SPOTTERS ON RAILROALS. | FOUND IN EVERY DEPARTMENT FROM | { | Curious Complications When Spotters | Unknown to One Another Cross Lines Keeping Track of the Mental Attitude of | Every Employee - Effects on Careers. “Probably the most perfect spotter | system achieved by any private cor-| poration is that of one of the big East- | ern railroads, which is to some extent | modeled on the secret service system of some of the European governments, though no means so» complex. So far-reaching and however, are its lines of communication that the president of the organization is him- self kept constantly informed of the trend affairs, and the changes of sentiment among the employees of division and of the ilway system, and that with- Ww of any other r- special corps of Nobody but pers wonderful service that he has pe His drawn from branch of operating They ht brakemen, p: ainmen, con- ductors, signalmen, station divis- have a by 80 direct, Of every subdivision whole out 8008 clerks himself the fected. every the ledge N Pt Wn and secretar 4 wit +} . “Rows Lh € jes, ntire mnel of r= agents are the road's staff. are engineers, f(reig nger t yardsmen, rack walkers, and even ion officials. Sheuld that road strike—and strikes are far likely to occur than they were the present system was put into operation ~the president will have detailed warnings from all the storm cen- tres long before t mutterings find cautious utterance fi: news- papers. While it also ac fense against thefts by employees, this system is intended primarily to prepare, so to speak, a diary the disposition, character, working effi- ciency and sentiments toward the road of the men who constitute the vast human machinery of the corporation. The feeling which culminates in a gen- eral strike is not the result of one act alone, but growth made up of many grievances, real or fancied. To keep track of the shifting mental atti- tude of his employees is the aim of this railroad president. If a certain division superintendent has made himself unpopular with his subordin- ates, information to that effect comes underground wire’ to the central office, and matter is taken u advisement. If the newest fireman on the road attempts to stir up discon- tent by inflammatory talk his views Soon reach the official ear. Every leading spirit in the employees’ organ- ization is known to the president, who also knows whether, in case of trouble, the man is to be reckoned upon a8 a conservative or a radical. Some- times this works out a man's CATOer in a manner quite incomprehensible to him. For instance. Night Watchman Brown is shifted, without _ause that he can fathom, from one division to another. How should he know that rumors of trouble in that division have reached the presidential ear, and that he himself, being down in the presi dent's little weight and a tive methods, act as unconscious agent a dangerous tendency? agents, less before of it ¥ 1 the first the 1 Yi “go « i 8 88 a qe- of a slow th - Lae I der book as counselor INIOTVA- bas been shifted over to n} & speaker of of ¢ in checking “Some of the admiring co-workers of the head of this in two minutes lected funds of information he can un- roll the family hist: of the wom who washes the windows of Car No. 41144X, and tell wheather. in her e mation, he hi 1 the down-trodden or man. “Where so many invisible lines rad- late from the same office it is {nevit- able that some of them should croas Curious complications result from con- tact between spotters zs unknown to each other as they are to those whom they watch. Several AgO, at time of general labor troubles. tain railroad zot no than five r ports its confidential in- forming them that an employee (who was several degrees higher in the sa- cret service of the road than them, had but known been making incendiar This was true. Matters had s themselves that the man to appear as a radical admittance to inne: important decided. To the chagrin of the author- ities, they were obliged to transfer him. Had they not done so the suspic- fons of the men who make the reports would have been aroused. That spot- ters should know each other as such is held to be highly undesirable. There is always the chance that they might work in conjunction instead of acting as checks on each other.”"—8 H. | Adams, in Ainslee’s. ! system declare that fo . 