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Havelock's Crotchet.
Lieutenant Colonel Wakefield, was for
thirty years a companion in arms of Gen.
Havelock in his Indian campaign. Gen.
Havelock was a strong temperance man,
and made strenuous exertions to indnce
the troops under him to abstrain from all
intoxicating drinks. Among other inci
dents, the Lieutenant Colonel relates the
following striking illustration of the rapid
demoralization which ',strong drink brings
into the army.
"A curious circumstance happened to
this force. The inaccessibility of the
conntry made it almost impossible to carry
one load of baggage more than was abso
lutely necessary. The consequence was,
that instead of having a long train of
camels, with a grog-barrel on each side of
them, there were no camels and no grog
barrels—and the force entered the country
without any spirit-rations. We entered
that country. Among other places we had
to take was a very strong place called
Ghunzee. The men, after entering the
place, spread to the right and left. Of
course, as is always given on these occa
sions, the order was, 'Do not commit any
outrage.' But I tell you, when men are
under fire, and are a little fuddled, they
just care as much for their officers as for
anybody else ; and I tell you what, they
will club their muskets and say, 'You
hold your jaw.' Not so at Ghunzee. Al
though under fire from the houses, they
received their orders from the officers not
to fire. Not one of them did, and there
was not an outrage committed in Ghunzee;
there was not a woman or child maltreat
ed; there was not a single complaint.—
Time rolled on. Our forces had to undergo
all sorts of vicissitudes ; a climate of ex
treme heat in summer, and extreme cold
in winter. They had to sleep on the
ground, and to march through the snow ;
to go through snow at one time, and under
a blazing sun at another, that would take
the skin off your face before you could
think. They did it all on cold water. Now
comes the painful part of my story : The
vase men of those days began to say, 'Oh,
but the poor soldier is without his grog ;
we must send him some grog.' The Gov
ernor-General very soon writes to the com
missariat, and says, 'Make arrangements
to send up 1400 camel-loads of rum into
Affghanistan. The camels started. They
got their passage through Runjeet Singh's
(the king of the Sikhs) country, and
through these passes up to Cabul. The
commissariat officer was a teetotaler. I am
sorry to say has nearly broke his heart,
for he had to serve out these rations.—
What was the consequence ? From that
day there were frequent court-martials ;
from that day men were guilty of striking
their officers in the execution of their
duty ; coming under the frightful lash—
coming under the sentence of transporta
tion for life—just from one act of passion
I simply arising from drink, which they
never would have done if they had been
sober. I never knew a thing that so con
vinced the officers of the army I belonged
to of the truth of Havelock's 'crotchet,'
as they called it. They said, 'lt is a won
drous crotchet.' After they had seen the
army sober for upwards of eight months,
with the greatest freedom from crime,—
the officers not constantly in their regi
mentals, sitting on court-martials, trying
their men,—then comes in liquor and the
old story. I say they had overwhelming
proof, and I will defy any man to over
come it. It is stronger than any axiom of
Euclid."
Gen. Scott Meeting hie Wife.
Upon his arrival in Paris, says a
ate letter, Gen. Scott was met by
Mrs. Scott, who had not seen him
efore for five or six years. General
cott and his wife, finding that their
empers and modes of thought were
not of an amicable character, "agreed
o disagree," and concluded that as
hey could not love each other togeth
er, they would love each other apart.
Most of that time Mm. Scott has
• een residing in Europe, and has al
ways manifested intense interest in
er husband's movements and wel
are. At the Union breakfast given
ast summer at the Hotel du Louvre,
nd at which some of our newly
fledged ministers made such "Mug
:'uses" of themselves, Mrs. Scott
was present, and whenever an allu
sion was made to the General, she
seemed to be deeply affected, and once
shed tears. Latterly she has mani
fested a greater interest than ever in
her husband's career, and for two or
three weeks she was so nervous and
excited that it was found necessary
to keep from her all the papers con
taining bad news. Now, upon the
General's arrival in Paris, she wishes
to meet him, forgetting all that is
past, And it is not improtoble under
the circumstances, that the venerable
pair may conclude to finish the re
mainder of life's down-hill journey
together. After remaining bore a
few weeks for medical advice and
treatment, he will proof to the
&ea of France, probklisvto Pan *
where he will via Vie sfislita
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1862.
