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BUSS EEBELS IOSI
LOYAL FLEET DEFEATS REDS I
SEVASTOPOL FIGHT.
Veil natllc.sliiiJK , Crulxcrx nml To
petlu IIoat Umler Red Flap : Pi
Out o Action Fort Carried li
: Storm ami mutineer *
A terrific naval and land battle o
urrcd at Sevastopol between the mut
V neers and the military and sea fora
that remained loyal to the C/ar. Tl :
mutineers were defeated and two (
more of their vessels were sunk an
the remainder surrendered.
The sailors and soldiers intrcnche
in the north fort , after a sanguinar
battle lasting three hours , were drive
out by a bayonet charge , every ma
being tilled , wounded , or capturec
The town sustained enormous injury
one report saying half of it is in ruin ;
Fire , produced by the rebel bomban
ment. did a vast amount of dainag *
.Before the battle started the tow
practically was deserted except for th
troops. The scared population had fle
In aM directions , and Balaklava an
neighboring towns were filled wit
rcfnjrroDuring the battle the tow
iind the foris were bombarded by th
uns of iho cruiser Otchakoff , which i
now ; i wreck off Admiralily point , ii
Imll rld < l'd ! with shells and its flaun
5ng rcl ; eiifign of revolution haulc
< lowu.
With mutiny at Sebnstopol , wher
from TOO to 5,000 rebels and loyal so
< liers have been killed in battle , wit
disaffection in the army growing unt ;
it has reached the bodyguard , of tli
emperor himself and imperils his lift
% vith more than 100,000 workmen loci ;
cil out in St. Petersburg and the ir
clustrinl situation hourly becomin ;
more nrutc there and iu Moscow , Ru <
sia has boon all but cut off from con'
numicatlon with the outside world
The general strike of telegraphers i
on and practically all wires betwee :
ihc capital and the interior of the em
pire are idle. Poland is on the verg
of an uprising , agrarian disorders cou
tinne and doubt as to the ability o
Count Witte to check the demoralize
iion and restore some sort of politica
balance in the empire increases.
ILLITERACY DYING OUT.
Comparisons vriili Foreign Jt'aiton
Show JTavorably.
According to a bulletin issued b ;
the census bureau about 100 person
out of 1,000 in the United States ove
10 years old are unable to write
. which is equivalent to about one ii
ten. Of the native white populatioi
only 40 out of every 1,000 or fcwe
ihan one in twenty , of the foreign bon
iwhitcs , 123 out of every 1,000 , and o
the negroes 443 out of overy 1,000 an
' illiterate.
International comparisons , rcstrictet
as far as possible to correspondiuj
classes of the population , are on tin
whole , favorable to this country , indi
eating that in most European couutrie ;
illiteracy is much more prevalen
than it id bore , although the TJnilcu
States is still far behind Germany
Sweden , Norway , Denmark and Switz
erlancl. There also is ground for satis
faction iu the statistical evidence tha
illiteracy is being reduced steadily. Ii
3890 the number of illiterates in even
3,000 was lofor the total population
2 for the native white population , 13 (
for the foreign-born white aid 56S foi
negroes , Indians and Mongolians.
The women are shown to be more
illiterate than the men , the illiteracy
for women being 112 in each 1,000 ant
for men 101. But the contrast is IPS ?
marked than it was in 1S90 , when the
illiteracy for the two sexes was 14
and 123 , respectively. In oxplanatior
of thp fact that the girls have caughi
up with the boy ? , it is suggested thai
boys are less subject to parental con
trol than girls and more prone to plaj
truant ; and that they also are more
frequently required to contribute tc
the family income by becoming wage
earners when they should be ii :
school.
In the courtry the illiteracy : imovj
chiklror i SO in each 1.000 ; in the
city , uhg this term to designate col
lectively cities of over 2r.,000 inhabit
ants , it is only 10 in each 1,000. The
contrast is least in the North Atlantic
States. In this section child illiteracy
in the city is S to a 1,000 ; and in the
country 5 to a 1.000. In the South the
flifference is very marked ; in the
South Atlantic division , 02 and 193 for
'city Aud country respectively , and in
the South Central 45 and 1S1 a 1,000.
