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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
THE MooRs OF DELAWARE.
A Race of Mixed Indian and Afri-
can Blood.

can BlOO0.
There has been much speculation
about the so-caIled Moors living in
Kent and Sussex Counties, Del. These
people are usually swarthy, black-hair-
ed and black-eyed, though sometimes
of a fair complexion. They are mostly
farmers. They have their wi schools
distinct from the general public school
SYSTEM and they associate neither
with whites nor with blacks. One
theory has been that they are of the
Moorish race, and that their ancestors
were Spanish Moors wrecked on the
coast more than a century ago.. An
other tradition represents them as de-
scendants of the Nanticoke Indians.
George P. Fisher a lawyer long prac-
ticing in Delaware writes to present
what he regards as satisfactory evil
dence as to the origin of these people.
He has been acquainted with these
people all his life. NOke Norwood, a
giant of the tribe, erect and black
| haired at rs, he knew from childhood.
When Mr.. Fisher became attorney
| general of the state he was called upon
| to prosecute Levin Sockum, II of the
race. for selling ammunition to Isaiah
Harmon, of the some race, the 1ndict-
ment having been found under a sta
tute of Delaware making it a misde-
meanor to sell arms or ammunition to
any negro or mulatto. Harmon was
a man of 20 years, with excellent eau
casian features, dark chestnut hair,
rosy cheeks and hazel eyes. Mr.. Fish
er thought him the handsomest man
n the court room. Nevertheless, Lydia
Clark, a kins-woman Of Harmon, tes-
titled for the state that, according to a
family tradition, some years before
the revolutionary war broke out, when
she was a little girl, their ancestress, a
woman of Irish birth, owning and cul
tivating a farm in the Indian River
Hundred, Sussex County, a few miles
from Lewes, bought of a SLAYER that
was driven into Lewes Greek Il negro
slave who ~professed to be a chief OF
one of the Congo tribes. The woman
whose name was Regua, shortly after
married her slave, and their children
not being allowed to associate will
the whites, intermarried with the rem
nant of the Nanticoke Indians, theI
still living in Sussex County. The
witness, a very old woman, looked like
an Indian of pure blood.
These people for several generations
were confined principally to the south
eastern part of Sussex County, but
have since gone into Kent county
and even northward into New Castle
county. They have always refused
to associate with the colored people
Although chiefly engaged in farming
they have managed to pick up suffi
cient mechanical skill to build theil
own hCu es. Mr.. Fisher says that the.
are thrifty. industrious, frugal and Law
abiding. He has known of but two in
stances where one of the race wa:
brought into court for a violation o
law. One case was that of Sockum
and the other of a man charged witt
attempted murder, but acQuited.-Mil
ford. Delaware Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
Macready at ~StOckbrfdge.

In 1914 Macready paid Stockbridge
visit of two or three days. His ia
nous stage stride was relaxed when
off the boards, but otherwise his de-
pertinent was almost as classically
dignified as in the tranquil intervals
of his acting on the stage, where 1
had often watched his lightest move
ments and gestures with the intense
interest inspired by youth and love of
the drama. Two things about him
specially impressed me. One was his
daily appearance in a different colored
dress coat, black one day, blue IN
other, claret-colored the third, the last
two garments being garnished with
gold or gilt buttons. This, to a small
country boy, quite unused to the sight
of any dress coat, was a very impress
i've circumstance. The other thing
was his saying that the reading Of the
Church of England service by the vii.
lage rector of that day was quite fault.
less. A great compliment we villagers
thought it to a New England rector
from the leading tragedian Of the
English observation-disclosures Of Lit
erary Berkshire" by Henry Dwight
~siedgwick, in the Century.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
THE STRANGEST INSECT.
1t Is Half n Plant and Is Found i
New Zealand.

