Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1895, Page 19

. — = THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. We || . Johann Hoff has a suit ing against Tarrant || & Co. to enjoin them from using the words ‘“Hof’s || Malt Extract” for an Extract bottled in their cellars i in New York City. Beware of imitations. Ask for the genuine JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT. The Late Emperor Fredrick ©: While Crown Prince of Germany, wh PPOINTED & Johann Hoff as wy an honorary ww member of the Na- xe tional Society, of ws which he was the head, w in acknowledgment of the merits of the wy Genuine Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract. wh Beware of imitations. The Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract has this signature (" ip wy ° D 3 eon neck label. Eisen & Menpetson Co., Sih Sole Agents, New York. 5 Dinlect in the Schools, WO U LD From the Des Moines Leader. An Iowa woman was visiting a school in a Massachusetts town recently and had a good chance to observe the difference in dialect between the bay state and her own. A little girl from the latter place was asked by the teacher to spell a word. The child began to spell the syllables as they sound- Thirk it sensthlo to wait until half the summer 1s gone before getting a Refrigera- the Matting that you need—when we are willing to take our pay little by iittle—weekly or monthly—as you earn it? If cur eredit prices were higher than other dealers’ cash prices—'twould be different— ed to her. but we are ready to duplicate the lowest prices you can find~any where—on CREDIT! We don't ask you to sign a note—nor to pay @ ponny of interest—and our prices are arked in plain firures. We have the ex- sive agency for the World's Fair Prize tor—the North Star—all sizes— ym $2.50 to $50. We make and lay all upet and Matting ‘free of cost. 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GOLL ati, Ohio. | rolls for 25c. | free. To th and F Albary, 17th and H sts. nw. NEW COIN DESIGNS Why Uacle Sam Does Not Encourage Our Artists in Such Work. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW Points on Coin With Which Most People Are Not Acquainted. MAKING MODELS AT THE MINT ee Written for The Evening Star. HERE IS NO chanee worth men- tioning that the treasury will accept any of the designs for a new silver dol- lar which are shown at the exhibition of the American Sculp- ture Society, opened May 6 at the Acad- emy of Fine Arts in New York. The offer or prizes of $300 and $200 for the best and second best models was merely a private en- terprise, at the bottom of which were cer- tain gentlemen interested in numismatics. They persuaded the artists to get up this scheme, with a view to the aesthetic im- provement of United States coins. Unfortunately, artists generally are wretched coin designers. They will mot realize that a piece of money is not a thing to paint a picture upon, and the models they offer are mostly the wildest freaks. One trouble with the artists is that thay will not submit to the requirements of the law in making such designs. Coin-making is an old art, and its principles are settled. In England, for example, the pound ster- ling, which is the unit of value, is coined in gold and stamped at the British mint. This piece is called a sovereign. On one side of it is the head of the queen, and on the other side is the coat-of-arms of the nation. In nearly all countries the practice is the same—that is to say, each coin bears on its obverse a portrait of the ruler and on its reverse the arms of thé state. Uncle Sam has always held to the same idea. This country being a republic, how- ever, a picture of the Goddess of Liberty has b2en substituted for the sovereign of the monarchy. It has often been urged that it would be a good thing to use the heads of the Presidents on our coins, thus making each issue to represent an epoch in American history. A dollar of 1895, for ex- ample, would bear Mr. Cleveland's portrait. In 1897, according to this notion, his phys- jognomy would be replaced by that of his successor. This idea will never be carried out in all probability, because it is too sug- gestive of a royal prerogative. Neverthe- less, in the early days, when this great na- tion was as yet in swaddling clothes, cop- per cents were issued with the head of Washington on them. What the Law Requires. The law demands that on one side of the dollar shall appear something em- blematic of liberty, with the word “Lib- erty” and the date of coining. On the re- verse must be the Inscription, “United States of America; E Pluribus Unum,” and the value. The eagle stands for the coat-of-arms of the Union. Designs offer- ed by artists show that they imagine