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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

1t is funny how some women only
catch an inkling of the beauty sermons
that are preached to them by opponents
of diet, bathing, etc.
They are struck by II particular
"do this or don't do that and they
follow Out the advice to the exclusion
OF their w COmmOn SrnGC.
Lettuce is mentioned as Il hlOOd puri-
fer. Fat salad for your luncheon if
you want to steady your nerves, put
color i'll your checks and clear your
sKin," is the suggestion. And then
some over-z2alous creature munchcs
away on salad leaves every day ut noon
with apparent forgetflllncss that it
should only serve rs enc item of IL
varied and more nourishing MENU.
Bathing rs we'll as diet hints are
woman's grooming salvation may be
another's destruction from al hygienic
point of view.
NARY X" who is flpshy and full
blooded, writes to the editor of Il query
column to know what to eat. when to
battle, how to walk and how to dress,
and Molly L." who is exactly her op-
posite i'll constitution, gives the answer
to Mary's query a passing glance and
Immediately takes unto herself the
counsel therein and carries it out to tho
detriment of her health.
1t is an art to give good advice, but
it Is just as much an art to know how
to use that advice to personal advan,
tage.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

face for a moment, and then replied
slowly:
Il think l shall trust you, monsieur.
Indeed, | cannot help; myself. l will
be your Wife,
There was no coyness in her answer.
10 blush tinted the pale, beautiful
face; but she drew herself up with an
air of simple dignity that commanded
my respect and admiration.
Then come,' l said. eagerly; Eve
must lose no tiulc. 1t will be midnight
before we can hope to reach Danvers."
Not Hanvers," She replied, shrink
ing back as | sought to take her hand;
''let us go to ~Tre"onne; there is a not
airy there who will marry us, and we
are far safer from pursuit."
Very WELL" l answered, ''let us be
off"
Refusing my proffered assistance,
Mile. de Boursons walked to the car
riage and Sprang lightly to the back
seat. Rather awkwardly, l took my
place in front, gathered up the reins,
and drove off as swiftly as | could in
duce the ancient steed to move.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14
Eve HpnGnnha

DR.. S. Weir Mitchell attributes many
headaches to disorders in the refrac-
tive and accOmmodative apparatus of
the eye. 1t is becoming the custom to
so TO the OculiSt when a stubborn head
ache asserts itself. In some instances
the brain symptom Is often the most
prominent. and sometimes the only
prominent indication of trouble in the
eye. There may be no pain or fatigue
in the organ itself, and the strain in
it may only show itself by ache in the
brow or in the back of the head.
Long continued trouble in the eye may
I've the unsupported of insomnia,
vertigo, nausea, and general illhealth.
In many cases the trouble in the eye
becomes suddenly mischievous, owing
to some sudden failure of the health,
or to increased sensitiveness of the
brain from moral or mental causes.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14
Cattle Raising for the English Mar
ket

According to a British government
report, the importation of American
cattle into England is steadily on the
Increase. For the first five months of
the current year it was 1850 head.
AS compared with 112, 900 for the same
period last year. If this rate per
month be sustained, the years import
will be owe 100000, or much larger
than the exceptional importation in
1872. The London and Liverpool mar
ketS have been so heavily supplied
that the prices of American beeveS
have there fallen as low as Sc to 9 1-2c
Fer pound ESTIMATED dressed weight;
While export steers were being quoted
at Chicago at $40 to 81 per 100 lbs,
live weight. At these rates shipments
must have been made at a loss. The
development of the chilled beef import
trade presents many interesting feat
ures, and is. in many respects, very
similar to that of live cattle. Taking
600 pounds as the average weight of
cattle slaughtered for the dressed beet
trade, hSt years export from this
country of fresh beef to England rep
resented Il number of cattle nearly
equal to that exported alive, the latter
being, however, heavier cattle. The
pdSt hNc hloil'hS eApoIl ol cHllleu DeeI
was los. I59,6O0 pounds, as compared
with Sl,S4l,0 6 pounds for the same
period last year. At this rate, the
years export will be some 6O,OOO,OO
pounds greater than in 1892. 1t seems
still Il matter of doubt which of the
two branches Of til" trade offers the
largest profits. The secretary of agri-
culture. in his report for 1898, SAYS:
1T appears to work out more protita-
bly, to transport the live cattle. They
are carried on parts of the ship thai
would otherwise be unoccupied. They
do not require such special fittings and
appliances as to debar the vessel from
! carrying other cargo when cattle are
not available" The ocean freight on
the o Il quarters of a steer varies
from So to Sc.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

