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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08
BOOKS SUPPRESSED IN BOSTON
Restriction Which the Public Library
Imposes on 200 of Them.

PoSS VII WV VI AhSM
The refusal of the Boston public
library to set up in the court Of thai
institution a nude bronze statue Of
Bacchante has called attention to the
restrictions placed by the library on
certain books of a certain class, says
the Boston Post. Many volumes in the
collection properly belong. to the class
OF suppressed books. In the catalogues
readers often find in this library as in
others, that use is made Of stars, some
works having n star and Others two,
the first meaning that the book cannot
be taken away for use at home except
by special permission of a trustee or
the librarian, while the second inGi-
Gates that it cannot be taken in any
circumstances. Such books also have
certain letters. When the letter A is
used it indicates that the book is re-
fused on account of the cost; The letter
b means refusal on account of its rar-
and d, because of it's character. Books
with the letter d are now kept in the
special department in the fine arts
rooms and are 200 in number. They
embrace many ancient and modern
classics, the creations of the French
and Italian authors both in the original
and translations." Many of these
works are illustrated in rather a broad
way and the librarian says it would
be unjust to refuse them to all, as
there are many students and artists
who, prompted by the highest motives,
come to study them. Among these
works are several of Zola's, Ouida's,
Balzac's, Boccaccio's and quite a col
lection of medical works. 1t is a rule
of the library that any officer in charge
may refuse to issue to a person under
q years of age books of a character
not suited for circulation among the
young. Books of this class are not be-
ing bought at. present for the library
and most of those on hand are gifts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08
GOT EVEN WITH THE CLERK,
How a Country Guest Made the Hotel
Official Pay Up.


A country guest at a certain London
hotel, having "a dread of ~pickpockets,
went to the clerk and handed him a
t2O note to be put in the safe, says
Comic Cuts. Asking for it next day
he was thunderstruck when the func-
t1onary to whom he had given the
money coolly denied any recollection
OF the matter. Whereupon the country
man went to a lawyer.
Get another EGO note" said the law
yer, land go, accompanied by a friend,
back to the hotel, Apologize to the
clerk for your mistake. Say it was a
defect of memory, Attribute it to alb
sent-mindedness. Deposit the second
EGO note in the presence of your friend
and come back to me-"
The mystifed ruralist observed in
structions to the very letter.
Now" said the lawyer, "go back
alone to the clerk and ask him for
your EGO note. Knowing that your
friend saw him receive it he will give
o back the second one. Then take
your friend with you next day, ap-
proach the clerk, ask him boldly for
that EGO note and as there was no wit
ness to your receipt. of the second note
he will be forced to return that ALSO
The ruse proved completely success
full, much to the qualification of the
countryman. .~..sst<...-
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done so had not the republican
leaders watched with Mr.. Allen the re-
handling of the votes. Out-and-out
democrats charged the Bryan, Sewall
and Williams Club with t~reachery in
cutting the broad-waisted John H. Sui
Ivan at the polls and casting their
votes for Mr.. Allen: but the charge is
not true. Mr.. Allen was nominated by
the republicans of Massachusetts in or
der to show their sympathy with the
colored people, and now that they have
elected him they are glad. 1t is. report
ed, too, that the governor and all the
other members of the council are glad,
Out the report lacks confidence.
AS soon as the result Of the election
was known friends of Mr.. Sullivan
asked for a recount. Some say that
Mr. sullivan was urged by the republic
cans to request a recount, but the pro-
muigators of this report must be in er-
ror as Mr.. Sullivan wanted the place,
and 1t was well known that the republic
cans wanted Mr.. Allen. However, the
recount of the ballots was opened and
was continued four days. AS precinct
after precinct was recounted Mr.. AL
zen S n of election began to look
dubious, but toward the end he COM
menced to warp up against the cur-
rent that had set in against him, and
When the last precinct had been reached
ne finished a. winner by 62 votes. He
lives in the Fourth district, and there
are fifteen wards in the district. These
fp1rpC 1Opyo1 lilo n naol +l;,r IN tho
friends of Mr.. Allen, and the result of
the recount had hardly been an
nounced before a new gig was sprung
in the policy shops. 1t is called the
Allen gig, and the combination is A.
l5-62. Allen is the first negro in any
northern state to be elected councillor
to a governor. He was BORN a slave
in Hampton, Va, fifty-two years ago,
and in early life served in some capa-
city in the navy. About twenty-five
years ago he came to Boston, having
heard somewhere in the south that it
was the greatest city on earth for the
coIored man. He opened a dining sa-
loon, and when not busy watching his
sllVer-plated spoons and taking checks
for ~helpings of pork and beans, he de-
voured the contents of Cooper's Amer
lean Politics." When Ben Butler COM
menced to daily with the governorship
Mr.. Allen offered his services. They
were accepted, and he did good work.
Having cut his political eye teeth in
booming Butler he jollied ~ex-Council-
man Charles Hall into the belief that
he could be elected to the city council.
Mr.. Hall didn't believe it, but Mr.. AL
lens enthusiasm pleased him and he
consented to take the nomination. To
the surprise of all Boston, Hall was
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08
CHARLOTTE BRONTE'S LETTER.
She Writes of Thackeray and of Mac
ready's Acting.

