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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
The Lettering On Bank Notes.

Lettering may be described under
three heads-large lettering, such as
bond titles; small lettering, like that
done on coupons, cards and tickets;
and script or writing. Some engravers
a do good work in all these branches
of lettering, but in large establishments
each man is kept employed at that
style in which he excels.
In bond and book certificates the
titles and script are usually done on
the plate from which they are to be
printed. but there is a lot of small
work, common to jobs of that kind,
which is done on what are called
dies or bedpieces," and transferred
from the rolls to the plates.
In large lettering a drawing of the
outline of the letters is made on paper
to get the shapes, curves and spacing
correct. A tracing of this outline Is
then made on gelatin, and, after fill
ing this with vermilion. a thin coating
of wax is laid on the plate and a
transfer of the gelatin tracing put on
the wax. Next the outline is carefully
marked through the wax on to the
plate; the wax is taken off and the
artist is ready to begin his cutting.
Lettering on bank notes, if there is
to be more than one note on a plate, is
engraved on dies" or "bedpieces" and
transferred to the place. This insures
the exact duplication of the material
of each of the notes, and also makes it
possible to reproduce and retouch the
work at any time.-From Copper, Steel
and Bank Note Engraving, by c. w.
Dickinson, Jr., in the Popular Science
Monthly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
illustrating What He Meant.

Latter day speakers of English are
getting to be very wordy and pompous
in the use of our language, according
to the distinguished linguist, Professor
Whitney, and he thinks we ought to
get back to the modesty and simplicity
of ancestors. This advice of
Professor Whitney is no doubt timely.
But in advising us not to use big
words and to be clear, pure and SIM
pie in diction he employs the follow
ing words: "Avoid all p~olysyllabical
profundity, pompous proliXity, and
ventrilaquial verpidity. Shun double
entendre and prurient jocosity, whetl-
er obscure or apparent. In other
words, speak truthfully. naturally,
clearly. purely, but do not S large
N~OrdS."-RoStOn Globe.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25

The example of the utilization of
Niagara is having its effect in Europe.
The Swedish government is now work
ing out a huge plan for the electrical
development Of the famous Trollhatta
falls. The water power, which the
state controls, is calculated at 10000
horsepower, and it is proposed to
utilize 10000 effective horsepower for
two different installations. At the Gul-
lon there Is first to be built q power
transmission station, which is to hs We
10000 horsepower at it's disposal.
Having passed the uppermost Gullo
waterfall. the water is conveyed into
a kind of reservoir. blasted out of the
rock, and which will supply a system
of turbines. the water rushing down
through a tunnel blasted in the rock.
The length of the tunnel is about 10
feet; the height of fall from the intake
of the water to the exit of the tunnel
will be rather more than 80 feet, and
the effective fall for the turbines 4S
feet. With an aggregate water con-
sumption of "A cubic meters per sec
ond. evenly divided between ten tur-
bines, and a yield of 72.5 per cent there
should be over 10000 horsepower
available. The installation comprises
eleven turbines, of which the one is n
reserve, and the turbines are to work
Independently of each other. Alter
nate current generators and transform
ers will then produce a current. the
tension of which is calculated at 10 600
volts. 1t is reported that the Swedish
government intends to use some of this
power in operating its system of rail
roads. At any rate, it has sent to this
country for information, in connection
Herewith. about our American electric
railways.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
Supposed Missing. Link.

DR.. ID. G. BrintOn writes to Science
under this title and says that DIR. Eu-
gene Dubois, a Dutch army surgeon
stationed in Batavia, Java, has found
the link He. the surgeon, descr' bes
fragments of three skeletons which
have been eXhumed from the early
pleistOcenc strata of Java, and which
introduce to us a new species as well
as Il new genus and Il new family of
the order of primates placed between
the Simiidoe and Homindoe.
The material, we are told, is suffi-
cient for the close astrological compar-
ison. The cubical capacity of the skull
is about twO-thirds that of the human
average. 1t is distinctly d~iolichoccph-
allie, about 40 degrees, and its norma
verticalis astonishingly like that Of the
famous Neanderthal skull. The dental
apparatus is still of the simian type,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Is the Only
rue Blood Purifier

