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A BALLOONS A.WFUL DROP PERIL OF PASSENGERS IN KING’S “GREAT NORTHWEST.” A Sudden Fall from an Altitude of 5,000 Feet to 50 Banged Against the Ground, in the Car Again and i Again—Fruitless Beseeching of Spec tators to Seize the Hope—A Very Narrow Escape. From the .Veto York World. The voyage of Prof. Samuel A. King’s balloon, “Great Northwest,’’ from Memorial Hall, Fnitwouut Park, Philadelphia, Satur day afternoon, will go on record as remark able for many reasons. Conspicuous among its extraordinary characteristics was the ascension of a party of seven people to an altitude of 6,500 feet, and a safe landing in the face of seemingly inevitable disaster. At 4:38 o’clock the party to make the as eension were in the car, the cable was slipped, and the “Great Northwest” shot straight up into the air. This was Prof. JCing’s party; Prof. Henry A. Hazen, of the United States signal service; Roscoe M. King, the aeronaut’s son; Claude G. Whet stone, of the Philadelphia Timex; George W. Symonds, of the Philadelphia Press; Ernest A. King, and a reporter. It was Prof. King’s 287th ascension, his son’s second, Mr. Whetstone’s first, Mr. Symond’s sixth, and Mr. Ernest A. King’s seventh. The ascent was made in an almost direct line to about 1,500 feet, where the air-ship bung over the heads of the crowd. It was a curious sight to look from such a height on the faces of so many people, who shouted and waved a farewell with handkerchiefs, hats and umbrellas. There were 500 pounds of ballast sand in bags in the car, and all hands set to work to trim ship and stow cargo for the voyage. Each man had bought a very substantial luncheon, and these bundles were placed where they would be safe. Tho ballast was shifted and every thing made snug. The car was large, built in such a way that a wicker-work seat ran entirely around it. Prof. Hazen de pisited his instruments about him and worked his sling pyschrometer indefatiga ble There was no breeze, and tho balloon hung over Memorial Hall for some time. At 4:43 o'clock Prof. Hazen announced an altitude of 1.600 feet. At 4:54 o’clock an altitude of 2,000 feet was announced, and still there was no breeze of consequence. Tho balloou driftly idly over the Schuylkill river in an east-northeasterly direction. Lottos thrown over by the newspaper men wire watched till they touched ground. It was very amusing to see people follow their course as they fell, and miscalculated the spot and run in crowds to get them. The correspondent at 5:07 o'clock, at an alti tude of 2,500 feet, threw over a dispatch, which appeared in the issue of yesterday morning. It was watched till it fluttered to the ground. A man was plainly een to pick it up. He complied with the request written on the envelope to take it to the nearest telegraph station. WAITING FOR A BREEZE. At 5 o clock the altitude was 1,700 feet, at 5:11, 3,500 and at 5:20 2,700 feet. By this time a small quantity of ballast hail been thrown over, which produced the effect of a thin cloud of smoke as it fell. There was still no breeze, and the balloon floated along over the Eastern Penitentiary, still keeping in an east-southerly direction. At this time a little discomfort was experienced from the fumes of escaping gas, the breeze not being strong enough to carry it away. Prof. Hazen told the boys that if they felt a pres sure oil the drums of their ears, to swallow and that would relieve them. The Delaware river was crossad at 6:12 o’clock at an altitude of 5,500 feet, just below Ridgeway Park and Wind mill Island. The balloou still kept moving along in an east-southeasterly direction. Crossing the Delaware, lunch baskets were opened and a substantial meal was enjoyed by all but Prof. Hazen, who would not abandon his psyebrometer for an instant. Bv this time considerable ballast had been thrown over. At frequent intervals, as the balloon ascended and descended, cool and warm strata of air were encountered and at times one of the party complained of cold feet and hands. Another said that he had a feeling which usually accompanied three drinks of Bourbon whiskey four fin gers deep. Cooper's creek, about one-fourth of a mile cast of the Delaware river was crossed at an altitude of 4,000 feet, and tho tempera ture was about 56 degrees. The course of the balloon was still east southeasterly over the Jersey plantations. The view was very beautiful. As far as the eye could reach, the green, cultivateel licH.i ICiv-tched. Here and there littie darker frrw*i clumps of trees and villages could be distinguished, and everywhere farm houses. Through opera-glasses people could be seen standing ill farm yards and in roadways st Ding upward. Marshy meadows, in v itch'myriads of frogs sang, were seen