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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
STORY OF C-234-M. G..
AAAANAAAAA AAAAA,
By Percie w. Hart.

1t is now the ~forty-second day of the
spring season, in the year 5000 A. d.
My name-C-234-M. G., tells tn reader
my residence, family and phrenolog-
ical classification; and when 1 state
that have reached the mature age of
ten. any n must realize that l have
something worth telling or 1 would
never risk the penalty impos d by law
upon the purpoSeless author.
No question but that we have made
long strides in civilization during the
past thousand years for (f we were to
credit the accounts handed down by
contemporaneouS historians) it is very
doubtful if our ancestors at The begin
ming of the epoch mad as yet progress
ed any further than primitive ell ,ctric-
ity and aerial navigation.
But there was on great advantage
the a%ncients possessed. This was the
privilege of publishing a book upon
tue slightest pretext, and sometimes,
1t has been recorded, without any pre-
text whatever. In these latter days,
when everJ subject has been covered,
CLASSIFIED AM consdmmated, it is hard
ly possible to imagine the condition of
literary science ten centuries ago.
was then complete originality
of thought and word, and a reader
might spend his life in vainly seeking
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
ENTHUSIASM IS BAD FORM,
electricians Are More Conservative
in Their Writings.

in Their Writings.
There seems to be a tendency among
writer's OF reputation On electrical sub
jects to adopt a much more conser-
vative course than formerly followed,
and this is nowhere more noticeable
than in the consideration Of the use
of electricity in transportation, which
is in striking contrast to the policy pur
sued in the early days of the trolley,
when it vas deemed necessary to claim
everything in sight. Those who re-
member the extravagant claims that
accompanied the opening of the Rich
mond line in February, 1883, will look
with amazement upon the following
paragraph with which Frank j.
Sprague closes an article entitled Twill
Trunk Lines Be Operated by
Electricity 2" in the July number Of the
Engineering Maganzine":
Let us lay aside, then, some of the
visionary prophecies concerning
electric railways. Perhaps no one has
been more actively identified with
them than myself; no one, l think, has
greater faith in the future of the
electric railway than I; but it's future
is not in the wholesale destruction of
existing great systems. 1t Is in the de-
|OpIn OF u 0elQ on us own, with
recognized limitations, but of vast pos
sibilities. 1t will fill that field to the
practical exclusion of all other methods
of transmitting energy; it will replace
the locomotive on many suburban and
branch lines; it will operate almost all
street railway systems and elevated
and underground roads; it will prove
Il valuable auxiliary to trunk sustems;
but it has not sounded the death knell
of the locomotive any more than the
stationary steam engine. Each has its
own legitimate field which will play
it's proper part in the needs of all
civilization"
The change in tone which is here so
.%strikingly illustrated is certainly enc
o%uraging, and the tendency which it
marks should be cultivated, as it's
general adoption will be commended
by all thoughtful men. DR.. Duncan
and Lieut.. Sprague are not n whit
less positive in the great future of the
electric motor in railway work because
they are temperate in their u%tterances
md do not allow their enthusiasm in
it's advocacy to outweigh their cooler
judgment as engineers and experts
Western Electrician.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
At h Last.

1t is thy wife. oh, husband, let me
in!
l am aweary, and the way was hard.
The snow was deep, the way was hard
to win;
I fell before thy gate, against me
bard.
Oh, let Inc in! it is thy weary wife,
Hitherto following with wounded feet,
To find thee here, and lose the pain of
life.
Excepting this, my bitter had no
sweet,
And my despair no hope, when thou
vert past,
Oh, love, from out my darkness to
thy light.
And now for me, for me, the dawn
at last!
For me the rapture of the end of
night!
Downfalln my husbands silent house
before,
He hears me not-then Death undo
the door.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
The Value of Telephone Service.

