NEWSOF THE WEEK. - It is stated thas there are twocases of leprosy of the most loathsome type near Rothsay, Minnesota. Doth are Norwegians and heads of families, None of the members of the family hava the disease. Before leaving Norway both men were fishermen and lived almost exclusively on a fish diet, to wbich they attribute their aflliction. —\Villlam Baxter, his two sons and & man named Douglas, living near Chattanooga, Tennessee, were bitten by a rabid dog on the 8d. Stephen Dietrick, of Camp Creek, was dying in a hospital in Cincinnati, on the 3d, of what was supposed to be hLiydrophobia, He was lntten by a pet terrier a few weeks ago. — While in a ft of delirium from diphtheria Frank M. Whitmore, a young business man of Pittsburg, blew his brains out with a shot gun on the morning of the 4th, during the tem- porary absence of his attendant. He was a member of the shoe firm of W, E. Schmertz & Co. He was 30 years 2'd and unmarried. —A passenger train on the 4th stuck in the snow one mile west of Iroquois, Dakota. A brakeman was sent back to flag another passenger train ap- oroacking within half a mile from the rst. Whe engineer, having lus cab windew closed, did not see the signal, and his train ran into the rear coach of the other, telescoping it. Most of the people in the wrecked coach got out pefore the collision, and the few who remained 1nside escaped with severe uruises. In all nine persons, including the engineer and fireman, were nijured, —A four-year-old son of John W, Bailey, of Whitehall, Virgima, was fatally scalded on the 3d by falling into a pot of Lot lard, —A telegram from San Francisco says detectives have lcarned that the murder ot “a Chinaman named Les Wy, in the Chinese quarter in that city recently, was the result of one of those deadly feuds that are carried on by Chinese socities in this country, **The Sam Jap Company, a large and power- ful organization, which made its own iaws for the Chinese belonging t= it, split sone time ago into two factions called the Bo Sin Seer and the Kie Sin Seer, Some highbinders of the Kile bin Seer faction killed two men oi the Bo Sia Seer, and ihe latter faction commissioned =a trusty cut-throat, named Leong Akh Tick, to avenge the slaughter of its members. Leong Ah Tick accordingly killed Ise Wy, who happened to be the first Kie Sin Seer man who came in range of his pistol. After the latter murder a party from the Kie Sin Seer went to the headquarters of the Bo Sin Seer faction, and, tearing down the sign over the door, chopped it to pieces. This is considered the greatest indignity that can be offred to a highbinder’s organization, and can nuly be wiped out by blood.” —A locomotive on the Intercolongal Railroad exploded at Stellarton Bia- tion, Nova Scotia, on the 5th, killing three men and injuring several others, The engine was demolished and the station building was badly wrecked. --A passenger train on the Illinois Central Railroad ran into a freight train at Amboy, [ilinois, on the morn- ing of the 5th, Calvin Wood, the en- gineer on the freight train, was killed, and the brakeman fa.ally injured. It 18 said the yardmaster at Amboy left the freight standing on the main track with no red lights out, —QOue of a battery of eight boilers exploded at the Hubbard Iron Mill, in Hubbard, Ohio, early on the morning of the Hth, wrecking the boiler house and terribly scalding fGreman William Siefert, The explosion cecurred before the day force went on duty. —During the progres of a sale of furniture at sn zuction room in Tees- water, Ontario, on the 5th, the floor gave way, precipitating about seventy persons, together with a quantity of furniture, into the cellar. The fall was nine feet, Twenty persons were more or less injured, but none dan- gerously, ~Christian Rady, 66 years old, an inmate of the Poor House In Lancaster sounty, Pennsylvania, was found dead in afield near that institution on the 5th, John Rudy, his son, was arrested on the charge of committing the mur- der. A blood-stained hatchet was found in his possession, —Dr. Eckles and Miss Ella PP. Wal- dron were, on the 6th, held for trial in Boston on the charge of swindling peo- ple throughout the country by adver- tising “to furnish materials by which works of art could be produced at home.” The materials furnished are alleged to have proved worthless. ~A despatch from Bangor, Maine, says that Poter Bennett, aged 80 years, a wealthy farmer living at Newport, had a distrust of savings barks aud always kept a large amount of money in the house. On the evening of the 4th robbers beat him and escaped with $32,000 in bills and gold. Eugene McCarthy, the burglar who shot Dr. Theodore ii. Hornblower, the well. known druginst of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, about