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Spiced Pickles of Cantcloupc. 1.
(Firm, hard fruit should be selected
for canteloupe pickles, which are very
good and very inexpensive, says the
New York Sun, The fruit should be
I. out along the ridges and peeled.
" be taken out and filled with a
. “The softest part of the inside and
theIseeds should be cut out and the
sections put into a quart jar length-
wise The jars should be steamed in
o steamer until they are hot, but be-
glare the fruit is cooked they should
hot
‘. .syrup made of two pounds of sugar
quarts of fruit.
and one quart of vinegar to each four
The spices—cloves.
,1: stick cinnamon and auspice—should
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- a? «be tied up in a piece of cheesecloth
, before being put in the jars.
Jars. covers and syrup should all
he very hot before they are sealed.
The p10-
If.les should be served with meat
Frult‘Pickie 1
A good mixed pickle is made by us-
ing apples. peaches and pears to-
gether. Rub the down off the peach:
as with a course cloth, peel the pears
if the skin he tough, otherwise situ-
1 .ply remove the blossom end, and peel
'__the apples, leaving the stems on.
Stick a couple of cloves in each piece
“1‘" ~10: fruit,‘
For six pounds of fruit allow three
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, in using dogs for purposes
-. Considering how well fitted dogs are
I filming the RussoJapanese war.
“ l A satisfactory
,in modern warfare. and,
‘1er far more acute than those of hu‘
, ‘m'sus, especially the senses of scent,
of sugar, a pint of strong 1inegar,
four dozen clo1 es and two dozen (as-
sin. buds. Cook the syrup 15 minutes,
skim .well, and put in the fruit, (‘ook
.yuntil tender, then pack in glass or
stone jars and seal.—\\'on1an‘s Maga-
.zine.
Meat on Toast.
method of utilizing
{pieces of meat remaining front a men]
do the making of mince for toast. For
this you should chdp the cold meat
very title and put it in a stewpan with
In small lunlp of butter and enough
.'waler to more than cover. says mé
After boiling about
qlfi3minutes’qstirmiu a well-beaten egg
land season with salt and pepper.
"—3,.thn this is poured oyer carefully
‘I‘toasted bread and seni'ed.;plping hot
it makes a most delicious breakfast
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by nature for certain sorts of police
_work indispensable in war time, it is
curious that more of them are not in
use. .
'Hand to hand fighting has, of
course, been virtually done away with
therefore,
dogs are not so formidable as of old,l
‘but for sentry duty or the seeking out!
of wounded on battle fields dogs are'
invaluable. This was shown clearly
I‘l’Fiu' back in the time of the ancients
I‘fdogs served as sentries. Emperor
Charles V.. and Philip, king of Spain,
employed them in this way, and Na-
..poieon counseled Marmont to fasten
"z'dogs to stake around the walls of
.‘Alexandria to watch and guard.
' It is well knownIthat dogs' senses
and hearing, so invaluable in police
work.
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Praises This Remedy
for Lung Trouble
_- Many people are led to believe that
. ”Lung Trouble is a disease which cannot
be conquered. is is wrong. as many
have fully recovered their benlth A
;. change of climate has helped some. but
; many more have been restored to health
~ by breathing the freshest alr,e:1ting Well-
cooked, “holcsotnr food being temperate
‘1 In their habits and adding the tonic qual-
1.1111111 of Eckmnu's Alterutlv,e a medicine
{or Throat and Lung Troubles. investi-
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"Gentlemen: The spring of 1908 II had
severe rough for six months. i tried
all the medicine that my doctors recom
mended to 1111-. but no results crime (01
.- like better. I had nluht invents: nnd would
«.1 not: h and spit until i got so weak 1
-.‘i' pond hardly do illtythlng But at lust.
mes Deering. of ulnsng Junction. in-
sted that i try your medicine. in one
weeks time fllPrl‘ was quite an im rove-
meat in my condition and arm bad
tithe!) several bottles i felt as well as
. over in my life 1 firm v belic u that
chmnn s Altm'ntive “ill relieve 6,1 case
Igniting trouble if taken before the lost
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hang yours' test to be most cfficnrlous'
or snore Throat and lung Affeuionn.
