Terms 2.00 A Year,in Advance
AGGREGATE STATEMENT OF THE TRI-EN N IAL ASSESSMENT
as returned by the several Assessors of Centre county for the year 1892.
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THOMAS B. V ranklin orth Ward... ii civeene 67 141 78 9 =
DAVID T. WATSON, Allegheny, Bellefonte, < South ward 443 i a 1 B 1% 3 0 1025063 Tot 5
West ward. 227 2125 54 50 25) 460| 18 00 Sos 33 >
FOR DISTRICT ELECTORS Centre Hall borough... 185 59 47| 25 3858 14 32 is iid 26 2
Samuel G. Thompson, Clem’t R. Wainwright, Moses borou 212 3165) 56 25 44 621] 14 11 60858] 24] 1
Adam 8. Conway, Charles H. Lafferty, Millheim borough. Sn 1845| 61 501 52] 797| 15 00 11256] 80] 2
W. Redwood Wright, George R. Guss, Howard borough D 4555 59 00| 67) 1012] 15 00 50843] 33 ©
John 0. James, William Molan, oo First ward.. 316 3550) 69 60 41| 729] 17 78 32954] 43 5
James Duffey, Charles D. Breck, Philipsburg borough, i . 7235 61 311 43| 645] 15 00 30621 68 8
S. W. Trimmer, Samuel S. Leidy, 3 Thi Li sen 241) 52 39 50[ 700 14 00 852 49 5
Azur Lathro T. C. Hipple, South Philipsburg boro.......cccee 8 ne vos 305] -80 83] 25| 290 11 60 2150 24 2
Thomas Chalfant, W. D. Himmelright, Unionville borough... 150 11400 in . 1105 61 00 84| 381) 11 20 32626 15 7
P. H. Strubinger, H. B. Piper, Benner township... 338| 2676) 11713 14389] 400682| 27 84| 1434 3692 2 57| 83| 44399| 313| 16680 82 97 318 5.55 16 21 46635] 167] 3
Joseph D. Orr, Charles A. Fagan, Burnside township. 622] 4106 10491] 14597) 227785 24 69] 14754) 25067 1 69| 128 82205| 289] 15915 55 00| 373| 5947) 15 94 30371 263! 16
Andrew A. Payton, John D. Braden, Curtin township..... 1511 7304) 2226) 9530) 35645 3 74| 45655 52784] 1 15 19 4796! 74| 3835] 51 82| g¢4| 1376] 14 50 17508 89 4
Michael Leibel, Thomas McDowell, Halfmoon township 560| 1426 5556 6982] 360751) 51 66 397 720, 1 81| 295 161760] 301! 16450! 54 55 402] 5362] 13 33 48900, 182 4
J. K P. Hall, Harris township... 170) 3031( 3629| 6660, 41830] 6 28) 20128] 51160| 2 54] 13| 3098] 100] 5430] 54 30] 133] 1571) 11 40 3185 68) 4
Howard township B41| 4474] 16825| 21209| 551983( 25 91| 7951] 26362] 8 31| 152! 54602| 422| 23655] 56 05) 521| 6848] 13 14 57882) 194) 4
Huston township... €47| 10525| 12279] 22804) 533168| 23 38| 4381] 5538) 1 26] 138 61172] 473| 25608] 54 33| 6o2| 8230! 13 67 29985 280] 11
A Disgrace to the County. Liberty township... 511] 11478| 8666| 20144) 417356] 20 71) 13933| 19304| 1 40| 238| 24324| 387 25506] 65 90| £05| 7673) 15 19 147139) 237 6
Marion township. 212 3116| 6046 8162 272572] 29 76| 3322 13237| 3 98| 48 18380 150 9035 60 28| 201] 3236| 16 00 16010] 71 4 12a
: Miles township... 331) 3260| 6686 10955 283619] 25 90| 11533) 22800] 1 98 112| 52390] 257| 12430, 50 00| 232| 3516 15 25 stosz| 92 4] 24300
The Grand Jurors’ report, at the Patton township.. 315| 3690 5592| 9282] 140189 15 10| 2375| 4902| 2 06] 50; 16525 81| 4470] 55 20| 215 3032] 1% 10 103) 109) 12) 7000
brings to our notice Pont wnslin. 285 6551) 5852( 12403| 76905| 6 20| 2174| bIs8| 2 38 47) sss 84| 4830 57 50| 187 2547] 13 61 22324 71 4] 14300
last term of court, brings to o Boggs i) 305 ga 6322 S013 1odssol 1717) 84S) o6sT) 138) 15 47izs Lod) solo 00 80) 242) 3388 14 00 36469) 91] 4 8025
