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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09
Making n Water Bicycle.

At first sight a water bicycle would
seem a difficult thing to construct, but
really it is very simple. Take W
cylindrical air floats, and placing them
parallel with each other, fasten them
together at a suitable distance apart.
Here you have a raft. Now suspend
the frame of the bicycle between the
two, so that the front wheel will
pass into the water to the depth OF
two or three inches. This forms the
steering apparatus. Now fix to the
Spokes of the rear wheel cross pieces
of. wood, precisely as the wheel of a
side-wheeled steamer is constructed,
and the propelling power is gained.
The whole is capable of great i'm.
provement, for as now the. ordinary BIZ
cycle is applied to the float, special and
much cheaper forms could be got up,
and also more of an advantage could
he had in the economy of power. In
| deed, one would have to go but a few
| steps further, and attach the twin
screw propeller to the aquatic novelty
to produce desired results. AS it now
stands, the scope of the idea is limit
| ed to still water, the slightness Of the
| affair making it dangerous in its appli
cation to waters in any way turbulent
Hardware.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

Impoverished land is now "vaccin-
ated' on the continent of Europe. 1t
is generally known that land is en-
riched by planting 1t occasionally with
a leguminous crop like clover or lu-
cerne, the roots of which absorb more
nitrogen than they take from the
ground. Where the nitrogen came
from was the problem. Messrs. He'll
riegel and Willfarth have discovered
that the absorption is due to minute
organism, a sort of disease in the
roots, which, when the supply of nj
trogen from the sol begins to. fail,
appear as an excrescepce, draw nitro
gen from the air and so enrich the soil
again. Experiments have been made
in France and Germany to hasten the
growth of the disease by sprinkling
the fields with soil in which tubercu-
lous crops have been grown OF with
water in which they have been steep
ed. In Prussia a field was sown with
lupins, one part of it was then treated
In the ordinary way, the other inocu-
lated from an old lupin crop; the yield
In the latter part was five and a half
times as great as In the other.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09
MISER WORTH 100000.
Plummer Jewell Had Seventeen
Bank Books Hidden Away.

Plummer Jewell Had Seventeen
Bank Books hidden Away.
Quite a sensation was created at
Manchester, N. H.. when it was learned
that Plummer Jewell, who died OF
June IS, last, and was supposed to be
a poor man, had been a miser. He al
ways lived in the cheapest manner pos
sible. His shabby dress created much
comment and attracted not a little
pity.
1t appears that shortly before he
died the family where he was board
ing discovered that he had money. One
day, being unable to get out himself
to the Merrimac River Savings Bank
he asked one Of the household to go
and draw some money for him. at the
same time giving the lady a handbook
on which she was startled to find he
had deposited over $1,000. She sup
posed this was all he had, but after
his death a cearch wasm ade of the
room and seventeen bank-books were
found. The sums on deposit in these
institutions amount to over $4,000.
The books We're on banks in Man.
CleSt6l, 1d ClC oll SolSpios
In nearly all Of them it had been
many years since the interest and divi-
dends had beer added. One Of them,
which contained a deposit Of about
$1,000, had no interest charged since
1S4S. With interest and dividend add
ed to the deposits in all the books the
aggregate will foot up to over 100000.
Three hundred dollars was also found
in JEWELS room. A legacy from a de
ceased aunt started him on the road
to wealth. During the war he bought
real estate, improved it, and protited
thereby.
He. had also accumulated much
wealth by buying up mortgages and
in various other ways, all his dealings
being in a very quiet manner.
Jewell has a brother in Nashua anG
two sisters in Lawrence, and the books
were turned over to the former. These
relatives are also said to be very
wealthy.-Boston Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

age of twenty-one and followed his pro-
fession till 1875. Then he located at
Atlanta, entered the real estate and in
surance business, and In 1876 entered
on the organization of building and loan
associations. He became head Of the
East Atlanta Land company and finally
manager Of the Consolidated Street
Railroad company, and in recognition
of his shrewdness and success in this
last enterprise was elected to the presi-
dency Of the American Street Railway
association.
Capt. Won Henneken.
Among the leaders of the war in the
East none is more interesting than
Capt. Won Henneken, the successful
German officer, who, it is reported, has
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

