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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

1t is reported that black smallpox is
now creating havoc in the ranks of
the Spanish soldiers In Cuba, and that
the fatalities from it are even greater
than those from yellow fever. Cen
eral Epidemic seems to be the most
formidable commander that is fighting
on the side of the patriots. The Gu
ban troops, Injured to the climate and
having better means of taking care of
themselves, do not suffer from these
diseases as the Spaniards do.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
A Very Quick Trim.

Arthur Roberts, the eminent jurist.
once had a lad in his employ not over
burdened with aptitude. One day his
master said to the page:
"Did you tell that awful bore who
called that l had gone to Calcutta"'
Yes, sir" replied the boy, Il said
you started this morning"
"Good boy. What did he sayT'
1.-The boys reply was charming.
"He wished to know when you'd
return, and l told him I didn't think
you would be back until after lunch,
sir"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

The low price of wheat in Chicago is
attributed to lack Of speculation and,
In, part, to the low prices Of corn and
oats. With the coarser grains so plen-
ty and cheap, there is no inducement
for feeding wheat to live stock, as
there was last year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

"Force regardless Of consequences"
Is the remedy prescribed to Emperor
William by one Of his nearest counsel
lors, with regard to the Socialistic dis
turbances. 1t Is a remedy which has
been tried many times with indiffer-
emit results. 'Force regardless Of con
sequences" is the policy which the
Turk has adopted concerning the Ar
menfans, and he is slowly finding ont
that the consequences are far from
palatable.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
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NOT ON THE SHELF.
Elderly Women Are Expected t
Take Part In Society.

lderl Women Are Expected to
Take Part In Society.
One of the greatest mistakes in life
Is that Of a woman's sitting down
when she has passed the meridian of
years and quietly waiting for death.
1t may be exceedingly pretty, and
quite like the action of some sweet old
story, the patient waiting with pale
face and placid smile and folded
hands. playing in a way the part of
the old lares and penates beside the
fire; but there are much more effective
parts than that of a statue in q niche,
and there seems to be no reason for
going into the grave before it is ready
for us.
1t is not, however, very long since
this attitude was thought the proper
thing for the elderly. Women with
gray hair not only hid it with wig or
cap, or both, but hid and effaced them
selves as well. Age was unlovely,
they said, and so they put it out of
sight, as far as they could, by clinging
to the chimney-corner. OF course they
were useful there; the grandmother,
the old aunt, is useful everywhere;
and of course they were, in the way of
perfect character and of becoming
saints through sacrifice and renuncia-
ton. But they did not have very much
vivid enjoyment. What enjoyment
they did have was chiefly vicarious-
joy at seeing and knowing the joy of
others.
1t is fortunate for women of adj
Nancing years that nowadays public
opinion has changed, and hat it is ex-
pected they shall form a part of soci-
ETY.. They belong now to clubs; they
are engaged in various public and
semi-public work; they are actively
engaged in charities; they are not de-
prived of any invitation because Of
their years; and the value of their wis
dom and mellowed experience is as
fully acknowledged as the value of
youth and sparkle Of beauty.
1t is a pleasant sight now, In all the
country towns where the %trolley-car
has penetrated, to see these rather
elderly women taking their rides; to
e their pleasure in what would have
been considered by their grandmoth-
ers a wild abandonment; to see them
doing their own shopping in all places,
attending to their check-books and
bank accounts, when they have such
articles. by no means relinquishing
their rights In church management.
their interest in public questions, and
following OF adopting the fashions to
such extent as they please.-Harper's
BaZar.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

"Here is an item," said Mr.. Chug-
water, who was looking over his morn
ing paper, "about a man that fell rom
the thirteenth floor of a big factory
the other day."
"Did it kill him?" asked Mrs. Chug-
water.
did it kill him? Instantaneously, OF
course
Il might have known it," rejoined
Mrs. Chugwater, rubbing her nose
thoughtfully. "Thirteen is such an
unlucky numberA"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
One ADDIicatiOn,

The hour was later than he had
supposed.
"Glug- glug- glug-glug!" croaked the
old frog.
His wife put her Lead up through
te frosty sedges.
"Why don't you come to bed. you
old fool, your she snapped; don't
you know that the presidents mes
sage particularly recommends the
early retiring of greenbacks NEW
York Recorder.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
A FOLDING Market Raskef.

