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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

ten been suspended in the air on her
hands.
Athleta has a number of admirers
who believe no one can defeat her,
and 1t is in a contest in the above per
formances that she has challenged
Minerva, the champion strong wom-
an of America, for $1,000 and the fe-
male heavy weight lifting champion
ship of the world.
The only hitch In the proposed
match is the circumstances that Mile.
Athleta desires the contest to take
place in England, while Minerva Is
eager that the question of superiority
be decided in this country. However,
it is expected that Minerva will final
ly go to England to meet Athleta.
Minerva, the American champion is
an excellent speciment of physical
womanhood. Her right arm at the
bicep muscle measures II "a inches.
She is the daughter of DR.. Joseph
Schaner, a well known physician of
Hoboken, N. j., and was born in Ham
burg, Germany, in 1865. Like Athleta
the English Samson, Minerva, com
menced practice with light weights
in n g%ymnahium, and when only elev-
en- years old could juggle a twenty
pound dumbbell. In 1887 she came to
this country, and under Professor
Charles G. Blatt gained much of her
strength and began to give exhibitions
in lifting light dumbbells and bar
bells. BY degrees she developed her
muscles until able to perform won
derful feats of strength.
Minerva. is taller, heavier and no
doubt stronger than either Mile. Ath-
leta, the English female champions;
Mile. Bronx, the Bavarian strong WON
an; Angela, the Italian champion, or
Tulla, the German female champion.
Minerva stands ) feet 7 IL inches in
height, is twenty-six years old and
weighs 100 pounds. She is the only
strong woman who has ever fnirlY
lifted 800 pounds in America. She has
a fifty-two inch bust and is an amazon
in proportions. Among the many feats
she exccls in are holding straight from
the shoulder with one hand a fifty
pound weight to which a ring is at
tached and holding ffty-pound weights
Zone in each hand) and elevating them
above the head. The feat puzzles
many strong lei She puts up a $50
pound bar bell with two hands and
raises 1t above her head at arms
length. She can lift a barrel of lime
weighing 300 pounds with her hands
and place it on her shoulder. She also
stands in a pail and lifts a barrel of
lime with her hands without upsetting
the pail. This feat is a most difficult
one, and requires great strength and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
SOME HISTORIC WATCHES.
Mary of Scotland Had Several Grim
Timepieces.


Mary of Scotland Had Several Grim
Timepieces.
Mary of Scotland had her watches.
In those days there was a great vari-
ETY. in the shape of a watch. A favor
lite shape was hat of a skull; another
was that of a coffin. Descriptions ex-
list of several of Mary's watches.
There was n coffin-shaped in a crys-
tai case. There was. another in which
cat-gut supplied the place of the in
terror chain in the modern watch.
One very marvellous piece of work
manship, in the form of a skull, is the
property of the Dick Lander family.
1t was originally the property of
Mary, Queen of Scots, and was be-
quathed to Mary Setoun, her maid of
honor. Feb. Z, 1857. On the forehead
of the skull are the symbols of death,
the scythe and the h~our-glass. AT the
back of the skull is Time, and at the
top of the head are the Garden of
Eden and the CrucifiXion. The watch
is opened by reversing the skull. In
side are the Holy Family, angels and
shepherds with their tiocks. The
works form the brain. The dial plate
is the palate. Another skull-shaped
watch which belonged to Mary was a
gift from her husband, Francis III.
Arnold of the Strand presented George
Ill, in 1854, a watch of his manufact-
ure set in a ring. Later, in ITO, he
presented the king with a small re-
peating watch, also set in a ring, the
cylinder of which was made of an ORR
entail ruby. The cza of Russia, when
he heard of these mites of watches,
offered Arnold 1000 guineas if he
would make Il for him, but the art
list would not consent.-Jewelers' Re-
view.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
Patchcn Defeats Gentry.

