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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
IMAGE FOR LIBEL.
A Virginia Paper Brought to Terms by
the American Book COMPANY.

the American Book Company.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Va, says:
1.-THE American Book company of New
York has just gained a signal victory in the
courts of Virginia and has received an alb
solute and complete vindication after a long
snd exhaustive trial by special jury in the
Circuit court of this city. The Pilot news
paper of this city, upon the awarding of
the contract for school books to the Amer
lean Book company, printed a long article
written and prepared by r. E.. Byrd, an
agent and attorney for CHM q Co., of New
York, in which it was charged that the
state superintendent had been bribed by
the American Book company. The Pilot
was Immediately sued for libel, and, after
a five weeks trial, which created an inn
mense amount of interest throughout the
state a verdict for punitive damages was
recently awarded, and the jury found that
the statements made we're false and a
deliberate libel. Not only so, but the
company, upon un1mpeachabie evidence,
was proved to have dealt honorably and up
rightly in every particular in their negotia-
tiOns with the state officials. 1t was furth-
er proved at the trial that no better terms
had been made with any other state for
school books. In fact, the encouragement
of Virginia stated that the American Book
company seemed to throw open their whole
business to us and after full and complete
examination of all the original contracts
made with the various states he expressed
himself as absolutely satisfied that the
prices were the same in all cases and that
no discrimination whatever had been made
against the state of Virginia. Furthermore
be mentioned that nom of the statements
of the American Book company hal been
accepted until every one of them had been
absolutely verified by direct reference to
the governors of some fifteen states, with
whom contracts had been made. This
proved conclusivelythat the representations
of the American Rock cOmpany were cor
rect in toto. This celebrated case has thus
ended in a complete triumph in every re.
spect for the American Book company, ano
has shown in clear contrast the clean ano
business-like methods in which they carry
the attempted use of political pu Is ant
misstaten ents by their opponents.''-Cht
cdOO Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

One of the most peculiar vegetable
products of Brazil is the Moquilea
uttlis, or pottery tree. This tree at
tains a height of 100 feet, and has ii
very slender trunk, which seldom eX-
ceeds a foot in diameter at the base.
The wood is exceedingly hard and con
tains a very large amount of silica, but
not so much as does the bark. which
is largely employed as Il source Of
silica for the manufacture of pottery.
In preparing the bark for the potter's
use it is first burned. and the residue
is then pulverized and mixed with clay
in the proper proportion. With an
equal quantity of the two ingredients
IA superior quality of earthenware is
produced. 4 mis- is very durable, and
is capable of w~ithstanding any amount
of heat. The natives employ it for al
kinds of culinary purposes. When
fresh the bark cuts like soft sandstone
and the presence of the sileX may he
readily ascertained by grinding IA piece
of the bark between the teeth. Whel
dry it is generally brittle. though
sometimes difficult to break. Aftel
being burned it cannot. if of goot
quanty, be broken up between TIT
fingers, a mortar and pestle being re
CURED to crush it.-Public Opinion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

Bears of the American black species
are exceptionally numerous this sea
son in the Dismal swamp, and are
doing much damage to the corn crops
and hog pens of the farmers as far up
toward town as Deep creek. The AMI
mails can be heard breaking through
the corr fields at all hours of the
night. and a young shoat in their path
stands no chance whatever. Trap guns
loaded with slugs and buckshot are
set on the farms in every direction
and fine specimens of the d~epredatina
bruin are killed nightly. The large
game that usually infest the DismaI
swamp, including a fair proportion OF
the wildcat family. is said to be aDun
dant this year, and gunners will have
all the sport they want later on in the
fall. One great drawback to ranging
through the swamp at this particular
period of the season is the big rattle
snakes frequently encountered alon;
the roads and hedges.-Norfolk (Na.
Letter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
There is no baking powder which
produces such sweet and tasteful food
as the Royal Baking Powder.


