davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

our setting forth at the proposed hour,
so it was nightfall ere we passed
through C~olebrook; indeed, lamps were
lit in many of the stores and dwellings
Upon inquiry we learned that we were
still ten miles from the Notch. We de-
cided, however, to go forward, al
though our horses were tired and did
not pull we'll together, being both off
horses which had never before been
driven side by side.
The t%winkling lights grew less fire.
quent and finally disappeared altogeth-
er, which led us to conjecture that we
we're now in the Dixville region. The
stars came out and the moor gave a
faint light, but this only served to make
more apparent the gloom of the i'm
penetrable forests and rocky cliffs, and
as we observed all this, we regretted
that we had not retained at Colebrook
until morning, for the road if lot &C
tually dangerous, was dreary enough.
We seemed as much out of the world,
CT at least from the abodes of man, as
though we had been travelling days in
stead of hours. The cry of a loon, OF
some other bird of night, occasionally
broke over the silence which settled
over us; for the gentlemen were too
much engaged in their efforts to keep
the horses in the narrow path to in
dulge in any but laconic remarks, and
Miss Alden and l, with tightly clasped
hands, sat rigid and still, waiting fol
the carriage to be overturned or hurled
downwards into the ~far-reaching dark
ness.
aren't you afraid?" exclaimed Miss
Alden.
mo, / feel as safe as though I were
in my mothers lap" returned Charlie
but Immediately before the laugh sub
sided he drew the horses up suddenly
Mr.. Ackley got down and discovered
that he had narrowly escaped being
thrown down a precipice.
Shall we go on?" | asked anxious
ly.
I'VE can't turn around, and l sup
pose we must" returned Charlie.
The gloom increased, the darkness:
thickened. Trees grew thick on eithel
side of the road, the curtains of oul
carriage were down, and Miss Alder
ard myself were thus enveloped in to.
tai darkness. AS for my little boy, hi
had fallen asleep.
Suddenly we heard the shrill whistle
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

thought I heard a swish in the air,
and, looking up, l saw a big eagle that
looked about. the size of an ostrich
swooping down on me. He was so close
that / didn't have time to grab either
my club or revolver. l made a pass
at him with my big brush as he came
down. l hit him a kind of a glancing
lick and l think I got a little paint in
his eye or his mouth, for he sat down
on q ledge for a minute and made queer
motions with his head, as If he were
trying to get the paint out of his eye
or mouth.
Then another eagle came to his as
around in my neighborhood in a man
ner that l didn't like. l dropped my
paint brush and went to hunting, SO
to speak. 1 shot at them a time or
two, but didn't seem to do much dam
age. Again one of them flew above me,
and, folding his wings to his sides,
came down with a swoop. If he in
tended to hit me squarely his aim
wasn't any better than mine. l shot
at him and missed, and he opened a
wing that knocked my hat off as he
shot past me. Then the other one
came at me with a scream of rage.
But. as good luck would have it, l
blas.ed away with my revolver and hit
him, and he flew back wounded to the
family below. None of the eagles came
very close after that, but I kept up an
intermittent firing to let them know
that / proposed to hold the fort. 1t
was the time of year when young
eagles were in the nests and the old
ones probably feared that l had come
to rob them. They either learned that
my mission was %peaceable or else l
scared them out, for they did not
bother me at all after the first day.
Even without further molestation
from the eagles 1 had a pretty big
job on my hands. The men had to pull
me up and down quite a distance, for
l made the sign letters twenty-five feet
high. Each letter, as a whole, was
twelve feet wide and the lines of the
letters three feet and a half in width.
By ropes anchored far away from the
point from which the basket was sus-
pended the men pulled me in the direc-
ton l had to travel along the face
CT the precipice to continue the paint
ing. The rock on which l was paint
ing was a dark gray, so l painted the
sign pure white, and it took three hall
barrels of paint to finish the job. II
took me twenty days to complete my
undertaking. The sign could easily
be read from the stage road, but the
letters appeared from there to be only
an inch and a half in height. The
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
liked PARAGRAPHS.

