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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

A favorite place. for oscuiatory ex-
ploits with the Topeka bellies and
beaux is on top of the dome of the
State House. On this airy summit, $50
feet above the earth. it is the delight
Of the amorous swain to take his
sweetheart and far away from the
madding crowds ignoble strife kiss her
to his hearts content, with none to mo-
lest or make him afraid. The ribald
small boy and the derisive young man,
although armed with powerful field
glasses, are as if they were not.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17
Nerve, Strain

at must be a good deal of Il strain
to run a trolley carr said the talka-
tive man on the platform.
You bet it is said the mCtorman.
"W'y, when | go along for two or
three weeks without runnln' over any
body l git so nervous | can't eat nor
sleep.'-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17
No Money There.

Your money or your life" shouted
the footpad.
"Eavens, man. exclaimed the Eng
lish duke, who had married an Amerl-
can heiress, "cawn't you see I 'aven't
me wife with me?"-Philadelphla
North American.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17
To Keen ChtfdrSn's Bedclotbins On.

To Keep Chi1drSn's 1,edclotbinG On.
A good thing to keep children from
throwing off the bed clothes at night
and catching cold is a new invention
bed clothes Acknowledgment to be
fastened to the head OF d wooden bed
stead by a screw, or around d brass
bed post by a cord with a ring and
snap hook. This device Is SO construct
ed that gripping arms cannot hurt the
most delicate textures, and can be ad-
iusted to light or heavy and bulky COW
erings. The grip arms take hold of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

Widow Weed, who wishes to be con
sui, is rich. While we have so many
worthy widowers who are not rich, it
would scarcely be good policy for Mr..
Mckinley to be sending our rich wild
ows out of the country, to be won,
perhaps, by foreigners.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

When Mrs. Philpot was drawn as a
Juror in Chicago the other day she said
she would rather not serve. Is the
new woman to be depended upon when
she is already evading the duties of a
good citizen?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

Prot. Thomas Chamberlin has just
declared in a lecture that science fur
nishes no positive proof of a here
after, and that, on the other hand, 1t
does not disprove the idea of a future
life. We shall, therefore, be under
the necessity of looking in some other
direction than science for what we are
to know of our future.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

The Tramp Ito passing citizen)-
IF | had me fare, sir, ! could get a
job in Brooklyn"
The Citizen-"You don't mean ia
saw they'd let you wheel a baby car
riage?"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

Municipal ownership of the gas plant
in the little city of Wheeling has
brought gas down to rs cents. Munich
pal ownership has certainly in many
cases proved a relief from the extor-
tons of corporations.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

The telegraph informs us that all
Londoners are gratified at the appoint
lnent of their fellow citizen, Henry
White, to be secretary of the Ameri-
can embassy,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17
On OFF,

"rhat sporting editor of yours has u
queer way of pronounciEg the W"rd
golf. / asked him, Il little While ago,
what he called it. and he said gun
THAT wasn't the sporting editor;
that was the agricultural editor. -Cht
cagO Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

Away back in '76 Jacob Schneider
of St. Louis willed his dearest friend
Bernard Jungferman-a large sum
of money. Unfortunately Schneider
spelled Jungferman with a Y instead
of a J.. and Jungferman up to this time
hasn't received a cent. When you
make your will see that you do not
initiate the error of the good, yet
real careless Jacob.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

the clothes in something OF the same
way as suspender garters hold stock
ings, but with a hinged joint between
the two arms. One of the arms Is fas-
tened to the elastic at one end, which
has also a ratchet toothed groove TO
engage the hooked end of the other
arm. The clothes are thus fastened in,
and the device closed tightly to hold
them up.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17
He Had the Professional Instinct.

Lawyer-I'm afraid l can't do much
for you. They seem to have conclusive
evidence that you committed the bur
glary.
Client-Can't YOU object to the eva'
dence as immaterial and jrrevciantE =
Tit-BitS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17
Industrious Authors.

