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AFTER PURE WATER.
Possibility of Any Source Becoming
Tolluted Eventually.
MYERS CLEANSE THEMSELVES.
"The Tanger From fewajre Not Fo Great as
Generally Imagined.
METHODS USED IX EUEQPE1X QITIES
"The report of the proceedings of Select
Council of Allegheny quotes me as ob
jecting to the issue of bonds for water
works improvement," said J. K. Henricks,
the Allegheny Councilman, yesterday. "I
do not object to the improvement, nor to
the issue of bonds. ."What I do object to
is that all the facts have hot been put be
fore the public. We should ascertain the
cost of a complete water works either at
Six or Nine Mile Island and make it
known to the public. Then by popular
vote the matter should be decided, so that
no cholera scare nor any other method
could be used to harry the public .into vot
ing on any incomplete scheme.
"They talk of appropriatingSl,250,000for
the building of a reservoir and works at
Nine Mile Island. This would not be a
drop in the bucket in the paying for sueh
nn enterprise Some time ago when this
scheme was advanced, bids were taken for
the building of such a works at this same
place. Every move toward a new sytem of
water supply has pointed toward Nine
Mile Island, just because it has a beautiful
bight lor a reservoir.
A Verj Costly Proposition.
"As I said, bids were taken, and the low
est one was something over 53,000,000.
This did not include the amounts which
would have to be paid for rights of way and
damages caused by bringing the pipes down
to the city.
"This idea of going a great distance away
from the city in order to obtain pure water
is erroneous. The harmful impurity in
water is the nitrogenous matter. The re
sults of the tests of samples of water
taken from the region of Nine Mile
Island, over the intake pipe irom which
Allegheny's supply is now received from the
reservoirs, and at a hydrant in Allegheny
after filtering and at a hvdrant before
filtering, made by Francis C. Phillips are
very interesting at this time. His report
showed that the water taken from above
the intake pipe was charged with twice the
organic imparity as the water taken from
the hydrant before filtering. A com
parison of the water taken irom above the
intake pipe with the samples taken from
Nine-Mile Island and from the
hydrant after filtering showed the
former one-third more impure than
the other two. So far as orcanic matters
were concerned the samples taken from the
hydrant were the best, although the unal
tered sample was probably the purer of the
two. The waters taken from the reservoir
and from Nine Mile Island Were very
nearly alike in the proportion of organic
matter, and scarcely interior to the filtered
sample. The water taken from above the
intake pipe was inferior in quality to all the
others, being ricnest in nitrogenous matter.
All of Them Fit for Drinking.
"Prof. Formad's bacteriological analysis
showed that the filtered sample was, from
this standpoint, a water much better than
the rest. The other samples varied, but
little as far as bacteria and organic matters
were concerned. Next to the hlterecPwater
came the water taken from Nine-Mile Island;
then the water from the reservoir, from the
intake pipes and the sample taken from the .
hydrant before filtering followed in the 1
order named. In Prof. Formad's opinion
any one of the five samples was fit
lor drinking purposes, and contained noth
ing iriurous to health. Prof. Henry Left
mann s tests resulted in declaring that there
was not much choice, but the Nine-Mile
Island water was the best, and the camples
obtained from the hydrant.filtered and unfil
tered, the worst; but he considered them
all good waters according to the chemical
tests. In the face of the results
of these analyses, which were made
some time ago, but not long
enougn to nave conditions arise J
to materially change the characters ot the
water, it seems to me to be absolute folly
to cry out and make a scare about impure
water. I consider the Allegheny river one
ot the best supplies that a city "could wish
for water.
The Rivers Purify Themselves.
"It is stated on the best scientific author
ities that streams purity themselves within
a few miles. Therefore, the sewage of the
small towns above the point where the
cities' sewage ceases need not be taken into
consideration. 1 would advise a filter
ing plant, to be erected at a
point to avoid the cities' sewage, and
here have small pumps sufficient to raise
the water from the river to the filter. From
here I would advise the piping of the water
down to the pits we now have and from
there have it pumped up into the reservoir.
e have pumps of 30,000,000 gallons
capacity and the reservoir. Why should an
extra expense be gone to in this direction?
