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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20
STRANGE
TALE.

The search of a Milwaukee girl for
a long missing sister, through the New
York federal census department, has
developed a romance. Twenty-Five
years ago a poor German family liv-
ing in New York determined to try
their fortune in what to them was the
far west. They did not know just
where they would make their future
home and fortune. but it was to be
somewhere in the west. There were
five children, three daughters and two
sons. The oldest child was one of the
daughters and she refused to come
west with the family. She was IS
years old and did not want to leave the
city for the unknown wilds of a new
country. She said that she would stay
behind and make her way alone.
The goodbys were said, the mother
parted with her eldest child, and the
family left New York forever. That
parting twenty-five years ago was the
last time the mother ever saw her
daughter. When the family reached
Milwaukee they decided to stop. The
father obtained work and found a cot
tage for their home. The mother
thought of her daughter left behind,
and wrote letters, but she had lost the
address and the letters always came
back. The daughter who stayed be-
hind did not know where her parents
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

Photographic observations of the re-
cent total eclipse of the sun will GER
tainly prove far more satisfactory and
valuable than any hitherto obtained.
On no previous occasion has the scien-
tifc outfit for picture-making been
anything like so complete, and the pub.
hcation OF prints from the negatives
secured by the Smithsonian institution
with the aid of it's gigantic camera
set up at Wadesboro, N. c., in the
track of the moons shadow, is awaited
with eagerness by astronomers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

The marriage of the Crown Prince of
Japan to his cousin seems to have
been a mixture of Japanese and Euro
pean ceremonies. Thus, the bride and
bridegroom were married in the an
cient court dress, and afterwards dom
ned western costume, and there was a
wedding breakfast with wedding cake.
The actual marriage ceremony in ia
pan is very simple. It's distinguishing
feature is what is termed the San-san
Ku-do-that is, literally, three times,
nine times" because both the bride
groom and the bride drink three times
out OF each of three wine-cups of diff
ferent sizes, making nine times in all,
or, rather, they do not drink, but only
lift the cups to their lips. The wine
is sake. a mild alcoholic liquor.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

Reports from the far northwest
show that there may be some sur
prises in the cleanup in the various
mining camps. The Klondike is sure
to yield many more millions than last
season, because of the labor saving
machinery, such as devices for rapid
thawing of the frozen earth and for
bringing the earth to the surface. At
Atlin, it is asserted on good authority,
the bench claims will yield from 81
to $12 a cubic yard, and the Spruce
Creek bench claims will produce $751;
100000. Most of the owners Of claims
on Spruce and other creeks have put
in hydraulic machinery and in this
way they have worked a large amount
of ground.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20
A NOVEL PLAN
WHICH MAY
MAKE TROUBLE
FER UNCLE SAM.

were bound for and SO could not write
to them. At last the mother died. The
father followed soon and then a young
er sister and there were but the two
brothers and one sister left. They have
for years sought their sister, but with
out success. AS a last resort the re-
naming sister has made an effort to
find the missing one through the TAX
ing of the census. She has written to
New York asking those in charge of
the census to send any information
which may be gained about Ella Dop-
per, for that was the name of the miss
ing girl. 1t was her name twenty-five
years ago, but may not be now. The
girlish Ella Dopper of % years ago
may now be a comedy matron with
daughters of her own as old as she
was when left alone in New York. or
she may be dead. Her APPLICATION to
the census man is the first of it's kind
and has caused the men who take ac-
count of Uncle Sans folk consider
able uneasiness lest many others fol-
low the example of the thoughtful Mil
waukee girl.
The sister who is searching for her
is Miss Emma Dopper, a pretty maid
employed at the Milwaukee club. She
is the youngest of the family. The
two brothers, Charles and Joseph, are
also residents Of Observation-Disclosures
kee Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