be luiv. The various shades of green which tn. v landscape presented defy description. \ ! A FRIGHTFUL DESCENT. At 6:42 o’clock the balloou began to fall so rapidly that Prof. Hazen’s toy pilot bal loon went to join its big brother aloft. The tissue paper streamer, which is used as on indicator of rise or fall, chased it, and bal last thrown over rose upwared like a cloud. The descent was cheeked, however, by a liberal overthrow of ballast. “Don’t look up. lioys, or you’ll get your eyes filled w ith sand,” warned Prof. Hazen mid Prof. King in the same breath. The reporter was looking over the edge of the car when this remarkably rapid descent wus begun. The landscape then was of a variety of shades of failed green in places, where corn and other crops were in a state of cultivation. When the rapid fall began it seemed us if the ground came out of a misty haze. Rows of corn and potatoes be came plainly apparent, like sheaves of vivid green across a dull gray background. Down, down, down, the “Great Northwest" shot, until the tips of the cornstalks could be plainly seen. The drag-rope, which trailed S-iO feet from the car, struck ground and was drawn along over the oorntops, making a !>eouliar rushing sound. Ballast in large quantities was thrown out and the sand mode a sound like the [witter of rain as it struck tho leaves of the corn. As rapid as Was the descent, even more rapid was the rise. Up went the balloon, reaching tho highest altitude of the voyage, 6,500 feet, at 6:44 o’clock. Hero the lowest temperature, 50. 7, was recorded. At 6:57 o'clock the “Groat Northwest” was two miles east of Chew’s Landing, N. J., at an altitude of about 3,000 feet. Prof. King said that it was plainly appa rent that a long voyage could not be marie, and that the party mast noon attempt to land, as lie did not care to make a descent after dark. The 'balloon slowly descended nntil it reached a eurrent of air which turn ad it from its enst-southenslerly course to a west.wardly one, in which direction it gently floated. It descended still lower until the drag-rope touche I tho ground and trailed along, tearing through corn fields and melon Patches, over barns and through barnyards. The villagers chased the balloon, exqiecting ff to land momentarily. Prof. King and urof. Hazen decided that a desirable land- In K could be effected batwreu the point where the balloon then was and the Del* ware river. Those who olmseil the rope were told to catch tho end and take a turn about a fence [lost or a tree. trying to htop the balloon. One man .snatched up the end. The bal loon was then scudding along at eleven miles an hour, and the consequence was that he t urned two or three souvnmnltß and landed all in a heap. He was quickly sur- Tounded by a crowd, but arose to hu feet apparently unhurt. Others attempted to ®*tch the rope, but tboy failed. Over Chews’ landing the balloon scudded so low that fully KX) foot of the drag-rope trailed °'i the ground. A crowd of people in the stroetß were asked what place they lived in, aid yelled “Chews’ landing." One man •bricked that he would tie a watermelon ou the drag-rope if the party would stop the balloon a moment. At a little after 7 o’clock the Delaware was recrossed in a westerly direction. Prof. King threw out a small quantity of the re maining ballast, which was not fifty pounds. 1 he balloon crossed the Delaware at an alti tude of about 1,500 feet. People in boats cheered, steamers blew their whistles and a general hubbub was created. The balloon party gavo three cheers. Philadelphia was entered at the lower end of the First ward, or “neck,” near the junction of the Schuly kill and Delaware rivers. Here began the trying scenes of the trip, which it seemed must inevitably end in dis aster. As soon as the “neck” was entered King cried to those below to catch the drag rope and make it fast. There were several attempts to accomplish this, hut they' failed. Just below the fish-houses situ ated on n creek runningjfrom the Delaware, the balloon sharply descended. “Ixiok out, she is going to strike! Hold on, and don’t jump or lose your grip!” yelled Profs. King and Hazen in chorus. The balloon did strike, and with a vengeance. The car bumped the ground in an open lot and dirt flew high in the air. The shock was terrific. Each man clung for life to one of the ropes which attached the caV to the hoop con nected to the netting. The force of the shock, while not sufficient to break the grip which each man held on a basket rope, jarred every bone in his body and made his teeth rattle. The balloon careened and lurched, bumped the car again, and then rose with tremendous rapidity to about 250 feet. “Be ready with ballast should she fall again,” was Prof. King's order. “Boys,” lie said, a moment