THE SOKANTON TRIBUNE THEIRS DAY MOBNINGr, NOVEMBER 18. 18DT. COMES HIGH, BUT IT IS WHAT THEY WANT Wbat Royalty Costs the Taxpayers ol Great Hrltaln. TOTAL CLIMBS INTO TIIU MILLIONS J)xtrnngtuit Sums Jtcqttircil tiv Hid (lucoti urihiRliitul unit All I tin Mem bers ot Her rumllvAiiliuilicK ol Other Itulcrs.-Uuclu Sum's .Modest l'V Holl. W E. Cuitls, In Chicago Ilceord. Koyally Is nil expensive! luxury. It costs) tho lirltlsh t.ixpnyciH n Krcnt deal o money to support Queen VW torla and her Interestliif? family, i-viiy member ot which, men find women, re ceive an annuity in caah and the uho T a i.il.ice to live In. It costs the pen ult (,t tho United States about $0".,i'0i) to mnintain tliolr ruler. This IneludeH his palmy, the salary of his clerks and the other expenses of maintaining the white house. In Great Hrltaln tho to tal runs up beyond $ t.doo.ooo a year. Plie pilnccss of Wales alone iimi-Uos us pin money for her wardrobe and personal expenses an amount equal to the salary of the president of tho I'lil'dl States, and this does not include any of the expenses of Jrailborouqli house, in which she lives. Her husKiiul has Just four times as much, and her sons and daughters nearly four times lis much more. Theoretically tho queen of Great Hrltaln receives no compensation, but is entitled to what nro known as "the hereditary revenues of the crown." Ac cording to law she Is "fiee from all taxes, rates, assessments and charges," but In 1S42, dutlnir the cilsls over tho Income tax, Sir Kolioit Peel announced in parliament that her malesty had been Kraclously pleased to declare her voluntary determination that her in come should 1jp fubject to tho Mime de duction that was suffered by alt officials and servants of tho government in lieu of the Income and property lax. This proclamation was received with hearty applause and most compllmentaiy com ments by the newspapers, but Sir Hub ert either had no authority for making It or else her majesty on second thought was graciously pleared to rlianffu her mind, for sli'e did not carry out tho promise and has never paid a copper into tho tieafciiry as taxes since she, was crowned. A CURIOUS INVENTORY. The "hereditary revenues ot tho crown" make a curious Inventory. In early times almost everybody had to pay a royalty upon the pioceeds of his Industry or his property; hence tho origin of that word, which Is In com mon use all over tho world today. A percentage of all private Incomes went to the sovereign, the first fruits of the fields and one-tenth of all they pio d iiced. These taxes were first levied by the pope 1,000 years ago to carry on the crusade. After tho reformation Henry VIII. required them to be paid to him as the head of the chut eh. In 1701 Queen Anno surrendered them to the church to Increase the stipends of the clergy; hence they aie now known as "Queen Anne's bounty," and un der that name are collected and ap plied to this day. In early times the king granted all licenses, for whatever occupation or purpose they were required, and tho fees went Into his own pocket. The receipts of tho postofllco were a royal perquisite until 1787, and even now the sovereign of Kngland Is by law entitled to nlL contraband goods seized, all treasure trove, all the property of fel ons, outlaws and persons executed, all shipwrecks, all jetsam and flotsam, all waifs and strayv, all abandoned prop erty, all animals wandering unclaimed, all lands that are forfeited by their owners or to which no proper title can be proved, and all estates that are without heirs; and up to tho time of Queen Victoria the revenues of tho crown from these sources would aver ago $1,500,000 yearly. Queen Victoria Is entitled by law to all whales and sturgeons captuied by then becomes entitled to them ns long as he Is prince of Wales. Tho Ileitis, forests, oiclmrds, vine yards, parks, tmrdens, mines and fish eries belonging to her majesty nmount to several hundred thousand acres. Her foiests alone cover un niea of lH,f20, nntl Hip net revenue derived from tho ciown lands averages about $2,500,000 annually. rnilMANKNT CIVIL LIST. In ISM William IV. ma do nn arrange ment with patllnmrnt, which was con tinued by Queen Victoria upon her nc cisslon In 1S37, under which nil ot tho hfciedltniy il venues of the crown and the pioceeds of the royal estates were hitnondered In oxehango for a perma nent civil list nmounthiff to 108,000. It was a very good