. . 4 a. . ijiuiiile sJa r uniltr saU oroar. I An u?t 1
tionary iwords, one of which wai hear- t may be a valuable addition to tins life
ily plated with silver. A terrific thunder
storm oame at night, and one terrible
rrah aroused the household. All were
tunned for a moment, but recovering
they hastened to discover what damage
wan done.
Suddenly the younger Vandyck point
ed to an old fashioned sofa. Upon it lay
what was apparently the silver image of
a cat curled op in an exceedingly com
fortable position. As far as the shape
and jiosture of the animal were con
cerned it might have been a live cat.
Each glittering hair was separate and
distinct, and each fcilvery bristle of the
whiskers described a graceful curve as
in life.
Father and son turned toward the
e words which hung upon the wall just
above the ofa and there saw that the
eword had len stripped of all its sil
ver. The hilt was gone and the scal
bard was but a strip of blackened steel.
The family cat had been electroplated
by lightning.
In one of the panes of glass in the win
dow was found a round hole a.loiit the
size of a half dollar, where the lightning
had evidently entered. There was a
charred streak across the sash where the
electrical fluid had made its way to the
word. down which it had passed to the
cat, carrying with it the silver which it
deposited nMn the animal. Of course
the cat was instantly killed, and there
fore remained in the iKisition in which it
was quietly sleeping when the flash
camo.
It is thought the plating of the cat's
body will prevent decay, and that prol
ably it may le retained among the col
lection of curiosities, the most remark
able or them all. Liocal scientists are
puzzled and one of the memliers of the
Albany institute is investigating the
case. Cor. St. Louis Republic.
Thine to 1 o In Hot Weather.
A few rules as to how to keep cool
may not come amiss. Wear a nicely
fctarched high collar. Walk rapidly up
ami down State street in the middle of
the day to match a piece of ribbon for a
suburban acquaintance. Climb six flights
of stairs during the hour when the ele
vator is not running to keep an appoint
ment with a friend who has been sud
denly called from town. Scold as hard
as yon can at everybody and everything.
and fan yourself with a large Japanese
fan in the meantime. Chase a street car
half a block, to be finally told by the ut
terly depraved conductor to take the
next one. Oet into a bus at the dejot
and wait fifteen minutes for the driver
to get through his conversation with a
friend, while the bridge turns and you
experience the sensation of being "left.
Go to a horse race. Spend an after
noon in a-circus tent. Help your wife
chase flies. Leap at a 2:1!). gait to catch
a train. Drink beer. Listen to your
wife say "I told you sol" when you en
counter the fate that awaits the devour
er of cucumbers. Wear tight shoes. Go
shopping. Ride in the same bus with
the woman who carries cat tails and
pokes them into your eye. Go to the
matinee. Watch the elderly woman
chew gum. Toy with a gasoline stove.
Escort city friends through the ravines
searching for wild flowers. Disturb a
nest of hornets under the supposition
that it is a beautiful fungus. Chicago
Herald.
To Propagate Common Sense.
Some of the fashionable women of
Berlin have formed themselves into a
societj "for the prevention of crime
against common sense" in the matter of
dress. In particular do they inveigh
against the discomforts of the corset,
which in Germany is made longer and
stiffer and altogether more abominable
than anywhere else. Men are admitted
to membership, and are urged to miti
gate by precept and example various
stipulated enormities of their own at
tire. One clause in the circular reads,
"Male members are respectfully request
ed to teach their brethren that trouser
patterns are unfit for morning coats,
waistcoats and Inverness overcoats."
Her Point of View in New York Times.
saving equipment of yachts and vessels
f all classes. The steel boats are light
and may be subjected to any amount of
rough usage, and the inventor maintains
that the piercing of one or more sections
would only in a slight degree affect their
buoyancy.
Some of the boats have, we are in
formed, been subjected to a series cf
trials on the Pirth of Forth iu ujl
weatners, umi nave oeen proved to pot
Bess all the good qualities which have
been claimed for them. It was found
that if one of the watertight sections
was pierced the result would be that tha
water would seal the air in the section,
which would continue to alford support.
