THE GLEANER
. IA HAM N. C. Jv»ue 11.
E. 8./PARKER, Editor.
! CANVAMMINO.
r A correspondent of the GrecnsborS
fat lot suggests that inasmuch as
fliPre will be no appointments by the
KihorifT to collect taxoß immediately be
fore the August election this yoar, and
inasmuch nsjhe says thero are no issues
to discuss ntld the people desire rest and
iftp6s« from political excitement, that
there be no icnn vnss of that county by
the candidates this year It seems to
us the suggestion is not a good one. It
M'oftld not do for our county we feel
quite certain, that is for the Democratic
party «t least. For the sandidates to go
uround, end- at least announce them,
pelves, and let tho people see them is an
established custom that we do hot think
tlifre is at) inclination to dispense with,
nor do wo think it should be dispensed
with. Those who arc up for reelection
can discharge the duty of an
account of their stewardship, aud can
also take the occasion to make new
promises for the future. The people too
may wish to hear candidates define their
positions upon questions of legislation
that mat bo regarded necessary or likoly
to come up to be passed upon.
Whetjior the present unjust and inef
ficient Bystom of working the public
roads is to bo kept up is interesting to
road hands at least, if it is considered
worth while to heed their desires; and
the public at large should feel quite an
interest in this matter.
There are various questions that we
think might profitably bo discussed be
fore the people. s Aside from all special
matters political canvasses should be the
means of imparting information to the
people, concerning their government and
its administration.
An, election without a canvay would
}oße much of its interest, and give op*
portunity to the unscrupulous to take
unfair advantage by tbe # circulation of
false information. There is enough of
that done under any circumstances, with
out increasing the opportunity for it.
Ho wo say lot the old custom af candi
dates meeting the people at stated times
ftbd places be kept up. '
WAiniIYOTOIT I.IiTTEB,
rf
6? Washinqtox D. C., >
Juno 5, 1878. \
The agreement to adjourn on tho 17th
last, did not induce House or Senate to
hurry in the consideration of public bu-
were dull as a couu
summer day. The
Pee" was not in session,
on the appro-
no reports, and. in
tllO adopfcion Bv til© SenAftp nf nn nmni 1
mdies are given to two line of
to Brazil
to Dra-
PlSpsSrthe franking
privilege. Effer since the venerable Sen*
"tomato to Maine he has betrayed
IF* wR? 11 ' political condition
of his section of the State that is unusu
al with him. This attempted revival of
framing privilege is simply an indi
cation that lie and other .Republicans see
the need of sending to the people the old
fashioned piles of speeches and docu
ments. The Republicans voted for the
restoration, and the Democrats against
it.
The testimony of Anderson beforo the
Potter Committee will be resumed to*
day. Anderson will be cross-examined
by Uenl. Butler, nnd tbo latter was clos
eted with Secretary Sherrpan yesterday
for n couple of hours. Anderson has
heretofore made statements not exactly
consistent with some he made while tes
tifying on Saturday. His present State
ment, however, has the substantial back
ing of documentary evidence, was made
with every appearance of truth, and cre
ated a decided sensation. He seems to
• have established the fact that Sherman
and Stanley Matthews knew of his
' tention to commit fraud in preparing
papen. to secure the throwing out of tiie
vote of »parish which had goue Demo
cratic, and that they promised him pro
tection and pay. This is a plain state.
inentt»f the facts, Unless his tertimoßy
ia impeagjied or tho alleged letters of
Bherman and Mattliews proven forgeries,
it is difficult to see how either of these
uleii can remain in public life.
It is also noticeable that Sherman swore
when before the Committee, that wheu
nt New Orleans lie wrote many Jotters'
intended to influence the action of
)j»ui*t4iM offi:iali>||klhouirh when thsre
hp, GurtfcM, Halo and others decHnei
lo unite wTlh visiting Democrats in ft
Biild, it
would be manifestly improper for tliein
to aticmptto influence nfburs. Altogethor
Secretary Shopman and Senator Mat
thews arc in a bad fix. The first day of
the invrtstijjalion' settled that. Tho view
Mr. Kayos takes of it is shown by bis
having telegraphed to Evamwille, Indiana
to wbieh place he bad promised to be to
day, that ho would remain hero "owing
to complications." It is said that if Senator
Matthews appears before tins committee
audit is not seen h>w lie can avoid it,
an"SßEorTwill be TnadeTCr pi'OVST~Uy" ivmt
the "guilty knowledge"' of Mr. Hayes.
