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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
KEEN ENJOYMENT.
1t Was Only an Impression but 1t Gave
Him Pleasure.

1t Was Only an Impression but 1t Gave
Him Pleasure.
The policeman's beat led him past
a fence which was formerly in demand
for the display of theatrical posters, but
which has been abandoned, says the
Washington Star. 1t is eloquent with
descriptions of glories that have driz-
zled and departed. A ~shy-lookins man
stopped to look at the old posters and
he fingered so long that the policeman
grew suspicious and walked up and
down the block several times in order
to make sure that he was not waiting
to signal to a confederate to plan some
nefarious excursion.
IL hope l do not annoy you," the
shy-looking man said ~deferentially.
Il ought not to be doing this; it's not
generous or kind of me. But 1 can't
help it,"
Il don't see that you are doing any
harm at present."
of course you don't. You're not a
mind reader. 1t was my guilty con-
science that spoke. l have a vindic-
tive nature and l can't master it. I'm
one of those people who dislike Great
Britain on general principles. I can't
get rid of the feeling that the stamp
act vas a personal insult, and every
once in a while 1 forget myself and
want to enlist in George Washington's
army. Every time anybody suggests
some means of twisting the lions tail
it is all l can do to keep from getting
up and bowling with glee."
Il don't see what that has to do with
the case"
d you observe the names of Eng
fish actors that appear there?"
YES"
Every n of them was a shining
light at home. They had to be coaxed
and pleaded with before they would
consent to leave the public whose idols
they were. The way their managers
talked about it in their interviews al
most brought tears to my eyes. But
once here, they very rarely go away
except on short vacations. Season af-
ter season they are with us to tell us
how much they are missed at home.
And whenever I think of the manner
in which the English public is deprived
OF all this flower of its dramatic tai
ent, y%earning in vain for it year after
year, it makes my bosom fairly thrill
with fiendish joy"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
CURIOUS FACTS.

Sawdust is turned into t~ransportable
fuel il some parts of Scotland by a
very simple process. 1t is heated under
high steam pressure until the resinous
ingredients become sticky, when it is
pressed into bricks. One man with a
two-horse power machine can turn
out nine thousand bricks a day.
Among the curious uses to which iron
has been placed is that of visiting
cards. Many great iron manufacture
ers have had the metal rolled in sheets
so thin that it has been successfully
employed for this social use. 1t is in
teresting to know that the cards of
Count Renard are one one-thousandth
part of an inch thick, those of Baron
Krupp one-eight hundred and twen-
tieth part of an inch, and Count Har-
rach's one-six hundred and fortieth
part of an inch.
A southern California baby burrow-
ing owl, five weeks old, eats half its
weight of raw beef at a single meal,
and does not suffer in the slightest
degree from dyspepsia. 1t takes three
| S1uulC lbCulo u thio oiHC 'o'iJs liz
even then appears to be hungry at
bedtime. An observing physician be-
lieves that valuable digestive aid for
the human stomach can be extracted
from these owls of large appetite,
which will be more efficacious possibly
than are the pepsin preparations now
secured from the Intervals of pigs.
Should this belief be confirmed the
market for California owls ought to
be considerable, and the demand for
the birds might warrant the establish
ment of owl ranches.
The first public library was estab-
lished in New York in 100. The first
stationary steam engine was put up in
Philadelphia in 1878. The first paper
mill was put in operation in Roxbor-
ough, Pa, in 1890. The first straw pa
per manufactured in the country was
made in 1928. The first gold pens were
made by hand in New York city in
1910. Philadelphia was the first city tc
issue a directory, doing so first in 1885
The first p~ostofice in the country wa.
that of New York, established by ac'
of parliament in ITO. The first rail
road was laid in 1926 from the grant,
quarries of Quincy, Mass, to the Ne
ponset river, three miles. The frs
telephone wire was stretched from Bos
ton to Somerville, three miles, in 1871
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
CUTENESS OF THE COYOTE.
Their Tricks to Make Away with a
Badger.

