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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30
INVESTIGATION OF BRIDGE CONTROL.
VIII Invite Omcials of Terminal to
Present Their Side.

Major T L. Casey OF the United States
Engineers yesterday took steps toward
complying with instructions from General
Gillespie in regard to investigating the rela-
tons existing between the Terminal Asso-
citation and the Merchants Terminal Bridge
Company.
1t is stated that Major Casey will apply to
the Missouri Board Of Equalization for In
formation given that board. and after ascer-
will invite the officials Of the Terminal As-
ISOLATION 20 appear before him and answer
the charge. well as those who have
made the charge that the st. Louis bridges
are under the same management to appear
before him and substantiata tho statement
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30
KANSAS WHEAT CROP MAY
TOTAL 100000 BUSHELS.
Secretary of State Agricultural De-
pnrtment Thinks Yield Will Prove
n Record Breaker-Corn
Doubtful Quantity.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Topeka. Kas.. June 2a.-secretary Coburn
OF the Kansas Agricultural Department
made an important crop report tonight He
says:
Reports OF correspondents from well-nigh
every township in Kansas based on condi
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30
COURT ORDERS HARRINGTON
TO PAY DIVORCE COSTS.

IkfSF Z bLIt 81 L-IhIs-
Kansas City. Mo, June 2s.-Mrs wilhel-
nina Grace Darlington nee Cochrane) of
Kansas City, Kas.. who married Lord F.
Seymour Darlington in st. Louis. and later
fled suit for divorce in Kansas City. Kas.
was granted an order by Judge Fischer
this morning requesting Darlington to pay
into court $50 as money to be expended by
Mrs Darlington in the conduct of her d.
vorce suit.
TherA In no unr to suforcs tha ma vuaYt
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30

of the money at this time. as harrington is
not within the Jurisdiction Of the court
but If he ventures into Kansas for the pui
pose Of contesting the divorce suit. he will
either have to pay the sum or go to jail.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30
4 . . . . . = = = . . = . . Q .
= SIXTEEN MILLS CLOSE
. FOR LACK OF MATERIAL. 4

. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. .
q Fall River. Mass. June .s-The first .
q serious effect of the high price of raw 4
. cotton was felt in Fall River mills Z
. this morning, when the manage q
. ment of eleven corporations operat- 4
= ing sixteen big mills posted notices q
q of a shutdown to continue for one q
q week at least. q
. The greater part Of these mills are .
= built and equipped for the manu- =
= facturc of plain goods. although three .
9 or four Of them are devoted solely 10 .
= the making of the highest class of q
. fancy cotton fabrics. .
o The suspension OF business IS due Q
q solely TO the lack OF the raw material .
. and there is no telling where the 3
= curtaiment will end. 1t was pre- q
. dicted to-day by wel!-inforned mill 8
q men that 80 per cent Of the spindIes q,
= in this city would be idle one-half Of .
. the time from this date until the 1st =
o Of October. After that period Of idle 9
q ness the resumption OF operations .
= viii depend upon the price Of cotton. .
Z No mill in Fall River has pur- .
q chased a pound Of cotton at price .
d higher than ID cents. and II Is not {,
6 the intention to pay more than that =
. sum either now or in the future 1t 0
= would be Simply impossible 10 run q
y The machinery with the expectancy o
= Of making profit with the staple o
n f.Iyt a.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30
PROBABILITY OF A DECLINE
IN COTTON CAUSES ALARM.

Reports From the Texas Crop Are Dcouragng Opportunity for
Cornering the Supply Is Ascrbed Reason for
Closing the Mills of Lancas lire-Govcrnlneu to
Action to Prevent the General Decrease Which
Is Anticipated
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30
ROCK IsLAND-FRIsco LINK.

Expected That II VIII Be Completed
in Six Months.
1t is expected than the link line being built
from Union TO Pacific, by which the Colorado
and Frisco will be connected. Will be COM
p1eted In six months.
Work on the CONSTRUCTION Of the line has
begun and is being pushed a. rapidly a.
possible. Construction gangs are at work
at a point about four miles east Of Union.
where the line will start The entire length
Of the line will be about ten miles.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Evansville Ind, June 2s.-Daniel b Hill.
man was to-day appointed general freight
and passenger agent Of the Evansville and
Terre Haute Railroad. taking effect July L
He has been assistant for several years.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30
FORMER WIFE CALLS HIM
"0ILY-TONGUED SCOUNDREL.' -

