Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 14, 1878 Page: 1 of 4
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PROFESSIONAL CARBS^------M. oixfobd. ft^tiODfiiT: *
J. S. Shaw,
Law Office! Land Agent, WagO&-M&ksn ui Miaitll,
GRAHAM, TSAR.
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gAV’i" asercrombiiv r.^rKe,workttcorre8pondiDg'ow
®“™ * Jy - ^ Eut of Nofth-eastcorner public «qu»f«
Attorney-at-Law
> - GRAHAM,
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P Attorney-at-L*wf
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LAND AGENTS
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CABINET SHOP
GRAHAM, TEXAS.
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TEXAS
SkP»^lte8^M«re
GIFFORD A GODFREY,
GRAHAM, TEXASdssp:
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Onlamaw.
R. W. RICHARDS,
make out whether he ht <1 ju»t secured
hw woodpile for wtnteW'or drawn a
ticket in a lottery, but the Cause of his
elation was to come out. Just before
the call to order Uncle Dan brought in
from the coal closet an ax, a hoe, a
spade and a buck-few, aR betraying
l’roprtater,
Graham, - — - * - 7e^oA.
Keep the best the market affords always on
tfc*4sb>«- (h>od-and clean beds.
noted guRrr^
Star Livery Stable,
BENTON HltMlKK, Proprietor.
fl'ko Btfcbie la larRr and rmnft»rt«bie. We have U*.
x age In Mwndunc,. and utteiprv*- bnMUm.
Paasoncera transferred to ell points at
reasonable rate*.
r Horse# and Buggies fqr Hire.
Graham TYaa*. Jan. L»V1k7B.
ico in^Yon„,• -I*41'r’ [Brass, Cjippei% Tin, JLead and
£. X. Kl'BMAN
urman
pnjsfcc^tper -.•"■•fer
Office Opposite the Court House.
C. W io
.Attorney**
AN»
-GRAHAM,
Will practice tlic Ccftttts nf Young ami
Vla» aarrTHirrdlilip counties.
J. E. HOLLINGSWORTH,’
Attorncy-at-Law,
. “T GRAHAB, TESlAS.
WILL i-rartlor la U><* Vi li Jndlrial IMilrirt; al*> at-
U...11.. «ny In the Sowvme, Krdarn) «r Apprl-
• ia^TWria. Will mi> amrial attaaHon to tH<- c«lW
linn of llrnfft, Bill* of Bxcli«ngi-, |>ro<iil»ory notra and
all aorta ..f c<.mra#rcl»l uepnr -, f
—---aw ant pnnwmil sir|iim a nitin iWPwniii, vtof
tra^taand Piiwmvf Allonir]1.
^Office in the LeDflhr Building.
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M. Stejnmons,
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^Attorncy-at-Law,
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506 Main SF; T)alias, Tex
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Will I rnrlirr In S»ntr And all T'r>l*n,l Sliln Court!
ABiW^m^se^i^■ldU.^^S, wiWaeWaaii -;——
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■SHEET X EtOlST3:
‘ * ‘ •'... REPAIRS . ' V ' . |
tiues, Pistol^ Locks, 1 reproof Safes,
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E 6S5
Seal.,., Ac.
OBAHAIi:. TEXAS
HUE'
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Wamble A Randolph,
'Near the North-West eoreei^of the
SO
Wagons and Buggies
Repaired or rtiadc to order.
IWMO N/l
ork.
WAMBLE & RANDOLPH.
Aj>ril 6tb, 1878.
and
LABOR VS. CAPITAL. Turnout Smith, of ChicBgo;
Johnson, of New Y^rjt; .Thomas Igna-
tus White, of Detroit; Tearful Wash-
ington, of Memphis; and Boss David
Turner, of Montreal.
Brother Gardner’s tiyie Kiln Club.
f Vrom lla tfrlaoit Tr*+ Fraaa ] ^ v "V
.TThe janitor’s face .wore a pleased ex*
couldn't
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Waydown Bebecj Sir Isaac and Rev.
