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Some Conprens Session*. TLf- first session of the fifty-eighth Congress lasted uays; the shortest first session for many years. It talked 6155 pages of the Congressional Hocord. Its word output stands third The fifty-seventh Congress was proudly first, with WM pages; the lifty-sixtb Congress second, with 770". At the first session of the fifty-eighth 294 public bills and jS!>0 private ones were passed. In the number of bills intro, dnced it "beats" all other "records." More than 10,000 l-ills were brought in. Nearly 3000 reports were made. CHIEF OF POLICE SAVED. Newbe-rv. P. C.?W. n. Harris. Chief of Police of Newberry, cays: "I suffered for a number of years with kidney complaint. There was a dull aching across the small of my back | that was worse at night and made me feel miserable all the time. The kidney secretions were dark and full of sediment, and lack of control compelled me to rise a number of times during th<? night. Between this annoyance and the backache it was impossible for me to get rn'xh sleep and my health was being undermined. I tried a number of remedies, but nothing helped me until I got Doau's Kidney Pills. The use of this remedy according to directions promptly brought about a chauge for the better. After using two boxes the backache all left me, the kidney secretions cleared up and the action of the kidneys became normal." i A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which aired Chief Harris I will be mailed on application to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers; price, fifty cents per box. A Dlfflcu'lt Climb. Harvey Du Cros made an attempt to climb to the top of Mount Snowden midwinter, but was blocked by p. snowdrift near the sumir.it. The climb was successfully accomplished under more favorable weather conditions. Beware of Ointments For Catarrh That '* Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the senso of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous 'surfaces. Such articlesshculd never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will "do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney <fc Co.. Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and is tuken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of thesystem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the geuuine. It is taken internally, and made ia Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists: price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Tills for constipation. For tlie Cavalry. An effort is being made to have the candidates for the cavalry branch of the service selected by reason of their special fitness and not by personal selection. pnnr IEds One Night Treatment with Ivu i swim Soak the feet or hands on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of CUTICURA SOAR Dry, and anoint freely with CUTICURA OINTMENT, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. Bandage lightly in old, soft cotton or linen. For itching, burning, and scaling eczema, rashes, inflammation, and chafing, for redness, roughness, cracks, and fissures, with brittle, shapeless nails, this treatment is simply wonderful, frequently curing in one Complete Humor Cur*, con?lit!rj? of CT'TICURA Beaolvent, 50c. (iu form of Chot.Mate Coated Pills, 25c. per vialof 60),Ointiueiit,JOc.,Poup,-J5c. I)cpot? London. H Charterhouse Sq.; Paris, 5 Hue de la Paix; Motion, 137 Columbus Ave. Potter Drug * Che-n Corp., Sole Props. aa~ Send for "llow to Cure Every Humor." Washington, D.cJ ^Successfully Prosecutes Claims. L&tePrlDclDal Examiner U.S. Podsiod Bureau, 3yrs in civil mar, 13 luliudicatic^ claims, ait.v titico \ Q /\ nOV NEW DISCOVERT; ?*, J IT Tr V* qnlek r?ltef and nra won mm. Book of tcttmoDlala a?d 10 dnys* trsatoa r?e. Or. . B. a&SKlf'B ?0KB, BoxB. AUabU, ?i Ttsssss'fcl r?j In time. Sold by druggists. ! New York City?Never has the demand for tasteful jackets been greater j Lhan at the present time. This, one is i ?minently graceful and attractive at HORNING JACKET. the same time that it is most comfortable to tbe wearer and lends itself with peculiar success to the present fashion Df rearing with a skirt to match. The model is made of -white batiste with ! :olIar of inserted tucking and trimming j >f lace frills: but all materials in use Tor garments of the sort are equally appropriate, the thin wash silks', the long list of lawns and batistes and, for | A Late Design 1 1 * i ?ooler days, tlie very attractive and serviceable thin wools. The jacket is made with fronts and j jacks and is shaped by means of shoul3er and under-arm seams. The backs ire cut off at the waist, giving a bolero ffect, but the fronts form long points ivhich can be allowed to hang or be tnotted at the waist as preferred. The collar is the big square one preferred for garments of the sort, and the sleeves are loose and wide, cut to form points at their lower edge. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three and one-half yards twenty-one inches wide, three yards twenty-seven inches wide, or three yards thirty-two inches wide, with three-eighth yards of inserted tucking, five yards of insertion and ten yards of lace to trim as illustrated. " Silver Strawn." A set of long-handled sterling metal spoons goes by the colloquial name ol "silver straws." They are intended tc stir up the sugared fluid in the bottom of a glass of lemonade. The long handles of the spoon are uncommonly straight, and being hollow serve tht ' same end as the traditional "straws." Some of these spoons have silver gill , bowls and others are quite plain, ant] ! entirely of white metal. Late Summer Millinery. Hats continue to be of the pictur esque type, with sweeping plumes, flar inr brims and hiirh bandeaux, irivim ! a very pretty effect for the suitrj summer days. In spite of the summei humidity, feathers are a favorit* hat trimming. There are var ious ways of arranging the ricl plumes, the most stylish, perhaps, be ing the three short or medium lengtl plumes in Prince of Wales fashion though the long feather sweepinj around the hat, the end falling over a the back, is much in evidence. A1 " shapes can be fashioned of the nev efron*c trlnnh ova er? cnff on/I nl5nhl< that frills, pleating and in fact all th< . manipulations of the modiste are cop * ied in them. The lingerie hats, whicl >? are so like children's headgear, h.tv< . established themselves for summer, t< p be worn with the dainty organdie J sheer lawn or mull frock. All the thin gauzy fabrics, and even soft silks an< satins, are used for these simple rood ' els. For midsummer outiDgs theri 1? are smart bats of pique duck and linen { in a variety of shapes. The modish little trieorne is especially liked, and j a band of the material or of ribbon, j with perhaps a stiff quill, usually pro- \ ' vides the trimming. Colors as "well as I white are seen in these hats. Chil- I dren's hats were never lovelier than j they are this season, and there is an unlimited variety from wmcn to select. The lingerie hat is perhaps best j liked. ? The Delineator. Lace on Hatr. Point d'esprit and the old-fash- j ioned blonde lace is fashioned into ; Marie Antionette hats, a fall of lace J coming well over the edge of the brim j and a garland of small flowers en- ; circling the crown, with a deep fall of lace in the back. A dainty hat of fine white chip has a brim of tucked lawn | and a frill of fine embroidery hanging down from the brim in the back, and it has two pink satin ribbons running ' in and out of the embroidery and form- j ing rosettes. Ready-Made Skirts. Charming ready-made skirts of em- j broidered lawn or mull, with extra ! bodice material, may now be found in | the large shops. These should be welcomed by the woman who dislikes the "trying on'' visits to the dress- i maker, and it takes so much less time to have only the bodices fitted. A New Hat Trimming. Large sized silk cord is something ' entirely new in hat trimmings and is most effective. Girl's Yoke-Collars. No one of the many accessories of the season is more attractive anil useful than the yoke' collar. It makes the 1 by May Manton. i ) : 1 1 piain xrocK a uressy one. it uriugs tub dress of last year up to date, and it is , altogether charming in itself. These j very pretty models are designed fori i young girls and afford a very generous variety, both of shape and material. As illustrated. No. 1 is made of! i inserted tucking with a bertha of plain I material lace trimmed; No. 2 of lace,; j with plain banding; No. 3 of batiste; with lace insertion and frill; No. 4 of inserted tucking, with lace frill and in- ! sertion; No. 5 "f plain tucking, with ' bands of treading and frill of embroid- | ery. Each one, however, can l?e varied again and again and can be made to take many forms. The collars consist of a yoke for each one and a standing collar which is the : i same for all, with the circular bertha for No. 1. All are finished with hems | and underlaps at the back, where the ; closing is made, and Nos. 2, 3 and D | are divided into sections. The quantity of material required for ; 1 the medium size (twelve years is one- ' ' half yard of all over material eighteen j : inches wide for any one with one-half , yard of any width for bertha, two and i ' three-fourth yards of edging, two yards of insertion and thirteen medallions i - for No. 1; two and