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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06
Embroidered for Flower Pots.

Some new pieces of embroidery seen
are decorated covers for the flower
pots kept in drawing rooms and
boudoirs, or used upon dining tables.
These covers are of rich satin, and
wrought with Roman floss, gold and
silver threads, jewels and spangles.
The designs are borrowed from old
Italian needlework or the embroider-
les of 1.-THE Empire" The cardboard
over which the satin is stretched Is
vanished on both sides, so that the
dampness from the flower pots will
not injure the covering. One OF the
covers at the woman's exchange is
of paIe blue embroidery in pastel col
ors combined with silver thread and
mock sapphires. Another is of rose
color. with a design done in shades of
yellow in floss, gold thread and with
gems of topaz. Perhaps the p%rettiest
one is a cover that would look well
holding a jar of blossoming marguer-
ties. 1t is of satin in old blue, wrought
with white, silver and opals. Other
surroundings being in keeping, this
cover would look well in the center OF
a dining table, with silver candelabra,
with blue and silver shades or with
shades of white, and a posy of mar
guerities tied with a knot of blue rib
bon or Il silvered ribbon at each cover
The covers are so elegant that they
would seem in bad taste in many
places, and one almost wonders If they
are not altogether too fine and also in
appropriate for a living flower or
plant. Porcelain, or silver. or glass
iardinieres may renew their beauty by
vigorous contact with brush and soap
and water, but these coverings soiled
and dusty become useless.-New York
Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

pie method whereby any one can
quickly and effectually sterilize milk
has been recommended by the depart
ment of agriculture. The vessel con-
tanning the milk, which may be the
bottle in which it is supplied, or any
other vessel is placed inside a larger
receptacle of metal. which contains
water. The interior vessel should be
raised about half an inch above the
bottom of the other, and the water
should each nearly or quite as high
as the milk. This apparatus is then
heated until the milk reaches a tenn
perature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit,
when 1t was removed and allowed to
cool gradually. "A temperature of 100
degrees maintained for half an hour
Is sufficient to destroy any germs like
ly to be present in the milk. and it is
found in practice that raising the
temperature to 155 degrees and then
allowing the milk to stand in the
heated water until cool insures the
proper temperature for the required
time. The simplest plan is to take a
tin pail having Il false bottom with
perforated holes and legs half an inch
high to allow circulation of the water.
The milk bottle is set on this false
bottom. and water is poured into the
pail until it reaches the level Of the
surface of the milk in the bottle. A
little hole may be punched in the Gov
er of the bottle in which a cork NAV
be inserted, and a thermometer put
through so that the bulb dips into
the milk. The temperature can thus
be watched without removing the
cover,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06
Popularity of the wire mil

The evil days on which the manu-
ufacturers of nails fell a year ago,
when prices went down to 90c on wire
nails and 75c on the cut articles, have
passed away, and a more cheerful tone
now porvades the industry. The Sc
we're competition had then forced
prices SO low that the making of nails
was q losing business. The wage of
employees in nail factories were re-
duced; the cuts were deep and many
strikes followed and several mills were
forced to the wall. One of the first
movements was q return to higher
movements in the restoration of bust
ness was a return TO higher wages.
Following this advance. the prices of
raw material went up. and then wire
nails rapidly improved in value. The
most pertinent point in connection
with these facts is that the demand
for cut nails is dying out. One-half
as many cut nails as wire nails were
used last year. The American wire
nail is now supreme in this country.
1t has distanced all competition from
foreigners. Although the wire nail is
a native of Germany, it has attained
q finish in the United States which
makes it more popular that the foreign
article with Americans The German
wire nail is thicker than ours. Several
attempts have been made to introduce
it here without success. although.
strange to say. the foreign nails ruled
in this market in the days before
Americans started TO make wire nails,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

A sprinkler designed to throw a gen
tie yet effective spray, and which is
of simple and inexpensive construc-
ton, is shown in the accompanying H.
%lustration, and has been patented by
Charles A. Ashton of Piqua, Ohio. Fig.
1 represents the sprinkler in operation,
Fig. = being a vertical section. A re-
duced stand pipe supports a spreading
head, whose lower section has an en-
larged bore and receives the lower end
of a closely coiled spring. made fast to
the base of the spraying head. TO the
top of the spring is secured a cap in
which screws a plug having a large
central bore, with ii reduced bore at
the top, to make a fine vertical thread
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06
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PLANO PLAYING,
The Nervous Strain of Learning In
trumental Music.