The Christmas season is here, sure
enough. The streets tell it, the shops
tell 1.-THE word ''stores" is utterly I'M
Dickensish and not good form for
Christmas-the old folks have told the
young folks about it, ard the latter
have caught the idea, ard will not let
it go until the Santa Claus Of 1894 is
a person Of the past. Evidently this
is to be a big booming Christmas, in
which the plea of hard times will be
Of no avail. Everybody expects to
give and to get, and may everybody
enjoy the giving as we'll as the getting.
The increased blessing of giving over
receiving applies especially to the sea.
son which Is upon us.
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EXECUTING AN INJURED FLY.
How n Quartet of Insects Put a Half
Burned Brother TO Death.

How a Quartet of Insects Pint a Half
Burned Brother TO Death.
Flies are not usually credited with
great intelligence but an illustration OBJ
served last night goes far to disprove
any idea that they are entirely bereft
Of thought. 1t was near midnight and
q writer for the philadelphia Call laid
aside his pen for the day, but vas con-
strained to remain at the desk by the
strange actions of q quartet of flies.
One unfortur.a ate buzzer had flown too
near the gasliglt and had beer SO bad
ly singed that he could not fly. Quite
helpless, he lay on his back struggling
to overturn himself. He had almost
succeeded, but so pail ful were his eff
forts that mercy suggested the speedy
killing of the insect. But the manifest
agitation CT four unusually large flies
prevented a hasty execution. In great
excitement the quartet circled around
the unfortunate. remaining within Il
radius of twelve inches. One pair
seemed to touch heads, and in an in
slant one of the two went savagely for
the injured brother. After %contending
with him fora brief time the first help
er left. when, without lapse of many
seconds. the second of the pair went
through the same performance. Here
was a puzzle that required close study
to solve. Were the flies striving to aid
the sufferer, Or did they want to kill
him, either because of his u~selessnesS
OF to relieve him from pain?
Seventeen times were combustion
such they o o appeared to be-had.
The fly. lying on his back, fought and
apparently sought to keep off the big
insects. AS near as the eye could de-
termine, they seemed to strive to reach
the neck of the sufferer. There was a
short, sharp fight each time. A few
grains of sugar We're placed on the desk
but the fighters were too greatly alb
sorbed to notice them. More powwows
ensued, and three attacks followed.
Then the four were frightened by an
attempt to catch them. One fly not of
the quartet was captured and
placed under the glass with the
wingless member. Five minutes the
stranger flew around wildly, not going
near the burned fellow. The glass was
removed. and in the course of ten min
utes four flies were agin on the scene,
trying to kill the small insect. 1t was
then nearly 1 o'clock n. m, and the OBJ
server, failing to inveigle any into a
trap, retired. Early in the morning the
fly that caused all the trouble was
found dead. with the grains Of sugar
lying around him undisturbed.
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GOT EVEN WITH THE COONS.
A Young Dogs Revenge After Being
Badly Whipped by the R~ingtails.

