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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, July 05, 1912, Image 6

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y.flc enast.1 will |„. Ulfuli- cITl-liVI! IIV
Secretary Mi.v,.r before tin- -:i 1 of tlir.
Tear. The program already mapped
out brings the main licet up to twenty
of the most powerful battleships In the
.nary, besides the new Wyoming, which
will (ho flagship by flan. 1.
Tlio A tin ill 1_- reserve fleet will consist
of nineteen ships, of which fourteen
-nre to battleships or nri'iored cruis
ers. The l'nrllii! fleet by 1 li^ beginning
of next yenr will represent fl^rlilinsi
force better able to defend the I'm ific
coast than any which hns been there
Nlnoe the battleship fleet stopped on Its
cruise nround the world. There will lie
ready for sen-Ice on the rndllc four
teen cruisers, besides the battleship
Oregon. The Pacific fleet will 1:0111
jirise tlie nrinored cruisers 'allfornin,
South Dakota, .Maryland nnd Colorado,
and the reserve Ileet will bo nindo up
of the Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and the Oregon 11 ml the cruisers
Milwaukee. ('harlestoii, St. T,ouis, Xew
Orleans, Kaleigh. Cleveland, Chatta
nooga and Calveston. the torpedo boats
Fox nnd Davis, the tug Fortune nnd
the submarines A and A r.
The Atlantic reserve ileet 011 Jnn. 1
next will lie made up of the battle
ships Ohio (flagship), Maine, Illinois,
Alnbamn, Wisconsin, Kearsarge, Ken
tucky, Iowa, Indiana nnd Massa
chusetts, the armored cruisers Wash
ington, Tennessee. Montaiin nnd North
Onrollnn, the cruisers ltrooklyn, C'olum
1 'In and Minneapolis and the scouts
Hlrmlnghani and Chester. The Atlanlle
battleship fleet hi Hip beginning of
next year will have (lie Wyoming ns
detached flagship. with \ew York its
home yard. Kach of the four divisions
will consist of live battleships, so that
four enn always lx ready for service
While the 11 ft is undergoing repairs.
The fleet will comprise the Florida,
Utah, Delaware, North Dakota. Michi
gan, Louisiana, Vermont". Kansas,
South Carolina, New Hampshire,
Georgia, Virginia. Nebraska. New .ler
sey, Ttliodc- Island. Connecticut, Minne
sota, Missouri, Idaho and Mississippi.
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LEAVING PEKING BY AERO
I'lans 1'or an aeroplane race from
Peking to Paris, suggested by a Paris
Journal, which offers S."l.fKio in prizes
for the proposed event, have assumed
definite form.
The lirst point to settle was the sea
son of lie year when die rain and
wind would least interfere with (he
compel llors. Meteorological reports
from I'ussia and Siberia show that in
September I he rainy season is over
and the average rate of the wind is
not too great. Therefore the start
.may be made in September next.
IMPORTED LUXURIES
Luxuries imported into the Lulled
Stales duriuc Hie tiseal year which
ended last mouth exceeded $1'IXI.OUO,
(HMi In value. I'nder this term "luxu
ries" are in"|udcd such articles as
diamonds, art works, laces and em
broideries. champagne and other
wlui's, tobacco and manufactures
thereof, ostrich feathers, artificial
flowers, toys, perfumeries and cosmet
ics. jewelry and manufactures of gold
and silver.
In many of these articles, especially
the more important ones, the imports
of the fiscal year 1P1L' will exceed in
value those of any earlier year. Art
works, for example, show for the nine
months emlinv with March a total ex
ceeding by ,-|(.» per cent the highest
record of any earlier year and will
approximate .f-io.tiuiuioo In value for
the full tlscal year as against ."00,
0011 in 1!M1 and SI!!.OOti.iiOO in lino.
Diamonds also will show a large to
tal for the fiscal year 1!11J.
PROUD OF PHILIPPINES
That the Philippines are doing nice
ly, thank you, is the assurance of
Governor General W. Cameron Forbes,
who ri-tmtly visited the I'nited States,
lie Biijs that these possessions of U11-
Kv
CiiMron ForbM, Qevarnor Gsntral,
WH» Tslls of Islands' Progress.
ele 8««n are really "strictly self sup
lu spite of the general opin
yjon to the contrary. It has been un
-necotsary., tlie governor ceueral says.
