The Cause of the High Price of Coal. THE CLOSE OF THE METROPOLITAN FAIR. have made to perform their duties to the end. The thoughtful visitor at the Fair who looked on the patient attendants sitting behind their counters and remembered that they were delicate unused to toil to the thousand-anti-one endless questions the dust the noise the heat the incessant shuffling of feet the blare of horns the rattling of drums the flapping of flags before their eyes the overpowering odors—we say those who thought of these things fully appre ciated the trial and the heroism which endured it meekly to the

The Cause of the High Price of Coal. THE CLOSE OF THE METROPOLITAN FAIR. have made to perform their duties to the end. The thoughtful visitor at the Fair who looked on the patient attendants sitting behind their counters and remembered that they were delicate unused to toil to the thousand-anti-one endless questions the dust the noise the heat the incessant shuffling of feet the blare of horns the rattling of drums the flapping of flags before their eyes the overpowering odors—we say those who thought of these things fully appre ciated the trial and the heroism which endured it meekly to the

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The Cause of the High Price of Coal. THE CLOSE OF THE METROPOLITAN FAIR. have made to perform their duties to the end. The thoughtful visitor at the Fair who looked on the patient attendants sitting behind their counters and remembered that they were delicate unused to toil to the thousand-anti-one endless questions the dust the noise the heat the incessant shuffling of feet the blare of horns the rattling of drums the flapping of flags before their eyes the overpowering odors—we say those who thought of these things fully appre ciated the trial and the heroism which endured it meekly to the end. The triumph is theirs; whatever of glory belongs to the deed let the crown for it fall upon our women; whatever of grace has been shown in their acts and intentions let the reward of it be given to the women who have so richly earned it. All that is lovely and of good report men cheerfully and unanimously accord to the ladies who planned and carried out the great Sanitary Fair. SPECIAL- NOTICE. Sizes for Key.seats. Terrible Boiler Explosion in Philadelphia. boilers had lain idle over Sunday afford a point which might be investigated in endeavoring to discover the cause of the affair. The yard in the center of the buildings was occupied by the boiler-house which stood against the north wall and was a substantial brick building with an iron roof. There were in the building two tubular boilers built by Morgan Orr cic Co. of this city which had been in use about three years. The engineer who had charge of these boilers also about three years and every confidence was placed in his competency. At twenty-five minutes of eight o'clock while all the employees of the estab lishment—about six hundred in number men and boys—were engaged in various parts of the building from the fifth story to the basement the explosion occurred. Two distinct reports were heard although it is known that only one boiler exploded. The engineer escaped on account of being absent from the boiler-room