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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
JUST WHAT TO EAT.
He Had Not Tasted a Civilized Meal
for Several Years.


He was a forid Englishman, young
and a%ristocratic in his His
clothes, however, betrayed a very
Western origin, and his boots showed
J that for a long time he had been in an
agricultural vicinity.
YES" he said, 81 have a farm out
in Minnesota, and l work hard myself,
although 1 am what you might call
very well off. / know that the only
way to look after my interests is to
look after them myself, and l get up
at 4 o'clock in the morning and dig
around and see that the plowmen are
not asleep in the burrows or anything
like that.
at feels good to get back to civili-
cation, though. 1t isn't the theaters
or the pretty girls or the shops that l
like, but it Is one feature about city
life which you would never guess. 1t
is the only thing that makes me want
to get away from the farm, and that
is that l can have my meals either
with refined people or by myself.
"Out in Minnesota on farms they
have the theory that a workman is as
EOOO as MS master anu h SlSnC DeCteT.
AS a result the farmer is compelled
to eat his meals with his hands, and l
can tell you that he ices some great
feats in sword swallowing, knife lick
ing and that sort of thing. When l
first went to Minnesota l wanted to
dine by myself, but the people in the
vicinity almost wanted to lynch me.
They said they didn't want the intro
duction Of any feudal system in the
town of straightforward, and all the
workmen wanted to leave. L simply
had to surrender. and now l eat my
meals at a table with a lot of fellows
who have their hats on, and who take
plugs of tobacco out of their mouths
and place them on the sides of their
plates while they eat.
81 can never get used to it. however
long I live there. and l never really
have an appetite unless l am away
from home. Tonight l leave for my
farm. That makes three dinners be-
tween this and a return to my excel
lent friends who eat with their whole
face. and pour gravy down each
others backs at their meals by way
of Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
A OF THE AGES.

Expressions on Every Mans Lips
Came From the Ancient Times.
ITO put a flea in his ear is proven
bal in all languages.
The expression to rain cats and
dogs is found in Dean Swift. 1t is
supposed to be of proverbial origin.
"Familiarity breeds contempt" is
found in one form or another in every
English and Asiatic language having
a literature.
To turn the cold shoulder" is prob
ably a very ancient proverb. 1t first
appears in a literary form in SCOTS
"Antiquary."
"To put ones foot in it" is an Eng
lish country saying. After the milk
is drawn from the cows it is COM
monty placed in large fiat pans and
set on the ground to cool.
"a feather in his cap" has a Hun
garian origin. During the centuries
when wal with the Turks was con-
stantly. going on a Hungarian soldier
was allowed 10 wGdI Unc rcdtIci On
his car for every Turk he had killed.
To take the cake" seems to have
originated among the colOred peGp'e
of the South in the "cake walks"
To "face the music" is a metaphor
borrowed from the stage where the
layer comes to the front and faces
the orchestra.
The expression "bloody shirt is be
lieved to have originated with the
Italians of New Orleans. There We're
many Corsicans among them and in
that turbulent island when a man was
killed in one of the private feuds
which were constantly occurring his
| bloody shirt and other garments were
| exposed at the funeral in order to in
cite the relatives to vengeance.-Chi'
cagO Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
A Hydraulic Rivcting Machine.

A powerful and unique hydraulic
riveting plant has been made for an
Alabama machine shop. 1t is said that
In operating it three entirely unskilled
persons can drive from eight to ten
rivets per minute. The machine has
riveted a boiler or tank Is feet in d.
ameter and SO feet long, weighing
many tons, as easily and accurately
as it would the smallest boiler manu-
featured. 1t is worked from a pump
and accumulation, which allows the
use of water over and owe again. The
accumulation alone weight 20 tons, and
the weight of the whole outfit is near
ly 60 tons. 1t is supplied with a fur
mace, where a keg of 1000 rivets Is
heated at once, and as fast as the riv-
cts can be put in place the machine
drives them, doing far better work
than it Is possible to do by hand. The
machine can be utilized for many pur-
poses, and especially in lifting heavy
weights. 1t is claimed that 1t will
raise a 16,0O0-pound boiler without the
slightest strain on it's lifting capacity.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
ECONOMY IN Nj
How to Keep the Light Burning
Clearly and

