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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

INTO A BASKET OF EGGS.
ly to examine the eggs after the jump,
but before, and during it's accomplish
ment. Beyond all doubt the thing is
genuine-a really graceful and beauti-
full feat, calling for extraordinary
agility and s%uppleness, and extremely
careful judgment.
A very curious trick jump is seen
in another picture given. The subject
is Mr.. Frank Munro, Mr.. Higgins
manager and agent, who, of course,
does not usually "oblige" in this re-
spect. The assistant, arrayed in a silk
hat (and, of course, other things; only
the silk hat is a sine qua nom, takes
up his position firmly near a table. 1t
would never do for him to wobble
about e~rratically. Well, a lighted
candle in a candle-stick is placed care
fully or his hat, and, this done, the
jumper retires some distance to take
measurements with his eye.
The reproduction of the photo, fully
explains this remarkable performance.
1t is, indeed, a tremendous jump from
the other side of the table right Up
on to the candle with both feet to-
gether. The fame is extinguished with
a quick movement of the foot from the
ankle, and then the athlete sails grace
fully down on to the stage.
In the photo, one dumb-bell drop
ped by Higgins in his fight is just
about to drop on to the table. And
these missiles certainly do fall around
with alarming promiscuity. The stage
at the Pavilion was fairly corrugated
with deep dents from them, and they
often disabled a chair or scared an
incautious attendant nearly out of his
wits.
Yet another candle-extinguishing
feat forms the subject of another pro-
duction. Six chairs are placed close
together in a row and on the seat of
the 9Th are deposited two lighted
candles in candle-sticks. Taking lis
dumb-bells and bounding hither and
thither like a veritable Spring-Heeled
Jack Che does this to keep himself in
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

other backwoodsman, almost as stall
Wart as Cozby, grasped Colonel Sc
vier's arm, and with the third of their
party in front of them, they forced
their way toward the door, pushing
the crowd to the right and left with an
energy which sent more than one man
to the floor. AS they reached the door
Major Cozby released Sewers arm,
drew a pistol from under his hunting
shirt, and shouted, Sewer! Sewer!
A rescue! a rescue!" thrust aside the
undersheriffs around the door, and
made way for his party through the
crowd. Fifty yards away across the
square stood young Sewer, holding the
horses. While Judge Spencer was still
speechless with surprise and indigna-
ton, the fugitives were mounting, and
before the sheriff had made his way to
the door OF the court room they were
Gathering down the Watauga road,
followed by n after another of the
wild, high-pitched cheers, learned
from the Cherokees and famous in
after times as "the rebel YELL"
Through the whirlwind Of summer
dust which rose around the reckless
riders, 1t could be seen that the "led
mare" on whose back Sewer had
been forced by his companions, was
already in the lead by a dozen lengths,
and that she was gaining a length in
every twenty she covered. More than
one Of the cheering tackles" recog-
nized her as Sewers thoroughbred
Bonnie Kate" who, when first i'm
ported, had come near bankrupting the
habitues of every race track in West
ern North Carolina.
1t was fully three minutes before the
sheriff and his party of a dozen depu-
ties had made their way to the hitch
ing racks" which fianked the sides of
the square. On reaching them, It was
only to find that every bride was tied
to the rack poles in double and twisted
hard knots. Swearing and perspiring
with their efforts, three of the sheriff's
party did manage to mount and give
chase before the fugitives were out Of
sight, and the others struggled after
them as soon as they could cut and
piece out their bride reins. But the
chase was SO hopeless that its failure as
a spectacle exasperated the crowd in
to tyells of derision. The tall young
man with the eelskin cue had mounted
the top of a gate which commanded a
view of the road until it disappeared
around the hill a mile from the court
house. They are half a mile ahead
already, and it is no race at ALL" he
said. mo race at all, gentlemen; no
race at all! They will win in a can
ter. If they ever come back over the
mountains to this court house it will
be with a thousand men behind them.
And, by the eternal. II 1t is necessary
to defend republican principles against
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31
VANITY FAIR.