A folding market basket has been
patented by an ingenious Frenchman.
1t is so constructed that it will take
very little space when folded and can
be carried on the way to market with
owt much difficulty. AS soon as the
purchases have to be dropped in the
basket it is simply opened like a peck
etbook, and, as seen in the picture,
presents itself in the shape of a bas-
ket both light and strong, which can
easily be carried on the arm. The
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
The Ram a

the ran could not more than indent
the side Of the ship supposed to have
been struck, but when the guard was
removed the ram actually pierced the
other vessel.
Such results having convinced Ad
miral Makaroff of the effectiveness of
his method, he decided to provide all
the ships of his squadron with the
ram guards Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

The NikOlai 1. in Dock, Showing
the Guard.
showed that the simple method of fit
ting the ram with a guard or hood
made of heavy rope and mating was
the most practical and effective.
In order to test his plan Admiral
Makaroff prepared two models, one of
a ship with a RAM, and the other of a
section of a ships side. Both models
We're fioated in a tank, the one with
the ram being put in motion by means
of a rope having a weight attached, to
give a uniform speed.
While the guard was on the impact
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

The first systematic census taken in
Brazil gives a population Of 1S,O00,-
600, which ought to be enough to pre-
vent the British empire from coolly
appropriating Brazilian islands with
out getting into a pretty stiff fight.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

While some conservative people have
never given up sealing their letters
with wax, it is only within a short
time that fashion has decreed it the
only proper way to fasten the en-
velope. Now comes a new fad in the
shape of a most dainty silver lamp,
which is to take the place of the tiny
silver candlestick which holds the
wax taper. The shape Of this lamp
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
The Genius With Three Senses.

The Genius With Three Senses.
Helen Keller, the blind and deaf
girl whose education has been follow
New York to pass the winter. She
is attending the Wright-Humanson
school for giving oral instruction to
the deaf, where last winter she made
such progress that she is looking for
ward to the time when she can enter
college. She has not only improved in
her enunciation, but she has also
reached a stage where those who talk
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

Over forty armored ships, belonging
to England, Germany, Austria, Rus
STA and France, are gathered near
Constantinople, and yet the only pros
pect of relief for the Armenians Is in
the hurrying Of the unarmed Red
Gross society to the scene. The spec
tacle is not one exciting a wild desire
for any extension of European rule on
American territory.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

PecUI1Hr1ty OF the Fafr Sex.
WagStaff-When a woman is angry
with you, you are likely to hear the
truth from her.
Ducane-YeS.
Wagstaff-I have observed 1t. More
over, careful as she is about keeping
from you the knowledge of how old
she is ordinarily, it seems she is not S o
cautions when she in a passion.
Ducane-NO?
Wagstaff-No. When she is thor
oughly angry she never seeks to con
ceal her rage.-AnswerS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

q. The general expression of respect
and admiration for the late Judge
Thurman go to show that 1t is possible
for a man to be a resolute and perse-
vering partisan in politics and yet not
make personal enemies on the other
side. Throughout his whole career the
"Old Roman" had as many friends
among the Republicans as among the
Democrats.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
That Exasuerated Him

Detroit Free Press: what are you
so cross about?' said one card sharp
to another.
''That duffer did me out of $10," he,
growled.
That's nothing. You'll get it back
off the next man that you meet
ooh, it isn't the money that makes
me mad. It's the disgrace of the
thing. The cove said he was from
Philadelphia"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

If large donations will make a great
university, the Chicago university
ought to be the greatest in the world.
1t has just received a gift of $1,000. 900
from Miss Helen Culver, a niece of
the late Charles j. Hall of Chicago,
who left her a large fortune. This
makes fully $40, 200, 900 that the uni
versity has received as gifts from diff
ferent sources, including the immense
Rockefeller donation,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

Senator PETER has made a calcula-
ton which shows that the average
cost of burying deceased congressman
Is $1,000, "the value of an American
farm" This is m~anifestly IMPROVE
dent, and yet it is only the simple
truth to say that they have been
cases in which the people did not be-
grudge the expense.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
AM Additional AnneIIntinn.

Mrs. Woolberton Gmpatiently)-Get
outen dis house yo' good TO- muffin
lazy niggah! Yo' oughter be 'shamed
oh yo'self, sittin' dar all de day long
watchin' yo' wife make de libbin' TO
de fambily.
Mr.. WOolberton with a whine)-Yo'
didn't ulster talk to me dat way afO we
was dun married. Yo' ulster call me
Sugar den.
Mrs. Woolberton-Yes; an I calls yo'
sugah now-loaf-sugah. OATS what yo'
Observation-Disclosures.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

Washington city has gained $4,000
In population in three years, and the
total is NO placed at 27O,0OO. 1t is a
clear ease of a city that has doubled
Its population by making it's streets
and public places beautiful.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

Italy has, perhaps, bitten 'off more
than she can chew in Abyssinia. The
Abyssinian ms are reported to have an
army Of 100000 men advancing to the
attack, determined to drive out the
foreign invaders.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

The announcement that Peter Maher
has an impeachment in his speech will
send a chill through pugilistic circles.
He who would ewar the belt of Cor
bett should be fluent Of speech as well
as brawny of fist.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
The Question Not settled Yet.

