THE OMAHA DAILY -BEE : MONDAY , JAOTTAIIY 2 * 1888. . . .
couragemcni , and supply a much felt want. '
There are two churches , the Cathollo and- the
MothodUt , ( Una two nchooln , thp Cathollo nnd
"tne pUbllo. Both are well attended hnd ably
conducted by efficient , touchers. Several
1 brick bulldliif/R wo talked of to bo erected In
the spring. The surrounding , country was
nettled yearn before Humphrey wus , heard of.
and whilst It has neither the beauty of Las
Vegas or the grandeur of Yellowstone park ,
It has something of far more value to the
home seeker. For fertility nnd easiness of
cultivation It crtnnot DO surpassed In nny part
pf the Mute , Wo do not claim any boom , or
expoot Humphrey over to bo n great city , but
WJ-ore conlMwit that In Uio neur futuio Its
population will bo greatly Increased. Pcoplo
looking for farming Imid or a business loca
tion will do well to como hero before they in
vest hlsfiwhoro.
Culbortwni Callings.
CtiMiKitTsos , Neb. , Dec. TO. [ Correspond
ence or the HBK.J Culbertson has organl/cd
ft board of trade and steps will bo taken to
thoroughly advcrtlBO this thriving pluco
throughout the cast. The board is composed
of live , energetic business men who will ma
terially advance the best interests of the
town.
Sufficient steel nnd other material for the
npw Frenchman Valley k Wyoming railroad
lias been received at this place to build tilxty
trijles of the road. The road la complete and
Iri .miming order from Holyoke , Colo. , to
Chevonnu , and It Is quite certain that the entire -
tire line from this place to Chovcnno will bo
'finished b/ncxt Juno. The lending towns on
this rend will doubt less bo Culbertson , Pali-
mule , Imperial , Holyoke and Sterling , the two
latter In Colorudo.
The $10,000 roller flouring mill Ju.st com
pleted at this place Is the most complete mill
in the vulloy and fills n long felt want in this
section. It hus n daily capacity of 150
barrols' of flour , besides the corn
and buckwheat manufactured into nioiil.
The dlpthoria thut hus been raging In the
southern portion of the county hus boon
checked , the lust death being that of Young
'Occobok , who reside with Carter's family of
whom three died of the dreadful disease.
.Tho people along the line of the B. & M. in
this section have Just cause to complain of
the action of thut road In Ignoring the needs
of the people In the way of passenger nnd
mail facilities. But ono muil nnd passenger
train each way per duy Is regarded us pretty
poor accommodations. A competing line of
rend is ( sorely needed nnd all JndicuUons point
to an early coasumatioa of such an udvon
turo.
Items from Alnsworth.
AINSWOHTH , Neb. , Jan. 1. [ Correspond
ence of thoBnu.J Ainsworth precinct Is now
building a SlO.OOOcourLliouso , and the walls
arc well under way. This building the pre
cinct will donate to the county to be used for
county purposes so long ns she desires.
For several duys this section has had very
severoVuathcr , inaugurated with u genuine ,
howling blizzard. Thorn wns ono flno day
nnd then the steady cold sot in. There is but
llttlo snow not enough for sleighing.
The only observance of Christmas was nt
the churches , the Baptists presenting a can
tata , "Catching Kris Krlnglc , " which wns
very prettily acted , the Sunday school chil
dren bofng thoroughly trained , and receiving
the generous applause of hundreds of specta
tors. There were also two beautifully il
luminated Christmas trees with gifts for the
children. The Congregational church had
songs , rccitutinnB , u tree loaded with nrcs-
cntH nnd nlcolv illuminated ; u genuine Rnntu
Glaus presided over the tree , culled out the
gifts and everybody was happy.
There have boon many visitors in town
during the holidays , and there wcro some
family reunions. Quito a number are out of
town during the holidays , visiting homes or
friends.
Nor folk'H Street Hallway In Trouble.
Nouroi.K , Nob. , Jan. 1. [ Special to the
BEI : . ] The Norfolk Htroot railway company ,
which deferred building Its line until coli
weather made the work of construction vcrj
dlnieult , so that the grading is in an Incom
pletod condition , is now confronted by an
other trouble. Mayor Kocnlgstcin hus noti
fied the company to have the streets plncw
in as good condition us they were before the
truck wus laid , otherwise it will bo declared
a nuisance und ordered removed.
Change.
Nonroi.K , Nobj , Jan. 1. [ Special to the
BEE. ] The Daily News this morning an
nounced tlintP. F. Sprcchor has sold his In
terest in the paper but will continue as ed
itor. "The old 'firm ' of Norton , Sprocher &
Bell Is succeeded by the News Publishing
company , of which Messrs. Norton and Bell
ore members.
MUUOKHKD 1MB MOTHER.
Terrible Ending ol' n New Year's
Sprue In Baltimore.
BAI.TIMOTIK , Jan. 1. Stephen Conroy nnd
Pttrick O'Donnoll wcro drinking together
for some hours last night ut the homo of the
former , and about midnight a fight took
place , in which O'Donncll ' was badly beaten
nnd thrown out of the house. Shortly after
ho 'vas found unconscious In the street and
taken homo , when ho charged Conroy with
assaulting him. The police went to arrest
Conroy and found ho hnd killed his aged
mother-with un ux. The room in which the
murder was committed presented a horrible
appearance , tlio walls being splashed with
blood. O'Donncll was HO badly beaten that
ho is almost certain to die.
Fntnl Now Year Ol orvnnco.
FOIIOETOWX , Ala. , Jan. t. A terrible catas
trophe occurred , lust night , in which three
persons wore killed outright and between
twenty and thirty injured. The colored Bap
tists hnd assembled in their church to watch
thii old year out nnd the now your in. as is
their custom , and during1 'tho festivities , so
gTfat was Uio crowd that the floor gave way ,
ana the building collapsed. A scene of ter
ror ensued. Alary Allison and Mrs. .Tones
and her child wrro taken from the wreck
dead.
Backed By un Affidavit.
ST. PAUL , Jim , 1. A Winncpcg special to
the Pioneer-Press says : Sometime ago the
Free Press charged that the Norquny gov
ernment hud misappropriated some $ ( K,000 )
belonging to n half-breed miner. This the
government denied , and the s.uno paper will
to-morrow publKh the' affidavit of Arthur
Sylvan that he was authorized to collect this
claim , but hud his checks refused repeatedly.
