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Pasrengers on ocean liners may soon be wher filled, with gas. it is blown up to the
able to Bleep in life pre e. vers, according size of an ordinary co k Jacket The belt
to the plans .of E. Balvator, a New York , made of rubber and is about eight inchet
Inventor, To sleep with a cork jacket on wide and can be blown up by mean ot a
Is out of the question, so the inventur de- small cylinder. In this cylinder Is placed a
elded to make a preserver that would be- composition of acids which when acted
come effective only by it com ng in eon- upon by water Instantly inflates the belt
tact with the water. It works on the prio- The belt tias been tested in the ocean and
ciple of a water generated gas, which, ails it has been found that the water acta upon
a belt and gives it bouyancy. Unlnflated. the acids and Innate- the rubber in legs
the belt Is a UghK thing, whir h would than three seconds. The lngred etits in this
bardly, be felt if worn by a sleeper, but composition Mr. ISalvator keeps secret.
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(Copyright, 1904, by Frank O. Carpenter.)
NDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 4. (Special
Correspondence of The Bee -General
Low Wallace is writing
naJ hla autobiography. He la working
upon It at his home in Crawforus-
vllle, forty miles from here, in the sum
surroundings where he wrote "Ben llur,"
"The Fair God" and "The Prince of India."
He has already finished several hundred
pages and has, perhaps, that much more
to write.
General Wallace is now 77, and is still in
his Intellectual prime. He has been in the
thick of political, military and literary life
since the Mexican war, in which he served
as. a lleutenont .He did noble work during
the civil war, entering the northern army
-as a colonel and rising to be major general.
He was one of the court which tried the
assassins of Lincoln, and president of that
which convicted Win, the head of the jVn
dersonvllle prison. Later on he was s nt
on a aeuret mission to Mexico by General
Grant, and In 1881 was made our mln ster
to Turkey by President Garfield. Before
he went to Turkey General Wallace had
written "The, Fair God" and "Ben Hur, a
Tale of the Christ." Durii:g his stay there
he collected the materials for "The Pilnce
of India," which, is now ' dramatised ai d
which will probably' "be presented on the
tage during tlis coming winter,
Ben Har at Home.
I went out to Crawfurdsville yesterday
and spent several hours with U neral Wal
lace chatting with him about himself and
hi work. He lives in the heait of Craw
ford.HVl e in a comfortable h me surround d
by seven seres of magnificent beectie and
elms, which were already large tree whsa
the declaration of Independence was s-gned.
Much of his writing during the maimer has
been done under these trees, and under one
eld beech evpeeially he wrote a great part '
of "Btn Hur." . This. tree stands some dis
tance from his house and at the corner of
his library, which Is perhaps, the mot re
markable of the literary workshops of the
United States.
The library was built by the general sev
eral years ago. I remember his telling me
that It Has in course of construction when
I tulked with him at St. Louts at the time
Of Presldeent McKlnley's first nomination.
It is a one-story structure of brick and
tone, with a roof ot glass and bronae
plutea 'It la lighted from the top, and Its
surroundings are such that its owner can
close the door and be as far away from
the noises of modern civilisation as though
he were In the heart of the Rocky moun
tain. .The. structure is flreptoof and it
contain the general's treasure In line
edition and -vuiuaol manuscripts. It ha
but one room, which Is lined with shelves
above which picture hang.
llotr'WalWc Writes.
There Is a desk In the center of the room,
but Geutral Wallace due all his work on
a low rocker, writing upon a lap board
which 'Just fits across the square arms ot
the chair. The Up board I covered with
chamois akin to keep the paper from slip
ping oft and the seat is so arranged to
bring It at the right height for writing.
The general uses a lead psnoll for hi
first drafW He writes a beautiful hand,
even now, In hi 78th year, and hi manu
script look like copper plate. He always
uses th same kind of paper, out to sheet
of such a slse that each will make a page
of the completed book. He numbers these
pages consecutively so that he knows Just
how far along be is with the work upon
the Foot
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which he Is engaged. He tells me that
he writes slowly, revising each day the
work of the day before, and when a chap
ter or paragraph is not satisfactory, throw
ing it away and writing it over again- "It
Is better," he said, "to destroy unsatis
factory work than to try to patch it up
here and there " After his manuscript is
finished it Is carefully copied, being ar
ranged and punctuated Just as It is to b
in the published book. Nothing Is left to
the Judgment of the printers.
