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cessfully grown. however, in many
other states and on a variety of soils.
the Michigan station reports that
pecan trees obtained from Iowa nuts
have grown well at the South Haven
substation since 1890 and proved n
tirely hardy. The Stuart pecan from
Texas, however, has required protec-
ton to prevent it's killing back each
winter.
Generally pecans will not be COM
mercially successful north of parallel
40. Pecan nuts are grown on a COM
mercial scale in California, and or
chards have been planted in a num-
Der of southern states. Texas and
Louisiana at present furnish the bulk
of the annual crop, mostly from ma
tive trees.
Florida is believed to be well
adapted to the growth of pecans, es-
p~ecially in the western and northern
tunity for a considerable extension
of the industry. Trees grow in Flor
ida on a number of soils, varying
from the black hummock to the less
fertile high pine lands. On the richer
soil the trees seem to develop wood
at the expense of the fruit, while on
poor soils the tres mae less wood
and bear more fruit. A Georgia grow
er stated that he had found sandy
loan soils with a clay subsoil the best
for pecanS.
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THE USEFUL CORN PLANT.
New Ways in which Stalk, leaves,
Pith, Tassels, Husks and Cobs
Are Utilized.

A long course of experiments, car
ried on at Kankakee, H., under the
encouragement of the United States
department of agriculture, have de-
termined that good use may be made
of the entire corn crop, not the grain
merely but the stalks, leaves, pith,
tassels, husks and cobs as well. Diff
ferent varieties of paper of good grade
can be profitably manufactured from
various parts of the plant. One kind
is made from the hard shell of the
stalk, another from the pith and a
third from the husk. From the pith
is turned out the finest grade of oil
paper, almost equal to linen paper.
A machine has been invented which
will take the corn stalk, as it grows,
husk the ear, separate the husk from
the stalk and then remove the shell
from the pith. The manufacturers
will send this machine into a field
and propose to the farmer to buy his
corn crop as it stands. If the farmer
wishes his corn after it has been
husked, he can have it, otherwise it
will be purchased and marketed by
the owner of the machine, who will
convert all the remaining portion of
the plant into some form of manufac-
fura
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ing through the mails (and his daily
mail is a heavy one), but he makes
personal tours of the city, going to
those quarters where vice and pow
erty mingle in unholy alliance; where
vice makes poverty despicable, and
where poverty encourages vice.
Careful study of this problem OF
systematic charity develops one sin
gular fact; and that is, that the Chris
tians who love their fellow men Tin
prayer meetings) are buying and
renting houses in alleys. Their in
vestments yield ten per cent. or up
wards; and, as they grow rich out
of the hard earnings of the poor,
they "thank God that they are not as
other men are" There are alleys
which are respectable, but they are
all paths downward to poverty and
its kindred, crime. 1t is to the alleys
that fuel and food are taken by the
associated charities. Whole families
dwell in single rooms of alley houses,
and five families have been found
huddled in one alley house of three
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ROBINS EARN THEIR CHERRIES
Destroy Insect Pests and Save Far
More Fruit Than They Can
Possibly Consume.

An orchardist at Fulton makes COM
plant against the robins or Jack rob
ms" as he calls them. He says they
are nipping all the blossoms off his
cherry trees. They just strip the trees,
and the ground beneath them is white
with blossoms. He says the wicked
birds tear the hearts out of the bios
SONS and then bite the stems in two
and let them fall, and fears that his
cherry crop will be ruined, says the
Portland Oregonian. A member of the
John Burroughs society who has been
applied to for information on this sub
ject says the orchardist is. mistaken;
if the robins do cut off any blossoms
it is only defective ones, or such as
have insects in them, and that the birds
are doing good instead of harm. He
says he puts up nests OF boxes among
his trees to enable birds of any kind.
even sparrows, to make their homes
on his grounds. He says that birds help
themselves to a few cherries when
ripe, but they are welcome to them, as
they have earned them by destroying
insect pests. 1t is hoped that this in
formation will satisfy the orchardist.
1t is doubtless correct, for if robins
were as destructive as he imagines
there would long ago have ceased to
be any cherries in Oregon, while the
fact is that the cherry crop is large
almost every year, and of great value,
The birds must not be condemned on
false or mistaken testimony.
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DEVOTED TO THE GUITAR.

