1 - ' A f ") v""" N T i J J n p .. 3 11 IlWv VOL. IX. MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1004. NO. .30. -A THE WASHINGTON LETTER The President Is busy receiving the calls of politicians and arranging the details of the Coming eammign. It is admitted on all sides that In selecting Mr. Cortelyou for chairman of the National Republican Committee he has dexterously solved a poqlexing problem. It Is now aured that the campaign will le conducted on a high and straightforward basis. The Prcsi dent dix'lan very enijihatically that , he is not taking sidis in the Illinois or Wisconsin factional contest. Ho is keeping his hands off. He also ex presses himself as quite ho)ieful of the result in Maryland, notwithstanding Mr. Gorman's plans to capture that state. On the .10th Inst, the President will visit Gettysburg, Pa., .making a Hjieeeh on Memorial Day. lie, will ride over the field In the morning and in the evening return to Washington, As the speech is the only one of Ids until after election, the public is lixk Ing forward to it with uncommon interest. The Itritish Ambassador, Sir Henry Durand, left today for Gettysburg, the guest of acting Secre tary of War, Oliver. He will Insjiect and study the famous Imttlofleld. He is deeply interested In the military features of the great Civil War. A welcome guest at the White House this week is Captain W. S. Cowle,the lYesident's brother-in-law, of the un fortunate battleship Missouri. The vessel is now being repaired at New lrt News. Among recent other visitors at the White House haveleen Elihu Root, Senator Lodge, Ex-Gov. Black of New York who is getting points for his speech at Chicago nomi nating the President, and Mr. Dover, Secretary of the Republican. Commit tee, who Is arranging the list of speakers for the campaign. There is a geological quarrel on hand; a battle of the stones, between sandstone and granite, and it is to be referred to the President. Secretary Shaw wants the United States public building at Cleveland, Ohio, built of sandstone, and some of the people of that city wish to have it constructed of granite. The President has been urged by Senator Dick and others, to overrule Secretary Shaw's decision. Undoubtedly granite is the better stone for the climate of the lake side. As all the new public buildings of Cleveland are to be grouped around a Kiweious park they should harmonize in material, quality and color of the stone, as well as in architecture. The Inter-State Commerce Commis sion in this city, has issued a formal order for an investigation regarding the differential freight rates between the West and the Atlantic sea board on produce intended for export There is bitter complaint in New York city that that commercial center is not treated on the same footing with other cities, esieeially Baltimore. It is claimed by the railroads that the differential system was inaugurated to lut a stop to rate wars in other word competition. It is asserted that twenty years ago the railway com iauiies lost $20,000,000 by rate wars which otherwise they might have made out of the shippers. And now the jxistofflee insictors themselves are to be uisiiected, and their methods brought to the light of publicity. The President hu desig nated Asst. Atty. Gen. Robb to do this delicate job. It is surmised that posrtibly the chief Insiicctor and his men have made some mistakes. The President is anxious that no injustice shall I done to any one; at the same time be purposes that no guilty man shall escaje. Mr. Robb is not exit ed to unearth any scandals, but loi bly he may discover that there has been an exercise of bad judgment Every once in a while, the great inventor, Mr. Thomas Edison, who lias procured more patents than any other inventor and whxe great for tune has Is-cii made from patents, protects through the press that the Patent Olllce is unfair and corrupt and thut he will not take out any more patents. Nevertheless, be continues to file applications for patents and probably has us many as fifty applica tions for patent now pending. The prescj.t Complaint is lliut the Examiner rcfuMS to grant lam something he dtd not think him entitle! to. The Patent Oliice is as f.iir and clean us uny olUv under any government. The Examiners are all men of education and spccUH.-u-t in tlcir re-pective cl;t.-.-.iTi. There are more than one Lundied of them and many of them beeuese of their learning are eligible bT' .' s-!'