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He could add others, indeed, but he
could not put away; neither did he care
if they were perfectly agreed among
themselves; and his spiritual pleasures
had nothing to do with turning them
over or justifying them in words.
Words were with him a mere accom-
plishment, like dancing. When he was
by himself, his pleasures were almost
vegetable. He would slip into the
woods toward Acheres, and sit in the
mouth of a ave among gray birches.
His soul stared straight out of his eyes;
he did not move or think; sunlight,
thin shadows moving in the wind, the
edge of frs against the sky, occupied
and bound his faculties. He was pure
unity, a spirit wholly distracted. A
single mood filled him, to which all
the objects of sense contributed, as the
colors of the spectrum merge and dis
appear in white light.
So while the Doctor made himself
drunk with words, the adopted stable
boy bemused himself with silence.
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cence.

formed my life for my present income.
1t is not good for men of my years to
be violently discovered from their hab-
it's"
That was a sharp brush. The Doctor
breathed hard, and fell into taciturnity
for the afternoon. AS for the boy, he
was delighted with the resolution of
his doubts; even wondered that he had
not foreseen the obvious and conclu-
sive answer. His faith in the Doctor
was a stout piece of goods. Desprez
was inclined to be a sheet in the winds
eye after dinner, especially after
Rhone wine, his favorite weakness. He
would then remark upon the warmth
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07
TAKE 1T, KEEP IT"

of his feeling for Anastasie, and with
inf1amed cheeks and a loose, f1ustered
smile, debate upon all sorts of topics,
and be feebly and indiscreetly witty.
But the adopted stable-boy would not
permit himself to entertain a doubt
that savored of ingratitude. 1t is quite
true that a man may be a second father
to you, and yet take too much to drink;
but the best natures are ever slow to
accept such truths.
The Doctor thoroughly possessed his
heart, but perhaps he exaggerated his
influence over his mind. Certainly
Jean-Marie adopted some of his mas
ter's opinions, but I have yet to learn
that he ever surrendered n of his
own. Convictions existed in him by
divine right; they were virgin, IN
wrought, the brute metal o decision.
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the mire. See," he would continue,
producing a handful of silver, 81 de-
nude myself. I am not to be trusted
with the price of a fare. Take it, keep
it for me, squander 1t on %deleterious
candy, throw it in the deepest of the
river-I will homologate your action.
Save me from tat part of myself
which I disown. If you see me falter,
do not hesitate; if necessary, wreck the
train. speak, of course, by a parable.
Any extremity were better than for
me to reach Paris alive"
Doubtless the Doctor enjoyed these
little scenes, as a variation on his part;
the represented the Byronic element
in the somewhat artificial poetry of
his existence; but to the boy, though
he was dimly aware of their theatric-
sIitr'D they represented more. The
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

A little rafting on the open roads,
and they came to the borders of the
forest and struck into an unfrequented
track; the noddy waved softly oVer the
sand, with an accompaniment of snap
ping twigs. There was a great, green,
softly murmuring cloud Of congregated
foliage overhead. In the arcades of the
forest the air retained the freshness Of
the night. The athletic bearing of the
trees, each carrying it's leafy mountain,
pleased the mind like so many statues
and the lines of the trunk led the eye
admiringly upward to where the ex-
treme leaves sparkled in a patch Of
azure. Squirrels leaped in mid air. It
was a proper spot for a devotee Of thN
goddess Hygeia.
tTo 81 ooNTINuRD.I
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07
INDIANS CAN CURE LOCKJAW.
Long Islander Saved from Death by a
Simple Bean Poultics.

