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results might have been much more
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THE LIBRARY AND ITS At
MOSPHERE.
Copyright, 1897.

There may be one or two countries
where the percentage of illiteracy Is
lower than in the United States, but
there Is no country more deserving to
be called a nation of readers than this.
The peasantry of other lands rarely
make a practice of reading, but in
America the laborer, the artisan and
the farmer are ardent readers Of the
daily newspapers, and often of class
publications, ever if they do not VEN
ture into the field of general literature.
The magazines 1--WE their enormous
circulation to this widespread low of
reading, there being dozens of them
that sell far more than a hundred thou
sand copies every month, thus proving
that they must go into millions of
households. The tremendous and ever
increasing output of books is another
testimonial of the habit of the people.
This growth of love for reading must
to a great extent influence the lives of
the people for the better, and although
it by no means follows that a library
will make readers, there can be no
denying the fact that a convenient and
comfortable room with something of
artistic simplicity and finish about it,
set apart and dedicated as a library en-
courages and fosters the habit. That
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

hurt her; and all manner of things.
But she seemed set upon it
talked nothing else. The doctor said
it was a sick fancy, that in her weak
state any craving must be humored.
THUS cornered, | wrote a letter urg-
ing My dear Harberton'-I hadn't the
remotest idea what his Christian name
was-to come to us, ever for a day.
Mother insisted on adding a line-she
who had not penned a word for months
begging him to come that she might
have an opportunity of thanking him
for his friendliness towards her son.
/ did feel mean when | took the invi-
tation into another room and burnt it.
Il would have given anything to
have been able to produce an impostor.
But Harberton had been described so
infinitely the mater knew him by
heart, as it were, and would have de-
tected a fraud at a glance. Besides, |
have never seen any one who at all
resembled him. | told her that | had
heart from him that he was coming.
dreaded she would ask to see his let
ter, but it CHANGED to be one Of her bad
uayS, anu she ulCl L..
Next morning he was to arrive. |
meant to fake UP a telegram somehow,
giving an excuse for his absence when
l went to the station on pretense of
meeting him. My mother was strange
ly we'll that morning. Her customary
lassitude and pain had vanished. She
was reclining on a couch drawn close
tn tho nnnn window Hnr ohaaIr wo,o
almost rosy, and there was a lace ar
rangement over her white hair that
made her look prettier thar | had ever
seen her, She was all impatience to
see Harberton. and hurried me off to
the station half an hour too soon.
1T was a lovely June day, and our
private foot-path to the railway lay
through shady ways; but l vas wretch
ed and ashamed, wishing the thing
over. The remembrance of the sparkle
in mothers eyes, even of the effort she
had made to appear in full toilette dis
turbed me. Of her health, the doctor
had spoken grayely on the night be-
fore. With a heart affection such as
hers, might not the shock of Harber-
tons non-appearance be too much for
her?
Il suppose one ought to believe in
Nemesis, or ~Retribution, or that sort of
thing. | don't, much, but i confess
that summer morning | came nearer
suffering for my sins than | had even
done before or have ever done since.
Now you needn't believe what fol-
lows unless you like. | often doubt it
myself. knew something vas 70 hap
pen as | heard the scYld o. ING coming
engine; and, as | watched the train
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

The ~so-called "smart-set" in the east
have evolved a new form of amuse-
ment in the Poverty Party" This is
uproariously funny. 1t makes you
laugh just to think of it.. All the
guests must appear disguised as
tramps. Any costume which would
denote a possible visible means of
support is barred, together with the
wearer. Dusty Rhoades,'' Weary
Willie" "Oyster Mike" and "Handor-
gan Sally are the characters most at
fected. To make merry over the mis-
fortunes of the poor is the very essence
OF wit. 1t is especially funny when the
rich are SO, and the poor otherwise, be-
cause of unjust social conditions made
possible by class legislation secured by
bribery, betrayal of trust, or any other
old way. Then it becomes side split
ting.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

Mrs. Yetta Gerber, who died in New
York city last week, was 106 years old.
She was a Polish woman, and at the
time of Napoleon's invasion of Russia
lived in the little village of Kickok.
She distinctly remembered when Napo-
Icons forces marched through the
place. Her husband died when he was
rs. and ten years ago Mrs. Gerber
came to New York with her daughte,
Nary. She vas able to do work abou'
the house to the last. One of he
granddaughters was married recently
and the old woman surprised every one
~ cracking filbert nuts with her natu'
raj teeth, having retained them all
Ers. Gerber had eleven children, foul
Of whom are living, ten grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
ELIZABETH GREATOREx DEAD.
First Woman Of America to Win Inter-
unfionnl onor In AIT

