RL i : A A. MS nm | SILK OF THE SPIDER. —To give a better idea of what the soil should be for each individual plant, we give below what is considered the ideal soil for each of the common garden crops: —Celery.—Celery requires a deep, rich, moist, mellow soil. Even if the ground is considered reasonably rich for corn, is shonld be made richer by the application of well-rotted barnyard manure. There is not much danger of making the ground too rich, and if the plans is pot very rich it should bave a liberal application of ma- nure. » —Cauliflower.—This plant needs a reason- ably rich soil which contains considerable moisture at all times of the year. Any good soil which will raise potatoes is very good for this plant. Ove of the most important things is that it should have an abandance of moisture, and if this is not contained in the soil, the plant should be irrigated d uring the dry, growing months. —The raito of seed to straw varies great- ly. On rich land, maoured with nitro- genous fertilizers the growth of straw is great compared to that of grain, and the same in wet seasons, being the reverse when the season is dry. To prevent lodg- ing it is recommended by some that an ap- plication of lime and salt be applied in the fall ou the land iutended for the grain erop. —Onions. —A rich, sandy soil, containing plenty of orgavic matter, is considered the best soil for onions. In fact, if the soil contains a great deal of organic matter and 18 free from weed seed, the onion will make a profitable growth without there being any sand present, The soi! should be moist and well danined. Many have grown heavy crops of this vegetable upon drained swamps aud other muck soils. —Lettuce,—Lettunce requires plenty of nitrogen. It makes a growesh of stem and leaf and aot of fruit, and the soil should be rich in that element. There is but little danger of selecting one too rich in organie matter. It can not get along without plenty of moisture, and the part of the gar- deo known not to contain an abundance of moistare at all times of the growing season should not be used as a lettuce bed. — Beete,—The common red garden hees may be grown in a variety of roils. How- ever, the best soil is what is generaily call- ed a sandy loam. Naturally which have received several dressings of fresh manure in recent vears do not make the ideal place for the beet. The growth will be excessive and watery and the qual- ity inferior. Thesoil should, however, be reasonably rich, and, as said before, con- tain a listle sand. —Horse-radish.—This plant will grow, with practically no attention, in any rich soil where there is an abundance of water. It will even thrive and multiply along the edge of a wet place or in the field where an old straw heap has rotted down. If yon wish to grow it in the garden with the other vegetables, it is a good idea to select a bed rather rich, and then sink a board 18 inches wide in the ground around the edge of the bed. This will hinder the plant from spreading and becoming a weed pest, —Cuoumbers.—The soil for cucumbers should be a rich, sandy loam, rather moist, but not wet. They will do well upon a 80il composed of a considerable amounus of clay if there are a number of summer show- ers to keep tbe ground amply moist. If, however, there are no sammer showers, the clay soil will readily dry outand the plants will fail to bear and probably die for want of moisture. Any soil which will raise 40 bushels of corn per acre will produce a profitable crop of cucumbers. The princi- pal thivg to observe in the selection of soils for this plant is the power of the soil to retain moisture. The crop requires con- siderable moisture daring the dry months, and if there is vot enough in the soil at all times the production of fruit will be great- iy reduced. —Beaus.—Beavs may be grown op al- most any kind of soil. The ideal soil should be warm and mellow, containing a little sand. The soil for beans should be mellow, bat should not be too rich in nit- rogen. Therefore, if the omganic matter which makes up a pare of the soi! has come from rich manures it will not make an ideal seed bed for beans. If the organic matter came from decayed straw the ground may be the ideal place for the bean plant. Heavy clay soils do not make an ideal place for the bean because there will not he enough moisture daring the dry weather and the ground has a tendency to bake during the hot weather. It should be rem- emberd that the bean does not draw heavily upon the gronud, but that it needs a mellow place in which to live, Hence, any mellow soil with a reasonable amount of food plant and a safficiency of moistare will produces good crop of