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eRuMMEus ATTIRE.
Some Interesting Notes Regarding That
Famous Gentleman's Wardrobe.

Some Interesting Notes Regarding That
Famous Gsntlsman's Wardrobe.
Brummel's morning toilet has been
often described. It was an elaborate
affair. His dressing room was studio.
where he was often visited by the
prince regent. who enjoyed his favorite
In the fine art of the toilet. Cleanliness
was Brummel's religion. He spent two
hours at his ablutions. Some French
writer's assert that he employed three
BARRIERS to dress his hair, two glovers
to dress his hands. one Of whom at
tended to the fingers and the other to
the thumbs: he had his boots polished
with champagne and his cravats be-
sieged by a celebrated portrait painter.
These are manifest exaggerations, yet
they 60 little beyond the truth. His
shirt was changed three times a day.
while the adjustment of the collar and
the tying Of the cravat needed the skill
Of an artist. In the morning he did
not disdain to wear hessians and PAN
falcons with blue hat and bluff waist
coat, reserving for the evening the
trouser-invented by him, or intro
duced from Germany. This article Of
dress he wore tight to the leg and but
toned over the ankle, as 1t may still be
seen in old fashioned plates. Then came
the wig and hat. the latter adjusted
jauntily to one side and never removed
In the street, even to salute lady. He
could not consent to sacrifice appear
ance to politeness.
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Patents

Caoeats and Re- Issues secured Trade Marks
and Cepyrights registered; Opinions given as
to validity and Infringement of patents; 49,
signmsnts, Contracts, etc, prepared and recor.
ded, and oil business In the Patent Office In
the UNITED STATES and all FOREIGN
COUNTRIES promptly and carefully pros
ecutea. Upon receipt of model or sketch or
photograph of invention with description,
will advise. as TO patentability free Of charge
Main offices directly across from the q. s
Patent Office, and attention is specially called
to my perfect and long established facilities
for the most vigorous and successful prose-
cution of applications for patent and for
tending to all business entrusted to my care
in the shortest possible time. Rejected cases
a specialty.-FEEs MODERATE and exclu-
sive attention given to patent business. Book
of information and advice and special refer
epces, sent without charge upon request.
j. r. LITTELL,
Attornsy and C0anselOr in Patent Causes,
Washington, d. c.,
Opposite U. s. Patent Office
Mention this Papsr)
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BEARS SLY As FOXES.
They Throw Lumps Of loo at Walrusss 70
stun and Capture Them.

They Throw xumps Of loo At Walrusss 70
stun and Capture Them.
In his native home the polar bear
does not often meet with small boys
anxious to treat him to buns and other
dainties. The consequence is that
Bruin has to devise many curious ways
of securing his food. and none are more
strange and interesting than that re-
lated by two trustworthy travellers In
Greenland, that country OF strange
sights.
They have known the polar bear to
take a stone or huge lump Of ice in
his fore paws and from a favorable
height, as cliff or a precipitous ice
hill, to hurl the missile down upon the
head Of a walrus-an enormous brute.
often twice the size Of the bear-and SO
stun him that Bruin could rush in and
complete the destruction at his leisure.
thus securing a months rations.
The most useful food of the ice bear,
as the Germans very appropriately call
this beast, is the common seal Of the
arctic regions. The latter is the wari-
est animal of the north, and both Es-
kimo and polar bear need their best
strategy to catch It.
In the summer time, when the snow
is OF the ice of the ocean shore and
islets, the seals can be plainly seen as
black dots on the ice, probably asleep.
but always near their holes, which lead
down through the thick ice to the
water below, and into which they can
throw themselves by the least move
ment. Bruin, seeing one afar, walks
up as near as he deems safe, and then
begins crawling on his wary prey.
The seal, II the weather be sunny
and pleasant, takes short maps, relieved
by shorter moments when it Is scan
ming the vicinity for signs Of the ene-
my's approach. During these times
the bear is very quiet and as still as
death itself. with eyes apparently
closed, though really a corner OF each
is kept open, and in this way he hopes
the seal will take him for a heap of
snow. an appearance which his coat
readily helps him to assume.
During the maps he creeps forward
with greater or less rapidity, according
to his nearness to the seal and conse-
Quent fear OF being seen or heard.
When but ten or twelve yards away.
and the seal Is In the depths OF good
nap, the bear rushes upon him, and
with a single blow of his powerful paw
knocks the smaller brute senseless and
so far away from the hole that he can
not escape by that way, even II the
blow received is not Immediately fatal.
In winter time the ice Is covered
with snow, and this Is followed out
by the seal into a snow house. cover
Ing the hole in the ice and connecting
at the top Of the dome with an aperture
about the size Of shilling. called the
blow hole, for 1t is through this that
the seal breathes when he is in want
Of fresh air.
Here the bear watches for many q
long hour. II necessary, and when the
snorts OF the seal are heard he crushes
in the fragile dome Of the snow house
with his paw, impaling the seal on his
curved claws. and proceeds to practi-
cally demonstrate how polar bears can
subsist In an arctic winter.
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A new invention of great importance
has just been patented by a German
chemist, julius Norden of Aldenhoven,
Germany. He has succeeded In hard
ening alcohol until 1t becomes solid
mass. This will insure very much
greater popularity for the employment
Of alcohol. 1t now comes in small
cylindrical pieces, packed in patent tin
boxes, that can be used for cooking.
lighting, heating and the various uses
of everyday life.
The solidified alcohol burns without
a wick, can be blown out after use, and
then hardens again within minute.
The danger of explosion is absolutely
done away with, and the neat little
tin package, with It's stick OF alcohol.
is always ready for use in the kitchen
or bed room, on the toilet table or un-
der the milk pot, on the road or In the
field, as a night lamp or going upstairs
at night.
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Zinc City.

