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The morning call., 1892-02-23

CeClau8IlOuS. he Grafton OF the day was
delivered by eX-JudCa stephen q. Nye. The
new building cost $4,000.
sHE Is NOW N THE GUTTER.
Maud Stevenson nee BrandU, "a daughter
OF the late Louis Brandt. was arrested on
charges Of cruelty O. her children. She was
living ID the basement Of q hOVel on Thirty
fourth street, owned by ". II. Moore. the
c0loTed Jockey. lie children were taken
to the Ola Ladies Home at Iemescal She
says her husband is working IN the Mount
Dlabi9 coal mines. She married him IN
1887, bat he Is a hard drlnker, and she fol-
lowed in his footsteps, until she is now in
the gutter. Her father was a we'll known
leather merchant in San Francisco.
The police lave AZ headquarters four
pairs Of new pants of a blaCk-striped pat
tern which were taken from q man who
gave the name Of Thomas McDermott lie
Lad an OvercOat and evidently picked the
four pairs OF pile and carried them away
under the oveTcOat. All the stores IN Oak
land have been visited and they are not. 50
far as could be learned, stolen from any Of
them. The stores in Alameda were not
open yesterday and the detectives think
they may possibly have been taken ont Of
one IN that city.
Joseph Seaunell, youth Of IS. who works
IN a butcher-shOp, imbibed too freely Of
North Oakland tanglefO0t and was taken
IN. He cursed the officers and had a charge
OF vulgar language placed against him. as
well as one Of drunk. On examination at
the City Prison Scannell had a slungShOt
on his person made Of a pOcket-handker-
chief aud a stone. Another charge Of car
Tying a weapon concealed was registered.
His mother had to put up SEQ bail for him
yesterday.
CELEBRATING THE DAY.
The national holiday was quietly cele-
brated. 4 few patriotic citizens and store
keepers hung out the stars and stripes and
decorated their buildings, and during the
morning enthusiasm was wrought uD a lit
tie by a parade Of he two companies Of the
! Fifth Infantry, y. G. c. Outside of this
there vas no general celebration, though
there were plenty Of events 10 entertain the
uleasure-sHeker. There was only one mail
delivery, the first one IN the morning. The
public Offices were ali closed and there was
! a general vacation Ia the schools.
j. Edwin Stone started at HOOa yesterday
from the pier at the end OF the Oakland
mole 10 walk to the Office Of a sporting
paper In New York IN 170 days. lie is ae-
companied by John d. Lane, sporting
writer. but the latter is no. limited TO walk
ing. He may ride alongside OF Stone.
Charles Andersen, a Swedish gardener,
has been arrested on suspicion Of insanity.
He worked for GuTnett, the broker, in East
Oakland. He says he has been FIVE years in
the City Prison and wants TO come out, as
he is sick.
The seven-months term Of Thomas Bol-
ton for smuggling cpium expired yesterday
and he was discharged from the Alameda
County Jail
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PERSONAL NOTES.

w. b. French Of Sacramento is at the Pal
ace.
G. w. Holly, vineyardist OF Holly, Is at
the Lick.
H. NJ. Grant, Portland banker, is at the
California.
DR.. ]. B. Wakefield of San Jose is at the
Occidental.
J. F. Smith, a banker of San Bernardino,
is at the Baldwin.
Il. 81. Shackleford. PasO Robles capital
jst, is at the Grand.
George Denison. lumberman of Boulder
Greek, is at the Grand.
p. J. Barber, pioneer merchant of Santa
Barbara, rs at the Lick.
T. w. Sheehan Of the Sacramento Record
Union. is at the Occidental
Il. s. Sullivan, the Standard Oil Com.
pany's agent at San Jose, was in town YES
terday.
James B. Sheridan, with the San Fran
cisco News Company. who had been con
lined to his room on account of illness is
now conValesceDt "
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A COOL swINDLER.
Scheme Of Daring Rascal Who Is Operating
in the North.

SEATTLE, Feb. pa clever swindler
has been operating here for several days,
but is supposed now to have gone up to
Portland. The rascal, who is a small, middle
aged man and deals in paper money, the
denomination Of which he raises by pasting
a large number over the originally engraved
figure, has been operating in this city. One
victim is the proprietor of a Chicago meat
market here. The small man went into the
butcher-shOp and bought a tenderloin
steak, giving what purported TO be S10blI
in payment. He was given 50 go 10 change,
and went away. The bill turned ND in the
clearinghouse to-day and was pronounced
bogus. Ii had been raised from a 81 bill.
A circular strip of paper on which had been
nicely executed number 10 was inserted in
the bill directly over the number 9 When
the swindler was at the meat market he had
roll of similar bills, which must represent
at least $1,000
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THE WORLDS FAIR.
Commission Composed Of Representative Citi-
zens OF Santa Clara County.