The Nervous Strain of Learning In
strumentnl Music.
Gounod, the composer, bitterly re-
age piano player. He was strangely in
favor of a somewhat yer pianoforte
tax. His argument was that 90 out of
every 100 who learned to play that in
strument failed to attain to more than
a superficial stage, either of conception
or execution, and that they wasted val
liable time which might otherwise be
employed in doing something that
would benefit them. He also contend
ed that the piano practice of students
constituted q public nuisance n was
irritating and eXasperating to such a
degree as to become an outrage on
peacefully inclined citizens. The pro-
posed tax was never levied, but some
figures published by a French scientist
may possibly in some measure tend to
restrict the indiscrimlnate teaching of
music to very young children. 1t is
declared that a large number of nerv-
Gus maladieS from which girls of the
present day suffer are to be attributed
to playing the piano. Children who
ought to be exercising in the open air
are kept at dreary and distasteful
work at the keyboard hour after hour
daily, and the nerves simply will not
stand the strain. 1t is said to be
proved by statistics that of 1000 girls
who study this instrument before the
age of Il, no less than 600 suffer from
this class of disorders. while of those
who do not begin until later there are
only some 200 per 1000. The proper
ton among those who are spared the
practice is only 100 per 1000. The
prosecution of the study of the violin
by the very young is proved to be
equally injurious. The remedy sug-
gested is that children should not be
permitted to study either instrument
before the age of Is at least, or. in the
case of delicate constitutions, not until
q later age. So far as the piano is con-
cerned, however. it is possible that the
true remedy may be found in a better
method of teaching. The main point
in early tuition is to form the hands
and give them f1eXibility and strength.
This is purely mechanical, and it can
be done away from the pianoforte key
board. The endless repetition of sound
which Is responsible for much of the
wear and teal of the nerves of young
musical students is thus avoided and
better progress is made from the con-
centration of the mind and technique
only. The objection has been raised
that such a system makes "mechanl-
CAL players. AS a matter of fact. it
makes only those "~mechanical' who
would be so under the ordinary sys-
TEN of tuition. To those of true artis-
tic instinct it is an inestimable help
and shortener of labor.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06
Floating SaDatorin for ConSumptive

A European ship owning association
has placed an oder for the ccnstruc-
ton of a large steamer. which is to be
specially adapted and fitted for the ac-
commcdation of inyalids in need of
fresh air and a favorable climate. The
ship is to be in constant employment
for eight or nine months in the year,
but for 1T least three months out of
the twelve it will go into dock in order
to be thoroughly cleansed and disin-
fected. 1t is proposed to make This
steamer, which is to be the forerunner
of Il large fleet similarly equipped, Il
veritable floating palace in the mat
ters of both comfort and salubrity.
The idea to be carried cut in this new
departure is the isolation of a dan
gerous class with the least possible
amount of discomfort to its members;
and. furthermore. that by a judicious
timing of moves, the sufferers will be
afforded Il chance of recovery under
the most favorable climatic conditions,
which it would be difficult to secure
otherwise. A list of anchorageS has
been made, all of which have their
sDecial seasons. when the meteorolCE-
zeal conditions are all that can be de-
sired, and, inasmuch as these seasons
by no means correspond with each
other chronologically, it will be practi-
cable for Il speedy vessel to transport
her passengers from enc TO the other,
and thus enable them. as it were, 10
skim the cream of the collection. AS
| soon as any undesirable change OF
weather is imminent at the port OF
stoppage the ship will sail for Il more
s~alubrious climate. The a~nchorages so
! far selected are at Corfu. Alexandra.
Palermo. Messina. Naples. TuniS and
! Malta. Although skilled medical ad-
vice and nursing will be available, the
accompanimentS of Il sanatorium VIII
be kept as much as possible Il OF
evidence. the understanding being that
IT may have n beneficial effect on the
passengers if they can be made to lor-
get their ailments and to believe that
| their trip is for pleasure as much as
for health.
simple Method of SterIiziu: MIX.
The sterilization of milk is Il mcsl
iuDCVtauu factor in preventing the
! spread of'contagious diseases. y sim
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