"A City Of Zinc" II the name which
may appropriately be given to the
mushroom city OF Portuguese East Az
rica, Beira. All the houses, all the ho-
tells and public buildings. barracks and
warehouses, are built Of zinc. So great
has been the speculation in building
and so urgent the need for supplying
the inhabitants with cheap and speed
lily erected dwellings that a city has
been built up In six months. Thou
sands of tons OF zinc from France.
England and America supplied the ma
terial. The unpleasant impression pro-
duced by the aspect Of this zinc town
is heightened by the thought that men
have to dwell In these houses under
tropical heat. Everything IN this
strange city Is under the dom. nion OF
the metal. Even when a person falls
Ill he Is carried on a zinc stretcher to
a hospital which is also. Of course,
made of zinc. And II he dies he Is laid
to rest in a zinc coffin.
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The Baltimore Weekly Sun.

The Weekly Sun publishes all the news
of each week, giving complete accounts OF
al events of interest throughout the world.
The Weekly Sun is unsurpassed as an
Agricultural Paper. 1t is edited ny writer's
of practical experience, who know what
farming means and what farmers want in an
agricultural Journal. 1t contains regular
reports of the work of the Agricultural ex-
pertinent stations throughout the country,
of the proceedings of farmers clubs and in
stitutes, and the discussion of new methods
and ideas in agriculture. Its Market Re-
ports, Poultry Department and Veterinary
column are particularly valuable to country
readers. Every issue contains Stories,
Poems, Household and Puzzle Columns,
variety of interesting and selected instruc'
tive matter and other features, which make
1t welcome visitor IN city and country
homes alike.
One dollar year. Inducements to get
ters-up of clubs for the Weekly Sun. Both
the Daily and Weekly Sun mailed free OF
postage in the United States, Canada ard
Mexico. Payments invariably in advance.
A. S. ABELL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors.
Baltimore, Md.
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1899. THE SUM-. 1899.
BALTIMORE, MD.
The Paper Of the People, For the PeO.
pie and With the People.
Honest in Motive Fearless in Expression,
Sound in Principle.
Unswerying in Its Allegiance to Right The.
ories aud Right Practices

rTrr C,,N PUBLISHES ALL THE
hh DUN NEWS ALL THE TIME
but II does not allow its columns to be de.
graded by uncean, immoral or purely sen.
sational matter.
Editorially. The Sun Is the Consistent and
Exchanging Champion and Defender OF
Popular Rights and Interests against poiti-
cal machines and moncpoles of every char
acter. Independent In all things, extreme
in none. 1t is for good laws, good govern
ment and good order.
By mail Fifty Cents month. Six Dol
lars year.
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A Curious Claim.

