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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

,The last week in November. 1896, !
planted what !. call. a model STRAW
berry, bed, writes F. w. Corliss in
Strawberry Culturist.' The ground was.
carefully plowed in October, turning in
two loads of wen srotted stable manure,
then left foreman a month; then har-
rowed down smooth, when two more
loads of we'll ,pulverized manure were
carefully scattered. oyer it and well
plowed in. then. narrowed, it down
smooth and firm and marked, off my.
rows for. planting four feet apart. In
stead of cutting a trench with my plow'
l threw two burrows together, forming
a ridges sixteen inches wide. l raked
these ridges with a steel garden rake
until, they were as fine and mellow as
ashes, Then taking a garden hoe.I cut
a, drill three. INCHES deep in the center
OF each ridge ard flied full with
pulverized manure and wood ashes
Then scattering a little fine mold over
this, sfornning a:5center Ridge. which i
eonVerted4into little-cones4 with. naked
hands. making a perfect bed for the
roots of 4be plants. My rows were four
dSes apo gnu S0t my pioilo t"StNc
inches apart in the row. This spring j
'plowe9 small furf6ws ITO: the-rows, thus
giving each row bed thirty inches
Vide 3And today aJnly 1s0 these thirty
inch" beds are nearly covered with new
and nicely growing plants.-.As Iast.as
they reaeh'the, paper Limit I24 i9ches)
l.. cut the runners back with a sharp
hoe, 1T could net be any prettier,".
remarked. a gentleman: While looking at
IL this week. An,l he knew Wherefore
~he'spoke, having been born. and reared
On 1.-THE 'Eastefh Shore, one of the finest
trucking. belts'on garth, The size of
my bed, from the center of the ,fHrrow
(they cali them water. burrows here is
lao feet by 20 feet. and the bed proper.
is s16. feet by 1876. feet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

would fall from the trees. One grower
present reported that his peaches were
showing a black pit, but that they
were not dropping, and continued to
grow. A prominent grower, whose
peaches had been subject to the action
of frost, took much interest in the
discussion, and concluded to watch MS
peaches closely, with a view OF testing
the different opinions, held by the
growers. On cutting them he noticed
the pits were black, but they did not
drop from the trees, but continued to
grow, and finally fully matured., Upon
examination the pit was found to be
perfect, so far as appearance vas con-
.cerned, being hard and firm. Upon
cracking it, the germ within was found
to be shrive1ed and dried UP, until moi
thicker than a heavy piece OF paper
In fact, the covering or skin of the
germ contained nothing within 1t, the
substance and the vitality both hav-
ing departed. This opens up a wide
field for speculation. Were there spe-
cial soil or climatic conditions existing,
where these peaches were grown?
Would they have dropped, under other
conditions, either of soil or climate?
Will peaches in which the germ is de-
stroyed ordinarily develop into large,
choice fruit, as did the Visalia fruit?
The processes of nature are very mys-
FERROUS, but few of them are entirely
past finding out, and we look for fur
Their discussion on this subject.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
About Growing Corn.

A speaker at a famous institute said:
In raising a crop of corn, it is, as a
rule, economical to use three horses
abreast to the plow, even with a twelve
inch pillow, for one nan will drive them
as easily as he will two, and they will
do one-third more work to the hand, a
matter of no small Importance in the
outcome. The same. may be said of
narrowing. If the ground is not trashy,
requiring the harrow to be constantly
lifted, three or four horses abreast,
attached to double harrows, will save
nearly half the manual labor in har-.
rowing. If the ground is reasonably
clean and correctly check-rowed, the
crops may be narrowed twice-once.
preferably, just as the corn is fairly
sprouting, and again the other way
just as if it is fairly out of the ground
81 the lows may be seen. If it gets
higher, a hand should follow each har-
row with a narrow garden rake to I'M
cover any upon which clods may have
fallen. In c~ultivating, a good hand will
cover but little corn. and this he wifi
Uncover with the toe of the boot. and
generally without stopping the team.
covering the corn. The later cultivation
when the soil becomes pretty well filled
with roots, need only be shallow. But
here, again, the operator must be guild
ed by circumstances. As a rule, early
planting gives the best crop, but a good
crop need not be expected if the land
is either plowed, planted or worked
when wet. 1t sometimes requires con
siderable courage to decide to wait
when weeds are pressing. Wheniit is
a question of. having the crops smoth-
cred by weeds or of waiting, we should
take the chances, on wet land, rathe,
than to wait. g..
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DOMESTIC TEA CULTURE.
h Future May Find America a Great
Tea Center. Z

