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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
the famous weapon; which still, how
HYnl roma med LII It's l~ilinG-QlaCG.

fle famous weapon which still, how
ever, remained III it's hiding-place.
At the council Simon held a tight
grip upon his fathers flowing gar
ments, and listened eagerly to all that
was said. Some of the villagers, Yus-
suf, of course, among them, advised
resistance to the advancing Kurds.
I'VE beat them back, before" they
said. ave can beat them back again.
Let us stay in Argadoun and preserve
our homes"
But the majority was opposed to re-
sistance. The Kurds- were coming in
overwhelming numbers. To stay
would mean death for themselves and
slavery for their children. Flight to
the mountain Businesses, cried those
frightened people, was the only chance
of safety. Reluctantly at last, the
priest, Isaac, was driven to admit that
the force of opinion called for flight.
Then it was that old Yussuf arose
from the stone seat he had occupied.
his stern, war-scarred face set and
firm. "Ye can do as ye will, my breth-
rem he said; but I-eyen 1-Shall
stay here in Argadoun, and guard my
hearth against the m%arauders. l have
spoken"
A brief silence fell upon the listeners
"a silence broken by the voices of lit
tie Simon, crying bravely: And | will
stay in Argadoun with my father"
The villagers looked from n to the
other with shame-faced eyes, while old
Yussuf, a flush of joy lighting up lis
face, turned to throw his arms around
the lads neck.
THE Lord hath raised up a man to
be nv SOM he shouted. Take heed,
oh, Christians of Argadoun! Ye are
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
BUGS INDICATE THE TIME.
Novel Clock That Puzzles Residents
of Il Missouri Town.

Novel Clock That Puzzles Residents
of II Missouri Town.
A jeweler near the junction has a
puzzles and amuses crowds every day.
There Is simply a dial a foot and d
half square, apparently lyong on a box
al inch in depth. There are nc hands
and no holes in the dial. In spite of
this the clock tells time perfectly:
There are two little Mexican beetles
of the ~gTeen-brOnZe variety that have
been more or less popular as scarf
pins, etc., and they crawl about and
mark the minutes and hours accu-
rately. One of them rests on the outer
circle of the dial and moves from one
figure to another each hour. The other
bug marches on the dial's inner circle,
and moves one-tifth of the space be-
tween the figures every minute. What
tells the bugs when and how far to
move is a mystery that ninety-nine out
of every 100 who look at them give UP
in despair.
The bugs are plainly enough alive,
else how could they walk? And there
are no strings on them, so why do they
Iot VAIN VII dbOul lHcil oNh ihlullS.
as any ordinary bug would do in no
time?
1.-The things simple enough" said
the man who knows it all, after glanc-
ing at the clock yesterday. "The bugs
are dead as Julius Caesar. Each Of
them is merely a shell and has a bit
of steel set into its base. The clock
has hands, only they are underneath
instead of above the dial, and they are
magnetized. Every time the hand
FORCES ahead its attraction carries the
steel and the little green bug shell
along. Put a couple of steel pins O.. a
sheet OF paper and o a magnet
around underneath and you'll see just
how it works. It's too easy"
{ The man who knew vent on to say
that the jewcler was a shrew fellow.
"Sec,'' he said, che thought he'd head
off all suspicion of magnets by setting
those fine watches on the four corners
of his mystery. Just note, please, they
are non magnetic. will you? Oh, it's a
cinch how the thing works!'-Kansas
City World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
!, Argadoun against the advancing

