. w , -i. inotj-a- -n M miii Hi urtnyinrriftr ijn iiriiiiUi)ipHWi nini; ' on irTtlii)t.jiggLlll una wmmmmm il a: . . v 1 w 1 The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. VOL. 10 STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1850. No. 39 ;nqwlir";- iqmbltcait n ism ms h i m ms HLfa I B i H I 1 I I 1 i. 7 Published by Theodore Schools. TERMS-Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars .,aud a quarter, half yearly and if not paid before tnc end of the vcar. Two dollars and a half. Those who receive their papers by a carrier or stage drivers employed by the proprie tor, will be charged 37 1-2 cents, per year, extra. No papers discontinued until all arrearages arc paid, except at the option of the Editor. rnrAavertisements not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) will be inserted three weeks for one dollar, ana twenty-live cents for every subsequent insertion. The charge lor one and three insertions the same. A liberal discount made to yearly advertise is. , , . . . JT7A11 letters addressed to the Editor must be post-paid. 1 JOB PRIIVXIWC. Having. i general assortment ofiarge, elegant, plain and orna- menial Tvpe, we are prepared to execute every description of Cards, Circulars, Sill Heads, Notes Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &o. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms AT THE OFFICE OF THE Jeffcr.soMian RepubHcan. If You would Aroid Brol Sear si to Fry. fli.A domestic drama, in three acts and a half. This longing after beauty, - This sighing after curls. This chasing after fashion, Wherever fashion whirls. And all that sort of thing, May do for those who like them For those devoid of taste, For those who barter diamonds off, For diamonds made of paste, And other blockheads. But to a wife who truly loves, Who'd he what she appears, Who'd spread a sunshine round the man, That keeps away her tears, And brings her'taters home, We'd whisper softly in her ear, We'd grave it on her heart, That knowing well to fry a steak, Beats sentiment and art, A darn'd sight. Curious Symbols, Nuptial Ha3IT3 Morocco Jews and Highlands. At a Jew- ish marriage, 1 was standing beaide the bride- groom when the bride entered. As she cross- ed the ihreshhold, he stooped down find slipped j off his hoc and struck her with the heel on ihc nap of the neck, I at oncoeaw the irtterpre ration of the passage of the Scrtp'ure re-pec-ting the transfer of the shoe to another, in case the broiher-in-law did not exercise his privilege. The slipper in the East, being taken off in doors, or, if not, left outside of the apartment, is placed at the edgo of ihe small carpet upon which you sit, and is at hand to administer cor rection, and here used in sign of the obedience of the wife and the supiemacy of ihe husband. The Highland custom is to strike for good luck, a they say the bride wiih an old clipper. Little do they suspect the meaning implied. The rogalia of Morocco is enriched with a pair of embroidered slippers, which are, or used to be, carried before he Sultan, as amongst us the sceptre or sword of State. This supersti tion reminds me of another ; In the Highland the great festivity ia the ushering in of ihe now year. The moment ia wa'ched for with the ut 'mnsi anxieiv. everv one ihrn rushes into the w,r0..i. wiili nosiet in hand, embracing who- nver he meets, nhonung Huvmeneu i This word has nuzzled the traveller and the aniiqua - rv: it was the very word which the Greeks re- neatod. no more knowing its meaning than thean(j tnu3 boil each parcel its proper time. When Highlander ; Hymene, or Hymeneu ! and out of which come Hymen, c. uryuwaru Pillars of Hercules. A Startling Discovery, Confirmatory of the truth of the book of Jonah, hai been rna'de by Mr. Layard. In excavating the ci'y of Nmeveh, he discovered the name of Jonah tn&cribed upon the ruins. That proph et, as our reader, know, was sent to announce to the people of Nineveh, the deduction of the city. His eloqeunco converted many of them, and uGod repented him" of ihe doom He had pronounced, and spared the city for that time. Jonah then became the prophet of Nineveh, n,l tn rnvfrflnrpr bv t ie inhabitants. AS . "i . kMnvr mm v ti un i iijiiki rui iiiiim i i i ii u im wifif'-- - i Will strike the world with awe and wonder. : Great credit is due io the British government, for the munificent spirit they have exhibited in uirlinu the labor of Mr. Lavard placing at his command vessels for the navigation of the lu - phrates", conveying to England the magnificent sculptures which ho has diseniombed. and affording him every facility wnicn monoj "J, SBJ;,iu ,..t.t..inttr mo ri secure. vve e W'glad to see a irnilar pim exhibited by the governmentof this coun'y, in rcierenceio nmei- icn antiquities isoana uu",y . 