Have youseen thegolden haired Lonete 7. «They: say she’s on the fly. © o Have you heard the old plantation SOBESe Bik 4 I'm g'wine to live ‘till T die”? 1/1 hiss 3 Have you seen the famous: Mt. Pelee [0 ois Shoot ashes to the sky? Boi Have you: watched the man of TAFSRRTY En : ‘80 wonderfully sly? «i: Ladi or 443 Have you seen the wriggling seins Sisley: +: iContort themselves awry 2: ! Have you taken in the great. Bun, ; -. ‘The giddy butter fly 2: oie plaeiate And rode round upon the sind ied fat While children laugh and sigh? = 1L 000s If you've seen the grewsome SeskBwid ays: The balloon up in the sky, ' (1: § And had the lanky Mr. Hatch 3 Te + Throw confetti in your eye; ~~ iy Then you've been round the whole shebang And that theré ain’t no lie = ie And you'll want-another: carnival In thé sweet by and by. _ —Are you ead.S, men ? A-w way she goes! . <5 Hi is aemmious.i thas the. ‘ship trust should founder beenuse of too much water. —The. ‘Warzen county, Democrats, have convictions, even if they haven't enough membersito’ win‘any of the offices. King PETER, ‘of Servia, has bought 2 a big revolver ‘and ordered a new crown made. It is not stated whether he is hav- ing any bull’s- -eyes | with ringing bells i in it. FEY ‘—1I should not bea: Democratio judge 80 much in Clearfield’ as it should be a judge who has not resorted to every trick known to the professional politiian ‘to_pave his way to the bench. ~From the’ oreaks it makes in open: ing we imagine there is a, considerable amount. of | rust on the hinges of the door leading ‘into Col. Ep. Casustzs Joa b boom. wm. i} —Ballefonte will be n no prettier when its big ‘show pulls’ ‘up stakes on Saturday night, bot there are a number of people within it who. will have reason to be con- siderably wiser than they were some days ago. : a ..—From the fuss tha is being made about Mri ROCKEFELLER Jr. and his Sanday Tat 7 Hn that he ‘has an idea of alfempting to ges a corner on salvation. Bik 3 i -—Come to view it under a, microscope that harmony microbe Judge Love and Col. REEDER are laboring ‘to propagate, seems to be taking on the’ appearance of a thoroughbred porcupine. Bristles are be- ginning to grow in profusio ) and of a kind thabears pointedly “Dont con tment of not_altogether certain that RS ‘to keep on his trolley and he wants'someone else on the ground shotld he alipit, ~~! ~The Philadeiphia FA is evidently not in’ favor of keeping the judiciary out of politics; at least that is the tenor of an editorial on the Clearfield situation in its issue of yesterday. But the Press is like many another Republican journal. It preaches non-politics ‘only where Republi- cans have Bo other chance. ; —After carefully considering both the quality and quantity of brother CHARLES EMORY SMITH’S explanations of his con- nection with the postal department scan- dals, we can’t cut away from the conviction that with him it is not so much a question as-to the weight of the facts furnished as it is ‘the amount of “‘hot air” his factory can tarn ous. —Immediately after the recent judicial contest in the Republican party in Clear- field county the people of Clearfield town subsoribed ten thousand dollars for the pur- se of starting a Y. M. Cc. A. ‘Details of the character of the contest convince us that ten thousand isn’t enough to give the Association a proper. footing over there. —The opinion of Mr. JAMES G. JOHN- SON, one of the highest legal authorities in the State, to the effect that the judge’s salary bill, passed by the last Legislature, affects not only future judges of the Com- monwealth, but those in, office at the present time, is in conflict “Wish: the con- “stitution, but a little matter of that sort isn’# to be considered in ‘these times ‘when : constitutions are ouly nominal in their exactions. i © —Atlautic City hotels are threatened with a revocation of license unless they provide for the entertainment of ‘‘beasts’’ as well as “‘man.’’ : The question has late- ly come up because some of the hotels do not have liveries attached, but why this should make any difference when the most of them have their registers bespattered she addresses of ‘‘heasts’’ will be prehensible to some of the gentle vho have been gussts at Atlantic nator HANNA'S remistE at the dedien: Bi the one hundred thousand. dollar ic of — in Army does he esign his position in tbe United army,” ‘is interesting, ‘to say the ‘The Senator has never been credit. being 100g on prayers and the mu- lieves in most is the olink of the dollar. How unique it would be ARK on the stump praying for how oertain his' defeat would be illustration of what is at the bottom of ; Lis an svidenes | : So ial galore) of Us Dreamed of Cheaper min A Any of 4 fully un The. digging down. into the: rouok pile ra a stench ‘BbguE the stands at the bostom of a change. of .con- science: and of principle.’ ‘At: least such a contract has’ been dug up by the inyestiga- tors of the scandals in the postal depart- ment and the date of. that contract and the day of Mr. SIBLEY'S conversion to Repub- licanism is ‘wonderously. close together. It has, been known to all men that Mr. the ‘main chance.’ It was equally well known that the ‘main chance” with him was. whatever wold the most surely in- crease his pile, or give the biggest bulge to he a “‘cheap John.” ' He was believed to he a man in many ways. to be rich. was thought to be the possessor ' of princi- ples. In fact he professed to abhor high tariff. He railed against mouopolies. His influence and work was ‘against extrava- gance in public affairs. He posed as the leader of the army of 'bi-metalists and in a thousand ways showed his opposition to Republicanism generally. Buf in a single day, yea, even in less time than the con- version of PAUL was accomplished, he was brought to see the error of his ways—to espouse that which he bad ever condemned and to’ deny that’ which he had Hs taught. The people wondered at the sodden con- version, but they will wonder more at the little it cos6. The contracts tell that. It shows the price of his political apostasy. It gives au idea of the greed that would in- duce the’ betrayal of the causes he had al- ways battled for and the petty benefits he was willing to receive in return. It isan - People who thought they knew him will wonder at the venality that has taken hold of him. Will be sorry for the greed that has grown on him, and, amid this wonder and sorrow, will despise the niggardly avaric- ousness that is shown in the price he re- ceived for the betrayal of his party and his professed principles. Cheap JOE, iu your uncovering, no one has sympathy to extend you. Roosevelt Plays Politics. The President has appointed CHARLES J. BONAPARTE, of Baltimore, and HOLMES CONRAD, of New York,distinguished Demo- oratio lawyers to conduct the prosecution of the postal officials who have been or may be indicted for defrauding the government in the Post Office Department. To the casual observer this will appear either a band- some compliment to the distinguished Democrats or an admission that there are no Republican lawyers in the country capable of cond ucting such a prosecution. The chances are, ‘however, that it is neith- er. As a Philadelphia contemporary suggest ed the President has been .‘‘playing poli- tics.” That is to say he is arranging toshift the responsibility in the event of the fail- ure of the prosecutions, knowing as he does that in the event of success, he will be able to claim the credit. It was for precisely that reason that he employed DAvID T. WATSON, the distinguished Democratic law- yer of Pittsburg, to conduct the prosecution of-one of the trast. restraint cases a few ‘weeks ago. The success which attended his efforts eliminated Mr. WATSON from the case and the credit went to, the Presi- dent. If there bad been a failure the blame would have gone to WaTsON. There are plenty.of Republican lawyers amply capable ny willing to con- duct these prosecutions, and if the Presi. dent considered only his obvious duty in the case he would have engaged a couple of them. But he wanted to play politics and arrange for a scapegoat in the event of the failure of the prosecutions which is more than likely to happen when the acounsed crooks are able to rally their powerful friends to their suppors. The Presiden imagines that he + fool all the people by such a subterfuge But he is mistaken. ~ ——Clinton contity came in for her share of notoriety last week too. = Up at Renovo a policeman shot and killed a young man who was talking Toud on the streets and down in Look Haven a young woman scald- ed her aged mother by dowsing her with boiling water. It is not such a great step from such atrocities as these to burning a negro at the stake, as they did in Wil mington, Del., is it? -—-We presume you have your fireworkski at his only stock in trade. all ready for the fourthvitch. ‘At last th candetlying reason for: “Unle || 3 OE SIBLEY’S" 8 udden and ‘mysterious con- version to Ee m three years ago is SIBLEY'S political eye was always open for his pocket book. But no one took him to He was reported He was said to be liberal. He 2 ’ The ‘Philadel hia a Lodger protests. against ‘making the press muzzler the paramount .issue in the coming contest for Auditor ‘General and the other offices to be filled at the ensuing election. "In this ‘our “esteem- ed contemporary is simply echoing the sen- iments of Senator QUAY. In fact it may be said that