Ihe SaIue or Service.
The cheapness of the telephone SER
vice has been illustrated convincingly
by the general manager of a Missouri
exchange. During the day he made
the operators keep a record for the
complaining subscriber, and at night
he knew exactly how many times the
telephone had been used. He finds out
that it is cheaper to use a telephone
h Ia postal cards for any kind of bust
ness. The way he figures out this is
20 divide the cost of the telephone for
a year by the number of days, which
gives the cost to the subscriber per
day. A telephone that costs S72 a year
costs zoe per day. If the telephone has
been used twenty times in the day,
each call has cost the subscriber Just
lie, or the price of a postal card. The
average telephone, however, makes
between twelve and thirteen calls a
day, and answers an equal number,
Whlch makes the cost to each Subscrib-
er whose instrument is used a little
less than 1c for each conversation.
OF course the number of calls on a
telephone varies. In some houses each
Interview costs &c or more, while there
are others that do not pay over two
mills or three mills for each interview.
In many houses it is customary to
send all orders to the butcher and
grocer owe the telephone, and in
many other objections the use of the
instrument gives promise of wide ex-
tension. Already calls, by mutual I'M
d~erstanding, + made over the tele-
phone, which will soon play an impor-
tant part in many other social func-
tionS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
Power of Water In Mining.

The effect of the hydraulic motor,
which is saw used for the purpose of
removing masses of earth well-nigh
passes belief. A steam of water issu-
ing from a pipe six inches in diameter,
with ii fall behind it of 375 feet, will
carry away a. solid rock weighing a
ton or more, to a distance of 80 or 100
feet. The velocity of the stream is
terrific. aud the column of water pro-
jected is so solid that if a crowbar or
other heavy object be thrust against it
the impinging object will be hurled a
considerable distance.
BY this stream of water a man
would be instantly killed if he came
into contact with 1t, even at a distance
of 200 feet. At 2G0 feet from the noz-
zle Il SiX-inch stream, with 375 feet
fall, projected momentarily against
the trunk of a tree, will. in a second.
dcnude it of the heaviest bark as
as if it had been cut with an
Whenever such a stream is turned
against a bank il cuts and burrows it
in every direction, following out great
caves and causing tons Of earth to
melt and fall aud be washed away in
the Sluices.-MOntreal Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
ANIMAL SURGERY,
A Hospital Where Sick CANNES and
Dirds Are Treated.


Every large municipality has it's
hospital for sick animals, where swn-
ers of pet dogs, parrots, etc. can EHng
thei patients and have them under
the care of a good doctor or nurse until
they are cured.
No city, however. can boast of pos
sessing an institution of such large
proportions as the Clinique DIES Petits
Animaux of AlfOrtv on the outskirts
of Paris.
1t forms part of the great Abort Vet
Urinary College and Hospital. but the
professors and surgeons here concen-
trate their activities ON the treatment
OF smaller animals, dogs, of course con
stituting the greater part of the pa
TENTS, although all sorts of pet ami
mails are brought here from the crowd
ed French metropolis.
About the pOrest place in the world
for small animals is a large city away
from the green fields, where they can
roam and romp at large. Most of them
suffer a lifetime of Incarceration in
The stuffy flats of metropolitan apart
ment houses. No wonder that nearly
every pet animal suffers from some
ailment, to the grief of the owner snE
the despair of the surgeon.
Parls has a large contingent of sick
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
Robinson CrusOe's Island,

There has been received during the
past thirty days news from Chill which
will not be regarded as joyful intelli-
gence by the friends of Daniel De
Foe. Poor, old Robinson Crusoe's hut
on Juan Fernandez island is to be torn
down, and in its place will be erected
a prison station, to be used as an auXil-
larry to the Christian penitentiary at
Santiago.
Selkirk, it is said, used the top of
this bluff as a signal station, and for
four years he patiently watched for
passing ships. AT the base of the cliff
a long reef runs seward, marked here
and there by sharp-pointed rocks over
which the surf dashes necessarily.
One word about Selkirk himself.
English record keepers and historians
aver that the man was a seaman, who
was maroOned for mutiny, but South
Americans claim that he deserted from
an English trader inbound to Valpar-
also and, after stealing a boat, sailed
for what he thought was the main
land. He landed on Juan Fernandez,
and Their found a Semi-fertile island,
visited frequently by heavy rain show
erS, the home of waterfowl, and my
thing but a tropical paradise such
oS De Foe portrayed in his remark
bic record of human imagination.
The interior of the island was very
rocky, and the flora and fauna of the
island were of that limited character
aScribed to "TreaSure Island" by Rob
ert Louis StevenSOn.-San Francisco
Bulletin.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

