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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
Japanese Women.

Naturally there are no figures more
perfect than those of the Japanese
young women The children, up to
the age of fourteen, or as long as they
have the free use of their limbs, are
models of symmetry. About that time
they begin to fasten long garments
about their hips, the effect of which is
to impede their gait and give them an
awkward shuttle. In course of time it
does worse, and interrupts the develop
ment of the legs and thighs. Among
the laboring class an additional mis-
shaping is accomplished by the prac-
tice of carrying burdens from an early
age upon the back, for the support of
which broad straps are passed over the
shoulders and crossed in front, press
ing directly on the breasts. When a
Japanese girl reaches the age of six
teen without having undergone either
of the processes Of deformity, she is
a wonder to the eye, and remains so
until twenty-five, or possibly a little
later; then she eases to charm for a
certain period in any way, excepting
by her manner, and that is generally
preserved to the last. But as she
grows old she has a chance of becom-
ing quite delightful again. There is
nothing nicer than a dignified and
white-haired old Japanese lady. She
is always happy, for she is always
much respected and cherished by her
juniors, and at a certain age the nat
ura1 high hreedipp Of the raoa apnaars
in her to attain it's capitalization.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
A LEOPARD SEAL.
Recently Captured in the Shallow Waters
of Corson's Inlet. N. j.

Recently Captured in the Shallow Waters
of Corson's Inlet. N. j.
Living happily, in a large live-car or
box, at Corson's Inlet, N. j., is a pecu-
liar and very interesting animal. 1t is
a leopard seal. 1t was caught in the
waters Of the inlet, two weeks ago, by
a party of fishermen, who found it
floundering about in a shallow pool,
where it had no doubt gone to catch a
meal of live minnows. This amphibi-
GUS creature is not unlike the common
head is round, like that of a man; its
snout is broad, and it's eyes are large
and expressive and jet black in color.
1t has long whiskers about the mouth,
and a formidable set of teeth. The
body, the hands and feet, or f1ippers,
are covered with long, soft hair, and
are dark brown in color, on the back
and upper parts, with the breast and
under parts handsomely spotted like
the skin of a leopard. 1t has two feet,
or hands, membranous in construction,
with five toes each, terminated by
claws. These membranes are turned
backwards, as If designed to unite with
it's very short tail. The body is thick
est where the neck is Joined to it. Since
it's capture, the creature has displayed
wonderful sagacity. 1t has become
thoroughly accustomed to its keeper,
and whenever he approaches it, greets
him with a cry, or bark, which is al
most human. Stroking it gently on the
head, it's owner asks it If it wants a
fish, and seeming to understand the
words, it rises upon it's fiippers, it ut
tiers a low growl, and gently takes the
fish offered to it. It's food consists
wholly of live fish, of which 1t eats
from eight to ten pounds daily. 1t is
an interesting sight to watch it catch
the live fish thrown into the water with
which the car is partly filled. Having
located it's prey, it moves very slowly
towards 1t and when within striking
distance, throws itself forward sudden
ly and seldom fails to catch the fish.
The seal has learned to follow its keep
er about on land, and allows itself to
be fondled. The leopard seal is ex-
ceedingly rare, and is seldom found in
the geological gardens. Its home Is
along the coast Of Labrador and North
ern Canada.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
PROFITS AT MONTE CARLO.
Enormous Income Indicated by the Price
of the Franchise.