She Writes of ~Thackeray and OF Mac
ready's Acting.
One of Charlotte Bronte's letters.
from a recent biography of her, is as
follows: ION one occasion | met a
party of my critics-seven of them.
Some of them had been very bitter
o in print but they were prodigious-
ly civil face to face. These gentlemen
seemed Infinitely grander, more pom
pous, dashing, snowy, than the few
authors I saw. Mr.. Thackeray, for
instance, is a man of quiet, simple de-
meanor. He is, however, looked upon
with some awe and wen distrust. His
conversation is very peculiar, too per-
verse to be pleasant. 1t was proposed
to me to see Charles Dickens, Lady
Morgan, Mesdames Trollope, Gore and
some others, but l am aware that these
lntroductions would bring a degree of
notor1ety l was not disposed to en-
counter. l declined, therefore, with
thanks. Nothing charmed me more
during my stay in town than the pic
lures l saw. One or two private col
lectlons of Turner's best water-color
drawings were indeed a treat. His
later oil paintings are strange things
things that battle description. l twice
saw Macready act-once in Macbeth
and once in 'Othello.' l astonished a
dinner party by honestly saying l did
not like him. 1t is the fashion to rave
about his splendid acting. Anything
more false and artificial, less genuinely
impressive than his whole style I
could scarcely have imagined. The fact
Is, the stage system altogether is hol-
low nonsense. They act farces well
enough; the actors comprehend their
parts and do them justice. They COM
prehend nothing about tragedy or
Shakespeare, and it is a failure. I said
so, and by so saying produced a blank
sllence-a mute CONSERVATION. l was,
indeed, obliged to dissent on many oc-
caslons II to offend by dissenting.
1t seems now very much the custom to
admire a certain wordy, intricate, OBJ
scure style of poetry, such as Elizabeth
Barrett Browning writes"
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THE TOM SPIDER.
The Mysterious White Creature Found
in Old Catacombs of Italy.

The Mysterious White Creature Found
in Old Catacombs of Italy.
The working people Of Italy believe
in the existence of a wonderful crea-
ture which, for the want of a better
name, is called the tomb spider. The
e~ntomologists know nothing of this
queer beast, and declare it only exists
In the fancy of the superstitious per-
sons and those whose curiosity or BUSH
ness makes it necessary for them to
explore old ruins, tombs, catacombs,
etc.
The tomb spider is of a pure white
color, has wings like those of a bat, a
dozen horrid crooked legs, a body
three or four times the size of the
largest tropical American tarantula.
Any Italian will tell you that such a
creature exists, and that he is OCCASION
ally r2ot with in the old mines and
cavcrns. A Lemon journal has an ar
t1cle from a correspondent who was
present when some Roman workmen
unearthed a church of the fifth century.
we Were,' says the writer, STAND
ing by one of the heavy pillars that had
originally supported the roof when
something flashed down from the
pitchy darkness overhead, and paused
full in the candlelight beside us, at
about a level with our eyes. 1t was
distinctly IS visible as a thing could be
at a distance of three feet, and ap-
pcared to be an insect about half the
size OF a mans fist, white as wax, and
with it's many long legs gathered in
q II as it crouched on the stone.
Our guide had seen or at least
heard of. this uncanny insect Of i'll
omen before, but was by no means rec
oncl!ed to its presence, as his actions
proved. He glanced around uncomfort-
ably for a moment and then moved
away, we following. 1t seems really a
BIT queer, but it is said that the strong
est nerves give way in the presence Of
THIS white insect of such ghostly mien,
Even to-day this uncanny apparition
is said to be an unclassified monster
an eternal mystery. When the grave
splaer is encountered by those opening
tombs and vaults, it is thought to be a
sign, OF death to one of the workmen
or some member Of his family"
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Rosa BOnheur's Pots.