that any eagle will do for the purpose. This is a big mistake. The eagle required is the heraldic cagle, showing the bird as it is represented in the coat-of-arms of the United States. This peculiar kind of ea is as much a part of our arms as double-headed eagle is an essential y the arms of Austr on the coins have heen notably unsuce ful. Eagies have keen nailed upon the wall at the mint in Philadelphia to serve as models in various attitudes, but the d igns thus produced have been mercile ridiculed. The flying eagle on the nic cent was removed because p2ople insisted that it was a buzzard. It is not possible to have the fsns on all of the coins of a n cause there would be nothing to distinguish ore denomination from another save the kind of metal and the size. Accordingly, the minor pieces exhibit more or less varia- tion. For instance, on the dime, nickel and cent the coat-of-arms is omitied—that is to say, the eagle is left off. On the cent the head of an Indian appears in place of Liberty. In England a crown or other simple devices are similarly utilized. The statutes of the United States formerly required that the words “In God We Trust” should appear on the coin when- ever practicable. ‘Although the Revised Statutes have abrogated this requirement the irscription is still used in deference to public opinion. ‘The question as to whether it should be retained or not came up dur- ing the Hayes administration and was thus decided. the rt of Attempts to vary it Open to Change. The dollar and nicks] are the only United States coins which at present are open to change, Congress has provided that the treasury may alter them ff it likes. But to make a change in the half-dollar, quar- ter, dime or cent would require a special act of the national legislature. The stat- utes declare that no change may be made in the coins more often than once in twenty-five years, unless Congress grants permission. As for the silver dollar, the treasury, though always open to sugges- tions, is not looking for a new design. Very few dolla-s are being coined just row any way, though 200,000 of them were minted last month. Models for coins are frequently offered to the government, but nearly all of them are hopelessly bad. Even if a design should be found accept- able, the person contributing it could not get any money for it unless by persuading Congress to purchase it, no appropriation being available for the purpose. The designs for which the prizes given by the National Sculpture Society are awarded will be offered to the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Carlisle has author- ity to change the dollar as he may wish, though he has no money with which to pay the successful artist. In old times it was the privilege of the director of the mint to alter the coins whenever he saw fit, and they underwent changes so fr quently that the twenty-five-year law,above referred to, was enacted. What the artists should realize is that fine pictures are not wanted on coins, The devices on a piece of money ought to be rather conventional. Simplicity is a prime requisite. A coin is a piece of metal stamped officially by the governing powers of the state in which it is to be circulated, so that it may be iden- tified. Ready and sure identification is the first thing demanded. Designing Coins. Beyond all that has been said, tt ought to be realized that the designing of co is an art in itself and a rare one. There are never more than a dozen first-rate ex- perts in that line living at one time. One of the most highly skilled designers of the day is Mr. Barber of the mint in Paila- delphia. He has a workshop there, in which are turned out all of the dies for Uncle Sam’s pieces of metal money. Every now and then the government wants a medal struck for one purpose or another —perhaps Congress may vote one to a dis- tinguished citizen, as in the case of Joseph Fra and the devices for it are pro- duced by Mr. Barber and his assistants. Though various materials may be employ- ed, Mr. Barber uses ‘a wax composition for designing coins. He takes a quantity of an extremely pure quality of beeswax, with which he mixes a small proportion of resinous gum and a little of the finest ver- million. The mixture, after being melted and stirred so as to make it homogeneous, is poured into cold water. When cool, it thoroughly kneaded like so much dough. Having thus made ready for business, the designer draws on a slate a circle a foot in diameter. This is the outline of the coin model, which is made on a large scale for convenience. The circular space is then covered with a layer of the wax mixture perhaps three-quarters of an inch in thick- ness, and on this surface the design in re- lef is made with delicate