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TTTR OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 8, 1007. E An English Sport Being Introduced in kOR fifty year Eneltsn shepherds nhr competed with their dogs la Dublin trlala. In whlrh lha lnn receives a allvcr eup and the greater abare of th sweepstakes made up of the on trance fees. The trials are held almost dally at thla time of tha year In the west of England and north Wale. The big meeting of the seaaoc, la In Llangollen, at Plas Vlvod. Westmore land, Cumberland and Lancashire have notable sheep do trials, and In Suffolk they have been held for two yeara la Lord Rothschild " park at Trine;, who give the money for two open stakes tie well aa furnishes the grounds The trials are part Of tha Suffolk Agricultural society's shov. An annual trial has been established thla year In Ireland. There waa a competition for sheep doa at tha Rookland county fair last yea'-, managed by U. M. Oarnoohan, Mntium Morris and others Interested In the bench how, and trials are to be held annually by tha newly organized Fairfield Countv Kennel club of Connecticut. The scene of the opening trial will be the undulsth -i If. oountry place at Bound Beach, near Ftam ford. The pastures are on a hlllocky promontory extending Into the sound and admirably adapted for the trials. Some of the club members own sheep from the Welsh mountains, mixed flocks of Cheviots and Kerry Hill wethers, and they will be used In the Innls Arden trial. American turf of Innls Arden, J. Kennedy Tod's r r t - ; t B Progressive Events in the Tests of Klectrlo Locomotlrea. fa I WO types of electric locomotives 111 are undergoing teat on the Penn I I sylvenla railroad near New York, fyj City, with a view to determining which Is the est for service in the company's underground entrance to the metropolis. In general appearance they are quite similar and resemble a short two truck passenger car with few windows and large wheels. One of tha locomotives weighs 174,100 pounds and is equipped with foBr motors aggregating 1,400 horse power, which drive the wheels through single reduction gears. The other locomotive weighs 195.JW) pounds and Is equipped with motors aggregating t.UO horse power, which drive the wheels directly without Interposition of any gear ing. By comparing the performances of the two locomotives It will be possible to de termine the relative merits of the two sys tems of driving. Another Important ques tion, relating to the method of supporting motors, can be settled by observing the performance of one of the locomotives. One of Its trucks has motors fastened to the truck frame and the other truck has motors which rest on springs supported by the main Journals and are Independent f the truck frame. The couplers and buffers are carried by tha trucks Instead of on the underframe of the car body. By this arrangement trains of buffing and pulling, are trans mitted directly through the trucks and do not enter the body of the cab at all. Over all, the locomotives measure S7 feet 10H Inches long. 10 feet IV inches broad and it feet 4 Inches high. The driving wheels are 4 feet I Inches In diameter and are sup ported by axles which are ( Inches in eUameter at the center. Beaaoalnar Telepboae Polea. The scarcity of timber suitable fur tek phone and telegraph polea has of late ht umed serloua proporttona, says the Amer ican Telephone Journal. Latest reports of tha census office show that there were In operation in 11102 ap proximately 700.000 miles of pole line. Sub sequent additions, however, together with certain railroad pole lines not reported, would enlarge this figure. . It la safe to assume that there are In operation at present fully snO.OOO milts of line. The average Una contains about forty poles a mile, so that there are ap proximately 82,000.000 poles In use. Assuming that the average life of a pole Is twelve years. It follows that for the maintenance of the lines now In operation there are needed each year more than 1.6GO.00O polea. Such an enormous demand muat soon deplete the available supply. This Is fully recognised by the different companies. The American Telephone and Telegraph company, In co-operation with the United States forestry bureau, has been carrying CONSTIPATION "'r',BW ! rr J tffrl with tbionle eon- liO-ettoa ot wuu uu onc ti,ry M hoar. b.(ui I '$ !; on mr bow,,,. Hpi,ii I I'urln 10, biu( ,er b.(,.r I u4 CuclNM I uff.rd iikM Biliary with latornal pllaa. TLatika f fom I am traa from all that thia ttornioa. jo. j aaa tula la baaaif ot tuem, kuniamtV." B. r. ruaar, aWaaeke. 111. f7f Best For 1 1 Bowel VV. campy CATnajvnc -,la.ia. Palatable. Pvtant Taata (W4 Do Oned. r-f '', Urtpa. in. sk. Wa. k.f ala la bint. 