Mrs. Ceiestine Miller Barton one of Lord
Barringicn's title-seckinG wives calls Bar
Iington an "uily-tungUed scouudrel" and
other things in special 10 The Republic
from New York last night
Mrs Barton is not averse to talking
In spite Of the fact that / went with
him "a England and at the Tunbr.dge Wells
found that his father was nothing but
ooachmau in a gentl-mau's family" sh,
said. Mr.. Barton insists that he is Lord
Darlington, and has threatened TO sue me
FOR libel in a letter l have now in my pos
ksession. because / exposed him and showed
that he vas masQu-rading under a title TO
VIII be had no right.
when the trouble over his marriage with
Miss COChIane arose they wanted me to
come on to 81. Louis and testify against
him. did not go, not because l was afraid
Of his threats, but because Miss Cochrane's
lawyers would not advance the money for
my expenses. and l had spent enough
money On the scoundrel without adding
10 it."
Mrs Barton said her husband ured 10 ROB
houses which were advertised TO let. fur
nished. in England. lie would call by day-
light to inspect them. and used the knowl-
edge thus gained to loot them at night
She says that on the day of her marriage
he gave her deeds TO his bogus English es-
tates as a present These and other COM
promising documents she still holds
SURE HE KILLED
ENGLAND ARMY OFFICER.
II am sure said she. that he killed an
Tnglish Army officer, for whom he acted as
seaet. The circumstances all pointed TO his
: lEeilt. He told me himself he was first on
the scere.
When 1 accused him of the deed he
started, and for the first time since / knew
him he seemed scared and said. Well. what
are you going to do about itT / told him
he dared not deny he was murderer. He
simply ground his teeth
Mrs. Barton also told a story about how
her husband got out OF the prison in Eng
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30
SURE HE KILLED
ENGLAND ARMY OFFICER.

The Bitters IS
the best known
remedy for stom-
ach ills. Hav-
ing been before
the public for
50 ysars If has
been thoroughly
t es { e d We
urge you to try
it for
8 our Stomach,
Indtgesf Ion,
Dyspepsia, Liver
and Kidney All.
mems Or maliria,
Fever and Agus.
It always cures.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30

HURCH ROAD-21 t.. .. $. SOUTH II
halls Ferry road. Karl Friedrich :.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26
CITY ELECTION NOTICE.

The annual election for City Trus-
tees CT Carson City, Nevada, will be
he'd On
MONDAY, NAV 4,1co3.
The Offices to be n,!ed at the said
election are:
One Short Term Trustee, First Ward
One Long Term Trustee. First Ward.
One Short Term Trustee, Second
Ward.
One Long Term Trustee, Seco- l
V-n~I
One Trustee a. Large.
Petitions ftr nCTjaatiCn OF can;, i
dates for said C1.:ce5 must be fled
with the City Clerk CT Carson City
net less than thirty days prior to TIE
date Ct said election.
Notice CT polling places. Judges.
Clerk and Inspectors Of Election viii
be given hereafter.
WILL y. MACKEY,
President Of the BCar,; Of City Trus-
tees Of Carson City, Nevada.
attest:
H. p. EanEttau,
City Clerk
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26

Total Sc52.937 81
STATE SCHOOL FUND SECURE.
TIES.
Irredeemable Nevada
State School
Bond $3.50, 900 O0
Nevada State
Bonds &c, 100 90
United States
Bonds 100000 90
Total 81 1881 81
John Sparks.
w. G, Douglass.
James G. Sye enev.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this y day of Fehru.rE-, ta93.
J. Dome, Notary Pub
lie Ormsby County Nevada.
Seal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26
Notice to Creditors.

In the District Court Of tire First Ju,
diciai District of the State CT New,
ada, in and for the County Of Orn'.
shy
In the matter Of the estate of jacob
Weber. deceased, Notice to credi-
tcrs.
The undersigned having been Gul,
and regularly appointed administra
triX Of the estate Of Jacob Weber, de
ceased, by an order duly made and en-
tered in the minutes Of the district cCuri
of the First Judicial District Of the
State Of Nevada in ana fOr the county
of Ormsby, on Jan. IS 1903, and hav
ing duly qualified IS such al
ministratriX: notice is hereby
given to the creditors Of. and
all persons having c9aims against TIE
said deceased, to file them with the
proper vouchers and statutory afIi-
davits attached. with the Clerk Of
said Court, within three months from
the date Of the first publication Of
this notice.
LAURA n. WEBER.
Administrative Of the estate Of Jacob
W-#2T. deceased.
Dated Feb >. 1903.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26
s61S1 SO $65o1 81
California Fortune Oil compan,

California Fortune Oil company
has three big wells. and 10000 bar
rG.5 # oil stored. VIII Jay large di-
yidenGs soon. Write for prospectus.
7. J. Gallagher. Fiscal Agent, Vol
exert Fui'ding, Albany, n. Y.
The International Correspondence
Schools of Scranton, Pa, have stu
dents under every fas and in every
country on earth. have an enroll
ment of over 100000 students.
Peaches, arricots, Dears and white
cherries. the very finest, put up in
g'ass jars at 4oc. kelly's, Arlington
block.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26
ANNUAL STATEMENT.

