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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-12-15
TWO FROM OTIS
Philippine Commander Details
Events Of Interest in His
Bailiwick.
Fifty Of Tino's Men Killed and
Many Wounded, Including
limo Himself.
Conception and Staff Surrender.
Aguinaldo Hiding in Dis
guise.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-General Otis
had some stirring news to report from
Manila, his advices going to show that
the insurgents are, as he predicted a
few days ago, at the end Of their re.
sources from a military point Of view,
and are melting away before the rapid
advance of the American troops at all
points. His cablegrams were as follows.
Fifty men of the navy and so men
of the army, transported by the navy,
took Laoag on the 10th inst. General
Young, with staff, followed next day.
He reports Howse, with battalion Of the
Thirty-fourth, followed by a portion OF
Thirty-third infantry, passed north to
Pudding, east Of Laoag. Marsh's battal-
ion of the Thirty-fourth was as Cayan,
province of Lepanto, IN 18th inst. The
Third cavalry was along the coast and
in the mountains pursuing the enemy.
Young states his extreme northern force
passed over the mountains, driving the
Insurgents under General Tino, who
was badly wounded, killing so and
wounding many. He made large cap.
lures of rifles and property with all in.
surgent~ transportation and released all
the Spanish prisoners in that section to
the number of about 1900. Our cas-.
ualties were two wounded. Our troops
are still pursuing the remnant Of Tinto's
command. March's battalion Of the
Thirty-third reports from Cayan, lie.
panto province on the Seventh inst,
that he has destroyed Aguinaldo's body
guard, killing General Gregoria Pillar;
received the surrender Of General Con.
cepcion and staff; killed and wounded
81 insurgents; released $40 Spanish pr1s-
oners, including 100 friars, and captured
considerable property. His loss was
two killed and nine wounded. My in.
formation is that Aguinaldo has dis.
guised his individuality; abandoned his
troops and is hiding in the province Of
Bengued."
General Otis second dispatch follows:
admiral Watson informs me that
the province Of Cagayan surrendered
Internationally to Captain McCalla Of
the Newark on 18th inst, all arms be.
ing surrendered. Major B%atchelder is
70 miles south of Apart, command in
good condition.
Navy will take supplies to Batchel.
der in launch at once. This surrender
doubtless includes the province OF
Isabella.
General Bates at Zamboanga, re.
ports as satisfactory affairs there.
Nearly all rifles surrendered; MacAr.
thur, at Bayambang, reports that he
holds as prisoner Of wal Mabini, the
ablest Of insurgents, and founder Of
the late government"
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MIGHT MEAN VERY MUCH.

london Daily Mali Calls Attsation to
Russian Activity at Various Points.
NEW YORK. Dec. 14.-A dispatch to
The Tribune from London says: The
Mail publishes evidence Of Russian &C.
tivity at Ceu,a and Tangier, and in
Central Asia and Abyssinia, and urges
its readers to watch the movements Of
Russia, France and probably another
power. in event Of any further reverse
to British troops in South Africa.
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Colonel Hood Joins Beers.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA special to
The Herald from Poughkeepsie says:
Proof that at least one American SOL
der is fighting in the Boer army comes
in the story Of Duncan Hood, a grad
uate Of West Point, who has cast his
fortunes with the South African repub-
lie. Direct information Of his presence
in the field has been received here.
Young Hood is q son Of the famous
General Hood Of the Confederate army,
and was colonel of an immune regi.
ment raised in the South to go to Cuba.
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STIRS UP THE RUSSIANS.

Won Ruelow's speech In tho Rsiohtsg
Criticised.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. ID. The speech
Of the German minister Of foreign af-
fairs, Count Won Buelow, in the reich
tag, is keenly criticized here, both by
the press and public, On account Of
what are regarded as pronounced dec
larations in favor of German hegemony
and their generally warlike and threat
ening tone.
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no,h s,d.. Mss, Coue..stona

RACINE, Wis.,, Dec. N.-Representa.
tives Of the international Molders'
union and the National Foundrymen's
association held an all day session here
for the purpose Of settling the molders'
strike. a settlement was made Ia some
manaer not made public, but II Is un.
derStood that both sides made man.'
CONCESSIONS
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Must Out smokiag Cigarettes.