two months ago, was op the 5th, sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by Judge Lippincott. — Frank Klein, the chief of a gang of train robbers who went through a train near Little Rock four years ago, on the Little Rock, Mississippi and Texas Railroad, har been arrested near Muskogee, Indian Territory, and taken to Fort Smith, He says he has been hunted and haunted for four and was jn fear of his life is now greatly relieved. % the evening of the Oth, “Bud” tucky, on stopped at the residence of Abner, There he found Gerrett Hampton talking te his wifs, He drew a pistol and shot Hampton dead, A U, 8, Marslal and two deputies, a few days ago, made a raid upon “moonshiners,” on Sand Mountain, near Gadsdon, Alabama. Ag illicit distillery was seized, and George ilirk, an escaped convict, who had been sen- tenced to 99 years !mprisontent, was killed. The body of Thomas Down- ing was found under the =now in the woods near Chilton, Wisconsin, on the Oth, It 18 supposed he was murdered, as he is reported to bave always car- ried a large amount of money on his person. Frederick Riley, aged 10 years, was arraigned In Jersey City, New Jersey, on the Oth, on a charge of atrocious assault and battery, and was held for trial, He put a bey named Jones, 4 years old, on a stove in St. Joseph's Home, Although badly burned, he is recovering. —James Wilson, alias James Halan, and Judge Walcott were arrested io Luzerne county, Penna, on the 6th, on the charge of making and circuiat- ing counterfeit dollars, Wilson was ar- rested in an old boat cabin at Mill Creek, and on his person was found a brace of revolvers and a lot of counter feit coin. In the cabin was a full set of coun tesfeiters’ tools and materials, These men are said to be the leaders of a gang or six, who have been passing counterfeit money throughout the State. ~0n the evening of the 5th a band of Regulators went to the house of the Williams brother, colored, near Lake Mississippi, it is supposed to punish them for misdemeanors, On arriving at the house they ordered the colored men to open the door, aad on their re- fusal broke the door down, when the colored men fired upon them, killing two white men named Benjamia Grif- fith and John McCrany., The Wil- liams brothers made their escape. --The local election in T.ouisville was held on the 6th, Less than 20,000 voles were polled In a registry of 30. 000. Charles D. Jacob, regular Demo- crat, was elected Mayor by a plurality of about 4000 over Avery, Espublican, Hoke, the Independent Democrat, had an significant support. It is reported that many arrests were made of persons using money at the poils, -A man named Long, a eld lab- orer, with his wife and three children, have lived for several years in a Jog cabin on the bank of Rowan Creek, | near Kenton, Kentucky, On the even. | ing of the 4th, it was discovered that | the bank of the creek had caved in, carrying the cabin with it into the water. None of the occupants have been seen since, and it is supposed they have been lost, —A scaffolding at the top of water tower in course of construe in Thomasville, Georgia, gave way « the morning of the 6th, and at the same time & huge centre column, which reached some distance above the top of the tower, fell, carrying down with it one side of the tower, Seven workmen went down seventy-five feet in the de. bris. The killed are: M. Rommerdell (white), Jos Moore (white), Simon Wells (colored). Fatally bart: Joe Jabian, The others were Ladly, but not mortally hurt. Seversi men on the opposite side of the tower clung to the roof until rescued by a fire company with ladders, — A plece of meat stuck in the throat of Philip Smeltzer, a salestoan, in New York, while eating his dinner on the 7th and he choked to death. ~A boarder at the Stevens House, in New York, who had registered as “John Bilyn,” was found dead in lus room on the 7th, having taken iaud- anum, A Jetter in his pocket read: “My dead lle is due to my father, who has brovght ruin on ail of us, He regides at I’yrmont, Surrey, England May God wiver allow me to meel him again. I Yave loved my mother, BE, F. Seite.” The deceased vras about 35 years of age, William Morton, col- ored, committed suicide in Louisville, on the Tth., Before the war be was a slave of John DB. Crittenden. The sui- cide is attributed to the result of the municipal election in Louisville, on the 6th, Morton sold his house, horse and wagon, and all his possessions, and bet the proceeds upon Avery, the Re publican candidate for Mayor. Daniel Burtmann, 22 years old, an emigrant, attempted to drown himseli at Castle Garden, New York, on the 7th. Ile had loaned §20 to a deserted wife, who was a fellow pamenger, and who was without money, to search for her hus. band, She found