4riRev. Pr. Burns, of London, recently declared, jn. a public meeting, that there are in Great B.rtatn ttjeast three millions of professing Christians, who expend each not less than one pound sterling per annum in s'.rGng dfinV, cq-ial to $1 5,000,000. was ihe Urientai cusiom, tney uuuuuBsa inaii-j bed his name in conspicuous places on ihe wall under this impression have lain aside or given a of the puplic edifice; and the inscriptions en- way such dresses as nearly worthless. Silks can graved by Assyrian hands, a thousand years be- be washed without injury by Madame Beavelt's fore the Christian era, hac been found by Mr. system. To succeed best it may be necessary to Jayard. This is one of the most cx'raordiua- take the dress to pieces, or partly so if very full, ry demonstrations of ihe accuracy of Biblical J ihe silk should be laid on a perfectly smooth History we have over heard of. t board, and rubbed one way with a fine flannel As yet we have only seen the beginning of e(J wjlh 8Qap and wet in goft miik the end. The ciy of Nineveh has scarcely , .n un 6in .g yet been entered, and J sponge wetted in cold water, usy hde?ve7h ha SoV W or alcohol is bftter,) and rub off all the outy nouw eier perm, , Washing made Easy. Our readers may have seen in some of the newspapers, an advertisment, headed, "Washing made Easy," of Mrs. Beavlet, wherein she ven tures to give several valuable hints and informa tion in regard to Washing, for the sum of one dol lar. Below will bo found her great secret, which we publish, thinking it may possibly be useful to housewives. Bradford Reporter. Madame B. need not entor into a long disserta tion on the troubles of Washing Day. These are already too well know. Her object is to impart information that will obviate all these troubles, and lender Washing Day as pleasant as any of the seven, and at the same time, save labor, wear of clothes, tearing off buttons, skinning of hands, the cost of washboards, machines, pounding barrels, &c. DIRECTIONS. Put your clothes to soak in soft water, (just en ough to cover them,) the night before you wish to wash. If a few quarts of strong soap suds are ad ded, so much the better. Should the wristbands or bindings of shirts be very dirty, rub in such spots a little soap, before putting to soak ; this is all the rubbing about the whole washing. After putting the clothes to soak, take three ounces of fresh unslacked lime, half pound of common soda, and half a pound of good hard soap, (cut the soap in small pieces,) or half a pint of strong home made soft soap, in a vessel by themselves, and pour on them one gallon of boiling soft water ; shake them up and stir them well, and let all stand till morning, when you must take this liquor and strain it, being very careful not to have particles of settling poured off with the liquor. When you get ready to wash, have ten gallons of boiling wa ter in your kettle or boiler, into which pour the liquor made from the soap, lime and soda, (keep out the settlings,) and place an earthen plate in the bottom of the boiler to keep the clothes from burning. (Some persons also enclose their finest linens and cotton in a hag before placing in the boiler; Madame B. considers this a good plan.) First rinsing them in warm water. Thon put your clothes into the boiler and boil them half an hour. (The same water will answer for three lots of clothes.) Then take them out, scald them, and rinse in clean soft water, warm or cold, and your clothes will be as clean and as white a3 driven snow, and all without rubbing or machinery. By this the est linens, laces, cambrics, &c, 1 can bo readily and easily cleansed. Woolens are not to be washed by this method. Madame B can safely assert that her plan is the easiest mode of washing ever discovered. By it one person can do the washing of a family of twenty persons before breakfast, have the clothes out to dry, and the house kept in good order, and the gentlemen of the family, as well as all about the house, free from washing day annoyances. Should the clothes to be washed require more than ten gallons of wa ter to boil them in, more or less soap, lime, or soda can be used in proportion. When there i3 any difficulty in always procuring fresh lime, a liquor can be made from it which will keep for years if corked up, and always be ready for use. Madame B. would advise her patrons to divide their clothes into two or more parcels before boil ing, as the coarsest, dirtiest and most greasy ones ought not to be boiled with those of finer fabric containing less dirt, as the vater in which they are boiled must, of