Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1876, Page 4

EVENING STAR. << WEDNESDAY..,,Jauuary 26, 1876. Weather Probabilities To-day. OPFrice oF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, January 26, 1876. Yor the middle states, clear or fine Weather during the day, with northerly to westerly winds, followed by winds shifting to easterly and southerly, failing barometer and rising temperature during the night. —______— LOCAL NEWS. Amusements, &c., To-night. P a ; aoa, Kellogg OperaTroupe in “Faust.” Ford's Opera House-— Foul Play.” Theater Comique— The Seven Escapes of Adelaide of Dresden,” and varieties. Talmadge Hall_—Reception and sociable of the Maryland ciation. Locals, ‘The street lamps will be lighted at 5:45 p. ™.. and extingnished at 5:20 a. m. The republican convention called for noon to-day at Lyceum Hail, on E street, was ad- jo umed until 7 o'clock this evening: subject of the lecture by Rev. W. 8. Hammond, at the North Carolina avenue mission to-night. is “The Light and Shad- ows of Itinerant Life.” Taylor & Hufty, No. %3 Pennsylvania av_ enue, to day recetved an elegant ‘assortment of beautiful styles of ladies’ spring suits, Yanging in price from $20 to $60. From James Bellew we have late numbers ofthe Irish American and Irish Cilizen, the Almanac, and “Paul Massie,” by Justin McCarthy, being the latest issue of the “‘Lake-side Library.” In & street fight yesterday in the Division, between Jobn Brooks and Fanny Hicks, both colored, the jawbone of the iatter was broken and a number of her teeth knocked out. ks escaped arrest. Daniel Crampton, an employe in Wor7a- Je stable, between I and K and 15th and 6th streets, last night got into a quarrel With the foreman, Wm. Robinson, when the Jatter made an assault on Crampton with a carriage pro ». Officer Slattery arrested Rob. and locked him up. e Generel Term yesterday decided the ease of John Hogan vs. Wm. F. Downey, 20 netion under a mechanic's lien, which was begun on the 221 of last January and deci- ded in tying Court on the 2ith January by the award of @ specific sum to plaintiff. e court affirmed the decision below. At a mee! of the stockholders of the Southern Maryland railroad company, held in Baltimore on Monday iast, directors the Se sertng | = were elected as follow: A — Dai oe McCann, sr., Luther RB. 8: , Joseph B. Andrews, H. E. nd And. Banks, of Balti Sai Smoot, John Van Riswick and ‘W: urtagh, of Washing- ‘m. J. M ton. D. C.; Benj. G. Harris and Dr.John M. Broome, of St. Mary's county, Md. —\_-——. DECISION OF A BAPTIST COUNCIL ON THE Exon CHurca Trove.es.—Pursnant to a all made by the Enon Baptist church, an ecclesiastical councij convened last event in thatcbureh. Rev. H. Bailey was electe: moderator, and D. J. Richardson, secretary. After prayer by Rev. Wm. J. ‘Walker, @ Written statement was read showing the cause for the éail. The churches represented in the coune!! were the following, wile each sent two delegates besides the tor: — Fourth Baptist church, Rev. §&. Johnson; Abyssinian, H. Bailey; Rehoboth, H. Bayler; Bethlehem, H. Scott; Mt. Zion, A. Green, Sixth Baptist, R. Laws; Zion, Wm. Gibbons. There were also present Wm. J. Waiker and Others. Who were invited by the council to rticipate In the delibezations. After hear- Bg & statement of facts in regard to the action of Rev. S. Scott and severai deacons Much discussion ensued, after which a pre- amble and resolution were offered by Rev. Wm. J. Waiker and adopted, denouncing “the acts of Rev. S. Scott and his few advo- cates as being unpreecdented amortg regular Baptists, and which acts capnot ve sus- tnined by the plain teaching of the word of God.” Also, “that this council is persuaded and does believe that the many recent divis- jons and difficulties among the colored Bap- Usts of this District originate from the igno. rapce and incompetency of the leaders not Understanding the plain teachings of the word of God nor the usages of Baptist eburehes.” —~e—_ UIT AGAINST THE FREEDMAN’S BANK. Senta : Ann Walker and Joseptine Presco, administratrixes of G: Walker, by Mr. J. P. Jordan, filed a bill in equit; against the commissioners of the Freed- man’s Savings and Trustcompany. Thebili a@ileges that in 1872 the bank !oaned to ‘Waiker $500, taking as security a deed of trust on certain real estate he then owned; that Watker died without taking up the wote at maturity,and that thereupon the bank, through Sa. W. Stickney, the ac- tu: , foreclosed the mortgage, although Walker bad been assured by the officers of the bank that the note would be exiended at the interest was cept a bank officer, Dr. A. T. Augusta, who purchased the property for $60), a sui SS inadequate; that the sale was a ud Upon the rights of the plainti (fs, as the ‘ty was well worth £3,500; that Augusta since received the rents and profits of said ty, and holds possession thereof, that piaintiff¥ are now ready to pay said note and interest. Wherefore they ask tnat ‘the deed to Augusta be set aside, an account of rents, &c., be taken, and the title be re- vested in plaintiffs. THE GRAND LopGE or KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS met at their hali. corner of 9th and D streets last night at 8 o'clock. The reports of the Grand Chancellor, Grand K. of R. aud 8. aud the Grand M.of EF. show the order to be in 8 prosperous condition, numer- ieally and financially. The following officers Were elected for the ensuing year :—Jamcs M. Gassaway, grand chancellor; G re Js. Eberly, vice ind chaveélior; Richard inart, grand K.of R. and S.; John M. Minkle, grand M.of E.; George W. Brown, late; ‘tees—| Harden, facod Pesser, RK. Brown. Past Grand Chancellor J. T. Coldwell was elected a rep- resentative to the Supreme Lodge of tue ‘World for two years. Past Grand Chancellor G. J. L. Foxweil holds over as a Supreme representative another year, After the transaction of a great deal of business, the Grand Lodge adjourned this morning at two o'clock to meet again on Wednesday, F Fuary 9%, 1576, at 7% o'clock p. m., for the installation of officers, considering the new constitutions for grand and subordinate lodges, &c. A DEPTOR SHOOTS A CREDITOR.