Illiteracy is in general greater in
Ihe South than the North for all class
es of ihc population. Perhaps tho fair
est basis of comparison between the
two sections is that for native white
chilclrcu living in cities of over 25,000
inhabifcxnie. In the North Atlantic -
ivisiou the illiteracy forthis class of
children is 2.1. and in the North Cen
tral. 1.0 ; in the South Atlantic division
It is 8.3. and in the South Central ,
33.7.
33.7.Tlicrc
Tlicrc are fewer illiterates amou ?
Ihe children of foreign-born parents
'ih.au among those of natives , owing ,
Jt is said , to the fact that a greater
portion of them live in cities.
t ;
J. W. Belcher , the missing .govern
ment printing ofiice employe and treas
urer of one of the money lending con
cerns in Iho office at Washington , D. C. ,
Is mipposed to have committed suicide
'by drowning in the Potomac river. He
fwas a brother of the missing Mayor of
.iPaterann. N. .T
CHICAGO IS CHAMPION.
University Football Team Wins
Over Michigan Eleven.
Chicago University's football team
is champion of the West. By the nar
rowest margin possible , "by a hair , "
Stagg's great team wrested the laurel
from the Michigan team , which has
worn it for four years , defeating the
Wolverines at Marshall field in Chi
cago by the score of 2 to 0.
The battle between the gridiron war
riors representing the Maize and Blue
and the Maroon was one of the
Qercest , most spectacular and most
closely contested ever seen in the Mid-
ille West. The two teams were evenly
matched and the struggle surged up
imd down the field , almost all the
fight being made between the thirty-
Qve-yard lines.
Victory came to the Maroons unex
pectedly and dramatically. Neither
side had gained any appreciable ad
vantage over its opponent up to the
middle of the second half. Then Eck-
ursall dropped back to punt , the Ma
roon offense being held. The kick was
made from the center of the field and
the ball sailed high and far away ,
: loso to the Wolverine goal posts. Den
ny Clark , playing back with Barlow ,
2aught the pigskin just behind Michi
gan's goal line , and attempted to run
it out
At this point came the turn in the
lide of affairs that robbed Michigan
f the championship and gave it to
Chicago a quick appreciation of the
iiossibilities in the play , seen by Cap-
lain Catlin of the Maroons. Nobody
nterfored for Clark , who was attempt
ing to Had an opening in the on-rush
ing line of the Maroons. lie stepped
uside the field a fatal mistake and
n an instant Badenock was upon him ,
stopping his progress only momentar-
ly , for he missed the tackle , but Cap-
: ain Catlin pounced on the Wolverine
.n an instant and threw him back be
hind his own goal line for a safety ,
jiving Chicago its two points. This
ivas the great active incident of a
; amo which crowned Chicago with the
aurels fof which it has fought for
Tour years.
ENVOY CALLED DOWN.
iliiiislcr Scjnierrj , Itepriiwnmled Over
rinex Kcvolt , Quit1 * .
Herbert G. Squiers resigned his corn-
nission as minister ' of the "United
States to Cuba , as a protest against
the sharp repri
mand administered
to him by Secre
tary of State Root.
He will be suc
ceeded by Edwin
V. Morgan , minis
ter to Corea.
T h e reprimand
given Mr. Squiers
resulted from his
alleged encouragc-
ii. G. EQUiEiu ; . ment of Americans
in the Isle of Pines to set up a terri
torial government , in the hope of in
fluencing the Senate against ratifica
tion of the treaty now pending , which
recognizes Cuba's sovereignty over the
island. It was alleged that Minister
Squiers know in advance of the pro
posed revolt of Americans , and the at
titude he adopted was such as to en
courage thorn to pursue this course ,
though he was aware it was directly
contrary to the policy of the President.
Ministers Squiers went so far as to
authorize an interview with a corre
spondent of a New York paper and the
reporter of a paper published in Ha
vana. It was this interview which
precipitated the trouble. It was a vio
lation of the regulations for the gov
ernment of the diplomatic service ,
which forbid an officer from talking
for publication without the consent of
Hie State Department.
M'CURDY IS OUT.
JAfv Prc.siilent'M Resigna
tion IK Accepted.
Richard A. McCnrdy has resigned as
president of tho Mutual Life Insurance
Company and his resignation has heon
accepted by the
bon rd of trustees.