Rosa Bonheur's power over animals
is said to be marvellous. 1t has been
repeatedly ascribed to hypnotisn, bat
whatever may be the cause the fact re-
mains that Nine. Bonheur has repeat
eddy gone into a cage full of lions and
tigers and the animals have never re-
sented her intrusion. On the contrary,
they put up their heads to be scratched
and show the greatest delight.
For a long time she kept a lion that
had been refused by the different cir
Gus managers on account of his fierce,
untamable disposition, but no sooner
did Rosa Bonheur take him in hand
than he developed the greatest affec-
ton for her. Day by day she painted
this magnificent beast, occasionally re-
warding his patient posing with q
caress. When, however, Nine. Bonheur
became so absorbed in her work that
she would forget all about him, very
gently indeed would the king of beasts
put up his paw to call her attention to
the fact that his head had not been
patted for eve so long.
A lioness belonging to Rosa Bonheur
died with her head in the artists lap.
In her huge paws she held the beloved
hands of her mistress till death loosen
ed her grasp.-New York Recorder.
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ITEMS OF

Women comprise t~wo-thirds of the
church members of the United States
but only ope-thirteenth of the crimi-
nails, p
Counting all classes of reserves Ger.
many a in twenty-four hours raise
an army of four millions of Disciplined
men.
One of the most important duties OF
a German soldier is to take care of his
feet, so that they will always be in
good condition.
Some of the edible oysters. of Port
Lincoln, South Australia, are as big as
a dinner plate. One of them, fried, is
enough for a meal. ..
While digging near a blasted tree
on his farm, in Beech Grove, Texas
Sampson Glider found an iron Dot
which contained $3.50 in gold.
The baya bird Of India catches bic
ire-flies and fastens them to the sid
of its nest with wet clay. AT night
the nest looks like a street lamp.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08
The By-Ways of American po,it,cs

ah tfIfG
The. minor American parties which
nave appeared and disappeared during
our century and over OF national life
are the following: Anti-Rentsrs a
New York party which f1ourished about
1871. Ihey resisted the collection of
back rents on the Ven Rensselaer, ma
nor near"Albany. They had strength
enough to defeat Wright, the regular
democratic candidate for governor Of
new YORK, Barn-burners, New York,
1876, seceders from the democratic par
". They were opposed to slavery ex-
tension. Bucktails, New York. about
1875; they. supported Madison. Con-
servatlVes, New York and some other
states, 1897; paper money democrats.
Doughfaces, 1920, northern members of
congress who voted in favor of the
MISSOURI compromise. Hunkers. New
YORK, a faction of the democrats favor
ing the south, B%arnburners being the
other factor Know-Nothings. New
YORK, 1854, opposed to naturalization Of
foreigners unless they had been twen-
ty-one years in the country. Loco
Foeos, New York, 1885; a branch of the.
democratic party. Liberal Republic
ans, 1872; republicans who Joined with
the democrats in support of Greeley for
president. Temperance, or Prohibit
ton, from 1880 down, in many states;
In favor of preventing or restricting
the sale of liquors. The. total prohibi-
ton vote at the presidential election in
1888 was 249.937, Woman's Rights.
from 1860 down; those who favored
granting to womep the right of suffs
rage.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08
bo Pod Drp paftS'e

