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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
HOW GRAND Conauered the Mn1es.

How Grant Conquered the Mules.
Maj. ]. A. Watrous, u. S. A., tells, in
the Saturday Evening Post, several
good stories of Gen. Grant when he
was a lieutenant in the Mexican war.
One is the mule story. He tried a de-
tail of men and many ropes, but the
mule got the better of the experiment.
Then his happened:
Returning, he gave orders to take
the next victim to a large rock. 1t was
backed as closely to the obstruction as
possible without actually touching it.
Half a dozen men were told to hold the
brute by the head, ears n neck, and
on no account to let it advance from
the rock. Then a man was told to clap
a harness on quickly. AS soon as the
buckles began to fasten the mule be-
came restless. Pretty soon it made a
sudden lunge and succeeded in getting
four feet away from the rock, and then
the fun began. His heels cracked
against the rock savagely for a short
time. 1t was a new experience, and,
apparently, a painful one, for the bat
tered hind feet were lifted again and
again, but very gently, and only one at
a time, while it's head shook and it's
ears Topped. That mule was cured,
and the problem was solved. The de-
tail returned to camp late that evening,
having accomplished it's mission-tak-
ing the kick out of a drove Of as I'M
manageable mules as ever hauled pork
and bareback.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

King Victor Emmanuel has done
that which becomes a true man. and
therefore something not unbecoming q
king. Lieutenant Bresci, brother of
the assassin of King Humbert, has had
to endure such suspicion and dislike
because of his relationship with the
murderer, that his position became in
tolerable, and he forwarded to the
king his resignation from the army
Not only was the resignation declined
IN words which revealed the generos.
lty OF a manly mans nature, but the
king, as a proof of his confidence in
the loyalty of a gallant and deserving
onlcer, promoted him to a ~captaincy.
with the command of a fort ON the
Austrian frontier. 1t was a magnani-
nous thing to do, and the young king
mas given evidence that he possesses
at least one of the qualities that made
MS father and grandfather worthily
popular.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

Il always know when I've interrupt
ed an afternoon nap. / have to wait
about twenty minutes for the girl to
dress and then when she does come in
her oeaming smile is SO brilliant I
realize at once she has been saying
naughty words all the while she has
been scrambling into a gown and
twisting her hair up. I'm SO sorry to
have disturbed you,' / say APOLOGIZE
cally. 'Oh, you didn't she replies,
cooingly. Really, / was almost
dressed when you came and then T
am morally certain of my diagnosis
of the case. If there is anything that
will make a girl hate another one it is
to have to make a lightning toilet on
her account. Because when the caller
is gone she has to do it all over again,
you see.
Il don't think I was cut out for a
society person, because every time I go
calling | get into trouble. The other
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

1t has been stated that the name of
Oklahoma means beautiful land" but
missionaries who have made special
study of Indian languages dispute it.
They say that it is a Choctaw word,
and means red people" Truth is more
to be desired than sentimental appro-
p~rlateness, of course. but beautiful
land" would so aptly describe Okla
homa that we regret that it is not the
true significance of the word.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
ACCIDENTS ON
STEAMBOATS,

Among 900, O00, 900 passengers car
ried only 206 persons lost their lives
on steamboat vessels within the juris-
diction of the United States during the
last fiscal year, of which A were pas
sengers and 1872 members OF the crews.
During the same year there were 1888
boiler explosion on land which killed
29S persons and wounded 456 others.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

day | went to see
Louise Marks. I
knew her at school
and she has just
married and come
to Chicago. There
was a s~harp-nosed,
elderly lady in the
reception o
when I got e
also waiting for
Louise. We bowed
in the truly re-
served ana SUSPECT
ouS way women
have toward stran-
gers of their own
sex. After the ell
derby lady had
looked me over and
concluded I did not
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

aesthetic side of
ones nature. Ari-
adne says, how.
ever, it is cali
culated to turn the
whitest, most gilt
tering soul a murky
black and she for
I'M prefers some
less eircutious
route to destruction
-burgling or
downright murder,
for instance.
1t began the sum-
mer she brought
back six carefully
packed slips from
gorgeous dou-
BILE g%eraniums she
found in the luxu-
gardens of the
town she had Wis
N" ...
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

lady holly. I gave them the rugs my
SELF And just then Louise blew in.
ut seems the snappy elderly lady
was her mother, who had come for her
daughter to go calling with her. But
anyhow she started the gossip herself.
1 eve did like bonnets with pink
roses in them"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