beans. —Asparagns—, Asparagus will grow in a variety of soils, from the rich in organio matter to that inclined to be poor and com- pact. However, when the plant is to be grown for market, a light, sandy soil is preferable. It warms up earlier in the year, and this starts the shoots earlier than if it were a cold, compact soil. The spears produced on such soil are brighter and more marketable than those produced on black and wet soils. Soils in which water stands after a rain or which is slow about drying off in the spring should not be used as au asparagus bed. It is important to have the spears on the market as soon as ible in the spring and this can uot be one if the soil is wet or if the water re- mains over the bed for a considerable length of time. The soil shouid also be free from roots, stones or any other trash which will not readily decay or will in any way interfere with the growth of the —Cabbage.—Th —This plant requires a =oil rich in and one eo an abun- dance of moisture. Soils which have been well manured, but which have been allow- ed to lose some of their io matter by decay, make good fields for cabbage. In other words, soils which have not been manured with barnyard manure for a year or two are ideal for cabbage. If you wish to grow early cahhage, you should see to it that the soil is mellow and warm. A lis. tle manure should be applied for this pur- pose, or, if you have it, you should select a soil containing a little sand. If yon wish to grow a late cabbage the soil should be heavier and more retentive of moisture. Here is where many of us fail in the pro- duction of We set the plants in a heavy, compact soil, and then wonder why we do not have cabbage as our neigh- bors. Or we set the late plants in a mel- low, warm soil, and wonder why the heads barss | we are to store rich soils | i { i i i f i | | | | FOR AND ABOUT WOmEN. DAILY THOUGHT. Our anger nnd impatience often prove much mor schievous than the things about which we are angry and mpatient.— Marcus Aurelius, Mrs. Rorer, the well-known expert in | cooking, speaks on ‘The Chafing Dish and | Its Possibilities.” ! “For the family of wealth,’ she said, | “‘or the one of moderate means, or even the | very poor family, a chafing dish is of great | value. Fortanately the cheaper ones do just as good work as the more expensive | ones, aud now, as the price of alcohol is! very cheap, a meal may be ccoked with the | least possible expenditure of time and mou- ey. For Monday night it is a great con- venience. It keeps one ous of the kitchen | on the ‘blue’ day. For those who keep ove | maid a chafing dish plays au important part in the supper maid's day out. And for the rich it keeps every entree hot from the beginning to the end of the neal.” These recipes were given : Welsh Rarebit.—There are many ways of making thi very popular dish. The hest and most digestible is the one free from stringiness, the one soft and not tough. Grate a pound of American cheese. Pat four tablespoontuls of ale or beer into the dish; let it heat; add the cheese, one-half teaspoonful ealy, a dash of red pepper, a teaspoonful of Worcestershire, two eggs well beaten, Stir and beat until the whole mass is creamy. Serve at onee on toast or crackers. Chicken Creole.—Pat two tablespoonfals of butter and a small chopped onion ina chafing dish; cook for a moment; add two red peppers cut into strips, a hall dozen | okra and a hall-cup of tomatoes. When | hot add a pint of cooked chicken cut into | dice; add a level teaspoonfal of salt, a baif- | teaspoonful of paprica, and serve. In the afternoon the lecture was on | “Eight New Ways of Serving Eggs for! Supper or Luncheon,” and Mrs. Rorer gave i these recipes : | Eggs Hongroize—Ponch the egge, pnt | them on carefully hoiled rice; cover with | paprica sauce. | Eggs Benediet.—Poached eggs on broijed ham on quick moflius; cover with sauce | Hollandaise. Eggs Jefferson. —These are also called | eggs Coquelicot. Drop raw eggs into cook- ed sweet peppers in a small timbale cup. Stand them in a pan of boiling water; cook | in the oven until set; turn them ont on! buttered toast; pour around cream or to- mato ance, Eggs Prescoart.—Poached egus on thin sliced chicken on toast; cover with sauce Bearnaise. | Eggs Philadelphia.