Chicago Special: Joe Patchen to-
day won the great race against John
II. Gentry in straight heats. The race
took place on the famous Washington
Park track, but as a wind that amount
ed almost to a gale blew across the
track all the afternoon a sensational
time performance was out of the ques-
ton. The three heats We're covered
in 200 II, 2:07 II, and 2O7 Ill New
ertheless the contest is regarded as
ore of the most important that has
aiken place on the trOtting or pacing
turf,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

Boys living in and about San Deigo,
Cal. are making lots of money catch
ing horned toads for the Hawaiian
government. which is importing them
to destroy a Japanese bug which is
running many crops on the island.
The government wants 5000 toadS,
and is paying the boys 81 a dozen for
them. Incidentally, the boys are col
lecting Il considerable number of rat
tlesnake skins, for which the county
pays a bounty of % cents apiece.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
A NEW POLITICAL roy.
Just Now the Sensation of the Hour
in Paris.

Just Now the Sensation of the Hour
in Paris.
Anything to counteract the effect of
the Kiel affair. A clever Frenchman
has invented n new game which, on
account of it's political flavor, has
caught the public favor like wild-fire.
The inventor calls it the "Franco-Rus-
sian Alliance and it has had Il truly
phenomenal sale. 1t consists of a tri-
angular piece of very strong paste
board, having Il half-inch high rim
about the edge. In the middle of this
triangle Is also a triangular piece of
glass, the three points of which are
marked Paris, Cronstadt and ToulOn,
respectively. In the space between
the edge and this piece of glass there
are three steel wires in a perfect tri-
angle, thus uniting Paris, Toulon and
Cronstadt, the symbol of Franco-Rus-
sian brotherhood, united by iron and
steel. The player is supplied with a
magnet with which he tries to control
the steel wires from beneath the card
board. Simple though it seems. it is
far from being easily done. The mag
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

st. Johns, N. f., Special: The cx-
pected stoppage of the railway by
French warShipS causes great excite
ment. Here it is felt that this is n
crucial point where England must
make n determined stand against the
French aggression. or else sacrifice
Ncwfoundland's prosperity. which is
chiefly dependent upon the develop
ment of internal resources. made avail
able by the completion of the railway.
Premier Whiteway has started for
Bay of Islands, where trouble is eX-
pected to arise. The British gunboat
Buzzard leaves tomorrow to reinforce
the flagship Cleopatra, now neal the
disputed coast.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

Woman, as we all know, Is nc long
present and the athletic girl belong
to each other. There are nowadays
/ women, sweet tender women, who
have made themselves champions at
rowing, boxing, teeth-lifting. fencing,
bicycle riding and heavy weight lift
ing. In England the champion strong
Oma Is Mile. Athleta, a good look
ing, well-fOrmed. muscular specimen
Of womanhood, who has thrown down
the gauntlet to Americas champion
strong woman, Minerva, FlOsSie La
Blanche and to Yucca. Athleta stands
5 feet Z inches in height and weighs
$50 pounds, and her bust measure
ment Is AZ inches. Among the fcats
of strength she performs is the nota-
BILE n Of swinging a chair allaround
her own head. She also holds a pyra-
mid of chairs above her head with her
teeth. She lifts also a 10 pound man
up In a chair with her teeth, or an
anvil 800 pounds in weight. Holding
a 56-pound weight at arms length in
each hand is a b%agatelle to her. She
is likewise deft at lifting a 100 pound
dumbbell over her head with one arm.
Often she has held a So pound weight
In each hand, while she lifted thirty
pounds with her teeth. She can lift
up a barrel with three heavy men on
1t. and a barrel of water weighing GOO
pounds, the latter feat being perform
ed with her teeth alone. She raises
an anvil weighing 800 pounds with
one finger. A horse with harness and
sings weighing 1,34O pounds has Of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

Every report that comes in from
China concerning the attacks on the
missionaries makes it more and more
apparent that the latter met death
partly as a consequence of their own
persistency. They had been, it seerIs,
repeatedly warned that danger was
brewing, and that they would better
betake themselves to a place of safe
ty, but they were either incredulous
or blinded by devotion to their work.
The element of heroism is not lacking
here, but it is a heroism falsely ex-
pended. The consequences of this kind
of martyrdom are not calculated to
react benefcially in any direction,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
BICYCLES row, NOT WATCHES.
Boys of To-day Want Wheels In
stead of Timepieces.