F Bunk officials stuto thut the funds wcro with
drawn by the government , the checks being
slgiicd by Harrison , new premier. Interest-
lug developments urn expected.
All the Boomers
GIUDA SrniMis , Kan. , January 1. The
Herald uunounccs thut Gcudu Springs Is the
headquarters of the Oklahoma movements
and adds : "Wourcuuthoiizcd to say there
Is no movemcn t , either concealed or open.
looking to un invasion of the territory. All
the Oklahoma boomers ask Is that congress
hall act. and act piomptly , und that the
president , shall respect and comply with the
law requiring him to npjmint a commission
to treat with tlio Indians for hinds. "
A "Fistic Eiu'ountor nt Baltimore.
BALTIMOUE , Md. , Jan. 3. [ Special Tele
gram to the BKK.I H. Mortimer Black , ol
Now York , administered a sound thrashing
to J. Orotghton Davis , of this city , In the
Btrrot last evening , The cowhldlne was wit-
nC&sed by only n few persons , and the parties
telng prominent In society circles , efforts
\vcro made to suppress the publication of the
affair. Mr. Black accused Mr. Davis of scmV
Ing an Insulting letter to a woman to whom
ho is engaged to bo married.
\Vill Fight If Forced.
PESTH , Jan. 2. Premier Tis/a , replying tc
Now Year' * congratulations from the liber
als , to-day , said hu did not believe war wai
imminent. Ho wns convinced Hungary
Would not provoke , but shn would bo voadj
if war wns forced upon her. Among tin
deputies the speeches wcro peaceful in ten
dency. _
Two Firemen Killed.
AUIANT , Ore. , Jan. 1. This morning i
BOUth bound pusscngcr train ran into u Midi
eight miles south of Kiddles , killing Fircmci
Van Buren Und Roberts. No others were In
The Death Record.
BERUX , Jan. 1. The death Is announce *
ef the mother ot rolguiug duke Sazu Mcln
. BIX K AEt > .
TUc'Clnclnnn'tl Southern Wreck'More
. &croun Thnti Firnt KcpurtCHl.
Lnii.vpTox , Ky. , Jnri. ! < f ho collision on
the Cincinnati So-itlnjm road1 , near Green-
w'ood , K > % , on a sixty foot embankment r6-
ported briefly last night , In now known to
have resulted In the death of the following
persons : Left Withrow , biiggngemnstcr ;
James Sovcrens , postal clerk j L. C. Candcc ,
fireman ; Lawrence Callnti , bnggHgemastcr ;
W. li. Powell , express messenger , und Mias
Jessie Green , of Chattanooga , a paoRengor.
Fftcen ( Kiisous , pasaengcrHaad train liandfl ,
whose namei hove siot been secured , are
known to have been seriously , ROIMC fatally
Injured. In addition to them the north
bound train thin vcniug ' 'carried to Cincin
nati five or six badly Injured passengers.
Railroad officials hero refuse the associated
press roportci-s access to them and would not
glvo their names.
The collision xvas caused by Conductor
Schrutnm missing Uio orders delivered to
him at Wlnllcld. Ho mistook Sumlt for Sum
merset and hurried his train down grade at
fifty miles par hour to make that point. After
the collision the conductor of the other train
ran up to Sclirumm nud said : "I'm
not to blame for this , . read your
orders and see. " Schrumm took out his or
ders and looking nt them threw un his hands
and exclaimed , "Oh , my God , I've made n
mistake , ' <
The baggage car and funokor of train No. 2
rolled down the embankment and the ladles1
car was thrown on the engine , the inmates
being thereby scalded. The two engines col
lided with such force that they were virtu
ally wclilcd together and could not bo pulled
apart to-day.
A correspondent visited the sccno of the
wreck tills morning. There is no doubt that
several wcro burned to death , as u number
of charred bodies wcro found where the
smoking car of No. 1 waft burned. Innumer
able telegrams are passing over the wires In
quiring for relatives or friends on the fatal
train , nnd u number of passengers inquired
after cannot ho found. Early this morning the
charred remains of what is supposed to bo
Fireman Caudeo wore dragged out of tlio do-
bris. The only things loft unharmed wcro
his boots.
_ _ _ _ _
Caused By n Itecklo.sg Brnkotnnn ,
PiTTsnuno , Pa. , Jan. 1. A west bound
freight train on the Pennsylvania road
stopped near Bonniugton this morning to
dido track for the Pacific express. Through
the neglect of the flag brakomau the Pacific
express crushed into the rear of the freight
nt full speed. The engineer and fireman of
the freight train wcro fatally injured , and
the engineer of the second engine of the ex
press train very bndly hurt , and n number of
passengers wcro shaken up. .
GAMBtiEll DOXOHUE.
Ills Presence in Chicago llevivcs a
Baltimore Sensation.
CHICAGO , Jan. 1. [ SpecialTelegram to the
But : , ] JauiesDonohuo , the noted gambler
who was employed in Boston to murder the
servant daughter-in-law of rich Hotel Keeper
Mellon , of Ualtlmoro , and who was four
months ago repoi ted to have been shot dead
at Winnipeg , has turned up in this citj. An
interview with him published to-day says ho
is going back to Boston to face n charge of
bigamy which ho asserts has no foundation
except that given by Mcllcn's counsel.
Donohue relates what is said-to be the first
complete story of the conspiracy to murder
young Mrs. Mellon , whoso marriage had
never been made public , nnd who was con
sidered by the wealthy hotel proprietor far bc-
iicath his f-ocinl station. The salient feature
of Donohuo's nnrat ivc is the claim that ho went
into the conspiracy with the full knowledge
and appiovul of Chief Inspector
Hanscotn and Inspectors Gcraughty
and Houghten , of Uoston , the object
being not to commit the minder , but to sift the
plot to the bottom. Donohuo says ho at first
nollovod that the overtures to him to commit
tlio crime wcro part of a plot to murder him ,
as a bitter fight was in progress at that time
to break up the gambling fraternity in Bos
ton. Afterwards , when it was found that
the scheme was what it purported to bo ,
lonohuotwho hud been in the federal se
cret service during the war , was induced by
the police to follow the mat lor to the end.
The exposure of the conspiracy , Uio flight of
.tho older Mellon to Canada to csoapo Justice ,
and the imprison mono of his female confeder
ate , Mrs. Coolidgc , wore all , 'Donohuo asserts ,
direct results of his with
co-operation the po
lice of Boston nnd Bultimoic.