Expansion of Water in Freezing.
Mr.. Prompt read a paper before the
French Academy of Sciences oncern
ing the augmentation Of the volume
of water at the moment of it's trans
formation into ice. His experiments
were made with a view to ascertain
the cause Of this phenomenon. To this
end he caused water to freeze in a
transparent bulb. According to Mr..
Prompt, first a clear and transparent
layer of ice formed, then another layer
traversed by streaks at the points of
which gaseous bubbles appear. These
bubbles compressed more and more by
the formation of the ice, eventually
break the vessel in which freezing wa
ter is confined. By using distilled wa
ter, from which all gases had been set
free, and protecting the water by COW
ering it with oil, Prompt claims to
have frozen the water without obtain
ing any dilation of the volume orig
inally taken up.-La Nature.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
Killing Jock Hares.

The jack hare group contains five
tons of the southwest quarter of the
United States, as far north as Oregon,
as far east as Nebraska and Kansas,
and southwrd to Tehauntepec. Their
numbers vary in different localities ac-
cording to circumstances. Wherever
in any portion of the vast range the
minated the jack hares soon increase
to an alarming extent. Men are begin
ming to learn that it will not do to cut
out too many cogs from the great bal
ance-wheel of nature; for her affairs
are so nicely adjusted that wen so ap-
parently slight u matter as the poison
ing of coyotes may cause a great dis
turbance. In many portions OF the
Southwest the jack hares are already
a perfect pest.
In Central and Southern California
the destruction of the carnivorous ami
mails that usually keep rabbits in check
has led to such al alarming increase in
Jack rabbits" that now they cOnsti-
tute a genuine plague. In Fresno anC
Kern counties they are so destructive
to young fruit trees that the fruit
growers have been compelled to adopt
heroic measures for their wholesale
~-~ ,uction. In the winter of 1892 Mr..
G. H. Townsend reported to Forest and
Stream that in the great drive which
took place near Fresno about the mid
die of February, a tract of country
containing about twenty square miles
was surrounded and swept over by
nearly 1000 horsemen, who closed in
from all sides, driving the game before
them. About $1,000 jack hares were
thus forced into a central corral of
wire, where they were killed with
clubs. uring the previous winter more
than 10000 jacks We're killed in a series
of drives which We're made near Ba-
kersfieId, Kern county; and the worst
of it was. the animals were at that
time not fit to cat.-W. 7. Hornaday
In st. Nicholas.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
Dynamo Electricity.

There is a steady tendency to replace
in telegraph and telephone offices the
primary battery by current generated
by a dynamo. Supt. B. S. Flanders, of
the Boston municipal fire alarm tele~
graph, gives an account of certain eX-
periments made by him in the appli-
cation Of dynamo electric currents on
his lines. which are Of much interest.
For the past year Mr.. Flanders has
employed a motor generator driven by
a 11O-vOlt current derived from the
mains of the Edison Illuminating COM
pany. This machine feeds a group OF
six fire alarm circuits, each of which is
provided with a rheostat for adjusting
the strength of it's currents. The aver
age current required for each circuit Is
fifty volts and 41O0ths amperes. The
number of gravity cells superseded by
this arrangement was $50, n Mr..
Flanders states that the capacity of
the machine is ample to supply as
many additional circuits. AS to the re-
suits he says: The consistency and
steadiness of the current thus obtained,
together with the facility for instan-
~taneously increasing or decreasing 1t
to meet the varying conditions of the
circuits, have thoroughly convinced me,
after a trial extending through so many
months. that the dynamo is greatly
superior in all respects to any form
of galvanic battery yet used in the
fire alarm service" The system has
been definitely adopted for the new
central station, which is soon to be
equipped under Mr.. Flanders direc.
ton. The economy Of space is simply
remarkable, as the motor generator
ran stand on a shelf. while the batter
les require big rooms for their accom-
mediation.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
That Tired Feeling

Is a certain indication of impure and impov-
erisbed blood. II your blood could al
ways be rich and pure, full Of the red
corpuscles upon which the vitality de-
ponds, you would never be weak, or
Nervous Boils, pimples, scrofula, salt
rheum, would never trouble you. But
our mode Of living, shut in all winter in
poorly ventilated homes and shops, de-
pletes the blood and there is loss of appe-
tite, and weakness. Hoods Sarsaparilla
is the standard remedy for this condition.
1t purifes, v~italizes and enriches the
blood, overcomes that tired feeling,
builds up the nerves and gives perfect
health. Read this:
tour daughter, Blanche, when four years
of age, had a humor break out on her
hands and face, which our physician
pronounced eczema. If the cold air
reached her face or hands they would
swell up, look almost purple, and
headed blisters would form and break,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
A RaiIrOnd with Gas Motors.

