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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT SCI
ENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Kites in Wnr-A New Microscope
Just How to Remove "a Link-Pock-
ct Door LOck-A New Imp

Military men are turning their at
tention to the development of the kite
as a many-Sided agency in time of
war. The idea is not new. Lord Dun
donald, in the year 1906, distributed
proclamations to the people as he
cruiscd along the coast of France, by
means of kites sent from his vessel.
and Pocock, twenty years later, is
said to have raised weights and sailed
ships by means of kites. In 1876 an
unsuccessful attempt was made TO
launch Il kite which would be service
able in naval or military engagements.
The next important event of this ma
ture was made by a French expert
m%entalist, who secured some excellent
bird's-eye views by means of a cam
era attached to a small kite, from a
height of some 400 feet. This was in
1891. and since then many people in
various parts of the world have been
devoting themselves to the develop
ment of the idea. 1t is estimated that
a kite of about 800 square feet will
lift a man well off the ground, and as
tOniShing heights have been reached
by kites in series. The RECORD is said
TO be 5.595 feet. A kite now being
made for weather observations is to
carry a combination of self-recording
barometer and thermometer and ane-
mometer and a hygronleter. In this
way. it is believed, an reg
lister can he obtained by II machine
of atmospheric pressure, temperature,
wind, velocity and humidity. The mil
itary experiments are bearing on in
creaSing the lifting power of the kite.
1t has already been made to carry two
or three men to a great distance, and
when it's power can he sufficiently in
creased and made to operate with GER
tainty. it will supersede balloons in
maneuvers by land and sea. The
transport would he much less, and
while one bullet might totally disable
a balloon, a kite might be riddled with
shot before it would be ~incapacitated.
Under cover of darkness it would
prove a CHASTITY destroyer, sailing
noiSeleSSly owe a besieged city or an
enemy's camp, and dealing death and
destruction by the dropping of bombs
or dynamite. On the other hand, the
kite may be made a welcome means
of communicating with the anxious II
habitants of a beleaguered town, car
rying dispatches. messages of hope,
promises of speedy relief or news of
the enemy's strength. At sea it would
be invaluable as an outpost for finding
the whereabouts of the enemy's ships
or as a pilot in unknown waters, for
from a height of over LOCO feet, rocks
and sand are clearly visible in water
at a depth of twenty feet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

More than a hundred years ago, I'M
der the sunny blue skies of Il country
which shall he namelcss, lived Il
young nobleman.
He was rich with Il lovely wife and
a happy home, hui he was not content.
for far away across the seas there
were people fighting for freedom from
the tyrant's yoke. and he longed to
help them. In spite of the opposition
of his government. which had not yet
decided to help this struggling people,
he secretly purchased Il ship and sail
ed away on his helpful mission.
There he spent several years, re-
turning home heaped with honors and
the thanks of ii grateful people.
Years afterward, when an Old man,
he revisited the country whose free
dom he had helped to gain. Although
his visit was made the occasion of
many public demonstrations, it must
have been a sad one, for many of the
friends whom he had known and
loved were in their graves. History
pictures him as weeping at the grave
of his old commander.
How many are ready with his
name?-Mary s. Stelson.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12
A Story of Joe jefferson.

Many boys and girls have seer the
famous actor Joe Jefferson in his great
play Rip Van Wrinkle, that delightful
story of the Catskill fairies. and in it
that weird scene whele he partakes of
the spirits that the elves give him,
making him sleep for twenty years.
Well, there is a good story told about
Jefferson in that particular scene.
Once being near some good fishing
grounds he spent the day drawing in
the gamy trout and was thoroughly
tired when the curtain rolled up for
the evening performance. Every thing
moved smoothly enough until he is
supposed to fall asleep. Now that
sleep in fiction lasts twenty years, but
on the stage about two minutes. This
time, however, the two minutes were
heightened out into ten, much to the
amusement of the audience and provo
cation of the stage manager. Jeffer.
son had fallen asleep, and his shores
it is said, were quite audible beyond
the footlights. Several remarks were
fired at him by the audience, and
finally the stage manager had to &c
beneath the stage and open q traI
near where Jefferson was lying to try
and wake him up.
He called and called, but it was NJ
use, and in desperation he succeeded
in jabbing a pin into him, which made
Jefferson jump up with a sharp cry
and quickly realize where he was
Harper's Round Table.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