{, upon the vision, sank back in the chair
with n low moan.
''This must be explained, monsieur"
| cried. striding to his side and grasp
ing his shoulder. lis there any rca-
son why | should not marry Mile. de
BoursonsT'
Mile. de B~oursons," returned the
notary. still regarding her with horror,
has been dead these forty years"
"Dead!' | echoed, staring first at the
notary and then at the girl, while Il
sense of bewilderment overcame me.
Mile. de Boursons arose with Il
charming smile and came to my side.
See, monsieur she exclaimed,
mockingly, and giving me her hand,
do you also think me dead?"
The hand was as cold as ice, but its
touch sent a strange thrill through my
body.
Come, monsieur" l said to the not
airy. who watched the scene in amaze
ment, read the ceremony at once; we
are in haste"
Slowly and with trembling voice, the
notary obeyed, and the girl at my side
returned the answers in a sweet-col-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

Then, CHANGING toward the armchair,
he continued:
THE lady'S name?"
| waited for her to reply, but as she
remained silent, l answered:
"Amelie de Boursons.'
"Who?' cried the notary, in a loud
voice, springing to his feet, while a
look of fear oversprcad his wriukled
face.
"Amelie de B%oursons," | repeated.
slowly, infected by the mans agitation
in spite of myself.
The notary stared wildly at the muf-
fled form of the lady. Then he drew
out his handkerchief and wiped the
beads of perspiration from his fore
head.
What does this mean, monsieur:" |
demanded, angrily.
The man needed mt not the slight
est. but, clutching the edge of the TIA
bile to steady himself, and extending
his long, bony finger toward the girl,
he exclaimed:
Are you Amelie de Boursons?'
Slowly, with admirable grace and
dignity. the lady drew back her man
tie, and her marvellous beauty was
again revealed.
The notary, with distended eyes fixed
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

DR.. A. w. Waller has shown that
the isolated living nerve can be slim
ulated at regular intervals, and a ser
les of electrical responses graphically
recorded; but that various chemici
reagents alter the character of the re
Spouse. The nerve is practically sub
mitted under this method to a question
and answer at short required intervals,
the question being constant, and the
answer varying with the state of the
perye The method lends itself to a
large range of inquiries. Doctors find
thai by it the action of anaesthetic, Sc
datiyos aud stimulants can be deter
mined with an almost incredible ac-
curacy, and the consequent gain to
science is inestimablp. Among other
demonstrations, DR.. Waller has estab-
liShed the dangerous character of chlor-
oform as compared with ether. His
experiments confirm the position of
those who decline to administer chloro-
form where ether is not at all permits.
Sihle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14
The n Ray a Test for Death.

Many people have a haunting fear of
being buried alive, and it's existence
is attested by the oft-notcd legacy to
Il local hospital, or medical practition-
er. which has been left under the pro-
visO that the head of the deceased
shall he separated from the body he
o I burial. Another form thai this
feeling has taken is the arrangement
in burial vaults of an electrical an
~nunciatOr, which is Immediately OK
cited to give an alarm should there
be the slightest movement inside the
coffin. The latest means of making as
sured the fact that death has taken
place is the use of the R0entgen ray.
Hands of the living and the dead, TAX
en- on the same plate by the Y ray
show a decided difference. The bones
Of both are about equally well defined
but the soft parts of the dead hand
are noticeably darker. If the picture
be taken within a few hours after
death. it is sometimes not easy to diff
f~erentiate between the living and the
dead hands; but as the change in the
tissue begins to take place, the X rays
show a decided difference in penetra.
ton.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

