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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13
Solid Yet Elastic.

In its present elaborate form tbs
hOof of a horse is the most perfect
instrument of support which has been
devised in the animal kingdom to up
hold a large and swiftly moving ami
NAL in it's passage over the ground.
The original toe-nail, and the neigh.
boring soft parts connected with it,
have been modified into a structure
which in an ordinary ann com
hines solidity with elasticity, so that
1t may strike violent blows upon the
hard surface of the earth without
harm. The result Ia that the horse
cau carry a greater weight at a swift
er speed than any other animal ap-
preaching it In size.-PrOf. N. s. Shall
er in Scribner,s.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

miles with endless repetitions of short
sentences, calling attention to great
bargains offered by merchants, to pa
tent medicines and the numerous
specialties which heretofore have been
posted on the perpendicular.
The invention consists of a plain tri-
cycle oil bicycle the ruber tires of
which form a sentence OF two of rails
ed letters. The turning of the wheel
causes a flow of copying ink from
small vessels between the letters in
sufficient quantity to keep them linked.
The lettering thus produced is re-
markedly clear and if permitted it
would make the cheapest of advertis-
ing schemes, as only the riders would
then need to be paid for his work.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13
Normal School Diplomas.

st. Paul, Spccial.-State Superintend
ent OF Schools Pendergast and Chair
school board, signed The diplomas or
graduates OF the stair normal SCH 'ols
yesterday. The registration for gradu-
alton at the va: ious schools is as
follows.
Elementary Course - Winona, no;
Mankatu. G3: st Cloud, so; NJ orhrLd,
6. Total. 1S1.
Advanced Course Winona, 40;
Mankato, 80: st. ClOui, 80: Aloorhead,
Z. Total. 112; making a grand total
Of 293.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13
Cheap Lodging for a Prince.

Accidentally a bill of an inn at Pas
fseier, Tyrol, was discovered among
the papers of a recently deceased
member of the official household OF
Emperor William L., which gives mn
idea of the cost of living at that time.
i'm 1851 William. then Prince of Prus-
STA, with a suite of six companions,
stopped at the inn. The lodging fol
the company amounted to Il kreutzer
70 cents. The breakfast coffee was
more expensive, however, 6 kreutzer
for each cup, l.. e :, IN cents. A dish
of milk was 1 cent; three eggs for 1
cent. The dinner ut the inn, consist
ing of soup, meat, roast, fruit. pre-
serves and wine, cost 81 kreutzer
total expense of lodging, breakfast
each, or less than IL cents apiece. The
dinner for the party amounted to 9
forms and % kreutzer, or about 50
cents,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

Some years 6 a well-known and
celebrated composer resided in Paris.
Hearing that a great prince intend
ed visiting the city, he gathered
around him a number of musical
lights in order to give a grand concer
in honor of the prince. Knowing of
the princes liberality, he banished his
beautiful concert piano to another
apartment substituting in its place an
antique one with strings that would
just respond to the touch of the keys.
The evening of the concert arrived,
and with 1t the prince, who express
ed himself charmed and delighted
with the lovely music, but curious
about the piano.
my dear Maestro" he said, "you
doubtless venerate this ancient
piano."
"Your highness," replied the Macs
tro, sit is more a matter of necessity
than veneration." And here he look
ed sad.
The princes heart was touched. aud
he asked the Maestro in an ill-dis-
guised. off-hand manner what style Of
piano he thought the best. The Macs
tro liked to play on the X, its
tone was so beautiful and 1t respond
ed so quick to the touch.
The next day the prince visited the
manufacturers of the X piano and
purchased one of the finest of their
make, ordering it sent to the Maestro.
Shortly after the Maestro called on
the manufacturers of the X piano,
and asked: ibid Prince-order n
Of your pianos sent to my apart
ments:' The answer being in the af-
firlnative. he politely requested his
commission stating that it had been
his pleasure to recommend their
pianos.-Harper's Young People.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13
Trickery of the Camera.