Little fishes have other dangers to
guard against besides the hook. Here
is an account of a fisher mau fastened
to a rock. who gets many a fish into
his basket:
One of the exquisite wonders of the
sea is called the opelet, and is about
us large as the German aster, looking,
indeed, very much ike one.
Imagine a very large double aster,
with evor ST many long petals, of a
light green, glossy rs satin, and each
Ole tipped with rose color. These
lovely petals do not not lie quietly in
their places. like those of the aster in
your garden, but wave about in the
water while the opelet generally
clings TO a rock.
How innocent and lovely it looks on
its rocky bed! Who would suspect
that it would eat anything grosser
than dew or sunlight? But those beau
tiful, waving rms as you call them.
have other use besides looking pretty.
They have to provide food for a large,
open mouth, which Is hidden down
deep amongst them-so well hidden
that one can scarcely find it.
Well do they perform their duty. for
the instant n foolish little fish touches
n of the rosy tips. he is struck with
posion as fatal to him as lightning.
He Immediately becomes numb, and
in a moment stops struggling; and
then the other beautiful arms wrap
themselves around him. and he, is
drawn into the huge, greedy mouth,
and is seen no more. Then the lovely
arms unclose, and wave again in the
water, looking as though they had
never touched a fish.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12
A Bicycle That Fits Into n Valise.

A F%renchman has invented a bicy-
Gle that can be taken apart, packed in
a valise and carried, it is claimed,
with ease and comfort, whenever the
wheolman is travelling by rail. If the
wheel breaks down on the o the
rider can uncouDle the parts and car-
ry it slung over his shoulder. The ma
chine is not made for fast riding, but
only for ordinary road work. The
wheels are II 81 inches in diameter,
the toothed wheel. which communi-
Gates the power from the pedals, be-
ing nearly rs large. The horizontal
bar is in two parts, which are securely
screwed. When the bar is unscreWed
the machine is in two parts, the first
step toward packing. The saddle is
removed and the handles are taken
off. The four pieces are then packed
into a valise measuring % II by
Is 81 by Il little more than S 80
inches. The whole weight of the ma
chine is Is "a pounds. If the wheel
man breaks down on the road he di-
vides his machine into fOur pieces and
balances the parts over his shoulder
with a padded strap provided for that
purpose. The inventor insists that
this is n great deal better than having
to hold Il crippled machine up and
trundle it. The machine can he put
together or taken apart in about two
minutes. The pedals are so close to
the ground that the rider can at any
time come to a stop by putting Il foot
to the earth. For this reason there is
said to he little danger of a serious &C
cident with the wheel. 1t is asserted
that a single revolution of the pedals
will drive the wheel fifteen feet and
six inches. which is no bad travelling
for a roadster. The machine is quoted
at a comparatively low price, and the
replacing of the tire is much less eX
pensive than in the ease of a larger
wheel.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

Mr.. Wolfe, says the Revue Indus
~trielle. has undertaken some research
es upon acetylene that have led TO the
manufacture of a standard lamp that
fulfillS all the conditions required by
the ordinary photometric measure
ments. Upon burning the gas meter
under a slight pressure in a burner il
which it is properly aeratcd and that
spreads it out into a wide, thin sheNt,
Mr.. Wolfe obtains a steady and VeTy
luminous flame of remarkable whit
ress and of uniform clearn@sS rvr.
quite a wide surface. In front of hi
Game he places Il screen provided VIII
an aperture that varies according e.
requirements, and obtains a SOUrrt
whose steadiness ard brightness, com
parable with those of the a%l,SoiIi.
standard, make a practical standard
of if.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

