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REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
- Tor School Director.
Threes Ycars-I'KTEH N13UI.S, Eleventh
war J,
Threo Ycnra-D. I. l'HH.Mrs. Fifth
word.
Two Years-K. D. FELLOWS, Fourth
ward.
Two Yonrs-F. B. GODrnCY, Eighth
ward,
One Year-F. S. DARKER, Bcventeenth
ward.
One Year-ELtAS EVANS, Fifteenth
ward.
Election Day, I'euruary 15.
If niter yexterday's developments at
Washington, Spain doesn't evince prutl
tilde to the Bovernmeiit or the United
States, then Is Spain lost to every sen
timent of decency.
A Desperate Hazard.
It Is possible that If Cuba and all the
remainder of (he world were at peace
tho Fifty-sixth congress, which will be
elected next November, would be Dem
ocratic. The congress following a
chaiiRO In the national administration
usually Is not In unison with the new
administration. Vntronage iuiurels,
popular leacljon under the disillusion
ment Incident to Impossible expecta
tions and that nntunil disposition
ninune; discontented Amel leans to make
the party In power the scapegoat of
their own shortcomings all these
things explain why it Is dllllcult under
th" best of rlrcum.stances for a na
tional administration to hold Its own
In the even-numbeied congresses.
But It Is seldom that an administra
tion deliberately Irivites dfeat. and in
asmuch ns the McKlnley administra
tion has heretofore glvn convincing"
evidence of being In the complete and
well-balanced possession of all Its
faculties, -we must assume that the
filghtful political hazard which It Is
taking In Its utteily unpopular treat
ment of the Cuban Issue Is based upon
l'nfoimation of the llrst Importance
which the public generally does not
know. Unless the .sequel shall Justify
Its now Inscrutable caution, It will re
quire no gift of prophecy to foresee
that the Republican membership In the
next congress will hardly be large
enough to cast a respectable shadow.
Governor Bushnell, of Ohio, asserts
that the week before the balloting at
Columbus he positively declined to be
a candidate for senator In opposition
to Mark Hanna. The governor has
been a long time In making this fact
public.
The Modern Church.
Kvery little while some Inoldentarlfes
In connection with the religious nctlvl
tiesof the time whlchstortsup uchorus
of protest at the asserted decadence of
spirituality in the modem church. The
tenor of this protest Is that modern
Christianity is loslnar its essence in a
fondness for forms and ceremonies,
that most people nowadays go to
church less In the love and fear of God
and for their souls' benefit and more
because it Is a conventionaKand high
ly respectable thing to do than used to
be true in the past, ere material pro
gress had resulted In the accumula
tion of great wealth, with Us higher
standards of personal luxury and its
dulling of the moral perceptions. The
inference Is that the men and women
of th'is generation are, In the main, a
pack of hypocrites and that virtue In
a vital Honso must be regarded as a
thing necessitating for the greater
part the employment of the past tense.
Wo are in the midst or such a pro
test at this time. So slight a thing as
tho resignation of Itev. John Hall
from the pastorate of the Fifth avenue
Presbyterian church in New York city,
brought about, it is said, by the dis
closure of a feeling in that congrega
tion of restlessness because the vener
able minister in his stylo and subject
matter clung to the ways of twenty or
thirty years ago Instead of bring
ing both "up to' date," has sufllced
to cause a rlppla of discussion
which hlds fair, before It is
stilled, to ti averse the entire sur
face of tho religious and secular press,
calling out once more tho familiar ac
cusations, wh'Ich if not soon tefuted
may eventually gain credence thiough
sheer pertinacity of repetition.
It is natural to exalt the past at the
expense or the present. The habit ob
tains in many directions. We see It
exemplified in politics, In tho preval
ence of the claim, unwarranted by evi
dence, that the quality of our states
manship is deteriorating. Wo see it In
literary and dramatic Judgments; ac
cording to which the present Is Invar
ial ly th'e famine time, while Just back
a little way was the period of plenty.