3 relerence 1 to his col- al ati. of or : gentie- is an a perfoct oppressor years a a cer- leas . from men they had ¥ speeches accused in order to gal: ils where th + “© questions would finally fpoiled For Hard Work, lost ‘both legs in an accident. He ap- pealed to the Hungarian society. They hadn't enough funds to Justify thew: in devoting the price of two legs, $200, to | one case, but they fixed the man up | on crutches and set him to selling lead pencils on a busy corner, They told him to make what he could, and if! he raised part of the price of now legs, i they'd fit him out with the rest. In! two weeks he made his $200. | know | that to be a fact. He was a pitiful ob- | Ject and quarters rained into his box. | What's more, he has been selling pen- | «ils ever since. He got his legs. Wao | furnished them, but he was spoiled for hard work. His friends got him a place as cashier in a saloon at $10 a | week, bit he held it down only a week or two. The temptation to make more | wmoney by less work was too much tor | back to the lead pencil business. He works at it in pleasant weather and makes from $25 to $60 a week, if times are fair. In the evening he puts on his legs and enjoys life. They are a sort of full dress costume for him, you -New York Sun. i MENIER'S ANTICOSTL Millions Being Spent in Developing » | . Lonely Island, | When a man takes a bit of land | that has remained idle and unproduct ive since the world has known it—e bit of land, say, of two million acres or about three times the size of the average European principality and through the efforts of his brawn, or brawn controlled by him, into a garden spot and good to the world in general, he garded either as a man of commercial instincts finely developed, or as a phi- lanthropist. He may be both. Henri Menler, of Paris, is both. From the Island of Anti ti, in the of Aw rence River, anh ically, the i about 2,500 miles, but i appearance l trit dal sunny aud civili: France; the bound in Winter There is no taste in common in the past few years the money, the talent and the science of a son of one have been poured for the benefit of the other In 1895 the n of it source of is re- converis 0 a France to co mouth the St. L far distance botween th is a Geogr he and various at are antipo- cheerful Bello ice- gay. fact, drear, i in eq, i La : i. other COQ, In ttled and almost u purpose, nse no yet aflinity, no be veen the two; out ame Anticosti was bare ly known to Henri Menier,of Paris. To day Anticosti i: f his wak- ing thoughts and of hig dreams. In the of this island, which stands like a monstrous tooth in the mouth of the mighty St. Lawrence knew only the footprints of occasional oh wai 2 } the subject 1855 shores fishermen, of few settlers who had ventured fortune along the sands; to-day Anticosti a thriving | town, built and on : principles. Besides, quays and costly breakwaters and Important canning factories are to be found there. Until five years ago no human being had forced the woody barriers of the interior; to-day the small rmy of workers employed by Menier, the mod- pioneer, is pushing steadily ward, bullding roads, making clearings laying the foundation of agricul- iral prosperity. Within five more than twe millions of dollars have been expended by Henri of this island of the new world. In the same period he has worked many hours each day problem its He has brought science andintelligence and physical labor to bear upon the question of its development, and where he has sown dollars he intends to sow hundreds, and where he has devoted the brains and the strength of'w bats" he intends to devote the or boasts conducted modern ern on- and ts t years Menier for the benef upon the of future, talon strength and the brains of a o¢ H. H. Lewis In Alaslee’s. WALES AND OUR LIBERTY BELL t Was Rescued From a Dirt Heap at Mis Suggestion, The Prince of Wales, during his visit rescued the heap and which it now 2s Philnd LO rr Uliag Bell a raised it to that positi ccupies in eiphia in 1860, wl fis bo rd ie Liberty from qirt on tha 841 American people's hearts. ironical citizen conceived the taking the Priace to view the treasures whict f wef $401 1 forcibi remis r of Sone § ’ dea of to independ Ha are tae America’s try The Pri: men who ence ii most defi” to her mother coun ce saw the portraits of the stirred up the rebellion, and t bul listlessly at then nnments upor ed with interest on the the Declaration of Inde he did flinch when in his hands the swords { men who hewed down the flower of progenitor's army Finally he garret. This was where the bell was rung when the read, he was told hen he wanted to know what had be ome the They found it for Fim with of their canes It wis hidden beneath a mass of shells, orange peels, waste vaper and other debris. No one seemed to mind what had been discovered except the Prince of Wales. He was apparently appalled For the moment he forgot he was a Briton; he gazed upon the poor eracked bell that s.ad rung at a nation’s birth and then he spoke the words that made the American people see that they were neglectful. “This old bell” iat nplimentary « AMIE “fre ry manuscript of nendence. and