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FIRST AMONG FIREMEN.
Foremen Who Have Won Their Rank
by Hard Service.
CAPTAINS OF COMPANIES.
CHIEF Paris Eleven trusted Licutcn.
nnts-skctcbrs Of Men whose Lives
SIRE Devoted TO the Service of the
Public.

<SzSS re you ready? Then 60. These are
N the words the foreman Of every COM
Nk pany in the Fire department utIers
e. before the large doors are swung
open and the horses dash madly down
tie street. Every company in the fire depart
ment is provided with foreman and an assist
tant foreman and these have complete control
of the men.
In al cases the first foreman who arrives at q
fire takes complete charge and directs opera
tons until the arrival of the assistant chief,
when he makes a verbal report of his operations
&hi waits for instructions. The assistant chief
assumes command until the arrival of the chief,
when De reports and waits for orders. At the
engine houses everything is in charge OF the
fOremen. who directs drills and sees that the
apparatus IL always III first-casS order ready for
Instant service. When an alarm sounds the
foreman stands all intent listening TO the strokes
and beside HIM stands the assistant foreman,
also counting the alarm. As soon as the gong
has ceased striking the foreman calls ont the
number OF the box and its location, and if his
cal! ;alIies with the assistant fOremans he calls
ont. Are you ready? Then CO." But should
there be a difference between the report of the
number of the box as taken by the foreman and
his assistant they wait for the second round
Washington has long been proud of the eff
cheney of its fire department Good manage
ment and strict discipline have made it what it
Il. Chief Paris and his leutenants, sketches
of whom appear below. are to be congratulated
upon their able conduct OF the affairs entrusted
to their charge.
FOREMAN BOSS.
Foreman Charles Boss will celebrate his
thirteenth anniversary with the fire depart
ment next SeDtember He was born in Wash
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man Vim. T. Sorrell Of Engine Company No.
4. and the teachers and pnnils of Leffersnn

School have great faith
in him. Mr.. Sorrell was
born in Spottsylvania
county, Va, June 5,
1885, and received his
appointment as a mem
bor of tie fire depart
ment OF Washington on
the organization of No.
4 Engine Company, jan
uary 10, 1870. 1t was not
long before he was made
assistant foreman. and
on July Is. 1874, he was
made foreman of the
company. He may well
be called the father of
No. f. for he has been
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his company Is complete in all respects. en-
oraelnS among IT'S number as fine set of men
as there Is in the fire department. He was
promoted to be assistant foreman October L.
1885, and acting foreman April l6, 1899.
FOREMAN LEWIS
One OF the oldest members OF tho fire de-
partment is Francis Lewis foreman OF Engine
Company No =. He was born in Frederick
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HoDcK1Ns & HoDeK1sa
HIGH CLASS TAILORING.
NEW FIRM.

NEW FIRM
Mr.. WILLIAM z HoDGKINs for many years
senior partner In the house Of Charles A. Smith Co..
having withdrawn from the firm. and. with his son.
Mr.. EDwD. w. HoDGKINs also for Is years con-
uected with the same frul. have established them
selves IN the elegant chambers 81 School st. miles
buldrgI. Boston. directly opposite the old stand.
where they will continue the business OF
FINE TAILORING FOR GENTLEMEN.
We solicit the patronage OF gentlemen who desire
the best results Of the ailors art assuring them that
with long experience. give entire satsfsc
ton.
ENGLISH HUNTING BREEcHEs
AND RIDING TROUSERS
4 SPECIALITY.
aopoKrNs 4 HopaKINs
"a SCHOOL ST. BOSTON.
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RlcnMoNp ~ DANvILIE EAILRoAp co.

