t Rates of Advertising. One Sqtiare'd Inch,) one Inertion fl A One Square " one month - 8 00 One Sipiaro " threo months - 09 OnoSqnaro " ono year - - 10 00 Two Sipinres, one vear ... 15 Oo Quarter Col, - - - :to 00 Half . " " - n . . . fio 00 Ono " 100 00 t.O(ral natters at established rates. Marrinuc nnd desth nnticcH, gratis. All bills for yearly advertisements col lected quarterly. Temporary advertise ments must be paid for in advance. Job work. Cash on Deliveiy. is runi.isiiKn every vehnesdy, iiy I W. If. DUNN. t rriOE IN ROBINSON . BONNER'S BUILDING j ELS 8TREET, TIONESTA, FA. i, TERMS, (12.00 A YKAU. No Subscriptions received for a shorter I period thrin three months, j Correspondence solicited from nil parts J nf Hie country. No notico will bo taken of f annonymous' communications. VOL. VIII. NO. 2. TIONESTA, PA., SEPTEMBER 15, 1875. $2 PER ANNUM. Ml' BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TIONESTA LODGE Ao. , o.of o. ir. MEETS every Friday evening, nt 7 o'clock, in tii 1 lull formerly occupied iy mo ' food rcmplurs. A. II. KELLY, N. H. A. RANDALL, See'y. 27-tf. TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 342, O. U. A.. M. MF.KTS nl Odd Follows" Lodge Itomn, every Tuesday cvt-ni iifr, at 7 o'clock. J, T. DALE, U. r. M. CLARK, R. S. 31 Dr. W. W. Powell, "YFFICI3 and resldcneo opposite the V7 Luwrcnco House. Olllecdays Wednes days ami Saturdays. i!-tt'. .t. it. vciii:w, Attorney at Law, - Tlonesta, Pa. Offlroon Klin Street. May in, lS!7.-.-tf E. L. Davis, TTORNEY AT LAW, Tloncst. iV. Collections mndo in illg counties. Pa. this mid adjoin 40 ly si i i: w w. rr ,v t k, ATTORNEY AT LAW, tin Street, TIOXHiSTA,rA F. V . Hays, ATTORNEY AT I. AW. and Notary Pi'iu.ie, lWnolds 1 1 it kill A t'o.'i Jtlock, Seneca St.', Oil City, Pu, 3U-ly Painting, Paper-Hanging &c, I'- (Ml ASF. of Tlonesta, offers his 1J. sor"iecs to those In lured of PA1NT1NO. ORAININt, Jill KtlllVTVIl SIZINU A VATtNTSHING, MllN WK1T1MJ, PAPKK HANOINU. AND CAR1UAGK WOHK, Work promptly attended to and !-n 1mIii4 ion Omiriinteort Mr. Chaso will work In when desired. THE BELL OF ST. JOHN'S. In BY RUFl'S 8A1MJKST. llio huge nnj smoky tho eountrv 13-tf. NEW HAH NESS SHOP, TUST opened next r. KIMNKAn. y. II. SMILKT. door north of the jawrenee Houso. The undersigned in prepared to do all kinds of work In hi" lino in tho best sty le and on short notice. HTK W II A II NUN H A Specially. Keeps on hand a fine assort ment of ciirrv Combs. Ilrushes. Harness Oill. Whins, and (Saddles. Harness of all kinds made to order and eheap as the chcapost. Remember the name and place W. WEST, North of Ijiwroneo House. 14-1 v . Tlonesta, Pa. mis. v. n. iiiMTii, DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa. TUS. HEATH ha reeently inoyed to if A this place lor the purpose 01 meeting a wantwhieh the ladies or tne town ana county have for a long time known, that of having a dressmaker of experience among tln-m. I am prepared to make all kinds of dresses In the latest styles, and iruarantcc satisfaction. Stamping tor braid' lug and embroidery done in the best milli ner, with tho newest patterns. All I ask Is a tair trial. Residence on Water Street, in the house formerly occupied by Jacob Shriver. mi J i yy E J It SMILEY, Attorneys at Law, - - - Fraalclln, Pa. 15RACTICK In tho several Courts of Ve imn.), Crawford, Forest, and adjoin ing counties. 3'.)-ly. II. 1'7 51. v.' i.iwsb xT" HATinF.ltH and llnlrdrcascrs, Smea. hauttlt ImildiiiR, Kim St. Switches, Frizzes, llraids, Curls, Ac, made from Combings. Iliivlim settled pcriiiHiinntly In this place, they desire the patronage of tho public Satisfaction guaranteed. 