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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-02-06

The motion was carried,
The house was called 20 order AT 3 y. III.
lndrr reports NJ standing committees
the committee on enrolled and engTo--ed
bills made their report on II. Il No, =,
that same was properly enrolled.
nder introduction OF bills the follow.
Ing hills were intrhuced
II. H. No, -, introduced by j, r. sando
val. An act alneniatoty Of All act entitl.
~ VA act creating the county Of GnadA.
lupe ont NJ II portion Of San Miguel coun.
N"
II Il. NJ. 3J, introduced by J, 7, san.
do,al, AN act IN reference to services IN
civil cases
II Il 80 sc. INTRODUCED hy u, Sando'
val. An act relative IA lani grants In
the territory 1T \rw Mexico confirmed by
congress,
H. H. No, ~, intruiucei by Messrs,
Luna, smith aud Rateman, AN act Tor
Distribution NJ the common school fund
II, u. No 81, introduced by r, :, BATE.
man, An act relating 10 All amendment
In pleading aud other matters In the dis.
trirt court
H. H. No, ~, introduced b, Mr. hate.
man, An act relating Ia seals and In.
-truments under -eal
II, Il, NJ. s., introduced hy Max Iona
by request, An act Ia amend the license
law
ndrr house resolutions Mr.. Read In.
tr"iurrd H. Il. No, :, thanking Gov RG-s
Tor copy If his book on the impeach.
mrut of \ johnson,
H. n W, -, introduced hy Mr., hate.
man,
HOUSE adjourned until Monday at ~
A. M,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
DOinrs of n Clever Dog.

Spot is a general fayorite in Moline,
ILL.,. and. although he signifies his ap-
probation of pats or words of Kindness
by a gentle Wagging of his tail, he moi
tller follows nor obeyS al but his
master.
The first time | saw him his master
requested him to shut the door. which
was wide open. He Immediately put
his nose behind it and closed it. but. as
it did not catch, he raised upon his
hind legs and threw the whole weight
of his body against it, and this effectu-
ally shut it.
go sit down there, Spot" said his
master, and he Immediately went to
the place indicated and sat down.
"Sit up, Spot and up he sat.
"Stand up. Spot. and come to me-"
and he rose from his sitting posture
and stood upon his hind feet, and then
walked in an erect position to his mas,
ter.
Lie down and die" He immediate
ly lay down at his masters feet and
closed his eyes and appeared like one
dead. When his master slipped his
right hand unded ono side and his left
under the other, about his middle, to
lift him up, the dog did not move a
muscle; but his body hung down as
helplessly as though he were really
dead.
"Up, Spot!!' and he o o let us know
that he was worth a dozen dead dogs.
Take a chair, Spot" and he was
sOOn seated III the only vacant chair in
the room.
"Now, wink N eye Spot" and one
eye was accordingly winked without
ceremony.
If men are sitting and Corversing in
bis masters home, he will take a
chair with the rest, and, what is some
what remarkable, he always turns his
head and keeps looking at rhe one who
is speaking, as though paying tie ut
most attention.
Many other perform ances of interest
could be related, but | think that I
have said sufficient to prove that Spot
is an intelligent dog.-FTank G ELS, in
Chicago Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
ART IN STAGE FALLS.
Actors Learn to Take a Tumble
without InjurinE Themselves.

Actors Learn to Take a Tumble
without InjurinE Themselves.
There are certain stage secrets
which the public is never allowed to
know" said an actor lately. $50 ieal-
ously are these guarded that dramatic
tutors absolutely refuse to teach them
to their W pupils unless they are
profession. Among these wrinkles are
the methods of preventing c~oncussion
in stage falls.
1.-The chief secret. quite unknown to
amateurs, lies in the trick known as
initiating; that is, inhaling while fall
ing. a deep respiration of air, which
enormously decreases the weight of
the body. Sarah Bernhardt. Sir Henry
Irving and Beerbohn Tree all initiate.
and no artist could otherwise fall
nightly for hundreds of performances
without serious injury. SO essential
is this imitation that in a forthcoming
drama, in which an actor has to fall
from Il housetop to the solid stage
floor. he will wear under his costume
Il complete suit of rubber, inflated with
hydrogen gas, a cOntrivance recently
invented. Few people, by the way, are
aware that there are several London
actors who have actually had Oppor-
tunities of studying falls from sol
diers shot through the heart OIL head
upon the battlefield. One is especially
prominent. whose realistic death falls
are the result of his observations in
hot action in the Soudan and Zululand.
CHARLES Wyndham, too, when act
ing as a surgeon with one of the Con-
federatc armies during the American
war of secession. and Charles Collette,
who held a commission in the Prince
of Wales Third Dragon Guards, has
witnessed many impressive scenes,
while Mr.. Pennington, a hero of the
famous Balaklava charge; Charles
Kenningham. who went through the
Ashantee and Afghan wars, and NJ.
Coquelin, the elder, who, with the late
NJ. Marius, fought for France in the
Franco-Prussian war. have since util-
lied their experience on the STAGE
i ClSSelIS Journal,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
A STATE OF AMERICANS,
CarOIina's Population AlmO
E~xcIusiveIy Born in the state.

