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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
Milking Goats in Italy.

Every morning, two hours before
dawn, in winter, and one hour when
the days lengthen to spring, it is the
duty of the cheesemaker to call the
shepherds by beating a drum. The
men who live in the open emerge from
their straw boxes at the sound and be-
gin to drive their herds towards the
milking shed, say Good Words. There
each flock enters it's own pen, the
smaller pens communicating with a
larger one, into which the 1ocks are
admitted in turn; from this central in
closure there are ten or twenty mar
row openings which lead into as many
short passages. Near the end of each
a man is seated on his stool with milk
ing pail ready, and as W after eve
crowds down the narrow corridor, the
mixer throws a tWo-pronged wooden
fork over its neck, thus holding it I'M
til it is MIXED, and SO on until the
1000 or 5000 ewes have given tt cir
tribute of milk.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
Curious French Legend.

1t is asserted by the Industrielles
Echo hat thousands of 51-franc
pieces are split into two halves by
their Frercl n every year, in
the hope Of discovering" an immense
hidden treasure. This treasure, ac-
eording to the legend firmly believed
in Frarce, is an order to pay the hold
Ell 100, 900 francs in silver 5-franc coins.
When Napoleon Bonaparte first set the
5-franc piece in circulation the on
sentative mind of the French revolted
against the numismatic revolution,
Notwithstanding it's zeal for political
revolution, and it was very difficult to
induce a Frenchman to receive or
proffer the new coin. Hence, accord
ing to the story Napoleon gave it to
be understood that, he had ordered a
check for 100. 900 francs, written upon
asbestos paper, to be concealed in one
of the new silver pieces. From that
day to this nobody has objected to the
5-franc piece.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
shying In Horses.

"Shying in Horses was the subject
OF an interesting discussion at a-recent
meeting OF English veterinarians. It
is usual to connect shying with some
defect of vision. AS a theoretical ex-
PLANTATION this has a plausibility which
disarms doubt and leads one to accept
as authoritative the oft-repeated state
ment. 1t Is urged, however, that ex-
perience is against this theory. Near
iy all young horses shy, but when
properly broken and got into regular
work cease to do sc. Some are i'm
properly broken, and continue to shy
more or less. A few are guilty of shy
ing oil their lives, no matter what care
is taken to form their habits. One OF
the speakers, Mr.. r. c. Irving, said:
IF shying depended upon imperfect
vision. n would expect horses to shy
in about the same degree at all kinds
Of strange and terrifying sights. This
is not the case. Some horses will new
er face an engine Of any kind. Some
will stand perfectly still alongside q
Neutrality-suspicious., but always shy at
a locomotive road-engine. Some horses
shy only when passing a train, and,
strange to say, of these one will object
to meet it, whilst the other objects to
overtaking it. A horse that will face
a locomotive will often shy at a wi
paper on the road or a bridge over 1t.
Whilst one horse SHES dangerously on
a country road and will pass anything
in a crowded street, another is steady
nlong the country lane and unsafe in
town. This behavior cannot be rec
onciled with the theory of imperfect
vision, 1t seems more a matter Of tenn
permanent and habit. The defect, in
fact. is in his brain, not in his eye; this
is confirmed by experience of horses
with defective eyes,. Horses with par
tial or complete cataracts. with small
or large corneal opacities, behave in
much the same way as before their de-
fects were noticed. A quiet. good"
hammered horse remains as he was,
and shying does not seem, when 1t ex-
lists, to get worse as the vision be-
comes more and more defective" 1t
is notable in this connection that
Hayes, in his book on "HOrsebreak-
ing" does not treat of shyness in his
chapter OF Faults of Temper" but in
cludes it in the chapter on Faults OF
Mouth" and gives advice for its tire 1t
ment. 1t may be concluded, therefore,
that he considers shying mainly as a
bad habit which has not been over
come by proper breaking and training,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
FUNNYGRAPIiS.

