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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

The great point of good management
In the kitchen is to clear things away as
you go on, and to be one day ahead
in ordering n~ecessarics. For instance,
take the everyday want of tea and
sugar. At starting, order in two pack
cts of each, and as n packet is clear
ed, order in another, SO you will al
ways be prepared for an emergency,
and the servant will not be called away
from her regular work to run to the
grocer's.' The kitchen, managed by
some cooks, is everlaStingly in a mud
die, because things, after they have
been used, are left here, there and
everywhere, instead of being washed
and put away in their proper places.
The mistress of a house should insist
upon order in the kitchen, and also
that he's cook should get ahead with
vegetables-at least, iii preporing them
before they are wanted; that is to,
wlth regard to potatoes, try to get them
pared early in the day, and don't leave
the Smelling OF peas, when in season,
until the last moment. A dinner is
often spoiled through the vegetables
being inSutliciently cooked. 1t is the
fashion in some houses to put the
kitchen clock on at least ten minutes,
IL plan that is worth following where
the cook has a tendency to be late.
1t is wonderful what a lot of trouble
will be saved by a little forethought
and method in the Kitchen; and how
time is economical if every vessel is
in its right place. Sometimes me sees
the sink laden with dirty pudding ba-
sins, milk jugs, knives and forks and
other things besides. Cooks will leave
stale pieces of bread about, and chop
pers and boards with fragments of
meat still clinging to them. This is
all very untidy and very unnecessary.
One great secret of success in cooking
is to have everything clean and fresh;
another is. Never put off till the last
anything that can be done beforehand"
thirdly, keep a wary eye upon the
clock.-Madame.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
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SOME CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS.

illusions of the Senses in Men and
Animals.
Among the many curious optical il
lusions produced by contrasting lines
and forms, some of a very astonishing
character occur, for which no satisfac-
tory explanation has been furnished.
If a card perforated by a pinhole be
placed close to the face, resting against
h nose, as shown in the illustration,
and a pin be held by its point in such
a way that it's head comes between the
eye and the pinhole in the card, he
pin being held quite close TO the eye,
h pin, strange to say, will appear
on the other side of the pinhole, re-
versed and magnified. You see the pin,
in fact, not as you hold it in your hand,
but through the perforatiOn, on the
outer side of the card. 1t will be found
necessary, unless you have exceptional
ly firm nerves to rest the hand holding
the pin against the cheekbOne, for the
difficulty is to get the pinhead directly
between your eye and the perforatiOn
in the card. and to hold it there with
out wavering. | must confess my ina
bility to explain this illusion, nor have
l met with any explanation that seem
ed to meet the case fully and at every
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
Two Dogs and Their Ways.

On q little farm down in Union
county, Kentucky, there is an old Ger
man who has a large number of cats
and two very smart dogs. One of
these dogs is a Scotch collie named
Ring. The other Is what Is commonly
known as a 'yaller dog" and is called
Nickel.
When he fludS II fresh mole burrOw
he mashes down the earth on it with
his paw, and visits this place for sev-
eral days, to make sure that Il mole
passes through it every day. When
he finds that he is right he goes to the
burrow about the middle If the day,
because moles always move at that
time, and watches for the mole to
come along. When he comes there he
is generally a mole.killer.
Ring spends most of his tiIne hunt.
ing rabbits, and is generally very sue
ccssful. But Nickel has short legs and
is il very poor runner so he hardly
aver catches a rabbit. But, for all
this, he has rabbit to eat as often as
Ring. When Ring starts out for a
hunt Nickel follows at a distance.
When Ring catches a rabbit he buries
it for several days. and Nickel general
ly knows where it is buried. SO, when
Ring has buried his rabbit Nickel turns
grave-r5bber and removes the rabbit
to his own graveyard. He is too smart
to steal every rabbit that Ring catch
es, for he knows that If he does he will
soon be caught. =
In cold weather Ring. Nickel and
eight or ten cats all sleep as close to-
gether as they can huddle, and in this
way everybody keeps wai'm.-Robert
s. Millett, in Chicago Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

