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He Disposes of All His Interests in the
Steel Company.
DEVOTES LSFE TO PHILANTHROPY
Andrew Carnegie End* HI* Business Career
l>y Retiring From Iflls Steel Com*
pany?It Is Said That lie Will Heceivo
Over S150.000.000 For Ilis Interests?
A Great Steel Combine Formed.
New York City (Special). ?The announcement
of the purchase by H. C. Frick and
the other co-partners in the Carnegie Steel
Company of the entire interest in that com.
pany of Andrew Carnegie forms the sub
ject of much discussion in commercial ana
financial circles. It is now announced that
within two weeks a little loss than one-half
of the stock of the new company will be
placed upon the market and ofTered for
sale in six of the leading cities of the coun.
try. These cities are Now York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis arid Flttsburp.
The other shares will be kept by the
original purchasers.
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AMJiitn tAn.ic.uix..
The newly formed company will have a
aapital of 3000,000,000. of which $100,000, 00
will be in first mortgage flvo per cent,
gold bond9. $250,000,000 iu preferred stock,
and $250,000,000 in common stock.
It is said that the price to be paid to Mr.
Carnegie for bis interests is over $150,000,000,
and is entirely satisfactory to Mr. Carnegie.
It is understood that one of the
stipulations of the sule is that t.be new
company shall retain the nam9 0f the present
concern.
The controlling geauius of the new concern
is H. C. Frick, and it is he who will be
Its first President. Ho and Judge \V. H.
Mnn'o nf f!hif?nr?n nrAntieallv arranged
and perfected all the details of the consolidation.
The new company, under the name of
the Carnegie Steel Company, at Troaton,
N. J., has tiled with the Secretary of State,
its articles of incorporation. The incorporation
at this time appears to be for the
purpose of record only, as the capitalization
is for the sum of $2000.
The new company includes not only ail
(he Carnegie steel plants,'but also the H. C.
Frick Coke Company, with its 40,000 acres*
of coke land in the Connellsville district;
the Oliver Mining Company, with its large
ore interests in the Lake Superior district;
the Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie
Railroad; tbe tJnion Railroad, whlcli connects
ut Homestead with all the trunk
lines East and West, and all the interests
in several hundred miles of gas land. It Is
intended to increase tho output of all the
various departments of the joint compuuy
bo that the present lamine in the stent
market may be relieved and the continued
?xport demand supplied.
The former co-partners of 5Ir. Carnegie,
thirty-two in all, purpose to retain tbe interests
iwhich they nad, individually, as
members of the original Carnegrie Steel
Company, and to offer for sale to the public
the shares which they have acquired
from Mr. Carnegie. Thi# intention, In the
event of the purchase from Mr. Carnegie,
had been intimated for some time, and Ions
before the present sale was effected an
enormous demand for these shares hud
come from almost every part of the country.
Mr. Carnegie's retirement from business
?for it is practically that?marks an*epoch
In one of the most Important industrial
interests in America. And it doe3 more
than that. It marks the entering of
a new field by a mau of tremendous
energy, who, if he gives half
the attention to the sole pursuit of philanthropic
work that he has given to
the prosecution of his business enterprises,
will excel the record of Stephen Qirard or
George Peabody, both of whom gratified a
similar ambition after exceptionally successful
business careers. Audrew Carnegie
is a strong, well-preserved man of sixtytwo.
Mr. Carnegie started his business
career in Pittsburg, Peun,, in 1847, as a
messenger for the Atlantic and Ohio Telegraph
Company.
MEDALS FOR HEROISM AT SEA.
President Reward* Ketcueri of American
Citizens In Distress.
Washington-, D. C. (Special).?Tbe Presi*
dent has presented gold medal? to a num.
ber of persons in recognition of their heroic
service in effecting the rescue of American
citizens from disabled vessels.
The following persons of the British
8team3hipPinners Point, for rescuing the
master and crew of the American schooner
Angle L. Gr?en, December 7. 1893. were
thuts rewarded: John Davies, first officer;
<3arl Hurlin, boatswain; Albert Slmmoos, I
seaman: G. Mackay, seaman; George I
Smith, seaman; Christian Petersen, carpenter.
The following members of the crew of j
tbe British steamship Eric, concerned fn |
the rescue of the Captain and Crew of the
American schooner Bertram N. White, December
22, 1398, received medals: Thomas
Thistie, Daniel Hughes, boatswain, Charles
W. Levrick, seaman; Frederick Westfleld,
seaman; John Nik.
The same recognition was tendered to the
following members of the crew cf tho British
steamship Orthiu, who participated in
the rescue of the Captain and crew of the
?' 1 1- 04 T " m.anlraH 11 f QPil !
American dui-k 01. uuuic, ...
November 29, 1S98: Andrew Malcom Reld,
chief officer; Hugh Gray, carpenter; James
Harden, boatswaiD; Harry Gordon, seaman;
Joseph Arwoodson, seaman; H. Hansen,
seaman.
Oar Peace Delegates Sail.
President Seth Low, of Columbia College,
Captain A. T. Mahan, of the Unlled States
Navy, and Frederick W. Hollls. American |
delegates chosen by President MoKiuley to
attend the Peace Congress of the Czar,
sailed a few days ago from New York City I
011 the American liner St. Louis. On their
arrival at Southampton they will proceed
to The Hague, where the Congress is to be
held.
Government Sustained in Spain.
The latest returns from the Senatorial
elections in Spain show a government majority
of forty ovsr tue combined opposition
parties.
Hurlrd 200 Feet in Alt*.
Q' As a result of a premature explosion at
?? -? pjn?
ttl? SCOae quarries ul iuui>;i - , ?
Jamo3 Shuvliu, Shuviln, the lessee, and
John Burns, the foreman, wero instantly
killed. John Pott, another employe, had
bis right leg crushed, and three Italians
who were engaged in loading carts direotly
beneath where the blast exploded were
severely injured.
Spain Takn) a Hand in China.
Spain is collecting evidence at Hong
Kong, with a view of demanding a cession
of land in China as indemnity from the
Chinese Government for permitting the
steamer Abbey to leave Canton last au<
tuma with arms lor the Flllplnca. i
THE PURE FOOD INQUIRY.
Startling- Testimony Heard by the
Senatorial Committee in Chicago.
