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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
CAUGHT
In the Extraordinary Act of Cutting
His Own Hair

- OAO LA" ASO II
His Own Hair
IT saw a barber do a most extraor-
binary thing the other day." remarked
a gentleman in the Grunewald lobby
last evening. what was it?" in
CURED a friend; "did he shave some
body without telling him his thatch
needed trimming Stranger than
that" replied the other; 81 saw him
cutting his own hair. 1t was the first
time l ever witnessed anything of the
kind in my life, and 1 would have
sworn that it couldn't be done, but this
chap seemed to experience no trouble
whatever with the job. He was sitting
down before a mirror on a small table
and had another looking-glass propped
up on a shelf behind him. That gave
him a pretty fair view Of the back of
his head, and when my attention was
attracted to the performance he was
working away with comb and scissors
as if it was the most ordinary thing in
the world. I noticed that he was ambi-
d%eXtrous, and used both hands with
| apparently equal ease, something that
must have helped him materially, but
nevertheless it was a remarkable feat.
He got through before I escaped the
chair, and afterward 1 took a close
look at his head. 1t was as neat and
even a piece of hair trimming as any
body would care to see, and had been
graduated down the back in the best
4 style of t~onsorial art. The man told
me when l questioned him that he had
cut his own hair for years, and
wouldn't trust a barber on it. He
said he had just picked it up, and thai
it came sort of natural. I'll bet, al
the same, that he looked like a singeC
cat while he was learning. It's no ar
uncommon thing for Cinnamon tt
shave their own heads, but we expec
all sorts of extraordinary things from
the Chinese, and this hair-cutting &C
struck me as a prize exploit for a plain
everyday white man."-New Orlean
Times-Democrat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14

is difficult to see-such as on hard
ground or in grass-note the direction
of the last footprint that you car see,
and then look on in the same direc-
ton, but we'll ahead Of you-say twen-
ty to thirty yards-and in the grass
you will generally see the blades bent
or trodden, and on the hard ground
possibly stones displaced or scratched,
and so on-small signs, which, seen in
a line n behind the other, give a
kind Of track that otherwise would not
be noticed. I once tracked a bicycle
on a hard macadam road, where it
really made no impression at all, but
by looking along the surface of the road
for a long distance ahead of me, under
the rising sun, as it happened, the line
it had taken was quite visible through
the almost invisible coating of dew
upon the ground. Standing on the
track, and looking down upon it close
to my feet, 1 could not see the slight
est sign of it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
Perfumes Rare.

For a trinity of virtues the jasmine
flower is held precious in the east by
it's women-as an offering, al a per-
fume, and as a delicate evanescent oil,
for the oriental fair pluck the fresh
blossoms, roll them up in their hair
and sleep all night in them for the per-
fume they impart. An older orna-
mentation than braiding dark hair
with pearls is that of gemming their
length with the understanding stars
of the cinquefoil white jasmine. Pc
gostemon patchouli, nee such a ia
vorite after it's acquaintance was made
by unpacking Indian shawls, and still
used to scent and preserve the shawls
over sea from India, lost vogue twenty
years ago because of it's kindred to
musk, now another name for vulgarity
and out of drawing-room vocabulary.
1t once meant mystery" it now
means the impossible as far as a lady's
wardrobe is concerned; nay, more,
some fastidious mothers warn their
ons never to associate with women
who use patchouli at their toilet
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
OUTFITS.
Although Not Often Heard OF, the Rain
maker Is Working Away.

