* Strange how gullible people times when the walks are the moat are even In this age of general intelli- crowded. Many are faihaps unaware gence. If eotre deluded mortal should that they are ineoaviBie^iteg others, announce his intention of feeding seven and the flood of gossip which they thousand with five loaves the seven are indulging prevents *hem from resthousand would be on the ground ex- Using tMr rudeness. $ would he a peeling a full dinner. But tbe age of little matier for eTeryemio pay more minlims miracle* to pact, or rattier it attention to the rights ethers to the never wan, for the mimdes which Oirist sidewalks, and there wifct be no wrought were to alleviate sulfering or to sioo for dhcusskm of the contribute to human comfort or enjoy- in voge to a greater extent than la «*ry

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The hot air cure for consumption is attracting a good deal of attention just now. It is claimed that air heated to certain degree and taken into the lungs will destroy the disease germ

and

iments are said to have give very encouraging results. But so many cornsumption cures have come into notoriety, haH their brief run and then dropped ont of sight, that one does not have un-. limited faith in the new cures that $re reported. Probably no cure for all stages of consumption will ever be discovered but even partial remedies which will mitigate the suffering and lessen the mortality consequent upon this dresd malady will be a great boon to the world.

News and Interviews

Gossip in the hotel corridors, in public places, and on the street has been confined for the past week to politics to a large extent. There is an unusual interest in the situation, and some surprising results may be anticipated. The a a in a

the issues

the

been torn down. bave been outlined is evidence that War Is made on the smoke nuisance In party is not to be considered as much as Cincinnati. The Commercial Gazette the character of the candidates. The sets an ^xample by suppressing the one main question is in regard to the smoke fnjMn its engine. Smoke is get* financial entanglements of the city

must be done to keep down such heavy expenditures. Business men and taxpayers are interested in the finances of the city. Tbey care little whether tbe Democrats or Republicans are in control: of the coon? 11 if the affairs of the city are conducted on an economical basis*. Good judgment has not been used for some years past ^n conducting the city. Tax paying time comes and the money is used to pay off the debt overhanging the city. Then tho next step is the borrowing of money to carry on the city

heart is subjected to sudden and violent government, and the end of the year action. The doctor says nothing about finds the city in debt as deeply as bothe Inlluenco on the heart of each spec- fore. The trouble seems to be tbnt tator. When an exciting play is made the heart usually jumps into one's throat

council men look after their own wards to closely to the exclusion of the city in general. For instance, tho member from a certain ward desires some improvement or other, it will benefit his ward and make him "solid" with those who ask the favor. He shut hJS 6yes to

SlffiSatis desired,

thftn flnftnnAS PJin fAkft Mre of itaeif.

then tbe finances can take care of itself. The reduction of the cost of maintaining the police and fire departments is advocated. Care should be taken in dealing with these matters, especially the fire department. Afire may occur which, through a weak force, may destroy more oroporty than would

Judge C. F. McNtftt was not idle with his pen while he was in California. He devoted much of his time to literary work and a new story is the result. The work Is nearly completed and will'be forwarded to the publisher shortly. The judge said that whenever he stopped for a day or two at one place he devoted as much time aa he could to his work. "Broken Lives" was successful but other stories from his pen will add to the writer's literary lame.

A lady said the other day that fan It was continually found with the ladies because they did not give up the street crossings to the gentlemen and crowded them to the edges of the sidewaik. She desired to nay a word or two tn defense of her sex, and prefaced her remarks by remarking that the ladies were not half so bad in street etiquette in one reaped the men. She insisted that it was rarely the case that more than two

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 27,1889. ••••Nineteenth Year

Bab's Babble.

WHAT SHE WKARS—WOMEN ASD

HIGH-HEELED SHOES—WHY THEY ABE

DESSIRABI*]£—THB HEALTH OF PETTI-

COATS—WAYS OF THE SHOP GIRI/—A

DUDE FOR A BEDFELLOW—A MIDNIGHT

VISION IN PINK "ILK—THE SMALL BOY

-OF

TO-DAY—THE CRAZE FOK HERALDY

BRIGHT GOSSIP FROM THE MBTROPOLIS.

