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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
HE FIsHED ron THE NICKELs.

Times Have Changed i'm the Boom
Towns of the Far West.
Times have changed and Western
people are trying to learn the lessons
of economy. An incident which l wit
messed is an apt illustration OF the
difference between now and then.
Leaving my or more or less sumptu-
III quarters at the Crazy Horse Hotel,
| walked down to the lake. Some dis
lance away from shore I saw a man
in a boat. He was fishing.
"Who is that MANI" / inquired of a
native.
why that is Jimmie Graham, who
owns the Blazing Stump Hotel. Five
years ago. continued my informant,
''times were flush, and Jimmie, who
was flush, collected all the dimes and
nickels in town. There was about half
a bushel of them and they had been
brought in here by tenderfeet.
Jimmie disliked to make any
change less than two bits, SO he tied
in a sack all the nickels and dimes and
threw them into the lake.
"Since the era of hard times set in
Jimmie goes out on every pleasant day
coins, which he would be glad to have
to buy bread with now"
This illustrates the Western charac-
ter-generous, but improvident, and a
firm believer in the old adage that
sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof."-Chicago Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30

Along the Erie canal. beginning at
Tonawanda and going toward Buffalo.
Eve miles, 200 men are at work erect
ing posts and wires for the first off,
cial trial of electric troll-:s for motors
on the State canal. Tee work will b.
carried on under the personal dir-c-
ton of Richard Lamb, inventor of the
electric galloway for canal boat haul
in%. which has been adopted by the
Niagara Cataract company, and which
will be tested before state officials
within the next week. The Cataract
company has the state franchise 10
tow all boats on the Erie canal for
ninety-nine years at a maximum
charge of 500 per horsepower annu
ally.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30

The telegraphists In the service Of
the London Postoffice have at last sue
ceeded in securing an inquiry into
their grievances by a government
special committee. Some of the rules
of the postoffice which the telegraph
lists complain of are roughly handled
by the English medical press. Much
complaint is made against the prac-
tice of the weekly changing Of the
hours of work. necessitating change of
habits, irregularity of meals, etc, to
the great detriment of health. The
most startling part of the evidence,
however, is that which shows the
large preponderance of phthisis among
the causes of death in the telegraph
service, which produces a mortality
greater than that among the Sheffield
grinders. n trade which has hitherto
been considered as most fatal in res
piratory diseases. An authoritative
table, prepared by a first-class tele-
graphist, shows that in cases of death
from respiratory diseases, including
phthisis. up to 81 years OF age. the tel
egraphist's average is 59.5 as against
57.3 of that of the cutl ~ trade. These
diseases are responsible for a death
rate of pa of the adult male popula-
ton between the G of Is and IS, so
they are nearly two and one-half times
more fatal in the telegraph service
than among the ordinary population.
In phthisis alone the ration Is still
more striking. Telegraphists, 1853;
grinders, 33.1; average male, 1873.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
A Miniature Railroad System.

One of the most interesting models
perhaps ever made, in a popular way,
has been prepared by an English cler-
gyman, the Rev. H. l.. WarnefOrd of
Windsor, England. DR.. Warneford has
a small yard in the rear Of his house,
surrounded by an ordinary brick wall.
Along the real end of the garden he
has built a railroad from wall to wall,
in that distance overcoming the in
conveniences of the ground which usu-
ally require the mechanical ability of
railroad builders. The road runs from
a little station called Chicago at one
end to a small station at the other
end known as Jericho. 1t is complete
in every detail, and as thoroughly so
as if it were one of the great lines
that run across England. The two
stations even have advertisements
pasted over them, as any ordinary
station does; and the terminal facill-
ties, though they are small and rather
simple, are in their way as complete
as in any full-size railroad.
The track is over 80 feet in length.
with a guage of DIS inches; and in or
der that he might get it in these 80
feet all the different forms of railway
construction, DR.. Warneford has made
the track so hat it runs over some of
the uneven spots in his yard, and in
this way, in the place where bridges
are required, he has constructed that
form of bridge which would naturally
be best suited for the particular form
of ravine or cavity over which the
road Is to run. One of the prettiest
of these bridges is a thoroughly con-
structed cantalever bridge, on the
form of the great Forth bridge be-
tween Scotland and England, which
passes over a little excavation i'm
mediately after the train has come
out of a long, thoroughly constructed
tunnel. Another bridge is a perfectly
constructed skew arch, which the train
crosses a few feet after leaving Chi
cago. Then comes the model of an
American trestle. and after passing
over this the road runs through the
tunnel, over the cantalever bridge,
through a cutting. and finally over a
steel tubular bridge into Jericho.-Har-
per's Round Table.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
CAN THE HEART BREAK.
Many Instances of Death Being Due
to Grief, disappointment and