Although Not Often Heard OF, the Rain
maker Is Working Away.
Most people suppose that rainmak-
ing is a played-out fake said a carni-
val visitor from Wichita, Kas., ''but
that is a great mistake. / know two
or three different rainmakers who
have all they can do in the dry sea-
SON., n are making money hand over
fist. The most successful of the lot is
what is known as the Sunders Chemi-
cal Rocket company, which has head
quarters in st. Louis, and keeps several
wagon outfits on the go through Kan
sas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, South
ern Colorado and Oklahoma. The out
fits are rather interesting. They con-
sist of powerfully built wagons, fitted
up with apparatus for making hydro
gen gas and all the other parapherna-
liza of the business. The process is, of
course, a secret. but l have seen the
Saunders people at work and know in
a general way what they do. The
wagon is stopped at some convenient
point in the midst of the droughty
district and several small balloons are
inflated with gas. The balloons are
about eight feet in diameter and are
made Of vanished paper. They carry
rockets, which are discharged by
means of time fuses when they reach
a certain altitude. supposed to be the
cloud strata. They make a tremendous
noise, and can be heard distinctly for
miles, sounding exactly like sharp pealsI
of thunder. Three balloons are sent
up to begin with, and If it doesn't rain
in t~hirty-six hours the experiment Isl
repeated; in fact. they keep on put.
ting up balloons as long as the farmers
keep putting up cash. The system Of
the other rainmakers is practically the
same, although n concern owns a
small gun of about two or three inch
caliber, from which it shoots bombs
into the clouds. 1t is a very curious
and undeniable fact that showers do
actually follow their efforts in the
great majority of cases, and the list of
places and dates which they use on
their circulars is a powerful argument
with any farmer. l saw a folder not
long ago on which twenty-five at
tempts were enumerated, seventeen of
which were followed by rain in from
two to thirty-six hours. This e~xtraor-
binary percentage of success is readily
explained by the skeptics. The rain
makers are never called in, they say,
except after a long period Of drought,
when the probability of it's natural
termination is increased daily in COM
pound ratio. In other words, it would
rain anyhow, bombs or no bombs. You
don't see much about the business in
the papers for the reason that the rain
wizards shun publicity. They deal
mainly with farmers societies New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14

neva prohibit the hosting of a foreign
flag within the boundaries of the pro-
vince, and intimation to that effect was
promptly conveyed to the baroness, who
as promptly announced her intention
to shake the dust of Geneva from her
feet. Conscious of the loss her depar-
ture would be to the state, the authori-
ties sent the state councillor to tender
her an humble apology and assure her
they would be delighted il she would
keep her flag flying and remain with
them. With customary liberality,
Barton Rothschild founded, in the city
of Geneva, some years ago a hospital
for the treatment of diseases of the eye.
Since then he has enlarged and i'm
proved the building. The hospital is
unsectarian and free to all nationali-
ties.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14

not get away whereas the roof OF a
house will give you an almost equally
good view and possibly several differ
ent ways of getting to the ground.
Trees, for the same reason as towers,
must be used with caution. Remember
that men are very apt to forget to
look up in trees for you-unless they
see your footmarks on the ground lead
ing to a tree. / have stood under a
large tree with an enemy up in 1t, and
never noticed him till he fired down at
me.
Tracking means following up foot
marks. It is called 'spooring' In
South Africa. Scouting without track
ing is like bread and butter without
the bread. The first thing to learn is
to distinguish the pace at which a
horse or man was moving when he
made the track. 1t will be seen that
a horse walking leaves pairs of foot
marks, each hind foot coming close
to the impression of the fore foot. At
a trot each pair of footmarks is at a
greater distance from the next, and
the ground is more forcibly struck, the
toe more deeply indented than at a
walk. At a canter there are two sim
gle footmarks, and then a pair; at a
e p single footmarks deeply indent-
ed.
With a man walking, the whole fiat
of the foot comes equally on the
ground, the feet a little under n yard
apart. Running, the toes are more
deeply indented in the ground, and
the feet are more than a yard apart
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
Col. Bdden-Powell Author of a Delight
full Book.

