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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
LINCOLN AND THE WIDOW.

The 18th of February, Abraham Lin
coins birthday, brings to our thoughts
stronger than aver "reminiscences of
this noble mans life, says a writer in
Harper's Round Table. Hundreds OF
books have recorded and will perpetuate
his good deeds for centuries to come,
but it is a pleasure to read now and
then of some little act Of kindness that
will stand alone illustrating the
breadth of this mans sympathies and
the nobility of his character. During
all that dreadful period when the civil
war was ravaging the country Lincoln
held the reins of the government, and
although worn out with the unceasing
toll, he never neglected IN opportunity
to help those who suffered.
One day a poor woman, whose tears
had worn burrows down her cheeks,
gained an audience with Lincoln, and
in a few words related the sad tale of
her husband, who had fought in the
Union army, only to lose his life, and
of her three boys who were then fight
ing. She requested the discharge Of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN.

The greatest names in American his
tory are Washington and Lincoln. One
is forever associated with the inue-
pendence of the states and the forma-
ton of the federal union, the other
with the universal and the preserva-
ton of that union. Washington en-
forced the declaration of independence
as against England, Lincoln proclaimed
it's fulf1llment, not only to a down
trodden race in America, but to all
people, for all those who may seek the
protection of our flag. These illus
trious men achieved grander results for
mankind within a single century-from
IT'S to 1865-than any men ever ac-
complished in all the years since first
the flight of time began. Washington
engaged in no ordinary revolution.
With him it was not who should rule,
but what should rule. He drew his
sword, not for a change of rulers upon
an established throne, but to establish
a new government which should ac-
knowledge no throne but the tribune OF
the people. Lincoln accepted wal to
save the union, the safeguard of our
liberties, and ~re-established it upon
understandable foundations" as forever
lone and indivisible.' To quote his
own grand words:
Nov we are all c~ontending that this
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

Now is the time to issue the proclama-
ton em~ancipating the slaves"
He forthwith issued the proclama-
after the world was startled by a new
charter of freedom for the slave.
Gen. McCIeilan's Mistake.
Congressman Vaux of Philadelphia,
in his late years changed his views
about President Lincoln. He told an
interesting story about the proclama-
ton of emancipation. The classic
and scholarly Vaux had been making
speeches in Connecticut, and came
home with Frank P. Blair Of Missouri,
who was very close to the many-sided
patriot president while the war lasted.
story:
Mr.. Lincoln had become impatient
at Gen. McClellan's delay ON the PENN
sula, and asked Frank Blair to go with
him to see the commanding general.
The distinguished visitors arrived on
a hot day, and went straight to McClel-
lan's headquarters. They were re-
ceived with scant courtesy, and the
commanding general did not ask the
president to eat or drink. Lincoln sat
in his white linen buster, uncomforta-
bly, silent, with his long and sinewy
limbs doubled up like a jackknife, till
finally Gen. Mcclellan broke the dense
silence by saying:
MIR. President, have you received
the letter | mailed you yesterday"
NO" courteously replied Lincoln;
Il must have passed it on the way"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
LINCOLN WROTE THE ORDER.

LINCOLN WROTE THE ORDER.
her eldest boy, that she might have
some one to support her. Lincoln's
heart responded to the appeal, and he
replied: Certainly, if you have given
us all, and YOU prop has been taken
away, you are justly entitled to one of
your boys"
The poor went away light of
heart, only to return later, tearfully
begging the release of her second son.
The discharge of the first son had come
too late. He was killed before 1t
reached him. Sadly Lincoln sat down
and wrote the requisite order for the
release of the second son, and rising,
handed the paper to the afflicted wom-
an, saying: Now you have and
I have one of the two boys left; that is
no more than right" Weeping with
joy, the poor mother blessed Lincoln
and hurried out to send her precious
order.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

A British soldiers letter relates how,
at Glencoe, as he was about to transfx
an elderly Boer with a %bayonet, his
ankle turned and he fell. His OPP
ponent, with dubbed gun, came at him
vengefully, but a younger Boer inter
vened and averted the impending blow.
the older man, still im~placable, strove
to accomplish his purpose, but the
pleadings of the younger prevailing, he
turned wrathfully away. His preserver
propped the Englishman against a
rock, refreshed him from his water
bottle, "and then" concludes the SOL
der, "he gives me a cigar and carries
me on his back down the hill. When
he gets to the bottom he puts me down
and says, They'll find you here all
right Then he shakes my hand and
bolts, and our patrol soon picked me
up" One hopes that the mercy and
humanity displayed by this chivalrous
Boer may be shown him, should his
needs ever require them,~
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