North CnroIina's Population Almost
Exclusively Born in In State.
North Carolina is one of he oldest
states i'll respect to settlement. having
been first coloniZed in 1897. 1t is one
of the thirteen original states ANA by
reason of its extensive sea coast ana
good ports has always been easily ac-
ceMable to immigrants. Yet in he
wEoie United States these is not II
of the fOrty-five which has a smaller
foreign born population than North
Carolina, and this peculiar distinction
it has retained for Il good deal more
than a century. BY the federal census
Of 1890 there were 1,600,000 native
born inhabitants of North Carolina and
only 300 born out of the state. North
Cardinals percentages, in fact. IS so
much lower than that of all the other
states that it appears almost inSignifi-
cant. North Dakota. at the top of the
list. has so per cent foreign-hoin pop
u~latiOn, Minnesota 56, Wisconsin II,
Rhode Island A. New York -, Con-
necticut 81, New Jersey 30, Illinois Is,
New Hampshire %, Ohio II, Maryland
10, Indiana I and Louisiana 4. North
Cardinals percentage is one-tifth of l.
per cent, and it has at no time been
much higher.
This fact being undisputed, the queG-
ton naturally arises, What is the
cause?' Some say that it is due to the
fact that North Carolina is Il state
practically without cities. and that as
the f~oreign-born population of every
state is to be found chiefly in the large
cities. the case is easily eXplained; but
such an explanation, unfortunately,
does not cover the case. North Caro-
linn hnc nnn Titv Wilmington with Il.
population in excess of 10000. and
Raleigh, Charlotte and Asheville ave
more than 10000 population each.
Moreover, is it not always large cities
that count in the United States for for
eign-born population. The State OF
Iowa, for instance. with only one city
in excess of 10000 inhabitants. con-
tainS 20 per cent of foreign-horn pOpu-
lation. North Dakota. too. which was
at the head of the list OF states in re-
spect to foreign-born population by the
last census. did not at that time have
Il city with a population as large as
Asheville. n. G. Some other cXplana-
ton must therefore be found, and per-
hapS the most plausible is tn" fact
| that Virginia being the arena of the
hardest fighting between the Hostile
armies during the civil war. the tide
or 1mmlSratlNn Wnlcn 10llUWeu Slronr-
ly while it lasted was diverted from
North Carolina, which lies Immediately
south of Virginia. and thus practically
the state was cut off from this supply.
Before the war. of course. when slave
labor ruled the industrial market. there
was no foreign immigration into any of
the Southern states. with the cXcep-
ton of Louisiana and Texas. Oddly
enough while there are only 300 for
eign-hOrn inhabitants returned by the
last federal census. there were l.ol1
Indians. and it seems Il strange state
of affairs that in any American com
mOnwealth ON the Atlantic border the
proportion of Indians to ~forei&n-born
citizens should be SO high.-NeW York
Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
LAN-ABLDINC STAGE FOLK.
Few Actors or Actresses Among tn
Thousands Arrested.