Pelota may be the mex substitute
for lawn tennis in England. 1t is of
Spanish or Basque origin and has long
been popular in Spain, South America
and (under an Italian nance in parts
of Italy. What billiards are to baga-
telle and polo to hockey pelota is to
tennis (real tennis-not the lawn"
variety. 1t is played with a heavy
ball of leather and India rubber, which
Is struck by the players arm. The arm
is incased in a solid gauntlet or cestus
made of basket work, which gives ter
rife force to every blow. The game is
not for weaklings.
An Indiana woman played a joke
on old Dame Nature this summer by
inducing a lilac bush to blossom twicJ
in m season. Having heard that
picking off the leaves Immediately af-
ter the bush and doomed in the spring
would cause it to again blossom in
the fall, this woman tried the expert
ment. Regardless Of the amusement
Of her skeptical friends, she stripped
her lilac bush of it's leaves and sue
ceeded in making the poor shrub be-
lieve spring had once mor arrived.
Accordingly it again leaved fA'th and
by the first of September produced
beautiful white flowers, as perfect and
fragrant as those which it bore ear
lier in the season.
Emperor Williams long-talked-of
visit to the holy land has at last been
definitely settled and 1t is to take
place during the coming year. The
exact date, however, will depend upon
how long they take to complete the
new German church at Jerusalem, as
his majesty is anxious to be present
at the opening. This church, which
is being erected on a site granted by
the sultan, will be the largest protes-
tant church in Jerusalem. The kaiser
will be accompanied by the kaiserin,
and it is not improbable that the
crown prince and Prince Eitel-Fritz
will also be of the royal party on
board the Hohenzollern. The German
residents in Palestine are naturally
looking forward to the royal visit.
Their majesties have no intention of
combining their ~sojourn in Palestine to
Jerusalem alone, but have expressed
the wish to see Bethlehem. the Dead
sea and other places of interest.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

In one Of William Mountford's books
the dialogue runs like this: 81 am old
and feeble and useless" said Markham,
sadly. mo, uncle" said the young
Aubin; you were never more useful
than now. You are useful just by be-
ing an old man." When DR.. Robert
Gordon had outlived his activity as a
minister, his friend, DR.. Candlish, said
of him: 1T is far more important that
he should live for several years more
than that he should do any work" Hi:
presence in the world became like thai
of a visible spirit of goodness. Fine Old
people are among the most gracious
and humanizing influences, and some
times their second childhood is more
sweet and winsome than the first. We
have known more than one gray-hairet
patriarch who was a very welcome
youths companion"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

BY refusing to accept the plea of in
toxication advanced by an illegal voter
in ~extenuation of his offense. q Phila-
delphia judge has taken a stand which
good citizens will generally support,
and which has reason. Judgment and
common sense back of it. In a vigor-
Gus tanner the judge charged the jury
that if they found the prisoner had vot-
ed illegally, as charged, it was their
duty to convict him without regard to
his condition at the time, whether he
was drunk or sober. The jury prompt
iy convicted the man.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

The punishment of a cartoon pub
Usher and several other German citi-
zens for disrespect to the kaiser is evil
dence that his majesty has a cheap
head as well as a thin skin. Men
worthy of the cartoon recognize the
compliment involved in it, however
severe it may be; and the right of
criticism belongs to every man who
pays taxes to his government. And
the kaiser must inevitably suffer more
as a result of his childishness than any
of the men he puts in Jail.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

Yukon in the search for gold, and has
diverted the attention of many others.
But in order to get there it is necessary
that a man should be possessed of the
best OF health, strong lowers of endu-
rance and considerable means He
leaves his wife and his family for a con
siderable period, and the hardships he
has to endure are all unknown to him.
Canada has other gold fields, though.
They are the fields that produce her
golden grain. This year the crop of
Dakota, yielded 81, 000, 900 bushels of
wheat alone. The current price aver
ages 76 cents, which, as a local paper
puts 1t, makes the product in gold this
year, for wheat alone, equal to a value
Of SIG, 960, 600" Twenty thousand farm
ers did this, or an average to each pro-
Queer of about $798.
But these same farmers are not liv-
ing by wheat alone. This Is only one
source of revenue to them out Of many.
They have also beef, butter, potatoes,
oats. barley and poultry to sell, and
sometimes other things, so that it may
be fairly estimated that their incomes
will average at least $1,000 per farmer.
Thus Manitoba's fields have yielded
this year fully $40, 200, 900 in gold, d.
vided among 10000 actual producers,
and a general population Of about 200.-
O00.'
After counting the cost Of stamp
mills, expenses of men, ETC., rich as Is
the Klondike, such vast wealth as is be-
ing taken out Of the soil in raising
wheat in this n province, cannot pos
sibly be secured in any mining district.
OF course mining development assists
agricultural development, and that Is
why the Government of Canada feels
30 much assurance in predicting pros
perity to all who take up farms in Can
ada. Western Canada today promises
0 than any other known field that il
open to immigration. Farms Of 16O
acres, capable of producing the best
No. / hard wheat, yielding thirty to for
ty bushels to the acre, are given away
free. Railways, markets, schools,
churches-all are convenient. The
Canadian form of government is one OF
the most liberal known, and a hearty
welcome is given to settlers of all ma
tionalities. Already there are many set
tiers gone in from the states, and tho
reports from them are highly favorable.
Those desiring Information as to free
homestead laws, low transportation
rates, etc., will have pamphlets, ETC.,
sent free on application to the Depart
ment Of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any
agent OF the Government.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

fully accomplished this, the Jumper
seems to rise off the tips of the candles
and alights gracefully on the ground,
bowling to his admiring audience. or
course, the whole Of the jump takes
only two or three seconds. but it calls
for marvellous nicely of judgment and
delicacy of movement. Now and then
it happens that Higgins only extin-
guishes one candle. In such cases he
always performs the feat over again,
Mr.. Higgins is next seen in the very
act of ringing a bell in his light-one
of those bells you push down sharply.
1t is placed on a chair, which stands
on a table, so that the mere jump,
to say nothing about the bell ringing,
is worthy OF notice. OF course, doubt
ing Thomases have their say about
this remarkably clever feat-"it is an
electric bell rung from the wings at
the proper moment" and so en-.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

