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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19
SCIENCE IN FARMING.

The Product of an Acre VIII Be
Greatly Increased by New Meth
DDS.
Some interesting possibilities Of the
scientific cultivation of the soil were
pointed out in a lecture before the
Brooklyn institute the other evening by
Prot. Harvey w. Wiley, chief Of the
division Of chemistry Of the United
States department of agriculture. Prof.
Wiley predicted that, with better meth
DDS Of cultivation, careful fertilization,
rotation Of crops and the study of the
soils. this country will be able within
a few hundred years to support a popu-
lation Of 1000, 100000 people. The lee
turer spoke Of the scientific progress
which has been made in agriculture
within comparatively recent years. The
needs of plant life have been studied
and the scientist has e~ndeavored to
formulate the principles upon which
scientific farming depends. 1t has been
found that most Of the nutritive ele-
ments Of plants do not impoverish the
soil. Plants are breathing creatures
as well as animals, only they con-
sumo nitrogen instead Of oxygen. The
discovery has been made that a cer-
tain kind Of bacillus a nitrify the
free oxygen Of the air, but this bacillus,
so far as is known yet, exists only
under conditions which are fatal to
plant life. The three chief products
of the plant world are carlo lydrltes,
Troteids and fats and oils. These are
all valuable as food products to man.
The manufacture of these three prod
ucts in plant cells does not injure The
sell. Two other things are necessary
to growth in the vegetable world, ,Ld
these are potash and phosphoric acid.
Fortunately, however. large stores of
the constituents named are accessible
to the modern farmer, and, by means
CT the proper rotation Of crops, ETC.,
he can keep the land from becoming
infcrtile. The speaker said that the
average quantity Of bushels Of wheat
produced to the acre In this country
was nowhere near what 1t should BIZ.
With further progress, more and more
OF the so-called waste Of modern civil
cation will be found to have al i'm
mems value. The agricultural expert.
ment station established by the govern,
ment will give practical aid and assist
ance to the farmer, and, with increasing
productivity, the agricultural class will
be the strongest bulwark against the
encroachment of European systems Of
socialism In the American republic
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19
CHIN A ES.

A Curious System of Nomenclature
tries.
The Chinese, when they first knew
their Eastern n%eighbors, who are now
exhibiting such O restless war spirit,
named them Wa people. In their his
tory this single word was sufficient.
By change of vowel during two thou
sand years Wa has become Wo. In
the imperial declaration Of war Of
Aug. l this is the term used, and 1t Is
brief and sufficient. The Chinese like
monosyllabic names for countries. The
various foreign nations have when maxi
ing treaties usually chosen the mono
syllables which form their names. Eng
land, Wing kwo, means 1.-The 1ourishing
country" for ying, the treaty charac-
ter for Great Britain has that sense.
Fa law, and France, Fakwo,
Is the 'law-abiding country" Ger
many, known as TIE kwo, is the "virtu-
u country" The United States re-
public is the Mel kwo, or beautiful
country" Italy is the country of just.
ice," I kwo.
Each treaty nation has chosen It's
WI name for moral effect. It has
been a matter for international diplo-
macy, and the Chinese government has
invariably given way to the wishes of
each Of the treaty powers as represent
ed by its minister and his Chinese Sec
rotary. From the time that the min
listers Of the treaty nations had resi-
dences in Pekin the name Of the coun-
try made use Of in diplomatic cores.
pondence has been. Of course, that
which was satisfactory to the treaty
powers. The same was the case with
Japan. Japan, there can be nc doubt,
prefers il pen, the land Of the Rising
Sun, because it is more poetical than
the name Wo, which means "submis.
sive," winding and twisting" On
the whole, Japan wishes to be known
as the land Of the sun, il kwo, but she
also likes il pen, which Is the same
with Japan, and she has not made the
use Of the term Wo q matter Of com
plaint.-North China Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19
Daudet's Artistic Wife.

