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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19
COFFIN, nut NO CORPSE.
After Ceremonies and Burial 1t Was
Discovered the Body Was in Bed.

After Ceremonies and Burial 1t Was
the Body Was in Bed.
There could hardly be a more unique
burial story than the account of an in
cident at Capdenac France, recently.
A boy ten years of age had died at
that little village, and after the serv-
ices at the house the coffin was taken
in solemn state to the church, where a
further religious ceremony was held.
After this the procession of mOurners
wended their way to the cemetery,
where the interment took place with
due forms.
AS the parents of the child returned
to their home, where all this time the
other children had been left in charge
of an elderly relative, the youngest
came running out of the house, and,
without a trace of excitement in his
tone, in his natural conversational
voice, said:
Papa, l have just seen Felix" This
was the name of the boy who had
died and who had just been buried in
the little cemetery, that lay over the
hill.
"Be still! Be still!' sharply an
swered the father, the words of the
child bringing up a gush of grief and
q flow of remembrance over the boy
he had just lost.
The yOungster looked up wondering
ly at the agitated man. 81 assure you,
papa, that l have just seen him, and
if you will follow me l will show him
to you; he is in the bedroom"
Wondering, hesitating and half
frightened at the calm assurance of
the child and his strange words, col
WINGED that there was some ghostly
visitant about the house, and yet alto
gether disbelieving this, the man put
his hand into that of the child and
went with him. The boy pushed opeI
the door of the small, darkened sleep
ing room, wherein the dead son haC
so recently lain. 1t was no ghost, bu'
what he saw the father could scarcely
believe, and he had to go over to the
bed himself before the evidence of his
eyes could convince him. There on the
bed lay the body exactly as it hat
been placed some hours before. Ii
the excitement of the funeral cere
mony they had forgotten to place i
in the coffin.-New York World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

The completion a few years ago of
the object-glass of the Lick %refractor,
with a diameter of SO inches, was
rightly considered an important event
in astronomy, but the Yerkes lens,
now ready at Cambridge, Mass, is
Al IL inches in diameter, and is with
out an equal size. When it is mount
ed at the Lake Geneva, Wis. ~observa-
tory the attention of astronomers
throughout the world Will be turned
in that direction as the most probable
point of new discoveries.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19
Negroes EnsIayed.

Ell Paso, Tex, Special.-News has
reached here from Mapino, Mexico,
that Bill Ellis, the negro agitator who
duped 500 negroes into going to Tall
no, Durango, for farm work, where
they have become practically en-
shaved, has been sent to the colony to
conduct the negroes back to the Amer
lean border, where they were turned
loose. The negroes have been dying
so fast and have proven so unruly
from ill treatment that the colony
managers have resolved to get rid Of
them. The colony is regarded rs a
failure.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

tablished by holding the carriage on
the corner diagonally opposite the
wheel carried along the rail. 1t is
best to take hold of the rim Of the
hind wheel opposite, but the person
leading the carriage can just as well
do it by walking behind and grasping
the handle as any other way. This lit
tie continuance will be very welcome,
indeed, to the great many families
living in flats in cities Ike New York,
to those who desire to keep baby's car
rage on an upper floor when not in
use.-IlluStrirte Zeitung.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

Washington, Specialize alarm of
the Yankton Sioux Indians of South
Dakota over the supposed loss by
them of the Pipestone quarries is said
by the Iudian office to be based on a
misconception. So far from the In
dams having lost title to the quarries,
their rights have never been stronger
than now, and unless some action in
the matter is taken within one month
by the United States government it is
probable that the title will become abb
solute.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

The German emperor devised an
officers military cloak some time ago
and ordered it to be supplied to the
army. 1t has proved a failure and
will be discarded. The inspired young
man has been rubbing against a great
deal of experience lately calculated to
reduce his ~self-conceit.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19
Indicted.