15 !!m "4TIiv.iIi"lITKi7 TIIDIOTJTE., JPJ.. W. D. ltUCKUIX, - l'luii-uiiiroK. Fr'.s'-Cliiss T.icensod House. lood sta- lile connected. CENTRAL HOUSE, ION-XK11 A AH NEW 1U.OCK. U Aiinkw. Proprietor. This Is a new house, and has just been fitted up for tho nri-oinmodatioii of. tho public. A portion r the patronage of tho public is soiicttuu Vl-ly T Lawrence House, TIONESTA. PA.. WILLIAM LAW UK. Ml'.. J'KOCIllKTOB. iHIH IIOllH" is PAiitrally located. Everything now and well furnished Superior accommoda tions and strict attention k'ivoii to guests. Vegetables and Fruits of all kinds served in their season. Sample room for Com mercial Agents. .Frank llobblnsi, (aiWEsson to pemino.) Pictures In evorv stvloof the art. Views of the oil rcicions for sale or taken to or der. CENTRE STREET, noar R, It. crossing, SYCAMORE STREET, near Union Iie- p it. Oil City, Piu 20-tf PHOTOGRAPI1 GALLERY. ELM NtnEKT, SOUTH OF UOBINSON BONNER'S STORE. Tionosta, M. Pa., - Proprietor, Pictures taken in all tho latest styles the art. se-u FOREST HOUSE, 01 A. VAltN Kit l'ltoi'iilioron. Opposite O. Court Mouse. Tionesta. Pn. Just ... pencil. Everything iic' ami clean ami "fresh. Tho best of lienors kept constantly hi hand. A portion of the public putron- iiire is rospeciiiuiy souciucn. vint C. B. Weber's Hotel, TYLF.USrSUROH, PA. C. R.WERER, has possossion of tho new brick hotel and will bo happy to entertain all his old customers, and iinv number of new ones. Uood accommodations for guests, nnd ex cellent stabling. 10-3111. Dr. J. L. Acorrb, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who lias 1 had fifteen years' experience in a large Hiid succrsstul practice, win auouu nn Professional Culls. Otlico in his Drug and 1 ! nicer v Store, located in lidiouto, near Tidioute House. IN HIS STORE WILL HE FOUND A full assortment of Medicines. Liquors Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Olass, Paints, HIh. Cutlery, all of the best quality, and M ill lutsolii Ht reiLsonalilo rates. DR. CllAS. O. DAY, an experienced Physician und Druajist Iroiu ew i orK has charge of the .Store. All proscriptions put up accurately. 11. 11. MAV. MA 1 JMJ. 1'. I'AKK. a. b. kmxv t li K C CO., 33 -A- sC I-C E IRj S .!orncr of Elm A Walnut SLs. Tionesta. I!;itik of Discount and Deposit. Interest uUovvod on Time Deposits. Collections iii.idooli all the Principal points of the U. S, Collections solicited. lS-ly. D. W. CLARK, (C0MMI:slOXi:il's CI.KtllC, KORKST CO., J'A.) HEAL BSTATE AGBXT. HOUSES and Lots for Salo and RENP Wild Lamls for Sale. -L I have superior facilities for ascertaining the condition of taxes and tax deeds, Ac. and am therefore qualitied to act iiitolli Hentlyas agent of those living at a dis i,i... i mviiinur lauds in the County. IHUoo in CoiiiniiMionor Room, Court JIouko, Tionesta, 1 a. ...... 4-4-ly. D. W. CLARK " f7 f. ii." W NTKD. Everybody to know that j. 1,1 l.iiiimcnt is tho leading Lini ...,ii f.,i- ciiriii'' nil kind of Pains and w.. TI,.-,mtS' and for Horses. Cattle. tfvi. lic most succcskI'iiI Ijiiiimeiit in tlie .....rUci Sen circulars around bottks, H.ild by all Dr.igisN. !W-ly c m (in ROVAHDiC CO.'S.Storo, TionosU.Pa.) JMtAOTIUAI. WATCHMAKER & JEWELER J DEALER IN lf'tehe, ClorhH, Solid atul Plated Jewcli'i, JtUtek Jewelry. ' Eye Clauses, 8ec larlfs, 1'iolin Strings, de., tC'c. Will examine and repair Fino Einrllsh, Swiss or American Watches, such as Re peaters, Independent Seconds, Stem Winders, Duplex, Levers, Anchors and Lepines; and will mako any new pieces for the same, such as stall's, Forks, Pol lotts, Wheels, Pinions, Cylinders, Bar rels, Arbors, and in fact any part apper taining to line watches. ".All AVork WnminU'il. I can safely , . that any work undertaken by mo will bo done iii such a manner aud at such prices lor UOOD WOHK that will give satisfaction to all who may favor me with their orders. L. KLEIN, 14-ly" Author of "Tho Watch." ft You Can Have Jlouey Hv buying your PIANOS and ORMAN8 from 'tlio "uudersiguod Manufacturers' Agent, foi tho bust brands in the market. Instruments shipped direct from tlie Fac tory. CllAS. A. SIll'LTZ, Tuner, U 1 v lK l; I ox 17 !. Oil City, l'a. foundry clone by tho wharvc,s in tho (own of IJ , o gang ot workmen were get ting ready to cast tlie largest be!l of the St. John's cathedral chime. Only an hour more, aud they would let tho glaring, bubbling metal, flowing from the huge furnace, into the mold, which was buried deep in tho black earth clffse by. It was lust at evening, nnd in the gathering twilight the lurid blue ilaiiK'9 that bum Irom the top ot the tall chimney, flushed unearthly gleams upon the neighboring windows and housetops. The scene within the foundry was weird aud almost awful. The swarthy forms of the workmen, partly lighted by the yellow glare, moved about like Tartarean shadows, - and the sooty beams and ponderous chains crossing, half