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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12
ODD GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE.
Some Interesting Statistics Quilted
From a British Blue Book.

SOme Interesting Statistics Quilted
From a British Blue Book.
The British government has issued a
blue book ON the subject Of marriage
and divorce, giving the laws of various
countries, collected by British consuls
and intended obviously as a basis for
an international agreement on these
momentous transactions, says the San
Francisco Argonaut. The countries In
Which divorce laws are in force are
France, Great Britain, Germany, Ba-
varia, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Rus
sia, Saxony, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-
land and the Australian colonies. In
most of these countries, as in most of
our states, the usual grounds for di-
vorce are adultery, desertiOn, imprison-
ment for felony, cruelty and incurable
incompatibility. But the latter ground
for divorce may not be pleaded in
Belgium where the parties have lived
together twenty-five years, or where
the wife is v 45. In France a wom-
an may get a divorce from her hus-
band if he calls her a canaille before
her children, or if he maltreats her
mother. or If he refuses to supplement
the civil ceremony with a religious cere
mony when requested to oblige her to
that extent. In Germany a divorce
may be granted if one of the parties
goes mad. but not if he or she becomes
an idiot. In Greece a man may di-
vorce his wife 'if she stays out all
night" Dr. without his consent, "at-
tends theaters, or sports, or dinners,
or places where men battle" It is
good ground for divorce in Greece that
one of the parties to the marriage
turns out to be q Jew. In Saxony a
divorce may be granted on the ground
of change Of religion, and in Spain Il
wife may get a divorce on the ground
that her husband is trying to force her
to change her religion. In Sweden it
would appear that a divorce would be
granted on proof that one of the par
ties had not been vaccinated before
marriage. In New South Wales and
Victoria a husband may get a divorce
from his wife on the ground that she
has neglected her domestic duties for
three years.
The Blue Book gives these figures,
which shows that the United States.
which leads the world in most things,
leads also in divorce: In 1885 the
number of divorces was, in the United
States, 1912; in Switzerland. 92O; in
Denmark. 635; in France, 6,o45; in
Germany. 6,1G1; in Roumania, 541; in
Holland, $50; in Austria, 1,172; In Bel
GUM, 200; in Norway and Sweden,
POI; in Australia, 95; in Russia, 1,7S9:
in Italy, 500: in Great Britain and Ire
land, sos, and in Canada, II.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12
removing Facial BIemisbes.

Although dermatologists have long
e accustomed to emove deeply-seat-
ed, unsightly facial marks by electricity.
the practice has been open to serious
objection from tho tendency of the
operation not only to cause great pain.
but to leave a scar, in many cases as
Objectionable as the original l~istigure,
ment. An ingenious modification in
the use of electric currents has been
devised by Harry r, Waite, by which
the branch of electrical application is
raised to h level of safe and legiti-
mate practice. The new method con-
slsts OF a combination of battery and
induction coil. or magneto-electric cur.
rents, which Mr.. Waite, adopting the
usual practice of acknowledgements,
speaks of us the ''galvanic' and fer
adlc' currents respectively. The poles
OF h respective currents are so ad-
1usted towards sponges placed adjacent
to that part on which it is desired to
operate, that ii is only necessary to
apply the negative pole of the g%aIvanic
current to the blemish. The patient
1cels no pain, and an e%lectrolytic proc-
esS Is Instantly started, which. it is
claimed, will remove the mark, without
any subsequent inflammation or disfig-
urement.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12

Henry Bowman was a gray-haired
Waterman at the union railway tracks
at Indianapolis. Some one tells Of the
noble deed by which he gave his life
for others, rs follows:
A freight engine was approaching
and several children were playing on
the tracks. RowInnn called to them,
but they did not hear him, and the
engine was within n few feet of them
Wien he rushed upon the track, gather
ed the two smallest in his arms and
)eapcd out of the way of the engine.
Just 1t that moment a Lake Erie &
Western engine, going in an opposite
direction. came upon him, knocking
him down and mutilating both legs
horribly. AS the engine struck him he
threw the two children from him, and
both fell beyond the track and were I'M
hurt. Bowman died of his injuries an
hour later.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12

A method of permanently softening
leather is often needed. Glycerine rem
ders the leather supple for a while.
but soon sweats out in damp air. A
sure way of fixing it in the leather
is to first incorporate it with four times
its weight of conglomerate greasy mass
made by dissolving beef fat in warm
cod oil. Another way is to mix it
with the white of an egg or a solution
of deXtrin may be substituted for the
egg. The mixture can either be applied
alone or followed by the beef fat COM
position. A valuable stuffing for leath-
er is obtained by dissolving ii tan stuff
in glycerine and mixing it with cod
oil and fat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12