One of the strangest claims ever
made to an insurance company was
that for $3.50, the value Of plum pud-
ding which had been accidentally burnt
to a cinder. The claim was not allowed,
although the amount was paltry, be-
cause 1t was proved that the casualty
had resulted from the carelessness of
the cook, who had omitted to put any
water in the saucepan.
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A Genuine PhiIanthropist.

One of the largest landed proprietors
in Europe is the Prince OF Schwarzen-
berg, who owns 207 ,371 hectares OF land
in Austria, Bohemia and Bavaria. AS
many as 296 different industries are
carried on in them, giving employment
to 7,10S persons, Of whom 1,4SO are fe-
males. There are special arrange
ments for insurance, to which day Ia
borers are not obliged to contribute,
though they share the benefits.
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The One Thing Necessary.

EYES," said the wife of the man who
had become suddenly rich, 1--WE are look
ing for a summer place. If you know
OF one that's for sale"
"I do," interrupted the caller. Il
know of splendid place" ...
"Well, if it has a hyphenated name,
like sandtop-on-the-H We'll very like
ly buy it."-Chicago Post.
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Old-time necklaces and brooches Of
amethyst, that have been cast aside as
out OF fashion. are coming once more
to the fore. The exquisite coloring
of the stone is quoted universally, and
Is always admitted to have a peculiar
faculty for bringing out the whiteness
of the skin. A great deal is said. too,
about the soft comforts Of its purple
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WmWW h@
No 49

wv WANTED-SEVERA TRUSTWOR
w thy persons in this state to m anag
our business in their own and nearby coun.
ties. 1t is manly Office work conducted at
home. Salary straight 5000 year and
expenses-defnite, hohafidc, no more no less
salary. Monthly $75. References. Enclose
self addressed stamped envelope, Herbert E
Hess, Pres't, Dept M, Chicago.
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Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmltsburg at
S26 and 10 40 m, and 3 81 and 6 "a p nj.
Leave Edgemont for WaynesboIo and
Chambersburg at 705 and II As m, and
for Shippensburg at 7 35 m.
Leave Hagerstown for Cherry Run and
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at 8 O5
a m and 10 20 and 8 O5 p IN.
Leave Brucevllle tor Frederick at 8 38, 8 35
and 10 40 a m and 5 3S and 6 80 p M, and for
Littlestown, Taueytown, Wrightsville and
Columbia at 0 AZ m and 345 pm.
Daily-aIl other daily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers from Baltimore.
JIM. HOOD. B H. GRIswoLD.
Genl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agen
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Japan's Streets.

In the chief cities OF Japan several
OF the streets are devoted to the sale
of certain lines OF merchandise. In
one street you will find nothing on sale
but wooden and willow ware, another
to paper lanterns, while one street re-
sembles a forest of bamboo, where the
thousand OF bamboo articles are sold.
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NAV See Through q Wire.

The telephograph is the name Of a
new Swedish invention which is claim.
ed to do for the eye something like
what the telephone does for the ear. 1t
is said that It can be attached to
telephone and a person using the In
strument can not only hear, but see the
person to whom he Is speaking.
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Cold Water Az . Stimulant.

According to a high authority, cold
water is a valuable stimulant to many
II not all people. Its action on the
heart is more stimulating than brandy.
His own experience is that slipping half
a wine glass of cold water will raise his
pulse from seventy-six to over 100.
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Golden Hours.
PROSPECTUS FOR 1899.

Since the first number of GOLDEN Hours
was issued it has been conceded by juvenile
readers to the best young peoples paper in
the world Although gratfied beyond ex.
preston by, the hearty appreciation with
proprietor shall in future strive to obtain still
more hearty encOmlums, and shall continue
to give to the youth of America paper that
will be both instructive and entertaining and
a welcome weekly visitor to every household
in the land.
On the staff of contributors to GOLDEN
Hours are such wcll-known writers ofyoung
peoples stories as: Weldon j. Cobb, Matt
Royal. John De Morgan. Cornelius Shea,
Harrie Irving Hancock, Fred Thorpe. Geo.
w. Browne, William G. Patten, "Scriptus,"
Burt r. Rraddock. SAD Cox, Ad II Gibson.
T. G. TIarbaugh, Wali.. =. Bruins, Arthur G
Grissom, and Others CT worldwide reputa-
tion, who contribute regularly to its columns.
Terms to Subscribers:
One Copy for One Year. ...........$2 so
One Copy for Six Months. .........$1 25
Address
GOLDEN HOURS,
MUNRO's PUBG HOUSE,
"a & 26 VANDEwArER-sT ST.,
p 0. Box 1929. NewYo,k.
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where There Are No Inns.

