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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-09
The Difference.

1t is a matter of surprise to many,
and perhaps it may be to themselves,
that there are hundreds keeping fowls
who realize large profits on their stock
annually, while at the same time there
are others who have just as good fowls
that do not make them pay for their
keeping. There is something in the
breed, some will say; something in luck,
will be remarked by others. But though
granting that a popular breed may help
to make favorable sales, it is more in
the way we feed, care for, and manage
live stock to bring out all it good quail
ties and turn it to profitable account.
One may have the best known breed
of poultry to begin with, and yet fail to
make it remunerative. 1t should be the
object of every breeder to make his
stock, at least self-supporting, if he
cares nothing about profit. The one
who neglects to take proper care of his
fowls when they need food, comfort
able quarters, and other attention. will
realize only scant returns from them.
The careless breeder will allow his hens
to shift for themselves, and will be.
g%rudingly put up a few boards for shell
ter when winter sets in; half starved
and famished from cold, they linger
through the long winter without laying
Oh putting on flesh, and when sprine
comes they are in no condition for Law
ing or breeding.
To make fowls profitable one must
keep them in a common sense way
that is, they should have plenty of food
in variety; their winter quarters warm
comfortable and clean; means of dust
ing regularly, and enough space ant
loose material for exercise and scratch
ing. Added to this, fresh water t.
drink, sharp grit and egg-shell mltter
These are prime necessities and consti
tute the main wants for generous lay
ing or putting on fesh.-National Stock
man.
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In a recent article on Coffee and
Cocoa, the eminent German Chemist,
Professor Stutzer, speaking of the
Dutch process of preparing Cocoa
common in Germany in which am
monia is added, says: 1.-THE only re-
suit of these processes is to make the
liquid appear turbid to the eye of the
consumer, without effecting a real so
luton of the Cocoa substances. This
artificial manipulation for the purpose
of so-called solubility is, therefore,
more or less inspired by deception,
and always takes place at the cost Of
purity, pleasant taste, useful action,
and aromatic flavor. The treatment
of Cocoa by such chemical means is
entirely Objectionable. . Cocoa
treated with potash or ammonia would
be entirely unstable but for the sup
Elementary addition of artificial fla
vors by which a poor substitute for
the aroma driven out into the air is
offered to the consumer" The delic.
ious Breakfast Cocoa made by WAL
TER BAKER & CO., Of Dorchestec,
Mass, is absolutely pure and soluble.
No chemicals, Or dyes, or artificial fla
vars are used In 1t.
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Sight Suddenly Restored.

Col. J. NJ. Covington, of Danville,
Va, has had a peculiar experience or
two with his eyes during the past three
weeks. One morning he awoke to find
that during the night the light had gone
out from his eyes. He could dis
tinguish people moving about the build
ings, but that was all. He had to hire
an amanuensis and have his cores
pondence read to and written for him.
This continued until yesterday after
noon. when he took from his pocket
an important letter he had received
from his house, and from force of habit
glanced at its contents. He leaped to
his feet in joyful surprise for he dis
covered that his sight had been restor-
ed. He could read every line as easily
as he ever could. He picked up a pa
per and found that he could read It,
also, even to the smallest type used in
the advertisements. He was the nap
piest man in Quincy last night,
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which the bridge led. Jack beans.
with their purple wealth f~cstooned
| both cabins, and seemed striving to
hide aught about them that was ugly
A dark brown woman, Slenderiy bullt,
stood at the door of one of the CABINS,
carefully sweeping down the steps over
| which her little grandchild had scat
! tered the beans and bits of broken
| china with which he had been playing,
and as she did so, sang, as II to her
self:
Lord. in de mornin' you shill hear
My song ascendin' high.
To you l shill-'
Good Cord Almighty, Sis Venus, run
here quick! Run, Sis Venus, rum
The words came in quavering
from the throat of an old man in the
n%eighboring cabin. He had thrust his
head through the open window of his
little house, and his poor old black
face, framed in it's gray wool, bore
marks of alarm and dire distress. My
ole oman mighty sick of a suddint.
Sis Venus. 1 skeered she gwine die"
The broom was tossed aside, and soon
Sis yenus-kind, tender-hearted Old
creature that she was-stood at the
DeuSlut anu Spl d d loIoA PtNSNSA =
while the tottering old man piled with
lavish hands great knots of fiat light
wood on the smoldering fire to heat
some water. This scene was no I'M
usual one, for the sufferer who lay
grooming on the bed was subject to
these sudden attacks, and for twenty
years 'Unc' Owens" had been in the
habit of calling upon isis Venus IN
every emergency, for had not Sis Venus
| and her husband, Kinchen, been fellow
servants of his when they lived on the
Riverside plantation in Alabama as
| the slaves of old Col. Dean? For a
| long gap of years the negroes had been
| separated, as "Unc' Owens" had gone
off to Virginia to cook for de young
marster in de war;" and, when a swift,
bullet at the battle of Bull Run found
it's way to the heart Of the captain, haC
slipped off, gone to Washington City
and finally enlisted in the federal army
1t was while a soldier that he received
the terrible wound which led to the los
of his leg and entitled him to the plac,
he proudly held, that Of pensione1
II done gin up my laig, an l blong
to de Gran Army, n 1 done see
Mars Grant an shuck him by d
han, an he say he gwine teck cyar u
me, an he done it nun! Dat huccom
I gifts long well as I does. I was 5
year ole when I jined de army, an
niglNbout 100 year ole now: dat I is
I aim no common niger, an I air
gwine sochate wild one but de bes
whar got behavior, and pay specks t
a Gran Army sojer like l is. l fit /
two battles, an I'd a fit in more e
it hadn't err bin for dat ole piece G
shell whar smash up my laig so da
Mars Grant say I got to quit off worl
an be rolled on de list. Oar wha
I is now an dar whar I gwine sta.
an draw my money lack a honest ma
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A MUCH SURPRISED CAT.
The Exciting Results of Setting Oh
Burglar Alarm.