Every II knows how much more in
tereSting is an illustrated book than
one without pictures. What a salts
faction it would be to us if we could
Illustrate Il favorite books ourselves!
What pleasure we would take in it!
This is entirely possible. 1t is a COM
paratively easy matter to illustrate a
book, or, in the ease of a book that
already contains pictures, to extend and
increase the illustration by means of
old prints, e~ngravings, and pictures
gathered from various sources and
bound in with the leaves of the book.
h Is called notwithstanding" and
has long been a favorite amusement
of collectors.
Books of travel, or stories of hunt
ing, fishing, etc, may be beautifully
Illustrated by photographs. Unmount-
ed prints are to he desired. although
1t Is possible to take prints off mounts
by a liberal soaking in warm water.
The ~soft-hnished photographs. such as
bromide and platinum prints, are vast
ly better than the shiny albumen prints.
photographs should be mounted in
the same way as other prints. except
that no openings are to be made in
the mounts. The PRINTS s''"'ld be past
ed on nat and Pressed until dry. AL
bumen prints have a tendency to curl
up, and it will require a pretty stiff
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
Household Hints

After eiderdown comfOrtcrs have
been used for q time they lose their
lightness. Hang such cOmforterS yer
a line in a strong wind for a few hours
and give them a good beating with a
rattan. This will give them renewed
life
"Paprika," so often referred to in
modern cooking receipts, is Hungarian.
pepper, a red pepper that is more
pleasant to the taste of many persons
than cayenne, whose place it is taking.
1t is quite as pungent, but not so harsh
and strong.
Night parties, night study, and dou-
BILE beds for nervous children are all
frowned upon by doctors. One of them
says: mo matter in what else you
economize. there is a criminal folly in
economizing in beds. Every person
needs his own bed; more than he needs
his own chair or w plate at table"
In making glue, break the sheets in
to small pieces, cover them with strong
vinegar, and let them soak Il few
hours. Then heat to boiling. When
the glue becomes cold it should be like
jelly. When glue is to be used, the
vessel containing it should be placed
in a dish of boiling water to soften the
glue.
When a decanter becomes SO discOl-
orcd i'll the inside that shot or fine coal
will not cleanse it, fill the bottle with
finely-chopped potato Feelings, cork
tightly, and let the bottle remain for
three days, when the Feelings will fer
ment. At the end of that time rinse
the decanter out with warm water and
the stains will be found to have diSap-
peared.
In the fall cleaning of closets and
store rooms, the best thing to wash
Il q walls and shelves with is Il strong,
hot solution of alum water. a brush
should he used for the purpose, as that
will reach every crack aud crcvicc.
Hot alum water is a good eradicatOr
for all sorts of pests, and will also kill
the eggs, while hot water and soap
seem to aid in Matching them.
Persons who are fond of carrots will
find the croquetteS made from them
excellent. The carrots should be
washed and scraped, and boiled until
tender. After they are drained and
mashed add salt water and pepper to
beaten yolks of two raw eggs, an eve
teaspoOnful of butter and a pinch of
mace to every crpful. Feat the mix
ture until light and put away to cool.
Shape into very small croquettes. dip
them into the beaten yolk of an egg.
roll in fine bread crumbs and fry to Il
golden brown in deep fat.
A new cheese dish that may be
served with crisp water crackers or
unsweetened waters, or that may be
turned from little individual molds on
crisp leaves of lettuce covered with a
French dressing, is made from four
tablespoonfuls of dry and rich grated
cheese mixed with whipped cream and
gelatine. Use a pint of the cream, add
to it a tablespoonful of gelatine after
1T is dissolved, and mix thoroughly.
Season with salt, red pepper and very
little mustard. Serve when cold and
hard.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
A Pin Trick.


