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TTTK MONTANA P OlTrT FRIDAY. JUNE
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(Fromthe Atlantic Monthly, for May-'^AFTKR THK HI It I A 1..
TJim KCSSETL LOtflLL.
Y, Faith is a goodly anchor;^Wh*n akin are ^ weet aft a psalm.
Atthe bows it lolls so stalwart^In the bluff-shoo Mered calm.
SalmonConvale^uable Mil
Discovered--TheValleys Settling up--^kats--Sweetwaterites Returning; ths^Story.
EditorPost : Io looking over your
ito leeward
nearlyevery camp in Montana^fact item* ot news from Clieyenne, Salt j^Lake, Boise and nearly every camp^worthy of notice in this northern coun^^try, except the Lenhi, or Salmon liiver^Mine^*. As I think this place has been^neglected in that respect, I have taken |In the breaking gulfs of sorrow,^up the pen and ,nve you a plain state- j JXtSft^SS^^meat of tacts concerning our ruining and j Xo footing so solid as doubt.
nanerI find you have correspondents in i And when, over breakers
-=- andin : The tattarede-a^ are hurled,
Itmay keep oar head to the tempest,
Withits grip on the base of the world.
But,after the shipwreck, tell me
Whathelp in its iron thews,^Still true to the broken hawser,
Deepdown among sea-weed and ooze
tanninginterests, that are undeniable^It is useless to refer to last season,^and of the thousands of disappointed^prospectors that left hsrs, and scatter^^ed throughout Montana and Utah, the^lower portion ^-f this Territory, Califor^^nia, Oregon.and he whole of the Pacific^Coast, for they all told the same story,^and denounced the country in the most^bitter terms
Wehave scarcely recovered from the^effects ot that stampede to-day, but are^in a more healthy condition and promise^better for the future, than we ever hav^belore.
Miningcommenced generally, about^two weeks ago, and though some were^fearful that water would not last all^summer, their fears were groundless.for^there is nearly as much snow on the^divide between this place and Leesburg,^as there was one year ago, The ground,^generally, is paying tar better than the^owners expected last fall, and there are^more good paying claims than was ever^thought of at that time. The upper^portion of Nappia's creek last summer^and fall was looked upon as worthless,^where to-day Douglass ^ Co., are mak^^ing over fifty dollars per day to the hand^out of the same ground, and just below^them, on the same creek, Ben. Heath ^^Co. have a bed-rock flume that could^not be purchased for $20,000.
Thencomes the Discovery Co., then^Hart ^ Davis, all ot whom are busy at^work, and making over fifty dollars a^day to the hand. But this is not the^only creek that pays. Ward's gulch (I^mean the bars on both sides, M the^gulch is about worked out,) Bear Track,^Sierra, Meadow Creek, Nip and Tuck.^Home Stake. Smith's gulch, Arnett, and^a dozen others that it is useless to men^^tion, are all paying equally as well, and^some of them better. This is no exag- j^eration, for the claim owners themselves j
Thenbetter one spar of memory,^One broken plank of the pact,^That our human heart may cling to.^Though hopeless of shore at hut !
Totfce spirit its splendid conjectures,
Tothe desk its sweet despair,^It's tear* o'er the thin-worn locket,^With its beauty of deathless hair !
Immortal^ I feel it and know it;
Whodoubts it of such as she ^^But that is the pang's very secret,^^Immortal away from me !
There'sa narrow ridge in the graveyard^Would scarce stay a child in his race ;^But to me and my thought it is wider^Than the star-sown vague of space.
Yourlogic, my friend, is perfect,^Your morals most drearily true,^But the earth that stops my darling'^ ears^Makes mine insensate too.
Console,if you will, I can bear it;
'Tiea well meant alms of breath.^Bat not all the preaching since Adam^Has made Death other than Death.
Communionin ^j.int ! Forgive me,^But I, who am earthly and weak,^Would give all my incomes from dreamland^For her ro^e leaf palm on my cheek !
Thatlittle shoe in the corner.
Soworn and wrinkled and brown,^^Its motionless hollow confutes you,^And argues your wisdom down.
Betordsf1867.
JUNE.
2.L. M. Sargent, a veteran writer of^remarkable ability, author of Temper^^ance Tales and some poems of great^merit, died at West Koxbury, Mass.,^aged 81 years.
