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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
SOME NEW WRINKLES IN SCIENCE
mi INDUSTRY.
Heating a Florists Delivery Van
stored Energy In IL Watch-Dnfly
Activity of Small Animals-Extcu-
ton by Electricity.

Although the heating OF cars py o
water has been practiced for a long
+;mo wo h,,;,ro tho annlicot,on TO
49,. ~
hoilsH wagons Is Soiie"h"' VI wv
city in n development or not wa er
heating. This warming apparatus has
hoon desionod =, prooklvn N " The
frro oon,1,ots , st,,.o ON F,ltrp street
Prooklvn which ;s s,,nnlied Inv #. OK
tansivo aroon horsos 1T Raw Ride, a
distance of so,no five mileS from the
store Not cnlv in making his lcnr
trin hut in delivering the goods, The
Aofyers would norish from FROST If in
an ordinary delivery wa pon during cx-
cesSiveIv cold u,eather. and II was for
tbe nrotection of the flowers that Il e
van was desiyned The van is emf RELY
inclosed on tho TON. sides and front.
Two large doors se,ye to c.y,r the
hack Underneath the wagon. and Sis
handed from II hv strains. is a snecially
designed hot water heater. and from
this a one-inch fow n ne ext ,rds up
into tbe van and around the inside.
gradually rising fill il tie micates in a
header The header is carried IN for
some distance and the ton is bl n'ied
off A n9tcock is insal ted a. tie p'pe
for relieving the annaratu; from air
whom II Is hainp fl ii. If is filled up
to tho Lowell of tbp cock. which is then
closad and tho water on %expandirg
congresses the air in the expansion
nine above # Two 1-inch re urns a e
carried hack from the header. drop-
Ming as thev 90 tcwlrd the boiler. so
that there will he no chanc, for the
lodpment Of air in them, Tn, + turn
nine drops under the boiler ard an D
ward branch from n r. in II connects
with the boiler. If must frequently
hannen that a wagon of This kind s
left ont of doors for n c nsid rab'e
length of time when if is not in Use
and when the fro is ollow Il 70 90 ont.
This of course In cold weather world
moan the freaz;ny Of water in the pipes
and tbeir ~consannent ,,,ntura. To nre-
vent this water iS drawn off through
q Ming cock which has q screw thread
on tho outer ond en,blirr a hose TO
no attached to II and the annaratus
fI1ed With v,o+or M sn ,cinIlv do.
sirnad hoil.r oonSis+s ~ two caSt-;ron
hnxos hn+b onnn a. ono ond Tho
1nnaon 49, T. obar+ TX who's Inno ~
innIos biah 90 q ;nobos in T;d+b Th ,
snoaIIor aos+nn - nho,t ! inob srn.Ilor
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+rroon Tho two Shells oont.irs tho wo.
+or ~ ho hnotod potb ora o.st w =,
= s,toht $50 ~ &C. - oiiou, tha MT
tow - hn rondnr i+bdr MN from The
nonna NJ nmon ,adiation of bo,t
60. ~ ,euo. ~ urhoIa &C. oornrod
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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Ex-senator william Pitt Kellogg,
who now resides in Washington, was
one of even gentlemen who, in the
territorial days of Nebraska at the out
break of the war, boarded at the
Herndon House in Omaha. The Incl
dent is curious, in the light Of the in
teresting circumstances that each of
the seven in after years occupied a
seat on the floor OF the United States
senate. The Herndon House is now
used as the headquarters of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Cincinnati, March 1S.-(Special.)-
The resolution to isolate consumptives
at the pest house came before the hos
pital trustees yesterday. A protest
from DIR. Amick "a read. Two hos
pital doctors persisted that consump-
tives be sent to the smallpox pest
house. Mayor Caldwell and another
trustee opposed the removal. BY unan-
imous consent the resolution was
tabled indefinitely. never to be resur-
rected. Mayor Caldwell suggested use
Of Amick treatment at the hospital.
Definite action was deferred. This vic
terry won, DR.. Amick will battle for
consumptives everywhere. He is mail
ing free, copies Of his victory and the
Amlck consumption records, to physi-
clans and consumptives who write him.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