The State of Oregon has issued war
rants for over 500, 900 within a year
past for bounties for predatory wild
animals killed within its limits. The
bounty is paid on scalps of coyotes,
Wildcats, mountain lions, panthers,
cougars, gray wolves, and timber
wolves.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

SIX ladies now rank in the profess
sor1ate of Swiss universities. Berne
has four, one protesting the history of
philosophy; Others are in the depart
ments of surgery and of the Telluric
observatory, while the fourth is civic
librarian. At Zurich there are two,
both in the department of surgery.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
Chi OF the old nIock.

The Good Manipulating marbles on
the Sabbath! Boy, l shall so In and
inform your father.
The Bad Boy-Paw amt home.
The Good Man-Where is he?
The Bad Boy-Playin' golf!-Chicago
News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
Propossd Alliance with England

If the United States and England should
form an alliance, the combined strength
would be so great that there would be
little chanc for enemies to overcome us.
keep up their bodily strength with Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, there is little
chance of attacks from disease. The old
time remedy enriches the blood, steadies
the erves and increases the appetite.
Try it for dyspepsia and indigestion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
eUPUYRR. . MONTANA.

At the Kansas City stc,E Yards a
Hereford COW was rers4u. sold for
$3,700, the highes: price on record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
MAKING CALLS

There are times said the girl in
pink, when a yearning to be conven-
tional like other women clutches me
and then dress up and make a round
OF calls I've owed for months. 1t has
all the excitement of novelty. On
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
SOME vAGARIES or TIE DAY

down on that. Primroses are fragile
and easily discouraged growths.
How awkward of mel cried How
ell, as Ariadne made a wild gesture
of DESPAIR. He jumped away hastily
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

Professor W. P. Amalizki of Warsaw
University has discovered in North
Russia skeletons of an antediluvian
race of giants nearly ten feet in
height.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

dows-Ariadne boards-in a blaze of
scarlet and pink and white and green.
She set the si1 slips in six earthenware
pots and waited. They didn't seem in
terested in her anxiety. She flooded
them with water and they were obstl-
nate, she left off watering them and
they never budged from their sulky
behavior. Some of them had three
leaves and others had two. She set
them put on the back porch and the
cat knocked over two plants, bugs ate
up two more and she stepped on the
fifth. The sixth she tucked off in a
corner and ignored. She was plainly
discouraged.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
PURSUED BY FATE

Raising plants in the house seems on
the surface a harmless pastime and
calculated to help on the growth of the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
through.

she sighed, Just my luck" and with
the scissors cut off all the stems an
inch from the roots. Perhaps it might
grow again if the roots were unin-
jured. She told this latest mishap to a
friend that afternoon.
"Goose!" said the friend, ut wasn't
frozen! Leaves of an umbrella plant
always act that way when there isn't
enough water given it! You've spoiled
it,"
"And there were seventeen stalks,
four feet high" remarked Ariadne
gently. She began to think possibly
it was intended she should not grow
plants.
However, she tried some more ge-
raniums. She bought one from the
florist which had three branches and
four stalks of blooms. She invested in
a palm and a primrose. She set them
In a row "a the front window of her
sitting room. The palm Immediately
curled UP at the edges and grew jaun-
diced, but for a week the geranium
fourished and Ariadne began to have
hopes. Then one evening Howell Van
Rensselaer, Gibbon called. In the
course Of wandering about the room
he sat down on the broad windowsill.
AS he had ~carelessly selected the spot
occupied by the primrose he also sat
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

The Epigrammatic She.
you seem to like his attentions. Why
don't o marry him?"
Because I like his attentions."-
Brooklyn Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