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These experiments show that seasoned timber In contact with the ground will out last unseasoned, and that dry wood is more receptive of preservative fluids than green wood. Experiment stations were established at Dover, N. J.j Thorndale, Pa.; Pisgah, N. C, and Wilmington, N. C. As a part of the terms of co-operation the American Telephone and Telegraph company supplied a fixed number of poles each month. Wireless Telephones for Navy. Battleships of the North Atlantio fleet booked for a trip around the Horn will be equipped with wireless telephones. These Instruments have been Installed and tested successfully on board the Louisiana and Virginia. It Is now Intended to equip all the othor battleships with them. It is said Admiral Evans, through the use of the system, will be able to talk with commanding offloers of the battleships even when five miles apart. Details of the Invention are kept secret by the Navy department, because of an un willingness to Inform forchjn powers of their nature. The system will be of Incalculable ad vantage In peace and war maneuvers. The only objection Is that Interference Is pos sible as In wireless telegraphy, but aside from this wireless telephones will be of great service. A f9 Ahead. "If It Is true." says the New Tork World, "that a number of western railroads have requested George Westlnghouse to devise a gasoline motor car for use in caring for suburban traffic, and on short branch lines, it would seem that the trolley and the third rail are not to have undisputed sway In the work of modernising railway travel. Bo many eastern roads have adopted, or have made plans to adopt, electrlo systems in their terminal traffic' and . for suburban business that It was taken aa a sign of the times, that electricity would soon re place steam altogether as a railway mo tive power. Now the gasoline car comes to the front, and it has so many ad vantages over the electrlo Idea that It may well prove to be a distinct step in Ad vance. "Either the overhead trolley or the 'dan gerous third rail are apparently necessary for the operation of electric cars. The . atorage battery Idea has proved unsatis factory. It seems not Improbable that the gasoline car, which requires no extra equip ment along the right-of-way, may prove mora economical and more efficient. It such shall be proved to be the case It will. In a sense, mark tha end of advancement along the line of electrlo motive power, one of the most remarkable developments of the present 'electric age.' " Tyrrany of the Telephone. We impeach the telephone of high crimes and misdemeanors, says the Boston Watch man. It ia guilty of a deadly conspiracy to overthrow the usages of polite society and to destroy the well established customs of civilised peoples. In ordinary Intercourse It la the night of rudeness to Interrupt people when they are engaged in conversation with others or busily employed in some thing very Important. But the telephone break relentleasly Into the most critical' moments of a business transaction or Inter rupts the pleasant flow of an agreeable conversation, and imperiously demands. m atant attention to itself. In calling upon anyone In aociety or In business. It Is the way of civilization to send lit a card, or at least to have yourself announced, so that there ia an opportunity to decide whether the reception of the caller will be agreeable or even possible at that moment. The tele phone ruthlessly breaks down this suit able safeguard to personal convenience and intrudes unvlted and often on tbe moat In convenient occuiona. There is reason to fear also that it la undermining tha habits of kindly and po lite consideration for the comfort of others. Oftea when yew prhsi have suddenly i .- : '.. v-"'. " itr.-'". .4T r Acta they are not used to running together. The trio will be placed for the dog just over a hillock If possible, and at the word the shepherd starts his dog from tha lower end of the field or fields. He directs the dog by whistles and by motions of his hand, the judges walking behind, watch in hand, while back of all are massed the on lookersthe gentry, farmer and shepherd broken off a very Important and pressing negotiation or piece of work at the per emptory call of the telephone, you take down the receiver only to hear the words, "Wait a minute;" and you find that some one has been saving his time at the ex pense of your own by having a clerk call you up, and you are obliged to wait with the receiver at your ear until he finds it convenient to talk with you. A thing like this In ordinary intercourse would be re sented decisively; and it would be safe when you hear the words, "Walt a mo ment," to hang up the receiver at once, were it not for the long distance telephone, which requires a little time to make con nections for messages. If It were not for the possibility of the message you are waiting for coming from a distance, these "walt-a-mlnute" people, so economical of their own time and so wasteful of the Gleanings From the Story II Set the Date. MTTRPH A NT In a Wisconsin jS I town who had a