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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
An Intelligent Listener.

\. professor OF mechanics at an En-
Slish college records that he once gave
I: lecture upon the locomotive, and
was particularly struck by the absorp-
ton of one juvenile listener. He spoke
to this student after the lecture, and
asked: =
well, | suppose you understand all
about the locomotive now?'
YES" was the reply, ''all but one
thing"
"And what is that?" said the pro-
fessOr, kindly.
81 can't make out what makes the
locomotive move without horses
Tit-Bits.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
MOOn's Phascs.

A man named Moon vas presented
with a daughter by his wife recently;
that was a new Moon. The old man
was so overcome with joy that he got
drunk; that was a full Moon. When
he got sober he had but twenty-five
cents left; that was the last quarter of
the full Moon. But when the old lady
met him with the rolling pin there was
O. total eclipse Of the Moon, with myr'
lads of stars in the scenery.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

"What's the matter wild BiggersT'
asked the gentleman with the red
shirt. 81 thought he was always so
radical in his beliefs, and wanted the
money of the country divided up
evenly. Now he doesn't say a word
BECAUSE remarked the mar with
The Havana whiskers. his uncle has
lust left him $10,000."-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
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Lack of

I'll never buy candy at that store
again! Never.'
why, what's the natter"
You know they have the candies OF
the counter in front, and the scales
on the shelf back of the counter?"
Yes"
We'll, they have looking glasses
back of the scales, so that when the
girl turns around to weigh 8 cents
worth of candy she car watch you tc
see whether you take anything off the
counter or not.''-Chicago Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
flows Thisy

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Cutarrh that cannot be
cured by Hairs Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, O..
We. the undersigned. rave known T..
]. Cheney for the last is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & TruaX, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.; Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimo-
malls sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
$1,000 Given Away.

Think of ~ One thousand dollars
in gold coin Vered free by the Sterling
Remedy Company, to the friends and
endorsers of Cascarets Candy Cathar-
tic. The Sterling is honest and re-
liable, it's offer is liberal and attrac-
tive and Cascarets are the best medi-
cine preparation cver discovered. Don't
miss your share of the gold, for you
a easily get it by reading and an
swering the big ad in this issue.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

Visitor Contemplating picture Of
country residence)-"Let me %congratu-
late you, old fellow. You've struck
your gait at last" Artist (%proudly)-
"Do you really think so?' Visitor
eyes; l always said you would mako
a success as a house painter"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
Too CmSh.

Bacon-Have you seen Sprocket late
ly?
Egbert-No.
Hes a sight. Face all cut, arm in a
sling and walks lame"
'How did he do it, on his bicycles"
NO; If he could have stayed OH the
bicycle he'd have been all right.'-Yon.
kerS Statesman.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
His '91 Model

year, inquired the newspaper man.
ooh, dear, no." replied the artist. 81
couldn't afford it. l am still riding the
one | got last year"
But I heard you speak Of your 81
model"
Eyes. She's a novice who has just
begun to pose for me this sumner
Chicago Post,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
A Comfortable COMPANION.

Doesn't your wife annoy you by
asking questions at the base ball
gamer"
Never; she is one of those women
who always like to let on that they
know all about everything detroit
Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
A Good Excuse.

Mrs. Gazzam (as she came in from
church)-Sometimes it is very hard
word to listen to DR.. T~hirdly's SER
mons. Mr.. Gazzam-That's the reason
| don't go to church. l don't believe
in working on Sunday.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
Age Gently Stealing.

"Elvira, will you look for my specta-
cles? l have lost them"
How many pairs have you, moth
err" -.
"Thrce pairs"
'Then I'll look for the third pair, as
you have two pairs on top of your
Il~ead."-Judge.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

Hicks-Did you hear about Macklin?
They called the Rev. Mr. Dudley to his
bedside last evening.
Wicks-You don't mea to say he is
in n dying condition?
Hicks-Oh, no. Only a bad case of
decentralization Transcript.
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Easy Enough.

"I'd like to know how you can tell
those iish stories of yours so circum-
Stantially; how you can make the in
cidents the same with every telling"
Its easy enough, my dear boy. l
commit EN- TO memory the winter be-
fore."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
blue Blood.

