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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
KlOndike.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer prints
an interesting talk of Prof. Henry w.
Elliott about Alaska and the Klondike
country. We extract what he has to
say concerning it's salubriousness on
the one hand and its ''vilest pest" on
the other: Alaska is a healthy
country, with no malaria OR mountain
fever. A curious fact is that any n
afflicted with neuralgia or rheumatism
is completely cured of it in hat eli
mate. The clear, dry atmosphere and
the rapid changes of the body's tissues
doubtless account for this. Ones ap-
petite is tremendous there. A per-
sonaI incident will show you what an
Alaskan appetite is like. l was one
OF six men, who having had a good
breakfast, sat down at noon to a din
ner of roast goose. Six large geese,
none of which weighed less than eight
pounds, had been roasted and stuffed,
and were served with coffee, bread,
butter and pickles. At the close of
the meal every Done was picked clean,
and not a vestige of goose remained.
We all ate a hearty supper that even
ing. The talk that there is plenty Of
game to be had there is entirely mis-
leading. A camp of two hundred men
would clean out all the game in a tract
twenty miles square, in a few weeks.
Food, plenty of it, is the one great ne
cessity, and a man to succeed must be
we'll fed. The vilest pests of Alaska
are the mosquitoes. l have battled
with these annoying insects in New
Jersey and Central America, but they
cannot compare with the Alaska spe-
cies for venom and numbers. In May
the tundra becomes a great fiat swale,
full of bog-holes, Shiny decayed peat,
innumerable lakes, shallow, stagnant,
and from all places swarm mosquitoes
of malignant type. Every precaution
is taken to guard against them. Net
ting is tied over the head and mittens
are worn on the hands. Ointments are
rubbed on the flesh, and attempts are
made to smoke out the insects. Horses
and cattle, and ven dogs, die from
their bites. Not until November do
they vanish.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

"See here, landlord, just drill a hole
through this fiapjack and I'll take it
along with me. 1t will be a mighty
handy sort of weapon to have by me
in case l happen to get held up any
where on the road" sarcastically re-
marked q traveller, as he arose from a
poorly-supplied table in a Montana
roadside hosiery, at which he had
stopped owe night.
Don't worry yourself, stranger. I
reckon there won't be no highwaymen
have any use for you after We git away
from here!!" retOrted the landlord, with
a grim smile; and when the wOuld-be
funny man came to pay his bill he
made up his mind the landlord was
right.
Moral-Never display your facetious-
ness or poke fun at the cuisine until
after you have settled your score. IL
you do, the landlord may charge 1t in
with the eXtras-and extras come high
in some localities.-New York World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
OVENS HOT AND COLD. q

If anything is put into the oven to
bake at the same time cake is put in
the cake will certainly fall. The oven
door must be opened and shut gently
wnen one is watching a cakes pro-
gress.
When a cake is done turn it out
gently on the bottom of the cake tin,
remove the oiled paper and let the
cake cool, for never under any con-
sideration must it be touched or cut
while warm.
The cld-fashioned scheme of test
ing cake by running a broom straw in
to the center is very good. If the
straw comes out clean the cake is
done, but if any dough adheres more
baking is necessary.
Ii cake browns Immediately on being
put into the oven, the oven is too hot.
1t ran he cooled quickly by lifting a
lid from tke top of the stove. A piece
OF asbestos paper on the oven shelf
will protect the top of the cake, but IL
paper is laid over the cake it is likely
to mako It fall.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
Full Particulars.

Says a Philadelphia marriage license
clerk: Probably so per cent of those
who come to us for licenses to marry
imagine that before they can get the
necessary permit they will be COM
PEELED to tell all their family secrets.
One man who came in one day last
spring was actually prepared to under
go a physical examination to prove
that his heart and lungs were all right.
We made out a license last week for a
young fellow who had prepared with
some pains evidently the following his
tory of his bride, which he left with us:
Miss -, aged %, in Phil. eight years,
father and mother Both Living Both
Willing grandfather and mother Both
dead. Mother IS yrs old father IS yrs
old grandfather 76 when he died grand
mother died when father was Is yrs
old all from delaware, Sussex Co."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
A Young Mans Intentions.

