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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

New York World: Sailors have long
told tales of magnetic islands which
lure ships on to wreck by affecting
their compasses. At these accounts
the scientists have scoffed.
Scientists have in their time scoffed
at a great many things since proved
true.
And the scientists were wrong who
denied the existence Of magnetic
islands. An island, not far away from
civilization, and recently discovered,
but zeal the coast of Europe and
known for centuries to the geographers,
has this quality. This is the Island OF
Bordholm, which belongs to Denmark,
and lies in the Baltic sea near the shore
of Prussia.
The power of attraction which comes
from this island alters considerably
the reading of compasses on passing
ships. 1t is in effect a vast magnet,
whose influence is perceptible for a dis
lance Of about ten miles. Z
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
MRS. SARTORIS, AMERICAN.
Gen. Grants Daughter Tells Why She
Applied for a Citizenship Bill.

Gen. Grants Daughter Tells Why She
Applied for a Citizenship Bill.
From New York Sun: Mrs. Nellie
Grant Sartoris, who applied last April
for readmission to citizenship in this
country, said in speaking of her appli-
cation: MY mother and my brothers
live here. It was here that my revered
father lived. l and my children want
ed to live here and to be citizens Of the
United States; 1, therefore, asked O n
gress to pass the bill; and l feel CRATE
full to those in authority for their
prompt and unanimous action. You
see, by my marriage to MIR. Sartoris,
an Englishman, l became a subject of
Great Britain. I left England when
my husband died and returned to the
United States. I am glad to be in
America and to be a citizen Of my faith
er's country. England has the tender
est associations for me and for my
children, but we shall be happy here.
This ia our home. My son is proud OF
the fact that he was born in America,
and long ago he expressed a desire to
become identified with the United
States" The first news that Mrs. Sar-
toris had that her son had a thought OF
going to war was when he showed her
Gen. Lees reply: III there is war and
I am in the saddle. you shall ride with
me-" Il cannot say" said Mrs. Sar-
toris, that | am glad to see my son
go to war. For his sake, though, try
to. look pleased. This war has already
accomplished one thing for which my
father longed, even in his last moments
the wiping out Of sectional lines and
the uniting of the whole people-and
know he would rejoice greatly to SET
my son riding by the side of Gen. Lee;
| both moved by n hope, the success Of
the stars and stripes The house In
which Mrs. Grant lives with her daugh'
ter and her grandchildren was formerly
owned by Senator Edmunds and Is or
Massachusetts avenue. 1t is an Eng.
lish basement house. richly furnished
and with an unusually large library. A
collection of tiger skins is one OF The
conspicuous beauties Of the place. Mrs
Grant and Mrs. Sartoris entertain cor
| tinually In the season. Mrs. Sartoris
has the complexion and figure Of 6
young girl. Her daughters are botf
dark like their mother. but the son hal
inherited from his father the blond
complexion Of the Englishman.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

To preserve the natural colors OF
plants is oftentimes of great impor-
lance. Aside from the mere appear
ance, the color is valuable as a dis
tinguishing feature. A method Of pre-
serving the color is given which is sim
pie and practical. immense the plant
in 80 to 95 per cen alcohol, or place II
in a cylinder and apply al air pump
to produce a vacuum; then immense
the plants in a 5 per cent solution OF
glycerine that has been made slightly
blue by s%ulphate or acetate of copper
The combination produces copper
phyllocyanate, which is not affected by
light, and is almost insoluble In any
p~reservative medium. II the copper
salt is in excess, it may be removed by
a mixture of formaline and glycerine,
which increases the value Of the pre-
sentative medium.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

To those whose duty or pleasure calls
them into the busy thoroughfares OF
large cities, and whose ears are as
sailed with the shocking expressions
with which many Of the passers-by de-
light to garnish their language, Japan
should be a terrestrial paradise-for
the Japanese never utter an oath. As
a matter of fact, the reason for this is
that there is no word in the Japanese
language equivalent to an oath. Even
the vast number Of foreigners who
have gone to that country during the
last ten years, and the thousands OF
new words added to the language, have
not in the least affected the japanese
in swearing. In this respect the ia
panese stand alone, for all other in.
habitants of earth can use pretty strong
language, when, for example, on get
ting out of bed they step on a tack
with it's business end up"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