course, partake of its contents. Ihe finer, cleaner clothes can be boiled first, or j the water for boiling clothes in, (containing the , liquor of soap, lime and soda,) can be divided in t0 as many parts as you have parcels of clothes Jn g()ak b(-fore washjng tnG cl0thes should be separate. Grease Spots on Woollen Cloth, Silk, Linen or Cotton May be removed by rubbing on the spot a little moistened magnesia, and when dry brus it off. Another method is to wash and peal o; the akin of a potato and cut it in slices, and ru the spots with ono or more slices till cleansed. Paint may be removed by rubbing with woollen rags dipped in turpentine, and afterwards strong soap suds. Ink Stain? and Iron Moulds can be removed by salts of lemon. To wash and clean Silk Dresses 4'C- Many per- sons suonose inai s ikh cannoi wuoueu, ana I .1 .!!!. . I t I I one side turn the silk and clean the other side. The finest silk ribbons may thus be made as cean as new. Silk stockings may be washed in a weak soap suds and dried by rubbing them with dry ; flannel, or ironed with a warm not hot itonpla- j cjng a blanket between the stocking and the jrori. j gjlkg on& pever be wrung after washing, but hung upao,dry in the ajr in the shade, or hung on a norse witnin ooore. uih suh win iauc mu -ui-ors. A hot iron should never be used on silks one just warm may bo used. I3.1ack silk is often cleaned by being rubbed aa above in beef's gall walof', and cleaned off with the sponge Silk can be dried by stretching out smooth with pins. The quicker silk. is clcaneJ and dried the better. Stein from Fruit, cyc.-May be removed by rubbing on spirits of ammonia. If the stains are quite recent they may be removed by soap and whiting mixed together, and bleached. Sour but- j lermilk often removes such stains. If the stains on linen are old, rub each side with hard soap, then put on a thick cold water starch and rub it well in, and expose to the sun and air for three or bur days. To remove Mildew from Linen Jjfc Moisten a piece of hard soap and rub on the parts affected. Then rub over the spots with whiting, lay it on the grass to dry and bleach, and as it becomes diy moisten it a few times. To clean Silks and, Stuffs, Merinos, Printed Cottons, Chintzes, etc. by the. use of potatoes, without injuring the Colors. Grate raw potatoes, washed and peeled, to a" fine pulp, add water in the proportion of a pint to a pound of potatoes, pass the liquid through a sieve into a vessel where it is to remain until the fine white starch subsides to the botton. Pour off the clear liquor, which is to be used for cleaning. To perform this process spread the article to he cleansed on a table cov ered with a linen cloth, dip a sponge into the po tato liquor and rub on the cloth. To Wash Calicoes or Cotton Printed Goods. Take a pint bowl of wheat flour and make it into a paste with cold water, then pour this paste into two gallons of boiling soft water and boil for ten minutes. Then add enough of cold water, wash the calicoes without soap. After this water rinse the clothes in clear cold water, and if stiffness is required, add to the rinsing water a little flour starch made as above. By this system of wasti ng, calicoes seldom or never fade. The quickei calicoes are washed, rinsed, and dried the better. They should be dried in the shade if possible. Beef's gall mixed with the wash water improves the colors. STARCHING CLEAR STARCHING, ETC. To make Starch for Linen, Cotton, etc. To one ounce of the best starch add just enough of soft cold water to make it, by rubbing and stiring, in to a thick paste, carefully breaking well the lumps and particles. When rubbed perfectly smooth, and nearly or quite a pint of boiling water, (with bluing to suit the taste.) and boil for at least half or of many houses of Pompeii, and they look I These indications take place twelve hours m ad an hour, takin? care to keep it all stirred all the as fres aa if jusi painted. The color f Titian j vanre 0f the impending change. There is also a time to prevent its burning. When not stirring keep it covered to prevent the accumulation of from the fire, to prevent a scum from arising on it. To give the linen a fine, smooth, glossy appear ance, and prevent the iron from sticking, add a little spermaceti, a piece as large as a nutmeg, to the starch when boiling, and a half a leaspoon ful of table salt. If you have no spermacti, (to be had cheap of any druggist,) take a piece of.the purest, whitest hog's lard or tallow, (mutton is the best,) about as large as a nutmeg, or twice thi3 quantity of the refined loaf sugar, and boil with the starch. In ironing linen collars, or shirt bosoms, their appearance will be much improved