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?THE N?TfONAL B?HK OF.?UGUST? ?L.C. HAYNS, Prea't. F. G. TOM), Cashier. Cap?la?; $250,000. Undivided Profits } $110,000. Facilities of oar magnificent New Vault ?r\ ntalnlng 410 Safety-Loci: Boxea. Dlffer '.at Sizes exe offered-to our patrons and > ?be public at $3.00 to.SlO.OO.per annum. TAOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1900. PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. V&ji Interest on Deposits, Account Solicited. L. O. HATXTX, President. W. O. WABDI-AW, Cashier. VOL. LXV. NO. 5. THE YOUN? Solon of a mighty stockt Hands ot iron, hearts ot oak, Follow with unflinching tread Where the noble fathers ledi ~" ... ' ? ' ? Honesty with steady oye, - Troth and pare simplicity, Love that gently winneth hearts,--* These shall be thy only arts. TAD AND HI! cc ~T~~\ ED y?a ^eaf *ne Panfcner I I last t?gX*. Sergeant?'* 1SJ asked Tad, the captain' . G '? Boru "No," said the sergeant, as he ont at the top of a sage-brash with the loose end ot the lariat hanging at his ' saddle. "I didn't hear it, bat it yelled, I guess. Billy Murphy was ou guard down, at Post* Ko. ?2, and ha didn't dare walk the length of his beat" "Let's go there to-night and fetoh it in," said the boy. "No-nol" The soldier rarely spoke ia so po s i tira a manner to his younger com panion. They had grown to be quite good friends. So Sergeant. Gore ; looked at the trim figure bj his side : and admired-as a cavalryman would i -r-Tad*s,posture in, the saddle. And . then.ho gazed dawn the long road tb ; the bluff on the shingly ledges- of which- the panther they had been speaking of was said to prowl nt night aud call to the echoes in that fearsome voice. Gore was a well-born, well-trained younjg fellow who had enlisted in the ranks. of tba regalar army at a time ? when penniless and discouraged, as has many another son of a good family. He* seemed peculiarly attractive to this boy. " Tad admired Gore because - he was cb;erer than the others. Gore was a better shot and a better horse man, and he was the best wrestler iu . the fort.- And there is nothing that 3o appeals to the soul of the boy as ability in that close struggle of athletes, that embrace of gladiators, out of which com es the triumph of tho uuarmed hands, the victory of the un aided muscles and skill. V - And Tad's father, the captain, had not discouraged an association which gave his son pleasure and seemed to make'the lad more manly. .'Couldn't we kill the panther, Ser geant?" ~ ''We might, and we might not. - The last man in tho troop who went out to kill a panther came back in a sling between two pack-mules; and he didn't get off sick-report for three montos. Now, see here, Tad. Get th af wripjrla *. "^T"?? j?-??..?* TJ .fi wou1^^. - tain ; . .. . Big' ' .>:,?.. r-i svp., ; i?C5i?. i wi geon-plaster au over mm?" / "Pretty moe thing to Ir?tf a pan ther!" 'Tes; and then-??*' "Sergeant, are you afraid of her?" "I'm not afraid of anything alive," said the sergeant, calmly. "If you are not afraid, why don't "you go?" "We don't do all the things we dare to do." "JKhat, for instance?" "Well, I dare tell Higgins, when we get to camp, that I won't mount guard to-morrow." "Then why don't you?" - ."Because it is my duty to mount guard whenever he details me. He's the orderly sergeant." "1 saw you throw him one time," said Tad, irrelevantly; and then he stopped to laugh at the recollection. Higgins was a very strong man; and one day in spring, before mount ed drill was- begun, the soldiers- got np a tournament on the parade-ground, where the orderly sergeant challenged any one to wrestle. Tad remembered Gore's acceptance, and how the big ger man had strutted to the encoun ter; bow the two had gripped to the work, and how presently Gore had caught the huge weight on his hip, and had flung the other heels overbad in one great sweep, and had landtfd "bim fairly and finally. But that was months ago. . Tad looked np at the distant bluff while the buglers were blowing a retreat, but he stood in "the attitude of a - soldier" ?, when the jflag came down to the booming of the evening gun That night he made his bed on the floor of the upper porch, and lay there wondering at the a tar s till long after taps?' Time and again-he.caught him self almost across the border-land of dreams, and it seemed to bim the lagging midnight must have passed when the sound for which he waited reached bis ears. And then the