Madame Alphonse Daudet dresses
with infinite taste, and carries to the
highest point that household craft and
art which appear in the smallest de-
tails of equipment and furniture, in
the composition of a dinner, in every
thing that surrounds an accomplished
maitresse de maison, writes Madame
Blanc in an interesting sketch, with
portrait. of the famous novelist's wife,
in the December Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. To Madame Daudet the artist or
the impressionist is a person who
knows how to be usefu, as we'll as
enchanting. She was brought up by
her mother, Madame Allard. under the
severest traditions of the good old
French b~ourgeoisie, which are quite
the opposite of that modern culture
which despises reedlework and cook.
ing. She has sung her needle in
charming poetry, she understands ev-
erything about good dinners. Thanks
to his wife Daudet had a very pleas
ant home from the beginning, long be-
fore he had % success and fame
and fortune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

and painted the rooms in hues and
tints worthy Of a manderin. A clear
morning breeze stole through the case
ments and shook the little colored pa
pers that hung around the altar where
she had knelt the night before. From
the street came the noise Of the busy
world outside. All Ho woke with a
start and a gasp. and then burst into
a great smile shot through with tears
as she saw the sleeping child in her
arms with a faint blush on Its cheeks
and a pulse 10 longer feeble or ,ncer-
tain. She knew that the Wandering
Spirits had heard her prayer and had
preserved her babe.
But In the yard lay the body Of Tai,
the cid servant, and on her aged face
We're a light and a beauty such as shine
within the celestial walls, but are never
seen on human beings.
That afternoon the old %astrologer
said that Tai had given up her life to
the Wandering Spirits, in order to save
the life Of the little master she loved.
w, e. S. Fales.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19
WANDERING SPIRITS.

1t was the festival of the Wandering
Spirits in the Annoy. Usually the day
Is warm and balmy. The bre ,ze from
the great Formosa channel flakes the
lower bay with silver dashes and
flaunts every flag upon the numerous
junks which lie In the water edge Of the
populous city. But this year 1t vas
different. Gray clouds hung over the
universe, and q cold and cheerless wind
from the north made a fire positively
agreeable despite the fact that the
place lies almost within the tropics.
The festival is an old and popular
II in this part Of China, and was
observed, as it always is, with unend-
ing ceremony and form. 1t is the day
and night when spirits are permitted
to wander w~heresoever they will; good
spirits upon errands of mercy or kind
ness or upon visits to living relatives
scattered over the empire; evil spirits
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

Sk1ko
ed by govt on n side, hobnail liver
on the other, with a sprinkling of in
digestion between. He reQdira ed a ply
sician at least twice a week, not so
much to treat any particular disorder
as to prevent the disorder which was
always about to attack him. He had
a keen appreciation Of the doctor, who,
besides being a master Of his profess
sion, was as charming a companion
as the good Scotch Universities have
ever graduated The doctor said good
night and went out on the veranda.
His chair and porters were waiting for
him, but he preferred to walk the
brief distance that lay between him
and his home.
There had been q change Of weather
since dinner time. The wind had died
out, the clouds had disappeared, and
the blue sky of the tropics seemed all
the hluer and darker from the number
less stars that shone down upon the
Chinese landscape.
AS he swung around the road near
Banyan Villa an old uni tottered to-
ward him and almost fell upon the
ground from sheer exhaustion. He re-
cogniZed her as the servant of a poor
Chinese family in the neighhorhood,
and asked her kindly what her trouble
was. Tai gave an incoherent state
ment, in which she mixed the descrip-
ton Of the night and the sickness with
a pathetic appeal for assistance.
1t took five minutes for the doctor
and his head porter to make out what
the old servant meant, and then, with
his customary gallantry, ne told her
that he would go to the house i'm
mediately and would let her act as his
guide. She gasped, I'm too weak,
doctor, you go ahead and I will fol
low YOU"
He walked rapidly forward to the
half open door of Tan Sins house and
passed in. On the floor lay All Ho
and the baby, both seemingly dead,
He took in the situation at a glance,
He had the woman raised into her bed,
and gave her some sleeping potion,
which he luckily had brought with
him. He then turned to the baby
and after half an hours hard work
succeeded in restoring its animation
He laid the little one in its mother'S
arms, and, leaving a small amount Of
money, in case she should be in need
he placed n of his coolies on guard
and then went home.
Toward ) in the morning the BABY
began to manifest symptoms of hunger
The chair coolie smiled grlmly anC
placed the child where nature could d.
the rest. The arms Of the sleeping
mother closed convulsively over thu
frail body and the room lapsed into 81
lence, broken only by an occasional
gurgling sound beneath the coverle'
where the two reposed.
The coolie sat still for another hour
one-half of his mind fixed upon the lit
tie pile Of coins the good doctor haC
left and the other half upon q din
and fantastic idea of duty. Then III
arose, put the money into some recess
of his coat, and disappeared for tn,
gambling house on the main road
Shortly after that the sun rose ant
bfthed Annoy in unutterable splendor
The gold and scarlet went through tn,
narrow windows of All Hos hous,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

