as I m roaches ' moi-I caucuses m cmrs. ‘ m we. rim moul- one . , tire ladies to Alla a Ileaeeaable . Ills-ls- osmeou nous-ems we flew Thoroughly rmtleable. view of the constantly We of modern efilce buildings. a re- for the New York Times asked 3. Post. the architect of the new i Vemeyer Building. which is going up the site of the former Herald office in 4 York. what was the limit. in prac- ‘tlmorin theory. of the height of ofilce § m1 gKYW‘Am hep the height down. and what causes fmould be likely to bring about the de- struction of the tall buildings now in use after they had served their purpose for half a century or more. “The passenger elevators solved the iproblem of making the upper stories of high buildings available for office pur- poses. Then we had a number of build- ings erected, such as the Tribune Build- ingand the Mills Building. where the ‘hoors‘still rested on the exterior walls for their main support. This was about twenty years ago. It was found. how- ever. that the immense size of the piers and the thickness of the walls in the- lower stories took up so much space that some plan of lessening the weight. ofrthe fioors which rested upon them2 had to be devised. This brought about the cage construction. at first used sim- 1 ply to carry the floors. and afterward to sustain the whole weight of the build- i ing. the outer walls being merely panels I of stone held in place by the horizontal steel beams at the division between two ’ stories. "The upright steel beams when built . into the walls are removed from all possibility of examination without tear- l . ing the building down. In' the second , place, there is danger from the sheets of large fires exterior to the building it- “Suppose a big fire was to start op- posite a building constructed with steel 6 pillars near the surface of the walls, the . heat might do incalculablo damage by ' warping and twisting the pillars. "To avert these dangers. the most re- cent method of constructing cages is to place the steel uprights just inside of the outer walls and push the ends of the horiamtal beams out far enough to sup port the walls, cantilever fashion. This permits an examination of every essen~ ' tilpart of the cage, and. at the same time. protects it from the possibility of danger from exterior fires." “How high could a building be made, from a theoretical point of view?” the reporter asked. ”The Eiffel Tower. in Paris. is 950 feet high." said Mr. Post. "and there is no engineering difficulty in making an office building equally high. or even higher. The commercial limit. however. will not be much greater than 800 feet. The question of elevator accomodation and light will step in at this limit. even if the Legislature does not keep down the height to a proper proportion of the width of the street. as it ought to do next session." . “What will be the final end of the tall buildings in New York City? Will it be earthquakes or the day of judg- ment?” suggested the reporter. "Neither. Earthquakes are not com- mon in this part of the world. and the heaviest buildings must yield to time." was Mr. Post's reply. “The three dangers to those buildings ’ which may bring about their individual Mention in the course of two or three tieus are corrosion of ’the metal work. best from exterior fires and fu- m inadequacy to resist wind strains. ..Ihave already spoken of the danger i; hon exterior fires. The corrosion of i the metal work isa serious matter. be- «use it may come on very gradually. : and because owners are so carelessabout keeping such details constantly and carefully inspected. , ' “I do not mean that looking at the m1 framework every day is what should hedone. because if the framework itself is to be properly preserved it should be covered in with dampproof material to resist rust. and with some non-conduct- hg substance. such as hollow bricks, to resist interior fires." Queen Victoria's Meals. . Queen Victoria is rather simple in her knee, as a rule. For instance. a kind a natural soup very often finds its way as the menu. The wine served with it iswhlte sherry. which her Majesty gen- erally drinks from a bgputlful gold cup Manly belonging to Queen Anne. Boned beef and pickled cucumbers-4 favorite dish with, Prince Albert—hr moldy follow the soup. while a baron ‘efuhssfis liknise a constant feature. It “finoteworthy that the Queen still ulhsres to the oldprscm of having nu Msnameeelled antes each dish is 'hellhttothetable. Thiecustomdates “tethedays ofGeoi'gell..mdhed “origin in a conspiracy against one am . o m n» formerly an assistant. where r M W " “’ mi “”9 .miam lash” or um Ital-n Mlhomallenwmwygalt. ' ‘ y' .. _ “I .0!W.M.muqut, .i 'l'hemcst critical experience of ani- fl ‘ mal trainer Conkliucame several years awn: breathlais on thy fate. when he was traveling through We know What master on thy keel. What workman wrought thy ribs of steel. What polished bronco thy sides will plate. . , What deep Ila keel will keep the straight as just over. when the six-tone}. What care was put on mast and ropes. ‘ Samson burst the chains by (Whoomcamefromfar "Rockiss’ " slopes). buildings; what factors would tend to ‘ l . use KIND detriment. .. 