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THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY. JUNE 20, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, THE OFFICERS’ QUARTERS. structors, there are about sixty, who are of LIFE AT ANNAPOLIS J atrccrc cn vanes. “the postion ot super: ad lusive Little Settlement on the Severn. The Ex NAVAL CADETS AT HOME A Pretty Picture From the Decks | of a Man-of-War. TUDY,L MUCH ritten for ‘The OF oUR Little other very on all bright shores Maryl For here ju of Chesa- peake bay, on the south bank of the riv the lit set- as the Ur ‘aval awa are laid mstrati » whole world on to the = rod 5 hou: count of its ne of general that south it is in June, for exhibition drills the the grounds of the 1 beauty of spring- on dress-parade as m the Water. rv stowly he landscape, the glass 1 the took on her p leck reveal « in line on shore of unifome rent peints under the tres, the decks of the old man-of- anela that lay moored to the harf. These milit and naval cade @ out of their quarters n in tank for some dri perfect hac ater, and just enough air to make the shade mest pic 4 apolis is from the water. 9 comes to this 1. ts to find it looking Ike the w Eng- differences. Quarters. adrangle formed by dormitories ation halls, but by coz h are o d by the offi- ordered to the academy of these than it would bulidings, is uch gay reets d by flower lies an away from th officers’ famil fail to be di for thi an has di paths are the trees lown to ry man in . and whenever he he must give and re- en ladies must be saluted milita om, and not s in the Instead hour are an- n through the hould belong to the sharp report After be- the set y expression of the faces that where. They are in accord t landscape, with its an- gular paths and precise looking shrub ean t stiff roses and prim lilacs smell ©f anything but gun powder? ‘The Cadet Drill. le one is hesitating to make the test, »s begin to blow the assembly call, |@nd shortly afterward the air is filled with the gay martial music of a military band, und one sees bright lines of soldiery and the g!cam of rifles glancing through the leaves, gs the cadets come marching down to the ude grounds by the th a. The perfection rhythm of their united all and movement stir the bystanders to an ex- clamation of delight. It hardly seems credible that these boys should have r than affectionate thoughts for the 4 mater which has brought them to the t of health and happiness that their eS Suggest, yet it is a fact that of them are glad to get away from ‘aval Academy, and to begin their he reason of this is that their life at the academy is a dedication to No dereliction in study or in duty is allowed to pass without Severe punishment. There is none of the onal ty that is allowed to boys in ian colleges, and the cadets’ hours, by t as well as day, are under perpetual ilk Then, too, the quantity of knowled crammed into them in a certain space of time is large, and their ap- Plication to it must never abate, for other- Wise they will lose the coveted prize of a commission to be an officer in the United States ‘The part that the boys play in the ial pleasures of the academy is ery small, for it is only on one or two days in the k that they are allowed even to make calls, and then only at certain hours ‘in the afternoon. The Officers at Annapolis. Of the officers sent to Annapolis as in- Hack of th f ihem is the old town with revolutionary | 3S PLEASURE ; Severn | un- | sunds | intendent of the demy is considered one of the most important and honorable in the gifts of the Navy Department. Most of the | office: ‘s stationed there are married men, d the two or three hundred people that ke up its society lead a life apart from | the r of the world in spirit as w ell as in ithe bedy. Ali of them are greatly inter- p cates in the navy, and this, | plies a horizon of their own. of nay : ym- of most people mmediate influence. old town at Annapolis does net affect the seclusive Hfe of those mic walls, for it is no to say of this old town that it is and never gets excited t nee of a nest of globe-trotters r its lee. Within the walls th ompanionship among the families, and every night dinner par are given. Of cou! there i rank and pre Naval formali nh a punetilious ob: lence in the officis It is not improbable party, when the c¢ back is carved i from quite so the the wife of a But beyond such trifles, old-fashioned courtes: toward them both is much s small community than in r world outside. The ladies fully near lieutenant appreci viency of their gal- lant protec in uniform, and there is no post more popular with the wives of naval offi than this one of Annapolis [It is poss: » that the famous market ;of Mary with its low prices and its ducks and terrapin and oysters, may have something to do with their partiality. EUGENIE’S CARRIAGES. They Will Be Broken Up After Their Use at the Moscow Fetes. of the London Times. » state carriages used by the French