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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
TOMMY'S THANKSGIVING.

They're Thanksgiving boots cried
Tommy. cxultingly, sticking them CIT
Tibbs shifted scornfully.
ITS three days to Thanksgiving, and
the turkey isn't killed yet"
Don't care!" stoutly. from Tommy
Cur turkeys to be ut grandpa's. and
they are Thai ksgiving boots, for fatl
cr said So"
Tibbs looked ~unconvinced, but n
hasty call from the powers that b,
took her into the kitchen to finish wip
ing the dishes. Tommy sat down and
admired the boots afresll. 1t was il
the days when little boys were granted
boots as Il proof of their coming man
hood. and Tommy's were real. long
boots. and none of yCrr laced-up. OF
even buttoned. shoes. They had shiny
tops and creaked beautifully. Every
body in the house attested this fact
Tommy had been compelled. within AZ
10 from their purchase, TO rO1ltinc
the creak to the barn floor or the gar
den.
81 can make en- rrcak at grand
mas he said, softly. to himself.
'Shc1l like to hear en-
Tommy tramped in the boots all day
over the barn and hen house, the gar
den and the fields. Then the boot
grew stiff and tiresome to the little
feet. unaccustomed to their use. Tom
my took them off and hid them in odd
places, while he rested his feet in an
old pair of shoes which he managed to
smuggle out behind the barn. where he
sat down and put them on. He was
ashamed of this weakness, however,
and went back to the boots again
whenever he heard any one coming.
But that night, after Tommy was
asleep. his mother said, laughingly: Il
guess Tommy's got tired of tbs, Eo)ts.
for see hes changed them for the old
shoes again"
But Tommy vas in drcamland, too
far off to hear her.
''The little chaps tired said his
father, patting Tommy's curly head.
but how proud he was of those
boOts.'
The next morning when Tommy woke
UP it was showing. a thin sheet of
snow covered the ground, and the
flakes, thickly falling, looked black as
Tommy gazed up into the sky.
Now we can go to %grandpa's in a
sleigh cried Tibbs, gaily.
Yes echoed Tommy, 'in a Sleigh"
It'll be grand" exclaimed Tibbs,
who was four years older than Tom
my. It's just twice the fun it is to
ride in the old carryalu"
And grandpa's never seen Tommy's
Thanksgiving boots yet" said Tom
my's father. looking laughmgly down
at bis small son. Tommy was six.
Tommy's mouth dropped, and The
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
HIS LOVING "BO."
Earl RusseI1's MOther-in-Law and
Her LjbedN

IdT nuBSeEIS MOIhcf-In-L1W ana
Her Ltbeds.
London, Nov. 2S.-The central GRIM
inal court (Old Bailey was not so
crowded as yesterday when the trial
of Lady Selma Scott, mother Of the
Countess Russell and c~o-defendant
with John COckerton, Frederick Kast
and William Aylott, in the action
brought by Earl Russell for criminal
libel, was resumed this morning be-
fore Justice Hawkins. Lady Scott
was dressed as stylishly as yesterday
and was attended in court by her
maid. Earl Russell, re-examfned by
his counsel, Sir Frank Lockwood, said
he Informed Lady Scott of the subject
of his wild oats prior to his mar
riage to her daughter. The counsel
for the earl then read a letter from
Lady Scott to his client in which she
wrote:
81 want you always to trust me. !
am thankful l know everything. I
love you just the same. Lour loving
'Ro.'"
Earl Russell said that by the suit Of
the countess for q restitution of her
conjugal rights the litigation had cost
him between $4,000 and $4,000. st.
George Lane Fox, a cousin of Earl
Russell, corroboratcd the latter's evil
dencc on the subject of the yachting
trip and said that he warned the earl
not to marry. as from inquiries which
he had made, he considered Lady
Scott to be a woman of infamous rep
utatiOn."
A bookseller named Carrez testified
that a "massesue" lad introduced him
to Lady Scott and her sister. Witness
then proved the printing and distri-
button of the libels on. Lady SCOTS
orders and produced a letter from her
in which she said:
II want you to find ne a rich Ameri-
can gentleman to help me bear these
expenses with a view to marriage. I
have plenty of good offers, but l must
have riches. Kindly have all ready"
The documents were mailed by her
order to every paper in Iol dan, some
Paris newspapers, the colonies of the
regiments of foot guards, to the three
masters of Bath college, to the New
York and California clubs, and to tho
Jockey club, to tradesmen in Maiden.
head, Windsor and Lordon, to the
stationmasters at Maidebhead, Cam
bridge, Oxford, Teddington, Winchest-
er and Brighton and to all secretaries
of clubs at Maidenhead, to the mem
bers of the county cOur Gil, the mana
gers of all theaters, the head masters
of Oxford, Cambridge, Harrow, Elton
and Winchester; to the police at Maid
enhead and to a large number Of pri-
vate individuals, as we'll az to the
members of the house of lords and
house of commons.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
THE CLUB.
\ "Oman's Movement which IL Gen
nrnlIr

