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A Chicago letter elsewhere states that the coke strike is resulting in a considerable transfer of Western trade to the "West Vir ginia coke makers. The fact that the superiority of Connellsville coke gives it the preference, even at a higher price, is fullv brought out; but the concurrent fact, that when Connellsville coke is not to be had the consumers must give an increased trade to the 'West Virginia interests, is urged as one of the strongest incentives for the early set tlement of this strike. There is much force in this view, although the temporary transfer of orders to the "West Virginia field cannot be regarded as a per manent loss of trade to the Connellsville interests. An article which commands the market by its superiority can hardly be permanently excluded from the field because its rivals have temporarily taken trade during its enforced absence from the market So long as the Connellsville district can turn out the best coke for the price, it can rely on getting the vast bulk of the trade back again, whenever it is able to xe-euter the market with its product But it is in another view that this gain of trade by the competing coke field furnishes the ttrongest inpentive to the settlement of the strike. Besides the transfer during the strike of the entire revenue of the business, in the shape of wages to the men and profits to the operators, to the "West Virginia in dustry, the most serious aspect is that ihe present condition of affairs stimulates the growth oi a competing industry. Every week the strike continues is a premium to the starting of new coke works in the com peting field. As it is a well-established economic fact that competition between dif ferent fields has a restrictive effect on wages, as well as profit', and as the "West Virginia district is understood to be paying less wages than those offered in the Connellsville field, it should be plain that the incentive to a settlement of the strike should be equally 6trong with employes as well as employers. The passions of the moment render it difficult to get a recognition of this fact at present; but, when people are cooled down, its force ought to be evident. The growth of a competing coke district is not to be objected to, from the national point of view. But it is worth while for the oper ators and workmen of the Connellsville dis trict to consider seriously whether they wish to offer a premium on it by the prolongation of their ruinous quarrel. POLITICS SHOULD OI BE IX IT. Certain Democratic papers, tainted with Southern Bourbonism, arc deserving of se vere censure for attempts to make political capital out of the Italian imbroglio. No sooner was the news of Baron Fava's recall received than they raised the cry that a Democratic administration would have avoided all trouble. Thev conveniently for got that the whole misunderstanding origi nated in a State governed by Democrats, of whose Bourbon tendencies there can be no question. They also torgot to explain how a Democratic administration could have avoided the trouble without acceding to Italy's demands. If they imagine this country can promise that the lynchers of the New Orleans Italians will be punished, they forget their old claim that the nation has no right to inter fere with the internal a flairs oi the State. Tne punishment of the New Orleans lynchers is purely a matter for that State alone, though the government of New Orleans itslf cannot promise that they will be found guilty. To make any such promise would deny the accused a f.iir and impartial trial by prearranging for conviction. The Bourbon newspapers arc not expected -to have Twy much lore for the present ad ministration, but in a crisis like the present, true patriotism demands that political affairs be not allowed to cause sectional dissensions. There is by no means any certainty of war, but if fighting should become necessary the best interests of the nation will not be served by creating internal dissensions over the political faith of a President or Secretary of State. THE CITIZENS' MEETING. The meeting of citizens called by the Mayor to discuss and take action ou pend ing street legislation will be a valuable op portunity for a clear expression of public opinion. The questions to come before it affect all taxpayers, and it is to be hoped that citizens generally will be present On the understanding thst all legislation pend ing for the conduct of municipal business is to be submitted for free discussion and an unbiased expression of popular opinion, it will mark the introduction of a new ele ment in the framing of legislation. Of the bills to be discussed, two ihe one providing for the improvement of streets and that for the assessment to pay for im provements already made are lifcely to be indorsed with very little dissent As to the first, it is no expression of doubt that it is a proper provision for future improvements, excenton the very debatahlequestion whether improvements should be made on petition of a majority in interest or a majority in number of the property holders benefited. As to the curative street bill, more doubts are expressed, but they are mainly directed to the doubt whether it will hold water than to actual opposition to its enactment There is no question that it is to the interest of the public, and the wish of the majority of the people, that the Sl,200,000 to 52,000,000 that must be paid for street improvements finished and in oper ation, shall 'be raised by assessment on those benefited, if it can be done, instead of by general taxation. The objection to the policy oi conducting public business by illegal methods and then going to the Leg islature to legalize it, is obvious. But in this case it is overshadowed by the fact that the business was conducted by what were supposed to be legal methods, and that great injustice will be worked if those not bene fited by the improvements have to pay for them. Two other bills occupy a more doubtful position. That providing for park pay ments is in one view curative, for it is in tended to legalize transactions already con summated in the acquisition of park property, besides changing the law for future purchases. But in its curative aspect it is to be distinguished from the street bill in the fact that the trouble in the former case was caused by reliance on a law sup posed to be constitutional, while with re gard to the park difficulty it is due to simple negligence to find out what the law was. For the future it ii a decidedly debatable question whether a popular vote on the acquisition of public parks, is not a desirable provision. The measure making a rather indefinite grant of power over the wharves, if pre sented to the meeting, is also one that will provoke considerable debate, and seems to call lor a clearer limitation of powers over ground dedicated to a specific use As to the scheme for the indefinite issue of C per cent certificates of indebtedness by the city, we do not think that any repre sentative body of citizens will be likely to endorse a measure of such doubtful consti tutionality and worse policy. A TAX THAT "WAS TAKEN" OFF. The sharp reduction in the price of sugar likely to be more decided when the lull effect of the reduction of duty is felt stimu lates the Philadelphia Record to a rather frantic attempt to prove that it is a disproof of protectionist theories. It asserts that it proves the tariff on sugar to have been a tax, and that it was