sud denness of it, the savage strength of that panther's cry, startled the courageous little fellow till his heart was still. The half-human quality of the tone added to the terror of it. Then his breath came back, and with it his daring. And the next time the cry was raised he knew the shingly shelves of the bluff were then a prom enade for the panther. Next night Sergeant Gore was on guard, but the next after he was free; and time and again he wondered where Tad was in hiding; for he had not seen the boy since dinner-call. Lang and Warner were up the gulch with an eight-mule team, and they came in at sundown with a load of wood. When they had unharnessed the mules Lang found Sergeant Gore stretched on his bunk, trying to read by the afterglow. "Oh, Gore, here's a note from the Captain's kid," said the teamster Lang, carelessly. .. .Gore peered nt the penciled lines: ' ' DEAR SEE SE INT : I am up on the bluff. If you don't come and'get me, 'may be the panther will. TAD. A cayuse pony was picketed back of the quartermaster's' store, and Sergeant Gore took a turn of the rope around the animal's jaw, leaped to thc hi bare back, and galloped-to the hills, qt Ho carried his carbine, and a belt of ra cartridges was buckled about him. pi And every muscle of his splendid m frame quivered; for he loved1 the; eg Captain's son. j co tl h si hi cl ti bi P' h. tl tv B di g* h( hi w cl si ai di sc :.h fo Pt bl le th b< Tl Pi le bc cr ar aa he PE as ar ne vc at cr cl co bc st hf la st er to tb ar P< ve fa wi bi ps SI AMERICAN. Prudent iu the council train, Dauntless on tho battle plata) Ready at the aountry's need For her glorious caus? td bleed, Bo shall Porteo, a ch ar m Inf? guest, Dove-like in thy bosom rest; Bo shall Honor'? Steady blaz? Beam upon thy closing daysj PANTHER. Tad had calculated the noto'might dot be do! i yere d until after dr k; and he crept along the slaty shel res rn til Lie found a little recess where the loose earth had been worn away by the wind and the rain, and he climbed 3own there and baoked in. About six feet below was a broad ledge which foaclled fal' around to ike right? By lying flat hld tac? just c?m? te the1 sd go of his harrow shelf, Whil? his feet were pressed to the farthest spaces in his little refuge.- He pulled his rifle within easy reaching dis tance, and then looked out and dared che panther to come. Straight before him, down the val ley, was the fort. He watched the twinkling light.-' go out in the mess ?all, and knew the belated teamsters aad arrived in camp. And his faith .vas so Arm in Sergeant Gore that he lever doubted the soldier was coming. Presently he heard the. dull beat of loofs on the long road, But it was rom unshod feet, and not a cavalry ?orse. That chilled his courage a ittle. And just as he tried to con rince himself that he was wrong, and learched for hope that an army horse tndjno.t a pony was galloping toward lim, ? shriek not fifty feet away rent he wonderful silence of the hills. His little body was positively if ted and shaken with the. shock of t. And theo, because he was a cap ain's son, Ted hammered, his bare mackies against the stone, and forced tis courage to come back. He peered over the edge of his keif at the broad ledge below; he ooked straight down there a hundred eet to the foot of the bluff; and ho ould not tell for the life of him from rhat direction that thrilling cry had orno. ~ Then a pebble was loosed, and fell own the bluff, around somewhere to lie right of Tad's refuge and he ailed: "Sergeant!" He heard something n b gently gainst the rocks on the ledge below, ad then another pebble bounded way; but no strong word of cheer ?me in answer. In another moment, though . his ide eyes had been watching all the me^t?ie_panther lay below him. She hi.'., .'.v-1 ....:\'\i-.? sarberi'if? foi * She toppled back, and he could ear her breathing plainly. Theo ie tried again. As she stood on hoi Ind feet, her clawa caught in his 0 thing, but he fought free; and me and again she scratched, him,' it he did not cry out. Once or twice she withdrew hei iw, stretched very high, and pn8b.ee HT black muzzle up till.he could set ie two red eyes; and he knew thc TO red eyes could very well see him. ut when she struck she must with raw her head to give the paw a -eater reach, and by shifting a little 3 could dodge her. But all the time, as she hied foi im, first with one fore-paw and then ith tue other, her hind feet were awing at the bluff