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HOW I LIVE.
Living friendly, feeling friendly,
Acting fairly to all men,
Seeking to do that to others
They may do to me again ;
Hating no man, scorning no man,
Wronging none by word or deed ;
But forbearing, soothing, serving,
Thus I live—and thus my creed.
Harsh condemning, fierce contending,
Is of little Christian use ;
One soft word of kindly peace
Is worth a torrent of abuse ;
Calling things bad, calling men bad,
Adds but darkness to their night ;
If thou would'st improve thy brother,
Let thy goodness be his light.
I have felt and known how bitter
Human coldness makes the world—
Every bosom round me froze,
Not an eye with pity pearled ;
Still my heart with kindness teeming—
Glad when other hearts are glad—
And my eyes a teardrop findeth
At the sight of others sad.
Ah! be kind—life hath no secret
For our happiness like this ;
Kindly hearts are seldom sad ones,
Blessing ever bringeth bliss;
Lend a helping hand to others—
Smile though all the world should frown,
Man is man, we all are brothers,
Black or white, or red or brown.
Man is man, through.all gradation,
Little reeks it where he stands,
In whatever walk you find him,
Scattered over many lands ;
Man is man by form and feature,
Man by voice and virtue too—
And in all sae common nature
Speaks and bids us to be true.
Nut Distil:laq,
RISKY BUSINESS.
I tell you, sir, it is a risky business
to touch the brain. A minister of the
Gospel told me of a member of his
congregation, as noble a fellow as
ever lived—generous—there was not
a member of his church that gave as
much as he, though only a member
of the congregation, for the support
of the Gospel; rich—sleeping part
ner in a firm in New York; with a
wife and one child; living in good
style. The only fault the minister
had to find with him was, he would
occasionally take a glass of wine,
and would give it to the young men :
and he said he had often talke with
him about it. One day he saw him
playing with his boy and asked him—
"Do you love your son ?" " Love
him! noble little fellow ! I love him
better than my own life." "You
would not harm him?" "Harm him !
hurt my boy! Never!" "Now you
never thought that glass of wine"—
"Stop, you are a fanatic; I respect
you as a minister, but not your
fanaticism on that point. The idea
of a glass of wine hurting this boy—
that I am going to ruin my child 1—
I Let this be a tabooed question be
tweeno us. I have no patience to hear
r you talk so foolishly about it." It was
about six weeks after, that one
' of his partners in the house came to
see him on some business, and they
rode to a manufactoring town about
twelve miles distant. He was one of
those. men "mighty to drink wine,
and a man of strength to mingle
strong drink;" and there is no bless
ing pronounced on such men that we
can find in the Bible. But he drank
this man drunk for the first time in
his life; and when they got to the
hotel, the city gentleman laughed at A man Killed by a Shark.
his maudlin companion, and said, "I The Straits Times, (Singapore)
wonder what his wife will say to August 24, states that on Sunday last
that." Returning, they drove up to three seamen belonging to the Amer
the gate, and this child, with his ican ship T. W. Sears were bathing
mother, was on the marble steps alongside the vessel, when one of
waiting for papa. In stepping from I them was seized by a shark. The
the carriage, the drunken man's foot i monster first seized him by the shoul
caught in the reins, and he stumbled. I der, but the force with which he
If he had been sober he would have I rushed on his victim, caused him to
kept hold of the reins, and the acci- lose his bold, driving the unfortunate
dent could not have happened. But 1 man several feet out of the water.
