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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-06

Handel and Beethoven. NJ,
published Translation Of S@i..x 49,.
Poems From the German az 60,
Schiller, With Notes Thess - ri
nngalshed for grace of dicsson 80 49, ~
herenoe TO the originals A. -
rnyfnm. His best-Snown oriv;,.1
was God Save the State. ~ -
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Home Rule Before the Lords.

LONDON, Sept. 5.--There was large at.
tendance at the house of lords tonight
when the home rule bill was called
up on second reading. Earl Spencer
made q rather tame speech, closing
with q .deciaration that the Gladstonian
plan of home rule Is calculated to satisfy
all the aspirations of Ireland to self
government The Duke OF Devonshire
moved rejection of the bill, and the debate
was continued until after midnight.
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The Painless DentI.,.

Dr.. GEi'fiu. Of the Griffin Dental Associs-
tier. has the reputation Of extracting and
h'iing teeth without rain. The doctor
has h<en located here Zoe four years sad
has 40 peers. HIS priees are Iaosisrass
ohlecs, ;. 3, 10 and Ii Union block c.t3
Front streeE1
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oREGoS CRY. Sept. Reports having
reached here from ButtesIIle that there Is
trouble there about driving out Chinese
hop riesers, Sheriff Gsnong has gone 20
the scene.
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CorxSHasES, Sept. a-Prino. W..
elder brother of King Chri.tis, y
marx and field marshal lieusenar. Z =.
service of Austria, died at Frsdepss.. =
day. He was born April 10. fsss -
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Died From III. Iniuries.

TACOMA. sept. Especial. ~. l. Clark.
Of Henderson bay. who fell from the
Fifteenth street bridge last night. died
from his injuries tonight. lie. with his
sons and others, were bound for Payaiiup
to pick hons,
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suieiae Of . clathlnr M.nns.etur.r.

CHICAGO. Sept. Max VI. Rothchiid, a
wealthy clothing manufacturer. COM
missed suicide today. Temporary aberra-
ton OF mind ia supposed TO have been the
cause
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hes MelNEs. Sept Ala tie state FRO
hih5ss0m convention to-day e IS resolved
sssts A. nessheF The Resahj ieaa nes lhssno-
crate patiy haa adopted satss-
iSS'ssy platform rsSPsetaaG sAe laQaos
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CoLUMBUs. O.. sept Sat the bicycle
meet today Zimmerman's time of yester.
day for mile with flying start was low
cred IS seconds by John :. Johnson. of
Syracuse. Jahason's time was 2s07 SIS.
The performance was the fastest Of the
yaaf
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s@Ast'ss sAAe saoFe s Fsxsssa RsH@ay Tnua.
f~-f s5s - = E0sasoE s1 zdFsasa ssziAs 10 sac
SitAi4its Fatss 80 esa1aYs. Fare ga, IS Al faE tas
teaa1 Gia sHts&s rates a. ans g1ze Esr
rAttsA ses S4salaY advertisement IN sAls
p&Fex
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okanoxan Smith n. s,...

AT o'clock this morning .soks..
smith. who is seriously i'll a. n. -:
hotel. was steadily sinking.
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railroad. died tonight of paralysis OF the
heart, aged SIS years He had been in the
service of the company thirsy-nine years
John T. II. Mckay Was born March Al,
1885. At Toronto. and entered the railway
service in his 18th year.
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Kansas city labor unions have dscl.,es
colt against all products turned cat l,. 2
Armour establishments. This a ~ sS.es Z
the strike Of $50 butchers OF the Armcs, = j
Ing house. who Quit work rather thas -
10 per cent. reduction In waxes IL
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THE PAs-AmERIcAS coScExss.

Cleveland Welcomes the Physictans--
Care of the Public Health.
WASHINGTON CRY. Sept. 5.-The first
formal session of the Pan-American Med
ical congress assembled today. After
prayer by Bishop Paret. of Mary
land, President Cleveland welcomed
the members, dwelling on the
high and vastly important position
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Veteran Railroad Man Dead.
CLEVELAND. sept. a.--John T. r. Mckay,
general freight agent OF the Lake Shore
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WERE BURNED ALIVE.
HORRIFYING WRECK ON THE
GRAND TRUNK.
Passenger Trains Going at Full Speed
Collide-Cars Take Fi-e and Are Re
duced to Ashes-Many Bodies Burned
Beyond Recognition.
An Engineers Rlunder.


