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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
LAST FOUR LEAGUES

II was shutdown in Santa Rosalia.
The rainy season was on in Cuba, and
low, rumbling thunder had been heard
all the afternoon. That is, the people
who lived in the little cluster of palm
matched houses called Santa Rosalia
thought it was thunder. And SO 1t was
the distant roar of Spanish artillery
that came up from the south.
One little cottage stood by the road
side, some distance apart from the
others. 1t was the home of the Mon
cados. The father, Jose, was dead. He
had fallen a victim to the last, the
ten years" war. Three sons were
left to carry IN the fight, and they were
then with Brigadier Lopez Recio. Only
mother and Emilia, the sister, q little
girl Of IL years, were left at home to
watch and pray to God to aid the Gu
bans in their struggle for liberty.
Suddenly the noise of Gathering hoofs
came from the southwest. The still
night air bore the unmistakable sound
with distinctness. In an instant every
head was at the open door. Nearer
and nearer came the galloping rider.
He was alone. His horse was covered
with foam and painting like a tired
hound. Up to the little gate of the
Moncado cottage he staggered, and
then his rider reeled and almost fell
into the arms of his mother.
my God! Rafael, you are wounded,
my boy"
cit is no matter, l can still ride. The
battle of Saratoga is raging. / am on
my way to Colonel Pena. He does not
know Of it. We need him and his cav
airy. Help me to a fresh horse and
I'll catch Pena at Santa Lucia tonight.
/ must"
The poor fellow never finished the
sentence. He had tainted. The arms
Of tender m bore him into the
house. Poor little Emilia followed,
the tears streaming from her eyes. She
watched them draw off the riding
boots filled with her brothers blood
She brought water to moisten his
parched lips. She saw the ugly wound
in his hip and murmured through her
gritting teeth: bad Spaniards! Bad
Spaniards! They will kill us all yeti"
And then her brothers eyes opened.
The cold water had revived him. He
tried to move, but only groaned In
| agony. Once more he strove to rise.
'Motner, some one, help me to my
feet! ! must go on-I must go on.
have ridden sixteen leagues since
morning. There are only four more
to Santa Lucia and to Pena. We must
have him. And with a mighty effort
he rose to his feet. Then he wavered
tears of helplessness came into hi:
eyes, and he sank back on the bed will
a sob Of anguish.
"To think that I should go 30 neal
to the end of my journey and ther
fall"
How were you wounded, my boy?"
"Twas near El Desmayo-late thi!
afternoon. / had changed horses a
La Vinda an hour before. Suddenly
ran into a body Of Spanish guerilla'
from San Miguel. I could not f1gh'
them, there were too many, SO I tool
up a ravine toward Isidro. They fre(
five volleys after me and gave chase
They knew l bore a commission. M.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
A NOT UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE.
Few There he, II Seems, Who Know tho
Words of Our National Airs.

Few There BE, IL Seems, Who Know the
Words of Our National Airs.
From the Washington Post: There
was a meeting Of a certain women's
society a night or two ago, and patri-
otto enthusiasm ran high. The spirit
of music awoke in somebody's breast,
and that somebody began to sing that
most unsingable of national airs, the
Star Spangled Banner" 1t went brave
ly along for the first verse, with only
a crack OF two on the rockets red
glare" The leading spirit began the
second verse. Some of the women
sang ~"tra-la-la-li," and some dunn
dee-dee-dee," but they all came out
strong OF the refrain. Then there was
a pause. go on" said somebody. The
leading spirit grew red in the face.
How does it begin?" she asked. Ev-
erybody looked at everybody else, and
then everybody blushed, for nobody
in all the gathering knew any more of
the song.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
One Red Rose Rent for a Church Site.

One Red Rose Rent for a Church Site.
A unique celebration occurs in June
of every year at Mannheim, P~ennsylva-
mia, according to the Ladies' Home
Journal. 1t Is known as the feast Of
roses, and Is held to commemorate the
~benevolence Of Baron Stiegel, who more
than a century and a quarter ago leased
a tract of land at Mannheim to a on
gregation for a church site at an an
nual rental Of one red rose to be paid
in June of each year. After Baron
Stiegel's death the rent was v de-
manded until few years ago, and now
1t is formally paid to one Of the baron's
descendants. The occasion Is known
as "the feast Of roses" and the quaint
ceremony attracts the greatest inter-
est.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

