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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

One summer, a few years after the
war. a gentleman was travelling in the
South, and he got to talking with a
farmer in some little town who was
employing a considerable number of
men at his haying. The farmer told
him that most of them were bic Con-
federate soldiers.
"You see over there where those
four men are working? asked he.
WELL, all of 'em fought in the war.
One of 'em was a private. n of 'em
was a corporal. one was a major, and
that man way yer in the corner was
a colonel"
Are they good menu" asked the
gentleman.
Well" said the farmer, that pri.
Yates a first-class man, and the cor
poral's a pretty good one, too"
But how about the major and the
c%olonel?'
'The majors $685." said the farmer
but the colonel?"
"Well, l don't want to say nothing
against any man who was a colonel In
the war;" said the farmer. 'but I've
made up my mind I won't hire nc
brigadier generals" Ga.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
DROPPED DOWN A SHAFT.
A Miner Falls 2 Feet Into Water
and is Only Badly frightened.

and is Only Badly Frightened.
A miner named Gleason had an
almost miraculous escape from death
neal Mokelumne Hill last Sunday
night, says the San Francisco Exam
liner. He was returning from MOke-
lumne. 1t was a dark night and he
lost his way. He wandered from the
path only about ten feet, but he was
as helpless to find it as if he We're as
many miles from it. At a place called
Stockton Ridge he stepped into an
open shaft of an abandoned mine.
Such shafts in that particular place
are as numerous as squirrel holes.
Fortunately he went down feet fore
most. The shaft was. 125 feet deep,
but the bottom was filled with water.
When he struck the water he was
almost stunned. He sank below the
surface for several feet. When he
arose above the water he braced his
feet against the sides of the shaft.
1t was just wide enough, and in that
way he managed to keep from drown
ing. For an hour he was in that posi-
ClOu. lie cdliou lOT uelp at Tic wy VI
his voice time and again, but his cries
were unheard for a long time.
Finally, as he had about despaired
of ever getting to the surface of the
earth again, a Cry, which was given
in n faint-hearted way, vas heard by
a man who happened to be passing.
He went to the mouth of the shaft
and Gleason asked him to lower a
rope to him. He declared he was just
about exhausted and could not keep
himself up much longer. The passer-
by fastened to Mokelumne Hill, where
he reported that a man was down a
shaft. A party went Immediately to
the rescue, provided with a rope and
lanterns. Reaching the shaft, they
lowered the rope to Gleason, but he
was SO benumbed, for the water was
very cold, that he could not tie the
rope around his body. Another man
was let down into the shaft. and he
tied the rope securely around Gleason.
He vas first pulled up, and then Glea-
son was brought to the surface. With
the exception of a few bruises on his
arms and hands, Gleason was unhurt.
He was taken to MOkelumne and in a
few hours had recovered from his
fright. Gleason is about 24 years of
age and a man of strong constitution,
else what proved to be a very narrow
escape would have been chronicled as
his death.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
Strange Accident in n

All the cream of the French aristo-
cracy were assembled the day before
Yesterday morning in the Church of
st. Francois Xavier to attend the flu
neral of the Marquise de Chanaleilles,
who met with her death in such a
shocking manner in the great ceme-
terry of Pere LachaiSe a few days ago.
The MarquiSe, who was 50 years Old,
determined to visit the family mauso-
leum on Sunday last to offer up pray
ers for her husband. who die about
eighteen months ago. She had scarce
ly crossed the threshold of h private
chapel above the vaule when h large
fagstone on which she stood gave way
and parcipited her into the Vault,
where the collins lay, fully ? feet be-
low, and, = add to the horror OF the
situation, several large f~iagstones then
fell upon her.
Her married daughter, the Marquise
de Marcieu who mad accompanied he.
and Nho was herself over 60 years or
age. in making Il vain attempt to
save her mother. fell in as we'll, break
ing Il leg and arm. Her screams
brought assistance, and the two ladies
were quickly taken out by means OF
ropes. but from the very first it was
apparent that the case of Nine. de
Chanaleilles was hopeless, and slit
cxnircd within an hour at a chemists
shup near the cemetery "ntrance-fGr'
is. Cor. of the New York Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
Brain Surgery for Idiots.

