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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
A Drowning Coin.

Bend a common match in the middle
but do not break it entirely in two.
Now place it at an acute angle on the
mouth of an empty bottle, and ask
somebody how you may succeed in get
ting the coin to drop into the bottle
without touching or breathing upon it.
1t is not likely that anybody will tell
you, but you may easily perform the
trick. Dip your finger into a glass of
water and let a few drops fall from it
on the broken part of the match.
Swollen by the moisture, the wood-fi-
bers will tend to straighten themselves
and little by little you will see the
angle of the match growing larger
and larger until. no longer supporting
the coin, they will let it drop into the
bottle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
when Patti was a Little Girl.

Patti lived and went to school In Mt.
Vernon. n. j. She was SO fond Of!
music even then that she used the!
school piano so much that complaints
were made to the school trustee that.
"the little Italian girl played the
piano so much that no other children
could get a chance. She had a sister,,
too.
1.-The Patti girls are very NICE" their
classmates used to say of them.
Another girl who used to go to
school with her said that often when
the whole school was singing together,
the other children would stop and let
Adelina so on alone. When the teach
er asked why they stopped, they would
say they couldn't help it'-they
stopped to hear Adelina."
This did not seem to make the little
girl proud at all; she was a very good
natured ~big-hearted little girl, and full
Of sympathy for anybody who was in
trouble. just as she is now.
But she grew very angry once, when
| some of the bad boys annoyed her by
| calling out to her "Patty-cake, patty
cake bakers man, etc"
She turned and faced them pouring
out her wrath in pure Italian. Nobody
knew what she said: but the boys
turned pale with surprise and fright to
hear her, and never called her that
again.
She was also a very brave little girl.
Once when she was playing with the
other children neal a pool, one of the
little girls slipped and fell into the
water. Patti kept her presence OF
mind perfectly. She sprang into the
water, caught the struggling girl and
swan with her to a log, where they
chung together for a half -hour till they
were rescued.
The first time Patti ever sang be
fore an audience she was only thirteen
years old. She made a great success
and carried everybody by storm. The
musician who played with her was 81
delighted that he caught her up whel
she left the stage. exclaiming. bravo
Zee grand leetle diva!' This has prov
ed a true prophecy.-Primary Educa
ton.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

A e-planting expert says that It
will be entirely the fault of the people
of any community if their trees are
devastated by caterpillars as badly
next year as they have beer in many
places within the last few months.
The tussock moth has done most Of
the mischief in Eastern states. In the
North it has been single blooded this
year; in the South it was double blood
ed. If any more caterpillars appear
in any district this season they should
be promptly destroyed. If they should
show up in great numbers the trees
should be sprayed with London pur-
pie, not stronger than One-fourth of a
pound to fifty gallons of water. or the
leaves may suffer. During the fall
and wint>r all the masses of eggs
from trees. fences, houses. etc. should
be gathered and destroyed, and all de-
caying and unnecessary trees should
be removed particularly where many
eggs are found. The trees that have
too thick a growth should be pruned
and their dead branches cleared out,
particularly in the case of naples.
Many of their branches have been
killed by the maple scGle of several
| years ago. and by the borings of the
leopard moth of this year. The tus-
/ sock moth has utilized these sheltered
| places by spinning in them the cocoon
which contains it's eggs. In the mean
time, make preparations for next
spring, and if the moth appears in any
place spray the trees with London pur-
pie. Remove all cotton bands. They
are unsightly, and in many places COP
ceal the eggs. = = x :
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
THE LETTER II IS POPULAR.
1t Occurs as an Initial in Very Man
Gases.

