©sa>o <£s sosra MnßanssnßaiSa Whole No. 2789. J_,ewistowu Post Office. Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P. 0. as follows. ARRIVE. Eastern through, 5 48 a. m. " through and way 4 21 p m. Western " " " 10 55 a.m. Bellefonte " " 44 2 30p.m. Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, C 00 p. m. CLOSE. , Eastern through 8 00 p. m. 44 " and way 10 00 a. m. Western 44 44 315 p. m. Bellefonte 8 00 " Northumberland (Sundays, Tueesdays and Thursdays) 8 00 p. m. I Office open from 700a.m.t08 p. m. On Sundays from Bto9 am. S. ConroßT, P. M. I.ewlstown Station. Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows: Westward. Eastward. Piitshurgh and Erie Express, 313a. m. 914 p. m. ■ Baltimore Express, 448a. m. Philad'a Express, 548 a. in. 12 18 a, m. Fast Line, 610 p. m. 526 44 Mail, 4 21 " Fast Mail, 10 55 " Harrisburg Accom'n, 3 44 p. m. Emigrant, lO 47 a. m. Through Freight, 10 20 p. m. 120a m. Fast 44 350a. m. 930 " Express " 12 10 p. m. 12 40 p. m. Stock Express, 500 p. m, 924 44 Coal Traiu, 1 15 p. m. 11 50 a. m. Union Line, 7 30 44 Local Freight, 730a. m. 700 p. m. 4M-Galbraith's Omnibuses convey passengers to ami from all the trains, taking up or setting them dotvu at ail points within the borough limits. W3LLIAM LIND, has now open A NEW STOCK OF Cloths, Cassimeres AND VESTINCS, which will be made up to order in the neat e-t and most fashionable styles. apl9 AMBROTYPES AND 1 The Gems of the Season. J^ IIIS is no humbug, but a practical truth i The pictures taken by Mr. liurkholdcr are unsurpassed f>r BOLDNESS TRUTH IT FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and DURABILITY. Prices varying according I to size and quality of frames and Cases. Room over the Express Office. Lewistown, August 23, 1860. Kishacoquillas Seminary AND NORMAL INSTITUTE. \\7JLL commence its winter session, OC- Ti TOBEIt 12, 1864, and continue twen ty weeks. Cost for Board, Furnished Rooms, and Tuition in English Branches, 575. Fuel, Light and Washing extra. For particulars see catalogue. S. Z. SHARP, Principal. Kishacoquillas, Sept. 21, 1864. C. G. BRUCE & PRESTON, AUTHORIZED ARMY AND NAVY AGENTS, / WASHINGTON, D C , OFFICES. 1 So- 443 Ninth street. f . , CLEVELAND. OHIO. I No. I Lyman's Block, sum assetsr AND COLLECT Pensions, Bounty, Back-Pay, Prize Monty, Discharged and Resigned Officers' Pay, and ail other W a R Claims. The SIOO Bounty due soldiers discharged for wounds received in battle, collected WITHOUT DELAY. We pay especial attention to claims in which other attor neys liisve tailed, or which have been suspended, of which there arc tens of thousands. We have already collected arid paid over to soldiers ami their heirs over $500,000, and are paying thousands daily. We secure Pensions for ten dollars] and collect Bounty ami Back-l'ay fur teu percent., and no pav until after we have succeeded. THE ARMY HERALD is published monthly, and is de voted to the interests of the soldier and his heirs—to whom it is invaluable. Write Us and we will send you a < i > iree, or for thirty cents we will send you by return of mall a tine engraved tinted Likeness (Album size) of Lt. Geu. Grant, and the Army Herald for one year. To persons S"ii ting a club of four, we will send as premium, an addi tional Likeness and The Herald for one year, and for each additional subscriber an additional Likeness to the getter up of the club, so that a person sending us a club and $3, w-ili be entitled to receive, bituseif. seven Likenesses and The rmy Herald for one year, and for any other number ( In the same ratio. REFERENCES: Washington, D. C., April 16, 1964. We take pleasure In saving that C. G. Bruce, esq., has compiled with the Act ot Congress authorizing certain persons to act as Army and Navy Agents for the collection ol War Claims, against the Government, and to recom mend him to all persons that have Claims they wish col lected promptly. U - Senators—BenJ. F. Wade, John Sherman. Members of Congress—E. R. Ecfcley, Will. Johnston, Wm. B. Allison. Jel-tf Threat battle Is Expected to lake Place in Virginia, BUT notwithstanding this the people must have smm iaSJS) salves and we would respectfully set forth our claims to public attention, first, because we keep a large and well assorted stock of Boots and Shoes for men and boys. Gaiters, and all other kinds of 6hoes for women and children. M e are prepared to take measures and Complete work of all kinds at short notice. Repairing done at short notice, at E. C, HAMILTON'S, West Market street, a few doors west of Col Butler's, and nearly opposite Daniel Ei- i senbise's Hotel. mh3o-'64 BE HEAVEN MY STAY. BT JOHN RAMSAY. In all my changes here below, Of transient weal or trying woe, It may be given