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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
n THING BUSTED.
DfSaGreenhIc Experience with n
Man Strange To the Electric Light.

DisaGreenhIc Experience with n
Man Strange to the Electric Light.
a strong wind had set in from the
sea, banking huge masses of clouds
over the city. The rain descended in
n binding staggering deluge and solid
sheets of fire flashed athwart the angry
skies, followed by crashing reals of
thunder. The gloom was excessive.
The lights in the streets cast a fitful,
sicllly glare over the wet pavements
and Il few belated pedestrians who
were Fastening home. 1t was a night
for dark thoughts and darker deeds.
l laid aside the book which | had
been ~reading-an absurdly impossible
tale of midnight horrors and CHASTITY
crimes-and sat mOodily looking at the
raindrops chasing madly down the will
dow pane and at the fierce night with
out. The cabbies in the street below
were swearing and the call bells in
the hotels were Changing like wild.
Suddenly in the adjoining room I
heard a..sharp click like the cooking of
a tirearm. The connecting door was
unbolted and slightly ajar. l sat still.
WIFI Ddleu DIcdtn anu uilE bTlStluS
all over with terror. A shufifing of
heavy feet and a muttcring imprecation
as something fell on the floor, A cold,
| p~aralyzing dread seized on me. freezing
the blood in my veins. God Of heaven!
What horrible tragedy was being en-
acted behind that door!
Sharp, clear and loud. above the rag
ing of the elements, rang out the re-
port of a pistol, followed by Il terrible
oath and Il heavy fail. Pale as Il spec
ter, I sprang tottering toward the door
to escape, and, With 4 Mortified sctcam.
fell, crashing to the floor in 4 dead
SwOon.
l awoke with a start. The connecting
door was wide open. Above my pros
trate form stood a rough-lOOking man in
his shirt sleeves. His right hand was
bloody. / seemed to feel his clutches
on my throat already, and closed my
eyes with a gasp. opened them again,
cautiously. In his bloody grasp he
held the shattered remains of an cleo
trio light globe.
Sorry, stranger" he said, but I
tried to open the burned thing to light
up, an hit busted."-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
A Fortune -. ade In Pie,

""The world abounds with millions
OF opportunities for sudden fortune
making, if one has the acuteness to
perceive them" said Dave Hender-
son the Chicago theatrical manager.
"Now, the ordinary mortal would
never imagine that vast wealth turks
in the humble American pie trans
planted to the shores OF effete Europe,
and yet Jim Maitland, a Chicago
newspaper friend of mine, has made a
big fortune from the sale of American
pies in England within the past ten
years. When Maitland announced to
me, ten years ago, his determination
to throw up a Observation-Disclosures.
week job on the Chicago Tribune and
introduce the American pie into Eng
land 1 thought he was crazy. Mark
the ~deep-rooted prejudice of the beef
eating B%ritishers against the plebeian
American pie, and then you will real
ize the apparently ~stupendous task
that the rash fortune.seeker under
took. But the pie has conquered the
English, and Maitland is back in Chi
cago trying to buy the Tribune from
Editor Medill."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
WOMEN AS
1t Is Chiefly the Lack of Voice That
HandlCaps Their Success,

