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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01
PAID OFF OLD SCORES
The story Of Blue Dicks Repent
Rnce.

h story Of Blue Dicks Repent-
The average bad man of the Texas
frontier in the early days wa by no
means Of a religious turn of mind. So
far as my Investigations have gone,
says a Belcherville, Texas, correspond
ent Of the st. Louis Globe-D Democrat,
a gentleman entitled Blue Dick John
son was the only one of the tribe ever
known to get religion" or ever to be-
come a Seeker" after it. for that mat
ter. Why he should have been called
Blue" Dick rather than Red Dick or
Green Dick I have never been able to
determine. In this country, when a
mans vocabulary of profanity is rather
more extensive than usual, he is said
to be able to ''cuss blue blazes,' but
whether or not there is any connection
between the blue" in this phrase and
the Blue" in Dicks name l am not
quite sure. / think, though, that there
is, for Blue Dicks performances along
that line are still quoted as a standard
OF excellence. Even at his worst he
was always an attendant upon religious
worship whenever he had an opportuni-
ty, which was not very frequently.
The few preachers who found their
way over the Texas prairies In those
days counted him among their worst
regular disturbers. He was considered
a wealthy man, his wealth consisting
of quite a large herd of cattle, which
ne was supposed to have acquired in
large measure by q rather loose use Of
The branding iron. His financial stand
ing and his reputation as q killer COM
blned made him a man to be dreaded
III more ways than one. and the preach
ers were the object of his special aver
sion.
On n occasion Rev. J. G. Weaver,
now q Methodist minister In the north
OF Texas, Was preaching a sermon on
repentance, and it was noticed that
something was wrong with Blue Dick.
Not only was he making no disturbance,
but he was actually listening to the
preacher. The sermon was an earnest
n and gave close attention to the
CT aracteristics of genuine repentance
as opposed to the false kind.
Repentance" shouted the preacher.
lis being sorry for your sins. It's
being sorry enough to quit them, and
to make up for all the wrong you've
done, so far as you can. If a man
steals a steer and then really repents
of it, he'll drive the critter back where
he got him from"
Blue Dicks Way of Making Amends.
There was much more talk along this
same line, to all of which Dick listened
attentively. When the sermon was
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over a song was raised and penitents
were called. Though the whole of the
large brush arbor was crowded with
men and women, many of whom I'M
~doubtedly needed to repent, no response
was mad to the appeal. The sermon
a been of too scorching a nature to
be moving. AS soon as the song was
ended Blue Dick jumped to his feet
and raised his hand.
Say, pardner," he exclaimed, ad-
dressing h preacher, II wants to say
a few words right here. I've listened
TO lots OF sermons on the sly, when
you thought [ wasn't thinkin' about
nothln but raisin' a row, but I want
to say this is the first one ever I could
get q toe holt on. I've heard preachers
talk about bleevin' an this, that an
the other, but / see some sense in this'n.
I've been a tough'n all along, but I give
you all fair warnin' now that I've re-
pented."
A hoarse guffaw from the back of the
throng greeted this ~annCrno"-.
And If any man saiys I haven't I'll
lick - out of him." added the speak
er calmly, sliding his hand toward the
six-shooter in his belt. The noise
stopped as suddenly as it had begun,
and for a moment dead silence reign
ed. Then some n called out:
How about them calves Of mine
you put your brand on, Dick?'
IF I've stole more of your'n than
yiu have Of mine, I'll make it good
every hoof Of it."
This announcement caused such g.
sensation in the audience that silence
reigned again. Suddenly a slender,
black-robed figure In the back of the
crowd rose up and a woman's shrill
voice called out:
What about them men you've kill
ed? Are you going to give my husband
back to me?"
1t was the widow of one of his vic
Tins. He turned red and white al
t~ernately and fingered the handle of
his s%ix-shooter n~ervously a moment
before he replied.
Gentlemen" he began, I've killed
six men In my time-no more an no
less. OF. course I can't bring none of
EN- back, but I'll tell you what I'll
do. I'll undertake to get six other men
just as good as they was and keep 'em
from dyin' some time or other. I'll
save six lives for the six I've took.
That's as square as l can do, amt 1t
paIdner?"
And the minister-whom he referred
to as "pardner,"-said he thought it
was the most that could be expected
under the circumstances.
Such was Blue Dicks only profess
sion of religion, If such it might be
called. His repentance differed from
that of most other people I have heard
of, in that it began to produce fruit by
which it could be recognized.
The second day after the occurrence
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HUNTING WOLVES.
They charged Until the lIlets
Flew and Then Made OF.