Col. B~aden-Powell declares that
which he knows, and the colonel has
had experience enough as a hunter of
both two and four footed animals to
know. He has written a book called
"Aids to Scouting" and in it he clearly
lays down the rules of the sport.
The scouts ten commandments, he
says, are pluck and sel~f-reliance, abil-
ity to find his way in a strange u
try and use his eyes and ears. He
must be able to keep himself hidden,
track the enemy, get across country,
take care of himself and his horse,
and report his information.
The most reliable assistance in find
ing your way is the compass, but in
South Africa, where there is much
ironstone in the ground, a compass be-
comes very unreliable. The sun by
day gives you the east in his rising,
and west in his setting, and north or
south at noon, is you happen to be
south or north of the equator.
On starting on a reconnaissance, if
you see a mountain, say, to the north
ward of you, it will serve as a guide.
Similarly, when you pass any con-
spicuous object, like a withered tree,
broken gate or a strangely shaped
rock, keep it on your mind. On pass
ing such landmarks, do not omit to
look back, and see what their appear
ance is from the other side.
1t should be a point of honor with
a scout that nobody sees any object
that he has not already seen for him
self. Your eyes must be never rest
ing, continually glancing around in
every direction, and trained to see OBJ
jects in the far distance. A scout must
have eyes at the back of his head.
A moving enemy is easy to see, but
one who stands still or who is the
same color as the ground around him
is very hard to see for the Impractical
eye. Common sense and a little re-
Election will often suggest to you the
most likely points to look to find him.
Once 1 was having a match with a
shikari, in Kashmir, as to which of us
could see the farthest.
He pointed out on a hillside some
distance off and asked me if 1 could see
how many cattle there were grazing on
1t. 1t was only with difficulty that
could see any cattle at all; but pres
emily 1 capped him by asking him if
he could see the man in charge of the
cattle. Now, l could not actually see
this myself, but, knowing that there
must be a man with the herd, and that
he would probably be uphill above
them, and as there was a solitary tree
above them, and it was a hot, sunny
day, 1 guessed he would be under this
tree. A look through the glasses
showed this surmise to be right.
Besides looking far afeld your eyes
should miss nothing close by that il
likely to mean anything.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
Baron R~othsohnd,s FavorIte Residence.

Baron Rothschild's Favorlte Residence.
Baron R~othschild's favorite resi-
dence is his beautiful castle at Pregny,
about a mile and a half from Geneva.
Mont Blanc is visible in the distance,
and the blue lake of Geneva below.
The castle is really the property of the
baroness, but her husband pays for the
maintenance of the buildings. The
Rothschild flag flies from the main
tower. The laws of the canton of &C.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14

1t is cen a useful thing, after rass-
ing a place where you expect an enemy
to be hiding, to turn very suddenly
and look for him. You may thus catch
him looking out less carefully.
In selecting your lookout place, al
ways be careful to see that there is
more than one way out of it, SO that,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
Country Publishers and Farmers.

and all who need power should get cata-
logue of Gasoline Engines issued by J.
Thompson & Sons, Beloit, Wis. 1t is sent
free to anyone. They also make a full line
of farm implements. The firm is thorough
ly reliable and you will make no mistake
in writing them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
A HINT FOR SPRING.

When HOusekeepers Are BrIghtening the
Interiors of Their Homes.
Now that the backbone of this re-
markable winter is broken, housekeep-
ers are remarking the dingy look of
the home interior. The question OF
new wall coverings is up. Paper is
dear and short lived; kalsomines are
dirty and scaly; paint is costly. The
use of such a cement as Alabastine,
for instance, will solve the problem.
This admirable wall coating is clean,
pure and wholesome. 1t can be put
on with no trouble by anyone; there
is choice of many beautiful tints; and
it is long lasting.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14

"a Topeka woman has asked the
of Kansas to have a law
passed that will force her husband to
stay at home three nights in the
week"
THAT seems fair"
cit does to any man who isn't ac-
4uainted with Kansas women."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14

Native crackers boast that not only
can they tell a persons sex and age
by their tracks, but also their charac-
tiers. They say that people who turn
out their toes much are generally liars.
1t was a trick with highwaymen of old,
and with the horse-stealers more re-
Gently, to put their horses shoes on
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
If You ant a Mackintosh

Ask your local dealer to show you
samples of GOLD SEAL MACKIN-
TOSHES. If he has none he can get
them from Goodyear Rubber Co.. st.
Paul. A Macintosh that bears a
Gold Seal" label is guaranteed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn9

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 n
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists n
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
full

if an enemy cuts you off at one you
a escape by the other. Thus, a
tower is a tempting place to look out
from, but if an enemy ome and
stands guard at the foot of it you can
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14

the wrong way round, in order to de
cieve crackers who might follow them
up; but a good tracker would not be
taken in. Similarly, thieves often walk
backward. In tracking where spoor
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14
From Their Point of View.