—On Sat- urday night Henry Wililams, colored, was sbot in the wrist by John Sherman, colored. There had been dispute between them about some money, dnd it was charged that Sherman was indebted to Williams to the @mount of $100. On the night in question 8. called at W.’s house and induced him to ac- company him out to near Ivy City, beyond the Deaf and Dumb asylum, saying that he Would get rome money and refund the amount to him. Williams complied, and when they bad walked a few hundred yards up the road, Sherman, drawing a large pis- tol, shot him (W.) in the wrist, and made at bim with a heavily loaded cane; but Wil- Hams succeeded In disarming him, and he made his escape. ‘eb- BUILDING PERMITS Issued by Inspector | Plowman: I. M. Johnson, a brick store- house, to raise and repair, west side 9th, be tween Loulsiana avenue and B street, $500; ‘Charles Lioyd, lower floor and repair frame store, west 5 . between H and G streets Routh west, . M. Lockey, repair a brictc dwelling, east side North Capitol, between B and C streets, $500; L. A. rtlett, a two- story brick stable and carriage house, north side Massachuselis aveuue, between 12th and streets northwest, $3,500; W. J. Wo story brick store, soutn side of Bridge sireet, between Market and Freder- ick streets, Georgetown, £1,200. miaeegigo— THe Sows or TEMPERANCE AND THE CESTENNIAL—At @ meeting ofthe Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance oi this District, last night, resolutions were passed and out their during its centennial session in Philadel, in June next. a ALLEGED ALEXANDRIA THIEVES AR- RESTED.—Yesterday Sergeant Leach aad Harlow arrested two suspicious col- King and Chante Lone Tock bi les Thomas, ed them up. Shortly afterwards Detective Smith, of ria, arrived in search of two men answering the pized these as the bight broke open the hat store of Mr. Delam, | and stole therefrom a lot of felt hats. Taey ‘Were escorted back to Alexaudria. —_o-—__—_ THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE COTVENTION THE BURNS FESTIVAL. The Sons of Scotia Out in Force. Addresses by Mesars. Frye and Knott, A Brilliant Afar. Tallmadge Hall was filled last evening With a large and select audience, assembled | to enjoy the celebration of the 117th anni- | versary of the birth of Robert Burns, under | the auspices of the Burns Club of this city. | The affair throughout was @ most enjoyable Ove, an unfailing characteristic of the enter- ; tainments given by this favorite society. On | the platform were seated many of the most Prominent members of the club, together | with the orators of the evening. The pro- gramme opened with a few Scottish airs admirably performed by Donch’s orchestra, after which Mr. George Cowie, president of the club, delivered a@ short but very appro- priate address, welcoming in a most cordial | manner their guests to the anniversary cele- | bration, and then introduced Hon. Wm. P. Frye, of Maine, who spoke as follows: | ADDRESS OF HON. WM. P. FRYE. Mr. Presictent: 1 saw in the press a few days | since that I was to deliver av address before this club; that It would tndoubiedly spar- | Ble with wit and abound in eloquence. | What a sarcasm! If I dreamed that you | Were expecting anything of this kind I sould atonce follow the exampleof the fellow who, baving forced head and shéulders thr, nh his neighbor's paling. being discovered and accosted with, “You infamous scoundrel. where are you going?” replied, “Oat.” and went. =i I have no fountain on which I can draw at sight for eloquenes and wit. If I were Knott I could, but as lam not Knott, I cannot. I have a heart beating al in sympathy with Scotland, and « lov = g outabundantly to Scotchmen ant Scot rormaen. How could it be otherwise? In the House I am flanked by my friends MeDiil and McDougal, while in my rear sit Wilson and Phillips, when right before me is the smiling, honest face of my old friend, the Cerberus of the Flower Gar- den, Bmith. Besides my wife, who came to me {hrough the McDonugals and Gregorys, is so rcuch of & tchwoman that she rules i°¢r household with love and @ rod. The ‘Ol being in the ma- jority. (Laughter.! So true is she to her ancestry, if she bat been standing be- old Seoteh Woman who listened to the piteous appeals of Stume, the infidel, for help, as he was sinking in the quagmire, and made him repeat the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments as condition prace- dent to his salvation, I think she would have cried “Amen and Amen!” (Laughter and applause.) These occasions for sym) tby surely ought toinspire me to say a Kind and honest words to you, an this anni- versary occasion. Wherever I go, whatever circumstances surround me, I am loyal to the North. lamas trueto itas was “John Hlatteras” to the pole. Even if I should mad ag did he, still my steps, with his, wouki ever turn thitherward. I love its mounains and its valleys, its rivers its gr and its snow, ruggedness. I love, as men who earn ts their bread by the Sweat of the brow, who never saw that iand, which “tickled with @ hoe would taugh With a:harvest;” who ggg barrow, dig with spade and mattock, and; then are su- premely content if only it smiles with an average crop. {Appianes: They are haray, honest, G fearing, country loving. The distinguished gentleman who is to de- liver the address, to which this is only @ fee- ble introduction, will forgive me, I Know, if Iseem somewhat exuberant over my own, even if he thinks my imagination is some- What too warm over “the eternal solituces of snow which mantle the ice-bound North.” He can well afford to, for the man who made for the ignoble Duluth suck a glorious im- mortality inan hour's time,is abundantly able to take care of the biue-grass regions of the fertile Kentucky, or “the fragrant sa- vannas of the sunlit South.” [Great laugh- ter.) In early boyhood, romanceand poetry had made sacred to me Old Scotia's shores, had clothed with a glorious immortality her Ben Lomond, Ben More and Ben Ness, her Ciyde and her Tay, her Tweed and her Dec, erystalized them all into monuments of lib- erty, loyalty and patriotism. And when later in life the pages of history opened to me, I learned that neither novelist or poet bad told halfof the wonderful a Cale- donia, way back in the ages of darkness, eopled by fiecrce, savage and idolatrous Innes, but brave and liberty-loving, almost alone of the nations, fought successfully the Roman empire; 80 brave and go flerce were they, that this mistress of the world thought it discreet to wall them in. Scotland, for more than a thousand years, for liberty and the right to worship God ac- cording to the dictates of conscience, fought the whole power of a, until the blood of her brave sons washed every mountain tide, drenched every. valley. tinged every | lake and river. (App! Now you know ‘well that the cause a nat uses and ‘ts for has @ reflex action upon her people. Spain fought for conquest and a and day is @ bankrupt among the na- re tent te hold in subjection one jons, impor little Island of The Sea. Rome fought for glory and empire, and she isonly known in nistory. Ourrepublic fought for liberty, equal rights and humanity, aod this year the world will join in her centen- nial. Scotiand came out from her fiery tur- nace of war purified. Those savage, idoi- atrous tribes of Caledonians gradually grew into the brave, intelligent, God-fearing sol- diers, who just before entering the battle at Bannockburn, to aman, knelt, and with up- | lifted heart and hand: iked help from the God of Battles. King Edward, secing them, cried “The cravens already ask mercy;” to whom an Evglish baron replied, “Sir, they ask no mercy of us; they pray for help from | God. They will conquer or die.” And they | conquered! [Applause.