my soul to know— Be Heaven my stay. When the faint heart would fail for fear, No human eye to pity near, No hand to wipe the bitter tear— Be Heaven my stay. When I must bear the worldling's scorn, Derided for my lot forlorn, E'en of itself but hardly borne— Be Heaven my stay. When of the friends whom once I knew, Around me I can find but few, And doubts arise if these be true— Be Heaven my stay- When days ot health and youth are flown, My path with faded roses strown, And thorns are all I find my own- Be Heaven my stay. When full of tossings on my bed, I cannot rest my weary head, Scared with dim visions of the dead— Be Heaven my stay. When sorely chastened for my sins, And pleasure ends while grief begins, Aud agony no guerdon wins— Be Heaven my stay. When all in vain I strive to brave The gloom of Joi dan's swelling wave, And hand of mortal cannot save— Be Heaven my stay. When prayer no longer will prevail, When praise sinks to a trembliug wail, When faith itself begins to fail— Be Heaven my stay. Trials and Comforts. We all have trials to bear in this, our pilgrimage. What a train of evils follow ed the entrance of "Sin into the world and death by sin ' and all our woes. Notwith standing the curse pronounced upon us by reason of sin, we have many comforts and blessings. We must not however look for continual sunshine. Clouds will often in tercept the rays of the sun and when we are least expecting it, sometimes a storm will arise. Our trials are varied according as God may be pleased to order them, and as shall be for liis own glory and our good, if we put our trust in Him. Some are blessed with health, while others are lee ble and sickly. Some have an abundance of this world's goods and more than heart can wish for, while others are struggling with poverty and want. We see those who have kind and pleasant companions for life, while others have the reverse. Some have children who are comforts to themselves, and blessings to society, while others have children who are a cause of continual anxiety. We see those who have many friends and relatives to comfort them and whose society they can enjoy, while others are almost alone in the world, and feel as if they would have no one to smooth their dying pillow. Some persons possess natu rully a happy temper of mind, while others are desponding and gloomy. But we sel dom, I might say never, see all those bles sings concentrated in one individual; if tbev have comforts they have trials also— our highest enjoyments are mingled with pain. Strong and devoted attachment to our friends, make the trial of separation greater when called to part with them. Some persons appear to have more than their share of sorrow, but we see those who are thus afflicted among the truly happy— "For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiv ed." A Salutary Thought. —\Y hen I was a young mou there lived in our neighborhood a farmer who was usually repi rted to be a very liberal man, uncommonly upright in all his dealings. When he had any of the produce of his farm te dispose of, he made an invariable rule to give good measure— rather more than was required of him. Une of bis friends observed hiui frequent ly doing so, questioned him as to why he did it; be told him he gave too much, and told him it would be to his advantage. Now, dear reader, mark the answer of this' excellent man : ''God has permitted me but one journey through the world, and when I am gone I cannot return to rectify mistakes." Think of this. There is but one jour ney through life. An Old Sermon. —Skeleton of a ser mon preached by Rev. Win. IJiscox, in Newport, R. 1., August 8, 1792, from Eccles. 1, XII. The time of youth is the best'time. 1. For good impressions. 2. For strong resolutions. 3. For fixed affections. 4. For closest applications. 5. For diligent observations. Not to remember God in youth is : 1. To slight His invitations. 2. To disregard His legislations. 3. To disbelieve His implications, 4. To reject His operations. Virtues confessed by our foes and vices acknowledged by our friends are probably real. He that falls into sin is a man; he that grieves at it is a saint; he that boasts of it is a devil. aawasffowsja EcnffffaHS? <D®Tssnra ssra WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1864. i For the Educational Column. The Preacher*and the Teacher. Martin Luther said if he would quit preaching his first employment would be teaching boys. Martin Luther was a strong, energetic character, and doubtless was in his proper position as a preacher and reformer; ami as such had a strong feeling of the relation between his mission as a preacher and that of a true spirited teacber. With him the connection was close; his object