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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
THE CITY
OF SHALAM..

The strangest city and most peculiar
community in the United States, If not
in the world, is Shalam, about fifty
miles north of Ell Paso. It's popula-
ton is now 5000, but it is steadily
growing, and the indications are that
within the next ten years it will have
reached 10000. 1t is doubtful If any
equal Shalam in the practice of extra
ordinary principles. 1t is an odd COM
bination of ancient religious supersti-
ton and the most advanced and radi-
cal socialism. Nevertheless, in spite OF
the fact that the living conditions are
entirely opposed to the generally ac-
cepted modern ideas, the inhabitants
are happy, contented and prosperous,
and believe they are the saving rem
nant which will bring forth a purified
race to regenerate mankind and effect
the salvation Of the earth.
Appropriately enough, Shalam is of
supernatural origin. It's founder was
DR.. Newbrough, a New York dentist
and s%piritualist who died in 1890. 1t
was he who wrote the new Bible, which
is the daily guide and religious mentor
of this queer community. His name is
held in deepest reverence and the be-
levers regard him as the sacred apos-
tie of the divine and accord his mem
DRY much the same veneration which
Mormons bestow on Brigham Young
and Smith. The Bible which DR.. New
brough wrote is a mammoth work and
is called "Oahspe." a word meaning
earth, air and sky in a language spok-
en- before the flood. 1t is said to have
been written on the typewriter by DR..
N~ewbrough, his hands being guided
by supernatural beings, and was
printed without being read by the doc
tor.
1t is certainly a work without a coun-
terpart, filled with extraordinary
phrases, and with more peculiar illus
t%ration. but it is the sacred book, of
a unique community which was found
ed to establish the religion it teaches,
and out of the spiritual and economic
doctrines set forth therein, to found a
new race. The story of the writing of
this Bible is very remarkable and is
related with bated, reverent breath by
the faithful members of the sect.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
A New Form of Worship.

1t is we'll known that Paderewski is
~worshiped by the fair sex, and the
lengths to which this alteration is car
ried verge frequently on the ridicu-
lous. On n occasion recently a lady
visiting Paderewski's villa noticed a
cherry stone on the m~antelpiece. She
Immediately took possession of it and
had it set in pearls and diamonds.
Some time later the musician CHANGED
to meet the lady, who in the conversa-
ton showed him the cherry stone with
its lovely setting. But, madam" said
Paderewski, stroking his locks, ST
never eat cherries. The one you found
on the mantelpiece must have been
left by my servant!"-Cardiff Western
Mail.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Suggestions Made to
the Emperor by q
Progressive Adviser.

rived from it was $4,000 per year,
but the actual amount going into the
imperial purse was only something
over $4,000.
81 recommended a complete change
of the system under which the whole
of the revenues of the country would
go into the imperial purse, comparing
China with India, and adducing from
the experience of India the financial
resources of China.
Il told the Emperor that from or
binary taxes the sum of 400, 000, 900
taels could be raised annually, and If
the Pekin (native customs) were
abolished and a tariff properly adjust
ed, bank notes issued, stamp duty
established and other financial re-
forms adopted, at least another 300,-
10000 taels could be raised. With
this money in hand it would be an
easy thing to get an army and a navy
to protect our coast and to establish
colleges for the training of officers.
State railways could also be construct
ed"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
CHINESE PLAN
OF REFORM.

One of the few Chinese statesmen
who believes in the introduction of
modern ways and methods into the &C.
lestial empire is Kang-Yu-Wei, who
was one Of the chief advisers of the
Emperor before the present insurrec-
ton. Now Kang is in Singapore,
guarded day and night by Indian
sought by emissaries of the DoWager
Empress. When the Emperor vas
in power he asked Kang to submit to
him a plan of governmental reforms.
Kang has given a summary of the
suggestions which he submitted to his
imperial master. They might be of
interest as showing what a leading
Chinese reformer considers important
for the welfare of the empire. Kang
says: ct told the Emperor that all the
old customs and ways and manners of
his ancestors must be removed. Moth
ing could be usefully followed so far
as Chinese history was concerned. I
footsteps of Japan or of Peter the
Great in Russia.
LAS a preliminary step I advised the
Emperor to command all his minis.
tiers of state and all the high officials
in Pekin to go before the places
where they worshiped the gods, and al
so to the ancestral halls, there to reg
lister an oath that they were deter
mined to introduce reforms.
my second suggestion was to have
the laws and administration revised;
my third, that he should open a COM
munication or dispatch department,
through which anyone would be able
to memorabilia the throne. I told him
he had no means of finding out the de-
sires of the people; that the RESPONSE
bility of administration was too wide
ly diffused; that he should select
young, intelligent men, well imbued
with western ideas, to assist in the
regeneration of the empire, prospect
i've of their social position. whether
they were lowly born or Of high de-
gree.
"I advised the creation of 12 new
departments modelled on western
lines, and foreigners to be engaged to
advise and assist.
81 pointed out the enormous loss of
revenue that occurred yearly. Taking
the magistracy of Namhoi (Which is
my native district, ] informed the
Emperor that the total revenue de,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
500 Reward S1Oc.

