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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09
FOR WOMAN AND HOME.
General Items of Interest for Maids and
Matrons.-The Home.

the basket and the baby were old COM
panions, for it was at home there as
one in his own cradle. When it
wanted to sit up the curving basket
sides held it steady as no arms could
have held, and when sleep overcame
the little creature it tumbled it's small
heavy head over into its pads and clos
ed it's eyes. The motion of the cars,
broken by the u%nyielding basket, was
to that baby but a pleasant lullaby.
There was no unquiet in it's easy rest
ing place, and when it woke it was to
lie still there placid and smiling, kick
ing it's bare feet contentedly. Except
when it was fed, and for a loving word
and smile now and then, baby was let
alone-that %shibboleth of good nurs-
ing. 1t was showed nothing out OF
the window or in the car, and what
was evidently the old accustomed rat
tie and favorite doll were its only play
things. Thus the unaccustomed ex-
element and motion, the new faces,
and the strange place were nullified by
the familiar belongings. The result
was, this is a true saying, a perfectly
placid baby doing its hundred miles
without a cry, but with wood-pigeon
cooings and kittenlike slumbers and
big watchful eyes told of the quiet
mind behind. "If you have one,t take
1t and rum" as these parents were run
ming; but why not run after the same
fashion-with baby, as it were. under
your cloak?
The less a baby feels, sees, and hears
in its journeyings the less weary it is,
and as a consequence, the less it cries.
Nor is baby the only gamer by silence,
for she whose baby cries least in trav-
cling is indeed the one whose temper
airy neighbors rise up and call her
blessed.-Harper's Bazaar.
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Fitted Under Difficulties.

An English wal correspondent in a
Cuban prison sen for a tailor to make
him a suit Of clothes, but on the arrival
of the man of the shears the prisoner
found he could only consult with him
through the bars, and had to stand
quite close to them to be measured. In
a few days, however, the tailor again
appeared on the scene with the gar
ments cut out and pinned together for
fitting on, and this he accomplished
by stretching his arms through the
window bars as before until the eft
was to his mind correct. When the
correspondent came to veal this extra
ordinary suit a short time after he
found it most satisfactorily, and wei.
ftting-so much so that it is being
worn in London now with much pride
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Queen Victoria's favorite song is said
to be And ye shall walk in silk at
tire"
The late Nine. Carnot was fond Of
busying herself with the garden n a
greenhouse built by her late husband.
The duke of York is the only mem
Der of the British royal family who
can dance a genuine sailors hornpipe.
He learned the steps when he was a
young cadet.
There lives in Sedalia, Mo-, an old
gentleman who was tutor to the late
King Alfonso XII. of Spain. His name
is Col. Van B. Wisker, an American,
born of English parents.
Pierre Lott is to go to India with
Sarah Bernhard. The actress intends
to shoot tigers and elephants and the
author expects to keep an interesting
journal, from which he will make a
book.
The duke of Buccleuch possesses
landed estates which are perhaps the
most considerable in the United King
dom. He owns something like 100000
acres, which represent a revenue OF
some e225, 600 a veal.
Frank A. Vanderlip, assistant secre-
terry of the treasury, began life an ap-
prentice in q machine shop, giving his
few spare moments to the study oil
s~tenography, having mastered which
he became a reporter and later a lnan-
cial editor.
Emperor William uses the largest
visiting cards of any member of Eu,
ropes royal families. They are oil
heavy card, six inches long and four
inches wide. On the upper line is the
single word wilhelm" and on the sec.
ond line are the words "Deutscher Kai.
ser und Koenig von Preussen."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