Survey of the World's News
..r l!ii'
I l**shiji 11• *'*t il It 1 lu* lmiiilin
II of Iwil |nf.\ I'i'f'.ll I'l' -M" VC
llonf.s for Uh A! I:u11 i"' Mini I'a*
Unlted States treasury to ap.
,te t\ 4»Uar for any.
lyUui
civil
pur-
ialanda for tea yeanl, and
'.000 to «3MNM»0 Itac m*
*mx-
Velopmeiit ci.: I, i, icr. i- ail'l educa
tion. The schools now have some
UOi.i,-
0'J'i pupils.
ioreriior l'nrbei. who Is forty two
years old. a naliie of ,M a»«:v'bu et ts
and a grandson of 1 :iij11 Waiilo Luier
soii, the faMioie: jioot. becalm: governor
general in Novcml.ier, l'.«'P. He had
been a member of the Philippines com.
mission from i:.o| to l'.ios and for a
time was vice goi.-'rnor of the islands.
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SUGAR TRUST SUIT
Since Hie I'niled Stales ernnu lit
filed its Mill seeking to di."o!\e the
American Sugar Ketining company
Nor. 2S, 1P10, the public lin^ taken con
siderable interest in the various re.Milt-
(5* 1PI2, Ijy Atnrrlcnu I'rosp Association.
Wilson B. Brice, Named to Hear the
Case Against Sugar Corporation.
Ing moves. With the appointment of
Wilson )',. Krice by the Vircuit court
of appeals to conduct hearings in the
gov ernmenl's suit, in equity matters
were brought to a head. However, it
was realized that the case would re
il'iire much time perhaps si\- months—
before being finally concluded. The
calculation was based on Hie fact that
the government lawyer.' were allowed
sixty days to work out their side of the
cai-e. while the defendants, forty-live
111 number, have liu days in -which to
make answer to the government's filial
presentation.
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TO CROCKER LAND IN 1913
The Crocker Land expedition, which
was to have gone northward iliis sum
mer under the leadership of Heorge
r.orup ami 1». It. MacMillan. has been
postponed until next year because of
Mr. liornp's death and the impractica
bility III' linding a satisfactory substi
tute for him in a short time. It has
been decided to make the expedition
a memorial 10 Ceorge l'.orup, who was
no keenly Interested in it. Mr. Mae
Millan's connection with the enterprise
continues as heretolore, and he is util
izing the intervening tinn: for the pur
pose of making additional preparations
for the scieulilic work.
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POSTAL AIRSHIPS
Colorado anil New Mexico are to be
till! firsr two states of the 1'nion where
the possibilities and practicability of
aeroplanes as substitutes for the biirro.
the pack horse, the biickboanl and the
stage for carrying mails are to be dem
onstrated. Airships are (o carry the
previous letters and packages to inac
cessible caiivun resorts and villages.
The plan is approved by the govern
ment postal officers, and several of Hie
clerks of the Deliver postollice have
been looking Into the matter of enlist
ing In the volunteer corps of aviation
students to carry the mails. The Irand
Canyon of Colorado nnd New Mexico
is favored by the postal odicers.
Postmaster General Hitchcock ex
perimented with aeroplanes in the east
a yenr ago. and in ten days -10,000
pleecs of mall were carried success
fully.
"0' V\ n.
BEFRIENDING NATURE
Switzerland Is the lirst l'.uropean
country to follow the example of the
I'nited States In Instituting a national
reservation where wild beasts and
birds and flowers may be preserved.
In the now Swiss parks Alpine trees
nnd flowers will 1ms safe from tourist
raids and the chnmots may browse far
from hotels nnd funicular mountain
railroads. The Helvetian Society of
Natural Sciences worked on the scheme
for yoarB
THE NEW WOMAN
Women suffragists of Wyoming are
in high feather. What with being tlie
first state in the Union to Jet. wouien
vote and then to have a woman mayor,
'tis 110 wonder thnt they feel elated!
