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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Horseback Riding.

Horseback riding is a lost art in the
average weli-to-do country neighbour
hood, ever with the sterner sex, and a
side saddle in the country, not moldy,
rat gnawed and skirt cufled," would
be almost as great a curiosity as a
horseiess carriage, says the Western
Horseman. The buggy craze struck the
country during the flush days of a doz-
en- years ago, every .eone discarding
horseback riding as the poor mans
mode Of travel, and every farmer, his
sons and hired hands all buying bug
gies and throwing, their saddles in the
hen houses" where many of them
still repose. Even If the family doctor
is to be hastily called, the average
farmers son or hired man would deem
1T a hardship il he We're compelled to
carry the message of mercy on horse
back. Twenty or thirty years ago the
proudest day of a country boy or rural
maiden was the one on which the in
dulgent very often disgruntled indul-
gence) parent returned from town with
a new saddle. In those days the coun-
try young folks would canter away
over the hills, through the silvery
brook valleys or across the breeze
Tanned prairies, for miles away, to
church, Sunday school, apple cutting"
or cousins wedding" full Of health
happiness and human vigor. But not
SO now. A country young man on
horseback, going to church or a party,
won feel Inundated, while a country
maiden would feel positively d~isgraced
II her teller" should presume to have
her ride a 'horrid horse"-and furnish
1t herself-to Sunday school or a cir
GUS, or even on a ~neighborhood jaunt.
Nay, verify, the saddle, both side and
astride, has emigrated to the city,
where cultured people by the thousands
recognize the responsibility and health
fulness of horseback riding, and ca
gerly take up the lost art of their coun-
try cousins, spending vast sums of
money for that which the country folk
can as well have for nothing-the
health and happiness giving concomi-
tants of horseback riding,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Patents

List of patents issued last week to
Northwestern Inventors:
John G. Barber, st. Paul, Mimi. car
truck; Thomas Crepar, Grand RAPIDS.
MIMI air ship; George b. Dustan,
Minneapolis, MIMI, cooking attach
ment for stoves; Frank E:-McNall,
Minneapolis, Mimi, combined thresher
and separator; Johnston Mealey, How
ard Lake, Mimi, name-tag attachment;
Johnston Mealey, Howard Lake, Mimi,
bridle-blinder buckle; Albert Norman,
ST: Paul, Mimi. plate glass show case;
Eibert D. Simmons, E%nglevale, N. d.,
combination garden tool.
Il. ID. Merwin, Patent Lawyer. 80
Pioneer Press Building, st. Paul. MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
NOT PRACTICAL ENOUGH,
A Tender-Hearted Woman Who TOOK

A Tender-Henrted Woman Who Took .
Viper to Her Bosom
I'm afraid ] will never be-a .prac-
tical business woman" sighed an es-
Unable Detroit lady, whose fear is
based Upon experience, says the De.
troit Free Press. II am so constituted
that sympathy largely controls my &C.
lions. There are times when I would
like to be, soulless for a brief period,
just like a corporation, or could close
my eyes and act with the calm impair
TALLY of justice when she's unmoved
by mercy.
II indorse the sentiment of Shake
peare that ingratitude is worse than
Lying, babbling, drunkenness, or any
faint of vice whose strong corruption
inhabits our frail food I, have the
renting of some property for a sister
living in another city. For months it
was occupied by tenants who could not
pay their rent. Moved by pity l per-
mitted them to remain, though re-
minded at intervals by my sister that
she had the house as a source Of rev.
enue and should be realizing. 50. be-
came so insistent that | quite insisted
upon the occupants paying me some
money. But they pleaded poverty and
| don't know but my feelings induced
me to give them a little help when 1
called on business in my capacity as
agent. At lengthaI was. so prodded by
my principal that l really inmitated to
the tenants that they must settle. or
find another abiding place.
"At this~critical juncture, when l was
losing sleep over the situation, the wife
of the tenant fell downstairs and was
injured. 1t was not in my heart to
worry them under such circum-
stances, so they concluded to worry
me. They attributed the accident to
a defective stairway and sued for dam
ages. We were not only put to the
annoyance and expense af a lawsuit,
but they secured a verdict for a consid-
cradle sum. And it's all because l am
not strictly business. If / were they
would have been evicted and we would
at least have been spared the expense
put upon us by a fragrant case of in
gratitude. | am now debating whether
to retire from the business world or
turn cold-blooded.""
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