To encounter the same rule of criti
cism In affalia of religion Is not, there
'fore, surprising; but we recommend to
all who may be inclined to accredit this
depreciation of the present that they
make careful study of the past from
the evidence which was contemporary;
to noto how the religious teachers of
old called their h'earezs a "generation
of vlpors," and scourged and flayed
them for the scantiness of their faith;
and. to oliserve finally how at any tin
(erlor time the same habit of rosy ret
rospect, of surrounding the past with
a lialo, Js indicated In the llteratuie of
thut time.
Philosophy teaches that the condi
tions .qf a people must be estimated
in'.'ac(jvrflance with the standauls of
that people prevailing at the time of
review. It Is unfair to apply the stan
dards of a generation ago to the dif
ferent renditions of today. Let it be
conceded tliat church wprxhlp upon the
whole Ismoie elegant at this period
than In the cruder eras of foundation
hulidlri'Ri has there been a day Blnce
the establishment of-tho Christian re
llr.lbn'when there was wider and deep
er nnd fuller recognition of human
bnotlferhood. ub evldented in far-reaching
ministrations of practical charity
and benevolence than there Is today?
Wo must remember that the churches
haw not gained faster In the style
and ..pmfprt., of their material equip-
'i?hi&nt,WPH21llt'.,)e?t!l than jiave th'e
pejojilo jyho .worship -lii them. .The poor,
eat man in Seranton probably fares
better every day In the yrnr tlinri did
Alexander of Macedon after ho had
conquered th'e world; that Is to sav,
ho has at his service greater and bet
ter conveniences.
Tho modem chinch Is undergoing nn
evolution, undoubtedly. Religion Is be
coming lew dogmatic nnd more hu
mane. The barriers of creed are dis
integrating. There Is a finer atmos
phere of fellowship and unity in es
sentials than ever before. But all th'ls
points not to deterioration hut to pro
gress. As an Individual Republican Hon.
John P. Klkln has a perfect right to
hope for the nomination of Colonel
Stone, for governor If such be his pref
erence and desire; but us state chair
man of the Republican organization we
should think he would be eager to deny
the numerous assertions by seemingly
reputable witnesses that he Is using
his ofllclal prestige and opportunities
to further the Interests of the Alle
gheny candidate five months In ud
vnnce of the nominating convention.
Where Reform flust Degln.
Apropos of the agitation for the pop
ular election of United States senators
the Philadelphia Record makes the
suggestion that the constitution be so
amended as to give to each state the
tight to choose Its senators In Its own
way. This. If we mistake not, Is a
new Idea and It would have the ad
vantage of leaving a door open to es
cape In case the radical plan of a
popular election nmendment should In
opejatlon lesult unsatisfactorily.
The trouble with the sentlmsnt for
direct election Is that It lacks discrim
ination. It perceives that there are
grots scandals attending tho present
method of choosing senators but It falls
to sse that direct election would In all
probability leave those scandals or sim
ilar ones uncured. So long as the party
primaries nre run by professionals or
so befogged by hocus-pocus that the
honest voter Is frightened out of his
rights, it will matter little whether
senators are elected by boodle legisla
tures or put In the way of election by
purchased nominations at state conven
tions. The moral difference between
the two systems Is not moie than the
difference between tweedle dum and
tweedle d?. In other words, so long
as the good citizen shirks or neglects
his civic duty the results In our pol
itics will be unsatisfactory, whether
this "system" or that "system," this
"leform" or that "reform," be nomin
ally entered upon the statute books.
The only argument In favor of pop
ular election which Impresses us as
valid Is that It would take out of our
state legislatures a disturbing factor.
Men chosen to make tho laws of the
state ought not to be asked to wallow
through th distractions of a. heated
senatorial campaign, which usually
leaves them with their usefulness to
the people shriveled up. On the other
hand, if fit men were chosen as state
legislators, this would not need to be.
So the argument is as broad as It is
long; and no matter which side we
take, we are brought face to face with
the foundation fact that It is not so
much the method as It Is the man that
needs reformation. You can change
the direction of the outtlow, but you
cannot make the political fountain rise
higher than its uource.