ing and firing are performed by energy
operator aims, pulls the trigger and
the gun does the rest. The terrible
effectiveness of this weapon will be
understood when it is known that it
is capable of firing something over
600 balls a minute, and can be aimed 50
as to NOV down the ranks of an adj
Vancing foe, even as the sickle of a
reaper cuts down grain. The gun
should not be COMPOUNDED with machine
guns, such as the Calling, the Gardner,
etc., which are usually operated by
means of a crank turned by the hand.
The automatic gun had it's origin when,
in 1854, the father of Hiram S. Maxim,
then living in Orneville, Maine, con-
ceived the idea of making a gun to be
fired by machinery. This vas before
the time of the metallic cartridge, and
Mr.. MaXim's idea was to load short
sections of steel tubes, each provided
with a common percussion cap and to
fasten them together in the form of a
chain. These were to be fed to a sim
gle barrel and fired by the drawing
back of a lever. Mr.. Maxim was con-
fdent that such a gun could be made
to fire 100 rounds a minute. This, SO
far as known, was the inception of the
machine gun. Hiram S. Maxim, his
son, although at this time not Is years
old, made drawings and models of his
fathers gun, and took them to a gun
maker at Bangor, who was well pleas
ed with the gun, but told the lad that
it would take a great deal Of money to
make one. The money his father did
not have. Hiram, however, with the
instinct of a great inventor, knew he
had hold of a valuable idea, and con-
tinued the Investigation. He made i'm
provements, and tried to interest those
who had money in the invention, but
without success. Now came the civil
war and with it metallic cartridges.
Renewed efforts were made to have the
Il given a fair trial; but tie govern
ment had no confidence in it, and no
private individual or company could be
induced to undertake the testing of
one. When the war was over Hiram
Maxim went south and while there was
kicked, not by a mule, but by a Spring
field musket, which he was firing at a
target. The force of the kick surpris-
ed hint did more. 1t suggested to
him the idea of utilizing the energy
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

During u civil war the United
States sanitary commission expended
about s21, 600, 600 for the relief of sick
and wounded federal soldiers. The Red
Cross society is said to have expended
in the Russo-Turkish war 1900, 600
and in the Franco-Prussian war S13,-
coo, 900. These figures make a powerful
appeal to the imagination, if n stops
for such gigantic OUTLAWS; and they also
illustrate the demand which modern
warfare makes upon humanity's sym
pathetic nerve.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

And so she was; the brave little Emil
liza, although not a soldier of Cuba,
had taken her brothers place. She
had gone to get Pena; to tell him that
the fight between Gomez and the Span
ish General Castellanos was on at Sar-
atoga and that every Cuban In Cana
guey was needed.
On the little heroine rode in the
darkness of the night. She had been
born and raised in the country, and she
knew the way to Santa Lucia, although
she had never before travelled 1t in
the dark. But she was riding to save
her brothers life and for Cuba. Dark
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
Died G0me.

First Kansas Mani hear that a
boss thief died rather sudden las
night.
Second Kansas Man Qeader of neck
tie party)-Y-e-s; he wasn't sick long.
did he die gamer
Like a rooster-jist like a rooster
with his spurs on!"-New York Week
"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
Appalling.

Don't you know" said the politician,
that some of those islands in the Pa
,ific ocean are the work Of coral in
;ects?"
what has that to do with u TAX
ing possession of themT'
MY friend, you are wholly deficient
in the foresight that makes a states
man. Surprising some ships with a
cargo of insect powder was to founder
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
On the Vaudeville.

Ramsey-While walking down the
street the other evening a Spaniard
asked me if 1 could tell him the quick
est way to the nearest hospital.
Arthur-What did you tell him?
Ramsey told him to go on the 9TH
err. side of the street and yell three
cheers for Spain.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
Handwriting.

Puck: Before We were Marie
you used to write me three letters a
day." did l, really?" Eyes, you did;
and nov you cut up just because l ask
you to write me a little bit of a
check"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
h Hurt Him.

at amt the time SO much" said the
gentleman who had Just drawn five
years for stealing a bicycle, "as think
in by the time I get out I will have
been in fer liftin' a wheel that at that
time won't be worth havin' as a gra-
cious gift, free gratis!"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
Hurt Her Feelings.

"No; my wife feels worse since she
went to see DR.. Blunt" "Indeed?"
Eyes; he told her there was little the
matter with her, and there was no rea-
son to make such a fuss about it,
Puck.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

A lady who advertised for a girl "to
do light homework" received a letter
from an applicant, who said her health
needed sea air, and asked If the lady
would kindly inform her where the
light house was situated.-Tit-Bits.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
Very Likely,

The Spaniards recently celebrated an
ancient victory which they didn't win.
Perhaps in a hundred years from now
they will be celebrating the naval vic.
tory in Manila bay.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
E INDUSTRY.