he originated ‘the ‘idea and in ] his orders to the'm managers’ ‘of the recent cerns state convention to make no mention of the wkd iniquitous measure he expressed it as clear- ly and with ‘much greater cogency than the Ledger’ puts if. Every dependent politi- cian and beneficiary of the party Spoils have joined. in the chorus... gh In the nomination of Senator WILLIAM P. SNYDER for Auditor General, however, - | Senator QUAYS. convention endorsed the muzzler and made’ it the paramount issue, notwithstanding the profound : silence of the platform. Acts speak ‘ Touder than words and in selecting, ‘man, who voted for, the, muzzler. in iE to head tion of the Governor who signed it there is implied an endorsements of the ‘monstrosity evaded. The muzzler is the issne as the log- be met. notwithstanding his. hypocritical platform which condems itself as: false and frandulent in every respect. 4 The press muzzler hasn’t muzzled any respectable newspaper, but, that isn’t the fault of QUAY, bis candidate’ for Auditor General, or the man who managed his con- failure. Their purpose was to compel si- lence in the future if aby favorite politician or office holder happened to make personal use of the funds in the treasury and keep it secret if any statesman was obliged to plead the statute of limitation in ‘order to escape conviction and punishment for crimes committed. Because. of these obvious facts the mazzler is the paramount issue, notwithstanding the protest of par- ticipants and pensioners. Short of full Duty. tione i during the session of Tues- day. The convention was composed of representatives of the various Press clubs of the United States and Canada and the membership is necessarily the working journalists of the country. Such men speak plainly, for they feel keenly on ques- tions of public interest and it is not sur- prising that they denounced the iniquitous libel bill “‘born in the darkness of political perfidy.” But they stopped short of their full duty in the premises though they added thas ié ‘“‘was railroad through both branches of the Pennsylvania Legislature it received the approval of a misguided State Execu- tive.” The organization is not partizan and is not expected under ordinary circum- stances to discuss candidates. But when a political party adopts as an article of its faith that which is denounced as the prod- uot of darkness and political perfidy, even a non-partizan organization made up of intelligent and patriotic men may safely assert its opinions thoagh they take the form of promoting the interests of a party. In nominating for the highest office to ‘be filled at the coming election a man who voted for the monstrous measure; in en- dorsing the misguided State Executive who endorsed it and in honoring the man who directed the forces whioh passed it and he who as presiding officer in one of the leg- islative bodies, the Republican party has adopted the press muzzler asa part of its political creed and in denouncing the | measure the International League of Press Clubs ought to have reproved: the party re- sponsible and the candidate who contribut- ed his vote and influence toward the con- summation of the evil. The Lynching at at Wilmington. The sensation of the ti time is the lynching of a negro named. ‘WHITE, at Wilmington, last week under circumstances of peculiar atrocity. WHITE bad committed a name- less crime on the young daugbter of a prominent clergyman of the community some days previously and baving been captured and perfectly identified, was placed in the work house on the charge of murder, his vietim having died as the re- sult of her injuries. © Thus far ‘it was little | different from numerous other cases of its kind. But thereafter a change occurred. That is on the Sunday evening following the outrage one of the local preachers de- nounced the crime from the pulpit and de- clared in substance that Iynobing i in. such cases is justified. : The following. evening a mob of several thousand persons assembled and demanded the prisoner for summary punishment. The authorities refused, ‘of course, to sur- render him and the prison was broken into by force, the prisoner taken out and burned at the stake. The greatest excitement the ticket aud endorsing ~ the ‘administra- | a8 itself. which can neither. be - mistaken nor |- ic of QUAY’S convention labors and it must | vention for him. They intended it to muzzle | ¥ the press and are greatly disappointed at the | ¥ iniquitous legislation. 