Enormous Income Indicated by the Price
of the Franchise.
One can form some idea Of the enor-
nous profits made by the gambling hell
at Monte Carlo by studying the terms
on which the prince Of Monaco has
granted a prolongation of the conces-
sion under which this infamous estab-
ilshment exists. The present conces-
sion expires in 1918, but the share
holders think it wise to secure a fur
Their concession before that date. The
terms. which were presented and rati-
ned the other day, are as follows: The
t5O, ZOO for the concession, plus EGO 900
allowed for the expenses of the govern
ment of the principality, are to be con-
tinued, together with the allowances
for public works, lighting, maintenance
of the institutions, etc., amounting in
all to another ESQ, 900 OF EGO, 900 per an
mum. In addition, the Casino company
undertakes to pay over Immediately to
the prince in hard cash the sum of
100000, and further to spend f200, 900
upon public works in the shape Of
opening up new venue and streets in
parts of the principality, indicated by
the prince; to spend ESQ, 900 in the con-
struction of a new theater and opera
house, this to be completed in time for
the exhibition of 1900; to hand over to
the manager of the theater Of Monte
Carlo f1,000 for each performer, this
sum to be spent exclusively in the pay
ment of special artists, the company to
further bear all the cost of the chorus.
orchestra and scenery. Finally, the
company undertakes to pay over to the
prince in cash f600, 900 in the year 1913,
of the old contract granted by the late
Prince Charles II. The Casino COM
pany is therefore called upon to find an
additional sum of FL, 280, 900 without
counting the grant to the manager of
the theater) as the price of the new
concession. The prince also insists up
on having in future a direct voice in
the management of the concern. He is
to be consulted in the appointment of
both the manager and directors OF the
Casino company; he is to have the
right to nominate the manager of the
theater; to be consulted in the engage
ment of the artists and the chef dor
chestra, and, most important of all,
he is to have control of the publicity"
department. The company spends
about $4,000 in "squaring" the conti-
mental press and purchasing its benev-
olent neutrality in the matter of gamb-
ling. The prince insists upon his right
to issue to these journals which are in
the pay of the concern such notes and
paragraphs as he may think proper.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
Bottling of Tears In Persia.

In Persia the bottling of tears con-
stitutes an important part of the
%obsequies of the dead. AS the mourners
are sitting round and weeping, the
one with a piece of cotton wool or
master Of ceremonies presents each
one with a piece of cotton wool or
sponge, with which to wipe away the
tears. This cotton wool or sponge is
afterwards squeezed into a bottle. and
the tears were preserved as a powerful
and efficacious restorative for those
whom every other medicine has failed
to revive. 1t is to this custom that
allusion is made in the eighth verse OF
the ffty-sixth Psalm: put thou my
tears into thy bottle"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01

The local spirit is perhaps nowhere
stronger than with the citizens of the
charming old city of Marseilles, France,
which seems to have been abreast of
every one of the twenty-four centuries
through which it has existed. An In
stance of the Marseilles philosophy is
given by a French writer. A Mar
seillais and a northerner were travel
ing in southern France, somewhere to
the northward of Marseilles, when
they encountered the mistral, or ter
rible "norther" which sometimes
makes life in southern France a bur-
den. The mar from the north was out
of patience with this biting and dusty
wind, and shivered and grumbled. The
Marseillais, on the contrary, was placid
and apparently not displeased. why
is it," finally exclaimed the man of the
north, that you don't appear to be
fighting angry with this wind?' ''This
mistral?" said the other, with wide
open eyes why, how can you blame
it? Just put yourself in its place; it
is simply in a natural hurry to get to
Marseilles!"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
The Trembling Pillar at Rheims. w

~
The famous trembling pillar at
Rheims, in France, presents a curious
problem to architects. The Church of
Saint Nicaise is surrounded with pill
lars constructed to prevent straining
of the walls. At the entrance Of the
church Is a bell tower. On one of the
bells in this tower the phenomenon of
this bell is rung or wen touched, the
top of this pillar sways. 1t goes and
returns about seven inches on each
side although the base of the pillar
is ~immovable, and the stones are so
firmly cemented that it seems like a
solid piece of stone. An authority,
who states hat no satisfactory solu-
tion of this popularity has been given,
writes: What is very singular is that
though the four bells are about the
same distances from the trembling pill
lar only one of them has any effect
upon it. The others may be rung sing
ly or altogether without moving it,
In 1775 a little window was made in
the roof opposite the pillar. A board
was placed on the top of the pillar, and
on it were put two glasses of water.
Then the bell was rung. Immediately
the pillar began to sway, and on the
fifth stroke of the bell the two glasses
were thrown off. The ringing of this
bell has no effect on the pillars be-
tween the phenomenal one and the
tower, nor on any of the others. But
formerly it was the first pillar which
swayed, then it became immovable,
and some years ago the one next to
it became the eccentric one.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
HOW ENVELOPES ARE MADE.
A Machine TAX q Blank and Delivers
a Perfect Enyalana.