him living with an- other woman, and was unable to re- pay the money. This left Bartmann penniless and dispirited, —At the public school at Beeson Creek, Ritchie county, West Virginia, on the 6th, a scholar named Davis dun- gerously stabbed the teacher, Creed Wilson. Davis had been told that he would be whipped for an infraction of the rules. Two masked robbers entered the house of J. H. Wolf, near Piqua, Ohio, on the evening of the 6th, As thoy burst open the door Mr, Wolf fired with a shotgun and killed one of the men. He was a young wan and supposed to be a canal boatman, His panion escaped. Grant Garrett “Cul” Waggoner had a fight with revolvers at Berryville, Ar No one was iujured, - Peter Smith was arrested in Wilkesbarre, Penna,, on the 7th, on the charge of passing counterfeit money, He 1s said to be a member of the gang of counterfeiters, two of whose members were arrested in the same city on the 6th, Joseph Farhart was arrested in Indianapolis, ca theo 7th, on the charge of raising a money order from one dollar to eighty, It is thought be has been working a similar gaine at other places, The postal au- thorities have information of raised money orders in Philagelphia, Balti- more, New York, St. Louis and Chicago. Earhart 1s a person of fine address, about 85 years old. Frank Patten has been arrested at Newport, Maine, on suspicion of having com- mitted the assault upon and robbery of $32,000 from Peter Benneit. Patten and his wife, who is Bennett's grand- daughter, live in Bennett's house, They say that when they heard the pis- tol shot Patten jumped from the win- dow and ran for help, —A telegram from Fort Worth, Texas, says that, after months of watching and pursuit, the ringleaders of tbe famous Brocking gang of thieves and train robbers were placed in jail on the evening of the 6th. ‘The entire ranger force of the Pan Handle, in command of Captain McMurray and the Sheriffs of three counties, with their deputies, have heen at work orn these cases for nearly a year. The rob- bers lived In caves, and were well or- ganized, ~—On the morning of the 8th, Tracy, the missing bookkeeper, returned to his home in Mansfield, Ohio, He said “he had been out hunting and was verry tired.” Physicians say “It 18 a case of teioporary aberration of mind.” ~A freight train on the Northern Pacific Rallroad was wrecked noar Kimberly, Minnesota, oa the 8th, Two brakemen, named Kline and Holmes, wers killed, and the enmneer was badly scalded. ~Join Rider and William Nichols, young mmers, were killed on the Sth by failing slate in a mine pear Brazil, Indiana. -A dynamite bomb was discovered on the steps of the Reformed Church in Irvington, New Jersey, ou the Sth, The fuse had been lighted, but from some cause the fire had been extin. guished before It reached the explo- sive. - An unknown person stole a horse and carriage on the evening of the 6th belonging to Philip Young, who lives near Sanbury, Penna. The horse was a young one and had never been driven before. In driving down the road the horse ran away and jumped into the canal, laking the carriage with hima. He was found onthe morn ing of the 8th drowned. On the even. ing of the 8th the body of a man was found in the canal near where the horse was discovered, There is no clue to his identity. -The Norwegian bark S, E. Bulon, from Minatillan for Queenstown for orders, laden with mabogany, was lost on the Tortugas on Nov. 30. Her crew were taken to Key West, Florida, on the 8th, by wreckers, - James Mullen, of Bilver City, New Mexico, an old miger, and late candi. date for Governor of the Territory, dropped a pistol on the Sth, which was discharged, fatally wounding himself, —A telegram from Chicago says: John Swain and Tony Szenk, aged 11 and 9 years respectfully, broke through the ice on a skating pond at Lake View, on the 8th, and were drowned, -Uhristian Denplog, a prominent Anarchist in Chicago, hanged himself on the Sch, through grief for the execu- tion uf Spies and bis companions, A large man, with black hair and whis- kers, who regisiered al the Vandyke House In New York on the 8th, as John Racheier, of Pittsburg, commit- ted suicide in his room by swallowing bitter oil of almonds, He had peither money nor letters on his person, -- A despatch from San Antonio saye President Cleveland's message has caused widespread dissatisiaction in Texas. The main industry of Western Texas is wool raising, and those who have thelr money invested in It declare the President **has delivered them into the hands of the Philistines,” and that steps will be taken to form a aational organization to combat the removal of duty on wool, ~In the Virginia House of Dele gates on the Bh, a joint resclution was adopled—00 to 1—directing Virginia's Senators and requesting her