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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22
NOT DOWN on THE BILLS.
ssFVauaoe.v the Big East indian Lion,
rraats. q nanIe In Chieaeo.

ssWauaee.'' the Big East Indian Lion,
Creates g Panic in Chicago.
CHICAGO. Teb. 22 -stYVallace." the
lion who is on exhibition at dime
museum. where he is advertised as the
terrible untaned wonder Of the world,
escaped from his keeper about $50
yesterday afternoon and bounded
among a crowded audience in the
theater OF the museum. Broncho Boo
cacio an East Indian. who is the lions
Keeper and trainer, was about to give
an exhibition ia the biz iron cage with
the iOn when the animal leaped from
the cage. The theater was crowded
from the ring to the rear doors fully
500 people being present IA panic was
1mmedla tely precl plta1ed-
Immediately after the beast landed
cn the floor HE started on a trot up
the south aisle, switching his grace
ful tail and snarl ng and roaring.
There was no one in the aisle to im-
pede his progress and he found clear
road before him. He trOtted to the
rear Of the theater and was about to
go through one OF the main exits
which leads to Clark street when
Hrouchc Boccacic, the East Indian.
bounded in front cf him. The door
to this exit was broken open it having
been knocked from its hinges by some
Of the people ia the audience who had
made dash for safety. Wallace"
was making for This opening when
Boccaclo stopped him.
The tanner unhesitatinglv gave the
savage brute a slash across the faca
with heavy rawhice whip which he
carried. The blow was a severe one,
and the lion gave vent to a savage cry
Of PAIN As he reared mp on his hind
legs Boccacio. still showing no fear.
grabbed the beast by THE long hair on
its neck and pulled tt to one side and
attempted To turn bis head toward
the stage where he hoped to- get him
to return to his cage The Lion. hove
ever for moment appeared stubborn
and refused to move, and the fearless
East Indian applied the whip. The
man IS 1earlessmess conquered. and the
beast vith month w5 de open. and snap-
ping and roariag, turned and started
to return tCws I'd the stage closely
followed bv neccacio.
When the stage end Of the aisle was
reached re submitted to be driven ntO
CORNER under the south stage box.
where he, trem bling with eXcIoem ent,
erouched ON the floor while the
keeper stood over him with uplifted
whip 8roncho BCccacso then with
out removing his glance from the cow
ering beast called to an attendant and
moved from the stage to the spaeevav
on the floor ia front s. the parquet
seats Ihlsl after some delay. was
done and the daring keeper with
torce ana whip persua sion. induced
the roaring lion to slowly crawl back
in to his cage The brute was free from
has iron SURROUNDINGS fully twenty
minutes Fortunately no ONE was i'm
3ured in the mad rush for liberty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22

NIEsrpHs, Tenn, Feb. 22-Early
yesterday morning John ". Bradley,
excl ty boolSkeeper, who was sleeping
with his wife. woke UP to find the
back Of his night shirt On fire. When
the fire was distinguished. he felt a
burning sensation ia his side. ands on
examination. discovered that a pistol
bullet had cut furfow through his
flesh where st lies embedded. The
pistol which he had placed under his
pillow, had been accidentally dis
charged and the strange part IS that
neither MIR. Bradley, his wife, nor any
of the neigh bors heard the noise.
Bradley win die
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22
BOND INVESTMENT COMPANIES


a New scheme Proposed Whereby They
hope to Avoid Past Perils.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. 22.-The
bond investment companies are
about to try new plan whereby
they hope to avoid the snares of
the law eneircling their past meth
DDS Of doing business. From
onesof the corporations now under
the ban of the law TT was to-day
learned that formal action had been
taken to change the name of the com
pany using the word endowment
instead of bond investment. The
company win then issue. instead of
the bonds OF the past. endowment
certificates" also changing bonds
now ia existence for these certificates.
In addition TT is proposed to create a
reserve fund for the benefit of the
tslast man. who has been unprovided
for i'm previous schemes. Business
VIII not be done through the mails
The QUO warranto suits against the
charters VIII also be fought out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22
ERAsrUs wImAN IN JAIL.
arrested on Two Indictments Charged
Win EarEerv.


