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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
THE BULLY.
And Everybody in Court Was Secretly
Glad of II.

GIaO OF It
"The biggest court room bully I ever
met in my life," said an old New Or
leans lawyer to a New Orleans Times
Democrat man, was an attorney
named Simmondson, who was quite a
noted character in the early days of
the Louisville bar. l practiced in that
city for several years after / was ad-
mitted, and l used to encounter him
now and then in the local courts. He
was a very large, portly man, with a
~s1ngularly intimidating presence, and
when he got a nervous witness in his
hands the way he would put on the
screws was something frightful. This
habit led one day to a remarkable
scene, of which l happened to be a
spectator. He was engaged in the trial
or a case involving the title Of some
farm lands, and a number of country
men were called to testify on the 9TH
er side. They were naturally ill at
ease, being unused to city ways. and.
when Simmondson came to cross-ex-
anime he found them easy prey. He
arasse them in every imaginable
manner, and whenever they would
snow signs OF confusion would roar
out: What are you hesitating for?
Are you afraid you may tell a lie?' II
n victim replied No. Simmondson
would retort, I was sure you didn't
fear a little thing like that and if the
answer was Yes he would say. with
a CnnQrs tAhI T fho,,rHR - r $3.50
he had them both ways, and the poor
fellows, being strangers to repartee,
were badly discounted. The last wit
ness he took in hand was a tall, lank
farmer with a very thoughtful eye.
He had watched the batting OF his
neighbors in dead silence and took the
with perfect composure. Sim
evidently set him down as a
lout, and when the witness hesitated
over some question a moment later he
hred his ~favorite shot: What are "
studying about?' he beloved. "Fraid
OF telling a lie, too, 1 suppose?' With
out any apparent haste the country
picked up a massive inkstand and
hurled it straight at Simmondson's
head, catching him on the bridge of
the nose, and knocking him perfectly
That's what I was a-study-
In about, he drawled in the moment
OF lead silence that followed the act.
Needless to say, a tremendous hubub
ensued, but everybody was secretly
pleased, and while the judge fined the
tarmer heavily for contempt, he sub
sequently RENTED the sentence.
was carried home and
was laid up for several weeks. When
emerged he was as gentle as a
dove, and it "a said he never bullied
another witness. He subsequently
out to California, where he died
the war" /
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
Wagner and the Goldfish.

At the suggestion of Kaiser Will
helm, Germany's gigantic monument
to Richard Wagner is to be erected be-
side the romantic gold fish pond in the
Berlin Thiergarten, the principal park
of the German capital. The spot Sc
lected is to be made a musicians cor
ner by subsequent additions of statues
of Mozart and other famous authors.
Seven renowned artists have been in
vited to prepare and submit models for
the Wagner monument. A prize court
of the highest calibre will make the
award when all the models are pre-
sented. The funds for the purpose have
been fully subscribed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
SUNFISH,
How 1t Protected It's Home from a
BunyInw earn. ~

no" 1t Protected It's Home from a
Bullying Carp. f
1 saw an amusing thing the other
day while out fishing in Fish Lake"
said James Weston. IT was catching
s about as fast as anyone who was
not nsh1ng for the market would care
TO- and many of them we're sunfish. In
a sheltered spot / noticed one of these
little fellows standing m~otionless. ex-
cept its fins, which occasionally moved
very slowly. / dropped my hook. with
d small mlnnoW on, close to the fsh's
nose, when it moved up, took hold of
the a very gingerly, carried it away
about three feet, dropped it and glided
back to its place by the stone. once
more settling itself as it was before I
disturbed it. Looking closely, | dis
covered a fungus beneath the fish that
ooked like a bit of discolored lace 7
then knew that the little goggle-eye
was on its spawning bed. Again in
the spirit of fun, l dropped the minnow
near the sunfish. She snapped it by the
tail and lugged it off fully two wards
n let 1t drop, scudding back to it's
nest again like a shot. l concluded not
TO disturb it again, and was about to
leave, When a lubberly carp came NOV
ing along. The ugly fish let itself rise
gradually as if to take a survey of it's
surroundings. Its shadow fell across
the sun1sh nest, and, like a weather.
cock in a gale, the little sunfsh swung
around and faced the carp, that was
ten times its size and fifteen times it's
weight. Mr.. Carp moved toward the
carefully prepared nest, when. like a
cyclone, the little sunfish, with dorsal
nm erect, made a charge on the big
disturber of its peace. The sunfsh did
not attack the carp's head, but with
bristling spines shot under the big
fish's belly and prodded him with it's
needle points. The old carp bumped
up his back and began webbing away.
but the sunfsh circled and gave it an
other rake with its dorsal fin, when I
noticed about six inches of intestine
p~rotruding from the carp's abdomen.
hat seemed to satisfy the pugnacious
~sunperch, and it returned to its senti-
mel duty above it's nest. l have often
heard of the little sunfsh's game
qualities, but / never before saw one
in action. From that demonstration I
don think the carp will destroyfmuch
OF the spawn of the little sunny, and
am sure they won't get near a bass
bed"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
BEST HOTEL
In Texas Is Conducted by Seven Di-
vOrced Women.

