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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
FADs OF THE SUMMER GIRL.
The Goddess of the Silly SeasoI
RavaIa I'm rpnA-krkrsss~-

The of the Silly Season
Revels In Eccentrtcities.
The summer girl of 1895 is "faddy."
That is a new word that has been
coined by her to express a penchant
for somewhat startling innovations of
manner, walk or attire. This season
she will Outdistance all other summers
by the number of her fads and their
bizarre originality.
l have never been able to discover
whether this capricious goddess of the
silly season" evolved her own fads
from her inner consciousness or had
them invented to order. Where they
originate is almost as great a mystery
as where she herself goes when the
turning autumn leaves betoken the
ending Of summer.
A unique and decidedly novel orna-
ment which is to be found in the jewel
box of my lady's dressing table is the
huge heart locket, which she hangs
about her neck on a long silver chain
that reaches far below her waist. 1t
Is nearly as big as a silver dollar and
an awkward ornament as 1t swings
about with every motion of the wear
er, and it's safety is imperiled greatly
in travelling about, getting into car
riages or horse cars, walking through
a crowded shop or IN the promenade
of a swagger watering place.
sweater" is the name of the big,
clumsy looking garments that men
wear in athletic field sports, rowing
and bicycle riding. 1t is not a pretty
article of clothing, and it certainly is
not attractively named, but there are
sweaters feminine this season, and
very fetching they look whcA worn by
the right sort of girl.
The young woman with to redun-
dant "curves" and an ov%er-supply of
pulchritudinous charm may not affect
the sweater to advantage. Its ma
terial is like that of the Jersey" waist
of several seasons ago, and it accen-
tuates every line of the figure. 1.-the,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

An ingenious method for keeping
fruit cool in rail transportation has
been patented. The a is built Of
framework. covered with burlap, and
is kept damp by water from a tank at
the top of the car. The draught caus-
ed by the moving train heightens evap-
Grafton, which by its cooling effect
keeps the fruit at it's normal tenn
perature, neither too hot nor too cold.
In this way it is claimed, none of the
flavor of the fruit is lost. A new sleep
ing car is described as a berth which
disappears at the will of the passenger
into the wall of the car, and is con-
fined in a space of 1 rs inches. Mat
tresses of air are to be used, and all
bed clothing can be put in lockers I'M
derneath the seats of each section.
The berths are to be made of steel and
aluminium.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
Repairing Ocean Cables.

The repairing of ocean cables is very
often ticklish work. The recognized
mode of procedure when a fault has
been discovered is for the repairing
steamer to proceed where the fault has
been located, put down a mark buoy,
let down her graphing hooks and be-
gin fishing for the cable. The cable Is
not always there. 1t has a way of
drifting out of it's lihe of position, and
cases are known in which it has moved
miles from where it was laid
down. Last summer two repairing
ships were trying for four months to
repair a certain cable that was lying
In deep water. The bill for their fail
ure was 100000, not counting the cost
of cable hacked to pieces in the en-
deavor to recover IT.. The difficulty of
the task can be appreciated when it Is
stated that the cable was lying at a
depth of 1857 flthoms, or nearly three
miles. AS soon as the ships were with
drawn, the Nina, a ship of about half
their size, went to the spot and straight
way repaired the cable. The same ship
has a record of 40 repairs during the
last ten years, without a single failure.
All this time she was under the COM
mand of Capt. Trott, a veteran sub
marine telegraph man, so that the In
ference may be fairly drawn that in
cable repair ny, as in so many other
things, there is a great deal in knowing
how.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
S~UB-SIDEWALK RAILWAY.
A Novel Invention Which Occupies
But Little Space.

