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WATERY GRAVES.

Four Young Ladies Drowned In Lake
Ponchartrafn, Near New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, April 8. by the over
turning of sailboat on Lake Ponchar-
train Sunday afternoon four persons
Mrs, Mary A. Kelly, Miss Agnes and
Mamie Flynn, her nieces, and Miss
Fife Kelly-were drowned. Several
others who formed the party mar
rowly escaped a similar fate. The
party, consisting of ten people.
all residing within stones throw
of each other in = this city, had
gone out to A1ilneburg, pleasure
resort on the lake shore, for a
picnic. The morning was spent in va
rious sports, and after lunch sail was
proposed. A cat-rigged yawl was
hired from a boatkeeper and the party
started out, heading for the Spanish
lights. The weather was fine, and Mr..
Kelly, who professed himself entirely
competent, sailed the boat along mer-
rily. The lighthouse was reached
safely and then the boat put about for
the return to Milne burg.
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IN a BURNING HOTEL.
Ihe Terrible Fate of Five Persons af
s#s$ 2E.s4.3 Bradford. Pa. 1sfass7

l:he Terrible Fate of Five Persons at
Bradford, Pa.
ST h; BRADFORD. Pa. April Fire Satur-
day destroyed the: Higgins hotel the
Buffalo, Rocheste & Pitts burgh depot.
the Higgins cigar factory and the gro
Gerry store, and building Of J. Leroy.
At least six persons were burned to
death and the list of the injured NUM-
bers between twenty and thirty. The
bodies Of five persons have already
been taken from the ruins and are
burned beyond recognition. Friday
night 1875 persons went to sleep in the
building, and while it is known that
many had jumped from the second and
third story windows it was feared that
many others had persisted in the flames.
The dead already taken from the ruins
are:
George Parks, machinist. Buffalo. Rochester
& Pittsburgh shops; F. Havelin. engineer,
Pennsylvania & Eastern railroad: Miss G.
Bond, Bradford; Tom Cullen,a painter; a child
of Mrs. E. Tue ker: E. Tucker
The cause of the fire is unknown, but
it is supposed to have caught from a
gas stove. The loss will reach $lO0. 900
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SHOCKING MURDER.
Two Frenchmen XIII an Army Veteran q
60 X <,y1ie ~

Two Frenchmen Kill an Army Veteran %
5#$s5 z5S9ssss4@ st. Louis.
& ST. Louis, April $. One OF the most
horrible murders that has ever
confronted the police Of this city
was discovered late N onday night.
In squalid little room, rear OF
go Walnut street. was found the
body Of Frederick Gille, an army vet
ieran, 81 years. He had been lured
into the room, strang1ed to death and
robbed Of whatever money he had
The means used were exact
~ similar to those Of the
villainous French garroters. The
perpetrators of this shocking deed
are supposed to be Joseph Bappel,
alias John Mueller, about 80 years old.
5 feet II inches high, black hair and
mustache, dark eyes. slender build, and
thin, cadaverous features. He claims
to be a cook. The second is be-
lieved to be s. Sturtz, cigar
maker, small in stature, light COM
plexioned. The room was one rent
ed by the two suspects, who were
last seen Sunday evening leading
third man. supposed to have been
Gille, to their quarters, where the
body was found. The murderers have
twenty-four hours start and there is
little hope of catching them soon.
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BURNED TO DEATH.
The Terrible Fate of Five Tramps Near
Backensacls, n. j.

