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It Is probably a fact that no variety
f fowls has so quickly and so com
pletely taken captive the heart of the
practical poultry keepers as have the
fWhite Wyandots They are encroach
ing upon thH popularity of the Barred
Plymouth Itpck which for a decade has
been the most popular breed of poultry
toy far in the list The reason for the
Jilgh estimation in which the Wyandot
Is Jield Is not far to see In the first
place it has a splendid market form
and is moreover a mest excellent lay-
WHITE WYANDOTS
er The fowls are quiet and the hens
make excellent mothers in fact they
cannot be excelled in this respect
When wanted for market the Wyandot
is always plump and fat and this is a
condition too that Is true of them at
almost any time after they are ten
weeks old Another point in favor of
the Wyandot is Its quick maturity It
Lan be got to laying in five months after
hatching All varieties of Wyandots
are of great practical worth but the
white variety is accepted everywhere
as being the practical fowl par excel
lence New England Farmer
The Guernsey
If there is what is commonly called a
special all purpose cow that is one
-which is excellent for the dairy and
good for beef it is doubtless the
Guernsey It belongs to the so called
Channel Island races - the origin of
which seems to have beenvfhe cattle of
Norrnandy the nearly adjoining pro
vince of France but being a part of
Great Britain for many centuries The
cut is one of a prize cow which re
cently gained the first prize at the Eng
lish dairy exhibition and the Lord
Mayors cup in a milking contest in
London She is an excellent type of
this breed which is noted specially for
the high quality of butter and its fine
color beating the Jersey in as regards
e fine grain and high rich flavor of
her product This cow will surpass the
Jersey one half at least in the weight
of carcass and still more in the quality
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THE GUERXSET COW
of the meat In this respect this breed
stands very high and very nearly ap
proaches the Devon This cow gave
j275 pounds of milk in a week of
which was made sixteen pounds of
butter weighed before salting The
breed generally is noted for gentleness
and good disposition
Butter Making
Butteriue cannot compete with good
butter There is no such thing as me
dium butter If it is not choice it de
serves no place in the market Much
of the butter sold is unfit for use and
the cause is ignorance in making it
In Europe dairy schools have been es
tablished for many years tire result
being a rapid advance in the methods
of butter making In this country dairy
schools are beginning to be established
and are well attended Butter making
begins when the milk is drawn from
the udder the strictest cleanliness be
ing observed Filth and carelessness
are the obstacles in the way of good
butter
Soil for Bulbs
Dutch bulbs are the easiest of flow
ers to grow Those who have failed
with almost every other kind may
count on success with these But even
bulbs like certain things better than
certain other things For instance in
fertilizers the Dutch gardeners long
ago showed us that rotted cow manure
is preferable to any otner Where this
is used some sand should be mixed with
it to lighten the soil Bulbs do not like
a soil that is either extremely wet or
dry Any soil that is well suited to
vegetable culture will if it be rich
answer for growing the Dutch bulbs
to perfection Vicks Magazine
Rruning Peach Tree v
It is usually done in the spring
hough it can be done In the late fall
but with the liability of some of the
branches beins winter killed thus
cr open in the center so as to admit the
-of air The peach tree can endure se
vere pruning and seems to thrive when
fmch is done All dead limbs or those
t hat are diseased must be removed at
once
Light Feeding Little Milk
It has been demonstrated that a cow
Avill eat as much as seventy five pounds
of green food in one day This appears
as a large quantity but such cows are
flvhicli eat but little It is of no He
ki
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tage to have v Liit is turned a light
feeder as It e finporsiblc for a cow
i to yield miUc lp huge quantities unless
j uhe conffumei sufficient food from
7hich to product to milk Do not re
duce the food bcas of a scarcity but
buy bran and iinsced meal Economy
in the saying cf food means a 16ss in
the product Food brought on the farm
Is not only an addition to th raw ma
terial to be utilized but increases the
manure heap
A Supply of Iaddera
One of the most important things in
harvesting fruit Is to have a good sup
ply of ladders The modern methods o
pruning trees- do not require the long
and inconvenient ladders that were for