1t Is Chiefly the Lack of Voice That
Handlcaps Their Success.
1t is not everybody who has yet
grown up to the idea that the female
orator is al essential part OF the So
cial fabric, and yet we have her sud-
denly with us and taking the prizes
away from the sex that hitherto en-.
joyed u practical monopoly of the
oratorical arts and graces. 1t is not
worth while to question the propriety
OF woman's appearance on the plat
form. AS a matter OF fact, she APP
peared there some time ago, but as a
speaker, hardly as an orator in the
proper sense. 1t has been several
years now since the sight of a woman
as a public speaker created even arp
pie of emotion. She has been presid-
ing over and addressing temperance
meetings and club gatherings; she has
lectured to public assemblies; she has
made political stump speeches: she
even preached sermons all without
arousing excitement or serious oppo-
I sition. The fact is, women have ar
rived" and the people who L slow
to adjust themselves to the situation
are at a disadvantage.
If however, oma will address her
fellow citizens from the stage or the
stump, it is better that she should do
it acceptably. Even the most ardent
friends of advanced woman-those
who have kept her in sight in her
rapid progress toward "emancipa-
tion'-are obliged to confess to q
frequent wish that she wouldn't when
she essays to electrify the multitude.
She may be earnest and eloquent, she
may be witty and wise, but, as u
rule, she cannot speak. Her voice
gets away from her; she is alternately
shrill and husky, she shrieks when
she would be emphatic; she whispers
hoarsely when she would persuade.
Sensitive and sympathetic members
OF the audience incline to crawl under
the benches. She has, in short, a
voice that was trained by ancesty
and early environments to domestic
uses, and has not grown to the re-
quirements OF a hall. Henceforth
this will be different. Colleges recognize
this lack and are prepared to remedy
it. If any female students show
oratorical talent or are ambitious to
become spell-binders, opportunity
shall be offered them. The woman oil
the future, and of the near future,
who speaks in public on the stage may,
if she likes, be the Daniel Webster,
the Henry Ward Beecher or the
Chauncy NJ. Depew OF her sex,
Whether the young woman who SC
proudly bore tho oratorical pennor
from the male contestants OF Other
Indiana colleges recently will choose &c
follow up her victory is not yet
known, butt if she does will undoubted
ly win enown The public will wish
her to 'come give us a taste OF her
quality. "--Indianapolis Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

In n Western paper, under the head
ing "Situations Wanted appears the
following advertisement. which shows
in II fair degree the versatility and mod
esty of II American printer:
"Wanted-Situation by a practical
printer, who is competent to take
charge of any department in Il print
ing and publishing house, Would ac-
cept a professorshiD in any of the acad-
emicS. Has 40 objection to teaching
ornamental painting and penmanship,
geometry, trigonometry, and many 9th
er sciences. Has had some experience
as Il lay preacher. Would have no OBJ
lection TO form Il small class of young
ladies and gentlemen to instruct them
in the higher branches. To Il dentist
or chiropodiSt he would be invaluable;
oil he would chcercullv accept Il posi-
ton as bass or tenor singer in Il choir
Remarkable as it may seem, this adj
vertisement appeared day after day,
indicating that the gifted printer was
still without Il situation. At last there
appeared this addition TO the notice:
up. s, VIII accept an offer to saw
and split wood at less than the usual
rates"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
THEY GLORY IN A GOAT.
A Welsh Regiment Has One That
Marches Ahead of the Soldiers.

Marches Ahead of the Soldiers.
The Welsh fusileers, the old Twenty
third, are a very ancient corps. They
we're embodied in 1859, and it was,
the Pail Mall Budget believes, at an
early period Of their existence that
the custom of having q goat, with a
shield and garland on its horns, to
march at the head OF the drums, first
obtained. Grose, in his military An.
tiquities," mentions this custom as
follows:
"The royal regiment OF Welsh fusi-
leers has the privileged honor OF pass
ing in review, preceded by q goat with
gilded horns, and adorned with ring
let's OF flowers; and, although this may
not come Immediately under the de-
nomination OF a reward Of merit, yet
the corps values itself much on the an
cientness of the custom. Every LIST
OF March, being the anniversary of
their tutelar saint, David, the officers
give a splendid entertainment to all
the Welsh brethren; and after the
cloth is IT taken away a bumper is filled
round to II. r. H., the prince
of Wales, whose health is always
drunk the first on that day, the band
playing the old tune OF 'The Noble
Race OF Shenkin." At that time a
handsome drummer boy, elegantly
dressed, mounted on the goat, richly
caparisoned for the occasion, is led
thrice around the table in procession
by the drum major. 1t happened in
1775, in Boston, that the animal
gave such a spring from the floor that
he dropped his rider upon the table,
and then, bounding over the heads of
some officers, he a to the barracks
with all his trappings, to the no small
JOY of the garrison.
In 1884, the then regimental goat
died, and to compensate the Twenty
third for their loss, her majesty pre-
sented the regiment with two OF the
finest goats from a fock-the gift of
the shah OF Persia-in Windsor park;
and since that date the queen has
continued to supply the royal Welsh
fusileers with goats as the occasion
has required.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

