FARM NOTES. —To prevent smut in seed corn or oats steep the seed in a solution of four ounces of sulphate of copper (blue vitriol) in a gallon of water for every six bushels of seed. —Like the blackberry the raspberry bears its fruit upon the canes of the previ- ous year’s growth which, after fruiting, dies, the new cane coming forward for next year. —The soil should be cleaned around the trunks of trees. Piles of rubbish, dead grass, stones or other accumulations afford harboring places for insects. Washing the trees with strong soap suds and giving them thick coats of whitewash not only add to the appearance of an orchard, but also benefit the trees. It may be done several times during the year. —Wood ashes may be used freely on the fruit trees and vines, broad casting the ashes. They are also excellent for clover. Ashes contain a large proportion of lime and from 5 to 7 per cent. of actual potash, which will give good resulis on all lands requiring more potash. One objection to ashes is that they vary greatly, some being more vaiuable than others. —TFor a lawn sow blue grass seed, at the rate of three bushels per acre. It may cost more iz: the spring per bushel for good seed, according to the supply and demand, as it is high in price during some seasons. It is light, weighing about 14 pounds per bushel. It is the best grass for a lawn,and plenty of seed should he used. For a moist soil red top should he preferred. No lawn will prove satisfactory, if new, unless the ground has been well prepared. The seed should be sown as early as possible. —One reason why more good horses are not produced in this country is that the dams are not well fed when carrying their foals. Ii a mare is not working she is not fed enough strengthening food to keep her vitality high and produce a husky colt. It takes feed to make good animals, and it taxes feed before they are horn to make them. No use feeding heavily after the foal comes if itis a born weakling, with kouckling or weak joints and flabby mus- cles. The time to make foals strong is be- fore they come, and then their dams will have plenty of milk and the foal will have the ability to get and use it.— National Stockman. —For all kinds of young stock milk is the best food, and it also answers well for young chicks. The early ones will be hatched in March and April, and if given warm quarters should Ie raised without difficulty. When givin: milk to chicks let it be fresh and not too cold. Sour milk is unsuitable for chicks, 1,ut may be allow- ed to adult fowls. The milk for chicks may be given as drink or it may be used with otiier foods. One of the best foods for chicks that is frequently used by those who bave tried it is millet seed, which they enjoy very much. It isalso very nourishing and adds to the general variety. A little linseed meal in the mixed food, once a week, is also excellent. —You cannot feed moldy hay, bad silage, musty corn fodder that has been put into the mow when it was not in shape to go there, and get good milk. The use of any such materials will get you into trouble and will of itself prevent you from making high-grade milk. No feed that has an odor should be permitted to remain about the stables. You may set a vessel filled with milk in a silo for an hour; then, if you take it out and heat it, youn can tell by the nose it has been in the silo. At the Vermont station we could heat the milk up to 110 degrees and by the smell tell whether it had heen near a hog pen or not.—H. B. Gurler, before the Illinois Dairymen’s Con- vention. —An error which is frequently commit- ted is the turning out of lame horses to pasture. He is obliged to exercise as he picks his living, said Dr. W. C. Fair, be- fore the American Veterinary Medical as- sociation. Another mistake is the exercis- ing of trotting and running horses on race tracks, thus preventing them from making satisfactory progress toward recovery. By exercising a lame horse we retard his re- covery, and frequently produce atrophy of the healthy muscles in the same limb. If hard pulling or fast driving causes lame- ness, why not remove the canse and give him absolute rest? That is the very rea- son why so many track horses never fully recover. They are not allowed to rest after meeting with an injury. True, exercise will develop muscles, téndons and liga- ments, provided the animal be not lame and weak in any one quarter. —On no subject, perhaps, is there a greater conflict of opinion than on the pres- ervation of eggs. Some urge that the new- ly laid egg should be kept dry, and others that it should he kept moist, or even im- mersed in a fluid. Of course, by effectual- ly sealing the pores of a shell, as with wax or grease, the moment the egg is laid, no difference in