3.Gen. Sheridan removes Governor^Wells, ot Louisiana, and appoints Thos.^J. Durant.^The Judiciary Committee^refuse to present articles of impeach -^ment.
4.Hon. L. H. Hiscox shot at Albany^by Gen. Cole.^The President assists at^the dedication of a monument to his
toldme how the ground was paying.and j father Raleigh, if. C^The New York^they are gentlemen that I have known State Constitutional Convention or-
forsome time
Butwe want men here. On Sunday^last one hundred men could have hired^out at $6 a day or $7 a night. We^have scarcely men enough to work the^day ^shift,^ and yet every one is anx^^ious to work the ground night and day,^if they can get hands. There are no idle^men here, or in Leesburg.and to a stran^^ger the place looks cheerless enough, I^assure you.
Newdigging have been struck on n
ganizes.
5.Joel Hawt's, D. D., an eminent^Congregational clergyman and author,
..or fifty years pastor of the Centre con^^gregational Church. Hartford, Conn.,^i died in (Jilead, Conn., aged 77 years.^^; Iiord Monck appointed Viceroy of the^Dominion ot Canada.
6.An attempt to assassinate the Czar^of Russia at Paris.
8.The Emperor and Empress of Aus^^tria crowned King and Queen of Hun*
barof a stream emptying in the Lemhi ; gary.^The President returns to Wash-^river, about nine miles above Salmon in^to,n,- ^ _ _ . ,^City, that promise vew well, and theH^^- u- Pe^k; United Mates
partiesare well satisfied with the pros- Minister resident to Hayti, formerly a^pects. A new camp has also been struck Congregational clergyman and Professor^between Leesburg and Warren's dig- jin Gberlin College, died at Port au^gings, and Mr. J. Ramey, the deputy | 1 *a*aw~^^'i , . , ^ _^sheriff of this county, informed me that ! ^ The t^*1 of Joun H- Surratt com-^a party of miners left Warren's dig- ' mences in W ashington.^gings in February last for that place. ! _ n- Idab^ ^-^^idab^1 destroyed by^Many intend leaving here for that place {fire: loe*. f2.000,00^as soon as the snow melts out of the
PBNAND M IWSOR8.
TheWest.
TheFrontier Tnd,-r is to be made a^daily.
TheOakland Neirs has been discon^^tinued for want of support.
Thirtylots at Keno. the wratern^Cheyenne, sold for f30,000, May 9.
Strawberries,San Francisco, 20 eta^per quart.
Marriott,of the San Francisco Netts,^has the ^ Avitor ^ excitemen: up again.
Thereis a movement on foot to incor^^porate the town of Colusa, Cal.
TheCity Council of Omaha has ^shut^down^ on pretty waiter girls.
A.W. H..' says in the Salt Lake^part r that the Bingham Canyon mines^will pay.
GeorgeHughes, accidentally shot Ab^^ner Adkins in Salt Lake, May 22. Both^ti en tiles ; recovery probable.
Rumored: that Maj. Grimes will re^^lieve Colonel Lewis at Ft. Douglas, Salt^Lake.
Goldricksays: 'Mrs. Charles Sumner^will summer somewhere in Colorado.^^Do it some more.
Thevalue of the products of twelve^mines in Nevada on the Comstock lode^for the year 1867 is $13,330,712.
P.P. Keller tell in the Chollar-Potosi^mine 50 feet, May 15. Injuries danger-^o us, probabl y fa tal.
Wells,Fargo ^ Co. shipped $80,000 in^bullion from Silver City, Idaho, during^the month of April.
Freighton the U.P.R.R. is reduced to^Ti cents per ton per mile, about one^^half. Fare reduced 25 per cent.
One-fortiethof the Eureka mine at^Grass Valley has been sold by W. C.^Ralston to A. J. Pope lor $20,000.
AtNewcastle, Cal., Ferdinand Helbs^was stabbed and killed by a man known^as Dutch Henry.
TheDenver Neirs says Dr. Blatchley^is still experimenting with his drilling^machine and has promise of success.
TheU. P. R. R. Directors will have^headquarters at Laramie thi^ summer.^$50,000 worth of furniture has been or^^dered for the offices.
