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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
W TO HER NECK IN MUD.
Four Long Hours Passed Before the
Arrival of Her R~escuer.

Four Long Hours Passed Before the
Arrival of Her Rescuer.
For nearly four hours Monday
morning Mrs. Ellen King was imbed-
ded in mud nearly up to her chin in
The company undertakes to provide
separate waiting rooms of two classes,
in a large mortuary building. The al
legged corpse will be comfortably de-
posted there upon a couch. and care
fully looked after till the fact that it.
Is a corpse shall have been established
beyond question. The waiting rooms.
will be tastefully decorated, with
everything about them to welcome the.
revived tenant agreeably back to life.
but at the same time will have q.
cachet of somewhat severe elegance"
as it were, to remind him how nearly,
but for the company, he had been.
dead in the most terrible ways Of
dying. Shareholders will be entitled.
to the use of a first-class waiting
room free Of charge, and no share
holders heirs will be allowed to visit
him. The thing has evidently been
thoroughly thought out.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
PLANTS THAT EAT MEAT.
Vegetable That Thrive on
n Diet of Flesh

a Diet of Flesh
1t has been proved time and again
that the so-called "cannibal plants" Of
which the Venus fiytrap is the type,
are much more healthy when allowed
their regular insect food than they are
when reared under netting or in any
other which excludes them
from their regular meat diet. The
above is an oddly of itself, especially
when we consider the fact that there
is a certain school of botanists which
teaches cannibal plants make no use
whatever of the insect prey captured
by them, but it is nothing compared
with the bold assertion made by
Francis Darwin. That noted sclen-
tific gentleman bravely meets the
vegetarian botonists" with the asser-
ton that all kinds and classes of
plants, whether known as "meat eat
ers" or not, bear more and heavier
fruits and seeds when fed On meat
than those that are not allowed a
flesh diet. He grew two lots, COM
prising various varieties of the differ
ent common plants. One lot was reg
ularly fed Through their roots, of
course), with pure juices compressed
from meat, the other with water and
the various fertilizers. The final fig
ures on this odd experiment proved
thai the plants which were fed pure
meat juice bore 16S fruits of the diff
ferent kinds, while the unfed plants
of the same number and original con-
dition bore but seventy-four. Also.
that the pampered plants bore 24O
seeds to every 100 borne by the plants
that were not given a chance to graf
ify cannibalistic tastes. This is GER
tainly a discovery worthy of much
careful study and extensive expert
ment.=Scranton Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
Origin of Christmas Greens.

. The custom of decorating churches
and houses with evergreens. branches
and flowers is of very early date. The
Jews used them at their feast of tab
ernlcles and the heathens in several
Of their ceremonies. and they were
adopted by the Christians. Christ
permitted branches to be used as a
token of rejoicing upon his triumph
ant entry into Jerusalem; it was nat
ural, therefore. that ut Christmas
time, when his birth was celebrated.
this symbol Of rejoicing should he re
sorted TO. Some of the early councils,
however. considering that the practice
somewhat savored Of organism, ell
deay0rcd to abolish it, and at one
time il was enacted that it was not
lawful to hr=irt or Glorn houses with
lourp' s~f.-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Uncle-Dear me-. Tom, what Il poor
memory you have.
Nephew-A poor memory, you say!
Why, l can repeat four pages of the
names in the directory after reading
them through only once
Unclc-I1l bet you 4 hamper Of
champagne that you can't do it.
The nephew sends for a directory, at
tentively peruses four pages and shuts
up the book.
Uncle-Well?
Nephew-Smith, Smith. Smith, Smith,
Smith," etc, ad @intinitum.
All the four pages of the directory
being taken up with this familiar pat
ronymic. our student won his bet in
fine style.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
WATER THAT Exploded.
Bartender's Experience Under Fir
of a Fusilade of SeItzer.

