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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-06-11
INSTRUMENTATION That Counts.

Edison has often been accused of a
proclivity for talking to the gallery"
md much of the recent newspaper de
ecription of his work on the N-rays,
Cstensibly based on conversations
with him. though more often inspired
by the Imagination of the reporter,
would tend to encourage his idea.
For all that. Edison is just now doing
scientific work which no amount OF
journalistic %perversion can belittle, n
which Is of immense value to the
whole world. Roentgen made public
his X-rays. and Sasvioni forthwith
found in the cryptoscope a method by
means of which hidden objects could
be made visible. and the time and
trouble of taking Photographic plates
saved. Edison at once set himself TO
work to make this scientific device of
practical use. This he has done. His
horoscope. used in conjunction with
the X-rays. shows bones and other
hidden objects so distinctly that doc
tors can now see the nature and cX-
tent of fractures to be treated, and
need no longer depend upon touch
alone. The Horoscope consists of a
| f1aring box. curved at n n to fit
over the forehead and the eyes. like Il
| sterescope. The end Of the box is
closed by a ~pasteboard cover. on the
inside of which is spread a layer of
tungstate of calcium. which material
Edison reports he has found TO pos
sess six times the f1uorescing power
under the influence of the N-ray, OF
the barium platino-cyanide used will
the cryptoscope. Without a vivid flu
orescence of the substance upon which
was thrown the shadow of the object
to be seen. such an instrument as this
would be of little real. service. The
amount of experimentation which has
to be done in finding a material six
times as sensitive to ~fluorescence as
barium platino-cyanide can hardly he
realized by any m unacquainted with
Edison's extraordinary industry and
capacity for work. While this special
series OF experiments was going IN
Il visitor TO the laboratory found Edi-
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mans social standing might be termed
a modern reproduction of that of the
mediaevel aw-shunned,-s nubbed and
: looked down upon. or treated with the
lofty condescension of a bare and
meagre liberation. Harper's Bazaar.
That lovely Word "Housekeeper."
II an glad you have discovered how
much that is lovely as we'll as useful
that word housekeeper means. The
mere providing of beds, meals, etc, is
a very small part of the work. The
home-making. the comfort, the sym
pathy. the grace and atmosphere that
a true oma can provide is The noble
part. and embraces all that is help
full for soul as well as body. | wish
our girls would see this. and set about
being the true housekeepers. Mrs.
Ripley used to rcck her baby's cradle,
shell peas. or sew. and fit a class of
young men for college at the same
time. One can discuss Greek poetry
and chop meat. as | saw her doing
once with Mr.. Emerson and Margaret
Fuller. and the one task ennobled the
other because it was duty.'-From one
of Louisa Nj. Alcott's unpublished let
tiers in Ladies' Home Journal.
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The colonel was the possessOr of n
fat colored man who was extremely
lazy-so much so that everybody in
the town had tried to do something to
liven him up. They usually aband-
ored their effort after n trial.
There was quite a gathering at the
c%olonel's n afternoon, and the ques-
ton of the lazy colored man came up.
Finally one of the gentlemen asked
leave to experiment, and to crafty
him the colonel sent for his lazy ser
want. 1t was some time before Sam
put in an appearance. When he came
the gentleman addressed him thus:
Sam. as l was coming up the gar
den path | noticed several snails down
near the gate. | want to show these
gentlemen some of their peculiarities,
so catch one for me, please"
Sam scratched his gray wool and
departed.
The colonel and his friends smoked
and chatted for a long while, and still
no Sam and no snail.
"Well. that fellow is really lazy
said the gentleman who had sent him
on the quest. Colonel, would you
mind sending for him, and see what
on earth he is doing?"
The colonel did so, and sam entered
the room.
well" said the gentleman, did you
catch N of the snails?'
"Deed no, sah.' replied Sam: ''dey
was too powerful quick fo' me. Use
couldn't catch up wild dem."-Harp
er's Round Table.
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ST.
1g#@sa@@
Ira cling a Bullets Path,

