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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Stolen Bricks.

A lawyer had gained the unenviable
reputation of excessive sharpness.
Next door to him lived a retired sea-
captain, not so sharp as his legal
neighbor, perhaps, but pretty wide
awake, nevertheless. The two men had
for some time been enemies. So says
an exchange. One very windy night
the lawyer was reading a book in his
study when a terrific crash upstairs
startled him. Upon investigation, he
found that the captains chimney had
blown down and had done consider
able damage to his-the lawyers
roof. fastening down to his library,
he pulled out his law-books and hunted
up similar cases, devising and schem-
ink how he could secure satisfaction
from the captain. While thus engaged
a note arrived from his enemy that
read as follows:'
Sir: If you don't return those
bricks at once, | will put the matter
in the hands OF my lawyer"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

that only his two shining blue eyes
and his freckled pug nose were visible
a. the little opening in the door OF the
room in which / sat. A ragged cap
rested lightly on the back of his curly
red head. Eight dirty little fingers
clutched at the shelf in front of the
window, and l knew that Patsy was
standing on his tiptoes.
Affairs had been going wrong all the
morning in the bureau, and l felt a
little cross, but no n could feel cross
long in the light Of Patsy's laughing
eyes, so / said pleasantly:
well what do you want, little fell
love-"
"Is it here We give things?" he said.
Eyes, we do have things to give
away sometimes. What do you want?"
well, / do be wantin' more thin
yell be givin' away" he replied, with
his eyes twinkling. "I want all thin
Vanderbilts has, but if We cauld lave
me have a pair of breeches the day, sor,
mebbe 1 could wait a bit for the rist.'
vi opened the door and told him to
come in. He did so without any sign
of embarrassment, and yet his manner
was not bold. His need of the "bree-
ches' was evident. Those he had on
were nothing but rags and patches. His
stockings had holes in them, and his
shoes were on the point of dissolution.
Where do you live?"
I'm Finney's coor-r-t, sor."
I knew the locality. Only the poor
est of the poor live there.
What is your name?"
PATSY Noonan."
Have you a father?"
Eyes, sor."
Is he at work."
HE is, sor-on the Islam"
! needed no further information re-
garding the character or occupation Of
Patsy's father. On "the island were
the city's reformatory institutions, and
If Mr.. Noonan was there it was for Il
misdemeanor of some sort, and it was
not necessary to embarrass Patsy by
pressing him for further details, so |
said:
"And have you a mother, too?'
'Indade / have"
What does she do?"
"She's doin' tonne on the Islam
along wild me father, now, sor."
Patsy's eyes caught sight of a little
plaster cast of Peter Cooper which
stood upon the mantle. l told him Of
Mr.. Cooper's kindness to the poor.
"He looks if Sor." said Patsy. "It's
not the likes of him would be afther
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

According to a paper by Mr.. Nc.
Adie, recently published by the Smith
sonian Institution, it appears doubt
full If the official weather-forecasters
are today much in advance of their
predecessors of twenty-five years ago.
This means that an extension must
be made of our knowledge of the at
mosphere before more accurate wealth
er predictions will become possible.
The establishment of an aero-physical
observatory is advocated for the stduy
Of all the influences and conditions
that affect and govern the weather. It
is asserted that the origin of the cleo
tricity of thunder-clouds is as little un-
derstood today as was the nature of
lightning itself before Franklin's fam
GUS experiment with his kite nearly
one hundred and fifty years ago.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

aeronaut of the age. He tells marvel
u stories of his exploits-how he once
crossed the Apprentices from Rome in
sever hours, and another time crossed
the Indian Ocean. He says that he can
go around the world in thirty days,
and consequently such a little matter
as a trip to Klondyke is hardly worth
talking about.
DR.. James Charles, of Richmond,
Ind, is-another medical man who has
devoted much attention to- aerial navi-
cation. AS a result of his thinking he
has applied for a patent On an airship
which is designed to fly like a bird,
without the use of gas or other buoy
ant matter. He has constructed a tin
model of a machine something like
Langley's flying machine, but fitted
with various propelling wheels which
can be turned 81 that they
will exert either a lifting or
a horizontal power hat will
move the machine forward. DR..
Charles is organizing a stock COM
pany to build his machines and con-
templates a trip through the air to
Alaska in the spring.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

