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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

The late Sir Richard Burton was at
one time exploring A~fghanistan in the
disguise of a Mohammedan holy man.
He played his part to perfection and
was enjoying his success, when II Of
the holy men of the village came to
him and advised him to leave without
delay. "What!' exclaimed Burton. il
cone alarm. I'D not the people like
me?' ''Thcy like you 50 WELL" replied
the holy man. ''that they are discuss
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of keeping you
here for life, so that they may possess
your tomb Sir Richard left that par
ticular village in Il great hurry, and
afterwards took pains to be not quite
sc piouS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
What johnny BrOugh Home.

One day this week Johnny went fish,
ing. He spent two long hours in get
ting ready, digging worms. buying
lines and hooks and telling how many
fish he was going IT, catch. He started
at 4 o'clock in the morning with a lit
tie basket of lunch and q big basket
for the fish. He was whistling gaily.
and wondering how he could carry all
his fish home in the evening. He ran
most of the way to the river-he and
the other boys-and this is what he
brought home late in the afternoon:
One appetite.
One blistered nose.
One skinned thumb.
One headache.
One wet pair of shoes
One big basket with one little basket
inside of it.
One knOtty suspender.
Twenty-siX fish stories and
One little fish, dried hard by the sun
1t may also be said hat he did not
bring home the fish hooks and lines
which he took with him, having left
them on snags in the bottom of the
river. He allowed all the large fish to
remain in the water, together with n
can of good angleworms-fOr Johnny
has a tender heart.
But Johnny is going fishing again
mex week if his father will let him.
He says he likes it.-Exchange.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
The Fighting BabOons.

The balloons were on fiat ground,
crossing a valley, when the travellers
dogs, Arab greyhoundS, accustomed to
fight successfully with hyenas and
other beasts of prey, rushed toward
the balloons. "Only the females took
to flight; the males, on the contrary,
turned to face the dogs, growled, beat
the ground with their hands, opened
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Yacht Racing.

A racing man must be observant. He
should notice where the tides are the
strongest, and also which way the
flow is at the time of the race. If pos
Sible, he should make himself familiar
with all this before the race, ard it
of his boat. For instance. suppose one
of the legs of the course takes you up
a channel, as the outlet of d river or
bay. If the tide is against you, you
should hug the shore and avoid the
deep water, as the tide always runs
strongest in the center. Now suppose
you have rounded the mark. then the
tide is in your favor, and it Is clearly
to your interest to get in the middle Of
the channel, so as to have it's full bene-
fit. 1t will easily be seen what might
be lost by a skipper not knowing or
observing which way the tide was
flowing.
AT all times you must be on the look
out to take any little advantage an OPP
Dortunity offers. and to interfere with
an opponents wind. If possible, when
passing a boat, always go to windward,
but do not enter into M of those
senseless lutfing matches which will
practically take the two boats engaged
out of the race.
The price of success in racing is Wig
lance, observation, decision, and no
set rule can be laid down for the racing
captain. A great deal will depend on
opportunities and the manner he makes
use of them. There is some luck in
boat racing. but much that is ascribed
to luck is due to the foresight of the
captain. Very often you hear that such
and such a boat, with her usual good
luck, received the first advantage of
the changing breeze. How is it that in
these cases it is usually the same boat;
can we entirely and justly ascribe it to
luck -Harper's Round Table.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

By the death of Prof. Francis J.
Child, Harvard not only loses her
Oldest professor in active service, but
one of her most famous instructors as
we'll. He was a scholar of rare at
tainments and of remarkable accomp-
lishments in the line of English litera-
ture. The whole English-speaking
world, in common with Harvard uni
versity, will mourn the death of one
of the most learned masters of it's Ian
guage and literature.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

The friends of the late Robert Louis
Stevenson think that his physical APP
pearance was not fitted for a statue.
That should not be a valid objection.
There have been many eminent men
to whom statues have been raised, and
If they were to revisit the glimpses of
the moon and take a peep at the sculp-
tors work they certainly would not
recognize themselves. A license is al
lowed to the poet; the sculptor takes it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
This BicysIc Requires Feed.