1t Is Half a Plant and Is Found in
New Zealand.
The aweto, as the Maoris or natives
of New Zealand call II, or Hipialis
virescens, as naturalists term it, is
table caterpillar of from 3 to 4 inches
in length, and, so far, science has not
been able to say whether it is a vege-
table or an insect. 1t is always found
at the foot of large myrtle trees that
have beautiful red flowers on their
stems, and a beautiful creeping Gle
MATHS as white as the snow. The
Maoris call this tree by the name of
rata. The aweto buries itself among
the roots of the rata, a few inches be-
low the ground, when it undergoes a
most wonderful change. The spore of
a vegetable fungus, termed by natur-
alists SophOeria Robertsii, fastens it.
self o the neck of the caterpillar, just
between the head and the first ring,
and then grows upward to the height
of from 6 to 8 inches. Many people
assert that there is never more than
n stem but that is not the case, for
some have been found with two stems
although very rarely.
The stem shoots up out of the
ground, above where the caterpillar is
living, about 2 or 3 inches; below the
earth it grows into the aweto, until it
fills up every possible space within the
outer skin without changing the form
of the insect in the slightest way
whatever, but simply substituting n
vegetable matter for animal matter.
AS o as this takes place both the
plant and the caterpillar become dry
and hard and die, but retain exactly
the same form as when alive. The
whole has a brown color, and the in
sect appears a wooden caterpillar,
with a huge horn standing up from
the back of the neck. How the cater
pillar manages to propagate it's species
10 II can tell. Usually the caterpil-
lar becomes a chrySalis, the chrysalis
changes into a moth, the moth lays
eggs, and these eggs again become
caterpillars, and so on without stop
ping. Many reasons are given why
the plant shoots up from the back of
the neck Of the aweto. One is that
the aweto has a Shiny substance ooz-
ing out from its neck, which while the
aweto is boring at the root of the rata
tree for it's only food. catches the
seeds of the fungus and holds it fast
there till the latter begins to grow.
When it has sucked all the vegetable
life out of the aweto it must naturally
die. for it finds no further nOurish-
ment. The aweto is often found in
large numbers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17

now OF water Will cease, n the pure
sand will then hold water as if it were
clay. The action of the manur water
has served to change the relation Of
the grains of sand till they make a
tenacious soil.
"The farmer can conduct these ex-
periments on a scale as extensive as
his farming operations and always
with the same results. Manure or
other material Astounding in organic
matter applied to q porous soil will
make it more tenacious, and therefore
more retentiye Of moistur re; while
drainage and subsoil blowing will
aerate and increase the absorbing
power of heavy soil, with similar bene-
fetal results. Report of the Kansas
State Board u Agriculture.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
Two Years for Taylor.

Pierre, S. D., Specialize Taylor
defalcation is about to be cleared up
and the defaulting treasurer will be
sentenced next week. His bondsmen
and himself this morning turned over
to the state treasurer S100.O 600 in
checks and drafts as agreed upon
when he surrendered himself last
June, and also a list of properties in
which the defaulter held equities or
owned prior to his skipping to South
America. The statute on which 1t was
thought Taylor would be sentenced to
twenty years is found defective, and
two years will be the maximum.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
MIR. GLADSTONE.
What Chauncey Depew Thinks OF
the Grand Old Man.

What Chauncey Depew Thinks OF
the Grand Old Man.
"You ask who is the most interest
ing Englishman | have met. 1t is a
hard question to answer In some ways,
but, OF reflection, l am inclined to
think that Mr.. Gladstone is the most
remarkable. He has Il wonderful mag
netic quality, and in private
ton as in his olatory, is always enter
tanning and often eloquent. When he
meets you he puts on you what they
call in England the Gladstone tenta-
cles.' He has learned from some
source unknown to you your speciality,
and he pumps you dry without your
feeling the process until it is all over.
Gladstone will meet the best equip
ped mar in the world and draw from
him the mental stores of a lifetime.
But he gives you a quid pro QUO.
He is a wonderful talker. Let him
discourse on any subject-music, his
tory, novels, fashions, science, politics,
cooking, anything that interests the
mind of man-and he makes you feel
that the topic under treatment is his
speciality.
Il went to the opera in London with
him. He told me he had heard every
famous singer for fifty years back.
What he did not know about opera,
music and great composers and sing
ers was not important.
"While we sat talking in the box
about operate matters a Liberal whip
came in for instructions from the
Grand Old Man. He told the whip in
detail what to do, how and when to do
It. 1 learned later in the evening that
his instructions had enabled the Lib
erals to wipe the floor of the house Of
commons with their opponents.
"After he had finished with thewhip
Mr.. Gladstone turned to me and con-
tinued his discussion of Beethoven as
a compoSer."-New York World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17