in the czar’s coronation have a cu- rious history. They were constructed for the prince imperial's baptism in 1856 and bere the imperial arms. They were the work of Ehrler, the court coach builder, and were very costly and imposing. They ad not been used a second time in 1S68, ey were sent back to Ehrler to be novated. © still at his factory Is70, war broke out, and re- he em S repeatedly hrier to destroy them, for she saw that she could not sell them, and she could y r the idea of their coming down to used by wedding parties in the Bois de Houlogne. But Ehrler evaded her request, telling her that they might eventually find @ worthy purchaser, and that meanwhile they were no incumbrance to him. hen parliament recently voted 1,000,000 francs for the republic to be properly rep resented at the Moscow coronation the on of carriages arose. Two very fine wer= found, with some difficulty, as two coachmen, one of whom had the service of ‘an American mil- The harness was speedily made, re only remained the carriages, but could ‘not be built in time. |The prince Imperial’s baptismal carriages were then remembered. There could be no Idea them—indeed, they were scarce- but the Empress er she would let them. refused to do this, but offered to lend them. The offer was accepted. They were repainted, the imperial arms being effaced by the embassador’s arms, and the one In- tended for Gen. de Boisdeffre having the body blue, the wheels red, and the padding white, and thus showing the tri-color. The press has declined an offer to restore them on their return to their former condi- ticn, and to avoid any mischance has given pesitive orders that they shall then be broken up ee THE PASSING OF A SUPERSTITION. Sailors Reconciled to the Presence of a Dead Body Aboard Ship. From the New York Tribu: One of the most popular superstitions of sailormen used to be against having a dead body aboard ship, but it no longer nolds goo?—on pessenger ships at least—for most of them are now provided with the means ng the body of a person who dies on tke voyage until port is reached. This is generally dere by incasing the body in an air-tight metallic ccffin, one or more being carried by every first-class passen- ger vessel, and there is seldom a murmur from “Jack.” Steam and other modern improvements heve worked as many changes in sailormen as they have in the sels they man, and In consequence the old-time salt, with his superstitions, his foibles and his notions, Is fast disappear- ing before the advance of his less romantic and no more efficient brother. “Going to sea ain't what it used to be,” #£n old sea captain, with a sigh, to the writer, to whom he had been bemoaning ecadence of sailing vessels, which he ned to the rapidly growing habit of uilding evormous steam freight carriers “The fine old ships, barks and other sail- ing craft are going, and In place of real sailormen you see a lot of ‘paint scrub- bers’ and ‘iron pounders’ that hardly knows how to splice a rope and hasn’t as much superstition as a goat! They don’t care much whether the cargo is dead bod- jes or pigiron.’ In the old days the presence of a corpse aboard was ccnsidered bound to bring storms ard other bad luck, and even now on sailing vessels an immediate burial over the side is the proper thing when a death occurs If the skipper cares to keep the forecastle in good humer. On_ the big steamships, carrying hundreds of passen- gers each trip, a death ts no uncommon thing, and if there are friends of the dead person aboard, they are likely to have the body brovght to port. It has become a common crstom, too, to ship the bodies of persons who have died abroad home by steamship, and on several occasions small mortuary chapels huve heen constructed aboard. Otherwise the coffins are carried as if they were an ordinary part of the ship's cargo. The skipper already quoted tcld of one of the many examples of tke sailor’s su- perstition on the subject that had come under his observation. A friend of his was a few years ago commarding a big clipper ship engaged in the South American trade. He was a kindly man, and sailors were al- ways glad to ship with him, not only be- cause of his not being a hard taskmaster, but also because his ship was known as “a good feeder,” which 1s the highest enco- mium “Jack” can pronounce upon skipper or vessel. On his last voyage the captain was bound from Callao for Antwerp with a cargo of fertilizer. He fell sick and died soon after passing the Horn. His body was prepared and boxed, and placed below in the depths of the cargo. The first mate, who succeeded to the command, was not the best of sailors or popular with the crew. Head winds and gales were encountered In rapid succession and the grumbling of the men soon broke out into almest open mutiny. It was the presence of that bedy in the hold of the ship that was causing all the trouble, and it must be got rid of. The men went aft and so informed the mate, and then with- out