A Novel Invention Which Occupies
But Little Space.
A novel plan for a sub-sidewalk rail
road, to take the place Of elevated
roads for rapid transit, has been de.
signed by a Chicago inventor, who
claims great advantages for his new
system. He has secured the backing of
considerable capital for his scheme, and
the city government will he asked TO
grant a conditional franchise in order
to allow a fair trial Of the merits of
the plan. The road, as its name inn
plies, is to be built under the sidewalks
of the street, the space required beng
only eight feet in width by eight feet
in height. At the curbIine Il wall is
laid from n end of the street to the
other. Under the other side of tn
walk the curb wall is paralle!ed with a
stone foundation for posts and a fence.
On this foundation and on the base of
the curb wall rails are laid. Iron col
umns are set on the inner wall support
ing Orders level with the top of the
curl wall, and marking the line be-
tween the sidewalk proper and the So
called area space. A wire fence con-
meets the posts and separates the rail
road from the area space. This space
will be for stairways and entrances to
the Easements. With the curb wall,
Orders ard bases of buildings for sup
| port, IA prismatic walk is laid for the
purpose of admitting light in o the
space below. Electricity is to b. t e
motive power. The speed, the plan
sets forth, will not b. less than thirty
miles an hour, and may, in some cases,
be as high as sixty miles an hour. One
of the advantages claimed for the road
is that it will convert the Easements of
buildings into valuable property. This
and other circumstances, it is believed,
would make the property m read
lily give their consent to the %conStruc-
ton of the road. The speed viii be a.
least three times as great as that of
the cable lines and twice as & eat as
that of the elevated roads. Moreover,
the snow and wind will be kept from
the road by its roof and Will not there
fore interfere with the regularity of its
running.-New York Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
Washing Silk handkerchief.

There are some silks that car not
be washed without turning. There is
some chemical used in their prepara-
ton that will not stand washing with
out discoloration. The best way to
wash silk handkerchiefs is to rub
them in white CASTLE soap and water.
Rinse them thoroughly, and dry in the
shade. Sometimes silk hat has be-
come very yellow may be bleached by
hanging it, when wet, over the
fumes of sulphur. The best way to do
this is to put some ashes in a pan,
over this place some live Goals, then
sprinkle sulphur on the fire. The
handkerchief should be all ready in a
large box or barrel, on strings strung
across from side to side. Immediate
ly on the sulphur being put on the
Goals, place the dish under the barrel
or box. Care must be taken that the
ha~ndkerchiefs do not hang down low
enough to scorch. After some hours
they may be examined. If they are
not enough bleached, wet them again
and repeat the process. Some silks
will not bleach at all, others come out
beautifully white.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
The riiimitnbie Depth. of space.


Sir Robert Ball, who has an unequal
ed faculty of throwing light upon as
Economical facts which are oriin ri y
beyond the power of the human mind
to grasp, has endeavored In the last Of
his lecture to suggest the inconceivable
Instance of some of the stars in the
heavens. Taking electricity, which will
travel around the world seven times in
one second, or, as it is generally calcu-
lated, 10000 miles a second, as the
unit of speed, he shows that it would
take eight minutes to send a message
to the sun. To reach Alpha Centauti,
the nearest star, however, would take
no less than four years. Many of the
still more remote stars would be st IL
unreached If an electrical impulse had
been dispatched to them at the time Of
the battle of Waterloo, eighty years
ago, and had been continuously travel
ing in their direction at it's normal
gait of 10000 miles a second. Again,
there are owe u heads thousands Of
stars so distant that If the news of the
discovery OF America by Columbus had
been circulated far and wide through
out the universe by the instrumentality
of the telegraph these thousands Cf
stars are elevated into boundless space
at an altitude so stupendous that the
announcement would not yet have
reached them. Many stars are only
known to us by the impression they
made on a Photographic plate. Many
of these are SO far from this earth that
IL the tidings of the first Christmas at
Bethlehem, 1894 years ago., had been
disseminated through the universe by
the electric current, all the seconds
which have elapsed in the 1894 yelrs
Of present era would not have suf.
feed for the journey.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

In the forests of Burmah the natural
list StelZer once saw a couple of ele-
plants help a pitfall. They were going
along in the peace of a pachyderma-
tous conscience, when suddenly a crash
caused them to fling their weight on
their launches. Their son, a hopeful
youngster of hardly 5000 pounds, had
stumbled into a well concealed pit.
Paterfamilias sized up the situation
and advanced, after giving his spouse
an ~admonitory push. The youngsters
mother Immediately Joined her hus
band at the brink of the pit. and, 90
ing down on II knee. tested the safety
of the ground before trusting her whole
weight on her front legs. They then
both stopped over, and after securing
a good hold, slowly raised their heads.
and with 4 steady pull at last man
aged to eXtricate the product Of their
corjugll tenderness.-Cincinnati En-.
qu:rer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
The stOrk's Revenge.

