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The CONGREGATION ADASS ISRAEL hereby
recommends to the patronage Of all Israeites Mr. A
SoMMEg he having received his Credentials from
the highest authority in New York city its Scho-
tanfd at either Mr.. Stems, No. 43f a. street
Southwest, or al stand Of Mr.. TELLER, No. 539
By order of Board Of Managers:
~ ST NORRIS COHEN, Secretary
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hSSTATE ASSOCIATIONS, COMMITTEES
W. or Others, desiring copies ofthe INAUGURAL
GUIDE, printed by the New York Association for
the use OF its members and visitors, and approved
BY the general Committee, may call on or address
third floor, till Saturday morning Price, IS per
hundred fS- y
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TD1. 4; pan, oradusls 9 Ohio. Oollsgs d
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REJECTION OF THE LOUISIANA BIII.-A re-
port Of the interesting proceedings in the Sem
ate Last night, on the bill providing for a new
election in Louisiana, ending in the rejection Of
the bill at O'Clock this morning, after an all
night session, viii be found on the third page.
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NEW DRUG STORE,

No. lAyS PKSNsYLvASIA AVENUE,
Depot Tor Soda and Mineral Waters. fen-ly
FsPIyIAL NOTlCI.!fHE NATIONAL
~, CAPITAL RIAL ESTATE ABSOCIA-
BoaId Of Directors has authorised the sale Of such
shares OF stock - are on hand, nxing the premium
a. per shars its real value. The 1nrchs.e price,
Of By psyiES de:SE d:ss Until tiaaidats@ The Ii,
ter cononi6n e9or4e IN excellent oDportunity for
parties 70 purchase shares, who othefWise would be
with al the stockhol4erg This association has been
in successful oSeIction for Period oftvo yeoEs.
PHIL. 4. WHICH, sSsss.Ss:.SsSS Gown '''sssc .:,
" tie present day, ScTozsls Be- ben Is bsnS,
and, q k were, the eurse Of mankind. 30 terrible
ed iosahsons bed been 9 cone 1eriods wolds
Esuld Pc g sIlevsa 2 mtg vith socI.:y: asIllly
Ise o. eAnAlIfAHb Ho0T ,AxD HsnS yuIcEs, md
the victim Of eerofula, Ulcers, eorss, Pimplee,
naotshes, Tettsrs, &C., can b health
nor AID aEas JUICES. slS pr e.ts,s
Sod b g; LQnD, 1les e. ave-, end b. Drug.
gneee. RhiAdslDAiA. mAy1ly
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"ILLIAM kNABE A Co,
w BALTIMORE, MARYLs~p.
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS
Thsse Instruments have been before the public fsr
forty years, and upon their excellence slone-
attained an unpurchaeed pre-emnenoe
winch ptoncubcee them uneQuslied for thertyy NV
tone touch, workmanship and durability The,
have been awarded sixty i've gold aud silver m ssis
~ Iafts over other com pcftOrs All OF thesS
SQUARE PIANOS have their new and i'm nreye6
Oyerstrune Scale and Agrsfe
William McCamnOns PIANOS and PIANOS "a
ORGANS from various well known factories for sale
and rent, q REICHENBACHS
declotr Piano Wsrerooms. S23 Ilth ssre<s
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~ EOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS.
The Assessors Of the several Legislative Districts
having completed the Of real property for
the fiscal year ending June 3cth, 1874 the Board Of
Appeals viii meet at the ONCE Of the Superintendent
OF and Taxes, No. $50 ~ street near the
corner OF Louisiana avenue, on the 3D pAV Oh FRB-
RuARY, 1873, at ~ O'Clock m, to hear any appeals
that may be made from the valuations Of said ss
All appeals must be made In writing, and sworn 10
before an ofhcer competent to administer oaths
The Board viii be in session each day SUNDAY ex-
ceptedb from II O'Clock g.. m. until O'Clock D. m ;,
and on WEpNESDAYS and SATURDAYS from
H. A. HALL, VIM WALL
GEO. q: WILSON, Riley A. SaINN,
Z. ]. MIDDLETON, JR.,
fel-u Members Of the Board Of Appeals
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Tie opinion was expressed by nembers in de-
Late to-day that an extra session Is inevitable.
1t Is the disposition Of the majority, however,
90 push on the business and avert the extra ses-
Son.
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OFFICE OF TIE CoLvNsrA RAILWAY Get
February "a, 1873. (
An election for seven Directors, act the ensuing
year. will be held at the Board of Trade rooms, No
O'Clock p. N. GEO. W. HARNESS.,
j. T. LEHMAN,
j. W. BARKER,
Commissioners of Election
The books Of the company will be open for the
transfer Of stock TO March 3, inclusive.
f3-eotd W CLAGETT Sac,v
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PIANOS, &c.

