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BKENHAM, WASimTOT03r COUNTY, TEXAS, EBIDAy, PEIL 11, 1879.
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ed at ll.aOpersqnare forSn-i liwertion. and
73 cents per ftparo for each"ub9iuenl tner-
L lt line, bairprlce-. Editorial notices of
' purr'.T business character, IOecpt Has each
uant ii Ohltnarr notice. exreeiUne
kWfcbRED convention meets
irOrleans on the iztfrinst-
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ianny" appropriation"vbi!n
still occupies the attention of
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Congress.
In the city elections on Tues
day last,the democrats tnumph--ed
in St. Louis and Chicago.
'A 'Capetown dispatch says
the Zulu king has sent messen
gers with overtures for peace.
Dan Rice, the veteran show-l
man, has organized a circus
company at San Antonio and
started west tm
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' r The Galveston Meats says
T "under the financial managment
,.r of Mr. Sherman the public debt
is rapidly increasing."
"' aI111 names before the presi-
dent for the Texasjudgeship
are Brown, McCall, Easton,tAr-
nold and McCormick.
Major R. M Tevis, formerly
ofLaGrange, but since the war
a citizen of Galveston, died in
that city on Saturday last.
StXouis hasjusthad a fire
destroying half a million dollars
worth of property. One man
lost his life by a falling roof.
Gen. W. T. Sherman was
present in the Jowcr house of
congress and attentively listen
ed to Mr. Blackburn's great
speech. 'qa J
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Ik the contested election case'
at Houston John A. Kirlicks
has been declared duly elected
county clerk. He trill qualify
at once.
JQkQVI .ESaxders, .of Sher
man, has been appointed to and
p has'' accepted Ihc position" of
superintendent of the state luna
tic asylum at Austin.
The battle cry of the Pleas
anton Join rial is "Upson and
prohibition." The congression
al arid localoptTon election cbmS
off atone and the same time. "
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,j- Wade .Hampton, having lost
P a leg from a kick by a mule
while out hunting, has abandon
ed the gun and now plies the
rod; he fishes instead of hunt
ing. The Southern Cultivator for
at hand. The contents
In the matter of Thomas P.
Ochiltree vs. Chris Jordan, con
test for the office of sheriff of
Galveston county, the court
gave judgement for the defend
ant, and -against the plaintiff for
all costs.
1 "Tpe visible -supply of cotton
is now 406,000 bales less than
this time:last year. By visible
supply is meant cotton on hand
at shipping and receiving points;
it has no reference to that in
the hands of producers.
The Bonham News' remedy
for the carnival of crime in Tex
as: "Make the crop of Hang
ingsfequal to the, crop of mur
ders.'1 This is'very simple and
would no doubt be quite effi
cacious if carried out
The police gazettes-and oth
er highly "moral" papers hayc
flaming and disgusting pictorial
illustrations of the murder of
Porter by Currie. The pictures
are from sketches taken on the.
spof by "our special artist" ( J
On the. morning of the 5th
instj there was a general frost
in the state of Alabama. Cot-
tqn-flTal ii 6g rsnuchdarhsTgedj
and fruit and vegetables were
injured. Much damage was
also done in Gco-gia and South
Carolina.
The history of Jim Currie.the
murderer of Porter, at Marshall,
is being made public; he lias al
ready murdered several men and
a woman or two, and is as grand
a villain ai Js unhung in this or
any other country if all ac
counts be true.
The "great"- .state of Rhode
Island .polls a grand total of
9718' votes, of these 5515 are'
democratic while "the green
backersand scatterers combined
can only muster 377, the remain
der are black, blue, red, white
and yellow republicans.
PresidetHav .Is' credited
with having said that he would
notappoint a democrat-to a po
sitionun'the new judicial district
in this state. He apparently
has constitutional objections to
appointing democrats to posi
tions of honor or trust
The Santa Fd railroad syndi
cate of Galveston is buying up
all'the shares owned by small
stockholders. Only about 100
or 200 shares remain untransfer-redj-'
The 'syndicate' ..wilLj.be
able tq bid nearly $1,000,000
without paying out a cent
Thb- State? Medical Associa
tlon'at SHerman completed its
labors on the 3rd inst The
next annual meeting of the as
sociation will be held at Bren
ham. Among the officers for
the ensuing year is J. F. Match-
renham, first vice pres-
Wavtfd. $00 new subscribers for the
Ledger. Mexa Ledger.