ATLANTA. Ga, Dec. IA general
order has been issued by the Southern
railway, applicable to the Southern
division, that all employees must stop
using cigarettes or resign their posi-
tons, and that In tho future not one
will be- employed who smokes cigar.
ettes.
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Muoh Traok Ws.hea out,

HoUGHToN, Mich, Dec. IA heavy
NORTHEASTERN washed out 1000 feet Of the
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic
track near Mission. on Keweenah bay.
The early passenger train passed over
it in safety. but the freight following.
consisting Of an engine and 10 loaded
ears, went into the lake.
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sioux City Live Stool

kiOux City Live Stools. .
CATTLE-Market steady.
Sales ranged at u. SOC 30 for beeves;
81. OO04.OO for cows. bulls and mixed;
So. SOC l. 25 for stockers and feeders; $3.50
a. 6j for calves and y%earlings
HOGS-Market shade higher. Range
Of prices, So 004.00.
Receipts: Hogs, $500; cattle, 200.
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Fire ut sheldon, II.

SHELDON, Ia, Dec. 14.-Fire which
started iu Barron Bros store, destroyed
it with two other buildings. The loss
is estimated at $50, 900. covered by in
surance II is believed the fire was in
cendiary. Last week a blaze was start.
cd in the basement of Barron Bros.
store, but was soon extinguished.
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Residence for Sale.

For sale, house Of nine rooms. inclu.
sive of bath room. complete; closets,
cellar. veranda along entire front, both
upper and down stories; lot 40x10O.
on Second avenue, between Thirtieth
and Thirty. first street. Apply at resi-.
dence Of T.. u. Barstow. 5S-tf
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Price Of wheat at duluth.

WHEAT-Cash, No. hard, $50; No.
! Northern, go; No 2 Northern, 6ONo;
No. ., $50. 10 Arrive-No ! hard, o5c;
No. / northern, Sc; December. 8Ac;
May, Csc; July 60No.
FLAX-To arrive, VI, ~; December,
u, 81. May, VI. 10.
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Grain Prices ut Minneapolis.

WHEAT-In Store-No. l Northern
December, 6sAc; May, $3.50; July o7Nd
67Ac, On Track-No. ! hard, go, No.
Northern, 6ac; No. !, 62c.
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Live stock Pr

Live Stock Prices ut st. Paul.
HOGS-Market weak to B cents lower.
Range Of prices, %, 65Qa3sO
CATTLE-Good demand for fat cattle;
very few on the marked.
Range Of prices, stookers, : .0o@s. 70;
cows, ", boQG3,7 70; heiters. $500 ~3. 20;
bulls. 1880.
Steady; lambs stronger.
Range OF prices W. oO04,0O for sheep;
Il. 5000 10 for lambs.
Receipts: Cattle, 500; calves 100; hogs,
LOO; sheep, 900.
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Live stock Prices at Chicago.

u ~ " Az ~
Receipts: Cattle, 500; calves, 100; hogs,
100; sheep, 6OO.
Live stock Prices at Chicago.
CATTLE Market generally steady.
Sales ranged at ~ bO@7.oO for beeves;
t8..5W5.2, for cows and heifers, $1,000
A60 for stookers and feeders; S.2a9.4.s ~
for Texas steers,
HOGs-Steady; shade lower.
Sales ranged ut ! 9o@4.lo for mixed
and butchers; - 95@t.lO Tor good heavy;
%. 500 8, for rough heavy; SAs5@A.O5;
for light. Bulk OF sales, y, A4.Oa.
SHEEP-Market strong, active,l
Sales ranged ut ~ .0OW4,76 tor sheep;
SA.UUW5. " tor lambs.
Receipts: Cattle. $500, hogs, 38,0O0;
sheep, ~, 900,
Grain and Provision Prices ~ Chicago.
WHEAT-December 66Hc; May, 69h0
e9Ao, July, 6oNc.
CORN = December, Soxc, January.
S0Ao; May, o2H@32Ac.
OATS-December, 2aH@aaNo; May,
24c.
PORK = December. ss,67h; JAnuar,
%. s2N; May, $1,000.
FLAX - Cash, Northwestern, sl.4si
Southwestern. u. 4S; December, 81. Ask;
BUTTER-Crea meries, i60a5o; dairy
16W29o.
POULTRY-Dressed, Chickens "a
mo; turkeys, 20.
EGGS- Fresh, 400.
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JOHN RAMSEY.
Il. j. FARRELL.

Range
Yellowstone
p. o.
Billings.
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Brief State happenings.

