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mt N* D. GL. njn it Do?ik*s Kid ?1 Pllla did bm ? great Jot of iwd, and If H were not trM I would not reeoa ?end them. It wae the strain of Itftlag that brought on kid Bey trouble and **ak?md m t ??*. DUI time* using DniI Kidney PUIs I have lifted 000 pounds sad felt, as bad effects ( lure set felt ttasi troable come bnck aloes, sltbough II ksd aaffered for live or six yesrs. sod | remedies bad not helped me at1 an." i For ssle by sll dealers. Price 00 ?sats. Foater-MUburn Co.. Buffalo. N Y. \ Fishing with sn Ice Pick* There is s farmer out In Wyoming who lhrcd almost entirely last winter : sn the contents of a unique refrlger-1 ?tor presented to him by nature. He lives near a small brook which! Is part of s large stream not far off.; A big school of salmon trout cams upj In the brook and were cut off from re- j turning to the river by the freezing: mt the smsll connecting stream. Then' came an unusually cold wave, and the brook was frozen solid, the hun-* dreds of salmon trout being caked up| In the icc. During the winter the farmer had only to go down to the brook, chop a hole In the ice and pick out s few of the frozen fish, using them as hs seeded them for his meals. PITS permanently eu red. TCo fltsomervouf: aess after llr*t dny's ns?i of l)r. Kline's Great ?ervoltextorer, retrial liollleatid treatise free Dr. It. 11. Ki.ime.LUI.. Arch St.. 1'hlla.. l'a. Missionaries are at work in 247 o? the Walled cities of Cliii.u. PLeo's Cure Is the best medicine wo ever used for all affection.-) of throat and lump*.-?Wk. ?. Khdhlrt, Yanhitren, Ind., Feb. 10, i'JOO. Amonn the JapAnr.se one dilorce takes place for every four muriages. MEET AFTER 27 YEARS* Lsng Lost Brothers Come Together In Town Where Neither Lives. On the chance of finding sn oppor tunity to use some of his surplus mon ? sy, Frederick Clayton came to Wauke sha from his home at Ellsworth, Neb., snd unexpectedly met a brother whom he had not seen in twenty-seven yesrs. The two met on the street. Frederick came to this country la search of farming lands, thinking to Invest in a largo tract. He arrived ?ver the electric line from Milwaukee, and, after stepping from the car to the sidewalk stopped for a moment to ln (ulre the direction to a hotel. While thus meditating an eh', rly man approached. Frederick noted him sad as he was about to pass at the same time the other turned. "HenryI" exclafhied one. "Frederick!" exclaimed the other. Henry B. and Frederick F. Clayton wers born st Marshalltown, la., and are 47 snd 52 years of age, respective ly. Owing to some family quarrel thq eldest left home and atruok out foi? himself, snd st present Is living unt married st Bllsworth, Neb. Henry la msrrlcd and Uvea st Bell^ Tists, Cal. 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I ??*?? ?/ WmrrtmUg Wat *?rt*r 0hO,l~f Wheat la Tha following timely artlcla by Di rector Redding of tha Georgia Kx perlment Station, applies with equal force to othar Southern States, and especially those immediately contig uous to Oeorfli. "It may be added that there are many locations In Southwest and Ernst Georgia, uy as for as the line across the 8tate from east to west and fifty miles to the south of the cities of Au gusta, Macon and Columbus, where wheat may be sown with reasonable prospect of success. So far south and towards the sea, it becomes doubly im portant that a high elevation and a clay soil be secured, and an early ma turing, rust-resisting variety be sown. A field from which a crop of cotton (or of tobacco has Just been removed is ?well suited for wheat. A crop of cow iPeas or clover, of which the vines hava ,been converted into hay, or depastured cattle and hogs, leaves the soil in Just the right condition for wheat. Con sidering however, the advantage of a system of rotation, and the demands of other crops, it is pcrlrni a better prac tice to sow wheat and other small (grain after corn. If the corn field bo 'well cultivated and sown in cow peas at the last plowing, the corn cut and fihocked and entirely removed from the and it is Just the place for wheat or pther small grain. VARIETIES OP WHEAT. "The station has made no extended rr elaborate tests of varieties of wheat. l?ut such as have been made indicate lhat the variety commonly known as ?purple straw* or 'blue stem,' so long Cultivated in different parts of the South, is probably the best variety, all