Little Ethel is just w years and
two weeks of age, and the dignity of
such maturity she had deemed it eX-
pedient to maintain by the s%trictest
attention to her attire; therefore,
when her tiny shoes, through an una
yoidable combination of circumstance
eS, had been sent to the cobble tc
have the ravages done to the tees rec,
tilted. and she was supplied with Il
dilapidated pair for such III emergcn'
cy. she viewed the whole proceedin"
with Unsurpassed anxiety and dec
disgust. but forebore much outward
demonstration.
Next morning, when she found sllf
was about to suffer the same inftC
ton. she entered an indignant protest
and exclaimed. with warmth and ag
gravatiOn: "PatenS re-, mammal
don't put dem wagged soos on me ny
more. for pity take.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

1t is a poor sort of courtesy which
only exhibits itself toward people of
wealth and prominence, and we an
not feel much regret when those who
reserve their politeness for important
occasions overreach themselves. The
following is an account Of one of the
most amusing of such hlunders.
A few years ago the queen of Hol-
land. being an invalid, visited the city
of Heidelberg, in Germany, for medi-
cal treatment. While there she went
each Sunday to a modest little church.
occupying the back seat in order to
escape notice.
One day Il scholarly looking man,
plainly dressed, came into the church
and took a seat lea the pulpit. a
few minutes later a naughty German
lady swept ur to the pow, and, seeing
a stranger IN it, ordered him by an
impervious gesture to leave it.
The stranger quickly obeyed: and,
going into n of the seats reserved
for the poor, joined ~devoutly in the
services. After they were over the
lady's friends gathered around her,
and demanded whether she knew who
it was that she had treated so rudely,
"No: some pushing stranger" she
replied.
st was King Oscar of Sweden
was the answer. He is here visiting
the queen"
Her modification may be imagined
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12


There Is more rh in this secuon
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease, and pre-
scrlbed local remedies, and by constant
ly falling to cure with local treatment,
pronounced 1t %incurable. Science has
proven Catarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and therefore requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by f. ]. Cheney K
Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t Is taken
Internally, in doses from ten drops to a.
~teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
tenn. They offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address
r. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists; Use.
Halls Family Pills. CSC.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12
LOVe-GraSs and LOye-in-a-Puf.

l wish all children could know the
JOY of pulling l~ove-grass." l have
seen lawns and pleasure grounds dot
ted with merry children pulling love
grass. amidst leals of laughter, for
hours. ! have never seen ''love grass
at the North. 1t has a glossy green
stem crowned with brown or green
aigrettoS. Two children select the
grass stem. split II of the ends, and
each holds an end. Then they pro-
pound any question they wish to solve.
and as they pull the stem apart gently,
it forms either an \ or Il Y, meaning
no or yes.
"Loye-in-a-puff' is another fortune
teller: it gets its name from the fact
that the tender little green puff holds
three round seeds, each stamped with
Il perfect little heart. AS in popping
rose petals. The answer depends on the
report of the ''Love-in-a-pulf.' If it
be sharp and loud. the answer is de-
cidcdly yes if il collapse noiselessly.
or no" as the question is put. The
that is a bad sign. meaning bad luck.
dandelion is another delight. If you
can blow away all the little seeds at
one breath you can find the bags of
gold at the ends of the rainbow
"Reading the Book of Fate" by Lou
Use Willis Snead in ST. Nicholas.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12
Pocket Door Lock.

Here is a novel little lock for use of
travellers in sections of the country
where door locks and window catches
are not among the furnishings of hotel
rooms. The device is made of brass,
weighs only one-half ounce. lis but lit
tie larger than shown in the cut, can
easily be carried in the vest pocket,
but faStenS a door so well that violent
means would be required to force it
open. 1t consists of two parts, the
lock and a pin. The lock is placed
against the door jamb when the door
is open, sharp points on the end hold
ing it in place. When the door il
closed the pin is inserted through a
hole in the end of the lock and the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12
Trick With Fire.