The Terrible Fate of Five Tramps Near
Backensacls, N. j.
, HACKENsACK, N. j., April Alive
persons were burned to death at May
wood, mile west of Hackensack, Mon
day morning, when a large barn, car
riage house and a hennery on the
premises of g. l.. Jaeger were de-
stroyed A charred body was discov-
cred at 6 in the morning and
Coroner Cass, of Englewood was sum-
moned. On his arrival at 10 o'clock
he found that second body had been
dug out. Two more charred remains
were discovered in the afternoon. A
fifth body was brought to view at 8
o'clock in the afternoon. Coroner Cass
has been advised not to impanet Jury
or hold an inquest, the argument being
that they were ''only tramps, and that
such an inquest would be useless ex-
DenSe.''
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THE BALLOT. |. u. BOX { }. I 4
Tales That It Told After Elections
ia Various Places.
Chicago Elects Carter Harrison ~ Mayor
Republicans Garry st. Louis and
Also succeed in Michigan-Bs-
suits Elsewhere
IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, April 5.-The city election
yesterday resulted in the elevation OF
Carter 81. Harrison to the mayoralty.
Latest returns give the following as
the vote for mayor in 100 out OF 794
precincts: Harrison (dem.), l13, OIL;
Allerton rep. and citizens'), 1896;
Cregier (ind.), arts; Ehrenpreis $50
cialist), $50; Harrison's plurality, 49,
695. The new council will consist OF 80
republicans and so democrats.
IN ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, April S. The election in
this city yesterday resulted in VIC
tory for the republicans. They Sc
cured mayor, collector. council and
most of the minor offices, if not all.
Cyrus r. Walbridge secures the mayor
atty plum from James Bannerman by
a majority Of about 5000.
IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Mich, April 5.-Returns of
Mondays vote in the state are not all
in yet, but there is no doubt OF the
election of Hooker (rep. to the SUI
preme bench by plurality of 10, 900 or
over, and the republican candidates
for regents have won still greater
victory. All the proposed constitution
al amendments have undoubtedly
carried, the opposition being inconsid-
cradle.
IN WISCONSIN,.
MILWAUKEE, April 5.-The democrats
carried this city yesterday. electing all
their judicial candidates and sending
Mayor Peter j. Somers to congress to
fill the vacancy caused by theelection of
John l.. Mitchell to the United States
senate. Republican mayors were elected
in Eau Claire. j anesville, Baraboo. Wash
bur, Oshkosh, Beloit, Waupaca, Vir-
oqua, Stoughton, Edgerton, River
Falls, Black River Falls and else-
where. Ashland's populists elected
O'Keefe by small majority. The
mayors OF Madison, Kaukauna, Mani
towoc, Ripon, Kewaunee and Juneau
will be democrats.
IN KANSAS.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 5.--For the first
time in the history of city elections
in the state party lines were
strictly drawn yesterday. In al
most every city the republicans
ran straight tickets, and returns from
throughout the state Indicate a
victory for the republicans and indi-
cate the change of sentiment against
the populists. At Leavenw orth, where
the republicans have not had victory
for thirteen years, they elected their
entire city ticket by majority of 1000
The vote polled was the heaviest for
some years, and in the larger, cities
very nearly 80 per cent. of the ballots
cast were by women.
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A NEW MOVE.

Toilers In Chicago Decide to Rest ON Sat-
urday ana Work on Sunday.
CHICAGO, April 5.-1he Central Labor
union, of this city, has decided to adopt
radical measures in order that the
workingmen belonging to the unions
attached to that body may have an OPP
portunity of seeing the worlds fair
without sacrificing their time and
wages. It proposes to work Sunday
and take Saturday as the day of rest,
on which day the fair will be open. A
resolution to that effect was introduced
and passed by unanimous vote at the
last meeting of the union.
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,Joe Jeffers on's Loss.

BuzzARDs BAY, Mass, April s.-Joe
Jefferson's beautiful villa, Crows Nest,
was destroyed by fire Saturday after
noon which started in the cellar,
caused by a gas explosion. Several OF
the servants were severely burned and
the cook, Helen McGrath, lost her life,
being suffocated in the. basement. The
house cost $50. 900 and the pictures,
furniture and bric-a-brac represented
an outlay Of over 100000, though
priced far more for their associations.
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SLAIN IN A WRECK.
Four Men Killed in a Railway Collision
Near Edwardsvilte, lll.

-Four Men Killed i'll a Railway Collision
Near Edwardsvilte, lll.
EDwARDsv1LLE, ILL.,, April "A ter
rible railroad accident occurred at 6:15
o'clock Monday night on the Jackson
vile Southeastern railroad about 3
miles south of Edwardsville, near Glen
Vernon, a mining village. No. 20, a
local freight going south, and No. 1o, a
passenger accommodation going north
collided, completely wrecking the
freight train, both engines and one
passenger car. Four men were killed
and a number of others seriously in
jured. .&.
The killed are: Cal Ahspaugh, en-.
gineer of No 10; James Hambley, fire.
man of No. 10; Hugh Woods, fireman
of No. 20; ''Scotty" Welsh. a workman
in mine No. at Glen Carbon.
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Bank Collapse in Australia.