one-half yards of I edging and three and one-fourth yards of banding for No. 2; three and one- , fourth yards of insertion and two and one-half yards of embroidery for No. 3; two and one-fourth yards of inser- ! f -v TO 3 girl's tokb collars. lf tion and two and one-half yards of 1 edging for No. 4; two and one-fourth | . I rardi of edging fox No. 5, to make as j a | illustrated. mi MI mil MI A SEKMON FOR SUNDAY I? t 1 AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY B!SHOD n E. C. ANDREWS. t (i u Subject: "Chrintiauity and Love'"?Church Mi niRtrationfs Should Be Directed Toward Frceinc the Human Soul of j1 That .St 1 fishnct-K Which ie Inherent. t Brooklyn, N. Y.?Bishop E. G. An- s drews, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, I preached Sundav morning in the Central s Congregational Church. His subject was: t "Christianity and Love." The text was c from I Timothy i:5: "Now the end of the t commandment "is charity out of a pure c heart, and of a good conscicnce, and of t faith unfeigned." Bishop Andrews said: s Every careful reader of the English i Bible takes knowledge of the fact that the i English language, like every other living c language, is in process of change. He knows the significance of words, as well c as their form, and occasionally their order f changes. He reads, for instance, in the ( Psalms: "My heart is fixed, oh (Jod, my heart is fixed," and he remembers that t that word "fixed" at the time our version v was made had the meaning, which we still c retain in our colloquial speech, "to be c fixed up," and so he reads: "My heart is r prepared, oh God. my heart is prepared." i He reads in the Epistle to the JThcssaion- i ians that they which are alive at the sec- i ond coming of Christ shall not prevent t them that are asleep, and he remembers li that the word "prevent" originally meant e to precede simply, and came to have its h present meaning because he that precedes s another is likely to get in the way of that s one and obstruct another who follows, and d so he reads that at the second coming of t Christ they that are alive shall not precede,, t or shall not have the advantage over them t that sleep in Christ, for both alike shall be c called to meet their Lord in the air. li So in this text we have the word "char- e ity," a word which to-day signifies either r almsgiving or kindly judgment of others, I but in the time of our version it had the p meaning to which the new revisers have c returned, viz., "love," or "benevolence," v and in this passage we read this statement: The aim of the commandment is benevo- n lence, good will, effective love, even as we o speak of the love of man to God, then also a to Ms fellow men. t Another Bible criticism is worth our n while. The word "commandment," like o the word "law," may have either a narrow o or a broad significance. The narrow sig- t: nificance of that is "particular precept" at- I tended by "particular sanction." A broad- g er meaning is that of a "holy ordained in- n etitution and system," and that broader meaning evidently should be here used be- il cause of the context. We come then to the entire statement: "The end, or aim, of I the whole Christian institution is love out ]< i i .1 _f ? ??j 4 UI <L pure lit:cii i, anu ui a (juuu vuusv.icuvv;, t and of faith unfeigned." * k It originated in a heart of boundless love } toward man in an act of love unparalleled, d we may suppose in all the ages of eternity S ?even the gift of God's only Son. All its a precepts turn in this direction. Church or- f: ganizations and ministrations of every h bind, if they be rightly directed, have sim- f; ply this purpose to discharge the human fi soul of that selfishness that belongs to it t by joature, and to enter into it all the love t of God. I Now all familiar with the New Testa- d ment know that this is no solitary utter- t ance?it is but one of niany broad and a comprehensive statements. One came to t the Master saying: "Which is the first and a great commandment?" And He answered: t Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with I all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and p with all thy mind, and with all thy s strength; this is the first commandment, and the second is ]jke unto it: Thou shalt n love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two t commandments hang all the law and the v prophets." In another passage St. Paul v tells us that "Love hi the fulfilling of the L law." If there be any other command- a ment, it is briefly comprehended in this v saying: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as 1< thyself." St. James calls this the "royal ii law." St. Paul tells us: "Above all