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raised extensively; the more modern
OF newer breeds have seemingly sup
planted their favoritism There is nc
reason why this should be SO, as they
are practical and good general-purpose
fowls. In size they are about like the
Plymouth Rocks, but differ in general
symmetry and appearance. They are
good layers and do we'll in winter, and
for table purposes they make nice
eating. They mature early, are good
sitters and mothers, and are easily
kept in confinement. There are three
varieties of Javas' Black, Notified and
White. The Black is more generally
seen than the others, though the Mot
tied have OF late years been very num-
erously represented at the shows. The
plumage of the Blacks is glossy black
throughout; the Notified Zig. 81 are of
broken black and white in wings, tail
and sickles, and the balance of the
plumage is evenly mixed with white
and black; the White Java is, as the
name implies, pure white throughout.
They have a small single comb, stand
ing upright on the head in both male
and female. Their shanks and toes
are free from feathers, yellow in color,
with the bottom of feet yellow. The
standard weight of cocks is 81
pounds: hens, tn pounds; cockerels. s
pounds; and pullets. 81 pounds.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
A Fish,

TIL eBohemians have a proverb: CIV
cry fish has another for prey" The
weis (Silurus) has them all. This is the
largest fresh-water fish found in the
rivers of Europe, except the sturgeon.
1t often reaches five or six feet in
length. 1t destroys many Aquatic
birds. and we are assured that it does
not spare the human species. On the
Sd of July, 100, Il peasant took one,
near Thorne, that had an infant entire
in it's stomach. They tell in Hungary
of children and young girls being de-
voured on going to draw water. and
they even relate that on the frontiers
of Turkey a poor fisherman took one
that had in it's ston ach the body of q
woman, her purse full of gold, and 4
ring. The fish is rcputed to have been
taken sixteen feet long.-Harper's
Round Table.
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Roses In the Garden.

Roses. to succeed the best, should be
planted out in the open, never under
the shade of trees or in any place
where the roots of trees can reach
them to monopolize any of their food.
Roses are gross livers, and require Il
large amount of good food. According
ly, they do better placed where nothing
will have u chance to encroach upon
their rights.
When one has a chance to prepare a
bed for them just as it should be, the
better way is to remove the upper soil
and dig out the subsoil to the depth of
two feet. Take a pict and mellow up
what is possible at the bottom of the
pit; then fill in with q mixture of good
sill and old, thcroughly-rottcd manure.
These beds may be made of any de-
sired size or sha .le, and should always
be provided with good drainage, as
roses Will never endure having TO stand
in water, They like water, a goodly
quantity, when it can be administered
according to their fancy. Baths OF
soap-Suds are beneficial, as well as be.
ing a fine preventive against insect life
Home Magazine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

be on hand SO that each cow
may have all she will desire,
and when she wants it. writes John
Gould in Country Gentleman. We have
been through a little experience OF this
kind, and the quantity drunk by each
COW was found out. 1t is an expert
ment one will not care to follow up
more than a week, before the faucet at
the big tank will be turned, and the
cows drink out of the basins again. The
trial was made with six cows. and it
was found that the average quantity
consumed daily varied with individual
cows from 70 to 140 pounds. One COW
drank this last quantity daily right
along, and some the smaller quantity,
with an average of 80 pounds each.
Another thing we found was hat some
Of the lows would drink very often, l..
e., their buckets would be frequently
found empty, and others drank at long
er intervals; and n COW wanted about
all her twenty-four hours supply at
one time, and would only drink a little
towards night. AS these cows were
being fed so pounds each of ensilage
a day, it is seen at once that succulent
food did not play any important part
In the economy of drinking water. 1t
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

That article of mine on the Cuban
situation" said the editor of the Bugle-
horn, as he sat down Oh the salt bar
rel, rs the best thing | ever did"
~ didn't see it," said the grocer.
You didn't? It's the first thing on
the editorial page, and headed, The
Only Remedy"
OH"
"Well?"
IVY, l seen the headline. and l
thought it was a patent medicine puff
l did ."-Typographical Journal.
An ObIiSinE Fellow.
Are you for free silver, Pat!' asked
his employer.
Dim for free everything OF car
get, sor," said Pat. eff youse do be
wantin to give ne a dollar. shure Oil
take it in any way, shape or manner
Even if it's only Il promise, sor."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
HINTS FOR THE SHOPPER.

