"3 OLD SERIES XL © {NEW SERIES XIX SM ————— —————————E———————————————— THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED KURTZ, ... Editor. ~ CENTRE HALL. PA.. WEDNESD AY. DECEMBER 29. MORE NEW STATES A late dispatch from Washington says that the admission of Dakota as a state cannot long be resisted, as the rapid growth of population demands the recog- nition of congress, As the territory is i largely Republican, the Republicans One by one the New York Boodle Al- | WOuld admit Dakota as a state at once to dermen are being pulled in—the pen. | *55%°® additional electoral votes for 1888, itentiary. and for the same political reasons the Democrats are slow to favor her admisson. They had a painful lesson in 1876, when LATE NEWS, The wheat market had a elight de-, cline aguin x In congress Morrison's proposition scrupulous and desperate men tempt the weak and venal from the paths of virtue and it is likely that there will be repe- titions of the crime of the New York Al- dermen. Such blots upon our civiliza- tion can be prevented only by the incul- cation of a higher morality in the school, the church, the forum and the press. The task is a laborious one, but it must be undertaken if free institutions are to endure, SHERIFPA RALE. [west 120 perches to stones, thence by land (sup. JHERIFF'S SALES. —BY VIRTUE OF SUNDRY |Rosed vacant) east 4) perches to stones, north ® | writs of Fierl Facias, Levari Facias and |{I6F, east 116 porches (omtones thence by vacant | Venditioni Exponas issued out of the Court of Com- | tr a REELS br og wea Perches t9 the place. of for mon Pleas of Centre county, Pa,, and to me di |Pégluning, containing 100 acrds and thirly perch. : rected, will be exposed at public sale at the court | 8 and allowance, Thereon erected a two and a reduction of the tanfl was defeated by house, in the borough of Bellefonte, on |ang-liaif story frame dwelling, bam, corn crib, 8 half dozen mujority, 25 Democrats vo-| BATURDAY, JAN. 22, 1587, [eo Be her bibs, or tract of land 5 * » ’ . ii Y £2RN1L E 6 ted with the Republicans against Morri- at 1:0 o'clock p. m., the following property, 10!gituate in Milemownship. county and state afore- son's bill, {wit anid, bounded and Sends ud we follows, 0 wit: re ac of land caved i 3 All those three certain tracts or pleces of Beginning at an ash or ne of the land of the So Sinacres of land caved ia Be Innd lying and being in Boggs township, Outs uid John Bhirley south 756 deg wat 6 perches . ’ : ses, { county, Pa: to a birch, thence north #8 deg. west 69 perches No.1. One thereof containing 433 acres more 10 stones thence south 4 deg. cant 1405 perches 25 sailora lost their livea b 3 ’ Wy sailors lost th j yea 4 ibe {Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to James 7T. stones, thence north 124 perches w the place of ing of a whaler in the Pacific. | Hale, beginniog’ containing ninety six (46) acres und 56 #8 nke or loss surveyed on a warrant granted by the {to stones, thei ce north 75 deg. east 65.9 perches to - | No, 2 One other thereof for the same number | perches und Lhe usual allowance for roads, {of acres, viz: 448 acres and allowance There will be & getting out of office be- iam i Aoi —————— . e mettre sree ” eyed| No. 2. Square up your old accounts so that Stveyes | you can turn a new leaf for the begin. ning of the New Year, John Roach the shipbuilder, of Ches« ter, Pa., is gradually sinking, and his death is looked for daily. Milton Speer, of Huntingdon, is men- tioned as the probable successor of Hen- sel for chairman of the Democratic state committee, eres chilies emia Congressman Hewitt expresses the opinion that some bill to reduce taxes will pass the house. He would vote for a reduction on sugar, rather than have no reduction at all. ie ————— sense Many are makiog cabinets for Gov, Beaver, We think we could select a very excellent cabinet lor the General too, but since he has not asked us for ad- vice, we do nut feel like throwing away that which would be 80 valuable. Forty laborers employed at the large tannery of Fairweather & Ladow were discharged Lhursday of list week for joining the Knights of Labor. Several hundred men are employed by the firm and a large number threaten to quit work if the discharged men are uot reinstated. Last week's Gazette has a picture od its editor brandishing a fatal dagger and showing how he would like to rip some blarsted Dewmocrat,—feeling encouraged by the success in window swashing und a jury wheel with an overdose of rads, Really, it looks as the’ he might use his dadger with impunity, The