nomiai NA • . ' _lFilkes-Barr.spents7 • Carbon l ilale 'trans —The Wyoming camp tornmenees on the —Watsonto le to pay $1 • Silabkfire engine. - --They espect !a =4 apple crop in Clearfield =Ay. i —The Denver •Frell; in the oil re gions, Li "doing" 101 barrels &alp —Last.wecka!farmer at I lidain 'ug bad Eix , Abeep lulled bj lightning. —Finney's new flouring f mill at Northumberland is nearly ready to start. —The Good Litent fire company of Sunbury made,33oo: by their !tidbit. Tillage Of. Burnside", Clear county, has been zaade anhs ‘, —The-fonndation Ra ts r eight stores in Wellsboro are being laid, • • —The deaths foi the' past week in New York City werer2 _ - I—General Grp;nt has declined to Et. Innis the Fourth of July: The CoxrenCy Bill we nt into rt‘i‘e'. on Monciar, tbe'22l inst. I ' ' I Lebanon pan has one thous= and barrels of eggs on storage. , —Hon. H. L. Dawes publishes a itt:er dechning s renomination for Corgrera.'l I ---C'harlick and Gardner, the fined cork Police cornmisionerr, have resigned. 1 I , , .4-APotter comity man recently kill LA a hea and found Orentpeight pOtato bilge tier crop. , I attempt 7as made in &Ivor inm Tuesday night tqbtirn the bniliing owned 'by W; C. lialahan —Lloyd i3:lEfristed, of Blossbarg, 'was killed on the PI tablarg, Washington. and Baltimore r ailroad, last week. lEic :Iras ad engineer. —:Wyoming has some soda-lakes, t:(1 Nevada expects to heat. _ that by discover :l,g EGRIC sherry-cobbler m.o. • =- - The man who says he will not is Ji.cfnn; , ablY nobler than he -who caws be will mien he doesn't intend to. , 1-- ,—the British 23rmister to Wash-1 ingtcm. Thornton, ialled for turciti on aterr . • j —The boiler of the first Illocomo '7.t:To thit ever ran pn the American track is at Carbnndale- ' I • • 1 -4 n Edensbnrg man pays five Inndred for 'kitting Tr . ..).ato Wags. This i- the mar:iet p,gure. on • of Judge Thayei t.f Philadelphia was one of the gradost .. .„, tog glaßg of Cadutt at West Point lasi week. ... • --The lumber, shiptherL , from Haven ?ince Jantary 1,1.871, o 4) • The steamship which Rrrtve , i in •tivn Tr on Sat ordak. btongbt 1:600 Chines.*; • t • - . —Eugene Hale, 0 .-- .____., of Niaine, acceptc th 1 e Post Mister GeneralshiO and will Tully pri the first oe July. i i - I i G . General Burnside' 1 '4lll deliver A atilt( e 4 before the KnOzwille. Tenn., Typo cr,,i‘l.-ill Uni , )n on the Fonrtilof July. -Three children were bitten _in Eviol.: n, ara two in New l'orlk or, ISalarday, by g I 1' j ~,u f:11 mad dogy, which were killed by It , j, , ~ .• i -, - The iloaling debt of t l be Erie rmni.aav i . 4f2,31 ,971 63, and not $24,311,971,- (..1 iv. , tat ed in t e dirpatch,.tclegraiihed a few dark :, z,6. , . 1 • • —Tie New York Association for •thl Protoclion of Figh and -, fume', (have got thronoi with their whole perform r ce, 'field • awl iz:•• ;.---Canada is great on canals, and want , . the. Huron and Ontario ship pu•tied through, to completion lin '''. • tw : • —Col: , :Darid Taggart, of( North . connty. has an Alderly_heifer.whicb • ti-,re Lnit calf or. thr, ntil nit —ono wear and tbrre d-tc.3 after her own birth. . . —Dog catching has become t o • initnle:p , al pc•rouisittin New' York city.' Tie Mayor 1+ antliorized to appoint two og ca h ers'tarqi a,eembip district. --.Strawierry "kettledium s'is ~u,A:ll.ely the latest! wrinkle. Philadelphia liad one and raised $112.00 for the ponr, at an expense of WO. • destructive fire, involving . 6 1- -- flo,oco, occnied at Moscow,l Luzern , nOunty..Jtine 21. The fire was , confided to the ; sawmtil and board piles 'of Mr. Snyder. I - '7 s. —Mrs. Lovejoy, aged sixty-eight, , living near Baldwin City, Kis., a few days since - give birth to a fine male child.-irThiinsight be termed the "eight wonder of the would." - ~tul I sked robbers, -on I.enuay . ti:ght. , carried off a thousand dollars' worth o 1 • ; kepertv from-the residence of Captain Jacob yawirri,ilt, near New York city. • I ' • I SccretarY of the - Treasury fias'ii.structed the Assistant Treasnier at Net' York i lto - sell one million of gold each 'Thursday ' • dui . , ,g the month of July. I • ' _ -1. • I -A number of ladies, of Cleveland bare agreceto raise sum of $200,000 to be ..7n erf;ctidg a i Young Men's Christian isse:_itlon budding in that city. ' • I j --Queen Victoria is not going to tiler? the Emperor of I.llnssia, in September, at Ilithat's bf.el_v.aid and done. No, indeed,' -The' S:upreme!Court of Liwa has. _,tried a v-rdict of $3.000 against' la saloon keeper at Clinton, in that State, for selling liquor to a drunkard. The complainant was the wife of the ultri bibulods person: c I 1 I --LThe, 1 7 z.leton Daily A i trs' ap-1 .r.,3(1t the destruction by fire of a bonze of 111. 1 fanli near that place !where "marriedluten die graded themselves and ionng men were ruin ? e 3."1 , -L I , Philadelphia's has been i . giving p ,- ,or invalids free rides in het pub lic parks: There are man - 5- other; public parks lin other . cities than Philadelphia, and manylother poor invalids there, but seldom' are they f treated in like manner V ;- I ' —Just as Massichuseits had made , up its mind that . itcoild get along!, without . Bailor. that illinstfiona atateeman hae'conclad ed that it can't. Eta is going to ma.koi anotbff atinggie for the Goveinorehip. 1 • —This time it is a Nev. —York • miniett,r, and theyiire calling him_ to sceount kjust because he drives fast, horses te te don't now what else fie could be ex to do • With fast horses, but perhaps his, congregation does. 1 • —lt seems that no 'man knOwn to hav- , .: more than one , Rife is to be per Mitten to hold a seat in Congress.) Members hate got to b - 3 pretty sly about such, things hi:relater. It is all right so long MI you are' not loan oat. c" _ 7 tt Pennsylvania r ail roa COM piny I ,q presented tach, of its conductors vun ning the branch roads' with ans suit of cloth,s of uniform pattern. And now he fun ny editors will accuse it of being a clothes cOrpoAtion: --The Democrats of Armstrprig county have made the follewing nominations: I'resident Judge—Jackson Boggs; Assembly—' Dr. J. K. Palke, John Rennerdell. SO nomi nations were made for Congress and , Senate. ,The Democrats' of Alleigheny county have not completd their nominations for the Various offices. ' Stich as they have made,ithe CSanwierript Fitypi sof the very conamOnest material.'• • Wile the RCN'. - a L. Mead, of lE. church; Was immersing a convert in !ek laps Sunday. it! rained. TbiA caused the brethren to i remark—"ltii done he parson immersed him and the Lord ed,him." 1 11011 you,"said ayotterJOtuaty nun r. a neighbor next day after burying his te,,•• Alen I time to get in bed and liv Oar, and u. d hear Lucinda jawing .around; for an bonr mid a half, it just made me 'feel as if rd trio:, is a strange country." : -11 he "Odd Fellows' . Hom,e " at me, - iA 'tow ready to receive the destitute chi ./ieri of deceased members.