The crew Of the tug Pennwood,
which arrived at Baltimore yesterday.
reports that they were pursued by a
man-eating shark a few days ago,
twenty miles south of Cape Henry.
The shark which was about eight
feet long, had followed the tug for
some hours, when a hook baited with
meat was thrown to it. No tempta-
ton could get it to take the hook.
Then the man-eater began to grow
bold and approached within a few
feet of the side OF the tug, until it
finally grew audacious enough to slide
| along the steel side of the vessel.
Chief Engineer Goldsborough, who
had seen some shark-fighting in the
| caribbean sea, undertook to spear the
| fish. He used a sharp boathook, with
which he pierced its head. Several
| times the shark caught the hook, but
could not wrench it from Mr.. Colds
borough's grasp. After the shark had
been considerably MANNED it with
drew, leaving a trail of blood in the
water. Mr.. Goldsborough says he new
err saw a shark so desperate in its en-.
deavors to make a meal on human
fesh.-BaltimOre Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
Engraving on Diamonds.

Diamonds car now be engraved in
a very artistic manner. This develop
ment of the diamond cutting art jew
elry, for which a considerable demand
is %eXpected.It was long believed that
the diamond could not be engraved
with safety or satisfactory results. A
few stones roughly engraved were
found in India, and a diamond was eX-
hibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1878
on which a portrait of the King of
Holland was scratched. But he work
was very imperfect, and the stones
were rather demolished than engrav-
ed.
Some of the finest examples of en-
craving on diamonds are the work Of
a Paris jeweler. One is a curious
scarfpin, representing a yataghan, OF
which the blade is a slender diamond;
the handle is a ruby. Another exam
pie is a large circular stone on which
a pansy, with a foliage, is engraved.
The most remarkable is a ring made
of one diamond, the interior surface
| being polished and the exterior elabor-
ately engraved. 1t is said that there
is nothing similar to this in existence.
1t is but a few years since 1t was first
possible to pierce holes in diamonds
This feat made possible the placing
| of diamonds on a string, alternating
with pearls.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
KetchuD Cocktails.

Ketchup is now used for other pur'
poses as we'll as for meats and vegeta-
bles, and a greater demand Will he
made for it's flavor if this new prac-
tice of using ketchup is kept up. n
few evenings ago | stepped into enc
of the neighboring stores which is We'll
stocked with groceries and liquors.
and while making ii purchase my at
tention was attracted by an unusual
calling. l stepped to one side and be
held a man standing at the bar coun-
ter. The bartender, who was ready to
serve his customer in any capacity
whatever, asked him to make his
wants known. when, to my surprise
the man called for beer and ketchup,
and, without any ceremony whatever
the barkeeper drew from the keg
foaming glass of lager and. together
with a bottle of ketchup. he placed
them on the bar side by side. The Gus
toner uncorked the ketchlp bottle ant
spiked well the beer with it's contents
and, after a lively shaking up, gulpet
it down apparently with a relish ant
then departed as mysteriously as NJ
| came. In reply to a question the par
tender stated that it was no unusua
occurrence to him, as often ketchup /
used in both whisky and beer.-Rlc
mond (Va.) Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
A Homemade Ball.

A homemade ball that costs moth
Ing to make and is really serviceable
can be made by any boy. Take an or
binary cork and cut it round as pos
sible, making it the size of an ordinary
marble. Then tear off very narrow
strips of rag and wind these n at a
time around the cork until the ball Is
of the desired size. Then V it
with cloth, or, if you can get a pair Of
your fathers or big brothers dis
carded heavy skin or buckskin winter
gloves, cut out four quarters from
them, shaped to the ball, and get your
sister to stitch them together for you
with stout waXed linen thread as a
strong and durable cover.-New York
/ Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
The Silent Birds.

How many young folks have ever
noticed how silent the birds are at this
season? Only an occasional MARBLE is
heard from the summer songsters.
May and June are the musical months.
In July the songs are fewer, and by
August they cease almost entirely.
On rainy, lowering days watch the
birds tiocking and preparing for their
autumnal flight. They have left the
haunts of men and are living together
IN fiocks in wood and field. An occa-
sional MARBLE of song sparrow or whis-
tie of oriole or thrush breaks the still.
ness of August days. and then we
realize how the silence has dropped
upon us unawares. Only the cricket
sings all day long. and the locust, leav.
ing his transparent shell on tree or
fence, utters his shrill whizzing cry.
| The stiffness of the night has gone
however, and myriadS of noisy in
| sects make the darkness hideous with
discordant, sound. The white cricket
is a noisy little fellow and vies with
the katydid, now that both are tuned
to full concert pitch, in having as
much to say with equal want of mu
sic.-New York Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
CARE OF THE WOUNDED.
New System to be Put in OperatiO
in the NAVY

