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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

1--WE solved 1t, Frank" whispered
10, e%xcitedly on the morning of the
race. Wimple is an English jockey and
is to have $4,000 if he wins for the ma
jor. But that is not'the meanest part
OF the conspiracy. Sam Gum, who
owns and rides the big gray, has a
small farm on which the major holds
a mortgage. 1t is arranged for Sam
10 mak sure of beating Flash by
crossing her at the first fence, no
thought being taken Of your precious
life in this arrangement. They met
down at the creek last night to make
sure that each mar understood his
part, and l was a listener. All may
not be fair in horse racing, Frank, but
1t is in love, you know: Wimple made
the major pay 81, 500 on the spot. Sam
tried to beg off, but was threatened
and cajoled into keeping his agree
ment. When they separated l followed
Sam and before I left him he was so
ashamed he wanted to shoot the ma
jor. l pitied him so that well, l
assumed that mortgage"
Then the majors sole advantage is
In his imported jockey?"
Il am sure of it."
The familiar scene at the track need
not be described. All the people Of
the county were there for a holiday and
many guests from other sections en-
livened the scene. Before the sad
ding bell rang for the call of the race
fer the cup, nearly every one had
risked something on the outcome,
Flash and Witch carrying the money,
for it was accepted hat one of them
must win. The general CHANGED some
more on the stretch of those dreams
and the major plunged because of his
sure thing" for Sam Gum had men,
toned no change in the program.
After the preliminary canter it was
the generals words: you will
- or the exaggerated assurances
the stable boys, but the flaming
eyes of 10 that caused Fielder to set
his teeth like a man fighting for his
life.
They're off" went up the shout, and
there followed the breathless silence
VI oeSpSioS. III nit ACluS llt
horses ran punched, Flash and Witch
back, with their riders watching each
ether like hawks, but as they neared
the fourth jump, an ugly ditch and
hedge, Sam imperceptibly pulled his
gray until hardly a length ahead Of
the favorites, the Witch coming to his
left and Flash to his right. Over wen
the leaders, but Sans horse apparently
refused, and swerved to the left
There was no time for Wimple to stop
Following the crash, the crowd saw
the two horses and a man in a con
fused mass, Sam having gone from hi:
saddle to the other side of the hedge
with the ability of a circus rider. AL
Fielder had to do now was to guide
Flash over the course, winning tn,
race, the cup and one of the lovelies
of all the lovely women of Kentucky
Ever since the general has been al
implicit believer in dreams, though
he scouts at everything else which ha
a flavor of the supernatural. He di,
dream of Flash and Fielder becaus
they were the chief objects of hi
thought, but he never knew that j
heard him confiding the vision to nj
old friend Col. Buckler, that the dream
she reported were all evolved from he
imagination in broad daylight an
that she had been instrumental i
having Tom, the rubber, make tn
Gpeech to Flash which was mean
solely for the ears of her owner.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

plemented by such practical sugges-
lions as may be had from an intelli-
gent instructor or from an experienced
rider, any woman in a fair condition OF
health may undertake bicycle riding
with a feeling of certainty that the re-
suit will be delightful and helpful in a
measure that was never anticipated.
A mistake commonly made by wom-
en- riders, and indeed by new riders of
both sexes, is that of undertaking too
much at first. O~vereXertion induces
disbursement, and recollection OF a
tiresome ride has been known to deter
new riders from repeating the at
tempt. The real pleasure of bicycle
riding can be had only by keeping in
mind this little truth. No new rider
should continue the first trip to such
a point as to feel WEAKNESS. A half
hour is in most cases ample for the
first road ride, and it should not be
| continued beyond that time, except by
the strongest and most capable rider.
| The tyro exerts more power thar the
| expert. and in consequence becomes
more rapidly tired. He pushes the ped
| ais with undue force, fails to sit erect,
| fails to sit still, and tends to follow
what seems to him to be an erratic mo-
ton of the wheel by a swinging and
webbing of the body which not only
tends to increase and make real what
was only an imaginary difficulty, but
inSures also the quick coming of IA
tigue, that might otherwise have been
avoided.
The new rider should learn to sit
erect and to sit still, and in the early
stages of his road practice avoid long
rides, remembering that the exertion
which he puts forth in his first efforts
will be more than sufficient, as soon
as a little skill has been acquired, tC
propel his wheel many miles farther
than was covered by his first trip. II
the first ride is wearisome, it should
not be repeated on the next following
day, but rather upon alternate days
until such skill is acquired as will ena,
BILE the new rider to enjoy his outing
without suffering o. much fatigue.
Bicycling for women has received
the Endorsement of our leading womeI
and our best physicians. The bicycle
dealers of most OF our large towns
state that the number of bicycles solo
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18
A MODERN
Tho Sea Was Altogether Too Exciting
for Him.