trade on both sides. J'lio proper nntl legitimate revenues ot the queen at tho present day would lugely exreed this sum, lmt thero v mid bo Inllnlto confusion iintl a very huge cxpenf-o attending their collec tion. On tho other hand, she Is relieved entliely limn lesponsiblllty, and not only continues to receive this fixed al lowance but liberal appropriations have been made by parliament for all the members of her family, and have boon lnci eased from time to time until the annuities now amount to 55S,0P0, or oer W.TjO.POO. Tho following are tho gencinl Items: CO.diM 31,".VJ IT-'.WO JM.ua JM.JJIO Her majesty's priy ptlrso Silnilcs of htisehoM Ilxpciises of household Pensions granU-d by her majesty.. Alms and special hervlces Total for the queen fWffii Victoria, dowager German em press S.OY) l'rlnco of Wale 4i, Tho ptlncpfes of Wales 1'i.W) Children or the l'rlnco of Wales ... "rt.UW lmko of IMInburRli IWflO Princess Christian fi.0i Pilnccss l.outso 6.OO1) Duke of Connavght "i.Oft-i Ditches of Albany 0.000 Princess Heatiico O.ox) Princess Auguta .W Duke of Cambrldgo I-',") Pilnccss ot Tccl; G.W) Total 173,00.) Grand total tx$.m A THRIFTY SCION. Tho duke of Hdlnlnirgh, like his mother, has been a veiy economical and thrifty citizen, wlille tho prince of Wales has been a spendtlnlft. Fiom childhood until 1S7J!, when he was mar ilod, tho duke of 1 Minimi nil luid an allowance of C 15,000, most ot which wws saved nntl Invested In very profit able securities. When he was man led to tho dauchter of Hmporor Alexander of Russia parliament Increased his nl 1 own nee to iJ.VOOO a year; his wife biought him a lnnrijngo portion of .COO.two o.iMi, nu Intomo ot 00,000 u tear and a life annuity of .C11.JJ0. At her death this money will pass to her cliildien, and the duke legally has no conttol of it. With great putdeme he has avoided ulng any of his wife's in come and has secured for it very prof itable Investment, until now tho wealth of tho collide Is estimated anvwheie from $25,000,000 to $'0,000,000. Some years aso the duke of Hdln lilirgh succeeded to tho tlirono of the German duchy of Saxo-Cobuig, from which he i erf Ives revenues amounting to neatly JI.OCO.OOO a year. At that time he sunendeied 15,000 of his al lowance from the Iirltlsh tieusury, but still retains Clnremont house and an allow anc; of $50,000 a yeat. This is the i-ai'FO of considerable scandal. The P.iitls-h peoide say that his revenues as a soereIgn piii.ee of Germany are am ple for all po&slblo requirements with out con.sldcilni: Ids prlato fortune, from which he never draws a cent, and that he ought, in common decency, to make no claim upon the Rrltlsh fix payers because he docs not live in Eng land and because he performs no ser vice fcr the liiltlsh government, but devotes his entire time to his duties as a ruler of Paxe-Coburg. If ho wishes to be a Gel man mince thev havo no objection, but ho should not continue to be a pensioner of the Hiitlsh people. If ho wishes to remain such a pension er no ono would object, but he should surrender his tank und revenues as a German urlnce. The duke alio ieteies salaries and allowances amounting to many thous ands of tlollaiH a veur as admiral of the Rtltlsh lleet and a Held marshal of British fishermen, for they are known the liiltlsh unny, nnd it is asserted ns "royal fish." The "droits of ad- that he even draws fornge for horses mlralty," which were tho proceeds of , md latlnns as n u.ival milccr ivgulaily prizes captured by the navy nt sea, ' every always went to the soveielgn, and In twenty-five yeais during the reign of George III. they amounted to .C0.5C2,- C14, which is nearly $50,000,000. The i crown Is nlso entitled to the fees re ceived for the attachment of tho great fieal of state to legal documents, com missions, grants nnd patents, which are called the "Receipts of the Han aper," and amount to several millions a year. The queen enjoys nnother val uable prequlslte In tho ieenues of tho Island of Rarbadoes, which weie grant ed to the crown in 10C3 and amount to about $250,000 a year. She also Inheilts from Henry IV. the title of duchess of Lancaster, and the revenues of that county which she still actually ie celves. They amount to nbout $215,000 a year. The sovereign of Hngland also receives the revenues of the duchy of Cornwall until the birth of a son, who month. WALES' INCOMIC. In addition to his allowance from paillamont, the pi luce