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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
CUNPOWDER-.FiRsT USED.
Cannon Employed by the Moha m medans
in the Fifteenth Century.


From st. Nicholas. People outside
Of military life who have no connec-
ton with the making of gunpowder
know it only as a coarse, black powder
like sand, which will flash off with a
loud report if shut UP in a case of any
kind and set on fire.
1t is a very queer mixture, made up
Of three simple and well-known sub
stances, no one of which will explode,
although two will burn. No one knows
when or how it was discovered, for as
far back into the dark ages as records
or tradition will carry us We find that
gunpowder, though not used for guns,
was known. 1t was, no doubt, looked
upon with awe and fear by the an
clients on account of its flame, it's noise
and it's rending force, but their limited
mechanical skill could suggest very
little use for it.
Possibly it was used in warfare long
before the beginning of history, but the
first man in historical times to form
an idea of the terrible destruction
which this awful, bursting, fiery sub
oIdlCC All6ll plOuuCS was oil Eu6Io1
monk named Roger Bacon. Monks in
his day were the chemists, scholars
and writer's of the world, and this
Roger Bacon travelled and studied
much and made continual experiments
IN his laboratory to prove for himself
and to develop what he learned from
others. He probably saw %gunpowder
among the Moors in Spain and tried for
himself it's explosive effect. Then he
wrote of it's composition in the year
1867, and in his writing suggested that
it could be used in engines of war
to deal death and destruction to armies
of men.
Soon after Roger Bacon's time his
suggestions were taken up and guns
were constructed first by binding iron
bars together with hoops to form a
tube, then by casting a tube out OF
brass, with one end closed. Stones OF
suitable size were selected as shot and
the powder had to be carried around in
chests or barrels and shoveled into
the muzzles of the guns. In spite of
these drawbacks very large guns were
built. for there was n used by Mo-
manned II. against the Greeks at the
siege of Constantinople in 1883 which
threw a stone weighing 600 pounds .
distance of one mile.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

ether children lurked beneath her win
dow daring" her to come out and play
kangalow. Her brothers and sisters
asked her to do their tasks and secretly
regarded her as soft" for her pains.
During their short married life she
fetched and carried for her husband as
would a spaniel ana took his rough
words with the same doglike submits
slveness. When Mark Farley died
frank people said none too soon-her
youngest sister, Maud, anne to live
with her. Maud was big and raw
boned, with ashy blonde hair and a
temper which would have tried the
meek st. Francis. At first Lucretia's
friends hoped that she would be eman-
cipated by her sisters marriage, but
as Maud slipped from 20 to 80 unwed
the hope died.
Meanwhile Lucretia continued to do
her duty. She visited hypochondriacs
and cross old people, who poured into
her patient ears all their symptoms
and complaints. She really felt guilty
when she made a call at a pleasant
home where the fanny asked after her
health and how her flowers were
blooming.
When her neighbors were i'll Lucre-
tia sat up with them every third night,
and If they died she put the house in
order for the funeral and lent her Grape
bonnet to the chief mourner. In fact,
it grew so shabby she had to have it
made over before she let Mrs. Ransom
take it to Kansas for her son-in-law's
Obsequies.
She was president of the Dorcas So
ciety and many a time she wore shabby
shoes and cotton gloves that she might
give a child a cloak. She made a spec
ial effort to go to prayer-meeting dur
ing very wet or very hot times, when
less conscientious people thought up an
excuse for staying home.
There came a spring when she felt
strangely weak and ~listless. Her feet
Jagged as if she were dragging a ball
and chain and her hands were so thin
that her rings dropped from her fin
gers. She stopped at DR.. Surgeons
office one day on her way home from a
church meeting.
He pushed his glasses up on his fore
head and looked at her attentively; he
felt her pulse and asked her many
questions which seemed to have no
bearing on her case.
Nothing much the matter, is there?"
she asked.
ooh, no." he said briskly, writing a
few hieroglyphics OF his paper pad.
"PH give o a tonic and want you to
promise to do what l tell YOU"
"All right" said Lucretia, for she
was used to obeying his orders.
Have a good time" he began, stop
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Gettysburg Survivor.
From the Journal-Press, st. Cloud.
MINI.