Long Islander Saved from Death by a
Simple Bean Poultics.
Doctors everywhere have a horror
bf lockjaw. They realize that once
a patient is attacked by that disease
his life is sure to fade rapidly away.
Had they known of the remedy of an
old Indian qC1 possessed when the
epidemic of the disease struck the
community as the result of last Fourth
of July celebration they would have
had little fear. An old resident OF
Long island told Of the cure to a
friend in this city. "The newspapers
amt telling no lie," he said, when
they say there's more danger of lock-
jaw on Long island than there is in
most other places. l don't understand
none of this new tangled talk ABOUT
microbes and such, but I know for a
fact that there's a lot more danger
in cuts and bruises in the eastern part
of the island, where my father used
to live when he was a boy, than there
is-well, even around about Jamaica,
where my folks live now. I neve
heard of but one case where the pa
tient was cured after his face was set,
and that wasn't by a doctor, but by
an old Indian squaw That patient
was my father, and it was away back
in the '20s, when there was lots Of
Indians left on Long Island. He was
nearly grown up at the time, but still
going barefooted in summer, and cut
his foot very badly by stepping ON a
broken bottle. He did not pay much
attention to it, being pretty tough and
hardy. 1t wasn't long, though, before
symptoms of lockiaw set in. The near
est doctor lived a dozen miles away,
and if my fathers face wasn't exact
ly set it was next door to it, when his
mother thought of an old squaw who
lived only a little way down the road,
and who had quite a name as a herb
doctor. She came as soon as she was
sent for, and the first thing she done
was to make a bean poultice, sprinkle
it with soda and clap it on the cut. It
kept the wound open, and I suppose 1t
killed the microbes. l know father
said it nearly killed him, and il the
old squaw hadn't stood by and pre-
vented it he would have had 1t of
in no time. But it cure him all right,
and afterward when he heard of doc
tors losing lockjaw cases he used to
say that it was because they didn't
know beans"
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village streets, tied to a gate-post! this
sort of chariot is affected-particularly
at the trot-by a kind Of pitching
movement to and fro across the axle,
which well entities 1T to the style of a
Noddy. The hood describes a consid-
cradle arc against the landscape, with
a solemnly absurd effect on the con-
templative pedestrian. To ride in such
a carriage cannot be numbered among
the things that appertain to glory; but
| have no doubt it may be useful in
liver complaint. Thence, perhaps, its
wide popularity among physicians.
One morning early, Jean-Marie led
forth the Doctors noddy, opened the
gate, and mounted to the driving-seat.
The Doctor followed, arrayed from top
to toe in spotless linen, armed with an
immense f1esh-colored umbrella, and
girt with a botanical case on a baldric
and the equipage drove off smartly in
a breeze of it's own p~rovocation. They
were bound for ~Franohard, to collect
plants, with an eye to the Compare
tive Pharmacopoeia."
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION,

Doctor made perhaps too little, the boy
possibly too much, of the reality and
gravity of these temptations.
One day a great light shone for jean
Marie. Gould not riches be used
well?" he asked.
'In theory, yes" replied the Doctor.
"But it is found in experience that no
n does so. ALI the world imagine
they will be exceptional when they
grow wealthy; but possession is de-
basing, new desires spring up; and the
silly taste for ostentation cats out the
heart of pleasure"
"Then you might be better if you
had less" said the boy.
Certainly not" replied the Doctor;
but his voice ~quavered as he spoke.
"Why?" demanded pitiless inno-
cence.
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CHAPTER VI.-(CoNr1NUED.)

O4AGAA AAA l.
But the boy could never be brought
to see that he had done anything wrong
when he stole. Nor, indeed, did the
Doctor think he had; but that gentle
man was never very scrupulous when
in want of a retort:
"And now" he concluded, edo you
begin to understand? My only friends
were those who ruined me. Gretz has
been my academy, my sanatorium, my
heaven of innocent pleasures. If mill
lions are offered me, I wave them back:
Retro, SathanaSi-Evil one, BECOME!
Fix your mind on my example: despise
riches, avoid the debasing influence of
cities. Hygiene-hygiene and medioc-
rity of fortune-these be your watch
words during life!"
The Doctors system of hygiene strik-
ingly conceded with his tastes; and
his picture of the perfect life was a
faithful description of the one he was
leading at the time. But it is easy to
convince a boy, whom you supply with
all the facts for the discussion. And
besides, there was one thing admirable
in the philosophy, and that was the
enthusiasm of the philosopher. There
was never anyone more vigorously de-
termined to be pleased; and if he was
not a great logician, and so had no
right to convince the intellect, he was
certainly something of a poet, and had
a fascination to seduce the heart. What
he could not achieve in his customary
humor of a radiant admiration of him
self and his circumstances, he ome
times effected in his fits of gloom.
"Boy," he would say, "avoid me to-
day. If I were superstitious, I should
even beg for an interest in your pray
ers. I am in the black fit; the evil
spirit of King Saul, the bag of the
merchant Abudah, the personal devil
of the medieval monk, is with me
is in me-" tapping on his breast. "The
vices of my nature are now uppermost;
innocent pleasures WOO me in vain; I
long for Paris, for my wallowing in
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07
TOLD STORIES OF ANIMALS
Whether the Rooster or Rat Tail Was
Best Is Left to the Reader. :

