CROWDING THE REBELS
AMERICANS CAPTURE MALOLOS
FROM THE FILIPINOS.
Insurgents Sat Fire to tha City aa
Thay Ratraat Aqulnaldo Movaa
Hla Headquarters.
Manila. (Special.) Major General
MacArthur entered Malolos, the seat of
the ao-called Insurgent government, at
9'M Thursday morning, the rebels burn
ing the city and simultaneously evacu
atllg It. They are now In full retreat
toward the north, where Agulnaldo and
bis cabinet have been for two days.
The United States troopB rested all
night In the jungle about a mile and a
quarter from Malolos. The day's ad
vance began at 2 o'cyock and covered
a distance of about two and a half
miles beyond the Gulgulnto river, long
the railroad.
The brunt of the battle was on the
right of the track, where the enemy
was apparently concentrated.
The First Nebraska, First South
Dakota and Tenth Pennsylvania regi
ments encountered them, entrenched on
the border of the woods, and the Amer.
leans, advancing across the open, suf
fered a terrific fire for half an hour.
Four men of the Nebraska regiment
were killed and thirty wounded.
Ten men of the Dakota regiment were
wounded and one of the Pennsylvania
was killed.
Ten men of the Dakota regiment
were wounded and one of the Pennsyl
vanlans was killed.
The Americans finally drove the Fili
pinos back. Although there were three
lines of strong entrenchments along
the track, the enemy scarcely made
any defense there.
General MacArthur and his staff wer
walking on the track abreast of the line
with everything quiet, when suddenly
they received a shower of bullets from
sharpshooters In trees and on house
tops, but these were speedily dlsloged.
The enemy's loss was apparently
small, the jungle affording them such
protection that the Americans were un
able to see them, and In firing were
guided by the sound of the Filipino
hots. The American artillery was han
dicapped for the same reason.
Last night's long line of campflres
made a beautiful sight, with the Twen
tieth Wansas regiment on the left of
Gulgulnto station and the Pennsylvania
regiment on the right, beyond the river.
The provision train was delayed by
broken bridges, but the stores of grain
and flocks of ducks In the locality fur
nished ample forage. The hospital work
Is remarkably efllclent, as It has been
.throughout the whole campaign. The
telegraphers keep abreast of the Una
and maintain a constant connection
" wit the city.
NEWS CAUSES GREAT REJOICING.
Washington, I. C (Special.) The
news cabled of the fall of Malolos was
conveyed to the While house by Assist
ant Secretary Melklejohn and Adjutant
General Corbln shortly before 1 o'clock
Thursday morning. It was the first
news of the capture received in Wash
Ington and was received with Intense
satisfaction. The president had retired
and the night doorkeeper decided not to
disturb him.
"You have given us the first news and
K Is Indeed good news," said Assistant
Secretary Malklejohn.
"It Is just what I have been expect
ing. The fall of Malolos, I presume,
means Its capitulation and practically
the end of the war In the Philippines.
With this city in the hands of the
Americans, Agulnaldo has lost his base
of supplies so that further resistance
eerns hopeless."
I had Just finished writing this In
terview at 1:30 a. in., when Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn telephoned me the
cablegram from General Otis telling of
the fall of Malolos.
The "enemy driven" feature of this
dispatch Is very disappointing to the
officials, who had hoped for the cap
ture or surrender of Agulnaldo. Now
they fear that Agulnaldo has gone fur
ther Inland. In view of the cable yes
terday morning stating that Agulnaldo
was preparing to move his headquar
ters to San Fernando, about twenty
miles from Malolos, it Is assumed that
his army Is now hurrying to that vi
cinity. It Is also assumed that Aguln
aldo, anticipating his evacuation of
Malolos, has transferred hla shell fac
tory and small arms repair shop to San
Fernando.
GENERAL NEWS.
The sheet steel combination la being
perfected.
The united fruit trust, capital $20,
000.000, la tha latest
The Mexican ambassador presented
ble credentials at Washington.
The French legislature haa adjourn
ad, the senate to May . tha house to
May 2. .
Prof. Andrew J. Rlckoff, formerly of
Cleveland, O.. haa died at Ban Fran
cisco. Dmry J. Tallant, Great Falls, Mont.,
haa been appointed Immigration In
spector at Coutts, Canada.
