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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13
(Paris Lottery

The Midway Plaisance is dead-long
original street of Cairo was in it's hey
day the Paris life of amusement still
depended on the night. The Moulin
Rouge and the Cafe American were
the height of chic, and the gayety of
the fair was of the old-style Frenchi-
ness. The bicycle, the automobile and
the new life of sport" changed all
that, and the Midway P~laisance of the
exhibition is strikingly different from
the old street where the weird ca
dences of the danse du ventre first
burst Upon the world. In the old Jar
din de Paris the FIN de steele dance,"N
with Rayon dor, La Melenite, La
Nome Frontage and La Goulue, waved
its ~lace-edged petticoats as the last
gesture of the dying century. Helas!
the fin de steele dance itself is dead,
and it's divinities have grown stout
and heavy. The Midway Plaisance is
as amusing as ever, only it has chang
ed. 1t has grown extraordinarily.
We, who have just returned from the
Swiss village, can bear witness that
for innocent deviltry and the kind of
gayety that is agreed to be Partisan"
neither the waving skirts of La Nome
Fromage o yet the gauze waistband
of La Belle Fatima are essential. Be-
yond question the mark of the present
exhibition is the pretty waiter girl in
hitherto u~ndreamed-of profusion. The
pretty waiter girl in the Swiss village
runs to blue eyes, blonde braids and
a smart black corset put OF outside.
1t is the Swiss peasant costume, and
it goes we'll with yodling. We saw
three young Americans drinking pink
Swiss champagne under the arbor on
the summit of Mount Pilatus to the
sound of their own yodling, while the
yellow braids were bobbing in the
winds.
How do you like the midway" we
asked.
''This is u mountain" was all that
they yelled down to us. 'Yah-hoodle-
oy, yah-hoodle-oy." The Swiss vii
lage is the biggest sideshow, and
Mount Pilatus is it's biggest feature,
yet it's ascension is no more laborious
than dragging up six flights of your
Paris mansard at night, and it's scat
tered arbors and bosky hooks, with
their expectant nymphs, have all the
coZiness of home life. From many q
six-storied wooden mountain, covered
with scene-painted canvas, the gay
youth of the various nations yodle to
each other across verdant valleys, en-
livened with lowing kline and red-lip-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13
FULLY
Rich Widow Feels That 1t Is Unn sees.
sary for Her to Marry Again.

Rich Widow Feels That 1t Is Unn sees
sary for Her to Marry Again.
Don't know whether it's new or not.
l heard it down in Bermuda" said the
man who recently returned from that
winter resort. There's a rich widow
living just outside of Pontiac" accord
ing to this story, land after several
elderly gentlemen had vainly endeav-
ored to lure her into matrimony again,
report gained circulation that she was
a regular man hater. Finally a wealthy
widower from the east, carrying with
him the evidences of good living and
the heartine3s that seeks congenial
companionship, visited the city and
was soon a caller upon the in~tractable
widow. After he thought sufficient ad-
vancement had been made to justify
a proposal he proceeded to feel his way.
Beautiful home you have here?' Yes,
l enjoy it, Fine outlook, fine trees,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13
Curious Side Shows Of the Great Exposition, with
q Bar Every Time You Turn Around.

cuckoo clocks for sale. Up in the high
lands they tempt you with pink cham
payne.
Now, speaking of champagne, this
is another feature of the present ex-
hibition-the riotous omnipresence of
the wine list. Not to m~entiongthe OPP
era comique scenic effects of the wines
of France exhibit in the old Sale des
M%echines, the son of temperance finds
himself running up against fizz at ev-
cry turn. After climbing laboriously,
in a diagonal spiral, around the girdle
of the universe on the immense celes-
tial globe, one meets-beyond the
f%urtherest star-an American bar!
This, by the way, strikes another
keynote Of the present exhibition and
it's Midway Plaisance-the instructive
and practically useful character of it's
gayeties. 1t is a globe within a globe,
the inner one and much the smaller
being our earth. Many have asked
why the heavens are represented by a
globe. If you were inside it you
would perceive, not a n globe,
but a concave heavenly vault lit up on
every side, above, below, with stars.
The central sphere Git will hold TWEEN
ty people, is the earth, and it turns
over as the earth does on it's axis.
Round goes the moon, with double
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