We have so increased in growth that the
reservoir is no longer of nse for
pumping the water by subsidence, as
it is emptied three times a day. Reservoirs
are built for two purposes, storage
and subsidence. The reservoir we have is
large enough for us for storage and a filter
A LADY'S SHOE.
After it is too dark to Tead, save to those
who will travel to their -windows in search
of light, a man I know is sometimes to be
found in his armchair by a fire, toying with
& ladv's shoe. He in n bnollplnr artiimcinol
you will say and how that frayed shoe be- ,
came ms j. Know not; jor olten though he
has told me the tale is never twice the
same. When such is his odd mood, be will
weave me strange histories of tbe shoe, and
it I would be sad they are sportive, and
when one makes me merry he will give it a
tragic ending, for such is the nature of the
man. Sometimeshe is not consistent, which,
he quietly explains, is because he has only one'
of the shoes; and he will argue that so-called
inanimate objects accustomed to the married
life, such as shoes and gloves and spectacles
mourn the loss of their mate even as
Christians do, v.hich he proves, should I
smile, by asking whether, though previously
hard workers, they are ever, if separated, of
much more use iu the world. Npr is that
the only hard question he asks me, for when
I tell him that all his stories of the shoe
cannotbe true, he demands of me which of
them is necessarily false, and I have no
answer. Perhaps you, too, will be dumb to
that question alter you have listened to me,
it such be your pleasure, while I repeat a
little of what he tells me in the twilight, as
we sit by the fire looking at the little bronze
shoe.
II.
A hundred and one years and six months
ago, says my friend, v ho is scrupulously
exact about dates where they are of no con
sequence, that shoe and its partner got their
first glimpse of the world. They tat all day
in a shoemaker's window in the Strand,
looking out upon the great fair which human
beings provide for the entertainment of the
articles that have the luck to get a seat in
shopkeepers' windows, instead of being hung
cp inside on strings, or hidden awav in
boxes. They were a verv dainty pair, made'
lor the feet of some Cinderella with a god
would do awar -with the necewlty-of 1it
ing the water "settle. My idea is to have a
reserve pumping capacity when the "source
of supply Is sufficient to meet all demands,
and not go to the expense of building
larger reservoirs than necessary."
How to Get Good 'Water. .
Br. James H. McClelland, of the State
Board of Health, said: "It is a great waste
of money to bring water from long dis
tances. We don't know bow soon towns
will Bpring up along the stream we may
ntilize or now the population is going to
increase. What is now an absolute pure
water may a few years bence be contami
nated in the worst way. What is wanted
is a large and unfailing source. I think
Colonel Roberts' plan is about the best that
has been devised so far. It might be sup
plemented with the system of filtration by
iron or manganese ore and it would be decid
edly improved. First, take out all the grosser
imDurities bv the means of rock pebbles.
' etc.; then let this water percolate through
manganese ore or prepared iron ana you
have a water that will compare favorably
with any spring water, entering oeos in
the river would be inadvisable. They
should be so placed that they could be
handled easily and be far removed from any
damage that might be done by floods. An
other point against having them in the
river bed is that a leak might occur and un
observed polluted water might get pumped
up into the reservoir, which would be as bad
as having no filter at all.
"Tne State Board of Health made an ex
amination of the' river about Sharpsbunr
some time ago and found that a deal of
sewage came from that town. The selection
of the point for the filters would have to be
far removed from any place where a great
amount of sewage is discharged.
Antwerp's Source of Drinking Water.
"I was deputized by the State Board to
make an examination of the systems used
by various foreign cities to filter their
drinking water. I more particularly
examined the systems in use at Berlin and
Antwerp, especially the latter place, as
being representative systems. I found
Antwerp was receiving her supply of
wafer from one of the most sluggish,
filthy and muddy streams X. ever saw. Not-'
withstanding this thev transformed the
water by the metallic system of filter
ing into water as good and as pure as any
spring water. The standard for grading
waters on the other side is pure mountain
stream water, as all waters have more or
less impurities in them none being per
fectly pure. .Even if you should be able to
produce a perfectly pure water, a moment's
exposure to the air would fill it with num
berless bacteria. For the six years this
system had been in effect they hay
rroduced ' this pure quality of water,
t is not an expensive method either.