Bartender's Experience Under Fire
of n Fusilade of Seltzer.
do you know" said Billy Clark of
the Grand hotel to a Cincinnati Times
Star reporter, as a big settler bottle
fixed and two or three men on the
outside elevated a foot each on the
railing and looked on, that these
settler bottles will explode very
easily?" And the three men each put
a foot down OIL the floor and moved
slightly away. sometimes Just the
temperature of the hand will do 1t, the
warm hand, placed against 1t while
bringing it from the cold room, or
sometimes while lifting 1t one will
strike against the counter and 1t will
explode, and the metal top will be
driven with great force by the gas.
One time, while at the Gibson, l re-
fused to give a man a drink. He took
1t very much to heart and went away
vowing he would get even with me.
l had turned about as he went ont,
and had my back to him. Suddenly
there came a sound like a pistol shot.
l tried to turn around and couldn't,
and l was sure the man had carried
his threat into effect and had shot me.
Directly following that explosion came
another and another, and there was a
rapid succession Of explosions. Then
1 knew the man had opened a regular
fusilade o. me, and yet l was riveted
to the spot. I could not stir. l thought
l had been paralyzed by a bullet.
Come to find out, one of the settler
water bottles In the far end of the
counter had exploded and the con-
cussion had started the others, until
all had exploded that were on that
shelf. And the man had gone away
and l never saw him again. But l
never will forget my experience of
that night when l was sure 1 had been
shot"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
VIII Sell to h GriTen Company.

ST. Paul, Special.-A deal will I'm.
doubleday be contaminated tomorrow
OF a meeting of the stockholders of the
Northwestern Wheel and Foundry
company that will place the business
of manufacturing car wheels in the
West in the hands of n company
the Griffen Wheel company of Chicago,
Detroit and Denver. The purchase by
no means indicates the formation OF
Il trust, for the Griffen company alb
solutely buys the plant of the local
company. The price is not made pub
lie, but the Northwestern company Is
capitalized at 100000 and has been
doing a large and paying business.
The concern has practically a con-
troll of the business so far as the
Northv estern railroads are concerned,
for it has not been possible for the Chi
cago concern to compete with them
in this market.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
Last year the postoffice department

Last year the postoffice department
carried 312,OOO,OOO pounds of second
class mail matter for 1 cent a pound,
while the cost of it's transportation
was s cents a pound. This represents
a loss of $21, SAC, 900, a frightful sum to
pay for the dissemination of noun
tains of penny dreadfuls and other
d~emoralizing and jail-filling trash. No
wonder the postmaster general joins
his predecessor in recommending an
amendment of the postal law.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

The story that Mrs. Nansen, wife of
the arctic explorer, has received a
message from her husband saving that
the expedition was safe, after thirty
months of absence, and that the mes
sage was brought by a carrier pigeon
taken from Christiana when the ex-
petition started, is almost incredible.
That a tiny bird of SO tender a consti-
tuition should be guided by unerring
instinct over endless tracts of ice is
wonderful in itself, but that 1t could
possibly survive long enough to reach
it's destination is still ~unexplica-
bic. The story will need ample con-
firmation before 1t can be accepted,
but II true 1t Ii wonderfully interest
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Sioux City, Iowa, Special.--Dr. A. @.
Bergen, a prominent physician of this
city, has been sued by Mrs. S. J.
Christie and Duncan for $4,000 dam
ages for the part he took in the al
legged grave robbery at Vinton, Iowa,
Feb. 20, 1871. The suit is the result of
a confession made by John Cummings,
a painter, in which he charges DR.. G.
G. Griffin, a wealthy physician of Vim
ton. Charles Ball of Holyoke, Mass;
A. l.. Hopwood of Vinton. and George
Black and w. R. Cummings with
stealing the body of Mrs. Amanda
Hannah. All the persons mentioned
formerly lived at Vinton.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
The Sherman Forces Bought Votes
in the South.