Clearly and Brightly.
A careful housewife u-ho nnaIos uco
of lamps in the administration of her
domestic economy will! save herself
much trouble and get more light out
of her lamps if she takes care of her
lamp wickS.
The first object to be attained to-
ward getting a well lighted lamp is to
get a free flow of oil; the wick, there
fore, should be held by the fire and
thoroughly dried before using; by this
means it will quickly absorb the oil,
and the flow is rot impeded.
Another way is to soak the wick in
vinegar and then dry it thoroughly;
this prevents smoking. In some oils
there is a sediment which sinks to the
bottom of the reservoir and adheres
to that part of the wick that lies there.
Oil will not flow through a dirty wick,
and without a good flow there is little
light. Foul wicks should be washed
or boiled In soft water and soap, then
rinsed and we'll dried.
Another thing to be borne in mind
is that the reservoir of the lamp
SHOULD always be kept filled; if the oil
is low the flow is imperfect and the
wick becomes charred. The lamp
would then give a poor light and emit
a dlsagreeable smell. So you see, like
everything else, a little attention to
lamp wicks in the first instance will
save a great deal of trouble and incon.
Nemence.-Philadelphia Press.
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Doc, Are We Safe.

was a large bonfire, and beside the
bonfire sat a beautiful young damsel.
She had perhaps seen eighteen sum
mers. l had stood there but a few
minutes when she saw ne. | gave
her a signal that l would save her.
Just then Sitting Bull arose and said
to his fellow warriors: oh, We war
riors brave, the Messiah has sent word
to you and l to roast this pale-faced
devil before the dawn of day
II did not wait to hear more, as
there was no time to lose In order to
save the life of the fair young maiden,
and as they thought the Messiah was
near them it would be the best chance
to save the girl. l gave rein to my
horse and spurred him in the TANKS,
and in a second l was rushing madly
toward the girl. l grasped her by the
arm and raised her to the saddle. Be
fore the Sioux's 1000 braves overcame
their amazement l was riding swiftly
over the prairie with the fair young
maiden in my arms.
II kept up this gait until l thought
it would be safe to rest for a little
while. | rode about ten yards away
from the road and dismOunted. l was
there but a few minutes when l heard
the tramping of horses hOfs and the
war cries of the Sioux, but | was in
the ambush, and l knew | could not
be seen by them. In a minute more
they were dashing madly by us.
"After they had dashed by us the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
A use for Abandoned Farms.

A new use has been found for aban-
doned farms. 1t is we'll known that
in Scotland many of the largest land
ed proprietors depend largely upon
the rental of their deer forests in the
annual returns from their estates, and
in England there are innumerable
stretches Of land which, at present
agricultural prices, pay better to rent
for shooting than farming. 1t Is s1g-
gested that many abandoned farms in
this country can, at comparatively
slight expense, be made to yield a fair
return by being turned into game pre-
serves. Gunners have every year to
go further and further from home in
search of game, and the time must
come, when the English plan of pre-
serving game birds will have to DO
adopted, If there Is to be any sport
left in the country. Good, well-stock-
ed shooting lands will then fetch high
prices, and some wide-awake business
men propose to be early in the field.
The movement has been hitherto main
ly confined to shooting and country
clubs, which, having acquired runs Of
property, have prohibited the indis-
crlmlnate Killing or game on their
lands or Of fish in their rivers by the
public; but 1t is probable that such
acquisition and preservation will soon
eorm a distinct branch of private enter
prise. % show it's possibilities a Con-
necticut farmer has bought up a lot
of abandoned farms and swamp and
wood land, a%ggregating about 5000
acres, and fenced it in. In this do
main he intends to encourage the de-
velopment of all kinds Of game indig-
enous to that region-winged, filmed
or f~our-footed. He has one patch Of
twelve acres sown wholly to buck
wheat, which will not be cut, but left
for the Bob Whites" These birds
perish In great numbers in hard win
tiers, as well as ruftied grouse, and
plenty of brush will be left on the res
%ervation for their protection and shell
ter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
Relics of the Great AUX.