doing tonne on the Islam, I'm think
in"
NO" said I. eff all men and women
were as good as he was the Island
could be used for better purposes. See
to it that you keep off the Island your
self, my boy"
81 hates the %Islan'," was all he said
in reply.
How do you get along while your
father and mother are away?"
Il shtay wild me gran'mother, sor.
It's she that owns the uit-shtand for
ninst the bridge, between Kelly's sa-
loon and the post-ofice. / sells papers
an such loike. Barrin' the coal and
the rint, sor, I'd not be comm here at
all, at all. I'll not be afther comm
again, l don't think"
But he did come again about six
weeks later. l was again alone when ne
appeared at the little opening in the
door. Instead Of the cap, he wore a
stiff black hat, probably found in some
refuse barrel. There was a band of
coarse black Grape around the crown Of
the hat, and his yes were not quite
so bright as they had been before.
well, Patsy" l said, you have been
having trouble, haven't your"
"Yis, sor." He took off his hat and
began smoothing out the Grape with
his finger.
who is the Grape for, Patsy?"
ME gran'mother. It's wan wake this
day she's dead"
His blue eyes filled with tears and
his lips trembled, as he added: she
was the best friend ! liver had. granny
was. She niver bate me in me loife
an she's saved me nanny a batin'
from me father an mither."
Have your father and your mother
come home YETI"
mo, sor, they bees on the Islam
shtill. Their tonne is out in two wakes,
an it's that I'd be shpakin wild you
about"
What can l do for you or for them,
Patsy?"
We'll. it's loike this, sor: Whin they
whit to the Islam there was a mont's
rint due, an livery shtick av foorniture
was sowld out av the tinnymint, an
It rinted to some wan else;
but there's me gran-mother's
tinnyment, wild de rint on it
paid for a mont to come; but we had Il
lave most of the foorniture go to pay
for de f%un'ral, which was wan she'd no
call to be ashamed of, sor. There's
three rooms in the tinnymint, an the
cook stove an a chair or two is left, an
! fought, sor, l t'ought'-he hesitated
and said:
What do you think. Patsy?"
81 fought If I could foornis. the tim
nymint up a bit more an make it clane
an shwate, loike. me father an mother
would have some place to come TO whin
they lave the Islam, an thin, mebbe,
they'd thry to kape off the Islam"
S they might, Patsy. and they must
have some place I'd go to when they
come back to the city"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Another attempt has been made, this
time by Colonel Higginson, to write a
suitable national anthem for our coun-
try. and to furnish it with music
which shall be at once original and
dignided. The endeavor is a worthy
one. But n can not help remark
ing that the national songs which find
places in the hearts of the people are
rarely If ever the product of deliberate
and conscious effort, however patriotic.
They are struck out, as by inspiration,
in the heat of some national crisis,
the stress of some national move
ment. The conditions have never yet
been ripe for the birth of the real ma
tional anthem of the United States.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

1t looks like a small-sized canoe. A set
of fins on either side of the bottom OF
the shoes operate in a peculiar way
securing a resistance to the water and
preventing him from slipping back
ward or losing his balance. Cook is
positive he car accomplish the feat,
which will take place in September,
and has started training. This will not
be his first stroll on water. He says he
has thoroughly tested his invention,
having walked 100 miles on Lake On
tario in sixty-fve hours this spring. He
also claims to have walked down the
Hudson river from Albany to New
York. People who have seer Cook per-
form say he is no fake. He can walk
on water and do it we'll.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
To the Klondyke in Balloons.

DR.. Rufus G.. Wells, whose home is
at No. 1920 North Sixteenth street, st.
Louis, is another of the many victims
of the Alaska gold fever. He has be-
gun work ON a gigantic balloon in
which he proposes to start for the
Klondyke region next spring. His bal
loon will consist of a c~igar-shaped bag
filled with gas, sustaining a basket and
propeller. The gas will be sufficient to
sustain the weight of fifty men and
their necessary baggage. DR.. Wells is
offering round trip tickets on his air.
ship for $500. ...>
DR.. Wells claims to be the greatest
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
TIER FAVORITE BOOKS.