The modern watch of any good make
embodies the inv ,nt.ve genius Of c IL
turtles. The pocket watch of to-day is
one of the most accurate of all j stru-
ment of precision. Briefly dtfned,
mechanically, it is a spring motor OF
most delicate construct on of parts,
controlled by an autOm ltic regulat ng
device that is a marvel OF precision.
1t is designed to measure accurat ly
and record the hours, minutes and sec
onds of the mean solar day. A watch,
keeping time to a minutr a week,
varies from true precision only l-loOth
of l per cent. The act of winding, so
called. is that of storing up energy IN
II spring. BY this act of winding the
hand, in the interval of about fifteen
seconds. stores up energy enough 10
keep the motor In motion and to sup
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
HnW'a Thisl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not he
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure!
F.. J. CHENEY & CO, Props Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, nave known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Elmer Clapsaddle, better known as
the Hermit Of Six-Mile Creek" is the
name Of a unique character who lives
alone in the woods in Niagara county,
New York. Over his cabin he has
posted the notice, "People Not Wanted
Here" He is about 25 years old and
has written a strange book called
key to the Bible; the Voice Of the
Seventh Angel; the Mysteries Of God
Finished Of Revealed; the Millennium
End of the World"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Harry C Hopkins, of 326 st. PIul
street, Baltimore, one of the youngest
members of the Maryland Academy of
Sciences, has a special fondness for ami
mails, says the Philadelphia Evening
Telegram. In the past few years he
has had a great variety of pets, so
many, in fact, that his rooms had more
the appearance of a menagerie than The
abiding place Of Il young man.
Among his earliest pets were three
frogs, which he raised from tadpoles.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
4 BOY,

A wicked small boy in Glasgow was
arrested some t me ago for some MS
deed, and on being taken before The
court for trial was ask d by the Judge
where he learned so much w~ickedness.
do We ken know the pump in
Glass ford street, asked the boy.
NO" said the judga.
"Weel, do you ken the pump in Brig
gate?' asked the boy.
"Oh, yes" replied the judge.
"Weel, then,' said the 10y, we may
go there and pump as long us We like,
but We Gamma pump me-"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Philanthropic Merchant-A poor fel
low came to me this morning asking
for food, as he said he was starving
I sent him down to your restaurant
and told him to get a good square
meal, and I would pay you for it. How
much is the bill?
Restaurant Keeper-Fifty-five cents
sir.
"What are the items?"
mine beers and a cigar"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18


be traced by the lines in the woman's face.
Dull eyes, the sallow or wrinkled face and
those feelings Of weakness" have their
rise in the arrangements and irregularities
peculiar to women. Tile functional de-
rangements, painful disorders, and chronic
weaknesses of women, can be cured with
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For the
young girl just entering wonianhood, for
the mother and those about to become
mothers, and later i'll "tlie change of life"
the Prescription F." is just what they need ;
it aids nature i'll preparing the system for
the change. It's a medicine prescribed for
thirty years, in the diseases of women, by
DIR. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician
to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, at Buffalo, N. Y. DR.. Pierce's Favorite.
Prescription will cure the chronic inhamma-
ton of the lining membranes wllici cause.
II e~xhausting drains upon the system
1t cures nervous 'prostration, sleeplessness,
faintness, nervous debility and all disorders.
arising from arrangement of the female:
organs and functions.
Mrs JENNIE WryryAHfc IF Hfo61,.b Tous Ia
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Pittsburg Is thoroughly in earnest
about it's ship canal from the Ohio
river to Lake Erie, and has placed
three parties Of engineers in the field
to decide on the route. 1t is admitted
that the canal will benefit other lake
and river cities also, Dut Pittsburg
takes the broad view that what helps
other cities will help it even more as
one of the terminal points.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