If both sections were pierced the boat
would only draw a little more water,
and the supitorting capacity not be ex
tinguished, but only diminished, and
that if all three sections were pierced
the boat would still float, while it would
only lose its buoyaucy if the sections
were simultaneously pierced both above
and below the water line, which would
be an almost inconceivable event.
The steel boats can be produced at a
cost which will compare favorably with
the price of wooden boats of good class.
and they will stand usage which would
quickly destroy a wooden fabric, but at
the same time they are remarkably light,
a boat of 12 feet long and 3 feet beam.
complete with mast, sails, oars, etc., ap
proximating only weight. Land and
Water.
The Peddler and Hi Sponges.
The heavy rain on tho afternoon of
July 4 waa the cause of much excite
ment in Waterbury. A Hebrew dealer
in sponges, with his stock in trade on
his back, was walking through the prin
cipal streets when the shower came on.
lie was not dressed in holiday attire, so
he did not mind the rain, but his load of
sponges evidently enjoyed the shower.
They swallowed every drop that fell
upon them, and pretty soon they began
to swell. The faster the rain fell the
bigger grew the sponges, until finally
they took up the larger half of the side
walk. A policeman whose coat sleeve had
been damjened by coming in contact
with the mass of sponges ordered the
man to walk in the middle of the street.
He obeyed, but this only made matters
worse. His pack grew larger and larger,
until the peddler looked like a gigantic
walking mushroom. Carriage horses
were frightened at the 6ight, and even
street car horses, which rarely pay atten
tion to anything but the conductor's
signal, turned out for him and drew the
cars off the track. Dogs ran after the
man, and made life miserable for him bv
sniffing at his heels and barking.
People stood totally oblivious to the
heavy rainfall and laughed until the
tears came. Finally the peddler, still
unconscious of the trouble, became wor
ried and a hunted look came into his
e3es. lie turned off into a 6ide street
and started toward Naugatuck, and the
celebration of the Fourth went on. An
sonia (Conn.) Sentinel.
at, 191, of consumption.
Aired 74 yearn, Interred of Mt.Pleaa
ant church.
Mb s Minnie Hates, of Plattsmouth
arrived here Monday, and will- be
the tiest of her conning Misses
Klla utid I.illie Hates.
.Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sackett Jwill
be defendants in a suit brought
against them by Charles Iliniiich
.n, for poising a horse. The time
for hearing; is not yet known. All
the parties reside in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Wolcott ac
companied by their uests, Mr.
Inn and daughter, of Talinade,
( )hio, visited the Turlington farm
in Otoe county last week. They
pronouce it one of the most interest
ini places to visit in eastern .Ne
braska. Mrs. Joseph Allison who died a
little over two months ao at her
home in Knjrlaiid, bequeathed the
sum of sffHX) in cash to J. H. Halde-
. . . r . i ... , .
man 01 me cuy ami maKes jnm me
sole exfutor of her estate val tied at
over :? 11 UK). The will was : made in
islH, and was deposited for along
time in the vault of Cass county in
charge of County Judge Russell.
It was withdrawn from there by
her husband and sent to England.
Mr. II. not hearing from it or her
for a long time, thought that a new
will had been made, and that he
was not in it. His surprise can be
imagined when he received the will
last week, and a certificate of the
death of the lady attached.
When you lake Quality and 3I;ik in Consideration you
Buy Cheaper nnj Place in the World than of
JJGD
The Only One Price Giothier in Gass Go.
TO APPRECIATE JOES LOW PRICES
You mut mil and Examine his Super or 3Iake and Quality of
Clothing
i
Furnishing
THAN THOSE KKPT HY
Goods, Hats, Etc,
HIS COMPETITORS.
A Dove at a Grave
The following telegram is from
the World-Herald-
"The funeral of W.Herdine who was
killed by the cars at Denton, was
largely attended. The order of Ked
Men took charge of the funeral.
There was a singular circumstance
at the grave. One part of the fune
ral service of the Red Men consists
in turning loose a white dove, em
blematic of the flight of the soul.
As Rev. Hritt loosened the dove it
hovered for a moment over the
grave and then lighted upon the
head of theaged molher of Hurdine.
