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Ths House democratic caucus continued IL
session until nearly midnight Saturday night
without result The caucus then adjourned
until 10 o'clock this morning. The work that
has been done In the interest Of the several
spsakership candidates sinos the caucus Cd
journsd has been underground. From the
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r ATcLIFFE. DARR CO.. AUoTIoNKERa.
CHANCE6Y SALE OF REAL ESTATE. NOS. ll16
AND Ills NEW JERSEY AVENUE SOUTH.
EAST AND IllS AND lI17 aECONn 6TRRRT

s saST AN w. Dis AND III SECOND STREET
By Virtue q : decree Of the supreme Court q TIE
District Of Columbia, nled IN Equity Cause No. l3l7l
on the 2lst day Of Noyembsr 1881. Ne viii Oder fos
NJ e re grants ro MKpNEsD1X DEcEhnER
IN ~ fronting f:st ssysn inches
on New Jersey aveuua and tWenty-oight fest seven
inchee On second street. Southeast Washtngton, In
proved BY four twostory brick dwsllinss.
msnts = ons two and three ysas WITH ia1srsss 6
Per cent Per annum from datA Oof01od payWont1
q The option q the purehssse. MenSsysnso . u
r Sps G5 3; B7hild asE2Rsshrua} 1.~.>
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after something else and tried not to look dis
appointed. Later in the night n bushel Of
doughnuts was brought in and before the
basket was settled on the counter it was
empty.
As soon as the caucus adjourned the friends
Of the candidates set to work and have been
playing but an insignificant part Every pres
sure of an honorable character known to
politics was brought to bear and members we're
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The House restaurant keeper war not expect
ing prolonged caucus. and as n result il was a
hard scramble for food. The hangers abont
who had plenty of time. made their visit to
the restaurant early with great arpetites. SO
that members slipping down late between bal
lots often found it all but impossible to get
scrap.
When the bread gave ont member got
the heel Of the last loaf. and cole ague who
was just making for it turned off rs if he was
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AsSlGNEE,s SALE OF HORSE, WAGONS. BUGGY.
EtHSTTlNE.n BoILER. G1MBINATIoN SAFE.
EEED CUTTERS. PLATFORM SCALE, FIX
TDkES. STOCK IN TRADE. &c. AT AUCTION.
On THURSDAY, DECEAiBER TENTH, comluenc-
INK at len O'CLOCK A. N. shall sell at the we'll
known store, corner eth street and Maryland avenue
n0rtE asst. the following stock. partially Enumerated
Dy virtue OF an assignment by A A. Bishop for the
benefit Of Lis creditors:
OH BROWN HORSE. THREE WAGONS, ONE
IOp BUGGY, one ii. p BANTER ENGINE AND
PaEss, GRAIN FAN, FED CUTTERS. Iron
SAFE, COMBINATION LOCK; TRUCK, PLAT
fULM AND COUNTER SCALES, MEASURES
BINS. STOVE. CORN CRUsHEKS. HARNESS,
Office FURNITURE, FIXTURES. STOCK In
Tie attention Of the trade and private buyers is
called TO tie SAFE.
Terms cash. EDWIN b. HAY, Assignee
dat WALTER b. WII,IIANSk CO Ancts
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.DLNoINVIIa,
. WASHINGTON HUiis AND CARRIAGE BA-
ZAAk,
$40 LOUISIANA AVE

PEREMPTORY SALE or A FINE LOT OF HORSES
AND NAkES.
,THuKSDAI, DECEMBER TENTH. at TEN
O'CLOCK. will lie 50. ID within the bazaar Dad OF
Fine Young Horses and Mares, shipped here from
Philadelphia: Among the lot the we. llnown
trotters beechwood record , -, IIZZ.e r. record
81. The rest OF tine .ot good young workers aud
drivers. Ali to be sold without reserve.
d.-t =. BENSINUEk, Auctioneer.