TIL readers OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
actino dIrant : Ga anar ~ eq hlon = t w innernsLiS
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, aud giving the patient
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have SO much faith in it's curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send for list Of
Testimonials.
Address F. r.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
S~trangest Community in
the United States.

According to the traditions of the
community DIR. Newbrough found him
self unaccountably affected whenever
he took a pen in hand. and often he
wrote strange religious messages. He
conceived the idea that he had been
selected for some strange spiritual mis-
sion and Immediately began to purify
his life in order to be better fitted to
receive the celestial message. He gave
up eating flesh and fish, milk and but
ter, arose before daybreak, bathed
twice a day and occupied a small room
alone, where he sat every morning half
an hour before sunrise recounting daily
to his Creator his shortcomings. in gov
erning himself in thought and deed.
In six years training he had reduced
his weight from ESQ to 1870 pounds, and
was entirely free from all bodily ills.
Then came the spiritual revelations.
One morning he was strangely impell-
ed to go to the typewriter. He was I'M
skilled in the use of the instrument,
but his fingers voluntarily manipulated
the keys at a wonderful speed. He re-
ceived a strange instruction not to
read what he wrote. For fifty weeks
he continued to write every morning
for half an hour before sunrise. Then
the inspiration ceased and he was told
to publish the book Oahspe. The pc.
culiar drawings in the book were made
by the doctor during his inspired mo-
| mentS.
Those who constitute the community
Of Shalam call themselves "Kosmons,"
which is said to signify in the lam
guage of their sacred scriptures, nom
owners Of any and everything. The
adults composing this community are
spiritualists and v~egetarians, but the
children reared under this strange sys-
tenn are the chief hope of the believ-
ers. 1t is they, and not the grown
men and women, who live in Shalam,
who are to demonstrate to the world
the possibility of a new economic and
social fraternity. Through them earth
is to be regenerated and man led out
of the darkness of the competitive sys-
tenn into n where private property, if
not wholly abolished, is made subject
to a sort of communism with which
writer's of the order of Bellamy have
made, us familiar.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
A Curious Ring.

The most charming little ring in the
world is the property of Mr.. Temple, of
London. This gentleman is a nephew
of Sir Richard Temple, and the ring
in question is a highly priced old fam
lily heirloom. Inside of this tiny cir
Gle of gold are the works of a perfect
little musical box. You touch a spring
and hold the ring quite close to your
ear. Then you hear the sweetest,
w~eirdest, tiniest little tune, which
seems like a voice from spirit land.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Helps women preserve
saOAnGtneSS of form and
freshness of face be-
cause il makes their en-
tire female organism
healthy IL carries WOO
men safely through hO
various natural crises
and fs the safeguard Of
W0RaanSs health.
The truth abOUf this
great medicine Is told I'm
fhe letters from women
being published lin this
paper constantly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Mnr4hxzns4aEn InEaafara

List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Edward H. Allison, Fort Yates, N. d.,
game or toy; Benjamin f. Keeney,
Watertown, S. d., boiler washout de-
vice; Herbert w. K~ingsbury, Winona,
Mimi, safety grating; Simeon G.. Law
Tor, Duluth, Mimi, window cleaner;
Jacob Markus, Harrison, s. D., veter-
mary obstetrical instrument; Haldora
Olson, Duluth, Mimi, obtsetricalt appli-
ance: Henry G.. Roth, Minneapolis,
Mimi, cabinet; William, j. Stewart,
Minneapolis, Mimi, knife guard; James
Wyvell, Breckenridge, Mimi, organ.
Merwin, Lothrop & johnson, Patent Attor-
neys, 911 and 912 Pioneer Press Bldg, st. Paul.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
n DANCER.

mo-" said the man who wanted the
meal, II CANT. I'm sorry, too. I'd like
to do dis work, but I'm afraid"
What" the lady asked, are you
afraid off,"
Tn afraid I might catch de habit. I
never did have much control of myself
dat war."-Chicago Times-Herald.
Pretty nearly every church has had
or is going to have a strawberry festi-
val.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

"After all your talk about sensational
Journalism exclaimed the fly on the
edge of the sugar bowl, I'm surprised
at you"
What about?" gasped the captured
fly, vainly endeavoring to extricat him
self from the sticky trap.
well, I notice that the paper you're
stuck on is decidedly yellow."-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Rest Tor tho Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache
to a cancer. you will lever get well
until your bowels are put right.
CASCARETS help nature, ure you
without a grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you Just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CASCARETS Candy Cathart1c, the
genuine. put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has G. G.. G. stamped on It DO
ware of limitations.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Fright.