} Her chieftains fierce and cruel became the William Wallace, as brave as Henry, and as chivalrous as Bay- ard; the Robert Bruce, who could defend the pass against an army, unaided, who could slay & score of armed men with his own | bands, and yet be as gentle and tender as a | ‘woman; who, when his army was retreat before an overwhelming force of English an: Irish, hearing one day an outcry, and on in- quiry, learning that it was a poor camp-fol- jJower giving birth to @ child? in terror lest she might fall into the hands of the enemy, called @ council of officers, said to them, “Sbame on the man born of woman, pursed by her tenderness, who will desert a mother in the hour of her travail and pain,” ordered a halt of bis army, and held them there until ihe woman recovered, then marched to the mountain in safety. That | Single act cf gentleness consecrated nis name beyond all the giories of the battle field. {Applause.| ‘The orator relates of Sir Philip taney, that mortally wounded, borne from the battie field, thirsty and dying, a cup of cold water was to him, he seeing a soldier by the road side, gave it to him, say- ing, “Brother, thy necessities are greater than mine.” That single act of self-forgetful sacrifice? consecrated name of Sitney more than all the battlés fought or victories won. These ate the Lege type of the soldier, Pee pn yy be Kcrerdehoan os 1 courage and gentleness. Slowly but surely Scotiand ¢limbed to the highest type of civ: lization, that born of education and reli- gion, of the school and the Bible, of the altar of the Cotters Saturday Night in every house. Look upon her tn the 18th century. [n the Tith it was enacted that a schoo} house should be erected in every parish and a schoolmas- ter appointed. Early in the 18th her people were more generally educated than apy other in Europe. The world knew and admired her historians, her poets, her philosophers, her scientists; and the na- tions paid tribute to her universities at Edinburgh, eg eld St. Andrew's and Aberdeen. ie nburgh Review and Black- wood's Edinburgh Mayazine are to-day un- rivaled in the world, while Edinburgh is the only rival of lon in the British empire description of these, and recog- | eves who ou Saturday asa ae center. In the arts, sciences, agriculture manufactuge she has no oc- casion to hide her face. Such a country—so cold, 80 barren, so mountainous, so tora and distracted by ruthless w: aly 309 miles aad 200 wide—with such glorious fruits of bi; civilization! ‘hence did it come? the tual contest for lib- 2 From erty and equal rights and religion, school- book ‘and the Bible. This civilization, ta- digepous to the cold countries of the nortn, crossed the ocean, lanied on the cold, bar- ren coast of Massachusetts, tolled, suffered Sa Rega one Neat years ago, it dee! » 10 words that shall live forever, making glad the hearts of toiling millions, “All men are created free ual,” and a barbarism, same ocean, landed on the friendly, fertile and suuny | shores of the south, it flourisned, grew | stropg and stronger, until it flaunted its black flag in | terrible “stipremacy. su '. | Eien Sen ott al armor, a B Be ‘Trusting to the ie. 3 inspired with “A man’s @ man for a’ that,” it conquered; and no more forever shall a slave tread the wine. in our fair land. The war over, civilization said, forgive; out the balm of Gilead with- Sear wo bave s country free, unital aa. year we have & count » UN! Te rinea and sanctified. (Applause. hea in & mud covered hut, gave him toa mother the "dear God,” and tog father Him Then the boy, wiw no iin- gering step, with satchel and book, went to the bumble school, while at home the mas- | ter and the mistress taught. “An O, be sure to fear the Lord alway, ‘And inied your duty daly morn sod ‘night, ‘Lest in temptations path ye gang astray, ‘Tmpiore His connsel an’ amisting micnt, They Dever sought in vain that soagnt the Lord Thus ivstructed he grew apace, and next We find him a whistling plow boy, turning the daisy beneath the share, and driving “the ernel coulter thro’ r_mouser’s cell.’ He studied, he worked, he prayed, he loved, he suffered—he sang until one day he wrote his name, * Robert Burns, Poet.” [Ap- plause.) And one hundred years from the day thik child was born every city in the civilized world celebrated his anniversary. Historians, poets, philosophers, orators, and the t men of aillands paid bim homage, while the lowly sang bis praises. Tonoman was ever snch homage paid before, and I think I may safely say that the name of “Robert Burns, Poet,” has been and is dearer to more hearts than ‘any other exeept alone of Him who was born in @ manger, toiled, suffered and died that we might live. From whence came this wondrous power? How did he win this priceless gift of universal love? It was not bought with money. The price he paid was the mud-coyered hut, the sterile land, the poverty, the sorrow, the labor, the suffering life among the lowly. Scotland, her mountains, her glens, her lakes, her rivers, her battles, her heroes, her schools, and her altars, win his inspira- tion. Nature, with her rod, touc! his heart, and Fee! limpic streams of sym- patby, of charity, of loyalty, of purity, of wisdom, of mirth, ‘and of satire, sprang forth—heart speaking to heart. This is why all men have given him an immor- tality as tender, loving and blessed as he gave_to Mary in heaven. All men; ah, no! there are a few cold-blooded,* puritamical—I parton of the puritans, Pharisees, who see in Burne,the scoffer, the wine-bibber, the reveller, the keeper of low com) . They stand upon a pedestal of ice and look down upon his warm, loving heart, and feel no re- sponsive warmth in theirs. Even such must jeid some respect to Burns, the exciseman. le performed his duty faithfully; he was economical in his expenditures; he stole no stamps, and though his salary was only fifty inds'@ year,he asked no back pay, de- ™manded no increase, he ‘sed no crooked whisky. [Great laughter.) To be sure, he was now and then late at his office, but like Charles Lamb, went _ home early enough to make it up. Even Hender- son, with all his eloquence, with all the facts in the case, forgetting his sworn duty as a Prosecuting officer, and throwing into the Seales against the prisoner all of the ima- ginary infamies of the most infamous ad- ministration of ancient or modern times could not have forced from &. a verdict of “guilty.” “Then fill the sparkling gob And let ne aincord anit eee .