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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

the Queen Regent of Spain has par
doned the Americans who were taken
from the schooner Competitor in April,
1896, as she was engaged in landing a
military expedition on the Cuban coast.
These men, including the captain, mate
and steward of the schooner and a
newspaper correspondent, were tried
by court martial soon after their cap
ture and sentenced to death. The
United States government interviewed
to secure for them a trial by the civil
courts, in accordance with our treaties
with Spain. The cases were the SUBJ
ject of p%rotracted diplomatic CORE
spondence and of several debates in
congress. The course of Spain, in set
ting the men free, remove one of the
most serious causes of irritation be-
tween the two countries.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

The bulk Of England's great ocean
tonnage is made up of what is known
as tramp steamers"-stanch, but slow
freight carriers, economical in main
tenance, which seek cargoes wherever
they are to be found. There may be
much significance in the announce
ment that the first American steamer
OF this character is under construction
with the Bath Iron works of Bath. M.
This vessel is for a New York house.
II Is to be completed next May, and
Will at once compete with the foreign
tramp steamers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

Why There Was No ScrnOn.
In a small village in Worcestershire
the clergyman was out visiting, but
was expected back to preach on the
Sunday.
Early on Sunday morning, however,
the parish clerk received a message
from the clergyman to say he would
not be able to preach, as he was going
to "Officiate" for another clergyman.
AS the service drew near, the clerk
rang the bell; and when the time was
up and the people were assembled, he
addressed them thus:
This is to give notice that the par
son will not be able to preach here to-
day, as he is gone 'a-tishing' along
with another parson. Indianapolis
Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

Last year the girls in a school in
Drookline, Mass, took lessons in bread
and cake making, while the boys
learned carpentry and carving. This
year the girls are making wooden ia
bles and chairs, but the boys, one day
each week, are taught to make coffee,
to boil cereals, to broil steaks, to fry
and scrambled eggs, and to make ONE
lets. One boy, while admitting that
the failures were many, remarked that
cooking was much nicer than saving
boards or hammering nails, Cos you
can walk around and talk and taste
all the things" Whatever that cook
ing class may do for the boys, the les
sons in carpentry will do much for the
girls If they teach them to hammer in
a nail without pounding a finger nail
or splitting the board, and to set a
screw and saw a board without becom-
Jug nervous.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

1t would seem that one of the chief
cares of schools and colleges would be
that students should learn to speak
correctly. The mental drill that ac-
companies the study of language is in
OF course, it is easy to say
that there are many things in life more
important than correct speaking. This
is true, but as a nation we are old
enough to have acquired not merely
Inc essentials, but some of the graces
as we'll. In other words, it is time we
were adding to our common schooling
evidences Of culture. And one Of the
most indisputable Of these Is correct
speech.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

tending the execution of a murderer.
Every detail was given, including the
conduct and last remarks of the con-
demned man IN the scaffold. The
bogus extras were put through the
press and stacked up ready to hand out
to the newsboys. One paper supplied
the newsboys and kept them in a
room ready for the signal. But it
never came. The hanging was post
poned. The prisoner neve left his
cell. Some of the affecting full ac-
counts leaked out, and they are highly
interesting specimens CT the afternoon
fake eXtraS.-Ex.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

of her sisters in other regions of the
earth, she is never %applauded for being
"a brilliant conversationalist." Meth
er is she intended for a sanity recluse
or MISUNDERSTANDING penitent.
Her mission is the gospel of sweetness
and light, to smooth the rough places
of this world; to delight by her grace
and beauty, if so favored by God. 9th
erwise, she consoles herself with the
assurance of her classical poet, that,
after all, "Grace may prove deceitfuI
and beauty a vanity, the woman that
feareth God, her praise endureth for
ever" Give her of the fruit of her
hands; and let her own works praise
her."-Dr. Gustav Gottheil in Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

Mr.. Sims Reeves, who is now seven
ty-fve, was far in the twenties before
his voice developed it's power, and he
did not always get along smoothly with
his teacher, an able but rather brusque-
hammered man. Once while he vas
singing a song the teacher abruptly
interrupted. stop, sir, you are very
fiat, very fat" And you, sir, are
sharp, very sharp" retorted the indig-
nant Reeves, as he picked up his mu-
sic and dashed from the room.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

out JOCK was very angry. But peace
was soon restored n when Mackin-
non set the mess tent on fire in the
course of his execution of a strathspev
on the table to enliven our Christmas
dinner on the borders of Ruptee (1s59)
Sir Colin merely observed hat no
must not do it again."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

A couple lately sought fame by be-
ing married in a cage with two lions
at a zoo. The same day a free VIC
man married a convict in a prison cell,
and a giggling couple mounted a stove
which became theirs at the close of the
ceremony. When one reads of these,
and also of mock marriages between
my children at charity fairs, one bet
Ter c~omprehends the growing levity
with which solemn ceremonies are in
vested,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17
About the Mighty Deep.