From this summer the whole earth
became to the boy as Tennyson de-
scribes the lotus country. "a land Of
streams" In school days and i'll town
he acknowledged the sway of those
mysterious and irresistible forces
which produce tops at IL season, and
marbles at another and kites at an
other, and bind all boyish hearts to
play mumble-the-peg at the due time
more certainly than the stars are
bound to their orbits. But when va
cation came, with its annual exodus
from the city. there was only one sign
in the zodiac and that was Pisces
"Old-Fashioned Fishing" by Henry
van Dyke in Century.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17

1t is hardly possible to pillow too early
for wheat, and the sooner this is done
after the field to be sown is ready fol
the plow the better for the crop if prof.
er attention is given to it. Plow as
soon as possible and harrow as fast
as plowed, no matter how hard and
dry the soil is. Usually early plowed
land can be narrowed effectively bet.
ter than that which lays to the sun un
til August or the first of September
After a field is plowed it should be
narrowed at intervals as the weeds
start, and this will make q seed bed
that is just what wheat needs. We
C knew an old gentleman whose
rule in narrowing was to harrow twice
as much as necessary and then all the
time that could be given to it after,
ward, and he hardly ever failed of q
crop of wheat or oats.-Farm News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
THE SEVENTH SENSE.
On@ IL Sleeping I'm Us, hut OccaEion-
ally Wakes I'm,

III oR
This is the age of %psychical research.
Claude Stuart Coles gives the follow
ing curious experience in the New
Science Review, In an article ON "Men-
tai Telegraphy:''
Within us is the power, sleeping.
Once in awhile some sensitive soul has
felt it stir, but there was no known
law that governed it, no logic with
which to convince others of it's being;
SO 1t was buried deep in the inner con
sciouness, where hide ideas hat dare
not seek light, because they are in adj
vance of their age.
Long ago, at the house of a friend,
/ saw a photograph of a mans head.
AS l picked it up there came over me
a sense of having known the original;
1t was the face of a 'friend!' When
my hostess entered / asked about the
photograph, and she told me who it
was. The name meant nothing to me,
but the face meant all things that L
knew. Several times in the next week
l looked at the photograph, always
with the same sense of "having
known" Then eight years elapsed,
during which no memory of that face
NdhlC w lit. oAC udy, at liz 'nCdtCls
there flashed over me that same curl
Gus sense of "having known" in
stinctively | turned and caught full
the glance Of the original of the pho
tograph. What he was doing there I
have never found out.
Several miles away from me lived a
friend. Days would elapse without
our meeting, but if l sat down and
wrote her a note she would come, al
ways crossing the note. l became SO
certain about 1t after awhile that ]
would write the note and tear 1t up,
The thought would stir in her the de-
sire to see me. There was no use in
mailing it.
The sight of a certain handwriting
would always make my heart sink; II
was something that l could not reason
myself out of, yet the letters were
pleasant and the words fair. One day
1 found out that my instinct was
right. l trust 1t now.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
tPrince john Van Buren, and Mr.