2 3513 { 0 punis t and had a man who was d to he-a leader! “the mols artested p nt his pulpit in the presence’ of his ¢on- ation, mote or less frenzied before, he | ticed the whites in the most vehement || es and; recommended that in the ure the ROEroes become. “their own riff,” judge ' and’ jury.” That wag 2 cruel ¢ {: criminal advice and n't lead $0. .a Tace war it will be for. a n ‘that the conversatism of the com- ity is proof ‘agains all’ ‘provocation. race war glows within a reasonable | i sie, the blood of every (victim will be on +h head of the man who! gave yh ormel udge KIRKPATRIGE, of ; the , United we at Newark,’ New" Jer- and, pull onder, . The. actual value of that prop- before SoHWAB took hold of ‘it was 0 0,000. SCHWAB gave the stockholders 0. ‘The other constituent com- pdnies were probably inflated in the same tio and the trust undertook to pay inter- el and dividends on such a basis.’ the threatened financiering collapse + of fnauciering. Those engaged in it fetend to think hat it is nobody’s ' busi- ss but their own if stocks are, watered the burden becomes unbearable and. kruptoy follows. But in that they are ely mistaken. It concerns. Svey or the reason that the consumers are. to pay the exorbitant ‘char jes as depreciation in values and wage earners because of the industrial paralysis which muss ensue. The other day a lawyer named AMMON was sentenced to four years in prison by a New York court for participation in the profits of a get-rich-quick concern. A But the lawyer and his client were no more guilty of fraud in the operation of that con- | |, cern than SCHWAB and his fellow con- spirators were in offering the bogus ship building trust shares to investors. They didn’t promise returns on the investment amounting to 520 per cent. per annum, but they did guarantee a generous profit on the investment and on the first demand for a fulfillment of the contract they de- fanlted and the Judge who examined the papers declares in substance that the cor- poration is a fraud. Quay’s Curious Plans. Senator QUAY has left the Maine woods unless he has changed his mind since one of his companions in the isolation wrote a letter which was received in Pittsburg, the other day. The letter in. question stated that he would break camp about the first of July and soon afterward arrive in Penn- sylvania. A later rumor stated that he would go to Canada by way of a 200 miles ride in a canoe and reach his home in ‘Beaver at some future time. But that re- port lacks authenticity and we prefer to believe the former. It sounds more like what QUAY would be likely to do. . When QUAY “‘took to the woods’’ it was announced by hie authority that he would remain there through the heated season or at least until about the first of ‘September | . when the work of the campaign would be- gin, under ordinary circumstances. The alteration of his plans means, therefore, that something has happened and since the an- nouncement conjecture has been cutting up all sorts of pranks. The idea generally acoepted is that the necessity of taking Senator SNYDER off the ticket has taken possession of his mind. Instead of abating the opposition to that press muzzler’ is multiplying and a good many of the local leaders have come to the conclusion that he is jeopardizing local tickets. | In justice to QUAY it mast be ‘said that he was not in favar of ‘the nomination of SNYDER. It can hardly be claimed that lis opposition was on account of his partic- ipation in the press muzzling and ' other The foundation of his opposition was in SNYDER'S attitude last year when he adhered to the ELKIN contingent even after QUAY had sounded the notice that such a'thing was treason- able, But the reason which influences QUAY in the premises. is of less importance then the fact that he has been influenced and nobody need be surprised to hear of a reformation “of the ticket the moment QUAY gets home. nity | 0 ods of Siolating thelaw. _ eclared the ship build- | red a | What Repubticantsm Saas pi A Delaware. ’ 18% soil “From fhe Dover (Del.) Delawarean. 0 The first instalment of the nn i State has long been due. For fifteen | Sears the people bave been a 1a 1 3ib- eral edugation in she most approy orime | dorance, | have. bs Spend oe brazenly and nd hoot has the sanoity whi mor | a free. and; Aeltgove Wt Ji “The vieions, the j al. Be have, Bat spoom of im 1 oem Jo bave beopme dead letters. = CT us, a he logon af the | lynchin of the rate which occurred near Wilmis ton on Monday night. This is the ganse | the reproaches eh our courts. tice. The packing of partisan jor the acquittal of the negro Neal, guilty he vas of en of assault upon a white . woman, >» ost ancient, Bistery, bat is was. A cause. Th og catee. ailure. to find the actixe C of our es na a thes atily resulting, in Sak consbitu Sonal provi ne 28 to. bribery, shook. th popular con fidence in “the, courts... i; Enis A — Supersntesiaen din Er because, the su] ries did not in ; eal | ranma Ay ses in.’ He held thaé in lection it was not: essenial, :$ library of 1,000 volumes it mi He added thas. American life, and. w. tte hate and prejudice, aud not, in: modern feeling, the ugh | 6 did- 1 influence attributed to if i sible conflict.” What idea adv _be gainsaid 2 The literary styl Stowe’s book i of slave life w ‘models, and i i paign. Ifis worthy. 0 insp museum, ; like, the, warrants witches were hung at Salem, , B: days, when knowledge in illimitabl innnmberable, to hold tha Cabin’? should a child must T From the Hartsburg Patriot. Strikes here, strikes there, strikes every- where; lynch law and bloody race riots in the Republican State of Delaware; graft and grab in the Postoffice Department; loot and plunder of the taxpayers by lavish appropriations of the people’s money and ‘extravagant and corrupt administration. Such are the conditions which have super- vened upon the grant of unlimited power to a political party which believes in a oose construction of the constitution that enables the government to exercise powers expressly reserved by the constitution to the several States and the people thereof. Until the country shall return to the same conservative policy of a strict construction and rigid observance of the fundamental law of the Republic there can be neither in- dustrial peace nor social tranquility. Direct Taxation Would Make a Changs. From the Columbia Independent, It is freely admitted by persons most familiar with the corruption in the execu- tive departments at Washington that if the expenses of the Government were collected by direct taxation the people would not permit conditions to continue as they have for many years. They wonld insist on font carefal admivistration’ of the federal ‘unds. Catching It Coming and Going. From the Carlisle Volunteer. : : It is time to call a halt. We are beset by temptations on every side. Here: comes an offer from Covington, Kentucky, to furnish us Fourth of July Whiskey. at $3.75 a gallon and the same mail brings an offer from the Harrishurg Keely Cure to take care of us for $100 a month. We wiil take them hoth and be happy. The ' Minister Shouldn't Rubber. From the Venango Spectator, A minister out in Wisconsin lifts up his voice against the wearing of net or ‘peek- a-boo!’ waists by women. The gospel war- horse wouldn’s shy quite as badly if he wore blinders, . The net waist bas its good poise, and perforations. As the sleepy ellow said when be wrapped a fish net around him, “I'll keep or out the coarsest of the cold.’ i , Where Is Delilah. ‘From the Johnstown Democrat. 2 Those who are howling for Petty’ Heath to resign from the 'secretaryship of the Re- publican national committee evidently do vot realize what he could do to the pillars of the temple if he happened $6 get his back up: ET . Will Have a Hankerin' From the Dallas “News.” If this thing keeps * all the darkies ‘who have been taken North to taste justice will have to come South to keep 9 out of the way of the Yankee mobs. : — How the Governor Avolds Mysery. From the Kansas City “Journal. a “Governor Pennypacker, according to his own statement, does not read the news- papers, The Governor is a philosopher. e doesn’t see any use of being more mis- erable than necessary. for’ Home. BO : ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. : C rose | 1,000 roses in bod 3 ors of | put of steel fr =A lossrof upward of $100,000 was caused Af ‘Mr 90 years of sige ‘and his wife 83. presen ‘| Historical Srty ¢ on Saturday by Mrs. G. Tr county, h five. ~ Charged with clubbifg ‘his gon’ John’ do | severely that the boy will probably die. | Henry O'Watts, of Cornwall, 2, ja ‘| Lebanon. —In the most disastrous: fire ‘that has visited Waterville in many years, five valu- ‘able horses and three hogs perished .in the large hotel barn. The fre) was of incendiary origin. who has taught i in the primary grades for 51 years, was given the option. of retiring on $25 per month or accepting her usual posi- tion. She informed the’ directors that she preferred to teach. —Mrs. Betsy Lowe, of Dalene, wiv: brated her ninety-eighth birthday on Fri- 8, | day last and rode on her first electric car; had she been allowed to do'so would have walked two miles to spend the i With her grand-daughter. —Patrick. Gillday, proatdust, of aistrict 2, United Min: {Workers of America, is ‘lying dangerously ill at his home in Morrisdale. ‘His illness is due to overwork and worry as "| he has been on ‘the road. continuously since 1o | the scale was signed at Altoona last spring. The Eastern Steel company: at Potts- ville, decided to ‘build two more open | hearth furnaces in connection with the four which are already i in course of