Like-Unlike, ———————— ————— A thought, a child create of pain and pleas- ure, May fiush the cheek alike far either mood; 80 close the founts of each, so hard to measure : W here 11] leaves off and whers begins the good. » Tears are but tears, whether of joys or sor. TOWR; Ihe evening dows whicn mourn for dying days, Dawn-shed, joyfully welcome new-born merrows With tiny promise-bows of gorgeous rays, Pride oft may be a mask to cover meok- eas, The glowing body bold a shivering soul, Speed at the outset tell a tale of weak- ness, Aud faltering steps be strongest at the goal, Not always is it the trem¥liog limbs that utier, arms upraissd that cannot strike; Flowers of the tairest may perfume a gut. ter, life is & picture of the like—unlike, -—B. K. Higinbotham. No to fail For ROLUGER FAYNE'SSECR aM 42, “What an exqusite thing!” mur- mured Violet Fayne, in ecstacy. and could it have before, whose Leen Phe “exqyysite thing” was a heavy rope of beattal, perfect pearls which Violet, in rummaging an old trunk of her husband's had found carefully en- veloped in pink cotton at the bottom of a quaint walnut casket. She had pounced upon the jewels with chuldish delight, admiring their milky radiance, while inwardly wonder- inz that Roger had never, in the six their exisbence “It 1s strange tng the fingers. Violet, twist- around her mused rope leetively ute rance been a viper, and gave low ery of horror. heaven! have | “Oh nystery inght tones int fearinl ’ upon stum- elosed in ~he reeled toward a chair and her eyes to shut out the sight, but wander toward the heap of gleaming 1s on the floor of the attic chamber, violent i “f will put it back in the casket,” sured Violet to herself, ‘and when r returns, I will ask him m the ! ¢ herself, and, witl nach mwa rope of pearls place But as she took the casket a alip of paper fell amid the pink Xho read 1%, with a paling brow: “Pear Roosr:—Why did yon choose pearls? Do you know their language? it 1s fears ball to-might Would me instead PAR n spite of superstition. that vou were coming with »f that horrid Count Sig- i, she nnderstood, now! hrill of nntold anguish, re was not her husband's And if not his first, not his best Perhaps, indeed, her at all Was 0 ad Boger Fayne married Oh, horrible reflection! What was the mystery that lucid pearls might tell? The dark, mine stain that marred the beanty threo of them, the minute spatters on others—what did they mean? Tortured by these thoughts, Violet slized that first love. CEria nly she she was 3 he had never rich She heiress wealth? string of Cal re tily left the house. whieh had never yet failed her. With thia design, she left the busy residence of her parents. briskly stirring the bubbling contents. She dropped the ladle in consterna- tion, as her daughter's white face ap- peared at the door. “Why, Violet, child!” she aghas, “you look like a ghost! anytiung happened?” “Yes,” sobbed Violet, throwing her- self upon hor mother's breast. “My heart is broken, mamma!” : By degrees, Mrs. Gaylord drew from her the whole story, but wisely refrain- od frem saying anything to augment her daughter's feverishly excited state of mind. “Yio down in here, my child,” said she, soothingly, conducting Violet to the cool sitting.room, and arranging the pillows on the sofa. “You are worn and hysterical, and need rest. Violot submitted; and after seeing her comfortably established on the lounge, Mrs. Gaylord returned to the kitchen and Lier neglected jam, closing the door softly behind her, She bad but just resumed her stir- ring, when the gate clicked, there was a sound of anick, firm footsteps up the red-brick walk, and Roger Fayne, pale and excited, stood before her. “Mother, is Violet here?” he inguir- ed, huskily. “Why, Roger, what is the matter?” Judie the diplomatic old woman, as she vigorously stirred her jam. “Thon she'is not bere?’ grosned the young man, siuking despondently into a cow. ‘f have driven her from me forever, nud all through a piece of un- parionablé togligence.” “Explain yourself, Roger," said Mrs. Cuvlovd, gently. Why has Violet left her home *" Loger turned his white face toward her with a look of hopeless agony stamped upon the fine features, “f went home,” he began slowly, “in time to take Violet to t FA matioes; but finding ‘the house appar~ ently deserted, I wandered through the cried, Has rooms in quest of her. © What impulse led me to the attie chamber I know not, but when I opened the door acold chill struck my heart, for the little hair trunk stood open, with that horri- ble wooden casket lying on top of the other contents. I knew it had been placed at the very bottom, and it dawned upon me instantly that Violet had been