Talking with me about his autobiography.
General Wallace said:
"It will not be like the ordinary work
of the kind. There will be no letters quoted
in it. I should as soon think of throwing
a log across the driveway up to my hous
as to ask my friends to travel over a cor
duroy road of letters In telling the story
of my life." N
"How far back does your memory go,
General Wallace T" I asked.
"I can remember things that happened
when I was t years old. I whs born In
1SZ7, and this takes me back to 1833, which
Is quite a long period. I have an excel
lent memory, and It seems as good now as
It has ever been. Indeed, I am surprised
to find how well I remember conversa
tions and Incidents. The most Important
ones of my life seem to have been pho
tographed on my brain, and I can have
them in their fullest detail."
How Mexico Whs Siv'ed.
"I suppose jour memoirs will contain
much unwritten history, general?"
"Yes. I had .o do with some Important
matters In the life of the nation, and with
some things the ral history of which Is
unknown. For initunce, 1 whs the agent of
General Grant in glvlr'g the Mexicans such
assistance as enabled them to keep their
country a republic. Louis Napoleon wanted
to mitke It a monarchy. He was backing
Maximilian, and was in a fair way to suc
ceed. This was juyt at the close of the re
bellion, when we were ill In an unsettled
cond.tlon, and did not dure risk a war with
France. I was sent by General Orant,
Without the knowledge cf Secietary Seward,
to consult with General Juares, the Mex
ican president, to see If we could not in
some way assist the republic. I went to
the Rio Grande and pushed by,way through
the country to Chihuahua, where I met
Juarec. He was In a bad way, had but
few troop and no arm and it looked as
though Maximilian must succeed. We dis
cussed the matter, and a a result lie sent
the governor of Tamaullpas with mi back
to the United States, and there In connec
tion with Matlas Romero, the Mexican min
ister to Washington, we bought about
IS.0OO0OO worth of Winchester rifles, cannon
and other munitions of war and paid for
them with Mexican government bonds. We
put these arms on a ship, and. In broad
daylight, started for New Orleans as our
nominal port After a while we changed
our course and made for the mouth of the
Rio Grande, where we unloaded the guns
and passed ;hem on to the Mexican troops.
These guns changed the tide of victory.
From that time on President Juares con
quered until finally he executed Maximilian
at Queretaro.
tsry sf tae Telegraph.
Before coming to Craw fords villa I at
tempted to call up General Wallace by
telephone, but th pretty little "hello girl"
In Indianapolis told me It was useless to
try. Bho said the geAeral had no 'phone in
his residence, thtt he wouldn't have any
thing to do with telephone message and
Ball Season is on
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END OF FIRST HALF, CREIGHTON-BE LLE VUE GAME. NEITHER SIDE;
OOT CALL is one of the oldest of
games, dating back to an an
Oiiulty that becomes decidedly
Indistinct Accounts come down
to us of games played In the olden
F
days, beside which the modern contests
teem as tame as tlddledywlnks. It is not
n its brutality, though, that foot ball bnses
Its claim for popular favor. As practiced
nowadays, it has two distinct claims to
recognition. The first, and probably the
greatest, of these la that It is the only out
door sport that has not as yet been success
fully invaded by the professional. It re
mains a game for the amateur, and as such
it is confined in its extensive practice to
schools and colleges where a sufficient
number of husky youfig men can be had to
insure the foimatlon of a good team. Fif
teen yea-s ag the game was not so gener
ally played .in American schools, and while
many colleges had teams, the Interest of
the public was centered on the doings of a
ver few, the "Big Four" of the east al
most monopolizing the qame so far as
newspaper goBslp is concerned. Since then
the spread of foot ball has been rapid, un
til now every school in the land where
there-are enough boys or young men has
Its eleven, and some of the teams that were
despised in those 'days have developed to
the point where they have scored victories
over the proud leaders of the gridiron.