orally Commended.
The Women's Rainy-Day club in New
York. whose members have pledged
themselves to wear short skirts and
.hick boots in wet weather. is setting q
-cnsible example, which, it is hoped,
nay he generally followed in all parts
If the country before many years have
passed. There is more ground for eX-
pecting reform in feminine costume
since the bicycle has become popular
ihan ever before. That democratic We
hicIe of health and pleasure has pre-
Jared the public mind and accustomed
the public eye to the new style of ap-
narel for ladies', and, the fashions hav-
ing been set, it is but a single step
from the short skirt awheel to the
short skirt afoot. Health and comfort
are alike involved in the reform inau-
gurated by the Raiuy-Day club. which
simply proposes to put women OH an
equality with men in these respects in
bad weather.
One of the most important of femi-
nine rights is that which l..dies are apt
to consider least-tIic right and duty of
taking care of the health. The female
orator may talk logically and convinc-
iDgly of wCnan's natural right to pO-
litical and business equality with nan.
but she will talk unavailingly until she
induces her sex to prove their equality
by displaying regard for the practical
details of life. among the most Import
ant of whicl, is the physical health. 1t
would not be n bad idea to have n
rainy-day club in Baltimore. to include
all the women in the city. who are now
accustomed to act as unpaid street
swcepers in wet and dry weather alike.
II may be well. also. to suggest that
this hygienic movement should not
stop with rainy-day costumes. Ladies'
clubs, which would Systematically
study the laws of health with regard
to diet and general modes of life, and
which would pledge themselves to OBJ
serve them, would render a great ser
vice to themselves and to the world
Baltimore Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
DOn'T Exterminnte the Postum.

= CAsCA H oSSu
1t has remained for Representative
AcCook of Chattahoochee to raise his
voice for the protection as well as in
praise of the 'possum. He insists that
Georgia shall take the 'possum into her
arms, so to speak, and give 1t a chance
against its enemies. The quail. the
snipe, the deer, are all the objects of
fender solicitude by Mother Georgia;
yet not one of them, in point of excel
Hence from the gourmet's standpoint,
are to be mentioned in the same breath
with the delcctable 'possum. Never
theless, the unaSSuming, ever hashful,
'possum is left to the tender mcrcieS
of w~hOmSoever may go III to seek
and devcur it,
The 'possum las been referred to as
time poor mans pig. He is more than
that; he is also the hunters pleasure
and the rich mau's delight. 1t used to
be said of the late Ward McAllistcr.
header of the -Four Hundred. that he
~ as never so happy-So utterly at
peace with himself AMI all the world
ms when stated before Il dish containing
IL we'll Drowned 'pcssum, trimmed
around with sweet potatoes and gar
n'shed with Il sprig of something
green. He pronounced it a dish fit for
any condition of man, from the hcrder
in the fields to the king in the castle.
And there is mob ody who will have
the femerity to assert that Ward Nc
Allister did not know what he was
talking about.-Savanna (Ga) News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
A Beautiful Custom.

Our beautiful national custom of set
ting apart a day of Thanksgiving an
nually must never he suffered to fall
nto desuetude. The home day. when
the clans gather and rally, and bearded
men, having Travelled for days, arrive
breathless and eager at the Old thresh-
old TO keep Thanksgiving among kith
and kin, when troops of grandchildren
surround the old table, and when all
the land is thrilled and moved because
of the great feast-this day is so pecu-
liarly IL very own that we must al
ways hold it dear. Its religious and its
social character should continue to be
Interchangeable. and the conservation
To God should but make the separate
ness of its home joys the more pre-
ciOuS.
Thankful in spirit, yes. we may be
this. though we have our private and
personal griefs, our hours of lonliness.
Then. to comfort someone else may be
our best consolation. to uplift some
touchdown soul, our own signal for
exaltation.-Mrs, NJ. L. SapgSter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
Held I'm m Electric On

KANSAS City, Nov. 2S.-At midnight
last night four men led 10y Oscar
Bridges, said to be a bridge and para
chute jumper of more or less notoric-
ty, made an unsuccessful attempt to
hold up and rob an electric car with
passengers, bound for Independence,
Bridges was arrested after a desperate
struggle with the motorman, and was
brought here. The other men escaped,
but it is believed they will soon be
lodged in Jail. The gang are said to
be the same that SO boldly held up a
west-bound Chicago & Alton passenger
train just outside of Independence
about a month ago.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
lie Took Them OF to Rest His Fee

lie Took Them OF to Rest His Feet.
piece of corn bread he held in his hand
fell upon his plate.
whats the matter, Tommy" asked
Tibbs, watching hin
"Nothing!" frOwncd Tommy, going
on with his breakfast unconcerned.
where did you leave your boots"
asked Tommy's mother, II saw YOU
had your old shoes on last night"
"Oh, somewhere mumhled Tommy.
u guess he put them in a safe place.
Probably they are stir. heing new" e.
piled Tominv's father But YOU can't
30 out in them to-day. Tommy. You've
got a cold now, and it's showing fast"
Tommy looked up in CONSERVATION.
"All day.
"Ycs, all day. if it SHOWS all day.
There will be plenty to do in the
house. Mother has jellics and cakes to
make to take over to grandma's to-
morrow
Tommy's appetite for breakfast was
gone. lie managed to finish his piece
of corn bread, but refused another. and
presently he crept silently from the ia
BE and up the stairs to the nursery.
He's gone to look at his 'Thanksgiv-
ing Boots as he calls them, ]
shouldn wonder
Tibbs laughed, in the wisdom of ten
years old, helping mother to clear the
table in the great process of cake-nak-
ing, Tommy shut the nursery door,
his small chair. He leaned his head on
his small chair. He leandehis head on
his hand, and the deep waters of atf1ic-
ton came up and overwhelmed him.
Where We're those boots: 1t was Il
grave. an awful question Casting
about in his small, troubled mind,
Tommy was unable to answer it. He
remembered taking them off in the
barn and putting them under the hay.
He remembered taking them off in the
chicken house. He thought that time
he had put them in the cat bin. And it
seemed to him rs if. somehow, he took
them off somewhere else. But he
couldn't tell. Where were they? Tom
my looked up ut the fast-falling snow.
He looked out ut the thickly-covcrC1
garden, and the pasture, far beyond.
he could see the woods. back of that.
Who could say where those boots We're?
Would they be all spoiled if they were
out in the snow? Tommy was not
afraid of the SNOW for himself. He
liked it. He could stand any amount
Of it. But how about those Thanks
giyi ing boots?
Tommy would have cried, but he
was six years Old, and he felt. besides.
that this was too deep a matter fer
tears-not like a bumped head or an
insult from Tibhs. And more than that
- lost
those - DISQUALIFICATION
-thcm-aglin TGmmy nodded his
head gravcly at this thought, then he
Eeaved Il deep sigh. Then Il more
cheerful notion came to him.
"Praps | did leave them somewhere
i'll the house" he said to himself. Upon
this idea he made Il careful search of
the nursery and bedrooms. ard at in
tervals through the day of the WhO'e
house, ever to the cellar and tit" china
closets. TiHh'S doll house and his
mothers work basket. His mXiety and
worry deepcncd at each d~iSappoint-
ment, but he kept Il stout heart. Lit
tie TrotterS. his dog, walked Grayely
and faithfully after him, and he had
faith enough to believe those boots
would turn up somewhere. But they
didn't. The family iOked Tone about
their non-appearapce ii! day, but his
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
To Remain In Rome.

Chicago, Nov. 2S. Bishop J. J..
keane, late of Washington university.
passed through this city to-day on his
way to the East. He will within a
short time sail for Rome, where he
will become "A member of the Roman
propaganda. 1t is said that some
time since the Vatican gave TO Bishop
keanc the choice as to whether he
would prefer to remain a member of
the American hierarchy or to come to
Rome, it being understood that no
matter which he might choose, he was
to be made an archbishop. Bishop
keane, after some deliberation, chose
TO become a member of the Roman
propaganda, and so informed Pope
Leo. The information was sent to
him from Rome at once that his choice
was entirely agreeable to the Vatican
and he was assured that his appoint
mcnt as archbishop would follow his
arrival i'll Rome;
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
First Use of aninine.

DR.. Maillot, whose statue Gen. Billit,
the French minister of war, will soon
unveil at Briery, was the first surgeon
to employ quinine in the French army.
He made his experiments with the
drug in Algiers. His greatest diff
Guilty was to overcome the repugnance
that fever patients felt for it. A sur
geon who was attached to the staff of
DIR. Maillot in Bone, relates that once
a soldier who appeared to be in the
last stages of marsh fever, begged of
the nurse, with tears in his eyes to
take away the glitter POWDER which
he was sure was poison. DIR. Maillot
dissolved the quinine in a glass of wa
ter. you fool" he said, will you
take a drink with me?" and he swal-
lowed half a tumblerful. The soldier,
convinced that everything was all
right, then drained the glass.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22

Some years ago the late Roddy Ow-
en- was at Aldershot, and offered to
back himself to make a horse he was
riding jump a straw. Everyone
laughed, and though his fondness for
horses was well known, none believed
that he could accomplish the feat. A
long straw was brought and laid on
the ground. Owen proceeded to blind
fold the horse, and rode him at the
mark, which the animal cleared with
a bound that would have settled a
tive-barred gate. When he returned to
collect the bets all the sportsmen had
vanished.-Army and Navy Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
TRULY A VASE CHILD.
4 Little Baltimore Maiden \

A Little Baltimore laden who
Knew Her m In Boomers.
1t Is a wise child who can recognize
it's own mother these days, at least I'M
der some circumstances.
I was sitting at the base Of the tower
in the park last Tuesday and wit
messed the little incident that con-
vinced me that it Is not always the
father the child is uncertain about.
Near me sat a French nurse, and in
her care was a beautiful little FIVE
year-old girl.
From their conversation 1 gathered
that mamma" was expected every
moment, and anxious glanceS were be-
ing cast toward the Mount Royal drive
way.
The young matron had been taking
lessons on the bicycle at the school,
and to-day was to mark her debut in
public.
Directly a vision Of loveliness round
ed the curve and wheeled toward III.
The costume was the most "chic'
imaginable. The short skirt reached
but a little below the knee; the Elton
jacket disclosed a pink waist beneath;
a jaunty little cap Surmounted golden
brown locks, and had the pretty limbs
covered with golf stockings and dainty
boots been observed on Baltimore
street-well, business would have sus-
| pended.
The sweet face wore an expression
Of pr ide and triumph as the rider
paused and dismounted before ncr
waiting ones.
The child gazed upon her in wide.
eyed puzzlement and drew closer to her
nurse. Then she looked even more in
tently and said:
"Why, mamma, it is you, isn't 1T
Do you know, l didn't know YOU
| Baltimore Telegram.
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'ather was too occupied and his mothe
90 distracted in jelly making an
ribbs too elated by the coming sleigh
ride to insist upon knowing exactly
his reasons for not wearing them un
Ill tomorrow. IN fact, when his moth
II had perceived that he was to b.
lb0ut the house all day, she had said
Sternly' Tommy. don't take those
boots out of the closet to-day. | cant
stand the noise" And Tommy had an
swered meekly. NO. ma'am."
His conscience reprOached him for
hat fb when he said his prayers that
night.
well. | believe | did leave them in
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22

List of patents issued last week to
Northwestern inv entors:
John c. Barber, st. Paul, Mimi, car
truck; George H.. Herbert, Anaconda,
Mont, strainer for air-brake hose
couplings; Alva Hunt, st. Paul, Mimi,
automatic grain-mcasuring apparatus;
Leslie G. Lane, Minneapolis, MINI.
seal for bottles; Francis McTaggart,
Iroquois, s. D., car coupling; Arthur
e. Peck, Minneapolis, Mimi, bicycle
saddle; Henry F. S%paulding, Canasto-
ia, S. D., grain bundle stacker; Charles
T.. Travis, Minneapolis, Mimi, design
bicycle brace or fork.
7. D. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, 80
Pioneer Press Building, st. Paul, MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
HOME.
The President Will Reside Perm
nentIX in Princefnn


Princeton, n. j., Nov. 2S.-Rumors
have been current here for some few
days concerning President Cleveland's
intention of making his permanent
home at Princeton. Nothing definite
could be learned until to-day, when
Prof. Andrew West returned from
Washington, after having an interview
with the president. Prof. West gave
put the following statement for pub
lication:
President Cleveland has to-day pur-
chased the residence of Mrs. w. J..
Slidell, on Bayard avenue, in Prince
ton, and will make Princeton his per-
manent home soon after the eypira-
ton of his term as president. Nego-
tiations looking to this end have been
i'll progress about three weeks and
were contaminated to-day by the pur-
chase of the property"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22

Paducah, Ky, Nov. 2S. 49, A severe
storm swept over Westcr1' Kentucky
last night. Wires are down and all
roads are choked by fallen trees. One
house was destroyed at Fulton. and
considerable damage was done there.
Along the line of the Illinois Central,
in Southern Illinois scme damage was
done. A man and child are missing
at Kuttawa. in this state. 1t is be-
lieved that they We're blown into the
Cumberland river and drowned.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22

A case which has attracted cons d. T. ible atten-
+ion among the medi al fraternity OF st. Paul is
that OF Mrs. Daniel Muller. 1t SCI V ~ to illus
trate the fact that there is n right and n WI On ;
way OF doing things. Briefly stated, Mrs. Null
Zen, afflicted with. n double cataract, causing to
tal blindness, 81 omitted to an operation by n
well known specialist which resulted in tn, de-
OF one eye. Not caring to lose the re-
II aiming one she applied to the st Paul Eye and
that she can now read. sew and attend to her
duties without discomfort. 1t is cases
of TIL kind that inspire confidence and are fast
making this institution one OF the most fame Gus
in tine country.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
1t Sounds Cruel.

How I would love- said the eldest
and much the heaviest of the Snigsby
girls, ito sit on yolder snowy cloud
and float across the azure empyrean.
Wouldn't it be a daring experience to
ride on a cloud?"
"Yes," said young Mr.. Mallow, as he
looked at the cloud in question, "but
I'm sure you'd go through it all right"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-22
GladnesS Comes

With a better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant Efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that 80 many forms OF
sickness are not due to any actual dis.
ease, but simply to a constipatedcondi.
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, andis
everywhere esteemed SO highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene'
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti.
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali.
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health.
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. II
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
Jne .hould have the best, and with the
wel.-informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.