Commission Composed of Representative Cit-
zens OF Santa Clara County.
SAN JOSE. Feb. 22-The Worlds Fair
Commission appointed by the Supervisors
is composed Of tweD ty-One Of the leading
tax payers and business men Of Santa Clara
County. and they represent every one Of the
varied interests as well as every section of
the county. This commission has elected
D. B. Moody Of the Central Milling Com
pany President; W. D. Tisdale. President
Of the First National Bank, First Vice
President; o. Stevens. a well-known farmer
Of Coyote, Second Nice-P President; w. p.
Duugheriy. lumber king, Third Vice-Presi-
dent; DR.. \. Z. Mintie. q well known horti-
culturist and vtieulturist Manager; Mrs
Elma Glover, Secretary. The Board Of
Trade Endorsed the commission and has
turned over to it the extensive and magnifi-
cent display OF fruits and other products
now in the bOard-rnoms, which forms a
splendid nucleus for the exhibition at the
Worlds Fair. The cause for the appoint
ment Of this commission was general dis
satisfaction over the efforts Cor lack of
EFFORT Of a private corporation which under
took 10 get up a display and which was COM
posed OF half dozen men, mainly from
San lose
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Washington's Birthday.

DowNIEvILLE, Feb. 22.-Washington's
birthday is being observed by liberal dis
play of American flags and bunting.
Downieville Parlor No. 90, n. S. G. W.,
gave ball this evening in Armory Hall.
Statutes were fired during the day.
ST HELENA, Feb %. - Washington's
birthday was observed here to-day by a
general suspension of business. The newly
organized brass band made its first public
appearance to-day, serenading several prom
iuent business places aud homes. Their
playing was highly complimented. The
weather to-day has been delightful.
SALT LAKE. Utah, Feb. Washington's
birthday was observed here generally. and
was made tie occasion of the presentation
Of American flags to the city schools, 1000
pupils participating.
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DEATH IN FLAMES.
Three Chinese Lost Their Lives
in a Match Factory.
One Body Still Buried Under the Ruins-Three
Buildings Destroyed on Fourteenth
Street.-The Losses.

Ribbons Of flame shot forth from the
drying-room Of J. f. MitchelPs match fac
tory in the one-story building at 236 Four
teenth street few minutes before o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The fire was started
by some fine pieces of wood being placed
against the stove-pipe to dry.
In an instant the flames spread to the adj
Joining rooms and were fed by the great
quantities of sulphur and phosphorus used
in the manufacture Of matches An alarm
was sounded from box 364 at the corner of
Howard aud Fourteenth streets, but by the
time the paraphernalia of the Fire Depart
ment arrived the factory was roaring,
miniature sheol.
Fourteen Chinese were employed In the
place and they became frenzied with
fear as the flames hemmed them In on all
sides. Eleven of the terrified Mongols
made their way out of the building and
escaped with some slight burns. Two were
overcome by the sulpburous fumes and were
burned to death, while another is missing
and probably met a similar fate. Until
after the flames were conquered, however,
it had been supposed that all the match
makers had safely escaped from the burn
ing building.
HANDICAPPED BY BURSTING HOSE.
The fremen worked yaliantly, and prin-
cipalIy confined their efforts to saving prop
erty adjoining on either side. They were
greatly handicapped by the low pressure in
the water mains and the bursting Of many
lengths of high-priced hose. In less than
half an hour nothing remained of the
match factory but few charred walls and
timbers.
The adjoining buildings were also of a
highly inflammable nature, and afforded
rich food for the greedy flames. From the
factory the fire quickly spread to the uncc-
from $50 to 234 Fourteenth street, and
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Colton Citrus Fair.

Cotton, Feb 22.-The Cotton Citrus
Fair, under the auspices of the Twenty
eighth District Agricultural Association
opened here tonight in the finest shape Of
any citrus fair ever held in Southern Cali
fornia. All parts of the county are fully
represented by orange and other exhibits
representing all industries of Southern Cal
ifornia. The Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe railroads have arranged for lOw-priced
other points to Cotton, which are good for a
week
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this morning after the heaviest rainfall of
the season, 3.7S inches for the storm since
Tuesday, and for the season, 1866 inches.
Last season the rainfall was IL. 80 inches.
ANDERSON. Feb. 22.-The rainfall in two
hours last night was 3 as inches. Anderson
Greek overfowed its banks, but the water
did no great damage. For the storm SIS
inches rain fell, and 2019 inches for the
season Grain is well advanced with every
indication for fine crops.
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The Naval Battalion's Outing.

SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 22-The naval bat
TALON, Company c, left for San Francisco
at o'clock this evening. They were es-
corted TO the depot by Company ID, and, as
the train pulled out, gave cheer after cheer
to their entertainers. The programme Of
the day, carried out by Captain Do uglas,
was as follows: At o'clock in the norm
ing, reyeiIle; s O'clock, inspection; $50 to
o'clock, mess; 9 o'clock, exercise; 10
O'clock, drill; II to l o'clock, dinner;
o'clock, parade; 2 to 4 O'Clock, dancing; 80
o'clock, break camp. The dance in the
afternoon was well attended. The music
was furnished by the battalion orchestra.
The boys voted the affair a success, and will
return again this summer.
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J. E. Grant. an old Placer County resi-
dent, died at Rocklin on Saturday.
Thomas Graham Of Santa Clara lost two
fingers by contact with buzz saw on Sat-
urday,
Rube Daniels, the notorious Los Angeles
frebug, has been held for trial and jailed In
default of $1,000 bail.
A 14-year-old son of L. Bueb of Santa
Cruz was drowned in Branciforte Greek
Saturday. The creek was very high and it
is probable that the body has been carried
out 10 sea.
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Avoiding Arizona Washouts.

BENSON, Ariz., Feb. 22-An Important
piece Of work is about to be commenced on
the Southern Pacific at 0choa, the first
station east Of here. This section Of the
road has been subject to numerous and eX-
pensive washouts, and it has been decided
to rebuild about eight miles Of the track on
a higher level. The ma terial is nearly all
on the ground. and the WORK will be COM
menced Immediately. 1t will take about
SIX months to complete, and Will cost
$500 0CO
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LOST IN THE SNOW.
The Search for J. F. Hill Unsuecessful-A
Letter Written on a Snow.Shoe.

Inc OedICu lot y. K El4A UNSUCCESSFUL a
Letter Written on a Snow-Shoe.
ALBANY, Oregon, F-b. GA. J. Hill,
brother Of the unfortunate young man, J.
T. Hill, who was lost in the mountains and
is supposed to have persisted in the snow in
attempting to 60 from Gatesvile to Santam
mines in December last, returned with his
party to-day from The search for his re-
mains. All they found was the snow-shOes
of the missing man. They were discovered
placed against tree and on the under side
was written:
December %. 1891 I have missed the trail
and IL IS sl0rmlug. 50 | fear l cannot find II. |
can't use my suowsbOes any further. / don't
think ! am far from The trail. IL ! can't find &C.
] VIII Try and follow this cut. II ! fail, hunt for
me down the stIeam. May God help me through.
To my friends. j. F. HILL.
1t IS thought that he persisted near by, but
the snow is yet five feet deep, and the re-
mains could not be found. His father has
arrived from Illinois, and will renew tho
search as soon as the snow disappears.
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owned by w. P. Morgan. No sooner had
streams been brought to bear upon this
building than flames broke forth from the
roof OF the twO-StOry frame building on the
other side Of the factory. This structure,
which extended from 23S TO 240 Fourteenth,
a stable by Clarke Bros. Within an hour
1t was also reduced to ruins, but the hre-
men had gained control
TWO BODIES RECOVERED.
After the smoke had cleared away from
the ruins Of the factory the fremen were
startled by the discovery OF the charred re-
mains of two Of the Chinese match-makers.
The victims were soon identified by their
fellow wOrkmen as All Cheong, aged 30
years, and All Pang, aged 70, both OF whom
lived in the factory.
The unfortunates had evidently tried to
escape by stairway in the rear, as
Che0ng's body was found upon it. and
Pang's at the bottom. Their faces, hands
and feet were badly burned, as were also
parts Of their clothing The bodies were
also greatly discOlored by steam. Another
Chinese is missing, and his remains are
supposed to be somewhere beneath the
ruins.
At 80 o'clock information of the diseOv-
cry of the dead men was telephoned to the
COrOner's office and the bodies were re-
moved TO the Morgue. An inquest will be
held there to-day. The Chinese who fought
tnelr way through the names ana escaped
from the factory say they saw the deceased
in room adjoining that in which the fire
started They believe that all would have
escaped had it not been for the over
powering fumes from the burning sulphur
and phosphorus.
Streams were kept playing upon the ruins
OF the three buildings until late hour.
When they are sufficiently cooled a search
will begin for the remains of the missing
workman.
The losses aggregate $1,000, partly COW
cred by insurance, and are estimated by Fire
Marshal TOwe and Captain White of the
Fire Patrol as follows: j. Il. Mitchell,
building $500, stock in factory $500;
W. 2. Morgan, $500; A. Pearley and
Clarke Brothers, $780,
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At q 10 o'clock yesterday afternoon fire
started in the office of the Manhattan Life
Insurance Company in the second story Of
The building at 240 Montgomery street. The
Underwriters Fire Patrol was called out
on a ''stilp' alarm and put out the flames.
Loss. $50
A fire alarm was turned in from box 81 at
6 80 O'clock last evening for a burning
chimney at I66 1ehama street. No damage.
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ITS MOST IMPORTANT WORK
Says He Is Not a PeddIer.

