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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-19

CITY Exn1NKERs OfrIcEN

CITY ENGNEERs OfrrcE,l
RICHMOND. Va. January -, 1902.
NOTICE TO STEAM HEATING AND PIPE
y FITTING CONTRACTORS Sealed pro-
posals will lie received al this Office until Jan
uary 25th nextat6P. W.. for STEAM HEATING
APPARATUS. and until February sth next az
p NJ. for GAS and WATER PIPING and
FITTINGS for the New City Hall. All necessary
information in printed forms can be seen at
tins office w. l.. CUJSHAN,
iai3-tia25 City Engineer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-19

CHRISTMAS.
We are Offering for I'm Holidays an extra fine
selected stock OF The following goods: New,
cleaned CUkRANIS and kAlSlNS; extra tine
all kinds Of new NUTS and fine Dehesa RAILS
ms; now layer FIGS. DATES. and French
PUDDINGS; finest CHOCOLATES and CAN
DIES; SWEET CIDER: cooking and very fine
table SHERRIES; very old PORTS and French
BRANDlES; Jamaica RUN and Batavia AR.
RAG. We have also great variety of imported
ASPARAGUS CAIllFLOMEk PEAS and
BEANS IN glass and tins. 40
HERMANN SCHMIDTS
900 and 502 east Broad street,
AND
W. l.. WHITES, s32 east Main street.
dec
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IlNerpOOl.

LIVERPOOL. Jan 1s-Spot cotton steady; mid
ding uplands. {. sales included 100 bales O
American Futures quiet: January. 81 $50
9636l: January February. 6l-6fN3 6,-64; febru
uary-Narch, 62-4; Nlarch-April l-6L
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Ilrc slnck Market.

RIcHNoNp, "a, January. IS, 1892.
Roceipts- Cattle. ;e,; sheep, 5os: hogs 1.lsO.
Sizes Cattle. 3jc sheep 800; hogs. l,@l
Price. Cattle Eost. SIC. 70 3c. gross; me
diam 60 good, SC 10 Sc. gross common 10
fair. 2l4c. To- CSC. gross
Bulls. 2j4c. 90 2@tc gtoss.
Sheep. s19c. 10 &c. 81 o5s.
Hogs 5lsc. TO 6c. net.
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NOTICES.

ATACATLED MEETING OF THE BOARD
y OF SUPERVISORS ONBuckingham county.
held at the dwelling house OF J.. b. Lesueur. IN
SAID county. on Monday, the attn day Of Jan
Resolyed. That. whereas it appears from an
advertisement i'm the Richmond Dispatch ana
Tue IrfEs that the Orange hey sFlle
Railroad COMPANY, together with all is rights
and franchises and county subscrlpt Ons. is 70
he sold i'm the city of Richmond on the lifh dag
of January. lsg2. this is hereby % give notice 20
the public generally, and especially TO me pur-
chaser or purchasers. Of the conditional county
subscription by buckingham county OF sOl0o)'
tIst.tbe said subscription has been forfeited by
railroad has failed in every particular TO COM
plv with the contract entered into with the said
county OF buckingham in regard % building
railroad IN said county nm.
copy-Iest: l.. a. LohbL0
Clerk Of the county court OF buckingham
county and ex-officio clCfS Of the Board OF
Supervisors ya'--"
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CNcrNNArr. O.. Jan. 1s.-Pork- Regular
sfi iei6@li25: family. sl0s5@N. Bacon Shor
clear sides, 619c. Whisky-Sales Of l,OSi barrels
at Sis.
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RrcHsoND GEHERAL MARKETS..
PRoDucg.