ceremcny heaved the body of their late captain over the side. Whether the weath- er improved then the skipper. couldn't say. But he wes certain of one thing, and that was that seamanship and superstition, which always go together, would be things of the past when the “paint scrubbers” and “iron pounders” have crowded the real sailormen off the seas. NOT MAN, NOT AP Prof. 0. C. Marsh’s Opinion of the Remains Found in Java. PLASTER’CASTS OF THE BONES HERE He Believes the Strange Creature Was the Missing Link. VIEWS OF NATURALISTS —__+—_—_—. ENSATIONAL tales of the discovery of the “missing link” —the creature which evolutionists fit the gap between man and ape, in the Darwinian chain have frequently come to us from untrust- worthy explor traveling in wilds of Asta and Africa. Such te: irony, unaccompanied by any documentary evidence, has always been taken with divers grains of salt by sclentists. The latest of these interesting stories, however, comes from no less a personage than one of America’s most distinguished naturalists —whose words are said to be always care- fully weighed before uttered. This naturalist is Prof. O. C. Marsh of New Haven. He recently brought to this city, for exhibition to fellow-naturalists, the plaster reproduction of a portion of the remains of the strange creature which be belie’ to have been the “missing link.” The remains were recently found by a Dutch army surgeon and _ paleontologist named Dr. Eugene Dubois. Dr. Dubois has been stationed in Java for several years, and some iime ago, while excavating for fossil vertebrates, he unearthed the portion of a skull, a whole thigh bone and two molar teeth of the animal in which Pro- fcssor Marsh is interested. During a recent trip to South Holland, in company with several noted European naturalists, Prof. Marsh met Dr. Dubois, and was per- mitted to thoroughly examine the remains ef the alleged “missing link. Subse- quently, on his return to this country, he received from the discoverer the plaster cast of the creature's skull. Between Man and igher Apes. As a result of Prof. Marsh's examination he believes that the bones are those of the same creature, not human, but intermediate between man and the higher apes. Dr. Dubois, he says, discovered the remains in the bank of the river Bengawan, near Trinil, in the central part of the island. The bones lay in a bed of lapiili rock from about thirtcen to fifteen yards below the surface of the vegetable soil of the bank and a slizht distance below the river level at dry season. Of the skull Prof. Marsh says the upper portion is alone preserved, the lower and more delicate - parts having probably crumbled away centuries ago. The two teeth are molars belonging to a fully grown but not very old animal. The thigh bone is from the left side. The professor says he was greatly surprised on seving the original specimens. They evidently much older than de he nad previously received from Dr. Dubois. All were of a dark color and thoroughly petri- fied. It had been difficult to remove the surrounding earth, which, during the ages since the creature died, had com- ned to solid rock. The brain cavity of the “missing link’s” skull, Prof. Marsh says, in proportion to the other remains, is absolutely larger and more capacious than that of the man-like ape. The skull capacity, at the same time, he estimates to be about two-thirds that of man. Externally, the skull appears much larger than t apes. The arching of the top of the head is much higher and more rounded than that of the latter animal. From a top view the cranium 1s an elongated oval in outline, and unlike that of the ape—nar- row in proportion to its length. This nar- rowness would distinguish the animal from the orang-outang, which ts decidedly broad- headed. The outside surface of the skull is smooth, like that of man, without the ridges of bone which hold ‘in place the strong muscles of the jaw, as always found upon the gorilla. The general form of the skull, however, the profesor says, resembles that of the little gibbon monkey. Upright Like Man. The left thigh bone is of the same size and shape as that of man, and 1s, there- fore, proof that the strarge creature walked in an upright position. No ape, no matter how manlike, was ever known to habitually waik upon two legs. Only a careful examination of this leg bone, the raturalist says, would distinguish it from that of man. Its owner and user was a fully adult individual. As to the two molar teeth, he says, they resemble those of man in that they are hollow at the crown, yet their roots diverge like those of the ape. The geological strata in which the bones were found Prof. Marsh believes to be the pliocene, the most recent of the divisions of the tertiary. Presuming that Prof. Marsh's theory 1s correct, many interesting deductions mig' be made concerning the “missing lin’ which has been christened by its discoverer the “Pithecanthropus erectus”—or, more literally, the erect monkey