things, have fervent charity one toward another." y And St. John, in a memorable passage, in n one of his epistles, tells us that "God is ii love, and he thatdwelleth in love dwelleth ( in God and God in him." s Christ told the story of a man who went s down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell n among robbers, as one may nowadays do I on that road. They robbed him, stripped 1 him of his raiment, wounded him, and left a him half dead. Then came one of the chief t representatives of the current religion, a r priest, and passed by on the other side, ii Then there came down a subordinate rep- i resentative of the current religion, a Le- J vite, and he came and looked and passed li by on the other side. # Then came a heretic in religion, an alien in race, and, looking upon the wounded man. he was moved with compassion and dismounted and bound up his wounds, set the wounded c man on his own beast, brought him to an ^ inn and took care of him for the night and paid the charges, leaving money for additional charges, saying to the inn keeper: , "If it costs more 1 will repay when I come *; again." And that alien in race, that here- , tic in religion, the Lord Jesus presents be- ^ fore us as the one great example of our practical religion. > Now be pleased to notice two facts in . this natural love. In the first place, much j. of it is simply instinctive, a divine im- . plantation for high purposes, but because not founded in moral reason, divine reason, therefore without moral worth. It is hut j; part of that endowment of human nature J by which the propagation and the educa- * tion of the race is made possible, but it ? does not imply of necessity any high moral j quality. The bear will rush on the point of * the spear in the defense of its cubs. The j; wildcat will die for its young. The eagle, j with unwearied patience, will teach the _ young eaglet to ny. Will you. therefore, say: "Behold, what paragons of moral ex.'ellence?" Would you not say of them if they lacked parental and filial love: "Behold what monsters?" In the second place, this natural love is marked by great limitations in its extent. a It is laid upon one's family and one's a friends, upon one's neighbors and country, j upon those who are of the same race, or it may be of the same religious faith, or of T the same political persuasion, and it is v hemmed in by these limitations. How t many a man goes to the market place and to the exchange with perfect indifference r to the prosperity and happiness of his fel- j low man and wrestles with them in busi- r ness to return to his home to lavish gladly upon his family all his ill-gotten gains. ( There are many generous men in all our s communities, but they may be also men de- ^ sirous of having their generosity duly acknowledged and trumpeted abroad through- r out the world, and if they fail of that ac- ( knowledgment somehow their charity ( seems to sour upon them, and they feel 3 that they are not recognized as they expected to be. Benedict Arnold was an eminently brave and skillful soldier, and so far as we knew a true patriot, but he was a spendthrift, and when Congress censured ? him in various ways ne at length became *Benedict Arnold the traitor. The truth is r that it is very easy to overload all the !. joists and timbers of cur soul with these ' defects, and we may notice in passing that ' a great deal that passes for charity is of- J] tcntiines a A,hin veneer over unmeasured J masups r>f fic}inr>ei rmrl we nav further U notice that sometimes we have credited t ourselves with very great tenderness and u good will toward men, bccause, for in- 11 stance, we wept over the griefs and woes t of the heroes and heroines of fiction, and t yet find ourselves (such is the inertia of our nature) never so much as lifting up ^ our hands to relieve the unutterable woes t that crowd in human souls ali around us. Another defect of the natural love is that it is simply an unrighteous love; I mean it lacks the quality of righteousness in thai it is a mere kindly affection and desire to do n kind things to those who are objects of our t love, while at the same time there is no C recognition of that foundation which up- J holds the whole process of human life, that p any lar^e and permanent well being. n Finally, this natural love is oftentimes d ungodly. That is to say, it is the rccoem- t tion in man (the children of God) of this t or that scintillation of the infinite good- li ness, while it withholds from Him who I gathers unto Himself all conceivable excellences, all truth, patience, generosity, tenderness, temperaucs.