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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

"AAt bssteHeU AppfOV1ngly.
ner, rugged o in all the fascinations
of a cream-colored Overcoat with pearl
buttons, saluted her with a nod of
lordly indifference. And she was wont
to return it with n equally frigid,
and continue on her way wondering
What in the world Mike McCarty saw
in hanging around Regan's corner all
day Sunday"
AS he was crossing the railroad on
his way to the smoker. Mike noticed
that a broad beam Of light flowed
from each window of the old school
house on Master street. A Sowd of
half-grown boys were skylarking
around the entrance, and as Mike ap-
preached a tremendously audible whis-
per of Here comes Mike McCarty, de
scrapper.' went round among them.
Time was when this would have caus-
ed Mike to initiate his chest like a
pouter pigeon and stalk by with the
stride of a conqueror, But now. he
heard it with a sort of fierce impa-
tience.
Hay, Rocks" said he to one of the
boys. whats de game in dere?'
Might school, answered the young
ster. Started las night"
All, yes; he remembered having
beard Jimmie say that ono of the night
school boys had broken his slate. He
walked on a few PAGES and hen stop,
ped. Pat ~Shannon's words, uttered In
the little office but a few hours before,
REQUIRED to him. Give up the gang
Pat had admonished. "Stick till yez
wurk an go till the noight school,"
Doomed if l don'tr' exclaimed
Mike. He turned back and said to the
boy he had previously spoken to. Say,
bud, any n kin go in, can't dey?'
"Certney,' replied the boy. Right
up der steps an cit yer name writ
down in der book"
AS Mike slowly assembled the stairs
he caught a suppressed litter from the
boys. This stirred up thoughts of
what the gang would say. lie pie
tured himself standing in the midst
of them, an object of derision, the butt
of their ridicule. In a mental vision
he saw two of them meet upon the
street and heard the tones of unut-
terable scorn in which one informed
the other that Mike McCarty wuz
goin' ter school," These reflections
caused him to pause with his hand on
the principals office door. But his
mind was fully made UP. The same
expression came upon his face that
was wont to appear there when he
squared himself before an opponent in
h "Amachoor Torment"
If dey Kid me-" he muttered,
'derell be something broke; OATS all
lie half expected the principal would
laugh v'hen he stated his business.
But, on }he contrary, the gentleman
Aa.Nl - 80. H.
provingly. This made Mike feel bet
ter, and he marched through the door,
which was pointed out to him, with
mounting courage. The class room was
pretty well filled, mostly by men of his
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

own age. They all had a cramped,
awkward look as they sat a; the little
desks, and there was something pa
thetic in the clumsy way they handled
the spelling books whose contents they
were striving to master.
There were two teachers in the class,
and both were fitting helpfully from
desk to desk, imparting information
to their big pupils and striving by
kindness to smooth the rugged path to
learning. No one noticed Mike. He
stood looking helplessly about for q
moment, then slid into the first vacant
seat and awaited developments. One
Of the teachers vas gradually work
ing her way up the aisle toward him.
His back was turned to her, but, by
the sound of her voice he knew that
she was young. In a few moments she
was. as Mike afterward expressed it,
"givin' pointers ter de mug right back
o. me-"
1t was not until then that he recog-
nized the voice. A panic Immediately
possessed him.
"Hully gee!" he muttered, as he
twisted and sQuirmed in his seat. IF
she onct pixies me off she'll have der
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
GROW RICH, EVERY FARMER.