Care of Domestio Animals in Winter.
S. Edwards Tod, in• the Country
Gentleman, writes intelligently on
the above subject, which, at this sea
son of the year, is of the first import
ance. He says :
We are really in winter quarters
now, and every animal must have
its allowance dealt out to it. They
can no longer obtain a supply of food
in the field; and piercing winds and
pelting storms will use up a dollar's
worth of fat and flesh in sustaining
an animal. I have always found that
it is much more economical and bet
ter, in every respect, to sustain ani
mals in good stables or sheds, with
enough to eat, than to leave them
where they will be compelled to use
up any of the fat they have laid up,
during the summer, for want of a
proper supply of food. Is every an
imal well fed and properly protected?
Are your stables all in order? or are
the boards knocked off here and there,
so that the cold winds and storms can
beat upon the horses? Does every
milk cow have a good supply of nu
tritious food, not less than twice
daily? Cows cannot be expected to
yield even a tolerable supply of milk
unless they can have a good supply
of succulent food. Does every ani
mal have a comfortable place, where
she can lay down during the night,
and enjoy quiet rumination and rest ?
How is it with your calves ? Do
they fill themselves well—or do their
sides—as my little boy said—"look as
if some one had kicked them all in
with a big boot?"
Where are your sheep? Are they
away off in some distant field trying
to make a meal by pawing the snow
off the grass ? Have your lambs
been separated long ago from the
old sheep—and do they now have
the benefit of a good shelter, a plen
ty of fodder and a little grain every
day ?
Do you intend to keep those colts
in that field, all winter, with no pro
tection but a rail fence ? That is a
practice that economical farmers can
not afford to adopt in raising domes
tic animals.
If every animal does not have a
good supply of food, and a comforta
ble protection, no time should be lost
in supplying these very important
items, without delay.
Is the barnyard in a good condi
tion for the comfort of your animals
—or is there nothing but fine manure,
mud and water for them to stand or
lie down in? Have all the holes and
crevices been stopped about the
sheds—or does the cold and storm
rash through them, and render the
shed colder than it would be away
from such sheds ?
Let us have all these jobs attend
ed to without delay, if they have not
been performed ; and keep the yard
well littered with straw.
Death of Prince Albert.
By the arrival of the steamer Persia we
have iptelligence of the death of Prince
Albert, husband of Victoria, Queen of
England. He died of typhoid fever, on
Sunday, the 16th. Prince Albert was
born at Rosenau, Germany, on the 13th of
August, 1819, and was of the house of
Saxe Coburg Gotha. He was the second
son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha,
under whose immediate personal superin
tendence he received an admirable educa
tion, which he completed by attending the
University of Bonn during three academi
cal sessions. In July, 1838, he visited
England, in company with Leopold, King
of Belgium, and spent some time at the
court of the youthful Queen, and in No
vember, 1839, it was formally announced
to the Privy Council by the Queen that she
intended to form a matrimonial alliance
with Prince Albert. The secret had long
since been public property, but was kept
in suspense by the ,decorous propriety of
the ministerial journals. The marriage
was solemnized February 10th, 1840. For
the purpose of rendering him perfectly in
dependent, the munificent personal allow
ance of $150,000 a year was made to him
by Parliament. Besides which he was a
Field Marshal, Knight of the Garter, and
other orders, Colonel of the Fusilier
Guards, and held a number of other lucra
tive or honorary appointments. He was
amen of refined taste, and an accomplish
ed musician and draughtsman. Forbid
, den by his position to interfere in politics,
he occupied himself in superintending the
education of his children. The progress
of the arts and sciences and general phi
lanthropic subjects, such as the "dwellings
of the working classes," sanitary arrange
ments, also engaged his attention.—
He was patron and President of numerous
charitable institutions, in which he took a
personal interest. As President of the So
ciety of Arts, he was the chief promoter of
the Great Exhibition of 1851. Similar ex
hibitions, confined to native productions,
had been long held in Paris, Brussels, and
even in Manchester, and other towns in
England. But when the idea of holding
one in London was suggested to Prince
Albert, he readily adopted it, and zealous
ly ecroterated ia the so home of extending
it to Ohs whois world: The toopularity
whit fora long tuba bad eaillyed with
aXelaseeir, wee, for , a , Mel 'o4tee, over
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ment that the Prince took an undue inter-
est in political affairs, and even held com
munications with some German courts,
which were prejudicial to English inter
ests, so that the ministers thought it ne
cessary to clear up all doubts by an ex
plicit denial of the report from their places
in Parliament. He was noted in a coun
try of scientific agriculturists, for thespirit
with which he carried out agricultural ex
periments. As a patron of art, Prince
Albert has showed himself particularly
active.