ArgadOun against the advancing
Kuryls.
That night Simon borrowed his faith
er's rife and went forth alone. The
Kurds were not expected until morn
ing, but Simon had his own ideas. AS
it Glanced, those ideas were correct.
The Kurds had executed a forced
march and We're even then on their
way to attack the village.
With cruel jests upon their lips, and
scenting like the tigers they were, the
blood of fresh victims. rode the Kurd-
isb troops along the foad to Argadoun.
Simon. perched amid the crags. COM
handed his chosen detile, saw them
coming hhd made ready. . He wait
cd until the entire body of men had
entered the space:s, eta0ifidoinaoinhhl1
entered tine narrow space between the
rocks. Theh. ''bangv' wont his rifle,
and d horseman rolled writhing in the
dust. "Bahg!" it went again-for this
was d repeating fif1e-and again a
Kurd rolled over among the cactus
bushes: Leapihg to his feet; the boy
ran like d 1awping along the pdrapet
of rock as a volley FROM the Startled
Kurds riudled the spot where he had
stood. Fifty yards further on he again
opened fire, and sent three shots rat
Ting among the brigands: Then, fit
=, ting new cartridges into the empty
chambers Of his. rife, he dashed for;
ward another space, and Once more
plowed the ranks Of The enemy:
Wild confusion and wrath beyond
telling reigned, among the Knrds. 1T
is an ambushw they shrieked, striving
in vain to scale the rocky wall above
which Simon was iDtrenched. "Thert
is a whole army of Christians on the
rocks"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
BLUE LAWS IN PHILADELPHIA.
Policemen Stop From Pas
ing IL church During Service.

Policemen Stop Wagons From Pass.
ing IL Church During Service.
Policemen stationed at every cross
street within a block of st. Barnabas'
Protestant Episcopal church attracted
considerable attention. They were
stationed there to prevent milk wagons
from passing the church during scrv-
ices, and their presence was the result
of a request made to Director Ritter
by Pastor James r. l.. Nesbitt. 1t was
found that a law of 1874 prohibits
milkmen from distributing milk on
Sunday between the hours of 8 a. m.
and 5 p. M, and it was this law that
was enforced.
For some time past the congregation
of st. BarnabaS' has been greatly an
noyed by the noise of passing vehicles
| during church hours, especially when
the weather is warm enough to have
the windows open. The streets ut this
| point are badly paved, both Oriana and
| DauIlhin streets still being encum-
bered with cobblestones of unique pat
| tern, and the noise made by passing
vehicles is very great. The law of
| 1874 will be enforced strictly during
the summer months: - Philadelphia
Record,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
ARIZONA'S PETRIFIED FOREST.
Animals who Venture Within 1t Are
Turned Into Stone.

Everyone has heard of the petritled
forests of Arizona" said Il. A. Allen
of Tombstone, "but few people are
aware hat there are springs in the ter
ritory where almost any object can be
petrified. Frogs, snakes, Lizards and
other reptiles have ventured into some
of these springs and turned to stone.
Leaves, twigs and branches of trees
have undergone the same process.
But the most remarkable instance is
that of a cattleman, who has the same
name as myself, although no relation.
He was in the habit of standing in one
of these springs and bathing. He did
this for some time, when he began to
feel peculiar pains III his feet and
ankles, and he stopped, but the pains
continued, followed by a numbness
thai never left them. He lost all con
troll of the muscles Of hat part of his
body, and it was but a few weeks I'M
til he realized that his feet had become
petrifed, and for the past year he has
been unable to walk. The res of his
body was somewhat affected, but not
so much so, as the water had not Sub
merged him ."-Tombstone Epitaph.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

Language, one said a great literary
authority, is enriched by contributions
from the slums, not from the upper
strata Of society. The latter are salts
fed to use it in its purity. We may
uuarrel with the use, in this sense, Of
the word enriched" but we have only
10 l7ok Mt slang additions to our mod
ern dictionaries in order to realize chat
language Is at least increased from
that source. So, on the whole, we
have little sympathy with those per-
Sous who always sheer at the innoya-
tons Of men not purists in style. The
innovations are terse, vigorous and ex.
pressive, and many of them have come
to stay.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

set at naught by the very children"
Then a dozen stalwart young men
leaped forward and ranged themselves
beside the old soldier. Others more
advanced in years followed slowly, un-
til nearly thirty stood around Yussuf
and the boy. But nothing-not even
the bravery of Simon-could move the
remainder. They knew the Kurds, and
feared them as they feared Satan him
self. So accordingly it was agreed
that these weak-hearted ones should
hasten. across the hills with the old
priest, Isaac, the women and children.
leaving Yussuf and his devoted band
to guard the pass and the hamlet Of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