¢1 joy illume each manty eye, ‘While to the dreaawe drat it! To Burns! To Burns! The King of Bong! Whore lyreshall charm all ages! Mirth, Wisdom, Love, and Satire strong, Adorn his deathless pages.”” At the close of the address, excellent style and with effect, Mr. Samuel V. Noyes entertaincd the audience with some very pleasing vocal selections, well rendered, which were followed by the ADPRESS OF HON. J. PROCTOR KNOTT. Hon. J. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky, spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman, when I received the very complimentary notice that I was expeated to be present and address you this evening it occuited to me that the gentlemen who had it in charge to arrange the programme for the occasion had certainly committed a most singular mistake. I could conceive of no possible reason why they should consider me capable of contributing asingle addi- Uonal ray to the resplendent halo which will | forever encircle the immortal name of Scot- | land's favorite bard. It is true [had always felt proud, and perhaps somewhat .more pious and patriotic than most peqpteon ac. | count of my direct descent from the sturdy old Covenanters who fought for the faith of their father’s at Drumclog and Bothwell's Brizg, aud whose descendants signed the | original declaration of independence at | Mecklenbe.gh, (laughter and applause] Yet I could not searely refrain from exclaiming, in the language of my saintly old friend, | Holy Willie: “What was 1, or my generation. That I should get sic exaltation?” But since I have listened to the address of the distinguished gentleman, whose elo. quent periods still tingle th.ough every fibre and tissue of our souls and hold as ‘under the spell of some delicious enchantment, I | am satisfied you will with me in the opinion that they have been guilty ofa still more egregious blunder—one, in fact, which ought to be sufficient to blast their reputa. ton as literary caterers for all time to come—the miserable, unpardonable mistake ta festival like the present, of bringing on the bacon and cabbage after we have the straw berri cream. Spero It ApS les and ice is but charitable to suppose, and pei but justice to the gertiemen who invited me, to say that I am here to-night purely by mis- take. [Laughter.) For I cannot imagine that they could haye had any secret malice against me which they wished to gratify by enticing me into one of the most difficult and trying positions I ever occupied in my life—the humiliating predicament of being a to realize, to its fullest extent, my o' UTTER AND ABJECT POVERTY of thought and expression when measured by the theme upon which I am expected to speak, For what canI say of the genius of Robert Burns which has not been already Said a thosand times, and that, too, with an elegance, a beauty and a force of diction far beyond the reach of any power that - sess? What single thought can I suggest to any genuine lover of his species—especially to those whose halcyon days were spent on the “banks and braes 0’ bonnie Doon,” or by the classic waters of “the winding Ayr’— that could make the pulse beat faster or the eye grow brighter than the simple mention of the poet’s name? Indeed, 1 have many and many a time re- marked it as a most singular fact that you may take one by one the brightest stars in all the woudrous constellation of Scottish genius; you may recite, if you could,with an Angel’s tongue, the story of their sublime achievements in arms and in art, in science, in literature, in history, in politics, in poetry, in philosophy, or in theology, aud Epo bo fall to excite sucha dame of na- jonal pride and enthusiasm in any genuine Scotchman’s bosom as will be kindled by simply mentioning the name of Burns. Joe eae You may inscribe their names igh as you will on thescrell of human fame, and he will write the name of his country’s rustie t ~— above them all, (applause;} even above t of Sir Walter Scott, the mighty monarch of the human heart. ‘Who on mind’s high steep could stand And marshal with bis sceptered land The whirlwind and the cloud, Ard write a name too bright fo die, In lightning tracos on the sky, { Applause.) The eceret source of that mysterious mag- netism which invariably attracts the warm, reverent affection of the Scottish heart to the ceathless memory of their country’s poet, and which will abate no jot of its re. fistless power while Ben Leonard stands or the Tweed rolls onward to the sea, lies far deeper than the MERE SENTIMENT Of national pride, a passionate pride. It is not because he delighted to delineate, in thelr own beautiful and expressive dialect, the delicate shades of Scottish feeling or the ‘culiarities of thoughts and manners ex- ibited in the life of the Scottish peasant. It is not because bis graphic pictures of moral life, his marvelous descriptions of iocal scenery, bis resistless burat of rarest humor, and the radiant brilliancy of his inimitable flashes of wit are all tinged In every linea- ment with a pairiotic pride in the land which gave him birth and a deathless love for bis native heath. It is not for any of these reasons alone; nor yet for allof them combined, that Burns occupies the first and highest place in the affections of his coun- trymen. not simply the poet of 2 it is because be was cotland, but the poet of humanity every- where! [Applause] It i because he = served @$ ho other poet ever did the univer- ral alchemy of genins which enabled him to | 218 bring to light the pure virgin gold in every- thing be touched. itis beoause there is rot @ single fibre in the heart of any human bejng which cannot be touched in some way by the simple magic of his uvaifected muse. It is because the majestic soul exhibited in bis artless lays Was asexpansive as his race, [Applause.