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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

Blankets which rave been used all win
ter, no matter how white, are never clean,
and should be washed before putting away.
Many ho%usekeepers satisfy themselves by
shaking and airing their blankets rather
than risk spelling them in washing. But
this is a mistake, for If the work Is prop
erly lone no shrinking will take place, and
the f1eecy soft appearance may be retained,
as well the color, for years. The necessary
thing in washing blankets is to have plenty
of soft water and good pure soap. Inferior
soap is really the cause of the damage
lone wooden goods in washing. 1t hardens
the fibre and yellows the fabric. When
ready to begin the work shake the blan-
kets free of dust, fill a tub half full of hot
water. Dissolve a third of a cake of Ivory
Soar in it. Put one blanket in at Il time.
Dip up and down and wash gently with
the hands. Never rub soap on blankets,
or wash them on the w~ashboard. After
the blankets are clean, rinse in warm water
until free of suds. Add a little blueing to
the last water. Shake and squeeze then
hang On the line until dry. Take down,
fold, lay under n weight for n day or two,
and pack securely in a box and cover.
Blankets thus washed will retain their
original freshness us we'll as wear three
times us long as if put away soiled year
after year. ELIZA II. PARKER.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

Slowly he disrobed, placed his
boomers on a convenient chair, did up
his whiskers and prepared to retire for
the night. The final duties accom-
plished, he bent fearfuly down and
peered under the bed. Then, with a
sigh of relief, he arose from his ml-
comfortable posture.
Thank heaven, there is no woman
there!" he murmured, as he sat on the
edge of the bed and daintily scratched
the back of his neck.
"Supposing there had been?tH he
continued, suddenly. Would l have
screamed? Would II"
For a moment he paused.
Not on your natural, l wouldn't
he then exclaimed. II would have
lassoed her and tied her to the chif-
fonier! But she will never come!
Never! Never!"
And throwing himself, with a moan,
on the bed, the new bachelor fell into
a fitful, sobbing slumber.-New York
World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

wild and woolly' as it is represented,
when something happened that threw
the camp into great excitement.
One night, Mr.. Rogers, whose claim
was next to ours, had a fine horse sto-
len from him. Confusion reigned! A
thief in camp! Who could 1t be!
Everybody was above suspicion, OF
course. DEMONSTRATING in the west is
punished by death, but no trace OF the
thief could be found.
And so, a week passed. Then, one
morning there arrived in camp a mar
dressed in a rich Mexican suit, with
his sombrero pulled over his eyes and
a gaudy silk handkerchief tied around
his neck almost concealing his face
We could only see that he had small
eyes and a black mustache. He was
of slight build and not tall.
He put up at Jerry Grifin's he
TEL" which was also %postoffice, rum
shop and general house-furnishine
store at the Gulch, and gave his name
as Don Pedro Gonzalez. The miners
looked with suspicion on this mar
III Tic HISI, anu WHSh, lWO hi6htk
later, Jack Allen was robbed of a bag
of dust" and Don Pedro turned up
missing" they were quick to denounce
him as the thief.
Allen and Williams at once organ
lied a posse of men to search the
mountains for the Mexican. Father
was one of the party. In vain asked
him to let me go. No, it was out of the
question: was too young, and as they
might be gone all day l must stay at
home and watch the claim. Mother
had gone to Westend, the nearest town
with a neighbours wife, the day before,
SO l would be alone in the cabin.
Jack Allen found what he said was
a trail up the mountain. so the process
sion started after the thief. l was in
very bad humor when l thought what
a bore it would be to stay on the claim
all alone all day. l longed to have a
chance to carry the new rife that faith
er a given me, with all a boys eager
ness to shoot something"
The day passed slowly and l was
glad when darkness came and the
moon rose from behind a distant
clump of powders. | went to the
window and looked out. How still
everything was! How bright the moon
light cleaned IN the rocks! l began
TO wonder whether the men had cap
tured Don Pedro, and how long they
would be gone.
Suddenly a happy thought struck
me-"Tl play cowboy all to myself!'
l muttered, and running up the ladder
to the loft l opened my trunk and took
from 1t the buckskin suit that l wore
to the masquerade last winter, and put
1t on. In my belt I stuck TWO rusty re
volvers that l found on the floor, an(
then descended to the room below.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
THIS AND THAT.