“rae- ®ul>P0Ml»erlised 1,000 bushel,
.od lh n thc .ttcr offcrcdthe following whe„. .‘.Tv. n.,.bh.,L,M
mble and resolution;
old age and long service. They had pjq' de wheels of bizness briuKii’sor- . a'nouBt iu ft ^ew ‘WB?
been forwarded to theclub through him row t0 de fam', c{rcle’ ^d^b’arin’ '^ Uot* waQCto:be
from StaunkniyVa., by an old friend, i.^mKo u......11 “t-L
who requested tffat they be preserved
along other relies of past ages.
rotifer Berdeer came in the
boys had hung each article on the wall
over, nnd*r and. aropft4aUa w.hitewA»h
brushes; and the janitor bad ready a
painted motto reading; . ”T7
‘’Industry am do Linch pin o/Suc-
eeasT^Dc Man who Works wjtl His
Motif alone will A^us want for. Breads'
to de sunny land our heartfelt Sympa-
iliW in iti great sorrow, hut dis hall
as’ ay in, i% im*: xtt dff eash we kin
C. J. Ohnstopher. :[ rv.^T;
** ^ QILfM. 1P T -
avlpg his hand in a’gi uud way at the
implements of industry liangiDK on t^e
Wa^ “J war las’ uite invited over to
partook of struwburics Ail* cream 'lonjj a„From Gl««rt»i,d,-
wid Miaser Cook, de white man J
gallivants arbun’ de kenUy^ taskin'
speeches on de good times comii.g’ for
fee Pm’ roun’ to secure de infloonce of
dis club, but I percolated ober dar jist
de same. De Strawburiet au’ cream
, «... didn’t show up, but MisWf Cook did.
.. We sat on de picket fence and he softly
began: _____
“JBrudder CJarduer, doan’ you realize
dat capital has got labor by be froat?”
“I tole him Tdid. I to!e him dat
we ortcr bef m law to prevent any cap-
italist from spendin’ a single dollar—a
-law to proven t him from buildiu’ houses
_ ships, docks, stores, shop?
LEDBETTER
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CMtOCERS.
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Watt Side Public Square.
■ 7\-
1 ^ ft T
fences,
1 iQli:t ",y Wetl -d-ApMS^hta, or w..do,c.
InttmrfUM. A„ ok •««+,« ft hi. p«:Ut WW ISTj
Whereas;—D« yaller fever am now
timing its victims by <$ score in de
bardenetrah' mm'-troufclea bout, atop*
down on rich an' poor alike,1 darfore
dis club am—
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raise am on oall.for de sufferers.'’
The resolution was unanimously
adopted, and Brother Gfahlnec^added
that he didn't believe there' wsaan ex
slavft in Detroit who wouldn’t be glad
to diride his daily earnings with thoae
whoni be looked—back tfn as his^best
friends.”
The Newspaper Business.
The 8an Francisco Golden Era Quotes
* brother journalist As saying that be
supposed mary people think newspaper
placehirasetf in a <umilar bu«BCM po- ".“ch Dr‘^er’ H»rrl».
>■ ML-*.--!-— Pointer, Shields and Rosser were en-
of wheat, aud bis neighbor should come
and buy a bushel," and jibe price was a
small matter of.oj»ly two dollars or lets
and the . neighbor say*,’“I will b»od
about the matter, lie says all right, and
the man iMvcs “w»th£the wheat. An«
Jjffci^at persons, and not^one bRLb .. ^ .
purchasers oonoerns himself about ,g Ubcnoham, and others m regard to
• a7. .. * mo Hon Am lltaw ---- --
lor it is a small amount that he owes
the taiimer and of ojune that would
«M help him any. lie docs not rcalhta'
tliat the farmer has frittered away all
his large crop of wheat •{and^that^its
valueIs dtMi him ;in aJthousnnd^Hrtle
driblets, and that he is seriously tin
Fatal bhootlag Scrape at Dallas—Brf
L’alder killed.
[Sproial t« the W, Worth 0*Miooi«t |
Da 1,1.As, Texas, Sept. 4.—A terrible
gaged. Dr. CoUbjy is dead. TbfjDah
Ids and Wichita railroad was the cause. ,
The account of the tragedy, as gathered
from eye witnesses/ is as^ndlows : 1
ffle^b^ng tome dilptUflJtftjtefin
the- factiooe^ ^regard to some ties,-
shortly after 11 o’clock this morning
■^apirira Harris, receiver, Dr. J. W;
Colder, manager, Mr. Stephens, engin-
eer of thrp. A W:, and Mr. B. J. Mjc*
the office ^ of the D» b
and^ Started out to see Mesrg. Pbintcf,
tr
r.. -Hm
HP
r U~
-y.15
coming running in at the back door.
burrMMHl ia jiiTbudDii^“W *°
IBB. MB It AI
_lk* ■-tr . Z . Hwf.nd Her Enemies. , . • ■ f ; f.-
J.ckZ'
“Her. de Librarian lookrd obt^r dat
las’ bookf* inquired, the President as
the lilt waajinished.