takes one from Havre to the harbor of
New York.
By far the most novel of these piano.
the cineorama-an application of the
cinematograph, or biograph, to the
panorama. Here, in a big building
by itself, are four simultaneous bio
graphs instead of one, and a whole
panorama circle of moving pictures
instead Of a fiat picture On a sheet.
The result is an extraordinary ghost
like effect of real life. Imagine the
panorama of the Crucifxion or the
battle Of Gettysburg with all the fig
ures in motion!
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13
WINNING AN OLYMPIAN RACE.
Thoughts That Flashed Through the
Mind OF the Galati N How.

Thoughts That Flashed Through the
Mind of the Galat n Boy.
Though Phaedo has flashed past the
laboring leaders, right at his heels
comes the rapid football of the Gala
tan boy. Clearer and clearer it.
sounds, run as he will. Every fac
ulty and fiber in Ladas' mind and body
is concentrated on keeping unbroken
the long, swift stride that Phraanes
has taught him, which eats up the
ground like fire. With elbows held
well in, and swinging arms that
lengthen every stride, he wastes no
breath shouting i~nvocations, says st.
Nicholas. A single slip or falter will
be fatal now, with the goal distant
but a few short lengths, and as his
limbs weaken under the terrible
strain. the strength of his will sus-
tains his tagging muscles, and still
the flying feet spurn the loose sand
with never a break in their motion.
Down deep within himself Ladas feels
yet remaining an iota of reserve pow
er. The temptation is almost, irri-
sistible to make his effort now, now
to end the suspense and decide the
race; but to his mind come the words
of crafty old Phraanes: with a
stout heart and a cool head the race
can be won in the very last stride"
and the supreme moment is delayed.
Just ahead a flying figure dances be-
fore his dimming sight, and he won
ders how feels Phaedo, and whether
aught OF his strength has been saved
And now a mad shout from the
crowded seats of the Athenians roars
forth across the stadium as they see
Phaedo in the lead at the very fin
ish. "Athene! Athene!" they shout.
"Pallas Athene gives us the race!"
The cheers of the little group Of
Galatians are swallowed up in the
great cry, but Ladas needs no ap-
plause to nerve him IN. Now, at the
very last, the wan. beautiful face OF
his mother is before him, and he re-
members the two, lonely at home, wait
ing for the outcome of this day, for
their glory or for their shame. Al
ready the goal is scarce three strides
away. and Phaedo laughs with tri-
umph, when suddenly the face of
Ladas shoots up even with his. For
an instant. that seems hours of strug-
Cling, the two waver side by side,
and then with a last desperate effort,
the boy of Galatia draws away and
touches the goal slab, even while the
foot of the other hangs above it. With
the mighty shout of an assembled
world begins the Olympiad of Ladas.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

Iowa county, Wis, lays claim to hav-
Ing the lowest salaried official in the
employ of the United States govern.
,ment. The government hires Franz
Lynch for one cent a year to carry the
mail between Dodgeville, the county
seat of Iowa county, and Mineral
Point, nine miles distant. Every foul
years the postofice department con,
tracts to lowest bidders for transfer Of
mail sacks. Last year there was the
liveliest competition ever known fol
the Dodgeville-Mineral Point contract
Several different r4en signifed theil
Intention of going into the contest, anC
the talk" was kept up until each bid.
der knew that he would have to gc
pretty low to get the prize. The mar
who then held the contract had beer
receiving about $40 per year for carry,
ing the mail. 1t is said that when the
bids for the new contract were opened
in Washington it was found that The
three lowest offers for carrying tht
mail per year were l cent, 80 cents anC
S1.50. Frank Lynch, being the one,
cent bidder, was awarded the contrac
for four years.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13
CENTRAL AMERICAN INDIANS.
They Are Not Wholly Free from Gull
Saws a Traveller,