From the Journal-Press, st. Cloud.
MINI.
Each day, each month, each year.
the Grand Army Of the Republic is
growing smaller. Almost each hour
Is some veteran soldier of the Rebel
Hon responding to the call of the Great
Commander and joining the army of
the silent majority. At such an alarm
Ing rate is h death rate increasing
among the army membership that
statisticians tell us that it will be but
q few years before the Veterans will
be but a memory. 1t is for this rea-
son that the entire public is interested
to hear of the recovery from sickness
Of a comrade.
of st. Cloud, Minnesota, contains one
such. Milton F. Sweet. No man stand
higher in the community than does he
and through his strict integrity and
honesty OF conviction he has won the
respect Of all who know him. Mr..
Sweet has for many years been a resi-
dent OF Minnesota, and for the past ten
years has resided in this city, where
he is engaged in the manufacture of
carpets. He is now flfty-one years Of
age. He served in the war three years
and seven months, with Company G.,
New York, participating in sixty bat
ties, including Gettysburg.
During the war Mr.. Sweet contracted
heart disease. which was accompanied
by excessive AS age in
creased his symptoms grew worse and
many were the remedies resorted to
by him without the slightest relief.
We will let Mr.. Sweet tell the story
in his own words:
ssCl-. ~.~-xLa o-o ~ %h4 rYyr~o.xtoyn
of a comrade, who had been benefited
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills, I began
their use, and 1 very cheerfully state
that they have invigorated and built
up my system in a wonderful
way. They have done me a world Of
good and I have been greatly benefit
cd by their use, where everything else
1 took failed to give me the relief I
sought for. l have recommended
them to a large number of my old
comrades and it is a pleasure for me
to do so, for 1 feel that the manufact-
urers are deserving of any good that
I can do them in saying q good WORD
for their product, in return for the
rood they have done me. 1 will gladly
recommend these pills to any one writ
Ing me II they doubt the genuiness of
this statement"
When interviewed, Mr.. Sweet felt SO
grateful for the good that he had re-
coived through DR.. Williams Pink
Pills that he did not have the slightest
heeitancy in going on RECORD. His
word IL considered his bono by all who
know him throughout this section. Mr.,
Sweet is no the only one in Stearns
County who is using this celebrated
medicine and with equally good re-
suits.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of June, 1896.
JAMES r. JERRARD, Notary Public
Stearns County, Minnesota
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
q condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and rich.
ness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. Pink Pills are sold by all deal
ers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt
Of price. 50 cents a box, or six boxes fol
1850, by ADDRESSING DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
A Great Torpedo Conflict.

During the visit of the members of
parliament to Portsmouth a naval Off
Ger told an amusing story of last years
naval maneuvers. While the warships
were stationed in Tough Foyle there
was an alarm of a torpedo attack at
night. Instantly the guns opened fire
and blazed away at the torpedo boat.
The next morning the admiral request
ed each captain to send in a report of
the number of torpedo boats he had
seen and the quantity of ammunition
he had expended. The reports were in
teresting Some officers had seer six
torpedo boats, some four, others three
and others two. Only one captain de-
c1ared that he had seen no torpedo
boat and had fired no shot. The others,
however, had used an enormous guam
tity of ammunition. 1t turned out that
there had not been a torpedo boat
within thirty miles of the Tough, and
the torpedo boats seen from the ships
were in truth a single coal barge.-Lon-
don World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Women Buried With Military Hon

