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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
The Gutta-Percha SuDpIy.

Whatever electricity may eventually
prove to be-and electricians still
seem to be a long way from finding
Quit has some qualities about which
there is little doubt. One Of these is
its readiness to take short cuts, and
"ru to ground" at the slightest OPP
%portunity, instead of continuing along
the conducting wire, and finishing the
work intended for it. The greatest
care has therefore 10 be taken in insu-
lating wire; that is, covering 1t with
some material which is a bad conduc-
tor of electricity and will prevent its
escape. From a badly insulated wire
the electricity will leak out just as
surely as water will leak out of a pipe
full of holes. AS water is sometimes
used under very high pressure. so cleo
tricity is now employed, especially for
transmission over long distances, and
with the consequent heavy strain
comes the need for insulating material
of the highest efficiency. Gutta-percha
has been n of the insulating MAIN
stays of the electric engineer, but dis
quieting rumor have been for some
time prevalent as to the coming fail
ure of the supply. Good news now
comes from Sarawak. M. Hourant, a
French clutch merchant in that city,
has discovered that gutta-percha can
be extracted from the dried leaves Of
the dried leaves of the gutta tree. The
old native plan, which threatened to
ruin the industry, was to cut down a
tree to obtain the sap. A tree 80 years
of age would give only n "catty" of
nure dry Gntta: the same quantity is
now obtained from two pluckings Of
the leaves. These pluckings are said
not to injure the tree, which goes ON
seeding and reproducing it's species.
The million of trees already cut down,
and apparently destroyed by the ma
tive gutta hunters, which now come
into service as their stumps have
sprOuted out much as an osier does,
and although the shoots are too small
to produce gutta their leaves are as
good for the purpose as those of an
adult tree.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

The grateful Armenians have pre-
scented Mr.. Gladstone with the most
beautiful illuminated manuscript of
the Gospels to be found in England.
In the whole of his career the grand
old man never felt so much like goine
to war as at the present time, and as
q theolCgian at that.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

Coffee planting promises to be the
great industry of British Central AT
RIGA. The export of coffee in 1898,
about $4,000 pounds, was nearly dou-
BILE that in 1892, that of 1894 was near
Iy double that of 1898 and 1895 "can
now be definitely expected to double
that of 1894"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
The Woman pId If,

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Special.-This
morning Marshal Farmer went to
Savannah, ILL.,. where Harry Kittoe
and Mrs. Ella Winans of this city
were being held on the charge of
elopement. They left here last
Wednesday night. Kittoe Is only 10
years old. and is the son of a promi-
nent dentist of this city. The woman
is about %, and is separated from her
husband.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
Armenian Reforms,

London. Special.-A Constantinople
dispatch to the Times says that
Shaker Pasha, with the title of i'm
perial inspector for the Asian PROV
inces, has been appointed imperial
commissioners of Armenian reform,
but he is not entrusted with executive
powers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

Some of the inhabitants of Gettys-
burg are opposed to the extension of
the national park there, as they think
the removal of the farmers will injure
the trade of the place. The tow n has
a population of only 5000 and it
might be a good idea to buy it as an
accidental feature of the scene of the
great battle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

The number of blacksmiths in this
country when the tenth ensus was
taken, was 172, 726 under this desig-
nation being comprised -.5t only those
who shod horses, but a great variety
of machinists who classed themselves
among the knights of the forge.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

Jinks-Everybody predicted that
Hardhead would have trouble after he
married that vain beauty; but she nev-
err leaves her home unless he is with
her. How does he manage?
Winks-He filled the house with mir
rors.-New York Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
Nominations al LauisxIne.

Louisville, Ky. Spccial.-The fol-
lowing is the ticket I'm full: Governor,
p. w. Hardin; Lieutenant Governor,
r. T. Tyler; Treasurer, r. G. Ford;
Auditor, l.. C. Norman: Register of
the Land Office, G b. Hendrick; Secre-
tary of State, Henry S. Hale; Super
intendent of Public Instruction, Ed
Porter Thompson; Commissioner of
Agriculture, /. B. Hall.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

In the states south of the Mason
and Dixon's line, according to the
tenth census the persons engaged in
agriculture constituted more than one
half of the total number of wage earn
,ers. The same statement is true of
the Northwestern agricultural states.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

"By not smoking CIGARS" said I'm.
Gle Allen, who was in a contemplativ,
mood, 81 suppose l have saved in the
last fifty years not less than $1,000
and the young fellow that is going to
inherit my money will probably spend
that 5000 for cigars inside of ten
Years."-ChicagO Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