PRODUCE.
Butter: Fancy creamery. 2ia25c.: dairy
packed, 22aeac.; Merchants packed, isa90c.;
iair laa lsc.: common lOal2'ac..
Eggs; In crates 20c; In barrels 90; Guinea
l-c.
DRESSED POULTRY.
Turkeys. per FOUND l5ai7c.. Ducks, l2}tal3c,
Chickens, l3al5c.
LIVE roULTRY PER HEAD.
Live hens, fat 2la5c.; hens and ROSTERS, s3a
25c.; chickens. young and grown, s2as5c;
chickens. medium and lat. lsa2Jc
CANE
yenisop. per pound llai5c.; Rabbits, sslglkc.
Iirls-rariricgcs, dead llal5c.; Ducks. live
apiece 2la30c. Geese, lJa5jc
FrUrrs AND VEGETABLES.
Potatoes: Irish. i0a5oc. per bushel.
potatoos Northern. sl.75aa00. yer barrel
potafOes Virginia sl.0ala
Sweet otatoes. i0a5 c per bushol
Cabbage sugar barrel Sl.9
Onions patatO $3.O9a%y5 per barrel
Onion Sets. S2OOa2j) per DusheL
Peanuts 3I8a4l1c per pound.
oranges. Fla. bright. box sl75a2.25
huples. Fancy Eating sl.5oss5o per barrel
Apples. Cooking. 81 .5ja20O per DaIfei'
Gallery: base per bunch
Iemons: Fla. &3.00ai5l per DoA.
IoUNlRY BACON.
Hams. small. Va. l2alJc.; per pound hams.
large Va IOal2c.
Sides, 9al0c; per pound.
Shoulders. Sa9c; per pound
Country Lard, 0aGl2c.; per pouna'
DRIED FRUIT.
Armies. Red and Brown. sliced. So. per pound
Fancy 3i6aic.; Quarters; 2lsa3c' IL. .e,.
Peaches, fancy, peeled iAsc.; ineuluin os0o''
DARK. 4al12c.; unpeeled, 2asl2c
Black berries, &c.
Huckleberres, 7a7I9c.
Haspbsrries l2al3c.
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IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE CIR
| CUT COURT OF The COUNTY OF lOhh
OK THE 4rH DAY OF JANUARY. 1892.
William /. Yates, assignee Of Nathan .;
against
William IL. Morris. Defendant.
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pnrs Jed POULTRY.

Turkeys. per POUND l5al7c.. Ducks, l9)tals
Chickens, ia l5c.
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
RICHMOND. VA. January is. 1892

i YirginIa 8 per ceni. ~ ~.
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Butter: Fancy creamery, 2iae5c.: dairy
hacked. 22a23c.: Merchants packed, isa-0c.;
fair, ilaIsc.; common 1Oal2 &C..
Eggs In crates 20c.; In barrels 90; Gulnea
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Live hens, fat 2la35c.; hens and ROSTERS, .
e3c: chickens. young and grown, 2ea25c
chickens. medium and fat. lsa2Jc.
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enough, most Of the employers seem
TO think that "lady-helps" ought to
be willing to work for much smaller
wages than those paid to regular SER
wants or even for no wages at all, for
the sake of getting comfortable
home. In other words, they feel that
they ought not to be called upon to
pay equal prices for skilled and UNI
skilled labor. If young ladies" knew
more about ordinary household duties
they would be better fitted for max
ing a Livelihood if overtaken by mis-
fortune. The problem now is how to
divide the necessary preliminary in
struction for women absolutely pen
niless and helpless, without setting
them to common "drudgery." Some
day or other the association hopes to
have funds for this purpose, but where
they are to come from no one yet has
the least idea.
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walton of $4,000 feet. During the last
800 years there have been but two or
three eruptions, and those have been
mild. Smoke constantly issues from
the mountain, and at times cinders and
stones are sent up In showers.
Mount st. Elias, in Alaska, is classed
as an active volcano. and exceeds Popo-
catapetl In height, the latest estimates
placing Its height at IL, 100 feet.
Interesting volcanic remains are to
be found in the western part OF the
United States and especially in Utah.
The most interesting volcanic district
in Utah is near Fillmore, where volcanic
buttes and tables rest upon the plain mt
distances OF ten to thirty miles apart.
The Tabernacle crater and Iavant
butte may be mentioned In connection
with volcanic remains in Utah.
The demonstrations accompanying a
volcanic eruption depend upon the char
acter OF the material within the crater
and the passage leading downward. IL
the crater has thin floor and the pas
sage below is partially open or filed
with molten lava, the volcanic gases
can escape upward and outward with
comparative quiet. But il the passage
is badly INSTRUCTED violent explosions
may take place, preceded by rumblings,
and even by earthquakes, far-reaching
in effect.
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whioh there is any record occurred Aug.
"a in the year ~. during the reign Of
Titus. 1t Is memorable not only as the
eruption which destroyed Pompeii and
Herculaneum and caused the death Of
Pliny, the naturalist, but also as having
had his nephew, the younger Pliny, for
its historian. He gives most graphic
description of this magnificent though
terrible scene.
The cloud which had scattered so
deep a murkiness over tho day had now
settled into solid and impenetrable
mass. 1t resembled less even the thick
est gloom of night in the open air than
the close and blind darkness OF some
narrow room. But in proportion as the
blackness gathered did the lightnings
around Vesuvius increase in tn in vivid
and scorching glare. Nor was their
horrible beauty confined to the usual
lines of fire; no rainbow ever rivaled
their varied and prodigal dyes. Now
brightly blue as the most azure depth
of a southern sky, now of a livid and
snakelike green, darling restlessly to
and fro rs the folds of an enormous SER
pent, now of a lurid and intolerable
crimson, gushing forth through the col
umns of smoke far and wide and light
ing up the whole country for miles, then
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The London Lady Help Movement.