representa tives in Congress “to use their best efforts to secure the repeal at an early day of the entire internal ievenne gys- tem of taxation, and, failing in that, to secure, if possible, the repeal of so much of the system as imposes a tax on tobacco in any of its forms, and upon spirits distilled from fruits, After a number of weeks spat In the investigation of the causes which led to the Chatsworth, (Illinois) train wreck, the Illinois Railroad and Ware- house Commission has suhmitted to Governor Oglesby a report stating that in their opinion the *‘tratn would not have been destroyed if the bridge nad incerdiary, but held that the raliroad is sansurable for neglect in falling to in- spect the condition of the track and bridges in advance of the train, gust last at Rock Hill, Pennsylvania, He was tried at Doylestown on the Oth and she testified against him. He was convicted and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. On the evening of the 8th Leister committed suicide in his cell In the Doylestown jail by banging himself with a towel, A fow days ago a travelling corn doctor, giv- Ing the name of William De Chine, left Nebraska City, Nebraska, in company with several rough-looking characters, On the 9th his dead body was found pear Peru. It Is supposed be was murdered and robbed, as he was known to have considerable money in his pos- seseion, Georze Bechtel, proprietor of the Mount Etna Hotel, in Reading, Penna,, was on the evening of the vith, stabbed by Frederick Gauster, Bechtel, it 1s thought, will die, Gaus- ter escaped, Alfred 1. Flacker, confidential bookkeeper for Beecomb, kehew & Co., oil dealers in Boston, was arrested on the Oth, on the charge of embezzling over $0000 from his employers. Fast living is sald to be the cause of his downfall, ~Two men have been placed in jail in Farmington, Maine, on the charge ol committing the East Newport rob- bery in Bennett's house, It is said that a large amount of the stolen pro- perty was found in their possession. Some of the bank bills recovered were smeared with blood. — William Lynch and John Williams, sald to be professional cracksmen, es- caped from the jail in Pittsfield, Massa- chusetts, on the evening of the Sth, by sawing the bars of thelr cell windows. While A, P. Chamberlain and his wife were attending a fair at Concord, Massachusetts, on the evenipg of the 8th, his residence was visited by burg- lars, and articles amounting in value to from $12,000 to $15,000 were stolen. The servants were iu the house at the time, — United States Marshal Jones re. ceived by mall at his home in Topeka, Kansas, on the evening of the 8th, a small tin box. When opened it was found to contain enough nitro-glycerine to have blown up the building. No clue to the sender or his motive can be given, -A telegram from San Francisco says Lee Way, the Chinaman killed in a faction quarrel between the Do Sin Seer and Gie Sin Beer Bocleties, was buried on the 8th, The faction to which he belonged made a great demonstra- tion and invited an attack from the enemy, but the police were out in force and had a Gatling gun In readiness to quell a street battle. All white per. sons were warned Lo keep out of China- town, The grave of Jee Way was covered with offerings of roast duck ank pork, and baskets of rice, while handfuls of money were thrown into the huge fire by the grave “to give the slaughtered partisan a good start in the other world.” . ti ers 50th CONGRESS.- First Session. The first weession of the Fiftieth Congress opened on the 5th. In the Senate all the Senators were sworn in, including Mr. Turple, of Indiana, with- out objection, excepting Mr. Faulkner, of West Virginia, whose case was re- ferred, by agreement, to the Commit- tee on Privileges and Elections, A pro- test against the sdmission of Mr. Faulkner was presented by Mr, Lucas is Democratic contestant, In the House, John G. Carlisle was re-elacted Speaker, and made & speech dwelling upon ‘tbe imperative necessity of such a moderats and reasonable reduction of the tariff a3 would guarantee the labor- ing people against the effects of finan- cial depression and at the same time not deprive them of any part of the just rewards of their wil,” The or- ganization of the House was completed by the election of the other officers nominated by the Democratic caucus, Both houses, after appointing commit- tees to wall upon the Premdent, ad- journed. The President's message was re- ceived and read in both Houses of Con- gress on the 6th, The Senate adjourned immediately after the reading of the message. Inthe U. 8. Senate, on the Tth; a letler was received from the Secretary of the Interior saying that an appro priation of $77,495 is required to com. plete the publication of the final report on the