"
Grief does not kill, and it is, indeed,
very seldom that heavy sorrow causes
death to any one when in a healthy
condition, sage the Buffalo Times. 1t
is, however, very often the indirect
cause of a death, either by bringing
disease to a climax or by rendering the
sufferer more liable to it's attack. If a
man is convinced that his grief is more
than he can bear those who have
studied the matter agree that through
the force of his own imagination the
man will actually die of a "broken
heart"
The great Napoleon was killed by an
internal disease, but it is supposed
that it would not have been fatal had
not his spirits been so depressed
through exile and defeat. William
Pitt, the orator, is said to have died of
a "brOken heart" caused by his great
grief at the failure of his cherished
hopes and plans. And there have been
many other such instances in the his
tory of the country. When plaques
are raging in a town statistics show
that as many die from fright and inn
aginary causes as from the real cpl
demic, so great a hold has the fear OF
death on some people.
If a man is condemned to be shot it
has often occurred that on the word
fire he has dropped l~ifeless, al
though, through accident or design, no
bullet has in reality left the gun.
There is a queer case on record con-
corning the daughter of IA celebrated
French novelist, who was deeply inter
ested in one of her fathers stories. 1t
appeared in installments, and the hero
inc was suffering from consumption.
AS the girl brooded yer the sad fate
of the heroine she, too, suddenly mani
tested the same symptoms. A physi-
clan recommended her father to re-
store the heroine to health, which he
did a few chapters on, and at the same
time as the girl in the novel recovered
so also did his too-sentimental daugh-
ter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
A FIFTY-MILE ToBOGGAN.
The Pine Ridge Lumber FIume
the Greatest In the World,

The Pine Ridge Lumber FIume Is
the Greatest in the World.
In semi-tropical Fresno county there
is a place which for risky, delightful
sport beats all the toboggan slides on
the continent. Think of the exhilarat-
ing joy of an uninterrupted slide of
fifty miles through great forests, along
the Drinks of precipices and down rug
ged canyons amid the widest and
most picturesque scenery to be found
in the country-fifty miles without a
break!
Such a thrilling experience has been
made possible by the recent compile
ton Of the great Pine Ridge lumber
flume. No other flume surpasses it,
and it is doubtful if any other is equal
to it, in length and grandeur of the
scenery passed through in a journey
from the summit of one of the high
spurs of the Sierra Nevada to the
plains beneath, fifty miles distant.
The fiume has just been completed to
| the little town of Clovis, twelve miles
| north of Fresno, and Is fifty-two miles
in length.
Fumes for floating lumber are so
| numerous in California that descrip-
ton is superf1uous, except to say that
this is in general like all others, con-
sisting of boxes shaped like the letter
V, and on trestles varying in height
from a few feet to a hundred, depend
ing on the character of the country
traversed. The f1ume starts at Steph-
enson Creek, one of the tributaries of
the San Joaquin River, at an eleva-
ton of nearly 5000 feet above the sea,
and after a winding course of fifty
two miles, it terminates in a vineyard
twelve miles out on the plains be-
yond the foot of the mountain. The
V-shaped trough carries the water
which floats the lumber.
The f1ume boats in which the rapid
journeys are made down the fumes
are simple. They are made the same
shape as the V-boxes of the fumes,
The upper end of the boats is closed
by a board nailed across, but the low
err end, which points down stream, Is
left open to let out the water which
splashes over the sides of the boats
from time to time. One, two or three
short boards are laid across for seats
depending upon how many are tC
make the journey. A carpenter car
manufacture one of these boats In less
than half an hour The boat is meant
for only one journey, for none is evel
hauled back for another voyage. Only
a little preparation is necessary for g
trip of this kind and half a dollar
will buy enough lumber for the boat
and a man is a poor carpenter, indeed
who can not make his own vessel
The trip is made with but little dan
ger. The principal trouble is, wheI
once started, there are ccmparativel!
few places where one can stop. Thu
current is generally sc strong and 81
rapid that it makes landing impossible
and the voyager a only sit still ant
let the boat run.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30