The resignation of
Robert II. McCur-
dy , son of the pres
ident. ajid general
manager of llir
company , did n t
accompany hi < fathj j
cr's , nor did that oi
son-in-law LonN
the - - ,
A. Thohaud. The
early retirement of
WvmA : ? ?
- - - -
, . , , , , e . . .
both is looked for ,
, KUlil. 11. AlULia. ) ! .
however.
Frederic Cromwell , for twenty-five
years associated with the McCurdy re
gime as trustee and for the last twenty
years as treasurer , * was chosen presi
dent pro tem. He will hold the office
until June 1 , the date of the next annual
election. Whila It is expected that Mr.
Cromwell will Sold ofiice until the next
annual meeting in June , there is a possi
bility that the trustees may choose a
new president at any time.
The Mntual's investigating committee
will continue its efforts to lay bare all
tho Mutnal's affairs and place the re
sponsibility for mismanagement.
Mrs. Isaac Barnes of Presqne Lsle ,
Me. , has been arrested on a charge of
poisoning her stepdaughter , Pearl
Barnes , 13 years old.
The passenger and freight steamer
Fairhope , plying between Mobile and
eastern shore reports , was burned to the
water's edge while lying at the Pairhope
wharf at Fairhope , Ala. , a single tax
colony.
A stranger is under arrest at Water-
bury , Conn. , on suspicion that he is
Charles Rogers , wanted in connection
with the triple murder at Middletowu ,
N. Y. , last October. He says his name
is John C. Hamliu. He has admitted
that he was in Middletowu in October ,
but denies any knowledge of the crime.
THE MAN BEHIND THE GU ?
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POV/ERS STAND PAT.
Hold One Turkif.h Island anil Muy
Talze Anotlier.
Detachments from the international
aeet landed at Mitylene Sunday after
noon in accordance with the instruc
tions of Rear-Admiral Hitter von Je-
lina and occup'ed the customs and
postal buildings. The governor pro
tested , but his representations were
aot availing. If the Sultan does not
iccede to the demands of the powers
the fleet will occupy the island of
Tenedos , off the coast of Asia Minor.
The porte continued its efforts to
obtain a modification of the financial
control scheme so as to make it more
acceptable to Turkish views. The
grand vizier , Ferid Pasha , the report
SUI/TAN OF TURKEY.
of whose dismissal was unfounded , hn
Informed M. Zinovieff , the Russian an
bassador , that the scheme in its pro ;
cut shape is too unpalatable. Th
grand vizier offered to agree to the e ;
tablishment of four new civil agent
with the same functions as the cxis
ing agents of Austria and Russia , bi ;
the ambassador declared that no altci
ntion in the demands of the powei
was possible.
Tewfik Pasha , the foreign ministe
also tried to enlist the sympathies f
the German and Italian ambassador
but his efforts were equally futile. TL
unanimity of the powers , includin
Germany , as to the necessity for con
pelling a full acceptance of the d <
tnands appears to be complete an
diplomatic circles are satisfied that tii
porte will realize that in face of thi
unanimity there is nothing to be don
but bow to the will of Europe.
It is believed in Washington dipl <
matic circles that the recent war bi
tween Japan and Russia has had coi
siderable to do with the recent att
rude of the Sultan toward the Eur <
pean powers. It is a well-known fju
that Turkey has watched the war wit
the greatest interest. Japan and Tui
key are no strangers to each other , fc
In recent years the two sovereign
have exchanged presents and cxprei
< ions of good will. Turkish newspapei
and Turkish public opinion favored th
Japanese cause from the beginning.
The Russians are better strikers tha
they are soldiers.
Everybody in Russia seems to be wh
ning his freedom except the Czar.
At last Sweden and Norway ha" ?
agreed to a complete divorce without al
mony.
The average Russian begins to clas
manifestoes and ukases with gold-brie
circulars.
Mr. Moody has determined to keep o
driving the Beef Trust toward th
slaughter pen.
The Czar is endeavoring to make :
plain that he intends keeping the salar
and perquisites.
When the United States Senate coi
venes in December its members will nee
a few days to examine one another
vindications.
Possibly the coal operators hope t
relieve an overstocked market at n (
vancing prices by widely advertising
threatened strike.
The concessions the Czar threw out c
the sleigli seems to have stopped tli
Rusi an wolves only for a moment. The
are after him again in full cry.