modeling tools of boxwood. The method is much the same as that employ>d for modeling in clay, but the material is finer and smoother. If hair is to be represented a brush of fine bristles is sometimes employed, while the over-long 1 thumb-nail of the operator serves occasion- ally as a supplementary instrument, being a_sensitive organ of: touch. Mnking the Dics. From the finished wax model is made an electrotype, and from the latter is produced the die for the coin by a simple process. A machine is used whith operates on the prin- ciple of the “pantpgraph,” employed in Grawing. While a blint point is guided by hand over every curve and intricacy of the wax medallion, another point, tipped with a diamond, revolve: idly and cuts away the surface of a stg disk, which is just the size of the future coin.’ Thus an exact Teproduction is obtained of the original model, but in it every coarse detail of the wax medallion becomes fine and delicate. This is the cameo? , a bas-relief. The die, of course, must be in intaglio. To get the intaglio from theameo is easy enough. ‘The cameo, which is of hard steel, is squeezed against a disk of soft steel under enormous pressure. The soft steel disk, having received a perfect impression, has only to be tempered, and is then ready to serve as a die. For minting each coin two dies are us2d necessarily—one in the “stamp” or hammer, and the other in the “anvil” beneath. Every time the hammer comes down upon the anvil a metal “blank” is transformed into a piece of authorized money of the United States. The Officinl Seals. The seals used by the various departments of the government were made by private parties, some of them dating a long time back. That of the Department of State, of course, is the great seal of the United States. Under the law it can never be used without a written order from the President. Secretary Gresham would not put it on a document at the request of Mr. Cleveland unless the order was given in writing. For this purpose the President signs a regular printed form, which says: “I hereby au- thorize and direct the Secretary of State to cause the seal of the United States to be affixed to, ete.” The document may be @ letter accrediting a minister, a letter of re- call, a letter of condolenc2 addressed to a foreign potentate, or what not. The seal of the treasury was made by Edward Stabler of Sandy Springs neighbor- hood, Maryland. He was a famous expert in his time at that sort of work. In 1778 the Continental Congress appointed a com- mittee ‘to prepare a seal for the. treasury and navy.” The seal adopted was of the same design as that now in use, and bo the legend: “‘Thesaur. Amer. Septent. Sigil. This stood for four Latin words, signifying “Seal of the Treasury of North America.” By the year 1849 the seal was so worn that Stabler was authorized by a special act of Congress to produce a fac simile of it. This fac simile is still in constant service. All of the other departments, except that of Agriculture, have official seals, and Sec- retary Morton is looking out for a design for one. The War and Navy Departments put their seals on commissions of officers. The seal of the Department of Justice ap- pears on pardon warrants, while that of the Interior is affixed to commissions of land agents and various other documents. The seal of the Post Office Department is the only one that may be said to be ‘“ex- pressed in fancy.” It is stamped upon a disk of gold leaf, and is further adorned with streamers of blue silk ribbon. The White House has a seal of its own, but it is considered as only quasi-official. It is merely a little hand stamp of bronze, with a dolphin for a handle. The design represents the arms of the Union, being, in fact, almost a reproduction on a small scale ot the great seal. Around the edge is the inscription: ‘The seal of the President of the United States.” This seal is affixed to ccmmunications addressed to the Senate by the President, but 4t-I6 not sacred to that purpose, and is sometimes put on unofficial notes. .. y RENE BACHE. — LANGUAGE 0F THE HEN. - ee Different “€afis She Has for Different’ Otcas From the Pittsburg Djspateh. The ordinary domestic fowl affords ‘the most positive evidertce of the poss a language that is understood. There are many “decidedly differént calls, which if taken down in a phondgraph and repeatéd in a hen house or yard would produce in- teresting results, }* need but mention a few calls to illustrate the range of sounds in the domestic fowls: On a warm d when, hens are reféaséd from the!r coop, when their minds 4t@“undisturbed and all nature locks bright and inviting, th ing as they feed—a continuous repetition of kerr-kerr-kerr, with various mcdulations. The rooster