paid by the American con sumer. Exactly. But it may not be amiss to remind our free trade friends that the un varying attitude of the protectionists in Congress was that a revenue duty like ihe sugar duty is a tax, and therelore when an attempt is made to relieve the public from taxation it was especially eligible for reduc tion or removal. It is also pertinent to recall the fact that the platform of the free traders on the re moval of the sugar duty was that it was the kind of tax they did not wish to have taken from the people. A movement started by their leader on the avowed necessity of re ducing the revenue, a duty which their organs now claim was an undisputed tax, was not to be selected for accomplishing the professed purpose of their crusade. Finally, the conclusion is pertinent that since the free trade press have so unan imously discovered from experience that the sugar duty was a tar, they will have to give the McKinley bill credit for reducing tax ation which they have been industriously denying for the past six months. AN OLD-TIME CORPORATE FLEA. The article of Mr. Sidney Dilion on "The "West and the Railroads," in the North American Review, is a remarkable example of the disposition of the corporate policy to turn back public opinion to the point where the discussion of corporate abuses com menced. Mr. Dillon, as the associate and representative of the Gould policy, has too manifest an interest in effecting, if possible, a return to the old ignorance of the public obligations and restrictions of railway cor porations to require much commentary on that score. Yet it might be supposed that the knowledge of that fact would inspire that interest with discretion enough to leave the preaching of the doctrine of corporate irresponsibility to those whose inter est is a little less obvious. The appearance of Mr. Dillon to dis charge that function suggests a reliance on the theory that the attainment of stand ing in financial and corporate circles wipes out the public memory of the means by which that power was reached, and endows representatives of the corporate policy of plnnder with a species of ex cathedra au thority to enunciate dogmas concerning their relations with the people. Upon whatever theory he may base his argument, Mr. Dillon produces the once familiar statement of the great benefits rail ways have conferred; that the charges of dis crimination in railway charges, of building up wealth among the railway favorites at the cost of the masses, of stock watering and manipulation, are all, in Mr. Dillon's opin ion, "too puerile to be noticed." He makes au exception with regard to the charge of over-capitalization, which, he takes es pecial pains to argue, is entirely a question of private management and is no conceru of the public. All of this leads up to the con clusion that railways are private enter prises, with a few immaterial exceptions es tablished without public aid, and that therefore the attempts to regulate charges are war. to a and wicked assaults on private property. This is almost a replication of the articles which used to appear ten years ago, dem castrating that any attempt to prevent rail THE way discriminations was a confiscatory at tack on vested interests. It does not ad vance a single idea not thoroughly venti lated before the passage of the inter-State commerce law. Its theory of the wealth created by the railways ignores the fact that without the labor of the people in produc tion the railways themselves would be worthless. It discards as puerile the charges established by judi cial and legislative investigation, and exemplified by the colossal fortunes created by those abuses. Its assertion that the great majority of the railroads are entirely the creations of private enterprise is a remark able avoidance of the great fact that there is not a single line of any importance that could have been built without the exertion in its favor of the sovereign power of emi nent domain, which charged it with all the obligations and duties of a public highway. But it is in his remarks on the effect of competition that Mr. Dillon most markedly displays the insincerity of his argument. He points to the work of competition in the past and holds it up for the future as a com plete protection for the public against un just charges. But he keeps entirely out of sight the fact that by the very organization of the railway system competition never is permitted, and painfully ignores the further pertinent reflection that the corporate policy he and his associates especially represent is the com plete suppression of any competition what ever between the transcontinental lines. The Dispatch has often declared the at tempts of the Western Legislatures to tie railway rates down by legislative enact ments as foolish and mistaken; but the fact is that they are the logical conclusion of the Gould policy. It is a recognized maxim that where competition is abolished there must be legislative regulation of the mo nopolized charges. The stock market has been convulsed, the money market thrown into panic, and legitimate stockholders plundered, in order that Mr. Gould, Mr. Dillon and their associates might get con trol of the transcontinental lines and abol ish competition between them. It would be interesting to have Mr. Dillon explain what other protection the people have when that corporate policy is triumphant; but he en tirely omits to do so. The return oi the corporate advocates to the theories of ten years ago makes it neces sary to repeat the assertion that when the managers abjure the errors and abuses that exist in the system and give competition free and unhampered operation in fixing their charges, they will he able to present the most convincing arguments against radi cal and restrictive legislation in the "West ern States. A ROYAL BUSINESS HAN. An anxious public is gravely informed that the King of Greece may take up his permanent residence in London, and, in ex planation of such action, it is intimated that the interests of a commercial house of which he is the head require his presence in that city. This bit of news is really interesting, as it shows that one man, at least, has not altogether the strongest faith in the doctrine of the divine right of kings. It also shows that the profits of a successful commercial career are to him more desirable than the adulation given to royalty, even when the adulation in accompanied by a good, fat salary. The only drawback to complete enjoyment of the news is the fact that if the King of Greece goes to London his son will reign in his stead. His Majesty should not do things by halves. He should take his son as a partner in'his London business, and allow the Grecians to elect their own ruler. No monarch of Europe has been freer from scandals of all kinds than has His Majesty of Greece. He is universally com mended as a gentleman and a scholar, and as a man of more than ordinary kingly wisdom. These facts lead us to the sorrow ful belief that the other royal rulers will not follow his example. If they would, Europe would be happier, and kings would learn that conducting a successful business is very much better than tyrannizing over unwilling; subjects. The hot controversy between the organs ot the opposing parties, in which the Repub licans are hotly charging tbat the Cleveland administration ordered the seizuro of Canadian sealing schooners, and the Democrats are earnestly declaring that it did not, proves practical