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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
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Objectionabl BILE Sloping Drainage.
as already stated, is that it carries off
the surplus water in a very imperfect
manner. AS water will not run up hill,
all the water received by such bitches
presses toward the lower side, and as
the ditch is expected to draw water
away from the soil on the upper side,
from a distance of a rod or more, by
the porous texture Of such soil, SO the
earth, being equally porous on the
lower side, will allow it to leak out and
pass a rod or more on the lower side
toward the next ditch below.
But if the bitches are cut directly
down the slope by the shortest coul Sc,
no water can leak out, as there is no
lower side, but it all takes the ready
channel offered it and rapidly escapes.
Tits ready channel in effect draws the
water from the soil on each side, the
bottom of the ditch being lower than
the adjacent soil, while the natural de-
scent OF the ground and the downward
currents are quickly CARED off by the
central ditcheS-cut 2-the arrows in
both the figures showing the currents.
Says the Country Gentleman, author
ity for the foregoing: The difference
should be always borne in mind be.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Improving Strawberries by SeIec-
ton.

Improving Strawberries by selec-
ton.
While the following will apply to
fruits of all kinds it is especially eff
fective with the strawberry. There
is no other fruit so susceptible to i'm
provement and lone SO variable and
liable to run down under neglect. To
improve them one should follow the
course pursued by successful breeders
of fine stock and poultry. Breed up
by selecting the most perfect indi-
viduals to raise from. Just before the
berries ripen, go yourself over the best
rows of each variety and carefully Sc
lect young plants conspicuous for Wig
or. earlinesS, productiveness and gen.
eral excellence and symmetry of fruit.
Pull all fruit and blooms from these
plants at once. Then with a garden
trowel remove as large a clod as prac-
ticable containing the plant, and set
in rich soil well prepared, each variety
separate. From these, well cultivated,
raise plants to set the young fields
the coming year, and from the fields
thus set, again likewise reset the best,
and so on foreve.. The good effects of
this plan will soon be manifest. 1t
cannot change inferior varieties into
good ones, but it will surely make
good varieties better.-O. w. Blacknal
in Farm and Home.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
PafenfS Issued

Washington. Specialist of patents
Issued last week to Northwestern in
ventors: Charles W. Agerell all A. 4.
Williams, Duluth, Mimi. gas ,ngins;
Luke f. Bessette. st. Cloud, MIN, de-
livery wagon: Henry l.. Carpenter.
Nj nneapolis. Mimi, street syeepF:
John A. Folsom, Minneapolis. MINI,
FeylesS bicycle lock; Jacob Ktch. st..
Paul. Mimi. furnace: Robert A. Lang,
Eau Claire, Wis, hydraulic spla'h-
board for dams; Malcolm G.. Little.
worth. Duluth, Mimi. safety device hr
elevators; Theodore Mott. Rches,pr.
Minn.. paint; Herbert Nicholson. Iad
Lodge, Mont, coffee pot; HaITt Noite,
Hyde Park, n. D., syrup pitcher; Lar
Kin =. Stafford, Kelso, n. D.. grim box;
Arnold Teuber and l.. Odenheiner, st.,
Paul. Mimi, watch pocket; Ch,rles ID.
vernon. Mimic. n. D.. flash-li;ht ma
chire; Antony NJ. Olsen, Vallg City,
y. d., heating drum.
L. ID. Merwin, Patent LAWYER, Pi-
oileer Press Building, st. Paul Min.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Homicide in Mexico,

The Mexican Herald. a newspaper
printed in the City of Mexico, calls at
tention to the statistics of 1904, which
show that, during that time there were
432 homicides in the city. and 7,T75
persons were wounded. This makes
125 homicides for every 100000 of the
population and 2,25S wounded for the
same number. Now, in other coun-
tries. the homicides per 100, 900 of pop
ulation stand as follows: Italy, 1881;
Spain. 1910; Austria, 3.11; eBlgium,
2.52; England, $50. This is the per-
centage per year for each 100 900 in
habitants, while the City of Mexico
has 125 per 100000. A murder is COM
mitted in that city every twenty-four
hours. and in every twenty-five hours
t~wenty-one persons are wounded.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Cucumbers for Profit.