In Texas Is Conducted by Seven Di.
vOrced Women.
Chanute (Kan.) Correspondence Chi
cago Record: They say that the best
hotel in Texas is to be found at Bel
ton, a town on the Santa Fe road. and
1t is kept by seven sanctifed sisters"
as the proprietors are popularity called.
several years ago a woman in that
place and her husband quarreled over
the best way of expounding the script
ures to a Sunday school class, and were
so stubborn that they separated and
were finally divorced. This family con-
troVersy was taken up by the town.
which was soon distinctly divided be-
tween the adherents of the husband
and the adherents of the wife. The re-
suit was a large crop of divorces, and
seven husbandless women, including
the original cause of the commotion.
Joined together and rented the town
hotel. One of them did the cooking
another was parlor maid, a third made
up the beds, and so they divided the
work among them and ran the estah-
PCA NHC cooperative MAN
They would not employ a man about
the place, although the most of their
patrons were men, of course. Peonle
say that women travellers preferred tn
stop elsewhere, and that would be a
oman way. One of the "seven
sanctifed sisters" used to drive a big
carry-all down to the railway station
three or four times a day to meet the
trains, but she let the regular transfer
company handle the baggage. The
motel ~prospered from the beginning.
and there was no reason why it should
not, for everything was neat and home
like and the cooking was the best in
Texas, which is not saying much, per-
haps, but is a good reason why it was
appreciated. Every Sunday il was
crowded. The drummers used to swarm
there from all the northern-central
part of the state, and every passenger
on the Santa Fe trains was an adver-
Using agent. The "sanctifed sisters'
made money, as they deserved to do.
they enlarged their establishment and
started a big laundry in connection
with it, where the drummers left their
soiled clothes to be done up while thew
were out during the week. Then tho
sisters" bought a hotel at Waco. and
started a laundry there, with equal
success, and now they are talking of
starting n in New York.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

"He is only a lath painted to look
like iron," Bismarck once said Of Lord
Salisbury. The clever epigram is dis
proved by the singular success with
which the premier has conducted the
recent agreement with France. Hence
forth England will be un~disturbed in
her enlightened protectorate of the
Nile valley. Everywhere she is re-
garded as a different power from what
she was when Lord Salisbury took the
government; richer, more formidable,
more influential. The iron chancellor
judged all men after his own metal.
Unhappily the golden traits of tact,
courtesy and the desire to Arbitrate
had little place in his conception of a
minister of state.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

It Is pleasant to see a man, or to hear
Of a man, who breaches about dealing
considerably with employes-and then
practices it. The mayor OF Toledo Is
a good representative of such preach
ers. Each year he mails to the en-
ployes of his manufacturing plant a
check Of s per cent upon the wages
paid As workman that year. This, he
insists, is not q gift, but a recognition
of faithful service, and the best meth
cd he yet knows of establishing truer
equilibrium between capital and labor.
It is natural, therefore, that while
Mayor Jones talked and lived equality,
his W plurality in his election to
public Office should have been over
whelming.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
AIMS TO
an Artists Head Was. Cast Upon
tho waters and Returned.

the Waters and Returned.
! One of the closest friends of Baron
Rothschild of Paris was Carolus Du-
ran, the artist, says a writer for Har-
per's Round Table. During the entire
course of a certain large dinner party
the great flnancier noticed that the
painter kept looking at him with a
most intent and peculiar expression.
After the coffee and cigars the baron
drew his friend aside and said: my
dear fellow, pray tell me why you have
stared at me so peculiarly this even
lng?"
III tell you with pleasure" an
swered Duran; Il am painting a beg
gar for the salon, and have looked all
over Paris for a suitable head to draw
rom. Yours is the ideal"
Rothschild laughed heartily and
promised to sit for his friend in suit
able attire on the following day. Dur
ing the progress of the sitting a young
artist, n of Duran's pupils, came into
the room. Naturally he had not been
In a position to meet people of Baron
1NOIlSNuAlu y lupOI LdLCc, duu 81. uAN
not know him; but the beggar's miser-
able rags, wan face and wistful ex-
preston appealed deeply to the young
mans sympathies. Waiting until his
master was busy mixing colors, the
pupil took a franc from his vest pocket
and held it out behind his back to the
model, who seized it with feigned avid
ity. When the sitting was over Roths-'
child made inquiries of Duran, con-
corning the philanthropist, and was
informed that he was a student. Of
great promise and attachments, but
among the poorest Of the inhabitants
of the Latin Quarter. Some six
months after this occurrence the young
man received a note which ran about
as follows: Dear Sir-The franc that
you gave in charity to a beggar in the
studio of Mr.. Duran has been invested
by us, and we take pleasure in for
warding to you our check for 1000
francs, the principal and interest of
the same. Yours, ETC., Rothschild &
Cie."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
WHAT is TASTE?
Tests Indicating That the Sense Does
Not Exist.