by rub bing them before ironing with a clean white towel dampened in soft water. The bosom of a shirt should be the last part ironed, as this will prevent its being soiled. All starch should be strained be fore using; Iflcdical E&ecipes. To sharpen the Appetite swallow a whetstone. To give tone to tho stomach get it lined with bell metal. To prevent the Tic-dollar-you never run in debt. For a tightness of the chest first get your heart onen with some mild charitable laxative, and the lid of your chest will open easily. For the Neuralgia cease taking too much of the old-ralgia. To cause white swelling to disappear cover it with shoo blacking, or Japan varnish. To prevent the Hair from turning gray make up your mind to dye. For a Cataract darn your eye. For a Felon arrest and imprisoment.; For Fits consult your tailor. Another California millionaire. The Montreal papers says that a man has just returned to Laprairie, Canada, who left ihat place for the West fourteen years ago. He was in California during the first year of ihe gold discovery, and.amas.sed about $300,000, which he has brought home wi.h him In ad dition, some land belonging to him in Sacramen to Ciiy he has leased to the Government for $10,000 per annum. What The Steam Engine Doe. : It propels, it rows, it .scull, it screws, it warps, it t6ws, it elevates, it lower, it lifia, it pumps, it drains, it irigaies, it draws, it pulls, it drives, it pushes, it carries - it bring, it scatters, ii collects, it condenses, it extracts, it splits, it breaks, it confines, it open, it shu's, i digs, it ahoveles, it excavates, it pluugli, i threshes, it seperaies, it winnows, it wa-hee, ii grinds, it crushes, it sifts, it bolts, it mixes, it kneads, it moulds, it 6tamp,"it punches, it beat, it press es, it picks, it hews, it cut?, it slits, ii shaves, it saws, it planes, it turns, jt bores, it mortices, it drifts, it iead, il blow?, jt forges, it rolls, il hammers, it -Vaspa' u files, iV polishes, it rivets, it sweeps, it bruVheu, it scutches ft cards, it pin, it wind?, Vl twists', it ih'rqws, it weaves, it oha'es, it coins, jt prints.. it A very fat man (for. the purpose of iqnizzing rjn B of H ;) asked htm to prescribe for his. complaint.,- which lie declared wasleeping with;hitj mouthopen. Sir,' said thr doctor, vour disease is incurable. Yonrkin 'is too short, o 'hat hen you shut your eyes v our mouth opens. The Lost Arli. The following interesting facta relative to ihe arts af the ancients, are from a lecture de livered by the Hon. Wendell Phillips of Boston, as reported in the Wnonscoket Patriot. First, Glass. This was for a long time believed to be a modern invention. Within fif ty years four quarto volumes were written in Italy to prove, in opposition to the assetions of Pliny, that the article was unknown to the an cients, and on the very day which these vol umes were published, a warehouse was open ed in Pompeii, filed with cut, wrought, pressed and stained glas?, far more beautiful and per fect than any now manufactured. There i glass found, too, among the ruins of Central America. In the museum at Florence, a piece of glass, an inch square by a quarter of an inch thick, on which were represented birds, which could be seen equally on both sides, and their plumage so perfect that not even the hlightest want of finish could be discovered with a mi croscope ; and though apparently mosaic, it in impossible to tell where or how it was put to gether. There is a small vae, too, surroun ded by figures of women with children playing upon their laps ; also perfect on both sides ; and the art of making them so is not only un known to us, but we cannot even imagine how it could be done. Their dresses, and ihe curl of their hair, are perfect. Pliny tells us of a drinking glass which could be folded up so as to occupy a small space and which was destroy by its inventor, because his monarch would not oner him wnat tie considered a sutm-ieni sum for its invention. The moderns, with all their arts, cannot equal the beautiful stained glass of the middle ages, inferior as this was that of Egypt ; and this remark leades to the second divison. Colors. In these, the ancients certainly far excelled the modern. Sir Humphry Da vy made many efforts io analjze the celebrated Tyrian purple of the East ; but these efforts were without success. He declared he could not discover of what it was composed. The Naples yellow, too, though les9 known, was much used, and the art of making it, is now ' entirely gone. The Tyrian purple is the :ol-1 ar0 eqa'y a& vmu ana oeamuui as wncu nrs 'a,a 1 ? . f , u i, , , I V o V . . 