P. .4 . 4.45wt,-,whietriasti-beett porseyeringly Icrlkwed, to holster up a patty, !. He beliVed Mr. t awry had acted honor* ,shly.; he had merely steel' ,what he (the bpeaker) and two-thirds Of. the 43..nvention fully believt d. ,Xhis thing kd ben going on since .we _came Iflore. .It was tionoious. Ifthegentle :nen felt sure, they co44l,bave acotn h.ttee speaker it as Iu favorOfthat ; hut if this was to tiqiittetd on the records, he would /orrtra counter statement (hewn up, ritguetl, and placed on the record also. Ile thinight the step taken unfair. T..ilotte who took it know they 'would I, C-Jefeated, but metely wished to get lt-on . the - records." When the vote "s`atetaken the resolution was rejected, ins on a second vote it was ordered that it do not go on the records; Ad= 7tit ti. A caucus meeting was immediately ,I,eld; being the 'first political caucus Of. the Free-State party. There was some Effie speOcing, but nothing of id-l imn-inner transpired, save that a Con to 'nominate State officers was arranged to be ltulc3 aLL.awrence on the :)24 of December, •by which 'rime the result of the submission of the Contti intim) to the people,will be ascertained. !Chit 'meeting 'broke up with three cheers fir the Free State party of Kadias. TEACHER' 5 .DIMWEa. TEACIIEr.S I Under the above tla is proposed to open a plan of tpntual cot respondence, a sort of silent Teachers' Institute, which with your etTorts, can-be made etninently useful. The *.chools are now beginning, for ;he winter, and by ergeging in the scheme above mentioned, you can aid each other, and help onward the cause of Scholl improvement. You can do tpis by brief awl pertinent. communi, cations upon educational topics, by asking and answering suitable quest tiorts'itt regard to the gederal subject of Teaching, and the several branches pui.sued in :school, by criticisms upon school-books, modes of teacking, &c., Sic., and in short, in a variety of ways which yt,ilr own ingenuity will suggest. And thus, while- visiting the schools pepona,lly a I hope to meet with many of you ti6o each week, in the way profteSed. I shall hope that you will keep the "Drawer" constantly replen• it,l36ii. Its contents for this week, are is f , 4,iws 1. Which of the following expres pions is correct, and why "A better supply and selection of text-books ,Tios been introduced." " A better supply and selection of tixt-Looks harebeen introduced." 2. What is the difference between goi pronunciation and good articul4- : tion 1 . • .3, Which study is of most impor ;ance, Geography'or Physiology, and rhYl 4. • Required a solution of the fol lovrink questions in Arithmetic and Geogrnphy• Tito. men, A and B, start at noon from; the•point" of the intersection of the north line of Pennsylvania Ilith the am: hiian of Washington. A travels east.ail.l3"west, each at the rate of pi mile.; an hour. At the end of 11 days nod 14 hours, how far will they be apart, over how many degrees of longitude will each have raised, at r hat -points will they have respeetivery arrived; and %%hat will be the time of day attach point? N. it. • In solving this question, an approYirnate answer will be obtained, if ylie earth is considered as a perfect ephere: 5, 'Why is it that so few persons '1)01 - cmcrectly 7 6. Why is it that so few persons are good ri.aciers 7. In teaching tho Alphabet would it not be well to require the pupil to utter the sounds which the letters rep t-stem, .as well as to repeat the names given to the letters Why is it that so many persuns lOve a vague and incorrect impression the.•.size and location of different States and -count4s 9. Criticise the following 'e4pres 7 'dons :: . ItTeoks good, and tastes sweet ly. fie told you and Ito go and call John ginith, he whom 'You learned gramors-r last winter. The lamb run race:Rud broke it's leg, and us boys seen him when he dune it. She be- gun to `sceld and said three month's iaterest were due. Fle throwed - down find teatid my honk. All . Who feel disposed, especially teachers .and their eider pupils, arc invited to *Make COntributions to the . Drawer. The increased number of good. teachers in the schools this wisiter, is e most encouraging sign:-.? It is lioped t at each one will add I something to the genera} fund -ef provement. To save repetition, the questions published from time to time, will be numberea, and when 'answers . are • given, questions may be referred. to by their numbers: Questions; iir.stvers, and communict.