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The herald., 1896-12-26

FOR RENT NEWLY FURNISHED
rooms from s. a month up at the OLIVE
INN 337 S. Olive st. tt
The herald., 1896-12-26

BURLINGTON ROUTE-PERsONALL
conducted excursions to the east every
Wednesday over the scenic line Of the
world: upholstered tourist cars without
change. L. H. DUZAN. agent, 222 s.
Spring ST.. Los Angeles. Cal
The herald., 1896-12-26

MONEY TO OLcAN-LowEsT RATES ON
real estate, personal notes or security.
JOHN L. PAVkOV!CH. 229 w. First.
TO LoAN-s5oo $icao TO $4,000. CITY OF
country real estate. LEE A. MOON
NELL, 113 s. Broadway. 80
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H
with elaborate consideration. The diff
ference in the feeling entertained to-
ward boys and girls in China is seen in
the method of giving them a name.
When the babe is a month old 1t has all
it's hair shaved off, generally by q wom-
an who has had sOn of her own; a
woman with sons being permitted to
do many things that a woman without
Ons may not do. .
If the baby is a boy, his relations and
friends are invited to a feast the day
his head is shaved, and many of them
bring a present; in some parts or the
country the present is always given
| away on a silver plate on which Is en-
| graved, "Long life, honors and happi-
! ness" On this day the baby gets his
name, but it does not keep it all its life,
so this first name is called the milk
name. A girl is generally called her
milk name until she marries, but a boy
gets a new name the first day he goes
to school.
The old-time Mexican christening Gus
tom in the case of a high born baby was
for a priest to clasp a sword in the
| right hand of the infant and fasten a
| miniature shield on the left arm. If
the child were the offspring of poor
| parents, an agricultural or mechanical
tool was substituted for the sword. In
this way it was supposed to bring the
babe into touch with it's future.-Wash
ington Post.
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A faithful old colored man, who had
done loyal service for many years in
the family of Mrs. H, appeared one
morning without his customary smile,
and with emblems of mourning in the
shape of a rusty black band around his
dilapidated old black hat. 1t was soon
known that his son, heir to all his prop,
erty and rheumatism, had died the
night before. He was a little fellow OF
four years, and it seemed such an easy
thing to see the silver lining from ev-
cry point of view except the parental
that Mrs. H said: We'll, Uncle Dan
iel, you will miss your little boy very
much, but it will comfort you to know
that he need not go through all the
trials and sufferings that you have had
to meet" His reply was prompt and
to the point. In a matter-of-fact, phil
osophic one he ~responded: "Oh, yes
Use right smart sorry on some &C
counts. but when | looks at it squar'
calls it a blessin'."
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List of Patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors: Gaylord Bee
be, Minneapolis, Mimi check-protect-
or; Richard Bennett, Neihart, Mont,
file; Clarence e. Bradley, Mankato,
Mimi, measure; John w. Cover and
NJ. O. Tibbits, Everett. Wash. cable
clip; Samuel Crump, Spokane, Wash,
prcducing-molds for paper-making ma
chimes; John G.. Hochhaus. st. Paul,
MIMI, sprocket-wheel and chain; Pliny
r. Hodges. ST. Paul, Mimi, moving
machine: Lewis Johnson and l.. Frid-
lund, Willmar, Mimi, heat regulator
for cooking stoves; William Kunsel-
man, Pierre, S. D., decoy; Peter Lo-
rang, Jordan. Mimi, wrench; Benia-
min Porter, Glendale, n. D., oil can;
Joseph Schwartz, Sioux. S. D., sash
holder; Samuel J. Wilson. Minnesota
Lake. Mimi. folding umbrella; George
A. Gregerson and f. 0. Gregerson,
Rochester, Mimi, neck yoke hook.
L. u. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, 80
911 and 912, Pioneer Press Building
st. Paul, MINI.
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An Unfair Division.