Swedish clerk, a I uu n t Vilm nut In rin nomA rnl. lectlng. When he returned from an unsuccessful trip he re ported: "Yim Tonson say he vlll pay ven he sells his hogs. Yim Olesen, he vill pay ven he sell him wheat, and Bill Pack say he vill pay in Yanuary." "Well." said the boss, "that's the first time Bill ever set a date to pay. Did he really say he would pay in January?" "Veil, aye tank so," said the clerk. "He say it ban a dam cold day ven you get dat money. I tank dat ban in Yan uary." Harper's Weekly. Bam Name, Different Man. Governor Hughes, at a dinner in New York, talked about disorderly political meetings. "A friend of mine," he said, "was once a good deal annoyed while addressing a meeting by a man tn the front row who howled like a dog. At every telling point in my friend's argument this muu would emit frightful howls and spoil tha effect. "My friend asked the name of the man, and was told that it was Harry Loft. Then he said in a loud voice: " 'Mr. Loff, It is plain that our friend Goldsmith had you in mind when he said: Tha watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind. And the loud Loft that spoke the vacant mind. - 'He said that, did her cried Loft furi ously, and he turned and struck a little fat man behind him a hard blow over the head. "It was only after a five minutes' scrimmage and much profane abuse that Mr. Loff was convinced that the Gold smith referred to waa the long dead poet, and not the little fat man of the same name." New Tork Times. Jast th Revere. The owner of the ranch In one of the arid regions cf the great west was entertaining an eastern relative. He showed him over his broad acres, spoxe of the difficulties that had been overcome in making the des ert blossom as the rose, and outlined bis plans for the futura "But Is It possible." asked the visitor, "to make more than a bare living on such land and in such a climate as this?" "It Is. I have made considerable more than a bare living on this land." "I am glad to hear It, Cyrus. Then you have something laid by for a rainy day, have youT" "Not exactly," rejoined the host, with a laugh. "On the contrary, with the help of an occasional rainy day, I have managed to lay something by for the dry days." Cleveland Leader. Dlda't Kit 111 Owa Klaa. A New York mechanical engineer, who has just returned from a trip abroad, in which be visited Germaay, tells aa Inci -.V.'-' ' t. f v . t' - -' ramllles from many mile. "When the dog goes off the line In search ing for his sheep a whistle stops him as quickly as a pointer stands on a bird and In response to a wave of the hand the dog changes the direction of his cast. Locat ing the trio the d,og drives them slowly over the course, which may Include a bridge. In and out fences, a Maltese cross Field of time of others, would find themselves left without a response when at their leisure they found it convenient to call. . It Is said on lines where there are sev eral users, the despicable custom ot eaves dropping haa become a habit with some. This and the way of fixing the telephone so that when any one calls they are met with only a confusing buizlng or the reply from a machine. "Una is busy," are such plain violations of the most ordinary rules of good manners or even decent courtesy that any arrangement which makes such incivilities possible ought not to be toler ated In a civilized community. We are quite well aware that the tele phone has come to stay, but that need not prevent an occasional protest from the bleeding victims of Its tyranny. We are even ready to allow that In business it is such a great convenience that one can dent of his visit to the latter country. "I was Inspecting a big plant there," he said, "and naturally I was Interested in the machinery used to furnish power. I waa Inspecting the engine room, when I saw something which attracted me. An oll-begrimed workman was on top of a cylinder polishing some brass work, and him I approached for information. " 'Pardon me,' I said, In my best Ger man. 'Do you have trouble In keeping up steam?' "The man stopped his polishing work and looked at me. " 'Nix, I no understand? he said in English. " "So you are an Englishman?' I ex claimed. " 'That's what I am,' ' the workman re plied. 