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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26
QUEER ORDER FOR sEAMEN.
English Jackies Obliged to B;acken Up
on Certain Occasions.

English Jackies Obliged to B;acken Up
ON Certain Occasions.
A regular order on board certain of
England's vessels of war, and one de-
livered by an officer with his own
hands and face artistically BACKED, is,
All hands black faces!" When, eth
er during the maneuvers or in war
time, it is determined that torpedo or
%gunboats shall attack at night, every
living soul on board is ordered to
black up of the same dingy color as
is borne by the whole vessel or all it's
outward parts, for the single speck of
light color afforded by one human face
might spoil the whole. plan of a des-
perate attack. All the officers of tor
pedo vessels and gunboats keep, as a
part of their kit, a special pigment, of
very much the same kind as that used
by stage darkies, ever ready for emer-
gencies, and one torpedo order book
has special recommendations as to
backing up for the men. Then, again,
all steam launch and boats crews or
dered off on mining, accommodating
and other duties are compelled to
blacken all parts of their skins that
may show; and no man is exempt,
however high his degree in the serv-
ice. Military officers defending har-
bors and working torpedoes from the
shore are also ordered on no account
to show themselves at night neal the
defenses unless blackened up.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26
AN OFFENDING CONSUL.
british Representative Charged With

british Representative Charged With
Talking About Senator Mason.
Arthur Vansittart is the British con-
sui at New Orleans. He made some
disparaging remarks,so it is said about
| Senator Mason, which he denies, and
the senator is hot after his scalp. Mr..
Vansittart is one of the most expert
enced men in the British consular ser
vice, having been stationed on consul
Mich, Stuttgart, Constantinople, Ath-
ems, Roumania, Servia and the Argen-
tine Republic. He was consul at Chi
cago from 1895 to 1897. before serving
at New Orleans, and was personally
and we'll acquainted with Senator Ma
son of Illinois, whom he is said to-
have denounced, and who has brought
the demand for his retirement. MI.
Vansittart, in spite of his Dutch name,
and the fact that he was born in Paris,
and educated in France and Germany,
is a typical Englishman in appearance,
language, manner and opinions. The
Vansittart family has been settled in
England since 1000, WHen Cuey cdA1e
over in the train of William III. OF
Orange, and have lived at Windsor,
where they W a fine estate, ever
since. Mr.. Vansittart is is years of
age, six feet in height and of a vigor-
Gus build and constitution. He was
born in Paris, where his parents, both
English, we're temporarily resident at
the time.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26
g Am
BY a Band of Cattle Thieves and a Des-
perate Fight Followed. 81

By q Band of Cattle Thieves and a Dess
perate Fight Followed. 81
Tucson (Ariz. I'd Spe. New York
Journal. One Of the most desperate
Cured between George Scar
borough and posse and a
band of cattle thieves who were
being pursued into the Chiricahua
mountains. The shooting took place
at Triangle Springs, about shutdown
Scarborough had been or the trail of
the thieves for several weeks and pur-
sued them into the toughest portion OF
the C~hiricahuas. The thieves evident
ly planned to ambush the officers, and
Scarborough fell into the trap. Just
as the party were descending into a
canyon the crack of a rife was heard,
and Scarborough fell from his horse.
His companions were the targets for a.
dozen shots, and two were slightly in
jured as they were ~dismounting. A
rifle pit was at once thrown up, and
Scarborough vas dragged under its
protection, while the remaining offic-
ers took up the fight against the des-
peradoes. The outlaws never left their
pOSilIOL, anu hCPI w O. COlol@he ~
in the hope of killing the officers as
they raised their heads to fire. At
dark firing ceased and one of the Of
ficers was sent to San Simon, where he
secured the assistance of a number of
cowboys. The injured officers were
left in the rife pit throughout the cold
night in the snow and sleet, and it was
feared that Scarborough would not be
able to stand the severe exposure.
The band of thieves consisted of six
men who are supposed to be we'll
known cattle rustlers who have been
driving cattle from ranges for many
years. There we're but three men in
the party that Scarborough was trail
ing, but it is believed that the thieves
led the officers to their rendezvous,
where they secured the assistance of
the other outlaws, who took part in
the fight.
The report of the fight says that
ifty shots were fired, and had it not
been for the generalship shown by the
injured Scarborough in ordering his
men to throw up a rifle pit, the entire.
pursuing party would have been wip-
ed out. The cattle men are now or
ganizing a posse composed of cowboys
to follow the trail of the cattle thieves.
into the mountains. 1t is hardly pos
,ible to enter the Chiricahuas without
a repetition of the affair of last night,
owing to the deep canyons and the
natural hiding places afforded by the
precipitous range. George Scarbor-
ough is well known all over the south
west as one of the most daring Of
fcers in the service. He has been en-
gagged as a ranger in Texas, New Mexi-
co and Arizona for many years.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26
CHINESE FOOT BINDING.
Opposition Developing to That An-
cient and Torturlng Custom.


