THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1D08.
WATER RATE C ASE GOES OYER
Application for Injunction by Com
pany Heard January 18.
NEW SCHEDULES ARE HELD UP
We cxtrd our brst wishes for
A Merry Christmas
Company Kays It Mill Allow Five Per
teat Dlaeoasl Only on Those
Bills Paid Prior to
New Year's.
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A Very Eappy New Year
to our many patron who have so kindly contributed
to our surer In thin the irroatcot year of our history.
We shall most earnestly endeavor to merit m con
tinnance of your patronage in the approaching new
year.
1 Our Store Will Be Closed
,' All Day Xmas
Saturday we will open by placing on sale all the
odds and ends of our Holiday Goods at prices that are
- mere fractions of their real value. Attend early and
youTl find many very exceptional bargains.
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BRIEF CITY NEWS
Have Koot Frist TV
ftndolph r. swobo raslls asoeuataatt
Blnsaart, photographer, 11th Farnam.
Bowman. 117 N. 1. Douglas shoe, tilt.
'a Bourse for holiday caadiaa and cl
ears, tit 8. Hth.
SaltaBla Ufa Policies sight draft at
maturity. H. D. Neely, manager, Omaha.
Tot Xmas Gas or electrlo reading
lamps make acceptable presents. Prices
reasonable. Burges-Oranden Co., next to
gas office, 1511 Howard. SU
Babbl Merrltt at Tempi Israel Rabbi
Max Merrltt of Kvansvllle, Ind., will occupy
tho pulpit of Temple Israel Friday evening.
; The rabbi Is now In tho city, the guest of
Kabul Cohn and other friends.
Mrs. Jan Barrett Buried The funeral
of Mrs. June ' Barrett, who died at the
age of 80 years Wednesday In Mercy hos
pital. Council Bluffs, was held Thursday
morning at the Hoafey undertaking parlors.
Interment was In Holy Bepulcher cemetery.
Hour . (or Teachers' . Examinations AH
' Ipflrlipra whfi Inlnnil in - take the lfv
Ytaachera' examination must be on hand at
M Vclock on the morning of the first day,
' ' Tuesday, December 29 The examination
will last two days and will be held In the
High school building.
Bva B. Barnett Asks Blvoros Charging
abandonment and nnnsupport for four
years. Eva P. Barnolt has applied for a
dlvorc from John W. Barnett to whom
she waa marries: In Kansas City in IK.
Blanclf wawrt01ttt 'hajl-aelced for a divorce
from Elroy, charging' abandonment
Mrs. Aehsh Xammoad at mess Mr.
Achsh Hammond, for ever forty year a
resident of Omaha, was burled Thursday
afternoon In Prospect Hill cemetery. Bhe
lied Tuesday at the age of 7J years at
ier home, 1108 North Twenty-ninth street,
and the funeral waa held there Thursday
afternoon at I o'clock.
Judge Bsars Will Clean Up Socket The
week between Christmas and New Year
Will be spent In cleaning up appeal cases
from police court by Judge Bears. Begin
ning Monday he will hold court for these
rase In Judge Sutton's court room. Judge
Button will take the regular criminal docket
n iid will hear whatever criminal case may
come up for trial.
Bishop Molstyre to Xjeotars Bishop
Robert Mclntyre, who presided at the con
ference of the Methodlat Episcopal church
In Nebraska last fall, will speak at the
First Methodist Episcopal the evening of
January 6, giving his lecture on "Buttoned
up People." Ills elevation to the episco
pate took place at the last general confer
ence of the church.
Santa Clans fet Judge resile The otf Ice
force of the county judge' of floe played
Santa CUu Thursday by presenting Judge
Ixslle with a beautiful cut glass lemonade
set and Chief Clerk C. C. Bundblad with
a box of cigars. Judge Leslie came back
at the donors with a necktie for each of
the men in the-offlee and a handkerchief
for wuch of the young women.
Dairyman Fined for . Bad Cream For
havjig sold a can of cream that tested
leas than M per cent butter fat, one day
last week, J. Clausen, a dairyman living
at Fifth and Locust streets, was fined 11
and. costs In police court Thursday. He
aalii- he did not know that the cream
tested low, and had not been arrested be
fore on the charge, so the Judge gave him
the minimum fin.
