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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08
ARE TICKLERS
A QUARTER OF AN HOUR WITH
THE JOKERS.
Mtrth-PrOvOkinE Paragraphs Gath
cred from the Pages of the Humor-
Gus Papers-Life's Bright Side as
the wits See 1t.

The new boy had been an inmate
Of the politicians family for about
two weeks, and every day of that
time, almost, had been devoted in part
to selecting a name for the baby.
Everybody who has had experience
in Tat department of human exist
ence knows the difficulties and dant-
gers of this trying ordeal, and the
politician was S no exception. His
wife was a patriotic woman, and in
sisted that the boy should be named
George Washington.
ooh, give him some other NAME"
begged the father.
why" she exclaimed you could
not have a better name than that"
"It's too good"
'Not for my baby" she replied,
folding the little n proudly and
fondly to her bosom.
but it is, my DEAR" urged the ia
Their. Hes going to be a politician
as his father and grandfather were
before him and we oughtn't to handi-
cap him with a name like that. He
can't live up to it, dear. He can't;
know he can't. I've been in the bust.
ness and l know what I'm talking
about. So does the baby's grandpa,
and that youngster won't be at it a
year before he can't look a little
Ratchet in the face to save his life
Name him something else, dear" he
pleaded, IF you don't van to ruin
his future forever."-Detroit Free
Press
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

The most profitable breed of hens
for farmers, who live away from the
city markets, is the Leghorn. They
more than make up in eggs for what
they lack as flesh producers. Poultry
raisers of our northern states have to
send their dressed poultry to market
at a time when prices are low. Fan
cy prices are obtained just before cool
weather, but there is risk in sending
dressed poultry 200 or 300 miles by
express in hot weather. Leghorns are
easier to raise and the pullets ma
ture at least a month earlier than the
heavy breeds. PulletS Matched in
May make winter layers. They are
active and not likely to accumulate
fat during the fail and winter, which
are likely to freeze; but all hens, to
be profitable must have houses warm
enough to prevent such injury. White
Leghorns lay fully as we'll and are
more inclined to silt than those of the
brown variety, besides having no col
ored pinfeathers, which makes then
look better dressed.-J. H. Denis
Iona Co., Mich.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08
Breeding for Fancy Points.

The points of the fowls are badges
of purity. They denote that they have
been bred true to recognized stan
dard, and carry all the qualities pc
culiar to the breed; but there is no
necessity for the farmer to be too par
ticular. While a twist in a straight
comb may cause the bird possessing it
to be cut in the show room, yet
such a bird will be as pure bred as one
possessing a perfect comb. To secure
certain points very often in breeding
is resorted to, and the fancy points are
secured at the expense of vigor. The
white face Of the Black Spanish has
been placed on the breed at the sacri-
flee of some of it's best qualities, sim
ply because the standard gave greater
encouragement to the white face than
to my other portion of the body. We
should therefore endeavor to secure
the points of excellence, but never
TO sacrifice strength, yigor, and STAN
ina in order to do so.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

G. A.. Gigault. Assistant Commits
sioner of Agriculture for Canada, has
been Investigating farming abroad.
Here is an account of his eXamina-
ton of Danish agricultural methods:
The people of Denmark are all edu-
Gated, and the most intelligent meth
DDS of farming are followed. The
Danish farmers understand that dairy
ing is not only directly profitable. but
that it supplies them with abundance
of I'M which enables them to full
fill the law of restitution. In the
Danish farmyard the soil is imperme-
able. Round each heap a trench is
dug. Into this the liquid manure runs
and is thence conveyed to the liquid
manur tank.
No farm in Denmark is without it's
liquid manure tank. MI. Gigault saw
| one farm of six and a quarter acres so
provided. The yield of wheat in Den
mark is thirty to forty bushels per
acre. This is very large. The en-
PLANTATION is given that, after Ireland
Denmark has the largest number OF
head of cattle per square mile. This
insureS plenty of manure, which keeps
up the fertility. Besides, the Danish
soil contains a large quantity of lime
which is considered a very importan'
constituent. Many agriculturists hole
that a cow, to give milk, must have
in the daily allowance of water, TIVE
ounces of phosphate of lime.
The dissemination of agriculture
knowledge was the cause of the eX
cellence of the Danish farming sys
ten. Another thing noticeable il
Denmark was the excellence of tn,
public roads, which provided the farm
err with very necessary means o
transport, enabling him to bring hi
goods direct to the large centers
where he could dispose of his produc
without having to employ al inter
mediary. Mr.. Gigault had not fOunI
Belgium or France so far advanced il
agricultural methods as Denmark.
Mr.. Gigault pointed out how tn
success of the Danish agriculturist
was in part due to their educationa
system. In the Danish agriculture
school lessons of patriotism We're nc
neglected AMI the students wer
taught to love their country. Mr.. G
gault had once asked a Danish farm
err, who had complained to him of tn
dearness of land and other drawback.
why he would not come to Canad;
where lands We're cheap. The Dan
} had replied that he loved his countr
too much to leave it, even where h
might improve his material condition
Toronto Globe.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

