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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

would not have been so very bad, for
the pony I rode was a fine, spirited an
imal, and the country around was GU
rious and interesting.
GAS we rode I was shot at from be-
hind. The bullet narrowly missed me,
whizzing past my left ear. Probably
the speed at which my animal was pro-
ceeding saved me, as the marksman
could not take a very steady aim, but
my pony, startled at the sudden report
of the matchbox at such close quarters
mot more than four yards), took
fright, and began rearing and plung-
ing. 1 managed to maintain my seat,
though the spikes in the saddle were
decorating the lower part of my spine
horribly. Nor was this all.
Then in order to accelerate our
speed, a horseman rode by my side,
lashing my pony to make it go it's
hardest. Meanwhile the horseman who
held the cord did his utmost to pull me
out of the saddle, no doubt in the hope
of seeing me trampled to death by the
cohort behind me. AS | leaned my body
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
LITERARY

George w. Gable is busy on a novel
Of the civil war, which he expects to
call THE Cavalier" Most of the char
acters are New Orleans creoles and the
scenes of the tale are in the region
just north of New Orleans.
1t is surely one of "life's little iron
les" that the great laughtermaker,
Max Adeler, whose real name is
Charles Heber. Clark, a man with a
worldwide reputation as a humorist,
should sit in the Office of the Textile
Record and write ponderous editorials
about the exports of the last fiscal year,
the protective tariff, free trade, pig iron
and the currency. He is a stanch tee
t~otaler, but a great smoker, and he
lives in the country at Conshohocken,
where he is at the head of a great firm
of manufacturing chemists.
Apropos of Mr.. Kipling's new book
a good story is being told of him. Re-
Gently he sold a book to his publisher
at a rate that worked out to a shilling
a word. The publication of this fact
came under the notice of a London
newspaper humorist, who, "for the fun
of the thing" wrote to the author say
ing that, as wisdom seemed to be quot
ed at retail prices, he himself would
like one word, for which he enclosed
a shilling postal order. The reply
came, in due course; Mr.. Kipling had
kept the shilling postal order and po-
litely returned written On a large
sheet of paper) the word 'Thanks!"
Marian Crawford's new book is "Ave
Roma Immorsalis: Studies from the
Chronicles of Rome" in two volumes.
He begins with a brief historical study
of the rise of Rome, with sketches OF
some of the great men who made
her greatness, and afterward takes
the fourteen different regions
or wards into which the city
was divided in medieval times
and goes through them, one after
another, describing the characteristic
buildings of each as they have been in
different ages and as we see them now
and giving the histories of the people
who lived and fought and loved and
died in them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
THIBETAN CASTLE WITH GIGAN-
TIC INSCRIPTION


forward so as to maintain my seat, and
with my arms pulled violently back
wards by the rope, the flesh was
rubbed off my hands and knuckles by
the chain of the handouts. In places
the bone was exposed, and, of course,
every tug brought me into forcible
contact with the spikes and inflicted
deeper wounds. The cord, though
strong, eventually and Unexpectedly
gave way. The soldier who was pull
ing at the other end was clumsily I'M
horsed, and l was myself all but
thrown by the unexpected jerk.
II was then hustled to the execution
ground. On the ground vas a long
log OF wood shaped like a prism. Upon
the sharp edge Of this 1 was made to
stand, and several men held me by
the body while four or five others,
using their combined strength, stretch
ed my legs as wide apart as they could
go. Fixed in this painful position, the
brutes securely tied me by my feet to
the log of wood with cords of yak
hair. Several men were made to pull
these cords. and they we're so tight
that they cut grooves into my skin and
flesh in several places round my ankles
and on my feet, many of the cuts be-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

bound, as prisoners into the presence
of the "Pombo," or governor of the
province. At first Mr.. Lander himself
was not tortured, the "Pombo" only
trying to intimidate him by the sight
of the cruel scourging of the unfortu-
nate Chanden Sing. Then, on pre-
tense of conducting him to the frontier,
the Thibetans put Mr.. Lander on a
pony and took him across the country
in a spiked saddle, the most terrible
t~ortures of the many which they in
flicted upon him. The devilish ingen-
uity Of the thing he describes simply
but most effectively and it is best re-
produced in his own words:
at was in reality the wooden frame
of a very high-backed saddle, from the
back of which some five or six sharp
iron spikes stuck out horizontally. AS
/ sat on this implement of torture, the
spikes caught me in the small of the
back. My guard having been augment
ed by twenty or thirty mounted men.
with muskets and swords. we set off
at a furious pace. A horseman riding
in front of me led my pony by means
OF a cord, as my hands were manacled
behind my back, and thus we Travelled
across country for miles. But for those
awful spikes in the saddle the ride
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

