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J-O'.LteUED KYEKY TUUKSDAY
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
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On Viao St., Ono niock North of Main,
Corner of Fifth St.
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VOLUME XI.
PLATTSMOUTJ f, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 187(5.
NUMKHR ii.
THE HERALD.
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in advance.
KxtracopiesofthellKU.vi.il for sale ly II. J.
Ptn k-lit, at tin1 J'li-tritnii-. iuhI O. V. Johnson, cor
ner if .Main and a ifih Hn.ru.
BCECK,
DEALtR IN
3?Yt t n i t ur e,
SAFES, CHAINS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
TU HI"., r.Tc,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
"VVooclon CofTins
Of I1 fizc, ready-made, and sold cheap for can
With many Uiau.i for pswt patronsj I lnylte
a.'l lo raj) and rx:una; my
lai:;j: stock ok
i u i t ur cincl f HIii-(.
;ai g
SHANNON'S
LiTfliy, Sale and FeeJ
oisr ivrviisr street,
K.i-t of the Pl.ittc V:- House.
!
Tha Oldest Livery Stabb in Ike Town.
Giod Tram j Always O i Hand.
C artful I r n r seat with c irr!;c'es if de dred.
C.iri'.c.'i s M ill t.i 1'. to ini-i't I r i .in w lu nev it
ordered.
ThoOnly HEARSE in Town.
Fioh-itv s nil. ml. 1 nnd :.i i i.e.-' .- furnished to
fnrhii-. Adore-.,
t Uv
J. W. SHANNON,
I'l.ATi'SMul Til. MIS.
II. 1. HTi;i!.iii & SON,
'.Vli..l.-l- ah-1 Itetail I). tier, in
PINE LUMBER,
SAfoII, DOORS, BLINDS. ETC.,
On T-Iitin St., cor. Fifth,
1'I.ATTSMOUTII. - - KKI5.
STILL BETTER RATES
For ILi ui n'1
"WINTER STOCK
II. A. WATERMAN & SON.
WE '.VII. I. SKI. I.
AU Grades of Lumber Cheap.
FOR YOUR GROCERIES
J.V.WECKBACH
Cor. Third nt;d M.iin Sts., ri:it!niiuii;li.
t iuthnnnn'r old ttand.)
llekei-ps on haud ;i lurue and wt.ll tcln.tcd
btdck ( (
Fancy Groceries,
COFFEES, TEAS,
KTC, KTC,
Also a Large Stock of
DRY GOODS
Boots and Shoes,
v hock i : i: v , j r i: i: n s w a k i : ,
Tc , Kti-., K't:.
In rrin'-''tkn wi:li ti:- (inm ry i-- ;t
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Hi'i:i-t 1'iiip I'ai.l lirlmilrj Pi ikI-hi-.
A fi:!l Murk nt t.i tain ". and il n.it he under-old.
Take noun' c f ll. Sii-n :
rM!-Il;K J'.AKKKY AXU i.l.OCK.HY.
nlil THE OLD
CLOTEIIG STAID
WM. GTADELMANN,
Nearly opp. Saunders House, on Main St.
.Ai tli" old :.ir.- I ftill lnd.I f.r:h. mid rr tin-
i.t-uni:il v r I .( r ."d "H ri-e - 1 . I
iii' i.n. Il u (in not ! !: it. foim; :nid !?'.
A I.arsc Modi of 4 2thiuu,
?Il'tN It II (I IiJ .
PATH. CATS.
runs, glovks
ana JEWULRY.
i-nt' KnrniliitiL' (h!j ill v-ry iiri ty.
:ind Slrne", :Ui-. Tnini:". Va!i-'. I"!'".
M v .iok fr liiM.t-. and SIhh--. Knr and Jewrlry.
I atn if -iiivrly rlofinu O i-i J"ir I
li;'! k p tli. - liiu .
All Coeds at a Creat Reduction
in Prices.
I':..ttiM.u:h. Nt h.. Jail:
I'liATTSMOliTH MILLS,
ruoTSMorrn kedkaska.
Cos bad Heiel, Proprietor.
O. F- JOHNSON,
DEALER IS
Drugs, Medicines,
awn
JE
WALL PAPER.
ALSO. DKALER I If
Books, Stationery
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
rSTr'acrlptlone ran-fally compounded bj an
experienced DrO(t2iet.jj;J
REMEMBER TIIB PLACE
Cor, Fifth and Main Streets,
I'LATTSMOUTH, NEB.
FOUNDRY
MACHINE SHOPS.
I'LATTSMOUTH, N KB.,
Repa'rsr c! Steam Engines, Boilers,
Saw and Grist Mills.
GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS,
Wrought Iron I'ipi-, Korec nud Lift rip!, Steam
Caul's. Safety- Valve hivi-rnnrs and nil
kinds of BrasM Kni:ine Kittin re
paired on nhort notlee.
i'ti-m IVtncliinory
Ki-paired Short Not iee. 4-yl
Sewing
acmnss !
NEW, IMPROVED LOCK-STITCH
GROVER & BAKER
Sowing Arii(?iiiic',
FOR SALE BV
CHARLES VI ALL,
With all the Extras and Attachments,
such as Needles, Oil, Tuckers,
Binders, Etc.
Those who contemplate bnyiiijr machine will
do well to cive the 1 rover i Baker a trial. Sat
ii-faetion ".'iiarantei-d, and the rhi-upeft maehiue
in the market. All orders hy mail promptly at
tended to. Address
Jm'i CHARLES VIALL, Plattsmouth, Neb.
CUUKEXT PARAfiKAPIIS.
Joiix T. IIahtkankt was rcinaugu
rated Governor of l'ennsylvani.i on the
lsih.
A thoposeij iNilitical hanquct lo Gam
lietta, at JIarsscillcs, lias lieen forliidJen Jy
the French commander.
The rcnnsyl vania Democratic State
Convention lias been called to iiict at
Lancaster on the 2-il of March
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Tiik failure of a larcje Mlk-housc, with
over $1,000,000 liabilities, w as announced
from Lyons, France, on the lVtfi.
John Lo-riiKor Mori.KYhaslK en elected
Foreign Associate of tin; French Acad
emy of Moral and Political Science.