for a foothold. Ii ie had found it, she would have lifted id have reached him instantly. She d not find it; but she was loosening di and stones with every effort, and .eso wero forming a growing plat rm which brought her nearer. When he knew the next fling cf a iw would reach him he saw the bare ond head of Sergeant Gore on the dge. The back of her head was toward ie soldier, for her left paw was at the womof Tad's blue coat. "Cling tightl" said Gore. And a wonderful thing happened, he sergeant stepped close to the tn thor's sid 3, facing outward. His ft arm flashed about the extended >dy. He made that splendid ful uui of his hip. He swung just once, id swiftly; and tho panther went- . Higgins had once gone-heels over ?ad, and helpless. She flung both iws wildly, but she made no sound her dark body shot over the edge id was swallowed up in the dark sss. They listened what seemed a ry long time, and heard h or strike the foot of the bluff. "Great throw!" cried Tad, and he ept exultant from his nook, and ambered out where Sergeant Gore 1 ul tl lift him down. But ho had to > carried. When it was all over his urdy legs refused to bear him, and j etaggered veiy helplessly. Gore id him on the pine-needles at the immit, for a few minutes. And pres itly they went down the long road the warm spring, where he washed e dust from Tad's face and banda id arms. Later, they dragged to the captain's >rch a monster panther, whose rel it skin not a single bullet had marred. But even at that, when Tad saw his ther's white face, and caught the ordless welcome of his mother's em ace, he knew ho had paid for the mtker far moro than it was worth. ;. Nioholae. ? o America In Africa. American refrigerating machines, nerican pumping machinery, an r.erican dynamite plant, 150 miles f American railroad, laid with Ameri m rails on California redwood sleep i's and American water lines, are ?me of the Yankee products to be sen at the South African mines. ? Taming Ou.til, A Morgan County (Mo.) young man is built up a large business in tame tail, which-he claims aro more easily ised than chickens and far more ofitable, selling for $4 per dozen for pat, or at $5 per pair as pets. The ;gs hatch well, either under quail or mmoh hens. *" ' ' ' . RURAL MAIL The MarVeloi?? Gro\ P to the present timo th er o has boen nothing in tho hi?t?ry ot tito . postal service of tho fruited States," says tho aunual report of tho first assistant .postmaster-gen ? tf** ^ fcra^? "so remark ( J]\(y/' ableas thegrowtb ^Yffjf of the rnral free "^?M?^" delivery system." .Jfj&frt The daily delivery of mail at tho far mer's door,"by ibo Federal Govern ine?tj is nd longer ah ?xperiineilti lu . the words Of th? report, the system, has now "to be doaltwith as an estab lished agency of progress, awaiting only the action of tho Congress to de termine how rapidly it shall bo de veloped." The current month finds rural free delivery of mail in success ful operation from 383 distributing points radiating over forty States aud ono Territory, while other districts from Maine' to Texas are anxiously waiting for those regular visits from tjnclo Sam which mean so much in a Variety of waysi tom j I the oniv wu5.?.. report sets forth that whenevor tho system has been started properly, .it bas been followed by these results: Increased postal receipts. More letters are written and received. Moro newspapers and magazines are sub scribed for. So marked is this ad vancement that many rural routes al ready pay for themselves by the addi tional business they bring. Enhancement of the value of farm lands reached by rural free delivery. This inoreas? in value has been esti mated at as high as $5 an acre in soma States. A^m oder ate estimate is from $2 to $3 an acre. A general improvement of the con dition of the roads traversed by the rural carrier. In the Western Slates especially the construction of good roads has been a prerequisite to the establishment of rural free delivery service. In one county in Indiana a Bpecial agent reports that the farmers spent over $2600 to grade and gravel % road to obtain rural free delivery. Better prices obtained for farm products, theproducers being brought into daily touch with the stato of the marketa, and thus being enabled to take advantage of information hereto fore unattainable. .DELIVERING MAIL To . SUGAR pLAh ^^^^^J>ELIVErilNG MAIL IN In the communities where it ha* >een tried free delivery is considered he greatest boon that