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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-03-12
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GIRLS VALUE PURITY IN MEN.
The Exceptions, Who Wed Men o
the World, Always Repent of 1t.

The Exceptions, who Wed Men of
the World, Always Repent of 1t.
A young man writes to Edward w.
Box inquiring why SO many girls seem
to prefer the company of young fellows
of slightly blotted character-men who
have seen the woodland in many
cases marry them. in face of the fact
that their past lives are known to
them. In the January issue of The
Ladies' Home Journal Mr., Box, its
editor, makes this reply: Girls, that
is, the right kind of girls, do not prefer
the company of young men of this sort.
Doubtless, o have come across in
stances where this rule has been other
wise; so have 1. But 1t is all in the
seeming, and not in the reality. De-
pend upon one thing, girls have as high
al estimate of purity in man as men
have of purity in m There are,
of course, cases to the contrary, but
these are few. Where girls marry men
who are known to have led what is
called a worldly life it is more gen.
orally due to a misunderstanding Of
facts or to ignorance thar people
imagine. There is a type of girl who
hndS Il peculiar satisfaction in the con
quest OF a man who has seen the
world and then comes to her as the
n woman of all her sex who can
make him happy. This sometimes
pleases her vanity and love of con-
quest, but she is not many years older
before she discovers that she has salts
fed those feelings at a very high cost.
There is another type of girl who
rather fancies a mar who is what is
called fast But that sort of girl is
painfully ignorant Of what is meant by
that word as applied to a man. If she
were not she would be very apt to
change the adjective to vulgar And
as she natures she finds this out. 1t
is only young men of upright lives who
a hope to win the favor and love of
girls of high motives, the girls who
make the best wives. If, at times, girls
seem to favor young men of another
kind, the glamour is simply transitory.
1t is rare, very rare, that a girls better
instincts do not lead her to the higher
grade of young men. An upright life
never fails of reward, and of the high
est reward, from the hand of woman"
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The Greatest Dredge ON f1arth.

Some of the American excavatins
machines built for the Panama canal
were considered monsters of their kind,
but there is one now building near
Baltimore which will far exceed in ca
pacity any cutting machine or dredge
ever before constructed. It will. in
fact, be seven times more capable than
any predecessor. 1t is intended to work
on the Mississippi. as stipulated by the
river commission, and will be able to
cut it's way through 5000 cubic yards
per hour. 1t comprises several sets Of
knives, which are driven into the bank
or bar to be removed. These loosen
the earth so that it cdn be drawn into
suction pipes in liquid form and then
forced wherever it is desired to deposit
the matter. A crew of seventeen men
is required for the operation of the
huge barge, but their number is utterly
insignificant compared with the army
that would be necessary to remove an
equal quantity Of earth. say. for en-
ample, one foot every hour from the
top of a whole acre. The government
is likely to require from five to seven of
these for its work on the river. The
barge has boilers of 5000 horsepower,
and pumps equal to 100000 gallons
per hour.
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a brush dipped in salt water is the
best implement with which to clean
bamboo furniture.
For polishing an old mahogany table
that is easily marked by dishes, cold
drawn linseed OIL, and no other, is
recommended. If this be well rubbed
into the surface every day for a mouth
or SIX seeks, a beautiful luster not
easily dimmed or marked is assured.
If sponge cake is mixed with cold
water It will be yellow. but if boiling
water is usued for mixing the cake will
be white. When making white cakes
use one-half teaSpOonful more of cream
or tartar than soda. us this extra q,lln-
tity of cream of tartar will render the
egg whites sitter.
A very good menu for a child's party
may consist of bouillon with bread
sticks and celery. creamed chicken in
little paper cases served with tiny
homemade biscuit. sandwiches of
tongue and white bread rolled with
celery, and ice cream with such light
cakes as m%acaroons and lady fingers.
lemonade or orange Jelly in orange
shells may be served in the place of ice
cream. Have for favors the bonbons
that contain pretty tissue paper cans
and bonnetS, and IL cake containing a
ring, or i'll its place one may have n
Jack HOrner pie, containing Il little rift
for each child.
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Electric Car Brnkes.

