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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

If the American sculptors who ATE
trying to make dislike Of foreign art
a test of patriotism are successful, the
principle for which they contend may
be carried further than they desire. 1t
may result in a revolt not only against
foreign sculptors. but also against Am
er1can sculptors who have been so un.
patriotic as to study abroad.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
DcterlRd.

"Bethink you ere you strike"
The assassin paused with his glitter
ing poniard raised in the air.
Contemplate" the victim argued fur
Their, "the risk you run Of being proved
insane if you kill me-"
The dagger fell upon the pavement.
With O snarl of mingled rage and
fear the desperate troubled the crouch
ing figure at his feet for a cigarette
and strobe away.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

Chinese advices report a fight near
Wi-Ju in which 5000 were killed on
each side. 1t Is almost impossible to
believe that the Chinese stood UP and
fought like that. If they did, 1t is an
indication that the Japanese will not
have as much of a walk-away as they
expected.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

The Cook gang Of desperadoes con-
tinue their depredations in Arkansas,
unmolested. The authorities are un-
able to cope with them. Secretary Of
the Interior Smith has called for troops
to aid in rounding up the gang.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

The new revenue cutter for the Mil
waukee station will be a fine craft.
This may be safely predicted, because
the money to be appropriated for her
construction is ample. One hundred
and fifty thousand dollars ought to
produce a fine specimen Of marine ar.
chitecture.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

Outrages against women are becom-
ing far too numerous. If lynching is to
Ue suppressed ne legal penalty Of such
outrages must be made more severe
than it is in most states and must be
more effectually enforced. If the death
penalty Is %justidable at all, it is In a
proven case of criminal assault,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

The foreign fashion of serving various
articles Of food in individual dishes is
becoming so universal and taking so
well that new styles are in great de.
mand. Something new for the break
fast table combines two egg holders,
q toast rack, a salt cellar and a butter
dish, the whole not taking up much
more room than one ordinary dish.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

A woman in a Cincinnati suburb was
so confident that her palatial home was
nre-proof that when fire broke out she
shut up the burning room and refused
to call the fire department. The house
burned and she is a loser to the extent
OF $4,000. The fire-proof building that
Is proof against fire is a rare struct.
ure.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
The Woman of It.

He glared at his wife with hatred and
aversion in his eyes.
Our MARRIAGE" he bitterly OK
claimed, was a bargain"
The GOODNESS in her face seemed to
soften as she heard his words.
what a man you are" She mused,
''to look on the bright side of things"
Yes, it was a bargain, and, to her
way Of thinking. that was one comfort.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

China having signed an agreement to
fight Japan, but having failed to do
anything but run away for these many
moons, a referee ought to be appointed
to give the contest to Japan on points.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
The Home Life Insurance Co.

OF New York have just issued the most at
tractive policy, combining both protection and
investment ever offered by any old line COM
pany. Cash surrenders, loaning feature, etc,
all absolutely guaranteed. Profitable agency
lars to FRANK f. LOOMS, Manager North.
western Department, 3O6-9 Pioneer Press
Building, st. Paul.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

The crooks and gamblers of New
York are willing to pay $4,000 to buy
off the Lexow committee. 1t is not
probable that the Lexow committee
could be bought-but If they could be,
their price ought to be higher than
that.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

the fur cape Of the hour is brilliant
with glistening gallon, enriched with
MORE and softened by warm tints Of
glowing velvet.
A fur cape classed among the latest
novelties is of mink. Its new feature
consists Of a collette Of a pinkish hello
trope MORE. cut in deep Van Dyke
points. These points are yelled with
cream guipure, the design outlined
in jet. The effect of this colette framed
in high-standing mink collar is visible,
and the entire cape is lined with taf-
feta, which matches the velvet in color.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

The bees Of Brazil hang their combs
outside on the branches Of trees at the
very summit and at the end Of the
s1enderest twigs, to be out Of the reach
Of monkeys.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

Every able-bodied male in Norway
has to serve in the army. The first
year he serves ffty-four days, the sec
ond twenty-four, and the third twenty.
four. He gets only his board.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
Literary Note.

