|Dontotif VOL. 53—NO. 47 DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, Office ilotirt .1. M.to VI M- 104 Mill St., I I', it.to i i*. Danville, Pa. p «IIVLTZ, M. 425 M ii.i. St., Danville, Pa. 3issues of the Stomach and Intestine? Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. Thanksgiving. The uufortuuate are ever entitled to our practical sympatb. Don't tempt the burglar by keeping vour money about the house. The man who is prepared for the worst often receives the best. The sunshine of the heart is the en during kind. There is considerable fraternity in this world which is a sham. Selfishness is one of the most hide ous of vices. Everybody is willing to help some body else—at somebody else's expense. The man who smiles when he has hard luck—won't have any. We trust that Sauta Olaus has not felt the financial stringency. The land which forgets its history is on the verge of ruin. Each man judges things by his own conditions. No sunrise looks alike to any two men. One of the treasures of any com munity is an abundance of pure wat er. Those persons who are mortally afraid of pure air are victims of a dangerous delusion. The best citizen always has some spare time to devote to the interests of his city. The man who puts off until tomor row what he ought to do today will never have any leisure moments. The man who doesn't try to make i the world easier for somebody is a j miserable cuss. Nearly 20,000 automobile licenses j have been issued in this State this year and it is believed the number for the year will exceed 20,000. The oratorio of"The Messiah" was ! given entire by graphophone to an I audience of over a thousand persons in Weymouth, England, the other ! night. It was considered a complete musical success. The London and Northwestern rail- I way engineers have just completed at ! Crewe, North Junction, the largest i signal box in the world. There are j 268 levers, all operated by electricity, i A Melbourne shopkeeper 'displayed j in his window some exceedingly gaudy tennis shirts. Underneath was a placard bearing the one word, "Lis ten !" A Hamburg dealer has just been fin ed for selling "coffee" that contained j 19 per cent, of ashes and 12 per cent, j of sand. The Waiters' Union, of Rome, re- j cently decreed that hereafter each < member must wear a beard. The skeleton of a megatherium has ! been dug up by excavators iii the Avenue Bosquet, Paris. "Koepenick" has been adopted by the Germans as a verb. The victim of a practical joke or fraud is now ''koepeniked." Having tasted the flesh of various animals, a Northampton gentleman declares that a donkey makes the most excellent eating tof any animal, the flavoring of which resembles that of a young turkey. The richest orchestra in the world will be the Warsaw philharmonic, which has just received a legacy of $1,000,000 from a music loving Pole. Mounted on a chainless free wheel motor cycle furnished with a largt propeller in front of the handlebars a French experimenter named Anzari traveled at a speed of 48 m'les an hour. Wurtemburg is the fru»! center of Germany. The last count shewed that it had 8,250,000 apple and pear trees of the 78,000.000 in the empire. The richest Eskimo woman in Am erica, Mary Anerwuk. does not count her wea'th in stocks and bonds like Hetty Green, or in steel mills like Bertha Krupp, but in reindeer. She possesses a herd of over 500. In some instances at least there is a better foundation for the statement that the roads being improved by the State are not good roads than there is under the roads themselves. While cattle are plentiful in Brazil, and pasturage costs hardly anything, butter in Rio Janeiro averages about twice in cost , what it does in the United States. One of London's newest publications is The Albion,'' a 24-pag© magazine for the deaf. AN OOIBIIT onrouLi Rev. O. M. Barnitz of Riverside, has accepted a position on the staff of the American Press association and beginning with the new year will have sole charge of its poultry depart ment. Rev. Barnitz's articles will I prove a valuable acquisition to the J American Press association's service, as aside from his ability as a popular writer he is a poultry fancier of near i ly life-long experience and a leading | authority on the breeding cars and the diseases of poultry. Mr Barnitz' poultry yards at'' Grand View," as he has named his beautiful place at South Danville, are indeed well worth a visit and the remarkable results of his year's work attest abund antly to his skill as a poultry raiser. He devotes himself exclusively +<< breeding fancy stock. In the yards at present are White Wyandottes and single comb white leghorns. Clean and white'as the newly-fallen snow the spleudidly developed fowls,massed together