THE LADIES.
VOWED NOT TO SfeMMMRIED.
A club recently 1 ■ #4 in London
comprises women twenty und
forty years of ago who have made a vow
not to be married. They pay an anuual
subscription of S4O. Should a member
at a later period wish to wed she has to
pay a fine of SSOO to the club. The olub
takes the principal papers, but novels
L are not allowed. The members wear a
I special costume, consisting of a black
| dress, black kerchief, black gloves and
K cuffs. One-third of the funds is used
■l for recreations; another third for women s
j| charities, and one-third for building a
■ club-house.—[New York Press.
I * FUR FOR SMALL GARMENTS.
Wg Brown fur will be much used for small
■ garments such as Henry IV. peleiines,
■ cape collars with stole fronts, boas and
■ muffs, also for rolls and edgings to wraps
I and portions of handsome cloth costumes.
K Sets of gray Persian lambkin, with otter
I or seal trimmings, are pretty for youth-
I ful wearers. Dark grizzly boar fur is
I made into capes thut have real astrakhan
I yokes and collars. These are very warm
I and comfortable, and can be worn all win
[ ter with mutt'and long fur cuffs to match.
Many women have this year had their
I short sealskin coats made the fashionable
j length by the addition of real black as
' trakhan basques, vests, etc. Sometimes
I entire sleeves of astrakhan are added.—
[Chicago Post.
WEARING DUPLICATES.
A large number of the women who own
extensive collections of costly jewels
lock their treasures up iu bank or safe
kdeposit vaults, wearing duplicates in
Rhinestones or other imitations.
But Mrs. Hicks-Lord wears the genuine.
She detests tho imitations,and says "they
may do all right for French actresses."
And what woman who loves to inquire
about these things has not hoard of Mrs.
Hicks-Lord's fan, with its fifteen raised
folds studded with diamonds, so often
worn in her hair? This fan has no peer
in this country and is excelled nowhere
in the world. The bouquet holder with
its mouth a'olaze with beautiful gems has
also put her friends in rapture, as does
also her white point d'Aloncon fan, worn
en chutelaino from a chain of diamonds
aud pearls.—[New York Herald.
SUCCESSFUL WOMAN INVENTORS.
Among successful women inventors
are Mrs. Cutharine Green, to whom is
duo the invention of the improved cotton
I gin. Mrs. A. Manning is the designer of
a reaper aud mower and clover cleaner.
IjrAnother woman took out a patent for an
| improvement ou this muchine in tho
shape of u device for changing the
knives without stopping the wheels.
Miss Maggie Knight is tho inventor of
one of the most complicated machines in
tho world. It is used in the manufacture
of re-enforced bottom paper bags. The
street-sweeper is also duo to the ingenu
ity of a woman who had a dress ruined
by a defective sweeper; and after all the
great inventors and machinists had failed
to invent a device for deafening tho
sound of car wheels ou the elevated, a .
woman, Mrs. Mary B. Walton, rode up
and down the road a single day, caught j
tho idea, and went homo to formulate j
and putent it.—[San Francisco Exumi- !
ner.
QUAINT HOME OF A NOVELIST.
Rhoda Broughton lives at Oxford in a 1
funny little old house, in a quaint old 1
.street, with a walled garden, which seems
%to belong to another age, behind her dom
icile, and au unlimited number of dogs i
who therein roam at will. One of the |
pugs has been immortalized as Mr.Brown
iu tho novel "Joan." Miss Broughton
says she was inspired to novel writing by
reading Miss Thackeray's "Story of Eliza- j
beth," and learning that it was written
by u woman as young as herself. She
was thou just twenty-two, and immed
iately plunged into her first plot. .She
finished the story at white heat, and read
it to a friend who pronounced it the
worst she had ever heard. Miss Brough
ton refruined from publication, but re
fused to bo discouraged, and in the same !
year wrote"Not wisely,but too well,"which I
was accepted and published by her uncle,
Joseph Sheridun Le Fanu, editor of the
Dublin University Magazine and a j
novelist. Miss Broughton spends tho !
greater part of her days in tho old gar- I
den, which is sweet with old-fushioiicd
roses, und, like most authors, gives up j
her mornings to her writing.—[Yankee ;
Blade.
AN EMPRESS' ENCHANTED PALACE.