things considered. There are two sub (varieties, one a red, the other a white prheat, but the red variety seems to be the most hardy and reliable. "The early May, of which there were also two sub varieties?the 'red* May and the 'white' May?was Ions a pop ular .wheat, largely because it was cnrly and less likely to be ruined by rust. "Among the recognized standard va rieties the Kultz and Fulcaster have been quite popular in most places in the South when sown. "It is universally known that rust is the great and almost only enemy to wheat culture in the South. This fun gus is apt to be developed during a hot, moist spell of weather in April or May, or when the location is far south and at a low elevation above the sea. No preventive has yet been found for rust. All thst csn be done is to select a soil that Is known to be the most favorable for wheat, which should not be moist and low-lying, but rather elevated and dry, plant only an approved variety, fertilize liberally and leave the results to weather conditions that are beyond our control. TO PREPARE THE LAND. "Of all the varieties of small grain, wheat is the most insistent on thorough preparation of the soil. The .Innd should l.e well broken to as great a depth as if for corn or any other staple crop, and four or five weeks in advance of rowing. At any rate the surface soil after such breaking should be harrowed and rolled until in a thoroughly pulverized condition. ?Wheat delights in a mellow, fln?> seed bed. WHEN TO SOW. "The almost universal belief Is that the seed should be gown about the time when the flrct killing frost occurs, or from the middle of October to the mid ?? of Novcmber, acording to latitude. Whoat Ik more likely to be injured by insects when sown too early than are oats and other small grain. The regu lar grain drill will invariably give bet ter results than when the seed are plowed in or harrowed In. But many farmers will not find it expedient to incur the expense of such a machine. satisfactory results may be se cured, when sowing only a few acres, ?by first getting the land in fine smooth condition and then sow the seed in shallow drills made with a small plow from eighteen to twenty-four inches apart, sowing the seed by hand through A guano trumpet.' About one to two And one-half Inches below the general surface, is about the proper depth for the seed to be deposited. "One bushel is about the proper quantity of seed for one acre of well adapted and well fertilized soil, when sown with a drill machine or in furrows by hand. The seed, however, may be cut in witti a cutaway harrow and piany of the tine crops made in 1898 were thus sown. FERTILIZERS. "Long experience has taught the farmers of the country to believe that .there Is no fertilizer for wheat equal *o stable manure or cottonseed, one or .the other, or the two combined. Most of the large yields have resulted from the use of a liberal application of one or the other of these home manures. Long before the use of guano and chemical fertilizers whs known in this country cottonseed was considered the all-sufficient for wheat, and stable ma nuro was equally well known and ap preclnted. Now stable manure and cot ton seed are each what is called a ni trogenous fertilizer, becuase each owes iti effectiveness and value as a ma nure mainly to the nitrogen that it contains. Raw-bone meal has long been effective and popular fertilizer for wheat in the northern States and in England, and it was once thought that Its effectiveness was chiefly duo to tho phosphoric acid of the bone. Later ex perience, however, has suggested that It la the nitrogen of the raw bone that does the work rather than tho phos phoric acid, "But careful experiments have shown that phosphoric acid it a nec essary Ingredient In a mixed fertilizer Tor wheat, and the few tests made at the station farm confirm those made elsewhere. In fact, a so-called 'com p4sta* fertiliser, or on* containing phosphoric add, potash and nitrogen, will generally giro better result*, es pecially when the soil Is old and won. and when liberal fertilising is desired. When a very slight application is in tended potash may be left oat. aad oven phoephorlc acid, applying only a nitrogenous fertiliser, or one contain ing a minimum of phosphoric acid and potash. 