1t is something unusual for French
and other European writer's to study
American finance. Monsieur R. G. Le-
Wy, a well-known financial authority,
has written for the Revue des Deux
Mondes an article upon debt and tax
alton in the United States, in which he
expresses the opinion that the new
taxes resulting from the Spanish war
will make it necessary to conduct our
financial affairs with more care and
scrutiny than has been our custom. He
also remarks-what is so obvious that
it should be a commonplace with US.
that if we adopt an imperial" policy
u people must be prepared to bear
burdens Of taxation similar to those
under which the European nations are
%groaning. His goodwill toward us is
shown in his expression of a hope that
the great republic will remain faithful
to the traditions of moderation, wis
dom and reason ~bequeathed to it by it's
illustrious founders.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
in THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
A Lost African People-An Almost Un-
inhabited Region Where Distinct
Traces of q Great Race of Men May
BE Seen-Life In Babylon and AssyrIa.
The Sea-.

The Sea.
Who has heard the cod line singing Ger
the bow?
Who has hauled the flashing prey
across the waller
Who has felt the wet brine singing On
the brow
When tho boat Is all a-stagger meath
the gale?
Who has laid him in the sagging of the
sail
While the m~asthead's nodding sleepy
to the moon,
And has slumbered ILL the stars grow
dim and pale?
FIJI your bumpers! Join the chorus of
my Groom!
Q. the tickle. fuming, frolic-fretting sea
y, the lmpid. tapping, iaughter-loving
sea!
We who owe her fill our glasses
To the best of all the lasses,
And We drink a briny bumper to the sea!
Who has lain upon the sloping deck
a-wash?
Who has hauled, and clewed, and
chanted in the wind?
Who has watched the mainmast bend
ing nigh a-ciash,
While the rival boats %a-dropping off
behind?
Who has leaned against the creaking,
jolting wheel .
Through a moonlit summer night on
southern seal
Who has felt the old sea-longing that I
feel?
Eli your bumpers, men, and shout
aloud with me!
o, the singing, signing, salty-scented sea!
Q, the rushing. roaring, ramping, raging
sea!
On your feet and clash your glasses,
To he best beloved Of lasses-
Heres a trimming, briny bumper to the
seal"
Richard Stillman Powell in the Cri-
terion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
Tho Laugh ON the Kaiser.

Here is another good story they are
telling in Europe about the German
emperor:-The kaiser, at a recent re-
view in Berlin, ,reprimanded old Gen
eral Won Meerscheidt for losing his
presence of mind at a critical moment.
IF yorr majesty thinks that I am get
ting too cid, l beg Of you to allow me
to resign" mo, no." replied the
kaiser, you are too young to resign.
Indeed, if your blood didn't course
through your veins quite SO fast, you
would be a moro useful army leader"
On the evening of that day the kaiser
and the general met at a court ball.
The general was talking to some la
dies. "Ah, Me%erscheiut," cried WILL
iem, that is right, get ready to marry.
Take a young wife, then that excitable
temperament of yours will soon van
ish." The general bowed low as he re-
torted, 81 beg to be excused, your
majesty! A young emperor and a
young wife would be more than I could
possibly stand!"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

ing as much as three inches long.
You have come to this coun-
try to see. = q This, then, is the
punishment for you! And with these
dreadful words the Pombo raised his
arm and placed a red hot iron bar
parallel to, and about an inch or two
from, my eyeballs, and all but touching
my nose. l i~nstinctively kept MI two
eyes tightly closed, but the heat was so
intense that it seemed as If my eyes,
the left n especially, were being des-
located and my nose scorched.
This ceased and l was enabled to
open my eyes. The spectacle before
me was overwhelming. By the Pom
bo's" tent stood in a row the most viii
famous brutes l have w set eyes
upon. One, a powerful, repulsive indi-
vidual, held in his hand a great knob
bed mallet, used for fracturing bones;
another carried a bow and arrows; a
third held a big two-handed sword,
while others made a display of various
CHASTITY instruments of torture. The
crowd, thirsting for my blood, formed
up in a semicircle, leaving room for
me to see the parade of the torture i'm
piemsnts that awaited me, and, as my
eyes roamed from one figure to an
other, the several Lamas shook their
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The Royal Academy of London, the
oldest of existing art societies, cele-
brated this summer its one hundred
and thirtieth anniversary. A COMPARE
son Of its latest exhibit, selected from
over fourteen thousand statues and
paintings, with that of the Society of
Arts of 1867, emphasizes beyond words
the growth of public taste. Three
items from the earlier catalogue are:
Two birds in she'll work, on a rock
decorated with sea-coral; a landscape
in human hair; a frame of various de-
vices, cut in velvet with scissors, con-
tanning the Lords Prayer in the COM
pass of a silver threepence. The read
er smiles. He has seen such art in
American "best parlors," 1t is safe to
predict that, except as curiosities of
the past, the next generation will
know them no more.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
OWN STORY
OF HIS AWFUL SUFFERING