First Mosquito-Why are you look
ing SO blue? Second Mosquito-I'm
just after dining on that English count
who's stopping at the Hilltop House.
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Uniff rpl.

did you find any irregularities in
his accounts?'
'On the contrary. they were remark
ably regular-he doctored them every
day."-Detroit News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

Dropsy treated free by DR.. II. IL.
Green's Sons of Atlanta, Ga. The great
est dropsy specialists in the world. Read
their advertisement in another column of
this naner
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FITS Cured. Motifs or nervousness after
FIRST days use of DIR. kliue's Great Nerve Restorer
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and ~trestise.
DIR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30
II Xyorked a Chnnge.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething,~s oftens the gums. reduces infall
nation, aliays pain, cures wind cole. % cents a bottle.
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Not interesting.

: Miss. Wteelef-L don't like to enter
into a conversations with him at sHtt
While you talk with him he is all the
time bringing up foreign subjects"
Miss Scorcher-Foreign subjects?
Miss Wheeler--Yes; things not at all
pertinent to bicycling.-I,uck.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

He-There is n class of people
which is very expert at fortune telling.
She-Gypsies? He-No-assessors,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

We sell your Corn, Flax,
Uay, Wheat. Oats. Bar
lev. Rye. Ship to us
and send us the shipping
receipt as soon as IL
starts We will sell 10
have yoa dealers profits
Il he salna prices !
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-09

her on tho avenue, just after she's been
to a wedding. and you ask her about
the brides dress, all that she can drawl
don't you know"
Clever is a favorite word with her
the picture she admires is "a clever bit
OF canvas" If you ask her if she plays
tennis she says Eyes, but 1 am not at
all clever at it,"
Then. is she disappointed about any,
thing. it is such a blow" And the OPP
posite to this is "such a pleasure" She
never has heard of a store; she buys
her belongings at "a rather decent shop"
And If you ask her about a dance she
says, "Oh, | had rather a fetching time.
for there were lots of delightful men out
last night"
She's a good bit of a fool. but she's fun
ny: and therefore, she does her duty
in life. It's more than amusing to hear
her say stop atone" when she means
stay at home"
For a certain glibness IS necessary to
achieve success in this last combination
of two words Still, there's nothing abb
solutely wicked i'm what she's doing, and
she will get over 1t after awhile. The
American girl OF the best breed has
these attacks OF folly just as a full bred
pup has the mango.
Very simple medicine cures both dis
eases. A dose Of good sense Will finish
up the first, and little buckthorne will
straighten out the second. Believe it?
l assure you it's true on the word OF
dog doctor and OF Bah.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-09

hats that one sees on exhibition at the
up-to-date modistes'. IL was covered
with bright red peoples and had tan
bow OF red taffeta ribbon at the back.
With her was a very pretty young ma
tron in a gown Of lace striped glngham.
all in green, with white lace stripes
and strapped down the front with green
taffeta ribbon. The waist was covered
almost entirely with 4 yoke OF white en-
broidery on India muslin set around witt
a very deep frill OF green chiffon. The
parasol matched the chiffon Of the waist
and the hat was a white chip trimmed
with green ribbon and white lace.
They call these gowns wash dresses.
but. between you and me- you can't
wash them. They must go 10 the clean
er's. and cost something Ike $3.50 ia
American money. II they get soiled. There
are those who rip of the chinon and
plunge the gown boldly In soapbark
suds and wash il. l have seen them
come out extremely we'll after this treat
mont but II Is hazardous, because so
very much depends upon the pressing
afterwards. and very few laundresses UNI
derstand the secret of ironing the folds
In a sleeve.
The Infanta Eulalie Is here again on
one OF her flying visits 70 Paris huinor
has it that she IS choosing her spring
and summer wardrobe. she travels Ia
the most unpretentious style and IS
staving now at one Of the most quiet
family hotels here.
Yesterday she was driving In the Bois'
in a charming gown OF silver-green pop
lin. trimmed with black taHe'a' ana
wore a scarlet straw hat that was ex-
ceedingly becoming.
Mrs. Luke Meyer owns one OF the most
stunning turnouts seen In Paris-a We
toria, a pair OF prancing bays ana an
English coachrnan and footman In green
livery.
Mrs. Luke Meyers carriage tciiettes
are rather more somhre than the usual
carriage toilettes ono sees on the BoiS
The gown she wore yesterday was OF
deep shade OF heliotrope poplin. braided
in narrow black braid.
Mrs. Walden Pelrs turnout again joins
the procession on the Bots.
She has been In the south OF Francs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-09
IN The CHAMPS ELYSEES
American Women Are Accused Of Act
Ing a "Sham."
SOME OF The SMA IT D2lYlKG G WINS
Walk to tho RestauraDts la Driving Toi-
Iettcs aud Act as Though "Csrrisge
Customers'-BriGht Scarlet
for the Parks.

