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The evening times., 1899-02-18

If there is one end more anXiously
sought than another by the Partisan celeb
rity of today it is admission to the French
Academy, famous body of writer's paint
ers, and actors. Emil Zola's sorriest mis-
fortune seemed to him to be in the refusal
of that society to allow him a membership.
When it is said, therefore, that Henri Law
edan was finally given his credentials aft
er years of labor because of the beauty of
Catherine the play to be done by An
ME Russell next Monday at the National
Theatre, much has been done toward emu
lating that production. In truth the piece
is supposed to be one of the finest exam
Piles of construction and Characterization
at present on the stage and it is probable
that il merted all the honors won for it's
author Seats for thelocal engagement are
now on sale.
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PeninsuIar Construction Company.

Newport News, Feb. 1S.-The Peninsular
Construction Company, with a capital of
100000, has organized here. The officers
are: President, c. B. Orcutt; vice presi-
dent, Eugene White; treasurer, w. A..
Post; secretary, j. a. Willet; board of di-
rectors, the above officers and +. E. South
erland and l. C. Higgins. of New York.
The three Morgan Liners now being built
at the Newport News shipyard will be
ready for launching about March Il.
The evening times., 1899-02-18
HECHT & COMPANY.
5l3=5I5 Seventh Street.
AMUSEAIENTS.
The Halls of the Ancient.s :

Nos. 1912, 1874 1916, and 1918 NEW YORK AVE.
Constructed tp Promote
NATIONAL GALLERIES OF HISTORY AND ART
They illustrate the art, architecture. religion.
and life OF the Egyptian, Assyrian. Glaeco- -Ro-
man. and Saracenic nationaiities.
THE HALL or COLUMNS l. more grand than
that OF LepsiUs in Berlin.
The EGYPTIAN HALL contains t!e interior OF
Egyptian house by RIcinet. II illustrates
Egyptian Arts and Crafts of the building cf tile
Pyramids and the Egyptian Feast
The ASSYRIAN THRONE ROOM is blue and
gold according 70 Place. The portal j. between
four colossal human headed bulls Casts from
British Museum in colOTs.
The THRONE OF XERXES j. ircm cast IN the
Louvre Sennacherib i modelled thereon
The ROMAN HOUSE, IoODD square feet So
perb in Pompeiian decorations.
The LECTURE HALL, in Persian slylr con
tains the painting of the Grandeur of Rome in
the time Of Constantine. 20 #. . It.
The SARACENIC HALL IS 4 counterpart of the
interior of the house Of Benzaquin in Tancier=
The ART GALLERY IS devoted 10 illustrations
Of Roman History.
Visitors will be attended 10y eypo-itors cratf.
Mr. Franklin w Smith, curator. VIII ,pa.lk in
explanation a. Intervals
ADMISSION. ......-.... 20 CENTS
Open from a m. to 10 p. m
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I'rokcn to eDatii.

Fredericksburg. Va. Feb. 18.-Mary
Green. young colored girl was frozen TO
death Tuesday night at her home in this
city making the second case Of death from
cold in this section in the past week. At
some places in the country, especially the
homes of oolored people who did not have
a supply of wood. fine shade trees in the
yards have been cut down and burned in
order to keep the families from freezing
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Ordered to Manila.

Berryville, Va, Feb. 1S.-Dr. Thomas
NJ. Lippitt, son of DR.. G. E. Lippitt, Of
this county, who is an assistant surgeon
IN the United States Navy. has been or
dcred to Manila On the Solace. Clarke
county can now boast OF laying TWO OF
The evening times., 1899-02-18
BIC Knitting Will Bmrnch.

Suffolk, Va Feb. 1S-The Suffolk Knit
ding Mill. one of the largest hosiery plants
in the South was totally destroyed by fire
Thursday The blaze started in the boiler
rooms. The plant covered more than an
acre The fire department could do no
good because of the distance from plugs.
The loss is $4,000: insurance, $4,000 The
proprietors, A. II. and w. E. Cobb, former
ly of Brunswick Me- will rebuild.
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Denth of Two sisters.