Probably the most important change
now going on in electrical railway
work is the substitution of mechanic
al or automatic power brakes for the
crude hand brakes that depend upon
the mere muscle of the motorman. All
the progressive street car lines are
evincing n preference for brakes that
eliminate the factor of human power
and endurance. and are rapidly substi-
tuting air-brakes, the air for which is
compressed by the car itself. There
are also one or two other forms of mag
netic brakes, and a new form Is that
of a hydraulic brake. 1t Is worthy of
note that until recently street railway
men had a prejudice against power
brakes, on the score of their causing
fiat wheels. Investigation shows that
the truth is exactly opposite, and that
the quicker the brake is applied, the
less the 1attening effect. The hand
brake, working with comparative slow
ness and with less facility. tends. it
seems, to make the wheels skid and
fatten, strangely enough, outside this
country. there is very little public wor-
ry on the subject of tenders, but the
demand for power brakes almost every
where takes the form of a government
or municipal regulation. 1t Is believed
that American opinion will also reach
this point in time, no matter how good
the Tenders may prove to be. Another
modification of street car practice is ex-
pected in the adoption of more musical
gongs. The prevalent types not only
deafen the ~passers-by. but Use UP the
energy of the motormef and jar their
nervous systems. 1t has also been pre-
dicted that the big, heavy, leather han
dies now familiar to the cars will dis
appear, and that men will be seer con-
trolling the movements of the car by a
small lever or even by a simple, unob-
trusive little push button.
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New York city is the scene of d great
variety of experiments in street paving,
although Of late years the tendency has
been largely toward the adoption of as
phalt, even to the extent of pouring the
asphalt owe the old granite blocks,
which serve as d bed for the smooth
surface. A recent trial his been made,
however, of karri wood. from Austral-
ia. which is laid somewhat after the
manner of vitrified brick. The wood is
of a light reddish color, close-grained.
hard and heavy, weighing about seven
ty-siX pounds to the cubic foot, and
having a tenacious fiber. The blocks
are laid on a foundation of concrete,
after being dropped halfway in melted
asphalt. The joints are filled in with
sand ond cement, and a light Goa of
gravel is added as a better foothold for
horses. 1t has been suggested that go
ing to Australia for such wood Is a far
cry, and that it ought to be readily oh
tainable, if not in our w country. at
least in the West Indies or Latin Amer
lea.
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New Wire DrnMing Machine

Innovations in wire drawing are
rare. WE desire to call attention to
one that is destined to have "A certain
success. Since the great extension of
electric installations and the contin-
TALLY increasing use of wire in tapes
try, church ornaments and ecclesias-
teal and military vestments. a method
has been sought of rapidly and cheap
ly producing large quantities of wire
of all sizes and all kinds. The simple
draw plate employed for coarse wire
is well known, but when it Is neces-
sary to produce the wire as fine as silk
employed in dress trimming. the op-
Grafton. were a simple draw plate
used, would be lengthy and trouble
some. The first machine to mark d
progress in wire Ira wing was the one
known as the Multiple but, despite
the advantages of this, 1t had the in
convenience of requiring fifteen belts,
fifteen shafts and as many l~ubricators.
Mr.. Allard Latour of Lyons, appre-
ciatihg these defects, has devised a
very simple and practical machine,
which we figure herewith. 1t COM
prises from fifteen to nineteen draw
plates and is but five feet in width. be-
sides, it has but two belts for actu-
ating the bobbins. The wire starts
from the bobbin A, passes over the
front roller and winds around the SUI
perposed cones B. From the top
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"kimone,' or flowing robe, underneath
all the others, made of the most ex-
pensive and finest silk, richly en-
bro.dered with gorgeous blossoms,
whereas the two outer ones, which
complete their attire, are of far coarser
and more common material. In Paris
you will often see a little 'bourgeoise,"
nay. even Il 'grisette," tripping along
the street bareheaded and clothed in
the simplest of black wooden dresses,
but displaying the most immaculate
and dainty p%etticoats and hosiery.
Quite typical of the French ideas on
this subject is the fact that in most
trousseaux ordered for marriage In the
French grand monde the cost of the
lingerie far exceeds that of the dresses,
cloaks, etc.-New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser.
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ing it, Is shown in the accompanying
Illustration. The body Or main part of
the envelope is made in the usual way,
but the side-flap folds are gummed
over the bottom flap, and a reinforce of
similar form to the bottom flap is made
integral Herewith, folding back from
its top edge, as shown in the larger
view. and adapted to be sealed down
upon the side flaps.
In the reinforce is a transverse slot
which receives a tongue projecting
through 1t from the inner flap, this
tongue constituting d pull piece for
tearing open the envelope on lines of
perforation indicated by the dotted
lines. A small gummed flap at the mid
die of the reinforce Is adapted to re-
ceive and be sealed upon the tied ends
of a tape and string, with which money
or papers in the envelope may be
bound.
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F1iegende Blaetter.
The Indignant Parrot.