The little old women who collect the
one sou tax on the chairs along the
Champs Elysecs and In the Bots arc
kept busy these bright spring after
Moons.
During the winter months these little
iron chairs are piled high In great stacks
under the trees. aud the little old women
are nowhere 10 be seen till spring rolls
around again.
For the last two months the chairs
have been arranged along the edges OF
the principal driveways. but only during
the last month have they been patro-
nized extensively.
In Paris It's the poor that occupy the
chairs and the rich they ride by In all
sorts OF turnouts, victorlas, automobiles.
hansoms and all sorts of smart little
carts.
Yesterday afternoon in the Bots 7 was
struck by the goody variety OF vehicles
For the first time here | caught a
glimpse of a genuine American buck
board.
1t created quite a little futter Of ex-
element as II went Swimming along
drawn by a very spirited bay, bent on
taking the lead Of everything.
CARRIAGE AIR.
It's amusing TO notice how differently
people are affected by the vehicles ia
which they ride
In her victoria, my lady sinks back on
the cushions in the most luxurious man
ner all frils and flowers and feathers,
posing against her elaborate sunshadc.
which Is chosen with an eye to becom-
ingness. she is veritabe picture.
In the morning, when on her shopping
tour i'm her very smart hanson. she is
-.r.t.F
book as she rides along her order for
the florist or her appointments with the
couturlere She Is generally gowned then
I'm a simple, dark, street gown and
small chic hat.
She IS still another being when she
takes n turn in the Bois In her trg little
cart. driving herself
She sits up most erect and looks alb
solutely "hossy" In her smart boxcoat
high linen collar and severe Amazon
hat.
Sitting in one of the little chairs along
the driveway. one gets only a hurried
glimpse of the occupants Of the dinereR.
turnouts.
II one wants to get n good view Of
the exquisite carriage toilettes I'm deIail.
one saunters into one OF the attractive
little cafes in the Bots for o'clock tea.
There is one little cafe there that caters
especially to English and American
tastes. and there is always a goodly
sprinkling OF the smart set there.
Nobody ever thinks of taking after
noon tea inside Of one OF these little
restaurants during these delightful spring
days. The tables In the garden are de-
cidedly more popular.
A HARPER GROUP.
saw pretty Mrs. Donald Harper IN
an attractive gown OF bright red fou-
lard with a full yoke OF black gauze
She wore one OF those pretty bright red
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-09