in the yards or upon the roost present a picture that will awake the admiration and hold the interest of any one. Mr. Barnitz started poultry | yard about last Thanksgiving. At that j time he told a representative of the News that lie thought he had facilities j for hatching one thousand chickens \ per year. As a matter of fact during j the period intervening in his yards just 1050 chickens have been hatched, jOf this number 8f)0 have been raised, j which is regarded as a very big aver j age. In more than one instance 214 I chicks were hatched out of 234 eggs. On an average 90 per cent, of the eggs ; hatched. Large numbers of the chick j ens have already been sold, the most j of them for breeding purposes. In addition to supervising the yards and personally assisting at much of the work Mr. Barnitz has found time to contribute regularly to the ''Poultry Item" and other publications, where : his articles have attracted much atten i tion both by reason of their attractive I style and abundance of practical in formation conveyed. Indeed, Mr. Baruitz, in his efforts with the pen lias not restricted him self to the subject of poultry. He has written a great deal on general sub- 1 jeots and has contributed to both newspapers and magazines. In this 1 connection it should also be stated that he is an artist of no mean ability and the walls of his pleasant home are adorned with first-class specimens of art.the product of his brush or pencil. His ability as an artist stands Mr. Barnitz in good stead in preparing newspaper and magazine articles. In treating on the subject of parasites that infest poultry he simply catches one of the louse tribe, magnifies it, and m»ks a drawing of i;, from which latter a cut is made to be used in il lustrating the article. In treating of the diseases of chickens when he wants to make an illustration he dis sects a fowl and makes a drawing of the diseased part. His articles are interspersed with these cuts, attesting alike to his technical knowledge and artistic talent. Mr. Barnitz may be said to have j been "discovered" by the American Press association. He never applied for the position and was much surpris ed when he received the first com munication asking whether he would consider a proposition. As may be in ferred considering the standing of the American Press association Mr Barnitz is to receive a fine compensation for his work. He will furnish a page of matter overy throe weeks, which in the form of stereotype plate will be sent to newspapers all over the country and will be read by'millions of people. PNEUHONIA CLAIMS TWO BABKS By a coincidence two infants, each three-months old,on North Mill street, have died of pneumonia less than a day apart. BemardfJames, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McCaffrey, departed this life on Tuesday evening after a short illness of pneumonia. The child was three months of age. The funeral will be held Thursday at 9a. m.from St. Joseph's Catholic church. Interment in St. Joseph's cemetery. Panl Stephen, the three-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beyers, departed this life at 12:80 o'clock yes terday afternoon,following a brief ill ness of pneumonia. The funeral will be held from St. Joseph's Catholic church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Interment in St. Joseph's cemetery. The barn on the farm of Cryus Pel ty, eight miles west of Pine Grove, Schuylkill county, was destroyed by Are on Saturday night, entailing a loss of |2,000. The fire is supposed to have started from a lighted cigar Some men have a superbundance of words but mighty few ideas. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1907 SCHOOL BOARD I SESSION There will be no school on Friday next following Thanksgiving. The Montour county teachers institute will hold its annual session in the first ward school building next week. Following'custom the schools were given a holiday on Thanksgiving as well as'during institute week. Under the circumstances it was not consider ed worth while'for the schools to re convene on Friday. On motion it was ordered that the schools be closed on the evening of the 27th inst. to remain closed until Mon day December 9th. On motion of Mr. Fischer the con tract for laying the curbing at the second ward school bnilding was awarded to T. L. Evans' Sons at $1.35 per liiieal yard. | On motion it was'ordered that a flat top table be purchased? for the third ward grammar school; also supplies ' for the commercial department. The resignation of Miss Emma P. Youngman as substitute teacher was on motion accepted, j On motion the superintendent was given authority to suspend unruly pupils peuding the next meeting of the school board or of the grievance I committee. The