A clever inventor has made a bicycle
with an appetite for money. Connect
ed with it there is a nickel-in-the-slot
machine which controls the action Of
the wheels. When this machine is
rented it is necessary, in order to start
it, to drop a quarter in the slot and
then it runs for just an hour like any
other bicycle. But at the end of this
time 1t stops quite suddenly and will
not bulge another inch until the rider
gives it it's regular hourly feed of a
quarter. This ought to be a good de-
vice for the men who keep bicycles to
reut.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

England is worked up over the I'M
ceremonious treatment of the speaker
of the house of commons by the Ger
man custom house officials at Cologne.
Mr.. Gully had NJ spirits or tobacco to
declare, but he did have a pack of
playing cards. He explained who he
was, but that made no impression on
the officials, who kept him and his wife
standing for an hour in the railroad
station, while each card was lawfully
stamped, and then imposed a fine OF
twenty marks on him.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Killed the Wrong Animal.

A few days ago two brothers in Mid
scross a field near by. The older one
at once exclaimed, "Ill shoot him" He
ran to the house to get his fathers
gun. AS he came running out of the
house the hammer of the gun caught
against the casing of the door, pulling
it back and swapping it hard enough to
discharge the gun. The whole charge
entered his brothers head, killing him
instantly. When the boy found that
he had killed his brother his grief was
terrible, AID in his sorrow he broke the
II stock to pieces and we bent the
barrel. All this was of no avail. He
had killed his dear little innocent
brother while trying to kill an equally
innocent, but not so dear, rabbit.
AS we read the account of this sad
accident we We're led to ask: Why
should this desire to kill be so fully de-
veloped in a small boy, that when he
sees Il beautiful little creature, full of
life and activity, his first thought is to
kill it? Granted that there is in hui
man nature the natural desire to do
evil, still we are of the opinion that
very much of this feeling of Gcstruct-
iveness which is seen in so many chill,
dren is a matter of education and hab-
it. If the father catches up a gun to
kill every living thing he sees, he may
expect that he will inculcate the same
feeling in his children, and that they
will grow up with the bump of de
structiveness largely developed. On
the other hand, if the boy is taught
both by precept and example of his
parents, the acre dness of life, and
that no life. not even that of animals
should be needlessly taken, he will not
be likely to be seized with the desire
to kill every living thing which comes
in his way. The killing of animals has
a tendency to harden the human heart
and make one look with indifference
upon suffering. Do not take the life OF
animals simply for the sport of doing
so. You may never mike so sad a mis-
take as did the boy in Middletown; bu'
you would encourage the habit of kill
ing, which is an evil and unnecessary
habit.-Youth's Companion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

A fearful monster of the deep, a king
c%uttle-tish or octopus, became stranded
recently on the Irish coast. Its arms
or tentacles were thirty feet long, so
that it had a grasp of seventy feet, suf-
fcient to drag down a vessel or stran-
gle q whale.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

Spain is making faces at Germany
on the supposition that the Germans
have encouraged revolution in the
philippines. The idea that is misgov-
ems it's colonies has never yet occurred
to Spain.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

Almost everyone in Hyderbad, India,
is armed to the teeth, and the spears,
sabers, daggers and pistols which
CLEAN anna the white and crimson
robes, or Dristle in sash or turban, con-
vert the entire city into a formidable
armory.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

The natives of the South Sea islands
use the wood of q tree to catch fish. 1t
needs only to be put in the water, n
in a short time the fish come to the
surface in a stupefed condition, and
can easily be caught by hand.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

Many rhilologists teach that the most
ancient language of Asia Minor was
the Phrygian, and that the Syriac, He
brew, Phoenician and Arabic were dia-
lects of this previous tongue.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

: Only about a dozen words of genuine
English origin erd with the letter "a"
two dozen with the letter 'O;" and
nearly 500 with W ough has eight
sounds, as up, on, o, off, uff, 90 and
aut.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

The king of Greece is said to be an
excellent farmer. There is nothing
like having a place in the country to
retire to when a ruler knows that any
hour NAV bring about a revolution that
will upset his throne.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

A whale recently captured in Arctic
waters was found to have imbedded in
its side a harpoon that belonged to a
whaling vessel that had been out of
service nearly half a century.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

