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To ward oil the political evils of illiteracy the states most effected by them (Pennsyl­ vania, for example), have only to pro- Tide, as Massachusetts and most of the southern states have done, against put­ ting the ballot In the fists of people who cannot read it But by a curious contradiction the utmost facilities for enabling ignorance, native ana natur­ alized, white and blaek, to exercise the suffrage are afforded by Pennsylvania and other states In which most of the illiterate immigrants find lodgment. If these states should apply the educa­ tional test to the elective franchise there .would be little cause for com­ plaint concerning the Immigration of illiterates from Europe." Our Army Is Small. In the sense in which the term is used in Europe, this country has no 'military reserve. The two military forces recognized by law and custoto are the regular army and the "militia.' The regular army Is a comparatively small force. Taking into consideration |ts*slze, population and position among nations, this country has the smallest standing army in the world. For many years preceding the war with Spam our regular army numbered only about 25,000 men. With the outbreak of hos­ tilities with Spain came a very large increase. After the close of the con­ flict, however, there was a steady, radi­ cal reduction, until the American standing army to-day numbers only about 60,000 men. Of these,, about one- fourth, or In the neighborhood of 15,- 000, are In the Philippines. A small force is maintained in Alaska, and a still smaller in Hawaii, leaving, in round numbers, 40,000 soldiers of the regular army in this country, or an in­ crease of only about 15,000 since the days preceding the conflict with Spain. Rev. Thomas F. Millar, a preacher of Cainsvllle, Mo., announced to his con­ gregation last Sunday morning that a collection for foreign missions was about to be taken up, but that he wanted no member to give a cent un­ less he had already paid his butcher, baker, grocer and printer. "Pay your local debts first," he said, "and then pay the debt you owe to the heathen." Report has it that the miBsionay col­ lection .was small, but the respect of > the congregation for the preacher wai­ ter ge. There would seem to be no end to the hidden dangers of the streets. A gentleman who sends a letter to the Pall Mall Gazette describes himself as "A nitrate of ammonia explosive manufacturer." And to think that one might accidentally knock up ngainst him in a crowd. Rural Water Supply. < "When such great sums of money art being expended by city government*^ that the inhabitants of towns may feave* a sanitary water supply, it 6eems: strange that the supply in rural towns, should receive little or no attention. Tilts latter population may seem rel­ atively insignificant, but according to the last census it comprises about 40,- 000,000 souls. This means that 40,- <>00,000 people are drinking the water most available, without a thought of- tts sanitary condition. These various sources of supply, whether well3, springs or small streams, are similarly unreliable for furnishing drinking wa­ ter. The statistics of mortality in the country are very indefinite, but even these show that the rural population is not as free from illness as it should be. And though everywhere the rural death rate is lower than the urban death rate, yet the lowering in the country has not been as great as in the city. An examination of typhoid statistics shows that the death rate of other diseases is generally lower in the countrj^than in the city, but the prevalence of typhoid is almost equal - to if not greater in the rural districts than in the cities. Several instances have been reported which show the rural typhoid rate to be ten times greater than the urban rate for the same district To particularize, a cer­ tain district in central Pennsylvania proves this fact It is made up of a rural population with 100 inhabitants to the square mile. It is a region of fine farms, wild mountains and woods, cbuntry residences and picnic groves. And in this valley there has been as much typhoid fever as In the city of Philadelphia. Sad as this condition ist there seems to be no remedy for it. The sources of a city water supply are few, and the city government easily controls the conditions affecting it But what can be done when tae sources of supply are numbered by tne thousands.. A mint of money and an army of chemists would not be suf­ ficient to give the same care to the country supply that is given to that of the city. f % , ; ' - i s arged Employe Testifies to Man­ ipulation of Wicks and Burners in Order to Demonstrate Rival Brands Were Inferior. *7̂ RIOT IN ZION CiTY. Dowie Stirs Up Trouble at Sunday , iter vice®--Hissed by \ Followers* In a recent month 78,000 letters and circulars that were improperly ad­ dressed were returned from the dead- letter office to the senders, and there are still on hand nearly tbree-qu^rtctrv of a million* to be examined. (&icago.