An operation has been performed In
New York by means of an electrical
saw. which seems to indicate a dis
tinct advance in brain surgery. 1t is
well known that idiocy is often caus-
ed by the premature closing Of certain
soft bones in the heads of children.
whereby the growth Of the brain Is
INSTRUCTED. The usual tire atment ia
to take Il piece of the skull bone from
the top of the head, and thus afford
the cramped brain an opportunity to
expand. Heretofore, the bone has
been u out with a punch somewhat
resembling a conductors punch, but
this method was so jarring to the
brain that the resultant shock nearly
always killed the patient. The new
method which has been successfully
practiced by DIR. S. r. Powell, In nine
teen cases out of twenty, is to make
the usual four trephine openings into
the skull, and to insert a broad strip
of silver gently into one of the open
ings and work it along between the
brain and the skull until it protrudes
from the next hole, thus forming n
shield between the brain and the skull
which cbviates all danger of accident
from the slipping of the instrument by
which the portion of the skull is to be
eX,iSed. A minute circular saw. Op-
Grated by electricity is then brought
into use. A cut Is then made from
one trephined hole to the other, and
a second cut is made about One~eighth
Of an inch from the first. The inter-
vening bone is removed and the brain
is exposed. Two more cuts are made
between the other trephineu holes,
the bone removed the SILVER strips
withdrawn. the icrS of scalp drawn
back and stitched, and the requisite
bandages applied. Ordinarily, the
operation lasts about twenty-five min
utes. The great success which has att
tended these operations is attributed
by DIR. Powell almost entirely to the
great delicacy of treatment rendered
possible by the electric saw. He
thinks the operation has come tn stay.
1t is not claimed that it will change
idiots into persons of much mental
capacity but beyond question they can
be improved so much in mind and
brain that they will not be burdens
to their friends and relatives. as
Idiots hut too often are. The electric
saw used weighs less than an ounce
and 1t can be operated as d~elicately
as a scalpel.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
He Set Them Free.

Soon after the close of the long
French war in Europe, a boy was
standing on one of the bridges that
cross the Thames at London with a
large number of small birds in a cage
for sale. A sailor who was passing
observed the little prisoners fiuttering
about the cage, peeping through the
wires and manifesting their eager de-
sire to regain their liberty. He stood
for some time looking at the birds,
apparently lost in thought. At length,
addressing the boy, he said:
"How much do you ask for your
birds"
"SiXpence apiece. sir" was the reply.
Il don't ask how much apiece" said
the sailor; chow much for the lot? I
want to buy all hands"
The boy began his calculations and
found that they came to six shillings
and %sixpence.
"There's your money" said the sail
or, handing out the cash, which the
boy received with evident satisfaction
at his mornings trade.
No Sooner was the bargain settled
h the sailor opened the door and
let all the birds fly away.
The boy looked quite astonished. and
exclaimed: "What did you do that for
sir? You have lost all your birds"
81 will tell you," said the sailor
"why l did it. l was shut up for three
years in a French prison as a prisone,
of. war, and I an resolved not to sec
anything in prison that 1 can make
free.'-American Youth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

After having spent fifty-four hours
in a living tomb, Charles Ditzel was
rescued from the jaws of death in
Richardson colliery, neal Glen Carbon,
a suburb of Pottsville, says the Phila
delphia Record. His helper, August
Bremen, was taken out of the mine
dead several hours later. Both mel
were found side by side, the one cov-
cred by a dense mass of coal, and the
other sitting in Il space that left no
room for him to move anything but
his head. Ditzel was so weak he had
to be handled like 4 helpless babe.
His body is painfully bruised, but the
doctors attending him say he, will live.
He begged his rescuer to give him Il
drink as soon as he reached his side.
Ditzel was too weak to express his
joy, but his wasted features telling a
tale of suffering, answered the tender
sOlicitude of his wife and relatives
with a feeble smile. DitZel was found
at the face of the east mainway. about
ninety yards from the east gangway.
i'm breast No. 20. The breast was fill
ed with coal. and how he escaped
the fate of Bremen is next to Il mira
Gle.
The rescuers first struck a leg. 1t
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

