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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

1t Takes n Thousand Years for the
Light of Some Stars to Reach U.s.
While, however, it is interesting to
know the distance Of some of the stars
in miles, when stated in that way,
the numbers are so large that they FREE
quently convey very indistinct cOnceps
tons to the mind. For this reason 1T
Is customary to estimate star distances
in Eight years." A light.year is the
distance that light, moving at the rate
of 10000 miles per second, travels in
n year. This amounts in round num-
bers to $780, 900, 900, 900 miles. The
distance of Alpha Centauri is 4.35 light
years; that of Sirius, the Dog Star, is
almost exactly twice as great, or SO
light years. In other words, light re-
quireS Sc years to come to us from
Sirius. AND these are among the very
nearest of the stars. Some, whose par
allaxes have been rather estimated
than measured, appear to be situated
at a distance which light could not
traverse in less than one or two Gen.
turtles. The great star Arcturus, for
instance, has, according to DR.. Elkin,
a parallax of only eighteen One-thous-
andths of a second. It's distance must,
In that case, be about 1S1 light years,
or more than a thousand million mill
ion miles. And if it's distance Is so
great then, since light varies inversely
as the square of the distance from it's
source, it can be shown that Arcturus
must actually give forth 5000 or 6,OOO
times as much light as the sun yields.
Yet Arcturus is evidently much near
err than the vast majority of the starts
are. Not one in a million is known to
have a parallax large enough even to
be intelligently guessed at. There may
be stars whose light requires thous-
ands instead of hundreds of years to
cross the space separating them from
us.
We thus see that only a few points
on the nearer shores of the starry uni
verse lie within reach of our meas
urements; here and there a jutting
headland, while behind stretches the
vast expanse over which the huh
dreds of millions of stars known to ex-
list are scattered.-G. p. Serviss in the
ChautauQuan.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

Worcester, Mass, claims to possess
"the only woman horse-clipper" in the
United States. For twenty-five years
the woman who follows this unique
business has been clipping horses, and
she has made such a success of her
work that there is q neat balance to
her redit in II of the Worcester
banks. Mrs. Curtis was Mrs. William
Drawer when she began to clip
horses. She did 1t at first to assist her
husband, who had more work than he
could conveniently do. Her husband
had doubts as to her ability. but she
had not been long at work before he
admitted her skill. Three years ago
he died, and last year his widow mar
ried Louis H. Curtis. The establish
ment is run by Mrs. Curtis. however.
and she does a great deal of the work
with her W hands. During fl . busy
seasons, from October to December.
and from March to May. she can make
from $40 to $50 a day.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

Tests In kite flying for military pur-
poses have esta blished the following
facts: That a properly constructed kite
can be made to fly In the very lightest
breezes; that by fitting "side lines"
to the kite 1t car be steered out Of the
wind course to an extent Of at least
45 degrees; that In an average wind.
say twelve miles an hour, a kite can
rift Off the, ground a weight equal to
three pounds per square foot area,
SO that a kite of 500 square feet could
lift a man; that If the strink of a kite
carrying a weight breaks the kite
forms a parachute, and descends gent
ly; that the length of the string is
practically unlimited, since, when a
kite has taken out all of the string 1t
Is able to lift the end of the string,
may be affixed to q second kite, and
30 on; that by suitable arrangements Of
cords, etc, a kite may be made to fly
quite steadily without any possibility
of its capsizing; that OF a perfectly
calm day a kite can be; made to float
In the air so long as it Is towed along
at the rate of, at least, four miles an
hour. 1t is believed that in actual war;
fare kites may serve as a means of
communicating between bodies Of
troops Wnen the usual method can not
be conveniently employed. Excellent
pictures of important strategic posi-
lions and movements have already
been taken by making a camera-car-
rying kite hover over q given spot.
A kite may be used for carrying a tor
pedo over the heads of an enemy, for
communicating with a besieged place.
or for raising a man, and in the last
respect a large kite might be employed
instead of a captive balloon. Kites, in
deed, should be an indispensable aux
lliary to a balloon equipment; but the
advantages in their favor are so enor-
nous that In course of time they will
probably entirely supersede balloons.
The only serious objection to the en-
ployment of kites In war is the posi-
bility Of lack of wind force; but, prac-
tically, this is not so great a difficulty
as might be imagined.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
THE PAIN of T~ooTHACHE.
1t il Said That No One Can Recall
the sensation.