This peculiar aft of the bird fur
nished food for the superstitious."
A Child's Lucky Fall.
The two-year-old child of Mrs. Nutty,
of Parkersburg, W. Va.. has had a most
remarkable escape from death. The lit
tle one was playing about the mouth of a
well, and getting too near the edge lost
its balance and fell in. The well was
sixty-two feet deep and so norrow that a
full grown pereon could not well de
scend. A six-year-old boy finally de
scended, and catching the little one's
clothing, held tightly to it nntil they
were both pulled out again. Neither
was hurt, and the little two-year-old tot
was playing about as usual an hour af
terward. In the fall the child had not
touched the sides and the water at the
bottom saved her life. Philadelphia
Ledger.
He Occupies the Step.
Pittsburg has a man who is a puzzle.
Saturday afternoon he planted himself on
the front 6teps of the city hall. He never
moved away from the place for a mo
ment until twenty-four hours later,
when he left for about half an hour to
get something to eat. Then he ?-eturned
and has been keeping his silent vigil at
the same stand day and night ever since.
A policeman asked him to move on, but
he insisted that he was bothering no one
and had as much right to sit on the steps
of the city hall as any other man in the
city. He speaks to no one unless ad
dressed. Exchange.
The Lightning's Queer Freak.
Lightning does some queer things, but
nothing like the following, perhaps, has
ever before been attributed to it: "A
treak of Grand Rapids (Mich.) light
ning followed an electric light wire into
the children's department of St. Mark's
hospital, coolly turned on the gas, light-
5 d it and left for parts unknown."
The Oncorest of Deer Stories.
George Bell, keeper of Picnic Island,
in the lower harbor, has two little girls,
to whom a pet deer belonging to the zoo
of R. S. Warner & Co., on the island, is
very much attached. The little fawn
follows one child wherever it goes. Yes
terday the children stole away from
home to a place on the wharf, when the
youngest one accidentally fell overboard.
The deer at once jumped in after the
child, which soon sank out of sight.
The deer then swam to the beach and
ran at lightning speed to the keeper's
house, where the mother of the child
w;is. It reared up on his hind feet, blew
and snorted and cut queer antics so as
to attract Mrs. Bell's attention. It then
started down the beach in an excited
run and jumped into the water again.
Mrs. Bell missed her children, and, drop
ping everything, she followed the saga
cious animal, which she saw plunge from
the wharf into the bay.
One leg of her little girl was sticking
out of the water, and when rescued she
was unconscious. By rolling and rub
bing the child was resuscitated. Captain
Bob Warner is so proud of his fawn that
he has ordered it a handsome collar and
silver bell. He says a thousand dollars
could not buy it. Tampa (Fla.) Cor. At
lanta Constitution.
Mr. R. W. Brown, of The Her
A Li) force, hoarded No. o this morn
ing for Crete, to attend a Summer
Conference of Uible Study to the
be held there for one week.
Mrs. Perry Walker left on the
flyer last evening for Xonvoor',
N. Y. Hefore returning she will
visit the principal places of interest.
in the east, she was accompanied
as for as South Bend, Indiana, by
a littl girl of Mr. Niles.
Dr. Viola French, has concluded
her stay with us. and leaves to-day
for, Xealsville, Wisconsin, where
she will locate. Xealsville is the
Doctor's old home, and doubtless,
her services will be looked upon
with the favor they just'y deserve.
John Donlan looked about him as
he saw the cars making for the
station platform where he was sit
ting last night and beat a hasty re
treat for the river. John thought
death by drowing was more pre
ferable than being gored by a locomotive.
Attention Comrades.
All members of McConihe Post
No. 4o, are requested to be at Post
next Saturday evening as business
of importance will come before the
Post. By order of
F. A. Bates, P. C.
A Dead Pauper and a Dead Dog.
Judging from some disclosures which
were made at a meeting of the Warring
ton guardians last week, a dead pauper
in that union is regarded in very much
the same light as a dead dog. Recently
a man who had been receiving parochial
relief was found dead atEarlestown, and
the body was taken in a barrow to sev
eral public houses, "but no one would
receive it."