agreement on one point A clear light seems to have fallon upon the organs on both sides that the seizures amounted to a very grave mistake. "With cheaper sugar and cheaper ice the pleasures of life during the coming summer are nnt likely to be such expensive luxuries as they were last summer. Lemonade and ice cream may be within the reach of the ordinary, to say nothing of the costly but seductive claret ranch. The news that the young man who mar ried the daughter of an ex-Secretary of State is a nobleman loses soma of its sadness on in formation that he is not too proud to work for a living. Senator Faulkner declares that they drank Congress water on the Hearst funeral trip. As between "Congress water" and "orange wine," which Mrs. Helen M. Gonger charges to have been consumed, we should re gard the latter as likely to be most innocnons. Congress water may cover a multitude of sins, while orange wine, upon the face of it, may he set down as a mild tipple. Those party organs that are regretting the omission of the last Congress to appropriate 810.OUO.000 for battle-ships would bo speaking more to the point If they expressed regret be cause Congress did not leavo enough money in the Treasury to appropriate as much as that "WnEN we discover from a perusal of the Chicago organs that that city is in the midst ot a municipal contest, the Italian dispute as sumes a sickly and utterly insignificant hue. The discovery of Mr. Chauncey M. De pew since that Central-Canadian Pacific con tract was made, that public opinion is setting very strongly toward reciprocity with Canada, is calculated to awaken a bolief that the con tract is on the basis of a tonnage royalty to bo paid by the Canadian company to that which has the good fortune to own Mr. Dcpew as its head. The gentlemen who declared last fall that the reduction in the sugar duties was a nhiin are now vimronslv claiming that it is a proof of the wisdom of reducing the tariff. Then It follows that the McKinley bill must be credited with reducing the tariff. O'Mallet, in giving himself up to the New Orleans authorities, was probably actuated by a desire to promote peace by offering him self as a sacrifice on the altar ot Friendship. The suggestion that the Mafia may cap ture Speaker Reed, while he is on a tour through Italy, and hold him for ransom, is evi dently inspired by enmity to the Italians. If our irate friends should get hold of the ex Speaker, they wonld he presently calling upon their former associates of tne Drcibund to help them let go of blm again. It seems to have been considered more necessary to get tho Chicago World's Fair management into another fight than to make any real progress in putting un the buildings and doing the work of getting up a successful fair. Hicks, the weather prophet who was nw-r i !7H& t PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, married the other day, has made some very good guesses, but he will find himself unable to predict matrimonial storms. The fact that a son ot President Garfield has been defeated for nomination to the Cleve land City Council by u. saloon keeper is not a proof that Garfield's memory u dishonored. It is an evidence that In city politics, heredi tary claim to political preferment is not half so powerfnl as the ability to set up things with the ward workers. "WniLE reciprocity is the order of the day, why not give effect to that reciprocity treaty with Mexico which was concluded somo years ago, and prevented from being carried into effect by sheer political stupidityT An agent of a beet sugar syndicate has been swindling tho people of Abeline, Kansas, and because he took their sugar the citizens call him a beat The information that the old Union Canal from Reading to Middletown, Dauphin county, is now being sold out in lots to the owners of abutting farms, shows that tho last traces of the old canal system of the State are being wiped out about the time the State ought to commence the work of creating a new one. PEESONS PARAGRAPHED. Mr. Tshing-Tshano, the new Chinese Minister at Paris, is a Tartar by birth and a Roman Catholic, and so is his wife. Dr. Koch, who has Just returned to Ber lin from Egypt, is reported much depressed over tho non-success of his lymph. Empress Frederick, during her recent visit to Paris, made a number of sketches, which are to be copied and printed for a benev olent purpose. Miss Cora V. DiEnL, who has been elected Recorder ot Deeds for Logan county, Ala., is 21 years old and commenced making Greenback speeches at the age of 16. Colonel A. S. Follensbee, one of the Chicago victims of the grip, commanded the Massachnsetts regiment tbat was mobbed in Baltimore in the early days of the war. Pkof. Ttndall, who, several weeks ago, was reported as suffering from inflamma tion of the veins, has had a serious relapse, and bis condition is worse than it has been at any time. Clara "Novello, for whom Rossini is said to have written his Immortal "Stabat Mator" music, is ono of the foremost women in the intellectual society of the Italian capital at present. Mathilda Serrao, the Italian author ess, is said to have applied much of the power and perception ot Dickens to the middle and lower ranks of Italian life, through her novel, "Fantasy." Franz von Suppe, the well-known mu sician, recontly celebrated, In Vienna, his fiftieth anniversary as a composer. He re ceived telegrams of congratulation from all parts of the civilized world. Captain Johann Orth, the missing Austrian Archduke, was signaled on the Pacific Ocean, some weeks ago, according to a state ment in a French paper published in Yoko hama, but the story is not received with cre dence in Vienna. Adelaide Ristori, the great actress of a former generation, is nearer 70 than 60 years or age, but says a Roman correspondent, is still a beautifnl woman, with voice strong and clear, her fine figure straight and graceful, and face neither wrinkled noryollow. A COURT OF CROWS. Tho Romarkably Queer Sight Seen In a Prohibition State. I never would have believed stories told about crow justice had I not attended their "court," says Ewing Herbert in the Kansas City Star. One beautiful day in December I was riding on the public road two miles north of Hamlin, Kan. 1 had noticed great hocks of crows flying about me, and when nearing a Cottonwood crove, in making a turn to tho right I saw hundreds ot them perched in the tree3 in solid lines to the end of the row. I had read somewbero tbat crows were well governed birds, and when I saw this fine-Ionk-ing bodv I jadged that It sat there to give trial to au offender of some sort I stopped my horse, half fearing tho crafty birds wonld fly adjourn court or continue the case. To my delight no attention was paid to me It takes a man with a gun to disturn these mocking, im pudent blacklegs. I was just in time to hear ana seo all that was done. From a tree at the head of a low, where ten crows sat, there came such loud and rapid cawing as I never heard before from so few throats, and every now and then all the flock joined in making the noise, and the chorus thus iurnishedwas all that could have been asked if noise was desired. After two or tbrco min utes of this racket a silent rest was taken, which was broken by a single crow, who made a little talk in tho crow dialect, followed quicKly by others. Things became more dignified, and my inter est In the proceedings was so intense that when a fine, fat bird submitted a fow remarks and wasapplandod by general cawing from