in either case being the good of immortal beings. Man is born into the world the most helpless of all the animal creation, and if left to himself must soon perish, as he is ) unable to attend to his smallest wants. And yet, though he is thus helpless, he is endowed with capacities which, when prop I erly developed, make him infinitely supe rior to all the other animal creation. But the faculties will not of themselves grow and strengthen into this superior being: ' If neglected they seldom raise hira much ; above the brute creation : Hence to bring | him to his proper place in the scale of ex istence, he must not be left to neglect, must ! be cared for. Besides those whom nature has placed over him, the minister and teacher have each his part to perform. Now the minis ter, as I conceive it, though he may, and does, in some measure, directly on the I hearts and minds of children, must operate j principally through the parents , while the ' teacher may do the same; and also, as he is mors immediately in contact with their minds and hearts, can bring his influence i to bear more directly upon them. Thus while the minister must wait till they are I somewhat developed before he can instruct them from the pulpit, the treacber has the first chance at their infant minds. Now if they work together this is all the better. Hence I think it would be j proper for ministers to visit school occasion- ; ally, and learn the ways and conduct of < teachers and pupils. They might both i teach and learn by such occasional visits. G. OUR SCHOOLHOUSE. The site of sites a sight to see, Is that where our school house stands. A shrubless slope without a tree Or bloom to win the wandering bee, A spot as desert you may not see This side of Sahara's sands. It stands where barren rocks outcrop The rugged and flinty soil. In vain the genial sun and shower, j And summer dews essay their power To call f rom that arid waste a flower: It mocks their kindly toil. j Unchecked by the shadow of a bough, The torrid sunbeams fall Upon the play-ground's swardsless beat; And there the winds of winter meet ; And whirl the blinding snow and sleet With unrelenting brawl. Here Dearth and Negligence combined Keep Beauty ever at bay; And fearing their purpose should not suc ceed | They have called on Avarice and Greed ; To guard the place with jealous heed ; Lest Progress come that way. I . ( \o | The school-house! how shall pen describe Its architectural grace ; Its order is unsettled quite, lonic, Doric, Composite, Or, as some hold it, "Wigwauiite I Derived from Indian race. ! The blue-wasp builds her mud-wall'd cell Against its wainscot browu ; The spider weaves her gauzy snare About its ceiling low and bare; And timid mice steal slily where A chance crumb may be found. The roof-moss groweth green the while Aud weather-stained the walls; The sportive breeze glides in and out Through shattered panes with lawless rout, I Whisking the text book leaves about | In gusty swells and falls. Thus pass the Summer months away, I he school house standeth lorn. But now the harvest's golden yield Is gathered from orchard and from field, And \\ inter stern his sceptre wields \\ here grew the tasseled corn. The boys and girls released from toil Are off to school a^ain, Their hearts are light, their heads are clear, For 'tis their harvest time of year; They go to glean with right good cheer Thought's richly ripened grain. Is there a temple fitly reared To receive that youthful band? Nought but a hovel dark and drear; Silks and tobacco have got so dear, And taxes are so high this year, So let the old school-house stand. a. Truthfulness —that is, the fact of speak ing the truth intentionally and even to the injury of self—is less a branch than a blos som of man's moral strength of character. In children especially it is a noble trait. Good men baye the fewest fears. MmuMioni i Two U. S. Marshals Waylaid! A Well Known Citizen of Juniata Mur dered. An extra of the Oskaloosa (Iowa) Her ald, dated the 3d ult., gives the following account of the murder of two U. S. Mar shals by the disloyal men of that vicinity. One of the victims, Captain John L. Ba shore, was a son of Mr. Samuel Bashore, reaiding about three miles north of Me chanicsburg, Pa., and was at one time a student of Cumberland Valley Institute. Captain Basbore removed to lowa eight or nine years since, and settled in Centreville, Appamoose county, in the southern part of | the State, where he was engaged in a mer cantile business at the outbreak of the re bellion. Entering the service as Ist Lieut, j in the 6th lowa cavalry, he was shortly after- ; ward promoted to a captaincy, and served j his country with fidelity and honor to him- ! self for