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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
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The famous Clyde pleasure steamer
Iona was leaving Rothesay pier when
one Of the sailors. pulling the casting
rope on board, by accident struck Il
lady's lapdog, which yelled and caused
its owner to eXclaim: You stupid
fellow TO which the sailor. n new
hand, and somewhat rough-tongued,
retorted rudely by desiring her to go
to a certain place."
The lady. much offended, complained
to the captain, with the result that
Donald was sem for and Informed that
he must apologize. The man accord
ingly returned to the scene of his rude
ness and addressed the offended dame.
WAS you the lady" he inquired, that
] told to go to h-l!" II was" she re-
piled. Well" returned Donald, with
conciliatory mildness, you needn't go
now."-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

The Turkish authorities have the
suspiciousness of a pursued criminal.
In every novelty they see a device to
make the government less secure. They
look not for peace, but for plots, and
naturally a conspiracy is easily imag-
inc when none exists. A bowling out
fit reached Jaffa. The suspicious Of
f1cers opened the box, asked what those
dangerous looking balls contained, and
finally cut Il of them open. Finding
nothing within, they confiscated the
articles. Ultimately the balls were sent
10 the arsenal at Damascus, and the
Minister of War ordered the authori-
ties at Jaffa and the commander at
Jerusalem to be vigilant. A government
which rests on suspicion is sure to
MAXI itself ridiculous, as well as to
show itself revengeful. In England a
like condition of affairs exists. Royalty
is On a key Of dynamite.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
Gen. Washiugton's Ice House.


at is ice water, drinking SO much ice
water, which is injuring the health Of
so many people. The glands of the
stomach are paralyzed. Digestion is
ruined. The whole body suffers from
it,"
We were a mixed company in the
dining car en- route for Washington,
ion. The speaker was a very positive
gentleman, a physician, who had per-
emptorily ordered the waiter to remove
the ice from his glass of water.
Ice is the bane of modern life," he
continued. with conviction. Look at
u hardy forefathers. Look at
our early statesmen; such men
as Washington, Jefferson, the
Adamses, and Lincoln in his
young days. Their digestion was
not spoiled by ice. Imagine George
Washington drinking ice water. Thank
heavens, ice houses were then I'M
known"
Il sincerely beg pardon. sir" inter
rupted a lady, sitting at a table acrosi
the car aisle. George Washington had
an ice house.
Il am sure you are mistaken" cried
the enemy Of ice.
Il am equally certain that l am cor
rect" rejoined the lady, laughing; for
the best of all reasons; l once fell into
it."
By this time the attention of the
whole party was enlisted in the discus
sion.
1T was when l was a girl of 16," the
lady continued, merrily. There were
ten of us, all young people, save one,
on a first visit to Washington, and we
had gone down the Potomac by steamer
to see Mount Vernon.
What a day that was for me? We
peeped in every room, corner and nook
of the Washington mansion, visited the
weave room, the dairy, the flower gar
den, the greenhouse, and even the sta
bles, everything. And of course we
had gone to the tomb of Washington
on our way up from the steamer land
ing, both the old tomb and the new
tomb.
When at length the bell rang to call
us back to the steamer, five or six Of
us raj to the brink of the declivity
fronting the river for a hasty glance at
the water view, which showed beauti-
fully through the trees below.
Suddenly, while looking off, I found
myself on the very verge of a deep pit
in the side of the steep bank and be-
fore l was aware the turf and earth fell
away under my feet. In a moment
had slid down for at least thirty feet
into a wet, awfully dirty place, a sort
of cave, however, opened at the bottom.
Il was not much hurt, but shockingly
muddy, and my companions rescued me
at the orifice below amid shouts of
laughter.
"The superintendent, who had been
attracted by the outcries, told us that
/ had inadvertently fallen into George
Washington's old ice house and that the
family was accustomed to store up a
supply of ice in this pit for use during
the heat of the summer months.
The place where l fell in is now oc-
cupied as the site of a small summe,
house on the brink of the bluff"
A general clapping Of hands followed
the lady's story, but the opponent of ict
remained unconvinced.
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TIC kIOndlke Fiddler.

