1 r rcrms of Publication. The Ssnsrsst Herald bllsbed ery Wednesdiy Morning aOO m invariably beeb""1 No subsertptloa IU be discontinued unul all ar r il p. Postmasters neglecting to when subscriber! do not take out their ,ollfy will be held liable for the subscription. '"ai'ftflten removing from one Fostoffloa to an t;er .hould give bi the mm of the former as well the present office. Address Somerset Printing Company, JOHN I. SOCLL, Business Manasrer. Dunou Cards, ' .r.... t iTiiu'ilTF. ATTOKXEI ' Vr.-T.' ' . n,i i,uncta-ily attend, oet re 'CSlNS-dlUltJ 11" - d to V. AUKXTIXi: HlY.iTW AT LAW V ' ' -... h ...ire with a . I ell I to ,1 business ciiiiu.-..- - . P- iinptuts au .-. i I'll. aux. . J .LY AT Y I .- su--l. l'l.. 'T ' , '.!.. .,..i. entrusted to b.'sc-ireiu -ni.-ri-o. a ,d tnc n.;..f..tiiK ccuuii-a. l"a- douse KoW. in I'riiii'f'S IS r AW NOTICE.-AIcx.u-.' L resumed the praeU-K 11. IVIfmtll Uas S"tnert and lamtnoth iiulluing dioininn counuc.. r,-Hi ATTtiKNtlY ATLAW,tOU- 'r"'-tl 1 o "hi u ' MoiIcy advanced on collection jn. 1, 'M- ATTORNEYS AT iVa W. s'om.T..i P.- U 10 ' r. , f,.inir. d.uiitiei. All .ug. w-iy ATTOIJNIA AT Oaice In l:ic.r ug. viy. K i.iw. Soiutrwt. - - i ...r.nirT. ATTOENET AT LAW, Ion with proicpuic ul bJuitJ. f m th Wlock. ' - Vt i Mmmotn Block- J"-n- i a. g,WrKLOAlTBKE. x AITHER ai OAITHKR, r ACL K. OHT1SIB. Attorneys t La. All irolf".iitl pOfinc proniiiiyim.cu toin. Ueo-T2. )n 16. ' AMES L. PUGII, AfiOliNEY AT LAW, h.tr..i.-e in,cn:" ea euJ 11 l"1"-alnu-.u,y. otvli T O. OGLE " ATTORNEY AT LAW, . t. fmro'l.nal t.usincfi entm?'e.l r.n. a. g. MIT.LEII. afior twelve 17 rev --'ive prectlc In Sl.nkfvll!, t t iiA tenurre hi l1'1'''' . kiiJ vu:ni:y. rt W rr.i"5 '',' ;.,,(:- the li.iruet u. ...... i-re he can uul. M r..-teMlnli.v ":K,j PROFESSIONAL. "e t il? fluent .ureon ol the .New or Lje the Lye nd LfJ. 1 ) M, and -MS, 31 iheliUde liou. m. - t V K 1 11 i r w. i u . ;. H. I1UVBAKEK tender h -'"l HTTlrftoheclUM ol ni " tIH in rcfldenw, one door wvt ol J,ne.i':,r Houe. DR. J. K. MILLElibM inenHy'te4 ia Hcrl.n tor the .nr.i ot 1,1. vr-.-( Mfii-e onxwite Chance risingcr s e-oro. jr. i, "0-tt o s.-Gdon, rllYSWIAX ct SUIiGEOX, KOHKKSirr, PA. tf-itrrH in Maratu IJloA't. f, A utifical teeth:: J. V. YiTZl'. DE T I S T jomtrttt CV-, '' f 1 Artificial Tw!h. ira: naiiiT. LH.t-hWc and anted to t oi nit vi-. 1 4nnd!"!oe. lnwncd tu tlie ie. "Panleulai Atteniion paid to Oi pre- vati. of the natun.1 tee-.n. " , .7- n nsult me br,!ettor, caa do so by encl.iag :;-P-Address a above. jei--.s DR. TM. COLLINS. IiEXTlST, R..merset. 'a. trti.-e in C.aeter s Hl. k. up stairs. here he ean at tu times be found pr-pared to do ail kinds ol work, such as filling. reulalinir. cx ractiua. fcc rtitieial te,-.h ol all km-, and he tl iuatn;.l, ii-ferte-i. All optrail-ns war anitd. Jan'" PVlansion House, LATE "BEXFOUD UOVSE," Carner r rrauklin and T.road Mreef , JOHNSTOWN, PLXN A. , Jos. Shoemaker, Propr. Hv!u latelv taken charse of. rcfl:tc! an 1 lur b.mi1 tins iarVe and eonim !i-us H jh U I m it i-.e irv Somerwt IVraniy tnvn..sto mil on mc. and h.i by prompt attention to their warns and tn.-HTa-.rch'arirrs, to merit their itra. T t it suppiiad wi;h the best the market attorns. The bar stocked wiih tlK choicest in-s- lienors. Ac. JUMIPH SHi'i-.iAkt.K. N. B. Best raiding iu town. . spr-0 T HE SOMERSET HOUSE. t Hv-r. !.,. t1, rna-mia -er.t an l ell ktiovcc ! H : jt,,..,., (r.,m Mr.. K. A. r.j-k. ! ijae-l ij,l.i i.-eAkure m int -riii.a his lr! toe pur.iie c.-neraiiv tii-t he i.i Pn n -r eit.K, to stiko this Ii-hi. ,re uei. !..rr j i- .t cm.) i d.;n , -. .1.1:11 ! b.'nting ii!-r till af -n i ' totii'-r. aj the !:- ! with the h-t ttie mifUet ! r ' i'i-.j 11 '! M - iu 1: waa may a: aU tis: -e t u 1 : ' ' nam ;i. l.tA.N. D IAM0NI) HOTEL. STOYSTOV.X IM. SAMl'EL. CUSTU.K, 1. m -ior. Tliis -orlar and well krn n ti.Ais? u at ail times a deelnUe ssopV"'? I-lae b the trareling pubile. Table and Koontt iir blina Ka-kJ leave daily 1t JoLt and Somerset. AR.VET HOUSE. Tte ccderilk-neJ rwneet fully Inform the j uh-' It that he has leased ti.is well known hwtei in the j B-Tuugli o( S-ert. It is I. is iutratia to k-ep . 1 ir. a stj ie whieh lie n -pe wiiia'.i e saiii:a-.u.a . : ! who Mae tava- him iti. ttitir rut m. Apt 1; ri JOiiN B' LL. JOHN WILSON k SON, "VIIOLI"SAI.i: CiROCIlKS, S T . tint 34, Tl BuiTiR mmm house: B T. Buzby & Co., No. 0 Exchange Place BALTIMORE. . . ,.$C'f,lt'-entloB Creole tnciaUe of O LA I) T? lUTTLkv. . Fin i i 1 VOL. XXIII. Banks. JOHNSTOWN S BAIL 120 CLINTON STREET. CHARTED I3ST 1870. JAMES COOPER, DAVID DISEP.T, C. IJ. ELLIS, A. J. IIAWES, F. W. HAY. john lowmax, t. ii. lai 'sly. d. Mclaughlin d. j. mourell. JAMES McMILLEN JAMES M0RLEY, LEWIS PLITT, II. A. DOGCS, CONRAD SUITES, GEO. T. SVTAXK, V,'. W. WALTERS DAMEL J. WORRELL, President, FP.ANK DIEERT, Treasurer, CYRUS ELDEP.. Solicitor. Ueiitsot OXE DOLUK and upward rc c?civeJ. and Interest allowed on all funis, payable twipc a year. Iotsrest if not drawn out, 1 aJdcJ to the principal. Urns COrMUUXDlXO TWICE A YEAR, wilhont troubling the deioitor tocall or even to present hi deposit book. Money ean be withdrawn at any tie aHer giving the bank cer tain noliue by letter. Married lVoinon and person nader arc can deposit money in theirown names, eothat it can 1 drawn only by themselves or on their or der. Moneys can be deposited lorchlldren, or by societb. or ns trat funis. Subject toocrtain con ditions. ' Iansi Secured hy Ileal rotate. C'l'lea of the n.v-Ltws, roiwrts, rules of deposit, and special act of Legislature, relative to deixrsiu of marrk-d woiaen au.l minors, can be obtained at the U.mk. Rankin' hours dal'.v froiu to Jo'clnck: and on W'cHineJdayaud Saturday evening! lrwiii r5 to 7 It o'clock. aj'ri JOHK D1BECT. TOIIN PIDERT JOBS D B IBSBT. k CO., RS, NO. 210 MAIN STREET. J 0 II X S T 0 W X , P E X X A. We sell Prafls nec.'tlalde in all p;irtaoftbe ful led bliites aii'l Canada, and in EurciKH Cutictriea. Huv told, t.'oup-mi and Ouiennuent liomia at highest murket prices, lxmn in'.ney n approved security Drafts and Chocks on oilier banks cash- ed. Jioney rcci ed on deposit payai'ic i a ucmanu Lifere-rt at the rat vf Six per cent, per Annum paid on Time Dqwitg. m Krerjthin In the Banking Line receive our proinpi atu-i.ti.ou. 1 lianaTUl lo our irii-ni? nut , . ral paironage, we iieit a oaiu-iuani- u. u same, and invite others who have business in our li-e to eive us a trial, aw urine alLthat we ehall at all times oo all we can to givo er.tire satisfaction. t ebilTe Jl.iil-', Dlor.ni m. v-vj. Cambria County BANK, M av. kedi & CO., NO. S6 MAIN HTREET, - X-I3ST STOWN, FJ. , Henry Scbnable s Brick Building. A General Da'ikicg Easiuess Transacted. Trafts ar.d OwM an ! Silcer booiht and -ld. (.!le.