three years. After having faced | death in all forms on the battle field, con fronting the open foes of the Government, j he was shot down in cold blood by the j wretches who aid the rebellion secretly, by ! all the means in their power. Captain Bashore was a young man of ex cellent business qualifications and eminent social qualities. He has a large number ol friends and relations in this region, among the Bashore and Seiber families. The following is the Herald's account ol the tragic affair: On Saturday, October Ist, in Sugar Cieek township, Poweshiek county, Deputy Mar ; shals J. RI. Woodruff of Kuoxville and J. L. Bashore of Centreville, were waylaid and in cold blood murdered. The partic ulars of this dastardly affair as we get them are as follows : Several drafted men of Sugar Creek having failed to report at the Provost Mar shal's office, deputies Woodruff and Bashore were sent to inquire the reason, or some thing to that effect. On going to the neighborhood they met Mike Gleason, and I after some conversation, leading them to believe he was all right, they disclosed their business, and he offered to assist t.heni in finding the men. The marshals made aD arrangement for hira to go with them, alter they had fed their horses and obtain- ' cd some refreshment for themselves. But while the marshals were feeding, Gleason went to Miller's saw mill, where the Cop perheads had met to drili as was their cus tom on Saturday. The military company soon dispersed. After feeding, Woodruff and Bashore started out to huut the draft ed men. As they were passing along the road they were suddenly fired upon by a : squad of men concealed in the bushes, j Woodruff was instantly killed, having two balls through his head and a number in his body. Bashore was but slightly wounded. He jumped out of the buggy but was im mediately surrounded by the Copperheads and several guns were leveled at him, and among them was Gleason, who had betrayed the marshals. MT. B. appealed to them to j spare his life. He told them that they were strangers to him, that he had nothing against them, was simply discharging his duty as an officer and begged them not to kill him. At this point he was shot in the back, the ball entering near the kidneys. Bashore then shot Gleason, breaking his leg Bashore fell, whether Ire was shot again or not does not appear. But after he was down, Gleason, who was not so bad ly wounded but that he could walk, came up to him and struck him a terrible blow on the head with the but of the gun, in- ; flicting a frightful wound and breaking the gun. By this time the Copperheads had ' left, thinking doubtless they had succeeded in killing both officers. A half an hour later a neighbor who heard the firing came that way, and the wounded men were car- ; ried off and Gleason placed under arrest. Bashore lived lour or five hours and told all the particulars of the assassination to James S. Cravens, at whose house he died, and others. John Fleener, Samuel Fleen- ; er and Perry McFarland, supposed to be the principals in this cold blooded crime, have escaped and are still at large. Hon. J. B. Grinnel has offered a reward of §00 for their arrest and conviction. On Sunday, three or four hundred citi- ; zens were collected at Cravens. The mur- ; dered uien, both of whom had been sol diers, Woodruff of the 3d cavalry, Ba shore of the 6th, were lying with their ghastly wounds pleading for justice and re venge. It was with difficulty the exasper- ; ated crowd were restrained from stringing i up Gleason without judge or jury. Our < informant left the scene at 4 o'clock Sun- | | day afternoon, when parties were scouring ' the neighborhood lor the Fleeners and oth- j ' ers, and arrangements were made for bring- j < ing the bodies of the slain and the prison- i ers to Oskaloosa. Sugar Creek is one of i the hardest and most notorious copperhead ( holes in the State. The Fleeners are t brothers-in-law to Myers, who killed Alio-! < way last autumn, and they were also impli cated in that horrid murder There can be little if any doubt that these assassina tions are in accordance with the plan al ready adopted and sworn to by the secret order of copperheads in lowa. They have sworn that no officer who goes out even to notify them of the draft, shall return alive. The time, if it ever existed for dealing leniently with such men as these, has past. The officers of the law should at once de termine to visit swift and terrible punish , ment on those who resist tneir authority. An Ossified Man- There is a man residing in Portage ooun- I ty, Ohio, who, since his fifteenth year has been almost entirely ossified. At that age he injured his knee by a fall from his horse. The injury