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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

The compressed air system is largely
used in Paris for power purposes, and
the pressure of theair puts a very exact
ing strain on the joints of the pipe
lines. A special rubber joint, invented
by M. II. Marini. has been used with
much success for this purpose. Nj.
Marini tried Il great number of expert
ments in the endeavor to bring the
rubber up to the degree of strength that
would meet the requirements of the
case. He finally decided that the basis
should consist entirely of the pure Para
product. well vulcanized to which
should be added 40 per cent of white
lead or other solid matter to give it
hardness and to reduce the cost. The
quality was tested by gripping speci-
mems taken at random in n wise with
as great a pressure as could be obtain
ed by hand. If after this treatment
they recovered their normal form and
showed no marks within IL given time
the quality was declared to be salts
factory.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
THE ENGLISH nousEBoAT.

It Differs Widely in Use and De-
sign From the American One.
The few households seer in this
country give an inadequate idea of the
Dnglish houseboat whose existence
served as an incentive to the notion
Of building any over here, but whose
actual model has been very much devi-
ated from.
The palatial Caiman of Mr.. Loril-
lard, recently shown in the Times, is
not to be considered as even a typical
American houseboat, but the few 9th
ers in American waters L equally a
considerable enlargement and i'm
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
An English Hou.cboat.

provement over the Thames creation.
AS will be seen by the accompany.
ing cut, the lines of the English house
boat are not at all graceful. 1t is, in
fact, a simple fat-bottomed scow, with
one story built up for simple house
keeping purposes, and IN upper plat
form protected by an awning roof,
which is the real residence of the
houseboat party. AS the boat is
moored at a pleasant river spot along
with dozens of others, the small row
boats attached are a necessity for ex-
cursions and social visits. The charm
of houseboat life in England is this
very sociability, and at the Henly re-
gatta and at other times the house
boat f1Otilla becomes a gay community
Of social importance. Informal enter
tanning goes on, constantly and the
solitude a deux of the rowboat excur'
sions from the river residence is sc
proverbially fascinating that a house.
boat season is looked upon as a sure
precursor to the announcement of a
batch of matrimonial engagements. Ii
is even more dangerous than canoeing
at Bar Harbor.
Clumsy and inartistic as is the Eng.
lish houseboat per 81 it is transformed
through the regatta season by the
beautiful floral decorations with which
1t is treated. A low wall of flower
boxes surrounds the upper platform
and hanging baskets from every con
ceivable point holding trailing vines
ana blossoms meet the upspringine
| roses, institutions and geraniums. OF
ten at bow and stern, rising from deck
to roof, is set a lattice-wOrk screen
carried well over the doorway and cov
| cred with flowers and greenery, Vir
ginia creeper being the vine usually
selected. At the corners of the roofs
| four tall drain pipes are often fixed
| and are encircled with wreaths of ivy
and filled with bullrushes and reeds.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
LIBERAL PREMIUMS
To Club Raisers on the Campaign
Ofer-The Weekly Press.
The Weewly Pioneer Press expects to

To Club Raisers on the Campaign
Ofer-The Weekly fonee Press.
The Weewly Pioneer Press expects to
double its circulation before election. They
are willing to pay for it.
Read carefully: To zach of the three
persons sending them the largest list of
new SUBJ cribers to the Weekly Pioneer
Press for 10 cents from now until after
election they will present, free of charge,
a complete set of the Americanized Ency-
clopedia Britannica, in ten volumes; 1900
illustrations, 90 full-page maps, new and
complete, valued at $50 per set.
A S75 sewing machine free. To tins lady
sending the largest club will be sent free,
freight prepaid, an elegant fve-drawer sew
ing machine, complete-nickel-plated attach
ments, automatic bobbin winder, oak finish,
etc. No better OF handsomer machine made.
Every person sending a list Of twenty or
more names will receive free a handsome
cloth-bound book-their choice Of 300 titles.
The list Of club raisers and the number
they have to their credit will be published
every week in the Weekly Pioneer Press.
80 every one can tell just where he stands.
1t will be easy. Think Of it! Only 10
cents for the Weekly Pioneer Press until
after election. Every one will give you 10
cents for a great family paper nearly three
months. Tell your friends you are working
for a Prize. They will help you.
Send in your names every week so the pa
pers can be sent promptly. You will re-
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Any number of samples for distribution
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COULDN'T GO.


