Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 3, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 July 1892 — Page 1

Vol. 23.—No. 3.

TOW TALK.

THE CITY COUNCIL IS POSSESSED OF AN INOUSTRIOUS STREAK.

The On»«tfon of Who Should Pay for the Sewer*, «nd How the City Expects to do It—The Ccm«t«ry Question Bob# Bf

Agaln-PoM»k» and County AMf«»ienU.

Of late theeCty council seems much given to long seswionH, the meeting of last Tuesday continuing until midnight, it is, however, a healthy sign of the Utnes that the members are .willing to give so'niucb of their time sod attention to the public business and it is to be hoped that some stood will result from it. Just now the sewer 'question Is thaoae which puzzles the city solons, andirte likely to

puzzle

tbecn forsome

time tor-come. Under the Barrett law It is optional with the council to construct •ewers at the expense of the-city or at the expense of those

directly'bonefitted,

either in wh»le or in part. Heretofore it hits been the custom to pay for them bytho city, but at the

last

counqjl meet-

ing*ari attempt was made tocbange this Absolution was Introduced providing •'that the city of Terre Htmtopay one half the cost of the construction of the Ohio nnd Cherry street newers and of the Sixth, Oak and Park street sewers 'and that the balance fee .paid by the tproperty owners benefitted by said sowers." The resolution was lost by vote of fourteen to live, and the final es 'tiraate was allowed

and

paid from the

ifower fund. Now that the precedent has been established under the new law 'it will be a very ^difficult matter change it, although many of those who havo been bouefltted by a good system of sewerage at the city -expense would •doubtless

glad to see the change

mflde, because It would relieve them of auy rurther financial responsibility In the matter.

Now that the city has refused to assess the property holders benefitted directly for sewor p«rposes, and has paid for thetn from the city fund, It Is safe to infer that all sewers constructed in future will be paid for In a similar manner. But how is It to be done? At present the sewer fund contains little more than 94,000. The system as planned makes provision for a large sewer ^across the east side of the city, around the north side of Strawberry hill aud down to the river, with a capacity sufficient to carry all the water from that portion of the clty now without sewerage. The estimated cost of this work is |200,000. The law provides that the city cannot Incur an Indebtedness to exceed two per cent, of the assessed value of Its property. The assessed value •of property In the city Is $18,590,000^ two per cent, of which Is $871,960. The city debt at present Is $350^000, or within $12,«60 of the limit. The sum now In the treasury available for the purpose Is barely sufficient to keep the sewers In repair, and the debt -allowed by law being within 113,000 of the limit, the prospect for a continuation of sewerage

Improvement at the city expense is not very bright. If the city Is going to pay for Its sewers In the future, as It has done In the past, there must be a material increase in the rate of taxation, and the party which makes It must prepare to accept defeat as its reward,

Nothing has been said of late concern lag the repeal of the ce«K»tery ordinance, but from this it must not be luferred that the matter has been dropped. It was considered in canctMbthe other night .aud is now in the hands of a committee Appointed to confer with tho commissioners with a view to a change In tho superintendent. Tho peenllar feature of the agitation Is that those who are fanost strenuous In urging Ihechangearo jNttten who are in no way interested in

Wood lawn or Highland Lawn, and who would under no consideration be burled there In the event of their death. Their candidate to succeed Mr. Bain is in the aame boat with them. Those most interested, the people who own lota in them, are, with a few exceptions, satistied, and their voice should -have some weight in the ma'.tar. The present cemetery commissioners are W. £. McKeen, John S. Beach, George E. JKfccriugton, Judge Win. Mack, Hon. JR. W. Thompson &4.nl T. Bean chain p. The manner in which they have discharged their duties speaks for Itself. The cotnetcry fuud has about $16,000 ou hand, aud the cemeteetos are both models of neatness and case. The gentlemen who have charge a? their affairs have the coutjdence of nearly every perwou In the city. Can the same be aaUl of those who are urging a cfeaoge? Would a change Irojsruvc matters* It is a very g»od thing to let well enough alone, and in this case it would be better than a good thing. When it coum to dragging the cetneterns into politics it is time for the burial of the parties which do It.