A TWO-YiSAK-OJjD 11ACE.
Morlainc nnd Siutlo D. lilkcly to bo
Matched In the Spring.
LEMSOTOS , Ky. , Jan. 1. [ Special Tele
gram to the B'BI : . ] There "Is likely to bo a
match race in the spring between the sensa
tional two-year-olds Morjalno and Sudio D. ,
the first with a i eeord of -MM , tlio other of
S:35Jf. : Bowerman Bros , nro confident that
Sudio D. c.m beat Movlalne , for she has
shown thorn a mile which is simply astonish
ing. In fact , as a record , it would put her in
the 2:30 : list , yearling as she is. It is a fact
that Mr. George Boworman , driver of Sudio
D. , Is in California now for the purpose ol
arranging a match between the two fillies il
possible , for any amount that may bo named
The Bowermans nro willing to tuko
their filly to California and hav
the race there or if the Callforman will como
hero they will pay the expenses of the trlpt
Brook Curry said to-day thjit not a yearling
in the world could bout Sudio D , The writer
saw the filly iii a puudockat the farm of
Claud Higgins. Shu is of a tall rangy , muko
with a long slender neck and a Hiuubleton-
ian head. She is a brown , and In her build
nnd finish shows her high quality. Her sire ,
Sherman's Hnmblctonian , was in
another paddock. The filly. bears
a striking resemblance to him in
conformation , especially In the legs. Sudio
D.'s dam has been breeding regularly to all
horses around hero , but to Sherman's Ham-
blctonlnn Bho dropped the only trotter she
over produced. Her performance is n great
\hinc for hcrsiro , whoso reputation has been
greatly enhanced. The match , if it should
como off , will attract the attention of the entire -
tire country and betting men in and about
Lexington will risk going broke on Sndie D.
WlLJj NOT SritlKE.
Result of a Meeting Heading Knights
on.nbor.
KDADIXO , Pa. , Jan 1. To-day nn informal
meeting tof the representatives from the
Knights of Labor , assembled _ in this city ,
whoso membership consists principally of
Reading railroad employes , was held hero
nnd the situation was again fully discussed
nnd it was given out as the sentiment of the
employes that under no circumstances would
they strike because they considered it impo
litic and on the ground that il would not help
along the cuuso of the Knighta of Labor. A
number of assemblies In the neighboring
towns telegraphed hero that they would bo
guided by tlio action of the Kcudln ? assem
blies. A quantity of freight und ears of coal
passed tlirouiru to-day. About -eighty men
wcro employed hero to-day nnd sent to Port
Uichmoud to toke the places of the strikers.
it a Bomb ?
NEW YonKJan. 1. The cause of the ox-
ploalon at the Equitable Gas-light works last
night is still shrouded in mystery. It was
ut first supposed it was caused by tlio accum
ulation of escaping gas , but it is now ru-
moivd that a dynamite bomb was thrown
Into the engine house , Three minutes before
tlio explosion no escaping gas was percepti
ble. All the pil)0 connections of the engines
and pumps leading to the storage tanks and
purifying houho wcro Intact.
The Fire Uccnrd.
KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Jan. 1. The establish
ment of the Stevens & Brace Iron company
burned last night. Loss $105,000. Fully
insured.
Eco IlAJinon CITY , N. J. , Jan. I. Fire
last night destroyed a great portion of the
town. Loss JfiO.OOO.
AITKIN , Minn. . Jan. 1. The utoro of W.
Potter & Co. , general merchants , burned this
inoinhig. Loss , 150.000 ; Insurance , 130,000.
n
Garnot'H Reception.
PAIIISJan. . 1. President Carnet gava the
usual New Year's reception to the diplomatic
corps to-day. The papal nuncio , OB behalf o (
the diplomatic body , congratulated the presi
dent , who lu reply said that be trusted that
nil fcnrs would bo dispelled .and that the
nation * might In .complete scfcnritj' devote
themselves to.the development of.thelr ularal
and material interest * : , . - .
A Murderer' * I-5cltltiK Tlmo. '
WAfSAV , Wis. , Jan. 1. During a quarrel
to-night Louis Butler WHS shot through the
heart by Louis Schlleht. Schllcht hurried to
Jail and surrendered himself. Several hun
dred men surrounded the Jail , determined to
lynch him. Sheriff Hcaly declared thnt he
had a i > o se of men armed with Winchesters
and any hostile attempt would bo mot with n
volley. The crowd then dlnperml.
Bank Thieves Frustrated.
CHICAGO , Jan. 1.It wns discovered to-day
that an attempt was made last night to rob
the vault of the Drovers' National bank at
the stock yards , containing 130,000 In cash.
The burglars blew out n portion of tlio door
with dynamite and did hard work with Jim
mies and drills , but evidently gave It up as a
bad job , they being unable to get it open ,
Discrepancies Discovered.
JEFFBRSONVIU.K , Ind. , Jan. 1. An expert
has discovered a marc's nest in the New
.Albany city treasury. No settlement has
been liad for twelve years , nnd discrepancies
amounting to $100,000 have been discovered ,
but Sam Weir , the treasurer , has credits
which will reduce the amounts somewhat.
Efforts nro being made to hush the matter up.
Humbert Mopes for Pence.
ROMK , Jan. 1. The king and queen re
ceived the members of senate nnd the cham
ber of deputies in tribunal palace to-day. Re
ferring to foreign afTuIrs King Humbert said
Italy hnd never enjoyed ns good a position ns
now. Ho boned 188JJ would be a year of
pcuco.
The Weather To-day.
For Nebraska : Fair weather , followed by
snow or rain , light to fresh southerly winds.
For Iowa : Warmer , fair weather , light to
fresh southerly winds.
"ForDakota : Snow , warmer , followed In
western portion by colder weather , light to
fresh , variable winds.
Kmporor William Observes New Yearns
HKiius'Jan.l. Emperor Will him obcrved
New Year's day by giving n reception to his
ministers , members of the diplomatic corps ,
generals of the army , etc.
THE OPENING"rE Alt.
Now Year's Day n yulet and Diievcnt-
I'ul Ono in Omnhn.