A very remarkable story comes to US
from Berlin. Two storks built a nest
upon the chimney of a mansion, the
owner of which, finding an egg in the
nest, took it and put a goose's egg in
It's place. The female stork Matched
the egg, much to the anger of her COM
panion, which circled three or four
times around the nest and then flew
away.
For some days the female stork fed
the young goose and all went well I'M
til the morning Of the fourth day, when
the inmates of the house were dis
turbed by a loud clamoring. This
noise proceeded from nearly 400 birds,
which were standing in a compact
body, apparently listening to the har-
angue of a solitary stork standing some
twenty yards off. After a short time
he retired and another took his pla e
and addressed the court, and in this
way the proceeding cont nued until
about II in the forenoon. Then the
whole court rose simultaneously in the
air and gave forth dismal shouts.
All this time the female stork was
sitting in the nest, trembling with fear,
which perhaps was not altogether I'LL
warranted, for suddenly the whole COM
pany of storks flew toward her, headed
by one, presumably the injured hus-
band; he struck her violently three or
four times, knocked her out of the nest,
and then killed her. He next turned
his attention to the unhappy goSlin,
which he likewise killed; after which
the nest was destroyed and the storks
flew away, nc doubt perfectly satisfied
in their own minds that the law had
been vindi ated and justice done.-Lon-
don Sand I'd.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
RAIN GAMBLING IN CALCUTTA.
The Exchange is Always Full in the
MONSOON Weather.

Come down to where old Chooni
Lall himself sits cross-legged, CHEEKY.
genial and wrinkled, says Chambers
Journal. He is always glad to see
you. He mentions a bet. You
ask the price, unable in the clamor of
tongues to hear and understand. He
murmurS six and a half. Come, let
us bet and see how it is done. He
goes for 10 rupees. The broker holds
it up-more shouting, more laughing,
more fingers held up. He tells you he
has sold it at Z; the price is rising.
S%upposing that it rains between now
and 8 O'Clock at night, we shall win
six rupees for every rupee of our stake
our W rupee making up seven, the
quoted price. Chooni Lall will take an
anna in every rupee for brokerage. He
is already worth many lakhs, for for
tunes are won and lost here every day
in the monsoon.
The very sugarcane seller at the
door, who doles out sticks of sugar
cane for 2 pice, is worth thousands of
upees. You can bet either way for
OF against the rain, for to-day or to-
morrow or against any fixed day, if
you can find a 'taker. You can take
your choice of the two periods of hours
from 6 a. m. till noon, or from 6 a. m.
till 8 p. m. OF course, to a MAJ who
bets that rain will fall in the first per-
iod, far longer odds are offered. 1t
rarely rains even in the monsoon, be-
tween these hours, and l have seen 400
to l offered.
Rich men deposit large sums with
Chooni Lall-he is also a banker-and
lays odds on the rain falling within a
certain month. For the month in
which the monsoon usually breaks,
they lay 5 and 6 to 1 on the rain, and
it would undoubtedly be a very good
bet. Brokers themselves bet rarely
their brokerage rays them; but of
course there ONE often q certainty
of winning by easy hedging. The
odds are not hard to foretell. Every
bet is sold in the open market and the
price recorded. The place is really a
sort of rain exchange, and as in the
monsoon weather it is constantly FIJI
there is never any difficulty in betting
either way, %supposing you be willing
to take the current price.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

The Earl of Rosebery probably real
ICES by this time that the 'predomi-
nant partner in the United Kingdom,
England, is even more strongly
against home rule than it was in 1892.
Still, home rule has to come. 1t will
be delayed a few years, but the flu
ture is on it's side. Every reform
which has been gained in England in
the present century came only after a
long and hard fight.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
VALUE OF TRIPLES IN HISTORY Y.
Results of I~ncidents In Careers of
HAnlI kuaxXu DnnnIA