4 edmund AND DANklII l. RAILROAD
Lt schedule IN etcct MAY 1, lA9O.
$40 a.n.-East It;urssoe Mail, uallK FOR Warren
ton, horduIsNl.ie. Charlottesville, Iknrlhurs and
Stations between A, AaIdria and LyI,hburg. ROau-
Memphis. Pullman Sleelcr Nasiiizt n 10 l.lIe ~
Ia am.-last Mail daIy Tor Iult,cper 4 Lar
iyhcADdrg, IICck5 Mount. DaIE-s and Statlufls be-
tween lyuchDurs and D5uNl4r. C4eelsbOru' Hal .gl
AsheNiIe. Charlotte, tO!ufl4hla Augusta, Atlanta
bifllllEhain, hO1tgomoTg. New Orleans, Texas aud
California. Pullman Sl,tItr Kew Adrk o. Atlanta
ana Pullman SlceIers Atlanta TO Ncg urleAus llI-
man Sleeper DaHyile 10 COlumbit ana lulIstA Pul.
man S4eepers Washington 80 Cinclni 81. e. and u
Route. -
$40 pm; Daily, except sunday for Manassas,
Stfasbutg and luteruIt uIate stations
i;''D pm DAILY va Lyuchbung. Bristol aud Chat
tanoogR Pullman Nestibule Sle.,,efs Ma.itnsi,D 10
MeIuItls CONNECTING thence Tor all Arkansas points
40 p.lG.-N cstern Express daily Tor halaSsas
Charlottesville. StaGutOu Louisville, CINCINNATI
Pullman Nestlbule Train Washington 10 C.ucluuatL
VITA Pullman Sleeie Tor Louisville.
Ii 90 Tm-SOuthH Tu ENIircss daily for Lynchburg.
DaliNllle, Raleigh, AsEeNlle Charlotte Golumbih
AUGUSTA. Atlanta, Montgomery. New orleans. 1eAAs
New Orleans MA Atlanta and Montgomery. l7Illn an
SLEEPER Washington t. Birmingham Ala. Atlanta
anu Georgia FucIhc Hallway, and Pullman Sleeper
Washington 20 Ashcylie and riot Springs, y C. via
salisbury. Also Washington 10 Augusta Dauyille
and Charlotte.
Traius on Washington aud Ohio division leave WASH
aud Al D. m. daily arrive Round nm N 30 q M.
- D. anu 20 nm. returning leave hound Hill
except SUNDAY. arriving Washington : 80 am and
3:O0 pm. ana : - pan.
1hroueh trains from the south via Charlotte, Dam
vile anu LAnchburg arrive IA W. shltOn 0-.b3
and lOpn., vi last 1eunessee Bristol aud Lynch
burg al 30 y and 800 pm. ChesaI,Ake and
ONO route aud Charlottesville st AZ 4 m and 9.l0
tickets, sleeping car AID information
furnished anu baggage checked at office. 1900 PENN
iI A1 ane, aid az PASSENGER siaion FeDnsyivAniA
myIo JAs. L. TAYLOR. Gen. Pass Agent
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and was then made engineer. A transfer oc-
Cured shortly afterward. and We next find
Lewis in Engine Company No. 2, where he
served two years fireman. and one year later
in tho same capacity with Engine Company No.
6. On August 3. 1888 he received q well-de-
served promotion. being made foreman Of No.
3 Engine Company. Mr.. Lewis has been fore
man OF Engine Companies Nos. 3, 4, 6, 8 and
Truck A. His record is one to be proud of. In
1862 he was elected a member of Columbia
Fire Company, No. l, then in the volun teer
department.
FOREMAN HENRY.
Good-natured Samuel Il. Henry. surnamed
Long Sam" by his associates, has been in the
fire department eleven years. He was born
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MS carry experiences. however. mad clearly
demonstrated that he was cut out for fireman,
and he soon returned 20 the department, run
ming with the Franklin Company until 1858.
He was member OF Company A. Washington
AIlght Infantry, and served with that company.
bunder the command of Captain Lem. Williams
IN the three months service" In 1862 an ac-
tive association was formed out of the Frank
In Fire Company and Mr.. Maddox was made
president. In which position he served with
credit until the formation OF the paid fire de-
partment. in July, 1864, when he was made
private in Engine Company No. ?. His early
training had made him an experienced man in
fire duty. and three months after his appoint
! ment he was made foreman of his company
(which position he filed with credit until 1868
{wheu he left the department returning De-
Tcember 9. 1876, when he was reappointed pri-
waite III his old company. In 1882 he was pro-
NOTED to foreman and in 1856 made assistant
chief He did not like his new position. and in
1851 resigned and went back 10 his old company
as foreman. Foreman Maddox came near los
ing his life in 1856 at a fire OH Capitol Hill
when he was painfully cut on the face and hand
by the explosion OF quantity of gasoline. At
present he Is an active member of the Veteran
Volunteer Firemens Association and one OF the
best-known men IN the service.
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GKsrs Surrs SECURED
AND PRESSED For 81
Coats soc. Pants, CSC; Vests, 25c. Altering and
Repairing done IA best manner Goods called for aud
delivered Telephone call l43-2.
n. 1. HAHN. 705 9th st. NV
Au2 1x2e SD ST.. West Washington.
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FOREMAN wAGNTR