her mistress while playing or when
idle she often goes to her, claws at
her skirts, and runs away to the par
lor. If not followed, she returns and
repeats the act until her wish is
obeyed.
When the instrument is opened for
her she lightly springs upon the key
board and amuses herself and friends
by prancing over the keys in a most
singular manner. Of course her music
is without melody or rhyme, but she
appears to find infinite pleasure in her
tuneless noises.
Every evening after her young mis-
tress has finished dinner, Bonny climbs
at her drapery, and then run away to
the parlor. When the piano is opened,
if no one is seated at it, the cat imme.
diately begins her overture, but when
the young lady takes her place on the
stool Bonny promptly resigns in her
favor, and crouches herself on the tor
of the instrument, where she remains
as lOHS DIS OHC CCuUlHucS 10 play 1T.
A woman whom l recently met told
me that her cat was devoted to the
music of a guitar, and when the in.
strument was placed within reach the
animal often amused itself for an hour
at a time by p%lunking the strings.
When the lady herself took up the in.
strument, the cat invariably perche6
itself upon her shoulder and remained
purring as long as the music was con
tinued.
Inthe island of Sac Thome I saw a cat
that was so shy of human society that
it rarely entered any part of the house
when any person was present, but
whenever anyone began playing q
guitar it came into the room and
mounted a table or a vacant chair near
the performer, where it quietly re.
manned, if not molested, until the music
ceased.-Chicago Tribune.
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Quick GrOvvths, Big Profits.

A quick growth and an early matur-
ity, returns the best profit among cat
tie, swine, sheep and poultry. The in
telligent farmer, in preparing his stock
for market, should always bear in
mind the Importance of pushing his
stock from the time they are born I'M
til placed on the market. Every day
should see a gain in weight along the
lines of profit, yet at the same time,
this ~crowding should not be overdone.
There is danger of injuring animals by
overlooking, especially when young.
If, however, the feed r%ations are prop
erly made, looking toward just enough
and not too little, or too much, good
results may be expected in the end
Midland Farmer.
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tree were bound to the vine until they
had firmly fastened themselves to it,
being allowed to CROWN the meantime.
After the seeds and boughs had be-
come attached. the vine was Il from
the roots, and the natural chair eX-
posed to the sunlight until the sap had
dried from the fiber and all of the
material had hardened into a sub
stance as solid as oak. 1t was then pol
ished until its surface glistened like
mahogany. Although but three feet
four inches in height. and 25 inches in
width, the weight of this curiosity is
over a hundred pounds, on account of
the hardness of the material of which
it is composed.
The armchair may well be regarded
as a striking example of the gardening
skill of the far east.-Scientific Amer
lean.
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white Ant. as a Dainty.

A recent book on the Congo Free
State gives this picture of the fond
ness of the natives for white ants:
I'm the white ant month the natives
have a very busy time. The river is
deserted, and men and women, boys
and girls, go out to gather the white
ants for food. / cannot say l adj
mire their taste; but the white ant
is not SO bad for food-merely very
rich. In this month he is about an
inch long; the natives gather him in
hundreds, pull off the wings and
roast him. The native boys have a
shorter way with him. Sometimes at
mess white ants Topped on the Ia
BILE, attracted by the light. The
boys, who we're waiting, pounced on
them, and without further ceremony
popped them into their mouths"
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RARE SKILL.
Growth Under Direction of a
Corean Expert Gardener.

The armchair pictured in the ac-
~companying illustration may be said
to have partly grown out of the
ground, although it's shape was fur
nished by twisting and turning a vine
out of which most of it's framework
was formed. 1t was brought to the
United States by a sea captain who saw
1t in a Corean city. The chair is stud
ded or ornamented with seeds of the
gingko tree of various sizes, which have
actually grown to the fiber of the vine.
A Corean gardener, familiar with the
adhesiveness of the seed, took a ma
tive vine, noted for its toughness, and
rudely made it into the form of a chair,
holding it in place with branches of
small trees. The seeds fresh from the
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ALL AROUND THE FARM.

Farm for profit rather than crops.
A deep furrow makes a full crib.
A Door seedbed makes an empty
barn.
mo humus, no hominy," as the wise
farmer says.
Thrifty weeds on a farm indicate an
unthrifty farmer.
A fence made of farm implements
typifes an unprogressiye farmer.
No for crops, a whip for the
horses, and poverty for the farmer.
Count the cost of each crop before
hand, and figure the profit afterward,
Because of the scarcity of labor,
some California fruit growers are
tearing out their peach orchards and
planting to alfalfa.
About the only public lands open for
homestead settlements in California
are the arid regions, says an official OF
the land office department.-Farm and
Home,
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WS!,. ,d%slaG]JS
A NUT OF INTEREST.
Growing Pecan for Market Is an In
dustry Having Quite n Pro-
nOunced Boom.

