OLD SERIES, XL. NEW SERIES. XVIIL THE CENTRE REPORTER, FRED. KURTZ, Error and Prov'n. RAP The next postmaster of Bellefonte is coming and will be a democrat. i ie - L The Teras Siftings difines an “offensive nartisan” as a fellow who has an office that some other fellow wants, —— — 1f Logan had not been re-elected to the senate, his next jump for notoriety would have been from the Brooklyn bridge. esl of A —————— The Mormons are still coming. The steamship Wisconsin, from Liverpool, landed four hundred Mormon emigrants at New York the other day. They are mostly in families, cs ty lp All departments of the North Chicago Rolling Mills, at Bay View, Wis.,includ- ing the nail works, will shut down next Saturday, throwing between 1,300 and 1.500 men out of employment. It is not known how long the mills will be idle. litle Millions of young grasshoppers are re- ported coming out of the sandy soil on the south side of the Arkansas river bove Pueblo, devouring early vageta- Their appear- a bles and tender shrubs. ance is similar to that of 1875, when they were swept east by Ww inds and con- sumed an immense amount of growing crops in Kansas. tt t— The legislature might turn its atten- tion to the passage of an act to prevent shootings, and thus save A heavy penalty should be accidental many lives. laid upon any one leaving any fire-arms unloaded—as it always turns out thal the ones that are “not loaded” do the killing, and if obliged to be loaded they wouldn't be handled. ——— I ———————— The Pennsylvania legislators have the thing down fine. They have been going home on Thursday “because the attend- ance on Friday is so small,” and their Il Tuesday $3 # return has been delayed “because hardly anybody gets back on | 5 Monday, you know."'—Boston Record. fellows Sis We are thinking when these vote to raise their salary to $1500 they are making it coarse enough. ti This legislature has had the audacity to pass a bill increasing the salary. The Senate amended the Salary act so as to allow Senators $4,000 and members of the Legislature $2,000 for a term of two vears. Those who voted for an amend- ment evidently value their services a great deal higher than do the people at large. Perbaps Gov. Pattison will be of the same opinion when he comes to pass upon the bill. ei pp ineiib— Some of the fellows who have been drawing fraudalent pensions—and there are thousands of them—are becoming conscience stricken. A man Snyder, who belonged to a New York Regiment during the war and who has been drawing a pension of $72 per month, called at the Pensien office and requested that his name be taken from the rolls and payment stopped. The only reason he gave for his singular request was that the Government had already done enough for him. Commissioner Black says a similar case was bronght to his attention some months ago. A Ken- tuckian requested to have his pen- sion stopped, and a considerable sum which he had not drawn, returned tothe Treasury, as he believed he had fully recovered from his debility. A Mp ir The facts of the corruptions snd ex- travagance of the Agricultural Depart ment under Dr. Loring exceed far what were pronounced lies or gross exaggera- tions. The place has now found to have been rotten through and through. Gov. Colman, the new Commissioner, may have hoped to find something to hold on to, but if he did entertain this idea he will have to give it up or suffer in the attempt. possible. OVERHAULING THE REPUBLICAN RASCALS, The New York Sun says in ordering a searching inquiry into the history of the so-called repairs upon the third-rate man-of-war Mohican, Secretary Whitney begins a task entirely in the interest of truth and justice, We believe that he is the man to carry through the work, The wooden ship Mohican, of 1,000 tons displacement, was ordered to the Mare Island Navy Yard in 1872 for re- pairs and reconstruction upon the Rob- bersonian plan. This vessel was then about fourteen years old. It had origin- ally cost $333,000 to build her. During the six years immediately preceding the time when Secor Robberson took the Mohican in hand, more than $237,000 had been expended in repairs on her hull, and more than $60,000 on her boilers and machinery. This ought to have left the ship in fair condition, to say the least; but Robberson took her out of commission and sent her to Mare island to be overhauled anew. The pro- cess has been going on for thirteen years under Robberson and his successor of ‘he same dynasty. The Mohican isabout ready to go to sea, where she will not be of the slightest value either for defensive or offensive naval warfare, Secretary Whitney says that the ag- gregate amount of money expended on {he Mohican since she was docked in "72 is nearly $900,000, and that more than two-thirds of this amount has been spent during the administration of his cheer- fall predecessor, the Hon. William E. Chandler. From Mr. Whitney's state- { the figures already on record, total cost of the jay: raent ant it is easy to compute the Mohican as she siands to Original cost, with IachiBe Faw. $ 233,000 Eepairs Bureau of Construction, previ. o5 gineering, 1872..ccinn Jo I epalrs, Br previous to ’ shea % ts, privioos to 1870. 