There is one word used with refer
ence to rifles. Trajectory" which
seems quite formidable to men I'M
acquainted with weapons. 1t sounds
like "trigonometry," and vaguely sug-
gests mathematics and other things
profound and abstruse.
A bullet, like a stone. when sent q
long distance, has to be thrown up
into b air at an angle, and 1t curves
gradually downward again, just
enough to hit the object. aimed at.
The trajectory is this curved path Of
flight. -
When a Springfield rifle is fired at
a, man 1000 yards away the bullet
has to rise in the air over ~forty-three
feet above the line of sight; otherwise
it will fall short of the mark, and If
there should be a projecting branch
of a tree just fo%rty-three feet owe the
i straight line of sight and about mid
way between the soldier and his foe,
the branch would receive the bullet
and the foe escape. 80
Both in the army and out in the
woods while hunting, it is desirable
to know how high a bullet will rise
when one fires at a mark 300, 500,
1000 or any number of yards away.
1t was for the purpose of supplying
the United States army with the facil-
tiles for as%certaining trajectories that
by command of Secretary Lamont
Lieutenant-C Colonel Farley has created
at Frankfort arsenal one of the latest
additions to it's scientific equipment.
The first trials took place not long
| ago, and the first two rifles tested
were sporting rifles, 40-65-330.
Capt. Charles H. Clark, of the ord
nance branch. assisted by Lieut.. Pax
ton, made the tests. Fourteen screens,
100 feet apart. were set up between
the firing point, and the 500-yard tar
get, each consisting of a heavy three
sivteenths of an inch thick, a frame
work of timber, with a sliding sasl
running in grooves along the up-rights
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Fads.
Woman is q creature of fadS.

Woman is q creature of fads.
We may not like to admit it: we
may wish it were otherwise, but the
fact remains that what is a craze with
her to-day Is forgotten tomorrow; her
stock of superlative adiectives that
ing trifc are tomorrow applied, with
equal fervor to some now fancy.
In certain respects this instability is
not to be deplored, for we would not
have woman worship always at the
shrine of the same Iag-doll. There is
n certain sort of merit in being able
TO adapt ones self to new hobbies. and
there is always the possibility of the
new fad being of a higher order than
the old. The most deplorable feature
of a woman's devotion to fads is the
tendency it develops in her to make
q fad out of everything. The pro-
nounced faddist has lost all perSpicui-
ty; her religion. the training of her
children. her own intellectual culture
in fact, everything that ought to be
neal and dear to her-are placed on n
plane with her collection of B~eardsley
posters or whatever other fad she
may have a hand. Perhaps this win
ter she has made Il fad of religion. or
+ culture. or some other good cause; but
it has only been a fad, and has affect
ed her real personality just as much
as did her discussions of Trilby last
winter. Herein lies the dangers of
faddism. 1t takes us to every new thing
with an unnatural fervOr that soon
burns out, leaving us with energies
wasted and only a few dry huSks in
our possession. for all our %fcvcliSh cX-
Observation-Disclosures.
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the sash covered with MANILA paper
and adjustable by a cord at any height.
BY means. of a transit these screen
frames were accurately aligned, and a
cross-piece fastened at the same level
on each turn.
When ready the rifle was clamped
by a soldier into a wise, mounted on
a pier of brick masonary. The screens
were pulled out of the way, so that
the target could be seen, and several
shots We're fired, until the rifle bore
we'll on the target.
Then the screens were set for a trial
shot by a rough approximation to the
supposed line of fight, those in the
middle being higher than those near
the firing point and the target.
A shot was fired. 1t pierced the first
screen through the center and the sec
ond through the upper half. and then
slashed through the upper edge of the
woodwork of the third sash, and dis
appeared from view, no one could tell
where. -
Capt. Clark and Lieut.. Paxton then
arranged the screens anew, and a sec
ond shot was fired. followed by a
series of sharp ticks as the bullet
passed through each screen In success
sion. and then a .thump as it struck
the target.
The height of all the little holes
above the base line from the muzzle
of the rifle straight to where the bull
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Onion Is strength.