Admikai. Ku.vr.iiE, Russian Minister of
Marine, died recently, and Vice-Admiral
Lessowski has I mm n appointed his tuc-cesf-:r.
Mits. Andhew Johnson, w idow ot ex
I'resident Johnson, tiled recent I3' tit her
daughter's residence, near Greenville, Tennessee.
Two cotton-mills, one at Manchester,
and the other tit Astley, Fngland, were re
cently destroyed by lire, involving a loss
of over $."00,0O0.
Geo. S. Bancs, ex Superintendent ot
the United States Kailway Mail Service,
has been appointed by President Grant
Assistant United States Treasurer at Chicago.
The Democratic National Committee
will meet in Washington on the 2d of
February to fix the place and time lor
holding the next National Democratic
Convention.
The English National Kitle Association
has accepted the challenge of the Ameri
can l.irle Association to compete in a
match for the championship of the world
during the Centennial.
The Berlin police have discovered that
'Thoniassen, the dynamite fiend, was
charged, in Wti, with scuttling a ship on
lxiard of which he had goods insured in
England for .12 1 ,000.
A hkcent Washington dispatch states
that Secretary Chandler has appointed a
commission to examine intothe suspended
pension cases and to direct payment
wherever no. actual fraud barred the grant
of pension.
Sm John H. Ci-oveh, the newly-appointed
Governor of Newfoundland, re
cently arrived in Paris for the purpose of
settling the differences between France
and England in rehuion to the Newfound
laud fisheries.
First national Bant
OF Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SUCCZSSOB TO
Tootle, Iliiiiua St Clurlc.
Jons Fitzgerald
E. O. Jiovrr
A. W'. Mi l,ti-uHi.ix....
Joiix O'Kocuke
FreMdent.
.....Vice-Prenident.
, Cashier.
, . . Assistant Cashier.
Tills Bank is now open for Tinnincw their new
room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and are pre
pared to traneacl a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bords, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available in any part of the United Stnte and in
ail the Vnneipal Towns and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
- CELEBRATED
rLOUTt, CORN HEAL, FEED,
tlwajs n liand acJ for sale at lovictt cash prlc ,
1 b Higbe't rrice for WTseat and Cora.
Particular atuctton gifea Us cusica vro.Jt.
OF JSrriV3IlCl2i.
Teroons wishing to bring out their friends from
finropc can
rei: nsB TirKr.T ri'.oM rs
X,llOIIj:ll 1 lllt t KlllOlttll.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
. .T. C. liOONK,
Wain Street, opposite Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
EsrECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Culling CSiiltlreii'M siikI Iadies'
SSair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And fret a boon In a
GO TO THE
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. STREIGHT, Proprietor,
ro TOl'R
Bads. Stationery, Picinres, Music.
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, NotcIs,
Song Books, etc., etc
POST OFFICE BUILDIXJ,
PLATTSilOUTH, SEB. -
The Congressional Texas Iiorder Com
mittee has aiioined a suh committee to
examine the information in the War De
partment on the subject of raids from
Mexico, etc. The committee will not visit
Texas, but will send there for persons and
papers.
At a recent met ting of f riends of the
greenback at Madison, Wis., a State Cen
tral Committee was appointed, consisting
ol one member from the State-at-large and
one from each Congressional district. A
committee was also appointed to draw up
a declaration of principles.
The Republican members of the Maine
Legislature, in caucus on the evening of
the 20th, chose delegates to the Nation
al Republican Convention and unani
mously adopted a resolution in favor of
Hon. James O. Blaine for President of the
United States.
The Memphis Apptnl of a recent date
states that a lew nights ago a liody of dis
guised men took four negroes from the
jail at Friar's Point, Miss., and shot them
to death. The mob was composed of
about fifty men, half of them leing col
ored. The victims had been guilty of
murder, arson and robbery.
Miss Dox.v IIkiindo.v, residing near
Springfield, III., a few days ago spilled
upon her person some burning fluid from
a lamp in her hand and became enveloped
in flame, and was horribly and fatally
burned. On the same day, at Delphos,
Ohio, a saloon-keeper named George
Sheeter poured a lot of coal oil into a
stove to hurry up the lire, and was seri
ously burned.
Ix the case of Wilton r. State of Mis
souri the United States Court litis decided
that the State cannot compel a peddler to
pay license for selling articles produced in
other States, upon the ground that it is a
tax upon the goods themselves, a discrim
ination against the products of other
States, and is in conflict with that lause
of the Federal Constitution which declares
that Congress shall have the power to regu
ate commerce with foreign naTions and
among the several States.
Tiik revival meetings of Messrs. Moodv
and Sankey in Philadelphia have been
brought to a close. Mr. Moody is re
ported a.s saying that he regarded the re
vival in that city as the most successful
he had ever been instrumental in effect
ing. The number of meetings and Bible
readings held during the eight weeks of
their continuance was 2 IS. The grand
total of attendants upon the services is es
timated at 1X10,000, comprising some :J0O,
000 d liferent icrsons. The expenses of
the revival were aliottt $ :rt,(KM. At the
closing meeting, held on the evening of
the I'.'th the twenty-first anniversary of
the Young Men's Christian Association
over 12,0X) people were present, and as
many more were turned away lor want of
room. A collection of over $100,000 was
taken up to aid the completion of a new
building for the Y. M. C. A. One lady,
whose sou had lcen converted, .vent as a
thank-offering a diamond ring, for which
a gentleman gave f 1,000.
Ax eight-year-old boy named Ambach,
while walking on the river in Great Har
rington, Mass., the other day, fell through
the ice and was taken down stream by
the current.. Some men on the bridge
could see him under the ice, and one ran
ahead and tried in vain to break a hole
through with his heel. Dr. Camp just
then happened along, and, finding an ax
on the river bank, chopped a hole right
in the boy's track, pulled him out when
he came down, and worked the water out
of him so effectually that after a few hours'
nursing he was all right again. He had
floated seventy feet and been in the water
about seven minutes.