[Special

Correspondence.]

jpair of

campaign so far as they

NEW YORK April 23

diamond-earrings,

has a

the depart

ment an entire year. To" cftft down expenses, the first thing to

be looked

after

is the cntting off of unnecessary expenditures. A large amount of money is spent annually for incidental expenses which should not' be" incurred A shrewd business man never spends resources needlessly, but a councilman says, "Oh, the city can stand it," and becomes very lax in his economy, dollar saved is a dollar earned, but this does not Aeefo to apply when it comes to the management of the city treasury Interest on borrowed money is quite an item in itself. Councllmen also take re fnge behind tbe plea that the city is not as heavily iu debt as others are, but why should we not boast of being free from debt entlrelj Nfay the next council entangle the present complications^

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step aside for

MAN'S CONCERN ABOUT WOMAN.

By the bye, how willing the general man is to take all the burdens of femininity on his shoulders. One came to me the other day and announced that a mile race has been run in Russia by two women, one with and oue without corsets. The scientists discovered that the inspirations of the woman with corsets Were quicker and shorter than those of the woman without. He thought he had what .might bevoaliel a clincher on the

but I simply asked him what in the name of Atalfttita and all fieet footed mepsengera wore the women running races for? They had much better have looked ou and seen men making dopkeys of themselves in this way and then respire in tbe most comfortable manner.

WOMEN AND HIGH-HEELED SHOES.

Mankind assumes the responsibility of corsets' and of high-heeled shoes he troa&es himself about petticoats and be thinks women ought not to eau^ their own living. As far as tbe last goes I am with him. rapturously and enthusiastically^ I sbake him by the hand and ask him to' produce a man and a brother to ettrii brekd and butter and jam for every woman who hasn't got it. From Miss Muffetdown we would all like to sit on the tufiet and lie fed with curds and whfeyr There is no reason In tbo world why a matt should object to a properly made high*heeled shoe. If it fits you well it doesn't hurt your foot half as much aa .one of those dreadfully broad so«called common sense ones in which sletriSer feet waddle around and are made ncomfortabldV The high heel keeps you out of.the mud if you area small woman it-adds to your dignity and it is too altogether womanly looking for anything. Whene/ver I see, in a ho*ei corridor, a pair'of men's shoes and just beside them, 'waiting to be brushed, a pair ofc common sense, broad, low-heeled abominations, I am always certain that there is a woman in the room who objects to feeing the Walters, who wears a loose corset, who' is flat chested and won't let her dressmaker put any cotton in to look better, and who thinks it is perfectly silly in John to expect to be kissed at any time except when he Is going off on along trip, or if it should be discovered that he was dying and somehow I have an idea that John himself has long ceased to hunger for those kisses. a dckb for a btofbllow.

Mankind has plenty of little weakssses of Its own. Here is an excellent illustration. Not very long go, at a country house, the host said to one of the men: "As there are a lot more people coming to-night, I am afraid I shall have to ask you to take a man in the same room with you." Of course, being

fellow, he

to tbink what I ought

As so many people are getting married and recited Browning Now wasn't

handsome ear it doesn't need carries her baby on her hipsland a pitcher

decoration, and if one has not it is wiser of water on her head, but that she slings

*ot to call attention to it. A long, long nothing over her shoulders. I think it time ago earrings used to be given as is only necessary for mankind to trouble betrothal ornaments, the idea being that themselves about the way we wear petfiobody would then dare to tell anything Irrong of the lover to his fianoe, and so ier ears would be shut to all evil words 4bout him. I doubt very much whether tbe latter-day woman with her diamond solitaires has been governed by their possession, for I think she is quite as apt to listen to a story about her sweetheart •ven if sho becomes bis defender afterwards but she has the storv first,

""£E.W"£ do-, "d by y° a alee

didn^ object^

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what, possibly for simply existing however, he was dragged off and put in the station house. He seut for a friend

MEN WHO TROUBLE THEMSELVES and the friend rushed to get him bail. TOO MUCH ABOUT WOMEN The man brought for this purpose was his room-mate in the country, who,after AND

he had aided in freeing tho unhappy

soul, could not help asking him what he

ticoats when we raise an objection to the adjustment of his trousers. For my part he can wear them by a string about his neck if he wants to, though I don't tbink he would look pretty in that way, and perhaps it would be better for him to stick to his braces.