Petersburg. Va, Feb, 1S.-Miss Viola
Chance and her sister, Miss Alice Chance,
died Thursday within few hours of each
other This makes six deaths that have
occurred in this family within the past
two weeks. They all died of pneumonia,
and there is another member of the family
now i'll with it.
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DanEers of shc Grir.

The greatest danger from La Grippe Is Of its
resulting in pneumonia. II reasonable care Is
used, however, and ChamLeEiain's Cough Remedy
iakrn, all danger VIII be avoided. Among the
tens OF thousands who lave used th. remedy Tor
Ia grippe we have yet 30 lcaru Il 4 single case
having resulted in pneumonia which shows con
c.slFely that this romcdy is Cert3ju preventive
OF that dangerous disease. u viii cure IA griDpe
IN less time than any other treatment II is pleas
ant and safe 10 take. For sale by Henry Evans
Wholesale and Retail Druggists 9Ss F st NV
md Conn. ave. and =. NV, and l42S Nd. ave-
ne.
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THINGS THEATRICAL.

To the average theatregoer it would seem
impossible that star should receive thir-
ty-three curtain calls during the course
of one evening, and yet this is said to be
precisely the number vouchsafed e. II.
Sothern while he was producing The
Kings Musketeer'' recently in Chicago
Though the play has not been on the road
long enough yet for a consensus of critical
opinion to have been gathered it has been
demonstrated that the public likes Henry
Hamilton's version of Dumas great ro-
nance The Three Musketeers,' and that
the amusement-loving find plenty to COM
mend in the stars impersonation of that
dashing adventurer, Raoul D'Artagnan.
Mr. Sothern brings the piece to the La
fayette Square Opera House next week,
when local folk will have an opportunity
to pass on it. together with the Lyceum
Theatre success, "A Colonial Girl"
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The Music at st. Nary,s,

The choir Of st. Mary's Church, Fifth
Street northwest, between G and II Streets.
Father George Glaab, d. D., pastor, will
render the following music tomorrow:
IliSh Mass al I0:31-
"tspcTEcs Ne buminc'' .....N KoIIros
Mas in E-ist ('Gloria'' omitted A Cuilmant
oaeiFory; PRO Pcecatis' ...........C RosSini
Gidgiione solo; from ''Stabat Matcr.")
Nc>pcr service al A.
Psalms: Do.aiHc Ad Adjuvandum Dixit
Doiauus. Laudatc Dominum IS Mer.sdar; .
l.audate Doninum ...-..-....-..A. H. R0sewig
Magniieat -.----.----.. ..-.......-..S. Mercadante
''ANc Regina taito solo) ....-......G. Lake
''Stabat Mater .....................Gre Greeor;, ~,
Cwi;h Stations OF the Cross.)
30 Saiutaris' (quartette) .........Y. CirijIo
"Tantmm Ergo" (choi1sl ............J Eiobbcrc
I.ludatc Dcminum .....................Gr .Grcgorian
Organist and director, Mr.. William Wal
decker
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nxsncpsin,s CIutch.-Dr.

Pineapple Tablets natures most wonderful
remedy for all disorders of t!e stomach. Tie
digestive powers OF pineapple can he tested by
mixing equal parts of pineapple and beef and
agitatug ut 4 temperature of l30 degrees Fahren-
hcit when the meat will be entirely digested.
Pineapple Tablets relieve in day. Thirty
five cents. Sold by f. $. Williams, Ninth and F
Streets; Ednionds & Wiaius, Third Street and
Pennss ivania Avenue.
The evening times., 1899-02-18

Have not advanced prices. G33 ! street south
cast, Fourth and II Streets northeast, Seventeenth
and Streets northwest. Ninth Street and
Florida Avenue northwest. and Nineteenth aud II
Streets northwest. Eggs 80 cents per DOZEN Il
The evening times., 1899-02-18
Soldiers, Deaths mt Hav.n,

General Brooke of Havana reports to
the War Department as follows:
Deairs. 10th: Camp Columbia Havana Pri-
vate Abraham Kaller, Company c. Third Ne
brsska, tetanus. Hospital ship Missouri lia-
vans: Private Victor Volkert, Company e,
Eighth Infantry, typhoid.
The evening times., 1899-02-18
Saks and Company,
Penna. Ave. and 7th St.

