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B. F. SUHWEIEK.
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor ad Proprietor.
VOL. WAV.
MIFFLINTOW1N. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 25. 1S90.
NO. 27.
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ri'p.Kri very promptly punished1
.. .ru..eiita wuokiased the Kuislin
bdrttbe other day. Turkey though A sm That Was In Vou. Se
U ............. i-.T ,or tr" Christian Era.
4 WW miua, ' w, uu uuuoi, iu iew(
Ot ttt (IU.lluua at III HJ Ul luaj SU
t:a autl.orl'-.es iu the matter.
Vv iiiNCiio.N If we Lave
vuiately printed died la
ti.s "
Deoexcv'. AnJ now. ninety jr. - i me uays or
' r lit. New York is erdin,!inst' are tUj assertions of a
"CI t 7 i .1 . ",D,i Chicago 2'. correspondent who
,Meuioi ..l Arch, is this typical or , asks consideration of Lis stateu. ent ou
,ieai .ti.i lint is t elapse before the the fol owing basis.:
. iiui.t Memorial Monument'
tv Ut e.c.'te.l.
'iuh time big s'eaiuships that ran
ii.to S6 e--s dorm,, the part few days
i . T. n.ut i. Ih l.inltMti hMM
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B'. f t: belts
U.a.:.t-u.i.a that
went ou their wa i
fugd dignity and
,..Uiei.nce U oceau racer f-r '
. , ,
uo liwcu.
itic v vf.ivius having stood all the
.., i . rd to her and developed eev-
u..:. :''J ''"- jiower more inaa
'0 u-', iired ot her. La been ac-
Crl;, lty -e. rctaiy Tiacy, aud will
.,...,;, v 'ii :o into cotxiuiusiou
She
, ei ei at.i utal cialt, but, like the
;:.;.ir, ii.iut prove of the highest
.a u emergency.
fi.i . l hi irtily endor- the recom
lr ,.,1.1'H lli.it all il.tlerences betweeu
.. iu ' :i.i h.itious shall be settled by
,i i :i, pud wi'.l iroiHre a geueral
:i. lit. t hili is the only Aur-
u ,:i : . l.ns- delegate at the In
.
..u , i:al Alu.uc.iU ( .nifeieuce did ,"7, "77 . ',' .7 .v......iv.,
' , , ,. . , tiom tne race of the earth as though
.1, , u.ve cf tl.e aih.tratiou resolu- tuev uevr been
,, i ,.t !.e caui...t afford to stand cu- Beln? wholly unknown to other peo
. . 1.. ;.r in th.s m.ilter, and an etlort 11 S of their times, we have no data ou
. i a;a:a le r.ia.le to gal lier assent. wLli-h to base a reliable history of this
j Jiexruliar race of men. Uur auliipiariaus
I tell us that they tiuilt substantial cities;
. : m eK-ctrical storms are re- that they were tllWs of the soil; that
ir. ai iii.ii.y places, aud two or they knew the principles of ait; that
,r ,!.-.. :l.s I1.1 iu li,:htuiur have beeu ' they had a wntteu lauuaue and a re
: 1 ta tthi. U the victims had that they had a commercUl sys-
, t-i.un.nler trees. In spite of t''ey coul 1 si-nd a ines-
, , . , 8a4e across the country w.tu the veloc
ki.j v.i d u.uer of such shelters ity of light
, .! ;i -.I.... tiveiy s'ek them lattierj A telegraph iu prehistoric time', as
.. 1;. 1 1 1. aui.e-s vtettiutr. If peo we look back upou it, seetns ceitainiv a
t:..i
I -
. . .. 1 .1 .u -1. u nn must get under a
. r' ... 1 nut sivli in.- .tjii.hnj
:i the edJs
jf a strip
1,1.1 -..0.1 ..1 peuenaie me i.uier ,
. 1. r.it-ie distance when they will
. pi otected by bundreds of !
. , " 1, ,1, ..i .iu '
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..ll,';ii t:
t i.'Ct I i
11 I 11 11
h 1 -ail 1 hat the Scotch are the1
oi. -t ,itr...li.' iieoiile iu the world,
T'.t r , !. .u e.l In ,11 en.ulah nf uT- '
n.i.f ti:.l enough of glory In their
ttatiuiia! h:stmy to make them fondly
irtictied t.) evi 1 y tlmig that appertains
Ui ti.e.r 1 -Mii.t. v . H e uject that such
t'eiv i u 1 loti.-iu can burn in the
tr.ii ! "i.iy i i a weak people who have
u.:ut.. d il.nr Independence at the
tv.-t it m iiiy l aid.-liips and many por
!:.. It Is L.udly possible for the citi
.ens u: a la: l uunli y to be so warmly
H'.i.utic. Tins difficulty is the greater
!u t;.e i"i;i;itry 13 so vast that the
c.ti i, of .lifT.-r. nt sections Lave di-
ci'e .L'.ciests aud ways of thinking,
;J it Incomes more diilicult t till. If,
u.iiLeu-einoiir couutry, the citl
uf ci.e section are determined to
tact the. i w i.sof thinktug on the cit
uras of another. It sally destroys a
people's 1. e lor their government when
tLey iv-l its power to harm oftener
tt.au ,:s ponir to protect.
l"ii - i m celebrated the first au-ti..-..-
ii , of its great Mood chiefly by
ttitxorial services for the dead. The
reiu'.eij liciu disaster Las been re
iL.u,il.e. and it is quite likely that by
tie l.u.o .ii.other anuiversary comes
r.iuiiu i.ituistowii which is now a city
Wad:.:.: a aiituber of contlgiious bor-u...-i
s .i he larger ami better built
t.'.iu 1 1 !. ,e. Some of its industrial e
tiii ... :.n,i i.ts have already been enlarged
11.1 :..u y ail iebil.lt, its schools and
ti.ur. i.t-s aie in govid order, and the
vniui- ut real estate is greater than ever
kiiow.i hei'uio, a l.t ou Main street sell-
hi :l io per foot frout. Tlie
te.i! I. ut lii city has also beeu remark
tiy cood, and, as tt.e iuundated dls
ti'.cl has b. eu thoiuiigl ly cleaned up,
t.'.eie is in i. i..n to doubt that it will
iti.tiiiue so through the summer. Al
ti uther, the pr.,iess ma te in reviving
.lot.u-tow u serins ri hiarkal le when one
lucks 1 .11 k upon the sioi (.s ot the great
llui.J
p..n.ih..l one year ao.