weight by the loss of moisture can occur, and it is unlikely that anything can enter the egg from the outside. There is little doubt that the change from a fresh to a stale condition is partly a question of the loss of moisture and partly a disturb- ance of equilibrium. by external agencies. The simple method described by Sir W. T. Gairdner would appear to establish this view. The method consists merely in greasing the eggs the moment they are laid and be- fore they have cooled. This procedure is so successful that eggs so treated are said to be as fresh to the taste when weeks, and even months, old as they are when eaten an hour after being laid. It is also sug- gested to immerse eggs in a strong solution of-silicate of soda or water-glass. In this case the preservative effect is probably due to the formation of a hard glassy silicate of lime within the substance of the shell, forming, so to speak, a perfectly air-tight envelope of glass. The egg is in a way hermetically sealed. This, however, is no argument in favor of wet storage, and even by the silicating process we imagine that the absolutely newly laid warm egg must be selected for the purpose. It is well known, further, that water-glass possesses a powerful antiseptic action. Eggs treated in this way are said to preserve their fresh, milky taste for six months, and to be in. distinguishable from the egg taken straight from the nest. Eggs, of coarse, merely submerged in water would probably get stale more quick- ly than when kept under dry conditions. The question of the effectual preservation of eggs is of the utmost importance, and one which British producers have persist- ently ignored, an inexplicable attitude hy which much valuable food is wasted and a source of profit thrown away.—7he Lancet. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. In getting your wardrobe in order for spring remember to see that your dress- maker provides a perfectly flat back for the skirts. In sheer summer frocks, such asdimities or organdies, there must he more or less fullness at the waist band at the back of the skirt. But in etamines, bareges and ‘‘summer silks,” such as taf- feta, ‘‘China’’ or foulard, the rule holds good for flatness. This means that most of the skirts will have a shaped flounce,the fullness requisite below the knee, not ex- tending much above it. Linen gowns, both in white and colors, promise to have great popularity this si a- son. Blue, dull pink, green and beige : re first choices in colors, and some embroidery in white, even if it is only on the waist, is the modish decoration, with tucks and stitched bands in addition. Hand embroidered polka dots and flounces with scalloped edges are one feature of the trimming. Most of the linen gowns made by the tailors have a jacket and skirt worn with a white shirt waist, but the dress- maker’s linen gown has a blouse waist daintily embroidered and finely tucked. The white waist is to be the trump card of the wardrobe. Sorry it is for those who have to think of laundry bills, but it is an obligatory matter that the shirt waist of summer and the shirt waist, even of spring, be white. And that it be scrupu- lously neat. All winter the shops have been selling waists of white duck and white linen and white cotton goods, looking like Ottoman weave. Now that spring is com- ing, these materials will be brought out first, and for Easter Sunday we shall see many a white shirt waist of duck peeping forth from a very up-to-date Easter Eton and skirt. Chinese blue is to be such a fashionable shade. It is a clear, lovely blue, and al- ways reminds me of cerulean blue, as cerulean looks when it lies upon an ivory palette 1eady for the brush, not light and not dark, it is just right. It is becoming to most complexions, and can be worn next to the face. *‘One of the mistakes of women,” said a woman lecturer tbe other day, ‘‘is in lov- ing too much; they can never make a mis- take in loving, but they ought to be care- ful in picking out the man; they are rather apt to do it on the grab-bag principal. Another of the mistakes of women is not knowing how to rest, and still, another is not knowing how to eat. What women don’t know about both has built ten thou- sand hospitals. Consider the ways of man and be wise. Women worry too much; they hurry too much; they are misers to jollity, and they nearly always die leaving a large account in the Bank of Merriment. Women not only cross bridges hefore they come to them, but they are gifted as bridge builders. Men can stop in the midst of perplexities and have a ‘guffaw.’ It is this faculty that keeps them young. Women cannot, and that’s why they fade earlier. Worry not only wrinkles the face, but it wrinkles and withers the mind as well. Some women make the mistake of thinking that they are jealous of their husbands, when, as a matter of fact, they are simply selfish. They seem to think that if a poor man’s eyes or feet stray his heart has gone. A woman arrogates a good deal to herself when she thinks she is going to he the whole world to a man twenty-four hours a day, year in and year out. If instead, wives would keep their eyes and hearts aleart to see that love did not get away, there would be less domestic frictions.’ Doctors ure not as a general rule greatly influenced by purely sentimental consid- erations, and they have issued the man- date. ‘Babies should not be rocked to sleep.”” This would at first seem cruel and arbitrary, but it is not as unreasonable as would appear. It is vastly better for the baby to be undressed and laid down in the crib. with a cool, fresh pillow under the little head, to drop into a quiet sleep than to be held in mother’s warm arms close against her breast and rocked for half an hour or more. With most babies a very little training will be sufficient to induce them to sleep when laid down if they have never become accustomed to the rocking. If you are not Spartan enough to leave the baby while he is vigoreusly protesting against this procedure, sit hy the crib and gently pat him to sleep. After awhile even this will not be necessary. It is not only better for the child, but also for the mosh- er, as the rocking habit, if persisted in, soon becomes a tax rather than a pleasure. —Arthur W. Yale, M. D., in the Woman's Home Companion. Box pleats wiil reign superior thisspring. They are to appear on everything bust hats —even on parasols. The spring jacket is to have tiny box pleats set close together all around, back and front. The spring walking jacket is to have box pleats at the foot of the skirt—very narrow box pleats, almost like flat tucks, but bonafide box pleats, nevertheless—and the shirt waist gown or ‘‘tub-gown’’ of the coming spring and summer has a decided note of novelty, the bodices being made with five box pleats in front and the skirt with three box pleats in front. The back of bodice and skirt is box pleated or gathered. Box pleats and coats (with and without basques, but in almost every instance with tails) may be set down as the two salient features of spring frocks and costumes. A dinner gown which shows these two char- acteristics is exhibited at a smait cou- turieres. It is of white cloth. The skirt bas a wide box pleat in front and smaller ones at either side of the wide one. The back is set in pleats. These box pleats are not continued down the length of the skirt, be it understood, but permit the material to flow out until at the foot the skirt is very voluminous. The hodice of this gown is low-necked and short-sleeved, a tiny basque finishes the coat, which is of white cloth, embroidered with white chenille flowers. A waist coat of pale blue velvet is fastened with paste buttons, and the decolletage is finished with a tiny ruche of stiffened cream lace. The elbow sleeves of the chenille-embroid- ered white cloth have frills of lace, headed by twists of pale blue velvet, held hy paste buttons. Very rich and elegant is one of the new spring coats of black taffeta over white silk. The coat is a dressy affair and all over there is a design of small cut-out wheel embroidery, showing just a glimpse of the white underneath. The flat collar and turn-bhack cuffs are of white,embroider- ed with French knots in black, and the ef- fect of the whole is uncommonly good. The signs of the times point to the adop- tion of the skirt which curves in a little at the knee, and then out in the full circular hottom. To do this several seams are nec- essary in the skirt, and then are disguised with stitched braids or other trimming. Baptism in River Jordan. New York Millionaire Journeyed to Palestine For tne Purpose. According to advices received in New York, from the Orient, Cornelius Van Ness, an octogenarian millionaire, has been bap- tized in the River Jordan, near the spot where Christ received His baptism at the hands of St. John. Mr. Van Ness sailed on the Celtic last month for this purpose. Millionaire Van Ness, who for years own- ed and occupied a palatial residence on the Hudson and has extensive real estate in- terests in New York, two years ago created a sensation by marrying Miss Alice Wood, an attractive young woman of Port Jarvis, upon whom he bestowed his wealth with great liberality. This led to proceedings in the supreme court by nieces of his for- mer wife to restrain Mr. Van Ness from the | further distribution of his estate. He set- tled the case by transferring to his nieces property worth more than $100,000. Among the 1,200 passengers who sailed on the