The English authorities have begun
the work of cutting the new dock at
Gibraltar. Some 700 men are en-
ployed. When completed it will be
capable of holding the largest British
warship.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

Russia retains consular representa-
tives in 261 foreign seaports and in 9S
interior towns and cities abroad. The
service includes SO consul generals.
rs consuls, 213 vice consuls and As
consular agents. OF this total person
mel 112 are Russians and 26O foreign
erS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

Gladstone, even at his advanced age,
will make a better working success in
the premiership than any younger
man that could be selected. Roseber-
rvs administration has been a color
less failure.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

The Kaiser cries peace, peacer but
the French press says, There is no
pcace!' Nevertheless, Europe's politi-
cal sky is very free from clouds at
this monument.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

A Young woman who is a successful
florist in London has made her fame
principally through her wedding bou-
DUETS. She does not favor the shower
bouquet so popular with us. rs :he
says that it is rarely held gracefully,
the only way to hold it being close to
the gown below the waist. and to hold
it i'm this one place continually be-
comes awkward and monotonOus. She,
however, favors flowers loosely ar
ranged, and has a great liking for us
ing black velvet ribbons to bind flow
ers of either gay or pale hues; finding
it more effective than ribbons of the
same tint as the flowers.
AT a recent fashionable Wedding. for
which this young furnished
the bouquets, those for the brides
maids were of Catherine Mermet roses
shaded brown foliage, and sparagus
ferns tied with moss-green velvet rib
bon; that for the bride was of tube
roses. eucharis and Orchids, a cOml,ina
ton that would seem to III florists
in very bad taste. because of the asso-
citation of the tuberose with the fun
HIS vi young 'lllluTeH, anu dlSp btNui.St
of its powerful odor.
Cherry geraniums with black rib
hons for bridesmaids bouQuc.s c"m
mend themselves to the Eye. aS dc
field daisies and grasses in loose
lunches. with boating bow and ends
of black velvet ribbon.
! The American liking for wedding
flowers, however. is quite different
and one flower only is often chCsr-
for bridesmaids and house decorate.
even the bride, though her bouquet is
of rarer blossoms, carrying out il cnlol
scheme; thus there are green arc
white weddings, in which the maids
carry lilies of the valley, with ,heil
foliage, which rs itself like green rib
bops, and the bride has white rcSes
or If it is a pink wedding, the brides
flowers are of pa1est b~lush-rosas, " hill,
the maids carry those deeper in hue
Sweet peas are suitab bic and beautiful
for a country wedding in Tune. Rib
boDS, wherever used. should not he 81
wide nor used in such quantities as t.
obscure the flowers. They must sp
pear to he a necessity, not. an Orna
ment.-New York Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

Seventy members of Yale's gradual
ing class will study law, nineteen
medicine, fifteen theology and twenty
four will go into business. The fig
ures indicate that people are likely to
become more healthy rather than more
wealthy and wise. Fifteen doctors to
seventy lawyers is at least physically
~reaSSuring.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

The United States Government
Chemist, after an examination for the
Indian Department, made the en-
phatlc statement that 1.-The Roy, IL
baking Powder is the purest in dual.
ity and highest in strength of any
baking powder of which | have know
ledge"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

If the Battenhurg princess who has
just made a flying trip across the
country writes up his impressions he
will probably have something to say
about young America. Just before he
sailed he consented to review a Sun
day school procession in Brooklyn, and
discovered that it meant waiting until
$4,000 children marched by.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

Holeenah, Special.-Scycn person q
We're killed and several wounded to-
day by the explosion of a boiler of a
steam launch belonging to the German
warship kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

1t ought to be easier to handle re-
form in Cuba than rebellions, but re-
form is about the last thing that
Spain thinks of. In Philip lis land it
is still the sixteenth century.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
Mrs. Corbett in New York.

New York, Special.-Eawyer A. Fl.
Hummel to-day received the follow
ing:
DO you think 1t best to wire Da-
kOta c~ontradicting telegram in World
that l am there? Please send clerk
up. Ollie Corbett."
"All the stories about Mrs. Corbett
being in Dakota are ridiculous said
Mr.. Hummel. "She is a property own
er here. has brought suit here. the
Ease will be tried here and she is here
now. This is not the first time n
woman has impei sonated Mrs. Corbett
and there may be an interesting Sc
quel to this last episode in Dakota"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

ZoIa is coming to write his impress
sions of American cities. They will
probably be the usual budget of mis-
conceptions, but powerfully done in a
literary sense.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

Streeter (who saw the fight-You
ought to sue that fellow for damages.
Pat (who got licked)-Faith an
Dove damages CONGRATULATIONS
inquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
And They Came Bnck.

