The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, April 13, 1886, Image 8
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TUESDAY. APRII, 13, 188G. !'
pV- srascKiPTiox. $2 oo; s
| Teachers' Department. I
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[VUIHIUUUMI U > Vfl'U, v. ^vuwiu v winnii'.siunvr
??t: Abbeville County.] v
~ To the Teachers of Abbeville County. 1
'; In assuming control of this depart- 1
i-: . ! mcnt of the Messenger I beg leave to
^ say to all the teachers of the County r
|fv \ , that it is the purpose of tlie Mkssenoeu 11
^',7 and the manager of this column to do all 1
t?V . in our power to improve the quality of 1
?; * teaching in tho County; to help you, *
?. fellow teachers, to do work in tho school I
room more satisfactory to yourself, your
pupils, your patrons, and ypur country
; to get you to feel the inspiration
^ /r of honest and faithful work, as well as
? the dignity of yuor calling.
!*? ! It is our'purpose also, to acquaint
O the trustees and patrons of the schools
* with the leading ideas and methods of
teaching of the most practical and successful
teachers of this country, that
p.: they may know, by comparison, the true
teachers from the false, the genuine
from the sham. For the better accom- j
plishment of this purpose we shall relv ,
upon the leading educational journals
a' in the United States and upon the conrihutions
of successful toachors of
Abbeville county.
Let me say that tho wide awake and
courteous proprietors oT the Messenger
for their efforts in your behalf, deserve
the grateful consideration of teachers
and patrol.s. They are your friends and
the friends of common school education
in this county.
GEO. 0. HODGES.
Text Books.
[By Prof. John H. Miller.]
The next moat important factor in a '
school-room to a teacher is a good text- '
book. Not that there are so many poor ^
text-books, for now, with so much short
... I
. competition in the book market, a really
worthless book rarely gets through the '
publishing house much less through '
tho school-room. A text-book is not a .
good one when it fails to excite interest 1
in either teacher or pupil. Sonio books
may be uninteresting from tlfe very beginning
because of an unfitness on the
'part of the class to do the work -which
they require. They may be too ad- .
v.Vs vanced for the clas*. This is often the case J
but every experienced teacher knows
that for thorough and satisfactory work '
H is far better to have the text a little too
hard than a little too easy. This is es- j
pecially true of classes, somewhat advanced.
But the leading danger p not '
^ here. That teachor is a fortunate prodigy
who can use one text-book for
tnci'u ur uivcen years ana not grow
tired of it. This applies to some subjects
more than to other Let us say
that a teacher has taught the same arithmetic
for a number of yea^s. in tukiug
his first class through it he practically
v masters it. There is left little of fresh .
mental work after this for him. He may,
k'nd I believe can, teach this book with
tietteV results to the next two or three
succeeding classes than to his first one,
but after the third or fourth class hns
gone over it,' there is considerable dan* '
gers of tho teafclier's work becoming perfunctory
and mechanical to himself anil (
theVeby to hifi class. This danger is j
inore imminent to teachcr than to pupil (
since it is new to each class and is old
to (ho teacher after his first class. What (
Is true in this ' respect of arithmetic is
&till mo'ro applicable to geometry. We
have known a great many very excellent f
teachers who have avoided these dan y
gers of keeping one text-book too long
by interpolating their daily work with {
original 'examples.* and with problems (
drawn from'6ther " authors. We think
then' that it is Hot for the teachers good (
in use one text-book too long. (
5 It does not help the pupil to use one ^
book too long. Whatever injures the |
. iea'chihfc-dapacity tff the instructor rests j
on the 'pupil oH a'niattor of course. But
- ? *i t I
there' is"a subordinate consideration.
^Teachers know how old, worn-out,
soiledteit-bookft accumulate in a school
room. This'id' "dspdcifctly true of ttfe
common school.' Docs it help'a bright, .