merly used by leaning thein against the
tree And picking the fruit from the out
side This always had the effect of
destroying many small limbs and strip
ping the bark from larger ones where
the ladder rested Light self-supporting
ladders that can be set under trees
so that the picker need not climb
through them are what are needed
The saving -in fruit by picking from
these self supporting ladders will repay
their cost any year when the fruit crop
is abundant
The Best Pays Best
A Canadian dairy farmer found out
what the Babeock test would do for
him He had twenty four cows and
two hired men He tested the cows
and found that eight of them did not
pay for their keep He disposed of the
eight and one hired man At the end of
the year he found he had made as much
money as when he had kept the twenty
four cows and two hired men He re
duced his herd still further to twelve
first class animals and from them ex
pects to get as much income as he used
to get from the twenty four
For Mendinjr Harness
Take two pieces 1x5 inches 2 feet
long trim one end of each to a nice
edge to hold leather and nail to block
4x5 inches cut five inches long and
champered off so as to bring points
of board together at top Saw one
board off one half inch below top of
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HARNESS CLAMP
block and -rejoin with hinge of leather
or rubber belting Nail two strips 1x2
inches and 20 inches long one on each
end of block to make stand up Make
handjever as figure 1 with a cylindri
cal roll at end 2 inches in diameter and
2 inches long Put hole one half inch
from upper side fasten in place with
two pieces of stray Iron running
through slots in clamp boards and with
holes in each end to receive sixteen
penny wire nails one through hand
lever and one on outside of opposite
board An old bed spring will do foi
spreader Practical Farmer
2 Temporary Fencing-
The zigzag plan of building tempor
ary board fences is recommended by a
correspondent who says If the board
are 16 feet long set the posts 7 f eei
apart and in a straight line Put thfi
boards on as shown in sketch nailing
one panel on one side of the post and
the next one on the other with the posi
in the center of the board on the f
site side of the board This method ol
putting on boards bends them slightly
and the boards are inclined to hug tfl
the post In case an animal pushes a
board loose from the post if it is no
broken it will spring back to its placet
making it appear tight thus -present
ZIGZAG BOARD FENCE
ing no inducement to stock to jump
Farm and Home
Hints for Beekeepers
Moth worms bother Italian bees verj
little
Spring dwindling is the result of bad
wintering
Bees require ventilation in the hive
during the winter
The nourishment of the bee consists
of honey and pollen
Honey will ripen just as well outside
of the hive as in il
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In wintering it is always best to take
away all but one queen
With good care combs may be made
to last a good insny years
The size of the celis does not deter
mine the sex by any means
A piece of ground taken up with bee
hives is cf little value for anything else
except fruit
Bees when buding comb commence
at the top and hang in heavy clusters
to their combs
Keep the brood as near the center as
possible and the honey nearest the out
side frames
Good chaff hives are quite a
Rssitallng cutting again in the spring t5on to earl5 brood caring if managed
lhe best form is to leave the trees property
The queen no matter how prolific
sunlight and permit of -free circulation i should be confined to the space occupied
bv uie cluster
Do uot allow any drone comb to re
main in the hive except the colonies you
wish to breed from
The pure Italian bees show three yel
low or golden bands encircling the body
when the bees arefillcd with honey
The hives should not be shifted
around from one place to another as
the bees will get confused and it will
flso producers of more milk than cows I pf ter ncite robbln
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REVISED VERSION A DRUG
booksellers Still Overstocked with
Copies of the Newest Bible
Those who remember the enormous
Bales which attended the introduction
of the revised version of the holy scrip
tures will be uot a little surprised at
the general collapse which has gradu
ally made this publication a drug on
the market Over sixteen years ago
the first edition of the revised New
Testament was published by the Ox
ford Press and at the time so strenu
ous were the efforts made to obtain ad
vance sheets of it that one house alone
Offered 5000 for a single copy without
success When the revised version of
the entire Bible was published four
years later the run on the Oxford
University Press warehouse was un