Chicago, Special.-The special grand
jury called to investigate corruption
in the city council relative to the Aid.
Martin ice ordinance, voted to indict
Aid. William Finkler on two charges
of soliciting bribes and Aid. Martin on
similar charges. Fred l.. Eabe, an
ice dealer, told the grand jury that
Aid. Martin demanded $500 from him.
Upon this representation one Of the
indictments was found. /
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19
TRANSPORTING pABY,s COACH.
How 1t May he Readily Carried Up
and Down Stairs.

Everybody knows how troublesome
1t is to take a baby carriage up or
down stairs, two persons being gener-
ally necessary to carry 1t. To facili-
tate matters and to enable one person
to transport a baby carriage over
stairs, a German has invented a rath-
err simple continuance, which fills the
bill to perfection. The carriage is
placed alongside the railing and a dou-
BILE hook inserted within the rim of
the front wheel on the side neXt to the
railing. The roller attached to the
hook is then placed across the rail
proper and the equipoise is easily es-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

England has no fear of large under
takings in the commercial and indus
trial world. For several years it has
been working up the tea production
of India and Ceylon, and has increas-
ed it's consumption to nearly 30,000,O0O
pounds a year. Tea culture is but
fifteen years old in Ceylon, yet $50, 900
acres are devoted to it, with a capital
of $4,000, 0OO0.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

The order from the p~ostoffice depart
dropped does not meet the approval Of
the citizens of that New York town.
The Scotch stick to Edinburgh and
call it Edinboro, making the difficulty
a little more complex for reformers in
spelling.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

At Brest-L itovsk, Russia, the loss by
recent fires is roundly assessed at 1O,-
100000 roubles. At Rushany, where
$50 wooden houses were burned, the
damage is estimated at about 5OO,O 900
roubles. At Kobryn, where 400 houses
were destroyed by fire, the loss is cal.
culated at 100000 roubles.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

England is the only country in the
modern world which has been bene-
flied greatly by colonies. France has
made very little out of her foreign
possessions. Her best property
she lost over a century ago, when she
was driven out of Canada, and that
which she has now is not Of much ad-
vantage to her. Spain, too, lost the
most valuable of he" colonies long age
and her hold on Cuba, appears to be
weakening every year. Rome was the
great colonizer of the ancient world
and England went to school to Rome
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

Alfred G. Lane writes that ten miles
above the earth the cold is far below
zero, while ten miles below the sur
face everything is red hot. The latter
is not 81 certain. 1t is thought by
some that the heat of the earth may
be wholly due to absorption from the
sun, and so may decrease after a Ger.
tain depth has been reached.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

The only baking powder yet found
by chemical analysis to be entirely
free from lime and absolutely pure is
the "Royal." This perfect purity re-
suits from the exclusive use of cream
of tartar specially refined and pre-
pared by patent process which totally
removes the tartrate of lime and other
impurities.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

A rabbit parliament is a new thing
under the sun. 1t has been held in
Australia, and spent four days in con-
sidering proposed remedies for the
overproductiOn of rabbits in these
colonies. New South Wales once of
fered $125,000 for the best plan to
keep down the rabbit pest, and though
1000 schemes were submitted the
meek little animal has triumphed, and
roams over 100000 acres of abandon
ed land it has conquered from the
farmers. The parliament reached no
conclusion except to recommend strong
fences, and to transfer the suppress
sion Of rabbits from the state to pri-
vate landowners. Australia's expert
ence with rabbits is at least an assur-
ance that the worlds meat supply lis
not likely to fail.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

In support of the Welsh disestab-
iishment scheme 1t is stated that in
some localities the Established church
has parishes without a congregation.
In one parish there is a congregation
of two.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

The total sum realized by the sale at
auction in London of the Price collec-
ton of early British paintings was
EST, 900, or about 100000. Some of
the prices paid for a single painting
were enormous. A Gainsborough, for
instance, the portrait of Lady Null.
grave, was sold for $4,000.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