A white deer was seen near Cheboy-
gan.
There are now ten students from
Japan at the l.. of NJ.
Sidney White, a we.l-known citizen OF
Battle Greek. was run down by a pair
of horses and seriously injured.
Peter Siseke. Polander. while work
ing in the woods near Lewiston. was
severely cut by his ax slipping.
Tom Atkins, laborcr employed on the
new sewers at Owosso, Was caught by
a cavern and severely crushed !. rai
L. w. Paine, aged GO years, is. dead
at Grand Rapids from the effects Of .
dose of patent medicine. il is alleged.
Genesee County supervisors have fixed
the total value OF real and personal prop
erty in that county as equahzed at $19,-
999,S19.
John y. Bailey, of Battle Greek. who
has resigned his position as commercial
agent for the Michigan Central at To-
ledo, viii enter the law business at Ann
Arbor. , EH1 ~
J. w. Clark. prominent h. z. and
former abstractor of lngham County. left
Mason for Omaha, Neb., where he has
accepted position in the Office Of the
Nebraska Telephone Co. tt
The dry goods house of Hale S. Down
ing, at Holly, was closed by Burnham.
Stoepel * Co, of Detroit, who held a
chattel mortgage of $4,1T9.1S against the
stock and fixtures.
Killers planning mill at Bay City burn
ed. Loss, $4,000: insurance 5000.
Frank Phiscator, the gold king OF Ba-
roda, has gone TO New York to wind up
a deal whereby he will sell one OF his
Alaska mines to an English syndicate.
Truant Officer Craig of Bay City took
five children, whose ages ranged from
to II years, away from their mother,
Mrs. Youngs. II is alleged that she Mas
unfit to care for them. ir
While DIR. Oscar Barrt. Harm Kar-
sien Of iceland and Leonard Steenhou-
wer of Grand Rapids were hunting quail
north of zce.and, Karsten accidentally
shot Steenhouwer in the back. Steen-
houwer died Instantly. M
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who Had the Button.

There is a good story told of magi-
clan who has passed the great divide.
He was a world-traveled player. and
casion in faraway New Zealand. 1t
was arranged that he should give an
exhibition of mind-reading before the
King OF the Maoris.
After some parleying 1t was decided
that the King himself should conceal
the article which the magician was to
discover. The mind-reader left the
room and after a time was brought
back blndfolded, as is the custom in
such performances. After some time
the magician declared that the hidden
article was In the Kings mouth. His
majesty shook his head savagely In
the negative. The magician insisted
Kings mouth be opened wide. The
King refused. The magician insisted,
and the excitement became very great,
until at last the dusky King reluctant
ly opened his jaws. The article was
not there!
The next instant, however. the King
was taken with a violent fit of cough
ing. He had tried to swallow the lost
article, q button, but could not, and
was compelled to cough it up. The
Maoris were uproarious with mirth-
They did not know which to admire the
more--the wisdom Of the magician or
the heroism Of the King.-London Tit
Bits.
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ed to make his last stand to retain his
place on the map of Europe. M
The enormous sacrifice OF life and pa
ralysis Of all commerce would be be-
yond computation. Hardly nation en-
gagged In the contest but would emerge
from 1t as hopelessly bankrupt and pow
erty stricken as is Spain to-day. and it
Is this aspect of the situation that fur
nishes the surest guarantee for peace.
Great Britain's Defense.
1t is upon its navy that Great Britain
would depend largely for the defense OF
its seagirt empire. In India and Egypt,
it Is true, Great Britain's soldiers would
engage in land campaigns which would
tax their courage and endurance TO the
utmost. But in all other respects the
great battles of an international war
would be fought upon the sea. But pow
erful as Great Britain's navy Is, il must
be conceded at the outset that France
and Russia united can put navy to sea
that would be terribly effective.
The British navy has been built ND to
its present mammoth proportions on the
theory that some day 1t will have to de-
fend the empire against possible coali-
'hOh Va sht A1uiVPCdh pOWtfS. ne nttLS
in active service are distributed in quar-
ters of the globe best situated to fight
such war. Naval bases have been To-
Gated in view of such a contingency.
In all the discussions leading I'D TO a
possible coalition against Great Britain
the probable position to be assumed by
Japan must not be lost sight of. IL nee
essary Japan's new and powerful navy
xAttlA - Al
scales on the British side, and IL so the
issue would be quickly decided in favor
Of the alliance between Great Britain
and the Oriental power.
Where Will America standr
There can be no doubt that in such a
combination of circumstances the sympa-
thy of the great masses of the people of
the United States would go out to Great
Britain. But when one goes beyond SYM
pathy he will reach domain of discus
sion in which it would be not only diff
cult but dangerous to enter.
Unforeseen contingencies might arise
which would make it difficult for the
United States to hold aloof Ii may be
set down as certain that any attempt to
break through the Monroe doctrine, say,
by an invasion of Canada, or the seizure
of the West India Islands, would arouse
a dangerous sentiment in this country,
and this sentiment, it may be remarked,
is one of the strongest defenses Great
Britain could have for the defense of
her possessions on the North American
continent.
1t must always be remembered that be-
fore any nation or combination of ma
tions would dare seek TO attack tho limit
ed States, either at home or in the far
East, the British fleets must first be de-
stroyed, and after the destruction of a
British fleet the enemy's squadron would
be in poor condition for another battle.
Changes in the Maps.
And, finally, when the struggle was
ended and the international congress met
to arrange its terms of peace, the geog-
raphers would have to prepare new maps
of Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Money Found In Mail Baes.