MELBOURNE, April 5.--The CONNER
cial bank of Austrana has suspended
payment The shareholders will con-
slider proposals for the reconstruct
ton of the bank. The collapse
was not unexpected. The paid-up
capital was 91.2O0,0OO, while the
subscribed capital was e3,00o,O 900
The reserve fund was $3.50, 900. The
bank had branches in London, Edin-
burg, Glasgow and in all the principal
cities and towns in Australia.
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Worlds Fair Hotel Burned.

CHICAGO, April 5,-Fire was discov-
cred shortly after 2 p m Tuesday in the
new Lemont hotel, corner Sixty -second
and Oglesby streets. 1t burned fiercely
and the damage done will probably
amount to $50, 1000 The building, was
a fve-story brick owned by w. G.
Press, of the board of trade. It was
intended for use as a worlds fair hotel
and it's construction was about finished.
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Heavy Loss In soutb 1,aro,,r. !.

COLUMBIA, s. c., April 4The city
of Florence, this state, is tho scene Of
$15o,0oo fire. The fire broke out
early Monday morning in the grocery
store Of D. F. Parker by the explosion
of kerosene lamp. At least q score
OF buildings have been burned.
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AN OLD CAMPAlGNER DEAD.
Henry Clay's Successor in the United
States Senate Passes Away.

LOUISVILLE. KY. April S. - David
Merryweather died Tuesday morning
at his home in jefferson county. He
was in his 93d year. He was thirteen
times elected a member of the Ken.
lucky legislature and was once speak
er of the house. He was a men,
Der of the constitutional conven-
ton of 1S49-'5O In June, 1852, he
was elected United States senator
to succeed Henry Clay and served I'M
til December. From 1853 to 1857 he
was territorial governor of New Mex
leo. He closed his political career in
Kentucky in 1885. when he was de-
feated for the legislature. lie leaves a
large family,
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Quarantine liz Texas.

AUSTIN, Tex, April Gov. Hogg
has issued proclamation establish
ing quarantine on the Texas gulf
coast and Rio Grande border, to
take effect May 1. 1t applies to
vessels. persons and things COM
ing from ports and places infected
with yellow fever, smallpox or
cholera. Ali places south OF latitude
Is degrees are to be deemed infected
unless proven to the contrary.
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aonduran Rebels Win.

PANAMA, April 5.-News of the sig
nal defeat of the government troops
near Tegucigalpa, Honduras, has been
received The revolutionists have final
ly triumphed and Pollicarpo Bonilla
has been proclaimed provisional presi-
dent of the republic.
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SAYS He Left All to Langtry.

LONDON, April 4. The London Morn
ing states that on the eve of his de-
parture for America Abingdon Baird
wrote to Mrs. Langtry: Dear Lily: ]
made will yesterday and left you
everything Baird's wealth has been
estimated at from ESQ, 900 to $50, 00o q
year, and he inherited vast accumula-
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Ended an Old Feud.

GRANGER, Tex, April s. = At an
Easter celebration on Monday feud
of thirty years standing was wiped out
by a shooting between Jim Beard and
Jim Curtis. Both men were killed and
during the shooting Dora Mixers a
Bohemian girl, was seriously wounded.
Beard fell first with four bullets in his
body. He fell after firing twice with
effect and Curtis fell across Boards
bodv
The Irish standard., 1893-04-08
increase in Circulation.

WASHINGTON. April 4.-The treas
ury departments monthly circulation
statement shows a net increase in the
circulation during the last month Of
81. 1875, 264 The total circulation OF the
country April 1 is placed at $l,602, $780,
500, or a per capita of $2407, against
$1,6Os, 641, $40 April l, 1892.
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Four Thousand Houses Burned.

MANILA, PHILIPPINE Islands, April 8.
"A destructive fire has been raging
here in the suburbs of the town. -Four
thousand houses were swept away By
the flames, and it is feared that some
lives were lost. Many persons are
known to have been injured while
fighting the fire or endeavoring to save
their belongings.
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Five Men Injured.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, April 5.-A
terrible accident happened Tuesday
by the falling of scaffold whereby
five carpenters were precipitated so
feet to the ground, sustaining serious
and probably fatal injuries. The scat
fold was suspended oy two ropes
against the side of the Harrington or
the Belt line elevator. One rope broke,
throwing the men to the ground.
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Crop Prospects In Ohio.