How Many of Our Food Product* Are
Adulterated by the Use of Chemicals
und in Other 'Ways.
Chicaoo, 111. (Special)?.The Senatorial
Pure Food Investigating Committeo has
heard some startling testimony In regard
to the ndulteratlon of food products which
may prolong its 9es9ion considerably. Professor
A. S. Mitchell, chief chemist of the
Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commission,
made the sworn statement that nearly
!r> Tiiinnia nraservinsr
liquids on scraps of meat which tliey laid
aside for .'the manufacture of hamburger
steaks mid other alleged delicacies.
The chemist first told of his test of a
liquid known as "freezine." Professor
Mitckeli said that the stuff had been used
extensively by farmers to keep milk and
butter, it being the custom to mix it with
the former in small quantities and pour
quarts of it into vats for the preservation
of butter.
"This 'freezine* I have found to be nothing
less than almost pure formic aldehyde,"
narrated the expert. "This is a chemical
that acts disastrously upon the tissue of
the stomach, and I can only surmise the
results wten milk diluted with it is used
constantly by a family. Where butter is
placed in vats filled with this stuff the porous
commodity takes up no small amount
of the liquid with a result that can only be
oonjectured."
The proressor proceeded to tell of his experiments
with a fluid sold extensively to
butchers forthe purpose of making tiieir
hamburger steak9 las: and keep up a
healthy appearance.
"This liquid contains in great percentage
what is known as sulphide of soda, with a
complement of coloring matter," he continued.
"It is styled an antiseptic, aud in
certain respects is. It must be borne io
mind, however, that where fermentatiou
and waste are arrested the digestive properties
are consequently destroyed.'*
Dr. Wiley, the Government expert who
examined the antiseptic without Koing on
the stand, said he identified it as practically
the same chemical which was used during
his experience at a medical college tc
preserve cadavers, and was now occasionally
put to service in disinfecting house?
where smallpox patients re-ided.
The common basis for the majority of
jellies manufactured nowadays, according
to several witnesses, are the cores and
parings of apples, utilized after they have
been evaporatod. This substance, it was
claimed, is mixed with glucose in large
quantities, with sugar in small quantities,
and then colored and flavored to suit the
outside design on the package.
Fear of social degradation, according to
William Broadwell, keeps many a millionaire
of Chicago from acknowledging the
fact that he uses oleomargarine in pla^e oi
pure butter. Not only do the very best
people of this city buy this cheaper grade
of "butter," he said, and would take nothing
else in place of it, but they are the
one9 who are the flrsc to wnisper to the
dealer for a reduction in the price.
Mr. Broadwell was called before the
committee with several others to explain
why the internal revenue law regulating
the stamping of all packages of oleomargarine
were not enforced.
A. Heller, of Chicago, a manufacturer of
"Freezine" and "Rosaline," preservatives
used by buttermakers, declared that thoso
articles were not injurious to health and
gave tho formula of iraking them secretly,
as he did not wish the secret.-? of tho
trade made public by the newspapers.
Several witnesses testified that many
frauds were practised by dealers in "butterfuo,"
who sold tho article as genuine
butter.
NO ACREEMENT WITH CANADA.
All Hopo That tlio Joint nigh Co:mnU
Ion Will Meet A^itiu Abandoned.
Washing Toy, D. C. (Special).?All hope
of reconvening the-Joint High Anglo-American
Commission In August has been abandoned.
After having rande good headway
at the meeting iu Washington, as was
thought at the time, toward drafting an
agreement, an unexpected and unsurinountable
obstacle in the shape of the lumber
and boundary question was encountered,
and the Commission adjourned to
meet at Quebec in August, with the understanding
that in the mean time
the Governments of the two countries would
test public sentimont. It was also hoped
that some of the difficulties in the way
might be removed by diplomatic negotiations.
It has been demonstrated, however,
that the temper of neither side has
yielded sufficiently to warrant the expectation
of any successful result attending another
meeting of the Comtnisslou.
It is said that officials here are thoroughly
discouraged at the time-consuming manner
in which various propositions which
have been put forward are bandied back
and forth between London and Ottawa.
YOUNG WOMAN'S FINANCIERING.
Dorchester Girl Does a Larze Check Business
ou S49 Deposit.
Boston* (Special).?Carrie 31. Anderson,
of Dorchester, was arrested In one of the
large department 3tores here charged with"
passing worthless checks. Her method
was peculiar. After opening an account
with a trust conapauy, with a deposit of
810, she drew checks against it, and in
eleven days did a business of more than
$800. She drew many ohecks and made
many deposits. The trust company officials
closed the account in eleven days.
The young woman claimed that she did
not Intend to defraud any one, but only
took this means of borrowing money, turning
it over and over and keeping one duy
ahead of thfe checks.
Miss Anderson is about twenty-live years
of age.
MOUNT MORRISON SCALED.
Stoepel, the Explorer, Ascends the Highest
Mountain In Formosa.
Seattle, Wash. (Special).?The ascent of
Mount Morrison, the highest mountain of
Formosa, has just been comDleted by Stoepel,
the explorer of several Mexican and
Hawaiian mountains.^ according to mail
advices rrom Totio. Tiie ascent was not
without danger, owing to the feverish
climate and objections of the tribes.
The climb itself was attended with several
narxow escapes,.nnd would bo impossible
for any but the most exporienCed
climbers. The ascent was attempted from
several different directions befow a practical
route was found. Stoepel found the
natives very llerco. They wore skull hunters
but not cannibals.
Mexico's Foreign Trade.
The Treasury report of tbe Mexican
Government of foreign commerce shows
that in eight mouths of this llseai year
the exports have increased nearly $9,UOO.000,
and are now at the rate of nearly
5)150,000,000 yearly. The imports have increased
thirteen per cent, and aro now at
the rate of $1)8,000,090 in silver annually.
Virulent Smallpox in Geruiany.
In spite of precautionary measures, viruI
lent smallpox is spreading in Germany.
I The disease was imported into Germany by
Russian laborers, uud Las already spread
to many towns.
The Plethoric Rank* of Kansa*.
Tho people of Kansas have over *23,000,000
on deposit in tbe Stato and private
banks, as shown by statements received by
Bank CommissionerBriedentlial at Topeka.