A Young Dogs Revenge After Being
Badly Whipped by the Ringtails.
Up to last Sunday there were two
coons in the woods in the vicinity OF
David CornelIs farmhouse at Harmony
Ea., says the New York Sun. There
had been sixteen of them. None Of
them is left now owing to the persiS-
tence of Cornells dog Crockett in gath
ering the ringtailed little animals in.
There isn't much of the dog Crockett,
either, as there was before he started
in on the cooning campaign. Crockett
is a yellow dog. not much bigger than
a coon himself. A little more than
three weeks ago n morning he came
limping in from the woods. Both ears
We're slit into t%atters, one eye was clos
ed and the dew claw of one foot was
torn off. Crockett lay by for a few
days and was doctored up He had
tackled something in the woods that
had done him up nicely, but he was
biding his time. At last he trotted of
to the woods again One evening and
was gone a long time. When he came
back he had a o on with him The
coon was dead. Crockett had caught
and killed the coon and it was then
surmised that the coon had been one
Of others that the dog had got among
on his former visit to the woods, much
to his disadvantage, and that Crockett
was now having his little revenge.
The SurmiSe was correct and fol
fourteen successive nights the dos
came in with a Dor Last Sunday he
took a stroll to the woods again. Ii
wasn't long before the sound Of his
voice in very evident anger was heard
and his owner hurried in the direction
from which it came to see what Crock
EFT had got mixed up with. The sigh
was worth seeing. The dog was in live
ly contest with two cOOnS. One, a bi;
male, Crockett had down and was
chewing it and being chewed. TIL
other n a female, was on the dog
back, scratching and biting and max
ing the hair fly in a manner that threa
ened to leave Crockett without niue,
of his coat on his skin if the fight wen
on much longer. The dogs master die
not interfere, and at last Crockett go
the male coon by the throat, and a fey
vicious shakes and crunches remove
him from the fray. Then the dog la
down, and rolling OF the female forced
her to quit her hold, which was tn
worst thing she could have done, foI
Crockett seized her by the throat anC
shook the life out of her as he had on
of her mate. But the dog was prett,
we'll used up and had to be helpe,
home, although he tried his best to &c
there alone and dragging n of tn
coons. He hasn't beer able to get on
after any revenge since, but it i
thought that he has cleaned out the en-
tire gang of coons that made it so ur
pleasant for him on his initial trial O
proweSS with them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

A citizen Of New Britain, Conn, has
In his possession a pair of queer,
wrinkled, old-time saddle-bags, and
there is an abundant reason to be-
lieve that they belonged to Captain
Nathan Hale, the martyr spy. The
present owner does not wish his name
published in connection with them un-
til he is able to recover certain papers
proving the genuineness of the relics,
which have been mislaid. The saddle.
bags are heirlooms and came to him
indirectly through an ex-governor of
Massachusetts. The owner of the
bags says: II have read the papers
that go with the bags, and am salts.
fed there is no doubt that they be.
longed to and were carried by Nathan
Hale"
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Millet is almost always cut too ripe
to make good COW feed. Horses like
it after the seeds have matured, be-
cause the seed is rich. They will fatten
on it. So, too, might IA COW that was
intended for the shambles. But the
woody stalk of ripened millet is not
compensated for to the cow by extra
amount of nutriment in the seeds. 1t
will do to have the millet seed fully
formed when the crop is to be puc in
the silo. That preserves its succulence;
the feed is b etter and richer for it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

The boy who had lone the MISCHIEF
and acc dentally broken the bit OF
painted clay that lay at his feet in
fragments chung to the stepladder he
stood on, with a white, sacred face.
Only M person noticed him, the
clay madein the likeness of it's Maker,
and that was an old, motherly-look-
ing woman with a basket on her arm,
who stood there with the crowd.
poor boy!" she said, and the ten
der compassion of her voicef fell like oil
on the troubled waters. To her the
image with a soul was worth more
than the object of decorative art
From the Detroit Free Press.
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To Mark Handkerchief.

Very few women have the knack of
writing on linen SO that they can mark
handkerchiefs neatly. Yet the mark
ing is an absolute necessity, unless one
would lose ones belongings with every
weekly washing. One woman solves
the difficulty by embroidering her mi
tial in one corner in the old-fashioned,
simple way, and in an unobtrusive
small letter that does not detract from
the appearance of even the incest
handkerchief, as does poor handwriting,
or the coarse lettering.
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became so greatly impressed with him
that the two were closely associated un-
til the death of the elder great genius.
Ysaye's triumphs came thick and fast,
and Europeans say the mantle of
Vieuxtemp has fallen upon him. In 'ap-
pearance Ysaye is of a massive build,
has a colossal head and an abundance
of dark brown hair. His eyes are soft
and tender as a woman's.
Mr.. Joel Hurt.
Mr.. Joel Hurt, recently elected presi-
dent of the American Street Railway
association, is a resident of Atlanta,
Ga, and one of the most e%nterprising
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09
An Incident Of the Street,

