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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

For years and years almost innumer-
able writer's, some of them learned in
maritime matters, and others only in
terested in, such things, have been
preaching the necessity for intelligent
and united action, either by govern
ments or shipowners, to the end that
abandoned vessels may not be allowed
to remain afioat in the ocean highways,
increasing materially the perils of nav
igation and giving needless proof that
what is everybody's business is no
body's. Lamentably little has been &C
complished by all this ex~hortation and
its continuance seems d~iscouragingly
like a waste of energy. The issue is
a thoroughly live one, however, and
perhaps by constantly harping on it
the vast number of people whose lives
are often and whose property is con-
stantly menaced by these derelicts may
at last be moved to enforce the RENE
dying of the present neglect of a great
evil.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

The general introduction of women
Into employment before held by men
has had the most f~ar-reaching social
effects. 1t is not necessary, and would
not be appropriate here to enter into
a consideration Of the question whether
the result of such general employment
OF women has been beneficial or the
reverse in it's effects on society. What
ever conclusions may be reached on
that very comprehensive subject it is
quite plain that the employment of
women in the business pursuits is des-
tined to be less, rather than more, gen
eral in the future than it has been in
the immediate past.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

A girl in a New England factory
wrote her name several months ago
on a bolt of cotton. Recently she re-
ceived a letter from a woman in Arizo-
ma saying that the cloth had been
bought by the government, and was be-
ing cut up for garments in an Apache
Indian school. 1t is but a few years
ago that the Apaches thought more of
taking scalps than of schools in which
shirt making is done. While the mill
girls act ELECTED this striking COM
p~arison, it was an act to be unhesitat-
ingly condemned. A girls name so
represents herself that to have it light
1y banded about in writing, or in pub
lie conveyances, or in the mouths OF
strangers, reflects meretriciously upon
her character. Had the bolt of cotton
fallen into INSCRIPTIONS hands, the
letter sent from Arizona might have
been anything but pleasing to the
thoughtless recipient.
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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

There are still four widows of revo-
utionary soldiers on the pension rolls
sf the government at Washington. At
this rate the United States will be pay
ing pensions to soldiers of the civil
war or their widows we'll On in the last
quarter of the coming century and to
soldiers or their widows of the Span
lsh-American war nearly to the close
Of the first quarter of the twenty-frst
century. It takes a long time to close
up the expense account of a war.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07
ADMITTED HE WAS A LIAR.
However, That Was When He Saw His
Mistake.

This may be an old story, but to the
majority it will be new from it's very
age. At the outbreak of the war, Jen-
nison, a Kansas gambler, raised a
regiment of wild and woody charac-
ters, and soon gained a reputation for
deviltry and daring by his bloody raids
across the border into Missouri. Once
he raided independence, piled every bit
of merchandise out into the square, and
what he and his men could not carry
away they burned. 1t was shortly after
this that Col. Jennison and a company
of men rode farther down into the
state, pausing n afternoon at a lit
tie cabin in Cracker Neck. The raid
ers were not in uniform, and the tObac-
co-stained old settler who came to the
door made sure that they were mem
bers of Quantrell's band. That's a
nice rifle you have up there over the
door," remarked Jennison, as he en-
tered the cabin. "Shorely!" exclaimed
the Missourian. cit air one of the
trustiest in the land. Many's the blue
coat I've laid low with tibet there rifle.
Pshaw, I've picked 'em off like squir-
rels until I jes' got tired of KILN 'em."
Just then the rear guard, all in blue
uniforms, came galloping up Take
this man out and shoot him!" coldly
ordered Jennison. Hes been picking
off bluecoats like squirrels, so he tells
me-" The old farmer slowly scratched
his head, an expression of extreme per-
plexity stealing over his face. Then
he edged up to Col. Jennison and softly
tugged at his coat sleeve. "Say, kun
nel," he said, Give lived in these here
parts for fifty years, an you can go to
any Of my neighbors, an they'll tell
you tibet I'm the damnedest old liar
tibet ever breathed." Jennison was
compelled to laugh, and, jovially clout-
ing the old man owe the head with
his rough fist, mounted and rode away.
Kansas City Independent.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

