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The times., 1897-05-03
How VIII the Cat Jump?

At this present moment it is not lion
immediatelyin frontof President Mckinley
1t is a dilemma, and that is creature
which differs from the lion entirely, and
from the unicorn in having two horns in
stead Of one, and both horns of the pres
ent dilemma are sharpcned to a razor edge
The Executive must take his choice Of
them, because one Of them is going to
carve him to the heart. The question Is,
Which one will hurt least? By pardonlng
the eminent sugar exponent, Mr.. Chap
man, who never told his love for sugar
dealing statesmen, but let concealment
and obduracy, like wormin themud, feed
on his damaged cheek. Mr.. Mckinley would
save an excellent gentleman from the In
convenience and modification of appear
ing behind grated door for thirty days.
That would be pleasant thing of it.
self, but consequential matters would be
more SO; because, in the event of Mr.. Chap
mans pardon, the cases of Messrs Have
meyer and Searles would be dropped, and
those ornaments OF society saved from all
danger of penitentiarial residence. On the
contrary, II Mr.. Chapman should go to
Jail, the others would be reasonably GER
tain to land there, too, and that would be
q scandal, as well as poor return for
q huge block Of contribution to the cam
paign Of education in 1896.
The President must feel very keenly that
while ''the quality OF mercy is not strained"
Republican relations with the sugar trust
would be very much SO, If this cruel pun
isbment for loyalty to the party, or some
of its brightest ornaments, were to be
visited upon these distinguished and high
The times., 1897-05-03
The Senate.

The United States Senate now consists
Of forty-three Republicans. thirty Demo
Gratis, three Waldorf Democrats, and twelve
Silver Republicans and Populists This
makes membership of lightweight, with
one vacancy in Florida, and one in Oregon.
The Republicans are Perkins, wolcott,
Hawiey, Platt of Connecticut, shoup, Cul-
lom, Mason, Fairbanks, Allison, Gear,
Baker, Dehoc, Hale, Frye, wellington, Hoar,
Lodge, Mcmillan, Burrows, Davis. Nelson,
Carter, Chandler. GalIinger, seweil, Piatt
of New York, Pritchard, Hanshrough,
Foraker, Hanna, Mcbride, Quay. Penrose,
Aldrich, Wetmore, morrill,, Proctor, Will
son. Elkins. Thurston. Speoner, Warren and
Clark -43.
The Democrats are: Morgan, Pettus,
John Z. Jones, Berry, White. Ken
ney, Pasco, Bacon, Clay, Turpie, McEnery,
German, George, Walthall, Cocnen, Vest.
Smith, Murphy, Roach, Tfllman, Earle,
Harris, Bate. Mills, Chiffon, Rawlins,
Daniel, Martin, Faulkner, and Mitchell
30.
The Waldorf Democrats are: Gray OF
Delaware, Lindsay of Kentucky, and CAT
fe. of Louisiana.-3
The Silver Republicans and Populists
are: Teller OF Colorado, Heitfeld of Idaho,
Harris of Kansas, Mantle OF Montana,
Allen of Nebraska, j. P. Jones and Stewart
of Nevada, Butler of North Carolina, Petit
grew and Kyle of South Dakota. Ca nnon of
Utah, and Turner of Washington
The Republicans need fory-five votes
now, and with the casting vote of Vice
President Hobart, that number will be
sufficient in a full Senate of ninety; but
where are the extra two to come from?
From the Waldorf Democrats? Let us see.
Let us, indeed, watch and see.
The times., 1897-05-03
The Song of a Song.

Il will sing you q song of a song, " she said.
And her cheek blushed red as a rose.
" 'Tis tender and low, and 1 love it so;
He murmured it to me three nights ago,
Sweet and low, like a rivers flow. that
sings as onward it goes.'
81 Will singyou a song CT a song," she cried.
And her cheek was white like death.
Is 'Tis that song be sang me so long ago,
But I loathe it now, though [loved it SO;
shall hear II forever and ever know, till
/ sob out my dying breath"
Then / held her close to my broken heart,
And / whispered, 80 weep away!
No woman's love is to mans akin,
Her hearts, home, and his heartis aninn.
He lives by her love, but she dies for his
sin, yet sometimes there's reckon
ing day.
'And believe me that never a Faust was
born, andtherene'er was Marguerite
But will meet again In the faraway,
When the man will weep and the woman
will pray,
And for him win come Gods Judgment
day, but for her Gods mercy seati''
F. E. SAWYER
The times., 1897-05-03
What Nexf2