GkEAks ftHNHRsk f axS ISizso "a
or PfANOSANpO ORGANS Order. re
crned g kAkRS yevelry stors, 6as Pa.VvvyN
ard avenue. IN m.
TUNING AND REPAIRING PIANOs-A- Pm.
= hss asd Msssoat kssera,srsssss.-Al--
toy attention b. O L WILD a BRO :, I9oyyyvvt
mn street, near northwest corner u Pennsylvensa
sNehue, LOT the pest twenty years veil known =
practical Piano sHd Musical Instrument Mskerr -
hepsirers. Dealers In Pianos and MusioaI Inssr1-
ments generally.
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~ OVE D.
DR.. W. H. BARRETT,
DENTIST.
las removed to No. l402 street northwest, cor
18th street. lea "
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PINACGURATION NOTICE.

SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR
An adjourned meeting Of the survivors of the Nex-
lean war who desire to join in the procession in
honor OF Gen. Grant second inauguration Presi.
dent will be held on FRIDAY EVENING, Febru-
AIRY g. at IA O'Clock, in the parlor of the Dickson
HOUSE, No. 400 llth street, between ID and f. to
found at the Die son Honse: By order of the
fGA CHAIRMAN OF COMMTTTEr
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The Rhode island republican state conven-
ton, to nominate candidates for state Off GERS,
L to be held in Providence, Thursday, March
l.. The election occurs in April.
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1t was the expressed opinion Of old stagers In
Congressional life that Mr.. Blaine lass nm,
showed himself the ablest occupant OF The
Speakers chair II has ever had. His rulings
and calculations of knotty and novel problems
IN parliamentary Law we're wonderfully prompt
clear and conclusive
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FAREWELL NO-bf-LER!
" Farewell! q word that must be, and hath
been
sound which makes Us Iinger:-yet- fare
well"
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Only two days more Of Honesty Ames and
Honesty Roosevelt
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A MAN BURNS HIMSELF TO DEATH The
Xenia, Ohio, "Tor,hlight' gives the follow
ing particulars Of the recent suicide OF Rich
ard Williamson
Orchard Williamson, man IS years of
age, and for some years past suffering from
mental arrangement, terminated his life in
the following fearful manner: Hs fancied
in his deranged condition that he must sac
ri6ce himself on the altar as burnt offering
for the cause of Christ So firm was no 10
this resolve that his wife shot time since
through fear, abandoned the house. Ga
Saturday, 26sh. he devoted most of the day
to gathering into his log house, which be
termed bis altar, brush, straw etc., prepare,
tory to his speedy self.immolation. About
8 o'clock be fred the building, ascending to
the funeral pile, and there. upon Bonded
knees, remained until the devouring flames
ended his life. Mr.. Furnas, who resided
near BY. used every exertion to rescue the
unfortunate man, but without avail. The
deceased man is Of good family. and was in
fair circumstances. The light from the
burning dwelling was visible at Spring
Valley"
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ONE DAYS LIST OF SU1cIpEs IN PARIS