Annua! statement of the Excelsior
Mining Con pany, Of Utah doing bu-
siness in the State of Nevada, for the
ear ending Dec. 81, 1902:
Receipts ....... .S56,34S sc
Disbursements s54,562 &c
Balance net gain ..17S6 81
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26
ANNUAL STATEMENT

OF the Union Mutual Of Maine, for
the year ending Dec. 81, 1902:
ledger assets Dec. 81
Ct previous year -. $S,426,2 o6 80
income during 1902 -. 1861 .OO7 So
Total disbursements -. 1,677,23S 40
3alance .. ..... S,993,769 13
t'tal assets .... 9.663676 80
Total liabilities .... 9,663.676 80
'fellium note act 49,. 122, 1856 OF
Nevada Business.
Policies in force Dec 81
Il previous year .... 57,5i5 %
Policies issued during year 1919 Is
fetal in force Dec 81 1902 1864 Al
.-oases meme
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26


T. George Meyers H. Petersen c. r. ee"ee E. B.
yernston, 8. l. Lee, D. NJ Ryan, F. Cc:.on, F. L Widea
Hickey President; Meyers 1st Vice President; o. ~
I'd vive President W. Richard Cash. and secy J.
TONOPAH BRANCH
W. J. Harris Cashier Agency, Tonopah.
G. W. cewins Asst Cashier. Agency Toncpah
DEPOSIT Department
OVER ONE HUNDRED \FE DEPOSIT BOXES have b.s.
design being Of hainch
BURGLAR FIRE PROOF offer persly
yearly
Pah information
furnished On application Ur--~ET ~ Ia a1
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26
$5S,34S So $56,34S SC
ANNUAL STATEMENT.

Annual statement Of the Diamond
Winning Company, Of Utah. doing bu-
lie State Of Nevada, for the year end
ng Dec. 81. 1902:
Receipts .. ...... s65S1 So
JIsbursed -. .s6t62 so
Balance, net gain AIS so
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26
LOOTING PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Writing in Golfers Weekly J. D.
the amount CT public land that IS be-
ing annually taken away from the
people by speculative holders under
the desert land act This act makes
possible the acquisition CT immense
tracts which are held by individual
Is and corporations fer purposes of
speculation, thus depriving the bona
fide settler CT his homestead rights.
Mr. Whelpley saws that cut CT the
thousands of desert land entries that
have been made during the last ten
years. the land office mas investigated
only 49, OF that number 297 were
found to be fraudulent and were can
celled. When it is remembered that
these in which special contests are
filed CT special information furnished
the department it is possible to get
a realizing idea Ct the situation.
in 1900" says Mr. Whelpley. the
government Ct the United States
decided away ever trir.aan and half
million acres Ct land; n 1891 these
disnosals reached a total Of 5000 600
acres. a figure which startled the
country in its e- ~rl'CI1s n~N~,"''-~ =.
In 1902 however, there was gain OF
4.OG0. 900 acres and the Gispusa.s MADE
by the government reached the en-
orm0us aggregate CT nearly 20,O0o-
600 acres or fully as much as was
aliorated at any time during the great
rush Of emigration to the west
The population Of the west is not
increasing prcpCrtiCnately with this
pre9nt rate Ct land disposal. In fact
in States where millions CT acres have
been deed away to indy ,duals, there
has been an actua! de-. ease Of the
agricultural population. Al this SIM
ply means that under tn, homestead
law as il stands 'o,iay. under the des-
ert land act. :. .--ea5l,.a bern in sell
fshncss an c,.r0-e"Iy, ana under the
timber and stone act, the people of
TIE oiltIta dtto iit AOiiS, 4tAb1d
of their landed estate
The figures are indeed alarming. II
is probable that the prospect fer gov
eminent irrigation has brought about
the recent heavy increase. In any
event the law under which so much
of the peoples land is taken away
from them cannot be repealed tee
quickly The irrigation act provide:
that when a reservoir or canal pro
ject is decided upon, the land con
tigucus to it shall be withdrawn from
public entry fer the time being.
At the rate at which the land il
disappearing, though, it will not be s,
very long before there will be no lane
to withdraw unless a careful investi
gatiCn of the entries already mad
should develop the fact hiatt they ar
nearly all fraudulent-Salt Lake Her
a;
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26
llhniI!llnlif'l'