!. !;3 in UlliVW 'ilies. ASSEMBLY ON DIVORCE Presbyterians Will Not Bftcriflce Their Independence At the General Assembly Monday the recommendations of the sjnvial committee on marriage and divorce were adopted except the second. They are as follows: "The (rcneral Assembly again en joins all ministers under itn care and authority to refuse to perform the marriage ceremony in the cases of divorced Jiersons, except as such per sons have Iwii divorced upon grounds and for cnuc r'orrnii'ol a scriptural in the standards of our church. "Recognizing the comity which should exist between Christian church es, and believing that it would le desirable and tend to the increase of a spirit of Clirlstlan unity, we earnestly advise all the ministers under the care and authority of this General Assem bly to refuse to unite in marriage any IX'rson or jiersons whose marriage such ministers have good reason to believe is forbidden by the laws of the church in which such jiersor. or persons seeking to be married may hold membership. "The appeal and address to the inter-church conference is hereby en lorsed by this General Assembly, and commended to the consideration of all ur ministers and congregations." The Assembly, after consideration, has reversed its action on the second projHjsition and adopted it. Woman's Need of the Ballot The contribution of women to the work of prison reform has been so valuable that her cooperation in every branch of penology is now regarded as a necessity. We need in penology the help of women in doing not only that we know ought to be done, but also in finding out what ought to bo done, and in solving knotty and unsettled questions. In the field of penology woman needs the ballot as ballot as she needs it in other fields, not as an end but as a means; as an instrument through which she can express her conviction, her conscience, her Intelligence, her sympathy and love. Questions In philanthropy are more and more forcing themselves In legislation. Women are obliged to Journey to the legislature at every session to instruct members and committees at legisla tive hearings. Some of these days we shall think it absurb that women who are capable of instructing men how to vote should not be allowed to vote for themselves. If police and prison records mean anything they mean that considered as law abiding citizens, women are ten times as good as men. Why debar the better and enfranchise the worse? In the field of commercial and political com petition women may demand the ballot as a right; but in the field of philanthropy and reform she needs it for the fulfillment of her duties. Samuel J. Barrows, corresponding secretary of the Prison Association of New York. Tagging a Fish The United States fish commission has contracted the small boys' habit of tagging fishes. Metal tags are fasten ed to marine fishes, which are lot kxjwe in the ocean with the idea of identifying them In case they are caught at any future time. The tag, w hich is light and made of copper, is securely fastened by a wire Issed through a flu near its junction with the body. No two tags are alike, each having its own markings. Fifteen hundred cod were thus duly tagged and relcutseU last spring on the New England coast The object of the tigging is to ascertain the rate at which a cod grows, the frequency of its spawning, and the extent of ita travels in the wean. The same experiment It being tried this year with young salmon, artificial ly hatched, for the rivers of the Pacific coast The tUhea are "finger lings,'' aUwt three in'-hes long. In this way it is expects! that the age at which the salmon come from the sea to spawn will le ascertained; also the rate of growth, and the percentage of fry that attain muturity. The experi ment is an interesting one, and has. an obvious bearing on rish-cullure prob lems. Registering His Kick Er unite Alien B. Perkerf Nit! I Citn't swulluw a caudiduU) Willi such tliiliulta Ht 111. Ncccftsary lnterUculer Wliy can't you aliew a candidate with such ioitiula u Hryiinit.0 lit.itune tin y sttvud tor "A Uuu-r l'lll," ( 'l.kugu Tribune. A marriage liceti-- has becu irv-ued to (.'h.ii les Grey Cojtiilit and I .ultra Grace hi aunoii, both of Eu.kuw u.xvti. LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES Norman Ilarsell of New York is a guest in town. Richard E. Loesch of New York Is a visitor in town this week. Miss Resale Van Etten of West field, N. J., is home to spend Decor ation day. F. W. Renncr and wife of New- York are guests at their summer home, Rrookside Villa. Dr. C. S. Custis spent couple of days the first of the week in New York buying supplies for his business, Paul Ryder, who was operated on for appendicitis at the Port Jervis hospital a few days ago, is recovering Dennis McEaughlin and family ar rived this week to occupy their sum mer home on upper Broad street. Rev. C. B. Carpenter, former rector of the Episcopal church here, will apend the summer in town for the benefit of his Impaired health. John S. Schoonover and Thomas Kitson of Stroudsburg and Albert Coterill of Bnshkill came up to Mil ford in an automobile Wednesday. Charles II. Wixxl suffered a slight stroke of paralysis early Tuesday morn ing in bis left side. His condition now is comfortable and he seems improv ing. Several members of the