Tea Center ID "A
Most people will be surprised to-
LEARN that tea growing, is a successful.
industry in this country, and that the
highest prices are being paid for the
American product of this popular
. beverage, says the Washington Star.
Secretary Wilson of the department of
agriculture lately requested William
Saunders, the veteran horticulturist OF
his department, to visit a famous tea
farm at Summervlle, S.. G, and report
upon what He should sesFNhere. Sew
e%nteens years ago sMa Sadiders pre-.
pared an article on Tea Culture as It
Probable American Industry" which
was mainly intended to answer re-
quests coming from all parts of the
country as to the statustdt tsacctatukea.
in the United States. For twenty
years previous tea plants had been
annually distributed in varied quanti-
ties, the only purposesat that tfmealye-
ing to encourage the culture Of tea
plants for domestic purposes in a lin
tied way. The cost of labor aud der
HSiohSy " oihldA WSic Tic main w
stacles in the way Of making tea cul-
ture successful commercially. The tea
farm visited by Mr.. Saunders is gently
undulating and the soil is mainly a
sandy loan, and he found the farm to
be under perfect cultivation. The la
Dor question had been settled by its
owner by building a school house on
his farm, inviting the people of the
surrounding country to send their chill
dren. there for instruction and in the
intervals of the school term he en-
ploys the scholars under pay to pick
tea. This tea grower has procured
plants from all quarters of the globe,
has experimental extensively with
them and has been so greatly encour-
aged that he declared that were he
twenty years younger lie would plant
500 acres as rapidly as he could pro-
cure the plants. His experiments with
the tea plant have been so thorough
and successful that MI. Saunders has
recommended that some arrangements.
should be made whereby he could I'M
part his knowledge to others, and for
this purpose he advises the establish
ment of a school where the veteran tea
grower could Instruct young men so
that they might undertake-the work Of
developing the tea industry of this
country. The tea from this farm sells
for 81 Per -pcundr.is Of high quality
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
AN EARLY LIQUOR LICENSE.
The New Restraining Law WAS 1ndIg-
uan.lv IN ece;ved.

~ - 4 49, ~
The New Restraining Law Nas IndIs-
nan:ly !seceiyed.
The famous "gin LAW" passed in
1875. is interesting as tie earliest Sc
we're blow at liquor dealing among civ
ilized nations, says the Popular Science
Monthly It levied a tax .of-20 shil-
lings a gallon on spirits and a license
OF ECO for any II selling or dealing in
III And being in advance of public
opinion, 1T failed much as other, more
stringent, prohibition laws have failed
In our W day. For the cry was at
once r2ised tfat IT taxed the poor
mans 9iAgahd Eet vie rich MANS wine
go free. ENery-wlt,sev car~Fitaatufist,
had his fling at it. Ballads we've
hawked round, telling of the approach
ing death Of mother gin. The liquor
! shops were hung with black and celez
DRAFTED uproarioiisly Nine. Geneva's "
ing in state, her funeral, her wake and
so on. The night before the law went
into effect,sso a contemporary journal
says, there was a universal revel all
@ovsr the country. Everyone. drank his
fill and carried home as much gin, be-
Sides, as he could pay for. To evade
the law, apothecaries sold it in Walls
and small packages, sometimes colordd
and disguised, generally under false
labels, such as Collie Water" make
Shift" Ladies' Delight There were
printed directions ON some Of these
pacRages-e. g., Take two. on three
spoonfuls three or four times a DAY,
or as often as the fit takes you" In,
formers We're very prominent and eXr
ceedingly offensive, inventing snares
Ito catch lawbreakers for the sake of
heavy rewards and spying and sneak
ing around in a way particularly dis
tasteful to the English mind. In con-
sequence they suffered in their turn.
The mere cry, liquor spy!' was
enough to raise a mob in the London
streets and the infermer was lucky If
he escaped with a sound thrashing and
a ducking in the Thames or the near
est horse pond. Indeed, such an out
cry was made about the matter that
the ministry became very unpopular
n the law was not enforced after two
or three years and was largely modi'
fed in 1743, aften seven years trial.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

Alvan G.. Clark was something more
than an artisan of wonderful skill: he
was a man Of high scientific attain
ments. But it was as an artisan that
he was pre-eminent and performed his
highest service for human e%nlighten-
ment. This man, who had done more
Than all others to assist the-eye to pen
citrate the mysteries of space, often in
his later years expressed the wish that
he might live long enough to see what
would be revealed by the .-ns.that was
his last and greatest work. This wish
was not realized. But no living mall
knows what wonders are revealed 10
those who have passed beyond the
stars"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
RAMS HORNS.

