A petitioner to the general Meth.
odist conference iu Canada recently
nuked that body to "protect congre
gations ngniuat t lie growing evil ol
manuscript preachers."
One of Scotland's foremost ph ysi
.cians declares tlmt bicycle riding is a
sure cure for many forms of insanity.
Hid theory seems to lie tlmt external
wheel will cure internal vhcol.
That Chicago burglar who found the
t )'20() which a householder 1ml hid
den under a Malt- carpet was undouht
edly guided by kindred fecliiu. Ho
shared the distrust in banks of the
taau who owned the tinnier.
Active, rapid and decisive tlmt is
the text of th ? present ng.?. The
celerity with which ?.i en! events event
uate is illustrated by the experience
of the Maine merchant skipper who
left Manila in a failing vessel for a
voyage around tlio Cape, stopping at
St. Helena. Whe-.i he started there
was no expectation of war; when he
Rachel Maine the war was over.
This is the way the whirlgb' w hirls.
The physical healt'.iof maiy modern
cities has beon immensely improved
by careful, systematic attention to
imitation. During the greater part
of the last century thj death rate in
London was about SO per 10 )0 each
year. It had decreased to 24.8 in
1850 and fell to 17.7 per 1000 last
1 year, though the population of the
city has donbled during th it time.
The death rate in Loudon is now only
a little larger than iu rural districts of
E igland.
It is fafo ti hazard the prediction
that the next live years will see Mex
ico make more progress than iu the
last ten, says the Mexican Herald.
The installation is pretty well done
now, and the country already feols
the new motive power. New financial
institutions, new faetorijs, new rail
ways, new improvements of all kinds
are projected by substantial people,
and one of the most conservative of
our bnnkors, who never talks tor ef
fect, says, "Xow Mexico is really
making money."
, "Should Curates Marry?" is a ques
tiou which has been agita'inj the ec
clesiastical minds of Xew South
Wales. At the recent provincial syix d
a motion was submitted by Arch lea.'i u
White whio'a recommended to bishops
of the province "to ronirj ns a cou
(fition of admission to th) diacouate
that candida'et renaiu un uarriel for
'S I
tive years." The discu-'ion natu
rally trenched upon interesting facts,
as when reference was made to Rich
ard Baxter' marriage xvilh a yonug
woman who wished to be more close
ly acqnninte 1 with such a pious and
eloquent man, and also to a bishop of
Durham who had married four times
and who gave to the fourth lady of his
choice a ring bearing the inscription,
"If I survive I'll make it tive." The
motion was rejected.
Co . al R tiffin of Paraguay says that
the butter supply for that country
comes mainly from Europe and is in
ferior to that made iu the United
States. He thinks the superior qual
ity of Amerioan butter would insure
its rapid sale and states that the re
tail price 1b from 35 to 40 cents, gold,
par pound. Foroign butter, however,
pays a 50 per cent. duty. The consul
suggests the following innocent tricks
of the trade: "Let auy butter manu
facturer cater to the whims of the peo
ple by placing on his small caus a pic
ture of the president of Paraguay, or
those of aome of the leading states
men and an old historio house or two,
which would catch the eye of the peo
ple and cause it to be talked about
This would give popularity to the
American brand and ought to lead to
quick and profitable sales. Nothing
of this sort exists iu the country."
An extended study of the phenom
ena of insomnia by De Menaceine, a
Bussian authority in medicine, brings
him to the conclusion that it is
characteristic of persons who blush,
laugh, weep readily and whose pulse
is apt to quicken upon the slightest
provocation, remarks the New York
, Tribune. Loss of sleep, however, he
admits, most frequently results from
overwork of either mind or body; over
strain of either kind dilates the blood
vessels of the braia and eventually
paralyses them, extreme cold produc
ing the same results. Experiments
also show that exercise of the emo
tions causes a rush of blood to the
brain and sleeplessness, if occurring
near bedtime. There is a common theory
that sleep is required in proportion to
the searoity of red corpuscles in the
blood, aud thus all persons do not cor
raspoud in their need of sleep, and
many authorities agree that the need
at sleep defends upon the strength of
r!!seiouBue6S.
"Dismal wlnils are blowing,
Hills aro bur and brown,
Fallon leaves are fluttering
Over Held anil town.