They charged Until the II 1IletS
Flew and Then Made on.
On, on they came, each eager to get
ahead of the. other and lessening the
distance between us and them at q
rapid ratio. But we stood firm with
rifles raised. and sighted or the two in
advance, until Ned thought they We're
near enough. Then, after careful aim
his rifle rang out, and the foremost
wolf with ~aconvulsive bound, dashed
to one side and fell ver on the ice.
I had good aim on the other, and us
Ned's shot made the pack slacken
thor speed. I luckily sem a bullet
through it's head, and dropped it in its
tracks.
This reception quite cooled the cour-
age of the nearest wolves. and they
cut their race short and began spread
ing out around us. Those farther
back slackened speed, which showed
their doubt and hesitation. We would
have thought the battle won had not
the little one, who seemed to be the
leader, come bounding on as fast rs
ever, passing those ahead. II after
the other, and inspiring them with
fresh courage. We knew not what
this might lead to, and reserved our
buckshot for the occasion. 1t looked
serious for q while, and we We're
afraid this second attack would prove
a harder one to repel thai the first.
We had not much time to consult on
the matter but we decided that Ned,
at the proper moment was to make
sure of the little one, and, immediate
ly after, I was to send my charge into
the foremost ones following.
On the leader madly rushed to a
point within thirty rods of us, then
with VOLTS cunning-turned quickly TO
one side, says a st. Nicholas writer.
This brought the others to a halt, and
relieved us of any fear we had, for we
saw their attack was mere buster.
But if they were ready for Il parley
we were not. We sent our buckshot
into the thickest Of the crowd, and
knocked the little one over, which sent
the rest flying away, either to the
woods or back to the deer, and left
us masters of the field.
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The Ohio state food commission has
declared that patent eggs shall not be
sold In the markets of that state and
has seized a shipment of them in tran
sit from the manufacturer in New York
to a Cincinnati dealer. The d~essicated
egg has sold at As cents per pound and
one pound is equivalent to six dozen
eggs. The commissioners chemist says
the albumen in the dessicated egg is
obtained from the eggs of f~ish-eating
sea birds, Which can be secured by the
million ON the low, uninhabitable ISL
and along the Atlantic coast They
are not fit for food, and the albumen
alone is taken from them in making
dessicated eggs. The patent. egg is
largely used by hotels and bakerieS.
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THE E WON

seconds later he was dead.

