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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

Half a dozen churches in New York
bear upon their spires or weather
vanes the figures of a cock, though
doubtless without any intent upon the
part of the builders to preserve an
ancient superstition. AS an inn sign
the cock goes back to days before the
Christian era, but the bird became in.
vested with a sort Of sacredness
among Christians after he had an,
nounced the apostacy Of Peter. One
legend has it that Christ was born at
cock crow and the bird was invested
in the middle ages with a supersti
tious halo Of ~sacredness.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16
Swearing Allegiance to the Reor-
canjzed French Government.

Allegiance to the Reor-
eanjzed French Government.
The "Friends Of the Constitution"
grew daily mort numerous, more pow"
erful, and more radical, in Nalence;
and when the great solemnity OF
swearing allegiance to the new order
was to be celebrated, that place was
chosen as a convenient and suitable
one for the convention of twenty-five
similar associations from the neighbor-
ing districts. The meeting took place
on July 8, 1901; the official administra-
ton of the oath to the civil, military,
judicial and ecclesiastical authorities
occurred on the fourteenth. Before a
vast altar erected on the drill ground,
in the presence of all dignitaries with
cannon booming and the air resound-
ing with shouts and patriotic songs,
the officials in groups the people in
mass, swore with uplifted hands to
sustain the constitution, to obey the
National Assembly, and to die, If need
be. in defending French territory
against invasion.
Scenes as impressive and dramauc
as this occurred all over France. They
appealed powerfully to the magma
ton of the nation, and profoundly in
fiuenced public opinion. "Until them
said Bonaparte, referring to the sol
emnity, 81 doubt not that if l had re
| ceived orders to turn my guns against
the people, habit, prejudice, education
and the kings name would have in
duced me to obey. With the taking OF
the national oath it became otherwise
my instincts and my duty were hence
forth in harmony.-W. M. Sloane's
New Life of Napoleon in the Century
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16
WHAT DOES 1T MEANT
Fact or Fiction About Two Grens
Fair

Fact or Fiction About Two Greas
Fair Awards.
A newspaper paragraph denounces
IS .'false'' the claim Of a baking pow
der company to an award at the
Worlds Fair. Whom can it mean!
Certainly not DIR. Prices. why! Be
cause, as the records show, Dr. Prices
exhibited, competed and received the
highest award, both at Chicago, and
the California Midwinter Fair. Inc
award in California included Colo
Medal. The official examiners pro-
nounced it the strongest, the purest.
the most wholesome and efficient OF
all the baking powders. Its title 10
confidence is unquestioned.
Can it be the manufacturers or q
New York powder, f~ictitiorsly Labelled
absolutely pure who are making
"false" claims? That would be strange
indeed, inasmuch as they were not
even considered in the awards.
Was it Ammonia in the New YORK.
powder that prevented its makers
from competing? If not what?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

In London a paving stone was no.
ticed to have raised above the other
by its side, and workingmen were sent
to replace it on a level with the rest
Of the pavement. Before they reach
ed there numerous toadstools appeared
between 1t and its fellows, and when
It was taken up, it was found that
the growth of these fungi soft and
spongy though they are, had lifted the
stone, which was four feet across one
way and two feet across the other
way, and weighed 212 pounds. This
seems even more wonderful than the
splitting Of a rock by The roots of an
oak or other tree growing in a crevice
Of . rock.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

A great many members of a congre-
CATION near Statesville, N. G., have re-
fused to pay their share Of the pastors
salary because he was a Democrat. In
another church in the same region
a majority of the congregation applied
to the presiding elder to remove the
carson because Of his political faith.
In South Iredell, N. c., a prominent
populist member of a church told the
pastor publicly that his salary would
be arrears If he voted o II worked
for the Democratic party.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

Just before the Zulu wal there was
IN Mauritius a stamp collector who
was a friend of the local postmaster.
One day he learned that there was to
a clearance of old stock and obtained
permission to buy all as waste. 1t oc-
Cured to him that he might do the
same at other small colonial ~postotfices
and acquire stamps without difficulty.
One of his Mauritius stamps he sold
not long ago for $4,250, and, according
to the Manchester Courier, he has al
ready made between 100000 anj
$4,000 by his investment.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