census of 1880, A resolution offered by Mr. Plumb was adopted ask ing the Commissioner of Agriculture whelher any person in the employment of his department experimenting on the manufacture of sugar from sorg- hum Lad obtained or applied for a patent or patents connected with such manufacture and growing out of such experiments. Mr, Farwell asked leave to introduce a bill to perpetuate the national banking system, but Mr, Cul lom presssd a resolution he had offered to rdjourn, saying that the rule was when bills are introduced before com- mittees are appointed to have such bills inid on the table, und that created aunecessary work, The resolution to adjourn was agreed Lo, In the U. 8, Senate on the 8th, after the reading of the journal and the re. ception of a few department commu- nications, adjourned, HOUSE, In the House on the 6th, severa amendments to the rules were intro- THAT WIGH PRENCH TIWER The Idea Avasdoned Because Work. men Would Not Go So Far Up, No feats of the place for the great exposition of 1589 was so much talked of as the gigantic tower, 1,000 feet high, or twice the height of the pyra- mids of Egypt, designed by M, Eiffel, engineer of the department of arts and manufactures, the tower of Babel nothing of the same character has been atternpted, and it was thought that sclentific progress would permit the decendants of those whom God dis- persed because of their impiety to carry out a similar de. 'gn. The idea was to make an iron buse, composed of four pyramids, each pyramid fifty feet a side. These pyramids were to be sepa- rated from each other by a space of 200 fest, and for stability to be anchored in solid masonry, At a distance of 250 feet above the ground these pyramids were to be united by a gallery fifty feet wide; the gallery, covered with glass, was to be reserved for the restaurants, soizees, ete, The next story was wo have a room covered with glass, and this room was to be 100 feet square, The whole was to be surmounted by a Shee er! glass dome, surrounded by a terrace, and from this terrace the exposition was to be lighted with electricity, It is time now to state thas this tower was the of Lockroy, ex-Minister of £1 us LEH Ol tion. He searched for the exposition’s greatest attraction and found a tower, The four colossal pyramids may be seen at the Champs de Mars, but we fear in 1880 for the the triwroph of metallurgical art will be sadly disap- into pointed, that all who visit Paris purpose of viewing for the tower will never be fin- Money is not lacking, for the enthusiastic French would nt to possess the highest tower ished, subscribe an in the difficulty lies the errors of calculation, Y alnog world, but the will then only i sach the rance would ntastic, but workmen cannot point. There has been a importation but of negioes and Chinamen, not be init they might It was decided to inform the would protect AIT but negroes and Celestials would be obliged these plotters forgot that the Poot to construct the scaffolding themselves, During the Franco-Prussian war the Metz cathedral, until 4t fell rag by rag, because not a Crean The flag remained soldier was willing to risk his life by hauling it down, fower vibrates wind, and Lecause of the the height would fod it impossible to rivet one iron to another, What will be you ask. Nothing, oaly the tower will not be finished, and we who hoped to reach the dome in an elevator constructed like & Swiss railway, and from this dome to view the country for hundred thought to see Compeigne an Besides, every even in a moderate vibration at great proposed, workinen piece of done? one miles around: who we, d Rheims, little villages, lost in the woods, and the rivers wandering through the val- sight of Charenton and Neuilly, Auteuil and Vincennes. Instead of going seven times as high as the Column Vendome and standing six bundred feet higher than the top of Mount Valerien we shall probably find ourselves looking up to the Trocadero tower of the Triomphe, But if there be no tower the atirac- tions of the exposition will be very great, The Champ de Mars is already covered with vast constructions, and all work will be terminated at least six months in advance, ini ——— Bullding Umbrellas, Notwithstanding the constant de- mand for umbrellas, comparatively few people really know how they are made, The so-called umbrella manufacturer does little more than put the different parts of the umbrella together. He buys (he sticks, the caps, the ferrules and the sieel ready made. The covering he buys by the piece, and it is the cutting and fit- ting of the covering which constitute his chief claim to the title of manu- facturer, The cloth is first bemmed; that Is, the edges are bound, usually with a thin silk cord. The cloth is then given to the cutter