"Mean man." said the man in the big
ulster. with a nod in the direction of
an old fellow with a fur cap.
II don't know him." replied the man
with plush ear-ovens.
Lives near me- replied the mai in
the big ulster. He's a confidence
man.
Really"
Sure thing. Why, since | have been
given a little insight into his character,
| always lock up the silver when l see
him come home from work"
"Is he really so bad as that?"
"Worse!'
How did you find him out?'
"Well, he made a proposition that
we should make a little pool on the
| walk-cleaning problem. He was to
| keep the walks in front of both houses
cleaned half the time and l was to
| keep them cleaned the other half"
"That certainly seems fair"
"That's what thought, so closed
| the deal. But when it came to arrang-
ing the periods during which each
| should do the work, he claimed to be
entitled to first chance and I gave it to
him."
"Well?'
well. he announced that he would
engage to keep them clean during the
summer half of each year."-Chicago
Evening News.
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country; but the christening custom to-
day is much the same as it was a cen
fury ago. AS in most other countries,
the birth of a boy is the occasion of
special rejoicing. A paper bag in the
shape of a carp is hung outside the
house at the end of a bamboo pole, and
becoming inflated assumes n life-like
appearance. When the japanese baby
boy is a hundred days old he is carried
to the priests house in the Shinto TEN.
pie, and there receives a compound
name, from the family name and that
of his guardian. This guardian is gen.
orally the dearest friend of the family,
and his duty is to watch over the
child's future caree The dual name
'insures the bond Of union between
them.
Chinese Shave the Baby.
=. In China not much attention Is PAID
to girl babies, but a boy baby is treated
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hundred gifts received. the baby
has quite Il valuable collection of trifies.
These gifts are always exhibited in a
small room, just as they are at a we'd
ding, and at a recent christening two
detectives watched over them to pre-
vent their disappearance, should unbid-
den guests. with unholy desires, manage
to gain admittance to the house.
Selection Of G~Odpnrents.
The selection Of the godfather and
the godmother is Il most important
matter. 1t is now the regular thing for
the godfather. if the baby be n girl, to
give her an unset pearl or diamond at
the christening. and Il ut each birth
day until she makes her debut. When
that important event comes round the
fortunate godchild has enough pearls or
diamonds to make Il very respectable
necklace.
Even in countries where the light of
civilization is very dim, the christening
of the baby is surrounded with more
pOmp than ceremonies of Il more i'm
portant character. Christianity may be
at a heavy discount, but the baby in !;
pagan land secures Il name amid rs
much ceremonial splendors as any one.
Japan can hardly be called a pagan
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-14

One of the surprising things to
American women in England is the
number of English women who marry
men from five to twenty years young
or than themselves The action of the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts in taking 81
young a husband as Mr.. Bartlett is by
no means uncommon in all grades of
English society. and a bit of a shock to
the romantic-minded American. who
prefers to lei her husband have quite
the advantage of her, in point of years,
at least. 1t was almost with a little
gasp of horror a sentimental little
American was told Of the first meeting
between Mrs. Richie, Thackeray's
daughter, and her present husband.
His mother was a dear friend of Miss
Anne Thackeray who, one day, when
about twenty years old, dropping into
the Richie home received the inter-
esting information of q brand-new ar
rival in the household. Proud Mrs.
Ritchie herself placed the zee Richard
in Miss Thackeray's arms. as that
young lady remarked. with a laugh:
$50 it is another pink little boy come
to make the Richie family happy"
1t was the same Richard Richie who,
in after years, made Miss Anne Thack-
cray his wife.
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CHRISTENING THE BABY
Now the Rage i'm High Circles
of Life.

Christening the baby is becoming al
NEST IS important in the list of soci-
etJ's functions as the marrying of the
favorite daughter of q rich family.
1t may be that just at the present
moment there is an unusually large
number of fashionable babies, although
recently prepared statistics go to show
that the wealthy class have fewer chill
dren than formerly, while the poorer
people have even more than usual. If
these statistics are true, they mean
that the breach will be still further
widened between the poor and the rich,
but that has nothing to do with the
story.
Certain 1t Is that as much pomp and
preparation surround the christening of
the new fashionable baby as il 1t We're
the sovereign heir to some rich king
dom in the old world. 1t may be moth
ing more than a new excuse for the
smart world to don its fine clothes n
exhibit its finery to less fortunate folks
To be invited to q christening means
for the young girl q brand new gown,
for If she appeared otherwise it would
be regarded as an affront by the host
and hostess.
1t Is almost needless to remark that
mighty few of the guests ever think OF
the subject Of the function, namely.
the baby. During the few moments
that the youngster is necessarily In
view some Of the least blase may ex-
claim: 1.-The dear little thing. Isn't 1T
sweet?"
Etiquette, of course. demands the Of
fering of perfunctory congratulations
on the exquisite behavior of the baby to
the papa and mamma, although the
child may have yelled itself black in
the face during the ceremony. But be-
yond this the baby is forgotten.
Cards of Invitation.
At a recent smart christening in New
| York cards of invitation had been sent
| out ten days in advance, bidding friends
to the reception, a smaller card en-
closed to the nears and dears to be
| present for admittancc at the church
to witness the sacred rite.
The ceremony took place at noon, ex-
| actly, and from the fashionable, well
| dressed assemblage at the church one
would have fancied a marriage was be-
ing solemnized. The mother wore an
exquisite toilet of catalya lilac and
white silk. The godmamma appeared
in a confection of troinon pink, ant
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-14