“No, sab)’ was the-reply, “I hed to
polilb de ftove^aii' scrub de doah^mn
darefore got bebin’ in my literary Ivuk.’
“I guess Pd better take dat book
home,” continued the President, at be
reached fork "If may be Jist de book
fir de library, but I'd btat look it ober
^diskiver why Jack^Hi^d sixteen
logs.' What was he doin’ wid ’em?
brow and plowed deep 4f«rrows in her
cheeks, but isn’t shej sweetly beautiful
now? The lips>re_thiu aud shrunken, d~m Httl« tbict.” Harris immediate
but tlio-o are the lips which have kwsed*“*1fUck him him with his fist. Pom*
-1 u. ^.:4. iua-iuu f.
chdtk, and they are thoTweelcst lipsTn
all the world. The eye is dim, y ‘ *
glows with the soft radiance o(ft
love which never can fade. Ah, yes,
she it a dear,, old mother. The sands
out of work, of course, aid aU biznesa
would »tpp Rtill, hni what of dat? 1
tole him 1 made live dollars a day all
de week b^fod but I couldn't injoy de
cash cause capital bad me by de froat.
Miseer dtfok looked oboir at htafrom da
co’uer of his eye, hitched arouu’ like a
boy on a washboard, an!Mid:
GRAHAM, TEXAS.
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FLOUR, FTiOUE,
D». Price & Atkinson, 4
Fhyiidftu, Susnu^Obsieiriei&u
.
All calls, attended to in Graham and
surrounding country.
at Ryus’ Drag Store.
t. wmtM.irs:
Physician S Surgeon,
fvrrEU8 hla mitIcm in the cUUnt of Yimn* cuuntjr
” ia (It. |>nwil«# *>f Madiclnr, In II, anveral brtachM.
Spcciul .Mention to •ll»«»w* «f tta«
EYE AND EAR.
Office at Dr. Ryus' Drug Store.
h. T.iniiiaw. ;*"“vr
..r <?Jo. Sflllsr,
Hilliard & Spiller,
’ North Western Texas }
W9EWBSg^Wi^wgi • ii1 __. JL"1**1.11_
LAND AGENCY,
Brwdder Gardner, dem bloated bnn’
holders am jist draining’ de life blood
of diikentry. Date deyemsou why de
laborin' mau can’t get a dollar ahead.”
to pliCe Onny books on de shelves dat
may lead Waydown Bebee to bettfa^eB
h of a races, or Sir Isaac Walpole to
startin’ a farohanl^.” .
—-----------tme sniK TAre: “““
—aWleTW brief Cdhsiniation with the
officials on the platform Brother Card'
ner said:
•‘Gera’len, ! bln f^r Mme tihiE
Hams and Breakfast Bacon.
Hams and Breakfast Bacon.
Hams and Breakfat Bacon.
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.AWN, BACONS--
ITrnv —
an’ 1 axed him if he could borrow moa-
: ey In Detroit from a certain private in-
dividual for less daft ten percent. I
axed him if de bloated possessor of a
four per cent, bond was much wusilf ban
de ta*n who put bis money in de savin'
bank an’ drew five, or do private indi-
vidual who charged ten? I axed him
if de man who loaned dis kentry money
when de kentry was split up, de gov>
ACON.pipWI,
COFFEE, COFFEE, TEAS, TEAS
COFFEE, COFFEE, TEAS. TEA8*
COFFEE, COFFEE, TEAS, TEA8'
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. fanned Goods, Canned Goods,
Canned Goods, Canned Goods,
Canned Goods, Conned Gooda^—
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TEXAS.
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tobacco, tobacco,
tobacco, tobacco,
TOBACCO, TOBACCO
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t ■ S-f—■ '
Patents
W> wUnlfwSlIfy -rfi^jrlng inkm
~sc-
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Fine Cigars, Fine.Cigars,
Cheap Cigars, Cheap Cigars,
*!!®t .Cijfrtik Fine Cigars,
m Ins" pocket! What
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- iu’“-f““le *SIT »ouTTt» wrdc,«*“.^
All t' r\ f U-Avlr r% A* AAlIrRA A«\! all l.ian Ana n • • ............■
she is she will go fucthef and reach
down lower for jqu boy, thanrwiry oth»
• yon; ran never sutef a prison whose bars time and the piatdl Was ditl.a.gcJ |g
incensed Wid de ideah dat dis <?Iub or*
ter be represented at de/preach in State
Fair. As a local, State an’ naahunal
l heaved a sigh in concert wid him, organization it am imminently proper
we step lor u jong w
meats an’ seek tp increase de intarest
of de occashun. I iz overpowered wid
de ideah dat w** oyer offer a speahal
premium, to be known as de “Lime*
Kiln Club Prize,"’ ap* I ’spose dat pre-
mium orter conciliate wid our line of
bizneas. A fter consultation wid de of-
ficers I hez molested da follerin’ pro-
------
foace wid blue whitewash, a prize o’
fiva dollars.”