One of the most eminent architects
of the kingdom once showed a photo
of a column and capital to a number of
colleagues. Had they evcr sec such
a capital? They had not. and they said
so. Then arose disputes as to The
precise nature Of the architecture. FL
nally sundry big VIZ gers we're mad =.
and then the architect proceeded tc
eNplrin the structure of the column
and it's capital. This he did by pro-
ducing his Malacca walking stick md
II few sprigs of succulrnt brocco .
Naturally enough. however, after
many ahtruse disqIiSitions OH med
icval architecture had been ii zen on
tho subject of the mysterious pillar.
this explanation of the photograph
was receiy ed in silent disgust. An
equally amusing case of the duplicity
of the an!era was found in Il ia v
cast in London when suit was brought
to tear down a court. which, 1t was
maintained, was dingy, dirty, and
haunted by loafers "f questionable
character. The counsel on the other
offices in the court, maintained that
the passage was we'll lighted and emf
nentIy respectable. Photos We're
handed in from both sides. The 'irst
showed a narrow, 1isrepuiable-looking
alley, strewn with rubbish and fallen
h~oardings: the other picture, however
showed the court in dispute to he a
fairly broad. well-lighte1 city thor
oughfare. freq1ented by merchants
If thriving appcarance.-Strand Maya
zine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

A little boy had just poem put INTO n
suit Of which he was very proud. One
day his sister was trying Ia an.L.se him
by playing at keeping Il Photographic
shop. The little boy came II and said
he wanted his picture taken. What
sort would you like she asked. Il
think | should like carte d.. v's,tts,' he
replied. What will you pay nuw?"
II will pay it all he answered.
would you like them posted. SIR she
asked, giving him the receipt fl" The
money. Yes he replied. WHAT is
your address sir?' she askcl. 1T is
not il dress. it's trousers H. irdign-
antly ~replied.-EX.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

this gas is that 1t evaporates in an in
slant when given opportunity for an
expansion. The breaking apparatus
consists of a strong ring of filtered pa
per which keeps a spring intrusion.
AS soon as this paper becomes wet it
loses its firmness, the spring jerks a
little knife which cuts the neck of the
bottle. The gas at ono fills the India
rubber sack. Three seconds after the
shipwrecked person has jumped into
the water the apparatus is transform
ed into a buoy which will keep him
afloat. Special precautions are taken
in order to protect the apparatus when
not in S against the humidity Of
misty and rainy weather.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

1t is stated that the successful tenn
pering of aluminium, so as to give it
the consistency of iron, is a discovery
of f. Allard of Quebec, whose re-
discovery of the lost Egyptian art of
hardening copper startled the mechan-
ical world three or four years ago.
He has made and hardened a cannon,
which has just been tested in the
presence of Colonel Spence, the Ameri-
can consul, and a number of others.
with success. This cannon is % inches
long and ) inches in diameter, the
metal of the gun outside of the bore
being only one-quarter of an incl
thick. a charge consisting of a pound
of powder was fired II of this with
put any appreciate effect upon it.
A new and scientific trial of the cam
non has been ordered by the Canadian
military authorities and the United
States consul. Allard has been asked
to manufacture as 500 as possible II
cannon - feet long for direct ships
nent to Washington.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13
Notes.

fulSOD uldhtS IubltS. y
Aluminium yachts multiply.
Shina has no telegraph poles.
China has no telegraph poles.
Rawlins, Wyo.. has a paint mine.
1t is computed that s~ixty-seven
people die and seventy are born every
minute.
Jupiter takes eleven years and ten
months in making his journey round
the sun.
Artificial Indin-rubber from cotton
seed oil is one of the latest industrial
products.
The new telegraph line connecting
Mandelay. Burmah, with Pekin was
opened March -.
Experience in electrical welding
shows that the metal is strengthened
at the point of welding.
Scientists say that butter Is the
most nutritious of all articles of
diet, with bacon a good second.
The experiments of Prof. Blake of
Kansas university in sea te~lepiIonlng
have proved n success.
Another French scientific expedition
in Thibet has left Samarkand under
the command of N. Chaffanjon. ~
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