The smallest paper in the world Is
published i'll G%uadalajara, in Mexico.
Its title is FL T~elegrafto, and under
meath is the announcement hat the pa
per is an independent weekly period
zeal of politics and varied news The
monthly subscription is two pence-half-
penny, for this weekly is a halfpenny
publication. 1t is printed in eight col
umns, each four and a half inches long
and n and II half inches wide, on thick
MANILA paper. And yet the staff in
cludes an editor and director, an admin
iStrator or business manager, Il respon-
Sible man or capitalist, and a printer.
Among newspapers this tiny Sunday
journal certainly occupies a unique po-
Sition.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12


between the cities the patrols met, the
wires were Joined together, and speech
was found to be perfect. The order
was then given to take up the circuit,
and each patrol, Keeling up all the way,
worked back to It's starting point. The
laying of over thirty miles Of wire
took only four hours.
The French are also alive to the i'm
p%ortance of the telephone in army ma
neuvering. Each regiment of French
infantry is now supplied with two
portable telephone instruments, be-
tween three and four miles of wire,
carried on bobbins, by men, a light
bamboo ladder and two forked poles.
By the use of these appliances. commu-
nication Is Immediately established in
billets between regimental and brigade
headquarters, or from any Of the out
posts to the rear.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12
-
The Melancholy Days.

Probably everyone who has ever
read anything, dolefully quoted 1.-THE
melancholy days have come" etc., as
soon as they hear the first whistle Of
the wind or note the first scurrying
company Of dried leaves before a nip
ping autumn gust. 1t belongs to this
season of the year to make believe you
feel depressed and, perhaps, in reality
many do; but why should these days
be melancholy? Why should they be
called he saddest Of the year?
If the leaves did not fall we would
never enjoy that blissful. keen awaken
Ing Of nature in the spring, and if the
winds did not howl we would never
fully appreciate the glorious warmth
of an open fire and shady lamp and
cozy evenings spent in the company of
pleasant people and good books, while
all without is cold and drear, the snow
piled high up in shifting drifts quite
to the doorsill.
To the homemaker autumn and win
ter means more than the other seasons.
They incite the housewife to culinary
achievements that will prove most graf
flying to the lord and master after he
has waded home through storm and
sleet to the coy comfort Of his own
dining table. The very fixing up Of
the house for winter brings with it
a sense of reStful content. As the
heavy curtains are hung we fancy how
delightful it will be to draw them
close together some evening when the
raindrops beat hard and fast against
the pane and all we love most in the
world are shut in within the shelter
of the home nest.
After all. life is as we make it.
Come winter, come summer, if we but
cultivate in our hearts the perpetual
greenness of cheerfulness, the sunshine
of content. it will not matter whether
the skies are blue Of gray, the earth
covered with a carpet of velvety verdi
ur, or a mantle of snow. Think of this
when a feeling Of loneliness or depres-
sion creeps Eel you and battle it with
the weapons that lie always close at
hand. What matter if the wind howl
If there is no surging tempest of pas
sion in your breast? Life may be to
us all the sweetest. best and brightest
possession If we only choose to plan it
so.-Philadelphia Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and ST. bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Fig
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12
A Handy Storage Battery.

The Importance Of the storage bat
terry in future electrical work is becom-
ing daily more apparent. While in Eng
Liant and on the European continent
1t Is extensively and successfully used,
in America it has met with Indifferent
success. The trouble here seems to be
that storage batteries are worked with
too small a margin of safety; we want
to get too much out of them. AS w. w.
Grlscom recently put it: "a storage
battery continually worked to its com
mercial rating is a commercial failure.
A storage battery worked sufficiently
within it's capacity is invariably a com
merciaI success" A battery is now
made that, while 80 per cen lighter
than other batteries of corresponding
capacity, can be worked well within
Its capacity, and still give most salts
factory service. 1t is of unusual
strength and solidity, and will stand
any mount of hard usage. The lead
plates are so assembled as to expose
d very large amount of active service
to the action of the electrolyte. The
battery can be rapidly, economically.
III etnclently charged. It may be both
overcharged and discharged rapidly
without detriment to tie plates. In
proof of his it is mentioned that a.
plant of these cells has been DISCHARGED
repeatedly, for the last sixteen months.
at rates of from one and one-half to
-four amperes per pound of plate and
not a single plate of the batteries
submitted to these severe tests was
"buckled' or warped. The "buckling'
or bending Of the plates after a period
Of wear, has always been a fatal de-
feet of the storage battery, and this
new record is of value in showing a
stride in its construction. The
new battery is well suited to the run
ming of electric launches, lighting. or
any service where a high discharge
rate may be occasionally demanded.
and 1t is claimed to be especially adapt-
for traction work.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12
An ENcavatOr for River Banks,