In some of the levs accessible parts
Of Norway visited BY tourists there are
no inns in the Wills ges. The govern
ment has now decidsd to grant in such
cases certain annutl sum to the own
er of a spacious house In each village.
the proprietor agreeing, In turn. to ac-
commodate four or ISore guests II call
Cd up0n
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The Knife I'm Italy.

A Lega Contro Ii Coltello (league
against the knife) has been formed
among the workingsnen of Rome, It's
object being to aid in enforcing the
law against the carrying of that weap-
on. Knives are the instruments used
in the perpetration of upward Of 1000
homicides in Italy annually.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-03-23

A CTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED ev-
IA. erywhere for 1.-THE Story of the Phil
ippines" by Murat Halsteat, commissioned
by the government as Official Historian TO
tue War department The book was written
in army camps at San Francisco, on the
Pacific with Gen. Merritt, in the hospitals at
Honolulu. in Hong Kong, in the American
trenches at Manila. in the insurgent camps
with Aguinaldo, on the deck of the Olympia
with Dewey, and in the roar Of battle at the
fall Of Manila. Bonanza for agents. Brim
full of original pictures taken by government
photographers On the spot. Large book
Low prices. Big profits. Fre!gs! paid
Credit gwen, Drop all trashy unofficial war
books. Outfit free. Address F. T. Barber,
Sec'Y. Star Insurance Bldg Chicago.
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An Eurlfsh Advertisement.

The following ad, ertlsement Is from
a paper published in the north of Eng
land: ITO Let-A house In Melville
street, situated INN ediately alongside
OF fine plum garden, from which an
abundant supply of the most delicious
fruit may be stolen during the season.
Rent low. and the greater part taken
IN nl,,ms"
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Big Hen.

Big Ben. OF Westminster, has proved
itself accurate to less than second per
week. 1t is the largest and most pow
erful clock in the world. One weight
takes five hours to wind up; this Is
done twice a week, and it will go eight
and a half days. The dial measures
22h feet in diameter.
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Handy Medicine Cabinet.

A new medicine cabinet has number
ed pockets for the reception OF bottles,
with dials to indicate the number OF
the bottle to be used next, and an
alarm clock to indicate the hour, draw
ers being provided for powders and
DilIo
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To Measure a Wink.

Experiments have been going on
with an ingenius machine which shuts
over a mans eye so that the eyelid as 1t
winks opens and closes chronograph.
So far the quickest wink on record Is
about a sixth of a second.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-03-23
A Precious Relic.

It Is stated that "the stone OF the
coronation chair in Westminster Abb
hey is claimed to be the same which
Jacob, the son Of Isaac, the son OF
Abraham, used as pillow when he lay
down to sleep on the starlit plains OF
Judah" The chair is the most prec-
ious relic in all England.
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Making Lead Pencils.

Two thousand two hundred acres OF
cedars are cut down every year on the
Continent in order to make wood cases
for lead pencils. There are twenty.
six pencil works In Bavaria, Of which
twenty-three are In Nuremburg, the
great center OF the lead pencil trade.
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AuatrRIlR.

At the close of the last century there
were supposed to be 100000 aborig-
ines in Australia. There are now less
than 100000, and among them are still
some cannibals.
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The Stride OF the Ostrich.

Ornithologists tell us that when feed
ing the stride of the ostrich is from 20
to 22 inches; when walking, but not
feeding, 26 inches; and when terrified,
11H to IA feet, or at the rate Of about
twenty-five miles IN hour.
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Wear on Coins.

A gold coin passes from one to an
other 1000, 100000 times before the
stamp or impression upon it becomes
obliterated by friction, while a silver
coin changes between $3.50, 100000
times before 1t becomes entirely ef-
faced
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ZOOfherapY.