~-j|i!i amazing story of Stan­ dard Oil corruption and bribery, of the systematic training of employes to commit deceitful practices, if not ac­ tual crime; wholesale debauching of human character-^, story that dis­ closed ar business record so black as scarcely to be credible in the twentieth century--such a tale was told upon the witness stand Saturday before the in­ terstate commerce commission. The story was the climax of a three days' investigation, during which for­ mer employes turned informers on Standard Oil.- It was the day of the independent dealer, and if the record gees for anything it serves to even up a long score in which the debit side heretofore was largely in favor of the Standard company. After hearing the revelations of al­ leged crime committed to drive inde­ pendent dealers out of business, of de­ ceit practiced to convince dealers that there was no virtue save in Standard OI» products; of men's honor purchased by wholesale that Standard Oil monop­ oly might be strengthened and in­ creased, of a well-kept school for crime which was, perhaps, no better and no worse than that of the celebrated Fa- gin of1 story-book, the commission ad­ journed to meet again in Cleveland. M^y 24. In the latter city will be heard the independent refineries' side of the Standard's alleged oppression and sinister, If not Illegal, methods em­ ployed in securing a firm grasp upon the oil trade. The stories which have been told hero have been those of the independ­ ent retailer and of the independent wholesaler. The stories to be heard In Cleveland will deal with the struggTes of the Independent refiners to keep their heads above water--a struggle, witness "fcb make poor oll show tip better than good oil. In making these tests before dealers who were using other oils we always selected a lamp with a shallow bowl, bo the oil would not have to be drawn up so far. The cheaper grades of oil are n6t drawn up to the end of the wick so readily as the better grades. We always used a new lamp for the competitor and an old one for ourselves. At that time was fighting the oil sold by the Na* tional Oil company in Illinois towns. Its oil runs about 49 in specific gravity, while the perfection of the Standard runs about 44 to 45&. , Manipulates Lamp Wicks. "The first thing we do is to dry out both wicks and then surreptitiously moisten the wick of the lamp repre­ senting our competitor. The result of this trick is that when the Wick burns down to the wet point the light diminishes white ours remains bright. In order to make our flame show up white we cut the competitor's wick off squarely, making a thick flame, while we trim ours with a thin sur­ face, making a lighter; flame. Both lamps are always placed against a white background, which makes the whiter flame look whiter and the dull flame duller. "Still another trick is to <fut our wick so it will hang perfectly straight in the bowl, while the other wick is cut long so it curls up in the lamp and the oil has to be drawn further. Before the lamps are lighted we work the competitor's wick up a bit so that after it has burned a short time the wick chars and the lamp smokes." "Do you do anything with the chim­ ney?" was asked. • Hakes Unfair Tests. "Yes. It is necessary to have a ^!ia®ii:'ii^Gory riot in 2ion tab­ ernacle, with John Alexander Dottle feebly striving to quell a battle which a tirade of his own had stirred up, jpdeled another chapter to the recent historic events in the religious com- ' ̂ hiunity on the north shore Sunday, . Owing to the rainy weather, Voliva Was unable to hold the afternoon meet­ ing which he had planned on the Zion university campus. Many of the Voliva following attended the meeting in the tabernacle, making a crowd of more than 1,000 persons, most of whom ap parently had been attracted by curi­ osity. After replying to the charges made by Voliva, Dowie called the deacons and Overseers who have turned against him a "pack of thieves and robbers, saying he^would live to depose them as they deposed him. Immediately the entire audience was in an uproar. The Voliva faction threatened the speaker, while the . fol­ lowers of Dowie crowded about the platform to protect their leader. "Don't forget," said Dowie, irritated, "that the Christian Catholic Apostolic church is under my banner. Without me it does