Terracing the land in hilly sections
of the country to prevent washing
from heavy storms is the best system
| yet found applicable in this country.
Not only in the south and west, but
in the New England states, a good
| system of ~terracing has been found
/ to lessen the evil very greatly. All
hillsides are the hardest TO convert
, into profitable fields because of the
| washing caused by rain storms, either
| OIL the surface or below. Even when
| the crops are found that will thrive
| on the hills the action of the running
| water carries away so much of the
| richest part of the soil that one must
| make a great outlay every season for
fertilizers.
A simple system of terracing is now
| in use by a number of farmers in this
! country. and the effectiveness of the
| system, as we'll as it's very cheap and
| simple work would recommend the
| plan to AL others. Strips of light
wood or even poles should be nailed
together in the shape of a large A 10
to lay off the terraces with a stride
| at the base of about fourteen feet.
| Stand the frame upright on a perfectly
| level floor. and tack a string in the
| apex Of the l~etter-shaped frame n
| tie a pound weight to 1t.
Let the string and weight get per
fectly still. and then raise n n
of the base exactly one and One4half
inches. Wshen the weight gets quiet
again in this position mark IN the
frame exactly where it swings. This
implement is invaluable for terracinS
a field properly and it will enable the
farmer to do the work scientifically
and rapidly. By applying this terrac-
ing machine to the field a fall of one
and a half inches i'm every fourteen
feet will be obtained, and this is just
what science has taught Us to be right.
Beginning at the highest point of
| the field lay off with this frame a ser
les of terraces throughout the whole
hillside. The land should have the
slope marked by the implement until
a ditch or some large hollow is reach
| ed which will carry the water off free
ly. Sometimes they are natural here
and there, and it will no be necessary
to do anything more but wherever
the slope is not sufficient it should be
made so according to the rule adopt
ed.
AS the land is terraced off with the
homemade implement plenty of stakes
should be ready to drive in the ground
so as to mark the course and depth
of the terraces. Beginning at the line
of the stakes then a two-horse pow
should throw the soil from either sid
UP toward the stakes. This leaves the
stakes ON the top of the terrace. and
the soil Is thrown up around them,
while the running water from the hill
side will then follow the grooves or
either side.
If the plow cannot throw the sol
up deep enough other implements mus
be used, but generally the pillow will
answer. Thereafter every spring tl'
pillow should be run through these
same burrows, throwing the soil up OF
the terraces, and in this way they will
become permanent fixtures of tn
field, heavily matted together will
grass roots. In planting ON such a ter
raced hill let the rows run crossswis
instead of Up and down hill. The wa
ter will then pass off slowly. an
cause very little damage.-Chicag
Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