amusing herself in my ab- sence by exploring the garret, and coming upon that string of Foils, with its accompanying note, hac gathered a wrong impression from its contents and left my roof forever.” “I do not comprehend you, Roger,” said Mrs: Gaylord, still stirring her jam. “What pearls and note do you mean?" “Of course you do not know,” an- swerod the young man, hastily. “1 had had long been intending to do so. It| is an old story, mother. My Uncle | Roger, for whom I was named, was en- gaged to a lovely girl, Octavia Varien, or the ‘Btar of Silver Creek,’ as she was called by her admirers. ty-five. fe was the chosen lover of Octavia, but he had one princely looking German count—Sig- the ‘Star’ from her betrothed, if to do pneriled his own soul. night there was to be a grand | masquerade; but owing to a business engagement my uncle not escort his lovely flancee, though he intended to drop in later on in the cy en § 80 | ball a wt her escort, with the understanding the ball was over. She was to repre- sent a queen; and her lover to h as he kissed her lips in farewell the day before the masquerade: “+ will send vou some jewels with your costume, 't quite break Count Sig with your beauty, m) NOW said Star langhed at him, enrt sank strangely at » they parted. be jewels came next day nificent rope of pearls. And rayed in her ball dress, Octavis was such vision of loveliness rarely seen by mortal eye So at least thought Coun and he haunted her throug ing like a shadow His costume that of a Mephistopheles, aud Octa hunddered and grew whiter than ev passionate g ame st mudng mid the gay dancers for " She was not had seen her with i bent vin OH “My uncle ¢ AN yoked ple onservatory thither he asmine and night | i the air. The r fountains filled his murmur of ripplin ndered amid exotic and as he wa “(On tl fountain he found } Ie greeted him w, with th nargin of a little | but no smile of in her filmy lace f pearls crossed about her | dead! nu her he art, a jowy led n workmanship, g nn: but Cour wider waist, she dagger, clue to Mnd Was nd vi his g Jer rover! “I am not lost, Was it a dream? No! iolet's soft arms were ar his neck, her roseleaf check was pres against his, and her voice sand | Wis murmur. “Fo 1I¥e i dear, I vary i kay i te en I should have trusted my | n the face of everything, and I will hereafter.” Mrs. Gaylord was blind and deal to but the brass kettle: MOLISE 80 3 all up, and vowed never to have more mysteries from each other any New African Gold Discoveries, - —— The San Francisco Bulle in says: | “Recent acconn:s published of gold | discoveries discoveries in the Transvaal lepubiic of South Africa go far to con. | firm the theory that the gold mices ye! to be explored in South Africa may be | as productive as those were in Califor. nia or Australine. One town has sprung up, Johannesburg, on the edge of the gold fields, that now cont ins 40,000 j inhabitants. ‘The yield mn six months of the present year of these mines has been $4,000,000. These mines are seve eral hundred miles beyond the famous diamond mines of Kimberly, The lat. ter mines are already connected with the sea coast by railroad, Miners are now flocking to the gold mines in the Transvaall Republic in great numbers, In*all such mining excitements there is a great deal of fiction mixed up with the facts, But far beyond the Trans. vaal Republic in Mashuna-land there are reports of wonderful discoveries, surpassing in richness any heretofore kuowa., The natives are extremely hostile to the white, but the latter are pushing on to the mines, If the gola is there, it may be assumed that no native hostility will keep the miners out, The latest theory is that the real Ophir is in Mashuna land, But it may be noted that Ophir is always moved along to the rictest mines that are found. Iow. ever, on the theory that Solomon pro. cured his gold for the temple from the southwest coast of Africa, Ophir might ax well be located in the wysterious Mashehu-land at elsewhere until the next famous discovery is made in Africa.” A ol Ae ~There was a light snow-storm at Guttenburg and Clifton, and » hard {reezs, «Budd Doble’s horses have arrived at Fresno, Cal, ~W. L. Scott is looking for another imported stallion, How Searhsan Accomplish this very Perilous Feat. The operation of ‘heaving to,” per- formed by nearly every sailing vessel caught on the coast during the recent storm, is never resorted to by merchant vessels until it becomes absolutely ne. cessary, The moment a vessel is “hove to’’ she besomes practically stat- fonary, the object beivg merely to keep her “head to the seas,” Among the many vessels caught outside during the gale was every type of craft known to “deep water voyages.’ There were East Indian chippers, West Indian brigs, barks, barkeutines and tchooners, and a few steamers, Many of the East Indian packels had been out over one hundred and twenty days, For many days prior to the storm the sky had been overcast Only occasionally would the sun appear, and then for so short a time as to render | even a catch sight’ well nigh out of | the question, In consequence many | ships had been running by *‘dead reck- | oning,” making the supposed position such conditions were vessels by the terrible northeast, Wind and sea aided each other in mak- ing navigation perilous, the seas threat- | to roll over ou | the decks of the fleeing vessels, Some | Unde i i steering on a supposed r port. In ‘aying off this » has been taken from a supposed true position of the ship. In- stead of citing the entrance, look- out is heard calling “Breakers ahead!”’ To one unacquainted with a seafaring life the horror which accompanies leseription, Let it night time and the horror 18 incre There is but one thing to do, and quickly—to call ** All bands save ship! The vessel is in a lee shore, the gale is Bluwing right on, and unless she can be made to beat up in the wind, head off, and clear the coast she will beach Up everybody with a rush, hall iressed, half dazed, but fully alive the danger. The moment the seamen reach the deck the cutting wind makes wide awake all hands, “Hard down the helm! Let fly head sheet, lee head and main cross-jack braces! ; sheet!” As fast as the ordersfly from the seas, hold on, he such be ased. that 5 COes $ wi up into the wind, The head salls flap with tremendous force, threatening to Now the spanker is being hauled She feels it, aud, as the “Round in the lee head and main cross-jack braces! Al ready the men are at their places, and up comes the weather-yard arms into the wind, The vessel is now broadside to the seas, It is aquestion of life and death whether she will stop. If she A over from for- bawser leading ¢ drag is well away from the ship. On to the bawser jump the crew, Away Lhey go with a rush, The drag hawser i8 run right to the bows, and at the same Lime the bow comes up rapidly. Not a moment SOG, sea the next instant lifts the nto the air. Had it sadside to'’ It would to Of green SOAs { But the great eraft’s bow has met She rose as the wave advance and plun- ged heavily forward as it rushed under drag has been pgotien ward, Toitis bent a 100 caugh “or have ue ie time to caleh ber. Sharp up go the yards on the head and main. the spanker cases up slightly; the ship feels the canvas, | amount on ber is; reaches forward, staggers for a moment then slowly works her way off through sen after sea, As soon as she is far enough out to s=a the vessel is brought up into the wind, off comes the foretop- foretopsail and | spanker. A close-reefed maintopsail and main spencer alone hold her up, and all attempt to fall off is counter slie Should the wind still continue to in- | crease in violence, the topsail will be goose-winged, This latter soil is Kept Under a main serving us a bulwark, Should, however, | up. 1f she still continues to heel over, the | crew will cut away the foremast by cut- ting the weather laniards. If this will | not right her away will go the mizzen and malin, and then trust to riding out to a sea anchor. This alone can save the vessel, Let her once fall off, get] into the trough of the sea, and the con- sequences will be expressed in the one word of the seaman, “Foundered.” A TI nking Room, With this title the woman's news gives us a very utereating article which esn- not fail to commend itself to all thought- We reproduce it entire. If I could fiive everybody one pleas. ant thing in life, I wonld wish that it might be a room alone. Net only should every man woman and child have a separate sleeping apartment, but they should have an apartment, a sanc- tum, however small, however poor, whare they could go and commune with self. 1 pity women and men who tell me, as they have, that they wanted to write, or think, or read, but were talked to, until they were nigh daft, or some was playing on the piano, or the chil- dren were laughing, or some confusing thing going on. 1 toll you there is not one living soul but needs to gather himself together, to gain strength for the battle of life, to concentrate his jagnetie forees, being alone for a ful Joople, me. It gives mo the terrors now, a sort of comes over me, when continnbus unrest of some and where solitude’s lnxury may nurse weary nerves, and exhausted forces may be restored. In these homes the very walls reflect unrest, no member of this family has a gentle voice and mus- ical