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FRIDAY. APRIL.., 4, 18 O.
Tlitt C*tune of therOural�!{'.
'here's something inthe air
That's uew and sweat l,ttt2 !ere--.
A seeut of sltattner things,
4. whir as if of wings,
There's something, too, that's new
XI" the ogler of blue
That's in the morning sky.
Befare the sou is high,
And though on plain and 1)111
'Tie winter, winter still,
Where's something seeing to say
Tlta;t wii ter's had its day.
And all this elute/ling tint,
.tl).s whisp0ring star, and hint
Of bud and bloou mai wings,
Is the coming of the Spring.
And tee narrow or today
Mee brooks will break away
From their.ioy frozensleep,
4.0 rues, and letigh, and Ieap..
And, the next thin;, inthe woods,.
The catkins la their hoods
Of fur and silk will steed,
A sturdy little baud,
• Andthe taeeels soft and flue
Of the hazel until uutwiue,
And the older brew/bee show,
Their bud asjraiust the °nota,
So, silently but swift,
Above the wiutry drift,
The long Jaya gain and gait,
Until, ouhill and plain.
One more and yet ouoe more
Returning as before,
We seethe bloom of birth
Make young again the earth,
A Lawyer's Stratagems
Yon slia'n't have try'sl/lighter! said
old Felix Fosteiebringgine his fist down
on the tattle watt a crush. There's Ito
use talking, young man. You sha'n't
1aais beet
At least you'll tell nue why, insisted
Rabbit Bloom, the young lawyer's
clerk, who had just made nppliu.k•
tion for the band of the
old,. geotletneLu's • ouly daughter.
"VV1.at.do you know again t:me €.ir ?
For ahe matter ut,thal. `nothing in
particular, replied.tticl Felix . Foster.
But I'm a solid lnml myself. 1 have 1
made money, and I want to ley that
money in a warn! nest. Now if I
give my poor girl to a fellow like you,
when she comet/ in for what I'll leave
her, roe 11 spend it, iiistr:ad of doub-
ling it. And there's cry old friend,
Frisbee, fifty and -live, owns his pluck
of houses and a helucl•red-sere tac't11,
factory and foray wui'ku t+u's eotteete:r,
You ought to have gens+ enough) to
see that he is the mail for Agatbor.riot
you,
But if Agatha likes me best? plead-
ed young l boils.
Staff and aoutsensel She'll like who
I tell her to, replied lir. Foster,
whose grammar was note his strong;
point. And asI've an ltppou►tloeut
At two, Z'II say rood -bye to ill, young
Utar., •
• At this hint Mr. Blootn boivr�(4 hint•
self out of the great eontraetor's=ofi'e.
He ilitended to have Agetha 'Foster.
l{„ dirt not cart fur kmtune. and he
knew she lotted tilts suitor Ishouz 11er
father favortad.
Elope with ma, Ag=ttha, he pleaded
--uoc on his knees, beoatuee that
style of wit lean is oftite out of the
fashion, hue under tae side window of
her fathom Mousse before that gentle-
hrsau'tame 10 to tea. Elope with 1ne.
We areboth of an age. Let its defy:
',everybody.
1 Supp .se pa would (atoe round it]
time, said Atvatha ► but t can't go n
witlxout toy things,' 1 have `a very tl
',dee wardrobe, and tots of jewelry and 'r
tithe", : and 1 wail, to be' uo.rriod
•riecently, mud have an expreeenatul
take awttf my chitties; but how cola
..:-_ 1 do it. wut•Iz all day lot*, from the
thio pa "toes out, o.d James Davide,.
his wateh.u:Lu, sits 00 the from stoop
pledged to lock 100 up iu lily own
?'non► if I seta feat outside toe door,.
Hurl to lett a ,t•tt in t There all day,
and iu the hail at Light, unmovable
on guard.