40 ACAb w bAO ASOONCAs
From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Speaking of the fortunes of war fire.
luently turning upon the slightest in
cident," said the English officer, there
Is a good story current among our ma
vies of how a gallant cock once saved
the day for them by sheer force of
his moral influence. 1t was at the
battle of st. Vincent, and this partic-
ular cock formed a part of the live
stock of the Marlborough, a man-of-
war that had suffered so severely dur
Ing the engagement that her captain
was just on the point of striking the
bag. The vessel was entirely disman-
tied n most of the principal officers
had been carried below severely
wounded. The crew, left with prac-
tically no one to lead the combat, were
fast becoming discouraged and sullen
under the heavy fire of the enemy,
which they were less and less able to
return. Just at this crisis a shot struck
the coop in which the fowls were con-
fined, leaving but a single survivor
OF it's feathered occupants. He, how
ever, proved to be a lordly creature,
for no sooner did he find himself at
liberty than he flew to the broken
stump of the mainmast, where he took
up a position of defiance, clapping his
wings and growing Justify, cycling all
the while the scene about him with am
air of great wisdom. This proved too
much for the gravity of the hard-press-
ed crew. They broke into a good
laugh, gave three hearty cheers to the
dashing chanticleer and renewed fight
ing with a vigor that eventually turn
ed the tide Of battle. In the hour OF
triumph the valiant bird was not for
gotten, but received all the homage
due a victorious general and was GER
tainly for once at least cock of the
walk. One day not long ago." said
a brick manufacturer, zone of my
workmen saw three rats carrying a long
straw across the brickyard. It SEEM
ed such an unusual sort of proceeding
that he stopped his work to watch
them. Two of the rats held the straw
at opposite ends, while the third sup
ported the center. They were max
ing straight for the river which f1ow-
cd by one side or the yard. When
they arrived at the bank they laid
down the straw and took a long drink;
then they proceeded to take up the
straw again in the same manner as
before and returned by the same way
they had come. This so interested
the workman that he determined to
watch if they would come again. And
sure enough, at about the same time
the next day they appeared, carrying
the straw exactly as before. Having
provided himself with a gun, lie shot
all three to see if possibly he might
thereby solve the mystery. He dis
covered that the rat in the center was
blind and therefore concluded that this
was the animals kind method of lead
Ing their afflicted comrade to the water
TO drink"
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VII.

saw all the collors
of the rain in
a moment; the sta
BILE universe ap-
peared to be about
capsizing W i t h
h i m, Because"
said he-affectin
elaboration after
an obvious pause
because I have
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Addres Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07
Intensified Misery.

"Fellow has set up a saw-fling shop
two doors from my house"
Holy smoker"
"And that is not the worst Of it. He
does all his work in rag-time Indian
apolis journal.
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For the Same Reason,

She-Why does a woman take a
mans name when she gets married?
He-Why does she take everything
else he haS1Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness aftt
first days use of DR.. Klines Great Nerve Restore
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treaJis
Oh. R. II. KLINE, Ltd. e31 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pt
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

For Lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
1s the best medicine we have used.-Mrs,
J. L. Northcott, Windsor. Ont. Canada.
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CHAPTER VIII.

He Doctors car
riage was a two
wheeled gig with
a. hood; a kind OF
vehicle in much
favor among coun-
try doctors. On
how many roads
has n not seen it,
a great way off be-
tween the poplars!
in how MANY
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

Jonas Brooks of Mcpherson, Kas.,
walked thirty-seven miles to see a cir
Gus.
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they soon become ashamed of trying to
do better.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

A giant reaping machine at Redlands,
Cal, cuts a swath fifty feet wide.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07
Never trim nor Grine.