brau1Sh.
His son John-often called "Prince
John" from his having once danced
with the Princess Victoria-also came
20 Stockbridge about the same time.
His rather roilicking bearing was a
contrast to his fathers staid demeanOr
that might have puzzled Cation. One
1rizZling morning when Lieut.. Gov.
Bradish, a dignitied gentleman of the
bid school (of whom it was once re-
marked by a country member of the
legislature that he was "aperiently a
little pompiose'), was presiding over
the court of errors at Albany, the
prince on entering the court room
nodded familiarly to the lieutenant
governor, with the observation "a fine
morning for young ducks, governor"
'"Think of it," said Mr.. Bradish, after
ward, describing the occurrence think
of his speaking of young ducks to me
when presiding over the court of en-
"ors of the great State of New York"
"Reminiscences of Literary Berk-
shire" by Henry Dwight Sedgwick, in
the Century.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17

A leading agricultural journal well
says: "Whatever adds to the produc-
ing power of the soil must be regarded
as a fertilizer, and the first of all fer
tllizers is moisture. There is no soil SO
poor but which is still fertile enough
to yield a fair crop if water can be
applied in a regular and uniform guam
tity sufficient for the plants. But
water cannot be so applied to most
soils, and in proportion as the decayed
vegetable matter in the soil is destroyed
by tillage the ability of the soil to hold
what moisture it receives is destroyed.
The loss of fertility and loss of mois-
ture are, therefore, cooperative to a
large extent, and the problem of in
creasing fertility is solved by increas-
ing the moisture in the soil.
1.-The mass of moisture reaches the
soil as rainfall. 1t escapes in three
ways: () By running off the surface;
(2) by teaching through the soil; (3)
by evaporation into the atmosphere.
The rapidity with which the waste goes
OIL depends on the physical condition
of the soil, and it is here that the ability
of the farmer to control moisture finds
full scope.
1.-THE capacity of a soil to absorb and
retain moisture depends on the relation
of the particles in that soil to each
other, as well as on the size of the
particles. A clay soil may be in a fair
condition for tillage and producing
good crops till at some time when the
soil is full of water it is trampled by
animals or stirred by the pillow. The
result is, the soil runs together in
mortar; when it dries out 1t bakes, and
is lifeless and unproductive. The size
of the PARTICLES of earth has not been
changed. They have merely been
brought into different relations to each
other. Other cases uproducing chang
es of relation in the particles of soils of
different character give results equally
as striking and important as the
familiar illustration given above. 1t
is a common experiment to fill a filter
with clear river sand and on this sand
weak manure water is poured. At
first, the water will run through the
sand and will be filtered nearly or quite
clear. But after a few minutes the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
Thirty Five Bushels to the Acre.

The probable yield of small grain
exceeds the widest expectations and
surpasses all previous records. Thresh-
ers and farmers have estimated wheat
at IS bushels and oats at 100 bushels
per acre. Not a particle of rust is
visible anywhere in the great wheat
fields where the ripenlng grain stands
four feet high and top heavy with it's
own weight.-Sioux Falls Argus-Lead-
err.
Talk about South Dakota and Union
county. Uncle Henry Quick brought
into this office Monday evening a radish
of unusually large proportions, Its
weight was 2 pounds and 5 ounces;
length II inches, and circumference II
inches. That beats anything we have
seen yet this year, and MI. Quick is
is just the man who knows how to
raise EN-. He has had new potatoes of
the size of goose eggs from his garden.
What do you think of that?-Elk Point
Courier.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
Pocketed the Result.

First Waiter-Dar's some mighty
mean folks in Boston. You noticed
dat hatchet-faced mar what Use been
waitin' on?
Second Waitcr-What's de matter
wild him?
"He insulted me wild a dime"
"What did yer dOT
81 accepted it wild in~dignaShun.'
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17

The cowbells tinkled drowSily.
In the shadow of the shelving shore,
with the waves breaking at their feet,
they fingered.
"Would you marry for money! she
demanded.
He started and turned pale.
"ThiS is so sudden!' he faltered.
To make a bad matter worse he sub
sequently asked her how much she
was offering.-Detroit Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17

Philadelphia, Special.-It is said to-
day that the Fidelity Mutual COM
pany, which was victimeZed out Of
$4,000 by II. H. Holmes, has informa-
ton to the effect that the arch con
throughout the land, and that letters
have been received in this city from
them since the search for Howard Pit
eel was begun, stating their intention
of standing by Holmes. When De-
tective Geyer left for the West the
other day Inspector Gary, of the In
surance %connanv. accompanied him.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17

"How do you get on with your
music, Gussie?"
Gussie-Oh, ever and ever so fast.
I used to get behind my teacher when
we played duets, but now | can get
two or three bars ahead just as easy.
Boston Traveller.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
A CHASTITY Spectre.