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THOMAS DUWLING L son. Auct,o,eers.
L Ca st. n W,
CHANcERX SALE or VALUABLE IMPROVED
PkUPkkIi. No. 80. EOu nth STREET NOR h

CHANCERY SALE or VALUABLE IMPROVED
PKOPkkII. No 30. EOI kTh STREET NOR h
WEST, Al ACCII ION.
Dy yrIGe Of a decree oI tn Supreme Court of the
District OF Columbia PASSED equity lS3la
OH lac Oth oay Cc,ober 1871. offer
Oh the Premises MONDAY. DECEMBER StVEN al,
30. IT FOCk O'Ci.O' X r. NJ. part OF 10, = Toad
anu rel ltrs suiiN.s Oh OF sQGre lie nnlny
point 4th street T.. inches NORTH ron. the
southwest corner ot sand Square and thence
north IA ieetj chrs EAST ~ tIece south
j ist : INCH and then e , po n ieknn,n.
lLproN.uOJ acon;ortaEie two-,iory r.rk I.wr.ilng
Terms VI sale: II. 40 '.sl, bach. IL ,qu.. IL
sai. ats IN one ana Two years. will interest secured
by deed OF list u The Properly. all
option OF the parcasr lens 10 De UoIi.pIied with
III ten uay> ga tie trustees the ri hs
rsk ana cost o. ueiau t-n urclaser five days
Advertisement. :. dep st 500 quIred the time
OF sat- AL ConNt "ncing ana rrrOitils 1T "
purchaser. l.. II. THOMAS,
GIG 81. Il. W.. I Tr,.....
HENRl /. EfH, { Af"s'ees
no24 dts :EU eth St n.w,J
A1-1HE ABOVE SALE Is POSTi ONFD on AC-
count Of the rain until MONDAY, DECEMbEH
tOC RGEfN H. same hour and place
d. BY Order OF the Trustees
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~ LOTS On RHODE ISLAM AVENUE AND 2
SIkEEIS. NEAR FOURTEENTH STREET
NORTHWEST.
BY virtue of a decree Of the Supreme Court OF the
District OF Couubia ssed in equity No. l3 i4
the unteisigned vii, offer for the PREMISES,
tESDAl. THE LIGHT DAY Oh DECEMBER
l.sl AT HALF ASH foUR O'CloCk A. IA, lots
II, 10 and III. in William McIyeaE's sub VISION an
square north Of square "A. these lots together
have frontage OF 81 n, feet Ehoue Is and
and 20 feet on A. street. 1 he iraI.e dwelling now
standing on these lots VII lie sold separately
i'rs Oh sac iI.e lots: One third ash and the
remainder IN equal ns.ailln. nts and years.
bearing inter. payable selni-annually and
by men Oh tie piol,riy sod. cash, at the OPP
non OF the purchaser; ior the frame bul d
deposit Will be required at the time of sale equal 3
per cent Oh tie lols and 10 yer guiding
al II the TERMS oi s. le are not comp led with in
dsys Tie IloI efty Lay he 1esuld VI al
Veitseent at the risk and ,ost of the Ge.autin pur-
chaser. diagram OF the Properly may lie
Office OF the auciloneers trustee.
SAMUEL >. SHEDD. Trustee,
No. AZ .tl 81. n. W.
NO., As
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X ATCLIFFE, DARR CO.. AUcTIoNEERs
TMEhN FIFIEENTH AND SIXTEENTH
STREETS NORTHWEST By AUCTION
On FRIDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER
ELEVENTH. AT HALF-PAsT FOUR O'CLOCK, We
Will oner for sale in front OF the premises
PART OF LOT THIRTEEN
IN SQUARE ONE HUNDRED AND NINFTY-NINF
s. feet. Nef'N "a
Ihis lot one Of the finest in the city, being in the
most fashionable neigh borhood near many tine and
cosby private residences and is seldom opportun-
uX - onered TO buy such property by public sale.