A critic of the day credits Patti with
the most perfect quality Of tone pos
sessed by any singer of her time, but
raises the objection that there is no
variation in the quality. AS Patti has
been singing In public forty years the
criticism is a splendid compliment,
though not so Intended. The musical
world hopes that PATHS voice may
long continue to have the fault of be-
ing faultless.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

J. w. Tyrell, Of Hamilton, Ont.
brother Of J. B. Tyrell, the Canadian
explorer, has accepted an offer from
the United States geological survey to
20 in charge of an expedition to Files
mere Land in the Arctic circle in
search of two Swedish naturalists lost
there. j. B. TyreIl was offered the ap.
pointment but had to decline.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
of Aohauk. Lane Co.,.
Mrs. Jennie WILL

Oregon, writes 81
was sick for over three
years with blind dizzy
spells, palpitation of
the heart, pain i'll the
back and head, aud
at times would have
such a weak tired feel
ing when l first got
up i'll the morning,
and at times nervous
chills.
The physicians diff
fered as to what my
disease was. but none
of them did me any
good. AS soon as ]
commenced taking DR..
Pierce's Favorite Pre-.
scription, I e tc
get better !. could Sleer
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

One of the biggest gold discoveries
ever made in Montana is reported by
Thomas Carmin, of Pony, Madison
county, who has struck a ten-inch vein
Of gold ore running $500 to the ton in
the White Pines, an old location. This
is richer than any quartz before found
In Montana mines.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

The army of the unemployed In
Montreal, 1900 strong, which has been
threatening violence, were offered a
Job at shoveling snow by the city en-
glneer, and only 500 accepted the Job.
The others have gone into temporary
retirement.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
Opposed to 1t.

Strawber-I don't think the income
tax Is fair. 1t makes a man with "A
family pay as much as a bachelor.
Singerly-You ought not to kick.
You are not married.
Strawber (bitterly)-No. But I am
engaged.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
Two Spirits,

First Spirit Cat the gate)-Every Len
ten season 1 wore sackcloth and ashes.
st. Peter-Wait outside until l can
examine the rest of your record.
Second Spirit always put my ashes
on the front pavement.
st. Peter-Come right in.-New York
Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

In Europe at this time eight great
ship canals are under consideration.
If decided on, their cost will be over
$500, 600, 900. The 500 shares of the
Suez canal are now worth $53S.5O.
Though the Manchester canal is not
paying, 5000 vessels passed through
it last year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

First Nobleman-The poor duke was
dreadfully deceived.
Second Nobleman-He married an
American heiress.
First Nobleman-True, but her money
has given out and now she won't even
work for a living.-New York Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Virginia Is taking a new Interest IN
its historical places, and will begin
with q window in the old church at
Williamsburg in honor of the first
preacher at jamestown. The site OF
the first English colony should be look
ed after, for it is in a state of I'm
pardonable neglect.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Young Wife (dreamily)-How lovely
it would be if all things in this world
would work in harmony.
Husband (thoughtfully)-My, yes! Cor
instance, if coal would only go up with
the thermometer.-New York Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
Getting Scarce.

Stage Villain-I have a scheme to rob
a bank.
Second Stage Villain-Impossible!
Stage Villain-Why impossible?
Second Stage Villain-Where are you
going to find n that hasn't already
been robbed?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Mr.. George Gould declares that mon
ey did not enter into the matter of his
sisters marriage; but Mrs. George
Gould typifed the affair differently and
more correctly by ordering the we'd
ding cake cut into a hundred heart
shaped pieces, and each heart packed
in a solid silver box lined with pure
gold.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