Disasters Likely to Ensue If She
Continues to Rival Man.
If the human race is to endure, and
if civilization is to advance, the rela-
tons between the sexes must not per-
manently be relations of rivalry. Men
and women were not made to struggle
with one another for the advantages of
life, but mutually to aid n another
in reaping these advantages. That
Sweet love-" of which the poet speaks
is given as the reward of right rela-
tons between man and woman; and,
where other guidance is lacking, we
may profitably ask whether any given
line of conduct tends to the gaining or
the sacrificing of that reward. IL to
the former, then it may safely be said
be right conduct; If to the latter,
wrong.
What 1t is clear that man has to do
in these later days is to frame to him
self a higher and completer ideal of
manhood than he has hitherto on the
whole entertained, and try to live up
to it. The awakened w~omanhood of
the ~age-When allowance has been
made for all that is hysterical and NOR
bid and heartless in contemporary
feminine Observation-Disclosures him
most clearly and distinctly to walk
henceforth on higher levels in the
strength of a nobler self-control. Then
he has to recognize in the fullest sense,
without a particle of reservation, that
he has a woman not a weaker shadow
of himself, not a reflection of his glory
nor a minister to his pleasures, but Il
divinely bestowed helpmeea, to whom
special powers and faculties have been
impaired for the Interpretation Of
truth and the identifying of life.
The ancient Germans, Tactitus tells
us, used to recognize n certain divine
power of intuition in their women, and
If they did it was probably not with
out cause. The phenomenon is not an
extinct one in our own day, n we
venture to say that it's frequency will
wax or wane according to the respect
paid not by man only, but by woman
herself, to all in her nature h Il Is
most distinctive of womanhood. 1t Is
far from certain that woman always
recognizes what her own best gifts are;
and there is, in our opinion, n specific
danger lest in her newborn zeal for a
masculine equipment of knowledge, SHE
relegate to an inferior place that ma
tive truth Of perception which Is Of
more Importance, we may almost say,
than all formal neutrality-suspicious.
Science Monthly.
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nine. You needn't growl about #,

mine. You needn't growl about It,
though, for I've got the drop on you.
I'm going to let you brand as many OF
mine as you want to for awhile. I've
got an idea, though, about how the &C.
count stands, and If you get to run.
MIN too far over I'll shoot your DANCED
heads off. Do you hear?'
They heard and there is TO doubt
that they took advantage of the novel
restitution thus offered. A few weeks
after this it began to be noticed that
Blue Dick was playing n good deal of
poker. Worse than that, he was al
ways losing. He began to sell off his
cattle in order to make up his losses
at the game.
Say" remarked one cowboy to an
other, Il don't think much of the kind
of religion Blue Dicks got. Religion
that makes Il man play poker all the
time. would be bad enough, but when
it makes him lose all the time l don't
want none Of it in mine"
Finally when Dicks herd was near
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to aid him in his further calculations.
Pussy's center of gravity. he figured,
would fall about twelve inches from
the center Of the axle. and at a speed
of sixty miles an hour it would reel
off the mere bagatelie of $50 revolu-
lions in a minute, the velocity of her
center of gravity meanwhile being
fifty feet per second. He then found
thai there had been something like
seven hundred weight thrown upon
the leading claws when travelling at
full speed.
The engineer then made a personal
examination of the cat, taking exact
measurements of her toenails, and, as
Il result of more calculations of a very
fine nature, he found that Pussy's re-
sistance to centrifugal force was equal
to seventeen ton per square inch OF
claw section. There were other fac
tors to be considered in a really exact
solution Of the matter, such as wind
resistance when passing through the
top centers. But the engineer thought
he had gone far enough.
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BY local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an nfamed condition Of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube
When this tube gets infiamed you nave q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out Of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in.
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrb
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up for awhile.
"Parson," said he one day, when
the preacher had come around again,
Il wish you'd tell 1t round among the
boys that if I eve beat any of EN- at
poker not on the square I'll lose it
back to 'em again IL they'll play me.
I've lost money back to all l can re-
member, but maybe I've forgot some.
OF course, if I beat EN- square l won't
make that up, the fact is there amt
much poker that Is on the square
leastwise in Texas"
The preacher intimated that the
money might have been restored with.
out playing for it.
"Why in the devil didn't you tell me
so then? I don't know B from a bulls
foot about religion. I supposed you
had to give things back the same way
you took EN-"
Saved a Man From Being Lynched.
About the time Dick began to get his
repentance in good running order
along financial lines he began his eff
fort to square things in regard to the
lives he had taken. There had for
some time been Irregularities going on
in regard to the way in which horses
and cattle We're Struggled across into
the territory and the boys decided that
an investigation must be held. AS q
result Of this investigation a young
man named Jacobs was brought to
Red River Station, charged with theft.
But there was still some doubt as to
his guilt, so a well-organiZed vigilance
committee went in formal council to
decide as to his fate. Meanwhile the
prisoner was left bound hand and foot
at a little distance from where the
council was being held, while a sim
gle n of his captors, Winchester in
hand, stood guard over him. About
nightfall Blue Dick volunteered to
guard the fellow and was given per-
mission to do so. He hau been there
perhaps an hour when, with a yell,
the crowd rushed from the council
DON to where the guard was.
We'll, Dick, we've decided to string
him up, so-but where's Jacobs?"
burned if I see him." sarcastically
replied Dick, as he glanced carefully
around as If in search. At the same
time he kept his Winchester so as to
command pretty much the whole posi-
ton.
You don't mean to say you've let
him go?"
Blamed if it don't look pretty much
that way. If you've got to hang some
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The great volcano In Java now In
eruption has been quiet since 1892.
when 1t laid waste the surrounding
country and killed 1000 persons. 1t
has destroyed several villages during
h last few days, and perhaps its ac-
tv1ty is connected with the earthquakes
reported from Japan and Southern Cali
fornia. Java is a region of fearful vol
canic and seismic disturbances, and the
loss of life on the island from this
u in 1888 is placed at 10000, while
An equal number persisted in neighbor-
ing islands.
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The tallest man in the whole German
army, says Modern Society, is Capt.
Won -Pluskow, who measures, according
to the German way of measurement
2 meters and 6 centimeters, or 6 feet
8 inches. Beside this big man stands
the smallest officer of the army on
certain occasions, the tiny one being
Prince Eitel, or Adalbert, as the case
may be, reaching to about 4 feet l.
The officers and men of the First Gren-
adler Guards must be 6 feet in height
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01