tho Govern aent ever has couferred on them. )ne Missouri farmer hns calculated hat in the last fifteen years ho has Iriven 12,000 miles going to and from bc postoffico to get his mail-all travel hat is saved to him by the freo de iyery system, DELIVERY Vth| ?r\d Popularity Cysten?. In the last report of the First As sistant Postmaster-General there 2?Q Borne striking illustrations. . There is, for example, a scene at a country" store, twelve miles from! Lafayette, Ind., from which pointVj three rural letter carriers start daily^r each iri?king rt circuitous drive O? twenty-fire miles or" more* without' passing over the same road twice. At J the particular point photographed'-. A SCENE ?EAH I?? four cross roads meet, and twenty ow more families, most ,of them living] half a milo from the store, have. each; put up au individual letter box om galvanized iron, lettered with th<? name of the person for whom it is 1 tended. Into tlrs box the carrier, Wh hour of arrival is known, and scarcel varies ten minute?, winter or summe] drops the letters and daily papers f?j? each family, and collects in return their mails which aro deposited ih'fw Government collection box, placed'nn positiou at the snme spot. The farmg er's children, cr such idle hands as ha can sparo, gather np the mail and; carry it to the house, and tho farmec is thus spared a drive of twelve mUel to tho postoffice, which he womel hardly feel justified in undertaking ii? the most favorablo weather more thajE twice a week, and then at much per*: sonal inconvenience and pecuniary! loss. Under the rural free delivery! ?ystem he gets his mail and his papeH daily without cost of time or-?n,,?w ^.^?i^?m^^B fr lUKAli DELrVEBY il AIL BOXES IN VIC TORIA, Hill. Bural free delivery carriers, as a nie, "put on frills" in Indiana, which itato, next to Ohio, has the lion's hare of the existing experimental ser ?ice. Most of them provide them lelves with regulation uniforms, at heir own cost, and furnish special wagons, with pigeon holes and other lostal appliances-all for $400 a year, torso hire included. Out in Arizona, where in the genial ummer sunshine the temperature oo asionally vises to 110 degrees and tays thero, the rural carrier rarely rears any insignia of his dignity, ex ept his badge, which is a nickel lated arrangement made to fit any ind'of hat. Instead of comfortably ARIZONA Si b T I? ><.. t< r< P ai tl cl a ri ti fe w tl tl fa ding in a specially constructed postal agon, ho as often as not mounts a uckiug bronco, or diives him to a ackboard,?.with only an umbrella for lade. But he makes thirty odd miles day, nevertheless and the D?part ent has just issued orders to out 3 wu this particular roate from Tempo, ve ov ten miles a day, chiefly out of )iiBideration for the bronoo, because si Pi V( tr fn S] ie l?e carrier can probably sleep fla com fortably in bis saddle as anywhere* Thehardah?ps sometimes encount ered by the rural carriers aro shown |n the photograph of a ru rsl Harrier in Northern Ohio returning from fl trip ^rhen tho thermometer was forty d? fil?es below zero. Yet, though the ?First, ?seis'tant Postmaster-General [reports that thet? fire several girls King as bonded rural Carriers^ few tances are recorded of their failing |o T??k.G th??ir daily trips, either in fth?j coldest sioYtBS of winter or the blazing heat of summer. One .question whioh has received j*ga*ve consideration by the D?part ant is the insecurity and improper laracter of the mail boxes put up. )d this subject the First Assistant Postra as ter-General says: FAYETTE, IND. fein: the early days of the service, jrfben neither Congress flor the Post office Department, as then organized, held out any hope that rural freo de livery would provo moro than a tran sitory experiment, extremo careless ness Was manifested as to tho kind of receptacles put np as rural free de livery boxes. Tomato cans, cigar Boxes, drainage pipes up ended, Boap boxes and even sections of discarded L CABRIEB AT CBAWFOBDSVUiLE, IND, L'S t i- Cb?1 ? -'.i .' -.t.. .... ?heijfovbwiiccb?ipf'o l\<i? i:'.?