rev Actors or Actresses among the
Thousands Arrested.
In summer. after the closing of the
regular theaters, and until the fan
openings, stage matters are at a stand
still. save for the performers, come
dams, vocalists and dancers, who find
tenn orary engagements at the roof
gardens in large cities. For the great
bulk of actors and actresses who APP
pear III Il! regular companies there is
literally nothing doing in summer time,
and it is usually Il period of great
financial hardship to many. for The
managers, their employers. do not re-
ceive any revenue. and are put to large
II cumbersome expenses for the pur-
chase of scenery and the preparation
of costumes and for other things con
nectcd with the mechanical prepara-
tionS for The dramatic season. 1t is
no uncommon thing for actors or ac-
t%resses, except those best paid and
most distinguished, to be financially
embarrassed or in debt mt the thrcsh-
old of each succeeding season.
Those who have already or likely to
have engagements find no difficulty in
negotiating loans ito carry them along
until the season opens. but those who
have no Sucl engagements nor the
prospects of any suffer many hard
ships. and are often beset with many
temptations. They have, in fact. moth
ing to do or nothing which. in the
line of their profession, they can do,
and thus, if there were merit in the
statement of DR.. Watts, it would prob
ably be found that they became involy-
ed in serious difficulties. But the
official reports of the cities do not bear
out this view Of the case. They show,
in fact. that charges Of Il serious char
actcr are even more rare against ac-
treSSeS IL actors in summer, when
the theaters are closed, than in winter,
when the theaterS are opened and the
season is in full blast. The official
report of arrests in New York City
for the three months of 1896, begin
ming on Jan. l. and closing on April l,
show that among the 25,00O persons
arrested during that time 81 only de-
Scribed themselves as actors and Is
as actresses. In a majority of these
cases the OtfensaS charged we're Venial.
During the quarter covered by the
last police report, which included many
weeks of ummer the total lumber Of
arrests was $4,000. but of these only
60 were of me describing themselves
as actors, and only Is of women de-
Scribing themselves as actresses. Act
ors and actresses are laW-abiding per-
SonS.-NeW York SUI
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
MANY LUMINOUS PLANTS.
N.sturtiums Potatoes, Orchids and
Others Are on the List.

Nnsturtiums, Potatoes, Orchfd and
Others Are on the List.
Several varieties of the vegetable
kingdom are luminous in a greater or
less degree. One of the fungi, which
is not at all m on the walls of
damn, dark mines, caverns, etc, occa-
sionally emits sufficient light to admit
of the reading of ordinary print by it.
The emission of light from a common
pototo when in n state of decOmposi-
tion is sometimes very striking. Sew
cral of the Italian plants and grasses
are also luminous, and it is said that
in 1919 the mountains near Syree were
nightly illuminated by their means.
The red stock of a plant from the Dor
aghum jungle, supposed to be an or
hid possesses the peculiar property of
becoming luminous when wetted, while
when dry it is quite lustreless. The
hairy red poppy, the nasturtium and
the double Marigold are also luminous
to a certain degree.-Boston Traveller.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
A BANDIT OF THE JUNGLE.
lie Makes His Living by the
Blood From Small Birds.

He Makes His Living by Sucking the
Blood From Small Birds.
One of the residents of the jungles OF
South America is a huge, hairy bandlt
that makes its living by killing and
sucking the blood from all kinds OF
small birds. A collector who was
down there recently had a startling ad-
venture in capturing one of these for
est robbers. He 'Tna. looking one day
foc,s new kind OF G1;nnlingb!rd when Il
fissH ring and faint creeping close by
his Side attracted his attention.. a
small hollow tree was rear him, win
an openinc in the side about eight
inches across, and spread over this
was a dense white web. The upper
part of the web was broken d little
and securely fastened In it was a dead
hummingbird of the very kind h eX-
plorer was seeking. 1t had been dead
but a little while, it seemed, for its
head hung limp and motioniess. Near
the bottom of the web a small gray
bird was entangled-a tomtit spending
its winter among the tropics only to
meet such a fate as this. Its wild
1utterings had %entangled 1t more and
more, but the huge gray monster. back
in the dark. evidently fearing that its
| prey would escape, had waited its OBJ
| portunity. and just as the ~travele
| looked around it sprung full upon tue
poor birds breast. clasped its hairy
arms around the little fluttering body,
and buried it's horrible fangs in the
tender breast.
For an instant the observer stood still.
too much startled to move. while the
little head of the bird dropped help
lessly and it ceased to struggle; then,
recovering himself. he hastily prepared
his chloroform and brought it gradu-
ally near. So intent was the creature
on holding the bird until it was quite
dead that it did not attempt to escape.
Its legs relaxed a little presently. but
it's fanSs remained buried in the birds
throat. and so it died and was caught.
He had the sections of h trunk care
fully cut above and below the opening,
and thai section stands in his cabinet
now, the strong white web. the two
poor little withered birds entangled in
it. and the great hairy spider still
clinging to the breast of one, its fanEs
never releasing their hold, even in
death. This hairy monster is known
as the Mygale avicularia. Its body IS
two inches long and its great legs cover
an eXpanSe of seven inches. 1t has
terrible fangs folded under its head,
and when in pursuit of prey or angered
it will leap great distances and sink
these fangS in the object of its attack.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
Little Girl and the Rice Cakes.