There is little doubt THAT brooder
chicks may be forced to a more rapid
growth and development than chicks
raised In the natural way. Conse-
~quently they. make the most profita-
BILE broilers, but their owner must
realize at the outset that he has tax
en- an orphan asylum on his shout
ders, and must bestir himself accord
ingly.
The experience of the best breeders
of every z and country shows that
AL fowls. as Il general rule. breed
better in their second and third years
than at any other time. For this rea-
son a difference of age between cock
and hen is always desirable. OF
course there are exceptions to this
rule, as some of the finest specimens
of breeds have been bred from birds
one year old. 1t is the general op;n-
ion of close observers hat a cock is
in his greatest vigor at from eighteen
to thirty months of age.
The king OF artificial poultry grow
ers predicts that the time will come
when artificial poultry growing will
gradually supersede many of the regu.
lar farm crops on the sterile soil OF
New England. Referring to his own
success. he says that he has been pro
titably turning $1,000 to $4,000 worth
of chicks and eggs. and proposes tc
continue so long as the outlook is as
favorable as at present. This would
indicate a profit of 80 cents on eacl
chicken.
Hens that lay double-yelked eggs
show a diseased or over-Stimulatct
condition of the ovary. Soft eggs in
| dictate some disorder of the egg or
gans, such as inflammation of the egs
passage suppression of the TISSUES
through which DIG the shell materia
! or the abserce of shell-matter. Sucl
cases are best treated by giving lim'
the drinking water, non stimulat
feed, reducing the daily ration
ana a pill of one grain of calOlne
and a quarter grain of opium II
day. If one suspects inflammation o
the egg passage. add one-twelfth of
grain of tartar emetic to the pill, am
continue until the hen stops laying
Ohio Poultry Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
INTERESTING GOSSIP FOR MAID
AND MATRON.
Fourteen Rules for Dish-Wash-
ing-What the Month Tells-The
Household RatiOns-HOusehold
Hfnts-FashiOn Echoes.

When there is very little money to
be spent on clothes it must be spent
judioiously and carefully and It is
quite Il vcXed question as to whether
it pays to make over old gowns. The
necessary trimming to make them
look fresh and smart is a serious item,
and more time Is often required to
make over a gown thar to lave a
new II made.
Two entirely new gowns in the win
ter and four in the summer, well
fitted and well hung, and, above all,
well sewed, will, with old ones re-
modelled in the house. give a woman
Il wardrobe sufficient for ordinary use.
There are plenty of cheap dressmak-
ers in New York who can fit very well,
and who have had quite a knack at
hanging skirts. From $40 to SIS is
their charge for making a gown, and
some can ever make one for IS.
These dressmakers do not live in con-
venient localities, as may readily be
imagined, for if they did they could
never afford to make gowns at such
reasonable rates. Five dollars for
Innings goes a long way towards get
ting all that is necessary, but this
part must not be intruSted to the
dressmaker, who certainly cannot AFT
ford to have her apprentices take the
time and car fare necessary to buy
these things without adding some
small commission to the original price
of the goods.
A smart jacket and hat, both for
summer and winter, are absolutely
necessary in every womans OUTFIT
Coats and jackets are beyond the
skill of dressmakers: they had better
be bought in any of the shops where
twice a year there are also sales, al
very much reduced prices, of ex'
tremely well-cut garments. For 81
and $40 jackets of very stylish cut
can be found, but these must be al
tered to fit. If a woman has any
taste at millinery she can trim hel
own hats for far less money than she
can buy them ready-made, but it Ii
a very good investment to pay s. Of
$40, spring and fall. for one stunning
hat. which must be becoming; and II
this connection it is we'll to rednenl
Der that a hat which is becoming t.
the full face is often terribly tryin:
to the profile, and just as much car
must be taken for the side as tn
front view. Picturesque effects ar
much to be avoided by the woman
who has only a small allowance TO
for dress. 1t is the woman who spen'
thousands a year who can best affor'
to go in for big hats, outre garment
indeed, anything conspicuous. Tn
fashion of picturesque hats an
clothes generally are very fleeting, an
nothing is more depressing than t
put all ones money into some art
Gle of raiment so conspicuous tina
one is known by it for the mont
one is doomed to wear it.-Harper'
Bazaar.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

An explanation of the crisis is that
according to the military code those
who SANDER the army through the
press ought to be tried by court-mar-
tial, when, according to the press laws,
such matters ought to be tried by a
jury in the supreme court. The min
lister of war proposed to the cabinet
that a court martial be summoned tt
try the cases, whereupon Prime Min.
lister Sagasta declared that it was i'm.
possible for him to continue longer in
Office. Marshal Campos assumed com
mand Of the garrison last night, and
he will probably form a new cabinet
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