'I'm traveling, and I am new on this Job. I was taken in on account of their labor troubles.' " 'Then, as he looked me over carefully, 'So you speak English,' and with a very polite smile, he added: 'Excuse me for saying it, sir, but you speak very good English for a Dutchman'." New York Tribune. One on th Professor. The scholarly William E. Byerly, profes sor of mathematics at Harvard, was once asked by a student how to develop a re tentive memory. The professor answered that ordinary mental exercise was suffi cient to secure a good memory, whereat th student asked tf he might test the mental capacity of his Instructor. Prof. Byerly agreed, and the student asked him to listen to and remember several varied items for a test. He began: "One quart of whisky." "Urn I" said the professor. "Six pounds of sugar, a pint of sour milk, three onions, half a gallon of molasses, and two raw eggs." "Urn I" said the professor. "Two green apples, twenty-six peanuts, one and a half cucumbers, and four mlnoe plea" "I'm!" said the professor. "A package of starch, sixty-seven cakes of yeast, and the skins of seven bananas. Oot that down?" "Yea," answered Dr. Byerly. "How does It taste?"asked the student Boston Herald. A Hard Jee. There is an old Irishman In Baltimore who for many years waa prosperous as a grocer. Not long ago, however, the old fel low lost his all In "a side line," and was compelled to look for a Job. Through the influence of a friend he was offered the position of crossing-tender at a small rail road station in Maryland. The Celt looked dubious as the duties of the office were explained to him and the meaning of th various flags was stated. "Ia ease of danger, you wave the red flag," explained the man told off to instruct Mik. 'Walt bit. wait a bit," Interrupted America and o on. Finally the dog gets them to the fold. Into which he must drive them. This is so narrow that but one may enter at a time. The shepherd Is permitted to stand close by the fold, but he at no time touches a sheep. When all are folded tha Judges give out the time, but In making '.heir award they also consider the manner of the dog's work. In another sort of trial two dogs have to work as a pair and fold six sheep. "Manifestly, much depends on the sheep. Tf very wild an ugly ram Is particularly troublesome It Is not so easy for the dog as when he gets a trio that are gentle and willing;. The wisdom and guiding powers of tha dogs are marvellous, and. with their patience, they are especially revealed when at the fold the sheep try to break away. A good dog stays welt In the background, hovering behind the sheep as a hawk does over a chicken yard. He creeps toward them, Instead of charging, and is so active In circling that the only direction In which the sheep does not see a watchful dog, as ti.ey raise their eyes from the turf, Is that In which the trial dog Is taking them." There were from 7.0n0 to ,im to watch the trials last month on Lord Rothschild's place at Tring. The course was wholly In view of the spectators, with a knoll In the middle of the ground from which the shep herds directed their dogs and on which the officials were stationed, that might have been formed for the purpose, so excellent is its situation, being a natural and circular grandstand. There were eighteen entries In the stack for single dogs and five In the class for pairs of dogs. The time limit was twenty minutes and several of the dogs were down that time without having -penned their tditep. This contest was won by Swsllow, a black and tan smooth collie. An English rportlng paper says of her victory: "She gave the best exhibition of the day for finding her sheep; at once she drove them straight through the first and second linos of hurdles without halting and reached the flat ground In the front of the hall In less than five minutes; she experienced no diffi culty at the Maltese cross ' and finally penned In 8 minutes 45 seconds, one of the fastest performances ever seen at Trlng." Although rough collies and Old English sheep dogs figure In these trials the dogs In general use are smooth collies. They are black, red or sable, with more or less white usually, but grays are often seen and In Wales the Blue Merle Is common. Swallow, the winner of the Trlng trial, must be unusually small, as that quality is noted particularly In the report. A shep herd would prefer a small dog. If other wise serviceable, to a big one. Ha fre quently sends a dog Into a flock for a cer tain sheep and the only passageway la over their backs, which serve the purpose of stepping stones. A small dog Is best for this work. A shepherd will have a name for each sheep In 'his flock and, what Is more remarkable, the dog knows each by Its name, and at the command will single out the one designated. Electricity bring himself to condone its sins for the sake of Its time-saving qualities. But a telephone In a private house la an out rage on every idea of a home. It destroys all privacy and all possibility of complete rest. It keeps the attention always alert, and makes real repose and comfort impos sible. It may Indeed be shut off and tempo rarily put out of service; but that is a discourtesy of which many will hesitate to be guilty. If you do not have a telephone In your homes your friends do not expect to "call you up," but if you have one you are bound In common politeness to keep it in service. "A man's house Is his castle" no longer when the telephone Is once ad mitted. All the inmates become its slaves, and the only way to escape from the tyr rany of the telephone bell is to take to the deep and quiet