Columbia Camera Club of Philadelphia spent a couple of days here this week taking views. They were on their way to Dingmans where they expect to remain several (lav's. , Hiram Westbrook of Ridgwood, N. J., who was employed in the Erie offices in New York, has resigned his position and Is now at Nichecronk Lake, where he will spend the sum mer for the benefit of his health. Political Paragraphs It looks as the fuse to the Parker boom has gone out. If Judge Park thinks as much as he don't talk, he is undergoing a remarkable mind training. It is to be explained that Senator Beveredge's "The Russian Advance" did not refer to Russian military strategy. Judge Parker's personalty isetated to be holding Its own. This is good. We feared that it was held in. the hollow of another man's hand. The campaign promises so little excitement that it is hoped Sir Thomas Eipton will come over and lift the cup again, as in past years. The general business activity and prosperity of the country continues and gives no signs of abatement. The condition is truly exasperating to the democrats. The Kansas City Star, famed for its column of short pungencies, rises to remark that whatever else may be charged against Mr. Bryan, it cannot be said that he ever took any hush money. Judicial Oaths 'A bill to abolish all religious tests and to modify the use of oaths, thereby reverting to the original custom of the colony of Pennsylvania, as established by William Penn, will be introduced at the next session of the legislature. This is movement on the part of the Society of Friends or Quakers who have conscientious scruples against swearing and some against administering oaths. Friends who maintain their standing in their society are today excluded from hold ing the offices of judge, magistrate, or any other office as a part of the duties of which they may be called on to administer oaths. This they deem inconsistent with true religious iberty. Decoration Day N. Y. Excursion, $1 Monday, May 30th, Decoration Day. the Erie will run a sisvial one dollar New York excursiim, leaving Port Jervis 7 a. ni. arriving In City at 10 a. m. and returning sjieciul train will leave Chambers St New York at 7.45 p. m. Jersey City at 8 p. in. Coney Island and Euna Park will 1 in full blast and all of the many Si-a side resorts in and around Greater New York will Ik oixmi, many of them having their oeiiing day on this date. RememixT the date Monduv, Mav iloth, and fare only one dollar for the round trip. Amateur athletic Srts will be con ducted by the Scrantoii Tribune, July liith, to which all registered amateur alhletos in Moriheasteni Pennsylvania v. ill he eligible, (scratch and handi cap events and i tiumpionsldp events Will Ih- conducted. Ail contefdants miit lie registered, lihinks can Im' j procured of'. II. II. Jucknoii, Y. M. (..'. A. j rjcrunto:!, I'm., OBITUARY Misa MED A BOYD Meda, youngest daughter of Wil liam L. Boyd and wife of this bor. ough, died at the home of her parents last Sunday afternoon of consumption from which dread disease she had been a sufferer for several months. She was born In 1S83, and after graduating at (he public schools here, taught until ill health compelled her to relinquish her vocation. She bore her illness with Christian fortitude and resignation and exemplified In her life the cause of the great Master whom she faithfully served. Her parents, two sisters, May, wife of County Commissioner William F. Beck, and Grace, and one brother, J. Edgar, both at home, survive. The funeral, conducted by Rev. V. A. Wood, was held at her late home Wednesday and interment in Milford cemetery. 1 MRS. MARCKNA WKSTBROOK Mrs. Westbrook of Eehman town ship, widow of the late Isaac V. Westbrook, who died March 4, 1904, departed this life after a long illness, Sunday, May 22nd. She was born May 4, 184G, in Eeh man, and was a daughter of the late Jacob and Eliza Ann (Ilefzel) Horn- beck. She was married April 24, 1870, and has always lived in her native township. She is survived by two children; Mabel, at home, and Eucian, Super intendent of public schools for this county. She also leaves surviving five brothers; Everett, of Philadel phia, Myron, of Clarion county, Pa., Jacob, of West Virginia, Isaiah and William B., both of Eehman. The funeral was held Tuesday and Interment In Delaware county. MRH. J. MADISON BEN8LEY Mary J., wife of ex-County Com missioner J. M. Bensley, died sud denly at her home In Lehman, Tues day, May 17th, of heart failure. She was born in Lehman February 20, 1839, and wasa daughter of Philip S. and Elizabeth (Arnst) Gariss. She was married November 18, 1855, and has always resided in this county. She was the mother of thirteen children, ten of whom, besides her husband, survive her. She is also survived by several brothers and sisters. Republican National Chairmanship The selection of Secretary Cortelyou for