The late Capt. Wright was always a
great admircr of Hon John Lcary. al
though otherwise n. Democrat. and
when the latter ran for mayor. nearly
four years since, Wright came down
town with a pet parrot OH his shoulder.
trying to teach it to say ''Hurrah for
Leary." This it would not do, and.
after returning home he turned the
hose on it.. After this operation the
captain. feeling very sorry, said
'D-n you. Polly: you ought to have
said 'Hurrab for Leary.'"
Polly stood before the fire drying it's
feathers. and. without turning around.
said: You go to h-M"-Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
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Regulating the Oven,

When particular baking is receiving
attention and several unfamiliar dishes
are being manufactured, it is of special
Importance to have the oven in perfect
condition, and as far as possible under
the control of the cook. The best of
stoves, says IN experienced housewife,
are tricky sometimes, and bear watch
ing. Nearly each n has Its pet Pc
culiarity. A tendency to burn at the
bottom, or Il habit of scorchihg at the
top, while the lower part remains raw
and sodfr91 Familiarity will enable
the cook to correct these difficulties.
She will overcome the first fault by
placing the grating OF a pan under the
baking dish, and the other by covering
the cake or loaf with a pan or paper
until the bottom is done. A plain piece
of MANILA paper laid over the top of d
cake will insure thorough, even baking,
when without this arrangement the top
would become scorched long before the
cake was baked through.
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After All. n Hero!

Scene-Capitol steps at Washington.
Flash of red lights full on distinguished
leader iii regimentals and cooked hat,
carrying a sword nine feet long. Duck
worth Club, in plug hats and linen
busters, trailing behind.
Great Leader-Whoora-a-a-y! The
president has come to me-
(Great %applause.)
THE people have come to me-"
Deafening cheers. making an impact
against the side of the capitol like the
fall of a board on a smooth pond.)
Congress is with me-"
INTENSE rOar.D
1T is mine! 1t Is of me! It Is me-
Stranger-Who, in heavens name, is
that?
Republican Congressman That?
Why, that is Senator Chandler, the
man who started this war!
Intense enthusiasm. Procession
move IN. to the tune of The Girl l
Left Behind Me.")-Cleveland Plain
dealer.
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A Man of Nerve:

He looked admiringly at the tall man
who was deep in a game Of Billiards.
There's a man who has the most SUI
perb nerve of any one l ever saw he
said.
Really" returned his companion,
inquiringly.
There is no possible chance for a
mistake"
Did you ever see it tested?"
well, rather. l saw him at a pri-
vate theatrical entertainment one night
last week"
sometimes it does require nerve to
sit through one"
The man who was telling the story
seemed provoked at the interruption,
but lie Kept his temper.
His fiancee was in the cast" he
went on, "and he sat there and
watched another man embrace her and
never so much as gritted his teeth. 1
tell YOU it was as fine an exhibition of
nerve DIS l eve saw anywhere either
before or since."-Chicago Post.
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CARE of BOILERS.