First Govt hear there's an aWfally
nice man living down the road.
Second Cow-What's nice about him?
First Cow-Why, he's a vegetarian!
Puck.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14

i'm the
Wide
World

has such a record for ab~
s0iufeIy curing female Ills
and kidney troubles as
has Lydia e. Pfnkthans,s
Vegetable Compound
Medicines that are ad.
verfised to cure every
thing cannot be specifics
for anything
Lydia 4. Pinkhans's
Vegetable Compound will
NOT cure every kind of Ill.,
ness THAT may affXicf men,
women and 0kEYdreRsy but
ssrOOf is monumental that
IL will and does cure all
the Ills peculiar to women
This Is a fact MdSspuf-
able and can be verified
by more than a million
women
If you are sick don't eX~
pertinent, take the RsaedE~
cine that has fine record
Of the largest number of
cures
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14

They say there is arsenic in playing
cards"
well, 1 thought I'd been holding
some mighty |piZon' hands lately
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-14

A poor man may be well enough to
do anything. but that doesn't make
him Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24
/" PA DID GOOD Shooting. +"
And G. w. Collier Is n Corpse
as the Result.

Purcell, /. T.. Jan. 2t--G W. Gatlim
o; Grin Springs caue to Purcell yes
terdsy and surrendered to the United
States officers, saying he had killed G..
w, Collier near Erin Springs Frid~y.
Gatlin himself was wounded in An arm
and had the ton OF his hat shot out,
The difficulty arose over land lease.
both parties claiming the property.
Collier Cred both barrels OF a shotgun
at Gatlin, who returned the Are with
a Winchester, shooting three times.
The tragedy occurred in Gatlin's yard,
where Collier had come TO kill him.
Just before the firing began Mrs.
Gatlin said 20 her husband, " Pa. do.
good shooting ana after the smoke
OF battle cleared away it seemed as 10
pa" had.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24
WITNESS TEsTIFIEs THAT HE WAS
OFFERED $1,000 TO VOTE FOR
CLARK

WASHINGTON, JAN Estate Sena-
tor J. c. Mckay. republican, from Gus
Ter county, Montana, .ard he was one of
the four republicans I'm the legislature
who had refused to vote FOR Clark. lie
said the announcement OF the intention
OF the republicans 20 change their vodes
TO clark was not made until the last re-
publican caucus prior TO the elestiOn of
United States senator. There was very
little said at this caucus and after tho
ten men withdrew the four remained, de-
Gliding 20 continue 90 vote for a repub-
lican He said he had been approaches
once or twice and asked TO vote for
Clark. Among those who had come TO
see him was Senator Phillips. who said
he could get $500 for his vote. He had
declined TO enter into an agreement OF
the kind.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24

Many women throughout the coun-
try make pin money out OF their
chickens. We have known women
who have clothed the entire family
with the proceeds Of the poultry yard,
and some have paid off mortgages and
others have bought their homes by
intelligent management OF their
foeks Every body interested in
chickens should get Bicycles Poultry
Book II is so full OF helpful sugges-
tions and short cuts 70 success, and
has so many years Of costly exPe RI
cnce boiled down for its pages that IL
is poor economy TO sbe without it, 1t
will help increase the income from
the poultry yard. and has started
many an ameteur or misguided pro-
iessioual on the right track. The
PAIGE Is so cents, free by mail; address
the publishers, Wilmer Atkinson Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24