Tauric acid, a new chemical discov-
cry, obtained from tauric moss-a Itch
en- or fungus, usually found upon rocks
and the roots of trees throughout the
country-has been found to possess
properties which will render it inval-
liable as a solvent of metals. Gold,
silver, steel, aluminium and lead, when
immersed in the acid, become pliable
and ductile as putty. The advantages
it presents for workers in metal
more especially jewelers-are readily
apparent. Designs can be nodded by
the hands alone, without the use or as
sistance of heat. Strange to say, how
ever, the acid has no effect upon iron.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07
IT WAS THE OTHER HALF OF THE
NOTE

man with a large basket on his arm.
He sat the basket down inside the door
and said: The letter will explain ev-
erything, ma'am.' He then turned
quickly, ran down the steps and was
lost to sight in the darkness.
cit all happened in less time than it
takes to tell, and l was so surprised l
hardly knew what to do. l picked up
the basket, which was rather heavy,
carried it into the dining room and
set it on the table. AS l did so there
issued from it a feeble wall, like that
of an infant. 1 raj for Jane to come,
my nerves were all unstrung. She
came, and together we opened the bas-
ket. There, nesting cozily,. was the
sweetest little baby of perhaps six
months. She opened her big blue eyes
and smiled up at me. From that mo-
ment l loved the child and decided to
keep her. In the bottom of the basket
we found a scrap of paper with the
words: You will not be expected to
keep the child for nothing, for a re-
mittance will be sent you every
month We searched the basket for
the letter that the mar had spoken
about, but we could not find it, and
concluded he must have meant the
note, though that did not explain much
to be sure. That child was you, Elsie,
and my only regret is that I do not
know who your parents were. I
knew your name was Elsie, because it
was worked in all your clothes and"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07
THE ID

"Auntie," said pretty Elsie May
wood, Arthur has something to ask
you, and l hope you will be pleased"
Very well, darling" said her aunt,
"go and tell him I will be there in a
few minutes. But you will not be
offended, dear, if I ask you something
first. Elsie, do you love him?'
"Of course l love him, auntie. Do
you think I would marry him if I did
not?"
"Then, if you are still of the same
mind after you have heard what l have
to tell you, I shall give my consent"
She then entered the parlor.
Arthur Glidden, the young mar who
was waiting there, was the son of the
richest man in the place. His face,
though not handsome, hao a look which
made one trust him. He had sue
ceeded in winning the love of Elsie,
and now he had come to ask Miss
haywood to give her consent to their
marriage. He was a noble young fell
low n stated his case most eloquent
ly. Indeed, it would have taken a
harder-hearted person than Miss May
wood to refuse him. When he had
finished she said:
IF you are still of the same mind
after hearing what I have to say to-
night, I will give my consent gladly"
Going to the door, she called Elsie,
who had been vaguely wondering what
her aunt's words meant.
"Auntie can't be feeling WE'LL" she
was saying to herself, COR she would
never talk So"
Just then she heard her aunt call
her, SO she entered the parlor.
Elsie, sit here by me, DEAR" said
Arthur.
Yes, do, Elsie,' said her aunt, ''for
l have a long story to tell you, and
o would get tired standing" So
Elsie sat down beside Arthur on the
sofa, and Miss haywood commenced:
I'm the first place, children" she said,
"let me tell you that Elsie is not my
niece at all, but -"
tie!" she exclaimed.
II know, dear" said Miss haywood.
mo doubt you think me crazy, but 1
assure you / am perfectly sane"
Elsie sank back on her sofa, and
Miss haywood continued: st was a
dark, stormy night, just eighteen years
ago; I was sitting before the fire
thinking. My thoughts were not
pleasant ones, for just three years ago
that night was to have been my we'd
ding night. But again the same old
story; we quarreled over a trif1e and
parted for life. The wind seemed to
sympathize with me, for it howled and
moaned in such a dismal manner that
I could not help feeling thankful that
I had a roof over my head this dreary
night, and hoped there was no one out
in the storm. AS if in answer to my
thoughts, the door bell rang, and as
Jane was in bed I answered it myself.
On opening the door I saw before me a
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

The English parliament recently
passed a bill compelling shopkeepers to
provide seats for their M clerks.
Quite as effectual a relief bill was re-
Gently passed in a club of rich girls in
these words: I'VE will not price
things which we do not intend to buy;
we will make our selections quickly;
we will not shop on hot days nor at
late hours" Whenever we blame pub
lie conditions, might we not, like these
generous~hearted girls, ask ourselves
who the public is?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07
Employees of the Kaiser.