Madamoiselle drew her mantle close
ly over her head and shoulders, and
but once during the long drive did she
speak. Then it was to direct me to the
TregOnne road.
With ample time for reflection, my
adventure began to seem rather queer
and and by the time we dis
coverad the lights of Tregonne twink
ling before us | came to doubt the per
feet wisdom of my present course.
But it was too late to draw back
now-and the girl was very beautiful.
This is the no~tarys." said my com.
panion, in her low, sweet voice, indi-
eating by a gesture a rambling struc-
ture from whose windows cleaned a
single light.
l leaped out, found the door at the
end of a long pathway, and knocked
upon it loudly.
A tall, thin man, beyond the middle
q holding q talloW candle high
above his head, answered my call.
you are the notary?' l asked, brief
ly.
He nodded assent.
Il wish to be married"
"Married.' he echoed, in surprise;
"but when, Monsieur?"
Nov; at once"
But II bride, rnonsiaur2"
81 will fetch the bride. She is wait
ing without"
l thought he intended to protest; so
l left him abruptly and returned for
the lady. She was already approach
ing the house, AMI as | met her she
motioned me to &c before. while she
followed silently in the pathway.
fup lnoVplM sl poll!mpu GLglou oVL
ceremony, and we entered a small,
dimly-lighted room that appeared to
be a study.
My companion ut once seated herself
in an armchair, but without removing
the mufflings from her face.
The notary snuffed the candle. ar.
ranged his books, and, turning to ne
with a penetrating look, said:
4 must know your nalnc, monsieur.
Orchard Harrington
"Iour r~esidence?"
81 am an American"
He wrote the nswer in his book.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

lected voice that disarmed my fears
and calmed, to some extent, the notary
himself.
drew n seal ring from my finger
and placed it upon her icy hand. and
in its place she slipped a large ruby
from her w hand upon mine.
lit ceremony concluded, l paid the
notary, thanking him briefly for his
services. and. followed by my bride,
walked down tho path to my carriage.
The notary stood in the doorway, light
ing us with the candle.
AT the carriage l turned to hand NV
wife to her seat, but she had disap.
peared.
| ran back to the doorway.
where is my Wife?' | asked.
"She followed you down the path"
said the man.
But she is not there"
Without II word the notary accOmpa-
MED me back to the carriage. No
trace of the girl was to be seen.
Right and left among the shrubbery
l searched; | called aloud her name,
entreating her to come to me, but no
sight of the beautiful face rewarded
my efforts.
l returned to the notary's study filled
WITH vague mlSglVlngS.
where can she be-" l asked, dis
nnolly
I'm her grave" was the hoarse an
Swer.
"MOnsieur-'
Il told you before that she was
dead. You have welded a ghost"
h next morning in company with
tnp n0tcrV 1rnvn down tbo ,,onJ ~,
til we came to the brick wall where |
first saw Amelie de Boursons.
We entered the gates and walked to
the chateau that stood in the neglected
grounds. An old m admitted us,
the care-taker. and, at the notary's re,
quest, allowed us to visit the gallery.
The notary threw back the shutters,
and the sun came in and flooded the
portrait of a beautiful girl whose vio-
let eyes regarded me with the same
sweet expression l had noted in my
bride of the previous evening.
1T is Amelie de BOurSOnS," said the
notary in a gentle voice. Il have seen
this picture often. and heard the girls
pitiful story, and that is why l knew
her last night to be a mere phantom.
Her father was a stern hard man, who
insisted upon her marrying Il person
utterly distasteful to the young girl.
She tried to escape, but was captured
and brought home to confront her
fate. On the wedding morning they
found her dead in her bed. She had
taken her own life. That was forty
years ago, mOnsieur!"
AS we left the room I glanced curl
ously at the ruby that sparkled on my
finger.
| wear it to this day.
1t is the only evidence l have ever
possessed of my phantom bride.-St.
=, Louis Democrat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

'l>ut how else can l save you:" l
asked, helplessly.
81 do not know" she replied, with a
sudden calmneSS that suggested de-
spair. But unless you can find some
way to succor me l shall take my own
life"
There was 40 doubt, from the eX-
preston of her low. earnest voice, that
she meant this, and, filled with con-
sternatiOn at the thought, | racked my
brains for some way to preserve both
her life and happiness.
AT last an idea came to me, but |
trembled at my own presumption, as l
suggested IT. e
"Mademoiselle," l said haltingly, ~
see but one alternative. You must
marry me-"
The violet eyes opened wide in sur
prise. Marry you, MONSIEUR"
Then pursuit would be useless. Be
Ing my wife, you would escape this
villain who insists upon wedding you.
l am free and able to give you all that
would add to your happiness and |
shall learn to love you very dearly. 1t
Is true that am a stranger to you. but
assure you | an in all ways worthy
to seek both VEIN Il nj and your
hand"
She gazed with earnestness into my
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