SEATTLE WASH, JAN % The
steamer Cottage Cry brings news that
The steamer Townsend, went on the
rocks near Battery Point, going north.
but got of and proceeded TO Skaguay.
on the return trip she was driven on the
rocks near Jaynes Mission ana smashed
TO pieces by the waves. The crew was
saved and walked two miles 90 Jaynes
Mission.
The Cityo fseattle seven days overdue
fro skaRuay was found by the Cottage
CITY between Point St. Mary and Point
Bridget She had lost her propeller and
was at anchor thirty feet from the shore.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24
CiarSmoTe TTeaIs n ~ a = oke.

Claremore, Indian Territory, Jan "a.
"A skin disease which has been in
the schools here for three months.
affecting two-thirds Of the pupils and
some adults, was pronounced smallpox
yesterday by DR.. Fortner of Vinita
president Of the Cherokee board Of
medical inspectors. He advised a rigid
quarantine None Of the pupils affect
ed have been out Of school more than
four days, and all recover in a week
The schools have not been closed and
the matter is treated as a joke.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24
Rnoklen,s Arnioa salve.

Has world wide fame for marvellous
cures. 1t surpasses any other salve,
lotion, ointment or balm for cuts corns
burns, boils, sores, felons, ulcers, te'
ter, salt rheum, fever sores, chRpped
bands, skin eruptions; infallib for
piles Cure guaranteed. Only csc at
c. r. Renfro's drug store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24
Did Not show.

The Honk a-Tonk did not show last
night The order of the court was
obeyed to a letter. On the l4th of
February the district court viii hear
the answer to this cause, in which the
Reaves Bro expect to show plainly
that there is no reason for a perpetual
injunction being served and main
tained against their variety theater
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24
- LL.HE ALANILA TRooPs-

SAN FEaNslsCO. JAN. Word has
boon received from the war department
by To- officers OF he dtrachment at the
Pr-I thHt no more or the voiunteer
regiments win be- sent to Manila.
SD those who for sickness or other
auee are here awaiting f[ansportation
1 the islands wan be discharged from
tn. service
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24

The colored work IN BiRRIe Berry
Book Is an immense aid 20 berry grow
ers, IL Shows the leading beT'
ries trr~ Hze, shape and color
They Irtt carefully painted
by an experienced artist, and then re-
produced by photography at cost OF
over one thousand dollars. Aside from
the color work there are scores OF re-
productions made directlv from photo
graphs of berries, so that the reader
may have an accurate idea OF them
See publishers announcement in an
other colum. The price is 30 cents.
free by nail; address the publishers.
Wilmer Atkinson 90 philadelphia.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24
preliminary to Kirk's Hanging.

The Transcript of the evidence in
the trial and conviction of Taylor
Kirk at FL Reno for the murder Of his
sister, Mrs. Ida Marlborough in Custer
county was filed today IN the Office Of
the governor as one of the legal pre-
liminaries to the hanging Of Kirk at
El Reno next month. The murder took
place July 4,1s99.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24

los ANGELES. JAN 23.-Arch Bishop
Mor'comcry VIII 80 20 81. Louis in May
to r.main two months. ISIS mission Is 20
ral-e funds for the maintaluance of the
Caholc schools at san Diego and Ban
hug The governmet will Withdraw SIS
Support from Theses schools IA June.
There are about lGo pupils al eao{ insti-
tuition.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24
l want 70 led the people who snfter

I want 10 let the people who snffer
from rheumatism and sciatica know
that Cham berlsin's Pain Balm relieved
me after q number Of other medicines
and a doctor had failed, II Is the best
linimeut / have ever known. j. A,
Dodger. Alphareta. Ga. Thousands
have been cured Of rheumatism by
this remedy one application relieves
the pain For sale bv q. r Renfro.
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beauty Is Mood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
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HAVE HARD LUCK on ALASKAN
COAST.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-24

Many an innocent little darling is
suffering untold agonv and cannot ex-
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symptoms, vou may find 10 troubled
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