The British government appears to
be responsible for the famine in India,
or at least to have made the famine
possible, through the very benefcence
OF it's rule. Before the British occu-
patton, incessant wars and terrible epi-
denies kept the country thinly popu-
lated, so that the natural products of
the soil were usually sufficient to feed
the inhabitants. But British rule has
established peace and diminished the
ravages of plague. The consequence
has been such an increase of popula-
tion that India is one of the most
crowded countries in the world. The
productivity of the soil has nearly
reached its limit. Nevertheless, the
British government is not to be
blamed, unless we adopt the mons
trous doctrine that wholesale massacre
is a blessing.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

An official report from Rome shows
us how the citizens of the various
countries compare with each other in
the matter of letter-writing. England
leads the van, with fifty-nine missives
per head per annum; Switzerland fol-
lows with forty-one. Then come Ger
many with thirty-three, Denmark with
t~hirty-one, Austria with twenty-seven,
Holland with twenty-three, Belgium
with t~wenty-one, and France with
nineteen.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

turned the fire and lodged behind
trees. For an hour or so shots were
thus exchanged without effect. / made
up my mind to send to Fort Gibson
for a cannon. Ellis went after it, and
we laid low and watched the log hut
until he returned with it, late that
night. 1t was unloaded on the north
side of the clearing, nearest the hut. At
the first peep of dawn we let the out
laws have a heavy charge. 1t fell
against the logs, but did not penetrate
the house. Another shot entered the
window upstairs. Then two squaws
opened the door and ran out, scream
ing. We let them scamper off into the
woods. This notice that the gang was
ready to fight started the battle, which
ragged increasingly all day. Our cam
non balls tore off the roof and Jared
the sides. but the distance was so
great that we could not penetrate the
thick logs or do any damage to the
outlaws. About dusk three of the
gang dashed out unexpectedly, and
began firing at us near the cannon. 1t
was a nervy thing, but foolhardy, and
soon Rattlinggourd, Rogers and
Browne were laid out. Ellis and Bru-
ner, two of our men. were so injured
in this duel that they were forced to
retire. Then the firing from the fort
ceased, and we began to think that we
had killed the whole band. Bill Smith
and White started into the open to
look at the dead men. They had not
gone more than 10 steps when crack
came a half dozen reports and both
fell. I kept out CT sight for half an
hour, carrying on a whispered con-
versation with the two men, neither OF
whom were seriously injured. At in
tervals of two or three minutes a vol
ley of shots came from the cabin. The
Indians were bidding for a reply, to
determine, if possible, how strong our
force might be. Bruner was shot in
the left arm and also in the breast,
but he could walk. l ordered him to
slip around to the opposite side of the
clearing and open fire upon the cabin.
This would attract attention to that
side, and lead the outlaws to believe
that they had killed all of us or the
north side. Bruner took a couple OF
shots and they replied vigorously. The
crippled officer entertained them half
an hour, while l carried out a game
destined to end the battle quickly. |
secured a piece of dynamite, which we
carried with us, and made my way to
the cabin on my hands and knees. Be
fore me l pushed a heavy plank, a por-
ton of the wagon bed. This intend
ed to use as d breastwOrk If attacked.
l succeeded in getting up close to the
house. for there were no windows on
that side, and showed the dynamite up
under the foundation with the plank
from the wagon and touched the fuse.
The explosion shattered the house n
set it on fire. Two of the outlaws were
blown out the roof and torn to pieces,
but Christy remained in the burning
fire. He finally came to the door, when
the heat became too great. With his
Winchester he commenced pumping
bullets at me, but, having the advan-
tage of him, l saved him from a death
in the flames by planting a bullet in
his left side"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20
Corn Growing