When a woman gets frightened at
night she ust pulls the bed clothes over
her head, says she is terrified out OF
her wits, and goes to sleep. But, with
a man it is different. He says he Is not
afraid, pushes the clothes down, and
lies trembling awake for two or three
hours, straining his ears at every
sound.-Pick-Me-Up.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Finical.

"You have travelled abroad?" in
CURED the well meaning conversation
alist.
And the man who worries about
words answered, stiff1y: Z
Possibly you will inform me Of some
way in which I could have been abroad
without travelling ?'-Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Ladfes cam wear shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot,
sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails,
corns and bunions. All druggists and
shoe stores, Csc. Trial package FREE
by mail. Address Allen S. Olmsted,
Leroy, N. Y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Not One.

"Here," said an angry pawnbroker to
an -impecunious customer, who don't
you pay me and take our watch?"
IT can't" confessed the depositor,
sadly.
well, you are the worst I ever saw
II guess l am" was the candid re-
Spouse. IT haven't a single redeeming
Quality."-Detroit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
The Consistent Circus.

why, Dollie, where's Marie? I
thought you were playing circus"
well. she got mad and went nome
cause I wouldn't give her any pea
nuts. I was the monkey and she was
the tiger, and tigers don't eat peanuts"
Bazaar.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Miss Pinkle,s Forethourht.

Jane-That Mr. Shallowpate is at the
the door. Shall I tell him you are en-
gagged?
Miss Pinkle-show him into the par
Tor, Jane.
Eyes, miss"
"And Jane, after he a laid his box
of chocolates on the mantlepiece tell
him I am out.-Exchange.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Way and Means.

Tears stood in my wife's great, gray
eyes, ST am dying to go to the Paris ex-
~position!" she exclaimed.
you are very foolish!" said I, striv-
ing to be calm. If you die you will go
to heaven"
Recuba bit her lip. It was impos-
sible, of course, to gainsay my logic.
Detroit Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Arc Won USING A1Ien,a Foot-Eases

Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. AID
dress Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Taking a Mean Advantage.

"How is your husbands divorce case
going on?"
II don't know; the stingy wretch
won't buy me a new costume, and SO I
can't GO to the court to defend myself"
-Pick-Me-Up.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
s25, 600 For Flying Machines.

F%~sOOO
Our government is to devote $4,000
for experimenting with flying machines
for use in the ar@ny. This is a large
sum and yet it cannot compare with
that spent by those who experiment
with s~o-called dyspepsia cures. Take
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t is made
expressly to ure constipation, dyspep-
STA and all stomach disorders.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

We refund 10c for every package of
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES that fails
to give satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co.,
Unionville, Mo-.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
An Errand of Mercy.

Riches may not always bring happi-
ness, but 1t seems to an unrich person
that they might be sem after it very
successfully.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
WHATS His address,

BOrroWS-EaSy IS he!
Graphter-Well, I should say. I wrote
to him once and asked him to lend me
S.. 1t seems T spelled two 'too," and
forgot to cross the 't.' He SEN me
$100.-Philadelphia Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as
acough cure.-J. w. O'BRIEN, 800 Third Ave,
NJ, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 6. 1900.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

GOOD POSITIONS secured by stu
dents of the Sioux Falls $50. Dak.)
Business College. Catalogue free.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Why They Mnurn

Dicker-What is the flag o nthe life
insurance building at ha1f-mast foro
Ticker-Dead policy-holder, probably.
Harlem Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

Don't drink too much water when cvcIfnO
Adams' Pepsin Tutti F'rutti is an e~xcsllent SUB,
stitut0.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

Six hundred thousand pounds Of tea
are consumed in England daily.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

The native hen of New Zealand is an
expert rat-killer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
The intellectual Girl,

'It's a great drawback to have sense
What do you mean?"
when a girl has sense all the men
she likes best are afraid of her.'-Chi-
cago Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

should learn to write with Carriers Ink, because
1t is the best In the world. 'InklingS In Ink'
free. Carter'S Ink Co., Boston.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

Alloys used in japanese bronzes cor
tain a. large percentage of lead.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

The bow-legged man has an open
gate of his own.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

Only children play ball. Men make a
business Of it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

The muscles of the human jaw exert
a force Of 534 pounds.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

Mrs. Winslcw's Soothing Syrup.
For children ~teething, softens the gems, reduces IN.
Asm0natton. allays pain. cures wind collie. csc a bottle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
14,6OO,OOo II, 100000

Totals. ..... 1876, 600, 900 CT, 200, 900
The States of Minnesota, North Da-
kota and South Dakota have raised ap-
proximately 1876, 900, 900 bushels of wheat.
This is about 67, 900, 600 bushels less than
the three states raised in 1899.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Pale
and
Weak
Women,

Beauty and strength In
women vanish early I'm
life because Of monthly
pain or some menstrual
~h'Teguias.ify- Many sHf-
fer silently ana SEQ their
best gifts fade away
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

Georgia and Alabama have fine
wheat crops.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-25
SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS
General Assembly Proceedings Re-
ports of Committees-The lei of
More Ministers.

Atlanta, Ga. May 22.-Today was
spent by the commissioners attending
the twenty-ninth annual session of the
Southern general assembly of the
Presbyterian church in receiving and
discussing reports submitted by va
rious committees
A report on foreign missions was re-
Iceived and set for disposal Wednesday
afternoon.
The committee on world amuSementS
reported. Its recommendations were
Idocketed for debate. The report speaks
Iencouragingly of efforts being made
in Richmond and Petersburg, Va, to
create interest in Sabbath observance
by the organization of the undenomi-
national Sabbath league. Also at Wal
lace, n. c., where the citizens closed
the postoffice on Sundays.
The report of the committee on pub
lication vas docketed for debate. 1t
shows a surplus in the treasury.
The report of the committee on edu-
cation for the ministry was read and
the sections taken under conSidera-
ton. The report contained the follow
ing: THE executive committee en-
l~deavored to raise $50, 900 for the work
during the year. though failing in this
and securing only SIS, 1886. SO, still the
committee was able to "a all appro-
Ipriations in full and report a balance
on hand of 81, 521. 20"
Among the recommendations "a the
following: THAT in view of the de-
lcreasing number of candidates for the
ministry, your committee suggests
the Importance of urging upon all
lchurches the duty of seriously looking
within their borders to see if there
may not be those who are really called
of God to preach the word, but who
are refusing to respond, and that min
listers now in the work be urged to
lspeak of the noblest calling God ever
offers to men, and urge the first fruits
in all their fields to inquire of the Lord
if He will not honor them by using
them in the same work He gave His
Son and holy men of old"
This afternoon the commissioners
and others attending the assembly
were present at the laying of the cor
nerstone of the Ninth Presbyterian
church, on Peachtree street. At the
conclusion of the ceremonies. a recep-
ton was rendered the commissioners
at h residence of Mrs. ]. NJ. High.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-25
OYSTER COMMISSION CASE
Oocided by Supreme Court Other De-
III. Battle to Deliver Ad-
dress at Vance Statue Unwilling.
Especial to The Messenger.)

@AO~o(hoSAI
Raleigh, N. c., May 22.-The supreme
court in Chief Oyster Inspector The
ophofus Whites case. decides that he
Is entitled to the salary provided by
the act last year for the shell fish
commission, but since the passage CT
hat act he cannot clair, the salary
previously allowed him as shall fish
commissioned.
Richard FL. Battle, who was Gov
error Vance's private secretary during
the war, will deliver the address at
the unwilling of the statue July 4th.
James II. Ennis died here today aged
"a years. He was born in Petersburg,
Va. He had for thirty-three years pub
lished Ennis North Carolina Almanac
and established The North Carolina
Farmer.
The supreme court files the following
opinions: Sprinkle VS.. Indemnity Com
pany, from Madison, affirmed; Duck
worth VS.. Orr, from Pennsylvania,
lasrmed; State VS.. Higgins, from Bun
Icombe, affirmed; Hutchinson VS..
Hutchinson, from Mecklenburg, re-
Iyersed; Rouss VS.. Krauss, from Union,
no error; Meares VS.. Land Company,
from Union, affirmed; e VS.. Rail-
road, from Mecklenburg, affirmed; Ar
IrOwood VS.. Railroad, from Mcdowell,
affirmed; Morefield VS.. Harris. from
Stokes. affirmed; Tiddy VS.. Graves,
from Guilford, reversed; Safe VS.. New
combe, from Guilford, affirmed;
Wright VS.. Fort, from Wake, affirm
ed; Raper VS.. Railroad, from Wilson,
new trial; Best VS.. Dunn, from Wilson,
lappeal dismissed; White VS.. the Aud
litor. from Perquimans. modified and
affirmed; Jordan VS.. Newsome, from
HEREFORD, new trial.
The following cases were disposed
of by per curtain order, to wit: Par
ham VS.. Railroad, from Granville, af-
Ifirmed; Kerr VS.. Wadley, from Samp-
son, affirmed; Rhodes VS.. Loye, from
ILenoir. affirmed; Hermes VS.. Cannon,
from CASTOR, affirmed.