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Banana Jam.
Slice up a dozen bananas.
ery pound of the fruit allow
quarters of a pound of preservin sug-
ar.’ Take the juice and pulp 0 five
lemons and add them to the bananas
and sugar. Add a little water. Then
chop up half an ounce of preserved
ginger and add. Simmer very slow1
ly for 50 minutes—Louisville Herald.
Two Good Salads.
A salad that is particularly 11 wel-
come served with a hearty dinner is
this: Select large preserved cherries
and arrange them on lettuce with
stuffed olives, sliced. and t0p with
heavy mayonnaise.
Kumquais. sliced and served on en-
dive with a French dressing, make all.
other refreshing light salad. ——\'e11ark
News.
To ev-
three
Chocolate Cream Pie.
Chocolate, two squares, or cocoa
one-half cup; tine white breadcrumbs,
one-half cup; milk, two cups; sugar,
one»half cup; salt, one—quarter tea
spoon; vanilla, one teaspoon; pastry:
’eggs, two.
Melt the chocolate or cocoa in the
double boiler. Mix the sugar, bread-
crumbs, beaten egg yolks, salt and
milk. Add to‘the chocolate and Cook
until thick stirring constantly. Re-
move froril the fire and add flavoring.
Pour this into a pie-crust shell which
has been baked over the. bottom of a
perforated pie plate. Cover with - a
meringue made from the whites of
two egs beater-until stiff. then adding
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and'one
teaspoonful of lemon juice; or mix a
pinch of cinnamon with some sugar.
which is sprinkled oVer the top and
set in a moderate oven to brown.—
Philadelphia North American.
Beets in White Sauce,
When the beetsIare cooked tender
pour‘ofldbc boning water and pour
cold water over the beets. The skin
will come off easily and they may
then be cut into small squares or ob-
longs and served with a white sauce,
made from a cupl‘ul of chicken stock,
one tnblespoonful of butter, two ta-
blespoonfuls of flour. salt and pep-
per. The butter and flour should be
thoroughly creamed and the hot
chicken stock should be added, it
should be cooked 10 minutes slowly
before adding to the beets—Washing.
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Its Thickness and Lustre
At Once
Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea, with sulphur and alcohol
added will turn gray, streaked and
faded hair beautifully dark and lUXuri l
ant; remove every bit of dandruff,
stop scalp itching and falling hair.
Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur‘
recipe at home, though is troublesome
use tonic costing about 50 cents
laing bottle at drug stores known
‘Wyeths Sage and Sulphur
tell because it does it so naturally, so
evenly. You just dampen a sponge or
strand at a time; by morning all gray
hairs have disappeared. After another
application or two your hair: becomes
beautifully dark, glossy soft and lux
uriant vou appear years younger
HOW TO KEEP voUNG.
Body and Features.
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lows:
old as the mind thinks and feels.
chitin; monolith] dawn-n: stubborn
l and in ~ni1i1u the system.
thins no nnrcotiu. poisons 0: habit- .
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remverleannd wrlio to Eckmnn
mtory. Philadelphia. PL. for evi-
ce. For sale by all leading amulet!