--About (eighty can bc - i.ornfortably accommodated, for ' whose ' careful lraining.the best facilities havi been pl - foid , ..-d in generous abundance. Li( has been suggested. bY an , -7;;:hange that fag nd he allowed toitalicabont . h , me role all she wants to. Perhapj that , edit r his had the came experience Is I man - t),:e Plate whose ideas of hoind rule - are and flatirons in the • band; of a - , fe ~t ptigiatriots.diapalition. - - -According to a statement in the . - PfAttvitl'e' .frp , rnal the largest locomotive fn the mr , rli! the "Pennsylvania," on the Phila.- -- iing;;Bailroad. The disineter , 4 the cylinder is twenty ' ; inches the Stroke twenty-0:C inches, the number of driving • wheels twelve, the diameter of the &trent ken feet, tie weight of the engin* alone stitY tons; • I r- tl M. the cre out. right; ~~- MI fradindrquitt 137. 15 Tc4l2-' ulaPlurablY , : 11 1 7 2, Urn. I are in . eeting SIIITOILS 1C.0.000. awn. • •s. W. macaw ~00+) for REPLIILICASITLTZ DO The Itepubliana of Pauly'raids will lied a State Contention at Banishing, at noon, on , Wednesday, August 19, 11574, for the purpose of cominatirtg candidates for Lieutenant Gov. error, Anditor.Goeera4 Secretary of Internal Affairs, and .loge of the slip:eine Court. The representation _ of the servers] sorintlei in this Contention will be based im the appor. doom:at of Senators and Bepratatires made by the Present Legislature:each Senatorial and itemseinative district being entitled to deli antes equal in number to its repnisentatiou in the Legislature under.aid apportionment. Brans. Bum, Chairman. LCLILNI, iiSect inn f IOUN NOVUOVOI4 mOO Stwurwmutz if TUT SW6T:I2n If ' the Bradford' Argus had not years ago forfeited all claims to cred ibilityd we had almost said re spectibllity,—ite course eV - the pres en% time `would call down' upon it Vi and its editor the denunciation of every honest reader ; but it has collie to, be a matter of common-place re mark, that no , one pays any heed to the maudlin utterances of that sheet. The nominal editor of the Argus in formed a patron the -other day that he was no longer , permitted to edit his paper for the reason that the • ' " old fogies " who have so long con trolled the Democratic party in this county; claim be right to put such words t 4 they please into his mouth, and threaten the rdietruction of his business if he refuses to fulminate as his views the sentiments of these men, who are a disgrace to any party and Who• repudiate in public their own articles. Yet the very language employed in the denial betrays them. In the last issue of the Argus this januie-faced libeler, skidking behind .. this .pretended private citizenship;. ; gives to e the readers of that paper a • pretended'record of Messrs..MTEß and Weals , dtiring the past session of the legislature, which is as calumnious as it is false, and every intelligent citizen knows it to baso. The record of' the last legislature is within the reach of all, and the author of the article has not failed to read it, and knows that every word of the follow ing 'a deliberate, wilful and mali cious: falsehood. Referring to the course of Messrs, WrBB and MTV; "this private " citizen says: " They voted to increase till) salary of GoTernor to $lO,OOO per , aßetim, and their own pay to . $2,000 a tltrna, in the face of a bankrupt treashry and the recent condemnation by the people of the salary grab 'anti' the back pay swindle. . • They voted to increase the number of Judges beyond the contemplation of the -COnstitte , mandate, and added to their p ty for less service: They enhanced the`price of coal to the consumer, to raise money to meet thin Genie/mitt( gratuity to the advo cates of addition, division Mid si lence.' • One of these gentlemen was sent to Harrisburg to prevent Herdic from (1 , ieg what, had it not been for the c .nstitutional restrictions, he would, have accomplished 'to a cer tainty: The other was pledged - to• a repeal of, the local-option"" law, and failed jto present a very creditable showing for his retainer, and now he is trying with all his agricultural and cultural persuasion to convince 'the people that, like Gen. Grant, he is their only salvation for a third term." _ Mr. Mite Toted against the - propo sition to make the Governor's salary $lO,OOO, and• Sir. WEBB WAS not a member of the legislature when the bill firing the salary became a law, and it is well known that - he opposed lraisingthe salary of Gov. GEARY to 1 55,000.1 In regard , the Other charges, each and every one of them false ; but theauth6r has allays acted upon • the theory that " a lie well stack to is as good as the truth." , M. Mm never pledged himself to repeal local option, but has been a Iconsistent 'advocate of the law. We do not know that either It!Ir. WEBB or Mr. /free will ever be can &dates I before. the people of this ,county again ; ,btit should they be, such vile misrepresentations will only operate in their favor andio the dis grace and continued reptidiation of this diehonest old political hack, who dares not make them over his own name. 1:'? ne, has MoNEN AND Busrras.—We true e financial editor of the Philadel phia-L4ger is correct in his views. He thinks the business outlook seems to favor an early and decided im provement. There may (he says) be some few further failnres, but these mast bring the bottom, which. must first be touched, the,nearer, and so ensure the earlier ievival. While some railway coiperations have de faulted, others have got upon a good basis and are doing well. Farmers at the West are" doing ' better this year than last, and , everywhere mon ey is plen'iful ..,beyond' , 'precedent. California has secured' her wheat crop, worth probably 425,090,000. ' Oregon has alari a large surplus for export ' The, fat of July is semi annual dividend da pl y, when millions of dollars will be : paidin interest. Where all this money is to find safe and profitable investinentls a ques tion not easy to 'decide., With so much capital scattered all over the conntry,snd interest so low on all money put out on, call, with the .grain crops fall , of promiWand the cotton crop lb be, in all probability, far more than we inticipated six weeks since, there is every_ reason 'to hope for a better state of 'business in the aiming atitumn. That the business outlook is ' more encouraging than for many months' is not disputed by any body except chr.mic croakers and such professional speculators as liaire money staked and "stand