view system I'D nc Iut HI opeENtRoh
in the Navy.
An order will be issued in a day or
two by the navy department laying
down directions for the removal of
those injured to the sick bag.
This important subject has been al
most neglected by the authorities since
the formation of the new navy, and
each surgeon on hoard ship has been
left to devise his oWn metllCd OF get
ting the wounded from the decks to
the operating room and there Is Il de-
ficient system on board each ship, the
men constantly receiving instruction
in new methods. =
To obtain Il uniform system for the
removal of the wounded below decks
the medical bureau of the navy de-
partment recently gave consideration
to the subject and determined to place
Il new system IN operation.
One of the main difficulties in. the
| successful lowering of the wounded
| from the decks to the sick bay is the
| small matches i'll the new navy. I'm
der the plan contemplated ordinary
hammocks will be distributed around
the spar and gun decks. Attendants
| will place each wounded man III il
hammock and take two turns of the
lashing under the armpits so as To
prevent him from falling out. A long
| stretch bar will be attached to the
hammock, and its occupants VIII DC
lowered feet first. Trials of this SyS
TEN have already been held on board
the Chicago, and the results We're sat
isfactory. Practice with the new syS
tenn on board all United States men
of-war will begin when h order is
Observation-Disclosures York Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

DR.. D'Arsonval, in recent expert
ments on the electric ray, or torpedo
fish, connected a 10 candle-power in
candescent lamp with the electric or
gan of the fish, and on irritating the
skin the lamp was lighted. He finds
that in a fish of medium size, II to
10 inches in diameter, the current
amounts to two to seven amperes,
with an electro-motive force of eight
to seventeen volts. The electric organ
acts like a muscle, giving out electric
instead of mechanical energy. The
discharge is alternating, consisting of
IL series of partial, diminishing dis
charges that follow one another at in
tervals of one-hundredth of a second.
The back of the torpedo acts as the
positive pole and the belly the mega
tive pole of the electric generator. The
| organ emits a sound during the dis
| charge, and when the circuit is closed
| becomes heated.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

Railroad trains in Great Britain are
now increasing their speed. Engineer
ing of Aug. %, says: yesterday
morning the east coast train won the
race from London to Aberdeen, over-
ing the distance of 523 miles in 500
minutes. The west coast train ran its
longer distance of $40 miles in 535
minutes, arriving fifteen minutes after
it's opponent. The east coast train ar
rived at York, 1873 miles, in 49, min
utes, and at Edinburgh, 1921 miles, in
379 minutes, u at the rate of 62.l4
miles an hour. 1t made the entire
journey at the rate of 60.34 miles an
hour. The west coast train reached
Carlisle, 299h miles, in 293 minutes,
and made the entire journey at the
| rate of G0.56 miles an hour. 1t Is re
| ported that both trains reached Kin
| naber Junction simultaneously.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

He stood upon the platform of his
car. serene and smiling, When every
car driver and truckman on West
street was swearing and cursing. The
lam was tremendous and the street
was packed from curb to curb. Yet
whenever he spoke it was with some
good-natured jest and the truck dri-
vers turned out of his way II let
car No. IS go by. He hailed them all
with merry badinage and the surliest
of them grinned from ear to ear and
gave him back all that he sent.
ut is easy he said to me conflden-
tally. When once you get a man to
smile he will do anything you want
him to do. Did you see that surly
chap driving the beer wagon? l kept
chatting him until | got him to laugh
ing, and when a man once lets a smile
chase over his face he is q goner. |
tell you, my friend, that even down
here in West street good nature will
go further in getting your own way
| than all the yelling and cursing."
And the philosophical car driver
whipped up his horses and told the
charioteer of the ice wagon in front
that no man could stop things up as
he did unless he were from Cork. The
ice wagon turned aside, and the ice,
man grinned and said that he was
from Limerick.-New York Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
Electric Meter Competition.