it made him angry, his self-control i The shark again seized him by the
was disturbed, and he took the boy back, and finally by the neck, and
by his shoulder, twisted him around, disappeared with his prey. All this
and threw him down. As he was happened within plain view of his
tunable to walk, they carried him in- shipmates, who immediately lowered
to the hall, and laid him down on a a boat, and after taking on board the
settee, he fell off that on the floor, two other men, proceeded to drag for
and went to. sleep. the body. They had been occupied
This clergyman told me—" They in this way for some time when the
sent for me, and I never spent such a shark was observed to rise at some
night in my life. It was an awful distance from them, still with the
night. There lay that child dead; body of the hapless man in his mouth,
the wife. in convulsions, and the man shaking it, as is described, as a dog
asleep, with a dead child, whose yel- would a rat. The mate of the yes
low locks were dabbled in blood, ly- sel armed himself with a boarding
ing in another room—asleep, were pike, and rowed towards the spot,
two physicians trying to save the and the shark was so much occupied
life of his wife—asleep, under the with his victim that he allowed him
damning influence of wine. When self to be stabbed several times be
he awoke, it was a fearful waking.— fbre again disappearing. Thinking
Pushing back his hair—'What is the the animal had received his death
matter? Where am I? Where is j wound, the boat returned to the
my child? I must see him." You I ship, but scarcely had she arrived
pannot.' must, I will Where is I alongside, when the shark reappear
my boy?' You cannot see him.' I ed as before. A harpoon was now
must see him—l must see my boy!' taken into the boat, and the shark
They took him into the room,
and again allowed himself to be ap
' +va thesheet ; and when he preached sufficiently near to be'
I,,rheAried out, ‘O, my God!' 1 struck, when he Rpm disappeAred.
back Alseleas." That cler- Line was now paid out, mut the boat
4have his' e s towed 'some iiistau
rote-book
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1861.
that day, I buried his body, brought
from a lunatic asylum, to lay side by
side with his wife and child."
Young man, thank God for your
safety, if you have ever dared to
tamper with tli n wlhich disturbs the
action of the ,and brings a man
to a point where he knows not what
he is about. It is risky business of
alcohol to do it.—J.lllB. Gough.
THE HEROES THAT HAVE DIED.
The newspapers have done their
full share in handing General Baker
down to fame. It is well that they
should do so; he was worthy, and
his name and his fame will be cher
ished and remembered in future time.
So has it been with Ellsworth, so with
Winthrop, and so with the noble
General Lyon. They have been the I
subject of frequent and well-deserv
ed panegyric and eulogy. The na
tion has felt their loss and mourned
over their death, even though in dy
ing, they became doubly famous.—
We would not have had it otherwise,
and would not detract one iota from
the merit, gallantry, or nobleness of
either of them. Would to God they
were living to-day, to take part in
the great struggle which must still
go on though they have died.
But while remembering and cher
ishing the noted ones who have yield- I
ed all upon the altar of their coun
try, and-et bequeathed a legacy of
honor tolv their posterity, we would
not forget the unnoted brave, who
have died and made no sign. Just
as noble, just as brave, in all the ele
ments of true manly nobility and he
roic bravery, as General Baker, fell
out of the ranks of common soldiers
at Ball's Bluff, and died for their
country. The blood that they shed,
the lives that they gave, the sacrifice
that they made, were just as noble,
precious, and priceless as his. Yet
they arc among the unnoted and un
recorded brave.
So of Big Bethel, so of Wilson's
Creek, so of Bull Run, and wherever
lives have been lost and blood has
been shed. The same motives, the
same noble purpose, the same patri
otic sacrifice was made by the com
mon soldier as by the famous to whom
we have referred. What. tongue
shall tell and what pen record, the
heroism—heroism in its highest• sense
—which has been displayed in West
ern Virginia, on weary march, in
dismal camp, on lonely guard, in bat
tle or in hospital, by a multitude of
brave men who left all the treasures
of home and affection, and rounded
their days by the sacrifice of their
lives ? To the world they are all un
known save as so many "killed," so
many "died in hospitals," so many
"pickets shot," but not to the smaller
circles of which they formed a part.
Father, mother, sisters, brothers,
neighbors, will guard just as jealous
ly the relics they have left and their
memory, as a nation will those of
Baker and Lyon.
But let them all be treasured by
the great popular heart alike entitled
to honor and fame. If Baker and
Lyon were important to the nation,
if their loss was a calamity to the
country, yet, as far as they were each
concerned, they gave no more than
each man of .the rank and file who
has died. They only gave their lives,
and could do no more. So their
brave men did also, and had they
possessed a Baker's genius or a Ly
on's military ability, they would just
as readily have made the sacrifice.—
Alike noble, alike brave, alike wor
thy of a nation's gratitude and a na
tion's tears, the humblest soldier in
the ranks, as the noblest general in
the land.—Sandusky Register.
ed by repeated stabs of the lance.—
Most of the contents of his maw
were disgorged while being hauled
on board, and on being opened, some
fragments which were unrecogniza
ble, and an eight pound tin of pre
served meat, were all that was found.