A line about three miles long be-
tween Crisfield and Abe's Hole, on
Tangier sound, in Maryland, and a Sec
ond line from the latter point up
through the peach and truck district
northward for about fifteen miles is
to try gas engines for motive power.
This method of propelling cars has
been employed with some success in
Germany, and plans from the motors
and engine equipment have been
brought from Berlin. If present ex-
pectations are realized the road will go
into operation next summer. The
short line to be built and equipped first
will depend principally upon the traf-
fc in oysters, crabs and fish. and the
plans of the projectors contemplated
combination trains for both freight and
passengers at regular intervals during
the day. Gas motors for traction have
already been tried in this country, but
have not proved in any wise success
f,tI
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25

but less markedly so than in other
apes. The femora are singularly hui
man. They prove beyond doubt, says
DIR. Brinton, that this creature walked
constantly on two legs, and when
erect was quite equal in height to the
average human male. OF the various
differences which separate it from the
highest apes and the lowest men, it
may be said that they bring it closer
to the latter than to the former.
The line of descent, according to DR..
Dubois, is: 'Prothylobates, AnthropOp-
ithecus sivalensis, Pithecanthropus
e%rectus, Homo sapiens. The discovery
of DR.. Dubois leads him to think that
man originated on the southern slopes
of the Himalayan chain, which is. after
all. not far from the Garden of Eden,
and is just south Of the present abode
Of the mystical Mabatmas. We trust
that DR.. Dubois is hopo sapiens.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
USEFUL ARTS.
saiI-WheeI Flying Ma
chfne-The Lettering on Bank
notes-SuppOsed Missing Link-Dy-
namO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Notes.

The essence Of Prof. Wellner's in
novation is his invention of the sail
wheel. 1t consists of a horizontally
placed axis with spOkes and arched
a%eroplanes attached to them in q cylin-
drical form. While revolving round
the axis the latter take a slightly slant
Ing position, which causes the forward
edges of these surfaces to be inclined,
and consequently to compress he air
in the way Of a sail or q kite, calling
into play the vertical force. Three
ribs running acros each lifting sur
face and made in the form of a screw,
at the same time serve to strengthen
the aeroplanes and to add to the hori-
zontal force.
These sail-wheels set in pairs a be
placed, according to the size of air.
ship aimed at, in n or more groups
of two wheels, revolving in opposite
directions, behind or beside each other.
The cigar-shaped car, furnished vita a
motor and carrying the %aeronauts, is
attached horizontally under the center
of the wheels, S 10 that the whole con-
struction will resemble a colossal bird,
propelled, instead of by wings, by
revolving wheels, the lifting surfaces
Of which are consecutively and con-
stantly developing vertical and hori-
Zontal power. The birds movements
in flying and the speedy Roadway mo-
ton necessary to the kite-fying ma
chimes for their support in the air are
in Prof. Wellner's invention changed
to a rotary motion. This construction,
while permitting Of an easy, slow as
cent, assures the horizontal position
and constant stabily of the air ship,
at the same time permitting of a nigh
velocity. The more the latter is in
creased, the stronger is the lifting pow
er developed. The direction is given
by a rudder at the end of h ship or
by increasing the velocity of the sail
wheels on n side only. 1t is the
peculiar quality of these wheels that
they do not, as might be supposed,
| dispense the air around them; they ra-
Their attract it toward their rapidly
moving surfaces, condensing it to a
| powerful steam,. which passes down
obliUuely through their cylinders
| Their velocity can be made to surpass
by far that Of railway trains, thus
| enabling them to conquer contrary
| winds and air currents.-Miss Helene
Bonfort, in The Popular Science
Monthly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
A WAR ECHO.
EVERY HONORABLE VETERAN
DESERVES HIS PENSION.
And the Lone Limb Is Not the Only
Reason for q Government Re-
ward Either.