—~Add a baif-pint of | minced chicken to a half-pint of cream | sauce; pour it over slices of toast; put on | each a poached ege; put a little cream sauce | over the top; cover with grated cheese; | browu in the oven. i Eggs Richmond —Poached eggs ou rice, | i | covered with creamed mushroom sance. | Garnish with a little browning or melted | graze. Egus Mexican. —Pat two tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan; add one chopped | onion; shake until the onion is soft—not | brown; add three or four sliced okra, half- | pint of tomatoes, three sweet chillies cut | in strips. Let these stew slowly for ao few minutes, Drop theeaw eggs into a shirring | dish that bas been battered; stand them in | the oven antil well set. Garnish with | sauce and seud to the table. | Eggs Creole. —The same as eggs Mexi- | can, except that the eggs are hard-boiled | and cover with the sance, “Potatoes,” says Mrs. Rorer, in leotar- | ing on ‘Potato Cookery,” ‘‘are starchy foods aud consequently must go over the fire in boiling water, and they are more mealy and more tasty if salted when done. Do uot sale the water for any underground vegetable; but salt the vegetable after it is | done. They must be boiled until they are | just done; then drain, or they will absorb the water. If the starch cells are ruptured | the potatoes will absorb the water and he- | come soggy, if not carefully watched. For warmed over potatoes use boiled potatoes, either hot or cold. Baked potatoes can be made into stuffed potatoes, but cannot be nsed for other warmed.over dishes, as they are heavy and solid.” These recipes were given : Hashed Browned Potatoes.—Chop cold boiled potatoes rather fine; add to each pint about a tablespooanful of milk or cream and a palatable seasonin: of salt and pep- per. Put a tablespoonful of butter into a shallow pan; when hot, put in the potatoes and press them down, making them per- fectiy level. Stand them over the fire and cook slowly until nicely browned. Tarn over to one side of the pan and then out on a plate like an omelet, French Fried Potatoes—Cut the potatoes into any desired shape; put them into a frying basket and down into a kettle of moderately bot fat; as soon as they begin to brown, tarn them out on a paper in the bottom of a baking pan. When ready to serve, put them back into the frying bas- ket and down into hot fat. Drain and serve, Hashed in Cream.—Chop sufficient cold boiled potatoes to make a pint. Make a half pint of cream sauce; mix it with the potatoes; stand over hot water, covered, for twenty minutes, and they are ready to serve. Potatoes an Gratin.—Make hashed cream potatoes; turn them into a shallow baking dish; dust thickly with grated cheese. Brown in the oven. Potatoes Suzette.—Bake good-sized po- tatoes util perfectly tender; ont off the top; scoop out the potato, leaving a good- sized wall; dust the inside with salts and pper and put ina tiny bit of hotter; teak into esch one raw egg, and quickly press the potato that has been scooped ont through a sieve; add butter and a little milk and press through a pastry bag aronnd the edge of the potato, Bake until the egg is set. Serve at once. At the afternoon lecture Mrs, Rorer spoke on “The Chafing Dish,” and rave rhese recipes : Seallops Newharg.—Hard boil the yokes of three eggs; pre=s them through a sieve; rub a tabl ful of flour and one of but- ter together; add a half cop of milk and when boiling add the yokes of the egus Have the scallops carefully hoiled; add them to the sance. When hot add four tablespoonfals of sherry or Madeira and serve. Chicken a la Creole. --Cat a cold boiled chicken into cubes of an inch. Puta ta- blespoonful of buster and a tablespoonful of grated onion ina chafing dish; add a half cap of tomato and three sweet pera ont into strips; and if yon have em two or three okra. When this is hot, add the chicken, a teaspoonfol of salt and a dash of red pepper. Cover the chafing dish, and hea hot serve. Boiled rice may be put over top to heat, or you mav add to the fish when bot a 1 or so. | sac. The glands end in minute ducts | lodocus, The Delicate Machinery That Spins the Liquid Threads. The spider is able to secrete at least three colors of silk stuff—the white, which forms the web, and the en- swathement of captives and the egg cocoon; the brown mass that fills the cocoon interior and the flossy yellow between that and the inside of the which empty into spinning spools reg- ularly arranged along the sides and upon the tips of the six spinnerets, or “spinning mammals,” or “spinning fin- gers,” which are placed just beneath the apex of the abdomen. The spin- nerets are movable and can be flung wide apart or pushed closely together, and the spinning spools can be man- aged in the same way. The silk glands are infolded in mus- cular tissue, pressure upon which, at the will of the spider, forces the liquid | silk through the duct into the spool, | whence it issues as a minute filament, since it hardens upon contact with the | alr. One thread as seen in a web may | be made up of a number of the fila- ments and is