At Stevens salesrooms yesterday the
skin of a great aux, a bird believed to
be extinct, was offered from the col
lection of Sir Frederick Millner, NJ. p.
The specimen in question is believed
to have come either from the Orkneys
or from the coast of Ireland. and is
guaranteed genuine to a feather.
There are about eighty known skins,
and only twenty-four of these are in
Great Britain. ten being in museums
and fourteen in private hands. The
bidding c-arted at 100 guineas and
slowly L, : to $50 guineas. As, how
ever. the reserve price was not reach
ed the specimen did not change hands
1t is believed the bird will eventually
go to one of the museums. AT the
same sale an egg of the great aux was
offered. Other specimens have brought
as much as 300 and $50 guineas, but
that in the market yesterday, though
the bidding started at 100 guineas
only reached $50 guineas, at which
price it was bought for a private mn
'aum in the neighborhood of Rege t
palk.-London Times.
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HIS OLD FRIEND COL. u.
A Detroit Young Man Puzzled by
Striking Resemblance.

/ A Detroit Young Man Puzzled by a
Striking Resemblance.
"My dear, dear old boy!' began the
ELUSIVE young man as he entered a
Woodward emu car and slapped a
~middle-aged man on the back; but I
was just thinking of you a moment
ago. How do you do, anyway
81 am well, SIR" frigidly returned
the man as he turned full around.
"Ah! Beg pardon for my mistake.
l was certain it was my dear old
friend Col. b."
81 said l was WELL" repeated the
man who had been slapped.
eyes, l know, and l beg you to eX-
cuSe me. It's the first time 1 ever
made such a mistake. The resemb-
lance is wonderful"
Did you wish to speak to me, sir?"
demanded the other in tones about
forty degrees below zero.
81 slapped you on the back by mis-
take. l am sorry for it. You look
like the twin brother of my old friend
Col. B., and l mistook you for him.
overlook it."
Are you addressing me, sir?" came
in cold and finty tones across the car.
Eyes, sir. When l came in l took
you for my old friend Col. B., and it
IA not until after I had slapped you
on the back that 1 found out my mis-.
take. 1t was very rude of me, and l
beg pardon and hope you will over
look it,"
what do you wish me to overlooky"
The young a got up to go all over
that speech again. but a plumber who
was about to get. off took him by the
arm and walked him out and dropped
him on the asphalt, and said:
young man, you must have drunk
mt too many cocktails. That's Col.
B. himself you have been talking to
all this time."-Detroit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
FIRST NIGHT, IN A SLEEPER.
Adventures of a Rural Couple Bound
for Niagara Falls.

Adventures of "A Rural Couple Bound
for Niagara Falls.
During last August when cheap ex-
cursion trains were being run to Mag
ara Falls from nearly every section of
the country, as is the custom every
year, l was given charge of a tea car
train of Pullman sleepers delivered to
the Erie by a connecting line running
into Darkest Indiana"
The passengers on this train were of
the raw blue jean type, many of them
were crossing the border of their state
for the first time, and a big majority
of them were getting their first taste
of Pullman luxuries. AS the shades
of night began to fall the thoughts of
the passengers turned to sleep. In the
rear of q Pullman was an elderly
farmer and his wife hailing from one
of the interior counties of the state.
They were the first people in the car
to ask the porter to fix their bed, so
they could turn in" Their tickets
called for one of the upper berthes,
WIlltI liz DoI bibNtS
up for them. After the porter had
brought them the ladder his attention
was called to the other end of the car
when to the amaZement of the other
passengers in the car the old lady
quickly mounted the ladder with the
alertness of a gymnast, climbing over
the curtain pole, and dropped into the
berth. When the porter came along
the old gentleman was in the act of
going through the same performances.
The porter intercepted him before he
had completed his giant swing and
gracefully parting the curtains, he
showed the mystified tiller of the soil
that there was an easier way of get
ting into an upper berth than by way
of the roof, at which the old man
smiled and said he wondered why
Maria had not thought of splitting the
curtains.
The train, which was running spe-
| cial and making few stops, had not
run very far after this little incident
when / felt the train give a slight
lurch as if the air brake had been sud-
| denly applied. I gave little attention
to this, but had hardly dismissed it
from my mind when the train lurched
again. 1 was then convinced that
SOmeDOuy was meuullnS Wltn the dlT
brake cord which runs along the roof
of the car. Two officials of the pas
sepger department of the road who
were in the rear sleeper felt the jerk
ing of the train, and climbing. steplad-
ders at either end of the car began to
look for the cause of the trouble. The
officials at the forward end of the car
quickly discovered the leak. The old
couple who had scaled the curtain
pole to get into their berths had mis-
taken the air brake cord for a clothes
line and had hung all of their wearing
apparel, including boots and shoes, on
it. The weight of the clothing had
stretched the cord so as to set the air
brakes. Just as the plot had been dis
covered the old lady threw her 'shaps"
over the line. This broke the camels
back. The air Missed, the brake was
set like a wise, and the train brought
to a dead s%tandstill. After the cord
was unloaded the old couple We're told
of their mistake, and the train piloted
through the dark night without any
further accidents.-Chicago Daily In
ter-Ocean: q
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HELEN AND DOC.
An Der True Tale.