Boys of To-day Want Wheels In
stead of Timepieces.
Bicycles and watches are not much
alike, and it is difficult to see how the
sale of one can affect the sale of the
other. 1t is a fact, nevertheless, that
since the bicycle fever took hold in its
present intense form, the sale of high
grade watches has been greatly re-
duced. Parents who buy bicycles for
their children do not buy watches, un-
less, perhaps, they get cheap ones, so
the young mes may know when it is
time to come home to dinner.
1.-The decrease in the sale of watches
has been very noticeable" said a State
street jeweler the other day, land |
trace it to no other cause but the bicy-
Gle. Fol- instance, when a boy became
fifteen or sixteen years old in former
days, it was the custom of his parents
to present him with a watch-general-
ly a costly affair-which usually lasted
him the better part OF his life. But it
is different now. The boy clamors for
a bicycle, and he generally gets it, al
though it does not last as long and
usually cOEts more than a watch. This
same trait l have Loticed in people of
older years. When they get money
enough on hand to buy a watch the
bicycle fever strikes them, and they
go out and invest in a Wheel"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
Stories of the Princess of Wales

Stories of the Princess of wales.
Cue incident occurred shortly after
the death of the Duke of Clarence.
While walking with II of her ladies
in the lanes, the princess met an old
Oma who made a living as a carri-
er, weeping bitterly and lettering un-
der a load of packages. The princess
stopped and spoke telling her the
packages were too heavy for her at
her age yes" replied the widow,
I'll have to give it up, and if | give it
up I'll starye. Jack carried them for
me-my boy, ma'am." And where is
he now?" Jack? He's dead" The
princess, without a word, hurried on,
drawing her veil over her face to hide
her tears. A few days later a lea
little cart and a stout donkey were
brought to the old carriers door-a
gift from the princess-and she now
travels with them to and fro, making
a comfortable living.
Another anecdOte- relates to q royal
birthday. when the youngsters on the
Sandringham estate are treated to tea.
The princess, noticing a group of chill
dren who had come from Dersingham
standing outside the Norwich gates.
went up to them and asked if they
were going to the school room by and
by. "Noa,' was the reply, "feyther
doan't work for t. prince" One or
two Of them were then asked what
their fathers did, to which various re-
plies were given. Blu the climax was
finally reached when ono of them
naiyely said that his "feyther went
a-poaching." Hearty laughter greeted
this announcement, but it need hardly
be said that orders were given for all
the group to be admitted to the feast
Biographical Sketches.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
Waterproof Bricks.

In a paper read at a recent meeting
of the Australian Association for the
Advancement Of Science Prof. Liver
sidge gives the results of some expe-
riments made with a view of ascer-
tanning the length of time bricks and
sandstone L rendered waterproof by
oiling. Linseed oil, boiled linseed and
h crude mineral oil known as blue
Oir' We're used, and machine-made
bricks of good quality were expert
mented on, the Weathering being
made upon Il fiat portion of a labora-
tory roof fairly exposed to the sun
and weather.
The experiments showed that the
bricks absorbed much more oil and
water than the sandstone, notwith-
standing the fact that the area of the
latter was much greater than that
exposed by the former.
Equal amounts of the raw and
boiled oils We're absorbed; the blue oil,
however, was taken up In much great
er quantity by both brick and sand
stone, but by the end of twelve
months the whole of the Is II ounces
of blue oil had apparently ev~aporated
away. and the brick had returned to
its original weight, but those treated
with raw boiled oils remain un-
changed. After the second oiling in
November, 1890, and exposure for
about four years, they had practically
retained all their oil, inasmuch as
they had not lost weight and were
also practically impervious to water.
a point of considerable interest no.
ticed, we understand, during the ex-
pertinent, was that the sandstone
cubes treated with raw and boiled oil
although they return to their original
weights, retain the beneficial effect of
the oils and remain perfectly impervi.
Gus to water.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
Fannie German, Better Known as
yucca