inflections, not one has ever had an opportunity to study the pretty things that come like inspirations when we are alone for an hour or two, They do not know the meaning of “I loaf andfinvite my soul,” (Walt Whitman's song,) they have never felt the serene happiness that come with perfect silence, friend on paper; and worse than that, they get in the habit of always need- ing some one about, and are lonely if left alone for sm hour, do the people neeustomed to this eternal confusion. makes us crave solitude sometimes, 1 remember once when a bright friend my guest for several weeks, and when all of a sudden a faintness, a sort of insanity came over me, and I litte bed in an hour minutes, I went into my Neither ean I understand how women with hardly time to remember their names, and where they live, and then when they get home have no rest there because every member of the family is trained to be all over the house, No wonder that the members of these fam- ilies know less every year, and that they have neither physical, mental nor moral strength. to do good work, and it not for sometime isolation we would never have had Emerson's sweet hélpful essa Carlyle’'s forceful =orks nor Edison's miracles of the nineteenth century. Swedent somewhere: “Ti o angels who do not live eo ciated, but separate, house and house; these dwell midst of because th ¥ Are the best of pel : ] be every home, where the soul, weary of ever present society, may find itself and rest, I believe : would be sweeter and more patient, fathers wonld be finer and more tender, snd children wonld have lovelier characters, if they had a little nook where intrusion would be a profanity, and where to emerge from would mean to come out rested, fresh, bright and and ready to give out agsin of the magnetic force gath- ered, not continuously dissipated. Mathew Arnold wrote some besutiful lines 1 always think in connection with a room self. The me { i ings ma ¢ sR wore Org Bays here are als VTL in the heave angels.” mothers sunny, of Y Are “—-—— The Dragon Troes. These trees, ugly enough to have been ngeniously described by some as the orig jof who guard- nal of the dragon ed the g yples (or + of the thi writers FALRoOs Hesperides hich grow on land of Tene f sly mal appearance. 8 COMPArison for them more rally in the rep than in the kingdom, inner oll . a of having called Berens Of HIT ¢ veg Je up i diles and serpents, the mind falls back through ichthyosaurians and known £3 beasts thi chanted tres als of fable. A sealy, formless, s creature rearing him self ; i blades 18 what von seem the croeo- VAguely rehi to spitliing sword $0 neers Drag: 0 “rs sana & BOO, § a1 of E d r young opes bred, shapes, vel all il] favore , which v no § , but a form of giant ASpar 8, grows up the form of a sausage, without any but on« tuft of sharp aloe-like foliage at the top, and does not begin to branch until 1f has attained a certain ight It then i three or four sausages, each and once it YW DO more up- increase in size. 1 him, as of Bp there are a th “each one O iri ix botanical in 3 INYO 3 iif into smaller, but «till b bearing a tuft of branches it is said to gre wards, bat only Yo ky 1s B® IORYOR, never seen an unbranched specimen of anything like the full height of some of ands of years to come to perfection all to some extent conjectural. The spet:- men described by Humboldt as stand- and unfortunately blown down botanists to be afl comparison with such an age, but at the time of the Spanish conquest it was al- ready a hollow tree, used by the Guaneh- es for their religious observances, and mass was said in it for the Spanish com- The scarlet juice drawn from these trees, which the semblance to animals, know of has given to the blood of his fabled monster the power of preserving the body without the soul, but when one thinks of this as a property of the dragon's blood it combines with the ex- traordinary age of the trees to give them a unique place in the imagina- tion. ——— i —— Chinese Sacred Narcissus. ORIENTAL LILY OR ‘088 yrowsn.” This beautiful variety is grown by the Chinese according to the ancient cus- tom, to bloom at the advent of their new year, it is highly prized and called by them ‘Joss Flower” or Flower of the Gods; the bulbs are specially grown, by a method known only to themselves, whereby they attain great size and strength, insuring lusurisnt swith and a remarkable profusion of loom in a very short period; they are generally flowered in shallow ornamen- tal bowls containing water, the bulbs being surrounded by bright colored en to prevent them from toppl over when in bloom; the flowers whic! are borno in clusters on tall spikes are white with a golden