The "lady-help" movement started
in London few years ago was practi :
cally dead failure, but an effort is
now To be made to revive it in slightly
different shape. For this purpose the
Household Auxiliary Association has
been formed. Both employers and
applicants for situations are to supply
references on registering their names
as annual members. The ladies who
take service are not to be required to
take their meals or share a sleeping
room with regular servants, nor will
they be asked to undertake scrubbing,
backing boots, or carrying heavy
weights upstairs, although special
agreements may be made in particu-
lar cases. This is the plan adopted
by the Gentlewomens Employment
Association i'm Manchester, which has
been in operation for little more
than year. and has just issued its
first report. From this it appears
that the lady-helps are most DESTROYS
OF finding situations as companions,
positions which are about the most
difficult Of all to find. There is a
good demand for nurses and plenty
of ladies willing to undertake the
duties Of such places, but, curiously
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VIII Build an Unsinkabie Boat.

A Leith, Scotland, boat builder is
the patentee of boat which he
claims is unsuitable and uncapsizablc.
Hitherto he has constructed them of
steel and he claims that owing TO the
manner in which the fore and aft
sections, which are conical in shape,
are permanently and Theoretically
sealed the boats are rendered un-
sinlIable, even if filled with water, as
the water runs back into the sea
through the opening in the center
board casing. The cruising yacht he
is about to build will not be OF steel,
however, but Of an aluminium alloy.
The metal is as white as silver and
possesses a breaking strain Of twenty
four tons to the square inch. 1t is
unaffected by water. The yacht,
which instead Of being painted will
be polished, will be about thirty-two
feet long and eight feet broad and
will be provided with roomy cabin
paneled in oak and cOmmodious
forecastle. The deck fittings, as well
as a centerboard dingey which will
accompany the yacht, will be made of
the same white metal. If this eX-
pertinent should turn Ont successfully
a new departure in yacht construction
and fittings may be expected.
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OBSERVATORY AND SUMMIT OF vEsUv1Us