With its fresh and bracing air and .bright
Buushino , yesterday was un ideal No wYcar's
day ; und if. according to meteorology of
our forefathers , the three first days of Janu
ary are crlterions for'tho three first months
of the year , the opening month of _ iSiJS Is to
bo an auspicious ono. The snow oftho day
bofoio was well packed , making the first
really good sleighing this season. 'Everybody
was anxious to improve the opportunity for a
sleigh ride , and from morning until night the
streets were olive with daHblng'tUrnouta nnd
the air full of the music ofslolghbclls. . The
now year opening on Sunday there were but
few social gatherings or other indications of
the nature of the day. In. but'three of the
churches of the city wcro there special oscr-
mons announced for that -day. These wore
the Unity church , the pastor , Rev. Cone-land ,
preaching on "Tlio Now Your ; " the Sownrd
street M. E. church , Kev. . Sav-
idgo taking for his subject' "A
New Start , " and Alfred D. Henry's
church , the i > astor's subject being "A. D. .
IbSO. " In the evening there were the usual
Sunday night dances , but uono specially
dedicated to the open ing year. The festivi
ties have nil bren postponed until to-day , and
ns a result there Is a flood of balls , recep
tions nnd other entertainments this dftor-
noon and evening. Among these nro the Y.
M. C. A. reception , the Westminster Presby
terian church dinner , the Hyperion and.
Esmcralda balls and a host of others. Those
entertainments seem to have utterly dis
played the time-worn custom of new year's
culling , und but comparatively few In the
city will keep open house to-day.
'
Off For Boston , > > .
Yesterday Messrs. Murray .and Monford ,
dolcgatcsfrom the Omaha bricklayers union ,
started'for the national convention of bricklayers - '
layers which convenes in Boston , Mass. , on
Tuesday. *
Bored by a Fortune.
SanFrancisco Chronicle : , "WJiyd
it , that article in the Chronicle him east
mo $50 for wine since m.'ornlng , , " > aj.d
Isaac H. Cory to n Chronicle reporter
hibt night. Mr. Cory was 'Vis.rtcd at his
residence , 320 Oak street , for Mho. pur *
pose of obtaining additional facts ' in re
gard to the legacy .of $1,000,000 .which
wus left to him nnd'his family "not1 ' long
ago by General Saiuue L. Hunt o'f Mor-
ribtown , N. J. , ono of his relatives , who
died in that place on" December 4. Mr.
Cory , who was formerly a member of
the firm of Carolain , Cory , rSs
Co. , is well known in business'circles ' ,
and lives in elegant fatylo with his
family. Ho is about forty-five years of
age and has a wife and several children. .
Ho was particularly averse last'night to
saying anything whatever about the for
tune loft him , while admitting that
everything which the Chronicle pub
lished yesterday was correct with the
exception of the "bullion part of it. * '
When pressed to explain where thp dis
crepancy existed , Mr. Cory withdrew
into his shell , and became' ns closemouthed -
mouthed as the traditional claim , if
that llbh was ever known to be possessed
of the power of speech.
"I won't say a word about it now , " ho
continued ; "not ono .word. I've been
pointed out all over thib tWwn to-day as
the latest millionaire. I've made a
thousand new friends since the sun
arose , and they've slobbered all over mo
and told mo how much they thought of
mo , and all that sort ot thing. Of
course I'm on to their rabkot ; who
wenlrtn't boV But I wantthisnewspaper
talk about mo stopped. D l , I don't
want any notoriety. All I want is to bo
lot alone.
The reporter suggested that as it has
not been fashionable recently to leave
legacies of $1,000,000 to relatives or
others , that possibly the facts concern
ing such an occurrence might bo of gen
eral interest. It was also natural to bup-
pose that a feeling of satisfaction , not to
bay pleasure , would possess the person to
whom the bequest was mado.
"I don't know about that , " replied Mr.
Cory. "I have always had everything I
want. I don't really know .what I would
do with $1,000,000 unless I gave it away
to persons to whom it might do _ some
good. I have no especial use for it. "
Trophies from Venezuela.
Now York Sun : In the collections I
brought back from Venezuela I have the
akin of a black water serpent forty foot
long , that of u boa twenty-one feet long ,
a rattlesnake with sixteen rattles , and a
blnck centipede fourteen inches long ,
and nearly nn inch thick. If the In
dians in the villages ono might visit
notice the interest one takes in this
branch of natural history , they will
bring any number of snakes and other
reptiles and sell them for a trifle. The
only trouble ono has with them is the
transportation. One day , on the way from
the Guarico river toGuigue , I must have
presented a curious spccticlo , my .sad-
dle bags stuffed with insects , Indian
idols and ancient pottery , a dead ser
pent and an iguana ( species of arugon )
suspended from the saddle , a small mon
key sitting bcuind me on the horse , and
a beautiful green parrot wit blue head
and wings in front of mo. Many of these
objects , besides butterflies and bugs , I
had afterward very cleverly stuffed and
otherwise prepared for preservation by
a Swiss chemist , Mr. Johann Cunz , an
assistant of Sturup's pharmacy at Cara
cas , who furnishes a number of scien-
tiflo institutions with interesting collec
tions of that sort.
THE RANCHINGOUTLOOK , -
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Circumstances , Y/hloh' / Hnvo Pfoi
ducod Fluctuation In Oattlo Prices.
CATTLE INDUSTRY IN TEXAS.
Changed OomlltioiiH Tlmt Ifnvp Mnilc
tlio Binnll Fnrpicr n Necessary
Ally of tho.Btockninu . Uu-
thrinjr ' peculation.
Correspondent writer to the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat : A great deal of specu
lation has boon indulged In by ranch
men as to the causes of fluctuations in
the prices of range cattle during the
past two years. To have a duo apprec
iation of the sttimtion it is necessary to
look into the history of the Industry.
Texas , for yenrs-lias been the great
breeding ground ot the cattle industry
of the west. For many years it fur
nished nearly all the cattle that were
fed in the corn fields of Illinois , Iowa
nnd Missouri , and was nearly the only
source of supply for these three states.
Soon after the war the range cattle in-
lustry became nn important factor in
ho southwest , and this made n further
lomand of the resources of the Texas
'anchmcn.