COLUMBUS. O.. April 5.-The first
crop bulletin for Ohio issued this spring
appeared Tuesday. Except in the
southern section Of the state wheat is
in excellent condition. Glover is badly
frozen out all over the state. Ground
is in excellent condition for blowing,
though rain is needed in most parts
Fruit prospects are excellent, except
for peaches, which are nearly all killed
hv FROST
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An Awful Fate.

sHAMoK1N, Pa, April s.-The care
lessness Of Hungarian miner in filling
his lamp in the slope of the Nelson
shaft at $50 o'clock Saturday morning
caused fire by which ten men lost
their lives. The names of the victims
are: James Brennan, Mike Brennan,
John Burt, Joe Bortrex, Nick Dalton,
John Garry, Fred Ginter, john Roble,
John Ryan and Frank Shupes.
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City Treasurer short.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., April 4 City
Treasurer John W. West has confessed
TO his bondsmen that he was $1s, 600
short and offered to turn over his prop.
erty. He stated to friends that the
money was lost ia private enterprises.
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Stole Diam onds worth a., ooo.

FORTRESS MONROE, Va. April s.
While Mrs. Clinton P. Payne, of Balti-
more, was at dinner at the Hygeia
hotel, Old Point Comfort, thieves stole
diamonds worth 81 200 from her trunk
in her room. Employment of detectives
made the robbery public.
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FATHER AND SONS KILLED.

Terrible Result of An Explosion In q Saw
mill In Iowa.
IND1ANoLA. Ia, April "A terrible
boiler explosion occurred near Tacoma,
q small town 20 miles from here in
Warren county, Saturday afternoon at
s o'clock. -Four persons were killed.
The dead are Henry McKinness, aged
So, owner of the mill, and his three
sons, John. Henry and Peter, aged 10,
13 and il years respectively. The
boiler was an old affair that had been
in use many years in the sawmill
owned by Henry McKinness. The ex-
plosion completely wrecked the mill.
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Decrease In the Public Debt.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The state
ment of the public debt, giving the
transactions of the treasury in the
month of March, shows net decrease
in the debt of $l,956, 173. 83. OF. this
1853, 532. SO is the amount of the reduce
ton of the bonded indebtedness of the
government and $1,502, $40. 33 is the in
crease of the cash in the treasury DUR
ing the month.
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Burned at SCI,

81 San FRANCISCO, April S. The. four
nasted steel ship King James, coal
laden from New Castle to this city. was
burned l'11r ct sea 200 miles of San Fran
cisco and seventeen of the i crew were
probably drowned. u b 'sSs55. & s.sss
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Prohfbiti[on1.,'

+ TOPEKA, Kan. April IA secret
anti-prohib ition organization, called
the Army OF Liberty, whose object
y a the overthrow Of the prohibitory
amendment 's,1nl in Kansas, is spreading
throughout the western part 81 the
state. .S a /. - l5zss
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1t Is Denied.

WAsH1NaToN, April 3. Speaker Crisp's
private secretary says there is no truth
in the story that Mr.. Cleveland had re-
quested the speaker to plan the ar
rangement of his committees. as he in
tended to call an extra session for the
first of Septembe
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Wheat Badly Frozen.

QU1NcY, ILL.,, April 5.Reports re-
ceived from sections Of Illinois em-
bracing the finest wheatrgrowing belt
are to the effect chat wheat has been so
badly frozen that q half crop will not
be harvested. Farmers are now sowing
immense tracts to oats. The season is
far ahead OF last year.
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Married the Other Fellow.

WMKEsBARBE, Pa, April 3.-Hugh
Evans and David Morgan, two young
miners, fought here over young wom-
an and both were horribly cut. The
woman in the case quietly married
another fellow within two hours after
the firht. Il.
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Yacht Capsizes and Five Drown.
KNOCKED OUT.