Tests Indicating That the Sense Does
Not Exist.
The University of Iowa has made
some recent experiments which would
almost seem to prove that the sense of
taste, as we know it, is produced
merely by a combination of the senses
Of sight, feeling and smell. The theory
often advanced by smokers that a CT
gar has no taste when one cannot see
the smoke receives here a startling
scientific confederation. The persons
tested had their eyes covered and noses
closed, and while in this state scarcely
any of them could tell the differ
ence between weak tea and quinine.
Pork was taken for turkey and vice
versa. A widely varying list Of trials
gave such surprising results that 1t
was finally concluded that the only
sensations the tongue and palate knew
were those OF sweet, sour. bitter and
salt, and probably that the two, sweet
and bitter, would almost cover the
range. One of the parties submitting
to the test was a famous cook, who is
noted for her delicate sense of taste.
She called chopped raw potato acorns,
boiled pumpkin was something sweet
and fiat, crushed pears were berries,
roast pork was boiled beef, shredded
turnip was cabbage, scraped apple was
grape juice, and she said that the
h~orseradish which was laid upon her
tongue vas something she had never
tasted. The application of all this is
obvious. An economically minded
man has only to blindfold himself,
plug up his ~nostrils, and with six
weinerwursts, a pint of beer and a
liberal seasoning of imagination, enjoy
a Delmonico dinner.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

Sanitary, non-sweat shop make" is
a new label placed on the ready-made
clothing of a prominent New York
hrm. Another firm advertises in con-
nect1on with a sale of underwear,
a by clean, contented and we'll
fed people. No song of the shirt hor-
rors are stitched into our garments"
When such goods can be procured, no
generous-minded shopper will. for the
sake OF saving a few cents, buy any
other.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
Petroleum Drinking the Lat..t.

The morphine and alcohol habits
have beer RELOCATED to the things of
yesterday, while the latest narcotic
vice is ~"petrolism," which is desig-
mated by experienced physicians as "a
grim novelty, almost without parallel"
Little by little, th@ victim to the use OF
petroleum becomes sad and melancholy
and his doses increase in size until the
habit becomes a passion. The mineral
oil has none Of the stimulating proper
ties of alcohol or morphine, and the
sufferers condition is most deplorable.
The evil is too new at present for the
physicians to have discovered any sat-
isfactory method Of treatment.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

Chief Justice Fuller has announced
the opinion of the United States Su-
preme court in the case of Thomas
Cosgrove VS.. Eugene D. Winney.
United States marshal for the eastern
district of Michigan. The case in
wolves the ~extradition treaty in force
between this country and Great Britain
for Canada, the particular point at
issue being whether a resident of Can
ada who has been extradited and
brought to the United States on one
charge can be arrested on another case
before the first proceeding had ter
minated and he had had opportunity
to return to his own country, Tho
chief justice held that he could not be
thus dealt with, reversing the finding
of the district court for the eastern
district Of Michigan.
- GMWMA
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
Longest Flight of a Cannon Shot.

The longest distance ever covered
by a cannon shot is said to be fifteen
miles, but that probably was several
miles within the possible limit, accord
ing to Capt. E.. L.. Zalinski, the retired
army officer, who ranks among the
highest authorities in the world on
munitions Of war. On the point of
possible range Capt. Zalinski says:
Under existing conditions, and with
the guns, powder and projectiles avail
able, I believe it possible to fire a shot
to a distance of eighteen miles. The
distance will be greater when a powder
is produced that will exert a uniform
pressure on the u throughout the
course of the projectile from breach TO
muzzle."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
ARTIsTs ANp STATESMEN.
They Are Having a Pretty Row over
Germany's Parliament Building.