construction. “This. will increase the ¢ estimated annual out- from 125,000 to 175,000 tons. by" fire at the Shenango tin mill; at New Castle, the ‘argest plant of the kind in’ the A i Tn force an extended idle- [non . — The. board of directors of’ the Clearfield | Y. M. C. A. has purchased the Weaver home" ‘stead, in that place, for $18,000, and will con- vert it into a complete association home. The sum of $9,100 has already been subscribed by Clearfield. citizens. One man gave $4,500 The Y. M. C. A. there is but six months old. —A; broken ankle was. insufficient to. post- pone the scheduled wedding of Miss Edna |‘ M. Clemens, of Port Kennedy; and’ Charles E. Williamson, of Baltimore. The bride was, however, obliged to stand ‘on ‘one foot while the ceremony was performed on Sag ‘day at the bride’s home. Fifty-one of the men who were ‘eritoted for the new Company E, Fifth regiment, of Altoona, presented _themselyes. for muster ‘Saturday night, but at:no ‘one time were there fifty: men present, so. the mustering ‘into service of the new company ‘had to be ks ‘postponed until’ Monday’ evening, When’ it ‘was. successfully accomplished.” : —Rev. and Mrs. Isaac’ “Hess on Sidady ‘at Reading celebrated. their sixty-fifth wed- y. ding anniversary. The celebration was in ‘the nature of a family’ reunion, as the six | children, twenty grandchildren: and twenty great grandchildren were all present. Rev. 1844, was ‘W. Eminert, of York Springs. The book is a relic of Héury Clay’s third and last campaign for the Presidency. It contains 120 pages and 80 tunes and songs, and is one of the earliest examples of campaign literature. —At Clearfield Saturday morning boys found the body of aged Jane Way in Roaring creek, near Curwensville. How long she had been in the water, or how she met her death is not known. She bad been ac- customed to travel back and forth between the homes of her sons, who lived apart, stop- ping a few days at a time at either place. For this reason her absence was not con- sidered unusual by either family. She was 65 years old, ‘ —~Clearfield’s military organization, Com- ‘pany E ‘of the Fifth regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, has been disbanded and the property belonging to the State has been turned over to Major John H. West, of _Hollidaysburg, commanding the first bat- talion. of the regiment. Captain Elmer K. Roop, late adjutant of the Fifth, has been at work in Altoona for some time doing things and has succeeded in Yeorganizing the com- pany in that city. The dedication of the new M: E. church at Winburne Sunday will no’ doubt have proved an important event in connection ‘with the future history of that thriving and rapidly growing town. Rev. E. J. Gray, D. D., president of the Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, was present and had charge of the services, which were full of interest. ‘The little church, costing about $1600, is a very neat edifice,and will afford a very pretty and comfortable place for the Methodists of Winburne and their friends to worship. —Workmen who are building the new Wabash station at Liberty avenue and Ferry street discovered an abandoned well under the Nelson Morris & Co. building, and in the well they found a_ silver box containing 30 French and Indian copper coins and two silver coins. The existence of the well had been forgotten. Its top was beneath. a cellar and it had probably been covered up for over a century. On one side of the copper coins is the figure of an Indian shooting an arrow. | On the reverse side are a thistle, thorn and rose. One colored man ‘who has four of the coins declares that the dates read 165,” the fourth figure being worn off, showing them to be of the date of 1650 or thereabouts. ' Farmer James A. Holtz, of near Rich: land, Blair county, was takén to Altoona on Sunday to receive treatment for a num- ber of terrible, lacerations upon | his legs and chest, which: he received ina desperate counter with a bear. Holtz had been sit! up for several nights looking for the: thief which had been carrying off ‘his pigs. Last ning his vigilance was rewarded. He was i ting near the pig sty ‘with his gun across is, knee when a_big she bear appear- ed. Holtz fired, at, her and wounded her slight- ly. Belore he could reload the bear. knock- ed him over and+began to rip up his legs and chest with her claws. The farmer's: dogs went to the Tescue and saved ‘his life at the loss of their own. The bear quickly tore them both to pieces, and after skirmishing about the premises for a few minutes looking for more fighters, picked out the finest pig in the sty and carried it off. He. —Miss Mary wilso,* at Peiebawioy
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