1s li.• 1 said the It.wyer'11 o}erk, ear.
vomited t', ate, at It Stgnie, from bus
l % V•luve,. he !cowed her It►tltd and: run Si
,rrte. fax
t�t
ittiu,l you, Davide, said 1+'elix I'os f j,)e
T.er, as he Itutthtied his ntet'ttrl•It ill the Ill]
tail—art .4 vin ; &lift clytttirr yetis W
post. No going out, and -no ,f000hilig shy
ri1i, 'r'h:Ltr tt'Irt tlf lthill'e has no another, `f1
10- 4 I've g•tt to h.' hiw parents to her. sur
!Dont 1,• e0 *stunt aea letter be ear- on
tiers in at the door. Cro
(�trt yrmr honor; not whilst lilt ata
utile°, krt'rl Dravida,
131tft ,title, (
who Lift t',';tlC,ulilts' upon pia
t'rrr,Y ll'•loce i I 'L'htr late Widow grit
ttttt )Vas rightftlh,ut that and
•:.t„rill, ,Morins i3avida, sittings all the
flnv int tltlt hill chair With a eleb in 00
et” t, rio•• Y111t;}gr''f tlx:' tietrstattttrt of .Ilie
1111rr= rtsm.tc Lxnpvituts, np.nuri the ?din
' 014411tint r014411 tai ttfl 1tAtploillitleot })V41)
slipping letters into his own peek
send keeping the house free' from
traders, thought himself invulnera
but his weak spat lied lteen'discove
d.vh• gummy, .
1 tai It was. bud ad
r t five o'clock a ring °eine at
door, which answering, he feutd
one there, Another tend emits
followed.
.It's a b ty its rails and bides hi
self, said latvids, peering; up 'tt
down 1,111, street. The ti-xt ring
e1,.te11 hit), mid be waited t'Jth
back agaitlst the (loge-•--•altid hie el
gt'aeped. in both hands, eche 'ri
,sauce ; out bolted Davids ; down t
street; peered into atrens; peep
around the cornet' ; found no boy, 1,
was ubuut to return to the hoose wh
1t hand caught his coat collar, Ile
reared a voies. .Help I Thievt
Police 1
Let we be, shorted Davids. What
do you catch hold of me for 1
You':e got nay puolceub lett, eriedi
the young luau. If you haven't:,
you'vi thrown it away. 1 misseei ib
as yon rau past nue' OtRcer,—this•
to a policemen who had speedily are
TM
eta,
tale;
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the
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ter
rn_
lid.
1'11
his
u a,
ug;
be
ed
ltd
en
1s
road --I want this Luau arrests
I've lost my pocketbook,
Aud so amici his protestation
praytai•s and cries, that respectable
old person James Davids, was pushed
pulled an.i dragged to the nearest
station house ; followe=d by a crowd
of ragamuffins and there lucked up
for the night,
And that young luau who lied lost
his pocketbook, and who ..was to ap-
pear against hila the next morning,
looked suspiciously like the young
lawyer's clerk, Redid Biome, who of
eo'urse knew that one against whom
a'cliargs wee made must be ar+rttsted
even if he was able to prove himself
entirely innocent next day,
And whir cause to the door iu a
coupe half an hour after, but this
same young 11 earn ; and who got
into it but Agatha Foster; and
where did they drive but the Ininis
ter's, where they were married,
Aud Betsy Jane. and Staab, axe
EI1eu Maria had helped to °airy dew
the trunks, bags, and parcels wits
WlhiOlI the expresswa; un, that coon
souri after the coupe, ,was heaviI
leaded; so that when, at seven o'eloo
•old lllr. Footer rung at his owtl bel
Betsy Jane. opened the door, meek
limed and tidy, while all the ulhe
servauts listened at the ' foot of tip
kitcbett stairs,
1vh re's Davids? asked Mr Fos
.Ler
Please, sir, a p'lio'lneu arreste
hit] a while ago for picking* gentle
ninth's pocket, said Betsy.
.David pick a pocket 1 Nonsense
lee neverdid it, 1 roared Mr. Foster.
No, sir. I supose nut, pleas),} sir
said UI!tsy,
And where's Miss Agatha,? aske
Mr Foster.
Crone to fetch a ride, sir.
"hat 4.
Gone a riding, sir,
Whore 1 Who with 4
Please, sir, 1 don't know wher
With a real ttic'e vouug; gentleinex
with Meek rtiaataohes, sir, relilie
Betsy, derourely.
For en hour or two the neighbors
wondered what had happened in a
rosters and took said she wonders'
the roof did not fall by for she stet,
heard sloth lailgaejte. And the r
turn of David's, with his 'account
false arrest and xtuprrsouniexlt, d
not mend matters.