She-Are you sure you will like mar
ried life as well as you do your club?
He-Oh. yes! She-And are you so
awfully fond of your club? He-Not
very.-Tit-Bits.
: Little Willie-Fa, why do they call
them minor poets? Pa-Because they
ought to be working with the pick and
shovel instead of writing poetry, my
scn.-Cleveland Leader.
What have you against this hotei?'
Numbered the landlord. almost
everything is extra except the meals.
They're the worst / ever contended
with."-Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Brown am the mother OF
seven boys. Do you wonder that ]
am a breadmaker? Mrs. Jones-I am
the mother of seven girls. Do you Won
der that l am a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Butcher need q boy. about your
size, and will give you twelve shilling;
a week. Applicant-Will l have
chance to rise? Butcher-Yes; wanj
you here at 1 in the morning.-Tit-
Bits.
Misunderstanding, all the worlds
awheel! exclaimed Sprocket, enthusi'
astically. That's just like you bi'
| cycle fellows grumbled Grumpy
"You want the earth."-Fhiladelphis
North American.
A railway contractor recently adver
tised for 300 wooden %sleepers. BY re
turn of post he received a letter from
a neighborirg clergyman offering hin
the whole Ct his congregation on rea
sonable enthusiastically Review.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

look we'll travelling with a dude, we
would"
ooh, he has some cash and can get
a different outfit. Can't you, Ray
mond?"
Certainly. How do you wish me to
dress?"
"Oh," ~interpcsed Jim, eff you have
the stuff, you're welcome. Wen nix
you out in no time. What do you
want?"
"I'll have to leave that to you. l
have never been a tramp before
See here, my Christian friend, for
the good of your health let me tell you
not to say tramp to one of our fra
ternity. A tramp is a man who V
works and who walks from town to
town. We are hoboes. We beat u
way on trains-passengers when we
can, freight when we can't do better.
A hobo works when he can, but when
out Of work uses his wits to get him
elsewhere. See:"
Eyes, but I never heard the distinc-
ton made before. Are we going to
beat the railroad, and how are we 60
ing to do it?"
You are green! There's a hundred
schemes for working them. If every
thing fails steal the ride"
Van went to the place Of appoint
ment, where he found his two strange
companions waiting for him.
Everything lovely" was Jim's
greeting. "A train leaves about an
hour after dark. Say. let's eat. I'll hit
the cottage. You idiots can buy sup
pers, but I'll ave my cash."
Five minutes later he returned with
a TRADE of abuse against in%hospitable
people and frequent illusions to the
tomahawk.
Van at last said:
What do you mean? Did the wom-
an hit you with a hatchet?"
"No, you gump! That's short for
stating that her royal highness desired
the extreme pleasure of my society at
the woodpile while l got up an appe-
tite for my supper"
Soon a freight train slowly passed.
Here's an empty" shouted Origi-
nal Jim, as he started on the run, the
others closely following.
Van vas so excited that he could
not vault in after the others, but they
dragged him in and closed the door.
Now you boys be quiet until she
gets under headway," Jim ordered, as
he lighted a match and proceeded to
sweep the floor with a bunch of weeds
be had previously gathered.
Never travel without matches, Ray
mond, and never forget to gather a
broom. so you can brush up a place to
Sleep" quietly remarked wilkins,
whom jim dubbed The Silent"
Soon Wilkins and jim were sound
asleep, while Van sat, Indian fashion.
against the car, wondering whether ii
was not about to jolt off the track, and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
DANIEL. BOONE.
A Spanish subjcct--CowinR - Young
Desperado.

