. , . - _ - - „ ~ . • • - 74' . _ . , . V"• - • , 1) 7 . - . _ •I ofP\L -;•••3'. • ''''''''' \ • • • • •.• Ar • • -e • • •, • kz../v.D s ',A"' • • " :•7•;;.; : , ,_„ . ;•4'S • ;": _ . • , • 137 - W. 131a,tr. t OLUMI XXI. _ - _ _ ' . - - • „ . - r 1110'4111311111EIL 1E 2 "111E311[411._ 1 DRUGS MEDICINES, OEIII IIL illE. iffEN .OLAIS, &e. &c., Go -to Fourthn-ian's ZUI.I - .17 , - "7 - ' • 5 - --• ]..... _' Waynesboro , May 24 1867 BEA VER, DEALER IN Ladies, Misses, (Andrea, Met and Boys BOOTS a SsiOES, Hats, Caps, Trunks,. etc. Segars, Tobacco, the very same old kind of Rap pee Snuff, Candies, Nuts, Cloves. ()Munition, Pep per. baking Soda, Ginger, Baking Moniiii.ea, Shoe and Stove Blacking, Ebsence of Cioffiie, P..per -Col- - lars and Cufle, Suspenders, Hose, Paper, Ink and Steel pens THE METALIC SFIOE SOLE. Soaps, Lthy White, Hair Oil, Perfumeries, Mattlies, Kerosene, &c. &c. Governm-nt Blankets. Also Gum Blankets. Many more articles needed and used by everybody. Room an the north-east Corner in the Diamond, WAYNESBORO'. Citizens and persons living in the Country will fino a large and well setae ted stock 01 fires class gooua at as low figures as can be sold in the cover Sept. 20 1867 AIM'S for F.ll{lll EMS and others.—yhe Graf . - '" ton Mineral Paint Co., are now manufactuiing the Best, Cheapest. and most Durable Paint in use: two coats well put on, mixed with pure Linseed Oil, will last 10 or 15 years• it is of a light brown or beautiful chocolate color, and can be changed to green, lead, stone, drab, olive or cream, to suit the consumer. It is valuable for Houses, Barns, Fen ces, Carriage and Car masers, Pais, and IVooden ware, Agri , ultural implements. Usual Boats, Ves• eels, and Ships' Bottoms, Canvas, Metal and Shin gle Roofs, (it being • ire and Water proof), Floor Oil Cloths, (one Matimacturer hiving used 5000 bbls. the part yearo and as a paint for any purpose is unsurpassed for burls, . duraniloy, elasticity. and adhesiveness. IVitrrmted in an cases as encore. Send for a circular which gives full particulars. None genuine unless branded in a trade murk (inf late Minere r Paint A d ruse DANIEL BIDW ELL. 254 Pearl St. N. Y. For suit, at the Hardly ire store 01 GEI,I•' R & RHIN hal AR who am also agents for Bidwell's Carriage Grease. Oct.4—tint. LUMBER - WANTED. THE subscribers will pay the highest elan price for Lumber, to be delivered this season, and will also wan; a large lot for next season. - Sept. 6—tt; GEISER, Pit lUE & CO. BKr.:1) HAT, M•un StroSt, Charobersburg, Pa, is a sure sign that y.. 0 are near the Uncap sad Fashionable Hat Moot/um of - DECREB7, /VIM largest assortment of -C A it P E 1' IS town at the siore B6NEDICT St Co ptLYIE N. U. NTalases at the storaof ~ M 21":"44.0N, BERCI= r 14. Co WAYNESBORO% FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER IS, i 1367.- r"C3O3IITICLIk.X.a. , .•- • . . r, ?•• • FAB AWAY,- , "The land that is very far off."—lsa. =all 17. Upon the shore Of Evermore We sport like children at their play; And gather shells - Where sinks and swells The mighty sea from far away. on-that-bPseh Nor voice nor speech Doth things, intelligibly say; But through our souls whisper rolls That comes to us from far away. Into our ears The voice of years Comes deeper, deeper, day bj , day; We stoop to hear As it draws near, , Its awfulness fr)ni ftr away At what it tens, We drop 'the shells We were so full of yesterday, And pick no more Upon that shore, But dreamt of brighter far away And o'er that tide, Far out and wide, Iteryearun gsofou - roultd t ray We long to go We do not know Whore it may be, but far away The mighty deep Doth slowly - creep Upon the shore where we did play; Th e very sand Where we did stand A moment since, swept far away. ' Our playmates all, Beyond our call, Are passing hence, as we, too, may, Up to that shore Of Evern.ore, Beyond the boundless far away We'll trust the wave, And Him to snve Beneath whose feet as marble lay ' The rolling deep, For he can keep . Our souls in that dim fir away. MEXSIOO3OI-32C.E.A.Birle• [From the Lneon [flll Home Journal THE HAUNTED HOUSE. There is a lonely house situated near what is known as 'Upper Crow Creek,' in this county, that just cow bears the unenviable notoriety of being haunted. We suppress the locality, out of regard to the interests of the prop tetor. who is anxious to effect a sale without a sacrifice. It is a lonely, unpaint ed, two story structure standing by itself, a way from the main road, and where dark deeds could be perpetrated with little risk, and is what is termed a 'renter's' house.