-ti -ns madf in ail parts of the l uked states and Canada, interest allowed at therateolSAX percent, per annum. If bit six m.mths or longer. Special arrainfements made with Guardians and others who bold niLiieys fa trust. " aprillo-TS. , CAHPETI1TG. Henry IMcCaiium, .72 nfiJt Arenue, PITTSBURGH, 7U. Iuipjrts direct frjra JIanaracturers, Superior Kitglish Oil Cloths, KKUSSELS CAP. PETS. kc. RAG", TIEMP --r.il INGRAIN CARPETS la every variety. - 51 FIFTH AVENUE, Aliove Wct-d ttret t. marCS. 1. BOOSE & Co., FOUHjERS k HACHlNISia SALISBURY, : : PEX2Tt Maoafacturcrs of all kinds of ; CASTINGS & 3L.CIIIXERY Or '.crs t y m-ll prftzptly attenied to. ..i.:,vss Wj!. L!",'SE k CO., b l... r -L Jf. lk'.k-k P. O. S-werswteo, Fa. Ursina Lime Kilns. Thtsti !ers;n.t-J are prtpnre.1 toiur: ilfh Prims Euldin By the Car Load. Orders EcfpcctTully Solicited. It. J. IIATZEIt aV CO. I rtina. Jsce 1 v ffilfSM WHITE LUI ft. ! 3Iar.ufaurref the Ce'c!rate-! ' j rAHXESTfiCKPrKn WnrTELKAIi. ! Wi:i. h hs sut-iiuid su-ii an mvUle reputatica j f.r so m-ttiy yers. f Vai. rs au.i 1 :.eTnt r- sri.-i-i I ( pirt' -ular to use n-i! but vnr I'ure Wia-e i Ix-ad. as t here Is rau-.h laleri .r and a-Jciterated Lead in 1 tie market. Xten.Hir.'y ei.iim r rar L"ad STRICT PT" ! r.ITV. but that U p'-? gri-au-r duratd tty. c..ver? m- re reriiiT t r ktics weicht. so-! i Kpe. i ri.T in Fli.MS an-1 WHITENESS to any otui r bran.'.. Ail -J- r '-Id be a !dnsd to efrtook TJliite Lead Co.. B. L. I AIIXi5Tl.'K A CO. X M WoJ St.. I'itl!.urgh, P. t-.14 QOAL AND LIME. itavinw Wsssd the fl lar.k and lime w.une quarry on the Lraa el James KmiiuoL war Sto;- I""- wewitl fceip m baud ami lor ta.le.ur wUlu. ; iivceeaU. l.mutJm and l.nr . man,Nr u-rsi. 1 Ir WEiMEB a. KIMMLL. h ff u 2Iizcd'aneou3. JHE BEST PUMP Ui THE WORLD! THE AM EE IC AN SVBMEHOED iKvablo-Actinj;, Non-Freeiins I ThJ Simplest, -Most Pnwrfnl, KffnetlTe. Ilun- I ble, Kc!t'ic auil Jlicaiei't I'urtiji in um. It i made all of Iron, ais.l of few jlmple p irU. It will not Frtrzr. i no water rt-miiii In the pij when not in acii,A. It his nc loathrr or rnm pacti?, M the raoker I and valvr are all ol tron. ' It tnt.Ltn, If Ax-nr iri-'l mil nf rttpr. It will fnive water rrnro 40 to 60 fe t In the air, by attaching a lew lift of hose. It is a-iwd for washing Uulei, Win Jowg, water ing Gardens, Ae. It farnihes toe tntmt and eoMcat water, beesoje 1; i plboed in the bottom of the well. Tkkhs: i inch Purap, fi5 ; pipe, SOe. foot, 1 " , " I; "tic " Larger sizes In proportion. IWEYAND fc'PLATT Sole Aircnts for Someratt Co ity. Somerset, Pi., Mjr ui, w.i. "JJIXERAL POINT PLANING MILL. A. Growall & Son. We arc now prepared to !. ail kinds of Planing and Manufacturing of building material. FLOORING, Moruiim WEATHER BOAElilXG SASH AND IJtKJKS TT1XD0WAXD DOORfn.UlES, In short anything generally used In housebuild ing. All orders promptly iiilcd. mania I). G. LINT. 11. A. COXOVER. GLADE STEAM MILLS, Lint & Conorer, Having recently leased what is known as the Old loimisoii 'lill, situateone mile iih of Somerset, and baring I'M it in lirst class order, wc are pre)ian-d to do asl ;inds ol grinilioir. Havinr purchhsrd an engine we are euallcd to ui-e cither steam or waterpowcr. All work WARRANTED SATISFACTORY If the grain Is In good eon !lti . Flour for sale always kept on liand. teplf, r. b cwtaa. L. C. SCOTT. OWENS & SCOTT, Butter Commission House, 153 W. Pratt St., BALTIMORE. .-pa NEW STORE! KOHELL A WILSON would Inform their friends and fie public generally, that th?y have opened a store at Q A. REETT, Somerset A Mineral Point Bailmstd. and now offer lor sale a a General Stock of Mercliaudiae, eoo sisting of PRY GOODS, CLOTHING, QUEEN'S WARE,'- HARDWARE, HATS Jfc CAPS, : " BOOTS & SHOES. Ac, kc, kc, All el which will be sold sbeap for CASH or ex ebnnired lorproluee. WA 1 r.D Lnmberof all kinds, Hoop-rKdes, Cross-Tics, Bark, Suves, Ac-, Also, Wool, But ter, Eggs, MAPLi; STJGR, Kaoon. Grain of all kind. Furs, Sheep-Pelts, and Beesw:.x. f..r which we will jy the highest prices in Cash or Uoe-J. SALT AND FISH. alwavsoahnad. Give iia eall and lie ensvinel that we iiitcu l to iu busiucss and cannot be under- SCIIELL & WILSON. CARPETS. XE1VEST STYLES. BODY BRUSSELS LATEST DESIGNS TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, NOVELTIES IN Two and Three Plies, ALL OF WniCH WE OFFER AT LOWEST CASH PRICES. BOVARD, KOSE &CO. XewXo.a Filth Avenue, aer prrrsncKGii. PA. t . " I. r7:?- :i-r I t ., - ' 1 THE tiEW IMPROVED VP?-,, ; PFTTTTP If 91 I AWARDED The "Medal cf Progress, ATYIEVXA, 1ST3. Thail HVst CrJer of '"Meoal" awarded at the ' ' Eipcsitlor.. - fa .t-iriaj UacMn Received c tlightr Prise, A FEW COOD BttSOSS: l A X"W TiiTentlaB loucvuchly tested and M cured bv Letters Patent. s. Mkf a perfect L k Sdtch, alike on both lUti.n atikioosof poo's. a. Uuu Imht, sttxth, noiseless and rapid best c"iu:inui. vf qiali:les. i. Will df all rarieiies of Wrc and Fancy SUlcl: tot; in a suprlr manner. .-i ci.t ea,iiy muairi by in i-erator. 4. Iu-als raas fer years wit be at repairs. Kurta w r.ucu ouiy ' '-er wr.i:e roaains-j a i rrrai'i iTifr ran na LMrHirui auuvak t-t-niuK ' ' ' i-t2 1 th sut.-awi.h-jt the wse ol cost wheel rear ro-i&er DeraSS OI IQe rascanv luuiauni. FeZi?.-" lLe 0DCC celebrated and dread- any speed. Ha swraew Thread t otrlier. watch ; e4J Lewis took high rank in laSCaI alliii evsy nu.veotent of needle-bar and preretiU : , , - j ) Vnrtiun icurr toiWead. jdomandwas more widely Known, k.w.tree.. a mist careful aed enisiied. 1 more wparrally feared and personally ii manufactures: bv the riom skiliruland eiperl ' S "', "J ... . ' J ; .- !'