(.?:? Li 'iv* mis. ii?iij. charging a in o aerate rental. United States Medal of Honor. The medal of honor grantod by Con gress for some conspicuous act of ;allantry is so rare that hundreds of .ulcers have never even seen it. The bow knot worn in the button? tole in lieu of the medal goes un eeognized except by the very few. ?he medal is of black bronze, and is ift?n mistaken for the Grand Army nsignia, the latter having been pat erned after it to a certain degree. It s much larger than the latter, and on he reverse side is engraved tho name, ank, date and the battle in whioh the ?rvice was rendered, and the specific ct of heroism for whioh it was given. ?he medal is only worn on state occa ions, but the bow knot is always rom. It is a small affair, with its peci?o ribbon. It is of silk, white tripe in center, bordered by two blue tripes, which are bordered by two ed stripes.. It is an inch in length nd three-eighths of an inch wide. !he little emblem show3 that the rearer has received from the Govern lentthe highest honor that can be onferred upon man. The Secretary f War recently issued an order, after conference with the executive oom littee of the Medal of Honor Legion, bat hereafter, on all official occasions, aceptions, banquets, etc, the Con ressional medal of honor will be worn sating on the breast and suspended y the broad official ribbon of the or er around the neck.-Cincinnati En uirer. One Man Who Eats Toadstools. Eating toadstools, in the interest of sience, is the pastime of Janitor Gil ert, of the botany department of the Fniversity of California. Professor Set ebel 1, assisted by Jani >r Gilbert, has been gathering mush )oms found on the campus for the urpose of 'determining whether they re flt for human consumption. But ie professor doesn't take any of the lances. That phase of the exped ient falls tc the lot of the janitor. When the searchers find a now va ety Gilbert eats it. His survival en tles it to be listed with nutritious ?ods. When he bumps into one that ill bring his career to a full stop, ie public will be advised not to eat lat particular kind of mushroom. So jr they have found twenty different inds and experimented with them all. In his own particular way Mr. Gil art is a hero, though he is modest lough not to think so. Would Nurse Him Herself. They found her hurriedly paoking a ilise. "Where are you going?" they ?ked. "To the Transvaal," she re lied. "But I thought you didn't elieve in women going to war?" "I 3n't; but if you think I am going to t any of those red-cross women arse my Harold baok to health if he wounded you are mistaken. I'm jing to be there myself."-Golden enny. _ Hoes Ail the Tnlkinx Herself. A ole ver woman can always give a ow man the impression that he has dd a lot of bright things himself. hicago Becord. Queensland is being gradually con ?rtcd into a large orchard. The Aus alian orange in particular has a great .ture, as it ripens at a time when iain, Italy aud California cannot :ovide the fruit, HOUSEHOLD MATTHEUS. Temperance Eggnog. ?a excellent eggnog without liquor of any kind is a nourishing and pala table drink, if carefully made. Beat the yolk of one cr two eggs with a de sired quantity of powdered sugar, un til it ie light and creamy; pour into a glassful of rich milk or cream; lastly, stir in lightly the white of the eggs beaten to a foam. This is a good sedative when taken just before going to bed. _ To Muke ? Dainty Dish. The housekeeper who colleots re cipes would do well to add to her col lection a dainty dish which can be m a do from butternuts or Brazilian nuts. Butternuts being diffioult to get, the Brazilians will serve ns a sub stitute. After blanching them add to each cupful of nuts a tablespoonful of salad oil, let them stand a half hour and sprinkle with salt and cayenne pep per. "When the whole has been mixed put it in tbs oven until brown. Methods of Marting Iteof-Tes. The first of the methods here given ni?kes surely a genuine extract of beef, containing all the strengthening properties and the full nourishment of the meat. If the stomach of the in valid is quite weak this extract is not given in its full strength, but - it is diluted with hot water until it is of the strength desired by the physician. In making this tea or extract always Sei?ct the juiciest part of the beef quite without regard to its tenderness. Indeed, the tonderer the meat is the loss juioy it will be found. The lower part of the round is usually found to be tho best for beef-tea. It mnst be absolutely free from fat, only the lean meat being available. Out the beef into quarter-inch dice-shaped pieces, and put thom into a wide-mouthed bottle and set it on a stand of some kind in a kettle of cold water. This le to raise tho jar and let (the water under itf BO that tho glass will not be on the hot bottom of the kettle, as it