Troop Bave Xft Tort Washakie Troop
M of the Eighth cavalry ha arrival at
Fort V.' Av Russell, Wyo., from Fort Willi
akte, being, the last of the troops that will
ever be stalluned at the historic old fort,
now definitely abandoned. A detachment
of one officer and nine men of Troop M
will remain at 'tha old tort for several days
superintending thevremoval of the govern
ment property remaining there.
Christmas I) laser la the Diner To the
end that Christmas day may be made a
pleasant a possible for those who are
forced to travel on that day the big trans
continental lines have mad elaborate prrp-
sratlona for a big dinner In the dining
ran. Tha Union Psciflo ha prepared a
specialty beautiful menu card which con
Utr.s all the delicacies of the eaaon. Its
Xiver I a Christmas scans in colors.
To Xiook Over Theater Plana Emit
Brandel and John La tenser, architect for
the new Brandels office building and thea
ter, left last night for Chicago to look
over the plans of the latest theaters there.
Mr. Brandels said that the new theater
would be built under the safety require
ments of Chicago, a the law In that city
were the most stringent In the United
States, having been completely changed
since the Iroquois disaster.
Beep your money and valuables in a
safe deposit box in the American Safe De
posit Vaults In The Bee building, which Is
absolutely burglar and fireproof. Boxes
rent for only ft a year or fl a quarter.
navely Bald Be Was Going on Visit
Additional information concerning the dis
appearance of Albert L. Bnavely has
been received by Captain Savage of
the detective force. It is said that
before Snavely left his home and pool room
which he had been conducting at 2019 North
Twenty-fourth street, he told a friend that
he was going to Sterling, III., on a visit.
So It Is now thought that he has merely
left the city to spend the holidays.
Fifteen Bays for Taking Parse For ap
propriating the contents of a pocketbook
which he found, instead of returning it to
the owner, whose name and address were
contained in the lost purso, Gene Knlter of
1421 North Twenty-third street was sen
tenced to serve fifteen days In the county
jail. His case offered something rather
novel In the way of larceny and Judge
Crawford of the police court took the mat
ter under advisement for several -days after
hearing the testimony before he pronounced
sentence.
The hearing on the application of the
Omaha Water company against the Water
board to restrain the latter from putting
in effect Its recent order reducing rates
has been continued over to January IS.
No definite restraining .order has been
Issued in the matter, but the fact. of the
application for such an order by the Water
company having been filed In the United
States circuit court act as a restraining
order in preventing the Water board from
carrying Its order Into effect until the case
can be heard on II merits.
In the absence of a ruling on the point
the Omaha Water company announce that
rebates of 6 per cent will be given only on
those bills paid before January 1.
Board's Plan Rejected.
"We refused to consider the board' prop
osition to postpone the hearing on the In
junction until after the holiday on the con'
ditlon to extend the rebate period until the
Injunction wa heard," said Stockton Heth,
treasurer of the company. "We asked to
have tho case postponed and It ha been,
but the court ha not ordered u to extend
ths rebate period, and therefor w will not.
We give a discount of 6 per cent on all
bills paid before January 1, as it costs
that much to send out collectors."
John L, Webster, attorney for the board,
say the court has taken the matter of
extending the rebate under consideration.
Mr. Webster called the court's attention
to this phaso of the proposition and he
look for a ruling on It later, bUt does not
attempt to forecast what it will be.
Treasurer Heth says the collections this
month have been much greater than any
previous December, though many of the
bills aro stamped with the clause that the
company will rebate the excess amount it
the court finally holds that the lower rates
adopted by the Water board shall be those
charged and not the present higher rate
mado by the company.
DEPOTS ARE SIMPLY SWAMPED
With Pasaensier amd Express Christ
mas Traffic Stations Are
Busiest of Places.