hardly worth mentioning and was only
sent because L so thoroughly admire
the pen pictures Of that most estimabe
lady. and her home life. and because /
think her husband, the President, is ONE
OF the greatest statesmen our country
has ever known. and this was only
woman's way Of showing an apprecia-
ton Of their greatness. 1t is the only
way l could do it.
1 do not make a speciality OF making
lace although / have made a great deal
Ny life has been a busy one. and IT :,
partly to relieve the monotony OF other
work that certain portion of my time
has been spent in doing fancy work, pre-
fering point lace to any other.
L do my own designing, consequently
my work Is more often admired because
the patterns are not seen elsewhere:
originality is perhaps the part OF my
makeup. for l never could do anythin,,
quite like ather ladies' L think original
ity IS the key note of success nowadays.
1 write a great deal, look after tho
house, do some farm work and make
lace, and I try TO do all as well as l can.
l am more interested in the work or
other women than l am in my own.
You will find inclosed a picture OF the
handkerchief, also one of myself and
my home. which are sent after some
hesitation. Being very much interested
in the work of other ladies / think per-
haps some OF them may be interested IN
mine. l am always looking for some
thing done by some other woman. IN
the work mentioned the point lace braids
are used for the foundation and thread
No. 1000 to fiji in the pattern, making
the stitches and little figures here and
there as fancy dictates. 1t is nice 10
interlace originality.
This thread. OF course. is very fine.
and TO most ladies 1t would seem an end
less task 10 make O. yard of lace or a
handkerchief like the one mentioned.
which would probably take a month 10
do If the hours were counted.
But with me Il is different, because L
derive a great deal of pleasure doing the
work and more in making some friend
happy on their wedding day or at Christ
mas time. MRS. r. +. THORNE,
La Coyne, Kan.
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nosscsscd Of clever demons. About the
belt OF ones pctticoat viii be a solid
mound OF IL. while the friils VIII be en-
t,reIv free from H. That part Of the
collar which is hidden under the gown
will be sun and calculated TO hurt your
innocent nesh. while the upper part viii
be soft and entirely lacking IN the stuck
up element.
dress a pretty lawn and lace matinee 10
do m. charce her not to let II see even
The outside OF a starch box. and YOU
cao hot nine 10 one that IL Will come
hack with the savings of years in the
way Of starch. lavishcd upon il. and
when YOU put 1t on you will feel like
sandwich man.
Really there ought to be en- anti-starch
society. Think OF all the dear little
babies that suffer from the sticky stun
during the hot summer, Even the word
itself is dieacreeable, Who likes starchy
people? Who likes women who sit up as
If they were starched? II Mr.. Mckinley
has the heart that credit him with. he
will make q bin limiting the use Of
starch 10 the winter months.
IT'S RATHER FUNNY.
But that cloverest Of men. Mr. Labou-
chcrc credits the morality of our grand
mothers 20 the stiffness Of the chairs
in which they used 10 sit. If you viii
take the trouble 10 look up the pictures
Of some old-fashioned chairs, You viii
find yourself wondering why they didn't
drive women to immortality rather than
to tine other extreme.
For instance. take the Egyptian chair
the average parl0r chair with its aw-
ful back and hot plush cushions, becomes
comfortable beside that in which Cleo
patra and her girl friends used 70 have
afternoon tea. Granted. however that
the original statement is true. what
became of our grandmOthers when they
stood ND and lost the moral influence
OF The chair?
There is no doubt about IT., however,
letting our grandmothers sleep in peace.
that there will never be a comfortable
chair-that is comfortable FOR a woman
until a woman has designed one
The masculine chair designer concludes
that an women's waists are Of the same
length. and the consequence is that while
one sylph-like maiden finds rather more
Of herself on the floor than she desires
Il shorter sister is dangling in mid air.
Women understand the agonies ondur-
cd by other women in the chair Of to-
day. 4 woman knows what It means
at a dinner to be placed in a huge arm
chair that. while it looks very histori-
cal and picturesque. is TO small wo
man. veritable seat of torture
If she wants TO eat her dinner she has
to sit on its tip edge with no support
from its back IL she attempts 70 lean
against the back the seat is so frightfully
long and so much Of her gets on It.
that she looks as If she had stretched
herself out for nap. Then. Of course.
some big horsy woman will credit her
with lacking manners and assuming
"slouchy' attitude.
Then there's that small, gilt chair. pc
cular to drawing-fCcms. A man weigh
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-09
MAKING A FEMININE MOUTH.
Bah Says the Woman Who Talks Well
Should Ialk Often.
FAVORS AN ANTI-SIARCH SOCIETY.
sWho Likes Women Who SIT Up as IL ihey
Were siarched?". she Asks-Ihe
stiffnes. of Historical Chairs aud
Other Disadvantages.