The editor thinks it to be the wish o
everybody to grow rich, not for the SAX
Of the money, but for the good that cal
be done with the money. Now, Their
are three new cereals recently create
that will make money for the farmer
One is Silver King Barley, the mos
wonderful creation of the age, yieldin,
80, 100 to 116 blu. per acre in 1895, an,
there are thousands of farmers who be
lieve they can grow $50 blu. per acr
therefrom in 1896.
Then there is Silver Mine Oats, yield
ing in 1895 209 blu. per acre. Ever,
farmer who tested it, believes $50 bu
possible.
Then there is Golden Triumph Corn
which produced over 200 bu. per acre
and $50 blu. is surely possible.
And potatoes, there is Salzer's Ear
Hest, which was fit for table in % day
in 1895, yielding tremendously, Will
the Champion of the World, tested in
thousand different places in 1895, yield
ed from 8 to 1000 bu. per acre.
Now, in Salzer's new catalogue Their,
is a wonderful arrayal of new varietie,
of wheat, oats, barley, rye, potatoes
grasses, clovers and forage plants, ant
the editor believes that it would pa,
every farmer a thousand-fold to get thii
catalogue before buying seeds.
If you Will cut this out ana send I
with 10 cents postage to the John A
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. yo
will receive, free, 10 grain and gras,
samples, including above and thei]
mammoth catalogue. Catalogue alone
) cents postage. w.n.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

Mike Made Rapid Progress.
gran laff on me. What de blazes did
I drift inter dis joint fer anyway? l
might a-knowed she'd be here" Then
with a yearning look at the door
through which he had entered, he con-
tinued, "If l fought lone O. de gang
wuz on I'd slide"
But zeal of ridicule held him in his
seat, and, with a wildly humping
heart, he awaited the denoument. She
spent fully five minutes Strengthening
matters out for Mikes neighbor, who
seemed to have gotten almost hope
lessly mixed Unwittingly Mike had
usurped another's seat, and, when at
last she dropped into it alongside him,
she asked:
How are you getting along with"
then, in great establishment, why,
MI. Mccarthy"
Mike turned scarlet. Her exclama-
ton was perfectly audible, and he i'm
agined that every n was looking at
him.
What in the name of goodness are
you doing here?" Intercepted she, still
surprisingly. Mike thought this ques-
ton cruel. He felt that she wanted to
draw him out and then Jolly" him
about his newborn ambitions.
Il want ter learn ter read an write
he finally managed to say, but des.
perate1y, eff l had knowed you wuz III
here then paused, not knowing how
to finish.
"You would not have come in, is that
it?" asked she, arching her brows.
Yes answered he; 'dat's iist it,"
But Maggie was not offended. She
understood just how he felt, and hel
heart swelled with sympathy. She
had wanted to laugh at first, but now
she wouldn't let so much as a smile
dimple her face for a membership of
the board of education.
Yes" said she, a few weeks after
ward to her bosom friend, Veronica
McTurpin, the milliner, "Mr. McCar-
tvs getting on ~splendidly. Indeed his
progress is really remarkable. He goes
through every task l set him like a
flash. That is, every one but the last
one of the evening. Somehow or other
this particular task always detains
him until all the other scholars are
gone. Then. of course" archly, sit is
too dark and lonesome for me to GO
| home alone, and he always sees me as
far as the door. He very seldom comes
in, but with a contented little laugh,
Il can see that he wants to awfully.'
This little affair happened some
years ago.. If the reader wants to
learn how it turned out / can only
direct him. or her, to a pretty little
residence street in the northwestern
section of the city. The houses are
all alike, and the man who built them
resides in the last, but one. His wife,
so the neighbors will tell you, was
formerly a school teacher, and there is
a brass sign fixed under the window
bearing the legend:
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
Deafness Can Not Be Cured

by local applications, as they can not reach
only one way to cure Deafness and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infiamed you nave a
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
ma condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; uine 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 Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
EY- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
A Housewives Trials.
MRS. MARSHALL TELLS HOW SHE
SUFFERED.
Had Several Attacks of RheumRtism-
Doctors Failed to Relieve Her
How tho Disease Was
Conquered.
From the Press, Appleton, MINI.

