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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

Havana dispatches that
appointments of Cubans to important
Offices in Havana will soon be made.
By placing Cubans in prominent posi-
lions, it is thought some of the re-
sponsibility for minor positions will
be shifted to them. The insurgents
have been complaining that appoint
ments already made in the custom
house End other places have gone to
Cubsns who stayed at home during the
fighting. When the leading insurgents
are in the chief positions complaints
will have to be directed against them
rather than the. American authorities.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
ing so Ear as to invite him in return
to their own houses.

to their own houses.
The prospects are excellent for New
York to become a great art center, II
the presence of the leading men and
women of genius can make it so. The
continent has been swept almost clean
of great musicians for this years OPP
era season. This is an old story. But
it is not all. Last year three of the
greatest European portrait painters
Duran, Chartran and Madrazzo-spent
the winter in this country. There are
rumors that they will come again this
year. Other leading artists will also
come and settle down to work among
us for at least awhile. More foreigners
of brain and breeding come to see us
every year, and not all of then are
seeking merely dollars. That pride in
their ignorance of America which they
formerly Haunted in the faces of trav-
cling Yankees has become somewhat
chastened. The social rapprochement
of the old and the new world is also
being gradually accomplished. The
number of foreigners at the horse
show this year was so large that the
papers were not full of comment on
them, for public curiosity about i'm
ported noblemen seems to be in in
verse ratio to the number imported.
Among these visitors was the Marquis
of Anglesey, cousin of Almeric Paget,
who married a daughter of William G..
Whitney, and who, as well as his two
brothers, spends much of his time in
this country. The young marquis is
not a fortune hunter, for he was mar
ried last spring, his bride being the
beautiful Miss Chetwynd.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

The following flash of wit proves be-
yond a doubt that the late DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes was occasionally as
sociated with another as brilliant as
himself. He used to dabble a little in
photography, and once when he pre-
scented a picture to a friend, he wrote
on the back: "Taken by Oliver Wen
dell Holmes and SUM-"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

New York Legislators are Investigate
ing the "heathen Chinee" laundry
ways. In particular they want the
laundry tickets to be in English in
stead of tea-chest marks, which only
John can read. The Chinaman can
get back at the legislators by doing
a strictly cash business with customers
who insist on English tickets.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
Some Queer Tricks of Speech.

The Cernhill Magazine has an anus
ing list of plumbers in speech. "Is he
in extremist" asked a Roman Catho-
lie priest of a dying mans friends.
AYE, he's right in, your reverence"
replied the other. After a pause he
added, as a clincher. "Clean in, poor
chap! Right up to the neck, sir" Pres
emily the old man went on, sadly: me
and Brother Bill have worked together
the past fifteen years." ION the rail-
way?" asked the clergyman. AYE, sir.
We've worked all that time on the
armament way" A couple of school
boys were hailed before the head mas
ter, accused of breaking boundaries.
One of them offered the usual school
boy plea of ignorance, and said they
had only traversed a few yards of the
forbidden territory. The master turned
to the other one with the question:
And what have you to say?" The
lad, who had a dangerous habit of US
ing long words, replied: please sir,
Smith has made a perfectly voracious
statement"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

That peculiar phase of superstition
which has regard to lucky or unlucky,
good or evil days, is to be found in
all ages and climes wherever the mys-
tery-man of a tribe of the ~sacerdotal
caste of a nation, has acquired rule or
authority over the minds of the peo-
pie. Throughout the east, among the
populations of antiquity, are to be
found traces of this almost universal
worship of luck"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
ncnd the Advertisement

You will enjoy this publication much
better If you will get into the habit of
reading the advertisements: they will
afford a most amusing study, and
will put you in the way of getting somo
excellent bargains. Our advertisers are
reliable; they send what they adver'
tise.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
Expecting Too Much.