every bird present I could scarcely keen from clap ping my bands. Suddenly 12 crows flow down the lines twice and back and all was still as they did so. I was amused and startled. This might be a jury of crows on parade. Ana I believe It was. After two or three crows had again spoken tho 12 flow down the lines once more; but this timo there were flerco caws trom every crow in an swer to caw s from tho 12. My fancy explained: Tho jury was seeking its verdict in public opin ion, and the excited crows, like revolutionary mobs, demanded blood. Back to their perches for the last time flew the cronsand again a silence fell not unlike the abrupt hush of court room whispers as tho prisoner stops forward to learn the worst But I could distinguish no criminal. As I lookod for tho poor fellow there was a great angry caw from every crow and all flew to tjie cantor of the line, where, as I live, they tore three of their unsuspecting kind in shreds, leaving only a few feathers to float upward and out of sight as they separated and noiselessly flew away, seemingly satisfied with what they had done. DEATHS OP A DAY. Alfred Ilnngey. Alfred Bungey, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Allegheny, died yesterday afternoon at his residence. 2)9 federal street, aged S3 years. Mr. llungeywas a director in ihe lien Franklin Insurance Company, and had been a resident of Allegheny for CI) Tears, lie was born in York county, Pa., in 1803. and came to Allegheny when quite a young man. He was a verv successful business man, having been a member of the firm ot Hunger & Smith, con tractors ana nuiiuers mey Diini xne nrst rail road biidge across the Allegheny, and the old Union depot and grain elevator which were burned during the riots, air. Hungcy leaves a wire and lour children. Dr. D. M. Dalce. The death is announced at De Funiak Springs, Kla., yesterday week, of Dr. D. 31. Dake, atone time a well-known medical practi tioner in Pittsburg. He was born in 1814. in Greenfield. N. Y.. and after practicing in Jlliat Stare for n number or years removed to this city in 1813, where he resided until I8M. when he re tired. He went to Florida in 1885. and lived there up to the time of his death. He married Mls alary llalnlirldge .Manuel In 161 and she, to sether with rour children, survives him. Mrs. ISarb ura McRoberts. McK.EESPORT,April3. Mrs.BarbaraMc Roberts was found dead in bed this morning. De ceased was 65 venrs or age, and was feolim; as well as usual until she retired last evening. IlcrdeaUi was from heart trouble. "William A. Masslngham. "William A. Massingham died yesterday afternoon at his residence, 205 Center avenue, in the 53d year of his age. He was a member of Camp P. Kourth Virginia Volunteers, and of O. A. It Post 157. Dr. Ransom Dexter. Chicago, April 3. Dr. Kansom Dezter, of this city, a surgeon of national reputation, and widely known lor his contributions to med ical and scientific literature, died here yesterday. Dai Id Taylor. Madison, Wis., April 3. David Tay lor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, died suddenly at the supper table this evening, aged 71. Ihe cause was heart disease. II. P. Jeffords. Tucson, Ariz., April 3. H. P. Jeffords, United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, diedo-day alter alckness of several weeks. MES, JOHN SHURWOOD will contribute for TI1K DISPATCH a scries of letters which fcho calls "Reading for the Home." The first will appear to-morrow. Mrs. Sher wood's name Is aguarantce of the excellence of the aeries. ,yy-riv-yp SATURDAY, APRIL 4, .- THE M0REW00D RIOT, Press Comment on the Killing Its Signifi cant Aspects Are More Complications Possible? Mobs Mnst Beware The Governor Blundered A Terrible Lesson. Ji ew Y'ork Morning Journal. The sharp and sangnlnary reproof adminis tered to the strikers at the Standard Coke Works in Pennsylvania will doubtless cause the leaders to reflect on the deplorable nature of violence as a means of righting their wrongs. Mobs of strikers starting out with the ex pressed determination of plundering and burning, for tho sake of gratifying vengeance, must expect to encounter the Winchester, the militiaman and the (sheriff. If this were not so, anarchy would very soon be established in some districts. The foreign toiler wbo comes here to share American fortunes must never fancy tbat he has left the law behind him. He must invoke it when he is wrnnged, and expect the property owner to invoke it against him when he assails property. Significant Aspects. lcw York Press. The one fact however, that all the killed and wounded were foreigners is significant at the moment It is merely another painf nl example of the effects of the indiscriminate immigra tion permitted during the last decade an im migration embracing some of the most loath some and criminal population of Europe, brought here for tho twofold purpose of re lieving Europe of this burden of pauperism and crime and degrading American labor. It is an immigration which, if continued, bids fair to taint the body politico! this country to a degree tbat will convert our centers of indus trial enemy and great commercial cities into hotbeds of communism and crime. Sacli Cheap Labor Too Dear. New York limes. 3 The names and descriptions of the seven men killed show that the riot was organized and conducted by men who knew nothing of American institutions and nothing of the American character. They comprised two Slavs, four Poles, and one Italian. It is to the indiscriminate hospitality of this country that they owed tho opportunity of making the dis turbance that cost them their lives. Doubtless their late will for a short time and in the region immediately affected serve as a warning to their compatriots, hut something more than this is needed. They wero imported, or they were encouraged to immigrate, because they were supposed to be able and willing to supply cheap and tractable labor, and they have shown that the labor they supply Is neither cheap nor tractable. In this country, where every laborer is a citizen, the question of a man's economic valuo should be considered with reference to the man's value as a citizen. In this aspect of it cheap labor may be the dearest labor possible, as has now been proved. Like almost every "labor trouble" that occurs, tho riot in Pennsylvania shows the necessity of sifting our immigration by general and ju dicious laws. Aro More Complications Possible? New York faun.l Aro complications possible with other powers beside Italy? A large number of Russian and Austrian subjects were shot down yesterday In the State of Pennsylvania. They were en gaged in a desperate riot and they lost their lives while attempting the lives of others and while engaged in the wanton and reckless destruction of property! Rut all the same they were no: United States citizens, and they must bo accounted for on a wholly different tooting. They belonged to the most ignorant debased and worthless class of our foreigu population, tho least law-abiding and the most unpromising element it contains; but there is nothing moro certain thau that, according to recent aspects of our treaty relations with for eign powers, we have a special and painf nl ac countability for them. The relation to the commonwealth of the foreigner who is not a citizen, who does not in tend to become a citizen, and wbo ought not to be a citizen undor any ciicumstances. Is becom ing mighty interesting. A Dumping Ground tor Europe. Philadelphia Kccord.l Nearly 30,000 immigrants from Europe wero landed on our shores during the month of March. Of these. 