- IJ. H Fillimr, J.W. Vlk--ri' K svs uiiua vfKd mrcbueir. at tne retet-rated HemtnrtoB whitt. l.i.t. Ji. i, rtM.barasA J Jire tilth at. apr bomerset SOMERSET, TIIF.EE is so death. BY LOBD BCLWTtlt LTTOS. There Is no death I The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore ; And bright In heavens jeweled crown They shine foreTcrmore. There Is no death ! The dust we tread Shall change beueath the neaam sIi-jw.tj To golden (train or mellow fruit, tljaln-bow tinted D jwer. The granite rocks disjrganie To feed the hungry m-s they bear, Tha forest trees drink dally lire Frtfpi out the viewless air. There Is no death t The loasc nwy fall, The flowers may f.ide and pass away; They only wait tbioagh wintry hours The coming of the May. Thero is no death ! An angel form Walks o'er the earth with silent trend. He bears our best-lored things away And then we call them "dead." He learcs our hearts all desolate, He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers ; Transplanted Into bliss they now Adorn immortal bowers. The bird-like Toiee wituMoyous tones. Hade glad these scenes of sin and strife, Sins now an everlasting song Amid the trees of life. And when he fees a smile too bright, Or heart loo pure for taint and vice, He bears it to that world of light, To dwell in Paradlso. Born unto that undying lire, They leave us but to come again ; With joy wo w eloonie them the same, Except la sin and pain. And ever near us, though unseen. The dear. Immortal spirits tread ; For all the boundless unlvers. Is life there Is no dead. For the Somerset Herald. THE BANDIT OF THE ALLEU1IEX1ES An Incident In the life of Iwta the Kbl?er tlilef of tlie 9oontalms. The Robbers end Highwaymen of every country are the favorite heroes of romance of the masses. Even the educated and the thinking part of the community do not altogether es cape the infection. The universali ty and depth of this feeling render it worthy tne attention oi pnuosopuic minda. Something more than tne lamour of romance and man's natu ral admiration for energy and daring must be accounted for. The native inslincU of the average civilized man, his general impulses, are right ; and opposed to theft and violence. Y e ail take tne moral siue in oootfa or plays. Even the wickedest ap plaud virtue on the stage and rejoice when the "poor but honest" young man defeats tne machinations of the rich and heartless oppressor. An audience whose daily conversation would not look well in print, whose garments ara soiled by the muck of our Vanity Fairs is a unit in rejoic ing, and applaud to the echo, the Heroine, poor, proua ana virtuous as she escapes from the castle of her ravisher bv a lean from the liattle- nipiits destructive to evervthintr of mortal mould in real life. Or by the aid of a mysteiions individual invaribly wrapped in a voluminous mantle, his features shrouded under a slouched hat and holding a dark lantern, whose language inevitably hoarse and interjectional consists of "Hist!" "Ha!" "away!" etc, inadeep, nerve thrilling bass, even in the depths of the snbterraneau passage, where sunlight uever penetrates and the human voice is only heard once nr twtVn in a centurv. on occasions of startling adventure, or aa escape like the one under consideration. As a rule people are law abiding. Man possesses aa innate reverence for authority, and powerful must be the reason, almost irresistible the impulse that drives whole communities to re sistance or indaces them to side with the lawless or sympathise with the criminal, aiding him to evade punish ment and cheat the administra tors of justice. Robinhood in England and many of the celebrated Robbers of Ireland were looked on by the masses of the people as champions, as the enemies of a dominant and op pressive race, alien in blood and in terest to the natives. They cannot therefore be cited as examples for our present purpose. Long years of injustice and oppres sion, in nearly every land arucng peo ple of different faith, race and lan guage, have broken down and worn awar the natural reverence for au thority which it was the duty and the effort of civilizatioa to foster and increase. The very one who should have been most dreaded and avoided, the man of violence and crime, for many aires and in many lands has been and we are sorry to say still ic", the favorite hero of romance. Ibis is specially to be regretted,and a reme dy earnestly sougbt tor in our own lano where the great majority are in favor of our present form of government, and even the humblest take an ac tive pari in forming and susta n lag it. At the time ot wbicn we write especially, there was not the slightest desire or intention of chang ing tr destroying existing inouei ana forms. Some party animosity of course existed and was warmly cherished by the o:ie ilea'd people of the ilay. Hut the onnoiliiu wus i-ntTt-Iv rected against speciCcacts and individ i uals. not against the form of govern 1- mti.t, the law or administration, let the people of our good, old, law-abiding State sympathised with the bol dest, most brilliant and susccssful Bandit of that age. America, like the communities of the old world has furnished her full quota to the criminal calendar, des pite her comparative poverty and consequent freedom from temptation, despite her scattered populations and entire freedom from- many of the wrongs and reasons that in older and richer countries urged or forced men into a criminal career. Her Sea Ro vers have ben among the boldest i and bloodiest, her heads of gangs, ber captains of Bandit, have been as red- handed and ruthless as the bloodiest of Italy or Greece . Pennsylvania part ly owing to the difference of her pop ulation, somethinr perhaps to her central situation, but more to the na- tive coodncss and honesty of her peo- ; j tu Dp Leen 88 prolific 10 the ! . r ! Tl 1 j productioa of rascaiiy material as ber . etftteS W th Smaller and more - - - populations. Among j - . i , -. nntuw Ar- popular than any of bis day and gen pjjieration. We mfght say Jndeed of ESTABLISHED, 1837. PA., WEDNESDAY, any time.for never since has there been one fit to proclaim himself bis rightful successor, ice wiue ana variea ueiu of his operations., The number and security of h'3 strongnoius ana hiding places, the" dash and brilliance of bis exploits,; his popularity and j UlllUt'IlCt! Wim l IHK'pm Vl 111" -. l . 