'The idea of that man having the au-
dacity to try to buy my vote outrightV'
exclaimed the small politician.
Wouldn't you agree to his termsY'
asked an intimate friend.
mo, sir. | might rent it for a little
while, but L wouldn'c sell it.'-Wash-
ington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
WaII- LET HPF

"My lady sleeps!' he sang, feelinglys
from the garden below.
A fair head was thrust from the case
Dent. 1t was Evelyn.
"When, do you suppose?' she de-
manded, with some asperity. Detroit
Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

Great Britain, Germany and the
United States now seem to be united
on the "open-door" policy in China.
When it comes to deciding, though,
which shall go in first there may be a
difference of opinion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
UNLUCKY DAYS.

Why is Friday an unlucky day? The
sun shines, the rain falls; nature pro-
crosses and everything seems to go on
the same as usual on that day as on
any other; but still the belief in it's
ominous character is widely dissem-
mated and only too firmly established.
Byron had a great dread of Friday.
He was struck with terror when he re-
membered that he had embarked for
Greece, at Genes, on a Friday, and he
once dismissed a tailor at Geneva who
brought him home a new habit on that
day. At Pisa he went to call upon a
lady of distinction for the first time,
but Immediately turned away from the
door when he remembered it was Fri
day.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

Great Britain has the largest navy in
the world. Then come the navies of
France, Russia, the United States, Ger
many, Italy and japan in the order
named.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

The police authorities of Louisville,
who declined to hold an inquest on a
pugilist killed at his trade" neglect
to say whether he died because he re-
eeived a hard blow or because he was
? blow-haEd
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

The superstition of sailors, whose
a~ntipathy to undertake a voyage, or,
in fact, to commence any work of i'm
p~ortance on Friday, is everywhere no.
torious. In many country districts,
especially in the north of England, no
wedding takes place on Friday, be-
cause it is thought to be unlucky.
Even in London at the present day no
theatrical manager ventures to pro-
duce a play on a Friday for this same
reason.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

A Florida inventor has designed a
steamboat to run on the ice in winter,
runners being mounted on the under
side at the proper depth to bring the
snds of the paddle blades to the level
Of the ice. each blade being TIMED
with a steel point, which sticks into
the Ice and propels the boat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
SLIGHTLY Inherent.

Watts-Say, was it you who told me
Brown had a habit of thinking aloudT'
Potts-No. | told you he had n hab-
it of talking to- Observation-Disclosures
Journad.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
She Said No.

Flemming-What frustrated the
elaborate plans that Miner had made
for his marriage? Lenox-The an
swer to his proposal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

there or at home. The unavoidable
disturbance of ancient graves by the
new railway system in China is a seri-
Gus grievance and scandal to the ma
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
Why Railroad Building is Not Popular in China

year all the members of a Chinese fam
lily discharge the sacred duty of "wor-
Shipping their ancestors" They pro-
coed to the burial ground, carrying in
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

down all these good things on the last
resting place Of their forefathers. But
John Chinaman is a utilitarian or
nothing. A slice of this, a piece of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

Keely made thousands out of that
compressed air brought up from under
the floor to run his motor, and this IL
Illustrates that it is an i'll wind that
blows nobody any good.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

Saturday is thought to be an I'M
lucky day" Perhaps because it fol-
lows Friday? However, strange as it
may seem, it has frequently proved a
fatal day" for the royal ~personages of
England, as the following table will
show: William III. died on Saturday,
March IS, 1902; Queen Anne, Aug. 1,
IVA; George l., June 10, 1927; George
IL, Oct. &c, 1850; George Ill, Jan. 20,
1920; George ", June 26, 1880; the
duchess of Kent, March IS, 1861;
Prince Albert, Dec. IA, 1861, and Prin-
cess Alice, Dec. IA, 1878. In every
case all the dates fell upon a Satur'
day. By a strange coincidence, too, it
was on a Saturday, Sept. 10, 1898, that
the empress of Austria was assas-
sinated.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

Reporter-How did the prisoner pro-
cure the means of committing suicideH
Warder-A bride gave him one of her
first mince pies and he cut his throat
with the crust.-New York World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

The failure Of American railroad en-
terprise in China has heen attributed
to the inherent conservatism of the
Chinese. This is true only in part.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
Her Excuse.