Prior to the last 'city election It was understood that tit*# to be no tinkering with the Jfcaloon ordinance, and the candidate wtio would have declared in favor of any change would have been Insuring his own defeat. However, ia*t Tuesday evening an ordinance repealing the old one wa*

introduced and was laid over until next Thursday evening, when there will be a special meeting to consider it. The proposed ordinance is the same as the one ntiw in force, except that it provides for the payment of the $!SS0 license in quarterly installment* instead of annually. It is intended to give a few who want to go into the saloon business for a short time a chance to make some money during the campaign. It is a sert of sample package on trial—those •who take the license-can drop out at' the •end ol three months if their business is not satisfactory. It is likely the ordinance will pass though it is of very doubtful utility. Some of the saloon jpen who would naturally oppose it give it a quasi support because they are afraid to do otberwls e. There are others in the business who honestly favor it because they believe it would cause a number to pay who now (pay nothing. It is said there are men now selling without any city license who defy the Saloonkeepers'

Union to cause their indlctiment under a threat to retaliate. There Is no crying necessity for any change in the ordinance. The oity recleves all the benefit from it that could be expected under any circumstances. The state requires the saloonkeeper to pay all his license In advance, and there is no reason why the city should not do the same. The present ordinance requires less trouble and bookkeeping than the new one would demand, and the fewer complications the belter.

Two weeks from to-day the Republicans of this county will hold their nominating convention, and a week later the Democrats will follow suit. Compared with former years the scramble for office is light this season, and no one on either side seems to be making much effort to secure a place on the ticket, It is tree that numerous names have been meatloned for all the places, but for some cause they have dropped out one by one until few remain. The important offices to be filled this year, and the only ones about which there is any talk, are shed®, treasurer and county assessor. For' sheriff several names on the Republican: side have been mentioned, including Tom Johnson, Barney Greggs, ex-Mayor Grlswold, Dan Hlrssel and John Barbazette. Johnson and Greggs dropped out some time ago, Hirzel doesn't want it, Griswold doesn't care enough for it to go after it, -and by oommojc consent it goes to Barbazetto or Charley Stewart, of this township, a strong man who has appeared in the last few days. For treasurer, Riley Rea, of Riley, seems to be in the front rank, haying made a good race for auditor two years ago. Joe EL. Clay has a clear field for county assessor, now held by E. S. Erney. The latter knows a good thing when he sees it aud doesn't want a second term. On the Democratic side there are even fewer candidates than among the Republicans. For sheriff J. W. Stout has no opposition for a renomlnatlon, and It looks very much as though John Walsh will have a walkover for the treasureiship nomination. For assessor the names of Presely Boatman, of Fontanet, and Joseph Gilbert, of Harrison township, are mentioned. Concerning the other offices very little can be learoed, but when the proper time comes the managers on both sides will doubtless have a slate ready.

The county board of review will •com-1 meuce operations on Monday morning nect in the county auditor's office. It is composed of the county assessor, county auditor and county treasurer, and Its business is to go over the personal property of the county and revise the tax lists. During the last thirty days tho -county assessor aud two deputies have-been carefully going ovpr the tax returns, comparing them with last year, and the result Is far from satisfactory. Nearly every taxpayer In the county has returned less personal property than they had a year ago, and many have overlooked entirely their additional improvements. Of course some explanation must be offered of all this, aud as all will be called up and placed under oath thore are lively times ahead and trouble In store for some. The building and loan men are also on the list, and there is an intimation that some of them will be roasted. Those gentlemen who have been purchasing building and loan orders, or who hare been investing in paid up shares, will be called upon in due course and given an opportunity to revise their Usts. Commencing next Monday the proceedings of the board of review will he quite Interesting, and there will be no charge for admission.

The Wabash Cycling club held its seml-annaal election of officers Wednesday evening with the following result: Presudeot, Otto Hornung Vice President, Frank Cbok Secretary-Treasurer, John Cox Chronicler, Fred Heinl First Lieutenant, Fred Heinl Second Lieutenant Frank Cook Board of Director#, Cteorg* Roasell, JT. Fred Probst and Jake Starke. Several of the members will attend the Indiana atate bicycle meet at Vincetmea next Monday and Tuesday, and two of the speedieit will represent Uieclub la the team race, 71M board of directors ha» been instructed to try and find a suitable cottage lor dab headquarters.