The electric arrangements in the villa
of Empress Elizabeth at Corfu have been
completod. The house and the extensive
I gardens aro lighted by electricity, the
lumps und lustres and candelabra being
for the greater part adapted to the Pom- j
peiian stylo of the house. Incandescent
lights are used for the interior, and large !
swan lamps light the terrace and a por
tion of the landscape around. A perfect
network of telephones and signals con
nects all the portions of the house and
gardens with tho town and the yacht
Miramar, which rides at anchor iu tho
port. Tho Empress has mimed the house j
Achilleion, and, indeed, the whole villa is
devoted to tho myth. Itcontainsa statue
of dying Achilles, modelled by a Berlin
sculptor, which took the Empress' fancy
when she saw it. Ituliun painters huve
decorated the different rooms in the same
style as the patrician villas found iu i
Pompeii. In all the rooms the history of
Achilles recurs—his happy childhood, I
guarded by a beautiful und devoted
mother; his youth, full of promise; the
comely presence, winning manners, tho
elevated mind and hot courage; his do- j
votion to Polyxena; his deuth, tho sacri
fice of Polyxena, and their reunion in a
happier world. In the frieze over the
last picture is a verse by Bulwer, written
in Greek letters: "Naught of her survives
but beauty; naught of mo survives but
fume. Fame und beauty wed together
in the isle of happy souls."—[St. Louis
Republic.
A VERITABLE HEROINE.
The discovery of u veritable heroine is
not such u common event in these com
monplace days as to go unheeded, albeit
she bo old and weather-beaten. Her ■
name is Louise de Beaulieu, and she lives |
in a dingy little street near the Central
Market in Paris, France. For years her
occupation has been that of waking up
peoplo who wished to get to work early
in tho morning and were afraid of over
sleeping. Every morning long before
daylight, in all seusons and all kinds of
weather, she would make her rounds,
knocking on the doors of her patrons'
houses or stalls, and rousing them so
that they could get to work in the market
on timo. For this service she got a small
fee from each, and thus eked out an
honest living. Her history is a remark
able one. Before the war with Germany
she was a lady of independent means.
Her patriotic enthusiasm led her to enter
the army as a vivaudiere. Thus she was
' present at eight important battles, Nun
terro, Lebourget, Villiers, Bry-sur-
Marne, Uhampigny.Grosluy, Draecy and
Buzenfal. In these engagements, at the
constant risk of death, she saved the
lives of hundreds of wounded soldiers,
and spent thousands of dollars of her
private means in their behalf. At Chain
pigny, while she was carrying a wounded
soldier to an ambulance, she
was struck bv a shot and lost hoi
right arm. At St. Douis she was
seized by some French soldiers, undei
suspicion of being a spy. Her aristo
cratic bearing was what made them look
upon her with doubt. They put her into
a hole in the earthworks and rolled
powder barrels against the opening to
keep her prisoner until they had time to
try her. The drum-head court martial
which was presently held condemned her
almost without a hearing and sentenced
her to be shot. She showed no fear, but
when she was led out asked the favoi
that her eyes might bo left free from the
usual bandage, and that she might be al-
herself to give the word to fire.
This fine spirit so impressed one of the
officers that ho interposed and had hei
life spared.
For her noblo services, she received
the Military incdal, and eight other
medals for life-saving. Yet she had
lived for years in poverty and uttei
neglect. She now coines to public notice
through her application for a license to
noddle matches on the streets of Paris,
it is pleasant to observe that the license
has been granted.—[New York Tribune.
FASHION NOTES.
Cone-shaped pieces of white onyx top
a number of luit-pius now worn.
Bracelets of gold wire have half a dozen
diamonds strung along the center.
Solid silver photo frames come in
pierced work threaded through with fancy
velvets.
Emory bags devised as peaches,
mounted with silver tops, are umoug
quaint offerings.
An exceedingly neat ring consists of
a slender gold wire, with three diamonds,
one above the other, in an inclined set
ting.
The fashionable shoo for winter is the
Bluchor, with Piccadilly toe. This is the
thing for both men and women.
Seal or otter fur are said to bo the
most becoming as a shoe fur, owing to
their softness and richness, consequently
thero will doubtless bo many seal and
otter-trimmed gowns.