NEW YORK. n. Y. Nay 6-Some-
body siad that no woman must
talk much. for as sure as sine does, she
will draw her lips together in a fashion
that's uubccoming I'm way ] believe
this. but ia another way. / don't Inc
woman who can talk well fails in her
duty II she does not talk often, but
there are ways OF msking the feminine
mouth. which ought 10 look Ike a rose
bud extremely ugly. There's a niue
French word "runtC." which, freely
translated means laughing. ana cx-
presses exactly how the mouth Of
woman ought TO look 1t doesn't mean.
however mat womQl should get in
the habit OF Sinking and present n
continual grin 10 Tie masculine word
that stares at her. Think of the wo-
men whose mouths have interested you
There's the woman who IS usually spo-
ken Of as being very firm. and having
decided opinions she expresses them by
drawing her lips togther. so that they
lock like the clasp Of a steel purse, ana
setting her Jaws as II she were trying TO
rival the best breed OF bull pup
That's the sort OF a women you want
TO have as an acquaintance. but not -
a friend or a sweetheart
Then. there's the woman-thank good
ness she's generally Erglish.-who has
been told that her teeth are gOod-so
they are-big. strong. useful and white.
and she parts her lips and smiles with
the amiability and exactly the express
sion OF rather large horse. If you
doubt me. look at any picture of George
Eliot
Then there's the woman who lives for
her teeth and her dimplcs-she opens her
mouth to show one and she contracts it
TO intensity the other If you speak TO
her about a bright woman she asks, right
away. II you noticed her teeth"
Ii she discusses the heroine Of Il book
she wonders that the luthor said Moth
ing about her mouth or her dimples. ana
every actress as far as she Is concern
ed is good or tad not from the stand
point OF art. but from that Of the dentist
When she has a photograph taken she
hesitates as 10 whether she shall show
her teeth or her dimplcs: and she gen
orally compromises by making a bargain
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ing over one hundred and fifty forgcts
himself sits on it. breaks It. and has
10 send his hostess twenty-five dollars
worth Of flowers the next day.
Then there's that deceptive rocking
chair the one which doesn't announce
TO the world that it rocks. and when
you sit upon 1t, with a certain empha
sis. it goes flying back and shows to
the assemblage the soles OF your slip
pers
Then that crcaky chair--I never hear
that creaky chair that / don't think Of
a young woman who married an old
pan who had the rheumatism dreadfully:
for ] have always wondered If VIXEN
wanting a little money, she sat on his
lap and put her arms around his neck
TO prove just how much she loved him.
he ere akod at his shoulder and knees
and elbows just as that type Of chair
does.
There is one chair that IS without any
exception, the most absolutely vicious
imaginable-you have to have an ac-
quaintance with It just as you do with
vice. You first endure, then pity. then
embrace-or, rather. II embraces you.
II IS built TO fold up in various posi-
lions and only one Of the whole lot is
comfortable. To hide its crimes il is
usually cushioned. Perhaps a strange
man enters. looks about your drawing
room and sees the same enticing air
about that wretched chair that vice pos
sesses for its votaries.
lie goes toward II and in an easy man.
ner seats himself on the end. Down
goes chair, man and all.
II he's small. he's buried under the
cushions; If he's large. II is interesting
TO hear the wicked words he says TO in
crease ones vocabulary. Occasionally,
somebody learns the one way TO manage
that chair. You've got 20 find the ex-
act centre OF It. sit down there. and
then you are monarch OF all you survey.
Neither man. woman nor spook, how
ever. TAfaips n remembrance Al to WHARF
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We rode where the aight-moths be,
When the night was late.
And the wheel that she rode with ma
Was the wheel Of fate.
Dew on the paths and dew
on each wayside tree
Stars in the lifted blue
When she rode with me.
Still Not a chlrp nor cry
From the nests asleep
Nor rustic nor leafy sigh
From the orchards deep,
Nor a song from the drowsy streams
On their pebbled bars
Yet the world was as full OF dreams
As the night Of stars.
Two-as ne glided on
Like swift birds in hishti
Two but we rode as one
In the lonely night
Was II her sighs caress
That the soft winds brought
Oh, that could but guess
Her unspoken thought!
What would her goodnight be.
At the open gate?
For the wheel that she rode with me
Was the wheel OF fate.