Major Handy, special commissioner
10 the Paris International Exposition.
In his report to congress, recommends
that an appropriation Of 1919, 600 be
granted, so that a creditable display
on behalf of the United States may
be made. The president, in transmit
ting the report, says: Besides secur-
ing a much larger amount of space
than had been reserved Major Handy
obtained the gratifying assurance that
the United States will be placed on a
footing with the most favored nations
and that in the installation Of every
important department the United
States will have a location COM
mensurate with the dignity and
importance of the country and
adjoining in every case countries
of the first rank. In view Of the mag
nitude and Importance Of the ap-
preaching exposition and of our stand
ing among the nations that will there
be represented and in view also OF our
increased population and acknowl-
edged progress in arts and sciences
and manufactures, I earnestly COM
mend the report of Major Handy to
your consideration, and trust that a
liberal appropriation may be made.
Moreover, the magnificent exhibit of
the French republic at Chicago in
1893, on which 81, 0 900 were ex-
pended, should be a strong incentive to
-, oiproool lherality on the part of the
government of the United States"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31
Currents in the Atlantic.

Experiments have been going on for
the past two years for the purpose Of
trying to learn something of the char
acteristics of the Atlantic ocean as a
great moving body of water. AS a re-
suit the whole Atlantic is shown to
be slowly circulating round and round,
like an enormous pool.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

Girls all know that the most persis-
tent 5uitor for the waltz numbers is the
very fellow they don't want. For our
part we prefer a sitting-down waltz,
anyhow. One of those waltz-at-ease
movements where you both get away
IN some quiet corner, sit down side
by side, Q slip your arm around the
girl n sit there and have your waltz
out. The girl here has the power OF
selection.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

The riots in the Austrian reichsrath
are attracting a great many Viennese
to see the fun" remarked Squildig.
why not?" remarked McSwilligen.
"The sessions make an excellent sub
stitute for football games."-Pittsburg
Chronicle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

Rev. DR.. A. j. Palmer, a northern
minister, is lecturing in the south on
the Federal Soldier" and Gen. John
B. Gordon, a confederate soldier, is lee
turing in the north on the Last Days
OF the Confederacy." Both gentlemen
are having crowded houses and making
north, no south. No millennium i'm
pending. but jolly, good feeling on tap.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31
The TcII-Tale Meter.

"Mother," asked the fair daughter Of
the house, with a frOwn, chow is it
that father always knows when my
company stays late. He goes to bed at
81"
Your father watches the gas-meter,
my dear. 1t is as good as n chronome-
ter to him.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31
Perhaps.

Freddie's father had just been strug-
Cling with an old fashioned bureau and,
retiring d~isheartened from an unsuc-
cessful effort to open one of it's COM
partments, he moved to the window
and looking out upon the lowering sky
he exclaimed: tits mighty strange
that the weather bureau can't give us
a change of weather" Maybe" shy
ly interposed Freddie, they can't open
the bureau drawers."-Boston Courier.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

The German navy n marines have
walked over China, which is unpre-
pared to fight, and bullied Hayti with
an eight-hour ultimatum. If tramp
ing on the helpless arbitrarily is a
proof of courage then the German en-
peror must be credited with his two
maiden victories.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

The Baltimore and Ohio South Western
Railway company has adopted a plan
of handling locomotive ashes or cinders
at terminals and divisional points which
has resulted in a saving Of expenses. The
device consists of large pans holding
about three cubic yards each which are
placed in the pit and when full are moved
by a crane to the car where they are
dumped. The machinery is handled by
one man and the results have been very
satisfactory.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

A London publisher announced that
he is about to issue a life of the prince
of Wales with an American edition.
and when he heard the news Anthony
Comstock prlcked up his ears like a
dog at the sound of a whistle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

Among the presents received by a bride
i'm Grundy county, Mo-, were four chick
ems, two geese and a pig.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