They told me in Antwerp that the cost per
million gallons was 18 shillings. This sys
tem has been used with great success in
half a dozen cities in the Netherlands and
has recently been introduced in Paris,
where it is' giving satisfaction. At first
they utilized spongy iron plates through
which to filter the water; but this did its
work so well that it was impossible to keep
them clean. Now they use a large iron
cylinder filled with scraps of iron. -The
water is put in this and churned well, then
is allowed to enter n settling basin, where
the iron particles filtrate and settle to the
bottom.
Distributing Berlin's Sewage.
"In Berlin the same system is used,
though they do not discharge their sewage
into the river, bnt pump it out to the farms
in large pipes. Here the farmers, when
they need fertilizer, just draw it from one
of the many great taps. It would be sup
posed that these pumping stations would be
obiectional. Thev don't seem so. for there
is a large one directly opposite the Imperial
Palace.
"No filtering svstem is practical unless
the filtering substance can be removed and
cleaned. In the manganese system the ore
could be removed at intervals and replaced
very cheaply. ,Iron or manganese destroy
nearl v all the bacteria, at least all the harmful
species, that may exist in the water.
Charcoal is a regular breeding place for
germs. In connection with this subject it is
interesting to note the great disparity in
the amount of water supplied different
cities. The English towns and cities pro
vide for from 30 to 40 gallons a day each in
habitant. New York has a capacity of 83
gallons per day for each person; Philadel
phia 88 and Boston 00 gallons. Baltimore
has the maximum capacity of 500 gallons
for each person and is only exceeded by
Borne which-can furnish 800 gallons for
each inhabitant. Pittsburg has a capacity
to supply about 190 gallons for each in
habitant "Since the great crv for pure water has
arisen, there is a possibility of cities jump
ing into one svstem or another which may
cost a great deal of money and will perhaps
give no results of any benefit except the ex
perience. So they should go slow in the
choosing of a system."
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
-t-TIio late Ernest Genan will have a state
funeral.
Austria will establish several more con
sulates in America.
Over an inch of snow fell yesterday In
parts of Quebec province.
It is claimed that th next Eussian
budget will show no deficit.
The Eskimo colony for the World's Fair
has leached Cape Breton Island.
Humored that the Ute3 are off thoir re
servation and will fight the cowboys.
Brigands between TIflis and Shuska at
tacked and robbed a military magistrate
recently.
The Hitchcock fNh.l wmnhr uittmi.
has been ended by the appearance of the
military on the scene.
One year as;o next Thursday Charles
Stewart Parnell died at Brighton, England.
Services In bis memory will be held in Dub-
mother, and many ladies stopped to look at
then who passed St. Paul's without giving
it a glance. But there was a little dress
maker who loved these shoes as no other
loved them, and she -stood admiring them so
oiten that they got to know her and won
dered why she did not come in and buy.
You see, they had as vet no knowledge of
the world, and thoucht that a trumpery
dressmaker ought to" have them, just be
cause she had such pretty little feet. They
did not understand that beautiful shoes are
not for feet that fit them, but for purses
that can buy them.
She Ikas not so very little, this dress
maker, who hungered lor the tiny bronze
shoes; but she was only a girl, ana she had
to sew for her life all day and often at
night, and that, my friend says, is why' he
calls her the little dressmaker. I suppose
he means that she was so small compared to
the foes a poor girl has to fight in London.
But though she was poor, she was not un
happy. She not only made pretty dresses
out ot rich material for ladies such as the
shoes were meant for, bnt -jretty, cheap
frocks for herself, in which Bhe was de
lightful to look at. Areall pretty girl
always looks bes,t in somefiing at two
pence halfpenny the yard, .and really
plain ones look their worst in silk and vel
vets. These, be it noted, are my triend'a
views. The little dressmaker never quite
rose to them. She oiten smiled with satis
faction when she saw herself in the mirror;
but as often she sighed over her sewing,
wishing she could see herself in the fine
brocades that were meant for my Lady
Mary. As it is the duty of all women to
look as nice as possible, the little dress
maker cannot be blamed for wishing
sometimes that she had 55,000 a year. Had
she had that sum, her first purchase would
have been the Bhoes. She often thought of
mew hi, uiguis, ana looszea at ner pretty
feet and counted her money, and then shook
her headmournfuliy.