Facts speak more powerfully than
words. The Spanish government takes
occasion to cay that one-half of the
news t%elegraphed from Cuba to this
country is false, that the rebellion is
rapidly being suppressed and that 1t
will soon be a thing of the past. Per-
haps. If that is so, however, why is
Spain preparing to send still
troops to the rebellious island? Are
they needed to keep the other Spanish
troops loyal?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

Under the charter proposed for
Greater New York, appropriation bills
will have to pass two municipal boards
by a four-fifths vote, and in case of
veto by the mayor, by a f~ive-sixths
vote. In preparing the charter the
commission have an Important work
TO perform, and II they can do any
thing to lift municipal government in
this country to a higher standard they
will be remembered among the bene'
factors Of their time.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

it is strange how useful h clup or
ranxation has been found In promot-
ing literature, patriotism. military
knowledge, hunting, fishing and the
fraternal virtues, since the Raines
LIQUOR law went into operation in New
York. Mr.. Raines dreamed not of the
rood he wrought for all these objects.
But it is stranger still that no l has
been formed to secure Sunday drink
ing privileges.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

A boy poet of fifteen years has Just
been discovered in a London factory.
His name is Edmund Curtis, and he
first attracted attention by some really
fine verses in an English weekly. A
genuine philanthropist has taken the
boy from the factory and sent him to
school,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
His Two Children md Throw
To LexOw Chicago,

Chicago, Special.-Evidence tending
to s~ubstantiate charges of police cor
ruption in Chicago is in the possession
of the civic federation. A movement
Is on foot to secure an investigation of
the police department similar to the
Lexow investigation in New York. The
charges, it is asserted, include specific
cases of extortion of money from the
u~nfortunates of the city and the pro-
lection of the criminal and semi-crim-
inal classes. Captains, ~lieutenants, sef-
geants, detectives and patrolmen, it is
said, are included In the roll Of dr.
hoAQ-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

The sentence of DR.. Jameson, al
though not very severe, is sufficient to
stamp the man a convict, and the mill
tary proceedings which are likely to
follow will be still more humiliating.
And probably not the least CALLING
feature of the situation to the man
himself is the knowledge that Cecil
Rhodes Is at large and winning fresh
laurels in Matabeleland.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

A young man of Boston who had
iust spent his last ten cents received a
telegram from San Francisco the other
day stating that he is the heir to II
fortune of over $2,OOO,O0O. But this
should not lead other young men who
have only ten cents to part with it in
the hope that he may get a similar tel
egrnm. Better keep it is long as they
can.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

Mrs. Terhune C"Marion Harland")
saws she is satisfied that women have
at present all the rights they can
make use of. Indeed, "things have
reached such a pass" said she to all
interviewer in st. Louis recently, that
l am really seriously thinking of trying
to win Immortality for myself by be-
ginning an agitation for the rights of
men,"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
The Hygiene Of the Emotions