her sons serving their country in the Phil
ippines, as DR.. John L. Page, oi>0.s place,
is passed assistant surgeon on the Olyin-
MIA Admiral DeMeN's lagship
The evening times., 1899-02-18

.'Whatll you have?' The answer invariably is
''IIeurich's beer, thank YOU All people drink
Heurch's down town and at home. Phone Ar
lington Bottling Co for case OF Macrzen, Sen
ate Extra Pale, Lager Beer Sparkling Stock
Ale.
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aoad. go miehcr at Gardcn MnrI.cts.

For purity. age, and strength there J., np beer
e. compare with IlrWich's. Phone GA Arlins-
tau BOttlmg Co, for case Of HcuTiCh'-
The evening times., 1899-02-18
Hecht's Greater Stores.
A quarteite of muslin
garments values.

The muslin wear department comes
to the front demanding recognition
with quartette of special values that
every saving woman should heed.
lot of ladies muslin gowns. in sey-
eral styles, trimmed with lace or en-
broidery, and with tucked or insertion
yoke-in bolero effect, or plain yoke
neck and sleeves trimmed in the flC
daintiest fashion-worth 69c. for. I
Ladies drawers. with tucks and edg-
ing, made of good quality muslin and
nicely finished, the usual 39c sort, 16C
lot OF ladies muslin umbrella
skirts, with wide rufIie. full cut. d0C
worth 79c. VIII go for. III
India linon aprons. good width and
length, made with deep hem and tpSks
all have full and wide tie strings.
worth 25c and SOC. will go 1QC
u
The evening times., 1899-02-18

Augustin DAILY is one of those managers
who has achieved success by the cleanli-
ness and refinement rather than through
the suggestiveness and vulgarity of his
presentations and hence little need be said
in description of his selections The
Geisha" and The Circus Girl" which are
to be seen next week at the Columbia The
first of these offerings scored wonderfully
long runs at both the New York and Lon
don theatres, its delightful music and
quaint story marking il for especial popu-
lar favor. It made mint of money for its
proprietor and created no end of pleasure
among the amusement seeking. After
season in Gotham the second effort was
sold TO Charles FTohman and by him sent
on the road in the hands of company
from which many of the people employed in
the present organization are said to have
been selected. Both pieces were unquaii
fed successes and so deservedly popular
that there can be no doubt of the business
that will be done when they open here.
OF special interest to Washingtonians is
the coming engagement at the Academy of
Music of Charles Hoyt's most laughable
farce "A Texas Steer" Not only was the
play the means of introducing to theatre
goers that clever native. Tim Mumphy,
| but il takes up with clean penetration of
| facts and wonderful appreciation OF humor-
| Gus possibilities the political characters so
| we'll known to denizens of this city. Des-
| pite its age the piece is said to be in the
! hands of an exceptional company and
! should do an excellent business here. The
| sale of seats is now i'll progress.
The Gay Masqueraders, which comes
| to Kernan's on Monday afternoon, pre-
sents an entertainment that is divided into
three parts. The first OF these takes the
| form of military review and is produced
under the title of "McNulty and the Mod
ell Then comes a first-class oliO in which
are introduced Brown and Camille. repre-
| sentative cornet soloists; Bud Snyder, a
| trick 'cycist of ability; The Big Four.
in songs and dances: the Murphys, acrobat
! ic comedians; the Kisners. French equiii-
| brists Cooke and Mais baladists. and the
| Cineograph pictures OF the Sharkey- Mccoy
fight. The third portion of the entertain
ment consists in the rendering OF a new
burIesque Columbia Forever in which
is interpolated a series OF gun and baton
/ exercises shown by Marie de Rosse;t.
Almost insurmountable obstacles are be
ing overcome by Manager Grieyes in pre-
pairing a bill for next week at the Bijou.
The blizzard that blocked traffic in and out
of this city for so long rendered ii almost
impossible for him TO communicate with
the big New York agencies from which ne
has been securing his people, and it was
not until yesterday that arrangements fof
the coming entertainment were completed.
Joseph Stinson and Anna Merton a pair OF
legitimate players are now announced a:
headliners, with The Great Lafayette
as second on the program. With thest
entertainers to head the list patrons o.
the Bijou may expect their money
worth in the performances to be giyeJ
! after Monday.
The evening times., 1899-02-18
LANSBURGH & BRO.
Sweeping
Reductions
BOYS BOYS
CLOTHING.