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WOMAN'S WAYS. sro#®

SHE MAY BE EXTRAVAGANT OFTEN BUT SOMETIMES SAVES.

Th® Polite Falsehood About Coins Away, to Best-Girls Who Make a Show of Themselves in Public Places—The Tyrant of

Habit, and Confidence In Married Life. The most recklessly extravagant woman has a vein of economy somewhere in her composition. Economy is born in a woman. It may not develop in a manner to prove either beneficial to herself of her husband. Yet there will always bd.some point at which she will retrench, will look well to the pennies and think and calculate with the ablest financiers She may be willing to pay §100 for a gown, but will shop all over town to savft ten cents a yard on the lining. She may spend §5 for a ride in the park, but sb4 will begrudge five cents car fare when out shopping. She may stint the tablfl at one time and be wildly extravagant at another. She may rain a whole gatf ment by the desire to finish it cheaply^ which desire has remorsely seized her a| the last moment, but there is one thin^ in which she never -economizes. When she loves she loves with hei* whole heart, There is no stint-^nwily the giving of all the wealth of her affection. Therefore do not laugh at Ber little economies simply remember that a woman to b^ womanly must be just made up of those contradictions that seem so ridiculous to the average masculine mlnd. ^t^

On every side one hears the cry, "We? are going away to rest," yet not many of the .people who tell that delightful littlq fiction mean a word they say. Some, of course, brain workers and weary wage* earners in ill health, are really going t# avail themselves of a few days' freedo^i from the grinding cares of their every* day life for an actual mental and pbysM cal loaf, but the great majority do netmean to do anything of that sort, xo^ the young the vacation means one gra^lj frolic from June to September, no rtijp for them. To the society girl the retr&ii in the mountains or the hoste\ry by tib shore are only acontinuatk^ii in natu^ own realm of the gayeties andTdfbslf tions of the winter. Do .vou sup^e that such a one would thinki^f butylpg herself in the piney wo6d*^r at «tretoh*of sandybeach no Saturday night hops, no mid-week cotillions or garden parties? Indeed, no though the pretty lips repeat so glibly, "I need rest after the fatigue of last season," the pretty eyes seek out the gayest and most fashionable places among the long list of summer resorts Even the mother with a family wants to go where there is much life and gayety. One would suppose that those exexciting qualities had been in sufficient demand at bou to satisfy her, for sure ly three or four small children can make the most p?6saio home breezy end inter esting with their effervescent spirits. Old and young, rich and poor, employed and idle, all choose to fiook where crowds do congregate, bands are playing and excitement is the order of the day. C::S

What does possess our sweet modest girls to throw off their own innate reserve and, to put it mildly, "show of!" in public places. You see it every where $he little'conscious gestures, the general air of being on parade and, worst of all, the talking for the benefit of outsiders. ft ie in such poor taste to retail any private business in public conveyance, yet it is a weakness especially indulged in by the younger members of the fair sex, who seem to think their affairs intensely interesting to outsiders. Well, if they put it in that light it is interesting, it is more than that—thoroughly amusing yet at the same time it does not raise the thoughtless little public speaker in the minds of her hearers. It may be agreat satisfaction to little Miss Giddy to have a dosea evening gowns, yet it is to be questioned whether the man opposite with the amused smile on his face takes the same lively interest in her wardrobe. No one cares whether she has been to the opera every night or only once this season. It Is utterly immaterial to outsiders where she intends to spend the summer, yet ahe rattles on In an affected tone and thinks she is making an impression, when everyone knows ahe is doing it all juat for show, and the chances are she does not stick religiously to the truth herself in making statements to dasxle others. If our little women would only realize thai refined manners weigh at all times against anything having a tendency to wand the ostentatious or vugar they would lower their voices, wear plain clothes In the street and at no time be led Into trouble through a desire to show

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What a tyrant Is habit. We all bow to its rale, whether it be for good or evil, and knowing this, why not cultivate those practices ti\at will make tut worthier to be respected, lighten our labors and gladden our hearts. Rising early Is all a matter of habit. One can soooceaway through the sweet summer morning* and awake when the dew is off the grams, the iSrat low note of the bled Mrs. Will K. Hyde and daughter, of changed to the wide awake triii of the Chicago, are the guests of Dr. John Hyde glorious noouUde and all earth bathed and wife, of 1099 north Eighth street.