One of the new discoveries Of hygiene
Is the fact that I'm the emotions we
have within l. ourselves an effective
means of suicide. If the emotions are
not properly restrained and regulated,
the body may be slowly but surely
worn out, even without the sufferer
himself suspecting what the secret
canker is. DR.. Nj. l.. Holbrook shows
the Importance of keeping our bodily
expenses at or near Il physiological
resources Many persons whose habits
Of eating, drinking, dressing. bathing,
etc, are unexceptionable, are so ex-
travagant In their expenditures of vital
force that they are always below par
in health. This Is characterized as
physiological extravagance, immoral
bodily conduct. There are tines when
the bodily nj must be freely
spent for others, as in emergencies.
sickness, etc, but after the strain is
over the powers may be recruited by
rest, sleep, recreation and food, and no
special harm ensues. If this is not
done, there may he danger of a perma-
nent breakdown. The nervous forces
are spent most rapidly through the
emotional nature. The pleasureable
emotions are love. hope, joy and peace.
These are health-giving, and If not in
excess, not eXhausting. The painful
emotions are fear, hate, anger and
jealousy. These exhaust the vital
forces in two ways. They diminish the
generation of energy in the body by in
terfering with digestion and assimi-
latlon of food, and they also consume
rapidly and to little purpose what en-
ergy is produced. There is much ill
health which cannot be traced to its
true cause unless attention is turned tC
there painful emotions. 1t has of late
been found that fatigue caused q tenn
pOrary change in the blood, and 4
healthy person who Is inoculated with
the fatigue poison speedily exhibits all
h symptoms of extreme relaxation
and exhaustion. In the same way the
evil emotions, and especially anger
produces substances which are very
poisonous, and II generated In quaint
ties large enough they might destroy
life. Even in ordinary quantities they
lower the vital tone, and waste life:
forces most e~Xtravagantly. Hate an(
jealousy are also most dangerous emo
lions to encourage, and there is II,
knowing how much i'll health has it
chief cause in a slow, chronic fear
which silently corrodes the nervous sys
tenn, and not only shortens life, bu
renders it less effective. DR.. Holbrook
while admitting the difficulty of tindin,
a general remedy, insists that the onl,
true cure for the disease of evil emo
tions is to practice self-control and sub
stitute the better emotions-faith, hop
and love. These all conserve health
they are to the mind what air, light, eN
ercise and temperance are to the body
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
Floods in Switzerland.

Berne, Switzerland, Special.-seflous
floods have occurred in the Berlea
Aims the ,Jura mountains and the
Canton of Vaud and the lower val.
lais Bridges have been carried away
roads DESTROYED end railway travel in'
terrupted. Much damage has been
done to fields. No fatalities are re-
ported. -.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

Mr.. Tesla's announcement of his be-
lief in a possibility that the X rays are
fatal to bacilli will revive hope in that
direction. His belief is mainly theo-
retical as vet, but a Tesla theory is
worth considering.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

Cecil Rhodes Is probably only too
glad Of another Matabele outbreak.
He is not likely to miss any opportunity
tiles at present for ingratiating himself
again with the government m the
English people.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

The American consular service
doubtless may be improved, but 1t is
soothing to national selflove to Know
that Germany is about reforming hers'
to bring it up to the American stand
ard.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

Turkey is on the defensive over In
Crete now, but there's nothing very
new in that. Except in the case OF the
helpless Armenians, Turkey is ON the
defensive about all the time.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
preadfuIIy Melancholy.

gallagher, do you ever get low
spitted?"
'Low-spirited? Half the time | feel
worse than the man who cries char
coar'-Chicago Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
The X Rays in Dentistry.

Shadowgraphs have been shown at a
dental convention in which all the de-
tails of the teeth were distinctly ap-
parent. Gold, silver or other filings
in the teeth appeared clearly. One of
the shadOwgraphs attracted particular
attention. 1t was a portion of the jaw
of a man in which there was q trouble
some tooth. The man wanted the tooth
extracted some time ago, but it would
not come out, and the dentist, in his
efforts to draw it, had wrenched the
tooth severely. The man suffered a
great deal of pain before the failure,
but more afterward. A leading spe-
cialist was unable to make a satisfac-
tory diagnosis, and advised that the
Jaw be shadowgraphed. This IA done
by DR.. w. ]. Morton. and the result
was the revealing of the fact that the
dentist had been trying TO draw the
wrong tooth. The disturbance" was
clearly shown to be in the adjoining
tooth. The latest discovery of DR.. Nor
ton, who has probably 11rn more in
developing the p,'0.c S:aihic p0ssibili-
ties of the X ray than any other man,
10 m that will u much uneasiness
In raaay quarters. When 1t was sgg.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
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ECONOMY IN PRODUCTION.
An Illustration of the Possibility OF
Reducing the Cost of Production.