A very peculiar accident happened
recently to Eben White, a farmer living
about four miles north west of St.
Johns, Mich. He had been working in
the woods and lay down to sleep un-
der a tree and must have slept with his
his mouth open. A common mongrel
pup and a boy were his companions.
While the old man slept the boy and
the dog started q chipmmnk and pro-
ceeded to chase it. That chipmunk
made tracks for safety and seeing
Whites mouth open. lodged in. 1t was
a new sensation to White to have a
a chipmunk trying to get down his
throat alive. and he woke up in 4 hur-
ry. He nearly choked to death before
he pulled that chipmunk out, and then
he killed the little animal and brought
1t into town to prove the truth of the
story he tells. A doctor who eXamin-
ed his throat and mouth found it badly
lacerated and says he believes Whites
story is true
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
Well Bred F. owl,

It is a very foolish errorto suppose
that fine fowls are more susceptible
to disease than the common dunghill.
On the contrary, a well-bred flock OF
thoro'bred chickens, are less liable
to contract disease, from the fact
that good breeding has established in
them constitutions and powers OF en-
durance, while promiscuous crossing
and recrossing of dunghills has
weakened these characteristics. The
great size and extra egg productiveness
OF the thorough-breds is the result OF
years of judicious breeding from the
very strongest and most healthy
specimens. The gain in size and
productiveness has carried with it a
corresponding gain in vigor and en-
Observation-Disclosures Farmer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
How Not to Get Into Print,

Don't have any enemies.
Don't have any friends.
Don't inherit money.
Don't lose it.
Don't sign any petitions
Don't subscribe to any lecture
courses orstock companies.
Don't recomm end anything.
Don't get victimized.
Don't exhibit any public spirit.
Don't tell stories.
Don't register at hotels.
Don't visit a friend in an adjoining
township or elsewhere.
Don't allow other people to visit
you.
Don't show interest in music, art,
literature, science or education!
Don't meet long lost friends or rel
atives.
Don't go insane.
Don't get sick.
Don't accept presents.
Don't do anything that might bring
you to q vote OF thanks or condem-
nation.
Don't sue anybody.
Don't get sued.
Don't 60 to law at all.
Don't live to be All octogenarian.
Don't die.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
Origin Of Grape on the Door.

The custom OF placing Grape on the
door of a house where there has been
a recent death had it's origin in the
ancient English heraldic customs, and
dates as far back at least as the year
100 A. d. At that period hatch
ments or armorial e~nsigns were placed
in the front OF houses when the nobil-
ity and sentry died. These hatch
ments we're OF diamond shape and
contained the family arms qnartered
and colored with sable in such a man
ner that the spectator at a glance
could tell what branch of the family
was dead, whether the deceased was
old, married or single, widow or
widower.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
"And SO youse did, sor.'
NWell did Won ao2n


waiter" said the cautious guest, Il
see you have ~canvasback duck on the
bill Of fare. Can you warrant it to be
canvasback?'
81 can, sir" replied the waiter.
I don't believe it. l see you also
claim to serve tenderloin steaks. Are
they really tenderloin steaks"
They are"
1T is simply impossible. There is
only one real. genuine tenderloin steak
in a beef and you can't kill a COW for
every man who calls for a steak of that
kind. Hum-let me see. Broiled red
snapper. Sure it's red snapper
Yes, sir"
Il doubt 1t. You can easily make
Mississippi River buffalo look like red
snapper. Um-spring lamb, mint
sauce. Old mutton, without a doubt.
Waiter?'
Yes sir"
Bring me some fried liver,"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
a Furious Snake.

An intelligent Burman told me that
q friend OF his one day stumbled upon
a nest OF %serpents, and Immediately
retreated, but the old female gave
chase. The man fled with all speed
over hill and dale, dingle and glade,
and terror seemed to add wings to his
flight, till reaching a small river he
plunged in, hoping hehad then escaped
this fiery enemy; but 10. on reaching
the opposite bank, up reared the
furious Hamadryad, it's dilated eyes
giistenins with rage, ready to bury its
fangs in his trembling body. In utter
despair he bethought himself Of his
turban. and in q moment dashed it
upon the serpent, which darted upon
it like lightning, and for some mo-
ments wreaked its vengeance in furious
bites, after which it returned quietly
to its former haunts.-Letter from
India.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
A Simple Furniture Polish.