aunua: report of the Secretary o the State Grange vi Patrves of Husband. ry showed that during the past year 3,000 mewbers were added to tae organs ization. Eiglhleen grauges were created and twenty-seven vid vies were revived The grauges bave improved tiaaacially, and tue lecture system has proved very succesful, Head the Philadelphia Zimes ad. in another column. It is the ‘sading Phil adeiphiia daily, and rsncs amoung tue first-c.ass journais of we country. Ibis always fresh sod alive upon the issues of the day, and iree and independent in in its opinions, It gives all tue tele graphic news, and has choice articles from eminent writers. Twenty-five years ago the high-tariff men accepted an average duty of 18 per cent as adequate to protect our “inlaunt industries,” Now, when many of the industries are overgrown monopolies, they denounce everybody as a “free wader” who favors a reduction of the arerage rute below 46 per cent. The mils of the gods wili get & grip on these pele yet and make “exceeding fine” mea. of them, rit iti at In bath the Senate and House on 13th bills weve offered for the relief of the’ national Yanks and with a view to pro- longing tle system. Mr. Hewitt's bill p tedjiathe House, contemplates a re- duction of the interest on the outstanding debt to three per cent. by anticipation of the interest alove that figure, the bonds to be receivable as secarity for national bank notes, ani the goyernment to deposit §100,000,00 in greenbacks there for. The Senate ovntinued the tariff de- bate, sna cl dps tnd Patriot says, that \he Republicans intend to cheat the Proaibitionists dur- ing the coming s-ssion ofthe Legislature is already beginning to #ypear, The- promise in the State plathrm that a prohibition amendment wotld be sub. mitted to the people in the evint of Re- publican success was deceptite at the time, bat now there is scarcely wn «fort made to conceal the intention ta repus diate it. The pledge made to the Liquor League is to be respected, at the expense of that one made tothe Prohibitioniste H——— The Times sneers at the try journals suggesting wh Mayor of Philadelphia always wants to run the ment of Philadelphia for gbout one-half its present expense and db it better, In fact we have plenty of mg, in the rural districts, who, for th breeches” would agree phia better than its be they lost a President by the admission of Colorado, as without her three votes, even the steal of South Carolina, Florida and Louisianna could not have made Hayes President The Democratic leaders are now con- sidering the policy of admitting Dakota and Washington Territories as States, which would give each party a new State, a'though Dakota might be enti- tled to two Congressmen and thas have one electoral vote more than Washiug ton. Looking to the possible early ad mission of Dakota and Washin ston, the administration leaders are looking out for a high standard of men, who are specially sagacious as politicians, to fll the Territorial offices, and it is quite probable that Colonel A. H. Dill, of Lewisburg, would be tendered the Gov- ernorship of Washington if he would ac cept it. He would have the practically united support of the Pennsylvania del egation, as he is regarded as a valuable man to charge with the preliminary work of organizing a new Common- wealth. Dill bas not been consulted on the subject at all and he is in entire ig- norance of the suggestion of his name, but it is well settled that in the govemrn- ments of the Territories named, men of the highest qualities will be selected as far as they can be obtained. PROPOSED INCREASE OF PENSIONS. Senator Ingalls has introduced the fol- lowing bilis amendatory of the pension laws: To increase the pension for the loss of an eye to $30 per month and for par- tial loss of sight to a proportionate amount. To increase the pension for loss of one hand or foot, or for total dis ability of the same, $85 per month; for loss of an arm within five inches of or above the elbow joiat or loss of a leg within six ioches of or above tue knee joint or total disability of the sawe, Ww $40 per month, aud forthe loss of au arm within six inches of the shoulder joint, ora leg within six inches of the hip joint, to $45 per month. Also pro. viding that the peusion of ali persons nuw onthe pension ros and all persons granted pensions by special act of con gress, shall commeoce from the date of discharge from the service of the Uni- ted States. e———————— REPORT OF THE TREASURER. The report of the Auditor General for ths year ended November 30, 1880, it shows that the