in arms trembling with fatigue? Yet
where else could they have been laid?
There is no other place provided.
A little later in that same journey
another family party entered the car.
Here, escorted by mother, father and
nurse, was a baby enjoying a make
shift travelling seat that anticipated
the day when all corporations will see
fit to provide some such devise to
meet the emergency Of travelling with
a child. OF curse that particular ba-
by may have been a marvel of good
nature to begin with, but the natural
inference is that the virtue lay in the
basket wherein it was carried. where
it was kept during the whole journey
for the makeshift seat was merely
a carrying basket, Il common bassinet,
that really seemed too matter of fact
to caus such magic results. 1t was
lined with soft pads; it was lust long
enough to hold the baby, which might
nave been anywhere from five to eight
months old, and just short enough for
easy carrying. AS the car was crowd
ed the nurse at first sat with the
basket on her knees until it could he
placed in the seat beside her and on
posite the parents. It was plain that
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why do these babies all cry SOP"
asked a wearied excursionist of his
neighbor. Every baby in this car is
crying"
The man questioned happened to be
a medical student and a close obser-
yer. His quick eye glanced from child
to child.
Don't you see," he answered; cit
Is because every child here is miser-
ably uncomfortable. The parents are
just tired out, and the strongest OF
them are carrying the babies all twis-
tywise."
1t was as he said. Why sould not
the poor babies be complaining, held
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

"Tl the pine woods where they fringe
the broad white mantle of the pole"
said the North Wind, 81 played as
upon a harp Of a thousand strings.
That is music-ahl that is the great
orchestra where nature can wholly
comprehend those sounds. Even l feel
a tide within my being, and rise to a
height that dwarfs my everyday
moods"
Here they rose from the table and
Santa Claus threw the bones of the
deer to a great white bear that rose
sleepily from a corner, and shook him
self like a snow ball that has been set
in motion. Then they prepared for
work. The host began to place rock
ing-horses on their wooden rockers
and train jumping-iacks for their peril
Gus feats. Mrs. Claus set to dressing
dolls, of which great numbers lay
about, and the North Wind, having
discontentedly tried his hand at a few
of the many drums and horns scatter
ed around, sat in a corner grumbling
to himself, or itfully telling tales Of
lie lands that lie in his domain.
just then there came a gentle stap
at the door, like a few drops of water
thrown against it, and Mrs. Claus
eagerly fastened to open it. There
stood a slender maiden, with blue
eyes that sometimes grew as black -
an unlighted midnight. Her flmy
gown fluttered out behind her and der
voice was as soft as the trickle of a
woodland brook.
"Good-morning," said she. "And
here is my brother. the North Wind"
Her voice is low" murmured the
brother, but it is melodious. 1 have
heard those sounds in the symphony
of the pine forest"
"And what have you seen on your
way northward?' asked Mrs. Claus;
for long has been your way hither."
MY path has always led through
pleasantness," answered the South
Wind. 81 saw a ship sailing in the
free sea far to the south. There were
many passengers on her deck and all
were looking skyward. l, too, looked;
and there was a little bird there, worn
with long flying and able merely to
keep from falling into the sea. He
shall not die, the brave little land
bird! cried the ladies, and the sailors
hastily put a boat into the ocean, and
rowed out from the ship. And when
the little brown thing fell into the boat
a rough old sailor shed tears-yes,
tears of joy, that he was saved. This
l saw on my way here"
Did you see aught else?" queried
S-nta Claus, as he sent a procession f
wooden animals helter-skelter into a
gayly painted Noah's ark.
81 rested one moment where a gla-
cier stood during countless ages. The
ground had been pulverized and then
hardened, dragged as if with a harrow
and scratched in long parallel lines;
and at its foot a great mass of debris
had been dropped, CLEANED from the
mountains above. But frost and rain,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09
"HAIL. FRIEND. WELL METZ