Some Terse Observations by nm Au-
thority.
Discussing the subject of boilers and
feed-water recently, Prof. f. B. Crock
er made some terse remarks on the
subject. The water used in steam boil
ers is obtained either from the regular
city water supply or from some source
such as a pond, river or well. Which
of these is best to employ depends upon
the circumstances in each particular
case, but In almost every instance the
question of the purity of the water Is
an important matter. Almost any VII
ter available for use in boilers contains
form 10 to 100 grains Of solid material
per gallon, and since d 0 0horse-power
boiler evHporates about 10000 pounds
of water per day, of ten hours, or about
400 TONS per month, the accumulation
of this material becomes very consider
able, being FROM 70 to 75O pounds per
month, assuming only half of it to be
deposited. Impurities of water are of
two distinct kinds: First. small parti-
cles of solid material mechanically held
in suspension, the presence of which is
perfectly evident to the eye, forming
what Is tailed; i'll plain language,
muddy or dirty water. The other class
of impurities are mineral substances
dissolved in water, producing little or
no change iii its appearance or trans
parency. Impurities Of the first kind
can be removed by filtering, or by sim
ply allowing the suspended particles to
settle; but impurities actually dissolved
In the water can only be eliminated by
some process of chemical or physical
precipitation. The so-called hard wa
ter" is simply water containing COM
pounds of lime, magnesia, etc, in solu-
ton, which are particularly objection
able in water for boilers, since they
are deposited as a scale or incrustation
upon the interior, and seriously inter
fere with the transmission of heat
through the metal, thereby reducing
the efficiency of the boiler and also in
Producing a danger that it will become
excessively heated and weakened.
These deposits in boilers sometimes
reach a thickness of half an inch or
more, and are extremely troublesome
n difficult to prevent or to remove
after they have formed. 1t Is estimated
that a scale one-sixteenth of an inch
thick necessitates the use of about 10
per cent more fuel, one-fourth of an
inch, almost 40 per cent more, and half
to t~hree-quarters of an inch actually
doubles the amount of fuel required to
generate a given quantity of steam.
These facts, and the greatly-increased
repairs and danger arising from scale
In boilers, show the great Importance
Of eliminating It.
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The American W0mnn

The most interesting of the American
women, by far, are the married ones
from six and twenty to forty; after
that age they are apt to become sud
denly gray and taciturn. Their faces
dry up, and grow sharp and colorless:
you scarcely ever see anyone approach
Ing the comfortable. happy English
matron of forty to fifty-five. Perhaps
they danced, fiirted, gadded about too
much when they We're young to have
any fund of enjoyment left. What
ever the reason, whether it be that or Il
digestion ruined by tea, iced water and
candy, your best companions and
friends in America will always be the
young married women; so long as they
are not too much given to cocaine and
French novels of the gray paper type.
They have, as Il rule, travelled more,
read more, thought more, and to far
more intelligent purpose thar their
English cousins; nor do they let their
children, in English fashion, come be-
tWeetn you and their conversation.
Who has not talked to the young Eng
nSh matron, and, just us you are get
ting at hire mind, note the distant look
in her eye, which tells you she is won
derlng what the children are doing?
Whether Gerald is in bed yet, or Belle
has had her milk? Now the American
matron never does that; when she is
with you she makes tabula rasa of chill
dren and household duties, and gives
you her undivided attention and intel
ligence. Not that she cares much
about listening; as II rule, she cares
only to talk of herself, her experiences
and thoughts; nor is she. to my mind,
the less an agreeable companion for
that.-Temple Bar.
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Up-to-Date PhfIosophy.

do you see hat kind, generous man
over there?"
"Yes-the old gentleman who is smil-
ing so broadly?"
oh, no; / mean the man who is
scowling, with his face all drawn up
and wrinkled."
rs he a kind MANI"
Yes, indeed. If it only were not just
before Christmas he would have such
a pleasant look"
And why is he scowling now?"
He's so good and generous that he's
going to buy seventeen presents and
he's just worried to death to know
what to GET
Poor man! Then that smiling, jolly
looking man we saw isn't kind?"
"Oh, dear, no! He's so stingy that he
new gave anybody anything in all his
life.'-Chicago Record.
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Telephone improvements.