John W. Cans, a St. Louis railroad
man, haa been appointed traffic mana
ger of the Kentucky whisky trust
It la reported that the Standard Dis
tilling company of New York will ge
Into tha Kentucky whisky trust
Tha Kansas City police are looklua
(or Santiago Morphy, wanted In Max
toe for embesallnf 170,000 of bank funds
Judge Jenkins, at Chicago, decides It
lottery case that a territory la not f
state la the meaning ef the oonatltta
BRIEF NEWS NOTES,
Londonderry, Vt, has had a five-foot
fall of snow.
A state baseball league has been or
(anlzed In Indiana.
The United States colonial commission
has aryrived at Ponce. Porto Rico.
Harrison Valley, Pa., lost its entire
business portion bv fire. Is Jinnnn
Tl .. - .
't mure uanaiis nave been cap
tured and two killed near Havana, Cuba
A pig Iron furnace at Allentown, Pa
Is being gotten ready to put into blast
Smith's livery stable, Fostorla, O.
wun lorty-tlght horses, burned. Loss
120,000.
j ne .Missouri house has pasred a bill
prohibiting treating of milk with chem
icals.
Aiientown, Pa., rolling mills will
make a slight Increase In wages on
April 1.
It is reported that the deal to consol
Idate the cast Iron pipe manufacturers
Is completed.
The Indiana supreme court holds that
If a man marries a woman who owes
him the debt Is cancelled.
Holders of American Tobacco com
pany scrip may have their holdings re
deemed at par any time In May.
The American tobacco trust has de-
trnreu i per cent dividends each on
preferred and common stock.
Henry Alloway of New oTrk has ac
quired a controlling Interest In the
New Haven, Conn.. Morning News.
The remains of ex-Governor Fletcher
have been taken from Washington to
St. Louis, where they will be Interred.
The Missouri house has adopted a bill
promoting employment of non-resi
dents for deputy sheriffs or police offi
cers. Mr. Davltt, M, C, was stoned at Cork,
Ireland, and several of his supporters
badly Injured by adherents of rival can
dldates.
P. A. B. Widener, A. N. Brady and
Thomas S. Ryan have been elected di
rectors of the American tobacco trust.
Louis Burger, sentenced to twenty-
one years for murder, escaped from the
Frankfort, Ky., penitentiary by prying
off bars.
Ijrn Gram, aged 18, Sparla, Mich.,
Killed Falma Nelson, a comrade, strik
ing him on the jaw with his fist, caus
ing concussion of the brain.
It Is reported that Myron T. Herrock
has been offered the presidency of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie, when It is re
organized, but declines.
General Wood's March estimate has
been finally approved by the Havana
authorities. Work will be resumed at
Santiago therefore.
Steel workers at Wheeellng, W. Va.,
have rejected the scale offered. The
employers offer some concession, which
which will be considered.
The court of Inquiry on the wreck of
the steamer Castllian. censures Captain
Barrett end First Ofllcer McAffon, but
allows them to retain their certificates.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
At Des Moines, la., the lowa Knit
ting company has been Incorporated
with a J25.000 capital.
About 4,000 women work for Uncle
Sam, the highest salaried getting J3.000
nd the lowest but t'M.
Tt Iron works at Hantgan, China, em
ploy 2,000 men. The plant cost $4,000,
W0. Only nineteen Europeans are em
ployed. Los Angeles drpw Its electricity from
t turbulent mountain river ninety miles
away. The 12,000-horse power runs the
street cars and machinery and supplies
the city with light and heat.
The 6.000 street railway employes of
Jollet have received an advance of 10
per cent In their wages.
The Totter Printing Press company
of New York Is said to have perfected
an automatic stereotype casting box,
which is expected to do the work of
six men.
Warner Bros, manufacturers of cor
sets at Bridgeport, Conn., employing
1,400 hands, and the Stevens linen works
at Dudley, Mass., employing 800 hands,
have advanced wages io to 20 per cent
There are no ordered or being built
In the United States for foreign rail
roads, 154 locomotives. Last year 680
locomotives were exported from the
United States, against 348 In 1897.
Orders recently received from abroad
for steel rails have been declined, ac
cording to the New York Journal of
Commerce, by American mills, because
they are "full up" with American orders
and cannot undertake to deliver gooda
at the former prices and In the time
named. The home market is so good
that the smaller profit to be had on saie
abroad Is not wanted.