There are 1,50O people upon the Ger
mar emperor's list of employees, in
Guiding $50 women servants, who are
engaged in looking after the twenty
two royal palaces and castles that be-
long to the crown Their wages are
small. The women receive not more
than $3.50 per month, and the men
servants from SIS to $25 a month.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

Turkey has been engaged in wal SO
years of the present century-consid-
erably more than one-third OF the
time. Spain comes next, with 81 years
of war; France has had 27 years; Rus
STA, "a; Italy, %; Great Britain, 81;
Austria, IT; Holland, IA; Germany, 10;
Sweden, 10; Portugal, 10, and Den
mark, 9.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

There are millions of the inhabitants
of the Philippine islands who never
knew the Dominion of Spain and never
saw a Spaniard.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07
OLD-TIME DOCTORS.

The Dutch West India company,
which colonized the island of Manhat-
tan, enjoined upon the colon1sts to
support a minister and a schoolmas-
ter, and also to appoint ~Zieckentroos-
tiers (comforters of the sick). Some
times the offices of p~edagogue and
comforter" were united in n per-
son, he being "pious, well qualified and
diligent." Usually the comforter of
the sick was a safer attendant than
the doctor in those days, whose con-
ception Of disease and remedies was a
confused theory Of humors, sympathet-
les and antagonistics.
THE whole ground of physic," says
a medical authority Of 1857, lis COM
pretended in these two words, SYM
pathy and ~antipathy. The one cures
by strengthening the parts of the body
affected, the other by resisting the
malady affecting"
Certain simples and compounds, with
a few mineral remedies, were made
up into unguents, plasters, lintments,
pills, boluses and decoctions. Armed
with these, and with herbs gaLnered at
certain phases of the moor or conjunc-
tions Of the planets, and above all with
the lancet, the seventeenth century
doctors waged war with disease. 1ney
had no intelligent conception of the
causes or processes of disease, nor
of the true action of drugs; yet they
thought they cured disease. No Won
der the Dutch of New York appointed
"comforters of the sick!"
The author of an essay entitled "The
Doctor in Old New York, published in
the "Half-Moon Papers," himself a
physician, says that the remedies of
the most eminent physician of his time
in Europe, whose patients were Henry
". and Louis XIII. of France, and
James I. and Charles I. of England,
were calomel, sugar of lead, pulver-
lied human bones, raspings of an I'M
buried human skull and a balsam of
bats.
We sheer at the remedies of Chinese
doctors, whose error is that they stop
ped learning three hundred years ago,
whereas their English brethren went
on from one medical discovery to an
other, and often set aside the teach
ings which were twenty years old as
obsolete.
Doubtless the personality of these
doctors had much more to do with
their success, whatever it was, than
their practice had. They sought to
make themselves impressive; they
carried gold headed canes and wore
wigs with two or three pigtails-so
deliberately dressed that they went
hatless to call on their patients.
A silk coat and stocnIngs, silver
buckles and a muff were essential to
a well-dressed doctor of the seven
teenth century. up to the days of
Charles II. he made his visits on horse
back, riding sideways, after the fash
ion Of women; but after that time he
rode in his coach, drawn by two, and
sometimes four, or even six horses
Youths Companion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

Extending h Telegraph in Africa.
The telegraph will be extended 1000
miles south of Khartoum by the end
Of the year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

The man who sells his vote probably
gets what he wants, but not what he
Mght to get.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

Pity the man who brags. He has to
10 it in order to brace up his self
respect.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

A mans repentance is eve genuine
when it merely comes from the fac
that he was discovered.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

One of the worst traits of humanity
s insincerity. s& ~
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

Adversely often makes a vain person
lumbler and wiser.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

Happiness is very unsatisfactory
when seen through the eyes of others.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

Every man has his favorites-and he
Usually heads the list.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