point. IF a small p%erfOration be made
in a thimble, such as, indeed, often
occurs from long and constant use,
of that Indispensable household arti-
Gle, everything seen through it, the
letters on this column. for example,
If the thimble is slowly moved oven it,
will appear greatly magniiied.
A very curious optical Illusion may
be made to occur with the help of the
accompanying illustration. Let a white
card about the size of an ordinary bust
ness card. or smaller, according to the
focus of the persons eyes who tried the
experiment., be placed along the dotted
line between the bird and the cage,
on its edge lengthwise. 1t must be
turned to the light, so that the card
throws no shadow. Let the middle of
the end of the nose be placed on the
upper edge of the card, and after a
few moments steady looking the bird
will be seen to enter the cage.
Place a pea between the first and sec
Ond fingers of the right hand in their
natural position, and you will feel the
pea as one. Cross two fingers bringing
the second over the first, and place
the pea in the fork between them so
as to feel the left side of the pea with
the right side of the second finger,
and the right with the left of the first.
The impression will then be that you
have two peas touching the fingers,
especially if the eyes are shut and the
fingers placed in position by another
person. The illusion will be equally
strong if the two forc-tingers of both
hands are crossed, and the pea placed
between them.
If a chicken in a sitting position on
a table be gently pressed with one hand
upon the supporting surface, the head
and bill pressed down with the other
hand the fowl will remain perfectly
powerlcss in the position given it for
some time after all restraint has been
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
Trees That whistle.

The musical or whistling tree is found
in the West India islands, in Nubia,
and the SOudan. 1t has a peculiar
shaped leaf, and pods with a split or
open edge. The wind passing through
these sends out the sound which gives
the tree its peculiar name. In Barba-
does there is a valley filed with these
trees, and when the trade-winds blow
across the islands, a constant moaning.
deep-toned whistle Is heard from it,
which, in the still hours of the night,
has a very weird and unpleasant effect.
A species of acacia, which grows very
abundantly in the Soudan, is also called
the whistling tree by the natives. Its
shoots are frequently, by the agency of
the larvae of insects, distorted in shape.
and swollen into a globular bladder
from one to two inches in diameter.
After the insect has emerged from the
circular hole in the side of this swell
ing, the opening, played upon by the
wind, becomes a musical instrument,
equal in sound to a sweet-toned flute
Tit-Bits,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

The old saying, pride goes before a
fall" always reminds me of an old
rooster my grandmother once owned.
She lived on a big farm in Mercer
county, Ohio, and, naturally enough,
she raised many chickens and other
fowls. There was one handsome old
rooster among them named Coco. who
was very proud of his bright, fine
feathers, and considered himself q lit
tie better than the rest. He strutted
around the farmyard, never deigning
to notice the other poor fowls except to
fly angrily at those who CHANGED TO
come too neal his royal highness.
Sometimes he could not restrain his
hoastful feelings, and would perch
upon high boxes and boards and crow
Justify. He seemed to think he could
take as many liberties as he pleased,
and was always getting into places
where he was not wanted.
Grandma had a large can of molas-
SEES which she kept in the summer
house, with other provisions. Coco,
besides being a dude, was something
of an adventurer. He managed to get
into the house when the folks were
away, and stepped boldly upon a lard
can. But the lid tipped, and Mr..
Rooster slid into the molasses.
He struggled hard to get out, but the
harder he struggled the deeper he
sunk. He had given up despairingly
when grandma arrived, and by great
effort succeeded in releasing him, then
took him out to the pump and washed
him.
But, oh, what a woeful sight was
that once brilliant bird He presented
the appearance of a fretful pOrcupine,
and he looked, oh, so respondent! He
went humbly up to the other chickens,
but they scorned him and would have
nothing to do with him. Whenever he
came neal they would peck at him and
chase him away.
Finally, after many attempts at
friendliness, he decided upon an awful
step. He walked slowly to the well,
and. after n sad, ~reprOachful glance
at his fellow-roosters, committed sui
eide by jumping in. The we'll was
dragged and the body recovered. No
coroner was called, and it was never
known whether death was accidental
or intentional, but the impression was
that it was the latter.-Margaret Roe
buck, in Chicago Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
The Bird and the Cage.

removed, or if Il thread be suspended
over the comb of a chicken SO that
the end hangs down over it's eyes the
fowl will remain in Il c%ataleptic con-
dition and finally pass into somnolcnce
so deep that it will permit all possible
movements without giving any signs
of life; or if a pigeon be pressed gently
upon n table so that it cannot use its
wings, and a finger be placed before its
eyes and moved back and forth, fol
lowing the motion of the head. so that
the eyes must continually notice it.
the bird will soon become quiet, and
will not fly away when the hand is re-
moved. If a frogs forelegs are tied to,
gether and the sides of the animal
carefully stroked with the finger it will,
when laid upon its back, remain per-
fectly quiet and only regain its activity
when the cord is removed, while a frog
that is free cannot be made to lie upon
It's back,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
Mark TMnin's Rebuke.