We raise a variety Of vegetables for
sale, but our main money crop is Gu
cumbers. We plant in rows about
eight feet apart. We first prepare the
ground, making it as fine as possible.
Then. it is laid off in rows and fur
rows about eight inches deep and filled
half-full of well rotted manure The
dirt is then raked back and fined
again. Then we draw a line and
drop the seed about two inches apart,
pressing them into the earth about an
inch. If it rains before the seed comes
up, we go over the rows with a rake
to prevent a crust from forming. After
they have put out the second leaves
they are thinned to about eight inches
apart in the rows. If the bugs bother
we use tobacco. The tillage is all
done with the plow. No hand work
except to pull the weeds out Of the
rows. The cucumbers are always gath
cred early In the morning or late in
the evening. We have failed to
have a good crop and with the excep-
ton of a few weeks the past summer,
the dry weather has eve seemed to
hurt them. We sell all we raise to
regular customers for 25 cents per
hundred for small cucuInbers for
pickles. and from 5 to 10 cents per
dozen for large ones.-Ida E. McCul
Tough in Practical Farmer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
HIGH PRICE FOR POTATOES.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, pay high prices for new
things. They recently paid $500 for a
yellow rind watermelon, / 1000 for 80
bu. new oats. $500 for 100 lbs. of pota-
toes, ETC., etc.! Well, prices for pota-
toes will be high next fall. Plant a
plenty. Mr.. Wideawake! You'll make
money. Salzer's Earliest are fit to eat
in % days after planting. His Cham
pion of the World is the greatest yielder
on earth and we challenge you to pro-
duce it's equal.
II you will send Ia cents in stamps
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, you will get, free, ten
packages grains and grasses, including
Teosinte, Spurry, Giant ~Incarnate
Clover, ETC., and our mammoth cata-
lcgue. Catalogue &c. for mailing. WIN.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Diversified Farming.

Diversified farming throughout the
entire region where cotton has hereto
fore reigned supreme has, during the
past season gained a foothold where it
will hereafter firmly stand upon its
intrinsic merits. 1t is a fact that the
wise policy of diversification has now
become successfully established.
Homegrown supplies, sufficient to
more than meet the home demand, and
a satisfactory advance in the price Of
cotton. tobacco, grain and orchard
products, have eliminated in a most
satisfactory and encouraging condition
of affairs. With a determination to
continue to diversity cropping, raise
much and buy little, the outlook for
the coming year is one of hopeful
promise. The safety Of the farmer
lies in the line of complete i%ndepend-
ence of cotton, grain, transportation,
or other grasping trusts or monopolies
American Agriculturist.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
An Improved Farm Drag.

The farm drag. or stone boat as 1t is
frequently called, is capable Of much
more convenient and frequent use if
1t be made in a much lighter fashion
than is commonly the case. Thick
hardwood planks, surmounted by
heavy pieces of hardwood joist to form
q railing around the edges. make an
implement far too heavy for use eX-
ccpt with 4 strong team, The stout
drag is sor etimes needed where heavy
stones are to tie moved, but for moving
farming tools, grain and other seed.
etc, in and out of the field, Il light
structure is needed. The sketch here
with shows a drag made of inch hard
wood boards, sawed sc as to give Il
sharp inward incline to the forward
end. This platform being surmounted
by fiat :ails of ipch-and-a-halt stuff.
A single horse can walk eff with such
a drHs, and that too, with considerable
Of a burden upon it, which can he
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Drainage With Direct Descent.

tween the water currents as they soak
slowly through the earth by natural
drainage or as they rush rapidly down
hill through tile or other smooth and
straight artificial channels which the
owner of the land has provided. BY
the natural drairage, creeping slowly
by minute quantities down the slope,
added-to the slow natural evaporation,
two or three weeks, or even Il month,
are often required to render the soil
dry enough for mellow cultivation,
while by regular ditching the whole
may be accomplished in a day or two.
But with the sloping or diagonal ditch
ing represented by Fig. 1 the work
may be needlessly retarded and the
drainage rendered longer and more
imperfect than with the lines of d.
rect descent.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Newest Mourning Bonnets.