1t Occurs as an Initial in Very Many
Cases.
"It's a peculiar thing" said the
knowing clerk in a hotel which is not
ed more for it's hospitality than it is
for it's inquisitiveness into the charac-
ter of it's guests. Its a peculiar thing
the fondness that the average man
has for the letter III as an initial. Now
/ don't suppose that there are more
middle names beginning with Fl than
with any other letter, NJ or r or S or
Il, but nine men out of ten, If they
are in doubt about a middle initial,
decide on III. Now my middle initial
is w, but for every letter l get except
from people l know well, that has my
initial right | get three in which it is
put down H. It's very seldom, too,
that you'll find a man, with sufficient
strength of character to leave out the
middle initial of the man he's writing
to, so he claps in the H and lets it
go. There seems to be a prevailing
superstition that a man isn't just
what he ought to be unless he has a
middle name, and that the chances are
very strong that the name begins with
the eighth letter in the alphabet.
snow here's another instance. Cast
your eyes over this page of our regis
ter. That is mostly late guests VITO
drop in late at night and sign names
other than their own. See the result
Charles Fl. Jones' John H. Smith,
George H. Robinson. "A H. Brown,
IF. w. Brown and ST on. There are
ten names on that n page the middle
initial of which is H. Now that let
ter isn't any easier to write than any
other letter; it certainly isn't any more
ornamental. and ! can't see that il
any respect 1t has the advantage ovel
the rest of the alphabet. Yet the hu
man race stick to it with a fidelity
worthy of a more important cause
Id like to have some wise man tel
me WhY."-NeW York Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

One of the problems that have arisen
with the bicycle craze is where the
chaperon comes in. There are chap
eronS who would no more ride a hi
cycle than they would do Il bareback
trick horse riding act in "A circus. But
she is not neglecting her duties new
ertheleSS. If she can not herself ride
she gets somebody else to go with the
girl. Teachers in bicycle schools do
II great deal of this agreeable duty,
and it is by no Il certain when
one sees Il young society girl flying
along in the park that the gentleman
at her side is not the manager of Il
school or n of the corps of instruc-
tors. If the chaperon happens to be
n young woman she rides the wheel
herself. All that is necessary to quail
ify il m for n chaperon is to be
married and some American girls mar
nv young. The mentor of the maiden
may have required Il chaperon herself
a few months before. having only es-
capped that necessity by the accident
of being married. So that under those
circumstances the chaperon difficulty
is easily solyed.-Philadelphia Times,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
SLAIN BY BONAPARTE.
A Story That He Killed u. French
Colonel With His Sword.

COlone1 with Ills SWORD.
The National Zeitung relates Il story
about Napoleon L. which is youched
for by an old citizen of Erfurt. who in
1872 was present when the incident
occurred, being then n member of the
guard Of honor escorting Napoleon
while in the city. He states that Ma
poleoh, while in a fit of temper, stab
bed and killed one of his staff officers
on the parade ground. The old man
says.
Great masses of troops on the
march to Russia came in every day.
The contributions and acquisitions be-
came heavier every day, and the suf-
ferings of the inhabitants of Erfurt
had reached a point that seemed in
tOlerable, and Il further increase could
hardly have been possible. All private
houses were overridden by soldiers,
and he ordinary necessities of life
rose In price to an extent heretofore
unknown; all m and ordinary
traffic was stopped. The French OIL
GERS domineered the local authorities.
and the inhabitants We're restricted in
their movements to the most narrow
limits. Finally Napoleon himself AZ
rived. and a great review was ar
ranged for in the vicinity of the town.
During this parade a careful inspec-
ton of every regiment was ordered by
the emperor, who himself assisted in
the work.
"At one regiment of artillery the
emperor halted, dismounted from his
charger and carefully inquired into
the condition of the regiment. person
ally inspecting the equipments of the
artillerists, and, in some cases, de-
handing of the men to take off their
clothes, so that they might be more
carefully inspected. 1t was rumored
that a complaint had been made to the
emperor by some men from that regi-
ment that the money hat had been
provided for new equipments had only
partially been used for the purpose,
the greater part of it having found it's
way into the pockets of the colonel:
also that the rationS We're rather scant
and fodder scarce and of bad quality.
During this inspection the commander
of the regiment remained at the side
of the emperor; their conversation be-
ing carried on in low tone, no one
could understand what they were
speaking about; the emperor seemed
very much dissatisfied.
Suddenly the emperor drew his
sworn anu Uldue IL luuSe WlIn IL al the
colonel, who fell back with a deep
wound in his breast. Immediately the
imperial suite made a circle around
the two, shutting out all the rest of
the proceedings from the view of 9th
ers present. Napoleon returned to the
city on horseback shortly after the oc
currence, and the colonel, who died
shortly after he was wounded, was
carried to his quarters on a litter and
buried the rext day. No paper dareC
to mention the affair, and word was
given out to those present that they
should not dare speak of what they
bad seen, or they would be held re
SponSible for the consequences; tn,
emperor's spies being known to cir
culate freely in lIrfurt at the time
good care was taken not to speak o
the matter. Thus it was that thi>
murderous deed of the qu~ick-temperet
Corsican was not mentioned in his
tOrical works, although tradition ha
continued it to our days"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