One of the latest industries to be
doomed is pecan growing. Some en-
thusiasts even see in this valuable nut
a rival as a money-maker to the
peach.
Botanically the pecan (Hicoria pc
CAM belongs to the hickory family.
The tree is one of the largest of the
forest, growing from rs to ITO feet
high, with wide spreading branches
and symmetrical dome-like top.
The nuts are generally oblong and
vary in weight from 25 to over a hun
dred per pound. The shells are rela-
lively thin and much more easily
cracked than those of the common
hickory nut.
The pecan is found native in river
bottoms from Iowa and Kentucky
southwest into Mexico, and seems to
prefer a moist, rich soil. 1t is sue
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washing the Horses Legs.

Too frequent washing of horses'le legs
with incomplete drying, and the use of
soap and war; water in the winter
time, cause most of the cases of
Scratches" and the surest way to
start their cure is to abandon wash
ing. The dry mud is easily brushed
and combed out; but it is quite a diff
fcult matter to dry the skin after us
ing soap and water on long haired
legs. This also applies to the legs of
light horses from November to May,
and especially as regards horses hav-
ing white "stockings,"fo such les are
more tender than those Of dark color
and prone to troublesome irritation
and scratches, or mud feyer."-Rural
World.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

scions of an old Maryland family were
very clever pickpockets.
1t is on account of these shrewd ma
nipulators of sympathies, and money
getters, that associated charities ex-
list in every town and city. Wise men
and women now a days do not give
aims to those who call at their doors.
They contribute to the organized char
tiles, and send beggars of every de-
scription to headquarters, where aid is
Systematically given. In this manner
imposture is impossible; and its pre-
vention works no hardship upon the
poor and needy. The deserving are
even better cared for than when they
depend upon intermittent benevo-
lences.
The general secretary of associated
charities in this city, Mr.. Charles
Weller, has long devoted himself to
this work and he personally knows
scores of worthy ones at whose doors
hard times come knocking at all sea-
sons of the year. He not only gives
personal attention to all cases COM
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Minnesota Mans Discovery.

Adrian, Mimi, June lst.-Philip Doyle.
of this place, says he has found out a med.
icine that will cure any case of Kidney
Trouble. As Mr.. Doyle was himself very
sick for a long time with this painful dis.
ease, and is now, apparently, as well as
ever, his statement carries the contrma.
ton of personal experience.
The remedy that cured Mr.. Doyle is called
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
In speaking of the pills, Mr.. Doyle says:
in regard to Dodd's Kidney Pills, they
are certainly a wonderful medicine-the
best that | have ever taken.
81 was very bad for a long time with
Kidney Trouble and could get nothing to
help me till | tried Dodd's Kidney Pills.
81 used altogether about ten boxes, and
l can say emphatically that am complete
ly cured. | am entirely well, without a
symptom of Kidney Trouble left.
Il can heartily recommend Dodd's Kid
ney Pills to anyone who is suffering with
Kidney Trouble, for they made me all right.
Il have advised several of my friends to
try them, and not one has been ~disappoint.
ed"
The fool sits down and waits for e~xtraor-
binary opportunities to come his way, but
the wise man grasps common chances and
proceeds to make them great.-ChlcagO
nolu Nawa
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In Praise of PLowinr.

What noble work is blowing, with
the broad and solid earth for material,
the OK for fellow laborer, and the
simple but efficient pillow fortool. Work
that is not done in any shop in a
cramped position, work that tells,
that concerns all men, which the sun
shines and the rain falls on, and the
birds sing over. You turn over the
whole vegetable mold, expose how
many grubs, and put a new aspect on
the face of the earth! 1t m pretty
near to making a world; redeeming a
swamp does, at any rate. A plowman,
we all know, whistles as he drives his
team aield.-Henry D. Thoreau-
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seed should be thus thrust up. It
appeared to the husband that the or
der of their appearance was re-
versed.
He pondered the matter over and.
after giving it due consideration,
decided that it would be a pity to
have the beans ruined through their
ignorance of the proper n of
coming through~ the ground.
To save them this catastrophe, he
pulled them all up, and reset them
with the seed underneath, where he
thought a good seed should be.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05
THE AMATEUR GARDENER.
An Illustrative Example Of What He
Does Not Know About
hardening.