They Are Not Wholly Free from Guile
Says a Traveller.
1T is a common impression that the
Central American Indian is singularly
honest and free from guile" said a
traveller who came up on the last
banana boat, "but don't you believe a
word of that story. l recently made a
muleback trip to the Olancha district,
in northwest Honduras, my particular
purpose being to take a look at the
famous old placer diggings on the
Guayape river. l spent a week or SO
in the region, and was especially in
terested in the native Indians who live
along the banks of the stream and
who regard the placers as a sort of
family pocketbook, from which they
help themselves as they please. When
a household needs anything that can
mo- be hunted or fshed-in other
words, that has to be bought at the
store-the women sally out with their
bateas,' or wooden bowls, and proceed
to wash as much gold as is required for
the purchase. The metal they secure
In that way is usually in the form of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

panoramas and dioramas the greatest
is, perhaps, the mareorama, of which l
have already written-a steamer trip
round the Mediterranean, where the
boat rolls and pitches; where it comes
up night at sea, and where the sweet
shores of the Riviera glide past the
view from Marseilles all the way to
Alexandria. The Panorama Transat-
~lantique, a show of the same kind,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

motion; the planets circle around the
round, although it is the sun that
moves; stars, nebula, the milky way
and fiery comets keep up their appa-
rent motion. When one, climbing
around the sphere that is the earth,
begins descending to the southern
hemisphere, to look down on the
southern cross, the effect is startling.
For the first time in my life 1 got an
idea of what eternal space is with
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

The mud volcanoes situated in the
vicinity Of L~aytonville, CAL, have
burst into alarming activity. The
first intimation the inhabitants had
of the phenomenon was when an i'm
mense cloud of vapor issued from the
mouth of the c~raters, accompanied by
a sound like faraway thunder. The dis
turbance is so violent that great red
wood trees are swayed when the mud
and vapor shoots high over the rims
of the crater and flows down the hill-
side like a lava stream into m of the
tributaries of the Eel River. The
murky craters are filed with a blush
mud of about the consistency of boil
ing tar, but the mud is icy cold. The
roar OF the volcanoes can be heard
for miles around.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

The pretentious or unmusical names
which many American towns bear in
vite amusement, sometimes derision. If
it we're not for the flavor of antiquity
which clings to them some English
p~lace-names might be criticised. Thus
in a recent brief list of ecclesiastical
preferments and appointments appear
ed such names as T%olpuddle, Shincliffe,
and Fugglestone. Better, perhaps,
Babylon Lower Mills, or Northeast
Jefferson Hollow.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

fine yard, very fine all around. But
there is one thing lacking 'Yes?,
1T is an Adamless Eden, don't you
know. You are SO good in everything
else that should think you would be
glad to share these blessings with a
husband Are you proposing, sir?'
In an a~rgumentative way. If you can
be convinced that you should have a.
husband, I should like to be the man.
Husband! I have a gardener that.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

the American In
dians are at the
depot, the result of
too much fre-wat-
er. The troubles
of the Anamites
have become clas-
steal. 1t seems
t h imagined
themselves cheat
ed by the French
manager, so one
Sunday morning
they tied this man
hand and foot to a
post. Then each
Anamite S t e p ped
gravely past him,
spit at him and
calmly told him
what he thought
of him.
Of this Tour du
Monde series of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

they would make interesting souvenirs
mounted as scarfpins or bangles, and
after some haggling 1 bought the lot
for $4-they weighed altogether some
thing under a quarter of an ounce. /
was so disarmed by the apparent sim
plicity of the Indian that I never
thought to examine the nuggets closely
until 1 reached Port Cortez, and then
it hardly needed a second look to see
that they were not gold at all, but evil
IDENTIFY a sort of brass alloy. A few
days later / learned from an engineer
who came down from the Guayape dis
trict that my Indian friend was boast
ing that he had stolen some yellow
composition metal bearing from a
stamp mill and melted up a fragment
in a homemade clay crucible. In that
way he produced his handsome mug
gets. If he had put in the same amount
of labor at the placers he could easily
have washed out $40 worth of gold.
That's what I call a natural appetite
for crookedness.'t-Ne Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