A dispatch from New York of the Hlh
says the attempt to call a Congregational
council for the purpose of deciding the
question as to the right of Plymouth
Church to drop from the list of member
ship the name of .Mrs. Moultoiihad finally
failed. The particulars are given its fol
lows: -In arranging the list for the council
the names of Dr. Storrs and Dr. Budding-
, ton were included amongother clergymen.
After they had announced that they would
probably accept the invitation thecommit-
I lee of Plymouth Church entered protest
against their serving, m the ground that
i they were partial and had enmity against
Hie church. When some of the other
chinches heard that Dr. Storrs' and Dr.
Buddington'8 churches would be left out
they also declined to serve, and the calling
of the council was abandoned. Mrs.
Moulton was apprised of the fact of the
withdrawal of the churches and the disar
rangement of the list, and consulted with
her counsel, Mr. Van Cott, and he sent a
long letter to the Plymouth Church Com
mittee, refusing to treat with them any
further in relation to a ir utual council.
He thought the action of the church
would be considered by all just men
to le a deliberate attempt to avoid inves
tigation as to the guilt of the Plymouth
pastor. At the business meeting of Ply
mouth Church in the evening Mr. Beecher
spoke in relation to the matter, and said
he was glad to state that the other side
had withdrawn and hail thrown up tire
mutual council altogether. They had
backed down from the examination be
cause ihe Plymouth side had objected to
some of the churches. He (Mr. B.)
never believed that the council was asked
for by Mrs. Moulton with any degree of
sincerity, and it was never declined by the
church. 'I his declination on their part to
go on made it imperative to invoke the
advisory council, which the church had
adjourned, lo investigate the matter and
determine whether or not the church had
acted properly. They should issue at Ihe
earliest possible moment the letters
missive calling it.
A Constantinople dispatch of the 10th
says the powers had relinquished their in
tention of making a collective communi
cation to the Porte for reform in the dis
affected provinces.
A dispatch from Madrid on the Kith
states that the Spanish Government had
sent out a diplomatic note in reply to the
American circular on Cuban affairs. The
reply is said to be quite belligerent in
tone and takes high ground on all ques
tions raised by the United States.
A Washim;tox telegram of the Kth
says representations having been made to
the President that the laws of the United
States were obstructed in several parishes
in Iiuisiana, United States Dist.-Atty.
Beckwith would be instructed through
the Department of Justice to bring all il
legal combinations, a.s well as individual
offenders, to trial under the Enforcement
act. The President had expressed a de
termination to preserve order to the extent
of his constitutional power.
A VKKiucT of guilty on nine of the
twelve counts in the indictment against
cx-Gauger McGrilf for revenue frauds was
rendered at Indianapolis on the l"th.
One of the counts on which he was con
victed was for receiving a bribe of $.100
from the Bingham brothers.
Advices from the Upper Missouri
country, received at Sioux City on the
15th, represent that Sitting Bull was pre
paring for the war-path, and that he
threatened destruction to the frontier set
tlements. Commanders tit up-river posts
were in readiness at the first note of alarm
to pursue him to his w inter quarters, and
either capture or kill him and his eniire
band should he attempt to-carry out his
threats.
I). W. Mcxx, ex-Supervisor of Inter
nal Revenue for the Chicago District, has
been required to give bail in the sum of
$15,000 for his appearance in Milwaukee
t- stand trial on a charge of conspiracy
to defraud the Government revenue and
accepting bribes. The Chicago papers of
the Kith say that he emphatically denies
being guilty of any of the alleged
charges. Several of the Chicago dis
tillers and rectifiers have confessed in
court to having been engaged in manu
facturing and dealing in crooked whisky
and expressed their willingness to tell all
they know concerning the ring frauds and
the revenue officials and others engaged
in them.
A Bkcssels ultramontane paper of the
17th says that Louise Lateau, the peasant
girl who some time ago attracted crowds
of pilgrims by the exhibition on her per
son of an alleged miracle of the stigmata,
was seriously ill and likely to die.
Tin: election of Senatorial delegates in
Fiance took place on the l'ilh. i l'utri
of the morning of the lS'.h, gives profes
sedly official information that of :;j,0J0
c ommunes 25,000 had returned Conserva
tive delegates.
It wits rejiorted at Berlin on the 17th
that lh" Government had determined to
close all Ursuline convents and schoolson
the 1st of April next.
Sec kktahy Fish was In fore the House
Committee on Foreign Atlairs on the
17th, and stated that he did not regard as
unfriendly the tone of a recent Madrid
telegram giving the outline of Spain's re
ply to the American circular, addressed
to foreign nations, asking tfieir moral
support in the event of mediation or in
UTvention by the United States in the
Cuban question.
It was stated by the London Tinus of
the Jilth that the British Cabinet had de
cided to give a general support to Count
Aiidrassy's note to the Porte, but reserv
ing the right to differ on any proposition
Austria might make after its presentation.
The party of Indiana editors, over 200
in number, on a visit to the Centennial
grounds in Philadelphia, passed a series
of resolutions on the 17th to the effect
that the Exhibition should receive the en
couragement of Congress to the extent of
the $1,500,000 appropriation asked for,
but that the Government should disclaim
all liability for the . expenses incident to
the enterprise other than for the amount
specified in such appropriation.
The Kentucky Legislature on the 18th
elected James B. Beck United States Sen
ator from the 1th of March, 1S77. lie re
ceived 103 vote3 to fifteen for Wadsworth
(Republican), and five scattering. On the
same day Gov. Kirk wood was chosen to
the same position from Iowa, the vote in
the State Senate being Kirk wood, 40;
Lefller, 9; House Kirk wood, ; Lcfller,
2. His term in the Senate will lcgin
March 4, 1877.
A vote was taken in the. Mississippi
Legislature on the 18lh for United States
Senator from the 4th of March, 1877.
Lamar received 1 10 vi tes in both houses
to one for Martin, the Republican mem
liers voting blank. It is said that a pri
vate caucus of Republicans decided not to
participate in the election of Senator on
the ground tiiat the late election was car
ried by fraud and violence.
The Michigan Supreme Court has re
cently decided thai the Sunday Liquor
law, enae'ed at the last session ol the
legislature, is constitutional.