Among 1878, 1870 metal-workers in the
German Empire in 1895 there were 49,
TAB women and girls.
The population of Budapest shows
the remarkable increase of LOG, 900 in
six years, being now 612, 900.
House of Commons "at homes" for
ladies having been abused are to be re-
stricted, each member being allowed to
admit only a limited number of ladies
to the House terrace at a time.
Another plan for turning to account
forces of nature as yet dimly under
stood is reported from Scandinavia,
where a savant has discovered a meth
cd of converting turf into coal.
Aluminium helmits have not proved
entirely successful in the German ar
nv. the saving in weight being more
than offset by the metals storing heat
even to blistering the foreheads Of the
wearers,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
DOES NOT RACE.
1t Is - Distinction of Secondary Eth
biological Importance.

It Is - Distinction OF Secondary Eth
biological Importance.
Language, like religion, is a distinct
ion of quite secondary chronological i'm
portancc, says the Monist. After an
individual has remained a long time in
a country he usually learns the IAN
guage and its customs. And yet the
Italian colony in France is made up
chiefly of immigrants more or less tran
sient who scarcely ever learn to speak
the language of the country they in
habit. Blu the Italian laborers are
contented with very low wages. They
therefore compete with French laborers
and thus tend to lower their wages.
But in Austria, where there are, accord
ing to the last census, about $4,000 Ital-
ians, almost all laborers, the wage CT
the Austrian laborers are no higher
than those of the Italian; hence be-
tween the two there arise no serious
competition. There is, however, the
same difference of language. In France
the union of native laborers against the
Italian is not on account of any antag-
onism of race, but solely an economic
phenomenon. The same thing does not
happen in Austria because there is no
antagonism.
In France the Italian language has
become almost a mark of distinction of
the 1aborers accepting a low wage. "Rn
India" says Ibbetson, similarity of
food is employed as an exterior sign of
community of blood" Now, what
would be ssid of an photographic chs
sifcation of Indian races based upon
eating? Language is no better, for it
is only an external characteristic of no
intellectual or physiological import
ance. If it we're taken as the principal
distinction of the various races it
would have to be admitted that the peo-
pie who speak the modern Romance
languages are not Latin-but that
would be absurd. Frederick Muller,
taking language as the distinguishing
feature of human races, is not able in
his ethnography to avoid a classified
ton entirely empirical. He forgets
that an inferior people may learn a
language from one race to another.
There is no proof" says Huxley, "for
asserting the incapacity of a race to
substitute another language for its own
Physical, moral and mental peculiari-
ties are transmitted with blood and not
with language. In the United States
the negroes have spoken English for
generations"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

put on my fathers big felt hat, stuck
the biggest carving knife in my belt
with the pistols, grabbed my rife and
began to parade up and down the room.
When | had kept this up for a little
while, l happened to look at the door
and there l beheld a man who was
watching me with a smile on his face.
/ gave a start, in which joy and terror
were equally combined, for the man
was of slight build and had black eyes
and a black mustache! l was sure that
it was Don Pedro, although he wore
the ordinary citizens dress. l deter
mined then and there to capture him.
Levelling my rife at the mans head
l cried:
Throw up your hands, stranger,
Don't move, on your life!"
"Eh?' said my Don Pedro. why l
Hold 'em up? repeated ~savagely,
and my visitor Obeyed me.
Now. walk in" l said, still keeping
him covered. And sit down on that
stool.'
With pleasure" said my captive;
but, my dear young man, are you not
making a mistake? My name Is
Don"
"Ah!" | cried triumphantly. You
admit it, although you are very cool
about it-and ! admire you for it. We
western men like true grit"
am almost sure my captive chuck
led at this.
But wait" / went on, delighted at
the sensation ! would make when the
men returned; wait till the others get
here! Don Pedro, do you see that tree
out there? Watch it, for there you'll
swing!"
My prisoner paled.
Look here, young fellowr' he said.
still keeping his arms elevated, you
present a decidedly warlike appearance
in that rig, and your actions are de-
cidedly unpleasant. Don't you think
you had better let the joke Drop"
was almost letting the rifle drop,
Tor 1t was very heavy, but / answered
That Golden Gulch miners did not on
sider horse-stealing a joke, and gently
m him that the rifle was loaded.
MY arms were beginning to ache.
suppose the boyT should lot come
back that night, what should l do?
Just then | heard the clatter of horses
hoofs on the hard rocky read. Nearer
and nearer came tie sJI.Ls, md then
the whole party swept down the noun
tain and drew rein in front of the
cabin.
Father! Jack! Dick" shouted
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
FEMININE