Every man, woman and child in that section
known as the eth district knows and loves the
man whose picture appears with this sketch,
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Foreman Charles Boss will celebrate his
thirteenth anniversary with the fire depart
ment next September. He was born in Wash
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re you ready? Then 60. These are
the words the foreman Of every COM
pany in the Fire department utters
before the large doors are swung
nnn,n nrl thn D ....-l... u, 30 Ii q. horrr,
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Astounding as to show that the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad Company has
wILLFULLY BROKEN ITS so-cALLED CHARTER
and would justify it's forfeiture under the most
summary process by the courts; but full. power
having been especially reserved to alter or
amend, 1t Is lncontestlble that the road is now
AS amenabe to the discretion of Congress as it
would be II now, for the first time, it were ask
ing for permission tc enter the District
have no chronic hostility to railroads: I
often patronlZe them, own stock ir some of
them and would own more if able but this
does not change my opinion that they owe
obedience to public laws quite as much as pri-
vate citizens. Laws should not be made, ac.
cording to the venerable proverb, like coDwebs,
only to catch flies and let the hornets go Free
The present railroad stations are both. as to
their sites and approaches almost equally
scandalous and unsatisfactory, and only less so
as to the character of the depot buildings,
Removal and reform should alike mpartiaily
overtake Thorn both together. There is no rea-
son why we should be sooner rid of one abomi-
nation than the other, save that the youngest
and latest is the more aggressive offender.
1t may be innocently said that We are inter-
fering with the chartered rights Of corpora
tions, but that would be wholly untrue. We
are only interfering exactly as the charters
provide that Congress may interfere; and we
are interfering, not with their rights but
with palpabie public wrongs-with . defiant
and stubborn monopoly. which tramples upon
the rights Of the people, who are suffering
under the formal sanction Of our authority and
our prolonged acquiescence 1t is, therefore.
our highest duty. as it appears to me, to inter-
fere and to redress fragrant wrongs. where
Congress itself has by no means been alto
gether an innocent looker-on.
These corporations are not paupere, and are
abundantly able to pay for the new and larger
accommodations required by the public, but
required quite IS much by the railroads, and
which will never be obtained by an outlay
more moderate at any future day.
IT WILL RISE AGAIN.
A change as proposed by the amendment
now offered rs q substitute, or by some other
measure OF . more rigorous character here
after. must venture to say ID al axed a. win
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26
POLICE AND COURT.