State Treasurer was then ove r$300,000 richer than at the cor responding period last year. The re- ceipts were not nearly so large the past year as the year before, but the expend- itures sustained a reduction even great- er than that of the revenue collected. Betweeo $600,000 and $700,000 of this saving was due to the fact that the year 1836 had not the drain of a session of the Legislature to endure, A large proportion of the tax the State sanually collected comes from cor- p rations, which pay good sums on their capital stock and are also compelled to pay a tax on their gross receipts. As compared with the previous year there was a reduction of over $300,000 in the amouat of money derived from the tax on capital stock, but this differ ence is largely due to unnaturally heavy collections in 1885 owing to successful Jitigation and to the fact that the State lost about $100,000 this year on account of the exemption of mauvufacturing cor porations from taxation, . mi A JUST BENTENCE. The sentence of McQnade, the bribe. taking New York Alderman, is severe but just, The selling of votes in répre sentative bodies is believed to be of so frequent occurrence that it is high time that the penalty of the law should be in- flicted upon those who are guilty of the crime, The greatest peril to Republican insti- tutions lies in the passion of the people for the sudden acquisition of riches, ra become corrupt because this passion burns within them. The moral training of the people has much to do with this. If youth were more general ly tanght nobler ambitions than the were sordid one of money-getting there would be less corruption in the Govern- ment. It might bave been Ssupposed with good reason tha! the fate of Tweed and his associates in the Old New York city ring would have deterred others from It is an easy matter to settle the ques tion of Senator Cooper’seligibility to the office of Secretary of the Commonwealth The Constitution, Article II, Section 8 rays: “No Senator or Representative shall for the time during which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office under this Commonwealth.” Before Beaver will have the right to ap point any one to that or any other civil office he will have taken an oath in which he will say: “I do solemnly swear that I will support, obey and de- fend the Constitution of the Unitad States and the Constitution of the Com- monwealth.” On the point in dispute the Constitution of this Commonwealth is not ambiguous or uncertain. Its lan- guage is plain and positive. The lan- guage of the oath is equally direct and certain. All the Governor-elect need do is to read both carefully and make up his mind to obey them. THE A little way up on» of the Rbhatian Alps, beneath the shade of an old black pine, grew a Christmas rose.* The summer had passed, and the short days had come, when the wind blows and the snow flies, and the hardy little mountain rose had two buds “Dear me” fretted the rose, “1 wish 1 could blossom when other plants do. There would be some pirtsure in displaying oneself for the dainty blue gentian or the preity eyebright, but Op on CHRISTMAS ROSE. blooming at all.” “Ho! ho!” laughed the old pine, waving his shaggy arms, “Ho! ho! what a little grum- ler. The snow and 1 will admire you. You are named after the blessed Christ child, and ought to be happy and contented. Push up through the deepening snow, little friend, and expand your buds into perfect blossoms; we were all made for a wise purpose, and we shall know what it is when the time comes | some reason be never renewed the conversa tion better follow his advice. If] a wise purpose 1 shall not be forgotten.” her biossoms, white and perfe through the white snow, Now, the two little children of Klotz, the wood cutter, were nearly heartbroken, for their mother was sick, and that morning the kind neighbor who bad watched by her side through the night had said, “God pity this home: I fear your mother will die before night” Their father sat by the fireplace, speechless with grief, and answered them neither by word nor look when they crept up to him for comfort. So at last they stole out of the door, and, band in band, wandered a short way up the mountain side, following the foresters tracks till they came in sight of i, peering up PISDING THE CHRISTMAS ROHRS. “If all the mothers in the world were dying that hard old pine would not care,” said the boy, bitterly, “Let us go back into the val loy, sister; there we will find good people, with kind hearts, while bere there is no one to eare for us.” “There Is one who