The Glasgow Herald, In a recent re
view of the boot and shoe Industry In
1888, summed up the situation as fol
lows: "Humiliating as It Is, It Is never
theless a fact that the Americans, In
upper leather almost entirely, and In
sole leather to a great degree, com
pletely eclipse our curriers and tan
ners, wbo are compelled to own that
they must adopt American methods If
they can hope to compete In the fu
ture. The question continually asked
In the boot and shoe trade Is: How
comes It that America Is able to deliver
to our very doors boots and shoes at
prices considerably less than can be ac
cepted by our own manufacturers, while
at the same time American leather, of
which by far the largest proportion of
our boots and shoes Is composed, Is sold
to our manufacturers at prices even leas
then to American manufacturers? And,
to make the solution all the more ob
eoure, It la also known, and proved be
yetid question, that the boot and (foe
opera tires In America earn wages al
most doable ours."
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
THE) MORTGAGE.
The mortgage is a self-supporting in
stitution. The mortgage holds Its own. It calls
for Just as many dollars when grain is
cheap as when tt is dear.
It Is not affected by drouth.
It Is not drowned out by the heavy
rains.
Late springs and early frosts never
trouble it.
Potato bugs do not disturb it.
Moth and rust do not destroy It.
It grows nights, Sundays, rainy days
and every holiday.
It brins a crop every year, and
sometimes twice a year.
It produces cash every time.
It docs not have to wait for the mar
ket to advance.
it Is not subject to the speculation of
the "bills" and "bears' of the board of
trade.
It Is a load that galls and frets and
chafes.
It is with him morning, noon and
night.
It Bits with him at the tale.
It gets under his pillow when he
sleeps.
It rides upon his shoulder during the
day.
It consumes his grain crop.
It devours his cattle.
It selects his finest horse and fattest
steers.
It lives upon the first fruits of the
season.
It stalks Into the dairy fhere the busy
housewife toils day after day and
month after month, and takes the finest
cheese and the choicest butter.
It shares the children's bread and
robs them of half their clothes.
It Is the Inexorable and exacting
taskmaster.
Its whip Is as merciless and cruel as
the lash of the slave driver.
It is a menace to liberty and a hin
drance to progress, a curse to the na
tion. Farmers' Sentinel.
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
We hope that the winter that has just
passed has been fruitful of Intelligent
thinking on the farm, and that the
germ thoughts that have been dropped
into the farmer's mind during the sea
son of physlcial activity previous have
been fructified and rendered productive
in many ways that will find expression
In Improvement, both in aims and in
methods, durln the comln crop season.
One of the subjects to which we hope
thought has been given is the question
whether, under the particular circum
stances of each farmer, any greater di
versification of his own farming opera
tions can be Introduced with advan
tage. The general benefits of diversl
fled farming have been so often repeat
ed that a mere reference to some of the
more Important of them will be sufTl
cient here. One of these is expressed
in the old proverb which tells how un
wise It Is to put all one's eggs into the
same basket; another Is found In the
fact that the staple products for which
a section of country is particularly
adapted are always overdone and prices
are, as a rule, low and unremuneratlve,
with, of course, occasional exceptional
periods, which, however, are not of
much advantage to the producer for
the reason that they largely depend
upon a more or less complete crop fail
ure. In the corn belt corn Is an ex
ample of a staple universally grown at
very low profit to the farmer who pro
duces It. In the South the cotton crop
furnishes another example, and In the
Northwest wheat supplies still another.
Diversification relieves the pressure
which glut always produces, and to
that extent It Is an advantage to the
staple crop. Diversification also fur
nishes employment all the year round
to a greater extent than does a prac
tically exclusive devotion to a single
line of farming. There are other rea
sons for diversification, but our pres
ent purpose is only to hint at its ad-
We are aware that there are those
who take the opposite view and urge
that , this Is the day of specialists and
that the farmer must learn to excel in
some one thing to which he and his
soil and surroundings are particularly
fitted. In their arguments they usu
ally, however, overstate the side of di
versification, by representing It to
mean the raising of all klndas of crops
and all kinds of stock on one farm. We
have nothing to urge against the spe
cialist who has found some particular
line in which, by reason of his tastes
and surroundings, he has been able to
excel, and with which he succeeds In
farming profitably. Nor would we say
anything to deter the man who be
lieves he has found such a line and
who proposes to try It. The diversifica
tion for which we plead Is that lead
ing away from exclusive devotion to
the staple crop or crops particularly
adapted to the section, that are almost
Invariably overdone. The specialist
who has found profitable line of work
has rarely or never discovered It In sta
ple crops. He has taken advantage of
some circumstances attending his situ
ation and has learned to excel In some
particular line not generally pursued
over any large area of country. Any
farmer who can profit by his example
will do well to do so, but for the gen
eral farmer who Is now devoting his
land, time and labor to the production
of low priced stayles, diversity presents
many advantages, and to It there are
few objections. It Is not meant by this
that the farmer should take a seed
catalogue and attempt to grow every
thing he finds In It, but there are few
aectlons of country to which a very
considerable diversity la not possible,
and from those crops that thrive well
In hla vicinity the general farmer will
do well to select a considerable num
ber, In the light of hla opportunities for
i
finding a market for them and of his
necessity for continuous employment. If
he Intends to make farming pay. No
body can hope to prosper by working
like a Turk for a little bit of the year,
and having no paying industry for the
remainder of the twelve months.