the Red Deg party - :
trss inches " nand amt Travelled
bang! goe- lnder his surtoot wher
Dog . 3 Toothpick's "A, an the Rec
~ party hits the ground face down
-.Ae a kyard just dealt.
Yes, he's dead enough; never does
kick or 1utter once 1t was a center
shot.
do you-all note how he tries to fill
his hand on me?" asks Toothpicb
mighty cheerful, as he approaches the
remainder.
"Toothpick stoops down for the Red
Dog mans gun, an what do you-all
think? He don't have no weapon, none
whatever; nothin' more vehement than
a flask of whisky, which the same is
still all safe in his rear pocket.
He warn't heeled,' say Toothpick,
straightenin' up an lookin' at us
apologize an disguised. Never arm
ed with nothin' but Red Light whisky.
He surveys the remainder a second
an says:
Boys, if v the Ticker for the
camp is on T%oothpick Johnson it's now
But thar's one last dooty to perform
touchin' deceased. It's evident de-
parted was about to ask me to drink.
It's this we're motion he makes for his
whisky which l mistakes for a gun
play. Thar I errs an stacks up his
Red Dog person wrong. Now that l
Understands, while acknowledged my
error, the least 1 can do is respect the
last wishes of deceased. l tharfore,' says
Tcothpick, raisin' the Red Dog party's
flask to where it'll do the most good,
complies with what would, if l hadn't
interrupted him, have been the last
request of departed. An while regret
tin | don't savoy sooner, 1 drinks to
him.
NO" concluded the Old Cattleman,
as | intimates at the go-off, Tooth
pick don't stay long after that. No
one talks of stringin' him for what's
a plain case of bad Judgment, an moth
in more. But Wolfville takes a notion
agin him after that, an don't want him
round none. So he has to line out.
"'You-all are all right, Toothpick,
speakin' general says old Sam En-
right, when him, an Doc Poets, an
Jack Moore trails up on Toothpick to
notify him it's the Strangers idee,
he'd better pack his freight and pull
it, but you don't hold your six-shoot-
er enough in what Doc Poets yere calls
"abeyance." Without putting any
stain on your character, it's right to
say you amt %sedentary enough, an are
a heap too quick besides for this camp.
In view, tharfore of what ] states, an
of you-all droppin' this we're Red Dog
gent-not an ounce of iron on him at
the time-while we e~xonerates, we de-
cides without a dissentin' vote to sort
O. look round the camp for you to-
morry, say at shutdown, an hang you a
whole lot should you then be here.
That's how the kyards lays in the box,
T%oothpick; an if you're anxious to
commit seoicide youth be present in
our midst at the hour | Names"
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Gladstone an Authority on Old China.
Mr. Gladstone's interest in the old
emma while waiting for his tea at the
village inn at Caergwrie the other day
was not q passing fancy, for he is an
accomplished judge between real and
spurious ware. When on a visit a
year ago he rather disconnected his
hostess by picking up a plate from off
a table and remarking Now that is
the finest imitation of Crown Derby
ever made. 1t w2s made In the wear
SO and so, and rather think the clever
fellow who made it finished by getting
twenty years penal servitude' But.
noticing the lady's agitation on dis
covering that What she supposed to be
ola crown derby was really only a
copy OF the real thing, Mr.. Gladstone
remarked 1T is much more rare and
curious than the original, l do assure
you' madam, and quite as excellent"
Another correspondent writes with
reference to the same subject about
tWenty-seFen years ago Mr.. Gladstone
called upon a literary friend of nina
III Derbyshire, who had a small coll
lectlon OF china and other wares. After
the business upon which the great
Statesman came had been arranged.
the china cupboard was opened and he
examined and valued every single
piece That was in it. Eventually, and
after my poor friends death, the COL
iectlon was sold, and the purchaser
bought 1t ON the precise valuation by
Mr.. Gladstone" Perhaps this taste of
Mr. Gladstone's for old china explains
MS interest in Ii Hung Chang.-New
York Tribune.
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The Volunteers of America, as the
Ballington Booth organization of saliva
tionists calls itself, have promulgated
a portion of their constitution, from
which it appears that it is distinct in
many respects from the Booth-Tucker
concern. The third article provides
that the new association shall always
be an american institution" The OIL
GERS In supreme command must be
elected, instead of appointed by a cen
trail authority.
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The newest cure for badness is pine
shavings- and alcohol. In order to
necessary that the head should be well
covered with pitch and the shavings
stuck on in artistic designs. A bald
headed man adorned in this fashion
will look as if he had been the winner
in the Olympian games and been
crowned with laurel. The front rows
in a theater when a ballet is in prog
res, will, in future, direct attention
from the stage.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08

Rochester, N. Y, experimental with
ballot machines at the recent election.
Two different patents were used, and
although they proved vastly superior
in many respects to the present system
Of voting, neither machine was free
from an absolutely serious defect. The
registering mechanism in both ma
chine seemed to be at fault. This trou-
bic is not to be regarded as irremedi-
BILE, since Rochester cast 1,5O0 defect
ively-marked ballots last year, while
the number of voters whom the ma
chine baked of tn, ir purpose this year
was not over 250. The counting was
computed on the gubernatorial and
presidential tickets within twenty min
ptes of the closing of the polls
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DOinps of the Hunters.