*, long suffering, all purity?while it withholds from Him the t neart's true loyalty. So that this native c or natural love of whjch we speak is indeed t oftentimes a very faint reflection and im- v \ ge of tltat perfect love toward which ! Jhristinnitv calls us. And so we turn back j o the text, and hear the words that St. I 'ail I said: '"The aim of the command- j nent, the whoio aim of the Christian w-.itution, is love out of a pure heart, Add ! iut of a good conscience and out of faith J in feigned." First?In this matter of Christianity we i lave to do with such divine forces in their , iperation upon human nature as yield I topes of even this great result. It is not hat we expect ourselves to attain any [ uch goodness, but is it not possible that i fe who made this thing wc call the human ! oul with all its varied powers of observa- j ion, reason, imagination, fancy and mem- i irv, conscience and will, He who made I his strange, subtle, intangible thing we ! all the human soul, may not He remake he soul, enter into its profoundest depths, o reconstruct, reorder and inspire it that t may shine in all the likeness of God? Is t not. said. "He will do for us far more ex eedingly than we can ask or think?" I iml that is the warrant in this Christian [ hurch, and in ail these Christian churches I or the high aspiration toward which ,'iirisrtianily points us. And the other thing to be said is this, hat howsver true it is that most .>f us i'ho profess and call ourselves Christians i ome far very far, short of this high ideal > if character; however true it is that with | nany of us our Christianity is simply, as i t were, an attempt to secure self-well-be- ! ng in the long reaching future?alas! that | t is such a narrow form of Christianity as | hat?however true that may be, neverthe- I ess I take it for granted> that perhaps i very one present has during some time in ! lis experience come in contact with some j oul, nas becomc jntimate perhaps with ; ome life, upon whom the divine truth, the j livine providence and the divine inspira- j ion has so operated in transforming power i hat the soul seems to have entered into j he very fellowship of Uocl, even nas oeome radiant with divine life, tbe features i.ive been chiseled by the soul within, the ye has looked tenderly out toward all ] nen whom it has met, and now and then ; he very habitation and habit of such a i erson becomes unspeakably endearing, be- j ause of this dwelling of the Lord Christ i rithin. Second?The aim of Christianity is love [ ot only out of a pure heart, but also out f a good conscience. That is to say, its im is not a mere sentimental overflow of ears and pity; it shall be a living and lighty engine within, under the guidance f God, as to method, and as to measures, f a widely instructed moral sense. Chrisianity is something beside mere happiness, t aims at the great soul of life under the uidance and shaping of an instructed loral nature. And finally the love at which Christianty aims is a love out of faith unfeigned. Let faith return. Bring backjrour Bjble. j Jehold one living and eternal liod. .tin is i 3\*e, and He ha3 loved this poor world so j hat He has effected redemption for man- , ind and lifted them across the heavens. ! las thrown His arms around man, in or- ! er that He might lift him up by His Holy pirit. Prayer, so that the broken-hearted nd the sufferer and desolate may go apart rom the eves of man and pour out their earts to God, whose ear can catch their aintest sigh, and whose eye beholds the J tilling tear. Providence. No sparrow falls I o the ground without His knowledge, and I he very hairs of your head are numbered. I )eath; transformation. Life here; intro- | uetion to the life eternal. Let these \ ruths enter and live within human souls, j nd somehow the human race has become j ransformed by these facts. I cannot meet j man, woman or child, but at once I know j here is one whom God loves. Why should | not love that one? And so it comes to iass that wherever Christianity is there is till love where it was not. Two inferences are interesting. There , nay seem to you to be various defects in ! he historical parts of the Bible, but if you j rill only tell me where there is a system ! . hose breath is love, whose inspiration is Dve, which makes this earth a paradise nd a very heaven of love. If you tell me rhere that comes from I am sure I shall now how God coifles down to our world ; a the gospel of Jesus Christ. < > 1 TT U V.OU a I cecona. .now mutu ou? Not how much religion. The Brah- J nin, the Mahommedan have religion; that | 3 common to all nations, but how much j Christianity have you? There is one an- , wer. So much Christianity as we have I elf-forget fulness, self-sacrifice, charity; so [ nuch and no more. May