1t IL Said That No One Can Recall
the Sensation.
If an ordinary person, who has ut
some time in his career experienced
the miseries of toothache, were asked
If he remembers the pain in question,
there is very little doubt as to what
his response would be. Unquestion-
ably he would say he remembered it.
But this incautious admission might
lead at once to controversial difficult
ties, for 1t appears that psychologists
are In doubt as to whether any one
can, under any circumstances, remem-
Der a toothache or any other pain.
1t seems desirable to follow this
statement at once with the assurance
that 1t is not a Joke. Psychologists, as
a rule, are not humorists, and they
have No thought of being funny when
they assert hat pains and other SEN
sations cannot be remembered. Those
Of them who hold this view are strict
ly In earnest, and mean exactly what
the words imply in their most sober
sense. They are perfectly aware that
we commonly speak of remembering
pains, and suppose that we do re-
member them. But they contend that
in such a case we remember not the
pain itself, but the ideas that were as
ISOLATED with the pain. We remember,
for example, that we were unable to
work because we had a toothache;
that we applied remedies to it unsuc-
cessfully; that finally we went to a
dentist and had the tooth extracted,
and at once gained relief. All this we
remember very wildly, as every one
admits. But, it is said, we do not re-
tain in our minds the slightest trace
of the pain itself as a memory, or of
the sensation of relief that came when
the pain ceased.
To the person not accustomed to
looking sharply into the darker cor
ners of his own mind this will no
doubt seem a very unnecessary split
ting of hairs. But the psychologists
do not SO regard it. They are discuss
ing the matter pro and con with a
good deal Of vigor, this being, indeed,
one. of the controversies hat go to
make up the current history of that
world apart in which the philosophers
iive.-Harper's Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
TOWED BY A BIG CATFISH.
A Fisherman's Exciting Ride on til
Ohio River.

IA E&clinE ftlue ON tne
Ohio River.
Charles Thompson is a fisherman
who feels equal to any fish that swims.
He is proud of the strong fight he
made with a 9O-pound cat he caught
in the river near Tow Head island yes
terday. He caught the fish on a trot-
line that he set the night before thirty
feet from the shore.
When he went out to run his line he
did not notice that anything unusual
was hooked, but when he began to pull
the line in he was not left long ignor-
ant of the fact that he had something
of the nature of a whale. Hank Cor
don, who was also In the skiff, saw
Thompson when he made the first
lurch forward. He "'Iowed something
was up" and sprang to his feet, think
ing that his companion was going
overheard. He caught hold of Thomp-
sons feet with a full determination
that if Thompson went by the board
he would go with him.
In the meantime the boat was spin
ming up the river at a wonderful rate
of speed, and Thompson was lying fat
on MS stomach, with the line almost
cutting his hands in two. The fish
carried the skiff about two miles up
the river and then turned down the
stream with so much suddenness as to
almost swamp the boat. The fish kept
the race up for about two miles down
the river, and finally darted in toward
shore and toward a" pile Of brush,
where it stopped. The skiff hadrbeen
going at such a high rate of speed that
it was run on the shore. The fish felt
secure under the brush and "sulked,"
so the two men began to wrestle with
the problem of how to get 1t out.
Finally Thompson managed it by
jumping into the river and Selling the
fish around the body. For a while it
was difficult to tell WHICH was the fish
and which was Thompson. Gordon
had in the meaStime pulled out his
scaling knife, and when the fish seem
ed to be on top Gordon reached out
apd cut the fish in the gills. After
that the struggle was uneven, and the
fish soon yielded.-Louisville Courier
Journal. %.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
SIX DAYS IN A TRANCE.