not exist. The rebellious overseers have been removed. They are thieves and robbers!" More hissing and cries of "No! Never!" from the audience. "Thieves and robbers!" repeated Dowie, in louder tones. No, you're the robber!" shouted the audience. "You took all the money!" shouted the audience. "Pay your debts!" "I never left unpaid a dollar of debt," pleaded Dowie. How about my money in Mexico?" yelled a man named Armstrong, a South African, who has thousands of dollars tied up in the coluonlzatlon project The trouble was precipitated by Dowie's statement that Mrs. Ruth CHntel had died because she was a reb­ el. He also affirmed he would have paved her had she asked for his prayers, rather than those of the rebel leaders. CARL SCHURZ PASSES AWAY NOTED GERMAN-AMERICAN EX­ PIRES AT NEW YORK. forced to Hee Native Land for Par­ ticipation in Revolution He At- ; tained Honor in America. , MAP SHOWING PlPi LINES LAID BY THE STANDARD OIL COM­ PANY. LMZ PLNNSVLWa/M ••'a** •'MUSWU ! Lift1"1/ the Standard foe say, of honest meth­ ods and square dealing as against dis­ honesty and double dealing. Secret Rate Evidence. The commission also succeeded In securing the first evidence regarding the secret and mysterious six-cent rate which the Standard Oil company, ac­ cording to Commissioner Garfield's re­ port, enjoyed for years. Charles J. Smith, assistant secretary of the Illi­ nois railroad and warehouse commis­ sion, declared that the rate had never been on file. H. E. Blowney, rate man for the Burlington, declared that his company had filed an application sheet with the interstate commission stating that Whiting took the Chicago rates. Commissioner Prouty took the wit­ ness in hand and showed that whi.e this may have been done there was nothing on file with the commission showing what the Chicago rate was. There could be but one conclusion, he said, and that was that the Standard Oil company had enjoyed that rate se­ cretly and unknown to anyone for yeays. Exposes Trade Tricks. The story Saturday was of additional methods employed by the Standard Oil company for throttling competi­ tion. At the opening of the morning §£ssion the commission decided to ad­ mit the testimony oi H. L. Hibbs, against which the Standard Oil attor­ ney objected so strenuously. Hibbs proved a glib witness, as well as an apt pupil In Standard methods. He said he was in the service of the Stand­ ard Oil company from 1892 until early in 19^5, starting as a roustabout and chimney fit very tightly to the brass burner in order to get good results, sp we gently bend the burner of the competitor's lamp so some air will get in and interfere with the light. It is also necessary that all of the holes in the burner are free, so the ri&'ht amount of oxygen can get to the flame, so we stop up some of the holes with blackened flour or something el-je, which we rub on our fingers and frcm them to the burner." The witness also told how he used to arrange matters In the tests so the competitor's lamp would draw out the magnesia from the oil and black­ en the chimney, thereby heightening the contrast between Standard and other oils. Resorts to Bribery. "Do you know anything about 41re bribery of railway employes to secure cancellation of contracts with inde- pendendents?" 'Tea. At a recent dinner given by C. H. Hand, manager at Cincinnati, of the Standard Oil company of Ken­ tucky, we fell to discussing business and methods of securing it and retain­ ing it. Mr. Hand told us that one of his salesmen had recently gotten some business by the use of $100 in money. Robert Carlisle* was the man he said had used the money." "Did he say what the business was that this bribery secured away from ah Independent?" 'He did not, other than to mention that it was a handsome business and had proven a good investment on the $10Q." "Did you ever get Information for ending with employment of importance | the Standard by illegitimate meth- to the company. He was asked to 11- ods'" lustrate some of the tricks which the company instructed its agents to use In convincing people that none but Its oil was fit for use. To do this Mr. Hibbs was provided with a lamp, with which he made a demonstration. "It is a very easy thing," began the "I frequently did so. I was, for ex­ ample, instructed to' get the bills of lading of the Royal Oil company, at Monmouth, III. I secured them by al­ lowing a man a certain amount a month and the Standard paid tths bills." Seek Sherrick's Release. Indianapolis, Ind.