When the furniture has been care
fully busted, the woodwork may be
reshened by rubbing with a soft fan
mel moistened with the following fur
nlture polish;
Fill a pint bottle one-third iull OF
linseed oil; pour in % little more tur-
pentine then oil; almost fill the hottie
with cider vinegar, leaving enough
space to shake the mixture well.
Rub the furniture we'll with the mix
ture, allow it to stand a short time,
then rub vigorously with a soft, dry
flannel. This polish gives II soft oil
finish, preieral lie to most OF the cheap
furniture dressings on the market. II
answersior eitherli5ht or dark woods,
but should never be used upon a
piano.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
A REAL
The Remarkable Experience Of
Citizen of Indiana.

The Remarkable Experience Of a
Citizen of Indiana.
That truth is stranger than fiction
has been ono more proved by the ex-
perience of 5. N. Lock, a prominent
and wealthy resident of Richmond
County, Ind, who has had a most re-
markable experience with some Chi
cago real estate parties, by which he
finds himself richer by $4,000 while
he did not expect n cent. Twenty
years ago he was in Chicago and pur-
chased q lot in the Boulevard addi-
ton. He paid a very small price for
it. He came back home without hav-
ing his deed recorded. A few days
after he lost the deed, and being I'M
able to secure another without going
to law he allowed the matter to drop.
1t now transpires that upon the
same day Lock lost the deed it was
found by John Ritchey, who was
afflicted with brain trouble. Placing
the deed in his pocket, he laid it away
among other papers. A few months
later Ritcaey died, but no notice was
paid to package of what was sup
posed to be worthless papers that
were included among his effects until
a few days ago, when his son opened
the papers and found the deed from
Chicago to MI. Lock. He at once de-
livered it to him. Lock placed it in
the hands of his attorney, w. r. Ed
ward, who sent it to Chicago. Mr..
Lock received letter from the per-
sons in possession OF the lot Offering
him $50, 900 for warranty deed. He
sent his acceptance OF the offer. Had
the deed remained concealed 10 days
longer it would have been valueless on
account OF the law of limitation.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

The present pope in his younger days
was an ardent Alpine climber. A monu
ment is now being erected at Pietras'
tornina, in the extreme corner Of the
Parthenian district, as a reminder of
his exploits as a mountain tourist. In
1914 Gioachimo Pecci was at this place
to meet a fellow prelate. The ruins
of the robber castle, that of the Prince
of Storno. which, according to the ira
ditions of time and place, no man had
assembled for many decades. aroused
the ambition of Bishop Pecci. For the
sum Of 20 paoli he secured the loan of
a shepherds suit and rugged out in
this style, he managed to reach what
seemed to be an inaccessible height of
$50 meters. Pecci was at that time an
apostolic legate. The monument com
memorates the anniversary of these ex,
PLOTS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
A GOOD Snake Story,

When the Georgia editor does tell a
snake story it is generally a good one.
A Georgia exchange is responsible for
the following: "Some years ago Judge
Sirmons was presented with q pet
snake. Oneday it swallowed an eight
day clock, which could be heard to
tick and strike until it run down.
Shortly afterward the snake laid one
hundred eggs. On opening them he
found each to contain an open-faced
watch in good running order. He
then fed it on large augers, and OBJ
tanned enough corkscrews to supply
the Baptist convention which soon
meets at Atlanta
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
Company to Tea.

Little Boy-"Mamma, mayI invite
Jack an Joe an Jim to stay to
supper?"
Mamma-"Horrors! We haven't a
thing for supper, but some scraps left
over from dinner"
Little Boy-''Yes'm, that's wot I
noticed"
Mamma-"Then why do you want
them to stay?"
Little Boy-"Why, you see, l can
go home with them after supper. an
they'll tell their mother they didn't
have much to eat, an then she'll give
en- a lot of nice cakes an things, an
I'll get some, too."-Street & Smiths
Good News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

did you have "a nice dinner?' asked
Mrs. Norris of her little SON, who had
been spending the day with a friend.
"Outer sight!'' replied Robby, enthu-
siastically. Say, mamma, why can't
we have things like that?
what did you have?" said Mrs. Nor
ris, quickly. to avoid discussion.
"Oh, we had soup and soft-shell crabs
and spring chicken and sparroWgrass
and puddin' -"
What sort Of pudding"
II don't know. 1t was kinder fluffy.
with wine sauce to it. 1t was outer
sight"
allow do you know it was wine
sauce?"
Easy 'nough."
did they say SOP
mop! But 1 could taste it," cried
Robby %scornfully. Il can just tell you
it wasn't one of the kind what some
one has to lean across the table Il
whisper to you it's got wine into it fore
you'd know it!'-Brooklyn Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