Who wrote the most, Dickens,
Warren. or Bulwer?" Warren wro e
Now and Then Bulwer wrote Night
and Morning. and Dickens wrote All
the Year Round"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

If the Princess de Chimay is really
going to receive $4,000 a week, she
ought to send the prince a regular sti-
pend. He is just the sort of man that
would take it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

1t is impossible to discourage the
man who has learned in whatsoever
condition he nnds himself Herewith to
be content.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

person living who was present at that
wedding forty-four years ago. but the
incidents of that occasion are as fresh
in his memory as if they occurred but
Yesterday,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

Some people are born rich, others
achieve riches and others get them.
selves elected secretary-treasurer of B.
and L. associations,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

"Jimes wouldn't go into an honess
business if he could
"Nhy, what's he doing now?'
Selling hides and furs."
"What's the matter with thatT'
Nothing, only it's a skin game;
that's all.'-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

Locking the stable door after the
horse is stolen is a wise proceeding
compared with bowling for reform at
ter. voting for the other thing.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17
PETRIFIED FOOT.
1T GIVES ITS OWNER NO PAIN
AND COMES IN HANDY.
Fhe Result of a Compound Fracture
Accident That Happened to Merkie
When He WAS a Cowboy-A Jolly
Mountaineer.

=
MAN with a petri-
fed foot! ! X
about cold feet!
Ugh! it gives one
the colo shivers to
think of that peren-
nially cold pedal
extremity nesting
against the small
of his back when
snow is on the
ground, says the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17
Something Like Washington I'M
Week.

"Pilkington has finally struck 1t
rich"
"That so? What's he DOING
Running Il hotel in the Dakota dl-
vorce colony. He writes me that two
beds in Il room aud cots i'll the hall are
the regular thing now.'-Cleveland
IeI0cr. u
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

Miss Mush, who is featuring in the
eost on the best method of ~shoe-lacing,
is perhaps stringing her sisters with
mealy-mouthed talk.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17
SCIENTIFIC POINTS.
CURRENT NOTES OF iNVEN-
TON AND DISCOVERY.
DO Mosquitoes Convey. Malaria? --Elec-
trie Carriages No Longer a Novelty
in the Larger Cities-A Eontrivance
That Keeps Bed Clothing on Children:
Do Mosquitoes Convey Malaria?

+ 1t is possible, &C
cCrding 10 the best
accepted beliefs,
that sufficient pcis-
on can be carried
on the feet Of a hy
to cause the death
of a human being.
it certainly would
not tax c%redulity
to believe that the
aar,,;&@ t. 10 h1A
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

been a power-for good or evil-so-
cially, politically and morally-since
the days of Eden"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

never seen one before a operate one.
They are fitted with pneumatic tires.
The cost of the vehicle will not be much
more than the price of a horse and
an old style carriage, and the charging
Of the batteries will be inexpensive.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-17

When it ONE to remembering
things he is trying to forget, every
mans memory is phenomenal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
WILLIAM is ANGRY.
GERMAN EMPEROR SPOlLS THE
CRETAN CONCERT.
He EesentS the Form OF Lord Salisbury's
Announcement of the Policy of Great
Britain Russia Said to BE Hostile to
Greece.

London, March 3.--The Daily Chron-
icle says there is little doubt that the
serious hitch in the concert of the
powers is due. first. to the lack of wis
dom on the part of the government,
and, secondly, to the wrath of Emperor
William, who, the Chronicle says, deep
ly resents the form of Lord Salisbury's
announcement of the policy Of Great
Britain toward Crete. especially the
suggestion that Great Britain has taken
the lead in the concert. Continuing, the
Chronicle says:
This indiscretion was enhanced by
Mr.. Curzon's most unfortunate speech,
in which he said that the solution was
mainly due to Lord Salisbury. 1t Is
understood that the emperor, in retail
alton, made himself responsible for the
official communiques from st. Peters
burg on Thursday last, in which Rus
STA threatened the immediate coercion
OF Greece, failing her instant compli-
ance.
There Is reason to believe that the
attitude of the emperor has been in
fluenced by the serious reports which
have reached Berlin as to the present
relations between Great Britain and
the Transvaal."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT,