Prof. Sch;aparelli, the Italian astron'
omer who discovered what are called
the double canals. of Mars, is convinced
by further observation that the mark
ings are really canals. Their color is
dark, like that Of the seas, and all ter
inmate in estuaries and bays. Their
size is decidedly the greatest when the
snow melts, and the yellow masses OF
land then grow smaller and are broken
up into islands. Astronomer Lowell, at
the Arizona station, has lately reported
phenomena on Mars corresponding tC
those Of a spring freshet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

The Society of the Pilgrim Mothers
in New York city is now an established
institution and holds its annual dinners
regularly. The number of women who
landed on Plymouth Rock was thirty
two, and they were certainly indispen-
sable to the sixty-nine men and chill
dren. One Of the toasts at h last
dinner was 1.-THE Gentlemen-God Bless
Them" and If 1t has a ~patronizing
sound it is best not to say a word
about 1t.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

At the Harvard Yale football match
q bakers dozen of pretty girls in lieu
Of muffs wore "sure enough footballs,
from which the ends had been cut.
They were whaleboned and stuffed
inside, and made an exceedingly pref
ty show. Behind this female rush
line came a cadaverous youth bearing
4 pasteboard horn that for size and
capacity has probably never been
squaled.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16
Little Nurse.

The author Of First Days with the
Contrabands'' says that, in the school
which she established and taught soon
after the emancipation of the slaves,
confusion reigned to an extent which
would greatly surprise those of us who
are accustomed to schools conducted
under some well regulated system.
The pupils were terribly in earnest in
their desire to learn, but they had no
idea of discipline. That they wanted to
come was apparent even from their
unconventional manner of regarding
the classroom.
One morning two bright and clean
little girls. ten and twelve years OF
age. came and took their seats as soon
as the bell rang. We heard the chirp-
ing of little chickens, n l asked II any
one had chickens in h room.
eyes. ma'am," came the faint reply.
"Who is it,"
"Me, ma'am," said the older girl.
you, Virginia! Where?"
"In my BOSOM" she said slowly.
What in the world did you bring
chickens to school forT
To this she tremblingly replied.
DE old mudder. him kill all but tree
of him chickens, an titty'-a name
she gave her step-mother-"say l mus
min desc. An 1 'fraid eff l lief 'em
home the rats will eat 'em. So l has to
bring EN- wild me, 'less'n 1 can't come
to school, ma'am."
Sure enough there were the three
little creatures nestled in the bosom OF
her frock. We soon found a box In
which they could safely be kept until
| school was over.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

Labouchere says members Of the
house of lords are fit only to be "orna-
mental excrescences Of parliament"
and has also denounced the lords in a
speech for having murdered or emas-
culated many excellent measures"
The official report says 'and instead of
"or," but Of course Labby was mis-.
reported.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

At q recent congress in India, where
nine languages were spoken by dele
yates, the discussions were carried on
In English. A sensible proposition has
been brought forward lately to make
English the missionary language Of the
world.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16
A Bit From Gen. MiIes's Boyhood.

He had few companions near his
home, for it was a farming region and
sparsely settled. His only brother,
twelve years older than himself, left
home early, and his two sisters being
much older, Nelson was left much to
himself. He continued to ramble about
the adjacent country, carrying his eX-
plorations farther than before, often
taking along a well trained dog and
a shot gun, for he was a natural sports
man, and was fairly skilled in setting
snares, cunning and fishing.
On Saturdays and other holidays the
schcol-boys frequently met by appoint
ment at the home of n of their num-
Der. They formed themselves into
bands and clans, and drilled or carried
on miniature warfare. They re-enacted
scenes of the Indian and Revolutionary
wars. The leaders drew lots to settle
who should be the British the SIN
jins," or the "Mericans."
Nelson Miles frequent LEG Il band.
They made expeditions through the
| open and wooded country. Sometimes
in agining themselves rowing Indians,
they built wigwams, and sometimes as
pioneer settlers they built log huts.
They laid ambuscades, attacked strong
holds, captured parties, and did many
other adventurous things. Their CO.'S
tunes were gathered from the farm
house garrets, and consisted of Col
onial, Continental, 1912, and train-band
uniformS-formerly common in old New
England families-and limitations of the
Narragansett and ~Iroquois Indians. The
weapons We're old fiint-lock muskets,
shotguns, rusty swords, tomahawks,
and bows and arrows.
1t is easy to infer that the Miles boy
had military aspirations, and that the
promise of an appointment to West
Point when he should be of the required
age would have been hailed by him
with delight. But a farmers boy, with
out relatives or friends with political
influence had no hope of such an ap.
pointment in those days, when cadet
ships went by favor, and not by com
petitivC examination. Had some seel
predicted that he would become a ma
Jor general of the army without eve
seeing the military academy, he woul'
have smiled at the prophecy as idl,
and visionary. At the age of siXteel
he went to Boston to learn to be
observation-disclosures Young People.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16
why he Was Advanced.