The shark was of the species known
as the ground shark, and about ten
feet in length. The girth of the
body was immense, and is stated to
have been eight or nine feet.
Advice Through a Key Hole.
There was once a young shoemaker
who became so much interested in
politics that his shop was filled with
loungers talking and discussing and
disputing about one thing or anoth
er from morning till night; and he
found it often necessary to work till
midnight to make up for the hours
lost during the day.
One night after his shutters were
closed and he was busy on his bench,
a boy passing along put his mouth
to the key hole, and mischievously
piped out, "Shoemaker, shoemaker,
work by night and run about by day."
Had a pistol been fired off at my ear,
—he said—l could not have been
more startled. I dropped my work,
saying to myself, True, true, but you
shall never have that to say to me
again. I never forgot it. To me it
was the voice of God, and it has been
a word in season throughout my
life. I learned from it not to leave
till to-morrow the work of to-day, or
to be idle when I ought to be work
ing. From that time I turned over
a new leaf. He did indeed—worked
in working hours, left off idle talk
and the society of loafers, and be
came in the end a man of eminence.
Judgment for a Newspaper Amount.
Among the recent decisions at the gen
eral term of the Supreme Court of the
Albany (N. Y.,) district, was one in favor
of Mr. J. Seahury against Bradford 0.
Wait, for seven years' subscription to the
Catskill Reeorder and Democrat. The de
cision was in favor of the publisher; and
the judgment and coats, we understand,
amount to between two and three hundred
dollars.
The New York 06seAver, one of the old
eet religious newspapers in the country,
says of this. decision : "It is surprising
that so few subscribers fully understand
their rerpon;ibilities to publishers of news
papers. The law which governed in this
decision is a law of Congress, and there
fore applicable in every State in the Union.
Many subscribers seem to regard the bill
for a newspaper the last to be settled, es
pecially the last which the laws will en
force. Responsible men, even under tri
fling whims, refuse to take their papers
from the office, regardless of the pay
ment of arrears, and when half a dozen
more years have been added to the arrears
at the time .of stopping, think it hard to
pay the increased bill with interest and
costs of collection."
General Ircelellan's Christian Character.
A chaplain in the army writes : The
Rev. Dr. Thompson, at a meeting of the
chaplains of the army, held last week,
gave a very interesting and thrilling ac
count of a midnight interview with our
young commander, from which we gather
that the General himself is not unwilling
that the country should fully understand
him in this matter. The observation is
made here because the General's pastor
had been annoyed by the unauthorized
publication of hie private remarks on an
other most interesting occasion. General
McClellan is glad to have this nation know
that his sole reliance in the war is upon
the goodness and mercy of God in ad
vancing the cause of law, justice and
order. He threw himself back in the
chair and said, with deep emotion, "For
what purpose can it be that one but lately
engaged upon a railroad, so young, and
having yet done nothing to deserve . such
place, should be advanced, for the time, to
perhaps the most responsible position in
the country ?" We feel that he might
have said, in ths world. "But," continued
this modest, youthful, and truly Christian
hero, "Iv is or Goo, who often chooses the
weakest and even the meanest instruments
to accomplish Hie purposes."
Gen. McClellan said, that so crushing
was hie habitual sense of his responsi bill
ties that were it not for his faith in God.
he could not live under it. But his trust
in GOD, and the conviction that prayer was
made for him unceasingly, sustained him,
and gave him an undoubting hope of suc
cess.
W hipping Ohildren.
The following story is told of the
Rev. Dr. Morse At =Association
dinner, a debate arose as to the ben
efit of flogging, in bringing np chil
dren. The doctor took the affirma
tive, and his chief opponent was a
young minister, whose reputation
for veracity was not very high. He
maintained that parents often do
harm to their children from -unjust
punishment, from not knowing the
facts in the case. " Why," said he,
"the only time my fstherwhipped
was for telling the truth." ".Weft, , ',
toe *Wer, "• it olio* yovhf
didnt
Mason and Slidell in Prison.