DIES MONIES. Feb. ga. NJ. L.. of
Bertrand, Nebraska, asks: What is
meant by limited degree of inven-
ton" Apswer:-This is "a common
phrase in patent Office parlance and
the question can be best answered by
giving an example. After nsing blunt
screws for centuries and gimlets TO
bore holes for them in wood, a gimlet
pointed screw was invented and the
labor of making holes in wood for the
reception of screws was dispensed
with. After using gimlet pointed
screws for half IA century and cutting
away wood with roaming tool to
countersink the head of screw, the
slot across the conical head was ex-
tended down ut the side TO produce a
cutting edge so that the rota ting screw
would cut away wood and the roaming
tool made unnecessary. Both these
examples show limited degrees of
invention, in view OF the fact that so
little change was made in the art as
first represented by screw having "A
blunt end. Such simpl echanges were
of limited degree in comparison with
the great improvements made in steam
boats since one of the crude originals
was destroyed by mob in 1895. But
Notwithstanding the simplicity of the
improvements in screws and the linn
tied degree of invention illustrated
thereby, such improvements are of
vast importance. A limited degree of
invention, when new or improved re-
suit is produced thereby, is a patentable
invention and in many instances
valuable. Valuable information about
obtaining, valuing and selling patents
sent free to any address.
THOMAS q. AND }. RALPH ORYIG,
Solicitors of Patents
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
Mine CnXcS Under a Town.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, March Am ex-
tensive cavern occurred in the town of
Wyoming Monday night in the main
workings Of the Schooley mine, which
are 600 feet underneath the town. A
loud report was heard, and houses
shook on their foundations. An inves-
tigation showed that the earth's sur
face had caved in some places dis
lance of twenty-five feet. The area af-
fected is about $50 yards long and 200
yards wide. The postofiice is almost
a complete wreck, and other buildings,
including three dwellings, sunk a dis
is feared. The cause is said to be a
lack of sufficient props for. the roof.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
Meet and Adjourn.

Springfield, Ill.,, March 3.-Senator
Edwards tRep) and Senator Hull
Dem.) held a purely perfunctory ses-
sion of the senate Monday, and ad-
journed that body over one legislative
day, all that is allowed under the con-
stitution. There We're no other men,
bers present.
Acting Speaker Selby, when he called
the house to order at p. M, was sur
prised to find Eineteen members in
their seats. Not more than one or two
members besides the acting speaker
had been expected. The house. ad-.
joAned until 3 p. m. Wednesday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
Irame Managers to Meet.

st. LOUIS, Marcn The board OF ad-
ministration OF the Southwestern Traf-
tic Association has authorized lines ia
Galveston City, and Velasco, Texas, TO
apply the rates on grain and grain
products when for export to European
points to shipments exported to points
in the republic of Mexico, located on
the gulf OF Mexico. The traffic manag-
ers of he Southwestern lines will meet
in New York city on Tuesday next to
discuss the seaboard traihc situation.
All the lines in the association will be
represented at this conference.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
Applaud the Senate's Act.

Omaha, Neb., March 3.-The passage
by the senate of an amendment to the
sundry civil appropriation bill annull-
ing the executive order of President
Cleveland and restoring to the public
domain for settlement and develop
ment thirteen great tracts of land in
the northwest has caused much favor
able comment among Omaha mer-
chants and local railroad officials.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
Legislators Want More Time.