Tho Sea Was Altogether Too Exciting
for Him.
Some imaginative writer tells the
tale of a sailor who was shipwrecked
three times: was in four collisions and
two fires at sea, suffered from sum
stroke and yellow fever, lost a finger
or two by frostbite, had one eye
gouged out in a fight at San Francisco
came home, married a shopkeeping
widow, who henpecked him, got out Of
his course one foggy day and walked
into the river, where he was found
next morning still chewing his over
night quid of tobacco, but without his
glass eye, says Macmillan's Magazine.
This is the novelist's type and is per-
haps somewhat highly colored; but it
may be compared with some actual
types.
One of the men we have in mind fell
from the mainyard and broke his left
arm before he had been at sea a month
on his first voyage as an apprentice,
On the return voyage from San Fran
cisco he fell from the same yard and
broke one of his legs. The vessel was
wrecked in a gale off the southwest
coast of Ireland, and this unhappy
youth, fato profugus, was saved, witt
three others, out of a crew of twenty.
six, only, however, to find that his
next ship, laden with coal, took fire
on the other side of Cape Horn and hat
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18
A NOVEL HORN BAND.
May BE Heard in the City of Copon-
hagen on Summer Nights.

May BE Heard in the City of Copen-
hagen on Summer Nights.
An enormous crowd fills the museum
court and neighboring square at Copen-
hagen every midsummer day to listen
to a unique concert, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. A number of an
cient Scandinavian horns, more than
5000 years old, called "luren," are
kept in the museum. Of this collection
fourteen are in good condition. They
have an elegant shape and the fiat
metal plates at the m%outhpiece show
good technical perfection and a devel-
oped taste for art. They are in differ
ent pieces fitted together. They were
found buried in moorland and their
good preservation is believed to be due
to the turfy water. They are of very
thin metal and generally seven feet
long. They were always found in pairs,
the n in tune with the other.
A few years ago it was found by DR..
Hammerich that they could still be
blown or played upon. Their tones re-
semble those of the tenor horn and
they have a soft but powerful sound
Some are tuned in c and E sharp
others in D, E or G, and these tones
form an accord but no scala" On the
balcony in the court of the palace ir
which is kept the Northern Museum
two members of the "capella" blow
tunes or two of these primeval horn:
to the delight of the inhabitants.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18
FLEAS.
Impaled on Wires as q Preliminary to
Their Feats.