aggrieved at the notoriety this action
has occasioned. She says she did not
wear boomers to attract attention,
but because it is the only hygienic
and comfortable costume she knows
of. At present she has dotted the
knickerbockers, only because she is
being talked about sc much. She will
wear them In stormy weather. OF
course she will not transgress Mrs.
Eames' order. Miss Days home is in
Orange. N. j., and she looks about 20
years old. She is a modest girl, and
one would not suspect her of leading
in dress reform. Unfortunately, her
financial are small, and
what binds her to Mrs. Eames is that
manages m Of the latter's board
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
nar Trains Of Manitoba.

In the northern districts of Mani
toba dog trains are still in uSe, and
very satisfactory is the time made by
the animals. who skim over the frozen
snow at a rapid rate. A train arriving
at Stanley covered 80 miles in four
days-well on to ninety miles a day.
The railway has opened up communi-
cation with the settled districts in
southern Manitoba, but the dog con-
tinues to supply the best means OF
transit for passengers and mails in
the sparsely settled regions.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

AS long ago as 1S4S certain Texas
iandholders presented valid claims to
the government for property included
in a military reservation. and ever
since then they have been in litigation
The claimants now get $1G0 900, which
is only a fraction of the amount orig
inally demanded, and 1t is safe to say
that they have spent more than that
sum In the effort to obtain what Justly
belonged to them. This is another in.
stance of the difficulty of collecting a
debt from the government: But when
a man owes the government, he gets
no Indulgence.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
Eouipped Military Bicycle.

to all machines in general use, and
if desired the gun can be instantly re-
moved.
1t is possible to shoot while riding
at the highest speed. without bringing
the gun to the shoulder, as it Is always
in the firing position and a simple
pressure of the hand las if to work the
brake, is sufficient without touching
the trigger. When the machine is
stopped it will be possible to take pre-
else aim.
The entire attachment is mounted in
front of the frame of the machine up
on the posts by q a of W. arms in
to which a rod is fixed which supports
the devices necessary for working the
trigger. The II is kept In its place
by a clamp made of two parts and
hinged. 1t can be opened whenever
ating as a lever.
The barrel of the gun rests upon n
support which is pivOted in order to
enable the rider to take aim, which Is
done by raising or lowering the screw
which Is provided with a hand wheel.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

Some curious tests have been made
lately of the penetration of projectiles
in snow. According to the report in
Cosmos Paris the Lebel rifle was the
weapon used, and some snow heaps,
from one to two yards thick, We're
placed on the firing range, situated
neal Aurillac. and fired at from a dis
lance of fifty yards. 1t was found
that the bullet had stopped ut a depth
of about five feet. 1t is believed that
the great velocity of the ~projectile
and it's rotation C2,500 turns attracts
to it particles of frost and minute
%icicles. which end by forming a ball
and practically annihilated it's pene-
tration.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

While France is barely holding its
population, it seems less disposed than
ever to encourage immigration. One
measure pending DEGREES that a natur-
allied citizen shall not be eligible to
office, and his sons and grandsons shall
be under the some disability. The
measure may not pass, but public sen.
timent favors the placing of more safe.
guards around French citizenship.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
some of John HansOn's Designs.

son., sailor, artist and Inventor. Han
son went to Chicago with the Viking,
and when the doughty little vess Il
which had braved the storms of the
Atlantic went down peacefully to the
bottom of the Chicago River Hanson
drifted back to New York and took
up quarters in the sailors boarding
house at No. II Hamilton street, kept
by another John Hanson.
Sailor Hanson remained only a
week, but in that time with the aid OF
a few dollars worth of paint, he trans
formed the room into one of the most
picturesque apartments in New York
city. Hanson left New York or a ship
bound for China.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