HAIL, FRIEND, WELL NET"
heat and cold, had broken up the sur
face of the ground, and a great bed
of scarlet peoples had risen there.
How they shook their bright heads as
I passed! Oh, a merry game 1 played
with them, in and out, seeking and
sought, until at last, with a gentle ris-
ing, like a wave at sea, I left them 70
laugh down the former desolation with
living beauty"
"Ho, there!" cried a thin, small
voice, and, looking suddenly around,
they beheld the Frost Fairy. She had
transparent wings of purest white, and
her gossamer gown was of opaque
white full of little twinklings of light.
A coronet of silver filigree in a fern
leaf pattern rested upon her hair, and
her keen eyes shone under it; and in
n hand she carried a wand like a
lily, but it was a lily of frost.
81 saw the South Wind come ill.,"
she said. "And she promised to bring
me a pattern"
True, and 1 have brought you
three" answered the South Wind.
"Here is a birds nest, reached from a
tree as I sped along. Mark how skill
fully the grasses are woven to build t..
And here is the red cushion of a rose.
When she went away at the close If
summer she had no time to pack her
furniture or close her tenement. and
l have brought this, just as she sat
upon it,"
And the third gift" questioned the
Frost Fairy.
81 have it bound in the skirt of my
gown, lest it should be crumpled," said
the South Wind softly. at is part
of a border of crinkled marigold
leaves, set with golden buds. See!
These are little suns, but they do not
revolve. How beautiful it will be when
you and your mischievous twin, Jack
Frost, paint this model on the window
panes! How lovely when this pattern
glistens along the brookside or by the
garden walk!'
What would l not do if 1 had more
colors upon my palette!' mourned the
Frost Fairy. ALAS! l have only one"
THAT is the beauty of your work.
For it is so delicate and so fantastic,
it copies so exactly its models without
having the h%eaviness of color, it is so
the soul of nature, uncovered for a
moment as in reverence, that there is
no change but must vulgarize it. And
you work so hard and patiently, my
kind little Fairy, adjoining attic win
dows for starving children, just as
richly as nursery windows in wealthy
homes, that l do not know what the
world would be like if you had been
forgotten at the outset"
The Frost Fairy dropped her ayes
she could not blush, but she seemed
lighted from within. Then she said
"When you next come from the strange
south, which 1 have never seen, bring
me a spray Of apple blossoms. Would
that 1 might live in the realm of fra
grancei' Then she raised her wings
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09
Hoods SarsapariHs
Hoods pills cure all Liver Ills. 2s cents.


Cats. large and small, make the most
careful toilet of any class of animals,
excepting some of the opossums. The
lions and tigers wash themselves in ex-
actly the same manner as the cat, wet
ting the dark, iudia-rubber-like ball Of
the f%orefoot and inner toe and passing
it w the face and behind the ears.
The foot Is thus ut the same time q
sponge and brush, and the rough
tongue combs the rest Of the body.
Hares also use their feet to wash their
faces, and the hare's foot is so suitable
for a brush that it is used to apply the
paint" to the face for the stage.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09
For a Young Girl.

A dainty semi-decollete evening
frock for a young girl is composed of
pale-blue chiffon, trimmed with inser-
ton to match and tiny ruflss Of cream
colored lace. Four narrow lace ruff
fes encircle the neck and ornament
the front of the corsage.
The full front is Of plain chiffon,
trimmed at each side with wide bands
of blue silk and chiffon insertion, edg-
ed with narrow ruffles of lace. These
embroidered bands begin at the back
on a line with the belt, crossing over
the shoulders to the front, continuing
to the bottom of the skirt. The pref
ty elbow sleeves are quite full, having
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09
Along tho Noisy Civ wors,

Ivy Wye
CThls was apparently written bv N,
ave Phlll1ps Brooks, Bishop of Massa
cnusetts, In his youth. it was found il
Une OF his early note books for the veal
tsos, signed ''P. B.")
along the noisy city rays
And in this rafting city car,
IN eiis the dreariest of days
refplexed with business fret and jar.
When suddenly a young sweet face
Looked on my petulance and pain
ana lent 1t something of its grace
And charmed it into peace again.
me day was just as bleak without,
MY ~neighbors Just as cold within,
And truth was just as full of doubt,
The world was just as full Of sin,
But in the light of that young smile
Inc world grew pure, the heart grew
warm
And sunshine cleaned a little while
across the darkness of the storm.
l did not care to seek her name,
L only said, God bless thy life,
my sweet young grace be still the same,
IF happy maid or happy wife"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