The surface of the sea is estimated
at $50, OO0, 900 square miles, taking the
whole surface of the globe of 1871, 000,-
equals the height of the highest noun
tain, or four miles. The Pacific ocean
covers Is, 900, 900 square miles, the At
lantic 2 5000, 900, the Mediterranean l.
600. 600.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17
There must be larger birds. The
women want them ter their bonnets.

The clergyman who married a cou-
pie in a lions den took care to remain
outside during the ceremony. He
hadn't the blood of the late Mr.. Dam
icl in his veins, and he had no desire
20 go to judgment.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17
A DEAD SHOT FOR RHEUMATISM.

Horschead, Ark, Nov. IL, 1897.
SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO., 1877
Dearborn St, Chicago, ILL.,: Thank the Lord, I
am on foot once more. The rs DROPS" knocked
the rheumatism in the head and put me on my
crutches, so l kept taking it, and now l have
thrown away my crutches, and walk about like
a man. May God bless the man that got up the
IS DROPS" it is a dead shot for Rheumatism
and Gravel. Three different doctors gave me
medicine and treated my case. Besides 1 have
bought and used every remedy 1 ever heard Of
that was for Rheumatism, and it
all did me no good. One dose of rs DROPS"
was worth 1t all. 1t stopped the pain, and am
now able to 60 about. have not the time to-
day to fully state my case, but will gladly write
you o complete statement at some future time.
L I. TAMPS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17
THE JEWESS IN HER HOME.
Her Mission is the Gospel of Sweetness.
and LIGHT.

AIer mission is the Gospel OF Sweetness
and Light.
Emerson has said IF you would
know a thing truly you must see it in
its setting" The setting of the Jewess
is her home; she cannot be known else
where, and how many Christians ever
see her there? If necessity, or per-
version of taste, or greed, place her be-
hind a counter, or bring her to the
marts where merchants do congregate,
she does not appear as her true self;
metaphorically speaking, she dons
mans garments" something forbidden
in the Sacred Law of Moses. The Jew
ess was never meant for a society lady,
nor for a devotee of the literary and
poetical art; only in time of the deep
est national emotion a Miriam or Deb
ora would arise. Although she knows
the use of the tongue as well as any
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

An exasperating instance Of the
laws bubbles appeared in the United
States circuit court the other day,
when a father suing a railroad COM
pany for killing his boy was defeated
on the ground that his child was killed
instantly. That is, to say, it was held
that only the injured himself has the
right to recover damages, and that the
boy, dying instantly, could not be pre-
sumed to have transmitted his rights
to his heirs, as he could have done il
he had lived a few minutes. This rul-
ing is not legally Objectionable. For
all that, it is q Disgusting bubble.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17
Poor Tourist Season I'm Fur,n.

In spite of Queen Victoria's Jubilee
the American tourist season in En-
rope has peer the worst in many years.
Shipping returns show a decline of no
less than so per cent in the first and
second class passenger traffic below
the figures for the season of 1896.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17
Tres In detail are as follows:
Dangers Compared.

Washington Star: I'm sorry" said the en-
ploye of an insurance company in Europe, but
we can't accept you; you're a bad risk"
But you accepted q man who was going to
Cuba as a soldier for Spain"
That's a different case altogether. But I'll
tell you what we can do. Come round after
you lose your seat in the reichrath and well
give you another opportunity"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17
How Dailies Fake the News.

A curious instance of newspaper fax
ing was discovered in Pittsburg last
month. Three evening papers had in
type a full account of the scenes at
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

An old peasant woman in Bucking-
hamshire, England, praising her IA
vorite curate to the rector, exclaimed,
"Ah. sir, Mr.. Drone is quite an angel
in sleeps clothing"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17
Don't Tobacco Sci, 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 weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC. or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

Asparagus causes asthma, according
TO DR.. D~eschamps, of Paris. and must
be added to the list that contains roses,
musk, tea, ipecacuanha, cats, fried fish,
oats, malt and rice dust, feathers and
wool.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

TfHfnG to he Nice to a Pope.
San Francisco Areonaut: Tradition
hands down an awful break made by a.
well meaning American gentleman, who.
in his embarrassment, genially assured
Pope Plus TX. that he had the pleasure
OF a presentation to his father, the lato
pope, many years before.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17
Journey in n Motor Car.