Vermillion, S. D., Special.-The pris
oners who broke out of the county Jail
Sunday night have been captured in
Sioux City and brought back,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

The %unequalled strength of the Roy
al, as certified by the highest baking
powder authorities, makes it the
cheapest to use, eve at a higher price
thai others.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22
Gen. Smith Very Low

Washington, Special.-Gen. Green
Clay Smith is very low, but his ply
sicians believe he will survive the day.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-22

In baking powders it is safer to use
the Royal only, ar article that many
years experience has proved O eff
ficient, and which has been officially
demonstrated pure and wholesome.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
IT VAS THE ERROR or 4 BUSY MAN.

HE MIsTooK COMMISSIONER sHEFFIELD'S HORSE
AND BUGGY FOR HIS OWN AND DROVE AWAY
A little merriment which lasted only snort while'
dispelcd some of the gloom and chill of yesterday
for the residents OF the neighborhood centring at
East Sixty-seventh-st. and Third-ave. That IL was
at the expense of the Twenty-ffth Precinct ponce
station at No 1853 Sixtyseventh-st and its neigh-
bor the Fire Department. one door west, did not
detract from the fun The joy and delight OF
great many persons especially of the irrepressp'e
small boy, whose great enemy is the police, were
somewhat tempered when it became patent 70 every
body that. instead OF bold highway ROBBERY IN
front of the police sta tion small mistake had pee
made by visitor 10 the New-York CITY Hospital,
who had selected Commissioner James X. Sheineld 3
prancing steed instead of his own demure horse
flesh. -, ,. ,r
Mr. Sheffield had left his horse and carriage IN IN
front Of the engine-house yesterday morning AT ~
o'clock When he looked for them Few moments ,,s
later they not In sight Before ne couiu
ascend the station steps stranger Grove uP
with the Commissioners horse and carriage, apoi,
ogizing profusely for the mistake made lie had
been visiting In the hospital and had. In some
wav mistaken the Commissioners equpage for his
own Thus what seemed to be daring robbery IN
broad daylight in front of an engine-house proved
to be the mistake OF busy, hurried man.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
WITH QUEENS AND ROCKS
SHOwALTER'S SUCCESSFUL CoNTESt
WITH LIPSCHUTH.

MORE SCORES FROM THE ST. rETERsBuRo
MArcH-pRopLEMs AND CORRESPONDENCE.
II was really an Interesting sight at the Man.
haitian Chess Club on Friday. when everybody VINO
stepped into the clubroom armed with news
papcr Then the chess tables were nj once put 10
use in playing over the four games OF 'he o..
Petersburg Chess Tournament which were printed
in The Tribune on Friday.
There is not the slightest doubt now that Pills.
bury ought to have got TIE Arst place in last Sun
davs Tribune for he played beautiful chess against
Lasker 1t was generally expected that iasKer
was caught in a trap by the young American
similar trap in which Lipschutz fell prey against
Showaltcr.
Taking In consideration that PifIsbury admins
tered a second defeat TO Lasker. and that ne also
beat Tschigcrsin twice the Brooklyn player mas
demonstrated 10 the world not only MS epuah'y
with the rest OF the players engaged at the NUS
Sian capital, but his superiority, Independent Vi
actually leading 1asker with ore game anu '"e 'es'
with. three games.
previous TO the beginning OF the tournament
when speaking Of the chances of the players men
ton was made that IL Lasker would pe apie W
stand the great strains he would snow up well
Unfortunately his health has already broken down.
ne had to absent himself once from play ana
after that ne scored only draw against Tschigorm
while he beaten by Phlsbury Ischisor'fi
too much TO the surprise of all. fell ILL., and could
not meet S;elntz in the last game OF 'he second
round. His case must be worse FOR up 10 fI'da!
their game stood adjourned. II they played
1t yesterday the reader will find the dispatch else
where In this paper.
Most people have given up Steinitz He can't cope
with the younger men; he Is getting too ola ms
ana similar remarks one may daily hear at the
chess resorts. However, there IS no telling what
may happen and IL is to be hoped that the veteran
will disappoint most people" by coming out better
than Il IL generally expected now.
showaters victory over Lipschi'z is another 'ri-
umph OF American chess. AS reported In yester-
DAYS Tribune he won his seventh game on Friday
and thereby the match. The victory was mental
one Without wanting to discredit Lipschutzs merits
as player even his most ardent friends Will have
20 admit that Showalter was the more cnterprising
player OF the Whether he played white or
black he always took 10 aggressive movements
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29