The natural consequence was that
stock for which thqro had been no out
side demand soon rose in value from $2
> er head to3 per head , and the steer
; attlo that had bcoii sold at from $4 to
* 0 Dor bend doubled in prices. As cat-
lo became more valuable the necessity
of protecting them from depredations
) ecaino more and more important , and
i complete change in the methods of
nnchlng took place. All e.ittlo wcro
icld on n common range , nnd the cat-
.le of a hundred owners wcro indlbcriin-
.nutoly mixed. Often a mon "was com
pelled to scour the country for u dis-
-nnco of fifty miles on every-side of his
. auch in order to gather his cattle ,
fifteen years ago there were , perhaps ,
not a dozen ranchmen who had in-
3losurea for their cattle and but few of
: hcm owned the lands in their pastures.
S'ow nearly the whole country is under
'en co.
As the Indians and buffalo gave way
in the west each new ranch that was e&-
lablibhed selected a range , and while it
ivns not enclosed by a fence , each ranch-
jro tried , by moans of "lino riders , " as
.hoy wore called ( men who wcro re-
juircd to ride the boundary of the
L'ungo and keep the cnttlo within its
limits and prevent other cattle from
entering ) to keep their cattle together
and prevent them from straying all
jver the country. It was this range-
icrdingthat gave the first real boom to
the cattle industry of Texas. Con
servative business men began to em-
snrk in the business , as this method
yave stability to the industry , and the
lur/nrd being less , values increased 100
per cent. Additional railroad facilities
.issistcd in making ? I'tho business more
certainly profitable , and enabled the
ranchman to market his beef without
undertaking the long nnd tedious way
of driving up the trail to Kansas or
Nebraska , that under the most favor
able circumstances required months to
accomplish. The business once becom
ing popular and profitable , there was a
perfect rush mndo to get into
in investment that promised such
liandbomo returns. The north
west was Rtill making largo
demands upon Texas for stock csfttle ,
find the western part' of the state was
being rapidly occupied and yet the busi
ness was done in. lands that were owned
by others than the btockmon , and the
ranchmen , in many instances , held the
lands to the exclusion of the ownors.and
without dreaming of over so much us
paying the taxes upon them , much less
offering any further compensation to the
owners. In Kansas and Nebraska the
Contest with the ranchmen was short
and decisive , but in Texas the ranch
man , seeing the inevitable , bought the
lands ho was using , The introduction
of the barbed wire fonoing enabled the
ranchman to inclose his hinds with com
paratively small cost , nnd ho was not
slow in thus protecting himself. In 1881
there was a very severe drouth over sev
eral of the great meat-producing states ,
and the farmers were compelled to
market nearly all of their stock cattlo.
Western Texas was a. sufferer in this
drouth nnd was unnblo on account of
poor conditioji to market the beef crop ,
thus compelling them to hold over the
entire output until 1082.
This kepi up the market for the farm
ers in the other unfortunate states.
Kurly in the spring of 1882 the effects of
the sacrifice of all classes of cattle in Il
linois mid other states was seen in the
active demand for gra"-sbeef cattle , and
at once the price doubled. Fortunes
were made by stockmen in a few months ,
and everybody was wild to go into the
business. This gave rise to the wildest
speculation. Any ono who had cattle
nnd a ranch was looked upon as rich.
Ranches changed handi withott further
inquiry into their value than the repre
sentation of the owner who was settling.
Banks wcro willing to extend credit to
the stockman , and ho was enabled tobuy
largo properties with but little money ,
and in many instnncostho sumo stock of
cattle was doing service for several par
ties in securing credit. Hut few hens
were executed in the properties , nnd it
wast impossible to tell what was the lia
bility of any given stobk. The purchas
ing of hinds for pastures thad had begun
now fairly boomed. Land-owners now
had their day. The country far nnd
near was ransacked for unknown owners
of lands that were wanted. There wus
a perfect bcramble for lands. Whole
counties \voro purchased by a few mon ;
nnd woore the hinds could not bo bought
they were inclosed without regard to
ownership. , [
The mortgage companies made their
debut in Texas , and'jiifturly every now
pasture was mortgaged to enable the
owner to increase his holdings. Little
hoed was paid to tho. changed condi
tions , and no calculation UUH maUu for
the increased demand for profits in the
cattle to make the b'jiginess remunera
tive , nnd tliis was the ' rock upon which
the ship was wrecked' . Heretofore the
only demand in the .cattle wns for the
expense of running fjlio ranch. Now it
was necessary to ailovy , for the invest
ment in the lands thjit , was of greater
value than the cattle it would sustain.
Lauds that could have been purchased
at from 50 cents to $ lper aero when the
boom began sold afterward at $4 and $ -5
per acre. Cattle thut in 1881 could have
been bought for $10 a head ns they ran
that Is , cows , calves , steers and all
bold in 1882 for 810 per head , and in 1883
in some instances at $25 pqr head , and
the higher the prices paid the less
careful the buyer was to get his comple
ment of block , and the more swindling
was done in the representations
as to the number of cattle
hold. To supply the northwest
ranches and the old states where
the stock cattle hnd been sold in 1881
continued the active demand for all
classes of Texas cattle until 1883 , nnd
the trade wns very good in 1884 , but in
188-5 the bottom dropped out , and every
one was asking what was the matter.
The demand for stock cattle wasgono _
, and the northern ranges were
irokon up by..tho encroachment of the
nan with fho boo. and the farmer , by.
feeding during Uio winter , ' was able to
raise bis own feeders instead -of going
o Texas for thorn , and a do'mestie cat-
.lo wore Introduced anil the herds wore
mproved , the presence of Texas cattle
jccunia u nt'rlaiiH ovil. iu it w < vs found
.ha long horn carried with him sure
death to the domestic miiiiml. Long be-
'ore ' the long horn hud been excluded ,
except during the cold inonlhs , from the
older settled sections of country , but in
: ho great northwest ho had still been
iccordcd a welcome. Hut now ho was
no longer wanted , because his advent
caused mure loss than profit. Congress
[ > ns.sod the pluuro-pnuutnonia bill that
jtrovontcd even those who wanted the
iong horn from introducing him into
Lho old states uxcept for slaughter.
Texas * drivers could not realize that
Ihlngs had changed and prepared to
drive as usual. They were tumble to
sell except at a great sacrificonnd many
attempted to establish ranches in the
northwest to furnish relief to their over
crowded ranches in the south. This
stop has proven unprofitable.