precedented upward of 1000000 cop
ies being issued berween one midnight
and the next midday At the New
York branch of the Oxford Press in
Bleeker street the office was besieged
the nighfc before publication and spe
cial detectives were placed around the
rs from obtaining copies even
pojsiting their money
It is estimated that 1000000 copies
were sold In this country during the
first three weeks after the publication
Such a sale had never before beeu
known and several -American firms
including Harper Bros D Appletom
Co Dodd Mead Co and Porter
Coates of Philadelphia issued Amer
ican editions in large quantities to meet
the demand
The collapse was experienced less
than two months after the first appear
ance of the new version The total loss
to the American firms interested has
been variously estimated to be between
S3CO000 and 600000 From that date
until now the sales have been extreme
ly small less than eight copies being
sold to 100 of the King James version
That the revised version will ever
supplant the King James version seems
extremely doubtful from the present
outlook As is well known the new
version is never used in either the Ro
man Catholic or Protestant Episcopal
church in public worship and can nev
er be unless authorized by those in
powe which is extremely unlikely to
occur owing to the origin of the re
vised version The Douay Blble is at
present used almost exclusively among
English speaking people of the Roman
Catholic church and the King- James
Bible n the Protestant Episcopal
church In churches of other denomi
nations the revised version has made
little or jfo headway and the regular
Scripture reading for the day is rarely
taken from it
As a text book however it is con
sidered almost invaluable and is used
extensively by clergymen of all de
nominations and in many Sunday
schools Its superiority in technical
accuracy is everywhere recognized Its
lack of popularity in public worship
seems to grow out of a loss of senti
ment which is found to so large a de
gree in the authorized version One of
the passages which has evoked the
most unfavorable comment is the
translation of the Lords prayer which
in Matthew vi 9 14 is made to read
as follows
Our Father which art in heaven
hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdom
come Thy will be done as in heaven
so on earth Give us this day our daily
bread And forgive us our debts as
as we also have forgiven our debtors
And bring us not into temptation but
deliver us from the evil one The
substitution of the evil one for evil
brought forth a flood of criticism
Another passage which has attract
ed attention is the translation of Glor
ia in Excelsis Instead of Glory be to
God in the highest and on earth peace
good will to men the revised version
has it Glory to God in the highest
and on earth peace among men in
whom he is well pleased
These two passages perhaps alone
have decided the fate of the new ver
sion as a book appointed to be read in
churches New York Times
N DANGERS OF GUN PRACTICE
The Bravery of a Mate Saved a Ship
from Destruction
There is considerable danger in this
naval practice in gunnery said an of
ficer of the United States navy the oth
er daj I came very near going up in
to the air in svmah bits on this last
squadron cruise We were at heavy
gun practice at sea and but for the
quickness of a gunners mate would
never have returned As you probably
know the heavy guns in the turrets are
fired by electricity the gun being dis
charged simply by pressing a button
The officer in command of the forward
turret on our ship during rapid fire
practice was just about to press the
button to fire one of our big guns when
a gunners mate was seen to grab at
something on the wall of the turret
and then fall in a heap on the floor The
officer pressed the button but the gun
was not discharged
When the mate came to he was
asked what had happened and he in
formed the officer that the breech of
the gun had not been locked and that
what he grabbed at the wall was the
wires forming the electric firing cir
cuit Whan he saw the officer was
preparing to fire the gun and at the
same time observed that the breech
of the gun was not locked the only
thing that occurred to him to prevent
the gun being discharged was to de
stroy the circuit which he did promptly
and effectively When all this occurred
there was a charge of 250 pounds of
powder in the gun another charge of
the same size in the turret ready to be
served and the passageway leading to
the powder magazine was wide open
But for the quickness of the gun
ners mate the gun would have been
blown but inside the turret the gases
from the burning powder would prob
ab have ignited the charge lying in
the turret this explosion would have
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ignited the powder in the magazine cna