China is trying to negotiate a loan Of
100000 In London. In the interest
of civilization the British government
ought to forbid it's citizens from loaning
money to a barbarous power to enable
it to carry on the work of torture and
slaughter. A nation which saws off
the heads of its prisoners of war, as
the Chinese do even now, ought not to
be aided by a civilized power.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01

The British museum has an ancient
weight, a unique object, in the shape
of a bit of green diorite, about four
inches high, carved in Mesopatamia in
the year Cos B, G. 1t has a long inscrip-
ton in Assyrian, which sets forth that
it was made in the time of Nebuchad-
nezzar H., ard is the exact copy Of the
legal weight. 1t is somewhat conicaL,
with q fiat bottom.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01

An international exhibition of hotel
arrangements will be held at Amster-
dam next year, at which one of the
features will be an electric restaurant
where customers will serve themselves
by touching buttons, walters being dis
pensed with. The coming age promises
to be that Of the slot and the electric
button. and, most wonderful Of all, no
tips.
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Feeding l,n..,are 70 sheen.

Sheep are delicate feeders and will
reject anything that is not perfectly
sweet. They sniff at ensilage, and il
In any large quantity they win eat very
little and then reject the remainder
Only a very little ut first should be
given to them, and, after they have
eaten 1t all, change the food to clover
hay. In this way a habit of liking en-.
silage will be formed. But 1t is hope
less to expect sheep to eat the butts Of
corn stalks al a COW will when they
come from the silo.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01

Gov. Hughes estimates the population
Of Arizona at 10000, Of whom 1000
are Mexicans. There has been a shrink
age in values owing to the closing of
the silver mines, but Gov. Hughes
looks hopefully to the irrigation Of arid
lands to renew the prosperity Of the
territory.
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W. 81. Sheppard, twenty years ago 3
poor little yellow boy in the streets
Of Waynesboro, Va, is, at the age Of
80, perhaps the most distinguished col
ored man in the Southern Presbyterian
church, and the only American negro
that has never been made a fellow Of
the Royal Geographical society.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01

England is doing an enormous bust
ness in diplomacy. She has the money
and guns, but 1t can hardly be said that
she has the men. There are not Brit
mi enough to carry on the affairs of
the earth, and an early realization Of
this fact In Downing street would "
ouch anxiety in that quarter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01