s.. so and s.. so Boucle and
Chinchilla Reefers, 81. go.
S2.75 All-wool Gray Reading
Cashmere Blouse Suit, ST. so.
Reductions III Cashmere and
Serge Suits, sizes s to IS
$500 and SI.75 qualities,
Sf.25 suit.
s.. so and s.. IS qualities,
Sf.49 suit.
S. 90 anG S2.75 qualities,
s 1893 suit.
S4.25 and S. IS qualities.
S2.4S suit.
Including Cap.
The evening times., 1899-02-18

Reductions in knee PaatS.
soc Cashmere Parts, 1 &c.
4oc Navy Blue and Gray Serge
Pants, 25c.
soc Gray Wool Reading Cassi-
mere, $50.
6oc All-wool Knee Pants, 45C.
Boys CIothing Dept, Sd floor.
The evening times., 1899-02-18
Usual Is corsets, 33c.

A lot of ladies' high-grade corsets.
in short, long, and medium lengths
and in black. white, and colors-and
also some of pink and blue-which are
slightly soiled-which sold at 75c-wilI
go for S3c. They are the best-known
makes. and being slightly soiled from
handling does not injure their value in
the least But We shall let them go
at 3Sc
See tomorrow's Sunday Times and
Post for our half-page advertisement.
The evening times., 1899-02-18
We have
bought the
entire stock of
Bernard ]. Young.

The Dependable Store
never wavering enterprise-has pur-
chased the entire stock of Bernard
]. Young, of 9IS Seventh Street.
which has been long and favorably
identified with the business inter
ests Of the Nations Capital.
1t is another stroke for this store
one that will go down into trade
history as the most remarkable OF
any yet known
A large force of salespeopie has
been busily engaged in arranging
the stock and marking prices upon
every line that will prove the SEN
satiOn OF the yeaT-and bring the
greatest crowds of wise buyers that
ever filed our stores
The stock is of the most depend
able character-Consistirg in the
main of
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-06
PRUNING VINES IN SUMNER.
That Is the Way to Make Them Develop
Equal Growth.

From Nechans AUnlA4y.
The chief art IN gardening consists in
not allowing our plants 10 have their own
willful way, but 10 make them behave as
we want them 10 DO. Vines, generally
make desperate attempts 10 get TO the
top of . bush or tree that they tWine
around, and the lower portion is nothing
bur a series OF naked stems. When We
set them 10 trsliises. We want this pro-
Ceed!ug reversed We desire as many
branches close 10 the ground as ii the
extreme upper portion OF the pole or
frame on which they are supported. The
educated gardener understands now 10
10 this. The grower OF grapes under glass
has 10 know now TO DO II, = otherwise he
would have grapes IN the apex OF the
root and nowhere else. He applies the
same principle TO the growth oI hover
ing vines out OF doors as 10 his grapes
under glass or 10 the grapes III the out
dour garden, for tina; matter, with equal
results Indeed. there could br few bet
ter methods OF learning whether one has
a real gardener or only WoI IN sheep $
clothing than by noting whether he al
lows the honeysuckles 10 grow In crow .
uCsts under the coping OF the piazza ITOuI.
OF whether the branches are OF equal
strength from apex 10 the ground
Aul yet the art = very simple. II i
simply 10 plnch out the apex or he strong
growing shoots that want 10 get up SIN
higher. and leave the struggling shoots ~
the base alone. The growth force. sud
denly checked by the topping or the up
per shoots. has 20 be expended some.
where lust as the sudden StopUage OF
water being forced through a pipe NAV
burst that pipe. Ii Is diveTtc9 . =.
{ lower and weaker shoots, which become
/ before the season ~ over, as strong as
| the upper ones.
vine treiiis will have fruit over every part
OF its suTface-and have as fine fruits al
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-06
Porto Rico "A Wet Island.
From the Forurn