Two noted hotels close this week—
tho Metropolitan and Willards. The
former is the oldest in'the city was well
known in earlier days of the Republic as
the "Indian Queen Tavern."
It is said that recent events have re«
vived bad l'eeiing between Senator
(jlordon and Senator Conkliug. The
trouble between them was supposed to
have been settled, the absurd document
signed by Senatty Hamlin and others
being taken by the public as evidence of
the fact. I Suppose no other Senator
ever lost prestige and strength in one
session as Conkliug has in this. Cer
tainly none ever gained more of them
than Senator Gordon has done. In the
original quarrel tho fault was Conkling's
and the forbearance was Gordon's and
all tbo Senators so understood. •
SOLON, j
MEXICO.—TUe adherents of Ldrdo are
,v - x
stiring up resistance to the Diaz govern
ment, in the land so productive of revo*
lutions and disturbances. What strength
this movement may develop it is impos
sible to tell. The insurgents are mns»'
tering their forces and the government
is taking steps to pul them down.
Whether Diaz will be driven from the
, presidency, an event not out of keep
ing with the history of this turbuleut
country, remains to be seen. Our gov
-1 eminent lias bat recently recognized the
1 Diaz government of Mexico. Affairs
in Mexico just now gains some interest
from the prediction of Stevens and Key
that we are to have experiences of the
same kind.
Hlnle Convention • ffae Yonng men's
Christian
OFFICE OF THE BATE EX. COM. )
OF YOUNG MEN'S OIJ'B AasS., £
CHARLOTTE, N. C,, May 9, 1878.
At the first annual convention of*the
Young Men's Christian Association of
the State of North Carolina, held in the
ci£y of Charlotte in April of last year
the undersigned were appointed mem
bers of an executive committee to overs
look association work throughout the
State to foster and encourage existing
associations, and to effect organizations
in new localities whenever practicable.
Our efforts have met with some degree
of success and while wo do not claim
all the growth aud development of the
work as the direct result of our labors
we aro nevertheless greatly cheered by
the fact .that the number of associations
in the State has more than doubled dur
ing tho past year. We deem it, there
| fore, our duty and privilege to call the
sesond annual convention of the Y. M.
C.A. of the State of Horth Carolina,
and have appointed Friday, Juno 14th,
as the time, and Greensboro as the place
tor holding the said convention. The
business session will continue during
Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday,
following devotional exercises will be
held under the auspices of the conven
tion. Our brethreu of the Greensboro
association have given us a cordial in
vitation to assemble there and assure
us that w# will receive a hearty wolcome
VVe nro anxious to have every assoclas
lion in the State represented by one or
moro members. There are also man>
localitios in whieh no formal organiza
tions have been effected, where the
young men if properly stimulated and
instructed would unite in association
work. We would gladly meet in com
vent ion representative men from all such
communities, feeling assured that many
ofihein would be enabled, on their
return home, to organize an association
The committee request that the names of
all delegates who expect to attond the
couvemion be promptly forwaidcd loT.
M. Pittinan, secretary, Charlotte, N. C.,
in order that arrangement may be made
for their lultrjajnmeut. Application
IIHK been made to the various railroad
officials in the State for a reduction
of fare to delegates attending the com
vention and we presume .tho usual
courtesies will be extended. A pro
gramme of the order of exercises to he
observed during the convention will be
issned in the form of a circular, and
parties desiring information as to tho
railroad or any ofber 6nbject, will please
address the Becrota-y at Charlotte, N. C.
1 U Foust, Chaiimau.
TJI Pittmaf, Secretary.
Tho New Garden Agricultural Society
in Guilford county will hold a Fruit
fair, at their fair grounds on Thursday
the Bth of August. Entries will be free
an J premiums for the best of the follow*
ing artiples will be offered: Peaches,
Apples, Pears, Plumbs, Nectarines
Grapes, Watermelons, Muskmelona and
Tomatoes. So says the Patriot.
' Destructive fire in Rock Hill S. C. a
thriving town, in York" county S. .C.
about half destroyed. Jk>ss roportcd
about $100,000; insurance about $60,-
000.