ue . 1 e ollege townshi ) 6| 267338] 29 00] 2096 7150] 8 18) 39] 19725) 208| 12985] 62 42| 2! 314
a condition of things that has becom Ferguson township 541) 7547) 9425| 16972 369244] 21 75| 17463] 45387 2 GO| 230| 89175| 442] 25080] 56 T4| sae] eral 1a on vides 201 5 Ho
an eye sore to nearly every citizen of | , Gregg township... 29: 3082) 8145| 11227| 289800| 25 82| 2997] 28690] 9 57| 46! 23210| 191| 11575] 60 60| 233 3482] 15 00 25342) 1020 8 18000
ey : ; Haines township. 881 5694 5334] 11028 302148 27 39| 4870] 8806 1 80| 85| 37399| 190| 11995 63 13| 257| 3810] 14 82 30263 107] 5| 8175
this county and certainly a disgrace to Potter townsni 5811 10744) 17308| 28052 684605| 24 40) 7841) 14552) 185 69] 19307| 536| 20485 55 00| 574] 7592) 13 22| 10890 |vervleereruens|oises 5452 280 16 83500
. fin: thel® torerio Rush township 656| 583| 1140| 1723| 48095/ 28 40| 81527) 249160| 3 05) 126 140190] 141| 6585 46 70| 245 3430] 14 00] 19860 |e :feveemresl rms: 4154 173] 2| 1235
those who have it in po Snow Shoe twp. 2 5s a1 Sa (B48 642) GISIT| GTS46 126 262 103410] 185) 40025 54 20! 196) 2031) 15 00 17805 13410] 167 7) 20800
f the Spring township. ¢ 511805] 40 54) 1842 1842 1 00| 429| 234050] 244; 14735] 60 38] 304| 4014] 1 7
remedy the trouble. We refer to Taylor township. 163] 5406 3740| 9146/ 57301] 6 26 7001) 12175) 174] 23] 1565 107) 4800, 45 00| 160 2183 1 ol “3025 irs 0 ; 15000
condition in which the Court House Union township... 254 8642 6865 15507 124935 8 05| 11815; 34216| 288) 5 760( 180| 10270| 67 00| 239] 3230] 13 51| 2345 1%51 18) 5 46
Walker township. 423| 3609] 10064) 13673; 438431| 32 00| 10686 20699 1 92( 100| 38710| 288| 15883| 55 00| 355| 4875] 14 00] 9385 5054 176] 9 22000
yard has been for the last two years. Worth township.. .|__ 258] 4845] 4062) 8907| 58060 62) 4330] 5265 121) 90| 19345 117| 5152] 44 00| 184] 2456] 13 34] 5320 tins: 13872) 99] 4] "8150
A daily paper, which has since laps- Totals 23680/1241071189580/313687| 6778965] 21 61|338879| 743319] 2 19/5340] 33543856590/371684] 55 558016/113966] 14 21! 448085 | 106 3270! 30 84. 2542506! 4153] 200 1005140
ed into a state of innocuous desuetude,
at one time poured forth its vitupera-
tions on the Board of County Commis-
sioners because an old fashioned,
though substantial, iron fence sur:
rounded the little plat of ground in
front of our public building, and wheth-
er it was its continuous pratingor an
idea that the cows needed a shady
tendezvous that suggested its removal
we do not know, but the fence was
taken away and to-day visitors to Cen-
tre county’s temple of justice are treat-
ed to a sight that resembles a farm
yard or a public dumping ground.
Five years ago the Court House yard
was a thing of beauty and scarcely a
passer-by failed to comment on its
green sward and beautiful maples,
while to-day it is one of the dirtiest,
most slovenly looking places to be found
in the county. All the cows that have
drunk at the fountain wander in under
the trees and look lazily out at the
pedestrians who are forced to use the
other side of the street to escape the
evidences]of their presence, and it has
cometo be the stamping ground for
all the bovines in town, while dirty
little street arabs make the air blue
with their foul language and endanger
lives with their base balls and stones.