CORRESPONDENTS.
DR. A. H. Baldwin Norwak, Conn. forwarded 'he io
lowing solution No los: 49, =, ,
oI I Re 3, PRS; 2. P-Kt5 moves; 8. Kt-Q o.
mate. -. 49, 49,. y, n q mate
9, o... . x,o q mate
solutions also received from Aehandr, h bse T
10 lis IL Bahler. Maiden, ~ y; James Hamilton @ NeM
York: Porter stafford. Erie Penn; j. 5. H., Jr New
York r. Sahner New Brighton. staten Island ~ IL
ProbIem No 100 as published. seemed to be unsound;
Mr. Maiden suggests black Pawn to De placed hsteai
~ - white one on in order TO make the proplem
sound r. T. B. on the other hand recommends a white
pawn 10 be placed Q 1t 2. 1T,
X NJ Marion Ohio--Folowing Is the solution you wish
. K-B 8. 10 or Queens
g. R-Q mate
! Bi-xt. i.ix XXI
9. BK mate:
e B-Kt. XXX ;.
8 R-R mate.
l. ...... i Queens
y R-R ch. Q-kt ch
@ mate .,., .,,.A ...,,,... >,
No, iOl 104 l05. 100 and lOI ,, ,,,,
lanes Jones jacksonville, Fla. iorwaricd anduohal
correct solutions 10 Nos 1O1 and 1Oi
Merritt Mernin New-Miford. Conn, forwaroed an ad-
donal correct solution TO No. lo8
r. W. New-York.-iour wishes snail oe acceced 10
sorne time in month.
'o 'oI s r. jr New York. writes to The Tribune as fol-
The award The Tribune in It's recent problem
contes, was studied interest by correspondent
considered close follower, and
small number variations although good probiem) OF
No az seemed preclude rs winning. IN competition
Win some OF the others favorably mentioned by The
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
THE RAPID TRANSIT INQUIRY.
MR.. PARsoNs's CROSS EXAMINATION FINISHED
ADJOURNED FOR A WEEK

MR. PARsONs'S CROSS EXAMINATION FINISHED
ADJOURNED FOR A WEEK.
The Rapid Transit Inquiry Commission appointed
bv the Supreme Court to determine whether a
rand transit railway ought to be built in ac-
cordance with the plans of the Rapid Transit Board
met again yesterday morning at NO. 2o6 broadway.
Chief Engineer Parsons's cross-exam'nation was
resumed by George Zabriske. who Is counsel Tor
some of the protesting property in Broad
way.
Have you made provisions" asked Mr. Ia
brs.ile in your plans for switches to connect one
track with another?
Yes. sir | have" replied Mr.. Parsons
In reply to another question Mr.. Parsons said he
had consulted with the gas compenies and had
made satisfactory arrangements for the disposal Oh
the mains during the building of the tunnel.
The witness said that he had located storage
wards for cars but he had not made any calculation
as to the number of which would be needed
IN operating the road. He had made only guess
to that. ,
Mr.. Zabriskie.
.The number of cars TO be used is not matter
Of construction but of operation" replied Mr. Par
sons. - - ,.a. ,,o ,easad the
changes in the structure| . -
re,Ie o keen the structure as he received It, unless
ne could show cause for any changes ne propose'
to make. .., ... r.. ,,darvround
railway from South Ferry 10 Thirty-ioufth-s'
would be completed In three years . oo..,,r
"Of course" said Mr. Parsons. there are certaiI
sections of the road that would be built III SIN
HAS 1. ever occurred to you. Mr.. Parsons tina
the storekeepers along Broadway VIII nave tt
breathe the foul air from this tunnel for SIX months
or so?' -. o.. ,o,,
There will be no foul air. probably not so fou
as that in this room now," was the answer
I'm reply 10 another question. Mr.. parsons salo
that a four-track road had practically twice th'
of
''Rut IL not a four-track road more than the ex
gencies OF the situation requireT
''i don't think SO; think that New-fork requires
a four-track road ., -, - a,
This ended the cross-eXaminat ton, and E Nj
Shepard, counsel for the Rapid Transit Commission
asked MIR Parsons a few questions.
MIR Parsons stated In reply TO one OF these cues
tIons that no storekeeper on Broadway would b'
annoyed over one week on account OF the construc
ion Of the tunnel as In that time bridge would o'
construct ed to cover any excavation.
Then Mr.. Parsons informed the Commissioners
that he is at present engaged upon plans for .
tunnel 10 $50 feet in length for group OF railroads
entering Western city, where the trains are 70 b.
run by electricity within the tunnel He SAID NJ
would re- thtr not give the name OF the city.
The hearing was then adjourned I'LL week fron
Tomorrow On Friday the Commissl Ion Will hea
objections from Ezra A; Tuttle, who represent
property owners in Park-ave., between Ninety
elghth-st. and the Harlem River
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
THE JOINT TRAFFIC AGREEMENT.