When Turkey finds a correspondent
headed for Armenia it gives him a
check for $132 and sends back. The
correspondent behind every log is to
issue an order excluding them from
the lines. But the Sultan's idea is
new, anr may work is his war chest
holds out.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

The easy, safe and certain protec-
ton of our bread, biscuit and cake
from all danger of unwholesomnness
is in the use of the Royal Baking
Powder only. This powder is men
toned because of the innumerable re-
ports in its 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. its absolute
purity and wholesOmeness. While its
use is thus a safeguard against the
poisonous alum powders, it is salts
factory at the same time to know that
owing to its greater strength it is
more economical.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
TRACTS FOR THE INDIANS.
The Type for Printing Them Which
Has Been Made Mt winnipeg.

The Type for Printing Them Which
Has Been Made MT Winnipeg.
During the past winter there has
been in course of preparation by II
type foundry an o~dd-looking face of
type, having the appearance of a lot
of Greek and Roman capitals holding
a conversation among themselves.
The Greek delta occurs frequently, as
do also the Roman V, L and Z, all
turned about in the most extraordil-
airy fashion. The type is a variety of
the syllable alphabet, adapted to suit
the languages of the Cree, Eeaver and
Chippewa Indians, dwelling in Atha-
basca, along the Peace River. The
inventor of the system as applied to
northern tongues, was Rev. J. Evans,
a Methodist Missionary at Norway
House. 1t has since been adapted to
fit nearly every Indian language in the
north.
The alphabet is a syllable one-that
is to say, it has a sign for each sylla-
BILE. The Indian languages while they
contain long words, have comparatively
but few sylla bles, and these are con-
stantly repeated. In the syllabarium
in use among the Crees, there are 30
six principal characters. In adapting
it for use among the Chippewyans and
Beavers it has been necessary to in
vent or use about sixteen additional
characters. These represent all the
root Syllables.
The method has proven wonderfully
adapted to Indian tongues and In
dian ideas. The Roman letters drive
an Indian almost to distraction, and he
rapidly forgets what he learns with so
much trouble. The. sy%llaDariun he
learns frequently in one day, and once
learned he never fCrgets 1t. The use
of this system can be readily seen
among nations of hunters such as we
have in the north. The circumstances
of the chase prevents more h one
or two families living together for any
length of time, and the missionary
goes from camp to camp, spending a
few days at each, and utilizing sea-
| SON. when the Indians gather at the
| Hudson Bay Company forts at trad
ing time. To teach them more than
the rudiments Of Christianity at tuch
visits is impossible, and n flame
would go out if it were not for the
fact that the missionary teaches the
Indian how to read in the syllable and
leaves him a portion of the Scriptures
and other books in his own tongue.
Besides the book Of common prayer
and hymnal, other works, such as Bun
vans ''Pilgrim's Progress" have oeen
translated into syllable. The boon that
this alphabet has proven is incalcula-
bic.
The type in the present case is be-
ing made for DR.. Young. the well
known Church of England Bishop of
Athabasca, who has been living in
Winnipeg the past winter. engaged
in correspondence. transitional and
other works for the benefit of this vast
diocese on the banks of the Peace Riv-
er. Bishop Young will take the. type
and a suitable printing press with i'm
when he goes north this spring, and
from this press will go forth a steady
stream of Christian literature to light
en- up the dark places of the Northern
~winds.-Winnipeg Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

A girl is always allowed II certain
time per week to work for her dover,
and generally brings her husband a
bed, with two or more pairs OF linen
sheets and a wadded ~coverlet, Il chest
(cassone), and from E10 to % in money.
She had usually Il good stock of body
linen, two winter working dresses, sew
eral cotton ones for summer, and at
least one holiday dress, besides her
black silk wedding gown. Every peas
ant girl has earrings n il necklace
~(vezzo) of several rows of irregularly-
shaped pearls or of red coral. The
richer ones have IA gold chain and
watch.
Before the marriage Il valuer (stima-
tore) is called in. who makes out Il
list of her possessions on stamped
paper. which is given to the headman
of her future husbands family. Should
she be left Il childless widow, he re-
turns the dover, and she generally
leaves the Observation-Disclosures Maga-
zine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
John T.. Hurst

land, in 1884, and was educated at
Dickinson College and the universities
of Halle and Heidelberg, and in 1858
entered the ministry. Soon after he
was appointed to the chair of theology
in the Methodist Mission Institute at
Bremen which by his direction was
removed to Frankfort-On-the-Main. In
1871 he returned to America and be-
came a professor in Drew Theological
Seminary. Later he became it's perSi-
dent. His greatest work, however,
is the establishment of the university
of which he is chancellor.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