D -lis are ringing loudly
llidding children run
As It education
Were a bit nt fun.
Pretty summer dresses
Are laid away with earn,
And the stuffy woolens
Drought out tor repair)
That old brown merino
Is truly a disgrace !
Oh. I hate the nntuinn!"
Cried little Hour-Fiico.
Uncle Cheverel's Will.
j nv hki.f.1 roiiHKsr otMvm. ejrjj
"Yon menu that yon can't put your
self out to give your mother's brother
a night's lodging!" snid Caleb Chor
oid, bitterly.
The black March wind, bearing
dust and grit nnd bits ofHying paper
on its restless wings, came whistling
around the come, lifting the old
man's faded comforter's ends and
turning bis blue nose a shade bluer
still, whilo Mrs. Lew I.nrkius, bis
eldest niece, atood iu her doorway,
tilling up the aperture with her ample
poison in such a way ns to suggest
the fniuHinr legend, "Xo admittance!"
Mrs. Lnrkius was stout and bloom
ing and cherry-checked, dressed iu
substantial alpaca, with gay gold
brooch and eardrops, which bespoke
anything but abject poverty.
I'nclo Caleb was thin and meagre
and shabbily dressed, with glossy
seams in his overcoat and tinger-ends
protruding from his worn gloves like
ancient rosebuds coming ont of their
calyx.
"I'm very sorry," said Mrs. Lnr
kins, stillly; "but we have but one
spare room, and that is at present oc
cupied. Of course I should be glad
to do all that I could for you, but "
"I understand, I understand!" snid
Uncle Cheverel, turning coldly away.
"I'll go to my niece .Ternsha. I wish
you a very good evening."
Mrs. Lark ins closed the door, with a
sigh of very evident relief. .
"I dnre say Jerusha will take care
of him," she said, philosophically.
"Jeruslia has a smaller family than I
have, lint I don't see why he came
up to town, instead of staying
peacefully down iu Tortoise Hollow,
where he belongs."
Mrs. Jeruslia Eldertop, Mr. Chever
el's youngest niece, lind a smaller fam
ily than her sister liebecca, but then
she lind a smaller income as well. She
had just finished a vigorous day's
cleaning when Uncle Caleb was an
nounced. "Oh, drat the man!" said Mrs. Elder
top, wringing her parboiled fingers
out of a basin of steaming soap-suds;
"what sends him here, just uow, of
all times iu the world?"
And she went downstairs, ungra
ciously euough, to tin lit: lo entry,
where her husband was welcoming the
old stranger.
"Come in, Uncle Cheverol come
in!" said honest Ebeu Eldertop.
"We're all upside down here we
mostly are, now that the spring clean
ing is going on. But there's room
for you, if you don't mind the children
nnd the noise nnd a little smell of
whitewash in the spare room."
Mrs. Eldertop's welcome was by no
means so cordial. She looked, to use
a common expression, "vinegar nu 1
darning needles" nt the visitor, while
in her iumost soul she calculated the
probability of the cold boiled hum and
turnips holding out for one more nt
supper. j
"Come, Jesusha, don't scowl so,'" ,
said Mr. Eldertop, when Unole Caleb j
had gone upstairs to wash his hands j
and face. "Ain't he your uncle?" 1
"A good-for-nothing old vagabond," j
said Mrs. Eldertop, acidly, "without a
cent laid up ahead!" j
"For nil that, he's your guest,"
said her husband, "and you're bound i
to be civil to him. And here's I. is
overcoat now, with a big zig-zig reut t
in it. Just m end it, while you're ;
waiting for the kettle to boil." i
"I won't!" said Mrs. Eldertop.
"All right," retorted her lord and !
master. "Then I'll take it next door j
to Alexia Allen to mend." 1
Xow, Miss Allen, the tailoress, who i
lived iu the adjoining house, was j
pretty and buxom to look upon, and .
Mrs. Eldertop had nursed comfortably j
a jealousy ot tier for the last four
years.
"You'll do no snch thing!" said
Jerusha, tartly. "Hand it here!"
Aud she threaded a needle with
black silk mid thrust her finger into
a thimble, very much as a determined
Crusader of old might have donned
sword aud shield for some euoounter
with the Moslem.
"What's that?" said Mr. Eldertop, '
for a folded paper fell from the pocket
of the garment as his wife turned it
upside down.