q Perfect Envelope.
In the manufacture of envelopes, the
feeding, cumming, stamping, folding,
delivery, and collecting are all done by
machinery. To supply the voracious
machine with a pile of blanks at reg
ular intervals, and remove and band
the finished envelopes, is all the man
ual labor necessary. A pile Of enve-
lope blanks is laid on a plate at one
end of the machine, either when the
machine Is still or in motion, and they
are fed to 1t by means of an elastic sue
ton tube. The tube has a trumpet
shaped brass mouth-piece, which de-
sends upon the uppermost blank, and
at the moment of contact the air Ia
exhausted by a stroke of the air pump;
then the mouth-piece rises with the
blank attached, the arm and grippers,
rapidly projected from the other side Of
the machine, seize the blank. the at
tachment to the mouth-piece ceases and
n arm shoots back, thus bringing the
blank into position over the folding
box, and there instantly releasing 1t.
The stamping is done at once by the
action of a hammer and die, and the
mucilage is applied to the side flaps Of
the blank; then a plunger-head, the
form and size of the envelope. descends
and carries the blank down into the
folding-box. There it is properly fold
ed by means of slides working In the
thickness of the fold%ing-box; after a
time the bottom of the folding-box ris-
es and completes the operation by
pressing the folded envelope against
the slides, so that the edges are made
sharp and the adhesion Is effected. The
slides are then taken out, the bottom
of the folding-box drops, and the en-
velope falls in a vertical position into
the delivery trough beneath. As the
envelopes drop one by M into the
trough, by means of a combination Of
guides, holders and pressers, they are
successfully, uniformly and regularly
arranged and worked along the trough
to the place where the attendant re-
moves and bands them. The envelope
machine is a compact, well-arranged
mechanical device, and works with
such rapidity hat finished envelopes
are turned out at the rate of fifty a
minute; or three thousand an hour. En-
velopes were first used for letters, ETC.,
in 1889. d. V. F.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
RECENT

A s%outherner has designed a new re-
silent tire for wagons, which is made
of an inner section of rubber tubing
surrounded by a layer of rubber-coat-
ed linen or canvas and covered by a
~vulcanized, comparatively hard, rub
Der tube, which is, in turn, covered by
an outer rubber tube.
Acetylene gas is to be used for the
purpose of initiating marine buoys and
floats, the dry calcium carbide being
placed in a vessel in the upper portion
of the buoy, to which a small quantity
of water is admitted as it sinks, caus-
ing sufficient gas to generate to lift
the buoy In Its proper position again.
A Pennsylvania woman has invented
screens, which is formed of a wire cone,
with the large end connected with a
passage along the bottom of the screen,
in which the flies crawl and pass out
through the small end Of the cone,
thus clearing the house of the insects.
A noiseless and more efficient flame
for in%candescent gas burners is pro-
duced by giving the air and gas a ro-
tary motion to thoroughly mix them
as they are admitted to the bottom of
the burner, the mixed air and gas be.
ing heated by means of corrugated
rings in the burner, which draw heat
from the flame above.
Carpet sweepers are being made with
a brush mounted on a flexible shaft.
and surrounding a circular disk to re-
volve toward the dust collector in the
center of the disk as the sweeper is
pushed along, motion being impaired
to the flexible shaft by a system of
gears connected with the central
wheels, on which the sweeper runs.
Envelopes can not be tempered with
to remove their contents in the mails
without revealing the theft if a new
safety device is used, which consists
of a piece of material to be Inserted in
the envelope directly under the adj
dress, which becomes damp and blurs
the writing when the back of the en-
velope is steamed or soaked TO omen
the flap.
Sunken iron ships, which are too
deeply submerged to permit of the de-
scent of divers to make connections
for raising them, can be lifted by
means of powerful electromagnetic at
tached to lifting ropes, the magnets be-
ing lowered until they strike the
wreck, when an electric current is ap-
piled through wires to cause them to
grip the boat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
She MARRIED A VASE.
Ancient Rite Performed by q Bereavsd
Chinese Bride-Elect.

