I! EJcuotcij to Politics; Citcratuvc, gricnltuvc, Science, iHovalitn, arib cncral Jntclligcucc. VOL. 31. STROUD3BURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JUNE 5, 1873. NO. 4. t X Published by Theodore Schoch. TBl'-H T o l'IUr it yeriii advance and if not pi I tief'K? the cu t of the year, two dollars and fifty rents v ill be charged. ' ' i :irer li-eo uinsie 1 until all arrearages are paid, excot at 'he 4,-.tiwi ot the Editor. irj.V lrcnisoineota of one square of (right line) or et. one or l!ir!C niei tinjis $1 5l. E.h .iUlit tonal n'rli-n, 5 cent. Longer ones in proportion. A JOB, I' It I T I i G, " OF ALt. KINDS, F.ncutod In the highest style of the Art, and onth most iea.on.iblc trrins. WILLIAM S. REES, Surveyor, Conveyancer and Eeal Estate Agent. Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots FOR SALE. Office next iloor above S. Rees' news Depot and l!d door Mow the Corner .Store. March '.!, LS7o-tf. DR." j';L;A'N T Z, . Surgeon ami Mechanical Dentist, Siil I li ts Ins oilii-.e on Miiin Street, in the second Moryof Ur. S. Walton's brick building, neat ly oppo site tlie Striiudliur House, and he It. liters himself that hy risbtceit years constant prat-tire and the moj-t earnest a : i I cirr'tul altrnlu-n to all matters pertaining t In prnfiSM"ii, that he 15 fully able to perforin all fierations in the don'al line in the most carrfui, tasle t'll and skilli'il manner. Sj-.i.il alleiiliou siven li savin the Natural Teetli ; also, to the insertion of Artificial reel h un Rubber, G-IJ. Silver or ronliiiuous Gums, and prelect tits In all ra.es iiisuicj. M'ist person know the threat folly and danger ol en trust in: llielr work to the mexperie need, or to those livin; at a distance. April 13, 1871. ly JK. J. II. SIlL'I.fa, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. " Office 1st door above Strondsburg House, resilience 1st door above Post Office. Office hour from ' to 1:1 A. M., from : to 5 nd 7 to 9 p. M. May : '73-1 y jyn. c;i:o. Y. jalksox PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER. In the old office of Dr. A. Peeves Jackson, residence in Wyckotr's builfiiiiir. ? STROUDSBURGr, . PA. Aujust 8, 1872-tf. JR. II. J. IMTTE EUSO.V OPERATING AXD MrilANIfAL DEMIST, viii; located in Kast .Strondsburg, Pa., an nounces that lie in now prepared to insert arti- ; licial teetli in the most beautiful and life-like i manner. Also, great attention given to lilling and preserving the natural teetli. Teeth ex tracted without pain by use of Nitrons Oxide Hm. All other work incident to the profession ioiie in tlic most -killful and approved style. All work attended to promptly and warranted. Charge reasonable. Patronage of the public solicited. Office in A. W. Loder's new building, op pose Analoniink House, East Strondsburg, Pa.l Jnlv 11, 1872 ly. D R. X. la. I'ECK, " 1 Surgeon Dcnlixl. Announces that having just .returned from Denial Collets, he is fully prepared to make artificial teeth in the most beautiful and life like manner, and to fili decayed teeth ac cording to the most inpr&ved method. Teeth extracted without p:iin, when de irc!, by the use of Nitrou Oxide lias, which is entirely harmless. Repairing of ll kinds neatly done. All work warranted. Chtrj:i reasonable. Office in J. (J. Keller's new-Brick build ing, Main S'reet,' Strondgburg, Pa. iuj 31-if ' JlIi:S II. WILTO.Y, Allornej ;it Lau, Office in the building formerly occupied by i. M. Uni son, an I opposite the Stronds burg 1'iink, Main street, JStroudsbunj, 'a. jan 1 3-if A 3Ii:UICl. IIOTKI; The Ruhsvrib.r would inform the public that be has leased the house formally kept by Jacob Knecht, in the Borough of Strondsburg, Pa., and having repainted and refurnished the same, i prepared to entertain all who may patronize biin. Jt is the aim of the proprietor, to furn ish superior accommodations at moderate. rates nnd will spare no pains to promote the com fort of the guests. A liberal share of public patronage solicited. April 17, '7-J-tf.j I). L. PISLE. K ipi.i: uorsi:, HONESDALE, PA. Most central location of any Hotel in town. R. W. K1PLE k SON, 1"0 Main street. Proprietors. January V, 1873. ly. I ACK AWAXXA hois.:. J OI'I'OSITIJ TUK liKPOT, East troudsburg, 1'a. R. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor. The b.vk contains the choiest Li.juors and Che tablk U supplied with the best the market afl'ords. Charges moderate. may 3 l87J-tf. .Uutitit Vernon EIounc, 117 and 119 North Second St. AliOVK ARCH, PHILADELPHIA. May SO, 1672- ly. REV, EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of Wjb liotusburgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com pounded at HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE. 07" Medicines Fresh and Pure. Nov; .21. 