Estellc is a puzzled young woman,
whO comes for a few words of advice
and counsel. She has for some time
past been receiving some attention
from a young man, but cannot exactly
make out what his intentions are. He
singles her out for special attentions
at parties, dances with her almost ex-
clusively and calls on her for three or
four Sunday nights in succession and
then suddenly stops for some weeks.
This irregularity in the young mans
visits troubles her not a little, for she
has become very fond of him, and he
has on several occasions declared that
he loved her. She asks the editors
opinion of such a course. Answer: 1t
would seem that Estelle has but little
reason for unhappiness. She should
not hurry the young "a He will be
all the more fond of her if she is not
over. anxious. Just wait, be as good
and as sensible as possible, and his
royal highness will undoubtedly de-
clare his intentions at no very distant
day.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

lace yoke, lined with white silk. The
sleeves are puffed and finished at the
elbow with a deep fall of white lace.
This last is more suitable for a young
married lady than for a girl.
For the afternoon a pretty bodice
may be worn with a dress of a different
material. One of the prettiest l have
seen is Of silk plaid, in soft shades of
mauve and straw color. The bodice is
cut plain, with just a few gathers at
the waist. 1t is trimmed across the
chest with a frilling Of the material
edged with lace insertion, and put On
with a heading of the m The up
per part of the bodice is striped
across with insertion up to the Shout
der. The collar is of draped mauve
silk, with frilling of white chiffon. The
sleeves have two small bouffants at
the top, and are trimmed in the lower
part with strips of insertion, and frill-
ing of white chiffon round the
wrists.
of aubergine cachemirette, much gored
and quite plain in front and over the
hips, with a few deep pleats at the
back, but commencing only about one
third down the skirt. The trimming
consisted Of Husbands of the material,
edged OF either side with a thick satin
piping. Two were put on near the top,
and two neal the foot of the skirt.
Flounces are also put on in this way
on fashionable skirts. Thus a dress of
green and white chine foulard Is
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

! The women of Cuba have now taken
up the fight, and propose to carry II
on by means of the boycott, so far as
they an. A report from Havana v
A proclamation issued by the Revolu-
tionary club of Cuban women is large
ly circulating in Havana city and the
rest Of the island, and has caused a
sensation among Cubans and S~paniards
alike. The Cuban women desire the
Spaniards in Cuba to be %boycotted by
every sympathizer with the Cuban
cause. at is a shame for u.s." the doc
ument says, ito buy our commodities
In Spanish stores, thereby enriching
our enemies. These volunteers who
form the cowardly mob which has as
sassinated so many of our fathers.
brothers and sisters, are the merchants
who provide us with all we need in
our homes, from the bread we eat to
the clothes we wear. A boycott upon
these Spaniards is the best thing we
can do in the cities to help the pa
triots." The Spanish merchants in
Havana are concerned over this docu.
ment which has made a great impress.
sion among the Cuban families. The
blow will certainly be a severe one.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
ANDREW sCHOCH GROCERY CO.

1t will pay you to buy your goods from
us. Give us a trial order.
Ben Davis Apples, So to SIS per Dbl.
l box Schoch's Best Soap Q0O bars),
5-lb. Cady Uncolored Japan Tea, SIPS.
BIB. Cady Gun Powder Tea, $1.25.
Z lbs. Golden Rio Coffee. 81.
4 lbs. Palmer House Mocha and Java
Coffee, 81.
5-lb. Can Highest Quality Cream Tartar
Baking Pc wder, $3.50.
Sauer Kraut, per Dbl. 81; per 1a-bbl..
2.25.
New Evaporated Apples, per h., Sc.
Jonathan Cider, per bbl., So; per h-bbl-,
So.
per keg. 81.
Send for price list and estimate on
your Christmas order.
Corner 7th and Broadway, st. Paul.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

together and arranged to form a num-
Der of points in the center of the front.
The bodice is of brown velvet very
finely embroidered with silk and
striped with fine insertions, through
which a white satin lining is daintily
visible. In front there are double re-
vers, one being of brown velvet and
the other of cream satin covered with
many rows of narrow cream ribbon
very tightly gathered. Above these re-
vers there is a vest of bright-green
mirror velvet, which is simply one
mass of small tucks. The collar is al
so of green mirror velvet, very finely
tucked to correspond.
Another smart gown is of dark
brown cloth, the skirt trimmed with a
sort of inlaid design of brown velvet.
The bodice has a finely tucked vest of
cream silk and a bolero of cloth, edged
with mink and trimmed with wide in
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