The Rothschilds smoke the most cost
~ cigars that are made-the Henry
Clay Sc pranos,'' which cost nearly s
shillings. These are wrapped in gold
leaf and packed in little inlaid cedar
buy three cabinets at a time, contain
ing 1900 cigars.
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At a review Of troops held recently
ut York by the Duke of Cambridge the
Archbishop of York attended on horse
back. The archbishop was formerly
in the army, obtaining his commission
in 1S47 and retiring with the rank Of
lieutenant in 1852.
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A Child EnInYa

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects Of Syrup Of Figs, wher
in need of a laxative, and if the father
or bother be costive or bilious, the
most gratifying results will follow it,
use; so that it is the best family rem
edy known, and every family should
have q bottle on hand.
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Platinum has been drawn into
smooth wire SO fine that it could not
be distinguished by the naked eye.
even when stretched across a piece
Of white cardboard.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01

The eyes Of fishes are not provided
with the usual lachryymal apparatus,
the waters in which such creatures
spend their lives being sufficient Tor
all washing processes.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01

In Braddock, Pa, a crusade has been
started against profanity on the pub
Lie streets. the movement having been
originated by the county s~uperintend-
emit Of schools.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01

In Australia horses and cattle are
COW branded by electricity from stor-
age batteries. The temperature is uni
form and the brand safe and artistic.
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The Home Life Insurance Co.

OF New York have just issued the most at
t~ractive policy, combining both protection ant
Investment ever offered by any old line com
pany. Cash s~urrenders, loaning feature, etc.
al absolutely guaranteed. Profitable agency
lars to RANK L. LOOMS, Manager North
western Department. 5000 Pioneer Pres:
Building, ST. Paul.
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Tastes Differ.

Mrs. Dix-Husband thought the play
was funny, but to me it was very af.
fecting; l cried through every act.
Mrs. Hicks-I suppose he went out
after each act fo~ a quiet smilAA
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A Disastrous Failure.

Not a financial one, but a failure of phys
fcal energy-of vital stamina How can this
be repaired? By a persistent course Of the
blood fertilizer and invigorant, Hostetter's
digestion and assimilation, and a consc.
guent gain in strength and flesh. 1t also
remedies liver and malarial disorder, rIleu
matism. nervousness and constipation.
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after the occurrence

he brOught His six-Shooter Down.
just narrated he heard that three men
whose herds had been grazing on land
Just adjoining his were in town. Look
ing In at the door of the largest sa-
o o in the little place he found the
three men standing at the bar, lust
as he had expected. While they were
OF then guard he brought his siX-shoot-
er down so as to cover the crowd and
then exclaimed:
See here, I've come to tell you l
think I've I'll off and branded rather
more of your calves than you have of
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Specifications Wanted.

Van Pelt-Miss Westerly has done
some very amusing things since she
came.
Miss Wanterno-Who, for instance?
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DR.. dwa Everett Hale thinks the fac,
significant that five distinctly American
personalities, Longfellow, Bryant, Lowell
ana Holiness were all Unitarians.
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An converting redwood into railroad
ties 1t is stated that every tie produced
which is worth 35 cents, timber to the
value Of $1.87 is wasted.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-12-01

A woman in Connecticut put q squash in
the oven to bake, and 1t exploded with a
loud noise, blowing the top off the stove.
The next thing we know pumpkin pies will
blow up, and then what will become of tn,
liberty for which our forefathers fought and
died?
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Miss Mary Wentworth Morrill, of Prov
idence, Il. l., is to marry Field Marsha
Lieutenant Johann Won Roskiewicz Of Aus
trfa, late this month, at Trieste.
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Net On TO Her Curves,

Tommy Skivers--De visitors got de
game, but it weren't on de square.
Jerry O"Toole-Why not?
Tommy Skivers-In de last half of de
ninth dey put In Jack ODay's sister to
pitch.