Half a century ago almost every
farmer with any number of acres of
pasturage at his disposal kept sheep
in greater or less numbers, as his
mea and convenience permitted. He
found them profitable, and good to have
about the place.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

II Is unnecessary to discuss the pro-
nunciation Of Schley's lame. He was
ely enough to bottle up the enemy and
at the proper time to Stay him.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
Realism.

Critic-"I say, D'Auber, why do you
call that A Scene in Hadee?' l can
see nothing but tents" D'Aubsr-
don't you know the heat In
hades is intense ?"-Up-to-D Date.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
Foolish.

The burro was Disguised with the an
tics Of his SON.. He shook his head for
a long time and then said to his wife:
"That boy of ours is a natural fool. /
never saw an ass make such a man Of
himself as he has"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

Three italian school teachers recent
ly applied for work as public chimney
sweeps in a Swiss village just oyer the
line. The places they sought paid only
$3.50 a year, but that was more than
they got in Italy as teachers of the ris-
ing generation. And people wonder
that there are discontinued m
ings and talk of revolution in the land
of the Caesars!
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
More m

Tommy-Paw, what does "better
half mean?
Mr.. Fight Is a polite way of say
Ing "the whole thing.'-lndianapolis
Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

Our word Resurrection" seems to
concentrate the history Of the universe
to whisper the secret of the life Of God.
w, G. GanRed-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
The Outlook.

Fond Mother-What do you think ba-
by will be when he grows up?
Exasperated Father don't know;
town crier, likely.-Tit-Bits
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

the amateur gardener isn't in it with
an old hen.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup.
For children tectbing, softens the gums, reduces In
aammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. 2sc abottlo
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

He who establishes his argument by noise and
ommand shows that his reason is weak.-Mon
tatgne.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

A bath with COSMO BUTTERMILK
SOAP, exquisitely scented, is soothing and
beneficial Sold everywhere.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

The man who isn't capable Of flllicg
the Office better than the man appoint
ed has yet to be born in this gecat AID
glorious republic.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy
Massinger.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

It's sometimes difficult to get infor-
nation from a bank teller.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

They don't call us Yankees. we hope, because
they think we have yanking dispositions, Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

When a woman can't find any place
else to put a thing she holds it in her
mouth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
Shallow-brained people bow to the
clothes rather than to the wearer.

A mans failure to accumulate a fort
Cne is seldom due to his liberality.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

The more work a man is willing to
20 the more others are willing he
Should.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
THE DEADLY MAXIM.
FIRES SIX HUNDRED SHOTS IN
THE SPACE OF A MINUTE.

How 1t Was Begun-The Weapon Is
Capable of Annihilating Armies-Sug-
Gested by the Kick of a Musket-No
Army Can Witartand 1t. q
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
(Special Letter.3

NE of the most de-
~structive of modern
engines of warfare
is the automatic
gun, invented by
Hiram S. Maxim,
and k n o n the
world over as the
Maxim gun. 1t is
C a | ! e d automatic
b e C a Il S e all the
functions Of load
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

Anger begins in folly and ends in repentance.
-Pythagoras.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

When the fying-machine refuses TO
soar it makes the inventor sore.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06
PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Lnst Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Mary G. Collins. Minneapolis, Mimi,
.skirt-cutting rule: Frank +. Halden.
Winthrop, Mimi. display cabinet; Dick
inson l.. Rose. Mankato, Mimi, speed
measurer; William II. Smith. Omenee,
N. D., envelope blank (design) Ulyss-
cs S. James, Helena, Mont, ore-feeder.
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson, Patent Attor-
neys, 010 Pioneer Press Building. st. Paul.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