--= Some time last spring a family came to the neighborhood, nod leasing the adjoining ground, moved into the house The first night of their arrival was sianalled by mys terious noises, groans, etc., proceeding from A certain unoccupied room, attended with opening and shutting of dears, etc. The next-nigh t-was-even-uoisier — th a n — t he — fifs and glimses were had of a shadowy form, passing swiftly into the room and out the doors,. which.opened and shut of their own accord. They remained a week, keeping their own counsel, and imparting their fears to the proprietor alone, who bought their si lence and released them from ail engage. wenn. Two weeks later another tenant ar. rived, and moved into the house, wholly un conscious of its ghostly visitors. The first and second nights passed without any dis turbance, on the third, while soundly sleep ing, they were awakened by a most heart" rending scream, from the room bufbre alluded to, followed by heavy blows, and then a wild, haggard looking person came out, passed through the dour, which seemed to open and close of its own accord, and disappeared in the darkness. The occupier of, the house was no coward, and his first impultie was that. robbers were at work but he seemed spell bound and unable to move himself. Several nights passed with more or less alarms—his family grew nervous, and declared they would not remain, but he still believing that something more tanFilale than spirits pro duced the row, determined to watch the next night in the room adjoining the small sleep log apartment, from which the noises came. Somewhere between twelve and one o'clock the door opened, and the same figure appear ed, making directly for the spot where the watcher stood. It was a fearful moment, but ghost or no ghost, he was not to be frigh tened, Mad as the apparition passed, he dealt it a• blow which seemed to pass CLEAN THROUGH the intruder. There was the same heavy blows and shrieks, and then a livid human head, dripping with blood, rolled out upon the flour. The house was vacated the next day, the owner purchasing his silence with means sufficient to carry him to Kansas. Now for an explanation of this strange ar. fair. Last winter the house was occupied for a season by a rough and sinister-loosing family of 'refugees,' who are believed to have murdered a peddler, traveling about the country carrying a pack. lie visited must dent Nemnsipaiper. of the `farmers through, the neighborhood, and was last seen, juat-at nightfall, going in the direction of this house, which it is be lieved be never left alive. 'Shortly after they removed, co one knows whither. and took with them a barrel of salted pork, though not known to fatten or purchase a pig.— Readers of newspapers at this time will re• m. - mber the arrival at Louisville, Ky:, of a barrel, .which, exciting suspicions from its sickening stench, was opened, and found to contain human remains, shipped by whom has never yet been discovered, though de• tectives are at work upon the subject. An examination of the floor shows dark looking stains, partially eradicated with a plane and there are certain suspicious spots upon the wall. In corroboration, the New York Herald of two weeks ago, in its column of ersonale—had-a-notiee--asking—in formation concerning one Juan Blanque, a Neapolitan, last heard• from through a letter mailed at Lacon in December last, wherein he stated he was meeting with very good success.--- The information herein contained, was gain ed from the owner of the premises in person. and except the -supernatorial part, for which he cannot account, is fully accredited by the writer. Honor Your Business As the New Yur,k Economist says, it is a zood sit:n when a man is romi of his work _ or of — his calling. Yet nothing is more com mon than ta heat men finding fault constant ly with their particular business, and deem ing themselves unfortunate because fastened to it by the necessity of gaining a livelihood In this spirit men fret, and destroy all their comfort in the work;, or they change their business, and go on miserably, shifting from one thing to another, nil the grave or the poor house gives them a fast .ri • But oecasitlly a man fails in life because he is not in the place fitted for his peculiar talent, it happens ten times oftener that failure results from neglect and even con tempt of an honest business. A man should put his heart into everything he dues. There is not a profession that has not its peculiar are and vexations. No man will escape annoyance by changing business. No mechanical business is altogether agreeable. Commerce, in its endless varieties, is affect ed, like other human pursuits, witlr . ,trials, unwelcome duties, and spirit-tiriug necessi ties. It is the very watitinness of folly „for a