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To H N'crkTl D,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
junel’s9-ly. G reenetboro, Georgia.
RjOLIN wfSTEVENS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Greensboro’ Georgia.
WlLt practice in the counties of ‘htur,
Baldwin, Putnam, organ,<v
Taliaferro and Hancock. [Feb. 2, 1*59-*! ]
UNITED STATES HOTEL,
MNo. 232. Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, Georgia.
|>. DWELI. I J. MOSHER
Medical Sard.
[HEREBY lender my thanks tothepuolic for kind
ly beato wing on me heretofore, a larger shar of
patronage than I anticipated, and again offer my pro
irsaiunad service* to any who may give me a call.
When not professionally engaged, I may be found
at Wield’* Dmi; Store
Jan lt. iSeOt* W. L BETHEA. M, P
J)ENTISTRY.
ntt ir. n. .iioji.f.T,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist.
Penficld, Geofgitti
WJ9UI.U inform the citizens f Greene and ad
‘Joining counties, that he is prepared to perform
Any operation pertaining to hit profession, tritho, ,t
hOsn and dispatch. He will i.-.sort from one ih nn en
fir*_stof teeth. It lalii* intention to please
H. wii! be in Gr.ene.ibm- 0.. Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of each weeek and in Poußcln the
remainder of his time.
o Any c-att from the country that may be tendered
mm wilUnset with prompt Attention He refers to
Or ’ John'S Murphy of Rome -F b 21 1860
FRESH FRUIT,
Tomatoes, Green Corn Beans. See.,
IN WINTER!
JJAYISO been appointed Agents for
MASONS PATENT Sf RKW-TOP, SS ELF-SEAL-,
. We, GLASS FRUIT JABS,
Wear* prepared to furnish them at a lower 1
p.ica khan-heretofore.
■ These Jars speak forihrmselvrs”
sod are considered by those who bay and
them, THE BEST AXD MOST REUA BLE
JFRUIT JABS IX MARKET, hei- g med
•f GLASS, they will not corrode, and are tree
from other objections urged'against the rne
talio opes.
Soto WbolesHls and Erraii,- Br
m,n,ag“‘JsSa
BLANKS Os all kinds neatly printed at
thhi yffiee, at short notice end oa reason
• Die term,. JL ,
k Weekly Jeapaal"- , 'oevotedi to Home Literataeo, Agriculture, Foreiga aad Boiaestic News, Wit, Humor, 4c.
MIS SKLLIISOUS.
Banquet to the Sanitary Convention.
A graceful sentiment, recog izing in
Dr. Holmes the. three qualities of “poetry,
eloquence and medicine, brought the Au
tocrat to his feet in a sterling and stirring
short poem, prefaced by brief speech,
wherein he expressed Hms< it it; the same
liberal vein that characterized hi- address
before the Medical Convent! . claiming
tor pure air and pure water tbe merit of
being the, best remedial agents.
1 HE POEM.
Whs.': :•. . tc*. : Healing Art divine?
Tin ,- v chug we buy and sell—
The brands that scorch, the blades that
shine—
The scars we leave, the “euros” we tell?
Arc these thy glories, holiest Art—
The trophies that adorn thee best—
Or but thy triumph’s meanest part,
Where mortal weakness stands.con
fessed ?
We take the arms that Heaven supplies
For Life’s long battle with Disease,
Taught by our various need to prize
Our frailest weapons, even these.
But, all: when Science drops her shield—
Its peaceful shelter proved in vain—
And bares her snow-white arm t i wield
The sad, stern ministry of pain ;
When shuddering o’er the fount of life,
She folds her heaven-anointed wings,
To lift unmoved the glittering knife
That searches all its crimßon springs;
When, faithful to her indent lore,
She thrusts asiil'e her fragiaut balm
F. r blistering juice, or cankering ore,
And tames them till they cure or calm ;
\Y hn in her gracious hands are seen
The dregs and scum of earth and se&s —
Her kindness counting all things clean,
That lend the sighing suffering ease;
Though on the field that Death has won.
She saves some stragglers in retreat;
These single acts of mercy done
Are but confession of defeat.
What though our tempered poisohs save
Some wrecks of life from aches and ails,
Those grand specifics Nature gave
Were never poised by weights and
, Scales!