On the heels of this unlocked for misfortune -
fortune the state began to threaten the
narturcmon with prosecution for unlaw
ful inclosuro of public school lands and
that they must pay an oxhorband rental
or they would have to pull down their
fences. The land in' this part of the
stuto was owned by private individuals ,
and the public school fund in alternate
sections , and the ranchman had oirly
boon able to buy the private lands the
school lands at the time not being on
the market , except in limited quantities.
During the boom the ranchmen had
negotiated largo loans through the
local banks , and this agitation about
destroying the pasture fences in the
western part of the state demoralizing
the crodh of the pasture men through
out the state , without regard to the
real condition of the industry , and re
sulted in nearly all foroiftji loans being
called in. The market was , for the time
being , cut olT. The ranchman had con
tracted his obligations on the basis of
boom values , and was called upon to pay
when there was no demand for his cut-
tlo. This pressure at a time when the
ranchman was least provided for it
could linuo but one result. Upon inves
tigation it was found , but few ranchmen
had anything like the number of cattle
claimed. This destroyed what little
confidence there was loft in the busi
ness , and cattle began to decline until
they wcro fold during the past season
for lower prices than at any time during
the past ton or twelve years. The
marked increase in the autumn and
winter rainfall in western Texas has
added to the ills of the stockman , and ,
jubt as ho thought , by the purchase of
laud , ho had fortified himself against
the man with the hoe , ho found that
the changed seasons compelled him to
seek the assistance of his old enemy in
order to save himself from ruin. Ho
must now have 'feed for his cattle in
winter , as the rains rendered the grass
almost worthless.
The farmer now is a necessity to the
stockman , and cattle-raising is on the
eve of a complete revolution. The pas
tures must bo divided to give room for
the farmer and better beef must be pro
duced nt the expense of numbers. This
change will allow a much larger pro
duction in the aggregate , but tlio busi
ness will bo in more hands. The in
crease in dressed meat shipment has
done much to change the conditions in
the cattle industry , and while nearly
the bit mo circumstances exist now that
prevailed in 1881 , so far as a short pro
duct in many of the old states is con
cerned , there will not bo the bamo
result. It is not at all likely that
prices for range beef will range
so high as in 1882. This district ,
the Panhandle of Toxashas not suffered
from the depression in cattle as other
parts of Texas , from the fact that there
have never been any restrictions placed
on the movement of cattle from hero to
other states , and as it combines the ad
vantages of the successful breeding of
south Texas with good beef production
of the northwest territories , the ranch
man hero has fared very well , compara
tively. There will undoubtedly bo some
some advance in prices next year , but
how much it is very hard to prophesy.
The settlement of the great west and
the abandonment of the largo ranches
would look like decreasing the cattle
output , but such is not the case. A
community of farmers produce more cattle
tlo than the ranchers. The completion
of the Fort Worth & 'Denver railroad
the countrv and the extension of the
Southern Kan as into the Panhandle
will bring the farmers that are deeded
to make this section complete.
Queer Customs In Dresden.
Correspondence Kanwis City Times :
No one can play the piano in a private
house after 10:110 : o'clock at night , and
it is a great offense to throw anything
out of the window. In fact , you are not
allowed to hang anything , either , from
that portal , for the authorities fear it
will drop on some one's head and cause
damage. Some friends of mine had a
rather disagreeable experience in this
way the other night. It was very warm
and thq ladies decided to leave their
windows open. Their rooms are own the
ground iloor. Ono of them happened
to leave n small napkin on the window
sill ( not out of the window ) . It had
been wet and bho wished to dry it in the
air' About midnight the lady heard
some one at the window. Looking out ,
she saw a man using his cano as if to
open the window further.
The lady got up and wont toward the
man and asked him what he wanted.
Instead of answering , the intruder
jumped away and tried to hide himself
by leaning up agaiiibt the side of the
house. In a short time the man again
began to peer in at the window and use
his cano as if to hook the end of it on
the inbido and pull himself in. The
lady called her son , but the man wont
away when anyone noticed him and
came back again when the coast was
clear. These maneuvers continued until
daybreak. Of course the lady told the
landlady the next morning , and soon
after n police officer called to inform the
latter that her boarders wore violating
the law by having things out their windows
dews , lie explained how one of the
night watchmen had spent the evening
trying to poke in the napkin from out
the window , and finding that the occu
pants of the room spoke English , ho did
not wish to frighten thorn more , and so
ho did not answer when they spoke ;
but unless they conformed to the law
they would be lined.
Sexton Reported Hotter.
Dunr.t.v , Jan. 1. Scxtou is now roiwrtcd to
bo bettor. Special police protection has been
accorded to Bulfour , chluf secretary for Ire
land. The prisons board 1ms ordered that
FiUher Matthew Uogan , who is in prison
under the new crimes act , will bo permitted
to wear his own clothing and underwear.
Politics and Death.
New OIIUUNS , Jnn 1. This morning an
affray took place in a saloon , in which City
Administrator Patrick Mealy was mortally
wounded , Mtko Wahh. dangerous and Daniel
Murkoy painfully. The quarrel was over
local politics.
liOnRiio Contrf hutlons Fulline Off.
DUIILIN , Jan. 1. Harrington , in an inter
view to-day , Muid the League receipts from
America since 18S5 had been very small.
A Now Servian Ministry.
BEI.OIUPE , Jan. 1 , Anew ministry has
boon formed.
SMART YOUNG MEN.
Legislators Who Knter Public Iitfo
' ' . Under Forty.
Corrcppomlenco of the llnaton Adver
tiser : The members of congress who
saw young Arthur O Connor on his trip
about the capital with Sir Thomas Es
mend Collins , red-headed McShani1 , of
Omaha , and the rest , they stared at
him , osM | > cially on hearing that ho was
an M. P. With a smooth , boyish face ,
patent leather shoes , neatly creamed
troupers and satin-lined overcoat , ho
looked rather a bright-faced dandy
from the departments than a na
tional legislator. Ho wsis a young
sprig to bo mire , and considerably
younger than any one who has been in
congress for some time. He was twontv-
llvo and did not look all of that. Hut
oven making the comparison , the fifti
eth congress finds plenty of young and
lively men within its number. There
are more than there have been in pre
vious years. Whether this is duo to the
educating influence of the primnrv. to
the founding of schools of political
science , or to the growth of a love for. .
public life among American youngsters ,
it would bo hard to bay. But it is hero ,
and it puts beside the score of white
heads and bald hnads in the house
smooth faces , bright eyes and slender
forms. There are quite a few men un
der thirty-live , and a regular squad who
could take oath to being under forty.