The woman mayor IsrMrs. Susie Wiss
ler. who Is chief executive of Dnyton,
an incorporated village with 300 lnliab
ltants.located In Sheridan county. Mrs.
Wlssler was .elected on an Independent
ticket, defeatitog the two.inere men put
up by the Democrats arid Republicans.
P. 8.—Mrs. Sarah Plntt Decker of
Colorado is causing politicians much
concern. Owing to the death of Sen
ator Hughes and the expiration of the
term of Senator Guggenheim, the state
pMM two
ml.' The governor ten.
senator* to elect, and there
iwnt' Jbe a primary next September.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BUY AT
HOME FOR TOWN TO PROSPER
Helpful Principles of Reciprocity Ig
nored by Many Tradesmen—Argu
I m»nt Worth Considering.
An enn 1 est plea for reciprocity in
trade is made in an editorial article
printed In the Agricultural Southwest.
The points made are well worth the
attention of the men deficient In pub
lic spirit who spend their money sway
from home without taking the trouble
to
ascertain whether or not the local
merchants can serve them ns well as
those of
Hie outside citics. The ar-
ti" 1 reads:
"Crocers In small towns expect thnt
the good farmers of the community
shall trade at home rather than nt
the calalogue houses In the large far
away city. The farmers, too, think
that it Is hardly right for the mer
chants to send to some commission
house in a large city for their supply
of potatoes.
"Until are right. Yet we find farm
ers buying from mail order houses and
merchants often buying fron distant
places products of the farm that might
better be bought nt home. Not alone
this, but how many engaged In the gro
cery trade overlook the importance of
buying furniture, clothing. Jewelry and
other things from their brother mer
chants at home? How many in tlie
furniture and hardware business buy
groceries from some distant house?
How many of them buy their clothing
from other than home stores?
"At an implement dealers' conven
tion In one of the western states the
catalogue house competition was being
considered. (Ine of the delegates was
strong in condemnation of those who
bought implements from the mail or
dor houses. )|e happened to throw his
fur lined overcoat over the back of a
chair, and plain to be seen was the
label of one of the noted catalogue
houses of Chicago. Still lie had the
audacity to appear in a state conven
tion and criticise the farmers who
bought farm implements from the same
concern from which lie had purchased
his overcoat instead of buying it from
his home store. Thus wo rind the help
ful principles of reciprocity ignored by
many inconsistent tradesmen."
Wise Old Owl.
A wiff old, fat oM owl once sat
HiKh in chestnut tree.
IIo s.*«w no onr ho spako to nono.
A shrewd old owl was h«.
A Mark old crow, tlie owl's worst foe,
Made miir-h noisf overhead.
A hunter heard this foolish bird—
And now the old crow's dead.
"l is ksi, you see. to quiet be—
Xn noi:-«. no boast, no caw.
Oi»'- owl alive beats any live
l»ead crows you ever saw.
—I'uck.
Have No Number 13.
Quite a number of l.ondoii streets,
mostly in the suburbs, have 110 No. i:j
at all. the ditlieully being got. over in*
many cases by the subterfuge of 1|ja.
That is the ease with 1'ark lane, where
1 —.1 is occupied by Herbert l'.arker, the
celebrated bonesetler. The most fa
mous street without a 1" is the Strand,
but that is perhaps more by accident
than design, for building operations
have made havoc of the original nu
meration.-- Argonaut.
Japan Bars Lurid Melodrama.
.lapan's theaters are ordered to give
expression of the ideals of the people
and give up blood and thunder repro
ductions.
The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR BEREAN, INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Golden Text.--This is the condem
nation—that light is come into t'lic world
and men loved darkness rather than
light because tlieir deeds were evil.—
John iii. 3'J.
Vcrscs 20. 21.—-Intense zeal.