Yesterdays dispatches were strangely
silent about late events in the neighbor-
hood of yelestipo, where, it was to be
supposed, there would be further fight
ing. One report did treat OF the attack
on that position several days ago, and
1t is calculated to add to the prevailing
confusion of ideas as to what really Is
going on at the Greek front. The news in
question originated from Turkish source,
and was that the Turks, in attacking Gen
Smolenski, captured three forts and COM
pelied him to fall back toward Volo. Prob
ably this was a mistake. There are good
grounds for believing that Edhem Pasha
already was in possession of yolo. II 1t
were or were not SO, and Smolenskl was
The times., 1897-05-03
Mr.. Reed and the President.

(FrOm the New York WOrld.]
Washington, May 1.-''When a man
talks OF taking up an overdue note by
giving another one he excites doubts as
to his solyency and disposition to pay"
Thus Speaker Reed commented on the
information that President Mckinley had
offered former Representative Frank Aid
rich. of Chicago, the consul generalship
at Havana
The only office for which the Speaker
has asked is the Belgian mi iss on. He was
promised that Mr.. Aldrich should have it
Mr.. Reed is incensed at the President
and will not be piacated. Neither viii
he advise Mr.. Aldrich
Its his own funeral" Reed is reported
to have said, ''and ] have nothing to
say as to the ceremonies"
The times., 1897-05-03

babies in the main streets Of Pinar del
Rio. before the eyes of their shrieking
of hundreds of wounded patriot soldiers,
with their surgeons and nurses, In Cuban
field hospitals, and of the sufferings Of
fever infested Spanish Jails.
He is not in a position to assume that
these things are either untrue or exag
the Spanish authorities, and the accounts
OF them in the American press have been
corroborated by the Cuban correspondents
OF the London Times, the London Chronicle.
the London National Review. and largely
In the paper just published by Stephen
Bonsal In the Review OF Reviews.
The country is not prepared to believe
that the President is not sufficiently ;n-
formed to render 1T mandatory upon him
to take immediate action, at least to the
extent OF saying the word that notoriousIy
would compel Spain to conduct hostilities
within the rules OF civilized warfare, and
to cease perpetratngh her denoniacal atrocl-
ties upon helplessness innocence and virtue.
But we are told. from quarters near the
fountain head OF governmental foreign pol
icy, that nothing is to be done in the case
of Hawaii, until after the passage of the
tariff bill. With this information comes
the further hint that nothing will be done
in regard to Cuba, or any other national
concern, until Mr. McKinley's pet measure
has been passed by the Congress Does
this mean that the President is a mono
maniac on the tariff in such degree that
no question of his country's honor, no
claim OF humanity, can be so urgent,
humilating or sacred, as TO attract his
attention, or induce him to act, until the
nation has bowed to his will in this one
matter OF fiscal policy?
If thisis notthe solution, whatmalign and
un-American influence is at work holding
him back from the exercise OF justice and
mercy? To this date no visible change
has occurred from the policy and practices
of Cleveland and olney in regard TO Cuba.
If thereis any sound reason, any defensible
motive behind this apparently callous, cold
blooded inaction, the country has a right
to be told it. We earnestly ask the Presi-
dent OF the United States to define his
position; 60 explain his seeming indirfer-
ence to the pledges Of his party. to long
line OF glorious American precedeuts: 10
the wishes of the people, and to his duty
to his flag, 60 God and to humanity.
The times., 1897-05-03

A Texas Congressman has a scheme to
prevent ofriceseeking by reducing the sal
aries OF those in office so that their places
will no lenger be desirable. This. it would
seem, will punish those now in office, who
arc not bothering the President at all, and
since every $50 year postoffice is be-
sieged by numbers of applicants, tits quite
ernment is the prey of the officeseeker, and
would be, evenif he had to pay so much
year for the privilege of doing the work.
The Texas Congressman is anything but
astute in his methods
The times., 1897-05-03
The Precedence Matter Settled.