Cowper read only his Bible and his
prayer book.
Chopin rarely read anything heavier
than a French novel.
Caesar Borgia had a library of works
relating mostly to art.
Paul Veronese thought there was no
equal to the "Aeneid." .
Auber hated reading, and never read
save under compulsion.
Titan read his prayer book and the
Metamorphoses of Ovid.
Voltaire's favorite classical author
was %Juvenal, the satlrist.
Jean Paul Richter had only five or
six books, all philosophical.
Rossini, for nearly thirty years, read
nothing but French novels.
Lord Give said that Robinson Cru
soc" beat any book he ever read.
Franklin read all he could find re-
lating to political economy and finance.
Hogarth was fond of joke books and
farces, and enjoyed them immoderate-
ly.
Cherubini was a lover of botany, and
made collections of works on the sub
ject.
George III. for many years of his life
read nothing but his Bible and prayer
book.
Beethoven was not a great reader,
but occasionally found pleasure in a
novel.
Michael Angelo was fondest of the
books of Moses and the Psalms Of
David.
Mario, the great tenor, reau any
thing he could obtain relating to sports
or hunting. !
Bach was no great reader, but
much enjoyed books of jokes and
funny stories.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

This was the subject of a recen
communication to the Paris Academy
Of Sciences. Many instantaneous pho
ographs were made of a horse in the
act of starting from a position of rest,
and a careful comparison of the pic
lures, combined with a study of the
anatomy of the animal, led to conclu-
sions which are said to be at variance
with what has hitherto been believed,
1t would appear, from this evidence,
that the forelegs play an important
part in the propulsion of the animal
from the very beginning of his motion,
and that the breast muscles, remark
able for their development in the
horse, are essential agents in equine
locomotion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

@
thoughts of the rough fences l had
climbed and the tempting pools l had
hastily abandoned, l went to a bull
hight in San Luis Potosi one Sunday
with far less concern at the fate of the
pulls than at the fact that this was a
Sunday service. 1t did not seem ex-
actly appropriate even if we admitted
that, with the churches opened every
DAY n the bull rings on Sunday, the
odds were seven to one in favor of
religion.
Inc III ring is several times as
large as a circus ring and is down at
least hve feet below the level of the
lowest seat. 1t is a circular space, set
IN a solid masonry wall, and the seats
range upward like a Roman amphi-
tfeater. The bulls are let into the ring
one at a time through a tunnel thai
out under the seats. and inside
the actual ring is a stout board fence.
built all the way round. so that the
night is conducted in the inner circles.
and all around that is a narrow out
side p~assageway. The first uualifca-
tion OF a bullfghter is to be able to
Jump this fence. At the least chance
OF being ripped open he cuts for it
aid is over like a jumping jack. And.
as II that wasn't enough, there are at
convenient intervals barriers set in the
ring near the fence, and the fighters"
when close pushed, step behind these
and let the bulls horns rattle on the
ether side. So much for the geC-
graphical layout.
asked the friend who accompanied
me- a resident for years in Mexico.
why the fence was broken by gates.
lie SAID 1t, was so as to let the bull back
lhto the ring if he should jump over.
l laughed at the absurdity of a bull
taking such a flyer, and then the trum-
pet sounded and the procession entered
and marched to the Judge. There were
TWO men who alternately give the
fatal thrusts, the fellows who Stick
the goads into the beast those who
Haunt cloaks at him, and the men On
horseback, who carry great boathooks
with points to drive him off
when he charges their horses. The
bull is given just n chance. He can
only be dealt with while charging. So
long as he stands still the etiquette
Of the ring protects him, and when il
comes to stabbing him only one man
can do that.
"Toot-toot!' went the bugle and in
rushed the first bull amid the cheers
o. at least two thousand persons. He
was jet black, about 8 years old, and
as full of life and vigor as any young
creature on the plains. He took n
careful look at the enemy lined Up
before him, trotted gently about for a
minute, then put his head down and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Seeing women standing five and six
deep around a counter In a city store
a few days ago a shopper pushed her
way thither and found the cause Of
their flushed faces, excited voices, dis
heveled hair and unladylike snatching
to be a sale Of hand mirrors at a posi-
Bile reduction Of from five to eight
cents. The same shoppers would I'M
hesitatingly pay a dollar for a lunch
con rather than economic in an I'M
fashionable lunch room. Might not a
club for the study of proportions be
timely and remurerative:
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Lost OunOr n