ONE DAYS LIST OF SUICIDES IN PARIS
There were no fewer than eight suicides in
one day in Paris lately. A lady in the Rue
de la Pepiniere strangled herself with cord
at o'clock in the morning, leaving every
one in ignor ance of the cause of her fatal
determination. At the same hour man
precipitated himself from the Austerlitz
bridge into the Seine. A printer followed
his example later on in the afternoon. Then
young man adopted the strange method
of throwing himself under the feet of omni
bus horses, and was mortally injured Two
cases Of death by deliberate suffocation took
place, one being by young man crossed in
love. The saddesr Of the eight deaths was
however, that Of two girl, young and poor,
who. after dancing all night at the ball of
the Parasian ''Florists,' agreed quietly to
put an end to their existence. One of these
Angelique Lacbemy, died for the very sim .
pie reason that she was tired of life. The
other, Eugene Hardy, committed suicide
from chagrin caused by disappointment in
love. Both these girls were only fifteen
years old.
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THE END OF AN EvENTFUL L1FE.-Mrs
Catherine Armstead Hickey died in New
port at the venerable age of eighty She
was the daughter of Stephen Thompson Ma
son, distinguished lawyer Of Virginia, and
was born in Loudouu county Of that State.
10 1873. During the administration of
Monroe she was reigning belle and hsire.s
at the court Of the lady President and when
she drove out, was drawn bv four horses,
with out riders in livery In 1912 she mar
ried Hon. W. T. Barry, then a leader in
Congress from Kentucky, and subsequently
Postmaster. G General under President Jack.
sons first administration. When "a elected
President Jackson appointed Judge Barry
Minister to Spain, and he departed with his
wife for tho post Of duty, H. fell i'll Cd the
route, and dying in Liverpool was inferred
in St James Cemetery. Subsequently, in
pursuance Of an act Of the Kentucky L.gis-
lature, his body was brought home aud bu-
ried at Lexington. In 1889 Mrs. Barry
married Judge 7. NJ Hickey. Of Laying
ton. She survived her second husband, aud
for many years has resided with her d,ueh-
ter, Mrs. Col James Taylor. at whose home
she breathed her last Cincinnati Inquirer
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PREPARING FOR DEArH.-The Polish re-
volutionsry General. Count Krasnowski
died last month at Paris, aged "a. Dur
ing his last illness be had the stolicism to
prepare thirty letters to his friends in which
he himself advises them of his demise. -
These letters he intrusted to servant, with
orders to deliver them to their address as
soon as he breathed his last. It is dated
"Passy Paris. Rue Sainte Claire, immedi.
ately after my DEATH" and reads: I'M
Henri de Pene, Rue Favart, No. 2, Paris
Dear master You receive, after my death,
this letter as from one of your admirers and
oldest subscribers Ny last wish is that no
obituary shouli appear either before or after
my funeral. The funeral itself should be
very plain, and come off between and 8
O'Clock in the morning. I desire to trouble
neither my friends nor my enemies with
useless formalites. Friends will regret me
without them, and enemies will be indiffer.
ent. I wish you all the luck you deserve ;
present to your lady my respects and to
NJ. Arsene Houssaye, one of my Oldest &C.
quaiutances, a hearty farewell This letter
is entirely confidential, dear and distinguish
ed master. but you may publish it 10 your
journal it you see fit. A thousand levotions
and respects until death. Count Krsspow-
XII" With this letter was enclosed the
Counts visiting card, with the conventional
up. P. c."
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AN ANCIENT GoURD -142 YEARS OLD. -
Last week we wrote of an old gourd, showr
us by Capt. James Bowling, Of this place
which was raised by his father on Piney
river, Amherst county, Va, during til.
Revolutionary war. claiming for it az age Of
more than ninety years that it was older
than the Constitution of the United States
and nearly q, old as the Declaration e In.
dependence. We thought this an Old
gourd, perhaps the oldest III existence ; but
our article has brought to this Office another,
beside which Capt Bowliug's is green
gourd Mrs P. W. Royal, of this place,
sends US gourd, which is now on our ia
BILE, that was raised ny NJ. William Royal,
the grandfather Of her late husband. in Hail.
fax County, Va, in the year 1871. Its
hi.tory is well known in the family, sni Ia
1920 the date 1871 was etched upon it BY a
person who had that history well autheLti-
Gated Gourd is rich mahogany red, and
the figure 1871 can now be plainly seen up,
on it, Therefore, the Royal Gourd was
raised the year before Washington was
born four years before the birth Of Daniel
Boone thirty one years before the first
white settlements were made in Missouri !;
thirty three years before Lacledo foueded
st. Louis thirty four years before Brad
docks defeat, and forty five years before
the Declaration Of Independence. In Other
words, the Royal Gourd is now one hun
dred and forty-two years old. Who can
beat it Columbia Mo } Statesman.
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A REMARKABLE MAN.-Dr. Charles
Brown, Of Albemarle, was in Lexington
Wednesday on brief visit Of business. -
He was born in Virginia while it was held
as part Of the dominions Of George I'LL, of
England There is little of the signs of
advanced age about him. He rides twenty
to thirty miles q day. mounting his horse
from the ground with the activity of boy
He frequently gets on the saddle by putting
his left foot in the stirrup and rapidly pas
sing the inner log over the pommel to tbs
right side Of the animal. This is a difficult
feat for the most vigorous and active horse.
man. While travelling in Boteteurt two
years ago he left the stage and finished the
trip on foot. distance of ten or twelve
miles. He has made the night ride to
Goshen two or three times and has never
limited at any inconvenience. He au'henti.
Gated some papers at tho Clerks Office aud
took stage for Goshen in the evening. DR..
Brown will sail for Europe next week and
will be absent the balance Of the year. He
is the chief heir to an estate Of some fifty
millions. and crosses the Atlatic in connec
ton with this matter. -Leaington { Va
Gazette.
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A WEDD ING INTERRUPTION A marriage
was fatally Interrupted last week at Malta,
Saratoga county, by the strangest whinsey
which ever entered the head of a BRIDE
groom. Albert Knight is his name, but a
true night he is not. The guests were met,
the bride was deoked in her gayest attire,
and all was ready for the par son to proceed,
when knight, having requested an inter
view with him, said be could not be mar
ried unless the words las long as you both
live" could be omitted from tho service. -
IL don't kuow,' said knight, "whether
can live with her all my life. aud l do not
want to take VOWS upon myself that I might
not be able to fulfill" The minister indig
nantly declared that he did not marry peo-
pie in that way. knight protested that he
could not conscientiously be married in any
other; and the result was that there was no
marriage at all. We shall be obliged to
set down this scrupulous person as first.
class donkey.-New York Tribune
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Oae of the corpses picked up at the At.
lantio wreck had on quilted vest, and in
every diamond of the quilting there was
sovereign. there being in all about eighty,
equal to $500
A little boy in Maine entrease bis moth
er to tell him some stories about bad boys,
and upon her expressing astonishment said
he wanted to find out how they got out Of
scrapes.'
A Pennsylvania woman has brought a
breach Of promise suit against former suit.
or who Tilted her some years before she
was married to her present husband.
Rev. Father Cue try has been appointed
Superior Of the Order of Sisters of Charity
in the United States, to succeed the late
Rev Francis Bulando.
Mr.. Daniel W Voorhees,, of Indiana, lie
to deliver an address upon the subject Of
the james River and Kanawha Canal, in
Richmond, Va, in November next
DeLoug, our Minister at Japan, was a
waiter at California hotel when a young
man. and was good one-better waiter
than Minister
The death Of the great jeweler, Black, Of
Ball & Black, of New York, was caused BY
corn on one Of his toes.
/ Mr.. Michael Arnold, of Philadelphia, q
native of Hampshire county, Va, died 10
that city on Monday.
An engaged California lover sold hi.
goodwill in his sweetheart recently for s
shiny waistcoat.
Y Wase is the title Of q new Welsh pa
per just started in Pttsburg.
An Anti Masonic convention in Mon.
mouth, ILL.,, next Wednesday.
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Poetry.
.NO0
s.IF,' -