following members were pres- I ent: Pursel, Heiss, Redding, Fischer, Sechler, Fish, Swarts, Orth, Barber, i Foulk and Cole. BODY OF STEBBINS IS REHOVED The remains of James Jordon Steb hins," native of the WestJlndies, Tues day were removed from the old Petrik en cemetery by the Freemasons and reinterred in Fairview cemetery. With the exception of the Petrikin monument and the vault near by the grave of Stebbins, with its tall head stone bearing the Masonic emblems, was the most prominent in the little cemetery and was an object of inter est. The occupant'of the'gravelwas born at St. Croix,'West Indies, [March 23, 1821. WbenJ in" Danville he was a bookkeeper in the oflice of what is now the Reading Iron'works. He was a member of Danville Lodge No. 224, F. & A. M, and when he died, in 1848, he was buried by the lodge in the Petriken cemetery. Owing to the legal? abandonment of the cemetery it was plain that the grave would either have to be obliter- { ated or the remains removed to auoth- j er cemetery. The lodge of Masons to which the deceased had belonged de- ' cided upon the latter course. Danville j Lodge, No. 224, F. &A. M., is the possessor of a fine burial plot in Fair view cemetery and it was decided to remove the body and the markers to that place. The old grave was opened Tuesday. ! " After the long lapse of nearly sixty years the principal bones of the body ! were found intact and were easily tak en out of the grave. None of the vest ments nor any trace of the coiTin re mained except a nail, which is one of the old fashioned kind made by hand. 1 MRS. ARTHUR JONES CLAIMED BY DEATH Salome Elizabeth,the wile of Arthnr W. .Tones, departed this life on Mon day evening after a short illness of peritonitis. The deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Treas and was most highly esteemed throughout the community. Besides her husband j two small children survive, Mildred, 1 seven years of age and Carl, five. Tho deceased was aged; 36 years, 7 months and 24 days. The funeral will take place at 2 p. in. Thursday from the family resi dence, Avenue G., Riverside. Inter ment will be made in Mt. Vernon cemetery. MISS JAMESON A HATRICULATE Miss Mary Jameson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jameson, West Mah oning street, was matriculated on Monday as a student at Bucknell. All new students are required to reside at the college ten weeks and show by examination and deportment that they are qualified,before they are received into full membership in the College of Liberal Arts. Professor K. C. H. Catterall. Ph. D., professor of history in Cornell University, delivered the address to the matriculates. Accused of Forgery. Accused of attempting to pass a forged note for S2O in payment for a bill of 15.1)0 at the People's clothing store Isaac Kerry was arrested at Wil lianasport after running to the river aud wading out some distance to es cape pursuit. BOARD OF HEALTH HOLJSJEETI The local board of health held a ; meeting on Monday night with Dr. ! P. C. Newbaker in the chair. James Shultz,of the first word; J. B. Cleav er, of the third ward, and Robert j Farley, of the fourth ward -were pres | ent. The second ward is without [ representation in the board. Dr. Cameron Shnltz as secretary and B. |B. Brown, health officer, were also ' present at the meeting. ; The secretary reported that he had i teceived a communication from State Health Commissioner Dr. Dixon rela tive to typhoid fever. The repoit sent into the bureau of vital statistics at Harrisburg by the local registrar for the week between the 14th and the 21st inst. revealed that during those seven days 13 cases of typhoid had de veloped or at least had been reported. This number impressed Dr. Dixon as being a little too high for Danville's population under normal conditions and he wanted to know whether the disease was traced to water or to the milk supply and what the board of health was doing in the premises to prevent further spread of the disease. Dr. Dixon assured the secretary that the State would lend all assistance in its power. Dr. Shultz reported to the boaid that there are at present sixteen cases of typhoid fever on the list. In order to determine what relation the out break might bear to the milk supply he stated that the health officer pur suant to instructions had investigated the matter and had found that eleven different dairymen furnish milk to the sixteen infected families, each dairy man having one or more cases. This, it was argued, upsets the theory that the disease might have its origin in the milk supply. The water, there- ; fore, was the only source left for in vestigation. Of course, the claim is made that the filtered water is pure. Neverthe less the disease exists and