"Some tomfoolery or other," an-'
swered Mrs. Jernsha. brusquely. I
"I guess you're mistaken, "said Mr. '
Eldertop. "It's thorough draught of
a will."
"But he's got nothing to leave,"
shrieked Mrs. Eldertop.
"I'm noue so certain of that," re
torted Eben. Just look here, Jerusha!
'I give and bequeath to my two be
loved nieces, in equally divided parti.,
tlTe sum of $10,000, at present invested
in United. States securities, aud' "
"Go on!" said Mrs. Eldertop, breath
lessly. "Bead the rest. "
"There is no 'rest,' " said her hus
band. "That's the eud of the paper.
It's only a rough draught, I tell you.
Aud now, what's your opinion of
Unole Cheverel's fortunes?"
"He's beeu a miser all along," said
Mrs. Eldertop, her face growing radi
ant "Jtakiug up poor mouths and
AUTUMN. , ,
"bovMy yellow (lowers
l)y the wayside grow,
Dnsh of red and purple
Where the streamlets flow. ,
Dies ot golden apples
Are neighboring with the red,
And a wealth of itlry
Is quivering overhead.
With a rush nnd rumble
Winds are blowing free,
And the nuts are tumbling
From the chestnut tree.
Ilurrvlng to school again,
Working for a prlw
Oh, I hive the autumn!"
Cried little Hmlllnit-Kyp.
Louise It. linker, In Youth's Companion.
traveling around the country with all
this money iu treasury bonds! A reg
ular old character just like those one
rends about in novels. Put it back,
Eben put it back. We've no business
to be prying into Uncle Caleb's se
crets; but what a blessing it is he
came here, instead of stopping nt He
beccn Lai-kins'?"
And when Uncle Cheverel came
down stairs he was surprised nt the
sweet smiles with which his niece
Jeruslia welcomed him.
"Been mending my coat, eh?" said
Uncle Cheverel. "Thnnk'ee kindly,
Jerusha. I caught it on a nail yester
day, and I was calculating to sew it
up myself when I couldborrera needle
and thread. "
"I'm glad to be of use, Uncle
Caleb," beamed Mrs. Eldertop.
"Johnny, put on your cap and run
to the grocer's for a smoked mackerel
for your uncle's breakfast. I hope
you found your room comfortable,
Uncle Caleb?"
Before she slept that night Mrs.
Eldertop put ou her bonnet nnd shawl
and ran around to the Lnrkius man
sion to impart her wonderful tidings to
sister Rebecca.
"Vou don't say sol" cried out the
astonished matron.
"Gospel truth!" said Mrs. Eldertop.
"I saw it with my own eyes."
"He must come here," said Mrs.
Larkins, resolutely.
"Not if I know it," said Mrs.Elder
top. "He's my guest, aud my sanest
lie shall remain."
"But if I'm to share equnlly with
yon," said Mrs. Larkins, "I ought
to show him some attention, the dear,
generous-hearted old man!"
"Lest he should alter his will,"
shrewdly remarked sister Jerusha.
"i'ou always were a worldly creature,
Becky!"
"No more than yourself," said Mrs.
Larkins, bristling up. "But it's my
family I am thinking of, Jerusha. I'll
tell yon what I'll come arouud nnd
see him tomorrow."
"But don't you breathe a syllable
abont the will," said Mrs. Eldertop
in a mysterious manner.
"Oh. not for worlds!"s.iid Mrs. Lar
kins, fervently.
During the next week Uncle Chev
erel was overwhelmed with civilities.
On Thursday a new suit of clothes ar
rived, with Mr. Larkins' best love and
compliments. On Friday Mrs. Lnr
kius came with an open barouche to
take ileal-Uncle Caleb for a drive in
the park. And ou Saturday Mrs. El
dertop burst into tears aud declared
she should never be happy again if
her mother's only brother didn't
pledge himself, then aud there, to
make his future home with herself
ar.d Eben.
I'nelo Caleb looked a little puzzled.
"Well," said he, "if you really
make a point of it but I was calcu
lating on going to visit Cousin Ezekiel
in Ohio."
"De.tr uncle, promise me to stay
here always!" cried Mrs. Eldertop,
hysterically.
"Just as yon say, niece Jerusha,"
ns.'euted the old man, complacently.