The Lcdgct is modest in its
wants if there is a paper pub
lished in die state that doesn't
wa'nt twice that number, we are
mistaken. Many of them, how -ever
arc doomed to disappoint
ment. m m
The Pleasanton Journal is a
reliable paper; It assumes the
entire responsibility of this :
"One of our subscribers stop
ped his paper a short; time ago,
and the next thing we heard
about him was that he had died,
so, if you would avoid death,
continue your subscription, and
pay it promptly."
Prominent real estate dealers
in Galveston give it as their
opinion that the bottom has
been reached and that there
now seems to be more confi
dence in the future of Galveston
than for some time past The
prospect of a completion of the
Santa Fe railroad is the proba
ble cause.
The weather seems to have
been extremely cold on the 4th
inst; there was a snow storm in
Massachusetts; a,severe.frost at
Norfolk, Virginia damagedjthe
truck patches and set straw
berries back a couple of weeks.
At Atlanta, Ga.,the mecury indi
dicated3i. Fruit is complete
ly ruined.
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In the recent city election at
Sedalia'Mo., the republicans
were 4uccessfuU. The. demo
crats are in the majority, but by
petty dissentions among them
selves were completely beaten.
The Dcmoctat of that city says
the democrats can inscribe upon
their banner, "Defeated'by the
Democracy."
The Tennessee legislature
not only abolished the dog tax,
but refunded the money already
paid. An exchange very un
kindly saysi the legislature did
this, not because they thought
it just, but for the sinister pur
pose of being re-elected, not
only once, but during the term
of their natural lives.
Madam Elizabeth Bona
parte died at Baltimore on the
4th inst, at the great age of 94
years. Her name has been fa
miliar to the public fof the last
three-quarters of a century.
Old and young have heard of
her. She was a native ofBalti
more, whose maiden name was
Patterson and at the time of her
marriage was the reining belle.
She was married to Jerome
Bonaparte, the youngest broth
of Napoleon the great She
left an estate valued at $1,500,
000. e
Iowa, the strongest republi
can state in the union, is by no
means exempt from mobs and
desperadoes. It seems that cit
izens of Decatur county, dis
gusted at the crimes committed
g of desperadoes, cap-
of them and hanged
ither said he was ready
rmitted" to kill two
was nqt allowed
s put in jail. A
letely wreck-
thc local
he end
A Good Idea
The joint resolution of the
legislature, refusing bail in mur
der cases, until the case has been
continued twice, and then at the
discretion of the judge, is, in
our opinion, a good one. If it
becomes a law, it ill prevent
the turning loose of murderers
on nominal bail at the discretion
of, too frequently, irresponsible
justices ofthepeacc. In 'many
instances murderers who ought
to have been committed to jail
without bail have been released
on rediculously low bonds rang
ing from $500 to $2000 to 5000,
seldom the latter figure. A
man once out on bail is in fair
way to escape, as he has every
advantage of thestate; and, be
ing the enjoyment of unre
strained liberty, is anxious for
only one thing and that is to
have his case continued, the
longer and oftener continued
the better for the criminal.
Under the proposed law the of
fender will be compelled to stay
in jail until his case is tried by
the district court As a matter
of course no one will be at all
desirons of lying in jail, and
more speedy trials Will be
the result. In fact the meas
ure, will do much towards bring
ing speedy trials ; if a man is
innocent a speedy trial is the
one thing desired ; if guilty a
long continuance is what he
wants. Continuances has been
the evil which has caused so
much trouble and brought a bad
name upon Texas.