7,869 wero from Italy, 7,087 from Germany. 4,386 from Great Britain and Ireland, 3,589 from Hungary, 3,431 from Austria, and 2,923 from Russia. Much of this influx may be classed under the head of pauper labor, if nothing worse. Notwithstanding laws in tended to be repressive, this country is still the dnmpinggroundfor the offscnurincs of Europe's most undesirable population. The Morewood riot affords scarcely a suggestion of tho evils that might naturally be expected to arise out of snch unregulated accretions to our popula tion. Mobs Mnst Beware. Philadelphia North-American. It is not a question of wages now, but of the right of the coke company to operate their works without murderous assaults by the strik ers upon the employes. The pun ishment already inflicted npon the rioters may call a halt and good citizens certainly hope it may. Wo can, however, confidently commend the Sheriff's posse, which waited until attacked with deadly weapons, and then shot to kill. There is no other way so good. If anybody has any blank cartridges let them be saved to fire on parade on the Fourth of July. The way to deal with mobs was indicated by Napoleon. Not a shot should bo fired save in self-defense, but when a mob makes tho assault shoot to kill. This is the only way to save lives. Ihe military man who thinks to scaro a mob by burnins powder over its surgine ranks will sac rifice more lifo than he mil to fire ball and aim low. Tliero can bo no parley with such a mob as that at Morenood. It has passed lejond rea soning. Not a shot should bo fired until the mob attacks, and the firing should ceaso when the mob retires. In brief, the way to deal with such bodies is to let them butt their brains out against organized authority. The Governor Blundered. Philadelphia Inquirer. On the 30th of March tho Sheriff of West moreland sent word to tbe Governor that he needed arms and asked permission to use the arms of the State to placo bis deputies in a po sition to defend tho property endangered. The Governor refused. This was a blunder. Now that a number of men havo been killed a regi ment of soldiers is ordered upon tbe soene. This is very much in the nature of locking the stable door after the horse has been stolen, but still decided action in this case Is better late than never. When hundreds of men arc bent on mischief tho best way to prevent bloodshed is to overawe them. Had there been a strong body of armed men ready for emergencies it is doubtful if the deadly riot would have taken placo. But the Governor has got hold of the situation at last and let us hopo that the presence of tbe troops will bring order out of lawlessness. Is tho Policy Good? Philadelphia Times. 'ihis is one feature of this lamentable occur rence that should not bo lost sight of by tbe crnplojlng coke proprietors. The names of tbe dead and wounded rioters show that they be long, without exception, to tho class of cheap foreigners imported for the express purpose of taking the place of other workmen who de manded higher wages in a peaceable way. Ihe dangers to the peace and good order of Ameri can society from this class of foreign cheap labor aro shown by the Morewood riot to be grave. It is true that sheriffs' deputies and militiamen, armed with Winchesters, can put down riots, but Is It north while for the sake of a small savinjr in tho rate of wages to encour age the importation of ignorant and fanatical foreigners who mako little of attempting to en force their demands by violence? Tho Strikers to Blame. Philadelphia Public Ledger. They brought upon themselves the fatal Are of tho Sheriff's officers. It was announced 2i hours in advance that tbcv intended to wreck the coke works then being operated hymen presumably satisfied with their wares and terms of employment. Tbe Sheriff was called upon to protect tho men and tho property, and his deputies did not fire upon the mob nntil tbe latter, according to the ore-arranged plan, made the attack. Then the Sheriff and his deputies acted with proper decision, and a call was made upon the Governor for troops in an ticipation of further trouble. It is deplorable tbat such collisions should become necessary, but tbe authorities cannot do othcrwi-o than protect life and property from mob violence at any sacrifice. A Terrible Lesson. Ualtimore American. The tragedy was the same old result of the same old cause. It is a terrible lesson, bnt it emphasizes the majesty and the necessity of the law as represented by its sworn officers. Ibis affair, following so closely noon tuu New Orleans disturbance, will undoubtedly in tensify public comment abroad; but If the real facts are impartially given, the result will not be to tho disadvantage of this country's Gov eminent, although sympathy may be felt for us that such a class of Ignorant workmen are tjs 1891 Drought here to defy our laws, and to court the consequences of that disobedience. The State Press. ilarrlsbuurg Call. Had tbe military been ordered to the scene of tbe Westmoreland riotswben the Sheriff of tbe county first made known his inability to cope with the mob, in all likelihood there would have been no bloodshed. There is nothing that will strike fear and terror to rioters so surely as the presence of troops, even if tbey are mili tiamen. Such fear is natural, in view of the ever-present fact that tbey are unarmed and wholly unprepared for receiving tbe hot lead and cold steel bayonets the soldiers can give them. Erie Dispatch. Whatever may be the differences of opinion as to the justice of tbe demands of tho striking coke workers, no doubt can be felt tbat the riots which have grown out of their trouble must be put down at all hazards. Du Bols Courier. Yesterday Pennsylvania soil was dyed with blood drawn in civil strife and at the cost of many lives, and it is a reproach on the efficiency of some one In authority. There had been warnings for a week tbat such a thing would occur in the coke regions unless adeauate steps were taken to prevent it Everybody knows that labor disputes do not justify a battle with muskets and the slaughter of deputies and la borers. AH IMPE0HPITJ LECTUBE Takes the Place of the One Schednled for Attorney W. D. 3Ioore. There was an impromptu lecture at the meet ing of the Academy of Science and Art, last evening, at the Academy building. W. D. Moore was annonnced for a lecture on 'The Evidence of Fossil Flora as to Darwin's The ory of Evolution," but the gentleman railed to put in an appearance, and after waltinz until nearly 9 o'clock. Prof. F. W. Very, of the Ob servatory, kindly consented to speak for a short time. Prof. Very spoke npon the recent novelties in astronomical investigations, a. subject upon which tbe eentleman is thoroughly informed, and on which, as his remarks proved, be was competent to speak entertainingly, without specific preparation. Very few members were present so many havingbeen dotained at borne by tbe grip that even a council meeting that was to have taken place before the lecture was impossible. A BATcrr of now music just received from Europe by City Organist "Wales will be heard at the forty-seventh free organ recital in Car negie Hall to-day. Miss Carrie Terrant being the soprano soloist of tho occasion. Xoveltics by Claassen, Hoist, Eilenberg. Belvo, Meyer IIolmUDd. Beaumont and Jungmann are among tho programmed numbers in addition to a pot pourri of Donizetti's alwavs charming "Daughter of the Regiment." Mr. Wales has commenced preparations for the flf tioth free organ recital on April 25. It will be made quite an occasion, and if Mr. Carnegie is still hi this country he will be presont by formal In vitation. For the ensuinc year some chances are under consideration. To avoid interference with Saturday matinees it is possible tbat Fri day afternoon may be chosen in tbe future. Social Chatter. Next Tuesday evening the Linden Club will give a reception at its clubhouse. An elaborate reception will be given April 10 by the Liberty Club, invitations to that effect bavingbcen issued. The Dunlap-Stevenson nuptials are indefi nitely postponed owing to illness in the fami lies of tho bride and groom. The invitations for tbe wedding of Mr. Edwin Stanton Fownes and Miss Carolino A. Filley are recalled owing to tbe death of Miss Alice Fownes. Mns. W. H. D. Totten has returned from Chicago with her daughter Luelle, who for several weeks hasbeen critically ill in that city, where she had been pursuing her musical studies with Mr. Sherwood. HOW THREAD IS STJMBEEED. Tho Process That Gives the Seamstress Ex actly "What Sho Wants. Dry Goods Keview. The seamstress, whether she wants No. 30 or 40 or 120 thread, knows from tho number iust what kind of sewing it can be used for. When 810 yards of yarn weigh 7,000 grains, a pound of cotton, the tbreadmakers mirk it No. L If l,6S0jards weigh a pound. It is marked No. 2. For No. 50 yarn it would take 60 multiplied by 4S9 to weigh a pound. This is the whole ex planation of the yard measurement as used by the spool manufactnrer. The early manufact ured thread was of three-cord, the number be inc derived from the number of yards to tbe pound, just as it is to-day. No. CO yarn made No. GO thread, though in point of fact tbe actual caliber ot No. 60 tnread would equal No. 20 j am, being made of three No. 20 brand twist ed together. When tho sewing machine came into tbe market as a great thread consumer, unreason ing in its work and inexorable in its demands for mechanical accuracy, six-cord cotton had to be made in place of tho old and rougher three cord, it being much smoother. As thread numbers were already establisbed, they were not altered for tbe new article, and No. 60 six cord and No. 60 three-cord were left identical in both size and number. To effect this tbe six-cord had to be made of yarn twice as fine as that demanded in making the three-cord vari ety. Tbe No. CO cord is made of six strands of No. 120 yarn. Tbe three-cord spool cotton is of the same number as the yarn is made of. Six cord spool cotton is always made from double its number. Thread is a simple thing, but, simple as it Is, there are 2,900 kinds of it, and each kind goes through hundreds of different processes. Pour on La Grippe. Cleveland Leadcr.i A good many jests have been mado aDOuttbe "crip," but it has killed more people probably in tbe United States in tbe last 18 months than smallpox, that still dreaded scourge of former days, has in as many years. Chicago Inter Ocean. The number of deaths, great in itself, is small in comparison with the amount of sickness. And even those wbo die are not carried off in a way to produce a panic. One-half as lunch cholera In the country and the hearts of the peo ple would fail them. A pall of darkness-Mould settle down npon the people. The symptoms of this disease are so closely allied to ordinary colds that they do not excite terror. Besides, and this is a very important feature of the case, there is nothing contagious about it Indianapolis Journal. 1 Tbe second term of la grippe is far more suc cessful than the first from la grippe's point of view. New York Trlbune.1 The highest death-rate ever known in Chi cago; the largest number of deaths in Pitts burg ever recorded in one day; the doctors in Milwaukee and other Western citic3 over crowded with work; 6,000 children unable to at tend school in New York such Is the record of the grip at the presont time, and yet some phy sicians refuse to believe that the disease exist The name may not bo tbe correct ono, but cer tainly humanity is afflicted with somo unnsual physical ill, the results of which aro distressing to contemplate. MURRAY contributes somo fresh New York gossip and Interviews with well-known men for THE DISPATCH to-morrow. In formation for everybody. From Gotham and the Hub. New York World.! Andrew Carnegie has given $2,000,000 to Pitts burg for a public library, but the City Council will not allow him to have anything to say about where it shall be located. David Slnton mide a gift to Cincinnati, and when he encoun tered this same spirit iu the Conncil ho promptly withdrew his gift. Pittsburg should be careful that Mr. Carnegto hasn't a string to his 2.000,000. Boston Traveller. They have some queer people lu Pittsburg. Mr. Andrew Carnegie havine given 2,000,000 for a free public library for that city asks the privilege of selecting tbe site for the building. Four members of tho Council vote against giv ing him this privilege. AI'TER THE QUARREL. Onr love Is dead and yon say I IIac been alone to blame; My fault it was caused it to die, Extinguished its pure flame. Alas! can reas'lng such as this Console you for its loss? Are there no thoughts or by-gone bliss A s back my heart you toss? What thnnch the fires of love seem dead. The ashes jet remain. And onesiiinll word ir It ucrcsald Would start the dailies again. That word from j ou, as 'twere a boon, I crave my precious pearl: . iriha wstwt nmca nnt vlrrlit anm JUljzatanoibnr.elrl. U. O'KAT. J OUR MONTE CARLO. Hot Springs Architecture Devised With a View to Poker Everybody Gambles There Some Visiting New Yorkers Not Unknown to Fame Tourist Notes. rr.OM A BTXTT COUnESPODEST-l Hot Springs, Awe, April L Almost any man here would rathor bold four aces than be President Some men come here for their health, to get cured of rheumatism, to rest and change tbe subject: others come here to get away from snow storms and climatic kicks, or from red liquor and the nicotine fiend, and others for no reason discoverable except tbeir ability to pay tbeir botel bills; but there is bardly a man wbo does not play poker wben he gnts here. Some play it for tbeir health. Somo don't Here and there some dear old fogies settle down in a corner for a game of whist and in the evening tbe ladlos, heaven bless them! make whist an exense for conversation. The quiet and harmless joys of crib bage I own to havo tasted, and eucbre, progressive and straight, is played in solemn state once a week and oftener in the big hotel parlors. But when a man takes a deck of cards in sober earnest here poker is tbe result. In the Arkansas Club, tbe principal gambling house here, faro, perhaps is first favorite: but I nnderscand tbat more money is lost and won even there at poker, and the rou lette wbeel cannot whirl fast enough to keep pace with the "ante" of the national game. Architecture With an Eye to Poker. Nearly all tbe buildings In tbe town are two stories high. Tho ground floor i3 a saloon or store and the second floor a gambling shop of some sort The architects have planned with an eye to poker. In nearly every second floor room in the business part of the city, often in daytime and always at night, men are constantly shuffling and dealing cards. In all the hotels card playing is incessant Poker is the game, and the stakes vary with the place and the player. You can And negro waiters who are content with a two-cent ante, and from there mount