Jesus was now at tlio height of Ills
popularity. Ills preaching tour through
the towns and villages of Galilee bad
been remarkably successful. Wher
ever he went he saw physical distress
and spiritual anxiety, so that liis com
passionate heart was stirred. The se
lectlou of the twelve apostles was an
other important event. Not long after
this serious business Jesus returned to
Capernaum and went directly to Si
mon's bouse. The news of his return
was speedily circulated. "The multi
tude eometh together again." They did
not delay their demonstrations, but
promptly assembled in and around Pe
ter's house. Compnre chapters i, 32
il. 2. His popularity had
roused the antagonism of the rulers,
and they were already planning his
destruction (verse, 0). "His friends."
These were doubtless his relatives from
Nazareth, to whom reference is made
later in the chapter. They had be
come alarmed when they heard of his
encounters with the .rulers. "To lay
hold on him." It was their intention
to seize him nnd probably take him
back to Nawireth.
Verses 22-30.—Moral Inconsistency.
The brief period which Jesus had
spent in Jerusalem at the beginning of
his ministry had given the rulors much
occasion for offense. They were de
termined to get rid of him in some
way. His work in Galilee roused tlie
suspicions of "these leaders, aud they
sent down some of their representa
tives from Jerusalem to'watch Jesus
and see what charges might be pre
ferred against him. But "the
scribes which came down from Jerusa
lem" endeavored to explain away the
Culled Fresh From
MAKING A NEW ORCHARD
FROM ONE THAT IS WORN OUT
Plowing L*nd With Cure. Pruning Off
Dead Wood and U«e of Cover
Crops Recommended.
If the farm orchard is in sod, whicli
is generally the case with old general
farm orchards, one of the flrst things
to do in order to re.iuvenate It Is to
plow the land and allow the sunlight,
air and rain to penetrate and put new
life into the soil. The plowing should
preferably lie done I11 the fall, which
will allow the sod to decay sutllciently
fo be available for use by the tree the
following spring. Land should not be
plowed to too great a depth, as there
is danger of injuring toy many roots.
I'Viiir inches is about the best average
depth.
Itefore the growing season each tree
should be gone over carefully and all
of the dead and diseased limbs re
moved, the tall branches cut back,
and the tops should be thinned out In
siv li a way that sunlight may lie read
ily admitted to nil parts of the tree.
This will also have a tendency to In
crease the size of the fruit Care
should lie exercised in cutting off
branches to make a clean, smooth
wound close lo the trunk or branch.
This will give tlie tree an opportunity
to heal over 'he wound before decay
sets in. or at least, will not offer an
opportunity for water to remain stand
ing and for decay lo set in at this
pofpt. It is a good plan ver large
wounds with a coat of lead paint, to
which has been added some lamp
black.
The lampblack renders the
paint less conspicuous.
One of the best fertilizers for or
chards. especially for renovating an
old orchard, is stable manure. Spread
the manure over (lie land at the rate
of twelve to twenty loads per acre.
This may bo done during Hie winter
months on land that does not wash, or
the manure may be applied in the
spring, when It should lie harrowed
In to prevent its drying out and Inter
fering with later cultivations.
If barnyard manure is not available
chemicals may lie used. Apply to each
free live pounds of nitrate of soda,
lifteon pounds of fankage, twenty
pounds of basic slag and ten pounds
of sulphate of potash.
The second year apply half of this
amount.
Clean culture should be given the
orchard until the middle of July or
first of August. The spring tooth or
smoothing harrow should lie run over
the grouud every two weeks.
Grooming Caws Pays,
Tt Is the little extra strokes that,
count in dairying as in all kinds of
farm work. It did not once seem im
portant to grooui cows as carefully as
we did horses. For that reason many
cows were foul in the extreme winter.
Now we know that every time we
carefully groom a cow we make her
healthier.—American Cultivator.
Money Value of Bees.
If the farmer beekeeper got nothing
but: liouey.J'i'om the bees It would still
pay largely to keep them 011 the place,
but furnishing gweots for the table is
the very least, of the good they do, for
in the matter of pollination of fruit
blossoms the actual money benefit the
bees are to their keeper is tenfold the
honey value.—Farm and Ranch.
originally the name of one of the Phi
listine gods. This kind of
speech was occasioned by the healing
of one possessed with a demon, blind
nnd dumb (Matt, xii, 221. Hero were
really three miracles in one, and it
showed the perversity of those scribes
when they spoke in this rash and reck-,
less fashion. Jesus promptly took up
their statements and showed conclu
shely that their accusations were
wrong from the standpoints of reason,
ethics and religion.