He Was Sorry, but He Couldn't Go.
The agent of one of the great South
ern railroad lines was sitting in his
Boston Office one day in February last
when there entered two middle-aged
countrymen. They were in their Sun
day clothes, and evidently had come
to town for a days sightseeing and
shopping. There was nothing very
eccentric in their dress or manner, ex-
cept. of course, that they were farmers
dressed up and in Boston. AS they
stepped rather timidly to the counter
one of them said to the agent:
II don't see how I can, really"
The agent was writing a letter, but
at this abrupt remark he looked up in
quiringly.
Fact is" continued the stranger,
Il don't see how I can get away. VIII.
amt very smart, and John is sUlI 60
school, and you know the stock has
got to be looked after"
The agent by this time was rising
from his chair, but he hadn't YEA
found his tongue.
II should like to, awfully," the coun'
tryman went on. II always did think
I should like to see oranges CROWN
and alligators lynn round loose. I've
seen some mighty pretty pictures OF
Florida. Our minister and his wife
went down there four winters ago
Mis- %Sprague's health amt none toe
good any time, and when she got the
grippe Mr.. Sprague said he thought
she ought to go South; so we made w
q puss and sent 'em off"
What is all this about, anyway?
| said the agent, interrupting the farm
er's story in the midst.
why, don't you see, I'm telliRs yot
why l can't go. It's too bad. I'm rea
sorry"
Cant go where?'
Where? Why, to Florida, Of course
When I'm asked a civil question
always mean to give a civil answer
That's why I come in. 1 saw you
notice outside, Are you going to Flor
ida this winter?' and thinks l, I'll g
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

At the recent exhibition of telegraph
ic apparatus in the London Imperial
leading II cable into Il swinging light
ship without twisting it, which has
been adopted in many English light
ships. The cable end. after being
brought ON board. is wound on Il drum,
which revolvcS around Il horizontal
axis in the ordinary way. thus allow
ing the cable to run out and shaken.
Tho drum can also turn around on Il
vertical axis. thus avoiding a twist in
the cable, as the vessel swings and
rides.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

The completest 'snob' is not the
snob himself, but the turnkey of the
snob. 1t is related that a great swell"
in New York society, who kept Il cot
tage at Newport and who spent his
time while there in toadying to stray
E~nglishmen, and especially titled En-
glishmcn, was able to obtain as his but
Ter an English eN-servant of Il duke.
This man labored faithfully to give
his masters establishment every posi-
BILE air of social distinction.
The house was once visited by an
old friend of it's owners humber and
less snobbish days. The guest had
been in the house but a few hours
when he heard the butler address him
repeatedly as me lord"
Excuse me-" said the guest, but
what do you do that for? I'm not a
lord"
Ssh" answered the turnkey. laying
his fingers on his lips. 1T isn't on
your account at all, sir-it's on account
o the 'ouse, sir!.'
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

His best bank is a fine meadow, a big po-
tato patch, a forty in Worlds Fair winter
wheat, and twenty acres in monster rye.
The best meadow is made by sowing Sal
GERS extra grass mixtures THIS A 1t
yields from 3 to 5 tons magnificent hay per
acre. The Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
who are the largest farm and vegetable
seed growers in the world, will send you a
package of new wheat and rye, and cata-
logue upon receipt of 4 cents postage. w
Fortune never changes men. 1t only
brings out what is already in them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

and six months. during which time he
wrote q remarkable treatise on the
stars that at once ranked him with our
leading astronomers.
M. Turpin eve lt'Ially. through some
newspaper friends, obtained a hearing
outside his prison walls, and when
France came to find out how bitterly
he was being prosecuted because in
reality he had spoken too plainly of the
bribery and corruption running riot
through the French government and
it's immediate coadjutors, there was q
loud cutlery and he was released.
From that moment NJ. Turpin an as
tronomer, an inventor, q chemist and
an engineer-perhaps n might also
add, a genius-has been devising an
engine of war which one might well
designate as internal.
1t consists of specially designed can
non, each of which can, when required
be made to work separately, but can
work better together and with more
deadly effect. The annOn are to all
appearances ordinary field pieces, but
running from under the b1eeche to the
| ground is a hollowed-out tube full Of
mechanism, so arranged that nothing
but a shot from an enemy would upset
it's workings. Six of these cannons
arc placed in a line. and the tubes are
inserted in a trough on wheels, which
has been beforehand filed with small
shells. AS soon as the jointings have
been made. which takes seven to ten
seconds, the six guns begin autimati-
cally to belch out their fire, the a%rtiller-
lists having merely to direct them.
When the guns cease firing, it is, of
course. a sign that the trough is empty.
1t is then instantly wheeled away and
the next trough is fastened on. Prac-
tically each trough represents the butt
of a magazine-rite, only that, instead
Of ordinary cartridges, shell is used,
! and there is nc need Of human manipu-
lation to pull a trigger, the entire ac-
ton being electrical, and, Of course
mechanical. A train Of twenty-five of
these Turpin siX-set guns, which are
very light, can throw 1900 shots a
Minute owe a distance of two miles.
so that all the battles of the future
must be determined at a distance
Naval Military Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