ll.e lii-t of May there was stored
u e I iiite.1 -ia'es Treasury vaults
ta:.ii ,1 a '! , 1 di ii us to the number of
J.-' -:t. A it.iiiiat t!.e;o there vi ere
loaue.i ; :'.ij.;ij 1..': 1 - in silver certificate.,
Uat.i .1 laiui.ie of 1 ",041 ailver
- in tl.e. 1 rciiiu v lii.n-preseutid.
ii-e in ,, i ,,i,,ti,t h.vs Le.n pi.ttoenor
uiuiisevp. t...e iu coii.it.; and handling
tbuv.i-; an, 1. in. t of s;i-fr. and to what
f'-i; - it i actually worth no more
cow 11. it u.n as l.uliiou. The certlfi
cas m:iit ji;..t we" I have been issued
a?nr.st f..- '. j-os'ts of i.iillion and the
jT:ie rl o':!:iji and of handling
tin1 'o.r wi'u'.d iuve len saved, the
Goveriiin-i t rn n:n; oily such an
amouiit v.i.rl 1 be neefssary to meet
" ditiiiinJs for the leJemptlon of
teil.fi.rsti's whenever such demand Is
ffi.tijo. That this amount wou'd re
ry u.ik1i lc-s than tliice hundred mil
hous, ties without savine. Th main
features of the Ian for silver coinage
now be iij considered Iu Washington,
ii 011 tl.e-e lines; and it is the best 80-
uUou of the silver question which has
"ei hem prnpoaed. More coin is not
need,.,!, and ti e next best thing is to
fe the bullion. A dollar certificate.
wiin thiee-rouilhs or seven-eighths of a
dll;ir in silver behind It, as well as
lh credit of tlie Government, is much
tronger than a similar certificate hav-
icg only the latter, though nowadays
latter, in the case of the United
Ivtes Government, Is all-safflcent.
origin of TELEcraphv
Signals by Llnts.
. There was a system of ttlegrnihv be
Iweeu the site of Chicago aud fiat o
f
; he City of Mexico i ihr dits nr
lorse; before Fraukim's discovert;
Jor tu8 discovery ut Americ liy t'o-
-uieago was certainly tlie noitheru
terminus of a tel-graph line wIumj
other end was in Mexico, at so remote
a period of the v.ild s history tli.it the
very name of tl.e iace that built it U
buried in oblivion. It ti not the In
dian. The ancestors of 1 i-cil:n-rh au.l
a11'- re uoru couiparcd with
ii. , .
'"m earlier race.
. fi . "ysW,a ma wu"
ployed some ceuturles ago bv th.it cur-
l.iu rj.. tl... ....!. .1 .. I .
- - v. Vl.db UUIU IUC uhkp
tuounds ot earth that are md with
every where lu the Mur-isippt Yul'ey
and down to the Atl.n.Uc co.isr. llr
catl the people ot that aie simply
Mouud Builders for want of a better
name. The race is dead. The last
mau of them Lad pai--d to hi3 eternal
i Ion befoie th'S land became the
Tiouae or the n.o.h ra reduien. but the
tnthty work of th se simple people
live after them. V e look upon their
reat earthvvorks, and like Yolney
Uiilii his ruius, cau ohly feel that to
them is due our veneration. foi
them we must entertain at least a feel
In of respect, liu. as they are, the
la.it remaining vestiges of a race luiot
reuiaikable and most luteiestiu? of all
the men ou earth, -prtutiii ujysteri-
ouriy into existeuce.liv in ' for centuries
HIlll h II 1 1 I W ii itld Mvjirln.r r .r . u
myth, yet it is alter all the simplest I
iiimg iiu.u;iuiuift no iner aiu uoi
claim for it the electric pnuciple of the
Mor.-e telegraph. The electricity
y hlcb r laiiklui fnuud Limseif al io to
control would Lave been totally uu-j
available in the li.iu.ls of primitive peo-
Pie. !
Tl. ir !.... ,. .... , :
ouiii uiiiiiicis K-.eiapiiu ss
tern consisted of a chain of I.11V
mounds, star ting at hicajo, Leiice
bearing across the country to I'jairle
.1.. l'l.iu.. VI Ii t. a
slssippi to Arkansas and onward iu a
more or less straiirht line to thH termi
nus :it tl. I iftf .if AfTiiii I inn tliM I
capital ot the Aztec empire. These
mounds were built In the most suitable
locations, so that a tire lighted at one
point could be seen distinctly at the
next, and thus a signal light could be
nastily transmitted from one station to
another over the thousands of miles
which separate the tvo terminal ioints
of the line.
The signal stations are located often
at a distance of many miles, perhaps a
half docu spanning a hundie 1 itulrs;
thus, as may readily be seeu, a danger
t-lgnal could be nt across a state with
Che s peel of li'ht Around these sig
nal mounds are usually grouped thou
sands of a lesser si.e, and sometimes a
,iortiticatiou or other earthwork, in ti
trating that a city of alire si.e had
originally existed on tl.e spot,
t Thus at Toolesboro, la.. In ad. lit ion
lo one of the most remaikable iuclosure
fearthworks ot the continent, there are
.tuouuds of all shapes and sies, tlie nuiu
ioer running up into the thousands. No
better selectiou of a signal station could
have been recured than this. 011 m
very brow of a great bluff overlooking
the Mississippi are locate! the eight
,huge conical mounds of earth upon
which the Signal nies were iigme.i.away
iback in another aje ot the world's his
tory, telling a tale of danger or fes
tivity. A iigm at mis ioiui nouiii of
instantly observed at Mascatiue, the
inext station, twenty miles to (he north,
jt Flint Hills, now Burlington, away
iu the haxy distance, thirty miles to the
(south, and thence could l-e transmitted
irom mound to mound, from station to
Btation, hundreds of miles in either di
rection.
This telegraphic system employed by
the Mound Builders Is the greatest
'.mnrier nf ttm western world. or is
'itatuytb, as so frequently oiiginates
in the fertile Imagmatiou or tne news
paper writer, but the mounds and
earthworks are there to show for them
selves, and their purpose is self evident.
lcw forests have grown up, so that be
tween many of the stations the line of
observation is cut off; hence the line is
tout of repair; but students of arcb.e.d-
ocr assert and believe mat 11 e inou-
sands of mounds in the long line from
Chicago to Mexico "it y were, beyond a
doubt, sign u stations lu the ui st and
original telegraphic system.