"All sins shall be forgiven." The
mercy of God is available to all peni
tent souls. "Blasphemies." These
were impious and insolent utterances
in which the honor of God was set at
naught. "Blaspheme against the Holy
Ghost." The particular nature of this
offense is stated in the next verse. Je
sus had clearly proved by works the
supremacy of his authority over Satan,
but these me'n endeavored to show that
it had been a work of magic, and they
virtually charged him with practicing
the black arts. "In danger." if they
had no ability for moral discrimina
tions they were guilty of an eternal
sin and in peril.
Verses 31-36.—Higher relationships.
It was an unfortunate interference
that was attempted by "his brethren
aud his mother." They were standing
on the outskirts of the crowd, and
when they found it impossible to get to
Jesus they sent word to him, "Behold
thy mother and thy brethren." When
he was told about it be. quietly an
swered by announcing who were his
closest kindred. They were not of bis
own blood, but those who were in sym
pathy with "the will of God," "my
Father which is in heaven" (Matt, xii,
60). He was not here renouncing
natural ties, because we know how af
fectionately he provided for his own
mother (John xix, 26. 27). He was em
phasising the superior nature of spirit
ual tlM which unite the family of God
and Impel Its members to bear one au-
CROP SYSTEMS.
One branch of farm manage
ment which lias been but little
studied Is the question of how
to make crops fit together so as
to keep the farm teams and men
equally busy throughout all sea
sons and produce the maximum
returns from their labors. "Com
peting crops" are those that
claim attention nt. the same
time, one preventing another
from being handled to the best
advantage. Two crops that must
be plained at the same time and
harvested at about the same pe
riod compete for the farmer's
time, thereby bringing around
periods of excessive labor fol
lowed by periods when there Is
a lack of work. It is this prob
lem of fitting crops together that
determines the success or fail
lire of many farms. Though this
works itself out automatically
In some instances, there arc
plenty of neighborhoods in
which fanners are holding to old
combinations of crops despite
the fact that rush periods at
harvest time each year furnish
additional evidence that a new
arrangement of affairs should be
made. Kfiicienoy in tlie use of
farm labor depends primarily
upon having work throughout
the year for both men and
teams.—Country Gentleman.
I
Suddenly around the corner came a
couple that seemed to be In a terrific
liaste. Tlie man was gentlemanlike
young fellow, and the girl was ns pret
ty as a peach. She hung 011 to Ills
arm to enable her to keep pace with
him, while he hung on to a suit case.
He cast a covetous glance nt my rig,
hesitated, started on, stopped nnd said:
"See here, my friend! Would you
mind helping a pair of runaways to tlio
station?"
"Elopementf
"That's it."
"Disagreeable old father with no
feeling, sense or reason?"
"You bet!"
"Desperate case of Ibve"—
I was stting my own case, nnd, be
ing convinced that his was but a repe
tition of It, I stood up in the wagon,
the two hopped in, and I sat down
wedged in between them. Then I
turned my horse's nose in the opposite
direction and started down the street.
My man passenger looked back.
"There he is now," he said. "Cant
you move on?"
An old gentleman had Just turned
tlie corner nnd was running after us
as fast as his legs could carry him.
Fortunately for him a cab was driving
lazily by. He stopped it, had a few
hasty words with the driver, pointing
to us. and jumped in.
"Wliat'll you do while you're wait
ing for a train?"' asked the man be
side me.
"There's one leaves at 3:14. It's just
3:07 now." looking at his watch. "Wo
planned our flight accordingly. We've
got just seven minutes to catch it."
"Wo can do it all right."
"Oh, please do!" pleaded the girl,
trembling. "If papa catches us he'll
kill Frank and shut me up."
"I'll do my best," I said, giving my
mettlesome mare a light touch with
the whip that sent her off on a three
minute trot. "I'm In the same box
myself."
We made about a mile dodging vehi
cles nnd exciting tlie wonder of people
we passed, but without auy very seri
ous mishap. My eloping friends were
constantly looking back and reporting
the situation.