In 1890 the United States furnished
% per cent, or nearly one-third, of the
total amount of gold produced by the
world. Its leading competitors are
Australia and Russia, the former in
the same year producing about $780,
100000 and the latter producing about
$21, 100000.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

They have a champion eater" in
New York who started in the other
day to eat $50 ripe apricots without
stopping. He consumed just half of
his allotted number, and went to sleep
because, he said, there was opium In
them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

The greater part of the cast-off uni
forms of the British army find their
way into the shops of dealers in sec
ond-hand clothing. The coats are then
either cut up, sold to theatrical mana
gers or advertising agents, or else ex-
ported to Africa and elsewhere for
trading purposes with the Kafiirs and
other uncivilized people.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

In 1891 there were manufactured in
this country A, 316, S04 gallons of whis-
ky; of alcohol, 12,260,S21 gallons; Of
rum, 1,794.312 gallons; Of wines, H.
306,9O5 gallons; of fruit brandy, 1,223,-
us gallons; Of beer, 30,021 O79 gallons,
being nearly half a barrel of the amber
fluid for every man, woman and child
in the United States.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

Her Observation-Disclosures the matter
now?
Comic Opera Singer (sobbing)-I lost
my diamonds, and the mean clerk
found them before l could notify the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

Pure baking powders are one of the
chief aids to the cook in preparing per-
feet and wholesome food, While those
are to be obtained of well-established
reputation, like the Royal, of whose
purity there has never been a ques-
ton, it is proper to avoid all others.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

The State Chemist Of Wisconsin,
Prof. Geo. s. Cox, says the Royal is
the superior baking powder in regard
to purity, leavening power and keep
ing qualities.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19
back, and should then learn to adjust

back, and should then learn to adjust
the saddle scientifically. If the front
of the saddle be placed two inches
from the posteriOr end of the shoulder
blade, one of the chief secrets of good
saddling is mastered. When a man
sits upright in the saddle, the fore
limbs of the horse carry SO of his
weight; when he leans forward, 81;
and when he leans backward, IL.
Therefore nothing should touch the
shoulder blades; no equipment should
be carried in front of the saddle, and
the soldier should be instructed where
the fourteenth dorsal vertebra is
placed, and be taught to sit over it.
thereby saving the fore limbs from the
unequal share of weight, conclusion
and now lameness which now falls
to them. A great deal can be learned
from the experienced mule packers
of the troop, who never remove the
aparajos from their charges backs for
an hour or two after getting into
vamp. On the march men should have
at least twenty minutes to saddle
their horses and make their blankets
and saddles snug, for the fitting Of a
full packed saddle against time, es-
pecially on a windy day, is no easy
matter. Mr.. Treacey points out a
special course of misery and injury to
horses for which it is high time that
a remedy should be %found-the con-
tinual chatting of the cinch strap
against the ribs. This strap is now
clumsy, thick and to long. The SOL
dier. to get rid of it, frequently rolls
it through the quarter strap ring and
cinch ring, causing a protuberance,
which Injuries the horses ribs and in
terferes with the riders knee grip.
Among other improvements, it is sug-
gested that the surcingle, over seat
of saddle and around the abdomen
back of cinch could, with advantage,
be substituted for the crupper and
breastplate as at present used.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

NIbFNtiohs Oh IL IlanOIOrte wire.
Although the pianoforte is the most
popular instrument of the day, it is
surprising how many of It's profess
sional performers fail to make it inter-
esting. This, while to a great extent
is a matter of temperament, is often,
undoubtedly due to ignorance of the
dynamic effect of "touch" as affecting
the vibration of the strings. A most
interesting light has been thrown upon
this subject by a series of photographs
taken in Germany of the motion of the
pianofOrte wire when struck in differ
ent ways. 1t was found that the du-
ration of contact was longer with
feeble than with hard striking. The
most important result was the proof
that when a wire is struck at a point
between ~one-seventh and one-ninth of
it's length the fundamental tone has a
maximum, and the acknowledgement
ally the third-are very feeble. Hence
a wire thus struck gives it's strongest
and richest tone. This is an instruct
i've fact for musicians as a base for
what will be to many of them a new
line of study.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-19