, II n ordinary private business en-
terprise were to be conducted as the
business affairs of the average Ameri-
can city are conducted it would not
remain solvent three months.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

No statesman can be called superan-
uated as long as he is able to make a
phrase. Mr.. Gladstone has just called
the sultan of Turkey an assassin on
n throne"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

England's Alaska boundary land
grab is based on a frank violation of
the English-Russian treaty, and d
which Alaska was transferred by Rus
sia to the United States.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

One by one all the coarse and vulgar
features are being eliminated from the
football game. First, the CORY flying
wedge was barred out and the rules
30 revised as to decrease the necessary
number of physicians in attendance to
an appreciable extent. Up to this year,
however, the game has always been
played out of doors, with the result
that many a high-bred college youth
had to consult a specialist on chapped
hands. Now the Chicago university
proposes getting around this difficulty
by holding its Thanksgiving day game
indoors. OF course this is only another
step In the line of the aesthetic, and
many uncouth features my be wiped
out, but the good work is progressing
rapidly, and the evolution of the once
brutal sport into q game of bean bags
10 but the matter Of 4 few years.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Time to Quit.

Well, old man, I've spent every cent
of money | have in the world On my
doctor"
docs he know it,"
81 guess he does. He has pronounced
me a well man,"-Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
His Natural Query.

Hideous Oliver-Hairy Haggard said
dat he was no good begin and dat he
mus elder work or starve.
Mouldy Mike-Where did dey bury
him?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

It is now said that Germany has OBJ
jected to England's choice of a sultan
of Zanzibar. and wishes the usurper,
who is still sheltered at the German
consulate, to be placed upon the throne.
Two German vessels, loaded with
arms, and bound for Zanzibar, have
entered the Red Sea, and 1t will be i'll
teresting to know what Germany's in
tentions are. She exchanged the ter
minus in Zanzibar with England for
Heligoland, and it is difficult to see
what control of it's affairs she can now
have. There is a homely proverb
which would fit her case that you can
not have your cake and eat it too.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
They Are Different.

Fangle-I rode seventy-five miles on
my wheel yesterday.
Cumso-Lady's miles or gentleman's
miles? ~
Smyrna times., 1896-07-08
The Insnired Camn Cook.

Outing tells about camp cookery, in
Guiding the cook. The genuine camp
cook is an artist i'll his way. The must
clan makes men hear things enhancing,
and the painter brings tears to the eyes
if inspired. The camp cook genius, by
the very way in which he does his work,
makes men hungry.
"The camp cook. says the writer.
"should take pride in the artistic han
ding of his utensils, particularly i'll the
ability to keep half a dozen things going
at once. He must keep already cooked
things hot, and cook the uncooked things
meantime. To do this he has got to I'M
derstand the kinds of fire to have,
whether large or small blaze, hot ashes
or redhOt embers. He should also know
how to get the most work at the least
expenditure of labor from his comrades.
Something many cooks are lacking in
is the way to keep camp dishes clean for
cooking. An unwashed apple saucepan
will serve to fry trout in and give them
a pleasant taste, but an unwashed fish
spider will scarcely serve to cook apple
sauce in. In other words the cook should
know when and what to wash.
Smyrna times., 1896-07-08