God lent his creatures light and air,
And waters open to the skies ;
Man locks him in a stifling lair,
And wonders why his brother dies!
In vain our pitying tears are shbd,
In vain we rear the sheltering pile
Where Art wee.ds out, from bed to bed,
The plagues we planted by the mile!
Be that thp glory of the past;
With these our sacred toils begin—
So dies in tatters from its mast
The yellow flag of sloth and sin.
And lo ! the starry folds reveal
The blazoned truth we hold so dear,
T<> guan. is better than to heal—
The shield is nobler than the spear!
Bouton Journal.
A Valuable and Useful Invention.
Mr. Thomas M. Coleman, of this city,
has just received letters patent fora valu
able improvement in the construction of
horse shoes. It is well known that hor
ses travelling over the pa’Mid streets, par
ticularly, those attached i- passenger
railroad cars, hacks, private vcu cles, See..
are continually receiving injj. t o to their
Kgs ami aunt's, uy the constant, p.t, caus-1
ed by irotung over the stones. Xoung
horses m a tew months are tamed and
many ui iuetu entirely ruined, except lor
use nu la, ms and common roaus. The
improvement made by Mr. Coleman is de
signed to render the ‘travel over paved
streets as ea. y to horses as if they iiau
suit ground beneath their hoots. This ob
ject <is. obtained as follows: A thin plate
of steel or iron is constructed to lit me
hoof, and then the ordinary shoe. Between
this plate aud the shoe a strip ot gum elas
tic or other equivalent substance is placed, i
and the three securely rivetted together.
T<* allow of the fastening of the piare to
the hoof, aud to give the gutta-percha
elasticity, withooi loosening the nails in
the hoof, pieces are taken t. out the side j
ot the lower shoe, which permits tne heads j
of the nails to p<* sup to tin plate, and I
thereby how it s.>c .*ely to the uo it, white j
the shoe and gum are <;■ hi to the plate by
rivets put iu before . .ling it to the limit.
, I he plates when luaic *U last for years,
: as they never touch the gn.uud ; ami those
1 using them upou then norn.-s i j, ny hav
ing duplicate plates, riven • ‘.ave sum s
rowdy for : at*ir muses, whir yut
r.iu lit • few uiiuutos. The .viVlw of
• i sh*e at* that the gu.. between the
pi.tU'S w.h absorb at. Uu-.i,. -atioK c-u&ed
‘by tfie snier ..ticking tiilf’ nes; oeace
| there will be no jar to the horses’ legs—-
thereby preventing all injury. The cost
for shoeing, after the plates are first made,
will be no greater than by the ordinary
mode, while the advauuge, in the opinion
of the inventor, will save thousands of
dollars to tboso who own large numbers
of horse*.
GREENESBORO’, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1860.*
The i riuce of Wales and the (juiled
States.
The London Chronicle, of June 15th, is
somewhat distressed lest tLe young Prince
of Wales should not visit the United
States, and makes the following editorial
rernaiks on the subject:
There is one class of British colonies
which will justly and keenly feel the
slight should the Prince not extend hi
footsteps into their lauds. •We allude to
those colonies which have acquired a sep
arate self government, the United States
of America ; for British colonies they are,
and part and parcel of the great Anglo-
Saxon fifrmlyw they will remain. They
are, in truth, the partners of Eugland, and
must continue te he so as long as a com
mon language enables them to share with
us a common history, a common study in
science, a cotqmon industry in the broad
fields of production and trade. If any
rancors remained after the grievous fault
of George the Thud ami his advisers, their
last traces have passed away within the
last few years. Very recently the exten
sion of steam navigation has promoted
habits of crossing the Atlantic which have
made Englishmen far better acquainted
with the United States, Americans far
more familiar with European ideas and
feelings. In spite of some mistakes, per
sonal or official, these sentiments have
assumed so great an influence over the
management of affairs on both sides of the
Atlantic, that war is becoming as difficult
as peace once was. Little acts of courtesy
in high quarters have materially helped
this grand movement of reconciliation and
reunion. Not a smile which tho Queen
bestows at a drawing-room upon her Amer
ican visitors is;wasted; and there is no trace
of subserviency in the genuine feelings
which -such evidences of benignity excite.