gradually to tbe game without a limit, at which only a wealthy man can afford to lose. There are all sorts and sizes of gamblers bere. The aristocrat who frequents Phil Daly's when he is in the East, and can tell yon curious tales of Monte Carlo or of Carlsbad in its palmy days, a dignilipd old man, with gray hair and a piercing eye and a grip like a vice, not a gambler in looks, but a professional gamester all the same, survives here still. He isnot so often met here as ho used to be, if the stories of tbe veterans be true. Ihe other night an elderly storekeeper from St Lonls, on his first visit bere, wbo had been warned that Hot Springs contained a few peo ple otloose morals of whom he bad better bo ware, came to his friend and adviser, a member of the Arkansas Legislature, and said in blood curdling tones: "Joe, I bad an awful experi ence last nlgbt I met a man in tbe lobby of the botel, a man as old as myself, and better dressed. I haven't seen a better face than bis in years. He talked most interestingly. Seemed to have been everywhere; traveled in Europe knew Paris better than I did St Louis, and described tho life at Carlsbad, com paring it with what we seo here in the most graphic way. Ho fascinated mo and when we parted, I sincerely meant what I said, tbat we should meet again. And now tbe hotel clerk tells me that tbat man is a gambler, sir a pro fessional gambler! What am I to do? I talked to him the whole evenine yes, sir to a profes sional gambler!" The good old gentleman from St Lonls did not get much consolation from bis friend, the Arkansas Icgl3la'or. "Yes, I know the man," said tho latter, "and a better poker player never opened a jackpot yon were in luck to get Jim to talk of his life it would fill a book and wouldn't need pictures." Heavy-Welghts From New York. Not apropos of poker, of courso, but merely by tho way, it is singular tbat so few New Yorkers should be at the Springs. For a brief period, not long ago, the banner of the Empire State floated fair and wide, so to speak, npon the outer walls: but now but a straggler or two from the rear guard remain. The halcyon and vocif erons epoch to which I allude, was when a half dozen New Yorkers,all known to fame, descended npon the town in a body. It takes something strong to stir tbe sluggish blood of this community; millionaires aro too plenty hero in blue-bird time for any rich man or men to excite curiosity, but Hot Springs doffed its bat wben tbe midday train unloaded at one time Dave Hammond, the proprlotor of tne Murray Hill and Plaza hotels the lattor said to be the handsomest hotel in the world; Obed Wheeler, of the Now York Stock Ex change; Robert C. Brown, familiarly known in Gotham as Bob; James II. Brcslin, of tbe Gilsey Houso in New York and the Chicago Audito rium; Frank Allen, of the Astor House and Metropolitan Hotel; Mr. Van Santvoord, of tho Lincoln National Bank. and. last but not by any means least, Robert Dunlap, whose hats have not made the man more famous than tho man has his bats. Such an aggregation of brains, boodle and beauty had not bee's seen here in a coon's age, and the population, nativo and imported, freely admit the fact They were seeking health, and 1-st it should escapo tbem they went through Hot Springs with a tine-tooth comb. Dr. Garnett prescribed for them, and tbey spent their entire time with him, or in drinking water or taking baths . wben not otherwise engaged. It may bo re membered in New York tbat some remarkably red sunsets occurred at this time, and Hot Springs claims to know by whom the West was illuminated and encarmincd. Aid and Comfort for the ExIIos. Be that as it may, news of tho arduous labors of his friends reached the ears of John Cham berlin at Washington, and ho straightway sent a box of Lynn Haven oysters, canvas back ducks and Baltimoro terrapin to sustain the exiles. When the box arrived James II. Breslin, to whose care it was conigned, cave a dinner to a party of 12 at the Hotel Eastman. The dinner Is said to bavo been a fitting climax to tbe chapter, which wound np finally in a journey to New York fully a3 lugubrious as tbat of the grief-stricken Senators and others who accompanied Senator Hearst's body to tbe grave in California. Dr. Garnett had cause to remember the din ner, at which he was present, tho other day when he received a silk bat from New York as a mark of Robert Dunlap's esteem. It happened, moreover, tbat tbe very first night Dr. Garnett donned the new tile it rained Iiko Sam Hill, and tho grave physician, a Virginian and a six-footer, took delight in replying to bis patients who asked him why he wore a silk hat in such weather: "It's a way I have, to wear a new Duclap when thunder storms are about" Notes of Tourists. Atter the New York heavy weights had hied them borne, a man atter their own hearts came to the Springs George C- Waldo, a New Y'ork thoroughbred, and incidentally President of tho Excelsior Savings Bank. It may interest Now Yorkers and reassure the whole country to know that Mr. Waldo is doing his best to keep np tbe end of tbe East against tbe Nortb, South and West pitted against him, almost alone and single bauded, and from present ap pearances he has no reason to complain. A Buffalo man who has just arrived from the Florida coast tells me tbat the hotels are packed with Eastern people. It was hard to get rooms in tho hotels wherever he went, from St. Augustine to Tampx He met lots ol Pitts burgers, including Congressman Dalzoll and many other well-known people. To the Florida coast, he says, all the fasbionablo world of New York and tbe East generally seems to have flocked this winter. Tbe weather was charming on the coast, but up the Indian river tbe season has been excessively wet. At Gal veston, the Texas Newport, he found many Northern people, and a delightful combination of weather and scenery. Hepbubn Joiixs. That Funeral Episode. Detroit Journal. 1 It the Chinese had insulted a community of Americans while burying their dead, as the Pittsburg "hoodlums" outraged the Chinese at the graves of their friends, there would go np from all parts or the land a cry for tbeir ex termination. In all probability tbeir bouses would have been burned to the ground and tbe streets be reddened with their blood. There are far better Christians in China than many in America who persecute and outrage them. Trobably Will. Philadelphia Times. It used to be said that a coach and six could be driven through any act of England's Parlia ment. The lata indictment of officials over there will show whether the same thing can happen with an engine and train through an act of New York's Legislature, CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Gotobed Fenn is the name of a farmer living in Dickinson county, Kan. A school is to be opened in New York to instruct people how to carry an umbrella. In the academies of Prussia history is to be taught backward, instead of the usual way. It is claimed that there is more moisture in tbe ground in Kansas now than there has been for 13 years. The British Museum has been offered a statue recentlv recovered in Egypt after a burial of over 3,000 years, A colored girl who was kept in slavery for 19 yeirs at Minneapolis. Minn., has just learned that she was free. Fully two-thirds of the professional criminals of this country have decorations tat tooed on some part of their bodies. A jury at Manchester, England, has de cided that theatrical scenery cannot be called "paintings" within the meaning