The seeds of virtae grow boot WIEN
planted early. ar~
To get money without work has
made all the thieves.
Your acts will not go right while
your thoughts go wrong.
Satan can wax fat in a heart too
small for Jesus. to squeeze into .
SUCCESS. is 4.eestlyss ste these
three words across your mirror.
Nothing is more to be dreaded in
church o. state, than Ignorance. on
fire. & s$|$ go
When weeping mothers are:gRea Tie,
ballot their tears will put but the fires
of distilleries.
- arap of the5Sil of humility, will.
saw a pan frea8sa great deal Of. the
snfart>of humiliation. 4 ~. .
Solomon tool the world for a text
and preached the shortest sermon ON
recoFdss Hdi1t< is Vanity "a :
4 sermon neutrality-suspicious. uhfff-
it has got into a few pairs of shoes and
gone; out on. the. street ..- -, 80,
The lion spirit of greed is always
seeking to lie down with the lamb, out
it wants the lamb insid@ =. NJ p M;
What must Jesus Christ think Of his
bride, the church, carrying on a polit-
ical Irritation with the saloon keeper.
The seducer and d~estfeyesSef his chill
oren IVA ~. - aSX
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

:" N o'traveler can question the comfort
or. the convenience of the soon-to-be-
completed trolley line which will cross
"the Nile and connect Cato with The
Pyramids; but, alas! for the traditions
of the past, andathe associations Witch
the thought of Egypt brings to nind!.
The ancient days will be. ,at in the
modern Improvement, and when n
car step from an electric car and visit
that magnificent museum being. built
near the. site of the Boulak Museum
and see the mummies of the great and
venerated Egyptian kings and rulers
in their appropriate ~alcoves, will
there remain any romance or venera
ton of the past, any, wonder of the
desert, any mystery of the Sphynx?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
at Atlienx.

"~ssEugeni at Athens. a.sSsss..
Tie &; James Budget reports a pa
tbetic .aneidentslp connection With ,the
recent visit of the Empress Eugene to
Athens. When she was leaving the
hotel in order to return to her:y&aaf
some Frenchmen belonging Is fhs Pill
Hellenic legion who had assembled out
side, uncovered respectfully, and;one,cf
their npr6baEe advancing a., few: .pacesr
said to- her majesty: Madam, we
come from a war which has proved as
unfortunate as yours" The empress.
who '~appeafed mNch-m moved: stopbed
and caused some more, stoF Be sdfsfrfs
buted among her distressed country
men. 1t is thirty years since her previ-
Gus visit tofKthens.
I, 3 i "a 2h - - - =.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
=, y, The siamese Army.

AN English newspaper, in an article
on the Siamese army, says: In. one
respect the Siamese army is superior
TO any otass and that is in its. elephant
corps. Eight hundreatof hsse animsss,
which are stronger, Though smalfers
than those of India, are organized into
a special corps, commanded by a re-
tired .Anglp-Indian officer, and their
heads thinks and other vulnerable
parts are protected against bullets by
india rubber armor.'
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
SyfnDltny.

At n wedding ceremony several, wo-
the address of the clergyman.
Papa" whispered a little girl, to her
father, what are those ladies' crying
forY' T.
"No doubt they are married them
selves" was the reply.-Boston Tray
eler..
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