8uch a fertiliser is stable manure and also cotton seed, the prin cipal element being nitrogen. But on *?rn or thin uplands a more complete and better balanced fertilizer is requir ed. Moreover, many who wish to grow whest hare neither stable manure nor cotton seed. "For general use on the soils of mid dle and north Georgia the following formula will giro good results: Add Phosphate 14 per cent 200 lbs. Muriate of potash SO lbs. Cotton meal 500 lbs. w 750 ,b? The above would anslyze about as follows: Avaiisble phosphoric acid..5.40perct Potash (K20) 3.33 per ct. N1.l!?Ken 4.66 per ct 'The formula may be varied accord ing to convenience or circumstances. For instance, if a farmer wishes for any reason ?o use. cotton seed Instead of meal, he may substitute for the lat ter two and one-half times as much cot ton seed (whole or crushed); or if he has a cotton seed huller and wishes to use the kernels, or 'meats,' instead of meal or seed, he may substitute one and one-quarter times as much of the kerhels. "So. also, four times as much kanit may be used instead of muriate of potash. "Such changes or substitutions , would not materially alter the rela I tive proportions of the three princl j pal plant food elements, and would fre ! quently prove more convenient. In each case the gross amount required to produce the same effect would be considerable changed; but the amouut of acid phosphate remainlg constant there would be no difficulty in deter mining how much of one modified for mula would be equvalent to a given amount of another. "In practice it would bo better not to apply a)) of the nitrogenous ingre dient at the time of sowing. If cotton seed meal be used, one-third may well be left out and an equivalent of nitrate of soda applied during the last weetc in March in the form of a top dressing for it has been found exceedingly ef fective. So then an ideal fertilizer for wheat would be as follows: Muriate of Potash (at sowing a 60 lbs. Acid Phosphate (sowing time). 200 lbs. Cotton Meal (at sowing time). .350 lbs of sodR (ln t*? spring) 76 lbs." The sbove is subject to any of the modifications already suggested. "The top dressing of nitrate of soda should be applied after the plants 'get Into the boot.' or a week or ten days before the first heads will appear, and when the soil is in good condition as shortly after a rainfall, but when the plants are not wet with dew or rain Simply scatter the nitrate evenly and broadcast over the surface. It will soon disolve an?; sink into the soil, and its effects in the darker color and in creased luxuriance of growth wiH us ually be manifest within a week. > HOW TO PREVENT SMUT. "Every old wheat grower knows atout smut, and how to prevent it by the time honored process of soaking seed wheat in a solution of bluestone. which will be presently described. But not many aro aware of the fact that the product of wheat from smut-in fected seed is not simply damaged in quality, but the yield of sound wheat is thereby lessened by more than the mere proportion of mere smut grains In other words, a bushel of smutty wheat may produce only ten bushels o. grain, smut and all, while if the same bushel of wheat be properly dis infected it might yield a crop of twelve oi fifteen bushels of sound wheat. It Is therefore of oonsiderable Import ance from the standpoint of quantity of yield as well as from the ordinary , consideration of quality, that the seed ..nS^ should be properly treated. The old method of treatment con sisted in soaking the seed wheat over , in a solution of one pound of , milestone dissolved in enough water to : cover about five bushels of wheat or about three ounces of bluestone'for \ **8anu? solution, by the addition of mere water and bluestone, in the same proportions, may be used for another lot of wheat. I^ter, and strictly scientific experiments, show that a much weaker solution will bo <>ffectlve. One authority says: Ihis consists in Immersing the seed wheat twelve hours in a solution mado by dissolving one pound of copper sul phate (bluestone) in twenty-four gal lons of water, and then putting the seed for five or ten minutes into lime- i water made by slacking one pound of good lime in ten gallons of * ~uer.* i The same authority goes on to *ay: i The wheat does not grow quite so well as when treated with hot water, but enre 18 inconsiderable.' 