from the FOTum-
Porto Rico is a wet island. We hear Of
wet season and a dry season, Of a wet
side and dry side. But these terms are
merely local relatives; and they convey
no meaning TO the American mind With
in the island there are considerable diff
ferences OF precipitation. The larger
mountainous portion, which constitutes
nine-tenths Of the island, is always muen
wetter than the coasts The eastern end
is not only wet, but literally saturated.
the rainfall averaging 10 inches year
To the westward this rainfall decreases
less rapidly on the north SIDE than on the
south; hence, the former is called the
rainy region, and the latter the drid The
| island is bathed in nightly showers OF
mist. Language can hardly describe the
! dampness Of those daily showers and
/ nightly dOWnpOurs. 10 say nothing OF the
/ atmosphere, which usually IL heavily lad
/ en- with moisture. The sun weeps and the
I stars drop tears upon Porto Rico; for Of
, ten these showers make their appearance
| out OF an almost CloudleSs sky The
/ south side Of the island is commonly call
| ed dry, yet even there rain Is excessive.
| judged by the American standard. al
| though irrigation Is a necessity for GER
/ tain tropical crops which cannot live un-
! less constantly Watered- Upon this drler
| coast the roads are boys and puddles for
/ two-thirds of the year; and, in order 10
prevent the ho0fs Of horses from rott!ng
/ from excessive moisture. IL - necessary
| To build platforms for them 10 stand
| is pleasant and refreshing: and the sen
| sa,iOn % sultriness. which accompanies
/ the low DarOmeter-wayes Of cur own
] country. is never experienced.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-06
WORSE THAN GREELEY.
An Editorial which Was Ruined by a
Tramp Printer.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Speaking of handwriting, said an cid
newspaper man, the worst n the prOfes-
sion since the Greeley myth was tnaJ Of
Col J. +. Barton The Colonel WaG a
Southern man; he died IN Alabama in 81,
and a dozen years ago he vas famous
throughout the Middle West as an edi-
torial writer of great power and versatil-
ity. The queer thing about MIN VAS that
his normal penmanship looked almost Ike
copper plate-a beautiful flowing script,
but let him get excited or hurried and II
double discounted the chicken tracks on
Cleopatra : Needle.
"There used to be a good story about
him current among printers, and I'll tell
il for what il is worth. One night, ac-
cording TO the yarn, tramp printer
dTifted into Western office where the
Colonel was in charge, and aopEed FOR. 4
job. The foreman put him 20 work, and
he pegsed along all right until Just before
the hour for going 10 press. when Barton
sent in a hurry-up editorial based on Z,
late news telegram. Nearly all the print
erS had left, SO the new man got DIcc-
of the copy, a page from about tue mid
die. He carried ii 10 MS case, locked az
il frowningly, turned Il upside down,
looked at il again. and finally put Il in a
position before him an6 began 20 snatch
up type. Read that in your sticks. Yell
ed the foreman, we amt got time FOR
proofs" And when the new man carried
his matter over il was 'dumD-I iE,O Jnt
forms without further ceremony.
What he had set up ran about like
this: The miscreant who wrote the copy
J have before me is responsible for ul
fate. No human being can RAD IL lie
cannot read il himself To-nignI I Shai
Jump a freight. and, as / am somewhat
shaky from recent jaEs. Will probably Ial
OF and be killed. My blood viii he OF
his head This remarkable paragraph
aDpearing without rhyme or reason in the
middle Of B1vtOa'S brilliant editorial, "a
I tonished the readers of the pa pcr neXi
morning When the Colonel recover &C
himself sufficiently 10 get a club and rusl
l vanished"
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TO JUDGE AN OPERA GLASS.
Fine Points of FiTsf-class InstFuments-
Poor Lenses and small Fields.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
IL IS not every purchaser who knows
exactly what he wants when hr comes
10 bus either an opera or "A field glass.
As a consequence hr often spends NOR"
money than IS necessary ~ secure "a"
best results. OF else hr Is beglil,d bT
ignorance dnf temptation Of cHrsFo-Ss
into get-i"~ "a glass which g. really In
feriOr az once frequently true %
WOmens ches that while they were
beautiful bis Of leWrlTy and cost a good
deal, they were poor timrkr-pers. DAINTY
little objects for which tlv Las been paid
have often proved much Jess accurate
than a s. affair ia a nickel case. jus.
50 wide a difference exists between TIE
qualities 81 4 WOm4L's opera glass an "a
mans. yet q good deal Oy money i- DI'
into mother f-Drari and even NOR sA-
pensiVe adUTImgUfs 10 an Instr IW"H.
which. 50 far a. optical excellence - ara-
ceTned. il vastly inferior 20 plan b.a'H-
bsFreied glass.
What constitutes q good INSTRUMENT can
best BE- understood by noting fLr 1rtr'.-
Of poorer ones. The lenses lu M1-t ".
these cheap glasses are 20 "fr.. '...l''
made that they show ring ~ ...ei "a
regular ralnDOW-all around tar H".l Ht ...-
Ion. Such "a glass is not 'arEfDWa....
the first place. secondly, one D. IEr.,
observe that a cheap glass cJt-r- p...f Z
small portion OF the scene y '.r
trains IL on an actor 81 one a-l~ '. ~.
stage he cannot az the same ii.'i-'-.
watch the heroine WhO ls on me ss'lT'
Such q glass has a small Held
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-06
The English Are Great sugar Eaters.