(Jen. Beai'iekciahd, in his letter to Sen
ator Gordon asking for the removal of his
)Mlitical disabilities, states that he makes
the application in order that he may be
qilHlified to serve as a member of the
Louisiana Levee Board of Commissioners,
at lite expressed desire of his friends in
New Orleans.
Theaschek New has recently written
a letter to a New York member of Con
gress in which he states that 50 per c ent.
of the legal-tender notes and fractional
currency sent lo the department in Wash
ington for redemption are unmutilated
and lit for circulation, and he reiterates
the terms of a previous circular in which
it was stated that in no case will the Gov
ernment pay the charges upon such notes
or currency sent for redemption when the
same are fit for circulation or when the same
are sent in disregard of the regulations,
but the cxix'iises of such redemptions will
be deducted from the returns made
therefor.
Axxot nc e.ment was made on the 1'Jth
of the defeat ot six Turkish battalions be
tween Ragusa and Trebigne by the insur
gents under Gen. Peko. The Turkish
loss was :(;0 killed and wounded.
A Rome special of the llth says the
Italian Government had closed the Cath
olic seminar' at Como because of its re
fusal to admit the Government Inspectors.
This was considered the strongest act yd
taken by the Government in its dealings
with the Rontan hierarchy, and important
results were thought likely to follow. The
Italian Government had accepted the
proposition of the United States to ex
change scientific publications.
Seveijai, important failures in England
were announced on the l!Hh, notably those
of Joseph Gaury S: Co. and Samuel Rad
ford A: Sons, extensive grain merchants.
It was reported at Madrid on the 10th
that Gen. Tristany, the not eel Carlist
leader, had notified the .authorities at
Bayonne of his unieserved submission to
Alphonso.
The Alabama House of Representatives
on the 19th adopted a memorial to the
United States Senate to inquire into the
rights of George K. Spencer to a seat in
the latter IkhIv. The memorial had
previously been adopted by the State Sen
ate. Foktv buildings, including a number
of stores and comprising the principal
portion of the town, were destroyed by fire
in Apollo, Pa., on the night of the 18th.
Loss estimated at from $10,000 to $50,000.
The Brooklyn Plj-mouth CJiureh ad
visory council will be held on the bih of
February.
At the recent session, at Bloomiugton,
of the Illinois Farmers' Association reso
lutions were adopted demauding thewith
drawal of the National Bank circulation
and the issue of a greenback currency di
rect from the Treasury, to be a legal tender
for all debts, public, and private, except
the principal and interest on the public
debt contracted to lie paid in gold, and in
terchangeable for registered lxnds bearing
a rate of interest, to be paid in gold or
legal tenders, at the option of the hold
ers, not exceeding 3 per cent., said bonds
being redeemable at the pleasure of the
Government in from ten to liflyj ears; anil
declaring that the transportation of the
country shovld be under the direct super
vision and contiol of the public authori
ties of the nation. State, count', township
or city, according to the inter-State or
local character.
It was reported at Vienna on the 20 h
that Ljubobracht had issued a proclama
tion resigning the leadership of the Her
zegovinian insurgents. In consequence
of the concentration of Turkish troops on
the Montenegrin frontier the Prince of
Montenegro had summoned a council of
Senators and military ofheers, which re
solved that if such concentration took
such proportions as to carry into elfect
the reported plan of bloc kading Monte
negro on that s:de it should lie considered
a oiiH btili, and the Prince should sum
mon all Montenegrins able to do military
duty and marc h into Herzegovina pre
pared to aid the insurgents.
A moii attacked the office of the A'eivi
mvl I'rcM, of Cimmaron, New Mexico,
on the night of the 19th and threw the
press, type and other fixtures into the
river. The trouble resulted from local
jxilitical feeling.
Accokuino to a Washington dispatch of
the 20' h the " real obstruction to Pinch
back's admission to the Senate at present
is the epiestion whether there is a jure
Government in Louisiana. Until this
question is settled by the Committee on
Privileges and Elections Pinchback will
not succeed in obtaining the vote of the
Senate. Should Gov. Kellogg appoint a
new man the latter would stand in no liet
ter position than Pinchback."
StvEitAi, persons living in a prominent
lioanling-house in Columbus, Ohio, were
taken suddenly and seriously ill on the
2th, caused by eating diseased jMrk.
Other persons in the city had leen affec t
ed in a similar manner, and from a like
cause.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Fkidat, Jan. 14. Senate not in session
In the liouic the Amnenty bill, a amended
by Mr. Ranks, was reported back from the Jn
dieiary CommitU-c. the main qnetion ordered,
and the vote on the paeai;e ot the bill resulted in
i:s rejection Yea ISi. nay 97 there not bfinsr
the recinisdte In o-thirdu in the affirmative. Mr.
ISIiire then made a motion to reconsider, thiw
obtaining the floor, and aeked rnximnotie consent
to otter hi hill for a.-nneoty, with the exception of
J'tlV:non Savin. Objections were made to bin
offering the bill, several members claiming that
he wan out of order tinder a motion to reconsider,
and Mr. Elaine finally withdrew his motion.
After the confusion incident to the tactic pur
sued by Mr. Elaine had nnhsided, Ihe Pension
Appropriation bill f f4,..S.t"t,M)i) wnn considered
in Committee of the Whole, reported hack to the
Houee and pa.-eed. Adjourned to the 17th.
Monday, Jan. 17. The petition of P.