various implements to show that they
were preparing for action"
The elimination of the tortures was
to have been ~beheadment by a naked
sword, but a curious circumstance en-
abled him to escape with his life and
those of his followers. The reason was
because after they had stretched Mr..
Lander and Man Sing on a rack with
heir feet tied to a log and their hands
to a post high in the air, and allowed
them to remain there for tw~enty-four
hours, 1t was discovered in examining
his hands that the web between the
fingers was quite high. HE who pos
sesses such fingers has, according to
the Thibetans," says Mr.. Lander, "a
charmed life, and no matter how much
one tries, no harm can be done to him.
Apart from the question whether there
was much charm or not In my life in
Thibet, there is no doubt that this trif-
ling superstition did much towards
fastening the 'Pombo's' decision as to
what was to be our fate"
They were accordingly taken to the
frontier and allowed to return to civ
ilization. Truly Mr.. Lander must be
made of fine stuff to have endured all
these horrors and have come out alive.
His powers of physical endurance
alone entitle him to our respect; his
mental fortitude entities him to our
admiration. And through all that ter
rible time he kept his wits about him
and his eyes open, observing and set
ting down his observations in his mind
to be here reproduced. Such Spartan
heroism deserves some lasting memo
rial.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

For many years the idea has been
cherished at Paris and st. Petersburg
that England, by reason of her vast
industrial and commercial interests in
the maintenance of peace, would com
promise anything-that she would not
fight on any ground. The idea was en-
couraged by the long series of British
Weddings at Constantinople, in At
ghanistan, in south Africa, in Siam, in
China and West Africa. The habit of
making concessions paralyzed British
diplomacy. Now it is intended, it APP
pears, to let the world see that the lion
has teeth and claws as we'll as a re-
sonant roar, even if, the beast will have
to go down in defeat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

All his Glory He Was Not Arrayed

In All His Glory He Was Not Arrayed
Like These.
A donation party was given to a
good country clergyman in part pay
ment of his small salary, the principal
result being q bushels of beans and a
large variety of secondhand clothing
for his five children. The patience of
the clergyman's wife finally gave out.
On the next Sunday she dressed all her
five children in the donated second
hand clothing, and under her direction
they marched up the aisle just as the
good pastor was reading that beautiful
passage, "Yet Solomon, in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these"
The next donation party was of a diff
ferent character.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

have been other than a peace-iovina
people. 1t is a great pity that nothing
OF thoir story is known. The few ma
tives who now live in very scattered and
small groups over the country know
nothing and have no tradition Of the
past. A considerable number Of the
men in the surrounding kraals have
the aquiline type Of nose. and l have
thought that this may possibly sug-
gest that the people were Of either
Arab or Bedouin descent"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

Women are now admitted to lectures
at Edinburg university, where they sit
IN the front seats. Recently eight wo-
men were attending Prof. Tait's lee
ture on the geometr.c forms of crys-
tails. "An octahedoron, gentlemen
said the professor, sis a body with
eight plane faces. For example"
"Lokk at the front bench!" broke in
a man from the safe ground of the
back seats.-Wave.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
Wonder

when that man came to this town."
said Rivers, "he hadn't a rag to his
back. Look at him now,
Brooks walked to the window, looked
In the direction indicated, and saw a
swarthy son Of Italy walking down the
street bending beneath the weight of a
sack of rags three or four times his
size, strapped to his back.
The historian regrets to have to re-
cord the fact that this led to another
quarrel hetwen the two old friends
Chicago Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The independent voter has become to
be a potent factor in city elections, and
his influence will be still more potent
ly exercised in future elections. He
has no respect for what is known as
regularity" and takes no stock in N.
machine theory that to fail to vote
straight" is to destroy the urpos of
the party. He sees that sustaining
whatever the party bosses may propose
leads to the betrayal of the party cause
to say nothing Of the party honor.
quite as much as opposition to "regu-
larity."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The coroner's jury that has sat in
London upon the death of Harold
Frederic has returned a verdict of
m~anslaughter against the Christian
Science devotees, both women, who
had charge of his case. The one of
them is held responsible as the guar
dian of the sick mar who refused to
afford him proper medicinal aid and
the other as the Christian Scientist
who undertook his treatment.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

"Do you fully appreciate" asked the
earnest citizen, "the duty which every
man owes to his country" well"
said Senator Sorghum, apologetically,
I'm getting a little rusty on that sub
ject. You see, it's a good many years
since l had anything to do with rev.
enue collecting"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
Largest Sun Dial.

