THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
SPRAYING OF PLANTS.
TITLED MUTOK CAK AOliNTS. FISH iHAf CAkkIus wu,HfUwS. w
Clrrumatunvea llnve Jlmle Copious
I of ln-rt Ic-lilr unit FangU L
elite luipprnilvc, i
Kniillah M omen Whn Are Doln
Spectra That Ua ln I.lkp SniMl-I'a-pr
and .trmvil with Three
I'vrueretl I4 Ilea
Thrlrlna; Irnalnvaa Introduc
Inn A utomnblle.
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In an address on Bpraylnp, Frof. F.
M. AVebator all: The cankor worm,
the ttnt caterpultw, leafrollpra and
nher native lcnf cating insects, find
Instead of an occasional wild cherry
tree, wild crabapple tree or wild plum
tree, whole acres of improved varieties
of these, acres upon acres of 'rasp
be try, blackberry, strawberry and
grape. Grass feeding InHocta find
hundreds and thousands of acres ol
grassy plants more tender and juicy
han the natural grasses. Is it nny
vender that nntive Insects, before
onflned to a less number of less
tiltful trees, with an occasional year
l:at permitted almost no fruit at all
grow, thus almost exterminating
hem, should, under such favorable
;'nlitlons as are offered by our pros-
lit system of fruit, vegetable and
grain culture, thrive and increase in
numbers far beyond what they would
under less artificial and less favor
able surroundings? We first create an
environment, unnatural and vastly
mure favorable than the original for
fbo development of Insect enemies of
ov.r crops, and bring about the very
condition that these Insects are In
tinded to prevent, and then wonder
?'hy It la that they do what 13 tho most
i.:.tural thine In the world for them
feed and breed in the midst of plenty.
It has always seemed to me that the
f:u!t grower who planted out bis or
'1 ards, vineyards and berry fields,
and gave them no . protection from
tludr natural enemies, was doing
what a commanding general would do
if he were to send a division of his
nrmy into the enemy's country and
t.cr. support it with other troop. It is
us plain as can possibly be that the
fruit-grower must ve artificial meas
ures to fight tile enemies of his crops,
if he expects to succeed. The present
enndtt'ons are now what they nre.
arid we cannot now change them.
This being true, It Is manifestly the
proper course to mirsuc. In seeking
by artificial means to counteract, so
far as possible, the adverse, effect of
theie present conditions. Thus, the
spraying of plants with insectlcldas
and fungicides becomes imperative.
Farmers' Review.
HOW TO KEEP ROOTS.
Liver? PnrnuT Who Kerpa Stock
Should Hoi Id a 8ultautiul
Cellar for Tlieut.
Roots are one of the common feeding
crops of Canada and the northern states.
They are a crop it pays to winter prop
erly. My root cellar is 24x30 feet and
en feet high, having stone sides. The
:.of is first covered with three-inch
cdar plank, then with a covering of
awdust six inches thick, and a shingled
oof with space between to keep out the
ost. There Is an alleyway at entrance
A cellar nix feet long. . Doors close tight
BUBSTANTIAL ROOT CELLAR.
to both cellar and alley. There are three
windows, one at each side and one at
end. These are well banked In winter.
Hoots are aired from doorway dur
ing severe weather. There is also a
loose stone wall, built four feet high
around the cellar about four feet from
wall of cellar. The space between is
filled with clay six feet high. There is
no danger of roots freezing even In cold
est winters.
, In such a cellar they winter perfect
ly. I winter over 1,500 bushels Swedes;
2,000 bushels could be put In, but If too
many are together they are liable to heat
and spoil. I keep turnips until there
Is green feed ready to cut in the fields
for my show sheep and lambs. The cel
'nr shown was built about 35 years ego.
Material was cheaper then, but such a
cellar would cost here now from $200 to
$2fi0. Mine are well built and will last
many winters yet. Henry Arkell, in
Farm and Home.
Cabhnse 'Worm Remedlea.
The only sure and abiding remedy
for cabbage worm, says an authority,
Is a small handful of fine sawdust. It
13 cheap, sure, harmless and effectual.