Travellers in Spain and in several
other parts of Europe are invariably
struck with the simplicity of the diet
of the poorer natives. The quantity
and apparent nutritive quality of the
food found necessary to sustain the
Spanish day laborer, for instance,
seems ludicrously disproportionate to
what his English brother demands.
Apound of beef, potatoes. bread and
butter and cheese are ordinarily the
dinner of the Yorkshire rustic.
In Spain a member of the same class
contents himself with a couple of
onions plus a crust of bread-when he
can get it. 1t is now known, in expla-
nation of this circumstance. that on
ions possess more nourishment than
any other vegetable.
The standard living in Scotland has
greatly improved during Inc last fifty
years. but even a highlander, with a
few raw onion1 in his pocket and a
crust of bread or a bit of oat cake. can
work or travel to an almost incredible
extent for two or three days together.
In France q sOup made from onions
is now universally in use after all VIC
lent eXertions, and during the Franco
Prussian war was always on the bill
of rations prepared by the commits
ariat after a battle or retreat.-London
Globe.
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The attempt of the manufacturers
to turn out an electric hand-lamp has
not hitherto been attended with much
success. The lamp, while fairly ser
viceablc, has generally been I'M
wieldy. A Vienna electrical engineer
seems to have overcome the difficulty.
His lamps are constructed in the
shape of bottles. clocks, opera glasses.
or in imitation of any object whatev-
er. and they all embody the same
principle. In the bO~ttle-shapcd lamps.
terry. in which three pairs of platinum
and zinc elements of the smallest pos
Sible size are concealed. This battery
is said to furnish a current of from
four to five ampheres at six: volts. A
minute i~ncandesccnt lamp is connected
to the poles of the battery and protect
cd by Il knob of cut-glass. the lower
part of which is silvereh. and acts as
a reflector. The body of the bottle con
tainS the reservoir. in which the bat
terry solution is kept. AS soon as the
bottle is inclined so that the fluid
reaches the battery the current is gen
Grated and the lamp CLOVIS with a
brilliant light. No sooner is the bottle
replaced i'll n vertical position than tho
light is eXtinguished. When the lamp
is not in use there is no waste of ma
ierial. and the smallest bottle will fur
nish q continuous light for about half
an hog,-,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-06-11

The day Of ~buttonholes is apparent
ly past. Like the precious purple dye
of the Phoenicians. the wonderful
colored crystal of the Romans and con
versation, it is not unlikely hat the
art of making ~buttonholes will soon
become n of the lost arts. Time
was when it was looked dpon as an
accomplishment in which every wo-
man should be proficient. Its gradual
extinction is, however, entirely natur-
nj and TO be accounted for. Although
buttons have never been more popular
than Mt present. they are purely orna-
mental. not u%tilitarian. This means
the absence of the buttonhole. Not
one gown in "a hundred nowadays
fastens by means of the once newt
bic row of buttons down the bodice
front. The up-to-date bodice is held
together by hooks and eyes, and in
deed many of the most artistic cos
tuners put their faith in the common
pin. All skirt bands now fasten with
a big hook and eye instead of the one
time button and ~buttonhole. Many a
fashionable dressmaker. one who can
cut a godet skirt to perfection and in
fate a pair of balloon sleeves to the
biggest believable proportions, knows
nothing of the art of making button
holes. There's no demand for them;
hence the scanty supply. Even un.
derclothing doesn't make use of half
as many buttonholes as it did in form
err years, and with so much ready
made underwear in ter market there is
little excus for a woman to learn the
art for that reason. There is no doubt
about it, the passing of the button
hole is a present and very apparent
fact.-New York Sun.
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How can children he taught the use
of money? By earning it. The boy
who aspires to q college education will
waste neither time mol money if he is
"paying his way" The girl who has
earned her first dollar helping moth
er'' will hesitate long before squander-
ing it on useless triHes. Does Your
child express a wish for some coveted
toy? Your hand is on your purse.
But stay! Furnish him with employ
ment whereby he can earn the desired
amount. THE lahorer is worthy of
his hire" why not the child? Reward
is a great incentive to labor. and the
habit of industry. once formed, goes
hand in hand with thrift. Torrey
Conner,
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HELPS TO GOOD LOOKS.
Now Natures Gifts May he Brought
to q Better DeyelOpment.