The largest sun-dial in the world is
Hayou Horoo, a large promontory, ex-
tending 5000 feet above the Aegean
sea. AS the sun swings round the
shadow of this mountain it touches, one
by one, a circle of islands, which act
as hour marks.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

Papa, where are the most diamonds
found?" asked Willie. I'm somebody
else's hand when they are trumps."
growled papa, who had been having
hard luck at whist.-Spare Moments.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

II am always grateful to my parents
for the musical education they gave
me-" said Willie Washington. But
you never sing" mo. Thanks to my
thoughtful parents, 1 know enough
about music not to try."-Washington
Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
Nightmare breeders.

81 see that Laura Jean Libbey says
she makes up all her plots from
Dreams"
"Say, she ought to win a pot of mon.
ey selling chatting dish menus. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

"How did that girl happen to break
the mirror in her room? She's not so
homely." mo; but she's from Boston.
I dare say she looked at the glass and
it shivered."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
Identified

Mr.. Observation-Disclosures, who is
this Richard Waddington Grimes I
hear you talking about so much?
Miss Bainbridge-He's the little Dick
Grimes you used to know, papa. He
writes poetry now.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

A Japanese admiral receives, by a
recent ordinance, 5000 silver dollars a
year, a vice admiral 1000, while first
and second-class captains get 2,496 and
'2;263 respectively.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

"Vat vos eet Eickeldinger died OFF,"
"Heart failure"
81 tolt him he'd get mixed UP some
day in vun failure too many."-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer, o;
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The world judges the church from
the level of the pew, rather than from
the standard of the pulpit.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The man who cannot change his
opinion belongs either to the grave or
the asylum.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

Borrowed money causes a great deal
Of near-sightedness.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

A self-made man usually looks like
the kind of a man he would be apt to
make.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

A girl doesn't trouble herself much
about the superiority of the pen or
the sword; it's the uniform that
catches her eye.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

Brevity is the soul of wit to the
man with a scheme. He says ~"invest,"
but never Investigate"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

There wouldn't be half enough room
at the top if all the people succeeded
in getting there who think they ought
TO.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The ambitious man doesn't worry
very much about his gray brain mat
ter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The important thing is not what
men say about you, but what you make
them believe.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

Every sort of genius Is not appre-
ciated. People find it hard to admire a
good bill collector.-Atchison Globe.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

Some men never do a charitable act
unless there is some one around to ap-
plaud.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

It is often easier to make a state
ment in good faith than it is to get it
accepted.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The lazier a man is the more he is
going to accomplish tomorrow.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The everyday cares and duties which
men call drudgery are the weights and
c~ounterpoises Of the clock of time, Civ
ing its pendulum a true vibration, and
its hands a regular motion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The first thing that Willie heard af-
ter the train whistled for Jerusalem
was the voice Of lusty Turk, who
shouted, Holly sepulchers! Five min
utes for refreshments!" and the Kaiser
ordered the beer and sandwiches. How
the bones of frederick Barbarossa
must have groaned. But Bill took his
lunch
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

Two bottles Of Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton cured me of a bad lung trouble.-Mrs.
). Nichols, Princeton, Ind, Mar. 26, 1895.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

1t is the little that a man wants here
below that's always the hardest to
get.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

A lie often cripples where a cannon
would be ineffective.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The tramp would rather go to Jail
than be caught in the tolls.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

The lazier a man is tn eharder it is
to discourage him.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.
For children %teething, softens the gums, reduces I'm
fammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc a bottle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

While there's life there's Soap-Dia-
mond &C" Soap.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

A good many heroes are made of
wood pulp and printers ink.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinir @ Tablets. All
druggists refund the money 1t it fails to cure.
e5c. " genuine has l.. B @. on each tablet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09

A bare cupboard always furnishes
food for thought.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-23
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, October Glowing to the
limited supply of cattle and sheep Offer
ed for sale to-day trade was of little
consequence in both markets with prices
nominal.
There was an active demand for hogs
at unchanged values; fair to prime lots
brought 81 221a@4 As; heavy packers
SO $500 20; mixed 81 1904 40; light
weights 81 05Q4 4215; pigs SO 1904 30.
Receipts: Cattle. 200 head; hogs, 49,
600 head; sheep, 1000 head.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, October I'll
Cattle steady; extra S. S006 90; prime
SIS 5005 rs; common So S003 TO-
Hogs active; prime mediums and good
heavy hogs s4 50G4 So; best Workers
$4 1904 so; common to fair Workers
81 1904 45; grassers 81 1904 As; pigs
81 25@4 80; roughs 81 1904 90.
Sheep steady; choice wethers 81 800
4 40; common 81 5002 so; choice lambs
So 1905 Is; common to good So 600
5 90.
Veal calves 81 0OG7 so.
CINCINNATI, O., October 21.-Hogs
active at So 6504 40.
Cattle firm at 81 75@5 so.
Sheep strong at 81 00Q3 80. Lambs
firm at SO 0003 Is.