A business firm once employed a
u man whose energy and grasp Of
affairs soon led the management to
promote him over a faithful and trusted
employe, says a writer in the Popular
Science Monthly. The old clerk felt
deeply hurt that the younger man
should be promoted over him, and COM
planned to the manager.
Feeling that this was a case that
| could not be argued, the manager ask
ed the old clerk what was the occasion
of all the noise in front of their build
ing.
The clerk went forward, and return
ed with the answer that it was a lot
Of wagons going by.
The manager then asked what they
were loaded with, and again the clerk
went out and returned, reporting that
they were loaded with wheat.
The manager then seDt him to ascer-
| tain how many wagons there were, and
he returned with the answer that there
were sixteen. Finally he was sent to
see where they were from, and he re-
turned saving they were from the city
of Lucena.
The manager then asked the old
clerk to be seated, and sent for the
young man, and said to him:
Twill you see what is the meaning of
that rumbling noise in front!'
The young man replied: Sixteen
wagons loaded with wheat. Twenty
more will pass tomorrow. They be
long to Romero & Co. OF Lucena, and
ara on their way TO NarcheSa,, where
wheat is bringing one dollar and a
quarter a bushel for hauling"
The young man was dismissed, and
the manager, turning to the old clerk,
said: -.
my friend, you see now why the
Younger man was promoted over you"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

The town Of Sumner, Kan, which
once lad q population of 1000 people,
has been depopulated, and the site is
now q prosperous farm. About half the
towns in Kansas might follow the ex-
ample Of Sumner to good advantage.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

Anarchist Mowbray told a Philadel-
phia audience that the American flag
was only fit to wipe ones nose with.
And the Philadelphia officers immedi-
ately demonstrated that Mowbray was
rood material to wipe the earth with.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

The only civilized foreign countries
now outside the Universal Postal
Union are China, Morocco. the Orange
Free State, and the Islands Of Assem-
sion, st. Helena and Pitcairn. To all
the others a Scent stamp will carry a
letter Of proper weight.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

He-Do you think blondes have more
admirers than brunettes?
She-I don't know. Why not ask
some of the girls who have had ex-
perience in both capacities.-Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16
Terrible Retribution.

Theolo-Don't you think there will
be any punishment hereafter for a man
who commits bigamy?
Diablo-Of co lrse there will. BotE
his wives win be there at the same
time.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-16

A new commander has been appoint
Cd for the Chinese army; and If he
knows his business, he will proceed to
negotiate q treaty Of peace as soon as
Dossible.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-07
OUT FOR FREE SILVER
A WHITE METAL CONVERT FROM
NEW HAMPSHIRE
CspgTessmAn sullowAy OF the New Eng
land Delegation Declares HIM
self . BimstAllist.