About the year 1888 some prominent
n sklllful breeders in Oxfordshire
England, undertook the formation Of
a new breed of sheep which would
combine the weight of the long wool
with the quality of the Down. Thew
lie not establish a scale of points that
was not fashionable then, but thew said:
IA real Oxfordshire Down shall have
a nice, dark color, the poll well cover
ed with wool, and adorned with a ton
not on the forehead, a good fleece of
wool, thick on the skin, not too curly.
a well formed barrel on short legs mot
gray or spotted) with a good. firm NUT
ton" They stuck to the test. Thew
kept pegging away. Free wool had no
sting, single standard no terror for
them. On a double standard platform
(Wool and mutton), with two breeds to
draw (Cotswold and Hampshire) with
out waiting for the aid or consent OF
any other breeder, they fought the bat
tie. The English people are omen ia
conviction, but the most conclusive ev-
idence is required to convince them.
The pioneers found no little difficulty
in securing public recognition for their
breed. Dut they were patient. per-
sistent and determined. And in 1862,
when the Oxford Down was given a
separate class at the Royal show, the
glorious victory was 0 The ideal
sheep is the one that will produce the
most mutton, wool and lambs, all of the
best quality and at the least expense,
To its neal approach to this ideal may
be attributed the phenomenal success
of the Oxford Down breed in England
and America.-W. A. Shafor in "Sheep
in America"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

According to a recent consular re-
port, Cuba, although it's entire area is
only about equal to that of the state
of Pennsylvania, contains $4,000, 900
acres of primeval forests, where the
woodlands AK has never been heard"
In these forests, which cover nearly
half the entire surface of the island,
are found among other timber, mahog-
any, cedar, redwood, logwood, ebony,
lignum-vitae, and a tree with extreme
ly durable wood called c%aiguaran.
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At Home One uax.

"An' sure, Dennis, "said Mrs. Flan-
nigan to her husband. that Mrs. Top
notch must CAD about livery day in the
wake but wan.''
IAN why SOP" asked Dennis.
'I've jist bin afther readin' in tn
paper" replied Mrs. Flanagan, ''tnat
she's at home livery Wednesday,
Ohio State Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Old man, there is money in buying
your wife q wheel" said the man
whose face showed some traces of sor-
did greed.
"Oh, there is?" said the man of no
particular character.
you bet there is. She may eat n lit
tie more, but she don't have time to
stop and look at the window bargains"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Eirinr In China.

"What an ~unspeakable ccstune."
exclaimed the emperor, irritably. "You
ought to be fred
The mandarin with the yellow jack
ct trembled visibly.
II an not aware he faltered, "cf
being dressed to Kiln"
In that country the jokes are not I'M
like the political system: that is to
say, about as old and vicious as ever
comes down the pike.-Detroit Journal.
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near and Girl.

She was pale, but quite calm.
II have just met a bear in the for
est" she said.
She shuddered. ,,3$
"And, of course"
: Her voice quavered a bit now.
1t was just my luck to have my
waist all stuck full of pins" .
Her eyes grew moist, but she did not
weep, at least, not there.-Detroit
Journal.
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ATCHISON
Always copper a tip.

SoPpSA St'
No farmer ever raised a full crop.
There is no perfume in the world
equal to the perfume from a barrel Of
apples.
1t is as hard to suit a farmer in the
matter of weather as it is to suit a
woman with a husband.
If you don't learn to laugh at trou-
BILE, you will not have anything to
laugh at when you are old.
When a man has had an operation
performed, he thinks e is authority
on sickness of ever! kind.
Why don't turnips and beets ever
disagree with people? No one likes
turnips and beets, anyway.
An Atchison man is writing a novel
in which the villain. is avenged by his
rival marrying the heroine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Teacher-What kind of a bird did
Noah send out of the ark? Ill
Small Boy-A dove. ~,
Teacher-I'm surprised to find that
he smallest boy in this class is the
only one to know.
Big Boy-11ease, teacher, his father
keeps Il bird storc.-New York World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Read the Advertisements.

You will enjoy this publication much
better il you will get into the habit of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford a most interesting study and
will put you in the way of getting
some excellent bargains. Our adver-
advertise.
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Bfx Family.

The seventeenth annual reunion of
the Harlan family took place in West
Chester, Pa, last week. This is one
of The largest families in the country,
with members in every state in the
Union. The 1000 or more members
of the family in the assemly are de
scendants of Gearge Harlan and his
family, who settled in Chester county
o years ago. The ship in which they
sailed from England was wrecked ON
the Atlantic coast just 100 years ago.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Miss Plsseigh is a delightful musi-
cian," said the young man.
Yves said the young woman.
"But she insists on playing occasional
ly in a minor key"
"Of course. It's the only means she
has of suggesting that she isn't; Of
age."-Doston Post.
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CONVINCING Evidence.

81 hyuhs yoh done tackled a mighty
hard citizen las night at de parlor So
cial," said Miss Miranda Dewbecry.
Oats whit / did," replied Erastus
Pinkley. IF dar's anybody wifi doubts
about dat mans bein' hahd, jes bring
i'm round an let i'm look at de hicks
in dis here r~azzer.'-Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Tar Heels Tough Luck.