A Lonalv Heart.
A little old woman, wrinkled and
Uut, and diessed in rusty black, with
a strip ol limp crape dangling from
her shabby bonnet, came into the oilice
of a great dady paper.
You're the ed.tor, be you?' she
asked of the man who looked up from
his !esk as she entered.
"Yes'm,' he replied, briefly, but not
unkindly. 'What can I do for your'
Well, I I I've brung a little pieo;
I'd like to have printed in the paper. 1
writ it mvsc'.r. and I don't know a
rou can inake it all out it's so long
sro-o I handled a pen. but I'd like
mightily to have it printed. IU's about
my little grandson that died.'
Iler voice died away to a whisper at
the last word and she wiped her dim
eyes on the corner of her shawl before
she added:
He took scarlet fever and di In t
live but four days and he'd never been
sick a day before iu his life and he was
the very picture or health Here's a
photograph I've got of him that I
wouldn't take the world for now.'
She laid on the editor's desk a card
photograph of a sunny-raced, smiling
boy of about 5 years.
That was taken a year ago and it
looks just as he always did, anJ he
died with that same smile on his face
-dear little soul I 1 know he's better
off still it's been awful hard to give
him ud. His ma and pa are
That's why I writ the piece, I thought
it might inebbe be some comfort to
sf. laid "several rges of cheap n-t
paper covered with cramped and auzu-
lax writ iu blue Ink. I
It's some po'try I made up 'boot
mm,' she said. lt ain't very good, 1
know; some of the lines dou't rbime
very (rood and lots of the words ain't
snelied right, but I reckoned yoa could
fix that up all right. I'd agree to take
thr-e extra copies of the paper if it was
published."
'I am very sorry,' said tlie editor, as (
ne iooh.ea at the page alter paa of
verses, 'but we don't publish anything
more than the mere announcement of a
death.
Oh, don't you? I didn't know. I've
seen po'try pieces about the dead In
papers sometimes, although I don't
know as I ever Lave in this case. I'd
be willing to pay to have It printed, but
1 a.u't got a cent in the world. I
walked all the way here. I don't mind
t much myself, but I know it'd please
his pa to see the Dlere In Drint. He waa
so. wrapped up in Johnuie. But, then, I
an 01 us was, for that matter the
dear, dear little fe'Jowl
She drew a limp cotton handkerchief
fr.iu her pocket and wiped Ler eyes as
she added .
'I'll take the piece and sew if I can
git It pr.nted some place else to please
his pa, yoa know. He was the only
child and, ualeas you've laid away your
own flesh an' blood, you've no Mee ot
now terrible it is to Lave a little life
hkrt that go out jist when Its gittin'
more precious an' interesting ev'ry
day. Its ben mighty Lard for me, bis
old grandma, even when I know it
won't be but a little while till I'll be
with him ag'in.
'Well. I'll have to go kuow. I'm
sorry 'bout the piece, but 1 ain't
Mauilu' you nor.e. Of course you Lave
to go by the rules of the paper. No,
th mk ye, you needn't help me down
stairs, 1 kin git dowu alone. Hut it's
kind in you to offer to help me. Yes,
yes, I know you'd put the piece In the
paiier if you could; I ain't blamiu' you
none.
lt was silly in me, I know; but I
never stopped to think but what ev'ry
bo.lv 'd be as interested in our dear lit
tle Johunie as we was. Good bye, sir,
and bhe went slowly out, a weak, pa
thetic little figure, Ler eyes blinded
with tears and her heart aching with
loneliness and longing for smiles and
kisses aud loving words of the little
toy that died.
Irksome Kindness.
When suffering under certain atil.c
tious, one ia l.kely to become so irrit
able as to resent sympathy. If people
v.oiiM but ignore our griefs, we feel
ti. it iiiirlit b-; possible to bear them
v. iu. i ..!iv. but questions have
the ell ci t ol rou 111 a demon of oppo
sition. A youu,' iidv employed in a
public libiary one day fell fioiu the top
a tev-ladder, and not only called upou
herself the attention of the entire
r 0111, but was quite conscious that she
presented a forlorn spectacle. Inglori
ous! y prostrated and covered with dust.
No one was so illbred as to laugh,
but one after another of her associ
ates rushed up to her, uttering in
fugue and chorus, the natural sympa
thetic questions:
'How did you fall?'
Are you hurt?
How did it happen?'
'Did you lose your balance?'
In the midst of these queries the
victim preserved an unblemished frout
of courtesy. Finally, however, came a
silence, anil her would be rescuers were
just turning away, when up rushed the
janitor, who had just heard of the mis-h.ip-
Why, Miss Smith,' cried he, in genu
ine interest, 'did you fall?'
Miss Smith turned upon him one
coldly withering glance.
'.So, Mr. Greeu, said she, calmly;
I got down here ou the door, aud
rui.Usl my clothes lu the, dust to
amuse my sell:'
And then the different woikers dis
pel sed to theii several occupations.
Knew His Business-
A small flstiiug seho-.uer was cral
iug along the shores of l'uget Sound,
driven by a light wind, one day recent
ly. Siie was ku old-fas.. lofied craft,
manned by two men, a captain and a
mate. The mate, who was stationed
on th U w of the vessel, suddenly es
pied a tide-rip ahead, and thinking it
was evidence of a sunken reef, hastened
towards the stern of the vesstL
aitaiii lilank, there is a reef dead
alien. 1 1 reported the mite.
Humph!' replied the captain, with
out changing the course of the vessel.
i ne mate went forward aud watched
the tide-rip uneasily for some time.
Fiually he again went aft.
'Captain,' said he, "we are getting
da'-gerously close to that reef.'
'Mr. Mate,' growled the captain.
savagely, 'you take care ol your eud ol
the vessel aud I will take care ot mine.'
The mate said nothing now, but
going forward he seized the anchor aud
threw it overboard. It caught on bot
tom aud the vessel swung around, bow
to the wind, with everything shaking.
Vaptaiu,' said the mate, as Le again
went aft, I Lave to report thai my end
of the vessel is at auchor.