# I
noble boy to get ws' les&on iti some old .
book that a haTf-dozen careless fellows (
have used before' him, and on every y
i>age of which they have left their J
hames in addition to their amateur efforts
to paint, to draw, to represent in .
any way all the animals ?nd flowers ,
they haye ever seen? The tendency to (
buy second-landed books is so great, j
booause of (heir cheapness, that we re- ,
j&rd ft as a favor to the pupils fchetn- ,
selves as well as to tlvBir parents to t
to change th? text-book that the'class j
may handle*tfeat and beautifully clean j
books. The sUfhulating; rest of hand- g
^ing a ^ U worth moro in build- ^
>'* 'M'i'i'W.iu i
n(5 ap ? boy th4n the quarters and halves I
aved by buying a ragged, tattered one. '
f We have the choice in reading from n i
noroceo-hound or a paste-hoard ' bound 1
>ook we choose the one of better bindn<?.
We remember something of this i
a..1.1
Hilt lllttw WVVIIIICtl VII llll UIM-Ilfiu
chool" thn we attended. A boy in
he spelling class'* brought a brand now
polling book to school one morning
nd the eyes of a number of bright lnds
airly sp.?rklod as th?-y looked upon its
rush, inviting page.". The new book
vas a novelty. We would not over-draw
his picture, but we are sure that it is
cry beneficial to sprinkle new books
hrough the schty>l occasionally.
' Introduction prices" and ''exchange
ates;' make the cost of a text-book
ihnost nominal and on the score of
conomy nothing is lost. Oftentimes
he small amounts which slip through
he fingers and which go for less worthy
inrposes will cover the entire expense,
[f then this matter of occasionally
dianging the text-book relieves the
>vork of the teacher of some of its
sameness and acts as a gentle stimulant
:o the pupil and when the charge of
high-priced" books can 110 longer b?
nade. it certainly is worthy of consideration
by all faithful instructors.
The Gospel of Tact.
[Hy Supt. Chat-luH Jacobus.J
The following we think applies with
peculiar force to the teacher.? Koiroit
3K MHSSKXOKK.
Though I have all the tongues ol
jarth at my command, and have not
tact, I am become as an empty show or a
useless vessel.
And thoughli ] have a remarkable gift
if translating hieroglyphics and can explain
mysteries, and am a walking encyclopaedia
; ami though I have all
inenta! strength to remove mountains of
lifficulty, and have not tact, 1 am nothing.
And thoug I bestovr all my attention
upon those ^>or in mental gifts, and
though I give my body up (i. e.. neglect
it), in my burning zsal for intellectual
proficiency, and have not tact, it profitjth
no one else anj'thing..
Tacts suffers none," and is of its own
Kind (si(t yeneritt). Tact worrieth not,
troubleth not itself; doth not give up ;
ioth not believe itself unable ; trieth
Bvery means : is not easily discouraged;
thinketh nothing difficult ; rejoiceth not
in darkness, but rejoiceth in the light.
Observeth all things ; considereth all
things ; allosveth for all things ; succeedeth
in all things.
Tact never faP.eth ; if there be crook?d
things, they shall be made straight ;
if there be intricacies they shall cease :
if there be ignorance, it shall vanish
lwny. Behold these three thing* ?
knowledge, experience, tact. Knowledge
is necessary. Experience is hopeful.
Hut tiict is supreme.? Institute
tntl Practical Tcacher.
Industrial Schools for Children.
The system of industrial education for
children, either in connection with the
public school course or independently
if it, is attracting more attention and
favor every year, and in some of the
Northern cities most gratifying results
tiave already been obtained. The Ohiliren's
Industrial Exhibition, at Philadelphia,
which is conducted under the
iirection of the industrial Education
Association, has proved a genuine sensation
and it is hoped will exert a powerful
influence for the spread of the
tystein everwhere. There arc sixty-six
exhibits, including thousands of speci.
liens of boys' and girls' handiwork, exLending
all the way from carpentry,
tvood-carving, pattern-making, forging,
crazing, moulding, casing, turning,
<crew-cutting. modelling, practical designing
for carpets, wall-paper, &?\, to
ne most delicate needlework and embroidery.
The specimens are contributed by
children under 15 year* of pge, and some
>f the work exibited is said to be remarkably
good. The skill displayed by
he youthful artisans will of course open
:o them a wide ratfge of occupations,
.villi the additional advantage that each
[>oy and girl will natutally drift into the
chid of employment for which special
kplitude is manifested. Under the ope ation
of this system the children will
jvintually be distributed in calling
n w.hich their talents wi'l And free
jlay and tell to the best advantage of
.he community, and the community in
he end will reap a rich reward for the
jost of their education?the best inrestmcnt
that could be made of the same
imount of money.