George Gould has placed the yacht
Vigilant in winter quarters. He spent
a large amount of money on the Wig
liant to improve her for service as a
rial boat to test the Defender. 1t is
said that $4,000 will not cover the
Vigilant's expenses during the time
aas been at the service of the New
Yacht club. American yachts
Mould not permit themselves to
his fine exhibition of loyalty
Dart of Mr.. Gould.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

patronage bestowed on the Abort Gin.
ique.
Notwithstanding the proverbial
roughness and unsympathetic actions
of attendants and physicians, the n o
blesse of Northern Europe look upon
the Abort institution as a dernier res
sort for their pets.
What cold, cruel creatures those
medical students are! They will ex-
anime and punch the dogs, open their
mouths wide, without questioning the
owners. If rebuked they will say that
it is all a necessary part of the dag
nOSiS.
"Sir, how can you; My poor dog!
He dances all day and often all night.
While asleep the motion is kept up.
How can you treat him so roughly 2"
at will make him less gay" is the
curt reply.
The poor dog suffers from st. Vitus's
dance, which now is considered a cura-
BILE disease in the hospital. The lady,
with tears in her eyes, continues to
protest, but permits an operation. She
ONE two or three times after the
operation, and forgetting all about the
rough treatment, is profuse in her ex-
pressions of gratitude, and even fees
the cruel kennel keeper munificently.
The kennel by the way, is a pattern
of neatness and commodiousness.
There are large glass plots and play
grounds for the animals, and excellent
bedding in the canine wards. If the
case of a canine patient is durable
the convalescence will be effected here
in a very short time. In fact, 1t will
pay a dog to be sick often to get a va
cation from the close rooms in the
city.
There is no better place in the world
to bring dogs that show symptoms of
hydrophobia than the Abort Clinique.
A course of treatment is followed from
the moment they enter which seldom
fails to eradicate the disease. Daily
their symptoms are watched, and if
they show that they actually have
the disease they are at once removed
to the hydrophobia kennel.
In many cases this is not an easy
job, and gives the kennel keeper no
end of trouble. He approaches the
beast cautiously from some unobserv-
ed corner with long-handled tongs,
with which he grabs him neal the
front legs and holds Kim until assis-
lance m and he can safely be
landed in the isolated kennel.
There is n thing which may be
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

The sorrows of our rich men of to-
rending story. leila Nicolaus having
failed to recove $4,000 in her suit
against George Could: now sues him
for $4,000, as the penalty for strik-
ing her. George Law, another New
York millionaire, has been sued for
breach of promise by Miss Josephine
Mack, the damage done her sighted
affections being set at $15O,OOO. Other
rich men. are having similar exper-
fences, the invariable woman in the
ccass being almost always accused of
Matchmaking schemes assaiifGt her a.
legged victim.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

Mrs. Jefferson Davis, in a recent syn
dictate article, showed that her hus-
band and Gen. Grant had a common
ancestor, a great grandfather, one Will
liam Simpson of Pennsylvania. 1t was
this ancestor, then, from whom came
part of Grants name, which, when he
signed it in full, as he did in his earl
Ter days was ULYSSES Simpson
Grant" The discover! of thistrelation-
ship gives new force to the phrase "a
fratricidal strife" as applied to the
late war. But some of the greatest
armed conflicts in history upon which
moral isues depended have been be-
tween opponents in whose veins flow
ed related blood.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
Sensitive Nerves.

When the points of a hairpin are
passed along the cheek from a point
near the eye to the edge of the upper
lip, they to separate. The reason
is found in the fact that the nerves of
the upper lip are more sensitive than
those of the cheek, and consequently
differentiate the two points. Portions
of the back are so little sensitive to
the touch that two points three inches
apart will create the impression of but
one.-WeSt Side Gazette.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
STUDYING TO PLEASE HIM.
He Was n Finicky Customer, but II
waiter Was Anxious IN saft. A