But Agettha'was .right after all. 1
sew months the old 1;Ntrtlenaan fe
tat he eoald not do witlioat his t;
et'I fivaily Aerate Ler a letter win
re. -established the happiness of ti
family. To day the yo11tig lawye
stratagem aud bit, method nt genii
old 13avicis'out of the wtty is eousid
ed au exce111'1A joke by his wortl
fatitex ,iu•-law,
help it if they did .And it would
snake poor Eleanor's name so 11tth1ie t
No; it won't do. Pm sorry; but it
wonr t do, Besides, the poor girl
really nerds a °lank; tend for three or
four hundred 11ol1ars 1 could give her
A se€ti-skin that wouldlast n lifetime;
lilted with quilted sills, fine buttoua--
all the rest; of it, Lot m° ace, -yes
tiv—I'ur 'te Iittle hasty. Seal skin
may go out of thelliou, and then there
woalld hundreds of dollars at a dead'
loss, Besides they ere too warns fo
slats climate, those oleates, Now, if
give her a new sewing -machine, sir
can stake herself a new cloak on i
every year, if she pleases, and frocke
aprons, and all sorts of things, I.1
get 0110 fur seventy-five or eighty
dolial's; wary nine preaeut. ia'heough
to be gratofal, She May be obliged t
earls her living; sowed*, if she's lef
t1 widow. What t1 good'thing it would
)heti be to have i1 Inaghine of her
!own 1
And yet, now I think of it, what a
pretty watch Huff, the jeweller, show-
ed Ire the other day, You , can have
that for fifty dollars when you want
d. it, Mr Skinflint, he said, It's worth
eighty, 1,'1l get tlittt, What did you
a, have for your wedding presents? asks
some friend to Eleanor. A ' watch
from Unele Skinflint, she will reply,
Sbuuds well, and its the very thing
fon' an elderly relative to give a young
one; helps her to he punctual iu her
habits. Then--.no--lucky thought !
18Iie'r1 forget to wind it up. What's the
• ter of a watch not wound y'
—Wan
that. is
Trude Skinflint's Wedding.
My niece Eleanor's wedding is ve
near, and overe'bride expects preset
of course. 1 eau son her looking
out from the trot uer of 'her eye, se
lug to. )himself: 1 wonder what U'n
t}attlifit is going to give ties 'I'i
th'c wprst of being worth rims
ople, txpeet yon to be always givi
d they call yeti mean if you dol
ell, Eleanor ie to Ise married, n
e'11 be out of the way pretty tier
ce girl, too. r think
prise them,. They'll see tont, I
o of 'thug() who don't give !often,
something worth while' when th
rt out,
Eleanor is musical, and has
110. I'll gi v her one 1a fi
nrl•piano, with °caved leg. Th
tt like Stets!, > can get foe
Itsttlld dollar's, rill send pit 1101
the erte'of her wedding day wi
love—Uncle Skio4tint's love.
nktntt %yonder if the report
11d •let te. hoitf of it, lbw uut(4d.
Too X,oux.
Ministers' long prayers are some•
time comploicle,d of, °vett in shed°
der, but what would the present ueu
oration of church. -goers say if some of
the etivinet of the last veutury should
nuke their appearance in our modern
pulpits? A prayer of two bola's au
end of an already lnrotrao'ted Servide
would be likely to teal.° the twiniktel'
pretty near ;lune,
Fiver' i11 ilio old tittles, however,
aueuetomed as the peep °'Wert► to !ling
mentions and Inuit preyersi t ergo wOt
no little di.eentisfectiol., The fomuus
Doctor liemxrewoy, of York, Me.,
wearied his Congregation in this
rttspnot until sonte of them sent hint
word that if lie would a11orten the
Senility services, they would give him
a barrel of eider, Ile took the hint,
it is said,... -and the eider, and there
after curtailed his disoonrsos,
Idis wife sympathized strongly with
the parishioners. The doctor Sonne
tithes found his forst growing cool in
the pulpit. ---this meeting house beiltg
without fire in triose days, --e 1 t]d
asked his wife to make him a pair .of
tatoeeasius.
She declined in a very decided Dieu,
nor.