Between people and Christmas packages
the railroad stations of Omaha are about
the busiest places in tho city. Students aro
oomlng home from college, outside stu
dents attending school In Omaha and com
mercial travelers are hustling home, new
residents In this section of the country
are going back to the oM home for Christ
mas and all combine to swell the paesenger
business of the railroads to enormous pro
portions. Added to this passenger traffic is the
enormous tonnage of Christmas gifts, prac
tically swarrrplng the malls and express
companies. Extra cars are put on the
trains wherever they are available and still
the packages accumulate. The warning
Issued by the express companies for people
to ship their packages early and plaoe
thereon the little admonition, "Do not open
until Christmas," has had its effect, but
still the companies are swamped.
The local express companies have all their
wagons in service and a large number of
xtra wagons besides, and every effort
is being mad to deliver the packages
a promptly as possible.
Irs. Hchaitri BIStrMlM.
Mrs. M. McRaney, Prentiss, Miss., writes:
"I was confined to my bed for three
months with kidney and bladder trouble
snd was treated by two physicians, but
failed to get relief. No human tongue can
tell how I suffered and I had given up
hope of ever getting well until I began
taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. After tak
ing two bottle I felt like a new person
and feel It my duty to tell suffering women
what Foley's Kidney Remedy did for me."
old by all druggists.
"FORTUNE" PAYS FOR FUNERAL
Pat Mulligan, Who Refused to Leave
Poor House Wkra Left Money,
Paes Away.
Pat' Mulligan, who became famous a year
or two ago by refusing to leave the county
poor farm when he fell heir to his brother'
estate, died Wednesday at the hospital of
old age and a complication of many ail
ments.
When news wa first received of hi In
berltance ' It wa believed hs would get
several thousand dollars. He stoutly re
fused to leave the poor farm, as he had
Wen there a long time and had made
many friends among the inmates. .When
the Inheritance finally came it was found
It amounted to only a few hundred dol
lar. Mulligan saved It and It will go to
pay his funeral expenses.
The funeral service wa held at St,
Peter's Cathollo church Thursday morning.
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Seedy looking printed matter may
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L Im taiO-Uta Howard S OasaU
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RANKIN BOYS GO TO JAIL
Pair Denounced by the Police as
Tough Customers Who Work
Various Grafts.
Following the discovery of two young
men and two girls In the same quarters
in a. lodging house at Lincoln, and the re
port to the Omaha police that W. J. Ran
kin and Katherlne Antone of this city were
among those arrested, it develops that
neither of the young persons was appre
hended there. W. J. Rankin was arrested
In Omaha later and the Antone girl, who
goes by the nickname of "Cady" and Is
only lti years of age, has not yet been
caught since she ran away from 721 South
Eighteenth street, where she had been
staying 'in Omaha.
The young persons arrested in Lincoln
have turned out to be connected with a
case somewhat similar to that of the Ran
kin brothers and "Cady" Antone.
It is said that W. J. and Harry Rankin
enticed the girl from homo with letters
and promises. They have been sentenced to
jail for vagrancy, the older Brother getting
thirty days and the younger fifteen, and
it is expected that the Antone girl will be
found before they are released, so they
may be prosecuted further If the circum
stances warrant.
When Harry Rankin was arraigned with
hi older brother In police court Thursday
morning he afforded considerable amuse
ment when ho told his story of the case
with all the flowery acting and language
of a melodramat'lo hero.
"The girl fell in love with me when we
met on the street," he said, with a facial
expression that made the judge say, "For-
gyt it."
The police say some very harsh things of
the record of the Rankin brothers, who
have been working this part of the country
for some time with cripple stories and other
grafts. The older man posus a the father
of the younger brother and use a crutch.
J. P. NEILSON IS INJURED
Omaha Man on Bridge Work at Cal
laway May Die as II e
sult. CALLAWAY. Neb., Dec. 24 (Special.)
J. P. Nellson, a young man of Omaha,
employed by the Standard Bridge com
pany, and working at this place putting
In piling at the wheel pit of the Callaway
Flouring mill, met with an accident yes
terday evening, which may prove fatal.
He was working at the top of the derrick
releasing the hammer, when lit some
manner the hammer was accidentally re
leased, striking a four by four scantling
In such a manner as to thrown one end
of It against his face. So serious was the
blow that the side of the face was crushed,
and the eyeball wa laid bare upon the
face, protruding from the socket at least
an inch or more.