Cordiality is amongst tho leading traits of
our Queen’s character; sagacity is anoth
er; she knows what to appreciate, and can
manifest her appreciation; and the respect
which she entertains for our relatives in
blood and in history, is a tribute from Eng
land which enhances England in the giv
ing of it.
But.w hat will the Americans say if the
illustriousyoang Englishman should come
next door, and not make a call? What
return would this be for the open-heart
edness wan which Americans, while in no
degree compromising their independence,
manifest their satisfaction at. any show of
royal attentionj What sort of mistrust
would it imply in a noble race like the
Americans—our own blood j Asa prac
tical question, what is tlieVe to apprehend?
Possibly some difficulty in hedging round
the Royal Prince with the requisite a
mouut of etiquette. It may be fancied that
the “rough republicans”—of course ‘rough,’
because republicans—will do something
which would be derogatory to the Prince
in theeyesofthe English subjects. We
do not believe that auy such apprehen
sion can be entertained, since nothing
could so cleaily display vulgar ignorance.
It is notorious that the narrative of Amer
ican obtrusiveness, put forward in the
books of travelers, flustered with their
own importance, courting intrusion by the
ostentation of their demeanor, are as false
as they are ridiculous. It is a trait in the
character of the western people, that the
old chivalry which distinguished the be
havior to a weman is to be found there
amongst classes distinguished for their fine
cloth who have forgotten it on this side of
the Atlantic. The story which is told in
the verse of Thomas Moore, about the
lady whose
“maiden smile
In safety lights her round the green isle.”
would be literally true of the United
States. But, apart from all these ab
stractions, we will venture to undertake,
that if the .Americans should receive an
• •fficial intimation of so gratifying an at
tention as a visit from the Prince of Wales,
tUey will make such preparations as will
protect hiiil from every intrusion while
they are maintaining their own honor and
dignity. There is uo aunstautial difficul
ty in the case. There Would be plenty
of volunteers amongst the most eminent
nen of the whole republic, commanding
the confidence of every class of every
ritate, who would so surround him as to
form a corps more than sufficient to etn- j
body the ‘dignity that doth hedge a King’
—au escort more happy in its conception,
and in its service, than the ‘Garde Noble’
•>f tho fair Marie Antoinette.”
Sir Walter Scott’s Grave.
A correspondent of the Boston Travel
ler writes as follows of his visit to Abbots
ford. and the- tomb of Scott :
“To-day, sitting at the window of tlie
Irtrle inn at Melrose, wc rest an hour or
two before leaving their charming shrines.
Dryburgh Abbey, yesterday evening, in
the setting sunlight, was all that romance
and poetry have pictured it, and Sir Wal
ter’s grave, as We stood leaning over his
tomb, was cheered by a robin-redbreast
singing loud aud clear in the neighboring .
tree. Before visiting Dryburgh we spent [
several hours at Abbotsford, bow seeming
ly a deserted residence, for Mr. Hope Scott
I and his little daughter are in London, and
i the place is left with servants. Fording
the Tweed just after a smart shower.
which made every bush brighten, and ev
ery blade of grass greener, we walked
through the avenue leading to the house
without meeting a soul. Arrived at the
porter’s lodge, no ringing of bells, or poun
ding on doors could induce a human being
to appear; ro we opened the lawn gate
aud .rambled about the grounds, not even
a dog or a cat coming out to see who were
intruding upon the premises. We thought
our visit would be finished and we should
get away without meeting any one from
the honse ; but a tidy little Scotch dame
came at last, wiping the corner of her
mouth with lier apron, evidently having
ffieeu disturbed at her lunch. Notwithstan
ding she had been obliged to leave her ale
and sandwich, her temper was by no means
ruffled, and in five minutes she became so
minutely autobiographical that we had all
the items of her bustling existence spread
out like a pocket map before us.
“Sir Walter's study looked the same as
wheu I saw it ten years, tut the library
seemed less cared for. W j went into the
room where the ininstrid died, and the
same sounds from the river that fell on his
dying ears came up through the open win
dows of the apartment. The present oc
cupant, who married a daughter of Lock
hart, is a Roman Catholic, and we were
told by one of his neighbors that he was a
‘glide kind paon.’ Coming away from tho
house we fell in with an old friend of Tom
Purdie, who had mauy good worde to 6ay
for that worthy person. He had also
known Sir Walter, hut he considered him
too great a scholia for so humble‘a body
as himself to be ou very faaiiliar terms
with.