ACTION TO TEST ITS LEGALITY To BE BEGUN IN
THE CIRCUIT coUR- HERE.
Tho p,rpose OF the Interstate Commerce 'ohih'S
sio, In requesting the Attorney General 10 'is"'"'
nrocsedlngs to prevent the carrying ou' o' '"e ~"
Io,t Traf,c Association agreement was supposed o'
ro,,osd officials 10 be TO settle the question q 'e
,oea,itv Of the agreement entered into py the "u"N
lives and their Western connections.
ceoroe Y blanchard the Commissioner oil the
1o,,, Traffic Association said: "Thirty-one ran
roads signed the agreement, and IN every case WIN
the approva OF the directors after the oph'o" u
,ha counsel had been obtained that the agreement
uas legal So far as have learned al lawyers
ho vere consulted concurred In the heiet that .ie
apreement did not violate the Interstate
law, II Is 10 the interest OF all conceIh'u W. , na.
the matter brought before the court Inc ram
in Other words will be glad 10 nave tle "a''''
adjudcated. ~. no,orare ack-
or,nna ard Western Railroad said: The railroaus
ohtained the best legal talent to pass on the agree
mant when II was made up. and II was dec,sren t9 ~
nv str,ctv within the law. If the agreement Is ouna
n infringe any law, il will be AMENDED ~ "as S
en.cred into in good faith There Is no hentioh %
desire on the par OF the railroads TO break IN, law,
United States District-Attorney Waiidce MAJ 81 al
lane acting under instructions from Attorney -tei.
oral Harmon Will institute proceedings III tne
States Circuit Court for the Southern plstIict ".
Sew-york TO restrain the operations OF me yViIl.
Trafic Association. He said action wou.d pT tahc"
undar Section l6 Of the Interstate Commerce law
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
ALLEGED ELECTION LAW VIOLATIONS.
TWO CASES GROWING OFT OF THE RECENT
PRIMARIES

TWO CASES GROWING ouT OF THE RECENT
PRIMARIES.
Policeman sinnott OF the jefferson Market Court
squad arraigned in that court yesterday victor
Naeuire th.rty-two years old. printer. of No. G7
West Third-st. and Frank Cantwell twenty lone
years old OF No Il West Third-st.. floor fnisher
whom he had arrested at their homes yesterday
morning on a warrant issued to Henry Melville. OF
No 80 East Washington Square. in which he
charged them with having violated the election
laws.
The arrests are the outcome Of the trouble be-
tween the machine and ant!-machine Republicans
Of the Fifth Assembly District. and the alleged
violations OF the law occurred during the primaries
December 10
In his complaint Melville declares that Mcguire
induced Cantwell not canvass the ballots openly
as the law directs. but instead 20 carry the ballot
box away and count the votes In some secret place
from which he was excluded. all others
who demanded the right TO De present. He also
seventy-seven yotes registered from the Thirty
thrd Election District in which the election S.s
Magure handed him a list OF seven men. telling
him to vote for them as delegates He swears that
other men. After voting. he waited for an hour
and half watching the polls, and he swears that
only three voted In that time.
The ballots were carried away. and later on
Mcguire and Cantwell made returns to The Repub.
Ss had s'e
Melville swears chat he investigated these forty
nine voters and found that out Of the forty-nine
nnes pianes where ama he called hat n. was od that
no such persons lived there In reference 10 tho
made In that district to allow apportionment Of
seven delegates. he points to the fact that Palmer
iican ticket last fall only poiiei fty-two votes
The prisoners pleaded not guilty and asked that
their examination be postponed for a few days