1 - I.. ..r 1. ; . en tbe t:r; tli.-lficl. (i-Z'.enuin": iroiu Driawtrt? to the Out", ltil Htivily if 11.it exeiu.-ivi ly tninSned tu the- coun ties on our N-mibeni border, occasion ally raiding into Maryland aud Vir ginia where he bud many shrewd aud active partisans) lie tears the bell among them '4. He became knoWn to fame shortly ttfter the close of the War of 1812 and the consequent un settled condition of the country large ly aided his schemes and protected him from punishment, tnougn mat was doubtless owing to the wonaer ful rapidity of his motions, which rendered him seemingly ubiquitous and gave the ignorant faith in his supernatural powers. The wide spread perfection of h;s arrangements for securing information and prompt ness of action made bim a dreaded and dangerous foe to the business men and authorities. His wild aid reckless daring, his p.iany acts f kindness and generosity, purposely exagerated by his partisans, speedily raised him to the summit of populari ty among the poorer people of the mountains, who would have regarded his arrest a3 a calamity and bis pan ishment as oppression. Many of our old' citizens can tell anecdotes of him and many of them when voung searched for his buried treasure when supposed to be hunting for berries or chestnuts. In those days men were compelled to travel iu coaches or on horseback. Bills of exchange if known were not in use in the South and West, and it was no trifling undertaking to con vey a large sura in gold or silver to the East, through a country where the inhabitants were all unjustly bus- ! pectod of being robbers or in sympa- j thy with them. It was the general practice to carry what was then con sidered very large sums, concealed ahout the person or in the old fash- ioned Sadd!e-Bag3, an indispensable portion of a travelling outfit. Mer chants and drovers especially were the object3 of the lawless gangs, the merchants took money east with them but the drovers carried money to the west and were waited for on their return from the city. Sometimes companies of them would unite and travel together giv ing confidence and protection, when this could not be done disguises were adopted. Many men from choice or necessity travelled aione ana tney were the special oojects or the gangs who had tim" notice of their de parture, with a suggestion aa to tne amount carried. bew waa bimseii expert in disguises aud a sufficiently good actor to sustain any of the char acters adopted in his seirch for infor mation or opportunities to plunder. Uavicg in his pay the Landlord, Hostler, Cook or some one at nearly all the principal stopping places on the different routes, be generally bad correct and minute information that enabled him to lay his plans so carefully a3 to en3ure success. The writer La3 been shown the " place where he perpetrated one of his most noted robberies, on a man known to be brave, prompt and fully alive to the risks he was runniug in crossing the mountains. His coming with a co nsiderable gum ot money was known to Lewis, but bow ho would travel and by what particular route he had successfully concealed. His shrewdness, well-known courage and watchfulness made the robber special ly anxious to rob him, his vanity and cupidity were equauy excuea. Hav -. , TT ing perfected his arrangements aa far as possible and posted his men bo that the traveller avoiding one would be almost sure to be caught by another party, Lewis started in search of information, anxiousto meet this redoubtable hero and rob him unaided and alone. Leaving somexf his eanrr near Stove&towa he travel led leisurely along towards Grcens- burr. hearing nothing of his man he crossed over to Connelsville, where he snent several days passing himself off for a farmer near Shippinsburg, who had bought some and wished to buy more land in Fayette County. He even irot a letter cf introduction to one of the leading lawyers in Union town where he was well received and spent some days very pleasantly ex amining the historic spots and natu ral beauty of that region. Feeling assured his man would take that route he passed oa down the National road not caring to stay too long about Uniontown for fear of being recog nized. At Somerfield he passed for a contractor from Virginia who was engaged in building bridges and wished to examine the bridge across the Youghiogheny particularly, while there be made the acquaintance of all the leading men and wa.3 wel comed as a visitor to many houses. He also visited IVtcrsburg on the invitation of one ot the citizens aud a parly wa raided to show the lran--er F.'rt Hill and the Three Riv-rs where Confluence now siauds. lie was delighted with the country es pecially with the Ream farm and tried or pretended to try to . buy it, saying it was equal to their best lands in the celebrated Shenandoah Valley, and he would move there and greatly improve it, (even if he had purchased it he would hardly have made as much of a change as did. W. J. Baer.) "He afterwards said he was so much pleased with this trip and so heartily enjoyed being treated as an honest man" that he felt more real regret and sorrow for his past life and conduct than be ever had before. Would gladly have changed places with the poorest, most ignorant and overwork ed man in the country if he conld have blotted out hi3 past career of rapine and nl nader and lived free from alarms. It was while these better thoughts had possessioa of him, that he received notice that his intended victim was travelling alone, on horseback, on tbe, turnpike between Greensburg and Bedford. He bade a hasty adieu to bis new friends aid to all hopes of an honest peaceful life and hastened over to Berlin, from there to one of bis Lideiog places, where be donned a new disguise and started to try conclusions with the redoubted traveller wbose wealth he coveted and to rob whom he thought NOVEMBER '4. 