Plain-faced cloths are still in demand
for visiting gowns, and Bedford cords
and rich camel's-hairs in soft finish are
used by tailors. Olive-green, bright royal
blue and chestnut brown are among the
colors used for elegant visiting gowns of
cloth.
A famous rouge called bloom of roses
is made with half an ounce strong liquid
of ammonia, quarter-ounce purest car
mine, one pint rose water, and half an
ounce triple spirit of rose. Pour the
ammonia on the carmine and allow it to
remain four days, stirring occasionally,
then add the rose water and spirit, and,
after letting it stand for a week, decant
the bloom of roses.
Handsomo dresses of black camel's
hair are shown by tailors. These are
made up in combination with black vel
vet, and the cloth is elaborately em
broidered with gold bullion.
Double-breasted reefers of navy-blue
or Venetian-brown cloth, and loose coats
of dark garnet or jot black Bedford cord,
silk lined, are made with largo velvet
collars, edged with a narrow roll of seal
or sable fur.
Milliners are just now showing partic
ular partiality for all bronze browns,
and the different varieties of green,
combining them with very bright shades
of pink, roso, violet and yellow; and
also for black iu tho shape of velvet,
feathers, and some very effective and
uncommon pieces and ornaments in cut
jot.
Very largo huts are not much worn
except by small girls. One of these is
of felt and has a low pointed crown and
a wide brim arched iu front and turned
up in tho back. They are usually the
color of the cloak and have fleecy beaver
brims. A stylish trimming is a huge
bow of changeable velvet ribbon set iu
front, holding stiff quills that point up
ward and backward.
Here is a suggestion which will prove
a convenience to every woman who wears
a veil. Take the two ends and plait them
in little, soft, upturned plaits and sew
them with silk the color of the veil in a
close little cluster. When the veil is to
bo adjusted all there is to do is to fasten
each of these ends with a suitable pin.
Iu this way there are no ends to float
about at the back of the unconscious
wearer's bead in au untidy, unbecoming
fashion.
There are very few walking skirts
which aro not made to rest a few inches
at least upon the ground. The circular
skirt, inado of double-width goods, has
one sonm only, ami that iu tho buck.
The fold of tho goods comes just in front
and the skirt is rounded away at the bot
tom, just as a seamless long cape would
bo cut. The truin falls iu ample folds
at the bnck as it dosconds, covering the
seam which joins tho skirt behind.
The Tooth of the Fool*
Has tho fool hotter teeth thun the wise
man? asks tho Pall Mall Budget. Ho
ought to have, if tho theory put forward
by tho president of tho British Dental
association to account for tho deterior
ation of the British tooth be corroct.
Smith Turner says:
"Another competitor with the teeth for
sustenance is the brain. Phosphorus is
one of the great essentials to tho center
of the nervous system. In starvation
ceitain organs are the latest to suffer
and are nourished and sustained at tho
expense of the rest of the body. One
of those organs is notably the brain, and
so we aro entitled to infer thut in any
deflciency of the phosphates the ever
active brain, with its copious circulation
and energetic metabolism, is more likely
to appropriate its full, or approximately
full, share of the phosphates than are the
teeth, where hitherto we had hardly looked
for the cataholic process."
It is, at any rate, some satisfaction to
reflect that if tho world is becoming
more toothless it is at the same time be
coming more wise. But will not tho
phrase "wisdom tooth" want amending if
progress in wisdom entuils not the gain
of teeth, but the loss of them?
A Rat the Size of a Cat.
A captive ward of the United States
Government arrived at New York on
board tho steamship Philadelphia on
Wednesday last, it was caught in the
mountains of Venezuolu. It is about as
big as a fair-sized cat. It is of brownish
color and eats crackers, bananas, carrots
and all kind of vegetables. It is to be
placed in tho National Museum of Wash
ington.—[Pbiladelobia Record.
HE COULD OPEN ANY SAFE.
Exploits of A, C. Hobbs, "the
Yankee Lock-Picker.' *
The story of th elate Alfred C. Hobbs's
experiences in picking the safety locks
used by banks forty years ago is full of
interest. His triumphs in the fifties,
which resulted in the great improvements
of bank locks which exist to-day.
Caused great excitement at the time, and
it was the resolution of lock makers to
stop his iconoclastic career so disastrous
to themselves that led to his exploit of
picking the Herring safe in New York
City.