Their Feats.
There is no one side Of the side
shows and minor features of museums
n fairs which seems On it's face more
attractive than the exhibition of So
called educated fleas, says Happy
Thoughts. There is something in the
idea of educating my of the lower
animals that appeals to all of us, and
the lower the animal the more there
is in it of interest to the people. The
suggestion, even, that it is possible to
get insects to perform tricks which
seem as if the result of intelligence
eXcites at once the sympathles OF
spectators, and the educated flea calls
together companies who are delighted
with the apparent results, although
really ignorant of the causes or of the
fact hat each trick means the death
of that particular flea. If n will re-
fleet but a moment, the absurdity of
educating so ephemeral an animal as
the flea becomes apparent. After a
couple of weeks as a legless little worm
the young flea spins for itself a cocoon
which is its habitation for a couple
of weeks longer, when it awakes in it's
familiar form for a brief existence Of
a few weeks at the most. To instill
into so short-lived a creature anything
like appreciation of the tricks that he
is to perform is out of the question, and
the results which are attained are by
purely mechanical and cruel process.
The work which the flea is expected to
perform is something in which its in
stinct to escape becomes of service;
it is "harnessed" to a little wagon or
shoots off a miniature cannon, or does
some other simple thing requiring only
a feeble pull in a straight line. The
harness is a sharp-pointed wire
which is stuck into the body of the
unfortunate insect, and in it's struggles
to escape the poor flea performs its
trick. and the amused spectators are
not aware of the cruelty to which it is
subjected. If passengers in the shape
of other f1eas are desired to make the
wagon trick more remarkable, or 6
coachman or a footman, they may be
readily had by impaling others of the
insects upon properly placed wires, re
sulting, of course, in torture and deatf
to them as well. Our local societie:
have put a stop to these exhibitions
in this state, and very properly so, fol
the very meanes of created things i!
entitled to a life free from unneces
sary torment.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

accepted tradition in regard to Dreams
10, and of course there is not a faytoh
in this enlightened age h letalns the
faintest trace of superstition. L nave
forbidden that Yankee lover OF yours
the privilege of coming here and the
mere phantasics of a dream are not
going to restore him to my good
graces."
But 10 had sown the seed nj the
look of confidence in her great Drown
eyes told that she anticipated a sat.s-
factory harvest. The general walked
toward the stable thinking 1t passing
strange that JOS repeated vision com
cided so exactly with his own, for ne
himself had thrice been in
to see that dashing young fellow from
the north ride the magnificent black
FLY to victory. There was another sur
prise in store for him when he came
upon Tom rubbing the satin coat OF
the clean-limbed marc and talking to
her as though she comprehended every
word and sentiment.
."You'se gwinter get dat cup suah,
Miss Flash kase l done dream free
times dat Mistah Frank kim down
heah an you took him roun' da coWse
so fas' dat he had no BRET lef.
hain't noffin' on foah hoofs kin J
in sight OBJ you, honey, de way | s.
dat man ridin' you. OATS homes, ole
gal"
The handsome old general threw back
his shoulders and knitted his brows as
he turned away, thinking he had not
been seen by the industrious rubber
and failing to note the roll of the cum
ming eyes that followed him.
Superstition may have run out in the
blood of the Payton5 but here was one
Of the older generation in troubled
doubt. 1t was more than his common
sense could accept and everybody
about the place seemed to be dreaming
the same thing as a mere coincidence,
He would not go back of the strange
fact in search of it's inspiration fol
that would confess a weakness he
would not admit; but it was forced
upon him as an irresistible conviction
that unless Frank Fielder was astride
of Flash, the local race of the veal
and the coveted cup would go to Maj
Slickton. And the thought of thi;
was not to be endured. To the gen
eral the major was an upstart, al
unworthy rival, a man of questionable
reputation On the turf and utterly I'm
p%rincipled where his interests wer'
at stake. Besides this animus of dis
like the general was moved by thu
consideration that he had been shrewd
ly goaded into posting $4,000 on thu
outcome of the race and TO lose /
meant disaster to the prospects Of j
as an heiress. 1t was this though
that had most troubled the proud oil
Kentuckian, and before he slept tina
night he had written Frank to come a
once
The surprise of that young gentle
man was not diminished by the hos
pitable welcome that he received, bu
almost became a panic when he wa'
told by 10 that he must ride for tn
cup and win it as the one sure way 0
overcoming personal objection to al
event which was the browning hope o
mis- life.
Fielder was a thoroughbred Ameri
can. He had nerve, pluck, quick per
ceptions and an iron will. 10" h
answered. "Tll take the chance an
If / fail you know that I'll be far tn
heaviest loser of the day"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