of Wales re t elves tho revenues of the dutiiv ot Cornwall, which amounted to (!2,000 last year. I'ndor nn ancient law lw nlo has a royalty upon nil ihe tin coin age of Gieat Hrltaln, wh'Ieh amounted to S10 lest year, and he, llko his In others and brothers-in-law, itcelves the pay and allowances of an admiral, a geneial, a field muishal, tho colonel of several leglments and manv other perquisites, which bring his Income up to about 125,000, or $025,000 a year. His chlldien. the duke of York and the Pi Incases Louise, Maud and Vic toria, dhh'e ;0,000 among them.whlcli ral-es th finilly allowance to about $n..,00'i n v ar. In addition to this his r ivril liirhnt"? has the use cf M.ul borough lions.' In the city and several other royal residences In different partB of the country. Sandrlngham house, In Norfolk, Is his own private property. Tho prince of Wales has nn appropria tion from parliament every year for maintaining those ixilaces, and the sal aries of nil his attendants aro paid bv tho government, except the private servants of his household. Under the marriage contnet, which wns ratified by parliament. If the prince ot Wales should dlo his widow would continue to receive an annuity of 30,000 u year and a house to live In. Upon his marrlago nnd during his lifetime tho lato prince consort jecclv cil an annuity of 30,000 In addition to tho allowances made the queen, his wile. WORLD'S RICHEST WOMAN. Queen Victoria would undoubtedly be the richest wornnn In the world even It she should lose her throne and all her olllclnl revenues. She was born In pov erty. Her father was compelled to bor row money from nn alderman of the city of London, whom ho was fortunate enough to meet In Paris, lu order to pay his expenses from that city to Lon don a few weeks before her birth, and until his death wns a pensioner, not of parliament, but upon the bounty of the king. Victoria herself occupied th'at morti fying relation until she became queen of England, and when she was culled to the throne she did not have n dol lar's worth of property In her own light. Nevertheless her wealth Is now estimated by tho hundreds of millions of dollars. Like the duke ot Edinburgh, she nevw spends a cent of her per sonal income, but allows it to accumu late and has it Invested in tho most lemuneratlve kind of property. She has twelve palaces. Two of them Ralmonil, in Scotland, and Osborne, nn tho Islj of Wight are her personal pioperty, and she occupies them more than any ot the olllelal palaces. Ruck Ingham palace, In London, is always kept reajy for her use, and she goes there to pteslde at olllelal functions, but has a prejudice against the place and has not spent a night under Its i oof for many years. She lives at Windsor most of tho time during the sessions of parliament. Thero aie seven or eight other pal aces maintained at public expense and occupied by her sons, daughters and other iclatlves and pensioners. At Hampton court, tli? largest nnd most beautiful of nil tho Rrltlrh palaces, which was built by Cardinal Woolsey, occupied by Henry VIII., and the scene of tho gayest events in tho lives of Cliailes T. and Chailes II., there are forty-five families living on the royal br.'inty, mostly retired clergymen and mllltaiy oterans and the widows nnd oi phans of similar public servants. Tho palaces at Kensington, Kew and Rich mond nio also tilled with pensioners, and It costs 3iJ,000 a year to maintain them. Her mniesty has a train of railway cars which Is never used by anv one else, nnd it costs the government sever al hundred dollars every time she trav els between Windsor and London, a distance of twenty-four miles. Theie ato four royal yach'ts the Victoria and Alliert, 2.170 tons; tho Osborne, 1,S"0 tons; the Alberta, 370 tons, and tho Ellin, 10J tons which bhe seldom uses, but It cost u4,000 last year to maintain them. There rue also twenty-five stnto car riages and 220 horses and ponies kept for the use of her majesty nnd her household, with a largo number and great variety of road carrlnges and other vehicles. The queen usss an or dinary basket phaeton, drawn by a couple of gentle ponies, when she rides for air and exeicise In' the parks that surround her castles at Windsor, In Scotland and on tho Isle of Wight. Sometimes she uses a Victoria. When she gc.es to London she invariably drives In a plain liudau, painted dark brown, with red lines. In her stable are ten matchless