Divorce has been legel in France now
for eight years. The first year the
number granted was LOO, the second,
1000; in 1894, it was 5000; the total for
eight years is 10000. The working
class supply the largest proportion,
II Icr cent; the peasants the smallest,
Z per cent, incompatibility of temper
Was the cause in $4,000 cases. The
most cnnnlnn time for bringing suit
is the fifth ear after marriage. Geo
graphically Paris leads the list.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
Decidedly Not.

Kate-I want to tell Aunt Susan
about my engagement, but l don't
know whether l can trust her or not.
7 don't want it to get out just yet.
Edith-Trust her? OF course you can't.
You know she makes 10 secret of her
age. and a woman who will tell her
age will tell anything!-Boston Trans
criDt,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

Russip. is moving her warships with
a promptness which is only ineligible
to those who remember the extensive
preparations she is making to popu-
late her. Pacific coast territory. When
the trans Siberian railroad is complet-
ed Russia expects to dominate the
Northern Pacific. If Japan or any
small power gets in the way it will be
pushed aside without ceremony.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
The Dog and the Telephone.

Some time ago a nan lost his dog,
which vas found by some of his
friends. They called up the master
by telephone to let him know they
had found his dog.
He asked: "Where is the dog?' and
received the reply, "Call him"
They placed the dogs a to the
telephone and the animal began to
yelp and to lick the telephone ma
chine most fondly, and the master rec
ognized at once the bark of his pet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

Little Dot wonder if they will
ever make flying machines that will
90.
Little Dick-'Course they will. and
they'll 90 bout a thousand miles an
hour. An Englishman can leave Lon
don after breakfast, fly Over to this
country to dinner and be back home
writing a book about America before
supper.-GOod News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

Queen Victoria, who stopped over
at Darmstadt lately to attend the
christening of a Observation-Disclosures
has had nine children, forty grandchil
dren and twenty-one great grandchil
dren, and of these seventy descend.
ants all are living but nine. AT the
rate they are picking up thrones the
family will have a corner in European
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06
A DrOp too Much.

~Jimson-Sad about poor keely.
wasn't it?
Simson-What about him?
Had the inns and ran up On the
roof. stood on the edge crying Tor
Drink Drink.
"Well:'
Then the wind came along and
blew him off"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

quite a sum was netted at the church
fair last week?
sRector-Yes. indeed: two candy girls
and a Rebecca at the Wall netted over
three millions.
"Impossible!"
"Fact. l have been called on to per-
form the ceremony in each case
Town Topics.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

Some of the Paris papers are begin
ming to say that the alliance of France
with Russia is of service only to the
latter country, and that now it has
linked France in common action with
Germany without the slightest pros
pective advantage. to France. This
states the case well as far as the out
side world a judge.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

The report from Key West that 90
600 more Spanish soldiers for service
in Cuba are sent for shows the falsity
of the recent stories that the insurec-
ton was on the point of collapse.
Havana has been a distributing cen
ter of misinformation ever since the
disturbance began.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

The grocer sends the new brand of
baking powder simply because it costs
him so much less and he can make
more profit by selling it than he can
on the Royal. The Royal is made
from the very finest materials and
costs much more than any other
brand, which accounts for its super
iority, although it is sold to consumers
at the same price.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-06

The Nicaraguan matter simply fur
nishes another illustration of the fact
that England never misses an oppor-
tunity to assert her strength when she
can do so without danger of having to
fight a nation of her own size.