0 1972 and 10 ABLE. ovarian Tot Molican... . 179.000 Mr. Whitney says that a new ship of the same character aad class could have Fuarean of Eepalrs since gl forthe been built for $220 UO, Startling as this exposure of dish nest extravagance and systemal'c plunder ing appears, the Moh'can’s is only a ssecimen case. For about filleen years we have been engaged in exhibiting the { nits of Robbersonism ia the Navy De- partment. The process of rigid and im- pariial investigation wh ch the £rst hon- est and fearless Secretary of the Navy since 1869 to apply Mohican, would reveal in the case ol al- most every other vessel of the United pronoses proportion between the money expend- ed and the results obtained for the ex- penditure, Mr. Whitney is going to work in the right way, Every honest citizen is with him. Let the whole infamous record of Republican rascality in the Navy De- partment be uncovered to the light of iday. lt Mn Gov. Pattison has vetoed the congres- sional and legislative apportionment bills. If ever the veto power was right le yusly exercised, this was the time. | more iniquitous measure could not have {been hatched. We do not hesitate to {say that every member of the legislature who voted for these bills was guilty of perjury after baving taken the oath to support the constitution, The appor- tionments as passed are as clearly un- constitutional as it would have been to pass an act to impair the obligation of contracts. The unconstitutional and in- {auitous feature of the bills are so plain- ly set forth by the governor that any member voting to pass the same over shieol will be holding open jaws to take him in. i — Watches must be scarce in this state, else liars are plenty when the assessor comes around. Pennsylvania has a state tax on watches the result of which, as reported by the secretary of internal af- the state is about 4,500,000. The num- ber of voters last November was 900,000, Bat in all this population and this army of voters there were only 45,506 watches —gold, silver and “common.” So it would appear that there wereflast year has been criminally perverted. The sorghum appropriation has been spent in a manner still worse. It would be merciful to call the way it was doneZthe manifestation of ignorance on the part Loring and his so-called experts. Thousands and thousands have been squandered on criminally ignorant ex- periments requiring costly machinery, which not even the head expert knew now to use. No beneficial results have been achieved, unless, while setting out intending to disprove Prof. Collier's re- gults for which Loring drove him from the department, they sustained them all in spite of themselves, may be called bene. ficial, What was called science was a little better than the merest charlatanry. What has cost a millior: is not worth a cent. Ignorance, pretension, speculation and down-right dishonesty are the best that can be imputed to the concern. . whom had a watch, or i 50 PO MP Reports received by the Farmer's Re view of Chicago from al the Western that the outlook for winter sown der the most favorable conditions will por from 3,000 correspondents, a side of the story. VICTOR HUGO. In Victor Hugo France bas lost her] most imposing personality, and a pang of | bereavement will be felt by many on | this side of the ocean who had learned | to honor his majestic genius and his | broad humanity. It may well be doubt- ed whether any man of letters ever lived | —and we do not except Voltaire or| Goethe—~who attained in bis own lifes | time to such a species of apotheosis, to a | recognition so ardent and so nearly | world-wide of illustrious achievements | in many fields of art and thought. Vie-| tor Hugo had reached a kind of prima-| cy, we bad almost said pontificate, over the priesthood of the pen, and bis posi- tion was peculiarly august in this partie- ular, that in him, as in Milton, the poet was impaced with the patriot, the se questered student of the beautiful with | the impassioned friend of man. Victor Hugo's life has been almost co- | eval with the century of which for many | years he was perhaps the most conspic nous and by far the most interesting fig ure, He has witnessed all the political | vicissitudes, the social transformations, | the revolutions in literary laste and | canons which France bas experienced since 1816: and in all of them he was an agent or aniagonist as well asa specta- tor. In politics be bad ron through the whole gamut of conviction from royalism to socialism; he