cream-colored stal lions and ten splendid blacks, which are reserved for ceremonial occasions nnd never haul anybody less than a king or queen. OTHER ROYAL STIPENDS. Thus It will be seen that although a woman of economical habits her maj esty is a very expensive luxury for her ta payers, but not more so than some of the other rulers of Europe. Tho president of the United States receives less pay In comparison with tho im portance of his olilce than nny other man In the world. The preside! cy of Prance receives, a salary of COO.OOO francs, which Is equivalent to $125,000, and a similar amount for the expenses of his household. The emperor of Aus tria has nn allowance of $3,875,000; tho king of Sweden and Norway, $575,000; King Leopold, of Belgium, $000,000; the king of Holland, $300,000; the king of Greece, $200,000; the king of Itnly, $2,;;s,000. The emperor of Russia, be ing an autocrat, can do what he pleas es with tho revenues of tho empire, but the expenses of the court are about $3,000,000 a year. A PECULIAR ATTITUDE. From the Washington Star. The attitude of this government toward tho Cuban Insurgents Is peculiar, nnd It may well occasion tho Insurgents them selves to wonder. We believe that their e.iuse Is Just, but we will not help them to establish It. On tho contrary, wo aro doing nil In our power to help Spain. If Spain succeeds In recstabllglilng her bru tal authority in the island, it will bo very largely through tho nsslstanco of the United States. We nro carrying tho big end of tho stick. Spain, It Is true, ac knowledges this herself; for It It Is true, ns she asserts, thnt tho Insurgents have been nblo to make tho demonstration they havo mndo against her by old of uetlstniico received from theso sboics, how very much more would they hnvo been nblo to do hail that nsslstunco not been reductd to n minimum by tho ne tlvlty of this government in enforcing neutrality laws. As a matter ot fact, therefore, wo aro helping to hammer In to subjection ngnln a people whoso struggle for Independence we approve, and of whoso persecutions under Span ish control we tiro well aware. o Wo will not help tho Cuban people to establish their freedom mo doing every thing lu our power to hinder and foil their own efforts to that end but If, without us, and even against us, they succeed, wo will nt once become n con trolling factor lu tho ense. Suppose, af ter throwing off the Spanish yoke, nnd effecting an organization of their own affairs, tho peoplo of Cuba should de chlo to offer themselves to the protection of Great lirltnln, or Germany or cen le publlcnn Prnncc, upon the senro that they would feel more secure under the reign of a grent power dNnoscd to uo them well. Would they be permitted to consummate any such arrangement As suredly not. This government would at onco Intcrfeie. The Monroe doctrine would be asserted lu the swift spurn of n second. We will not. thou, help them to establish their freedom, but If they establish it theniBclves, we will put a limit upon whnt they shull do with It. o Rut wo are, of course, safe on that score. Preeilom for Cuba means prollt to the United States'. The struggle In tho Island Is for independence, and inde pendence will mean closo relations of ev ery kind with tho United States. The In surgents deslto It, dcsplto our treatment of them, and their Interests Impel tttlvely demand It. They ale Imbued with le publlcnn Ideas, the inniket for their pi in ductions Is here, and they tiro almost In fchouting distance of our shores. If they succeed In throwing off tho SpanMi yoke, nnd should then, for any cause, desire a union with some stronger pow er, their overtures will bo mado to us. Does the recognition of this fact account. In nny measure, for our complacency In the premises? FIGHTING SHIPS OUR NEED At the recent tinner In New York of the Society of Naval Aiehltet ts and Marino Englneeis Assistant Seuotary Roosuclt made a speech of w nlen the following Is the gist: "1 nm glad to sity that the pol ley of upbuilding lliu n ivy will go on lu the future an it lias In the p.it, if tho secretary ot the nay gets too moans to carry on the work. As till of you know, the work of building the tay has gone on not veiy sjinmetrleally. Wo found out last year that wo wcie fuitlier advaue tl with battli'St.lps than we were with dry docks and that we nee ltd to build up the. personnel. n needed more otlkers nnd men, more dry