Dr. T. A. Weatherly, a well known
citizen of Guilford county is dead.
TUB KOUOTAI. SCHOOr,
The following rates over the trans
portation lines have been' obtained for
'the ben>:T2~ JKCteacher*.
Normal School, at Chapql Hill,-on ih»
18111. Tickets to be Hold at alt stations
on the various lines, at any time from
the 12th of June to the. elose of the
Bcliooi. "t: "
(>n the Western North Carolina Road,
free; but parties asking for passage must
produce a certificate from the Bnperior
UtHirt Clerk, Kegister of deeds, or mem
ber of Legislature, that they are going
to at tend the school".
On thi A. it N. C. Road, half the ua-
rates, or one faro for going and com-
Tng,~l6"be paid when ticket i» obtained,
>uul returned free on certificate of Presi
dent Battle, or Secretary of the Faculty,
that they have attended school.
Same rates over the Raleigh & Gaston
Augusta Air Line, Roanoke and Sea
board Roads, and their connecting lines
of Steamers, and same condition.'
Over the N. C. Road, and its Salem
and Danville connections, three cents,
pjr mile each way, to be paid for in one
ticket, and returned free on certificate
of President Battle, or Secretary.
Over Western Railroad, half usual
fare, on same terms and conditions.
Charlotte and Atlanta Air Line, Char
lotte & Statesville, and Carolina Central
not yet arranged with, but will be soon,
and terms announced.
State Press please copy.
BDISON-S LATEST INVIiIVTIOI*.
Jamas Bedpath, general manager of
the Etdison speaking phonograph exhibi
tions, states that Mr. Edison has just
completed and tested an invention for
measuring heat—an instrument so sen
..siting that the heat of rays front, the most
distant stats can be accurately ascertain
ed by it. He estimates that it would
rflqtfirt a Fahrenheit thermometer fifteen
mit6S to record the same range
of degrees of heat. He lias been engage
ed on this instrument for a long time,
and regards it as his most difficult
I achievement.
ATLANTA, GA., June 4.-—A special to
the Constitution states that a man
I named Caldwell, near Americus, yes
terday, killed bis wife, throe children
and his wife's sister with a smoothing
iron. Two older children were at
' flehobi";'Jmd one in the field, and onr
little one ran under the house and es
caped. The murderer jumped into a
well, but failing to materially injure
himself crawled ou>t and got on top of the
dwelling house and jumped off; he was
picked up inensible by two negroes,
who were attracted by his cries and
gesticulation while on the house. lie
recovered in a short white and sent the
negroes off for some neighbors, and then
Went to "the gin house and dinted to the
loftiest point and threw himself head
long to the ground and expired almost
instantly.
Henry Carrawan was stabbed fn
Washington in this State some weeks
ago by John Matthews of New Borne,
and has since died. The stabbing is
said to have been in self defence. Car
rawan was a nephew of Geo. W. Cars
rawao, who some years ago. wa% con
victed of the murder of a school teacher
named Lassiter and in the bar immediate
ly tfter the verdict of guilty shot E. J.
Warren, one of the prosecuting attor
neys and then blew bis own brains out
before the Sheriff could prevent.
. CINCINNATI, 0., June 4.—Yesterday
about 500 miners from different mines
near Charleston, W. Va., captured the
steamer Modoc, and went to Blacksburg
to make mines there stop work. They
threatened to kill or drown every one
opposing thera. They succeeded in stop
ping the Blacksburg mines, after which
they took possession of a train on the
Cliesapeake kOhio Railroad and return
ed, making the train stop when and
where they pleased and refusing to pay
fare.
[ The Chief Clerk of the Senate, Mr.
W, J. McDonald, has been ill for some
time. On Saturday his physician told
bis son, a clerk io the Senate, that his
father could not live, and that he had
betiei break the sad intelligence to his
mother, also weakened by sickness. He
did so on 3unday morning, and so over
whelmed was she that she died instantly
in a paroxysm of grief. Mr. McDonald has
been in the service of the Senate since
1829, and succeeded his father, who for
years had been JClerk. — lh* Ohttrver.