An Illustration If the Possibility of
Reducing the Cost of Production.
Every manufacturer knows that
there are times when a very small de-
tail in the conduct of his business will
make all the difference between which
side OF the balance sheet his surplus is
found. Economy then becomes an I'M
perative necessity. The Important fact
that nthe possibility of reducing the
cost of production may sometimes lay
close to a'man's elbow without his suS-
pecting it, is illustrated in the expert
ence of a young and clever engineer
employed In n manufacturing esta.
ilShmont neal New York. He had we'll
taken care o fail the large economies,
and convinced that continued success
lay In discovering opportunities for
small savings, lie made a diagram
showing the ground plan of the works.
On this diagram he traced. in colored
lines, the course of the various materi=
ais employed in the industry. The re-
suits were surprising. The sinuous
line of the path of the material was
suggestive of the ground plan of a
labyrinth. Instead of moving steadily
from stock pile to shipping room, it
was found that the material ~zig-zagged
around the works. twisting, turning
n doubling on itself until Its path
twelve to fifteen times the greatest
length of the plant. This, of course,
meant unnecessary handling. The
graphic method of investigation fur
Their revealed the fact that instead of
being a continuous process, the bust
ness consisted Of half a dozen or more
separate processes. each in the hands
of a little group of workmen whose Spe-
cial skill had for years been overval-
ued and who had a common UNDER
standing that no in%conveniert pace
was to be set by any Of them. Over
each group was a foreman, who was
ambitious to raise his branch into n
distinct department, and who, to fur
Their this end. had insisted III a closed
door being put between his room and
the n adjoining it. No Il had real
lied the evils OF this system until the
diagram made it apparent at a glance.
By %reSOrting again to the graphical
method, it was found that, at very lit
tie expense. the mount of moving and
handling of material could be reduced
one-half. One or two new doors were
cut. the machinery was r~earranged, so
as to bring the various processes lore
into line, and a good deal of the un-
skilled labor formerly about the works
was dispensed with. The material
that before had to pass through many
departments was finished in one con-
tlnuous process. By q discreet shift
ing of labor, the special skill of each
little group of mechanics became com.
mon property, and the cliques which
had been a brake on the wheels of in
dustry were effectively broken up.
The weekly pay rolls were materially
reduced. the output was increased in
| quantity and improved In quality, and
a very pronounced tendency to dry
rot" was checked ard corrected,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
The atmosphere. II compressed,
would make a sea thirty-five feet deep.
!
around the globe.

To attack a man with any weapon is
4 serious matter in Madagascar. 1t Is
punishable by death.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
A Winner

81 am told that Phillips keeps a fast
horse"
1T is just the other way. The horse
keeps him."-petroit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

1t il considered unlucky in Ireland to
view a funeral procession the
beholder is under an umbrella.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29

Making 1t Hot for the Train Robber.
The latest patent invention for the
circumvention of the train robber has
a distinctly vicious look. 1t is taken
for granted that the train robbers will
climb up over the cross-head guides,
steam chest, and running-board, so as
to attack the cab of the locomotive on
tho front eide. As ther reach the Ut
ning-board the engineer lnosens a catch;
the running boards, hung on hinges at
their outer sides, dSop to a y~erticle po-
sition, and the enterprising robber is
wedged, in great discomfort. between
the boards and the boiler. Spikes are
fixed in the edge of the running-board,
which prevent him from eXtricating
himself, and the more he tries to get
away, the more tightly he becomes
damned. At the same time that the
engineer springs the catches of the run
h~ing-boards steel suffers drop auto
matically about the windows of the
cab, also at its rear, so that the en-
gineer and fireman are fully protected
from any bullets incident to the opera
tons of such of the robbers as are not
cared for by the running-boards.
Steam pipes having suitable discharg-
noZzles are situated by the intruders.
These pipes are connected to the engine
boiler, and their contents of hot water
and steam can be directed with great
effectiveness against the enemy. SINH
lar devices are provided Upon both the
tender and the express car,