docks, and iv M lu Im portance to those two we needed a Inre supply of smokeless powder and inoj -tiles. Tho lucre ise of taetlcil elluien -y thnt corned fiom the use of Bmokelrs powder cannot bo untlet estimated, an I tho s-ecritary feels that he must In leg up to the level of the slili tho docks, the men, the powder and munitions of war, thus making the nr.1 y u symnietrle.il whole. - u "I was plea-eii tlio other day to see thu tho chamber of conuneioD had awakened to the military nc-eils of New York. Hut they have awakened only to half. Wo need foit'dcation. and tho best he ivy guns and skilled artillerists, but In them stlves they aio not half enough for any adequate defence. What we need In adll tlon to them ts tho upbuilding and main tenanco of .a lighting navy, not ono of commerce destroyus, whes-c Hist duty It ts to run and whos-o heaviest guns tire carried aft. Wurshlps to light with, bit tleshlps and torpedo boats urn what w'e need for defet.ee. In tho prize ring no tighter eer won, a battle by parrying and dodging blows and never lilltlng, and in llko manner no nation ever won u war simply liy repelling. Let the coast hrl itle with fortifications, they will not cheek for ono minute u nation at war with uh, but having a formidable lighting niy a nation will think twico before utt ink ing us. Therefore the navy Is primarily for peae". Once wo were plungid into war and two or three times were threat ened with war because wo had no navy, but in vcr did wo have a war on account of the nay. If any man be baso enough to wish that we keep peace on conditions so conteniptlblo that It will not be woith while to kick us. let him understand that that Is not tho way to keep pcaee. Peaeo come? not to tho coward or to tho timid, but to him who will do no wiong nnd Is too strnns to allow othcr.s to wrong him. With only tho coast pro tected wo give the enemy absolute cIiult,o ol time anil place or attacu. uut Willi nn adequate navy It Is impossible for the hostile power to chooso the time, plai.', and condition of attack. o "Yet another thing. As our modern life goes on, ever accelerating In rapidity, and tho nations aio drawn elos-cr together for good and for evil and this nation grows In comparison with friends nnd livals, It Is impossible to adhere to the policy of isolation. We cannot avoid icponslblll tles, nnd wo must meet them lu n noblo or Ignoblo manner, by hiding our heads, hoping to ccapo them or shlik them, or by meeting them manfully, as our fathers did. We cannot noItl, as a nation, tho fact that on the east and west wo look across tho waters at Europe and Asia, nnd while slnceiely nnd earnestly wish ing for no cause of war. wo would bo guilty of the gi cutest folly In not being prepared for It. War has grown to be a matter of preparation, und In this coun tiy menus a prime test of 'those who go down to tho sea In ships.' If war comes tho oiitcomo will depend upon the skill nml preparation In giving a fighting lleet and on the skill of tho nien who handle It. In addressing you I want to address that largo public who havo tho courage to look earnestly Into tho future. Do not let them bo Influenced by the timid and ahort-slglited. Don't let thm listen to thoso admirable gentlemen to whom whether tho stocks go two points up or down la moro important than tho honor of their country. Let them lcmembcr also thnt the men who are readiest to preach war nro not the readiest to work for tho preparedness therefor, nnd that thoso who mo tho readiest to advocate wnr measures are tho last to vote a dol lar for tho repair of n ship, much less tho building of one. Tho American peo plo ate hot-hcatlcd, high-spirited and short-sighted. It they felt thnt they were Insulted they would plutigo forth with Into war, not counting tho cost, not considering tho prcpnrtlon. Wo want to havo that which will keep other nations fiom plunging Into war with us nnd which will nt the sumo time bo a sobering thousht to tho people. Therefore I wish to impress upon you and upon them that tho mnlntenanco of the navy Ij the greatest guarantee of peace." LIVELY TI.Mi: l.V PENNSYLVANIA Odd Thine Which Aro Happening All Over the Slntc. From tho Philadelphia Inquirer. Up nt Alleiitown the other day a mer chant went to his shop to open It for business and found n raccoon that had the symptoms ot hydrophobia running the hIiop to suit himself. At Tama qua nt about the same time a phea nnt stnrted