A Boston circular says: about e.
600, 000, 900 blu of corn are Of late years
consumed in this country, 1000, 900 900
blu of which is fed to meat-producing
animals, 600, O0O, 900 bu to working ami
mails, 200, 600, 600 blu for human food,
and 200, 900, 900 bu for seed, for distill-
ing and other purposes. Expert author
titles claim that the quantity fed to ami
mails the past crop year was largely in
creased by reason Of the ~protractet
drouth last fall and resultant loss oil
pasturaga, and that the quantity used
Cor human food was also much greater
by reason Of the abnormally high
price Of wheat and -four"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09
What a Star Demanda.

my friend" said Mr.. Stormington
Barnes, you lack experience in play
writing. Your ideas of construction
are painfully impractical; painfully so.
Why, there is scarcely five minutes in
the piece that the star isn't on the
stage!"
But I-er-I thought a star rather
liked that sort of thing"
mot these days. You must leave
him at least twenty minutes in the
second act so that he can get around
to the box Office while the money is
being counted Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

A simple remedy for too much flesh
has been suggested by Doctor Cathell OF
Baltimore, and if it is as effective as il
is simple no 4 will have any excuse
fer being too fat. 1t consists in moth
ing more than drinking a glass of arti.
fetal Kissingen water after each meal
one day, and a glass of artificial Vichy
water after each meal the next day,
and so alternately until a desired de-
gree of thinness has been secured. The
diet should be simple, starchy foods
and sweets being eschewed in great
measure. This treatment can evidently
do no harm, beyond causing disap'
pointment if it should fail.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

The air is filed with rumor Of wars.
They come thick and fast, but they
are only rumors, after all, and are not
to be given full credit. War is such
an expensive luxury that the contem-
plation of the necessary expenditure
gives those in authority a most COM
mendable spirit of hesitation. For
that reason pay but little attention to
the rumor3. Wait for the lannon's
opening roar.
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by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the car. There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that Is by consti-
~tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
lnfamed condition Of tho mucus lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is intamed
Ing, and when 1t is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucus surfaces,
of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sod by Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

During the war many men went to
Cuba to kill their fellow-men. Those
who succeeded are acclaimed as heroes.
After the war Colonel Waring went to
Cuba to save his fellow-men from
death, by combating and destroying
the plague that has long ravaged that
ISLAND, and in the performance of that
duty he fell victim to the plague and
died. Surely he, too, is to be deemed,
in the highest sense, a hero and a mar
tyr.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

Younger Sister-Why did you tell
Mr.. Callagain how old l am?
Elder Sister-You're too young for
that to make any difference. Now, it
would be different if you were to tell
him my age.
Well / didn't. I only told him you
were ten years older than | am.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

A new market for American wheat is
opening in Japan. During 1895 that
country imported from the United
States 484,5l0 pounds of wheat.In 1885,
the imports Of wheat from the United
States amounted to 2,451,689 pounds.
The amount increased in 1897 to 49,,
467,46G pounds. Some wheat vas re.
ceived from other countries, but the
amount received from the United
States was greater than from all Other
countries combined. Corea is our great.
est rival in this trade, her exports to
Japan last year being about two-thirds
those of the United States. We also
send -four to Japan, the amount fol-
each of the two latter years being over
$4,000 pounds. In 1895 the amount
was only about 10, 00O,0 900 pounds. ia.
pan imported flour also from Grea,
Britain, British America, Australia
China, Hongkong and other countries,
but the total imports from all Of them
combined was less than 1000, 900
pounds. We have a clear advantage
over them all in this respect.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