The object which Mr. Hohbs had in
picking locks was to demonstrate the
superiority of the lock which he was sel
ling, over that of all others then in use.
For this purpose he made his own tools.
His first notable feat was opening at
Stair ford, Conn., the lock and padlock
combination of the Andrews Bank lock,
supposed to be invincible. This task ho
accomplished in twenty-three minutes.
For four years he continued his work,
when to stop him a reward of SSOO was
offered to any one who would open
within thirty days the Herring safe in the
Merchants' Exchange, New York.
Hobbs accepted the challenge and picked
the lock in less thun an hour.
His exploits in London caused a furor.
Brauuth, the celebrated lock maker of
London, had on exhibition in his window
a lock of his own production. He offered
200 guineas to anyone who could open it
without a key. Mr. Hohbs studied the
lock through the window and then went to
his box and procured a few tools. He
then went into Bramali's store and asked
the clerk to show him the lock which
liuug in the window. The clerk handed
it to him, turned around and as he did so
heard a click. Ho wheeled quickly and
to his astonished gaze Mr. Hobbs pre
sented the lock opened. The clerk sum
moned his employer, who would not ac
knowledge that the lock had been fairly
opened. Hobbs challenged him to a pub
lic trial. The challenge was accepted,
and before a selected committee Hobbs
opened the lock in a few seconds. He
was given the 200 guineas.
One day he strolled into the office of
Brown, Shipley & Co.. bankers, who were
supposed to have on their vault doors the
most secure lock in all England. Taking
advantage of au opportunity he opened
the lock while the member of the firm
with whom he had been talking stepped
out of the room for a moment. When
the bunker returned and saw the vuult
door open his surprise was complete. The
result was au order for a set of the locks
which Hobbs wus selling.
Mr. Brown, of the firm mentioned, was
the inventor of the lock and had written
an olaborato description, showing how
many million combinations it had, the
various ways to lock it and only one way
to open it. It presented no ditticultiesto
the Yankee genius, however. In fact,
before Mr. Brown had recovered from his
surpriso, Mr. Hobbs locked the vault
door and then turning his buck to it again
unlocked it in less then ten minutes.—
[New York World.
What the Vigiluntes Accomplished.
The Vigilance Coinmittoo was a now
departure in the jurisprudence of the
world. It may be culled a compromise
between the regular course of law, and
the action of the people without regard
to officers of the law. It was seizing up
on the forces of a mob, arresting them in
their mad course, harnessing them quiet
ly, and utilizing their powers in regular
form, systematically, coolly, and deliber
ately. It was a demonstration that had
never before been made, and it was left
to California to make it—while the law was
lying dormant on the one hand, and
trampled down and disgraced on the
other, the peoplo—the power of all gov
ernment in our system —determined to
execute in legal form what their servants
had neglected or ignored. While they
loved and revered the luw. respected,
uphold, and applauded its faithful ser
vants, they contemned the faltering, and
scorned the false and faithless admin
istrators. In 1851 it cleared the country
of Sydney ex-convicts and all the worst
elements of the criminal class. In
185G it saved San Francisco from the
rule of a mob of political outcasts, bal
lot-box stutters, and a recent immigra
tion of other criminals. In 1877, in the
same place, the same people under differ
ent conditions, and yet in some regards
similar, finding danger from much the
same elements, but on a more formidable
scale, determined to act under the law.
The State government was in better
hands than in 1851 and 1845; the city
government was in better hands; the
country generally was in better condi
tion. The influence of the Vigilance
Committee in 185G had continued and
prevailed ull the time. The ethics of
the Stato were of a higher order than at
the earlier date. Tho early experi
ences were valuable to individuals as well
as to the masses, and when called up for
self-government tho people again demon
strated a capacity that hus few parallels.
A Tulk on Tacks.
This country beats tho world for tacks,
aiul sends them by the billion to house
wives in overy quarter of the globe. Tho
tack-making machinery, too, is u wonder
of semi-intelligent mechanism. It would
be even more wonderful but for a single
difficulty that has not yet been overcome.
An intelligent observer in a tack mill
conceived tho idea of utilizing electricity
in such a manner as to increase the out
put of every tack machine tenfold. His
idea was to pick up tho metallic blanks
from which tho tucks are made, ten at a
time, by means of a series of magnets.