Moaning Pines and Nervousness.
The sound of the wind in the
branches and among the slender col
umns is ineXpressibly sad, and affects
some people with m%elancholia. and If
they are very nervous with hysteria.
l am told that there are invalids in
Townsville who cannot endure the
peculiar sOughing that rises and falls
as the wind grows stronger d sub
sides, like the incessant oar of the
surf; and one young woman who was
recommended to reside upon a "tur-
pentine farm" so as to inhale the odor
as a cure for the asthma was COM
PEELED to return to the city because
the peculiar monotone made her fran
tic. Less impressiorable people find it
pleasant. and | imagine they soon
become so used to it that they miss
it when they 60 away, as n misses
the sound of he sea or the swish of
the waves against the side of a shin
or the motion and racke, of a railway
train.-ChicagO Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

The Royal Baking Powder Company
controls its Own cream of tartar fac
tory and the processes for making
the only absolutely pure cream of tar
tar. 1t sends its product to millions
of homes all owe the world, supplies
the Army and Navy, the great trans
atlantic steamers, the finest hotels
and restaurants. The Royal is rec
commanded by the best chefs and au-
thorities on cuisine in every land.
Its sale is larger than that of all other
cream of tartar baking powders COM
bined and it has more friends among
housekeepers than any other similar
article.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

Maceo may have a chance to read
as many of his W obituaries as
Garibaldi did, but they will not be
quite so f1attered as the italian lead
er's were unless he does something
more than hide in the swamp and
mountains. The Spanish commanders
precautions show that the rebels must
be in strong force. AS the S%paniards
along to this time in their Cuban cam
paign have shown neither bravery
nor good leadership Maceo ought to
be able to win n or two victories.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

Mars Is far more distant from
the sun than the earth is, but
if the latest observations of as.
tronomers are right, our neighbor.
ing planet suffers from decided.
ly hot summers. The polar snow caps
on Mars melted entirely last year,
which adds strength to the theory
that the solar ray is electrical and not
heat in itself, though capable of excit-
ing 1t. The Martians apparently have
no trouble in reaching the poles on
their globe. and they must form
pleasant resorts during the heated
term. The great new telescopes to be
turned on Mars are likely to furnish
some interesting items.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

Portugal has granted local auto
nomy to the Azores, and the blue flag
of the little nation will bear n white
hawk with nine stars, n star for
each island. The population of the
Azores is nearly 100000 and Portugal
wisely concluded to grant them home
rule rather than attempt to govern
them at the point of the bayonet. OH
the plan adopted by Spain in Cuba.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

A resolution is pending in the Hin
OILS Legislature requesting tt daugh-
tiers of Illinois mot to accept the hand
in marriage Of any person who is not
a citizen of the United States, and to
disregard the title of any foreigner
and marry none but a citizen Of the
United States" Here is an opportu-
nifty for the woman's rights advocates
in Illinois to make an advantageous
political trade.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13
Aluminium Successfully Hardened.

1t is stated that the successful tenn
pering of aluminium, so as to give 1t
the consistency of iron, is a discovery
Of F. Allard of Quebec, whose re-
discovery of the lost Egyptian art Of
hardening copper startled the mechan-
lcal world three or four years ago.
He has made and hardened a cannon,
which has just been tested In the
presence of Colonel Spence, the Ameri-
can consul, and a number OF others,
with success. This cannon Is % inches
long and 3 inches in diameter, the
metal of the gun outside of h bore
being only one-quarter of an inch
thick. a charge consisting Of a pound
Of powder was fired out of this with
out any appreciable effect upon it.
A new and scientific trial Of the can
non has been ordered by the Canadian
military authorities and the United
States consul. Allard has been asked
to manufacture as loon as possible IA
cannon II feet long for direct ship
uent to Washington
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

Royal Baking Powder is the purest
and highest in strength of any of the
baking powders, and hence makes
more. finer and better food. These
are the official facts as set forth by
the U. s. Government and the various
State Chemists reports. OF curse
great efforts will be made by those
interested in the sale of the cheaper
made, alum powders, to continue their
sale where consumers have made up
their minds to have the Royal and call
for it at their grOcers. The Royal
Powder is so much superior to all the
other preparations for quick raising.
that it will amply repay housekeepers
to use the necessary persistency to
procure it in spite of all objections.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