Their Tricks to wake away WIN a.
Badger
Forest and Stream tells about a dog
that had its principal sport In chasing
and otherwise worrying coyotes n
was led into ambush by one coyote and
then set upon by several other OF the
prairie wolves and almost done to
death. About 9 o'clock one night the
paper says, OF of the coyotes came
to the kitchen door and howled ag-
gravatingly at the dog, which there
upon set after the coyote full tilt. The
coyote fled around the house, down to
the corral and around the blacksmith
shanty, the dog yelping after. Behind
the. shanty were other coyotes, six or
seven of them, and all of them made
for the dog in a way that made it feel
lonely. The ranchman heard the fight
and the dogs bowls Of pain, and grasp
ing a rifle started that way on the run,
yelling as he went. The coyote took
a farewell nip and fled, leaving a sore
dog behind. Since then the dog has
not been SO much interested as on for
mer occasions in coyotes. 1t follows
single coyotes vigorously, but the ap-
pearance of another sends 1t back as
fast as it can run" The coyote likes
badger flesh very much, but one coyote
is not equal to a badger in a fight;
consequently, the coyote, when it meets
a badger, has to resort to stratagem till
aid arrives. The manner in which it
does this, according to the s%portsman's
paper, is interesting. "A few weeks
ago." the writer says, "as I was riding
along, l saw a coyote and a badger.
The coyote seemed to be playing with
the badger. He would prance around
it, first as If to bite it, then run off a
little way, the badger following, evil
IDENTIFY very angry. When the badger
saw me it ran into its hole, while the
coyote went off forty or fifty yards and
lay down, evidently knowing l had no
gun with me. The coyotes device was
evidently to tease, and so keep the
badger interested till another coyote
happened along, when the badger would
have been killed."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29

us not my performance d:---rent
from hat of any other actor" asked
the inflated Thespian at the stage door
of the opera house, according to- the
Detroit Free Press.
at is, indeed"
Us not my conception entirely orig
inal and different from all others?'
No doubt about it."
us not the reading of the lines differ
ent from the reading of alleged ac-
tors?'
"Unquestionably."
Are not my stage pastures different
from those of many who masquerade as
actors?
"Of course"
And my make-up-it is different
from the inartistic makeup of most
Thespiars?"
Very different"
II nave been told l resemble Edwin
Booth"
Eyes"
"You have noticed? In what way do
I resemble him, sir?"
"You are SO different"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29

fancy it sneers-a type of the face that
frowns savagely On everything Amer
lean is seen. And from everywhere
peep at you c~ountenances which
European history and current events
make us familiar with. While the fame
of Mrs. Wilson's queer collection has
been limited to a certain prescribed
circle in general, it has gone abroad a
little, sufficiently so that Cornell uni
versity offered the lady 5000 therefor
and has several times made efforts to
induce her to accept the tender made:
When the stamps were received, and
they came along in job lots, Mrs. Will
son carefully washed and dried them
and then glued them on after the style
of a crazy patchwork quilt.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
Reparation.

John Butts, SRI want to leave nv
property to my two sons-one-tenth
to my youngest son, John Butts, and
nine-tenths to my Oldest son, Royal
Chesterfield Chauncey de Peyster
Butts.
Family Lawyer-H'm! Do you think
that's quite fair?
John Butts, Sr.-Yes; I want to make
some kind of PREPARATION to Royal for
allowing his mother to give him such
a crackjaw name.-Tit-Bits.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
The Only Explanation.

The detective came out from the
cell, where he had been questioning
the suspect.
"Well?" asked the other detectives.
-" believe the man is innocent"
For an instant they paused. Then,
realizing that there was no time to
lose, they sprang on him, bound him
and hustled him to the insane asylum
before he had time to become violent.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
BITS ABOUT HYPNOTISM.