If Richard Yates, the Republican
candidate for governor of Illinois, is
elected, he will be governor of his state
before he is 40 years old. But he will
not be as young Is some others Of Il
linois' governors, for Ninian Edwards
the first governor, when Illinois was a
territory was only 81 when appointed;
Gov. Coles was only SO at his inau-
guration. Gov. French was SO and
Gov. Hamilton was sc.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

The postal money order service with
the principality of Montenegro has
been discontinued by a number Of Eu-
ropean countries because of the Mon
tenegrin exchtquer's fiat refusal to set
tie their account with the foreign pos
tai creditors. The Prince of Montene-
gro took all the money for his family
expenses, and o calmly refuses to
disgorge.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

been discovered. It takes the form OF
drilling oil wells in the sea, and is the
latest and most remarkable, as well
as the most picturesque, feature of the
great crude oil industry. This new
and radical departure, a difficult and
expensive undertaking, to say the
least, has been successfully carried out
at Summerland, the only place where
1t ever has been attempted, and there
the precious brown fluid is now pump
ed from beneath the Pacific ocean.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

nO up nor down ex-
cept in relation to
our own little
sphere. The star
%spangle6, e.
l a C k immensely
extends all around,
underneath as well
as above. Then the
great Saints aens
g booms the
m u S i of the
S p h e r e S. 1t was
well to have put
that bar there.
The "zig-zag" and
the "rollo" books
are not in it with
this exposition for
mingled instruc-
ton and amuse-
IN G n t. After the
trip around t h G
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

In ~excavating the old Roman camp
of C%arnuntum, a Hamburg, On the
Danube, between Vienna and Press
burg, the explorers have come upon an
armory and provision house contain
ing 1887 weapons and pieces of ar
mour and stores of barley, peas, etc.
A great many inscriptions were found
as well.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

by natives. No n has seer it yet,
because half the native actors have
been painting Paris a bright vermilion
ever since their arrival. The Chinese
got into trouble for maltreating a girl
of the QUARTER d'Europe. Some of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

minute grains, hardly as large as the
head of a pin, but occasionally they
find little nuggets, and that brings me
to my story. The day before I left 1
was at the principal store of the dis
trict talking to the proprietor, or
'tienderos,' when a typical Olancha In
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

The next generation will see the
Gould fortune pretty well cut UP, there
being so many heirs. The richest of
these will be Kingdom, George Gould's
eldest child. His father is rated at
500 900.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

dian shambled in and sat down on the
floor. l attempted to question him
about the diggings, and presently he
united a corner Of his neckcloth n
showed me three small Enthusiastically
shaped nuggets, which he said his wife
had lately found. 1t occurred to me
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

There is no canning industry among
the Chinese. All of their sauces and
compotcs are preserved in earthenware
jars, or in old wine and beer bot-
ties.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

Orphanages and destitute orphans
are alike non-existent in Australia.
There every wait is taken to a receiv-
ing house and kept until a country
home is found for it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

smokes and drinks! I have a parrot
that swears like a pirate, and / have
a cot that stays out all night. What in
creation do l want with a h~usband?'"
Detroit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

OF the entire street railway track
mileage in Great Britain over one-
third is owned by the public.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

universe there IS the trip
around the world, and this
in various forms. The Tour du
Monde itself is a theater on which
pass scenes from every country, acted
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

Although the Transvaal has for some
time been a very wealthy little repub-
lie, many of it's leading officials are
men who live in very humble circuln-
stances. Mr.. Reitz, the Transvaal state
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

Shut not thy purse strings always
against painted distress.-Lamb
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13
A STATE sEcRETARY's HuMBLE HOME.