man to search out the frets and burdens,of his calling, and give his mind every day to a curtsidetation of them. ..lhey belong to hurna - trtife. They are inevitable. Brood• ing, then, only gives them ~t rengtli. On the other hand, a man has power given to hitu to shed beauty and pleasure upon the homeliest toil, if he is wise. — Let a man adopt his business, and iden tity it with his life, and cover it with pleas ant associations; for God has given us imagi nations, nut alone to make some poets, but _ all men to beautify homely things. /kart varnish . will cover up innumerable evils and defects. Look at the good things. Accept yOur lot as a man does a ragged piece of ground, and begin to get out the rocks and roots, to daepcu and mellow . the soil, to enrich and plant it. There is some thing in the most forbiding advocation, a round which a man may twine pleasant fan cies—out of which he may develop an hon• est pride SELF SACRIFICE.- When the plague raged at Marseillies, and all the city was panic stricken, the physicians assembled at the Hotel de Ville to bold a consultation. After a long deliberation they decided unanimously that the malady had a peculiar and mysteri ous °hal actor, which a post mortem examina tion might throw light upon; but the opera tion was held as an impossible one, seeing the operator must t.ll in few hours. A dead pause followed this_fear-ful-dechmatiNti — , hen suddenly a surateon named Guyon, in the prime of life and of great celebrity io his profession. rose and said firmly, "Be it so, I wilt give myself for the safety of my beloved couutiy. By to-morrow morn I will dissect a corpse, and write down what I observe " Ile went• away, calmly made his will, con fessed, and received the sacrement He then shut timselt up with a man who had died with the plague, taking with him an inkstand, paper and a little crucifix. Full of enthusi asm he had never felt more firm or collected: kneeling before the corpse he wrote; "I gave without horror, even with joy I trust, by finding the secret cause of this terrible disease to show the way to some' salutary remedy: and so will God bless my sacrifice and make it useful." fie began—lie finished the op cradon. and recorded in detail his' surgical observations. He then threw the papers into a vase of vine Cat the lazaretto, and died in twelve hours. "Med," we say? Nay. be lived. What life so real as that which casts itse:f into fu ture generations to he It lasting bencdt to wen?. What better illustration of the Chief Shepherd's words. "He that loseth his life for thy sake shalt find it!" THE HOPE Or? MAN.—Final success—the joy of life's ripe harvest, is the goal of our . hopes Nu wise or thoup,htful man will live merely for to-day The E ilgrim who seeks a home is nut contest to linger and loi ter for the mere flowers beside his way.— The sower looks ouward to fidds white and ready for the sickle Wisdom has regatcl to the grand issue. The triumph or pleasure of to-day is transitory. We want a hope that does not sink with the setting sun. The true success of life is that which does not fail the evening of our day& and leave them to blight or barrenness. We want the shout of "har vest home," that will not die into silence with the failiog breath, but makes the pass age to the grave a whispering gallery where heaven and earth talk together. \Men ia a toietistoae like a ru,h-light ? Wlieu it it; sct up for a lite biLband. Has She, a Call to be a wife. Husker a call to be a wife,. who thinks more of her silk dress than her children, and visits her nursery no of tner than once in a day? Has the woman a call to be a wife, who sits 'reading the latest novel while her hus band stands before the glass trying to pin to gether a buttonless shirt bosom ? Has that woman a call to be a wife, who cries for a cashmere shawl, when her hue band'svot.es.are protested ? Has that woman a call to be a wife who expects her husband to swallow diluted cof fee, soggy bread, smoky tea and watery po tatoes six days out of seven ? Has she a call to be a wife, who flirts with every man she meets, and reserves the frowns for the home fires*? Has she a—call to be — a — wife; who — comes down to breakfiist in abominable paper curls a soiled-dress *gown, and shoes:down at the heels ? Has she a call to be a wife, who bores her husband when he comes into the house with the history of a broken tea-oup, or the pos sible whereabouts of a missing broom-han• dle ? Has she a call to be a wife who 'has . the headache' when her husband wants her to walk with him, but willingly wears out her gaiter boots protueoading with his male Weide F Has she a call to be a wife, who would take advantage of a moment of conjugal weakness to extort money or exact a prom ise ? Has she a call to he a wife who • takes a journey for pleasure - leaving her husband to toil in a close office, and 'have an eye' when at home, to the servants 7 Has she a call to be a wife, to whom a h ush and 's_s_oc ie ty_is_no t_the_g reatest_of-ear th— ly blessings 7 Has she a call to be a wife, who listens to outside slanders against her husband, and does not scorn the slanderer ? A WHOLE FAMILY IN ITEAVEN.