improvements.
The Illustration represents different
forms of telephone transmitters for
which patents have already been
granted. The improvements are de-
signed to soften the sounds for trans
mission and render them uniform and
perfect, ven if the transmitter be To-
Gated in a building where there Is
much noise and jar.
AS shown in figures 1 and 2. the
transmitter has the usual casing, and
the diaphragm has a point engaging
the upper contact disk. made of car
bon and placed opposite to a lower
disk. but both disks are embedded in
a filling Of loose material, preferably
of silver, or wool as it leaves the card
ing machine and previous to being
felted. The filling is preferably held
on a false bottom plate adapted to be
adjusted until the desired sound quail
ity is obtained.
AS shown in figure 3, the disks or
buttons are similarly embedded but
between them are placed a doubled
up sheet of conductive material, such
rs wire netting, coated on its surface
with graduated caIbon, the carbon
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through the openings in the embroid-
cry. The lower part of the skirt is
hemmed with an edgine of brown
Labrador fur, quite frequently used in
fancy trimming. Above the fur edging
h embroidery makes undulations,
open work, on transparent mauve col
ored lining. Motifs of the same en-
broldery are repeated three times in
the skirt. The corsage, loose and of
blouse form. is ornamented with the
same embroidery as the skirt. A band
OF Labrador fur is put on like epauIets.
The neck is a mixture of embroidered
gray velvet and fur. The sleeves, very
moderate in size, are embroidered over
transparent mauve, as all the toilet.
h belt of mauve satin is simply
Joined.
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What He Needs,

what l need" said the statesman,
iii speaking of his work in Washington,
'is a good private secretary to look
after my correspondence 80 that l can
give more time to affairs I'M the house"
What you need" returned his con-
stituent. earnestly, lis a real good man
to edit your speeches while you attend
to your correspondence. 1t would be
foolish to have your letters more con-
else and better written than your pub
lie addresses. Chicago Post.
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Where there is a family of girls at
hame it is a good plan to allow each
II in turn to assume the RESPONSE
bility of housekeeping for a certain
time, and to keep the accounts for it ac-
c%urately. 1t is right that girls should
be made to take Il share of RESPONSE
b!lity concerning household tasks. and
the experience will be of great value to
them when they have houses of their
own. Let them, therefore, have a
month at a time in succession in charge
of the mending, cooking, besides house
k~eeping-all, of course, under proper
supervision.
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the wire passes to the bottom ones
and then Over the roller G and winds
around the bobbin e. A draw plate
carrier, ID, distributes the wire auto
matically. When. for any reason or
other. the wire breaks, the carrier falls
and d~isconnects the gearing, II, and
the machine stops instantaneously. III
order to give an idea of the value of
this machine, we may say that IL sim
gle operative can produce from 80 to
100 pounds of wire a day.
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so you do not want my poem?" the
poet inquired breezily.
NO." the editor replied, without look
ing up from his writing.
Il see,' said the poet; too poor to
buy good verse"
Sri" the editor exclaimed angrily.
"Oh. that's all right. You needn't get
warm about it; poverty's no disgrace
Chicago Times-Herald.
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If Great Britain has made up her
mind to allow the Turks to exterminate
the Armenians, she ought at least to
insist that the victims be put to death
ter, according to all reports, is accom-
panied by internal outrages and inhu-
man tortures which will be an ever
lasting disgrace to the British govern
ment, which could prevent them and
will not.
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round. On the sides are placed pock-
cts, ornamented with sable. Two but
tons of gold cisele and strass are on
each side of the pocket. Revers on
dulles, trimmed with fur, go down to
the lower part of the corsage. On
these revers are placed five buttons
like those Of the pockets. The sleeves,
of very moderate fullness, are of blue
velvet, edged with sable and buttoned
BY buttons of gold and strass. The
vest, of white satin, is cut to shape so
as to be tight fitting. 1t is painted
with flowers of delicate colors and en-
broidered with gold and spangles. The
cravat, of old Mechlin lace, falls in a
cascade on the vest.