cient and Torturlng Custom.
Some influential Cinnamon are now
advocating the abolition of that shock
Ing and cruel custom of foot binding so
prevalent in the celestial empire. How
common this custom is in China and
how fatal to the welfare of the women
is little appreciated in America. Some
Chinese girls are permitted to go with
unbound feet until they are 6 years
old, when the time arrives for the
bandaging process to begin, and the
golden lilies," as these deformed feet
are called, must be nodded. The ban
dage used for this purpose is made of
substantial webbing two and one-half
inches wide. The process consists prac-
tically in doubling the toes and heels
together, with the toes, except the big
one, bent under. The women, when the
object has been accomplished, and the
foot is encased in the tiny shoe, stand
the big toe. This, of course, cannot be
accomplished. at one but it is the
product of a long and torturing ordeal.
At first the ~bandages are applied rather
loose, but periodically they are drawn
tighter and tighter, as the feet yield to
when the foot is encased in the shoe,
rests on a tiny platform of wood fitted
above and behind the heel for that pur-
pose. The suffering endured by the
victim during the process is beyond de-
scription, and it is not an uncommon
occurrence for outraged nature to pro-
test, and such a diseased condition of
the feet to ensue as to render neces-
sary their amputation. Sometimes the
children will not submit to the opera
ton, and their obstinacy results in
saving the feet. Many children cry
through the long hours of the night
and bring on various nerve troubles.
The New York Tribune states that feet
are bound to a smaller size il Foochow
than in any other part of China, for
the fashionable shoe is only two and
a half inches long, and the consequent
assure where the sole of the
foot should be is about three
inches deep. The feet of a Chinese
woman WELD an important influence
over her life. When she is to be be-
trothed the size of her feet must be
ascertained for the sutton, and great
is the disappointment if the brides
feet prove larger than anticipated.
When the wedding day arrives the
bride draws the bandages as snugly as
possible. The soles of the tiny shoes
are purchased with holes ready made
in the wood near the border, in order
that the wearer may embroider the
shoes and stitch them to the wooden
soles, for the ONE make their own
shoes.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26
Hay Fever In Germany.

The hay fever season is now begin
ming in Germany. In north Germany
it lasts from May 27 to June 8, in.
south Germany from May 20 to May
Is. To counterfeit the mistakes of
those physicians who usually send
their patients to the mountains or out
into the country, an association has
been formed after the pattern of the.
American Hay Fever association,
which has, after careful consideration,
selected the island of Heligoland as.
the most suitable resort for hay fever
patients. The society styles itself
1.-THE Hay Fever Union of Heligoland"
and has it's headquarters in Hanover.
All possible information concerning
the ailment is gathered and advice and
other assistance to applicants is given
free of charge. The union is rapidly
spreading over all parts Of the empire.
particularly in the northern and east
ern sections, where grass and grain
grow in Observation-Disclosures Voltz,
in Bremen correspondence to Chicago
Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26

A device on sale at some of the
shops enables every woman to be her
own fortune teller. 1t consists of a
cup and saucer containing ~astrologi-
cal and other signs of portent and
mystery by which future destinies may
be read in tea grounds. From the SUI
perstitious and ignorant darkies of the
south to the learned and practical spin
sters of New England there is a pecu-
liar reverence in the feminine mind for
tea grounds, often partially concealed
or wholly denied, but still there. A
certain Massachusetts woman was al
ways besought to read the fortunes of
the family and their friends on her
periodic visits to a large circle of
nieces and nephews. At first she
invariably refused to comply. At the
second request she would glance long
ingly at her teacup, then press her
lips firmly together and shake her head
in negation. In the end she always
yielded, and it was difficult TO say
whether she OF the young people en-
joyed the reading the most. Profess
sional or accomplished readers OF fate
in tea grounds may disdain the for
mally prescribed rules of the fortune
telling cup, but the amateur will find
it helpful in cropping her way to the
Interpretation of fortunes" by this
time-honored method.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26
Concrete Took Fire.