It is evident that the city and the sccion
where this wise polioy is pursued
will speedily outstrip less provident
sompetitors, and the question is slmvply
jresented to the people of Charleston,
>i nouin uarouna amt the South,
rhethcr they will or will not avail
hentaelveg of (he evperience of their
ntelligcnt and widu-awiiKO , neighbors
n the North, There are not profoKHiona
Incl elerkahipH enough to gb round,
shall thu children of tho rising gencrn
Lion in the South bo oducntcd to work ~]
while they are children, and at home, or
shall they go North an& West, after j
they are grown, to learn what the Yankee
child is learning to-day, and to
utay there to practice what they have '
learned ? Thir is the prospect before
them at present.
11 ?>\v many grown men, women in the s
whole South are qualitied to compete |
with the hoys nud girls in Philadelphia
in some of the classes of work described
wood carving, pattern-making brazing, ,
modelling, practical desijinin'* for caruets (
will paper, &r. ? The South raises *
millions of hales of cotton annually; not <
a holt ofjyints is made in the whole '
section, we helieve, and there are very '
few persons iu the Southern Stales who
can desing a simple calico pattern in
harmonious colors. The Southern
States contain the finest timber in the
world. How many wood-carvers have
we to convert, it into useful, not to say
ornamental forms ? Wo sell our trees
by the car load ami buy them back by
the square chair or a table as we receive
for a dozen acres woodland.
There is but one way out of our helplessness
and poverty, and that way lies
through the combined school-house and
workshop. It is high time to open the
doors and call the children in, if we
would keep them at home and make of
them useful citizens.
A (Jood Day for Carolina.
(Special Dispatch to The News nnd Couaier)
Washington, Aprsl 5.?In the Supreme
Court to-day Chief Justice Waite
rendered the decison of the Court in
the case of William Stone against the
State of South Carolina in favor of the
State. This spit was brought by the
State of South Carolina in the Court of
Common Pleas of Richland County in
August, 1877* against 1). T. Cor bin and
William Stone, law partners, to recover
a balance claimed to be duo for moneys
collected by Stone for the State and not
paid over to the State treasure. In
April, 1878, Stone presented in the
Court a petition for a removal of the suit
to the United Ststes Circuit Court from
South Carolina, stating that lie was a
citir.en of New York and a resident
them, and that his co-defendant was a
citir.cn of South Carolina, and as also
was plaintiff a citizen of tin* same
State, and the United Stale Statutes
he suit was one iu which there could
be no tinal determination reached so far
us he was concerned with the presence
lo the co-defenant to the cause. The
State- Court proceeded with the suit, notwithstanding
Stone,s petition lor removal'
and after trial gave judgment
against both defendants for $23,728. with
interest from July, 1876. During the
whole proceedings, says Chief Justice
Waite. Stone denied the jurisdiction of
the State Court after the tiling of his
petition. The Supreme Court of South
Carolina uflirmed the decision of tho
Court of common Pleas and to reverse
that judgment of affirmance the present
writ of error was brought. This Court
holds, says the Chief Justice, that a
State Court is not bound to surrender its
jurisdiction of a suit on petition for removal
until a ense has been made which
on its face shows that the petitioner has
? a... 'in.:., pn.,.? r
? i i^ih tu tin; utuiniri, i uin vwuii iuitin
r holds that the money sued fonwas
received hy defendants as partners, and
they are liable jointly for its payment, if
they are liable at all. Such a case is not
removable, and, therefore, the judgment
of the lower Courtis afllrmed. The case
was argued hy State Attorney (ieneral
Charles II. Miles and Mr. J as. Lowndes
or the State and by Mr. \V, K. Karlc
for Stono.
PAVILMOX HOTEL.
Cuahlkston, S. ('.
First cIuhs in all its appointments. Rates,
$2.00, $2.60.
Excellent Cnisnc, large airy rooms, Otis
Passenger Elevator. Electric bell and
lights. Hented rotunda centrullv located.