The English hop crop has been much
damaged by continuous wet weather,
and the pickers, who are mostly the
poorest class of London. are suffering
greatly from the malarial conditions,
while at the same time they have been
unable to earn enough to supply the
simplest food. In fact, these slum
than in the country under such condi
tons.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

to be abandoned by her men, who we're
six days in their boats before a home
ward-bound ship picked them up.
His third vessel ran ashore at the en-
trance to Hong Kong harbor in her
hurry to get inside before a Yankee,
with whom she was in company. When
our friend found his fourth ship dis
masted in a cyclone in the Indian
ocean, he came to the conclusion that
sea life, which he had been quite pre-
pared to like, was too exciting fol
him, and he decided forthwith, pro.
vided he got safely out of that scrape
to leave it to those with better luck.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

So even old Father Times face is to
be changed before the twentieth CEN
fury comes in. Italy has officially
adopted the new method of notation.
The change consists in numbering the
hours of timepieces from 1 to "a to
correspond with the number of hours
In the day. By law the children of
italy go to school at 8 o'clock; they
are dismissed at Is or 16; courts open
at 10 and are closed at II. The thea
tiers supported by the government an
nounce the time of opening in the same
way, while those not aided by the gov
eminent their opening by
both notations, as Beginning at u
O'Clock q p. m.1" Here is something
new under the sur.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

The awful laundering of the English
press, when speaking of American af-
fairs, is surprising. The latest is from
the London Chronicle and is the cham
pion misinformation joke of the cam
paign. Speaking of Mrs. Mckinley
that paper says: 1T is not generally
known that the talented wife of Mr.
Mckinley was called to the American
bar in the early part Of 1893, and tina
she enjoyed for a long while the unique
distinction of being the only lady OF
the legal profession who pleaded OF
behalf of clients before her own hus
band. who was the Judge of the circui
in which she practiced."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

Should a spoke bend OF break and the
wheel get out of true it is best to
have a competent repairer true it up
again. 1t looks like an exceedingly
simple operation to true" a wheel, but
an inexperienced person is apt to get
too great a strain on the spokes and
thus make future trouble for himself
American Cyclist.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

1t is said that Don Carlos. the Span
ish pretender, may oon endeayor to
assert by force of arms his right to
the Spanish throne. With her unsuc-
cessful war in Cuba, her bankrupt
financial condition and a civil war for
the succession to the throne upon hcr
hands, Spain would be in almost as
bad a shape as Turkey. The outlool
for Spain is very dubious. but the out
look for Cuba is corrcspondingly rosy
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

Tie quarrel between King Oscar
and his Norwegian subjects has
reached such a pass that the king talks
savagely against them in a newspaper
Interview, and the N~orwegians retort
by saying that the king imbibes too
freely of the flowing bowl. This is a
particularly cruel SANDER, because Os-
car is a great temperance man. and
a believer in the Gothenburg system.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

1T al happened from a little joke I
tried to get Off" the bruised, battered
and tat:er,d hobo explained to the cit
liens who picked him up. Just fer
fun, you know. | proposed to the gang
that We crrtn'Ze a party for the advo-
eating O. the free coinage of soap. 1
never drcmp they'd take it serious
indianapolis Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

The situation in the Mediterranean
has started a lot of speculation as to
the relative fighting powers of the
European navies. Curiously enough,
many commentators express the opin-
ion that France could sweep the Med
%iteIranean clear in three months.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

The Chinese assume that they had
explored all the recesses of wisdom
several thousand years ago, and yet
the visit to America of their most emf
nent old statesman will be chiefly re-
Inembered by the fact that he poked
at IN electric motor with his umbrella.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

A Partisan artist who has just ar
rived in this country is not, according
to her own statement, after the Amer
lean dollar. She says that she has
come to drink cocktails and to sing.
1t would be safer for her to reverse the
order of her program and sing first.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

Italy has got out of the Abyssinian
tional pride, but the payment will not
be too heavy, perhaps, if it keeps her
from committing similar fOllies in the
future. The third member of the triple
alliance cannot afford to have a for
eign policy of the aggressive sort.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

Crime is not wholly suppressed in
the Indian Territory, but vigilant Off
cials are making it hot for lawless
characters. The murderer of two men
his bloody work.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