not 18 royal caine to a Declaration was of bell. aid away the oye aul he said, “is the being here, covered with this accumulated dirt, i should occupy pendence. It is to you what the Magna Charta is to England. It is crached, but it is an inspiration. Believe me, my friends, it affects me more than That was the renaissance of the Lib- erty Bell. No more dirt was thrown upon it. During the Civil War its then when the Chicago World's Fair began it was taken there 80 that men and women from all parts of the world might see it. To-day the Liberty Bel! is America’s greatest relic, | and the Prince of Wales made ft 0, Philadelphia Press. ———— A, The London Athenasum recently quoted a passage “from the Indianapo- lis News, Chicago.” Russell Sage's Maxims Ont of every dollar earned tenis. Save 75 cents If you ca never less than 25. Get up at a regular hour ove ry Ing and work until the things that before you are finished Don’t what you huve in hand beca o'clock Be always have the to tell the truth Don't depend on others. Even if vou have a rich father, strike out for your self, Cultivate outset, Learn that |t the morn ars dro; use i honest; COouraoe independence at th very the of whe value stands, monument oo money, Realize n honestly ns your value Be # wholesome jealous of our civie rights, Tal affairs but do not let polities or anvthing with the ri dut made up of individunla nt interest public gid administra The interfere of your private ja and deo Don't that you with your le clean do any thing would be ashamed discuss mot sor Don't Be ¢ Saturday gain . reugmspect in your syvening Post Humor of Tommy Atkins. What | anything else his quain last week about a He calls khaki is like as much as about Tommy Atkins humor. I had a letter a man who had a gris khaki jacket igsued to it “kirkee,” but | what he means. The “kirkee,” he says bad in quality that {1 rips up, and “so thin that yor could blow peas through it Another man 8 aggrieved about some blantets that have been issued, and » Tr sents them as iB from yance him that EUeESs is too BO dear easily onre “80 much worn that YOu can read newspaper through Covered a by peas through through day in khaki whic} can shoot with a blanket read a news; can hardly be ter time Truth. and by night You can which aper, poor Tommy's lot i ) an enviable one in in India. — 1 I i400 win @vyen i0n A Pest in the Flour Mills, The Mediterranean moth is giving a flour mille and Minnesota It flouring mills, evidently good deal of trouble in the of Wisconsin thrives in feeding on atl an enormous rate flour 1d 1 Thus far ng effec tive way has been found to get rid of it The immature worms play havoe with the machinery plant, weaving webs the in chutes ia machine and various the mill, and blocking operations. In of the mills of Superior the moths got into some of the wooden chutes, and fin it was nocessary to take and burn them. The moths are trans. ferred from mill to mill, it through Interchange of sacks and bags Duluth millers are greatly for fear that the moth may in some way get entrance into thelr plants. In deed, all the m ern States will gu the dust collectors # Ji i one out the chutes is believed, exercised fille ers in the Northwest aol vwietls 3 a ard vigilantly against such alamity a « Photography in the Stomaeh, Doctors have succeeded taking photographs of the mucous me mbrane the mach in the living A stomach tube, sixty-six centimeters long, with a diameter of eleven mi i neters, is introduced, having at the lower end an electric lamp and at the upper end a camera. The stoma first and washed, and then distended with air. Then fifty pictures can be taken in rapid su in from ten to fifteen minutes. By rn. ing the apparatus on its own axis all parts of the mucous membrane can be The photographs are about the size of a cherry stone, but, course, they can enlarged to s extent. —Practical Druggist in ¢ : of st subject his he emptied cession tn wu pictured. be To Preach in Dutch orin English The members of tl ‘entral ¢ ne { formed Church of Sioux Centre Re lowa, have been engaged and thaole LE n a bitter legal controversy as to whether should preach his sermons or English faction rch applied recently for an res in Dutch i in One to irain him The applic from tition the Judge belng of in The the yy bringing a suit based oii the theory that the Was re quired by contract preach all his sermons in English. The result of this latter act known eniod, opi 1 that be lacked ne faction desired result } jurisdict tried t ion then 0 gain pasior his to ion is not One in Sight. “Could you tell me the meaning of the word ‘cataclysm? he asked of the street car passenger who was folding up his newspaper. “Are you going to ride two or three blocks further?” was