Indianapolis, Ind. March 3.-Not-
withstanding Governor Mounts declar-
alton that he will not call a special ses-
sion Of the Legislature, many very i'm
portant bills are still pending and
there is great fear that the general ap-
preparation bill will be swamped. Rep
resentative Nicholson, leader of the
house, expressed himself that If the
members would sign an agreement to
adjourn at the time designated the gov
ernor might extend the session. Under
the constitution all bills must be sub
mitted by Friday night Of this week,
the legislative period expiring on Mon
day
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
Japan Adopts Gold Standard.

Yokohama, Japan, March. 1.-The
government has decided to adopt the
gold standard at a ratio of 80 1-3 TO 1.
The smallest gold piece will be OF the
value of five yen. The silver yen will
gradually be withdrawn. The new pro-
iect comes into operation in October.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
ToIIed His Own Death KnelI.

La Crosse, Wis. March 3.-James
Clark, janitor of the Sixth Ward school
committee committed suicide at mid
night Sunday. He climbed into the
beifry of the schooihouse,, fastened the
bell rope around his neck, and then
swung off. The bell rang twice, tolling
his own death knell.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
SanguiIly's Pardon Criticized.

London, March IA dispatch to the
Standard from Madrid says: "All of
the opposition and Independent papers
display ill-humor against the United
States, and bitterly criticise all conces-
sions made on the part of Spain. espe
cially the pardon of Sanguilly."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
RUSSIA AND GREECE HOSTILE.
Diplomatic Relations Suspended Between

Diplomatic Relations Suspended Between
the Two Nations.
London, March "a dispatch to the
Times from Constantinople says that
all relations between the courts Of st.
Petersburg and Athens have been
broken off. The Athens papers state
that King George will shortly proceed
TO Tbessaly to maneuver $4,000 men
on the Pharsalia plains; 1900 troops
who were in garrison at Janina have
been dispatched to the frontier. 1t is
alleged that they pillaged Christian vii
lagos while en- route
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
win Investigate Brlberv cb,r

Boise, Idaho, March 1.-The house
of representatives has appointed a
committee TO investigate the charge
made by Representative JONES that ne
was bribed 20 vote for Henry Heitfield
for United States senator.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
New statute i'm the TrnnsvaaI.

London, March IA special dis
patch from Johannesburg says that
CONSERVATION has prevailed there
since the raad adopted yesterday
new high court law. by which any
judgment of the high court can bo
annuiled by the raad. Business, It is
added, is demoralized, as no contract
or concession Is regarded as safe,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
Arrested on Charge OF Murder

Richmond, Va, March 3.-Lloyd Kin
caid, wanted at Monticello, ILL.,, in
connection with the murder of Thomas
Hickman, Is In custody here. Illinois
officers took charge of him and will
lake him back 10 Monticello
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
Boy Takes His Father. I.,,.

st. Joseph, Mo-, March 3.--John Zim-
norman. a stockman living near SEN
eca, Kan, was shot and killed by his
15-year-old son. Zimmerman was
beating his wife, when the boy fired
with double-barreled shotgun.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
Receiver Appointed.

st. Louis, March Eek Governor
William J. Stone has been appointed
receiver of the Mullanphy Savings
Bank, which was closed by the state
bank examiner on Saturday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09
SENATE.
HAESK

Bill relating to statute on roads, bridges
and ferries was taken up and a proposition
TO substitute five mills for road purposes,
which when collected should be expended
underSthe direction Of the township trus-
tees caused a long debate. 1t was finally
voted down.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09

Des Moines, Feb. 26.-Senate resumed
consideration of the bill in relation to the
judicial department. At the morning
session no important change was made.
Motion to reconsider vote by which labor
commissioners bill passed was withdrawn.
Salary of the attorney generals assistant
was fixed at 81 300
The herald., 1897-04-11
ON CHANGE
What Was Done Yesterday on Wall
Street