Ancient Rite Performed by q Bereavsd
Chinese Bride-EIect.
Miss Hsu, the daughter of a wealthy
Chinese nobleman of high military and
official rank, figured in a strange and
weird ceremony a few months ago, the
story of which has just come from the
fiowery kingdom. 1t was the result of
a young girls romantic and enduring
affection for the memory Of her lover,
who died suddenly three days before
the date set for their marriage. He
was the son of the vice chancellor of
the Pekin Imperial academy, a very
famous educational institution, where
the only pupils received are of noble
blood. When the news Of her lovers
death reached the promised wife she
was i~nconsolable, and wished to enter
the state Of widowhood, but her father
demurred. Somebody suggested that
another bridegroom might be forth
coming, and, as may readily be sur
missed, at this stage of the proceedings
the maiden was in despair. A wise
teacher Of the Confucian philosophy
was consulted, and he recalled to mind
the ancient ceremony Of marrying to a
flower vase. 1t was a rite Of great an
tiquity, legend a%ttributing its origin to
an empress who ruled before the Chris
tian era. So it was decided that the
maiden might marry the red vase"
1t was necessary, however, to procure
the imperial sanction. This the great
wealth of Hsu obtained, and the we'd
ding was solemnized. In the process
sion the vase was carried under a silk
en- canopy on a palanquin borne by
youths Of noble birth, while the bride
followed in another palanquin guarded
by twelve virgins and twelve matrons.
A military guard and a civic escort
made up the parade. Many bushels of
the small coin known as cash." about
1000 of which equal an American dol
lar, were thrown to the throng of peo-
pie watching the procession. A ban
quet was served to the commoners in
the public square, the theaters were
thrown open and frecrackers were dis
charged necessarily for three days.
After the ceremony the bride was es-
corted to the home of the parents Of
her betrothed and the vase set up in
her boudoir. She will remain all the
rest of her life in the palace of the vice
chancellor, who is now regarded in the
light of her father-in-law. Her BRIDE
groom, the vase, is a specimen Of great
value and antiquity, indeed, it is said
to excel in delicacy Of ornamentation
anything of it's kind in the fiowery
kingdom. 1t is about five feet in
height, made of the finest porcelain.
of a deep peachblow tint, and inlaid
with gold, spun glass and mother of
pearl. 1t took a skilled artist fifteen
years to finish it. All this reads very
much like a fairy tale, but the facts
of the case, gathered from press dis
patches sent to San Francisco, are au-
thenticated by an attache Of the Chi
nese legation at Washington.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
Work If You Would Rise.

Soon after the great Edmund Burke
had been making one of his powerful
speeches in parliament, his brother
Richard was found sitting silent in
~reverie, and when asked by a friend
what he was thinking about he replied:
81 have been wondering how Ned has
contrived to monopolize all the talents
of our family. But then 1 remember
that when we were doing nothing or
at play, he was always at work" And
the force of the anecdote is increased
by the fact that Richard Burke was
always considered by those who knew
him best to be superior in natural tai
ent to his brother; yet the one rose to
greatness. while the other lived and
lied in comparative obscurity.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
HUNG TO MY r

I'd put in a pretty hard day on the
wharf; and the evening 1 spent at the
Squadron samplin' a bcAue of port
or two, with maybe some Scotch, for
good measure.
w 9 was to sail at break'o' day; and
about an hour afore it l helped our
steward TO get aboard, onsartainly
reached my own cabin and turned in
without much ceremony, but with most
of my other clothes on.
Il reckon I'd slept as sweet as q
babe for mebbe an hour or UPWARDS
when the chug of the drivers woke me
l calkerlated as how the sea was got
tin It's back up pretty high, from the
way she thumped and ratified, but I'd
no idee what a storm was on till I see
we was rollin' ports under.
my portfolio had been left oman and
the water slushed in every roll. At to
swamp the steamer. Soon's 7 saw n 7
tumbled out and fetched I'D asnn the
upper deck, with one leg out of the
portfolio. which I mention just to show
how she rolled. Of course, the next
lurch she gave to port put my bunk be-
low, where the shore should ha' been.
and quite naturally landed me in it.
when h fetched back. l tried II
ag'in; but with no more luck than the
first time. I've seen many ships in the
trough, but they couldn't roll a sarcum-
stance to the way that steamer flung
about, a-tryin' to keep above water
She acted just like a woman possessed:
and the water kept f1oodin' in at the
port. till all of my cabin was inst
awash.
II hung to my berth for dear life's
sake, a-watchin' my kit a-slushin'
about, and then 1 begun to get seasick.
Begun. did 1 say? There was no
beginnin'; it jist quite overwhelmed
me. and 1 gave right up-well, most
everythin'. Give up tryin' to close the
port, give up my %four-dollar lunch
ashore, not to mention the wine, but
give up all but my hope O. dyin'.
"By'm'by I heard a pound at nv
door, but hadn't the spirit to answer;
and after another poundin' or two, our
second mate broke the door in.
VIVA in - ses he.
cts she fillin'?' SEES 1.
"'Tain't yer fault if she isn't ses
he. a-slammin' my port and closin' it.
why in thunder'd you open it?' ses
he, a-turnin' on me furious, and then
he sees the plight l was in and l
thought he'd BUST laughin.'
"'Nothin' to laugh at in such a
Storm SEES l, as mad as if scrapin' a
mainmast.
Storm ses he. Where be it? We
amt stirred a foot from Tobin's wharf,
and won't till the fog blows out ses
he.
but the cabins afloat from the
seas SEES l..
"'Seas be bowed ses he, with a
grin: ives jist been scrubbin' the
decks down."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01