According to q report Just issued in
London by the English government
concerning the little British colony at
Alden, Mt the southern entrance of the
Red sea, the United States has cap
turcd the whole of the cotton piece
goods trade of Arabia and Northeast
Africa, to the exclusion of Great Brit
ain. In fact. American cotton goods
have literally driven those of Ian
cashire and Bombay out of those mar
kcts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14
MsAE2co, 81:
9lEHEgHiNaed2QM
Reducing Observation-Disclosures to n
SXsiem.

In consequence of the success which
has attended the experimental culture
of flowers and vegetables by electricity
III America, some of the London hOr-
ticulturists, who desire to be first at
Covent Garden with their early salads
a branch of industry which is eX-
cecdingly proiitable-propose to install
the electric light In their forcing hous-
eS. In the States the electric culture
OF plants for commercial purposes has
now become a recognized industry.
This fact is mainly owing to the care
full compilation of data which has been
made by Prof. L. II. Bailey, of Cornell
University. Prof. Bailey shows that
the, effect of the light is marked even
at a distance of 100 feet; that the cleo
trio light does not determine the peri
odicity of growth; that increase under
the light occurs only during rhe first
days; that growth takes place in day
light as well as in darkness. His eX-
periments are thus summarized: The
influence of the electric arc light upon
greenhouse plants is greatly modified
by the use of a clear glass globe or the
interposition of a glass roof. Plants
which are much injured by Il naked
light may be benefited by a protected
light. The light can be suspended even
above the House with good effect. As
a rule plants are earlier under the
electric light than when grown in or
binary conditions. Lettuce is greatly
forced and improved by the electric
light. An average of five hours of
light pei night FASTENED maturity from
a week to ten days at the distance of
from 10 to u feet. Even at 40 feet,
in only ditfused light, the effect was
striking. The light appeared to iniure
young newly transplanted plants. Rad
isheS were also benefited by the light,
but not much. To do them any good
the light had to be hung outside the
house. If placed inside, whether naked
or protected by a globe, it injured the
radishes. Eects and spinach were ap-
parently somewhat benefited by the
light. Caullf1owers grew taller and
made fewer and smaller heads, and
viOlets and daisies doomed earlier in
the light house. This corroborates re-
suits obtained with other flowers in
earlier experiments. The electric light
does not appear to determine or modify
the hours of growth of lettuce and
some other plants which have been
studied in this particular. Plants which
are benefited simply grow more rap
idly during the customary periods.
These experiments have been extended
over six years. and the conclusions
reached are worthy of careful attention
as based on Independent scientific in
y~eStigationS.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

A Maryland a got into trouble
with his employer and fed. When in
safe place he grew a beard and altered
his personal appearance in other par
ticulurs. Then he returned to his en-
ployers and said he was a brother of
the defaulter and wanted to settle the
cas- for him. They were about to COM
ply when his old sweetheart, who was
employed in the place, came in and
recognized him. His arrest followed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

The postoffice department reports a
falling off of 81, 500, 900 in the post
office receipts for the quarter ending
September 80, as compared with the
preceding quarter. This decrease in
revenue is an indication of bad times,
for the postal revenue increases more
rapidly than population in prosper
GUS years, and there should have been
an increase of nearly $1,000,00O under
normal conditions.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14
Lii Hung Chang as u Telegraph