Celtic were Mr. and Mrs. Van Ness. It now transpires that for years Mr. Van Ness had cherished a desire to be haptised in the Jordan, and that the journey was undertaken for no other purpose. Accord- ing to reports received from the Celtic, Mr. Van Ness was baptised by Rev. Dr. Wil- liam K. Hall, pastor of the First Preshyter- ian church of Newburg, one of the passen- gers, and an intimate friend of the aged millionaire. Your Harness at Home. Buy at home ; save money and see what you are getting. Don’t buy a cat in a bag nor from pictures ; comeand see the goods. Low prices on reliable Harness. We fit the harness to the horse. The babit of sending away for your har- vess wants is not justified, either in the advantage of prices or better quality. All we ask is that you compare our goods at the same prices, and let the man with the best goods and prices get your orders. We do not expect that you patronize us becanse we are neighbors and friends, but we would be glad to have you at least call in and give us a fair opportunity to convince vou that it is to vour best interest to give us your harness business. We want vour har- ness business, and if we can sell vou better harness for less money we think we ought to have it. We are here to do business and, as we buy for cash. we can supply your harness wants for less money then any other con- cern in the county—big or small. Come in and let us figure with you on your wants. Its not assuming too much to say, that having an experience of forty years in the business we are better qualified to know your wants and to manufacture what you want than yon are likely to find in seed stores or hardware stores. Is not the local harnessmaker entitled to all of your trade ? You never think, when your harness breaks A dispatch to the “Journal’’ from Con- stantinople says : “The American tourists on the Celtic have had a lively time here. Apparently the sultan did not want them to land, and every possible obstacle was raised. The Celticat first was refused admission through the Dardanelles. The sultan objected to the presence of so many foreigners in the city. **When the Selemlik finally gave permis- sion to pass and the ship arrived at Con- stantinople the chief of police himself scrutinized each passport. He took 20 hours to finish. The tourists, all but the clergymen, of course, were swearing mad. The ship swarmed with policespies. When the tourists went ashore they were dogged everywhere. There were many fights be- tween sailors of the Celtic and the spies detailed to watch the ship. The tourists were glad to depart. ‘‘When ‘the Celtic was at Malta it was unable to land passengers, who went ashore in small boats in a heavy sea. The boat containing J. L. McCutcheon, of Pittsburg; William Reader, of Marietta, Ohio; Rev. J. T. Dickinson, of East Orange, N. J., and J. C. Dickinson, of Pittshurg, upset and they bad a narrow escape from drowning. Mal- ta boatmen, who went to the rescue. de- clined to lift them out of the water until they gave up all their valuables. The vic- tims submitted to the robbery gracefully.” The West Branch Road. A Brief History Given of its Construction. John E. Harder, of Clearfield,in a lengthy write up on the West Branch railroad, gives a list of the murders and accidents that have ocenrred during the construction of that line. He states that fully thirty men have lost their lives. The laborers are colered men from the south and Italians. The former use fire arms and the latter knives. The murders have been the out- come of sprees. In addition to the mur- ders, fatal accidents are of almost daily oc- currence. A short while back a negro was hauled up from the bottom of the shaft at Fulson’s tunnel, which is 150 feet deep, with such lightening swiftness, caused by the breaking of the windlass, that he was smashed up against the top rigging into a shapeless mass. He never knew how that mile a second ride terminated. Men have been killed almost weekly by thawing dynamite; indeed this seems to be a favorite way of the Italian to pass beyond the ‘‘Great Divide.’ The total cost in dollars of the West Branch railroad will run up into millions. All of the grading and open work is practically completed. Ballast has been laid, and the ties have been distributed all along the road, and the first bridge has been finished. This bridge is about two miles below Clea: field, at Wolf run. The other bridges cannot hz built until the tunnels are completed and the rails laid, as the structural steel is too heavy to hanl in any other manner than by rail; some of the steel beams being ninety feet long weighing many tons each. Some of the bridges that cross the West Branch of the Susquehanna river, notably the Shawsville bridge, are fifty feet above the river, and as they cross diagonally they are necessarily very long. : The road runs high up along the moun- tains above the river, through cuts where landslides may be looked for in the years to come, and over high fille, through tun- nels and over high steel bridges, through the wildest mountain scenery to be found anywhere in Pennsylvania. A) Brain Leaks. A rose for the living is better than a bouquet for the dead. Prayers are usually thin after being strained through a mortgaged church roof. The soft touch of a baby’s fingers makes a man feel just a little nearer heaven. Attending the church with the tallest spire does not insure close standing to the throne. Time spent in bemoaning the failure of yesterday will not insure the success of to- Morrow. The man who carefully looks after the comfort of his family is sure to take good care of his horse. A great many men who express a will- ingness to die for the old flag always let their wives carry in the coal. Atheists and infidels waste time talking to a mother who gazes with tear-wet eyes at a baby’s empty shoe. Some young men are so smart that they discover God is a myth long before they discover what they were created for. When you hear a girl saying she is going to he on old maid you may expect to see her name hyphenated with another in the local paper before the season ends. Some men who would not pay a penny for salvation and accepted it only because they were told that it was free, will sooner or later discover that it is only a life lease they hold. \ 7 Slept for Eleven Days. The four-year-old daughter of John Mooney, of Huntington, W. Va., Friday awakened from a continuous sleep of eleven days. All efforts to awaken the child, even by drugs administered by physicians, tor quit trying to re:aove her from the arms of Morpheus. The child during its long sleep breathed regularly and was appareni- ly in the best of health. On awakening proved futile, and several days ago the doc- | Friday it was rather weak, but took some ( or your collars need repairs, of taking them to feed stores or hardware men. Why not take care of the harnessmaker at home, who is obliged to do your repair work ? Practice what you have taught—protect McCalmont & Co. LUCK. Wy HAT Can a Sportsman have if he does not try to secure the best goods with which to get his game? Over Line or £0 GOODS AND SPORTING | is the finest in the city and we cordially | invite all interested to inspect the dis- play. We offer, at special prices, a line of DOUBLE AND SINGLE. BARREL SHOT GUNS AND RIFLES, BLACK SMOKELESS POWDER ALL GUNS AND SHELLS FOR McCALMONT & CO. Killed in His Buggy. Aged Resident of Indiana County Met with Tragic Death. Mr. Jobn Burke, of Nolo, a well known resident of Indiana county, was instantly killed Friday afternoon at a railroad cross- ing in Buffington township, that county, near Vintondale. Mr. Barke left his home that day on a business errand to Vintondale, and, upon entering the town, met his tragic death. He was m his buggy and was driv- ing across the railroad when a train ap- proached unawares, and before he could get out of the way, the buggy was smashed and the body of Mr. Burke was found in the wreck. He was instantly killed, but his body was only slightly bruised. The re- mains were taken to his home the same evening. Mr. Burke was aged about seventy five years, and on account of his advanced years his hearing and eyesight were impaired, and in all probability the train was on him before hz kiew of the danger. CAN'T KEEP IT SECRET.—The splendid work of Dr. King’s New Life Pills is daily coming to light. No such grand remedy for Liver and Bowel troubles was ever known before. Thousands bless them for curing Constipation, Sick Headache, Bil- iousness, Jaundice and Indigestion. Try them, 25c at Green’s Pharmacy. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. 46-4 46-4-13 LLLEFONTE, P! your local dealers. : BELLEFONTE, PA. : SPECIAL OFFER. . For the next 60 days we will close out = TTT or all of our Robes, Blankets and Bells at cost to make room for the biggest line of | == i ————————— —— - — p— heavy and light harness we have ever placed before the public. Castoria. New Advertisements. . We carry a fine line of men’s working| ——7----—-vorr-rvvne ee roe, 0 lero. gloves and mittens. Every purchaser of C A 8S. .T O B 1 A CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH $5 is entitled to a present of a useful C 4.8 7-0 BR I A ENNYROYAL PILLS. piece of merchandise. C A 8S T O R I Al Original and only genuine. Safe. Always re- Thirty-two vears in business in Belle-| C A. 8S T 0 RR 1 i i pen ak dripnlet fp Cliichemers Eng. : 8 ed and Go me ic Xes, se wl fonte is a safe guarantee. We are here to c A 8 T O R I