t hi- to^mb.f™.r
en *ho, worked for two * , • f' . .7^ »Mt':VMh' ' t-~-
empty, shouldn’t bev a fair interest'on
bis risk?
de same men
iars & day 4 few year* ago an’ paid for-
ty cents for butter, twenty cents for
tadico, and ten dollars for a bar’l of
floor, now got ten and twelve ahUlingi
a day an’ bought butter for fifteen oedU
a pound, calico for five centaj a yard,
an’house rent had come down one-half. - “Pat’s desk’dule,my frisns, aodde
Gem’lem, MUser Cook .lipped offdO mad straggle to seeuiw 44
- fentfe to git some dockenoents front de op*® tbWWorld, *oept Mexfoo.”
in’an’spillin' de lime on de carpet whar
It will show the leas’, a prize of tWo
dollars.
- ”Far de bea’job o' paintin’ a chromeo
o’ de Yq^ensity Valley in five eolors,
one dollar.
■
1ltm is too true.df IFe'Jdifficultiea that
the newspaper inau.liEsItOf'coutend with.
gcutlemcn.” The party, conaistfiafi^.
MesfflTTbTnter, Obenchain abd^Kdmefr^
then came out of the front dbbr npbu
the stneL 1 Receiver Han is shook
! hands with iff. Footer and nodded to
t THE^BEST^rBIKNll.
Honor the^dear old mother. :t Time
haeyeatierefl-the spowfiakea On her
• Ww w«! fiVMi iVo rtiHOWU . »-■ '-r--;-
- sitmrar, and at that moment Obenchata
ofllte are nearly run out, but feeble ^ Hosserboth ff ml a number
er one upon earth. You caunot wali|
iutoa midnight in which she cannot’see
scaffold too high fok htr to rcadi, thatj,
she may kiss and bless you iu evidenee
jaL dea l hless lav^ _JYhen the. world
leaves you byihc wayside to dieunno*
ticed, the dear old mother will gather
cc
Aa Appalling Disaster.
London, 8ept. 3.—The excursion
steamer Princess Alice, returning
^o»D Gravesend this evening with about
ISm psaaeagert on board, was run down
off Barking ab^ut 8 o'clock by aacrew
steamer. It is; reported that between
Losdox, bept. 3.—Midnight—The
Priuceas Alice was struck amidships,
aud sunk immediately. The Member
drowned ia variourly estimated at from
500 to 600. The i igheat estimate is
the latest, And given by tbo Loudon
gaaiu boat Company, V' ftfa
matter.. As they were passing along
tho smith side* 6f Elm street, between
Austin and Market streets^ Mr. Ste-
phens, chancing to look through, the
glass front of %a vacant*building, taw
wl
...
( alder, who were in 1 rou^r ‘*hyeASf . j
the other parties. He said, “Colond*;
we were just goifg to see you In regard
to those tie*^: Pointer replied, ‘"Are
you going to pay that nate?” Harris
said, “How ninny ties do Job claim?”
Pointer replied, “010.” “1 can only
pay you 605,” , said Harris. . *Thew^I.
saidkPoikfer^H say jrbu are* G-»«cl
*
drew his pistol and fired upon Dr. Csl*
der, who was quietly standing at Har*
ris* side. Calder instantly fell to the
ground and while lying there, Oben*
ofsbotsathim. Though fatatTywound-
cd. the Doctor raised. upon has elbow
and drew his revolver, but he seems to
hake beed in a.dying .couJidon ai the
will keep her out, caw ntever mount a ®** -at«ie-s manner, the ball passing
through a gla^s door near by. At this
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shall despise aud forsake you, when ft--®*11 trough jthe right templo.v This
extinguished all signs of life, and be
now’ lay pierced with bullet#. ~J;
you in her feeble arnfa oarr^j iHT" The oity .is convulsed -with cxcite-
bome, andk‘tell you of all your virtue*, ment» the cold blooded affair ia^^up-
—ynu alswit you r Hmi ] <**<*»?*^ ’
fe disfigured by vice. Jx>ve her tender-
ly and cheer her declining years with
your holy devotion.
y"*>->"
houaa, an’- he forgot to oomk back: I ” A resolution was at once offered, and
went home and tole de ole woman, an’ passed to accept the schedule, and it is gehim ou llmiiLda
_n_ ^ ... . .v li i ij ii it ikfet "TUffipetiubu will be sharp
V frf|tllrH
at
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ftir*
r. ,;^'J/i^ iur>. CMkiw
Banking House
Henry Warren k Co.