Not So Bad as Ha Expected.
Two soft, white arms go stealing
ar .ind Lis neck, an 1 a fair, peach-like
cheek is rubbed caressingly against 111s
own. Family whispered "Dear papa,"
aud "Darling old boy." and "lon t
vou love your own caramel?" reach hi
startled ears as he vaiuly attempis to
pull himself together and avoid tl.e lov
ing, sugar-coatea aiiar ii:cu ue wen
knows is coming.
"WelL daughter mine." fin:illv
asks, "what is it? Ni t anot er new
dres!", surely?"
"Uli, no, papa tSarllng.'
1I in ui, that's good. And it
can't be the mi liner again?"
"Xo. papa love.
"II iu m, bttt?r still It isn't the
florist?"
"So. you dearest papa."
"H m m, Great scot 1 1 You dou't
want a trip to turope, do your '
"No. you lovely old dear.5'
"Well, what in the name ot goodness
do vou want, my little girl?"
"Darling papa mine, I don't waut
anything ah that is Jack wants
me."
It has beeu demonstrated that spirits
turpentine is one of the 'best remedies
for roup in lowis.
Rust and rot do more for the Imple
ment maker in wmier man wear ana
tear do in summer.
Oata can be fed dry; alternatir.g.they
will glT pc-od result. . .
THE RHYMES OF RINGS.
Why Women Woar th Gold Circles
on Crtaln Flnsera.
Ring lore is certainly a curious sub
ject, and just as entertaining and Inter
esting as it is curious. Searching for
Information on so odd a subject leads
one into all sorts of historical highways
and byways. According to an old
writer, it was considered in ancient
times highly im proper for single or un
married persons to wear circlets on
their fingers, "uul-'Ss they were judges,
doctors or senators." For all but these
dignitaries such an unwarranted orna
ment was considered an evidence of
"vanity, lasciviousness and pride." and
the person who should so far forget
himself was thought most presainpt
uoua. Affianced persons, according to an
other authority, were allowed this hon
orable distinction, and it is cited as an
evidence of the high honor in which
the estate of wedlock was then held that
those about to enter It might be so
adorned. But while finger rings have
figured in all the political, court and
ecclesiastical history of all times, it is
their record as love tokens and mar
riage emblems which leads the greatest
interest to these pretty or priceless (as
the case may be) baubles of mankind.
THE JIMJIAL BDiG."
Her rick writes of tte "jmmal ring,"
which was given as a love token only:
Tbou v-ndest to me a true love kn.t. but 1
tteturbetl a i iu ol JuuiuaU to nu( v
I lo love ba uur kuot mine a tiibie tye.
In later years this ring became one
of espousal, aud was intended to typify
community ot interest, mutual forbear
ance, endless devotion and all the other
attributes of the estate of matrimony in
its most ideal perfection. The ortho
graphy was changed aud written with
a "g." A jimmal rin;, supposed to
belong to the time of Queen Elizabeth,
was found at llorseleydown, in Surrey,
and is now preserved in a British col
lection. It is described as follows:
"The ring Is formed cf twin or dou
ble Loops, which play within one an
other like links to a chain. K ich hoop
has one of its sides flat, the other con
vex, aud each is twisted once around
and surmounted by a hand issuing
from an embossed work mist or sleeve,
rislug above the circle and extending in
the same direction. The course of the
twist in each hoop is made to corres
pond with that of its counterpart, so
that on bringing together the fiat sur
faces of the Loops they unite in one
ring. The whole device represents the
triple emblem of love, fidelity and
union, the whole being of fine gold and
weighing two pennyweights."
lit gai ding the language of rings.
there is an old rule laid down: "It a
man wants a wire the ring must be
worn upon the first finger of the left
hand; if he is engaged it occupies the
second linger; if married he wears it
upon the third, but if he is resolved
upon celibacy, then it is that it is put
upon the fourth or little finger." This
rule is also adopted for women, but it
is carefully explained that "widows are
not subject to the rules."
There la a womau in Philadelphia
who is not governed by any rule, for
she wears a wide band of gold on Let
thumb. Naturally it attracts much at
tention and occasions comment. One
night at a dinner party a gentleman
asked her why she wore it. Im
mediately she penciled upon the menu:
For pleaur pt nd Joj to c.mie
i wear ttus ring lumu uiy thumb
Under this her querist promptly
wrote:
You've brother thumb, my limy dear.
And another lover sitting beie.
Who d give hiv cbaiiee ol tne wmld to come
To place a i lug ou itie other thumb.
According to the ancient ritual in
marriage the husband bean the ring
business by placing It upou the brtde't
thumb and putting it successively on
the n-it two fingers, pronouncing foi
each one a person cf the Trinity; with
a final "Amen" the fourth finger wa
reached and there the ring remained.
The Greek church ritual directs that
the ring be placed upon the right hand.
I'uritau influence sought to abolish the
.ling as a vain and heathen emblem, but
'the sweet old fashion of giving aud
' taking the emblem, "for our love'e
sake." yet remains to us.
llETKOTHAL ASll WEUIil.NO RINGS.
Betrothal or engagement rings vary
in fashion nowadays, and always de
pend, or should do so, on the purse ot
the donor. Where there are no limita
tions of this sort his taste, if it be per
fect, will lead him to choose a diamond
olitaire, and of the best he can afford,
a small and pure blue-white stone being
altogether preferable to a large B'oue.
Some prefer a ring set with three
r tones, generally a sapphire set between
jtwo diamonds. Others select a ruby
pr an emerald, which signifies promise
t happiness. F'ew people choose pearls
for an engagement ring, as pearls are
supposed to typify tears. They are also
too pc-ri.-hable to tiecome emblems of
'love, which, ;n its hist tiow at least. Is
.liuavs in. del 3 o.l to be n. destructible.
Their beauty i. ..i . pre- n .ous, being
jeasily dimmed, 01 "a.ci," as the lapi
dary expresses it, by coutact with Im
pure air, while acid auni..:i ites them
tompleteiy, like the famous one which
the fair Egyptian, "orilliant sorceress
the Nile." dissolved and drank to her
;lru penal lover ages ago.