! If, sitting with this little worn out shoe
| And scarlet stocking on my knee,
knew the little feet had patted through
The pearl-set gates that lie 'twixt heaven ane
| could be reconciled, and happy, too,
And look with glad eyes towards the Jaspe
! sea.
| If in the morning, when the song of bros
Reminds me of a music far more sweet.
listen to his pretty, broken words,
And for he music of his dimped feel.
I could be most happy, though heard
| No answer, seeing but his vacant seat.
could be glad if, when the day is done,
! And all its cares and heart-ache laid away,
| could look westward TO the hidden sun,
| And with heart full of sweet yearnlng say
I ftTo- night Pm nearer to my little one
By just the travel of an earthly day.
If could know those little feet were shod,
With sandals wrought oflght in better las2is
A.. d that the footprints of tender God
Ran side by side with his golden sands,
could bow cheerfully and kiss the rod,
Since Benny was in wiser, safer hands.
If he were dead, I would not sit to-day
And stain with tears the wee sock on my knee
would not kiss the shoe and say.
sBring back again my boy to me; p"
| would be patienI, knowing twas Gods way
But O I! to know the feet once pure and white,
The haunts of vice have boldly entered in !
The hands that should have batted for the right
Have been wrung crimson in the clasp of sin
And should he knock at Heavens gate tonight
To fear my boy could hardly enter in.
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WORKING Poor FARM-A correspon
dent, "having nothing to start WITH" pur-
chased, Oh easy terms, lone of the poorest
farms in the township" and made itproauc
tive. His plan is as follows: First, pillow
deep, then seed with wheat in the Spring
SOW clover on the field the Summer after
l take off the crop, pasture one season,
and the next season l let the clover grow up
and come out in bloom, and when the heads
begin to turn brown l take my three.horse
pillow and break up the land nine inchss
deep let it lie until the first week iu Sep
TENDER, then l take my two.horse pillow and
60 four inches deep, aud then sow in wheat
again. The year following, in the Spring.
turn up for corn to the depth of nine inches
as at first
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WANT TO F1anr THE MoDocs. "A WASH,
ington dispatch says Secretary Robson no
having authority to accept volunteers TO
fight the Modocs, has been obliged to de
cline the offer of the New York S, xty-ninth
vet rams and other offers. The Govern.
ment will try the regulars first aud if vol
unteArs are needed they can be- had on thu
Pacific coast much sooner than from thi
side Of the Rocky Mountains.
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A Revival WITHOUT PREAcuER.-
Fiity.one persons joined the church a shor.
time since at Middleton, Des Moines county
Iowa This is the result Of the Methodist
revival which has been in progress there
"A singular feature Of the revival was that it
was conducted without the help of preach.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-05-23