We are happy to announce something
from the pen Of Benjamin Wright.
which is now before us. Small in vol
ume, but interesting, worthy of its
author--a symphony, as it were, IN
the pigments of a pensive thought.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
DiscouraEtng

The cannibal who fingered at the
landing sneered.
The poor" he exclaimed, petulantly,
"are always with us"
He recalled with sorrow that every
missionary thus far had been gaunt
and .bony, and observed with bitter
ness that the latest arrival was no ex-
ception.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
Not So Easy.

Chapley-It's easy enough to get mar
ried; all a a has to do is to find q
bigger fool than he Is.
Ethel KnoX-But in some cases ever
that would be difficult.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
Cause md Effect.

The poet tackled the flowing bowl
Till his ideas couldn't be worse,
And then he sat down and poured out
his soul
In a ream of flowing verse.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
Intellect.

"Our right tackle at college was fam
u for his head work ON the field"
Indeed"
Eyes, l believe he could have gone
against a stone wall if it had been
necessary"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
Null n Void.

"Why can't we enforce a law pro.
hibiting prize fighting"
'The constitution guarantees tho
right of free speech"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

Spencer-What do you mean by say.
ing that 1t is to give or take with Judge
Sockitt?
Ferguson-Ten dollars or ten days.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
They Diminish Bank Accounts.

To dress fashionably this season re-
quires much study and a grievous ex-
penditure Of money. Nothing is too
elaborate for milady Of fashion. In
the matter Of the new fur garments
this is aptly illustrated. Last seasons
fur cape seemed costly enough, with
its rich lining Of silk, but this year
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
As Usual.

The hero walked toward the foot
lights.
'How can I see thy lovely FORM"
he cried. when mine eyes are damned
with tears?'
The low comedian, recognizing his
cue at this point, anne forward and
remarked:
Not by - sight"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
A Pertinent Hint.

President Screw Ito applicant for po-
sition in his collection agency)-We
have some pretty tough customers to
deal with. We want a man who can
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

Van Pelt-Waiter, take away those
oysters.
Waiter-Aren't they jes' right, sab?
Van Pelt-No; I struck one without
the "R" in it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

bulldose them and make them pay up.
Applicant-That's all right. I am just
the man you are looking for.
PRESIDENT Screw-What experience
have you had as a collector?
Applicant-Well, 1 was a police cap
tain and
President Screw-That will do. You
are engaged. Name your salary.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
Safe.

Cut off his head" commanded the
despot.
The scimetars of the eXecutioncrs
glittered aloft.
Can you. oh. can you?" shrieked the
miserable culprit.
The monarch knit his brow and wills
pered TO the grand vizfer.
NO" answered the latter, she is not
in the classified service
His majesty turned brusquely to the
condemned.
Certainly we can" he said. why
not?'
With a wave of his hand he babe the
affair proceed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

Now buy the winters fuel. You will make
money by getting coaled before the wealth
er does.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

child, by aiding Nature in preparing the
system for parturition. Thereby "labor"
and also the period of confinement are
greatly shortened. 1t also promotes III
abundant secretion of nourislment for
the child. During pregnancy, it pre-
vents morning sickness" and those
distressing nervous symptoms from
which 50 many suffer-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

"Hanson's Magic Corn Sslve."
Warranted to cure or money refunded, Ask your
for 1t, Price Is cents.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

Hegeman's Camphor Ice with Glycerins.
Cures Chapped Hands and Face, Tender or Sore Feet,
Chilblains, Files, &c. c. G. Clark Co., New Haven, CT.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

The first thing Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher even wrote for publication
was in 1913, when she was lying on
a sick bed, and to pass AVA the time
she wrote what afterwards grew into
the story From Dawn to Daylight"
These were sketches Of Western life,
many of them drawn from her own sx.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
During the last 1000 years Britain
has been invaded by foes from over the
sea no less than forty-eight times.