From the Journal, Lewiston, Mel
Samuel r.. Jordan has just given the
journal an account Of his life, which
In view of his extremely hard lot for the
past few years is of great interest.
Il am AZ years old and have always
we'd in New Portland. 1 enlisted in
the army in 1862 as a private in Com
pany A, Twenty-eighty Maine Volun-
teers. My army experience injured my
health to some extent, although /
worked at blacksmithing some part OF
the time, when suddenly. several years
ago, l was Frustrated with what able
p Hts1ja' At 6Rr rSnG ! coa1a e a4o oro7,nS
somewhat, yet the disease progressed
quite rapidly until 1 had hardly any
feeling in my legs and feet, they felt
like sticks of wood, and I grew so much
worse that 1 could not move for three
years without help. as my n%eighbors
several physicians in my vicinity, and
elsewhere, n they all told me that
medicines would not help me, that
they could do nothing to effect a cure
and that in time l should become en-
tirely helpless. I became discouraged.
I was a great care to my wife and
friends. Shortly after l met an old
army comrade, Mr.. All. Parlin, a resi-
dent Of Madison, Me-, and he i%ncidently
mentioned how he had tried DR.. Will
Jams Pink Pills for a severe case Of
rheumatism n a spinal and malarial
trouble, that he had suffered with con-
sequent Of his army life, and had been
greatly benefited by their use. By his
earnest recommendation 1 was induced
to try the pills. After taking them for
a time I began to feel prickly sensations
in my legs and a return of strength so
l could move them a little. After a few
weeks I began to feel a marked i'm
provement in my condition. 1 soon was
enabled to walk around a little with
the help of crutches. After taking for
some time I can now walk without
crutches, my general health is much i'm
proved and 1 ave regained my old
time vigor. I can walk about and enjoy
life once more, for which I feel very
thankful, and this happy result is due
to the use of DIR. Williams Pink Pills"
DIR. Williams PM Pills for Pale Peo-
pie were first compounded as a
prescription and used as such in
general practice by an eminent
physician. SO great was their eff
cacy that 1t was deemed wise to
place them within the reach of all. They
are now manufactured by the DIR. Will
Jams Medicine company, Schenectady
N. Y, and are sold in boxes (never in
loose form by the dozen or hundred, and
the public are cautioned against num-
erous limitations sold in this shape) at
30 cents a box, or six boxes for $50, and
may be had of all druggists or direct by
mail from DR.. Williams Med. Co.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
Just Say "WaIk" to Him.

Dogs, which are at once the droWSi-
est and most wakeful of domestic ami
mails, according to their state of mind
and circumstances, seem to sleep light
" or heavily at will. Northing can
be more slow, reluctant and leisurcly
than the enforced walking of a petted
house dog when it does not wish to
be disturbed. 1t will remain deaf to
a call, twitch its feet if tickled, but
not unclose it's eyes. and finally stretch
and yawn like a sleepy child But
mention something interesting to the
same dog when sleeping, such as the
word walk" or click the lock of Il
gun, and it is on its feet in an in
slant, and ready for enterprise.-rhe
Spectator.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
Great Joke.

"Wallie," said the teacher, who dis
covered America?"
George Washington" said Wallie.
Dear me!' cried the teacher, "how
stupid! Harry, you may tell Waffle
who discovered America"
"Grover Cleveland" said Harry.
what is the matter with you boys?
Don't you know anythingY said the
teacher. "Tommie, you may answer
the question. Who discovered Amer
ica|
"Sir Walter Raleigh" said TOmmie.
"Well, l declare! l saw such
an absurd class. You may all retire
to your desks and learn your lesson.
I'll hear you again in an hour" cried
the teacher, angrily.
And then Wallie and Harry and
Tommie giggled, and roared, April
fool"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
Scientific Notes.