The wedding ring remains about the
same. The liomans made theirs of
I ron to exprss endurance, and baser
(metals have been used since. The
ddeal marriage token cannot be im
proved upon it is a ring of pure vir
gin gold, neither too heavy nor yet too
slender. It is softly rounded, so there
are no sharp edg-s. If you hang it ou
a string and strike it softly It will ring
out an indescribably soft and sweet
sound. No other symbol expresses so
well the true heart's devotion. Her
rick's lines are very pretty:
An4 as thl round
Is now here found
To flaw, or else to srir.
So let our love
As endless prove.
And pure as gold forever.
Ladies of the present day wear
numerous rings regardless ot their sig
nificance. At tlie present time, ac
cording to the Roman rule, one cannot
classify by any such token either the
young woman In the nursery rhyme,
who has been Immortalized "with rings
in her ears or bells ou her toes," the
Egyptian lady whose portrait on her
mummy case represents her two hands
covered, thumbs and all. with rings, or
the lady of "the court" with costly
jewels flashing from every one of Ler
white tapering fingers.
A new postage stamp has recently
been issued in England, value tenpence.
Its colors are carmine and mauve.
Russia loans money to her farmers at
a low rate of interest.
Do not ieep a ben or rooster over 4
rears old. :.
ONLY.
Only ae'llie niaiJcu lair.
With eye-sol blue and sunny hair;
Face a fair as the lily-leaf
The fairte bind with rolden sheat. v
O. the rosea come and the rocs go.
And ufe drifts as calm as the river a Sow.
Only a pair of brown, brown eyra.
That brought tbo aunlipbt from the skies
Into one life, and heart and tout
'T1U lovccame In as the surges roll.
But love will come and love will iro,
And the yean slide on as the river's flow.
Only O, love! only to bo
A Ofeam of love and liirbt to thee!
Ont too late be saw tbeeba.le.
H is presence In one llle had made.
fn only a"g-ood-by," hifbtly spoken:
But O, 'twas only" a girt a heart broken!
THE VANISHED VILLAGE.
One midsummer's day, which was a
Sunday as well, a youth was walking
alon2 a du-ty couutry road. His name
was Diethart, and he tielonged to a
guild of stonecutters. His goal was the
next town, where he was to find work
In the building of a church. In his
girdle he carried an abundance of spare
money, in a valise sealed letters, which
commended his skill, and an imiortant
introduction to the master, who super
intended the building of the house of
God.
i Glowing hung the sun in the cloud
jess Bky and poured its blinding light
on a wide sea of ripening wheat. Not
a bird was heard; everything that wore
feathers bad flown into the mountain
which surrounded the broad valley;
but grasshoppers, crickets and dancing
gnats scraped and hummed untiringly
their ruouotonons tuues.
The bag weighed heavily on the trav
eler's shoulders, aud the flask which he
carried ly his side had long been empty.
His eyes wandered longingly over the
waving fields of corn, but no inviting
roof appear ad above the field only here
and there a fruit tree, and beyond, in
the blue distance, the walls and towers
of the city whither he was going. He
stood st ill and looked up at the sun. 'It
is midday,' he said, and at the same
time thought of his last rest in the
Golden Hose and of the cool drink
which ran out of an oaken cask. He
sighed, pressed his hat over Lis forehead
so that the rim would shade Lis daz
zled eyes, aud went on.
He Lad, perhaps, goue as far as a
strong man's voice could be heard w hen
he stopped in astonishment, when right
before him lay houses surrounded by
orchards, and above them rose the re
ticulated spire of a church. The trav
eler rubbed his eyes. 'How could Le
Lave overlooked th s village?' he asked
himself. 'It must have beeu the glare
of the sun that blinded my eyes. And
he hastened his footsteps.
It was a pretty village that he was
approaching. The windows shoue in
the sunshine, the roofs were decorated
with tiles, and lu the gardens Uoasoine 1
lilies and w hite roses, but the deep still
ness which lay over the village struck
the youth as very strange. No dog
barked, no cock crowed, no cattle lowed,
and no sound of people's voices was
heard. The youth thought it remark
able, too. that no smoke rose from any
of the chimneys. It was as if the village
had been dead.
But the village was not empty. As
the stonecutter entered he saw meu
aud women stepping out of the houses.
They were dressed iu holiday attire,
and thete was no lack of silver in
chains and buckles, but the dress of the
people was entirely different from that
usually seen in the country. Their faces
were pale and anxious, their eyes were
fastened on the ground, no sound came
from their lips, and even their foot
steps could not be heard.
The youth felt uneasy at the sight of
tliis still people, but he mustered cour
age and approached one of the men to
get information about the village. But
the man laid his forefinger significantly
on his mouth, aud went bis way in
silence. Diethart iu perplexity followed
the beaten path which led towards the
church. The church doors stood open,
the lights of candles streamed from the
nave, but neither singing nor organ
peals were heard, and as the youth
chanced to raie his eyes to the tower he
saw bow the bell in the belfry swung to
and fro, but no tone was heard from it.
With secret horror he watched the
church goers pass by men, women,
maidens and children. All walked with
bended heads and nobody gave him a
look.
At the very last came a maiden, he
wore a lily ou Ler breast and was her
self as pale and beautiful as a lily. And
as she passed by the youth she raised
her drooping lids, looking at him with
the mildest eyes and paused. Then the
feeling of oppression left the young
man's mind, sweet longing rose in his
heart, and he followed her that he
might speak to her. But she, too, laid
her Super on her lips and went silently
up the steis which led to the church
door. But before she crossed the thresh
old she turned once more and tore a
ring from Ler hand, which rolled
silently down the steps and fell at the
young man's feet. He bent down,
picked up the ring and placed It on his
finger, and when he looked up, maiden,
church and vlllage'bad all disappeared,
and Le atood in the middle of the coun
try road, with the cornfields on the
right Land and on the left, but the blue
sky anl the gleaming midsummer sun
overhead.
Was it all a dream? No. he could
feel the gold ring on Lis finger, and It
c listened in the sunshine, some magic
was at work here. At the time of mid
summer many thincs became visible.
which are usually hidden from mortal
eyes.
Dieth irt glanced timidly at his sur
roundings, aud hastened his steps. He
really felt uneasy, but the love which
tl.e silent maiden aroused in him was
stronger than fear and horror. He
looked at the ring with beaming eyes,
and be had a presentment that this
lirst meeting with t!i lienutiful girl
would not h the l.i -t. l'uzzied and
hopeful he continued his way along the
dusty road. The suu went down, and
as the roofs of the city grew golden.