1SG7. W. IIOLLINSIIEAD. ,. . MONROE COUNTY .) . ... Mutual Fire Insurance Company! STROUESBURG, .PA. ' (ifH Mtf&sL CHARTER PERPETUAL. The By-Liws of this Company, nnd the regulations governing" insurance have, re cently been very materially changed, pla cing it upon a basis equal to that of any Fire Insurance Company in the Slate. Important among these changes are the following, viz : Policies, instead of being perpetual, arc issued for five years. All property is classified and the rate of premium is. fixed according to the risk of the property. Premium notes arc taken, and all as sessments are made on the notes. Property is insured for not more than two thirds of its actual cash value, and the full amount of insurance paid in case of loss, provided the lo.s be equal to the amount of insurance. ' "Annual assessments" only arc made, ex cept in cases of heavy loss, and .where a special assessment is necessary. The Company is therefore prepared to in sure property upon terms much more desira ble than tind'-r the old syslcm. Applications may be made to any of the Managers, Surveyors, or Secretary. MANAGERS. Stodfl! Stoke?, Jacob Knecht, J. Depue I.eBar, John Edinger. Richard S. Naples, Francis Ilagerman, Silas L. Drake, Jacob Stouffer, " Chas. D. Brodhead, Theodore Schoch, Robert Boy?, Thos. W. Rhodes, William Wallace. STOGDELl, STOKES, Pre!. E. B. Drl-iier, Secretary and Treasurer. ' SURVEYORS. For Monroe County: Sila8"L. Drake, . .Thos. W. Rhodes, William Gilbert, J. Depne LeBar, Geo. G. Shafcr, Jacob Stouffer. For Wayne County: F. A. Oppelt, Jos. U Miller. For Pike County : Samuel Del rick. For Northampton County: Richard Camden. For Carbon County: Samuel Ziegcnfus. 0O The Managers meet regularly at the Secretary' Office in Stroudsburg, on the first Tuesday of each inonlh, at 2 o'clock P. M. . , May 15,'73-tf GOOD NEWS! NEW FIRM AND iNKW GOODS? WAGXER & RHODES would announce t the public, tbat tbey have taken the stand lately occupied by Ij. T. Labar fc Co., and lilted ajid stocked it with choice lines, of Groceries, Provisions, Crockery ware, &c. T-'vrrv nrfiele in store has liwn selected with the greatest care, and they can asure custo mers, that no matter at what price eolu, every thiiiir purchased of them will prove to be of the best quality. . it is the design to keep a complete assort ment in each line, so that all tastes may be suited. Whether in want of heavy or fine Groceries or Provisions, Crockery Ware, and Glassware, Tobaccoes or what not This will be found to be the place to call. A speciality with them will be a No. 1 brand of St. Louis Mills Flour which stands at the head of the list every where. Call ami examine goods. Prices marked down to the lowest living figure. CHOICE CLOVER SEED ON HAND. 0 ALSO: Oo hand and for sale a superior lot of Ceiling Lath, Hemlock Boards and Scant ' ling, Matched Flooring, and White Pine of all kinds. II. S. WAGNER. April 10, lS73-tf. M. II. KIIODES. s Found out why people go to McCarty's to rot tflv 4i,i.,if Ufa Liii bo lkiivu it nt Oi Ware Rooms of Ix;e & Co. and wills it ut an advance of onlv ttrntfy-ttro and tiro ninth per cent. Or in other words, Rocking Chairs that Iip Ln nf X- Pn Obronffb the runners lie don't have) for $4,50 he sells for $5,50.. Puy$ him to buy some qornl Fur niture. iA'A'j & CU.. .Stroudsburg. Aug. IS, 1870. tf. Powers and Duties of Constables. Judge Ross, of Montgomery county, recently defined the power -and duties o! constables. As the law in relation to these officers is the same throughout the state, its publication may be of general interest : . . The office of a constable is one possess ing at common law large powers and vest ed with the performance of duties which arc gravely important to good order, and good morals, peace and decorum of the commuaity. His first and general duty is to keep the peace, and for this purpose he may take into custody, and may commit to jail, and even break open the doors of houses in fact no act of aulhorit', which is not of itself illegal, may not be lawfully done by a constable to prevent a breach ol the peace. 1 Cliitty, s C I, L'O to 20 1 Rlac. Com. CGG. If there is a reason able ground for suspicion he may arrest without a warrant, and hold the offender for examination but his action in this re gard is at his own peril for he may not make an arrest uuless the facts and cir cumstances would justify a prudent man iu assuming that the grouuds of suspicion were reasonable that exhibited cause to believe that a felony had bee com mitted. 