the chances are that the whole ship
crew and all would have gone up in
the air A thought that has occurred
to me is this Suppose the accident
had occurred what do you imagine the
verdict of the board of inquiry as to
the cause of the loss of -the ship would
have been Since this experience the
department has adopted electrical
means to prevent the discharge of any
of the large guns until the breech Is
locked San Francisco Chronicle
WmSd
Professor Alsnel says that between
the ticks of a watch a ray of light
could move around the globe
Professor Bilslik savs The risrht
building toprevent over eager purchas 1 hand wllch is more sensitive to the
touch than the left is less sensitive
than the latterto the effect of the heat
and cold
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Dr Sharpbil says The elephant does
not smell with his trunk His olfactory
nerves are contained in a single nos
tril which is in the roof of the mouth
near the front
Every ton of Atlantic - water when
evaporated yields eighty one pounds of
salt a ton of Pacific water seventy
nine pounds Arctic and Antarctic wat
er yield eighty five pounds to the ton
Dead Sea water 187 pounds the Med
iterranean eighty seven and four
tenths
A medical authority condemns slow
eating as well as hurried eating for
both beget imperfect mastication But
rapid and energetic chewing with free
dom from mental anxiety insures the
most thorough mastication while
stimulating the secretion of saliva in
the most favorable manner
It is asserted in Popular Science
News that spectacles for horses are
among recently patented inventions
The purpose is said to be not to im
prove the sight but by causing the
ground in front to appear nearer than
it really is to induce the horse to tak
high steps After a training with
such spectacles it is averred the horso
acquires and retains the habit of high
stepping
When liquid air containing from
40 to 50 per cent of oxygen is mixed
with powdered charcoal it forms an
explosion which is said to be compar
able in power to dynamite and can be
exploded by means of a detonator This
new explosive has been tested in a
coal mine at Penzburg Germany The
liquid air evaporates so rapidly that
the explosive cannot be stored but
must be used Avithin a few minutes af
ter it is prepared
Floors are making in France from a
mixture of six parts of good plaster
with one part of freshly slaked lime
This is hardened when very dry by
thorough saturation with sulphate of
iron or zinc the former giving a sur
face twenty times as strong as ordi
nary plaster while the latter is choser
for its whiteness Linseed oil boiied
with litharge turns the rust color giv
en by the iron to a beautiful mahog
any which is further improved by a
coat of copal varnish
M Ch Ed Guillaume in an article
in the Bulletin de la Societe dEncour
agement pour llndustrie Nationale
calls attention to certain properties of
nickel steel which are little under
stood Now certain of these allovs are
not magnetic but acquire magnetic
properties after they have been sub
mitted to the action of intense cold
Under the influence of variations in
temperature it is found also that nickel-steel
expands and contracts in a reg
ular ratio but within very small lim
its
Dr Lydekker in Knowledge points
out the error of the widespread belief
that deserts like the Sahara are the
bottoms of ancient seas which have
been lifted above their original eleva
tion by geological forces It is absa
lutely certain he says that the sands
of all the great deserts of the world
have been formed on the spot by the
disintegration of the solid rocks on
which they rest Desert sands corre
spond in all respects so far as their
mode of origin is concerned to the
dust and sand which accumulate on
our highroads in summer All des
erts are situated where the winds from
the ocean before reaching them are
exhausted of their moisture by pass
ing over mountains or across extensive
tracts of land
Mixing Affairs
Gracie said Mr Nipperson I think
your father ought in some way to be
given to understand that he carries his
business as a contractor altogether too
far
What makes you think that the
fair girl asked
When I went to him this afternoon
andr told him that I wanted you for my
wife he told me to submit a sealed pro
posal and he would consider it in its
proper order
Rides Only on Green Cars
There is an Irish woman in Kansas
City so patriotic that when she comes
down town she will never take any but
a green car no matter how long she
has to wait though the yellow and red
cars would serve her just as well The
red signifies to her the crimson color
of the hated British while theyellow
is the symbol of the odious Orangeman
There used to be an old fashioned