Unless President Mckinley is wofully
misrepresented, he has settled the vexed
ambassadorial question of precedence in
the way and upon the grounds suggested
exclusively by The Times some days ago.
He is reported as having given assurance
that on the first appropriate occasion he
viii dispose of the matter by notifying
those interested that for purposes of prece-
dence and etiquette the offices of the
President and Vice President cannot be
separated, because the Vice President
to all intents and purposes is the heir to
the Presidency OF the United States.
Sir Julian will not show his GOLDEN
broidered coattails to the American heir
apparent, and now we are perfectly will
ing that Col John Hay SHOULD go into din
ner behind and not before the Prince OF
Wales.
The times., 1897-05-03

II is possible that the reported capture
OF Banes by the spaniards may be true.
1t is significant. however, that, after
making the announcement in Havana, the
Spanish authorities hurrledly issued another
bulletin stating that, owing TO a severe
storm, operations against the port had
been suspended. The actual facts will
reach us within week from American
correspondents with the army of Gen.
Calixto Garcia, in Santiago de Cuba
The times., 1897-05-03

In the present condition of affairs, Re-
publican Senators and Members of Con
gTess would do well to remember certain
declarations OF the st. Louis platform.
Among them might be mentioned: The
Hawaiian Islands should he controlled by
the United States" the Nicaragua Canal
should be built, owned and operated by the
United States" by the purchase OF the
Danish islands we should secure proper
and much needed naval station in the West
Indies" Gentlemen, it is time TO brush
up your foreign policy.
The times., 1897-05-03

The murder ofan Englishman ear Rodas,
in Santa Clara province, by Spanish guer-
riuas, who nIstook him for an American,
British government that would be rather
mortifying tous. But wehave demonstrated
our ability to stand almost anything.
The times., 1897-05-03
MORMON ELDERS WHIPPED.
The Governor of Alabama Asked to
Protect Them,

Montgomery, Ala, May 2.-One night
last week some religious partisans in
Jackson county carried into the woods,
stripped and severely whipped two Nor
mon elders. The elders subsequently ap-
pealed to Gov. Johnstone for protection,
representing that they had been threatened
with death if they remained in the State
The Governor has promised to protect
them, and has instructed the sheriff of
the county to make them his special
charge.
The times., 1897-05-03
GLASS WARE.

Clear pressed Glass Table Tumblers 20
BANDED pressed Glass Tumbiers. dOz 35o
Best Lime blown Table Tumblers doz 400
Best LIme-biown banded Table Turr,-
piers, uoz 45e
Best L1me-blown Table Tumblers,
engraved, doz. z.....-.-..-.....60 SOC
NeW pateern fickle Dishes, EACH. 80
New Lily pattern Glass Vases each. loo
New Glass Bowls, each IOo
New Glass Nappies, each. IOc
New footed Jelly Dishes each. loo
New Cake Stands, each.......-..10 10c
New Fruit Stands, each IOs
New Cakes Plates, each......10 10t
Square Cheese Plates, each 10S
New Large Salad Bowls, each. soc
New Large Punch Bowls, each. 81 90
New CUstard Cups. each. h....... 5t
5th floor.
The times., 1897-05-03

According to New York ideas, the skele-
tons of the nations dead, and the battle
fields of history, and the architectural
glories and natural wonders of the United
Eravitate to the Island of Manhattan.
The times., 1897-05-03
BROOMs AND afOPs.

Three String Brooms, each h.....-..--....1Ot
Ladies Little Queen, Lightweight
BfOOIuS, each zOt
-Four String, Extra Quality Bnooms,
each zoo
Best straw Carpet BrOoms. each .......- 3 sc
Patent Wire Fastening z Mop Sticks, each. l DC
Cotton or wine Mops each ch-.----..-..-.-15G sc
Mop Sticks for Brushes or MOpS, each .1Oo
Sell wrin ging Mops. with Cloths, each. 35o
The times., 1897-05-03

The President Will, it is said, soon send
to the Senate the name of Myron H. McCord
TO be Governor of the Territory Of Ari-
zona MI McCord is an old Ohio man, but
recently lived in Wisconsin, he having
represented that State two terms in Con-
gresa
The times., 1897-05-03
DECORATED DINNER WARE.