CONDENSED from Farmers Review STEM
ographic Report of Wisconsin Roundup
Institute.)
Mr.. A. A. Arnold spoke on corn.
growing. Corn is king of all the
grasses. The natural area for corr
growing in the United States is limited.
1t may be that in the next generation
the price of corn will be as high as is
the price Of wheat now. No plant can
get a good start unless the seed a a
good stock of vitality. Therefore we
must have good seed corn. This is es-
sentially the case in the northern part
OF Wisconsin, where the winters are
early and cold. One of the best ways
TO get good seed corn is to take the
best ears and break them in two to.
see that the kernels are long. After a
plant has been acclimated it will do
better than a plant that has not been
acclimated. Corn must be dried
through. I nave noticed by picking
the corn early, when it is just dented,
1T comes up better than any other kind
of corn. If you do not get a start the.
first time of seeding you are not likely
to get a good crop. / have never
known a good crop when it was not.
from the first seeding.
Nearly everything depends IN the
preparation of the soil. Soil should be
plowed from five to seven inches deep,
depending on the compactness of the
soil. The ideal place to plant corn Is.
on a clover sod. Corn wants a warm
soil and a warm atmosphere. Timothy
sod should be plowed only in the fall.
Spring blowing of timothy sod Is very
dangerous on account of the cut
worms. All cultivation should be done
before a seed Is put into the ground.
All that is done afterwards should be-
to keep down the weeds and conserve
moisture. This is not cultivation
properly so-called.
Shallow cultivation is Of great impor-
lance for the reason that it keeps the
fertility in the soil. Natures covering
has been taken away, and in it's place
you must put on something to serve as
a mulch.
The cheapest vSiy to harvest corn is
to put it in the silo. 1t can be done
for so cents a ton.
Q.-Can you pillow timothy early in
the fall and not have trouble with cut
worms?
Mr.. Arnold.-Yes, sir; but you will
lose fertility by early blowing.
Mr.. Briggs.-You car put in oats or
rye or turnips.
Q.-Would you keep the meadows
down till they are filed with cut
worms?
Mr.. Arnold.-No, sir.
Q.-What effect on corn does deep
cultivation have?
Mr.. Arnold.-It will make the corn
mature later. You can make it two
weeks later by deep cultivation, cult
walton say five Or six inches deep.
Q.-What do you call shallow culti-
walton?
MI. Arnold.-Two inches or above.
Mr.. McKerrow.-At the station they
call shallow cultivation everything
above three inches, and everything be-
lCw that deep cultivation.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20
AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR.
The Query From the Gallery Was
Embarrassing Under the Cir

The Query From the Gallery Was
Embarrassing Under the Cir
cumstances.
1t is rather a good joke on n of our
Omaha boys when he was in the South
a couple of years ago,
Frank, he's the one, was in Atlanta
with Company L, and his brother
Harry was very ill in Omaha.
Frank was an awfully good fellow
and tremendously jolly. The fellows
called him a hot air dispenser. He
was quite a lady's mar and had "won
q home with some girl in a neighbor-
ing town. -.
81 tell you, Lightly, she's a wizard"
Lightly was a telegraph operator and
a great friend of Franks.
"And you're going to take her to the
show tomorrow night, are your
You bet your life. Say, she's a
queen. Pretty? Well, I should say
she was! But look here, Lightly, you
know Harry is to undergo an operation
to-day and if anything happens mother
will wire me. You send it to me at
once"
"All right, old man, l will, and you
may go and see your fairy"
Frank and his girl were enjoying the
performance immensely when, at the
end of the first act, some one stepped
from behind the curtain with a tele.
gram in his hand. The house was still
and every one listened.
SIS there such a man as Frank F.
from Omaha in the hOuseY' asked the
man.
Frank, white, trembling and expect
ing the worst. stepped to the front
took the envelope. read the message
and burst out laughing. This is what
he read: eff she's such a wizard love
her twice for me. Lightly"
On his way back to his seat some
one from the gallery hollered: as il
a boy or a grip Poor Frank! He
felt like . cents.
Harry. by the way of explanation
recovered and is now telegraph editor
of an Omaha paper.-Omaha News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20
ruN IN A NUTSHELL.
And Here Is the Way to Get 1t Out
and AstOnish Your Friends.