caused ossification, which im mediately set in, and in the course of fif teen years bad completed its terrible work. He can only move two ot his fingers and , two of bis toes. He has not opened his jaws for more than thirty years, yet still j manages to talk with ease. His food is I placed within his lips, and without inasti j cation is conveyed to his stomach, lie lies in the same position during an entire ; day, only changing his position once in ; twenty-four hours. His skin fortunately j retains its normal condition. lie has been j blind for thirty years, aud is compelled to draw upon his memory lor mental exercise. ; This faculty has become exceedingly teua cious. lie remembers the most minute and trifling incident or circumstance; has the entire past, every lact and event in his experience, before him, piled up like strata, and summons at will, or as occasion re quires, occurrences which have faded from I the minds of his friends. His recollection |of localities is wonderful. Places that he had visited years ago, before struck with blindnes, he can now identify as he rides along, so vivid a recollection has he of the relative position of things, as bridges, riv ers, Ac. He is very expert at mathemeti cal calculations, and can, with great readi ness, give, for example, the number of square inches in an erea the number of whose square feet or rods is given hiui. Wliat a Toad did for a Soldier. We have often written in behalf of toads; we are glad to see them hopping arouud our garden in large numbers, and have paid boys for bringing them in there in baskets, by the hundred, as insect des troyers. A friend counected with the United States Sanitary Commission relates for the American Agriculturist, the follow, ing incident which he witnessed, that ex hibits Mr. or Mrs. Toad in a new character: A number of wounded from the battle of Petersburg were lying in a hospital tent, among whom was a negro whose leg had been taken off. He was on a mattress on the ground, and the weather being hot, the (Tressed stump of his leg was exposed, and a swarm of flies were settling upon it. Presently a large toad hopped into the tent, and taking his station near the edge of the bed began "gobbling" up the blue bottles in "double quick." The moment one alighted within six inches of the spot, he would square himself for the attack, his eyes twinkling with excitement, and then with a flash of his tongue and a smack of his mouth, the unlucky insect would dis appear. The boy was asleep when this commenced, but soon awoke, and was at first frightened at the "ugly toad" so near him; but our friend bade him be quiet, and pointed out the service the creature was rendering, when the negro and all present voted him a member of the Com mission, with many thanks, and he and his kindred were at once in high favor. —An extraordinary affair lately occurred in the town of Orel, in Russia, A great local land owner had a large sum (forty three thousand silver roubles) to receive through the police office of that town On applying for the amount he was told that the money could not be handed over to him unless he presented the office with five thousand silver roubles. He refused, and immediately reported the case to St. Pe tersburg, and the money was paid over to him. But on the evening of the same day, as he was quietly smoking in his study, a loud ring was heard at the bell The servant ou opening the door, was instantly pinioned, and tour men, their faces covered with black crape, rushed iuto the room and told him he must hand over his forty three thousand roubles. With the greatest cool ness he went over to his strong box, opened it, seized a revolver which was laid on the top shelf, and shot two of' the robbers dead, aud the other two immediately taking to their heels. On the crape being removed from the faces of the dead men they were ■ recognized as the head of the police and his secretary. Important Fact —A gentleman who has repeatedly suffered from the bite of ven omouH reptiles, while wandering through ! the ruins of Palenque in Chiapas, says he was in the habit of enlarging the wound with a lancet, introducing some butter of antimony , applying a ligature above the wouud, and taking ten drops of ammonia in water every fifteen minutes. The lives of himself and servant were repeatedly saved in this way, while four native atten dants, not using these precautions perished. New Series—Volume IX. No. 2. jMBIfeff&YG&At, Purifying Sorghum Sugar. —The fol } lowing information, just received from Mr. Riley Root, of Galesburg, 111., patentee of a new process for clarifying Chinese and i other cane juices, may be of much use to those engaged in raising : " I would add, in