black half golden, under the glowing roof, recalled the engines of the Cyclops under Alt. yluna. The town-clock struck, six. it wai time for supper.. All the men threw down their tools, and ran and put on their outer clothing. ''Ma back id hail an hour sharp! cried the forge-master. "We shall make the cast at a quarter of seven." All right, sir! cried the men iu respnuse. ; - 1 . near some or the town folks are coming down to see the work," said uue. "Yes," said auolher, "and it'll be something to open their eyes. There was never such a hell cast iu the whole State as this one will be." In a moment more only one work man and the master were left in the fouudry. The former was to stay and watch the ' blast. lie had brought a double allowance of dinner, and he would make a supper on what remain ed. '.'J.: 1 Perhaps wo can get the 'Inventor' to stay with you, George," said the master, laughingly, as he prepared to Yes, where is he?" returned the man, iu the same jesting tone. "lies been round tho works long enough to know when anything goes 4vr6ng. Hollo I hollo 1 isay! V herns the 'Inventor ! Come here. Ah, there he is!" Ami in silent answer to the summons, a shock-haired fellow, with larire gray eves, and a pale, vacant face, appeared from behind a pile of castings. He had on his back a gray shirt much soiled with dust, .md he wore a pair nf huge pantaloons, held up by a single suspender. "Well, Mopus," . quoth . tho "rann George, slapping him rather roughly on the shoulder, "suppose you've got wit enough to help yell if anything's the matter?" The youug fellow looked stupidly around and nodded his head. "Then sit here aud look at that fur nace, and don't take your eyes ofT." The poor lad emiled, and meekly did as he was ordered just as an old obedient dog would have laid down to watch his owner s coat. A queer fellow was this "Mopus ; stupid enough in ordinary things to need a world of watchiug, but withal wonderfully fit to watch a furnace. lie knew all the working of the foundry, by what seemed a sort of brute in stinct, though really his strange sagac ity in this was a remnant of a once bright mind. If anything happened, or vent on in an unusual way, he would always notice it, and say what ought to be done, though he could not tell, per haps, why it ought to be done. '1 wo years befure, he had been an iutelligeut, promising lad. Jle was the son of a designer connected with the foundry company, and had always beeu allowed free access to the. shops, and to mingle with the men and watch their work. But ono day a great lifting-chain broke, with its load, aud an iron fragment struck him on the head, inflicting a dangerous injury, trorn this he partially rocuvered, and ouly partially, for his reason was imnaired. But his natural lovn for machinery and mechanical experiments remained, aud as he regained his bodily strength, he tpent most of his time making small wheels and shafts, and putting together odd contrivances, which he would exhibit with immense pride and satisfaction. This peculiar trait iu the young fel low gaiued for him the humorous title of the "Inventor." All the nieu felt a great kindness for bini, even though their manner toward him was occa sionally harsh aud impatient. Such was the person left to help watch the great blast for the casting of the king bell of the chime of St. John's. Faithfully he kept bis placo before the great furpace, while tho man George sat down at a little dis tance and begau to eat his supper. Doubtless the latter intended to keep a general oversight, but ho certainly made the inventor's eyes i'o the most of the looking. Whether he felt a kind of rec.kles trust in tho instinct' of his biliwitted companion, or indo lently conenided that nothing wrong could happen, he was sadly to blame for chargiug himself so little with the important duty before him. Not a wool was said by either watcher, and only the deep roar of the furnace was heard llfYongli the vast foundry. George finished his supper, and I sauntered into one of the tool shops to I find his pipe. "Inventor" Bat alone before the great blast. The one ra tional fiiculty of his feeble mind en abled him to comprehend what it meaut, aud even somclhiug of the magnitude of the enterprise that was