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TERRE HAUTE, END., SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 9,1892. Twenty-third Year

in the fullness of a day that is in its prime, or one can spring ont of bed and breathe in the beauty of the early dawn and revel in those sigbts and sounds that belong to a half awakened world. It may be very hard at first to force one's self from the comfortable bed at six instead of nine or ten, but tbe-babit once established will prove oil© of the rarest delights to the lover of nature's charm fw well as a revelation in the amount of work one can accomplish when the bralu is fresh and the body invigorated with sound sleep. The habit of saving becomes after a while the most exciting game one can play. To see the pennies grow to dollars is a delight that need not belong to a miser to make it enjoyable. The habit of speaking ill of no man is the best of all, for it not only enriches its possessor but brightens the life of all about him or her. The man or woman who positively refuses to say anything unless they can speak well of their neighbors are not going to get into many Scrapes, even in this mischiefmaking, topsy-turvy world of ours. If we are creatures of habit, let us be the agents of a thoroughly respectable master, one whose precepts will teach us no evil, and let us religiously eschew those modes of life and practice that will only bring trouble to ourselves and trouble to our friends, and a general breaking up of all the good that was originally In our possession^!!

If you were asked what was the fundamental principle of a happy married life, what would you answer? Think it over and see if it would not resolve ltsolf id to this reply—perfect confidence. "Nopartnership of whatever nature can exist where this absolute and entire bru^is missing. To make a success of any union in any venture there tn«8t not be a single doubt in the heait of •either of the compent factors In the arrangement Let a man once become suspicious of the methods of his partner and his ease of mind is gone his days anxioos and his nights disturbed until the great br

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conversant with the affairs that interest him, and should a crash come it would not be like thunder from a clear sky, but she would be prepared to help and encourage as only a womaacan. On the other band, let her conceal nothing from her husband. The first act of deceit is like the snow-ball, that grows and grows until she finds a barrier of doubt existing in the mind of her husband which her first confession would l»ave scattered to the four winds of heaves. If she has exceeded her allowance let her be frank and tell of it, instead of pushing up excuse after excuse, squirming out of one fib only to get into another, and at last engulfed in an abyss of deceit she does not dare, to tell of all theateps that led to the awful entanglement. Coooeal nothing. Directly you find you are harboring a secret the other cannot share then you may be sure you are drifting swiftly toward the treaoherous quicksands of misunderstanding and doubt, and all wedded love will be plunged deeper and deeper in that dark abyss that once entered shows no outlet. Be garrulous rather ban reserved. "Tell it out with a shout," as the hymn books advise, rather than spend your life in the vain endeavor to conceal that which, once revealed, does not seem nearly so dreadful as when locked up in thecham bers of our own heart.

The report of Snpt. Meagher, of the metropolitan police, for Juntf, was submitted to the commissioners at their regular meeting last Tuesday. It shows 234 arrests on 25 different charges. The largest number of arrests, 76, was for drunkenness, an# 41 were taken in on suspicion. The total expenses of the department for the month were $2328.81, of which $2278 98 represented the pay roll, including salaries of the commissioners. The reports Included the following: Additions to buildings, 3 broken street bridges and culverts, 30 bad sidewalks, 8 complaints, 12 contagious diseases, 8 destitute cases, 4 children lost and restored to parents, 3 dangerous holes in streets aud alleys, 15 deaths by accident, 2 deaths by suicide, 1 Excavation*, 6 hones Impounded, 10 new buildings erected 28 obstructions, 19 persona injured by accident, 3 persons sent to Friendly Inn, 9 persons sent to hospital, 3 sent to penitentiary, 1 sent to Reform school, 1 furnished transportation, 6 street lamps not lighted, 412 vicious doga killed, 4 value of property stolen, $10&£9 value of property recovered and returned to owners, $30.00. The patrol wagon removed 3 alck, persons, 1 injured penoa, 3 dead bodies, responded to 2 fire alarms, and made a total of 184 runs. There were also two convictions on criminal charges in the Circuit court.