Miss Edith Thomas OF New York
is the most beautiful player upon
chimes in the world.
The late Miss Julia Cooper of New
York left $3.50, 900 to the Cooper union
"a sum which will enable the insti-
tuition to receive 200 more pupils.
Mrs. Anna Randall Diehl is presi-
lent of the oldest Shakesperean Club
in the United States. 1t is composed
of very progressive women of Brook
Ign.
The Women's Rest Tour Association,
with headquarters in Boston and a
membership of 600, has established a
travelling fund, lending money to wom-
en- needing holiday trips.
The German government has COM
missioned Mrs. Guild, an American, to
execute two statues representing the
post and the telegraph, to be placed
on the new general postofice in Ber-
lin.
Mrs. Raymond, the mother of the
president of Vassar college, has given
the Foreign Missionary Society of the
Epiphany Baptist Church, New York,
81, 900 for the education of heather
women.
Miss Hilda Clake will be the only
prima donna with the Bostonians next
season. Miss Alice Nelson, who is one
OF the two leading sopranos Of the
company, will sail for Europe in July,
to study with Nine. Marchesi in Paris
for a yea or two.
Mrs. Oliphant is in Italy to gather
material for a volume which she will
entitle "Siena." 1t will forr. one of
a series of books on historic towns of
the medieval period. The books will
be illustrated by artists living in the
localities where the scenes are laid.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

A bulletin (No. y of the division Of
entomology Of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture says that in
France and Pennsylvania al industry
has recently sprung up, which con-
sists of the farming of spiders for the
purpose of stocking wine cellars, and
thus securing almost immediate coat
ing Of cobwebs to new wine bottles,
giving them the appearance OF great
age. This industry is carried on in a
little French village in the Department
of Loire, and neal Philadelphia, where
Epeira vulgaris and Nephila plumipes
are raised in large quantities and sold
to wine merchants at the rate of $40 per
hundred. This application of entomo-
logy to industry is one which will not
be highly commended.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
How 1t Was Arranged.

These pleasant affairs with her mai
esty are easily arranged by friends at
court. The Marlborough fortunes were
made, as we all know, by Lady Beres-
ford and her husband. They formed
the house of Vanderbilt. They are
fond of the young duke and duchess.
The Prince of Wales Is fond OF the
B~ereafords. My lord calls him Wales
and slaps him patronizingly on the
shoulder. The duke and duchess want
to be honored. The hint is given to my
lord, who jollies Wales into suggest
ing to his royal mother a dinner to
Charlie and Consuelo. 1t is a Jubilee
year-probably the queens last Jubilee.
John H. Davis is talking about sending
he: a fine present. Everything harmon
iz2. and the ipyitasion is extended.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
A Champion Game SLAYER.

Earl de Grey holds the championship
among the worlds hunters for the
quantity of game killed by one man.
He is now 35 years old and during the
past twenty years he has averaged
%, 900 head of game each year. On one
occasion he shot at fifty p%heasants in
three minutes and killed all but of
them. He has killed eleven tigers, a
number of elephants and rhinoceroses,
bears and lions.-New York World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
LOST HEADS AT THE FIRE.