NEW YORK, April 1o.-There was a
marked undertone of fairness in the stock
exchange today. and the market felt the
reflected depression of the London market
on account of the outbreak of hostilties on
the Greco-TurSish frontier. The opening
was at a somewhat higher range than the
current prices in London, and there were
sales for foreign account in the interna-
tional shares. The prices We're brought
down to London levels soon after the
opening. Both the coaers were pressed for
sale, and New Jersey Central and Deie-
ware and Hudson lost a point each. The
buying was good and the price rose 10
s37s. the best of the week, and, in fact in
many weeks.
The closing was firm at the rally, but
most of the stocks showed a slight net
loss.
The condition of the stock market is
closely parallel to that which prevailed pre-
vious to the announcement of the Lake
Shore refunding operations early in March
and the notable buying of railroad stocks
which followed. Prices. except for some of
the Vanderbilt properties and few spec
ialties which are affected by peculiar cir
cumstances, are quite materially lower
than then.
The bear element is still powerful factor
in the market, as 1t has been ever since the
supreme court decision in the TRANSMITS
souri, case but large proportion of the
short sales attempted at that time have
been covered, and the fears of the unfa-
vorable effects of the conditions as laid
The herald., 1897-04-11
Clearing House Business

The business of the Los Angeles clear
ing house for the week ending April 10,
1897. was as follows:
The herald., 1897-04-11

baltimore and Ohio Tel. Co., 66 Md,
( 410
1T is distinctly charged, not only that
( the complainant is a telephone com
pauy. engaged in such business In Il
number of states in the union, but also
that it is a telegraph company, char
tered as such under the general laws of
the state of New York. That being so,
then the provisions of the act of con-
gress mentioned are applicable, and
whatever action may be found proper
hereafter. when all the facts are before
the court, l hold that so far as the de-
murrer is concerned. this insistence of
the defendant is without merit.
"The defendant also claimed In its
written demurrer filed in this case, thai
if said act OF congress was intended to
give a telegraph company the right to
erect poles and run wires along the
streets of the city of Richmond without
the consent of the said city, that eucn
legislation was unconstitutional and
void. This position was abandoned III
the argument. and it was conceded that
such act was constitutional, that all
streets of the city of Richmond which
are letter carrier routes are post roads
within the meaning of said act and that
under the same a telegraph company
can obtain a right of way for its poles
and wires through and along the streets
of a city without the consent of a mu-
nicipality.
II think it is plain that the complain
ant under the allegations in the bill
contained is a corporation entitled to
exercise all the functions granted to
telegraph companies under the laws of
the state of New York, and that under
the act of congress referred to il has the
privilege of running its lines through
and over the streets of the city of Rich
mond that are post roads of the United
States. and that said city has no right
to prevent it from 90 doing.
"To what extent the complainant is
bound by the terms of the ordinance Of
June 26. 1894, it is not necessary to de-
termine, but that it is protected by the
act of congress referred to, by virtue of
its acceptance of the restrictions and OBJ
legations of the same. which was filed
with the poetmaster-general of the
United States, Feb. IS, 1889, and that 1t
may rely upon 1t for the purpose Of pre-
venting its poles and lines being re-
moved and its property destroyed is.
think, under the circumstances set forth
IN the bill so clear that there is not room
for doubt.
Said act of congress was intended to
apply to telegraph companies in exist
ence at the time it was passed, as we'll
as those that might be organized there
after, provided such companies accepted
the terms of the same in the manner be-
fore mentioned. If such companies had
been organized under state laws and had
been transacting business under the
provisions of municipal ordinances,
and then subsequently accepted
The terms of said act of con-
gress, 1t follows that the state and
laws, in so far at least as they
conflicted with such national legisla ton.
were imperative and void, and for the
reason that they concerned matters over
which congress had supreme control by
virtue of direct constitutional author
ity"
The herald., 1897-04-11

The difference between this year and
last is becoming less from month to
month. Two months ago it was s4S, S,646.-
900. The Bank of England has $44, 600 900
less than last year, and the Bank of
France $40, $780, 900 less, more than one
half of which represents loss of gold.
The Austro- Hungary bank has s2S, 1892
600 more than a year ago.