The skirt fits tightly about the hips
and fastens at the back with four small
buttons. The blouse, which is very
plain at the top and full at the bot
tom, is edged with black velvet.
The revers of the open jacket are
lined with black velvet opening over
a full front Of pale gray chiffon, which
Is also trimmed with velvet and black
edging. The sleeves are tight-ftting,
with circular cuffs of black velvet.
The hat to be worn with this cos
tune is of black velvet, with long
gray plumes at either side. The hat
IS encircled with a black velvet plait-
ing, lined with gray. A steel orna-
ment and a black aigrette decorate the
front.
The collarette is OF finely plated
black net, tied with black velvet rib
bon.-The Latest.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09
qyEySI7 Wheat
sESl1gm Wheat
1a Wheat

'Nothing but wheat as far as the eye
could reach on either side: what you might
cal a sea of wheat" was what a lecturer
speaking of Western Canada said while re-
as to routes, railway fares, etc, apply
to CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AGENT.
Department Interior, Ottawa, Canada or to
w. H.. Rogers, Watertown, S. D.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

The London Standard says that be-
tween now and the end of the veal
many millions OF pounds sterling Dor
rowed il London and Paris for use il
sustaining German industrial and com.
mercial speculations may have to b,
paid back. This will put severe pres.
sure on all German credit institutions.
There may be no breakdown, but tn,
end Of the year will be a trying tim,
for Germany. This article urges tn,
great joint stock banks to helm tn,
Bank Of England by keeping heavier
balances idle than is their habit. so a,
to keep the money market firm,
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81 don't know why you should say
that empty old house is h~aunted?"
"Why, don't you see those ancient
window curtains?" Eyes, but
We'll, aren't they the shades of the
departel?"
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jealousy,

First Venerable Mall met old Bill
Jones just now, and he had the assur-
ance to tell me that lie felt as young
us a two-year-old.
Second Venerable Man-Likely he
meant a two-year-old egg--IndiaDapcs
lis Journal. ~ 1
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

A. catalogue of 300 prizes, suitable to
every taste and condition, mailed on in
luiry. Prizes given for saving Dia,
mend &c" Soap wrappers. Address
Cudahy Soap Works, South Omaha,
Neb. The list contains many season
able and suitable holiday gifts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09
BY THE NORTH POLE.
(By Curtis May)

L uOo OAAAJ .
month b e
Christmas, a n d
Santa Claus was
sitting outside his
door whiting the
corners off from
the handle of a
small wooden toy
for Mrs. Santa
Claus would not
allow him to whit
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

Cupid can see tho silver lining Of the
darkest cloud.
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1t is always safe to take it for
granted that, as yourself, so others are
trying to do their best. shortcoming
is no sign of STORYTELLING. Sweetness
is never whipped in,
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Be honest if you can otherwise,
your patrons will purchase thcir can
ned goods elsewhere.
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In China a wife is never seen by her
husband before marriage. In this
country some wives seldom see their
husbands after marriage.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

Under the head of current literature
a household magazine prints instruc-
tiens for making a cheap medical bat
terry.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

Some men put the smallest apples at
the top of the barrel-also the notice,
open the other end
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Gerald-If you don't marry me I shall
go to the dogs. Geraldine-You won't
have to go far. There's one waiting
for you at the gate.-New York Jour
nal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

When soldiers meet in a spirited at
tack in a cafe retreat is the usual or
der,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

It's better for a mar to do a little
kicking than to deteriorate into a hui
man football.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

It isn't always the most promising
man who pays his debts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

When a ma dies and provides in
his will that his wife shall not marry
again a certain question is bound n
intrude itself. Is it because she is 90
good that he hates to divide her with
any other man or because on his death.
he'd he is taken with a feeling of pro.
tcctive philanthropy for those Of his
sex who must stay behind?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

The forger evidently believes that
imitation is the sincerest fattery.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

The moral of a dogs tail is that 10
invariably points to the past.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

Lots of married men who have no
knowledge of music play second fiddle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-09

somo people have no time to think
because they talk so much.
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There is probably nothing more I'M
like a battle than the picture OF one.
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Everyone has a fair turn 10 he as
great as he pleases.-Jeremy Collier.