The widows bonnet In mourning
continues to be either the Mary Stuart
or the capote shape, simply covered
with English Grape, having the white
ruching in front and with dull black
ties. The veil of course hides all but
the extreme edge, of the bonnet. For
lighter mourning, where no veil is
worn, the small poke shapes are seen
having their edges defined with dull
jet and decorated with high loops of
dull black ribbon. The silk bonnets,
no matter how light the mourning may
be, are no longer counted good form.
The French milliners are using quaint
ties of dull jet and much silk Grape
upon Grape bonnets, but this rather
elaborated style Of trimming for
mourning is not counted good form by
either the English or American mil
liners. One rule always s~tands-a
mourning bonnet should always have
ties of the dull shade of black ribbon.
ladies Home Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16

Try doing less work in seeding time
and more in manuring and cultivating
time.
The frozen fields, you may be sure,
are the best of roads for hauling ma
nure over.
Shall the winter pass without see
ing the nome supplied with a store of
ice?
Good husbandry dictates that not a
pound of ashes should be wasted, but
all should be saved and applied to the
land.
See that the roller, harrow, drag, etc,
are in repair, and provide plenty of
single trees, lap rings, ETC., so no time
may be lost when crop time comes.
Gauge the size of the root crops to
the size of the herds on the farm. It
will not pay to grow roots for distant
markets.
Glover narrowed in winter rye, in
the early spring, has been demon
strated to insure about the surest
catch of any known method.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Baby's Mp.

81
When a baby is put down for it's
usual nap in the day time, 1t sleeps
for about SO long and then gets rest
less. If one can lift the child very
carefully, have some one shake the
pillows up and rearrange them COM
fortably, then lay the little one down
on the other side in an easy position,
1t is almost always the case that the
nap will continue for an hour or so
longer; but if the child gets uncom-
bother 1t and it will wake up as cross
as the %proverbial young bear.
If the baby awakens fretful and out
of sorts it is either sick or hasn't had
its nap out. There is another thing
that few people seem to realize, and
that is arranging the child's clothes
with a view Of case and giving it
plenty of oom. We all know that
if we lay down Ia the daytime in our
usual wearing appare, we do not sleep
half as long as when u clothes are
l%ooseno,1 Int eed, nervous people
sometime find it impossible to go to
sleep with the clothing in the ordi-
nary fashion.
1t is a good idea to take off the little
ores shoes, sometimes the stockings
and in cold weather to wrap a warm
cloth around the feet. Canton flannel
is one of the very best retainers OF
warmth that car be found. 1t is fal
ahead Of wool for this purpose. Unpir
the bands and unite the strings auC
let all the garments be loose, theI
the baby, especially a delicate or nerv
u child, will sleep quite as long as
n wishes. Some mothers completely
undress the little one, putting on its
night clothes, and they find it greatly
to their advantage to do SO.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
The Training of Servants.

The Kind Word society, having for
its object the finding Of country homes
for girls and ONE who are tired of
the life of the city and who are willing
to enter domestic service, has in the
few years of it's existence, already
placed between 1000 and 5000 girls.
These girls are usually unfamiliar
with the duties they will be called
upon to perform, having passed their
previous existence in trying to earn
livelihoods as clerks, in sewing, or in
various other occupations that left
them cold, hungry and ill. They go
to homes where the mistress who re-
ceives them is willing to teach them
all the useful and helpful things she
knows. Her goodness Of heart and
patience are in most cases rewarded
by the result.-New York Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
sunHowcr Cultivation.

turnover CULTIVATION
The sunflower can be cultivated
much after the fashion of col Il. The
ground can be made ready In about
the same way as though it. were to be
planted with corn. 1t should, of
course. be plowed in TIE fall. The
seed can be put into the tcil with the
grain drill. or with the cCrn planter.
The distance Of the rows will depend
solne Gu the variety. but It would not
he less than the ard a half feet. IL
snwu with the grain drill from twelve
to eighteen inches should be allowed
between The plan S, If they are crowd
cd the heads are likely to be small and
tie yield diminished. Before the
pants are pp if a light harrow Is III
over tho soil it will render good SER
vice in killing weeds and in Keeping
In the moisture. Suniiowers should be
Well Guilty. ate1 ard irrigated much in
the same way rs cora. The yield will
vary with the soil. tiiiase. variety and
season, but a good crop of suntiowers
should yield more than a good crop of
corn. The seed Is rather dear if
purchased from seedmen. Some of
them charge as much as 10 cents a
pound If bought in small lots, but
doubtless special rates can be OBJ
tanned in buying large lots. and from
private growers they should be bought
for 1 to 2 cents a pound. - Denver
Field and Farm.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
A Wealthy Tramp.