- tious, may be addressed to me, to Mr. Churlei H. 411 en, at Coudersport, who has kindly consented to; assist an the scheme proposed. 3. PRAM", Co., Supt. Dec. bib, 1855. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. JOHN S.-MANN, EDITOR. COIIRF_ S Po4l`, P TITTTIRSD‘Y NIORNING, DEC. 13, 1555 0,1 Tue,day last sivy-one stu dents had enrolled taeir names for the present term, at the Academy. This is noble, and what is still more impor tant, Mr. Hendrick is perfectly at home among his pupils and their studies. Thr.t school is ?Irr3ativ well ureanizerl, and the scholars manifest great inter est in the business before them. We hope they and, alcir teacher will be encouraged by the frequent visits of the patrons and friends of the Institu tion. ' rir The Rev. T. Gross, for thirty four.years-a slave, cave our citizens a brief narrative oihis experience under the peculiar institution, on Sunday evening last, at the Methodist church. There was . a full house, and at the close of Mr. G.'s sinwle statement, collection of ~1.15.50 was: taken up, to assist in rescuing ono of his children from slavery. We think no one who heard this narrative will again blame us fur agitating the question of slave ry. The Rev. J. Hendrick, Princi pal of Coudersport Academy, will deliver an educationai address on Wednesday evening of next week. being Dec. 19. Those of our citizens who hard the sermon of Mr:Hendrick on Suwlay afternoon last, will need no urging to induce them to attend the lecture next •. Wednesday evening; but to those-who did not, it . may be Proper to say that Mr. H. is a very pleasant speaker, and talks right to the point.. Let us, give him a full house, and thus show our respect for the lecturer, and our. iu terest in the cause of education. THE HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH We ask attention to the prospec•:ua of this paper which may be found in another column. The Telegraph, as will be seen by this prospectus, has changed .editors and proprietors.— With the new men, most of our read ers are somewhat acquainted by repu tation. Col. M'Clute has been a lead ing, man in the Whig party for some yea is. He made the Chamhersburg Whig one of the hest county papers in the State ; and hence will bring to his new enterprise a ripe experience, and an enviable reputation. We had the pleasure of making his acquaint ance at the Pittsburgßepublican Con ventimilast September, and have the utmost confidence in his ability and intention ta make the Telegraph all that any reasonable friend of freedom could expect. Mr. Sellers, the partner, is a mem ber ()raw, Senate, has a high reputa tion as. a public man, and, will add considerable strength to any enterptise with which he is_ connected. These gentlemen have abundant means, and we are assured, have invested liberal ly in the Telegraph establishment; with a view to make it one of the best pa pers in the State. Being located at the seat of our State government, we trust a large number of our friends in this county will at once subscribe for it. It will be published (mice a week during the session of the and will give all the proceedings of that body. It will give us pleasure to forward the subscriptions of any of our friends in any part of the county, and we will be responsible fur the safe transrpis. sion of any funds entrusted to us far, I that purpose. 4e these are stirring times,,witli a Most important session of Congress just commenced, and an eventful year ahead, we hope to have the pleasure of noting a large list of Subscribers tq the Felerapk, in this plenty. • Tag PEOPLE'S JOURNAL Li a siry captious sheet, and witbal -- -a.little Whdtt:Pl 2 7`of ott) 2 "' pornrio ' p ee fit to 'enteLtapy and ex press an • opinion not ainisonant with its own ideas of right and justice, i. lays back its ears, and'kicks'aWay ut them most wickedly. This . week it is snarling and growling away 'at uS be canSe weex pressed our disapprobation of Passrmire Williamson's prosecution olJudge Kane. it is in high dudgeon because we said " if Williamson has sustained any. pecuniary damages du-. ring his confinement, as undoubtedly be has, let his pretended abolition friends make them up-to•him." , -- War rert Ledger. ' . With an earnest purpose- to serva the cause of Temperance, and to labor in the service of hurnanity, we confess we have little patierce with that North ,,,-;rn subserviency which is ever sub mitting to tits encroachments of slave ry; and it is more t!:att pro' it de thit we sometimes express our bentiments in language not in accordance with the