"A woman known to have passed her
10th birthday recently died near
Douai, France. Her name was Jose
phine Rostkowski, her maiden name
having been Mazurkiewlcz, and she
was born at Warsaw on March 10,
Z She had been married to a cap
tain of a Polish regiment, and with
him took part in a great number of
battles of the Napoleonic wars, during
one of which the regiment, on the roll
of which she was carried as assistant
surgeon, heavily outnumbered by the
foe, was almost wiped out of existence.
She was herself wounded several
times during her arduous duties, but
she remained in the hospital service of
the French army until after the Cri-
mean war, taking an active part, lso,
in that campaign. She left the service
when II years old, and was retired
with full pay. She had had fifteen
children, twelve boys and three girls,
all born in Poland, and all of them
dead now. For her valiant service in
the army she hadabeen decorated with
the military cross of Stanislaus, the
Turkish Order of the Medjidie and the
Crimean war medal. Nine. Rostkowski
was given a military funeral, which
was attended by many high military
officers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
THE BACHELOR WOMAN,

Age 15-She longs to be older so as
to attract mems attention.
16 years-She begins to form a vague
idea of what people call a passion.
II years-She talks about love in a
cottage and dreams of a tender affec-
ton free from sordid interests.
Is years-She silently adores some
young man who has shown her a lit
tie attention.
10 ~years-She is somewhat harder to
please and much less amiable, because
the papers have given her a fattering
notice at her debut.
20 years-She is called the beauty of
charms becomes naughty in her de-
meanor.
81 years-She firmly believes in the
power of her bright eyes, and expects to
make a brilliant match.
\ % years-She refuses an excellent Of
fer because the man is not stylish
enough.
23 years-She firts with all the
young men.
"a years-She wonders why she is not
married yet.
Is years-She becomes a little more
reserved in manner.
rs years-She begins to think that
she might he happy without marrying
an immensely wealthy
81 years-She prefers the society of
sensible men to flirting.
% years-She would like to marry a
comfortable living.
20 years-She almost loses hope of
ever marrying.
80 years-She breads the possibility
o. being called an old maid.
81 years-She gives much attention
to her makeup.
80 years-She processes Indifference
for dancing, and complains of the diff
ficulty of finding good partners.
33 years-She is astonished the men
neglect a sensible woman for a pretty
doll face.
"a years-She affects unfailing good
humor in conversation with men.
35 years-She is jealous of every wo-
man who is praised before her.
sc years-She qu%arrels with her best
friend because this one marries.
81 years-She thinks the world a very
lonely place.
38 years-She consoles herself in her
loneliness by talking of her friends
who have made unhappy marriages.
80 years-She becomes cross and
grabbed.
40 years-She likes to pry into other
peoples affairs and enjoys a little mis-
chief making.
Al years-She hopes with her money,
to tempt some im%pecunious youth into
a matrimonial alliance.
AZ years-That hope perishes, and
she becomes a man hater.
43 years-She takes to cards and
gossip for daily diet.
A years-She severely criticises the
bold demeanor Of young people Of the
day.
As years-She is seized with a vio-
lent passion for a handsome distant
relative and calls her aunt.
46 years-The marriage of this good
looking favorite puts her into a tower
ing rage.
At years-She gives up in despair.
48 years-She concentrates her af-
lection on half a dozen cats and dogs.
40 years-She takes into her home a
poor relation, who has to take care of
her and to bear the brunt of her bad
temper.
so years-She retires from the world
entirely and dies a few years after, re-
GREETED by none-not even her heirs, to
whom she leaves a considerable for
tune.-From the Old Woman.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Patents Issued.