Then some one gave her a Jerusalem
cherry tree. This delightful plant is a
little two-foot spreading bush laden
with crimson berries the size of a cher
ry. 1t is beautiful to behold and
Ariadne was so pleased she almost for
got the geraniums. She knew dust
choked leaves, SO she gave the cherry
tree thorough drenchings with the bath
spray twice a week. Presently every
leaf turned yellow and the cherries
dropped of. She sought a florist and
poured out her woes.
Strange" said the florist, who was
a sympathetic man. But treat it as
] just told you. And oh, yes" as she
turned to go, "above all things, don't
sprinkle water on the leaves or the
plant-just pour it around the roots.
Otherwise it won't live"
Thank you,' said Ariadne, feverish-
1y, and went home and beat her head
against the wall. She threw the cherry
tree into the ash barrel that evening.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

and knocked over
the gorgeous ge-
ranium, which ex-
ecuted a somersault
and landed head
foremost on the
floor. Geraniums
are brittle and
likely to snap. This
one went off like a
package of fire.
crackers, for, as
has been said, it
had many branches.
Bless mel re-
marked Mr.. Gibbon
and Q still, not
daring to move.
Ariadne knows
what p~oliteness and
social usage re-
quires of one. Any
or less couldn't
how,a few lies O
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

intend to strange her and steel her
gold-mounted card-case and after I had
decided she possibly was worth know
ing in spite of the pink roses on her
bonnet, she said something vague about
the weather.
Yes, isn't it?' l agreed. | was
glad she had spoken, for it is CHASTITY
to sit in the same room with somebody
you can't talk to. Louise was really
awfully long and the elderly lady had
evidently been waiting quite awhile. I
think it is very bad in a
young person to keep people dangling
on their pleasure said the terrible
person tartly after ten minutes.
Il was in a hurry to get a lot of
visits in and didn't like it either. so
do l. l agreed, but Louise always was
disregardful of other folks. | knew
her at school. She would take her
time primping and getting her hair at
the right angle if the whole college was
delayed. 1t is awful to be so vain
THE old lady nodded vigorously and
looked at me with new and what
seemed to be respectful interest.
They've pretty rugs, don't you think?'
she asked, glancing at the floor. Yes
I agreed, and then smiled. That one
over there l remarked chattily,
Louise got while she was in college.
1t is imitation, but nobody can tell it.
/ suppose the rest are, too
"'They aren't!' banged out the old
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

She tried IN umbrella plant next. Il
was winter time and when one morn
ing all the tall stems with their sway.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11
vERDTs SECRECY.

The Late Composer Was Very Rich,
Thanks to Careful management of
the RicaPJix.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-11

like a wheat
field after a
halls t o + N
has been
through it
Evening star., 1901-11-26
81 1t
AGAIN,sINs CHARGE.
Mr.. A. r.. spohferd lectures Befo,
Columbian Uhfvefsity Students.

Mr.. A. r.. spoff6rd lectures Before
Columbian Univefsity Students.
After an extended absence in Europe.
where he has been engaged in the selection
Of books for the Congressional Library. Mr..
Ainsworth r. Spofford has resumed his
work at the Columbian University. and last
evening gave his opening lecture to menu
bers of the first and second year classes in
library science.
Mr.. spofford prefaced his remarks by
general advice to the class as to the best
methods Of note taking to be applied dur
ing his subsequent lectures: and emphasized
wen a. present use. The training afforded
by. this library science course. he said.
differing widely from actual library work.
He spoke of the special aptit ude shown by
women for this profession. as evidenced by
the fact that the women engaged in the
work far outnumber the men In the largest
libraries of the country, Drexei institute,
for example, employing nineteen women
and one man, and Pratt Institute twenty
three women and two men. while forty-nine
out Of 100 municipal libraries and thirty
Evening star., 1901-11-26

Mai. Sylvester Opposed to Reopening
Police Pension Cases.