A|blueribbon. Take no other, refuse dangerous stay. Respt. yours, cece substitutes. and imitations, Buy of your draggist JAMES SCHOFIELD, or send 4c in stamps for particulars, testimonials 43-37 Pa and “Relief for Ladies,” in letter, by return mai. 10,000 testimonials. Sold by all draggists CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO. The Kind You Have Always Bought has Madison Square, Phila., Pa. borne the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and ‘““Just-as-good’’ are but Ex- periments, and endanger the health of Children— Experience against Experiment 46-38-52t Mention this paper. Pure Milk and Butter. PEE MILK AND BUTTER THE YEAR ROUND ~ WHAT 15 CARTORI FROM ROCK FARMS. Castoria is a harmless substitute for Cas- tor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Seothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neith- er Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotie substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrheea and Wind Colic. It re- lieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipa- tion and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—-The Mother's Friend. The Pure Milk and Cream from the Rock Farms is delivered to customers in Bellefonte daily. Fresh Gilt Edge Butter is delivered: three times a week. You can make yearly contracts for mill, cream or butter by calling on or address- ing J. HARRIS HOY, Manager, Office, No. 8 So. Allegheny St. Bellefonte, Pa. The fine Dairy Herd at Rock Farms is. regularly inspected so that its produet is absolutely pure and healthful. 43-45-1y The Kind You Have Always Bought Flour and Feed. Bears the Signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER. IN USE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. = ((URTIS Y. WAGNER, Brockermorr MiLts, BELLEFONTE, PA. Wall Papering and Painting. Manufacturer, and wholesaler and retailers of 47-3 Bush Arcade, ECKENROTH THE OLD RELIABLE PAPER HANGER Our entire stock of Wall Paper, Window Shades aud Picture Frame Mouldings. sale of Robert Graves Co., and M. H. Burges Sons & Co. Fine Florals and Tapestry effects. Wall Papers ever brought to this city. It will pay you to examine my stock and prices before going elsewhere. First class mechanics to put.the paper on the wall and apply the paint to tbe woodwork. All work guaranteed in every respect. Bellefonte. MILL, - = = - ROOPSBURG. 46-19-1y : E. J. ECKENROTH, VAT AT A TUN TAAL TA TA TL ROLLER FLOUR, FEED, CORN MEAL, Ite. Also Dealer in Grain. NAVA VAT AVA Wg Manufactures and has on hand ab all times the following brands of, high, grade flour { PAINTER WHITE STAR, OUR BEST. E—AND— HIGH GRADE, VICTORY PATENT, FANCY PATENT—fonmerly Phee- nix Mills high grade brand. d | | The only place in the ceunty wheve SPRAY, an extraordinany fine grade of Spring wheat Patent Flour ean be obtained,. ——— I have the exclusive ALSO: : INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD. FEED OF ALY KINDS, « Whole or, Manwfmetured. All kinds of Gaain bought at office. Exchanges Fipur fon Wheat. ie OFFICE andi STORE, - Bishop Street, They are the Finest BELLEFONTE, PA. - Meat Markets. wa Wall Papering and Painting. a GET THE 70 ZHE PUBLIC: than ever to serve and fine workmen Your patronage. Yours Crider’ s Stone Building, 47-3 nourishment. The physicians are baffled. Just a few words to let you know that I am still in business and better prepared at the old stand, with the same old methods Jactory to vou in the past. Remember, that Robert H. Montgomery is the successor to Eckenroth & Mont- gomery and is in business and solicits ROBERT H MONTGOMERY, BEST MEATS. You save nothing by buying, poor, thin or gristly meats. I use only the LARGEST, FATTEST, CATTLE, and supply my customers with the fresh est, choicest, best blood and muscle mak- ing Steaks and Roasts. My prices are a higher than poorer meats are eise- where I always have ——DRESSED POULTRY,— Game in season, and any kinds of good meats you want. Try My Shor. P. L. BEEZER. High Street, Bellefonte. you. 1 will be found 43-34- Iy A that have been so satis- AVE IN YOUR MEAT BILLS. i There is no reason why you should use poor meat, or pay exorbitant prices for tender, juicy steaks. Good meat is abundant here- abouts, because good cattle, sheep and walves are to be had. WE BUY ONLY THE BEST and we sell only that which is good. We don’t romise to give it away, but we wilt fugnish you 00D MEAT, at prices that yow have paid elsewhere for very poor. —GIVE US A TRIAL— and see if you don’t save in the long run and have better Meats, Rani | bi and Game (in sea- son) than have been furnished you. : GRTTIG & KREAMER, Rush HouseBlock o hy a Bie BELLEFONTE, Pa. ' BELLEFONTE, Pa. 44-18
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