woman who made a great deal of joy
for her family by shaving the raw corn
off the cob and mixing it up with a
batter and frying it Does any one
know where she may be founds
As soon as the poor barber begins to
ecrape acquaintances he cuts them
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Device for Breaking Ejjjzs
To break the egg is an easy task but
lo prevent a suspicious one from join
ing the rest and contaminating the
whole is a very delicate matter To
remedy this the little device shown in
the illustration has been invented As
tliowiTfbe oblong scoop at the top is
pivoted and furnished with a tin arch
On the edge of this arch the egg is
broken and the contents drip into the
INGENIOUS AND USEFUL
back part of the scoop When the ab
sence of anything obnoxious has satis
fied the operator that it is a fresh egg
a movement of the finger tilts the scoop
and allows the contents to run into the
can below If however the egg be
stale the scoop is easily slipped off the
machine and washed out The contain
ing vessel is also graduated to show
the weight of the eggs contained in it
Canned Raspberries
Pick out all imperfect berries and
put as many as your preserving kettle
will hold at once into a large bowL
To each pound of fruit add three
fourths of a pound of sugar and let
stand two or three hours until the
juice is drawn out Pour it into the
kettle and let if just come to a boil
remove the scum and put iu the berries
very carefully As soon as they come
thoroughly to a boil put them in warm
jars and seal while boiling hot A
handful of currants can be added tc
each quart of berries in the above as
raspberries when canned are rather
insipid in flavor and currants are an
improvement Good Housekeeping
Canned Peaches
Select peaches that are ripe and not
too soft Pare halve and weigh the
fruit and allow six ounces of sugar tc
each pound of fruit Put the sugar
with just water enough to dissolve it
over the fire Skim as it boils thee
put In the peaches a few at a time and
as soon as they are well scalded take
out carefully drain -and pack in the
jars filling nearly full Strain the
syrup boil again and then fill the jars
Run the handle of a silver spoon down
the inside of the jar to let any bubbies
escape and then seal quickly
Orange Cheese Cakes
Peel the yellow rind from two or
anges and boil in a saucepan of watei
until tender Drain and when cold
pound to a paste with one quarter oi
a pound each of powdered sugar and
butter When smooth add gradually
the beaten yolks of eight eggs and on
tablespoonful each of brandy and sher
ry Line some patty pans with puff
paste fill -with the mixture and bake ir
a quick oven
Curried EcfiB
Peel and slice two good sized onion
and brown them slowly in two table
spoonfuls of butter Add one teaspoon
ful of curry powder and one heaping
tablespoonful of flour and stir until
smooth and thick Simmer for ten
add six hard boiled eggs cut in
quarters or thick slices and stand over
hot water for ten minutes then serve
Fcalloped Vegetable Oysters
Scrape the roots cut them in small
pieces and boil them until they are
tender Then take bread or cracker
crumbs and put a layer of each in a
pudding dish Seasoneach layer with
pepper and salt butter and parsley
and when the dish is full pour a quart
of sweet milk over it and bake one
hour and a half
Household Hints
Young housekeepers should not for
get to put the corn broom into scalding
water once a week or so It not only
cleanses but prevents the corns from
getting brittle
Wooden skewers are convenient tc
clean the hairs and dust out of hail
brushes also to loosen the dirt which
soinetimesgets caked in the corners ol
floors or window sills
Wash silk stockings in lather Of cas
tile soap rinse very thoroughly in clear
water turn wrong side outr wring dry
iu a cloth when nearly dry stretch and
rub with hands to shape them do not
iron
Flaxseed syrup for colds is made by
boiling flaxseed until water becomes
slimy then strain sweeten with pow
dered sugar and juice of fresh lemons
Dose wiueglassful when cough is trou
blesome
Do not trouble because a sick person
does not eat in cases of acute disease
thej are better without food for a day
or two- When nourishment
needed it should be given spar
ingly and frequently
To remove mud stains from black
silks or woolen fabrics let the same be
come perfectly dry before attempting
to brush Then rub the spots with a
flannel that has been dipped in gin or
hot coffee to which a little ammonia
ss been added
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FIRST CHINESE HELLO
Ching Soy Sing Say3 Choy Que Ko
When the Wire la Bny
San Francisco has a novelty In a
telephone exchange for the use of tho
Chinese merchants of Chinatown Now
Ching Soy Sing is a modest looking
young man but it is evident that he