French ArcbacoIogtsts Make on I'M
pOrtant Find at Delphi.

portant Find at Delphi,
In the course of their excavations at
Delphi the French have unearthed the
building that Pausanias describes as
the Treasury of the Athenians;' and
here they have discovered the remains
of two large slabs of stone inscribed
with words and music. In their first
seasons work they found fourteen
fragments of various sizes of which
they published an count last year.
-Four of these fragments were distin-
guished from the other ten by a differ
ence in the notation of the music; and
these four made up the piece that was
introduced TO the public as The
Hymn to Apollo" Fortunately. in the
second seasons work. the French
have found another large fragment, to
which the remaining ten can be adj
justed with tolerable certainty; and
now we have a second hymn. The
displacement has been intrusted, as
before, to NM. Henri We'll and Theo-
dore Reinach, and their version is
about to be published in the Bulletin
de Correspondence Hellenique.
The last line of the new hymn is
followed by the first line of a decree,
and this shows how these compost
lions can be inscribed on stone. The
| people of Delphi had passed DEGREES
in honor of the authors, and had or
dered the hymns to be set Out with the
DEGREES when these were put on rec
ord. And, as the authors were Athen-
ians, the inscriptions were placed in
the Athenian Treasury.
The purport of both the hymns is
substantially the same. After an in
xnaotinn Of tho NTuSoS thn nopf ciynS
various legends of Apollo's life and
works, ending with the slaughter of
| the Gauls at Delphi in 30 B. c., and
| Their implores the gods protection for
| Delphi and Athens and the govern
ment at Rome. The date is therefore
after 146 r. c., when the Romans took
possession of Greece. Apart from the
music. the hymns are not particularly
interesting.
The duration of the musical notes is
indicated by the syllables that were
sung with them. Thus, for example,
where three notes are attached to a
word of one long syllable followed by
two short syllables they must answer
roughly to a crochet followed by two
Quavers. The pitch of the notes is in.
dicated by various letters of the al
phabet. In the first hymn the letters
were those that the Greeks prescribed
for use with voices; but in this secOnd
hymn they are those that were pre-
scribed for use with instruments. AS
the Delphians would hardly nave
written down the accompaniment ano
omitted the song itself. we must sup
pose that the instruments and voices
were here in unison.
NJ. Reinach has transcribed the music
into the ordinary modern notation, al
though this only provides for twelve
notes where the Greeks had twenty
one. The result is that he had beer
obliged to raise the pitch of some o
the notes, lower the pitch of others
and occasionally to make one not
serve for two. 1t would, perhaps, hav'
been better to give no transcript at al
than to give n that can only be mis-
leading.-Correspondence of the Lon
don Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
A Small store.