NedBuntline (E. Z. CL Judson) is Tem^^perance Lecturing in California. Big^change. Ned, since you got mellow every^day in old smoky Pittsburg.
TheWashington Quartz Co. of French^Gulch, Shasta county, Cal., cleaned up^for April 9, $246 75. The clear profit^was $6,000.
Theyield of the Crown Point mine,^Nevada, for April was $86,000, nearly^$150 per foot for every foot of ground in^the claim.
mountains,which will be in June or^July.
Ourfarming interest has increased^very much since last season, and more^than twice the amount of ground is un^^der cultivation, and everything looks^very favorable for a bountiful harvest
Areform riot in London.^The^French steamship Pereire makes the^quickest Atlantic passage on record.
18.An anti-popery riot in Birming^^ham.
Maximilian,Ferdinand I, Emperor of^Mexico, and brother of Franz Joseph,^Emperor of Austria, executed as a trait-^There is no place in the northern conn- jor and usurper by the Mexican Liberals,^try that offers more inducements to the j010 whose hands he had fallen, at^farmer or stock grower than the Lemhi Queretaro, at the age of 35 years.^Des-^Valley. The land is fertile, the traction by fire of the \ arieties Theatre^climate well adapted lor grain and veg- *n Philadelphia, thirteen lives lost.^^etables, and the demand is alwaysgood. l8a*c Newton, Commissioner of Agncul-^There are vet many desirable locations j }ure. diT^/ft Wa9^jnjrton,^unoccupied, but emigrants from Utah ^en.rm7. Dodge
areturning their attention to their old j of Wisconsin, and subsequently^^stamping ground,' and as a few fami- j many _years L. S. Senator from \V i^lies have.already arrived, we have a!^ '^prospect of seeing many a new home ;^erected this season, and ere long our^valle* teeming with civilization.
Apack train of 445 mules arrived from !^Umatilla on the 18th Inst., report seve- j^ral more trains on the road. Their car- j^go, consists of groceries and provi- !^sions, a few mining tools and a small |^invoice of clothing. They were 42 days^on the road. A few teams are arriving ,^from Salt Lake City, with flour, butter,^eggs, hams, onions, potatoes, Ac, which {^places living at reasonable rates. Po- '^tatoes retail at 12c. per pound: eggs 75c.^per dox. (ranch); flour $12 and $14 per^100 lbs. No scarcity of anything.
The
D.C^Gen l^first Territorial Governor^for^iscon~
sin,died at Burlington, Iowa.^Miguel^Miramon, a Mexican General, and for^^mer President of Mexico, in the service^of Maximilian, executed at the same^time and place with him at the age ot^thirty-seven.
20.The President announces the^ratification of the Russo - American^Treaty.
21.The City of Mexico captured by^the Liberals.
22.The President and his party in^Boston.
23.Yellow Fever makes its appear^^ance in Few Orleans.
24.Yellow Fever at Lower Quaran^^tine, from Havana.
27.William John Hamilton. F. G. S.^bridge acros- Salmon river is an English geologist, traveler and au
thor.M. P. for New Port, Isle of Wight.^1841-1847. twice President of Geological^Society, and author of several books ot^travel and geological works and essays,^died in London, aged 63 years.^Vera^Cruz surrendered to the Liberals.
Verdict was to be the last play in Vir^^ginia, Nevada, but Mr. Couldock's prin^^cipal supporter (not Miss C.) shipped a
completed,and looks to be a safe and^permanent improvement. The river is^rising gradually, but will not probably^reach its highest standard before the^10th of July. Pack trains are lying idle^at present' the trail being very bad^across the mountain. A party of six-^toon arrived a few days ^ from S^eet j The Cxiuldock8 have returned to play^water, and say that a man amnot make | an engagement at Maguire's o^era^fifty cents a day in hat camp ; that m House, San Francisco. ^Waiting for the^fact there are no placer mines theie ; I -^(hat the best quartz ledge in the coun^^try wo aid not sell for a sadt of flour, and
thatextreme poverty and dominion , ^^ f w a
SSLHISZ*^T.^/ P,e are *et ^Waiting for the VerdiVt.
wasleaving there that could get away. I After lhe iratio* of tbeir enffnge.