BREEDING UP.
All Vie, whether animal or vegetable,
develops along certain general lines
that are sufficiently Identical to make
breeding up possible In both kingdoms
by substantially the same methods. The
law of heredity, which prescribes that
like shall beget like, Is found in Gen
esis in the declaration of the Creator
that each living thing should produce
after its kind, and applies to both. The
law of variation, which gives to each
individual of a particular kind an In
dividuality of Its own, permeates all
life. The reader may know thousands
of men and he will be able to see dis
tinguishable differences which prevent
him from mistaking one of his ac
quaintances for another, and in like
manner each bud and plant have, to
the eye capable of seeing them, differ
ences that are relatively just as po
tential In conferring individuality upon
It. This fact makes possible selection
in the directon toward wheh the breed
er and improver of either plants or an
imals wishes to go. All life, too, if
affected by environment, which is only
another way of saying that all life has
to a certain degree the ability to con
form to outward surroundings. It
must have It or perish. A familiar ex
ample Is found In the fact that on the
southern edge of the corn belt seed
corn of early varieties must be contin
uously renewed from the north, or the
sort will, after a few years of cultiva
tion In the new locality, cease to be
an early variety. The well known ex
periments in which a tall, broad-grained,
white variety from America was
changed after six years of cultivation In
Germany to a dwarf, flinty, round-ker-neled,
yellow variety, is well known
and aptly Illustrates the Influence of
environment. Many of the facts of en
vironment are within human control.
notably those depending upon the fer
tility of the soil and the moisture sup
ply where Irrigation is possible. The
facts of climate are less controllable,
but even they can be helped by a selec
tion of exposure, the growing of wind
breaks and the like.
While in the Improvement and de
velopment of domestic animals, In or
der to make them better adapted to
man's use, the laws which make such
development and Improvement possi
ble are pretty clearly recognized; with
respect to plants the recognition Is
much less general. A few plant breed
ers have associated the facts and have
greatly Improved nearly all varieties
of cultivated vegetation by the applica
tion of their knowledge of the work.
but the frequently observed tendency of
Improved varieties to "run out" indi
cates that the general farmer, for whose
benefit the Improved varieties have
been made, does not appreciate the ne
cessity for continuing, under penalty
of losing the improvements, the con
ditions that have made them. If the
farmer will, at least for this seed crop,
continue the work of selection, he, too,
can be an Improver, and for his own
particular locality can make better Im
provements than could even aVllmorln,
because they will be made under the
conditions of his own environment and
will therefore continue more stable.
Work of this kind not only Improves
the seed, but It improves the farmer
who carries It on. It makes him more
thouhtful, more observant and brins
the powers of his mind more fully Into
action and thus cultivates them. The
faculties thus excited strengthen and
their application soon becomes visible
In all the work of the farm. Every
farmer should. In a limited way, at
least, try to be an Improver of the seed
he uses, not only for the sake of his
crop, but for his own sake. In making
better corn, better wheat, better oats,
or the like, he will find himself gradu
ally making a ljetl- ner and a
more capable all-arc in.
CARE OF LITTERS.
Much of the spring farrow occurs be
fore settled weather comes, and suitable
shelter Is therefore one of the first re
quisites for successful pig manage
ment. The hog can endure Its fair
share of cold, but It can not endure ex
posure to cold winds and the young
litters can endure It still less. Cold
winds almost invariably produce con
stipation In the mature hog, and the
brood sow Is especially liable to It. As
this Is a source of much of the loss
occurring among young pigs, special
attention should be paid to protecting
both. There should be a gain of some
thing over forty pounds for each of
the pigs In seventy days. Such a gain
takes a large amount of feed, and to
ward the close of the ten weeks this
litter had corn meal and milk aggre
gating 167 pounds of meal and 501
pounds of sweet skim milk . Notwith
standing this supplemental feeding, the
dam lost eighty-six pounds during the
suckling period. These figures show
the Importance of feeding the sow with
mllk-maklng food during nursing time.