Terms made known at time OF sale. A deposit of
SOo required when the property is sold II the terms
OF sale are not complied with in fifteen from the
day of sale right to resell the proiery a. th
RISK and cost OF the defaulting purchaser after iye
Gays advertisement Of such resale newspaper
puDllshed IN Washington, ID. L. All conyeyancine
and recording 1t the cost of the purchaser.
RADCLIFFE. DARR CO.
of-o0os Auctioneers
n ATINER q SLOAN. Anct,oneer.
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TIE CAUCUS srARvED OUT.


1 DrNNHlLHss aAfHIlrN0 AND 0EvHNTEIH Y1UI1-
LE0 8AILoTs-Hov TEI VOTES STOOD y1on
BALLOT 10 nAILo1-scxHn A1ouxD Tn KAlx
o. nEI11oENfAIIvN.
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I ATIMER & SLOAN. Auctioneen,

TRUSTEE !, SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPRoyED
PROPERTY On STREET BETWEEN EIGH-
'IEENTh AND NINETEENTH STREETS
NORTHWEST.
BY virtue of certain decree OF the Supreme Court
o. the ilstrlct OF Columbia passed the 18th day of
Novelnoer 1881. IN equity cause No. 1887, will
seIl at pnb.ic auction, IN front OF the premises.
On fElDAf. fOt RTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1891,
Al POUR O'CLOCK 7 M. the following real estate.
siiuate IN the city Of Washington, d. c. 10 wit: Lots
20. 81. - and % in VIM. Ii. Philips recorded subdi-
vision OF original lot 8 in
Square lab.
situate on north Side 4 between 18th
streets northwest. opposite Ia Wins Park.
Terms of sale ribed by the third
OF the purchase money cash. balance in
equal installments. payable respectively ina one and
two years from day OF sale. all cash, option OF
purchaser tue GeerreI payments bear interest at
the rate OF per ceutum per annum from the day OF
sac, aud be represented by the notes of the pur-
chaser and secured On the property sold. A deposit
OF S2OO Will he required at time of sale. All
conveyanciny and recording at purchasers cost In
case OF default il compliance with the terms of sale
the risk and cost of the defsun purchaser after such
iurthef as may seem TO him proper.
CHARLES WoRTHINGTON, trustee,
uoso-oNos l4OS l. 81. W.
sF IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE STORM THE
above sale is postponed until THURSDAY, DECEM-
bEh TENTH. 1891 at same hour and placa
By order of the Trustee. d.
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"A +. WARREN JOHNSON. Aucuoneer.
Will sell by public the store of H. uiton
lis Pennsyiyanla aNei!ue northwest cOf!iuenclng
TUESDai, DECENBER L.GnTH, At En- O'CLOCK
M his stock OF unreLeeiIed pledges del
nent. from No "A. III o l0 400
iron No 10 ~. S4. inclusive style, shelf
dei artment from 81. 1919 I!.Is SAFE
VIII ihclude all gooJ ~ on which lnteres, Is due
twelve months more and will consist Gold Sill
ver lid Metal cased Watches Clains ChariIs LockeIs
Scarf Pins. CUT Buttons. Cohsr Bittons, Earril rs
Lace Pms. Neck Chains, fain Gold and Set Rings
CONS, bracelets. sn, ware, Metals. Meiaons Dis
nonds, Opals. Pearls. tlneruIs AID ether precious
Stones Books. Boots, Shoes ress Goods, PIae,lware
Guns, Revolyers Opera Glasses. Umbrellas SURGICAL
and Dental Instruments, bioiins, Drums, MIrrors
kazors, Vases. Sc. Sale viii continu MORNING at
Ten O'CLOCK and EN ENINe u. SEVEN O'CLOCK
Until all the lots sod Ticket holders please
notice n, X. FUL1tN. lAMuDrokel
dir +. WARREN jon Auctlu.leer.