Wg AT H ERFORD, . . TEXAS
Ar*-oUnt« of nsn'-hant. and other* nolicit-
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AR*Q, SUGARS,
PAR8, SUGARS,
Li ARS^ SUGARS,
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. Syrup", nn. I Mola*.»es,
Syrup and Molasses,
and Molat.-ea,
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Cheap for Cash.
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•aid;
“Bruddcr Gardner, M fust choice of
a white man am a reg’.ar hoos wul fo"
legs, but whet? he am ridin' out to fit
office he’ll ride a nigger U he c*i}*t find
a bora.”
“When eny demagogue gits a saddle
de company of
H-':• ; $ - '/* FLuertOX.
The beau-box was passed, and the
following candidates wore electod:
Awful Gardner Brown, of Florida;
Wilfthm t*ceo Slope, of Franklin, Tit?, 49* codffih.
and earnest,
. "L-l*" *»- TBS CLOOB. • '
“In disbursin’ dis meet in,” said the
Presldfi^ as the echoes of the triangle
died a way,,‘let us remember dat ig'ranco
am de next doah to enm*j . 'Some of
us may hev to iipell out de j>ig words,
Princess Alin®, The company’s wharf
ii heuegtMS by crowd* anxious to hear
of rclaltlt^jdSjjflHd^ - Bird Were pas-
on de back of tlia olubden you’ll, bear an’ AX white folks de meaniu’ of such
neighin’ aronn^ for bay an’ feekitP words aa ‘etubexxlcraent’ an’ ‘forgery,’
de company of lembn-colored mewls!” but we mus’ J^eAp pegging Along at
Aoofepapen an’ (book* till we kiu not
o^tly tell who diskivered America, but
fectual in driving away red ants, cock
Bmibcai etc., if sprinkled around on
pautry shelves or \ put jn stnall quant;-
Pretty Towns - and Hew to lake tyem.
■" T . .
The town of Gruham, iu Young
county, ii spoken of As one of the moot
thrifty, as well as th« lira test in laud
town in Norjhwestern Texas, apd yet
its natural advantages are no greater
thah'rnany mber polntp in this portion;"■
but. from the very dato, of i|a location, {
there was a determined effort on ther
part of the then few citizens to build np r
a town of which ail might be prolid*
But this was not to be Accomplished
without any self-sacrificing labors and
expense 6n the part of those who wero
directly interested. The spirit and.
unanimity which j prevailed induced
Col. Graham J to’ispend thousands df
4»_
1 17**%
.‘.r ■
The use of berax is of great value in
domestic purposes. It is perfectly cf-„ 4bero are two brick manufactories Iu
Tfbftanratlm/ally Iff AdVAfdaiog abide,
and every measure and munfeipal law ^
adopted far Lho welfare of the eomniN
uity, lo^uaL^to (ftrture prosperity.
^together with’a cosmopolitan
population flowed thithor and brought
about the desired , results. To-day
ikA-^;^^:V««edjgiK»uA^OI w
ways of the infects., Borax ia alsoilCi ffidbftry in thrif midst which
a groat value for toilet uses. For re-*
moving dandruff and cleaning the hair
t _ „ it is uuequnlcd. 4 It is also a good rem-
we kfo not edy for rough‘foce aud chap{>ed bands.
lie ai’plicatjhin to wouuds, sores, bruises,
sprains, etc., provtt very aahiUry, and
give de names of his aimts undei
an’ de grocer who sold him clothes lines -is often the only lomclv required, even
in severe cases. , »'’ r
operation there; «ubetsntiaI buildingv
of modern architecture ate beiegereoled
of ibis material, thereby ^renting an
thousands of dollars annually from go-
ing to the lumber yard# of Fort Worth;
lends an air of aubstaminbUUy to tbo
town and anvea R from future coufla.
gtations pa frequently caused
ldated wooden buildings.—Gi
VuUUe,
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