Immediately after farrowing the deam
should receive no food at all for per
haps twenty-four hours. All feeding,
however, must be accompanied with ex
ercise on the part of the pigs, or the
thumps will be common, and the little
fellows should be taught to eat early.
A little onts, meal or the like, In a
trough placed where they can get at It
and the sow cannot reach It, will soon
teach the pig to help himself, and the
shock to the digestive system may be
reduced to almost nothing when wean
ing time arrives.
CORN FOR HOGS.
There Is a great deal of criticism of
corn aa a practically exclusive feed
for hogs In the corn belt, which is co
incident in area with the commercial
swine belt, and many of the obstacles
to success in swine growing are ascrib
ed with more or less truth to the evil
effects of continuous corn feeding. The
main fact remains, however, that corn
is the best fattening food in the world
and that If it were not for corn the
commercial supply of hogs would be
slender, Indeed, because the necessity
for utilizing the crop is the Inducement
to grow hogs. At the same time it
must be admitted that corn should
have a much smaller place on the hog'B
bill of fare during the first half of its
life than is customary. It Is a very su
perior fattening food and for this rea
son it Is a bad frame-builder, still the
corn belt farmers can not get along
without it and would grow compara
tively speaking, no hogs if he did not
have it. His attention should be di
rected to the substitution of other and
better growing feeds during the grow
ing period. What they shall be is not
yet settled, and the answer to the ques
tion will always vary in different lo
calities. Clover and alfalfa afford a
partial answer so far as a coarse forage
is concerned, but do not solve the ques
tion as to concentrated feeds. Without
attempting any radical revolution In
methods the swine growing farmer
should constantly be on the lookout for
variety and a larger proportion of the
foods of growth for feeding during the
first five mnths of the hog's life than is
now the eneral custom. What the feeds
shall be largely depends on the circum
stances of the particular swine grow
er. But they should Include variety,
should be more largely composed of ni
trogenous elements and Bhould be
grown on the farm. Iowa Homestead,
PECULIARITIES OF ANIMALS.
The oldest living creature In the
world belongs to Walter Rothschild. It
is a giant tortoise, weighing a quarter
of a ton, and it has a known life of ISO
years.
One of the longest lived birds on rec
ord died recently In London. It was a
parrot named Ducky, the property of
the prince of Wales and was a century
and a quarter old.
Up to eighty years ef age elephants
are useful members of society.
Some animal can live many years
without water. A paroquet liver fifty
two years In the London Zoo without
tasting a drop of water. A number of
reptiles live and prosper in places
where there Is no water.
That, sleeping or waking, snakes nev
er close their eyes is a curious fact.
When a chameleon is blindfolded it
loses all power of changing Its color,
and its entire body remains ef a uni
form tint.
The lantern fly of Surinam, South
America, has two sets of eyes, so as to
catch the light from all directions. It
Is much more brilliant than our firefly.
Ants have brains larger in propor
tion to the size of their bodies than any
other living creature.
There are several varieties of fish that
cannot swim. In every instance they
are deep set dwellers, and crawl about
the rocks, using their tails and fins
as legs.
There are three varieties of the dog
that never bark the Australian dog,
the Egyptian shepherd dog and the
lion-headed" dog of Thibet.
The elephant has 40,000 muscles In his
trunk alone, while a man has only 577
In his entire body.
In China carrier pigeons are protected
from birds of prey by an Ingenious lit
tle apparatus consisting of thin bam
boo tubes fastened to the birds' bodies
with thread passed beneath the wings.
As the pigeon flies the action of the
air passing through the tubes produces
a shrill whistling sound, which keeps
the birds of prey at a distance.
The land crabs of Cuba run with
great speed, even outstripping a horse.
It takes a snail exactly fourteen days
and five hours to travel a mile.
The California woodpecker will carry
an acorn thirty miles to store It.
The heron seldom flaps his wings at
a rate of less than 120 to 150 times a
minute. This is counting only the
downward strokes, so that the bird's
wings really make from 240 to 300 dis
tinct movements a minute.