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AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN.
stormed with INSPIRED" kilograms from home
demanding that they vote for this Speaker or
for that
When this mornings sun rose both the lead
ing candidates claimed enough Of the outside
vote to elect whenever they could get at It, and
spoke with confidence of the result.
The balloting in detail Saturday night re-
suited as follows:
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Dpsita
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ID.
ExPKNpIruHBA
Improvement of streets. alleys
and roads, including permit
work. SURVEYS and condemns
ton Of land for streets, alleys
and roads.
Care Of streets, alleys and roads,
including lighting, harbor and
river front, hay scales, public
pumps and care OF trees.
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4 hANoEkh SAIL. Or DEslhABLE BUI. DING
~ LOTS On RHODE ISLAND AVENUE AND 4
SIkEEIs. NEAR FOURTEENTH STREET
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EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES SALE OF Val
ABLE IMPROVED BUSINESS PROPERT
KNOWN As 3lO SEVENTH STREET NORTH
MEST. EsB LOUISIANA AVENUE NoKTH
NEsI AND CORNER OF TENTH AND
STREETS SOUTHWEST.
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ton. Although forty-eight years of age
he looks rather like man of thirty
five. He has resided in Chicago all Of
his life, until since his appointment to
the position which he now holds lie
travels great deal. inspecting build
ings under construction, as well as
those which seem to require constant
repairs.
His recommendations to the secre-
tary OF the treasury, in all cases. are
promptly acted upon. for the depart
ment has entire confidence in his ability
and integrity.
The assistant architect and chief
clerk, Mr.. Harry C. Mclean, has been
connected with the Office for nearly q
quarter Of a century. He is a New
Yorker, and received his first appoint
ment in the government service twenty
four years ago. His room is very
plain but comfortable one, adjoining
that OF the architect. Upon its walls
are immense pictures of the public
buildings at Charleston, S. c., New York
and Detroit. The United States custom
house at Charleston is very handsome
edifice and the picture is an excellent
piece OF artistic work. 1t looks like the
north wing of the treasury department,
and is partly surrounded by the blue
waters Of the bay, with historic Fort
Sumter in the distance. Out in the cor
ridors are pictures Of the public build
ings at st. Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Fort Wayne, and Dallas, Tex.
| learned from Mr.. Frank Smith, chief
of the repairs division and acting chief
clerk Of the office, that there are two
hundred and fifty completed public
buildings in the country. The last con-
gress made appropriations for one-fifth
as many buildings as were formerly
built during whole century.
st. Julien Da Pray, the chief Of the
law and contract division, invited my
attention to the fact that the matter OF
selecting sites for public buildings, the
requirement of titles, the examination
and closing of contracts. the supervision
of the working forces throughout the
entire country, as well as the manage
ment of the busy men at headquarters,
requires q great deal more work and
CASSulsC dolIily lAdh ID SSACidliy uu-
derstood by the people, and by their
representatives in congress.
Mr.. Lewis Stutz. chief of the draughtr
ing division, informs me that thirty sites
have been selected for public buildings
appropriated for during the last con-
gress, and that plans have been CON-
pieted for twenty-four Of them. The
work Of the Office is up to date. If
were to write as much as could be writ
ten, and probably ought to be written
concerning this office, it would fill the
entire paper. SMITH ID. Fry.
Trouble with tho Scales.
Hubby-I've just been in to get
weighed; have gained ten pounds
Fogg-So? What did you have for
breakfast?
Hubby-Only couple Of biscuits.
Fogg-Your wife's?
Hubby-Of course.
Fogg-And only gained ten pounds?
Something must be wrong with the
scales.-Boston Transcript.
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dow openings. The walls Of one Of these
buildings are still twenty or thirty feet
high, their foundations being sunk deep
into the earth. This masonry displays
a combination Of science and art refer
able to higher civilization and refine-
ment than possessed by the Mexicans or
Pueblos Of the present day. The de-
tails of the structure are ~, iiminutivo
and true in adjustment rs NJ little dis
lance to have the appearance of a mag
nificcnt piece Of mosaic. These walls,
indeed. are of masonry such as Is not
built in this country at the present time.