was successively a pen- sionary of Louis XVIIL, a peer of France under Louis Philippe, a fervent | republican io the Legislative Assembly dissolved by Louis Bonaparte, almost a |Communist when elected a delegate of a { Paris constituency to the Bordeaux As- {sembly, an advanced, uncompromising radical in the Senate, which he entered inine years before his death, These changes of opinion aad of sympathy, in which, his enemies professed | proof of light-headed or dishonest incon- isistency, were really 80 many stages io I his progress toward a ripe and high con- leonception of political ideals and civic duty; and the twenty years of exile, {which proclaimed an inexorable protest {against the second empire, gave a concla- sive answer to the charge of interested {aims. Nor was he afterward restrained by prudential motives from a steadfnst ladvocacy of amnesty to the convicted Communists, whose desperate excesses ihe abhorred, but whose fundamental ob- {ject, local self-government, be believed {to be the keystone of all sound reform in France, He lived to see the work of {mercy done, and the last years of Hugo {who while still young had saved the life lof a political offender by a touching apos- trophe tg Louis Philippe, were hallowed {by the gratitude of thousands whom his leloqueace bad rescued from New Cale- idonta and Cayenne. As a philanthrophist and social entha- siast Victor Hugo bad come to be rever- ed by multitudes who would have beco indifferent to his work in literature, or, lat all events, noguahified to apprecials its striking scope and admirable quality. A » FOUND MURDERED. » to find mn John Irwin Lying Dead by the Roudside With His Throat Out from Ear to Ear, Huntingdon, Pa., May 20.—~This ¢ {munity was startled this morniog by the discovery that a horrible murder had been committed last night near War irior's Mark, a small village about twen- |ty miles west of bere, the murderer be- ling John Laporte, son of the venerable {Judge Laporte, and the victim John Ir | win, a fellow laborer at Shoenberger's lore mines, near Warrior's Mark. The {two men bad been drinking freely inthe | village, and left together about dosk, and {it is supposed they became embroiled in la fight, which ended fatally, A passer- {by found Irwin on the road south of the village with his throat cut from ear to ear, and his face crushed in as if with a club, There is no doubt that the marder was committed by Laporte, but he has not yet been arrested though it is said he was seen early this morning near his father's farm. No cause for the murder can be assigned by the acquaintances of the two men, who were considered close comrades, Both were unmarried and about 27 years of age. Laporte is regard- ed by his fellow-laborers at the mines as of a very peculiar temperment and it is believed that, inflamed with liquor, be committed the deed while in a violent passion. At 8 o'clock this evening ths accused was brought to town by his father ‘and was loged in jail. The grea'est excile- ment prevails, THE SNYDER MONUMENT. 208d Impressive Ceremonies al the Unveiling. Selins Grove, Pa., May 27.—~The mon ument of ex-Governor Simon Snyder was unveiled to-day. Governor Pattison. ex-Governor Curtin and Hartranft, Gen. Simon Cameron, as well as several State officials, and the majority of the Legis- lature arrived shortly before noon, and received by a general salute, the mem: bers of the Twelfth Regiment and Grand Army. Gov. Pattison on his arrival was taken to the Missionary Institute, where in a few words he presented the gradu. ating class of the classical department with their diplomas. The unveiling of the monument took place at 2 o'clock, the stars and stripes, with which it was surrounded, being removed by Miss Ma. ry Snyder, a grand-daughter of the dec’'d governor, Gov. Pattison then in the be- half of the State transferred the monu- ment, which is a very handsome one, to the custody of the citizens, and it was received by A, W, Potter, . The ora- tion of the day was then delivered by ex~Governor Curtin. Gen. Bimon Cam- eron and several others made brief ad dresses, and the sermon delivered in Gorman at the grave of the deceascd Governor in 1810 was read by J. P. Shin. fel, Jr, ason of the minister who wrote t. A A SIN MASA If you pay the Reporter one sear in advance, we two months ty your oredit, aod if you send us three advance "paying sabsor for one year, wo will “send you the Reporter one year free. 1885. NO. 22. CURTIN'S FIVE YEARS’ 5 AT ST. PETERSBURG. ‘neounter With Gortschakoff— Insult from the French Interview with Present of a ny ava~ lit 8 The Car's noleon 111, trail by 1 il, Pe is Donn Rperial ( {Bs ia rey pondence of the World,) Washington, May 23, ~Andrew QG. Curtin, Pennsylvania, was for five years our Minister to 8t. Petersburg. He the of the an war. Some of his rem-~ of was there doring