chairman of the Republican Na tional Committee is looked uou with more and more favor. While it was first remarked that Mr. Cortelyou perhaps lacked experience as a prac tical politician, it is now recalled that he has risen to every occasion and emergency with which he has been confronted and has in everything he has undertaken, made a success. It is also remarked that he is an excel lent Judge of men, is a natural diplo mat among men and that he is an excellent judge of men, is a natural diplomat among men" and that he carries the good will and friendship of everyone with whom he has been associated. It is believed that Mr. Cortelyou will not be found lacking in "practical" qualities. Moreover he is a close personal friend of the president and his selection Indicates that Mr. Roosevelt himself intends to keep his eye on the proceedings. Farmers' Institutes The County Board of Farmers' Institute Managers, will meet at the county commissioners' office on the second Tuesday of June, to arrange for the place where institutes are to be held this season. All of our peo ple who desire institutes, ought to attend this meeting and present their claims. This board Is composed of the local members of the state board of agriculture, and one representative from each county agricultural society. the Pomona grange and county alli ance. If you rind that you cannot attend tins meeting, address a letter with your request to Uiairnmn of Board of Institute Managers, care of County Commissioners. TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS Pike CouiityTeuc hem' Examination for l'.x will be held as fnllon: IMSTKKT B1IKMIL HOI SK DA'I'K Westfull, Miiamorii High School June . Hiohoia, Hhoholii, June 7. l.uckaw uxen, S illittniMin, June H. l.eloiian, Pine Kale, June 11. 1(1 n Grove, Weslhrook'a June Is. Palmyra, lied, Mo. 4, June 14. Grume, Kinptowii, June 15. I'lniiiHii, ( ninii June it). Delaware, Academy, June 2!. Mdfurd, Academy, Juite. Directors and other iuterenied purlieu are cordially invited to attend. I kauiliiutlonu tegin promptly at 0 a. in. LUCIA NT WI SI'ilKOOK, County tsupt. of M'IiixjI. Pinguiaii'is tviry, May 11, pjo-J, INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS A sample new pew for the Pres byterian church arrived this week and may be Inspected. A. D. Brown Is building a new foot bridge to The Homestead which will be considerably shorter than the old one. A number of the forestry students will entertain their friends at a pri vate dance at the Vantine House this evening. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian church will have a strawberry and Ice cream festival In the church parlors, Thursday even ing, June ninth. 2t Rev. E. J. Perot will preach the annual Memorial sermon to the G. A. It, next Sunday evening in the church of the Good Shepherd. All members are cordially invited to le present. Sunday, May 20th, will betheopen ingdayat Shohola Glen, and social excursion tickets will lie sold at Port Jervis to Shohola at 40 cents for the round trip, good going fin train No. 1, leaving Port Jervis at 1 1.!)4 a. m. 2t Richard C. Dale, a leading lawyer of Philadelphia, died at his country home near that city last Sunday. His death was caused by overwork In a vain attempt to allay grief over the death of his two sons. A patriotic measuring social will be held in the M. E. Church, Monday evening, May 30. Charges will be made proportionate to height, 3 cents a fixit and one cent for every fractional inch over even feet of height Monroe county democrats will vote on the question of change or no change in the Crawford county sys tem of making nominations now in vogue at the primary election to be held in August. Dr. J. Addeson Henry of Phila delphia, for forty years pastor of Princeton church on Powelton Ave., was elected Moderator of the Presby terian General Assembly at Buffalo by acclamation, the first ever elected in that manner. The floral offerings at the funeral of Miss Meda Boyd Wednesday were unusually beautiful. The class in Sunday School, of which she was a devoted memlier, partly revealed their appreciation of her loss by their chaste and profuse display of flowers. Invitations have been received here announcing the coming marriage of Miss Josephine King of Eakewood. N. J., to Harry J. Terwilliger which event will take place in All Saints Memorial church at Lnkewood. New Jersey, Thursday, June 9th, at 12 M. the prosiiective groom is a native of Milford, an enterprising and energetic business young man, and we wisli for him and his chosen life partner a meet happy and prosperous voyage. Ignited by burning leaves, which a person had set on fire and then carelessly went away and left, six teen cottag, araone them one be longing to' Mrs. F. A. Westfall of this place, were burned at Silver Lake, in Wyoming county, N. Y. Several other buildings were also burned. The