1 clones. ' . There are hundreds of young women "‘ in NewYorkwhomsketheir living as models; one authority are that there creators thana thousand; which «do mate léade tomscouclnsion that good leeks 'are‘not scarce on the island 6f; [Manhattan for these young women owe success entirely to . their fine physique. The models here alluded to are not those who sit toartists. and whose charms are transferred to canvas, but those who try on suits. silk waists. jackets. cloaks and capes for the benefit of the customers in the stores and dress- making establishments. The more excluuive and expensive . of the uptown women’s tailors all employ models to display their gowns. The best firms in the shoppingdistricts have them. but the great majority of models find occupation in the big wholesale houses in middle and lower Broadway, a number of firms in that/ vicinity em- ploying asmany as adosen the whole year round. Theaverage downtown model is paid from $12 to $15 a week, but an unusually pleasing subject may command as high as $18. Those in the big retail establishments who combine the ofiice of a model with that of a saleswoman get $20. a The available model must measure thirty-six inches about the bust and twenty-three or twenty-four around the waist, her height being in proportion. the trying on of gowns and cloaks for women built on a less liberal plan be- ing intrnsted to the misses’ models; that is, to unformed girls fourteen or fifteen years old. “I think our work is much to be pre- erred in that of the ordinary sales- 'rls.” said a handsome model of the brunette type, employed in a large suit and cloak house in Broadway. aconceru which is said to be the largest of its kind in the world. “Our hours are shorter. and for months at a time there is scarcely anything to do. Of course the very busy months are busy indeed. but we are treated with the greatest re- spect. and we always get of at half past 5 the year round. Some of the firms in town lay off many of their models as soon as business gets slack. but this firm never does; our salary goes on just the same. whether there is much or nothing doing. We are always certain of our vacation of two weeks. and cer- tain of our pay during that time. Of course. if a girl wants a longer vacation she has to my for the extra time." “Do you have to dress in any pre» scribed style?’ inquired one interested in the subject. "Oh, yes! We are required todress in black: all of us: just a simple. tight- fitting waist. and a good style. plain skirt. Yon mustn’t judge of ohr uni- form by the way we look this mom ing." she added, glancing at her com- panion. "But as there is very little do- ing this month. we are permitted to wear cotton waists. they being cooler and more convenient." and she adjusted a stud in her blue-striped shirt waist.i “August is our busy time." she con- tinued. “and we will be busier than ever this year on account of so many of the dry-goods houses beginning to deal in furs." "You try on the furs and cloaks?" “Yes. and that is warm and tiresome work when the thermometer is in the nineties." “How long do you have to keep the garments on?" "Oh. sometimes the buyer does not know just what he wants and we must await his decision. or try a number of garments to see how he likes them: then again. in ten minutes a man will buy a quantity of goods. and we will be released. In 0 winter, in February. p0 when every is cloaked up and wear- ing heavy clo rig. we adopt tight-fits ting jerseys and try on thin. unlined summer costumes for the next season’s trade. Trying on the, thin things in winter. though. isn't as bad as cloaking up in heavy suits in summer."—-New York Tribune. Bryant's Early Pecuniary Rewards. It is amusing toknow bow sinnllwore the mouniary rewards of Bryant's lit- erary labors. whatever may have been the fame they brought him. Two dol- lars a mom was thoprice that he named, and he seemed to be abundantly satis- fied with the terms. A gentleman: met him in New York many years after and said to him: "I have just bought the earliest edi- tion of your poems, and gave twenty dollars for it." “More. by a long shot." replied the poet. “than I received for writing the what work.”