In southern Utah is an old stone house
Of good masonry standing on wall Of
rock 200 feet above the level Of the Rio
Escalante, near the foot Of Cataract
canyon. Beautiful pottery has been
found in the neighborhood and the faces
Of the cliffs around are covered with
etchings. Another house of similar
construction is farther down the valley.
1t has a subterranean chamber hewn
from rock. Near it is natural pyra.
mid that has been converted into an
outlook, the top of which was reached
by series of stairs hewn from the face
of the rock with ladders at intervals.
We cannot specify further the re-
markable ruins in the valleys and on
the elevations of this rugged country,
but pass for a brief reference to tho
cliff dwelling and fortresses which are
habitations ever occupied by man. !"
They are more suitable to the romanccs
of centuries ago than to the sober
memoirs of to-day. One hundred miles
west Of the valley in which are the
ruins of the 'Ccvola," lies Chiefly canyon,
the river being one of the tributaries Of
the San Juan. The canyon is from l5O
to 900 feet wide. with perpendicular
sides 800 to 500 feet high. In The face
OF these cliffs are several cave openings,
the entrances Of which are closed with
stone and mortar masonry, and access
sible only by scaling ladders. In the
valley of the Mancos, another tributary
OF the San Juan in Colorado, is located
one Of the first cliff houses ever ex.
plored. II is built in niche or shallow
cave 600 feet above the river. Five hun.
dred feet Of the approach to the house
is comparatively easy, but the other
one hundred feet is an almost perpen-
dicular rock up which the explorers
could not have assembled except for q
series of steps cut into the face of the
rock and leading to a ledge on which
the house stood. The ledge is ten feet
wide and twenty long, with vertical
space of fifteen feet to the Oyerhanrinn
rock. Half the space is occupied by the
house; the rest is sort of esplanade
Enclosed by balustrade resting on
stone abutments. The house has three
rooms on each floor. The floors are
laid on cedar beams. The walls are
carefully built and smoothly plastered
and colored deep maroon, with an
inch-wide band Of white around the
room. A cistern is hewn out of the rock
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, BUNS IN THE VALLEY OF THE PEcOs.
treasure the secret that if given out
would remove much of the mystery
from the history Of the ancient America
to whose civilization the ruins are sup
posed to belong. In these ruins are
found fragments o. pottery, brightly
colored and fancifully designed. The
decorations are figures Of frogs, tad
poles, tortoises, butterflies and rattle
snakes. On some Of these vases are
figures Of tufted snakes, q decoration
unique in America.
About seventy miles north Of Zuni
aare ruins supposed to have been tho
famous "Seven Cities OF CevoIa," which
were conquered, robbed and despoiled
by Coronado, the Spanish governor of
iGalicia, in 1910. The seven "c;ties"
were seven editices of vast size capa-
BILE Of accommodating from one to five
thousand persons each, sort of COM
munity house, the largest contain
ing about one thousand rooms.
They were built of stone around
three sides of a square, the side
opposite the main building. being left
open. The outer faces Of the walls
were constructed of thin regular blocks
of sandstone; the inner surface was fin
ished with cobble stones laid in mortar
The only entrances were through win
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the same work, interested in the same
cause, having daily intercourse with one
another. and exchanging views. must
necessarily acquire a more thorough
knowledge of their profession than any
man or set of men confined to the
private practice of one city.
The technical branch of the Office
has heretofore worked under all the
difficulties found in an overcrowded,
badly lighted, badly ventilated room,
but recently the new draughting room
erected in the south court of the treas
u-y has been completed and is now oc-
cupied. The clerical force of the Office
is in every way efficient. And in this Of
fee there is special need for efficiency
since there is SO little mere routine
work to be done, and SO much that re-
quires special knowledge on the part OF
the employee. There is not a clerkship
in this Office that could to-day be COM
pctently filed from the outside. True.
there are many who could acquire the
proper knowledge by experience, but
the work of this bureau requires an
experience not obtainable in q month,
a year, or two years: being, as it is, so
intimately associated with the techni-
calities of designing, engineering and
construction.