Gold lacing is effectively used on
boleros.
The fischu in vogue is of fine en-
broidered muslin.
Floral patterns abound in cotton
grenadines and lace lawns.
Two buckles, one OF each side, form
a novel effect in leather belts.
A touch of cerise velvet is seen on
one-half the imported costumes.
Fine jet embroidery is beautiful on
continental hats Of fancy straw.
Many jackets are Of white cloth,
with gold or black scroll braiding.
For the gauze or grenadine gown, the
accordion or sun-plaited skirt is "the"
thing.
Yellow and gray are a favorite COM
tination for gowns, hats and acces-
| series.
Velvet baby ribbon is the rage fol
fancy collars, ruches and accordion.
plated full fronts.
Even in the gayest of gay plain tat.
fetas alternating stripes of narrow and
wide black are seen.
Black in some form is the most ia
vored trimming for gray costumes de
signed for dressy and for genera
wear.
Tan jackets are growing paler an,
paler-in fact, most of them are cream
rather than tan, and some more whit
than cream
The most beautiful sleeves for thos'
summer frocks are pulled from wais
to shoulder, with lace insertions be
tween the puffs.
Entirely trimmed with shaded roses
a black sailor hat recently displaye,
attracted universal attention and no
a little admiration.
The handsomest separate skirts ar
of satin duchesse, MORE velours, tai
feta broche and moire faconne in black
The quantity of material required TO
a modish pattern is nine yards.
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The Biggest Cycling School.

The Palais Sport, in the city of Paris.
claims to be the largest cycling school
in the world. The length Of the course
is over LOCO yards. A spiral pathway
extends from the maiu fcor to a point
near the apex Of the roof. and is divid-
ed into two paths. The ascent is very
gradual, about two feet and a half IL
every hundred, the total height being
t~hirty-six feet. A high screen accom-
panies the track IN each side, and it
has been painted so as to produce the
illusion of rural scenery for the jour
ney. The lower stories are divided in
to waiting, reading ard dressing
rooms. Private rooms are also provid-
ed. where the eyes of the curious can-
not penetrate while the pupils are ac-
quiring the art Of controlling their ma
chimes.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

was also found that the desire OF a cow
for water was about an hour after eat
ing. but the evening thirst was never SO
great as in the morning. With some
of the cows there was some variation
in the quantity of water
daily, but with others it was as steady
in quantity as standard measure. In
this there might be some variation In
results from some other herd not so
cared for; these cows being continuous
ly stabbed at the time of the expert
ment. while a herd that ran outdoors
more or less might show different re-
suits. In another thing l was con-
WINGED. that a GOV did better that
drank several times a day, and so con-
WINGED was I of this, that a watering
system for the COW stables was put in
several years ago: and my opinion of
their value has never changed. more
than a more thorough belief in their
promoting the milk flow; and if our
COWS we're to be turned out every day
for exercise, I should not connect out
door drinking with it, but hold to the
manger water basin. In this connec-
ton there Is another point I think OF
importance, and that is in stable water
ing there is uniformity Of the tempera-
ture Of the water. and the COW, being
habituated to drinking water at say
81 degrees day after day-as the water
in my big stable tank indicates-is rot
subjected to the extreme temperature
ranges of outdoor drinking water, and
air included, and she must do the bet
ter for this uniformity, with the shocks
| to the cows system eliminated.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
MODERN

Many things are below criticism.
The down dog is sometimes badly
spoiled.
Matrimony is the only sure cure for
love sickness.
You cannot make wise a fool by feed
ing him on fish.
A good man is n who never gets
in anybody's way.
Most mortals never practice economy
until they have to.
TO turn ones coat is sometimes an
eviderca of courage.
strive with all your might to come
I'D to your own standard.
A tempest in a teapot sometimes
turns out to be a disastrous storm
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
DISCIPLES OF MELcHlzEDEk.
Strange Story of Penanc Suggested by
the Rebellion.

Strange Story OF Penance Suggested by
the Rebellion.
Franz Miller, the hermit Of Scarritt's
bluff, is an original old character, who
is living in solitude for the sake OF his
peculiar religion. He calls himself
a follower of Melchizedek, the king OF
Peace" says the Kansas City World.
He was born in Alsace-Lorraine six
ty-one years ago. When he was II
years old he came to the United States
and followed the profession Of shoe
maker until the war broke out, when
he Joined the Tenth United States in
fantry regiment at Newport barracks,
Kentucky. He fought through the
war, and the terrible scene on the bat
tlefeld led him to thinking. He mag
ined he had done wrong, and that re-
pentance would be the only way to sal
walton. He started to do that by car
rying what he called the "black cross"
for fifteen years. During this time he
was to have no fixed place of abode, to
accumulate no property, to make no
friends, and to shun mankind. He wan
dered back and forth across the coun-
try, and then one night the spirit" ap-
peared to him while he was walking be-
tween Armourdale and Rosedale. He
saw satan, in a great red cloak, stand.
ing on the bluff. A moment later the
shadow of Melchizedek enveloped him,
and Miller knew that he had been pro-
noted to the red cross order. He
settled down, and ran a shoe shop in
Kansas City, near the junction. Then
he lived a hermit's life in Weston, Mo,
and three years ago he took up his
abode in a cave excavated in the Scar
rift bluff. He has lived there since
alone and happy.
Sometimes, he says, he earns as
much as Is cents a day by picking rags
and this sum sufiices to buy bread and
coffee, his chief articles of sustenance.
He says he never begs. The nurses in
the Scarritt hospital would provide for
him, but he does not accept their hos
pitality. His aim in life, he says, is to
be at peace with the world and atone
for his sin in taking part in the war
He never reads the newspapers, be.
cause they suggest worldly thoughts te
him. If Miller lived in a more civilized
way he would be a handsome man. A
it is, his long hair and tangled beard
together with an evident dislike TO
soap and water, make him look tn
ideal hermit.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
A Lake in n Crater.