7 -v Aim o.r JUM.ua in, cum u ,.., uiumh ,. the study of hi. life, .ha. he had uevnr been able to discover how Raphael, and ihe other Dffla, anim. hd hnen la in nreserve the iieautv and briahness of their oaimmss. Bit if we marvel at these artists, three centuries back, ! what shall we ay of those paintings found in the tombs of Egypt, more than two thousand years old, and yet kept fresh and bright, though buried for that time beneath the ground, in the damp, dark caves of the East ? The very wife of Solomon is found there, just as she was pain ted on the eve of her departure from her fath er's home, to share the throne of Judea, and not "only the color of her garments were pre served, but the bloom is still on her cheek and lip, and the lustie in her eye is even a- it then was. Their paintings, too, an far back as the time of Moses ; a portrait supposed to be that of the Nice, the king who drove the Isrealitew into the Red Sea ; and even the colors of this are preserved perfectly. We ronie to the next, Metals. Of the use of these, the Scripture make very early men tion. In the days of Moses gold is spokon of as being put, and some time kept, in a liquid state; while it is beyond our art even to re duce it to powder. The corner of the stones of the pyramids are so sharp as to break the skin of the hand when passed over them, and so hard aa to resist the sharpest steel. The French found great difficuly in carving the ob elisk in La Place Concord, yet ihe ancients had covered all the facades wiih figures. Ac cording to history, iron was unknown; but they had an art, now lost.of making copper(oue of the of softest metals) harder than steel; and it wa of this that they made their tools. The famou Delhi blades, it is well known, are unrivalled. They would cut off a row of hob nails, placed one after another, without dulling their edge, and yet were so pliable that the point could be made to touch the handle. The lectures alluded to the warrier, who, too impatient to wait for his sword to be cooled in r . , . . , i , he usual way, snatched it red not, anu waving J. . pi i tt in ihe air, thus gave it temper. They have tried in Parris, lately, many times thus to tem per steel, in ihe air, but without success. He spoke of Scott's description of the sword of Sa ladtn, which cut down men and steel with the same facility. The cannons of the British in India, ii is known soon became so honey-combed by the dampness and dew so as to be totally useless in war. The lines of Byron, on ihe rust upon the steel of the warrior, are in accordance with the truth, though that warrior had laid but one night beneath the open sky. Necessity hud been io the East Indian the mother of invention, lie will jake a cast-off hoop of an English cask and make of it a sword equal io the best Par isian Meel. The pliability of the steel of the ancients was wonaeriui, nut mat oi ineu uiuuc was still more so. And in this connection we may ppeak of tho gems of the ancients, then enamels, etc, Their imitation of the gems is truly wonder ful. Instance was cited of a vae, preserved in a church at Genoa, behoved bjnre iho middle agt?s t,o be a pure emerald, declared by the pnesi io have been presented by the Queen, of heba to' Solomon, audio havo been the very pne from' which Christ drank at the wedding of Gallilee, held in such veneration that all wero forbidden o much it on the penalty of dcia'ti He mention ono who had just escaped this penalty for trying to touch it with a diamond Coming near to it as ho did, he though' h perceived bubbelea in it, proving it to have been glass. This vase, in the time of Bonapatre, was removed from the church in Genoa to tho Museum in Paris, and there was subject to an examination which proved it to be a false gem. It has since been returned to its place ; but tho priests still persist that it is an emerald and the vase presented to Solomon and used by tho Saviour. Palaces and Rich Curiosities THE WONDERFUL BEAUTY UNVEILED. We translate the following sketch from Deutcho Courier of this city, affording an interesting ac count of the luxury and magnificence of the royal palaces of Europe. The career of this beautiful Lady shows what Art can do to make people look young : Pittsburg Mercury. " The royal palace of Stutgart abounds in curi osities and magnificent works of art of the most eccentric kind. In one of the sleeping apartments is a necessaire or toilet box, worth at leaet 5000 guilders, about 12,500f. and a bed which was made for Napoleon Bonaparte, which cost 40.000f. When you cross the threshold of one of the sa loons white spaniel springs barking to the door, being moved by clock work and a spring. Anoth er clock represents a female figure made of por celain, the full size of life and in national