During this' time the game itself has de-
Lew Wallace About Himself and His Works
that he thought th system'' a nuisance. I
telephoned CrawfordsvilU nevertheless, but
succeeded only In finding that General Wal
lace was in town. During my conversation
with him the subjects of the telephone and
telegraph came up and he told me how? hU
father was Instrumental in making the first
telegraph line successful. Said he:
"After Morse had invented the telegrapi?
he wanted congress to appropriate $30,000
to build a line from Washington to Balti
more. This .was to be experimental, no
practical long distance test of the telegraph
having been made. The matter created a
reat deal of discussion. Morse was sneered
at and Jeered at, and many thought him In
sane. My father was a member of con
gress at that time, and he was one of the
committee to. which the question of the ap
propriation whs referred. When the com
mittee met my father was watching the
experiment of telegrnphlng from the house
to the senate. Wires, had been stretched
and the inventors were operating the In
struments. My father snw them work; he
sent messages and received replies. He siw
that the Invention must be a success and
believed that if words could be dispatched
from the house to the nenate thy couM he
sent from Washington to Baltimore and if
to Bnltlmore to anywhere. He was full of
this thought when he went to Mm commit
tee room and found the committee In ses
sion. They had Just voted on the appro
priation and their vote was a tie He rxst s
his vote In Its fnvor and this rnused the
appropriation to go through. The result
w is the first telegraph line of the world.
"Strange to say that vote lost my father
his seat in congress." continued Oeneral
Wallace. "Thirty thousand dollar waa
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veloped rapidly A doeen years ago it was
almost purely a contest of brawn and beef
and the team with the strength and weight
went into the contest practically asu-ured of
victory. Strategy was then a large part of
the game, to be sure, but not so much as
nowadays. Rules have undergone many
changes during the last few years, each
alteration being Intended to eliminate some
feature considered objectionable, and each
necessitating the -development of the play
along some new line, until as now played
foot ball depends more on hend work than
op foot work. In fact, the American game
la hardly foot ball at all, for the ball is
never kicked except in extremity, and then
more often as a defensive rather than an
offensive movement V
Alleged Brntulit.-' of Foot. Dnl'l.
One of the chief objections to the game
is the alleged brutality of the contest v.
To the untrained the Here onslaughts f
the players seem like courting certain
death, and yet when the number of play
ers engaged is considered, the accidents
are really rare. It is not an easy game,
but when a player has gonj through the
proper preparation, and has been developed
as he should be for entering the contest,
he can go into the hardest game and come
out without hurt - It requires the broad
est of physical development, for a man to
win fame on the foot, ball field- must
be an athlete in the fulfest sense of the
then a big sum, and this vote became one
of the issues of the next congressional
campaign. Father was charged with wast
ing the people's money, and his opponent
ridiculed him on the stump by referring to
his 'magnetlco, electrlco. telegraphic appro
priation which no one could explain.' He
even asked lather to explain it, but at that
time he could not do so, although he said It
would be of great benefit to the country.
The people thought differently and the re
sult was hi defeat."
Dob Ingrersoll and "Ben Har.
The conversation here took a llterarj
turn and I a site J the ae er.il f u ere
was any truth In the intimation that cer
tain word of Robert G. ingctso'l hod
caused him to write "Ben Hur."
. "No," said he, "Bob Ingersoll had noth
ing to do wlih the begli.nlag of Ten Hi r '
but a talk I had w.th hi n h d c n-1 i ar
able Influence to c hi age the h 1 ilin
and nature of it Ihe talk ore: re! us
we were going hrme frrm the f'inclnnau
convention, at whl h Bob Tng. raoll had
made his great speech nomination? Fla ne,
one of the great Si spee''h s In our h s
tory and of all time, ingers '11 ai:d 1 1 ft
Cincinnati on the mme s.eRping car. He
had tho drawing room. I was tu.k ng v h
some men. when he came to ih'. do r n
his night gown and said. 'Is f at ou,
General Wallace? Won't you come into
my room, 1 wunt to tulk.'
"I went to the dior, und thr-ie stopped,
eaylnr: '1 will coin In rocii 1 lut only
on one condition, and tl'ut is that 1 am to
fix the topic of convcrsMi-ti n.'