The Grand Jury, at the August term
of 1890, suggested that something be
In accordance with the Act of Assembly regulating triennial assessments,
and constituting a Board of Revision, the Commissioners of Centre county
herewith publish thejabove statement showing the aggregate value and assess-
ments made by each assessor in the county for 1892, upon property taxable
by law; and herewith give notice that the Tth,S8th and 9th days of June,
1892, at the Commissioners’ office in Bellefonte, are fixed upon for determin-
ing whether any of said valuation of assessors have been made above or below
a just rate; and all parties will take notice that they may be heard between
this time and those days in regard to the value of any property.
Attest. Rost, F, HUNTER,
@. L, GOODHART,
T. F. ADAMS,
Clerk, J. B. STROHM,
Commissioner’s Office Bellefonte, Pa. May 25th, 1892.
Commissioners.
Relay Bicycle Race.
The Riders Reach New York City Somewhat Be-
hind the Schedule Time
New York, May 23.—The Chicago
to New York relay bicycle race was
finished at City Hall at 1.08 o’clock
this morning the last relay leaving
Tarrytown at 9.41 p. m. H. Campbell
bore the message accompanied by A.
B. Rich and J. L. Quick.
All day at the Franklin Housz these
men had been awaiting the relay from
Sing Sing. H. Eveland, who left Gro-
tons Landing at 8.06 p. m. gave out
completely at Sing Sing and George
Smith, ot the Riverside Wheelmen,
rode into within six miles of Tarry-
town, where L. D. Munger met him.
Munger took the packet and carried
it to Tarrytown, where he delivered it
to Campbell and the race to New York
city through the downpour of rain be-
IE NET EN TF ROE
Deeming is Hanged.
The Wife Murderer Expiates His Crime on the
Ga llows—The Drop Fell at one Minute After
Ten O'clock This Morning (Melbourne Time)
and in'a Few Minutes Deeming Was Dead—He
Denied Being Guilty of the Rain Hill Murders
—The Execution Witnessed by a Large Gather-
ng,
MELBOURNE, May 28.—Deeming was
hanged at 1 minute past 10 this morn-
ing.
Seening passed Sunday in writing,
calmly discussing at intervals his ap-
proaching doom, He said he had no
intention of making a speech on the
scaffold. On Sunday night he thrice
swallowed eagerly a small allowance of
spirits after which he slept soundly un-
til he was awakened at 7 o’clock this
(Monday) morning. Then, for the
first time since his arrest, the mahacles
on his wrists were removed, and smok-
ing a cigar he conversed with those
Perhaps the Lie of a Republican Re-
porter.
The Mugquwumpery of the Stuffed !Prophet Led to
Democratic Defeat.
CoLumsus, O., May 22.—Allen G.
Thurman drove down town this after-
noon in company with his grandson,
young Allen. The old Roman said :
“This is the first time I have been
down to my old office and about the
city for three months. I am feeling
better than I have at any time since
last fall, but the rheumatism has made
me slightly lame.”
“Are you going to the Democratic
National Convention ?” was asked.
“No,” said Judge Thurman. “All
matters of that kind I leave to young-
er men.”
It is said that Mr. Thurman is bitter
against Cleyeland, blaming his Mug-
wumpery for the defeat of the Demo-
play one of those female aggregations
yesterday, but upon second thought he
knew better and decided not to insult
his patrons and his team in such a way.
a Valley coal train, met with quite a
painful accident, at Howard, on Mon-
day. While uncoupling a car his left
thumb was caught between the
ers and badly mashed.
about a former Centre countian, from
the Waucoma, Towa, Sentinel and ib
will speak for itself as to the success he
has made of himself since
west :
——Tyrone’s base ball manager
made arrangements to have his team
——James Wonderly, a flagman on
bump-
——We clip the following paragraph
moving
“The selection of T. R. Stam, a
Swarthmore, threw 90 feet 8 inches 3 C. Hart
Swarthmore, 85 feet 11 inches; Mr. Fisher).
State College, 73 feet 9 inches. Mellvain
thus succeeded in breaking the record held
by W. A. Christy, of Swarthmore, of 89 feet 5
inches by 1 foot 3 inches.