At the time Mr. Nellson wa several
feet from the ground at the top of the
derrick, and a soon a struck, he had
the presence of mind to hang to the
ladder and started to climb down. When
about half way to the ground, his com
rades saw he was hurt and that he wa
growing weak and went up the ladder
and assisted him to the ground, when
he lost consciousness. A doctor was
hurried to the scene, and Nellson was
moved to the Oliver hotel, after which he
regained consciousness, and Is now resting
as easily as could .be expected under the
circumstances.
The Standard Bridge company had
heard of the accident at the Omaha office,
but was not able to locate the boy's rela
tives in Omaha. The company wired for
further Information.
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GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL HALF PRICE SALE OF GOATS
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LIBERTY WONJVITH A LAUGH
Accused Man Bays, "Oh, I Just Broke
Broomstick Over Ills Head,"
That's AH.
"I just broke a broomstick over his arm
snd then crscked him one over the head
with tha broken stick." said Earl Ben
nett, laughingly, to Judge Crawford In
police court Thursday morning, when ar
raigned on the charge of assault and bat
tery against Thomas P. Kntenbrink.
"Wa were both Intoxicated at the time
and made up soon after, so I don't see
why I've been arrested."
Bennett was discharged, as Kritenbrink
did not seem to be suffering from the
blows administered by the other man, who
a as considerably slighter of build than
Kritenbrink. It was remarked by several
persons afterwards that Bennett had
laughed himself out of the matter. Half
the people In the court room lost their
dignity when Bennett told how he bad
"just broke a broomstick" on th other
man, and even th Judge seemed to enjoy
the fun.
Women's and Children's
Cloth Coats of All
Descriptions at
HALF AIID LESS
the Regular Selling Prices
THE nOBJABLH STORE
The Greatest Stock and
Choices. Assortments
Ever Shown in
HALF PRICE SALE
Come Early
On account of the enormous size of our Coat stock, we have decided to begin our Semi-Annual Half Price Sale Sat
urday, December 26th, instead of waiting till after inventory, January 1st. Never before have such magnificent assort
ments been shown in Half Price Sale, never such opportunities for popular buying offered.
NONE OF OUR CLOTH COATS RESERVED ALL
Sale Begins Saturday
GO AT HALF AND LESS REGULAR PRICES.
Mail Orders Filled
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All $40.00 and $50.00 Coats,
choice $20.00
One Lot Women's Coats,
worth $7.50 $2.75
Women's Eiderdown Robes,
$7.50 values, choice $3.95
Clearing Up
at Half Price
All odds and ends of Holi
day Handkerchiefs, Leather
Goods, Comb and Brush Sets,
Odd Brushes, Combs and
Mirrors, Plain' and Fancy
Ilibbons and '"Narrow and
Wide Embroideries.
CLOSING OUT BOOKS
at prices that make it cheap
er to buy than to borrow.
All $35.00 and $40.00 Coats,
choice $17.50
Misses' $25 Coats. .$12.50
Misses' $20 Coats. .$10.00
Women's Dress and Walking
Skirts, worth $10, at $5.95
$25.00 Coats, choice $12.50
$15.00 Coats, choice. .$7.50
5,000 Children's Coats
at JUST HALF
Children's Wool Dresses, 6 to
14 years, $5 values. $1.95
Hart. Schaffner & Marx gf
mfm's suits Ann mFnnnATs ii
S20.00, $22.50, $25.00, $28.00 to $35,00 Values
The most marvelous clothing bargain ever offered at this season. All
broken lines from an immense stock of H, 8. & M. clothing Included in this
sale several hundred new Suits and Overcoats added for Saturday's selling.
We can insure you a perfect fit and the greatest values you'll ever secure.
Come in and let us fit you.