crash smash! went something in
the large plate-glass window OF a
bric-a-brac shop on Grand River ave-
nue., and everybody rushed to the
spot, and in a moment a throng OF
curious people stood on the walk.
Thought it was the window glass;"
said one, as he pressed forward.
Scared me out of a year'sgrowth,"
cried another.
"Guess the boy that broke that will
wish he mad never been born"
Nobody killed-come on"
at didn't take that boy as long to
break that vase asst did to make it."
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Christians by t h e
Turks. Mgr. Krim-
ian bears the title
of Catholikos. He
resides at Etchmiad-
Yin, a monastery
near Erivan, said to
be the oldest monas
tic institution in the
world. He was pre-
viously archbishop
of Jerusalem, and
has been patriarch
of Constantinople
but was baniShed
from tho Turkish
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lie was Dorm III nus
men in that city.
sell county, Ala, in
1850. The close of
the war found the
H ur t plantation
completely desolat-
ed and the son. then
fifteen years Of age.
had to begin the
battle of life for
himself. TIe a
aged to acquire a
good education, OBJ
tanned the degree of
civil engineer at the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

Behind the Gar Of Russia is n
of the most corrupt and immoral
b~ureaucracies of the world. If the
Gar makes any really serious at
tempt to establish a parliamentary
government calculated to limit the
power Of these bureaucrats he will
be assassinated or dethroned. But it
Is altogether probable that he will
not be able to advance against the re-
sistence of the barbaric Tories who
surround him.
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capital and deprived of his rights as an
Ottoman subject on account of his pat
riotic views. He was chosen Catholikos
in 1892. AS a ace the Armenians are
the intellectual equals of any nation
despite the many years of persecution
that they have undergone under Turk.
iSh miSrule.
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fifty-siX years ago.
He was given to
writing little dra-
matte sketches while
at lie G e. AS a
young m a II h e
fought in the Cri-
mean war. Return
ing to England, he
was admitted to the
bar, but his success
as a counselor was
not conspicuous, and
he became the edi-
tor of a s~emi-humor-
OllS and Satiripa1 COL
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

The present area of New York City
thirty-nine square miles-will be in
creased under the plan Of consolidation
adopted at the recent election to 317
square miles, embracing a population
Of 100000. Thus New York will be-
come second In the list of the great
cities of the world, being outrauked
only by London, which has II popnla-
ton of 4,231,4 31 according to the latest
Census.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

The population of France has in
creased since 1886 only about $4,000 a
year. The fact that Paris alone grows
faster than this shows that the pro-
vinces are declining in population. In
thirty years 7 per CEN Of the rural
inhabitants Of France has moved to
the cities. This is the tendency in all
civilized countries, and the question
is where it will lstop.
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that place Il person
of interest. Gen.
Oyama is a compar-
atively young man,
and the energy and
th~oroughness with
which he has dis
patched his duties
as minister of wal
are not to be gain
said. The capture OF
Port Arthur practi'
cally a t b {
close Of the war, as
there is now no OBJ
%structiOn in the wa,
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popular command
ers Of The West,
Col, now Gen. For
syth was born al
Maumee, Ohio, and
graduated at West
Point in 1856. Al
the breaking out of
the war he went to
the front and was
ranked first lieuten-
ant Of cavalry. He
was in Sheridan's di-
vision and took part
in more than fifty
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

publisher and manager Of the Philadel-
phia Press, and though to his business
associates he is Robert Cook, to a host
of Yale men he will always be Bob
He is a thoroughly good business man,
but never loses his liking for the sport
that has made him so well known.
w. S. Gilbert.
w. s. Gilbert, the playwright, whose
new comic opera. Ellis Excellency,"
has been produced with complete sue
cess in England. was born in london
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09
How to Cream Butter and Sugar.

When using a spoon or whisk for
beating, take long, upward strokes, the
more rapid the better. The spoon
should touch the bottom Of the bowl
each time, and the motion must be
regular. Another way to beat it is to
use a circular motion. In this case
the side of the spoon is kept close to
the side of the bowl. The spoon is
moved rapidly in a circle, carrying
with it a portion Of the ingredients.
This kind of beating can be applied
only to a rather thick mixture. 1t
Is the best method of beating butter
and sugar to a cream.
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China raises and consumes more
ducks than any other country in the
world.