"'All right,' said lDiteisull, 'What Is
your text?"
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word, and not only must he have con
trol of his physical faculties, but his mind
must bo clear and quick working. While
the game. Is not one of individual Initia
tive, it Is one in which the quick thinker
hlnes brightest.
Place Takea by Nebraska.
Nebraska has taken a hgh rank In the
foot ball world. The reoord made by the
team representing the University of Ne
braska, which really represents the state,
during the last three or four years has
been most remarkable. In two seasons
the team met all opponents, at home and
abroad, contesting against some of the
most capable teams in the west, and during
that time it did no. lose a game, and only
once did an opposing team succeed in
scoring. This is a record to boast of.
Following the lead of the big team, the
smaller schools of the state haVe main
tained fighting organizations and each has
held high the banner of Nebraskr. foot
ball. Crelghton university of Omaha has
been nearest In excellence, probably, to the
big 'varsity team, but Bellevue, Grand Isl-
and. Hastings, Doane and otlie.- schools
have proved their prowess on the barred
and checkered field, and the high schools
of the state havs kept up a fierce rivalry
for the leadership In their class. Public
interest has developed in the meanwhile,
until the game Is now fairly given lib-
eral support, although not the wildly en-
thuslastlc sort it gets In the east.
"I replied, 'Is there a Godr
"The anrwer came quick: 'I don't know;
do you 7'
" 'Is there a heaven 7
. "'I don't know; do youT"
"Is there a hell?'
" 'I don't know; do you?' was again the
reply
' 'Was Jesus Christ the son Godr
" 'I don't know; do you?' said Ingersoll
in the same tone.
" 'Well, those are the topics I want you
to discuss,' said I.
"Ingersoll thereupon began to speak.
He went over the whole question of the
Bible, of the Imm. rta ity of the soul of
the divinity of God anj of heaven and
hell. He vomited forth ideas and argu
ments, like an lnt l edua vole no. o er
whe.mlng my wuj wl h them. He ki pt tnls
up all the way to ln.ilanap.lls a.d th
result was that when 1 l-ft ti.e tiain
there, I walked the rtieeU for an 1 o.:r
to quiet myself I core going to bed. Puor
to that 1 had puld ulmot no utttn Ion tj
tha Bible or lei gion. My li e hud be n
full and I had overlooked ma ters of the
soul. I then decided thut ties.' were, the
great questions for man to ttudy, und :.ls
that every m m inu-t invest gate t' era ior
hinne f. 1 began at tincu to ie..d the Ulbls,
cievoilng my time ci:le;ly 10 the Nsw " es
taniem and the lite ai d aU:igri of c'hrlst.
I did not pay much aliei il hi t " ihe ap
ties nov the tfi'tn-l.-, tiut l uld ity to study
ChiKt ana I i is wo,ks.
"The ilxuIi wi.j .li.u I cume o lel.ee In
the Inti'e. 1 uii all ilojiji of ti.o e-
lt'tetic- of a G6d und lut as
liimly siltl ii in tny ni nd ;is the f.-it't of my
own exibience. I cume ul.o to lelee in
lh: 1st us ihe lest fiiit.od.nic'H oV t!ie
Divine Spirit In ma.i and to :'cicp'. lllm as
my model. 'HiIm utu.'y c.i isel rnc t.i r
model my plan of 'I en Hur.' I c. u,..ged
It throughout and the wliie ot the
boo, with the exception ol t!.c lirst chnp
ter, was. you n a u, liiiluciutJ by my
talk with Ininr-oll."
How !le Wro.f 'Bi-u Htir."
General Wallace's worn on "Ben Hur"
lusted seven yeurs. He sturted the book u
a novelette, thinking it might be a serl.il
for Harper's -Magazine, but became more
and more Interested In it us he went on
with his studies of Christ. One of the re
markable things about It Is Its vivid pic
tures of Palestine, notwithstanding It was
published before General Wallace had
vlclted thau country. I serened to this,
whereupon. General Wsllnce said:
"I doubt if any novel has ever had more
careful studies for Its baclSiOund and life
than those .wade for 'Ben Hur.' I knew
that the novel would be criticised by men
who had devoted their life to Biblical lore,
and I studied Palestine through maps and
books. I read everything in the way of
travel, scientific investigation and geog
raphy. I hod scores of maps and worked
with them sbout me. My het guide wss a
relief map of Palestine made in Germany.