Lake Is a great Methodist resort and there Is a large auditorium and many cottages on its shores. Dr. Shull's Speech We. acknowledge the receipt of copies of the speech delivered by Hon. Joseph II. Shull in the House of Representatives when thebill making appropriations for the naval service was under consideration. The Dr. plants both feet on the Panama canal scheme and treads around over it like a turkey on a hot gridiron. He rends the Government for establish ing a so-called republic in the Isthmus and says "In all history there has never been anything like it, and the query is, Is it an evolution, a revolu tion or an avulsion?" All three, Dr. all three, and more, it is protoplasm, which Huxley called the "physical basis of life." So the little republic with the canal will be the basis of a new life to the Industrial interests of this great nation. The democratic party of this state "forgetting the teachings of Randall," the noblest Roman of them all, has urged free trade until practically the eople of the state have withdrawn all repre sentatives of that party from Congress evidently believing that the state was betteroff without than with them and now one-third of the present representation of the party from Penn. we have not heard from the other two-thirds, gets on the gee side of the Panama question. 'Twas ever thus, and that is just what ails the democratic party. Subscribe for the. Putus, THINGS NOT PERMISSIBLE Legal Propositions Which Affect Every Day Matters in Life Below area number ol propositions prepared specially for The Phrks which cover many affairs in every day life and are worthy to be placed where they may be frequently read: Do you know that you' have no right:- To destroy a found article ? To send threatening letters? To send a dunning postal card? To block up the public highways? To hinder the carriage of the mails? To disturb the peace of the com munity? To destroy or unnecessarily use a borrowed article? To use the mails for fraudulent an,d dishonest purposes? To Injure your neighbor by pollut ing a natural water course? To open a mall letter addressed to another without permission ? To annoy your neighbor by offen sive odors, noise or other acts? To consider yourself the owner for all purposes of a found article? To carelessly and recklessly Jog against a passer-by on the street ? To enter upon your tenant's hold ings without license or his assent? To walk or enter upon your neigh bor's property without permission? To hire I rig to drive to a certain place and drive to another locality? To allow overhanging trees, or fences to encroach upon your neigh bor's property? To make or repeat false defamatory statements against your neighbor, even if you have no knowledge of their falsity? To negligently damage an article left with you, which you keep for the owner as a favor and without compensation? To interfere with the natural flow age of water running across your land so as to incovenience an upper or lower proprietor through whose land the same stream flows? To allow your stock to run at large and trespass on the lands of others? Every man must now care for his own cattle. Professor Sommerville'i Will Professor Maxwell Sommerville's will, disposing of an estate conserva tively valued at tlOO.OOO and upward, was probated last Saturday. The will contains many bequests to the University of Pennsylvania, institu tions in Paris and various homes and hospitals. As has been expected, the eminent glyptologist's collections of curios and gems are devised abso lutely to the University of Pennsyl vania. The Masonic fraternity receives important legacies.' A codicil dated just before his de parture tor Europe says that on the distribution of the estate of his grand father, James McAlpin, Professor Sommerville's personal estate will be enlarged by bequests fioin that estate. If the adjudication Is confirmed. Pro fessor Sommerviile directs that the following legacies Khali become valid: To the Masonic Home, $9,000, to be used to endow a room or two in that home, to be knowiuas the Maxwell Sommerviile Endowment; to the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, $10,000, for the endowment of a room; to the Grand Lodge, F. A A. M., in Pennsylvania, $10,000. Bequests are also made to numerous local charities. The Weeping Willow The origin of the weeping willow in the United States is probably not known to many people. The story of how It came to America is an in teresting and romantic one. It came through the medium of Alexander Pope, the poet. A twig was sent to him in a box of figs from Smyrna by a friend who had lost his possessions In the "South Sea Bubble" and had gone to that distant land to regain his fortune. Pope planted tin willow twig at his Twickenham villa on the banks of the -Thames. A young British officer, who had come over to Boston to aid in crushing the