cares for us even here,” ered the sister, spying the Christinas roses, and in a moment she bad scraped away the gow and plucked them. “We bad forgotten the Christ chill, and that to-morrow is His birthday. - let us take the roses to the church, and there pray that our mother's life way be 3 So they hastened down the mountain to the village church, where they found the good pastor busy trimming the altar for the Christ- mas festival. He tack the flowers and put them, with some feathery moss, into a tall white vase, Then be knelt with the children and prayed for their mother's life, and the roses nodding on their stems smiled as though dy granted. § end of man and so long as gigantic com- i A 4% Fem ks around It is an irksome word § 3 One word ere vet the Let's close it with & partin And ple hand t 3 As fits t Are bu I'd say you Your h Your pangs or At forty five played o'er I'd say we suffer and » Not bess t With gr o love and pray, love and truth WE RWAY Pray Heaven t May never wi i, ax in the school, sor fate t And in the wor I'd say bh The prize be someti § shift sang DH es with the fool, t niways 0 the swift; The wrong may d., the good may fall, The great mar AY The race © sdgar ci The knave be lifted over all The kind cast pitikessly down WT, YWho knows the inscrutable des Blessed te He wig Why sh “haries, not mine, He weeping at bh riing’s grave? We bs yw 1 i dod it wa 1 " fate of & That = That's free to give ont wok and gave! dbher i he respite or the blow, * Lo reoail This crowns his feast with wine and wit Who brought him to that ndrth and state? is betters, sew, below him sit, Or hunger hopeless at the gate Who bade the mud from Dives’ wheel To spurns the rags of Lazarus? or, in that dust we'll kneel, Confessing Heaven, that ruled it thus 80 each shall mourn; in life s ad vanes, Dear hopes, dear friends, untimely killed; Shall grieve for many a forfeit chanoe And longing passion unf Amen whatever fate be Pray God the heart may kindly glow, Although the head with cares be bent And whitensd with the winter soow, Come wealth or want, come good or fll, Let old and young scospt their part, And bow before the awful will, And bear it with an honest heart, Who misses, or who wine the prises, Go, lose or conquer, As you oan; But if you fail, or if you rise, Be sach, pray God, a gentleman. A gentleman, or old or young! {Bear kindly with my humble lays) The sacred chorus first was sung Upon the first of Christmas days] The shepherds heard it overhead, The joyful angels raised it then; Glory to Heaven on high, it said, And peace on earth to gentle men. My song. save this, is little worth; 1 lay the weary pet aside, And wish you health, and love and mirth, As fia the solemn Christmastide, As fits the holy Coristress bird Be this, good friends, our carol still- De peace on earth. be peice on earth, To men of gente will. Wittian Magereaon THACKERAY. jon warrant granted to Samael Lion { i No.3 Oue other thereo! containing the same inumber of acres, namely, 438 acres and allow | Alsa, al! thal messuage or tract of land Miles township, county and state afore. nd described as follows, to wit: Beginning st ones, thenes by lands of William {situate on and near the waters of Beech Creek in | {thetownship and county aforesaid, excepting and | { reserving out of the last three tracts filly acres) {heretofore agreed to be sold to Jonathan Walker, | i by Peter M. Housel, & former owner of said prem. | lises. This reservation not to include the t'mber | {trees growing and being upon said fifty acres on | {the 1st day of August, A. D. 1861, with all the] {| Also ail the right, title, interest, claim and de: | {mand of in to er sut of the following described | itracts of land situate in Boow EBhoe township, | Centre county, aforesaid described as follows to] fwit { {| No.4. One thereof surveyed in pursuance of a | warrant granted by the Commonwealth of Penn-| ty Ivania, to Joseph Morris, containing 453 acres iand 163 perches of land ; | No.5. One other thereof surveyed in lance of 8 warrant granted by the fof Pennsylvania to Moore pursn ommonwealth Wharton, } acres and 160 perches of land, {| No.6 One other thereof surveyed in pursu- jance of a warraut granted by the Commonwealth | {of Pe Hhayivania to Rebecca Waln, containing 452 {acres and 163 perches of land, No. 7. One other thereof surveyed in ance of a warrant granted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Alexander Greaves, contain ing 4335 acres ana 1868 perches of land No. 8 No. 8. One other thereof surveyed in pursu ance of a warrant granted by the