would almost to fl certainty break un lesB it was thus protected. Set the kottle ovor the fire and heat ii grad ually. When it comei to a boil keep it gently simmering for several hour?, until tho meat is perfectly white, look ing like pieces of India-rubber, all the juice being extracted. Then strain out the juice, press it ai' out from the pieces of meat, ind season to the taste with salt. To make the tea more quickly cut one half pound of the juioy round freed from all fat into small pieces, season with a salt-spoonful of salt, press it with fl wooden potato masher, and let it stand in a covered bowl for half an hour. Pour off the juice, and heat, bat do not boil it. Serve it immediately without strain ing. The salt will draw out only a ._L:_'IIfit, , .-.--* . . -* ?fte? the fufes u-> l--.r-.rL. oir?as ? . . ti . tb? >! -ntl -ii) ..?..*.; ; ia_ld ?up ui tua a little less 3trong than the first, but good not withstanding.-"Woman's Home Com panion. Dint? for the Housewife. Sugar added to the water used fer aastiug meat adds to the flavor. Stale crackers are improved by olacing in a hot oveu a few minutes before serving. In making hard pudding sance add :he sugar gradually to the butter, and ;t will cream more quickly. A paroxysm of coughing may often DO arrested by a tablespoonful of gly jerine in a glass of hot milk. If a dish 01 ?old water is kept in a mke box it will keep the cake fresh md moist. The water should be re newed every twenty-four hours. A mixture of fine, soft down and iotton batting of the best quality, wall nixed, makes a fine filling for cush ons, and is cheaper than all down. To olean cork carpet, wash all over wioe a week with skim milk, or polish nth beeswax and turpentine as you vould a stained floor. The latter nethod darkens the cork and gives it i rich appearance. An easy way to steam house plants nwinter ie to seta large vessel of hot i rater under the plant stand and then Irop into it a piece of hot brick or ron. Milk is suggested as a good extin guishing agent for burning petroleum, .t forms an emulsion with the oil, and >y disturbing its cohesion attenuates he combustible element as water can lot. In screwing a glass globe on to the ;as fixture, care ! h ou ld be taken not 0 screw it too tight, as when the gas s lighted tho glass will expand, and f space is not allowed the globe will rack. Many mysterious breakages aay be traced to this lack of foresight. A point to be remembered in the coiling of fish is that fish must not >e turned while broiling. Put the nside of the - fish next to the coals and et it cook through. When done, told the skin side to the fire just a uonient to brown, and serve at onoe. If the fingers get badly stained in >eeling fruit or vegetables, and the Iruggist is too far off to get oxalic ,cid, try rubbing the fingers with eor 01 leaves or rhubarb, both of which (rn tain the same acid. Spots in linen nay be removed by the same agenoy. Potato pudding is easily prepared nd makes a good and desirable addi ion to roast beof. Chop one-half oup f snet with three raw potatoes to a legree of fineness. Season this with lepper, salt and any preferred spioe. Itir in flour for thickening and boil or turee hours in a bag. If one chances to have on some up ?er shelf or in the attio a largo bell lass once used to cover a clock or or lameut, it will oe found most useful o keep table ferns fresh. If the ferns re thoroughly sprayed once a week, nd the earth about them moisteued very other day, they will need no tb er care all winter, provided the lass bell is inverted over them at light._ Ardmore, I. T., is the greatest in nud cotton market in thc world. Over 0,000 bales of cotton are marketed ac\ year there, which are brought nto town by wagons. This is ex lusive of the product shipped by ailroads. JAME? B. WALKER. WABBEN WALKER. Walker & Walker, COTTON FACTORS, 827 REYNOLDS ST., AUGUSTA, GA. STRICT PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL BUSINESS. THE BEST FACILITIES FOR HANDLING AND SELLING EITHER SQUARE, RECTANGULAR OR ROUND BALES. MODERN STANDARD FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE. LIBERAL ADVANCES ON ALL CONSIGNMENTS. BA? Al TIES ALSO FOE SM If You Wstnt KE/NT?CKLJ WtdlSKEg, ORDER IT FROM KENTUCKY. 8end Us $3.00 and We Will Ship lon Four (4) Fall Quarts of The Celebrated Old Mammoth Cave Bourbon or Rye. Expressage Paid (To any point in TJ. S. East of Denver). 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