The youngest man is Bon Shlvely , of
Indiana , a newspaper man when he was
elected to the forty-eighth congress to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation of W. II. Calkins. Ho is only
thirty now and will not attain his
thirty-first birthday until March 120.
Ho is a smart young lawyer , who grad
uated from Ann Arbor university ; looks
young and sprightly , is a flue speaker
and popular , llo is an unpretending
chap and dresses plainly. Ho is an In
diana democrat , trained in the school of
Uncle Edget ton , of the civil borvico
commission.
The youngc&t man of the Forty-ninth
congress has come back to this. This is
Bob La Follotto , of Madison , Wis. He
is rather short , with not n particle of
hair on his face , and stiff black hair ,
which ho brushes back from his fore
head , dressing quietly in black with a
sack coat. Ho is thirty-two , and a do/en
years or so ago ho was between the
plough-handles. Ho got into the state
university at Madison , and had great
luck on the undor-gradunto stage. First
ho won the prh'.o for speaking at home ;
then ho captured thatof thoStatelnter-
collegiate Oratorical association ; then
ho captured that of the north
west. This gave him a con
siderable reputation as a speaker.
Two years after ho was out of college ho
was chosen district attorney. Ono of
the cases which ho handled was the
prosecution of the Buddonseik who put
up the state capital at Madison , that
tipped all in pieces ono day. La Fol
lotto is a warm admirer of ex-President
Bascom , who 1ms just returned from
Mndibon to his old haunts in Willianib-
town. Ho says the retirement was duo
to Boss Keycs , who tried to manage the
state institution after his own perverted
ideas. President Bascom fought him
for ten years and then gave up. La
Folletto says Keyob could never have
Bascom removed. There were 700
alumni ready to back him in any emer
gency.
James Pholan is only thirty-one. Ho
is a Tennessee , member and editor of the
Memphis Avalanche , and clover as can
be. Ho doesn't fill the Boston ideal of
a wild Tonncbseeiin. Ho is tall , quite
slender , with a soft , smooth voice , with
a dark full brown beard and a thick crop
of hair of the bamo color. His father
was a confederate bonntor , and ho notes
tlio fact boldly in his biography. Ho
began his schoolboy training in Ken
tucky and continued it at Frankfort. Ho
hasn't finished it yet , he studies late at
nightovcr history and political economy ,
his favorites. Ho got a Ph. D. nt
Loipsic , but that does not satisfy him ,
for he studies law in Memphis and prac
ticed it , too. The name of the man ho
defeated was Zachary Taylor.
There are a couple of very lively
young hustlers from the territories.
Ono of them is sturdy Fred Dubois , who
in 1872 was catcher of his cla&s nine in
Yale. This was his senior year , and
though ho had been willing to go on the
'varsity nine for four years , ho never
did. Ho came from Illinois originally ,
but before ho settled ho got clear out to
Idaho. There ho has been mighty
lucky in politics. Ho went into tlio last
campaign backed by a crowd of young
men. They fought the fight on the
Mormon issue , loaded every ono of the
Idaho weeklies with editorial and
snowed in the territory with circulars
declaring that the people who did not
obey the laws could not holi > make the
laws. Dubois wont on n three weeks'
stumping tour , and when the vote was
counted ho had whipped the Mormon
defender by above 400 votes.
Beside being sent hero to keep the
Mormons under , ho has the job of keep
ing Washington territory fingers nut of
the Idaho pie. The Washington people ,
with Dan Voorhcos , of Indiana , would
like nothing bolter than to annex the
Idaho panhandle with its rich gold
mines , make Washington a state and
Charley Voorhces the senator. Charley
is the son of the Tall Sycamore of the
Wabash , and graduated from George
town college bore in 1S7I5. Ho was a
territorial delegate in the Forty-ninth
congress and now is only thirty-four
years old.
Ho was born Juno 4 , 18-54 , and so
Jacob Yost , who owns the Virginia , a
weekly in Stuunton , Va. , and repre
sents the Tenth Virginia district , is n
couple of months older. Yost is as
short , as dark , as smooth-faced , and
slenderer than La Follottc. Ho is a
quiet little man , with jnht a touch of
soft faouthotn accent in his pronuncia
tion. He was a civil engineer a little
while , but ho did not like this BO well
as printing. Ho has been mayor of
Stnunton , and represents ono of tlio so-
called white districts in the btato , his
constituency being less that 10 per cent
colored folks.
John Kean , jr. , of New Jersey , is a
year older. Kean ib a Yale man , as was
Congressman Uussoll.ofConoctiout.who
is just his ago. Kean got into college
two years ahead of Uiihsell. The form < > r
Is dark , short , well knit. He has a neat
brown moustache and a great friendship
for William Walter Phelps. His bang
is only a baby beside Phelps' , however.
Kean was admitted to the bar , but is
making money in a banking house.
Rusoll is ono of'the nutmeg state's
young men smart young Yankees they
have been called. Both of thorn wore
newspaper men. Bob Vance is new.
Ho has done a good deal of work for tlio
Sun beside running hisown New Britain
Herald , and this explains , probably ,
why he and Amos Cuinmings arc such
great chums. Ho is one of tlio red
headed brigade of twenty-seven , and
one of the reddest. He is a member of
tlio state central committee , ami learned
his little political snaps from your uncle ,
William II. Barnum. Bob Vance s
quarters are not quite as swell as Rus
sell's at the Hamilton nor Kean's at
Wormloy's , but there is always plenty
of fun there. Some of the Texas dele
gation got in there the other night , and
the'northeast and southwest clasped
hands in a manner truly touching.
Mr. Rose , of Arkansas , is only thirty-
six. He btudicd law with Randolph
Tucker and has been practicing law lor
fourteen yuara. Ho came to the house
when Senator Jones .wont to the souat
from the lower branch. .
Mason"W. . EM of Chicago , is n llttlo
dumpling of a man , roly-p < ily , cnrly-
hcnded' and thirty-seven. Ho ban a
brown moustache , and having flgu'roA
ns n considerable inuir lit homo , in
Springfield , 111. , Is expecting to inn'ko
a hit hi congress. Ho is a New Yorker
by birth and lived in Ion for
pome time , but finally decided that for n
hustler , Chicago was the place. Ills
figuuro and face nro not unlike those of
Captain Jim Christie of the United
States senate , and \\oll known in Now'
Hampshire.