THE WAYS OF TH SHOP GIRL.

We get up societies for the protection of people behind the counter, but, oh, dear, how I wish a socloty would be gotten up to protect those in front of It from impertinence of the highest degree. The cool, calm, studied insolence 'fhat in novels Is tacked on to duchesses, but which in real life is peculiarly the possession of the condescending shop girl. It is true I have never metbutone duchess, while for years I have been at the mercy of the shop girl and know her ways. She can convince you in five minutes that you do not want black silk vi^stoeklf not knowing that red ones are to be Worn with red shoes, that in her eyes you are an object of derision, and she is more contemptuous of you when you take red stockings than she over was before, and after this is all done you remember that you are in deep mourlng and that they are not the slightest use to you in the world. "J®-it

THE SMALL BOY.

The small boy is the same the world over. He has a universal language, and if he landed dnring tbe marble season in Timbhcctoo he'd be perfectly able to make the Timbuctoo boy Understand his opinion of alleys and tors. The small boy is a democrat—fine clothes do not obtain with him indeed tbey are rather scorned, and a well dressed boy is at present grabbed by his fellows and taunted with being "Little Lord Fauntleroy," and asked in a whining tone, "Why doen'c

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had done during the hours of his im- ....

prisonment. 'Oh, it was dreadful," he

moaned. "Such Odors! Such rough

just about this time, and everybody is this too utterly lovely for anything? when she does President Harrison will giving hints to the bride, it may be as V-

THE HEALTH OF PETTICOATS.

well to give one to the little-thought-of Now, why should man bother about trip. bridegroom, who is never the best the health of petticoats? He doesn't Mary Brown, a* middle-aged woman,, man at his wedding. He certainly does

have to wear them

not want his wife to do that which is him so that he was to have them hung

tiot*good style, so no matter what his around his hips, and when he made bottle in her stocking. On Thursday, yearnings are she must not give her

woman he

did.

or indeed ear- and silk were thought of and

you remember entirely spoiled if they were slung from

mhen people wore such heavy earrings her shoulders by a pair of braces. Take

•hat it was by no means unusual to see any wild country where civilised dress

1 woman's ear torn down Disgusting, is unknown, where the natural woman

wasn't it? But now it is claimed that is found, and you will discover that she

do, and at last Washington for $*,000.

concluded, so I just walked the floor Mrs. Harrison is thinking of institut-

iug

go home to dearest?"

There is no sentiment about the small boy. He Is all thing to all men, and that Is, impudent. No pavement is too Bacred to keep him from writing his opinions in the whitest of chalk upon it, and no lamp post Is too high and no step too much decorated for him not to occupy it and view any passing show. He confesses to but one weakness, and that is dogs. Cats be holds in utter contempt, regarding their tails merely aa an appendage by which to swing them, and g)rls he loathes and in his heart wonders, what they were made for. For a few years he will run away from them, and after that time, or until be gets married, he wilt ran after them. The small boy la an institution we could ill afford to dispense with, and, like a great many other institutions, he occasionally needs a thorough warming up. I would like to suggest to his guardians that nothing la quite so efficacious for this purpose as a fords

likely to get out of your band because of this, aa you make it caress tbe eel-like creature In your grasp. The clergy commend this, for it draws tbe blood from the boy's bead and lets him coolly think out the right and wrong of his actions, while it quickens bis conscience.

TBE CRAZE FOR HERALDRY*.

Boes your name begin with a B? If it

imd did not become a«iual one of the kings and queens of Ireland, come up to the scratch in tbe time of bedfelfow. Way Into the night he

lhe imperial

V^®J^p jf^^lrmarmTed coronet above It on aU your totter paper, Baltimore American: New springon your china, on your silver, on your dresses are generally worn with an elselinen, In abort, on everything o»«r which

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certain to evoke from some small bo3r that beautiful slang about there being one or two on you. but there are no flies on him. Rahw

ABOUT WOMEN.

Amelia Rives Chandler is said to able to write five sonnets in an evening.