A railroad wreck more terrible in its
results than any other Of the many
horror, which have been recorded
since the heavy World's Fair passenger
traffic began occurred on the Grand
Trunk Road at Nichols, Mich. about
one mile east of Battle Creek. at
o'clock Friday mor ming. Two passen-
ger trains collided. several coaches
were demolished and shortly after
caught fire, roasting twenty tx i'm
prisOned passengers until the remains
were unrecognizable. while over Thirty
others are injured, two of whom may
die
The trains which cnilided were Il
Raymond and Whitct nh special. being
run as the first section Of No. &. known
as the Atlantic express. and No. q. the
Pacific express. The Grand Trunk
yards lie between Battle Creek and
Nichols. which is one mile east Of
Battle Creek and the train crew on
the outgoing train. No. 8. had an
order to meet the Raymond special on
the double track at Nichols. The
wreck was due to the di>rcr1rding Of
this order. Beyond Nichols the yard!
tracks verge into a single tack AID
No.". instead of side-trackiny ran right
out 'ilp lilc SlHSlc lIdth. IHt trains
struck each other within q ual'tcr OF
a mile from Nichols
Both We're going ~ high speed and
were we'll loaded with sleeping passcn
gers. The engines were badly smashed
and the baggage-car on the Raymond
train was wrecked, but none. Of the
passenger, on the train were hurt.
The outgoing train Jared wore. and
the whole force of the collision &c med
to come on the day coaches OF this
train. These coaches. all filed with
Worlds Fair eXcurSiOnistS. were
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Notes of Current Events.

SMALLPOX has appeared at Marion.
Ind.
J. WALDO will become vice presiden:
of the Missouri Pacific road.
:. i. kISkLEY. Il travelling salesman
of tiicago. was found dead in his room
a, st 10 is.
JAMES n. BURNS. Chicago burglar.
was sentenced for scven year, from
Grand Rapids. Mich
TwENTN-SEVEN empty freight cars
were demolished by a wreck Oh the
Iowa Central near Sear-b 70.
THE name Of tho German E.pworth
League v-a~ change! a: the st. Louis
convention 20 .l}ingerblna.
REVENUE officers have discovered
OF crude opium AT Oakda!e. Ca.
PRoCEEDINGs will be Instituted in
Missouri Il annul the charter OF tie
Guarantee Investment Company.
EX-SENATOR FAIR. Of California. ha-
dis.nheritcd his son. whose reported
arrest proves 70 have been tal-e.
THE First National Bank of Ouray
Col. which suspended about .we
months ago. ha> resumed business.
Mrs. Il. @. HOUSTON. Pine Blut
Ark was awakened ii an carly hou,
IN the morning by the noise attendant
on {; fire opposite her residence, tbs
reflection Of which appeared in hea
room. She became so frightened tha
she was stricken with apoplevy sEt
died
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OTHER NATIONS DISLIKE THEM.
An English Writer Severely Crittcises Ills
Own Countrymen.

A write: in the London Truth speak
inc of the fact that the English, as a
rule, are diSliked by people of other
nations. says some frank y tisagreeabie
things about his fellow countrymcn.
We English, he writes. are by no
means {: lOvable race. We have many
admirable qualities. We are hardy.
practical, persevering people: bat
these are not in Themselves sympa-
thetic properties We are aggressive,
self-assertative, purse-prOud. and hEpo-
critical. We are apt to sing psalms
and pick pockets at one and the same
time, and our neighbors, not altogether
unjustly. therefore. resent the over
righteous tone that we adopt In crlti-
ci,ing them and their concerns.
Wherever the EnSsishman goes he
has the fatal influence of spelling even
the most simple Of characters. \ .ew
British tourists will make the inhabit'
ants of the most inexperienced p.o"-
ince shrewd. suspicious, siasplng and
dishonest. This is within the common
knowledge Of any who have Travelled in
iittle-vislted lands. ard a consideration
of this phenomenon will enable liz the
better. perhaps. 20 understand why cur
ncighbors ard more especially the
! French. so heartily detest us.
! 1t Is also u curious fact that when
! ever there are any general elections 90
| be held in the great republics the most
! popular policy is to twist the tail OF the
! British lion. II would be instructive,
as subject for the dull season. TO dis
cuss the question. Are We English
really much superior 20 all othe.
nations:" | think we are: but ap
parently our neighbors thinks other
wise: and it might be well, therefore,
to discover whether we are mistaken
or whether they a-e stupidly pre.u
diced
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BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE.
W0rklnen Are Torn to Pieces While E:a-
gagged in Digging: = Well at Emington.