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once to the same truth more fully andi
more helpfully perhaps. in the follow-l
lor character of thought, shapes
“A very general rule with but few source Of great disappointment
exceptions can be laid down as fol President Roosevelt particularly com-
Tbe body ordinarily looks as mented upon it
Baedeker carriers may now save khedive,
These .vain regrets are plsnipotentiaries of the Eastern world,
years the best psychology of theiliterallywasted on their desert air, for quantities of Nile sudd Were evaporat-
times when he said: “It is the mindjtwo German pundits, Herr .Dr. von ed, dried, compressed and chopped-
that makes the body rich.’ An emi- Roth and Professor von Haring.
nent modern writer has given utter- gather With an English military sa-
vant. after a painstaking investigation again dried and placed in moulds. The
of this fibre- like moss, have construct— bricks thus made, are the commercial
ing: "The prevailing state of mind, or Ied a startling theory that this was thoI suddite fuel. available for various val-
“Shakéspeare anticipated by manylthe tears.
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DRESSING WELL.
Frock Made Into an Underskirt.
if one of your light crepe de chine
frocks is out of date or somewhat
worn, it isn‘t necessary to cast it
aside or to give it away. instead.
make an underskirt of it. says the
Washington ‘lierald. if the skirt of
the frock isn't very wide it will be
all the better for this season’s petti-
coat. Even when wide frocks are
worn. the undershirt, to be smart.
must be scant,
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fwith the plain serge, and a penchant
for gold and silver buttons promises
,to bring glealns of brightness into the
.dark depths of an examination day.
if you wish a bounce on the un».
derskirt, this can be cut from the ma-
terial used in the bodice. It mat-
ters not how many pieces must be
put together to form the ruffle. for the
seams can be skilfully concealed when
the fiounce is accordion platted. This
plaiting can be done at a profession-
al plaiting establishment for a very
small sum. '1
If there is not enough matclial fot
the tasking of the whole shirt, the
upper half of the skirt may be of lin-
ing or lawn the same color as the
material.
You will very likely place a bias
piece as finish at the top of the ruffle.
it enhances greatly the appearance of
the petticoat to ornament this bias
piece with French knots or to run a
little vine of chiffon or silk buds about
the top of the bounce.
Motor Veils.
Some women sew small snap fas-
foners to the brim of the motor bon-
net and also to several veils, says the
Hartford Courant. so that u change"
of veils may be effected quickly when
the costume calls for particular col-
or. or when one o'eil has become
damp or. dusty midway of the trip and
one wiShes to freshen up a bit befort
entering a restaurant. I
Simplicity In School Dresses.
Simplicity is the keynote of‘ the
fashions for 5111001 children this fall.
The long straight lines are ideal for vebet brlmless affairs.
the mace of school girlhood
One particularly artistic model
the plain and striped combinations is
of dark blue serge with a sleeveless
tunic of Roman striped gabardine fallU
ing in a straight line from the neck
to just above the knee. The tunic is
bound with black braid frogs of the
same and two rows of brass-bullet but-
tons across the breast. A little collar
is of plain white linen and a black
patent leather belt confines the hips.
Another\model is of plain blue
serge, hanging straight from the white
collared neck to the kin-cs and but--
toned all the way with round but-
tons of silver. The long plain sleeves
have a row of buttons four deep over
the wrist. it has 11 plain blue serge
girdle and the undershirt is of dull
plaid
(.uimpes of white crepe de chine,
pussy willow taffeta, and white china
silk wufn under quaint blue serge
jumper dresses brightened occasion-
ally with bruss buttons or shades ill
black satin are as practbnl as thel’
are charming, for all of the guimpes
can be “tubbed” beautifully at the
first spot of ink or other school marks.
A smock frock of dark blue serge
and blue taffeta has an accordion
plaited skirt of the serge with the
loose smock waist of the taffeta bolt;
ed and finished around the bottom
with a band of serge. The collar and
cuffs are of white linen.
Another good style dress is of blue
and green check material made with
the long straight waist cut out low in
the neck over a little front of tinted
batiale, with a rolling col 1.1111' A belt
of green leather completes the cos-
fume
Small hats are as de rigour for the
school miss its for lch bi' sister, and
they are as good lnuhe small sailor
shapes as they are in the little round
0n the sailor
shapes. usually only 11 b‘nd of ribbon
Serge is the favorite maletul and is used and men on all other shapes
blue the apprmed color, with
green and brown, and dark shades of,
red not lacking in popularity. Many
dark little trimming is seen.