-
Alfred wootton Was Put to Sleep BIZ
a Hypnotixer end Watched by Doc.
tors.
A dramatic Illustration of hypnotisn
accompanied by many grewsome fea
lures has been given in London by
Prof. Merritt, who seems to possess ex'
traordinary powers of a mysterious
nature, says the New York World,
He put a man to sleep in a coffin-shap.
ed glass case and kept him there near.
ly a week and at the end Of that time
awakened him in the presence of a
large number of witnesses.
The victim of this achievement, one
Alfred WOotton, is a s~tained-glass
worker, 30 years of age. During the
whole of the time he was asleep or
in a trance he was exhibited in a pub
lie hall. When the experiment was
ready to begin on Monday he had
readily climbed into the coffin-shaped
case, and many people watched the
hypnotizer as he proceeded to exercise
his mysterious power.
Holding Wootton by the forehead
and chin, the hypnotizer gazed stead
lily into the eyes. He then made a few
downward passes from above the eyes
along the side of the face, from time
to time examining the pupils of the
eyes. The man, it was found, had by
this time become rigid. One minute
after the experiment began the hypnO-
tizer asked DR.. Forbes Winslow to
examine the man.
He was found to be thoroughly I'M
conscious. His pulse was SO, the ex-
act number of beats it registered be-
fore he became unconscious. His res
piration was about 16, the breathing
chiefly abdominal. Temperature was
9S.2, or normal. The pupils of the
eyes were contracted almost to disap-
pearance.
Turing the following days the res
piration, temperature and pulse chang
ed slightly, but the man remained in
a trance condition. His beard con
tinucd to grow. When he was awak-
ened by Prof. Merritt the following
Saturday evening he could not be con-
WINGED that he had been in a hypnotic
trance for nearly a week until he felt
the thick growth of beard on his face.
He said it seemed to him that he had
only been asleep for a few minutes.
1t did not take longer than a minute
to wake him up. The professor made
a few passes of his hand across the
mans face and lifted his head and
shoulders from the coffin-shaped case.
Wootton opened his eyes and instantly.
recognized friends in the crowd about
him, with whom he began to converse.
The only notable sensation he expert
enced upon waking, he said, was that
of hunger. A short time after being
awakened he put on his overcoat and
walked out of the building with his
friends. He had been constantly watch
ed during the whole time he was in
the trance and evinced much interest
in the records of the doctors.
Prof. Merritt had previously tried a
similar experiment with one Henry
Nolan but the doctors who were
watching. his case expressed the opin-
ion that Nolan was not physically
strong enough to undergo the ordeal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
The Nuisance Must Stop.

st. Paul, Specialize crusade now
In progress against the various smoke
nuisances in the city is beginning to
bear fruit. Judge Willis, in the dis
trict court, to-day granted a perpetual
injunction in the case of NJ. Louis d.
Fernstrom V S the Capital City Invest
ment company and Alexander Cath
cart, and allowed the plaintiff $1,000
damages against the company and 81
against Cathcart. The obnoxious
smoke stack in this case is connected
with the Gilman Terrace, a large fat
building situated on Laurel avenue.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

ats surprising he said as he threw
down his newspaper. that some peo-
pie should think that free coinage at
sixteen to one should stand any
chance"
John" she commented severely,
I'm ashamed Of you. 1t seems to me
that for the last six months you have
done nothing but talk horse racing!'
Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

She-Really, l don't think we ought
to associate with the Higginses any
ore. They are such immoral people.
He-Immoral? Why, what makes
you say that?
.She-Well, they are. Why, our Es-
ther was over there the other morn
ing, and, do you know, she says that
they had pie for observation-disclosures
Vile Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
A Yankee, probably a Maine ma