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As an exhibition of party discipline
the majority's repeated refusal to be
stampeded into a recognition of Cuban
belligerency was as fine a sight as the
house of representatives has seen in
many a day, or as It Is likely, perhaps,
ever to see again. It Is a kind of dis
cipline, however, which may cost heav
ily In votes next November.
History Repeating Itself.
Reports from different sections of the
state continue to indicate that the
tactlca bv which the nomination of
George Wallace Delamater was forced
t i ii r
Ul'UI. bflV JLkCJUMl.Ull Ui X U11U.3J It Utile
eight years ago. chiefly through the
work and counsel of William H. An
drews, are being repeated with little
difference or variation, by tho same
agent or agencies, and we have no
doubt for a similar purpose.
At the time of the memorable stato
convention of 1890, there was among
tho Republican masses no particular
repugnance to Mr. Dslamater personal
ly. Subsequent levelatlons as to I1I3
weak character In business dealings
weie then known only to a few. Tho
opposition to him arose solely out of
disreputable methods and influences
Mirroundlng I1I3 candidacy, and, so far
as it was personal at all, was person
al rather against Delamater's manager
than against Delamater himself.
In this, as In other respects, history
Is lepeatlng Itself with notable accur
acy. The man whom Senator Andrews
has Picked out as his victim this time
Is a much stronger man than ever
George Wallace Delamater was. He la
n man who, on his own footing and In
a contest devoid of unfair features,
would be likely to win a fair measure
of popular sympathy and respect. He
has had much larger expeilence in
public affairs than Delamater had. He
has performed services for his country
on battle fields and In congress which
entitle him to the pet-aortal good will
of his fellow citizens generally, with
out regard to party. Under better
auspices he might be welcomed as a
gubernatorial candidate with' some
thing of deference If not with enthus
iasm. Hut In politics a man must be Judged
by the company ho keeps and by the
practices which he knowingly sanc
tions. Colonel William A. Stone must
have knowledge of the methods which
are making his candidacy under the
management of William II. Andrews
Increasing!' odious to a growing num
ber of Republican votiru In every part
of tho commonwealth: and It Is to be
Infened from his silence that know
ingly he sanctions them. Those meth
ods In 1890 won at the convention only
to encounter defeat at th polls. Let
us hope for the sake of the party that
this year Andrews will meet his in
evitable reverse In time to save Penn
sylvania Republicanism from a foui
y ears' term of bunlshment.
The Philadelphia, Record's ulnianac
for 13dfi Is one of the neatest and most
complete of .tho current year books.
In addition to the usual fund of gen
eral information the Record ulnianac
contains th'e schedule rates of the new
Plngley tariff bill with rates of the
WUmiii and McKlnley bills added for
comparison. Upon tho whole: It Is a
credit to tho Record establishment.
The slot machines have been driven
from Wllkee-llarro and are, It Is said,
to bo driven from Scranton, by itha
police. The slot machine Is one of tho
most fascinating of the cheap gambling
games of tho present age, and therefore
one of the most vicious. It certainly
should go.
Up to date over 300,000 persons have
been examined 'by the civil service
commission, of whom less than one
sixth have got ofilces. Each examlna
tlon costs tho government $2.74. An
entrance fee of $5 would have a whole
some deterrent us well as economic,
effect.
Many exchanges exhibit surprise that
Joaquin Miller should have been frost
bitten In the Klondike region. They
think that the poet's florid songs should
have kept him warm even In a tem
perature of CO degrees below zero; but
maybe he forgot to take his poetry with
him.
The new governor of Iowa, Leslie M.
Shaw, devoted his Inauguial address
to un elaborate defense of the gold
standard. His aigument Is brilliant
nnd profound, but It does not wholly
allay the wonder as to what the gov
ernor of Iowa has to do with national
Issues.
The proprietor of the Police Gazette
has again been arrested for circulating
Indecent "literature." His excuse is
that the "literature" complained of
consisted of Hash-light snap-shots of
unsuppressed stage scenes. That ought
to double lils sentence.