From Port Tampa, Fla, there were
shipped in August 14,4O0 on of phos-
plate rock.
A bicyclist scorching down a Bath
(Me.) street with a baby carriage at
tached, attracted considerable atten-
ton the other day.
A Russian thistle nine feet in cir
conference was recently found grow
ing by the wayside in the Santa Fe
valley, New Mexico.
1T seems the courts find no flaw in
Bilk's will" You don't say so! Why
l supposed Bilks to be richer than
that.'-Detroit Journal.
F~uddy-You consider Hartman a
funny fellow? Duddy-The wittiest
man | ever knew. He can keep a
company of Englishmen in a brown
study an entire evening.-Boston Tran
script.
Golf arm is the latest discovery OF
physicians in the way of physical all
ment. 1t results, of course, from too
arduous and too steady indulgence in
the royal and ancient game of the
brawny Scot.
The Arabian and African Bedouins,
when suffering the pangs of hunger
and having nothing wherewith to sat
isfy. the cravings of appetite, draw
their belts tightly to compress the
stomach, and thus suffer less CASTRO
nomic inconvenience.
Hitherto rubber has usually been Sc
cured by the wasteful method of ,cut-
ting down the trees. The recent dis
covery that the leaves furnish a purer
and more copious supply of gum than
the trees promises to produce a great
change in that industry,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
o
Most Interesting Place In the Whole
British Museum.

Most Interesting Place In the Whole
British Museum.
In the ~bewildering maze of the
British museum, where many miles of
shelves and cases are filled with worlds
treasures, there is one little room that
attracts q greater number of visitors
than any other, says Lippincott's. The
crowds that thrclg about the cases in
this room are composed of persons of
curiously diverse characteristics. 1t is
a center of interest for scholar and
literary people, and yet seems as at
tractive to the least learned of the Wis
itors. This is the room which contains
the department of autographs and man
uscrlpts, and the treasures within it
are perhaps the most humanity interest
ing in the whole museum. Here are
all manner of writings by the hands Of
the worlds great men of many ages
and countries. There are personal let
tiers Of kings and popes, queens, minis
tiers and courtiers, whose names in his
tory, in story and in song seem not to
stand for real men and women, but
rather for legendary beings; and these
letters reveal in some homely phrase
or bit of simple sentiment a touch of
nature which seems to make
them more akin to those who curiously
scan the documents to-day. Here one
may come, as it seems, to actual ac-
quaintance with the most notable of
the characters in Shakespeare's histor-
lcal dramas, and get a new reading, in
the quaint original, of passages in his
works. Here are charters and state
papers that tell volumes of history in
a few lines letters of the great relig-
ious reformers, of statesmen, generals,
poets and composers. These autograph
documents, many of them letters from
husband to wife or lover to sweetheart,
show famous personages in a very diff
ferent light from that in which they are
commonly seen in the pages of his
tory.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
Daisies in the South.

A southern man says the daisy was
never known in the south until after
the war. Now every part of the south
visited by the Union army is covered
with daisies. Sherman brought them
to u.s." he said, land the march to the
sea can be followed in the summer
time by keeping where the daisy grows.
The seed seems to have been trans
ported in the hay that was brought
along to feed the horses. That is the
only explanation that has ever been
made of it."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
They Cannot Cut Their Fingers

1t is perhaps not known that the
skin of some nations is much thicker
than that of others. Particularly is
this true of those who live in very hot
countries.
The Central African negro has n
skin about half as thick as ours, and i'll
India doctors have to use Il lancet
ground in Il particular way for vaccin-
ating the tough hides of Hindoo ba-
bics. Particularly over he head ana
back is the skin of Il negro thickest-
evidently a provision of nature for pro-
tccting him from the burning rays of Il
tropical sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

s The statistician of the Department
OF Agriculture has prepared a report on
the wheat situation, which indicates
that there will be no material cheaper
ing OF wheat until another crop is in
sight. During the past six years the
United States has exported annually an
average of 166, 000, 900 bushels of wheat
During the same period the European
product has averaged about 1,4O0, OOO,-
600 bushels. This year, according to
expert estimates, the European crop is
about loo, 900, 900 bushels under that
average. To make up this deficiency
little help can come from India, Argen-
tina or Australasia, and Europe's in
creased imports must be drawn mainly
from the United States.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
Terrible.

Her young man dropped dead Just
before the wedding day: the sudden
shock killed her mother, her sister died
on her way to the funeral, and her
brother then committed suicide. These
troubles upset a London young woman
and she tried to drown herself. The
magistrate before whom she was
brought, however, told her that she
had allowed herself to get into a very
morbid state and had acted very
foolishly and childishly.-New York
Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

A bachelor, writing to the M%inneapo-
lis Times, gets very angry wei the pro-
position to tax unmarried men. He
says there would be more marriage but
for our "damnable rotten society,"" as
10 which he presents no method of re-
form; that the taxation proposed
would lead to bloodshed, and that
many bachelors would end their lives
IN rather than pay it. It
ts not well to get excited; but on the
other hand let us steer clear of the
danger OF a greater than any previous
civil war.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