rules of etiquette. I f the . Ledjer thinks we have merited such a notice As the above, we thank hilt all kindness tn.r saying so, as it ankness is a virtue with which we never trre. Our readers will bear us 'Witness that Nio:e have frequent ly commei ded the editorials- of the Ledger as liberal and manly. and have seldom condemned it, • _ls this being uncharitable? KANSAS. We give on the first page an extract from the Tribune's correspondence, describing the closing scenes of the Kansas Free State 'Convention ; and we ask the reader to turn--to that re port. It shows that Pierce Democra cy did its utmost, to legalize slavery in Kansas till 180, and to endorse the Nebraska bill. Both of these priijects were defeated. A Constitution was tramed which excludes slavery from Kansas, and is to be submitted to a vote of the 'people. on the 15th of De cember. If a majority vote in favor of then Congress will-he asked to admit the new State into the Union. Will it be done I There will he no trouble in the House; for there the Republicans and opponents of the ad ministration are in a majority. But we fear for the Senate, which contain - , a majority of Pierce Democrats. The Hunker leaders in this section,- are trying to encourage their followers with the idea that old line Democrats will vote-for the admission of Kansas. If they do; we sham be happily disap pointed ; for we have nci fear that any Republican will vr.te agailist and if Bierce Democrats do not, Ealing will soon be a free State. Since writing the above, we i hear bad news from Kansas. The pro slavery party, beaded by Governor Shannon, seeing no way to prevent the•triumph of freedom in tlrlt Terri tory, except by the use of the army of the United States, have coma enced . a civil war, and are now asking the Pre.ident for bayonets. and bullets in behalf of slavery extension. See arti cle from the Post in another column. " The true spirit of religion cheers as well as composes the soul ; it banishes, indeed all levity of beha vior, all vicious and . dissolute mirth ; but in exchange fills the mind with a p „ erpetual - serenity, uninterrupted cheerfulness, and a habitual . inclina, tion to please others, as well as to be pleased in itself." (:We are informed th3t a concert will he given by some of our little girls, under the direction of Mrs. Shaw, on Thursday evening of Court week, the proceeds i of which will he. applied to the fitting up of the Meth odist church. IVe hope to. see a crowded house cm that occasion, and a generous response to the eff arts Of Mr 4 i. Shaw to fin wish _the church with lamps and other wades of furniture much needed. The Buffalo Commercial claims that Coal can be fur,iisned cheaper from Erie, than by the Marvin Creek Coal Company; and in support thereof pre sents the following statement of the cost of Erie Coal, furnished q . one of the heaviest operators in that city : Cost of milling and railroading 3 miles, t $1.25. Freight by canal to Erie, Lap Handling at Ez le, 0.25 Lake freight to Buffalo 1.00 . Handling and docking in Buffalo -025 The lowest mark it puts doWn for Karvin Creek Coal, id $4.64. The friends of the Company assert that it can be furnished for $3.18. 7 ,-Erie Ga aettc; • So, thi.M'Kean COal operations be ,xo-ilaim the .is liten of o th er 'sections; That is .: the tnnsB sign we•have yet seen.• lt‘lop . ks as if therarvi n n Creek Coal. Company were wally doing 'something. ". •'• IN THE arLaNsas. • .Let the pi esent winter ‘vitness more activity than. ever before, among the temperance people. Let , money be spent liberally, able lecturers employ ed, and time devoted to the advance ment of a correct public sentiment.. *Let the Orders arouse to. more than. past zeal - , and together tabor for the cause. Kindle- the old watch-frres aneW, and bins!' up the rusty armor. Rally again to. the. good work. The rum party. is badly. beaten, but must. be worse beaten.. Let us rear at the back of our Maino:Law, a , public sen timent of most unmistakable- power.— Cayuga Chicf. Yes, let the Ordem•arouse to more zeal, and let those who , have never united With the Order of Sons or Good Tempters, increase, their activity in the good cause ; for now is a most fa= vorable time to push finward the glo rious work. We appeal. to. every Sun o f ,Temperance and to every Good Templar' to fill up your Hall,•attend, if p oss ible, every session ; ,and you will aid in maki:lg them more inter eating ; induce new metnbers to unite, make arrangements for public meet ings, and increase in activity in all possible ways. Doings at Washington Congiess assembled on Monday, D,ec.3. The old Clerk, John W. For ney, called the House to,order, at 12, M., when a vote was taken for Speak er, which resulted in no elwice, no one having a majority Of all the votes polled. After three trials; the House adjourned. -The next day five more -ballots were taken With a . 