Ia SAShS AZ as tsDl
The greatest interest shown by Ii
Hung Chang in telegraphy while in
this country is not surprising when it
is known that the present development
in Geographic work in China is owing
almost entirely to his enlightened eff
forts. 1t is PC years since telegraph
engineers were sent to China to con-
struct the first cables. Ine scheme
was strongly opposed by the Chinese
commercial firms and houses, as they
saw that the extension of the telegraph
lines would deal a severe blow to their
supremacy by putting an end to great
speculations, and by enabling the small
merchants to keep in touch with the
markets all over the world. When
the cables We're laid down, however,
they We're used by both Europeans and
Cinnamon, but by the latter in any
thing but a legitimate way. They cut
off large sections of the copper and
steel wires and turned them into nails
for tea boxes. After awhile the ad-
vantages of running the lines into the
interior OF the country suggested them
selves, but 1t was ten years before
permission could be got to extend the
service. The country was at length
surveyed, and the building of the line
by the engineers was commenced.
When thirty miles had been put UP
1t was torn down by the population
under the preteXt that the sound of
the wind playing through the wires
prevented the dead from sleeping in
their graves; that it was offensive to
the "Fungshui." and that it attracted
evil spirits. At this juncture Ii Hung
Chang came to the rescue, and since
the year 1850 telesraphy has gone for
ward in China. A contract was given
for establishing a land line between
Shanghai and 1'ien-Tsin, and a tele-
graph school for young Cinnamon at
the latter place. This was a considera-
bic work. The line had a length of
800 miles and entailed the erection
of no less than 21,000 telegraph poles,
besides the crossing of several rivers
by cable. The whole was done in five
months. All the superstitious fears of
the natives vanished as soon as it be-
came known that the work was carried
out at he i%nstigation of China's most
eminent and ~all-powerful statesman.
From that moment Il network of te!e-
graph lines began to stretch out oven
the country, and it now extends to he
renoteSt frontier of the immense EN-
pire.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

A remarkable march of 4,7O0 miles
across Siberia, occupying almost q
year. has just been completed by two
Russian battalions of line infantry
and two batteries of artillery, which
lately reached their camp on the
Afnnf. The troops marched 1000
rers's by Land. and made their way
faf#ent Yerstf BIZ water. half the dig
tSn'e On RATS constructed by them
sdiv"s. fl'eir losees were 6 men dead,
~ 4eNt lelind In hospitals and 20
s<orses
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14
Mini RpnIinn.

You can read a happy mind in n happy
countenance without much penetration.
This Is the sort of countenance that the
4uondam bilious sufferer or dyspeptic re-
neVed by Hostetter's Stomach Bittcrs
wears. You will meet many such. The
great stomachic and Alternative also provides
happiness for the malarious. the rheumatic,
the weak. and those troubled with ~inactioD
of the kidneys and bladder.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

The physician Of to-day is much less
conservative than his predecessor of
fifty years AGO., IN the matter of leav-
ing the beaten track in order to secure
a certain result. Especially is this the
case in di12nostic branches of the pro-
the practitioner to form a true esti-
mate OF the case before him-patholOg-
zeal. psychic and electrical-have, dur
ing the past few vars, been added to
his resources. The state of the patient
during sleep gives most valuable tcSti-
mony to the physician. Much of the
purely physical testimony is not diff
cult to secure; but mental indications,
which often are ven more important,
are not as easily arrived at. MUCK at
tention has of late been given to this
branch of medical diagnosis. Prof.
Pheltshu, who has devoted himself to
the study of dream phenomena. says
that they are, when a~scertaincd, one
of the greatest helps the doctor can
have. Lively dreams are usually n
sign of ervou action. Soft dreams
are a sign of slight irritation of the
brain; often in eryou feverS an
nouncing h approach of a favorable
crisis. Frightful dreams are a deter
mination of blood to the head. Dreams
about blood and red objects are indica-
tons of intiammatory conditions.
Dreams about rain and water are
often signs of diseased mucous men,
branes and dropsy. Dreams of dis
torted forms frequently mean abdom-
inal distractions and disorders of the
liver. Dreams in which the patient
sees any part of the body. especially
suffering, indicate disease i'll that part.
The nightmare, with great sensitive
ness, is associated with determination
of blood to the chest. The range Of
dream indications is being extended,
but at tba same time it is recognized
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

The whistle of a locomotive is heard
$500 yards through the air; the noise
OF a railway train, $500 yards; the re-
port Of a musket and the bar kof a
dog, 1,S00 yards; al orchestra or the
roll of a drum, 1,G0O yards; the human
voice reaches to a distance of 1000
yards; the croaking of frogs, 900 yards;
the chirping of crickets, 800 yards.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-01-14

The bicycles offered for sale on the
French market are manufactured in
every land. France can hardly hold
her W in manufacturing these ma
chimes. England supplies the largest
quantity Of the foreign wheels, a few
are imported from Belgium and many
FROM the United States.