Don‘t tell people that you are as good
quaint and original little trucks are as they are; show them that you are
evolved by a combination of dull-ton-
body and features.
better.
Then they set about to
or pleasing, attractive or repulsive to prove their hypothesis by facts.
others. Our thought shapes our ges-
The periodic floodlngs of Egypt by
lures, our mannerism, our walk The the Nile may or man not have some-
Darkens Beautifull and RBSlPFBS ‘ least movement of muscle has a mood thing to do with the rapid- accumula-
of mind. a thought, behind it
\mlnd tion of this sedge, called sudd.
I'fll‘WyS determined has always a de- possibly has nothing whatever to do
it.
tormlned unlit. A mind always weak. with this formation; but that is neith-.
shifting, vaclilating and
makes a shuffling, shambling,
taln gait. The
braces e1 ery muscle.
““09"“an or here nor there, so far as coal is con-
uncer- cornedz The essential fact is that
Spirit Of determination gathers so quickly in the waters of
It is the thought the; Blue and White .\'lle that the an
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element of determination filling every plitition of such a reque and waste
muscle
in thought the elements of worry,
if 3'0“ send from YD“ to fuel uses will produce a cheap and
“eh easily accessible
material.
hatred 0“ grief, you are putting in coal is almost completely absent and
action forces injurious to your mind
and body. . .
them to their present expression.
Such people are never in good bealth.‘
soft brush with it and draw “‘1’ for that force acts on them as a poison
through your hair taking one small land cerates some form of disease.”
SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL.
Discovery in the River Nile of Cheap,
Abundant Article.
practically prohibited for fuel uses, at
L0°k at the dis- the necessarily high price in the Son-
to concontented, gloomy melancholy and dan industrial development of the
a “1 tempered men or women, and you country has been seriously retarded.
as ' see in their faces proofs of the actioni
Hair } of this silent force of their unpleasant
Wyeth 8 Sage and sulphur, 110 one can thought. cutting, carving and shaping
Just think of the possibilities, when
it is realized that there .are 35, 000
square miles of this Nile; sudd. It is
about three feet beneath the surface
of the river and grows to about twenty
feet in height from the Nile's bed. Com-
jposed of roots, stems, flowers, gross-
les,. papyrus and the like, it reappears,
even' if absolutely removed at any
.spot, in less than three weeks.
flow the first step taken by Captain
Bennett Damper and his Teutonic col-
For centuries it has been remarked, leagues was to arrange for the trans-
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and returning travelers today pelate, portation of the sudd to Khartoum
Prevailing Character of Mind Shapesitallt a strange growth of thick weeds The natives, every three weeks, cut
land sedge near the surface of the wa— the mass down, tie it
In the Womans Home Companion, ters of the \ile, above Khartoum, is make rafts and float them to Khar-
Ralph Waldo Trine, writing an arti- responsible for the impassabillty of the toum This was taken to Captain Ben-
cle entitled "What is Youth?—-What'l‘lV6|‘ at that point.
After Youth?" writes in part as fol- has visited the Soudan, the barely nav-l city and transformed into the dry com-
ligable Nile about that region is a pact bricks that he has named sud-
Ex- dite.
in bundles,
To any one who nett Dampers industrial plant in the
At the factory. which was recently
thrown open in the presence of the
Sir Reginald Wingate and
to- Treated with a salt. known at present
only to our military scientist, it is-
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character of thought, shapes the body sort of stuff that under proper geolml- uuble purposes.
the cal conditions, become what we recog-
It makes us ugly nize as coal.
Because Yet, even then. suddite- won on
inromnr muss
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in ordet to insure a good gloss onI
01 lstarched collars first mix the starchl
with cold water, add a tiny lump of
.butter the size of a small marble.‘
then pour on tile boiling watch—New
l-iaven Register.