Robert Nugent, who on last Sunday night
was stabbed by young rowdy while he
was engaged in conversation with two young
ladies, declares that he has been mistaken
for another individual of the same name.
lie says that he never was a pedder, and
that if any Robert Nugent has ever been ar
rested for petty crime he Is not that one.
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Shooting ARRAY at Whittier

Los ANGELES, Feb. GA fatal shooting
ARRAY occurred on Saturday night among
some Italians near Whittier. Joe Miguelit
was shot and killed by Domingo Quartarili.
The deceased and Antonio Bell were beat
ing Teresa Belli, AntOnio's wife, and
Quartarili attempted to stop the proceeding
with double barreled shotgun. Quaftariii
is In iail
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HURON, Feb - e. 2. Murphy, Presi-
dent, and members Of the Interstate Artifi-
cial Rain Company of GoodIand. Kans.,
have to-day started their process for ma k
ing rain. They have new twO-stOTy
building built and have come to stay. The
farmers have contracted with Linders 81
Borders Of Tulare tor over 10000 acres OF
grain, they having the rain company under
contract
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ACQUITTED Of Crime.

MODESTO, Feb. &C. NJ. WoOdsOn, a
well-known carpenter contractor, who was
arrested few DAYS ago, charged with rob-
bing friend named William Bell when the
latter was drunk, was hOnorably acquitted
before all the evidence for the prosecution
had been presented. 1t is probable that he
was arrested by mistake or through spite.
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Among the passengers who arrived from
China yesterday and landed at Victoria r
c., was Bendoff, the English pugilist vho
is on his way TO this city. He is the indi.
vidual who some years ago defeated Wolf
at Capetown, Africa, for purse of 500 COO
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salem Rase.Rall Association.

SALEM. Or. Feb. 22.-Stock of the Salem
Base ball Association to the amount Of
$4,000 was all subscribed to-day. The
stockholders will incorporate tomorrow
aud elect officers and Directors, who will
select a manager.
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North.Bound Train DELAYED.

ASHLAND Oregon, Feb. 22.-The north
bound overland train on the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad has been delayed this afternoon
at Slskiyou Station on the summit of the
mountain, on account of the high tTestle
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REDoNDo Feb. OF. f. Cakes left with
his party in his private car this morning for
Santa Barbara. where they will remain for
two DAYS and then 90 to San Francisco on
their way 10 Tacoma
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GlNnn'S SULPHUR SOAP

The transparency and bloom which it i'm
parts place it at the head OF all toilet prepa-
rations of its class. 1t is, moreover, the
cheapest as we'll as the best of all beauti-
fiers, and is warranted on scientific author
ity to be free from all deleterious ingredi-
ents. Beware of counterfeits.
oc2l II FrTu
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just north Of that place being rendered I'M
safe by large powders from the mountains
rolling down and knocking out several sec
tons. The train will be six hours or more
late getting 60 Ashland.
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To Aid Prohibition

A free entertainment will be given this
evening at Pioneer Hall, in behalf of the
Prohibition party. There will be an ad-
dress by A: G. Wolfenbarger of Nebraska
and music by Professor a. B. Hnckins.
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suspsnsion Of a Eevsuapsr.