A clever boy can do some myStify-
if he will only keep his wits about
him and make each move at The prop
err time. The main thing is to keep
the attention of the audience away
from the pivotal point of the trick till
the climax.
We heard about an easy N the
other day, the preparation for which
lnay all be done beforehand.
Did you ever see a coniuror hold MP
a bit of white paper, touch a match
to it, and have a tiny flame start in
the center of the paper and wind
around until it had drawn the outlines
of an animal or spelled somebody's
name and then die out, leaving the
lines burned in the paper as though
they had been u out? 1t probably
seemed very wonderful to you. but II
is easily done,
Take some Saltpeter and dissolve in
water until the water viii take up ne
more. Then with a wooden point,
such as the sharpened end of a match
use this solution as ink and write yOul
uame or draw Il pattern on the paper
ANY paper will do, but unSiZed paper
will not show the mark when the
LIQUID dries, which it will very soor
do.
How are you to know where to star
from? Make a pencil mark at the
spot. When you are ready apply tC
the mark a tiny coal or glowing stitch
that is not actually afiame. You will
see the burning spread until it has
run all along the line you made, and
1t will mystify as well as ANUS
everybody who watches it.
After you have learned to do it sue
sessfully you car prepare a lot OF
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

In several towns in Holland a birth
Is announced by the exposing at the
door of a silk pincushion covered and
edged by plated lace, the sex of the
infant being shown by the color-for
a boy, red; for a girl, white. The
house which shows in this manner
that the number of it's inhabitants has
been increased enjoys, by ancient law
and custom, various immunities and
privileges.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12
Trimming Lamp I'm n bicycle

The municipal lighting plant ut I'd.
inburg, Scotland. furnishes current for
$50 arc lamps for street lighting. The
turning out of these lamps, which i I
on the same mains as the inCandcfccl.
lights. was done by hand. The time
formerly occupied va n2ar.y IL
hours. when the attendant v
around on foot. But a man is now y 49,
on Il bicycle, and does the work IN l'7'
an hour. The city finds that by thu
l~essening the time of unnecessary l. ,
Of current and consumption of carbon;
it is saving 5000 worth of electrioit5
every year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12
The region of the Landes, which so

The region of the Landes, which so
fears ago was one of the poorest and
most miserable in France, has now
been made one of the most prosperous,
owing to the planting of pines. The
than 1000, 100000 francs. Where there
were, fifty years ago, only a few
thousand poor and unhealthy shep.
herds, there are now saw mills, char
coal kilns and turpentine works, In
terspersed with thriving villages and
fertile agricultural lands.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

The Cycle Manufacturer illustrates
the right and wrong method of taking
a link out of a bicycle chain. 1t seems
that the wrong method is the usual
one. 1t consists of filing off, flush
with the side plate. the head of the
rivet second from the connecting bolt.
This having been done the side plate
is then bent round until the rivet with
side plate may be withdra wn. This
is the usual and the wrong way to do
it.
Now for the right way. File all
around the heads of the rivets b and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12
A New Microscope.


Several attempts have been made
up to the present time to devise APP
paratus for the illumination of opaque
objects examined under the micro
cesses is that of Lieberkuhn, which
consists in applying around the object
i've an inclined concave mirror, which
concentrates the luminous rays in re-
tlecting them upon the preparation.
This apparatus cannot be applied UNI
less the frontal distance of the object
i've is sufficient to permit of the pass
age of the luminous rays sent oblique-
ly. 1t can, therefore, be employed
only for feeble ma~gnifications. More
over, such oblique illumination is an
Inconvenience.
Mr.. Charles Fremont has succeeded
in effecting the illumination through
the interior of the tube of the micro
scope and the objective, so that this
new method is applicable to even the
strongest magniticationS.
The arrangement adopted, as de
Scribed to the academy of sciences,
through Mr.. Marcy, is as follows:
The pencil of light, l.. directly pro,
lected OF renecleu by inc mirror, u
enters the bod, A, of the microscope
tube through an aperture, EE, and
meets a concave mirror. G, which is
movable and capable of being raised
or lowered in order to send the light
through the lenses of the objective, B
A., prism. X is interposed in the patti
Of the pencil in order to right it ant
render it parallel with the axis of the
microscope before it enters the object
i've.
The mirror. G. ard the prism, X, are
provided with an aperture to permi'
of the passage of the cOnical tube, j
that allows one to perceive, through
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