DON'T
FORGET
TRY MYDEN'S FIRST
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PAYO
All $10.00 Coats, your choice
at $5.00
Silk and Net Waists, values
to .50, at $2.95
$3 Heatherbloom underskirts
colors and black. .$1.45
XMAS 18 OVER
How for Wash Machines
The Genuine Western Washer;
worth 3.75, only 82.SO
The Round Pan-American Washer.
t 82.75
The Waverly $8.(0 Washer at
only $4.08
The 110.00 Easy Ak-Sar-Ben
Washer 83.08
We have nearly 25 odd Washers
in stock, worth from 6.60 to
$10.00, on sale for $5.00
Come and see them. We carry
such a large stock of machines
that we get hundreds of them for
samples, which we can close out
this way.
FREE FARE TO MERCHANTS
Transportation Will Be Refunded to
Patrons by Jobbers.
NO SPECIAL KATE ASKED OF LINES
For Period of Three Months, Begln-
Blusr January 10, Customers Will
Bo Given Their Kallroad
Expense Money.
For the first time In trie history of whole
saling In Omaha the Jobbrrs' and Manufac
turers' association of Omaha offer thiee
months' open dates when railroad fare will
be refunded to merchants coming to Omaha
to trade.
The announcement was made Thursday
that Instead of asking special ral'.road rates
which would entitle merchants to from one
faro for the round trip to one and one-halt
fares, the association would pay all fares.
Circulars which tell of ths meetings have
been sent out by the Commercial club of
Omaha to K.C00 customers of the Omaha
market.
The three months selected begin with
January 10 and end with April 10.
In the past It has been the custom to
select certain dates, but the Omaha whole
salers and jobbers wanted to make It pos-
anflva tilmmi Hm Want id.
LOOKING INTOHAIR LOSSES
Some of the Jaw-Hreaklng Causes of
Bare Hpots on (Scalps.
riTTIXG A STOP TO 1IALDXKSS
Progress of the Omaha Campaign Vndsr
tha Sr. Noti Bales which Is Bring
Ug Joy to ths Thin Xalrod
of Both Besvss.
The man who Is losing hair doesn't
bother very much about the cause. It
doesn't matter to hlra whether he's got
seborrheal ecsema, alopecra-areata or
pltyriaa simples. Each 111 Is a pussier to
him. What he Is interested In Is tha dis
covery of some way to stop the ravages
of the microbes which may be filling his
head full of dandruff or making bis hair
as sticky as if he used bear's grease of
Daniel Boone's time.
Hair preparations are as common as
varieties of soap. One that has made an
emphatic Impression Is the time-tried
formula of Ir. Nott's, which The IleaBlg
Kllls Drug Co. of Memphis, Tenn., have
secured. Dr. Nott's Hair Tonic promotes
a healthy, active condition of the scalp
and growth of hair. Bo many ptople over
look the Importance of keeping their heads
and hair as clean as they do their bodies
that the Dr. Nott ldeaof a dally aseptlo
wash came as a surprise.
A stitch In time eaves nine. The use of
Dr. Nott's Hair .Tonic will lessen the
number of recruits to the Army of tha
Bald, and It costs no more than good soap
or tooth powder.
Myers-Dillon Drug Co. will be able to
supply Dr. Nott's Hair Toole to all in
oujrers. Ask about lb
slble for the merchants to come when they
pleaite and are making an offer which no
other Missouri river market makes. Kan
sas City, Bt. Joseph and Sioux City offei
to give their customers Just what the rail
roads give, from one and one-fifth to one
and one-third fares, for certain dates, but
the Omahans give three months and will
refund thus paying all railroad fares of
those who come to the city to buy.
BURGLARS SCARED OFF JOBS
Night Thieves Are Frustrated at Two
Homes lr Men of the
Houses.
Two attempted burglaries were frustrated
Wednesday night by the vig.lance of the
occupants of the houses which had been
picked out by the thieves as ol ft ring'
chances for probablo loot.
A. V. Bhotwell was awakened by a noise
In his home, 36.2 Mason street, and saw a
dark lantern flashing In the lower story
of the house. The burglars left without
tak.ng anything and it was found later
that they had entered through the pantry
window, Mr. Khotwe l's next door neighbors
say they heard two men trjlng to break
into the house.