1t is a fact that a German lover
made a bet hat he could kiss his
sweetheart ten thousand times in ten
hours, that he kissed her nearly four
thousand times in three hours, and
that then his lips became p~aralyzed
and he lost the bet. Foolish e~xtrava-
gance like this ought to be severely
rebuked; and yet it is likewise a fact
that the girl was in prime condition
at the close of the contest and felt
hurt when the referee called off the
match.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
Cow ms Which Are Striking.

"A novel dress of Venetian cloth in a
soft shade of hussar blue is made with
a pouched bodice, the basques, epau-
lets, high collar and revers of which
are edged with a band of black Per-
sian lamb, among which small ermine
tails are sewn, the combination Of
black and white being most effective
in conjunction with the blue of the
cloth. A green gown looks very we'll,
with a coat bodice finished with a roll
collar and cuffs of sable and braided
sign carried out in black and gold.
Quite novel, too, and strikingly orig
inal, is a gown of petunia cloth, with
the center of the bodice draped with
plaid silk, in pale shades Of lilac and
green, the draperies being afterward
continued to the hem of the skirt in
the form of long scarf ends and bord-
cred throughout with a narrow ruche
of peacock-feather trimming. Round
the waist there is a folded band of the
plaid silk, terminating in a bow in the
center of the back.
Entirely novel, also, is a visiting
gown of silver-gray satin, the skirt and
bodice almost entirely covered with a
| conventional design carried out in
| strappings of gray cloth stitched very
cleverly onto the satin background,
The loose pouched bodice opens in
front to show a vest of heliotrope mir.
TOR velvet, very finely and closely
tucked. This bodice is bordered
throughout with a trimming Of chin.
chilla and finished at the waist with
Swiss band of tucked gray satin, below
which there are square-cut satin tab:
edged with chinchilla.
A gown of nut-brown cashmere has
one of the new skirts ornamented witt
groups of very tiny tucks set closely
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

English law provides for the pun
ishnent of any person who publishes
ANY proposal or scheme for the sale
OF any ticket or tickets, chance or
chances, in a lottery" Under this law
the printer Of a London newspaper
was recently prosecuted and fined, as
being "a rogue and v%agabond," be-
cause he published the advertisement
OF a medicine in such o form as to
make it a missing word contest. The
prize offered for supplying two omitted
words needed to perfect the sense was
divided among six persons guessing
the missing part of the advertisement.
OF course the trial of the offender adj
vertised the medicine, but it served
the purpose of showing that the law
against lotteries was to be construed
so as to shut out schemes wearing an
innocent look but really involving an
illegal principle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

Posthumous fame, or notorfety,
sometimes depends more upon an in
cident than upon a life-work. A pub
lie man Of good ability, upright, re-
spected by all and beloved by his
friends, a holder OF high official posi-
lions and a faithful officer in each of
them, was recently called from this
life. In the newspaper accounts of
his death he was universally desig-
mated as the man who, in a moment OF
impatlence, kicked his way through a
closed door in the hall of the national
house of representatives.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