1t seems almost incredible that in
the neighborhood of $4,000 in actual
cash should have been confided to let
ters during the last year, and harder
still to credit that the most exhaustive
efforts failed to find the owners of one
fourth of that amount. The envelopes
which are addressed are kept on file
for four years, blank ones not so long.
but In either case a liberal margin Of
time is allowed for claimants to appear
before. the money is finally turned into
the treasury to the credit of the Post
Office Department. In addition to the
money contained in letters during the
same period, something like $4,000
was found loose in the mails. 1t is
officially styled 'loose money."-Ladies'
Home Journal.
Crawford avalanche., 1899-11-09
OMAR rsAlLsss THESE DOCS


Nick aud Dock Who Worked ON Union
PaciHc Trains Robbery.
Although only f0ur-footed animals,
the work OF Nick and Dock In trailing
men has made them famous west OF
the Mississippi. The services of these
celebrated bloodhounds have been re-
quired in scores of well-known cases.
the most prominent being the great I'm
ion Pacific train robbery last winter at
Green River. Wyo. els
The two hounds came from famous
stock. owing their origin to the great
Winchell kennels of Vermont. They
were purchased by the Lincoln. Neb..
bloodhound Company when very young
and placed In immediate training for
trailing criminals. They were used in
scores Of minor cases about Nebraska's
capital city, th9ir work being aston
ishing. They trailed a party Of bur-
glars forty-five miles. but lost them
amid the confusion of the city. Two
escaped prisoners from Fillmore
County Jail were followed forty-five
miles before the trail was broken by
the escape of the men ON a railroad
train.
When the Union Pacific robbery oc-
Cured last winter Nick and Dock We're
sent to Green River. They took up the
trail OF the train robbers readily, but
the next day were incapacitated by a
driving snowstorm. The change proved
too much for them, but the officers
who saw the hounds follow the trail
had no hesitancy in expressing their
belief that the dogs would have been
successful had not the fearful storm
interviewed.
The latest experience Of the dogs was
in following two York County horse
thieves. The men had worked" the
vicinity Of their homes so successfully
that the farmers became incensed and
promises of a lynching were made IL
they were caught. One night two fine
horses disappeared. Nick and Dock
were brought from Lincoln. The trail
was fresh and the dogs In good trim.
Over beautiful country for fifty miles
the hounds sped after their quarry with
a posse of angry farmers at their heels
About dusk one evening the thieves
were sighted A chase Of several more
miles resulted in their capture. A con-
viction followed quickly and the thieves
were on their way to the State prison
in less than two weeks after the last
theft occurred.
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a Lively eeusatiou In Tobagganjng
Down the aide OF PopocstepetI.
Having reached the summit the In
dian guides look complacently around
and pun unconcernedly at their eternal
cigarettes, as they begin to unroll their
''petates" on the snow. These petates
are Indian mats OF strong. tough fiber,
which the guides have carried upon
their backs. You realize now that they
are also toboggans.
Now the guides make this toboggan
trip, the most remarkable one In the
world. and the only one down the side
of great volcano. week In and week
out whenever the sides of the volcano
are not so frozen over as to prevent 1t.
1t Is nothing TO them. But for you IL
Is different matter--and the more you
look at the frail petates and mt the long.
glittering descent the less you like the
idea.
Neryously you watch the prepara-
tions-the smoothing down of the pet
ates, when they viii persist in curling
up at the corners, and the testing of the
heavy palos. or aIpenstocks. of which
each guide carries two. with extra ones
strapped on his back I'm case OF loss.
Quakingly, you seat yourself on the
rear ends Of the mats. Complacently
the guides brace themselves firmly in
front OF you. push the ragged old SOM
breros over their eyes. light fresh cigar
cites for the down trip. caution you to
sit still and have care. take a steady
grip on the alpenstocks. which serve
them SIS steering poles, and you are off.
Perhaps on the way up 1t had been
your intention to race each other down
you have no jocular thoughts now.
and as the mats slip over the snow.
slowly at first. then faster, gathering
momentum at every inch. you grab des-
perately at the guides waist and hold
on for dear life.
The speed quickens until you are GO
ing faster than express train rate.
Clouds Of soft snow fly up, at times
almost binding you, and calling forth
Indian profanity from the guides. The
sensation, when you take it quietly
with closed eyes (supposing you can
bring yourself to do this, is not un-
pleasant-there Is sense of extraordi-
nary exhilaration. of mad recklessness
But IL you dare to '1ok up or about the
sense Of seasickness becomes almost
overpowering.
BY the time you have done half the
trip the breath has completely left your
body, your mouth and eyes are wide
open, you can neither see nor hear.
Then the end comes with a bang and
a shock at the very edge Of the snow,
and you roll helter-skelter through the
stiff, vacation grass bruised wrecks
People take the end differently. Some
sit up, rub their heads and laugh;
others relieve their overstrung nerves
with copious tears. For my part. l lay
still and asped.-Pearsons Magazine.
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surpassed at that time In numbers by
the French, German, Spanish, ,-and Rus
sian languages. In 1890, on the other
hand, English was the mother tongue
Of III, 100000 people. more by nearly
4O,OO0,OO0 than spoke any other Euro
pean language. Next to English stands
the German language, with I5,20O.00O
people to whom 1t is the mother tongue.
All over Europe travellers find that
when the residents of any country
speak any language but their own it is
usually English.
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A Helpful Malady.