-Csutury. Olreeses Will m. This town. Oxfdrd. N.Y., is bound to go down in the annals of circus history as the worst in the United States. A few daysegc a wagon circus after, liberal advertising by posters pitched its tents in this yilo “It. and although the had chariot medeetonr through the streets .nota‘ person visited the ,clrcnsdurlugthe afo teruoon or eveMng. . Thecircus men my tint they never before experienced such a chilly “penance. a , use Application of ‘u. :mrwmmr'... * ‘ for Menus-r m ‘ 3W . Ride as he would. Samson kept gain. some or sis-smelly“ steroidal Out“! More Death. ‘. The showwasln a little town called Haley.“ the morning proceed phan which ballad beenstaked and msdea’ rush for his keeper. At the time Con- klin was inside the lion's cage. where be had been riding‘ in the procession. is not only one of the most experienced .. tamer of lions and tigers as well. As he saw the elephant rush at the cage, he realised that he was going to have a close call for his life. By great good luck he managed to undo the bars and get out before the shock come. but Sam; son was after him with trunk waving and with shrinks of rage. Conklin dodged behind another cage of animals. which Samson batted over as if it was a child's cardhouse. the leopards inside squealing in terror. Again Conklin dodged for his life,while Samson butmd over the cage that came next in his way. Thus in succession six cages were over- turned by the infuriated monster. Then Conklin succeeded in getting on a horse. Throwing himself into the saddle. be dug his heels into the horse‘s flanks and made for the open prairie. Samson the meanwhile trumpeting behind and run- * ning at full speed. Now, a large ele- phant, when his rage is up. can run as fast asa fleet horse. and Conklin soon found this out to his cost. ing on him. the speed being so great that the red and gilt caparison with which Sampson had been clothed for the parade stood out in the wind at each ‘ side like a pair of curious wings. ”Make for the railroad." some one shouted to the flying showman. Like a flash Conklin caught the idea. and swerving his horse to the left crossed the tracks that ran across the prairie in a long ridge. In a moment his horse was over the railroad and out on the open ground on the other side. But the track caused Samson some delay in scrambling over. and thus Con- klin and his horse made a little gain. But once across the elephant-only ran the'faster. and once more began to close up the spacebetwoen them. By this , time the news had spread through the community that a mad elephant was chasing Conklin to kill him. and a com- pany of cowboys. armed with rifles. re- volvers and lessees. came galloping to the rescue. A fusillade of shots was fired into the elephant. but paying not the slightest attention to the attack he kept straight on in pursuit of Conklin. Again and again the showman was obliged to cross the track to make a gain. But Samson‘s speed seemed only to in- crease. while the horse was steadily get- ting fagged out. About three miles from the show grounds a cowboy gave Conklin a shot- gun and a bag of buckshot. and turning on his horse the showman began to fire into Samson's trunk. Fifteen times be emptied the gun. the bullets striking. home every time. Soon the elephant was bleeding profusely. but he kept on. unflinching in his hatred. At the six- teenth. howaver. he turned tail and fled. He was conquered at last. and complete ' victory was assured later that day when Conklin chained him down and had him i whipped by assistants until he squealed and begged for mercy. In spite of his many wounds. Samson recovered entire. ly. and remained with the show three years. his death not coming until the fire which swept through the Bamuxn show ,when in its winter quarters at Bridge- rt. The Conductor’s Calculatluns. . A uewsboy. a passenger and a conduc- tor came together on a Market street car yesterday. The conductor wanteda fare from a passenger. the passenger . wanted a paper from the ncwsboy, and lthe newsboy wanted change from the conductor. The passenger handed the conductor and the newsboy each ten cents. The newsboy handed his dimeto the conductor for change. The conduc- tor rang up a fare. gave the boy four nickels and want out to the front of the car. The boy gave the passenger three nickels and a paper and jumped off the ear. The conductor returned. and recol- lecting that he had not given the pee- ' senger his change out of the dime. gave him anickel. The passenger than had his twenty cents back and had paid for his ride and paper. The conductor retired to the rear plat- form and commenced to figure. He counted it all up on his fingers, shook his head doubtfully and counted it up1 again. but he could not figure it out to his satisfaction. fie was morally certain that be had been film-dammed. but he couldn‘t fix the responsibility either on the newsboy er‘ the passenger. The number of fares he missed while trying to figure himself out even would have cost his job if a had been aboard.w8an My niece Poet. . . lie (liaise of fleet. Miss Emancipns-L‘Odr movement is a powerful one. Women will never rest until she has asserted herself. l In what a forge and what a heat . Were shaped the ushers of thy hopes. We know why csnterbosrds are past. forhe Why English cutters may be fast. That we their cutters always best. elephant trainers in the world. but he is ' o. sloop. sail forth. thy race to run. 1 "l‘ls of the wave and not the rock. 