From the Forum.
In 1859, Englishmen consumed, on the
average, 42 pounds of sugar per capita,
annually That this is enough for either
health or reasonable enjoyment is proved
by the fact that few peoples use so much
to-day For example. in 1886 Italy con-
sumed 7.l9 pounds per capita; Spain, 12-67
pounds; Austria-Hungary, le.A pounds
Belgium, 22.s pounds; Germany, A-H
pounds, and France, 2s.24 pounds. In the
United States, where the use of sweets Is
said 10 be iujuriously excessive. only S5
pounds per capita were consumed in 1863,
and 81 pounds per capita in 1898 In Eng
land during 1859 every human being,
including babies, invalids. and paupers.
diSpoSrd. on the average or nearly 4
ounces Of sugar day. or SAL pounds a
year.
Furthermore. neither from the economic
nor the sanitary standpoint do the uses
! tC which this extra sugar ration II put
| seem satisfactory. One OF the chief Of
/ these appears 10 be 10 encourage drink
/ ing Though the exports OF beer from
! brewing grows apace. Twenty-seVen gal
/ Ions a year Per capita. counting women
/ and children. il surely enough. In Amer
4 lea though the amount OF spirits drunk
4 is the same. IS - gallons OF beer suffice,
! and American beer is light. TWenty-seV-
/ en ana one-quarter gallons was she meas
/ ure for England in 1888: yet in 1887 IL had
| sWelled 10 q l-2 gallons. an expansion AZ
/ the rate Of about per cent. d year But.
/ fast as brewing grows, the weight OF su-
| gar used IN the beer grows faster. In
/ lSS3 bhr public put up with something less
/ than 3-4 pounds OF sugar 10 the barrel:
/ IN 1897 II demanded between and
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-06
His Day Is Come AT Iasti

From Golfers Weekly
Every rnan-of-war has its mascot In the
shape OF bird or animal before going
into battle ard these dumb creatures
lend a certain amount OF comfort ana
cheer 10 the sailors, sharing their danger
and priVatiOns a. sell a. their fun and
pleasure The soldiers on land rarely
have the opportunity 10 carry mascots.
bur they aiWays have with them dumb
friends whose presence more often de-
cides the fate OF battles than the mas
cots The war horses accompany every
regiment. and their performances and
actions IN times Of peace. Or when under
fire frequently inspire courage in the
heart Of the dropping soldier Sometimes
the var horse l. q mule. but this other
wise stupid and stubborn creature is a
marvel IA war Uncle Sam put more
confidence in the mule than IN the horse
In the two cam paigns II Cuba and the
Philippines and the aforesaid despised
auimal has redeemed itself from much OF
its unfortunate reputation.