later, “don’t attempt to jump should we strike. We must all hang together for common safety.” The balloon did not descend again. HUNTING FOR A LANDING PLACE. A moment, later the balloon sunk again, and a little of the ballast was thrown out, which was now worth its weight in gold to the seven men in their perilous situation. After vain efforts to get someone to make fast the drag-rope on the “neck,” the “Great Northwest” floated across the Schuylkill river into West Philadelphia, over the lower end of Woodland cemetery, at an altitude of 200 feet. Bal last was frightfully scarce, and prepara tions were made to throw everything over board. Thickly' populated streets were crossed, and people were yelled to and asked to catch the drag rope, but it was of no use. Another cemetery was crossed, and then came an open space. Prof. Hazen remarked that a windstorm was rising, and that a land ing must be made soon. Things were look ing very serious indeed, especially' when the “Great Northwest” grazed the cross on the steeple of a church and carried the basket within ten feet of it. The West Cathedral Cemetery was crossed, the drag rope scrap ing along over tho white tombstones. The most perilous position of the trip was when the balloon crossed the l’i™ sylvania railroad at a station which was said to be Mantau Junction. It was then about 150 feet above the earth and about 200 feet of the drng-ro|>e was being pulled along the ground. As the station was neared it was seen that a train was just starting, and there was startling probability that the drag-rope would be caught by it. If so, it would be a serious matter to the balloon party. It was an anxious moment. Prof. King yelled, but it was of no use; the train still moved on. “Hang on! They’ll catch our drag-rope!” he cried, and there was a general grasping for ropes. But a telegraph wire prevented the rope from falling on the train or be tween the cars, and the balloonists were saved. The balloon here took a more north erly direction and passed about 300 yards west of Memorial Hall, the starting point. THE BALLOON STOPPED AT LAST. It was so dark that tho building could not be seen, and the balloon floated across Fair mount Park into a swampy stretch of country to the northwest of it This was soon left and a settled section entered. As every farm house approached the party set up a yell, “Catch the drag-rope and make it fast.” They might, have y'elled fill ex hausted and it would have been of no avail. An isolated farm house was neared and Prof. King yelled, “Come out and see the balloon; catch the drag-rope.” Failure agairi! It was disheartening. The situation was becoming desperate. The breeze was last stiffening. In West Manayunk a road was crossed near a house. The usual cry' was set up, “Catch the rope.” The rope was apparently caught, and again the peril of the party in the car was increased. It was thought that the people in the house had certainly made the rope fast. The balloon tugged at the rope, and careened in the stiff breeze, and the basket tipped to more than an angle of 45”, so that to stand it was necessary to grasp and hang on to the stay ropes. “Is she fast ?” yelled Prof. King. The air ship rose like a lute to the utmost limit of the rope and it hung bobbing in the air 250 feet from the ground. A disaster would hapjien if the balloon was held in that position longer. Prof. King asked if the rope was fast, and the answer was, apparently, “Yes.” "Hang on. I’m going to pull the valve open. Let no one jump when wo strike.” All hands grabbed the ropes and clung to them with might and main. Prof. King pulled the valve-cord. Just then the drag rope, as was afterwards learned, broke off the top of a cherry tree in which it had be come entangled. This was most unfortun ate, coupled with the pulling of the valve cord at that time. Down came tho basket of the balloon into the open lot beneath with a force that was appalling. Had pot every one had hold of the ropas someone might have been killed. The balloon careened, rose about ten feet and then ilashed the car into a clump of trees. A PERILOUS LANDING. Branches snapped off, the balloon tugged and pulled to free itself, the wicker ear creaked and groaned and ropes and cordage strained and stretched. Three times tiie helpless men in the car were dashed into the trees. Once more there was a dash, followed by' a deafening crash. When the balloon swayed again the basket remained fixed. It had caught in the treei and so held there. The anchor was thrown out. The "Great Northwest’’ rose, crashed through the trees ami was again ascending when seven or eight sturdy farm hands, who had followed her, seized the drag rope and took half a dozen turns about a tree. The “Great Northwest” hung over the /lump