colors. The mouth of the figure is open, displaying 12 front teeth, all numbered from 1 to 12. In the morning at 6 o'cluk these teeth have disappeared, and the mouth is toothless. At 7 oclock the lady takes a tooth from the box on her right and places it into her mouth ; at 8 she adds another and thus continues to add one after another, till at 6 in the evening all 12 are in. At 7 o'clock she takes a way one, and thus on until 6 o'clock in the morn ing, the jaws once more toothless. The clock is wound up once in six days. A Barometer is so arranged that, when it portends rain, a little man runs out of the house with an open umbrella in his hand, and when it is about to snow, he comes out with a cloak on, and an ap proaching thunderstorm the little man announces by coming forth, with a prayer-book in his hand. ;clock in one of the rooms, representing a little man takinS a pinch off snuff every hour, and sneezes a number of times corresponding-wimtne j , i q of Buffolfs , which is prin- uiai 11,31 . , ., , . . i ted on pure white satin, while the illustrations , are embroidered on it in floss silk This is a sa loon in the palace, 50 feet long and 25 feet broad, the floor of which is covered with one mirror, so thick and solid that one can dance on it. This mirror was a present from the Emperor Alexander to his sister, the late queen, and cost two millions of silver roubles." The above description of a female figure moved by clock work, reminds us of a very singular case of divorce that came before the court some years ago at Leipzig. There was at that time moving in higher circles of society theie, a lady distiu guisihed as much for imposing beauty of her form as for the splendor of her appearance, the richness of her dress, and the costliness of her jewelry. On the subject of her age, no one definitely in formed, for the dazzling splendor of her appear ance was such "that it was impossible to form a distinct estimate of it." Whilst she had the gen eral appearance of being young, or approaching the prime of life, there were those who pronoun ced her much older than she appeared. Spright ly and engaging in her manners, possessed of a ready wit and great conversational powers, backed by the possession of the most refined accomplish ments, it became a matter of won.ler to all that with her wealth and high position in society, she had not been married long ago. Her charms and accomplishments seemed to exert a peculiar charm on a young and wealthy descendant of one of the most wealthy and no ble families in Germany, who was introduced in to the Leipziger circles by some of the nobility. Though rich and noble, he was not possessed of great mental powers, being in fact of a good na tured disposition, liable to be easily imposed upon. The syren powers of the dashing fair one above named were not exerted upon htm in vain, and af ter a decent courtship they were married The pomp and feastings of the nuptails dur ring which the bride had looked more captivating and lovely than ever, being over, the young couple repaired to the sumptuous bridal chamber. What was the surprise of the bridegroom to see his bride divest herself, one by one, of all those charms which had attracted him. Her teeth were taken out and carefully put away ; the rich, black, curly hair, was lifted off, leaving the head nearly bald, or only adorned with a few straggh'ng gray hairs ; the paint was washed off the face, displaying wrinkles and furrows in the yellow parched skin, which before had looked fresh and blooming-; the form was , but we will stop here. The poor youth left the house at once, and sued a divorce, which was granted by the court. Strange as this anecdote may seem, it is yet attested by tho court of Leipzig, and the circumstance caused a great sensation at the time of the trial. "', The Perfection of Machinery. A gigantic, steam hammer, the largest ever made in England, and weighing six tons, is being manufactured in Liverpool for an establishment in New York. The machinery by which il will be worked fs brought to such perfection, that a thick bar of iron can be sundered by one blow of the hammer, or an egg placed in a wine glass can be chipped at the top, without breaking the glass. Eoos are sold by number, yet recent expert ments in the weight have shown that a difference of nine and a half ounces may be found 'intone dozen of eggs compared with another tne h'ighcat weight being twenty-four ounces, and the lowest fourteen and a half. A Revival has taken place lately in the Metho dist Society at Oswego, which has continuedfor two months, during which time about GOCThafaui nttod with the church. D
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