One of Mr.. Lincoln's characteristics
was his ineffable tenderness toward
others, says the Springfield Repub-
lean. He wrote injuries in the sand,
benefits on marble. The broad man
lie of his enduring charity covered a
multitude of sins in a soldier. He
loved justice with undying and solicit
GUS affection, but he hated every de-
serter from the great, army of human
tty. He was lowered with the love of
love.
He was always equal to the occa-
sion, whether saving a sleeping SEN
tinel by one stroke of the pen from a
~dishonored grave or writing hat bold
and steady signature to the proclama-
ton of emancipation which made the
black race give him a crown of i'm
mortelles. AS the negro preacher in
Vicksburg said of him: "Massa Lin
KUN, he everywhere; he know cherry
ting; he walk de earf like de Lord"
HIS Keen Irony.
Abraham Lincoln could say true
things when just resentment required
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

They say that only 10 per cent of the
people in New York belong to the
churches. The trouble is we need
more Churches of the Best Licks and
less of the fashionable meeting places
where women come to show their
gowns and where men come to hide
their iniquity. On the whole the peo-
pie outside the churches are not to
blame. Let evil quit the New York
churches and good will come in.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

Velvril is the name by which a new
substitute for rubber and guttapercha
is to be known. 1t is to be used largely
for deep-sea cable insulation, to take
the place of rubber. The desira-
bility Of such a substitute being found
is seen in the fact that one cable re-
Gently laid required over 500 tons of
rubber, or one-fifth of the annual out
put for its insulation. The new insu-
lator is a mixture of nitrated linseed,
or castor oil, with nitro-cellulose. This
gives a homogeneous mass, the elastic
and other properties of which can be
modified by changes in the proportions
of the constituents. A good imitation
of Para rubber is secured by mixing
two pints of nitrated oil with one pint
of nitro cellulose. Castor oil yields
better results than linseed oil. The
elasticity of the product is rs per cent.
1t is said to be more durable than rub
Der, and it can be nodded under heat
and pressure or worked by d~issolving
in any suitable solvent, and then evap-
Grating the solvent. Velvril is claimed
to be superior to vulcanized rubber, in
that it is without action on copper. 1t
appears to possess many advantages,
but satisfactory information as to it's
cost of production is not yet forthcom-
ing. The purposes for which it is ex-
pected to be specially adapted are ma
chine betting, the manufacture of port
manteaus, camping-out sheets, loin
cloths for horses, balloon materials,
hose and tubing, carding wire founda-
tons for spinning rollers, floor cover
ings, paints, enameled leather and fish
ing lines. 1t is n~on-explosive, and not
more inflammable than other kindred
organic products.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
The greatest judge that the world

The greatest judge that the world
has ever known is the American citizen
standing in an election booth ready to
mark his ballot. On the justice of his
decision hangs the destiny of the
greatest nation On which the sun ever
shone. If every voter understood his
awful responsibility, our institutions
alas! the ~sacredness of the ballot box
is thoughtlessly violated by too many
voters.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week to
NOrthwe@term

Inventors.
Swan Bengston, st. Paul, Mimi, n.y.
drostatic computing scale; Harry De
Wallace, st. Paul, Mimi, train alarm;
Michael ]. Kane, st. Paul, Mimi, pa
per box; John Law, Mankato, Mimi,
hay sling; Matthias III. Nervobig,
Norseland, Mimi, milk can ventilator;
Andrew X. Petersen. Sleepy Eye,
Mimi, welding machine; James s.
Reynolds, Minneapolis, Mimi, window
frame and sash; James Staley, Bis
marck, N. D., grass-lighting torch;
Reuben Warner, Jr., st. Paul, Mimi,
glove.
Merwin, Lothrop & johnson, Patent Attor-
neys, Oil & 912 Pioneer Press Bldg, st. Paul.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

Mayor Payment of Ottawa, Ont. gives
each soldier who goes to the front from
the Canadian capital the sum of $25.
Never, perhaps, was the old query OF
Whats in a name?" more effectively
answered.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

Because a political party dominates
a bad man for constable it is no good
reason why adherents of that party
should be expected to vote for him.
Vote down bad men on all occasions.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
The Mystery OF Dust at sea.


1t is d puzzling fact that the decks Of
sailing vessels show dust at night, ever
II washed in the morning, and no
work is done during the day. This is
like indigestion and dyspepsia, which
creeps on n unawares. The only way
to cure them is by the use Of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which also pre-
vents malaria, fever and ague.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

nation under God shall have q new
birth of freedom, and that the govern
ment of the people, by the people, for
the people, shall not perish from the
earth" =
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
A Standard Measurement.