Argonaut John Kavanagh, the fd-
dler of the Klondike, before the year
is over, will probably be held re-
sponsible for the downfall of some
scores of musicians, who, tempted by
the stories of his good luck, are track
ing. their way to Alaska, provided only
with their instruments, and a hopeful
disposition. Kavanagh had been en-
ployed at Port Costa, but he became
possessed of the idea that there was
money to be made in the north, so he
struck out for Juneau. From that
place he moved on to the Klondike re-
gion, going afoot over the rough coun-
try intervening, and carrying with him
in his outfit a Winchester rife and a
violin. Once in the diggings he found
himself about the only available musi-
clan there, and the miners gladly paid
him $50 or $35 a night to play for them
at their dances.
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Bill Nyc's Long; Search.

When Nye was a boy he and his
brother once had a great time search
ing after a calf that had got lost In II
piece Of woods. The search was kept
up for days. Finally it had to be
abandoned. Everybody but the hui
morist forgot all about it, and he said
nothing of it to any n for more than
twenty years. One day his brother
the same who helped in the search
got a letter from Bill, in which a pend
ing long trip to Europe was described.
The letter wound up something like
this: You see, ] am going a long
ways, and shall be away for some
time. While ! am gone shall keep n
sharp lookout everywhere. Maybe
I'll lind that darned calf. I've been
looking for it everywhere in the
United States without success, II
now I'm going TO try the old world
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
The Dying Soldier.

How different were the dying scenes
of the soldier from those we are wont
to see in times Of peace. In the quiet
home circle. when death comes, the
sick one has our love and tender care;
our voices are hushed; u footsteps
are noiseless; through the long night
we eagerly watch every breath and
every motion; the quick ear catches
every moan and whisper, and then at
the last moment we take the hand of
the dying one and go out-out to the
very brink of the deep, dark river that
separates time from eternity, listening
so. eagerly for the last faint whisper,
saying with such infinite tenderness
and love the last goodbye, following
the loved one with our eyes till our
human vision Is lost in the shadows
Of the Unknown.
But on the fields of battle, where the
soldier dies, how is it? In the wild
charge, sweeping over the ground like
a hurricane blast, where the gltsten-
ing bayonets fash in the clouds OF
smoke. where the air is thick with
Kissing bullets, amid storms Of Shrek
ing shell and solid shot, the brave SOL
der falls MORALLY wounded. IN the
heat of battle he cheers his comrades
on to victory, and then sinks down up
on the ground, mangled and bleeding,
surrounded by the wounded, dying
and dead. He feels his life blood vast
ing away, the hot sun beats down upon
his head, his lips become parched with
thirst, he writhes with the terrible
pain that tortures him. The sun goes
down; twilight deepens into night--at
night upon a field Of battle dying alone.
The dying soldier grows weaker and
weaker, as hour after hour passes
away. He thinks of those at home, OF
sister. of mother, of wife, of children
just as some of you who are here to-
day have been thought of-his heart
yearns for just one word from them;
how he reaches out his poor hands for
the tender touch of hands that he
never feels; how he calls the names OF
those who will never hear his call on
this side of the grave; how his heart is
pierced with anguish, as he thinks that
those dear ones who are dependent up
on him will, on the morrow. be help
less. At last he crosses his W hands
over his breast, looks up among the
stars, murmurs with pale lips messages
of love and fond good-byes-night
passes away. the sun rises over the
plain, and shines upon the face of The
dead soldiers. +. Norton in Farm
ers' Sentinel.
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CAN YOU MAKE A LOVE POSHIN?"
edge of his writing-table for support
and stammered: DO l understand you
to ask me if l know anything about
love philters?"
Eyes, that's the ticket" said the girl
genially. Il wan a love poshin to give
my young man. 'E's been and took I'D
with Mad'selle Leonore, what does the
trials of strength, and ! wants to bring
i'm back to me. You give me the per-
skiption and I'll ask the galipot to
make it up. l was sure as you'd
know"
when he realized the disappointment
he was about to intlict, she smiled so
prettily and looked so pleased. He
shook his head, hen lie said gently:
I'm afraid l am quite unable to help
you in this matter. l know nothing
Of such things, neither do l believe
that they can have the smallest effect"
But / thought you was always
a-studyin' ancient days." said the girl
in an argumentative voice, leaning for
ward in her chair. DO think-in some
of them old books (waving her hand
in the direction of the book-lined
walls). "Ain't there somethink in some
of them old hooks?"
Il fear not" said the scholar almost
sadly. she was so eager, so much in
earnest. The girl drew herself up in
her chair and said abruptly:
I'm a honest girl, I an" .-.
frrhof I ON, erra a,a o~a 4L.,o
fore you need nc love -philters- Believe
me, you are quite pretty and good
enough to inspire love, al honest love,
without recourse to magic" The
scholar spoke persuasively. his voice
was very gentle and his manner court
ly. The girl winked her wide blue eyes
and made a little swallowing motion
with her throat, then she coughed and
continued:
My fathers brought US up strict, e
have. e doan't old with swearin' for
women; and if we was light ed lay
the 'orse w'ip about our shoulders, e
would. Els clown in our show. e is
There was silence for a minute in tbs
big library, then the scholar said gent.
ly: Why do you want a love philter?
Is the-man you are engaged to fickle?'
well, e runs after Mad'selle Leon
ore, and ! can't stand it, and / rates
i'm. and e laughs at me, and I'm
beastly miserable, / am"
The girls voice broke, and great
tears rolled down her cheeks. The
scholar was much distressed. He was
a very learned man. and instructed in
the best wisdom of many lands, but he
had also studied diligently a book tina,
It requires no great erpdltlon to under.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.