The Exciting Results of Setting On
Burglar Alarm.
A big six-toed cat which belongs to
Jackson & Co., the furriers on IRE
mont street, set off their automatic
burglar alarm last night and created
no end Of disturbance there. Pussy
is Of a shy and gentle disposition, and
has never courted publicity, and the
attention which her actions drew to her
last night has probably made her re-
solve never to go near a burglar alarm
again.
Since the day of her birth she has
lever been outside the store. In the
daytime she sits about in the store
and shames the rich furs with the
gloss of her wi skin; and in the night
she prOwls about, upstairs and down,
in a t~ireless search for rodents, for
she Is a skillful ratter, and takes great
pride in keeping the store free from
these vermin.
1t was this prowling last night whick
was the cause Of her publicity. AT
ter everybody had gone home, and the
store was dark. she went her rounds
without event until at about II o'clock
she happened to go down the cellar
stairs. If she had gone down as she
us' ally did, one step at a time, all
would have been well, but she prob
ably thought she saw a rat, and, be-
ing in a hurry, jumped for some dis
lance, alighting on n of tile bottom
steps. Never, again will pussy
do such a thing. The three bottom
step. Of the stairs are arranged to set
off the burglar alarm when any con-
siderable weight is put upon them,
and the impetus Of her jump was suf-
1cient to achieve this result. In an
instant the whole store was filled with
the binding glare of the electric lights,
turned on by the alarm, and the great
| gong owe the door was changing out
it's harsh warning.
The first persons on the scene saw
the store brilliantly lighted on the in
side and a temporarily insane cat tear
ing about from floor to counter, and
from counter to shelves, in q vain IN
deavor to get away from the fierce
glare and the hideous noise. People
gathered like magic. Theaters were
just out, and the streets were more
o'clock. Clear up as far as West street
the noise of the gong could be dis
tinctly heard, and all the policemen on
outy ohS lCIO IL the flClulty Cdllic
rushing toward the store, followed by
the people from the theaters and the
Omnipresent crowd which seems tc
spring out of the ground when any
thing happens at night. In a few mo
ments more another gong was heart
and the patrol wagon came up Ire
mont street with thu horses On the
run, and two more pair ,rn,en hanging
to the seats. Patrolman Burns, IF Di
vision 2, soon had the door open, an(
the crowd prepared to see a number o
desperate men dragged forth. A dill
gent search for the burglars began AM
the store was ransacked from top Il
bottom, but without result; and TIL
policemen were finally forced to tn
conclusion that cit was the cat" Pa
trclman Burns stopped the alarm ant
turned off the electric lights, but h
could not quiet poor pussy's
When seen at the store this morning
the cats eyes We're as big as saucerS
and she had evidently not nearly re
covered from her exp erience of las
night.-Boston Transcript.
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Swearing Allegiance to the Reor-
ranfzed French Government.