'The hot water, or Jensen, treat ment for the prevention of smut con sists essentially in Btceping the seed wheat In water maintained at the tem perature of 132 degrees to 133 degrees Tor one or two minutes at a time and repeated six to eight times in the course of ten minutes, stirring and *,etwcen each immersion The treatment Is equally effective ae a treatment of seed oats to prevent Tmi! (?r " a drill machine is to be used for sowing the grain It will be necessary to dry it after the soak ing. If to be sown by hand, the wheat may be dried sufficiently by stirring In to it a few pounds of slackened lime l to each bushel." ?PIDER KILLED A FISH. Event Shows Amazing ' Strength of 8mcll Insect. "The amazing strength of spiders la inown in a number of well authenti cated Instances," Bald a biologist of the University of Pennsylvania. "Thu9 we have an Instance of a half-Inch spider catching a two-Inch fish. "The spider weighed H grains. It was of the ground, or wolf, family. A British scientist came upon It strug gling with the fish on the edge of a Uttle pool. Its claws were burled In the fish's tall?It had the tall out of the water?but the head still remained underneath. Like a fiend tho spider struggled to pull the fish up on tho bank, and the fish struggled desper ately to draw the spider Into the pool "For ten fnlnuioc the scientist wntched lb!* silent and deadly fight. Then lie hurried away, scientist like, for a botf!e lo catch tho fighters In. Ho was gone about half an hour, and on his return the end had come. Tho fish was dead and the spider was slow ly dragging It away." EQQ AND AN OYSTER. Made More Than a Full Meal for Nine Hungry 8allor*. "The ntranges meal I ever ate," said a sailor, "was dished up to ine In the Yellow sea nir.e years ago. This meal consisted of un ostrich ckk and a Japanese oyster. "There was nlno of us fell to, and fhe egg and the oyster made enough for all. The egg was hard boiled. Cooklo had shelled It, and It came on looking fine, all wblto and glisten ing, with a tart yellow sauco in the bottom of tho dish. We Hllced It down with a knife, tho same as you would sllco a turkey. It wasn't bad ?a little eggy, that's all. "The Japanese oyster was nearly two fret long. Jap oysters are. you now, the biggest in tho world. It was served raw, and when the boat swain stuck his long cnrvlng knife in It. It shivered all over, and It seem ed to mo a" kind of low groan escaped from It. It tasted fine, and there was enough left for a stew." WriWHUMOR of T H E'DAY Who sported the 'of Xl And th? uuite that tbejr made Put the sea in the shaoe, By the sound of the wiy, I suppeaux. ?Pennsylrsnta Bunch Bowl. " By Way mt Tartaty. Helene?"80 they are Anally di vorced. How about the child Y' Percy?"Oh, the child got the ctisto-ly of the mother, I beiiage."?Puck. A Kindred Use. "Dis is a putty good argument for a ?hippin' subsidy." , "Are you interested la dat subject?" "Sure.' I'm Interested in any ole scheme to get somethlu' for uothiuV? Puck. Ami Somrttiinc Mnr?. "Dickey, If you had twelv.* marbles, and Tommy should take half of them, how many would he have?" "HeM have six of 'em. ma'am, an* de wust lickin' 'e ever jot lit bis ]lfe, t'rowed In."?Chicago Tribune. A SuppoMtlly (land Antliurlty. The Literary Lady?1"Hannah, that cake you made was positively unpal atable. I never lasted such a mess." Hannah?"Yes, ma'am, 1 was quite sure it would be, ma'am. 1 made it from the recipe in that cook book you wrote, ina'aui."?Cleveland Plain Deal er. No I in Ilia I.lno. "They have a bright clerk down here at the drug store." "Why, what's the matter?" "I went in and asked for ten cents* worth of collodion to paint shingles with. 'Madam.' he said. *we don't keep I1011.se paints here.' "?Brooklyn Life. Llvius Up to It. ^Mrs. Gossipp?"Do you think that young man who calls on Agatha three times a week iias serious intentions?" .Mrs. Piuktea?'"He ought to have, judging from his occupation. lie ed its a column called 'Something Do ing.' "?Cincinnati Commercial-Tri bune. Had Different Itensoii*. "I'm afraid you can't gradi.ate this year, after all," said the high school professor to the Sweet Young Thing, who was s.jy in Greek or something. "No." she replied. "I can't. The dressmaker simply can't get my dress finished In time?isn't it too bad:"? Cleveland Lecdcr. Work ? NrrrMltr. "Work," remarked Tired Timothy, "is de bestest thing wot Is." "Since when did youse fall in love wid work?" asked Uuugry Henry. "I alters loved it." replied T. T. "Why, ef it wasn't fer work, liow'd de easy marks git money ted give us as works 'em, huh?"