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CUBANS APPEAL FOR RELIEF.
FEAR THE FORECLOSING OF
MORTGAGES.
Should Such Action be Permitted
It Would Bankrupt Three
Fourths of the Planters.

| NEW YORK, April IA special to
the Tribune" from Washington says:
Creditors and debtors in Cuba are
both appealing to the Washington au-
thorities for relief The creditors art
afraid that Governor General Brooke
will issue an order carrying out the
plan of the Sugar Planters Associa-
ton. This provides in substance fcr
an extension of credits through period
of six or seven years 1t is admitted
on all hands that the land owners in
Cuba cannot pay their debts now, and
if foreclosure of mortgages were per-
mitted it would bankrupt three-fourths
of the planters and many smaller prop
erty owners.
Weylor issued decree extending the
time in which debts on city and coun-
try property could be collected. BlancO
extended the decree for another year
General Brooke has extended it as d
temporary measure until May LIST, pend
ing a permanent plan. That is what
alarms the Spaniards who have money
loaned on plantations and other prop
erty. They fear that the new decree
will bankrupt them. The arguments
they have forwarded to Washington are
that the propositions of the Sugar
Planters Association amount to a con-
fiscation of their creditors money They
argue against a sweeping decree of
any kind by the military authorities, on
the ground that it is revolution in
Spanish code of civil law and that it
completely uDsets the law of hypothe-
cation for the benefit of a class. The
Spanish laws are, as a rule. leniant.to
debtors Much difference of opinion
exists among the officials in Cuba 1e-
garding the provision which should be
adopted.
Senior Desvernine. General Brooke's
Secretary of the Treasury. is expected
in Washington this week. to confer
with the President and the other off
Gals of the Administration. He is a
lawyer and especially familiar with the
law of mortgages. It is admitted that
something will have to be done for the
sugar planters, but whether the exist
ing laws will be modified to the extent
to which they ask is doubtful. They
complain that a mere extension of ti,ne
in which the mortgages can be collect
ed, though it may not be for full
year, will be- of no real benefit to them.
In order to reconstruct the sugar in
dustry they must know. where they
stand. Their representatives say that
If the plan which the sugar planters
have proposed is adopted, they will
be able to- secure loans for next year,
and in the fall. begin planting cane on
many of the plantations which have
not been worked for the last four years.
This season little cane has been plant
ed, because the planters could not get
the means. 1t is therefore probable
that next years sugar crop will not
add materially to the present one.
If the planters can secure a definite
status they are all confident they can
get the means to plant next fall, and
that will mean, Fifteen or eighteen
months thereafter something like
normal sugar crop in Cuba. But they
want five or six years, in which to pay
the existing debts. The interest charges
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Demands Their Removal, Including the
Governor. Sir Augustus Hemming.
Ultimatum to be Sent the Imperial
Government Demanding the
Restoration Of the Original Au-
tonomous Constitution With the
Alternative Of Annexation to
the United States.

KINGSTON (JamaicO, April THE
Council adjourned to-day, leaving the
political situation almost chaotic, the
Representatives having passed a vote
of censure on the officers of the Gov
ernment, and having adopted resolu-
ton demanding their removal includ-
ing the Governor, Sir Augustus Hem
ming.
Last night throughout the rural par
ishes mass-mee tings were held, and ef-
igies of Joseph Chamberlain, the Brit
ish Secretary of State for the Colonies;
Governor Hemming and Mr.. Palache.
a Representative who, at the final cri-
sis, voted with the Government, and
who holds a Government appointment,
were burned.
There were no other violent develop
ments, but the leaders are reported to
be formulating a monster popular ul-
timatum to the Imperial Government,
demanding the restoration of the orig
inal autonomous Constitution of 1866,
with the alternative of annexation to
the United States. The agitators say
that if both demands are refused, and
a coercive policy is maintained, serious
trouble may develop.
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"Them FLYNN Squadroons."