to win" on a continuance of the depression of the past few mouths; and on a further decline in the price of swirl ties and anamoditiss, T toV NINCs staab. The folloiiing is the Finance bill as paned finally by Congress • signed by the President: Az Lox firing the emennt of 'United &ibis notes, psuabling far - x re • distaution of the National Bank Carney end for other purposes: SZCI . TON 1. That the ,act entitled. "An ad to provide a national enr rency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," approved June 3d, 1864, shall be hereafter known as " the national bank act." Sac. 2. That section' 31 of " the national bank act" be so amended that the several associations therein provided for shall not hereafter be required tokeep on hand any amount of money whatever, by reason of the amount, of their respeetive circula tions ; but the moneys ;required by said sections to be kept at all times on hand shall be determined by the amount of deposits in all respects, as provided for is the said section. Sze. 3. That, every association or ganized, or to - - organized, Ender the provisf. = o the said act, and of the several amendatory theret of, shall at all ; es keep and have on deposit in the Treasury , of the United States, in lawful money of the United ,States, a sum equal to five per cent. of its circulation, to be held and used for the redemption of such cirbnlation ; which sum shall be counted as a part of its lawful re serve, as provided in section 2 of this act.; and when the circulating notes of any such association, assort,. ed or summoned, shall_ be presented for redemption in sums of $l,OOO or any multiple thereof, to the Treasur er of , , the United States, the same shall not be redeemed in United States notes. All notes so redeemed shall be charged by the Treasure i r' of the United States to the respective associations issuing the same, and he shall netify thein, r severally on the Ist day 'of each month, or oftener at his discretion, of tho amount of such re demptions ; and wheneVer such re demptions for any association shall anionntj to the sum of $5OO, such as sociation so notified shall fcirthwith deposit; with. the Treasurer of the United States a sum in United States notes equal to the amount of its cir- culating notes so redeemed. And all notes of national banks, worn, de faced, mutilated,' or otherwise unfit for circulation shall, when received by any assistant treasurer or at any designated depository of the United ' States, be forwarded to the Treasurer of the United States lox-redemption as provided herein. And , when such redemptions have been so reimbursed, the circulating, notes so redeemed shall be ,orwarded to the respective associations by which they were is sued ; bin if any of such notes be worn, mutilated, defaced, or renderad otherwise unfit for use, they hall be forwardd to the Comptroller of the Currency , , and destroyed and re placed as tow provided by law: Pro vided, That - each of said associations shall reimburse to the Treasury the, charges for transportation and costs for assorting such notes; and the as sociations hereafter organized shall also severally reimburse to the Treasury the cost of engraving such plates as shall be ordered by each as sociation respectively ; and the amount 'assessed upon each associa tion shall be in proportion to the cir culationlredeemed, and be charged to jhe tend with deposit, with the Treasurer : And provided further, That so f much of' section 32 of said national l bank act requiring or per. nutting the .redemption of its circu lating notes elsewhere than. at its own counter, except as provided for in this section, is hereby repealed. 'Axe. 4. That any association or ganized under this act, or any of the acts of 'which this is an amenfianetX desiring to withdraw its circulating notes, in whole or in park may, upon the depOit of lawful money with the Treasurer of the United States in sums of not less than $2,000, take up the bonds which said association has on deposit with the 'Treasurer for the security of such circulating notes; which bonds shall be &Bldg/led to the bank in the manner specified in the . nineteenth section of the national' bark act; and the outstanding notes of , said association, to! an° amount equal to .the legal-tender notes de posited, shall be redeemed at the Treasury of the United States, and destxoyed as now provided by law : P'rovide'd, That the amount of the bonds on deposit for circulation shall not be reduced below $50,000. SEC. 5. - That the Comptroller of the Carrencyshall, under such roles and regnla4owi as the Secretary of the Treasury. may prescribe, cause the charter, numbers of the maths- tion to be Twisted upon all national bank notes Which may be hereafter hained hy him. SEC. 6. That the amount of. United States notes outstanding and to be used as a part of the circulating me dium shall not exceed the sum of $382,000,000, which said , 81114 • shall appear is each monthly statement of the public debt, and no part thereof shall be held or used as a reserve. Seal,' That so much of the act (stilled '" An act to provide for the redemption of the 3 per cent. tem porory-loan certificates, and for an increase 'Of ' national bank notes," as provideajthat no circulation ehafl be withdrawn, under the provisions of section 6of said act, until after the fifty-fourmalions granted' in I section of said act shall have been taken up, is hereby repealed; and it shall be the duty of the Comptroller of the Currency, under the direction of the Secretars,of the Treasury, to proceed forthwitt, and be is hereby author ized andktequir" ed, from time to time, as applications shall be dulrmade therefor, and until the . ftill amount of $54,000,0,00 shall be withdrawn, to make tequaitiorus upon each of the national banks described in said' sec tion, =din the manner therein pro vided, organized in States having an excess of circulation, to withdraw and.return so much of their circula tion as by said act may be appor tioned toi be withdrawn from them, or, inlieu theeof, to deposit in the Treasury 'of the United States lawful money sufficient to redeem such cir culation, and upon the return of the circulation 'required, or the deposit of lawful money, as herein provided, a proportianate amount of the bonds had to sectuti m thq circulation of such association as hail make such return or deposit shall be surrendered to it. SEC. 8. , That upon the failure of the national banks upon which requi eition for circulation shall be made, or any of them; to return the amount required, or to deposit in the Tress; wry lawful, money to redeem the cir culation required, within thirty days, the Comptroller of the currency shall