The Boston Post gives a long ac
count of the arrival of the San Jacin
to at that port, and the transfer of
the bogus ambassadors to Fort War
ren. We quote :—Upon their arri
val within the fort Col. Dimmick was
attending service, which is now reg
ularly held on Sundays. He was in
formed of their arrival and at once
proceeded to his quarters, where
they were in waiting. An introduc
tion followed, Captain McKim on
this occasion being master of cere
• monies. The interview was some
what formal, but the veteran Colon
el was kind and courteous, though
firm and dignified. They were as
signed their apartments, which are
as good as the fort affords, and in
about half an hour were occupying
them. Their arrival, as may well be
supposed, produced a sensation at
the fort, alike among the prisoners
and the garrison. The political pris
oners in a special manner manifested
the most intense interest, and so far
as they were alloyed, flocked about
the illustrious new corners. They
were, however, permitted to have
but little conversation with them.
Of the appearance of the prisoners
we may say that Slidell is much de
jected. He does not bear his fortunes
with as brave a front as was ex
pected. On the contrary, Mason is
prodigal of airiness, and displays a
dare-devil, don't-care-ativeness, that
is somewhat characteristic of the
man. So far as outward appearance
goes, he is still, in ring parlance,
" game." The two "ministers" mess
ed at the table of the Commodore,
and, political topics being avoided,
the relations between them have
been exceedingly pleasant. Upon
taking leave of the officers in the
ward room of the San Jacinto friend
ly sentiments were cordially offered
and as cordially returned. Colonel
Dimmick is very strict in regard to
visitors entering the fort, and here
after his instructions are such that
no boat, except . the tug employed by
the Government, will be permitted
to touch at the wharf.
'lever Brought a Tear to his Mother's Eye.'
A paragraph, in sulietance as follows,
has been journeying through the newspa
pers for three months pa.A.
"My son is now twenty-five years old,"
said a mother to a friend, at the same
time wiping tears of gratitude from her
face, "and he always remembered what I
told him in childhood. He has been a
good boy. He has sever brought a tuff to his
mother's eye."
There are some valuable lessons in these
six lines, not the least important of which
is that every boy and girl can do things
which shall keep the tears out of their
mothers' eyes. The youngest reader who
catches these lines knows that he can put
a knife to the heart of his father or his
mother, and he knows how he can keep
the knife away and send joy there instead.
Who will try the great work of being
thoughtful and kind to hie mother ? and
what mother is there who will not be kind
and thoughtful to all her little boys ? The
dark days, if they are not ours now, will
be ours in the future ; and what rapture it
will be in the hour of saddened gloom to
go back to that spot and hour in boyhood
or girlhood, when the great gleam of sun
shine from a mother's heart made us feel
that we were not of earth, but citizens of
the ekiea.
A young man named William
West, a son of a clerk in the Treasury
Department, and who was pressed
into the rebel ranks st Winchester,
arrived at our lines Monday morning.
He left Centerville on Saturday and
makes the following report : The
rebel forces near that point number
about sixty thousand, being about
one half of their army of the Potomac.
They are concentrated between Cen
treville and the Bull Run battle-field,
in the angle formed by Braddock's
Road and the roads leading to Man
assas Juuption. They have about 15
batteries light artillery, but no siege
pieces, and four or five regiments of
cavalry. Their fortifications are
small, insigificant, compared with
ours, apparently merely breastwork,*
for infantry, and do not extend this
side ofCentreville. The men are well
clothed in homespun, have sufficient
food and drink, though no coffee or
sugar, and have not yet suffered
from cold. The tents leak in a heavy
rain. Many Maryland and Virginia
soldiers would gladly desert but fear
they would be ill-treated by our au
thorities. A proclamation that they
would be kindly received would in
duce large numbers to come within
our lines. On hearing of the Na
tional victory at Beaufort many nom
S. Carolina. and Georgia were anxious
to return home but they are now
satisfied to remain. Several of our
soldiers who have been taken prison
ers had enlisted in the rebel ranks,
among them two of the foraging
party captured a few days ago.---
Having to go to Richmond or enlist,
they chose the course that promised
an early chance of escape. West
was an orderly of General Espy,
and he effected his escape the most
ily by !Orison of harnga 4orse.
rebels lad motto ledeived a
Aft_
Important from the Rebel Army.
quantity of English muskets, were
well disciplined, and have great con
fidence in their officers.
TRUE AND SENSIBLE REMARKS.