The hext man after Ioot was Drum
Augustus Drum. he had been making
considerable noase IN connscson With
tae ioot case, snd when they smell oi
hls breath, he was found % he drunk.
He was gwen y DAYS, aud snow n the
pubic ssavios
TIE material resources, and not the
mora force. ot Louls Philips, enabled
hlm h escape incarceration yesterday.
de was drunk ana paId s5.S5-
Rudolf Boz complained that, GA OF
about the 24th Of March, one Harry
Stuck, 10 cut Il short, threw stones
through las windows. Harry Was la
court and aid not plead guilty. bui
promised 10 D. ready Tor trlal on the
@oth. Malicious INJURY IL lhe charge.
Everybody remembers the everlasting
clrcumlOcuuOu OF the Euglsh cnanccTy
courts, s. illustrated ia thc case of
Jarndyce We. JafDdyce. GeoTge III
Brown can discount that, because ne
has tao eases winch he regularly lugs
INTO court ana just a. regularly Jag
ont again. One case ls a SUNDAY VIOLA
ton Of the liquor Jaw, and the other ls
a NashingtOns birthday violation.
They both went INTO court yesterday
and then both Went out again without
leaving a trace behind II their presence.
Frank Rodgers was overheard Go SAY
that ne wanted time 70 plunge Nto
some extraordinary legal proiundlties,
and perhaps Tie adjournment Nas %
give him time 10 do a. Watch A.m
Friday afternoon and see.
Considering that Henry Seymour and
John Brown drank oat oi the same
bottle, their synchronous arrest j. uoi
10 be wondered at. Ohcer Hylaud
ran them ln yesterday al hall past
four. As j. often remarked 81 bng lt
young men, Seymour and Brown NlA
be heard from again.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26
They Closed Him out.

John W. Robinson, Of Walkerville,
Oceana county, is having 4 suit IN the
superior court with A. :. Mussleman 4
Co., the wholesale grocers. The com
plainant was formerly IN the grocery
business and he says the defendantscame
10 him and stated that ms other credit
ors were about to attach his stock, and
asked him 10 give them chattel mort
gage 10 protect themselves and him.
They furnished HIM small amounts of
goods but not anything like the amounts
they promised. Before any consider
able amount of the mortgage was due
the plaintiff alleges that the defendants
came on during MS absence. closed the
store, and sold everything that was Of
value and left him virtually bankrupt.
He therefore claims damages 20 the
amount of $4,000. Mcssrs. Rutherford
d HOuseman represented the plaintiff
and Messrs. Drury d WOlcOtt for the
defendants. The defense objected 10
the taking of testimony as they claimed
that no charge of fraud is made in the
bill of complaint and the bill does not
show that the plaintiff was mlsled IN
the matter. The objection WAS over
ruled and the trial Is IN progress.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26
COURT RLCORD.

UNITED STkTEs-Hon. II. T. Severens,
district ludge-The United States vs..
Lyman I. White. indIctmeutfor selling
spirtuOus liquors without paying the
Government tax; trial ia progress. The
United States vs.. Frank Cummings. IN
dictment for retailing malt liquors
without paying the government tax;
sentenced TO pay a fine Of 800; fine
paid and defendant discharged. James
W. Converse vs. The Michigan Dairy
Company ct al: petition Of Martin for
leave 10 intervene, argued and taken
under Amusement.
KENT CiRcUTT-Judge Burch-Nar-
garet W. Allls, eXecutTlT, ct al. VS.. Carl
q. A. Voigt ct al. assumpsit; verdict
for plaintiff SG6.5l. Napoleon B. Daniels
vs. Nathaniel L. Weeks, replevin; judg-
meut for plaintiff cents and costs, in
cluding AT attorney fee OF SO, and
against Wm. W Ward surety: proceed =
inxs stayed twenty DAYS Emma A.
Bignsll u. Cornelius De RuyttT. "a
sumps-t. on tr a. Judge Grove-John
?. Scaliv "a. Viii Am r. Keeier. tres
pass on the case, time allowed 70 pro-
p0se amendments 70 findings extended
ten davs Cornelius Van koeveringe
admitted 70 bzensh1p. Maggie Land z
"a John A. Carter. Teplevin. judgment
for defendant s5225 and costs. and
against surety. proceedings stayed
twenty days.
UPERroR-HOn. r. A Bur game.
iudge-The People vs stella Neills. bar
open on sunday. former p,es with
drawn ard pleaded 60 rs. sentenced -
4 : y
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26
The Secret Divorce MIII.