'he stoneculUr passsd IhrougU the
arched gateway.
In the market p'ace stood a handsome
bouse, that bore on Its a.gnboard a wild
man with feathers in Lis hair aud a ring
in Lis nose, aud was celebrated far aud
wide as an inn and ale hou e. Diethart
took lodging there, and when he had
icinovcd all traces of Lis wearisome
journ'v he went to the commou room
to refresh himself with food and drink.
At a long oaken table, behind the
tankard, sat two citizens couversin
about the affairs of the world. The
arrival of the stranger was pleasing to
them. They questional hiui as to who
he was, whence he hud couie and what
he was seeking in the city. Willingly
and politely he tatistieu iheir curiosity.
and Hie citizens asked him to Cuaw
nearer and to tell them what was tafiug
place in the outside world. Diethart
related what he had seen, but he was
silent about the uncanny adventure
which he had met with, and then he
praised the city and the fruitful fields
he had passed through that day.
les. said one of the citizens, and
he stroked li is leard coinp'.ai entiy, 'yes,
it is a blessed piece of country, and if
the taxes were not high we might
be contented, even if it isnM, any lon
ger as it was in the old tinn s. Then
things were different. Wheat, corn
and barley still trow plentifully iu our
fields, and the mountains give us wood
iu abundance, but in old times they
gave us other treasures besides, that is
silver aud gold; but all tht was over
long ago. '
lessaid another guest, 4if what is
written in our chronicle is true, our
community was formerly rich beyond
compare. Once the emjieror visiUhI
the city, and it was an ancient custom
among the inhabitants to honor the
emjieror w.th a gilt, namely, a sheep
and a lamb; why just this aud nothing
more I cannot say. Therefore the peo
ple brought the emperor the usual of
leung, only the sheep was of silver and
the lamb of gold. And his majesty is
said to have been very much amazed at
if
They say, too,' began a third, 'that
in old times there stood near here a vil
lage which has now disappeared. The
village possessed inexhaustible silver
mines, and the people hardly knew
what to do with the excessive riches.
Then, as is apt to be the case, they be
came proud and haughty, and. in their
arrogance, played ninepins with balls
aud pins of gold, and committed all
sorts of crime bes-ides; and one night
the village, with children aud ninepins,
was swallowed up, and at the present
day it is hardly known where it stood.'
Now the landlady, who came and
went with keys and mugs, entered into
the conversation of the men. 'You have
heard the story, but haven't heard it
correctly. The case of the sunken vil
lage is altogetheruiftcreut. The jieople
who dwelt there siient good lives and
bad ones, like ourselves. They were
prosperous, but thev did not play with
golden ninepins. Now, it once hap
pened that a whole year passed without
a death among the inhabitants of the
village, and when Ail Souls Day came
they said, 'Why should we pray and
mourn? We have carried nobody to
the grave iu the last year.' So they
were merry and gav, played and
danced, and exulted as in the jjyfm
time of May. Only one workman, vwio
was piously inclined, took no pint in
the godless things, but went to church
in the next village. And when he re
turned home at evening his village had
disappeared. A golden cross only rose
above the ground. Uhat was the cross
on the church spire. J.itlle by little
that sank too, and now grain grows
over the place where the village once
lay. But from time to time it rises
and lieconies visible, and there are peo
ple living who have seen it but it is
not well to talk of such things.' Thus
spoke the landlady and drew a loug
breath.
What he had heard gave the stone
cutter much to think almut. lie ha 1
only half heard what had been said al
the drinking table and looked con
stantly at the gol 1 ring on his linger.
When the watchman's cry sounded
on the street and the guests left the
table for the night, Diethart went to LU
room. He had traveled a long dis
tance, but sleep would uot conic to him
to-night. He sit up awake on his
couch, and thought about his adventure
and the beautiful silent intiiden. Again
he fastened his eyes on the ring and
tried to rind soimt engraved mark. The
outside was smooth; perhaps there
might lie soinethirg vvntt-ii on the In
side, and he drew the rn:g from hi.
tinger. Then the door opened etitlv, and
into the room stepped the one who had
worn the i.ng befoie. With joyltil
fear Diethart jumped up and reached
out his longing arm to the lovely wom
an, and the silent lnaideu sauk, bliss
fully smiling, on his breast, and re
turned the caresses ot the loving youth.
When the hints legau to grow pal.
the beautiful, mysterious maid stole
away from her lover's arms, and now
she gained the power of speech.
Now we must part,' she said, 'but
we shall see each other again. As often
as you long for nie, take the ring from
your finger, and 1 will come to you.'
'And do you tell me nothing more,
my heart's love, about yourself uud the
piace where I first saw you?'
She looked at him earnestly and laid
her finger silently ou her mouth. Then
she v. e .t toward the door.'
Aud may I not even know your
name?'
I am called Sigutie,' answered the
beautiful girl. Once more she waved
her white hand, then lei I the room as
silently as she had come.
In the courtyard the cocks were
crowing to announce the dawn of day.
For the young stonecutter a blissful
time had begun. All day long be
worked ou the building with hammer
and chisel; but when night came on,
and the other young men sat behind
the full tankards, or joined in the
merry dance with their sweethearts,
Diethart drank iu love and happiness
from a rosy mouth, and in the arms of
his Sigune forgot the world.
Oh, why has the days so many
hours, when I cannot have you with
me!' said he once, intoxicated with
love, to his beaut iiul w ire. 'Why must
1 only caress you secretly? Why may
I not follow you to your silent home?
Do not wish that,' she replied, anx
iously. 'Woe to me if you should onci
comjiel me to take you with me. Listen
to me and take my words to heart. 1
kuow that you love tne above every
thing; but jot! nun are li k'e creatures,
and jour fidelity is not as sieadfast a.',
the everlasting stars. If another wom
an should gain power over you and
your henrt shou'.d turn away from nie.
then take this rii.g which I have given
you from jour h ind and tluow it iu the
disy)K?t well. Then the oiiain which
binds me to you, and you to me, will
be broken, you will forget me, and 1
may never come to you again. But if
you should call me after another has
taken my place, then you wlil be
obliged to follow me to the place yon
know, and from there will there be no
return for you.'
The lautiful Sigune spoke these
words with Badness, but he kissed the
tears from her la.-hes, and swore that
he would always lie true.