Il am afraid the authorities at Wash
lngton City are a triflc slow" re-
marked MIR. Point Breeze.
What makes you say thatT" asked
Mr.. Murray Hill.
"They neglected to take the census
while the flood of office-seekers was at
its DISTINGUISHING Chronicle-Tcle'
graph.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
A Little French Trick.

An Englishman recently took a seat
Mt a cafe table in Paris. a F'renchman
sat OH the other side of it. He began
to play with the lever Of IL settler sy-
phOn, when suddenly and seemingly
by accident. a stream of the aerated
water struck the Englishman in the
face. The Frenchman apologized pro-
fusely and wiped off the water with
his own handkerchief. After the polite
FI:enchman had gone the Englishman
discovered that his purse cOntains
I.early 1900 had also disappeared.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

The production of coffee is becoming
Of great interest to the farmers Of LII
IBERIA. IT'S production has greatly ir-
creased in the last few years. In 1895
the export Of coffee was 600. 900 pounds,
while last year 1t was 5000. 900 pounds.
Farmers. merchants and people gener-
ally have turned their attention to cof-
fee growing. Much Of this is shipped
directly to the United States, and o
would be shipped hither If here we're
ships touching regularly at Liberian
ports,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

By no means. Persons of herculean build
frequently possess a minimum of genuine
vigor, and exhibit less endurance than
very small people. Real vigor means the
ability to digest and sleep well, and to per-
form a reasonable amount of daily physi-
cal and mental labor without unnatural
fatigue. 1t is because a course of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters enables the en-
feebled dyspeptic to resume the allotted
activity of every day life, as well as to
participate without discomfort in it's en-
joyments, that it is such a pre-ominently
useful medicine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
He Couldn't Furnish 1t,

yes" he said with some show of
temper, you're just the kind of a
woman to spend 10000 a year sn
dress alone" -
"Oh. no, I'm not" she replied sweet
lN. IF l We're | would have married
Il different kind of n man."
And h more he thought of it the
more satisfied he became that.it was
Il hot one.-Chicago Post. - d
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Isaac Wilbur of Little Compton, r. J..
ships from 100000 to 100000 eggs a
year, and has 100 lighthouses on his
place. The chickens are fed from a
wagon, which goes from house to house
in the morning and in the afternoon the
eggs are collected.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Famed His Bald Spot

.'They have moved Il choir to the
other end of the church."
WHATS that fOr?'
"Our clergyman is delicate, and he
said he couldn't stand having twelve
girls tanning his bald spot all at once"
Louisville Couricr-Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Dismal Dawson-Funny, amt it, that
q millionaire isn't happy?
Everett Wrest-I see nOthin' strange
about it. It's the time they have vast
ed that makes EN- sore when they
think of if.
Time wasted?'
"Sure! Don't you know that most of
'em has spent their lives in hard
work indianapolis Journal. =
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Brin.in- Him ROuuI.

The Young WOman-'By the way,
what does the word Klondike meanT'.
The Young Man-"They tell me it
means reindeer
The Young Woman with q charm
ing blush)-I should think it would be
more appropriate if it meant snow
dear wouldn't you?"
The Young Man dremblingly. but
with great prOmptEess)-'Yes, dear
Chicago Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

food and a Quick Wit.
The little viscount is receiving y few
friends in his bachelor quarters.
Among them is Boireau.
The latter, having allowed his cigar
to go out, throws it, without ceremony.
on the carpet. In order to give him II
lesson in good the little WIS.,
count stOops to pick it up; but Boireau,
feigning to misunderstood his inten-
ton, interposes:
'Oh, leave the butt, my dear fellow
take a fresh cigar!!'
And he handed him the box.-Lc- lei.
caro-.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
THE HELPING HAND.