The value of a good telescope or
glass vas illustrated forcibly to a Maine
hunter recently while he was after
deer in an open space in the woods that
had been formed by a fire some years
ago. The hunter had a tolerably clear
range of vision for eighty or one hun
dred rods across the open, but beyond
that briars and serub-grewth poplars
made it extremely difficult to see. The
hunter sat down on the side of n
ridge and watched the side of another
across a wide gully. He was certain
that a deer was on that hillside. After
a bit he saw something moving in the
bushes near a big clump of trees that
had escaped the fire, nearly ninety rods
away. The something seemed small,
and was of a neutral tint, not apt to be
observed by a tenderfoot at all at such
a distance.
The hunter had a small telescope
with him, n worth about SO. He
took it out to look at the moving thing.
Instantly he made out the form of a
small deer, a doe. He was not after
does, however, but he wanted a buck.
Instead of folding up the glass, he be-
gan to examine the ridge side carefully
with it. When his glass turned to a
little alder bed, following the course of
a brook in the gully, he saw the form
Of a big deer through the bushes. When
he took down his glass to look, at the
deer with his bare eyes, he could not
see it, He tried several times, and at
last succeeded in locating the deer. 1t
was not hard then to wait for the deer
to move out, which it did in about an
hour, and was dead before. it knew a
man was anywhere near.
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49,
WHY RE'WAS SLAUGHTER D (

"You Sees" observed the old ~cattle-
| man as he raped the ashes from -
! pipe preliminary to refreshing - wit,
another consignment OF to',acco. "Yor
| sees this yere T~oothpi,lk district dis.
graces Wolfville. That s howl Downs
a party, Toothpick johnson does. an
nc gun on the gent, the same bein'
plumb out O roole. Nacherally, while
nc one blames Toothpick, who makes
the play what these law sharps calls
bony fdis, the public sort O. longs for
his 'lopement. An that settles it;
Toothpick has to line out for different
stampin' grounds.
1T all comes from Toothpick bein'
by nature one of these yere over-zaal-
u people. He's born eager, Tooth
pick is, an can't help it none.
"You all has tracked up on that breed
Of Cimmarron plenty frequently now,
l makes no doubt. They're the kind
who in poker, for instance. pick UP
their hands, kyard by kyard, as they
comes. They're that for'ard, that
headlong to get outen the present an
into the future, they jest can't wait
for things to have a chance to hap
pen.
"'Why ever do you pull in your
kyards that away?' I says to Tooth
pick one time, reprovin' of him. Why
can't you let 'em lay till the hands
dealt?'
(Which I'm shorely that locoed to
look if 1 amt got three aces or some
sech,' says Toothpick, L must turn 'em
up to see.'
"'Well,' says I, an the same is wis
dom every time, you all would appear
more like a dead game sport to let 'em
be, an pick up our whole hand to-
gether. Likewise you'd display a
mighty sight more savoy if you'd keep
your eyes on the dealer till he lays
down the deck. You'd be less afflicted
by disagreeable surprises if you'd freeze
to the last idee, al lay up money be-
Sides
But that's the notion I'm amin to
convey. Toothpick is too quick. His
intellect, it looks like, is on eternal
tiptoe to get in it's stack.
Hes too simultaneous, T%oothpick
Is says Jack Moore once when him an
Boggs is ~descoursin' together sizin' up
Toothpick. He's that simultaneous he
comes mighty neal bein' %prematoor.'
What does Toothpick do that time
we all wearies of him an stampedes
him? Why, it's this way. It's what
n might call a accidental KILN.
It's second drink time in the even
in, an the Tuscon stage is in. Thar's
a passel of us who has roped up u
mail romancin' round in front of the
Red Light, breakin' into letters an
papers an a-makin' of comments,
when along wanders a party who's new
to the camp. AS the deal turns he
never does stay long enough to be-
come what you might call a genial
'quaintance of any of us.
This party who ONE trailin' up is,
as we hears, late from Red Dog; an
durin' the four days previous where
in he confers his society onto us, he
stays drunk habitual an never does
lapse into bein' sober for a second.
"Of course, however, his n~osepaint
is his own affair. This consistency
about ticker may have been this gents
system; then again 1t may not; | don't
go pryin' into his past none to de-
termine. But as you readily descerns,
it keeps up a barrier again bein' plumb
intimate with him, an ontil Toothpick
opens on him, his intercourse with
Wolfville is nacberally only formal.