} “As [have seen it somewhere saidofbim. “Born in obscurity, reared in adversity, rejoicing in the smiles of nature, and scorning THE FROWNS ‘OF FORTUNE, he lived amd died the poet of the people—the great unnumbered masses who eat their umbie bread in the sweat of their own horest brows.” [Applause.] Other great ts had their own peculiar excellences, iiton awed by # sublime theme and loftier language. Shakespeare delighted while he ted pains = ae. and diversi- y- Byron jenged admira- Uon by bolder and wilder flights of the tI om here, 0 chosen sample. a ow thy arace is great and ample: here, 8 pillar in by temple, rock; Yet there is line of the “Cotter’s Saturday Nigat,” of which such canting hypocrites are as utterly ignorant as the inhabitant of the farthest | bill-top of Nova Zembia is of the perfumed zepbyrs that sigh threw the flowery vales of Araby the biest. [Laughter and applause |} There is a purity of sentiment, a refinement of feeling, and a delicacy of thought in the address to the “ Wee, modest. haber rte ime flower,” of which such thin-bigoded, hollow- hearted, soulless shams have no more con- ception than a milestone has of the sublim- est symphonies of Mozart or Mendeisshon. (Renewed laughter.) When I speak of the elevating influence of Burns’ poetry, bow- ever, I do not aliude simply to those inayel- lously beautiful scintillations of thought or r expressions of re- ad enpobling sentiments which are found scattered like unstrang diamonds through almost everything that ever ema- nated from his pen, bit to the DIGNITY OF THE MANHOOD which beams out of @lmost every line he ever wrote. (Applause. He has been ca led © poet of the poor. Not because he spent his genius in piteons Wailing for the hardships and miseries of the Millions whose lives are doomed to a cea: less round of toil; not because he taught them to repine at their condition, nor yet to despise or envy the advantages of rank ani Wealth and culture; but because be taught them to realize the dignity and majesty of their own nature, and to stand erect in the image of their Creator. [Applause] It is this sublime philosophy, this grand pivotal idea in all the creations of his genius that mates him truly the poetof humanity every where, and renders his name and memory sacred, not only with his own countrymen, but with houest, high-minded, whole-souled men everywhere. ‘There is another particular ia which Burns has been rarely, if ever,equalled, and which renders his poetry percutiarly fascinating to all classes of men and to every grade of the human intellect—I mean its aphoristic char- acter—the wealth of wisdom he sometimes puts up in the smallest packages. For ex- ample, out of the innumerable instances which might be cited, what could possibly be more expressive of the utter uncertainty Jury of his peers = all human calculations than his simple ne: “The best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agiey?”” Where can be @ more stinging rebuke to human vaoity and seif-conceit than in his ofi-quoted ejaculation— “Ob, some power the giftie gie us To ace oursels as hers see us’? In the simple power of word-painting—no, delivered in | not painting, but that marvellous faculty of proaucing a@ real life picture by a few rapid strokes of his magic pencil—Burns was never approached by any other poet that ever lived onearth. Asan illustration of this I will pass by his universally acknowled master- paces and select at random a single sketch ‘Tom his aimost inimitable gallery. Take, for instance, @ single verse from the address “to a haggis:” Bie knife see rustic labor dight, Andé cu: the up wi’ ready slight, ‘Trencbing thy gushing entrails brizht ike ony ditch; And, then, Oh what a glorions sight, Warm, reekin, rich! Can't you see the delicious, tempting dish, steaming before? Does not the delightful odor it enhales w the surrounding air make your very mouth water. [Laughter.} Then see the auld guidman and his “buirdly | cheels,” armed with their horn spoons, rush- | ing to the attack: ‘Then horn for born they stretch an’ strive, Beil tak the hinmost; on the drive ‘Till aii their weel-swalled kytes belyoe Are bent lixe drums; Aud auid gnidman maist like to rive, Be thank i: hums. Why, Tennyson's world-renowned descrip- tion of the charge of the six hundred at Bala- Klava caunot compare with it! There is yet another larity in which Burns stands without a parallel in theannals of poetic literature, aud that is in the sim- ple, unaffected patriotism and-the manly pride in bis own class which crops out '1 almost every sentence that flowed from his untutored pen. I need gono further for an illustration of this than the very m from which I have just quoted, where he contrasts the child of affluence, on dainty viands, and the hardy, haggis-fed peasant of bis native heather. K at this picture: “Poor devil! See him ower his trash, An focklers ax a withered ri Hi aay Pepe a —_ whit lash, 8 ntere ® nit! ‘Tho’ bloody floods are fields to dash, But mark the ruc Shagaie-fed! nit i * ‘The trembling earth resounds his tread. Clap in his walle hand a blade— He'll mak it whisaie; And legs and srins and heads will sned Like topes o’ thrissie.”” Nevertheless, as I have already said, man- kind will never consent that Burns shall be monopolized by @ single nation. Humanity loves and claims him. Vast as would bethe chasm in the literature of his own country if the glorious offspring of his genius were stricken from it, vaster still would be the void in the universal heart of man if the wide space filled by the memory of Burns would be empty—a memory Which will grew brighter and yet brighier until time itself shall wax old as doth a garment, and the heavens be rolled together as a scroll. At the conclusion of this address, General Balioch sang, by request, “Jack O'Hazel- dean,” and responded to an encore with “Jennie with the light brown hair.” The floor was then cleared, and the remainder of the evening was occupied with the dance, with Donch’s enlivening strains, but during the evening there was an intermission long enough for the guests to refresh themselves With the hie sree 80 amply spread below stairs. The committees, comy osed of Scotch-A meri- can citizens of high standing, fulfilled their duties in the most —— manner. On the whole, the Burns’ club can congratulate themselves upon the abundant success of this anniversary celebration, and their next entertainment will be anticipated with the usual pleasure. HH MUSICAL AXD DRAMATIC.— Englich eda “Fra Diavolo” was performed by the Kellogg ra bathe a t the National Theater last evening before a large and well satisfied au- dience. Mme. Van Zandt in the role of “‘Zer- tion Diavolo” was, as he always is, excellent. Ho has always been @ great favorite with the ‘Washington public, and his reception last evening was highly complimentary. Mr. Peakes as “Beppo” and Mr. Hamilton a: “Giacomo” sustained their characters ad. mirably. To-night we are to have “‘Faust;” with Miss Kellogg as “Marguerite,” Castio as “Faust,” and Mrs. Seguin as “Valen- tine.” Judging from the excellence of the east, to-night will be one of the most enjoy- able of the season. Ford's Opera House—“Foul Play” was — last evening. The pay unds in interesting and thrilling situa- tions; the plot is good, scenery and the characters well sustain¢ Mr. Aldrich as “Robert Penfold” makes a Yery pleasing impression, and Miss Kate Newton as “Helen Rolleston” fully deserves the praise accorded her. Theater Comique.