This was hung on my wall, and by means
of it I took my characters through the
passes of the mountains and up and down
the hills, meuring their dally travel by
the scale of miles. I slso made studies of
the bird and animal life of the time and
place. Indeed, my work of this kind was so
thorough that I have. I believe, mad only
one mistake in the book."
"What mistake was that, general?" I
asked.
It was In the smoking of Vesuvius." was
the reply. "I had the mountain In erup
tion four years before the eruption burst
forth. I afterward looked up the date and
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Where Funerals
Everyone who has been touth. In th
country especially, knows what a delUht-
ful event in colored social life a funeral Is.
"Oh, Fanny! Ain't you gul.'tg to have a
good time?" a rmall boy rematked to his
nurse. In all good faith, as she sallied or;h
in her most gala costume, as U their cus-
torn on these occasions, to the funeral of
the wife of' one of the plantation hands
Anyone who doesn't warn their servants
to leave' them must let them off fir a
funeral; indeed, it Is practically an Im-
possibility : to keep them at home. On
found it fixed by the time of Pliny's death
Pliny, you know, went out to describe the
volcano nd was never heard of thereafter.
This was four years later than the time of
the Incident mentioned in my story."
Garfltld and the Turkish M slon.
It was the writing of "Ben Hur" that
made General Lew Wallaoe minister to
Turkey. This Is how it occurred, as he
told me yesterday:
"President Uurfleld and I had been friends
for years, and when he was elected presi
dent he sent for me to coins to the White
House. Our relations were such that he
usually called me Lew or Wallace. As I
entered his room he said that he was anx
ious to have me in the diplomatic service,
and that he thought of making me minis
ter to Uruguay or Paraguay. 1 replied that
1 knew but little of South America, and
did not think that my going there would
help either the government or myself. He
then replied that he would send me to
Constantinople on condition that I would
writu a book during my stay. Said he: T
want you to give the world another novel
as good as "Ben Hur," '
' " "But, Mr. President,' said I, 'if I am
minister to Turkey I shall have precious
little leisure to write books. My time will
be taken up In diplomatic work.'
" 'That matter will arrange Itself,' said
Gurfleld. 'if you will take the appointment
we will see tnt you have plenty of time.
"Well, 1 thought It over, and decided to
go, and snortiy afterward received my
commlKHlon, with the words and Initials
Ten Hur. J. A. O.' In the lower l-ft-huid
corner. I then sullfd for Europe, and when
I reached there received a cable, saying
that Garlieid hud been shot during my voy
age." "I carried out President Garfield's sugges
tion, however, as to Turkey. As at on as I
was settled at my poH I begun to study
the country and Ity people. I read a'l 1
could find about Turkey, went everywhere
sud mixed with all elates of the Moh .m
nvdnm. All the wide I made vJumli 011s
notes, and upon my re:urn I wro:e 'The
1'r iue of India.' It .a the re u t of my
m s ion to Constantinople, and I feel that
In writing It 1 have tarried out my Imp. led
contract with Oarflsld."
Two Gtent Ll erary lucrexneii,
"Was 'The Pilnce of India' a suece sful
ss 'Ben Hur'?"
"Not In the number of copies sold," re
plied General Wal.ace, "but It has hud a
large sale, and my copyright arrangements
are such that it haa paid me well. leii
Hur' hus hud an enoj.nou circulation. I
cannot suy Just how large, ftr it has been
pubUahed In many foreign cuuntrie by per
sons wltb whom 1 have no coun cil n
There were several editions in Urut Urli
aln and the colonies, and tho sale .here
were as large as In the L'nlt.d Siatei. Tho
book has been Issued In Fiench, iml- n,
Spanish, Swedish and ven In Arabic. It
tuts circulated largely In Germany, and I
am told there Is not a wel. -to-do GVitnan
family that has not Ben Hur' In ira. sU
tlon". Indeed, It may be said to have g.ns
all over the world."
"How about it dramatisation?"