Ybu preaeb so I•titr now that you
tiro all the reople nut, sine atttswsred,
1f you had u pair of tuocoasius it
would be still worse. When your
feet get cold yon ought to leave
A very sensible iuiid ter's wife,
the reader will bo ready to say,
What she thong;lit of her bushaetd's
method oitcenduetiute facrtily worship
•we are not dnfurnzed.
No anatter how tonne: present, says
the town historian, every 000 was • re
quired to read a whole chapter! • 1'he
rood maw has eleven childretl. When
they Were all present,. as they ',sully
were, it may be presumed there were
at least thirteen chapters of the Bildt
to be listened to besides the doutor''s
long prayer. Probably the family
rase betimes it the morning. Other-
wise not much of the forenoon could
have been left for Itusiness or study.
• Blow to lt1.ake Life 1Kappy.
Take time ; it is no use to foam 'or
fret, or do as .the angry Housekeeper
who has got hold of the wrong key,
and pushes, • shakes and 'Tattles it
about the lock until• botheire brok
and the door is still unopened,
The chief secret of, canlfar t lies in
not suffering; trifles to vex us, and in
uuitivating our undergrowth of small
pleasures.
Try to regard present' vexations. as
you Would regard them a month hence.
,Slime we otennot .,get =what we like
let us like wl'at we can get.
It- is not riolirs it is not poverty, it
is human nature that is the trouble.
The world is like a iookitt;••glass.
I )ugh at it end i4 laughs back ; frown
at it and it frowns inutdt,
Atigry thoughts canker the mind
and dispose, it to the wurst temper in
world—athat of fixed )malice and re.
venae. It is ,wty4.1ile hethis temper
that most I I1 1ieenine utiuri/infs.
Show yo •t~,a„elise by st6-iii1 touch in
a few wieeidti y
Try to c1fi•iAk. pin4 ItiIid word or do
some kind deeri:ciach day' of your life
You will be amply repaid,
Set your work to. song.
+marl
qa t ,e ry' a ouoo PXazlti
f IN,
V1she>n<
,c • ve
;p as 1°ahv,aeil.a.
ns sIfittanliitn
that 10 1 'kis ltpun'atad in sori;u
ll t t tet det'H►41
lt'►t .1 roue hirr1 ili
0apses, }i.xtepl as tieing pnt•l,!)ull1;, 0viq...
loeatnd, ;posurr+ to calci at' U co appli-
t'atitrn of powerful etueul.tntt, ata
guano, strong; litlnicd manure, elka ies,
Mita., or to some other t;t,ur„, w has '
tdete Pored rue jot ditlg, roots tit than
plant, shut+ iifdn('itlg; die+ase) sinal
epetellt death 111 nit moire where' rt'nze
1d*r1 rilenaurc=a Are lint sptettiiy ret“„ ten
to.. Tint bteps taken 111 1114e cases
the entail u;' ere generally the 1111.111,
disastrous vunrse that coultl le' take t;
toward the Plaut, short of tioatroyl,,g;
it at 0laue—that of `tlelugieg it with
wafter cud applying etrong.atitin1u-
lants..
%When the nutritive organs of the
plant Incvse !teen destroye=d or over, .,
gorged, tiro remedy is similar -•-=that
which nature 10 ggests when initial -ti
dige, tion is dtretgged--uatlref,y, ' that. •
of giving no mare food until it z•e-
eots Then, if, the ru(.ts hail been
ilijured from o any of thn above
!lamed causes, We :trust let the snail
10 winull it is witted beooute nearly
dry. .After wttielh re'mo'te the prints
front the clot, take the bail of soil ill
wlldch the a'oote' (lave beim enveloped
And orad) it i,et*veen the hands, just
rnoi,gtt to urfott. all the harts tatter
cruet,of the ball to be ehakeli (f.
It»pot in a rtttliir dry soil, which,
toilet be light and 'rich, using a new,
pot, or, if the old toe is used its
should be well scoured to open the •
poreos,.that eyapol'u&lou may be prop.
.riycarried on through elle aides..