Concrete is not usually classed
among the combustibles, so that the
recently reported taking fire of a mass
of that compound in the boiler room of
an electric power station is particu-
larly interesting. A simple enough
explanation for the occurrence was,
however, found in the fact that the
concrete consisted of n part in seven
of boiler furnace ashes, and that the
brick lining under the boilers was
omitted in one place, SO that the fur
mace temperature was readily trans
mitted to the concrete. The latter, as
the Electrical Review of London tells
it, became ignited, and the whole
block, eight feet deep, d~isintegrated;
in consequence it was found necessary
to pull down the brickwork of the boil
ers and remove the whole of the con-
crete block. In the present scarcity
of Coal, the Review facetiously adds,
engineers may find it worth their
while to stoke with concrete!
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26

During the past winter, which has
temperatures in the Northern Hemis-
phere, a similar elevation of temper
AZURE appears to have occurred in the
Southern Hemisphere, which, OF
course, has it's summer when we have
our winter. In South America, South
Africa and Austria exceedingly hot
weather was experienced while our
part of the world was enjoying a mild
winter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26

Heavy is the burden of poetic ances-
tors which weighs on the little son re-
gently born to the Hon. Neville Lyt-
ton, heir-presumptive to the earldom
Of Lytton. Through his father he is
grandson of Owen Meredith and great
grandson of Bulwer Lytton, and
through his mother great-grandson of
Lord Byron and grandson of Wilfrid
Blunt.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26

The establishment of international
telegraphs and telephones has made
possibly direct dialogues between the
foreign offices OF different govern
ments. A writer in the National Re-
view sees herein a tightening of the
duties of diplomatic functionaries and
a possible diminution of their import
ance. The world is becoming one
neighborhood.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26

The studies of the zodiacal light
made at sea lead Mr.. F. ]. Bayldon.
formerly of the British navy, to re-
mark that the air over the Pacific
Ocean appears clearer and better
adapted for celestial observation than
that lying over the Atlantic Ocean.
Honolulu is admirably situated for
clearness of air, and it may become an
important outpost in astronomy. 1t
has already been selected as n OF
the chief points for the study OF the
vibrations of the earth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26

A military expert says, in Harper's
Weekly, that the number of wagons
and animals required to supply. an
army increases in geometric ratio with
zach days march from the base. The
statement makes it easier to under
stand why forces can be moved so
much more rapidly in the offices of
sensational newspapers than in the
field.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26

Lillian Russell Indignantly denies
that she is engaged to William @.
Whitney. Miss Russell's denial was
The first news of the matter that got
into general circulation.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26

A very large attendance has charac-
terized the Paris exposition ever since
the formal opening. The American at
tendance is much larger than was an
ticipated. President Loubet OF he
French republic, attends every dedica-
ton made necessary by the delayed
completion and throwing open to the
public of the various buildings. The
two palaces of fine arts were opened,
with pictures by several hundred Am
erican artists prominently displayed.
American sculptors have a fine dis
play, while architects, engravers, and
miniature painters have a separate
section. It is claimed that America
excels in all the arts except sculpture.
An apparatus that has at least the
merit of novelty is on exhibition in
London. 1t is designed as a checking
clock to record the hour of the arrival
of employees at their places of work.
The novelty consists in a sensitized
Photographic ribbon attached to clock
work. Each employee, as he OF she ar
rives, presses the button of the ma
chine and Immediately his or her pho
tograph, together with a photograph
of the clock showing the moment OF
arrival, is impressed on the movable
ribbon. 1t is said that the photographs
a be made at the rate of 40 a minute.
In a little western town, originally
settled by Quakers, stands a church IN
which the practice of seating men and
women apart still prevails. A few
years ago, a newcomer mustered cou-
rage to cross the aisle and sit beside
his bride. The second Sunday another
man committed the same offence, and
the third Sunday saw a generous
sprinkling of barred heads alongside
spring bonnets. The aged minister,
with outraged sense of proprletyt
chose for his text: Let destruction
come upon him at unawares; and lei
his net that he hath hid catch him
self" and minced no words in exposi'
ton. The men who had dared to stray
from established custom rebelled al
being eternally doomed for sitting be-
side their wives, and left the church il
a body. The result is that today II
that little town stands two church
buildings, side by side, counterparts II
size and paint and outlook; but in one
the sexes are divided by a middle
isle, while in the other 'promiscuou'
sitting prevails. The triviaiftie'
which hinder Christian comfy may
travel far for an apter illustration.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26
The Morning Dram.