The entire Business portion of En-
ington. HI, was wrecked by Il prena-
ture explosion of dynamite. and five
people were killed and FIVE moro seri
ously injured, two OF whom cannot live.
The killa,l are: Chris Eyer. OF the firm
of Eyer Bros, Dwight, H., leaves "a
wife and one child: James Cnrnwcll,
single man. Dwight, ILL.,. in the employ
of Eyer Bros: {. l.. Fowler. Emington.
leaves wife and two children: Fritz
Eyer. Ol1ey. Ill. cousin of the Eyer
brothers: Dash Eyer, Olncy, also q
cousin.
There are others that received
bruises by the awful shock. The two
Wyllies that are among the injured
are we'll digwerS and were engaged in
digging city well. They had reached
depth of 800 feet without striking
the requisite amount of water their
::ontrart called fo". So they engaged
Eyer Bros. experienced we'll diggers,
to further their work. The firm used
d 2-foCt long ant! l3-.nch diameter gas
pipe. filled the same with dynamite.
and were Gaping it. when all of sud-
den it exploded. throwing the men and
landing them over fifty feet away from
the spot where they We're located. The
Eyers and Cornwell were manglcd in
such manner that identification was
impossible, their clothing being all
torn to pieces. Hats. shoes, and pieces
OF cloth were scattered all around the
streets bordering the block. Pieces of
flesh had to be gathered in baskets.
Tue town presents u sad sight. especi-
silly the business portion. All the win
dow lights were shattered by the shock
and I'm those stores and resi;.cnccS near
est the place the Articles in the interior
were injured considerably. The shccP
was SO great that it vas plainly hear
over FIVE miles from EminSton. and
was not long before the town began
| fill up with people to find GU: what was
wrong. Tha citizens al lent helping
hand and the dying and dead were
cared for as best they could be.
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agonized wall ana then her woraan's
weakness gave way 20 her martyrs
strength. Il can die. Oh. yes. can
die. if | must" she said soothingly to
the strong men who We're weeping in
their impotent strength. Again they
struggled breathle-sly to the rescue.
but the flames Were encircling the
party and claimed the victim the crash
had spared. i am a Christian" she
laid resignedly and q moment later.
her voice was raised in prayer. She
gave her name. Mrs. Charles Wan
Duseu. of SprDut Brook. n. Y. The
flames now completely encircled her.
the iremen were driven away, the
praying lips were stilled. and the sou.
of Mrs. Van D1l>en had passed beyond
the fury of the elements Of the earth.
An hour later the h,ls band for whom
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BE fore the Days Of Postage STAMPS

before the DayS Oh POSTAGE Sta fnllas.
Before the asc OF postage-stamps
various SUMS were pad for the deliv-
cry of letters. The amounts were
regulated by the distance. and were
collected or the delivery OF the let.
ter.
In the early part OF this century
the postage on single sheet OF paper
was cents, and over forty miles the
rate was increased: SO that over five
hundred miles single sheet was -
cents. But after time these rates
were gradually reduced, untl 1916 Il
letter weighing not over half an
ounce was , cents under thrc. hum
dred miles, and over that distance, 10
cents.
Sir Rowland Hill, who. vas at tho
head OF the POstOiiicc Department OF
England at this ii re, introduced the
use Of postage stamps in 1870, and
also iesscned the charges for postage.
In lo4. the United States adopted
. the use Of the postage stamp the
lowest priced one being ) cents.
But railways and steam BOATS had
now taken the place of the old fash
! ioned mail coaches and po,t-bcys;
and with the more rapid sending OF the
mails, the cheaper rates OF postage,
: and the growing population Of the
country, gradual changes and im-
provementS took place in the post.
oifica system. And here We are, in
! 1892. receiving our letters from the
Pacific Coast in six days-aIso from
England in the same time; and Il few
DAYS or hours will place Us in direct
communication with our friends and
correspondents in almost every part
af the country. Nicholas
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Nooley and onducto" Sect were ar
rested.
The passengers, killed were all on the
c:tst-bound tain. and. It's far As known.
the victims s'ic all Eastern people:
Twenty If :iex killed could not be iden-
titled. The names of those identified
are as follows:
Mrs. C. Naa DuSen, SprOutbrook. ". V;
burned
Mrs. +. r. Mckenzie. Middlctown. Conn.
harmed to I:>r
c. G. Van D1sen, Sprout brook, n. Y: died in
the hospital.
W. W. nsss2y, Woons ockct Il. l.; burned to
a crisp.
J. ". B Btardsley, Watkins y. V: burned aud
manglcd.
T. A. McGarvey, Hamilton, Ont: burned
and maBxed.
Mrs Albers Bradley, Toronto, Ont: burned
and man xed.
f. ! Magoon, Providence, Il. L.: burned and
man.ll
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A WRONG confessed is half for
given.
You can't make 4 Dart Of pigs
tail.
A sCALDED cat is afraid CT cold
water.
THE love Of 4 10y is water in a
basket.
Is THERE not some danger OF hav-
ing too many so called holy relies
brought tc New York from the old
world:
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Never stand Upright.