A North Carolina newspaper has
this item;
LAS Col. Williams was driving home
yesterday lightning struck his wagon
and completely demolished a four-gal-
lon demijohn of very fine whisky. The
colonel has the sympathy of the COM
munity."-Atlantl Constitution.
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Generous Man.,

"There are two hammocks here" she
said, as they sat down in one of them.
"Well, there's nc use OF our being
selfish" he replied, as he sat down on
the same hammock. LET some one
else have the other."-Chicago Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
A Sinister omen.

;"How do you pronounce 'JuneauT"
asked the inquisitive friend.
WELL replied the old-time miner,
II can't say as a matter of book learn
ing. But from experience l should be
inclined to pronounce it JONAH" -
Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

In the class of 'S3 at Harvard uni
versity there were thirteen men who
dubbed together during most of their
stay at college. That was fourteen
years ago, and not one of the thirteen
has died.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
A re.ort

Miss Smiley has the cutcst- little
dimple in her right cheek. She showed
it to me last night. OF course-ha, la,
hal left n kiss in it,,
"You didn't see anything of the doz-
cn or more kisses l left in it last
week, did you-ha, ha, ha.'-Clcveland
Plaindealer.
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SI00 To Any Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
OF Weakness In Men They Treat ANA
Fail to Cure.

OF Weakness In Men They Treat ana
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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

II have almost nothing to wear she
siged,
But her cruel husband laughed.
II have almost nothing to wear she
cried,
But he only smiled and chaffed.
He is now the most penitent of men,
And says he has been a brute;
For she truly moved him to pity when
She came out in her bathing suit.
Washington Star.
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Standard Varieties of Chickens.
In shape a Leghorn cock should be
graceful; body round and plump, broad
HEAD OF S. C. B. LEGHORN HEN.

HEAD OF S. C. B. LEGHORN HEN.
at the shoulders and tapering toward
the tail. The tail should be we'll bal
anced on a fair length of shank and
thigh: the length of leg giving the
bird it's s~prightly and proud carriage.
Closeness of, feathering adds to the
general shape and secures a freedom
from angles which always proclaims
the pure bred, typical specimen. The
breast should be full, beautifully curv-
ed, rather prominent, and carried we'll
forward. Neck, long, well arched, and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Uneven Exchange,

"Why is it that you always board
this car and ride for nothing, SlylyY'
so, l board the conductor for moth
ing, too"
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Permanently bumped.

sour landlady had to lower the din
ing tables three inches"
why did she do that?'
NEARLY all of the boardcrs arc
scorchers.'-Chicago Record.
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Fine Feathers and Fine Birds.
Mrs. Aristocrat-Did. you hear what
Mrs. Noveneua Rich said to me at the
concert this afternoon?
Mrs. Wellborn-No, my dear; do tell
me all about it.
Mrs. Aristocrat-Well. she informed
me that she had decided to have n nom
de plume in her hat"'-Harper's Ba-
Ear.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
A Cynical Viey.

"Uncle Dick, what's a anquety'
"Well, it is when a lot of men are
pleased with another man. and they
all go and get something good to eat"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

In breaking a colt to harness, we
always prefer to give him his first few
lessons double, along with a free, SEN
sible, fast-walking horse. A light front
bobsleigh answers we'll for several les
sons. AS soon as the colt has become
used to harness, the bit, etc., and has
ceased to be afraid Of the driver or
vehicle, and has learned to go along
with his mate like a horse should, we
feel no hesitation in hitching him sing
ly to a cart. 1t is safe for the first few
times to use a kicking strap, says
Farmers Advocate, being careful that
it is properly adjusted about half way
between the roots of the tail and COUP
ling, and fastened in the proper posi-
ton to prevent slipping either way,
then buckle loosely to the shafts. 1t
is not we'll to take long drives at first;
in fact, the colt should be returned to
the stable feeling fresh rather than
weary. Two short drives in a day are
much to be preferred to a long, weari-
some trip. 1t is always bad policy to
drive away a distance and then urn
around and return by the same road.
1t is much better to go around a block,
a different one at each time, however,
so far as practicable, so that he will
not acquire notions of his own as to
where he should go or turn.
Preserve the Forests.-Dr. Hopkins
of the agricultural experiment station
at Morgantown, w. Va, who has Civ
en- the subject much study, says there
Is great danger of the early destruc-
ton of the Ohio as a navigable high
way, and along with it the Potomac.
James and Tennessee rivers. To save
these rivers, representing 1000 miles
in the aggregate, 1t is necessary to
save the forests il a small part of
Pennsylvania and Maryland and a
considerable part of West Virginia and
Virginia. From the estimates given
by DR.. Hopkins it appears that an
area of about 1000, 900 acres should be
reserved if we hope to saw to poster
ity these immensely valuable highways
of commercials.
Spanish Moss.-The curious Spanish
moss that attaches itself to the forest
IiSSS VI IN oaAh AhuNA oo w SIdY
lichen called usnea does in northern
forests, is, says Meehan's Monthly, a
close relation of the pineapple. 1t is
of the order Bromeliaceae, Of which
the pineapple is a representative. On
account of its gray, lichenlike charac-
ter it has received the botanical name
of Tillandsia %usneoides. OF late years
it has had a good economic value.
Extent of Roots.-The extent of
roots is greater than supposed, e. e.
the aggregate length of roots of a hill
of corr is and one-tenth miles. A
stalk of corn gathers from soil about
three pounds of water. The leaves eX-
hale water as a vapor, but the roots
absorb water as a liquid. AS water
is SO needful for growth of plant, we
see the advantage Of having conditions
of soil that favor extensive range of
roots.-Ex.
A few well"known sorts are the best
for a commercial orchard,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Good positions secured by the students
of the Sioux Falls $50. Dak.) Business
College. Catalogue free.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