We sheer at the remedies of Chinese
doctors, whose error is that they stop
ped learning three hundred years ago,
whereas their English brethren went
on from one medical discovery to n
other, and often set aside the teach
ings which were twenty years old as
obsolete.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-12-07

THE whole ground of physic," say
a medical authority of 1857, lis com
pretended in these two words, sym
pathy and antipathy. The one cures
by strengthening the parts of the body
affected, the other by resisting thu
malady affecting"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-03-24
FRIDAY, MARCH "a. 1899.
LIEUTENANT LEON cARAwAY
writes interestingly from Iloilo, Panay
Island, in. the Philippines.

The. following is taken from a
letter received by William Cara
way, of Big Sandy, fromehis son,
Lieut.. Leon Caraway. The letter
is dated at Iloilo, Panay Island,
January 27;
Well, we are here, on board the
Steamer st. Paul, in Bay "Eloilo,
$50 miles from Manila. We left
Manila last Saturday night. Com
pany l was selected by Lieutenant
Colonel Childress as a guard over
635 native Spanish soldiers, who
wereprisoners ofwar, and who were
to be sent to this place and put
ashore in order to get them off the
hands of the American Govern
ment. So that is why we are here.
The st. Paul brought us down. We
had no trouble with the prisoners
atall. We were to land them here
at Iloilo, but when we got here we
found that the insurgents would not
let us land them, so by General
Miller's orders we steamed up to
Conception, so miles above here
and landed them. We didn't know
whether the insurgents were going
toresistour landingprisoners there
or not, SO we took a Gatling and
Hotchkiss (rapid fire guns) along
determined to land or have a scrap
There were no insurgents arount
when we landed, and we had nj
trouble. We got back here yeste1
day. We ran on a mud bank goin
up, and things were exciting for
or six minutes.
The captain of the steamer, Nj
Hayes, got her off all right, how
ever. Wewill leave here this ever
ing for Manila. Everything wa
quiet when we left Manila; but.w
keve been having sScitine tim'
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-03-24
TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue OF the power and authority
vested in me by trust deed Of James N.
Alsup and wife, Nancy Alsup, dated De-
cember %, 1896, and recorded in Book
IF, page 100, in the Registers office of
Benton County, Tenn, will offer for sale
to the highest bidder at the courthouse
door at Camden, in said county Of Ben
ton, Wednesday April 80, 1899, between
the hours Of II and 2 O'Clock the follow
ing described property:
A certain tract of Ian d situated IN the
eighth civil district range 7.sectiOn 6, con-
tanning 104 acres. Beginning on stake
with beech and sweetgum pointers runs
south % poles to. a stake, hickory and
sassafras pointers; thence west 20 poles
to a stake thence south 81 poles to red
oak; thence west 50 poles to a, poplar,
postoak pointers; thence south 20 poles
| to the northeast corner of an entry in the
name OLE. Wygul thence west 80 poles;
! thence north with the east boundary line
| of an entry in the name of Beverly Her
! ren &C poles; thence east so poles thence
south 8poles thence east poles thence
north 8.pOhs; thence east 10 poles to a
stake two poplar pointers; thence north
| lie east 150poes to a whiteoak standing
on the south sideaof, Greenbrier Greek,
Kwitb oakY dogwood and elm pointers
thence up the meanderings of said creek
south 629 east % poles; thence in an east
ern direction with the meanders of said
GreenDrier Creek to the beginning. Be-
ling the land conveyed by J. P. Smalley
to j. N. Alsup by deed recorded il Book
Ne, page. 221i in the Registers Office o.
n said county.
Said property is sold to foreclose a trust
deed given by J N. and Nancy AlsUp tC
the Farmers Savings and Building anC
Loan Association oftNashville, Tenn.
TERMS OF SALE.
Cash, free from the equity Of redemp
, ton and the right of dover and home
D stead.
Of. March %, 1899
w. H. RAYMOND,
n S. l.. PEELER, Trustee
Solicitor for the Farmers sax iDgs ant
Building and Loan Association. 1915
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-03-24

