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Show tllO SWAnM OIJIUTTUIIFUICS. I'rnreoluii ,,l Mllllolla 'e tluar VtltMla, Kan. Wichita Special lu Kantaa City Tlmt.-ot all the strange phenomena which have been observed lu thl ee-tlon ee-tlon that which teemi the most unprecedented unpre-cedented occurred here to-dny In the form of rm of bulletin, which In point of number waa rouutleaa. Tho day waa extremely hot and unueually HIM. Only ton other dyi In the year teglatrred a higher degree of heat, the thermometer atandlng 104 In the ahndo at 2 o'clock Ihe drat of the butter-llle butter-llle began to lie noticeable about 3: IS In the afternoon, and mmiii literally tilled till-ed the air. They all were going In a southerly direction. They were not C plentiful In the btielm-M portion nt Just outside, where there wtro lawnt. but It teemed that there could bo no room for any more without causing them tn beat themtelvc lo piece upon up-on each other. Comparatively few I teemed Incline! to alight, but when any djd to each soot was a inasa at brlllTanCTlBrntlnj: color. They aeem-ed aeem-ed to pat around the tree and scarcely scarce-ly my touched the ground. For a short dlitanro the winged traveler resembled re-sembled a heavy shower of autumn leave. The varlcllc known at pap-lllo pap-lllo ajax, or the larger yellow, and tho itanaltarrhlppu. or brown, seemed to be the most plentiful, especially tht latter. The fluttering of to many wing produced a somewhat dlxxy sensation, sen-sation, and to the observer It appeared appear-ed a though the panting yellow and brown cloud wat the departure of Indian In-dian summer. Although there wero rountteat billion of them there wat no sound, tavo the gentle and scarcely scarce-ly perceptible purr. After patting near tho ground they teemed tu mount up high In tho nlr tn the toulhward. until un-til they were lot n the distance. They continued paeelng until within a halt hour of sunset. Millions still remained remain-ed benlnd, apparently loat, ollbougn they did not teem to collide with anything any-thing In their postage. During part of tho time limine practically ceased, crowd gathering to wllnest the phenomenon. phe-nomenon. It I auppotnl that tho but-terfllet but-terfllet are part of a swarm driven out of Colorado by the forett Area. |