Putting the 16-pound shot—First Mr. Cart-
wright, State College; Second Fisher State
College third B., 8. Mellvain, Swarthmore,
Distance, 35 feet 5 inches; second man, 34
feet 11 inches.
Summary of points : University of Pennsyl-
vania—9 firsts, 7 seconds, 5 thirds. Total, 63
points. Swarthmore—4 firsts, 4 seconds, 9
thirds. Total, 87 points. State College—1 first
3 seconds, 1 third, Total, 12 points.
‘From the above you will see that P.
S. C's team made a good showing in its
flrst attempt to compete with the ath-
letes of colleges which have been in the
association for years, and the laurels
they brought home with them were
well won indeed.
around him. He declared that he was
resigned to his fate and had no fears in
regard to the future. To the governor
of the prison he said that he had made
his peace with God.
cratic national ticket four years ago,
when he was on it for Vice President.
This is a matter Thurman refuses to
talk about for publication, but to his
old intimate friends he denounces the
Stuffed Prophet in no uncertain terms,
gan. The message was twelve hours
and twenty-six minutes late at Tarry-
own,
The bicyclist reached the City Hall
in New York eleven hours and eight
minutes behind schedule time. This
member of the Democratic State Cen-
tral Committee, is a compliment to
Fayette county, as well as to the man.
Mr. Stam is a young man, but he seems
to have a knack of managing political
done to improve its appearance and
make the ground more sightly and
creditable to the county. Its advice
was not given any attention. Every
A SuGArR VALLEY Suicipe. —The
following par ticulars of the Sugar Val-
ley suicide have been gleaned from the
PROTESTATIONS OF INNOCENCE. Lock Haven Democrat :
report since then has encouraged im-
provements which would tend to beau-
tify the county property, but all to
no purpose. And now, with the report
of the last jury fresh in their minds, we
ask our Commissioners what they pur-
pose doing. It is very explicit in its
statement that something should be
done, though everything is left to the
discretion of the Commissioners, to
whom we look for its improvement.
The condition in which the yard is
now reflects great discredit upon our
officials and the sooner they make a
move to abate the nuisance, which it
has occasioned, the better it will be.
Every day we hear some uucompli-
mentary remark made about the Court
House yard and it has come to be of
such general interest that it is time for
some one to waken up to a realization
of the state of affairs.
If the Commissioners do not feel jus-
tified in expending much on the grounds,
the Warcnyan would suggest that the
two plats, on either side of the walk
leading to the entrance, be sodded or
covered with crushed lime stone. The
latter, with a neat circular flower bed
similar to the one at the Pennsylvania
railroad station, in the middle of each
plat would make a vast improvement
at small cost, and then there would be
no danger of killing the trees for want
of moisture. We are in no way in
sympathy with ajmovement to pave the
whole vard for that would prove im-
practicable as well as disastrous to the
trees.
Mr. Commissioners do you intend
doing something, or will you be con-
tent to receive the censure which
will certainly follow your failure to act
soon in the premises ?
The continual gloom that has
been cast over Philadelphia for the
past few days can be ascribed to super
abundance of knights. *
——New Jersey is for CLEVELAND
and Kentuckey does’nt know who she
is for.
was owing to unusually heavy roads
caused by the rains.
FACTS ABOUT THE RACE.
Cuicaco, May 22.—The Beaaings,
the cycling paper which managed the
big relay ride just ended at New York,
analyzes it as tollows : :
“The thousand mile journey has
been characterized by an almost in-
cessant storm of wind and rain direct-
ly in the riders’ faces. A late New
York despatch says they will not reach
there till past midnight. That will
make 108 hours during which time
they have but nine hours of clear
weather. Seven-tenths of the distance
was unworthy the name of road, on
the Western relays. There were some
breakages of extremely light wheels,
not intended by the manufacturers for
such work, and delays also occurred
where the wheelmen deserted the
roads, prefering to throw their wheels
over the fences and take to the fields.
Despite all this an average pace of ten
miles an hour maintained.