This Is an increase of 81,000,000 during tbe
past year. At least $25,003,u0i) are on deposit
in tbe National banks. This is more
money than the Kansas banks ever held
before.
Interested in the New Governor's Policy,
There is much curiosity as to the policy
that will be adopted by General Davis, the
newly appointed Governor of Porto Rico.
Matters there are In excellent condition for
the new Military Governor, harmony pre
| vailing generally. . |
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DEWEY CODE HOUR
Rear-Admiral Watson Will Succeed
Him at Manila.
WILL FINISH HIS TASK FIRST.'
Admiral Dewey Will Come Direct to
New York on the Oljmpla?Uear-Ail- i
miral Watson Ordered to Manila to
Believe the Admiral, Who Will Come
Home When Oc I? Heady.
Washington*, D. C. (Special).?The Navj
Department has selected a successor tc
Admiral Dowey as commander of the Asl
atic Station. Orders have been issued detaching
Rear-Admiral Watson from command
of the Mare Island Navy Yard and
ordering him to report to Admiral Dewes
at Manila, to relieve that officer when he
feels that ho can be spared. Rear-Admira!
Kompff, at pre3ent on waiting order?, has
been ordered to succeed near-Admiral
Watson in command of the Mare Islam.'
Navy Yard.
imjk
REAR-ADMIRAL T. C. WATSO>\
(Who will succeed Admiral Dewey as Commander
of the Asiatic Station.)
It was said at the Navy Department that
Admiral Dewey will come from JInnllo
direct to New York when he roturns to the
United States. It was added, however,
that tho Admiral will not start until the
Philippine Commission, of which he is a
member, has completed the wore it has
undertaken, at least so far as it relates tc
the restoration of peaco in the Islands.
The reason for bringing the flagship
Olympia to New York instead of to Sau
Francisco, where she wa? built, is said tc
be primarily because Admiral Dewey desires
to make tho passage oa his own flagship.
but also because the Mare Island
Wavy Yard la likely to Da overwneimed
with .-apalr work a2 soon as the numerous
vessels of Dewey's fleet begin to return to
the United States. The Olympia Is in need
of a thorough overhauling, as she has been
away from her home station longer than
any of the other vessels In the Asiatic fleet.
When Admiral Dewey reaches homo, it
is believed that he will quickly haul down
bis flag and come ashore, not to go to sea
again oxcept in the contingency of a
National emergency. He will be" nearly
sixty-two years of ace, his birthday being
the day after Christmas this year. ,
When Rear-Admiral Watson reaches
Manila he will have the choice of two flagships
from which to displiy his broad
pennant, the cruiser Baltimore and the
battleship Oregon beinjr both provided
with quarters for a fleet commander and
his staff.
Admiral Watson's last command afloat
was in charge of the special squadron organized
to menace the Spanish peninsula
immediately after Santlagp fell. He was
sent to Sau Francisco to be in a position to
start across the Pacific at a moment's notice
but when Admiral Dewev decided that the
Philippine outlook demanded bis presence
there rather than in Paris, Watson, then
commodore, was placed ia command of the
llare Island Navy Yard.
It is not believed that Admiral Dewey
will be able to start for the United States
before July 1, accordingly, it Is likely to
be August when he arrives.
OHIO BRIBERY CASE.
Attorney-General Tell* of Alleged Attempt
to Influence Cane of Standard Oil.
Columdus, Ohio (Special).?Attorneyfienoral
Frank S. MonDett has filed a motion
In the Supreme Court in which he
named Charles B. Squire3, formerly ol
Cleveland, and now of New York City, as
the man who attempted to influence hhn to
drop procaedinsts to oust the Standard Oil
Company from Ohio. Monnett says Squtre3
alleged that he represented Frank Rockefeller.
of Cleveland, a stockholder of the
Standard Oil Company; F. Squ'res,
Secretary of the Standard Oil Company, and
Charles N. Haekoll, formerly of New York,
in the negotiation. The Attorney-General
says that to ascertain how Squires received
bia communications from the above
people, the State will be compelled to take
testimony under an order of the aourt.
Mr Mnnnotf- envs thfit hrt ftiinnot nnmnel
D. J. Ryan and ex-Attorney-General Watson
to furnish thename3 ot the people who
are said to have made offers to tbem, but
the same can beobtalnedunder an order of
court. An investigation before a Master
Commissioner will be ordered in a few days
A BANK ROBBED OF 510,000.
Burjlars Loot tho Canadian Bank <ri
Commerce Branch at Dresden, Ont.
Dresden, Ontario (Special).?The local
branch of tbe Canadian Bank of Commerce
was robbed of an amount estimated
at $10,000. The burglars got away without
leaving a clue.
The charwoman who takes caro of tho
bank offices was the first to discover thi>
robbery, The front doors of the batik had
been pried open with a jimmy. Two holes
were borod in the vault door, a charge ot
nitro-glycerine was inserted and exploded,
and then the inner safe was attacked in a
similar manner. None of tho papers in the
vault wore disturbed.
The manager ot the bank says the robbers
did not get more than $2000. The police
report, however, that the amount of
currency stolen was 510,000. How the burg
lars cams into town and now they left 13
unknown.
German-Americans on tbe Samoan Policy.
German-Americans at a mass meeting in
Toledo, Ohio, refused by a vote of 397 to
7, to sustain the United States Government
on tbe Samoan question. Speeches were
made against any British-American alliance
and strong resolutions wore adopted.
Murderer John 3Innre Found Guilty.
John Moore, who in March last murdered
his wife aud live children at Hutchinson,
Ka^.. was (onvicted of murder, which
means a life term in the p*netentiiiry,
Moore escaped from the Sheriff on the way
to the jail, but was recaptured.
Cyclintr Notes.
The Nationnl Cycling Association has socured
control of the cycle track at Flushing,
L. I.
Bicycle dealers place the sum expended
by wheelmen in the German Empire at
$153,000,000.
The law prohibiting six-day bicyclo contests
in Chicago has virtually beon decided
unconstitutional.
T- TTUnno A nofcin f U a. nr. n I *m\?m. 1 om_
XU Ticuun, auoiiiu, LUO luuun i|'iii uuthorities
are constructing a system of
paths* for cyclists only.
The amateur riders in England can compete
for long distance honors this aenson,
an open twenty-four-bour race having been
scheduled for July 22 >%nd 23 on a track
near London.