We call especial attention to
our 5 new open stock patterns
which can be bought by the COM
plete set or single pieces.
1o0-pc English Dinner Sets, connplete s. a5
IL pc English Dinner Sets, Complete. Z so
114-pc. Euglish Dinner Sets, complete = OK
110-pc. English Dinner Sets, Complete 1 o 90
112-pc- English Dinner Sets, fiilet-in
dtsleH =. 90
11o-pc- English Dinner Sets, enameled
Ocoit,u . 90
Other new styles and qualities up to
$40 per Set
The times., 1897-05-03

When Ambassador Hay presents his Gre
dentiais to the Queen today. that venera-
bIe sovereign. who Is never at loss for
something nice to say, will inquire affec-
tionately after the health of his relative at
'.Natchez-under -tbe-Hill" and the other one
'.out here in Pike
The times., 1897-05-03

If the bill to codify the criminal statutes
passes this Con gress, as it Is expected it
will, it is said that the President will ap-
point as the chairman OF the commission to
do the work his personal friend, Judge
A. O. Thompson, OF Portsmouth, Ohio.
This will be q task of many months and
wiIlpay handsome sumto each member OF
the commission. The commission would
sit In this city.
The times., 1897-05-03
TOILET WARE.

6-piece Decorated Toilet Sets. com
% plete -. 81 so
1O-plece Decorated Toilet Sets, com
pittc IL q5
l2-piece Decorated Toilet sets, with
:, d, jar, complete .;..s:..:.;.-::..... 500
Sets, with jar, complete - q 5O
I2-piece Decorated English Toilet
Sets, with jar, new shape 500
12-piece Decorated English Toilet
Sets, with jar, Delf and design. 600
l2-piece Decorated English Toilet
Sets, with Jar, antique effect. 75O
OLher styles ana Qualities up to best
The times., 1897-05-03

The Paimer-BaeEner party will find
renewed encouragement III the fact that
were picked up along the route of the
Grant procession in New York. There
are voters yet who are open to ''edU-
cation''
The times., 1897-05-03
HoUsE-cLEANING SOAPS.

TEST Star soap per Cake ke.....-.-.......... %
Pearline. s0apine, or Babbitts. 1776,
per cake 4c
Gold Dust per 8 small packages. ........25c
Proctor & Candles Cincinnati Oleine
soap. Cdkt &c
Ivory, Baobitt's, or Borax Soaps. per
cake --.... II
w & l.. Pure White Floating Soap,
cakes :. :. :. ....-......-..... 25o
W. & l.. Pure Laundry Soap. per 2-Ib
bar .................... ..............1Oc
SapolIoper cake Observation-Disclosures. &c
The times., 1897-05-03
HOUSEHOLD HARDWARE.

Sharp Pointed Ice Picks. .each..... 81
Good Wooden Handled Tack Hammers,
NEAIA o d. u
Best Solid Metal Tack Claws, each ..IOc
Garden Troweis, each ................. 3,
Wedding Orks, ,forfiO wer gardens. each D
Barred Tacks. assorted sizes, 2 lbs. for 81
Mattin g Tacks per 2packages. es.-.-.-...... %
Steel Saws, each Observation-Disclosures
Best Monarch Can Openers, each h.......IO(
The times., 1897-05-03

If all reports are true as to the reception
awaiting Candidate Bundy at Annapolis,
the young man would better spend his
time studying pugiiisrn instead OF mathe
more respectful Reconsideration.
The times., 1897-05-03
CARPET SWEEPERs.

Bisselrs sPilgriIn Carpets weepers, each 81. sc
Bissel's Curved Back Carpet Sweepers,
S<1Oi 81
Bissell's Best Cyco Bearing Sweepers- 3 90
Sweeperettes' Noquette Double Action
Sweepers ,each h.........2 251
The times., 1897-05-03
Cheap Diamonds.