The revival of the revolution on the
Philippine islands will probably con-
vince Spain that it is an off year for
the crushing of revolts. The discon-
tented people of the Philippines are
undoubtedly encouraged by the sue
cess of the Cuban revolt thus far.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

1t is 10Y said that the mysterious
Russian who was connected with Ty-
mans dynamite plot does not speak
his native tongue, but answers all Rus
sian inquiries in Gaelic. This looks as
if the interest of the conspirators in
the destruction of the car were only
secondary.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

The production of prunes in Califor-
MIA has grown in ten years from al
most nothing to an estimated yield of
$1,000 tons of green fruit for 1896.
Four-tifths of this amount is nov be-
ing dried for market, making 24,OO0
tons of dried fruit.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18
\ is,'l Nistakc.

"Why has Ashley and Miss Gushing
ton broken OFF,"
He thought to compliment her by
saying that she reminded him of his
mother.'-Cleyoland Leader.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

In the discovery Of reefs and rocks
and the destruction of machinery the
United States navy. considering its
size, can hold up its end with any of
them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

The New York police commissioners
ask for an appropriation of 100000
this time. Law and order come very
high in the metropolis.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18
WOMEN AND WHEELS.
WHAT BICYCLING HAS DONE
TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITION.
Wheeling Possesses Chains That Arc
Enjoyed by No Other Forms of Sport
The Danger OF Attempting Toe
Much at First. v

r. ISAAC b. POT
ter, Chief Consul of
the New York Di-
vision, League of
American Wheel
men, has an article
on "The Bicycle
Outlook" in a cur
rent magazine. The
following is an eX-
tract:
ffoo 1N-~
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18
WON BY A DREAM.

APA,1 have dream
ed three times in
succession t h a t
Frank rode Flash
and won the gen
tleman's cup"
1t was one of hi
fcirest and most
b%ewitching of Ken
tucky's daughters
that the ~chivalrous
old onperal turned
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

Other Party-Man alive, do you sup
pose I'd be able to sleep if I Knew
there was whisky in the house? I'd
be walking the floor all night.-Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

Now that the patent American cy-
clone has invaded Europe, we may eX-
pect our trans-brlny cousins to hate
the United States worse than yer
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

Football has been played in England
for more than five hundred years.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-18

Chicago has 5.4O0 Johnsons in it's
directory, and only 1900 Smiths,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-01-23
THE NEWSPAPER LAW.

-
ALI Subscribers should Read she
Following Law and vOfd Trouble.
/. All subscribers who do not give ex-
press notice to the contrary are considered
wishing to continue their su description.
2. II subscribers order the discontinu
ance of their periodical the publisher may
continue to send il until ell arrearsges are
paid.
8. II subscribers refuse or neglect to take
their periodicals. from the office to which
they are directed. they are responsible I'M
I'll they have settled their bills aud ordered
them discontinued
4. Subscribers moving to other places
without informing the publisher, and the
papers are sent to the former address, they
are held responsible.
s. The courts have decided that refusing
to take periodicals from the Office or re-
moving and leaving them uncslled for. is
prima facie evidence of intended fraud.
6. II subscribers pay in advance they
are bound to give notice at the end Of the
time they do not wish to continue taking
it, and the subscriber will be responsible
until an express notice with all a%rrearages
are sent to the publisher.
Z. The latest postal laws are such that
newspaper publishers can arrest anyone
for fraud who takes a paper and refuses to
pay for 1t.
Under the law the man who allows his
subscription to run along some time I'M
paid, and then orders the postmaster to
mark it refused. " and have Q postal card
sent notifying the publisher, leaves him
self liable to arrest and fine, the same as
for theft.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-01-23
MINING TAX.

kJorIcE Is HEREBY GIVEN that TIE
N taxes on the proceeds Of the mines of
EUREKA county for the quarter ending Sept.
20. 1906. are now due sla payable &c me 81 my
oaice in Eureka; and the lay ip regard to the
ssme will be strictly enforced.
Z. o. POWELL
Asssssos u xasshl coahty, KsvadAs