DB. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
PIVINE.
enftject: "Looicinc uacKwara '-it i? wen
to Review tlie Pait and Aronie the
Soul to Reminiscences of Dangers Escaped
and Sorrows Suffered.
Text: "While I was musing, the Are
burned."?Psalms xxxix.. 3.
Here Is David, the psalmist, with the.
forefinger of his rlpht hand against his
temple and the door shut agaiDst the world,'
, engagedin contemplation. And it would
be well for us to take the same posture
often, while we sit down in sweet solitude
to contemplate.
Ir. a small Island off the coast of Nova
Scotia I once passed a Sabbath in delightful
solitude, for I had resolved that I would
have one day of entire quiet before I entered
upon autumnal work. I thought to
have spent the day in laying out plans for
Christian work, but Instead of that it became
n day of tender reminiscence. I reviewed
my pastorate; I shook hands with
an old departed friend, whom I shall greet
again when the curtains of life are lifted.
The days of my boyhood came back, and I
was ten years of age, and I was eight, and
I was five. There was but one house on
the island, and yet from Sabbath daybreak,
when the bird chant woke me, until the
evening melted into the Bay of Fundy, from
shore to shore there were ten thousand
memories, and the groves were a-hum with
voices that had long ago ceased.
Youth is apt too much to spend all its
time in looking forward. Old age is apt
too much to spend all its time in looking
backward. People in midlife and on the
apex look both ways. It would be well for
us, I think, however, to spend more time
in reminiscence. By the constitution of
our nature we spend most of the time looking
forward. And the vast majority of people
live not so much in the present as in the
future. I find that you mean to make a
refutation, you mean to establish yourself,
ami the advantages that you expect to
achieve absorb a great deal of your time.
But I see no barm in this if it does not make
you discontented with the present or disqualify
you for existing duties. It is a useful
thing sometimes to look back, and to see
the dangers we nave escaped, atul to see the
sorrows we. have suffered, and the trials
and wanderings of our earthly pilgrimage,
and to sum up our enjoyments. I mean, so
far as (God may help me, to stir up your
memory of the past, so that in tho review
you may be encouraged and humbled and
urged to pray. ?
Among the greatest advantages of your
past life were an early home and its surroundings.
The bad men of the day, for
the most part, dip their heated passions
out of tho boiling spring of an unhappy
I homo. We are not surprised to find tnat
Byron's heart was a concentration of sin
when wo hear his mother was abandoned
and ttiat she made sport of his Infirmity
and often called him "the lame brat." He
who'has vicious parents has to fight every
inch of his wav if be would maintain his
integrity and at last reach the home of the
good in heaven. Perhaps your early home
was in a city. It may have been when
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, was
residential as now it is commercial, and
Cauai 9treet, New York, was far up town.
That old house in the city may nuve been
demolished or changed into stores, and it
seemed like sacrilege to you?for there was
more meaning in that small house than
there is in a granite mansion or a turreted
cathedral. Looking back, you see it as
though it were yesterday?the sitting
room, where the loved one sat by the plain
lamp light, the mother at the evening
staud, the brothers and sister3 perhaps
long ago gathered into the skies, then
plotting mischief on the floor or under the
j table; your father with firm voice comi
mandiug a silence that lasted half a minute.
Perhaps yon were brought up in the
! country. You staud now to-day in menery
under the old tree. You clubbed it for
Irult that was not quite ripe, because you
couldn't wait any longer. You hear the
brook rumbling along over the pebbles.
You step again into the furrow where your
father in his shirt sleeves shouted to the
lazy oxen. You frighten the swallows from
the rafters of the barn and take just one
egg and silence your conscience by saying
they will not mls9 it. You take a drink
rtf Mia vorv hnr>kflP that thn old
weil fetched up. You go for the cows at
I night and And them pushing their heads
i through the bars. 0fttime3 in the dusty
and busy streets you wish you were
home again on that cool gross, or in the
rag carpeted hall of the farmhouse,through
which there came the breath of new mown
hay or the blossom of buckwheat.
You may have in your windows now
fceau'.iful plants and flowers brought from
across the seas, -but not one of them stirs
in your soul so mnch cbarm and memory
as the old ivy ana the yellow sunflower
that stood sentinel along the garden walk
and the forget-me-nots playing hide and
seek mid the Jong grass. The father who
used to come in sunburned from the held
<tnd sit down on the doorsill and wipe the
sweat from bis brow may have gone to his
everlasting rest. The mother who used to
sit at the door a little bent over, cap and
spectacles on her face mellowing with the
vicissitudes of many years, may have put
down her gray head on the pillow in the
valley, but forget that .-home you never
will. Have you thanked God for it? Have
you rehearsed all these blessed reminiscences?
Oh, thank God for a Christian
father! Thauk God for a Christian mother!
Thank God for an early Christian altar
at which you were taught to kneel! Thank
God for an early Christlaa borne!
I bring to mind another passage la the
history of yourlife. Tbe day came when
you set up your own household. The days
passed along in quiet blessedness. You
twatn sat at the taole morning and night
and talked over your plans for the future.
The most insignificant affair in your life
became the subject of mutual consultation
and advertisement. You were so happy
you felt you never could be any happier.
One day a dark cloud hovered over your
dwelling, and it got darker and darker,
but out of that cloud the shining messenger
of God descended to incarnate an immortal
sp rit. 'Two little feet started on
an eternal journey, and you were to lead
them, a gem to Rash in heaven's coronet,
and you to polish it; eternal ages of light
and darkness watching the starting out of
I a newly created creature. You rejoiced
and you trembled at the responsibility that
in your f-ossesslon an immortal treasure
was placed. You prayed and rejoiced and
wept and wonderod; you were earnest in
supplication that you might lead it through
life into the kingdom of God. There was a
tremor in your earnestness. There was a
double interest about that home. Thero
was an additional interest why you should
j stay there and be faithful, and when in a
few months your house was filled with the
music of the child's laughter you were
struck through with the fact that you had
a stupendous mission.
Have you kept that vow? Ilave you
neglected any of these duties? Is your
home as much to you as It used to be?
Have those anticipations been gratified?
God help you in your solemn reminisceuee,
and lot His mercy fall upon your
soul if your !andne?3has been 1)1 required!