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SATURDAY TO SATURDAY

SOME OF THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN

F,.ANDAROUND

THE CJTY.

Items of Interest to lieaders of The SXail who Thirsts for Information Concerning PasBiJisr Events at Home, Local in their

Nature and Intet esting In Character. The streets are still in bad condition. Some effort is being made to improve them, but it is very slow work.

The now work bouse will oost §200. It would be cheap at $20,000, and should be put in operation Without any further delayi

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Fred Lentz, who was shot by the Heitlinger boy last week, is rapidly recovering and will be out in a few days, lie is 8|}11 at the hospital.

Win. Harbison, a cooper by trade, fell dead at his homo, 906 south Ninth street, yesterday morning. He had been afflicted with heart disease for some time, which caused his death.

This week Jacob Baur purchased of the Benight estate twenty-five lots in Benight's sub division, just east of the Polyteohnio Institute on Thirteenth street, for $8,500.

Joe Newhart spent laet" Sunday in the city. His wife and two children, who have been visiting her parents, C. A Busoh and wife, of south Fourth street, for several weeks, returned home Thursday.

The attorneys' fees for investigating the late street commissioner, Nehf, are $250, and the stenographer's bill was $27 more. The,-citizens were promised some more of tbe&Nehf case. What has become of it? \^..,

The of the Eighth con jjressionat ajtatoiQfr^ will hold their nominating cqnv^t^cro Mn Rockville on Thvtwlay, th6 28th Instant. Judgo Buff,*of-SulHvari county^ is bkljjj for the.nomi

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up into lodge rooms as speedily as possible, and'when completed the Elks will have jthe ^handsomest

lu.®j5ers^in

the

oity. v-M During the month of June the county treasurer collected $2,311.87 in taxes, and $5,040.12 from miscellaneous sources, making a total of $7,351.99. His disbursements during the same time were as follows: County fund, $12,396.83 court house fi^ud, $8,020.00 township trustees, -$46,27168, making a total or $66,694.51.

The following were the regular army enlistments here during June: George W. Pricketh, Danville, Ills. David W. Maxey, Orange, Ills. James W. McCarty, Terre Haute, Ind. William A. Sharp, Coatesville, Ind. Earl Patten,Shelburn, Ind. David T. Morrow, Kansas, 111. Noah Cbarraft, Terre Haute, Ind. Chap, E. Grimes, Blount, Ills.

A man named John HSxon, who claimed to be a "walking delegate," called on Contracior Cornell at the Terre Haute and informed him tbat he must cease working his men teu hours a day, and that, too, at once. Cornell called his men down and asked those who were dissatisfied to step out and get their time. Two of them did so and the other eighteen are at work.

The city is having troublo again with the Irrepressible James Murphy. This time he wants $4,000 damages for four bouses torn down by the corporation in 1888. Theso houses, James says, brought him $200 a year each, and that the city unlawfully and maliciously cut tbem down and destroyed them to his damago in the sum claimed. The Superior court has the tale of woe in charge this time.

A painter named Charles Spiikey, who has been stopping with bis sister, Mrs. Charles Young, 641 south Thirteenth* and-a half street, took 0 dose of strychnine with alleged suicidal intent on Monday evening, but was saved by a physician who was called in. Spiikey is 42 years old, came here from Sullivan about a month, ago, has been married twice and has a daughter eight years old.