yellow centre and delicious] fragrant the bulbs will bloom in from 6 to 8 weeks time after planting, and with a fow bulbs started at intervals of about four weoks, a suc- cession of flowers may be had heough- out the winter; after starting the they should be kept in a dark cellar or closet until which requires ies . FASHION NOTES, Just at this season, garments for out- side wear claimn our attention almost exclusively, It seems hardly possible, on sccount of the changable weather, to vary these garments in accordance with the season. A garment which is very serviceable, as well as suitable for all wenther, is a polonaise of wool goods lined with satin or sursh. The sleeves should also be hined unless they are | made of velvet of a pretty contrasting color; they should be fall at the top but fit closely at and below the elbow. For trimming there are fancy buttons, braid and brandenbourg’s, which last | are extremely popular. On nearly all | over garments, carricks, pocket-laps { and cuffs of Astrakan, plush or seal-skin are used; the sleeves, cuffs and carrick being lined with fancy satin or silk. Long cloaks, that close on the side, have deep Russian collars and cuffs of { fur or material different {rom the cloak. | Sometimes we see the upper part of the | front of fur or fancy material. | Hoods which seem to meet with great | fuvor are most becoming when placed under high rolling collars, Both rough and smooth material, especially damase woolens, still remain able, and will, probably, for many sessons come, for outside wraps Perhaps, it will not be amist to { our readers a few words this week garding mourning styles. Widows fol- low very closely directions given for English costumes, covering the mater- inl for dresses, completely with crape. The capote quite plain and with a long veil, fastened in front, refastened in the back, covering dress entirely. The dress ¥ | Cashmere is covered to with: inches of the waist with crap Although mourning garments are no worn in the ! still they sre not { Inrge shawl 1s but a few weeks it is | o large garment, of the | a8 the dress, takes its | with English crape. | For the winter, the large pelisse Sivan's down or cloth, the back with Siberian squirrel, adopted. When the Bald 1ittl 11801¢ Lins deep urning desired great care sho | be given in not only the material, but trimmings of Iknglish crape. widow's costume the English erape to within hes of the ~ On the corsa Pp soed a corselet of erape. Orn f rape are j laced Oi C3 § dress is covered with waist gleeves, and the long veil, With black cashmere, braid or embro material. The boots of kid i Tr are of W hitty cilie HAYE 8 Wi I ater, plain trimmings « worn For the neek ine or of silk erape df Astrakan, or, if of cloth, ornamented with { trim- ] are but still preserve an aspect ds of grenad The jacket is « of embroider: mings wiuch ORE Severe, A garment much in favor for the sec ond period j large redingote in is very becoming, | trimmed arou front Besides the principal obje costume, It 1s necessary to Jo ly after the thousand and om which a refined woman makes perfumes are used : bls If lowers are nsed or room decoration, only wi let in their season, i olet ribbons, i handkerchief case, black. The gold watch should | cased in an ebony cover, or replaced by a silver one ornament 130 OF Yio also, only mauve or vi- Slippers, portemonale, y ta ee., should be trifling details absurd. We are | mourning garments there should be | harmony in all details. i Ferrio Lesuie, ITEMS OF INTEREST: ce as Food Rice is no doubt the most extensively | used article of food the world over. | Hundreds of millions of people subsist on it, and its consumption is increasing. | It is the principal diet of at least one- | third of the human race, forming the parts of Africa, and in fact of almost all eastern nations. The Burmese and Sinmese are the greatest consumers of it. A Malay laborer getsthrough fifty- six pounds monthly; a Burmese and Siamese forty-six pounds in the same period. The eastern nationsalso chiefly obtain their beverages from rice, which is the principal grain distilled in Siam, Japan and China. Saki, or rice beer, is produced in Japan to the extent of 150,000,000 gallons snnnally. Although rice is such a universal article of food, it is not so nourishing as wheat or some other grains. More than nine-tenths of its substance consists of starch and water; consequently it forms more fat than muscle. A Young Woman's Work, Apropos of art tilings, a young lady living on St. Charles avenue, who more brains than money, has made for her mother’s parior floor a wooden bors der, consisting of blocks of tiles carved in a florid and flaring