Maj. Sylvester Opposed to Re0pening
Police Pension Cases.
Major Richard Sylvester, the superintend-
ent of police, has recommended to the Dis
trict Commissioners policy Of not reopen
ing police pension cases for the purpose of
allowing an increase of pay. He says:
II believe it would be a bad precedent
opened and an increase allowed. There are
many borne on the pension roll who would
take advantage of such course II 1t could
be opened to them"
from the major and superintendent of the
department was that of former Private E.
A. H. Rinck, who was retired January 16,
1900. on a pension Of $40 per month. He
has applied for an increase to $50 per month.
ter says: IT have to state that the board
of officers of this department which was
appointed to consider and pass upon this
mans retirement recommended an allow
ance of $40 per month, which to my mind
was consistent in this, that during his
eleven years of service he was absent on
account Of sickness 414 days. an extraya-
CANT percentage of loss of time.
I'm other words, he was retained on the
force after he had become debiIftated
often employed on light duty, and did NOT
have to suffer the usual rigors incident TO
the life of policeman"
Continuing Major Sylvester recommends
the policy as stated above in regard to re-
opening pension cases and the Commission
ers have approved.
Evening star., 1901-11-26
SUGGESTION WTTHDRAwN.
Changed Conditions Cause Survevo
+ to Make New Recommendation.

Cnan8eO SOn01tiOns cause Surveyor
to Make New Recommendation.
Henry B. LOCKER, the District surveyor.
has notified the Commissioners that In
view of entirely changed conditions since
his recommendation as, to the employment
of Messrs. Howell & Taylor on the resur-
vey OF the Barry Farm subdivision he
withdraws the recommendation and sug-
gests that the work be done by Mr. HAGEN,
second assistant In the surveyors Office.
Mr.. Hazen will be assisted by william ].
Latimer, jr.. and members OF the present
force in the employ Of the surveyor. Mr.
Latimer is to be rated as q rodman and paid
81 per day. Mr.. Locker reiterates his rec
ommendation in the former communication
Evening star., 1901-11-26
RESTRAINING ORDER REQUESTED.
| To Prevent Prosecution of Certain
Suits at Law,

Prevent prosecution OF certain
Suits at Law.
Warren F. Brenizer, by his attorney, A.
A. Hoehling, jr., today filed suit in equity
strain s. s. Daish & Son from prosecuting
certain suits at law before several justices
of the peace.
The complainant states that he is en-
ployed in the opening of Sd street north
west under a contract with the District
Commissioners and is under bond to COM
plete the work within four months.
He declares that 1t became necessary
in the progress of this work to and op-
crate a tramway for locomotive and train
of cars to cross portions Of n street, Flor
ida avenue, Delaware avenue and. I'd street
in the vicinity Of the place of business Of
the defendants, and he received permission
from the District Commissioners for this
purpose.
filed September 3, 1901, to restrain him
from the operation of this tramway, which
he alleges is necessary for the completion
of the work within the time limit.
This request was refused by the court
and the bill was subsequently dismissed.
Later this defendant, it Is alleged, institu-
ted suits for damages, eighteen in number,
before six different justices Of the peace,
claiming damages to Its business, result
ing from the operation of this tramway
and 1t Is to restrain the prosecution of
these suits that he files his BILL claiming
that if he Is required to answer and de-
fend these several suits, his time will be
so taken up as to virtually operate as a
suspension of the work, which he Is under
bond to complete within the specified time.
AS a further reason for the issuance of
the restraining order, Mr.. Brenizer alleges
that the work Is nearly completed. and the
time will shortly arrive when the use Of
the tramway may be discontinued and the
surface Of the roadways over which 1t was
operated restored to its former condition.
Evening star., 1901-11-26
Leak In water Pipe.

g. w. Bingham recently requested the
District Commissioners to Investigate
leak in the water pipe in front OF his prem
ises g. S02 11th street northwest. He said
the leak resulted from a prior leak caused
by the point OF a pick. which could be
plainly seen. The damage was done. no
doubt, he says. when the electric car
tracks were put in. the work necessitating
change in the line Of the water pipes
The writer has been informed that no work
done by the water or sewer divisions of
the District government caused the dam
age.
Evening star., 1901-11-26
Permit to BE Granted.

waiter c. Allen. the electrical engineer.
mas recommended to the District Commits
sioners that a permit be granted the United
states Electric Lighting Company to con-
meet by maDhole their new conduit on
!4tn street with the Columbia railway con-
ouit at New York avenue. for the purpose
Of furnishing power to that railroad from
the United States plant at 14th and B
streets The recommendation has been ap.
proved by the Engineer Commissioner.
Evening star., 1901-11-26
Awarded q, 900 as Damaxe..