We learn (hat Dr. Fulford hois sent
after a black snake,"the most formidable
foe of the King snake and that as soon
RS it arrives a snake fight between the
two reptileßand Mr. James G. Hargett's
rat catcher will come off. The king
snake is considered a great fighter never
known to have been vanquished in a
pitched-battle, and there can only be one
result to the contest.— New Berne Nut
Shell.
CAPITAL Fcinsmnarr.—'The following
States have abolished capital punishment
ana punish murder in the first degree by
imprisonment for lite; Wisconsin, Michs
igan, lowa. Minnesota. In the latter
Stale, however,, the dortih penalty may
still be inflicted it the jnt-y so deterniinc.
In Mainc.the death sentence cannot be
executed under six months from the day
of sentence, and the time m*y be extend
ed to one year. In Illinois tho punish
ment maybe either death, imprisonment
for life, or for a term not 1 ess than 14
years according a? the jury shall deter*
mine.—'./'Ac OOterver.
The House has paused a bill authorize
ing a term of the Unitod States District
Court at Charlotte.
KAISKK W11.1.1A.U IVOVNnKD
Bkiimn, June 2.—While tho Emperor
ifM faking rt drive, at o'cltNek Ibis
nVtcrnooii some shots, apparent hrfrom n
irht/.wo U»Se «
were fired at liiia. The Emperor wiw
wounded iy ont> arm nod on the cheek
by buck sliot and small shot. The
Would-be assasin ia a Dr. Nobeliwg, oo
TTflytngTnsmrirentg at No.lß Unter den
Linden. When his door was forced open
hi fired upon and wounded the hotel
keeper and tried to oommitt suicide, but
was secured. The Emperors personal
attendant jumped into the carriage and
supported the Emperor until the car
nage reached the palace. The Emperor
was conveyed to bed and several grains
of shot extracted, causing great loss et
blood. The Emperor suffered great
pain, but never lost ConscionsncsS ftp to
the latest moment, At 7 o'clock t his
evening no serious apprehensions wero
felt as to hiscoudition.— Hew Tort Sun*
The Beaufort Atlantic tells of a narrow
escape Mr. John Davis had. He Was
ploughing when a rattlesnake struck at
him just as he imnped. The fangs ol his
snakeßhip wero fastened in his pants
whilst the body was coiled around bis
legs, until he was killed by Mr. Davis'
companion. The snake was five feet in
length and had about a dozeu rattles and
a butttn. • ~~
On the 29th of July next will ocenr an
astronomical event' of great interest—a
total%cßp.se of the sun—which Will be
partially vissible generally throughout
the United States. The eclipse will be
visible from 4to 6 o'clock in the afters
noon.
The gallows npon which Noah Cherry,
Robert Thompson and Harris Atkinson
will expiate the crime of the Worley
murder will be completed within tho iail
yard in a few days. There will bo but
one trap and three will pass into enterro
ty at the same time.— Qoldtbcfro Me*un->
tfW' > • I » •- '
The Conference of the M. E. Church
South, at Atlanta, has determined to
meet pn the first Wednesday in May,
1882, at Nashville, Tennessee* The
adopted various reports on
miuor changes in discipline, and then
adjourned eine die.
An insect has made its appearance in
Warrenton, which is pronounced by an
emroeii't entomologist to be the veritable
Colorado Beetle. XI feed's on potato
vines and they have been badly eaten
by it. The theory is that it was intro>
bucsd by seed peiatoet, L
James Foster, a very had man and a
; terror to the people of Sandy Creek
neighborhood in Bandolph county ha's
been arrested and lodged in Aaheboro
jail.
Butherford county Democratic con
vention declared for Vance for the Sen*
ate. Smith for Chief Justioe and
Schonck for Associate Justice.
FUIIIYUII
W. R. J Forbis $ Bro %
GREENSBORO, N. C.
4«o«o»»-
braneh house,
J. R. Pugh. &co
GRAHAM, N. C.
keep on hand an kinds of furniture, from
the cheapest to tho very best.
Nothing in the furniture line that they
do not keep.
J. R. Pugh &co,
IN GRAHAM,
keep on hand quite an assortment of such
furniture as their trade mostly demands,
and they also will on, application order at
once, anything wanted, without cost to the
customer, who can select from a book of
cuts, showing the different styles
8 mo. Mar. 5.1878.
MAKX TOM
Wife Happy.