mark on its thigh. Inquiries were at
once instituted and it was learned from
DR.. Griffith that the mother was a
rich young woman whose name he re-
fused to give. He thought that posi-
bly, the mother might have some inter-
est in the child, and seemed to think
it possible that she and the father
might marry. For the purpose Of max
ing it possible to identify the child be-
yond any doubt he had branded it.
After making this statement the doc
tor added in q matter of course tone
that The always branded babies, those
kind of babies, so that mothers can
identify them" He denied using a hot
iron for this purpose, but the surgeon
at the receiving hospital declares that
there can be no doubt the brand on this
child was made in that way. The
burn is about IN inch square and the
mark will be visible as long rs the child
lives. DR.. Griffith talked with great
caution and refused to give any hint as
to the parent.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

The tameness Of some animals In
thinly settled districts is remarkable.
While a young man was fishing in an
old dam in a New England stream a
chipmunk ran out from the wood and
boldly picked up the crumbs from his
luncheon that were scattered neal him.
Then, curious as to what kind of animal
the young man was, the chipmunk ran
upon his leg as far as his knee, chatter
ed for an instant and whisked off into
the forest again.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

Frank Dekum, a prominent citizen of
Portland, Or, who died a few days
ago, will be held in sweet remembrance
by the people Of the city and state be-
cause of a work Of love, Mr.. Dekum
was a native of Germany, and long be.
fore he became the wealthy man he
was at his death he expended much
Of his means in trying to people the
parks and fields and woods of his
adopted state with the sweetest song
birds OF his native land. He brought
over thrushes, skylarks, meadow larks,
n~ightingales, chatinches. goldfnches,
and many other song birds, cared for
them until they became acclim tied, and
then set them free. The birds Jared
well, and to-day, not only in Oregon,
but In the neighboring states also, the
songs of these old world warblers are
heard.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19
Bloodhounds for thief.catching are

J B~loodhounds for t~hief-catching are
used with much success and spectacu-
lar effect in several Southern and
Western states, and sets of the animals
are permanently added TO the sheriff's
outfit in some counties of Kentucky
and Missouri A pair of hounds in
Hardin county, Ky. were set on the
trail of q thief one afternoon recently,
and after following it five miles, ran
into q house, up stairs, and into a bed
in which the thief, his wife and two
children were. asleep.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19
Girls White Rugs.

There is nothing in winter that givs
such a sense of warmth, comfort and
luxury as fur, unless, perhaps, it is q
glowing log fire. When these are both
combined, what can the heart of MAI
desire more in the way of decorative
comfort? When Bengal tigers and
white polar bear skins are very expen-
sive, there are large square and oblong
rugs of white fur that are much used
in bed rooms and the popular white
drawing rooms of the day. These are
also used as couch coverings by the
aesthetic young women, and she may
have several of them, as the price is
low.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19
New Rules for Diagnosing Lung Dis.
enReS.