Such people are so far out of toucf
with modern life that they surprise ane
disappoint some who, without intimate
acquaintance, try to give them assist
ance,. says William. Goodell Frost in the
Atlantic" l recall a breezy mountain
top and young hunter, whose wood
craft had won my admiration. Deli
cately l touched upon the question o1
education.
Can you write numbers?
The answer came slow and guarded
Reckon 1 can write some numbers. .
Then on a piece of bark I drew the
nine digits. He read them all Next
came the combination of figures, and
included the date 1891
Il don't guess 1 can tell that thar.
l explained it. And then a new test
occurred to me.
DO you know what 1897 means?"
Hits the year. hain't hit?"
But why is this year called 1897
1t is 1897 years since what?"
Il never heard tell
Another instance came to light
through the distribution of reading
matter. When I was young in the
mountains distributed a barrel of cop
les of the New York independent,
and had great satisfaction in observing
the eagerness with which they Were
taken A little later I discovered that
these simple folk could not comprehend
the. high themes discussed in that ex-
cellent periodical, and that their eager
ness was only to secure paper for the
walls of their cabins! Yet in many
places a mere scrap of printed paper
will be cherished. More than once one
of our extension lecturers has been in
tercepted in attempting to throw into
the fire the paper which had been wrap
ped around some toilet article.
Don't burn thet thar, stranger, hit
mought have some news on hit"
So, too. it is pitiful to see how help
less these people are IN estimating the
things of the outside world. The story
is quite credible of the mountaineer in
Georgia who inquired why the folks
of the county town were not more ''tore
up over the Spanish war. 1t hav been
Civ cut in our settlement" said he,
that them Spanish has flynn squad
rooms, and we low thet If one of them
things should light in our parts they
would be as hard on us as the rebs."
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Would Not Go On Because There Was Not
: Money Enough in Sight.
The Two thousand Disguised Peo-
pie Present Receive for Their
Money But an Exchange of Cou-
pons Emitting the Holder to
Admission to the Next Fight
Under the Same Management.

SAN FRANCISCO, April Z. = The
much discussed fight between George
Green and Mysterious" Billy Smith re-
suited in wretched fiasco. After an
interminable wait the 2,OGO people who
had come to Woodward's Pavilion ex-
pecting to witness contest were
obliged to defer that experience, and
all that they received from the Ma
tional Club under whose auspices the
contest was to have taken place, was
an exchange of coupons, the new paste
board emitting the holder to admission
to the next fight under the same
management, or, if too vigorous a pro-
test was made. the money was re-
turned to the Disguised patrons.
At $40 p. m. Green came into the
ring after long delay. Smith did not
appear, however. and it was announced
that he had refused to go on because
there was not sufficient money in the
house to warrant a contest He de-
manded a guarantee of 5000, whereas
the total receipts were given as S2,4OO
Green came into the ring prepared to
fight, and stated to the crowd that he
should demand his part of the purse
When the announcement was made
that there would be no fight and tick
cts would be given to all those present
emitting them to admission to the next
fight by the National Club, there was
a wild uproar by the 1900 people pres
ent. Hoots and yells greeted Smiths S
name, and when finally that eccentric
pugilist came into the ring to make
statement he was met by all sorts OF
jeers and cat-calls, such as Coward,
"Quitter,'' You're a dead one" and
other uncompiimentary things.
Finally Captain Gillen, in charge OF
the police. demanded that Smith be
heard Smith simply stated there was
not enough money in the house, ard
consequently he would not go on. He
then left the ring donned his street
clothes, and went out of the building.
The projected preliminary between
Jeffords and Collins. heavyweights. did
not materialize. owing. as it was an
nounced to the refusal of the clubs
physician to pass Collins as in good
condition 1t was stated that Collins
had a weak heart, and would not be
allowed to fight.
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Alaska Surveys to be Continued.

WASHINGTON, April THE Secre-
tary of the Interior has approved the
plans of Director Walcott for the con-
tinuation of surveys in Alaska during
the summer of 1898. One party, to
consist of w. ]. Peters, topographer,
and Alfred H. Brooks, Assistant Geol-
ogist, will conduct explorations to locate
the sources of the Copper, Tanana and
Habesna Rivers. while the second par
ty, consisting of F. c. Schrader, assist
ant geologist, and a topographer will
explore the principal waters of the Koy-
ukuk within the Arctic Circle. The
region is almost unknown
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American Naval officers Feted.