The most, beautiful girl of all the
city was Miss Ilisa, the only child of
the weal:l. y architect, but she was
proud, alii of ail burgers' ferns who
com tel her favor not one w-as go:xl
enguoh for the haughty maiden. Some
weeks since a change had taken place
iu Lisa. She had t.-kea a fancy to none
other than the strange young stonecut
ter who worked for her father. But
te youth had no eyes for the young
girl's beauty, and the beaming glances
which she cast at Diet hart's robust,
youthful form, when le entered her
father's house, made his heart no
warmer thau the eyes of the carved
augel over the church door. That dis
turbed the patrician's daughter, but
vainly she strove against the love w hich
had arisen in her proud heart.
With a woman's art she knew how
to bring it about that Diethart became
dearerand dearer to her father, a-.d that
fiually be came aud went in the house
daily. With her owu hand she poured
the golden wine iuto bis glass, at the
same time her arm brushed his brown
curly locks as if unaware; slid sang to
the lute for him her native airs and
sweet Italian melodies that she had
learned from a foreign master; but
Diethart showed only measured polite
ness and cold resjct for all favors be
stowed upon him. Jealousy was added
to Elsa's love w hen her sharp eyes no
tice! how often D.eihart gazed at the
ring on his finger, and she tried to dis
cover wheih.r another maiden had p is
session of his he u t. There was no one
in the city who had bewitched the
youth, that she found out easily; but
perhaps ho had a swecthe ut far away,
ih, how she hated this unknown rivall
One day about noon Elsa was passing
the new building. It was still within;
the workmen were taking their midday
reef. With hesitating steps she entered
the house ami found what she had
hoied for. Diethart lay stretched out
on the fioor asleep. Nobody else was
about. The maiden bent over the
sleeper to kiss h'.s red lips, but just then
her eyes fell on the go.d ring ou the
young man's right Land. Jealousy
blazed up In her heart. Cautiously
she to di hold of the ring, slipped it
gently lrom t;e sleejier's finger and
concealed it lu her dress.
Theu Diethart awoke from his sleep.
He arose in confusion when he saw the
master builder's daughter, standing
befoie him In great excitement. He
did not notice the loss of the ring; with
the ring, everything connected with it
had disapieared from his memory, like
a writing erased from a slate. There
fore, for the first time, he was aware of
Lisa's captivating beauty, and as he,
seized by sudden love, held out his arms
towards the lieautiful form, she fell
glowing with love on his breaat, aud
embraced his sunburnt neck.
From the tower of the church, which
was now completed, the bells were
ringing for the first time, and old and
young were hastening towards the new
house of God, which was to be conse
crated to-dav. But the feast of conse
cration was to be followed by a second.
mil that seemed quite as tmiioitant to
the people as the tirst. El6i, the archi-
ted 's much courted daughter, was to
give her h nd to-day at the altar to the
young stonecutter Diethart, and the
bride's father had provided the richest
a:ul most brilliant wedding ths city ha 1
ever seen. It was a good omen for
such a handsome pair as Diethart aLd
Elsa to be the first to be united at the
new altar. For both of them were
beautlf ul and stately; that was admitted
even by those who envied them, and
they were not a few.
The church festival passed off accord
ing to the established custom. Then
the bridal procession marched to the
gayly decorated house of the biide's
father, and soon its walls resounded
with music and dancing.
When the wedding supper was over
and Elsa had danced tlie last dance of
honor, the bride's garter was unfastened
aud each one of the guests had a piece
of the blue silk ribbon as a remem
brance. The hi ide's father filled a great
-diver bumper with sweet wine and
di auk tim health of his children, the
filers and kettle drunimtrs began to
pi iy and In the ni'dst of the merry
making the bridal pair fled from the
hall.
Weary of the wedding festivities, the
nely married couple sat together m
the tiuielbrid.il chamber and exchanged
woids of love.
Tea singly Elsa eaid, 'Before I be
come your wife you must tell me one
thing. Am 1 the first to whom you
have spoken such words, or has anothet
held your heart before me ' That you
must confess to me, for now there must
be no longer any secrets b-tweeii you
and me.'
'Grieve me uot with such suspicious,
thou dear delight of my eyes,' replied
Did nart. 'Surely, I have laughed aud
made ineiry with many a pietty maid,
but no other has won my heart, and It
none other have my lips ever sworu
love aud fidelity.'
'Ah, then, tell me,' continued Elsa,
where did you get the ring that you
used to wear? Did it come from some
tender womau's hand, you wicked fel
low?' A ring, a ring?' asked Diethart In
perplexity, and he shook his head. 'I
have never worn a ring before you
placed this one on my finger.'
What?'aaid Elsa, becoming excited.
'Will you deny that you wore a ring ou
your right hand when 1 first saw you
at my father's?'
'You are mistaken, Elsa,' repliod
Diethart, growing red.
'Oh, you false maul' cried the angry
bride. "Shall I hold the ring before
your eyes?'
Ajid with a swift movement she
drew the ring, which she had taken
from Ler sleeping lover, from her
bosom, and held it before her husband's
eyes. 'Will you still deny it?'
'Very strangel' said Diethart. 'Is it
possible that 1 have worn than ring,
my Elsa? Let me see it.' He took
the ring aud placed it on his finger.
Then he drew a deep sigh. 'Yes, he
:iid, softly; 'I know the ring. Sigune,
sigune, what have I done to theul'
El3a screamed aloud, Oh, you faith
less, J on deceitful maul Depart from
Die and never let me see your face
a-iainl'
suddenly she stopped speaking, and
onid shivers chilled her to the marrow.
Thev were no longer together In the
bridal chamber, but a third person was
with them. In the doorway stood the
form of a beautiful, pale woman who
hi-ckoued with her white spirit han.L
Sigunel' cried the bridegroom, 'thou
cailest me, ami I must come to thee.'
He sprung up and turned toward the
apparition, but before Le reached her
he fell to the floor.
Elsa's cry of distress had been heard
in tiie hall, where the people were still
making mer.y. When the bride's
father, followed by the wedding guests,
entered the r.ioin, he found his children
lying lifeless on lle floor.
1 'ma came Lai-.k to life, but the con-
! fused words which she uttered while
the fpver kept her for weeks on her
1. ti nob idv understood, and when she
was well agaio, aJid people questioned
her about the uicidents or that horrible
night, she had not a word to say.