SparrOw's Vest in a Lamp Cone.
bons lowered the lamp to the street.
While he was putting in the carbons
a hen sparrow flew about his head
chirping angrily. A crowd was at
tracted by the novel sight and when
the people got near enough they saw
the sparrow's nest on the board in
side the cone and in it three young
birds with gaping red mouths. The
lamp man attended to his business as
though it We're nothing strange.
SIS that a sparrow's nest?" asked
the man who always wants to know.
"No, it's a man swimming" replied
the lamp man, sarcastically, for he
had evidently answered the question
before.
Later he said that almost every
lamp cone in town had a sparrow's
nest inside it. At first the lampmen
tore them out whenever found, but
the sparrows would rebuild the nest
in a day or two, and the men gave it
up and let them remain. The spar
rows find a high, swinging, airy home
in the cones safe from cats and bad
boys.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
A WOman's Invention.

Nine. Zenowsky, who, although the
wife of a Russian, is an American, has
made a fortune by the invention of a
new material manufactured from lard
and valuable for use in making paper
flowers tissue paper and various other
purposes. The invention came about
from the fact that Nine. Zenowsky
was doing light housekeeping in two
rooms, and having placed a paper Of
lard on the window sill she noticed
that a chemical change produced by
the weather had taken place in the
lard next the paper, making q thin
substance like transparent paper. Elk
perimenting, she was at last able to
produce this substance artificially.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
A Polar Night.

Constantin Nossiloff, reporting in lie
Tour du Monde his scientific re-
searches in Nova Zembla, furnishes an
interesting description of his sensa-
lions and experiences during the long
Arctic night, which began November
B and ended January 20.
September vas pretty comfortable.
he says. Then suddenly snow covered
the mountains. The SamOyedes, his
only companions. put on their winter
clothing. the fishing boats set sail for
Archangel, the ground froZe, the Il
lost it's warmth and heavy SHOWS fell.
Winter had come in carr est.
On the day when the sun showed it.
self for the last time, all hands went
out Of doors to bid it farewell. 1t re-
manned in sight for half an hour only.
For a few days there was a morning
twilight. Then this faded and gave
pirce to black night. The stars shone
the whole twenty-four hours. The
huts of the colony We're buried under
The snow, of which thick whirlwinds
Illed the air. The wind shook the huts
to their foundations. Sometimes for
days together the inmates of the differ
emit buts could hold no communication
with each other, though the huts were
side by side.
If anyone went out he was seized by
the wind and had to be dragged back
by means of ropes.
In this darkness and desOlation the
aurora borealis did much to entertain
md cheer them. 1t lasted sometimes
for FIVE days in succession. with splen-
doris of color that Mr. Nessiloff tries in
vain to describe. To enjoy the specta-
cle he used to remain for hours in q
hole in the snow, sheltered from the
wind.
81 have never seen anything more
terrible than a tempest during the pol
mr. night" saws Mr.. Nossiloff. Man
feels himself overwhelmed in immen-
slty."
When there came q lull in the storm,
the men ventured out. to breathe the
mir and purge their lungs of the *
h lations of the smoking lamps fed
with seal oil.
Twilight appeared again in the mid.
die of January, and on the Goth the sun
rose above the horizon. while the mem
bers of the little colony stood in line
facing it and fired a salute. No one
had died or been seriously i'll. but all
had the look of corpses. and were fee.
bic as convalescents after a long sick
ness. Health returned with the ap
pearance of the sun.-YOuth's Com.
paniOn.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
HOW TO STRIKE A MATCH.
BE Done in IA Heavy Gale III You
Know How.