Prof. Minchin has succeeded in pro-
ducing an improved form of selenium
cell, so sensitive that it shows Il meas
urable detection on the electrometer
when the light of a star is concentrated
on it by a telescope. The improvement
in this cell consists in preventing 20
tact between the liquid cell and the alu-
minum wire used, by the employment
of a glass enclosing tube and the con-
sequent prevention of local currents
and leakage. When the instrument is
used for measuring the relative mag
nitudes" of stars, the results are found
to coincide very closely with those oh
tanned by the ~photometric method. If
the distance of a star is known. its in
trinsic energy. i. O.. the quantity of
energy which it radiatcs into all space.
can b" determined by this instrument.
Prof. Minchin has measured the electro
motive force of the lights of Jupiter,
Saturn. Vega, Arcturus, Regulus. Proc.
yon and some other stars. The light OF
Vega, concentrated by a two-foot re,
hector, gave Il slightly greater deflec.
ton than the light of a candle placed al
Il distance of nine feet.
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That's what we say, because it's the
best. Salzer's Wisconsin grown seeds
are bred TO earliness and produce the
earliest vegetables in the world. Right
alongside of other seedsmens' earliest,
his are 20 days ahead! Just try his
earliest peas, radishes, lettuce, cabbage,
etc, He is the largest grower of farm
and vegetable seeds, potatoes, grasses,
clovers, etc!
If you will cut this out and send
II to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. with 10c postage, you will
get sample package of Early Bird Rcd
ish (ready in is days. and their great
catalogue. Catalogue alone SC postage
GLIDING above oats, free. w.n.
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Grandfather of the HOLSTERS.

The largest lobster ever caught on
the sea coast of North America, crept
into a basket-trap set for his recep-
ton by John ID. Barnes, off the east
coast of Cape Cod. The monster was
n fraction oyer two feet in length from
the eyes to the tip of his tail, and
about sixteen inches in circumference
at the thickest part of the body. Each
of the giants claws was eighteen
inches in length, joining to the body
at a place where they were fifteen
inches apart. Ordinary Holsters weigh
from one to eight pounds; this CID set
tier tipped the beam at exactly thirty
mounds and two ounces. In the fall Of
1892 a lobster weighing twenty-one
and one-half pounds, was caught in
Massachusetts bay, but nothing ap-
nroaching the Barnes catch for size
has ever before been reported by the
scientific journals.
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Prof. Andree's Proposed Trip to the
North Pole.

The start will be made some time in
July or at the beginning of August
from NOrskoarna, Il small, rocky and
snowy archipelago situated on the
northwestern coast of Spitsbergen. and
the most accessible part of this famous
territory. N~orskoarna is almost under
the eightieth parallel, and although sad
and even grim in aspect, this remote
spot will prove Il convenient station for
the departure, as the distance to the
North pole is only about 800 miles.
Mr.. Andree's balloon. which will be
called The Northern Pole, is to be made
of triple French vanished silk, having
| a resistance of $50 pounds to the linear
inch. 1t contains 100000 cubic feet,
| and has q lifting power of more than
10000 pounds. Besides the car and its
three occupants-Messrs. Andree, Elk
holm and Strindberg-the balloon will
be supplied with scientific apparatus
and 1000 prepared Photographic plates
in charge of DR.. Strindberg. The
Northern Pole will not carry sand fol
| ballast, but use its large quantities OF
| stores for throwing OF in case of need
| At Norskoarna the balloon can be KEEP
waiting any length of time for a fl
vorable wind. Held in place by sixteen
tackles attached to the rocky soil. ano
connected by 4 system of ropes and
pulleys with the whole netting, it car
laugh at all the efforts Of the strongest
gale, and remain there for weeks ready
for immediate despatch.
Mr.. Nils Ekholm the celebrated me
teorologist of Ups1l university, will
give the signal for the departure o
this fearless expedition. The sigma
will not be given until Mr.. Ekholn
finds a northern breeze blowing brisk
ly and with all the known signs of per
manency-a frequent occurrence, how
ever, in those regions and in such
season. AS Il professional aeronaut,
may be allowed to say that Mr.. Elk
holm will not be mistaken in his prog
~nostications. and that, IL c started, MI
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Used only in Transit.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania.