relation to sugar mak ihg, that after the syrup has granulated, j the remaining (ungranulaUble) portion of syrup is drawn off. But with our cane at • the north the mucilage is so stiff and ad hesive that assistance by means of a press | has been found beneficial. After the first pressing is performed, the follower can be : removed, and a little clear cold water stir red into the sugar, and press again. This process can be performed several timds, and at each successive time the sugar be comes whiter, with a slight diminution of its amount; but each successive draining becomes a more perfect article of golden syrup, so that what is lost in one is gnined in the other." To Keep Tires on Wheels. —Hear what a practical man says on this subject: " I ironed a wagon some years ago for my own use, and before putting on the tires I filled the felloes with linseed oil; and the tires have worn out aud were never loose. I ironed a buggy for my own use seven years airo, and the tires are as tight now as when | thej' were put on. My method of filling the felloes with oil is as follows : I use a long cast iron oil heater, made for the purpose; the oil is brought to a boiling heat, the wheel is placed on a stick so as to hang in the oil each felly an hour for a common sized fel ly. The timber should be dry, as wet tim ber will not take oil. Care should be ta ken that the oil be not made hotter than boiling heat, in order that the timber be not burnt. Timber filled with oil is not susceptible to water and is much more du j rablc. I was amused some years ago, when I told a blacksmith how to keep tires tight on wheels, at his telling me it was a profit able business to tighten tires, and the wa gon maker will say it is profitable to make and repair wheels—but what will the far mer, who supports the wheelwright and smith, say ?" Salt and Charcoal for Stock. —Farmers who raise stock should give them plenty of charcoal to eat and freely of salt, as both charcoal and salt improve cattle and make them in good condition. Salt will act on the blood. Charcoal strengthens and heals the mucous membrane throughout the ali mentary canal, and increases the power of the digestive organs, healing any unheal thy condition existing there. It prevents worms generating in the stomach, &c., and absorbs the putrescent gases. The use of salt and the free use ol charcoal will con tribute to protect cattle from epidemics. NORRIS, STERNE & CO. DEALERS IN WATCHES, JEWELRY AND PLATED WARE. We offer to purchasers throughot the Uni ted States a large and splendid assortment of Jewelry, and Plated Ware of every descrip tion at prices which defy competition. Articles sent by IVTail FREE OF CHARGE. For the benefit of persons wishing a neat; pretty and useful article at a moderate price, we attach the following price list: Ladies' handsome Neck Chain $1.00; sin gle stone imitation Diamond Ring $1.00; Cluster imitation .Diamond Ring $2 ; Heavy Plated Vest Chain $1.25; Heavy Plain Rings (will stand the strongest acid) SL; Heavy Plated black enameled Sleeve Buttons 50 cts., gents single stone or cluster imitation DiaJ rnond Pins $1; magnificent Bracelets $1.25; i handsomely chased Medallions $1.25; Pen i and Pencil with extension case $1.50; Ladies' j beautiful Revolving Pin (can be worn either side) $1.25; Ladies' small Jet or Garnet Pin $1; handsome ladies' set of Pin end Drops Coral; Carbuncle or Opal sets $1.25; fancy Watch Keys $1; Ladies' Long Guard and Chatelaine Chains $1; genuine Gutta Percha Pins for hair or likeness $1; Seal Rings $1; red or black Ball Ear Drops 50 cents; chil dren's handsome Carbuncle or Coral Armlets $1; Vest Hooks, fancy patterns, 50 cents; Carbuncle Studs and Sleeve Buttons $1; Sil ver plated Butter Knives $1.50 per pair; Sil : ver plated Spoons $2.50 per half dozen. All articles Warranted to give satisfaction | or money refunded. All orders filled immediately. A libera! reduction in price will he made on order for a number of articles at one time. Address all orders to NOKKIS, STERNE & CO., 311£ Walnut St., Phi la., Pa. 0ct.19-3m. Estate Catharine Ramsey, deceased. "VTOTICE is hereby given that letters of II administration on the estate of Catha rine Ramsey, late of Armagh township, Mif flin county, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, residing in said township. All persons indebted to said estate are re j quested to make immediate payment, and j those having claims to present them duly au thenticated fur settlement. WM 11. RAMSEY, CIIAS. P. RAMSEY, octl2* Administrators. STOVES. A LARGE assortment of Cooking, Parlor and other Stoves, always on band, at the lowest prices, at J. B. SELIIEIMER'S.
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