"That has been one of the great successes
of the stugo. It hus been prexentedl In our
chief cities and In Europe. "Ihe Prince of
India' will be reudy lor prantation this
year."
Frlead Pt the SBltsa.
As we tulked of the sultan Oeneral Wal
lace iok down a little oil palming upon a
cardboard about the sis of one-hulf a
newspaper 'It was a bust portrait
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this occasion :he piocesalon was even
larger than usual from qui a a distance
we could hear the curious, prolonged wail,
into which the husband and nearest re'a
tlves of the deceased fcroke perpetually
with loud and violent lamentations. This
kept up as long as their lungs would hold
out. On the way home from the funeral
the exhausted widower Joined my washer
woman a brother in Israel whinpered fur
tively in her rnr, ''When you wilte your
gal Mllly in New Tork you can tell har
I'm a single man now." Era Magazine.
of the sultan as the general knew him. Tbe
relations of the sultan and Lew Wallace
were Intimate. Tbe two men became strong
friends and although the general could not
or would not accept presents from his maj
esty during his ministry, he had some
forced upon him when he was going away.
He was then a private citizen, having given
up his mission. In the cabin of his steamer
upon leaving two velvet covered boxes were
found. One was lubeled with the general's
name and the other with that of his wife.
Upon opening them a note diopped out stat
ing that the inclosed mementoes weie sent
from the wultan as tokens of his friendship
and eoteem.
The contents of the general's box were
a solid gold snuff box set with thirty-eight
, large solitulre diamonds, and the order of
the Mcjlulyeh, which a. no blazed with dia
monds. The box labeled "Mrs. Wallaoe"
contained a brooch, loo lui'e or ordinary
wear, set with nutgmUcent diamonds.
These presents were so rich that the cus
toms oitlcers of New Vurk refusud to put
a value upon them, and they were, by the
order of the secretary of the treasury, aft
erward admitted free. They are now kept
in a safe deposit und General Wallace says
he is most forcibly reminded of thorn by
their H,nnuul appearance in his tax bill.
General W aliuce looked at the portrait of
the Siiliun as he laiked about hlin. He haa
com.iieratie sklii as an artist, and he made
the portrait hiiiiseit Iruui penoll sketches
which he drew from time to time while
with the sultan. It is perhaps the best
rupicHeiilutuiu ot In in ever made. Said
General Wallace:
"There is no public man so miiunder
stood its the sultan of Turkey. He 1 on .
of the ablest ruler of hi time, and he has
proved himself the peer of tbe monarch
and statesmen of Europe, with whom he
has hud to light one continuous diplomatic
buttle for the past twenty-two yeara Tbe
fact that the sultan is still on tbe throne
shows his ubllity. He has reigned twenty
two yeurs, while the average rslgn of the
sulluns of the pust hus been but three and
one-hulf years. The sultan Is a man of
broud sympathies, wld knowledge and
great ublilty. It is suld that be Is fright
ened to death and that he cannot stir for
fear of assuflsi nation. That Is not true. He
has his guards but so has our president,
and so ha every monarch of Europe.
tory of Stanford.
"As an Incident of the wide knowledge or
the sultan," Generul WaJ.ace continued, "I
remember an Interview which he once had
with Lelund Slaniord. When Senator Stan
ford was v sii.nK Constantinople the sultan
sent me a note sayiua that 1 should ask 1
him to dln..er at the ja uc. We went to
gether. During the meal the sultan brought
up the subject of ral roads and questioned
Senator tU.m oid as to the cost of their
construction and operation. He wanted to
know all about how the rights-of-way were
secured, the prollu ol p ss. nMer and freight
tru.ilc, the difference In gauje as compared
wltb cost, and almost every detail regard
ing the management of railroads, 1 was
surprised at his knowledge and Senator
Stanford also waa so surprised that he
asked me how long I hud been coaching
the suhun on ral'.roiida. Said he: 'I nover
had such catechism a that before, and
I do not believe tliui any other man but a
railroad manager could usk such ques
tion.' The sultan was then thinking of
developing Turkey by railroads and I sup
poso he had Inquired Into the subject"
FRANK Q. CJLRPENTffR
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