Let. the pot be out largo enough
to' iltaw 1111 inch - of , space betwt:rn
the sides of the .p01 and the ball i .f
of. roots. After repotting! ;give sufffi.
co=lts water to settle the earth altout "y
the roots. Sink the pot in a half
pittce or in tz box•' bf soil. Do 110;
apply water until, the pilots start 'la
gip*, unless the air ie so dry as to
evaporate the momt.ure before any
perceptible growth starts, Then of
coureo water hnuet toe given in so&
cient quantities to keep the soil dare t
but no more.
I cannot cottmrivtlf+,y11' people wit r
their plants so much, nor why thep
should think water such a speeitics
+n remedy ror all the ills to wb'ch the
plants; are heir.' The following; is a
case in point, A'neighhor consulting
hie about the foehle concdhtion of her
geraniums said,1 am a ire the , plants.
are not•suf Bring from want of etteu-.
1101,, as 1 have watered copiously
twiee each day 1 k think it is' quite
safe to assume that Half the plaints
that die in the hands of amateurs are
watered to death.
. Smell white worths sornetiinet infest
potsin which the plants liava stood tr
long titre. Thee', are easily discover- •
ed ley turning the plant out when.
rather dry, iooseuiug the soil among,
the roots. bloater any warms be
femd, the roots aF the plants may la:
washed geetly in soft water tntcil
freed froth ,lite old soil, then repotted
in fresh earth. 1f it is not desirables
to repot, the pot may be set for a Nall,
hour sit hot water nearly to the depth;
of soil Inside. Tilde will drive the.
worms to the :aortae() wiLlinut iajur'y..
to the plant. Enough weak lute.•'
water maybe now poured oil the sur--
flCr=, to pttat:trate the plant roots,
'Phis will not only kill the worms, butt
fertilize the end.
Many people think that gutta
percha and India rubber are the
saute or very guilt/sr • game. Tilis,
however is a mistake. India rubber
is the solidified sap of a South Amer,
Ma tree. It is of a soft gummy
nature; not tenacious, but very' (Pestle;
is easily decon;po,ed by oily substttoeee
and does ztot stand acids! well.'
Gutta perch, which is fonud only
in the hast Indies, is obtained front
the gutta tree. It is ti brownish gat»
which solidifies by etposure to he
Have.you a cough ? Take Wilson's 'Wild
Cherry.
nave you a Cold I Take Wilson's Wild
Cherry.
11ave you Ilrou01111 e? Take Wilsob's
Wird Cherry.
Have you lost your 'Noe? Take Wit,
s sdn's'Wild Cherry.
neve you Asthma? Take Wilson's Wild
Cherry.
flava you a cold in the need? Take
Wilson's Wdd Cherry,
The Old enable Cure for all ohs•
e eases of tile Tbroet,Ultest and teuugs. Sold
by all druggists.
Charles Ittitl}, remarked of one of
his critices : The more .i think of him
1110 less 7 think of hint,
It is ,)ever too late to tniethd,, 4 t -
Copt when your troiteers' !oaten breaks
off hi A znttd rush fol 1x train.
:She °-Nixes do you suppose supporta
• the vast arch t'f the heavens 1 IIe•••
The Illbonbeslns,
ld 1 What ord,t,r of ft]brit wrtaticl 'the
&sot Queen remind vofl Cif sir she were lir
tt :
a '0iad battier? Tietorio, trots
t
y
by
or -
lin
ill
Ants sometimes eaose trouble
where pots have been plungeti,or kept..
in thegr'iuntl. There is no Way, to
get rid of them except by repotting.
Geraniutxxs' if en become enfeeble
and in inany eabea die from exeesszy
blooming, • This must be corrected by
pinching out nearly all tire; buds as
soon as ,the leaves begin to indicate a,
detliue of vitality by their stuutfd
and oascolorr d t]ph ::trate°.