secretary, for instance. lives in an UNI
pretentious cottage at Pretoria, the
accompanying illustration showing the
modest little home of this high Off
ciaI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-13

ped milkmaids, while from crag to
crag the fleet chamois (read goat)
skips after the biscuits of the charit-
able. Down in yonder village you are
importuned by yellow braids with
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-09

On account of the meeting of the Unit
ed Commercial Travellers at Houston, May
rs and 49, the Houston and Texas Central
has issued the following circular to
agents;
May II and is you may sell round trip
tickets TO Houston at rates as follows:
From stations where one way rate is less
than $3.50. make round trip rate OF one
and one-third fare from stations where
one way rate TO Hous on Is more than
1925 and less than $685. make round trip
rate So; from stations where one way rate
TO Houston is more than SIS, make round
trip rate Of one fare not TO exceed IS, So
To be the highest rate from any point on
this line. Have passengers sign contrac.
of coupon tickets and call their attention
10 the fact that they must be signed and
stamped in Houston before they viii be
honoredl for return.
Arrangements have been made for ex-
tending limit on these tickets to May 20
for those who purchase round tickets to
New o.. rs. Extension will be procsred
by deposlting ticket with the ticket agent
of the Texas and New Orleans railway,
at 202 Main street, Houston, when pur-
chasing ticket to New Orleans.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-09
SANTA FEE PROMOTIONS.
j. n. GriswoId Has Heen Made Div
sion Freight Agent

a.. ~ prisNoiu ms HeeIa Muue DIV
sion Freight Agent.
Galveston, Texas, May s.--The follow-
ing information was obtained at the
general freight office of the Gulf, Col
orado and Santa Fe company in THE
city relative to important changes
among the employees of that road;
j. n. Grlswold, commercial agent at
Houston, has been appointed divls.on
freight agent at Dallas, with supervis.o on
OF all North Texas territory. He will be
succeeded at Houston by j. r. Dillon, al
present commercial agent at Waco,
A. B. Sanford, travelling freight agent,
with headquarters at Dallas, has been APP
pointed commercial agent at Waco "a
was formerly local freight agent at Hous-
ton and is we'll known throughout the
State.
J, f. Yale. soliciting freight agent at
Dallas, has been appointed travel ng
freight agent, with headquarters at Dali
las.
All the above changes are in the nature
of promotions. The appointments became
effective May Is.
Assistant General Freight Agent j. II.
Johnston, who has been temporarily in
charge OF Dallas office, will resume his
duties at Galveston headquarters May 10.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-09
TRAvELINs AGENTS.
FOR the Present Mt Least Thcir SER
vices VIII pe Retained.

ror the Present Mt Least Thcir ser.
wees VIII TIE Retained.
Unlcago. May THE scheme of the
presidents Of the great railway systems to
follow up the abolition Of sieket COM
missions by abandoning the Offices Of
travelling passenger and freight agents ts
not likely to go through at the presen;
time' Most of the large Western roads
are disinclined to enter into an agree
ment OF that kind so long as pooling Is
not permitted. alleging that as long as The
ROADS compete with each other the SER
vices OF travelling freight and passenger
agents could moi be dispensed with.
u Is estimated that 5000 travelling
freight and passenger agents are employed
10y me various railroads in this country.
ihelr salaries averaging about SlOO a
nonth each. and the travelling expenses
apout an equal amont The aggregate OK
penses for all the roads, therefore
amounts to about $1,000, 900 a month hut
the expense for the individual roads is not
heayy. The Chicago ami Northwestern,
i9r instance, employs only twenty-five OF
tnese men, which, at an average expense
OF S2Vu month each, would entail an ag-
sregate expense OF only $4,000, and on
smaller roaos the expense is much lighter.
These men, IL is claimed, earn their SAL
aries and the expense involved ave times
over They work UP an immense amount
OF business for their respective roads, and
see to II that the line for which they are
%orkng secures fair share of the busl-
ness Besides, they earn their salaries
by acting as detectives, discovering I'M
demanded practices and rate cutting ON
the part of some of the roads, aud being
instrumental in stopping irregularities OF
that kind