a SImhhch SADtCSs w.
Desperado.
About the year 1897 the old pioneer
Daniel Boone went wei into Missouri
and settled in what was known as the
Femme Usage Dosage Woman) settle
ment, says the st. Louis Republic. This
was on the Missouri river, In the dis
trict of st. Charles, about ~forty-fve
miles west of st. Louis and about twen-
ty-f1ve miles above the town OF st.
Charles. This portion of Missouri was
then wild and picturesque-just such a
country as he loved.
Soon after his arrival in Missouri
Daniel Boone lenounced his allegiance
to the government of the United States
and became a Spanish subject. On
June IL, 1900, Delassus appointed him
~commandant, or syndic, Of the Femme
Usage district, a position which he &C.
cepted. The Office was both civil and
military. In time of peace he acted as
an adjudicator or judge owe the peo-
pie in his district and in time of war
he was their commander.
The matters on which he mac to pass
Judgment were such as required hon
esty and practical common sense rath-
er than a knowledge of law. He was
fearless and upright in his decisions.
On one occasion a desperate who had
been terrorizing the people of the
Femme Usage district was publicly rep
rimanded by Boone. The man, who
prided himself on his power to over
W the people, cried out:
eff you were not an old man l should
not take that from YOU
"You are a great coward" responded
Boone, shaking his clinched fist close
to the mans face; eff you want to get
revenge on me for what l have said
don't let my gray hairs stand in the
way. Old as am, l am young enough
to whip you" Quite crestfallen, the
fellow skunk away and was never again
heard to say anything against the old
pioneer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

A commission, of which ex-senator
Dawes is chairman. has been for sew
eral years engaged, under the authori-
ty Of congress, in endeavoring to secure
the consent of the Indians of Indian
Territory to the allotment of their
lands in severalty, or individual hold
ings. So far as two of the five tribes
are concerned, the Choctaws and Chick
asaws, the commission has been sue
c~essful, and an agreement has been
concluded and transmitted to congress.
This agreement, which covers more
than II, 200, 900 acres of land, and affects
the, interests of 1900 Indians and 100,-
600 whites, is one of the most important
steps taken in making the Indians cit
liens by treating with them as individ-
uals rather than as tribes.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
Mr.. Squibb's Marital FellcitIes.

Mrs. Squibb-"Gracious heavens!
home to your wife, l must say-eyes
blackened, coat torn, collar split, era
vat loose, shirt all mussed up-what
do you mean, sir; what do you mean;
what have you got to say for your
self?" Mr.. ~Squibb-"Let me explain.
I just took a drop" Mrs. Squibb-
You'd better say a gallon. If you
- Mr.. Squibb-"If you will let me
finish, dear" Mrs. Squibb-"Oh,
to think hat a husband of mine, with
out the slightest excuse in the world
haven't | always been true to you?
Haven't l shaved for you, toiled for
you? Haven't / cared for your chill
dren, mended your clothes and darned
your socks, and-and-oh, dear! oh,
dear, ! never, no, l never thought it
would ever come to this-and you
haven't a word Of excuse, you wretch!
You stand there suffering and NUT
tering ard, why" Mr.. Squibb-
But, Maria, if you would listen
Mrs. Squibb-'Listen to what? A pack
of lies? l will go home to my mother!
l never want to see you again! Oh, it
is brutal to treat me SO! I never-no,
never" (bolts from the room),
Mr.. Squibb (ruefully)-"And this is
what a man gets for merely trying to
do his wife's errands at a department
store bargain-counter!"- New York
Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

There has been a lot of fun poked at
the new dog-muzzling law in Eng
land, and a lot of denunciation Of it,
Gays the New York Tribune. But here
are some figures: In 1889 the muzzling
order was made and kept in force I'M
til 1893. In 1889 there were 312 cases
Of rabies, in 1890 there were 1923 and in
1882 only 3S. The order was then re-
voked and in 1893 there were SO cases,
IN 1894 there were 24S and in 1895 there
were 672. 1t seems difficult to escape
the Significance of such facts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

] Tie Buffalo Commercial tells a story
of a little girl who was greatly dis
turbed by the discovery that her broth
ers had set traps to catch birds. Cues
tened as to what she had done in the
matter, she replied: Il prayed that
the traps might not catch the birds"
Anything else?" YES" she said; 81
then prayed that God would prevent
the birds from getting into the traps,
and as If to illustrate the doctrine of
faith and works, II went and kicked
the traps all to pieces"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

! The late George w. Childs Of Phil
ad9lphia, newspaper owner and philan-
fhSopist, did no obtrude his dislikes
upop those about him; but he had one
aversion that he could not conceal--his
strong dislike for tobacco smoke 1t
eeems as if some law ought to have
been found under which the recent
outrage of naming a brand Of cigars
after him could have been prevented
especially in view of the fact that they
are ~'hve-centers."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
Sure He would Suit.