Near the city of Georgetown, in the
West Indies, there is a lake two miles
in width that is always watched with
the gravest anxiety by the people who
live in the vicinity. Is basin is known
to be the crater of an old volcano.
There is an ancient ira iition that two
hundred years agGa French town was
located q. this spot, and that oDe day
the big dragon at the bottom of the
lake turned over in his sleep, creating
such a disturbance in the water that
the town was washed away. Only one
man is said to have survived the catas
trophe, a blacksmith, who thereupon
set himself up az the &c vernor Of Gre,
NADIA. There being no n else alive, II
| is presumed his claim went"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

Maps for the use of farmers. describ-
ing the chemical qualities of the land IN
various parts of the country and nam
ing the best manures for each sectioh'
have been proposed in France.
The fine Arts building at the World s
fair contains so many pictures that II a
man spent five minutes viewing each
picture, it would take him twenty-seVen
years to see them all.
A terrible affliction has come to the
thirteen-year-old daughter of Mr.. H. Flu
gate of Brazil. Ind. After she had volun'
tarily tasted thirty-eight days, she De-
came stone-blind.
The Brooklyn bridge cable is seven Zee
and six inches longer when the thermom'
eter marks one hundred degrees thdf
when the mercury is down to zero.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
Australian AlfaIfa-Fed Stock.

In Australia the great value of lu-
cerne to the pastoralist consists in
grazing stock on it, says a writer in
Australasian. The employment of many
hands in farming operations, such as
conserving lucerne in the form of hay
or ensilage, is dreaded by all flock and
herd owners Nevertheless I am a
firm believer in the conservation of
fodder in both forms, so that the stock
may be helped owe a bad season. By
the aid of modern agricultural ma
chinery hay-making is easily and
cheaply performed, and the labor and
cost are still less when ensilage is
made. Many stock-owners are Of opin-
ion that lucerne Is better for making
fairly good sheep and cattle prime
han for fattening stores from the first.
In both cases the stock would prob
ably do better if they had a grass pad
dock with the lucerne. All stock like
a change of food, and will do better
with a change than with a single ar
ticle of food, no matter how nutritious
it may be. While on Mr.. J. S. Hors-
falls estate of Widgiewa I met with a
6oOu AliuSlIdIlOu VI Tic Sdlu0 VI
cerne on a pastoral property. The
manager (Mr. Morrison) weans the
stud lambs at a very early age, and
when taken from their dams they are
put on a lucerne. The result is that
the lambs never sustain the slightest
check, and the ewes, relieved from the
burden of having to support a lamb,
come into the shearing-shed in splen-
did condition. 1 saw the stud ewes
about a month after the lambs were
weaned, and they were kicking up
their heels as if the cares and troubles
of maternity did not exist. The very
heavy fieeces yielded by the lambs on
this estate are sufficient recommended
tion of the practice of early weaving
on lucerne. In a favorable winter IN
Riverina there is often a good growth
of lucerne, but it is not nearly as nu-
t%ritious as that of spring and summer
growth. Mr.. p. Mcfarland told me
that he had made an experiment which
proved this. He divided a flock OF
wethers equally, one-half he placed on
lucerne, the other on native grass
They were sold at the same time, and
those off grass were better, n real
lied a higher price than the others
Australian live stock husbandry is
entering upon a new development
which will be fastened by the growing
of wheat in Riverina, and in this de-
7elopment lucerne is destined to play
4 very important part. 1t will aus
double, if not treble, the number OF
stock to be kept, and it will provide
he fodder (made into hay or ensilage)
that will cause the losses from
droughts to be reduced till they will
De scarcely worth recording.
II is a mistake for the beef breeder
tn think that he is benefited by thu
small amount Of beef fat that is uset
in making spurious butter. His bee
!, fat completes with himself in this way
II makes dairying Improbable, an
, drives the dairymen into raisin,
beeyes. This increases the competition
. in beef raising, and consequently force,
--.. tho nrtoa
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
Georgia Nan Who Walks on Water.