—A crowded hous nightly is attracted ed the novel and interesting pro- Cer age farnished at this place of amuse- men A PAINFUL ACCIDEN Pratt, of the Adjutant confined to his bed by which befel himon Saturday last. was leaving his house, No. 214 11th street northeast, on bis way to market, he missed his footing in the darkuess, and was thrown forward down two steeps, his left foot in his fall catching under the iron mud-seraper on the lower step, the force of his fall wrenching jimb violently, and throwing him pros- trate on the pavement. Though suffer: violent pain, by a great effort he extricated his foot under thescraper, and attempt- ed to rise, but found it impossible. Calling for assistance, he was conye; into the house, and Dr. Fischer, of t street, summoned, who pronounced ita aim- Ric fracture of two bones just above the an- le. The doctor very carefully set the in- jured limb. and in about half an hour the time of the accident, Mr. Pratt was reat- ing with comparative comfort. Mr. Pratt will probably be conflined to his bed for six Weeks or mor propriate, enerally. co EE ‘THROUGH TRAIN FROM Bosto: WasHINGTON.—The Bal! aun “aye It is understood that arran; ts, been made for runnin; fer etn Macrae ey Vat Dg 'y Comment: Will be from Boston ty Pokal inaticn, but the Seottian nt stan New England railroad, (formerly the Bos- floue thd peerless in, panting the joys aod Wilhmantie mad ath beri to New A gouies and t'8 | Haven, then by the New York, New Haven Of, the bumble sphere in which be lived. Or and Hartford road to New York. A transicr most pro! Ule, Le simplest and the most touching, and vating. [Applause.) Aye, the most elevat- ing! Tuoi We wei always elevate his sectimonious nose at the “J ” He will rever cease to point his finger at “honest Tam O'Shanter” and “Son: at “Poosie Nancies,” when “Willie brewed peck ® maut, an’ Rab an’ Allan ame to Teeurs to the scene | Raliimore and toh's own class, the truest and the most ele- | ahd will there be made to the steamboat M hich formerly ferried Puitadelpita, = ‘Wilmin, road across the Busq’ ary. over the New York aad | Board of Health. DISINFECTING SMALL-POX CLOTHING— FOOD INSPECTIONS—WHISKY VS. Pic KLES, ETC. A meeting of the Board of Health was held last night, at which Dr. Verdi, from the committee to provide A. PLAN FOR DISINFECTING SMALL-POX CLOTHING made a whicn says: That of all motes of disinfecting clothing or apy texture hav- Ing been ex to the contazion of small- pox, dry and moist heat are the most ener- getic in destroying the virus—aximal or veg- etable. That expevience bas taught in Eog land and other countries that a dry heat of 200 degrees, and moist heat of 250 di @isinfect any texture from all matter liable | to induce infection. The committee recom- mends thatthere be built at the small-pox hospital or inany other more suitable aud convenient locality, a disinfecting eylindri- cal oven ten feet high, four feet in dlameter, lined with firebricks, containing a rack upon which to hang the clothes to be disinfected. This oven is to be heatea p- a ring of gas- jets at the bottom or by a steam boiler three feet high, one foot and a half in diameter, 1a close proximity to the oven. The heated steam to be introduced into the oven by a Pipe; the steam boiler to be heated when needful by a ring of gas jets properly ap- plied unde: the boiler. With tuis apparatus the dry heat can be raised to 250 degrees, While the moist heat can be raised to 20) de- grees by steam. These degrees of heat are considered fully sufficient to destroy any apimalor vegeiable germ of infection in three hours. For larger articles, such as mattresses, bedding, carpets, &c., sulphur- ous fumigations are considerel efficient, and to carry out this famigaiion properiy the following plan is apo A box of Wood eight feet by six. 's box shonld be £0 made as to be almost air tight. It should be divided iato three compartments, length- wise and across like three drawers, with the bottom made of slats, each compartment having @ door turning downward oa hinges. This box will work as follows: Each com- partment is drawn ont like a drawer, the object to be fumigated placed thereon; the drawer is then pushed in and the air-tight door closed. The sulphur is placed at the bottom of the box, is ignited, and the area ofthe box becomes filled with sulphurous acid. Articles thus exposel to sulphurous acid for twoor three hours are thoroughly ee The box would not cost over For the destruction of articles unfit for use &@ email oven should be built, with a horizon- tal grate in the middle. The fire is made on the grate, and the articles to be destroyed are place on the floor of the oven; as the cinders fall from the grate they set the articles be- low on fire, the smoke of which must £2 throngh the fiery grate above to go out of the chimney. In this manner all danger from flying particles is prevented, as they must pas through a di of heat which will de- Stroy any vehicle of infection. Tae commit- tee is of opinion that five or six hundred dol- jars will- cover ail the expense counected with the he gwar ad for disinfection. The cost for disinfecting after the apparatus is bullt will consist in the consummation of and wood, which must be very trifling, sidering that during the small-p :x ep!- derie of 1872-73 the destruction of clothing of parties affected by small-pox cost the Dis- trict of Columbia nearly £10,000, and that property of even greater value had been de- Stroyed belonging to non-indigents, for Whom no appropriation had been made for reimbursement, the sum incurred in buiid- ing the apparatus {s but a trifle in compari. son. Moreover, when the citizens Know that their clothing can be disinfected without loss of pi rty, they will be less eager to main- tain silence for the protection of their prop- erty. They will come forward willingly, disinfect their clothing, and thus*protect the people from an invasion of the disease, gen- erally induced by infected clothing in trans- portation and handling by washerwomen. On motion of Mr. Marbury, the report was accepted and filed. . THE HEALTH OFFICER, Dr. P. T. Keane, —- the synopsis of the operations of his office tor the past week, showing nuisances reported, 420; referred, 55; abated, 42; patients treated by physicians to 2; pri- vies cleaned, 439 products nepeot ed: 10,125 bushels of oysters; 5,469 bunches ot fish. Condemned: bushels of oysters; 19 bunehes of fish. Unwholesome food con- demned: 317 pounds of meat; 150 turkeys, chickens, &c., and a quantity of vegetables. On the recommendation of the health of- ficer the brick and frame house, 1227 D street northwest, aud frame houses 5; and 59, (old. numbers.) 