SHIPS WRECKED BY STORM.
3Iau > * Vessel * Asliore in u. Terrillo
BlixKaiMl on I ilce Superior.
St. Paul was the storm center of the
great disturbance which raged over
the west and northwest east of the
Rocky Mountains Monday night. The
temperature up to noon Tuesday was
mild and the terrific gale which raged
nearly all night died out with the com
ing of dawn. Over the British north
west the temperature is zero or be
low.
low.At Superior. Wis. . a blinding , wet
snow accompanied a ( JO-mile hurricane ,
with the result that snow drifts four
to six feet deep obstructed the princi
pal streets. The citizens in their
homes were literally snowed under.
The estimated velocity of wind all
night was between sixty and seventy
miles an hour. All night the snow fell ,
while the wind increased in force.
Lake Superior was lashed into boiling
fury. The hurricane marks the first
really fierce blizzard since 1S72 , and < f
anything this storm is worse tli an the
one thirty-three years ago.
The steamer Crescent City is ashore
near Duluth in a furious storm and it
is reported that a ' 'whole bunch of
steamers" is ashore on the Lake Su
perior coast and that the vessels are
being pounded to pieces by the heavy
sea. It is feared that the loss of life
in shipping disasters will be heavy.
The Crescent City of the Pittsburg
Steamship Company fleet , which is
stranded on the north shore of Lake
Superior , is a total wreck. She was
driven on the rocks within the limits
of the city of Duluth.
The Crescent City is 470 feet long
with 5,705 gross tonnage , being one of
the best of the steel trust's ships.
BURTON AGAIN CONVICTED.
Kansas Senator for Hie Second Time
Ha.s Ueen Found Guilty.
For the second time iu two years
trial proceedings in the case of Senator
J. Ralph Burton of Kansas have result
ed in a signal vin
dication of the pow
er of the law to
deal effectively with
influential offenders.
In April , 1904 , Bur-
tou was convicted
of having violated
the federal statutes
by using his official
influence with the
Postoffice Depart
J. K. BURTON. ment to protect i
St. Louis "get rieh quick' ' company
against which a fraud order had beei
issued. The court at that time com
monded the jury for returning a "jus
and true * ' verdict. On a technical ques
tion of jurisdiction the Supreme Cotir
ordered a retrial. But the Second juri
merely repeats the verdict of the first
The effect of the decision , if sustained
will be to disqualify Burton from hold
ing any federal oiucf , no matter v.ha
ether punishment may bo imposed. Bur
ton's lawyers announce that they wil
apply at once for a new trial , and. fail
ing to get it. will appeal to the Su
preme Court.
United States Senator Joseph Ralpl
Burton has been the senior Senator i'rou
Kansas for the last four years , and sine *
the campaign of 1S7G had been one o :
the orators of the Republican party. Hi
is an Indianian by birth , 54 years of age
and for three termsvas a member o :
the Kansas Legislature. He has mad <
a most aggressive tight against convic
tion on the present case , the indictment !
having been found faulty twice , on tech
nicalities , and a new trial granted by thi
Appellate Court when he was first con
victed a year ago. At that time he wa ;
sentenced to six months in jail and t <
pay § 2,500 fine , precisely the nmoun
he is said to have received in the trans
action.
The Society of Naval Architects am
Marine Engineers in convention in Ne\i
York was addressed by W. R Babcock
a ship builder of Chicago , on ' 'The Lon
gitudinal Bending Movement of Certaii
Lake Steamers. "
Charges of robbing houses and sharinj
in the profits of burglarhave been miuli
against several San Francisco police
men. Three have been dismissed ant
others may be sent'to prison.
It has been discovered that the Kan
sas Legislatures for several years hav <
failed to comply with the State constitu
tioii in. enacting banking laws , and thi ;
may result in disorganizing the entir *
financial system of the State unless Gov
Hoch calls a specjal session of the Leg
islature to remedy the evil-
RATIONS FOR GROWING PIGS.
James Wilson , Secretary of Ag
culture , in an address before the Io\
Swine Breeders , presented the b
lowing on rations for growing pigs
Twenty to sixty pound pigs-
Three ounces of corn m al to ea <
quart of milk. Sixty to 100 poui
pigs : Six ounces of corn meal
each quart of milk. One hundred
180 pound pigs : Eight ounces <
corn meal to each quart of milk.