One of the recently married cou-
pies rented a house in the suburbs
and started to housekeeping on their
w account, relates the Memphis
Scimitar.
Recently the husband was looking
over the new vegetables as they were
bursting through the ground, and
with his wife was discussing the
appearance Of the different plants
as they appeared above the ground,
most of which were new to them.
They came to THE row of beans
which were just shooting their heads
into the air and marveled that the
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05
Il BEDTIME TRAIN.

When we go up stairs to sleep
Up the stairs so long and steep
They're a mountain Ginning high
Through the clouds, up to the sky!
Though our trains not very long
We must have two engines strong.
Harve' and / the engines are,
Mamma'n babe are each a car,
"All board.' now here we go.
Don't o hear the whistles blow?
Puff the engines. "choo, choo, choo."
Blow the whistles, "toot. loot, toot!"
See us go around the bend!
There's the tunne at the end.
Tunnel Is the bedroom door,
Cause it's dark there, just before
Switch a car. she'll bring the light!'
Now. We'll reach the station right.
''Toot!' were home; our journeys done
Beds the station-Oh! what fun!
-Maude Whitmore Madden, in Coco
Housekeeping.
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FEEDING.
Designer of the Device Says 1t Is Sure
to Keep the Pigs from Get
ting in the Trough.

/ will here try to describe my pig
trough, and hope l can make it plain
enough for you to understand. Imake
a V-shaped trough out of Ike and 1x5-
inch boards; to each end of trough
l nail A, which is made of 1x3-inch
Stats, with a slot cut in top end to re-
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05
Improvement and Advantage.

The value of the improved fowls over
the stock of the country is
seen in the beauty, symmetry, uniform
ity and utility of the former. As the
tendency Of the offspring is to resem-
BILE the average of the parents, grand
parents, and other remote ancestors,
the more alike the ancestors the more
harmonious and decided influences
they exert over their progeny. And
there is still a great advancement in
this method Of improvement, every
season showing finer specimens in
greater number among almost all the
better-known varieties. Farm and
Fireside.
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rho.o perirhtfur Americans.

"Here's a story, the truth of which il
vouched for by an English lady resident in
Florence. She has a balcony that over
hangs a street in which are some shops,
and a few days ago an American mother
and daughter paused to look in at the win
dow, and interchanged the following re-
marks: Mamie, are you quite sure that this
is Veniceg' Why, yes, mamma was the
reply, you know it says in our itinerary
that we are to be in Venice on April Is, and
to-day is April Is, sure!' London Mod.
ern Society. .
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05
Lively OCCUPATION.

To one unfamiliar with country nomencla-
ture the question asked by the young man
might not seem wholly unnatural.
'!And were you never in the country dur
ing the season OF husking-bees, Mr.. So"
asked the young lady.
mo. The idea! How do you husk Q
bee. anyway ?"-Philadelphia Press.
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Heaviest Bird That Flies.

The gray buzzard is said to be the
heaviest bird that flies, the young
males, when food is plentiful, weigh
ing nearly 40 pounds. The bird is
nearly extinct.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05
Asked and Answered.

rs there any substitute for wis
dom?" asked the youth from Ludlow.
"One," replied the Cumminsville
sage; land that is q chunk of 81
lence."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Ladies' Can Wear shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating,
hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c. Ac-
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

"Why do you think he is a million
aire?"
Because he spends so little money
and his son spends so much."-Tit-
Bits.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

There are only two things folks can say
about me which make me mad" said the
philosopher. One is the truth, and the
other is a lie."-Town Topics.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
bic remedy for coughs and colds.-N. w,
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

People who accomplish most make Ka
least noise.-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

"The Klean, Kool Kitchen Kind" is the
trade mark on stoves which enable you to
cook in comfort in a cool kitchen.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

She-'I do so love the springtime." He
so do |. | adore it. Our medicine sales
are always the biggest in the spring."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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A circus can pull a sick boy out OF bed
after three doctors have failed.-Chicago
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

The gourmet's rule: Never put off till
tomorrow what you can eat to-day.'-Yon-
kers Statesman
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Stops the Cough

and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05
CHEAP TO CALIFORNIA.