The phosphorescence near the Cape
Verde islands is at times so bright that
one can easily read the smallest print.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

In Tennessee no less than LOG moon.
sinners have been arrested in the noun
tains during a still aunt.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
In Fear.

Enoch Arden, aften an absence of
twenty odd years, approached his hum
BILE cottage from the ear 1t was grow
ing duskish, but the most casual OBJ
server could not fail to notice that
Enoch's ~suspendcrs were fastened with
single nails, and that there was q
dearth of woman's care throughout his
makeup.
All" he sighed as he faltered on the
back doorstep.
He raised his hand as if to knock,
hesitated covered his face and shrank
away.
Il dare not" he exclaimed.
He had suddenly. reflected that he
had forgotten to buy saleratus, as she
directed upon the occasion of his de-
parture long ago.
After he had gone. the gibbous noon
rose grandly above the tree tops, just
as if nothing had happened.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
Thinks. Collie Co. zS1ns.

Tanks, COUTe Co, 7etds.
DR.. R. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sir-I took your "Favorite Pre-
scription" previous to confinement and
never did so we'll in my life. 1t is only
two weeks since my confinement and l am
able to do my work. / feel stronger than I
ever did in six weeks before.
Yours truly,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
Lucky.
Hia Real Estnte

Clean CitiZen--Why are you always
loafing around the street corners?
Dirty Tramp-Makc myself as valuo
bic as possible.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
SOME SHORT LAUGHS
LIFE's BRIGHT SIDE AS SEEN ny
the Humorists.

A Little M&rriment Is n Good Lubri-
cant to Make the Wheels of Life
Run Easily and Smoothly-Gleaned
From Exchanges.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
Karl's Glover Root Tea,


The great Blood purifier, gives freshness and clearness
to the Complexion and cures Constipation. Csc, soc, 81.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
Napoleon's campaigns made 100000
French women widows and 100000
children fatherless.

Thus far this season eighteen tourists
who set out to climb the Alps have
lost their lives in the venture.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

The "~fy-eater'' of Cuba is one-third
the size Of the humming bird, and is
the smallest bird in the world.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24
nOTHERS

anu tHOSe ABOUT 10
become mothers,
should know that
DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription
robs childbirth OF
its torture, terrors
and dangers to
LII. -~Af,- 1911
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

nancy, and have con-
tinued taking it since
confinement. I did not
experience the nausea
or any of the ailments
due to pregnancy, after
I began taking your
Prescription" I was
only i'll labor a short
time, and the physician
said l got along I'M
usually we'll.
We think it saved me
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-11-24

a great deal of suffering. I was troubled a
great deal with leucorrhea also, and 1t has
done a world of good for me.
You truly,
MRS. w. c. BAKER.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-10
PRETTY FEMININE CoNCerTs

ONE of the pretty conceitS of the dav
is boudoir made entirely of white
fur. Very large white fur rugs are also
greatly in vogue. and are not expen-
siye, three good-siZed goat skins sewn
together making 4 reasonably large
rug.
a HANDSOME cover for n piano can be
made by using square of plain satin.
with border twelve or fifteen inches
wide of gold or silver wrought
satin. y center of pale gray, with a
border of still paler gray, or a plain
yellow center. with gold-wrought bor-
der, is very effective.
THE elaborate millinery lamp shades
have Ovcrreached the mark and are no
longer considered in the best of taste
by people with pretentions to refined
artistic taste in such matters. The
sOftly-tinted, fluted porcelain shades
or the plain ground glass globes toned
down by a simple little silk shade, are
always pleasing.
\ BAMBOO lounge gives one cold
cnills, but it can be transformed into a
thing of beauty with small expense
Get golden brown or dark red cord u
roy and make thick-tufted cushions
for the seat and back. They can be
made in sections and tied to the
lounge; then have three or four big
down pillows covered with India silk
to scatter over it
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-10
SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