Perry Belmont , bang , family , money
and all , has been in this world thirty
six years. Ho is slender and rarely
breaks the monotony of black in hl'fl
aress , perhaps out of respect for his
brother who died not a year npo. Ho
has a black bang .and a face inclined to
bo tlorid. He has nervous black eyes ,
and is easily rattled on the floor of the
house , though very apt to make blun- '
dors. Ho has a nervous dolf-confidencu
and that carries him through. i
Lloyd S. Bryce , ono of the Now York
city congressmen , is but thirty-live ,
Ho has just demonstrated his title to
cleverness by ano.\elcalled "Pnradlso. "
which shows up the divorce business in
a decidedly lively manner. Bryce was
at ono time paymaster general of the
state.
Bourke Cochran has streaks of gnv ,
thick streaks in his hair , but ho i.s only
thirty-three. Ho was born in Ireland ,
but looks French when clean shaven
and close-buttoned. Ho hits drooping
eyelids , full , ruddy checks , woll-eiit
trousers , and the perfect sclf-nRsuaanco
duo to several years in Now York ward
politics.
The broad-shouldered , rosy man who
sits next Mr. Davis , of our own state , in
the house is only thirty-two. His name
is James Schoolcraft Sherman , and ho
has alioady been mayor of Utica , N. Y. ,
his homo. Ho is a" Hamilton college
graduate , a lawyer by profession , and
won hisseut by beatingGo-on-and-ilnish-
Spriggs.
A Snake Story.
Philadelphia Times : "It isn't toolato
for a _ snake story , is it ? " said a man who
has just returned from n trip through
the state. "ItVnot a harrowing tale ,
but it's true. A few weeks ago I was
traveling by stage coach from ono town
to another up in the state , and as wo
were going slowly up a hill I saw a big
blackMiakc running along the side of
the road and apparently trying to get
through a stone fence Unit divided the
road from the fields. There was a young
follow on toj ) of the coach who hail been
up to all kinds of pranks over since wo
started , and as soon as he saw
the .snake he jumped down and
ran after it. Wo thought ho was trying
to kill it , but instead of that ho caught
it by the neck with a quick movement
and came running after the stage with
it coiled around his arm. Ho jumped
up on the step , and as I happened to bo
sitting nest to the door 1 got the full
benefit of the ghastly fun ho seemed to
bo having. H would snuoo/.o the
snake's neck until it , spread its mouth
wide open and then run his finger over
its teeth. Tliisi was too much for his
mother and sister , who wore in the
stage , and they bent him aloft again.
When we arrived at the next town ho
tied a string around the snake's neck
and put it down in the street , whore
it amused the boys until someone killed
it.
"But that wasn't my only experience
with a shako while I was gone , " con
tinued the gentleman. "I had another
adventure that made all the llosh of my
body creep. Ono day I went with a
friend whom I was visiting up into the
beech woods to shoot pigeons. They
come there in great ( locks to feed on
beechnuts. After bagging u good many
birds I sat down on an old log to watch
the effect of bonieof B s shots , i had
put my hand back on the log to brueo
mypelf , and thus look up into the trco
more comfortably when suddenly B
said something that bent the cold shiv
ers down my back. Ho spoke in the
quietest muf inaiter-of-fact way , for
fear of btiirtling mo , but there was a
world of meaning in every syllable :
"Harry , continue looking up into
the tree precisely as you are uow doing ,
and don't make a movement ris you val
ue your lifol Trust to mo and be as still
as death1 ! Tlio words were hardly spoken
when the report of his gun broke on the
air , there was a peculiar rustic or rattle
in the leaves at my bide , and I jumped
to my feet to see an enormous rattle
snake writhing in the death struggle
within three feet of where I had boon
sitting. B told mo that ho hap
pened to glance toward mo and saw the
snake coiled up on the log within strik
ing distance of my hand. The least
motion on my part would have been the
signal for it so strike. "
A Daughter oT Ijiszt.
Paris Lot tor : Some interest has been
excited by the appearance of a young
lady who claims to bo a daughter of
Lib'/t. Her mother , bho says , was and
is a member of ono of the reigning fam
ilies of Kuropc ; indeed , one of the most
eminent royalties. Her birth was kept
a secret , of course , to avoid scandal
and she was brought up in ignorance of
her parentage. She was , however ,
treated almo&t like a young princess.
When Liszt died she was visited one
night secretly by the royal lady in
question , who first obtained from her
an oath of secrecy , and then told her
the story of her " birth. The young lady
still conceals "the mime of her mother ,
who is living , but feels under no obliga
tion to keep the oath so far as her dead
father is concerned. She is a hand-
sorno girl , with Li.t's cast of features
and has received a handsome fortune
from her mother , and so will not bo de
pendent upon her own exertions for R
living , but her enthusiasm for music is
so great that she will give a series of
public pinno-forto recitals , and perhaps
make a concert tour of the world.
DYSPEPSIA
Causes its > Ict1ms to bo miserable , hopclcsj ,
confused , ami depressed In mind , very Irrita
ble , languid , and drowsy. H is n disease
which docs not get well of Itself. It requires
careful , persistent attention , and a remedy to
throw oil Uio causes and tone up the dlscs-
tlvo organs till they perform their duties
willingly. Hood's ttarKapaiIlia lias proven
Just the required rcineJy lirliumlrcil * of cases.
" I have taken Hood's Sariaparllla for dys.
pepMa , from which I hnvo suffered two years.
I'trlcrt many othcnncdldncs , but none proved
so satisfactory as Hood's Barsararllla. "
THOMAS COOK , JJiush Klcctric Light Co. ,
Now York City.
Sick Headache
Tor the past two yrnrs I liavo been
afflicted with tcvero licailaclu-s and dyspep
sia. I was Induced to tiy Hood's Sursspn-
tllla , anil lm\o found Rreat icllef. I cheerfully -
fully recommend It to all. " Jilts. E. 1' .
AN.VAIII.K , New Haven , Conn.
Mrs. Mary C. Smith , Cuiubilileeport.Mass. ,
audMck head
was a sufferer fiom dyspepsia
ache. She took Hood's BarsaparllU ftud
found it the best remedy fcho ever used.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Bold by all druBSlst-i. $1 ; M * for 3. Mad *
only by 0.1. HOOD & CO. , Lowell , Mas * .
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