man. To be sure, he was a more imposing individual for evolutionists to claim as a direct an- cestor than are his own anc ors of the ape family. Although but one fossil skele- ton representing Lis kind is alleged to have been found, it weuld be unsafe to assume that he was the sole representative of his tribe. Perhaps Java at one time—ters of thousands of years ago—was inhabited by a great nation of Pithecanthropidae, yet to be unearthed in the rocks since formed by the dust of ages. As to the intellectuality of Pithecan- threpus, if his brain cavity were filled with the brain of man he would have been the most pitiable idiot ever known to science. Living as he did In tropical Java he in all probability never felt the need of clothing, nor did he understand the use of fire. His best weapons, doubtless, were stones, con- veniently shaped by nature, or ‘wood broken from trees. It was this use of crude weapons which, according to some evolutionists, proved ‘the primary cause of the development of man from the ape. Views of Dr. Gi Dr. Theo Gill of the Smithsonian says that man descended from a form much like the chimpanzee of the present day. He once learned to use sticks and clubs for warfare, and his descendants, inherit- ing ¢his accomplishment, developed shorter arms, which were more convenient for handling clubs and less convenient for climbing trees. Those wielding the clubs being the fittest survived and multiplied. Their arms finally became so short that they found it most convenient to walk erect. The canine tusks of the ancestral ape became diminished as his descendants ceased using them in warfare, and they Were reduced to a lev2i with the others. The jaws likewise became smaller, and the teeth crowded closer together, as sre man’s. Intelligence became greater in these progressive apes as they multiplied, and their brains grew larger and larecr as they responded to its demands, the skull expanding all the while. Through such a course of evolution, in Dr. Gili’s opinion, did the descendants of the ape pedals the threshold of man’s Eden, so to speal Interest in the missing link has not been revived in the sctentific mind by archaeo- logical discovery since 1857. In that year @ prehistoric skeleton was unearthed in the Neanderthal valley, Prussia. Up to this time the skull of Neanderthal man has been regarded as more apelike than any other skull classed as human. At the time of its discovery the missing link theory arose, but failed to receive the indorse- ment of ecientists of any great reputation. The Neanderthal rkull was more complete than that found by Dubois. The roof of the skull is much more shallow than any other form ever hitherto considered as a human cranium. The roof of the skull of Pithecan- thropus, however, is considerably more shallow, in the front and on top, though very slightly higher in the back. By mak- irg a composite diagram of the profile out- lines of the skulls of the lowest men and believe to have once ; the | at of any of the man-like | the highest apes, it 1s found that the curve of the upper head of Pithecanthropus lies within a distinct category between the two and entirely separate from either one. —3-— COACHING 0! NIAGARA. Account of a Trip as Viewed From the Top of°a Stage. Corr. of the Buffalo News. I was fortunate, during my recent visit to Buffalo, to be invited to take a trip on the road coach, Red'Jucket, running daily until August 1 between Buffalo and Niag- ara Falls, on the Canadian side of the river. So marvelous’ was the whole enter- tainment that I felt the world outside of Buffalo should know of this rare opportu- nity. We left the Genesee Hotel at prompt 9:45 on the beautiful coach with which Brew- ster took the first prize at the Columbian exposition, and which ran later as the Vivid between New York and Philadelphia. The guard, a typical Englishman, blew the first tones of “If you want to know the time ask a policeman,” and we started down Genesee street. The ferry crosses to Fort Erle, just be- low the site of the old fort, which played so conspicuous a part in the war of 181 and a deautiful.view of the green, rushing river is obtained, from the point where it receives all the waters of the great lake: | and itself becomes a river, down past the city, along the grassy slopes of the Ame | ican and Canadian shores, under the great national bridge which spans its broad to where Grand Island divides its sand lies an emerald on its bosom. landing made, we sped away. Clo to the riv ige the road took us, and, th the enterprise and go of the Amer- ans left behind, we found ourselves in the quict, sleepy dullnes: country “Annie Laurie” notified the first relay, long in advance of our approach, so that not more than two minutes were consumetl in taking out our four horses and putting in the four fresh ones, Our second relay a us at Black Creek, near the spot where venty yea ago, the one relay was made for the ov land route from Lake Ontario to