Ultimately a temporary resting place
was secured for the corpse in a 6table,
and two or three days later it was found
that "rats had got to the body." Some
body, it is clear, deserves censure, and
very severe censure, too, for this dis
graceful business; but nothing came of
the discussion at the guardians' meeting,
and as the deceased was only a pauper
I suppose no more will be heard of the
matter. London Truth.
Now is the time to get a saddle at
3-our own price at Keefer's. tf
Take your prescriptions to Brown
& Barrett's,they dispense pure med
icines, tf
Joe buys Only From the Best Houses in America.
, joe ,
Quotes no Prices But he Will Sell You The Best Goods
FOR THE LEAST 202T22"Sr.
Money Cheerfully Me funded! if Goods Found n ot
a Renres
COj as
Opera House Corner - Plattsmouth, Neb.
Italians in Cincinnati are learning a
thing or two, or rather those who vend
fruit are. Some of them, who blocked
the street with their pushcarts, were ar
rested, and, so that the vehicles could
not well be removed, they removed the
wheels while the policemen were signal
ing for the patrol wagon.
Russia has been experimenting with a
movable pigeon loft, from which dis
patches are sent by pigeons to various
parts of an army cam p." Army officers
are also training falcons to catch pigeons,
so that in case of war the former can
capture the enemy's messenger birds.
That Hacking Cough can so quick
ly cured by Shiloh's cure. We
guarantee it, 1-tf
Scotch Zepher Gingham reduced
from 17c and 15c to lUc at Win. Her
old A Son's. , tf
The largest line of patent med-i
cines wili be found at Brown & Bar
rett's tf
Potted strawberry plants of
choice varieties will be on sale at
Lew Moore's by Jul' 15th. Plants
put out now will insure a big crop
next year. d&wtf
We're After You.
lnat greatest western paper
Ihe eekly State Journal, is deter
mined to double its circulation tin
fall. To do this the paper has been
enlarged to twelve pages everv
week; new departments added, and
every column freshened and
brightened by crisp and orginal
ideas. The Journal is, the true and
able exponent of western enterprise
and thought. It has grown apace
with the progress ot our common
wealth and stands to-day at the
head of western newspapers
equalled by few and excelled by
none.
This will be an exceptional fall
and winter for newspaper reading,
Jivery man who thinks tor himsel
and wants his boj-s and girls to do
the same: should have the weekly
Journal in his family. Write for
sample. You need only to see the
paper to appreciate it. Send twenty
tive cents for a three months' trial
subscription. You will then be
come a regular reader. Kighty-live
per cent ot trial subscribers stick
That's a good record. Published at
the state capitol the Journal is
more in teuch with the great
masses of the people, and the ques
tion that agitate the hour, than any
of its competitors. Don't forget to
send for a sample paper. W e want
you to see one. ine paper itseir
will do tlie rest, one dollar per
3'ear. Address, v eeKij- state, jour
nal. Lincoln, .eb.
WANTED. A bright, active agent
in every town iu tne state, nasy
work ana gooa pay. uuress,
weekly State Journal, Lincoln, Neb.
W ill be Given Away
Our enterprising druggists, F. G
Fricke 8c Co, who carry the finest
stock of drugs, perfumeries, toilet
articles, brushes, sponges, etc., are
arivintr away a large number ot trial
bottles of Dr. Miles' celebrated Res
torative Nervine. They guarantee
it to cure headache, dizziness, ner
vous prostration, sleeplessness, the
ill effects of spirits, tobacco, coffee.
etc. Druggists say it is the greatest
seller they ever knew, and is univer
sally satisfactory. They also guar
antee Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure in
all cases of nervous or organic heart
disease, palpitation, pain in side,
Itch on human ans horses and all "Xervous and Heart Diseases,"
inimals cured in 39 minutes by
Wool ford's Sanitar- Lotion. This
never fails. Sold by F, G. Fricke Xc
Co., druggist, Plattsmouth. wtf.
Take advantage of the light har
ness sale at Keefer's. tf
Brown & Barrett dispense a
greater variety of Summer drinks
than any house in the city. tf
Wonderful Success.
Two year ago the Haller Prop.