CARACAS (Venezuela), April THE
American warshipS commanded by
Rear Admiral Sampson have been re-
ceived with enthusiasm at La Guayra.
President Andrade yesterday gave Il
dinner and ball to the Admiral, his
officers and the United States Minister
F. B. Loemis The President has also
decorated the Admiral and seven of his
officers with the Order of Bolivar. The
British Minister here, w. H. D. Haf-
fard. gave the American officers a
splendid fete. President Andrade went
to La Guayra to-day to visit the Amer
lean fleet.
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meet your friend. / have outlived the
interest in individuals In my diary
of the day. I recorded the somewhs.t
uneracious utterance. with this COM
ment: God Almighty. by the latest
accounts, had not get so far as this
Mr.. sumner was told Of this in my
presence. though not by me- He said
at once: What a strange sort OF a
book your diary must bel You ought to
strike that out Immediately - Julia
Ward Howe, in Atlantic Monthly
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Bay City Street Car Strike.

BAY CITY (Mich.), April 1.-THE
street railway strikers to-day put om-
nibuses and carriages on the longer
street car routes, and are thus endeav-
oring to accommodate the travel. AL
is quiet, but both sides are determined
although there is no intention of vio-
lence if the running of cars is attempt
eds the strikers being willing to let the
people judge whether to patronize the
cars under the circumstances.
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jackson Charged with Murder.

OAKLAND, April John Broderick
died at the Receiving Hospital on Mon
day, and Frank Jackson, his alleged as
sailant, has been charged with mur-
der Broderick was found on the side
walk with his skull fractured, and be-
fore dying said the injury was inflicted
by Jackson, who is a colored man and
is said to be an eX-cOnvict
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Go-as-You-Please Footrace.

NEW YORK, April 7.-Thirty-three
men started in the twenty-four- hour
go-as-y -you-please foot race at the Grand
Central Palace at 10 O'Clock tonight.
Guerrero, the Mexican. started off in
the lead and covered the first mile in
$40. finishing up two miles in 13:O2.
The Mexican cut out a wonderfully fast
pace, and held the lead up to the third
mile, which was finished in 1920 Pc
ter Hegelman then went at a faster
pace, and passed the leader in easy
fashion Hegelman sustained the lead
which he acquired by this squirt, and
held his own up to the end of the
twelfth mile.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY.
The Hero Of Manila May Soon Re-
turn to the United States.

CHICAGO, April IA special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Within few months Admiral Dewey
will be back on American soil. if all
gees we'll, and will then be given the
welcome he earned nearly year ago
in Manila Bay. He will not be recalled,
as such action might be construed as
mark of dissatisfaction with his re-
cent actions, and might encourage the
FibpinOs.
An intimation has been conveyed to
him. quite ,unofficially. of course, that
the work of the navy in the Philippines
is over so far as fleet movements are
concerned, and the minute he asks for
shore duty the request will be granted.
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ROXA1 s;';,ss fs*sts
- ABscIv1Ex PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
aorA. sax.se eowosa CO., NEW yoas

1t is understood that Admiral Dewey
is ready to come home so far. as his
naval duties are concerned, but he pre-
fers to finish the work of the Philip
pines Commission and come home with
Chairman Schurman and ex-Minister
DENLY.
Within a short time the rainy season
will precent active military operations
so that the commission will settle down
to consideration of the civil admin
istrative features of the problem. 1t Is
believed that the commission will be
ready to sail possibly by July 1st, AND
certainly before September 1st.
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Troops Bound for Manila.

panies E. H. l and L of the Twenty
fourth United States Infantry (colored)
arrived here to-day from Fort Doug
lass, Utah. and were conveyed to
their stations at the Preside and Alca-
traz.
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Cotton Mill Operatives Idle.

PROVIDENCE, April 1.-About 5000
cotton mill operatives are idle as a re-
suit of the strikes in this State, and
more than 1000 looms in the Pawtuck-
ct Valley, 6000 of them in the mills
owned by Robert knight, are not in
operation. The last recruits to the
strikers ranks are the employees of the
Natick Mills. 1t is said the Pontiac
operatives will also join the strikers.
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GermansBurn Two Villages.

KIAOCHOUS (Province of Shantung,
China), April 1.-THE German expedi-
tionary force which went to I-Chau-Fu
after the recent attack by natives upon
a German patrol has returned aboard
the German cruiser Cefion, after burn
ing two villages near the place where
the attack was made. The Germans
still occupy YfChao.
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Pennsylvania Senatorship.

HARRISBURG Pa.), April THE
anti-Quay Republicans dropped Charles
Tubbs to-day and voted for another
"favorite son. Charles E. Irwin of
Clearfield County To-day's ballot, the
sixty NINTH 2 sof the session, resulted:
Quay 40, jerks 81. Irwin (R.) 81. No
quorum
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Sea Lions to be Exterminatcd.