With Forgery.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-The news that
Erastus Wiman had been arrested on a
serious charge fell like a thunderbolt
3n the ears of the multitude who
heard the story last night and no one
was more surprised than Mr.. Wimau
himself. Since severing his eonnec-
tion with the r.. 6. DUN agency Mr..
Wiman has occupied a pleasantly fur
mished Office in the Field building at
Broadway. He was engaged at his
desk when Detective Sergeant Phil
Riley and Won Gerichten walked In
They had a bench warrant for his ar-
rest. which was already prepared
when the grand jury an hour earlier
had found two indictments against
the ez-lzing Of the Staten Island for
forgery. The indictments were re-
turned on complaint Of r. e. Dun.
and the amount involved is 1928. GOO.
Tia default OF bail MT Wiman was
locked am
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GRAND ARmY OF KANSAS.
Next annual Encanpment WIN BE Held
at Lawrence.

att Lawrence.
NEWTON, kan, Feb. 22--Boutine
business consumed most of the day in
the Grand Army and its auxiliary
associations, and election of officers
was only partially eonsummated when
an adjournment was had until o clock
to-day. In the Grand Army, Judge
M. g. Campbell of Wichita was elect
ed department commander and Dir.
Tim Storer Of lola senior vice depart
nent commander. The Woman's Re
LEG Corps chose Mrs. Ida III. Wood of
Pittsburg, for department president.
The rest of the officers Will be selected
to-day The other orders elected all
their officers yesterday.
it has been decided that the next
annual encampment viii be held ait
Lawrence, sand the next annual
rennion ut hutchinson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22

The Great Rock Island Route runs
daily through sleeping cars from Topeka
to Chicago, ST. Louis, Fort Worth, Ei
Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco and
Denver.
Buy your tickets and make your reser-
vations st depot. corner flrat and han-
sas avenue. WATSON % Cromwell. post-
office, North Topeka, or CRY ticket Office.
corner Sixth and Kansas avenue.
III. %. GARvEY.
City Ticket and Passenger agent
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WOMAN DIES OF CHAMBERS.
Horrible Death 81 HTrs. sophia tseresford
OF san E-ranclseo.

of san Francisco
SAN FRANcIsco. Feb. 22.-Mrs Sophia
Beresford. wife Of a prosperous dray-
man, died last night of CHAMBERS.
Four weeks AGO the woman's husband
uuvittinaly purchased diseased
horse for the family to drive.
A few days later. while Mrs.
Beresfora was standing near the
horses head. the animal sneezed ia
her face. Soon after She was striclze
with chills and pain and swelling of
the forehead She finally became so
bad THAT She was removed to the
hospital and there the nature OF the
disease was discovered The whole
upper portion 81 the woman's face
was eaten away by the dreaded dis
ease. The husband and children have
also been exposed. aud their condition
IS being closely watched. The health
author ties KIN ga the horse and viii
cause the arrest of the traders who
sold it to Bel esford at a price that
was ri0iculonslv low
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22

LINCOLN. Neb Feb 22-The state
G. a r. encampment convened here
yesterday in S eventeenth annual con-
vention the attendance was small.
Commander Church welcomed the
delegates in IN interesting address
The reports of his staff inaiea ted that
the Nebraska organization is IT'D a
6ourishing condition The member
Il l.
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TEXAS AND RErUaN.

one Tare Tor lhe tuuuu LFIU~saUIH -
Route.
On the second Tuesday Of each month
the Santa Fe viii sell round trip tickets
to all Texas points at one fare for the
round trip. Tickets good for thirty days
and good TO stop off AZ an points in ok
lahoma. Indian Territory Or New Mex
leo, on going trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22

HARRISON VILE. Mo. Feb. 22-Au-
gust Tanner was run over By the cars
at East Lynn, Mo-. while trying to
steal a ride on the blind baggage car.
Both legs and one arm were crushed
SO badly that he VIII die He rs from
Germany and has no relatives ia this
cU71ut7-r-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22
KILLING Time
House Continues to Do AbsO
lutely Nothing
Populists Have Joined the
ObstructiOnists.
WON'T ADJOURN TODAY
Washington's Birthday Cuts No
Figure.