'Tis but the flapping of a sail. verbal teeth. ~ In newsman! stare. ras- s. with all her fears ‘ all her hopes of future years. . t auvlls ring. what hammers beat. ' this we know. and will repeat. Bell forth nor fear- the starting gun. Fear not each sudden sound or shock, And not a rent made by the gale. Valkyries come. Valkyries go. The new boat Allen is not slow. Fyfes and Watson: may look wise. But Herreshufls will cause surprise. The Stars and Stripes will proudly float O'er thee. than new and speedy boat. Hall on. nor fall to breast the sea: Our hearts and hopes are all with thee. Our hearts. our hopes. our prayers. our tours. Our faith triumphant o'er our fears. Are all with thee. are all with thee. ~Phllsdelphia Press. A VENERABLE STUDENT. Having Fought and Punched. Dr. Stevens la Studying Law as Seventy. There are many queer people in at- tendance at the Kansas State University at Lawrence. Kan. but probably the most interesting of these is a law stu- dent who is at least 70 years of age. He is Dr. Martin Van Buren Stevens. This is his second year at the university. and he expects to graduate this spring and become a full ficxlged lawyer. The doctor's lifehus been one of much education. Wilkesbarre. Pa.. was the place of his birth. He married at 20 a pretty Pennsylvania (lemma girl. Soon after this he enlisted in Company D. Fifth New Hampshire. and wont to the war. The old gentleman has rcccived the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Oberlin College. in Ohio. and that of Doctor of Medicine at the Ade-lbcrt College. at Cleveland, 0.. 187i. His first wife hav- ing died. he married again. this time selecting a Michigan girl. a niece of “Fighting Jim" Richardson“ At one time be studied theology and preached for awhile. but gave it up. and studied phreuology under Fowler. of New York. In a cozy little house on the side of the hill thiequeer old man lives alone. He keepsejerything about the place compu- lously elem One warm mail a day he considers sufficient: the dther two he carries in school with him in a small shoe box. Very little meat passes his lips. in fact. he might. almost be calleda vegetarian. "People eat entirely too much." he says. Last year he was somewhat conspicu- ous on account of the number of badges and emblems he wore on the front of his wot. They were the badges of the G. A. R... (,‘hristian Endeavor Society, Phrenolng‘u'al Society. the Y. M. C. A.. a uncalical society and C. L. S. C. An- other of his peculiarities is that he car- ries a watch which is fully four inches in diameter. He winds it with a pair of six-inch flippers. Dr. Stevens has been in every State and Territory of the United States. Every summer he goes out on a lectur- ing tour. and tells the people all about phrcuology, physiology and physiog- nomy. The Dicker Was Too Long. This toll-tale taletells of how a Box- bury. Elam. grocer grievously offended a customer: also. of how the customer Infuse-the Hassles painted byawrltercu “Hygienic Dress." Bhecellsthecorset an ‘dmmcnseband-_ age of splints." "Suppose.” she says. “you splint your arm for six or eight weeks; what would become of its mus» else? A heavily boned corset would do very well to wrap around In broken arm or leg until it heals, but it is a crime to wear it over the soft abdominal walls which encase the most wonderful system of organs. which only in their full de~ velopment can give 'us a worthy race. Even with the splints pulled out this garment would be hot and debilitating, and. tightly worn, it interferes with the secretions and excretious of the skin. If bones must be in the waist they should not run the wrong way of the body. but in conformity with nature‘s lines. , mac or. was consort and ana- tae mes. OK “I. '" . ,Theevilsofthecorsetarestrongl “Out of the harmonious lilies with the ribs, they throw a great many muscles‘ out of use. interfering with the natural breathing. the powerful intercostal mus- cles beneath the corset become shriveled and partially paralyzed; it becomes im- possible to properly distend the dia- phragm. and, therefore. amount of life giving oxygen is not in- haled. the proper "The corset wearer makes her own record in the misshape of her body. in her inability to breathe correctly and in defrauding the system of oxygen'.