In contemplating the Illustrated press
of .today, President Dole, of Hawaii,
Is unable to decide whether he Is him
self or General Booth, of Salvation
army fame.
Senator Wolcolt Is not happy In his
criticisms of Seeietary Gage. Secre
tary Gage, like Senator Wolcott, has
Mmply the courage of his convictions.
Kentucky papers deny that sunshine
can be bottled. The nearest thing to
bottled sunshine down there comes In
liquid form.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Iloroscopo l):nvii by Ajnccbtis,
The Tribuno Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 2.C0 a. m.. for Thursday,
January SO, 1S9S.
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A child born on this day will observe
that puiely theorettcul arguments are
usually tho most eloquent.
There are 10,000,00(1 nerve fibers in the
human body, and in home Instances they
seem to bo concentrated In the cheek of
the subject.
Tho man nt tho liquid refreshment
counter Is about the only citizen who
lenlly enjoys "getting It in tho neck."
After all the counterfeit nlcklo.Is moro
dangerous to tho community at largo
than bogus ono hundred dollar bills.
Kcn the "taffy" that Is received with
a grain of suspicion, Is always pleasant.
Aiicclius' Advice.
The caily bird catches the worm. If
you nro a worm, tlieiefore, keep In tho
background ns long as possible.
Railway Building
find Prosperity
riuin wiu J'll
TUB Unl
only 1,8
years i
been b
From the Philadelphia Press.
United States last year built
814 miles of railroad, in three
past only 5,f13 miles have
built, or 1.S33 miles a year.
In tho last live tears only 10,1?J
miles were built, or 2.0C9 miles a
year. This Is tho lowest averago
In llfty years. Slnco 187 the coun
try for half a century ha& averaged
3,577 miles a year, or one-half moro than
in tho last llvo years. In tho last twenty
years, blnce IS ,7. it has averaged 5,207
! m,c.a ,a ,ear-, Tfn amount of railroad
built In the lrfct ten yeais, only 3j,2u7
miles, is the least In any deeado for foity
years, and of the mils laid in tho past
ten years two-thirds wero laid in the llrst
five years of tho decade, J8S7 to 1W2.
o
Nothing like this pauso In our railroad
construction has been &een In our rail
road history. In the last five yeais tho
population of the country has grown
some 9,2uO,O0O. The wealth o the coun
try has grown In tho same period at
least J10.000.000.000. Tho realty valuation
of 105 of tho leading cities has grown
$1,500,000,000 from 1890 to 3S&7. and if tho
entlie wealth of the country has grown
in the same proportion tho aggregate
has advanced a round $10,000,000,000. Of
both wealth and population there has
been n great increase, on railroads tho
least Increase In our history for a gener
ation. In 1837 this country built 12,933
miles of ralhoad. From that time tho
annual mileaue built decreased year by
year. In every previous period of llko
decrease, after five to seven years of do
crease, tho track built began 10 grow
again and in'cuase. Thin time it has not.
For threo years the tldeof railroad build
ing has hung at the ebb. It shows no
sign of rising. The plans for the coming
year nro no moro extensive than those
in existeiico a year ago.
o
Population grows. Wealth increases.
The demand for new railroads exists.
None are built. Why? Tho reason Is
simple. Men doubt tho cuirency. D"own
to lS9ii ines.tors behoved our htandard
of value was secure. That year showed
that, the notional standard of value
might be dependent on a single presiden
tial election. Under existing laws, with
our currency depending on the govern
ment revenue) una the cash balance in
tho treasury, any president can nt any
tlmo cairy tho country to a silver stand
ard. A slnglo presidential election might,
by doing this, reduce one-half the valuo
of every rallioad Investment. In tho
face of this no one Invests, Instead of
building C.000 to 9,000 miles of railroad,
only 1,MK) are built each year. At JW.OOO
a mile, l.SOQ cost $50,001,000. If the normal
usual averago of 0,000 were building this
year $:oo,000,tXl would bo spent. If 9,000
wero building, as Is natural In a year
of prosperity, the expenditure would bo
$i5O,W0,O00.