3 W. & S. SOD. He has the further power to arr-it. without warrant, for a breach of the peace committed iu his presence, after he has made such an arrest he may conduct the person to jail, and the jailor must receive him to be detained in custody until an examination may be had without unne cessary delay. 8. fc R. 47. His most responsible, and too -often his most neglected duty, U to return to the Court at each and every session such of fenses into which the Court has power to inquire, try and punish. This function makes him the inspector of his bailiwick the informant of the Court, - and the means of repressing crime. This last du ty is to be performed under the sanction of an oath and may be made the basis ol a bunch warrant and arrest. If it be performed with fidelity an ex amination of the constables' returns would once inform the court of the moral condi tion of the county, and few ofienses would go unpunished. These are common law powers and du ties which are attached to the office, aud a failure to perform them or any of them is misdemeanor in office, which could and would be puished by this court upon cou viction had. Rat the Legislature has enlarged and particulary spccilied some of these official powers aud duties. One of the statutes required that con stables should search public houses and places suspected of entertaining tipplers on SunJay, and compel them to disperse quietly. Ry various statutes enacted at various times, the constable is required to make a return under oath as to whether offenses against the game or fishing laws have been committed in his bailiwick ; whether any bastard childreu have been bora there id together with their sex and names oi their mothers ; whether there are tippling houses that is, unlicensed houses for the illegal sale of liquors or unlicensed houses that violate the conditions of their license and whether there are any com mon, ; ill governed disorderly houses, houses of prostitution or gambling houses. The constable must further return, whe ther the index boards arc placed aud maintained at the junction roads who thcr there were breaches of the peace at the election, and the names ol the offend ers whether within his knowledge there was wagering upon the election, and the names ol the better, and . whether there were frauds upou the election. ' All these returns must be made under oath aud if such offenses exist and be not returned, the constable knowing of their existence, is guilty of a misdemeauor in office. Wholesale Butchery by a Minnesota In dian. Mail advices from Detroit, Minna., give accounts of a butchery by a half breed at bile Earth, which equals in atrocity the massacre of a whole family by lva ka ba sha (Black Bird), who is uow dying in the jail at fct. Paul, lhe murderer in this case is a half breed boy of eighteen, named Thomas Multon, a desperate char acter, lie went to a house at the agency, occupied by two half-breed women and a youog girl, and insulting them, was put out of the house, the women locking the door lest he should return. Return he did, armed with an axe, with which he speedily beat iu the door and attacked the inmates, leaving all three for dead. A neighbor who called at the house iu the evening found the two women senseless; but the girl was able to tell her story, and the murderer was pursued and over taken and carried in irons to Fort Ripley. At last advices one of the women was dead. Her tkull had been fractured in several places, and the braius were ooziug from the wounds. The other's head and beck were gashed in six, places, any one of the wouods being sufficient to cause her death, which was expected every mo meot. The girl, though badly hacked about the face, is doing better, aud likely to recover. Lebanon Valley is growing into ponu . laritv throughout the country as a most desirable and profitable place for the io- vefcttuent ol capital iu irou mauulactoi ics THE CAVE AT THE DELAWARE WATER GAP. Nature's Refigerator. Two or three years ago a Mr. Frear bought 100 acres of land on the Kittatin ny Mountain, near the Delaware Water Gap. One day' last summer Mr. Frear, while cutting wood oo the mountain, dis covered near the base a wall ten or twelve feet high laid up against a perpendicular precipice of apparently solid rock. lie took down a portion of -the wall, and came to an opening in, the rock large enough to permit the passage of his body. The instant the opening was uncovered a strong current