From the Press, Appleton, MINI.
OF all the ordinary diseases to which
humanity is heir, there is, perhaps,
none more general or more painful than
rheumatism. The Press having learned
that Mrs. Mary A. Marshall, a we'll
known lady of Appleton, Mimi, this
city, had for some time past been a suf-
ferer from this complaint. and h a she
had found a remedy which not only
gave almost immediate relief, but which
effected a complete IRE and believing
hat the dissemination of a few facts
regarding it would perhaps be of inter-
est and benefit to many Of our readers.
interviewed the lady upon the matter.
The reporter found Mrs. Marshall at her
pleasant home busily engaged in per-
forming her household duties in a man.
ner which did not in the least indicate
rheumatism, and secured from her the
following statement:
1T is abou a cal and a half ago
that 1 first experienced these attacks of
rheumatism. AS they became more fire.
quent they became more painful, and
while I used the prescriptions of several
doctors 1 failed to find relief. About a
year ago l noticed in a paper a testi-
monial as to the effectiveness of DR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
LII wac oo Aiiipl Wy IN otolCilClltS
made therein that I determined to try
them. My husband accordingly sent for
a supply of six boxes, and 1 am free tc
say that before I had used two boxes
of the pills 1 became aware of a change
for the better. l continued to improve
until today, ! am as free from all trace
of rheumatism as 1 was before these
attacks. 1 can also truthfully say that
aside from speedily and effectually cur
ing the rheumatism the pills hav done
me a great deal of good in generally
~renovating the system, purifying thu
blood and relieving those numerous lit
tie ailments to which women are mos
commonly addicted"
Mr.. Marshall was present during thu
interview, and was sincere in his praise
of what the pills had lone for his wife
believing them to have been the sole
and direct cause Of her relief.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain al
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves They are for sale b.
by all druggists, or may be had by ma
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady, N. Y. for SOC per box. OF
six boxes for $2.50
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

A Missouri farmer, without meadow
lands and feeling unwillingly to pay
$50 a ton for hay, recommends fodder
prepared as follows: Top corn and
bind when green into armful bundles;
let 1t cure in the field, and when the
corn gets ripe, snap it and crib it; then
haul out the fodder and stack it up
like grain. Or cut up the corn at the
usual time and put It into shocks, but
cut off the stalks just below the lowest
ear. When damp weather comes husk
off the corn, bind the fodder into bun
dies and stack 1t. He states that lie
has pursued this plan for three years
and considers fodder so cuiNd equal to
the best timothy hay. 1t is certainly
q cheap and a very easily prepared
feed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

"She do be after havin' an Elegant
e~ddycation," continued Mrs. McCarty.
''She kin play the pianny an sing
lOike an angel. An she have daffy-
down-dillys painted OF all av the tay
cups at home. An dye know, Mike,
Mrs. Coogan tow1d me the day in the
market that Maggie made a spach at
the 'Workih' Girls Union at Kelly's
Hall wan r1oight last wake. Arrah,
but she's the swate crayture! divil d
bit stuck up is she, but jist the same
Maggie that she wur when a slip av a
an lived mkt dure."
When she lived next door! What a
host of reflections the words brought
to the mind of the brooding Mike.
Even after supper, while arraying
himself, in his little attic room, for
the smoker" to be given at the club
that night. the memories of the old
days continued to fit through his
mind.
1T don't seem long ago." he unused,
since me an Maggie wuz kids an
played a ring, a ring O'roses' down in
the front o Clancy's grocery store.
She was a regular little fairy then. l
remember how 1 pasted Jerry Nc
Glory in de snoot one day fer sayin'
l was all broke up on 'er."
And then he thought of Owen Carol,
Maggie's father, who used to carry
the bod for McMullen, the contractor,
and of the neat little house he had
bought on North Second street.
mo wonder he cud afford to shake
de alley" soliloquized Mike, "he pulled
his tree plunks an a half a day.
worked study an never pushed der
can. An dat wuz a nice figger der
gadder's aroun' here cut when de ole
man sent Maggie ter de high school.
Ye'd tink 1t WuZ a sin ter e~jjicate a
chip an keep 'er out o de mill. If
I'd a-bin de ole gent I'd a-give 'em a
mout' full" He paused to give a final
tug at his red four-in-hand, and then
resumed. eff me ole man hadn't a.
kicked out so quick maybe I'd be ejii'
Gated, too; but" ~resignedly, 'it's nc
use kickin'; l guess I'm booked ter
navigate a pair o. jacks all me life
But Mike, although he earned his
bread and beef in this rather oh.
scure way, had dreamed his dream OF
glory. Since joining the club thre
years before, his one absorbing am
bition had been to make his pro
fcssional debut in the squared circle
and slug his way to fortune and re
nown. The %proudest moment of his
life had been when, stripped to tho
waist OH the broad stage Of the Acad
envy of Music. he had made his bow tC
a vast concourse of the fancy" ant
received from the hands of the sport
ing editor of the Weekly Thumper {
silver cup, e~mblematic of the light
weight championship of the Auror;
Borealis Athletic Club. As Koske'
McGurk, the clubs bard and orator
had afterwards said: Caesars trium
phal entry into Rome paled into in
significance when compared with til,
dazzling glare of the overwhelming
ovation our champion received on tina
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS night"
But. somehow or other, Mike didn'
think of all this now. Fistic fame die
not seem at all so desirable as it ha,
formerly. In his present mood he onl.
remembered how his pursuit of it ha,
cut him off from Maggie Carroll. Mag
gle and he treated each other very dis
family in these days. When she cam
tripping along on Sunday morning
prayer book in hand, on her way t
church, Mike, standing on Regan's col
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
Heating Railway Travellers in
Eurnna