SAN FRANCISCO. April q The
California State Fish Commission is
about to undertake the task of exter-
minating the sea lions that infest the
California coast, and which destroy
enormous quantities of fish. Many fish
ing firms have complained of the in
creasing herds. and a meeting has been
arranged to devise the most humane
metl cd of ridding California waters of
the pestiferous animals. The seals on
the Seal Rocks, at the entrance to the
harbor of San Francisco are exempted
from any such action by special laws.
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Suit to Compel Sale of a Ranch.

SAN FRANCISCO, April T. P. F..
Van Loben Sells, formerly the Neither
lands Consul here, has brought suit in
the Federal court to compel c. V. Tai
madge to sell the Trask ranch, COM
prising seventy-nine acres on the Sac
ramento River, in accordance with
written agreement made in 1898. 1t is
alleged that Talnadge agreed to sell
the land for $11 200.
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British Cruiser Imperieuse.

MONTEREY, April o. The British
cruiser Imperieuse sailed for Chile to-
day, where she will meet the Warspite,
and the command of the Pacific squad
ron will be transferred to Admiral
Beaumont The Imperieuse will then
go to Portsmouth, England. The Brit
ish war vessel yesterday dipped her
colors and placed them at half-mast,
in memory of the United States soldiers
who were buried at the Arlington Ma
tioual Cemetery.
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Attorney O'Donneu Convicted.

MODESTO, April THE jury in the
case of T. S. O'Donnell, charged with
assisting a prisoner to escape from
prison, brought in. a verdict of guilty,
with a Recommendation for mercy.
O'Donnel was attorney for James Phil
lips a horsethief, who sawed his way
out of Jail in August, 1897, but was
captured two days later. O'Donneli
fed from the county, but returned and
surrendered himself last November.
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Three Stanford Students.

SAN FRANCISCO, April = Three
of the volunteers who returned from
Manila on the Scandia are young men
who enlisted from the Stanford Uni
versity. They are w. r. White and
3. K. Olcutt of Company K of the First
California, and Ernest Stansbury OF the
Second Oregon Regiment.
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ChiIdren's
Fancy Sailors.

A chic and pretty sailor for
girls wear is of rough straw,
coarse1y plated, alternating
co1ors red and white, green and
white, blue and white, and
brown and white; has slightly
rolled brim and indented
crown, with bias plaid band
around, terminating in full bow
at side and two quills inserted;
sateen lined crown. Priced, 9Oc
each.
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Evidence of a Great Grain Crop.

vincing evidence of the great cereal
crop expected by California farmers
this season is furnished by the demand
for the grain bags made at the San
Quentin penitentiary. More than $780,
coo have already been sold, and orders
are being booked for future delivery,
the supply being exhausted. The ma
jority of orders have come from the
San Jocquin Valley counties.
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on most of the sugar plantation loans
are heavy, ranging from 10 to Is pei
cent In the last few months some OF
the planters have succeeded in refund
ing their loans and securing American
capital at reduced rates, but these cases
have been exceptional ones. Most OF
the mortgages are held by Spanish cap
italists.
Secretary Aiger is said to disapprove
the plan which has been formulated by
General Brooke and Cabinet, and that
is one of the reasons why Senior Sever
nine is coming to Washington. Secre-
tary Alger's experience with the agree
ment by which the Spanish Bank of
Cuba was to be permitted to collect the
taxes is said to have made him eau
tious regarding fiscal affairs in the
island. In that instance, however. the
American military authorities were op-
posed to making the bank the tax-col-
lecting agent, while in the present case
they favor some more general measure
than a mere extension of the time in
which debts can be collected.
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Peck Pleads Not Guilty.

SANTA CRUZ, April TN the Supe-
rior Court to-day ex-Tax Collector W.
E. Peck pleaded not guilty to the in
dictments against him. His trial was
set for May 22d.
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Tan Box Leather
Street OxfOrds,
Price. $3.50.

This is an entirely new leather
for ladies' wear, called Tan
Box ca1f-a fine, soft, velvet
calf stock, expressly for Summer
use; made in a light shade of
tan; new English round toe,
hand welted sewed soles; they
have already proven great ia
vorites; ask to see them. Price,
$3.50.
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Charles Summers Lack of Humor.