Martha A. Cruit was awarded $1,000 dam
ages against the Columbia Railway Com
pany today by a jury In Circuit Court No.
1. An accident happened April s, 1900, on
piaintin claimed $4,000 for an alleged in
jury to her dip and other bodily bruises in
CURED at that time. Attorneys A. A. Lips
comb and Philip Walker appeared for the
plaintiff.
Evening star., 1901-11-26

that William J. Lattmsr. ST., be employed
as consulting Surveyor. and paid $500 for
all Of his services. both In the field and in
the office.
"It is believed" says Mr.. LOCKER, 'that
the present markal .leasening of orders for
surveys VIII be maintained long enough to
enable this extra .Eork to be done with the
present office forca Without too much inter-
ruption." a. 1 Is
Congress recently appropriated the sum
of 81 coo for thenresnrvey Of the Barry
Farm, it being shown that the old lines
are not true in a greatmany instances.
Evening star., 1901-11-26
THE REPORT DENIED.
Current RumOF of Prospective Dta
charges at the Navy Yard.

rumor was current this afternoon that
a heavy reduction was to be made In the
force at the Washington navy yard with
In the next few days Rear Admiral
oNeil. chief Of ordnance. said this after
noon to Star reporter that the report
was not true. but was probably based on
the fact that instructions had been given
that no more men be taken on until other
wise ordered. This action was necessftated
by the condition of the appronriation
Evening star., 1901-11-26

The District Commissioners have approy-
ed the recommendation of Major Richard
Sylvester. the superintendent of police, that
all persons be prohibited from catching bait
within the waters Of the bathing beach IN
the monument grounds. He says II hAs
come to the knowledge OF the police depart-
ment that the law has been violated there
Evening star., 1901-11-26
Eifth street Exten.ion.

The District Commissioners have received
a copy OF the verdict of the jury In the
matter OF the extension OF 5th street and
have forwarded 1t to the auditor for the
District for the payment of awards and to
the special assessment division for its ac-
tion in the matter Of assessments.
Evening star., 1901-11-26
one out Of sixty-seven private libraries are

The Importance Of the librarians work,
he declared. was second to that Of no other
profession. affording as it does almost un-
limited opportunities to reach ana influence
for good all classes of people.
Professor Spofford is in charge Of the
course In library economy at the university,
assisted by Messrs. PresneIl and Williams,
and his lectures will be regularly continued
to the close Of the college year In May next.
Evening star., 1901-11-26
DATE OF POLICE INSPECTION.


Finishing UnifOrms.
The annual inspection Of the police de-
partment will begin Monday Of next week
instead Of this afternoon on account of the
failure Of the tailors to finish their work
on the uniforms. Three days will be re-
quired by the members Of the inspection
committee, and the result win be an
noCnced the 18th Of next month, the day Of
the annual parade, at which time the fag
will be presented. The fire department nag
Will be presented the same day.
Evening star., 1901-11-26
Funeral of william Gwfn.

The funeral Of William Gwin, the veteran
messenger Of the Secretary Of State. who
died suddenly Sunday evening. will take
place from the Plymouth Congregational
Church, corner 17th and P streets, to-
morrow afternoon at O'Clock, and the in
terment will be at Harmony cemetery.
Evening star., 1901-11-26

Chnb and fsyes = bstf1s a GROVES TAgrD
LIS CHILL TONIC. lt b stnplx iren and Quiuins
- sasteaess foe9s No eurs-ae pay. fr1cs. Soc.
Evening star., 1901-11-26
Now We Follow

with another Thanksgiving
prize!
The Silk Department made
a special purchase. One which
silk buyers will hail with de-
light A line of silks which
will fit holiday buyers
All Silk Colored Satin
Duchesse, full 20 inches wide,
worth Soc. per yd., for 4oc.-
remember this is a firm woven
material with a heavy satin
facing, finished bright and lus-
trous, in the following colors:
Old blue, hello, cerise, apple
green, medium brown, plum,
bluet, cardinal, lilac and bright
myrtle-most beautiful for
evening gowns, waists or for
fancy work for
the Holidays AM-
per yd. .......
ON SALE CENTER BARGAIN TABLES.
FIRST FLOOR, OPPOSITE THE SILK
DEPARTMENT.