0
This vast um should be making busi
ness good, putting labor In demand nnd
creating a marker for Iron, steel and nil
manner of railroad supplies. In our Inst
period of railroad expansion Edward At
kinson showed that 1,000.000 men were
employed on now railroad construction,
directly 'and indirectly. Such u demand
for labor raises wages all over the land.
Doubt as to tho currency blocks all this.
Put the currency on a sound babts and
Investments will begin again nnd rail
road construction will be resumed, As
long an the currency Is left dependent
011 tho rise and fall of the treasury cash
balance and the condition of govern
ment revenue no full retuin of prospcrl
ty Is possible.
ON'i; MORAL STANDARD.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
It I entirely, absolutely true, what
ever apologists for man's (weakness and
patision Buy to tho contrary, that "n
young man should bring to the marriage
nltar tho mine desrrce of ret,pnctabllity
he deinunds of his bride." This, in ihe
estimation of some, but not of nil men,
Is not only a high, but an impractlcabln
Ideal. Tolerance Is demanded of ono
sex which la not extended to tho other.
But what Is said of the young man, upon
tho evo of marriage, may with equal
truth nnd forco bo said of all men, mar
iled or single, throughout their lives.
Our laws nre founded upon tho presump
tion of chnBttty among men ns well as
women. They affix a penalty to tho vio
lation of it. They Institute no discrimi
nation between tho sexes, but in effect
declare that it Is ns vicious nnd dls
reputablo for men ns for women to be
fnlso to tho great underlying law of so
cial purity. In this matter as In other
ethical considerations the standard can
not be placed too high or be too clearly
or positively defined. For all who nro
guilty of a violation of it, but not for
ono sex more than for tho other, that
chailty which "auffcrcth long nnd Is
kind" may ba exercised when tho condl
tlons and circumstances call for It, but
It Is cowardly nnd mean as well as un
just to permit it to cover u multitude) of
sins in ono case nnd leavo the culprit in
another exposed to scorn, shamo and
legal penalty.
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THE SALVATION BOOTHS.
From the New York Tribune.
Now that William Booth nnd his son,
llalllngton, nfter protracted negotiations
conducted through their plenipotentiar
ies, havo had nn interview nnd separated
without cither breaking tho poaco or
piecing tho break, we hope that they will
for a tlmo efface themselves ns far as
possible. The witnesses In whose pres
ence father nnd son ilnally consented to
meet are presumably prepared to refute
any misrepresentations which mny erh
nnato from over-zealous partisans or
either, and no good reason, therefore, ap
pears why the principals should not give
their entire time to tho task of saving
souls, each nccordlnc to his own ideas
or the methods and discipline best adapt
ed to that supreme end. It must bo ad
mitted that such a course of conduct
would subject them to a severo strain;
but they ought at least to attempt it,
lememberlng what they havo caused
countless othets to endure In recent years
by their Incessant strife. It Is natural
that they should suppose the whole
country to be waiting In breathless sus
pense for the result of the elder Booth's
visit, If, as seems to be tho fact, each
honestly deems himself the most impor
tant Individual now living In tho world.
But In the interest of truth nnd religion
wo must assure them that such supre
macy really belongs to neither.
How much good the Salvation Army
was doing before tho Booths began their
open quarrel there Is no means of cal
culating. Our strong Impression has been
that the total was large. But It Is Im
possible to suppose that tho exhibition
of evil passions nnd collossal vanity
which has been going on during the last
two years has not done an Immense
amount of harm. It has been a constant
betrayal, under the eyes of those most
likely to be unfortunately influenced
thereby, of the causo to .vhlch these spec
tacular professors of the Gospel of Christ
are ostensibly devoted. A long period of
pure and peaceful effort to ralso the
fallen, strengthen the weak, succor tho
ntlllcted and evangellzo tho world will
not more than repair that injury. An ab
surd amount of publicity has been be
stowed upon tho Booths at their solici
tation by the newspapers. Tho best ro
turn that they can now mako Is to take
themselves personally out of observation,
concentrating upon a disinterested em
ployment of the forces under their com
mands the energy which they have been
dissipating in public clamor against 011c
another.