II any improvement could be made
In the force of the Office it would be ac-
complished by more liberal allowance
in the matter of salaries. Men Of pro-
fessional education, experts in their
several branches of architecture, or any
other scientific profession. should by all
means receive pay commensurate with
services rendered. This however is not
SO. On the contrary to this principle,
che salaries, or per diem, paid the en-
ployes of this Office are proportionately
less than are paid in many branches Of
the government service, for mere routine
work requiring no special education or
scientific knowledge. Congress could
do no better work than to show a solid
appreciation Of the scientific branches
OF the governments by general in
crease of salaries, especially that Of
the supervising architect who receives
but $4,000. Secretary Window recon-
mended to congress that it be increased
to $4,000. This would secure and retain
the services of the very best talent. As
1t is, the office is frequently obliged to
fill vacancy in its ranks, caused by the
resignation of some expert, who is of.
Tered much greater inducements in thu
matter of salary by some private estab-
lishment. The government of the
United States pays less for scientific
services to-day than any other country.
4 man holding position equal to that
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HUMOROUS.

Tommy (yawning)-"A river must
have good time" D;ck-'Why?"
Tommy because it doesn't have to
get out Of its bed. Lowell Citizen.
AS they stood on the beach where the
wavelets play
She laid her head on his satin vest
And lifted her lips in pouting way
And-he did the rest.
Cape Cod Item.
Hungry Higgins-''O. had sich a
dream las night! l thought / was
fuller'n a billed owl" Weary Watkins
-"Ah, it's yon that always was the
lucky duck"'-lndianapolis journal.
The city man who can not tell rye
from oats is usually the man who can
tell you best how to make money off a
farm. At any rate, such a man could
never make living on one.-Somer-
vile journal.
Pa" said little George Thikhed,
''what is. a meteorologist?" and old
Thikhed thoughtfully replied: ''Why,
my boy, haven't you seen the nan with
a lantern who comes to look at the gas
meter now and then? Well, he is a me-
teorologist. "-Boston Bulletin.
THE Way to Mans land Girls
heart, etc. "-''Do you remember that
lovely gorge at Flowery Dell?" asked
Griffin of one of the girls he had met
at the picric. "Rather!' was the reply.
1T was the first square meal I'd had
for week Magazine.
-Reporter-''I have been assigned to
sr%a 1,a,. - -
subject of books which have most influ-
enced them" Great Author--'I UNI
derstand." my question is this: What
book has been to you the greatest slim
illus to mental activity?" IAN empty
pocket-book. "-Omaha World.
Accounted For-Moodles-"I saw,
Bangle, that's pretty rocky suit of
clothes you have on" Bangle-"It cost
me seventy-fve dollars" Noodles
'When it was new?' Rangle-"No;
Just as it is" Moodles-'How on earth
did that happen?" Bangle-"I didn't
pay for it until l had had it eighteen
months. IN. Y. Sun.
Small Boy-''What'll do with this
money bank?" Mamma-"Puti it away,
of course 1t has dollar in it that
your aunt gave you and some change
your papa and put in" Not now
There isn't any money in it now. /
spent it." "Spent it? What did you
do that for?' "Why, the minister
preached so hard against hoardin' up
riches that l got converted and spent
what had"
Mr.. Spurgeon is said to have used
the following illustration in a good mis-
sionary sermon. 1t was about q
poacher. Said the owner of the land:
"You must not fish here" II am not
fishing" was the cool reply. "Why,
you have got rod and line" added the
indignant landlord. II know have"
answered the poacher; ''but am mere
~ trying to drown worm."-Christian
Register.