God have morcy on the parent on tb?
wrinkles of whose face is written the story
of a hild'ssin! God have mercy on the
mother who. in addition to her other
pangs. has tne pang of a child's iniquityl
Ob, there are many, many sad sounds in
this sad world, but the saddest sound that
is ever heard is the breaking of a mother's
heartl
I Ilnd another point ia your life history.
You found one day you were In the wronj;
road. You could not sleep at nigbt. There
was just one word that seemed to sob
through your banking bouse, or through
your office, or your shop, or your bedroom,
and that word was "eternity." You said:
I "I'm not ready for it. Oh, God, have
nioriiyl" The Lord heard. Peace came to
your heart. In the breath of the hill and
iu the waterfalls dash you heard the voice
of God's love. The clouds and the tree:hallod
you with gladness. You came into
the house of God. You remember how
your hand trembled as you took up thecup
of the communion. You remember the old
minlstor who consecrated it, and you remember
the church officials who carried It
through the aisle. You remember the old
people who at the close of the service took
your band in theirs in congratulating sympathy,
as much as to say, "Welcome home,
I i ? .. u. .?l|>t n,,,,,.,), H,ncA
JUU lUJJt auu, 1LIVUI,..
hands be all withered away, that communion
Sabbath Is rosurrected to-day.
But I must not spend any more of my
time In going over the advantages of your
life. Ijust put them in one gr^at sheaf,
tad I call them up in your me^ ivy with
one loud harvest song, such as the reapers
sing. Praise the Lord, ye blood bought
Immortals on earthl Praise the Lord, ye
orowned spirits of heavenl
But some of you have not always had a
Bmooth life. Some of you are now in the
shadow. Others had their troubles years
ago; you are a mere wreck of what you
once were. I must gather up the sorrows
of your past life, but how shall I do it?
You say that it is impossible, as you have
had so many troubles and adversities.
Then I will just take two?the first trouble
and the last trouble. As when you are
walking along the street, and there has
been music lathe distance/you unconsciously
find yourselves keeping step to the music,
so when you started life your very life
was a musical time bent. The air was
full nf iov nnrl IHlnritv with hrlcht
clear oar you made the boat skip. You
went on, and life grew brighter, until, after
awhile, suddenly a voice from heaven
said, "Halt!" and quick as the sunshine
you halted, you grew pale, you confronted
your first sorrow. You had no idea that
the flush on your child's cheek was an unhealthy
flush. You said it cannot beanything
serious. Death in slippered feet
walked around the cradle. You did not
hear the tread, but after awhile the truth
flashed on you. You walked the floor.
Oh, If you could, with your strong, stout
hand, have wrenched that child from the
destroyer! You went to your room and
you said, 4'God, save my child! God, save
my child!" The world seemed going out
In darkness. You said, "I can't bear it, I
can't bear it." You felt as if you could not
put the lonK laslies over the bright eyes,
never to see them again sparkle. If you
could have taken that little one in your
arras, and with it leaped the grave, how
gladly you would have done it! If you
could let your property go, your, houses
go, how gladly you would have let tbem
depart ;m you could only nave Kept that
one treasure!_
But oue day there came up a chill blast
that swept through the bedroom, and instantly
all the lights went out, and there
was darkness?thick, murky, impenetrable,
shuddering darkness. But God did not
leave you there. Mercy spoke. As yoti
took up the bitter cup to put it to your
Hps God said, "Let it pass," and forthwith,
as by the hand of angels, another cup was
put Into your hands. It was the cup of
God's consolation. And as yon have sometimes
lifted the head of a wounded soldier
and poured wiueinto his lips, so God puts
His left arm under your head and witb
His right hand He pours Into your lips the
wine of His comfort and His consolation,
and you looked at the empty cradle and
looked at your broken heart, and. you
looked at the Lord's chastisement, and
you said, "Even so, Father, "for so it
seemethfcood In Thy sight."
Ah, it was your first trouble. How did
you get over it? God confronted you. You
have been a better man ever since. You
have been a better woman ever since. In
the jar of nbe closing gate, of tbe sepulcher
you beard the clanging of the opening gattf
of Heaven, and you felt an irresistible
drawing heavenward. You have .been
spiritually better ever since that night
when the little one for the last time put
Its arms around your neck and said"
"Good night, papa! Good night, mammal
Meat In HHavenl"
Perhaps your last sorrow was a financial
embarrassment. I congratulate some of
you on your lucrative profession or occupation,
on ornate apparel, on a commodious
residence?everything you put your
hands on seems to turn to gold. But there
are others of you who are Tike the ship on
which Paul sailed where two seas met, and
you are broken by the violence ot the
waves. By an unadvised Indorsement, or
by a conjunction of unforeseen events, or
by Are or storm, or a senseless panic, you
have been fluog headlong and where yon
once disponsed great charities now you
have hard work to win your dally bread.
Have you forgotten to thank God for your
days of prosperity, and that through your
trials some of you have made Investments
which will continue after (he last bank o!
this world has explodod, and the silver and
gold are molten in the fires of a burning
world? Have you, amid all your losses
and discouragements, forgot that there was
bread on your table this morning, and that
there shall be a shelter for your head from
the storm, and ther?? is air for your lungs,
and blood for your heart, and light lor
your eye, and a glad and glorious and
triumphant religion for your soul?
Perhaps your last trouble was a bereave^
ment. That heart which in childhood was
your refuge, the parental heart, and wtich
has baen a source of the quickest sympathy
ever since, has suddenly become silent forever.
And now sometimes, whenever in
sudden annoyance and without deliberation
you say, "I will go and tell mother," the
thoaght flashes on you, "I have no
mother." Or the father, with voice less
tender, but with heart as loving, watchful
of all your ways, exultant over your success
without saying much, although the old people
do talk it over by themselves, his trembling
hand on that staff which you now keep
as a family relic, his memory "embalmed in
grateful hearts?is taken away forever. Or
there was your campanion In life, sharer of
your joys and sorrows, taken, leaving the
heart an old ruio, where the ill winds blow
over a wide wilderness of desolation, the
sands of desert driving across the place
which once bloomed like the garden of
God. And Abraham mourns for Saruh at
the cave of Machpelah. As you were moving
along your path in life, suddenly, right
before you, was an open grave. People
looked down, and they saw It was only a
fow feet deep and a few feet wide, but to
you it was a cavern down which went all
your hopes and all your expectations. But
cheer up in the name ol the Lord Jesus
Christ, the Comforter.