Mrs Salina Baldwin, 400 North Twenty
second street, Philadelphia, whose husband
is sexton of the Episcopal Church of the
Redemption, says: For fifteen years
suffered with rheumatism. At times l was
so crippled with stiffness and pain in my
limbs that L could scarcely get about. A
great many remedies We're prescribed for
me without benefit, until l began taking
Munyon's Rheumatism Cure. This remedy
has thoroughly eradicated all my rheumatic
troubles, and completely restored my
strength"
Munyon's Rheumatism Cure never fails
to relieve in to hours, and cures in "a few
days. Price, 25 cents.
Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure is guaranteed
to cure all forms of Indigestion and stomach
troubles. Price 25c.
Munyon's Cold Cure prevents pneumonia
and breaks up cold in a few hours. Price.
% cents.
Munyon's Cough Cure stops coughs, night
sweats, allays soreness, and speedily heals
the lungs, Price, 25 cents.
Munyon's Asthma Remedies relieve in a
minutes and cure permanently. Price. 81
Munyon's Catarrh Cure sOothes and heals
the afflicted parts and restores them t.
health. No failure Price Csc
Munyon's Kidney Cure speedily cures
pains i'll the back, lOins and groins, and al
forms of kidney disease. Price, 25 cents.
Munyon's Female Remedies are boon t
all women. Price, % cents.
Munyon's Headache Cure is guaranteed
to cure all forms of indigestion and stomach
troubles. Price 25c
Munyon's Pile Ointment positively cure
all forms of piles. Price, 25 cents.
Munyon's Blood Cure eradicates all i'm
puritles of the blood. Price, 25 cents.
Munyon's Nerve Cure is wonderful
nerve tonic. Price, Csc.
Munyon's Vitalizer restores lost power t,
weak men. Price $1.00.
Munyon's Homeopathic Remedy Compan,
puts up separate specific for each disease
At all druggists % cents each
Personal letters to Prof. Munvon. $50
Arch street, Philadelphia answered wit,
free medical advice for any disease.
Smyrna times., 1896-07-08
THE EOPHONE.
By Which the Direction of Sound May Be
Accurately Determined.

By Which the Direction of Sound May Be
Accurately Determined.
Possibly there is no greater terror
among the MANY met with at sea than
fog. The helplessness of our harbor
boats and the clamor of bells and whis-
ties during a heavy fog in New York
harbor give one some idea of this night
mare of the ocean, but when fog closes
down upon a vessel at sea the most reck-
less captain proceeds cautiously and
anxiously.
The probability of collisions and
wrecks due to fogs has been accepted as
a sort of unavoidable evil, which must
become greater as the number and speed
of vessels increase. But the inventive
genius of man could not let such con-
dition of affairs continue without at
tempting to do away with it, and there
has been perfected a simple instrument,
called the eOphOne, by which the direc-
ton from which a sound proceeds may
be determined with absolute accuracy in
fog or darkness.
The simplest description of the in
strument is that it consists of two bell
mouthed sound receivers, separated by a
central diaphragm. The sound receivers
are connected to the two ears, and, when
pointed directly at source of sound,
the noise is the same in each ear. When
turned away, the sound is heard in only
one ear.
On shipboard the sound catching and
dividing part Of the instrument extends
above the top of the charthouse The
tubes are brought within the chart
house, and the instrument may be turned
from below to point i'll any desired di-
rectiOn.
The eOphone has now been perfected,
there being many points for which nu-
merous experiments, lasting over several
years, have been required, in order to
determine the best form, especially with
the sounding tubes and ear pieces. Va.
riOus Tefnements, such as microphones
and devices adding to the complication,
but not improving the use, have been
eliminated. New York Herald.
Smyrna times., 1896-07-08
A QUEER RUSSIAN GAME.
1t Involves a Plunge Into MatrimOny o
n Heavy Forfeit

1t Involves Plunge Into MatrimOny
Heavy Forfeit.
In some parts of Russia a queer game
is still played at Christmas time which
has much to do with the future life of
the participants. Some prominent per-
son in the village announces that the
annual merrymaking will be held at his
house. On the appointed day the young
men and women hasten to his house.
There are songs and games and dances,
but they are simply a prelude to the
more important business of the day
When the time comes, the hostess leads
all the girls into one room, where they
seat themselves ON the benches. Laugh
ing and chattering they are each prompt
ly mutfled in winding sheets by the
hostess. The head and hair and form
are securely covered, and when she is
done the girls resemble papooses.
The young men draw lots, and one by
one they enter the room where the muf-
fed girls sit. Helpless so far as sight or
touch goes, the puzzled lover tries to
locate his favOrite. Maybe she would
help him if her eyes were not hidden,
but she is as helpless as he. Finally he
chooses one, and then he may unveil her.
This is the critical moment, and disap-
pointment or rapture will be the result
of seeing her face.
1t is the law of custom that the man
shall marry the girl he has picked out,
and if either backs out a heavy forfeit
must be paid. 1t is said that this mat.
rimOnial lottery is productive of many
happy marriages. Moscow Correspond
ence
Smyrna times., 1896-07-08
BRANCH ROADS.