Specialize rates round trip to California,
july ISt to ION. Low round trip rates
less than one fare from August LIST to 14th,
Write me describing proposed route. l..
W. WAKELEY, G.. P. A, Burlington Route,
6O4 Pin Street, St. Louis, Mo.
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Opium and Liquor Habits Cured.
Book free. B. NJ. Woolley, NJ. D., Atlanta, Ga.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.-J. r.
Towell
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05

Putnam Fadeless Dyes cost but 10 cents
per package.
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CHEAP TO
The Burlington's Cheap Rates for q Sum-
mer Outing.

Take you vacation in Colorado. Re-
markably cheap daily tourist rates after
June LIST, and from July Ist TO ION round
trip rates are less than half.
CHEAP TO MINNESOTA.
To this beautiful summer region daily
low tourist rates of approximately one fare,
plus 81 90 round trip.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-23

CONSTABLE FEE-JUSTICE COURT.
1905 Junus Keehn, Fowler case. $500
5746 Frank Ries, Hester case...... 1885
574S Geo. Roe, Bulls case.......... Ads
6123 VIM Hanchett, Rappley case. 4.6O
1929 L.F.McGovern, Perry case.... 1.95
662S John Johnson Jr., Kurth CASE. 5.15
1929 John Inns Jr., Doe case. 5.25
$50 John Neary, Perry case. 49,. 17.S5
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WITNESS FEES-JUSTICE COURT.
5677 VIM. Beccue, Hester caSe....$ LAS
561S Aug. Beccue, KeSter caSe.... 1.48
5679 Mrs. c.. S. Boeck, KeSter case Las
56Sl Herman BeSke, KeSter case. 1.60
569S P. X. Empey, Kester CASE. 1.60
SIP Hattie l.. Lane, Hester case. LIZ
5713 A. l.. Lane Hester caSe..... LIP
5733 Harry O'Grady, Hester case. LEO
STA Franz PietSch. Hester CASE. Las
5755 Ernest Tiefenthal, Kester case 1.4S
5756 H. Tiefenthal, Hester case. LAS
1891 F. H. Griffin, Malzahn case. 2.40
$3.50 John Johnson Jr., Kurth case LOO
1864 H. G.. Parker, Perry case.... 1.12
Lille Thayer, Perry case. 1.12
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JUSTICE COURT-JUSTICE FEES.
440S E. f. Nettleton, Rappley cases 4.S0
1879 A. E. Powell, Lundgren case. LIS
46l7 A. E. Powell, Lundgren case. so
4647 A. E. Powell. Lundgren case. so
1914 Chas. O'Connor, Harlin case. 400
5693 F.. B. Davis, Bulls case...... 100
5773 M. j. Ryan, Kester case..... $40
6116 f. B. Davis, Kurth case..... $40
$500 j. A.. Gmeinder, Kurth case. LOO
E. f. Nettleton, Perry case. 2.90
666l Chas. O'Connor, Chase case. $50
$41.35
JURY FEES-JUSTICE DUR
4l9l INV. Var Arnim, Peterson cases 1.12
1894 J. E. Urbon, Peterson case. 90
6097 j. E. Ulmen, Petersen case. 1.S4
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-13
PUT OUT OF THE CASE
Colorado District Attorney Sus-
pended by Judge Owens at
Georgetown.

Georgetown, Colo, Aug. 12.-Judge
overs today suspended Horace G..
Thurman as district attorney in the
First judicial district from further ser
vice in the investigation of the blowing
up of the Sun and Moon transformer
house and the expulsion from Idaho
Springs of fourteen members of the
Miners union by members of the Citl-
Zsns' Protective league.
Fifteen members of the league, who
were arrested waived examination to
day aud were released on bonds.
Judge Overs appointed as a special
prosecutor in the Idaho Springs cases
Willis v Elliott of Denver. Judge
Overs then lectured the sheriff. An
drew SSndberg, for his laXity in an Of
fetal way and condemned his appoint
ment of men as deputies who had not
been in the county exceeding forty
eight hours.
Ralph Talbot who was understood
to represent the Citizens league of
Idaho Springs. gave notice that he
wOuldsapply for writ of prohibition in
the superior court in order to test the
courts right to suspend the district at
torney and expressed the opinion that
the court exceeded his authority and
gone beyond the law. He asked Judge
overs to reserve the naming of his ap-
pOintee until the supreme court could
pass upon the application for a writ
of prohibition. Judge Overs refused
and made the appointment at once.