New York Truth: The servant queS-
ton: maggie did you hear the door
bell ring?"
'Yis num-"
well, why didn't you open the
door, them
"Sure. l don't know a soul who'd
call on me at this time of the day.
mum. 1t must be someone to see
YOURSELF
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
Odd and Stylish Wrap.

Taste and ingenuity are taxed to the
utmost these days in devising new
outer garments. Coats, jackets and
even cloaks are all very well in their
way. but every woman feels she must
possess, besides these mundane arti-
cles, a fancy wrap that will be quite
distinctive. Light cloth and dark vel
vet are sometimes combined in a most
effective fashion. and an extremely
novel cape formed of them is made
with pointed girdle and collar, which,
when the cape is thrown back, give
the effect to the waist of being trim
med with velvet to match the trim
mings of the cape.
This garment is of the light, smooth
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
Merely Preliminary.

81 insist that l must have a divorce
from you" she exclaimed.
every WE'LL" he answered. Il shall
interpoSe nc obstacle"
And so they were married.-Boston
Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

"What!' exclaimed the tenderfoot.
"only tar and feathers? l thought you
always hanged a horse thief"
The native sis red heavily.
'The influence of the bicycle, you
know" he rejoined.-Boston Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
The Idea Was All Right.

Professor-"Young ladies'. l wish to
impress on your minds that the Latin
for hero is victor"
Fraulein Emma Ito herself)-"Ill re-
member, Victor is my beau's name"
Professor (after two months)-
''Fraulein Emma, name hero in Lat
in"
Fraulein Emma (who has a rev
Observation-Disclosures Blaetter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
The Revised Version.

Teacher-Have you learned the Gold
Ell Rule, Tommy?
Tommy-Yes'm. 1t Is TO do to ether
people like they would do you.-lnd an.
apolis Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
PuZZlinW,

"What are you going to give your
wife for a Christmas present, Spoon
err
"Well, I am undecided whether to
give her a billiard table or a smoking
jacket. You see, we exchange pres
entS this wear"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
Very COnceited.

Edith-Harry is the most conceited
man | ever met.
Ethel-What makes you think SO?
Edith-Why, he first asserts that Z
am the most adorable wo"lan in the
world, then most beautiful, intellectual
and in every respect a paragon, and
then asks me if | do not love him.
Brooklyn Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
Fitting Himself for 1t.

Eyes, grandma. when | graduate l
intend following Il literary career.
Write for money, you know"
"Why. Willis, my dear, you haven't
done anything else since you've been
at college.'-Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
HnOppOrtune.

"Gouger, the foot ball player, is ter
ribly unlucky."
eyes"
Eyes. He no sooner had his hair cut
for the winter than a twenty-stOry
building fell ON him."-Boston Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
oh, Yes; He's BrightH

Eva-'Is young De Fortune brightY"
Ethel-"Bright? Why. he actually
asked me what the custom of hang
ing up the mistletoe meant"
Eva-"Did you explain itT g.
Ethel-"Yes. And he never took the
hint"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

New Design in Winter Wrap.
boX-cloth, of very light tan, and the
velvet is deep heliotrope in color. The
girdle, collar and some odd applique
figures on the cape are of velvet, and
it Is lined throughout with deep hello
trope satin. While not warm enough
for midwinter wear, this cape is suita-
BILE on all mild days, and is smart
enough to do double duty for evening
wear all winter.-New York Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

Manager-You've learned to fall in
thai death scene much better than you
did two weeks ago.
Leading Lady-Yes. I've been prac-
ticing riding on tbs cable sar-.-Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
A Suggestion.

Puck: Parker-"What do you think
Of the proposed amendment to the
state constitutions"
Barker-"Which OneY"
Parker-'It provides that every law
enacted hereafter must state distinct
ly whether it is intended to be en-
forced or not"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
A Sewing Room Bag.

A Mandy bag for holding c0ttOnS,
needles, scissors, thimbles, ETC., and
small pieces of work. The material of
our model is a firm make Of white
linen, embroidered with red ingram
cotton, and bound with red braid. IT
would also be very pretty in colored
Ruskin linen or holland bound with
ribbon. The pocket consists of three
parts, two pentagons measuring liz
inches across in the widest parts;
these are each embroidered at the
five corners with the design No. 3.
The lower part is 12h inches across in
the widest part, and is cut in five seal
lOps, each of which is embroidered
with the spray No. ,. Bind the edges
neatly with braid, Their place the three
parts one above the other, as shown
in the Illustration, the embroidery side
of the lower part uppermost, the en-
broidery OF the two pentagons facing
each other. The points of the penta-
CONS are placed between the scallops
of the lower part. Cut a pentagon of
card 3A inches across, place it between
the two linen ones in the center, stitch
all firmly together round the edge of
the card; sew the two %pentagOns to-
gether in the center of the straight
sides and sew the lower pentagon to
the scalloped piece in the depth be-
tween the scallops. A brass ring is
sewn to each point of the upper pen
tagon; run a length of ribbon or cord
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
Glad to Meet.