4ike result ; and so the entire first week was mpeut: The following is. the result of the 26th ballot : Riebardion, 73 Pennington 9 Campbell 74 Wheeler 11 Banks 11 Smith of Ala. 3 20 Zollicoffer 9 Thurston 4 Messrs. Havel!, Walker, Humphrey Marshall, Huffman, Maxwell, Nich,ls, and A. Oliver, received one vote each. 29th BALLOT. Richardson 73 Thurston 2 Banks 57 Carlisle 5 Fuller 18 Wheeler 0 Pennington . G Zpllieoffer 5 Messrs. Howard, Haven, Walker, Harlan, Bell, Smith of Alabama, Ati,_ drew, Oliver, Sneed, and Swope, one each. t The friends of education in this county will be much gratified with the communication of Rev. R. L. Stilwell, of East Smithfield, Bradford Co., Pa. Mr. li, , ndriek had charge of the Acad emy there; fur see et al years ; and this cumtnunicatiGn will sho•.v them in what estimation his se: vices are held. It more than corruborato all we have said of him. For the Jottrval LETTER EDON EMT, SZETWIELD. Bite. Resist I have thought—indeed I have beep more than half inclined to charge you and others . iu Coudersport, with real selfish ness. You have herd out inducenients to Bro. Hendrick, sAcient to influe ce him to tear himself right away f om a desirtdre toram, the super ntendence of a large Sabbath School,.a School Direclorsh;p, and a host of young persons whose intellectual develop men:s are largely attributable to his ability and skill as a teacher. Now, h wdo you up there in Coudersport,.think you would ,like it if, after he has been there three or four yell. s preaching and teachin: , planning and coun selling, uttering words of encour .gement to the despond:lig, of consolation to, ,he bereav ed, e erformin g , .he las: solemn ri.e in tie burl al of your dead, joining your sons and daugh ters in m ttrimony, iu slm, by every way, in every act. inaugurmingthaittel is your alVec int:is—how, I ask, won d you .i:se Lo have- him taken from you I Von d you no. Aiy of those who presen.ed the inducetnen.s, ",hay ore sedish Aye, would you no: 7iy wou.d you no: say " they arc really crue. 1" ' Buu. this state of things ts, and for aught I koow, will con.inue till ,he great consumma. • nots. As an individual I will not cemp4tin. There wait a vast deal snore goid intaliforuie' heinre it was discovered than there is now; but it did no one any good till it was dragged out and put in circulation. So with educated and good men; they squat be ditrused, circulated, and scattered, here, there, and yonder. On the whale, I am glad that the one whose name I have taken the, liberty to use, accepted the position you offered tfm. 11e toil; fill it if health and life pernait, with honor to himself, awl great good to many others. And now, Brother Mann, just this - way a moment, while I speak to you in a whisper I want you to " fbel a brother's care" for Bro. H. lie is inclined to work too hard—a fault, by the by, of which many are not guilty— please see that he does not overtax his ener gies, physical or mental. Once more, should he be invited to 'preach occasionally on the Sabbath, as lie doubtless will 4e,; and should 84.05 be refuse to do it, please report to mo without delay. I ,ithow that " his Master hathineed iitokit will not do for him to !offer the iword to corrode in his hand. Fi nally, yeti who are fathers and motheni in Potter county, and h:ivi sons or daughters* or botb, large enough and 01 enough tca4lll2- ciate the faithful services ofacompetem teach er, send them, if consistently possib!e, to the Coudersport Academy; and "their profiting' shall be air honor to , you, a biassing to them, andi a source of good to those who are to Ilia in the great future. So may it be. • R. L. STILWELL. Dec. 3, 1.8351 " DOWN!" What has he clone Why, he is as plior as "job's off:1 therefore down with hill.' ! lofty world! ' Had he been to the " manor born ;" had he been "seized' of" two or three hun dred broad acres upon his natal. morn ; or; had he dawned upon the mold. with a gold Spoon between his tender gums; or, had he leaped' into swad dling. clothes hooted and , spurred— wliy, then hi• . would have presented_ himself in a. manner• woi thy of your most considerate consideration. But untoward Fate . differently willed it. He came as it . enure—a flesh instal ineni of doubtful w. alth, per haps less welcome than his predecessors andver haps more weli•ome; f , :r some illy poet has said that the Gi•i.t wail of au infao. Bulls as sweetly upon the mother's ear, its a• hovel, as in a rabic°. There is.possibly as much poetryas truth in the conceit. • We fell into this train ofthought as tw•e read. fir the hundredth time 'per haps, the bitter rhymes of Cuint.Es- P. : which may he found- upon the first page of this paper. (They will al.o he found on the first page of last week's Jcitrizal.