From the Atlanta Constitution:
Prof. Robert Cook, of Americas, Ga,
whose marvellous feats of walking on
water have attracted widespread at
tention in Americas, was reared here
and until two years ago was actively
engaged in mercantile business. He
will walk on the Chattahooche River at
Columbus this week, going thence to
Lake Pontchartrain to practice for a
walk on the Ohio River from Pittsburg
to Cincinnati.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

faded Cyclist (scarcely good for an
other five minutes)-How far is it to
Brookley, my man? Native-Brook-
ley, sir? Oh, you be close on it..
faded Cyclist (joyfully)-Which way?
Native-Straight up that steep Ill
there, turn to the left for about four
mile, then cross the bridge and follow
the telegraph posts for a stretch, then
sharp round to the right, and Brookley
amt more'n two M. Jaded cyclist
faintS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
Punished for Yawning.

An English paper tells a story of the
fate Count Glechen when he was an
ambassador to London. At a dinner
party it was his hard luck to have to
conduct to table a lady of a taciturn
and unresponsive nature. To all his
polite nothings she answered v a
word. Nothing Haunted, he continued
to ply her with small talk, till ut last
she slowly turned her head toward him
ami deliberately yawned. The count
was equal to the occasion. "Ah, mad
am" he said, loudly. Il also have gold
in my teeth"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
The Educated Little Girl.

See the little girl!
Is the little girl educated?
The little girl isn't a thing but edu-
Gated.
The little girl has been to school dur
ing a series Ct years, and learned to
paint a hollyhock.
Why does the little girl spend sc
much time weeping?
The little girl weeps because the
hard. cruel, th%oughtless world doesn't
match her hollyhock.-Detroit Tribune
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
THE CANADIAN NORTH-WEsT.


Che ap Railroad Rates for Settlers.
A settler intending to take up and
settle Oh Farm Land in Manitoba or
the Canadian Northwest Territories,
should obtain a Certificate from a Can
adam Northwest Land Settlement
Agent, purchase a ticket to the nearest
point on the Canadian Pacific Railway,
and on arrival there present his Certif-
cate, in exchange for which will be is
sued for himself and any member of his
family accompanying him as ennmer
ated on Certificate, a ticket to his des-
tination in the Canadian Northwest, as
far west as Calgary or Edmonton.
West Of that, 2 cents per mile.
Should such settler, after acquiring
land, desire to return for his family, he
will be accorded a similar rate return
ing.
If you want 16O acres of land free,
apply for particulars, etc.
II. HI. Swallow, WatertOwn, s. ID.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
Shake Into Your Shoes.

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful, swollen, smart
ing feet and instantly takes the sting
cut of corns and bunions. 1t is the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight-ftting
or new shoes feel easy. 1t Is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot,
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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

gan to fall off quite materially in 1893,
TOUR years ago., the shortage is bound
to begin to manifest itself inside of the
next W years. The produce of mares
pred this season will not be four years
old, or ready for market, before 1902,
and between this and that time
we predict that there will be a much
greater shortage of horses Of all kinds
thai has been seen in this country for
many years.-Breeder and Sportsman.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

The Marquis de Cussy, a political gour-
mand, said that natures should be judged
by their viands: that the commercial in
stincts of the Englash were due to beef,
the philosophy of Germany was born of
sauer kraut and Mohammedanism sprang
from pilau.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

.Everybody," said the man of plati-
tudes, lis doing his best to get some
thing for nothing"
(Which reminds me-" said the elder
ly gentleman, to whom the man was
talking, that l have got to get a golf
suit for my ninetenn-year-old SON.
Typographical Journal.
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Effective Ruae.

Maude-"Wonder how it happened
that Mr.. Smarte proposed to Carrie? ~
Edith-"I understand she told him
that another man was trying to marry
her for her money."-Boston Trans
cript.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

"You may talk as you like" said the
solid citizen, but there was II good
thing about the ~gladiatorial fights Of
olden times"
what was that|'
"The loser never had a chance to talk
to the papers and explain why he lost"
Philadelphia Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

A bridegroom of Salem, Mass, was so
overcome by the novelty of his position
during the marriage ceremony that he
tainted. The bride looked so mortified
that she seemed to be meditating a Sc
we're Caudle lecture for his benefit.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26
The Cow and Her Drink.

4 a da1ryman
wants to treat him
self to a genuine
surprise, let him
keep his herd of
milk giving cows
in the stable, and
give them water
in such a way that
the weight drunk
by each cow car
be a~scertained, and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

Standard Varieties of Chickens.
Javas.-This variety is the Oldest OF
the American class, and at one time
was considered the most profitable of
all breeds. At present they are not
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

Dropsy treated free bv DR.. H. II. Green's
Sons. of Atlanta. Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adj
vertisement in another column of this
paper,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-26

William H. Swan of Newark, N. j.,
while at Lake Hopatcong, was opening a
bottle of ginger ale, when the cork new
out, and. striking him in the eye, de-
stroyed the sight.