The smallest business establishment
in this city is a building at No. 50 IL
East Houston sire eft, where is located
a candy. fruit and soda water bust
ness. The structure is fitted tightly
between two towering brick walls,
and covers an alleyway surface which
had not hitherto been considered sus-
ceptible of utilization. The cost Of
the tiny place was $3.50 and it rents
for $500 Il year. It's actual measure
ments are X feet 4 inches front, 10 feet
deep and 9 feet high.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

A w%ell-known English writer on ZOO
logy says the rapid opening of Africa
mean the destruction of many wild
animals, and zoos will not he able to
keep up their stock unless they act
promptly in the matter. He recon-
mends that wild beast farms be es-
tablished in civilized countries to pre-
serve desirable species. The raising
and Improvement of thoroughbred
lions, tigers and CRATES ought to be d
fascinating business. E,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
Sensational Seen A "a Chattanooga
Court aa0m.

Chattanooga. Special-Whcn Judge
Moon adjourned the circuit court and,
rs he stepped down from the bench.
Deputy Sheriff Poe sprang forward
from the crowd and hit him in the
face with his fist. Immediately great
excitement prevailed. Between the
efforts of Judge Moon to reach Poe's
head with his cane and Poe's efforts
to get another lick at~Judge Moon, to-
gethcr with the efforts of peacemak-
erS TO hold the two men off. it was a
lively scene. The trouble grew out cf
the judges action in d~isallowing a
fee and lecturing the deputy on some
alleged irregularities.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

There is a Greek legend telling now
Athens came by its name, and there
is a noble horse who plays a promi-
nent part in the legend. If we are to
believe the story he was the first real
flesh and blood horse of Which we
have any account. Some men say that
he was the first animal of the kind
that ever lived. but this is doubtful.
Snowy white, without spot or blemish
from the tip of his ears to the tips OF
his amber hoofs, how he must have
astonished the simple-minded folk Of
Cecropia when he leaped right out Of
the earth at their feet! If you should
ever go to Athens and climb to the
top Of that wonderful hill called the
Acropolis, look around you. You may
see the very spot where it all is said
to have happened.-''rhe Ship of the
Palms." by James Baldwin, in st.
Nicholas.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

There is a fine sixteenth century
ring in that threat of the kaiser to use
the army to suppress the Socialists.
1t is strange that a man of the kaiser's
good sense should take such pains to
put himself in the hands Of his enc
mics. This yawp will create tens of
thousands of votes in Germany for
the Socialists. Outside of Russia, gov.
eminent on the lines laid down by the
Tudors and the early Bourbons has
been obsolete for more than a hum
dred years.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

In some recent remarks in parlia-
ment Lord Rosebery called the queens
speech a blank sheet of paper, but
added that a young clergyman who
had once been handed a folded blank
sheet for his text got out of the diff
Guilty extremely well, as he preached
on the creation of the world out of
nothing. 1t does not follow from the
queen'L silence that the British empire
is nee dealing with many serious dip
lomatic questions.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
SiOnel hN u MOB.

Shanghai, Specialize British con-
sui at Wen Chow, in the province Of
Che Kiang, has been stoned by Il mob.
Literature melting against the English
has hpen circulated by the officials.
Tie inquiry at Ku Chang is being ob-
structed by the tactics of the officials,
headed by the yiceroy, who Is trying
to rX0ncTate The prisoners in the face
of the most damaging testimony.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

In order to make the armed peace
of Europe a little firmer, the Gar has
sent to Prince Nicholas of Montenegro
a supply of cannon, machine guns,
dynamite, 10000 modern rifles, and 49,
OOO,O cartridges. AS these con-
situte a European olive branch, the
Prince feels that he is now thoroughly
prepared for peace and harmony.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

An electric novelty has been placed
on the German imperial yacht Hohen-
zolern in the shape of a standard in
tended for night use. The flag is four
meters square, and the design is traced
in colored electric lamps, which are
lighted by a wire from the deck. The
experimental illumination proved so
successful that n wide extension of the
idea may be looked for in the future
night illumination of ships
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

The sample armor plates sent from
this country to Russia have stood the
tests so we'll that the Cars Govern
ment has decided to accept the whole
supply made in fulfllment of it's on
tract. This means that American
armor-plating is the best in the world,
and that it is likely to be used by all
the leading nations in the future con-
struction of war-ships.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