it must have had its origin somewhere. If the source of typhoid does not lie in the milk supply, then the water, the pur ity of which many persons doubt,is to be held as the possible source of con tagion. Weighing all matters, on motion it was ordered by the board of health thait all citizens be requested to boil the water used for driuking and cook ing purposes; also that they employ all known precautious to prevent the spread of the disease, where It exists. It was also ordered that the borough and citizens be requested to unite in a general cleaning up, removing all garbage aud impure matter from the backyards and alleys. WORK MUST BE DONE AT NIGHT The board of health has acted upon the suggestion of the borough council and taken action to prevent the haul ing of carcasses or bodies of dead an imals through the streets during day time. The board at its last meeting declar ed that the hauling of a carcass or dead animal through the streets to be a nuisance except between the hours of 10 p. m.and 4 a. m. While the above is not quite so sweeping as the resolution adopted by council it will probably prove quite >»<lequute—if properly enforced. Z At a regular meeting of council on November Ist on motion of Mr. Schatz seconded by Mr. Jacobs itwas ordered thai the board of health of the bor ough of Danville be and it is hereby requested to officially declare that the hauling of a carcass or dead body of any animal through the streets of the borough between the hourß of 5 a. m. and the hour of midnight of each and every day hereafter shall be a public nuisance to be abated according to law unless the animal should die or be killed through accident in any of the publio thoroughfares, in which event it will be necessary to remove the carcass immediately. It will be noted that the action of the board of health does not quitetally with the resolution of council relat ing to the hoars. The boardx>f health, however, quite agrees with council as to the proviso, which permits the re moval of animals which happen to die upon the street at any time, whether day or night. MRS. MAPSTONE PASSES AWAY Mrs. Emma Mapstone, Cherry street, departed this life at 8 o'clock last night after a protracted illness. She was ti well buowu au highly esteemed woman. The deceased is survived by three sons and three daughters: William and Robert, of Snnbnry ; Hairy, Gertrude, Hattie and Jessie ox this city. Due notice of the funeral will be given. AUTOMOBILE DEFIES HO ' Automobiling on such muddy roads !as we have at present is attended with some difficulty, but that it is at J all practicable and even the source of recreation and pleasure attests to the ' remarkable perfection that has been attained in the construction of the j modem touring car. j J. W. Heffner, of Los Angeles, Gal- I ifornia, pulled into town about noon : yesterday after having been on the : road for nearly two months. His itinerary was by no means covered and, after hastily partaking of din j ner at the City hotel,?, undismayed by [ bad roads, he started out to cover the ! remaining thousand miles or so. | Mr. Heffner, accompanied by O. S. 1 Lewis, also of Los Angeles, left Lan j sing, Mich., on October 10th. They | started out to make a wide tour of 1 Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and ! New York. Their objeot was to see the oountryfand to derive the benefits of an extended outing. They chose for their trip an Oldsmobile and that they : made no mistake in the choice of a machine is attested by the fact that ! on their long tour of over 2000 miles over all sorts of roads they escaped with no more serious accident than a | puncture caused by the wheel "picfe j ing up" a nail. From Niagara Falls and Buffalo the party toured across the southern part of New York State, visiting Bingham ton,Elmira,&o.,and following the Sus quehanna valley down to this point. The roads were fairly good until the party reached Susquehanna, beyond which the highways at many places were sloughs of mire. The appear ance of the machine on reaching Dan ville indicated the depth of mud that had beeu encountered. Hardly any part of the machine was [ visible; on the foot boards the mud lay nearly an inch deep, while the i liquid mire had drenched not only i the outside of the machine, but even the seats. Mr. Heffner, who was the sole occupant on arriving here, from j the top of his head down was plaster- j ed over with mud. At a point above Berwick the mud clogged up the rad- j iator and the autoist was obliged to j stop and procure a bucket of water; with which to open up ventilation be- j fore he could proceed. Under the cir-! cumstances the speed attained was not! remarkable and it took Mr. Heffner j just hours to cover the distance ! between