MIIP-LE SYRUP
and SUGARe
BA AllitS, mpg TEIVATOE%
Ete,, at tilt=
"ECLIPSE.",
JOHN KERB,
E` iiighi,un, Murclt gO, '00,
TAMP ANC
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n1111ti1.>aast,
ii a The W..f z. '1t 1.1., t. f til
wilt some open 1)111 a binee ort
where two thee:taw t)I) e t
to Otte d.ty.
iiie it;0i11t111 r'Ie4/1'iljlli
paonto of L 1ff !c„1 in a year d
Ug0,00t1 t1'1at'ta of 11rer, l
pilule of 11tfll, and AQ,110t1,i10
of wine,
Srltz1 Jont's !°tae's diet
int Uhkt'tigo of ahtCeu t m+rrohitl�r droit t.t the
carrying a Renner cin whieb
tcnribed: "Our ululdreu cry fo
`,I'he praoeactintt arclteci utt tQ
cs'h„r0 they sottdncs,I d0 Vii to
7nnd drtuik einem themq
'hundred kegs of Ilt,er.
�. A reform µshah teats mitt! i
edits in Au twilit” this ys:;r
rho reauot'a1 „f a1Toot►ulio dtifi
r:,ilway retro it,l]lotzt c'0an::;
Wino hove e•ttlec} =1.e1 ttatt'ti• fu1• a
And soda, 13't t•t+ hail to t•ttat3''rt
that tlt1' law now was S whiter
The railway in Victoria are 81
8titutin,ts, 0nt4Cr tr.e cc,tttrul c
1iamen1.
Jut1n l3ri�rt1t'8 first public s
wits ft•hosis• of thttlpa
JL Gnurtttrlle glaOstd i (3 wririnttrler' fritttc'
1.11r, 1 •t ig h t.
•lEotal abltilo.1tne, Says 'Wit
has the power of prolonging h
tliau all the ttoctnrs in lag
st(t'1rtg 1110re tnotu'V than aril t
banik:3 iti the UnitecLiciogkclit.
preventing; more crime t,ltatu
police of the wet rt polis.
• Not A Grog shop
Parliament Field, a 1,
I'iiverliuul, Z,,gla,utl7,/�is Swed t't
14iv8 streets, 111,aOt! :1 rU:40s
Population mutt not u gr
Pa:up/when ns unknow°, 11
are Ile 1•r y late :Intl the pe
4110.1,030 .1 you in p ror matt•
oudin til.' nI :ulren•uice of
•clraiu I) sps. Th.. death
1i alb At,It.ar dittriet is only tea
teen as agaiest' twenty -fly
tit tusantd in tee drinking p
J'mnng;,
r
---------rte.
'he Jlrl eAbotztosa.
The most terrible story 1 .
Said a well known clergylital
sermon, %vie. told rhe by a
k'ves addluter4 to drink, so
t•, illustrate with what tlit'r
t!Ie (billion of rid t=tk earl blin
The fe IOW ttppr.e sited nl
5,1: ant ea:itltLlre(d lu tett the at
gtoing 10, 'te it rt==l;eo't.1 'ON
1tood, but I wttut•.yotl to lint
depthqs of featly the for
will irag; 0111-' oar,. 'My• 1
been begging; nm -to give u
and finally X pi'ottxiiwd w
another on het• death bed
her that I: would' never
itnd to 'mike my oath • n11
1, +rept 1111 o the pat•lor 1
watdilit.s of the laigght, whet
Yen's =re1'q in Hn.,titel' room,
ling beside iter cotlin, I r
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'',$0..t1.1 with illy band pbt,e
marble brow, ',mrd in ileac
than a week 1 was drunk
Some time afterwards
el)tttghter t, as taken sick
,. sinking rapidly, and begi e
"• up drinking 1 promised
would, and in order to in
ise the tlto7'e saeerr'd I took
ti little hand in mime rend I
that no more drink short
hps unless it came thrum
g0 dear t0 me. With at
she passed over the r
''•thought I Was sired. S
out in the parlay, the
t darkened axed alto door
night tdlo terrible craving
eatue over my soot. Sec
' and a flask of whiskey, 1
death el,amber. t pour;
fall of whiskey, and anis
tingers. 1: closed then)
iiz t, raising it to my lip
tet the very dregs. 1
ctittld Wide, and silently
;renal sway (:cud have niore
Paris public echoole .
led, and the autlttit'itiee l
to remedy the dish:rulty
Ole zltieirtdar:co at thele
igllttlr. There fare
Clti1 retell, the 0dty,,'atlt
ti OM are gntzltig a'
os leo ihrrV, 1 the phbiiSi'
L;tn t h t gt isuzf
Vii~.
t1fl11ing bakf
talizltttto]' II.t
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