The farmers of Pennsylvania are to
be congratulated. M. M. Luther, East
Troy, Pa, grew ove 207 bushels Sal
GERS Silver Mine Oats on one measured
acre Think of it! Now there are thirty
thousand farmers going to try and beat
Mr.. Luther and win 5000 in gold! and
they'll do It. Will you be one of them?
Then there is Silver King Barley,
cropped on poor soil 116 bus. per acre
in 1895. Isn't that wonderful-and corn
23O bus. and potatoes and grasses AND
clovers, fodder plants, etc, etc. Freight
is cheap on seeds to all points east, west,
north or south.
If you will cut this out and send
It with 10c postage to the John A. Sal
ger Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will
receive their mammoth catalogue and
ten packages grains and grasses, In
Guiding above oats, free.
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Andree's aerial craft will be carried
away for hours in the direction of the
North pole. 1t would be almost unreal
sohable to hope that the aerial travel
will float exactly above the foremost
point of our globe from the tropics. 1t
would be enough for Mr.. Andfee to
make such a nearing as wotild enable
him to bring back to civilization hun
dreds or thousands of photographs re-
cording all the features of those unat-
tainable regions. His most ambitious
desires will be wholly satisfied, / am
sure, If he obtains a clear view OF the
rocky mountains that Lieut.. Peary is
said to have seen from the top of the
Greenland glaciers on a far-dlstant
horizon.-Harper's Round Table.
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Great Young Men.

Charles James Fox was in Parlla-
ment at nineteen.
The great Cromwell left the univer-
sity at Cambridge at eighteen.
John Bright was never at any school
q day after he was fifteen years old.
Gladstone was in Parliament at
twenty-five, and at tw~enty-fOur he was
Lord Of the Treasury.
Lord Bacon was graduated at Cam
bridge at sixteen, and was called to
the bar at twenty-One.
Peel was in Parliament at twenty
one, and PalmerstOn was Lord of the
Admiralty at twenty-three.
Henry Clay was in the Senate or
the United States, contrary to the
constitution, at 90.
Maurice Of SaXony died at 30. con-
coded to have been one of the pro-
foundest statesmen and II of the
best generals C~hristendom has see1.
Martin Luther had become largely
distinguished at "a, and at 81 had
reached the topmost round OF his
worldwide fame.
Webster was in college at Is. gave
evidence of his great future before he
was %, and at 80 he was the peer OF
the ablest man in Congress.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-14
How to Buy n Carriage.

The great need of the times Is a condition
whereby the producer and consumer may
deal with each other without the interven-
ton of the middle man. The common car
rier should be the only middle man. The
Elkhart Carriage and Harness company, of
Elkhart. Ind, deals directly with the con-
sumer. Their goods are shipped anywhere
for examination before sale. Every car
riage. every set of harness, every article
sold, warranted. One hundred styles of car
riages. ninety styles of harness and forty
one styles of riding saddles. Send for their
112 page catalogue. This concern does an
extensive business throughout the United
States.
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Keep Wax Away From the Sun.

Keep Wax Away From the sun.
Il lost my temper again to-day" said
Madge, dolefully.
How did it come about?" asked the
mother. every time that happens it
is easier again.
"Oh, l just went home with Sara and
Belle and they leased me, as they al
ways do. They mimicked my voice
and made fun of the way l held my
hands in giving my recitation. They
know I can't bear to be mimicked. |
get furious in a minute"
ut seems to me-" said Aunt Rebec-
ca, looking up from her work, that
the safest thing for you would be to
keep away from those girls. They al
ways stir you up, and YOU know it.
There's the old saying, He that hath
a head of wax may not walk in the
sun"
Madge laughed at the quaint words,
but her mother said seriously, MY
daughter, your temper grows hot at a
teasing word as wax melts in the sun
and, since you know your weakness,
one way to help 1t is to keep away
from temptation. 'Tis the only safe
and sensible way, and you will do well
to follow it,"
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A Chinese Custom.