WAsH1Narov, Feb. 22.-Mr. Bland
failed again to secure a quorum on his
motion, and after four hour of fruit
less roll calls the house adjourned
The highest number of votes polled
yesterday was 17o-nine short Of a
quorum. The mem bers who have
been arrested-ab bout twenty in NUM-
Der. were paroled until to-day and
VIII be arraigned as soon as the house
meets An effort was made to adlOurn
over to-day, Washington's birthday
but Mr. Bland insisted IS the Demo-
Gratis of the house did not do business
81 was not proper to fritter away time
on holidays. and his supporters sus-
tanned him.
Onlv seven of the 854 members of
the house were unaceounted for when
that body met at high noon. After
the reading of the journal, Sergeant
alarms Snow came forward with
supplementary report on the order ln-
structing him to arrest a bsentees- He
reported all but seven mem Ders pres
ent OF on their way, except such as
had been excused on account Of JILL
ness, and that deputies had been sent
for the other seven.
Mr.. Bland asked unanimous consent
that those members that were present
be excused. but Mr. Reed objected
saying, "0ur people were paraded be-
fore the bar of the house, and now we
want to see yours.
Mr. Bland then moved that the
house 90 into committee of the whole
on the seigniOrage bill and pending
that an debate be limited to ten min
utes, and on the latter motion he de-
manded the previous question. On
this motion he failed to secure
quorum by narrow margin. although
eleven Democratic opponents of the
and voted against the demand for the
previous question. The vote stood 159
TO =, nine short OF quorum
Mr.. Bland moved a cali Of the house
The cali developed the presence of
27I mem bers, and the vote then re-
CURED on Mr.. BANDS demand for the
previous question on his motion to
cl0se de bate. Pages and messengers
scurried through the corridors and
committee rooms to see that every
available vote was cast on this roll
call The Populists did not vote on
the first roll-cal. which action
alarmed the Democrats. Jerry simp-
son, when approached. said that
they wanted to show the
country that the Democratic
party was Incapable of transaeting
business. On the second rOll-call the
supporters OF the Bland bin were
greatly relieved to fnd Populists re-
spending ia the afirma tire as their
names were called. Ten Republicans.
who had been voting with the Demo
Gratis up to this time, however. except
Waugh Marsh and Murray. with the
prospect Of a quorum in sight on this
vote, yielded to the solicitations of
their Eastern colleagues. So that,
despite the great effort to secure
quorum. it again fell short. this time
159 to 10.
The yeas and nays were demanded
r D. f.. 9 il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is takens 1T Isl pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy OF its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste ard ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made 1t the most
popular remedy known.
8 Syrup Of Figs is for sale 10 500
and 81 bottles by Ell leading drug
gists. Amy reliable druggist who
may not have FL ola hand win pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup 90.
SAN fRAHcisCO. GIL
LOUISVILLE KH HEY Y0RK. NY
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a New Haven. Conn. special says
Prof IL j. Phelps, eN-mlnistor TO Eng
land. ia ~ with some serious symp-
-onls.
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LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb PA. s. Jones.
station agent of the Missouri Pacific
at Welton. this county. shot and killed
Jerrv Peck. a constable. at spranue
last night. Jones and Peek had had
trouble before which resulted ia the
former being transferred by the rail-
yvav company from ~prague 10 Walton.
famiir when the fatal quarrel with
Peek occurred. Jones IS now barrie
ca3ed ia a section house with his fame
i1y and de6es arrest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22

snh.arihe lortba D.lIz agAI.JoaaNA1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22

Peerless Steam Laundry 112 ana ia
Isl eat sth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-22

"St. Louis Grocer and General Merchant
Editorial Department. So Louis. $40.
Early last summer / became AFFLICTED WllA
heartburn. Frequently was seized with
Stomach Trouble and Indigestion
I lost flesh. my weight faliiugof from 178 pounds
to 900. ( worried along for six months. trying
FIRST one and then another friends prescription.
seeking relief aIy appetite was gone and
couldn't have used any digestion 90 had had lf-
Wei, Z CHANGED - read an advertisement ln q
ST. Louis paper, in which tna statement was
made that HOuI's Cures I bought 4 bottle ami
began taxing it. and just then new trouble DeEaa.
what there was le1t Of Hy stomach would
Tangis Up Like a rretzei
IF as much as Thought 81 eating anything
solid. ana + knew that Hoods earsaparliia
wouldn't do any more than make &c turn hand
spring. Bus was disappointed. a few doses
Of Hoods sarsaparilla ana began 81 feai bea-
Ter. could hardly believe Fl myself when Hte
half of = lobster and found that 90 really meant
70 remain with nae over night Gradually my
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c1LIF0FWI9 70 sK8JP 90

8AN f8HHcISCO. c4L
LOUISVILLE. KY. HEY YORK H.K
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-11
loUSE ON THE TRACK.
= Everett Car Line Forced to
Suspend Operation.
! TACOMA LABOR soycoTT.