Much has been said about
Texas crime and criminals, es
pecially has this been the case
by newspapers published in
other states and inimical to
Texas. A Waco Telephone re
porter visited the jail the other
day and found nine white prisoners;-
he inquired into their
nativity and found that out of
the number five said they were
born in Missouri, two in North
Carolina, one in Louisiana and
only one in Texas. Of the ne
gro prisoners one half were
born in the state. A large
majority of the "Texas depera
does" are from other states.
The Galveston News calls at
tention to the fact that over
$30,000,000 are paid annually
in the United States for impor
ted fibers flax, hemp and jute
and this, too, in spite of the
fact that in no other country in
the world can these fibers rbe
grown so well and cheaply. It
has been demonstrated that jute
can be profitably grown in
South Carolina, Georgia, Flori
da, Louisiana and Texas. It
is four times as productive as
cotton and requires not more
than one-tenth the labor to pro
duce it
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A correspondent of the
Waco Examiner writing from
Red Oak says on February 18.
1878 a co-operative store was
started with a capital of $6io,
and at the expiration of a little
over ten months, after paying
all expenses $337.19 had been
made clear. This is a remarka
bly good showing and is much
above the average of co-opera
tive stores, which as a general
iJhing are nearer failures than
ing else.
iispatch to
lefit ten-
apre
LEOISLATIVr.
Senate, April 3. Favorable
report on bill for enforcing the
collcctionof delinquent taxes
Joint respluticva. refusing bail
"in cascsgf Jeloniou; homicide
until the case has been contin
ued twice, when bail way be
granted by the judge, gulled
by the evidence and wholesome
discretion, ordered engrossed.
Bill to provide for the worc
ing of streets in town by tie .
people six days in every year
passed.
Lang, after a three hour's dis
cussion, was confirmed as assis
tant superintendent of the peni
tentiary. House. Refused to take up
senate bill repealing obnoxious
clause in the insurance law.
Bill amending election law so
as to provide that election tick
ets be printed on w hite paper,
without any printed device or
writing, except the name of the
candidate and office voted for,
passed by a vote of 48 to 36.
Senate bill to provide for the
election of districts attorneys
in several districts, passed.
The insurance bill was
amended and goes over with
other bills, taking the same
chance.
Senate, April 4. The com
mittee reported the insane asy
lum in admirable condition and
Dr. Wallace, the superintendent
the right man in the right place.
Committee on state affairs re
port favorably to urge passage
of Reagan's interstate com
merce bill.
Conference committee repor
ted substitute on smoke-house
tax question as follows: Farm
products in hands of producer,
and family supplies for home and
farm use are exempt from taxa
tion until otherwise directed by
a two-third vote of all the mem
bers elect of both houses of the
legislature.
The resolution was adopted
by exactly a two-thirds vote.
Bill to furnish dissecting sub
jects to medical men was, after
considerable discussion, passed.
House. Bill providing that
the governor may enter into
contract for conveying convicts
to the penitentiary, engrossed.
Mr. Finlay offered an amend
ment to the insurance bill to
the effect that its provissions
shall not apply to personal
property.
Senate, bill to prevent law
lessness and crime taken up
'discussed and finally ordered
printed.
The general appropriation
bill was made special order for
Monday.
Bill to pay teachers from Jan
uary 1876 to August 1877 and
from January 1873 to January
1876 were killed on second
reading.
Senate, April 5. A num
ber of senators are absent on
leave; only 24 senators are on
the floor, but three over a quor
um. Favorable report on manage
ment of blind asylum and en
dorsing Dr. Rainey in highly
complimentary terms.
Constitutional amendment
that pay of members shall not
exceed $5 per day and $$ per
25 miles for milage, by the most
direct route and no milage for
extra session called on day af
ter regular sessions, passed.
To amend penal code so as
to make theft of hogs, sheep,
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STATE HEWS.
A number of ncwvc'"
lings arcji
into effect in-
been a market?
price ofjSausagc,
v yAn elegant block of three
rSlufy buildings 80 x 100 feet,
three stories high, is soon to be
erected in Sherman.
A bug about the size of a
honey bee has been destroying
early vegetables in the neigh
bor hood of Flatonia.