1t has been stated as a fact that
mothers can do their children great
good by talking to them when they are
asleep. The subjective mind never
sleeps and there is no resistance to the
suggestions given. Mother can stimu-
late a child's energies in any direction
much more effectually while the child
sleeps than she can by talking to the
child in it's waking hours. For ex-
ample, one woman knew a little girl
who was very respondent over her
arithmetic. She could never get her
lessons, never pass examination and
thought she had no talent for study.
She suggested tt the child who slept
that there was no reason why she
should not intelligently grasp the prin-
ciples Of mathematics and apply them
and all that stood in her way was the
autosuggestion that she had no talent.
This was repeated for several nights
and in a month the child was heard to
say that arithmetic was not so hard
after all-she had gained so per cent
in the study in school.
Scientists claim that the Svengali-
hypnotism part of Du Maurier's "Tril-
by" Is most arrant nonsense, too ridicu-
lous to be considered seriously. They
state it would be impossible to keep a
person in a hypnotic trance for years
at a time, the way Svengali did Trilby.
The IA of a husband suing for a
divorce after three months married
life on the plea that he was hypnotized
when he married her will shortly be
heard in the Dakota courts. He mar
ried his deceased cousins widow-or,
according to him, she married him. The
plea opens up a line of magnificent pos
sibilities for gentlemen who wish to
break away from the marriage bond.
The Hypnotic Magazine in a caustic
editorial presents the Speech that
the mans lawyer will undoubtedly
make:
mot for one moment would I seek to
blacken the reputation of the defend.
ant. Such an attempt is as foreign to
the line of argument which / shall
present to this court as it is repugnant
to the high principle which is an in
herent part of the character OF
my client, the complainant in
this case. The matter rests upon
another footing, and when l say
that this unfortunate gentleman was
but a tool in the hands Of an artfu,
woman; a sorceress, gifted with more
than human power, who worked hel
devilish arts, and cast her spell upor
him to his undoing, not in the dark
ness, but in the full glare of the mid
day sun, the court will see with m,
that we are face to face with a psyche
logical difficulty of %stupendous import
Upon the result of this trial will de
pend the happiness or misery, the wea
or woe, Of thousands yet unborn. Shall
we crush this tyrant force now, an
at once; shall we pluck it from GU
hearts and from our midst, where /
stalks rampant; or shall we weakl.
procrastinate and temporize?"
Triumph Of Georges lawyer. Counse
for defense without the shadow of
case. The court much impressed
Learned Judge recollects that he wa
not entirely master Of himself when h
was married thirty years before. l
convinced in his own mind that he wa
then somewhat under hypnotic contro
Often thought SO; now sure Of 1t. Di
vorce absolute, granted.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
How to Build q Railroad.

A former emperor Of Russia wanted
a railroad built from st. Petersburg to
Moscow. Learning that the engineers
could not agree upon a route he called
for a map. Taking a ruler and a pen
he drew a straight line between the
two cities, saying: THAT is the route;
now build the road" The road was
built.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29

Mrs. Todgers-I am always in favor
of giving the under dog a show.
Mrs. Rodgers-It's a wonder, then,
that you don't remove the pressure
from your husband once in awhile.
The ensuing affair was not governed
by Queensberry rules.-Cleveland
Leader.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29

A fence composed of 300 elk-horns
surrounds the house and grounds of
Jay Haynes at Mammoth Springs, yell
lowstone Park. All the horns were
shed in March, 1895, and gathered in
the following June by Mr.. HAYNES.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
Didn't Mean to BE Caught.

Don't you let me catch you in
here again." roared the grocer as he
spanked the boy that had been filing
his pockets with ginger snaps.
ITS your own fault that you caught
me this time" sobbed the struggling
kid.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29

Wheelmen Shrinking In Baltimore.
Baltimore prohibits the use of bells
on bicycles by %"wheelmen longer than
three inches in diameter" Wheelmen
in Baltimore must have a great tend.
ency to reduce flesh and diameter,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
YACHTING ON THE ICE
DELIGHTFUL WINTER SPORT
IN NORTHERN CLIMES.
Description of "A Run Across II Frozen
Lake-The Steersman's Warning Cry
At the other Side - Human Bal
last.

LMORE ELLIOTT
in Outing: He who
has never sat in the
little cramped box
of a flying ice-boat,
and watched the
frosty tracks of the
sharp runner shoes
rapidly converge
in the fading dis
II behind, has
not ypt rounded
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29

Sam Jones says there is more swear
ing in Boston than in any other city
in the country excepting New Orleans
and San Francisco.-EX.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
Death of the Frog Man,

Chicago, Jan. 30. - W. Delhauer. a
vaudeville actor Of some repute, and
known as the "Original Frog Man."
has been found dead in his room. He
bad suffered from consumption for
some time,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29
Everybody Going the Other Way.