One of the peculiaritie> OF the CO.
coanut palm is that it never stands
upright. \ Malayan saying has it
that: "IIe who has looAei upon dead
monkey: be who has found the nest
Of a paddy bird: he who has hchcld
a straight cocoanut palm. or has
fathomed the de etful heart o. a
woman, will live forever"
The farmers' union., 1893-10-26
VAN ALIEN IS CONFIRMED.
Senate Endorses His Nomination as Min
lister to Italy.

Washington special: Mr.. Van Allen
will b. Unitcl States Minister to Italy.
Tn" Senate in executive session con-
ii: med the nomination by vote of 50
to -. The fight a"ainst him was very
bitter. but was unsuccessful. The
charges We're that hs, was not Il repre-
sentative American citizen. being a
resident of London a greater part of
the time. and that he bought the Of
fee by Il $4,000 donation to the Cleyc-
laHI canlnaign Eunl.
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EIGHT HURT AT kANKAKEE.
Serious Accident 10 an Illinois Central
Limited Train.

The New Orleans limited over tho
Illicoi- Central Road. with every coach
full If Worlds Fair passengers. was
wret Ike / hv coliiling with a coal train
three miles >ol:h Of Kankakee. Ill.
Eight persons were seriously injured.
anu any more suffered from bruises
tlat did n I require the attention of q
surgeon. L was miracle that nobody
Wa X <i1,pG
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sic iisio 1~it lot tltS IllcSSuS.S iO1Gt0
her in the aorld to come.
Taken to the Morsue in Baskets.
Not until she fire,ncn had Qalenrh led
the flames was the tull extent Of the
disaster realized. and the heartrend-
ing spectacle thea presented caused
ST., nc men 10 weep. Twenty five hor-
rihle and shapeless chunks-no other
wo,d will express it-cf human flesh,
burned to u c-isp. We're made visible,
ard these all that remained of the
victims of one OF the most sickcning
railroad accidents of recent years
We're gathered up in baskets, in bags.
and IN one case. a pail. and carried
tendcrly to the morgue in Battle
Creek.
The accident occurred because the
engineer of Nc.6. going east, disobeyed
orders by not stopping at Nichols to let
the other train pass. and both Engineer
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THE professional criminal is sell
dome 4 hiSnted fellow. At least he
he often lays himself open to con-
victiur.-BuNalo Courier.
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GSN>.c1~A have the devils
D. var tn II his
peace
No MAN can have sreat God who.
1as little Bible.
MANY people who do ncs believe IN
hell live in one.
THE peace ot God is sonnet hing the
devil cannot break.
TROUBLES open doors in cue hearts
fot Christ TO come in.
WHEN you try to be good try to be
good fcy something.
EVERY year good man li,Ss his
Bible becomes bigger
TiE man who does not believe in i
God lives that way.
People who really love God will
find some way to show it.
People who horrow trouble never
have to go far to t1nd it.
AN army for God is strong enough
that has no towards in it.
MANY L man is right IN his heart
who is wrong in his head.
II happiness in this life is your OBJ
ject don't trv hard to get rich.
How WE all admire the wisdom OF
those who come tn Us for advice.
TIE man who does wrong suffers,
but those who lcva him suffer more.
GoD finds it hard to bless man
who looks at everything through
mOuey.
G'D is SO near that every time a
pertinent sinners 'Sheart heats he hears
it
BAD men do right only because they
have to: good men,. because they love
to.
The man who is willing to have
only little religion will never have
any.
ThE Justice that wicked man
never wants is the justice he de-
serves.
WHENEVER we try to make others
happy. we get paid for it in Heavens
money.
THE lean pig is the one that spuealS
the most Let the faulttindcr make
L note.
TEE man who tries to get to
Heaven on Stllts will have many
tumbieS.
Cop does not want d dollar from
anyhody who is not willing to be pure
in heart.
WE can always get coed out of our
troubles by talking them over with
the Lord.
The devil knows toorsuch to waste
his time in trying to make L drunk
ard out of Il stingy IMAM
THE man who starts out to be re-
former should he we'll prepared for
bad roads and rough weather
THE robe of righteousness is gar
ment that stays white, no matter
how much mud is thrown at it.
WHEN we. prey for the extension OF
Gods kingdom We put ourselves un-
der obligations to work for it.
No UNKEHENERATE man has ever
been any letter than Adam was on
the day he was put out Of the garden.
SAVING an inch, from YOUR yard
stick will shrink the door OF Heaven
SO much that your soul cannot enter.
TIE lives of those who trlly love
God are sure to produce hungering
and thirsting after Righteousness in
others
MORE religion can be lost in stay.
ing away from prayer-meeting on u
rainy night, than can be gained on a
clear Sunday.
CHRIST came 10 seek and to savo
I! the lost. We are not walking in His
, footsteps, unless, in this we are trying
| to he like Him.
YoU can generally tell 10y mans
| tracks which way he is going Ii
J they point toward the saloon he is,
not on his way TO Heaven.
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Varied Products.