at once sell, as provided in. section 49 of the 'national currency , act, ap proved Jane 3,1864, 'bonds held to secure the redemption of the Circu" Ltd= of the aaaniations which ihall so ha Wen MOW aufficiattt to le dge* the tireslittio' req - uired Of stick wadi= or associations, and with the pieesede.. "bleb shallearber -11 ke, the: Treasury of the nitid Sete% so ninth of the ' ticm of inekiime• Adieu or seeoetitionnakil be redeemed's& will equal the amount required and not returned; and if there be in excess of proceeds over the amount reqpired for such re demption, it shall be returneil to the association or associations whose bonds shall have been sold: And it shall be the duty of the treasurer, as sistant tavasurers, designated depos-. Hades and national bank deposita ries of the 'United States, who shall be kept informed by the Comptroller of the Currency of such associations as shall fail to returnairctdation required, to assort and return to the Treasury for redemption the notes of such• associations as shall come into their bands until the amount required shall be're4eemed, and in like man ner to assort and return to the Treas ury, for redemption, the notes of such national banks as have (failed, or gone into voluntary . liquidation ' for the purpose of winding up their affairs, and of such as shall hereafter so fail or go into liquidation. Sze. 9. That from and after the of this act it shall be lawful or of the Currency, and he is hereby required, to issue circulating "notes, without delay, as applications therefor are made, not to exceed the sum of $55,000,000, to associations organized, or to be or ganized, in those States and territo ries having less than their propor tion of circtdation, under an appor tionment made on the bads of popu lation and of wealth, as shown by the, returns of- the census of 1870,; and every -- aiisociaticin hereafter- or ganized shall be subject to, and be governed by the rules, restrictions,. and limitations, and possess' the rights, privileges, and, franchises, now or hereafter to be prescribed by law as to national-banking associa tions, with the imam power to amend, alter, and repeal provided by "the national bulk act:" Provided, That the whole amount of circulation with drawn and redeemed from banks transacting business shall not exceed $55,000,000, and that such circula tion shall be withdrawn and re deemed as it shall be nesessary to supply the circulation previously sued to the banks in those States having less ,than their apportion ment ; And prodded. further, That not more than $30,000,000 shall be withdrawn and redeemed as contem plated during the fisral year ending June 30, 1875. THE INSPRAACE REPORT. Insurance. Commissioner Form= has isued the first volume of his re port for the year 1873. We have not been favored, with a copy of the in teresting document, but borrow the following review from the Pitts burg Telegraph, embracing some of the prominent facts relating to the fire and marine insurance business of the State. It is a matter in which nearly every property holder ig ; inter ested: . "The mean amount of fire risks carried by the Pennsylvania joint stock companies (66 in number) dur ing 1873 was $836,230,735 and the lossees paid amounted to 74.100 of one per cent. on , this sum. The mean amount of risks carried by Pennsylvania mutual , companies (95 in number) wail $420,267,654, and the losses paid 25-100 of one per cent. The joint stock fire v. and Marine companies of the State daring the year had an income of $13,666,753, and expended $12,644,044, leaving an apparent' net • profit of over one million of dollars or nearly eleven per cent, on the capital of over nine millions] of dollars invested. The percentage Jof fire losses paid ; ($6,- 183,379 (to premiums ($10,557,068) received was 58 per, cent. Risks in force at the close of Ithe year, $927,- 719,755. The inland and niarine companies, eighteen in number, received $3,603,- 984 in premiums during 1873, and paid losses, $1,845,717; apparent profit from business of the year, $358,467; per centage of losses paid to 'premiums received, 88 per cent„ indicating a net, loss to the compan ies on the year's bitsiness which ap pears to have been a very bad one for the marine companies. The risks in force in these companies were deceased daring the year over three and a half millions of dollars, and now amomitio but $31,457,817. The total receipts from policies and assessmenta by the Mutual com panies aggregated $1,650,497; losses paid and premiums returned, $1,127,- 827; salaries and expenses, $514,108. Risks in force at the end of the year, $435,215,298, a net increase of near thirty millions. In addition to the elaborate tables, from which these figures are collat ed, the report gives the condition of the various foreign insurance com panies authorized to do business in this State. Of the there are 82 joint stock fire co vies , and 32 nfa in land and marine c mpanies belong ing to other States" and. 10 British insurance cOmpanies. The report contains a number of valuable suggestions as to modifica tions and changes in the insurance laws of the State. 1 Commissioner Forster examined the condition of 47 companies in person during the year, and caused proceedings to be insti tuted against a number of delinquent companies. On this point he says: "No amount of scrutiny can always prevent imposition. Securities, good in themselves, may be borrowed for the emergency, and the fraud sus tained, by perjury. ;Against such practices there can be no absolute protection. Temporary success in the insurance,. as in any other busi ness, may be attained by men ~who will make use of such means. MOrt gages furnish the most convenient cover for fraud. While they are the very beet form of investment, they may be the cloak for the very worst. The difficulties in the way of a thorough examination of mortgage securities are almost insurmountable. It is practically impossible to have the title to each piece of real estate and its value, passed upon by those competent to judge. The entire year would be too short 'to accomplish this in the 01180 of a single large com pany." prescribing the invest ments by companies, Mr. Forater i i thinks it would be well to limit the amount of !capital' to be placed in mortgage securities, 'and to confine them to property within this State. The second volume of the report not yet out, will show the condition of the life insurance companies of the State. There are many -.other points of interest in the volume be fore us, to which we have not space at this time to' refer. 