of trees, and the still freshening breeze swung her over an open space hyvond them. Prof. King saw bis opportunity. He called to the crowd of men, women and children who had gathered to seize the basket when it struck earth, and pulled the escape valve at the top of the balloon. Down onme the basket, the crowd seized it and held it. tho gas escaped and in five minutes the “Great Northwest” was shorn of its great strength, ami the guests of Prof. King alighted in safety. It was then 8:25 o’clock. The landin'' was made on the property of Samuel F. Tibbens, in Morion Township, opposite Upper Manayunk, near the Conshohocken Stole road. The newspaper men and Prof. Hazen walked over to the Manayunk Station where a train was taken for Philadelphia at 11 o’clock. Prof. King and his son and nephew wont to another station which would land them in Philadelphia nearer home. They returned to Manavunk yosterday and narked the iialliKin for shipment to Philadelphia. It was uninjured. Prof. Hazen said that the voyage, from a scientific standpoint,, was very successful. The experiences in landing, he said, were much more lively tlian he ever had gone through lieforo. The voyago from beyond Chew’s landing was *event#een miles, anil was made in eighty-eight minutes. The whole trip occupied four houri and forty - seven minutes. The distance traveled was about thirl.v-flve miles. 1 h<> lowest tempera ture was at the altitude of 6,500 feet, at 6.44 o’clock, when the barometer touched 50 7-10 degrees. At the highest altitude the temper ature was 53 degrees, and the wet bulb of the iwycimineter showed that the humidity was 1!) degrees lower. Prof. Hazen could not toll tile exact humidity, because he had not his tobies of figures with Uiiu. At the THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1887. lvphest point—6,soo feet altitude, attained at 6.41 o'clock—the air wis dryest. Prof. Hazeu thought the ascension of seven |>e ple to an altitude of 0,500 feet a remarkable event in the history of ballooning. OUT OF THE WILDS. A Country Where the Three R’s Are Practiced to Kill Off Time. “The nights at Juneau, in Alaska, are no longer than they are here,” said ex-Collector of the Port of Sitka Peter French to" a San Francisco Examiner reporter, “but take the day and nights together they are pretty long. To wear the dreary hours away we study reading, writing anil arith metic.” The ex-Collector spoke in a cynical vein. For three years he had been buried in Alaska wilds, and it was plain that he was glad to get out. “It’s a mining coufltry—that’s all,” said he. “It is rock-ribbed and rock-hound. Ju neau is the liveliest town in the territory. It has 1.000 white and 2,000 Indian popula tion, and is building fifty new bouses right now. It is the outfitting point for the Yu kon mines, and is in every way the most important town of the country. Nobody yet knows anything about the progress thus far this year in the Yukon region, for no body has come out of there vet Last, year the minosdid very well. We think the fu ture will show that they have done better this year. “Times are not very lively at Sitka. It has about 300 or 400 whites and Russians and some 1500 Indians. It is dull and in active. Gov. Swineford’s paper, the Ala.s kan, did not come out tho week before I left, and I think it has died. The Free Press at Juneau is coming along about as well as usual. “There is some important mining news to give you. The Treadwell people on Doug las Island are increasing their plant from 120 stamps to 240. They have been crush ing 300 tons a day hitherto for two years. The new mine will make it 600. The ore runs from $5 to $l3 a ton, and averages about $B. “A Boston syndicate, headed by Thomas Knowles is putting up a 160-stamp mijl. a! so, on Douglas Island, and building a wharf. They have good property there, which will pay very well. The same company has property at Berne’s Bay, where I am also interested. The ore there is of an entirely different character. It is richer by a great deal “There are now about 100 stamps, all told, in Southeastern Alaska. Next year I think there will he at least 800 or 1,000, as con siderable capital is going in. This Boston firm expects to put in $1,000,000 this year, and many people now living there expect to put in a few thousand each. There will lie a good many new mines opened. “The Indians are giving no trouble in Alaska. They are working Indians. They are all Thlinkets, but are subdivided into Chilkahts. Stiekeens, Yaktuls. and so on. They are very peaceable. “I don’t think much of Lieut. Fred Schvvatka’s scheme to start a big cattle ranch on tho Aleutian Islands. I don’t think it will work. There may be a suffi cient area, and the grass gcxjj. The climate, too, would not interfere, sihee tho