of air escaped. It was so cold that Mr. Frear was in a very short time chilled thnigh and through. Determined to explore this singular cavern; Mr. Frear entered the opening. He found himself in a large chamber, the walls being of rougR and jagged rocks. The cold was so intense that he could uot explore the" cave further than fifty feet. Since then no person has penetrated lur ther than b'x y feet under the mountain. The draft of air is so strong at the mouth that trees thirty yaids distmt are kept in constant motion. Ouc can stand but a few minutes in the mouth. A thermom eter standing at ninety degrees above zero will in a short time fall thirty in the current. A piece of pure lead, a gun barrel, and a collection of bones were found by Mr. l rear in the cavern. He threw the bones in the river before ascertaining whether they were human remains or not. A dog accompanied him ou bis first ex ploring tour. The dog jogged on into the cave. Since then it has never been seen. Hundreds of people have visited this remarkable cavern, and witnessed this mysterious phenomenon of the cold cur rent of air. No satisfactorny explanation has as yet been given as to its cause. There are a number of crevices in the rocks near the opening from which the cold air also issues. Mr. Frear erected temporary platform in front of the cave. A person standing on this, five minutes would experince a sensation of almost complete numbness. It was the owner s intcution to excavate a passage way and erect a building over it for the accommodation of inquiring visitors. He was killed on the railroad, however, before his project was carried out. lhe cave is considered one of the trro-ilpct tnrinsil!og In tlin wnrl.l Hon. William Davis. Wc take the following handsome and just notice of our towusmau and dis tinguished citizen the Hon. William Davis, from the pcu portraits of the Philadelphia Press. "The Republican delegatc-at-large from Stroudsburg, the Hon. William Davis, of Monroe County, is a gentleman conspicu ous for his manliness and genrous con duct towards his colleagues. He is one of the fine looking members, is tall to the extent of five feet ten, and he turns the scale to the tune of 107 pounls; has a high, broad forehead, slight beard, a prominent nose, good features and light hair." "Mr. Davis is a gentleman devoted to his profession, and has seldom delved in public duties, but has held the offices of Burgess of otroudsburg two terms, presi dential elector in 18G8, and deputy attor ney general of Monroe County in former days. He was elected with great unant tnity as dclegate-at large to this conven tiou, and here he serves with great capaci ty as a member of the Committees on Im peachment and Removal from Office and on r uture Amendments. He is careful of the people's rights, economical of the time of the convention, and always at his post. He never consumes precious mo mcuts in buncombe speeches, and is en dcared to his brethern by his magnanimi ty." ''lie is a native of Northampton County Pennsylvania, was born in February, 18RJ, reared and educated at Las ton, graduated at Union College, New York, commenced the study of the law with Hon. Joel Joues, finished with Hon. Hopewell Hep burn, and was admitted to the bar iu April, 182G." PRUTY DRUNK. Tom A , who lives "a little ways back of Confluence, was never drunk but once, aud that time he was "drunk us a fool." Consequently, his wife who a very pious woman, was very much shocked when ouc night he staggered home under the influence of liquor. Alter remonstrat ing with him about the folly of drinking she said : "Joe, when. we were married and be come one, i little thought I should ever see you in this condition." Who can ituogiue the devoted wife's thoughts when Joe made her the follow iog reply : " Well, Mary, dear (hie,) 1 know 1 am pretty druuk, (hie ;) that's a fact. But, Mary, as we (hie) were both made one by marriage, theu (hie) you must be pretty druuk too (hie") . A disastrous rice famine prevails in the island of Java, and the poorer classes are dying iu great numbers from starvation. Some cases have occurred in which wo men have offered their children for sale to Europeans, bo that, if they died, their litile ones might be preserved from starva tiou. A Fish that Eats Grass. The mcnatee, or sea cow, is a hoge amphibious animal. It is fouud in the St. Lucie river. It has a head like that of a sea lion, and it looks like a gigantic seal. It feeds upon the rank grass grow ing upon the marshes of the St: Lucie. The menatee has ribs as thick as a man's arm. Last year