—.OOOO0 —
I will help you to do this. Call and see
me at
Hunterß Old Store
1 have the WILSON SEWING MACHINE,
with all the attachments. The BICKFORD
KNITTING MACHINE and the
Bobbins littfe washer.
If these three articles don't make a house
hold happy then the hußband must v l>e bad,
or the wife ill tempered. I will sell the
above "articles- cheaper than they can be
bought elsewhere. All you have to do to to
get a little cloth and thread, my machines
will do the making, knitting and washing,
so you may keep yourself well clad and
clean.
Feb* 12.1578 R. S. HUNTER,
mo. Orabam, N. C.
NEW ARRIVAL
AT *
P. R, Harden's,
•C^go-o(^>.
Who keeps constantly ®n band a full
line of DKT Goons, GBOCZIUXS and GEN
ERAL MKUCHANDWW ttt
Bottom Prices.
«
Aliens Prints at cents,
A full line of Muslins and Jackonets.
New crop Cut>a Molaseos.
Bacon C. R. Sides at 8 Cents per side.
Garden and Flower Seeds at 5 cents a paper.
Call and examine our stock before pur*
chasing. - ,
BT Speoial attention given to the sale of
Flour. . „
The higbest market price paid for ftll
kinds of Country Produce
fiSMIMBIfi
' » ■ A'- S .
The Dead
I deal in American and Italian
Barlle Beiu«&ti
and Headstones
l£would inform the public that I am pre
pared to do work aa
Cheap as any yard in
the State,
ANT) GUAKANTEE PFRKECT
fi^SATISF^pOF,
Parties living at a distance wiß aavo money
by scLdlng to »• tor S'RICK LIBT and
DKA WINGS. To persons making up a
club of six or mure, 1 offer the
Most liberal induce
ments,
and on application will forward designs,
&c,, or visit them in pei son
Any kind of marketable produce
taken in exchange for work.
8. 0. ROBERTSON,
GREENSBORO, N. C.
bO OT SJI^
—=^-COLD-s^
WATCH-CASES
Are made of two piste* of Solid Gold overlaying
a plate of composition metal In tuch a manner as
to present only a void surface. While eortlng but
half the money, they are M ihowr and elegant aa
the solid gold, and are WAkEAMTBDBY
SPECIAL CEBTmOATB TO WEAK TWEN
TY YEABS,
If you have not seen these watches, ask your
Irwelor for them. If he dees not keep them, tall
ntm he Is behind the age, and to send for an Illus
trated Catalogue.
HABSTOZfc THORPE,
Sixth and Chestnut St*., PHILADBUHIA, PA.
J9-Sold only through Regular Dealers.-B*
H»IDR. Bimrs
ITHnnl No. ISff. Klghth Bt,
Ulul St. Louis, Mo.
Who ha* had *tMlat experience ,ln th. treatment of the
eexnal tnmbla* of both mala and ton ale than an/ phyaidao
to tha Weet, riree th* reenlte ef hli long and •ucceufol
pcactiee In hi* tireaaw vacto, juat pnbllihert, entitled
The PHYSIOLOGY OP MARRIAGE
The PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVISER.
Booke that an really OaMeeaa* SetMartrneten hi aU mat
ter! pertaining to Maahee* and Waaaakaa*. and "upplj
TTiey ere heaeUfaily Ittaatrate*. and In plate
language, eaaily onderetood. The two book? embrace MS
and contain rateable Infcnaetlea for both married and
hi Dr. Batta* new wort I u in no war of quretioneble duu
jpsruuE niaST-to ctj.
wiJm wanted. Boio|fl^DJaitrllWiu.^^
*
Tobacco Fertilizer,
If tobacco growers wish to raise fine yellow
tobacco and get tlie very highest prices for it
buy Oilliftin Anchor Braud to be had at reduced
price ot
S. A. WHITE
Mebanerille, K. C.