queried in reply. “Yes, sir.” “Then you'll see one. The conduc. two streets past where she wanted to get off already, and she'll wake up soon and start a cataclysm that'll prob. ably jump the car rightwoff the track!” Washington Post. May Be the Tallest Human Being, The tailc:t living man is said to be Lewis Wilkins, who is now arousing on a farm near St. Paul, Mion, in 1874, When he was but ten years old he measured six feet in height, and now has grown to the tremendons height of 107 14 Inches—just threequarters of less than nine feet—and A Chicagoan sugkents hat it is » | named | Ruth. NG AND Hi$ KIN. EDWARD VII'S ERITISH ANCESTRY OLDER THAN ELCLAND. Dates Back to the Time When the Saxon Part of the Island Was Still Known as Saxony -Thirty-fifth Ceneration From Egbert. ’ new sovereign of the United Kingdom has selected to be known as I'he as he says by Edward, a name borne, | he and proclaimed as King was Edward Edwards six of his ancestors, ac. ordingly Vil. In a3 his that word speaking of the six he original a8 synonymous “ancestors” of course, used in its sense of pre aoece i not Oi, ant th forefathers of matter four {0 as a ded from rds, the fifth and Ww i only name having dward than the dating back Saxon part of the ill known as Saxony, fact whi his choice of Edward gives a peculls of the fing wi member of which, Kent in the "oo Bb a i Egbert, in family of Cerdic, a Ealhmund, eighth Lor rule in century s0n, r of Wes! ast yeu King of the Year Bix century became and in “King of Ethel that anniver- Saxons, the first son the England.” was yo wo re and his son in turn great Alfred mellennial ary of whose Was the death is to be commem- From Alfred the through Edward Edgar, Ethelred i Edmund orated next Octo her line of descent runs the Edmund | he Then iag wa rouside. from the {1 reign- line of Ed- did not reign, St of AWAY rd who Atheling, wh the Seot ife of King Malcolm 11] of father, by Macbeth Margaret patron saint land, and w= . a i Scotian Duncan, was and him- in over- Dunsinane England becomes whose who the murdered avenged that throw Matilda, wife of Henry | and Geoffrey Pl the reigning line thence pro« Has i, i! and 111 line One of Gaunt, John, Marquis fort, Duke Countess of The mund, son ard. Duke Duke wa Vv ¥YII. Th two Thence it self crime of the usurper at of Anitagenet It again in Henry 1l.and Ling John wards, eods thro and the I. Then a dual ough John Lancaster.” John and Margaret to Henry V through Edward 1[lI; Rich York, a Rich York, and King Ed- to Elizabeth 2 of Henry ina the first Wr reign the 3 Je Dorset; Beau of Somerset lLichmond i1 % by ETE Olaar runs Prince of of gecond of rd is ara nunitad are united into a # line cerds through iv of Mary f England, k of Ernest sing Margaret James Queen of Elizabeth Bohemia Augustus pro wife of Scotland; v Scots rs dol 5ié Jam oth & ’ * . ye of S«¢ and Stuart James | King wile Frederic of Elector of Hanover Ii of Engl: Lewis, Prince of Wales: iil 3 England, Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, and Victoria, Queen and Em- press Edward VII {a thus in the generation from Egbert, the of England, though .he is the fifty- eigh sovereign in the line. It will be observed that many famous sover- cigns are not among his progenitors among these being Edward the Confes.- all the Normans, Richard the Lion Heart, Henry VIII, the two Charleses and William and includes members of i Plantagenet, York, Tudor, 8 and Hanover, and non-reigning Lancas- triacs. In the Wars of the Roses it was divided between the two sides. It has been said that the name of Edward will not be pleasing to Scotland. But it is exceedingly doubtful that the Scots of to-day cherish any animosity on account of what occured six cen- turies ago, especially toward a King who is descended from their patron saint, Queen Margaret; from Mary Queen of Scots, and from other purely Scottish sovereigns. The King's gen- ealogy includes descent from the then reigning houses of Scotland, France, Bohemia, Aquitaine, Angouleme, Prov- ence, Hainault, Castile, Denmark, Han- over, Brandenburg, Anspach., Saxe- Coburg-Gotha and Meckienburg-Stre- Hitz. The non-royal English families | of Neville and Woodville are also in- | To such descent the King adds matrimonial alliances of the most im- portant and distinguished character, | through which he is son-in-law of the King of Denmark, brother-in-law of the | King of Greece and uncle of the Bm. peror of Russia. If to this we add that | he is an uncle of the German Emperor | it is apparent that in his kin, past and | present, Edward VII enjoys a status | wife of Sophia, I and Frederick George nd George George thirty Lai first King fifth th sor line Mary. The the Houses t of wart i in the world.