Probably the best and cheapest way to
combat worms on cabbages Is simply to
sprinkle salt on the Infested heads.
From the moment the salt is applied
the worms cease to feed, and In an hour
or two they drop from the heads to the
ground. Get five cents' worth of cayenne
pepper, put it in the teakettle and make
a strong tea. When cool put It In a
bottle and squirt some on each head or
sprinkle out of a pan with a whisk
broom.
The Art of Trnuaplnntlnif,
Bet plants into freshly turned soil so
that moist earth will come into contact
with the fine roots. A rainy, or at least
a cloudy, day late in the afternoon Is a
favorable time. Make the bole about the
depth of the root, Insert plant and press
the earth closely and firmly to the roots.
In dry weather press the soil with t
toot, and then go over lightly with a rake
to stir the surface and to hold In the
moisture. Kbtp the plant wet during
sotting. Ten minutes of wilting either
before or after Betting would often set
tle the fate of Uie plant. American Cultivator.
The automobile craze has opened a
"tew field for the Impecunious woman lu
high Siiulety, and many are making much
money acting a agents for the var-Iout
makes of machines, says a London ro
port. An rtali; woman of title le kt.own
to have sold, williln tlx i.ionths, five h;gh
power cars and It smaller ones, and
made In commission about $15,000.
There was no trouble in making ths
transactions, for all she had to do was
to tell her wealthy friends that her eat
was the best on the market, and give hei
card to the intending purchaser, to be
presented to the maker.
To help his titled agent, the manufac
turer places a ear, ometlmes two, at her
disposal, usually at her country house,
sends down competent chauffeurs in
smart uniforms, and keeps the cars In
thorough going order, knowing well that
n good run is more likely to Influence
a prospective purchaser than most
thing?.
She manner to get some wealthy
friends for a visit, and then talks mo
tor from morning to night, and gives
them rides until they are fit subjects fot
buying.
Some of the smart women make addi
tional profits by selling the cars placed
at their disposal on the spot for $500 more
than the price, and then paying for the
machines so sold, at their leisure, at the
regular price, liss the commission.
DEAF-MUTES NEVER GIDDY.
Vcrtlwo Seema to lie One of the 111"
to W liloh They Are Kever
Subject.
It Is a singular fact, vouched for by
those who have investigated the subject,
that, a deaf can whirl around Inter
mlnably without seeming to suffer In
r.ny way from vertigo. "I have seen
them do It repeatedly," said a
phyrfclan If'rtr connected with a deal
and dumb institute, "and their perform
snces bear out a theory of Pr.
William James, the Harvard psycholo
gist the brother, you know, of Henry
James, the novelist. There Is a certain
tube, connecting with the ear, that Is
the seat, according to William James,
of our sense of dizziness and vertigo.
In deaf-mutes this tube is deranged.
Therefore, according to James' theory,
deaf-mutes should be incapable of suf
fering vertigo.
"The psychologist experimented on this
matter at Harvard; he had hundreds ol
deaf and normal persons spinning round
like these children for him. And the
result of the experiment bore him out.
Out of a large number of mutes most
were proof against vertigo, and the bal
ance only suffered It slightly. Of 300
Harvard students submitted to the same
test, but one showed vertigo In a very
marked form. Thus James proved that
the deaf are immune to dizziness. The
boys at the Mount Airy Institution prove
the same thing."
THE MEANING OF MUSIC.
Tone Ilnve Their Specific Eiprei-
lon Jual na Much aa
Spoken Worda.
"Music is a science more exact than
most people suppose." said a violinist,
reports the Philadelphia Ledger. "You
can't, tor instance, say different things
with the same tones In music any more
than you can say different things with
the same words in English or French,
'black' means 'black' in English; never
under any circumstances can It mean
'white.' In the same way, In music, a
major third expresses an Interrogation
or an appeal, never anything else, and
this appealing quality becomes exceed
ingly marked In the fourth descending,
while the fourth ascending advances
from Interrogation to affirmation and
finally to command. Major and minor
fifths travel by regular gradations from
prayer to desire, and from desire to
menace. Sixths express passion all
love music is written in sixths. To a
semi-tone higher, and this love, this
passion, becomes a painful, an em-
mous, an ill-starred one. Sevenths ex
press grief, tragedy. Perhaps you think
I am exaggerating here, but I assure
you I am not. What I claim you will
find claimed In many treatises on mu
sic, and if you will study the works of
the composers, you will find that they,
too, bear me out."