\ DEvHFIsH measuring 80 feet across
was caught recently in the inlet at
Vancouver. B. {.
THE Texas court of appeals has de
cided that the laws prohibiting prize
fighting in that state are null and void.
The only penalty that prize fighters can
be subjected t. l. a small fine for as
Sault and battery.
CONGRESSMAN Ton JOHNSON WEIGHS
250 pounds and iS terror to bicycle
owners. lie broke down three BICYCLES
and exhausted an attendant in taking
his, first lesson in riding. but before the
lesson WAS over ne rode around the.
ring with the ease of a practised bicy-
cli>t.
y FRENCH bicyclist has just crossed
the Alps. 10y the Mont Gents pass ON
his bicycle. The weather was unfavor-
able and the road was made slippery
by snow and rain. The trip was an
incident Of a journey ON the wheel from
Rome to Paris.
\ ''NIA$IER in South Ambov. y. j..
thought he had fallen up against the
pitcher of the local ball nine when he
attempted. the other night. to kiss
Miss Hattie Frazer of that town II
has since been explained To him that
she i one of the best boxers in the
place
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-10
LITTLE CURIOUS THINGS.


JAMES NCCLoUD. of South Dakota,
has raised horse which has eight per-
feet hoofS. two on each leg.
BwARF> live much longer than giants,
the latter usually having weak consti-
tutions and soft and brittle bones.
ACCuRDING to the Koran the angels
who gave warning of the coming de-
struction Of Sodom were Israfil Gabriel
and Michael.
TIE lamp used by Epictetus. the
philosopher. sold for three Thousand
orachTla> soon after mis- death. in the
year l5I. \. ID.
DIR. CALDWELL says that there are
but three known tobacco takers: The
African goat. the hiIeous tobacco worm
anI the rational crcature-man.
Hermann HAENES. who formerly
lived on Il farm near East 1t. Louis. but
who was last heard from in Minnesota,
once slept forty-four months without
waking.
THE bovista gigantea. a species of
fungi. win grow in one night from the
size of pea to a large as Il watermel-
on. Its increase of cells per minute has
been estimated at j;i 900. 600.
CHRISTIAN HENRY HEINECK. who was
born at Lubbock in I'll. was called the
Infant Prodigy" lie only lived to be
four years old. but at the time of his
untimcly death was highly educated"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-10
woMAN'S SOPRANO VOICE.



The scientist who discovered in the
human larynx the anatomical reason
why woman has a soprano voice and
man bass one was a woman, Mrs.
Emma Seller. She was German, born
in Wurtzburg. Left a widow with two
children To support, she resolved to be
come a teacher of singing, but sud
denly lost her voice. Then she deter
mined To find out why; also TO discover
if possible the correct method of sing
ing, so that others might not lose their
voices For this purpose she studied
anatomy. She dissected larynx after
larynx and spent years in her search,
trying TO find for one thing why wom-
ems head tones could reach high c
while men had no soprano tones. At
length her search was rewarded. She
discovered under the microscope one
day two small, wedge-Shaped cartil-
ages whose action produces the highest
tones of the huma n voice. She made her
discovery public. II excited great atten-
tion among scientists. Her own brother.
physician, praised the treatise in the
highest terms till he found his own sis
ter had written it. Then he dashed il
down, saying in rage that she would
better be attending to her homework.
Mime Sellers portrait. a marble relief.
Is IN possession of the American Philo-
sophical society of Philadelphia, of
which she was member. She wrote.
among other books, The Voice in
Singing" and The Voice in Speaking"
She died in 1886
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-10
OOINGS ABROAD.