The Danger of a Confagration the
Signal for a Scene.
Not long ago there was a fire in a
hotel in Florida, says the Detroit Free
Press. At least, there was smoke
was a defective fue, which filled the
house and aroused the startled guests.
They were running here and there In
all kinds of ridiculous costumes. One
man, simply attired in a night shirt,
wore also his high silk hat, and pre-
scented a ludicrous appearance as he
shot up stairs to his room, remember
ing some absurd trifle he had forgot
ten, and overlooking all his real val
uables. He had already been down to
the office and back to his room three
times, but it e occurred to him
that a silk hat and a night dress were
an incongruous combination. AS he
shot up the stairs, or the third landing
he was stopped by a little old lady
who wore a sack and an old-fashioned
poke bonnet.
ooh, SIR" she gasped.
What is it?' he asked.
would you-could you be so kind
as to tell me what time 1t isl"
The man surveyed her in amaze
ment, as the people were rushing
around them apparently to save theil
lives.
Great Scott, madam" he exclaimed
I'D like to, but l cannot"
THANK you, sir" she said.
Shortly afterward the proprietor ar
rived to say that the fire was only {
defective flue, and the excitement
with it's many ludicrous figures, sub
sided.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
SOARING WOLVES BY YELLING
The Young Mans Fierce YelIs Were
Effective.

Effective.
While on his way to Craig and when
about ten miles from town John w.
Lowell, Jr., had an unpleasant expert
ence with three gray wolves which
ought to be sufficient for n day, says
the Craig, Colo, Courier.
Mr.. Lowell noticed the wolves in the
distance, but paid no attention to them
until after he had travelled about a
mile, when his horse became uneasy.
Looking back Mr.. Lowell beheld a
sight which, as he says, caused his hat
to raise not a ~trif1e-three large gray
wolves about 200 yards distant we're
charging after him at a speed which
would soon bring them up with him.
There was not a moment to spare, and
the young man hardly knew what to
do. He was unarmed, and the snow
was so deep that it was impossible for
his horse to run from the ferocicus
beasts with any degree of success.
Mr.. Lowell quickly decided that he
had but n chance, and that vas to
attempt to bluff. Wheeling his horse
around, facing the wolves, he applied
the quirt, and at every jump of his
steed he let forth a yell that would
have put any Comanche to shame. For
a moment the bluff seemed a failure,
for the wolves continued to approach
and the distance between the horse
man and the shaggy creatures lessened
to about so yards when the turn in af-
fairs occurred.
Finally, after a few more plunyes in
the snow by the horse and numerous
yells from the thoroughly frightened
young man the wolves suddenly turned
and ran in an opposite direction.
Mr.. Lowell followed his lead with
renewed vigor and more whoops, and
if any n in the lower country should
see three badly scared wolves running
westward it may be depended upon tina,
they are the Identical ones which
threatened the safety of the son of GU,
state auditor.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
Halls Catarrh Cure =
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.


Fire broke out shortly before noou
yesterday in a shed in the rear of $40
East Washington street. owned by Mr..
George Hoffman. The tiremen saved Il
life and prevented the fire from spread
ing A setting hen occupied a nest in
one corner of the shed, and notwith-
standing the fact that She was drcnchcd
with the chemical matter. she refused
to move. The fire was all about her.
and finally one of the men picked her
up n carried her, nest and all, into
the alley. The hen showed her disap-
prevail on the part of the fireman by
cackling acknowledgements Sentinel.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

There is in Chicago a scheme to pro-
vide workrooms for men out of en-
ployment. No money will be given
them, but they will be paid in clothing
o. whatever else they may need of
the articles made in the workrooms.
Old clothes will be mended and old
shoes made mere serviceable by cob
bling. AS soon as the workmen can
get places where they will be paid
they will go to them. The idea is Eu-
ropean, and, properly carried out, is
likely to result In much good.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

Beggarweed seems to be rfvaling
COW peas in the south as a fertinzing
crop. 1t also makes a good hay. In
Virginia it is cut when about three
feet high and thoroughly cured. After
moving it makes a second crop, ma
lures its seed and is good pasture until
it succumbs to frost. Turned under
when blowing, it makes an excellent
fertilizer, one man writing to an tx
change that with no other fertilizer
he had increased his corn crop from
ten bushels to thirty bushels per acre.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
Our School Books.