11031. C. PJA`r. Prink X,taTiea 11l d Weekly, gives a biographical etch all= Tim a Pram Member of Ooogrese for the (imp- pada. lain P. has Maria= blade in amity Who will read the sketch with are, and recognize its , truthfulness. "The Hon. Teones C. Purr is the present popular and -efficient Rep resentative of tie Twenty-seventh District of New York This district embrices the counties of Broome Schniler,Tioga and Tompkins, which are among the Wealthiest and most Emperor's counties of the Southern 'Der. Mr. Platt was born at Owego, on July 15th, 1/03, end is now in his forty-tint year. His early education was at the Owego Academy, then noted es one of the beet preparatory schools of the State. He was a mem ber of the class of 1853, of Yale. Col loge, New Haven, but was compelled to withdraw in . t his junior year on account of serious and continued ill health: His standing as a student' was high, and the scholarly tastes then formed have been since developed, so that, although his life has been one of close attention to business pursuits, he is known to his intimate, friends as a gentleman of ripe cabin and varied learning. He has always resided at OwegO, where he was for years a successful merchant. He has been the President of the 'Bogs National Bank since its organization, and is also extensively engaged in lumbering in Michigan. He was County , Clerk of Tioga for the term commencing with January, 1859, havingbeen' elected to the office by a majorty in excess of that 1 1 usually, obtained by the candidates of his party, een in that strong Republican district. Although sev eral times suggested, and once nom inated,' as the i ; Republican', candi date for Congres ,he steadily.declined such nomination' until the ' Autumn of 1872, when he was elected to the . Forty-third Congress by a. majority, of 3,200 over the Hon. Milo Good- , rich. The latter was , the ,nominee of the combined Liberal Republican and Democratie parties of the dis trict, and had been the representa tive in the Forty-second Congress. Mr. plattis a entleman of quiet and most 4e ' tuil manners, always true ,tofiis convictions of duty, and very earnest 'wad i efficient in his quiet but most suCcessfal support of his ideas. He is ; f al leading member of the important *lust) Committee on Post-offices and', Postroads, and is universally respected and esteemed by his colleagues. He has just been chosen by the delegation \from New York as their member of the Repub. lie= Congessional Committee. Mr. Platt-beiongs to that class of edumtest business men whose pres ence in our national councils is so essential to the proper development of our varied farming, trading and manufacturing interests. He will waste little time in useless speeches, but may always be relied upon to promote sound legislation and en force wise administration. Bru.oiso associations, which have proved so beneficial to many peo ple in this place, and contributed so materially to its rapid and sidistan tial growth, are very common in Canticle, also. The Dominion Par liament, at its last session,;* further enlarged the powers of these associations, which are there known as building societies. They were be fore more highly favored by the laws of the Domiion than in the United States, and the grant to them of 4:-. ditional privileges shows that• the government appreciates their great value as, a Means of promoting the material welfare of the people. Any twenty persons could constitute themselves la building society simply f by paying registry fee of fifty cents to obtain a charter. They then en joyed substhntially the privileges (as we understand the case) which such societies here enjoy. Now, however - , they arol further empoivered to re ceive deposits the same as savings banks, and issue' debentures, payable in such Currency, as they choose, to the extent of 133 per cent. on the paid-up capital. The amount of se: cajty required to.be given to deposi tors is also reduced. There is no doubt that if the scope of 'loan and building associations in this•country were enlarged, and the organization of these-and similar co-operative so cieties were facilitated in every prac- - ticable way, the masses of the people would be gaincir& A. LADY, who went Over in the same steamer, kept notes of the vov age. She writes of the SAIITOILIBES: Mrs. Sartoris never left her ',state room but once on the passage. She came on deck for a few minutes, one morning, in a'blne wapper and white shawl; lint before it was, well knoWn that she was oat, she had disappear ed again. Mr. Sartoris did' not share this seelusion, but was around moat all the time. He said his wife was "not sea sick,- but home sick." Poor Nellie! We could a11,,0f us un derstand that she might be; for of 'all the dull youths' who part their hair in the middle (and it's your dull youth who always does that), Alger non Frederick and all-the-rest-of-it Sartoris is the dullest. While we waited our tarn ' at the dock in Liver pool, he, with ! some -others went ashoreund brought mutton pies, so that the first really good view of Nellie Grant we, had after she came aboard was ~s tanding resting on her husband's fat arm, her eyes full of trusting affection, her heart full of confiding love, and her month full of Liierpool 'mutton pie. WE atAlcs it a rule never to step out of the way to attack any one through these colums. - The mere fact that a man is a political oppo nent, or even a candidate for office on a ticket in opposition to the Re 7 publican paity, is no reason why we should make Ihim a target for our criticism. , We concede and rsspect the right of every man to vote and act just as his consience dictates. But when any man, be ho candidate or not, throws down the gauntlet and gives us casuB Celli by wantonly attacking the principles or leaders of the Republican party, ,we know, we are brit performing a duty in calling him to account, and we shall con tinue to do so " regardless of donna ciationirom 'hay quarter." II assramailowarii Tat •. • • a ... The followii 4 ii :ll 7orrelndence fully explains itself! ; 1 1 WA I szeurrox, ; Imo 24.