In my paper an item something like
the following.
Tragic Event at a Club-Last night
one of the walters Mt the Eccentric
club, hearing groans in a private
room, entered, and found Mr.. ----,
one of the members. lying on the floor
with the blood pouring from his
mouth. A doctor was instantly sum-
moned, but before he arrived Mr.. -
had expired. AS no one in the club
knows MI. is private address, the
body has been taken to the morgue."
The paper then went on to state that
Mr.. ---. was one of the oldest mem
bers of hat organization. and was a
quiet, retiring man of whom his fel-
low members knew very little. l am
sorry that | cannot find this item n
give the date on which it appeared,
but anyone nay learn from the porter
of the Eccentric club the date of the
tragic occurrence, and in next morn
ing's London dailies they will find the
ten of which | speak. On the follow
ing day The papers said that no one
had claimed the body. and this was
the last item that appeared in the pub
lie press relating to this remarkable
man. l learned later from the waiter
at the Eccentric club who had found
Mr.. ---, that a brother in the north
of England had ultimately been found
who tool charge of the body. The
waiter told me that the death had oc-
cured shortly before midnight. II
that Mr.. -- had shortly before en-
tered the club.
Now. the missing links in this per-
fectly true story are, first: That l do
not know whether the street door of
the building l occupied was closed or
not; and. second, l do not know the
exact hour at which my strange visit
or appeared. What seems to me n
reasonable solution is that Mr.. -
was at that time On his way to the
club. and that his seemingly abrupt
action was caused by the fact that he
was then feeling ill: that he hurried to
his club, which is less than ten min
utes' walk from the spot where was
writing, and there died. Neverthe-
less, his entrance made a profound inn
preston upon me, and the more l
think of it the less certain | feel that
it was a living man who called upon
me in my office overlooking h STRAND
that night.-Detroit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

c'es in it, to which he would be pleased
to call the authors attention If /
should be so good as to send him his
address. BY and by my resentment
against my correspondent faded away.
and there came in its place an admiral
ton for the mans wonderful knowl-
edge. and the extreme accuracy of his
general information. | wrote to him
saying l would be pleased to meet him
anywhere he liked to name. He re-
piled rather eyasively to this, and for
a year or two l e~ndeavored to make
an appointment with him, but always
without success. THIS reluctance on
his part increased my interest in him,
and made me wonder why he spent
SC much time in writing, while plain
ly unwilling to meet the nan he wrote
to.
One Saturday night Mr.. Bronson
Howard, the dramatist, and myself,
attended one of the entertainments of
the Press club which at that time had
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

The Japanese believe in b%anishing
from the bedroom everything which
is not really necessary to that depart
ment. All things useful they make as
decorative as possible, but for mere
ornaments sake little or nothing is
added, unless it be a vase contain
ing flowers arranged in their own in
imitable way, OF something else equal
ly simple.
Their customs will bear consiGHra-
tons by the housewives of Il West
ern world, says Womankind, for by
this Japanese method the utmost neat
ness, simplicity and repose is possible,
Add beauty and daintiness, and little
else is left to be desired. Bedrooms
so appointed may be easily kept in
order and free from dust-that foe to
comfort and health.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06
why One Feels Chilly When Lying
Down.