There 1? one more point of absorbing
reminiscence, and that is the last hour of
life, when we have ta look over all our
past existence. What a moment that'wlll
T ntn aa XTn nftlttrtn'n HrHnrr rflminla.
UV3I JL piauc impuiovu J UJJU(j
cence on St. Helena besides Mrs. Judson's
dying reminiscence in the harbor of St.
Helena, the same island, 20 years after.
Napoleon's dying reminiscence was one of
delirium?"Tete d'armee"?"Head of the
army." Mrs. Judson's dying reminiscence,
as she came home from her missionary toil
and her life of self sacrifice for God, dying
in the cabin of the ship in the harbor of
8t. Helena, was, "I always did love tjie
Lord Jesus Christ." And then the Illstorlun
says she fell into a sound sleep
for an hour nod woke amid tho songs
of angels. I place the dying reminiscence
of Augustus Crnsar agalot the
dying reminiscence of the apostle Paul.
The dying reminiscence of Augustus
Caesar was, addressing his attendants,
"Have I played my part well on the stage
of life?" and they answered in the affirmative,
aud he said, "Wby, then, don't you
applaud mo?" The dying reminiscence of
Paul the apostle was, "i nave lougct a
good flght, I have finished my course, I
have kept the faith; henceforth there is
laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will
give me in that day, and not to mo only,
but to all them that love His appearing."
Augustus Caesar died amid pomp and great
surroundings,"Paul uttered his dying reminiscence
looking up through the wail of a
dungeon. God grant that our dying pillow
may De the closing of a useful life and the
opening of a glorious eternity.
SANG "ROCK OF ACES" FOR HOURS.
Iu the Meantime a ftelcue P.irtr Wti Di(<
Clnj; For the Siu{;er.
There comes from London the account of
a remarkable rescue of a man at Brightlingsea
from the bottom of a well. Samuel
Webb was at work in a well forty feet
deep, when the sides caved in. The earth
did not bury him, but so closed the well
i ore him that he was in dire peril.
A. force of rescuers besan work immedi
ntely. To dig in the well meant to throw
dowu the earth upon Webb and kill him
Instantly. Therefore the rescue party dug
a shaft beside the well and then a crosscut,
supporting the roof with beams so
that a secoud cave could not endanger
Webb and the men at work.
When the rcscno party began work Wobb
began to sing ''Rock ofAges,'' and he continued
to repeat this hymn for seven
hours, the length of time the men were at
work digging the shaft and making the
cross-cut.
His voice was very faint when he was
I!#i~w hla uramnml nnsition lit the
ILLkCU. * 4 M.S. V......r r
bottom of the well, and he was seriously
hurt by the rocics and earth that fell upou
him.
Bible Cliuirs in State Universities.
Bible chairs have been established in the
six different State universities as follows:
Michigan, at Ann Arbor; Virginia, at Charlottesville;
Georgia, at Athens; Missouri,
at Columbia; California, at Berkley, and
Oregon, at Eug ne.
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THE SABBATH SCHOOL A
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS TH
FOR MAY 28.
Subject: "ChrUt Before Pilate," John Th
zvill., 28-40?Go" leu Text: "I Find No
Fault in Him." John xix.. 4?Cominen
tary on the Day's Lesion.
28. "Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas." ^
Where the Sanhedrim, under his leader- j11"
ship, had condemned Jesus to death on the i0'
cnarge of blasphemy. But as they were y?'
forbidden by Roman law to put any one to lQ 1
death .they could not accomplish ''heir pur- 001
pose without tbe aid of the Boor, ji author!- 'P1
ties. Iherefore they brought their pris- fttE
oner to Pilate's hall of judgment. Pilate Pai
we know as one of the most unjust, vlo- teD
lent, cruel, and dangerous of scourges, one >'01
who was truly what his name signified, the
slaying 'Javelin* of the unhappy nation, be
29. "Pilate then went out unto them." tll?
From the judgment hall, into tbe open 8?
court, where was an elevated tessellated tra
pavement; and as was the custom, the
ohair of state was brought out for him to j
sit upon as judge. "What accusation bring
ye against this man?" Dr. Deems'emphasizes
this question thus, "What accusation
do you bring against Hlm?".'It was He that
had roason for accusing them. They were A.'i
the guilty party. L'i
ou. "ii no were hoi a muiemciur ^ovu?
doer), we would not have delivered Him up "
unto thee." They knew they.bad no good "
charge that would stand under the lioman "
law, ;and therefore they wanted Htm to "
take their word for It that He was worthy "
of death, and order the execution. They "
took the position that they were the judges, (
and Pilate had only to execute their will. ch
31. "Take ye Him, and judge Him ac- L'
cording to your law." And of course limit A'
the punishment to what you can Inflict. "
They had to accuse Him of political crime "
to secure even ordinary attention at the "
hands of tho Roman governor. "It is not "
lawful for us to put any man to death." "
Thus tbey>showed their true colors. They "
wanted not justice, but the death of Jesus. "
32. "That the saving of Jeeus" (John 12: '[
32; Matt. 20: 19). The Jews, in their very <
efforts to destroy Jesus, were fulfilling His in]
own prophecy. The accusation they mi
brought was threefold, involving tbe charge "
of treason, the greatest crime known to <
Roman law. (1) Seditious agitation; (2) gr
prohibition of the payment of tbe tribute
money; and (3) the assumption of the sus- \
plcioufl title of 'King of the Jews' (Luke all
23: 2). Of these (1) and (2) w?re notori- '
ously false, but were inferences wrongly
drawn from His teaching. The third (3)
was wholly untrue in the sense they meant <
Pilate to understand it. 4(X
33. "Then Pilate," tuklng up the charge to
which might be construed as treason, goes nil
back to his throne in the hall, and called 60(
(summoned) Jesus. The Jews of course prl
were not present, as they refused to enter ly
tbe hall, "Said unto Him, art Thou the th
King of the Jews?" as these Jews accuse erl
you of claiming. of
?4 am iUIn / r\9 V* al t * !/"
Ot "onjresi iuuu buia vuiug v& ?u;soui I *?v
or," etc.; 1. o., do you ask this question pi
from the standpoint of a Roman, referring vi.