EuFo9e.
The way in which travellers are
brought to q comfortable degree of
heat in European railway cars is from
the feet upward. The traveller, in fact,
has to be warmed instead of the car.
The absurdity of the inversion of the
common-sense process strikes the
American quite as much as its incon-
venience and inefficiency; but the ma
tives take it as a matter of course that
the only way to keep a man from
freezing in a railway car is to give
him a foot-warmer. An English paper
complains that the Anticipated and
troublesome system of warming with
water pans is still employed, especially
on local and suburban lines, while on
the other side of the channel the
French are becoming actually scien-
tific in their car-heating methods. 1t
appears that an innovation has been
introduced on many of h French
lines to the great satisfaction OF the
travelling public. 1t has been found
that hydrated baryta is a better re-
tainer of heat than the acetate of soda
hitherto employed in the foot-warmers
of railway trains and Omnibusses on
the continent. The acetate of soda
can be supervised and remain liquid
at Il lower temperature than its fusing
point. without rendering back it's heat;
but the baryta lever misbehaves in
This way, and weight for weight with
the acetate of soda, it stores up a
larger quantity of heat. Its point of
fusion is, moreover, higher than that
of the acetate of soda. The difference
in the power of retaining heat between
the English hot water pan and the new
French foot-warmer is shown by the
fact that whereas a warmer containing
water cooled from 100 degrees to so
degrees Fair. in about six hours, the
hydrated baryta pan took fifteen
hours. In other words, the baryta pan
/ remains hot twice the time that the
water pan does. The pan is simply
| filled with the baryta once for all and
! then sealed alright. 1t is heated by
| plunging it In boiling water for a time
! and is then ready for use.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
A BALD-HEADED FRESHMAN.
One of Pen-syIyapia's Football
Players Wears a wig.


The University of Pennsylvania has
frequently been scored upon the e Of
some of the athletes who have attend
ed there in the past, but they have
never Deer charged with having bald
headed freshmen. Nevertheless, this
is a fact, although the students them
selves do not know it. When the fresh
man foot ball team was practicing re-
Gently against the varsity, the appall-
ing fact was discovered. The big left
guard of the freshmen, running at a
varsity player, tackled him and threw
him. The freshman fell beneath. and
the crowd of interference fell upon
him. All that could be seen of him,
however, was a perfectly bald head,
extending from beneath the mass.
| The players didn't know what to make
of it, and stood by gazing, forgetting
to release the imprisoned man. When
| the crowd has di%sentangled itself the
big freshman hurriedly found the wig
with which he had concealed his de-
formity, and shortly after disappeared
from the field.-Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

Mrs. DENY husband has a great
head. He always tells me a different
story when he comes home from the
club at 3 a.. m.
Mrs. Beebee-Well, my husband al.
ways has the head, but he seems tc
be losing his powers of invention OF
late.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
Very Disturbing.

did you enjoy the sermon, dear?'
said Mrs. Collingwood to her husband,
after church.
"No; l dreamed that a note for $1,000
was due and | hadn't a cent to pay it
with."-Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
Against the New Woman.