So great is the demand for steel
rails in the United States that it is
estimated that upward of a million
tons will have to be bought abroad
There is more railroad building pro-
erican history.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26
Official Count of State Funds.
STATE OF NEVADA,

County Of Ormsby, S. S.
Governor John Sparks. secretary Of
State w. G. Douglass and James G.
Sweeney, Attorney-General being duly
sworn, severally say they are mem
bers of the Beard Of Examiners Ct
the State of Nevada; trat on the 9Th
day Of February. 1903, thew after hav-
ing asceTtained from the bcci-s CT the
State Controller the amount Cf money
which should be il the Treasury Of
Nevada, and found the same correct IS
follows:
Coin s2c5.e71 20
Paid Coin vouchers not
not returned to Con
trcller 27,15G 80
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-26
<HS<~-
ANNUAL STATEMENT

Of the Supreme Hive. Ladies OF Mac
cabees Of the World:
Assets.
Bonds. cash in bank end
other sources ... S719,1 1873 "A
Liabilities.
Claims resisted CT in Pro-
cess Of adjustment -. $1,000 90
Losses due and unpaid :. SO 90
Salaries, rents, expenses
etc, ...... .. 16,629 81
Amount due in 1903 en- Go
accepted disability claims 7,150 90
Total liabilities ...... so,S2e 81
Balance to protect con-
tracts ............. 1904 II
Balance Sheet.
Amount of net ledger as
sets Dec. 31st of previ-
Gus year ....... 49,. 42s.o73 81
Income During Year.
AS shown by books at
home Office Dec. S1st,
| 1902, gross amount
paid members ss9,s3s 4s
Interest .. 1883 y
Total Income ..... 9O3.427 20
I Total ................ 1881 500 81
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-29
Songs of the Sunny South.

1t seems rather a queer thing that
in any audience, from the far north
to the tropical south, from way down
east to the woolly west, song with
the south as its scene locale will al
ways anect the emotions and touch
the heart. You have probably
watched Yankee, whose father,
perhaps, fought for the Union, swal-
lowing hard at a lump in his throat
when listening to the strains Of
"Dixie' or some soft southern sony
aboJt magnoias and the cotton bales.
He may never have loafed about a
cotton bale, never have wandered In
the swamps in search Of the fragrant
magnolia, but he scents the atmos-
phere of the luXurianl south in these
songs with as keen an understanding
as the veriest southerner alive. Where
is the heart that has not thrilled
when hearing Stephen Fosters old
songs, THE Swanee River" and "Old
Black Joe?h
In speaking of southern SONGS | do
not mean coon ditties, although many
of them, like the above and Nam
my's Little Pumpkin Colored Coon"
for instance, have in them The true
ring which insures their being taken
into the hearts Of the people. am
speaking particularly of those beau
tiful descriptive and story songs, like
''Sing Me Song Of the South, In
the Shenandoah Valley" "Down in
Mobile Long Ago" 'In Georgia,
My Little Southern Flower 81
Left My Heart in DiXie.," the song
success from Peggy from Paris, "
MARY from Maryland, probably the
most popular of recent southern songs,
which is now being sung by Irene
Bentley in 'The G Girl from Dixie, +"
and Others of the style which paint
the south in such vivid colors that
even an Eskimo sitting in his hut of
ice and snow. could interpret them
and see IN their strains picture of
the warm and sunny south.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-29
Wants Another.

For second time Mrs. Matilda a.
Kerr asks the courts to sever the con-
nubial ties that bind her to Robert
W. Kerr. I he couple were married
in Clinton, Mo, January |, lss3, ac-
cOrding to the bill of complaint filed
in the county court by Mrs. Kerr.
In 1890 Mis-. Kerr obtained divorce
on the grounds of cruelty, and July
l3, 1881, they were remarked on his
promise to be good He evidently did
not keep his promise, for some time
after. that Mrs. Kerr and children left
him and came to Weld county. A
few months ago Clerk Ira Sides of
the county court received a letter
from Mr.. Kerr inquiriug if his wife
had secured divorce here and if she
had been e.married At the same
time he expressed the hope that she
had secured good kind husband this
time. He also wanted to know what
the cost of decree for himself would
be.
The bill filed alleges cruelty and
also some more serious charges.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-29
High Tax Levy.