CANCER,
* IMFOfiTAHTiifSCOVfat#/
Cancers can be treated wHh sflccesa. *flie
mystery tiiat has hitherto surrounded this
painful malady l» beiflg dispelled. W«
find that lie growth is governed cut~
game laws, wh'-cb regulate evary growth in
1 the body; aod, instead of- searching in the
blood for som« snbtie poison, giving rise
to local manifestation of the disease, wf*
most look lor its origin in some local irri •
uation. by which the nutrition pf the parte*
is perverted. ,
F consider CANOES as not constitutional 1
in its origin, but when the .system baa be
come full of cancerous matter, as it will in,':
time, it is evident that some constitutional'
treatment is required. The argument that
cancer ia a constitutional disease, and thero'
is no use in treating it locally belongs to*
the light of other Mays. The moat able mi-'
eroscopists have failed in every instance fc'
detect cancer in the circulation before soft
ening.
After years of study ana experiment, I
have produced « purely
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
»Mek- lias bees Jested for lliree ytttti
without th« loss of SI single patient, or any
symptom of a retOTlfof. the disease. I kno«r
efial with this compound any e«M«r can bs
removed, if Its treatment is ia#eflige»tijr
undertaken before it has been permitteil to
extend its ravages from its specific, location
and poison the fountain of life.
Tbe time allowed to pass, by people suf
fering with eancer, before treatment, is ,
one cause of the fatality of the disease.
Only a few days are required for 48s n
nvoyal ol an ordinary cancer, worse own
from two to three weeks. The eairoerous
growth is thoroughly eatered Into, and
every root, fibre, and tW atorbld structure
surrounding tbem destroyed, and removed
with little or no pasav leaving a simple sore
surrounded bj ltedthy ge«b, which readilj
heals.
It iecoaapssrftively painless, quick is it a,
BctiwKMnA perfectly safe, there boiug no,
danger of hemorrhage ia any east. , v
eharge made until treatment is BUC\
eessful.
Address. W S.WALXEB, M. T>.
j- Cedar Grove
Orange county Is. Oi.
J&T"The following patents andi whys*
oiana are referred to:
Rev, E. Tinnin, Cedar Grove, 0 ra8 2%
county N. C.
Baml. Foray tfe,Knapp ol Re»da, 6j*nvW»
.Co. n. c. , v '7*wnF
"Win. Kinp, Blew Wing, Person Co. N. C»
G. G. Tally, Hyoo, HaW Co. Va.
P. Watkiu». Terblnvillc, Halifax
Wm. Farabow, Tally Ho, G ran v ills C\
N. C„
John. Nance, Knapp of Beeda, Gran villa
Co. N. C.
Lemuel Klapn, Brown Smrmit, Guilford
Co. N. a
Dr. E. M. Holt, Flat River, Orange Co.
N. 0.
Dr. Baynea, Proapect Hill, Gaswoli Cc*
N. C.
Many others might be given
MANTUA BAKEK
, Mrs. R. W. Hamlet, offers hor services to
the citizen* of Alamance as a
OBESSDIAKEB AND SBAIIITIBII
She will be thankful for any work in her
line, and is prepared" to make up in the
latest styles.
Sue is the authorized agent for
/ SMITE'S%APER PATTERNS,
And is prepared to take measures, and order
patterns to fit her customers, including all
[ atyles of all clothing for ladies and children.
| April 23. lm.
TH.BRIGGS&SONS,
BRIGGS' BUILDING
RALEI€H,N.G.
13 ALh. R s—> IN
■M nU fCf.^r
WAGON DRUGGY-•
MATERIAL.^
PAI NTS, : 0 j I .S, G_ ASS,
B E LT I IS (3,
FARMERS SUPPLIES
X CEMENT
BFST nOODS.
LOWEST PRICES.
SQUARE DEALING.
WftffE fOR PRICES.
Q.UAHAM HIGH SCHOOL.
GRAHAM, N, 0.
REV. D. A. LONG. A. M.
REV. W. W. STALEY, A. M«
JRB V. W. 8. LONG, A. M. *
MISS JINNIE ALBRIGHT.
Opens August 27th, aad closes the last Fii
day la May, 1878.
Board 48 to #lO. and Tuition 98 to #4 60
month
J. T. MOORE A, A. THOMPSON
Moore & Tompson
Commission Merchants
BALEIGO, K, C.
>. . - ' " • ————
Special attention paid to the sale of
cotton,
CORN.
CKAIIY,
■» a v
BUTTER, 1
BflflS,
F#WM &C.
CONSIGNMENTS * SOLICITED, HIGHEST
PRICES OBTAINED. * -
liefer to
\ Citizens National Bank, Raleigh, N. C.
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