~New York Tribune. : SR —————— i * i The Tubercutous Londoner, Every day the Londoner becomes | more like those anlmals which hide in | holes in the day and only come out at | night, or those submarine creatures | which come up to breathe at intervals, | The business man runs after break | fast to a “tube” which takes him to | nis subterranean office In the city: he funches in a restaurant below the sur- | face, travels by the Underground to | Charing Cross and back, and “tubes” | home again, The tuberculous Cockney as little of Pleecadilly and the Strand to-day of the Tower or Abbey. -8t, James’ Ga- he does Westminster elle, ns ERASTUS HALL'S VOW, Since His Sweetheart's Death, 35 Years Ago, He Has Not Been Out of the House, Erastus Hall is 65 vears of age and lives in an old-fashioned dwelling fif- teen mils west of Danville, on the Dan- and Bpringfield turnpike, in Washington County, and, as remarka- ble as the statement m, he has sed the threshold of his own idence for thirty-five years, notwith- standing he the best of health, worn of wealthy ville may see not eros rot has al Hie received enjoyed WAYS was | parentage and a substantial His aves be many sia education Breat the most academic father was the } owner of a whom 8 at cluded Hall man, the notable of who master rion is r three terms in of Washington County. CATOOT school of his maiden of 16, ai other Among students nghter ugaiel beauty, ir rosy-faced the da farmer. Hex pleasant attention of a wealthy nocence and and he became d wi tracted his her changes oceurred infatuats th many But t fact was made known to During the father and considerable his other his mother both died was Among #1 by him was the old homestead of his mother, where he has lived fa almost total seclusion from the busy world the greater part of his life The ding a char- acteristic two-st log dwelling of At either end of the structure is a huge stone chimney, and the length of Towering evergreens of years’ the bot Hl and property as } 1 estate inherit share of 1% i 3 property hy § buil is ory ante-bellum days extends a porch the f entire growth adorn broad avenue t LBTOa« home After brothers the and death of h gisters is parents, his having married States, he and were left in charge of moved and “Uncie Henry" the to distant fine blue property "hough his intense the fell to his lot. years had for Josep John- schoolgirl, had not ceased. He could no longer keep his love from her knowledge parents and the wet and over heart that several Ove elapsed hine son. She reciprocated. Her marriage had been she fell ill of fever leaving her The day following to his friends remainder of in seelusion, and for thirty- has not broken his word permitted in his room Henry and even except at consented to their date for the event when suddenly soon afterward died, broken her he declared iat he wonld days death live the years he one is ex. cept nelle he is 4 i I admitted meal hours. business of the large farm is con- icted through colored man, who is now in the neighborhood of 74 years old The a the old Playmates of long ago live within a have not cast half a cen- of the hermit, but for nearly incinnati Enquirer, eyes upon him tury. —C Where Artificial Limbs Are Made. An artificial limb factory is rather grewsome place. Appliances for every of crippled leg or arm are legs for hip, knee and ankle amputations, for deformities, arms. hands toes. In one room web. bing and leather are being made into supports and straps to fasten around the shoulder or waist, or, as is often done in a woman's case, to the corset. Socks to be worn on the artificial feet are also made in this room. Next door is the wood shop, where willow and basswood, carefully seasoned, are carv- ed into the contours of natural limbs, every leg and arm being different in form, size and character from all others, because each is moulded after a special model, to suit the person who is to wear it. Further on, these wood- moulds are covered with tightly stretched rawhide, which gives lateral strength, and this rawhide receives an enamel coating. In another room rub- ber is being vulcanized and moulded into feet and hands which are covered with calfskin. The sponge rubber used is lighter than wood, and absolutely odorless. It is covered with water- proof enamel and no change of temper: ature less than 280 degrees can affect it. In the last stage of the process the leg or arm is set up, the parts put to- gether and the springs and straps ad- justed. New York Sun. fingers en A Humane Conductor. A workingman whose ragged clothes hung about his frame in a manner that suggested continuous hunger got on the rear platform of a Third avenue car early the other morning. He shuf- fled nervously when the conductor came back for his