warm waves of the Pacific boat upon it; bu what would he do with his cattle after lie had them raised.' If he undertook to sell them, I reckon he would find Nevada, California, and throe or four other Stab and Terri r - ries could underbid him by a good deal. Mr. Schwatka would have to stand a trifle in the way of freights. Then the sea is rough and a good deal of meat would be shaken off the cattle’s bones before they got hero. “It is raining heavily in Alaska now. It rains a good deal of the time and was com ing down thick and fast, when I left.” Mr. French said ho was very glad to get away. He will remain here two or three days and then proceed to New York. The Kiss In History. From the Chicago Tribune. There was an old belief that unless n maiden was kissed under the mistletoe at Christmas she would not be married during the ensuing year. When Fox was contestiug the hard-won seat at Westminister the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire offered to kiss all who voted for the great statesman. In the ceremonial of betrothal a kiss has played an important part in several na tions. A nuptial kiss in church, at the con clusion of the marriage service, is solemnly enjoined by York Missal and the 8a rum Manual The beautiful Lady Gordon, when the ranks of the Scottish regiments had been sadly thinned by cruel Badajos and Sala manca, turned recruiting Sergant. and, to tempt the gallant lads, placed the recruiting shilling in her lips, whence each who would might take it with his own. Li Finland, accorping to Bayard Taylor, the women resent as an insult a salute upon the lips. A Finnish matron, hearing of our English custom of kissing, declared that did her husband attempt such a liberty she would treat him with such tv box on the ears that he should not, readily forget In Wesley’s journal, dated June 16, 1758, is given the following description of a duel between two officers at Limerick: “Mr. B. proposed firing at twelve yards, but Air. J. said, ‘No, six is enough.’ So they kissed one another (poor force!) and before they were five paces asunder troth fired at the in stant.” The Code of Justinian says “that if a man betrothed a woman by a kiss and either party died before marriage tho heirs were entitled to half tho donations and the sur vivor to the other half: but if the contract was made without the solmnkiss, the whole of tho espousal gifts must be restore:! to the donors and their heirs at-law. The Mohammedans, on their pious pil grimage to Mecca, kiss tho sacred black stone and the four corners of the kaaba. The Romish priest kisses the aspergillum, and Palm Sunday the palm. Kissing tho Pope’s toe was a fashion introduced by one of the Leas, who, it is said, had mutilated his right hand, and was too vain to expose the stump. In Iceland kissing had deterred penalties of great, severity. For kissing another man’s wife, with or without bar consent, the pun ishment of exclusion, or its pecuniary equivalent, was awarded. A man'renclcn and himself liable for kissing an unmarried woman under legal guardianship without her consent, and, if the lady consented, the law required that every kiss should lie wiped out by a fine of three marks—eqifiva lent to 140 ells of wadmal—a quantity sufll cient to furnish a whole ship’s crew with pilot jackets. In Russia the Eastern salutation is *kiss. Each member of the family salut es the other; chance acquaintances on meeting kiss; prin cipals kiss their employe*: the General kisses his officers; the officers kiss their soldiers; the Czar kisses his family, retinue, court, and attendants and even the officers on parade, the sentinels at the palace gates, and a select party of private soldiers— probably elaborately prepared for this“royal salute.” In Other parts the poorest serf, meeting a high-born dame in the street, has hut to sav, “(’lirlst is Risen,’ and he will receivea kiss and the reply, “He has risen, truly.” Home, in his (plaint old “Table Book,” gives an account of a curious old kiwing fes tival held in Ireland: “Easter Monday several hundred young persons of the town and neighborhood or Potsferry, county Down, resort, dressed in their iiest to a pleasant walk near the town, called ‘The Waller.’ The avowed object of e c’i person is to see the fun, which consists vn the men kissing the female* without reserve, whether married or single. 