never utters it, nor the mother hen; it Js the song of the happy-go-lucky of hen creation, Now let a hawk appear in the sky or any disturbing ‘element; an entirely different sound is heard. The hen stops, stretehes her head upward, and with the cock utters a decided note of warning in a high fal- setto, k-a-r-r-r-r-e! And if the enemy still ccmes on it is repeated, and every bird in the vicinity lowers its head and runs to ccver. The sound says in the gallus lan- guage: “An enemy is coming, run!” and run they do, the kerr-kerr-kerr being dis- centinued only when all danger is past. e the joyous call of the hen that has an egg. Cut-cut, ca-da-cut! comes oft repeated from the hen house, and other envious hens are informed beyond any question or mistake that Mrs. Gallus has laid an egg. Now, when the eggs are hatched we have other and maternal notes. There is a deep, monotonous cluck, cluc that is a warning to others and a gentle admonition of the chicks to remain near, but it is not a call. Note the difference when the mother or proud cock finds a worm. ‘The cock ap- pears to be greatly excited, and he pre- tends to peck at it, make the guileiess hens believe that he is about to devour the bonne bouche himself, all the time he is saying cut, cut, cut—come, come, come— rapidiy, which causes the hens to run pell-mell in his direction, to find in many instances nothing, being merely a d to call the flock away from some rival. But in the case of the mother the little ones always find some tidbit which she has discovered. I will not attempt to reproduce the baby talk of the old hen to her chicks, but it exists in great variety, and is suggestive of tenderness,affection and solicitude. When the hen has her brood beneath her ample folds she often utters a sound like c-r-a- w-z-z-e of half warning and contentment. And when an intruder enters the coop after dark she utters a high, prolonged whistling note like w-h-o-0-e, softly repeated, indi- cative of wonder and slight alarm. If now the fox or coyote or other enemy seize her how quickly comes an entirely Gifferent cry—a scream of terror and alarm, c-l-a-i-a-i-o-u, repeated again and again, and so full of meaning that the owner, some distance away, reaches for his shotgun and answers the signal of distress. Many =o. A Scholur Lost. From the Jewish Messenger. “J like your school,” said the mater, after the usual inquiries, “but I don’t want my children to be converted, and that is why I took my little girl away.” “But we do not convert anybody, was the rejoinder. no religion ‘taught or referred 1,” replied the mother, “my little girl came home the other day with a hymn about the Virgin Mary, and that is why she does not go ahy more.” The visitor then urged the child, who had entered the room, to repeat the hymn, and these words fell upon her amazed and amused ears: “Mary, Mary, aitite contrary, How does your garden grow? HEALS - RUNNING “_ SORES to.” CURES tHe SERPENT’S STING CONTAGIOUS _oiscity caer BLOOD POISON edby S.S.S. Obsti- nate sores and ulcers yield to its healing moves the poison and bui wers. It re- isup the system Valuable reat TIES Soca SCS enone Gate free. THE TENDERLOIN. A Famous District That Has Lost Its Bepravity. From the New York Sun. The original Tenderloin precinct in the annals of the police department of New York was the eighth, the station house of which was in Prince street and is now in Macdongal street. Its boundaries are Ca- nal street, Houston street, Broadway and the North river. It was a great resort for thieves, crooks and disorderly persons, and furnished the largest amount of police bus- iness. In 1870, when the eighth precinct was at the height of its deplorable promi- nence, the arrests were 5,500 in a year, against 2,500 in the twenty-ninth precinct, the present Tenderloin. The captain best known in connectio- with the eighth was Charles McDonald, better known as “Light- ning Charley.” He was appointed in 1870, and gained his title from service in the thirty-fifth street station. With the growth of the city further up town, the moving away of the big hotels and the encroachments of stcres and ware- houses in the eighth precinct, the fifteenth, or Merver street precinct, became the Ten- derloin. Its reign was brief. The twenty- ninth (now the nineteenth) precinct, the present Tendericin, extends from 14th to 42d street, and the western boundary is 7th avenue. It takes in both sides of Broad- way and has 4 larger number of hotels than any other precinct in this city. The part that gave it its unsavory reputation lies between 6th and 7th avenues and 23d and 34th streets. At one time both sides of%th avenue were largely taken up with concert saloors, and among these in the Tenderloin were