The twenty-five Boston men and
women who have organized a society
to abolish marriage ought to join the
shakers Of Niskayuna; though perhaps
they propose to go to the other extreme
by living miscellaneously after the
manner of the late Oneida community.
On the whole. however, they will do
letter II they dig twenty-five graves,
crawl into them and cover themselves
with the earth to which they more
naturally belong.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

An English journal says that cur
navy is composed of a few modern
ships which cannot put to sea; that
our army is made up principally OF
generals and otherwise Of a few negro
and Indian troops; that either Japan
or Spain could easily whip us; that
the Americans are but half civilized,
and that only a small proportion OF
them know how to read or write. Thus
we learn what a dangerous thing q lit
tie knowledge is; and the reader is I'M
doubtedly SO indignant that he feels
almost persuaded to be a lingo.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

: The ~insurrection in Uruguay has
ended in the arrangement of terms of
peace, which the insurgents have &C.
cepted and both chambers of the Uru-
guayan congress have unanimously rat
ifed. One cause of the Instruction was
q charge of fraud in connection with
the election Of Senior Borda to the
presidency. The assassination of Pres
fdent Borda last August seems to have
smoothed the way for the conclusion of
peace.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

period at the end of the advertisement
| made as big as the head of a large
barrel, but from the road it looked
about the size of the head of a match.
Passengers on the stage coaches would
frequently bet on the height of the
letters, but few ever guessed them any
where near their actual height. That
was my first, last and only sign"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

An advertisement for clerical supply
In an English parish tells the prospec-
tive temporary preacher that he would
have Tight duty" and Small pony
carriage" A man by the name Of
Paul once gave a different impression
OF ministerial work; but then, some
persons do not regard the Apostle as
up-to-date.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
Embossed i'm Gold.

The Companions Souvenir Calendar for
1898, a series of charming igure-pieces;
faithfully copied in colors and embossed
in gold, is recognized everywhere as Il
most charming piece of color-work: Ev-
cry new subscriber receives 1t without
additional charge. Moreover, the paper Is
sent free to new subscribers every week
from the time the subscription is received
until January, 1888, and then for a full
year to January, 1890.
Illustrated Prospectuses of the volume
for 1898 and sample copies of the paper
sent free. Address
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
297 Columbus Ave, Boston, Mass.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
Will Somebody Please Donate the
NirrpYSs

'If the ONE want to vote" said
the mossback orator. give EN- their
share of responsibility. If they claim
they amt afraid of powder, give 'cm
Il gun"
Yes shouted a little man with tan
whiskcrs, AN if they amt afraid OF
paint, give 'em Il paint brush.'-Clevc'
land Plain Dealer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

Not the poison that the Govern assassin
administers in the drink, the food, or
ria shortens the lives of hundreds. There
is a safe and certain antidotc. Hostel
ter's Stomach B%itters, which not only for
tify the system against malaria, but roots
out it's seeds when they have terminated.
Dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatic. liver
and kidney trouble are conquered by tho
BitterS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

The report Of the outrage to Private
Hammond at Fort Sheridan reads as
Hit might have happened in military
Germany or. barbarous Turkey. But
that an American citizen should be
subjected to such humiliation and
that an American officer should stoop
SO low as to enforce such edicts, passes
all understanding.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
English Steel Rails.

In tearing up a siding on the Straits
vile division of the Baltimore IL Ohio
Road, the other day, the section men dis
covered that several of the rails had been
made in 1868. Subsequent investigation
part of II lot that were bought in England
during the war at Il cost of S125 per ton
in gold. The rails were still in very fair
condition. and for light motive power
would last ten wears longer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
"A Big Job.

Herr SchultZe of the Berlin Academy
of Sciences has taken upon himself the
task of preparing a work describing all
animals that exist now or have existed
within historic times. The Academy
allows him $1,000 to cover the expenses
of his undertaking.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
March of improvements.

The old elm tree in Anderson, Ind -,
under whose branches Martin Van
Buren, was once upset from a stage
coach into a mud puddle, has been cut
down to make room for street improve
meIts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

: British landlords are said to own
20.000, 900 acres land in this country,
an area larger than that Of Ireland.
1t In quite possible, too, that they are
bleeding this country just al Ireland
has been bled.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

An investigation into the extent and
character OF the adulteration of foods,
drugs and liquors such as is being car.
ried on by authority of congress in the
Department of Agriculture, should re-
ceive earnest cooperation from all
persons who may be in any way able
to assist the investigators
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

Mr.. Bellamy may talk of Equality :"
but the scythe which eyes a giant bar-
vester of California has its W opinion
stnl. This machine cuts, threshes
and sacks wheat growing on one hun
dred acres daily, making a swath of 70
feet. and turning out 1900 sacks of
wheat a day.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your 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 week men
strong. All druggists, SOC. or 81. Cure guaran-
tced. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
hhsrE.1.