John Swim, a miser, well known
over the Central Western states,
through which he has roamed as a
tramp for the last fifty years, died on
his farm, near Alton, Ohio, the other
day, aged 104 years. Stories of his
wealth have been published from time
to time, but his misery instincts kept
even John +. Chester. a local attorney,
his guardian. from knowing the eX-
tent of his possessions. He owned a
farm on which he was living, consist
ing of seventy-eight acres, and is sup
posed to have a large amount of mon
ey hidden.
Ten years ago Swim was robbed of
$4,000 while Oh a tramp, and as he
recognized his assailants, he had them
arrested. At the trial they made fun
of the old man, saying that he had
never seen SO much money. To COP
vince the jury that he might have had
the sum he took from the belts about
his body at the time $4,000 and count
ed it before their eyes. Swim told
his attorney afterward that he had
buried this near lndianapolis.-New
York Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
GRASS Is KING! HURRAHu

Shout for joy. The green grass rules,
It's more valuable than oats, wheat and
corr together. Luxuriant meadows are
the farmers delight. A positive way to
get them and a very sure Il we know
Is to SOW Salzer's Extra Grass Mixtures.
No need of waiting a life time either,
Salzer has a mixture, sown in April,
producing hay in June. Many farmers
report yields of six tons of magnificent
hay per acre. Over one hundred diff
ferent kinds of grasses, c~lovers, Teo-
sinte, Sand Vetch. Giant Spurry and
Fodder plants! 55 packages earliest
vegetables for $1.00.
If you will cut this out and send
with 10c. postage to the John A. Salzel
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will re,
ceive free ten grass and grain samples
and their mammoth seed catalogue
Catalogue alone &c. for mailing. w.n
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Dainty Gown for an Easter Bride.

"a dainty little gown made of gray
alpaca, intended to be worn by an
Easter bride, has a plain 1aring skirt
absolutely without decoration" writes
Isabel A. Mallon in the Ladies' Home
Journal. 1.-THE bodice is a draped one,
with a f1aring collar and deep revers
that extend far over the shoulder and
shape into a sharp point at the waist
line; these are of white satin overlaid
with ecru lace and spangled with steel.
The sleeves are large dropping puffs
that shape into deep cuffs of satin
Cyerlaid with the lace, steel spanIled,
and on the outer side Of each is a row
of finely-cut steel buttons. A folded
belt OF white satin is about the waist,
and is shaped SO that it curves over the
hips and comes to a point at the front
and back. At each side Of the front
is Il large cut steel button"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
One of LincOIn's Jokes

This is a brand-new Lincoln story,
and true, like all Of this series
President Lincoln reached Meade
Station, near Petersburg, soon after I
serious battle, in which about 2,O0t
C~onfederates were made prisoners
Gen. Meade was on the presidents
left and Col. George d. Ruggle. on his
right. On their way to headquarters
they rode to a point where the! coulC
see the large a~ssemblage of prisoners
With the prisoners were many coloreC
servants and laborers.
Mr.. Lincoln" said Gen. Made, 90
guess Ruggles did not overestimatt
the number of men captured"
Mr.. Lincoln checked his horse, DELHI
erately surveyed the field full IF Cor
don's disarmcd men and the contra
bands. and said: Eyes, general, the
number is there in black and white
Chicago Times-IIerald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Let Us Plan Our Garden Vow.