NEW YORK. Feb. GA special to the
World from Nashua, N. H., says:
"Cyrus A. Sulloway, who was elected as
q Republican to the next house OF rep.
ressntstives ss the successor Of Henry
W. Blair. has come out for silver. He
enjoys the distinction Of being the only
member OF the New England delegation
who has yet taken stand opposed to
the prevailing currency creed OF the
east. Mr.. Sullowsy was nominated and
elacted last fall, it is said, against the
wish es of Senator Chandler. He de-
clares in an interview that he lie for sill
yer coinage. ia a bimetallist that he
likes green backs and considers them
like no other money on Gods iootstool.
He ia opposed to foreign loan and
thinks that Europe's envy of our nat
ural wealth of precious metals is the
cause of the present troubles. Mr.. Sui
lowsy was Grssnbacker in the '70s, q
mugwump in 1886, and since has been
the Republican leader in the legisla.
ture, a position which he owes to his
acknowledged talents as a fighter and
On orator. He is 80 years old, ia ak
feet and half tall, and his long hair
and gostes give him the air Of South
erner. He was formerly inclined to be
sporty but was converted by a Saliva
ton army lass, Msttie Webster, whom
he married q year ago."
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-07
HARRY HAYWARD LAUGHED ALOUD
Dramatic Scene in a Mime
apolis Court.
Blixt Curses the Accused Slayer of
Miss Cling.
Intellectual Attempt of th~ Lawyers to
Entrap tho Self Confessed
Murderer.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 6.-Thsre was an
Intensely sensational scene in the court
room today, shortly after the Hayward
murder trial opened. Blixt, the eslf-
confessed murderer, was still on the
stand, and Erwin began the days cam
paign by charging directly that the wit
mesa doctored his confession given yes
terday to suit public clamor. Seste
objected to this manner OF cross-exsm-
ination, and the court sustained the
objection. Erwin then asked Blixt how
he accounted for the discrepancies bs-
tween the two statements he made as to
Harry's giving whisky. Blixt wanted to
60 into an explanation OF this after his
own ideas, but Erwin insisted on direct
answer. Again Blixt tried to hedge,
answering he was in no condition at the
time of ais original confession to re
member details accurately. ANY man
in the condition was in" said Blixt,
would not be likely TO know whether
the time Hayward brought whiaky was
8 O'Clock or 1880"
DRAMATIC EPISODE.
Hayward laughed aloud and looked
squarsly at Blixt the while. The face OF
the murderer turned livid. his voice
trembled and he half rose from the wit.
ness chair.
Yes" he cried. "this is no laughing
thing, tell you"
He was pointing one shaking hand
straight at Hayward, and his lips trem-
bled as he gaspsd: Eyes, you-you are
the man that did 1t all. l know l tell
the truth, and you know"
Hayward, with his chin resting on his
hand, his white teeth showing 40 his
lips parted in broad grin. had enra2ed
the witness beyond endurance. Blixt
was Gained down by the court and the
cross.examination was resumed.
1t was evident 40 the oross-examina-
ton proceeded that Erwin had deter
mined on . different line of attack from
that attempted yesterday which had 90
sgnslly failed. He brown beat the wit.
ness.
THE LAWYER FoILED.
Mr.. Erwin took up his discrepancy
between Blixt's testimony and the first
confession he made, wherein he asserted
that Hayward had done the actual
shooting, and asked the witness reason
for it.
Blixt replied that he was confused ct
the time and recollection was not clear.
He had thought it over every day since
then and all the details had come back
to him. Ofteniimes the efforts OF the
lawyers to entrsp him were foiled by the
stolidity and simplicity of the witness.
For an hour in the afternoon the mer.
ciless Erwin kept Blixt on the rack.
Not once did he entrap the witness into
any serious contradiction or bring out
any new fact that would be OF service to
the defense.
The cross examination was in progress
when court adjourned.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-07
HUNDREDS STARVING.
PITIABLE APPEALS FROM THE
NEBRASKA DESTITUTE.
Legislature Excited Over tho Cond ltion
Of Affairs - Action to
Be Taken.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. GA special to
the Bee from Lincoln. Neb.. says: In
the senate the excitement Of the day
was conferred in the debate over the re.
lief m easures. The clerk read a remark
able letter from Prof. O. B. Dial, secre.
tary of the relief commission OF Strait
ton, Nebraska. The letter stated that
there were 600 people dependent on
thia commission and there was no re-
lief in sight. Dial asked that 500 be
sent at once to keep the people going q
week longer.
Conway. chairman Of the house relief
committee, made a speech in which he
claimed that the reason that people
were suffering was because they had
not complied with the law in organizing
their relief commissions. He moved
that the letter be referred to the house
relief committee with instructions that
they do something instantly.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-07
UNPROFITABLE PUBLICATIONS
william waidrof Aston viii Dispose of
hls Properties.