An Englishman has just completed q journey
of 900 miles on q motor car through England
and Scotland. He was five weeks travelling.
and used ia gallons of oil, which made his
travelling cost him III cents a mile.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

Two items in the budget of the bank
at Monte Carlo, for the year ending
Oct. 81: Payments to ruined gam
blers, one hundred thousand francs;
for the prevention of suicides, one hun
Gred thousand francs" Here is a SER
mon, writ large" on the question,
does gambling pay?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

The dirtiest and most unhealthy city in
the world is Annoy, China.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

The worlds annual taxes amount to
the enormous total Of "a, 500, 900, 900,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-03-17

Scrofula and
All other blood
Disease are promptly
And Permanently Cured
By Hoods Sarsaparilla'
If you suffer from
Any form of Blood
Disorder, you shouldI7
Take Hoods and
Only Hood's.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-05
OMAHA Is ALL RIGHT.

The Omaha Bee warns people against
''the gang of thieves" who are operat-
ing there, and notifies the world that
the city it claims to represent, the
city which has invited thousands of
guests for the summer, is utterly un-
able to protect them"
If this could be taken seriously, if
this organ of the administration, which
has ridiculed citizen of Nebraska
for joining the army, could be believed,
could be considered free from partisan
prejudice, could be imagined fair for
once, people would be justified in stay
ing away from the Trans Mississippi
exposition
But we suspect there is more malice
than truth in that statement, more
politics than anxiety for the travelling
public. A paper which does not scru-
pie to misrepresent a volunteer from
its own state, would not hesitate to
libel the city in which it is published.
Looking at it in this light, there is
no reason why anyone should take
fright at the dreadful picture the Bee
has drawn. 1t is a safe bet that
Omaha isn't tenth as bad as the Bee
would have the world believe. Let
no one remain away from the exposi-
ton on account of the scarecrow the
Bee has raised.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-05
OPENING CoNvIcTs' LETTERS.

The postmaster general has decided
that the letters of convicts are as sa,rsd
as those of any other class of people.
and cannot be opened by jailers AID
wardens. Some years ago the postoffice
department made a similar ruling, but
subsequently rescinded it, which was
common sense.
Possibly a jailer. or warden has no
right to open letters and other mail
matter addressed to prisoners, but he
would be a fool to deliver their letters
to them unopened; all he could do
would be TO withhold their mail matter
Lrtil they We're released from prison,
unless the prisoners chose to give him
a written authority to open all mail
matter. To allow convicts to receive
letters that had not been inspected by
a jailer or warden would be to afford
them every opportunity in the world to
concoct schemes to escape. They could
be in constant communication with con
federates on the outside. If their mail
is not to be opened, what would pre-
vent them from receiving drugs of all
kinds, saws, skeleton keys and the like?
Nothing whatever
The postmaster generals decision is
very unwise one, and it is very doubt
full if it would stand a test in the courts.
Convicts' mail is allowed to be opened
on the ground of public policy, just the
same as censorship is placed over the
transmission of news from the seat of
war. 1t is safe to say the postmaster
general will yet modify his decision.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-05
THE PHILIPPINES AS A STATE.

The United States government is
founded on the theory that all just
powers Of government are derived from
the consent of the governed. And it is
the only true theory. Hence it is that
the American people have ever looked
with disfavor upon the territorial form
of government. and have always pre-
ferred to extend the rights of statehood
to q territory so soon as it was fitted
for the change. The test of this change
has almost always been that of pop
ulation, it being assumed that a suffi-
cient population was accompanied by
all the other requisites, such as politi-
cal capacity and the like. This was
the theory acted upon when Vermont,
Kentucky and Tennessee were admit
ted; when the states erected out of the
northwest territory were admitted;
when those erected out of the Louis
lana purchase and the country acquir-
ed under the treaty of Gaudaioupe-Hi-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-05
DEATH OF JOHN HAGUE.