“The average speed to Buffalo, nine
and a half miles per hour, was higher
than that made by the Eastern riders,
who averaged only nine miles per hour
over roads which must have been su-
perior to the quagmires of Indiana and
Ohio. The ride was divided into
seventy-six relays, the relays averag-
ing thirteen and one-sixth miles in
Jength. The shortest relay, five-and-
a half miles, was into Albany, N. Y.,
and the longest, thirty-seven miles, be
tween Napoleon and Bryan, Ohio.
“Shortly after the start the riders
were twenty minutes ahead of schedule
During Wednesday night over three
hours were lost. This was reduced to
one hour and forty-six minutes before
Rochester was reached, but the renew-
al of the storm and the rough night
ride to Albany and down the moun-
tainous Hudscn River Valley was too
much to enable the men to maintain
the gain. The schedule was based on
fair roads and weather.
“The splendid result is undoubtedly
beyond the power of horse relays of
equal length. It proves beyond a
doubt that under fair conditions the
1000 miles could have been covered by
the seventy-six relays at a 15 miles an
hour gait, a total ot sixty-six hours.”
——1If you want printing of any de.
scription the WATcHMAN office is the
place to have it done.
He persisted in denying that he was
guilty of the Rain Hill murders. He
had never, he declared, lost his self-con-
trol in England, as he had since his ar-
rival in Australia. He expressed his!
gratitude to the governor and all the
prison officials for the consideration
they had shown him, and also to Mr.
Lyle, his counsel, and to all concerned
in his defence. He said he thought he
would not falter or make any scene on
the gallows.
A few moments before the time set
for the execution Deeming was allowed
a glass of brandy, which he swallowed |
at a gulp, and he was told that he |
might have more if the prison doctor so ;
ordered. The doomed man was then led
to the gallows and in a few moments all
was over. The drop was seven feet.
The execution was witnessed by a large
gathering, including government and
civil officials, magistrates, police and
clergymen.
There was an immense crowd outside
the prison from an early hour in the
morning until long after the execution
was over. Order was maintained
throughout by a strong force of police,
When weighed early this morning
Deeming turned the scales at 143
pounds, which is fourteen pounds less
than he weighed when admitted to the
prison.
Hill About to Withdraw.
In the Interest of Harmony. He Is Said to Be
Writing a Letter. !
929
New York, May 22.—It comes from |
the highest source that Senator Hill is
writing a letter of withdrawal, and that
the letter will be placed before the pub- |
lic very socn. It is stated that the
Senator has had this matter under con-
sideration for the past month, after con-
siderable dzliberation he has decided
to withdraw from the race at last. The |
tenor of the letter will be in the direc |
tion of harmony.
Some are of the opinion that Hill |
his nomination unanimous, while oth-
ers think that Cleveland would be the
last man he would help. When Hill
entered the race he expected to have
enough votes to make the nomination
on the first ballot, but he finds it he al-
lows his name to be presented at the
Chicago convention he will have only
a handful of delegates to support his
nomination.
will throw his weight and strength to |
Cleveland, and will assist in making |
He did not want the nomination for
Vice President in 1888, and consented
to run only after the most urgent per-
suasion, and then, at the ciose of a long
and honorable career, to go down in
defeat with a Mugwump was most
humiliating to so sound and consistent
a Democrat.
Half Rates to Minneapolis via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
For the benefit of delegates and
visitors to the Republican National
Convention, at Minneapolis, on June
7th, 1892, the Pennsylvania Railroad
company will sell excursion tickets to
Minneapolis, from all principal sta-
tions on its lines, at a single fare for the
round trip. The rate from New York
is $31.50; Philadelphia, $29.75; Balti-
more, $28.50; Washington, $28.50,
and other stations in proportion.
The tickets will be sold from June 1st
to 5th, inclusive, and the return cou-
ons will be good to leave Minneapolis
or St. Paul from June 10th to 25th in-
clusive, 1892. A choice of routes west
of Chicago may be made.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
———-The Lock Haven Democrat will
issue a ‘“boom* edition sometime in
July.
——Jeremiah Eckenrode, one of Ty-
rone’s oldest residents, died on Monday
afternoon.
——A St. Bernard dog, valued at
$200, was killed, by the cars, at Lock
Haven on Monday.
Young Mens black ‘and brown
cheviot suits 5.00, 6.00, 6.50, 7.00, 8.00,
9.00 and 10.00. Lyon & Co.