vxnErr, May o.-Tepeeial. ETrafhe On
street railway bstussn Everett and
Ill II Suspended through the sfforts Of
nlFsctor Trusty 70 move house ACROSS
RACKS without permission of the COM
10y. There Was . smail-siSsd riot 1t the
uSection Of Brosduay and Pacific ave
- yesterday when Trussy reached that
fnk He had got the front end Of the
- partly on the track when Manager
bitssy appeared with forcs Of men
~ proposed 10 remove the obstruction 20
- thsy could operate the line. He was
oessdinK TO shove the HOUSE OF the
s'Ssek when Marshal Grove interfsrsd and
ieFsd him OF
6 appears that Mayor Wallipr rave
&snsty the usual license 70 move his house
3hs strest, but said that be must make
u SYN arrangements with the street rail-
- company for crossing its track and
soving it, wires Attorney Brownsil,
sAking for the street railway company,
- thst Is 10 always ready 20 take down
- wires when necessarily 70 lot . house
nuss the track, bat they had found Il
oesseary TO ask deposit In sdvance 70
leysf the expense. which was not more
80 = or Is. Trusty had failed 70 do
III The company. said Mr.. BrowneiI.
- attorney, rs not disposed to treat
Ghtiy tbs annoyancs Of submitting 70
sss obstructions and Law suits, and II IL
1nnot b projected It may suspend opera
1oas on the entire line" Cars have been
1ithdrawn from the Lowell service and
4Fusty's house still stands across the
foadway track today. II would not be
surprising II operations were suspended
- the entifs line.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-11

TACOMA. May i0-f8pscial. -Notwith.
soeanding Interior evidences Of close simes.
The trade 1t this point In lumber, shingles,
emelting ores, grain and four continues
snesmaI. In fact the traffic In grain and
Sour IL increasing. The second Touring
Mil. which was added 70 the city last fall,
las orders. Manager John w. Berry says,
which will keep IL busy for two months.
Manager Rust, Of the smelling works, re-
ports IN abundance OF smelling ores in
sight, and the prospects bright In his line
sef business. More fionr 10 being shipped
70 the Orient than ever before. The East
eFn car lumber trade shows no increase.
bot some OF the local lumber men have
taken hand In supplying the California
Sarge trade, and while the volume Of bush
nsss In that direction cannot be increased.
some Of the trade now cared for by lumber
manufacturing concerns outside of this
section of the Northwest IL being
secuned by local manufacturers. There
b no falling OF in the coal shipments. but
rather slight increase. Shingles are I'm
active demand. More grain. railroad men
report. IL being shipped by car to California
than ever before; i've new wheat ships
have been chartered 10 carry away grain.
and in fact the grain exported this fiscal
year promises to exceed all previous
records. Railroad construction aud build.
Ing are at n standsti!i. bat all the staple
lines of trade are active and the Common
vealsrs are gone. With q few more peo-
pie crowded out of the city, digging some
thing out of the ground or converting
forests into shingles aud lumber, Tacoma
will have solved the hard times question.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-11
sPoRrINs MOTIFS.

The Olympic Club of New Orleans offers
to put up purse Of &. 600 for the Fitssim-
mons-C hoynski tight.
Saadow, the perfect man, has been
matched TO wrestls Commodore, Col.
Boone's big lion. in the arena Ut San Fran
cisco. The lion will b mu1zisd and his
claws clipped.
Dan Crsedon and Jim Hall have signed
an agreement to fight six rounds with
gloves. The fine and place are left open.
and the club giving sufficient purse Will
Be awarded the contest
At the Hawthorne park track, Chicago,
Thursdav, the winners were: Six fur
longs. Memphis. l:23; i've furlongs.
Sweet Alice, Los; mile. Logan, Lac; six
inriongs. Pittsburg. LIZ; six furlongs.
At the San Francisco races Thursday
Outright. 1:23; four furiongs, Fl Tirano.
491S; about elk furlonas. Rear Guard I;
eight furiongs. handicap, Gladiator, lacy
SIX furlongs. Model. 1:l4k.
At the St. LOUIS races Thursday the win
ners we're: Six furlong, Mr.. Dunlap. Lao;
i've furiones. Mss Alice, l.06K; - ven
fnrlongs. Chiswick. 1:3411; six Iurlongs.
Cass; mile and one-sixteenth, Billy Sum-
derisnd. 1:57H; mile and ons-sixtesnth,
NY Partner, l:55A.
At the Lexington. KY. races Thursday
the winners were: Seven furlonga Beati-
fee %: four aud half furlongs, Reno.
5siS: L. 4 q. Strauss selling purse. with
81, 800 mile, Ducat. l:40. breaking the
track record; mile, Pocahontas, 1:431<;
I've furiongs, Kitty Give, l:02A.
Harry Wheslsr, the professional Amsri-
can bicycle rider, won the twenty-five Kill
omstrs race at the vsiodroms, Paris.
"Wednesday, easily defeating several crack
French riders. Martin, another American
rider. finished fifth. Torrents. the French
cyclist, arrived ct the Velodrome Wednes-
day from Rome, having covered the dis
lance, l.250 miles, in six days. thirteen
hours and thirty minutes.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-11