-rrostmaster General_, oressieu this morning tendered iiit reedgnatiom in the fol lowing letter: • I WAtainurrox, D. 0:, Jane 24, 1874. Snit After mere than five years of continuous serve r lam constrained by a proper reg rd for my private interests to resign the o ffi ce of Post e . :ter General,land' re3uest that I may 1* relieved from drity as soon as it may be convenient; for you to designate my successor.l For the generous - corifiillence and. support whichlyon have uniformity extended to me m my efforts toe my duty I shall nall attempt to express g scharg the full measureof my titudlt is sufficient to Bay that relations, official and ; personal, th yourself and with every One of m colleagues of the 'cabinet, have alwys been of r the most dgreeable and satisfactory ei character. Best assay that I shall continue to give your dministra , tion ,my - most Cordial pport, and tbatil ( shall ever deem it an honor to be permitted t subscribgoelf Sirieerely ;rid fait y your frieild , i .1 1 0) A. J. , _Fr. ~. F 1 To the aboie he President repli• ed as follows: , IVirAsumors, June 24, 1874. As I ex . presspd to 3 4 ,011 verbally this morning, w hen ynn tendered your resignation of the office of Post mastel General s it is with the despots regret Ito me thst. yonshould have felt such a course necCssary. Yon are the last of th e origin al members of the Cabinet named by me- as I was entering upon my present duties, and it 1 1 made be, feel aslif old asso ciations were bang bro en up that I. hadl hoped Might b 'continued through my, ofNial life. In separat ing officialll I hhve bat wo hopes to expresS first, thr.t I ma, get a sue censor 4 faithfa . and e fficient in the performance of the diatieia of the office t i you resign; second, a personal friend that I can have the sam attachment i , for. Your reco d has ben satisfac tory to me, and I, know it will so prove to the co ntry at large. Yours very truly. ' I I: Hon J. A. J. pitmiN - :4 The position )]Las bee Hon. EroEE HALE,' of accepted by lump Enrron REponirta:—.l3laving main 1:: twined 1 a ,discreet sile ice for-along , time, I shall, with yo permission, occupy the time ,of your readers for a few minutes. If I can, pat some of them to sleep my labors will be am ply regarded;, may shall I confine myself to one subject where it is so much easier to drowse onnd. s i r We are havinl plenty of rain. I, a ho summer and e last month, tho' before) that we suffered'mach from dry weather. The crop . prospect is good, and little can you imagine its significance from any thing but a' Western experience. A good crop this year means, in thousands of cases around here, thedifferences be 11' tween bankruptcy, std ation,,loss of home, l and all that is im lied in the words, plenty and happ" ess. Grass hoppers have done bat ittle damage this year in lowa. and taking past exper'i'ence as a guide t eir presence t i will net again trouble u 'for years to, come; and in the mean ti e the corm try Will be settled up, and people' have such a start as to make them independent ofj one ear's crop. o There is this to say the [pests: I they are not extravaga t nor partic ular ;.' they eat to the gr mid as far as they-go. 3lr_ny a fi ld of wheat has hid a strip irom th ee yards to three rods wide on one si eof it eaten to the ground, and 6; remainder untouched. These h poen are hatched on theground from eggs ii.de posited here las year, put it, is a peculiarity of t e beast; not to ; stay any longer where Patched than obliged to. , When grown they take to themselveslivings and fly far away from The - Scenes 'pi their childhood, there to wage destruction and death, there deposit their eggs for com ing generations. Civilization has no charms for them nor the wild plains of _the West any , terror . But like the Bedouins of .ftrabia, hey wander hither and thither, and when they 'enter the domain of the white man it is by chance or nec ssity rather ri than from choice Their 'corirse from hero is south a d west. Some set lc i l tiers in Dakota and Mi nesota will suffer, but the bulk of t o army will settle where th Buffal and Red Man\ still holds sway. One word abont'the noble (?) rod man. The red men, as you see hi and' deal with him, is no ore like the hero of our school reade!s and novels than black is fronrwhite. It s unpleas ant to have the xpmantic 'dens of our childhOod thus b oken i upon and destroyed, but perish they must. Firit, they, are he embodiment of every thing homely ;' their demeanor and appearance is that ,of a first class beggar. Begging is their pro fession as well. I.n short the ordi nary Indian as eompared with the ordinary white maia is 's noble as the mule compared 'with the horse. I had intended to sa something of political matters, but nst defer it this time. 1 L. S. awcrrr. STor Car, lowa, June 2-1; 1 ' Mo r ' , . . .s, Rule 29 • . , Mc. EDITOB: t may stem some what premature to com .. ence dis cussing the political sitna ion at this date, nor do I propose to, but merely i 3 to offer a few suggestions, f r thought, which in my judgment for the interest of the 'Bepnbli party in particular and the country generally —not fOr the purpose of favoring the nomination of any particular indi vidual to the detriment of the public good. A. carefall and honest consid eration of our duty to putoic interest will lead ns to make such selections of men as have the ability, moral qualifications, and e ' . I re fer particularly to our , presenta lives. It is not wholly essential that they shall passesi such a Icnowledge only as. would fit them ICl.lh experi ence to serve the constituents satis factory, but that m they shall pave some experience—nsuipcient acquaintance with parliament usage, at least, as aiy will enable the to properly dis charge their duti s. Under the new Constitution we nd that 1,7 e are to have a largely-in eased 'membership in the. legislature, and that Bradford Co. is entitled to three members in stead of ; two, as ormerly. 1 Yon are aware, Mr: Edito; how the workings of the new Constitution ha impeded and clogged legbilation d ing last winter, with both Houses Composed largely of old an experienced mem bers at, that, an they haVe hardly madea 1 beginn* .g. Yon are also aware that ther: were matters of vital importance . Bradford County brewing all winterl-whieh w. old PM) reitilted disastrously to the. intmste of the people of the county, had it , not been for the united undideter mined efforts of our'reprosi t intatives, Myer and Webb. Theinter ests detvgatory to us 11,0 at work —thatraps are still net an band bilo Is it for the interests of thi coimty to send three new mem to Ear risbum with no experience,blow'. edge of even the rules of th House ? What chance would they with old and experienced le . tors— itid with corrupt men backed money, who know all the modus pperdndi from manipulating a • committee to pen stealing? I ask, does it not be hoove us to send at least on exPeri enad man who can instruct rest, —give them the bene fi t of hi# exPeri ence, placing them , on an even foot ing with the rest, sufficiently so that they can protect their constiitnents? Who that man is to be isles the peo ple to decide. Let us 14 closely to the record of ' our representative men, and take one who is not tainted with corruption. Have we any such? I think we have--at, least I care yet to hear an individual say ought against the integrity, honesty land ability of