—Wum. Foster, Esq., and Capt. W.
C. Patterson, of State College, tarried
here between trains yesterday.
—— Constans Commandery No. 33,
| K. T. left in a special car, on Monday
morning, for the conclave at Philadel-
phia,
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Aaronsburg, Benore, Blanchard
Boalsburg, Coburn, Fleming, Lemont,
Milesburg, Millheim, Pine Grove Mills,
Port Matilda and Stormstown are re-
cently made money order post offices in
this county.
campaigns.
The Sentinel congratu-
lates him upon this deserved recogni-
tion.
A SEEMINGLY STRANGE INCIDENT.
—ZElsewhere in the columns of this pa-
per will be found an account of the
hanging of Deeming, the Australian
wife murderer, and strange as it may
seem wa read the full account of how he
acted on the gallows and all the little:
details incident to a first class hanging
before the man was hung. According
to the reports the drop fell at one min-
ute past ten o'clock, yet we read the
full account of it at least a half hour
earlier. Howdo you suppose such a
thing was possible. Well, the differ-
ence in time between Melbourne, Aus-
tralia,and Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.
S. A. is just that great that the man
was hung at 10 o’clock over there and
the account cabled to our Monday
morning papers in time for them to get
it in print and send it clear up to us be-
fore the thing had taken place, accord-
ing to our time.
STATE CoLLEGE MAKES A CREDITA-
BLE SHOWING.—For the first time in the
history of the institution, State College
was represented at the Inter-collegiate
Field Sports, held on the University of
Pennsylvania’s grounds,in Philadelphia,
on last Saturday, and her showing was
exceptionally creditable. The colleges
included in the association are the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, Lehigh Uni-
versity, Lafayette, Dickinson, Swarth-
more, Haverford and Pennsylvania
State College, all of which had teams at
the Sports on Saturday. The entries in
which the Centre county institution was
successful are as follows :
Two-mile bieyele race—This was one of the
prettiest events of the day, and was won by G.
M. Coates, U. of P.: second, Mr. Heppenstall,
State College ; third George Crow. U. of Pa.
John S. Jones, who was a resident of
near Green Burr, left his home on Sun-
day morning and crossed the mountain
toward Brush Valley. His prolonged
absence was a source of alarm to his wife
and children, who communicated the
facts to near neighbors and a searching
party was at once organized, returning
without seeing or hearing anything of
the missing man. After comparing
notes it was learned that the last the
family had seen of the man was when he
was ‘feeding the calves, and a visit to
the place where the calves are kept it.
was seen a rope was missing. This fact
gave a clue and also a horrible suspi-
cion. Another searching party of fifty
persons was sent out Monday morning
to make a thorough search. At ten
o'clock in the forenoon the body of
Jones was discovered by Daniel Smith,
of Booneville, hanging to a limb of a
tree at least forty feet from the ground,
The dead man’s arm were thrown over
the limb, as if he had made a struggle
to recover a hold after having made the
fatal drop. The fact that led Mr.
Smith to look up at the limbs of that
particular tree was the discovery of
Jones’ hat, which gwas lying on the
ground.
The suspicion created by discovering
the absence of the rope in the place
where calves were kept proved to be
well founded, for it was that rope Jones
used to take his life. The rope was, of
course, a thot one, and that partially ac-
counts for the position in which the
suicide. was found. He climbed the
tree to the distance given above and
then deliberately hanged himself. An
inquest was held by Esquire Boone, and
a verdict found in accordance with the
facts.
A special, just received, states
that the jury of inquest was composed of
Time. 6. 16 3-5.
One'mile walk—Won by R. C. Manning
Swarthmore ; second, Mr. Brown, of State Cols
lege ; third P. Parrish, Swarthmore. Time, 7
minutes, 37 3-5 seconds.
competed for Pennsylvania in this event,
fainted atthe finish while spurting in.
Throwing the hammer—P. 8S. Mecllvain
H.O. J. Childs, who'
Samuel Kahl, Samuel Snyder, W. 8S.
Kahl, Samuel Shaffer and Adam Kahl,
The jury declared Jones to be of an un-
sound mind and laboring under finan
cial trouble. The neck of the suicide
was not broken, it appeared, but death
resulted from strangulation.
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