To manufacturers like the Royal
Baking Powder Company, the public
is under a large debt of gratitude
for the increased purity Of articles OF
food sold at the present day. The
reports of the official Government in
vestigations of baking powders show
the Royal to be stronger and purer
than any other. 1t is quite evident
that neither ingenuity, sciencc nor ex-
pense "a in any way improve upon
the Royal Baking Powder as now be-
fore the public.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

The new repeating rifles carrying
two miles or more are bad for revolu-
tions who usually have to fight with
all sorts of weapons and ammunition.
The advantage in modern arms pos
sessed by the Spanish troops in Cuba
will almost give them immunity from
harm in a pitched battle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13
WOOed an Married and A..

Mrs. Gadd-Oh, have you heard the
news? Miss De Ledger and her ia
Tiers book keeper We're secretly mar
ried six months ago.
Mrs. Gabb-Dearie me! How did it
leak out?
Mrs. Gadd-Some one overheard
them quarreling.-New York Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

A history of popular misconceptions
on electrical subjects would make en-
tertaining reading. The superinten-
dent of a California electric light sta
ton tells that among a thousand
puzZling inquiries that were addressed
to him on the night that the electric
light was started in his city was the
poser: where it's the hole in the wire
that the juice ONE %through?' An
electrical supply firm in Nova Scotia
has lately received the following letter
from a Cape Breton correspondent:
Twill you kindly let me know all the
particulars about the incandeScent
lamps which you have advertised in
the Recorder? That is, what is used
in them-is it kerosene oil, ETC., or, if
not, what is it? And can the material
be easily obtained? l am DESTROYS of
getting one or more of them, and
would like to know all about them" A
well-known London weekly paper
grayely publishes among it's bits of
electrical information the announce
ment that "a German electrician re-
Gently hived "a swarm of bees by the
use Of electricity. He passed a power
full current through the bough of the
tree on which they clustered, and the
shock caused them to fall stupefied to
the ground. Before they had time to
recover he had them collected and
placed in a new hive" An inventive
genius, who halls from Columbus, O..
has discovered that eff two dissimilar
conductors of electricity which are
subject tC slight atomic change under
the influence of sound are joined to-
gether, after the manner of a pair of
thermauile bars, and the open ends
are insulated by a suitable non-con-
ductcr of both sound and electricity,
a current is generated when sounds
are made in the vicinity of the eX-
posed ends. If two or more such ele-
ments are connected together we have
IN acoustic battery, and by increasing
the number of elements it is possible
to operate IN ordinary call bell by SIM
ply clapping the hands in front of the
exposed ends of the battery" This
sounds impressive. The way in which
the inventor proposes to turn his in
spired idea to account is to establish
an electrical perpetual motion, and
among other things to wind clocks by
the noise of their own %pendulums,
and lights shops by the noise of the
machinery. A contemporary says:
"By this scheme also an auctioneer
may yet run an electrical cash system
with the sound of his own voice;
some %janitor by the force of his pro-
family may store up electricity enough
to ring a church bell; policemen in
noisy boots could furnish street lights;
| the mooing COWS may furnish power
to cut their own fodder. and a barking
dog may keep an electric light burning
by and by on the lawn"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

A peculiar mode of hair dressing
is in vogue among ladies of certain
wealthy Jewish families. The couture
Os dressed very high and literally pow
dered with diamond dust. At a dinner
party given recently by a banker three
ladies had their hair treated in this
name The white powder had turn
cd their hair, naturally black. to n
grayish white. forming Il striking con
trast with their youthful features and
black eyes. TO complete the resem-
blance of the fashion of other days
each lady had a speck of black court
plaster on her face.-New York Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