An Edinburgh professor says it is
the morning dram" which is the curse
of the country.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26

Uncle Sam use the best of every
thing. Uncle Sam uses Carter's Ink.
He Knows.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15
EllIo, Nevada, Friday, June Is. 1900.

II Is Just as easy to drift into danger
as To drive into it. The progress is slower
but the end is equally sure. II is the
gradual progress of drifting which blinds
10 the danger. Men and women drift into
lll-health in such a way. There is a
little feeling of oppression after eating.
Alter time it passes away. Some day
II returns AMI brings another SYMPTOM
headache, perhaps. Something IS done
to relieve the headache, but nothing TO
relieve the cause. So one more victim
goes drifting on to the rocks of disease.
Young woiIivii Who are teaI:i::::. or
studying are very apt To become victims
OF disease of the stomach. They eat in
Judiciously, i'll some cases, and in gem
cral the brain is too occupied TO allow
the stomach the blood necessary to carry
on its functions. Hence in time the
organs of digestion and nutrition are
totally dcranged, and the young gradu-
ate goes home a chronic invalid.
The timely use of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will avert such a con-
dition the faithful Use OF il in chronic
cases will effect a complete cure.
- was troubled with very frequent headaches.
often accompanied 10y severe vomiting" writes
Miss Mary Belle SuulincrtUn, ofSau Diego Duval
Co, Texas. Bowels were irregular and my
stomach and liver seemed continually out Of
order. Omen could eat almost nothing aud
sometimes absolutely nothing. for twcr'y- four
hours At a time. was entirely unfit for yyorE
ana my whole system seemed 50 run down that
teaTed "a severe sick spell and was very much
discouraged. was advised to try DR. PrrCe's
Golden Medical Discovery. and before finishing
the third bottle was able to undertake th, dri,
ties of public school life and contracted to do 50"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
the complexion and sweeten the breath.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15
OIL FOR TROUBLED WHISKY.
\ simple ENpcdICpt by Means Of
which IA Hard Drinker Kept
Subcr.

IL was after the fourth round OF
Scotch and SOFIA and the little yroup
III the cafe Er,mvu 20 br f., lin. vEat
they i!nd ta',sn all hat enc .irtIr man
with decided English nCrrnI. ENcus.
ing liin~,lf for u Irrmcnt l." walked
"cr"HS the ro"m and. pulling u small
vial from his waistr"nr rr"brt. took
n swallow of n y,l.uwiNh UuiG. But
tn" act had been noticed hy his more
MYSTERIOUS rmTuuioi.s aEo they de
"innd'd Ia kurw what His ,,uuc was.
SAYS the Philadelphia Record.
NO. its not poison" laurhingIy re-
piled the En",!shU:nn as Ia Gf>playcd
ih" vial. "lu u"t i,:rdy io 20 lust vet.
II * "liv" orl and when t,ci mixed up
with II crowd Iih" this ! nIvavs have
r"c"nrsr i0 1t After I haze Lad about
four or five d; imhs coming rati.rr ran
idly "m top uf 'hch other I ruk,. Il s,vnl-
low "f Ill. II seems to have a most
rcmaIE"hlC "II,ct upon the Iiuunr. the
sam" '.stCl that oil has wlru pnurrd
upon & guhlcd wnicrs. When / ndnrt
'hiS ircHtrlGG nIn sure never tu Lr-
come hcTuddlyd. aud rnu trutbfuIIy
say that | hIv" never been drunk i'm
my life. although ! have often taken
more than enough Ia make me So"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15
Nevada IIor.rs ~ Demand.