The city treasury of Dal
las is empty, but it is not be
cause the people have not been
taxed enough. So saith the
Commercial. t 1
Lanham, the murderer of
of Georgia Drake, a variety-actress,
has arrived in San An
tonio from Kansas City, in
charge of a deputy sheriff.
Wacoites are all excited at
that balloon and people away
out at Comanche are writing to
Waco to know when it will go
up the balloon not Waco.
In the city election at
Sherman on Tuesday, last but
884 votes were polled. Deni
ison, says the Hciald, polled
1 03 1 votes at her last town elec
tion. The Flatonia Argus man
has been elected alderman of
the city of Flatonia. He bears
his honors with all the dignity
becoming a man in his high po
sition. The Hempstead Couria
says the fellows who were beat
in the recent city election now
want to do away with the city
charter. The total vote polled
was 299.
Webb county, in south
west Texas, has seventy-six
sheep raisers, whose flocks av
erage from 1000 to 5000; but
Lone man has upwards of 80,-
000 head.
Owing to the scarcity of
water in some ponds,vest of San
Antonio, the. fish are dying by
thousands. In the neighbor
hood of some ponds the stench
is said to be horrid.
Stork Reynolds, a Milam
county "horse hooker," resisted
arrest near Gause, but after
twenty bullet holes were made
in his hide surrendered. He is
numerously, but not dangerous
ly wounded..
The ship Lancaster was
burned in the offing at Galves
ton on Friday morning. She
was a fine vessel of 1 500 tons
and is a total loss together with
1774 bales of cotton. Cause of
fire unknown.
The Marshal Herald pub
lishes a list of improvements for
the year endingjanuary i, 1879
showing that $379,700 have
been expended in buildings.and
$100,000 in machinery.tools and
fixtures. Truly a good showing
The Houston Telegram
says a new jail is very much
needed in that place. The pres--ent
one is small, insecure and
illy adopted for the purpose. A
prisoner remarked : "I would
as soon be in hell as in this
place."
Barlow, the Navarro coun
ty farmer who went home drunk
and murdered his wife a few
been released on
plea being "craz-
he San Antonio
the next time
nk he should
room with the
sed him on
iarlow was
ty in which
none the
pf Aus-
last
, his
Sntiei of TsseUas to Pnplll-
1. To teach your pupils how
to study.
2. To commend them for all
earnest w ork.
3 To talk to your pupils a in
natural tone ot voice.
4. To acquaint yourself with
ature, history and sur-
's of your pupils, and to
knowledge to advance
Ilcctual and moral
troduce as much
s possible and to keep
busy.
6. To require nothing of a
pupil that there is a doubt of
his ability to do.
7. To permit no pupil to dis
cover that he can annoy you.
8. To always guard against
"threats and promises which lead
to much embarrassment.
.9. To see that your pupils
are as cheerful as you can make
them.. r
10. To inculcate a habit of
doing what is right because it is
right.
1 1. To teach pupils to res
pect the property of others and
to take care oftheir own.
1 2. To remember that punish
ment is always to prevent the"
repetition of an offense, not to
cause pain for what is past, and
as soon as this' repetiticn is
made improbable, the punish
ment should cease.
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A Subterranean Settle
ment Away out on the Tex
as frontier, and in the eastern
margin of that vast desert ex
panse, the Llano Estacado, six
ty miles north of the little town
of Gorham, there settled about
a year ago a colony from Ore
gon, consisting of nine families.
The locality was distant from
market, and lumber scarcely to
be had. The settlers, therefore
as the cold northers of winter
were approaching, determined
to build habitations under
ground. They selected a hill,
in whose side they excavated
rooms, halls, kitchens and
sleeping apartments, not unlike
the ancient dwellers in the
rocks of Judea. A chimney
was formed by running a stove
pipe up through the hill to the
surface. The dwellings are
perfectly dry and warm in the.
coldest and most freezing north
er. This little city of caves
has ben named Oregon City.