Now Natures Gifts May ne Brought
to a Better Development.
Ruth Ashmore writes of "The Ugly
Ducklin2.' n most practical and useful
article. in Ladies' Home Journal, and
presents the helps here given to good
looks:
"The American constitution cannot
stand the cold bath into which the
English woman %plunges. winter and
summer, ard to which she owes. as far
as complexion is concerned. much of
her beauty. Do not be afraid to put
soap on your face: use plenty of 1T.
| and wash it off well, first with warm
| and then with cold water. The soap
bath given to the face will make YOU
feel and look sweet and fresh.
"Slecp, If possible, in a cold room.
| but do not sleep cold. BY this mean
that while the air in your should
be cold and clear. you should have
plenty of overs owe you, and If you
wish your skin to be beautiful you
| should never go to bed with cold feet.
| A woman's hands ought to be beauti-
| full, but q beautiful hand Is not. of ne
| cessity, a chubby hand, nor a dimpled,
nor q fat hand; but it is a white hand,
q clean hand and a tender hand. Red
ness of the hands is often due to bod
ices that are tight. sleeves that catch
you at the armholes, or are too close
fitting at the wrists. A simple but
good treatment for red hands consists
in bathing them every night in hot wa
ter, using for this purpose plenty of
good soap and a nail brush: after this
bath, dry them on a soft towel and
then rub in some simple emollient-
cold cream or mutton tallow will an
swer-but whatever you use must be
soft; if necessary. melt 1t so that what
is put on the hands can be rubbed in
gently. Then take a pair of loose
gloves. very loose. cut off the finger
tips, slip them ovcr the creased hands
and sleep in them. In the morning
give the hands a sOap and water bath
letting the water used be tepid. and
then rinse the soap off with cold wa
ter. so that they may be made firm
and hot sensitive to the cold air
Learn to walk we'll. When I say walk
well. l DIN not mean walk stifny. Lee
your young. slender body lend itsell
to the movement of your feet. ant
though You must hold your head up
you will present the appearances. no
of some III who has been bandageC
on a blackboard. but of a healthy girl
not closely-cabined in her clothes. bu
dressed properly and walking grace
fully"
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Sport, however, is not the only form
of recreation at Somerville and Lady
Margaret. There are the debates be-
tween the halls. and the Shakespeare
societies, little teas in the girls own
rooms for special 'chums." nor gen.
eral "at homes throughout the win
ter, and garden parties and all sorts
of gayeties during the closing week of
the summer term, when the lists are
ready and honors awarded. Girls may
also receive visitors of either sex III
reasonable numbers, and are often al
lowed to dine out with a friend or to
be otherwise entertained in her house;
but that same friend may not come for
her TO chaperone her elsewhere. 4
chaperonc provided by the hall does
that.
Each hall also maintains a minia-
ture society" governed by the strict
est rules of etiquette n regards calls
and entertaining among the students,
The "Freshy' must conduct herself
with meekness and lowliness of spirit
Never may she dare to call on Il sen
Tor before that senior has seen fat tC
call upon her and take her mp in
polite society. Moreover, this grave
and reverend senior may leave hel
card, if the ''freshy" is out; but the
''freshy'' amy never leave a card IN
der any circumstances, but must keeI
on calling until she finds the senior in
70 leave her card would only he I'm.
paralleled presumption. Neither ma.
any freshman presume To entertain, t
invite a dinner companion, or. In fact
tender an invitation of any sort G
kind. unless an intimate friendship in
tervenes to suspend these laws of so
| eial lifc. No seniors are ever asked Il
meet 'freshies." and II 'freshies' ar
TO be present at any spread" Or spree
the seniors are 10 advised beforehand
) that they may stay away if it s.
pleases them. In short, the fresh
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-06-11