"Oh. heavens, he's gaining!" the girl
would cry.
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Wei! Pruned and Weil Cultivated
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Photo by New Hampshire agricultural experiment station.
Aiding the Runaways
By GEORGE S. CRAFT
«as a pleasant spring afternoon.
Lena was to drive with me in my
side bar wagon, and as didn't
care to leave my blooded mare
tied to a hitching post while waning
for her I sat holding the veins. My
proposition for I.ena's hand had not
found favor with her father, and I was
meditating another proposition to T,ena
exclusively, which was nothing more
or less than an elopement.
Farm
CORN FOR ENSILAGE.
Best Variety li One That Will Giv*
Largest Yield of Mature Grein.
It takes only the experience of one
season to demonstrate to any man
thnt green. Immature corn Is not good
material with which to fill a silo. Gool
ensilage is sweet nnd not sour, and as
the former cun only be produced -from
a crop that has well nigh approached
maturity it follows naturally that the
best variety of corn to plant when it
is the intention to put the crop in tlio
silo is one that will give a large yield
of mature corn. There is even little it
any advantage in planting the cor»
thick.
In those localities where the best
corn is grown by the listing process
the crop intended for ensilage should
bo listed, and likewise where the check
ing system gives the best results lu
corn yield that plan should be followed
where the crop is Intended for the silo.
In some cases the plan of planting
a few acres of corn late In the season
for use in Tilling the silo after it has
settled is to be commended. Where
thirty, forty or fifty foot silos are used
the ensilage will settle after filling suf
ficienviy to leave spare for twenty or
thirty tons more, and if a silo filling
outfit can be obtained'the second tima
it wiil generally pay to utilize ail th»
available space. No man ever regret
ted having 11 few feel of ensilage in
his silo to use until the grass attained
its normal feeding value.—Iowa Homo.
stead.
the girl
"Can't you go any faster?"
nskod of inc.
"I'm driving now at donbie the pace
allowed by law," 1 replied.
I had no sooner spoken than I saw a
policeman making 11 dive for the mid
o'le of the street to head me off. I
turned aside quickly and passed him.
He ran after me, brandishing bis clulj
and putting his hand ominously to lii*
hip, but my sympathies were absorbed
in the lovers, and I only hastened th»
paca.
"What luck!" suddenly exclaimed th«
lover, whose eyes were continually
turned to the rear.
""Well?" I asked.
"The cop is stopping the cab. There
Ifs Come to a stand. There's a war of
words. The cop Is getting into tli®
cab."
This delay made a considerable gai
between pursued and pursuer. Nor
was it likely to be diminished. The
policeman was a ponderous man and
the cab horse was getting winded.
"What's the time?" I asked.
"Seven thirteen," replied the tovsr
with a snap of his watch case.
The station was in sight, a trifle orep
a quarter of a mile away. I mad* mr
maro do her best, though we were
driving over cobblestones, and In less
than the minute dashed up to the sta
tion door. My friends Jumped out and
not stopping to thank me, dashed In
side. In about ten seconds the train
pulled out, and on the platform of the
rear car were the couple waving to me
Just as they were lost to sight the cab
drove up, and the policeman and the
old gentleman got out The police*
man's face was very red.
"Oi'il teach ye to defy the lawl" he
shouted.
"There's no law against helping eloo.
ing lovers," I replied coolly
"Eloping lovers!" cried "the old gen
tlcrnan "Did they play that gamfon
you The feiiow is my valet, and the
girl is my wife's maid. They've cot
the family jewels in the suit case."
lor heaven's sake!" I gasped
U« come wld me," said the police
man. "O
11
take ye where
ye'll
a chance to reply to a charge o' »Min*
them that's commlttln' grand larceny
And jumping Into my wagon, hedrova
me to the police station, while the old
gentleman followed In the caK.
Well, I had some difficulty In keenfna
out of jail and only did so by ftSh
lug bail. The event injure/
much and furnished such a weanon 1
the hands of my enemy, Lena's fathJ?
that the poor girl came very nea^S
lug back on me entirely. 1 only Jon
her after a two years' struggle Whnn
we were married It
the regular way.
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