Don't open the door with an ak, use a key!
Don't open your bowels with mercurial pifl
poison, use Cascarets Candy Cathartic! Drug
gists, Zoe, 25c, SOC.
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in how many
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
LICENSED TO INSURE.
New FORK Company Conforms to
Wisconsin Requirements After
Being First Refused.

Madison. Wis. March Il Special. ]
The Traders Fire Insurance company
of New York, which was refused admiS-
sion to Wisconsin by former insurance
commissioner, has been licensed to trans
act business in the state, having con
formed 10 the requirements i. g, the in
feStmcnt of its capital stock and Sccuri-
trS, TINS beng requirement of the New
ork insurance department Of the Wis
soltslH ire insurance companies and be
Ins retaliation on the New York com
panlcS desiring to do business in this
state, and the payment of > per cent.
tax on all premiums received by the
company in this state while transact
ing business here without Il license.
Another objection was the similarity of
names Of this and another company. DUt
Attorney General Hicks. uf whom Com
missioner GIiiohaun requested an opinion,
states that, III his judgment. the proyiS
IONS uf the statutes III this regard were
Intended To apply more especially to com
panIcS organized under the Wisconsin
laws. and that. if the company was all
t'-ht in other respects. he does not think
ihn commissioner would he warranted in
fofusing license, simply because til
name WAS similar to that Of some oth"r
corporation. already licensed TO DO huSi
neS~ Iu the state
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18

Haven railway. In the spring Of 1Si:
he moved to Racine, establishing an cx
5rn~Iyc mercantile, produce. commission
snd lumber and coal business. He short
ty after became Interested in the manu-
laeturc Of lumber in Michigan anu built
and held controlling interest in five first
sias> lake vessels.
With three other capitalists he invested
III Iii" land which is the present site OF
La Crosse and plated that city Their,
b" erected Il number of public buildings
ami residences. He was vice-prcsident OF
the Racine bank ana president of the
Commercial bank of Racine For many
years Mr.. Durand figured prominently il
rallway circles as president of the Ra-
On" Mississippi railroad, which later
was merged into what now comprises the
Chicago, Milwaukee x st. Paul railway
system
In lSf4 he was appointed general agent
If The Aetna Insurance company in Wis
causin and issued the first policy III this
state. In 1910 he was made admStcr oi
losscs and il is estimated that during the
last forty years he adjudicatcd over %.
0ob claims In 1899 he became special
agent and adjustcr of the Home lnsur
spuCc company Of New York for the states
of Wisconsin and Minnesota and in lSGI
be WAS appointed general agent and al
custer for the Northwestern states. Mr.
burand himself is believed to have been
she most highly-imSured man in tn,
Northwest Though no estimate can ht
made Of the amount it is known hy his
friends To hc an enormous amount
Nr Durand was three times married
aud leaves wife and three daughters, al
IF whom are students of NaSSar college
Several years 20 he left Racine and V>
tJhlished his offices at Chicago. His re-
mains will be brought here for lntCrmcnt
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solemn oath of the crusader.
Big Peter saw the ceremony, though he
could not hear the words, as he hovered
on the outskirts of the crowd; but he saw
the cross fastened on the shoulder of his
beloved young lord, and knew that the
deed was irrevocabe The people were
wild with excitement, and a number Of
other boys, with even some girls-for in
the great Children's Crusade none was
| spared-fastened the white cross on their
shoulders and formed procession, head
cd by the old monk, who told them that
/ he would lead them to the plains of Avig-
non, where the camp of the children had
been pitched. Then he told Stephen to
go to his fathers castle, and prepare for
his journey and to join the crusade on
| the plains of Avignon, within three days,
! with as many as he could persuade to fol-
| low him
| Then. and not till then. Big Peter was
| allowed to rejoin his master, whom he
! found pale and oil in tremor, rs If he
| had passed through some terrible excite
| ment, from which he had not yet recov-
| cred
| Slowly and mechanically he rode away
| toward Castle NauX, like boy IN
| dream, till he was reused from his rcvere
! by the dry tones of Big Peter. who said:
| Fine work your worship hath made to-
| day. What will your Indy mother think
OF it?''
Big Peter. being foster brother to his
| young lord was accustomed to much IA
miliarity, and was amazed when Count
Stephen turned on him with an angry
| face, saying sharply:
| "Silence, sacriligeous wretch, Is not
the sepulcher of the Lord better than fifty
mothers? Now, by my faith, Peter, this
day thou hast shamed me, and | hate
thee"
The unaccustomed tone Of harshness,
| the words, bitter gall, all seemed to
surprise and grieve the faithful foster
| brother so much that he answered never
a word, but hung his head, flushed scar
let: till Stephen, seeing the effect of his
words on one who loved him deeply,
continued in a more placable tone:
"1f thou hndst loved me really, Peter,
| thou wouldst have taken the cross with
me to-day"
| Peter shook his head with d strange
expression OF face; Saying:
"If your worship goes to Palestine, go,
too; but | don't pretend that | go for the
good Of my soul! Killing men is not the
way to go to heaven, or we should all be
angels"
The young count flushed deeply at the
words as if they stung him strangely:
shook his bride with an angry twitch,
and galloped on, till the towers of Castle
Vaux rose before him above the trees
Then he halted abruptly, saying rather
awkwardly:
Peter, yonder comes my sister
Blanche, from hawking. l dare not trust
myself to tell her. She will weep, and
have gone too far to retreat. ] must go to
Palestine now.
They heard the sound of gny voices and
horses feet coming toward them, and
| through the trees shone the bright gar
ments of ladies and cavaliers. At the
head of the train rode n girl of fifteen
and, as Stephen saw her. his face grew
paler for he dreaded telling her the news
that ne had taken the cross. But it ad
to be done.
(To be continucd)
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MARKET REPORTS.
Milwaukee. March Il, 1899
ECO AND DAIRY pRDDI-("rS