Sam Jones said in Boston that the
reason why going to heaven in that
town is difficult is because the streets
are crowded with people going the
other way,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-04-29

Persian history claims that the Per-
slams are descended from Perseus and
Androme@-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-29
Spring Bank Items.

Everything is moving on quiet.
Iy in this section.
The crops have much improved
since the refreshing showers.
The farmers are about through
ploughing.
Mr.. r. M. Thomas has been ILL
but, | understand, is better.
Mr. Hayward Burgess and his
aunt, Miss Laura Burgess, from
Jesup, Ga, are visiting the for
mer's father, Mr.. R. f. Burgess.
Misses Eva and Maud Pierson,
of Sumter, are visiting the fami-
lies of D. l. and S. Fl. Burgess.
Miss Fannie Burgess is visiting
relatives in Sumter.
Miss Hammie Epps, Of Clifford
University, is at home,, spending
vacation.
Children's Day was observed at
Bethel church on Saturday last.
Quite lage crowd was present.
Rev. S. Bishop, pastor of Beth-
ell and Midway churches, has
been gwen a vacation for six
weeks. He and his family will
leave in a few days for Cheraw to
visit his father. in law, Maj. Alex
Mcqueen.
APPLE JACK.
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Cur Ball Team.

The way The local base ball
club has been winning games re
Gently has caused considerable
comment from lovers of the sport.
Here is what correspondent of
The Columbia Register said of the
club in a last weeks issue of tha,
paper:
Baseball has had control of the
Kingstree boys and young men
for some time. Kingstiee has lost
but one game out of eight this
season Mr.. Louis Gilland has
been doing some phenomenal
pitching for the local tear. and he
is we'll supported. Mr.. Olin Epps
is q expert catcher, and the way
he throws to the bases is a marvel
Messrs. j. w. Arms, I. j. Brown
and Ii. G. Askins have been doing
some heavy batting and have won
much applause from the lady
spectators at every game. The
team has several games arranged
for TO be played within the next
two weeks. The composition of
the team is as follows: Epps,
catcher; Gilland, pitcher; }.
Jacobs, 1b; McClary, 2b; N.
Jacobs, SIS, Elwell, 3b; Brown, RI;
Askins, CT; Arms, If.
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The time is rapidly approaching
when the hum of the gil, wiz
again be heard and the farn5ef
will be seeking The place. where
the best. prices for his cotton cad
be found. Kingstree viii have
two Or more buyers this season
and buyers in other markets wiII
have to hustle if they get any
cotton rightly belonging Ito onirs|
town. Nor will merchants Of our
sister towns be able 10 offer oa,rs
trade any inducements that caii
not be had here. LESESNE u
EPPS have goods already arriving
which were bought befors any
advance of prices in anticipation
OF the tariff duty. Before inviting
you however, to inspect shoes,
clothing and dress goods for tiSs
fall and winter, We wish to calf
your attention to the fact that
you will have to tie your cows
out 10 Craze for some little time
yet and We have the chains. TISen
too you want forage tokeep tosni
during the winter and we have
the grass blades. /,
We want the ladies to know
that we have Just received a lot
of aeinz's pickles, catchups. etc,
the best on earth. You have 10
have groceries, you cant do with
out tobacco, you must buy these
things. The economical buyer
will come 10
LESESNE & EPPS.
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Another Candidate for lnten-
dant.

Editor County Record:
Isee by The last.issue of your pa
per that someone has nominated
candidate for the Office of inten.
dant. While the gentleman
named is a man of high moral
Ecbaracter and great ability, |
must take issue with the party
naming him. and address this to
you and request the use of your
journal TO nominate another.
While personally l have the very
highest regard for the gentleman
nominated, and believes he would
make an excellent officer, l feel
it my duty to name one whom !
believe would fill the office more
satisfactorily to the greater
number of people-a young man
Of excellent business qualities,
unusual executive ability and OF
great intellectual capacity; one
who would, if elected, use every
means in his power TO make his
administration one of great good
to the town, and that man is
Charles j. Lesesne.
VOTER.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-29
For Boys to Remember.