Hon. FZRNANDO WOOD, Mayor of New
York, recently addressed a Democratic
meeting in that city, in which he used the
following language:
FELLOW CITIZENS—The call under
which we have assembled to night
declares that the " only hope of the
country is the national democracy.
In my judgment this is true—there
is now no other resource. This pop
ular element is our only and sole re
liance. It was this that successfully
carried the colonies through the war
of the Revolution; the nation through
the subsequent war with Great Brit
tain ; through the celebrated whiskey
insurrection, which was as formida
ble as this at its commencement; the
government through the war which
nullification attempted to wage in
South Carolina; and through the war
with Mexico. All of these conflicts
were met and successfully settled by
the national democracy, acting
through agents of like principles.—
I do not wish or intend to impugn
the sincerity or conduct of those who
are now adminstering our public af
fairs at Washington. I believe they
do the best they_ can under the cir
cumstances. We must sustain the
President in his present effort with
every resource at our command.—
His cause is our cause ; it is the cause
of the country and of justice, law and
right. I would interpose no partisan
opposition to the government; yet,
at the same time, I can never yield
the independent right of thought and
manly criticism. The popular im
pulses of the American heart are pa
triotic, and after all furnish the best
safeguard against anarchy, rebellion,
and civil war. The most conserva
tive government in the world has
been made up of democracies. De
mocracy has furnished the best states
men of this continent. It has carried
this country through every storm,
and raised it to the highest condition
of prosperity, of cililization and of
national grandeur. As it has thus
been the main pillar in our political
fabric, so, in my opinion, it is now the
only support the government can re
ly on. Let us continue and cherish
it. What if the clouds lower ? As
foreboding as is now the political
firmament, yet I see the bright ex
panse of sky breaking dimly through
the distance. Let us stand firm.—
Let us sustain the Democratic party.
Its saccess is certain, and at no dis
tant day it will have assumed propor
tions which will overshadow the na
tion, and bring together the divided
and hostile communities which now
stand arrayed in deadly conflct.—
This shall be done! The - Union shall
be preserved, and all of the States of
the Confederacy shall once more meet
as a communion of sisterhood.
The Stone Blockade -- Sailing of Old
Whalers to be Sunk Across the South
ern Harbors--Copy of the Secret Orders
--List of Vessels, &o.
We published yesterday a brief ac
count of the fleet of vessels loaded
with stone which are to be used in
closing up harbors on the Southern
coast. The fleet sailed on the 20th
instant, and we give below a list of
the vessels composing it, with their
tonnage. They are all old, but sub
stantial, whaling vessels, double
decked to give them greater firmness.
They were stripped of their copper
and other fitting,
which were ;t
necessary for so short a voyage as
they will make, and loaded with
picked stone, as deeply as was safe.
They were purchased by the Govern
ment at New Bedford, New London,
Nantucket, Sag Harbor, Edgartown,
Mystic and Newport. In the bottom
of each ship a hole was bored, into
which was fitted a lead pipe five
inches in diameter, with a valve so
fixed that, though perfectly safe even
for a long voyage, it can be very
quickly removed. It is calculated
that the ship will be filled and sunk
to the bottom in twenty minutes
after the remove]. of its valve. To
provide against accidental jamming
of the valves, each vessel is furnished
with two augurs of the proper size.
The crew consists of six men each.
These will be returned by the men
of war who will assist in the work of
sinking. Each ship will be anchored
in the place chosen for her and will
then be sprung round broadside to
the channel, thus effectinc , ° as great a
stoppage as is possible. When this
is done, and she is in positon the
valve will be withdrawn, and when
the vessel is nearly level with the
water's edge, the men will leave in
a small boat. The captains of the
ships are all well acquainted with
our coast, flrst-rate seamen and good
pilots. Each captain received on
the day he sailed sealed orders, not
to be opened till after the pilot left
his vessel.
REFORMED DRUNKARDS. - During
the last four years about seven hun
dred and fifty confirmed drunkards,
taken in at the Washingtoa Rome,
in Boston, have been reformed a*sl
raised to respectable foaitis*u), *sock
etiy. The Rome is an Asylum or
ih4riates.
NEW SERES.--VOL 3, NO. 27.
THE GREAT EASTERN.-A letter
I from London says :—"Nautical men
here express very discouraging op4 k _
ions in regard to the Great Eastern.