Make the Tropica Cnntrlhnte.
Development of the great natural re
sourcesofthetroplcalbelt oftheearth is,
In the opinion of Hon. O. P. Austin, chief
of thtybureau of statistics, a necessity for
the future progress of the world.
Although this belt contains practically
one-half of the land area of the globe,
It now contributes but one-sixth of the
exports which enter Into International
commerce. With the growing popula
tion of the world, and the Increase of fa
cilities for transportation, a change
should be wrought In thU respect Sci
ence has shown how life and health can
be protested in the tropics, and India,
southern China, and other oriental coun
tries contain populations capable of la
boring, and willing to labor, In the trop
ics. Finally, Mr. Austin points out that
In comparatively recent years practi
cally all the troplps.exrept tropical Amer
ica, have been brought under the con
trol of temperate-zone countries.
Electrlrlt In Dentistry.
It Is proposed to use currents of elec
tricity In place of anaesthetics for opera
tions on the teeth. One pole is connect
ed to an electrode molded to fit the tooth
and lined with wet asbestos to counter
act any beating effect on the tooth it
self. Five minutes suffices to render in
sensible a tooth with a single fang.
llrltlab Colonial Territory.
Three-sevenths of the total colonial ter
ritory of the world, Egypt and the Sou
dan Included, belongs to Great Britain.
Two of the Cah at the aquarium wear
irmor and carry concealed weapons.
As the police seldom visit the aquari
um and no complulnts have be.m tiled,
the fish have not becu disturbed in tiie
possession of their auuauienls, says the
Now York Tribune. Tiicy 'are the or
ange flletlsh, which are coaled with a
tlUn that resembles sandpaper In tho
la tier's most striking characteristic, and
in a hollow on the top of the bacK they
carry sharp threo-corucred files. When
not in use these lie along the back.
When a grudge is to be settled the file
fish literally eotB his back up and vi
ciously tickles the object of his hatred
In the ribs.
The two specimens at the aquarium
were secured a short time ago In
Gravescnd bay. The fishermen In the
neighborhood of the bay have other
names for them. "Old sow," "old maid"
and "foolflsh" art some of the designa
tions which they apply to them when
they sit over the lire and spin yarns.
The shape of tho head and mouth is
responsible for these names. The
mouth opens upward, the lower jaw pro
truding beyond the upper. Crustaceans
are the diet of this fish, and the shape
of the mouth and the sharp teeth with
in are for catching and destroying this
kind of food. One would say, Judging
from their appearance, that their diet
was not well suited to their needs, for
they have a starved lexik. The other
day a party of sightseers observed this
look.
"Here's a fish trying the starvation
cure," remarked one, turning to his
companions. "There's something the
matter with him. Don't you see how
thin he Is?"
CORRECTED HIS MISTAKE. I
Klondike UtntlHt" Oot the Hltflit
Tooth l.nter On und
Churuetl for It.
High prices often prevail iu frontier
towns, and those who live lu new settle
ments become accustomed to the charges
and think little about It. A mau who
recently returned from the Klondike
tells a good story which is printed in the
Now York Tribune.
People get used to paying big money
for triiles, he said, and two dollars lor
a box of sardines or five dollars for a
pound of bad coffee came to bo regarded
as reasonable prices. But once I had
the surpribe of hearing an unexpectedly
low price named. It was like this: I
had a jumping toothache was nearly
wild with it and went to a shanty
where I was told there was a dentist.
A rough-looking follow told me that
he was the dentist, and I asked htm
to draw my tooth. He looked me over,
got his forceps fastened on my tooth
and yanked it out after a couple of bard
twists. I
"How mttch?' I asked. '
"Well, two dollars, I guess," said the
dentist.
I paid him, although my Jaw still
ached badly.