Co.' ordered their bottles by the box
now they bu- by the carload.
Among the popular and succeseful
remedies they prepare is Haller's
Sarsaparilla A Burdock which is
the most wonderful blood purifier
known. No druggist hesitates to
recommend this remedj-.
For sale by druggist.
free.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cute
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Il&nds, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Piles, or bo pay required.
It is guaranteed to give satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by F. G. Fricke & Co.
New BarnNew fatoek.
Klam Parmele has pushed his
way to the front as a liverv man by
keeping nothing but the finest car
riages and buggies and best horses
to be found in the state. Those
wanting a satisfactory livery can't
do better than to call on Mr. Par
mele. dtf
RAD ECZEMA ON JIABY
A
Head one Sol id Sore Itced awful Had
To tie his Handato Cradle
Cured by Cuticura
Our little boy broke out on hi head with a
bad form of eczema wheu lie wa four months
old. We tried itp-ee doctors but they did not
help him. Vf hf n we used your three Cdtk u
ri Kkmkbiks, and after using them
eleven weekn exactly according te directions
ne uegan 10 steadily im
prove and after the ue
of them for seven
montlio his head was en
tirely well. When we be
tjan ueiiiK it his head
war a solid sore from Ine
crown to his eyebrows.
It wan also all over Imp
ears moft of his face aud
email placet) on different
parts of hi body. There
were sixteen weeks that
we had to keep his hands
tied to the cradle and
hold them when he was
to keen mittens mi his
hand to keep hi linger nails out of the sores
a tie worn scratch it he could in any way yet
mis nauas loose, w e Know your UUTICTKI
KFMF.iiiFB cured him. We feel safe in rec
contending them to others.
Geo. B. andJanetta Harris, Webster. Ind.
CUTICURA RESOLVENT
The new blood and skin purifier, and greatest
oi ciitmor nemeaies, cleanses the blood
oi an impurities and poisonous elements
ana inus remove the cause, and Cuthxra,
ih great amn t.,ure and citiclka Soap, an
exquisite Skin Purifier and Beautifier.
to ciear tne skiii and scalp and restore
the nair). speedily cure everv humor and
disease of the fkin, scalp, and blood, with lnse
of hair, whether itching, burning, scaly,
pimulv. and blotchv. skin seal n and htond di
sease, from plmyles to sdrofula from infancy
to age wnen tne nest physicians fail.
Vf
iwHLiXfjrox & Missorm nivr.it it. ?.
TIME TABLE. '
OK DAILY 1'ANS!-;.;KK trains
GOING EAST
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No. 4...
No. 8...
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No. 12..
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.10 :30 a. .
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GOING WEST
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SKf ItET sot I t'Vl KS
KNIGHTS OK I'VTIIIAS Gauntlet bodge
no. 47 Meets every Wednesday evening
at their in Kannele . Craig block. All vis
iting knights are cordially invited to attend
(J. C. Marshall. V. O. ; tis Oi.vey, K. It. S.
taken up ; and had
Sold everywhere. Price t'nici it. 50c. Soap
2Sc ; Kksolv k.vt $i.oo. Prepared bv the Pot
ter Drug and Chemical Cornoration. Hostvn.
Cgr-Send for how to cu e skin Ceseases."
D 1 RVJCJ Skin and scalp purified and beauti
DaD I Ufied Cuticvri SoAp.Abselutely pure
PAINS AND WEAKNESSES
Of females iatantiy relieved by that
HOI, .llilr'itit qnl infllililv n , 4 .-. a
f to pain In fla in at ion and Weakness
Vw the Cuticuri Anti Pain Plas
" tor
Bank of Cass County
Cor Main and t utn street.
Paid up capital..
Surplus
.. $90 009
.. 26 000
OFFICERS
0. H. Parnele President
Fred Gorder Vice Presidant
J. M. Patterson Casuelr
T. M. Patterson, Aest Cashier
DIRECTORS
0. H. Parmele, J. M. Patterson, Fred Gorder,
L. B. Smith. K. B. Windham. B. S. Kamsev and
T. M.Patterson
. GENEEAL BANK1NC BUSINESS
TSANSATED
Accounts solicited. Interest allowed on time
deposits and prompt attentionaiven to all bus
iness entrusted to its care.