A Yankee, probably a Maine man,
has Invented a door knob that renders
a latchkey superfiuous. 1t is stated
that the tumblers of the lock are so
arranged as to get 100000 combina-
tons, by rotating the knob about it's
axis to each of five angular positions.
which are determined by the sides of
the hexagon assuming the vertical.
There is much more to the description,
but enough has been quoted to indi-
cate that a c~onvivialist trying to use
the combination would be found
asleep on the doorstep and standing
on his head.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
The whisky Ring Re~ceivership Ex.
tended to st. Paul,

st. i'aul. Special. = In the United
States circuit court at st. Paul, John
McNulta has been appointed receiver
of the property of the Distilling and
Cattle Feeding Company of Illinois,
having its principal place of business
in Peoria. MeNulta was heretofore
appointed receiver for the company
by the United States circuit court for
the northern district of Illinois. The
r%eceivership here covers the plant
known as the st. Paul distillery. The
petition was filed by Stephen D..
Bayer. ID. G. Bennett and Hugo Blum.
enthal of New York.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
The Serneut,s Trick.

The power of continuing motionless
with the lifted head projecting for
ward for an indefinite time is one of
the most wonderful of the serpent's
muscular feats, and is one of the
highest Importance to the animal,
both when fascinating It's victim and
when mimicking some inanimate OBJ
ject, as, for instance, the stem and
bud of an aquatic plant; here it is only
referred to On account of the effect it
produces on the human mind, as ell
HANGING the serpent's strangeness. In
this attitude, with the round, nnwink-
ing eyes fixed on the beholder's face,
the effect may be very curious and UNI
canny.-Fortnightly Review.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

Washington. Special. The year-dd
mystery of the disappearance of the
bicyclist LEM has been solved at last,
as shown by the following cablegram
received at the state department to-
day from United States Minister Ter
rll at Pera, the summer residence Of
h diplomatic corps near Constantine
pie:
"Olney, Washington.-British consul
at Erzeroum informs me that LEM,
the cyclist, was murdered near Dahar
by five Kurds, whose names he gives.
Arrest and punishment demanded by
me at the sublime porte and the CO.
operation Of British consul requested
"-Terrill."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

London has public cycles for pas
senger uses. They are operated by
two men and have seats inside for
two people. This is an early and per-
haps clumsy form of a feature that
will doubtless be introduced into city
street traffic before long. There
should eventually be a vehicle which
a be managed entirely by one man.
The Japanese have had tinkrikshns
for many years, and they are the SIM
plest- form Of the man-propelied car
rage. The London cycles are proba-
bly, cheaper and easier than the cab,
and must be especially useful for
sight-sssra.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

Teacher-WhO were the three SONS
of Noah?
The Class-Shem. Ham and Japheth.
Teacher-Where did the descendants
of Shem settle?
Tue Cass-.In Asia.
Teacher-Where did the children Of
Japheth settle!
The Class-In Europe.
Teacher-Whcre did the children of
Ham settle?
Bright Boy (after a pause)-My faith
err says they're all Oh the stage.--Bos-
ton Ira nscript.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

"You have. been here BEFORE" said
the judge.
Eyes, yer honor" replied the pris-
oner
Il have been in the habit of giving
you thirty days. l guess I'll make it
sixty this time"
THANK We, iedge. They's nothin'
like giving a stiddy customer extra
measure oncet in a while. Eff they's
enything hate it's shootin', an sixty
day1l jes' carry me over o's l kin be
sure of havin' things quiet on the
Fourth of July."-Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

Bismarck must still feel that he
counts for something In German poll
tics Of the day. A Socialist orator has
Just denounced him as the great orr
ganizer Of disorder, a worse enemy to
Germany than ten wars, and "a baron
Of the Middle Ages, who knows only
how to kill and steal" The old Chan
cellor will easily live to be 80 if his
enemies talk in this strain.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

People of middle age can remember
when the only use for India rubber
was to erase pencil marks. The i'm
portance of the article now is indicat-
cd by the fact that in the first three
months of 1895 this country paid 49,
eco, 230 for its importation. The India
rubber tree has become industrially
one of the most remarkable in the
whole list.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
Gov. Francis IN silver.

st. Louis. Special. Gov. Francis,
asked what he thought about a silver
convention being called by the Demo-
cratic committee, said: 81 sincerely
hope that the committee will not call
a convention. There is no necessity
for 1t as l can see, and in my judg-
ment it would be a grievous political
mistake. 1t would create a chasm in
the party"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

An American Society for the I'M
provement OF Speech is being formed.
The practical good to be accomplished
by such an organization Is slightly
problematic, but there Is certainly
room for improvement, both in voice
and enunciation, among the Ameri.
can DeoDle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

A Maryland man who brought suit
for $1,000 for breach of promise has
been informed by the judge that a
woman who has promised to marry
may change her mind and marry some
body else without being liable to legal
damages. The new woman is not
quite u that this is a satisfactory
decision.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
Poison is doubtless considered a leg.