"That's the cheapest thing I've seen j
round here," I remarked, as I gave him
uie money.
"Well," he said, "I thought I'd make
It low, because on account of tho bad
light I pulled the wrong tooth."
I had to go the next day and have the
bad tooth out, and he made matters
square by charging me ten dollars.
INDIAN BANK DEPOSITORS.
Red Men of Knnana Are Learning Hoi
to Put Anny Their Money
I. Ike. While Men.
The Lawton Enterprise states that
many Indians near Its city have learned
how to take care of their money. Near
ly every bank In Lawton has several
Indian cash deposits, says the Kansas
City Journal.
A week ago a withered squaw with
buckskin leggings and moccasins went
to the bank. From under a leather
thong which she wore as a substitute for
a belt she produced a leather pouch,
with fringe and beads. From out of
this receptacle she produced a little
buckskin sack. After fumbling about in
it she secured a small purse. Tucked
Into the corner of it was a wad of paper
twisted smaller than the end of your lit
tle finger. She began to untwist and
unfold the wad with the care of a spe
cialist performing an operation on the
human eye.
Gradually the paper developed into a
crumpled deposit check. She had some
difficulty in explaining to the teller how
much money she wanted. She signed
with her hand, grunted, held up her
brown fingers. Finally he understood,
grunted three times and she grunted
one and smiled when the sum that she
asked for was handed over.
I A Kali Houae.
According to a Washington story
i writer President Roosevelt says that
the incident on his long trip that
1 amused him most occurred at a small
: town in Kansas, where a two-minute
Btop was made. The president bad been
. talking freely of his "race suicide" no
tion that day, says the Kansas City
1 Journal. At the station in Kansas a
man stood holding three small children
on his shoulder and a woman close be
side him carried two babies. The presi
dent's speech was going along smooth
ly when suddenly the man with three
children broke In with a voice that
could be beard a quarter of a mile.
"Hey! Teddy," he snouted, -can you
beat this? It's a full house, Teddy-
triplets and twins; three of a kind and
a pair!"
Coal I.nnda for Indiana.
In the Indian territory 410,000 acres of
coal lands are to be sold at auction, and
the prciuaeda divided among tho In
diaua.
dentin) Are VloUlnw an Kxi'rn sit t
avurt-li fjr Mixhinu Miivi-itih
of at set-oil I.
A sixteenth ot a second Is missing,
and despite the vtui hot stores ot teamed
scientists uo one Can toil where ii has
tone.
A search for this minute fraction of
tinie that Is costing huudieds of thou
sands of dollars Is under way, and It
will be continued till tho lost Is found,
for its recovery Is of world-wide Im
portance, states the New York World.
If one grain of sand on the shore of
the ocean were lost and scientists wr
to spend years In trying to find It, their
search would seem to be little mora
hopeless and unimportant than thl.4
task, upon which the leading astron
omers of England and France are now
working.
The sixteenth of a second Is missing
between the sun's time as recorded at
Greenwich and as understood in Paris.
The failure to discover the discrepancy
In observations may change1 the nation
ality of thousands of people.
Longitude is calculated on the basis
of Greenwich time. Tan boundaries of
countries are determined by the cal
culations at this famous observatory.
If the Paris calculations and not the
Greenwich observations are fo'jnd cor
rect, boundaries may be moved miles.
No expense Is being spared to tracts
the missing fraction. A special build
ing has been erected at Paris, costly In
struments Installed, a corps of skilled
mathematicians engaged and a process
that may take years to complete has
beon commenced.
MASSAGE BY THE BLIND.