Lake E: The old lady stands at the gate today to see the coach go by, reminiscing over the of the Canadian days when a child of five years she watched the overland stage. Across the river lay Grand Island, lined with its charming summer residences and pleasu resorts, its slopes green to the water edge, and its trees towering in places In Still below came into view o played a part in nin the patriots’ river, we drove along Chippawa creek, passing many fine residences, the relics of former grandeur, and so into the village of Chippawa, where ur third relay awaited us. Leaving Chippawa, we bowled along the main road, always with the shadow of Gen. Scott and the patriots’ war upon us, till we approached the vicinity of the Convent of the Loretto, when, lo! such a view as one may not find in all the world besides! The broad river in its full magnificence lay be- fore us, the quiet waters rushing into the and whirling, irling and leaping into the air as foun- tains, or dashing in miniature cascades over the hidden rock, till engulfed In the lower shore and American falls, they were lost in the gulf below, whose depth we could not pierce. I tried to look credulous when the story was told that at this very point, some fifty years ago, a young girl had walked out with her cousin on almost dry rocks. My expression must have betrayed ¥ thoughts, for the story-teller, a Buffalonian well up on local “histo ided that the young girl, then Miss Cornelia Ensign, now lives in Buffalo, and if I didn’t believe the story he'd take me to see its heroine when we returned. With such proof p had to believe, tho in front of me roared a contradiction. The story-teller added that a strong wind up the river and an ice blockade near Buffalo had made M walk possible. He also added that Miss Ensign and her escort had to scurry back for their lives, as the waters already began to resume their flow, and that in some places the young woma had to jump streams, which, if not spurred by desperation, she would have judged im- possible to get across. To one who had never seen the falls be- fore, no finer first view could possibly be given; it is stmply beyond the imagination to picture, nor could I think the drive held anything more for us; and yet, as we drov on, and turned sharply under the Michi Vigan Central railroad track and descended the gully leading to Dufferin Park,there was framed in, seemingly for our special be efit, such a pleture of Goat Island and the fall over the Cave of the Winds, that I felt no one had seen the falls who had not enjoyed just that view. But the coach does not siop for views, and on we went, tili there seemed no way out except over the prectpice, when a sudden turn to the left ght us into the Park road and in full of the falls, the gorge, the thread that spanned that gorge, which we were told we Were to cross. The horses seemed to enjoy their road as we enjoyed our views, and in less time than It takes to tell we had passed the Clifton House and were on the Suspension bridge. The ordinary carriage is protected by a ballustrade «on this bridge, but one seated on the top of this extraordinary coach is above and beyond all consciousness but that of being in mid-air, with such a view above and below as in all the wide world may not be duplicated. * I must confess that I was thrilled with something besides admiration for the sublime view all about me, and I sympa- thized with the timid man, who asked the guard If the coach might not be stopped for a moment while he jumped down. He was persuaded to stay where he was, how- ever, and tried to appear jocular. He breathed a long sigh when we reached the American bank, and as the guard tooted joyously, ‘Comin’ Thro’ the Rye” the timid man exclaimed hat’s the way I feel, only blow louder, can’t you, Lamb?” Our course lay through Prospect Park, which overlooks the American falls. Be- fore this became state property it was owned by the Porter family. As the same family owned Goat Island, a young wo- man member of it, while visiting in Eng- land, was able to answer a native who asked her if she had ever seen Niagara Falls: “Have I seen Niagara Falls? Why, 1 own them.” Arrived at the Cataract House, our two hours and a half went quickly enough, and promptly at 3:30 we started homeward. The only variation in the return route is the trip through the Dufferin Islands. ———_+ e+ —_____ Woman's Position in Pagan Times. Prof. Boyesen in the Forum. I had heard so many times, both in and out of the pulpit, that woman owed to Christianity her social elevation and the amelioration of her lot, that I had come to accept it as a truism. At all events, {t had never occurred to me to question the pos- tulate until, one day, I read in the “Ger- mania” of Tacitus that among the ancient ‘Teutons a kind of sanctity seemed to per- tain to women. Truly remarkable, consid- ering the time when it was written, 1s the statement that the German women were not permitted to regard themselves