Poison is doubtless considered a leg
itimate weapon of warfare by Spain.
The report that it is to be resorted to
in Cuba, If true, is an impressive evil
dence Of the strength of the insurrec-
ton. An army whose supply agent
and recruiting officers elude the Unit
ed States at will is certainly a serious
menace to Spanish rule in its own do
main.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

Harriet Beecher Stowe reached the
age of SO last week, and is reported
to be in excellent physical health.
Her royalties on "Uncle Toms Cabin"
have expired and it Is to the honor Of
her publishers that they still allow
Mrs, Stowe a share in the sales of her
historic book.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

The British army has a total
strength according to the latest Blue
Book, Of 222,151. If England carries
out all its schemes Of selling the
choice places Of earth it will be able to
garrison each M with a corporal and
ten men.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

It is said that Queen Victoria con-
siders young Irish women the most
beautiful in the world. As they have
long had the reputation of being the
wittiest, they ought to be satisfied
with their share of natures gift.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

Prof. Floyd Davis, Chemist to the
State Board of Health of Iowa, says:
"The Royal has the highest leavening
power of any baking powder examin-
ed, and is composed of pure and
wholesome ingredients, well mixed,
and of a character perfectly proper
for use. No other powder gives re-
suits so satisfactory" .r Sc
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
Safe Offer,

"Did you ever hear of Nocash's most
generous offer to the town Of Little
ton"
mo; what was it?"
Gle offers to give the town $4,000
for a free library if the citizens will
raise a similar amount"
"But Nocash is not worth $500, 900"
Neither are the citizens Of Little
ton"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29
Medics Elect Officers.

Duluth, MINI, Special. The State
Medical society to-day elected officers
as follows: President, DR.. Frank ALL
port of Minneapolis; first vice presi-
dent, DR.. J. H. Dorsey of Glencoe;
second vice president, DR.. e. Y. Chill
ton, Howard Lake; third vice presi-
dent, DR.. ID. N. Jones, Gaylord; secre-
tary, DR.. Ignatius- Donnelly; treasurer,
DR.. r. j.. Hill, Minneapolis. The next
meeting will be held in Minneapolis.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

Georgia apparently is about to storm
the world with a great rush Of
peaches and melon. The peach Or
chards Of Georgia have become a great
feature in its agriculture, and a Few
late frosts in Delaware hereafter will
be of no great consequence. As for
Georgia melons, the crop to be moved
this year Is about 5000 car loads.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

1t will be interesting to those. who
believe that ship canals are mons our
immediate needs, to know that the
Manchester canal, which a year ago
was pronounced a financial failure,
has proved itself a paying institution.
1t has always been a good thing for
Manchester, but has lost money as an
enterprise. This year, however, 1t has
begun to pay on its own account, and
the receipts for the first four months
were $4,000 more than for the CORE
spending period of last year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

Prof. G. w. Drew, Chemist to the
Minnesota State Food and Dairy Com
mission, says that the Royal being
of greater strength than any other.
and possessing better keeping quail
ties, 1t is the natural conclusion that
1t is the best baking powder made.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

1t does not appear that any baking
powder, when presented in competi-
ton with the Royal. either ct the
Government tests or before Worlds
Fair juries, has ever received favor
or reward over the Royal or made an
equal showing in purity. strength or
wholesomeness.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-29

The Royal Baking Powder is the
purest and strongest baking powder
made, and has received the highest
award at all the great International
and State fairs wherever exhibited
in competition with others.