25th street, and premises in alley between 2th and 25th streets and Iand K, were declared to be nuisances, injurious to health, and ordered to be abated. THE WHISKY QUESTION. A pumber of communications were re- ceived and referred, among them one from A.C. Constantine, asking the board why they did not — spiritnous and mait liquors and wines‘sold iu the city, as they cause more sickness and death in one day than all the flour and pickles cause in a cen- tary. On motion the secretary was directed to inform Mr. Constantine that the board was not in position to make such analysis. —-———— Beaten te Death by a Tramp. THE MURDER OF MK. FENNER. THE STAR bas heretofore mentioned the tragic death of Benjamin Fenner, a citizen of Prince George county, Md., who was wa y- laid near Hyattsvilleon the night of Janu- ary 10, and s0 badly beaten over the head with & stone as tocausehis death on the isth instant. A Hyattsville correspondent of the Baltimore Sun furnishes the following par- Uculars: Mr. Fenner returned to Hyattsville from a@ visit to friends in New York aai New Jersey on Monday evening, the 10th tn- stant, about six o’lock, and employed a strange negroman, who had been sitting about the station that day, to assist him in portion of his baggage to his house, watch is Portion of gage se, Which 1s about four nundred from the station in the direction of Baltimore. When Mr. Fenner renched his house the negro, and a colored man named Albert Brashears, re- turned to the station for some trunks, Mr. Fenner giving the checks for the to Brashears, who been living with him forsome time previous to his visit to the north, and whom Mr. Fenner had left in charge of his mises in hig absence. Ar- riving at the depot the tramp fessed to be uneasy about pay for his services, and told SBrasbears he wanted it in time to pay his way to Washington on the 7:30 train, then nearly due, and returned to Fenner's house, teiling Mr. Fenner they could not get the trunks without bis preseace, and induced him to start for the station. Mr. Fenner thought strangely of not being able to get his trunks after sending the checks, but con- cluded to go back with the ae who fol- lowed behind. When partly on the way Mr. Fenner was struck from behind with a stone which the tramp held in his hand, and was knocked down, and though severely stunned, Pn a With bis assailantand londly cried for help. He received several more blows from the negro, and would doubtless have been killed on the spot but for the appear- — — anne mee wae came to his aid. Tho negro he: ‘per- sone fled and has not Eoen seen sinee. Mr. Fenner dragged himself to the flagman’s house at the Bladensburg crossing, where he was found by Brashears, ploody and bruised, but apparently not suffering much. Mr. Fen- ger was able to describe the terrible encoun- ter, and sup) the "8 des! to be roboery, as negro’ je (Fenner) exalblte’ = ic!! of bilis when hé paid ize negro for carr: ng bis bundles for him. The negro, however, failed to secure any of Mr. Fenner’s money. Mr. Fenner did not regard his a at the for time as serious, and did not Basins to dress his il, @ clerk in Washington, , being near by, ipl pee him the es and ressed his and im ht he would be all right in afew Re him to be seriously hurt sent . Charles O. Lewis, of Biadensburg, who, u| exam- ining his ‘wounds, decided that his injuries were such as required skillful treatment, And advised that he be sent to a hospital. He was accordingly sent to Providence Hospital &t Washington city. where it wasdiscovere.l that his skull was broken. Mr. Fenuer die.i on Sunday, the 16th instant, but his deat: ‘was not known at Hyattsville until Monday evening. Mr, Fenuer was trom Jersey, and had lived near 1362, at times, however, for mon! » New le since it five THE VIRGINIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE of | the Methodist Epi church will be held at the M. E. Charcly, Washington street, | Alexandria, Wednesday, the 234 proximo. Bisbop Bowman wi!! ide. The confer. ence will continue in session until the Taes- day following, and will elect delezates to | the general conference of the epurcl, which mects in Baltimore next May. poncrindn—rdarmtn_ THE COURTS. Court tw GENeRAL TrR™. Tod lager agt. Moore; argument con- clnded and submitied. Shoemaker agi. Dis- | trict; submitted. In re Zaulo Poole; argu- ment commenced. Portce CovRT—Judor Snell. Todi Kate Giascoe, Annie Reeves and Jobn Taylor were sent down for vagrancy. John Clancey, disorderly; $5. Ernest Ba; doiph was ordered to kill ‘his biting dog, uo- Charles Finnegan and George boys, were fined $5 each | for clinging to the platform of the cars of the | Belt street railroa:, to evade the payment of their fare. This has become an intolerable buisance on this road, and ts to be looked to hereafter by the poi GEORGETOWN. BUILDING ASSOCIATION.-—At the regular monthly meeting of the Ninth Bullding as- sociation, last night, twenty-one shares were Sold at an average of 135 per share. DEATH OF AN ESTIMABLE Lany.—Mre, Dodge, wife of Francis Dodge, Esq. die! ta-t night, after a painful illness of some weeks. The many friends of the famtly will leara of her decease with much regret. dom: Moorsing ey Bheeting Uovtous #4 hoal'W s,s a3 g AMEN ony janis tr Bridge etreet. ER GML DIEING TO PLease bs THE KUSH Thanks toour kind f ari the pest Fail, work from all eects Fillordere promis a i that the work when Suished gaye « tion, We sohett @ ox ord promise * od sient dave” Wonk of the District; teorived a: Qny part of the o aids J EORGETOW ame 31 HIG bears. M BOOKS AND STATI: IN] ALEXANDRIA. FATAL SHOOTING.—Robert Smith. of this city, got into @ quarrel with @ man named Thomas Warren, at Marshall Hall, tast night, and shot bim, killing him instantly. Smith was arrested by the Prince George ty authorities and lodged in jatl at Up- foribore’. We ean learn nothing an- Ihentic as to cause of the shooting, but tt is reported that thediMcolty grew out of the sale by Warren of some ducks belonging to | Smith, for which he had failed to return the money. Smith was down the river on a ducking excursion and had @ woman with | him, who retarred this morning. THE WINTER FISHERMEN are catching | berring in quite large numbers now, aad sell them principally in Washington. The mild | weather has had the effect of bringing th in the river much earlier than usual.