Charles e. Tripler tells in the une
Cosmopolitan of his wonderful discov-
cry of liquid air. From this we quote
the following excerpts:
Liquid air is simply air such as we
breathe. from which most of the heat,
originally derived from the sun, has
been extracted. This l am now able
to effect very easily and cheaply by me-
chanical means. AS a result, some ff-
teen minutes after the process is start
| ed, a clear, frosty looking liquid begins
| to pour down from a tube about an inch
in diameter, and speedily fills the re-
ceptacle placed beneath to receive 1t.
This rate of production can be main
tanned all day II desired. Each cubic
foot of liquid represents nearly eight
hundred cubic feet of ordinary air, and
in its expansion as it returns to its gas
eous state lies a power of the highest
efficiency, easy to control, ready to be
harnessed and utilized. Its temporal
ture is about three hundred and twelve
| degrees below zero, Fahrenheit.
If a tumbler is filled with the liquid
it boils vigorously, absorbing a portion
| of the heat around it, and at the end of
half an hour has completely disappear
ed, indistinguishably mingled with the
air around us, from which it differs on
ly in its greater purity. The tumbler,
meanwhile, has become thickly coated
with frost. If, however, the liquid be
placed in a glass bulb, set inside of a
larger bulb, with a half-inch space be-
tween the two from which the air has
been exhausted, it is so protected by
this vacuum jacket that it vaporizes
very slowly, lasting for a number of
hours.
In this more quiet state, It has the
appearance of pure water, except that
It shows a pale-blue tint. which inten-
SITES as the evaporation proceeds.
There are, in fact. two entirely distinct
fluids present-liquefied nitrogen and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
Thunder and Lightning,

1t Is said that lightning may be rec
ognized at a distance Of two hundred
miles when the clouds among which
1t plays are at a high altitude, but
that thunder can seldom be heard at
a greater distance than ten miles The
sound of thunder is also subject to
refraction by layers Of different density
in the atmosphere, as we'll es to the
effects OF Sound shndows," produced
by hills and ether interposed objects.
These are among the reasons for the
existence Of the eo-called "gkeet" or
SUMMER" lightning. which seems to b.
UNATTENDED by thunder.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

First Sweet Young Thing-Hasn't he
lovely eyes?
Second Sweet Young Thing--Yes; but
he drinks awfully. @-~ -
First Sweet Young Thing-But isn't
his moustache too sweet for anything:
Second Sweet Young Thing-It is
pretty, certainly; but they say he Is
such a terrible gambler.
First Sweet Young Thing-What a
charming smile he has?
Second Sweet Young Thing-But he
Is so shockingly immoral.
First Sweet Young Thing-O, well.
dear, you can't have everything in a
man, can you?-Ally Sloper.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

The determined effort of a New York
temperance society to suppress the mill
tary canteen in its state camp, is sup
ported by reports from the English ar
my in Africa, where the recent brilliant
victory on the Atbara was won by a
force composed exclusively of total abb
stainers. For months Sir Herbert
Kitchener has denied all liquor to his
troops, with the result that In one OF
the deadliest Of climates, no army has
ever had so little sickness, been IN
such magnlncenV pny nivei aud -4-.
training, or o hard-fought battles
after forced marches of such extraor'
binary character. No wonder that the
total abstinence principle in warfare Il
being p~ondered by military authorities
throughout the world.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

In a recent Cosmopolitan the editor
makes q statement in settling a wo-
mans chances Of success which Is puz-
cling. Centuries of intellectual and
physical %idleness," he says, have
placed the average woman of today at
a disadvantage, in most things requir-
ing energy or stamina, when ranged
alongside the man, whose ancestors
we're accustomed to stronger life" Per-
haps he means to say that men have
one line of ancestors and women IN
other line. Or possibly we are to un-
derstand that a man draws his supe-
rior energy and stamina from the male
side and a oma her inferior energy
and stamina from the female side. In
this case the centuries Of intellectual
and physical idleness' in woman would
reflect weakness only upon her female
offspring, and not upon the men. Mind
we %cheerfully acknowledge mans su.
periority, but the writer's reasoning
leaves us sore distract. We had always
supposed that III ancestors had left
their good and evil traits to us men
and women with c~ommendable impair
TALLY.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
Tho Last Leaf.