C. T. IteaureKaril for the removal of bis political
disabilities presented in the Senate and
rcf'-ired. lUlln were Introduced to amend
the arts to aid in the constrnction of a
railroad and te'esrraph line from Ihe Misnomi
Kiver to ihe Pacific Ocean, approved July 1. lSr.
and July 1H.4; to amend Ihe lawn relating to
silver coinn. A conciim nt resolution was sub
mitted pr posins a common unit of moiiev
and account for the I'niied Sia'en and client
r.rilmn. A petition of riti.eiis of Massachusetts
wan prenentiI. asking that a 1hv tie passed mak
in each ni' tuier of Congress d ri'Ctly responsi
ble to the eleeloi of hi district, the majority of
whom may at any tiui" recall him and appoint a
successor Several bill were introduced in the
ilouse. anion:; which were the follow in : To pre
vent trsttic in spirituous or iiiloxiratim; liipiorn
in the Centennial huililiirj or ground durini; the
Exhibition; to repeal the net providing for a re
distribution of Nitiotml Hank currency; to te
nure the salari.-s if all the executive and l (.-i-la-tive
officers of inn (Jovernnient. except the urmv
and navy, oxer $1. 50 I, JO per cent., and to tlx He
snlary of the President at to repeal Ihe
act for the resumption of specie pa tneitt ; by
Mr. Hanks, for t he removal ol all political (lisa
hilftic. An amendment to the Constitution wan
submitted by .Mr. O'lbien as an amendment to
Mr. Elaine's propi sitioti- proviilim; that no State
shall make any law respecting Ihe estab
lishment or prohibiting the free exercise
of religion, disiiua il' ministers of Ihe
C'ospel from holding any office of tiu-l
or emolument, either Slate or National, and pro
vidini; that no public moneys raided for school
purposes shall ever be under the control of tiny
religious sect. Mr. White moved to suspend the
rules and hrinu the House to a vote on the Am
nesty hill introduced by him and from the
benefits of which Jefferson Davis was ex
cluded, and also to vote on an amend
ment strikini out. that exception, which
motion was. lost for want of thu requisite
two-thirds yeas lS.'i. navn 110 A motion lo
suspend the rules and adopt a resolution lie.
clan n ix in favor of the repeal of the LYsumption
act was lost yeas ll'J, nay i.v A resolution
was adopted on 1 1 i us; on the I'.esident for copies
of all correspondence with Spain in reference to
the island of Cuba. A constii in ional amendment
was introduced and referred liinilne; tb Presi
dential term to four years. The proposition was
agreed to-1W to llh! to amend the rules e;ovcrn
iii;thc titl'etiiisr of amendment lo the general
appropriation hills so a- to makethe rule read:
No appropriation shall t.e reported in such p ii
er.il appioprialion hill, or be in order as an
amendment thereto, for any expenditure not
previously authorized by law, except in continu
ation oTfin appropriation" for such public works
and object as are already in progress; nor shall
any provision in any such bill, or amendment
thereto, thaniiij; existing law. be in order, ex
cept such as. beiiit; ceriiiane to the subject mat
ter of the bill, shall retrench expenditure."
Ti es-day, Jan. 18. The credentials of
James K. Eustis, claiming a seat as Senator from
Louisiana, were presented in the Senate, and
objection wa made to Iheir rcccp'ioii on the
jrrotnid of irregularity for w ant of the Clovernor's
signature, and they were laid over. The memo
rial of the Democratic Conservative Conven'ion
of Louisiana, concerning Ihe election in and
condition of ihat Slate, was presented and re
ferred. A hill was passed to secure attendance
anil payment ot" witnesses in military court.
The resolution for the appointment of a special
committee to investigate the hooks and ac
counts of the Treasury Department wa taken
up anil Mr. Iloutweil entered into a lengthy
explanation of the manner of keeping ac
count in the di Here lit offices of Ihat depart
ment. Alterthe olieiini; of amendments and re
marks by other Senators the mailer went over
In the House a proposed amendment, lo the
Constitution was reported from th-i Judiciary
Committee to Ihe etlect Ihat no person who ha
held, or may hereafter hold, the cilice of 1'iesi
dent shall ever a;jai u be eligible to said office;
notice of a sub-Oilute wa (riven by the minority
of the committee. An adverse reii rt was made
on the lull to abolish capital punishment. Hills
were passed to extend the time lor stamping
unstamped instruments to the 1st of January,
1S",7; to extend for three month the time for
claimants before the Alabama Claim Commis
sion to prove i heir claim. Several bi'l were
introduced. The Centennial Appropriation
hill wa considered in Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Williams, of Wisconsin. life red a proposed
amendment to th Constitution, supplementary
to the umendnient proposed by Mr. Elaine, pro
viding ihat no money raised by taxation in any
State shall be appropriated for the maintenance
of any sectarian school or sectarian institution.
Wednesday, Jan. 19. Twenty-one pe
tition from citizens of Ohio wen; presented in
the Senate asking for aid in the construction of
the Southern Pacific ttailroad. Mr. Davis' reso
lution for a special committee to inve-tieate
the book and accounts of the Treasury
Department wan taken up anil further de
bated, the jiendiii-r , ecction bcinir a mo
tion to amend by referriii'r the subject to
the Finance Committee. A bill wa passed
amendatory of the a ;t of June -0, 1H.-I.
amcniiiii' the rhartel of the Kreedmeif
Savings mid Trust Com puny and for o:ln r pur
poses. Mr. M' rlon spoke at leti'jlli in favor of
his resolution relative tj the Mississippi e ec
lion....A const itul ional amendment wa in ro
duced in the House providing against the enact
ment by Congress of ary special or local law,
w here a jreneral law can be made applicable, in
rejrard to srautin; pensions, bounties, lands, re
lief to individuals, etc., and leavingto the court
to determine whether any special law could be
embraced in a general enactment. The Centen
nial Appropriation bill wa further considered in
Committee of the Whole, essrs. Phillip of
Kansas, Harrison, Kclley, Heairan of Texas, and
Frye speaking in support of, and Messrs. Coch
rane and Tucker In opposi ion to, the measure.
Tut itsDAY, Jan. 20. Various petitions
were presented in the Senate asking for a repeal
of the law requiring a two-cent stamp to be
affixed to bank check. Mr. Morton continued
his remark on hi Mississippi resolution. Hills
were Introduced to amend the Pacific Kailway
act of July 1 and July a. JS'il; to provide for
challenge, to juror iu lr al for bigamy and
polygamy in the Territory ot I'tah, and to amend
Sec". 4 ol ihe act in regard to courts and judicial
ofrice in the Territory of Utah. approved
June 21, 1S7I; in regard to pjst.il ro.ces,
Postoflicee and post roads. The resolution to
continue iu force the joi t rules for the
government of the two houses of ' mgn si. except
Ihe twenty-second rule, in regard to counting the
votes for President and Vice President, was dis
cussed and adopted .In the lloifse an adverse
repot t was made on the bill to reduce the po-tage
on lirst-class mail matter to one. cent for each half
ounce. The Centennial Appropriation bill was
further debated in Commiitee of the Whole, be
in advocated hy Messrs Townsend of New
York, Jones of Kentucky, P.ank and Swan, and
opposed by Messrs. Stenger of Pennsylvania,
Eeltou and Cook.