New England Is rejoicing over the
invention of a machine for making
pies without the Intervention of hui
man hands. The dough is fed into a
series of rollers which turn the pastry
into the forms required for the top
and bottom crusts, and the Filling"
consisting Of apple, mince, custard,
rhubarb, pumpkin or any other lie.
sired refreshment, is automatically
measured out, so that each pie con
tains exactly the same amount, and
pies are pushed out all ready for
king. 1t is said that one of these
machines will turn out several thous-
and pies per day. 1t is calculated that
this machine will make New England
the center of the pie supply, and thus
extend New England civilization to
the uttermost parts Of the earth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08
Club of Elderly Women.

1.-THE Elderblow Club" Is the name of
a locally fabous feminine organization
in Brookline, Mass. 1t is composed en-
tirely of elderly ladies, who meet at
the houses of it's members once a fort
night during the winter season. At
each they have a special entertain
ment provided. No one knows what it
is to be in advance, except the COM
mittee of arrangements. Sometimes
it is a lecture, sometimes a concert,
sometimes a reading or a, variety enter
tainment Of some other character. 1t
is always attractive, and the Elder
blow" is altogether the most social
affair in the place. Admission to the
club is eagerly sought, and a class of
women who are generally left out of
active social life are better provided
for in this way than any other Troy
Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

The British Empire has helped itself
literally to large slices of Asia, Africa,
and Australasia, to say nothing of nu-
merous islands of the sea. 1t would
be well now to have it distinctly un-
derstood that the British flag shall
never fly over an additional foot OF
American soil. The payment of colo
NAL tribute to Europe may be endur
ed by other continents, but America
for itself proposes to have less ant
not more of it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

An unmarried woman in Chicago
has sent a bid for cleaning the streets
of the Nineteenth ward of that city,
and as she is a large property owner
and her bid is low she will probably
get the contract. The ward named is
full Of tenements where typhoid fever
turks. The bidder has studied the
street cleaning systems in Glasgow
and Manchester, and believes that she
a perform a public service by in,
PRODUCING new ideas.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08
Preventing Smut in Grain.

Smut grows from minute funS0us
spores clinging to the seed grains, so
that if there are no live smut germs
upon the grain sown, no fungou
threads will grow, into the plant It's
sues of the crop, and no smut spores
will be fruited upon the resulting
grains of wheat or oats, according to
j. HI. Panton OF the Ontario station
Is. II. '94). By stirring the seed grain
in cold water for half an hour, many
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

wot ter make of his words wen I a1ed
i'm fer 1t.
Slothful Snawley-Why, wot did e
say?
Saturated Sam-He looked ut me a
minnit and said dat it was n r2qlert
dat he could not refuse, as he always
b'lieved dat whisky was good FIR both
man and beast.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

Nj. Jules Roche recently declared in
the French Chamber that Germany
can place an army of $4,000 electives
in the field while France can count
on only 100000. AS Germany is decid-
eddy the more populous country, the
member deserves credit for telling an
unwelcome but valuable truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

Hello. Hakenton," said IN of the
statesmen in the house of representa-
tives as he picked up from his neigh
boris desk four OF five dictionaries of
invectives and slang. Il see you're
studying philology."
Not exactly" said his neighbOr.
burying himself still further in a treat
Use on the history of billingsgate. I'm
merely preparing for my debate on the
financial observation-disclosures Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08
Why He, Was Wrong.