The Last Leaf.
! saw him once before.
As he passed by the door.
And again
The pavefnents stones ~resound,
AS he totters Ger the ground
With his cane.
They say that in his prime,
Ere the pruning knife OF time,
Cut him down,
Not a better mar was found
BY the Grief On his round
Through the TOWN.
But now he walks the streets,
And he looks at all he meets
So forlorn;
And he Shakes his feeble head,
That 1t seems as IL he said,
'They are gene"
The mossy marbles rest
On the lips that he has pressed
In theft bloom:
n the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many a year,
On the tomb:
My grandmamma has said
Poor old lady; she Is dead
Long ago
That he had a Roman nose.
And his cheek was like a rose,
In the SNOW.
But now his nose Is thin,
And it rests upon his chin,
Like d staff;
And a crook is in his back.
And a melancholy crack
In his laugh.
] know 1t Is a sin
Fol me to sit and grin
At him here;
But the old three-cornered hat.
And the breaches. and all that,
Are so queer!
And If 1 should live to be
The last leaf upon the tree,
In the spring,
Let them smile, as / do now,
At the old forsaken b6ugh
Where 1 cling.
OLIVER Wendell Holmes.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is q constitutional cure. Price, 75c.


Mister said Meandering Mike. as
he made his way up to the recruiting
office, ~ wanter inlist.'
"But this isn't a life of absolute
ease"
81 don't carc.A Teller outside was tell
in me about how they're goin' to play
smash with earthworks, an breast
works, an fireworks, an I'm wil1in' TO
run some risk for the sake of seein' all
them different kinds O. works in trou'
ble.'-Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

"Paresis" they sometimes call 1t when
people who are rich. idle and dissolute
break down in body and mind. Often
1t near enough to insanity to
warrant their being placed in an asy-
lum, where ample attendance is given
at high prices. A nurse In one such
institution says, you would be aston.
ished to know how many such gentry
are in cur care; and in some cases their
friends give out that they are gone
abroad" z
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
After Long Years.

do you remember" said Miss An
cieni Oldgirl to Colonel Crabtree, how
wher you were a young man you pro-
posed to me and I rejected your" at
is one of the happiest recollections Of
my life" said the Colonel with an air
of gallantry. And Miss Oldgirl is still
wopdering.-Puck.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

fruits and eggs may be pulverized in
the same manner.
But these are substances that may be
frozen, though not to the same brittle
hardness, by the ordinary cold of win
ter. Let us now try something more
refractory. Mercury remains liquid ct
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
Too Full for Uttcrance.

"When l proposed she could not say
a word in reply" said Spikes to his
friend Spokes.
"Her heart was too full for utter
ance, l suppose"
mo: it was her mouth which was
too full. I proposed at the dinner ta'
b~le.'-Stray Stories.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

The strawboard trust Will have to
make a defense before the Indiana leg
islature. About once a year the fac
tories empty their reservoirs into
streams on which the industries are
situated and kill all the fish in the
water. The United States court has
been appealed to and has enjoined some
of the factories from p~olluting streams,
but other branches Of the trust con-
tinue to empty poison into rivers, and
the local officers of the law seem to be
powerless to prevent it. Only this
week the factory at Carthage emptied
its reservoir into Blue river and killed
millions of fish and interrupted the
spawning. The governor has taker
notice OF the destruction of the fish ant
announces that II he has any influence
with the coming legislature he will see
to it that a law is passed that will stop
the pollution of running streams by
these factories.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
The WRONG James.