Leave Harrington for Franklin City, and way
stations, (Milford, Georgetown, Berlin, Lewes &c
10 ~ a. m. and 62S p m. Tuesdays, THURSDAYS
and Saturdays only. Returning train leaves
Franklin City, 5.52, q. m. week days, las D. M
Iqesdaysi Thursdays and saturdays only.
steamer La p m, weekdays. Returning, leave
Clmeoteague AZ a. m. weekdays.
Leave harrington for Georgetown and LeWes
az 1857 q. m, 6.2S p. m. weekdays. Returning
leave Lewes 6.45 a m, 3.20p. M weekdays
Leave Lewes for Rehoboth 1903 noon and 75s
P; m, week days. Returning leave Rehoboth
6.26 a. m. and SOB p. m. week days
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1887 m week.
Gays ana 62S p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
saturdays only. Returning, leave Berlin $50 g.
m and IS p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays only.
Leave Townsend for CentreviEe at 9.2s a. m
ana 5.SO p m leave Centreville 7.3l a. m. ans
2.3O p. m week days.
Leave Clayton for Oxford at 9.3S g m and 54E
weekdays.
Leave seaford for Cambridge at Ills n. m
week days, and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays T.O5 p. m. returning, leave Cambriogr
Thursdays and Saturdays,
IRAN leaves Clayton for Chestertown 10. a m
returning, leaves Chestertown. 6 so a. m.
CoNNECTIoNs.-AtP Porter. with Newark a Dala.
ware City Railroad. At Townsend with Queen
Anne's&KentRailroad. AtClayton, with Delaware
%Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore Delaware
bay Railroad. At Harrington, with Delaware
Maryland Virginia Railroad Atseaford with
Cam bridge & Seaford Railroad. At Delmar, with
New YORK, Philadelphia q Norfolk, Wieemieo &
Poeomoke, and Peninsula Railroads.
sDaily except Sunday.
s. NJ. PROVOST, General Manager
j. H. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
Smyrna times., 1896-07-08
The IRISH PASTOR.
He Is the 'SOggarth Aroon" of the Poor
and Neadv.

He Is the ''sOggarth ArOon" of the Poor
and Needy.
There is perhaps no better pastor in
the world from the spiritual point of
view The Irish people regard him with
mingled feelings of awe and reverence
and love. A good deal of this regard is
40 doubt inspired by superstition-by a
dread of the supernatural powers sup
posed to be possessed by Goods anoint-
I'd :" but, apart from that Father Pat
has secured for himself the warmest cor
ner in the hearts of his flock by his ex-
cellent qualities as a spiritual pastor,
as a friend when the soul is in need, as
a consider in sickness, distress and mis-
fortune. Many of the priests may lack
social grace and culture, but they are
eminently fitted for the spiritual duties
which, as pastors, they have to dis
charge. Fine gentlemen not needed for
the hard and repellent services-as they
appear to secular eyes-of the Catholic
church in Ireland.
Father Pats single minded devotion
to the duties of his Office, and his keen
interest in the spiritual needs of his
flock, give him a surer title to the re-
spect and reverence of the people than
culture and learning. Besides, he is
brought into intimate relations with the
people all through life, but especially at
its most momentous and solemn Occa-
sions. "Soggarth aroon" is the peoples
term of endearment for Father Pat, and
one of the most popular Of the peasants
songs asks:
Who in the winters night,
SOggarth aroon,
When the cold blast did bite,
SOggarth aroon,
Came to my cabin door,
And on my earthen floor
Knelt by me, sick and poor,
SOggarth aroon2
Regarding them as body, the priests
are indeed very simple minded, I'M
worldly and warm hearted body of men,
without craft or guile-thOugh, accord
ing to their enemies, who know them
not, these are their distinctive qualities
and they pass through their narrow,
colorless and self sacrificing lives cheer
fully and gladly, seeking no rewards, SO
far as this world is concerned, but the
esteem and love of their flOcks. Con
temporary Review.