period French Pru iniscences have been topics of entertain- the dinners in Washington, always] one of the He has a very His friends are » write his memories cover- iod of his service as war Goy- abroad, Mr. at most welcomed guests, rich fund of experience, urging bim the ner jak! PEI erpor and as a Minister im about twelve thousand dollars year more than bis salary. There is no place in Europe where it is irtact for the Minister to keep up a certain scale of expenditures in or- der to malotain a good social footing than at this place. One of the earlier incidents of Curtin’s career at St, Peters burg occurred a dioner where Gort- gchakoff, the Chancellor of the Russian Empire, sat opposite to him. Mr. Curtin was upkoown to most of the guests, Gortschakofl began talking to him in a very abrupt brusque fashion about the Alabama Claims Commission, which had just been established, “It will never suc- ceed,” said he, “You Americans are al ways getting up some new thing, The principle of it is opposed to every tradi. tion of Eoropean diplomacy. Have you read the English press upon it 7” “Yes,” said the Governor, “lI bave read what they have to say. Bot it is barely possi- ble that t are mistaken.” The Chan. cellor did not drop the subject, but said, “Have you seen the speech of Lord John Russel in which he denounces the commission as 8 humbug?” Cartio had been listening with a very mild air to all alk. He now turned upon the Chancel He said with great abrupt~ ness and dignity: “Yes, I have read his I also remember his speech de- nonncing your plan for suppressing the Polish msurrecti Your reply to his then was so overwhelming that it took away | him completely the little gense he ever bad,” At this all of the 1 Gortschakofl was the subject, ut ai at hev speech, n 012 ga uite content to dr planded, an ests nf i ye 54 4 4 .. Upon another occasion soon after this Curtin ended sn evening reception given by the French Minister, General Fleury, Gen, Fleury was then the right arm of Napoleon 1{l. He had a salary of §7 year as Minister and an als owance of $50,000 besides for entertain. ing. More than this, he was allowed to draw for what sums he needed for ex- tra enterizioments. He occupied an en- tire palace and entertained upon the most lavish eiyie. Gov. Curtin when be entered found the large rooms of the palace filled with brilliantly uniformed jals, He was in plain evening dress bat little attention in the n nit @ * iS) 8 and attracted gayly dressed crowd. When he advanced to be presented tothe Minister and Mme. Fleury, Gen, Fleury bowed slightly and did not speak to him, Mme. Fleury bowed very coldly and said nothing, The (Governor stood in a very awkward posi tion for a moment or two and then be wheeled about and marched back into the general salon, The marked coolness of his reception made a good deal of gos- gip among his diplomatic associates who were acquainted with him. One of them came up to him and asked him what was the matter. He said be did not know, but one thing was very certain—he would never cross the threshold of the French Minister's house again. He had his carriage calied and returned st once to his own quarters, This affair created great excitement among the diplomats. It was immediately bugged about that the American Minister, onaccount of the rudeness of his reception, had gone away in a great rage, vowing he never would retarn. The next morning a sec- retary of the French Legation called up- on Mr. Curtin, He called, he said, for the purpose of apologizing for the man-« ner jof his reception the night before. Mr, Carlin said that no apology was ne- cessary, and very diplomatically refused to acknowledge that there wasany cause for grievance. Fin.uly the Secretary asked him if he would receive General Fleury. He replied that he would al- ways be pleased to receive the French Minister. A few moments after General Fleury arrived. Then came Mme. Fleury. They told the Minister that he was un- known to them by sight, and when he came in plain evening dress they thouffix that he was some wandering Engl tourist, Their regrets were so warm and earnest that Mr, Curtin became very thoroughly reconciled. They became quite Intimate afterwards, Towards the close of the war between France and Gennany Gov. Curtin gave a dinner, at which Gen, Fleury and wife were the honored guests. During the dinner a dispatch was brought in to (the French Minister, He opened and read it and banded 1t to Mr, Curtin without a word. It was the dispatch announcing the surreader of Napoleon 111, at Sedan. Fleary at once left the house, He was obliged to leave St. Petersburg almost immediately. Notwithstanding his large icone he jas head Lp heels in Jabt. ¢ was obliged to sell everything down to his wife's furs to satisfy these debts. In St. Petersburg they have a custom when a member of the