Weary Whiskers-I sees here by dis
paper dat only 8 per cent of der per-
flesh is married. I'd think dat. wot wild
der wimmin advancing so desc days.
dey'd be more married gents driven to
de road.
Happy Hours-Naw! Amt der VIM
min every day going inter more wider
fields of work? Wot. den. does a feller
want to endure der diScomfortS OF
travlin' if he's got a good home. a
strong wife an new ways openin'
every day fer her to make der Twin?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

The government Of the Transvaal re-
public has informed the banks that it
has decided to strictly prohibit any
further Importation of foreign silver
coin. 1t is added, however, that the
foreign silver coin already in the
Transvaal will be allowed to circulate
In that country.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

Slothful Snawley-Didn't | tell yer
that if yer went up an aXed Ter Il
drink O whisky at old Kernel Blue
grass house, you'd get 'er? Great
stuff. too!
Saturated Sam (musingly)-Yes: dat
was fine Ticker; but | don't jest know
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

Reporter-HCw is it, my friend, that
younhave attained the remarkable
age of 1O4? -.
Centenarian-I never worked before
breakfast, sir.
Repdrter-Indeed: then this is a
fact worth remembering.
Centerarian-But there is another
little fact that | forgot to mention.
RepOrter-Wh2t is 1t?
Ce~ntenarian-I neve worked after
breakfast either.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

How" asked the captain of the
train robbers. did you manage to go
through so many passengers alone|'
II had only" rejoined the ordinary
brigand. ito carry a whisk-broom in
my hand. and they suspected nothing
Puck.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

The innovation of a woman clerk in
a drug store has almost ceased to be
such, and is a growing custom. Needs
as delicate and confidential as those
which take a woman to a doctors
private office have often to be voiced
in a drug store, and the woman GUS
toner is always glad at such times
to have a woman clerk to appeal to.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08
Knew What He wanted.

Kind Gentleman-That boy just hit
you, did he?
Small Boy-Yes, he did.
Kind Gentleman-Well. now, why
don't you heap Goals of fire on his head,
like a good boy?
Small Boy-Do good boys do IT, t?
Kind Gentleman-Yes, indie all
boys.
Small Boy-Well. l guess l must he
dead wicked then. cause l don't want
to burn the chump to death, l just
want to punch his head.-Life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

Miss Helen Gould has graduated
from a law class with high honors,
but the professor explains that it is
only q sort Of an amateur course of
four months and does not go 50 far
as to prepare for the bar. So the
struggling young New York lawyers
will have nothing to %apprehend from
Miss Gould's competition for business
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08
MONTANA

A California gold miner panning out
81 in dust a day can exchange it for
four bushels Of wheat. One of the old
argonauts, with an income OF four
bushels Of wheat a day, or 81 worth
Of other commodities at modern
PRICES, would have had a bonanza.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08
Just Like the Real Thlnc.

JOhnnie-Oh, blank such a dinner
as this!
Papa-You, John! what do you
mean. sir, by swearing sir?
Johnnie-That's all right. papa. Sis
and l are playing keeping house and
am the Observation-Disclosures.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

The Spanish ministry has resigned
as a result Of the trouble in the cham
bers on Saturday when all the report
ers withdrew from the house as a pro-
test against the official defense made
by the minister of wal Of the officers
who attacked and wrecked the offices
of Ell Globo, the organ of Senior Gas.
telar.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

Ohio is about to follow the example
Of Pennsylvania in establishing a
State colony of imbeciles. Pennsyl-
vania has proved on it's idiot farm al
Elwyn that properly attended imbe-
Giles will form an Industrious and self
sustaining colony, to the advantage of
all concerned.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

The Indian boys at the Carlisle, Pa,
school have q practical way Of doing
things. Congress failed to pass an ap-
preparation to make certain improve
ments in the school buildings, so the
boys met and voted $1,S0O of their own
earnings to 60 with the work. The
institu ion contains five well-trained
military Indian companies.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

"You told me the parrot you soil
Inc the other day could repeat every
thing it heard. Rubbish! Preach to
it as | will, it remains as dumb as a
fish"
ut is quite true l told you it would
repeat everything it heard; but then
it hears nothing; it is as deaf as a
post"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

Since 1890 Turkey has bought 7O0,-
600 improved rifles and 20O,OOO,OOO
cartridges made of smokeless powder
are stored in different parts of the
country. The Turks are saying little
but watching every move of Russia
with renewed suspicion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-08

There is too much verbal talk about
this fight" said a man to a pugilist.
verbal talk" sneered the bruiser.
'you think you understand the English
language. don't your
Il do. and that is why I say there
has beer too much verbal talk. Put up
some cash, and let the money talk
Puck.