—ED. Joca.) ....Kick him down!" There is no f a rsehorm in the cry, albei; there are trot a Few wi:o Will. sneer at wh -t we ha.ve writtim and are about t • write. The observant hear this cry g o u t up continually in the actions of the few in every ztommunity who have sue ceeded to the wealth born of the labor and pains of a past generation. These may deny it, but it is a child's denial. We ch o ice to loOk laitA in the face, and if the cause of humai:ity demand.; a blow, palsied be the hand that d , ires not stii4e ! The world has turned its back upon social falsehood too long already. Grapple . with WI 0n4., and grapple tow- down—at the very root. In the h ind-to-hand strife with Wrong there slnitild be no wails except th—se wru , g from mortally-wouoded Pride. Strike, then, and strike fearlessly. With the aristocracy of towns and cities—to some such a bugbear—we have little to do. Time speut in ridi culing it is !oat time, and the like of d e nunciation. . It is a mnshroom feed ing in social miasm., Hence, it the atmosphere is purified it will die a natural death. Attack it otherwise, -and it will sustain a fictitious life. Iri so far as it chills the better impulses it is wrong; and in Si far as it seryes try cheat a rev( into a Cmcied superiority of rank and position, it is harmless. There is an evil abroad in the land ecliping all others; and of this evil our poet sit gs--, "Dimes and dollars, dollars and &Ines An empty pocket's the worst of crimes." The tendency of the 4e is a mam mon-worship. urdy old Saracen Who, under the professions of the. monks and Christian princes who led on the Crusades, discovered the great ,secr,:l, and exclaimed bitterly--s- Gold is ti,3 geld of the Frank and buried treasure his Holy S•.oulcher !"—might speak in this day with increased bitter ness. Virtue, inte:ligence, love. and gehiu-; even, shrink, into comparative nothingness in the pi e:tnice of the gilded argon of this age. The chance; are about equal in 'the hands of the . horn 'rich, or the grown rich. The one may he possessed 1,5 a full grown soul and judge men b.y the stand7ird of goozlness; or he .m ty be dwarfed in psychicA stature and despite every body not ti.‘varfed like himself. The other ma. havf: had a full grown s..ul which tnammon;-worship lots dwarfed ; . . or he in ty have . grow rich, and treasured up goodirecs the while. ,But were-we to choose a master, he sheuld hot be one who had lifted himself up from the pit of poverty to the plane of wealth, by the dint oftoil and pi nation. There is something tel fatal g irnrinhos in mammoth-worship ; and few natures !ince stung to death by poverty eau bear prosperity and manhood at the same time. Friendly reader, look around pm, upOn toe,' little•backwoods villages. and them tell us which mete, more Willi ugly defer to ---the fool, in " purple and fine linen,' or the wise man, in rags ! We dare anticipate your reply. Say, then, is there a wrong fast anchored upon the bosom of society mid crushing its life out, cy is deference shown to mete gilding natural and healAl Assuming that the respects showil to wealth, with out reference to the virtues of it possessor is better than no respect. which . would seem the inure desirable fortune : To he born with a flail pocket and an empty head, or with a full head and an empty pocket ? Which? it will be said that the poet has overdrawn in dealing with his subject. So, a fevi months since, certz l ia dem agogues stood up in the balls of C on . gress and solemnly asserted that th e danger of losing- Kansas and Freedom was overdrawn ; that. Nature had set the great seal of Freedom on the vir gin soil of that territory ; nay, more; they said all this even while the slav e owner was driving his human .eatsi e over the border and on that-Heaven-. sealed free soil ! Did they lie, orspeak ignorantly 1 Which 1 The crust of poverty may be bitter, hut it is honey compared with the morsel which the Oppressor shall eat when society rights itself. Men may point to their churches, their school hotr4es afid theirlmspitals, and sitdow n coin poiedly, as if in those open-mouthed.. charities the duty of Man • was per formed ; hut when they awake to the wrong--; that such listlessness has in flicted , upon the world, couscience will give them the lie. ' The wickedness of waiting, luit& truth able to live- without help be fore lending him a helping. hand, it apparent. The unfortunate man needs encouragement in• his darkest hour, not in the hour of his triumph over every oppobing obttacle.