Dolph Shcldou and Frruk Sams caught one alive near the mouth of the river, iutcuding t0 geud it North for exhibition. The animal weigh ed over 1,500 pouuds. Unfortunately it was tied to the boat so firmly that the rope cut into its flesh, and it died before the party reached the head of Indian river. The porgies devoured the body. Florida is the only place in which the menatee is found on the North American continent. Formerly it was abundant, but it is uow nearly extinct, and becomes more scarce every year. Its meat is great ly relished, and tastes like the New York beef. The whipparee resembles the stingarce. Its mouth is filled with two ivory rocks, and between them it cracks the clams on which it feeds. It reaches an enormous size. The porcupine fish has a rouud body filled with quills. It is small, and good lor nothing. The cow fish is a curious fish. It has the head of a pig, with two horns above the ears. On the bootom it is us smooth as a flat iron. The majarra is the shape of a sheeps head, and has a lustrous brown shading above the tail. It is as handsome as an angel fish, aud is good eating. The spade fish also looks like a sheeps head, but it has no hard fins. How Noah Read the Bible in the Ark. William Cullcn Bryant, of the New York Evening Post, is traveling in Flori da, and in ouc of his letters he gives the lowing extract from the sermon of a colored minister in that State. The preacher had dwelt awhile on the fall of man and the act of disobedience by which sin came into the world, and had got as far as Noah. He theu said ! "De world got to be berry wicked ; de people all bad, and de Lord made up his mind to drown dem. But Noah was a good man who read his Bible, and did just as de Lord tole him. And de Lord tole Noah to build a big ark, big enough to hole part of ebcry thing alive on de earch. And Noah built it. And de Lord called upou every liviug thing to come in to de ark and be saved. And de birds come flying' to de ark, and de big liou and de cow and de possum conic iu, and de horse come trotting to de ark, and de leetle worms come crccpin' in ; but only the wicked sinner wouldn t come to, and dey laugh at Noah and his big ark. Anl deu de raiu come down, but Noah he set comportable and dry in de ark and read his Bible. And de rain came down in big spouts, and came up to de doo step of de houses and 'gin to eober de floor'. and den de sinner be scarct and knock at de doo ob de ark berry hard. And de big lion hear de racket ajid roar, and de dog bark, and de ox bellow, but Noah keep on rcadin' de Rible. And de sin ner say. 'Noah, Noah, let us come in.' And Noah say 'I berry sorry, but I can't let you in, for de Lord hab lock de doo' and trcw away de key. An Ancient. There is a turtle now on the farm of Samuel Walsh over the river, in county Hunterdon, which, if the figures do not fool us, can establish his claim to being the oldest inhabitant iu that section of the country for on his old hardshell is carved the date of 1737 1777. For all we kuow, he may have been a slave ol Washington's' or heard the thunder roar of artillery echoed up the Delaware from the battle of Trenton. His history is well established and his advanced age is vouched for as authentic from the fact that the father of the present owner of the property whereupon he. has lived so long, and who was born in 1700, used to talk of an acquaintance with the same turtle, when he was but a boy. The old fellow was seen a few days since ; but those who witnessed his walk say his shell is wearing thin, his step is slow, and his turtleship is evidently tottering while it is painfully apparent that but a little while lomrer will he on the green sward skip aud play. Ahead of all, he beats Labar of Monroe, and Chester County will have to cave. Hurrah for Hunterdon and its triumphant turtle. Doylcstuwn Democrat . Swarming Bees. A beo keeper gives following plan to prevent a swarm of bees from getting far away from the hive, with tho statement that ten years, experience he has never known it to fail once : As soon as they show the first symptoms of swarming, stop up most of the outlets of the hive so as to force them to be a considerable time coming out The swarm being made up part of young bees, many of whom can not fly well, and as nothing can be done by the swarm until all are out they fly about in the air by prolonging their exit the feeble ones become tired, and finding their plans frustrated, they alight to re arrange their journey. If they -nn leave the old hive all at once, they care very little about alighting. The purchase