The parents of the children who at
tended a school in Baltimore have
started an investigation as to why their
children have been ailing, and why
they have not made satisfactory prog
ress in their school tasks. In one
building 1t was found that heat was
furnished by stoves, and there was no
provision for v%entilating except by
movable window sashes which caused
draughts and colds. Even in the newer
buildings heated by furnaces the con-
ditions were hardly better. The rooms,
too, were imperfectly lighted, badly
drained and seriously overcrowded, and
there were passageways around them
instead of schoolyards. Prof. Wood
bridge has launched a severe arraign-
ment against the persons responsible
for such school conditions as those
found In Baltimore. He says that If
the aggregate of all expenses of sick
ness and of the values represented in
vital and mental energy lost, in broken
health and premature death, in retard-
ed educational development in pupils
and in the diminished Intellectual force
of teachers Is the result of bad air, tax
payers are justified in condemning the
practices which are responsible for
them as malfeasant and in demanding
that such faithlessness to high obliga-
lions be held as a crime.
"After-care''is the phrase which came
into use at the last International Con-
ference of Charities. 1t was used to
express the need of following up with
due attention a class of persons dis
charged as "cured" from the hospitals
for the insane, but whose mental
%soundness is not fully established, so
that there is still danger of relapse.
AS a similar need exists in the case of
many convalesoents, reformed persons,
discharged prisoners, religious converts
and growing children, We are likely to
find this phrase "after-care" very On
v~enient as well as suggestive.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

An early train-the baby's thoughts,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

Almost any cobbler makes a lasting impress
sion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

Time and silence occasionally sue
coed where all other agencies fail.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

After marriage it's sometimes a case
Vt two fools with but a single thought.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

The keener the critic the more cut
ting the criticism.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc. 81. All druggists.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

Hard up--The out-of-door elevate
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

The piece party-a quilting bee.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

in a sense even more terribly realistic
than did the hero-riders of Balaclava.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-10-06

'ASA ~ AS "a hSA % VI
pasturage at his disposal kept sheep
in greater or less numbers, as his
e and convenience permitted. He
found them profitable, and good to have
about the place.
There is nothing more desirable as
a change from winter diet than spring
lamb, and all through the summer
these younglings came into use, and
the entire flock was a source of income.
small, perhaps, but generally sure, to
the owner.
Now one may make a days journey
through almost any thickly settled
country without seeing sheep, and
there are many children old enough to
ask questions who do not even know
what they are.
The principal cause of the absence of
this valuable auxiliary to the farm is
the presence of innumerable unframed
dogs that % the country and make
the keeping Of sheep next door to an
impossibility. These troublesome ami
mails become very shrewd and crafty.
They have been known to watch until
quite certain that no one was within
eyeshot or earshot, then suddenly
spring upon a sheep or lamb and kill
it almost instantly. A faint bleat from
the victim and a rapid scurrying away
Of the remainder of the flock are the
only alarm that these timid creatures
can give. Efforts have been made in
many Of the states to restrict the num-
Der of dogs so that farmers could keep
sheep, but the law, when any exists,
Is a dead letter, and M of the most
important industries in this country is
practically abandoned OF this account.
The wealthy farmer who can keep
caretakers and dogs to guard his flocks
may do we'll with them, but the small
farmer cannot afford such protection,
and as It has come to That state of
affairs when no guard no sheep Is the
rule. he has no choice but to pass by
a branch OF business that would yield
him a certain, though perhaps not very
large, revenue.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-15

The government Is paying out gold reg
ularly, but the yellow metal IS not dis
appearing from the channels OF trade,
1t keeps going, and eventually finds its
way back into the treasury. The hanks
Of New York. the great financial center
Of the nation, have siIO,Mo.eO in gold.
This Is deposited in the big vaults of
the clearinghouse. which issues eerth-
Gates OF deposit for st. These are used
in settling the daily clearing -house bal
anoes. and 50 per cent OF the total OF
these balances is paid in these
certificates. which are the same as the
gold itself, and much more convenient
These cold, hard facts show tina, the
actual processes OF finance are just the
reverse OF what the populists imagine
them to be. Gold Is scarce only when
there Is too much Inferior money In cir
eulation. The way to make i, plenty Is
not to Increase the volume Of this inferior
money-whether It be greenbacks or sill I
yer certificates or silver dollars-but to
decrease their volume. There has been .
no decrease at this time, but there is a /
much increased activity in business. re-
qulring more money to transact it, and I
gold comes into use because We have no,
forced lot Of inferior money into the
channels OF circulation. The poln, on
which the chronic popullsts are hopeless
ly wrong is in their theory ths, the indeh-
mite increase in the volume Of money,
by the issue Of greenbacks or the colning
Of i2-eent silver silver dollars, will make
money so plenty that gold will come into
circulation. This is absurd That is the
wsv gold is first driven from circulation,
and then driven to a premium by the de-
probation of the inferior money. due to
its superabundance. The latter Is the
case always. as has been proved in the
history OF almost every civilized country
within the past century.