The reason is simply this. Nature
takes the time when one is lying down
to give the heart a rest, and that organ
consequently makes ten strokes less a
minute than when one is in an upright
posture. Multiply that by sixty min
utes and it is six hundred strokes.
Therefore in eight hours spent in lying
down the heart is saved nearly 5000
strokes, and as the heart pumps six
ounces of blood with each stroke it
lifts 10000 ounces less of blood in q
night of eight hours spent in bed than
when one is in an upright position. AS
the blood flows so much more slowly
through the veins when n is lying
down, one must supply then with eX-
ira coverings the warmth usually fur
nished by Observation-Disclosures Bazaar.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06
Electric Traction on Trunk Rail
ways.

Some months ago there was a very
lively and exhaustive discussion by
the members of the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers of the question
of how far electricity was likely to
suDplant steam on trunk railways. Ine
opinion generally held was that, Wnile
electricity was we'll adapted for the
messenger traffic on trunk lines now
carried by steam. and It's utilization
for that purpose would make head
way. freight trains would. at all events
for a long time to come. be more ad-
vantageously operated by steam than
by electricity. William Baxter, Jr.. in
a recent series of articles, questions
the soundness of this view. He con-
tends that if electricity can compete
with steam at all, it will be for heavy
freight traffic, and shows that many
of the arguments advanced to prove
that electricity would be too eXpen-
siye for freight traffic are specious.
He saws: '"The incidental advantages
of electric traction, taken altogether,
would 90 far to ward OffSetting the
cost Of power stations, trolley lines and
feeders, and in equipping a new II
would leave only a small percentage
in favor of steam, so small. indeed,
that the reduced cost of operation u
to the saving of coal would render the
electric system more probable, except
where coal is very cheap. From the
reports of ten of the largest railways
it appear that the percentages of coal
it appears that the percentages of the
coal bill to the total operating eX-
penses averages about 10 per cent,
being as low as 6 in one case and as
high as is in another. The coal con-
sumption of freight locomotives is
much greater per horsepower than
the figures claimed for high-speed pas
senger engines, and therefore it would
seem that the opinion generally en-
tertained that electricity would not
have much of a chance in competition
with steam for freight service is not
we'll founded"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06
The a

The delineascope is q new inStru-
ment for military and typographical
surveying. 1t consists of a small port
able camera having a lens with a fixed
focus. The lens is directed downward,
and has beneath it a mirror inclined at
an angle of 40 degrees to the axes of
the lens. This throws 4 picture of the
landscape, with right and left reversed,
on the tracing paper on a horizontal
object glass. 1t is then possible, by
using a focusing glass, to trace the
main features of the landscape on the
paper, which is then reversed on q
card ruled in squares similar to those
in the notebook into which the sketch
is to be copied and recorded. The de-
tails "a then be added by the eye, anu
the more exact numerical data en-
tered on the margin of the page.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

With the extension of its system of
irrigation California expects to supply
the American demand for oranges.
lemons, olives, lines, %apricots, prunes
and raisin grapes. Last year North
ern California shipped 203,6 l tons of
green and dried fruit, and Southern
California 156,S45 tons, a total of $780,
495 tons. These exports, together with
the shipments of vegetables, wines
and brandy, made 4S,S71 car loads. So
many new orchards have been set out
in California that its fruit production
will soon be doubled. Already the
state, Extraordinarily. is one of the
most important regions in the world.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

Two bold highwaymen held up what
appeared to be a timid citizen of Grin
nell, Iowa, the other night, and after
relieving him of all bis valuables, tried
to intimidate him with an empty beer
bottle. This made the little man hot,
and after he had snatched the bottle
and smashed it over the heads of both
the robbers, disabling them until an
officer came along, they discovered
that they hadtackled a college profess
or of bellies lettres.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

The Italian cruiser Lombardia re,
ports that while lying at Rio Janerio
her whole crew Of 25S persons, except
five. were attacked with yellow fever,
and 116 died, including the captain.
This indicates the possibility of casual
ties on American men of war if the
United States should be drawn into
a war with Spain over Cuba. Yellow
fever would be an enemy more to be
dreaded than Spanish guns.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