suddenly dying into a sickly paleness,
like the ghost of their own life.
In the pauses of the showers you
heard the rumblng of the earth beneath
and the groaning waves of the tortured
sea- or, lower still, and audible but to
the watch Of the intensest fear, the
grinding and kissing murmur Of the es-
Gaping gases through the chasms of the
distant mountain Sometimes the cloud
appeared to break from its solid mass
and by the lightning to assume quaint
and vast mimicries of human or Of mon
ster shapes striding across the gloom,
crowding one upon the other and van
ishing swiftly into the turbulent abyss
of shade.
Suddenly the place became lighted
with an intense and lurid glow Bright
and gigantic through the darkness
which closed around it like the walls of
hell the mountain shone-a pile of fire.
It's summit seemed riven in two, or rath-
or, above its surface there seemed TO rise
two monster shapes, each confronting
each as demons contending for a world.
These were of one blood-red hue Of fire,
which lighted up the whole atmosphere
far and wide, but below the base OF the
mountain was still dark and shrouded,
save in three places, down which flowed
serpentine and irregular rivers of the
molten lava. Darkly red through the
profound gloom Of their banks they
flowed slowly on toward the city.
Through the still air was heard the rat
Ting of the fragments OF rock crashing
one upon another as they were borne
down the fiery cataracts, darkening for
one instant the spot where they fell and
suffused the next in the FURNISHED hues
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usual form OF a pine tree. The column
of vapor was carried over nearly IL
miles OF country. At the same moment
the summit OF the cone CURED out seven
streams of lava, one OF which destroyed
two-thirds Of Terra del Greco; a second
Resina, which had been built on the site
OF Herculaneum; another the village of
Granatello and a part OF Portici. No
less than $4,000 persons are said to
have persisted in this catastrophe.
Other eruptions occurred in 1888 and
1860, when the crater was SO cleared out
that three distinct holes could be seen in
action at the bottom of the hollow
From 1904 to 1908 there were frequent
eruptions, the worst being in 1907, when
ashes. stones and lava were cast forth
in great quantities, Naples being Aug.
4 covered with dense shower of ashes.
From 1912 to 1877 there were constant
eruptions, being at times thrown to a
height of 1000 feet above the oriflce
from which they issued. The years
1751, 1854, 1858 and 1860 were also very
turbulent.
The mountain was comparatively
quiet until 1884, when two streams of
lava We're thrown out, one over the mar
gin Of the crater, the other from the
base of the old cone accompanied by a
sea of flame. One stream lost itself in
the Atrio del Cavallo, the other flowed
down in vast current of great rapidity,
nearly half n mile broad and from
eighteen to thirty feet deep. 1t did not
stop for eight days, and in its course it
destroyed the village of Caposecco,
leaving only four houses out of 800. In
1883 there were also eruptions of
great violence. The crater was changed
by the last outbursts, assuming the form
of funnel 300 feet deep, accessible to
the bottom.
After few years of quietness the
mountain again resumed business at the
old stand. The night of Feb. ., 1854.
there was a terrific explosion and pour
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height of sixty feet and finally rushed
over the walls and destroyed "a part of
the city. Altogether some fifteen towns
were destroyed by this eruption and
lava thrown out covering an area OF at
least forty square miles. The latest
eruption prior to the present one was i'll
1886. This lasted about three weeks
and was preceded by earthquakes. Gin
ders fell as far distant as MesSina
about eighty miles from Mount Etna.
Mount Etna is one of the most noted
and marvellous volcanoes in the world.
1t is located on the eastern coast of
Sicily, is 10, 1858 feet or more than two
miles high, and its base has a circum-
ference OF about ninety miles. Some of
the lava from its eruptions forms head
lands several hundred feet high along
the Ionian Sea. The area OF the noun
tain is about four hundred and eighty
square miles, and includes two cities
Catania and Aci Reale-and sixty three
towns and villages. 1t is estimated
that as many as 100000 people live on
the sides of the mountain. The noun
tain may be assembled, preferably be-
tween June and December. A party
which assembled in August found it 90
cold near the top that extra coats were
ueceSSdry. ne ABYSS OF Jne crater was
found in 1877 TO be about thousand
feet deep and some two or three miles
around.
Mount vcsuvius.
The volcano OF Vesuvius is more cele-
brated than Mount Etna, although il is
only 1000 feet in height, against the
nearly eleven thousand feet of Etna
Probably Vesuvius has been nearly or
quite twice its present height.
The first eruption of yeeuvius Of
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The star-SpangIed Banner.

English antiquaries now positively
assert that the star-spangled banner
was not evolved from the depths OF
the inner consciousness of a commit.
tee Of patriots in the parior of Mrs.
Ross, in this beautiful Quaker City;
and they point to sundry tombstones,
monuments, and family records still
extant in England as conclusive evi.
dence that the starry and striped flag
of BritanniFs runaway daughter was
simply an outgrowth from the coat
of-arms OF the Washington family
Philadelphia Record.
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FIRE BELCHES FORTH.
ERUPTIONS OF TWO CELEBRAT-
ED VOLCANOES.
How Old Vesuvius Poured Out Destruction
and Then Smoldered for Years-Terrible
Work of Mt Etna I'm II6o-Other Great
Volcanic Mountains.
Mt. Etna and Its FIam cs.