ranfzed French Government.
The "Friends of the Constitution"
grew daily mort numerous, more pow
erful. and more radical, in Valence;
and when the great solemnity of
swearing allegiance to the new order
was to be celebrated, that place was
chosen as a convenient and suitable
one for the convention Of twenty-five
similar associations from the neighbor-
ing districts. The meeting took place
on July 3, 1871; the official administra-
ton of the oath to the civil, military,
judicial and ecclesiastical authorities
occurred on the fourteenth. Before a
vast altar erected on the drill ground,
in the presence Of all dignitaries with
| cannon booming and the air resound-
ing with shouts and patriotic songs,
the officials in groups the people in
mass, swore with uplifted hands to
| sustain the constitution, to obey the
National Assembly, and to die, If need
be, in defending French territory
against invasion.
Scenes as impressive and dramatic
as this occurred all over France. They
appealed powerfully to the imagina-
ton of the nation, and profoundly in
| fuenced public opinion. "Until then"
| said Bonaparte, referring to the sol
| emnity, 81 doubt not that if I had re-
| ceived orders to turn my guns against
the people, habit, prejudice, education,
and the kings name would have in
duced me to obey. With the taking of
the national oath it became otherwise
my instincts and my duty were hence.
forth in harmony.-W. NJ. Sloane's
New Life Of Napoleon in the Century
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They Never wearied of HearinE His
Army Experience.

wha' never run'd away, whar got shot
down in de laig On de fiel' of battle"
In this strain "Unc' Owens" often told
his tale to the neighbors, who
wearied Of hearing him relate his e1-
PLOTS. IN one point, however, the
little negroes were i~ncredulous, "Unc'
Owens age" They had taken the ques-
ton to their dusky teacher in the little
log schoolhouse on the hill, and she
had declared that Unc' Owens. accord
ing to his own statement could not be
more than 81, and added that she did
not believe he was over 70, if as old
as that.
More times than Sis Venus could
count had she ministered to Sis Retsey;
! more times had her husband 'aninted
de onliest laig' of Unc' Owens with
'karoseme an needs foot lie" for the
rheumatism; more times when the two
ailing OLD folks were unable to prepare
their meals, had their neighbors spill
up light wood and cooked vittles' fol
them. No wonder that gratitude, ole
ties, and old recollections bound the
two families together so closely, tina
Sis Venus pet grandchild, little Owens
scarcely knew which of the couples t
love best.
All things have an end, and as UpC
Owens bent over his suffe ring "ol
oman" the tears rolled down his fun
rowed face, for he saw that she wa
nearing her end. 'Ole 'Oman." he sal
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gently. .doan YOU know me?" She soft