Tales and tales of heroism have been
told and retold. but the following
story, so graphically written, is with
out parallel in recent years, possessing
as 1t does all the earmarks of truth
and elements of a 1t is told
in a simple narrative style that is
pleasing, though the illustrations are
by an apprentice. 1t is a tale of
The Old Telegraph Trail.
"The old telegraph trail between
Fort Sheridan and Fort Robinson was
the trail on which the government
mail was carried" said Doc Middle
ton the other day to the writer, land
many a man has given up his dear old
scalp to the Indians, and then been
roasted alive.
Il remember" said Doc, "about
twenty years ago when l was working
on the Half Diamond e ranch in the
White river valley. About five miles
below the ranch was the camp of old
Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux warrior,
who IA killed in the Wounded Knee
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
THE PEST.
Farm rs in the Far West Have q See
rfous Fight on Hand.

Farmers In the Far West Have n Sc.
rfous Fight on Hand.
1t has been the hope and prayer of
all farmers in the southern n west
ern parts of Whitman county for sew
! eral years past that some kind OF con-
tagious disease would break out or
could be inoculated into the trouble
some ground squirrel. Several at
temptS have been made to breed some
kind of disease among them, but all
| seem to have been unsuccessful.
In view of these numerous unsuc-
| cessful attempts and the interest tax
en- in the matter, considerable COM
ment was caused a few days ago by
the report coming from near Pena-
wawa hat there was some kind OF
disease which was killing the pests IN
large numbers, and the country might
hope to be free from their devastating
ravageS.
A Review" correspond
ent has made an trip
through the infested district in order
to investigate the authenticity of the
reports and the extent to which the
disease is proving fatal. There seems
to be no doubt that there is a cOnta-
gion among them, which is proving
fatal to a few, though not to the ex-
tent that has been represented. The
first effect on the animals is to make
them dumpy and stupid, then scabs or
sores appear on the body of the ami
NAL and 0 @ they lose the use of their
hind parts and are barely able to get
around. Very few dead squirrels were
found, but the animals seem to be less
numerous than they were a few weeks
ago. The decrease in numbers is eX-
planned by some observers by the fact
that the females have gone into their
holes to have their young, but it has
also been noticed in districts where
the young squirrels are old enough to
get out of the holes. Already prepara-
tons are being made to spread the dis
ease. Inquiries come from all over the
country concerning the authenticity
of the reports and the effect it is hav-
ing to decrease the numbers and raw
ages of the pests.
But while the farmers are %anXiously
watching the outco me of the infection
they are by no means idle in aiding
nature to destroy their enemy. Traps,
guns, bombs and all kinds of poisons
are used in aid of their destruction.
One COlfaX firm has already sold over
500 ounces of s%trychnine. and other
poisons in proportion. Arsenic seems
to be springing into favor as q des-
trOyer, but some who have been eX-
p~erimenting with it report rather I'M
favorably. Since the success of the
western one-third of this country de-
ponds almost entirely on the discovery
OF some method which will promptly
and effectively ext, rmirate these mis-
chievous little animals, all new sug-
gestions to that end are thankfully re-
ceived and given a fair trial. In Spo-
ane County 500 patent bombs for the
determination of squirrels have been
received by the county commission
ers for distribution among the farm
ers.-Arizonian.
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The easy, safe and certain protec-
ton of Il bread, biscuit and cake
from all danger Of EMBELLISHMENTS
Is in the use of the Royal Baking
Powder only. This powder is men
toned because of the innumerable re-
ports In it's favor by high medical au-
thorities, by the U. S. Government,
and by the official chemists and
Boards of Health, which leave no
doubt as to it's entire freedom from
alum, lime and ammonia, it's absolute
purity and wholesomeness. While it's
use is thus a safeguard against the
poisonous alum powders, it is salts
factory at the same time to know that
owing to it's greater strength it Is
more economical.
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Raised her to the a
battle in 1890. His camp was in. the
brush about two yards from the trail,
and the weary traveller could not see
it until he stood before it.
at was in June, and the night was
dark and cloudy. l was on my way
home from the roundup, and as I was
riding slowly through the woods l
heard a peculiar cry that came in the
direction Of Sitting Bulls camp. l
stopped and listened for a moment,
and then l plainly heard the voice of
a woman, Help! Help" I knew what
was up, but I was yet six miles from
the camp, and unless l could be there
in a very short time it would be too
late. l spurred Jaronamou (my horse),
and on, on / flew like the wind. When
/ came to the woods, and v a little
hill, | could see the camp fire of Sit
ting Bull and heard the war cry of
a thousand Sioux warriors, as it
sounded to me.
81 gave rein to Jarnamou and spur
red him once more. and in a few min
utes l stood within twenty yards of
the warriors. Before me were several
thousand Indians dressed in wal paint,
all sitting in a circle. l stopped and
| watched them for a moment. Sioux
chiefs were holding a consultation,
while the warriors, two thousand
braves, were awaiting instructions
from the man of war.
"In the center of the circle there
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