Mount Etna is again in eruption, and
for the eighty fourth time is attracting
the attention of the world. The earliest
recorded eruption of Etna is one men
toned by Diodorus Siculus, which
caused the Sicani to desert its vicinity
and move further to the south. No date
is given, but it is said TO have taken
place in the seventh century b. G.. The
most terrible eruption of the mountain
which has ever been recorded was in
February, 1869. An earthquake, felt
for long distance, destroyed Catania
and buried $4,000 people. The cathe-
dral of the city at the time was crowded
with people celebrating the feast of st.
Agatha. The cathedral was ruined and
the worshipers buried, together with
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bishops and forty-four Benedictine
monks. One side of the crater fell in.
In 1887 part of the village of
Nicolosi was destroyed. At this time a
stream OF lava ran for fifteen miles
down the mountain. A terrible eruption
occurred in 1863. During this eruption
Nicolosi, Belpasso, and a part of Catania
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of the flood along which they foated.
The effect of this eruption was to
destroy the entire side OF the mountain
nearest to the sea, leaving the only
remnants OF the ancient crater. the low
er ridge on the south flank now called
La Pedamentina, and that portion of
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ing out of lava, one stream reaching
.and utterly destroying Bosco Reale the
wood formed of stately OAKS and ash
trees. The large trees, as soon as en-
veloped in the seething lava stream,
poured out jets Of Kissing steam from
every knot and branch and then ex-
ploded with loud report, shooting up
wards of fifty feet or more. II formed
q wonderful spectacle To see those large
trees, bui ming brilliantly, shooting
through the air in every direction. This
eruption changed the appearance OF the
mountain entirely. The walls of the
old crater were broken down and the
central cone reduced in height and form.
After this Vesuvius be ,ame mpara-
lively peaceful, though il sputtered and
shook the earth occasionally.
During the first three months of 1868
there were humorous outbursts from the
top OF the great cone which caused it to
reach greater elevation than at any
former period, the height April 3 being
1 ,253 feet above the level OF the sea.
At the beginning of 1871 the noun
tain again exhibited signs of activity,
which continued throughout the year
and eliminated in the eruption of 1872.
April "a five streams Of lava issued from
the great cone. During the night OF the
25th fresh stream of lava issued about
half way down the side OF the crater.
A number of people had collected to
view this, when torrent of lava sud-
denly burst out close to the crater of
1855, and enveloped and killed number
of the sightseers. The 2Sth and 29th
there was a tremendous outburst of
ashes, which fell over the surrounding
country as far as Naples, obscuring the
daylight and entirely destroying the
vegetation.
Prof. Palmieri of Naples has laid ii
down as rule that when, after a
considerable period of repose, the cen
trail crater presents a series OF small
and frequent eruptions, grand out
burst may be expected. Automatic in
struments now in use at the observa-
tory give and record the warnings of
the slightest trembling of the crater.
Other Volcanoes.
Iceland, as is we'll known, has n geo.
logical formation, and its hot volcanic
cruptions form a strong contrast TO its
climate. Most of the mountains of the
island have been volcanoes. Hecla, the
most famous, is between 1900 and 5000
feet in height. 1t has eighteen record
cd eruptions. the latest being 1856.
The earliest known eruption was in 1104,
which gave the name "sand-rain winter"
to the season i'm which it occurred.
Vast quantities of dust are discharged
from the Icelandic volcanoes, column
OF ashes said TO be 10000 feet high hav-
ing arisen from Hecla in 1866.
Popocatapetl, or, in the language OF
the Aztecs, smoking mountain, is the
most noted volcano in the Western
hemisphere, and one of the highest
mountains In either America, its snow
covered cone towering up 1883 feet
above the sea. At its summit there
lies an immense crater about mile
across and more than third OF mile
in precipitous depth. Sulphur from the
crater is or has been quarried at an ele-
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SoDA-wATER as good as that obtained
from drug stores, and much cheaper,
may be made as follows: Fill a soda
bottle Ga siphon) or a catsup bottle with
spring water. Pour in forty grains of BIZ
carbonate of soda and thirty grains OF
tartaric acid in small crystals, and cork
and tie firmly.
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LINIMENTs and ointments should al
ways be applied to the patient with the
hand; IL applied with cotton or a cloth.
the good effect obtained from the friction
would be lost.
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JUDGE MORSE NAMED.
HE HEADS THE WOLVERINE
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

The Democra State Convention Nomi-
mates the Jurist for Governor without
~ Dissenting Yote-The Other Candi-
dates-Leading Points In the Platform
Ado pied.
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In 1851 one of the greatest OF modern
eruptions took zee. The Gene poured
out column oil vapor SO loaded with
ashes as TO have the appearance Of
black smoke, and which assumed the
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were destroyed. Belpasso, village of
5000 people, was destroyed by the OUT
burst from a new crater which opened
about a mile below the others and threw
out flood of lava two miles wide.
Stopped for a time by the city walls of
Catania, the lava rose gradually to a
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The Old Base.Burner All Right.

"The sun is 15,00O0 900 years old, and
will last 100000 years longer" This
fact will quiet great deal of anxiety
and alarm. An impression had got
abroad that the sun would last only a.
100000 years longer. The sun holds
its age well. Oldest inhabitants say
that it does not look q day older than it
did sixty-fve years ago.-Puck.
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the wall which under the name of Som
ma encircles about two-flfths OF the new
cone. This cone is the present Vesu-
vius, which has continued t. be the al
most exclusive channel Of eruption to
the present day.
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UNUSUALLY speaking the worst bred
person in company is young traveller
lust returned from abroad.-SicUt