Divorce case No. 6Sls was started on
its underground railroad route yester-
day afternoon. When asked for the
particulars. the deputy county clerk
said the b:ll was suppressed. The re-
porter then asked for the name of tho
solicitor who started the case, so that
ne might confer with that individual.
when the attorney filed the bill, said
the deputy, "he said to me, 4 do not
want my name known in connection
with this case, at all. want every
thing suppressed. 30 The circumstances
of the case are. therefore. unknown.
and the reader VIII be left TO conjecture
whether the grounds are adultery, non
support, deseruon, cruelty, extreme
cruelty, or something worse.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26
After Many Dsys

On the editorial desk, regaiing the
olfactory sensib.lites Of the writer,
stands a vase containing a fresh and
beautiful white lily. ia the spring Of
1883, the bulb from which this blossom
came, was IA scd 10y Nick. Of Rochester,
\. y. In september last the Nick Co.
sent the bulb 10 the TELEGRAM HERALD
Publishing Company, who passed 4
over to Prof. &. T.. Swensberg. lie n
turn sent 1 10 his daughter, who Is at
tending school At DevcrcuK Bal, Cuya-
hoga Falls. OHIO. She placed TIC bulb
in earth. and cared for t during the
fall and winter. And now, after SIX
monihsof travel and varied experience,
q beautiful white lily appears on the
editorial desk In Grand Rapids. sent b.
express al the way from ONO, as fr1sh
and as sweet as Il Il had DlOomeo RJcay
"a 3 Grand Rapids conservatory.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26

Ex-Marshal Waters was IN the city
yesterday. He says that the fruit crop
IN the neighborhood of Spring Lake
Will be unusually large this season, and
that the mill hands about that region,
now that the mills are being abandoned
are going out INTO the woods and invest
ing IN little farms. They tind the soil
admirably adapted TO the growing Of
small fruits and garden truck, and the
rural districts along the lake shore be
tween Grand Haven and Muskegon are
becoming thickly populated with these
small farmers
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26
THE COPIES SCANDAL
IaS VIE W3ats Divorce from aeI
k1fas.


About 3 week ago Rufus J. Coppes
commenced = sult IN the circuit court
against James +. Leland for $4,000
damages, claiming that the latter had
alenated the affections OF MS once
LOVING wife. EmmssH. C0ppes. Nes-
teraaY, Is heT solicitor, Samuel u. Clay
Mrs. (oppes h.oa a Mi bu for dl-
YOrce against heT husband ln tAe CIR
cuit court.
Her bll states that they were MARI ed
ID ths city Ola January B. 1855, aud
that taey lived together untll February
p last, and that they have no children.
She SAYS that they have resided al the
'Marw lex ia room one, and that her
husband has been guilty Or many acts
OF extreme cruelty towards her such as
accusing heT 81 unWomanly and un-
Nltely conduct, using III decent language
and striking htr. She states that SHE
il Of a refined and sensitive nature
and that the cruel treatment has been
the cause OF. WOrrment on her part
until her nervous system has hTcken
down and her health So impaired that
she i unable 70 provide support tor
herself. The blil further se;s forth that
on OF about February %, in the even
ing, defendant came 10 Their room and
IN a loud aud distinct manner 80 that
the other bOSrders could hear, called
her Nlle and indecent names. That
since then he has refused 10 recognize
her and has published notices ln tne
daily papers 10 all persons not 10 harhoi
or trust her, and 10 further humllatt
her notified the proprietor OF the
"Warw OK" 10 no longer allow her q
lodge or board there.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26

Grand Rapids Division, No. 60, Order
of Railway Telegraphers, held their
annual meeting Sunday afternoon and
elected the following officers: Chief
telegrapher, W. c. Blake; assistant chief
telegra pher, D. b. Lawless; secretary
and treasurer, j. w. Braam; senior
teIegrapher, T. 5. Gould; junior tele-
grapher, j. T. DennisOn; inside SEN
tinel, !. A. Stone; outside sentinel, C..
Bird. Delegates to the fourth annual
convention 10 be held at New York
June IS: j. T. Donovan, J. w. Braam
and c. p. BiSsell; alternates, d. b. Law
less, G.. W. Dierdorf and +. :. Gould.
The division now has just one hundred
members, an increase of twenty-four
during the year; its benefits have
amounted To S95, an increase of SIS.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26
MORE BLOOD WANTED
To Complete the smelling Works OF the
Freeman silver MiDe.