“Abbotsford is a sad place now and one
cannot go to it, lemembering how cheerful
it was once, without a sigh that all have
passed away 7 who were so happy under its
roof but a few years aga.”
The Mexican Prize Steamers—Decision
of the Court.
TJhe Uuited States Court of New Or
leans, Judge Caler presiding, has ordered
the release of,the Miramon aud Marquese
steamers. The Judge held that the cap
ture was illegal, and that the ships, with
their tackle, apparel and furniture shall be
restored, but without costs. The claim for
indemnity, which would include all consid
erations of costs and damages, has beeu
withdrawn and will prob
ably go before Congress, unless it should
be made the subject of official reclamation
to the Government, ond become an inter
national affair. The Picayune says :
T-he facts in evidence make some mate
rial changes in the aspect of the case from
what has been popularly received. The
conclusion of the Judge from the testimo
ny is that the Marques dc la Habnna fired
ho shots whatever at the United States ex
pedition at Anton Lizarao, and that, in
fact, her guns were dismounted rfnd unfit
for use. The Miramon, by the sanie evi
dence, is shown to have resisted capture
under the belief that the two steamers
were attacked by vessels sent against them
by the Juarez Government from Vera
Cruz. • It is also shown that tbs Miramon
did show Spanish colors duriug the attack,
and that the attacking force did not hoist
any The Miramon was designee! for the
service of the Miramon Government, but
was not delivered until the terms of pur
chase were complied with, This had not
been done, aud she had not been delivered
and was consequently private Spanish
property, for the restoration of which suit
has been brought in the District Court
hero The Judge notes that when attack
ed, these vessels were at anchor, within a
mile and a halt of the maiu land, and
therefore clearly within the maritime juris
diction of Mexico, and entitled to all the
rig ts due to them from neutral liatious.—
The'iJnited Slates were neutrals in the
Mexican war, having, indeed, recognized
the Juarez Government; but the opposing
Government had been recognized by the
other great maritime powers, and the Uni
ted States were bourn, m gaud faith to lio
uo act having tut 1 , semblance ot interfering
in favor of one or ihc other of tne parlies
claiming the government, and waging a
civil war for the ascendency.
The Judge argues tnat the grounds of
suspicion ag.ausi -the vessel, for not show
ing their flags in reply to a gun from the
Castle of San Juan de Ulna, were insuffi
cient for tin action ot the American com
mander, because u was tno act of one par
ty towards its public enemy, and can
not be construed into au insult tun utrals
in the harbor He argues, too from the
testimony, that the Americans knew per
fectly well übat vessels these were, and
had been on the look out for them
The proclamation of the Juarex Gov
ernment, declaring them pirates, Judge
McCaleb dismisses from consideration as a
justification of the attack, The declara
tion of one belligerent agaius another, or
the aiders of the other, won and uot make
the latter pirates, and expose them to be
captured by neutrals
He further objects, that if the Juarez
decree made it the duty ol our officers to
ascertain the true character of these ves
| sets, the mauner of performing that duty
was imprudent and irregular, and was the
cause of the conflict The proper way to
approach them would have beeu to go in
open day, with flags displayed, and make
the inquiry in the firm usual among public
vessels, Captain Turner, as the Court
avers, chose the night time, displayed no
flag, approached the vessels in a manner
to give them cause to believe that they
were to be assaulted by an enemy from
the city, and thus become responsible tor
having unnecessarily produced the collis
ion which followed.
Woman’s Happiness.