design. A dado for the mantlepiece and tiles for the fi finish up this room most beau ti we New € & Pioayune. a Origin of ""Nag's Head." ow Nag's Head is situated north of Albe- ware Sound and derives its names from the custom of a former inbalritant, by trade i wrecker; who used to tie n fa tern to his horse d on stormy nigh and ride the animal up and down the const to give vessels fn the offing the idea that another craft was orul there was plenty of sea room, 3 HORBE NOTES. —AxtelPs height is 15 inches, —Maud 8's fastest quarter was 804s. Bunol has knocked the fraction off that time, . ~Jockey Bergen rode four winners and a second out of five mounts at Gut. tenburg recently. — Jockey Reagan had his collar bone broken at Clifton recently, his mount, the filly She, falling, El Rio Rey is completely recovered from his unfortunate iliness, and his health pretty well restored. —~Mr, J. 'L. Sheridan will handle the starter’s flag at the spring mertings at Nashville, Latonia and Chicago. D. Fulford won the first two races on the opening day of the New Orleans meeting and Freeman piloted the winners. ~The b. g. The Item, record 2.254, purchased by the Sire Brothers at the Philadelphia, bas bien bands, 3 —~d, sent to France, ~The 2 year old E1lié, by Foxhall out of Tart, won the Emscote Plate at on November 19. W. M. Stewart, better known as Btewart, a well-known trotti horse man, died at Denver, Col, Tues. — Robert Wyatt, a prominent Eng. winner in 1808, died re cently in his thirty-niuth year. Eighty-six entries have been re- that number being 2 of recent years, ~James II. Temple the Wilkes, 2.13}; J. Q., and others, visit Bueno Ayres, South America, soon after the Wid formes git ays ~The phenomenal trotter Susie 8S. , who holds tho world’s record tor old mare, will be sold at the ~—1t is reported that John Stetson have purchased the Readville (Mass, ) track with the view of convert ing it into a running course, Eighty-six entries have been re w] for English Two Thousagd of 1801, the number being a above the average of recent the little Years, Contrary rumors, James Mec. Aughlin will flag at Clifton the first day of February, when probably hand it over to Mr. J, perintendent of the track, * Wo $ 1 £1 bold the 8 will 4 lare, su ~-Electioneer has foryt-nine sons and s a pacer. Prominent among the trotters are Sunol, 3 year old rec. ord 2.104; Wildflower, 2 year old rec- ord 2.21: Manzanita, 4 vear old record 2.16, and Palo Alto, record 3 * a stallion Budd Doble, pacing {record 2,133, has started in fifteen races, of which he won five, the second in five, third in two, fourth in and unplaced in two, He has paced sixiy-three contes- ted heats, winning eighteen, eleven of which were finished and four below 2.16. —The total tax paid to the State of New York by the oney Island, Brook- isn, New k, American, Baratoga and Brighton Je vy Clabs for the sea~ son of 1583 was 253. 15—a very nice Lite sum 10 be < among the ag-~ pricultural fairs of the State, —The gray mare Lucretia, recently sent to Australia from America, was one Yala “3 i beiow 2.213 Of ting race at Eistemwick Park, The distance was two miles, and she started behind the scrateh horse, which finished fourth. Time —At Palo Alto, on November 29, Charles Marvin drove Sunol a quarter 31} 8, a 2050 gat. Mr. Robert Bouner was vresent aud was delighted with the tral. He complimented Marvin on his management of Sunol, and promised him $1000 on the day hat be drives her below 2.06, the record of Johnstown, the pacer, — The Westchester course is about to undergo several alterations. One of these is the finishing post. This isto be moved several feet south, or further down the stretch. This will give the people ir the boxes and in the new clubhouse a better view of the finish, It will, moreover, render the home- stretch even a more “magnificent dis- Al the annual meeting of the New York State Trotting Horse Beaders Association, held at Rochester, N. X., recently, these officers were elected: President, F. G. Babcock, Hornela- ville; First Vice President, H., JM. Little, Macedon; Second Viee Presi. dent, Dr. J. W. Day, Waterloo: Third Vice President, C. J. Hamlin, Buffalo; Secretary and Treasurer, M. E. Servis, Rochester. —Sir Join Astley seems to have taken a particular interest in the trot. ting horses under the charge of Splan, the American driver at Olympia. Per- haps he may wish to start a track in connection with the Hamilton Park Race meeting, in the management of which be takes no silent part. Possibly there is no place in Britain where trot. ting would catch on $0 Jeadily. Mes. yon Bismarck, Berlin, Childe Harold
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