The little dressmaker had only one rela
tive in the whole wide world, and he was a
boy o twelve, six or eight years "younger
than herself. He was her brother, and they
lived together In a shabby room that looked
bright, for no other reason than ' because
m- -.m, - 1- a .. . -Rj -- J-r. -ITS. fa
The Canadian Government will appoint
Justice Strong to the Chief Justiceship of
the Supreme Court, made vacant by the
death of Sir William Ritchie, t
Dr. Pelligrini will succeed 8enor Plaza
asArgentine representative In London, and
will be charged to propose terms for a final
arrangement in regard to the debt.
While two little daughters of George
Raymond, at Aurora, IU., were crossing a
railroad track one had nor foot caught in
the rolls, and both children were killed by a
.train.
Gasoline which was being sprinkled on
the floor of a room In Yankton, S. D., to kill
bedbugs, found a way in the kitchen above
and exploded, fatally burning the master of
the house, Charles Winchester.
By the collapse of a floor in the Normal
School at Tarbes, In the Pyrenees, Sunday,
during a prize distribution, 200 persons were
precipitated Into a room beneath. Over 100
were injured, and one, a child, was kilted.
Although the Chinese GovBrnraent re
cuses to make an exhibit at the World's Fair
on account of the exclusion of the Chinese,
there will be an exhibit of the wonders of
the Flowery Kingdom prepared by local
Celestials.
In a Cleveland boarding honse Grace
Arter, a young wlte, was found dead yester
day, having taken poison during the night.
The couple are from Pittsburg Ber hus
band had left her to go to Philadelphia Mon
day evening.
A traveling, clothing salesman at Cleve-i
land, who came irom new lorK six months
ago, was arrested Monday night On May 8
he married Miss Bessie Abrams, a young
Cleveland society lady, although he has a
wlfo and three children in New York, lie
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these two loved each other. Will ran
errands for anyone who would employ him,
and he had such an appetite that he often
felt compelled to apologise for it. The lit
tle dressmaker could have bought the shoes
to which she had given her heart, had she
not known that the consuming desire pf
Will was to possess a certain magnificent
knife.
"How absurd of Will," the little dress
maker often said to herself, "to want that
ugly knife. What can he do with it, except
cut his fingers?"
At these times she could not help cora-
Saring boys to girls, . and thinking that the
esires of her own sex were .much more
reasonable, for what could be more na'tural
and proper than to pine for the loveliest
pair ot bronze shoes?
Will knew why his sister often gazed at
these shoes, and he would smile at her in
fatuation. "Bow foolhh girls are," was his comment
to himself. "No. sensible person could see
that knife without wishing to own it; but
what does it matter whether one wears
pretty shoes or ugly shoes, or even no
shoes at all."
Nevertheless, these two loved each other,
and Will would have liked his sister to .get
the shoes, if only he could get the knife as
well. The little 'dressmaker loved Will
even more than that, and was determined
that he should have the knife, though she
had to give up the shoes.
Can you see her at the shoemaker's win
dow, looking at the shoes, and then at ber
own feet, until she felt certain that all tbe
Strand was laughing at her? Once she
went Into the shop 'and asked the price of
the shoes. She came oat scared. Next day,
notwithstanding, she was back at the win
dow, with the money in her possession, and
it almost compelled her to go in and buy.
She had to run away. After that she left
the money at home, lest it should some day
dras her into the shop.
She tried to avoid the Strand altogether,
but still her feet took ber there against her
will, for yon cannot conceive how anxious
they were to step into these little bronze
hoes.
The little dressmaker, who was the most
unselfish of women, despised herself for her
vanity, and thought to be happy again by
buying tbe knife without delay. Then the
shoes would be beyond ber reach as com
pletely as if some great lady had bought
them.
"Here is the money for the "knife, Will,"
' showed vMIes Abrams ' a'Hebrew writ at
divorcement signed by a -rabbi, and she sup
posed It was a legal divorce.