List Of patents issued this week to
Northwestern inventors:
Peter j. Caesar, Duluth, Mimi, COM
bincd cigar cutter and lighter; James
s. Holt and w. w. Eldred, Seattle,
Wash. ~suspcnders; William H.Knautz,
Blue Earth City, Mimi, display device;
Homer s. Smythn. W~oonsocket, s. D.,
Buggy wrench; William j. Woods, Min
neapolis. Mimi, dough kneader; John
e Paul. Pipestone. Mont, (trade-mark
mineral waters and medicinal prepar-
atoms containing the same; Clhis
Knudson, Port Townsend, WASH, (de-
sign guitar.
L. D. Merwil I, Patent Lawyer, 90,
911 and 912 Pioneer Press Building,
st. Paul, MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
A Homeless Case

The Senior Partner--I guess we will
have to give up trying to get money
from Sharpe.
The Junior Partner-Really?
The Senior Partner-It looks that
way. His office is in the second story
of his place, you know, and he threw
our last collector out of the window,
where the mar fell through an awning,
you remember.
The Junior Partner-Yes.
The Senior Partner-Now he sends
in a claim for the damage to the avn
ing.-Cincinnati Inquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Tommy Was Posted.

And now, scholars, what is It we
come to Sunday school to learn about
Annie may answer"
please, ma'am, it's the way to sal
vation."-
annie is right. Now, does saliva
ton cost anything? What, doesn't
anybody know? Why, what is it that
makes us very happy because it was
always planned to be free? All, does
little Tommie know"
please, ma'am, it's silver"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Retaliation.

1.-THE next living picture, ladies and
gentlemen" chanted the barker as he
drew the curtain, revealing a lady
wrapped in thought and looking the
other way, lis called Retaliation So
called, ladies and gentlemen, on &C.
count Of the lady's striking back
Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
A Singular Form of MonOmania.

There is a class of people, rational enough
In other respects, who are certainly mono
maniacs in dosing themselves. They are
constantly trying experiments upon their
stomachs, their bowels, their livers and
their kidneys with trashy nostrums. When
these organs are really out of order, if
they would only use Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters they would, II not hopelessly in
sane, perceive it's superiority.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

You will find all makes of fur coats In
the market, but the North Star Fur Coat
VIII give you the best satisfaction, as they
are guaranteed against any defects in work
manship or skins for oac year. Lanpher,
Finch u Skinner. st. Paul, MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Buy the Best, They Cost No More.

North Star Fur Coats are made of soft,
durable skins, with wide collars to protect
the face and ears; full skirts to protect the
legs, and are guaranteed for one year
against any defects. Ask your clothier for
them and don't let him talk you into buying
any other make. Lanpher, Finch & Skinner
st. Paul, MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Not Fully EUuipDed.

Redbot Pete-Take a ham in this DO,
ker game, stranger?
Stranger-IIXcuse me, please.
Renhot Peta-No money, hey?
Strangcr-Yes; but no gun.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Out of Gear.

First Jerseyite-I'm afraid my lawn
mower is ruined.
Second Jerseyite-Why?
First Jerseyite-A mosquito got
caught in it.-Detroit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Liberal,

Dealer-I want you to understand
just what this parrot is; l admit
that he will swear.
Customer-That's all right; l don't
want a parrot that is any better than l
am.-New York Town Topics.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

A New Haven young lady has a remark
able throat. She has a whistling larynx,
and can whistle without the use of her
lips. Few cases Of this kind are ever
known.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
A False Report.

Birmingha.u-I hear that young Mr..
Hilltop is studying for the ministry.
Manchester-That must be a false re-
port.
"Some one certainly told me that be
was a divinity student"
"That may be. The pretty Miss
Northside is the divinity, and he is
very faithful in his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
burg Chronicle-Telegraph
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

Della Ware-Yol will remember me
when you are far away, Mr.. Galen?
Galen-Certainly: with pleasure
Buffalo Courier.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

Some naturalists say that no insects ex'
cept the silk worm feed upon the leaves OF
the mulberry.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller, Au
Sable, Mich, April 81, 1895.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

FITS stopped free and permanently cured. No
Its after nrst days use OF DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
hestorer. Free % trial bottle and treatise.
Send to On. KLINE, 93l Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
LUCRETIA FARLEY.

UCRET1A FAR
LEY was always
unselfsh. She was
a baby whose good
nature was a mar
vel to the wise wo-
men. In time she
grew to be a little
girl who e v tore
her %pinafores and
W b o "practiced"
faithfully, although
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26
All First Class Have Them.