Wilhes-Barrtt and this city. The best speed attained on the trip was in New York where they covered seventy-two miles in three hours. Mr. Heffner left the City hotel at 12:15 o'clock for Harrisburg, where he expected to be joined by a couple of friends from Baltimore, after which the party would proceed to Qettys- ' burg and points southward. CONTRACT TO BE AWARDED FRIDAY The bids for the new buildings at the hospital for the insane were open ied Tuesday. Mosier and Summers of Buffalo were the lowest bidders, ' but the contract was not awarded,this important detail being postponed un til Friday. Trustees were present as follows : S. D. Townsend, Hughegville; Dr. Shoe maker, Wilkes-Barre; H. M. Schoch, I. X. Urier, Esq., and Hon. James Foster, of this city; Q. R. VanAlen, of Northumberland; Dr. B- H. Detwil er, of Williamsport, and W. F. Shay, of Watsontown. There were eleven competing firms, 1 each of which bad a representative at the meeting. The proposals were open- j ed at high noon, the bids being as fol lows : Mosier and Summers, of Buffalo, ' $252,290. Steinbaoh and Billmeyer, of Lewis- I town, 1286,000. Metzger and Wells, of Philadelphia, $255,000. A. L. Weaver, Harrisburg, $259,997. M. P. Wells, of Philadelphia, $257,- 757. George W. Beard and 00., Reading, $382,200. ; Lynch Bros, of Philadelphia, $256,- 822. J. E. and A. L. Pennock, of Phila delphia, $269,447. L. H. Focht & Son, of Reading, i $263,596. Bennett and Woodnut, of Vyilliams port, $269,000. J. M. Bastress & Co., $258,000. In the last bid the heating was omit- j ted. It was decided not to award the con- ! tract uutil Friday,time in the interim to be employed in making some neces sary investigations. There is little doubt, however, but that the build ings will be let to Mosier and Sum mers as the lowest bidders. Besides the elevators and extra plastering the specifications at present call for heating and ventilating and light and other fixtures. PROGRAM OF HISHTIIIE HISHTIIIE The forty-second annual teachers' institute of Montour county will be held in the high school building, this city, next week. Following is the program : Monday—2 p. m. luvocation, Rev. Geo. W. Fritsch. Music, D. N. Dieffenbacher. Study of Grammar, Jonathan Rig- I don. Music, D. N. Dieffenbacher. Guiding Principles in Teaching Lit erature, F. H. Green. Tuesday—9 a. m. Chapel, Rev. John Sherman. Uses of Grammar, Jonathan Rigdon. Singing and Instruction, D. N. Dieffenbacher. Intermission. Music, D. N. Dieffenbaoher. The Right Kind of Book, F. H. Green. 2 p. m. Music, Institute. Order of Grammar Study, Jonathan Rigdon. How to Read a Book, F. H. Green. Intermission. Music, Institute. Field of Grammar, Jonathan Rig don. Wednesday—9 a. m. Chapel, Rev. L. D. Ulrich. A Survey of a Century of Litera ture, F. H. Green. Intermission. Music, D. N. Dieffenbacher. Study of Sentences, Jonathan Rig don. 1:30 p. m. Music, Institute. A Literary Ramble, F. H. Green. Music, Institute. A Study of Sentences, Jonathan Rigdon. Intermission. Music, Institute.! With Holmes and Whittier, F. H. Green. Thursday—9 a. in. Chapel, Rev. Jos. E. Guy. A Study of Pronouns, Jonathan Rig don. Intermission. Music, Institnte. Wandering in Westminster Abbey, F. H. Green. 1:80 p. m. Music, Institute. Study of Pronouns, Jonathan Rig don. Music, Institute. Guiding Principles in Teaching Language, F. H. Green. Intermission. Expression, Jonathan Rigdon. Friday—9 a. m. Chapel, Rev. L. W. Walter. Pennsylvania and Literature, F. H. Green. Miscellaneous Business. Report of Committees. Music, Institute. Expression, Jonathan Rigdon. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: County Superintendent Charles W. Derr and Borough Superintendent Daniel Dieffenbacher. Secretaries: (a. m.) Mary Monro; (p. m.) Harriet Kase. COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS: Miles J. Derr, Mrs. E. A. Coulter, Isaac L. Acor, Rachel Goodall and .John K»se. ENROLLING CLERKS. James (Jurry and Samuel Krum INSTRUCTORS : Jonathan Rigdon, Danville, lud ; and Francis H. Greeu, West Chester. The enrollment will take place at the courthouse Monday between 10 a. m and 12 m. "JONAH AND THE WHALE" BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 27. The courts of Massachusetts may be called upon to pass on the truth of the story of Jonah and the whale. The Christian Bible College has brought suit against Rev. Gustavus A. Hoff man, of Maplewood, Mass., to enforce the payment of an indorsed note. Mr. Hoffman declined to pay the note on the ground that when he signed it he believed the college to be Orthodox, but lias discovered that it is not. He cites the story of Jonah, which he says the college refuses to accept, and says he will ask the courts to pass on the matter. While Mary Burris, of Connells ville, was preparing supper on Mon day evening her clothing caught fire and she was horribly burned, dying within a few hours. Mrs. Burris was 54 years of age and the mother of fif teen children. Thomas Porter, a barber of McDon ald, Washington county, died on Sun day night, after drinking bay rum and wood alcohol. Porter had been drinking to excess |and his supply of liquor was exhausted, which caused liim to drink the more deadly poison. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 ill ENGINE AND DID Council held a special meeting last night to take important action rela tive to the selection of a new engine and dynamo to be used as an auxiliary unit in the electric light plant. The members present were: Sweisfort, Jacobs. Finnigan, Moyer, Dietz, Rus sell. Angle, Hughes, ScJiutz and Fur sel. The light committee in its effort to select a unit which will prove the most economical and render the best service finds itself confronted with a very difficult problem. Before a selec tion is made it was thought best that the committee—consisting of Messrs. Angle. Moyer and Russell—should take a trip to Philadelphia and look care fully over the engines and dynamos in operation there that correspond in size and make to what is needed here. The meeting last night was called for the purpose of taking action on the latter proposition. On motion of Mr. Hughes, seconded by Mr. Jacobs it was ordered that the light committee, accompanied by Bor ough Electrician Newton Smith, goto Philadelphia at the expense of the borough and examine the various lines of engines and dynamos in operation, taking especial pains to determine all that is possible as to their relative merits and running qualities. FAHOUS BASE BALL PLAYER DEAD Edward Burke,one of the most fam ous base ball players in the United States in his day, who was "discover ed" and brought out by the Danville team,died at the age of 43 years in the charity ward of the Utica Oity hospit al, Tuesday. Burke, whoso home was in Northum berland, had his first experience in professional base ball.iu the early 'Bos, on an independent Danville team. In 'Bt> he caught on the local team of the Central Pennsylvania League, which was composed of Suubury, Shamokin, Mt. Carmel, Mahauoy Oity, Ashland, Minersville, Hazleton and Danville. Many hot games were played by the league, and old time fans Fay that the old teams could show modern base ball players a trick or two. Eddie Burke and Wellie Shannon were a battery whose fame will last for years to come. From here Burke went to Toronto; thence to the Philadelphia Nationals, and irom there to New York where he played left field on one of the greatest teams that ever stepped on the diam ond. Burko in the nineties was one of the most conspicuous figures in base ball. He achieved the distinction of having the left field bleachers on the Polo grounds named after him. To this day that section of the seats is called Burkeville, He earned this honor because of the excellent manner in which he covered a sun field, by many players termed the most difficult in the major leagues. When Burke left New York to play with Cincinnati, the Reds' left t eld bleachers promptly took the name of Burkeville. Burke was a mite of a player, wiio was so full of aggressiveness and life that he won an immense following. "Eddie ! Eddie ! Eddie !' was a lally iug cry of Burke's friends during iiis life in New York and Cincinnati that no other player in the country ever enjoyed. He had to quit base ball because of dissipation. Once when he left the ranks of the big league his fall was quick. He had n precarious existence, doing anything he could. For a year or so the former petted base ball star was working as cook for a section gang on the New York Central rail road. PASTOR CALLED TO MAHONING CHURCH Rev. James Wallaston Kirk, of West Pittston, was unanimously called to the pastorate of the Mahoning Presby terian church last night. A congrega tional meeting was called for the pur pose of electing a pastor and the at tendance was large. Rev. James D. Gilland, of Shatnokiu.was moderator. The pastor-elect occupied the pulpit at the Mahoning church on several oc casions and made a splendid impres sion. For seven years he was a mis sionary in Alaska. For sixteen years he held a charge in Philadelphia. Rev. Mr. Kirk is of middle life, is married but has no children. It is believed that he will accept the call. George Eichinger, of New Castle, Lawrence county, arrived home Mon day after a thousand mile walk from Nevada, Missouri. • He started on 1. > long tramp on September 16, carri- .i a suit case that with contents men !.•••! thirty pounds and wore out thret J.UIS of shoes.
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