?Chicago News. Commendation. "Do you consider Buskin a great ac tor?" "No," answered Mr. Stormiugton Barnes. "He speaks very admiringly of your performances." "Buskin is not a good actor, but he !s a remarkably fine critic."?Washing ton Star. Concise Information. "How can I go to Jones' grocery ' store, sonny?" "YVliy. go down past Jimmy Hailcy's l>a?n, turn around the corner of Roddy j Johnson's pigpen, go up past Swipe | Mulligan's corn crib, tlown de alloy dat ! Johnny Hriggs lives 011. cross de street i where Danny O'Rourke's home Is, go | down a block, an* yer right there."? S'ew York Journal. A Fluttering Conijiiirinon, "So you thing you are a neglected genius?" "I'm sure of it," said the solemn cit izen. ? "Perhaps you have hidden your light under a bushel?" "No, it isn't that. Rut you must boar In inlnd that the star A ret urns, which Is really many times as large as one sun, docs not produce as much of a public Impression as a bicycle lainp." Washington Star. An It Oflfn Hwp|trn?. "Yes," said the hungry looking man, "I'm willing to do anything." "How does It happen that you ars out of a Job In sucli a time of peace, plenty and prosperity a* tills?" "Well, you see, there was a strike." "Oh. And you lost?" "No. we won all right only they gradually discharged all us fellows who'd gone out." "I see. The operation was success ful, but the patient died."?Chicago Record-Herald. In Metnarlmn. "Hather handsome young widow, Isn't she?" "She's more than rather handsome. I think she's one of the handsomest women in town." "Too bad she has such poor taslc." "I can't agree with you if you think she has poor taste." "Every one of her diamonds is noth ing more than paste." i "Oil, that may be so. She p'.'obnbly wears them In memory of her mi* j hand. lie was a bill poster."?St. Paul i News. SWEET TOOTH. There wax a young girl in Duluth Who had what ane called a "aweet* tooth. So large did it seem. ? That a gallon of cream > Sutlu-ed not to fill it. insootli!" ?Indianajtolis Sentinel. SHALLOW. Yaleton?"Did you read my* article on the Hudson River, professorV" Professor Flippe ? "Well, I Just waded through it?It wasn't very deep, you know."?Woman's Home Compau ion. OUT OF TIIB ORDINARY. "He always seems to be very earnest, at any rate." "Oh, very. Why, he can say *llow are you?' and give you the impressiou that he really wants to know."?Phila delphia Press. COULDN'T STAND FOR THAT. Senior Partner ? "What's the new cashier's naiue?" Junior Partner?"John P. Joltnson. Most people eall him 'Honest Johu.' " Senior Partner?"They do. eh? Well, you Just hand liim two months' salary and ask for his resignation at once."? Houston Chronicle. THE MODERN VERSION. "What did you think of the Pike?" Inquired Mr. Yungfeller, who was lis tening to a description of the St. Louis Exposition. "Well, it's all right for youug peo ple," replied Miss Sulfurie, "hut I wouldn't want a parent of luiuc to see It."?Houston Chronicle. A GUESS. "Itimer says all the poetry lie writes nowadays is \1 Ida tic.' What does that mean?" "I Imagine that must he a Latin word' that means 'the rejection of a manu script does not necessarily imply laek of literary merit.' 01* something to that effect."?Philadelphia Public Ledger. THE MUTILATORS OF ROOKS. "I have had lots of friends who were guilt)' of mutilating hooks they had borrowed from mc, but my latest ex perlence was the most novel of all." "What was It?" "I lent Mrs. liiank my dictionary :? few days ago, and yesterday she ro* turned It without a word!"?Xc?v Or leans Times-Democrat. SHOULD INHERIT AR11.ITY. "What is that Rrownley hoy g .iug to do?" "He's going into the advertising busi ness." "He ought to make a good one at it." "Why so?" "Ills mother never knew anything but what she advertised it al! over the town."?Cleveland Plain-Dealer. A CORRECTION. "You called me a 'political jobber* in your paper this morning." began the 'irate visitor. "Yes," replied the editor, "that was a had break. 1 discharged that typo im mediately." *"Oh, then, you didn't mean to say at. ? * 11*411 ? "Certainly not. I wrote 'robber very plainly."? Philadelphia Press. NO ADVANTAGE. "How much is beefsteak a pound?" asked the brhle of a mouth. "Eighteen cents," replied tlie butcher. "Why, 1 thoughl that the strike had sent the prices away up." "Well, mom. we got this meat before the strike began. We got It two months ago, when prices were down, and we can't take advantage of our regular customers."