rebellion of the American colonies, brought with him a branch from the poet's now lieautiful tree, intending to plant it in America. Failing to realize his expectations, he gave his w illow twig, wrapped In oil silk, to John Parke Custis, win planted it In his Abington estate in Virginia. It grew and became the progenitor of all the willow trees In this country. Pecksniff Wheu tbo Evil One start out to tempt nit) I alwa ka;r, "Out thee U'tdud nit, isutau!" und he (tuts there. Wloeuiali Yes, Wlieu ISulall atari! out to tempt yurt he usually due "ifet there," duvu't lier-l'MltK.lelttda f rv, THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS Wood. A Son attended four funerals Inst Wednesday. Wednesday evening we had a pretty good thunder shower. The chap who predicted a cold wet May would better guess again. Dr. II. B. Reed has sold his team of coach horses to Van Etten Bros. Milford was well represented at the circus at Port Jervis last Saturday. Mrs. J. C. Westbrook, Jr., has been spending a week or more in New York. Is the laborer worthy his hire? If he Is he is most assuredly entitled to his iay. Hon. Dennis MeEamrhlin ami family have arrived in town for the summer. Dance at Raymondsklll. and also one at Hickory Grove on lHxvjration Day evening. Mrs. Melius has returned and asraln o(ened the cottage she occupied last summer on Harford street. Troubles never come siiurlv. There aro some, who having hardly recover ed from one misfortune are afflicted with another. Wm. Johnson of Hainesville was In town Wednesday acting as funeral director at the funeral of Miss Meda Boyd in the absence of ChosG. Wood. Did you ever see a town where peo ple are busier than here? Every man add woman who wants to work can find employment. There is no excuse for standing around the corner holding up the bank. Some one Inclined to be humane has a letter In the Port Jervis Gazette regarding the treatment liverv horses receive here. Our officers are blamed but are they altogether to blame? One goes home after his work In the P.O. is done, the other one Is supposed to be on duty until midnight, and he certainly cannot be expected to be all over town at one time. Why don't some citizen who is Interested, if he or she sees anything wrong, make a com plaint Y and not talk about what should be done. Captured by Bandits (From our Washington Correspondent) The caiture by bandits in Tangier, Morocco, of Mr. Perdicaris a wealthy citizen of the United States well known In this and other cities, has caused a great sensation and may Itd to serious complications with the Government of Morocco, if Mr. Perdicaris is not speedily released. Already the J?resl dent and the Navy Department have taken action and a fleet of American battleship is now on Its way to the Mediterranean. The Presidont Is not the man to permit such an outrage to go unpunished, and vigorous action may be looked for. Some thirty years ago your correspondent had the pleas ure of making the acquaintance of Mr. Perdicaris and his charming family, for he had married in Europe the widow of a wealthy Englishman, w ho was also the mother of two very beauti ful blonde daughters, one of whom bore the Arab name of Nard Almayne. Mr. Perdicaris came to New York, and was soon the center of an admir ing host of friends, for besides "being a tall, graceful, polite, affable gentle man, he was an artist, a playwright, and devoted to literature. I fe brought from Eurojie a play he had written, also the scenery which he had painted, and he proiiOMed to present both to the public. Private performances were given and the play was much admired, but for some whim or other the press and the regular managers gave it the cold shoulder. It was withdrawn,and later in the season the fair and grace ful daughter, Mi.ss Nard, eliaa-d with a young actor named Decker, and the two speedily disappeared from six'iety. Sulwequently Mr. Perdicaris rented a beautiful villa in a suburb of Trenton, N. J., on the banks of the historic Delaware, not very far from the land ing made by Geo. Washington, when in the dark and cold, surrounded by ice floes, he croswed over and routed the Hessians. Here, surrounded by all that wealth and taste could pnx-ure, Mr. Perdicaris and his family resided until their return to Europe. He w as very hospitable, bad a house full of friends, and gave elegant dinner iar ties. Mint of his time was siicnt between his studio and his library. He was Immensely popular with all who knew him, and has maintained the same good will of the population of Tangier since his advent in that city. H is the Irony of fate that a man kindly and philanthropic in all his dealings w itli his fellow men should, at the age of seventy years, be snatch ed from the midst of the surviving members of his family, by a bund of. Udyves and cut-throaty
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