ttSu1tS VI 1HcluehIS III careers ID
We'll known PeOpIe.
Thorwaldsen. the great Dutch sculp-
tor, after working for more than fOur
months un~recognized in Rome, deter
mined in despair to return home and
lay down the sculptor's chisel forever.
a chance error by a careless clerk in
drawing his passport detained him
twenty-four hours. During that inter
val of waiting Mr.. Hope walked into
the studio. admired his Jason in clay,
and aroused the Responding Danes
hope by ordering a copy in marble.
Thorwaldsen %unpacked his tools and
never afterward, in his long career,
lacked patronage.
Rachel, the great t~ragedienne, was,
when a child, a street singer, and as
such might have passed into woman
hood and old age had not a part.
critics dining together CHANGED to
her loud, clear voice beneath tue
window. They observed the chiid's
wonderful face and eyes, and in kind
ly spirit, aroused, perhaps, by the
wine they had drunk, proposed to her
protectors to place her in the con-
servatory as a pupil.
Sir Walter Raleigh would probably
have remained out of favor with the
court had not Elizabeth, on her walk
to the tower, CHANGED to take Il path
less muddy. Every reader of history
knows the story of how the gallant
Sir Walter spread his cloak beneath
the royal feet and was rewarded with
his sovereign's smile and speedy res
tOration to favor.
Potemkin, the favOrite of Catherine
III. and founder of the powerful Rus
sian family which bears his name,
would doubtless have remained an OBJ
scure soldier had not a trivial incident
IA chance, in fact-changed his des-
tiny. After Catherine had deposed
her weak husband and herself as
srmed the scepter she was accustomed
t. parade the streets of st. Petersbn"'
1T the head of her troops. One da,
Potemkin noticed that her sword bore
nc knot. He boldly stepped forward,
Drawing the knout for his insubordina-
ton, and offered his. The czarina ac-
cepted it and, struck by the handsome
lieutenant, asked his name and regi-
ment and if he would not like to serve
her in her palace.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

1t has at last been revealed that one
class of people besides those who
make wheels and those who ride them
is to profit by the craze. These are
the dentists. 1t seems there is an af-
lection of the teeth caused by riding,
which is known as bicycle Jaw" and
the knight of the forceps is about to
reap much profit therefrom unless a
preventive can be found. The only
way to avoid the trouble, it is said. is
to keep the mouth closed. This would
be hard on the female riders.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
The New Maxim Gun.

The new Maxim gun is one Of the
most terrible weapons known to man.
In appearance it is a mere toy. 1t can
fire 600 shots per minute, so that IL
every mar of a regiment were sup
piled with it 36,00O,00O shots could be
fired in al hour, each bullet being
capable of piercing 40 inches of oak.
If even a small percentage of the bull
let's did their deadly work, war on a
large scale would be impossible, and
armies would cease to meet. So long
as the trigger is held back the gun
will fire automatically as long as am-
munition is supplied. When the trig-
ger is released the firing ceases. The
gun can be numbered and firing
within So seconds of the giving Of the
word of command. 1t will prove of
special alu in q mountainous coun-
try, where a few w~ell-placed guns
would wipe out an army. 1t is no ex-
aggeration to say that 100 men armed
with the gun could NOW down TO-
600 cavalrymen with ease. The posi-
bilitieS of the machine seem unlimited,
and it's extraordinary effectiveness Is
well conveyed by a military expert,
who was present at the last test of the
gun. He says: at is the most deadly
instrument of war l have ever seen.
I have been told it was only a toy,
whereas its accuracy and reliability
are simply appalling" Each bullet
will pierce the bodies of six men, and
it's muZzlc can be moved like the end
of q garden hose.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

Madison, Wis, Special.-In his forth
coming report, Insurance Commission
er Fricke urges that the state has
made a mistake in taxing insurance
companies as highly as it does. This
policy, he says, simply increases the
burdens of those who insure with the
companies and who have to pay the
tax. From oct. l to Jan I, last. al
most $16D.00O was collected from the
companies as license fees. There are
29G fire and marine insurance conf
panies doing business in the state,
whose risks aggregate 100000 ,0OO.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

Turkey has stationed in the neigh
borhood of the Macedonian troubles
fourteen battalions of infantry, nine
squadrons Of cavalry and nine field
batteries. and can speedily quadruple
this force without leaving other points
too greatly exposed. There are over
100000 Christians in Macedonia, but
like the Armenian Christians, they
are fighting against desperate odds
and the most cruel of enemies.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

A jawbone six feet in length has
1t is a foot in diameter at one end and
tapers to a point, while on the inside
of the curve are thirty large cavities
from which the teeth have disappear
ed. AS no mate to the bone has been
discovered, it is probably not a relic
of a silver discussion such as that
now buzzing in the dull ear of the
dragged-out population of Chicago.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
The Compass in the Watch.