Notice how the soprano flatted?"
''She had good reason. They have
lowered her salary."-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

A writer says: "The smile is the
same in all languages" A bartender
says it varies in size from one to four
fingers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

A man generally thinks he does well
enough if he leans toward his wife's
church.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

1t is alleged that Cuban bandits have
taken to the hills. This leaves Gen
eral Brooke nothing but a plain duty.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

Solomon was SO busy prescribing adj
vice that he probably hadn't time to
take much of it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

It is not the hunter with the most
expensive gun who gets the most
game.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
VANITY FAIR,

The cold winds that have prevailed
have brought out fur wraps for femi-
nine wear, although it was predicted
earlier in the season that the winter
would be too mild for their use. The
collarettes finished with the heads of
foxes, the silver fox and the red fox
being used in profusion, give a par
ticularly quaint effect when worn be-
meath a pretty girls face. Artists will
not be slow to take advantage of this
piquant touch in woman's gowning
when they are picturing their winter
girls of this season.
In London the contributing guest is
a social institution. He is generally
expected to contribute either to the
friends, or, If the entertainer be in
terested in politics, to party funds. On
these conditions, Labouchere declares
in Truth, any man or woman nay
so far as going to parties is concerned
have a very pleasant time in London
do WCIl do III COuuIly uOuS6S. Inc per-
sonal contributions take the form of
doing something mysterious in the
city by which money is obtained, al
though it often happens that this is a
mere pretext for giving. The whole
process was explained by an acquain-
lance the other day to Labouchere, who
was surprised when told the sums that
he had paid. Women" the man said
ARE never satisfied" do they expect
you to make love to them?" Labou-
chere asked. ooh, no." he replied,
there is nothing of hat sort expect
ed. What they want is money against
invitations. I generally say that 1 have
made it for them in the city, but
don't think they really believe it. 1t is
only a civil way of explaining" On
the recommendation of a friend the
man took a big house and gave parties
himself, hiring some lady of fashion
to invite the guests. He is now quite
a shining light among London enter
tainers, many of his guests even 60
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

Cholley Chumpleigh-I'm not a man
with one idea. Miss Coldeal-No?
Why don't you try to get one?-Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06
THE DOLLAR OF 1904.
THE RAREsT COIN EVER
STRUCK OFF,

n Entire Output OF That Year Dis
appeared Very MysteriousIy Said
That They Were Lost At sea-May
Have Been sent to England.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

The man who can apply a sermon
to himself is a mighty good Christian.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

Why is an opponent always on the
wrong side of a controversy?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

Ancestral worship is a part of the
Chinaman's religion, and he regards
the disturbance of burial grounds as
proclamation, On certain days in the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-04-06

The peanut politician should not
complain If he gets well roasted.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
NEWS OF NEW CASTLE
nAIPrIrRnn A CRAzY Man.

Cn.ceus Harrington anu Palmer had
LII exciting experience with a crazy
nix ta4.y Sunday morning. 1ney re-
c,Iued Wl5rO unat a mum was in the
marsh back of Thomas Clark's farm,
and upon investigator found man
rs.all4.4lls wall. clJelp N IKE Ike. lie
had a brick in one hand and a cdDb.e-
stone in the other, and in attempting
u get hin GU Harrington had a close
shave CT geJtang hit with the brick.
1lnay succeeded at last in getting the
mGn Gut, tut not until HE was com
plete,y exhausted. He was carried and
dragged b. THE Jail, where 1T was found
he WIS James MCCluIe and that he had
a plain everyday case Of drunk. He will
be d1Jalned few dnys at The jail until
tla RECEIVERS.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
sTAnwARTs' REFORM PLATFORM