As our mothers were all women, we are
in duty bound to labor for woman's happi
ness ; so that she may ultimately be able
to bring heaven upon earth, as she w ill do,
when she is perfectly happy ; because a
happy woman makes all happy around
her. To be happy she must first be heal
thy, which she cannot be, as a general
thing, while she is overloaded with an un
wieldly dress as she now is. Among all
the improvements of this age, we are glad
to see one proposed, to enhance the happi
ness of woman’s earthly life by giving her
adiess of ease and comfort. Why should
not the ladies be allowed to wear a con
venient and healthy dress as well as the
men 1 Thera is no reason, but old fogy,
fern to the contrary. For sometime the
tunic and trowsers have been proposed for
women to wear, and 6ome do wear them
already. Os course these will look odd
till we become accustomed to them, -and
then, they will look well enough. All
new improvements look strange till we be
come accustomed to them. If, then, cus
tom will soon reconcile us to a convenient
dress for woman, are we not worse than
heathens to punish her forever in the long,
cumbrous, heavy ; obstructing dress she
now wears ? The shape of woman is di
vinely beautiful, and was formed by a Di
vine Land. Is it not sacrilege, then, to
destroy the shape that lier Heavenly Fath
er gave her, by patting on her misshapen
and injurious trumpery and trappings I—
“Oh it would look so odd for her fair shape
to be seen !’’ says one, a fastidious fogy.
What, did not God form her right ?
Os course she should be neatly and com
fortably dressed, but this can be done with
out destroying the human shape divine.—
Ease and comfoit, according to nature,
should be sought for mankind’s best
beauty.
We will refer the reader to what others
think on this subject.
Old Abe on the Battle Field. —The fol
lowing story of the first and last military
exploit ~of Abe Lincoln is told by the
Toledo Times:
At the time of the Black Hawk war
“Abo’’ enlisted. The company mustered
80 mann ed men. They started off in fine
spiritß to eugage in the deadly fray. Ar
riying at a point on the prairies about 200
miles from the Indian lines, the party
bivouacked for the night, picketed their
horses, and slept on tbeir arms. The
method of picketing the horses was that
in common use—fastening, a huge rope
some 80 feet in length to a stake firmly
planted, and then using smaller lines of
considerable length, one end attached to
the animal’s neck, and the other to the
main rope. During the night the senti
nel imagined he saw the Indians, and im
mediately discharged his old fuse. The
camp was aroused in an instant, and each
sprang to his saddle. “Old Abe” shot out
in the darkness on his charger like light
ning, until the ropes “hove taut,” wpen
over lie went, horse and himself, head
long. Thinking himself caught in an In
dian, be gathered up, mounted, and put
ting spurs to his horse, took the opposite
shute. but soon brought up as before, horse
and rider tumbling headlong. “Old Abe”
got up. thinking he was surrounded, and
shouted, “Gentlemen Indians, I surrender
without a word, but have not a word to
offer. All I want is quarter.”
Railways iu India.
A report to the British Secretary of
State on railways in India to the end of
the year 1859 bad been presented to Far
liauicut. It contains much interesting in
formation showing the progress of western
arts in the East.
It appears from this report that the
length of railways completed and opened
in India to the close of the year 1850 was
432 miles; that the number of passengers
carried last year was 1, 722,382, and that
the receipts from passenger traffic amount
ed to <£157,431. The total amount of
capital now paid up and lodged with the
government is <£27,079,712.
The east India railway from Calcutta to
Delhi, with numerous branches, will be
1,338 miles in length when completed.—
Tbe object of tbis main line is to provide
a great highway tor political and commer
cial pur oses from the capital of the em
pire to its northwestern provinces. It is
expected that it will be finished in the
year 1802.
The Great Indian Peninsular Railway,
when completed, will be twelve hundred
and sixty-six miles in length. The object
of tbis undertaking is to establish a perina- j
went and speedy means of communication’
for political and commercial purposes be
tween the capitals of the three Provinces,
i and to connect .lie great cotton-growing
| districts of Central India with the seaport
of Bombay. It is expected that this line
will be completed in the year 1863,
The Madras railway, when completed
will be eight hundred and fifty mile* i u
Terms—sl,so Always in Advance.
length. It will unite the Madras and
Bombay Presidencies. It is expected to.
effect great political services, and to open
out large districts of couutry to commerce.
A large pait of this line of railway is ex.
pected to be opened during tho present
year.
Mystery of Kissing,
Depend upon it, a kiss is a great myste
ry. There is many a thing we know that
we can’t explain, still we are sure it is a
fact for all that. Why should there be a
sort of inagic in shaking hands, which
seems only a mere form, and'sometimes
a painful one, tool—for folks wring your
fingers almost off, and make you fairly
dance with pain, they hurt you so. It
don’t give much pleasure at any time.