There's no doubt about it," said the
man with a large diamond on his neck
tie; that man is a genuine patriot"
How do you know?"
why, he can get up as much enthu-
siasm owe an election as he does over
a prize fght."-New York Evening
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

Appendicitis has become such a
common disease that it is now within
the reach of all, and is breaking into
the free wards of the hospitals.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
A Diplomat.

shelf a woman were to ask you
now old you thought she was, what
would you tell her?
He-A lie, of course.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

The Beers can always find the time
to lay aside their Bibles whenever
there is a chance to take a crack at a
Britisher.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
The ProfesnionnI Shake.

AWANHHAUMNA SHaNN~'
Mrs. Stubb-John, l do believe that
friend you brought up to dinner Is a
gambler.
MIR. Stubb-Why so, Maria?
Mrs. Stubb-Because he shook the
pepper cruet like it had been a dice
box.-Chicago News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

Some men work themselves to death
trying to keep up payments on their
life insurance.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

Every nan owes something to him
self, but it's what he owes to other men
that cause all the trouble.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

AS a rule the woman who is her own
dressmaker gets into many bad hab-
it's.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

censure. He released some prisoners
on the other side of the divide" in
1863. The wife of one of these insisted
that her husband was a religious
man, ever if he was a rebel" Mr..
Lincoln wrote the release slowly, as if
in doubt, and, without smiling, handed
it to the now happy wife, but said,
with keen irony:
You say your husband is a relig-
ious man. Tell him when you meet
him that l say l am not much of a
judge of religion, but in my opinion
the religion that sets men to rebel and
fight against their government because,
as they think, that government does
not sufficiently help some men to eat
their bread in the sweat of other mems
faces is not the sort of religion upon
which people can get to heaven"
Dick Covers appointment.
MI. Lincoln onc told Horace Dem
ing, a Connecticut congressman, when
he had been importuned to join a
church, that when any church will
inscribe over it's altar as its sole quail
fication the Savior's condensed state
ment of the substance of law and gos-
pei, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy soul, and thy neighbor as
thyself'-that church will I join with
all my heart"
His great good sense was shown In
his making Dick Cover a lieutenant
in the regular army. Dick had shown
his bravery and his capacity among
the western Indians, but vas rejected
by the board of military martinets at
Washington because he did not know
what an abatis, or echelon, or hollow
square was" WELL" sharply said the
dilettante officer with a single eye
glass. what would you do with your
command if the cavalry should charge
on you?"
I'D give them Jesse, that's what /
would do; and I'd make a hollow
square in every mothers son of them"
Lincoln signed his commission and
Dick made a famous soldier.
Read the Letter.
Mcclellan then requested his chief
of staff to find a copy of the letter. 1t
was speedily produced, and Gen. Nc
Clellan proceeded to crush Mr.. Lincoln
by reading his v~ituperative attack on
Stanton, with reflections on Lincoln's
conduct of the war. Lincoln's peace
full smile vanished. When the letter
ended he rose quickly, looking neither
to the right nor left-not waiting for
any farewell to Gen. Mcclellan.
He seemed oppressed with the con-
seriousness of the dangers of the mill
tary as well as the political situation
of things. He drove slowly with Gen.
Blair over to the boat, which was to
convey them from Harrison's landing
back to Washington. When the vessel
had started, Mr.. Lincoln, for the first
time since leaving McClellan's tent,
broke the silence and said to Gen.
Blair:
Frank, I now understand this man.
That letter a. Gen. McClellan's bid for
the presidency. I will stop that game.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

The street vendors business is more
of a calling than a trade.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

Genius begins great works; labor
alone finishes them.-Joubert.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

The max who has nothing to be
proud of is apt to be proud of that.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

The misguided youth does every
thing his sweetheart tells him to.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
HIS Keen Irony.

Abraham Lincoln could say true
things when just resentment required
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-06

lean hog we are simply preparing our
selves as public to submit 20 public
plunderers. ring government faetional
fayoritism and a general deprivation OF
our more important rights and sacrifice
OF our more important interests.
Noting the application and consequences
OF this costly amiability in its own city
the Philadelphia Record declares that tine
right OF protest has been so long unused
that 1t is at iast denied to citizens" that
the people of that community have per-
mitted aggfe9slons Of one kind and ar,
other to go unrebuked until they are
face to face with condition OF city gov
eminent that is intolerable."
II IS Inevitable that II the American peo-
pie do not soon begin to nantes. a
keener interest in maintaining what W.
may call their petty or local rights, they
will begei hxed Indifference to political
and commercial ana social aggressiona
that after awhile viii render them ab-
solutely incapable OF remedying abuses
even OF the grayest kind they will simply
lose either the disposition or power FOL
| rafor,n
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-06
RISKS FROM Hiou EXPLOSIVES.