and AstOnish Your Friends.
Do you want to astonish your scien-
titic friends? Here is n way in which
you can do so. You have discovered a
remarkable electric properly in an
English walnut, SO you tell them. Rub
it with a flannel cloth, AMI, holding IL
between your thumb and fingers, it
will cling to your forefnger, so that
some slight force is required TO pull it
away. The fact is that electricity has
nothing to do with the trick. After
rubbing the nut to generate the sup
posed electric force, you really press
upon the nut in such Il way with the
thumb and finger that it opens a little
at the top, and, catching the skin Of
the f~orefinger, clings to it. The elias
ITCHY of the nut is the actual force
which is employed i'll the trick; but it
will astonish your friends who do not
understand it, for they may rub the
nut ever SO hard with the flannel and
it will moi cling to their fingers. Here
is fun in a nutshell. 1t is best to try
the trick privately first. and If you
find that the nut does not open easily
enough, or your thumb is not strong
enough. press it with the whole hama
on the table. to open it.; but do not
press too hard, or you will open it too
far and it will not close again.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

Bishop Potter pays a high tribute to
and file of our army in Manila. He
says, in effect, that no one who has
seen u soldiers in the Philippines,
and has noted their splendid physique,
their attention to duty, and the high
average of intelligence existing among
them, car fail to have an increased
pride in our army and a profound faith
in their capability to do whatever is
required of them. He saw our soldiers
in many places, under all varieties of
circumstances, during his stay in Ma
Mia, but not one among them who
reflected discredit upon himself or his
country.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

How is this for a bridal trip? asks
the Washington Evening Star. A
young couple went to Flagstaff, Ariz.,
bought a coAple of big wagons and
teams of mules, hired a couple of
teamsters and a good cook Nand start
ed south for Phoenix. The principal
wagon was rooted with canvas and
the trip is described as ideal. No flies
or mosquitoes, good hunting, and the
light of love" combining with that
from moon and stars. Upon arrival at
Phoenix the wagons were sold at an
advance, and the couple proceeded by
rail to Los Angeles in search of new
adventures. They may return via
Japan and India.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20
HTSWITH BANDITS
UNIQUE METHOD OF DISPOSING
OF A DESPERATE BAND.
Cannon Brought to Bear on the Outlaws
Fortress and Finally Dynamite Is
Fired-Whole Gang Wiped Out.

A veteran United States marshal at
Wichita, Kan, Charlie Copeland, told
to q few friends a short time since
the story of what he considered the
hottest fight he ever led against a
band of outlaws, and his experiences
with bandits have been many. The
time of the fight I have in mind"
he said, was six years ago. I was a
deputy marshal then and Judge Par
ker was on the bench at Fort Smith.
We were on the edge of the reign OF
terror down there then in the days be-
fore Judge Parker cleared the Indian
Territory of its gangs of desperadoes.
Christy and five other Cherokee In
dams, Red Eye, Scraggy, Red Cloud,
Browne, Rattlinggourd and Ike Rogers,
banded together for robbery and MUIR
der. Christy was the leader and the
nerviest man I ever met. In the six
months hat the gang operated he
killed six deputy marshals, four ex-
press messengers, and 10 other men
who had the misfortune to stand guard
over money that he wanted. During
that time the six Indians together
committed forty burglaries, mostly Of
express trains and bank safes. Five or
six posses were equipped and sent
against the robbers, but to no purpose.
They had friends all over the Terri
tory, and these kept them posted when
parties started in pursuit and supplied
them constantly with ammunition and
food. D~epredations were committed
under the very noses of the m%arshals.
One afternoon, in August, 1894, at
Vinita, | had a telegram from Judge
Parker. 1t read: "Christy gang locat-
ed in Grand River hills; 81 900 in addi-
ton to $1,000 state reward for capture
of the men, dead or alive I consult
ed with Bill White, who happened to
be in Vinita at the same time, and we
decided to try for the reward. We
hired Bill Smith, Heck Bruner and
Jack Ellis to help us, and all set out
for Fort Smith. We got further in
formation of the gang there, and on
the evening of August IA we rode out
of Fort Smith, our saddle bags stuffed
with ammunition. 1t was a long ride
of 70 miles through the wild Grand
River hills east of Tarlequah before we
reached the rendezvous. Heck Bruner,
the best scout in the territory, knew
every step of the trail, and We got to
Tarlequah the next afternoon. We
formed a circle and travelled toward
the house in which we had been told
the Indians were located. About dust
we reached there and completely sur
rounded the cabin. 1t was a two-story
log hut about 20 feet square. For $50
yards on all sides The ground was
cleared of trees and underbrush. This
had been done by the outlaws to stop
any ones approaching very close with
out being seen. after establishing
our posts for the night we slept until
daylight. An old squaw came out,
looked around the clearing, spied us, l
suppose, and hurried back. We ate
breakfast behind cover, and upon
showing ourselves in the edge of the
clearing were received with a rafting
fire. 1t came from the windows in the
upper story of the log fort, there being
no opening in the lower part. We re-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