STALwARTs' REFORM PLATFORM
West Chester May 16.-Stalwart. or
Quay, Republicans to the number OF
about 100. met in West Chester yester-
day and named the following candidates
for delegates to the State Convention:
Northern district Paul s. Reeves. OF
Phoenixvilae; Southern. Samuel Ivison.
OF oxford; Eastern, l. Roberts Comfort,
OF West Chester; Western. ]. Hunter
Wills. OF Downigtown. The candidates
pledged their united and undivided sup
port to a candidate for the Office OF state
treasurer who win protect the people
interest by the placing OF all state funds
in responsible Institutions. that will
promptly pay to the state the two per
cent interest provided for by the aot OF
General Assembly and who VIII. unde.
no circumstances or conditions, loan the
public money or allow the same to be
loaned for personal gain" In regard te
the judgeship. the sentiment Of all those
present was strongly favorable to the
retention Of Judge Hemphal ON thu
bench.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
4 a. n

Schedule IN effect May a. 1893.
AM trains Illuminated with Iintsch
Light.
,rp AIS LEAVE WILMINGTON, DEL
AWARE AVENUE STATION, FOR
NE1V Work. week days. s5.0l, f9.;f
siOR "a. M. fl2.l9, '2.3i, 400, .2l9 t4A
Pullman cars). Z.4S, 'n.oO p. m; sandays
s5Oi. $3.50. sil35 a. m; '2.3i, 'i.OO' Oily gan
5nilman cars). '7.43, 'n00 y. m.
PHILADELPHIA week days, 'aVi
40 n mol 1855. eS.25. $3.50. 'l0.52 Hos a. an.
40 10 100. f234 500 400, 1913 (all Pull
man cars), 1915, $50. $50 sAo, sa ~
m. sundays. SOL 135, 500 's.ss, IL
III 95 n. M. f2.34. 500, 400 1913 (all Puli-
man cars). $50. '7.43, 800, 'llo0 p, m.
CHESTER. week days $40, "LlO ta9,
rs. 'as9, '1O.52, Hos q. m; 100 ,z.sl S.vo'
$50. $50. s7.43 sl5. 'll.oO y. m. sundays'
7qS IA n 9q 1l1g. ti1.35 a. m; 1924, 800.
"a 0l $50 r7ag 800 Fll.0O p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY, week days, CIV a.
m: si2.19. '2.3i, '5.25 p. m. Sundays, 7.S5 a.
~, cAP Pc NAY y, week days '7iO a. m; 1854
q. m. Sundays. 1855 a. M ,.,,,.-..--1,,-
BALTIMORE AND WASltlN1lol>.
week days. AIS 7l9 'S.0l, .ll'Vl a; Nh IN; :
40 5S s209. 3.Ol. $40. 'i51 1913 tah fnil-
,,,, ,,aT,s1 sSOi coli q. m. Sundays. -ils
10 sS0i a. m: si2.56. 900. 800, '4.5', Ts-s3
tau Pullman cars. 500, '9.ll p; m: ~.
| BALTIMORE AND WAY sIAIiON9'
7la a. M: 30i p. m, dally, 30 sen,
I ~ M
.ti.oi a. m; 1855 800. 49,. 6IS, 'all' 100
/ ~ u, sundays ti1S. 7i9, -S0i a. m. :
10 Fs 3Oi 4.57. 732. t9ll p. m.
l ptuTSBITRG week days. +eVl a. m :
ti57 s5g (an Pullman carsl, '5.li D. m
sundays. sSei n. m; 'i9i, 'o.o5 Oali Auii-
man cars). -9ll p. m.
| CHICAGO. daily, 'S0i a. m, [l.o' =, M
/ CINCINNATI AND ST LOUIS -o.vt d.
| m sf2 Sc and +91i p. m, daily.
| TOLEDO AND DETROIT, .9.u p, ~,
daily 10 Toledo and daily except Suluay
70 sfTS s1'EIY ACCOMMODATIONS. week
aevs no a. m. 3.04. els, 1855 p. m sun
DAYS T.lg n. M; 30i, 732 p. m.
T.ANDFNBI1RG ACCOMMODAIlONi
week DAVIS. 7.19, $50 a. M; 5Vi' 4-7i y. m
sundays $50 a. m; $50 p. IN. -.
LEAVE MARKET STREET. STATION
III BALTIMORE. week days, s45 A. m
- ff.sN,iD'ENBERG week days, Gas 9.25 a
m: 2.55. $40 y. m. Sundays, 40 a. m.
IGiAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR VII
NTTNcTON. week days, @3.35. GO, 80
$50 1905, $50 a. m; sl2-20. Fl.Sl. 200, -5'vl
AGO. 4.s0. s5O7 (all Pullman cars), -3.S'
SIS. $40. $3.50. sS.35. 1910, 'll.35 p. M sun
DAYS. s3&. $780, $50, 1l.30 a. m. -l---o
sfST 300. 1920, 430. +5.0I (all Pullman
cars. $50 $50, 's.s5, l059 p. M.
. Delrnarvia Telephone. NO. le6
Rates 10 Western points lower than va
: r. ID UNDERWOOD. D. 3. MARTIN
"A Gen. M8laseg.. pial, " kass, Iranss
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Ode Bits OF Information Upon Mis-
ceIlnneOus Matters in the
Household.