of Alaska by Mr. Seward's advice from Russia has been much cri ticised and laughed nt. It cost the Uni. ted States seven million dollars and the impression is that we got nothing by ii but the sovereignty and control of a lot of ieebergs and wild or imbecile Indians. But it seems it was a good bargain com merically considered after all. At least so the London Globe figures it out. It says that two rocky islands in the Behring Sea, will soon have-paid back to the Uni ted States Treasury the whole sum ex pended for the purchase of Alaska. St. Paul's and St. George's islands, belong ing (o the Aleutian chain have since been leased to the Alaska Commercial Com pany for seal fishing, at a yearly rental of $55,000. A tax of nearly 3 on each fur seal skin taken and shipped from the is land is also imposed. As one hundred thousand skins are exported yearly now to Sau Franciscan and New York, a fruit ful source of revenue is obtained from these two barren rocks. This territorial enterprise of the United States is there fore a great success. Among the lost arts is that of the end less burning lamp. It is said that iu the time of Edward VI a lamp was discover ed in the grave of Constantine, at York, which had been burning since his burial to that time, a period of one hundred years. Also, in the grave of Tullia, daughter of Cicero, wa3 found a burning lamp which was lighted at the death fif teen hundred and fifty years before. It has been suggested that gold transformed to the shape of quicksilver fed these lamps, but this is surmise only. Yet it was certainly a clever device of the anci ents to invent a lamp which would illu minate through all time, the home of their dead. The l)cckertowDi(rVy)cjettl gives a new way to catch pickerel. It says that two New Yorkers bought five gees, tied to ther feet lines with baited hooks, and started them across the pond. The pick erel took the bait, and soon as caught of course commenced to flounder, which frightened the geese, so that they made for the shore, where they were relieved of their burden and sent back with hooks rebaited for another haul. In this novel way a large number of pickerel wero caught. The Bellefonte Republican savs ; An cquinal biped is the latest monstrosity of Eggtown. It is a fine healthy looking colt, perfectly symmetrical and well pro- poriioueu iu every way except that it has no iorc legs, u nue sucking its dam it its up like a kangaroo, and although it can't walk any, it seems to be as healthv and well contented as if it had (a3 the school boy said), "a leg on each corner." A despatch from Des Moines. Iowa. says that'the most severe thunder storm in that region for vcars occurred on Thursday. Nine -houses were blown uown or moved Irom their bases by the wind. The Methodist Church was blown down, aDd an unknown man was killed by lightning. A man in Athens. Ga.. recently escort. ed his wife to the cars on her way to eiope wan a single gentleman as her acquaintance, purchased her ticket, and saw ner luggage properly checked to its destination. The wife of Senator Schurz has becomo heir to a legacy of 250,000 Prussian thalers, or about 9170,000, by the decease of her uncle, lately a resident of Hamburg, Germany. The Rondout Freeman is authority for the statement that a citizen of that place has been trying to trade his wife and two daughters for a horse, aud the cquiue wasn't a very good animal either. . , . There are 14,000 drug storses in the United States, and the number of persons employed iu the various branches of tho drug business, is estimated at 135,000. , A man died at Seneca Falls, N. Y., the other day, aud in his will left "tlrlft old liar and taller, the widow Jcncs, two cents." A valuable vein of caunel coal has been discovered upon tho farm of Mr. William Brooks, in Mahouiug township, Arm strong county. The cmigraut travel on the Pennsylva nia railroad is annually increasing, and this spriug it has been unusually heavy. A Chester woman has becu in the habit of enjoying herself by throwing vitriol on her devoted husbaud. The annual meeting of the State Teach ers' association will be held at Pittsburg, commencing August 12. A Williamsporter, on Saturday last, caught a Siamese twiu eel It had two heads, four eyes and two bodies. The Pennsylvania Masonic excurstion party leaves for Europe, ou June 4th, iu the steamer Cuba. Three old boots, a giiter and a hoop skirt in from of a house indicate that tho family has moved. Most people try t-t h't just medium b. tween lying nnd truth. r
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