YOL'NG MEN'S CHKISTION ASSOCIATION
Waterman block. Wain Street. Kooiiik
open from 8 :.' a m to 8 ::to i tn; Kor men only
Gospel meeting every Sunday afternoon at 4
0 eiocK .
A O. I". W,. 8. Meeir- fu st and third Friday
evenings of ea h month at G. A. H. Hall
in Hock wook block . Frank Vei milyea, M, W.
I, B. Kuersole, Keeorder.
A O, C. W. No. M - Meets second and feurth
1 k Fridav fveninos in the nioiitti at ;. A . It.
hall ni Kock wood block. K. .1. Morgan, M W,
, P, Brown, Keaordcr,
TOVAl. AKUANAM Cas Council No 1021.
lv Mett at the K.of p. hall in the Parmele &
Craig block over Bennett ft Tutts, visiring
brethren invited. Henry Herold, Itegent ;
Thos Wailing, Secretory.
CASS LODGK. No. 14. I. O. O. F. meets ev
ery Tuesday night at their hall In Fitgerald
block. All Odd Fellows are cordially invited
fo attend wbe visiting in the city. J Cory
N. G. S. W. Bridge. Secretary.
PI.ACKS OK WOKSIIIP.
Catholic St. Paul's Church. Oak. between
Fifth and Sixth. Father Carney, Pastor
Services: Mass at 8 and 10 :30 a. m. Sunday
School at 2 :30, with benediction.
Christian. Corner Locust and Kighth Sfs.
Services morning and evening. Elder J. K.
Heed, pastor. Sunday School 10 a. m.
Episcopal. St. Luke's Church, corner Third
and Vine. Rev. H B. Burgess, pastor. Ser
vices : 11 a. m. and 7 :30 p. u . Sunday School
at 2 :30 p. m.
German Methodist. Comer Sixth St. and
Granite. Key. Hirt. Pastor. Services : 11 a.m.
and 7 :30 P. m. Sunday School 10 :30 A. M.
Pkehbyteki an. Services in new church, cor
ner Sixth and Granite sts. Kev. J. T.' Baird,
pastor. Sunday-school at 9 ; 30 ; Preaching
at 11 a. m.and 8 p. in.
The Y. K. S. C. E of this church meet? eveiy
Sabbath evening at 7 :15 in the basement of
the chucrh. All are invited to attend these
meetings.
First Methodist. Sixth St., betwen Main
and Pearl. Kev. .1. I. M Buckner. pastor.
Services : n a. m.. 8 :00 p. m. Sunday School
9 a..m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
Gkkman Preshytkriax.' Corner Main and
iwum. lit v. w ltte, pastor. Services : usual
hours. Sunday t-chool 9 :30 a. m.
SWEKOISH COXGKKiiATIOXAI.
tween 1 11th and Sixth.
Granite, be-
Organdies, lawns
ess than cost, at
& Son's.
flouncing-s at
Wm. Herold
tf
Kstrayed from my premises this
mrmn my bay carriage mare.
Finder will please return to
Jh,. L. SlGGIXS.
Colored Baptist. Mt. Olive. Oak. between
Tenth and Eleventh, Kev. A. Boswell, pas
tor. Services 11a. m. and 7 tt m m. Prs4ir
meeting Wednesday evening.
Young Mkn's Christian Association
Kooius in Waterman block, Main street. Gos
pel meeting, for men only, every Sunday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock. Booms open week days
from 8:30 a. m.. to .- 30 p. m.
South Park Tap.ervacle Kev. .1. M
Wood. Pastor. Services : Sunday School.
10a. in.: Preaching. 11a. in. and 8 p. m. -prayer
meetiDg Tuesday night ; ehoir prac
tice Friday nijiht. All are welcome.
Ladies, among- that sample line
are some of the finest shoes you ,n-rS
ever iaia eyes on w m. ileroia Mouse. jfeiereDces. manlfacti hkh. iwir
W Anted Au active, relioble man salary $70
to S&o monthly, with increase, to represent
& Son's
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