1t appears to be the general opinion
of leading bankers, merchants and
manufacturers that an era of good
times will soon begin; and their prac-
teal acquaintance with all the condi-
tons is t 0 be accepted as a reasonable
assurance of the correctness of their
Judgment.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Has tastes incidentally. In keening with
other luxuries. A remedy must be pleas
antly acceptable in form, purely whole
some In composition, truly beneficial in
effect and entirely free from every objec-
tionable quality. If really i'll he consults
a physician; If constipated he uses the gen.
tie laxative. Syrup of Figs.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Rudyard Kiplings's father, John
Lockwood Kipling, proposed to his
mother. Alice Macdonald, on the shore
Of Rudyard Lake, England, and was
accepted. The author was named Rud-
yard in honor of that romantic episode.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

1t Is officially certified that there are
at least 100000 persons in Nebraska
who have to be supported until an
other crop is raised, and provided
with grain for seeding purposes. The
people Of other states will certainly
not fail to contribute freely In a case
which appeals 70 strongly to general
sympathy.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
Hoods Sarsapari|Ia

medicine for family use, and for all dis
orders caused by torpid liver and impure
blood, in fact it is a wonderful health re-
storer to the whole system. Hoods Sar-
s~aparilla has proved itself in my wife's
case, and we can faithfully recommend its
use in every family" JACOB RoMMEL, Nor
rison, Missouri.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Removes the cause by purifying and enriching
the blood, giving to it just those qualities
which are demanded for the proper support
of the nervous system. Hundreds of women
who once suffered from nervousness, write
that they have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla and
nervousness has disappeared. This was be-
cause Hoods Sarsaparilla purified their blood.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
Not Apparent,

Maud am very ~extravagant in the
matter of hosiery.
Mr.. Oldboy (thoughtlessly)-I have
never observed it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No.
1 Asthma medicine.-W. II. Williams, An.
tioch, Ills, April II, 1894.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

ply the maximum Of power for a
period OF twenty-four hours, and with
a reserve in the modern watch of about
sixteen hours; or, for a period of forty
hours from the energy that is stored
In 1t by the hand in fifteen seconds of
winding. The storage of power in such
a standard is effected by means of a
ribbon of steel of a width and thick
ness prOpOrtionate to the &c CT the
watch. and which is con aimed In the
first wheel, called in technical parlance
the barrel, which is in the form of a
cup. The size of this cup is governed
by the size of the watch, being nearly
one-half the size or diameter of the
frames of the watch. This spring Is
from eighteen to twenty-five inches
long, 1t is coiled up in the barrel, with
its outer end secured by means of a
pierced hole fitting ove a suitable hook
OF stud, projecting inwardly fem he
barrel. It's inner end is secured to il
similar hook to the hub of II wheel
called the first or main wheel. By the
act of winding this sprif s is wrapped
around the hub, and the wheel Is
caused to revolve. The tension i'm
parted to the spring in winding atO t
this arbor, when freed from the factor
of friction. will be the force tending to
drive this first wheel of the watch.
This force will be equal, On AZ " age,
in the "gentleman's size" watch, to a
pull of five ounces troy on a wheel of
1-inch radius. The action Of the sp ing
in performing it's duties in the watch
will be readily understood.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

Depend upon pure, rich, red, nourishing,
strength giving blood. The nerves derive
their sustenance from the blood, and when
they are weak it is because they do not re-
reivc the nourishment needed. The true
rure for nervousness will not be found in
ppiatc or sedative compounds. These only
allay the symptoms.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
STRONG NERVES

"My wife suffered many years with various
troubles, severe headaches, debility, nervous
ness, indigestion and dyspepsia. She has
been treated by different doctors, and tried
different remedies, but
Hoods S~arsapariIla Has Done More
for her than anything else. We consider
Hoods Sarsaparilla a most indispensable
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
JOMEN' FACES

flowers, fade
and wither with time;
the bloom of tlie rose
is only known to the
h woman's
cheeks. The nerv-
Gus strain caused by
the ailments and
: pains peculiar to the
sex, and the labor
and worry of rearing
,,,.I. rs
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
A Kindly Warming.