London Inatltiillnn to Open ew Oc
cupation for Whleh They Are
revullnrljr Ailupteil,
There is to be a very new field ot
work opened for tho blind by the Lon
don Institute for Massage by the Blind,
which Is about to be started under a com
mittee that Includes many representa
tive medical men. It is not an experi
ment. It has proved that the blind can
become expert in the practice of mas
sage, which in J.ipau is commonly rec
ognized as their work, reports the Phil
adelphia Press, The occupations open
to the blind are few and rarely remuner
ative.. The difficulty is one of the gravest
obstacles to the Improvement of the
condition of this afflicted class. There
are already several blind masseurs in
that country. Home 500 is needed, and
central rooms are then to be secured
under a hospturl matron. Blind stu
dents must obtain first-class medical cer
tificates in an art'which Is daily more
used, especially by surgeons In sprains
and bruises, and masseuses will be al
lowed to treat only women and children
and masseurs only men. The whole
scheme needs only to be mentioned to be
approved. It is also worthy of note that
the blind are usually endowed with a
sense of touch exceptionally fine, bo
that here, and perhaps here alone, Is a
field In which they may surpass their
seeing brothers, massage being depend
ent for its success upon the nicety of
its application, dependent In Its turn on
the nicety of the operator's tactile sense.
CHEESES OF ALL COUNTRIES.
Some Famllinr Klnda That Have De
come Well Liked la the
I lilted Statea.
Each country has its favorite cheese.
The Swiss make the gruyere cheese. It
Is made of goats' milk, and is full of
holes, caused by the gases In fermenta
tion. The typical English cheese Is the
cheddar, first made in the English town
after which it is named.
Brie is a popular French soft cheese;
and camembert, originating in Nor
mandy, Is another. These cheeses are
cured In caves, whero the temperature
never rises above 12 to 14 degrees.
Roquefort, a celebrated French
cheese, Is made from the mingled milk
of goats and sheep that browse on the
thyme-clad banks of the Arno. These
cheeses are also ripened In caves, but
the temperature Is kept at 40 degrees.
Akin to the roquefort cheese is that
called gorgonzola, mado In Italy after
similar processes. It is milder than
roquefort, and not quite so good; but
It sold much cheaper. Another Italian
cheese, the parmesan, Is very hard, and
Is usually grated.
Llmburgor cheese, so beloved by the
Germans, originated In Belgium. It is.
extraordinarily rich, being allowed to-
ripen by putrefaction, hence its hor
rifying odor to unaccustomed nostrils.
Some persons hRve a saying: "Gor
gonzola Is a chtese to swear by, 11m-
burger to swear at! '
Name Famine In Denmark,
The Copenhagen correspondent of the
Berliner Tageblatt has sent his paper
an Interesting article on the "name
faraiue" In Denmark. In no nation, ho
says, 1b the choice of the family name
so limited. It very often hi.ppor.a that
four persons unknown to each, other
sit down to a game of whist, and later
present themselves, respectively, as
Hansen. He proves this statement by
quoting Dr. Krak, the compiler and pub
Usher of the Copenhagen Wegwelser,
the largest Danish street directory. Ac
cording to Dr. Krak, out of a population
of 500,000 in the Danish capital, 42 per
cent, end their names with "sen." Some
50,000 are named Hansen, which Is used
by the largest number of persona
tlneer L'nderelotheia.
Eskimo women wear the moat curt
oub klud of underclothing, Us pecuiiarl
hnlnir that it la made of the aklna ..
birds. These skins before being sewed
are chewed well by the women in order
to make them soft. About a hundred
skins are required to make a shirt, and
the labor of chewing the skins which
torm luuu fctiiiucuia is ijuiie euougn
to
account lor me lunamve, weu-uevetu
iped
jaws oi &uti:v.Q women, (
Tlio Kind Yon Have Always
iu uso for over 30 years,
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Jnst-as-jrood'"nro but
Experiments that trlflo with and endanger tlio bealtli of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTOR I A
Castorta Is n harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine no? other Narcotlo
mibstance. Its ape Is its guarantee. It destroys "Worms
jind allays Fcvcrlshncss. It cures Diarrlnva und AVind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tlio Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural bleep
Tlio Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Eears the
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THI CtNTAUK eOMMKV, TT
i:
Alexander Brothers & Co.,
Diz.u.Ens IN
Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Confec
tionery and Nuts.
0
Henry Millard's Fine Candies. Fresh Ever Week.
sitn-it Goods a Sipscih-t-jt.
Sole Agents for JUPITER. KING OSCAR. COLUMBIAN.
WRITTEN GUARANTEE, Etc. Also F. F.' Adams & Co's
Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco.