woods. Teller's Pack vii with a rimibtful shake of the head. "I'm afraid this Job'd be too much for me, I could never trust mesilf to remimber to wave a red flag whin there was a green wan handy." Harper's Weekly. A Jnvenile Nature Faker. "If I have nature-faked." said the Rev. William J. Long, the gifted nature writer In Stamford, "I have done so unconsciously. My knowledge, not my veracity, has been at fault. "You know," resumed Mr. Long, smiling, "any one may nature fake through Ig norance. Thus: "One day I was addressing some Stamford school chaps on the subject of bees, and turning to a bright-looklpg little chap, I sa(d: "With what part of the body does a bee buss, Jacob?" "Jacob answered confidently but igno rantly, launching a tremendous nature fake: " 'Its buxsum, sir,' he said." Boston Post. Contest of Wits. An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotchman were one day arguing aa to which of the three countries possessed the fastest trains. "Well." said the Englishman, "I've been In one of our trains, and the telegraph poles have been like a hedge." "I've seen the milestones anpear like tombstones." said the Scot "Be Jabersl" said Pat, "I was or day In a train In my counthry. and we passed a field o' turnips and a field ot carrlts. also a field of cabbage and parsley, then a pond of water, and we were going that quick I thought it was broth!" London Tit-BlU. rle Tails as Barometers. Tbe secret of the ability of "Uncle Billy" Warning of Milton, Del., to forecast the weather has leaked out. Recently he has been able with aa exactitude not equaled by the best barometers to tell his neighbors twenty-four and sometimes thirty-six hours ahead what weather to expect. His pre dictions have been of great benefit to farm ers. Now it Is learned that he gets his tips from his two pigs. In dry weather the talis of the pigs have one curl, in wet weather two curls, and Just before a rata their tails hang limp. Th Extram Paaalty Lord Russell, a famous Jurist, one went to Scotland to help the Liberals in a cam paign. He purposely began his speech with a few sentences of bad Scotch, and then when the confusion caused by the blunder had subsided, be said: "Oentlemen, I do not speak Scotch, but I vote Scotch, and I oftea drink Scotch." He was greeted with tremendous applause. 'Whan Russell was a young man he was sitting In a court listening to a trial for bigamy. A friend leaned aoroas to him and asked: "Russell, what is the extreme pen alty for bigamy?" 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This Is stitched at the corners to her head dress and fastened in the center by a brass spool four inches long, which covers the bridge of tho nose. The eyelids of most of the women are blackened with kohl; they have thick, black eyelashes, and one often Imagines them beautiful until the wind blows away a veil and you find out the contrary. , In the New Cairo. In striking contrast with Egyptian Cairo la the new European section which has grown up on its edge. That part of the city Is having a boom, and lots which sold for $10 a square yard two years ago are now bringing 130. There are instances where ground Is selling for eighteen times as much as It did In 1906. Property is going up all over this section, and an enormous amount of building Is being done. Rents are so rising that the poorer Europeans are moving out into the suburbs, and this city promises to have a surburban develop ment Just as we have about our American towns. European Cairo is a city of wide streets, paved with asphalt. It Is a city of electrlo lights and sanitary Improvements. It has fine residences, surrounded by gardens filled with tropical plants and trees; and Rs better stores carry goods which would sell readily In Paris or New York. One can buy almost anything from anywhere In the world at these stores. This Is especially so of such wares as are In demand by the tourlFts and the rich do-nothing class. The peddler of antiquities and fine china, of jewelry and of oriental rugs Is also here In all his glory, and during the season he does a big business. Cairo has many doctors and dentists. The doctors charge K a visit whether you see them at their offices or at your hotel. The dentists are mostly Americans, and they are not here for their health. The town Is one of newspapers, libraries and clubs. It has Its dally Journals, In which you can read the telegrams In French, English and Arabic; and It has its loud-mouthed news boys, who cry the papers on the streets. My shoes are blacked every morning by a boy wearing a turban and his charge Is 1 rents a shine. Cairo has a good postal system, with a lat ter delivery several times a day, and it has hundreds of policemen, both on foot and on horseback. A policemen stands In the renter of every street crossing to see that all carriages go to the left Instead of the right; and there are enough police in every section to make life and