was claimed, 1880 pounds. This
derful feat gave Yucca a national rep
.utation, and she was challenged by
Minerva, but owing to their failure to
agree upon fifteen test competitions no
contract was arranged.
Yucca's feats include holding two
forty-pound weights to which a ring is
attached, with each hand straight
from the shoulder; putting up a $50
pound bar bell with two hands and
elevating it above her head at arms
length; lifting a barrel of lime. weigh
ing 80 pounds, and placing it on her
shoulder; lifting a man of A pounds
weight seated in a chair, chair and
man being held at arms length; lift
ing sixteen chairs with two hands,
elevating them above her head and
then balancing them with only one
hand, and raising a cart wheel, weigh
ing 80 pounds, from the ground to
her chest, there balancing it on her
chin. One of the sensational feats
Yucca performs is raising 800 pounds
weight with the assistance Of a rope
and hook attached to her neck.
Another champion at lifting is Flos-
sic La Blanche, the female Samson.
She is also a native of this country,
and possesses wonderful strength, al
though not able to accomplish the diff
ficult feats performed by Minerva and
Yucca. This is not because she does
not possess the same splendid physical
development. She has not had the
training and experience of her sister
athletes. Flossie La Blanche stands
5 feet 7 inches and weighs $50 pounds.
She lifts a bar bell weighing 15C
pounds with two hands above her
head, and can break chains upon her
chest with her bare hands. She is
credited with pulling up a seventy-fye
pound dumbbell, using only one hand,
and with elevating a forty pound
dumbbell twenty-five times in thirty
minutes, which is a rare feat. She is
constantly improving, and expects in
the hear future to be able to accom-
plish the marvels performed by Ath-
leta, Minerva and Yucca.
Another strong woman who Is fast
gaining fame in England is Alice Sin
clair. She is not only noted for her
feats of strength, but is a splendid
equestrienne and quite a swimmer,
too. Since the outbreak of the strong
woman craze she has daily practiced
in gymnasiums, and gained both mus
Gle and strength. Her manager eX-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

stand thirty feet from the cannon and
successfully perform the feat.
Another wonderfully strong woman
who can probably defeat any of the
foreign female candidates for the
championship is Yucca. She is a ma
tive born American, stands ) feet s
inches in height, weighs $50 pounds
and boasts a bust measurement of
forty-four inches. She has appeared
at all the principal places of -amuse-
ment in the United States, and two
years ago in New York created a sen
sation by lifting a horse weighing, it
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

The talk about making Sir Charles
Dixie the leader of the Liberal party
may be something more than idle Cos
sip. Dixie is a little more of a Radical
than most of the members of the late
Liberal ministry, but he is also an
ADLER man than almost any of them,
and he has regained much of his earl
Ter popularity and standing. Under
the direction of a leyel-headed and
f~orceful man like Dixie, the Liberal
party might soon recover it's old power
and prestige.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

1t is a widespread belief, both in
Scotland and Ulster, that the line,
Sea gull, sea gull, sit on the sand;
it's never good weather when you're
on land" alludes to the well known
fact that when the bird flies out early
and far to seward, or remains on the
sand, fair weather may be looked for;
while if it takes a contrary course,
storms most frequently follow.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

Leeds has been the center of a great
an ordinance, dated at York in 1893. to
this effect: "By the advice and con-
sent, our lord the kings justices, in
bread, four loaves for one penny;
strong beer, per gallon, n penny;
and claret wine, eightpence per gal
Ion"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

The great wall of China has been
carried across rivers, through the
deepest valleys, over the highest
mountains, and, in fact. every obstacle
that stood in the way of it's progress.
1t is 1850 miles in length. The total
height of the wall, including a parapet
of five feet, is twenty feet. Its thick
ness at the base is twenty-five feet
and at the top fifteen feet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

MI. Northumberland makes you
smile so cynically this evening?
Mrs. Newlywed-I vas just thinking
how you used to hold my hand by the
hour before we were married. How
stupid you We're
MI. Newlywed-Stupid! Not much!
l held your dear little lily white paw
to keep you from pounding the piano.
Fulton Gazette.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

Corn is not the only product which
is breaking all recCr.ls. The iron out
put these days is the largest which the
country has ever had at this time of
the year. Moreover, it is steadily
growing. This is one of the most
striking evidences which could be
found that a period of business activ-
ity exceeding any which the country
has ever yet known is close at hand.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
The Ten Habit.