First Woman of America to Win Inter-
national Honors in Art.
Mrs. Elizabeth G%reatoreX, who died
a few weeks ago in Paris, was the first
of the women artists in America to
win international recognition and was
the only woman honored by member
ship in the Artists fund. She was also
the first woman to receive the compli-
ment of election as associate of the Ma
tional academy, says the Boston Even
ing Transcript. h was born in 1919 in
Manor Hamilton, Ireland, and was the
daughter of a clergyman, the Rev.
James Calcott Pratt. She came to New
York city in 1910 and nine years later
became the wife of Henry Wellington
Greatorex, an English musician. After
her marriage she studied painting in
Paris and Munich. She visited Eng
land in 1857, and in the SOS and early
'70's was in Germany and Italy, and
produced the book of sketches and
etchings known as THE Homes of
Oberammergau,'' summer sketches in
Colorado, "Etchings in Nuremberg
and "Old New York from the Battery
to Bloomingdale," the letter press of
these volumes being written by her sis
ter, Mrs. Matilda P. Despard. Eighteen
of her sketches were exhibited in the
art collection at the centennial expo
sition in Philadelphia. A large pen
drawing Mrs. Greatorex made of
Durer's home in Nuremberg is pre-
served in the vatican in Rome. In the
centennial year she also produced the
three paintings, "Bloomingdale
Church." "St. Paul's Church" and the
North Dutch Church." each painted
on panels taken from St. Paul's and
the Dutch church in Fulton street,
New York city. Mrs. Greatorex was an
honorary member of the Sorosis. Her
daughters, Kathleen Honora and Flea.
nor, both artists of repute in Paris,
survive her.
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after l left Oxford-without hon
ors-1 spent a lot of time loafing at
home. Dead-alive part of the country;
nothing much to shoot, and mother, an
invalid, couldn't stir out Of her o
IT didn't mean deliberately to de-
ceive her, but what life is there for a
healthy young man, stuck down there,
hanging round a sick room from one
month to another? He must come to
the surface to breathe, whether the air
be wholesome or not. At first, when
l cut out for a day or two, I would
call 1t business. But the mater knew
old Findlay had always managed the
investments, and the money, and all
that. So when l took a run up to town
n didn't return at night l had to in
vent a friend and pretend l had put up
with him. That came as easy as lying
always does; only mother, who had
little to interest her, insisted on hear
Ing all the particulars. How my friend
looked, what he said, and the rest. ]
got into a lot of tight places at the
start, till I thought of a man | had
known two years before and kept to d
description of him.
"Harberton was his name. He was
cruising on the Mediterranean for his
health when l was on the Sayonara
with the Blakes. He was a queer chap
believed In occultism and rot of thai
sort; and we all laughed at him for it
We never thought him i'll, merely lazy
One moonless night, after dining or
his yacht, we lounged on deck, with
those myriads of stars making us fee
jolly small.
"Harberton lay on a steamer chair
he used to pass the night there-gazins
at the sky with his inscrutible eyes
We had all been laughing and chatting
when he came on deck, but somehow
the immensely of it all had sobered us
and we were quiet and solemn, wher
Harberton, pointing h~eavenwards, sale
In his languid, affected drawl: "To'
morrow I shall know what these have
to tell We believed it to be merely
one of his poses; but in the morning
we were horribly startled by the new:
that he was dead. He had died, lying
there in his chair; during the night.
We'll, Harberton's name occurred
to me when l was forced to invent /;
story to satisfy mother, and, though
couldn't write a story to save my life
whenever l began jawing about him
everything came quite pat. Often
blessed his memory when I could g
off for a few days, have a good time
and return to find mother quit
pleased.
This went on for awhile, till mothe
began to bother me with a request t
ask my friend to visit us at Tramp
ton Chelmsford. I tried hard to get he
off the notion; I said that he was bus.
or i'll; that entertaining guests woulC
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

SnSSND rAooA
this end is just as well obtained by
pleasing escaloped leather valances on
the shelves or hanging attractively
India silk curtains in the front
of them. The tops of the low shelves
furnish an admirable place for the
display of artistic ~bric-a-brac. which,
if possible, should have a classic lit
erary significance. 1t is needless to
say that this last quality should also
distinguish the pictures that adorn the
room, hone of the furniture should be
formal. The library should give an
air of inviting quiet, welcoming the
lover of bGoks to its inhabitab,e inte-
rior. Comfort is the first consideia-
ton, AN open fireplace being most es
sentiol, no matter what heating ar
rangement the house may have.
The central feature of the room
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
H D.,u act harmoniCcsly wit
Bones I'm a Silver Vein.