The Royal Scottish Society Of Arts,
of Edinburgh has offered for competi-
ton a Keith prize, of $3.50 for i'm
proyements in electric energy meters
for domestic supply. Competitors
must sent a description with working
drawings, and a meter adjusted for a
meal pressure of 115 volts, and for a
maximum of 1000 watts. Preference
will be given to meters suitable for
alternate as we'll as continuous cur
rents. Special Importance will be at
tached to the minimum load at which
the meter can register correctly, and
to the energy absorbed by the meter
when the consumer is using a light
load or is taking no energy at all. The
error should not exceed = per cent,
at any load; error due to changes Of
temperature between 0 degree and 30
degrees Cent. should be specified.
The competitors must send in their pa
pers etc, not later than May 1, 1896.
Their claims must be limited to re-
cen improvements.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
Peculiar
LooL5o DsIlc cure habitual consti-
lkoO0 y L ITO patton, Price Is cents,
A LUNATIC,
AIth in an Asylum II Has nm
EnOrhnOus

AltuouEh III I'M - Is S"S -"
Enormous
Mr.. William JAY, as referee, has rec
commended that Il private cottage
should be purchased and fitted up for
Miss Marie Marshall, who, though an
inmate of the Eastern State hospital
for the insane at Williamsburg, Va,
has a yearly income of 100000. The
application for permission to buy the
cottage was made to the supreme
court by Frederick KernoChnn, who
is the committee of Miss MarshalIS
person and estate.
Miss Marshall was placed in the
Virginia institution many years ago
by her parents, who were well known
in New York city, where they lived.
There is 100000 coming TO her as the
accumulated surplus income from Il
| trust created for her benefit under the
will of her father, John II. Marshall,
from which there is a yearly income
of $4,000.
She is also the beneficiary of a trust
created for her under the will of her
mother, Eveline c.. Marshall, from
| which there is an income of about
SIS, O00. She has two sisters, Mrs.
Martha M. Wysong and Mrs. Louise
M. Pollock.
AS n lnStltutlOn where she Is Nv
ing is a public one, it is not possible
to secure for her all the comforts and
the food which her fortune entities
her to. There is a cottage and grounds
in the vicinity of the institution which
her committee thinks should be pur-
chased for her, and which can be
bought for about $4,000 and put in
good order for occupancy.
Mr.. Jay recommended that this re-
quest should be granted, saying that
the expense of $4,000 for the cottage
for Miss Marshall was fully justified
by the circumstances of the case
New York Tribune.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
VESUVIUS is GROWING.
The Volcano $50 Feet Higher I'll
1t Was a Few Months Ago.

me tOIpdnO lDO rect HIShfF IhUI1
1t Was "A Few Months Ago.
Recent dispatches telling of the
streams of lava at Nesuyius will cause
no surprise to any II who has visited
the volcano within the last three
months. 1t has been steadily putting
and spouting during that time, heav-
ing out showers of molten lava and
glowing by night until the clouds of
vapor above it took on the appear
ance of rolling flames. Two days be-
fore the recent outpour from.a break
in the cone the shell of the old crater
trembled from the working of the lava
underneath, and the peculiar sounds OF
kissing and growing which accom-
panied each small eruption could be
heard two miles away.
Vesuvius is $50 feet higher than it
was six months ago. The constant
showers of porous lava have filed in
have built up the new one which
| from it's bold outlines, has greatly
| changed the appearance of the sum-
| nit. and is still changing it slightly
| every day. Formerly the volcano, as
seen from Naples, had a rounded top,
but now it comes to a wedge point.
a ear ago NlSlloIS lOohtu llto INV
| hollow of the old and somewhat cool
! ed-off crater. OF late they have gone
inside the boundaries of h old era
| ter to get a good look at the new cone
from the summit of which at intervals
of a few minutes there is a gust OF
stream laden with red-hOt ashes,
which are sent into the air 200 feet
or more. Before the stream has drift
ed away there is another rumble, a
sound of watery explosion, and an
other shower of ashes. Thus, from Il
| distance in the daytime, there seems
to be Il constant curl of white. vapor
from the summit, but at night eacii
separate eruption throws up Il vlNhi
| light, which then fades away to a dul
glow.
The natives who live on the slope Of
of the mountain said that after the
new zone had been built somewhat
higher it would fall in of it's W
weight, and close the present breath
ing hole. Then the mountain would
be like a corked-up bottle. y new vent
would have to be made, and in the
making Of this vent there would be &
fierce eruption. an overflow OF lava
and the formation of Il new crater
Apparently the natives should DE i'll
formed as some of them had ancestor
at Pompeii, and many remember dis
tinctly the incidents of the fierce erup
ton of 1872, by which the present era
ter was formed.~Csicago Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09
Marked Cent Reappears