--Attorneys for Da- yld E. Sherrick, former state auditor, convicted of embezzlement and now serving a sentence of from two to" 14 years, in the state prison. Thursday filed In the supreme court a brief sup­ porting their petition for supersedeas in the reviewing of the Sherrick case. The brief alleges that Louis Held, one of the jurors, was prejudiced against the defendant. Sherrick's re­ lease is sought pending the review of his case by the court „ Florida Water Kills Indians. Ro8ethorn, Sask. -- Two more In­ dians dead and six in a ?erlo>ia condition. This is the latest re- velopment In the Florida water trag­ edy on the Duck Lake Indian reserva­ tion. Newfoundland Solons Rest. V St. Johns, N. F.--The colonnlal leg­ islature closed Thursday. The gov- ernbr hps assented to all the bills passed, the most important of which being the foreign fishing vessel act against. American fishermen. German Evangelical Synod. Indianapolis, Ind.--Ministers and laymen of Jhe Indiana district of the German Evang&lical aynod began their annual conference in this city Tfturs- tday. Delegates are present from In- ; rfliana, Oiilo and Kentucky. T,„. }a Many Die of Cholera. Sidney, N. S. W.--During the voy­ age of the Steamer Faukla from India to Suva, Fiji islands, 124 coolies were taken sick with cholera and 61 died. Mrs. Davis Seriously HI. York.--Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the president of the south­ ern confederacy, is dangerously ill of the grippe in her apartments in the Hotel Gerard in West Forty- fourth street this city. As Mrs. Davis is, nearly 80 years old, It la feared that the attack may be fatal. Wisconsin Preacher Dies. Janesville, Wis.--Rev. Henry Sewell, for 52 consecutive years a Methodist preacher, died Thursday at EransviUe, Wis. He was 73 years old. BEGIN WtfR ON DRUG fRUST Government Files Petition in Indiana Asking Injunction Against Alleged Combine. Washington.-^The attorney general Wednesday made public the following statement: "The government has to­ day filed in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Indi­ ana a petition for an injunction against certain associations, corpora­ tions and individuals, comprising what is commonly known as the "Drug Trust of the United States." The parties defendant specifically named in the bill have voluntarily combined together to control the prices at which which proprietary medicines and drugs shall be sold to the consumer through the retail druggists in violation of the Sherman antitrust law. New York.--The Proprietary Asso­ ciation of America, one qf the defend­ ants In the petition filed by Attorney General Moody for an injunction to re­ strain certain associations, corpora­ tions and individuals from controlling prices in the drug trade, is holding its annual meeting In this city. "How can they restrain us from do­ ing what we are not doing?" asked President Cheney. "The whole thing Is absurd. There is no such thing as drug trust The phrase is a mis­ nomer--coined from ignorance of the real functions of the Proprietary as­ sociation. GOLL AT FEDERAL PRISON Former Official of Milwaukee National Bank Begins Ten Year Term at Leavenworth. Leavenworth, Kan.--Henry G. Goll, former cashier of„ the First National bank at Milwaukee, recently found guilty of misapplying the funds of that Institution and making false entries and sentenced to ten years In the Unit­ ed States penitentiary at Fort Leaven*-" worth, arrived at the prison Sunday." Goll appeared perfectly cool when he entered the prison gates and remarked that he was glad the trial was over. Warden McClaughry said he would as­ sign the prisoner to do clerical work. He may work in the same department with Frank G. Bigelow, former presi­ dent of the First National bank, now serving ten years for his part In em­ bezzling the funds of the bank. Big Lake Strike Ends. Cleveland, O.--Following confer­ ences between President Keefe, of the Longshoremen's union and allied labor Interests and representatives of the dock managers, It was announced Wednesday night that the strike of the longshoremen on the lakes has been settled. The men will go back to work on the basis of last season's wages, pending another conference. Masonic Temple Burned. Indianapolis, Ind.--Fire Wednesday damaged the Masonic Temple at Washington 6treet and Capitol avenue, to the fextent of $15,000 and caused a total loss of $25,000. Raper command- ery and several blue lodges lost their paraphernalia. Captain and Crew Drowned. - Cleveland, O.--The schooner Algeria sank about two miles off the harbor of Cleveland Wednesday morning, and Capt. Martin Eller and three of his men lost their lives. Germany to Tax Autos, Berlin.--The reichstag Wednesday passed a bill taxing automobiles from two to ten marks per horse power. A motion to exempt from taxation all automobiles used for commercial and industrial uses was rejected. Alleges Bribe Was Solicited. N*sw York.