Disease is ever, but in no form is it more
to be dreaded than in that of the form
liable maladies which attack the kidneys
and bladder. Bright's disease, diabetes
and gravel alike be prevented, If inactivity
Of the kidneys is rectitied in time with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, sovereign
also in case of rheumatism, dyspepsia,
constipation, malaria, biliousness and ner-
vouSneSS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
An Unauthorized Call.

Friend-l understand that the peo-
you take charge of their new church?
Popular Preacher-Y-e-s, there has
been some talk about it, but I'm not
going.
Don't you think the lord Is calling
You to this new ield?"
ooh. no. If He we're, He would put
It IN their hearts to offer me a bigger
salary.'-New York Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
Hoo6'S D;tIS the after-dinner pill and
llOO0 tlIS family cathartic. 25c.
The Music of the Fox Hounds.

'sWby, sir, there is but II nobler
animal that a lo%ng-eared, deep-mouth-
ed, patient fox hound; and that is a
woman! Think of treating him that
way! And the music is the thing!
Many an old Virginian would give
away a dog because his tongue was
not in harmony with the rest. The
chorus would be a chord. l shall never
hear sweeter music, unless, by the
grace of heaven, l hear some day the
choiring of angels."-"Fox Hunting in
Kentucky" by John Fox, Jr., in the
Century.
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1t is now the general impression that

1t is now the general impression that
q cheese factory will be in running
order at this place at no distant time.
A mass meeting was held Monday and
six reputable gentlemen selected to
visit cheese factory plants, and investi-
gate the matter generally and report.
Many of our people are of the impress
sion that a cheese factory would pay
better than the creamery is now pay
ing. Judging from the price we pay
for cheese it seems that the price paid
the factory would be satisfactory. We
hope our people will take a lively in
terest in this matter and that we may
soon see good results. Is. d.
RepOrt.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17

Freddy-Mamma, our principal says
that his school days We're the happiest
days of his life. Do you believe that:
Misunderstanding. He wouldn't
say so if it were not true.
Freddy-Well, | suppose he played
hockey and didn't get caught.-Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
Settle 1t Yourselves.

Starting from her sleep she seized
her husband convulsively by the nose
and one eyelid. John" she cried,
"there's a burglar going through youl
%trousers!'' ''What did you wake me
for?' irritably demanded the head CT
the house; 'settle it between you"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
Iohacco's Iriumnh.

Every day we meet men who have apparently
lost all interest in lie, but they chew and
smoke all the time and wonder why the sun.
s. inc is not bright and the sweet birds song
pleasures of life and leaves irritated nerve cen
ters in return No-To-Bac is the easy way out.
Guaranteed 10 cure and lake you well and
strong, by Druggists everywhere.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17

Many receipts rs published still call
for cream-of-tarter and soda, the old
fashioned way of raising. Modern
cooking and expert cooksd 10 not sane
ton this old way. In all such receipts
the Royal Baking Powder should be
substituted therefor.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-17
An Illusion DispeIIed.

Al suppose the Mullers kept their
silver wedding yesterday?
B-Why, yes; so at least they i'm
agined; but when they looked at the
presents afterward they came to the
conclusion that it was only "A German
silver OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sprecher.
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Young Spriggings (gleefully)-Con-
graduate me, old boy! Mother and
child doing well.
Old Boy-Eh? So you are a father,
eh? What is it, boy or girl?
Young Spriggins (blankly)-I-I for
got to ask.-New York Weekly.