1t is a popular mistake that famous
men like no topic of conversation so
we'll as that of their own renown. Not
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

duced to an average Of 80 degrees.
and the formation of scale is entirely
prevented,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
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HOW TO SAVE THE wARsH1p.

Russia Now Uses Ram Guards in
Times of Peace.
Admiral Makaroff of the Russian
navy has invented what he calls a
ram guard. He said he had devoted
some of his leisure hours to the study
of minimizing the result of collisions
at sea, especially those in time of
peace between warships having a ram.
The results Of his experiments
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
Dumpjur warOu

of the wagon body parts, locking
them securely to each other at thei
Joint.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27

Folding Market Basket.
metallic parts Of it are ni~ckle-plated
and give it a very handsome appear
ance.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
College Girls in Shakespeare.

The time has come when college
women are capable of giving to col
lege men several good points. The
dramatic society at Vassar has recent
ly given a brilliant representation of
''The Merchant of Venice" before an
audience of 500 persons, including the
faculty and members of the society.
The parts were extremely well taken,
and several of the young ladies have
gained the reputation of actors of no
small talent. The pretty love scene
in the fifth act between Lorenzo and
Jessica was not only well given, but
was rendered especially artistic by
the soft accompaniment of several
guitars under the direction of the lead
er of the glee club. The Belmont
scene was decorated in clear Venetian
blue and real Venetian carved furnit-
ure, owned by Prof. O'Grady. The
new scenery which the society has re-
Gently added to it's stage property was
used in the street scenes.
The students are to be congratulate
ed, not only because of the success of
their entertainment. but en- account of
the artistic and literary character
they were able to give their perform
ace by choosing an acknowledged
masterpiece for representation, rath-
err than the silly, and often senseless,
spectacle which large audiences pa
tiently sit through, because 1.-The
boys have taken so much trouble to
get it up and are having 'such a good
time."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15

Narragansett wins four tricks.
Trick /. This - The conventional long-suit
opening.
Trirk 2. Why y does not lead trumps with
such all. round strength Is not clear. The worst
that can happen to him Is 10 have h = good
car s rutfed. Why 4 does not tnesse the spade
suit and call IL another mystery. y mutt have
X y j of diamonds. or A X: and II he las a X
lie has a gpnd hand, for. according u the New
York -ystein. he would play the ace frat If he
was running see synopsis OF the system in
THE Sun. Sept. 81.
Trick g. With the command OF the adverse
suit. n slre stopper Tor the clubs. and the necrs-
Inn in HE face, Y might have led the trump
now, after showing his suit. BY lending his
long suit IL srconh time Ito runs the risk Of
taking away from his partner the power TO put
him in again, and IS leading the queen no de-
ceives his partner as 10 the Jack,
Trick 4. Here 10 where The Misunderstanding
b-Gins. 4 reads his %partnrr for The ace Of
spade; and ne ace Of diamonds. < holds tenace
OF trumps SOFAS 10 be sure OF winning The secOnd
and third, and then giving = force, az II 10 evi-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15

NRrragansett wins @ tricks.
Trick u. vs. lead liz he chief point about this
hand. II Il understood II merely rs q low card
10 get him into the lead again. and TO continue
the force, his play may he easily accounted for;
but Ms y must he all diamonds and trumps. H.
wa II fair inference that he was strong, and u
might have led the trump jack. which is OF no
MS" 10 him. Hal he done So he would probably
have .av Il TWO tricks on this hand. which,
the other table, would lave been n gain OF three
instead Of II loss of two On the deal. IL Is worthy
of notice that had Y been using the fourth hest
lends. the diamond 3 would have marked him
with four trumpS remaining. and u would have
led trumps at once: hui one swallow does not
make n summer. and one good fourth-best lead
does not guarantee the System.
OUR PHoBLEMs.
The solution to the pro- lem Of Oct. % is for y
to lead IA trump, to prevent + from making the
10 separately. $ plays jack. and " wins. W's
best play Is then the A and X of spades. both OF
which ; refuses to tramp. discardlng his dia-
mond-. The rest Is easy.
a small spade. trumped by s. who leads trumps.
y discarding a club. S then leads n club, aud
the rest ia obvious.
In publishing results OF the leads chosen from
the ten hands given last week no names will be
given. Nothing hut the number of times each
cara was rejected. in England and In America,
with some comments on the why and wherefore.
II Ave or six card problems are too e,sy. and
thirteen card problems are 100 hard. perhaps
one Of Eine cards will he shout right for the
great nnsatishrd. Hearts trumps; \ to lead.
How many tricks can n aud S get against the
best play OF + and W.