-r-H. Milton Kennedy, who had a contract for the removal of refuse and ashes from Brooklyn, tes­ tified Wednesday that State Senator Patrick H. McCarren asked .Kennedy's financial backer for $25,000. New, ^Tork.--Carl Schurz, widely known as a publicist, and former cab­ inet member, died at 4:35 a. m. Mon­ day. Death was due to a complication of diseases following an attack of stomach trouble, which became acute qh Thursday last In spite of brief pe­ riods of seeming improvement, Mr. Schurz slowly failed and Sunday sank into a stage of coma, which continued until the end. At the bedside were a son, Carl L., andN two daughters, Marl- ann'e and Agatha; Edward L. Pre- ; torius, Mr. Schurz' business partner, and Drs. Jacob! and Strauss. Carl Schurz was born at Libau, Prussia, March 2, 1829. He was well educated, taking a course of studies at the University of Bonn. He took part in the revolution of 1848, and was an adjutant in Hhe army of the insur­ rection, and after the surrender of the fortress of Rastadt, Where his regi­ ment had been garrisoned, he escaped to Switzerland. Schurz then spent some time in Paris and London, engaged in writing for the press and In teach­ ing, and In 1852 *he came to the United States. He lived three years at Phil­ adelphia, and then went to Watertown, Wis., to live. During the presidential campaign of 1S56 he made his first en­ try into American politics by making speeches in the German - language In behalf of the Republican party. MURDER RUSSIAN OFFICIALS Admiral Is Stabbed by Workman, While Police Captain Is Victim of Bomb Thrower. St. Petersburg.--Vice Admiral Kuz- mich, commander of the port, who was extremely unpopular with the work­ men, was assassinated here Monday by workmen whose May demonstration he had attempted to stop. Tfie admiral was killed at the new admiralty works, a government institution^ About 9:30 a. m. the admiral " was emerging from a small shop in the works when a workman, who had been concealed around the corner of the building, leaped on Kuzmich from be­ hind and drove a dagger into his back. The assassin fled into a large forge, where he was lost among the men em­ ployed there. Warsaw.---While Police Captain Con- stantinoff was standing with two po». licemen and four soldiers,, a young man threw a bomb Into the group. The explosion o£ the bomb literally tore Capt. Constantlnoff to pieces and severely wounded a policemati and six other persons. The assassin tried to escape and, firing his revolver, wound­ ed a soldier. The other soldiers re­ plied with a volley, killing the assas­ sin and two other persons. RAISE CONGRESSMAN'S PAY Gentleman from Tennessee Desig­ nates His Colleagues in House os Moral Cowards. Washington.--During the discussion of legislation affecting the interests of the District of Columbia in the house Monday, Mr. Gaines (Tenn.) in­ quired: "Why do we sit here like a lot of cowards and raise everybody else's salary and not raise our own?" Mr. Sims (Tenn.), "because we want to come back here." (Laughter.) Mr. Gaines continued: "We are a lot of moral cowards not to raise our own salaries. A whole lot of us get a whole lot more than we ought to have and others do not get enough. Of course a lot of people are opposed to it just as a lot of people were op­ posed to the passage of the law against members riding on railroad passes." DOWIE DOESN'T TURN CHEEK .Appeals to Judge Wright to Push In­ junction Proceedings, ,Alleging Violation by Voliva. Chicago.---John Alexander Dowie Monday took personal charge of seek­ ing punishment of persons who caused disorder at his meeting in Shiloh tab­ ernacle Sunday. He instructed his at­ torney, Emil C. Wetten, to draw Judge Wright's attention to the fact that the terms of the court order issued at the first hearing of the injunction pro­ ceedings against Voliva, to the effect should not be interfered with, had been grossly violated. He also or­ dered his councilors to announce that all negoti&tlons for the appointment of a triumvirate were ofl! and that the court proceedings should proceed, h Michigan Lumberman D< Pasadena, Cal.--Grover M. Antrim, a wealthy lumberman of Grand Rapids, Mich., died here. He was 37 years old. Long Term for Murderer. St. Louis.--On * plea of guilty of murder in the second degree Elmer Stelzreide, 20 years of age, was sen­ tenced in the circuit court to 99 years' Imprisonment for the killing of his bride of seven souths on February 16. Liie wives Way. Kansas City, Mo.--Fred Gilbraach, a showman connected with a "Fighting •the Flames" exhibition, was injured by the breaking of a net into which he had leaped from a third story window of a burning building. Supreme Court Washington.