Simple Canapea.
Take six anchovies and pound in a
mortar with an ounce of butter, a
dash of cayenne and a little grated
nutmeg; press through a sieve and
:spread on thin crackers These are
delicious.»~.\'ewark News,
Saving in Milk,
When making tomato bisque use
the water in which rice has been boil-
ed instead of milk. it will not curdle
and is much cheaper to use than
milk, besides being fully as good.-——
Los Angeles Express.
Suet and lard are best kept in tin
vessels. Salt pork, however, should
be kept in glazed earthenware.
When boiling turnips add a little
sugar ‘to the water; it improves the
flavor of the vegetables and lessons
the odor ill the cooking
if kerosene is rubbed into leather
hardened by water it will soften it
well. y
To keep white silk gloves from
turning color. wash in cold water with
tactile soap and add a little blulng to
the rinsing ‘watcr and dry in the
shade.
If candles are kept for some six
weeks orItwo months before use, the."
will give a better light and burn more.
slowly titan if used when quite new.
llishes which have become brown
and burnt from baking ill the oven
111111 be easily cleaned after they have
stood a while in borax water. ——Rich-
lnond Virginian
Add New Ruffle.
A good muslin pevtlcoat rarely
wears out at the top as quickly as
does its ruffle. When the edge of the
embroidery fruys, cut it off in an even
edge. hem on the narrowest hemmer
of a machine and add a rut‘i‘le of
torchon or linen lace. says the Denver
Times. An expert on the machine
can hem and sew lace at the same
time. The. lace should not be ruffled,
but held in enough to prevent pucker~
ing.
\Vithodt regard to the high stand-
ing of the savants‘as scientists of es:
tablished international reputation, the
Soudan government determined itself
to make rigid tests of suddite, its
method of manufacture and its actual
fuel value.
A big steamer was run up the Silo,
sixty-five miles. on a certain day, with
American coal. Another day exactly
like it, Welsh coal was used, then a
third day only the new material sud-
dite was used. This experiment was
carried out before Captain Damper dis-
covered his improved "salt" addition.
its
merits. It took the steamer seven
hourstund seven minutes with either
coal, and exactly seven hours with
the artificial coal.
Now, when it is realized that coal of
either sort costs in the Soudan $20.50
a ton, and suddite, if transported an
equal distance with the coal, costs only
$5.75 a ton—even though it actually
requires two tons of sun‘dite to each
ton of coal—well. as the sure thing
gambler says: "There is nothing to'
Inf—Boston Herald.
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will be among the very popular ma-
terials for school frocks this season.
Silk and wool mixtures are serviceable
and pretty, and their effectiveness is
enhanced by trimmings of plain white
lawn or batiste. This model has collar
and cuffs of batiste, one-half yard be—
ing required, while the belt is of plain
suede. it is made without a lining and
has a long, slightly bloused waist. For
a girl of average size 4 yards of its-i
inch or 3% yards of 44-inch material,
are required to make the design.
All of the dress may be cut from 3‘
fold of the material tilt is carefully;
Vmanaged.» The back (Ii), back tunio
(M) and collar scram laid along the}
lengthwise fold, and just below thesol
parts, but slightly raised from the fold.
so that they rest 011 a. lengthwise.
thread, are arranged the front (A).
front gore (J) and back gore (ii). Thel
cuff and belt, if made of the dress mil-l
tcrlal, may be cut from the material-
leiuubove the back, tunic and sleeve. .
The long waist first bus the under-11
arm and shoulder seams closed as
notched; then the lower portion is
gathered to fit into the bolt. Sew the
square collar to the neck edge and flu-
ish with lace or embroidery if desired.
Lap right front on left and ["ij to po-l
sltioi’t at lower edge. The front may
be scalloped and finished “‘llil button-
hole embroidery if a fancier effect is
desired. Make and insert sleeves.