Billy the Slugger-Here, take dis
book back. You cheated me, see?
Observation-Disclosures you? The price
Is plainly marked. I'll show o the
catalogue If you think you paid TOO
much for 1t.
Billy the Slugger-I don't care to see
no catalogue. It's a story about a lot
of Boston guys. by Henry James.
When bought it l fought Jessie had
wrote it.-Chicag0 News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

Mrs. Westend-Good morning, Mr..
Northend. 1 want to run in and SEQ
your wife. Is she at home?
Mr.. NOrthend-YeS; she'll be at home
to make up her mind to go out ana
have a tooth pullcd.-New York
Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
Naughty.

eyes; they'll have to look out three
years from now"
"How's that"
"Why, 1900 is going to be a terrible
bad year."
"What makes you think so?
at will be so naughty ."-Moonshine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

John going out)-Is it cold enough
for an overcoat?
Henry-Not if you walk fast.
John-Well, l guess I'd better put
mine on; I'm going to the DENTISTS
Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
His Choice.

"What kind Of poetry do you enjoy
most?" inquired the sentimental young
woman.
"Triplets," replied Mr.. Cumrox. They
are always short."-Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

The laws of Mexico provide that a
Mormon who wishes to take a second
wife mist present a certificate signed
by his first helpmeet to the effect that
she is willing; and he must also have
the express consent of the second wife
and her parents.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
Query.

She-I learn from other peoples mis-
takes.
He-Well, l made one when I mar
ried you. What do you learn from
that?-Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

An Englishman has designed an cleo
trio fog signaling apparatus, which has
a large number of cartridge chambers
in a metallic disk, with a firing mech
anjsm on one side of the disk to fire a
cartridge at stated intervals If a train
is in the block ahead of the signal, an
electric rent operating the signal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

The French are considering the loss
of American money which attends our
light with Spain, and on the whole are
not as much in sympathy with Spain
as they thought they were some Gays
aga
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Profitable Fruit GrowinG-Ab0ut Ancient
Duct0rs-fhe Gentle Son Of Japan
Shop window Fires-Presefving tho
Color of Plants-Patents in China!
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

An alliance between France and
Spain would give us the friendship of
the little German emperor to such an
extent that he would enunciate in our
behalf in a loud voice.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

A paper Of Porto Rico proposes TO
burn Washington and New York, and
adds that by way Of further indemnity
the Spaniards will demand the wives
and daughters of the yankee pigs. 1t
is such q pity that we didn't think OF
that before 1t was too late.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

"If your boy doesn't reform. Robin
son, you won't be able to keep him out
Of Jail when he grows up"
"If he doesn't reform, old fellow, l
won't want to keep him out.'-Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

A married man says there is evident
iy no end to his wife's mind, as he
gets a piece of it daily.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

! girls features may be stamped on
a young mans heart, but it's always
her complexion that looms up on his
coat collar.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

Some actors find the glare Of the
headlights more annoying than that OF
the footlights.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

The war-like reporter blows up a lot
Of s~peaking-tubes in his efforts to cap
ture information.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

It's surprising how much a woman
can say about herself without telling
anything.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
Another Lie Nailed,

Antonio MISUNDERSTANDING poll
tics,' is it? And-a they say the ItalinO
mans notta cutta ice in municipal at.
fairs."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

A bath with COSMO BUTTERMILK
SOAP, exquisitely scented, Is soothing n
beneficial. Sold everywhere.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

A man is apt to suffer less from a
cold than he is from innumerable rem
edies suggested by his friends.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

A single spade in the hand is worth
more than a tray of diamonds in the
pack.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

A woman can sharpen a pencil about as
quick as a man can thread a needle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

Experience teaches people lots OF
things they would rather not know.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

Could Pierce Any Armor
~ Plate. A New and Mari
velous Discovery Of Science
It's Temperature only 3i2 De-
erees Below Zero. II Will
Freeze Alcohol I-..o Solid
Cakes. Some Of the Uses
to Which 1t Can Be Put &c
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

A few days after a man weds an an
gel she always sheds her wings.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

Failures should be used as stepping
stones to future success.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Satisfied.