Cincinnati, Ohio. Dec. 3.-(Special.)-
An edition of 100000 copies of Prof.
W. +. Amick's new treatise on lung
diseases has Just been sent out to ply
sicians by the Amick Chemical COM
pany, compounders Of DR.. Amick's
Chemical Treatment. Old prlctition-
ers say the book contains the most
complete set of rules for diagnosing
c. assumption ever published. The dis
cese is divided into distinct phases and
stages, enabling the least experienced
to determine the condition of the pa
tents lungs. Indications for treating
complications are given. together with
many valuable prescriptions. The
company will distribute from Circin.
natl a large free addition to consump,
tives throughout the country.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

over Tails mind. 1t might be that
through her carelessness some wicked
spirit had entered the house md was
about to carry away the soul of the
little one.
The old woman wrung her hands and
mumbled a prayer to Buddha. Then
she stood still with her old head bowed
down upon her breast and tried to
think. The medicine had done no good.
The great doctor had done no good.
The joss sticks and the talisman had
been of no avail. There was no doubt
but what the little boy in the room
beyond must cross the sacred river.
Then she remembered the great En-
glish doctor who lived at Kulangsu.
He was an eminent man, who made
more money in a day than q Chinese
mechanic could make in a year. He
lived In a palace and had a retinue of
servants in beautiful uniforms, who
said hat he knew more than all the
Chinese doctors in Annoy together.
Once, long before, when she was sick
nigh unto death, he had taken pity
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

In 1462 English ladies and gentle
men wore the points Of their shoes a
yard long, and fastened to the garter
with golden chains ornamented with
bells. The custom was prohibited under
pain of being cursed by the clergy,
but, as it showed no signs Of abating,
a fine of 20 shillings was assessed for
every public appearance in such shoes,
and the long tips vanished.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

The report that John L. Sullivan was
dead brought out the fact that he was
mot ever drunk" Probably this fact
was responsible for the INT A re-
port that John was not drunk would
fairly justify the inference that he was
dead.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

The statement Is made that the app r
cation Of electricity in certain branches
of the manufacture Of steel enables
eight men to do the work which three
years g required 5000 hands. So it
seems that electricity is emancipating
not only the horse. but his master as
well.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

One interesting result Of the abund-
ancy Of game in Maine in recent years
has been the development and cultiva-
ton of taxidermy in that state. Skilled
taxidermists are now to be found In
every small town on the routes that
lead in and out Of the great forests,
and not infrequently in remote back
woods settlements.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

Turkey has prohibited the circulation
of American newspapers because they
contain accounts Of the Armenian mas
sacres. If the American newspapers
could only get a full swing at the sui
tan he would soon be obliged to abdt
cate.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

When the tomb Of Henry VI. Of Slcl-
", who died in 1897, was opened at
Palermo, forty years ago, it was found
that on the feet of the dead monarch
were shoes whose uppers were Of cloth
embroidered with gold and pearls,
while the soles were Of cork.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

Let not vain man get too gay over
the report that comes from Paris that
there will be a reduction in the size OF
ladies' sleeves. The swelling will
simply break out in a new place.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

The young Emperor Of Russia con.
tnues to encourage the hopeful view
Of his character and conduct which was
formed by the world when it witnessed
the enlightened and liberal spirit mani
tested in his proclamation issued at the
time of the coronation.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

A little bit Of cheese and an electric
wire form the latest -at-trap. The
cheese Is fixed to the wire, and the
instant the rat touches the cheese he Is
shocked to death.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

1t Is said that with the fall Of Port
Arthur Ii Hung Changes head was like
" to follow his yellow Jacket and pea.
cock feathers. Its hard sleddin' for Ii
Hung Chang.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