father and his godpapa wore the regu-
lation afternoon clothes, gray trousers,
with long black coats, high hats, etc.
On this occasion the attendant was a
buXom, rosy-cheeked Nou-nou in the
picturesque French costume of her
class, who stood holding the young gen.
tleman who was the center of attrac-
ton.
His majesty. a perfumed bundle of
sheer lawn and costly lace, reposed on
a big, square pillow Of white satin en-
broidered with Il wreath of white sweet
peas. three orchids interviewer at the
upper left-hand corner.
A jabot of Nalenciennes lace edged
the charming cushion, while great
rosettes and flowing streamers adorned
the corners. and a square of tulle very
like a miniature bridal veil o~verspread
the radiant plush and white loneliness
of the child.
There is a substantial reason why the
baby's christening should be given so
much prominence. In the first place.
all those invited are quite sure to send
a gift to the y%Oungster. When three OF
four hundred invitations are issued and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-14

Sam Gets His sui of Sunday Clothes.
Sam was a light-skinned darkey of
middle age, with an ever bright and
ready reply for all. He was employed
in the street department of the town
Of D.. One day a gentleman finding
him at work tearing up some cobble
stones from the street, and desiring to
hear II of his witty replies, asked
him what he was doing. Sam replied:
"Why, sab, Is er-pulling up de street;
by-and-by rs goin' to pull up de riber."
Pull up the river! Why, Sam, that's
a gigantic job. You'll have to pump
and haul many a year before you can
accomplish that"
If youse want ter see me do 1t, Use
willin'."
"Well Sam, l would like to see how
you would go about it; and if you can
prove to me that you can finish such a
job even within a year, I will treat you
to a suit of Sunday clothes"
Yah, yah, YAH laughed Sam.
Come long, sab, Is IL prove dat,
shuah!''
And off he started for the river with
the gentleman and several other peo-
pie who had gathered around during
the conversation Reaching the river,
Sam pointed the gentleman and the
crowd to an old skitf. Jumping into it,
he seized the oars and started rowing,
shouting as he did so. "Dere, sab. Is
er-pullin' up re riber now!'
The gentleman gave in, and Sam got
his clothes.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-14
She Doubts.

what do you think of the British
flying squadron, my dear" said Mr.
Snaggs to his wife.
81 don't think there is any such
thing" replied she.
why not?"
"Airships + not yet a Success
Pittsburg ChrOnicle-Telegraph.
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A Great Chance 10 Make Money.

MIR. EDIToR:-I read how Mr.. Jones made money,
! have a better job taxing orders for the new Fire
proof Deposit Case for storing deeds, mortgages.
notes. 70 icies, receipts, money and valuables
from fra. Every family Or farmer buys, l sell for
World Mfg. Co. (F 2C, Columbus O., Gle AIRED SCI
first week, $50 second, first month Sl4Z. Sister ms de
s25 last. week sallink National Dish Washer for
same firm. Light, easy work, honest firm, anyonf
cal make money by writing them.
j. c. BARRET,
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%Suuarinr

Here, waiter, take away these oys-
tiers. They are bad"
II know, sir, but we have given you
two more oysters than you called for to
make up for it."-Boston Transcript.
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Good GrOunha.

W~atts-There won't be any European
war. Those rulers are all related to
one another.
Potts-That's the very reason | think
there will be war.-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
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vans and the figures in the one is the
Indian sign for hand and tells the
visitor at which wigwam he is to call.
In a little more elegant English the
invitation would read: Miss Bear i'll
vites MI. Mullet to meet her two Chris
tian friends-at second lodge from the
road beyond the lake.-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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"Bigiand has been thrown out of
work, hasn't he?'
Well. his pay has been stopped, if
that is what you mean."-Detroit
News.
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No Material,

How is it | never see you killing
time!' asked the idle person.
Il can't find the time" said the busy
man, in perfect innocence,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-14

She Knew None,

Hampton Belief wouldn't allow q
horrid nan to kiss me, would you?
Newport News Girl-Of course not; I
don't know any such.-NOrfolk Pilot.