The cattle, sheep and swine in Den
mark have to undergo a rigid veterin-
ary examination both before and after
they are slaughtered. Before meat
can be removed from the slaughter
house it must be officially stamped as
"6rst or second-class food"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
Gas ms Fue.n>rrn ,

The substitution of a las .gl3l, In
place of coal, is now claiinedlto ABE
successfully achieved by The applica-
ton to the general mechanism of GER
tain improvements by means of which
the apparatus is for the most part
operated automatically; that is, a uni
form temperature is not secured by
regulating the distribution of heat af-
ter it is made, or by the manipulation
# hampers, but by direct %instantan-
aous, automatic requisition from the
place where the temperature is to be
maintained, the flow of gas is so regu-
lated as to do the exact work requlr-
ed and consume only the amount OF
fuel necessary to do it. The generator
designed to secure the complete COM
bustion of the gas is in a sealed metal
casing with outlet pipes to the air,
and the fuel controller consists of an
armature pivoted between electro
magnets, the swinging end of which
engages with the lever of a valve In
the gas supply pipe. The controller is
located neal the generator. and is IN
electrical connection with double Their
mostats in the rooms above and, as the
temperature in the latter falls or rises
above any predetermined degree, as
indicated by the thermostats, the fuel
| controller alternately turns on or OH
! the supply of fuel.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

Spain has some remarkable ideas
on taxation even at home. The Span"
lard pays So on a horse and 3Oc on a
sheep, and finds his tax largely increas-
ed if he irrigates his land. In some
of the Pacific States it would take two
horses and a pony to pay the tax on
one Spanish horse.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

Marine construction is gradually
creeping up to the Great Eastern
standard of size, which was $4,000
tons. A German line has just ordered
a ship of 10000 tons capacity to be
used chiefly for freight though h
will have accommodations for 200 cab
in and 1900 steerage passengers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

Even in the metropolitan newspaper
offices the composition and proof-read-
er nod occasionally. The other day
Mr.. Smalley undertook to say in The
Herald that Queen Victoria consider
ed her son, the duke of C~onnaught. "a
h~eaven-born warrior" What he was
made to say was that she considered
the duke "a be~ayer-born warrior
Hartford Courant.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

The French may not have any word
In their language for home, but Amer
leans should keep quiet about 1t In
view of the fact that more thar half
the French live and die in the place
of their birth. The American who
lives long and dies in his native VII
lage is an oddity.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

A seaweed of the South Pacific often
grows to be thirty or forty inches in
diameter and 1900 to 1900 feet in
length. 1t has no root in the proper
sense, the nourishment being absorbed
from the water.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24

To make the wooden butter dishes
seer in groceries the heavy timber is
cut into blocks ten or twelve inches In
length and boiled in huge watts until
thoroughly softened. The hot blocks
are placed in machines which scoop
out the butter dishes at the rate of
200 a minute.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
coal War.

Duluth, Special.-Thcrc is a coal
war on over anthracite prices. The
price has dropped from $3.50 10 s. a
ton, aud is likely to 60 lower. The soft
coal is not affected, as ii is in Il pool.
An attempt will he made to pool the
hard coal and keep it at So, which is
- cents Il ton better than the Twin
City price. allowing for the railroad
rate.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
BOuIcs

H%oughton, Mich, Specialize. 4
shaft was explored in search of the
bodies Of the miners who We're en-
tomred in the OSceola copper mine.
A party consisting of six miners was
lowered in the skip, stopping at each
level down to the 14th. They found
- bodies and brought them to the sur
face, but there are still five missing.
The bodies showed 10 signs that the
mel suffered any before death.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-24
matter of uScful information it

AS a matter of useful information it
may be stated that whenever a c.Ok-
ing receipt calls for a baking powder
the Royal should he used. The re-
ceipt will be found to work better and
surer, and the bread, biscuit, rolls,
cakes. dumplings, cruStS. p%uddings,
crullerS or whatever made, will be
swceter. lighter, fi~ner-1avOrcd more
dainty, palatable and wholesome.