fl
it Is proper to say before taking leave
of this unpleasant subject that from tho
moment of their separation tho father has
appeared to the people of this country
a considerably more objectionable person
than the son. The original feeling was
that tho latter had good reason for dis
trusting a leadership which nppenied to
hold American ways, proclivities and in
stitutions in contempt, and if ho had been
content with Justifying his nction to tho
American people by a simple record of
good works instead of trying to mako
them a party to tho quarrel ho might
have had their undivided sympathy. As
It is, the strongest deslro of nil sensible
persons with reference to the whole
Booth family Is that Its bickering, or, at
least, the nolso thereof, should ceaso.
Tho Irish Judgo delivered a valuable sen
tence In sufficiently lucid terms when he
said to tho boisterous culprit: "I want
nothing from you but silence, and mighty
of that."
THE GOSPEL Or COMMON SENSE
From a Lettci by James Russell Lowell.
The longer I llvo tho moro am I con
vinced that tho world must be healed by
degrees. I see why Jesus came eating
meat and thinking wine nnd keeping
company with publicans nnd sinners.
Ho preached the highest doctrine, but
He lived the Ufa of men. And was it
not In order that Ills personality might
bo a bridge between their lower natures
and Ills higher Ideas? Let us sow tho
best seed we have, nnd convert other
men by our crop3, not by drubbing them
with our hoes, or putting them under
our harrows. Above all, let us not
preach about tho bright side of human
nature and look always at tho dark.
Heaven help us! Wo alt revolvo around
God with lamer or less orbits, but wo
all likewise turn upon our own axes, nnd
sometimes one-half of us is in tho light,
sometimes the other. I have felt ns If I
were nit black sometimes, but It was
only because my dlseafccd consciousness
had absconded Into my aesthetic hem
isphere. HAD UETTEK (SO HOME.
From tho Now Yorlc Sun.
Wo do not want any English general
for ai.y American army, bo it military
or spiritual. Wo can nianaco our own re
ligious enterprises without dictation from
Londdn. "General" Booth, therefore, has
mistaken his proper field for usefulness
In coming to America. The best thing
for htm to do Is take the first ship home
again. He will waste his efforts to re
build hero his system of spiritual and
financial tyrarny.
A JOR IN 1MUNTINB.
May I print a kiss on your check? I
asked.
Sho nodded her sweet permission,
So wo went to press, and I rather guess
We printed a large edition.
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Clothiog at reliable
prices, Unas always
beee oiiir motto,, Qua!
ity mieexcelled9 prices
the lowesto
Your money back if you want it;
and the same price to everybQdy. Open
Evenings Until After the Holidays.
BWLE
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
INLEY
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has just been received and is
now open for your inspection.
The assortment far exceeds
any previous line shown. The
quality and patterns are hand
somer, and prices lower than
in any former season.
Our stock comprises all
widths in Fine Cambric, Nain
sook and Swiss, and in the
finer grades we have them in
Setts with All-Over to match.
New
Em
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ones
530 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
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MUCKLOW,
LANK
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-AND-
OFFICE SWLIES
The most complete line in
this corner of Pennsylva
nia. Time Books
for
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STATIONERS, ENGRAVERS,
HOTEL JERMYN nUILDINQ.
lflf) Wyoming Avenue.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomlnj
District far
ItMiT
Mining, Blotting, Sporting, Smokeleu
and the Repauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
fc'nfety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms 'J12, 213 and 214 Commonwealtti
Uulldlng, Scranton.
AGENCIES:
THO1?, FORD,
JOHNH.HMlTHit30N.
I'. W. MULLIGAN,
I'lttMoa
Plymouth
Wllkes-Uarra
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestlo uh
and of all sizes. Including; Buckwhsat and
Blrdseye, delivered In any part of the city;
at th lowest pries
Orders received at the Office, first floor,
Commonwealth building, room No l
telephone. No. 26S4 or at the mine, tele
phone No. 272, will be promptly attendee!
to. Sealers supplied at the mine.
WM. T. SI
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