1 -ast
A Colored Preacher's ""Spe
riecce. "Bredden, my 'speri
ence is dat it ain't de perfession
of .ligion, but de 'casional prac
tice of it dat makes a man ca
pable up yonder. When yer
gits to de golden gate and Pe
ter looks yer right in de eye,
and yer shows him yer long
creed and says, pompous like,
dat yer 'longed to de church,
de 'postle'll shake eis head and
say: 'dat ain't enough to git
you frough.' But, if yer take
all yer bills under yer arm, yer
grocer bills and yer rent bills,
and he looks 'em over and finds
all receipted he'll say, Yer ti
tle's clear,' and unlock the gate,
and and let yer pitch yer voice
for de angel's song, folded up
in yer creed, a good rec'men
dation from yer creditors.
Hebben ain't no place for a
man who has to dodge roun'a
corner fur fear ob meetin' some
one who'll ax fur dar little bill
dat nebber was paid."
A young people's party at
the white house has been prom
ised by Mrs. Hayes, but she
does not wish to give it until
the new set of china, which has
been manufactured by the Havi
land company, at Limoges,
France has been received. It
is said to be very beautiful in
design and coloring, and the.
pieces for each course of the
dinner-service ever different in
shape and decorotion. Mrs
Hayes has determined that the
state dinners at the white house
shall be as attractive as they
used to be when each plate
was encircled by eight elegant
wine-glasses of different sizes.
In their places will be coffee
and tea cups, with tiny vases
for flowers. Chicago Times.
Some of our Texas exchang
es appear to be considerably
exercised because iiii f erkn
acknowledged biggest II:
country, and who wo;
thrown into spasms bj
attempt to tell thj
written a letter
as and her pi
written am
us, we mil
cern ab
damagij
red t
tion
ter
P".
Oh! Be.Votlhellnt.
Oil ! be not Hie Mnt to illjroTer,
V bl.?t un tit, name or A lend,
. ll-tn In the faith or a lot er.
WlMMehrirtmariiroTelrueln ttiemil.
W e none of u InoK one another.
And oft Into error wp fill ;
Then let n-i lijieafr well of our brother.
Or ieal not about him nt all.
A ?mUo or a eiii mnynwaken
Suspicion nMW false autt untrue.
Ami thu our Lrlief mar be Ual.rn
In heartA that are houet anil true.
llow oft the llcbt sndle ot jr)idD-4
Uwom b the friend thnt we meet.
To enter a eoul fnll of ndnc,
Tn proud to nitnowledRe defeat.
How often the!tinf dejection
U heaved from lhchTiocrlte's bret,
Toparnd truth and afiVction.
Or lull a suspicion to ret.
IIuw often the frtenb ire hold dearest
Their nob)et (.motions conceal ,
And bosom 4 tho urep t. sincere!.
Hare secrets ther cannot reveal.
ll"vebascmlnils to harbor suspicion.
.lav fciuaiiouc wuKTDttunnu.
Let ours be a noble ambition.
t or base Is the rulnd that stpprcts.
We none of m knw one another,
AnM oft Into error we fall
Then let us ipeal: n ell of our brother.
Or speak not about hlraat alL
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All Sorts of Paragraphs-
Vermont sends more sheep
to Boston than all the New En
gland States combined.
In 1815 the average yield of
wheat in France was 1 1 bushels
to the acre, now it is 15.
The Zulus turn out to be as
successful liars as if they had
enjoyed all the blessings of
modern civilization.
. Encouraging experiments
have been made with the growth
of the alfalfa clover in the val
leys of the Black Hills.
A stock dealer of western
Iowa recently bought 40,000
bushels of corn, at' Lcmars, at
eight cents perbushel.
Bishop Gilmour, of Cleveland
has issued a pastoral forbidding
young Catholics to marry out
side of their religious faith.
There are, now thirty-eight
Pinafore combinations either
on the road, or playing the
operetta at established theaters.
A farmers' board of trade, to
fix the grades of wheat, is es
tablished in Minnesota by a
bill which has just passed both
houses of the legislature.