From the American aloe tree arc
made thread, needles, ropes. cables.
paper. clothing, soap. sugar, aud
BRANDY
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THIRTEEN MORE ARE LOST.
The Steamer WocokeH Sinks Above LoSG
roin: i'll Lake Eric. |

roin: i'll Lake Erie.
/: is now known that the steamer
Wocoken foundercd in ten fa.hons OF
wat + outside the cut Just above l. ng
Point. Lake Erie, il the recent storm,
and thirteen of her crew are ataieG to
the list of those who went ,iown in the
gale.
The Wocoken was bound from Ash
tabula 70 Milwaukee with Il cargo Of
coal. She left Frida- and went to
Erie. where she picked up her consort.
the barge Joseph Paiz-. ana start ed
up the lake. She was struck by the
storm in the middle % the lake and
started 70 run to Long Pe'.Ht The sea
was too much for her. and he dropped
her consort and headed ar the west
end of Long Point % ssiSster. She
wa, unable to make this riSce ard
foundered The Paige ran before the
gale. aad is now in shelter under the
Point. with all her canvas gcnn. The
matches of the Wocckcn We're pounded
decks. and she filled One Of the
survivors. in telling Of the loss
of the Wee 5ken. said: I'VE we're off
Rc1deau when the full force OF the
storm struck Us. We dritted eastward
until few miles from Long Point,
when the Paige was cut loose and we
made III effort to reach shore. When
four miles east of her and two miles
from shore the steamer sank in ten
fathoms Ot water. This was 10 o'clock
Saturday night. When we saw that
the boat collu not live through the
gale preparations were ma te to launch
the small boats. When working at
this a IL, r,e endous sea broke over Us,
carrying fourteen OF the crew over
board. The three of us remaining
took to herigginy. where we remained
until Sundav morning. when the local
Ete-savng crew succeeded III taking us
Off after four hnlrs hard work.
Lost with All Hands.
The spars of three-ma-ted vessel
are reported sticking out of the water
eight miles out from Port Colbolne.
Ont. The rna-ts are painted black and
the boat has y square sail. 1t Is sup
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Lost with AL Aa NAiS.

The spars of three-na~ted vessel
are reported sticking out of the water
eight miles out from Port Colbmne.
Ont The na-ts are painted black and
the boat has y square sail. 1t Is sup
posed 10 he the +. G. Leighton of Port
Huron Capt e Calhoun.
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RAMS HORN gIASTS.
wsrninx : Notes Calling tie Wicked 70 Re.
uentancN.

~ liz. lCS 10 NiAo
same thing as to
Kill.
EVIL thought
is the mot her OF
an evil act.
A STEP in the
dark may be a
ep tow 3 r q
death.
lr is better to
have the devils
0ar than his.
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A HOPELESS CASE.
A Story Written for This Paper, by G.. B.
Burgin.

l might have known that something
would happen. 1t did. The documents
Iii the case were tc:'.c and to the
point:
DOCUMENT NCMEER O&E.
From Geraid Allison. the Asylum. Ding!e-
ton. Cheshire. to Dudley Win-ravc. Inner
Temple. L,ndcn
DEAR WINGRA>E: hear from my father
that you are 10 be at >tocApur, on Friday.
Just run over here Saturday and have
tennis with me. I'm iOcum tcncHs
for Muddlcsby. the great man on insanity.
We're quite IL happy family here keepers
included No one ever stops In Stockport
for more than an hour unies, compelled u
do So by the police. Don't affect singular
fty and remain there. but come over nbout
i YoIrs expectantly. GERALD ALLISON