er about seemed but the reflection Of
the rolling clouds that scurried across
the threatening sky under the keen
lash of Boreas.
Looks like a bad night, captain"
Tom ventured.
Tom was a favored passenger. He
mad shown himself humbly anxious to
learn the art Of navigation. and evil
denced a keen appreciation of such
crumbs of nautical knowledge as the
omcers cared to part with in exchange
Tor Toms excellent cigars; besides
which, he was a good listener. He ca
gerly drank in their tales of the sea,
and generously applauded all of the
ancient mariners jests, old as Father
Neptune, with which the captain re-
called us. So the officers made him a
bon camarade, and the captain pat
ronized him. All of which accounts for
Toms presence on the bridge, where
ne ostentatiously posed, to be alter
nately envied and ridiculed by the rest
Oh us less favored passengers.
bad night; nonsense!" the captain
replied, loudly enough for some of us
TO hear, Ordinary March weather."
III that's the case," Tom replied, II
can only pray nev to see a real
storm"
Storm, lad!" cried the captain;
walt Till We see the white-caps lashin'
Droadsldes over the decks, and the
boats carried off to leeward-then We
can talk Of a storm at sea-"
Tom heard us snickering over the
snub, and braced himself for the occa-
sion.
Il suppose you've seen some fearful
ones, captain" he hazarded. deferen-
TALLY.
On, nothin' so-er-well, yes" the
captain replied, a good-natured twin
kle lighting his eyes. Come to think
ont, l did see one-a turble storm,
assure ye."
DO tell me about 1t, captain"
We, who were huddled on the hurri-
cane deck, crowded up close to the
rail OF the bridge, in silent expecta-
ton.
well there isn't so much to tell
savin' that that was the only time as l
every got very seasick. Oh, We needn't
remark upon it.; the best of us come SO
once in a while, and l think / got
enough of it then to last a man a life
time.
1t was a good many years ago. l
was only a purser then, a-studyin' nav
igation. We'd touched for the day at
Halifax to unload and take in cargo.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
The First Sergeant.

never knew their worth the FIRST Sergeant.
until l used them for the cure of chronic
dyspepsia. For two years l suffered and
doctored for the aggravating trouble but
could only be helped temporarily.
think dyspepsia Is one of the most
stubborn OF ailments, and there Is scarcely
+ : clerk or office man but what is more Of
less a victim. Some days I could eat any.
thing, while at other times l would b
starving. Those distressed pains would
force me to quit work.
u tried hot-water treatment thorough.
~, but it did not affect my case. / have
tried many advertised remedies but they
would help only for a time. A friend Of
mine recommended DR.. Williams Pinh
Pills for Pale People, but 1 did not thinL
much Of them.
II finally was induced to try the pills and
commenced using them. After taking afew
doses l found much relief. l do not remem.
Der how many boxes of the pills l used, but
! used them until the old trouble stopped.
! know they will cure dyspepsia Of the worst
form and I am pleased to recommend
them"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, OF will be sent postpaid on receipt
of price, 80 cents a box or six boxes for
$3.50, by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
company. Schenectady. N. Y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-09-01
A Remarkable FlOo

The floor of the rotunda at the Lon
don Coal exchange, where the mer-
chants gather, is very unique. 1t is
composed Of inlaid woods. arranged in
the form of a mariners compass, with
in a border of Greek fret. Upwards of
1000 pieces of wood are employed. AL
most every English variety is included
in this scheme of decoration.