When a man has lived half dozen
years beyond the allotted three score
and ten years, his death may be looked
for at almost any time, and can scarce
~ be a surprise no matter how pain
full.
Mr.. John Hague, of Nephi, who died
Friday, had lived six years longer than
mans allotted time. In days gone by
he was one of the most prominent men
in the state, and was always an ener-
getic and enterprising citizen, such a
man as to help lay deep and broad
the foundations of a commonwealth.
He was genial, cheerful man, carry
ing sunshine wherever he went He
had al extensive acquaintance
throughout the state and was held in
high esteem by all who knew him. The
state loses a good citizen, his family
a kind and affectionate father and
husband. His was an active, busy life
and it will be long before another will
take the place he so long occupied in
the community where he lived so long.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-05

dalgo were admitted. OF all this ac-
quired territory states have been
made
If the Philippine islands are acquired
as the result of the war and retained,
will they be admitted into the Union
as state? 1t cannot be urged against
them that they have not the necessary
population for statehood, for they have
some. eight million inhabitants,
and requisite population has been the
chief test for statehood in the past. The
material resources are more than am
pie for sustaining the burdens of state
hood. If it is urged against the adj
mission of the Philippines as a state
that their population, because of racial
differences, is not ftted for the duties
of American citizenship, it should be
remembered that it has been specifical-
ly provided that the right of the citi-
zens of the United States to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the Unit
ed States or any state on account of
race, color or previous condition of SER
vitude' There is scarcely any doubt
that the people of the Philippines are
quite as we'll qualified to exercise the
elective franchise as large numbers in
this country are, particularly the low
est class of Poles and Hungarians and
the more densely ignorant negroes of
the south.
All this has been said on the assump-
ton that the Philippines are to be
taken and held. How would a forcible
conquest without reference to the
wishes of the people of the islands
comport with our theory of government
that all Just powers of the govern
ment are derived from the consent of
the governed? There is no comparison
between the government of this coun-
try and that of Spain, but in the event
of the conquest of the Philippine ISL
ands, this question may arise: Has
one people the right to save another
against its own will?
The Philippines are not ours as yet
and cannot be under any circumstances
until the terms of peace between the
United States and Spain are finally set
tied, but it is well for the people to
consider the Philippines question from
every point of view. 1t will not only
form public opinion, but it will make
it intelligent Hence we have discussed
the question as above.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-05

I was. sitting in the parlor of the Mar
shall house, in Nashville, with little
party of friends which included Governor
Bob when the latter was asked If
he were not over-run with applications
for pardons. The mention of the word
''pardons" always starts the genial gov
ernor on string of stories, and this in
stance was no exception. He told four
or five before the little party broke up.
One of them at least is worthy of a
larger audience.
The governor had fled to his summer
home to escape the crowds of pardon
seekers when woman who had sought
him in vain at the capitol was ushered
iEo his presence.
We'll. madame. what can do for you?'
We'll, I'm the governor; what is it?''
All, sir, my man he's been put in
prison, sir. and / want to ask if you
won't let him OUT
The governors face hardened. He had
not, after all, escaped the pardon-seek-
ers si, BIT he did not turn her away.
What was he sent up for?" he asked.
You see, sir, We was hungry, and he
Just stole ham to keep US from starry
ing
well. I'm sorry; but I can't do any
thing for you. Your man must serve his
sentence There's too much stealing go
ing on
"Oh, gov'ner, please, please let him
out, pleaded the woman, the tears flow
ing down her cheeks.
The tears had their effect. The gov
ernor softened. Stealing a ham was not
such very terrible crime, and this poor
woman no doubt needed her husband He
decided to question her a little.
But why he asked. should l give
your man his freedom?'
Because. sir. we are hungry again,
and we amt got no more ham,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-05
GERMANY'S FRIENDSHIP.
Neutral Attitude of the Government
Cannot Be Questioned.

Washington. June Ambassador
White has called the attention of the
department toathe following which ap-
peared in the. North German Gazette of
recent date, and which, ON account of
It's semi-official character and the fact
mat copy of the paper containing il
was sent to the embassy by a member
OF the foreign office. which accentuates
lts interest and renders it especially
satisfactory to this country:
american and German papers have
recently reported that his majesty. the
emperor, in asconversation with the am
Dassador of the United States at Ber-
I'm, is said TO have strengthened the
supposltion tnat the imperial govern
ment was animated by unfriendIv feel
lngs towards America. AS we are in
formed, no such conversation has taken
place, and consequently all reports in
regard to it are imaginative. His ma
1esty, the emperor, could have had If
tie reason for thinking IT necessary to
give the assurance ascribed to him he