to secular dominion, and the setting up ot
an opposition kingdom which would be wl
treason, or from the standpoint of the sp
Jewish Messianic hopes and prophecies, al
rightly understood. _ en
35. "Pilate answered (perhaps a little sll
nettled), Ami a Jew?" what do I know ar
of Your hopes and prophecies? "Thine bj
ownaiatioq and tbe chief priests hare de- op
llvered Thee." Those over whom You so
claim to be Klnc repudiate You. "What
hast Thou done?" Explain the whole af- wl
fair clearly to me, what have You done to bu
aroase such enmity? th
36. "My kingdom." J?sns Implies that bo
He is really a, King. "Is not of this world." of
Its source uud character are unlike those th
of any eartbly kingdom. He had made no
claim to civil authority (Dr. Hovey), and
had no rivalry with Rome. "If My Kingdom
were of tbis world, then would My v
servants ngat." rneretore it caauoi, as i
have said, be of this world. This was a
simple appeal to facts. His disciples w*re 4
not organized to defend Hlin, bat only as a f
school to learn the truth. tl
87. "Art Thou a King then?" Do You, a
poor, helpless Jew. without friends?do
You claim to be a King? "Thou sayest."
Your statement is true. I am a King. "To
this end," for this very purpose, to be
Kirg, "was I born." "For this cause
came I into the world." Claiming preexlstenco.
God had sent Him, His Son, V
into the world for this purpose. It was tho \
plan of God. He was a KlDg of far nobler , *
lineage than Pilate or Caiaphas. "That I }
should bear witness unto tho truth." This
was equivalent to His reiening as King, h
for it was the way He established and carrled
on Ills Kingdom. The strength of !
Cmsar's empire is over the bodies of men, <_f
this is over their hearts. "Everyone that jT
is of the truth heareth My voice." To be ~l
of the truth is to draw one's inspiration | L
from it, ju3t as to be of God is to be coil- ^
trolled by influences ooming from Hio)>
33. "Pilate saith unto Him, what is
truth?" And turned on his heel and did not
wait for an answer. "He went out again
to the Jews." And rendered his verdict,
< "I find in Him no fault," or crime. Hearing
Galilee mentioned as a part of the country
where Jesus had stirred up people,
Pilate next attempts to escape from his <p,
perplexity by delivering Jesus up to Herod.
Herod and his men of war mock His claims
to be king, andnrray Him in royal robes,
and send Him back to Pilate. Pilate again
summons the chief priests and elders, and
folio thorn fhnt Hflrfifi acrraas With hlS-de
clslon that Jesus has done nothing worthy jj,
of death. He still is afraid to release Him. mi
The people londly call upon him to release ]0<
the accustomed prisoner. yo
39. "Ye have a custom, that I should release
unto you one at the passover." A
custom befitting the nature of the feast.
"Will ye therefore." The choice lay with
them.
40. -'Then cried they all again." At the \Vi
instigation of the rulers (Mark 15: 11).
"Not this man, but Burabbas ? a robber"
and a murderer (Luke 23: 19). Matthew
says he was a celebrated prisoner. At this |
juncture messengers came from Pilate's 0u
wife declaring her dream, and entreating go
him not to condemn Jesua (Matt. 27: 19).
Taus Pilate was moved to do right. Pilate j
took water, and washed nis hands publicly to
before the people, thus expressing in sym- bu
bol what he uttered in words: "I am inno- wi
bent of the blood of this just person; see th<
ye to it." But this action and these ^9
words in no degree removed the responsi- pa
frtlity and the guilt from Pilate's soul. th<
Tho soldiers tnen in jest aresseu tiuoua ag
In a robe, representing the purple robe tas
worn by kings. They put on Him a crown pe,
f thorns. They put a rod in HLs hand for of
a sceptre, They smote Htra, mocked Him Co
in every insulting way. Pilate once more th<
appeals to the pity of the Jews by bring- na
ing Jesus out before them and saying: mt
"Eece Homo. Eehold the Man." At e0I
length Pilate yields to tho clamors of the J
Jews, when they declare practically that
they will accuse Pilate to Cajsar as an mc
enemy if he spares a traitor. Pilate,
therefore, delivered up Josiy to be orucl- ^h
fled. ou'
wo
me
GLOUCESTER SANK THE PLUTON. ?n
The Spanlah Torpedo BoatFonnd Riddled .
With Six-Pounder Shell*. ga|
The gunboat Yankton returned to San- 3
tiago, Cuba, a few days ago after making ])?,
an inspection of the wrecks of the Spanish ag;
torpedo boats Terror and Pluton. 8h? ,
found the Pluton lying in eight fathoms ol .. ?
water three miles west of the entrance tc fJ;?
Santiago harbor. r
Tho Pluton was lying on her port side,
which was badly stove. Her starboard ral! ?
was intact. Contrary to the reports pub- I
lisbnd last July that tlia Plulm fras cut ic 13 1
two by a 13-inch shell, it was found by the sal
Yankton that she had not been bit by a dul
large shell, but had been riddled by sis- saj
pounders, which shows that her sinking ^
was due to the work of the converted yacht an
Gloucester. The Pluton's condition is sucL' n
that she is worthless. ^
cot
A Schoolboy'* IJnlqne Record.
David Williams, elflven yean of acre, th* | 3e|
?oq of Mr. Walter Williams, attendance of- I r
deer under the Lianelly School Board in
Wales, bas just achieved what is believed .
co be a unlqua record, having attended .
school eleven years without missing a sin? i?
gle lesson.
i Cndercround Eleclrlc Railway for London
A company bas been formed in London
to build an underground' lflc>.:!o railway* \ s
The distance will be four ftille?. d (
TEMPERANCE COLtJMNJ
E PRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST'
IN MANY WAYS.
e Devil's Railroad?A Remarkable Temperance
Document Prepared by a|
Young Alan Who ii Serving m Life-*
locui curiumodr uquo if nuo J/rua?#
t Vice-President of the National Temper:e
Society aenda to the Advocate the fol-?
ring schedule which was prepared by a!
ing man who Is serving a life sentence
a Mississippi penitentiary for kllllne hlsj
npanion wh^le.on n/ drunken gambling* ' ' . ;
ee. The younjj man .was from a good]
ally in good circumstances, but as tbe|
rents were negligent as to their at-j
idances upon religious observances tbej #
ang man fell into evil company. Yielded!
the wine cup. Since he entered prlsoii .
has been converted. It is hoped thae
) publication of this sohedule will do
on. It is prepared by one who haa
veled over the load: J
THE BLACE VALLEY HAILBOAD.
standard Gauge, International Line. 1
lartered under the Laws of all the States.
stop-over checks. No return trains, i
STATIONS ON THE MAIN LINE.
i. .Clgarettevllle 7.30 a.m.
r.Clgaretteville..: 7.30 a.m;
..Mild Drink Statiom 7.45 " !