gently, 'doan you know mel" She soft
" whispered, Dat I does, honey"
.sDoes you know Sis Venus? An dozen
YOU want Kinchen to be saunt arfter to
sing an pray?" No answer. 'Gin her
some brandy" said Kinchen, who at
this moment entered the room and ap-
preached the bedside. The stimulant
revived her for awhile, and then it was
that she told of the angels she saw
standing at the foot of the bed, beckon-
ing and waving to her, and pointing up
to the great white throne. Then she
asked all three, her husband, Venus,
and Kinchen, to bend low while she
made Sis Venus and Kinchen promise
to take her husband to their home and
to take care of him the rest of his days.
Clear ontwell de angels come after my
ole man, back dey done come after his
ole oman" They promised, dear, SIM
ple-hearted old creatures, and earnestly
intended to keep their promise.
AS soon as the funeral was over Unc'
Owens bed was put in the best of the
two rooms that formed Kinchin's
home; little Owens was detailed to wait
on him; he was well and tenderly cared
for; his breeches were patched and his
socks darned in a way that even the
angels might have approved.
But all things have an end, and the
end of this happy condition of things
was brought about by the blandish-
tervals during which Sis Venus was
obliged by her work to be absent from
the cabin. would drop in and give the
old man a toddy. so that it became at
last the ioy of his life To hear her foot
steps and her CHEEKY greetings. "Good
morning, Mr.. Owens. 1t does me good
to set eyes on you: you's handsomer
to-day than any of the young men is.
You ought not to hide yourself in Venus
Ramy's cabin: you ought to go about
among the folks and enjoy yourself.
You are a distinguished man Mr..
Owens. You are the onliest mar in the
neighborhood who eve saw General
Grant and got a pension by fighting for
the liberties of your color. That's the
reason L brung you over some black
berry wine. | wants to know, Mr..
Owens, if you won't go over to my
house tomorrow and spend the day,
if l comes after you in a carriage and
treats you like the hero you is. Please
say yes" she said, seating herself be-
side him and taking II Of his cold,
withered hands in her smooth, yellow
ones. II wants you to come mighty
bad and she peered lovingly into his
wrinkled, wizened old face. Wont
you Gomez"
Il dunno, Nancy. I feels like I wants
to 60, but Sis Venus say"
mo matter what she say. Don't
you pay no attention to her, Mr.. Owens,
please promise. Then 1 can drive you
over to town and let you draw your
! penson money that afternoon. Won't
you come? If you'll promise me, Mr..
Owens she went on, "Ill-Tn kiss you
now and let you kiss me tomorrow
again"
MI. Owens went over and spent the
day, drove with yellow Nancy to town,
drew his pension, accompanied her to
the office of the probate judge, and
from there to the Justice of the peace.
Then there was a wedding and the pen
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bilant bride.
A few months later Sis Venus. pass
ing by Nancy's house, saw the old man
trying to warm himself by sitting in
the sun. 1t was a cold day, and he
shivered with cold.
"Whyn't you go in de house, Unc'
Owens. an set by de tireT' she asked.
II amt got no fire." he replied; dat
oman done druv me out, an l amt got
no bread; an no nuthin' 'ceptin' stress
of mind. Dat man whar boardin' here
done put Nance up to dis. Dey both on
'em beat me las night, dey did. Dey
treats me worsen a dog. I turnt my
face to de wall an wish de angels would
come after me lack dey coined after
my ole oman, whar had heart lack a
human. Dis yer yaller Nance ain lack
her. She gwine to be de death Of me
yit. I Jess wants to go to town one
more time, an git a warrant NV de
peace an a file of de junction 'gainst
her, so she cyarn't be no p~ensionaire
after I done kilt. Dat all I wants, Sis
Venus. Eff I hadn't been a ole fool I
wouldn't ter let dat gal marry me,
but I gwine git even wild her; dat is, if
I kin git to town"
The next morning. Kinchen and Sis
] NchuS SdllC ny III a SpllhS "hSch "
give their old neighbor a ride. He
came back very happy to spend the
night with his old friends. AS he babe
babe them good night, he said: "Well
[ done file out de junction 'gainst
Nance, and got de warrant of de peace,
and sued out de 'vorcement, an Squire
Jones say dat Nance am gwine be low
ed to be no pensionair after I done
daid, bless de Lord! l ready to meet my
ole oman now. kase I know she gwine
gin me de pardon bout dat yaller Nan
cy, whar ain gwine to be no pensionair
of me whar done fit on de battle field
an done shuck hands with General
Grant. I ain gwine have no SIGH dis
gracement as dat, Sis Venus; thank the
Lord"
EARLY next morning, when Unc
Owens was called he made no answer
Softly did Kinchen and Sis Venus oper
the door, approach the bed, and bent
over the aged form. Then, in tender
accents, Sis Venus whispered: de an
gels done tuck Unc' Owens."-Intel
Ocean.
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WHAT DOES 1T MEANT
Fact or Fiction About Two Grens
Fair Awards.

abSh va 1SOS$
Fair Awards.
A newspaper paragraph denounces
Is false" the claim of a baking pow
der company to an award at the
Worlds Fair. Whom can it mean!
Certainly not DR.. Prices. Why? Be
cause, as the records show, DR.. Prices
exhibited, competed and received the
highest award, both at Chicago, and
the California Midwinter Fair. The
award in California included Gold
Medal. The official examiners pro-
nounced it the strongest, the purest,
the most wholesome and efficient OF
all the baking powders. Its title to
confidence is unquestioned.
Can it be the manufacturers of a
New York powder, ~tictitiorsly labelled
absolutely pure" who r making
'false" claims? That would be strange
indeed, inasmuch as they were not
even considered in the awards.
Was it Ammonia in the New York
powder that prevented its makers
from competing? If not what?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-09
A SOUTHERN SKETCH.
Down in the Old Plantation Cabins
Sis Venus and Sis Betsy.