—The following eloquent passage is from the pen of Albert Barnes: A whole family in heaven ! Who can pic ture or describe the everlasting joy ? No one absent. No fat her,nor mother, nor sun, nor daughter, are away In the world be low, they were united in faith, and love, and peace, and joy. ID the morning of the res urrection they ascended together Before the throne they-bow together in united ado ration. On the banks of the River of Life they walk hand in hand, and as a family have commenced a career of glory which shall he everlasting There is hereafter to be no separation in the family. No toe is to lie down on a bed of pain. No one to wander into temptation. No one to sink into the'arn - ii -- cf - de - arh. Never in Beacon is that family to run along in the slow pro cession, clad in the habiliments of woe,. to consign one of its ruembers_to the tomb.— God grant that in H is infinite mercy every family may be thus united. Mrs. Muloch, in speaking of the influence of woman in society, uses the following lan guage ; , 'Oh !if gloomy women did but know what comfort there is in a cheerful spirit. How the heart leaps to meet a sunshiny face, a merry tongue, an even temper, and a heart which, either naturally, or, what is better, from, conscientious principle, has learned to take all things on the bright side, believing that the Giver of life being all perfect love the best offering we can make to him is to enjoy to the full what he south of good, and what he allows of evil—like a child who, when once it believes in its father, believes in all his doings with it, whether it under stands them or not' That husband who has_a_patpetual -sun sifithis home in the shape of a cheer ful wife, should be one of the, happiest of men, and iI ho is not, Pruvitionce has been too kind to him. TAKE CARE!—How many of us, in OUT mad pursuit of wealth, or fame, or ple.isure, are willing to give.a passing glance at the laws upon which our very existence depends? The subject that should first interest mortal man is man himself fie should look into the organization of his body, and study the laws by which that organization is governed. Yet, in ttiis nineteenth century—this age of science—how few there are who have been educated or have educated themselves for the important work of taking care of their bodies! And in consequence of this neglect, how many there are who, day after day, throughout a lifetime, continue to violate the plainest and most imperative. 'laws of nature— till, finally, they bring disease and peramture death upon themselves, a penalty fur violated law. CUT VHS OUT. —For a long time, hydro phubia was thought to be incuiable, and per sons affected with it weta either strangled or smothered to death But a German Forres ter dying a few years ago, made known a life secret by which he had saved many lives, and which may serVc a good turn to some of our readers. Bathe the wound constantly with hartshore, and give three or four doses diluted during the day The hartshorn de• composes Chemically, the virus insinuated in tu the wodnd, and immediately alters and de stroys its deliteriousness. Two men recently died suddenly at a Cana dian tavern after driuElog a cup of entr ee . The landlady called the polico,vrho suspected her of poisoning the men. She protests she did, not and to prove the hartulessaess of the coffee drank a cup herself, when she a !so tell down dead. An examination of the coffee put showed that a bunch of • matches had been boiled with the coffee.. How d.) we kuowlfrat_Pbaroali was a ear 'water ? Because bo wade Jvsoph a ruler. What Childhood Should Be: -- If it were not too - serious a - subjeott• fel` mirth, one might oiten , laugh at; the super human virtue required • by adults of little children. "''Be good' says the autocrat of the' family—mother, father, unole or aunt, as" the case may be—'be good." , Now. being 'good'. la this instance may mean, that a restless lit tle creature, brimming with pent-up vitality, shall not touch a finger to any article, in a small confined room, except toys whose mag is virtues he long since exhausted, having turned them over,"day after day, for weeks, without te„solitary word„of interest or sympa thy having been addressd to him in his efforts to extract amusement from the same. At length he cries simply because he is weary and has nothing to do. 