ripening inside those burning walls. He knew thai the furnace was full of valuable metal, aud that close beside him, buried out of sight in the deep snnd, was the burn mold, so soon to be filled with the precious cast. lie knew and could see that all the chan nels for the flow of the f.ery liquid were ready, and that near the mouth of the furnace stood the long iron, rod that was to be used when the moment came to let on the molten streom'. All this his limited thoughts took iu by habit. Dimly conscious that something great wus soon to be done. he sut with his eyes oc the furnace, absorbed and intent. Suddenly something startled him. lhere was a slight noise, and a burn ing crack appeared near the top ot the furnace. Then another crack, aud a scorching brick fell out jind rolled to the ground at his teet! J he lad opened his mouth to shriek, but so terrified was he that the sounds stuck in his throat, as if he had been in a fit ot nightmare. A thin red stream followed the fall en brick, and trickled down the fur nace side like running lava. -Then came anotWr alarming noise, and a thin gap half-way down the masonry let out more of the hissing metal. . Where was George? Was the un faithful fellow still hunting for his pjpe? The furnace was bursting, with only a poor, half idiot lad to guard it. What could he do? He did what perhaps a lad in his right mind would not have (lured to do. Hushing to the mouth of the furnace, he seized the long iron rod thnt stood near, and tap ped the vent. One desperate thrust with the sharp p'oint up the terrihle funnel a few quick, prying strokes ! Stand back, now I Tho confining clay fell awav. aiid the vellow-white flood spurted cut with resistless force. It leaped into the clay-lined troughs, and hissed its way, flaming, down to the mouth of the bell-mold. The "fool" had done a deed worthy of a general on the field of battle. Was it too late? Every momeut new fissures opened in the doomed fur nace. Some of the upper stones top pled over. Still the metal poured out into tho mold. ' But the waste was great from those gaping flaws. The pressure was relieved by the opened vent, but the leaks multiplied contin ually. It wa prt running a race with ruin. Poor ''Mopus" stood powerless be fore the coming catastrophe. tlis knees knocked together, and his head swam. A great heap or rea-not oricxs and rubbish fell at his feet. He had barely thought to get out of tho way and save his life. He heard a wild shout of human voices in thedistauce, then an awful roar behind him, and he saw and felt himself pursued by surges of seething fire. Sharp, blis tering pains pierced his flesh at a hun dred points. The rest was all a. hor rible, unintelligible dream. It was as if he had suddenly sunk into the earth and been swallowed up forever. By seven o-'clock comparative quiet reignod again on the scene of disaster. Ruins lay everywhere. The engines had qucuched the flames that had caught, the. building, and the men, blackened with smoke, stood in silent groups about the remains of the fur nace. It had fil leu to pieces,' and nothing was left but heaps of steaming rubbish. Poor "Inventor,", who had been found with the tapping-rod iu his hand, lying on his face in the sand, frightfully burned, had been carried to his home. Little was said, but the few words spoken, uttered with no mild empha sis the natural . wrath of the roaster and the hands against the .nan George, whose excuses for himself only exag gerated his offense. "See what he's done," said they a few davs later, as they stood iu the half-burned foundry. "Five thousand dollars gone to waste in a minute! The best job iu twenty years spoiled I 'The rasoal, to go huuiing for his pipe, and leave that stuttering idiot to watch ! Is that all he can say for himself? Out unon such carelessness 1 Why. the boy didn't even know enough to bawl out when he must nave seen tne lur lmcc. tumbling to pieces!" The master, who had more nt stake than tlie men, of course felt the loss more keenly than they. Ho almost wept with mingled grief and rage. .Suddenly something peculiar caught his eye among the :ebns, and he cried in a stnrtl'id voice : "Hullo 1 What's this? What's this?" He snatched up a fragment of one of the troughs which had led