A Yale senior tried to chas
tise a sophomqre editor of the
college paper; ibut "got so badly
whipped that he had' to go to
bed,
A national museum is to be
at once erected in Washington
city, to cost not over $250,000
which probably means that it
will cost $500,000. '
The Rev. A. B. McGowan, a
Baptist pastor in Hyde Park,
Mass., is accused of passing off
Sister Susan Scott as his wife
when away from home.
The Marquis of Normandy,
who has been governor at one
time or another of half theBrit
ish dependencies, , has been, ap
pointed governor of Victoria.
"My German friend how long
have ou been married?" "Veil,
dis is a ting dat I seldom don't
like to talk apout, but ven I does,
it seems so Iongas itnevcrvas"
Speaker Randall is said to be
something of a numismatist,'
and in his collection has a spec
imen of every gold coin which
hai ever been coined in this
country. '
The protestant clergymen or
San Francisco have united in a
movement for the reformation
of public affains through relig
ion, and are delivering sermons
on the subject
A Chigago man in the .first
stage; of insanity killed his
room-mate for making faces in
his sleep. 'He annoyed me
terribly," the homicide explain
ed, "and I couldn't stand it any
longer.
A dispatch from Madrid
states, that .King Alfonso has.
betrothed thei?rlncess Ma:
Amelie, daughter of the O
dcPans. The princess was.
in 1865, and is now
teenth year.
Bismarck
letters threat
day. It see
businesj
hatj
News BrsrltUs.
Cut-nails were
this country.
first made irt
The, churches of Connecticut
are to be taxed. -
In Manatee county, Florida,
corn is tasseled out
Thc Chinamen oil the Pa-Cifitf
coast number 130,000.
The lighthouses df the world
are cstimafed at 2Sl4
Wisco'nsin has a factory that
turns out pape"? bricks.
In the island of Cyprus boy.s
of fifteen marry girls often or
twelve. , y
Wheat is reported damaged
by winter-killing iii northern
Alabama.
Archery will be the next Craze,
we are told. Well, that Will be
more decent. ,. . 3 "
The mercantile marine- of the; .-
whole World is reckoned up at"
63,000 vessels. .'? "
The Chinese will 'not go, but
Mr. Hayes possibly may when
his time expires.
The average daily shipment
of oysters from -New York to
f Europe is over a thousand bar
rels. A
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The King of Feejee Island fe;
said to relish 'BabyMine'Jveiyl
muclv He likes it welljdoflt: "
too. j V
The stone cutters at Memphis!
Tenn., struck recently for $2je
a day, and have carrierTthVfe1,
point. , , 7
Noah was the first man who J
strictly observed Lent Hiri
lived on water for forty days k
and nights;
The notoriousiMavor Beau-
dry, of Montreal, Canada, was
defeated'foPreelection Saturday
by Aid Rivard. , v
The state couhiHof Switzer
land by a voteofSSriy two to
one, favors the 'restoration of .
capital punishment '
The government has just
bought 100,000 ounces of" fine
silver, !h San sFranckcof for
3i.o8.i-2 pcroz3&$tr4'
A Mrs. ColIinS',aged,i02years
living in Greenup county, Ky:,
has received second sight and
a second crop of hair: "
There are six United Statesjf
senators whose names end wlthrg
the lettei'V," and five of theafcfe
are on one committee. ,$m
The leaves of the Cherokee- ?
rose wercfrozen during the late
severe weather a thing nfjSsr
before known in AhbamalpJ:
Mrj:E. Abernathy oft uford's.
Station, Tenn., is one of the
most responsible breeders of t
Berkshire in the south.
The late duke of Newcastf
is said to have insured his lift
in aiQerenr. oinces 10 ine. ae
ishing amount of $2,5CO,00G ,
Sr-rntnr Pfiftffraarrir rfrri
er and 'politician of Colorado,. &??. f
said to have once kepta smalf
millinery store at Adrian.Mich
igan. --v-.
Miss Fanny,- daughter of the
late Jolm C. Breckinridge, lias
lately married John A. Steele, a 1
widower, of Woodford county;
Kentucky.
MrsASarah Hale,- for many
years editorv of Godey's lady
J300K; is scnuusiy 111, uiu ai itct
age of recovery can has
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publicantJiiitej
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