A celebrated English authority, in a
well known work entitled "Observa-
lions on Reversionary Payments"
makes the following wonderful calcu-
lations: 1t Is we'll known to what
prodigious sums money at compound
increase will increase. A penny so i'm
proved from the time of u Savior
chat is to say, put out at . per cent
compound INTEREST," would by this time
have increased to more money than
could be contained in 15O,O00,00O Of
globes equal to the earth in magnitude,
and oil solid gold.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

There are two kinds of f~reckles, sun
and constitutional. The first comes
from the sun, last all summer and dis
appear at the approach of Jack Frost;
of iron in the blood or Il bad condition
of the liver. Citric acid, applied to the
''pinches of Phoebus," is recommended
by reliable authorities. No harm will
be done the face even if they do not
come Off. The d~iscolorations will wear
off as the weather and the sun COols.
and Il diet of carrot is said to assist
nature. Nothing will do away with
the constitutional freckle but II blood
purifier or liver reform.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
His Doubt DfspelIed.

One afternoon Mr.. BIS Irish manor
all-work came to him and requested to
have the evening off to. go to a we'd
ding. The request was granted and
nothing mere was seen of Thomas I'M
til the next morning, when he appeared
in a decidedly used-up condition. One
eye was black, his nose jarlmed III ana
strips of court plaster adorned his lace
in every conceivable direction
For heavens sake. Thomas" eX-
claimed Mr.. B. upon catching sight of
him, what have you been up to! l
thought I gave you permission to go to
a wedding"
"And so youse did, sor."
well, did you go?'
"Shure, / wint. and when l got to the
house I found a felley sitting in the
parlor. He waz dressed up in foine
shap pc. wild a long-tailed coat and a
white necktie. SEE l to him, And who
may yez beT SEE he to me. Can't yez
see, yer Irish mick, seze he, I'm the
best man And he WIZ, sor.'-Brook-
iyn Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

A little boy was asked, How many
legs will a calf have if you call the tail
one?" give" promptly responded the
urchin. mo, only four said the ques-
toner. calling the tail a leg will not
make it one" This simple problem is
81 omitted for the consideration Of the
Olympic club and Middle-weight Cham
pion Fitzsimmons. Calling FitZ the
heavyweight champion will not make
him so.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
BY the Sad Sea Waves.

Romantic Spinster-EXcuse me, sir,
but is not this the spot where the beau
tiful girl fell into the water last SUM-
mer, and was so CALAMITY rescued by
the gentleman who afterwards mar
ried her?
Practical Bachelor giving her a pene-
trating glance)-Yes, ma'am! but /
can't swim.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
Amply Provided for.

The ladies are all going to work and
earn all they can to help pay off the
church debt"
Mrs. Flaunt-How are you going to
get yours?
'Ill get Rob to pay me a quarter
every time his meals don't please him."
"Well for my part l don't see any use
of the others doing anything."-Chica-
go Inter Ocean.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

A New York clergyman, meeting n
of his lady parishioners dressed in deep
black, tried to console her by saying:
You have no idea how I regret to
see you wearing those sad hablliments
of woe"
You can't be as sad about it as |
am" responded the widow: Il look
worse in black than in any other color.
1t makes me look like Il fright
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
HIS Season.

Cholly Chumpleigh-A fellow told me
that n season of the year is lucky for
every fellow, and l don't believe it,
don'cher know. Now, what season dc
you think would be the luckiest for ME?
Miss Coldeal-I really don't know,
Mr.. Chumpleigb, but l should imagine
the dog days.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

Tarring and feathering was once a
legal punishment Of theft. It Is to
be found in the statutes Of both Eng
land and France about the time Of the
crlsades.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

In Chambers county, Ala, there re-
sides a sixteen-yearold girl whose skin
is as white and smooth as that of an
Albino. Nine years ago she was as
black as the regulation Southern; the
change is the result of a skin disease
called lucopathia.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20

! A large pumpkin growing in a corn
field heal st. Charles, Mo-, was found
by actual tape line measurement to
Increase its circumference three and
t~hree-fourths inches in twenty-four
hours.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-20
TIaying for Even.

Friend-So you have married your
h~ousekeeper. Don't you know she has
been robbing you for years?
Old S~martcuss-Of course | know it.
That's why | married her. / am trying
TO get my money back.