Romance in Camp Life.
A few weeks ago, a young volun
teer named Joha Stewart, residing at
Tyrone, Blair county, aged about
twenty years, accidentally met a Miss
Drennon, at Huntingdon, and "-love
at first sight" was the result. A wed
ding was proposed and accepted by
the lady. The company was to lea
next day, and half the night wa=
spent in a vain endeavor to find the
chaplain, but that worthy turned up
next morning, and the impulsive
young couple were forthwith married
at the station house. Their honey
moon was of short duration, for they
had but a few minutes to chat togeth
er, when he was ordered to jump
aboard. With a few fond and affec
tionate embraces, and the shedding
of tears on both sides, which flowed
copiously and without restraint, he
was gone. He to renew his pledge
to his country, in some new field of
action, and she to her temporary
place of residence, to mourn over the
departure of her husband of but an
hour. .
Longevity of Animals,
The average age of cats is 15
years; squirrel or hare, 7 or 8 years;
rabbits, 7 ; a bear rarely exceeds 20
years ; a dog lives 20 years; a wolf,
20; a fox, 14 to 16; lions are long
lived ; the one known by the name of
Pompey lived to the age of 70; ele
phants have been known, it is assert
ed, to live to the great age of 400
years. When Alexander the Great
had conquered Porus, King of India,
he took a great elephant which had
fought very valiantly for the king,
and named him Ajax, dedicated him
to the sun, and let him go with this
inscription : " Alexander, the son of
Jupiter, dedicated Ajax to the sun."
The elephant was found with this in
scription 350 years after. Pigs have
been known to live to the age of 30;
and rhinoceros to 20; a horse has
been known to live to the age of 62,
but average 25 to 30 ; camels some
times live to the age of 100; stags are
very long lived ; sheep seldom exceed
the age of 10; cows live about 15
years. Cuvier considers it probable
that whales sometime live 1,000
years ; the dolphin and porpoise at
tain the age of 30; an eagle died at
Vienna at the age of 104; ravens fre
quently reach the age of 100; swans
have been known to live 300 years.
Mr. Malerton has the skeleton of a
swan that attained the age of 200
years. Pelicans are long lived ; a
tortoise has been known to live to
107.
Gen. Sigel Neglected.
According to a private letter, says
the Cincinnati Volksblatt, General Sig
el seriously contemplates resigning
his position as Brigadier General in
the Department of Missouri, if his de
sire to be constituted commander of
an independent body of troops of
from fifteen to twenty thousand men,
is not complied with—an event, it
must be said, for which there is at
present but little prospect of fulfill
ment. Under these circumstances, he
will endeavor to achieve a command
ing position in some other State.—
Sigel is known to be a thorough tac
tician, maintains excellent discipline,
is loved to an extraordinary degree
by his soldiers, and is a terror to the
enemy; and yet no means are taken
to make those abilities and talents
available. It is an everlasting shame
that the most capable General of the
American army is overlooked because
he was not born upon American soil,
and because he is too modest.
Stir Ther e are amusing as well as
serious doings in Richmond. A let
ter from there to the Nashville Union,
says:
" We have had recently a number
of remarkable matrimonial alliances.
Last night the most beautiful girl in
town married a widower with eight
children, some of them grown. On
the day this wedding took place a
man of eighty carried to the altar a
miss of seventeen summers. Mr.
'Black Diamonds' Polard, one of the
editors of the Examiner, is among
the list of victims. Some of the
marriages took place in the church,
and were attended with very noisy
and very ludicrous demonstrations.