william Waldorf Aston viii Dispose of
his Properties.
LONDON. Feb. GA rumor has lately
been current in London that William
Waldorf Astor was desirous OF dispoeing
Of the Pail Mall Gazette. Among the
various reasons assigned for this suppos-
itious action that were most generally
put forward was that the venture had
not proved exactly profitable. Strenu-
GUS denial was at once given to these
rumors and it was roundly asserted that
there was nothing further from Mr..
Astor's intention than to dispose of the
Pail Mall GszeIts, the Pail Mall Budget,
or the Pail Mall Magazine. It is further
claimed and bellows with perfect truth,
that the last named publication, at all
events, ia a financial success.
Despite these positive denials, I am
informed tonight by q person who is
in position to know, that not Only
have negotiations for this sale been in
progress but they have now reached
point to render their succsssful issue
practically secure.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-07
DIFFERENT FROM JAPHEr.
An Abandoned Now York Boy Finds q
Father.

N IA vow ooF
Father.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Feb. 6.-Through
the merest chance, l6-yssr.old Reuben
Smith, boy who. for some time past.
has been confined in the state industrial
school, has learned that he has father,
whom he never knew was living. The
lad was spirited away from homo when
boy. The lads father, f. NJ. Smith,
is a well-to-do merchant of San Fran
cisco, who was deserted by his wife l6
years ago. When the woman lett her
husband she took with her their baby
boy, three months old, and came east.
That is the last Mr.. Smith saw of his
wife and child. Mrs. Smith went to
New York city, where she became q va
riety actress. The child was sent to livs
with grandparents near the village OF
Waverly. There he remained until some
time last year, when, on account OF the
abuse he received at the hands Of his
grandparents he lsft their home. Shortly
afterwards he was committed to the
state industrial school as vagrsnt.
Some friends OF youna Smith learned
that his father was living in San Fran
cisco and Immediately communicated
with him with the above result. The
boy leaves for San Francisco this mvrn-
ing.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-07
Starving In McKinIey's District.

COLUMBUS, o.. Feb. 6.-"Two hundred
and twenty five families, averaging five
persons to family, are threatened with
Starvation" was the message conveyed
to Governor Mckinley by a committee
OF three mon of Rsnd Vile, Perry county.
These ll25 people are exhausted from
want OF food and are suffering from the
cold. having no shoes and clothing. The
only mine in the region and the one
which has been the mainstay OF these
families has been shut down. Mayor
Wells. who owns q general store, stated
that he had given credit to the amount
of $1,000, Local aid hss been exhausted,
and it was found necessary to appeal to
the governor.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-07
EXERCISE CLIP At A RECORD,
Remarkable Performance Of
Directly.
A Quarter at Better Than Two
Minute Gait.
Fast Work Of salisbury's Speedy
Equines on the Sacramento
Race Track.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 6.-At Agricultural
park this morning large crowd wit
messed a remarkable performance.
The Salisbury horses were receiving
their exercise preparatory to Friday's
races, and Directly. Flying Jib and
Klamath went q quarter OF mile
abreast in 2s3 seconds, which was bet
ter than two-minute gait.
1t was the fastest quarter Directly
ever covered, and Andy Mcdowell ia
confident the colt will lower HE record
of 2:071a, made at Fresno.
The track ia fast, the horses are all In
fine condition, and it is expected they
will all lower their eastern records.
Alix was logged mile in 2:12 and
covered one qusrter of IL in 80 seconds,
easily.
The weather Is superb.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-07
MORE ARMENIAN OUrRAeEs.

Another Chapter In the Red History OF
ths Country.
LONDON, Feb. 6.-Ths Daily News cor.
respondent in Conatantinople says:
There are now at hand details OF re-
cent ousrages elsewhere in Asia Minor
besides Sassoun and Moush. For in
stance, in December, 1898, at Yuzzst,
owing to the quaTrels OF Armenians and
Mohammedans, the local authorities ar.
reated 400 Arm snians, and soon after
the Mohsmmedsns attacked, beat and
killed the Armsnsns in the market
place.
"The Armsnians complained In writ-
Ing OF these outrages. but those com-
planning were Immediately imprisoned,
end 40 OF them are still in prison. Many
Armenians have been imprisoned re-
Gently for possessing Bibles not marked
with the censorship stamp"