On most farms the supply of ini
will be limited and in these cases tt
same station recommends the follow
ing rations :
1. Twenty to ISO pound pigs-
Three ounces of com meal , whea
rye or hominy meals to each quart <
milk , and then , gradually increas
meals to satisfy appetites.
Twenty to sixty pound pigs : ( Mi !
at disposal , plus mixture of one-thii
corn meal , one-third wheat bran an
DEe-third ! gluten meal to satisfy a ]
petites.
2. Sixty to 100 pound pigs : Mil
at disposal , plus the mixture of on <
half corn meal , one-fourth wher
bran , and one-fourth gluten meal t
satisfy appetites.
One hundred to ISO pound pigs-
M.lk at disposal , plus the mixture <
two-thirds com meal , one-sixth whec
bran and one-sixth gluten meal t
satisfy appetites.
Twenty to sixty pound pigs-
Three ounces of corn meal to eac
luart of milk and four ounces of gb
ten feed as a substitute for quart <
milk.
3. Sixty to one hundred poun
pigs : Milk at disposal and mixtur
si one-half corn meal and one-ha.
Sluten feed to satisfy appetites.
One hundred to ISO pound pigs-
Milk at disposal and mixture of tw <
thirds corn meal and one-third glute
feed to satisfy appetites.
SILAGE FOR BEEF CATTLE.
Some weeks ago we published a
iiteresting article from a noted cattl
'eeder of Ohio , Mr. Humphrey Jone ;
showing the value of corn Bilage fo
3eef cattle. In a recent issue of th
Breeders Gazette , Mr. J. E. Wing , at
) tiier well-known cattle feeder , say
m the same subject :
"We have used the silo two wii
that we wer
; ers with young cattle
attening and three winters wit
ambs. We are entirely pleased "wit
he results and are planning to bull
> ur third silo. We do not , nowevei
) ut all our corn" in the silo nor u <
ve advise the course or certaii
imount of dry feed we think ver ;
lesirable in connection with silag
vhen it is fed.
We allow the corn to become a
Ipe as it can without losing tne juic
> f the stalk ; it is fully ripe enough t
: rib carefully when we ensilo it. W-
ilso plant in theusual manner , put
ing no more stalks to the hill thai
f planted for cribbing , and use n <
. We wis )
arger a variety o corn.
he corn to mature before being pu
n the silo. Tie ensilo.ng of iinms
not resulted wel
ure green corn has
'or there is no fat in green , wafcerj
mmature vegetation.
For some years past silage was fei
chiefly to dairy cows , but in the pas
ew years cattle feeders are finding i
equally as valuable for beef cattle
this sea-son b <
.nd many silos Will
erected for this purpose. Indian ;
%
farmer.
MAKING STEERS PAY.
At the On-tario agricultural colleg
he long-keep steers have always prc
luced cheaper gains than the short
ceep steers. It is impossible , hovi
sver , to produce a pound of gain ii
ive we'ght at the price per poun <
or which live animals are sold. Ther (
3 , therefore , a loss on every pound o
ncrease which a steer makes , an *
he more pounds of increase whicl
te is required to make before lie i
it for market , the greater the los
r.'ll be. Thus a rtver which require ;
o gain only 2oO sounds before he i :
it for market , w .l g.vs a smaller lo ;
han tlio eteer vrlaca requires to gai3
100 pounds before he is finished. I
3 true , as mentioned before , that th (
ong-keop steer can. be made , witl
: areful feeding , to produce a pcuni
if gain at a less co = t than the short
teep steer ; but th-.s difference in fs
or of tiie Icrag-keep steer is not suj
icient to cou-t rbalanc-e the disat
autage in having to put on a greate
lumber of pounds. The only cnanc
rf profit that the feeder has is t :
naklng the carcass which he pui
jhaass worth so much more pe
jound than he paid for it that it wil
ripe out the loss incurred in produc
ng tho gain in weight. This beinj
lie cases it follows that a person caj
ifford to pay more for a fie ! hy stee
yhich can be finis'aed in a short tim <
liau for a steer which requires t
nake a larger gain , and consequent ! ;
alls for * a longer period of feeding.
PROTECTION FOR VINES.