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people, men who were really quite drunk Mrs. Hearst, the wife of the senator

on whisky, too, and men who do not from California, has purchased the resi-

mind saying very rude things. I tried dence of Ex-Secretary Fairchild iu

ever nee so a er

a spring house-cleaning crusade, and

escape the confusion by taking a fishing,

the Lord didn'tbuild of Baltimore, who was addicted to drink,

was

in tbe habit of concealing her whisky

Those marvels of lace while she was drunk, the bottle broke

rings of any kind, inasmuch as tbey are known that their appearance would bo below the knee and she bled to death, fiuite out of vogue.

was and a splinter of glass cut a large artery

Harriet McKay a glrl,

weQt Rnd offered

aged 2%

man,a dothoa while he was

a^p

herself as a soldier.

the oxamlnatlon all right uu.

tU thedoctor8 turn cam0) and he

handed

the adventure8S who l8 ull and 00me.

in New

Zealand^

0ver

*tot T€k!tulf*$, wbere cfoes the cause

ly, and belongs in New Zealand, over to tho London police. "Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Vanderbilt wear silks especially designed and woven for them. Where they buy their things i» never divulged by dealers, and the fashion of iheir gowns Is profoundly guarded by their dressmakers from the knowledge of other women." $0 says a Xe.w York correspondent.

Perhaps the most novel organization in the State* of New York exists in* Poughkeepsle. It is a military company composed entirely of girls, and drilled by Ma j. Hanbennestel, a senior officor of the national guard. The young ladies in every instance belong to the best families in Poughkeepsle.

The women leaders throughout the country feel pleased over the statement of Dr. Challle, the noted statistician, to y,the effect that the average Ufo of woman is longer than that of man. But if the lives of the sex are so full of miagtxy as they ore represented to be by prominent

for rejoicing come in? At a church party held recently In McDonough, Chenango county, N. Y., forty young ladies were put up at auction and sold to the highest bidder. A hayseed believed tbe sale was bona fide and put up all his cash, $7.41), on the prettiest lady bid off. It took considerable persuasion to convince him that he could not remove his purchase to tbo paternal ranch*

Some time ago Mist I/angtry engaged' a chef at a salary of $15 a day to take entire charge and provide everything for her kitchen. The cbef, a Frenchman by the name of Brocbe, soon found out-* that, owing to the luxurioua tastes of hlv* mistress, the sum allowed was entirelyinadequate for tbe contract. He brought, in a bill for extra marketing, amounting to $225, which Mrs. Langtry refused to pay. He has now brought suit againat her in tbe New York courts.

A story is told of two Ainer)iean~glrlsv who were very anxious to obtain fortheir albums tbe signature of CardinaL Newman.

Tbey

happened to be staying

at Birmingham, and determined to call on him with their request so, armed with their albums and a basket of choice exotics, they set out for tbe oratory. On their arrival, one of the priests took thebooks and flowers to his eminence, and after a short delay returned, saying that Cardinal Newman never gave his autograph to anybody, but he sent them a copy of "The Dream of Gerontius" in which he had written a few words. This was a prize, but only one of them conld enjoy it.

SA WK FROM OTHER SANCTUMS.

Youngslown Telegram: It's ambition that fills our crown with thorns.

hu.k Boston Bulletin: Tbe church belle in very high-heeled slipper the heel af-

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»rds a fine grip and the slipper Is less than the belle in the steenle. church than the belle in tbe steeple. Grand view Monitor: The front gaie ia again squeaking beneath the moon.

often brings more people to*

Exchange: Who kills all the deed letters. Miss Direction. Harper's Bazaar: A philosopher rash enongh to say that all the world lovea a lover baa been found. The gentleman apparently overlooked tbe lover's jealous rival.

Texas Sittings The ben may be neg-

ancestry, no matter how remote, Hgent of her duties during the winter

Bee that has a .prtng»rdenin£

AltM- thb y°u undisputed my or diin. Time: JlunSerer. of thi. .tote nowhis hands Somebody will say that you are stealing

8pe*k

Napoleon Bonaparte, but jurt re- JhiTper,.

ffJTnh for the mind them of this, that before the Bees Baltimore American: Base ball la belonged to him, before he was ever dfed noble game, and yet there are a-

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and get a well-shaped Bee, not one that uker advertise that he furnisher "every Aw'eakor so would seem to be close kin to a moth, or rwqosite for a funeral." He must be a. The .IU he docu.r underUker.

of the "lost chord" in sad, shocked*

Texas 81 ftings: A Jersey City under-

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