Themines on the north fork of Sal- , ment at Maguire s, they leave for Aus-
a^ ^* - *^voa *Uetralia. and thence around the world
Salmonbelow the forks, are paying well, | home,^though the high water has driven the^miners from the bars al present, yet a^number of men will find employment at^good wages in the latter part of the^summer and tall on the bars. Men who^worked there last fall made from $12 to^$16 per day with a rocker.
Believingthat I have given you all^the news of importance and hoping I^have not tresspassed too long upon your^columns, I remain.
Trulyyours,
Vmta*.
Goldrick'sHerald says, in reply to^LijT : ^ Ths word 'thimble' is a corrupt^tion of the compound word'thurab-bell.' ^^You ought to be ashamed of vourself,^^*0. J.,^ to insinuate that the ladies^would put their fingers in anything^^ corrupt.^ It hi needle**) to reply that^they do so (sew) aeewlngly^a hem!
acanal boat on the Delaware Divis-^' ion Canal sails under the name of ^Shar-^^kqy*^ Tin Cup Bounty Jumper. Liaav
TheGrand Jury of Sacramento have^found true bills against Frank Caffero^for the murder of Arthur Doyle ; W. H.^Warren for the murder of Edwin Lund-^quist.
Freightfrom Omaha to Cheyenne is^now as follows : 1st class. $3, reduction^of 87 cents; 2d class, $2 75, reduction^of 95 cents; 3d class, $2 50, reduction of^$1 05.
TheRegister says- W. H. Russell^once a Colorado millionaire, has gone^into bankruptcy. Liabilities a million^and a quarter, with no assets.
Cheyenneis molified. the Directors of^the C. P. It. R. having authorized the^immediate erection of the machine^shops, and stated the Denver junction^would be located there.
ConradWeigand. of Gold Hill, Ne^^vada, presented to Mark Twain a gold^brick. Inscribed : ^ Mark Twain^^Mathew V. 41^Pilgrim.^ Do you^see it I
TheIdaho Statesman says Mr. Atkins,^of Indianapolis, Ind.and Mr. Armstrong,^ot Montana, passed through Boise City,^May 15, with quartz machinery for the^Yuba district, Alturas county.
Mrs.Washington Wright, a lady whe^wrote for the California press over thf^nom deplume of ^Carrie Carlton,^ and^^Topsy Turvey,^ died at San Jose on thf^1st inst.
TheFrontier Index says five regulai^trains run between Omaha and Laramit^City. There are also 101 constructor^trains constantly on the road, hauling^iron, ties, bridge timbers, etc.
TheRevolution stated that Lisle Les^^ter was the original ^Mrs. Bloomer.'^Lisle now drops her nom dt plume anc^proclaims herself Mrs. L. P. Higbee ant^disclaims short dress notoriety.
Apublic meeting in Cheyenne censur^^ed the Directors of the U. P. R. R. for i^violation of promises.tor throwing off oi^the Denver Branch, and failing to erect^permanent machine shops as advertise!^to induce the sale of town lots.
TheAttorney General of Californii^declares that mining claims must bt^taxed like other private property, in ae^cordance with a late decision of* the St-^preme Court.
Thetotal amount of bullion shippei^from Virginia and Gold Hill, Nevada^^luring the week ending May 15, was^7.777 pounds, worth $254,201 95^over^a nnarter of a million.
R.Ebsworth, London, England, aste^for information of his son, Kichard Ebf^worth, printer. Ho worked as a con-^positor in Salt Lake and started f^r^Montana in '67. Any one knowing hs^whereabouts will please communicae^with the Deseret Mete*, Salt Lake City
The^boring of the ears^ of the Kirg^of Burmah's daughter, is an occasion ^f^great solemnity. The ceremony, as d*^scribed by a recent visitor to that cout.^was magnificent in the extreme, am^cost half a million dollars. It coae^American girls about half their time o^get their ears bored.
Theprinter is a fair type of the presort^financial age. He does business on a^metallic basis, yet delights in a papir^currency, and an extensive circulation^He profits by the credit system, and fj-^vors the broadest latitude in exchange.^Yes! and quite frequently gets his fom^^locked up.