The United States steamer Bennington,
with the caravels Banta Maria, Nina and
Plata in tow, lias arrived at Gibraltar.
The warship will take the caravels to
Hnelvla, where they will take part In the
Columbus celebration.
Baron Bathori, a degenerate descendant
of a Polish king, amused himself in Eiga the
other day by firing beer bottles at the peo-
Ele during a fete In the park, many of whom
e seriously wounded. Ho wound up by
caning and shooting an editor.
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she said bravely one day, and Will grasped
the money, which was In many pieces, all
earned with toil
"But the shoes?" Will said, repressing
his desire to rush out for the knife.
"I don't care about them," his sister said,
turning her head away.
"It ie not," Will said uncomfortably, "as
if you had no shoes. Those are nice" ones
you are wearing now."
They were not really nice ones. It was
quite a shame that such pretty feet should
be libelled by them. But these were mat
ters Will did not understand.
"All one wants ot shoes," he said, "is
that they should have no holes in them."
"That is all," answered the' little dress
maker, with a courageous smile, and she
spoke of the knife with such interest that
Will set off to buy it, convinced that she
no longer cared about the shoes. Forget
ting something,- however, he turned back
for it, and behold he found the little dress
maker in tears. You must not blame her.
It was quite a big sacrifice she had made,
and therefore, though she was crying, she
was not 'very unhappy. Unselfishness is
the best cure for trouble. Will, of course,
did not realize this. He suddenly remem
bered that, though they were so poor, he
.seemed toget everything he wanted very
much, while she seemed to get nothing. He
was stricken with remorse, and said craftily
that he.wanted her to come with him to
buy the knife. Well, she went with him
and presently she discovered that it was
not the knife he meant to buy.
"Oh, Will," she whispered, trembling.
"I won't have the shoes. I want you to get
that knife."
"Pooh," said Will grandly, "I don't care
to have the knife.- What use do I have
for it?"
"You will make me -wretched. Will," the
little dressmaker said, "if ,you buy the
shoes. These I have are quite nice ones."
"You are. to have the shoes," replied
Will firmly. "No one'could look so" pretty
in them as you will do." ,
"Oh, Witt, have you 'noticed?" faltered
the little dressmaker, meaning bad Will
noticed that Her feet really were" made for
lovely shoes. ,
"Of course I have." answered Will, not at
all) understanding what she was referring to.
"But I can't spend so much money on my
self," she said.
"It is my money now," said Will tiium
pbantly, '"and I am to give you the shoes as.
a present."
EA
M hot Fin
'Many choice goods of the
old firm of John P. Knable &
Co. still remain to be sold. All
must be turned into money at
once. Low prices will do it
and save YOU money.
its
at Embroideries.
All the slightly soiled and
mussed goods in this depart
ment placed on First Center
Counter. Sale price exactly
J4 REGULAR PRICE.
4
KNABLE & COOPER.
lot DrypOuS Firm.
&
Paris and English
Dress Patterns.'
51 Patterns left in this lot
Old firm price $9.00 to '$20. 00.
Sale price
$4.50 to $7.50.
Won't last long at these prices.'
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MDiiOQisFiri.
Men's Hosiery
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This line to be closed entire
ly out Not ropm to handle it
We have rtiany extra fine' goods
in this line to be sacrificed.
One case extra heavy goods
reduced to
45c EACH.
All other goods in this line
at closing prices.
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Successors to John P. Knable
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Feeling like a man, he requested her to
take nis arm, and so they advanced along
the Strand, making quite a gallant show
for such wayfarers as could read faces. Alas,
they reached the hop too late. The shoes
were gone. An hour earlier they had been
bought by an heiress, for whom they were
too small. The shopkeeper had pointed
this out to her courteously, but she, too,
had fallen in -love with the pretty shoes,
and her only answer to him was, "I buy
them; I undertake to get into them." Now
we must leave the sail little dressmaker,
and follow tbe fortunes of the shoes.
III.
I interrupted my friend at this point,
saying, "It is the little dressmaker I am
interested in; not the shoes. Tell me more
of her."