TUB MARKETS.
January 2i, 175.
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No. 2 Chicago, $t.2-.,,tfc:.2; Nc. 2 Milwaukee
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Provision. Pork Mess, 5 ).75f?.J) so. I.ard
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Wool. Sox est ic Fleece, 42$lKc.
CHICAGO.
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good, $t.:"0as.0: me ium, $1.2"a4 .V); bntrn
rs' stock, $:.MV3.7": stock caill-j. f 3 a.V-i
.1.75. Hog Live, f i.H H&7 :1j. Sheep CJood to
choice, $1.75j,5.Ti0.
Provisions. Itutter-Choice, S.VT&'U:. Eggs
Fresh. 2264iac. Pork Me-n, $ 19.2oa.l.2j
Lard $12.2.'fil2.:l0.
I'RF.AnsTi;FKs. Flour White Winter Extra,
f-l.7I?"J7.!iO; spr.ng txtra, f, LOOfgi'i-i-"). Wheat
Spring. Nc. 2, $U'lfil 01U- Corn-No. 2.
1:lV'ftt: Vc. Oats No. 2,.wiTffni1c. Eye No. 2,
f7Ci7Hc. Parley No. 2, SO'.-iff Ic.
Lcmber. First and Second Clear, SHIfKHffc
42.00; Common Boards. SU.tKK? 1 ;.i O; Fenring,
fli.K!?.i:i.; "A" Shindies, Si. 51 4.00; Lath.
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Philadelphia, 7.i&7 fi5. Sheep Lest, 1 60
Sl'j.O ; medium. $1.7 'o,").2".
Restored Independence Hall.
The Philadelphia tVat says : "Among
the liest things recently done for the
credit of Philadelphia is the rescue of In
dependence Hall from itsformcrcondition
as a ' curiosity shop' a magazine for the
collection of all sorts of incongruities
and its restoration as nearly as practicable
to its historical condition in 1770. What
it is licyoml this adds to its interest, and
dignity, for who is there but views with
satisfaction the portraits of the 'signers'
and the relicsof the actual furniture which
then s'ood in th venerated hall? Tiiis
great and most desirable transformation
iia.s been the work of a disiiiteresteel and
unpaid committee, composed jointly of
public officials and private citizens, and
they deserve not only our Lest acknowl
edgments for their services, but our most
hearty encouragement in what they still
have in hand. They are making a com
mendable effort to establish a national
museum in the adjoining hall, compos- d
of historical relics that must have great
value as an adjunct to c.lucation as
well as deep interest to their patriotic
visitors."
1 TIIK MUSIC OF CHILDHOOD.
Wnr.N I hear the waters tre'ting.
When I see the chestnut letting
All her lovelv blossom laltcr down, I think.
" Ala's the day!"
Once, with . agical sweet singing,
lilackhirds set the woodland ringing
That awaken ti.i more while ."pril hour wear
themselves away.
In our hearts fair hope lay smiling,
Sweet as air. and all beguiling;
And there hm g a mist of bluebell on the slope
and now n the dell ;
And we talked of joy and splendor
That feats unborn would render;
And the lilackhirds helped us willi the story, for
Ihey knew il w eil
Piping, fluting, ' Bees are humming;
April's lure, and Summer's coming;
Don't forget ti when ou nalk, a man i h men,
i n pride and joy ;
Think on us in alleys shady
W hen you step a graceful ladv;
For no fairer days hae we lo hope for, litlht gill
and hoy.
" Laugh and play, O lisping waters
Lull our downy sons and daughters;
Come, O wind, and rock their h-aiy cradle iu thy
wanderings coy;
When Ihey wake we'll end the measure
Willi a w ild sweet cry or pleasure.
And a "Hey down deny, let' he merry, little
cjrl and hoy !' '
I tun Jiijimr.
CRAGSMEN ANT THFIR PERILS.
Thosk who risk their lives by clamber
ing up and down preci pi tousle I ill's are, so
far tis public appreciation goes, generally
to tie met with in alpine countries, while
walls of rock 2,(HH) or:;,0(M) feet high are to
be encountered . Readers are never tired
of narratives of their ad ventures if told
wilh graphic effect. There are three
classes ot such adventurers. In the first
class tire the men of science who, in the
laudable pursuit of knowledge, riek their
lives iu the ascertainment of facts bearing
upon botany, ornithology, astronomy, ge
ology, climatology, the formation nnd
movements of glaciers, etc. All honor to
the Huiiilioldts and ISonplunds, Hie S itis
sures and Deities, the Forlieses and T.vn
dalls. In the second clas may be placed
those who clamber up and down lor tin
glory of the thing, to excel (and perhaps
to crow over) their sta3'-at-home friends.
These are the tourists who "do'' Mont
I.lanc, Monte; Rosa, the Mattcrhorn, the
Ocrtler Spitze and oilier break-neck
mountains. Of course we hope that they,
e specially the lady tourist, will not break
their nicks; but still such adventures,
though involving a certain amount of en
durance and not a little excitement, de
serve onlv secondary commendation when
no (scientific discoveries icsult therefrom.
The leal cragsmen, who may be grouped
by themselves, are the hunters, whose
lives are imperiled in the search for their
daily bread. True, the chamois-hunter
and the hunters of other mountain ani
mals do not reach such wonderful ledges
and jutting rocks as do the animals them
selves; nevertheless, they climb to very
perilous spots to get a shot jit their quarry
and to nick it up when shot.
There is another kind of cragsmen or
clitfmcn, however, much less frequently
talked of and written about; namely":
those who capture wild-fowl on the pre
cipitous dill's of rugged coasts. We
know comparatively little concerning
them, because travelers and tourists sel
dom find their way to the scenes of their
dangerous calling, almost always deso
late and inhospitable, though sublime in
natural features.