I They think it doubtful whether he
will ever make another sea trip, and
think after remaining a while at
Milford Haven, she will be converted
t in a t l. o " a bath-house or floating hospi-
COTTON AT LIVERPOOL.—The Eng
lish papers received by the last
steamer announce the arrival of
large quantities of cotton from India.
Some half a dozen ships had reached
Liverpool just previous to the steam
er's sailing, with 175,000 bales on
board, and.adviee had been received
that there was a large quantity mom
on the way.
tHE PIRATES of the buccaneer
Beauregard threw four thotrAntitd4-
lars in specie when they were cvtur
ed by the United States gunlbalt
G. Anderson, to prevent its
intd the hands of Capt. Roger.
The Charleston Courier deprecate's'
the raising of black flap, and says
that it is urged principally by those
who keep at a safe distance from the
war.
Maryland Legislature Organized To-Dq,
ANNOPOLIS, December 4.—The leg
islature organized to-day by the eleo
tion of Mr. Berry Speaker of the
House and Mr. Goldsborough Prest
dent of the Senate. The Governor%
message was read. It is an eminent
ly loyal and patriotic document. He
says he has convened, the Legislature
at this special session in order that
they may at once perform the elear,-
Iy expressed will of the people by,
taking such steps as will seem most
effective to vindicate the honor and
loyality of the State, by undoing and
as far as possible remedying the evils
of the legislation of their predeeen
sore. He urges the adoption assess.
ures for the payment of the Stateli
portion of the National tax for the,
expenses of the war. He says that
the rebellion must be put down, no
matter what it costs. Our ate
must bear her share, and hopes it will
be done with no niggard hind. He
urges a loan for the purpose. .Her
also says, that it is undoubtedly our
strict duty, as it is also this to the
pride and honor of the State, that int+
mediate provision be made for raia.
ing and equipping Maryland's quota
of volunteers for the war. He reo.
ommends legislation for the mama,
ry punishment of persons in Mary.
land, who shall be convicted of aiding
or abetting, in any manner, those
who are in arms against the govern.
ment.
Thirty-Seventh Congress.
WASHINGTON, December 4.--fikah
ATE-Mr. Chandler, of Michigan, in
troduced a resolution to expell Mr.
Breckinridge from a seat in the Sen
ate.
Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, took the
ground that as Mr. Breckinridge had
resigned his seat he could notl* ex
pelled.
Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois, inakst.ed
that he should be expelled, and
offered a substitute for Mr. Chamk
ler's resolution as follows: Whereae r
John C. Breckinridge, a member or
this body, has joined - the enemies of
his country, and is now in ands
against the government he had sworn
to support. Therefore, Resolved,
That the traitor Breckinridge be ex
pelled from the Senate.
Mr. Chandler accepted the substi
tute and the resolution was unani
mously adopted, yeas, 39, nays, o.
Absent or not voting, Messrs. Bayard,
Bright, Johnson, of Tennessee, John
son, of Missouri, Pearce, Powell, Rice,
Saulsbury and Willey.
EXTRAORDINARY WEATHER IN ENO
LAND.—The nglish papers contain
accounts of the effect of the mildness
of the weather—a prolongation ofthe
summer—on vegetation. In the
south of England new leaves and
new fruit are forming on trees which
have already borne good crops tkis
season. Currant, gooseberry, apple
and pear trees are frequently_ met
with good-sized fruit on their
branches.
KINTIMICY LZGISLATITRZ.-A regait .
tion was introduced in the Kentucky
House of Representatives, on the '274h
ult. requiring all Ike ablo.bodied
male citizens of the State, batwoto
the ages of eighteen and forty-fiyo,
except ministers, to immediately erh
roll themselves and form mill
companies, for the purpose of e • -
ing the Confederate invaders •
the soil of Kentucky.
tiiiirlohn Hill, of Philadelphia; bat
secured a contract for five thud
tons of hay, at *25 per ton, delivered
in Washington. He also has One for
five thousand bushels of corn, at 86
cents, and a like amount of oats, at
25 cents.
How to get a lady to s'hoirle
foot. Praise the foot of 'sortero
else. • '
leas thaagm-thiak, rates
than think only half what you say,
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