(From the Chicago Record.)
Under the legislation proposed by the
Dingley bill the tax on diamonds would he
reduced. This ought to be great encour-
agement TO people who wor rkon small wages
and have to have diamonds to wear at
breakfast every morning.
The times., 1897-05-03
WOODEN WARE.
SIT. Step Ladders. wen made and

5-ft- Step Ladders, wen made and
strong, each $50
Cedar Scrub Buckets. each.. 12o
Best Electric Hoop Cedar Wash Tubs,
each 500
Cedar Clothes Pins. per GOZ .--.... 1C
Braided Clothes Lines, each..... loo
Iwlne Dish Mof,s, each so
Wooden Towel Rollers, each-. SO
Aft Kitchen Ta6les, with dra wer 81 rs
Shel1 Paper. DOrCered, per 10 yards. sc
Wooden Chair Seats, perforated each SO
Clothes NrIngers, rubber rolls, each. 81. so
The times., 1897-05-03

The trust job to kill the reciprocity
treaty with Hawaii in connection with the
Dingiey bin is not dead and it may result
in debate of the nneXation question
in the Senate before many days That
would he well, since delay in this instance
is dangerous.
The times., 1897-05-03
GODS CURSE ON OKLAHOMA.
Mrs. Leases Explanat ton of the Re-
cent Disastrous Floods.


cent Disastrous Floods.
Topeka, Kans.. May 2.-"Gods curserests
on Oklahoma, and His blight willneyer be
effaced'' These words were uttered by
Mrs. Mary E. Lease in speaking OF the re-
cent disastrous floods.
THE white man invaded that country
and robbed the indian of his only inherit
ance Is it any wonder the country has
been visited by tornado. drouth, floods
and an epidemic Of crime unparalleled even
in Nevada When the people OF FL Reno
were praying for rain, ten days ago, they
should have been building an ark
The times., 1897-05-03
GALVANIZED WARE.

Galvanized Refrigerator Pans, each. 200
GalEanized Dish Pans, each
lZ-qb GaiVaniZed Buckets, each. zoe
Galvanized Watering Pots, each.35o
Galvanized Chamber Pals, each. $50
4-gal Galvanized Garbage Pals, with
cover ....-.................35
Galvanized Wash Tubs. each 500
The times., 1897-05-03

The oyster season. which usually closes
at midnight on the thirtieth day of April.
this year has been extended by Executive
order, until after the passage of the
tariff bill"
The times., 1897-05-03
KITCHEN IRoNwARE.

Regular Flat Irons. per Ib... 40
Bright Finished Flat Irons, per b.. go
Mrs Potts Best Irons, per complete
set $50
Small Steel Fry Pans, each. SC
Acme Fry rams, each. 12o
Regular Oblong Griddles, each..25o
Obiong Black Drip Pans, gas stoves.
each .........................
The times., 1897-05-03
JAPANNED WARE.

JapanDed Bread or Cake Boxes, each. $50
Japanned Sugar or Tea CanisteTs, each. SO
JapaDned Flour Bins, each -. SOC
JapanDed Chamber Pals. each. zoe
JapaDned CUSpldOrs, each. loo
Japanned Foot Tubs. each........25c
JapanDed Coal Hods, EACH. so
Japanned Sponge Baths, large...... So B
JapanneG Salt Boxes, glass lining 25c
Japanned Candle Sticks, each.--.. so
The times., 1897-05-03

According to the agreement reached by
the Senate the vote on the general treaty
of arbitration between the United States
and Great Britain is to be taken in the
Senate Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock.
Today the sundry civil appropriation bin
is to be taken up.
The times., 1897-05-03

IL the Senate, in its alleged degeneracy,
should ratify The British arbitration treaty,
it first might be wel to insert a provision
that Great Britain is not to use wild,
heather Indian troops TO enforce it.
The times., 1897-05-03
Ear1e pangerouslx ul.

Columbia, s. c.. May 2.-United States
Senator Earle is dangerously i'll at his
home in GreenviIle, with kidney troubles
and fears are expressed for his recovery.
The times., 1897-05-03
A Choice of Ways and Means.
From the Chicago Post.

According to the three or four different
accounts, the Turko-Grecian affair willnow
be settled In three or four different ways
by six different nations in addition to
those most interested.
The times., 1897-05-03

Senator Mason evidently thinks that the
footprints which David B. Hill left on the
sands of time were left on purpose for him
to step III.
The times., 1897-05-03
TINWARE.