1874. would be an aditional feather in cap. if he could succeed without his aid from his band. ... . v Our traveller staid at a tavern ia the valley east of Stoystowij and ia the morning carefullv examined his arms, found they liad not been tam pered wild, and pucea mem reauy bo instantly used. His horse was in ifiMid couditioa 8ad travelled freely in the early morning. With every stase alert our traveller proceeded, and as bo approached the place where he ex pected to be "interviewed," be kept the middle of the road, and cast a wary eyo on either side, not to be un prepared and taken with one of Lewis's tremendr us leaps, of which he had often heard and was ready for. His precautions were aa yet entirely useless, nothicg dangerous or even suspicious had been seen. But one person bad been in sight and his motions indicated that ho wished he wasn't. Jle seemed in haste and anxious to avoid being overtaken, or spoken to. As the horseman gradu ally overhauled him, a reason for not desiring to extend the circle of his acquaintance wa3 app.irent. The man was evidently very drunk and was hurrying home to sleep off the effects of a night of dissipation. Soon another and a greater reason was seen ; he had been fighting and it re quired no second look to one long used to frontier life and rough and tumble fighting to tell that he had been worsted. His bruised and bloody head, and soiled clolhing, something of weakness in the gait and general lassitude was evidence of great physical exhaustion and suf-ferinfl-. In annarent desperation at the imminence of bein; overtaken, spoken to, questioned about tho fight and perhaps made fun of for his want of pluck, ho pushed forward aa rapidly as possible, in sporting language he "spirted" but the effort as was soon apparent had been too much for bim. He staggered, rallied a little, struggled on for a short d:3 tance and then with a despairing groan fell, limp, helpless and almost lifeless in the road. Our traveller was a humane man, of generous im pulses and a ready sympathy, espec ially for fighting men, aa was common at that day. He had been in many a fight himself, he had readily divin ed the state of mind of the man be fore him aud heartily compassionat ing the condition of the sorely stricken one hurried to his relief, hastily dis mounted from his well trained horse and was about to raise him and place him in a more comfortable position when Boom-whish ho fell stunned and nearly senseless ia the ditcn, and could barely hear and understand the taunting laugh and shout of the treacherous robber a3 he seized his well-filled saddle-bags, and in two or three bock-liko leap3 disappeared down the side of the mountain. The taunting shout told bim he was a rlrtim to the wile3 of Lewis the Ban dit Chief and that added an addition! sting to his ovewbelming misery. 1 ne robber soon found bis gang and made them laugh heartily at bi3 racy recital of the morning's adventure. ...But the victim ? That morning's worn nau ruined and made bim desperate. He wa3 defrauded of his sympathy and rob'd of his money. There in solitude and Borrow he made- a vow to deeply avenge his own and other's wrongs. He was the man to keep that vow to the bitter end. Is our next we will tell of bis visit to the Robbers Pen and subsequent adventures. (Tobe Continued.) A. Groleaqae Bobbery, A brief account of tbisi remark able robbery was given In The Amer ican of yesterday, but the fuller ac count, which we take from the New York Tribune, is of interest. An eccentric old man w ho, although wealthy lived in a populous tenement house, and although having neither wife nor children did not invite any fricnd3 to share home, was robbed of property worth $100,000, which he had secreted in his room, on Sunday night October II. Luther Bryant waa bora in the year 1801, near the village of Con nington, Berkshire county Massachu setts, where his father, a physician, waspraniciog medicine at tbetirae. At the age of fourteen he was graduated from Williams College and he then traveled in Europe for over two yeara. , Returning, be studied medi cine, was soon given his physician's diploma, and began work in his pro fession. After a residence of many years ia Burlington, Vermont, he changed his home, in 1843, to Charles ton, South Carolina. He there re mained until the civil war broke out, when bein-ill-treated on acconnt of Northern birth, he came to thi3 city. Thinking that years might past be fore he could obtain a remunerative practice in a city where he had only a few acquaintances, he determined to erect a stand in the busiest part of tbecitv and buy and sell old coias.re ve nue stamps, and mutilated currency. For many years before he had bought old cuinsVut of curioMty, and had be came an expert in regard to their worth. He selected as his home two rooms on the third floor of a tene ment house which had just been erec-J ted at No. 1 Forsyth street, and he has since lived in them. He began business oa the principarof buying cheap and selling dear. Believing that it was an indiscreet business habit on the part of the purchaser of old coin to offer a high price for a rare coin to a per3on who had acci dently became possessed of one, and wits unaware of i'.3 true value, he adopted the practice of refusing to give over a certain small amount for a coin, at least one thousand per cent, below its true value. If tbe keeper of an old coin stand "should ! offer $20 for a coin 'worth flOO, the I person intending to sell the coin '. would almost invariably refuse to sell, and go away to make inquiries concerning it3 true value. W bereas, if tbe proprietor should offer Cfteea cents ior a Roman coin of the time of Aeustns. the owner of the coin would usually think he bad got a ve ry good price for it." Shortly after arriving ia this city, and beginning business on the principle descri'oed, a brother of hia died and bequeathed him bDnds worth many thousand dol lars. He continued in his, business, notwithstanding tbe legacy, and made money. Having always lived fi u a tv ! y 3 alono, never having been married, and being very economical, frugal iu his diet, healthy, abstaining from both liquor and tobacco, bo had ac cumulated a large fortune, even be fore reaching this city. It has been his habit for thirteen years pa?t to leave his home at eight A. M., walk to a resturant ia Chatham STeet, eat breakfast, ' and