An eXcavator has been patented for
forming entertainments along rivers, etc.
The driving engine, which is placed ON
Il fiat-boat. is connected by gears and
readily operated clutches with two
drums, over which Il rope passes. and
is then carried out TO Il pulley in a
framework on the bank. To the end
Of this rope the ~eXcavator is attached.
AS soon as it is placed in position for
eXcavating, with its mouth in the en-
bankment or heap to be removed, the
WindlaSS on the fat-boat is started
the rope is drawn taut, and the eX-
%cavator, freighted with its load, is
drawn upward and outward, and auto
matically dumped. The apparatus is
supplied with two of these shovels or
scrapers, and while II is being drawn
up the embankment, the other is being
to he filed. Thus the scrapers
travel III opposite directions, and are
alternately filled and emptied and re-
turned to their place of starting.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12

Spectrum analysis in the hands Of
DR.. Higgins and Mr.. Lockyer and 9TH
ers has taught us things of which the
world little expected TO be told. We
have been enabled to measure the
speed with which clouds of blazing n.y.
drogen course across the surface Of the
sun; we have learned the pace-the fab.
ulous pace-at which the most familiar
stars have been for ages approaching
to or receding from our planet, which
rs far as historical records 60 back,
they have always delineated on the
evening sky. We have received some
information about the elementary
atoms themselves. We have learned
that each sort Of atom, when heated,
strikes upon the ether q vibration, or
set Of vibrations, whose rate Is all it's
own; and that no one atom or combina-
ton of atoms, in producing it's own
spectrum, ~encroaches even to the ex-
tent of a single line upon the spectrum
that is peculiar to its neighbor. We
have learned that the elements which
exist in the stars, and especially in the
sun, are mainly those with which we
are familiar upon earth. These are a
few lines in excess to which We can
give no terrestrial name; and there are
still more puzzling gaps in our list.
1t Is a great ~aggravation of the mys-
terry which besets the question of the
elements that, among the lines which
are absent from the spectrum of the
sun, those Of nitrogen and Y g stand
first. Oxygen constitutes the largest
portion Of the solid and liquid sub
stance Of our planet, so far as we know
it; and nitrogen is very far the pre-
dominant constituent of our atmos-
phere. If the earth is a detached bit
whirled off the mass Of the sun, as cos
mogonists love to tell us, how comes
1t thai in leaving the sun we cleaned
him out so completely of his nitrogen
and oxygen that not a trace Of these
gases remains behind to be discovered
even by the sensitive vision Of the spec
troscope?
All these things the discovery of the
spectrum analysis has added to our
knoWledge; but it has left us as igner-
ant as ever as to the nature of the ca
PRECIOUS differences which separate the
atoms from each other, or the cause to
which those differences are due.-From
Unsolved Problems of Science, by the
Marquis Of Salisbury, in The Popular
Science Monthly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12

Astronomical photography is o n
stantly demonstrating its superiority
over mere telescope observation in re-
vealing celestial realities that the hu-
maj eye, even when assisted by the
Lick telescope, cannot discern. Five
inch negatives of scenery on the moon,
taken on top of the California noun
tains, and sent to Prague, Bohemia, for
.enlarging, prove to contain revelations
of lunar objects not bigger than the
steamship Lucania, or the Majestic.
1t will ere long be possible, evidently,
by comparing past and future photo
graphs of the moon, to settle the cues.
ton whether there are or are not Ii
changes going on on the lunar surface.
Hartford Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12

Upon curtains the principal part of
the embroidery is now placed upon the
turnover portion of the top. This has
much the effect of a valance when well
oyerlaid.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12

She-Well, Jack. how do you like my
coming-out dress?
He-1t's very appropriate.
She-What do you mean by that?
He-Wcn. you seem to be coming out
of it.-Judge.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12

Hegeman's Camphor Ice with Glycerine.
The original and only genuine. Cures Chapped Hands
and Face, Cold Sores, &c. c. G. Clark Co., n. Haven, CT.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
SOME USEFUL NEW INVENTIONS
AND DISCOVERIES.

spectrot copy and the Elements-N.y
Methods for Saving stonc-A Hnn-
dy Storage Battery-Picture GAL
1ery Re1cctors.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12

Karl's Glover Root Tea.
The great Blood purifier, gives freshness and clearness
to the Complexion and cures Constipation. Csc, soc, 81.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12
From
High Government Authority.