Mime. Regnen, a florist Of Roostoen,
Holland, is the owner Of a giant rose
bush, which had 5000 roses in full
bloom at one time during the past
summer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

the chicken, the hen that laid the egg,
or the hen that Matched it. Nip an
tuck right along, sometimes one side
gettin' the best of it, an sometimes the
other. Then Sam Hyer, he gets one
of them incubators and that busted the
debatin' society. No man could argue
fer a machine bein' q chickens mother,
of course, an now we amt got nothing
to argue on no more."-Indianapolis
Journal.
Gosh, Slabs! where did yer git dem
pants? Whit is dey?"
"Oh, I stole 'em las night. Think
they must O. belonged ter n chicken
thief."-Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19
Robbed of a stapIe Tonic,

Il don't know that these here scien.
entifc inventions do so much for the
happiness of man as they air cracked
up to-" said the farmer-looking man,
setting down his soda-water glass with
a sigh.
MOP" ventured the drug clerk.
mo. F'rinstance, we used to pass
the time away in the grocery every win
ter arguin' which was the mother of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

It was customary, a hundred years
ago. when q gentleman bowed to a
lady, to scrape his foot upon the
ground.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19
BRANDED THE BABY's THIGH

The Device Resorted to by an Ac-
commodattng Physician of San
Francisco.
A few nights ago a girl baby was
brought to the receiving hospital at San
Francisco by a messenger, who said
he had been instructed to bring 1t there
by DR.. L. NJ. Griffith, who keeps a "
ing-in hospital ON McAllister street.
When Matron Hunter, Of the receiving
hospital, disrobed the infant for the
purpose Of washing it she found o
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

The briefest political platform is that
OF the Democrats Of Thomas county.
Kan: Resolved, That we are Demo
Gratis"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

Japan is q corruption Of the Chinese
word Shi-pen-kue, which means root
Of day." because Japan is directly east
Ct China.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-01-19

A Curious System of Nomenclature
For Designating Foreign Coun-
tries,
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-24
FEMALE COLLEGE BURNED.

PIITsBURa, Feb. 23.-Beaver Female college, located at Beaver, Pa., was de- stroyed by fire at7 o'clock this morning. The si udents all escaped safely. The fire was first discs yered in ! D attic Immediately above the ecass rooms and college hall, and Is supposed 10 have originated from de-
 fective fiue. At Q O clock the building was Q complete wreck. The students saved nearly all of their fleets and much of the college equipment was also safely gotten out. The fire departments from Beaver Falls and New Brig ghton went to the assist ance of Beaver, but on account of frozen water pipes no pIugs nothing could be done to savs-the strncture. The value of the properly destf0yed has not been ascer- tained. The insurance iA said to be $z0 ,Oo0.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-24
MURRAY WAS roo LATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Representative Murray of South Carolina, the only colored member of the house of representatives, i, endeavored unsuccessfully today to secure favorable action upon \ resolution per- mitting the remains of the late Frederick
 Douglass to lie in state tomorrow in the roiunda of the capitol. Ths matter was brought to the attention of Speaker Crisp too late to be presented to the house before the execution of the special order. the de-
 livery of euiogies upon the late Senator Vance, was entered on. He informed MT. Murray that had he given notice of his de- sire to present the resolution earlier in the day he would have given him an oppor- tunity to offer it for the action of the hnuaa- =
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-24
AFTER THREE DAYS

THE CONVENTION AT NEW ORLEANS DE-
 cIDEs ON SOMETHING DEFINITE.
 NEW ORLEANS, Feb. z3.-The conven- tion of railroad men and ship agents after a three days' session adjourned at p. m. The principal obje ct for which the conven. tion was held is the proper baling of cot ton. After most thorough discussion of the subject the convention finally decided by a majority vote in favor of twenty five pound density pressure to the cubic foot and 58 inch standard box, and an execu- tive committee was appointed to present this cor cIusion at the convention of the Southern States Cotton Growers, which meets here the first Monday in March.
 Although the convention in point of members was not large body, competent judges say that in point of brains and bus. mess capacity il is by long odds ahead of any convention held here in years.