Mrs. Eldertop felt that she had cur
ried her point.
But when Mr. aud Mrs, Lnrkius
came on Sunday afternoon to press a
similar petition Uncle Caleb opened
his eyos.
".My stock seems to have riz iu tho
market," observed he, quaintly. "I
never was in such demand among my
relatives liefoe. But I can't bo iu
two places at once, that's plain."
And he decided to remain with Mrs.
Eldertop, greatly to the indiguatiou
of the Lurkius family, who did not hes
itate to hint boldly at unfair advan
tages aud undue impartiality.
But, just as Mrs. Lnrkius was ris
ing to depart, with her handkerchief
to her eyes, little Johuny Eldertop
came clamoring iu for a piece of paper
to cut out a fox-chase on. '
"(lo along!" said Mrs. Eldertop, im
patiently. "We've no paper here.
Oo to Amelia Aim."
"Hold on, little chap hold on,"
said Uncle Caleb.fnmb ing iu his over
coat pocket he had been jUt startiug
for a walk when the Larkins party ar
rived "here's a bit as is of no uso to
nobody. "
And he produced the "rough draft"
and bestowed it on Johnny,
"One side's writteu ou," said he,
"and t'other ain't. It was lying ou
the floor iu Judge Watterly's law of
fice wheu I stopped in to sue if Joseph
Hall wits employed there as a porter
yet. An old chum of mine Hull was
iu Tortoise Hollow. I can't bear to
see even a bit of paper wasted, so I
axed the clerk if it was of no use. He
said no it was only a draught of Dr.
Faloou's will. Dr. Falcon made a
new will every six mouths, he said;
so I jeBt picked it tip and put it in
my pocket Everything comes in use
once in seven years, they nay, aud
this is juat right for little Johnny's
fox-chase."
Mrs. Larkins looked at Mrs. Elder
top; Mr. Eldertop stared into the spec
tacled eyes of Mr. Larkins.
Uncle Caleb chuckled Soueyql Mitl)t
as little Johnny skipped awav with
the piece of paper which had been
freighted with such a wealth of antici
pation. The Larkinses took leave without
any unnecessary formula of adieux.aud
Mrs. Eldertop took occasion to tell
Uncle Cnleb that perhaps he had bet
ter prosecute his original design of the
Ohio visit.
"Because we're expecting company
tomorrow," snid she, "and our best
room will bo wnnted for awhile. And,"
she added, within herself, "I will take
good cure it shan't be empty ngatti,
just nt present."
Ho Uncle Caleb Cheverel went out
west, where Cousin Ezekiel was
as poor and ns warm-hearted as him
self, and he was never invited to re
turn east Again. And to this day he
cannot understand the sudden varia
tions of the domestic, barometer iu
the Larkins and Eldertop houses.
Suturday Night.
PEST OF RABBITS IN KANSAS.
Traps I'spiI by Owners of Oii lird li I'ru-lei-t
Apple Trees.
During the past ten years Kansas
has become the greatest apple grow
iug Mate in the West. The largest
npple orchard iu the world is situated
in Kansas, and is owned by Well house
i- Hon of Topekn. This industry,
w hich promised rich' returns ou the
investment, is, however, menaced by
a pest as destructive as were the
grasshoppers a few years ago, w hen all
vegetation disappeared in a day.
How to protect fruit trees against
the army of rabbits, which seems to
multiply annually iu Kansas, is a
question that has agitated the minds
of apple raisers for several years. At
first straw was wrapped about the
young trees with wire the wiuter
months, but this afforded little pro
tection, for the rabbits would gnaw
through the straw and cat tho bark off
the trees.
Finally Judge Wollhouse hit upon
a new plan. Ho knew that rabbits
would not disturb the npple trees if
they could get coru to eat, so be de
cided to feed them on this grain, but
it was to be eaten, if at all, inside a
trap. For theii' orchnrd in Osage
county the firm purchased a carload of
lumber, out of which they constructed
1700 traps. In their orchards in
Leavenworth aud Miami counties
2000 traps were used, and thousands
of cotton-tails were caught aud slaiu.
Owners of npple orchards all over
eastern Kansas are now manufactur
ing the traps.