Railroad and street-car tracks a
be cleaned of snow or dirt by a new
apparatus which has a pair of circular
brushes running in conjunction with a
pair of paddle wheels, the latter clean
ing off the heavier portion of the snow
and the brushes finishing the work.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20
Sure He Couldn't Talk.

Twickenham-I saw Rambler to-
day and he was telling me about his
baby.
Mrs. Twickenham-Can the baby
talk?
Twickenham-No.
Mrs. Understandable you ash
him?
Twickenbam-No; but he didn't re-
peat anything the baby said.-Harlem
Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

A report on the bubonic plague has
been issued by the government Of
Bombay, which states that the OBJ
servations of the medical staff go to
show that 70.per cent of the seizures
terminate fatally; also that bacteri-
ology, SO far, has not resulted in the
discovery of any cure for the disease.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

Nearly 10000 tons of cork are con-
sumed by the bottlers of aerated wat
ers, beers, ETC., in England every
year.
The cultivated orchard stands
drouth far better than the neglected
one,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-09-20

Secondary" feathers are those Of
the wings that are visible when the
wings are folded.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-11-10

Ancram, N. r., and Salisbury. Some of the passengers who got off the train here said the gale was so strong that 1t nearly blew the train off the track at Boston Corners, N. Y., and the en- gineer was obliged to proceed very carefully. The roofs of two freight cars were blown off at this place.
 On the Harlem division of the Central New England railroad 150 telegraph poles were felled between Millerton, N. r., and the Copake Iron works this af- ternoon.
 According to information from Canaan poles and wires are strewn along the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, Berkshire division, and in a number of places along the highways between Canaan and Falls Village traffic is com pletley impeded by trees that have been blown over.
 Oswego, N. Y, Nov. 9.-A severe storm of wind and snow is prevailing here to-day During the night forty vessels sought shelter from the storm in Oswego harbor. No disasters are re- ported on the shore of the lake.
 Saranac Lake, N. Y., Nov. 9.-Snow fell here to-day to the depth of eight inches and it is still showing hard.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-11-10

"The supreme condition" exclaimed the premier, lis that no reform, no inn provement, is of the slightest value un- less security against external interfer- ence is obtained by putting our defences in such a position that no accident may happen beyond our borders that shall make our security doubtful"
 The majority of Lord Salisbury's hearers believed that this warning which was delivered in his most impress sive manner, referred to the possibility of French antagonism
 MT. Choate's speech consisted chiefly in a humorous sketch of the history of Downing street, which, he said, was named after a Massachusetts bay, Tn concluding his address he expressed his belief that 'so long as Lord Salisbury and MT. Mckinley continue to hold the reins of government there will be no danger of any disturbance of the hon. orable and friendly relations now exist ing between the United States and Great Britain.