property safe. Cairo's Big Hotels. Cairo is one o the winter resorts of the world. It is thronged during the season with Europeans and Americans. There are thousands of our rich citizens here every year, and they leave millions of dollars in Egypt. Thirty thousand tourists visited the valley of the Nile last winter, and It Is safe to say that they left upward of $10, 000.000. The hotels of Cairo Increase in size and number every year. They are run by syn dicates with large capital and they pay big dividends. Shepheard's, which is so well known everwhere, has 400 beds. The Savoy has ISO. The Hotel Continental 300, the Ghezlreh Palace can accommodate 400 guests at one time and the Mena hotel, right under the pyramids, has 190 rooms. All these hotels have modern Improvements and they charge you roundly for them. A Shepheard's I pay $1 a day for a double bedded room for myself and son, and in ad dition there is a charge of 10 cents a day for electrlo lights. If I have my break fast in my room that Is an extra, and if I am not In the dining room at Just the mo ment when dinner begins I find th doors closed and have to go to the grill room or five dollars per person per day for room and board Is the usual price at the first olass Egyptian hotels, and this is so at Al exandria and all up and down th Nil No woman who uses ''Mother's Friend" need fear the suffering and danger incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its horror and insures safety to life of mother and child, and leaves her in a condition more favorable to speedy recovery. The child is also healthy, strong and good natural Our book "Motherhood," is wortli jJ its weieht in told to every UI woman, and will be sent free in plain ij fa.r - envelope Dy addressing application Bradfteld Reoulator U. AtlftaU Over EIGHT HUNDRED PHYSICIANS Trans-Mississippi States have TESTED AND INDORSED indorsement filed at our office. and inquire. 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Pathos of a Lost Strike Editorially the San Francisco Chronic throws a melancholy sidelight on the ef forts of union men to retrieve defeat In th struggle with the street car company of that city. 'Bus lines have been estab lished by tbe strikers and their support ers to compete with the street cars. Far on the 'buses Is 10 cents, on street cars 6 cents. Members of unions are required to patronize the 'buses and the cost and inconvenience of the latter provokes bitter complaint, of which the Chronicle ea.yiS Borne of the letters received at the ChrohP' icle office are very bitter and one declare that if the persecution keeps up there will soon "be more scabs than union men in San Francisco." The letters of some of the working girls are pitiful. After standing on their feet all day In stores or shops they are com pelled to walk home, often for miles, or ride In wagons, if they can get a ride, and pay 10 cents for It. Many of them live la remote parts of the city where few wagons run, and some of the hills where they d not go at all. This has now lasted for three months, and the girls and women say they are wearing out. They break down-from overwork and their doctor bills are not paid from any strike fund. But they muBt not ride on the cars on th peril of losing their Jobs. One who signs her own name gives the name and address of a firm running a store eouth of Market street which discharged four girls a few nights ago whom the union spies had re ported for riding home on the cars. Th men who reported the girls were, of course, sneaks, and those who discharged thera for so doing are curs. Those methods have now been pursued until. If we can Judge from the letters we receive, a general revolt of union men and women Is Imminent. In fact, it is now nlfr the working men and women and the retail dealers who ars being injured by ths boy cott of the cars. No one else pays any attention to It. And all know that nine out of ten worklngmen would ride on th cars If they were not terrorised by a bel- t llgerent minority. I One correspondent writes that at the end of ISO days the striking car men had loot in wages at tbe rate of $3.2S a day for 1,000 strikers the sum ot $460,000. and that the total loss to union men in wages lost, support of 'buses and strike assessment is nearly $4,000,000. Of course. Innocent employers have lost quite as much more. , but they are not suffering as the working men are and they do not hav to rid In the wagons. ) Dogi Blows Auto Horn . Flossie, the collie owned by Arthur John son, near Lima, O., assists In running Mr. Johnson's automobile. The dog waa taught by Mr. Johnson's daughter, Alice, who is a daring driver of tha big forty-horaa-powar machine, in which she runs in and out ot th city. Miss Johnsou found it was a great deal of trouble to keep th automobile horn going, and so she had a whistle worked by a lever put on the machine. 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