Youngs town lodge, No. 6®, J* O. O. F., installed officers for the ensuing year on Tuesday evening as follows: N. P. Ray, N. G. S. M. Craadell, V. G. J. F. Dfake, R. 3. W* H. Joslin, C. 8J. A. Stiuer, T. By aatbority of the grand master, Bro. J. A* Kittle officiated as D, -J. G. M. The lodge is In it* infancy yet it is In a prospering condition and has the brightest prospects for the

The dead body of Portman L. Swafford, 21 years old, was found on the Bee Line railroad track near Sanford about 4 o'clpck Tuesday morning. Both feet Were cot off above the ankle and the

on Monday, and left on the 10 o'clock train in an intoxicated condition. When near Sanford he lost his hat out of tho car window, and when he got off tho train went back to, look for it, leaving Oliver andEd Gage, who were with him, and that was the last seen of him alive. The deceased was a son of Mark Swafford, a well-to-do farmer near New Goshen, and was an industrious young man.

The dead body of Ross Chamberlain was found on the C. fe E. I. track, north of Danville, on Thursday morning, at a small station named Rossvllle, Chamberlain

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With the exception of Contractor Fullorton, of St. Lcuis, all the men indicted for conspiraoj last week have been gatfi re(^ hy^h^^e^# each

saw the water dogs floundering around in the mud just after the shower, They were still there on Monday morning when Ed Heaton wont by, and he also saw the shower Saturday night. Joe Finch was out in the same shower a short distance north of the park and says that when he reached home he* found a number of the dogs in his boots. John Smith says that in 1805, In the month of June, when he and Sonny Nelson were out trading with the Indians he witnessed a shower of conger eels, a short distance below town, which was more remarkable than the water dog story, because these eels area salt water fish, and are nearly ten feet long.

The city is experiencing considerable trouble over its sealer of weights and measures. Those who own large oar scales, in which the publio nor any of the people of Torre Haute are in any way interested, object to paying a large sum twice a year to have them inspected. There are others who object because the test is an unfair one, and there are still others who object because the inspector is not as thoroughly posted a man occupying the position should be. The truth of the matter is the city, should own the cattle and hay and coil scales upon which all such articles are weighed, or on which a test could be made by any person who is dissatisfied with the weight given od a paivate scale. There is not a coal dealer In town who will allow a load after leaving bis scale to go on another in town, though why be should object to it is one sf those things which no outsider can find out. With a public scale and a city weigh master every purchaser would be satisfied, and certainly no honest dealer could find fault.

The police arrangements to guard against crime on the Fourth were admirable, and the thieves confined their operations to dwellings beyond the city limits. Only one case of robbery was reported in town the residence of Peter Stein, 440 north Fifth street, was entered in the afternoon, and a gold plated watch and chain and $2.50 in money weretaken. About the same time a tbiei1 visited the home of James Nichols, of north Thirteenth street, several squares beyond the corporation line. The only person OD premises at thg time was sixteen-year*-old Charles Nichols, who was compelled to ransack the house under the direction of the burglar at the point of a pistol. After securing two gold watcbes and two gold rings the robber made the boy go to bed and pull the clothes over his bead and then made his escape. One of the watches taken was stolen once before, was recovered In Eransville, and the thief served a term In the penitentiary for it. A suit of clothes wsc taken from

right arm was crushed* In one of the'the residence of Mrs. Butts, near tho pockets was found a piece of a whisky Spoor asylum, and a silver watch and jSask and the remainder of It was near pair of shoes were taken from McKeen's the body. Swafford had been in town dairy farm.

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Ivan., and worked on the Express hexe several nights previous to, and including last Monday. He left hero for Chicago,' and so far as known was a young man of correct habits.

Building permits havebeeh tkk&ii otifc as follows since last report: IX P. Martin, one,story frame addition, Sevontb and Looust streets, $1,000 John J. Eldes, one story frame cottage, Kent avenue, $1,000 John Scheidegger, one stocy frame kitchen, l$th aud Eagle streets, $50 Geo. W. Crapo, two story frame dwelling, 6th street and Putnam avenue, $1,800 Henry Meyer, two story frame dwelling, north Fifth street, $2,000.

The sanitary officers are doing thoir best to have property owners clean np their premises and alleys, but do not meet with very much encouragement. As cholera is is approaching this country there is an urgent necessity for cleanliness, and all sanitary orders should be enforced to the letter. The alleys should be cleaned by the city if the owners do not do it. The expense might be more, but it would be money well spent.j| _r, ila**** 1

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