Commonwes!th of Pennsylvania to William Parker, containing Wo mores and 168 perches of land. Also sll hi gut, title, interest, claim and demand in the now ing tracts of land situate in Howard ship, Centre oo. aforesaid to wit No. 10, Ome thereof surveyed in pursuance of a warrant granted by the Commonwesith of Penn sy ivania to Elizabeth Wharton containing 433 sores and 163 perches of land No. 11. Oue other thereof surveyed in » of a warrant granted by the Co meyivania to Benjamin F {33 acres and 163 perches of land Also ail his right title, interest and de. mand of in and to the following described tracts of land situate in Bnow Bhoe and Boggs town Centre county, Pa. aforesaid and described wi, 10 wit One thereof surveyed fu pursuance of a war rant granted by ithe Commonwealth of Penner vania 10 8. Valentine, bearing date the 21st day of Nov. A. D, 186, containing 415 acres and al iowance of six per cent. for roads, &c.. boundad and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at & post thence by land of Samuel Linn, ¥sq., south 134° west 220 perches 10 stones, thenor by land of of Samuel Dalton north 88'4° west 320 perches 10 & maple, thenoe by land of Samuel Dobmon, north described as follows pursu onwesith sal, ©On- ¢ vast 2X perches tos white oak, thenoe bs and pow or iste of M. T. Milliken, south 88; ofa No. } One other thereof surveyed in pursu ance of & warrant granted by the Con monwea of Penssylvania to Moses T. Milliken, ’ 2ist day of November, A. DD. 183 ing 415 acres and allowanoe of six per roads, &« to wit: Beginbiog at stones thence by land of Janes MeManus. south 13° west 220 perches to a poet, themoe by and of A. 8, Valentine north wie” west 320 perches 10 a white oak, thenoe by sud of George Dalton, north 13." east 20 perch 0a post, thenoe by land cf Prederick alton culh 555.° east 520 perches 10 a place of begin — No. 14. And also the one undivided half part of a tract of land surveyed in punuance of a war rant granted by the Commonweaith of Pennsyi- vanis io Nathan J. Mitchell, bearing date the 11th day of November. A D. 1858, the whole tract con taining 409 acres and 771 perches of land apd al lwwance of six per cent. for roads. &c. bounded aud described as follows, viz Beginning at stones by rg m™, thence by land in right of} James T. Hale, Eaqg,, west 32 perches to stones, thence north 217 percher to post, thenoe by land in right of Mary M. Wharton east 320 perches to white oak thence by land in right of Samuel W Fisher, south 217 perches tw place of begin. ning No. 15. Also the undivided one third part of a certain tract of land uuseated, situate in Snow Ehoe township, in the county of Centre, contain. ing in all 1% acres and 17 perches and allow. aoe, No. 16 Also the undivided one-third part of a certain tract of unsested land in Snow Shoe wwnship and county of Centre, containing in all 13% acres and 9. perches, Na, 17. Also his right, title, ioterest, property, erty, claim and demand of in and to the undivie de moily of a certain tract of unseated land situate in Howard and Snow Shoe townships, Sn said County of Centre, surveyed on the 22nd day of November, 1553, in pursuance of 2 warrant ranted by the Commonwealth of Pa, to N. J. Mitchell bearing date the 11th day of November, i852, being the same tracts or pleces of land which L W. Munson, Esquire, High Sheriff of the said County of Centre by Deed poll bearing date the ist day of July A. D. 185% duly, acknowledged in open Court of Common Pleas for said county of Centre and entered the records thereof] in Book “C’ page 313 gran and conve una the said Joseph A. Clay in fee and wh fire fourteen tracts or pieces of above desoribed, were aflerwar’s sold 0 said Joseph A. Clay by D. A Musser, Treasurer of said county of Centre, for unseated and taxes and duly conveved by him jo the sald Joseph A. Clay in fee by fourtecn several Deeds i bearing date the 15th day of September 1876, acknowledged in open Court of Common Pleas for the said county of Centre, sand intended 10 be forthwith reo together with the herediments and appurtances, Selaed taken in execution and jo bie soit “ ) of Harry G. Clay, Executor of J AT aar ao censed, . No i8 All that certain tract of land in Taylor twawanship, Centre oonuuty, bounded as follows: Be- ginning at a Line corner of Richard Downing tract thenoe by Richard Downing north 470° east 100 perches to corner of Webb tract thence by Alice Webb north Bp #2 perches Hutte y Ridge and ves hah 1% perches 10 post north 355.