Many who have climbing vine
ground the house have set variotie
hat ought not to have been planted
Che climate may be too cold for cei
; ain tender vines , and it will be in
> ossible to winter them with succes ;
[ "he best plan is to have vines taa
ire entirely hardy in your climaU
Fhe "honeysuckles , the American iv
md most of the heavily-wooded sort
ire hardy , or so nearly so that the
iced only a mound of earth aroun
the brt x > to
vere waiters
readily prot
ly die back ,
roots Is
enby the
this some
free from
In Kome
to wrap
straw.
to this if
a circulation
shrub , on < l if i-
get in near
tender shoots
over the
Bring it v th so'l
some rcctions , but a
to require this
to be planted.
THE
Give brood sows
Liie pasture fields wh
) ig % ana % xs soon c * tl
snough to eat ,
: orn and drIT'
> f wheat
: o a
shoulduptbft ifci ) r
argost part "of i' , ; .
nade up of oats an.J . ran
.le oil meal. Hav < ? ' n'y
: oal and n hes coasts " y avail !
\n occasional fee of ? alt
ound profitable. Tib
Ploughman.
THOSE FRIGHTENHD HENS.
When a farmer , or a famer's wiftr ,
joes into the yard where the fowls
ire kept and you immediately Bee a
; reatcommotion caused by tlio hens
( currying around into all sorts c cor-
iers , etc. , jxju can make up your
nind that there is something radical-
y wrong with the one who takes care
> those hens. The nervous hens
hat are being constantly shooed ,
Tightened or driven about are never
> aying liens. They can no more be
nade profitable than a nervous or
ixcitable cow. K your hens are oC
his class , you can. make up your
nind that there is something wrong
-and not wilh the hens and you
hould apply the remedy as quidcly
.s possible.
MILK FOR CALVES AND PIGS.
The experience in tho use of sweet
1dm milk from tho cream separator , ,
or feeding calves and pigs , is toi-
ormly favorable. A farmer writes
hat ho has be n using it fresli from
he e-eparator for over three years
ioth iu feeding calves an < l pigs and
las found it most excellent. For
alves he mixes a little meal and
aiddlings with the milk , and for pigs
increases the meal somewhat , and
ays that both grow rapidly on each
ceding. He warns against feeding
lilk that has soured in the least
nd himself feeds it sweet from tiio
eparator.
PROTECTION FOR COWS.
Many farmers are in the habit oC
lennitting their cows to stay on the
asture through tho night ; we prefer
he plan of 5iaving tliom in tho well
entilated and quite cool barns vrliero
hey can be groomed if necessary atfd
he milking done with greater com-
ort to both milker and animaL IT ,
to leave
thinks best
: owever , one
hem on. the pasture all night , some
ort of protection should be provid-
: d BO that in case a heavy storm
omes up they will not be made
rable.
Satisfactory Conference.
Hearing voices inside the room , the
rife of the eminent financier paused
t the door of his office and heard tWs
onversation :
"Yes , we have several hundred
housand dollars over and above any
ossible amount we shall need this
ear for taking up matured endow
ment policies or pyiag death claims ,
rhich we should like to invest in good
ecurities. "
"You have full power to invest this
and ? "
"Absolutely. "
*
* - :
"H'm. I'm glad to meet 3ou , in-
eed. It happens most opportunely
hat our firm is about to organize a
yndicate for tho exploitation of cer-
ain suburban properties. The securi-
y is gilt edged and tho profits are
ure to be large. Wo can UBO a con-
ideiable amount o money in financ-
og this enterprise. "
"Do you consider it , personally , a
; esirablc investment ? "
"I consider it away up in. G. It's
he best thing now on the market. "
"Well , I'll see you again tomorrow ,
.nd we will arrange for the deal. "
Here the conversation ceased.
The "wife of the eminent financier
raited a moment longer , then knoefc
sd lightly on the door , and went in.
"Way , Jasper , " she said , surprised
.t finding him alone , "I thought I
teard you talking to somebody. "
"Quite likely , niy dear , " he answer-
id , with a large and genial smile. "I
iras talking to myself. " Chicago Tri-
inne.
England's first spinning mill to be
vorked by electricity has been start
ed at Pemllebury , Manchester.
The king of the Belgians is puact-
l in all his appointments.