Sit down some evening soon, and
with the help of wife and children,
plan out the kind of a garden YOU
want. Then look through the seed
catalogues and make out the list you
intend to order. This is the best time
you will have for this important duty.
And let us suggest again, as often we
have done before, that you give a lib
eral space for the purpose, and that
you lay out the plot so as to have long
rows, convenient for tending with one
horse c%ultivator and harrow. Have
several rows of small fruits by all
means. We would suggest a plan
something like this, for an ordinarily
large farmers family:
S%upposing the rows to be 300 feet
long, let us have say Is rows as fol-
lows:
First, for gooseherries: I'd, for cur
rants; Sd, for raspberries; 4th, for
berries; p htmehm hmehtmhm Inn
black cap raspberries; 9Th. for black
berries; 9th, for strawberries; 18th, for
strawberries; Sth, for lettuce, radishes,
peas; 9th, for beets, beans, onions;
10th, for parsnips, carrots, etc.; 18th,
for water melons; 18th, for nutmegs;
18th, for sweet corn; 14th, for pota-
toes; 10th, for cabbage.
Some will still want other varieties,
and many will want more of some
thiEss named and less of others. The
plan is only intended to be suggestive.
If the rows average four feet apart
the garden will only be 60 feet wide
and will occupy less than half an acre.
Any farmer can easily afford that
much ground, and he can END it with
horse power with so little time that
he will hardly feel the loss CT it. And
what an abundance of delicious fruits
and vegetables it will give the family
all the season through, A good piece
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16

At a meeting of the British Medical
association the discussion of neuras-
thenia and it's treatment was intro
duced by DR.. Savadge in the following
words: what is ncurasthenia ?
There was once a professor who, be-
ing asked what he knew upon a GER
tain subject, replied: Nothing; l have
not even lectured on it,"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Are You Looking for a Location =.

IL so, write to me. l have farms for sale
on terms to suit purchasers. Improved and
unimproved lands In the famous Red River
valley, suited to grain raising and stock
raising, convenient to markets, schools and
churches. Perfect titles and low taxes.
Healthy climate. For printed matter and
other Information address ]. B. Streeter.
Jr., Cashier First National Bank, Larimore.
North Dakota.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
wATER-sfCK SAND.
Valuable Information About Drain.
Ing Ii

Valuable information About Drain
Ing 1t.
A mistaken curse IL often adspted
by placing the lines for the drains in
an oblique direction down the slope.
instead of directly down by the sort
est course Such bitches are need ess'y
long and are made with much add
tional labor, and. what is still mre
Objectionable, Il ely perform ii II.
tended work in a very inefficient man
ner. Cut l represents the portion Of a
field, the lower Part of which tjw2Id
the spectator receives the water from
the sloping lana above. The dark lines
are the bitches, laid in a slanting direc-
ton, and are much longer than those in
cut 2, which run by the shortest cut
directly down the slope.
An objection to the sloping drainage,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Best of All

To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the
Springtime comes, use the true and per-
feet remedy, Syrup Of Figs. One bottle
will answer for all the family and costs
only so cents; the large size 81. Buy
the genuine. Manufactured by the Cal
ifornia Fig Syrup Company only, and
for sale by all druggists.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Convenient Hook.

One of the most convenient hooks
for pulling small stumps. bushes, and
for various other purposes, is made
from four to six inches of 1 1-4-inch
iron. bent as shown in Fig. 1. Taken
in the hands it can be driven into the
ground, under the roots. The team be-
ing hitched so close up, it gives a great
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
He Knew 1t All the Time.

They were talking about the various
methods of celebrating the passing of
the old year and the coming of the
new.
Did you evcr dance the old year out
and the new year in?" he asked.
Yes, indeed. scores of times" was
the reply.
And then she was sorry she spoke
Cape Girardeau CMd) Democrat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
The Outside Of Course.

A wealthy young lawyer spent two
days and two nights over one case,
and at the end of that time could not
tell which side he was on. 1t was n
case of champagne-Philadelphia Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Man Was Made to Mourn,

Perhaps, but rheumatism need not add to
the calamities to which we are more or
less subject, when there Is such an efficient
means of counteracting the dire complaint
as HOstetter's Stomach Bitters. When the
liver, bowels or stomach are out Of order,
or the kidneys or nerves troublesome. the
Bitters is also an efficient remedy. 1t pre-
vents and remedies all malarial disorders.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
Well Described,

"Do you know Blk"
know the Internal s%coundrel? Why,
he"
so Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
A Sure Cure.

Family Doctor-Your wife needs
outdoor exercise more than anything
else.
Husband-But she won't go out
What am l to do?
"Give her plenty Of money to shop
with."-New York Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-16
The Medicine Man,

MARY" asked the old man, "whose
picture is that on the front of the pa
per you have"
'That is a picture Of President
Cleveland" said she.
"Great Caesars ghost" exclaimed
the old man; has he been cured of
something, too?'-Adams (Mass.) Free
man.