The town of Eaton will, no doubt.
this year be known as the highest
taxed town in the county. The
board of trustees met week ago
Monday evening and made the levy
for the year. This was placed at
81 y mills. If the levies for other
purposes are left the same as they
we're last year, the total assessment
levied will be d0H mills. or s6. 80 for
every 500 valuation. AS the yalu.
alton has been cut down considerably
1T is likely that the school tax will
be no less, and may be even more
than it was last year. 1t was neces-
sary for the town board to pass a
special ordinance to permit of the
heavy levy for town purposes.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-29
GROCERS FEASTED
Held First Annual Banquet IN
Hurlbut Hall.

The first annual banqueJ oi tue
retail uIocers and butchers OF 6ree'ey
was held last Thursday eyeniHe IN
Uurlbut hall Forty-three plates
were laid for the invited guests
State President Gardner o. Crlpple
Creek, State Secretary George n
Richards of Denver and Director w.
j. Gallagin of Loveland were present.
besides a good representative o! the
leading grocers from Eaton, windsor
and Evans
The tables were hadsone.y dec
grated and fairly sroaned wltH an
the luxurieS OF the season, when
we're served in regular courses each
guest being presented with a hand
some menu card. j. +, Rocho
presided as toast master and after
the usual toast of welcome, state
President Gardner was introduced,
who gave an interesting ta,E ana
convinced the members that the as
sociation was in tlourishing condI-
tion.
The first toast. "TIials and Trib-
ulatons of a Country Groceryman,
was delivered by E. W. Goodan OF
Eaton,
Second, The Grocer in swallow
Tail" by 3. L. kittle.
Third, "Organization,' by George
V. Richards OF Denver.
Fourth, Sugar" W. J. ..Galigan.
Fifth, "Long Talk" by d. +. Gray
Harry Teller Of Windsor and Mr..
St. Clair of Fort Collins and several
Others made interesting talks. show
ing that much good had been accom-
plished by the organization. After
the regular program it was voted
that district organization be
formed. comprising Greeley, Eaton,
Ault, Evans, kersey and Windsor.
d. f. Gray was elected president, B,
L. Kittle secretary, with board OF
seven directors from the different
towns. After discussing several
points for the good Of the order, ev-
eryone present pronounced that the
general arrangement committee, con-
sisting of McClenahan, Wilson and
Lofgren, had made a grand success.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-29
LIST OF NOMINATI01

In compliance with the provisions of Section Ele,.,
Act OF the Eighth General Assembly OF the State Con
filled Elections approved March 2o, 1891, public n
hereby, yen that the several political parties have filed
through the Secretary of State their certificates Of W
tor Of the candidates the different offices to be voted M
next ensuing general election to be held on Tuesday M
day OF November A. d. 1908.
Their names certified for the respective Offices are m
to-wit:
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-29
TO Cure t. Cold in One naz

take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money il they
fail to cure E. w. Groves signature il
on each box. Twenty five cents.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-29
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS

Greeley Colorado Friday. October 9th 1903
N oaJjou
Hon r. w pNinny commissioner
Fritz attenler
w Alamsc by A. Luther deputy!
The following presented examined and on motion approved ~
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-29

Monday October u 1903
Monday
of Comfy Weld metal
Ccocs M. pursu o o the 10th
ordered for allowed
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-29

cny racewe and Farmers
a IN Tuesday October 13, 1903
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04

For choice groceries see S. ]. Salter,
Fort street, above Beretania.
o o o @ o @ o @ o o o o @ o o o o 3
discussion is requested and invited to
be present, so that the matter may be
passed on by the Exchange at its reg
ular meeting August Goth in a form
that will clearly reflect the sentiments
OF the entire membership of the Ex-
change.
Delegate Kalanianaole stated in his
letter to the Exchange that he expected
to get away soon to Washington and
desired full data" before he goes. For
that reason this special meeting is
called In order 10 have a preliminary
discussion and furnish material for the
committee 10 work on. The commit
tee will then have about fifteen days
in which to gather the necessary data
and report 10 the Exchange, which time
is not considered any too long, CON
siderng the Importance OF the matters
likely to be turned over 10 the com-
mittee to shape up into resolutions
and figures,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-04
BIG SOUR SOP.

A most peculiar specimen of fruit
was brought to the Office of the United
States District Court this morning by
Deputy Clerk Hatch. 1t was sour
sop weighing about ~ pounds, nearly
l6 inches long and measuring almost
80 inches in circumference. The meas
usements could not be obtained exact
ly, owing to the popularity of the spec
linen, which was so soft and fabby
that 1t wobbled like blanc-mange and
defed all attempts to ascertain its ex-
act proportions. Slipping around, as
1t did, its length seemed to be mingled
with its breadth and the horn-like pro-
tuberances on its emerald skin alone
served to hold the trembling fruit in
place on the polished surface of the
deDuty's oak desk.