LONDON, April "a yacht carrying
eighteen persons capsized Id the.
Crouch, short distance from Burn
ham, Monday afternoon. Five persons
were drowned. The rest chung to the
yacht until they were rescued by .
boatman, who put ont from the shore
when the accident occurred.
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Morganfield, KY, the 9Th. Harry De-
laney was compelled, at the point OF a
pistol, to marry Miss Abbie Taylor. On
the way home from the ceremony four
armed men on horseback surrounded
the carriage and began shooting. After
the first shot Delaney jumped out of
the vehicle and ran to the attacking
party, who were supposed to be his
friends, and the firing continued. Miss
Oliver was shot through the head and
her father in the face and right arm.
The girl, who would soon have given
birth to child, was fatally wounded
and died Mr.. Oliver is fatally wounded.
THERE is no doub of the existence of
cholera in certain portions of Russia.
Facts have been ascertained that prove
this, although the govern ment has
made every effort to suppress publica-
ton. The official figures place the
number of cases reported from March
10 to March 81 in the government Of
Oofa, lying west of the Ural mountains,
at 81, and the deaths at 50. From
March % to March 80 there were 10
cases and four deaths in the govern
ment of Yelisavetpol in trans-Caucasia.
THE United States revenue cutter
Rush arrived at the Hawaiian islands
the 5th, nine days from San Francisco,
having on board ex-Congressman Blount
of Georgia, who was appointed COM
missioner to investigate the existing
condition in Hawaii, and report as to
the exnediency of the annexation of the
islands to the United States.
THE president has nominated James
8. Ewing of Illinois as minister to Bel
gium and Thos. j. Crittenden of Mis-
souri, to be consul general at the City of
Mexico.
A TRAIN on the Key West railroad
went through bridge near Palatka,
Fla, the 5th. A. G. Knox, engineer; J.
Holmsted, fireman. and J. A. Lewis of
Boston, stockman in charge OF horses.
were killed. " %
& ANToN WooD, the 11-year-od muir
derer who killed Joe Smith at Denver,
Colo. for his watch and gun, was SEN
fenced BY the court, the 5th, to twenty
five years in the penitentiary.
Ii prize fight at Syracuse, N. z,
between Joe Dunfee and Dan Donovan,
the latter received = blow II the ssev-
,enth: round ON the effects of which
Re died the
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a Cyclones WRATH. /.

C'4AllsTLEToN, Ont April IS. A cycloiu,o I
struck this place yester day.a diiooiin ,s,
heavy damage to III several busineassS
blocks and reside nces 4 Great loss -
also reported il the sur, rounding coun-
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Smothered the Fish.

..a KALAMAZOO, Mich, April 5.-Reports
from the numerous fishing lakes in this
vicinity state that large quantities Of
dead fish are being washed ashore
daily. Many Of the fish arc large ones,
and the cause is due TO the long. severe
winter and the unusual thickness OF
the ice - 81
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-Four IA. Killllsd 81 ]. :. 81, ExplosIon..II

McALEsTER i I, April the
explosion 81 an engine on the tracks OF
tho Choctaw Goal IS Railroad company
IL rilberto dionday afternoon four
sddaen q lied their
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# PARIS, April The Temps states
that Italy, following the example Of
England and France, will raise its le-5
CATION at Washington to the dignity Of
an EN- bassy. ,,z5 .
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Killed by Electricity.

SING SING, N. Y, April T. James w.
Hamilton, the colored ex-preacher and
convicted of wife murder, died in the
electric chair yesterday. The crime
for which he died was the cutting Of
his wife's throat at Winfield, L. L.,
s;:.11sszz May e, 60
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.WIllo,rld,s Fair, .Fll'inaI,nciel..

81 CHICAao, APPEL 81 p Is date she -
8ceipts for the world 81 fair 81, 100
49, and the expenses 316s 7ps leavts
/. &. 4 n & a n q slEs
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-27
Mr.. Reeds BaromotrIcal Trousers.

Washington Post
The wet and wintry chill relegated
Mr.. Reeds tow suit to the wardrobe or
trunk, and no man knows whether it
will DO seen before next summer or not.
In connection with this suit, which has
become national issue, it is to be noted
that the TROUSERS part OF it is very re.
markable When its wearer first donned
it they were long enough to turn up at
the bottom with killing London roll.
As the days passed and the crease in
them became fainter, they shrunk and
shrunk aud climbed up toward the
waistband, until couple OF inches OF
instrous black stocking was exposed.
Upon the occasion OF their last appear
ance in public they were not turned up
and were an inch and n half too long,
1t is not known whether Mr.. Reeds
pants lengthen and contract with tho
rise and fall Of the stock market or the
tide or tho ebb and flow OF public con-
tidence, or whether they are to DO re-
garded as trustworthy barometer OF
approaching storms and Gains in legis-
lation, but they are queer. Mr.. Simp.-
son, OF Kansas, had come to regard
them with sort OF blind alteration or
fetish worship. On tho days when they
were crisp and brief he bought and
sold, undertook journeys, and the like.
When they were long and limp he kept
careful eye upon cable cars and
touched the back OF every chair he
passed. What he will dol the weather
remains cool is not predicted.