there during the last,month. We |
have been ordered under arms in |
readiness on several occasions, but
it always turned out to be false
alarm. We will have it yet, l think.
You know the First Tennessee is
guarding the prison here. Well, II
commanded the first squad OF. Ten
nessee soldier boys that sent one of
these prisoners to his last resting
place. Before the First Tennessee,
took hold Of thu penitentiaryathese
natives who were prisoners would
get away whenever they wanted to.
The Colorado Regiment let Is get
away at one time. They shot at
them hundred times, but couldn't
hit them. 1t is quite different with
the Tennesseans.
1 was on duty with Company K
that day. They were short lieu
tenant, and Major Mcclure sent me
with them. I had charge of one
side of the prison and Lieutenant
Patton the other. This prisoner
came out of the prison gate with a
load of rock and refuse on his shout
ders, which he was to.-dump in a
mud-hole near the prison, where
all the garbage is thrown. There
was a native guard over him armed
only with a cane. The prisoner
thoughth6 had beeHIn prison lone
enough, so he shot around the pen
itentiary wall at mile minute
bound for liberty.
t L set my guard on the dead rul
, around the wall after him. Whe1
: we turned the angle Of the wall W
}. saw him about 800 yards ahead c
Q us, and / gave the command to fire
s Several shots we're fred at him, bu
Q as he was lodging in and out of tn
9 bushes along the prison wall, tn
1t men could not get aim on him.
u commanded "cease firing" and SCI
% a squad along the wall after hin
9, It was very difficult to get alor
W the wall rapidly, as rice field can
ig right up to it, and the men only ht
re about 10 inches or a foot of sol
a ground to run on, and they had
6, Jump bitches, etc. A rice field
p. you knows nothing but mud'al
ld water.
40 The prisoner had been gainil
n on us all this time, and he was tn
ng at least 400 yards from us. He Il
3 the wall at this time and start
through the rice field, going like
Lr. deer. 1 sent a sergeant and t
W. men further up the wall, and VIII
~ they got there I gave the comma
'as, to.fre. Two men aimed and fiji
we at the same time, one hitting h
les in the shoulder, ranging upws
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-03-24

and breaking his neck; the other
hit him in center of back, passing
entirely through him. Either shot
was fatal. He was killed at an es-
timated distance of 500 yards; SO
yon see, a Springfield rife, in the
hands of man that knows how tOI
use it, is a-deadly weapon.
Major Bean, of the Thirteenth
Minnesota Regiment, who is COM
mandant Of the prison, was the hap
piest man [ ever saw. He said the
Tennesseans were the best guards
and the best soldiers he ever had
anything to do with, and he felt
pretty sure that no more prisoners
would get away just when they de-
sired to. The name Of the, prison.
err killed was Bernado de la Cruz.
These prisoners are very mean,
and the guards have to keep their
eyesopen or get killed, as they will
sneak up~behind them and run a
knife clear through them. Two OF
the Colorado men we're stabbed to
death when that regiment guarded
the prison.
i We searched the prison the same
day Bernado was killed, and found
a CARLOAD of knives. | got one Of
them, and if l ever get home yor
will get to, see it. 1t is a wicked
looking weapon.
We are getting along very n1cel!
SO far as health is concerned. w
have a few cases Of smallpox. l
! the medical force succeed in sup
l pressing this disease we will sc
? on all right, / think. ] was vac
{ cinated in Frisco, but fearing
}. was insufficient / was vaccinate
t again yesterday. Bowles has a yer
g fine scar on his arm. All the boy
9 of Company I have been vaccina
l ed, and in nearly every case it toe
1t well. We have one man in hosp
4. tai with smallpox. He was waco
g mated several times, but it did n
le1 take we'll understand he is sc
ID ting on very nicely. The docto
id estimate that 48 per cent. of Il
to cases die. A man has about hah
= chance to live.
I'd Can say as to when the Eighth
is going to begin. 1t is abont-t
lg same old thing every day. We a
en- ready when it does come.
1T Twas about to forget to tell y
ed that we have full aedged Germ
a Prince with uson the st. Paul. ]
NO came aboard here and is going
en- Manila. l can not see tina the
nd different from any other man.
edl reminds me very much of Color
i'm Weddlestedt.
w4 Well, 7 haven't heard from