When the Japanese boy or girl begs
for a story the mother or father some
times tells him this little fable about
the little girl and the rice cakes:
"Once a little girl was told by her
mother to make rice cakes. But the
little girl wanted to play Shuttlecock,
and left the dough in the bowl. \ lit
tie imp in the shape of Il frog came
and when the little girl was in the
midst of her play he threw the dough
into the air. 1t fell upon the girls
head and streamed down over her
shoulders until she was entirely COW
cred. Her mother came, and. SllppOS-
ing it was all dough. threw her into
the oven. And so the naughty little
glass will be full of clear Water.-Buf'
girl was baked in Il rice cake"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
A Milk-White Frog

No doubt you have seen albino girls
and boys at the circus, With pink skins.
yellow hair and pink eyes, and possibly
you may have seen albino
and other albino animals, but did any
of you ever hear of an albino frog
You know the albinO animal is the
one that lacks coloring matter in his
skin. eyes and hair, and such n spaci-
llen is always interesting to scientists.
Consequently, it was considered Il great
find when one of the students of Pack
er institute. in New York State. caught
an albino frog. You may imagine how
funny a creamy-whie frog with beauti-
full pink eyes might look. 1t is sup
posed to be the only specimen of the
kind ever captured. and will be kept
alive MS long as possible, so that visit
OTS may see it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
THEIR INFLUENCE FELT.
Women Employees in Germany Have
Improved All Conditions.

improved All conditions.
The growth of the textile industry in
the German empire is shown in the re-
suit of last years census of mechanics
reported to the state department by
Consul Sawter at G%lauchau. In this
industry over 100000 persons are en-
ployed. and the interesting fact is
noted that there has been a yearly de-
crease of male and corresponding in
crease of female employees.
The exact number of employees was
1,O17, lip, against 932,592 in 1892.
Since 1888 the males decreased from
5000 to 552,230, Il change of 29,S4O.
Their places have been filled by fe-
males, whose number grew from $780,
522 to 464,316 in tn. same period. One
curious result of these changes is the
improved sanitary surroundings and
comfort provided for the employees.
Their every instinct in this way is
being considered to encourage good
and satisfactory labor. Wash rooms
and lockers for non-wOrking apparel
are provided, and dining rooms, where
coffee and potatOeS-the latter one Of
the chief c~omponentS of the luncheon
are roasted or boiled in a special ware
receptacle. There are also separate
lunch rooms for whole families en-
ployed in the factories, where they can
distribute food from the family bas-
ket and enjoy together the recreation
afforded by the MONDAY meal.
Some of the larger factories have a
buffet. where can be purchased at a
merely nominal price beer, sausages,
rolls. coffee cake or any little luxury
in the form of Observation-Disclosures
Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15

Amateur magicianS, as we'll as anna
teur scientists. will like the little eN-
pertinent that we are now going to de-
scribe. of turning water into wine.
Get two goblets of exactly the same
size and shape and plunge them into a
tub of water. holding one upright and
the other upside down. Hold them I'M
der the water until both are completely
filled and not a bubble of air remains
in them. Be careful about this. Then
while they are still under water bring
them together, brim to brim, Il up
right the other inverted and lift them
carefully out, standing them IN a plate
provided for the purpose.
One goblet is nov standing inverted
upon the other, and both are luil or
water. Dry them carefully with a cot
ton cloth, and then move the upper
glass very slightly 70 II side so as
to leave visible barely a thread of
water. If you do this skilfully and
gently the water will not run gut.
On the foot of the inverted glass now
place a small glass filled with wine,
and having dipped into the water a
fiber of tapestry wool or piece of can
die wick, arrange it with its two ends
hanging over and down from the edge
| of the wine glass. Capillary attraction
will now set in, and the wine will be-
gin to run down the fiber. dropping on
to the foot of the inverted glass and
overlooking thence down the sides of
the glass.
Thus the wine will I'll gently to
ward the brims of the two glasses, and
then. instead of continuing its descent
it will flow sideways between the
brims and thence upward into the i'll
verified glass: so that, in a few minutes
the small glass on top will be empty
the middle. inverted, glass will be full
of winc-colored fluid, and the lower
| falO News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15