What the magic of it is wo can’t tell, hut
so it is for all that. It seems onlv a cus
tom, like bowing, and nothing else! Still
there is more in it than meets the eve.
But a kiss fairly electrifies you; it warms
your blood, and sets your heart beating,
like a bass drum, and makes your eyes
twinkle like stars in a frosty night. It is
a thing never to bn lorgotten. No lan
guage can express it; no letters will give
the sound. Then what hi nature is equal
to the flavor of it! What an aroma it
has! How spiritual it is ! It is not gross,
for you can’t feed on it, It is neither fil
iblo nor taugible, uor portable, nor trans
ferable. It is neither a substance nor a
liquid, nor a vapor. It has neither color
r.or form. Imagination can’t conoeivo it
It can’t be imitated or forged. It is con
fined to no clime or country, but übiquit
ous. It is disembodied when completed
but is instantly reproduced, and is so im
mortal. It is as old as the Creation, and
yet as young and as fresh as ever. It pre
existed, still exists, and always will exist,
It pervades all nature. The breeze aa it
passes kisses the rose, and the pondant
vine stoops down and hides with its ten
drills its blushes, as it kisses the limpid
stream that waits in the eddy to meet it
and raises its tiny waves like anxious lips
to receive it. Depend upon it. Eve learn
ed it in Puradise. How it is adapted to
all circumstances! There is tbe kibs of
welcome and of parting, the long-lingering
loving, present one, the 6tolen or the mu
tual one; the kiss of love, of joy and of
sorrow; the seal of promise and the re
ceipt of fulfilment. Is it strange, there
fore, that a woman is evincable whose
armory consists of kisses, smiles, sighs,
and tears 1
BP* The following incident presents an
attractive picture of manners and customs
in Havanu: A lady of great respectability
was walking along thestreet, with the,in
tention of making some purchases at *
shop ; before sbe bad gone many stops a
man met her, and at once addressed her
with opprobrious language, saying: “Here
yon are decked out in all tbe jewelry I
have worked so hard to give you 5 paying
visits, I suppose, to your lovers; but, give
me the jewelry, and go your way ; I will
have nothing more to do with yoi."—
With this, he snatched from her person and
diamond-mounted watch, its chain and seal
and a valuable brooch, and, with, rapid
steps, mado off. The lady was so astonish
ed at all this that she was unable to cry for
help but, having somewhat recovered her
self, she appealed to some young men who
were standing at a store-door near hy, ask
ing how they could permit a lady to be
robbed in tlicir presence and not render her
assistance, “We tbonght tbe man was
your husband, indam, irom Lis words,”
was the reply she received; and thus she
was robbed in one oi tbe most populous
streets of tbe city, simply because the
thief adopted a conjugal manner of da*
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The World's Changes. —lt is sad. bet
instructive that we live in a world of chang
es. From tho cradle to the grave, tbe ev
idences of this painful truth are ever im
pressing themflelves on the mind. Os all
the varied objects that twine themselves
round our hearts in youth, how few cling
to it in mature years !—bow few of our
precious hopes are not wracked and borne
away on the restless waves of change!
Yet, sad an are the other objects of change,
it contains iu its full, quiver one arrow more
keen and deadly than the rest. When be
whom for many a long year we might
grapple to our soul with hooks of steel—
whom we have cherished “as our heart’s
core, ay, in our heart of hearts”—meets
us with a cold and averted gaze; when the
eye that used to beam on us with a tender
and mellow lustre, no longer return our
glances—and the face of him who was
dearest to us wears “the look of S stran
ger”—then has change done its work for
us, and we can smile at itt farther visita
tions. It is bard to lose our friends by
separatiou—and vet more painful apd sol
emn is it to lose them by death , but still
we lose them as friends—we lons them
while affection is reciprocal; and, as our
spirits may still commingle, their memory
; is “pleasant, though mournful to the
But when the being we love, lives and is
estranged, there is, as one has truly said,
a gap between ns, deep and w.de, which
we can neither fillup or cross over. Then
tbe past is desolation, tbe present is bitter
ness, the future is a blank, and the only
anodyne tbe crushed heart can hope to
find la the lethargy of fbrgetfnlnCts.
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