r. G. Greene, postmaster at Petersburg,
Va, and member of the State Senate, has
resigned the latter position. though except.
cd by the President from the general order
forbiddiug federal officers from holding
State Offices. His successor will have thir.
ty days to serve.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-05-23

LANTERNS IN CHiNA-A Chlnaman and
his lantern are inseparabe. Let him start
upon an errand which is likely to occupy
him until sunset, and his lantern will be the
first article that he lays his hand on to carry
With him. Even on the brightest moon
light nights be considers it his duty to pro.
vide himself with artificial light, and it is 4
curious sight, at large fire at night, to
see the crowds which gil the streets, every
man with his lantern held aloft, although
the practice owes its rise, no doubt. to the
absence Of any system of public lighting for
the streets and highways. The lantern has
none the less it, uses in daylight suspend.
ed over doorways and along the fronts of
shops, it declares the surname of the pro
prietor within in huge characters, au1 no
respectable domicile is without one. In
deed, all lanterns. whether carried in the
hands or otherwise, are inscribed with the
surnames of their owners. so that while
walking the streets Of night, a man can
always discern that his friend Jones or
Robinson is approaching long before his
figure is discernible. Official persons show
their titles on their lanterns, not their
names, rule which is frequently abused
by vagabonds, who have only to show
lantern inscribed ''The Magistrate" to be
able to extract money from the weak or uu
wary Wealthy families and officials at
fec. the large globular lsntern, the common
classes smaller one Of cylindrical shape.
The characters are always inscribed in red
or black paint. save 10 time of mourning.
when blue is employed. Lanterns torn an
important adjunct in all professions, idola
trous, hymeneal, aud funeral and on such
occasions the larger the lantern the more
imposing is the effect considered
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-05-23

How TO MAKE WHITEwAsH-A cheap
ard simple mode is, to put unelacked lime
that which is in the form of the original
rook-in vessel, pour boiling water on I'm =
til covered place cloth over the vessel,
so as to confne the most minute particles Of
lime, they being the ones which most
perfectly penetrate the surfaces to which
wash is applied, and consequently remain
The longest. Atterward dilute the wash to
the consistency Of thick cream, and apply
it thoroughly and quickly, thus securing a
white, light-giving surface, with a body ca
pabls of absorbing, and thus rendering
harmless the bad air and gases which may
be formed in the cellar, as also in the
poultry, the meat. and other ousbuildings
in the vicinity of the dwelling
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Business Cards.
@- Entrance on the left 81

AFTER CROSSING LEWIS CREEK BRIDGE
Having recently leased the above Stables, late
ly occupied by Ed. Burke, and having supplied
them with every adjunct to complete livery,
we are now prepared TO furnish our friends, and
the public generally, with anything they may
| need IN that line.
Our horses are young, fresh fast, and
we'll broken cur Buggies, Carriages &C., new
and of the latest style, and our drivers Sc
! ected with special reference to the comfort and
| safety of our patrons.
Pleasure parties accommodated at all hours
with single or double buggies riding horses, for
ladies and gentle rem, Carriages, Spring wagons
&c. Parties wishing to visit Weyer's Cave
would do well to give call.
Horses fed by the day, month or year, at usual
rates
Special attention given to the sale of stock
We still occupy the extensive stabling at the
old National Stable ground, where our friends
(if they find it more convenient to call) can b.
accommodated as heretofore
Hoping, by strict attention to our own bIsi-
ness to merit continuance of the favor shown
US in other places we respectfully solicit share
of the public patronage. dec8-tf.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-05-23

A Kentucky family Of sons and daugh-
tiers aggregates 800 years.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-05-23

Chief Of Police, Turtle, Of Chicago, will
keep an eye on his supss,