then going tj his stand begin the work if the day. His stand - was pla -ed against the iron fence surrounding the old Nottb Dutch Churdi, at Fulton and William streets, and being passed daily by many thousand person?, was conse quently in excellent position for a selljr of old coin. Mere be would re main until 4 P. M., summer and win ter. Then closing up his stand he would agaia go to the restaurant in Chatham street, eat supper, it being his habit to havo only two meals a day, and then would go home. It was seldom that any person was ad mitted to the rooms. Never during the daytime, and for only a few mo ments at night, did friends remain in them. The door leadiug out into the hallway of the house had three locks a patent padlock, a ntgut-Iatch lock, aa ordinary bouse loci. At tached to the inside of tho door there waa also a large chain, which could be so fastened to the jamb of the door as to prevent its being open ed further than two inches. Although there wa3 such a numbtr of locks, the pannel of the pine door was so thin that with a moderately sharp knife a thief could cut a whole large jenough to crawl through. There were two rooms, tho larger and out er rooms being used as a sort of par lor, and the inner room 83 a sleeping apartment. The floor of the outer room was covered with a handsome Brussels carpet, and tho walls were almost hidden from sight with a mul titude of small chromo paintings and glas3 vases of curious shape and dif ferent colors The furniture was good, the attention of the visitor to the rooms being especially attracted to a small rosewood bureau, upon the top of which rested a large and cost ly French clock. A visitor looking at the bureau would have thought that there were only three drawrc3, and if prompted by curiosity to have opened them, would have found with in the clothing of the occupant of the room. Underneath tha third drawer, however, theie wa3 a secret drawer, easily discovered nevertheless if the drawer above wa3 pulled oat of the bureau. Iu this secret drawer and on the floor beneath it Bryant declar ed he placed $70,000 in $20 gold pieces daring tbe past twelve years! Before concei'ing the coia he would weigh, and then would punch a small whole ia tha head of the God desa of Liberty on the face of the coin. He would then enclose one hundred piece3 of the coin ia silk paper and store away the rolls ia the secret drawer. The clock upon the bureau waa sheltered from dust by a large glass cover It was a theory of Bryant's that if any person should gain entrance to the room darmg bi3 absence, they would not dare to move the bureau and thus uncover the rolls of gold on the floor beneath it, from a fear of breaking the clock. The bureau did not conceal, however, ali the wealth ia the room. A shelf seven feet above tho floor sup ported a large tin case. This case was almost filled with rare coins, ac cumulated by the ioecupant during the thirteen yeara he bail been in business. He had been in the habit of selling the poorer coins he might buy and of keeping the precious ones. Gradually, in the course of years, the box bad become heavier and heavier, and at last he did not have the strength lo lift it to the floor. Ac cordingly he bought a small ladder and nsed it in ascending to the box to examine and put ia coia. Tbe coin ia the box Bryant estimated wa3 worth $12,000." Hanging agaiust the wall from a -nail there was a large black morocco travelling bag. In the left-hand compartment of this bog there was $1,000 in mutilated currency and $700 in the new fifty and ten-cent currency. In the right band compartment there was a gold watch, valued at $500; a gold chain weigbiog 100 pennyweights, formed of oblong bars; a diamond rtng, a pair of amethyst sleeve-buttons, a a pair of gold eye-glasses, and a doz en silver teaspoons. Near tlie bag there was a trunk, in which was hid, the occupant of the room asserts, $20,000 worth of postage stamps. The locks oa the doors well guarded allthe property described during the day, Bryant thought. At night be placed a large bowie-knife and two revolvers oa a chair near his bed side. Bryant as has already been stated, in addition to bis coin basines3 also dealt in postage and revenue stamps. On October 7 last William R. Evans, a book-keeper employed bv Faber k Co., dealers in lead pencils, at 2o. 133 William etreef, entered the Sec ond Precinct Station House iu Beek- man street aud asked to see Captain) CaiTrev. He then told toe Captain that a"bov iiumcd Charles Krepps of p'lS Ol No. 2!3 Rivington street bad .tieaj aiam nrnr;h Z:. Lclftirrintr t to bim, and bad sold them to Bryant. ' ''--.- r - " -" o o i . He thought that Bryant ought to be arrested for buying tbe stamps from the boy. Captain Caffrcy said that be did not like to take upon himself tbe responsibility of arresting Bryant upon such a charge unless be bad a warrant, and requested Evans to go to the Tombs Poiice Court aad state wbatBrvaat bad done. Lvans re turned with a letter from one of the justices, so uaptain uaarey states, advissnar the Captain to arrest Lry- ant The Captain accordingly sum mone bim went and Lourt. A corap by Faber againft Bryaat, the former charging the latter with receiving stolen foods. Justice Bixbv, who waa presiding, committed Bryant in default of $500 bail to appe ir for trial at the Court of ijcneral es sioa. A detective belonging to a nriri1!! rtitoi't?irf rrpnrr who bad: informed Faber of ' KrerW crime,! asiea j usiicj i.xoy 10 give u.m MW . T I ' t . . ' I. 7 a f him him . ' search warrant for Bryant's dwell I ratrcimaa reters, ana toia i - s-"-- ".- ... ,:.,. ,.m.tA i- . to make the arreL Pc'ers no one to harvest it lc; u ua.c (ja0.-, i .Miners ui to maae me arrest. c.crs :. -,. ,,nn,.r and thus two-third to iryani, s siaa j, arrea.ea nun, , i... r ih h:H nti i.i tnr-V rim ir. th Tom!. Police on tandav ; longer rftwM- i" 0r tne pruu - 7' toes tiru to tte ion us l o.ice . , daTi. I f)f OQ,r .bout one-fifth, as it a;nt waa tnere niaae . ,. - . - 1 the ground that' the accused j we discover him to be a fool; but Do ha vc secreted there sme ofi body could find it out ia bis prospen- ing, on mio-ht the 6toIen postage stamps. Justice Nil 1. t NO. 20 Bixby refused to grant the apoplk-a-tion. Bryant was apparency amaz ed by his arrest, and declared that he was ignorant of what measures he ought to take to get released, lie was put in a cell and there remained for the ucxt five days. Meanwhile. his few friends were unaware cf his tiairira- Kucn i -.