he was n Finicky Customer, but the
waiter Was Anxious to n .fy
Him.
"A man afflicted with the disease of
finiskism, an exaggeration of the value
of details, was giving his order for
breakfast to a hotel waiter. The maj
was finical in the extreme, and the
eXactitude of his order respectfully
amused the waiter, who a some.
what a judge of human nature, mas
much as he had served breakfast to
many men.
breakfast time Is invariably when
you get down to the bedrock of a
mans true disposition. 1t is too early
Ill the day, and he is too close to ma
u I itself to have put on the little
frlllS that he begins to assume along
about eleven o'clock. At all events,
the waiter understood, and took his
order respectfully, ever servilely, with
out losing his own estimate of the
man.
The man had a morning cough and
slipped ice water as he gave the order.
Bring me a pot of Coffee" he said,
and, mind, it must be hot-hot and
s~trcng-don't forget to have it strong.
Apd a sirlOin steak, rare; remember,
ave it rare, and no fat. l can't bear
the sight of fat in the morning"
"Yessir, yessir, no fat, replied the
waiter.
AND bring me some dry t%oast-hot,
mind you; hot toast, and have it made
from stale bread. l don't want it
toasted outside and soggy within.
Now. don't forget that"
mo. sir; all right, not soggy in
side, SIR echoed the waiter.
And some sliced tomatoes,'' con-
tinued the man. "And take the chop
ped ice on the tomatoes and drain
them. / want them dry, you under
stand. dry. Now, don't forget that"
"Al right, sir. Tomatoes must be
dry
And, let's see. Yes, bring me some
fried eggs. Fresh eggs, you know.
perfectly fresh. And l want them
fried on n side only. Don't forget
that
"fessir; fried on one side. And
which side, sir?"-Kansas City Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

10 manufacturers like the Royal
Baklng Powder Company, the public
Is under a large debt of gratitude for
the increased purity of articles of
FOOD sold at the present day. The re-
ports of the official Government inves-
LEGATIONS of baking powders show the
Royal to be stronger and ure than
any other. 1t is quite evident that
neither ingenuity, science nor expense
can in any way, improve upon the
Royal Baking Powder as now before
the public.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

British yachtsmen seem to be pre-
pairing themselves for defeat. The
Yachtsman CLondon) says the odds
ought to be Is to IL on the Defender
because of the "hanky-panky" attend
ant upon all American cup contests.
What the Yachtman means by chan
ky-panky'' is not clear on this side of
the Atlantic. Perhaps it means Yam.
kee spanky.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
The Monkey Knew Him.

"A young lad In a Southern family
know had a half-grown black mon
Key sent him from Borneo. The crea-
ture. shy and strange at first, soon
showed himself responsive to kind
ness, quick and intelligent In learning
the usual accomplishments thought
necessary in a monkey education. He
became warmly attached to his youth
full owner and the two friends might
be seen anywhere together, the Bor-
neo perched on the shoulders of young
America, occasionally giving him an
affectionate tap on the cheek or chat
ter1ng in his ear in the most human
way possible. After a while it was
decreed that Yokko's master must be
sent North to school and the desolate
condition of that monkey, in conse-
quence. was really pitiable-he grieved
and refused to be comforted for a long
time and then he suddenly became
mischievous. He played such tricks
and FRANKS that at last everybody's
patience gave out and Yokko was dis
posed of and disappeared.
Years went by and the young
SOutherner went from school to col
'cSe. COOu dlleF his qua he
was visiting in some Western city
chicago, l think-and passing along
The streets one day he observed a knot
of people gathered on a corner. He
approached to see what it meant; sud
denly a great, black thing lighted on
his shoulders, his neck was closely
clasped and a little cold, black paw
was patting and strOking his face,
with such an abandon of affection,
such an excited c~hattering and muir
muriDg as completely bewildered the
Young man for a moment.
of course, it was Master Yokko de-
scepded to the role of an organ mon
key, and after all the years, all the
rayeI and toll and change he recog-
,nized his old young master! The de-
light was mutual and arrangements
soon completed for the repur-
chase of Yokko. Certainly, if prompt,
swift, decisive action is indicative of
something beyond mere instinct-of
intellect, in fact-that monkey had it!
md there wasn't any question as to
his 'nearness to man. was there"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
JeEYearS of inceSsant |.