t'AS now costs consumers in London
tfty-SiN cents Il thousand cubic feet
NuEE women are employed in gov
ernment posi- tionS in England than
anywhere else in the world.
'-LANDGEAVE il the only one of the
old Tcutonic titles that Stin survives
1t was invented in ll3O by Louis of
Thurin~ia. to distinguish himself from
the crowd of ''graf>' who filled the
German courts.
TIE winner of a prize for the best
specimen of microscopic handwriting.
offered in Paris recently. submitted Il
postal card containing. on one side the
contents Of the first two pages of big
newspaper.
\ BEGGAR who for many years had
SubSisted on charity died Il few DAYS
ago in AuXcrrc. France. In a trunk
he left bonds to the value of I.OOO. .OOO
francs. and in his cellar were found 400
bottles of wine of the vintage of 1890.
\ LATE issue of the Melbourne Argus
contains this advertisement: Persons
contemplating marriage may have Ger
emony solemnized anywhere, el. by
fully accredited minister Appoint
ments now arranged. day or night. by
II. Hanslow. jcweler. 3O7 Elizabeth
street Needy people free"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-10
WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE.

PATRICK WALSH. the new senator
from Georgia. is the busiest letter
writer in that body.
CoNEY is spoken of by the London
Daily News and the Pail Mall Gazette
as an Ohio congressman.
FRANK HATTON had the distinction
of being, next to Alexander Hamilton.
the youngest cabinet officer in the his
tory of the United States.
GEN. CURTIS. of New York. was the
tallest man in congress until Berry. of
Kentucky. came in. He tops the hero of
Fort Fisher by at least three inches
PROF. CHARLES ROLLINS KEYEs. of
Iowa. has been elected state geologist
of Missouri He has been connected
for three years with the United States
geological survey.
CLAUS SPRECKELs is going to Europe
and says that he has retired from
active life and is not Interested in
sugar He has certainly raisc, enough
cane to make his old age comfortable
WILLIAM ASToR CHAMBER the African
explorer. has arrived at Zanzibar after.
his second expedition. His expedition
was fairly successful. He will contrib
ute report of his exploration to the
New York Geographical society.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-10
CHILDRENS SAYINGS.

KATHLEEN (who has been lectured
severely on the proper treatment of
animals Mamma. why do you call
my gray kitty a Maltese? Isit because
| maui and tease it SOP
MANDiA-"Do you suppose that you
viii be able to entertain your little
guests this afternoon" Ethel (aged
siXl-''Why. of course. mamma. I've al
ways played with children
MAMMA-''Why has Lucy gone home
so early? | thought she was to stay
all day" Mary tconfidentially)-'.W Well,
mamma, l just found she wasn't a
friend could quarrel with. y
JOHNNY, on his first visit to the coun-
try, saw n little mule colt trotting
after its mother. How do you like
old Bessie's colt?" asked Uncle George.
why, is that her colt?" said johnny.
mnch surprised. Il thought it was an
orphann'-Kate Fields Washington.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-10
FARMING IN FOREIGN LANDS.

LUCERSE (alfalfa) growing has proved
emInently successful in the dry districts
of Australia.
The Hessian fly is reported to have
done great damage to the wheat fields
of New Zealand last season.
INDIA ranks third among the coun-
tries of the world for wheat produc-
ton. Its total wheat crop last wear
was 2O3. 900, 900 bushels.
An Australian farmer reports a crop
of 80 bushels of Algerian oats from ten
acres of land. Another one eclipses this
by a crop of eighty bushels to the acre.
THE British chief secretary for Ire
land has been urged to establish a de
partment of agriculture in Ireland.
His reply is very encouraging to the
friends of t.le project.
THE American trotting horse is be
coming popular in Italy. OF the SOB
private stations in that country which
were approved by the official inspectors
seventeen We're American.
THE French have introduced coffee
culture in Tonquin with good prospects
of success. Both the Liberian and
Arabian varieties of coffee trees are in
cultivation, and all are reported as do
ing well.
NEW ZEALAND flax. Phormium tenax.
Is plant of the lily family and il is
calculated that not less than eighty
varieties of it are grown in New Yea
land. 1t il also grown. to some extent.
III the Chatham and Norfolk islands
The dairy industry has grown rapid
ly in New Zealand. The exports of
dairy products advanced in twenty
years from S45.OOO in 1872 to 81 $50. 900
IN 1892 The colony now has ia estab-
liShments of all kinds for the manufac-
ture of butter and cheese.