A contract extending the monopoly
OF a patent-to an unpatented and un-
~patentable article necessary to the
operation Of a patented machine by a
provision that this article shall be
bought exclusively from the patentee
ID sustained by the United States court.
A patrol of strikers in front of a
factory is held in vegelahnv vs..
Guntner (Mass.) 35 L. r. A. 1872, to be
a private nuisance when instituted for
the purpose Of interfering with the
business, and 1t Is NJ justification that
the motive or purpose OF the strikers
Is to secure better wages.
A statute authorizing the killing OF
animals found neglected or abandoned
or which have become useless because
OF injuries, disease or age, is held, In
Loesch vs.. Koehler Cnd.) So l.. r. A
6S2. to be unconstitutional as depriv.
ing the owner of property without due
process Of law SO far as 1t permits such
killing without notice to him.
The power of a district attorney tC
enter a nolle prosequi after the con.
vlction OF the accused is completed Il
denied, in State. ex rel. Butler VS.
Noise (La.) 80 l.. r. A. 701. The an
notation carefully analyses the author
ities as to the power of a public prose
cutor to dismiss a prosecution.
The right of an attachment creditor
TO nave a prior attachment set aside
because it was without legal ground.
and based on a false affidavit, and wa:
permitted by the debtor to give a pref
erence, was denied in Blaser Bros. VS.
FIRST National bank (Ark.) 35 l.. r. A
166. But an attachment issued upor
a debt not due was held, in Davis VS.
II. B.. Clafiin Co. (Ark.) 35 l.. r. A
f76, to be subject to attack by a junior
attaching creditor, where the statut,
did not authorize attachment for debts
not due under the circumstances o
that case. With these cases is a very
extensive note reviewing the decisions
on the right Of creditors to question
the validity of attachment.
Imprisonment for more than 2,16l
days in default of paying fines aggre
eating $720, for the violation OF an or
dinance respecting trespass upon pub
lie parks, Is held, in State, ex rel
Garvey VS.. Whitaker (La.) So l.. r. A
66l, to constitute unusual and un
reasonable punishment, where it ap
pears that the accused, upon what wa
essentially one complaint, was foun,
guilty of se~venty-two distinct viola
tions of the ordinance within / hou
and 40 minutes. In the annexation t
this case a very great number of de
cisions on cruel and unusual punish
ment are reviewed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
Six Fingered Monkeys.