who separates it into tri. angular pieces. Much care is used In cutting the cloth, and for his guidance the cutter employs a triangular too! | THE MISSION OF PRE CiIROUS. a ——————— An Educator in Athletics, ¥t hnologs and Practical Science. Every one in these enlightened day concedes that human nature fmpes tively demands amusement and reac tion. The childish mind to which ti world is yet fresh and interesting ane the jaded brain of the adult eall wit) equal insistance for ‘“‘something new and strange,”’ Granted the necessity of amusement and the desirability of their being morally clean and healthfy! and instructive, the provider of such entertainments 18 a public benefacto and may reasonably ask for his wares the countenance of the church, The so-called circus of to-day, which 1 regret to say, some exceptions, is a widely different affair from that of the past. When under proper management it is decorous and orderly in operation and composed of features which appeal to all ages, classes and conditions, While modestly submitting to bear the generie title of circus, a genuine tent exhibition under that name must com- prise a menagerie and museum, the ac. cumulating of which 1s necessitated 4 diligent searching of the whole eart) In the the proper circus ef to-day the athlete demonstrates the perfection of training of which the human { His feats of strength agility please the understanding as well as the eye, 1if the stand on his head and practi “hand-springs’ and “‘flip-flaps” exasperating persistance running after going {0 1 physique will be all tix The juggler shows the marvelo and the nicety of can be acquired by patient practice an incredible pecuniary outlay. body is capable did gracefu average boy does @ turning for three weeks he circus, betier for i5 pre. which 151 i FACE utelliges the the real circus of to-day th lover of horse-fiesh will specimens of the equine race tr na | do almost anything but Then the scientific mind i by such strange examples of ism as the talking-mach ingen i- £f 3 Gi au Ware der mani , ous duplicate of i { human throat, giv | pulation a very humas | voice, The gether for Lis leisurely inspection repre- of peciilia | tribes civilized and savage, from far d a sweet Aru mihs ta} nd ethnologist finds gathered | sentatives notable and | tant Jands—tvpes which otherwise he { would never see, they can only be the an expenditure of | Ume and money possible to few, The | Tnenageries of wild birds and | reptiles —- comprising every curious specimen of animal life from the deni- | zens of the torrid African jungle of the Polar regions—ferm a { study that will Impart more valnable in- i formation In two hu an can be ob { tained from reading books on geoior ill A year. as i 8 in their native countries at risk of life Og and at beasts, 0 those oa 1 sti — California's Wettest Year. i 3 i the season of 1861-2 no Jess Lha “an Fran. 49.27 inches of ran cisco. The downpour increased north. ward and diminished south of it was the weltest season reported sinc the American occupation. The Sacra- mento Valley was flooded to a great depth. The so far, { bears some that of | 1861-2, In the last mentioned period a long drought preceded the drenching rains, in July o { August, There was a liitle sprinkle in September to the extent of the | hundredth part of an incl. There was no ram in October. But in Nevembe: the long spell of dry weather broken. The rain was nol heavy at frst. It took 12 days to drop 4.10 { inches, In December the flood gales were opened and 9.54 inches fell in 1+ { days, This was followed by the unprece- dented fall of 24.36 inches in IR days in Jannary, There were afterward 7.145 inches in 10 days of Februnry and 220 inches in 11 days of March. "The rains of the early part of the season came from the south in heavy showers, The great rains of January were cold and partly from the northwest, They were continuous and steady rather than heavy. The resemblance to 1561-402 sx far is that there has been ne rain in July and August, There was a small shower in September, but none since. What there is in such resemblances cannot, of course, be determined in the present state of our meteorological knowledge, Bat if it is in this case w« coatinne wuch longer rain will have to come pretty soon, for we have passed beyond the middie of November, chai How a Speech Was Nippod. 1 was, at one time In my life, made president of a woman's club. 1 hua tly trust that I presided with grace and dignity over that club, until such Sime as circumstances made it expedient for me to retire from the mad career of public service. In making the speech of farewell on that sad day, which sev. fell present Season, resemblance There was no rain ne. was
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