The bicycle craze has struck Athens,
and there are now about 400 wheels
in that city. Several years ago the
king introduced the first one. but there
was such a popular prejudice against
it that he seldom appeared on it in
public. Even now the Greek peasants
regard the bicycle az %uncanny, and
cross themselves and pray whenever
a bicyclist passes them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

An analysis of 1000 accident policies
on which benefits were paid shows 81
persons injured by falls on pavements,
243 by carriages or wagons, 70 by
.horse-kicks or bites and Al by horse
back riding; III were cut with edge
tools or glass, 96 were hurt by having
weights fall on them. and 76 were
hurt in bicycle accidents, while y were
hurt by falling down stairs.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

A confederate veteran recently pen
stoned by his estate, enlisted at the
age of 81 and served through the war.
He has since supported himself by his
own labor until now, at the age of 1O1,
he finds himself unable to do so. and
so asks for a pension just sufficient
to keep him alive. Such a man as this
is a hero, and North Carolina ought to
be proud Of him.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06
A Shade for nicycIiSts.

one of the noveltis exhibited at the
national cycle show at Crystal Palace,
Iordcn, was Il canopy which protected
the rider fran sun or lain. This can
opy is like the ordinary buggy top, and
is stead'cd by mean Cf a small wheel
at the back which runs on the ground
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

81 cannot Sec said the sentimental
maiden, "why a young man in love
should always be deemed a subject
for laughter"
"Nor l." said the soured bachelor.
''There is nothing more cruel than
making sport of a mental infirmity."-
indianapolis Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

The inevitable woman in. the case
comes to the surface as the cause of
the reckless behavior of Cecil Rhodes
in South Africa, though O but the
most vivid Imagination could figure
out any connection between his re-
lection by a fair London dame and his
ambition to be founder of the United
States of Africa.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

William Of Germany is very proud
of the role Of working mans emper-
or" which he has undertaken in earn
est, despite the opposition of the Con-
servatives. As things now stand. the
kaiser and the socialist working peo-
pie of his empire seem to be in close
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

Prof. Morton, of the Lowell institute,
and NJ. Tesla have both succeeded in
observing infinitely the action of the
human heart by means of the X rays.
We are rapidly approaching a point
where it will no longer be necessary
for any one to make a clean breast of
anything.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

The great German soldier. Won
Moltke, realizing how easy it would
be for either Of the European powers
to inaugurate a general war, said,
shortly before his death: "Woe be to
him who shall apply the torch to the
magazine that will set fire to all Eu-
rope
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

The announcement that Cecil
Rhodes political career is ended is
superfiuous, in view of the fact that
the johannesburg Reform Committee
confessed it's conspiracy and impli-
Gated Rhodes, Jameson, ct al
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

Douglas and Lincoln were rivals In
love as well as politics. Both proposed
to the same young woman, but Lincoln
won her. If the Lincoln b~iographers
are to be believed, this was an unfor-
tunate thing for the martyr-presldent
and a happy escape for Douglas.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

".Jimson has just married again. That
makes the third venture and he is still
Il young man"
Yes: il seems 10 be his motto TO
marry in haste and repent ut leisure"
Detroit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

The alacrity with which the Turk
responded in the Knapp affair when it
was announced that the Marblehead
had been summoned to the Bosphorus
is, from one point of view. a very good
argument for a sufficient naval appro-
priation.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06
A Sure Sign.

Editor-Did you interview the prize
fighter?
Reporter-Yes, he's given up fighting
for good.
Editor-Did he say so?
Reporter-No, but he refused to talk
for publication,-Truth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-06

There is a sad lack of originality in
the Booth Tucker methods. If the new
commander had familiarized himself
with the history of Summing in Am
erica before he began his labors he
would have found that the expedient
of a cheap disguise and a court room
scene after is too stale to give any.
body but the perpetrator a sensation.