‘ It is needless to say that the blood becomes impure. and that functional action of important organs is interfered with. Digestion and circulation are mined. and the complexion declares the fr plly and the sin as plainly as Cain bore the mark of murder on his forehead. “What is true as to tight dressing of the feet and waist is as absolute tmth for the neck and the whole body. Every- thing shonld be so loosely worn that a perfect circulation of air. feeding the system on its surfnccxould go on at all times between the body and the cloth- "lg," . nor Til/Pic“ STUDENT. W. 3. Hobart Owns Trotters and Runners n! Cholua Breeding. Walter Scott Hobart. the young mill- ionaire. who has attracted such wide at- tention byhis purchases of smeady horses. happens to be a sophomore at Harvard. In the lingo of the university. he has a snap course. Mr. Hobart is a good look- ing young man. on the sunny side of twenty-five. He dramas Pli‘gillltly and in excellent taste. is a prime favorite at the East. He is a son of the late W. 8. Hobart. of Califomia. who owned the' famous trotting stallion Stamboul, 2:07 1.2. afterward wld at auction in New York to E. H. Mcrrimun for $41,000. The late Mr. Hobart also had in his col- lection Alma Mater. the dam of Alcau- tars and Alcyone. for whom he paid 815.000. and Nancy Lee. the dam of Nancy Hanks. 2:04. From this trifle of horse history it will be seen that young Hobart inherits his taste for horses. About a year ago he began to collect a string of rare ones for himself. being care- ful during his first year in college notto attract too much attention by his pur- chases. Keeping one or tWo horses at Cambridge. be amused himself by driv- ing about the country. occasionally visit- ing Mystic. where he became acquainted with Jim Galvin. the noted handler. who is looking after the interests of some of . his fieetest ones this year. METHODISM 'AND iEPlSCClil-ALIANISM. wounded the meilsitive feelings of the gamer and of the circumstances which led to this most. unhappy cstrangemeut. ' The customer was "every inch a lady;" the grocer. though he never wore a swvepipo but. was in other essentials a gentleman. . They met at the groccr's counter. and this is the conversation that placed be tween them a great. yawning chasm: “Are those serge fresh?’ she asked. “Yes maria." replied the grocer. “You are quite sure?” ' “No doubt about it. marm." g "Now. if there is any doubt about it I shouldn‘t rare to buy any." "You can depend on it. menu. I wouldn't say they were fresh if they wasn't.“ “There were three rotten rules in those I bought the other day." “You won't find none of these the Way." . “Now. you say you are positive these are perfectly fresh?’ “That‘s what I said, menu." “You‘ll take back the bad ones if I find any. won’t you?” "You‘ve, got to take them just as they crane." “You'll warrant that there are no bad ones among them. won't you?" “No.1 won't. I warranted them when you came in. but they've grown old m then. You can't expect eggs to last for. ever, menu. and another thing-—-" ‘Butthe slamming of the decree the lady financed out lost to the world the l ween the grocer’s celluloid filled w , Malaise It so In. its Oldetykull‘oenosmsu either. . . 1:: ' _ Mal-MW- r brat-ls that continued to come W11 The Anniversary of the Blrthday of John Wesley. John Wesley’s anniversary brings to mind again the remarkable endurance of the break between the Methodist and Episcopal churches and at the same time the narrowness of the separation between them. John Wesley. first pro- fessor of the wonderfully vital and fer- tile creed of Mctho’dism, had no quarrel with the dogmas of the church of which he, like his father and his younger brother. wasapriest. He was simply and solely a revivallst. as so many of his faith have been. and called them- selves since his time. His whole. strong soul wont out against the spiritual deadness of the Church of England of his day. To be sure. he magnified and glorified the doctrine of salvation by faith and exalted the spiritual import- cues of the second-member of the Trin- ity in a way that has left its impress on all theology sincehhie time. But nothing he ever preached was incom- patible with the doctrines of the church in which he was reared and of which his father was; as “high and dry" s memberas his famous contempo. rary. Dr. Sacheverell. A UOI’IODIIO. it was in “absent-minded sort of .w'aythss. she read the asgn “Ice Cream.” . more sh: ice cream.”ssid be. "bid youever read that fhereweredssdly Y 3' :1? ”Who spiteful] “ as. e . a e y. “Dldyopeverresd of the microbe-in ‘ 0n reflection he concluded to compro- misecnabssis of present creamandfn- tare klsses.