During the Brooklyn trolley strike
militiamen uuartered in n of the car
barns did part of their cooking by cleo
tricity.
In the Loo-Choo islands, between
Japan and Formosa, though there are
neither vehicles nor public lighting.
the inhabitants have letter boxes and
telephones.
Edward Atkinson says that the time
will come when the fiber in the cotton
stalk will be utilized, and there are i'm
pOrtant elements for tanning and dying
in the root.
The authorities OF StOckton-on-TeeS,
England, will erect a statue of John
Walker, a chemist of that town. who
died in 1857. on the ground that he in
vented lucifer matches.
The construction of an object glass
of extraordinary size is to he undertl-
ken at the Jena factory for a telescope
for the Berlin eXhiuItion of 1896. 1t
is to be 30 centimeters mbout forty
four inches) in diameter. This viii be
the largest object glass in the world,
being many inches larger than the
great Lick instrument. 1t is said that
this is the first object glass of alb
normal dimensions which has been I'M
dertaken by the Jena factory.
An apparatus for burning coal dust
has been invented and brought out in
Germany. 1t is stared that the con-
sumption of ever the most inferior
class of coal dust is attended by no
smoke, while the heat produced is so
intense that the apparatus has been
adapted in Berlin to smelling works,
and with excellent results. The gases
as analysed contain 9.S per cent car
bonic acid, 1 per cent air, 100 per cen
nitrogen.
At A~ugmagsalik. on the east coast of
Greenland, in latitude 65 degrees, 81
minutes north. Il meteorological sta
ton has just been established by the
Danish government. 1t is provided
with self-recording Instruments as well
as the usual ones. Holm, who spent IL
year there ten years ago, found the
mean tensperature for the year to be >
degrees below tn freezing point, while
the minimum was - degrees below
zero.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
Clever Reasoning.

There is a very clever small girl in
England who reasons out a great many
things for herself, and who cannot be
deceived. as many other small girls
are by things that are told them for
fun"
Having been told by n of her aunts
that the moon was made of green
cheese she immediately sought out her
grandfather, to whom she said:
Aunt j says the moons made of
green cheese, but | don't believe it,"
"And why not?' asked her grand
father.
Because I've been readin' in the
Bible, and it proves the moon amt
made of green cheese, because the
moon was made before cows WAS
Harper's Young People.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
Extraordinary Smuggling.
The genius of the s%muggler is a very
remarkable thing.

The genius of the smuggler is a very
remarkable thing.
One of the most amusing stories of
smugglers is that told by an English
man who imported into his W Il
try a number of fine geese at the
Christmas season many years ago. One
of them having excited the suspicious
of the inspectors by its wonderful
weight, was killed and opened, upon
which 1t was discovered, says the
Chronicle. that there was concealed
within it n number of small dutiable
articles. The rest of the flock having
been similarly inspected, it was found
that their owner had compelled the I'M
happy birds to swallow a large guam
tity Of stuff upon which there was a
heavy duty, and which would have all
come in free had not the first goose eX-
cited the suspicion of those in charge.
-Harper's Young People.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-05-25
Taken While You Wait.

A stout old lady seeing at one of the
railway stations an automatic machine
from which by dropping a penny in
the slot you receive the portrait of a
celebrity, carefully reconnoitred it.
She dropped the coin in, and posed
herself in front of the machine for a
few seconds, opened the door, and
drew out the portrait.
Adjusting her spectacles and looking
at it, what should meet Ter astOnished
gaze but a portrait Of a lady acrobat
in costume!
"WellI" she calculated, 80 this is
me, eh? If 1 don't speak to the au-
thorities about this, my names not
Maria Jenkins!'
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'ischarging a watery fluid, and the burn
ing and itching would drive her nearly
wild. Unless We encased her little
hands she would tear patches Of skin
from her face and hands. We tried
many doctors and many remedies and
at last gave the case up as hopeless.
But our daughter Cora tried Hoods
Sarsaparilla, to cure a scrofulous lump
near the left breast which caused her
much pain and after taking 4 bottles IL
disappeared. Blanche, who is now eleven,
had spent seven years of suffering, so I
concluded to give her Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. She took 5 bottles and her face is
smooth and soft as a baby's, the color of
a rose petal. Her hands are soft and
white, where four months ago they were
blue and red and calloused nearly like
leather. I annot express my gratitude
by pen or mouth. 1t seems q miracle
and our friends are surprised" MRS.
ANNA L. CLARK, 4O1 E. 4th st., Duluth,
MINI. Get only Hoods, because