Now 1111) front edges of right front
gore and right front tunic section of:
skirt on the left, with centers eyen.
. Large “0" perforations indicate center-
lronts; stitch to position. Join sections
as notched. Close back seam of skirt
creasing on
slot perforations, bring folded edge to
center-buck seam and press. Turn;
home in skirt and tunic on small "0",
perforations. Pleat upper edge of tu-
nic, placing “T" on corresponding small
perforations. Arrange tunic on
and upper
edges even. Sew to lowt-r edge of
waist, centers even, side seams at un-
Plnids are so fashionable that they der-urm seam.
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Tell of Wonderful Effect of
Mayr Remedy.
Many New England stomach stiffer-
ers and, in fact. people all o1er the
derful Stomach Remedy.
Hundreds in this state alone have
taken this remedy and tell today of
the benefits they received. its effects
come quickly—the first dose convinc-
es; no long treatment. Here is what
two who have taken it say:
street, Hartford, Conn., wrote: "My
pains left me the next day after tak-
ing the treatment. It is simply won-
derful how it relieved me."
MRS. CLARE SHAW, 21 Majestic
avenue, Norwood, R. 1., wrote: “I re-
ceived your sample treatment and it
saved my life. I am better now than
“I started in business early in life,"
remarked Representative George!
Young, of North Dakota, “and in an;
incredibly short time I 'was conduct-’
ing an independent line of traffic in
connection with one of the most im
portant branches of industry in that
section." There was a suspicious
twinkle in the eye of the honorable
member' of the House. . .
"To speak more plainly," be con-
tinned with a quiizlcal,qtiirk of the
corners of his mouth. ,“l made my
first money when I with seven years
old catching bullfrogs in the swamp
of the town and selling the legs
to the hotel keepers for 5 cents a
dozen pairs. When; later in life. I
found thesé some less quoted on the
cards of the city now "fit 75
cents and a dollar a pair, I could
have scalped the hotel keeper for.
swindiing a seven-years-old child;_
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i have been for 20 years."
Mrs. Shaw had been treated both
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United states. have found remarkable clears the digestive tract 0‘ mucoid
results from the use of “syn Won- 'accretions and poisonous matter
it .
brings swift relief to sufferers from
ailments of the stomach, liver and
bowels. Many say it 'has saved them
from dangerous operations; many are
sure it has saved their lives.
Because of the remarkable success
of this remedy there are many imi—
tators. so be cautious. Be sure it’s
TMAYR‘S. For sale by all drug«
‘gists. and ask about the, wonder.
fin results it has been accomplishing
in cases they know—or send to George
H. Mayr, Mtg. Chemist, 154-156 ,Wbit—
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stomach ailments and many grateful
letters from people who have been re-
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Wm.
“My only fear—felt every time I
made a delivery—was that my pure
'cllaser might complain that “the high"
"Five cents for just a dozen oldI
bulifrog legs! It seemed almost too
Thare they were.
squatting down there in the swamp.
waiting for me to come and get ’em.
All i had to do to get a. whole five
cents' worth was just to slosh around
in the muddy ooze that oftentimes
reached my ,knees, and sometimes
fall in a hole over my head, and bark
my shine and get mosquito-bitten and
my face scratched and my clothes
tom—just that for about four or,
five hours any day, and l'd have fully
five cents’ worth. Time?
a boy‘s time! 1
What's .
prices were ruining him and“ demand
a reduction of a couple of cents a
dozen; of course I’d have yielded rath-
er than let my monopoly go.
,“Also, I feared at times that; oven
production might glut 'the market:|
frequently I would forbear to catcll'
another half dozen lest the sudden;
dumping of such a quantity—morq
than the public could readily absorb
—migbt break the market and bring
on a panic-in prices.
“I didn't know it, but I was play
ing the Wall Street game in all its
essentials: so was that hotel keeper!"
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