Can BE Done In "a Heavy Gale III HOu
Know How.
Just look at that man trying to
light his cigar" remarked an observ-
ing individual who stood in front of
the Tom Tom yesterday to a writer in
the Snohomish Independent. He point
ed as he spoke toward a smoker who
had taken refuge behind the project
ing corner of the Penobscot hotel. He
struck several matches, but as he held
them in the hollow of his hand they
fickered out. one by one. "Now, if
that fellow knew the secret, he could
hold that match between his palms I'M
til it burned down to his fingers. AL
that is necessary is to open a little air
space between the hands in the back
Of the match to allow circulation Of
air. BY holding his hands tightly to.
gether the air rushes into the hol-
low between the palms and puffs the
match out. Any II who is up to tine
trick Of holding the hands slightly
apart while the match is burning can
light a cigar successfully nine times
aut Of ten in the stiffest kind of a
breeze"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
Likenesses Between Husband and
Wife.

Some curious Investigations have re-
Gently been undertaken by a photo
graphic society in Geneva. The pur-
pose was to show hat the longer a
married couple lived together-we ap-
prehend harmoniously-the more and
more marked became the resemblance
which the two persons bore to each
other. Photographs Of seventy-eight
couples were taken. as well as an
equal number of adult brothers and
sisters. On careful inspection it was
found that the married couples were
more like each other than the brothers
and sisters of the same blood. APP
parently. therefore, there seems to be
a stronger force available for the pro-
duction of family likenesses' even
than that of hereditary transmission.
In accepting the statement of the So
ciety in question as true as to fact, it
is not difficult, in a certain measure,
to account for the phenomenon re-
ferred to. Human beings, for exam
pie, have quite a faculty for copying
each other i'll their ways, move-
ments and temperaments. Photo
graphic Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
flow to remove TATTOO Marks.

~
The example of the Duke of York,
the future King Of England, who has
had some elaborate designs tatooed on
his arm, is said to have set the Eng
lish aristocracy wild, and tattooing has
become the rage On the other hand
there are many people who have sub
mitted themselves to this needle and
Ink decoration, who have outlived their
pride in 1t, and who feel rather asham-
ed Of what they formerly looked upon
as a distinction. For the benefit of
such a medical correspondent tells how
tattoo marks may be removed. The
marks are Painted owe with q conce
trated solution of tannin. After
wards, by means of fine needles a
series Of pickings is made over the
tattooed design, and over the surface
thus picked is passed a stick Of nitrate
of silver. At the end Of a few minutes
the black pickings previously made be-
ONE detached and the superficial
layers Of skin are charged with a tan
nate of silver. In order that the pro-
cess may be perfectly successful this
surface must be powdered with tan
min TTT two or three days. At the end
Of that time, the infiammatOry action
has almost subsidized, and the picked
| parts turn black, forming a thin crust,
very adherent to the deeper skin, but
painless. in fourteen or fifteen days
the scab fails off, and in it's place Is
seer a superficial red mark, which
gradually fades away until. at the end
| Of a few months, all signs Of coloration
disappear. OF course, antiseptic pre-
cautions are dull taken in performing
this operation. The old tattoo needle
is the best thing it can be done with.
DR.. Ballot suggests that bioxalate Of
potassium Is v better for the pur-
pose of tattoo marks removal than nj.
trate of silver.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
Financial Astronomy,

Sir Walter Ball, the famous English
astronomer, has been reckoning the
cost of a trip to the stars, s%upposing
q celestial railroad could be construct
ed. At the rate of > cents per hun
dred miles, which would never enable
a company to pay dividends, it would
cost $685., 100000 for a single fare
and 5000 huge carts would be needed
to convey the number of half eagles
required to defray expenses. At the
rate of making change at certain of
fees how many passengers would be
likely To catch the train:
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
A DOG Story,

Here is a dog story which you can
believe oil not. as you please:
A gentleman remarked of a friends
dog that the two yes of the animal
were remarkably different in size.
yes" was the reply. 'and he takes
a pea advantage of the fact when
ever ! have a stranger to dine with
me. He first gets fed at one side of
the guest. and then goes round the
table to his other side and pretends
to be another dog"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30