Nothing but Fun" is the queer
heading under which a great newspa-
per describes a Jubilee day. when
thirty thousand school Children of a
Pennsylvania city attended a wild
West" show. One of the features of
this performance was a realistic
lynching." A colored fellow pretended
to steal a horse, was lassoed, dragged
a quarter of a mile over the ground.
and hanged On the gallows; and then
the cowboys amused themselves fir
ing at the struggling body, while the
band played Nearer, My God. to
Thee" 1t is to be regretted, but hard
ly to be wondered at, that the press
generally has refrained from COM
menting on this brutal travesty of law
and religion. Journalists probably
feel that words are powerlcss to char
acterize the persons who would put be-
fore children such a degrading exhi-
bition.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

trimmed with pinked out flounces, put
on with quilted headings, one near the
top and two near the foot. Observe
these trimmings are not put on in cir
cles, but much higher at the back, and
sloping down at the sides to form an
oval in front. This is the fashionable
way of trimming skirts, whether with
lounces, frillings, ruches, galloons,
bias-bands or insertion.
The bodice of the dress had an in
denied yoke formed Of narrow tucks,
and edged with a drapery of gauffered
white Grape, which was finished down
the left side into a quilting coming
down to the waist. The tight sleeves
were trimmed at the top with alternate
frillings of pinked out silk and gauf-
fered Grape. The collar and belt were
of black satin. You might trim a dress
Of n pretty fancy material in the
same way.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
PASSING OF TOMBSTONE.
No Other Southwestern Camp Had Such
a Meteoric History.

a Meteoric History.
There never was another camp in
the southwest like that at Tombstone
in 1879 and 1880. Indeed, there have
been very few similar conditions in the
world. For over seven months the
daily output of precious metals aver
aged about $50, 900, says the New York
Mail and Express. Over a dozen men
went there penniless and came away
worth over $500, 000 in less than a
year, and six or seven men struck 1t
rich and sold out for 100000 each.
Fully half the population walked hun
dreds Of miles to get there. No rail-
road ran through southern Arizona in
those days, and the awful Colorado
and Mojave deserts had to be crossed
in wagons or on foot by the multi
tude of fortune seekers from Califor-
MIA. Desert sandstorms were o
tered, and for days travellers to Tomb
100 degrees in the shade. Many a man
died on the hot, sandy plains. Miners
on their way to the new camp from
the east and south toiled across the
Arizona alkali plains through i'm
mense cactus areas, and risked their
lives in the then hostile land Of the
Apache Indians.
When Tombstone was reached there
were new privations and more physi-
cal distress for the greater number,
especially for those who had fastened
from Offices, stores, clerkships and
their pastors study. Over one-third
of the men in camp had very little
money, Or none at all, and knew no
way of earning it except by the hard
est kind of manual labor, to which
they were unused. 1t cost 81 a night
to sleep in a dirty, rough, pine bunk.
Water sold at 20 cents a gallon, a
small dish of beans at so cents, a tai
low candle at two bits (25 cents), COM
non overalls at SIS each, smoked hams
at $12 each, and cowhide boots were
disposed of as fast as they could be
hauled to camp across the desert from
Los Angeles and Yuma for $35 a pair.
In 1881 all the Tombstone mines that
paid well were in the hands of a few
persons and the population of the place
had gone down from 10, 1000 to 5000.
In 1883 the mines, with two exceptions,
began to peter out and the population
dropped to 5000. Since then 1t has
gone down slowly to less than 1000
souls.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

FASHIONS from tHe Capltat.
New York; have just seen some
very new models very becoming and
pleasant to year. First, a very SIM
pie one of pointed d~elaine, a fanciful
mixed pattern in purple and rose color
over a pale buff ground. There is a
small yoke in front only, square at the
top, and rounded off from the Shout
ders; the dress, which is cut all in one
piece, is gathered on this yoke and to
a narrow band at the neck with a small
heading; it is finished with a high Sa-
rah Bernhard collar, edged with a frill-
ing of white chiffon. The tight mitten
sleeves have a similar frilling round
the wrist, and a small puff at the top.
l have also seen the same shape in a
fancy blue and buff coral pattern, with
q short bolero of buff guipure lined
with blue, edged round with a tiny
ruche of blue ribbon. 1t was worn
with a full cravat of white tulle. This
loose shape is suitable for young ladies
as well as young matrons, for a matt
nee or breakfast toilet.
A more elegant style of dress of old
pink delaine made Princess fashion at
the back, the opening over a loose front
of cream-white delaine printed in q
small pompadour pattern of rosebuds.
The Princess dress is finished with a
deep turned down collarette of cream
lace. which Is continued all the way
down in a quilting on either side. The
| loose front is gathered on to a square
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