"Shrvanished out of my knowledge at
that point in her history," he answered,
"I don't knbw what became of her."
"A story-teller," I complained, "has no
right to close his tale so abruptly. It is
his duty. to leave nothing to the public's
imagination."
"Mine." he said, "is not a story, it is
only something that happened, and I
warned you that I did not know the end.
In real life you never get tbe end ot a story,
but yon can guess il you will"
"Then," I said, "I guess that the Jittle
governess "
"Had more severe disappointments in
arter life than the loss of a pair of shoes,"
he said.
"But had a happy future," I broke in,
almost entreating him 16 say the words.
"When her brother became a man he gave
her a pretty house in tbe suburbs to be
mistress of, and she was as happy as "
"As Buth Pinch," he suggested; "no, I
think Will married, and left the little
dressmaker alone in the shabby room."
"Until she married, you mean?"
"Or until," said my friend very sadly,
"she was damned to all eternity that a
gentleman might have his pleasure."
"Don't say that," I implored.
"The little dressmaker is dead," he
answered, "and the worms have eaten her
long ago, so it does not matter muoh."
Then he looked at me sharply. "If I can
not give the story an end.' he said. "I can
at least give it a moral. When I was in
your house yesterday X found a pale little i
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f governess teaching your children, and I
tnougnt forgive me; tnat yo were some
what brusque" to her. She was the little
dressmaker over again. Ah, sir, that is
what I mean when I say that the stories in
real life have no ending. The brave little
dressmaker is still in London; you brush
aeainst her in every street, you meet her in
scores of houses. Bemember that little bit
ot her history, and you will help to make
her next scent- brighter. And now I must
tell you of her who bought the shoes and
took them to Gretna Oreen, and of now
they 'entirely altered ber future, because
they were a size too small. This 'time the
story has an ending, or what passes for such
in a world of make-believe. It is about a
Grandfather of mine, too, whose marriage,
as yon shall hear, was entirely arranged by
this shoe."
IV.
Miss May Gregory, the heiress into whose
possession the shoes passed, was a lovely
creatnre on a somewhat large scale, and
having only lately left bcuooI, - she was
anxious to be married. So anxious was she
tbat matrimony was the first consideration
and the man only the second. She had two
lovers, whom she called Vack and Tom, and
she was so fond of both that she wonld
have married either. Her papa, who knew
her prettyrwell, said she was a sentimental
goose, and he was so feared by both Jack
and Tom that when they heard his voice in
the stilly night acting who that was play
ing the guitar beneath his daughter's win
dow they leapt the orchard wall and ran.
"You can't marry both," Mr. Gregory ex
plained grimly to Miss May; "and as they
would only make a man between them, It is
obvious that you can marry neither. No
tears please, and let me hear less nonsense
about love; whoever heard of a girl's lov
ing two men at once?"
Miss May thought her papa very unfeel
ing, and pointed out that, of course, she
oniy iorea one or tnem. Her tragedy was
that she could not decide which one. t
Mr own idea is that they were so very
much alike that a lady could not be indiff
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prospects; Tom had prospects (he said),
but no ready money. You may be sure
that Miss May considered this no difference
at aJL She had sufficient money and pros
pects for both herself and her husband,
whichever one he should prove to be.
Though it wa3 in London that Miss May
bought the shoes, it was a provincial town
that she hrst tried to get into them, the
town where she and her severe papa lived.
She was going to the theater that night and
to Gretna Green afterwards, if the fates
proved friendly. It was her father who was
to take her to the theater and Jack-who was
to take her to Gretna Green. The arrange
ments had been made cleverly, as you will
see.
For nearly half an hour did the carnage
wait at the door before Miss May was ready
to step into it. When she at last joined
her father, who was fuming, for he detested
being late for the play, her face was red. I
wish I could say that this was because she
was blushing of had been crying over the
impropriety of the contemplated runaway
marriage. Bat it was not. - Miss May was
merely red in the lace because her fight
with the shoes had been protracted. She
had gained a momentary triumph, however,
for, in her own words, she had "got into
them." True they pinched and made her
stumble in her walk, but she had only to
walk a few yards to the carriage and an
other few yards from the playhouse door to
a box.
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