Diplomatic Corps goes away for his pasociates to go down to the station with flowers and resents to give him a brilliant send-off, The morning of the Fleurys' departure Gov. Curtin and his wife purchased a huge bouquet of flowers and drove ta the sta- tion. When they arrived there found the once popular Minister and wife alone, Not a single one of the peo ple whom they had so lay enter tained in Petersburg had come down to said! “You are the only one of our old associates who had the kindness of heart to jremember us this morning, and yon of all others, who thought when'vou first met us that we were rude and insulting in our manner of greeting you." * * Some time atter this Mr. Curtin went to London for a little rest and change, Napoleon 111. was then at Chiselhurst. During Curtin's stay in London Cheva- lier Wyckoff called on him. He asked if he would like to call upon the ex-Em- peror. Mr. Curtin replied that he would not think of calling upon him without receiving an intimation from Napoleon that he wished to see him. The next day one of the aids-de-camp of Napole- on called upon him and asked him wo visit the ex-Emperor at his earliest eon- venience. Mr. Curtin named 3 o'clock the next day. He was received with a great deal of warmth, The ex-Emperor talked for a long time about his own ca- reer, his poverty, his former life in Lon- don and his visit to New York. Finally after nearly two hours of talk he came to the real point of his desire to see Mr. Curtin. He said to him, “You are on in- timate terms with Gortschakoff, Have you any objection to telling me what aro nis real views upon the subject of the re-establishment of the Empire?” “I know what his sentiments upon this subject are,” said Mr. Curtin. “They are of such a nature that I do not fell at lib- erty to communicate them to you.” “I understand you,” said the ex-Emperor, “and am much obliged to you for your civility in calling.” ss Gortschakofl™s opinion, which Curtin withheld, had been very vigorously ex- pressed. He said that this “damned French scoundrel” should never have any help from him in getting back his throne, as he regardes. him as a man dangerous to the peaceful condition of affairs in Europe. When Curtin return- ed to Bi. Petersburg Gortschakoff invited him to dinner. During the dinner he said to Curtin, “You have been away.” “Yes, in London.” You saw many peo- ple there,” “Yes.” “A number of dis- tinguished people 7’ “Yes, 1 saw some prominent American friends of mine,” “I am told that you also saw the man who at one time seemed to hold in his hands the destinies of Europe.” “Yes, I saw him,” said Curtin. “Have you any objections to telling me the nature of the conversation you had with him?" “It was not important,” was the reply. “It was mainly upon personal topics.” Here Gortachakoff said, with a very knowing look, “1 know all the details of that con- versation. 1 am very much obliged to you for your discretion in not communi- cating to Louis Napoleon my views up- on the re-establishment of the French Empire.” As there was no third person present at the interview between Curtin and the ex-Emperor, this interview gave hima very high opinion of the com- pleteness of the Russian spy service, L » During the Catacazy affair the Russian Government came very near giving Mr, Cartin his passport. The Russian au- thorities were very much irritated over the neglect of the Grand Duke Alexis, upon his arrival at Washington. Owing to the trouble then existing between the State Departmentand Minister Catacazy, no official notice was taken ofthe Grand Duke. Nowvakoff, a friend of Curtin’'s, came to him and said: “The authorities are thinking of sending you your pass- ports. It will be nothing personal to you. You must not take it as a desire to get rid of you. We want you to consent to go to Cronstadt for a time and then re- turn.” “No, sir,” said Curtin, “I am here as the representative of the United States, If my orts are sent me I shall go home.” Novakoff then arrang- ed a dinner at which Gortschakoff was present. At this informal repast Curtin was able to explain a good many things about the Catacazy affair that he could not have done officially. It was to his explanation that the recall of the Min- ister was dae, * LI * When Minister Curtin came to leave Russia and called upon the Crar to hid him forewell the Emperc: expressed great regret. He asked Fim if he woul not consent to remain | pr. hn replied that his health a not per- mitjand that his personal interests de- manded his return. The Emperor in his anxiety to have him remain offered him the use of one of his palaces in the Livadia, in the southern part of Russia, during the winter, so he could escape tho severe season in St, Petersburg. Mr. Ourtin insisted upon however, When the Emperor saw that his decision was not to be changed, he said, “I desire