A little girl in this city, in saying
her prayers the other night, was told
to pray for her father and mother.
who are both very i'll, and for IL of
the servants who had lost her husband.
She did as instructed. ard concluded
her petition with these words: And
now. o God. take care of your~lf,
because If anything should happen to
you we would all go to pieces.
Amen."-Washington Letter.
The Order of the Empire OF India was one
of Beaconsfeld's ideas to compliment Queen
Victoria. 1t wis founded In 1877.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18

pain in my back soon left me. 1 can walk sever
al miles without getting tired. took in all three
bottles of Prescription and two of Discovery"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-18
Daily Activity of Small Animals.

Daily Activity of Small Animals.
Some interesting reCo DIS have re
Gently been made by Mr.. G. c. Stewart
of the daily activity of certain small
animals and of the ch,rges effected by
various infiuenc s. Thus far the ami
mails experimental upon have been
rats. mice and squirrels. They are
kept in circular, easily rotating cages,
so arranged that any motion of the ami
nal rotates the cage, AM. by mea" S
of a tambour or levers, this motion of
the cage is recorded Up n Fymog;a ph
paper kept moving night and dau, An
electromagnetic circuit with n clook
marks the hours and minutes. We thu
have the manner in which an animal
divides his t me between rest and ac-
tivity recorded by hims If. Rats Ill d
mice divide their days into about
twelve hours rest and twelve hours
intermittent work during the nigh
Those of us who are wakeful wi
however. be inclined to b lieve that
night. During the work period short
intervals of activity. rare'y exceeding
an hour, are interrupted by nj most
CHuQl pei Nv uS VI LODI. HI Siuilltl III
winter works almost continuously fol-
from twenty minutes to two hours
early in the morning, with sometimes
a short interval of activity late In he
evening, and rests nearly twenty-five
hours in the day. Food has a mos,
marked influence upon diurnal activity
In general, the richer the diet in p.o
ted, the greater the activity. Fat has
the opposite effect, reducing the activ
ity of mice to q few minutes a d Y
To test the influence of alcohol or
spontaneous activity, rats kept on dry
corn were given, instead of wat II
alcohol of 5 per cent to 60 per cent
During fifty days Of treatment no uni
form effect of the alcohol could Ee
demonstrated. All normal animals ex
perimented on tended to work more
minutes per day when baron ntri'
pressure was high, and this must b,
taken into careful account in es |
mating the effect Of any condition upo1
daily activity.
The herald., 1895-08-14
He Had Been Canning

A well-dressed, middIe-aged man sat at
a table in Grant avenue rotIsserie last
evening. industriously picking the bones
of small bird. He held leg in his fin
gers, and after he had stripped the bone
care.essly tossed it off the table on the
floor. The other diners sitting near were
properly shocked. and surprised waiter
picked up the bone and carried it out.
The man seemed abstracted, and did not
observe that he had created sensation
as he. picked The other leg. He nibbIed
at it, surveyed it critically, and nibbled
it again till it was bare, and then tossed
it over his shoulder. 1t landed on the
plate of an elderly gentleman who was
dining at the next table.
What in thunder he roared. and
two walters hurried to remove the Offend
ing bone. "Who did it' he demanded in
dignantly.
"This gentleman here. SIR" whispered
the waiter, shaking his napkin towards
the man. who was calmly picking an
other bone.
Look here. sir; do
the elderly gentleman lodged the breast
bone as it came flying over the other
mans shoulder.
Here, confound youn' shouted the
old man. as he grabbed the other by the
shoulder. "do you think I'm a dog?
What do you mean, sir?''
"Wha-wha-what is the matterY he
Stammered.
Matter? What do you mean by throw
ing your old bones over here ON my table,
sir?''
Did do that?"
Eyes, you did. What do you mean
by such conduct?"
Il beg thousand pardons, sir. I've
Just returned from q months cam ping
trip, and I've been throwing bones over
my shoulder ever since l started. San
Francisco Post.