A correspondent of the London Truth
writes the following: "a few days G
l was standing by an American gentle
man. when l expressed a wish to know
which point was the north. He at once
pulled out his watch, looked at it and
pointed to the north. I asked him
whether he had a compass attached to
his watch. All Watches he replied,
ARE compasses.' Then he explained to
me how this was. Point the hour hand
to the In, and the south is exactly
half way between the hour and figure
XII on the watch. For instance, sup
pose that it is 4 o'clock. Point the
hand indicating 4 to the sun and II on
the watch is exactly south. Suppose
that it is 8 O'Clock, point the hand indi-
eating s to the sun, and the figure On
the watch is due south. My American
friend was quite surprised that L did
not know this. Thinking that very pos
sibly l was ignorant of a thing that
every n else knew and happening to
meet Mr.. Stanley 1 asked that eminent
traveller whether he was aware of this
simple mode of discovering the points
of the compass. He said that he had
never heard of it. l presume. therefore,
that the world is in the same state Of
ignorance. Amalfi is proud of having
been the home of the inventor of the
compass. l do not know what town
boasts of my American friend as a cit
izen.'
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

Bozkins-I suppose you've noticed
that the Star Spangled theater adver-
tises that on the hottest nights the
house is as cool as a ton of ice.
Snizler-I have.
Bozkins-Well, l see that the CazZle
Park theater has gone them n bet
ter.
SniZler-How'S that?
Bozkins-The Cazzle Park announces
to it's patrons that it will furnish every
reserved seat holder with a pair of
skates on application at the box office.
-Roxbury Gazette.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

Reducing the time required to I'M
load freight cars is a problem that has
occupied considerable attention from
engineers. In this system each car
bed is pivoted on a central bearing and
tipped to either side of the track by
means of an air cylinder and piston,
supplied with air from the locomotive
and situated on the truck. An auXil-
larry reservoir is placed under each car,
so that the maximum air pressure may
be realized at once. Two continuous
lines of pipes run from the locomotive
through the train one of which is con-
nected with the several air reservoirs
as a supply line and the other operates
the valves between the same and the
dumping mechanism. The engineer
a thus unload the entire train by
means of a simple hand movement,
either when the train is in motion or
standing still. The system is applica-
bic to gondola and platform cars
Railway Review.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

The Spanish Army Gazette says that
Spain has already sem $1,000 soldiers
to Cuba, and that 10000 more will go
forward In the fall. The Spanish feet
in Cuban waters will be Increased to
forty vessels by October. But it is GER
tain that the insurgents are more
active than they were three months
ago and that the Spanish troops at
many points are acting on the de-
fensive. Whatever the result may be
Spain is paying more for the island
than 1t will ever be worth again rs q
colony.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

The Spaniards evidently have their
hands full in subduing the revolution
in Cuba. The news channels are al
most entirely in the Spanish govern
ment's hands, and the dearth of re-
ports of sweeping and conclusive vic
tories would indicate that Gen. Cam
pos and his officers are dubious about
the result. One revolution will sue
coed another, if the present attempt
is successful, with only intermission
enough for recuperation, until Cuba is
free. That or annexation to the United
States is the natural destiny of the
island.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03

An electrical journal calls attention
to the fact that Ottawa, Can, has
proved Itself ono of the most progress
sive utilizerS of electricity on this
continent. The running of $4,000 lights
in a city of 10000 inhabitants speaks
volumes, ard it is doubtful whether
any other city in the world can APP
proach such figures. But even more
interesting is an item in the report
of the local central station, just pre-
from heaters. This is Il new item in
similar balance sheets. Although the
amount is small, it is much larger
than the motor account used Ordin-
arily to lie, and as it involved only
an outlay of S12, il is sound. as well
as promising business.