A boy can have no higher nor
more worthy ambition than to
become a true Christian gentle
man. The following from an ex-
change is we'll worth remember
ing, and in following out its sug-
gestions every boy will the better
realize his idea:
Roughness, clustering, and
even fool hardness are not man.
illness. The firmest and most
courageous men have usually been
the gentlest.
Muscular strength is not health!
A brain. crammed only with
facts is not necessarily a wise one
The labor impossible to the boy
of fourteen will be easy TO the
man of twenty.
The best capital for boy Is
not money, but the love of work
simple tastes, and a heart loyal tc
his friends and God
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-29
NO. 23.3

The Institute for colored teach
ers held here last week was a sucss
cess. Prof. j. +. Wallace, OF the
Howard scltol, Columbia, VAS
principal: and proved an able.
manager and lecturer. He was.
ably supported by his assistants,
Mrs. Stewart and Miss Deas, each
of whom in her. province did we'll.
The attendance of teachers was
pretty full and they all took &
lively and earnest interest IN the
exercises. The instructors treas
ed the common branches In u fIians
ner adapted to be Of practical
value 10 the teachers in their
school work. s
Several entertainments were
given in the evenings, at which
excellent music, vocal and fnstruss
mental, was an attractive feature
and combined with recita:ioI s
readings, and several addresses
made the occasion one Of profit
and pleasure to all concerned.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-29
APPLE JACK.

AsheviIle, N. g., is to have a
mammoth hospital. The institu-
ton is to be erected and maintain
ed by the Biltmore millionaire,
George W. Vanderbilt, a nd is in.
tended for patients who are unable
to pay for treatment. All kinds
of diseases will be treated, espec
tally tuberculosis, and ailments
that are contagious. A corps of
expert physicians will be in charge
and every convenience and com
fort possible for such an institu,
rion will be installed. A suita.
BILE site has been selected and
specifications drawn. Mr. Van
derbilt will begin the project with
an outlay of 100000.
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The following paragraphs are
taken from last weeks Hampton
Guardian, and will also apply to
Kingstree:
Every citizen should keep his yard
clean and occasionally during the
summer throw lime in all places
where disinfectants are needed,
Clean all slop holes near your
kitchen and around wells and
fill up same with clean white
sand or dry dirt.
Clean your yards of all rubbish
weeds or other refuse, and carry
same outside the incorporate
limits of the town.
Resolve yourself into a COM
mittee on streets and see that tie
weeds and grass on the walks and
in front of your home or place OF
business are removed-H will
cost but little. Do this and
dou't wait for the Town Council
to act.
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MIR. w. G. Elwell has bought
ont the livery business of Mr.. Geo.
S. Barr, and will conduct it here
after. No change will be made
except that Mr.. Elwell will have
charge instead of Mr.. Barr, the
business being carried on at the
same place, near the Coleman
Hotel
Attention is called to the ad-
verlisemept of Glenn Springs,
which is published in another
column. This famous summer re-
sort is one of the finest in the
South and much has been done
by the prophet ors to make the
present seasons business excel
all previous years.
Mr.. J. A. Salters had family
reunion at his home near Salters
depot last Tuesday. That day
was the S2nd anniversary of his
birth day, and there were 80 Of
his descendants present. chill
dren, 81 grandchildren and 5
great grandchildren. A sump-
tious dinner was served and all
present seemed to enjoy the day.
Mr.. Salters, in spite of his olu age,
is still hale and hearty.
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Registration Notice.

Voters desiring t0 qualify them.
selves for voting at the approaching
election for Intendant and WardaYas
of the town of Kingstree are here
by notified that the Registrations
Books will be opened for registra-
ton voters at the court house In /
kingstree on the 10Th, nth, and
18th days of August, 1897, from s.
o'clock a. m. till 1 o'clock p. m.
K. B. LYONS,
Sup. Registration.