..Moderation Falls 8.00 " I
..Tipplersville 9.00 " !
. .Topersvale 10.00 " I
..Drunkard's Curve 11.00 " j j,
..Rowdy's Wood .11.30 "
.. Quarrelsburg noon.
'Rflmn.lnn nnn hnnr t/v-. trnnu to(fa nnit
lldren.)
v.. Quarrelsburg .. 1.00 p.ma
v. .Lusty Gulch J. 1.15 "
. .Bummer's?Roost 1.S0
..Beggar'sTown 2.00 "
.. Criminal's Rendezvous 3.00 "
. .Dellriumville 4.00 "
. .Rattlesnake Swamp 6.00 "
. .Prisonbnrg 8.00 "
..Devil'sGap (brakes all off).. 10.00 "
. ..Dark Valley 10.30 "
[Passengers may feel some discomfort
baling sulphurous fames, but never
nd, there is no way to return.)
..Demon Bend 11.80 " J
[Don't get frightened at the dying}
oans you may.hear.) 1 * $0
. .Perdition .midnightj
fManv -nnsfipno?Mr? r?l Infra thomanlvna n#
!" anxiety by committing, suiolde.)
riokets for Sale by All Barkeepers.
annual 8tatemext. j
Dur vory popular line carries annuallri
3,000 paupers. Brings misery and woo
3,000,000 persons. Dispatches Into Et?r-| -3$
ty 60,000 unprepared souls. Carrie^ ? . '.55
),000 drunkards. ConveyB 100,000 *. t?
Ison. More Immigration passes annual-)
over our line tban any other. We pos{4
ely refuse to be responsible for the por-f
by and wants of the widows and orphans)
those who ride over our line. They mftyt
le with us It they pay the fare. Our ejnDrea
are paid nromptly. See BotnansJ
,23.
N. B. The great Llctnse Law, under
ilch we operate, relieves us from all
onslbllltles for accidents and suffering ' '
ong our line,.or that is caused by oar
lployes. We insist that all attempts bji , ' .
ly women and enthusiastic preaohen
id church members* to stop our business
1 invalidating our charters are in direct
iposltlon to the great doctrine of "Pert
nal Liberty." f j - ^
We hereby give notice, that any woman ,
lo dares to oppose our most iucratm
isiness will be branded a "crank," ana
at any man who dares to oppose us will
denominated a "bolter " from some ont
tho great political parties and he takes
0 risk of losing his political influence.
D. E. yil, General Manager.
i. L. Cohol, Agent.
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jifc *
j
iere are at least 49 kinds of foolishness^
To drink a stimulant when not In nee<)
of It, simply because asked to do so, la
so foolish that it borders on idiocy.
icro are as many as 37 kinds of foollslc
BD. J jS
One kind makes himself known by
"treating" because some other fooli?ty
man bos done so, or because it is et
senseless "custom." J
10 "treatlni?" habit fa resnnnslblo foii
sro drunkouness, "big-heads," business
i?es, poverty, crime and remorse than!
a perhaps think. j . '>
Don't "treat" or be "treated" and youi
will treat yourself better and be treat-j
ed with more consideration by others'
:at do you think about it?
A School For Baby Drunkards. 1
3omo truly Rrue^ome fact? have comef
t in consequence of a recent inquiry at
>nn into the subject of alcoholism in ele-t .X
mtary schools.
3Ixteen per cent, of the children refused!
drink "milk because it had no taste,!*
t twenty*five per cent, drank beer and?
ao every day, while- eight per cent, ot;
390 babies of sevon nnd olght years of age
re regularly once a day treated by their J
rents to a glass of brandy "to make)
strong." Of 423 children of the aamct
e a? above, not a single one had never
>tod beer or wine, and only twenty-flver
r cent, had never tasted brandy. A tow
the children were oven accustomed to
gnac, ana too ouriousiact appeared tnac
i number of girls who were given Cogc
or brandy with their luncheon was
toh larger than that of bora thus pol
led." '
Lnd if these things be done at Bonn?
itch prides Itself on being one of tbd ?
ist cultured towns In Germany?what la
be expected of less enlightened plaoos? '*
e Emperor, when uext he is on the lookt
for a new field of activity, might do
rsethan turn his attention to the elentnry
schools In the town of the Muse?
the banks of the Bhine. * t
The Crnflade in Paragraphg. ,
iefore the devil can be chained, ther
uvu uuyt rnuai uu uuueu.
?iiree saloon keepers of Sullivan, III.4
J damnge suits aggregating 821,000 filed
linst them in one day lately.
Ieat is worth odo dollar a pound in
nila. This is probably duo largely tc
1 tact that most 0! the Manila butchers
re recently gone into the saloon buslis.
Ivery Intemperate man in a community
iko a derelict at sea, a danger to all who
1 the same waters. No drink while on
iy is nn axiom not of morals, but ot
;aclous prudeneo.
Ve are blameworthy for the existence ol
evil that we will not try to destroy.
'he Augusta Ciironicle is authority for
>.statoment that a law in New Zealand
npels intoxicated men to have their
atographs taken and distributed to barkers,
who, thereafter, must refuse ta
1 them liquor.
n bis annual statistical statement ot Boat's
drink bill. Dr. Dawson Hums state?
it last year the United Kingdom spent 00 ?
oxidants two million and a fifth men
in in 1807. In Scotland, however, there
3 a slight decrease.
Ltomperancmlomonstratlon is to bomnd?
the Paris exposition by opening on tha
>unds avoryiargotemperanco restaurant
fflther with what are termed "Klosaue*
Temperunoe," from wbich all a!colioll<
uIls will be excluded.
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