The following was related to me by
a gentleman who Travelled recently in
a ship which carried Mark Twain from
South Africa to England.
During dinner one evening a young
gentleman made himself aggressive
with the usual tall lion stories.
The American writhed in silence for
a time, but finding it grew almost be-
yond hearing, with great politeness ad-
monished him in this wise:
I'VE all know, Mr.. So-and-So, that
truth is a very rare virtue. | am glad
to see that you economic it.'-An-
SWprS.
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paper to keep them fiat, This is one
of the reasons why platinum or bro
mide prints are so much better. When
albumen prints are used they must be
mounted wet, and should afterward
be FURNISHED, which can be done by
any professional photographer. An
amateur photographer can have the
fun in many cases of making the pic
lures himself for the book he wants
to eXtra-illustrate, and the finished
work will have an added interest and
'alue to him.
The use of photographs, especially if
many are included, will greatly in
crease the thickness of a book, and it
will generally be found advisable to
have the binder make it into two vol
umes of equal size.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
Too Little Love in Lite.

| wonder why we don't Oftener say
dle-aged people. l mean. OF course,
we speak from the hearts depths in
the great crises of life, when we first
find that we love each other, or when
some sickness or sorrow comes; but
these times are often very far apart.
and everyday love is so sweet and sat
isfying. There are plenty of friends
to sympathise when You have a broken
arm or typhoid fever; hut what an III
speakable comfort it is when a friend
drops in at the close of n busy day.
who sees that you are all tired ont and
that your burned finger. that you have
not had time to tie up, is aching mis-
prably, and that the world is a
whale You know she won't tell that
you weren't "self-reliant" for 4 few
minutes, and you do so enjoy having
her tuck you up on the lounge for 4
little rest while she smooths cut the
wrinkles with tender touch and ties up
your finger and kisses the place to
make it we'll" Some people think that
only babies like these things. but big
oncS often need them far more. Isn't
it pathetic where Mrs. Whitney makes
II of her strong, self-rcliant people
say that, when she gets to heaven. the
thing she want most is to be "babied'
a little while, and does it not hint of n
truth that we are 0 apt to forget in
this matter-of-fact World?-Philadel-
phia Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

The action taken by the colonial leg
islature Of British Guiana in rushing
through a concession to a railroad to
pass through the disputed territory in
the vicinity of the Schomburgk line.
should be promptly disavowed by the
British government Otherwise Lord
Salisbury will leave himself open to
the charge of double dealing. Such
summary methods are not at all in ac-
cordance with his expressed desire to
settle the boundary dispute amicably.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
Where Men Fail MS Lovers.

1T is a question with me-" writes
Lillian Bell, in October Ladies' Home
Journal, whether a woman ever
knows all the joys of love-making who
has one of those dumb, silent husbands
who doubtless adores her but is able
to express it only in deeds. 1t re-
quires an act of the will to remember
that his getting down town at seven
o'clock every morning is all done for
you, when he hasn't been able to tell
you in words that he loves you. 1t
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
A Gpcat Scheme.

polonius-I understand that Hamil-
tonius McFatter, the tragcdian, is get
ting along quite well now.
O"Trigger-Yes. He has taken to fat
tening hogs with the garden truck that
is thrown at him, and bids fair to be-
come one of Armour's most sturdy
rivals.-Cleveland Leader.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

Prof. Flinders Petrie has pretty
large ideas about museums. He wants
the government to buy a tract of 500
acres, somewhere within an hours ride
of London, and gradually build it all
over, for a storage place for ethnolog-
ical materials. No museum in London
is large enough to hold the treasures
that are being discovered by English
men all over the world.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

II am writing a play which cannot
fail to be a great success" said Foyer
to his friend.
what is it's chief feature?"
an the last act he comedian who
has pelpetrated all the cheStnuts dies
Il miserable death."-PittSburg Chrome
icle-TelegIHph.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
Method in His Madness.