Tin Ham Boilers. each. 100
Tin Wash Boilers, each. $50
Tea Kettle Steamers, each.....,.25o
Tin Watering Pots, each. loo
LIN CoIIee POts, each loo
Tin Quart Cups, graduated, each.... so
I'm buckets, covered, each............ So
Copper Bottom Wash Boilers, each $50
The times., 1897-05-03
FEATHER BUSTERS.

Small Ostrich Feather Busters, each....5c
CIIoace rancy Wool busters, each ......lOc
Ostrich Feather busters, eacn 1Oc
Extra Quality Ostrich Feather Busters,
edcn -..-..-. ..s-ss.- 2ot
Turkey Feather busters, each .......--.25C
Long handles for Busters s...........25t
Other styles and qualities, UP to $3.50
The times., 1897-05-03
Ink Famine.

(From the Chicago Post.)
We cannot account for it in any way
except that Weyser h.: run out Of ink
The times., 1897-05-03
BRUS SHE'S.
led Dust Brushes, each IL

wire dsJened DuSt BRUSHES, eacn ..-..lO
2cIu Iuo bfhsiies 49, 1900 ----- d
Palmetto Scrub Brushes, large. each ....1OC
Small Hand Scrub Brushes, each........ Sc
Extra Quality Dust Brushes, each --......2 Pos
Best II andled Scrub Brushes, each ...... 25t
Long Handled Floor Sweeps, each.-.-..70(
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-19
BURGLARS.

On Thursday night of last week a
gang Of burglars burst through a num-
Der Of houses in this city. At J. M.
Ruddy's they got gold watch and Sl3
IN money. At Hugh JOhnson's they
got a watch $500 in money and his uni
form lie wears as an employee at the
refOrmatoly They broke into John F.
Vincent's but were frightened away.
A girl who had been attending a party
in the country, came in at late hour
and her presence disturbed their work
probably as much as theirs did her
quiet. She screamed whereupon they
fed.
They also broke into Sam Matthew's
house but got nothing. On Saturday
evening they broke into Dan Jones
home at Burton and got $21. The
night before they visited this place
they made general raid in Mcpherson
There seems to be no clew so far.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-19
Burglary at SYLVIA.

One night last week Whltehurst's
general merchandise store at Sylvia
was broken open an considerable
clothing and other goods such as can
be carried away was taken 1t
amounted to somewhere about $40 90
worth. Next morning it was wired
along down the road and the station
agent at Plevna and Mr.. Wolf, grain
buyer at that place, noticing three
fellows with some new cloths on and
carrying more took them in and wired
the Sheriff. They "fessed up" imme-
diately. It. is said they had not even
taken the tags Off the clothing. They
gave the names of Tom Harris, from
Vincenees, Ind, Charles Smith, of
Springfield, III and VIM. Johnson, of
Ossswatomie, Kans but the officers
think these are neither their true
names nor homes, if they have any such
a spot on earth. They are now in Jail
and will probably plead guilty at the
term of the district court
and ask to be sent to the refOrmatOry
as they ara apparently from eighteen
TO twenty two years t age.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-19
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage Licenses
have been issued by the Probate Judge
since our last issue:
Peer DoerksOn to Helena Regehr
both of Inman.
VIM. King to Mrs. sarah A. Martin
both of Hutchinson.
Walter B. mccarthy, of Nickerson to
Florence Riner of Stafford.
VIM. H. Sims to Clara Baker, both of
Arlington.
Oscar j. Fryar to Hilda j. Baker
both of Valley township.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-19
An Improbable Family Row.

Two men are now in jail for some
petty pilfering. One is Frank Bunker
and the other is one q. M. Smith, of
First Ave. East. Bunker, it seems,
the latter part of the week got into a
row and beat his wife. His daughters
"fellOw" took a hand and there was a
general melee which brought in the
officers and neighbors and resulted in
discovering quite number OF chairs
md clothes that were the property Of
the neighbors. While the officers we're
hunting down the case of Bunker they
also found evidence against Q. M i.
Smith and proceeded to search his
PREMISES There they also found some
of the same sort of property. Two
rocking chairs, cane bottOmed chair
and some straw cushions were found.
1t is said that he told the officers a
tramp had left them there, but its a
queer kind of tramp that carries chairs
and cushions around with him.