The Pacific ocean covers 67,OO0,00O
Of the 1SS, 900, 900 square miles compris-
ing the earth's surface, and the Atlantic
rolls over 81, ZOO, 900 more. When Mr..
Bull annexes all the remaining odds
and ends of dry land he will go into
extensive pumping operations.
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Robert Cook.

CnaInplOn university
boat crews Of Eng
land and America.
Robert Cook is the
creator of Yale's I'M
questioned suprem-
acy in this country.
Every s%choolboy is
acquainted with his
history and knows
about the wonder
full "B o b. o k
stroke, which he in
troduced after a
former trip to Eng
I,-l IL ,S ~ n wv
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

Within eighteen months Uncle Sam
will have a navy Of forty-nine steel ves-
sells, Of which six will be battle-ships
and six for coast defense. The real
puzzle for the navy is to find the train
ed men to man the ships in case Of
war, and the department would be
wise to give more attention to this
point.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-02-09

When a member Of the Belgian par
lament makes a long speech brandy
and water is supplied him at govern
ment expense. In this country one
look at the huge Congressional Rec
ord" is enough to prove that the gov
eminent would be justified in furnish.
ing free anaesthetics.
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been put in COM
plete command of
the Chinese navy.
For the past twen-
ty-five years he has
held a prominent po-
sition in the Chi
nese service, previ-
Gus to which he was
an officer in the
German army. He
has served as aid
de-camp to Ii Hung
Chang. He was on
b the KOW
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t h e extraordinary
controversy which
has resulted in the
closing of the finest
theater of it's kind
n the world. The
London license COM
mittee refused to re-
new the lice Use of
the Empire because
of the evils con-
nected with it. The
co m m e was
moved to this action
by Mrs. Chants pro-
tact uainSt tho Pc
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ArithmeticaI Item,

Don't you know how many three
times ten Is? Now, Harry" said the
teacher, 'if n loaf of bread cost ten
cents wouldn't three cost thirty cents?'
Maybe &c at your bakery, but we
deal with a baker that gives three
for o quarter. "
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Of the Mikado's troops ON their march
toward Pekin. Port Arthur had been
called the "Gibralter of China"
Mrs. Ormistpn Chant.
The closing of the Empire theater in
London, which aroused such IA storm
of discussion, has brought Mrs. Ormis-
ton Chants name into frequent news
paper mention. Mrs. Chant started
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Mu.t Come From BROOKLYN.

Spencer-Jcnes says that he con
siders New York the finest city in the
world.
Ferguson-Does he? Well, ask him
whether he came oven the bridge or by
ferry,
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NEKEN' AA Shing at the time it
was sunk by the Japs, and was picked
out of the water. He has done good
work for the Chinese in the present
war. and was recently decorated in
recognition Of his valuable assistance.
Mgr. Krimian.
Mgr. Krimian, the head of the Arme-
MAN church, is brodght prominently be-
fore the civilized world by the recently
reported massacre of 5000 Armenian
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newal OF the license because evil
women frequented the lounges and
promenades. Mrs. Chant is a hand
some woman and is an American.
Eugene Ysaye.
Probably the most distinguished VIC
linist in the world is NJ. Eugene Isaye
of Belgium, now in this country. Eu-
gene Ysaye, whose name should be
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d as
though e d
"E-sah-e," was born
at Liege, Belgium,
is young and has a
Striking personality.
He came of a fam
lily of distinguished
musicians, and re-
ceived his first les
sons from his faith
er. In 1874 he COM
pleted his d at
Iiege and enjoyed
for the following
year private lessons
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UHItIeS WItHUut re- GhNHhAh FOftS11H
ceiving a scratch. After the war he
served six years as military secretary
to Gen. Sheridan, accompanying him to
Europe. Since his return he has been
in almost constant service. The last
action Of his command was last sum-
mer, during the riots accompanying the
strikers at Chicago.
Robert Cook.
Robert Cook, better known as Bob"
Cook, is in England, and will probably
make satisfactory arrangements for
the long talked of match between the