to give you some testimonial of my friendship.” The Minister replied that under the Jaws of his country he could %, “I ha BE ey aint Ee) ve a tof m te ed by Bonnat. I had intended it ra Empress. But I want to give it to you to be the rty of yourself and your family,” “I you give it to me in my of ficial capacity it have to go to th State Department,” said Ba department Gi your an . ve me Ho and I will send it to you you have retired from official life.” - DISCIPLINE IN THE CHINESE AEMY, A Shanghai correspondent of the Lone don and China Telegraph, writing recently thus reports : ‘J nm told that the gar. rison of the Woosuug forts is io be re. inforeed by 4,000 men, who will march to their posts in a day or two. A few Chinese soldiers passed through the set. tlement in full panoply of ward that is, all of them had nmbrellas openel to keep their jackets dry, as they marche. ed in the rain. Bome of then had rifles on their shoulders in any way but the right one, more of them had flags with which to scare the French, They were mont of thém fine fellows, but lack the very essentials of making them formid. able to the peasantry in the neighbor. hood of their camp. The lack of dis. eipline is a fruitful cause of trouble in the Chinese army ; officers are often nnfit for their positions and unable to eontrol the men under them by gentle mesns, but they are willing to use harsh ones Flogging is quite common in the Chinese camp, and there appears to be no limit to the number of strokes an offender may receive ; for any infraction of the rules of propriety any number of strokes from 50 to 500, or even 5,000 may be given, I have often seen 2,000 administrated to a man for slight offense. Sometimes the lictor himself gets licked for being to gentle in the use of his bamboo. Of course a long concinned beating on the fleshy part of the thighs, however gentle soon beats the flesh into a black and deadened mass, which is often broken and bleeding, and takes along time fo eure. The marks generally remain dur. ing life, but that is a matter of small consideration to officers who have ¢ selvessuffered such punishments, Some. times the officers appear to have a desire of avenging themselves on the unfortu. nate members of their corps, as au stone. ment for the wrongs they have them- selves suffered. Cutting off a finger or an ear, sometimes the lips, is restoried to asa punishment for slight offenses, Many Chinese officers have but one ear.” "oy 45 % S310. if AN IRISHMAN'S DEVOTION, The following anecdote, taken from “Passages in the Early Military Life of Gen. Sir George T. Napier, K. C. B.,” written by himself, bears high testimony both to the influence which George Napier—orie of the famous brothers~ bad soquired over his men and the af fectionfthey bore him. He was lying wounded after leading a gallant aitack onthe enemy. “My servant came and told®me that Jobn Dunn, an Irishman whom I had enlisted several years be- fore, wished to see me. When he came into the room he immediatly said, ‘Och, captain, but I'm come to see how you and your brother is after the wonuds! Did'nt I see you knocked over by the Frenchman's shot? And eure I thought you were kilt! But myself knew you wouldn't be pluised if I didn't folly on after the villains, so I was afeared to go pick you up when ye was kilt, long life to you! But I pursued the inim= as long as I was able, and sure I conldn’t do no more ; and now I'm come to see your honor, long life to you agin I” I shook bands with him, and said : “But, John, you seem wounded yourself Why is your arm tied up? ‘Och, nothing at all to prevent me from coming to see your honor and your homor’s brother lying there, Captain William, long lifa to him! I hope he is not dead.’ Upon insisting to know if he was wounded, at last he replied, “Why, sure it's nothing ; only me srrum was cut off a few hours ago below the elbow-joint, and I couldn’ come till the anguish was over a bit But now I'm bere and thank God your honors srrum is mot cut off, for it's mighty ernel work! I'd rather be shot twinty times, though the doctor tould me he did it aisy too, long life to his honon I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt me all he could help.’ I then asked him for his brother, who was alto a recruit of mine and in the company, and an un. commonly fine handsome soldier as ever and who was a particular fayor- ite of mine. He hesitated a few moments snd, heaving a convulsive sob, said, ‘1 seed him shot through the heart along. side wid me just as I got the shot my. self, and he looked up piteously in my face and said, “Oh, John dear, my poor mother 1” And sure I couldn't look at enough. your lived. God be wid him, he's gone now!" —————— API —— “The Dbabe's in the wood, ® remarked soe thom otf, Mune, § Mr, Curtin with tears
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