the Buckingham, the Star and Garter, the Cremorne, the Empire, the Sans Souci, the Argyle and the Hay- market. Sixth avenue between 23d and 3ith streets at that time was as much crowded by night as Breadway is now by day. Arrests were many, and strangers visiting New York came to this neighbor- hood as one of the sights of the town. At present the Tenderloin ‘is a name chiefly. Most of the establishments which gave it a natior al, if not an international, ill repute have either moved away or have been closed for good. The side streets be- tween 6th and 7th avenues and 25th and 26th streets are mostly occupied by mem- bers of the French colony. It is in the heart of the region of tables d’hote. 27th street, notoiious in old Tenderloin days, is now occupied chiefly by colored residents, Bist and 32d streets are given over to bus- iness uses. 31st street is mostly occupied by German tenants. A new church has been built there within two years. 6th ave- nue is now as quiet at midnight as any other New York thoroughfare up town— decidedly more so than 3d or 8th avenue. The number of arrests in the nineteenth precinct last year was 4,253, while in the fifteenth (Mercer street) the arrests were 4.940, and in the tenth (Bidridge street), 9,184. The eighth precinct, the Tenderloin of other days, had a total of 1,900 prison- ers, of whom 1,620 were men, mostly for minor offenses. He Wanted to Know. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A tall, solemn-looking man came in and asked for a half dozen six-ounce bottles. tties?” asked the clerk. “Yes, bottles,” responded the man. “With or without corks?” asked he. “With corks," was the response. “Want ‘em empty? “ertainiy.”” “And new “Do you suppose I want bottles you've been keeping strychnine in?” The clerk said such an idea had never ed his mind, and then asked: hat do you want them for?” fo break,” responded the impatient cus- tomer, promptly. “What?” . The customer beckoned to him to lean over the counter and caught hold of the lapel of the clerk's coat and whispered: “I wouldn't want the neighbors to get on to it, but I rather like to hear them crack. Just a whim of mine. It’s better than bre aking windows, and gives me just as much pleasure, but my supply has given out and Id me over until the n the customer doubtfully. course, it's nothing to me,” en what made you ask about it?” de- manded the customer. The clerk made no reply, but got the bottles. AS he was making the cha however, the spirit moved him to What do you do with the corks Chew ‘em,’ was the repi “It's good for the ¢ tion. Try it some time.” Then the customer walked out and the clerk shook 1 head and tapped his fore- head, but he asked n Entirely more questions. ntisfactory. From the Home Journal. “There, my love,” said the young hus- band, as he placed a large bundle on the table, “I’ve bought you a pair of sleeves.” “Oh, you darling,” exclaimed the de- lighted wife. “i'm so happy. Anything will do for a dress.” Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectualiy, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, ita many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. WEW YORK, W.¥. ADeaegognsdseooereorsseges MASES HIG 3 COOKING RANGES; Are made of STEEL AND MAL LEABLE IRON, “One-half of the world does not know bow the other half lives." It it did—if every one could look into the happy homes of the users of Majestic Ranges there w be a big jump in Majestic sale They save time, money and trouble insure good cooking. Write for “Majestic Ilustrate Majestic M’fg Co., St. Louis, Mo. Sold by R. F. GUY & ©O., 1005 Pennsylvania ave. POSSE SOS OS SOS CSI OSI OVSSS > 3 9 9 ¢ POSOSS SSS SOOS SHOOTS GO OOO HS HHS OGID HG PEPIPLO SHOP IES ORD S OOD oo ODD SPORT IN SIAM. Fish Trained for the Prize Ring and Fight to a Finish. From the London Field. The two fish are placed in the same bot- tle. They proceed to take each other’s measure, shoulder up to each other in schoolboy fashion, and back and push aicund the “ring,” the small fins vibrating rapidly all the time, and each little being quivering with excitement and wrath. This gces on for some minutes, until, as the spectators are growing impatient, one fish suddenly flips his head around, makes a dart, and a considerable dent in his adver- sary’s tail shows at once that he has got home. Henceforth there is no hesiti until one or the other cries “peccavi.” In regular fish fights, on which money de- pends, the battie is continued until one fish turrs tail and is chased around the bottle by the,other. But this is usually an affair of an four, and frequently of three or four. The pluck and determination of the fight- ers are wonderful. The ordinary stream fish do not fight nearly so much as