-., - .-i 1 an1 1 . ; -i rnr.rr.a ! with their hidden treasure, remained j unguarded ror many hours. Late oa Sunday night, October 11, a resident in the house, whilo approaching the place, saw a carriage driven rapidly away from in front of its doors. Early tho foliowiug morning the daughter of a Mrs. .Neubauer of No. 7S Division street, a friend of Bry ant's, come to the house to bring bim some clothing. She found the door open, and looking at it closely, saw that there were circular mark across its face, evidently the marks made by aa instrument which had been used in tearing off the padlock. Tho other locks had been picked. Enter ing th; room, she saw that it had been plundered by thieves. All the drawers of the bureau including tbe secret drawer, Lad been pulled out and were resting upon the floor. Not one gold coia was left, and some of Bryant'3 ciothing had been taen. The lock of the trunk had bceri torn open with a jimmy, and the contents of the trunk were strewn over the floor. Tho morocco case was so securely located that the thieves were unable to get at it3 contents in that way. They therefore cat a long slit in the leather on each side of the bag, and then took out its contents. The lock of the box containing the coia had also beca forced off with a jimmy, ana an cr the com stolen. The thieves apparently did not dare to cumber themselves with the three heavy clocks of the robbed man, valuable as they were. Captain Ward, cf the Tenth Frecinct Police, was at once informed of the great robberry. He hastened to the bouse with several officers and thoroughly examined the plundered rooms and questioned the inmates. If a clew wa3 obtained its worth h3s not vet been shown bv the arrest of any of the thieves or the recovery of any portion of the stolen propetry. Su perintendent Walling has instructed the detectives to make strenuous ef forts to discover tbe perpetrators of the crime. The detectives do not express mnch hope of recovering the pioper ty on account of its being so easily disposed of. The information of his great los3 wa3 told to Bryant on the day of the discovery of the robbery. He exhibited much anguish, and ex pressed despair of being able to sup port himself. The police obtained his release on his own recognizance to appear for trial and then took him to his house. He described his sto len property to them and its position in the room. He ha3 since tbroueh Superintendent Walling offered $o,- 000 for the recovery of th property and arrest of the thieves. Hi3 money, he said, be kept in his room, because he had no confidence ia banks. Ail mea have some object ia life ; most men worked hard to get money for their families; he worked to get gold for himself. A few years ago be made a will bequeathing money to various friends, and then had added codicle after codicil until the paper was covered, and then wishing to put in another codicil, and not having tbe room to put it in, he had burned tbe will. He had recently thought of willing his money for the estab lishment of aa old bachelor's home. Now he would have to abandon that plaa. A man that had health and was energetic, even if seventy-three years old, need not ask charity, and ought to earn a good livelihood. A 8eaibl nillionalre. A few years ago Mr. .Tamf i Lick, ibe California millionaire, had the old house in which he was born ship ped by rail to his Pacific home, and there set up oa Lis farm and furnish ed as of c! j, a wonder to curiosity seekers. Mr. Lick's fortune was made in lucky gold and real estate ventures. Within a decade he es tablished the Lick House, one of the hotelj in the world. When com paratively a young man he ia found in the pampas cf Brazil and Baenos Avres with thousands of fine horses and cattle, a great proprietor, from whom these governments derived supplies for the commissariat. Next he is in Chili and Peru, always op erating oa a very large sca.e. W hen in A'alparaiso he heard cf tbe Cali fornia gold discoveries, put twenty thousands dollars ia doubloons in his trunk, and was off at once for .Saa Francisco, bougot large corner lots and made other successful invest ment3 that have brought him mil lions. He is now ia very poor health, and, therefore, like a sensible raaD, be proceeded to administer on his own rrreat estate while livinrr. Take Time to Beat. M. it men arid women fiiust keep j ' the traces and i 'r roun'i- J!i tl 1 keer ruliiiiir. the vl iuuii'i. H iii i;i"t ii;'.m I'lii ( t .. ,t,..-..r... " nr duty to tane things easier tbe bot weather conien mi. Take longer rests at noon. Put on less steam when you are at work. Snatch a Sunday now and then from the middle of the week. You can't You can. People End time to be sick and die. They can just as easily find time rest and keep well. Everythingdoes not depend on finishing that dress or fencing that field ; or "putting up" so rnucb fruit or catching so many customer. Better that the children should wear old clothes than tha. their mother should be laid aside by a fever. Better that the corn crop i.. ti etnr nhuttcrs earlier at . . ' i a.t. i:Li. tL. Knt f no ra r i -r- r .tvo 1 ir (if iiuthi ic usrn. I , . . . . 1 i r J ... -a night; prepare plainer meals in tbe xto chit ken down is said to form kitchen. Take a noon-day nap yoor-j , igutifu! cloth when woven. For self, and .give your employees aiaf,.jat a square yard of the material. a chance to itii a rUbino- nf an alter- and then. That only noon cow rfu.'y which the Lord lays upon and be is not so hard a master aa U3 we; 1 sometmics mppose. As riches and favor forsake a ma ty. T AwtusaB-TI. In the eternal round cf seasons j tbero is nothing strange : and Tet m 17As-a AAnin. 