C@Orrosion of Metals by Sea Water.
The difference in the corrosive effect
of water in various harbors is now be-
lieved to be due to the action of micro
organisms, which, infesting some par
ticular harbors, may give rise to in
furious secretions, which are absent
in the general waters of the ocean.
Plates of pure aluminium placed in the
Norfolk roads for three months were
badly corrOded at the end of that time.
On he other hand, experiments made
In France showed that commercial
aluminium was practically unattached
by sea water, and in one instance two
aluminium plates fixed to the bottom
of a French sailing vessel were found
practically uninjured after a voyage
around the world. With these facts
in view, an examination of water from
different localities has been made. The
amount of salts contained in sea wa
ter varies from 31.14 parts per 1000
in the Atlantic ocean to as much as
4O.7 parts per 1000 near the city of
Marseilles, France. Hence, if intro
duced into boilers the Mediterranean
water is more likely to cause damage
than ocean water. Near ~estuaries and
h shore line generally a considerable
proportion of nitrates are found, arts
ing from fermenting organic matter.
Shore water attacks metal plates much
more rapidly than deep sea water. If,
however, h shore water is SteriliZed
by boiling it's destructive qualities are
greatly neutraliZed, which indicates
that the injurious SecretiOnS of the
bacteria have been destroyed.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-14
A Disastrous Fire.

Council Bluffs. Ia, Dec 13.--The most disastrous fire in the history of Council Bluffs visited this district this evening shortly after 6 o'clock. causing a loss of over S250.000. The estimated loss is as follows: Deer Wells, s1S5,O 1000; Combi- nation Fence works, $l0000; Wier Shu- gart company. slO,000 on building; West inghouse Engine company, $10.000; Stoughton Wagon company, $4000; Full Ter, Johnson X Co, s600 Molin Buggy company, s5000; Warder. Bushnell & Glesner s50o0
 Deer Wells & Co. carried about enough Insurance to cover two-thirds of their loss On the Combination Fence works there was only s2500 insurance. The oth- CT losses are for the most part insured. The cause of the fire Is not known.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-14
A WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN. One Freight Train Collided With Another
 With Fatal Results.

Charlotte, N. C., Dec 13.-Thursday night about an hour before midnight a fatal wreck occurred on the Southern railway at Thickety, s. c. The freight train running as third 42 ran into an- other freight, second 42. killing Engineer D. M. CurIee of Charlotte, and nearly demolshing the engine and two cars. The first and second sections of 42, going north. had side tracked at Thickety under orders, but third AZ had failed for some reason to receive the same orders. The fiagman of the second AZ was sent hack to flag down the third section. He left torpedoes on the track and when third 42, under full head of steam, >struck the torpedo the engineer reversed and blew for brakes, but too late. He ordered his fireman to jump. but himself stuck to his post, while his engine crash ed into the rear of second 42 The engine was demolished and cars piled up so high they broke down telegraph wires. En- gineer Curlee lived only short while His remains were brought to Charlotte, and will be buried tomorrow.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-14
THE INDICTMENTS QUASHED Ex-Premier GioIitti Accused of
 Stealing Documents WHILE A CABINET OFFICER The Matter Will Be Flushed Up to Prevent Po-
 tica Bitterness. SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN MADAGASCAR The Christian Mission at Ramainandro De- z stroyed by 5000 Hovas. But the Mis-
 sionaries Escaped-Britishers
 Want Protection.
WHILE A CABINET OFFICER
SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN MADAGASCAR