TACOMA, Feb. 22.-The Morning Globe
will suspend publication tomorrow and will
be absorbed by the Ledger, leaving the
latter the only morning newspaper in
rHannna
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GASOLINE STOVE.
Explanation Of the Explosion on the Railroad
Rear Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD. Feb. 22.-Regarding the
explosion last Friday night on the passen-
ger train, the officers say that a gasoline
stove was thrown out of the eaboose of the
freight train that preceded the passenger.
1t lay on the track until the passenger
train came along, which struck it and
caused the explosion
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The town of Sierra Valley. Sierra County.
has had eighty days Of consecutive good
sleighng.
The morning call., 1892-02-23

J. Edwin Stone started at noon yesterday
on the self-imposed task of walking from
this city to New York. He was followed
down, Market street to the ferry by large
crowd.
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days racing were
RECENT COAST HAPPENINGS.

Wood finished first over the line.
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A WONDERFUL
METAMORP HOSIS!

Brilliant compilations are rarely natural
gifts. But this highly-prized charm is con-
ferred in perfection by
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declarations. The Grafton Of the day was
delivered by eX-Judge Stephen g. Nye. The
new building cost $4,000.
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-12
MCINTYRE BROS.
All in a Name.

A certain business man in this city has
good reason TO believe that there is some
thing in a name" For many wears he en-
gagged in business pursuits here under the
name derived from his father. The name
was an honest one, but not particularly
euphOnious, and its bearer found, after
much energetic toll in several fields of in
dustry, that it was barren of talismanic in
fluence in business. Although a man of
fine presence, good manners, industrious
habits and personal honesty, this gentle
man was unable 10 win success. He tried
venture after venture, with fair prospects
in each case at the outset, but failure came
with dishcartening promptness. His pecu-
liar name on business card or appended
to a letter never seemed to have auy weight
in business circles.
After great many viCisSitudes he re
luctantly came to the conclusion that it
was his name which brought him bad
luck. He resolved to try the effect of a
change, and with the permission of the
legislature he simply reversed his name
For the sake of illustration, surprising it
was Abel Smith, he obtained the legal
right to change it to Smith Abel. The
effect of the change was magical. The
hitherto elusive success wooed the new
name assiduously. Enterprises that had
fallen fiat before became popular and pros
porous. Old debts were speedily paid and
a new bank account grew to very healthy
proportions. The gentleman grew rich
steadily, and his name is now on the list of
the solid men of New York.-New York
Times
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-12
Tennyson and S;chtseers.

Though Farringford, in Freshwater, was
Tennyson's favorite home, Aldworth, in
Haslemere, became by force of circum-
stances his summer residence-circum-
stances meaning in this case tourists and
Saturday to Monday cheap trippers. Ten
nyson used to say that he was literally
driven from the Isle of Wight by the sum-
mer visitors. Not content with invading
the demesne of Farringford, these enthusi-
astic but not considerable sightseers would
dog the steps of the object Of their admira-
tion whenever he took his walks abroad.
Twenty years ago he purchased the place
at Aldworth, and made it his summer re-
treat. The house was designed by James
Knowles, who, besides acquiring celebrity
as the editor of The Ninteenth Century Re
view, is a professional architect.
Every year in May, since 1872, Tennyson
has gone to Aldworth, returning to Fresh
water in October, when the trippers cease
from troubling and the AIRY is at rest.
Tennyson had acquired an aversion to
summer holiday mortals that was almost
morbid in its intensity. Perhaps this grew
by what it fed on, perhaps part of tia
small part Of twas affectation, for Ten
nyson was hero worshiper, and. as far as
himself was concerned, was not Indifferent
to the worlds applause. Cor. Boston
Herald
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-12
A Stout Pedestrian.

One morning, in Glenorchy, Professor
Wilson c'Christoper North'O started out
early to fish in Loeb Toila. its nearest
point was thirteen miles from his lodging.
On reaching it, and unscrewing the butt
end OF his fishing rod to get the ton he
found he had forgotten it. Nothing daunt-
ed, ne walked back, breakiasted, made his
rod complete and walked again to Loeb
Toila. All the long summer day he fished.
and after sunset started for home with
full basket. Feeling somewhat fatigued
and passing a familiar farmhouse, he
stopped to ask for food.
1t was near midnight, and he routed the
family from bed. The mistress brought
him full bottle Of whisky and can of
milk. He poured half the whisky into
half the milk and drunk it off ut draft.
While his hostess was still staring in
amazement be poured thee emaining milk
and whisky together and finished the mix
ture. He then proceeded homeward, hav-
ing performed a journey Of over fifty two