EyuRxrr, May io.-tspeciaL "A mos,
gratiiying showing rs made Ia the annual
reports prepared by City Treasurer Thxyer
and City Clerk Clark. 1t covers the year
ending May 1: General fund warrants
issued. $sl, $3.50; warrants redeemed.
SIS. 6s, s.. tarss due May 1. 81. SoLi5; net
llaaility. 81, 2sas7; warrants issued on
local district Improvements funds. tlo.-
S-2st
The Hsraid's correspondent ut ST. Paal
sets At rest tho rumors regarding the
Everett tunnel contract He interviewed
President HUI. of the Great Northern.
who told him tina, the contract was No,
let vet
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-11

WHArcon. May 10. - Especial. - The
United States ship Adams left TO-DAY to
Join the Boring sea fleet Al Port Townsend.
Mono OF the officers seem to know whether
they are going TO Boring sea or the
antinodes. One of them remarked yester-
day: Whenever can tell in the navy from
one day to another what 10 going to hap
pen." They we're eleven months at Homo
lulu, with four anchors down and q
telephone ashore" and they contemplate
the bare possibility OF being ordered to re-
turn there with far greater equanimity
than they do the probability of summer
ing among the seals and fogs in the north.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-11

TACOMA. May l0-lspscial. 1.-The "a
briskis drsdssr has arrived from Port
Biakslsy.
The ship Ainsdais sailed tonight for
Antwerp with wheat
The Northern Pacific steamer Victoria
VIII issvs tomorrow morning for China
and Japan. Charles 7. Uhlmsn will b .
passenger.
w. 9. Rowland and Thomas Bradley
were thrown from wagon today BY col
lision with street car. One Of Bradley's
ribs was broken, and both men vsre
bruised.
Articles Of incorporation have been flied
BY the Hsspsrian Chemical Company,
composed Of Tacoma druggists Who pro-
pose 10 manufacture many Of their own
drugs. thus enabling them to sell cheaper
than at present. The capital stock IL
Q,ood The trustees are: A. n. Stewart,
w. p. Bonney, Aipheus Davidson, w.
Clarke and 9. II. LIE Crone.
Next to the coiored minstrel show, the
most successful charity event gwen hers
was Dickens ball tonight. The partici-
pants were ccstumsd TO represent Dicksns'
characterD.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-11

RossHuaa, Or. May i0.--The state On.
campment of the g. A. r. met here yester-
day. The report of the assistant adiutsnt
shows that there are fifty-cight posts In
Oregon, with total membership Of 2,Ii7.
During the year the order gained s45 mem
bers and lost 40, OF whom ii9 died. Capt.
S. b. ormsby, OF Silverton. Was chosen
commander.
The Oregon Soldiers home was dedi-
Gated todsy. The home was built in pur.
suance of an act of the legislature OF 1898.
sppropriating $4,000 for construction and
a like sum annually for ita maintenance.
The building will accommodate sixty in
mafes
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-11

cEsraALIA. May 10-fspecial. AFTER
an investigation which lasted from satur-
day till this afternoon. J. A. Hawiey and
John Bsathum were held for the superior
court. on the charge of robbing Amelia
Heubnsr. reported some days since. Bonds
were fixed 1t 81 900 bash. which they were
unable to give. and this evening they were
taken to tho county Jail. The examine
ton WAS the most sensational affair seen
here in . long time. Justice Mesd's court
being crowded all the time. . large por-
tion Of the audience being ladies. To-day
when the argument WAS heard, the Judge
moved the court TO the opera house, in
order TO accommodate the crowd. Hawley
was proprietor Of the Arlington hotel
during the boom days. and veil known -
. travelling man. He recently returned
from Oklahoma Bsathum 10 IN sx-saloon-
keeper.