- yCUIS VI IICtSSdHC dDOI
4u the expenditure of $3,000,00O the
task of Harvesting Niagara and put
ting the force of the cataract to indus
trial use is practically accomplished.
The magnitude of the work can be
imagined from the fact that the plant
represents an available force of 45O,-
600 horsepower, or more than a third
of the power derived from all the wa
ter wheels in the country ten years
ago. This is easily n of the greatest
the results are sure to be correspond
ingly important and advantageous.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
Quick and Sure.

Slob McGuirk-Say, Skaggs, lend
me yer gum want to commit sui
eide.
Skaggs-Naw! Dye think 1 want
ter lose a good gun? Look at here!
Der easiest an cheapest ting fur you
ter do is ter walk inter Duffy's saloon
and say yer a dog catcher-see?
CThe cOroner's decision was instan-
tapeous death bv stabbing, shooting
and beating.)-Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

The City of Seattle, Wash, lies be
tween salt water and a beautiful fresh
water lake twenty miles long and
from three to five miles wide. The dis
lance between tidewater and the lake
Is four miles. Work has been begun
on a ship canal to connect the two.t the
county having subscribed $500, 900 and
Eastern capitalists 81, 900 for the
enterprise. The length of the canal
will be about four miles, it's width at
the bottom 50 feet, and depth at low
water 2G feet. There is room in the
lake for the navies of the world. and
the completion of the canal will make
it the most remarkable inland harbor
in existence. The teredo which infests
the hulls of ships drops off in fresh
water.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31
The Cautious Kennel Keeper.

learned in this institution of especial
benefit to cooks and housekeepers, and
that is the great prevalence of tuber-
culosis among birds. Almost daily a
dozen or more pet birds are brought
to the clinique suffering from this af-
Fiction.
Good advice to all who prepare fowl
for the table is to discard every piece
of the flesh, bone, or skin that does
not look normal in shape or color.
Most housekeepers are ignorant of
the characteristics Of tuberculosis,
therefore it is wise to adhere to the
sweeping rule. Undoubtedly many
tumors and imperfections on our
bodies could be traced to the eating of
unsound fowl.-New York Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

Jack the Ripper" whose murderous
~astrocities once ~terrorized London and
sent a shudder of horror throughout
the civilized world, is now an inmate
Of an English insane asylum. 1t is
some consolation to humanity to know
that his crimes were the product of an
insane mind and not of rational fiend.
iShneSs.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

A tramp was arrested taken before
an Australian Justice, and sentenced
to three months. His Worship, in ex-
planning the sentence, remarked that
while there was no evidence that the
prisoner had been guilty of any crime
he thought it prudent to commit him,
as he had the wild, haggard look of a
man about to start a newspaper
Tit-BitS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

Royal Baking Powder Is the puress
and highest in strength of any of the
baking powders. and hence makes
more, finer and better food. These
are the official facts as set forth by
the u. s. Government and the various
State Chemists reports. OF course
great efforts will be made by those
interested In the sale of the cheaper
made, alum powders, to continue their
sale where consumers have made I'D
their minds to have the Royal and call
for 1t at their grocers. The Royal
Powder is SO much superior to all the
other preparations for quick raising,
that 1t will amply repay housekeepers
to use the necessary persistency to
procure 1t In spite of all objections.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

The young duke of Marlborough,
who rejoices in six other titles besides
that of duke, one of which is Baron
Spencer, OF his recent arrival at Hotel
Charles Spencer. He is thought to be
in matrimonial quest of an American
heiress, and many of our girls will be
setting their caps for him.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

Rapidly Spreading My Wing-PIanes,
best, and I'm working as Il missionar,
to endeavor to get the people to vote
them back again"
Astounded, stupefied by this mad
mans rawlings, | retired to my bed
but not to sleep. This benighted fam
lily did not use the water mattresses,
which yielding to the slightest move
ment, allow every muscle to relax and
sleep-so l tossed the livelong night
on a crude feather arrangement; and
vowed that l would return home at
once and give notice of this dangerous
conspiracy to the world.
And so l have done.-Chicago Jour
nal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-31

The new star that is to be added to
the national flag to represent Utah
will be placed to the right of the
fourth row from the top. At the same
time the regulation size of the flag will
be changed from 6 feet by 5 to 5 feet
6 inches by A feet 4 inches. All of the
new flags are to be made of the finest
American silk, and will be very hand.
some.