God help us. 1 ?here is infinite resources for us. Let ua ! ook to heaven, and let us look to earth, | nd do the little things at hand in order ; hat when the opportunity may come we ! nay nourish within ourselves the victor- i nus forces of helpfulness until at len?,h, f it please God. we shall be like our Lord i Tesus Christ, who was the very fulness of j ove toward man. Life Without Any "Waste. In the Rocky Mountain gold fields is a j nine without a dump, writes Rev. R. | icott Stevenson, in the New York Obserer. Father and son opened a vein of ore, nd with some reward for their labors fol- ' i ^ it ???;i nf | OWCCL OaCK in 10 UIL* Iliuuiuam uum 1*1/ j he end of sixty feet the ere failed. One | lay when they were looking over the deso- j ate place that once promised to produce a [ ortune the son said to his father: "We'll try again. It looks like fire had ! turned off a creat pillar of gold, and when t fell it broke in two, and what we've j lug out was the upper end shoved down | he mountain side." They climbed up 200 feet further, dug [own and found the original vein, which iroved ?0 rich and pure that no dump was iceded, for there was no waste. A life of onsecration is a life without waste. God an use oil such a life brings to Him. Svery word spoken in His fear, every act lerformed in the consciousness of His eye ipon you, every service rendered willingy. He treasures and rewards. A life of eal consecration is so near to God it finds nd brines to Him only such gifts and cer ices as He is willing to reccive and bless. Five Conditions of Prevailinc Prayei. ]. Entire dependence upon the merits I nd mediation of the Lord Jesus Christ, j ^ the only ground of any claim for b'essng. _(Sec John 14: 13; 15: 1C, etc.) '1. Separation trom an unotvu sm. ji ve regard iniquity in our hearts, the Lord vill not hear us, for it would be saneioning sin. (Psa. G6: 18.) 3. Faith in God's Wcrd of premise as onfirmed by Hi9 oath. Not to believe dim is to make Him both a liar and a >erjurer. (Hebrews 11: G; G: 13-20). 4. Asking in accordance with His will. )ur motives must be godly; we must not cek any gifts of God to consume it upon iur lusts. (1 John 5: 13; James 4: 3.) 5. Opportunity in supplication. There r.ust be waiting on God and waiting for Jod, as the husbandman has long paienee to wait for the harvest. (James i; 7; Luke 18: 1-8.)?George Mueller. TVlmt to Preac!). Dr. Thcodcre Cuyler tells us that he icvcr preached a sermon in defense of the i :criptures. He preached the Scriptures | henselves; and they proved to be "the lower of Cod unto salvation." We have i?1._ rM,i orty new cooks u.juu | Viewpoint." where we need a hundred , ipon "Jesus Christ, the Same Yesterday, 'o-day, and Forever." The apostle told s, many centuries ago, that there would be hings to ''be shaken;" but he also assured is tnat there would be "things that regain." Whoever devotes his attention to lie shaken instead of to the firm lias :nis? aken his call if he remains in the minstry. "What the world needs," said Dr. I /an Dyke, "is not a new Gospel, but more ] Jospel!" -'hat hits the nail on the head. -The Interior. A Mistako That Poisons Life. The best of us are far too much like the line lepers. We are more ready to pray han to praise, and more disposed to ask j !od for what we have not than to thank lim for what we have. Murmuring comilaints and discontents abounding on every ide. Few indeed are to be found who are ot continually hiding their mercies un ler a bushel and setting their wants and rials on a hill. Let us pray for a daily hankful heart. It is a spirit which (Jod Dves and delights to Lonor.?(Phil. 4.GJ ? )r. A. Kevin. The Duty of To-Day. Let it be our happiness this day to add o the happiness of those aroun * us. to omfort some sorrow, to relieve some want, o add some strength to our neighbor* irtue.?Chauninjz. ' III?I Secret of Long I?lf*. In an autograph letter Senator Wark, 1 the centenarian lawmaker of Canada, lig assigns his longevity to plain food and Ch regular habits. Ho says he has been coi accustomed to eat oatmeal porridge est and milk for breakfast, and still makes is ; it the principal part of his morning Cli meal, followed by a single cup of black Sin tea and a slice of bread. A piece of tbt fowl or fish, with a cup of tea, forms rec his midday meal. In the evening he tol has a cup of tea and a slice of bread. an< He retires regularly at 10 o'clock and ha' rises at 7.30.?Chicago Chronicle. est Japan V8, Kunsla. It is well known that Japan is a n very small country as compared with Ne the Russian empire. Its area is 147,- agi 000 square miles, while Russia has pu 3,000.000. 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