NO authority of greater experience on food products ex.
lists than Dr.. Henry A. Mott. of New York. DR.. Motifs wide
experience as Government Chemist for the Indian Depart.
ment, gave him exceptional opportunities to acquaint himself
with the qualities and constituent parts of baking powders
He understands thoroughly the comparative value of everv
brand in the market, and has from time to time EXPRESSED
his opinion thereof. On a recent careful re. examination and
ANALYSIS he fndc
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12

Did it ever occur to You that no man can
"raise tho devir' without lowering him.
self?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12
II the Baby Ia Outline Teetb.

tHo baDy Is CuttIng teeth.
BE sure and use that old and welltried remedy, MRs.
MISSIONS SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-12
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder

superior to all others in strength, purity, and efficiency. Dr..
Mott writes -
New York, March aoth, 1894.
find DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder to be superior
to all others, for the following reasons -
1st. 1t liberates the greatest amount of leavenine gas
and is consequently more efficient.
and. The ingredients used in it's preparation are of the
purest character.
grid. Its keeping qualities are excellent.
4th. On account of the purity of the materials and their
relative proportions, DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder must
be considered the acme Of 1eJah@u as regards wholesomeness
and efficiency, and I say this having in mind certificates I
have given several years ago respecting two other baking
powders.
The reasons for the change in my opinion are based on
the ABOVE facts and the new method adopted to prevent your
baking powder from caking and deteriorating in strength.
HENRY A. Mort, Phi. D, L. L. D."
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-16
EIGHT INTO soRrY-EIaHr

The Employer Did Not Quite Under
stand the Arithm tic OF the Clerk
A clerk in an Austin store inform
ed his employer that his sister was
going to get married, and he wanted
furlough OF forty-eight hours to
attend the wedding, which was to
take place out in the country some-
where. The merchant could not
we'll spare the services Of the young
man for that length OF time, but he
finally consented to let him go on
condition that he would return
promptly at the expiration of two
days.
Gas soon as my forty-eight hours
are up I'll be back" said the young
man, hurrying off to catch the train,
and that was the last his employer
saw Of him for six solid days. Then
he walked in, gripsack in hand and
beaming smile on his face, remark
lug.
"Im back on time"
Back on timer roared the exas-
perated employer. "Do you call six
days forty-eight hours2"
"Of course | do. What else do
you call it?'
"Have you lost the use of your
mental faculties, or are you trying,
sir, to take unwarranted liberties
with me?'
"Wby, l am surprised. i told you
1 wanted forty-eight hours recres-
ton, didn't II"
"Certainly. And l gave it to you g
"Just so. And l work in the store
eight hours day, don'tI2"
"Of course"
"Well, eight into forty. eight eoes
six times, and have been gone eight
hours day for six days, so you see
I'm on time IL there is one thing
/ know better than another it is how
to he on hand at the appointed
hour" 1sras Sitting.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-16
A Life Lesson.

Therel little grill don't cryl
They have broken your doll, | know;
And your tea set blue
And your playhouse, too,
Are things OF long ago;
But childish troubles will soon pass
by:
Therel little girl! don't cryl
Tberel little grill don't cryl
They have broken your slate, know;
And the glad, wild ways
OF your schoolgirl days
Are things of long ago;
But life and love will soon come by:
Therel little grill don't cryl
There! little grill don't cryl
They have broken your heart, know;
And the rainbow CLEANS
OF your youthful dreams
Are things Of long ago;
But heaven holds all for which you
sigh:
There! little grill don't cryl
james IIhitcon,b Riley in Kansas
City Journal.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-16
LOST.

A PAIR OF PLAIN LEATHER SAD
IN die Bags with Patent Leather Cover
ings, lost between Kaalawai and Pawaa
ably rewarded by leaving the same with
II. j. TESLA,
l20-3t 1927 King Street.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-16
CORRESPONDENTS.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for The
opinions of correspondents Our columns arc
men 10 every shade of opinion or party or
grfeUdnce Correspondence must not be libel
tous VI indecent and must be accompanied Jy
The name of the writer, not uecessarily for pub
location, but as u guarantee Of good fdith.)
ED. The INDEPENDENT
l have small observation-disclosures
ing to volunteer company l attend
drill regularly. Usually beer is in
order after proceedi' gs-about SIS
being spent Now, charitably re-
present that it would be more in or
der if the sum was expended on
meal tickets for unemployed men,
bers; at least 40 tickets OF the face
value OF l5c. could be purchased in
lieu of the money spent on sour
beer, which recently has hardly been
fit to make bad vinegar. Moreover,
the unemployed are apparently
necessary to swell the ranks and
save them the payments OF taxes,
failure to do which might land them
in Hotel de Low instead of wearing
uniform. UNEMPLOYED MEMBER.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-16

The California Feed Company
have received large invoice Of
goods by the S. G.. Wilder. They
quote the lowest prices, and the
finest qualities in all the lines,
and give full weight. Amongst the
lot are to be found, hay, oats,
rolled barley, bran, corn, cracked
corn, oil-cake, etc. Everything is
of the freshest, and if you want
to get the best and cheapest the
California Feed Co. will hear from
you,