The extension of the telephone booth
idea is to be made in Copenhagen. A
company of leading Danes has been
formed with an adequate preliminary
capital, to erect in all public squares
of the city telephone kiosks. which
will be capacious and elegantly fitted
up. Here. besides the telephone, the
citizen will have access to the daily
papers. be able II write letters, re-
ceive messages. have their shoes pol
ished and generally to make them
selves comfortable
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

1t appears that the world has been
doing injustice to the crow, and that
he is really the friend, rather than the
enemy, of the farmers. That is to
tay, such is the conclusion Of a special
Investigation made by the department
Of agriculture. Nearly 1000 stomachs
of the birds were examined, and it
was found that cor formed only %
per cent of the food of adult crows,
md that little cultivated fruit was
eaten by them. On the other hand, in
furious insects form oyer 26 per cent
Of the entire food of crows; and they
also destroy rabbits, mice and other
pests Of that sort.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

The report of the commissioner of
labor on the strikes during the thir-
teen and a half years ending June 30,
1894. shows a loss of $3.50 ,3S2 to
employers and $94,S25,S37 to employees.
These figures present a practical and
conclusive demonstration of the fact
that Of all industrial mistakes, the
strike is the worst for both parties and
for society.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12
simple Enough.

This predicting the weather i
mighty easy" said the skeptic.
Gould you do it,
certainly. All You have - du i
to predict ii hot wave when it's cod
and a cold wave when it's hot, and
stick to it."-Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

\ telephone attachment for railway
use has been introduced which will
greatly increase the safety of railroad
travel. At present the device is de
signed only for communication be
tween the conductors and the nearest
station, but the intention is to so mod
ify it that it can he used by paSScn-
gers trvelinE on express trains. BY
this arrangement the telephone can be
called into requiSitiOn by the train dis
patcher in addition TO the telegraph
diSpatching wires, while, on the 9th
or hand, the dispatcher can be called
by any station or block along the line
in IA second. An ingenious part of the
equipment is what is called Il hanging
set. which is to he carried in every car
and cahooSe. Should the train come
to q StandStill through Il block. q
wreck or any other interruption, the
hanging set, consisting of Spliced rods,
on two wires on the pole line along
side the track. This gives as perfect
connection us if the telephone were in
a private office. and ii will work along
every foot of a railway line. In ease
of a wreck the telephone is instantly
available, the dispatcher is called and
orders are SEN direct to the spot il
return.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

Washington is without a statue of
Grant, Sherman or Sheridan, and I'M
less sculptors can do better work for
the capital than that already perpe-
trated the omission is in itself the best
monument to the memory of the three
commanders.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

The headlights from the locomotives
of Maine railroads attract the deer
from the forests, and numbers of the
animals are being killed by the ell
gines.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

A negro planter in Arkansas has
made a successful experiment in tea
raising. His crop this year amounts
to 800 pounds, and is pronounced to
be of good quality by the merchants
to whom it is sold.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

Russia would be delighted to see
England press its case vigorously
against Venezuela and Ashantee. In
the meantime the car would walk Off
with seaports in China and Corea Tor
his great Siberian railroad.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

When Boss McKane, now of Sing
Sing, was the political dictator OF
Gravesend in 1898 the registration was
6,21S. The registration this fall is
1904, a decrease Of 4,224. AS the pop
ulation has grown, the difference is
due to systematic frauds perpetrated
year after year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-12

From the gastar, repulsive in it's
original condition, the art of chemis-
try has developed an immense Varle-
ty of essential oils and essence of
fruits and flowers.