Y acquaintance
with Patsy began
at a time when /
had charge of the
distributing bureau
c; & Helping Hand
Aid Society. Patsy
appeared ct the
bureau me cold
and snowy mid
winter morning.
He was so small
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
A Man Full of Resources.

Ethel-Well, Jimmy didn't blow his
brains out, after all, because you re-
fused him. He proposed to Miss Go
lightly yesterday
Maud-Did he? Then he must have
got rid of them in some other way
Punch.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Why didn't the P. M. at Austin,
Mimi. go to the Klondike instead Of
taking poison-just because he couldn't
balance his accounts? That's the style
now. But the postmaster evidently
preferred q quick death.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

The moral of that story about a New
Jersey boy breaking an egg containing
. blacksnake is that 1t is about time
for New Jersey to take something be-
sides applejack.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

The fact that it was colder than 30
degrees below zero for twenty-seven
days last winter in Dawson will mot
keep people away. If it was a hundred
below for sixty days, still people would
go and take their chances with the
hies in the summer. which, one man
writes, are as large as canary birds.
We must have gold.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Look not mournfully into the past; it
comes not back again. Wisely improve
the present; it is thine own. Go forth
10 meet the future, without fear, and
with a manly hea-t.-Longfellow,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Our consul at Jerusalem makes the
following report on American citizens
In Palestine: From the consular rec
ords 1t appears that there are $50 citi-
gems Of the United States residing in
Palestine. OF this number 438 are Jews.
who are only nominally Americans.
having lived in the United States Just
long enough to obtain citizens papers
and passports. The majority of these
emigrated from Russia to the United
States and thence to Palestine. OF the
other 50 American citizens; nearly all
have come here because of peculiar
religious views, and among them may
be found all possible shades Of Chris
tian beliefs. The one idea that seems
to possess all, to a greater or less de.
gree, is that Of the second advent of the
Lord. This is by all considered to be
an event soon to take place in Jeru-
Some of them during the period
of waiting, are suffering for the neces-
stiles of life, but are content to endure
,privations in the hope of being present
and witnessing the Lords coming. The
Spofordite colony, or "overcomers,' as
lahey call themselves, have recently
been increased by an addition of III
Swedish-Americans, mostly from Chi
cago. Just how many of these are citi-
sens of the United Staes, the consulate
is not informed, because of their refusal
to register. The leader, Mr.. Spoiford.
lays claim to prophetic powers, and,
claiming to be under direct protection
Of the Almighty, is averse to having
any human power interfere. AS they
are a peaceable and law-abiding COM
munity, or have been for some years,
the consulate has not been called upon
In this regard.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

'"Tlcy tell me, countess, that every
thing promises well for your sons
career"
at is true, and | am more grateful
than | can tell. He is Just engaged TO
an American heiress."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Advice tn Rcrinners.

Sprintcr-The great thing in learning
to cycle is not to lose your head.
Miss Novis-Oh, | don't mind my
head. It's losing my seat that hurts.
-Pick-Me-Up.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28
Papn's Mistake.

what is our darling little baby cry
ing about. Mrs. StehsT'
ooh, her papa thought she wasn't
old enough to notice, and went and
bought her Il % bicycle. Just like a
man,"-DetrOit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

The Electrical Review says that a
large Dussand microphonograph, now
being constructed for the Paris exhi-
bition of 1900, is expected to make the
voice heard by 10000 people.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

The season approaches when the
Hon. Arthur Pue German will be read
cut Of the Democratic party and then
turn around and run a steam roller
over his readers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

Men who went to Alaska and didn't
get rich are beginning to make them
selves known. Max Deuchesneau
and d. w. Herbts of Kansas CITY
stayed eight months in the gold field
in 1896, and returned with IS in gold
dust. They put $500 each into the
venture.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-28

1t is a high, solemn, almost awful
thought for every individual man that
his earthly influence, which has had a
commencement, will never, through all
the ages. were he the very meanest of
US, have an end!