Oct. 1, '84-tf
I EXCHANGE HOTEL,
li Ukkknvii.I.K,-S. C.
The only two-class Hotel in the world.
W. It. WHITE, Proprietor.
?JBNTRAI, HOTEL,
Mrs. M. W. Thomas, Proprietress,
Broad Street, Augusta, (In.
NEW DINNER HOUSE,
Obbkkwoots S. C.
Kept by Mrs. F. G. Phrks. Cheap rates.
First-class fare.
T. r. THOMSON. J. W. THOMSON.
r?IH0M80N * THOMSON,
Attorneys at Law*
Abbeville, 8. C.
No. 1 O'Neal Range. .
H. B. HKXFHILL. TX. P. OA11IOVN. <
JJEMPHILL k CALHOUN,
* ^.ttoimeys at Law,
Abbkvillk, S. C.
WiH practice In all the Courts of the State.
* w
L. W. rftRBIM. T. p. cothban.
T>ERRIJt &' COTHRAN, ,
Attorneys *t Iaw
^^ '' '' ^ : iCi; ?
gUGENE U. GARY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law* '
lbbbvillk, S. C.
J AMES S. PERRIN, ^
Attorney and Counsellor at 'Law,
Abbkvii.lk, S. C.
i. c. oaflok. If. l. boni1am. jr.
r^ASON A BONIIAM,
^ In
\ttot-ucy8 and Counsellors at Law, i
Arbevii.lk. S. C.
Will practice in nil the Courts of the State.
JJR. G. A. NEUFFEU, r
ii
Physician and Surgeon, '
AunK.vn.i.K, S. 0.
Fob. 10, 1885, 1 yr.
Speed &Nenffer
DRUGG-ISTS. '
KEEP constantly on hand a full, and well
selected stock of pure y
Dri^gs, Chemicals etc., etc.
All the latest and popular lines of Paten
and Proprietary Medicines.
the best Liver Medicine, cures Dyspepsia,
for ?S'ale only by tix. .
Try our BLACKBERRY CORDIAL for
Summer Complaint; and our Compound Syrup
Sarsaparilla with Iodide Potash, for the 1
Hi nod.
JiKD BUG rOISOX,
the most canrenient way of destroying these .
insects.
DIAMOND DYES,
all tho Staple and Fashionable Colors
A full line of Fancy (iootlw,
Met Articles, Stationery etc. etc.
The best brands wf '
1
Cigars, Tobacco, nndfCIgurettes. '
A mm.:i _ j i
n fiuivi. Ill It Mill: ijfllllM, I lllIlIM
Oils, Varnishes, etc., etc., I'uint Brushes |
Window Class.
Golden Machine Oil.
We sell the colebrated Harrison lirother's
Prepared I'aint ; the best in the market.
<
Special attention paid to the 1
Prescription Department. I
Physician's prescriptions and fa.itily recipes
tilled ut ull hours of day and night, by
experienced and competent hands.
Orders by hand or Mail, promptly attended
SPEED & NEUFFER.
April 2tf, 1886. tf 8S.
Tho Light Running
New Home.
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Payments made to suit the purchaser. Von
cannot afford to do withont oni? of these machines
when you can get it on such easy
terms. Oome one como all and sec the New t
Home. Vmi will buy no other. For sale bv
K. M KKATON, * t
Abbeville, S.. I
July 29 th'85. 12ino. 118 1
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WE, the undersigned have this day form- j
td a partnership, under tho fit in name
of
HAMMOND & SMITH,
For the Handling of GUAXO.
The Best Grade
FERTILIZERS 1
I
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arc offered for sale by us at reasonable prices ^
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New I
SPRING GOODS!
a
AT THE STOKE OF? s
R. M. HADDON & CO. ,
(
NOW in stock and to arrive by cverv train
an elegant line of MILMKEKY and
DKESS GOODS purchased i:: the last ten a
day8 by Sirs. Haddou at t(
Headquaters In New York. [;
Can now be seen on our conntera
I 1 1 llHltl,
TOULE DE NARD,
BOUUETT GINGHAMS, ,
.ZEPHYR SUITINGS,
ind other goods suUable for wash dresses. ^
R. M. HADDON & Co. [
W. JOKL SM1TI
^UE now offering for sale a
Complete and Ms
Stock of merchandise for Kail anil Winter uses. Th
ith
Well Selected, Seasonable
Goods containing Jinny lloul bargains. They keep e
iv in their Winter supplies can not only get what tlvwv
110 A SOX A Jt l<j I'HlriOS.
Our line of hats cannot lie snr;mssiMl.