The great fuss made by the G. A.
R. over school histories will accomplish
much good if sectional bitterness is
avoided. AS the matter stands now
the publishers are entirely to blame.
There are firms in the school-oook pub
fishing business who employ a man in
each state to write the history of that
state, and he is expected to glorify
things within it's borders. He is gen.
orally a partisan. Whatever of preju-
dice he may have against national in
situations is eliminated, hut a great
deal of unhistoric exparteism is jam
med through the completed work.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

The young Mexican who this week
shot and killed four men in orde.. that
he might elope with pretty Anita Moy-
as, can t%ruthfully be said to have been
madly In love. His name is Macedo-
mia Frausta, and, only think, he is but
II. Cupid's darts are thrown by
youngsters in Mexicanna.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

The bicycle had to be suppressed
in China 1880 years before the Chris
tian IRA, 1t Is alleged, because the
celestial ladies spent too much of their
time on it. The feet Of the Chinese
ladies then must have been much larg-
err and less deformed than now. Pos
sibly 1t was 1ecreed that their feet
should be eramped in order to prevent
any revival Of the wheel craze.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

A census of Washington, D. C. Just
completed, reveals $4,000 negroes out of
q total population of 277, 900. This is
the largest negro settlement in the
United States, and surely makes Wash
ington the darkest town in America.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

New York now drinks its whisky in
clubs and avoids the amended Raines
law. Gotham has a thirst that is i'm
rerishable and insatiate. 1t is now
Greater New York with a greater tank
capacity than any city Of the New
World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

They say Queen Victoria is just as
fond of a circus and races as any of
the young folks. Everyone likes a cir
Gus, but some people try to make you
believe they don't. And this, also, is
amusing. May good Victoria's circus
day scome for years yet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

Mrs. John B. Henderson, wife of the
ex-senator from Missouri, is a strong
advocate of woman's suffrage, and is
authority for the statement that mos
of the ladies of Washington's official
circle are of the same opinion. Mrs.
Henderson is known as the possessor
of much personal beauty, skill as an
artist and unusual mental attainments.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
SHELL MEANS HAVOC.
IT WILL DESTROY THE HEAvl-
EST WARSHIPS.
~ Washington Inventors Idea-He Claims
That a Small Tugboat Equipped with
HIS Shells Could Successfully Battle
With Any Warship Afoat. v

N invention which
will revolutionize
modern naval a
fare is now under
consideration by
the Navy Depart
ment, and will be
submitted to tests
to decide as to it's
ultimate adoption
by Uncle Sam
for the protec-
finn Of his own
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

Whittle the Sculptor (sadly)-I'm
afraid my statue will not be accepted.
Bolster (his friend)-Cheer up, old boy.
You should put a better face on it.
Whittle the Sculptor-That's the
trouble; I can't.-New York World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
CAPTURE DON PEDRO.

H e N we went
west in search OF
gold, we stopped
at Golden Gulch
and staked out our
claim. In a months
time We got things
to running all
right, and were
~congratulating our
selves that the
woct was moi. so
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
Iceland Lepers in Canada.

Three Iceland lepers have just been
placed in the lazaretto at Fracadie, N.
B. They entered Canada at Halifax and
went west, arriving at Winnipeg be-
fore being suspected. They wero
brought back in a freight car.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

The combined age of five couples
who recently celebrated their golden
wedding at Wazemmes in Belgium was
just 800 years,-New York Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
The Premises.

Mr.. YOunghusband-So you intend
to get a divorce, ell? On what grounds.
pray?
Mrs, Younghusband-Oh. I'm not a
bit particular-either Dakota or Okla
homa-New York Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

A fact worth recording is that the fe-
male employees of many German fac
tories are forbidden to wear corsets
during working hours,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

Mother-Now, Tommy take this piece
of brides cake, put it under your pill
low and dream on it.
TOmmy--Il do a great deal more
dreaming if l eat it,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

The Tennessee centennial exhibition
al Nashville has been in o~peratioS Oh 9
month. and yet the management is al
ready all torn up" owe the Sunday
question. Same old story.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
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