These consist of a box twenty-two
inches loug, closed nt one eud, and
with an inward swinging wire gate iu
the other end, which is shut by con
tact of the rabbit with a trigger after
he has entered aud begins guawingon
the ear of corn. Abont four feet of
lumber aud four feet of No. 12 galvan
ized iron wire are consumed iu the
making of each trap, w hich costs, com
plete, about 15 cents.
On each of the apple farms owned
by Wellhouse & Son a man is em
ployed to go through the orchard daily
nnd kill all the rabbits found iu the
traps. Usually these men make a
contract with a Kansas city commis
sion house, to whom thousands of lab
bits are shipped. Many people Are
fond of rabbit meat, which is much
cheaper than beof or pork, and it is
iu great demand mining the poor of the
large cities during tho Thanksgiving
nud holiday seasons.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
There are 750, 00!) cats iu London.
The Chinese divide the day iuto
twelve parts of two hours each.
The California woodpecker will carry
au acorn thirty miles to store it iu its
nest.
In Mexico the family of a dead duel
list can claim support from the per
son who shot him.
At thuStorzzi palace in Itomo, Italy,
there is a book made of marble, the
leaves being of marvelous thinness.
Japan hud a colder spring than at
any time in eighty years. Iu the
middle of May there was snow at
Nikko aud near Tokio.
Au nunsunl accideut befell Mr. J.
Thompson, at Portland, Ye. He
jumped from a moving train, uud the
shock caused a rupture of his wind
pipe, resulting iu death.
A woodeu grain conduit in a mill at
Hawkesbury, Canada, has beeu ren
dered useless because the swiftly trav
eling bushels of grain had worn holes
through its under side.
An automatic electrio music leaf
turner is one of the latest puteuts. It
is claimed for it that it cau be easily
attached to any piano music-rack, and
it is worked by touching a button
with the foot.
It is an inexplicable fact that men
buried in an avalanche of snow hear
distinctly every word uttered by those
who are aeekiug for them, while their
most strenuous shouts fail to pene
trate even a few feet of the suow.
A French doctor has invented su
electrio helmet, inside of which is a
small motor that vibrates ..trips of
stool, the motor making 600 turns per
minute. This whizzing is supposed
to cure nervous headache, aud put the
sufferer to sleep.
,
Correcting the Candidate,
An English member of Parliament,
who was addressing a political meeting
some time ago, hoping thereby to
create a little enthusiasm among the
workingmeu, exclaimed: "Wheu the
polling day comes, you good fellows
must stick to me like bricks." A
hardy sou or toil, who kuew from ex
perience that bricks bad uo adhesive
property, rose iu the middle of the
hall and said: "Vou mean like mor
tar, don't you sir?" Roar of laugh
ter greeted the correction of the ignor
ance of the caudidate.
NEW YORK
THE LATEST DESIGNS
New York Crrr (Special). The
most radical change this season in all
the array of fashionable garments has
beeu made in the contour and general
style of capes, The most approved
uiodols, like the golf cape shown in
the large engraving, are longer than
any we hnve worn for years, and the
shawl shapes and other effects are
wholly now, and in most instanoes
very odd and striking. One model is
formed like au opeu-fronted circular
of three-quarter lonpth, the lower dip
of the cape in the back coining well
over the length of the dress. To the
entire edge of this cape is added a cir
cular flounce, very wide at 'the back
nnd graduating up to merely two or
three inches as it nears the throat.
Another somewhat shortor style, but
entirely covering the lowest curve of
the hips, is very much cut away on
the fronts, revealing nearly all of the
dressy front of tho bodice of the gown
made en suite. The entire edge of
this cape is cut in deep scallops which
are bordered with either silk gimp or
a line of narrow fur, and beneath
these scalloped edges is set a gathered
ruflle, which is likewise graduated in
width.
This ruflle is made sometimes of
silk the color of the cape, or of mater
ial matching the cape. A feature of
very many of the capes, coats, over
skirts, redingotes and fancy jaokets
this season is the curved effect given
to the fronts. Some of the modols in
coats arch directly toward the hips,
like a man's very English cutaway.
No wardrobe is wholly complete
without a wrap that cau be slipped
THE MOST TOrULAIt
on and off with case. Tho novel cape
hhown in tho accompanying Bmall il
lustration serves every need, while at
tho samo time it is chia in the ex
treme, representing as it does the lat
est Parisian stylo. Tho model is in
satin-faoed cloth in soft mode, with
yoke and bands of appliqno edged
with velvet ribbon, but beugaline and
all heavy silks, as well as lace, are
equally appropriate.