Charles Sumner was man of great
qualities and of small defects. His
blemishes, which were easily discerned
were temperamental al rather than moral
He had not the sort of Imagination
which enables man to enter easily into
the feelings of others, and this def
cheney on his part sometimes, resulted in
unnecessary rudeness.
Charles Summers appearance was Sc
riously metamorphosed by a severe at
tack of typhoid fever which he suffered
/ think. in 1913 or 1914. After his
recovery he gained much in flesh, and
entirely lost that ungainliness of as
pect which once led "a friend to com
pare him to a geometrical line, "leng til
without breadth or thickness f1e
now became a man of strikingly fine
presence, his great hight being Offset
by a corresponding fullness of figure
His countenance was strongly marked
and very individual, the features MT
handsome in themselves, but the Whole
effect very pleasingly impressive
He had but little sense of humor, and
was not at home in the small cut-and-
thrust slzirmishes of general society.
He was made for serious issues and for
great contests, which then lay, un-
guessed, before him. OF his literalness
some amusing anecdotes have been told.
At an official ball in Washington he re-
marked to a young lady who stood be-
side him, I'VE are fortunate in having
these places for standing here; we shall
see the first entrancs of the new Engls h
and French Ministers into Washington
society,""
The young girl replied, IT am glad to
hear it. like to see lions break the
ice"
Sumner was silent for few minutes
but presently said, Miss 49,, in the
country where lions live there is no
ice.n
once invited Mr.. Summer to meet a
distinguished guest at my house He
replied. Il do not know that wish to
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Favorable for a Continuation Of
the Warm Spell.

SAN FRANCISCO, April THE fol-
lowing are the seasonal rainfallsi to date
compared with those of the same date
last season, and rainfall in last twenty
four hours:
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The weather is generally clear over
the Pacific Slope this evening.
The pressure continues to fall over the
country west of the Rocky Mountains
and rise to the east of them.
The temperature has risen in all dis
fricts except in the Sacramento Valley,
where there was slight fall. The
maximum temperatures throughout the
interior of California exceeded so de-
grees.
Conditions are favorable for continued
warm weather Saturday.
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An Arizona Pioneer Dead.

PRESCOTT (Ariz.), April Jacob
Miller, an historical character, and one
of the earlier Arizona pioneers, died
here to-day, after a brief illness.
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Evidences of a Murder.

NEW YORK, April 7.-George H.
Fern was found on the floor of his store
to-day with bullet wound in his right
temple. The cash drawers were rified-
and Mr.. Ferns pockets turned inside
out
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Removed From the Dungeon.

SAN QUENTIN. April AFTER thir-
ty-six days Confinement in the dun
geon. the nine men who were accused
by Sir Harry Westwood Cooper of
plotting to escape We're to-day removed
to more comfortable quarters. They
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Had No Painting Fit.

LONDON, April THE correspond
ent of the Times" at the Vatican de-
nies that the Pope recently has had a
fainting. fit.
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The Way to Find Out.

DO you think that the North and
the South are closer together AGAIN."
well, just let any foreign country
try to come between them and see.
Town Topics, i
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are now in an upper tier of cells known
as "Murderers' Row." They will be
tried by the Prison Directors on the
18th inst
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THE


Containing all the q
news ofthe Record Fl
u MON, h a s. tn e n
largest circulation
of any paper on the
Pacific Slope, its
readers being found
m every town and
hamlet, with q con-
stantly increasing
list in the Eastern
States and Europe.
Sp e ci a | attention
paid to the publica-
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statements Of the re-
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New Sailors
For Spring.

This seasons styles for women
in sailors are made ON the styl-
ish Knox block, with crown
equal in hight to width of brim; /;
they're in various straws, Ha-
vana braid, in natural black,
brown and navy; split straw
and rough straw; all with silk
band around and bow at side.
Priced from soc to $1.5O, ac-
cording to grade.
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kissing woman's lips is a gross in
suit in Finland.
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New Importation
of Ladies'
Kid Gloves.

Among them are a complete
line of our celebrated Monarch
Kid Gloves, now branded and
known as the Majestic. The
change in name does not affect
the quality, and you'll find them
the same old reliable and plia-
BILE kidskins which we have al
ways stood back of with our
best guarantee-and it always
pays to buy a good glove; colors
are tans, browns, red, blues,
grays and black; in all sizes.
Priced, $1.9O the pair.