New York Sun: In several places
in Cape Colony and the Orange Free
State Of South Africa caves have been
discovered which yielded hundreds of
mummifed remains OF a queer species
Of six-fingered monkeys. All of the
full-grown specimens of this remark
able race have the tail situated high
up on the back-from three to five
inches higher up than on the modern
monkey--and other distinguishing
marks, such as two sets of canine
teeth, boards on the male, etc.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

1t is a common maxim that history
repeats itself: it is quite as true but
less understood, that life repeats itself
from generation to generation. The
meanness that has been forgotten, the
lie that was too small to be remember
ed, the impurity, the hatred. the skep-
ticism that We think are hidden deep
ly in our hearts, only lie fallow, pos
sfbly to bear fruit in our sons and
daughters. Whatever we SOW. we
reap" This makes life a problem of
tremendous Importance. But the fact
that what we SOW others may reap.
compiicates our responsibilities. and
makes us not only the arbiter of our
own destinies. but the prophets. for
veal or for woe, Of those who come
after US. The science of life should be
taught in our public schools.
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l. hC lobAS was $50
| with books-several stood open invit-
ingly-and a fair white sheet OF paper
| lay on his plotting pad--but he did not
write.
Presently Jakes opened the door and
said: There's q young woman, sir,
asking to see you; shall l say you're
engaged?"
"A young woman, Jakes?" queried
the scholar. What sort OF q young
woman, and from whence?"
We'll, sir" and Jakes closed the door
behind him, 81 do think she's from the
circus as is On the village green"
From the circus!" repeated the
scholar. What can she want?'
"She won't give. no name nor yet no
message, sir. Shall | say that you're
engaged, sir?"
Jakes considered it the height OF
impudence" that a hussy from the cir
Gus should dare ask to see his master,
and longed to send her about her bust
ness. Fine doings indeed for such as
she to be asking for gentlemen, as bold
as brass!
The scholar pondered. then he said,
half to himself: phyllis would like
me to see her-she was always kind.
Jakes, you can show her in"
Jakes departed, much displeased, and
presently ushered a young woman into
The o and shut the door after her
carefully, and in a fashion that said as
plainly as possible: well, l wash my
hands of this ~foolhardy proceeding"
The young woman advanced into the
middle of the room and then stood
awkwardly and said nothing. She was
a tall, slight girl, attired in a variety
Of garments, startling in hue, and hav-
ing apparently no connection with one
another. Her hair was brushed about
her forehead and stuck out in a series
Of large rolls" behind. The hair was
crowned by a hat Of portentous size
adorned by several rather detected
looking feathers. But under the furze-
bush of hair the face was IVA and al
most beautiful in its regularity of fea-
ture and pure color.
The scholar rose and bowed, then
A. oio-loShlOhCo NOui tCSs Hc SCL q
chair for her, and having seen her
seated, murmured something shyly as
ito what he was indebted for the pleas
ure Of this visit?"
The girl stared at him with wide
blue eyes, then said abruptly: Il say,
you're a KNOWN old cove aren't your"
The scholar started a little at this
description of himself, and waved his
hands in deprecating wise. The girl
went on: I've card in the village as
you are always %a-studyin' old books,
and knows all sorts of heathenish
lingo; now do you know 'ow to make a
love poshin?"
The scholar gazed at her in speech
less establishment, then he grasped the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

Wnen at night there's a seething CT
The grandames look DER the surf,
They reckon their dead and their lon
years Of sadness,
And they shake their lean fists at the
sea and it's madness,
And curse the white fangs of the SURF.
But the mariners sleep by the sea.
They hear not the sound of the sea,
Nor the hum from the church where the
psalm is uplifted,
Nor the crying of birds that above them
are drifted,
The mariners sleep by the sea.
Margaret L. Woods.
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Estimates of population of cities and
towns in the United States having one
thousand or more inhabitants, accord
ing to the censu of 1890, have been
received at Washington in response to
a circular sent by DR.. Wyman, of the
Marine Hospital Service, to the health
officials of those localities. The esti-
mates were asked for as a part Of de-
sired data bearing on the statistics of
mortality and morbidity in the coun-
try, but it is needless to say that they
have an interest for people outside of
the class Of sanitarians and patholo-
gists. This is particularly true as re-
CARDS the larger cities. The figures
compiled, which are for the year 1896,
seem to indicate that Chicago has made
the largest increase in population in
the interval since the last national
census. It's population is given as
1892 in 1896, as. compared with
zoos, $50 in 1890. New York seems to
have made the next greatest gain
among the large cities, its population
being put at 1895, 900, as against 1915.
sol in 1890. Brooklyn comes next, hav.
ing increased it's population from sos.
343 to LOO, 100. Philadelphia shows al
advance from 1,046 1854 to 1888, 7s3. st
Louis shows a gain from Ash ITO L
$4,000. Boston from 448,477 to SIG, 80
and Baltimore from 434,4 3 to 5O6, 37$
These represent the cities having
population in excess of 500. goo. Note
worthy gains are shown by some of tn
cities falling below that figure, in Ger
tain instances more notable proportion
ately than those shown by some of tn
larger ones.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