said, "fofs bothethe fortunes which have
come to me through-it. have faded away
and l am now out for the third time in
search of what l Kavestwice sQuandered
with. a lavish hand" e,f:: j.
~ The Indians have. a legend CONCERN
ing the Skull rock" to the effect that
It is nothing more nor less than: the
spetrified head of a great waErieF. who
came ,from their happy hunting
ground. to protect the tribes Of the
northwest against e&teImihatioh by the
whites. They thetefore' look upon: the
stone with reverence as a talismanl
In the .earliesE; days a soTt Of Indian
burying ground was established there
by Che ,bravest warri6#s,, The custom
to-. haYe' been abandoned: show
ever. The; stone was used before. the
country was surveyed to mark"certain
locations for the Canadian government,
and some. of the main survey lines
which now cut the country into sections
were m AIDE from thiss geek .as. a. basic
points S,.... ,.,.j,;.a. ... :.
Some one has painted the image With
blood red paint, outlining the eyes and
nose which! appear ih the sstruoture of
sthe.reek, paking them evep WlqoIrs PROM
inent than nature left them. THIS has.
given the 1gtihhihg e44ig$ asssenfeWAad
appearance. certainly it causes,
in the traveller who 9eholds it for the
first time a'Vefsy Gfditeer SENSATION, sand
the beatmeh taifeG; great, d delight in
frightening the more timid with the jim
expected sight as they pass along the
river. below, TJidging, However; From
THE us4berenf;sehsenir the
rock. eyerga year.. it lWgip. NOT Ioag. sur
xiye. the onslaught of curio hunters.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
CouIhn,t he Worsc.

whats the matter now" asked the
leading actor as the manager tore a
letter to shrcds and stamped his feet.
Matter? That performance of yours
is so internally bad that this person
demands that his nameF be stricken
from the free list.''-Detroit Free
Press.
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trsD''
A Great DISADVANTAGE.

81 suppose" remarked the sarcastic
housewife. "that'i in the course of time
monds.'
well" replied the ice-man, reflect
lively, diamonds arc pretty good in
their way; but you can't stlx OH their
melting down SO as to keep up a steady
Observation-Disclosures Stary
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

: The success OF an educational institution is
indie l,ad in no small degree, bv-1he, numbers.
who give it their patronage from year to yeur.
"A CONSULTATION Of tae record b oks OF the New
Ereaead Conservatory of Music, Boston. Mass.
lS n student membership OF something
like 5000 since its fond ng;Aw present at.
tendance of from ,5lM To. , 900 annually. This
evidence. when MISREPRESENTATION with the
careful work done at the Conservatory, is con.
vihcinno proof of tte esficiency Of the school and
makes itlittle wonder that its Afesesarfon is
vorld-Wide3r"*5:1A :. -?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
A dispatch from peshtigo. Wis. says

A dispatch from Peshtigo, Wis, says:
Reports from the farming. regions
south and west of here Indicate the
almost total destruction of grasshop-
pers by parasites which began preying
upon them about two weeks ago. In
the grasshopper. infested regions Of
his county myriads of them may be
seer dead or, lying clinging to the veg
citation upon which they were feed
ing, not able to withstand the persist
attacks of little red insects Wick
cling to them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
80 ..r.Ss. rho sGiaeat. EibrarIcs.a.ri.,e

= The library Of congress ranks sixth
among the libraries Of the world in it's
present contents Pfance'hassfhe larg-
EST, England comes next, then comes
Russia.r and Germany follows, with her
libraries in Munich, Berlin and Stras-
burg, the last named holding almost
equal wi 18th ours in Washington.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

Maj. Handy's appointment to the
United States commissionership to the
Paris exposition is another vind:c alton
for the divided skirt school CT facial
hlrsutes.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
" Hais Dog ftofni Chsna...s5..


:: A real bfeededsC chinese ;dea,ssu4A as,
81 out = tk be'S aa hhS Of aV SSe 1siSte q. ofs III y sem-
peiof'of China arrive at''gatctna on
the steamer. Pelican. :fFam. Tisatsin,
Ghipa, The deg is Of tas saP|seieg known
as the Pekin pug, Which IS KepE ex-
cfusfvely within the! empeforE Rarem
All Rekin; IT. was bseHght ct ,Tien5tsin.
s~exepall weeks ago from. a Chinesssserv-
ane, who stole it from the royal gar
dens. 't!The'ddg' is a natural petssra dir
ideal i1ouseacantne. Jts:bsdyis long in
proportion to its legs. The, legs APP
pear to be double=jointed at the Knees.
Ills, safdsthat 'were@it known where the
dog,thas, gone stAe man who stole it
would surely. lose his head,mSan Fran
cisco Chronicle. -
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