° west 92 perches 10 post porth 63° west 22 hes to by Veauhn south § oof § lam man, No. 18. Also. so much of Robert Campbell sur. above tract as fee within the fol - bow: beginning ata ST be hos, y , Wost to a stone, thence south 86) deg, west 66 5 perches to stones, thence by land of George Brumgart porth 1 deg. west 77 perches fo stones, thence by land! Peter smull south 893% deg. east 315 perch. es to stones, thenoe by land of Join Bmull south 1 deg. east 110 perches to Lh € place of beginning containing two hundred and five (205) acres and #0 perches. Xo. 24. Also all that messuagelor tract of land sfiaate in the township, county and sate afore said, bounded and described as follows, 10 wit Beginniag at 8 birch thence north 70 deg. east 65.5 perches 10 sn ash on Hanshbergers live, thence north 2 deg. west 10 perches to a spruce tree, thence by laud of Jacob Shiverly north 49 deg. west 60 perches 0 a stone, thence north 50 deg. west 215 perches to & stone on Levi Bnook's 25 acres anh 24 perches neat Fo. Also snother beginning st a stone sph EK. Ehirely south 67 perches 10 & stone, thence by land of Martin Bu- dy nosth 49 deg. wert 28 perches 10 & post, thence north 85 deg. west 215 perches 10 a store, thence by land of Levi Bnook porth 29 perches 10 a stone, thence by land of John Bmull north 75 deg tug 42.5 perches W a stone 10 Lhe place of begin. %., containing 1] acres and 9 perches nest eassure, Selzed, taken in exe ion and Ww be sold as the property of Lawrence Slover No, 26. All that certain messnage, te nement tu Miliheim borough, bounded and des ribed sa follows, w wit: On the west by Penn street, on the south by lands of J, W. Bpook, on the east by EIR alley and on the sorth by lands formerly of H. G. Bmith, contain. ing in froat ou Peun street, fifty feet aud extend- saddiers shop and other ocutbulldings. Seized, taken io execution and to be sold as the property of Geo. W. Swover, Jr No, 27. All the right, title and interest in and of land situste in Bellefonte borough, Centre county, Penna, bounded sud described as follows w wit, On the east by James McSuley, on the sotuth by Charles MeCafferty, on the west by Mar- tha Samincls and on the north by Logan street, 50 520 feet. Thereoni erected a 2% sory frame dwelling house, stable and other suttiafldtag. Seized, taken In execution and to be sold as the property of Richard MeCaffert: TERME-No deed will be acknowledged until the purchase money be paid ia fall] W MILES WALKER, Eherifls office, Bellefonte, Dec, 22. Sheriff, TRIBUTE OF RESPECT, Anesdedicated o the memory of sister Maggie Ripka, dec'd, late of Georges Valley, Pa Wheress, It has pleased our Heavenly Fathef midst our esteemed and beloved schoolmate HesGlved that we humbly and meekly bow in 2 That in the death of Maggie Ripka, our That while we deeply mourn our joss we will cherish her memory Sor ber unselfish, kind aud smable disposition i. That we as a Sunday school deeply sympa- thize with the parents in this hour of thelr sad bereavement and commend Lbem to the care of their Heavenly Father who doth all things wel § Another new.-made grave, Anoiher md Good bye, A loving sister has passed away To yonder reales on high, Where mmanv Joved ones goue before Weloome her entrance at the door. Death came to her relfef, Her patient suffering is o'er She's left us a little while, She's 0uly gone before, The ange! of death by light of day Wafed her spirit from earth away. Another tie in heaven , Apothe: one gone home, One Jess cor numbor here below Will ad w our besvenly home. There shiz'c awaiting us from afar, Waiting and weiching with gates ajar, Peacelal her slumber, Her memory blest, Gently we laid ber By the side of the rest. The old churchyard will never be forgot, We'll cherish 1 memory the sacred spot, There may many xy mounds arise To remind us of those Who now live in the skies, in that beau iful mansion, The home of the blest, She's walling aod watcliihg for the rest. Mixwiz E. CoLDREN, Baman C IzxTre, Chana J. Boven, Committee. Three Angels on the First Christmas Morning. When God created man He commanded His angels to vieit him on earth and guide him in his ways, so that be might have a fore- taste of the bliss of the life to come. But man sought after sensual joys in the place of those in heaven, and growing greedy worldly fruits, began to quarrel with neighbors for the possession of them; the guardian angels wept among themsel But when the strong oppressed the weak and took from them by foros the product of their toil, Justice rose up sorrowing, and, leaving earth, flew back to heaven. And when the
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