George Russell sold to Eastern
buyers between 100 ahl 500 head Of
rnngc horses, which we're shipped
yesterday, their destination being
Minneapolis. Tho horsca were as
fine lot as has been shipped from
the State.
Bob blossom will also gather md
ship shortly several hundred head Of
horacs East for which salc Inns nl.
rcndy been cOnsummntcd.
II il evident that Nevada horses
atc in demand IN the East, ms ao far
this ycnr Rcyeral Thousand head have
been shipped from this State.
Several hundred heed Of horses have
been shipped East from Battle
Mountain of Central Ncvadnn.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15

Senator Williams has some sam
plos Of tin orc from tho mines Mt
Sand Springs, Churchill county.
The owners scnt II sample to Swansea
and had il nnnlyHcd. II went 171S
per cent tin and 81 per cent iron.
Tho balance oi the minerals il con.
tanned were silica and other worth.
less minerals. Senator Williams
thinks tho minc good ono and will
probably get up company and
bond il for six months or year and
put in the time prospecting and do.
ing development work. Ncvadu's
grand old mountains contain almost
every known mineral, and tin il not
among the least Important
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15
a RECORD OF lNrAMY.

ln l37 working days the Fifty.sixth
Congress has passed l,2l5 bills, OF
which 2S3 were of public character
and 932 private. tho latter including
large number OF pension bills grow.
out OF the war with Spain. This is
the -record" OF achievement up to
date, the greatest number OF bills ut
any previous session Of Congress.
II is not Tor the number Of ITS en-.
actments. but Tor the character. both
OF measures passed and measures not
passed. that the Fifty.sixth Congress
is unique i'll all the history Of bad
Legislation. No Congress was ever
confronted with great opportunities
or moro urgent demands for wise and
virtuou9 lawmaking. No Congress
ever so bassly betrayed great and
solemn trust. From the he ginning il
has surrendered itself wi,hou. re-
serve to the control Of the most dan
gcrous elements Of our society. to the
men and organizations whose interest
lies i'll thwnrtirg the will of the
people and subvertinG the historic
safeguards Of law md order afforded
by the constitution.
The party pledge to -reiorn the
currency ws met 10y the passage Of
law which practically hands the
constitutional function of ui.crmg
money over To the bankers and trust
companies whose millions contribu-
ted 81 largely to hcktnlcy's election.
\ solemn promise TO admit Porto
Rico into the republic upon terms OF
full fellowship WIS wan.only broken.
III the face OF Il popular protest such
M has seldom been heard in this or
any other country. The passage OF
the Porto Rican act was scene Of
intamy which no American will ever
recall without n blush.
Tho Oft reiterated promise to pass
laws for tho restriction OF trusts waD
Of course not fulfilled. Only the
most thOughtlcss Ind expected
Mckinley administration to tie the
hnnds ot organized wealth; but few
perhaps were prepared Tor such
display Of cynicism HnG contempt for
tho people ~ attended the shelving
OF antitrust enactment tins week.
The extravaganza manifested in
tho numerous appropriation bills
rushed through the Congress con-
stitutes another record oi iniamy.
The waste Of the peoples money il a
necessary part Of plutocracy's pro.
gram.
Tho bill for the construction OF the
Nicaragunn canal wns. with other
measures oi great public importance,
lost III the ignoblc st rcss Of private
interests.
For sins ot omission. no less than
for Sins Of commission. the Fifty
sixth Congress has indeed made
-recOrdN--a record OF iniamy.-Na-
tioDul Democrat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15
noEIsS FOR NEVADA.

The Governor, i'll reply to a dis
pntch from the New York World. has
the following to say regarding the
Boers and tho sort Of welcome they
would get in Nevada. The dispatch
appeared in the World Of June 81:
Carson, Nevada. June .. Nevada
heartily welcome all Beers who may
desire I" come. think they y ould
make most desirable citizens OF the
United States.
"Ihoy are evidently thoroughly
imbucd with the spirit Of liberty and
sclfgovernmont which actuutcd our
Revolutionary fathers in establishing
our republic. They Snow the NAL
ienable rights OF man and defend
them with their blood. Lot the III
come.
"ltEISHOLD SNpLFHT