feels his position for he says he is tha
first Chinese telephone opellata IrS
the world The Chinese who have con
nections put In their places of bus-
ness were at firt a little nervous con
cerning the mystery of a voice sailing
over a wire and would stand from the
phone as far as the receiverwoulJ
permit but the unnaturalness of thd
system is gradually working off andt
seemingly all will be in working order
before many days
Chings explanations of the workings
of the telephone sounded like an act
in The First Born He said in brok
en English yesterday No sabe voice
walkee here but I sabe fixee him for
walkee you bet One man say Bin ong
ke ong sop I catchee plug stab him
on board and voicee walkee to me then
to nother China boy One time no1
catchee nother man I talkee Choy
Que Ko Then nother man sit down
He talkee me one time again and U
talkee Mut la ho so all same MelicanJ
man What man you likee talkee
Next time maybe you catchee thent
voice walkee Whats matter you betl
heep good I likee sometimes every-
body talkee all samee time Wat3f
matta him I no sabe again Wha fari
he do that all tiee If hatchetman
talkee bout killee some more men II
hear him and tell nother man you bet
I stop him voice walkee and notheii
man no sabe nothing I no likee talkeet
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me hello gaily Smart fello some
timee talkee me likee him nother maru
say hello gaily to me Wha for m
sabe Next time I stoppe him voice-
walkee you bet San Francisco CalU
Growing Erect
In the pictures by Gibson and others
of that class depicting social life it
is remarked that the women are drawn
sitting with heads erect and splendid
carriage or standing Nin stately atti
tude tall graceful creatures while the
men almost invariably appear round
shouldered bunched down in their
chairs until they lose the benefit of
their extra height and often appear
shorter than their well poised com
panions Why cannot the new man
rise to his full height either sitting or
standing and assume the splendid
poise of the new woman It may bee
the reason that the girls now are taller
than they used to be Is that emphasiz
ing all the height they have their stat
ute increases At all events this mat
ter of the difference in carriage be
tween most men and women has been
remarked by the observant ones Inour
audiences this winter Boston Travel
er
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT
From the Observer Flushing Mich
Early in November 1894 says Franfe
Long who lives near Lennon oi
starting to get up from the dinner table
I was taken with a pain in my back The
pain increased and I was obliged to take
to my bed The physician who was sum
moned pronounced - my case muscular
rheumatism accompanied by lumbago
He gave me remedies and injected-morphine
into my arm to ease the pain
My disease gradually became worse
until I thought that death would be wel
come release from my sufferings Besides
my regular physician I also consulted an
other but he gave me no encouragements
On Getting Up from the Tahle
I was finally induced through readintr
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tSJLW Sfcrful cures wroucht bv Dr j
Wiwama JPjhk Pi a fnr
Pnlo Tarm1
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improvement in my condition Beforo
the first box was used L could gettabout
the Bouse and after using five boxs was
entJfejT cured
i fJIH at time x hae felt no return-
mbc n3 I am confident
at Williams Pink Pills saved
my
life ufid I try to induce my friends wi
are aick to try the same remedy I will
gladly answer inquiries concerning my
sickness and
wonderful cure provided
stamp is enclosed for reply
FRANK LONG
She Was Like Her Brother
One of our village young gentlemen
took his little sister with him while
calling the other evening at a home
where be is a regular visitor The lit
tle girl made herself quite at home and
showed great fondness for one of the
youfig ladies hugging her heartily
How very affection she Is said th
lady of the house Yes so like her
brother responded the
young lady un
thinkingly Paterfamilias looked
sternly over the top of his spectacles
the young gentleman blushed and the
reat were silent Shortsville N Y En-
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Anclenr Greek Ballot
One of the ballots for Themlstocles
has just been found by German
exca
vators in the Areopagus going back
to a date earlier than 470 B C as that
was the year in which that celebrated
worker of the Athenian primaries was
banished It is an inscribed potsherd
being his name and with proper care
is good for another 2500 years There
are only three such souvenirs of old
Greek elections In existence and only
this one bears the name of Themls
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