Many people pass through the busy
streets of Boston without knowing
hat John. Hancock is buried where
the roar of traffic is heard and thous-
ands are constantly coming and going.
The grave of the nan who penned the
most famous signature or the Declara-
ton is in the Granary burying ground,
and the state will soon mark it with a
monument and pedestal .twenty-three
feet high. The simple shaft will stand
hereafter as the most notable thing in
that part of Boston.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
A curious instance of the formation

of snow was witnessed at Agen,
France, on the night of January 30.
A fire broke OFT in n saw mill when
the temperature was ten degrees GEN.
tigrade below the freezing point. The
water thrown upon it instantly vapor-
lied, and, rising into the cold, dry air,
was Immediately condensed and fell
as snow. What with bright starlight
and a strong northwest wind blowing,
the whirling snow above and the rag
ing fire below, a brilliant spectacle
was presented.
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young maiden said, in a voice so meek
and mild, Doc, are we safe"
Yes. darling. we are safe said l,
but how came you to know my
name?"
well, Doc, don't you remember the
time when we used to play in papa's
yard under the large shade trees down
in Missouri?
why. Helen Raymond. is it your"
"'Yes, Doc, it is me, and when l
saw you | knew | was saved, for this
is the third time that you have risked
your own life to save mine
Nov, Helen, tell me quick how did
these cruel Indians get you away
down in Missouri
Well, to make a long story short,
Doc. about three weeks ago one even
ing | was standing on the veranda of
my fathers house when Buffalo Bill
and about twenty scouts rode by. One
of the men turned and came in the
yard. He asked me for a drink. l
went into the house and got him a
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

Russia will make a commission of
100000 by negotiating China's $780,
100000 loan in France and French in
vestors will receive a good rate of in
terest for their money. Germany was
admitted to the ground floor in bully
ing Japan, but is excluded from the
financial transaction. The next time
Germany dimes in such company she
should provide herself with a longer
spoon.
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Illinois has taken the lead amorc

Illinois has taken the lead amoCC
the states in adopting the Torrens syS -
TEN of land transfers, under which
real estate a be made a quick asset,
with as easy change of ownership as
a certificate of stock. Any person may
present his abstract and other evil
dence of title to the recorder and OBJ
tain a certificate of ownership, a du-
plicate thereof being placed on record;
and at each subsequent sale the exist
Ing certificate will be surrendered and
another issued to the new owner. 1t
Is optional with the counties to adopt
the system, and also with individuals
to bring their land within Its opera
ton.