TheDramatic Chr+nicle says: ^ Tie^plot of Romeo and Juliet is taken fron^a novel written by the celebrated ai^^thor, Masuccio Di Salerno, who livid^towards the fifteenth century.^ Shat-^speare went further back in the centt-^riers than that for the plot of ' Al's^Well that Ends WdlL^ It is foundW^on the story ^ Giletta ot Narbon ne^ In^Ik*xa^eiue Jw.v-ja,^ -.viitf-a 13v-
POLITICALDKIFT.
TheMassachusetts legislature has^voted down female suffrage.
J
THENOBLK SAV1GB8.
Adelegation of Indians from the Far^West reached the ofty yesterday after^^noon en route to Washington city, to
TheCansas City ^rertistrJDemo - --- ^ Im hment ftal, probably^B^aVr1or^P^ofGeneral F. P Unfortunatel/^or them they did not
Mr.Wilson of Iowa.
willprobably^succeed Mr. Grimes in the Senate a't the^expiration of the latters's term.
Onlvnine Democratic meuuiers of the^New York Assembly voted for ihe bill^to suppress obscene publications.
Gen.Lew. Wallace is now Mr. Orth's^only formidable competitor for Congress^in the 7th Indiana District.
Mr.fridison Gardiner, of Rochester, |^N. Y., formerly Lieut. Governor of that
namedfor,
havea very clear idea of the expense^which the extended ride over the ^ rire^wagon roads^ intervening between their
foresthomes^ and the Capitol would^involve.and reached this city with their^! exchequer completely flattened out.^! This morning they were engaged in^making professional calls upon our mer^^chants and busiuessmeo, soliciting.con^^tributions in money to aid them in^reaching their destination.^Pittsburg^Chmniele.
State,is the latest Democrat named for , The writer records the above as ox-^Vice President,traordinary. It reveals the ignorance^The friends of female suffrage are of* Indian character in the East. To^about to bring up this issue in Congress \ steal, is a law of Indian nature, a law^by introducing a bill to authorize it in I never violated when avoidable
theDistrict ot Columbia
Yallandighamsays the ^Copperheads^constitute both the vital and the num^^erical strength of the Democratic pnrty,^especially in the West.
TheRepublicans of the Second Con^^gressional District of Iowa have nomine^ated C^^]. \V. Smythe as the successor of^Hon. Hiram Pi set, in Congress.
DrJ. H. Ifadfcmj, of Charleston, and^T. J. Robinson, of Columbia, are men^^tioned as candidates for the vacant^seats of South Carolina in the United^States Senate.
Theofficial vote of South Carolina id^made public. There were 133.597 regis^^tered voters, ot whom 08,040 voted. For^the Constitution. 70,768; against, 27,388;^not voting. 30.55T.
Itis said that a movement is on foot^in New York to throw over both 8ey^^mour and Pendleton as Presidential^nominees, and take up Hendricks. Later^accounts say even Hendricks is to be^Chased off the track.
TheNew York World says: ^ J udge^Chase has no more chance of the Demo^^cratic nomination tnan he has of ascend^^ing to heaven in a chariot of fire, like^Elijah. We counsel everybody to bor^^row no trouble on that score-
Atthe recent election in North Caro^^lina about 170.000 votes were cast,while^at the Presidential election in 1860 the^vote was less than lOO.OOO.showing that^at the recent election quits a full vote^both of blacks and whites were polled.
TheOld Guard, the Democratic^monthly in New Vork, says: ^A hun^^dred men of the pluck and patriotism of^Wilkes Booth, at the start of these ter^^rible despotisms, would have saved our^country from all it suffered, and is now^suffering^would, indeed.have preserved^Constitutional liberty, and saved the^government from destruction.
ASouthern Conservative journal says:^^A great many papers in the South, and^some in the North, are endeavoring to
Erovethat Gen. Grant is a fool. ^Ve^o^e too high a respect for the genius^of Lee, Johnston. Bragg and Beanre-
Eardto believe it. Indeed, we have^eard his pot-metal howl at times when^wo thought he was entirely ^too smart.
Quiggingsdedicates the following^pong to A. J.:
John(Auiireir)^OTi my jo, John
Sin'when you Ant begttrj^To show your dirty hand. Joha.
' ^^ v ^^ bran a wicked mau ;^For you among tliem a' John
Secratatrae top to toe^^Ye've proved the very worst pill o' all,
John(Andrew)eoo my jo.