The Kentucky Bankers Association,
recently in session at Frankfort, voted
that at its future banquets ladies
Should sit ct the tables, and no wine
should be served. One of the relics
of semi-barbarism is the prevalent
custom of admitting ladies to balconies
in time to hear a%fter-dinner speeches
while inspecting the remnants of the
feast and inhaling the cigar smoke Of
the well-fed men. Ladies cannot at
tend public dinners where wines, Ii
quors and cigars are served, and the
Kentucky bankers have made a wise
and manly choice in voting that they
will henceforth have the ladies "as
the only stimulant."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

mora pounds, and the average loss
Throughout the year will be a pound
of matter, which has gone off their
bodies partly from their lungs and
partly through the pores of the skin.
The escaped matter is carbonic acid
and decayed animal matter, or poison
Gus oxhalation. This Is diffused
through the air in part, and, what is
far more disquieting, part is absorbed
by the bed-clothes. Hence the neces-
sity, as we pointed out above, of
thoroughly ventilating bedrooms, and
above all of thoroughly and perfectly
airing everything hat goes to make
up the bed. Mothers Of families should
look we'll to this.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

sertions of cream guipure. TIE sides
Of this bolero are connected by small
bows of black velvet ribbon drawn
through tiny diamond buckles.
A tailor-made gown of biscult-color-
ed cloth looks neat braided with green
and white silk cord, with which a fine
gold thread is intermingled. Long
lines of braiding, which occasionally
interlace each other, have a very pref
ty effect upon this coat, which is fur
Their daintily finished with double re-
ters of white MORE.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
HOw's Thlst

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot DO
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
We, the undersigned. have known F.
]. Cheney for the last 10 years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in al business
out any obligations made by their firm.
West e Truax, Wholesale Druggists.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
HalIs Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood n 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, 1898-02-17
A BIG RernIar ARMY.

The mightiest host of this sort is the
army of invalids whose bowels, livers and
stomachs have been regulated by Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. A regular habit of
body is brought about through using the
bitters, not by violently agitating and
gripping the intestines, but by reinforcing
their energy and causing a flow of bile
into the proper channel. Malaria, In
grippe, dyspepsia and a tendency to in
activity of the kidneys are corrected by
the BitterS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

Is sufficient attention paid in every
household to the great Importance of
having bedrooms well ventilated, and
of thoroughly airing the sheets, cover-
lids and mattresses in the morning be-
fore packing them up in the form Of a
neatly made bed? If two persons are
to occupy a bedroom during the night,
aud try the experiment of weighing
themselves when they retire and when
they rise, they will find that their
actual weight is at least a pound less
in the morning. Frequently it will be
found that there is a loss Of two or
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

A thorough renovation of the large
organ of st. Paul's cathedral in Lon
don is taking place, among other addi-
tions being a celestial organ in one of
the alcoves of the dome, the connection
with the large instrument being made
by electricity.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
wonder OF Wanser."

The house of the Berlin electrician,
DR.. Siemens, is known in Germany as
the wonder of Wanser." The dining
room, kitchen and cellar are connected
by a miniature electric railway, which,
by pressing a button, conveys articles
almost in~stantaneously from one
apartment to the other.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

Black men never have yellow fever,
and somebody in Georgia proposes to
inoculate white men with the blood of
blacks as a preventive of that disease.
The shock that has ensued is worse
than that ever = :Auced by the cpl
demic.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

1t is said that MI. Gladstone always
writes Miss Dorothy Drew on her
birthday, and that these epistles,
which are of a humorous. fanciful ma
ture, are being treasured up in a lock-
ed casket and are among the little la
dy's most valued possessions.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

mot a song-bird hat in stock is
posted on frequent bulletins through
the millinery department of Marshal
Fields great Chicago store-public &C
acknowledgement Of the victory of the
Audubon crusade.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

Husband-Why do you tell it all
around that Mrs. Puffy does her w
baking? You know nothing about it.
Wife, do, too. Every n in the
family has dyspepsia.