It is said that when the old man men
tioned above saluted his bride, the
whole congregation shouted, and the
boys poured a perfect storm of pea
nut hulls at the bald sconce of the
aged groom. Richmond is evidently
rotteniag rapidly °"--Wheeling IntA
gencer. •
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Another Tragedy in Re* York.
The New YoHE Sunday Herald
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Another of those frightful trade
ies which chill the blood in one's
veins has occurred in this city. About
ten o'clock yesterday morning Bern
hard Levy, aged twenty-five, and
who did business as exchange broker
under the Citizens' Bank, corner of
Canal street and the Bowery, was
found behind his own counter, with
his throat cut from ear to ear, and his
inanimate body weltering in a large
pool of blood. A young man next
door heard a heavy fall about the
time specified, and, rushing into the
exchange office of L. B. Levy & Son,
found deceased as above described,
and in the last struggle of death. He
immediately rushed out and sent a
messenger in all haste to Capt. Dow
ling, of the Sixth precinct, who was
promptly on the spot, with a detach
ment of police. A crowd of people
surrounded the door; no one was al
lowed to enter except the reporters
and the police. From the appear
ance which the wound presented, it
might have been inflicted by deceas
ed's own hands or by the hands of a
murderer. As the matter stands at
present, it is Impossible to say which;
but strong suspicion,
it is stated,
rests on a woman whose name it is
not proper to publish at present, and
with whom deceased was on terms
of intimacy. She has been known
to threaten his life several times.
Late Southern New&
Fo'alms 1 1 1.ioNuoE, December 24.
The steam transport Ericsson sailed
for New York early this morning. •
The flag of truce sent out yester
day afternoon, did not return till
evening on account of high wind.—
Thirty-two passengers were brought
down, most of them ladies and chil
dren. They go to Baitimore to-night.
We take the following news from
yesterday's papers. A dispatch da
ted Nashville, December 22, an
nounce that 9;000 Federals have cross
ed Green river, and are marching to
Hopkinsville. The Confederate force
is 3.500, under Gen. Clarke, of Missis
sippi, but reinforcements are on their
way from Clarksville.
Passengers from Bowling Green
say that 17,000 Federals crossed
Green river on Friday. It is suppos
ed that Bowling Green will be ad
vanced upon from three sides simul
taneously, with a force of 60,000, and
that a decisive battle will be fought
there.
A dispatch from Savannah says that
seven old whalers, of the stone fleet,
were sunk in the Charleston channel
on Friday last.
The Tennessee Legislature ad
journed on the 21st to the 20th of
January. Resolutions in relation to
the accession of Maryland to the
Confederacy have been modified by
Congress, in secret session, so as to
declare that no peace ought to be
concluded with the United States
which does not ensure to Maryland
an opportunity of forming a part of
the Confederacy.
A private despatch received at
Richmond on Sunday, says that the
steamer Gordon has run the blockade
into one of the Southern ports, with
a cargo reported to consist of coffee,
salt and West India fruit.
One hundred and seventy-five fed
eral prisoners were expected to leave
Richmond on Monday for Salisbury,
N. C., and another party during the
week. '
The Richmond Examiner admits
that the battle at Drainsville was no
inconsiderable disaster.
The Virginia Legislature has ad
journed to the 6th of January.
The Rome (Ga.) Southerner says
that an attempt was made on the
16th to burn the State railroad bridge
over Pettis creek. The incendiary
was sentenced to be hung.
HINTS FOR PARENTs.--Some parents
make the great mistake of keeping
their children in-doors during cold
weather. It enfeebles the bodies of
children, and rend%rs them peculiar
ly liable to attack by colds and
coughs. A child should have its feet
well shod with socks and boots, its
body well wrapt in warm clothing,
its head securely protected from the
cold, and then be let loose to play in
the keen, bracing, winter air. By
this means its body will become ro
bust, and its spirits be kept bright
and cheerful ; whereas, if a child be
shut tip in the house, it will become
fretful and feverish.
THE WANT OF SALT.—The Legisla
ture of Virginia has devoted much of
its time, during the present week, in
the discussion of the salt question,
and the expediency of sending a com
mittee to Smith and Washington
counties forth° purpose of examining
the salt works. It was stated, in the
course of the debate, that the annual
consumption of salt in the State was
ten millions of bushels, and the ut
most resources were but seven hun
dred thousand bush*.