Columbus, Ohio, Speculation. j.
R. Lynch, the Mississippi colored ex-
congressman, in conversation with a
gentleman of Washington Court
House, Ohio, said, in reference to SEN
ator Sherman's book:
"The only money that I know of be-
ing used in the South to draw state
delegations to the support Of any can
didate for the Republican presidential
nomination, was that which was used
in the interest of Sherman's candi-
dacy. Although / got non Of it my
self, l know of money being used in
that direction"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

On the bust of Longfellow. in West
minister Abbey, somebody has pinned
an ivory leaf with this inscription:
brought by loving hands many miles
across the sea-, from a spot well
loved" The leaf was put there early
in August, and has been permitted to
remain, though such tributes are
usually removed by the vergers, who
have taken pains to guard the bust
jealousy.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
DeInYeI

Washington, Specialize date of
the elevation of Mgr. Satolli to the
cardinlate has been postponed from
the 18th to a date not yet announced.
This was made necessary as Il result
of cable information from Rome that
Marquis S%acripanti, bearing the beret-
tn, sailed to-day from Genoa on the
Fulda. As she is not due until the
10th and may be delayed beyond that
date a postponement was Imperative.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Washington, Specialize president
to-day sent to the senate a number
of recess appointments. Among them
We're Matt NJ. Ransom of South Caro-
lima, to be minister to Mexico. Mr.
Ransom was confirmed by the last
senate to the same position but 1t was
held that his appointment was illegal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Rolla. n. D., Special.-A shooting az
fray occurred in ,Jere Ford's blind pig.
w. R. Hyndman, a pugilist, shot at
Fred SCHNEIDER, deputy United States
marshal, and missed him. SCHNEIDER
gave him a sound threshing. Both
have warrants out for the other. AS
all officers are absent no arrests have
been made.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
FOX RIVER LITIGATION.
Officers of the Western Paper Bag
Company Are Discharged.

Milwaukee, Wis, Special.-William
Van Nortwick, president of the West
ern Paper Bag company, of Kaukauna,
together with the other officers of that
corporation, We're to-day discharged by
Commissioner Bloodgood, IN the suits
of the government growing nj of the
alleged illegal drawing of water from
the government canals in the Fox
river valley. The matter will not rest
here, however, as District Attorney
Wigman announces that he will bring
the case to the attention of the federal
grand jury. The discharge was or
dered on the ground that there was
nothing in the evidence to fasten the
guilt upon the defendants.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Berlin, Special.-The porlice have
summarily closed eleven Socialist
clubs here, including six of the reichs-
tag electoral clubs, the club Of the
Socialist press committee, that Of the
local committee of the Socialist socie-
ty, the club of the Socialist party del
egates and that of the central COM
mittee of the German Socialist party.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

In running races an interval always
the starters pisto! Is fired and the
s+1rt'ng of the ruurer This reaction
time may now be m, assured down to
the thousandth part of a second. The
starters pistol IS arranged 40 that an
electric current contact is broken
when the pistol goes off. A thread is
attached to the right foot of the run
ner. h thread also breaks an cleo
trio contact the moment a runner
starts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
SHOT HIS GUN.

Wild S~ensatfO in the French
Chamber of Deputies.
Paris, S~pecial.-A decided sensation
was caused in the chamber of deputies
to-day. At the conclusion of the de-
bate on the budget of the minister of
justice a stranger in the gallery fired
two shots from a revolver. There
upon, the electric bells, which were
placed all over the building after the
bomb outrage committed by Valiant,
the anarchist, were rung and the
doors were instsn tly closed and guard
ed. The stranger was arrested. No.
body was hurt.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Having revised the Bible to their
satisfaction, the dear creatures nave
begun on the city directories. They
propose that 1t shall be possible 10
find a woman of Sorosian distinction
under her own name, not merely as
an inferior appendage to her husband.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