The Bhotwell burglars may have also at
tempted to rob the home of George L. Wass,
3201 Marcy street, only a few blocks from
the Shotwell residence. A lone burglar was
ransacking the Wasa home when one of
the family heard him and shouted, arous
ing the other occupants of the house and
scaring an ay the Intruder, who Jumped out
of the window through which he bad en
tered and escaped unseen. When things
were put in place again Thursday morning
afti-r the burglar bad tJrned things upside
down in his search for valuables nothing
of value was found to be missing.
The proximity of the two attempted bur
glaries and tie sameness of operation used
at both places by the burglars, who sntersJ
through windows and spurned everything
but valuables In both cases, had led to th;
bel ef that both Jobs were attempted by
the same man.
Our Letter Box
Contributions on timely topics Invited.
Write legibly on one side of the paper
only, with name and address appended.
Unused contributions will not be re
turned. Letters exceeding 100 words wilt
be subject to being eut down at the
discretion of the editor. Publication of
views of correspondents does not com
mit The Bee to their endorsement.
Wife's Signature to Deeds. 1
NKBRA8KA CIT. Mob.. Dec. 2.-To the
Editor or The Bee: I notice in yester
day's Issue of The Bee that you have
opened a law school In connection with
your paper an Idea I cannot too highly
commend, provided the information Im
parted Is not misleading, not to say Incor
rect. I hereto attach the query of your
correspondent. Ho inquires:
Where husband and wife are non-residents.
Is it necessary for the wife to Join
the husband In execution of a deed to real
estate in the state of Nebraska, or can the
husband convey absolute title without the
wife?
To which you answer:
In Nebraska the wife has a dower right
In all her husband's property and he can
not encumber or alienate his holdings
without her consent. The husband cannot
convey absolute title to real property
without consent of the wife.
In the case of Atkins vs. Atkins, IS
Nebraska Reports 474, our supreme court
held as follows:
Dower of non-resident. Where a husband
conveys lands In this state while his wife
Is a non-resident thereof, she has no dower
Interest In the lands thus conveyed. Llgore
vs. Bern pie, S2 Michigan 43, approved and
followed. - .
And the court says: "The plaintiff, there
fore, being a non-resident of the state
had no dower Interest In any of tha lands
conveyed by Henry Atkins."
It Is therefore only In such lands of
which the husband dies seised that the wife
has a dower Interest. It tha husband,
holding the title, conveys without ths wlfs
Joining In the conveyance, hs can convey
an "absolute title" provided that at the
time of the conveyance the wife Is a non
resident of Nebraska. This Is because the
husband, having already conveyed tho
property, will not die seised thereof.
However, It Is always prudent to secure
the wife's signature to the deed; It may
prevent future litigation, but It la , not
absolutely necessary.
We are speaking of conveyances executed
before ths passage of the recent legislation
abolishing dower and courtesy. We express
no opinion as to what would be the effect
of a failure to now to obtain the wife's
signature. E. F. W.
Guilty of Counterfeiting.
Passing counterfeit money Is no worse
than substituting soms unknown worthless
remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar, the
great cough and cold remedy that ourtt the
most obstinats coughs and heals ths lunge
sold by all druggists. i
Building- Permits.
J II. Parrotte, Twenty-ninth and Frank
lin streets, frame store building, 11,000;
C. W. Underhlll, Forty-second and Harney
streets, brick dwelling. 13.300; K. Garnear,
Fortieth and Lake streets, frame dwelling,
t&oo.
DAY NOT NOTED FOR COLD
Christmas Weather In Omaha for Test
Years lias Been of tha
Mild Order.
There is much comment In Omaha Just
now on the mild weather to greet old Santa
CI a us, as if It were an exception.
Weather Forecaster Welsh shows by his
records that mild weather la the rule and
not the exception in Omaha. In a period
of ten years only once has ths mercury
fallen to sero. That waa In 190S. The next
lowest was 16 above. In 1X99.
Christmas eve this year was, however,
milder than Christmas day has been In the
last decade. Ths mercury waa 13 above sero
In the morning, and continued to rise until
at 3 p. m. It had reached 47.
Here are the figures for Christmas dsy
for the last tea years:
Tear. Deg.
lxsH fa
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