If the find of a Colorado silver miner,
liade half Il dozen years ago, be taken
into account, there is but little doubt
that the human race existed on this
continent as long ago as the time when
the silver veins were in process OF
formation In the Rocky Point mine
in Gilman. 400 feet below the surface.
a number of Human bones were found
imbedded in the silver-bearing ore
When taken out over 500 worth of sill
yer still chung to the bones, An arrow
head made of tempered copper and
four inches long, was also found With
the remains,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

ooh. dear Mr.. Cocker" exclaimed
Mrs. Gazzam, Il am told you are an
expert in dogs. I do love dogs so. l
have the dearest little pug. His name
is Cupid. The sweetest little thing,
inst as fat as he can be. Now, Mr..
Cocker, l want to ask you just one
question. You will tell me, l know"
Certainly, Mrs. Gazzam."
is an ocean greyhound anything
like a water spaniel?"-Harper's Ba-
Ear.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
Very K

what strikes a stranger most forci-
bly, on his first visit to Brooklyn?" in
Quired his visiting friend.
Trolley cars answered Bilson. as
he miraculously escaped death by max
ing a hasty leap.-New York Evening
Journal,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
The Henson WHY,

How my mouth waters.' exclaimed
the Mississippi River.
CHATS because you're coming to a
bar remarked the Gulf of Mexico
Chicago Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

Paper underclothing is much used
in Japan. The garments are cut out
of large sheets of finely crisped paper
the pieces sewed together and the but
tonholes strengthened with calico or
linen. The fabric is strong, ever when
wet, flexible and extremely light. A
fact to be considered is that every jap
takes a hot bath at least once a day
His paper clothes are so cheap that
new ones can be afforded frequently.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
A Gallery InlOrsc ln cnt.

81 always like to see that senator get
up to make a speech" said the drowsy~
looking young man
"He isn't very interesting
mo. When he is OH his feet j am
always sure that my nap will no be
disturbed by any outburst OF ap-
Observation-Disclosures Star
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
Tor any case of catarrh that cannot he
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, nave known r.. J..
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
T ledo. iruaA' "holesale DRUGGISTS To-
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. I'estimo-
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, 1897-07-01

Visitors to Chicago are in peril from
bullets fired by the police at bur-
glars. An Ohio man has just been
shot dead there. If a man lives in
Chicago he is robbed; if he visits Chi
oago he is shot. A very dangerous
rlace is the Windy City, particularly
in hard times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
His ThOughtfuIness

Deaf Mute Lover speaking by finger
signs, ea1nestly)-Tell me, darling, will
you be mine?
Deaf Mute Loved One speaking dit
to, coyly)-Oh. dearest, must | answer
right out loud?
Deaf Mute Lover speaking ditto,
tenderly)-NO. sweet; whisper your an
swer in my left eye.-New York World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

MY features are sad to resemble
Samson's,' the puyilist said. proudly
Not features" corrected his rival,
"just feature-the jawbone Of an ass"
The spectators rose en- maSSc
you've got him going. Put him out!
Put hin OUT they shouted.-Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

Reports from outlying counties in
Missouri indicate that the crop OF
greens" is in an unusually forward
state this year. Indeed, some of the
more enterprising rural hostelries have
already served their guests with a
mess of this toothsome salad, with
the proper accompaniment of breakfast
bacon, poached eggs, corn pone, and
buttermilk.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

"1ll tell you what it is. Blinks. old
man, this is a pretty wisely-planned
world, after ALL"
CLOVIS that?"
"Why, take drinking. for example; n
nan never sees snakes until he is so
drunk he don't care Il darn what he
seeS.'-Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

A new political party is to be organ
lied next summer, we are told. This
is, indeed, gratifying news. If there is
anything that this country needs more
than anything else it is more political
parties.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

Puck: May-Miss Passay says she was
very much pleased with last Sundays
sermon.
Marie-Yes, it was on the shortness of
life, and it made her feel that thirty-tive
years is not so long a time, after all.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

Few people realize what a terrible
man Fitzsimmons car be when fully
aroused. Thus we have it from Bob's
own mouth that when Corbett declared
with the utmost solemnity he would
beat Fitzsimmons to death in the event
he refused to fight with the ex-cham-
pion Bob instantly declared: IF you
do, Jim, l will kill you"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

After expressing unqualified conf
dence in it's own probity, the Idaho
Legislature adjourned sine die. 1t Is
seldom a legislature turns States evil
depce.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
FRIEND HARBERTON.
(By Mary Stuart Boyd.)