—Senti- nel, 25th, The Boston Forger and Fagitive. E. D. Winslow, the Boston forger, men- Uoned in yesterday's STAR, departed, it is suppoeed, to Europe or Brazil on @ steamer Friday or Saturday last, it having been dis- covered that he bad been negotiating notes With alleged forged indorsements to a large amount. The total amount of discounted | por ay issued by bim ts believed to be over 500,000. It is lated that Winslow sold his interest in the Boston Daily News last week. He was a well-known man: was educated for the Methodist ministry; served as chaplain in two regiments during the war; was also chaplain in the navy, and officiated in sev- rai chu! Hie was formerly publisher of Zion’s Herald, and was @ member of the Massachusetts legislature for the last three years. It isstated that before his disappear- ance he made several efforts to negotiate per, but the indorsements weredetected as | ‘orgerles, and he was threatened with expo- sure. The Tost states that the interests of the company owning that paper are in no Way affected by the irregularities of its late treasurer, E. D. Winslow; that its “tock is i the hands of strong and responsible holder: its Habflities have not been inerease 1, an. its stability is assured. The Herald states that among the principal persons whose names are on Winslow's paper, forge or otherwise, are: W. E. Sheldon for $11,000, Leopold Morse for $00.00, B. F. Hayes for $45,000, and that the stocks and notes, forzed and genuine. issued by Winslow, and held as security, will reach haifa million. The Her- aid say’ Winslow's position as treasurer of the Post company gave him opportauliy to issue forged stock of that paper, and that the amount 6o issued by him for use as collat- eral will reach @ very large sum; but this may prove incorrect, as the statement of the Post would Indicate. Several banks outside Boston are said to have been victimized. LAWLESSNESS IN West VIRGINIA. — About two bundref armed men arrived at Charleston, W. Va.,on & steamer about 10 o'clock last night, proceeded to the jail and marched Dawson and Estep, the murderers, | 1 door, street. N®* Boos Pelect Notes on Echool Teachers. NEY PUBLICATIONS, Da Cartas Metical Diagn. i Sosav Morley 's Throeticthw frm Alexander's Her f rs Alexander s Her Dearest Lommr! « Nature f Light, Internat Nordhoff’s The ¢ otton Leteare HO ¥ atee (a the Spr Sommer of 15 . Proctor '» Our Pty ~Og the LaNoitics ¢ Work Gwe ne Mary Cecil ays Victor and Wan Washington City Directory, 1576 de Get b - AB ADDITIONAL JOB LOT in ch din e » Pi “ ” x shed oF ton, y and _Sevlé-tr 1015 Ponnsyivania ave ,cor Mth st Sih JINGTON'S PATENT SELF-CLOSING DIARIES FOK 1=76, A valnable Pocket Co pac, Wages Table. Later: Poretan Postage Stamp Da snd Territories, Blank Bpac ear, and Cash Account for amch tm Tent kinds i ‘arious sty les of binding. PHYSICIANS VISITING List FoR is76. HAGERSTOWN end other A’ A — fed mf © ALMANAUS W bole SHILLINGTON’S Bookstore, ion, Cont: Tavies wale IND BTES—Stric Si ig itd ‘ol at. Ml strope ret Applications etter 2 o'circk et Gay sane Lords tath san” R= HILL Colne, Mw. off to the woods, where they will probably be found hanging to a tree. ‘Tnomas Hines, @ tallor, stabbed and killed a coiored shoe- maker named Dooley, in Charleston, W.Va., home morning, in @ dispute about Doo- ey’s wife. Hines was put in jail, and after the mob had carried off Dawson and Este aboui fifty colored men invaded the jail, took Hines in their custody, and followed the former crowd to the woos. LITTLE RuopY aT THE SHOW.— The Rhode Island legisiature met yesterday. Governor Lippit in his message urges a cen- tennial appropriation. He says that the state census shows that dnring the past five years there has been a gain of 20 per cent. ja ihe population and nearly 40 per cent. in cot- ton spindles. The spindies now number 5); to each inhabitant. S7-A callbas been iseued for a national convention of the prohibition party, to meet at Cleveland, Ohio, May 17, and pata Presi- dential ticket in the READING NOTICES. DURANO’s RUEUMATIC REMEDY will cure any ease of rhenmatixsm on the face of the greenearth. Sold by Druggists. 1243 CITY ITEMS. An Ex \. In our card of Sat ‘urday last we annonnced “our determination to withdraw onr capital and timeemployed in the Gent’s Furnish. ing Department.” At the same time we an- Ends” of cloth- nounced a sale of “Odds and al at fifty cents on the dollar. any persons conflict these two announce- ments by supposing the reduction will be made on all 5 such is not the case; twenty per cent. will be deducted ou cash sales of sent’s Furnishings. Fifty Pe, cent. on “Odds and Ends” of Stock, all of which are displayed on the cen- ter tables on our first floor. A. BAKS & Co., 316 Tth street. —s— Us® Dr. Mann’s Corn and Bunion Remedy, —_o—_—_ ACCIDENT.— Edwards & Hutchison’s Stim- ulating Liniment cures Sprains and Bruises. 5 Iron in the blood. Lidiys Liquid Bxtrart of Beef, in pint bottles, enriches the Bioot, Aids digestion, cures Dyspepsia, Nervous: ness, Debility, Chiils, Fever, Ague, and Fe male Complaints. ceaientibieemennes FIvE HUNDRED THOUSAND’ BOTTLES of Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar have beon sold during the winter,and at least half that number of alarming cases of Cough, Cold, Infiuenza and Brouchitis haye beeu cured thereby. Pie's Toothache Drops cure in one minute. — Corrs, &C—Dr. White's establishment now occupies the very eligible dweiling, 1416 Pennsylvania avenue, opposite Willard’s, where he continues the successful treatme: of corns, bunions, chilblains, club and ! verted nails, vascular excrescences, &c. Es im Washington, D.C, in iL pebty wil scribing its Turkish, Russian, 8: Hy. Gropatiic and Electro Thermal f ths, the rong’s Reme- cui jth circular de- Vacuum Ng ag | Galvanic and Faradaic Electricity, &c., be sent on lication. Lung, Female and special Buffale Lithia Waters. The extraordinery curative powers of these Waters in the ‘Peculiar i of Women; in Diseases Affections of the Organs; in_ Dyspepsia and in and end and” haere ope talent of the country. are for sale 1311 tT d > i F a 4 A it Hl i i i i i i Ht | & it i - ry. * ELUICOTT CITY This Ii da conducted: Brothers. The student, om passing a eattefact ry examion a aaay receives diploma im efter the Classical Ey the al e ‘or the Commercial Course Board and Taition by toc Obetetiar K ANDESGASIER anD PRIMARY AWD aDval inoen_ 8 DLLGCE as BORE, and Mie Sabau POLLOCK. tous to be made after $0 clock st 1100 & ‘Bové 3m corner K and iith nortowest ‘TEE erimcoran wetinire v. KNIGHT, D.D. BEV Siow. Oba LOW BY? Am a The Sixth Anuual Session of this: for boys will commence on WEKDN ESI of ¥ formetivn c ‘Bay. te eugl-tt INGLISH, FRENCH. 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