INKLINGS.
Avein hope^Prospecting.^Epitaph on an auctioneer^Gone!^Croquet is called grass billiards.^Bar gains^the profits of saloons.^Napoleon has 12 editors in jail.^Philadelphia has one dwelling house^to every eight inhabitants.
Astanding dish in Utah^a spare^rib.
Marryyoung, and if circumstances re^^quire it, often.
AJapan novelist has published a sto^^ry in lOl volumes.
Heenanhas turned merchant in New^York.
Songof adisgusted shoemaker: ^1^would not live awl^*ways.
JeanIngelow has produced a new^book, called ^ A Sister's Bye Hours.
Nota stick or a stone marks the last^resting place ofZach Taylor.
Madamde Stael was an accomplished^billiard player.
Aprolific cow in this city has five^calves, none of them false ones.
Theycall hanging the ^Code Chey^^enne.^ in the States.
Anessay on man ^a woman's attempt^to marry him.
HiramPowers is coming to Amer^^ica.
Marquisof Magdala is suggested as^Sir Robert Napier's new title.
Forepaughhas a circus. It only needs^a hi mi pate to be a menagerie.
Thefair in Boston for the suffering^Cretans netted $21,000.
Grant'sincome is $30,000. He'll iri,^$25,000 better next ytar.
458horse fairs are annually held in^Bossia.
Gen.8. B. Buckner will edit the Lou^^isville Courier.
FloraTemple, aged 23, became a mo^^ther April 30, 1868.
Theremains of Stephen A. Douglas^were intended to ba removed to aground^mausoleum, June 8d.
Youngladies are said to be like cold^winds, because it brines the chaps to^their lips.
Keeping a billiard saloon is a penal^offence by the laws of Ohio.^ The un*^Phelan wretches.
Bustles are again in fashion on^Broadway.^ Broadway is always in a^bustle.
Themore a woman's waist is shaped^like an hour glass, the quicker will the^sands of her life run out.
Thecommittee on premiums at a^county fair down east recently made the^following ambiguous award : ^Best bed^comforter^Mis* Jane Van Buskirk.
FiveNew York ice companies have^stored twelve hundred and sixty million^pounds during last winter. It was gath^^ered from an area of four hundred^acr.s.
Stealingimpracticable, or over danger-
Ious, begging is the crafty substitute.^We would that a dozen or more red^skins were quartered on the premises of^every imagined humanitarian who ap^^proves of the so-called Peace Commission^business. There would be a reversal of^the sentimental tide in about ,the time^it takes a man to get mad when he feels^outraged.
THEL.AST CALL!
TOall wanting WELL broke gentle fami^^ly cows, or a lot of MONTANA BRED^Yearling's. I am bound to close out this lot^of stock in the next ten days, business calling^me away. After my departure the stock will^not be for sale, call at once if you wish to^secure good animals at a pargain. For par^^ticulars call at this office. J. C. IVINS.^Helena, June 4, 1803. w2t
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SPARKS^ MePHERSON
WholesaleGrocers,
69iHalnSt., - - II^ 1^ na. M. I
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IP.I. BROWN'H
BUTTECITY, SILVER BOW,
GermanGulch ^ Cable City Express,
Leavesevery Tuesday from 1'arson's Jefferson^Bridge. All orders promptly attended to. Utt
M.DELAY,
CONTRACTER^ BUILDER
KroadwayHelena,^Opposite the M. E. Church.^Would respectfully infofm the fstarpnriag^business men of Helena and Montana, that^he will open a large and commodious
CARPENTERSHOP,^On Broadway, Helena, this Spring, and i.- pr ^^pared to take contracts for buildings of ever,^description in the rules of architecture. A-^he has had a large and extensive experience in^this business, he is confident of being able to^give entire satisfaction to his patrons. H-^has made a contract for the delivery of 100,-^000 feet of well seasoned lumber at his sho)^and will therefore be able to use the very best^of material.
80HEAD OF
NEWMILCH COWS.
AND
SEVENTY HEAD OF YEARLING*8^Oft 8ALE at a bargain, !n lots to salt parena^^era. Apply st the office of t'ae Montana P^^s'-.
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