(Which do you love most, your papa
or your mammaT"
Little Charlie-I love papa most.
Charles Mother-Why, Charlie, ]
thought you loved me most?"
Charlie-Can't help it, mamma. We
men have to hold together.-Milwau
kee Citizen.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
After the Manner of Poets.

what is that queer splotch on the
face of the earthY' asked Apollo.
That" replied Pegasus, looking
down over his shoulder at the remains
of the would-be poet. "That is a little
thing 1 tossed off a short time ago in
Il moment Of Observation-Disclosures
lis Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

Aunt Ito little Oscar)-What dress
had your mother on when she drove
off to the party this evening?
Oscar-A long, white, short dress.
Aunt-NonsenSe. it could not be long
and short at the same.
Oscar-Yes, aunty. 1t was long al
the bottom and short at the top.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
An Unfortunate Chan

Checkerly-Poor Algy! He's how
wildly defawmed.
Stripes-Defawmed?
Checkerly-Yaas, poor boy; his eyes
are so pwominent that he cawn't wear
a monocle.-Truih.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
THE WOODEN HEM,

We have heard of wooden horses and
wooden ducks, but a wooden hen IN
something new under the sun-nnd its
purposes are different from those Of
either of the other wooden animals
mentioned. 1t Is a not a toy. though Il
will please a boy. 1t is a hen, at least
1t will hatch chickens from hens eggs.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

know my life was saved by riso's Cure
for Consumption.-John A. Miller, Au Sa-
BILE, Michigan, April 81. 1895
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

Angel-The great Reformer that was
in room 3,61S.yot,444 has paid his bill
aud gone.
st. Peter-Didn't he like Paradise?
Angel-No; he was terribly disap-
pointed when he discovered there was
nothing in his line here and took the
first elevator going down.-Lruth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

Many influences combine to reduce health
TO the danger limit. The reviving properties of
3,aTkers Ginger Tonic best overcome these ills.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

London trained nurses have now a club
of their own just off the Strand, and is has
already 500 members.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

unabashed Jimmie. IAN say. Mike,
she's a peach.'
Somehow or other Mike developed a
sudden interest in his small brothers
remarks, an interest which caused
Mrs. McCarty to smile knowingly and
take on a look of great sagacity.
"Maggie's a smart girl" said she.
81 never said she wasn't answered
her elder son, with untilial shortness.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

An electric railway line is soon to be
built in Chicago to be operated by the stor
age battery system.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

Phidias understood the art of softening
ivory so as, from a single tusk, to produce
q plate from twelve to twenty inches
broad.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

FITS All Fits stopped free by Tr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after the tirsL day IS use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and Sc trial bottle free t
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

When the upper lid covers half or NOR,
of the pupil of the eye. the indication Is Of
cool deliberation.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

Every one knows how 1t is
to suner with cornS. and they are not conducive to
graceful walking. Remove them with Hindercorns
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

Applicable to Some of Us, just Now.
Heidi you enjoy the German op-
era:
She-O, yes, indeed; we had to-our
tickets cost a guinea apiece.-London
Tid-BitS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

South African capitalists are said to he
trying to buy up the Mexican copper mines
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

The enumerators of the last census re
ported forty-seyen frog farms.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
MICHAEL
Contractor and Builder.

BY John r. Mcintyre, in Philadel'
phia Inquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

A cough should not be neglected
Browns Bronchial Troches'' are a simpl,
remedy and give immediate relief. AvoiC
limitations.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23

1t is 10x15x8 inches and will AXE care
of twenty-eight eggs. 1t Is an incu-
bator and costs only $500.
This wooden hen is made by George
H. Stahl, Quincy, Ill. If you want to
find out more about it before you buy
one write to Mr.. Stahl for catalogue
"W," which gives a full description, and
mention his paper
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-23
Overheard on h Golden Stairs.

If the Baby Is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, MRS
WtNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething,