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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-23
RAILROADS..
PENNSYLVANIA


STATIONS foot CT Vest Twenty -,hird street I'D
Desugosses ana Cortanut streets. c.,,.na,
Streets minutes than that given oeio" i''
80 NJ FAST MHIipallman Buffet p Pa .bSFs cs 10
e GsS YORK No TO cdat issu q r slsiSHs 'a'
81" NJ FAST j Spa f6yef Panan
Compartment sleeping. DINING. smoking. ana ana Sncn-
ZION ZION Cars. tor cheagc C!eyeand. loedo N'"'''
1.5O T.. NJ. CHICAGO AND 81. LOUIS EMPRESS
$50 T.'I H. E H49"! f4so Cleveland
40 1 e ~ re- sou except
7 s1s cncnq PHt ET9c' s. Fq' rsours and
Shieaso Connects for GIeye4ad except SSIudag; ue,
Sleeping Car TeW YORK Altoona Liberty Pits
Oufs ,sn ia a hN iS'T Til i9H soTT
80. $50. o 20 90 Dining carp, 1880 m. 100 i.So
40 D3Ss ciij 40 dining car $50 p M Il Is
night sunday 20 92C io2Q a. M 32 % CS %,fpng
SOC G tS 'RHt G 40 p M y o. nsq! o, night
AiLHNTIc COAST LINE-Exy:ess. go a. m. and $50
G6E XIII %& o5q9 NSnRoik da y
week 44ys and 4SP m d3 .Iy sov, ,o.,nro,,s,
and coraait Streets 10 p. Through Buffet Par
Tor Or, car and Combined Coach ,,.,.o.... 49,,
Ld4s haash As5% gns5laSop sqnasys Ocean g;
street staton $50. 80 a. M, $50. 40 lilo p m
corandt s72cSts) 80 a. M l2io $40 BIO lilo
, m, 'u"ai F$6lS S' Pm:i ~ ~
$40, 40. 80, 70 SO p20 go beAna Idmts9 s5o
~ 2g t2o t %p I& a 30 @5 Dining ca $50 Sbans
SEQ So $50 2 5 $S L lIi $50 ic5 M s6
2nIE n a G $ 10 os m o5 90 ns If"S carr
T'f S ofices N t 81 49, 'i55 1898 H. and 2el
a:a'iH; and stations toot pce-ot.es Cortland
1ay' and B,oosyn H6nry station Brooklyn; station
J G and c Tx w YT front o and
through h iGI1,1 i2 ar.ta91on' = p WOOD
- " " General Nqrar,r General Passr Agent
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A ADVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions for The Tribune
"A received at their Uptown Oace No l,2i2 Broadway
north Of 3ls-st.. until o'clock =. m; advertise
mats received at the following branch Offices regular
Office rates until o'clock p M VIZ: pa sth-ave.,
23d- ST. 1872 Gth-aye, l2th-s NRcy's 9th ave
and I4h-st: l42 Columbus-aye.. West bG-st; 100
West 42d-st rear Gth-ave OF East 1ith-st. 257 West
52dst between Ith and SIN ayes 1850 East i7hst 1888
6is-st.; 110S ist-ave s9th-st: $50 ad-ave
Ils-st @i 3d-ave: 30 Beecker-st 32J Blocker
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Anthncte coal useu eAclis'.eV
Stallion, Sft s'"n' SewcYorS foot q Liberty ST
Trains s.1 .s %ai'; fS? d ' Issry St
a.! 80 ~ 80 4 Il d?c9 ii Ea';op,; LILO
p H. Sundays .3o q 90 to Eas'On' A. NJ. 100. 90"
%a.'s,FF. Fns,on, and ss 5 oslo A. NJ
'o E:a5a 2 &5 YS 2 3 ~ 'q p IS R nss
s sax t.o 30 i Is; 70 SeidHsj a NJ TOO 200. $50
600 y ZIP aish ,-v ~, Williamson, a, .so 500
oc sHa'-i id ' i5 5c' 5oo pG saSda .sc A. H.
wv = ~ ALL RAIL ROUTE.
FOR LONG HEA l f.. OCEAN ; GROVE: &C. oc.,,
Ssa@ 15 ss 5 3:
Iate[akca 9r Asou,y Iar1 ard Ocean Grove. 600
no''' Red fanN I't,l i LA Ak
op 40 p e. l sGaaay. No ''o '' SATURDAYS
T%%' nye 6a,seSp' s F15s and ,o n9rnssa 49,
For Atlantic Oi;y. vlneland and Britgeton. 40 A. NJ
.i For Monmouth Reach s.nsrht sna Highland; Ct
S say '' sar $50 80 80 y 'aS ~ '' $50
ROYAL BLUE LINE.
FOR ihiLAp-Af"IAii xt fi,rt .A.oNE' AND WASH
Wee, s., FFs on t soS Of io F' n g. D.nns Can
NJ 200 $40 60, Dnne cap, 900 r. NJ; RS p mSs
Sg@S' B,a ,'2 "S no Il I9s nat t' Rao9a train.
%iOG phHia4cp6a. Week da1s 600 A. NJ 3o 500 49,
1880 800 SoATs s2}!oSi sIs i T. !tSaS >,
1000 %s' ~ r. ,oas TO-. so !iss NJ i22S i2sS
Sc -5 siS 3s: S3; 9 49, ? 9SS IS IS
e:io -. ioas 40 P ~. j: rs mdt SUNDAYS. 100
S5s 40, ~ 5,2s. 400 $50 i'2'. s20 go a01.
70 - p. NJ. i::i5 mdt ...,. -, 10, =, ,n.-,v G,
w5ss s.! !i ;'5 ri ''?, a$sS e.
a5 ~ A. 81 Est caa h s l hy ES New ' T6s ST.
Court St. 500 r@o s., To..Iyn o. sS RrIad aC VIII
check baggage from hotels or residences 70 destination
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Citn 6otels.
4 ADVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions for I'll.

A ADVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions for The Tribune
~ received their Uptown Once. No. 242 Broadway
door north 3lst-s. until O'Clock p M. adysrtise-
received following branch Offices regular
o!cc rates until o'clock viz 254 shave, q.
COZ. 23d-st. 52 6th-ave cor. l2hst: Macys 6th-a
lfth-st; l42 Columbus-aVe. West G6thst:
West <2d-s, 6th-aye; OF Eas, 14th-st 257 West
i2ds. between 9Th and sth 159 East ATHEIST 33s
Sd ave-. between 10th and nth SITS. 3d-ave
6lst-st 7os lst-ave near saths..: ESQ sd-ave
Iist-st bA 3d-aye; 2i0 Beecker-st 500 Bleecker
2c0s 3d-ave 240 East 7sth-s 1921 3daye GEE 3dsve
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BALTIMORE e. OHIO

foct Of Liberty Street.
CHICAGO $50 M - o. p. AMI 'l2.lo night.
TirTSBURG =. 80 a m IS a p m. g. % p m. 'i2 is
nisht. @ 20 a m. Liberty 81 ONLY,
WARRINGTON BALTIMORE. t7.S5. 1000 Dnsr,
.ii ~ a CDin.D. 900 (Diner. 1928 (Diner). %oo
Qlinrr. .56S . m. and 'i2l3 night
%OHFOi.K. fil80 a m.
NEW ORLEANS Through s.ep.r), f325, u % .. m.
All train, Illuminated with PntSrh Light
Offce.: iis ia ?6l. 43i lt0 Bdway 81 Z. it,h-s..
i?7 Bowcry y. y $50. Si4 Fulton at, BrooNyn: White
hal Terminal Baggage checked from hoe! residence
70 destination
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Dnbllc Monies.


OFFICE or COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC
" WORKS so. 10 NASSAU STREET y. Y.-Ar-
TESTfOE or CONTRA CTOKS. MANtFACTURERS OF
sTRI'C -rt'RAi. IEOS. BRIDGE BUILDERS and others
-. con con.tr,ef'cn Of a sTEEi. VfADUCr AND AP-
PROACHEs over upon 18th Avenue. frQm near lZth
Street T. l55ua Street IA the city 81 N~w fork
CHARLES II. 7 COILS
c,-,rufseIfuer os Public Works
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LEHlGH VALLEY SYSTEM

stations Of West 23d S. Penn r. RI. cortlands
'Inacates time West 23d ST. Other figures show
time from Cortlandt or De5br'res 81
'G;IO. 6:tO \. ". daily SUNDAY 'c45. A NJ for
go s!i s G NJ daiy 5T wirXEsBARRE scRAN
1oN week day. EtMIA Teek d,ys iTEAcA
and the wcet ana principal local points dining and
chair car to Ir~alo
III; $50. I2:0o noon daily except Sunday
"BLACKDiAMOND EXPRESS"
arrives Buffalo 9:55 p. NJ Pullman vestibule Day
carte. Connects at Buffalo with through sleepers to
'i2:2O i2;iO p NJ daily. -.cep, Sunday. for MAUCH
CHUNK and Intermediate points
1880. 1915 =. ~. sundays only for EASToN.
MA CF ~ Xxx ana The coal hranche, -
nthR r'irfrTsToN ScRANT6S and pFncipai intsAme-
date stat, Connects FOR all points In coal regions
$3.50. i,Io " daily. ex,ep. sunday. tor WILKES
BARE "a T ard PT the Ssa T.s5n.
p GStr B, Parlor Car to wkessarre 'O4'
.a.5o. 4.2o p II daily except sunday for MAUcH
CHUNK and Intermediate stations Chair car TO Beth
- so 5n5 p NJ. daily for EAsToN and Intermediate
.G,5o 700 r ~ daily FOR BUFFALO NIAGARA
FALLS and all points West. Pullman sleeper vestibuls
train y 7 chicago. sleeper 10 l}lnllo and Toronto.
$50 $50 s. 4ay except SUNDAY si2PR p, only
e. ro'cHEasfI:R BATAVIA BuEFALo ana ToRoN
" $50 900 4,p'I II ds q; WIEEsRARRE ITH
Falls "a All point, w. PgImap sleGp.r 20 Isb1sS
s 40 500 o.sG 5000 1870 (sundays only A. ~.
% 30 go All 80 20. $40 NJ g. ~, -,
g. g. -. q nor i' 70 500 Fultor ST. cour, ST. ss
transfer Co. viii cali f5r and check baggage from
hotel or residence through to destination.
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title n, N. vosk and ~. nam. q ~ bidder tn,
DORIS. ,hereon will 10 received by the department. o.
Public Parks al Ar@anAl Building. sixty iouith
srcet ana Fiith avenue Central Park Until 200 O'clock
y M OF Monday. December 81 1891 for tho following
Foh RfG,1ArINo. GRApING. IRAITIXG A A.
FROM THE VAN CONTLANDT MANSION FOR
CDf DNrAT. . ARDI.S ~ VAN CORrLANIT PARK
ron THE IMPROVEMENT or PARK Boz NDED
SEVENTH AVENUE. RIVER STREET AND MA
CONIrS DAM ROAD. ~ TUD CITY OF NEW YORK..
FOR CONSTRUCTING 4 ROtpWAl AND AFfO 4
TT.%ANCEs ~ TtiIIAM BAY PARK. extending tho
rAstern boulevard. IN the Cty ot New York ~
TOR THE IMPROVEMENT or HANCOCK PARK:
pnf, NpFD TY AVENUE 81. NICHOLAS. MANHATTAN
STREET MASHATTAN AVENUE AID ONB Hun
DRIED AED TWENTY THIRD STREET. IN THE CITY
ron Drastic AND BRONZE WORK FOR Rail-
ING AROUND HANCOCK SQUARE. one Hundred and
Twcrty- MID and 81 Nicholas avenue. New York
'T6R PrPAvIHG WALKS WITH ROCK ASPHALT
ptPAnfST PARK ~ TIE CITY or NEW YORK.
ron FiRNISHISG AND DELlN ERlNG MOLD OR
TOP sOfi. WHERE REQUIRED ON ST. JOHNS PARK
IL THE STSTIf WARD OF THE CITY OF NiW YORK.
TI.NANCEs FROM THD HARLEM RIVER pRIyE-
WAY 10 ROAD HOUSE OPPOSITE ONE HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY FIFTH STElEf. IN THE TWELFTH
WARD ~ THE CITY or SLW YORK.
FoE RI5iI'I.ArING. GRADING AND CONSTRUCTING
VIE NiDMnpnnoovfiNG THE sPiYTEN DrYVIL Park
WAY From THE y Y, g & II II; r. TO hRoAp-
WAY IN THE TWENTY FOURTH WARD OF THE
'l Won VI THE IMrR0vEMENT OF THE PARK AT
If6I?t,roT SHEHirF STANTON. PITT AND wIII.ET
STREETS ~ THE ELEVENTH WARD OF THE CITY
YORK.
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A ADVERTISEMENTS and subser ptions for The Tribune
"A received at their Uptown once No LAP Broadway
I'd door north Of 3lss until O'Clock advertise
received at tie following branch Office at regular
until o'clock viz; 254 bth-aYe.,
cor 28d-s: 1872 6th-ave cor. l2th-s Mays. eth-ave
and i4thst: COlumbus&ve.. West Goth lO8
West 42d-st near Gth-eye e2 East i4ih-s, 257 West
aga Tth and Sth aYes l59 East 47hst: 1893
8d-ave between 7eh and nth SITS: 1929 8dsve..
6ls,-s los lst-ave s9h St; $50 81 ave-, near
4i.t-st b4 8d-avs; 2l0 Blocker St. 1925 Plescker-
2qs st-ave 2i0 East 19th-At 92I 3dave G62 81
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RruLDIN0 PLANS FILED.

p,,,. ,o- NEW luldlnge and alterations hav'
oled a. the Department Of Buildings as follows:
New buildings. main office; 49,, .-o,.
,oc,ba, No 256 West. for 2 onestory rIaine
store. o5x35 " II Cromwell. owner; Hiram
Fox No IS Park Row, architect. '''.'''''''
Alterations main Office: .,..
ssth-st n $ 40 II q. 10th-ave. TO three-
story brick cold storage house; Mount vernon
Ccne,lldated Brewing Company, owner; FREQ
er!ck wunder. No 90 Broadway BROOKLYN
architect ., :; ~ Gistet 10 tour story
h~ick cold s;orage house; Jacob RUPERT owner
Juills Kastner No IA Broadway. arohitect.,.
es~ave No Ola 70 Ave story brick teaeinen,
y Fps,e!n No 2l8 East 6lst-st. owner; q HON
man architect .:..''.' '..''''''''
No plans al branch oN'ce
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STOCKS DULL AND HIGHER
MONEY MARKET FIRM
FOREIGN EXCHANGE wEAK-BoNps AVN
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE pEcrMerr ..
DEALINGS IN BONDS AND BANK srocxs Il
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.-The follow


ine proposals for work to be done in the Depart
Public Charities: Prop sails material and
work required Tor Receiving and Ferry House TO I've erected
city Hospital landing Bac6wers Island. Proposals
materials and work required flooring and steel
ceilings City Hospital. Bnckwes Island. Proposals
for materials and work required FOR addition General
Drug Department to be erected grounds Of Bellevue
Hospital
Tor further particulars see City Record.
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6nbnrban Real Gsiate.

~>>NNNNNNNN>N~NooSNNNNN
GENCY-Mon,clair real estate all kir6s rent
"A CLARENCE r. TUBBS 8 Beekman-st. New York
A DVEPTISEMF;NT6 subscriptions for The Tribune
"A received their Uptown Office. No. PAP Broad way
"a door north OF 3ltst. until o'clock D. ADVERTISE
received az the following branch regular
once rates Until O'clock p m. VIZ; 254 S,k-ays.
@. e. 23d-st.: l52 6th-ave. l2th-st Macy's
ethave and I4th-st.: 142 Columbus Goth
Ct: 100 West 42d-st. near 6th-ave. % East 14thst
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A., vi, .yepue A. n corner 75th-s 5Ox9s. o, M
ss m9F'f% G loa. h%csr 5os. 81 mort
Of 2dave and adjacent io' years Y $4,000
si cages 20 same Avenue and 'Stn. 5000
,s 8 2SH'f ia Z ES to wqsqs east
Of iSt IS tGOre) map village OF ""Hen 900
ocy ana Doe o5 Ls aSoS Dc 9Sn
a I 70 aa SG 5S pa1s po a%
prisers sm Tr the Mgg Gao sh e 1. 5000
nss%5 fs y I.a1 iS 5' gssr. .: $500 500
S S9i1bsr3el Albert to Edward N BurFharo' 40 1900
G7s Es' bpSdM ana Hiexandcf Grant to oscar
Coles [T2ales,c;bcsr-aye year morsaSes, Zi'o0
Rowagen. Louis P, to Ge.rfe ,rgtS 10 c' and
Same and wife to Herman WFonNo"' ...,.r 1000
55'S al TO %s IssGs c?oP Gs
Rfi5s c "a f to e B Eii5o% s 1850
sam, to LOUIS With. s li'th-st 20 II Oh @7,o
Rd RaeevfIat S { ,s iea Molq5y ism 1920
e. 90 II " Of Morre-ave. : years.
Bstae r'' Lotto to Lewis COON same property 1000
p yf r.cboa David to kari Waiach e Ave 1000
nue. A. % Of 10Th st. o, y year, .. 9a-aye
Same to same. 7oh-s' 2'o IT g o. 1n,@'. 1900
so Tcas Iaat.is G. % waiter II sloane 1900
sc5w hs; ge John to Albert ROtherel No a7,o
esq East l4Sih-s- 70 Thomas Lyman.
Sullivan. Mary J. to Christian pshI; oa no ' 100
sohii Edward A. to Marie Eioher Iil'any 1000
Won Katiengcl Emmy to tbs Gusrafe Car no $4,000
WOOD Virginia Eliza ZGTl ct a. A. 900
wallace Thomas and Maria ,c 70 care 1000
Wessenhorn Mathnde =. - EmanveI !Iaui1"e ON
lots IA ard 175 map Of UndercliN Terrace %4'h ZOO
UevIer Adoirh 10 Andrew BrcmIner end en-
other trustees &C. l'o'h-'', 40 II 1920
Same to Levi. Coon. l4oih-St 80 II y. 1000
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
~yny-D ku'IE\TIDN t. cailad IN tha

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
YOUR ATTENTION Is called TO the adver-
i tsements running in tho CITY Record for
bids on steam heating Bellevue Hospital
Home at Blnckwels Island also for four Paylons
al Infants Hospital Randalrs Island
NOTICH.-Estimates for extending Piers new
AZ 20 and 81 ". r. near foot of Chambers and Duane
Streets will lie received by Department
Docks, Pier a." Battery race until II 80 A. NJ De-
cembei 30 1897 For particulars see City Record.
NOTIOE.-Estlmates for repairing and extend
~ Ing pier foot 10th Street. North River Con-
tract 8i4 will received by Department OF Docks Pier
"a" Battery Place. until 1i.30 A. n. January g. 1898
For particulars city Record.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.-Th follow
ing proposals. work to be done In tho Depart
OF Public Charities: Proposals for materials and
required and brick buildings together
apparatus for the destruction OF garbage. Backwers
Island Proposals for materials and work required for
furnishing and erecting tables at Aims House Barracks
Backwers Island Proposals for materials and work
required floor Of hrcprool
kitchen. Randalrs Island. Proposals for materials and
work required for erecting Central stables
sixth Street between Second and Third Avenues. Pro
pOsals materials and work required additions
alterations buildings for reception OF insane Bellevue
Hospital Proposals for materials and work required FOR
repairs ard alterations t. Harlem Hospital.
For farther particulars city Record.
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Countrn 1)roprrtp 20 Get.


A LARGE FARM. consisting Of meadows and upland.
a favorable terms, TO responsible party
Address RAMAPO MFG. CO.. Rainapo. Rockland, Co..
N. Y.
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6orses an0 Cartridges.

SHETLAND PoNIEs.-ioo hend hand. Suitable for
- Xmas presents. Also Scotch collie dogs.
W. j. SAMPSON. Youngstown. Ohio
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THE GENERAL LIST.
RAILROAD STOCKS.

Actual sa.es-l-Ciosine-ls Shares
Open High Low. Fin. Bid Ask sold
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CENTRAL RAILROAD Of NEW JERSEY.

Anth aclte coal used exclusively.
-Four Tracks. Automatic Block signals.
Stations n New-York foot Of Liberty St.
and whitehall Terminal.
Trains ieave foot OF Liberty 81.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08
HISTORICAL.

The game of whist has. been traced
by curious inquirers to, that of triumph
or triumph. or trump, which was ex-
tensively played, in the early days of
the sixteenth century.
Between the years 1855 and 1850
about eighteen hundred army horns
were used in the English and American
armies engaged with the French, and
probably the same number existed in
the American army during the Revo-
luton. Each horn used in the CONT
mental army was marked with the in
itials or name of the soldier who car
ried it. The, spirit of the times is
shown by the sentiments engraved
on the horns, and daily read by the
owner and his companions, such as
these: Liberty or Death; In Defense
of Liberty; My Liberty I'll Have or
My Death; Liberty, no Slavery;
Death before Dishonor; Now Is the
time, We hearts Of oak, To give our
foes a fatal stroke. Horns were last
used in the war with Mexico in 1913.
After that they rapidly disappeared.
Many were shortened to make them
more convenient for hunting purposes;
some of them were cleaned, the val
liable records and e~ngravings upon
them being scraped off and thus lost.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08
MORE OR LESS HUMOROUS.

ooh, Jack! Charlie came to see me
last night. He. was horribly intoxi-
cated!' "AW-er-er-was l with
him ?"-Truth.
She: why you foolish boy, if
married you you wouldn't be able ever
to dress me-" He: "Well-er-couldn't
| learn ?'-Brooklyn Life.
In the cafe: "You known Brown
What Brown" &c. de Courcey Van
Rensselaer, Brown" "Yesh; wha's
his ame?'-New York Sun. ..
Tommy-Paw, was there any fire
works in the days of the bible? Mr.
Flgg--No-unless you count David. He
was a pretty good giant cracker at one
tlme.-lndianapolis Journal.
Hubby, what in the deuce did you
mean by letting that note l Endorsed
for you. gotto protest?" why, MA
there was no other way unless l paid
the. thing."=--Detroit Free Press.
Magistrate-Do you mean to say
such a physical wreck as he is gave
you that black eye? Complaining wife
-Shure, yer honor, he wasn't a phys
zeal wreck till after he give ME tn
black eye.-Puck.
BoDDy-Ma, you said that I wasn't tc
eat that piece of cake in the pantry.
because it would. make me sick. Moth
er-Yes, Bobby Bobby (convincingly)
But, ma, it hasn't made me SICK
Answers.
You are aver 40; why don't you
marry?' Because l do not care to
marry an elderly woman, while a
young girl would be foolish to marry
me, and do not al to marry a fool
lsh girl."-Fliegende Blaetter.
Merchant-Whdt position do you de-
sire in ou establishment, sir? College
graduate-Oh, something like confiden-
tial adviser OF general manager, Mer;
chant-Good! You may have both Jobs,
l will make you an office b~oy.-Judge.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08

1.-The best oyster experts that l know
Of" said the captain of an oyster boat,
Judge an oyster by the smell instead
OF by the taste, There is something
about the smell of an oyster that indi-
Gates its condition to me much palmer
than does the taste. People buy them
and eat them probably on account of
their taste. So, also, do they buy tea,
coffee and the various grades of whis-
key and brandy for their taste, but ali
experts on those things pass upon them
entirely by their smell. The profess
sional tea faster or whiskey faster. so
called, never tastes them, but simply
arrives at their taste by their peculi-
arities of flavor, or, to speak plainly,
smell.
Il can tell what price a load of oys-
ters will be rated at when they arrive
at the wharf here by opening up the
hold of the boat and smelling. In
eight cases out of ten l am right, 1t
strikes the oysterman as strange when
they see persons going about from boat
TO boat, as they lie at the wharf, tast-
ing oysters before they conclude to buy.
Taste is all right, but if they don't
smell right they will never taste
right"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08
ISAAC B. ALLEN.

elected. Every year after that saw him
hustling for some candidate of his own
color, and in several cases these candi-
dates We're successful, At st. Louis he
worked among the southern negro dele
gates and helped swing a good many
of them to gold. In the caucuses held
this fall by the republicans Mr.. Allen
was defeated in his ward for the nomi-
nation to the house. Without sulking
over his defeat he went in for the nom
ination to the governors council, be-
lieving that no one else wanted it, Nc
one else did, excepting the man on the
other side, and Mr.. %Sullivan's friends
thought he had such q dead sure thing
that no attention was paid to his inter
ests. Cd coon won't cut any ice," said
Mr.. S%ullivan's henchmen, and it was LET
go at that. They could not be blamed
much for thinking so. The district had
always been democratic, and the near
est the republicans had ever come to
carrying it was two years ago, when
the democratic party of 5000 was re-
duced to 1000 by A. B. baltimore, a
negro, who had been pulled into poll
tics and doomed by Mr.. Allen. Last
year Sullivan carried the district by
5000.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08

The French government has lust had
occasion to appoint a commission to
inquire into the grievances of the cats
in it's employ. Their report is an
amusing exhibition of official stupidity
and will rouse a righteous Indignation
in the bosom of all friends of the use
full mouser.
1t appears that cats are kept in
some of the French military maya
lines to keep down the surplus popu-
lation of rats and mice. Their food
is regulated by ministerial decree ar
cording to circumstances and at pres-
ent there is a regulation in force all
thorizing an expenditure of 2B CEN
times per cat per diem. But this does
not seem enough, as the unfortunate
governmental cats have grown ex-
tremely thin, so at last the ministry
appointed specialists to inquire into
the matter, These have gravely re-
ported that the cats of the army are
very slow to accustom themselves to
the diet prescribed by the government
circular. Thus they seldom eat bread
and never lap up greasy water unless
actually driven thereto by pangs af
hunger, so that they are dying off or
else abandoning the military maya
zines."-New York Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-08
"BANG" GOES

This sot from Red Dog-which Red
Dog its'f is about as low-fung a bunch
of criminals as ever was rounded up
an called a -camp-but as I'm sayin',
this totterin' inebriate l mentions,
comes stragglin' up more or less per-
miscus an vague, an, without sayin' a
| word or maxim a. sign, or even shak-
in a bush, stands about the length of
a lariat away an stares at Toothpick;
battin' an blinkin' his eyes mighty
m%alevolent.
1T amt no time when this we're
bluff on the part of the drinkin' Red
| been %pirootin' round among us where
| we're standin', an is at that time men
tionin' drinks as a good thing to get
to Dave Tut.
"'Who be you all admirin' now?'
asks T%oothpick of the Red Dog party,
who's glarin' towards him. At the
same time ! notes the lights begin to
dance in ~Toothpick's eyes, an ! sees
with that impulsive sperit of his he's
due to keep dead abreast Of any process
sion that starts.
THE Red Dog gent don't make no re-
tort, but stands thar with his eyes pick
eted on Toothpick like he's found his
prey. Toothpick is fidgitin' on his
feet with his thumbs stuck in his belt,
which is a bad symptom as it leaves
his artillery easy to reach.
1T strikes me at the time it's even
money thar's goin' to be some shootin'.
l don't know why none. But that's
common about shootin's when two
times in three nobody ever does know
why.
Il reckon now it's Toothpick's fidget.
in that away makes me suspicious he's
on the brink Of rousin' the OCCASION
with his siX-shooter. Now if he was
cool an clammy it would never come
to me that away: cause a cool gent
never pulls the first gun, leastwise
when the preteXt is frivolous an don't
come under the head of business.
"'Well,' says Toothpick agin', what
ever be you all gloatin' over, l asks?
Or mebby you're thinkin' of 'doptin'
me as a brother or somethin',' says
Toothpick.
Still the party from Red Dog don't
say nothin'. AS Toothpick ceases,
however, he makes a move which is
reasonable quick for his hip. He's got
on a long coat, an while no gent can
see, thar's none of us has doubts but
he is fully dressed that away an that
he's searchin' out his Colts.
That's what T%oothpick figures, an