'Be good,' thunders the family autocrat—'be good;' which, trans lated; moans if in stead, the autocrat were to take the little creature in his or her lap, in an easy position so as to rest the little tired limbs, and tell it a story to withdraw its thoughts awhile from itself, and give it material out of which to ' build a little play, which you should present- Ifsee him jump down from the lap in glee to rehearse, would it not be vastly more sen sible, as well as,jreasonable ? 'Naughtiness,' so styled, is oftner than a. nything else, in young children, want of oc cupation, confined apartments and insufficient ventilation. The truth-is;that-all out as the phrase is, is the only proper apart ment for them. There is variety; there is 1 space, there is fresh air. A child brought up wholly in the city, accustomed only to the limitations of a daily walk, is really defraud ed of its 'childhood;' and, what is more mournful, the theft can never lse atoned for in after life. Nothing can make up for it, for the gleeful delight of pickingshells upon _the_aca_sh o re_o th_di ea gled—feet in the foam of the waves, or pluckin g , iinds ful of flowers,' wheresoever it chooses to stray, or looking at the animal creation, cv • cry one of which, from a caterpillar to an os, is a marvel and a wonder, compared to which a toy-shop is of no interest whatever. Simply as an educating process, without regard to health, or pleasure, it is of more value than any other to childhood; we are - taking it for granted that such a child is neither fettered by fine clothes, or tyranized over by a stupid, ignorant selfish nurse, who replies to every intelligent query. "Hold your tongue!" or "Don't bother!" 1 think that I can always select, from out the grown people I meet, those who, when they came into the world, brought their welcome with them, and over whose inlan -Cy-heaven's dew and sunshine fell, without stint or limit. What crosses soever inkfter life they may have been called to bear 'ln a world of mutation, still the eye; at times, brightens; and the worn hands clasp each other, while the eyes seem to be looking back through th_e_far years, as you hear from their lips those slowly-voiced words, "I had such a happy childhood!" And now, when the chosen voice, that promised to cherish,-is harsh, and stern, and cold, and 'clutytia_in place of love, and the years move all too slowly and wearily to the- coveted grave, there still will remain this blessed memory ! Perhaps some one scene, stands out in bold relief against all the dark years; some day when the childish grief had reach ed its climax; and sympathy and love came raining into the little aching heart, healing whatsoever it touched, till smiles chased the tears away, and sobs were turned to kisses. And if, at such a memory and its dark con trast, the agonized cry should escape. 'Oh, mother ! mother!' who shall tell me that e ternity has severed such strong heart-strings? What were life worth, if one believed this? A Missouri paper contains the following, which will pass without much urging: 'Do you believe in predestination ?' said a captain of a Mississippi steamer to a Cal vanistic clergyman who happened to be tray• elling with him. 'Of course I do. 'And you also believe that what is . to be will be ?' 'Well, I'm glad to hear it.' hy ?' 'Because I intend to pass that boat ahead in fifteen minutes, if there be any virtue in pine knots and loaded safety valves. So don't be alarmed, for if' the bilers ain't to burst they won't Hero the divine commenced putting on his hat, and began to look like backing out; which the captain seemingly observed. '1 thought you believed in predestination. and what is to be will be ?' 'So I do, but I believe in being a little nearer• the stern when it takes place.'- During the Little of Kingston a brigade of North Carolinia junior reserves behaved badly, and retreated before the Union forces. A general•seized one of the fugitives and held the following aoversation with hia: Gen —•%Vhat are you running away for?' Junior.-0121, General, the Yankees were shooting.' Gen.--Why filrinlt you shoot back agalu? Ain't sou ashamed of yourself ? You are crying like a baby.' Junior (bhibbctitig)—'l wish I was a baby, and a gal baby at that,' A North Carolina Rebel was relating how "tl,e Yanks" fired upon 'his company while marching through a thick' wood. Th ey glad• I; obeyed an order to Lie down, but there was nothing to shield them' from the.tcrrible vol leys of the enemy. 'Why didn't you get behind a tree '?' asked n !ismer. 