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That ft shall ami may be lawful for Con noil, at any time and from time to time to grant, by resolution or otherwise, permits to owners of lots and improvements within t he city to excavate, construct and use areas extending into the lanes of the olty. Skc. 2. That all such permits, unless otherwise therein provided, shall he granted subject to the conditions herein named and the acceptance of such permit, or the excavation, erection and use of such area by any property owner, shall be taken and construed as an acceptance of the said conditions, and'binding upon the said prop erty owner and bis assigns, future owners of the said property. Skc. 3. All such areas, including all walls and material of any sort in'the construction of the same shall not extend into the lam- for a dis tance greater than four ftt feet, from the line of said lot. They shall be set at such grade as the profs'r officers of the city may designate, and kept and inuintuined at such grade as may from time to time Is- determined on for the said lane without any expense to the olty. They shall ho used only for the purposes of light ami ventila tion, and fo no other purpose what soever, ami shall be covered with a substantial win sight iron grating of such form as shall lie an ample protection to persons and property passing through said lane, which grating shall be stationary and immnrahlA, and pot set upon hinges or other devices ar ranged for entrance and exit Into tho building* through said arcu. Sue. 4. That, the owners for the time being of any property, adjacent to which areas mar be erected under the provisions of this ordi nance shall indemnify and hold harmless the Mayor ami Aldermen of the city of Savannah, of amt from any and ail loss or damage that may accrue against It by reason of the excava tion, erection, use or occupation of the area herein provided for, or the obstruction of tho lanes or the city. Beo. 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordi nances conflicting with this ordinance be and the same are hereby rei>ea!ed ia so far as they so conflict. Ordinance passed In Council July 13, 1887. RUFUS K. LESTER, Mayor. Attest: FnA NX E. Kkiiahu!*, Ulerlf of Council. •it A|isk M INK NOTICE. Orncr Heai.tr Orricxa, > Savannah. <a., May 1. 1887. I From and after MAY Ist, 1887, the city ordi nance which specifies tho Quarantine require ments to lie observed at the |>ort of Savannah, (icoigiu for |jeriod of time (annually) from Mav Ist to November Ist, will be most rigidly en forced. Merchants and all other parties Interested will Is supplied with printed copies of the Quar online Ordinance upon application to office of Health Officer. From ami after this date and until further no tice all steamships npil vessels from South America, Central America, Mexico, West lridUß Sicily, ports of Italy south of 40 degs. North latitude. and coast of Africa heween 10 degs. North and II degs. South latitude, direct or via American port will be sub jected to close Quarantine and I* required to report at the Quarantine Station and be trialed as being from Infected or suspected ports or localities. Captains of them' vessels will have to remain at Quaruutme Station until their vessels are relieved. All steamers and vessels from foreign ports not included above, direct or via American ports, whether seeking, chartered or otherwise, will be required to remaiu in quarantine until boarded and passed by the Quarantine Officer. Keither the. fiiutains nor any one on board of euelt vessels will he allowed to come to the city until the vesselss are inspected and pasted by the Quarantine Officer. As ports or localities not herein enumerated are reiKirteil unhealthy tojthe Sanitary Authori ties. Quarantine restrictions against same will be enforced wit hout further publication. The quarantine regulation requiring the /lying of thc quarantine flay on vessels subjected ta detention or inspection wilt be rigidly enforced. J. T. McFarland. >I. D.. Health officer. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Omci Ifxai.th orricxa, I Savannah, April sth, 1887.) Notice Is hereby given that the Quarantine Officer is instructed not to deliver letters to ves sels which are not subjected to quarantine de tention, unions the name of consignee anil state ment that the vessel Is ordered to some other port an of the sow ■ This order ia mad-- necessary in consequence of the enormous bulk of drumming letters sent U* the station for vessels which are to arrive. j. t McFarland, m. and.. Health Officer. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Orrirx Hkai.tr Orricxa, 1 Savannah, March 25th, 1887. | Pilots of the Port of Savannah are informed that the Kapelo Quarantine Station will he open ed on APRIL Ist, 1887. Special attention of the Pilots is directed to sections Nos. 3d aud 14th, Quarantine Regula tions. Most rigid enforcement of quarantine regula tions will be maintained by the Health authori ties. J. T. MuFARLAND, M. D.. Health Officer, RIESLING'S White J3luii" Koiud. lILANTS. BOUQUETS, DESIGNS, CUT 1 FLOWERS fumiiibed to order. 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