Our ssliirWnf .S'l?<n'j i? 1 -?
hi-, nnues, tuissi's, tfi'tifs, 1
Our lineof ready ii.ndeclothing is always large thin seas<
AIwmvs in stuck ? complete lino of standanfuiid Fashio
Twilled While, Red and Itlue Flannels, Press Flai
'roof (ioods all prices. Blankets, Robes, Onnnterpi
ljrs, Hosiery, Ac. These goods are all vetv cheap
hem.
October 7, '85. tlT 1
las ' w. J
DAY & TANN
HEADQUARTERS FO
^arriaps, tapes, Coach Material
Leather, Shoe Findings
nhe Finest, nial 3Inst Varied Assortment, of
Brought to the City, ut. ul
Tidings of Comfort
To tho^e who hare been wrenched and jerked al>oi
low offer yob the most delightful vehicle, with
$35.00
Try one and save your health. Krcry man who own
lould have one, as the price is within \. he reach of all.
DAY & TANNAHILL,
PALMETTO I
THOMAS BcGETTIGAN
if the largest SALOON" in the up-country, don't intern
ktrliNi>mi>iit'<. Tim \ nil' i* ,v- ' 1
;d for full trade. The i'ulmctto House is well stocked wit
Foreign and Domestic Wines
ihe best the market affords. He lias got LIQUORS nine
Rye and Corn, Irish and Sc
Apple Peach, California and Frc
t*oi*ter, Ale an
lie can cheerfully recommend his goods to the public
brinks with all the DELICIOUS BEVERAGES of the si
DRINKS. His speciality is a large stock of l'URE (J0(
Gentlemen's Resort. No. 4 Mi
and yon will wot forget again
A. G-ood Line of Tobacco and Ciga:
Speciality.
WHITE BRO
w OULD call the attention of buyers to a FEW SPl
DRESS G<
Thoy have the cheapest line of BLACK SILKS they h
T.iey have also some handsome Colored Silks. They h
Colored VELVETEENS f >r Dresses anil Triu.mings. 'J
in 'ill colors, the latest thin? tor Dress Trimming.
Th -ir stock of BLACK CASHMERES cannot I e surps
auiii eare in the selection of these iroods. mill nr.> umjup."!
quality and price.
A good line of JERSEY JACKETS, cheaper than evci
It would a<ton.ah any one to see how verv cheap FIj.>
season. Buyers in this line would do well to examine the
CARPETS are so very cheap as to be the rca:h ?f
PETS and RUGS c:ui be found at the store WIKTE 11RO
The above are on'.v a few lines in which Special lJurpa
The General Stock of Fall and Winter Goods now often
WHITE BROT:
Is the largest, best assorted, and most attractive that
plete in all departments.
An Ordinance ("pit
Against Carrying and Using
Sling Shots.
1MIE careless and improper use of SlinjrShots
in the Public Square and streets
o the destruction of private property having
!>een reported to the Council by Sundry permits,
notice is hereby given tiuit the use of rflHOSK
Sling-Shots in the Public Square and streets J| n,?|,
s forbidden bv Ordinance and the Town Mar- advnntagi
dial is inst rucled ami required to arrest all li.shment
?er?ons violating this Ordinance. ?n hands
Uy order of Council. kinds of
J. S. BAMMOND, cl?V'*h
Intendaat. Jfe:
Mpb,2.1, 85. (Jentlii:
amuscmi'i
FOOL, at
m H. H. P. IS A SUCCESS
?IRST?It is pood. *
IEC0N"I>?It is pleasant. Jun. 2<!,
'IIIKD?It is safe.
FOURTH?It does exactly what we claim for
t j t g
'IFTH?It is made by reliable parties.
IIXTH?It ha M no equal. ?? .