Ross Gillespie. IA we'll known silver
smith, was displaying with great
pride an ordinary copper Jnt, II o.
the cartwheel variety, to his friend
last night, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. The coin bore the date of 1864
the year Mr.. Gillespie began his ap-
premiership. On the reverse side WIZ
stamped a wreath, in the center OF
which were Mr.. Gillespie's initials,
"R. A. c." The design was paced
upon the coin ~thirty-four years az
by the then young man, who turned
ii loose in the world of commerce with
a remark to his friends that he eX.
pected some day to see it come back
to him again. Like the bad penny il
was, it did turn up. but in a rathel
unexpected manner. Passing up Tentl
street one day Mr.. Gillespie paused t,
| look at the display in the show win
dow of a numismatist. One moldJ
| looking copper cent attracted bis at
tention and a close inspection le
vealed the coin that had been maj kcC
by him years ago. 1t took p cents f
purchase the coin, but now it is ;
priceless charm, dangling from tn
gold watch chain of its proud owner
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

Capt. Sumner, of the Columbia, was
court-martialed and sentenced 70 repri-
mand and to be put on waiting orders
for six months, because he took it for
granted that the British dock officials
were trustworthy and didn't personal
ly look after the docking of his vessel.
1t is probable that the next time a
United States warship is obliged to
use a British dock all hands, from the
skipper down to the smallest mildly"
will be mustered and put on the look
out to detect i~mperfections and tricks.
Jonathan can't be too careful when
dealing with Johnny Bull.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

The most striking feature Of the
Grand Army reunion at Louisville was
the general and cordial fra~ternation of
the Federal and Confederate soldiers.
1t seems strange to civilians that men
who were once engaged in the grim
work of tryig to kill each other should
now meet in the most friendly spirit
and drink from the same %canteen;"
but the truth is that the men who did
the fighting in the war cherish none of
the bitterness which is frequently
manifested by those who staid at
home. The soldiers on the two s'des
have a feeling of comradeship that
implies mutual respect for the courage
and fortitude that they respectively
displayed .
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

The statistics show that there is
used in the manufacture of the Royal
Baking Powder more than half of all
the cream of tartar consumed i'll the
United States for all purposes. The
wonderful sale thus indicated for the
ROYAL Baking Powder-greater than
that of all other baking powders com
bined-is perhaps the highest evidence
of the superiority of this article, and
Of it's indispensableness to modern
cookery.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

We can give our English cousins
points on yacht building, but they
have the best of us in some of the
small matters of life, simplicity of
Technology, for one thing. Our use
of the word elevator" is a noticeable
instance of this. Why not say Gift
as the English do, instead of using
four syllables to express what is said
lust as we'll and as properly in one!
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

A new automatic compression dry
kiln process for the drying of cypress
shingles has been patented. BY this
process the material is dried in a very
moist atmosphere and the outer sur
faces are kept damp until the anterior
of the material is heated sufficiently
TO give off the moisture which it con-
tains, In the shape of steam, and by
! this means the unequal expansion in
| the shingle is avoided and 1t is dried
| uniformly throughout without injury.
1t is claimed that shingles dried 10y
| this process are not checked, warped
or hardened, and that they come from
| the kiln IL a perfect condition for
roofing.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-01-09

On the same day that a young bust
ness nan in Minneapolis met his
death from bicycling, Prof. Riley of
Washington, an eminent scientist, was
thrown from his wheel and killed.
These accidents will probably not
frighten people from the exhilaratinG
and fascinating sport of cycling, but
they should have the effect of in
ducing extreme care and caution IN
pursuing it.