Barrister-Why do you always walk
in the opposite direction from thai
which you wish to take when you are
waiting for a car?
Old Crusty-You don't suppose I'd
walk toward town and let the street
railroad company get that much ahead
of me, do you?-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

Verona, in Italy, boasts of a pair Of
twin sheep, each having six legs. The
extra legs are hind n e of the same
size as the normal ones, though they
do not reach the ground. Tho owner
thinks he can make more out of them
as mutton.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
Glove Laws.

A heavy pique or dog-skin to shop
in.
Glace kid for calling, driving or
street wear.
This season no white hand gear. In
its place glace kids in pearl, pale LEM
on and gull's grey tints.
Suede with evening gowns and for
ceremoniouS occasions.
Long black suedes worn with elbow
sleeves, the smarteSt adjunct to a cos
tune accumulated by touches Of black.
Scented gloves are as bad form as
a perfumed handkerchief.
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Sore on the Wheel.

Il see by the papers that they have
the bicycle ambulance now" said Miss
Grumpey at the dinner table.
"There ought to be a law requiring
an ambulance to go with every Wheel"
muttered old Grumpey, who is mark
ed for life because of his IL attempt
to master the silent steed.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
An Injured Innocent

"Jedge, yoh honoh," said Erastus Pin
kley. Us u~njus'ly 'cused. 1 warn't
playin' NJ policy"
But you were found with policy
slips in your possession"
Dem warn't no policy slips, ledge,
yoh honah. l was jes' tiggerin' out how
de different states is gwinc ter go next
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

Now that Lord Roseberry is in a po-
sition where his utterances do not
amount to anything he, too, has come
out against the sultan. Over in Eng
land it SEEM to make considerable
difference whether n holds office or
not.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07
A Successful Fight.

Arizona Bill-Did you hear of the
quarrel 'twiXt Malaria Dick an Sage
brush Dan?
Rnttlesnake Joe-Naw. Which won?
Arizona Bill-The coroner kinder
thought Dan fired about the tenth or
a second the quickest. They were
buried yistiddy.--Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

The winner finished in q quarter of an
and were helped by a big jug of beer.
the public at Lille, France. Fifty of
the hardest smokers of the district sat
A smoking match recently amused
down together to consume two ounces
of the strongest tobacco in the short
est possible time. They used clay pipes
hour.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

1t is a far cry from this latitude to
Florida, and yet the reports of the des-
titution in some portions of that state
from the recent hurricane, through the
wreck of homes and the destruction of
the crops, will undoubtedly appeal to
the benevolent. Humanity knows
neither latitude nor longitude.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

A drink called "drithel' is popular
in the North of England. The cotton
hands of Manchester and the factory
workers get through nearly 100000
pints of this stuff every year. 1t is
made from hops, hemlock root, parsley
gerous liquors ever brewed. The north
ern counties pay about $4,000 a year
for the output of "drithel."
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Tact and Foresight.

Fair Medico-I have accepted Mr..
Richleigh, mi
Mamma-But l thought o didn't
care for him?
Fair Medico-Neither do l.; but l
took a snap shot at his lungs and he
can't possibly live more than five OF
six months.-Tid-Bits.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-07

Il See" said Mr.. Wickwire, that the
man whom Astor fired from the con-
troll of his magazine is now going to
stand for parliament on the strength
of his knowledge of African affairs"
Dear me-" said Mrs. Wickwire, in
establishment, that's the first time |
ever knew that the cOlored vote in
England amounted to anything."-In-
dianapOlis Journal.
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a Distinction.

81 suppose said the native of Amer
lea to the foreigner, that you find our
and customs very interest
ing
Not exactly" replied the visitor. as
he gazed at Il fecting bicycle girl.
what | find interesting are your man.
ners and costumes