The year 1894 corresponds to tue
1SoSth from the birth Of Christ, to the
year 74O3 Of the Byzantine era, to the
year 5654-55 Of the Jewish era (the
latter year beginning at sunset IN
Sept. 3d. to the year 2647 since the
foundation Of Rome to the year 1854
of the Japanese and to the years 1911
II of the Mohammedan era. the year
1912 of the era IS the hegira having
be gun on the 9Th inst.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
Mammoth Electrical Machinery.

The accompanying Illustration repre-
sents one of a pair Of armature stars
or carries which are said to be the
largest in the world. A pair Of these
have recently been made by the Wells
& French company for the Siemens &
Halske Electric company, which will
install them at Toronto, Ont, for street
railway service. The machines when
completed will weigh about sixty tons
each, and have a nominal capacity Of
1000 kilowatts, Or LOGO electrical hcrse
power each, under 500 volts pressure,
and will be over-compounded for II
per cent drop in the lines.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; etfectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
81 Don't See How 1 Can"

in and tell him just how the thing is"
The agent saw that the man meant
well, and after a little pleasant talk
about the beauties of the fiowery pen
insula, he bowed him and his silent
partner out of the office with true BOs-
ton pOliteness. 1t was two days be-
fore he learned hat his country WIS.,
itors were two college students out Oh
q lark.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
An Extra Edition.

Mr.. Spacerate-I congratulate you,
sir. | hear YOU have II twelve-pound
baby. That is quite an addition.
Mr.. Rluelines Ghe editor, abstract
edly)-Yes. We thought we would get
out an extra large edition in honor of
The occasion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Two men at work on an iron ship
at the Norfolk Navy yard were killed
by electricity recently, though there
was no visible lightning flash. The
ship acted as a condenser and conduc-
tor and poured the current through
the men, who were standing in wa
fer
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
Hoods pills cure all liver ills
A Near-Sighted Citizen,

Citizen (excitedly)-Oficer, there is a
dance hall open around the corner.
I heard the music. And on Sunday
night, too!
Policeman-You must be near-sight-
ed. You can see by the bills ut the
front of the house that it amt a dance
hall. It's a sacred concert.-New York
Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
Suicidal

Wife (reading ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to the statistics 1 see that the number
of marriages decreases, while the num-
Der of suicides is increasing.
IIusband-That's easily explained.
How SOP"
Men are beginning to prefer the less
painful method Of getting out of this
world"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
Don't Tread on Me,

vibrates the rattle snake with his rattle.
Sensible people take alarm at the chill
which ushers in cbills and fever. II they
don't know they should, that Hostetter's
dy. Nor should they forget that it rene
dies dyspepsia. liver complaints, nervous
ness and debility, and is a general tonic
without equal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
A BETTER Temperature.

st. Peter-What were you on earth?
Arriving Shadow was Il Living
Picture.
st. Peter-Then take my advice. Go
to the other place. You'll find h cll'
mate more suitable to your apparel.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
A Scientific Weather Prophet.


DIR. Rudolph Falb of Berlin has is
sued his yearly prophecy in regard to
the weather of Europe. Possibly proph-
ccy is hardly the correct word to apply
to his announcement, for the basis of
his calculations is claimed To be ctricily
scientific in theory, being taken from
the central meteorological institute for
the German empire, i'll Hamburg. Prof.
Falb never claimed infallibilty. and
the Emergencies between his prophecies
and their fuliillmcnt have. as Il rule,
been confined within reasonable limits.
Thus. if he forptold Il terrible earth
quake in Eastern Europe, say, for July
II. and it actually took place on The
accomplished Il fair piece of work.
Even Il city man on his way home III
he evening caDnot D" sure he viii
catch his train ami be in time for his
dinner ut his place down in the coril-
try" and earthquakes that have for
mitlIhle obstacles to overcome c2nlot
be expected To he absolutely punctual.
At The same time Prof. Falb has set
himself Ia study these Emergencies.
and now maintains that he has diScov-
cred the principle that underlies them.
The professor laments thai the public
are so woefully ignorant of the first
| principles of meteorological science
| that they can make no allowance for
F! new combinations or the modification
| Of existing conditions. There will, IF
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
Confusion of Tongues.