-117e113Lorg Agitator! Ntc~?aaue Walker. the fillihu.ter, seems to be on•the• high rirdil - to renown as the f,, un d ur „r a new State. H 1.4 control . of Nicaraizu t is represented by the latest intelligfinc giviln in our col:. umn: tutu !waning. as mores and', secure than ever. Ciorral.. the • lay. man who might have headed t- !novo. meta his antlitirity e has beetl e invicted of treason tltlC correspou dunce with some relies of the opposite party and ,hot. By every errival floor, Calif a1 . :6, resenforceinentx swell the armv of the chieftain, and ;if he coils litotes to manage hi 4 afttirs with the same dime! eti In,wiltch lie has hitherto . exhibited, no power- ecii expel him' . from his position. The moment chosen by Walker for the invat-ion of Nicaragua was the best • ciuiceivable. The country was ex bau ued by a prol o nged civil wur.— Everyhudy cleirtal peace, :nd commander who could secure It ViriAlid have been welcomA by what remain ed of the people. The lead nu of tho conteat on both sides were dead, re moved either by battle or by pesti lence, and thi-ir followers laid afro, beeo decimated by the iniffie. enures. In fact there wa.i no longer eyen the sem hltt ice of a native army to coaquer, when Walker moved up tit the capital. The p•aza of that town, where for months Chamorro, had held - Caste,len at bay, had not now -a defender, and the :oily military man' of any pr 4 nence remailliug to the couatry—Cor ral—made haste to submit and !nuke a treaty with the invader, to break it. .however, very soon, and -to pay the pet.atty with his life. A more fwilu cowl:leg is not recorded is histktry.— Th e aceltri.ition-of •I'rxas by the: A me. riCa Was nothing t it. \Ve must ad;nit that ?ince his - umph the conqueror has exhibited great degree of politic?' ?agacity.- -The Presidency-was in his grasp, but , fie, preferred that D nt Potiicio Rivas, a prominert native Nicaraguan, should be put into that office at Ica -t fin. Cie present. By this means Welker saved -the Givernmen. from that revolution ary and alien air, which in Ids own hands it would have worn. The Nic• aragit eta lifted COI tainly he very en grateful to refuse their allegiauce to an Administration with one of their own numbet at its head. Besides, Led he beboine President, foteign govern ments wouhl have been slow to form relation with Cie. new regime ;' hat there could be no teal, n why they . should not reeOgdze l'ivas, who had hew' idlieet before, Mid bed borne'a decent ch.tracter as the world. goes. The shrewdness of this plan is justified by the result. Tie _Minister of the United States has already ex changed congratulations with the new chief neigisti ate, and the talrers are likely to follow. Mien the re - volution is thoroughly legitim-ited by the re= cognition of several powers, Walker will be ready to make Iti!nsell unmin ally di4a . ..ot ~ as he already is in realty and to curry his peat pi tiject another sten toward its consummation. That project is. briefly in fill the cr , matry tviili Ammicans, to introduce S!a,:ery, aed to procure the annexatinh of NicaraguA to tbe North American Union as a Slave State, with a pros pect-of a similar re,ult for the adjoin ing countries. This is the scheme ad it is being hurried toward its realizna Lion with unexampled rapidity What do the people orthe Free States thiuk of this new conspiracy to extchd the poWer of the oligarchy by which they ::avo so lung been ruled and used 1— Tribune. During the past suanner the w.uil gr.)wer., of Pierrnont and the buck part of have lost betwceu- 300 and 100 sheep killed by sortie animal. GOOD AT GUESSING..-' 7 011, Pit, the way to Burlington 1" How did you know my name was Pat ?" "0. I guessed it." . • ‘. Thin, he the powers, if ye are so :loud at gue3sing, yo'd better gue's the _way to Burlington." Quick to forgive, and plow to angsr-
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