Acting Postmaster General Heath, in
a. circular recently issued recommends
the establishment of suitable boxes by
the roadside in which carriers may de-
post mail as they pass, in districts de-
sirous of securing rural free delivery.
The time which would otherwise be
consumed by carriers in reaching resi-
dences some distance back from the
road will thus be saved, the service
will be rendered more efficient, its
cost will be reduced anG the probable
ity of it's becoming a permanent tea-
ture of postal administration will be
increased.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

II genius is a disease but few people
in the world have any cause for alarm.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

ON TO A MANS FACE.
FORM, Higgins stands we'll away from
the chair most remote from the
candles, and takes in the situation with
his keen eye. He next gives a few
more skittish ~frolics, and then one.
two, and up over the chairs with in
describable elan. He passes through
the air with curious slowness, and ac-
tually alights gingerly ON the lighted
candles which he carefully extinguishes,
one with each foot. Having success
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31
THE CANADIAN GOLD FIELDS.
They Do Not All Lie in the Yukon.

The ex-
element OF
the pa . t
few months
has drawn
a & r g Q {
many peo-
pie to the
Tn adam
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

All the world practices the art Of
acting.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

Look out for colds
At this season. Keep
Your blood pure and
Rich and your system
Toned up by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Then
You will be able to
Resist exposure to which
A debilitated system
Would quickly yield.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-31

ana Doing Right.
1t is much ester to think right with
out doing right. Just thoughts may,
and woefully often do, fail Of produc-
ing just deeds: but just deeds are sure
to beget just thoughts.-London Echo.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-10

Vice President rapotc ~ the Cubon
republic arrived in New York to con
fer 9Th the members Of the Cuban
ju"tl.
Santiago people are in desperate
straits a, To- food. II i, alleged that
even the officer, of the spanish army
are unable to get enough.
Tho hospital ship Solncc sailed from
Key West for New York with eighty.
six sick and wounded sailors and ina
rin,s. A cooler climate i necessary.
President Mckinley discussed the
question OF Hawaiian annexation with
several representatives who were in
consolidation with him today. lie
told that it wa, Of the utmost import.
ancc that the two EDuscs OF congress,
take prompt action upon the rcSolu-
ton. iIc said he had received as,ur-
anccS Of q majority in the s,nat, who
will votc for annexation. and i, there
fore confident that it will become Il
law.
The navy department has builctincd
the follow ing report from Commodore
Schlcy: secretary navy. Washing.
ton: Made reconnaissance this after.
neon. May 81. with the Massachusetts.
Iowa and New Orleans t. develop
Qualifications with their character.
Fire wa, returned without delay by
the heavy batteries 10 the east and To
the west with large calibrc and long
ranges. The range was 1.COJ yards.
Reconnaissance developed satisfactorily
the presence Of the spanish squadron
lying behind the island near the upper
fort, as they fired over the hill at ran
dom. Quite satisfied the Spanish fleet
Is here. tSigncd) Schlcy."
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-10
SPIES MUST GO.
Carranza and Du hose VIII BE Expelled
From Canada by England.

WAsHISGrOS, June T. Steps have
been taken by which it is expected that
Lieutenant C%arranza, who has conduct
ed the Spanish spy system at Montreal,
with his associate Senior Du Bose, tho
former first secretary of the Spanish
legation here, will be expelled from
Canada within the next few days I'M
less they adopt their own means to
leave before an international question
is raised as to their presence in Canada.
The Carran2a letter, detailing his
spy system, was communicated TO the
British ambassador, Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, together with all other informa-
ton bearing on the operations of the
Spanish officials in Canada. The am
bassador was quick to act in the mat
ter, and without waiting the slow pro-
cess of the mail he cabled the entire
matter to the foreign Office,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-10
lYNCHeD BY A MISSOURI MOB,
Two Negroes Hanged In Pike County
Two Others In Danger.

GAINESVILLE, Mo-, June An OK.
iurSion boat from Quincy H.. and Ham
nibal Mo. arrived here yesterday with
about 300 negroes ON board. After the
boat had tied up Curtis Young got into
4 fight with "A negro named
Lena Bryon ot Hannibal. The fight
became general and City Marshal Me-
loan went on board To qucll it. He put
GUSTS Young under arrest. when some
body in the crowd shot the marshal i'm
the back, and he died in fifteen min
utcS.
There was great excitement through
out the town when the shooting be-
ann known and the citizens began to
patrol the streets armed with guns and
rcvolvers. A posse of men went on
board the boat and arrested sam
Young, Curtis Young, Bob Taylor
and Charles Taylor, all negroes, and
took them TO the city Jail, where they
were all locked up pending the arrival
OF the sheriff and prosecuting attorney
from Bowling Green, the county seat.
When those officers arrived to-day
they found that Curtis and sam Young
had been taken from the Jail and
hanged to a convenient tree. 1t is
feared that the two other men will
suffer the same fate.
Clarksvillc is a river town of several
hundred inhabitants. in Pike county,
about fifty miles north of II. Louis.