The word " fowl" is rather a puzzling
one. What is a fowl? Some will give tin
answer by enumerating the varieties of"
Dorking, Iiantam, Cochin-China, Suma
tra, Jungle, Polish, Spanish, Frizzled,
Fork-tailed, etc. Some knowing that
many kinds of fowl p-itroni.e the lake
ami the pond rather than the field and
yard, feel that the answer must make
some mention of swans, wild ducks,
dunbirds, teal, sheldrakes, coots, curlews,
snipes, lapwings and other feathered bi
peds so well known to the fowler of feu
countries. Rut besides these two groups
there is one comprising these sej birds
or clilf birds which shun the haunts of
man and his belongings. These consist
chiefly of ganncts, guillemots, razor-hills
and puffins. Living mostly on fish, they
roost near where tisn can lie caught ; and
no home pleases them better than the
shaggy, precipitous wall of a sea-cliff,
which is sure to present numerous holes
and corners, nooks and shelves, where
the birds can nestle. As the flesh of the
young birds is eatable, though of a fishy
"flavor, it iid as the feathers, down and oil
can always tiud a market, the birds arc
of considerable commercial importance.
Rut what a life of peril is ther capture,
what si hard way of earning one's daily
bread !
("eorge and Peter Anderson describe the
work of the sea-bird c atchers al llanda,
an island off the northwest coast of Scot
land, opposite Scourie. On the seaward
side of that small island is a cliff two
miles long by (100 or 7X) feet in height,
almost perpendicular, and so smooth as
to offer few facilities for foothold. There
are here and there indentations and de
tached columnar masses, which are known
alike to the birds and to their pursuers.
On the nairow, hoii.ontal ledges of the
cliffs thousands of gaunets. razor-bills,
putlins, guillemots aud other sea-fowl sit
as closely together as they can lie wcdgiel,
while thousands of others aieon the wing
dining the breeding-season which is the
best time for the fouler. A shot filed sets
inconceivable numbers of" birds on the
wing. Hut some, either through natural
stubbornness or from some other cause,
stick to their roosting-plaees with the ut
most pertinacity; stones and even shots
failing to dislodge them. It is a common
thing for the daring fowlers, after much
climbing up and down, lo enter crev
ices into which we could hardly imagine
men venturing, to take the birds by hand,
or collec t the large, richly tinted, spotted
eggs. Where tin; face of the cliff is too
precipitous to permit even a cragsman to
do this, he is let itown by a rope from
aliove to a spot where he can capture his
prey with a noose, or a hook, fastened to
a short stick; sometimes the catch is very
abundant in a short space of time. Whe h
er the fowler heaves the killed birds to a
iKiat stationed at the base of tin? dill, or
ties them round his waist, or signals to
have them draw n up by a line to which
many are strung at once, depends on the
conformation of the cliff at eac h particu
lar spot. The nestling season Usually
lasts from the middle of May to the mid
dle of August; and it is only at such
time that the sea -birds congregate there in
any considerable number. Desolate I Inn
da has few visitors except the fowlers.
Once a ship was wrecked on the island
the yards tilte-d over so close to the faceol
the clitf as to enable some of the hapless
eamen to chunhcr ujxm ledges and into
recesses. How long they remained there
we are not told; but fortunately souk;
fowlers, or it may be some fishermen, at
tracted to the fq-ot by seeing the wreecR
of the vessel, espied the poor fellows and
rescued them while a little life still re
mained. More wild, more perilous, more ex
citing even than that of Hauila, is the
sea-fowling at St. Kikla. Indeed, an or
dinary landsman can with difficulty con
ceive how the work can lie carried on.
St. Kilda is a lonely island, eighty miles
out westward beyond Lewis and Harris,
two of the Hebrides. Stranger seldom
approach the small island it is only three
miles long by two in breadth except by
an occasional steamer or a Government
cutter; but fishermen from Harris vent
ure thither in ojk.ii Ixmts. There is only
one landing-place, and this is very elifli
cult of access; all the rest of the coast is
a rugged cliff from KXJ to 1,000 or more
feet in height. A few inhabitants pick
up a living on the island, partly by cult
ivating small patches of poor land, part
ly by fowling during the summer mouths.
A fowling parly generally consists of
lour persons. Kach party lias ,il hast
one rope lilxitit !MMI fi et lull'.'. Ihri-e-plv,
and of strong raw cow hide prepared for
the pur'Misc; it is cocred with dicsscd
sheepskin lo save il from chafing ag- iin-t
the edges of the rock. A well made rope
ofhis kind is highly v'liued, and is eccn
bequeathed by the o iter to his successor,
or given as a dow ry iih hiss daughter.
A fowler descends the l:i e of the clilf
suspended bv the rope, which is held
from above by two or three men. Armed
with a stall' -.ir pole, to cue end of w hi h
is fastened a piece of h.dr-line, he pro
ceeds to seal eh for Lirds. The hair line
is formed into a sort f running noose,
which he throw s m er Ihe head of any
bird sttlUcii-ntly near; and by piillinr il
toward him the noo-e t ghtcie u pi n l!io
bird's neck and secuns its capture
Sometimes, linked fogelher in coupli
each wilh a rope fastened round his bi.dv,
the fowlers c Iambi r along the fat e of tin
clilf. When one is moving the other
plants himself on a h d .' or --In If, ob
tains a firm foothold, and holds himself
i ft readiness f"r exigencies; if his com
panion dips or stumbles, unlliuchin r
steadiness and a strong rope can alone
avert disaster. When Ihe lii-t man has
arrived al a sal'.- landing ledge he main
tains a firm hold wlnl- the si cond fol
lows. Some authorities slate that one
single man on the lop ot the clilf holds
and manages the rope by which the
fowh-r is suspended; but ol Ik is ,i-- 1 1 -and
we think wilh more probability--that
two or more are generally employed.