ViirNrek,puretuqie lave or friend
efia; when ttitts obtained,
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AN APPEAL FOE THE OOTINTEY.
BY MRS. ELLEN KEY BLUNT
[The following patriotic and impressive
lines were written by Mrs. Blunt, in Lon
don, on the 4th of January last, after she
had complied with the President's recom
mendation to observe it as a day of hu
miliation and prayer.]
"Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace ; good will towards men."
From lake to gulf, from sea to sea
We have knelt in one solemn Fast,
That God may heal our country's strife,
Forgiving us all the past.
Hear we no voice as we listening stand
Comes there no touch on the angry hand
Thrills not one heart-throb through the land I
Peace, brothers, peace !
Oh, by our homes so bright and fair,
Where the Christmas garlands wave ;
Oh, by our loved ones nestling there
By each cradle, by each grave !
By the church belle ringing in the air,
By the praying of our common prayer ;
By the Bible on which our people swear !
Peace, brothers, peace.
Would you rend our country's breast in twain
It lies bare to the mortal blow,
But the sword that could drink her holy vein
Should be that of a foreign toe.
Not of her children, cradled free,
Not of her home-born ; never be
Such written page of History !
Peace, brothers, peace.
Would ye part the river, which North and South
Rolls grandly its career ?
Sounds not a tone from its mighty mouth
Teaching us, far and near—
That the North and the South, like it, must be
One power, one herne, one unity ;
One time and one eternity I
Peace, brothers, peace.
Brothers, beware ! the storm is high—
Our ship of State strains heavily—
Aod her flag, whose spangles have lit the sky,
Is fluttering—tattered and torn to be.
God of our father Washington,
Our trust is in Thy arm alone ;
Count Thou her.stars, keep every one !
Peace, brothers, peace.
A Mild Winter in Prospect.
Every year about this time, the
Question starts up as to whether
there is to be a close or open winter,
and the idiosyncrasies of the beaver,
the squirrel, and other animals that
are supposed to know a thing or two
about the weather, are consulted as
carefully as were the oracles of old.
The i Milwaukie- Wisconsin says, "But
we think we have a sure thing this
time, that it is going to be a mild
winter. Joel Hood, the celebrated
mountaineer, who has been all over
the North-western territories, the
Pacific ) States, and the Sandwich
Islands, and who probably knows as
muchpabout the peculiarities of wild
animals (not to say anything about
their furs) as any other man in the
West, stakes his reputation upon the
prediction that we are to have a mild
winter, with the prevailing winds
from the South for the next six
months. He bases his knowledge
upon the doings of the rsuskrats,
beavers, and other animals that fall.
He also says that it has been reduced
to a certainty, by scientific and or
dinary observation, that whatever
winds prevail when the equinoctial
line is passed, they will prevail
throughout the winter. This fall it
was Southern winds and therefore
he is certain they will be the pre
vailing winds throughout the winter.
IS ANYBODY HIT ?
The correspondent of the Boston Journal
tells the following story :
A politician who was struck pretty high
at first, but who failed of success at every
point, found himself, a short time since,
very hard pushed for cash, and was found
by the administration to be not only a very
seedy individual but a very great bore.—
The President endured until he could en
dure no longer. One day as a cabinet
meeting was about to break up, the Presi
dent called his Secretaries to attend to one
thing more. "Gentleman" quoth he,
"something must be done for this man John
son. He ain't got money enough to get
out of town with, and if he had he wouldn't
go—unless the rebels began to shell the
place. He's got to be maintained some
how; now what d'ye say 7"
Mr. Seward shook his head. Mr. Chase
had nothing. Mr. Blair had long since
disposed of the subject. Mr. Smith had no
employment; so every body turned to the
War Secretary far an answer to the Presi
dent's question.
"Well," said Mr. Cameron, "I don't see
we but will have to take the usual course.
I'll make him a Paymaster."
A letter-writer in Naples says
that "never, for manyyears, did gold
ran so freely and lavishly in Italy,
and there is hardly a town, hardly a
railway, hardly a thdroughfare,
th' the penitiOla,'WhiAra thg
miaUpf growing pristeritiy tioti
iiiviisterriti'irivjo's&e •
NEW SERIES.--VOL. 3, NO. SO.