A merchant, being In want of q
clerk, advertised for n who, among
other qualifications, the advertisement
said, must be able to bear continc-
ment."
He soon received an answer, which
terminated thus:
II am certain | should suit, as l can
bear confinement, having been IN jail
seven years, from which am but just
liberated."-SDare Moments.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
Iea G0ntJenasa-

Be gentle in stimulating the kidneys,
otherwise you will excite and weaken
them. The happiest results follow the
use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to
overcome renal inactivity. Avoid the un-
indicated, fiery stimulants of commerce.
The kidneys have a delicate membrane
easily irritated, and upon this the action
of such excitants is pernicious. Malarial
complaints. Indigestion, rheumatism, neu-
ralgia and biliousness succumb to the cor
receive influence of the Bitters.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

Aug. 3 and II and Sept. Z and Il. 1897.
the Great Northern railway will sell from
and via st. Paul and Minneapolis round
trip tickets at one fare for round trip.
plus 50, to points in Northern Minnesota,
North Dakota and South Dakota. Nc
tickets will be sold at a less rate than So.
Tickets good for ~twenty-pne days. This
will enable homeseekers to visit the
famous grain belt during the harvest.
For further particulars apply TO railway
ticket agents or address F. !. Whitney,
G. p. & T.. a., st. Paul. MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

Seattle. Wash, July 22.-The North
American Transportation company's sec
ond steamer will leave his city Aug. 8
for the Circle City and Klondyke dis
tricts on the Yukon river, a trip of over
five thousand miles. Passengers from the
East can leave St. Pau on the Great
Northern as late as the afternoon of Aug.
2 and make connection.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
Womanlike.

James-'Do you always write a let
ter in suca large script as you are US
ing now? / could not help noticing it."
Henry-"No. This is to a girl. You
know they always size a fellows re-
gard for them by the number of pages
he flls."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
Revenue.

Sam: Deed l wouldn't stay in dat
restaurant after what dey done to me.
Bill: / heered dey wuz gwine to glib
yo' fo' dollahs a week noah wages.
Sam: Ya-as, but dey wanted me to
wait on dem tables reserved exclusive
ly To- ladies.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

For the wasteful poor and the mig
gardly rich there is instruction in an
incident Just reported of the late Baron
de Hirsch, that, after he had written to
announce the gift of a fortune to a
school, he went over the telegram a
second time, carefully condensing it so
as to save a franc. That shows the
way to accumulate money-and the
way to spend it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

: The Kentucky Court of Appeals has
decided that an accident insurance
company must pay to the heirs of a
woman who died Of a mosquito bite the
amount of the policy. 1t is held that
thsybite was an accident. A New Jer-
ssy court probably would have decided
tito have been an accident If she had
gone through a season without being
bitten. !
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

The higher education is to be dis
tinguished-pardon the pun!-from
hire education or instruction for pay.
A teacher is worthy of his hire, but
it is a degradation of his Office to re-
gard II merely as a method of getting
a living. Happily the teachers to whom
pay days are the chief days in the
school year are comparatively few.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

The population Of Dublin has de-
creased in the last forty years from
261. 900 to 245. 900. II Dublin wants to
keep from becoming a hamlet she
should offer more Inducements to pros
pective policemen.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

The hard winter froze out the field
nice in ne neighborhood of Green
wood, Me, according to the farmers
spring observations.
Wasps have grown to be such a
plague in Cambridgeshire, England,
that farmers are paying a shilling a
dozen for queen wasps.
Hen manure should be applied to the
ground at once. There is no necessity
for it to be "well-rotted" as with other
morr-re.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
Satisfied,