Hon. Ti. B. Myer. Let us send him as a center man., 1 1 ~ il mr ,, . •....,. • t _ r I THE DRUMM POLIff. I ' ....4..._ ' , Two vessels, the, A d duance Pea cue under the command of Captain i De Haven, sent into the Art c Ocean in search of Sir John F ' I , I be came frozen fast lin a large field of floating ices in Sept., 1850, mind their crews being unable to extricate them they drifted for trine mont down 4 Bafbia's Bay a distance of en httn dred miles from the point of starting, old were only released from their unpleasant situat i on by the melting and breaking up c f the ice in the 'fol lowing June. Their policy' as ;the "drifting policy; ' beta it was the safest, and at ' length tretight us iw them safely homd, the cre s alive; and the vessels not much the wars" for the squeezes' they had endured. They tell us our ship of State has been drifting for I a long tithe in a, fathomless sea of irre.deematlle piper money; that thert never ws ranch need of drifting t the co mice i:Lti ment of the voyage, and , no ci what ever now; that it is only rt l eeliary to spread sails and bear awy i to the Gold coast and anchor in e safe harbor of t-R edemption . Sounds t il pleasant, and seems as easy Ei a boy knows his fathei—Do n't i I The Artie voyagers did not yield •Witnout an effort to be free. They & 'et:li to 1.1 cat loose from their Min island by using saws thirteen feet long on ice twenty feet in thickness, nd the thermometer thirty degree below zero. They did not meet ith Ithe success which their courage esened, and were obliged to wait un ill grov idence and favorable circstances aided their efforts to esca e. The drifting policy was partly nforced el upon them, but there was o el other alternative—they could hav taken to their boats, with what p onsions they could carry, and whi these were eaten they could ha 'e eaten each other to We last' man, an 4 he could have been eaten by th sharks. We ' have that same altOiative. We can quit the drifting p liey by repealing the legal-tender els se, and after "chewing " each otht Ifor a year or two, be gobbled ii bj the land sharks which congregate in the Atlantic cities, and especially in IN'all Street, New 'York. Bat before I try ing any new or dangerous experi ment, perhaps as skilful TOagers it 4 would, be well to calculate ur Ilati tude and longitude, and find out just 1 where we are and how bad ur situ ation really is. Some peopl get the i i blues and become nervous ith I but very little reason. The Ar e• pcoy agars were drifting slowly `towards home, and so are we—towards the desirable port of Redemption. ''l , When we commenceddrifting, a gold dollar was worth as mitehlas a two dollar bill; now jit is wtth only one dollar and eleven cents paper; and this progress would-haw s , been much accelerated had not the tariff been reduced and the iniportation of foreign luxuries and .gew-gaws; in creased thereby to an extent Iwhich our exports will not pay for leaving a large balance of trade againet us which must be settled in gold. been driving the nine . years We haVe been drilling since the close ofihe war, more grain, bay, cattle, hors, hogs and sheep have been' raise4;ixhore honses, barns, factories, mille, far naces, railroads , ' churches and school. houses built; mere benevol ntinisti tntions endowed ' • more mo ey con tributed to support home an foreign missions, and print and d tribute Bibles and religions books, an was ever known before in the same period of time. There has genelly been labor, at good demand for i labor, at fair wages; there has been less &ru l ing among the poor, and less beggary and want than usual. Thseitacts are not disputed, they cann ot 6e I.le -1 nied; but they tell us that tis pros perity is not real—that it resits ori a credit basis; that it is an Mtn, and like a babble of air once pri ed, will vanish. If it be au illusion it 'La a pleasant one, and we, should of care to have it rudely dispelled. it Ibe ) .f not an illusion, then it wool bej wise to let well enough alonerake the best of oar situation. I 0 s. atzsivzi.L. S. ,GRANT tendered to Maine, and NOT e LEA DEB.—The Ger antoW n lelegraph truthfully remarks , The New York Tribune, w "cb: was formerly a power in the coon when Greeley controlled it and was in his right_ mind, has lost all its leadership and prominence, and dwindlnd into a croaking, babbling old wo an.l is now seldcm quoted ex pt cotemporaries who do it' out f corn-, pliment for what it once 'was, or ar e themselves of the same 'daily. According to its idea every • g is going wrong in the count , and unless its platitudes are 4,4.4, must speedily go to the de nition bow-waws. i. Gzx. Loam:, in his Spri.ngfaeld speech, made this pertinent impiir l y: "If _the; two existing partaesi are corrupt and rotten, out of what 414:, of people is the now honest party o liuformed?" To this date Nslc llave seen no-answer to the questioi . T he presumption is' that any netwi t pfkr i ty that may be formed will be cmpos ed of the soreheads ,- the disc ointd Etichemers of the two olpirti ; ge ' n era'lly very poor mat - Z-te tainly not the kind of atufl out of which to construct an laoriet party. 1 WE .liu under obligations Exlellency• Gov. HOnA-rr, copy of the geheral lowa path the last legielatetre, 1 1 =XI I~ U NATIONAL 1301.4 , WI spoor June tional representation in the ILumber man's Convention which commenced here to-day, was both unexpected and sisprbnmg. It .• comp Vehendid not only the fellers of timber and the dealers in lurber, but also delegates from every ,bomeh and variety of ttie trade. 'There Were but few States the ;Mum that were - valiant repre sentatiOn, and one in such an an. diencc appreeided for the first time the immense area and extent, of the great bidastry in the United States. It wile taken into account that hithertothe lumbermen of the diffet ent disbiicts pimply had their 'particular local societies, and that now ,for the first time they, I are en deavoring to frect a permanent na tional orgainzation puma:mint wit' their interests. The office= elected for th year are as followsi Preaident. T. 1 b.' Wetn Warren' Pll. Vice'Preaidenia. Ho Tharp, Elm Claire, Wisconsi Ezra Rust, Saginaw city, 31 F. Meriden Hartford, Conn. Secretries.— James E. puffalo * l N. V I ; H. H. ca l . , ,vanial2;',3a. THE L Corresponding Secretary, Symonds, Boston, ifilES. I I I The various gentlemen, on assaat ing their chalrs, made graceful and appropriate addressei. 