fare. “Will you give me a lift, conductor,” he begged, in a tone that was full of supplication. “I haven't got a cent and I'm looking for work. I've heard of a job up in Harlem.” The conductor looked him over care- fully. He noticed that the man’s clothes were clean, even though ragged, and that his hands were still hardened from his last job. “1 don't believe you're a bum,” he sald, as he rung up the fare, “and I hope you get the job.” “Heaven bless you, friend!” sald the man, and he went in and sat down, for his knees were weak from want of food. ~-New York Tribune. THE KEYSTONE STATE. News Happenings of Interest Gathered From All Sources. SLEIGHING MISHAP COSTS LIFE Party of Women Met With am Accident Near Clarion and Mrs. J. B. Phillips Was Killed ~Officer Shot by a Tramp-Farmers In stitete &f Plgeville~Historic Land Mark Sold--State Printing Contract. ful farmers’ gt / i Mieeyille discussed institute way iollowing » of Farm held thie ey Implements Brodhead TR mt Soil gramme cinded Is Hat iE were or y jau at >eran to obey an order } to sgn a in piece of prop- contempt and can > deed un bids res judg ng a sumber of old » have been hidden by mu of Mr 1 5 been found acins believed Nelson E. Wade and Mrs. John McBride, ha along the river 1 Newberry Yhe MeBride occurred near Linden in 1873 who com- mitted the cri to his exe- oncealed a bag of money stolen from his victims in the vicinity where the ns were found. the rderer JANK AAS ard ywaaqge, ous A 3 The German Portland Cement Company, of Hamburg, Germany, has closed another deal with J. J. Heintzel- man and Johg J Nazareth, for the Charles Mann farm, near Stock- Friedensthal 1, which over Years ago was a yravian station for refugees, 1s included the sale. The rompary will erect a | cement plant en the property, of The contract for doing the and binding for the State the next years has been The lowest was Milton H. Plank i Harris his figures be ( cent fixed bidder was State and to printing ior {our der burg off the lowest the § Er awarded John B ery wagon, lies at St Lancaster, at t point result of a was driving steep grade the horses sOme Ice an id. 7 ompletely thrown next Ray, being prices resent off, Brenneman, a driver of a liv Joseph's Hospital death, as the dent. The man down a struck wagon turncd Brenneman was of the 1CAVY wagon ae 14 weight rabies whi among the ¢ gt cattle and sheeg several weeks ago has Three weeks ago a dog m M and then at- tacked several cows ' dition to Miller, William McDaniel and Lynn Sprowls were bitten and both are in i serious condition While and Grant Luther roasting at jo y Township not been checked bat Willia 1" sar Fred i 10 years, nnstos n front of a rapadl; Young Luthe himself off the in throwing Worntz was dragged fity ngled. Death was cought und yards and horribly fantaneous Mrs. J. B. Phillips lost her life by a sieighing accident at Clarion. She and seven other women comprised a party started for Callensburg in a’ large The sleigh was upset and Mrs was internally She to death before she reached home. one year and ome previous to er death Mrs. Phillips suffered a Ins injured broken arm in a sleighing accident Swift justice was meted out to a wife- beater at Greensburg. Albert Bishop blackened his wife's eyes and she made information against him. The grand jury found a true bill, he was tried an hour later and in half an hour after- wards was fined and sentenced to a long term in jail, George Herko was instantly killed by falling from the roof of the new St Mary's Academy, Scranton, a distance of seventy feet. Herko was a slater and while working on the rool it is sup- posed he slipped and fell. No one saw the accident. Samuel Vandergrift, aged 20 years, was arrested at his home in Chester and held in $500 bail in connection with the robbery of Charles G. Weber. Vander grift accused a man named Maxwell and admitted receiving from Maxwell $6 of the $53 taken trom Weber. George and Milton Vanocker, two youngsters, are the first victims of a coasting accident in Pittston the present Winter. While enjoying the sport on Union Street hill they lost control of their sled agd it dashed into an ap- proaching car. Milton went under t car and was caught by the truck. An arm and one leg were broken. The Commissioners elected last Spring in Marcy, Plains, Newport, Wilkes-Barre and Hanover townships, five of the first class townships in that county, have filed objections to the nomination papers of all the candidates nominated in those districts. Colonel Anderson, on behali of Mr. R. G. Southail, of Amelia, has present. ed to the General Assembly a portrait of Chiel Justice Marshal! as the gi of the Rev. W. T. Roberts, of Williams. burg.
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