When he had his idea perfected he showed
it to tho greatest of tack makers. The
manufacturer looked it over carefully
and said: "That is extrnmoly ingenious,
but do you know that the blow which cuts
out tho metallic blank converts it into u
magnet, and that your magnet would not
pick up the magnetized blunk uniess you
could be sure of getting opposite pole
together?"—[New York Sun.
The Curavel Santa Maria.
Among tho exhibition attractions at
the World's Fair is to bo a facsimile of
the caravel Sunta Maria, in which Co
lumbus sailed. It is proposed to have
this as nearly exuet as possible. It will
be manned by Spanish sailors in tho
costume of tho time of Columbus, and it
will be rigged with tho sumo sort of rig
ging that he used. Thero will bo on
board copios of the same charts that ho
had; facsimiles of the same nautical in
struments. Tho crew will bo of the
same number, and it has been suggested
that to carry out the truth of history
thero should be in tho crew an English
man and an Irishman, for according to
Nuvarrote, tho eminent Spanish historian.
Willium Harris, an Englishman, und
Arthur Lake, an Irishman, were mem
bers of Columbus' crew.
There will alie be a notary on board
wearing the ancient costume, nud repre
sentatives of all other functionaries who
accompanied Columbus.
It is proposed to have this vessel make
its first appeurauce at the grand naval
review which is to take place in the har
bor of New York, where the little ship
will be saluted by the monstrous cruisers
of modern invention, representing all
the navies of the world. At the close of
the naval review it is proposed to have
this vessel transferred, with ceremony,
by the representative of the government
of Spain, to the President of the United
i States, and then have it towed through
! the lakes and Welland Canal to Chicago,
where it will be one of tho most interes
ting features of the exposition.—[Scien
: tific American.
A Military Monster.
Ono of the objects which most deeply
excited the interest of the officers of tho
French fleet, which recently visited
Portsmouth, was a specimen of tho new
Elswich quick firing gun of forty cali
bres length, which is to bo adopted gen
erally in the British Navy. It is a six-inch
gun, mounted upon an entirely new car
riage, which is so arranged that tho line
of recoil is continuous with, and not
merely parallel with, the axis of tho
weapon. It can be worked in case of
need by three men only, one of whom
may keep his eye continuously on the
sights, and tire at will. Tho rapidity of
fire is seven aimed shots per minute, and
with cordite as tho explosive a muzzle
velocity of 2.G69 feet per minute has
been attained. The projectile weighs
100 pounds, and is capable of piercing
about fourteen inches of wrought iron at
a distance of 2,000 yards. The powder
charge is introduced into tho chumber
in a inetal cartridge case, which, it is
found, materially reduces the wear and
tear of tho inside of tho
breech. The projectile is independent
of the cartridge, because, if, as in small
of quick-firing guns, it formed part of it,
tho combination would bo nioro than one
man could readily handle. But the sep
aration, it is claimed, does not much de
lay the rapidity of fire, and the gun as it
stands is declared to bo tho most conven
ient and formidable weapon of its weight
in the world. —[New York Post.
A New Lawn Game.
Terna is tho name of a new English lawn
; game, and Cuspun W. Whitney thus
describes it: "A screen of wood or canvas
[ fixed on a light frame and having in the
center a circular aperture eighteen inches
in diameter is erected. Behind tho hole
is fixed a bag not, and the main object of
tho players, who stand some distance
away, is to throw a number of colored
bulls, by means of the wand, into this
bag. The wand has at one end a pecu
liarly shaped crook for holding the ball,
buy some little skill is necessary to retain
the ball in it for tho purpose of making
the throw. The number of 'pot balls' to
be scored by each side botore it can
complete the first stage of the
game corresponds with the number of
players on each side. When either
side has scored the number of 'pot balls'
agreed upon it enters upon the second
stage, and it at once obtains a single
'zoned ball.' Whichever side then first
succeeds in scoring its 'zoned ball' wins
the game. As a matter of fact, there is
nothing new about this game at all, ex
cept the name and a few changes. Indeed,
it is extremely old, being nothing more
or less than a modified Japanese polo
without tho horses. There is nothing now
under the sun—that's old, but trust
worthy."—[St. Louis Star-Sayings.
Facts About Artificial Ice.
A simple and interesting fact—not
generally understood—is stated by Mr.