The coasts ot' Norway, which ale in
some' places more rugged, and grander in
scale, than any of those in Scotland or the
Hebrides, cviibit the chai.'u lei i' ties of
clilf low l'ng wilh remarkable com ! le
ness. .Mr. Lloyd, who knew N'orw iv !t
ti r than almost any oilier FngM-hnian,
gives a graphic, account of the sysb in
there pursued in his "Scandinavian Ad
ventures." "On so, ue of (he inaj n i lii cut
dill's two modes of gilling at the birds
and their nests are adopted from the si a
beneath, if the height to 1 e climbi d is not
too great; from the ed;c of the clilf
above, in oiln r eases. V, hi il Ihe men m o'
the ir work fairly before li.eni, as view id
from below, they npproat h the fool of the
cliff in a boat. A pole, I w eiity or I w cniy
fotir feet long, has an iron hook at one
end. This hook is looped into the strong
w aistband of the fowler's dress, and lie is
lifted or pushed Up by lu u in the boat, or
from an' ledgeol lock flat enough to sus
tain them; the lifling is something like
that adopted by a butcher when he hooks
up a leg of mutton in front of his shop;
but the fowler aids his own ascent, partly
by his hands, partly by a bird pole w Im h
he carries wilh him. W hen he h sab ly
lodged on any shall, or ledge of projecting
rock that may all'old fool hold, a com
panion is hoisted up in a simil:- way.
The two men then tie the rope to th.-ir
bodies, the length of rope depend inir on
the probable work required of il. One
begins to climb up as high as he can, be
ing pushed up by the lia'tcncd end of the
pole held by his companion. Whin tit''
uppermost man lias reached a ledge that,
affords him anything like Handing im m,
however narrow and pin arioiis, he pulls
up the other by ineuns of the rope. And
so they proceed ; No. 2 pushing up No.
1, and then No. 1 pulling or drawing up
No. 2. The bird sile, having a hook at.
one end and a ft.it t is h top at the oilier, is
invaluable on the sc occa-ions. When Ihe
two men reach a height, at. which the
birds can be met with, one plants himself
as firmly as possible on a ledge, to act as a
stay or check; while the other g topes
with hands and hook to capture the birds,
lithe latter slips, Ihe former holds him
up by the sheer resistance of the rope
which binds the two together. Alas for
both of them if there be any weakness of
muscle or of nerve at this innini nt !
The birds, iml expecting to be disturlicd
so high up the face of Ihe clilf, are com
paraiively tame and are captuied without
resistance; a knock on the head seals
fate prior to being heaved out into the
sea and picked up by Ihe attendant boat.
To avoid being struck by a tailing bird
requires very great caution on the part of
the lioatmen, w ho aecordinfly give ihe
rock a pretty wide berth until the crags
men, ceasing their labors for a w hile, per
mit the floating birds to be gathered. The
velocity of a falling, full-fledged gamut
would suffice to slave the sloiu H open
boat. If Ihe weather be fine the fowlers
will remain several days and nights to
gether up aloll, when they can Innl h-d-rcs
broad enough to sleep on, or recesses into
which Ihey can creep; food and ollnr
necessaries can be hauled up by them
from below a hard way of earning a liv
inir, truly. In bygone times there was
a law in Norway sftikingly iilu-trativc of
the dangers of "this employment. When
a fowler was killed by tailing from the
scarp of these terrible t 1 ill's his i:ean;t
relative was required to a'fempt the s.,i,ie
venture'. If he suceiedcd. Christian
burial was allowed to the body of the de
ceased; but if he could not or would not
make the attempt, it was concluded t ii.it
death had been caused by rei -kle.- . no,
or want of judgment. The dei i-cd was
declared to have been the cause of hi,
own death, and his col m: w a -. a w uniei I
Ihe unchristian interment of a stii -ide.
This strange: law has hot been acted up
on in recent times.
Wnc-n tin' clilf is too high to be it ached
from the water the feailess ciagsineii of
Norway commence their operations from
above. A strong rope or rock-line, li.o
or six hundred feet long', and two or ev en
three inches in Ihickin -s, is la t tied at
one end round the waist of a f.wler, and
then passed between his leg in sin h u
way that he can sit. upon il. Six no n at
the top hold the rope a :d " pay it o'..t,"
lowering il by degicc : i smooth piece o
wood being' placed at I In- edge of the prec
ipice to shield the rope from i haling
against the rock. A Mtialh r rope, ;il-u
coiled round the fowl I'S waist, enables
him to transmit Mich signals as " hivher,"
"lower," "light," "Jell," "slop,'1 etc.
In cons. ant peril Ir -in loose pie e of roi k
striking him in their fill, his eh'ef de
fense is a thiekly-liiif d fur cap to piotect
the head, his body ail limbs ih lending
themselves ns hot Ihey may. Thel itd
pole is dextcrou.-ly w i hied. ! thru ting
the end of the pole ag u.e -t. ihe v ' i tical
lace of the rock the ciarliiali can spring
cut to a considerable di-t nice, and ap
proach the clilf again at a .iiilen tit -pot ; he
can dothis even by the prc-Mire ot his hit
alone against the rock, it his bound is to be
of smaller range. This si ringiiigoul ami in
.again is mm h adopted w here J c si ., oc
cur beneath jutting pof jons of r k : the
birds like to nestle in such spot-, and the
fowler gets a goisf bat! each time h i -spring
brings him to a fresh pl.uc. In
some situations, where the retos U large
enough, he loo-ens hiimt It' from the lope,
which he temporarily fasten to ! -one,
and, moving about more ca-i!y, cap'i i' s
the birds w ith bot Ii h.M.ds ; t h' le- ties
tog-ether w ith a small ! im- and signals to
have them drawn up. Again he fa-! -us
himself to the rope wh n his harvest m
that sped has been gathered.' Thus he
will pass several hours of the day, until
fatigue or appetite impels him to signal !
lie: hauled up. If he is not firm and
steady, and if the rope by which he is at
tached ro'atcs. his chance liecoii.es veiy
prcearious. An old Norwegian p.i-t"r
said that these fowicis " often cxpo-e
themselves to the most imminent danger,
merely to get a siibsiHi nee It their poor
families, trusting in God's nu-rcy and ii
tection to which the greater part ol them
seriouslv recommend thenisi -Ivc let";c
they undeit ike tli' ir peiilo'is work."--ChaiubT
J.j'irnnl.
A i:ov was nearly gof'd to death by a
mad bull in New Orleans the other day.
The animal was killed l y a police oillctr.
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