'Tree , te d— ' replied the Reb, 'there wasn't trees e nough for the aficers.' It is said there is a man in New ork who can paint a piece of wood so much like inar• We, that, •on being placed in water, it will liumedhaely sink. E 2.00 3Per ',rear Two gentlemen from New York, one of whom had been in California nearly a - year and the.,other just arrived, were accidentally overheard in the following conversation, at . the gutter House, Saeremento. The new Corner was lamenting his condition, and es• pecially two beautiful daughters who were 'just budding into womanhood—when he as ked the other it he had a family. 'Yes, sir, I have a wife, and six children in New York, and I never saw one of them' After this the couple eat a few !moments in silence, and then the interrogator again commenced: 'Were you over blind, sir ?' 'No, sir.' Another lapse of time. 'Did I understand von to say, sir, that you ,had a wife and six children—living in New York, and had never seen one of them?' 'Yes, sir —I so stated it.' Another and a long pause of silence, then the interrogator again inquired: " 'How can it be air, that you never saw one of them ?' 'Why,' was the response, 'one of them was born after I left.' 'Oh ah and a general laugh followed After that the first New Yorker was es pecially distingushed as the man who had six children and never saw one of them, QUICK WITTED —A down East A.tsricul turist last summer required a number of reapers. Several presented themselves, and all were engaged with one exception. The poor mairthus omitted said: 'Master, won't you hire me?' 'No,' said the farmer. 'Why, not'?' • Because you are too Half.' 'Too little' exclaimed the astonished I- rishman, 'does your honor reap your graia at the top ?' What could tha farmer do but roar with laughter, and send the little man to join 'his comrades in the field. Music.—What is more deply interwoven with the sympathies of human naiure than music What will more touchingly expre,s the feelings of jay or sorrow, hope or melan choly ? Melancholy forgets to sigh or weep as aeolian chords sweep gently over its sea of troubles. What joy complete without its all-enlivening strains? What warrior ner ved without its thrilling blast ? What church so lowly, and what service so devout as that where the swelling choral and the or gan peal mingle ? A few years ago some Indians, who saw several women babtized by immersion in the river at Sr. Joseph, Mo., a hole being out in the ice for that purpose, imagining that the ceremony, which they could not understand, was to make them good, afterward brought their squaws, cut another hole. in the ice near by, and gave them a ducking, in spite of their remonstrances. - - A poultice of onions, applied morning, noon and night, will 'cure a felon. No mat ter how bad the case, larre;ng the finger will be unneccessary if this poultice be used The remedy is a sure, safe, and speedy ono So says one who has tried it. No cure no hurt. At a great Republican rally at Defiance, Ohio, one of the banners bore the following inscription: "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag i give him a post' office !— A. Johnson. Cuffy said he'd rather die in a railroad smash up than a steamboat buist-up, for this reason you gite off and smashed up, dar you ie; but if you Bits bluwed up on the boat, whar is yuu ? Nuisances— C - roas-eyed spinsters, mischief making women, grumbling old bachelors, dilapidated sidewalks, squalling children, frowzy wives, dirty postal currency, and subscriber who does not pay for his paper. Not that which men do worthily, but that which they do successfully, is what history makes haste to record. • A man of the world may havo enough of the world to sink him, but ho eau never have enough to satisfy him. An American paper says that an Indian rubber omnibus is about to be invouted, which whoa full, will bold a couple more. Why is n tilting, skirt liko a slaug,hter pen ? Because lean and fat calm are con tained in it. Wait for others to advance your interests, and you will wait until they are nut worth advancing. Mr. Snooks says the reason he does not, marry is, that his house is not large enough to contain the consequences. Generally observed—Tilting skirts, water• falls and other peville's business. • Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Ladies would make good traders—they never get shaved. - - An old maid is like an old boot—of no use without a Idiom The man who plants a birch tree litt . b (I;eaws of %hat Le is conferring on postal' A dis•cur•toons institution—ea law. One to day is worth two to-irr")wg. NUMBER. 24
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