The foundation is circular and ex
tends to the edge of the third ruflle.
The yoke is faced on, and tho two
upper ruffles are stitched into plaoe
as indicated, bnt the third and last is
seamed to the edge. All three are cir-
cular in shape and they, as well as the
foundation cape, are lined with silk.
The pointed revers are cut separate
and attached to the fronts and are both
faced with white mousseline de soie,
which was purchased shirred ready
for use. At the neck is a standing
collar, within which is a double frill
of mousseline, which is also white.
To make this waist for a lady of
medium size five and a half yards of
material twenty-two inches wide wil 1
be required.
Smart Frocks tor Girls.
Many smart frooks for little girls
are braided iu straight and zigzag
lines around the skirt above the hem.
The majority of the bodioes eud at the
waist iu band, and jacket bodioes
usually, are held in plaoe by a belt.
Yokes ate frequently elaborately
braided and supplemented by cape
like trimmings on the shouldors, uuit
ing in the epaulette, with a poiut fall
ing on the fore part of the arm.
IGlrli' lllouM Knlir,
The combination of reefer collar and
blouse jaoket shown in th illustration
is both novel and stylish. As here
aiveu, the material is covert cloth
ladies' cape.
FASHIONS
FOR WINTER COSTUMES I
banded with braid, and the garment is
designed for general wear with any
gown, but all suiting materials, as
well as cloth of various sorts, can bo
treated in a similar manner.
i -.-; .iariM
OIBLS' BLOt'SB BREFEE.
The seamless back and pouched
fronts are joined by shoulder and un-der-ann
seams, the basque portion be
ing separate and seamed to the jacket
at the waist line. The right front
laps well over the left, where the clos
ing is effected by means of buttons aud
buttonholes, an additional row of
buttons being added to give the double
breasted effect. The neck is slightly
open at the front, and is finished with
THIXO IN OOLF CAPE3.
a deep collar that is sqnaro'at the back,
aud is finished with rows of braid.
The sleeves are two-seamed and fit
snugly. The garment is lined through
out with changeable taffeta, blue and
green.
To make this blouse for - a girl of
eight years ot age, one and one-half
yards of material fifty-four inches wide
will bo required.
.T Girl's Literary Kanalet.
Girls with taste for literature affect
to put great faith in curiously sltapod
bangles of oxidized silver with favor
ite quotations from Shakespeare iu old
English letters. But if one really
wants a supply of wisdom beyond the
understanding of any mnn, let her
supply herself with a gold bangle
with a Buddha sot in diamonds; or,
better still, with a frog set in jewels.
The last two bestow both health and
happiness, besides the appearance of
Miuerva-liko knowledge.
A Grrat Kgyiitlan Queen.
Upon a beautiful obelisk in a tem
ple at Karnak, Egypt, are inscribed
the name and cartouche of Queen Hat
shepsu, daughter of Thotmes I. (B.
C. 1000), the woman who raised Egpyt
to the pinnacle of its highest great
ness aud made Thebes as a capital
more glorious than Babylon or Nine
veh. Her reigu lasted twenty-one
years, and was memorable for the
energy of her administration and the
prosperity of her people.
; A rratty Hathrob.
A bathrobe cannot be said to have
exactly what is called style, for it is
iutended for good, praotical servioe,
but there are bathrobes and bathrobes.
They can be made almost coquettish,
if not stylish. A pretty pink bath
robe is double-breasted, aud just be
low the waist line is carried around
over the Jeft hip, and fastened with a
big fancy button. Another blue ou
is trimmed with a white, wooly fringe.
Remove Their Hats in Church,
The Bev. Charles F, Qoss, pastor
of a Presbyterian, ohnrch iu Cincin
nati, Ohio, has succeeded in getling
some of the women of his cougrega
tion to remove their hats and sit with
bare heada during the service.
Vor Dressy Occasions.
All-over laoe gowns in cream aud
eoru over white satin are worn for
dressy ocoasions, aud sleeveless ooats
of Irish guipure are one of the pretty
accessories of evening dress. .
Damask Silks Uevireri.
The beautiful damask silks of s
generation ago have been revived.
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