formed by putting the | tips of the spools together as the liquid | jets are forced out of the ducts. When | the spinnerets are joined and a num- ber of the spools are emptied at once | their contents merge, and the sheets | or ribbons are formed which one sees in the enswathement of a captive or the making of Argiope's central shield. This delicate machinery the owner op- | erates with utmost skill, bringing into play now one part and now another and again the whole with unfailing definess and a mastery complete~Dr. | H. C. McCook in Harper's. A QUEER HOUSE. The Novel and Famous Fossil Bone | Cabin In Wyoming. i “The queerest house in the world,” | said a zoologist, “is undoubtedly the famous bone cabin in Wyoming, near the Medicine Bow river. This cabin’s | foundations are built of fossil bones. “Bones of dinosaurs—jaws of the dip- teeth of the brontosaurus, knuckles of the ichthyosaurus, verte- brae of the camarasaurus, chunks of the barosaurus, the cetiasaurus, the brachiosaurus, the steglosaurus, the ornitholestes or bird catching dinosaur —all entered into this wonderful cab- in’s foundations, making it the most curious and most costly edifice in America, “This hut was built by a Mexican | sheep herder who had happened by chance on the grandest extinet animal bed in the world. This was a plot | about fifty yards square, wherein lay in rich profusion the bones of all the | animals of the reptilian age. The heav- fest and the lightest, the largest and the smallest, the most tranquil and the | most ferocious, lay side by side. “The place was evidently once a riv- er bar, and the dead bodies that float- ed down the stream were here arrested to lie for hundreds of thousands of | years till a sheep herder came along | and, rooting among bones as big as | bowlders, set about the building of tht | world’s queerest cabin.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Grip Facts. i The grip is not simply a bad cold, and this fact is worth knowing. It re- sembles a cold in some respects, and colds are often wrongly diagnosed by | the victims as grip. The grip Is a malady which has laws of its own, | both as to origin and progress after development. According to the doc- tors, it must run its course—“there is no special remedy that can directly destroy the infection, no drug that ean kill the bacillus or neutralize its tox- in.” This also is worth knowing. The main thing is to nurse with care and give the system the best possible aid in its efforts to throw off the polson.— Baltimore American, Not Thirsty. Jane, the bright new maid, always anxious to please, had been intrusted with the care of a little aquarium, in which the goldfish had always thrived very well until Jane came on the scene. The first day she arrived she gave them fresh water, as instructed. and then left them to their own de- vices. But, alas, one morning the lit- tle fishes were found floating feebly on their backs. “Jane,” called the anx- ious mistress, regarding her pets with concern, “have you given the fish any fresh water lately?’ “No, ma'am. Bless their little hearts, they haven't drunk the water I gave them last month yet!” A Normal Disadvantage. “Why do reformers so often come to grief?” “I have often asked the question,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I think it must be because they take up poli- ties as an incidental diversion instead of a regular business. It's the differ- ence between the amateur and the pro- fesslonal.”—Washington Star. Shopping Politeness. “Never point, my dear,” said the mother gently. “But, mamma,” objected the little girl, “suppose I don't know the name thing?" en let the salesman show you all in stock until he comes to the that is desired.” — New York iz 1H An Inference. Father—Young Upperten is going to for your hand soon, Daughter —How do you know? Father—] hear he has been making inquiries as to my financial standing. —Illustrated Bits. Wisdom provides things necessary, | steak. A SONG, NOT A SERMUN. But It Points a Moral From a Very Ordinary Incident, It was a merry occasion. The fun was fast and furious. It was in a bar- roow; the place, Washington. Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn! WI' tippenny we fear nae evil; WI usquabae we'll face the devil! And so one of this party Invited sev- en companions to join him in a drink of “red licker,” and they sat— Bousing at the nappy An' gettin’ fou an’ unco happy. The man planked down a dollar, erisp and fresh from the treasury. The | account was squared; the score was paid. He was a family man and walk- ed across the street to a meat stand and ordered two pounds of round The grocer supplied him and asked 30 cents as the price. “What!” the man roared. “What! Fifteen cents a pound for round steak! It is a high- way robbery!” And so we go through life prodigal In buying luxury and miserly in buy- ing necessity. That man had ne con- ception of his illogical action—spending a dollar for liquor that he and his com- rades would have been the better with- | out and kicking a hole in the celling en account of a purchase of beef to the charge of 30 cents that he could ill do , without. Man can live without booze, | but the man has yet to be Invented who can get along without food. This Is no sermon. This newspaper never preaches. What we intended to say and all we intended to say was to call attention to the truth. All the world's a stage | And all the men and women merely play- ers, The very best of us have need of the charity of our brothers and sisters.— | Washington Post. GOOD COLLATERAL. ‘The Way Tom Fitch ef Nevada Used to “Raise the Wind.” Tom Fitch of Nevada was a bright fellow and one of the best writers and stump speakers of the west, but he was thriftiess and when he got hard up would resort to almost any means to get a stake. One day he wrote a scathing speech denouncing Sharon, then president of the Bank of California and afterward United States senator from Nevada. In it he charged Sharon with almost every crime known to the Decalogue or the statutes. He put the manuscript in a large envelope and walked into the Bank of California. “Here,” he said to the cashier, hand- ing the package through the window— “here are some securities which I offer as collateral on a loan. Please hand them to Mr. Sharon in person, and I i will wait for his answer.” Mr. Sharon was in his private office. Breaking the seal of the envelope, he found the speech and read it through, together with a note from Fitch, in- forming him that unless he was paid $5,000 he would deliver that speech in every town in the state. In a few min- utes the cashier, on Mr. Sharon's or- der, reported that the collateral was all right and paid the happy Fitch the desired amount. Three months afterward, having gone through the money in speculation and dissipation, Mr. Fitch made his appearance with another speech, this time of a very complimentary charac- ter, which he promised to deliver at every convenient opportunity for the same amount. This, too, proved good collateral, and the story would never have come to light if Fitch had not, in a moment of drunken frankness, told it himself, Progressing. Miss Weston—And have you played much golf, Mr. Jones? Mr. Jones—Well, no; can't say I've played much, but I've walked round the links several times in goif clothes, and I'm begin- ning to understand the language.—Il- lustrated Bits, Medical. Your BLOOD Needs purifying and your whole system renovating in the spring, as pimples, boils, eruptions, loss of appetite and that tired feeling annually prove. Hood's Barsaparilla is the most effective medicine ever devised for the complete puritieation of the blood and the complete renovation of the whole system. It will make you feel better, look better, eat und sleep botter and give you the best possible preparation for the hot days of summer, a- over 40,000 people have testi- fied in the last two years. Today buy and begin to take HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA. Usual form, liquid. or in tablet form, called Sarsatabs, 100 Doses $1,00, Guarasteep under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1006, ' 528 thing to do i to find the leak, and then to stop ii. It is the leakage of health which 1uins many a splendid woman. It's no good in such a case to take tonics and stim- ulants. The rst thing to do is to locate the leak, the next thing is to stop it. There is a coustant ; of health 1n every woman who saoffers from disease or derangement of the delicate womanly or- gaus, such as unhealthy drains, inflamma. tion, ulceration and female weakness. This leakage can be stopped by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Over half a million women have testified to the won- derful curative power of this medicine. Sick women can consult Dr. Pierce free. All correspondence confidential. Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Address HE PERFECT WAY. SCORES OF BELLEFONTE CITIZENS HAVE LEARNED IT. If you sufter from backache, There is only one way to cure it. The perfect way is to cure the kidneys, A bad back means sick kidneys. Neglect it, urinary troubles follow. Doan's Kidney Plils are made for kid- neys only. Are endorsed by Bellefonte people. William Vallance, of 221 East Lamb street, Bellefonte, Pa., says, “People who read the Bellefonte pers have probably seen the testimonial given by me in 1597 recommending Doan » Kidney Pills. As stated therein | suffered a great deal some ears ago with my back and kidneys. There were pains through the loins and in the Bpper part of my spine, a disagree- able feeling in the head and acute weak ness of the back right over the kidneys, i read of many cures which Doan's Kidney Pills had made in Bellefonte and I got n box at F. Potts Green's drug store and began using them. They removed the lameness and banished the aching. The did so much good that I would not hes tate to recommend them, and ean endorse them acain with just as much confidence, for during the seven years since I made my first statement they have never failed to give me relief.” For sale by all dealers, Price £0 cents, Fos. ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States, Remember the name—Doan’s—and take no other, S242meow ARE YOU A LOVER : o Fine Cigars? If so, you are missing half the joy of life if you are not using the fine ones found ONLY at the “National Cigar Stand’’ at Green's Pharmacy. They are ALL ex- clusive brands and are sold re- tail at wholesale prices. WY NET NW NT Be Boon iB GPR PY Tue Brack AND WHITE, Cuna Roaa, AND EARL OF PAWTUCKET, at $5.00 the hundred are 3 for a quarter quality. GREEN’S PHARMACY CO., Bush House Biock, ; BELLEFONTE, PA. y Be Bl cn Bc A Bc OM tl Sel Bs 0 Bs BB. GG ->- NV VT WT WY TT re ACETYLENE The Best and Cheapest Light. COLT ACETYLENE GENERATORS.......... GIVE THE LEAST TROUBLE, THE PUREST GAS, AND ARE SAFE. Generators, Supplies and Fixtures. . . . JOHN P. LYON, BUSH ARCADE, General Agent for Central Pennsylvania for she J. B. Colt Co. Insurance. I OOK! READ JOHN F. GRAY & SON, (Successors to Grant Hoover.) FIRE, LIFE, AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE. This Agency reoresents the largest Fire Insurance Companies in the oO NO ASSESSMENTS, —— Do not fail to give us a call before insuring your Life or Property as we are in position write large lines at any time. Office in Crider's Stone Building, 43-18-1y BELLEFONTE, PA. VAT AST ASV THE PREFERRED ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY $5,000 death by accident, 5,000 loss of both feet, 5,000 loss of both hands, 5,000 loss of one hand and one foot 2,500 loss of either hand, 2,600 loss of either foot, 630 loss of one eye, 25 pet week, total disability, 2 imit 32 mocks) dioabil r week, partial disabili Jlimit 26 weeks. hy PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR, payable quarterly if desired. Larger or smaller amounts in pro portion. Any person, male or female engaged in a preferred occupation, in. cluding house-keeping, over eigh- teen years of age of good moral and physical condition may insure under this policy. - FIRE INSURANCE I invite your attention to my fire Insurance Agency, the strongest and Most Extensive Line of Solid Companies represented by any agency in Central Pennsylvania. H. E. FENLON, 50-21 Agent, Bellefonte, Pa. Saddlery. MONEY SAVED IS MONEY MADE Reduced in price—horse sheets, lap spreads and fly nets—for the next thirty days. We have de- termined to clean up all summer goods, if you are in the market for this class of goods vou can’t do better thao call and supply your wants at thie store. We have the largest assortment of SINGLE aAxp DOUBLE DRIVING HARNESS in the county an. at prices to suit the buyer. If you do not have one of our HAND-MADE SINGLE HARNESS vou have missed a good thing. We are making a special effort to sup- ply you with a harness that you may have no concern about any parts breaking. Thesc harness are made from select oak stock, wih a high-grade workmanship, an A GUARANTEE FOR TEN YEARS with each set of harness. We have on hand a fine lot of single harness ranging in price from $13.50 to $25.00 We carry a large line of oils, axle grease, whips, brushes, curry- combs, sponges, and everything you need about a horse. We will take pleasure in showing you our goods whether you buy or not. Give us a call and see for yourself. Yours Respectfully, JAMES SCHOFIELD, Spring street, BELLEFONTE. Flour and Feed. {Urs Y. WAGNER, Bnockxenorr Miuts, Beuueronre Pa, ROLLER FLOUR, FEED, CORN MEAL, Ete. Also Dealer in Grain. Manufactures and has on hand at all {imos the following brands of high grade WHITE STAR, OUR BEST. HIGH GRADE, VICTORY PATENT, FARCY PATENT—formerly Phe nix Mills high grade brand. Tho ouly ple in the counly where SPRAY, Sh Sr Mf ALSO: INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD. FEED OF ALL KINDS, Whole or Manufactured, All kinds of Grain bought at office. Exchanges Flour for Wheat. PLEASE fh FORE, « Bib. Se - = : T ¥
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