A practical test was made Of alu-
minum in the construction Of small
boats by Mr.. Walter Wellman, who
had three constructed to carry his pol.
ar expedition last year. These boats,
it WAS said at the Navy Department,
had been brought back to Washington,
and iii examination some time ago
showed that the material had so de-
Perforated that it could be easily
crunihled in Oic's hand.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
She

"They do tell me-" said Farmer
Corntossel, that some o. these here
millionaires put in an hour a day
clippin' coupons"
"Dearie me!' exclaimed his wife,
"that goes to show tibet rich people is
lest like other folks, after all. l Won
der whit they air y tin fur; the most
popular policeman or the boy tibet gifts
the bicycle ?''-Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30

"Tommy!"
No answer
'Tom-me! !"
"Well?"
what are You doing to your brother
Willie?"
"Nothin'."
Eyes, you are. You are making him
cry"
"No. I ain't-I'm bein' generous. I'm
givin' him half O. my codliver-oiI."--
HaTpor's Young People.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
Scarlet Fever Settled in the Back
AN OPERATION WAS UNSUC-
CESSFULLY PERFORMED.
The Patient Was Finally Restored, After
Eighteen Years.

The Patient Was Finally Restored, After
Eighteen Years.
From the Evening News, Newark, M.
About eighteen years ago, when Mrs.
Annie Dale, Of IS Bruce Street, was a bright,
merry school girl, she was taken i'll with
scarlet fever. She recovered, but she was
a very different girl from a physical stand.
point. She was cured of the scarlet fever
but it left her with an affection of the back
AS she grew older the pain seemed to in
crease. Her sufferings were intensified by
her household duties, but she never COM
planned, and with one and pressed tightly
to her back she did her work about her
cozy home.
II was fourteen years old when was at.
tackled with scarlet fever, and nave now
suffered with my back for eighteen years.
Might and day l suffered. 1t really
seemed as If l must succumb to the pain,
and then to make matters worse, my head
ached so badly that / could scarcely see, at
times. Finally 1 went to st. Michael's
Hospital, at the corner of High Street inc
Central Avenue, and there the surgeons
performed a difficult operation on my back
but 1t did no good; it was like everything
else. was told at the hospital to return
for another operation, but the first had left
me 50 weak Icould not go back. Then again
i had become discouraged and my three
children needed my attention and care at
home. The pain became harder to stand
and my back was almost broken, it seemed.
! thought | would never know what ID
would be like to be well again when ! was
told to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills. With
many doubts, n faint heart and an aching
back l went TO get the pills, and little
dreaming that they would prove the elixir
of a new life to me, / began to take them.
Only a short time elapsed before | began to
improve. Could it be possible that DR..
Williams Pink Pills were doing what every
thing else had failed to accomplish I asked
myself the question many times and before
long l was enabled by my improved condi-
tion to answer the query with an emphatic
Yes Now the pain Of almost twenty years
Is cured by these Pink Pills in a few
months. l nave no pain of any XII now,
but / have got some OF DR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. and while l do not
think it will ever be necessary to use them
again, l shall certainly never be without
them in the house"
DR.. Williams Fink Pills contain, in a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also Q
specific for troubles peculiar to females,
such as suppressions, Irregularities and all
forms Of weakness. They build up the
blood, and restore the glow Of health to pale
and sallow cheeks. In men they effect a
radical cure in all cases arising from mental
worry, overwork or excuses of whatever
nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes never
in loose bulky at so cents a box, or six boxes
for 81. SO, and may be had Of all druggists,
or direct by mail from DR.. Williams Medi-
cine Company. Schenectady, N. Y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-30
State OF Ohio. City of Toledo. Lucas

Cou-:y-sS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is the senior partner of the firm OF f.
J. Cheney &c Co.. doing business In the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of One Hundred Dollars for each
and er very case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use Of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK J.. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence this 9th day Of December.
A. y. 1886. A. w. GLEASON.
(Seal) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internal
ly and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces Of tn, system. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY e. CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists; 75c.
Halls Family Pills, Csc.