1 A. very excited and animated de bate occurred; concerning the ipropo4'- ed'reciprOcit treaty between Cana da and the i tTnited States. The fol lowing I resolgtion, offered by ITT' r • Armstrong, of this city, and ably supported by him' and othrs,' was unanimously adoPted: BespivedThat in the jud gm ent of : m this conve ntion the proposed reeiti rocity treaty with Canada Would be injurious to the industrial ' interests of the whole r ourttry, and should no t .. be retied; that its e ff ect upon tbe business which we especially repre sent would' be most disastr r rs, and would compel a large red uction of wages in order to 'compete' with the cheaper labor of Canada, or the sus I. pension of the business in many se'e tions of. theeountry where it is now i extensvely carried on. 1 _ ll'l Tiff. I Harrisburg Telegraph pays the following beautiful tribute to the Mr CAM :MO memory of s. AM:MON . 1 1 I. I - " Ncl consolation we car . t l offer, :no tribute we can pay to the virtues and worth of the / deceased,' can mitigate the : grief into which' the, death of this true ',Woman, affectionate\ arid faithful wife, tender,mother and thost estimable lady, has plunged her his-': band; 1 family and most' intimate friends,. T6'them, and to the cont rail:ay of Which she has been so long a useful and esteemed member, her death7is an irreparable lo;—for in her person she combined I the ex cellencies-with but few if any of the blemishes q the fernale i haracter. She was ty a' . Christ . woman, from early li e a useful and exemplary member'of t e Lutheran church. trit her Cliristi ly was not centracted'; I it was general, embracing all denorri inations, and seeking to do the elre- 1 rywhere. 'Her heart was the ver'y t fountain of charity and indness ; there Was nolharshness in h r nature; her salle"WaS benevolence; her voice the yoice Ofl<rentleness an peace ; and her hand, obedient to the gener ous imPrilea of her heart, was ever stretched fotth to, relieve diatress. ~ ' This is no; strained euloey of the deceased. gor more than fifty years the writer, of, this feeble tribute to her memery vas acquainted with her ag maiden wife, mother, friend, and in all these relations she waS.withont reproaCh. She needs no ipraise to embalmher in the memoryof those who krieW her- 'True worrian, the wife, true mother and= true, friend, 'long will she beiru eerabered for the: excellencies - cif her characte d and the good she' has done through a life ex tending beychd. thiee score years and ten. i , i 1 i i 1 I • , - - - REDUCTION OF ULEBICU, OIICE. - The Seeretary of the. Treas ry, 31. 1 r. i - 1 • Bais-row, has given, notice to the diff erent heads' of bureaus in the TreaS nry DePartinnt t,lo, have prepared, and personally present to him, lists giving the names' of the clerks and employees in their respective offices, the States Wh'ence appointed' -date of originallentry into, the departmen!, and an estimate of the efficiency Of each individ i val. This is undoubted ly lookiiltg to the reduction ' pf ford, which must necessarily be made on the Ist proxin!io., The number of re l . ductions I e Treasury bepart: 1 merit urtder the appropriatilm bills will reach abl I dut one hundred. The I • Secretary has made a decisi l on that the appropriation bills will reach about one, hun g Secretary', The Sepretar has made a dcision that the approl priationibills must be strictlyadmin-1, -istered, and that no more tan the precise number of clerks yea h grade provided for'lntist be retaine . W. CH A D I ME HE ZFi 'CIIE Jn"e 2, 18: foi ed liy O TH 113 JIL. nearly Moen y • pump logs. I Offer nisi attended to in any • and sattstsetinn gnu New Jabal, Marth presal, MO ; HO ch; 0 Smith, itt, S- !-J.-If avertisements. NIBERLAIN;• MEM N D SE JEWELRY, SIND CLOG' TOWLS DA I. BLlC.—Having had , experience in befingrotind leen - Ices to the publt. Work t of the cottnty in eh rt meter • tee& CALVIN • 'LLEN, 2b.tf. - . • 17E2 T q-1874. 11 . bars aim La 'Web fOtithe _ of Tar, choice too& evasuliat SN IP # Cri I IMES, 110110:a 1 BAK HAND' .c 1 I BAKES, 1 CRADLE I 'A.s , 1 Ism-raiz grans. nErri or.?I; 4 - ru i Nt. ItEas 110 Ra BAKES, i , 1 GR p STON'E JLLNGnith 1 , ..40=4.ciiebTat.d.7 _.,1 - i HAUP4**I 1 1 !)IitiE'011i, iritli, pateztt Gifole Pi12.!075; I t also azrzariezia Fos M oir or im: 1 . . .. OWMi *iCi9NES .. its utot ; . vicirutr. ?ether TO a fail II:1 . c . - EC F 42! AND HEAVY , ,- 1 1 , 1 , iIAR . i! Am,, - i' —, PAINTS, OIL AND VARNIS If, I ', : . SASH, G L A SS, DOORS k BM:sibs, 1 : 1 , i ' i 1 CARRIAGEWOOD. WORK 1 , of an dai l Fripqong 'J , 1 1 'Carnage Irons of every Variek, - , PATENT. ll 'LS, ' _ i :EE. B itonyerjyrp, Ex4vstrtt 311.7911 N DILL DHSS Asp TOP L T ITILEM Carrion's Pointere' Color's. WOODEN )1 1 :)..RE and CiIUR I N-POWERS, SEE _I • CULT.I.YA' !, Points fo* Shov El NT.pI,S, luta dARP _+aa:.ltfock}cfth is ,1.111T0116 DIE H PEEI 7111 15t sr.ll , c;p, a 7e; L. 11.-8.NT43.0N, Jtme 24 EEO 'S & IN 1 'I $ 1111 ; 11-11. ,, te.Op0ra tltb?Lr • RING SC • [ DRES: GOODS, ITE i R t 1 CASSLVERE.: II T.IbLE II , 1 , 10, GLOVES, . BROIDE WOOL OM LEM NOTIO. hi fact eCery departwent We are also = I Ei Tamind!, April 11, '74-ti. LL :VEGE : HLux HAM IILNE This staidard article isl • 1 greatest care. • ' I Its effects are as ' wonder eves; 1 , It restores gray or faded It removes all artiptirins, and the scalp by its use •• • By lts tonic properties 1 glands to their normal' vigor, and making the hair grow th ' Asa dressing r.othing has or desirabiet Dr: A. A.ll.sms, State Ass says of , 1. consider it Oil intended parposeis." BUCELNGELA: N roll This elegant preparation may be change the color of the bear4from gra undeairable shade, to brown, or black', It la easily applied, being ba one pre; ' , quickly and effectually producei a pe 'which will neither rib nor wash off. Manufacttfred by , It. Pi 11.1.1. LS .I*. co.4Nasitu 3, Sold by all druggistannd ilealera VALUABLE FARM OR SALE -Inoir offer one of the finest flrms for 'wee in Bradford County, sitrateditWo mile from Meter. Upwards of 200 acres-175 acres improved, sCO.i fruit of every description, al fine dwelling, barns. sheds, and all necessary bulling. thereon, trill sold for a reasonable prke, end title given to the purchaser. For further parldcrtlars'enquire 01 June - 1. 'Op/111`l. thens-f 3. 3 i k FORK • L. ' J'.?:' IrE EE ILLS DR COI MEE El ENE fft2 BEE SZE TIM E.,.... ‘I al HEE 111 1152 OM NAPI UM EtEl MEE lbS MIME IMI 1111 IB HA\\ ~_~ ENE 3 I'RII DM Ell WM IBM ME MEI ccatir:tt* SEE l Eni;s.', 1 MO • 1 EWE MHO! EU iiiiiiiiiiiii Int 'and satlsfaceory ..14 I I sir to itsyouthfuleOicr. liteldni and - dandrutt, imea *lute. and clean.. ti restores' the Capillary .I, preveniing bid:lnes , . s t ick and etrong. 4een fourid so eirectini. 1 li V , ' sayet of )assactinsett, ' l . LI bestrrtj,..lra“ ,, ,Por Iti• M'S DIE relied len t. , y or an 3 etht • at disc:etiou. MEM want iC,'lor N. n 1 ; medici
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