isn't it absurd what ideas people in
small towns have of large citieS?'
Eyes; there's just II thing more alb.
surd."
what is that!'
"The ideas people in large cities have
of small towns."-Chicago Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
FIGHT WITH EAGLES.
OVER THE SIDE OF A eoo-FOOT
PRECIPICE.
A Sign Painter Uses a Paint Brush as a
Weapon-With 1t He Swiped u Bald
Eagle in the Eye-Then Used His
Gun. v

ROM the Chicago
Chronicle: M a n y
struggling y o II n G
artists c a n tell
hard luck stories
and tales of trials
and t~ribulations in
Vulnerable, but so
far as is known
there is only ore in
Chicago who once
had to WELD his
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
An Awful Peuance.

james is so sweet and amiable dur
ing Lent" "Hod does he show ito"
every evening he let's me read pud-
ding recipes to him by the hour
Chicago Record,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
Tore In His Soul.

at is about time YOU were taken to
task" said the steady client.
ooh, please, don't use that there
word" protested Weary Watkins, in
tones of agony.
what word!"
Task. "-Indianapolis journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

The Ohio hypnotist who goes info
houses and hypnotizes the inmates so
that they go promptly and bring him
all their money has greatly improved
upon the clumsy and perilous methods
Of the burglar,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

According to the state auditors re-
port in 1896 there was only about s15.-
600 worth of gold and silver plate and
plated ware in Cook county, Ill. Cook
county is a great county, even in the
art of tax lodging.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
An Song.

Cumso-You say you bought that de-
lightful country house for Il song?
Overwhelmingly speaking, yes.
It's price Appropriated that of a song
by Patti.-Detroit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
THE PHANTOM TRAIN.
(By Mrs. Mary r. P. Hatch.)

L do III Tic ltli Oh
1881, Sept. 20, that
a party of five, in
Guiding m y S | (,
started on a trip to
D:xville Notch, a
wild and romantic
pass situated some
fifty miles north of
the White Mount
a j n S. Circum m
n prevented
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

"You'rc no longer a spring chicken
sneered the angry husband.
Put you're the same old goOse..'
came the answer, with a snap.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

FITS PermanentlyCured. No fits or nervousness after
first days use of DIR. kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for REE $500 trial bottle and ~treatiso.
DIR. X. Ii. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

Man claims to be woman's intellectual
superior, Yet the records show that there
are few women biganlistS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
En,niIy Gopsv,Jiments-

A b~ald-headed man with a full beard is
about the most disgusting sight in this
funny wCrld-to a barber.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

Nothing is easier to understand than
how we shouldn't have made the mis-
takes We sea other people MAKE
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

Mrs. WInslow'sS Soothing Syrup
For children teething,~ softens the gums reduces intlem.
nation. allays pain, cures wind cole. 25 cents a bottle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03
Smoke sledge Cigarettes, 20 for 5 cts.

1t is usually very unlucky for the mouse
that meets a black cat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

The rating Of Cook county lots as
farming lands is another evidence Of
Chicago's great agricultural expanse.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-03

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-17
Picnic and Excursion in the Hills.

The four Presbyterian churches have
combined to have a picnic to the grassy
glades of the picturesque town of Ba-
sim. Good fishing is to be enjoyed in
Basin creek m South Boulder river,
which both flow past the picnic
grounds lately fitted up by the Basin
authorities. Shade trees and swings
add to the attractions, while the hills,
which group closely round the town,
are covered with pine and fir trees.
imparting health and fragrance to the
air. Those who join the excursionists
will be richly repaid by a day spent in
the only grounds near Butte that are
really in the hills. while the absolute
rest and r~efreshment of the air, the
flowing water, the hills and the trees
can be enjoyed to Its fullest extent by
a denizen of dusty Butte. The picnic
will TAX place Tuesday. July 26, train
leaving Great Northern depot at 9:35
o'clock. Tickets for round trip 81 each:
children half price.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-17
No Need of Apology Now.

A Maine editor who wrote W a we'd
ding which had not taken place thu
very neatly explains matters: "ApoI-
ogy is due TO the parties concerned.
We don't often get caught this way.
but this time we were told so conf
IDENTIFY by honest folks that the we'd
ding was a fact that W. took the bait
and wrote b item. We sometimes
feel like the venerable Scotchman, who.
as he read King David's words, viz.
i said in my haste all men are liars,
blurted out: Eth. mon, IL We had lived
in DOR day ye might have taken yer
time ABBOTT it,"