Ordinary human nature is very partial
to the practice OF looking the door afiei
The horse is stolen" ino,her striking
Illustration OF chat hlbi ls being ex-
himlel by the Insurance companies and
alta rites in Ns8 York city since the
disastrous explosion which occurred in
lie hesr of ha' city a few days ago and
DESTROYED many lives ana 100000 wort q
81 propaFty
The Nsa York underSriters have de
l.llL. ee age tol3. TO insist upon clause
hereafter =snptng heir companies
IRON liability resulting from explosil rs,
20 COS ass lns from explosions where
aA sz1,o ives ara permitted to remain
10 Jay considerable quantity in city dis
.r,s;,
u is q timely action and will doubtless
ss,re as a precedent in other cities than
%eW YORK A. a matter Of fact no guam
L.y 81 high explosives sufficient to wreck
even an ordinary room much less a
building oueh. to be allowed in tht
c-oa 1eI districts OF any community
There are regulations or ordinances in
every clty possibly which prohibit such
storage IA business houses, or structures
near other houses. bur 1t is notorious.
Chat these laws are very loosely en-
iorcei and ,he wonder IS that the mos
disastrous Kind Of explosions do no
o.toner happen. Even those who handl,
these dangerous agents OF destruction
often become criminally careless and rlsl
their own as we'll as other peoples lives
The combined watchiulness OF the in
suianoe agents and OF city employe,
ought TO be sufficient to remove sucl
danger from every community and wher
disaster occurs like that the othe
day in New York, It ought to be followet
BY criminal prosecutions and effective
punishment
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-06
HOW THE PRESIDENT is CHOSEN

The president by off,
caIs termed hosen
qualified ballot tie Tuesday AFR the first
Monday which
expires M
The constitution precribes
appoint the gatue thereof direct
Der
entitled senator
% 30 h tbrourbout ba United saes Al the beginning o.
our government
respective participation in their
and one state south Carolina conn ued that pradice
ing NV the electors
chosen by the peopp on general State ticket
which the chosen electors noe and ballot for president
president of the United States Poyded for in article XII
the constitution and is as
respective States
president ofwbom, least shall
with hepseles they shall their
ballots the voted for as presided ana IN distinct ballots the
they shall make distinct
voted for president and of persons voted for vice pres
for esch which lists they shall
sealea seat of of the
States, directed % president of the senate"
fbes the mode in which the
count the thereof which
president and
the number
nu5er be majority whole
electors appointed aud n person have such majority then from the
nnbers,
psdep
immediate by ballot the ballot the president But in choosing the presi
aiken
State having quorum this shall consist
twohrds States, majority of
necessary
President o
them before W fourth day of March following
president shall cas president the
disability person having greatest number
PRESIDENT shall
whole number electors person
choose the v president the
whole of
lei shall e accessory o a choice"
procedure the election of
disputed Electoral Count
pah by the FOrtyninth pesdn-
electors shall Monday in Janu
following
be insesson count the ballots Wednesday February
succeeding o eel
fhe constitution NJ tho
as
NO person except natural born citizen States
the time of the adoption of this
of president; neither that office who shall
not have attained to the years.
The qualifications C president arc the same
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-06

democrats ought not to criticise the nd
Hihlstfatlon. | want 1t understood that
90 LAT as | am concerned when I took
uAe oath OF office as member Af con
kress mere was no mental reservation
tuAt would not speak out against An
OutlaHe committed against my constitu-
cuts even when committed by a presj-
cent of these United States. The presi-
dehl OF the United States Is only a man.
we htrust the administration of gov
SlhHehl 10 men, and when we do SO we
know that they are liable to err. When
men are in public office. we expect them
10 make mistakes; even SO exalted an
ouleial as the president is liable to make
MISTAKES. IL the president does make a
mistake. what should congress do?
ought 1t blindly to approve his mistake,
or 40 we owe it to the people of the
United States, and even to the president
himseit. to correct the mistake so that
II Will not be made again?
some gentlemen say that the demo-
cratic party should stand by the presi-
dent, What has he done for the marty
since the last election to earn its erati.
tude? | want to suggest 10 my demo-
cratic friends that the party owes no
great debt OF gratitude to its president.
"hal gratitude should we feel? The
gratitude which conAdiIyg ward feels to-
ward his guardian without bond who has
SUI nuereu rich es ate? What graft
luoe should we feel? TIE gratitude which
passenger feels toward the trainman
VINO has opened switch and prccipitated
wreck What has he done for the party?
ne mas attempted to inoculate 1t with
republican virus, and blood poisoning has
set IN What is the duty of the demu-
cratic party? If 1t still loves its presi-
dent 1t is its duty, as I understand 1t.
TO prove that 1t has at least one drop
OF DIVINITY left by chastising him whom