The science of zootherapy consists IN
transferring disease from man to
some animal. This system Of curing
ills was devised by Ferapi, a Floren-
tin8
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Drum

Drums were first introduced into Eu-
rope by the Saracens. The fife was
introduced into the English army by
the Duke Of Cumberland in 1745. The
Guards were the first corps to adopt
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Doors Open Outward.

Greek and Roman doors invariably
open outward; a person passing out OF
the house was therefore obliged to
knock on the door before opening 1t
to avoid collision with a passer by.
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In Siberia, II a man is dissatisfied
with the most trifing acts Of his wife.
he tears a cap or veil from her face.
and that constitutes divorce.
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Mexico Cemetery's Curious sign

An American visitor to town In the
state of Chinacha, Mexico, saw a curl.
GUS sign over the gate Of the village
cemetery. This being translated reads:
"Only the dead who live in this village
shall be inferred in this metropolis. by
order Of the judge Of the civil regis
trv."
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London Halls.

The London places of entertainment
would hold all the inhabitants Of Edin-
burgh, and then there would be several
thousand vacant seats.
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Shakespeare by Heart.

Garrison Y. Shall, convict In the
Connecticut State prison, knows all OF
Shakespeare's plays by heart. having
learned them during the last fourteen
years of his Imprisonment.
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A Very Small Man,

The smallest man who ever lived
was probably the dwarf Bebe. born in
France in 1740. Fs was just 20 inches
tall and eight pounds in weight when
full grown.
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Live Under Ground.

A subterranean city exists in Galicia,
Austrian Poland, which contains pop
ulation of over 1000 men, women and
children, many of whom have never
seen the light Of day.
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The Hour Glass.

Sand registered the hours during the
Middle Ages. For this purpose black
marble dust, boiled nire times In wine.
was a favorite recipe with learned
x,NnLc
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The greatest bay on the face OF the
earth is that of Bengal. Measured in
a straight line from the two inclosing
peninsulas, its extont is about 100000
square miles.
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Baked Banana.

A well known doctor states that
baked banana is the ideal for nervous
and anemic brain workers.
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nco,omx Among Peasants,

1t Is said that the peasant Of the
South of France spends on food for
family of five an average OF twopence
day.
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pins Draw wagons.

II Is said that in some Of the farming
districts of China pigs are Aarnessed to
small wagons and made to draw them.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-03-23

To Make q Cnshmere Shawl.
The constant labor of four persons
for an entire year In required to pro-
duce a cashmere shawl Of the best
quality.
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The Seat of Honor.

In a Mexican home the sofa Is the
seat of honor and guest does not take
l seat upon it until requested to do so.
Catoctin clarion., 1899-03-23
Pavement Artists.

There are said to be 300 or more per-
sons in London earning a living as
pavement artists"
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Champagne. e.

Champagne was first made by monks
II the seventeenth century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-01

A beautiful woman never becomes
really celebrated among other women
till she is believed to have broken the
heart Of some plain-looking wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-01
ALMOST A PRIZE FIGHT.
It Was Prevented by Absence of One
of the Principals.

A fierce f1stic encounter was scheduled
to take place in the woods near the
WOODEN mill in Oakland Sunday even
ing. It was to, have been a fight to the
finish with skin tight gloves between
two young men who are employed in the
office of the auditor of freight receipts
of the Santa Fe. 1t was prevented, by
the failure Of one of the principals to
appear on the battle ground, and oddly
enough he was the man who issued the
challenge and arranged the duel.
The two young men are Roy Stevens
and Ed Denning. They had an alterca-
ton over some work in a vault in the
Office last Saturday morning, and Stew
ems, being much the larger of the two,
had the best of the trouble. AS soon as
Dennfng returned to his desk he wrote
a formal challenge and sent it to
Stevens. 1t was at once accepted, and
the two young men appointed seconds
and a referee, and set the time of meet
ing for the following Sabbath evening.
Stevens was on the ground at the ap-
pointed time and so were the seconds
and referee. They awaited the coming
of Denning, but for some reason Den
ming failed to appear. After waiting
some time the referee called the battle
off and the party returned to the city
So far as known the principal who
failed to appear has not yet offered any
satisfactory reason for his absence