A remarkable instance of endurance
is reported from Levuka. A Fijian
and Rotuman were on board a cutter
lying close to the bark Ophir. the wind
in the evening being from the south
east. During the night the cutter
broke away. owing to the Ophir com
ing into collision with her. ~ne men
Mt once jumped overheard. and COM
menced to swim, as they thought for
the beach of Levuka. being unaware
that the wind had changed to the
west. After several hours swim They
reached the rect at Batiki.. a distance
of about eighteen miles. After Il short
rest they started for the shore. The
Rotuman reached the beach but his
cOmrade was either drowned or caught
by a shark.-Auckland N. H., Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

The statistics show that there is
used in the manufacture of the Royal
Baking Powder more than half of the
cream of tartar consumed in the
United States for all purposes. The
wonderful sale thus indicated for the
Royal Baking Powder-greater than
that of all other baking powders com
bined-is perhaps the highest evidence
of the superiority of this article, and
of it's indispensableness to modern
cookery,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

The mantelpiece which Cornelius
Vanderbilt is erecting in his residence
at Newport represents an investment
of $4,000. No envious neighbor will
want the mantel Of Cornelius to fall
upon himself if it's weight is in pro-
portion to it's cost.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

The Spanish government shows Its
desire to be on friendly terms with
the United States by acknowledging
that the naval commander who fired
on the Alliance was in the wrong,
promising honorable satisfaction, and
to be more careful in the future.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

Russia can make "a on women like
Modjeska with apparent impunity,
but when it comes to the little Japs,
the czar must remember that they are
fighters from "way back" He proba-
bly, will remember this, and his de-
m~onstration will end where it began,
in q series of growls.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

A place has at last been discovered
in which women are paid more than
men for the same work. 1t is In the
Monongahela tin plate works, where
owing to the superior skill of the wom-
EN-, they are paid $1.5O a day, while
the men get but $1.35.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13
An Automatic Cradle.

duties while Morpheus, aided by a
simple contrivance invented by an
Englishman, is overcoming the rebel
Iious senses of their little charges.
The fin de steele cradle is automatic.
The machinery is so arranged that it,
can be wound to rock up to rock for,
any length of time desired and can:
be stopped at will. :
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13
Mummies Make Good Onion Manure,

In view of the fact that Egypt was
once the center of civilization and
learning. whence science radiated to
every corner of the globe, vestiges of
Egyptian lore being found even iu
this hemisphere, it is somewhat pain
full to think that the only item which
the land of the PharaOhs now contri-
bntes to the world is onions, which
are being shipped in huge quantities
to the United States. And to make
matters worse, we are informed that
the popular "baell," as the Egyptian
onion is called owes its fine flavor as
well AS it's size to the fact that the
fields in which it is grown are fer
tilted with the powdered mummies
of the sages who f1ourished on the
banks of the Nile 5000 and 1000
years ago.-New York Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

London's latest venture in the way
Of a comic paper has been obliged to
suspend. The proprietors probably
made the mistake of permitting it to
be funny. Nothing but the most dead
ly seriousness could be expected to
be recognized as comic in a communi-
ty which is able to find anything hui
morous in Punch.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

81 find the Royal Baking Powder
superior to all the others in every re-
spect. 1t is entirely free from all
adulteratiOn and unwholesOme impur-
ity, and in baking it gives off a great
err volume of %leavening gas than any
other powder.
Walter s. Haines. NJ. d."
Chemist to the Chicago Board OF
Health.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

and Mrs. Suburb has nothing but n
cistern and that is fifty feet from the
door. You told them was water in
the house.
Agent-So there is. The cellars half
full.-Tit Bits.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

Lord Sholto Douglas, the California
son Of the Marquis of Queensbury,
was regarded as crazy because he
wanted to marry a pretty waiter girl;
but he 10 a model Of sanity and re-
spectability in comparison with the
marquis other son, who was fond of
associating with Oscar Wilde.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-07-13

The authorities of Canada have been
making an elaborate study of
the baking powders sold there.
The official analyst of Ontario
says as the result Of lbs in
vestigation that he finds the Roy
al Baking Powder far superior to the
Others" and goes so far as to recon-
mend its use in preference to any
other.