Germany's Parliament Building.
A sharp conflict has broken out be-
tween the reichstag and the German
artists, says the London News. The
new parliament building is costing a
good deal for decoration. For the
ceiling alone about 10000 pounds has
peen voted, and half as much again has
oeen spent in all. The building COM
mlttee lately refused to accept a pic
ture ordered by Herr Paul Wallot, the
architect, from Herr Franz Stuck of
Munich, one of the leading modern
painters. The price was 1900 pounds.
Two ballot urns made by another we'll
known artist, Herr Hildebrandt, were
also rejected. In the course of the de-
pate a vehement attack was mate
upon the artists. DR.. Lieber. leader
OF the center party, for instance, called
herr Stuck's picture "a smudge,
which must disgust everybody who
saw 1t" Herr Wallot tried to con-
vince the members of the committee
that such paintings, meant to be looked
at from a long distance, could not be
judged of at a nea view, but finally
declared himself ready. to ask Herr
SUCK to make some alterations. The
analr, however, has aroused the great
est indignation among the artists, and
THIS has now found expression in a
strongly worded open letter, signed by
all the leading painters, of Munich,
among them Herren Franz Lenbach.
Fritz Kaulbach and Won Uhde. They
theoretically protest against the way
IN which the most eminent artists
were spoken of in the reichstag. and
express their deep regret that the
president did not interfere. They quote
the late Prince Bismarck, who, in
speaking of the members of the par
llament, once said: There is not one
among us, who, from waging war to
catching a dogs f1eas, does not under
stand everything better than all the
learned experts living" Finally, the
artlsts express the confident hone thai
Herr Paul Wallot will not lose his no
Sltlon IN consequence of this occur
renee. This remark refers to the cir
cumstance that Herr Wallot. who still
receives a salary of 500 pounds a year
Ior the superintendent of the decora-
1--WE work in the new building. is to
De given notice. Herr Wallot is a
man OF independent character. who
does not care much either for the SYM
patnles or the antipathies of iniueng
la p~ersonages. Immediately after
the completion of the new parliament
Dullolng he removed to Dres-
uen' from whence he m now and
then to Berlin. He is highly respected
IN the artistic world, in spite of the
emperor,s sharp criticism of the build
ing which he is said to have called
when at Rome 'the acme of tasteless-
ness Herr Wallot has now resigned.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
To Prevent Squalls.

Here is the published remedy for in
fantile sleeplessness discovered by an
Englishman who has suffered much in
the cause: CAS- soon as the squaller
awakes prop it up in a sitting position
with pillows and smear it's fingers with
thick molasses or syrup. Then put half
a dozen feathers into its hands, and
baby will sit and pick the feathers from
one hand to the other until it falls
asleep"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

1t Is not unworthy Of notice that one
of the most serious disasters that have
befallen our troops in the Philippines
occurred to those who were going to
the relief Of a beleagured Spanish gar
rison- They we're under no legal obi
CATION to go thither, the Spanish gov
eminent itself being responsible for
the safe withdrawal Of all its men.
They went on the perilous expedition
at the simple call Of humanity, more
ready to succor their late foes than
they would have been last year to
light them. Such q deed should 60 far
toward restoring friendly feeling in
the Spaniards toward this country.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

According to statistics collected in
Bombay concerning bubonic plague,
there have been $50, 900 deaths record
ed in India since its beginning. Bonn
bay presidency suffered most, being
responsible for 1874, 900 deaths, without
counting those which occurred in the
city Of Bombay, which, with Kur-
rachee, were the chief hotbeds Of the
disease. The deaths in Bombay presi-
dency are still about 1000 weekly.
With the return Of hot weather the
plague is again rapidly disappearing
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

New York women are said to have
forgotten 81, 500, 600 and left it in saw
ings banks. New York would appear
to offer exceptional matrimonial in
,ducements.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

Gen. Merritt says he hugs himself
because he Is an American citizen.
Lieutenant Hobson is glad that he is
an American citizen, also, but he has
e. been known to hug or kiss
himself.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

Because of a wager, Samuel Ham
aker of Mannheim, Pa, has not cut his
beard since Blaine was defeated for
the presidency in 1884.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

One druggist does not make q sum
mer, but his soda fountain enables him
to turn out Va good many swallows.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

A man may be proud of his ancestors,
but the chances are his ancestors
wouldn't be proud of him.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27
A man who always has presence OF
mind is remarkably gifted.

Men and women may get too old to
love, but they never get too old to want
to be loved.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

The camera enthusiast isn't apt t.
exchange snap shots with the rocco
dies.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-27

Moles and poor physicians are easily
traced by the holes they leave in the
ground.
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Druggists sell high class
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