Freeman saver nine.
The stockholders Of the Freeman
Silver Mining Company held aniniormal
meeting last evening to discuss the sit
uatiOn.
The company has a rlch mine that
has fortunes in store for Us owners Il
il can be properly worked. The ore IS
particularly rlch, but Il Is situated IA a
mountainous country, and heretofore
the nearest smelling works have been
$50 miles away. The cost and trouble
of transporting the ore on the backs Of
mules has prevented the mine being
worked 10 any great extent The COM
pany has purchased plant and suita-
ble machinery for the operation of
smelling works at the mine itself, but
Their ayallablefunds are DOW exhausted,
and they need money 10 erect build
ing and get their smelling works ID run
ming order.
The works must be operated continu-
ously, or the company WILL forfeit rs
charter from the Mexican Government.
The stockholders have too good a thing
20 let II go, and they propose 70 raise
more money and complete the works.
There is an abundance Of water power
at the mine for all required purposes.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26

The Board of Health report for Feb
ruary showed q death rate which. II
the same throughout the year. would
give 1886 deaths for each 1000 popula-
ton, or q marked increase over the
usual annual death rate, winch last
year was l0.7 yer 1000. Bot even this
increased death rate for February is
much lower than in most of tie large
cites THE health reports for Cleve-
land, recelved weekly 81 the city Board
OF Health Office. show for the last four
weeks death rates 81 foll0ws. or week
end ng March IS. - per 1000. March 3.
% March j. -, February p. l9.33--or q
rate for the month which would give .
yearly death rate n 2zi per 1000.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26
TOO AESTHETIC.
an E.s0n Rapids D~=tist Barns Cslogns
ksr F1el.

E&A@A Ia FtAe DNAtAH% Burns S~tte
Esr Fael.
The osse Of the Unitea States against
Lyman I. White WAS tired Ia the Fed
eral Court yesterday. The eyldenee
vent 20 sAow that tie defendant had
sola liquor ia = ueticated form ana IN
no ether way. The strongest evidence
Tor tae prosecution MAS tnat prov LDk
TIE selling 1T alcohol - a dentist Tor
meehzalsal uses OF a. fael ln Dis BUS
mess the defense claimed ulAt tne
alcohO. sold Was made into cologne be-
fere i MAS sold Judge oeyerens sad
t2s appeared more lke a suotertnge
than Anything else tor it had nol beeu
shown that tie ingredients added lo
Ihs alCohO. would improve i Tor use a.
= fuel, bat they were simply added Tor
the purpose Ot eYadung the Jaw.
II. =. Maynard, Of BATON Rapids, and
Frank A. Dean, of Charlotte, are Mr.
White's attorneys They admit every
sale charged, but clGim that their
client acted ln good faith and intended
10 violation OF the law. They mann
tain that u a man chooses 70 use
cologne for fuel il i no violation Of the
law 70 sell Il 10 hlm for the law per-
mits the compromising of cologne with
out government license.
The arguments on both SIDES were
able aud eloquent, and that of District
Attorney Palmer WAS remarkably clear
and concise. Tie prosecutor made no
attack upon tue character OF Mr.
White, but admitted 4 10 bc excellent.
lie merely claimed that the defendant
had violated the law whether with or
without intent. aud he should, there
fore, be- called II account for il.
The Judge viii charge the jury tins
morning and give them the case.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-26
Pnr Tni Ye Democrats.

H Lewis, q colored preacher, bobs
I'D serenely and claims that the Demo
cratic State Central Committee owes
him s250for talking for that unwashod
party. lie claims that be has letters 10
bic possession from the secretary tell
ing him where % 20 and speak, and a
statement Of the secretary g. 20 how
much was due him. lie has retained
Sag CART. Wolcott a Gansen 70 endesvor
70 collect MS claim which he saws was
disallowed by the recent !. ". Weston
commit