All First Class ClOthiers Have Them.
If your clothier does not have the cele-
brated North Star Fur Coats and will not
order one for you, write Lanpher, Finch g.
Skinner, st. Paul, and they will inform you
where you can get one. Remember, they are
guaranteed; If they prove defective they
will be repaired without charge.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

In 90 years the Spanish speaking people
of the world have Increased from 26, 100, 900
to AZ, 800, 900.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

An aluminium boat for sportsmen's use
has been made. 1t weighs but thirty
pounds, is fourteen feet long and will carry
two people.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

One variety of the cricket has it's ears in
Its hind legs.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

1t is said by Hebrew scholars that the
same word in ancient Hebrew signifed
blessing or cursing.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-26

If the Baby Is Cutting Teeth.
sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, MAA
WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-06

Notice il hereby given that the under
signed. Trustee Of HARRISON township,
will att nd TO township business on each
saturday of the year. at my Office, and
persons having township business 10
trrnsact are required to present II to him
on Saturdays.
The township library will be kept at
my home in Haysyille.
Indiana school Books are for sale by
Henry Ruehrschneck in Haysville, and
Adam II arker in Kelleryille. Indiana.
JoHN SEITz,
A., ~ lsq,-v. Trustee.
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Not 10 be THRILLED With.
trro,n rincinnatiraz' tie.


Will people never learn 'ha' III, ~,
Is an accident to be dreaded anu -
when il occurs treatment sno",u
promptly al.pilei? There y ~ I'm anu
ING where the troabe WI, en"' ~ 49,.
Wide complete recovery y t'e rn,e' ~. -"
exceptions are terribly irel ien,, ,l ~
thousands upon thousands o' iMa =,
nc~ses occur every year, 'isheren ~ :, i,
little injudicious exposure ana ses'' ,h.r,
snrIing symptoms. Beyond 'nls W." '.a,
an today countless invaIihs VINO "a,
TRACE their complaints to colds, "n,r'
m m. time of occurrence gave no ~"
.ceru. and were therefore negler ..,''.,
When troubled with cold use ana,,,
Iberlaiuss Cough Remedy. y = prom, "
and eiYeytusl. % and "a cent po'''es ~
sale by N. Friedman
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Personal.

VIM. A. Wilson went to Evans
Vile sunday.
John Troxler paid business trll
to Evansville Sunday.
Ed. Troxler went to EvansVlii'
last Sunday.
" +. Cox is attending Pike
county Circuit Court this week.
Mr.. George Cox, OF Dun, was Il
Jasper Thursday.
State Senator Sweeney was calico
to indianapolis Wednesday on ON
cial business.
Mr.. Louis Katterjohn, Of Hunt
irpburg was in Jasper Monday an'
TUESDAY setting up machines 10
Mr.. Frank Fink.
Mr. NJ. W. Burd, of Louisville
Ky.. spent Monday and Tuesday II
Jasper.
i Stephen l.. Hettich, formerly 9
asper, but now oithe Huntington
signal and News, was visiting III
atber and friends at Jasper tn
week. He also called on the Coui
Err. Call again.
Rev Father Maroon Farah, an
Joseph Sch.hoen, OF Jerusalem
alestine, were in Jasper Tuesda
tight. The Rev. Father read u
mass in st Joscph's Catholic chur'
, Wednesday morning.
Miss Celia Hollander, OF Ce
4 tralia. HIS, is visiting her sister
Jasper, Mrs. !. 7. Huther. >,
: % is smile can be seen boo
II md he seems as happy as bee
4 a clover field.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-06

The Best salye in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chiinlains'
corns, and all skin euptions, ana posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required
Ii l. guaranteed 10 give perfect satisiac-
ton or money refunded. Price p cents
Der box. For sale 10y Martin Friedman
April DIT IA lsa5--iy.