arm enfeebled with sickness and my
head faint, l want Jesus beside me. II
there be hands on this side of the food
stretched out to hold me back, 1 want
the heavenly hands stretched out to
draw me forward. Then, o, Jesus.
help me OH, and help me up. Unfear-
ing, undoubting, may | step right out
into the light, and be able to look back
to my kindred and friends, who would
detain me here, exclainling: Let me
EO-let me 90! The day hreaketh."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
FRESH AIR AND MENTAL WORK,
Experiments to Prove the Value OF
Good Ventilation.

Experiments to Prove the Value of
Good Ventilation.
Inasmuch az natures vital processes
are not haphazard, hut are exact cncm-
zeal reactions. the Importance of the
proper ventilation of school buildings
can not be too over rated. In just the
same II as d candle burns less
brightly in impoverished air. so, also,
does mental activity decrease. This
statement is substantiated by expert
ment. According to Heating and
Nentilating." some English students on
sanitation declare that the productive
work or scholars in badly-ventilated
buildings falls 20 per cent below the
work of the same children in we'll vent
Hated school rooms, and reports of as
great as 20 per cent gain from this
cause has been made in the schools of
Chicago. Another instance is found in
the case Of a well known school which,
when moved into new light and airy
quarters, is reported to have made a
gain of 10 to 20 per cent in yearly
work accomplished. The several di-
visions of the pension bureau of the
United States government were at n
time located in many detached and
scattered buildings in Washington.
They are now quartered in one large,
roony. we'll lighted and well aired
building. Under the old conditions,
about 1.S00 days of labor per year were
lost to the government through illness
in the clerical force of that one de-
partment. Under the improved cOndi-
tons now existing, and, notwithstand-
ing an increased force of employees,
but about 10000 days are lost through
illness. a gain of 5000 working days, or
twenty-seven years, to say nothing of
the corresponding increase in the work.
ing capacity of the entire clerical force.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15
Shin on Rollers.

1t took a landsman from an interior
town in Massachusetts TO devise the
latest marine novelty. 1t is Il ship to
travel on rollers, like that recently pro-
posed to France. but the Massachu-
sets man makes his ship 1000 feet
long, puts in two tiers of 30-foot roll
ers and moves them by continuous
chains, like those ovcr the sprocket
wheel of a bicycle, only big enough
for Il ship 1000 feet long. TO or
binary mechanics who consider weight
and strength of materials this looks
like IA ridiculous device. but perhaps
the inventor has not made his mean
ing perfectly clear.-Boston Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15

The Brazilian Central railroad,
which, with Its branches, makes 500
miles, was built by the government
at a cost Of $3.50, 900. For several
years 1t earned a considerable profit,
for 1t had unusual facilities for bust
ness, but politics crept in, offices and
salaries were increased and for some
time II has been operated at a yearly
loss Of 100000. A London syndicate
has offered to lease it from the gov
eminent for ninety-nine years at
100000 a year, and congress Is
likely to accept the offer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15

As things now stand, the question of
shutting out nliterate immigrants will
have the right OF way in the senate
the agreement having been made at
the last session that it should come up
the first day Of the short session.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15

1t is safe to predict that the PROPOSE
ton Of the general council Of the Seine
to bring about a congress to arrange
for the gradual disarmament of Europe
will meet with the cordial disapproval
of the Ward Lord Of Germany.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15

Coventry Patmore, the English poet,
whose death is announced, held an hon
orable rank among the minor Victor
ians. He was a sweet singer, especi-
ally on domestic subjects, and much
Of his verse will live. Mr.. Patmore
served for many years as an assistant
librarian Of the British museum, and
was noted also as a reviewer and mag
axine writer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-07-15

Capt John Marriott of the Norfolk
Regiment Of England, who was cap
tured by brgands a few days ago
while out shooting near Smyrna, has
been released. The brigands demand
ed 10000 ransom for his surrender,
but II Is not stated whether the money
was paid or not.