10 quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 5oc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Ster.
ling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

"They tell me-, Judge, that the wine
at this hotel is particularly fine"
You should know by this time, sir,
that new accept hearsay evidence"
Detroit Free Press.
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A Pm wing Iuvestmeut.

Educate Your Bowe1s with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
Zoe. II c. c. C. fail druggists refund money.
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gilt Edged Poultry

Eggs cost SIT in Alaska
what makes them so high?'
Climate"
"Climate?"
Eyes; the hens have to wear seal
skin cloakS."
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Beef Bulls.-The Live Stock Indica-
tor says that "the demand for improv-
ell bulls of the beef breeds has been.
very large in Texas and is a very con-
siderable factor in causing the scarcity
of good beef bulls. which is coming to
be felt throughout the entire country.
The Texas cattleman does not hesitate
10 pay good prices and he is satisfied
only with the best; indeed, he wants
no other, for he is beginning to realize
how wide is the distance between the
range steer and the high grade native.
and he is learning by experience the
difference in the proftableness of the
two.
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''They may if they are chickens"
said the editor, but if they are jokes
they do not."-Truth.
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR.
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmers Operate Ia
Department of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to-the Care of Live Stock
~ e -. . tA
and Poultry.
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One Exception.

"'The good die young" said the
casual caller, apropos of any old
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Run Away Swarms.-Every farmer
who has not a colony of bees, should
procure a good movable frame hive,
and have a strong, first swarm put into
it. Many persons commenced bee keep
ing by catching a runaway swarm. If
a box or key was put up in the orchard,
a runaway swarm might take possess
sion of it. There is no harm in putting
decoy hives, for a swarm might
as we'll take possession of it as
of a hollow tree, chimney, or the siding
of a house. A farmer living on the
prairie, during the winter, lost all his
bees; three colonies left the hives
where they stood. Run away swarms
soon took possession of them, however.
and made him much surplus honey:
finally a fourth came, and he had much
difficulty in preventing the bees going
through a hole in the weather board
ing of the house.-Ex.
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NnturnI ea.

To Cure Constipation Forever. z.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or CSC.
II G. c. c. fail to cure, drug gists refund money.
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The Kicking Cow.

NDER the above
heading have
seen in the differ
ent farm papers
various advices
given. Some by
tying in different
ways, some by hui
man strength and,
endurance until the
cow yields to their
superior strength,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

A Great Sheep Dairy.-In the district
of Roquefort, France, there is a cheese
factory which uses the milk of some
$50, 900 sheep, turning out, during the
season, from 5000 to $500 tons of
cheese. This is the celebrated Rogue
fort cheese, which is largely exported,
and commands a very high price, both
at home and abroad. The ewes give
such an abundance of milk their lambs
get sufficiently well grown to be safely
weaned at two months old, leaving the
dam then to be MIXED for the purpose
of making cheese.-The Dairy.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is q constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
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Fowls Out of Condition.-During
very warm weather bowel disease puts
in an appearance and debilitates the
members of the flock. The first thing
to do is to allow no food whatever I'M
less it is a ~teaspoonful of powdered Gin
namon in a pint of milk for twenty
fowls. Be sure to secure the pure arti-
Gle, as cinnamon is often adulterated.
A teaspoonful of tincture of nux vom-
lea in a quart of drinking water may
also be allowed, but be careful to- give
no food. When the hens cease laying
and get out of condition the resort is
sometimes had to egg foods and con-
dition powders, which may be just the
things to be avoided. Egg foods and
condition powders have their places:
they may be beneficial where the flock
is lacking in hardness and health, but
the best course to pursue is to give no
medicine or stimulants to healthy
FOWLS as they do not require them
Elk.