The nurse who is the heroine Of Miss
Beatrice Harraden's recent book, The
Fowler" displays, in a fragment be-
low, a sense of humor and n knowl-
edge of a certain phase OF human ma
ture that are credit to her profess
sion.
A lady remarked of a gentleman who
was always fancying himself III. that
he had discovered another ailment.
"Ah, l am glad to hear that" the
nurse replied. at will keep him in
health and spirits for quite six weeks"
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twenty seven feet with depth Of
seventy-two feet. There is no rear
building and the first floor Is divided
into three apartments of equal size.
The two upper floors are arranged for
sleeping rooms. The parlor is finished
in white and gold. the library In old
oak and sliding doors separate the
rooms, giving an effect of spaciousness
difficult to find In a house of similar
size The house contains seventeen
rooms and four bath rooms. The
house Is built Of brick, with brown
stone trimmings. There is quite wide
plaza In front of the house.
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,
hsh, German, and
French as equal
mediums Of COM
munication. Ifthe
growth of the
English language
continues at its
present rate for
fifty years, how
ever, it will not
need the mandate
Of any academy
to make IL the
universally recog-
nized m e d u m
among civilized
nations. In 1901
l. n & ! is h w a S
spoken by 20,50O,-
600 people, being
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Careful inspectors.

In Sweden yarn Is not allowed to be
sold If it contains .OOO9 per cent. of ar
senic. A carpet has been condemned
by the inspectors because it contained
one thousandth part Of grain of ar
senic in sixteen square inches-that is,
one grain in piece of carpet ten feet
square.
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Teacher-"Johnny, what is thief?''
Johnny Hardup-"Dunno." Teacher
"Oh! yes, you do. Now. what would I
be IL took money out Of your pocketT'
Johnny Hardup-"Why, youse 'ud be a
peach."-Ohio State Journal.
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adopted by every
C o u n try In the
world. Recently a
nickel steel field ring
for a 5000 horse
power generator at
Niagara Falls was
forged without a
weld, and weighed,
. ftz. r~,~Hs-- ~,A t.
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The meanest man In the world Is the
husband who placed his purse in a
mouse trap so that his wife could not
get 1t in the early morning without
liberating a mouse.
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Cost OF Raising wheat and Corn.

Statistics which have been collated
in Wisconsin show the average cost of
raising wheat to be "a cents bushel,
and the cost of corn q cents. In both
cases there is included interest on
the value of the land. with the cost Of
implements and horses added in.
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A Mus,cat King.

King Oscar of Sweden in his young
days was regarded as the most accom-
pIished tenor in Europe. and could have
made fortune out of his voice on the
stage.
Crawford avalanche., 1899-11-09

A-TON WHEEL. aiter rousnihS OUT III
the machine shop, 2S, S40pounds. Outside
diameter, 139 inches. When finished 1t
was larger than the capacity of the
furnace at the time. so that IL it had
been imperfect it would have been i'm
possible to reheat Ii.
Crawford avalanche., 1899-11-09

When woman Is entertaining an
out'of town guest, she looks very CRATE
ful when some one asks her company"
how long she Is going to stay.