Take Cascarets Candy Cathar.ic. 10c or go.
II c. c. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25

A mans love for liquor frequently
makes the world gyrate.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-08-25
Hoods SarsapariHs
Man,
Is Americas Greatest MedIcii

Hood's pills cure all Liver Ills. as cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-09-16

am not all bad, and I was sorry when
I saw her fall dead. I came home,
but she followed me; she has stood
near me ever since-a woman with
dead eyes. awful to look upon-awful
to see!"
Tell me-" said the earl, quietly,
chow did you know that Il was my
wife?'
An expression of cunning came over
the dying face.
Il knew her by the scarf-her silver
scarf-she wore 1t over her arms the
first time l saw her."
you tried to take a terrible re-
venge," said Lord Caraven.
1T has been worse for me-" rejoined
the dying mana Thousand times
worse for me. went five tines after
five different situations, and on each
occasion 1t was flung scornfully In my
face that had been dismissed from
Ravensmere. When l found that
was ruined, I swore that I would kill
her ladysnip, and have done It."
the earl, hastily. II am thankful to say
that your murderous shot never reach
ed my wife. The lady you have in
jured is stranger to you-Lady Ham
iSton; she had thrown Lady Caraven's
scarf over her shoulders-hence the
(for mel fortunate mistake"
The look on the dying mans face
was terrible to see-the fiendish disap-
pointment, the bitter hatred.
Then I have not killed her after
ALL" he cried.
mo; you have wounded an innocent
lady a stranger to you-that is all; my
dear wife you have not injured
And 1 sent for you believing that
she was dead, dreading lest an innocent
man should suffer for my deed, longing
also that you should know 1 had taken
my revenge"
81 can only thank heaven you have
failed" said the earl.
John Blantyre raised himself; the
hatred, the bad passions in the dying
face were terrible to see.
"Tell her," he cried, Il am sorry
did not kill her; tell her that she
ruined me and that l hate her for it:
tell her that sent her my curse, and
that after I had cursed her I never
opened my lips again"
He fell back exhausted. and he
kept his word. Never again were his
Inns oDened in mortal speech. The
earl tried, Sir Raoul left his sick room
to try to soften and persuade him.
gentle, low voiced women knelt by his
side, grave minister pleaded with him
1T was all in vain, after that one ter
rible curse his lips were mute and
dumb, whether so stricken by heaven
or whether the result OF his anger and
disappointment no one ever knew; he
died In obstinate, sullen silence.
When the last scene was over, the
earl, who had remained with him to
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-09-16

dred. Countess of Caraven, would ever
be brought before public tribunal and
tried for a crime of which she was
perfectly innocent? Her vivid ina
gination ran riot about 1t. She pic
tured herself in dark cell. She wept
until from sheer exhaustion she slept.
A knocking at the door aroused her.
"Hildred," called Arley Ransome, x
wish to see you."
Papa" said the girl, ~ am tired OF
the worid-tired Of my life. Let me
die in peace"
Fearful of the attention of his SER
wants, he went away, returning again
and again with the same entreaty, but
she would not see him. She refused
all food. she never attempted to go to
rest, and at last Arley Ransome grew
alarmed about her. He would not
force open the door-that would Gre
ate a scandal, and the notion OF scan
dial was as bitter as death to him. II
was with feeling Of intense RELIEF that
he saw Lord Caraven arrive.
"This is terrible business" ne said
"My daughter must have been driven
to great extremes before she did this"
at is all foolish mistake!" cried
the earl. Where is she? want to
see her."
"a mistake! cried the lawyer, with
dignity. Most men would give your
conduct another name, Lord Caraven.
People should be careful before they
make such mistakes"
where is Hildred?" cried the earl.
81 want to see her at once"
ITO be continued.l