New York's new bridge across the
Hudson river will cost $36,OO0,0Oo. 1t
will be built by a private company
which will charge tolls, and it is esti-
mated that it will pay 6 per cent on
$50, 100000. 1t will cross the river
from Twenty-third street, New York,
to Stevens Heights, Hoboken. The
two municipalities ought to have en-
~terprise enough to build it themselves
and make 1t a free bridge.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Albany, N. Y, Special.-The attor-
neys for Mrs. Pattison, wife of the
late Admiral Pattison, in the matter
of the application to the attorney gen
eral for permission to begin proceed
ings in the courts looking to the disso-
luton of the Walter A. Wood Moving
and Reaping Machine company, have
withdrawn their case. 1t is understood
that the town of Hoosac Falls will
take up Mrs. Pattison's stock at par
value.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

If Cuba should achieve freedom as
an independent power she would find
the Monroe doctrine ready to protect
her against the meddling powers OF
Europe. The backing of the repuo-
lies of North America and South
America is worth striving for.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

A New York society mother, who in
riches ia neither a Gould nor a Wander
bilt, says that she gave her daughter
n fair social send-off at a cost of $10.-
600. She thinks that a bud cannot be
worthily brought out in Gotham
fashionable circles on a less sum than
that.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Kerr Hardie, the English Socialist
and agitator, has returned nome a1ter
a tour of three months in this country.
Perhaps he has learned something by
coming in contact with American
workingmen, but it Is certain thai he
impaired no knowledge of any earthly
importance.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

A private deposit of $75.0Oo,OOO in
foreign countries is said to represent
Abdul Hands provision for a rainy
day and his idea Of what is best cal
culoted to console a sultan out of a
lob,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

The Portuguese "%man-of-war' is pro-
vided with an air-sack, which 1t can
expand or contract at pleasure, n
thus rise to the surface or sink De-
meath IT. The air-sack is on the prln-
cjple of the life-preserver.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Experiments thus far with b
horseless carriage indicates that 1t
will not be as reliable as a good team
in travelling over soft roads in thaw-
ing weather. The mud-power of the
new vehicle is found to be more i'm
portant than its horsepower.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Adelina Patti owns to f~ifty-three
years. but those who have followed
her career think she Is several years
older. However, judging from her lat
est photograph, she does not look a
day over thirty.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

their places may arise a sturdy race
Of colonists under whose hands the
waste places will bloom as a garden.
Certainly the ruthless sacrifice of
human life will pass away when h
God of Christianity shah crowd out of
bis filthy temple the blood-stained
Ju-Ju god of the Ashantees.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

The statement of Hayward's life, If
really printed, ought to be kept ex-
clusiyely for the edification of police
officials and alienists. 1t would not
make wholesome reading for the
voung.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Leap year is coming, and 1t will be
the last one for eight years. The year
1900 will not be a leap year, because,
although it is evenly Invisible by four,
It is divisible by 100 and not by 400.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
Died in the Woods.

G%lenwood, Wis.,, Special.-A nine
te~en-year-old son of a German farmer
named Soefker was instantly killed by
a falling tree yesterday while at work
in Coleman's lumber camp.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
Holiday in Mexico.

Mexico. Special.-This being the day
OF the Lady of Guadalupe it was a
general holiday and fully 5000 pill
grims went to the shrine at Guada-
loupe.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

Nj. G. L%ightner. a well known Chi
cage board of trade member, and vice
president for two terms, died to-day.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

it can be said OF Alexander dumas,
the younger, that he came nearer prov
ing the existence of a direct law OF
heredity than any other man OF his
time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-06
PUNCTURES STEEL PLATES,
Ore OF the New German Rifle In the
Possession Of a Call
fOrnlan.