those that have been bred and reared for the purpose. The tail is the part which shows most damage, for it is very easily torn, but a good grip on a side tin is more ef- fective. When one pins the other by the nose, a very exciting struggle takes place, the two lying fastened together like pro- fessional wrestlers, and then shaking each other backward and forward with might and main, They often seem extremely exhausted, but still fight on bravely, and sometimes i: is a matter of difficulty to part them. They display considerable agility in evad- ing their opponent’s mouth, and also in suddenly twisting around, and taking a piece out of his tail. In twenty minutes or so these appendages, which looked so brave and bright as they went into the fray, are torn to ribbons. The fish’s general appearance after the fight suggests that of a sailing ship emerg- ing from a hot action, with her canvas hanging in streamers, her topmasts shot away, and her crew gasping for breath, but still ready to fight again. The com- batants sometimes succumb to a long con- test, but generally they only take super- ficial damage, and are immediately ready to feed. After a match, they are always rested a week or longer, according to the extent of their injuries, and most of the dents and cuts are repaired by nature. En- thusiastic owners often wager {6 or {7 or more on their favorites, and many people earn a little money in this way by breed- ing fighting fish and then backing them against others. 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MES has treated the elite of Washington for the past 1 years, ape 69608 eeooseg MRS, DICKINSON'S TRUTH, Any Woman Should Be Glad to Learn It. AND PROFIT BY ITe¢ The Blight That Comes to So Mang ‘Women Explained—A Way Shown by Which It Can Be Avoided. No woman in America has given greater atten tion to the ailments and sufferings of women thag Mary Lowe Dickinson, the popular writer and iagazine contributor. She has frequently uttered Words of warning and advice to women, but never with so impressive an effect as in a recent ade dress, when she said: aot health the beautiful woman ceases to beautiful, and education und trai Uitte avail’ ig she has to pass ler life © heisless Victim of sickness and weakness. We do not half the truth about this, for three-fourths of the sufferers do not like to tell. For every bysterical wonnin who makes everybody about her informed of her sufferings, there are a dozen who drag thelr ewn trouvles duinbly and bravely into thelr graves, Sickness is a blight that no woman should permit to come over her if she can by any possibility cure it or keep it away, How to secure health tm, indeed, ove of the sirst problems for :his generae tion of women. “Give us health!” is the cry all the World of Women, “Give. usa system ‘thet Will spare us the morbid brooding of discontent, the “hysterteal tantrum, the nervous collapse, thé look of gloom from the wells of uur eyes.’ ”” Every Woman must admit the truth of these Words. They are spoken stratzbt from the heart, There are thousunds upon thousands cf women whe feel ‘sick at certain periods, tured cut, and who suffer from weaknesses that doctors seem unable to relieve, and the saddest part of it all js that they might be happy, joyous, flush with Fealth and attractive to family ‘and friends ff they only knew and acted upon the secret of happiness, Most women are healthy and attractive because they preserve the organs that make health. It is true comparatively few know how this is done, but many have ascertained it, and have relied as upon a true friend on that grandest, greatest and most reliable id to woman in her’ critical periods, Warner's Safe Cure. Every doctor knows this ‘truth, and hundreds of the most prominent and reliable ladies in America heve proven its value in. thelr own experiences, and ate not only alive, but strong, healiby and happy today. ‘There are jew women who can afford to ignore “hese suggestions, few who should tail to avail themselves of the’ value able hints they contain. Not of od of coloring matter and essential oils so often sold under the name of rootbeer, but of the purest, most delicious, health-giving beverage possible to produce. One gallon of Hires’ is worth ten of the counterfeit. kind. Suppose an imitation extract costs five cents less than the genuine Hires; the same emount of sugar and trouble is required; you save one cent a gallon, and—get an un- healthful imitation in theend. Ask for HIRES and get it. TIRES Rootbeer THE CHAS. B. HIRES €0., Philadelplda, dauuasaea eres BRIAR PIPE GIVEN AWAY (4 prareanateuattseveersite r MIXTURE fo r => lo. cents Every pipe stamped DUKES MIXTURE or 2oz. 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