All efforts to restore the bridegroom
to consciousness were In vain. He bad
todowed his ficst love to that silent
place from wliMh there is no rr,nro.
XEV.'S IN BUIEF.
The coven. uiciit teiegrapli service
of Great Bi itaiu t lan-niits, it is said,
on the average 1..'3V27'J words a day
to newspapers a lore.
The artistic arrangement of nat
ural tlowers is p.iit of every Japanese
ladv's education a much more satis
factory accomplishment than the man
ufacture of Moral monstrosities in wax.
Ttie city of Philadelphia makes a
profit of more than Jft.O (.i.OOd a year by
supplying gas to the consumers, besides
having the entire city lighted free of
cost.
About seventy-two million cans of
tomatoes are put up each year to satis
fy the demand for this vegetable, which
only fifty vears ago was raised for orna
ment, and thought not fit to ea
Oil and gas have been discovered
in Johnstown, Fulton county, N. Y.,
and the most flittering prospects for
tliesii industries liivj dawned upon this
quiet locality.
It is s,;id that iu BonJou luncheon
Is to t ike the place or laUi dinner as a
social function, the fashionable people
recurring to the habits of their fore
father1, will take their heartiest meal
in the middle of the day.
Trials of the latest express com
pound locomotive in England, with a
special train of eighteen carriages, de
veloped the unpn railed speed of about
ninety miles an hour. The highest
speed, as measured by a stop watch,
was just over ten seconds per quarter
mile run.
Stanley says his one aim now Is to
get away from the crowds; not because
does not wish to see them, but be
cause they prevent him from do ng any
work, lie told hii artist at Cannes:
"If you were to olter uie a thousand
pounds I could not sit down and let
you sketch me; 1 am too busy."
Mrs. Wanamaker, it is stated, has
introduced a new fad in Washington,
aud has a class of young ladies meet at
her residence twice a we; k, whore a
professor of physical ginee from abroad
teaches them how to walk, to go up
1 ami down stairs, to bow to smile, to
make eyes aud to dispose of the hands.
There is said to be a plant in Ara
bia with flowers of bright yellow and
with seeds which tire like black beans
and these dried and powdered and
t.tk n in small do es cause a person to
dance about aud behave like a lunatic
till he becomes exhausted and falls
asleep.
A wealthy cttien of Osaka, Japan.
i viiio is the owner of a rich copper mine.
,as celebrated in a rather peculiar man-
her the two hundred and sixtieth anni
versary of tlie m iw coming into the
possession of his family. On that occa
sion each of hi " " I or more employes
received as ;i :i -nto of the occasion
a Ewallow-tail coat.
The Eighth Hussars or the British
Army have a gazelle for "child of the
regiment." It accompanies the regi
ment everywhere, and is an especially
conspicuous fiuro on the Sunday
church parade, when it accompanies
the band, leading the line wi.h a state
ly tread, apparently imitate I from
that of the drum major.
Then; comes from over the sea the
important annnui, cement that of ths
eight women w ho agreed to appear ou
horseback tiding astride, at Loudon's
next coaching meet, four have backed
out. The other four intend to appear
in costumes ot "blue rc l.ngote, with
skirts falling to the knees, tight buck
skin liteei hes, long patetit-lcather boots
anil a siik hat. "'
A French st.it ist.eian has been
Studying the n, ditaiy and other record
w t'l a view of deti i minii.g the height
of men at dilleieut periods. The re
corded facts extend over nearly three
cent uiies. It is found that m lull) the
average height of im hi In Euioe was
1.7.". meters, or sty feet '. inches, lu
lT'.to it was o let t 0 inches. Iu ) It
was 5 fe t 5 inches an 1 a fraction. At
the present time it is .3 fed inches.
What would appear to be a foim
of telpherage system is at present leiiig
considered as a tiiea-s of transposing
mail matter bet veeii Buenos -yres and
Montevideo, in South America. 1', stal
communication between tho two eilies
Is now maintained by way of the Platte
river, but the service, is necessarily
slow and full of delays. The new pro
posal is to erect a small overhead elec
tric railway, on which wlil run cars
"capable of carrying postal matter and
other light freight. Tlie distance l-e-tweeu
the two cities is about 1-0. miles.
The biggest flower in the world
was recently discovered by Dr. Alexan
der SchaderilHTg. It was found on
Mount l'arag, w hich is situated on one
of the southeastern l'hillpine Islands.
The native who accompanied Dr.
Sehadeiibcrg Called the flower "nolo.''
The bolo in bloom is a fine talod
flower, nearly a yard in diameter, as
larce as a carriage wheel. A single
flower weighed over tweuty-two pound).
The five jietals of the immense flower
are oval aud creamy white, and grow
around a center tilled with counties
long-liued stamens.
' A new "fad" has struck the soc'al
circle at some places. It is called
"spider web party," and is becoming
quite popular. It consists ot running
as many threads as there are guests all
over the house, twisting them alout
the pictures, over the doors, windows,
etc. Atthnendof each thread is a
number, and each guest is furnished
with a corresponding number to follow
by the threads through all their do
vious wiiitlingK and snarls to tlie eud,
where a prize awaits him. The pur
suit leads to all kinds of romp'icatious,
and is very amusing to him.
At present English is practically
an unknown tongue ut the Vatican.
The Pope can neither speak it nor read
it. Cardinal I! nr.poi:,i, the secretary
of rtate. Is in the same plight. So ii
Monslgnor Mocennl, the under-secre-tary.
Cardinal sinic-oni, chief of the
I'rojiaganda, who has chai of all the
English-speaking couutiies, cannot
speak a word of our language. Mnn
s gnor JaC'iblui is learn ng it. Ot the
Italian Cardinals only one, ard.nal
Mazella, can tajk English, and he, It is
worth noting, is a Jesuit. Th" general
of the Jesuits, Father Anlerleuy, also
speaks English.
Throwjh errors in the triangulation
of Hungary the maps of Austria have
heretofore made It out to be a much
smaller countt y than It is in reality.
A. new meteorological and volcanic
observatory Is to be oiiened in Pompeii,
when there will bn a congress of scien
tific men to celebrate the occasion.
There ia no debt more binding than
that which you one your family.
Teerb is not enough justice in the
world to prevent the right from occas
ionally getting left, ' -
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