.ALEXANDER BROS. & CO., llloomsburff. Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CARPET, MATTIICJ,
or 3JL CLOTH,.
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
Toors above- Court House.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
Ih tome of the Swiss va'levs the iiihaU. !
rams nrc an aimcted with goitre or "tliick-
neck. Instead of regarding this as a de
formity they seem to think it a natural feat
ure of physical devel 'ment, and tourists
rassint? through the vaUevs are sometime
Jeered by the goitrous inliaiiitonts, becaus
tuey are without tins ollensivc swelling. Thus
a form of disease may become so common
that it is retarded as a natural and necessary
condition of life. It is so, to a large extent.
wun wnat are caned diseases of women.
".very woman suffers more or leas from irreg
ularity, ulceration, debilitating drains, at
female weakness, and this suffering is so
common and so universal that many wunen
accept it as a condition natural and necessary
to their Fex. Hut it is a condition ai mi
natural as it is unnecissary. The use of 1) ;
rierces favorite Prescription strengthens
the delicate womanly organs and reguiates
the womanly furctions, o that woruou is
parctcally telivered from the pain pnd
unsriy which eat up tei years ot her life
between the ar;es of fifteen and foity.five.
"Favorite Prescription" makes weak wboieu
strong and sick women well.
Wigwag "As a poet he stands ilone."
Borrowell "Nonsense! 1 never hcaiJ of a
puet who had money enough to stand a loan."
"My Heart was Thumping
My LlfO OUt" ' the way K. u.
Wright, of llrockwille, Out., describes her
sufferings from smotheiing, flutiaring and
palpitation. Aftur trying many remedies
without benefit, six bottles of Lr Agnew's
Cure for the Heart restored her to peifect
health. The first dose gave uliaost instant
relief, and in a day suffering ceased alto,
gether. 11
Sold by C. A. Kleim.
Tommy "Pop, what is a chaperone ?"
Tommy's Pop "A chaperee my son, is no
old lady who keeps her eye an the chaps."
Avoid all drvino inualants and tsit
that which cleanses and heals the meiiiUiane
l llys Cream Balm is such a remedy and cures
Catarrh ea.i'y and pleasantly. Cold in the
head vanishes quickly. Price 50 cents at
druggists or by mail.
Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking and
to a great extent loss of hearing. By the use
of Ely's Cream Balin dropping of mucus has
ceased, voice and hearing have greatly j,
provedI. W. Davidson, Atfy at Law,
Monmouth, XII. '
Bouplit, and whleli lias beru
lias tiorno tlio pfjrimtnro of
anil lias been mado under his per
sonal supervision Kineo it Infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you In this.
Signature of
aOTMVtimiT, MtW VOPH OITV.
The Markets.
BLOOMSBURG MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY. RKTAJL tHWKt.
Mutter, per pound 24
Epgs. per dozen. w"" a
l.ard, per pound.... ; t.
Ham. per pound .'..'""i'.lj to 16
Beef (quarter), per pound 6 to 8
W heat, per bushel ,
P4t. do .'"!""'. o
Kye, Cft
Flour per bl I.
Hay, per ton....
Potatoes,
Turnips. do
i.i
4.40 to 4 80
18 00
per bishel.,
60
Tallow, per pound "".!""! 06
40
.-mourner, ao
H:icon, do '.'.'.'.."
a
16.
Uned app.s, per pound 5
iiiiifra. no
c. , ...
Steer do. 10
Calf skin
Sheep j.elts
3
05
go.
7i;
neiiea corn, per bushel 7c
Lorn TTAnl o... j
Bran, t-wt " , 1
cwt
Middlings, cwt , 1
-mctus, spring, per ,,!
I 40
do
do
old.,
Turkeys
fleese,
Ducks,
ir
18
II
4
do
do
do
Number 6, delivered0.'. .
20
55
do 6k at yard. 5
do 4 and 5, at yard..."'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.',.
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wH be sent to the dead letter office
M. 1903- Persons calling for
these letters, will please say that "they
were advertised Oct. 1, I9o3",
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oharier.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
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