1t appears that the freight rates on
the Great Lakes are not the cheapest
in the world, as we recently asserted
them to be. Our attention is called to
the fact that two dollars will pay for
the transportation of a ton of -four
from the Pacific coast to Hong Kong
a distance of between seven and eight
thousand miles. The two dollars can
be bought for about ninety cents in
gold. Accordingly the Pacific freight
rate is about one-eighth of a mill, OF
one-eightieth of a cent, per ton pei
mile, rtckoned by the English none,
tayy standard.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

The lynching Of two Italians in st.
Charles parish, near New Orleans, two
years ago, for the murder of an old
man cost the general government sew
eral thousand dollars by way of fndem-
nifty to Italy; and now an old negro
confesses and proves that he was the
murderer and the Italians had nothing
10 do with the crime. The doctrine
OF an eye for an eye would make it
necessary to hang the lynchers; but
perhaps the matter may be compro-
missed by bringing the innocent Italians
to life.
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eyes," said Maud, they have had
Dne slight disagreement"
Fright in the beginning of their hon
eymoon!' exclaimed Mamie.
ut does seem too bad. But she is OF
such an economical disposition that it
put her out of temper to learn that he
had paid 81 for the marriage license ill.,
stead of getting it somewhere for So
cents.'-Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

An English Tory army officer who
died lately left directions that his body
should be cremated and the ashes bur-
led in a garden by the side Of his IA
vorite dog. The dog was a Scotch col
lie that had been taught to bark and
growl whenever Mr.. Gladstone's nam
was mentioned. After it died its mas
ter used to decorate the grave with
primroses on Lord Beaconsfeld's birth
day.
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Ills AtImcnt.

Mrs. S~priggs-Dear me, Mrs. Sparks,
what has happened your husband? |
passed him down the street q little
while ago. Has he been run over by a
street car lately, or been mixed up in
n fight of any kind, d. what has hap
pened to him."
Mrs. ~SpHrks-Oh, he shaved himself
this morning, that's all.-Cleveland
Leader.
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IfOFcfuI.

GLOW Is your husband, Mrs. Walter
son ?"~
",NOt much better: but | look for al
Improvement in his condition early
next week"
How is that?'
THE DOCTORS health is broken down
and he starts for the seashorc Sun
day."-Cleveland Leader.
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Ould Erin Again,

An Irish railway guard had for a
travelling companion one day a gentle
man who had never seen bralnbles.
AS they passed a long string of the
bushes the gentleman asked Pat what
the berries were.
Pat answered that they were black
berries.
But" said the gentleman, these
berries are red"
".Arrah.' said Pat. Don't you know
that blackberries are always red when
they are green?'-Answers.
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Wake I'm.

Yes, wake up to the danger which
threatens you If your kidneys and bladder
are inactive or weak. Don't you know
that if you fail to impel them to action,
Bright's disease or diabetes awaits you?
Use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters without
1elay. 1t has Il most beneficial effect upon
the kidneys when sluggish, and upon
the bowels, liver, stomach and nervous
system.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

"You old plug" said the farmer to
his balky horse, you actually amt
worth killin'-unless," he added, after
second thought, unless l I could get
You killed by the Acknowledgement
natl Enquirer.
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Read the Advertisements.

You will enjoy this publication much
better If 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'
tisers are reliable: they send what they
advertise.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

The finding of a uniform case marked
Gordon Pasha" on board one of the
boats recently captured at Berber, re-
calls wildly the tragedy Of the Nile
that led to the fall Of Khartoum.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

He-Miss Quickstep, they say YOU
tabulate your admirers as preferred"
eligible" ~"tolerable," $3.50, ""emerg-
ency," "intolerable." mot to he
thought Of" and the like. Where do
[ come in? She-I-I'm afraid. Mr.
Rinekley, you are a little too late ia
classify.