of law. London's street accidents from fast driving have caused the suggestion that no driver bo allowed under 13 years of age. A boot is promised in which will be told how 50 different disbes. most of them new, can be made on a foundation of cheese. Over, 200,000, it is roughly estimated, were laid in offerings on the contribution plates in New York churches on Easter Sunday. A North Atchison woman placed a re volver to her drunken husband's head the other night and made bim sin a temperance pledge. An Albany, N. Y., cranfc thinks that the air is filled with electric microbes, and tbat tbey are killing thousands of people all over the land. A New Yorker owed his mother 58 and gave her 810, she promising to give him the 12 change the next day. She forgot to do so and he sued her. A man was recently fitted out with two glass eyes, a complete set of false upper and lower teeth and an artificial nose in a New Y'ork hospital. Rich ancient mines, together with inter esting archaeological remains, aro reported to have been discovered 20 miles from Albu querque, N. 31. In a "Wisconsin court case testimony was submitted showing that a barrel of wine sold to the plaintiff for port contained less than a gal lon of the pure staff. A 5-year-old boy, because he had not been in good health lately, made a deliberate attempt to commit suicide by banging in Syra cuse, N. Y., the other day. A Bucks county (Pa.) hen is now sit ting on an egg and also as judge in a law suit, for if she hatches a peculiar breed of cbick a man wbo is accused of having stolen the egg will go to jail. A number of JelTersonville, Ind., col ored boys, none of tbem over 12 years old, stole a locomotive from the railroad yards of that town and offered to sell it to a junk dealer for old metal. While an American millionaire's yacht was steaming through a storm on her way to Villefranche. an enormous wave deposited a 70-pound turtlo on tbe deck. It was good to eat, and therefore was eaten. Only five crocodiles have ever been cap tured in Florida although alligators are num erous. One difference between the two is tbat tbe crocodile works his upper jaw. while tho alligator snaps a man In two with his lower Jaw. The doctors of Berlin have agreed that in futuro their coachmen shall wear white bats, so that a doctor's carriage may always be im mediately distinguishable and the public en abled to summon medical aid from the streets in urgent cases. A woman lecturing in Cleveland some evenings ago asked tbe gentlemen in her audi ence to show by a standing vote whether they opposed the wearing of corsets by their sisters, their cousios and their aunts, and all the men in the ball arose as one. There was a panic in Milwaukee the other day caused by a newspaper's announce ment tbat "the price of beer would be ad vanced." The paper bad to get out an extra, announcing tbat it should read "beef," not "beer." and tbe thirsty Milwaukeeans drew a long sigh of relief. Workmen in clearing a strip of woods near Lebanon. Ind., a few days ago, struck natural gas in a huge oak tree. Tbe presence of gas was not noticeable from tbe opening, but as tbe saw plowed its way into the tree tbe gas was ignited and burned for 20 minutes. 'Ihe tree had an eight-inch hollow a distance of ten feer. A Woodland, Cal., scientist as3ert3 that 20 different varieties ot beetles are infesting tbat town. They come from tbe tule awamps in such swarms tbat the electric light globes have to be constantly cleaned. Chinese are employed for tbe work, and they pack tbe beetles into Sacks and use them in compound ing medicines. A Boston man has devised a double hailed ship with compartments so arranged and constructed tbat a mathematical certainty against sinking is supplied. The plan, it is stated, has received the Indorsement of the Boston Board of .Marino Underwriters, the United htates Naval Board and prominent naval tfficers, yachtsmen and naval architects. Mt. Pilatus has heretofore been saved from having a railroad built up its side by tbo perpetual cloud that rests on its top. It ha3 been discovered tbat this cloud is never more than 90 feet high, so now the company is ready to build tne railroad and raise an Eiffel tower 3CG feet in diameter at its base, 810 feet in height, with a platform at tbe top 120 feet square. It is claimed that at a home in Albany, Ga., two inseparable companions are a large buff Cochin hen and a half-grown house oat. Where one goes tbe other goes, and they even roost together at night. The cat when a kit ten, was all that was left of a family, and it was such a pitiable little creature tbat tbe ben took chargo of it and raised it. Tho display of affection between tho two is something re markable. At an early hour tne peaceful res idents of Northumberland. Fa., were awakened by tbe cry of "Fire!" accompanied by the furious clanging of all the 'church bells and tho mill whistles hoarsely shrieking. A mad rush of everyone in town was made for the scene of the blaze, to discover that it was only a heap of unused oil barrels in a vacant lot in the lower part ot tbe town burning and to realize that it was the morning of the Istot April. Ingenious burglars attempted to crack a safe in Chattanooga, Tenn., the other night without the noise caused by dynamite. The safe stands near tbe elevator, run by hydraulic pressure, and tbe crooks attached to one handle a strong rope connected with the elevator wbeel. Passing It around tbe framework the elevator started, but as the pressure came on only one door tbe effect was to bind both more securely, and they stood the strain. It is not necessary to go 3,o00 miles to get a collection of overwhelmingly long Ger man words. Tbe German press of New York offers all the advantages in the world. Hero are three illustrations, taken recently from the columns of local German dailies: fatattseisen bahnversicherungsamt (insurance ofllco of State railways); tenementhausbrandkatas trophe (disastrous tenement house Are: Ne apolitanersdudeisack pfeifcr gesell schaftsun lerstutzungsverein (Benefit Association ox Neapolitan Bagpipe Players). NOT VERY SERIOUS. "Is the Sphinx blind?" asked Mrs. "Wa bash, looking np from her paper. "Yes." replied her husband, "stone blind." Sew York Recorder In the civil service rooms: What would be a good question to put Into the examination rorapostofficeclerk." "Oivehim a fewsums In cancellation." Waift inaton Foil. James You are in high pirts, old boy. lias the gouty old uncle died and remembered you in his will? Jaci No, not exactly, but he bas ealled la a faith-cure doctor. ''ea Timet. "And is this your final decision?" mut tered the young man, hoarsely, as he gathered up his coit and and prepared to depart Iti-." replied the beautirm crcitureasshe sink back lUtlosly Into the Turklsb divan which her rather, who as a well-known humorist, had placed at her disposal. -Then farewell." he hissed: and as be stood on the steps outside a moment later and took a last look at the stately mansion, he murmured. "And this is all. A dress suit two nights a week for three months at S3 a night, and nothing to show ror Ic " Clothier and Jrurnisier. Litewayte "Know thyself," as the old Greifc proverb said. Itronson Hut don't tell anybody, unless you vitnt torulu your reputation. Smitli, Uray Jt I'll, x JIutt i. He (it 11:80) I hone you don't mind helping me on with my coat? bhe-o, indeed. It's the greatest pleasure lit the world. Clothier and FurnUher.
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