--The supreme court of the United States Monday took a re­ cess until next Monday, when after de­ livering opinions and hearing motions there will be another adjournment for a week, when the final adjouroiftiat for the term will take place. To Force Strike Settlements Cleveland, O.-'-Coal operators of the middle district of Ohio, decided to sup­ port the aggressive policy of the Pitts­ burg Vein Operators' association to force a settlement of the coal strike. The Favorite Route East. Passengers from Chicago to Ft. Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, New York City, Boston and all points east, will find it to their interest by selecting for their jour­ ney the NICKEL PLATE ROAD from Chicago. Three through trains are run daily with Modern Day Coaches and Luxurious Pullman Sleeping Cars to New York City, also through Sleeping Car Service to Bos­ ton and intermediate points. Rates always the lowest and.no excess fares are charged for any part of the trip. The S PLATE ROAD Dining Service is right up-to-date. Individual Club Meals Price8 ranging from 35 cents to fi.00: afeo meals a la carte. A11 trains £hlCa#°„ fr°™ ^e La Salle St. Sta- n?! u °rfull information address J. \. Chicago,' jjJ®neral Agent, 113 Adams St., One Kind of Investigation. takin? a great deal of inter- Ji-v investigation." . i,,-- ®!'" an8we'e(i the statesman. "I have to give it «fclose# personal attention. L^L^r sure it' doesn't develop tnmjr I don t care to have known."-- Washington Star. ? Can't Hold On. "An you fond of yachting. Miss Gray?" , Oh, yes! At the very thought of the inspiring breeze, the straining sail, the rushing water, I can hardly contain My­ self." "Y-yes--that's the way it affects me." --Cleveland J<eader. A personally conducted party to a special train of Puilman sleepers will leave Chicago July lfith, i'or a tour of the East, covering Detroit, Toronto, Niagara Falls, St. Law® renee River, Thousand Islands, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, White Mountains, Pert- land, Me.f Old Orchard, Portsmouth, Plvm- outh, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington. Foe complete itinerary with rates and other details, ad­ dress A. C. Shaw, Gen. Agent. Canadian Pacific Railway, Chicago. TIL A good many modern novels would be of more lasting value if. their authors only devoted more time to thinking what to say instead of how to tiay it.---Boston Globe. . JSome men make such a big fuss about planning for big things that they over­ look the necesuty of attending to the little details. • You always Get full value in Lewis* Sin­ gle Binder straight 5c cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, IJ1. There is no more insufferable bore than the man who has so much common tiense that he has no imagination.--Judge. Complexion bad? Tongue coated? liver deranged? Take Garfield Tea. Genius is Seldom bothered with book­ keeping.--.Life. issAlbyT'Barrw CORDIAL INVITATION 1 " 1 ADDRESSED TO WORKING GIRLS Jtftaa Barrows Tells How Mrs. Pink* t.> ̂ liam's Advice Helps Working CMrla. . *«' ; -A . Girls who work^S' are particularly?*. ̂ ..-ai, susceptible to fe­ r n a 1 e d i s o r d e r s , ] especially those ' who are obliged^ f\v to stand on theii_ ' V- feet from morn- j ing until night ii»!H 1 - stores or facto* ries. ' Day in and day ' out the girl toils, and she is often the bread-winner oi the family. Whether she is sick or well, whether it rains or 6hines, she • must get to her place of employment, perform the duties exacted of her-- . „ smile and be agreeable. Among this class the symptoms of female diseases are early manifest by weak and aching backs, pain in tho:'.,; /•;' lower limbs and lower part of thofff* J t stomach. Inconsequence of frequent?*'.'/, i wetting of the feet, periods becomo;V£ painful and irregular, and frequently ?;* there are faint and dizzy spells, with £ loss of appetite, until life is a burden, fig • i All these symptoms point to a de-( rangement of the female organism - J,." which, nan be easily and promptly-*'/.t cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-f - ble Compound. r. ^V-' l- Miss Abby P. Barrows, Nelsonville, K: ; /• Athens Co., Ohio, tells what this great " ,?j medicine did for her. She writes: "**»/ o Dear Mrs. Pinltham:--• V "I feel it my duty to tell you the good ,?! Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable- Compound J. v -£!fj and Blood Purifier" have done forme. Before I took them I was very nervous, had dull headaches, pains in back, and periods were irregular, Ihad been to several doctors, they did me no good. 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