0, old man, OF
course | don't be-
lieve in spirits or
nonsense of that
sort. Yet something
that l never quite
understood once
happened to me.
You all know about
that kind of thing,
and perhaps you
ran exD1ain il.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
why They Dlun't

81 am glad you were there, my boy
said Mrs. Stormington Barnes in eS
ultation. I'm glad you were there
had the audience spell-bound, didnt
I?' .
"Why-er-it seemed to me they
didn't applaud very much"
That's just it. | had EN- so interest
ed in what 1 was saying that they did
not ven dare applaud for fear they'd
miss some of it."-WashingtOn Star
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

sissippi make fifty-mile trips through
tree tops, the Baron Munchausen tying
his horse to a church steeple does not
seem improbable.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

1t is said that since the taxation Of
church property in California, benetac-
tons from the wealthy have ceased.
rhis is somewhat singular, AS a taxed
church may need help more than one
that 10 untaxed,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
FIFTY Million Tons of Steel.

During the last twenty years the
railways of the world have absorbed
50. OO0, 900 tom of steel, or almost half
the total product.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
Success Assured Them.

Marie-Did you hear the latest shock
ing news about Ethel? She is actually
going on the music-hall stage.
Estelle-Indeed? She is bound to get
her English lord some way or other,
isn't shc?-New York Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

When Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug of war;" a Greek name
being SO convenient as a rope.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

A Chicago pool-room is entered
through q Chicago alderman's saloon.
and no policeman seems to be able to
find the way to it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

Gladstone is said to have become
very deaf. Still, he a hear the cries
of Christians in Crete better than Sal
isbury.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
Don't Tobacco Snit and Smoke Ynur Life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder worker that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, Soc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

The great Mohammedan school at Cairo,
Eel Hazar, meaning. The Splendid has
clear records dating as far back as aTJ.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

Indiana prisoners deprived of work are
to be drilled.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

A pound of phosphorus heads 1000, 900
matches.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

The empress of Austria agrees with
the anti-cigaret crusaders. She smokes
cigars.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

The calamity of the Chodinka meadow
at Moscow cost the Russian government
$500, 900 rubleS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
~POST-MORTEM ACTS.
SOME REMARKABLE INCIDENTS
RELATED BY HISTORY.
fhief's Headless Body Cut Up Capers-
Some of the MarAels That Have Been
Preserved to Us by the Ancient Chro-
nicles. "

HE remarkable ex-
pertinent m a d e
upon the head of
t h e ~decapitated
Able Bruneau in
France is by no
IN e a n s h
precedent, says the
Philadelphia Times.
1t is impossible to
read IL in his
- h ont nnm-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

There are nearly 400 varieties of hum
ming birds.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
GrOEEH.

Goes Cough ISaISan,
is the Oldest and best. 1t will break up a Cold quicker
than anything else. 1t is Always reliable, Try it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

An old bachelor resembles q pair OF
scissors with only one blade.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

The fault finder is color blind to vir-
tue.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01

The little things overlooked rob u
lives Of joyful strength.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-01
No-Tn-Rnc FOR Fifty Cents.
A ~Bencnceut proyisiO

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 5Oc. 81. All druggists.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-08
New York Cotton Market


 New York, May 1.-The cotton market made feeble start under disappointing cables and favorable crop accounts, but rallied quite sharply after declining 3Q4 points. The reaction was largely due to indications of heavy losses in stock at in- terior towns, supplemented by a strong de- mand for spot-cotton at higher prices. From the weakest interval to the highest prices, the market showed an advance of 4Q10 points, with the market tone finally steady at net gain of 4QI7 points.
 Cotton-Steady middling, 11-16c; net re- celpts, l20; grosss l65 exports to the conti- nent, 6,150; forwarded, 165; sales, 3,2i5; spin ners, 326; stock, ISL 164.
 Weekly: Net receipts, 469; gross, Il 225; exports to Great Britain, 14,S22; to France, 969; to the continent, 12,S19; forwarded, D. 6ea; sales, IT, sl5 spinners, 2,446 Great Britain, 112; to the continent, 1879; Consolidated: Net receipts, 41, AT; exports to Great Britain, 34, ,153 to France, S,017; to the continent, 59S03.
 Total since Sept. 1: Net receipts, 6.456, ,S7O; exports to Great Britain, 2,S55, ,942; to France G66740; to the continent, 1,93i,6O9 to the channel, 5,4S1.
 Cotton--Futures opened dull but steady; sales 1000 bales. January, 6.S9 May 7.3l :; June, 7.34; July, 7.S0 August 7.35; Septem- Der, 7.0d;,, October, 6.S4; November, 6.SS; De cember, 6.S4.
 Cottoll--Futures closed steady; sales, 62,- 200 bales. January, 6.96; February, 700; March, 7.04; May, TBS; June, 799; July, 7.43; November. 6S9; December, 692.
 Cotton-Spot closed steady; middling up- lands, 7-16c; middling gulf, 15-16c; sales, 3,245 bales. -
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-08
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