The dragon fly can fly backward and
sidelong, and can alter Its course on
the Instant without turning.
It Is estimated that there are 62,050,000
horses, 195,150,000 cattle and 434,500,000
sheep In the world.
There are over 3,000 animals In the
London zoological gardens.
The antipathy of animals for certain
things Is unexplalnable, but the fact
remains, for example, that rattlesnakes
have a decided dislike for the leaves of
the white ash. Experiments have
shown that they would rather run over
live coals than touch white ash leaves.
Chicago Times-Herald: A preacher at
Wllllamsport, Pa., has discovered that
the sleepiness of his congregation Is
caused by leaking gas pipes. This Is
going to make business lively for the
plumbers all over the country. A new
ark, N. J., preacher Is going to try the
experiment of delivering sermons by
phonograph. This will give the preach
er a chance to do hla spring gardening.
Boston Globe: A notice on the church
pamphlet Issued by the Calvary Meth
odist Episcopal church, New Tork,
reads as follows: "The official board
politely Invites all worshipers to re
move their head coverlnga during ser
vice." The women worshipers who
have no hopes of a new Easter bonnet
are all quite willing to comply.
Chauncey Rose of Terre Haute, Ind.,
who died there the other day, gave dur
ing hie lifetime nearly fl.M0, to New
Tork eharlUaa.
vcii?
You feel the blood ruehina 1
along.
But wbat kind of blood?
That is the question.
Is it pure blood or impure
blood?
If the Mood it impure then
you are weak and languid;
your appetite is poor and your
digestion it weak. You can
not sleep well and the morn
ing rinds vou unDi-enared for
the work of the dav. Your
cheeks are pale and your com
plexion is sallow. You are I
troubles! with pimples, boils, j
or some eruption of the skin."
Why not purify your blood ?
rill do it. Take it a few days
and then put your finger on
your pulse again. You can
feel the difference. It is
stronger and your circulation
better. Send for our book on
Impure Blood.
If you are bilious, take
Ayer'a Pills. They greatly
aid the Sarsaparilla, Tbey
cure constipation also.
Writ to our OootoM.
Write them freely all tbe perttealers
In your caw, You will receive
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Lowell,
THE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rt.
for Chicago and the East. Short time
between Omaha and Chicago. ElectrlOi
lighted, steam heated, solid vestibuled1
trains depart dally from Union Depot,
Omaha. Dining cars operated "a la
carte" plan pay a reasonable price foa
what you order only.
F. A. NASH,
General Western Agent,
1504 Farnam St., Omaha,
ODD ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE
Russian photographers shame delin
quent customers by hanging their pic
tures upside down In their glass cases.
Thi method soon compels them to pay
up.
Hotel chambermaids are unknown In
Mexico. Men make the beds and keep
the rooms In order.
The floor of the rotunda In the Lon
don coal exchange, where the mer
chants gather, is very unique. It la
composed of inlaid woods, arranged in
the form of a mariner's compass, with
in a border of Greek fret. Upwards of
4,000 pieces of wood are employed. Ev
ery British variety Is Included in thia
scheme of decoration.
A native merchant of Manila, while
undergoing his last illness, expressed)
a desire to have "one of those beauti
ful American tunes" played at his fu
neral. He could not give Its name, but
a friend knew the tune he meant, and!
so the funeral passed on to the ceme
tery, the band playing "A Hot Time in
the Old Town Tonight."
An unusually intelligent Mount St.
Bernard dog was sold to a Klondike
party by Jeremiah Murphy of Calumet,
Mich. This was 18 months ago, and
the animal was taken to Dawson City.
A few weeks ago the dog reappeared
in Calumet, at its old home, much to
the surprise of its owner. How It made
its way from Alaska nobody knows.
When one receives an invitation to m
wedding In Cairo, Egypt, it Is an Im
portant event, because instead of being
asked for a ten-minute church ceremo
ny or a brief evening reception, the In
vitation reads for three days. There Is
feasting during all this time, and the
house and street are liberally decorated
with flags and lanterns.
Peter E. Studebaker, Jr., son of tha
wagonmaker, Is the author of "Sword
and Scepter," a drama, which he will
soon produce.
Among the marriage notices published
In the Philadelphia papers a few days
ago was an announcement of the wed
ding of Mr. C. Monroe Boos and Mlaa
Temperance Irons, both of Florence.
N. J.
COUNTRY PUBLISHERS' COMP'V
OMAHA. - MO. 141889.