from the lnrnace to the mold, lhere were traces of the stream of bronze still running in it. Then the possiple menntng ot the iron found in the in jured boy's hand flashed upon him. Urine me a shovel, quick ! he shouted. A spade was put into his hands, and he began nervously to heave away the hot mass that lay piled over the bell mold. It was a herculean task, but he worked like a giant, and three or Flint of his men took hold and helped him. Brick-bats, ore, slag and ashes flew in every direction. Presently tho master's spado ' penetrated the sand and touched something hard. He stooped down. Then he leaped up like one half frantic, and, plying his spade with redoubled energy, tore away the remaining saud, disclosing what looked like a great metalic ring. "Men," he cried out, lifting his flushed face, "the hell is cast!" "Who did this?" asked everv ex cited voice, as soon as the cheering died away. "Come with me, two or three of vou 1" cried the master. "I think I know who did it. It's a miracle!' They hurried away to the home of the half-witted boy. 1 lie attendant met them with her finger on her lips, "The poor lad is in a brain fever,' she said. "Does he say auything iu his delir ium? whimpered the master. "O, yes he raves all tho ti ne about the big bell-mold. 'I hope it will fill I hope it will fill,' he says." The men exchanged glances. It was iudeed true. The idiot had cast the great bell of St. John's. Just then the physician came out. "Perhaps he will recover his reason by this shock and sickness," he said. "Such things have happened." "Do you think so? Pray Heaveu he niny ! soleiinly ejaculated the mas ter and his men; and they turned away, deeply moved. Two mouths later the great bell hung from a huge derrick in the lathe room of the factory, and beneath it stood n heavy truck upon which it was about to be lowered. A silence, fell upon the group of workmen as the palo face and feeble form of "Invent or" appeared, borne in on a Email soft recliuing chair. He had recovered his reason, and was fust getting buck his strength. His large gray eyes in stantly fastened themselves on the bell, thut splendid masterpiece, whose mak ing meant so much to him. They had told him the whole story of the cast ing, nnd the disaster in the foundry, but it nil sounded like a wild lomanco to him. "I remember nothing that happen ed," said he, shaking his head with a smile. "It's all new to me, all new and strange so strange!" "Yes," suid the master, devoutly, "it was Ufid.a.ha'nd. IiiVory eye was turned upon the in valid. &ome of the men fell almost afraid, it was so much like a resurrec tion to have him there among them, the boy they had known so long un derlined, now a young man keen and intelligent, as if changed into another being. "I should like to strike the hell once, said he. 1 wo men lilted mm up and put a small lis miner in his hand. He struck one gentle blow. A deep, sweet, mournful tone, solemn as the sound of distant waterfalls, rolled from the great bell and echoed through the foundry. Tears filled the eyes of the rough men as they heard it. "Ah." said the muster, "there's a balelujuh in that, and it may as well begin here. Long may this bell praise God! He saved it in the ruins of the furnace by one wise thought iu the ruins of a human brain. Otir turmiee is rebuilt, aud behold, this dear boy bus his uason again 1 The bell and the boy shall glorify God together!" "Amen!" murmured all the listen ers. Then the great bell was lowered, and as the truck rolled away with its melodious burden, the boy was lifted and caried after it, and both went out. into the sunny day together, tho rough men standing iu tho door ways, waving their hands. Little "Inveutor" afterward well proved his claim to the title so lightly given him in his unfortunate boyhood. His name is now read on many a bell whose matchless richuess of tone his genius and skill in metals alone created. B!l l.r.TMKR. ItAFTH. Some "rafter" saw iu the Jamestown Journal this notice : The largest lumber raft 011 record was towed down the Missouri river the other day. ' It was fourteen strings wi le, sixteen cribs long, and twenty inches deep, containing over one mil lion feet. Thereupon he writes from Washing ton, saying : I think I have