An orange and banana compete that
may be prepared in the chatting dish OF
cooked slowly on the back of the range
is made in this way; Cooktogether one
cupful of sugar, one-half cup OF water.
six cloves and one inch stick cinnamon.
Stir until the sugar is dissolved. then
boil gently without stirring eight min
utes. Remove the cloves and cinnamon
and put into the strip six bananas
peeled, cut in halves lcngthwise, then
crosswise, and simmer. When they be-
gin to clear. add the juice of two
oranges and half lemon. and serve on
rounds of toast or sponge cake, with a
further addition of whipped cream, ii
desired.
To prepare Hamburg steaks for the
chafing-dish or frying pan. have the
butcher chop fine a half-pouud Of lean
raw beef, and season highly with onion
salt and pepper. Shape into small
steaks. using but little pressure. Have
the chaiing-dish buttered and hot. Put
in the steaks. scar on one side, then OF
the other. turning frequently. Cook
rare or well done. as preferred; five
minutes will usually suffice. Spread
with a little butter, which has beer
creamed and mixed with salt and pep
per. and serve on hot plates.
A dainty centerpiece at recent
luncheon was of Parma Wolets ar
ranged in a low silver dish set on
minor mat, while on either side Of th'
center were two rings of the same flow
ers. Following out the same idea, tn
name-cards of parchment had violet
/ painted on them. and traced in gol'
upon each one different line from III
Shakespeare, Wordsworth AM
4 Percy-relating to the same modes
!, flower.
i New fiatirons should be allowed 4
Il stand on the stove some time before US
!. ing in order to get off the coating o
black. When they are rusted they ma
be cleaned with fine securing soap. an
when stored away for any length Q
time kerosene OF vaseline should be pu
over them.
After bathing a little child's bach
says careful nurse. rub each side q
the spine with the bare hand. watchin
carefully for any indications of deforn
= ity. The same careful attention shout
also be paid to the little legs and arm
that any tendency TO deformity may /
: Immediately corrected.
> Bananas make delicate fritters use
in combination with rice or cornstarc
! and served with lemon rauce. The
! may be combined also with pineappl
r which furnishes the acid the banana
T lack.-W Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
P1E-BArING CONTEST.

TEo-e was FUNNY incident en- the
wharf Saturday alJernc-n, vixen two
Buys, who ara employed On the wharf
t. carry empty FISH boxes and to- Clean
thIsnl, had a p.e-eatiTlg match- The
boys are paid in pie, cakes or candy,
and Saturday 1T happened TO be pies.
Seeing the two boys munchsng away
slt their ptas, one of The men conceived
ATS tapPy idea CT seeing which boy
ccn,d eat the most pie. The boys were
Vlilng. They wene seated on somS
raw boxes and the pies brought forth
Then began the sight Each boy mad
blackberry pie on his face from ear tc
rand was still trying to get more on
Il. Johnson won the prize, which was
a brand new 1899 silver quarter.