-~Indlanapolls Journal. . . W “ suntan one no and: err-ems. , ’ . fertile lmlng‘ the institution is all. , , 5 and one of which the‘clty will for many years, Wednesday night a force men were brought in‘from a freight'train. and. uni _ Colfax Main street bridge. . beds and trowels. marched and silently began ' the brick upon the new. that side of the street was and the night a dark one no near the building and the rose discovered. Stealtbily the men up and down and along. the w rapidly they sprang upward: ” the night. By daylight the outshie. ’ were finished. and before anyone astir on the streets yesterday ,( the scafiolding was taken dom.’ there stood in magnificent em proudest opera house in the Northwest. down the street dumb with astonishment . , and admiration. m It seemed that nothing , short of magic could have erected each d a structure without causing suspicion of : what was going on. ' " the Country Club. and promises to do tire force of one other man beside hint» ve to uueof the best 1 la . ml self to maintain order. The jam at the" bpln poop yers box ofilce was almost suflocati'ug',"l!dt. '- a Soon after it got the” " Men. women and children filmed , Just before daylight the masons fin-E ‘ ished their work and silently departed, - while their places were filled within! many carpenters. plumbers, decorators. painters. etc. and all day the work went noiselessly on inside the walls. The heavily curtaincd windows and closely fastened doors were besieged all day by anxious people. but revealed nothing. ‘. ' At 10 o'clock a bill poster. armed witha : paste brush. came down-the street. and . ’ stopping in front of the building put up bills announcing that the Colfax Dra- . matic Company would star their oldtime favorites. George J .' Joyce. W. J. Bryant‘ ' and C. E. Irwin. in the drama "Hick’ry" Farm." at the Colfax Opera Rouse.“ f’ ‘ Vlt'.m. ‘ fin tie- thrown open.thetfltreetilwete '1 ‘ .. . from the Colfax Hotel to the CM House. . Marshal Mackayhadtocallouthisu’b / the crowd was served aml seated in the? beautiful and capiu'ious auditorium by 8:80. and the curtain m amid thunder? ing applause. which was repeated at illL tervals all through the evening. " " the curtain had fallen on the but“ \ and the villain was finally and securely dead. the audience would not be pacified until the not had been thrice repeawd. oereooéss OF THE FLAG. 4.. new the Boys of Kingsbrldge Grad-arr School Salute Old Glory. The» In Grammar School. No. 60. in Albany r avenue. Kingsbridge. the opening exer- cises of the school are attended with con- siderable military pomp and ceremony. This school boasts of having the best drum corps of any school. and this corps takes no inconsiderable part ’ the morning (gunning exercises. Thycorps is composed of twanty boys. They have won distinction on more than one pub» lic occasion; ~ Physical instruction always has been one of the features of this school, sothat _ the introduction of o. regular military , organisation found the pupils well pre- pared for it. £0 girls are regularly drilled in cali epics. while the boys are trained in the “setting up" drill of the soldier. In fact, military drill is the only exercise that is regularly pre- / scribed for the boys. and its resultsare seen in the decidedly martial "strut” . and bearing of the youngsters. The. following is the military madam w - followed every schoolday in the school: .- At 8:48 a. lll. the drum corps sounds tho' assembly. upon whim the pupils prompt-r ' ly fall in on the color line. as a fume; ivfaced" and "dressed" by theses» 1 , geant. At the command. “right bu!" salute!" every right hand teachings“ peak of the owner’s cap. ‘At thiamin- '\ ment the American fiagis run upon“ :‘ " fiagstsfi in the boy’s yard by the color sergeant. When this is done the cell- ; puny marches into the assembly mom 1 for the opening exercises of the day. At 10:45 the drill call is somided and“. boys fall in bycompaniesandgothrom thesettlng up drill with their respect- ed oflcers. . At 12:48 p. m. zeveryday therein a'dress parade. ' ~ . , Wednesdays are reserved for theglor’y ~ ofthe drum corps. On this dayoftlse week the corps gets in heavy order. with kuspnck, blanket . _ 1' havensck and canteens and W Thnssccoutred,they MW _’ ._ appearance and parade daring”: “sound on” befcri the entire m standing upgrade rest. letbe-asles Hale am. ' Master—~30 quick. my boy, and” up how many head of cattle there are that herd. my.“ - ., maximums-ha WIWMMM ,h.
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