by some means one of the now rifles
with which the German army has just
neen armed has escaped the visilance Of
the oihcers and has been carried out of
inc empire and it's present owner was
in this city yesterday, says II San Btr-
harding dispatch to the 4NM Francisco
Cali: 1t now belongs to A.. Alderman
Of ,SSacfaMehto, md although Emperor
William has tried to regain it and the
German consul at San Francisco has
stanulhg orders to get possession of it if
possible, Alderman keeps his prize, and
yesterday in some tests made ut the Co.
+ range in this city he for the first time
realized the full force of it's terrific pow
err.
The rifle sped bullet through half
inch steel plate at 200 yards, through
several inches of planking behind it and
buried the pellet in the earth. 1t left
an opening through the steel plate as
clean as though it had been drilled.
The cartridges, as we'll as the gun,
are manufactured by the German gov
eminent, but in some way Alderman is
able to keep supplied with them. The
cartridges used are three and one-half
, in 1@: in length and are Carried in small
frame; This frame fits ihte III, fiiaga:
thus be fired in rapid Succession, the
apparatus by which shell is thrown out
and another placed i'll position working
very quickly. The trigger pulls with
three pounds weight. The Springfield
rifle used by United States troops pulls
at nine pounds.
At the test yesterday quarterback
iron plate, three-eighths of an inch and
half>inch steel plate were placed in
position one at a time, and each of them
perforated by steel bullet, it cutting 4
hole half an inch in diameter and leav-
ing no ragged edge. The half-inch steel
plate test was a surprise even to Ack-
erman, who did not think the gun ca
pable of such wonderful force,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-06
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
lends to personal enjoyment when
tightly 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
che 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 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 il for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and ST. bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-06
RECOLLECTIONs OF A PIANO,

Chiffonier. your memory's falling
You are older than l am.
In the days long past bewaillng,
You held gingerbread and jam,
Almonds. oranges, and spices,
All as good as they could be;
Tiny plates with quaint devices,
For tho chtdren's Sunday ten.
Chilronier, OF MI your treasures,
You fethih no mildly crumb
And I've lost my sweet old measures
And my keys arc chiefly dumb:
Yet, when many memories mingle,
Sometimes. In the dead Of night,
With faint, unearthly Jingle,
| awaken III alright.
Voices lost to mortal hearing
Murnlur softly in the gloom.
There are children's faces peering
From the shadows of the room;
And | feel my faded curtain
SOFTLY lifted. Who are these?
No chord sounds, yet l am certain
There are fingers on my keys
They for whom Il tall wax candle
In each polished sconcc was Set
Singing Purcell, Bach and Handel,
Many stately, staid duet.
They were tenor and soprano;
Pleasantly their voices rang
No one but the old piano
Can remember what they sang!
Winter seems an earlier conner,
n.y., Yet some days Of warmth we win;
Through the window, In the st,ii,her,
LOOKS tho white cApe 5ess;iminc.
Has the old plant ever spoken
or the sprays that once were laid
On my shining cover oaken-
And she found them when she played
On the lawn l still look over
Where footstep seldom falls
There were joyous cries Of "Royer!'
There were. clashing croQuet balls.
Dull and deaf the Chiffonier is,
And he sleeps the whole day long;
But the old piano wearies
For the laughter and the song.
l am battered, I am dusty,
And my silk Is dark with mold;
No one rubs my Sconces rusty,
Tarnished now, that shone like gold!
The last breath of life is dwinlling
From my numb and voiceless keys.
They may break me up for klndllng
Just rs quickly as they please,
MAY Kendall.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-06
FOR THE FARMER,
A Question.


"Promiscuous OSculat1On" may be wrong,
! will agree,
But promiscuous OSCILLATION is not kissing
two or three;
hers coy and shy.
Puts Up, her sweet lips. for u kiss. who
Gould refuse? Not I.
Regarding pretty cousins, yes, 1t would be
very nice,
At greeting and ut parting just to kiss
them once or twice;
But that we should ''draw the line ut that
Is just what troubles me;
And why we should. and how we could, l
really cannot see.
II no pretty cousin have, what then am
/ to do!
through?
Without being very wicked, could l not
the rule extend
And In very desperation kiss the cousin of
frlendI --I'lck-Me-Cp.