Fisticuff-They say Corbett speaks
with quite a foreign accent now.
Wittimuff-That must be the reason
that Peter Jackson claims he cannot
understand what he is talking about.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Shc-Do You think we shall always
keep as close TO each other as this
when we are married!
Hc-I think we shall, dear. We are
going TO live in a fiat. you know.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
Fully

Jiggs-Weren't you surprised at the
way things turned out?
Jaggs-No. L expected that the unex-
pected would happen.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

One of the finest bridges in Europe
is now being constructed across the
De, ube at Cernavoda, Roumania. by
French engineers. 1t has a length of
2,4OO feet, divided into five bays. Its
height is 1O3 feet to the roadway and
it's highest point is 1923 feet above
high water. 1t is of steel and IS sup
ported on thirty piers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

ton Is q pOWbrIuis M
MIGRATING tonic and a soothing and strength
enfing n%ervine, purely vegetable, perfectly
harmless. 1t regulates and promotes an sne
digestion, enriches the blood, dispels aches
and pains, brings refreshing sleep, and re-
stores health and vigor. For every female
complaint" it is the only remedy 50 sure
that it can be guaranteed. II IL ooesns
cure, you have your money back.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

PShAoNAAS PsAAAo "S ~
were 80 acute as
to render life a burden. /
began using DR.. Pierce'a
Favorits Prescription. i
used seven bottles In az
many months and de-
rived 80 much benefit
from 1t and the home
treatment m
ed in his Treatise on
Diseases of Women. that
I wish every woman
throughout ouZ land,
suffering in the SAINT
way, may be induced to
give your medicines and
treatment q fair trial"
"Favorite Prescrip-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

There arc lots Of men In this world who
are born to rule, but the other fellows are
such a pack of iguoramuses that they can't
be made to realize it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

De Tanque-Soaque has sold out lis
Manhattan stock, understand.
FizZ-Yvs. he heard that it had been
waterpd.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

II there is anything that worries a mar
who wears patent-leather shoes, 1t Is &c
have boothlacks try to convince him thai
he wants a Shine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

The Boston Globe speaks of "a lady eques-
trienne." A lady equestrienns is a female
woman who takes equestrian exercise on
horseback.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

L, Fashionable young ladies' in Japan, when
they desire to look very attractive, gid
their lips
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.

The telephone Is about to be introduced
into China, and me Chinese might as well
make provision for additional insane asy=
lums at once.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

They are to be directly connect I'd to a
pair of horizontal cross compound con-
dcnsing engines, making eighty rcvolu-
ions Il minute The armature stars are
thirteen feet i'll diameter. and weigh
over ten tons each. The brush carriers
will be about fourteen feet six inches
in diameter. and are being made by the
same concern. The castings anne from
the mold absolutely perfect, without ii
warp. crack, flaw or ~blow-hole, and IRE
now being finished for the armature.
Considering the form and size and the
difficulty in making these castings, the
company is to be congratulated.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

A correspondent asks to know when gloves
came In. Gloves came In when spaIring ex-
hihitions with tn. bare fists were forbidden
by law.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Bedroom windo VS. should never be en-.
t1rely closed If the person occupying the
rooin Is strong.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Thlbet, though nearly half as large as the
United States, has only 1000, 600 inhabit-
ants.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

The man who don't care what others
think of him Is not worth their care.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Karl's Glover !.oot Tea,
Tho great Blood puriner, gives freshness and clearness
to the Complexion and cures Constipation. Csc. ,5Oc..Sl
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

In a great many obituaries at this time of
the year the following words could appro-
priately appear: Departed this life by the
ice-water route"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

"Hanson's Magic Corn snlve."
Warranted to cure or money refunded. Ask your
druggist for 1t. Price 15 cents.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

II the Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Re sure and use that old and welltried remedy, MRS
wrEsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

A tablespoonful of bicarbonate of soda
in a wine glass of cold water will relieve
a mild attack of headache.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
WEEKLY PIONEER PRESS,
st. Paul, Mimi.

Unless than you think more than you talk,
perhaps it would be just as we'll not to
talk much.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

1t Is estimated that England expends an
nually SIS, 900, 600 on pictures.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

Goes Cough RaIsam
IL the Oldest and best. 1t VII break UP n Cold quick
Or than anything else. 1t is alwaEs reliable. Try 1t
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06

MARRIAGE PAPER With 900 .,p.r.sn.i' .ss.;
'xee. CUNNEL,S MONTHLY, Toledo, Ohio.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1894-10-06
MADE LIFE A BURDEN.

MISS G.. F. CRAWFORD, of Limestone, Nc,
writes: "For years l suffered monthly from
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FOR BUSINESS. Short
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Nm
Watercd.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-02

Col. Echols was put on the stand aud
testified that the communication that