Femald, as that on which tho production
of artificial ico depends, namely, that
when the liquid evaporates it uses up a
great deal of heat, which it draws l'rom
anything that happens to be around it—
if a can of water is at band its tempera
ture is reduced, and if the action goes
far enough the water will bo frozen; this
cooling action can be felt by pouring a
little ether or alcohol upon the hand, the
liquid evaporating rapidly, and the loss
of the heat which it takes up cooling the
hand very perceptibly. Again, if a bot
tle containing water is kept wet on tho
outside with ether, the evaporation will
chill the water, and eventually freeze it,
this being essentially the process bv
which the "carafes frappoes" of French
restaurants are produced; that is, t' do
canters filled with fresh water are et in
tho shallow tanks containing brine,
which remains liquid below the tempera
ture ut which fresh water freezes—in
contact with these tanks being receivers,
which can be kept charged with newly
formed other vapor—the chilling vapor
cooling the brine, and then in turn tak
ing heat from the water in the decanters,
which soon freezes. In making ice on a
large scale, either ammonia or sulphurous
oxide is used instead of ether, being
cheaper and uninflammable. —[Boston
Trauscript.
"Lo, the Poor Indian."
Tho three noted Indians, Joseph,
Moses and Lot, now iu this city, are
specimens of a physical manhood that
will soon be lost to their race. Sturdy
sons of the mountains and table-lauds of
tho continent are thoy, with leathern
lungs and sinews of steel. The vices of
civilization have not tuiuted their blood,
nor its luxuries sapped their strength.
The past of their ruco is represented in
the persons of these warriors; the present
is mournfully told and the future patheti
cally foreshadowed by the words of ono
of them: "The majority of our young
men have been attacked by pulmonary
consumption and tho race is dying
out."-—[Portland Oregonian.
An Egg Like a Dumb-8011.
Will wonders never cease? This is
about the twelfth time that we have
chronicled strange eggs, but this is an
eggs-traordinary town. We were shown
an egg last Wednesday, taken from the
hennery of Mr. W. J. Norton, that takes
the dilapidated linen from tho shrubbery.
It was two modiuin-sized eggs joined by
a tube about the size of u lead pencil,
and two inches in length. It resembles
a dumb-bell, and was, no doubt, intended
for the bens to develop their muscles
with. —[Crawfordville (Ga.) Democrat.
CHILI is a great country for newspa
pers; there are more than forty of them
in Valparaiso and Santiago, and there
are others in all the head towns of de
partments. Chili has many literary men,
including a regiment of poets, and also
many scientific men and a multitude of
statesmen and generals. The schools are
free and the educational system provides
for provincial lyceums, normal schools,
an agricultural school, Bchools for the
urts and trades, military and naval acad
emies, and a national university, all sup
ported by the government. In some
yeurs there have been 1,000 students at
the Santiago University.
John Bull's fVsy.
It is not surprising to learn that
England heads the list of foreign
-laimants against the Chilian Govern
ment for damages incurred by the
late war. says a Washington paper.
Over #50,000,000 indemnity will be
asked for losses on nitrate works, and
there are individual English claims
amounting to $10,000,000 or $20,000,-
000 more. The Spanish and Italian
claims amount to $3,000,000 each,
while the United States, notwith
standing the fact that Minister Egan
was insulted, the American Legation
policed and the war-ship Baltimore
mobbed, only puts in a modest bill of
$25,000.
English interests predominate, how
ever, and English cupidity always has
way. John Bull evidently intends to
put both feet on the nitrate beds and
foreclose his lien at the earliest op
portunity. Between a big war debt
and its foreign creditors, Chili will'
have a heavy load to carry. She may
sooner or later realize that the United
States, of all the powers, took least
advantage of her necessities and will
prove her staunchest friend and ally
In the work of her commercial resto
ration, y~. -- - .
Dltl You Know This?
It is well known that a smooth disc
of steel driven at a high speed will
cut in two a file held to the edge of
the disk. The principle does not'
seem to have been practically used.'
save in one instance named by Mi.
Richards, the well-known engineer,
who states that it was employed in
the United States Armory in Spring-
Held, in preparing a tenon, or reduced
section, on tlje ends of tempered steel
ramrods, such as were used in ldading
the muskets of twcnty-ilye years ago.
The material was hard and could not
be cut, so small wheels of iron, about
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