IKVENTH?It doos not nauseate. fTil IP
'.IGHTIl?It does not gripe. * * Ulfc
riNTH?It will care you. rw-*uv
'KNTH?It ib the best Liver Medicine known, I ^ ?
nd costs only Fifty Cents a Bottle. p\Ir
[ever Falling Prevention of Spring'J2l?IoJiJran
Sickness. ^ I. tMkots t.
VFLL INVIGORATE THE SYSTEM, wm^n.ak
size. Wil
?ive8 Tone to the Stomach. in*: >a ilom
operator tl
relieves Torpid Liver range of t
a cliarni.
nd removes all excessive bile from tlia sys No family
?m and impurities from the blood. this *ttacl:
Has been tried by thousands in the past Jan., 26,
:?ur years and found worthy the commenda
OU of; All*
TRY IT.
H. U. . P. only SO cents per Bottle. M A f
BARRETT ft McMASTER, Mill
Wholesale and Uetail Druggists,
Angosta, 0?k T OT of
aroh 18-t.f &8 just
i i H i rj i . | i I i
Suhsrri5)o for the ^ Jan. 5,
H & SON
i&nificient
i-ir various ar filled
and Attractive
vcrythinjr, and i ersona rrishinp
wunt, but the be ' of it, and a
tore and childion nil anmpLtft* .
>11. We can suit you. Coaie and ??t?.
nnble Dross Gooda.
onels, Flannel Cloiikiu^s, Wator
mes, lllcaclied and Brown Jhcstaud
you would do well to c\umi*?
L SMITH & SON.
AHILL,
R
s, Saddlery, Harness,
, Belting,
Children's ('arriajtcH Krt
II l'rlccs.
and Joy
lit by so-culled roml carts. We
J IN EST wlll?rl? ?iwi u
a sv horse, or wishes to train a colt
Augusta, Ga.
SALOON !
Proprietor
1 to dupe his customers bv false adibeville
papers. He is well preparh
everything in the line of
i and Liqaors,
ycurs old. (lood old
otch Whiskies,
moli Bvarulies,
cl Fi'osh .Lager Be^r.
tor MEDICINAL i SE, mixed nud
;ason. Also COOL, TEMl'EHATE
)l)S. Call ut the
Washington Street,
THOMAS McGETTIGAN.
rs. Budweiser Beer a
THF.RS
BCIALITIES: ^
\AfVG js unusually targe
JwJL/D and attractive. I
live ever offered.
;ive a good assortment of lUack and
i'hey have a nice line of Wool Lacos
i-ised. Thev have bestowed an unnth
j.v lire all right in regard to color,
before.
lNXEL-* an I BLANKETS are this
stock of WHITE UKOTHEKS.
" all. A good assortment of CAKTHEliS.
ins can be had.
jd to the public by
HERS,
they have ever carried. It is com*
RSiial
^I<OOBTi
Goods, but Credit
Played Out.
) wishing to get the worth of their ,
,,-#1.:., . - .L !_
,v|M .... ...41 Mill, IMIIIMIU II llllllt'ir
to trnde at this well-known ontubtts
no pains will be spared to keep
Finest tirades and Qualities <if ail
WINES, LIQUORS, 11KANDIKS,
and T01JACC0S.
o pay Cash are specially invited
nteed to receive kind and prompt
together with best goods.
.on can at any time Gud pleasant
it in a frame of RlLLIAltbS or
a reasonable charge.
Respectfully,
'. CUNNINGHAM,
'80 tf SOLE PROPRIETOR.
IMPSON, AGENT FOR.
sy Quilting Frame.
nlv thorough^ practical invention
making QC'LTS and COM FOITlon
the Si-wing Machine. Work*
fll on all tho different makes* of Mm*
d does all manner ol Quilting. Onhours
to make n Comfortable, i
to fonr hour* to'make a Quilt,
o Quilts and Comfortable* of any
:h thin QUILTING FRAME quiltp
with leas effort on the part of tl|^.
liuii anv other aewiuic within
ho Sewing Machine. It works
Examine it, nnd see for you*&jtv
Sewing Machine i? comple
iment. Retail price onlv
, '86. tf
3. li l
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V [ X K IJ Mjl ps K
received.
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