?Cleveland Lender. SIGNIFICANT. "So you bolicvc in signs?" "Yes. lteinember how the British bought Missouri mules during the Boer war?" "Yes." "Well, they won. didn't they?" "YcS." "Well, the .Taps are buying Missouri taiules now. It's a sure sign." "Of what?" "Kicking, of course."?Detroit News. TUB IIAKb I'AItT OF IT. "So these are the proofs of your epic pofiu." said tiie friend. "Hum-m-in, very interesting. .Must have meant a lot of labor." "Indeed It did." replied the poet. "That poem represents two years' hard and constant work." "You don't say. Ju*t to think! Two years of writing and rewriting." "No; not that. One day to write it and the rest of the time to sell it."? Chicago Tribune. AS TO Til K ST A ItS. "Now. .lames," said Air. (ioodpop, who was visiting his son at Harvard. "I want you to learn all you can while jit college, and particularly do I wish you to get acquainted with all tlie principal stars."' "Well. pa. ! il do (ho best I can," re plied the young man. dutifully, "but It's pretty hard for we freshmen to get acquainted with the stars. It's all v.e can do to get in with tlie chorus."? Houston <'bronlcle. Dynamite (iuni Oimolftf. After ten years of experience the War Department lias decided that the so-called dynamite guns, which at one time formed a picturesque feature of certain harbor defenses, are obsolete, and is getting rid of tliein as qui'-kl.v as possible. Tli* N ? w Kf( llollrr*. The niltoi int i<- egg boilers on ocean craft are destined to cook 124K) eggs at once, a clock arrangement causing the basket containing the eggs to hop ont of tlie water at any half minute up to ?Ix minutes. DOOM OP OR CAT SALT LA KB. Scientists lay It Will Dry Up Within Half a Century. Statistics Indicate that Great Salt lake, ths Dead sea of America. Is doomed?that It Is gradually drying up. The opinion now almost universal ly prevails among scientists that this mysterious body of water, located at an altitude of 4.210 feet above the sea level and 1.000 miles Inlsnd. sad which has but a single rival, the Dead sea of Palestine. 1s certain within the course of a half century to disappear from the map. Some scientists, who have msde a careful study of the Quo tuatlons of the lake for the past sever al years, even declare that It will be dried up within a quarter of m cen* tary. Sixteen years ago. In 1886, the area of the lake's surface was estimated st about 2,700 squsre miles. Tsklng twenty feet as the sverage depth at that time, one may estimate 1.&05, 433,600,000 cubic feet as the contents of the lake. To-day, arcording to re cent surveys. the lake has an arna of about 2,12u square miles. Multiplying Mils number by 11 %, ths number of feet lu depth of the water that has dis appeared and not been replaced, gives 669,778,400,000 cubic feet as the quan tity of water loss tlian what the lake had sixteen years ago. Observers of the lake havs assigned three causes for the shrinkage of its water. They are evaporation. Irriga tion and a subterranean outlet that some suppose to exist. There are ar dent advocates of each of these theor ies. Editor Shepard's News. When the late Elliott F. Shepard published a newspaper he printed at the head of the editorial column each p.ftcrnocn a Scriptural text. Tho ed itor of one of tho sensational news papers instructed a reporter to inter view Mr. Shepard and outlined the questions the young man was to ask. All went well until the Interviewer asked: "Why do you publish Bible extrnrts? The one to-day dealt with the crucifix ion. l?o you consider that news?" "I do," emphatically responded Mr. Shepnrd. "it Is news to a great many people?especially so. I believe, to the gentleman who sent you to question me." Ths Interview ended there.?Mem phis News. Mar Malral NMktm' RmaiMitfi Pmhm FHiLL!PllieTO;< Washington, DC LW4 I'hilip liichborn. Roar Admiral fluted State* Ifavy. writes froin Washington. I). C.. m follow*: "After the umeof I'eruiiu /or ? sh>.r$ pt riiul, 1 can note cheerfully ree ?tnmciut your valuable remedy lo anif one who In In nretl of an lnr#?/ orntloft tonic.1'?Philip Itlehborn. No remedy ever yet devised ha? ?ecei ?????! ?ueli. unstinted eulogy from so many re nowned ?talesmen aud military men u? 1'eruiM. Our army and navy arc the natural pr?i tcetion of out country. I'eruna is the nat ural protection of the army and navy in the vicissitudes of eliinate and exposure. 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