A Fortunate Kit%
The following pretty' little story is
narrated by Frederika Brem.er, who
vouches for its truthfulness.:
In the University of Upsula, in
Sweden, lived a young student, a no
ble youth, with a great love for stud
dies, but without the means ()fram
ing them. He was poor, and without
connections. Still he studied, living
in great poverty, but keeping a cheer
ful heart, and trying to look at the
future, which looked so grimly at
him. His good humor and excellent
qualities made him beloved by his
young comrades. One day he wee
standing with some of them in the
great square of Ursula, prattling
away an hour of leisure, when the
attention of the young men became
arrested by a young and elegant la
dy, who, at the side of an elderly
one, was slowly walking over the
place. It was the only daughter Of
the Governor of Upsula,livingin the
city, and the lady with her was the
governess. She wasgenerally liniment
for her goodness and gentleness of
character, and looked upon with *eV
miration by all the students. As the
young men stood gazing at her, , as
she passed on, like a greeefkl
iop, one of them suddenly ezeiebn
ed :
" Well, it would be worth some
thing to have a kiss from MI& a
mouth!"
The poor student, the hereof tor
story, who looked on that pure, an
gelic face, exclaimed, as if by info*
ration—
"Well, I think I could have it!"
"What!" cried his-friends in a eba
rus, "are you crazy Do you *sow►
her?"
"Not at all!" he answere4; *id I
think she would kiss me De* ti iY
asked her."
"What! in. this Osioe—befbrs .**4
our eyes?"
" Yes, in this place, beim yew
eyes.',
"Freely?'
"Freely."
" Well, if she will give yea s him
in that manlier, I will
. givn.7oo a
thousand dollars!" exclamation* 'Of
the party.
"And I,"—"and I," exclaimed A**
or four others; for it so happened
that several rich younginen were in
the group, and the bets rim high .on
so improbable an event. The chni.
lenge was made and received
time than we take to tell it.
Our hero (my authertellenot •vdnii&
er he was handsome or plain; I-have
my peculiar ideas for believing that
he was rather plain, but eel ally
good looking at the same tinie,)•iise
mediately walked off to the young
lady, and said:
"Mine frolen, my fortune is now in
your hands."
She looked at him in astonishment,
but arrested her steps. He proodied
ed to state his name and condition,
his aspirations, and related, simply
and truly, what had just now pained
between him and his ate*
The young lady listened attentive
ly, and, at his ceasing to 4peak, she
said blushingly, but with great ewe*
ness :
"If by so little a thing so much
good can be effected, it wonki be fool
ish for me to refuse your request fiand,
publicly in the open square, she Moo
ed him.
Next day the student was sent for
by the Governor. He wanted to see
the man who had daredte war. a kiss ;
from his daughter in that way, and
whom she had consented to kiss so.
He received him with a scrutinizing
bow, but, after an hour's conversa
tion, was so pleased with him thathe
ordered him to dine at his table dur
ing his studies at Upsula.
Our young friend pursued his stud
ies in a manner which soon made him
regarded as the most promising stu
dent in the University.
Three years were now passed
since the day of the first kiss, when
the ypung man was allowed to give
a second one to the daughter of the
Governor, as his intended bride.
He became later, one of the great
est scholars in Sweden, and as much
respected for his acquirements as for
his character. His works will endure
while time lasts, among the works of
science; and from this happy union
sprang a family well known in Swe
den even at the present time, and
whose wealth and high positions in
society are regarded as trifles in ernt
parison with its wealth of goodness
and love. .
FROZZN TO DEATH.—A man named W.
Ilartless, residing in Pine township,
ana county, was frozen to deaLS the tAinst
day. The deceased had been in Ai= i et
during the day, where he became i
ted, it is said, and after obtititang a etatlty
of liquor left for home, and when'o64
was lying by the way-ri de dead.
267• Sick men taking &rugs to es
cape death is often like a person
under the influence of isiglitnitu*ibe
finds himself nesting de dreaded ob
ject by his very struggler i. seep
from it.
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