from the mountains nnd (lew like the wind through the streets of the town, finally dashing agalnct a plate-glass door and shattering1 the glasc. Near Marietta they have taken to lassoolng German earn. In five or sl; different places strawbeirles are still Browing lu the open air, tho tall corn coinbat Is still on, the squirrels are said to unusually busy, ttid there Is even a chance that the buckwheat cakes of tho coming winter will con tain i:ai buckwheat flour. This Is a great country nnd a great State, nnd If tho peoplo think this administration Isn't going to turn out a full supply of untuial phenomena they will miss their guess by several miles. KA1LWAY8 AND IMIOSI'KKITY. Including tho wives nnd children of the S2C.C00 men employed by the railroads of the United States, thero nro somo four million persons dlroctly Interested in the prospcilty of tho roads. Within throe years, from 1K13, thsro wero somo fM.Ouo hands laid off owing to the dull times, contraction ot business, nnd consequent Jecrcaso in the quantity of freight handl ed by tho railroads. Good times mean moro freight, moro hands employed and mora families provided for. The Import nnco of prosperity to our railroads Is shown by the fact that tho earning ca pacity of all tho employes amounted to HCS,l,5:!l In 3SD0. Over CO per cent, of tho total operating expenses of the roods is money paid In wagca and salaries. Tho whole of this money Is distributed from hand to hand, from store to store, from wholesale to retail, from factory to mlnu and farm, involving, with each turn ot tho money, additional employment for other hands who arc thus, both directly and Indirectly, concerned In our railroad conditions, which affect tho many rather than tho few. 1 FOR SKIN-T0RTURED And rrt for tired mother in a warm bath TTltliOt'Tii'ur.ASoA!aiida9lnElearpllcatlon of CtlTlcuilA (ointment), tho great skin cur. COTtcunA KEMCDiEf afford lustaut relief, and point to a speedy euro of torturing, dls nsurlns.htimllhtin?, Itching, burnlog.bleoil lug, crusted, scaly skin nntl scalp numori, with lots of hair, when nil else fnlll. fluid thfoucl Cotr.Nnlal' W'UOWl SKIN SCALP 'aJu,IVcunK'i".b' Sold Uirourhnuttht world, forte Pico inDC'iu, HnU l'rp . nmtnn. 'UowtoCunkln.Tottur(l Il,blt,."rrtt. It will pay you to keep your eye on the "Want" Columns of The Tribune. o 5 o o o o o i 0 o o c o o o o o o o o 3 o o $ 0 0 O ?' "j w .l"'Wit"vf mmj ftftf KI Buy Ready -Me You order of a custom tailor. You are dissatisfied with the suit when finished no real reason simply you don't like it but morally obliged to take it. You are uncomfortable while wearing it, and you throw it aside before it's worn out but you have to pay for it. Here you get all the cus -torn tailor gives, and what he doesn't give "your money back if you want it." Our salesmen are in structed to tell customers the truth just what the clothes are made of and how made. If medium quality cloth, they don't say it's the finest; if button holes are machine made it is sold as machine made and not as hand made. After a few purchases you will become accustomed to it. We have begun to chop prices on some suits pat terns that have been good sellers and only few are left, and some patterns are not so taking and all are left. $3. $4 $5 less a sut will make you take your time aud hunt for these. Suits $S to $25Overcoats $Sto$25. , O o o o o o o o aimer Bros Clothiers. Hatters, Furnishers. o 4 H m KisE3 ETS. o You Realize ""WKslI; Xlxis Means? 50,000 3 OF" CA S BtW.WflM ftijtmnr i OOO ROOM ooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooc We had an opportunity of buying, for Spot cash, from three of the largest carpet mills, all they had made up from free wool; including all the new Spring patterns. We will of fer you these goods, as long as they last, at the price other .dealers will have to pay for them. With these Carpets are 500 Wool Smyrna Carpet Rugs, 9x12 and smaller sixes. This will be a great sale. No fire sale that you have ever seen will compare with this. Do not miss it ior you will sure ly regret it. We will store all Carpets until the customer de sires to have them laid, without extra charge. This will be an opportunity to buy Rugs for a Christmas Present. 0X00000X000000000000000000000000000X00000000000000000000000000 W I L. L 9 SCRANTON iLlSTO PITTST A M S M- M4r OH ir IfHHi TV i J I'w1 ' -t 1Alfu
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