Pretty Teacher Severely -IolEuy!
Johr!y Stubs! You are whispering
again.
johnny "a sm art boy)-Please. ] am
only telling Winnie Wrinkles what nice
things all the gentlemen said about
you when you walked along the street.
Boston Traveller.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

Mrs. Theosophical Besant says de
votion,' as emanating from the human
body, Is a pale-blue cloud, sometimes
taking the shape of flowers. A pic
ture Of aldermanic devotion to corpor-
ations contains other things a trife
more substantial than clouds and pos
les.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

The goose In the golden egg story
seems to have had a cousin. A New
York woman who bought a dead duck
for dinner found in its body a diam
ona, which she sold to a jeweler for
sS6.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

A New York millionaire has recently
imported a Russian drosky and several
Japanese ~jinrickshas. Slowly but sure
ly the great American cocktail Is being
r~elegated to the background by new
tangled foreign drinks.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
A "RATTLING" STORY.
CONES OF A SEA SERPENT
FOUND.
The Creature was Seventy Feet Long
and Lived in Prehistoric Times-Prc-
sented to the University of Denver,
Colorado. q

HE sea serpent is
largely a myth, but
a recent find in
Colorado goes to
prove that in a pre-
historic period the
sea serpent really
lived. An almost
C o m Let e fossil
skeleton consisting
of ~ninety-two ver-
fohroo nortc IF Tho
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

The gradual disappearance of the
most highly-prized of edible tortoises
ind:cltes that the day is not far dis
tant when a terrapin will cost al much
81 3 diamond pin,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

SoXey-For a man who never had
any schooling, you have learned a lot.
KnoXey-Yes; experience has been
my teacher.
SoXey-Ard experience. think
teaches fools.--Pittsburg News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

Hellebore for Currant Worms.-For
the currant worm 10 remedy is safer or
more easily applied than white helle-
bore. Dissolve an ounce of the powder
in two gallons of water and apply with
line sprinkler or brush broom. The
wurm nrst appears on the lower
branches about the time the fruit is
yrmSa -LA.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
Exactly,

Gilgal-The members of the club
fairly gormandized themselves at the
annual banquet. Perkaise-Then it
was a stuffed club.-New York Trib.
IIDeL
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

1t is said property is SO safe in Fin
land that packages left unguarded any
where are hardly ever touched. There
are no Chicago aldermen in Finland.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

J. W. Grimes. Of Newport, KY,
although he weighs 444 pounds, is a live
ly bicyclist. When mounted he looks
like a giant On wheels. He has just ord
cred a bicycle that will weigh thirty-hve
pounds.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething, ~softens the gums. reduces infam-
nation, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25 cents a bottle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

There is no danger of New York State
being overcrowded for many years. 1t
has 90, 000, 900 acres of farm lands.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

Some of the Russian railroads havo
smoking cars for the use of ladies.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

Brazil thinks the locomotives of the
United States arc the best, and has just
given an order for sixty of them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
EDUCATIONAL.

A High Class Academy for Young
Ladies'.
Dubuque, Iowa. Mount st. Joseph
FOR GIRLS. Careful Training in Every De.
partment, Regular and Elective Courses OF
Study, Vocal and Instrumental Music, Elocution
and Physical Culture. Rates Low. Send for
Prospectus. Address the Sister superior.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
A HOBO REUNION.

I'M, this is Van
Raymond. He's
been playing in
high luck, but he's
struck d snag, and
I've asked him TO
go with u.s."
well, you need
MT; we don't want
any ~greenhorns
along. You are
bad enough. We'd
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

One-third of the females of France,
over fourteen years of age, are farm la
borers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30
Gave Himself Awny.

Educate Your Bowels with
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lOc. II c.. c. C fail druggists refund money.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or Csc.
II C.. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-09-30

Famous Poet-"Mr. Whitley, what one
Of my productions do you like best?'
Mr.. Witley-"Your daughter"