1 a j wmiaou na pleasant custom it is, as one goes out and we atand oa the threshold of another, to take a survey of both. WbD giim old winter sets his snowy foot and icy grasp upoa us, the soft balmy airs of spring are anticipated wholly with delight. Neither drizzling rain nor omnipresent slush find a place in the meatal picture. Eat soon these ars palpable enough uncomfortably pal pable, and might be nnsupportable, but for the expectation of tha ap proaching delights of summer, whose clear skies and rich vegetation in tura lead ua to foget the sweltering tem perature and long draughts, which in due order assert themselves, and ia cliue every discoi. tented humanity to cast another sing!;? glance forward this time to autumn, the season now open. Of all season, Autumn promises most, and disappoints least. Melan- eb..Iy it may be, yet in its mtl incholy no.ioueii oi pain, itiercis death ia tLo wai wmia a dirze they stem to thaat for the withering leaves, fall'io.: fruit, and deeavinw flowers, even as the fresher breezes of spring are a natal anthem. But it is death dealing with maturity, aou however sad but fulfilling its mission at a natural and befiting period. The process i3 suggestive ol calmness and repose, and every surrounding helpa to produce that effect If man is in fluenced at ail, it is into a quieter, more thoughtful mood, and for once he feels measurably well disposed to linger, content with the present, in stead of again taxing anticipation. Golden roads, fields and forests ia purple, yellow and russet; delicate, many tinted twilights, and ali soft ened, subdued and invested with aa additional charm by such haze as that which belongs to an Indian sum- rrer there is at no other time so ex quisite a treat for the eye. Keep III tearalf. You have trouble your leeling are injured, your husband is unkind, your wife frets, your home is not pleasant your friends do not treat yoa fairly, and things in general move un pleasantly. Well, what of it ? Keep it to yourself. A smouldering fire can be found and extinguished ; but when tbe coals are scattered, who can pick them up? Bury your sor row. The place for sad and disgusting things is under he ground. A cut finger is not benefited by pulling of the plaster, and eiposing it under somebody's eyes; tie it up and let it alone; it will get well itself Booner than you can cure it. Charity cover eth a multitude of sins. Things thus covered are often . cured without a scar; but, once published and con fided to meddling friends, there is no end to the trouble they may cause. Keep it to yourself. Troubles are transient, and, when a sorrow healed and past what a comfort it is to say, "No one ever knew it until it was all over 1" A ! EsUer. There is a chap ia Staunton, Va. who cats glass. ''I went out," says the physician who describes it, "and secured a piece, about one-third of a broken paad, and brought in several friends to witness the sight Retook the glass and deliberately bit oat a piece about the size of a silver half dollar, and chewed it up with as much gusto a3 if it had been a piece of biead, and swallowed it,' taking af terward a swallow of water and bread, he "said, to get the particlea out of hia teeth. He would hare eaten tho whole piece if I had requested, as he has frequently eaten tumblers for a drink ot whis-key. He said he would eat any kind except the colored bottle glass, which had poison in it He was first induced to try the expert meat about three years ago, at the Cape of Good Hope, by a surgeon in the Brittish navy, who bet he could eat all the glasses (eighteen ia num. ber) at a dinner-party, which he did, and he saw no reason why he could not do as much, so he tried it by eat ing only three. Since that time he has eaten glass for the amusement cf others over a thousand times with no disagreeable effect. The only differ ence he sees is, it gives him an apoc tite. A Sew F.o far Chlekess F .than. Chicken feathers are among thorn waste-prod'icts of the farm of which regular mean3of utilization has here tofore beea suggested. Myriads of them are strewa over the barn-yard packed ia the floor of tbe chicken house, or are conyerted into positive nuisance by the wind which bestrews thern over lawns and flower beds, or drives them into ope a doors and windows. Tho down alone is, we believe, occasionally used as a stuf fing for pillows or cushions, and some times employed as an adulteration ia goose feathers : bat the long plumes, wiogs, sides, and tail of the bird, ua-le-sa made into rude bundles to serve as dusters for tbe housewife, are gen erally regarded aa totally worthless "According to statistics very care fully compiled," says a writer ia Lm Xature, "we throw away yearly a quantity of chicken feathers, the in trinsic value of which is equal to the money we pay out for cotton." A startling statement, bat tbe author i considers it true; and he proceeds to ejnlain how tho feathers are prepared 1 10 reader them valuable: Theopera- tion is to cut the plume portions of the feaiher3 from the stem, by means of ordinary hand cissors. The former arc placed ia quantities in a coarse bag, which, when full, is closed and subjected to a thorough kneading" with the hands. At the end of five miantes, the feathers become disag gregated and felted together, forming a down, perftcly homogeneous and of great lightness" It is even higher than natural eider down, because tbe !af.r coniaing tbe ribs of the fathers, which give extra weight. The material thus prepared i worth, and readily sells ia Paris for about two dollurs a pound. About 15 foy ouaces of thi do.vn can be obtained from the feath ers of an ordinary sized pullet; and this on, the above valuation, is worth about 20 cents. It is suggested thai, through the winter, children might collect all the feathers about a farm, and cat the ribs out as we have stat ed. l'r tte spring time a large quan tity of down would be prepared, .". , ..11 ! .tlar.tcw? r,f tn nnhnl- wiiicn couiu uv vii.-'. -t 1 t nresent tue case. n..tinil ana a tail Ol aowa 1 iw- islouired. The fabrickis said to be al- most iudostructable, as, ia place of fraying or wearing out at fobu, only seems to foil tbe tighter, it ' a,'.., ritra i.1 ;I X- inn IK JVv-ja -j wa'erproof. There pp to . a good opportunity bw. tor mbm u genious person to inreot machme. t ut aad treat tl ftaUr. Li
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