The "tea habit is growing on the
law-abiding people of this peaceful
community. The victims drink their
beverage as the hardened drunkard
drinks whisky. This is the opinion of
a local physician of prominence, who
has made a study of the matter. THE
intoxicating effects of tea says he,
'are not appreciated as fully as they
should be. Cheap or Improperly brew
ed tea is known to have caused many
functional arrangements of the gravest
character. Many of the victims, not
knowing that their troubles are due
to tea-drinking, suffer from headache,
and often from persistent dizziness
and indigestion. Dependency and
p%alpitation of the heart are also among
the complaints. Lastly, that dread
enemy of every man, insomnia, has
are certainly a batch of troublesome
symptoms of which any pernicious
drug should be proud of. There is q
great difference in the physiological
effect of tea on the system. When
it has been used to excess for a con-
siderable period, Well-defined symp-
toms supervene. There can be added
to the list already given Authorizations,
nausea, anoreXia, %prOStration and
anxiety and a peculiar kind of in
toXication. ending. after hours of vigil,
in a tolpor from exhaustion
Philadelphia Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

Another syndicate has been formed
to search for the wreck of the British
sloop-of-war De Braak, which cap
sized with a load of treasure off Della
ware breakwater over a century ago.
More money has probably been spent
in this search than was ever carried
by the Inflated ship.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

1t is estimated that 80 per cent Of
the iron manufactured by Tennessee
is sold outside of the Southern states.
1t is said to be the favorite iron with
pipe, plow and stovemakers in the
East and North.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

A Russian newspaper meekly sug-
England, France, and Germany shall
unite to compel China to forego her
periodical practice of making mission
airy bontires. They might try it, and
If it proves too large a job they can
hand it over to Japan.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
Steamer Sunk.

Montreal Special: The steamer Ter
rchonne, from Kingston for Montreal,
with several Communicates of Knights
Templar on board, struck a reef at the
foot of Cascade Rapids and sank
shortly after in the entrance to La.
chine channel, No lives were lost.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
The FrancO-Russfan Alliance.

The FrancO-Russfan Alliance.
net plays the most unexpected FRANKS,
and the Frenchmen find in this a sort
of grim, humorous reminder of the
ickelness of the Russian bear. The
game sells for a trifie, is amusing, and.
for these combined reasons, very pop
ular.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

The average value of an irrigated
acre in the arid region of the United
States is $S3. Ii. V. Hinckley, a sci
enlist of Topeka, says 100000 acres
may be successfully and probably If.
rigated in Western Kansas alone.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

Some interesting figures are given in
the Paris Goulois with reference t. hi
tax brings in close on 100000 per an
num-. while the number Of bicycles
declared is just under 200 900, of
which $4,000 are to be found in the de-
partment of the Seine alone. At the
other end of the list comes Corsica,
which at present only possesses forty
Dnp
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

The incomes from the London daily
papers are thus put down: Daily
Telegraph, f13O,OOO; Times, E12O 900;
Standard, 10000; Morning Post f45,-
boo; Daily Chronicle, 100000, and Dali.
ly News, f3O, 1000.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

unity in balancing. Minerva lifts n
$50 pound man in a chair with her
hands, holding chair and nan at arms
length. One of the sensational feats
Minerva performs Is that of standing
with n foot each on two chairs, the
chairs being placed three feet apart,
and raising go pounds by the help of
b rope and hook attached to her neck.
But her greatest feat is catching a
tw~enty-four pound cannon ball fired
from a cannon. She accomplished this
twice In a single day, and it is claimed
that she Is the only female who can
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14
A Prolific Head.

whats dis l fin in yer hair, boss?'
asked the barber.
My scissors replied the rural edi-
tor, coolly. Il lost EN- last spring.
Give her another rake, and see if you
can't find my ink bottle and oil can"
Atlanta Constitution.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

The total wheat crop of New Zea-
land for this year is 3,613,000 bushels,
or 1000, 900 bushels less than for the
previous year. 1t Is estimated that
the colony will have to import 100000
bushels to supply it's own require.
mer' s.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-11-14

The present emperor of Germany
was fortunate In his choice of a father
and a grandfather. but it is not sure
that they were equally fortunate in
the selection of a son and a grandson.