Rome, Dec. 13-In the course of the de- bate in the chamber of deputies on the report of the parliamentary committee Investigating the charges against Ex- Premier Giolitti of having stolen the doc uments that were distracted from the Banca Romano and taken to the minis try of the interior while Gioliti was at the head of the department, the ex-pre- mier contended that the charges were not devised in the public interest, but had been formulated and brought for ward solely for political ends. He defied his accusers to produce proof that he had been actuated in the matter of the Banca Romano or the prosecution of Sig nor Tanlongo, the governor of that insti- tuition, by personal interests.
 Signor Gallenda minister of justice, in reply alluded to the magiStracy in terms which cast doubt upon their lnteg- rity and judicial fairness. In an instant there was tremendous uproar in the chamber, amid which could be heard cries of protest from all sides. The din drowned the minister's voice, and ne was compelled to stop. The excitement ln- creased beyond the power of the presl- dent to control it, whereupon all of the other ministers filed out of the cham Der, leaving Signor Gallenda the sole representative of the government in the house. The uproar was so violent ana protracted that the proceedings or the chamber were temporarily suspended. When the sitting was resumed Signor Cavalotti, radical, declared that the chamber ought to deal with Prime Min ister Crispi in the same measures It might adopt against Signor Giolitt. Ihe supporters of Signor Giolitti maintained the necessity of direct inquiry into the matter before the chamber, or, failing in this, that the ex-prime minister be sent to the high court of justice. The gov ernment supporters agreed that 1t would be dangerous in the present situation to awaken political bitterness by prolong- ing the inquiry in the high court. ma jority of the chamber finally voted that there was no cause for sending Signor Giolitti before the high court.
 This decision is tantamount to quash- ing the whole affair
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-14
PATRIOTS OFrAM ERICA.
The Objects and Constitution of Harvey
 Society Made Known.

Chicago, Dec. 19.-nhe new semi-secret order known as the Patriots of America, organized by W. H. Harvey in the inter est. of free silver, has made public it's objects and constitution. These will ap- pear this week in pamphlet form. The temporary officers of the order are:
 w. H. Harvey, acting temporary first national patriot c. H. Mcclure, tempo rary national recorder; J. F. Adams, temporary national treasurer.
 Mcclure is an ex-newspaper man and a republican politician of Charolette, Mich, and Adams is a Missouri farmer and merchant, who is said to be demo- crat in his political affiliations, and is now a resident of Chicago.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-14
The Cause of the Panic.

.Constantinople, Dec 13.-Details of the scare here and at Galata and Pera yes terday illustrate the intensity or pubnc feeling. One of the two Armenians who started the panic by engaging in street brawl discharged a revolver at his op- ponent. The Christians within hearing immediately surmiSed that another mas sacre had commenced, and the shops Tn the vicinity of the disturbance were closed with astounding rapidity. The alarm spread, and the people, filled with a vague terror, rushed aimlessly hlther and thither. The streets soon furnished a scene of incredible confusion, hundreds of people making their way as fast as possible towards Galata and Pera, on the northern side of the Golden Horn. The dwellers in these suburbs, seeing the. fugitives wildly stampeding, either Joined in the flight, making for the open country. or barricaded themselves strongly within their houses and shops The Armenian porters, who were work ing about the streets as usual, hastily dropped their loads, and with terror de- picted on their faces, fled, as they thought for their lives.
 number of English ladies were af- fected by fear and fled from their places of residence to the British embassy, where they claimed the protection of the ambassador Fifty Armenians sought and were given shelter in the residence of Hon. H. M. Herbert, the secretary or the British embassy.
 As soon as the authorities heard of the trouble. and that was almost immedi- ately. many troops were summoned to the Yildiz palace. The officials acted nromptly and we'll. The police were well handled. and cavalry and infantry were detailed to parole the streets. The panic lasted for some time, and then subsided almost as quickly as 1t had started. ! report of the trouble was issued la ter which attempted to minimize the ar fair If inscribed the trouble to Arme- nians telling the crowd that was at tracted by the revolver shot that Mussul- mans were going to loot the shops before the arrival of the British and Italian guard ships.