1t was Il mountain stream full Of
rusic and motion, a rapidly running
river silvered by sunshine. Maple trees,
sycamores, and oaks fringed the banks.
A great bridge spanned the restless
water. At the right of the bridge stood
two houses side by side. Perhaps l
should call them cabins, built as they
were Of rough framework gualtless OF
paint, but touched by times soft fingers
INTO that dull, brownish gray that har-
monizes with everything on the earth
below and in the heavens above; with
the silver of the river, the green OF
the trees, the blue of the sky. the
modest little cabins did not stare and
obtrude themselves, but simply nestled
down like cartridges at the foot OF
the hill near the winding road into
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-09

A Danish inventor has constructed a
series Of nine aluminium globes, fitted
with paddles for sailing in the air and
sp.acs for travelling over ice, by which
he proposes, at one stroke, to solve the
problem of aerial navigation and to
reach the north pole. The globes be-
ing hollow and six feet In diameter
afford the necessary room for storage,
with a minimum Of weight. 1t is in
some degree reassuring to hear that
the Dane is no more of a dreamer than
: the other fying-machine men.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-09

Upon, the far western plains the an
telope, a few years ago so familiar a
sight to the traveller by rail or wagon
has now almost wholly disappeared.
In Colorado, Texas and western Kan
sas, shy bands numbering from two
or three to half a dozen antelopes are
sometimes sighted, where fifteen years
ago the herds were many and large.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-09

Senator Fair thought he was provid-
ing against all possible contingencies
when he left $4,000 to any widow who
might turn up, and a like amount for
any children who might have been for
gotten. A man who had been as easy
In life az he had was, Of course, liable
to forget a wife or two, or a group of
children here and there.
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In the case of the poet Heine the
fate Is reversed of Homer, who was
claimed by SO many cities after his
death. Heine's native city, Dusseldorf.
has declined a gift Of his statue, and
50 has Mainz, where he lived for a
time. The poet was too sharp a critic
Of Germany to be easily forgiven.
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M. Zola's friends announce that he
has Just sustained his fourteenth de-
feat in the French academy, but as he
did not. receive a single vote at the re-
cent election, it is by no means certain
that he Is out Of the thirteen hole.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-09

A Detroit scientist claims that the
earth's seasons are caused by the
atmosphere at the poles acting as lenses
to gather and condense the solar light.
His argument in support of the idea
Is elaborate, and he contends that more
of natures secrets are hidden at the
poles than Is supposed.
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By the time Alaska is ready for set
Element its will probably be
much improved, which is far better
than to have a great wave of immigra-
ton to destroy them. The Siberian
reindeer taken to Alaska are increasing
rapidly, and this domesticated animal
will be an invaluable help to settlers.
If the waste of fish and game along the
coast could be stopped the big terri
tory would be in excellent shape.
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As they have advanced in Corea ana
China the Japanese generals have es-
tablished a civil government in the
territory occupied, and have aimed to
make 1t a decided improvement on the
corrupt and greedy Chinese system of
administration. These provinces may
object to going back to the old order OF
things, and there are no signs that
Japan intends to give them the chance
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-03-09

Cotton growers should not forget to
keep an eye on Egypt. The new Egyp-
tian budget contains an item Of 100000
for am irrigation dam on the Upper
Nile, and this means a large increase in
the already extensive cotton production
Of that country.
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The new parliament building at Ber-
lin is a splendid structure, erected at
. cost Of $7,O00,00O. New York's new
capitol is a monstrosity, already crumb-
ling in various places. 1t has cost $22,-
100000, and $4,000 900 more are needed
10 complete the architects plans.
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Nv

New York. Special.-Julio Santos and
DR.. Zaldivar, ex-president of Salvador,
were passengers on the steamer FL.
nance, which reached port to-day from
South America. Mr.. Santos has q
claim of ten years standing against
the Ecuador government which Is to
be settled by arbitration.
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A statue Of Ii Hung Chang, ten feet
high, ordered for one Of the great ports
by admirng friends some time ago.
has just been completed in Germany
and Is awaiting instructions. As it is
not wanted now in China, Nine. Tus-
saud or an American dime museum
may pick it up at a bargain.