sfILWAl kEE-EggS- Firm at 12c per doz
for strictly fresh, The market remains
about the same and sale. were made freely
at l." and l2l2c eases Included Receipts
are fair. Consumption is fair.
Butter - Easy, receipts heavy and de
r1nno tame. Fancy or extra cream
ers, per H. 1aM20c; firsts. 11Il112c;
l-Ib prints, fancy creamery, 2oc: best dairy
selections SLOW, i4Gt 16r; lines fair TO choice.
do. 13Q15c; roll butter, 11RM 13c; packing
stock, do 10alli2C. imitation creamery, 14li
lGc: grease, 4M6c. Fancy dairy is In good
demand Extras sold at 1870.
thccsr-FuIl cream fats, per n, new. l.
m1:c; New York full cream, 12d12i2c;
\ Dung Americas. l2c; brick. new, 10c;
fall brick. lie; limhurger new, 9l2M l0c;
Swiss, domestic, l1012l2c; imported
Swiss. 24c: SapSago. 20C: farmers. lie.
NEW YORK Butter Receipts. 991s
pkgs; steady; Western creamery, 1JG2uc;
EIqius. gD"; fnrtUrr. 12M14l2c. Cheese Re
ccipts, i@4H rk-s; quiet: large white 12c;
small white. II sc: large ColOred. l2c; small
colnrcd 12EN1@*.c; light skins, Sa.m9Ac
part SKINS, 7t2mSfac: full skins. iU5C. Eggs
-Receirts, 17.G14 pkg-; steady; state and
Pennsylvania tic, Western. 13lqd1tc;
Southerit. t212Mttc. Sugar Raw. frm hut
quiet; fair refining, @7sc; centrifugal. :"
test. i}sc: molaSSes sugar. $40, refined
crushed, 53.c; powdered, 5h,c; granulated,
Ii,C.
CHICAGO Butter steady: crcamcrips
1in19l@c: dairics, 11i3H1Tc. Eggs Steady
IrrSh 13C
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
CHICAGO POTATO MARKET

The market was excited and about 10,
hi.her due to the very light receipts and
storms in the state of Wisconsin. The
roads through the principal parts Of the
potato districts Of this state are In very
bad condition and farmers cannot get tn tn.
railroads The elevators along tn" rail
roads are empty. Demand was quite brisk
one car fairbanks sold at 20" and one al
7JC. Prices quoted as follows: Hebrons
per bus. GGQ7} Peerless. per bus. Gsd 72c
Rose. per bus GsM72c BurhankS, per bus
1uGI15c Sweet potatoes Market easy; ii
linois 2OOU2 81 per bbl.