run fifty rafts in my life time from Pittsburgh to Cincin nati and Louisville, as large or larger than the above. One in 1858 from Pittsburgh to Louisville for A. J. ilcox, llorton & Co., seven strings abreast and forty plutforms (cribs'! long, containing one million three hundred thousand feet of lumber, loaded with two million five hundred thousand shingles. Also, one for T. IS. Cobo, of lionesta, Pa., in 1872 from nud to said points, seven strings abreast and thirty-five platforms long, containing one million five hundred thousand feet of lumber, and was about four feet deep. J. JN1. Martin, of Kussellsburg, Pa., a few years since ran a raft from Pitts burgh to Louisville, kuown as "The Big Joe Hall Raft," six strings abreast and thirty-six platforms long and nt least five feet deep, measuring out at Louisville, as near as I can remember, two million, two hundred thousand feet of lumber (ask Jim), and to roy knowledge he bus run many rafts cov ering more territory and measuring out more lumber. In fact no pilot thought he was doing more than an ordinary job if he did uot beat one million feet. John Shreeves, nf Tio nesta, Pa., ouce coupled and run to Cincinnati, from Pittsburgh, a raft niue strings abreast and forty plat forms long, said to contain two mil lios:, five hundred thousand feet of lumber. I think he uncoupled and "double-teamed" through some narrow places, otherwise than that, made a successful trip. Think I could men tion fifty pilots who have and can again beat this Missouri monster, and without a steamboat too. Rafts of more than half that num ber of feet have been run successfully on the Allegheny river from Warren, Pa., to Pittsburgh. I will name some of the pilots well kuown to yourself, who have doue it: J. M. Martin, John Russell, Lant. Sands, Jim. Nesmith, Alf. Davis, 'George Aldenburgh, Seth Warren, and some others. T. C. Jackson, of Warren, Pa., run a raft from Miller's Eddy to Pittsburgh on tho Allegheny river, three strings abreast, twenty-four platforms lonp, containing between three and four hundred thousand feet of lumber with three men ull told, and landed success fully at Pittsburgh. Now, what Allegheny and Ohio pi lots boast of, is their knowledge and skill in handling floating crafts. They might with just as much propriety boast of their lumber iu piles on tho shore-as in rafts, if they could show no skill iu handling. There is some skill in handling such a raft as the ot.e on the Missouri with a steamboat, but there would be much more in hand ling it w ithout. If "Missouri" has done her best iu the above, I don't thiuk she had better send for the "horns" this year. Pleaso ask them over this and come again. Yours, &c. A to look J. M. . Milkmen are spending their leisure hours tit the watering places. A youthful clergyman who recently went forth to enlighten the ignorant, while dealing with the parable of tho prodigirl sou, was anxious to show how dearly the parent loved his child. Drawing himself together and putting on his most sober look, he dilated at length on the killing of the fatted calf. The climax was as follows: "I shouldn't wonder if tho futher hod kept thut calf for years . waitiug tho return of his son," Somebody says a man should be always a little bigger than his wife, and a little stronger, a littlo wiser,and a little more in love with her than she is with him. A womau should always be a little younger, aud a little pretti er, and a little more considerate than her husband. Very likely. If hus bands and wives were made to order, what pretty, proper, uusndurablo creatures they would be. The Parisians are delighted with the American horse cars which they have g t to ruuning iu sirme of their streets. But thev don't know how-to mauuge them. When the seats are full they take on 110 more passengers. A Russian proverb says: "Before going to war, pray ouce; before going to sea, pray twice; before going to be married, pray three times." Ohio is 0110 of the tlueo fkates iu which a woman may make a will, Put there are several States where it woman ban a will of her owu. ' "Jealous, eh ?'' Joaquin Miller says thut such w riters us "Buil'ulo Bill" bring the "language of nature into disrepute."
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