as standing outside the world belonging to the men, nor were they unconcerned in their warlike pursuits. If the above statement of Tacitus is to be trusted, I am inclined to believe that the Germans, amid all the rudeness of 4 pastoral and militant life, possessed elements of a higher civilization than the fastidious and over-refined Ro- mans. The chief evidence of this supe- riority is, I think, to be found in thelr at- titude toward women. Among the ancient Germans, apparently, men conceded all that women demanded. There is to me something very noble in the comradeship of husband and wife which appears to have existed among these rude and hardy war- riors—a comradeship half resembling that of boy and girl before the consciousness of sex has markedly differentiated them. Not even from the tribal council were women excluded. Tacitus expressly states that they were attentively listened to, and that their advice was never left unheeded. eee No Fenr of Extinction. From the New York Herald. Millie—“It looks as though the bicycle would drive the horse out of existence.” Leavitt—‘Not a bit of it. The more bi- cycles there are the more they will need horses. Millie—“What for?” Leavitt—‘Ambulances.” ae Didn’t Starve. From the Chicago Daily News. “Well, Minnie, did you take good care of the animals during my absence?” “Yes, my lady, excepting the cat, which I forgot to feed. “I hope that didn’t hurt her?” “Oh, no, not at all—she hel the parrot and the canary bi the Turning from mad. frenzy of the rapid s herself to SEES EE SES LEGELESE Dry air has entirely super- seded the old-fashioned way of cleaning carpets. It en- tirely removes ALL dust and grit, with the additional ad- vantage that it does not tear or otherwise injure the fabric. 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This is quite evident where horse | must always be going cars are employed n extra or hill | tion. horse is ne erthel if not | apparent, the effect remains the s. ‘ee > Siren motors of larger sizes have to be installed | Prem the Hartford ‘Times cars ror this y on. For in- | Austin Corbin, wh have to be adopt he tim st other auxiliary power is employe: th grades. Below follows a description of y leads from t three typical in whieh particularly | being driv to heavy ascended. These are at | horses st rowing the 0 Mount Lowe, near Pasadena, Cal., in San | the carriage against a stone wall accident at Newport, ven spe ar on a 6 pe were schoolboys born in until they on, ins ted an i w of the As h ger expenditure of power to supply this power en line: grades, motors of greater c and consequently ve to be operated a greater part at light and hence inefficient Ss greater than 10 per cent ny ch large motors that where it is possible f the le Thursday's There is not the slightest arpets by Our »m top and we insure all single track, that is a grade of six feet r Connecticut stock, his father having 1 Ww feet of about seven | born at Richardson adway cupants ¢ SSA: Sarg SHS * v i) “a nA carpets for owners’ benefit. uv Carpets stored for the sum- *v* mer in fireproof and moth- +J: proof compartment. z We make exquisite Persian .-., and Turkish Rugs from old pieces of carpets, $1 a yard. g We have no solicitors. *\* Send orders here—by mail *\4 or telephone 425. “a al for the while road. Mr. « Francisco, on Fillmore street, and on Rain- | bin and his coachman were killed, When avenue, in Seattle, Wash. In the mat-| Austin Corbin was a boy of sixteen he ter of ascending long, heavy grades prob- | TR away with by a horse dewn t ably cable power ts more convenient and | ¢riveway and thrown against the efficient than electric power. wall. One leg was fractured in two places, At Mount Lowe two rs are perma- | and his heal and body were badly by nently attached at opposite ends of a cable | He was attended by Dr. John L. that passes around a winding drum in the | With whom Dr. Ri ‘hardson afterw power house at the top of the grade. The | tudied, and who is still in prac force of gravity on the descending car | Port, at the age of ej, aids the ascending car in its ascent. The | bin was thought to track construction is composed of three | Covered after being di rails, with a turnout at the center of the oe route, where the cars pass each other. The Walling Ger m Mekrne system is controlled entirely from the | yoo. vanity pewer house above. A positive difference sed in motor, actuating the winder, and a nega- live difference is offset by a brake on this wi ce « th ral as ciy feren cal loads is made up by a stationary electric until other evening.” tygirl again she said t am not going to call on she retracts what ST is Ce en BE ET Starry What a she ene mn “Filmore street, in San Francisco, | Cholly—vShe told me that I needn't cal) ere is a practical double track street ; 8!¥Y more. firoad proposition. The descending car peo sists the ascending car on the same prin- ple as at Mount Lowe. 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