AS another of the condolences be
tween the vastest of monarchies and
the greatest of republics, it may be
noted that the Russian national hymn,
at the ceremony of the coronation of
the car, will be sung to the tune of
America" There is no political sig
nificance in this, however. The fact
is that the national anthems of Russia,
England and the United States are all
set to the same music.
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The round waist. in endless and Gle
can't varieties. comes again. fresh
from Paris among typical styles for
the spring and summer season.
A returned importer says that the
last and most recherche production of
modern industry is point lace. into
the web of which French brilliantS are
woven. This costly tissue will be out
of the reach of most persons. So far,
it has only been used for bonnet
crowns and for covering fans. One
great cuuturier, however, has ordered
the entire trimming for a superb gown
TO be made of it. to surpass all robes,
past. present and future
Dainty dresses for afternoon and
evening wear during the hot summer
are equally attractive 10 maids and
matrons. and the seasons modes give
unlimited opportunity for variety III
effect. \ few Yards of chiffon ana
.pihl,on transform Il gown which mas
done duty through one season int" q
fresh, pretty toilet suitable for any
dreSSy occasion, and when q renovated
gown is a success it is often n greater
delight to the wearer than when it is
new.
Cav and pretty CnrsageS mado n
vide sash ribbon are worn by fashion
able young ladies' to brighten m Iarf
or black satin skirts. This CurSagc
worn in lieu of the waist proper, is
made in the shape of Il tight-iittinl
round waist. with neck opening II
pompndour shape aud made of IT,
, rashcS. which are gathered full os
the shoulder and gagged into narr"9
compass at the waist. The opening i
/ filled in with gathered net or chiffon
If made to wear over Il chiffon ant
satin skirt tho sleeves are of thcS'
materials. with a full sash and Ions
ends of the ribbon at the back.
The vogue for ribbon trimming
promises to amount to a rage the com
Jug season. when they will he partirI
larly favored as ornaments to thil
gowns for both day and evening weal
Besides the usual uses 10 which ties
gay and graceful decorations arc put
cut mp into butterfly bows, stock co
: lars. running. diagonally or vertical
across the skirt or b,diCe, etc"-the
will also he made up into shoulder
braces, with Breton stripes goin
across. both front and back. upo
! them, and form shoulder knots wit
long loops and ends. and fat. hroa
revcrs and epaulettes. Killed skirt
will be hordcred with MORE satin c
velvet ribbon. and seams of gore
skirts Oycrlaid with fiat ribbon baud
ending ut ~rosettes at the hem.
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Said Lord Bacon, 'maketh A. full man."
That is. a man of knowledge. Know1edee.
is power. DO you want TO be powerful?
Text books In school furnish knowledge,
but they can give only the skeleton. The
flesh must he put on by the teacher Tor by
reading), In the way of illustration. To get
this additional information one must read
many special books. which are not to he
found outside of big libraries. Each month
the Burlington Route issues a printed sheet
containing articles of thirty or forty lines,
compact, reliable and interesting, on geo.
graphical, scientific and historical subjects.
II you send your name and address to w.
j. G.. Kenyon. G.. II. and l.. A.. st. Paul,
Mimi, one of these sheets will be sent to
YOU every month during 1896. =
\. B.-The Burlington Route Is the best
line from st. Paul and Minneapolis to Chi.
Cago or st. Louis.
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The secret of making Stilton cheese
was for some time confined to the
family of the original inventors who
were under an engagement to- sell all
they could make to 'the famous Cooper
Thornhill of Stilton; and being thus to
be obtained from him alone, It re-
ceived the appellation Of Stilton
cheese, when it ought to have been
named Wichcote cheese, being first
made in that small village, on the east
erin side of Leicestershire, about thirty
miles from Stilten.: . .-
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The Difference.

"The difference" said Asbury Pep
pers, though no enc had asked him;
1.-The difference between bicycle pump
and an anti prizefight law is that one
is used to blow up the tires and~the
other is used to tie up the blowers
Whereupon the serious boarder told
him that he ought to go on the. stage,
or, if the stage were not available, to
go on the next train.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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Some ingenious person has advanced
the suggestion that the mucilage on
the backs of postage stamps be sweet.
ened, in order to make the sticking
process more agreeable to the sticker.
We respectfully submit that if the
government will only put on enough
mucilage to keep the stamp in place,
the public will, dispense with the
sugar. ~
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A Water wheel Under Water.
Capt. NJ. T. Thatcher, United States
consul to Windsor, after ten years Of
This Shows How the Current Turns
the Submerged Water Wheel

This Shows How the Current Turns
the Submerged Water Wheel.
experimenting. has invented a current
submerged water wheel, which prom
Uses to be a great success. 1t is five
feet in length and six feet in diametSr
and revolves on an iron rod. Two sets
of buckets are constructed on the in
side Of it, and they are sc arranged
that they catch the current at right
angles and then turn so as to present
a thin edge when returning.
The wheel has been placed in the
river at Stony Point, Crosse lie, where
the current Il n at the rate of about
three and one-half miles an hour. 1t
makes about twelve revolutions a min
ute and gives or eight horse
power. The final test is being made
now. Should the wheel prove as sue