Owing to the rapid development dur-
ing the last few years of new wheat
producing areas in other parts of the
world and the increasing competition
the United States is thus compelled to
meet in the markets of Europe, the
future disposal of our surplus wheat
is hecoming a problem of no little i'm
portance,. AS a solution of this diff
Guilty it has. been suggested that the
changes nov taking place in the civ
ilizations of Japan and China may re-
suit in the opening there of markets
for our wheat that will to some extent
compensate us for possible losses to be
incurred -throhghSthe growing compe-
..tition off, other countries in the Euro
= pean markets We We're formerly able to
! control. There are certainly some very
encouraging indications as to the
plausibility of this suggestion. Chief
among these Indications is the remark
able manner. in which our expectations
OF wheat to Eastern Asia have in
creasedrdurfng the decade just closing.
Most of this wheat lis shipped in the
form of flour, the exports Of grain be-
: ing comparatively small. The total
. shfpnhents2.of wheat flour from the Uni
. tedsStates to, Japan and China dnclud-
/; ings Hongkong) during the ten years
ended June 80, 1896, according to the
official trade returns published by the
Bureau of Statistics of. the Treasury
/ Department, amounted to fully $780,
200 barrels, and. by far. the larger part
o. this quantity was exported in the
latter half of the decade.
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Study.

1T is true said Mr.. Stormington
Barnes, that no mai can hope to sue
coed in a profession without a great
deal of study. | expect to put in this
entire SUMMER studying" !. =
new play?' W ~ e.
NE: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STAR
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
Parting Gave Her Pain.

THEY have found a Slick female in
Bis6okfyfi:::S She has. lived .;for ; two
months witAe tMo.. men lin. the. same
Aenssi and c8arriedu to both. .without
either. !suspeeting, the other. She is
now in Jail with neither
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. - -
ss.s-. anywhere in the
world. 1t consists of a ledge of solid
granite which bears a most ygrotesque
resemblance TO a human head, its cav
ernous mouth partly open, its features
distorted with a horrible grim Ft1is
m~onstrosity is commonly known as
Devils Head, but is also called Skull
ROCK" 1t is about. twenty feet high
above. the. bluff land, about twenty-one
feet in width at the widest part. Ears,
eyes and a mouth are plainly visible
the latter appearing in the form of a
cave, which extends back in the stone
ABOUT ten feet, and then, like a veri-
table throat, shoots down a consider
able distance into the :hillaon' which it
rests.
This extraordinary object has attract
ed the notice of almost every PROS
pector for. precious metal who has Wis
tied the region. There is hardly an ex-
plorer who has entered the productive
gold fields known as the Rainy. and
Seine River. Ell Dorado who has not
touched with the palm of his, hand a
spot Just above the eyes in the belief
thai this act would bring him fuck in
his search for the precious metal. fRer-.
haps the reason for this singular super
stltion is the fact that the first gold
bearing rock ever found in this region
was taken from the mouth of this fig
ure, where it is. supposed to have been
deposited by the Indians years ago.
A gold miner travelled 1880 miles to
touch it before going out on a six
months expedition. 1t would have
been just as well for me net to have
touched the lucky stone, though" he
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

If we are narrow in our Judgment of
ourselves, we will be no less narrow in
judging others. If Us san be broad, it,
will not only influence modesty Of feei-'
ing, but generosity of conduct. We gain
both modesty and courage when we
realize that, in spite of all differences,
we &ss:ap integgakpaat yaf Stte R1%anrl
ing army of humanity.-Charles 4.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
Does Gerin,ess1:Tfuit Mature >

!. a. a meeting Of the California Hor,
,ticultural, Society, held in sacramento.
.on'the Sth Of May. tte. question of frost
daufags t6'ftufE. was d discussed at con.
siderable; length isssseral leading.
growersaDeFsistently held that yEoune.
peaches. which had been subject to The
action Of frost, sufficiently hard 70 turn
the pit black, wouldfal to mature and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02

Hot. weather. prompted Consul-Gen-
eral Lee to do a dreadful deed, which,
for the benefit of American; readers,
the Havana La Carta del Sabado de-
scribes in its W English; He: has
the discourtesy of assisting:an1om-
cial act in. lesser clothes in a salen
where the: portrait OF our noble queen,
model of all virtues, was ostentated, sit,
ting in this light apparek'n In other
{ words, General Lee worked IN his
shirt sleeves in "a room that contained
a picture of the queeh'of Spain. For
; this offense La Carta. prays that This
= destitutfon may quicKly eomels =? =
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AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGFIcULTURIsTs.
tome up-to-Date Hints About Cultiva-
tion of the Soil and Yields Thereof
culture.
Grass Question in South Dakota.

HE natural adyan-
tages of the state
of South Dakota as
"a. stock country
have long been re-
C O g e d, Our
range beef and
mutton is regarded
as second to none
in it's class. Our
wool has earned an
cnviab,e reputation