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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
CORPORATION STORES CLOSED
Reasons why One of the Largest Coal
Companies Abolished the Evil.

Reasons Why One of the Largest Coal
Companies Abolished the EVIL.
From the Mahony City, Pa, Daily
Record: The Cross Creek Coal COM
pany Is out in an explanation in the
Hazleton papers that they have not
decided to close their company stores,
as some newspapers have stated, be-
cause they were lot paying, but be-
cause of the agitation and sentiment
against these stores among the work.
men and community generally. There
was scarcely any necessity to correct
the ridiculous statement that the CON-
pany store is not a profitable enter
prise, but it is a sign of awaking to
a sense of public duty when we are
told that they have given way to the
pressure of law and public opinion, OF
which they have been so long defiant.
1t Is true that this statement of the
company's attitude is accompanied by
another-that this company has al
ways shown a spirit of liberality and
benevolence toward it's employees; has
frequently extended needed help in
IiHlCS VI ~ulSlIeSS W Cne IdmllleS or its
employees; has established a hospital
for the treatment Of their injuries and
has provided training schools in which
they have received instruction and aid
in the struggle of life. We would be
the last to cast discredit on the warm
h~eartedness of the Coke ladies, and the
memory of the late Eckley B. Coke
is fragrant of the performance of man
humanitarian deeds, but charity or
liberality in m direction cannot take
the place of wrong and oppression in
others. Law and public opinion are
stirred by the harsh and oppressive
and u~nrepublican nature OF the COM
pany store system. Experience and
public opinion proclaim that forced
relations between employee and en-
ployer should end when the former
performs faithful service which the
latter rewards with payment in the
coin of the realm, leaving to his indi-
vidual responsibility the proper outlay
of his earned wages.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
ARE YOU TO LIVE IN ALASKAN
Some Requirements That Will BE Found
Indispensable.

Some Requirements That Will he Found
Indispensable.
The universal article Of diet In that
country, depended upon and indispens-
able, is bread or biscuit. And to make
the bread and biscuit, either In the
camp or upon the trail, yeast cannot be
used-it must be baking powder; and
the powder manufactured by the pro-
cesses Of the Royal Baking Powder
Company, miners and prospectors have
learned, is the only one which will
stand in that peculiar climate of cold
and dampness and raise the bread and
biscuit satisfactorily.
These facts are very important for
every n proposing to go to Alaska
and the Yukon country to know, for
should he be persuaded by some out
litter to take one of the cheap brands
of baking powder, 1t will cost just as
much to transport it, and then when
he opens 1t for use, after all his labor
in packing it over the long and difficult
route, he will find a solid caked mass
or a lot Of spoiled powder, with no
strength and useless. Such a mistake
might lead to the most serious results.
Alaska Is no place in which to expert
ment in food, or try to economic with
your stomach. For use in such a
climate, and under the trying and
fatiguing conditions of life and labor
in that country, everything must be
the best and most useful, and above
all 1t Is imperative that all food sup
plies shall have perfect keeping quail
ties. 1t Is absurd to convey over such
difficult and expensive routes an arti-
Gle that will deteriorate in transit, or
that will be found when required for
use to have lost a great part Of its
value.
There is no better guide to follow in
these matters than the advice of those
who have gone through similar expert
ence. Mr.. McQuesten, who is called
"the father Of Alaska" after an expert
ence of years upon the trail, In the
camp, and in the use of every kind of
supply, says: eve find in Alaska that
the Importance Of a proper kind Of
baking powder cannot be overesti-
mated. A miner with a can Of bad
baking powder is almost helpless III
Alaska. We have tried all sorts. and
have been obliged to settle down to use
nothing but the Royal. It is stronger
and carries further at first, but above
all things, 1t is the only powder that
will endure the severe climatic changes
of the arctic region"
1t is for the same reasons that the
United States government in its relief
expeditions, and Peary, the famous
arctic traveller, have carried the Royal
Baking Powder exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will not
cake nor lose It's strength either on
board ship or in damp climates, and is
the most highly concentrated and eff
cient Of leavening agents. Hence it is
indispensable to every Alaskan outfit.
1t a be had Of any of the trading
companies in Alaska, but should the
miner procure his supplies before leav-
ing, he should resist every attempt Of
the outfitter to palm off upon him any
Of the other brands of baking pow
der, for they will spoil and prove the
Of great disappointment and
trouble.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10

which is proving very advanta-'
geous to the settlers OF Nortb
Alberta, Canada, and Is truly a boon to
the farmers, is the establishment OF
creameries by the Government at regu-
lar distances apart. The Government
furnishes the entire plant, puts it in
and operates it without direct cost to
the farmer. From the sale Of the but
ter the Government retains 5 cents per
pound, the balance going to the farmer.
This is Continued for three years, when
the government turns over the plant
and business to the farmers, Civ
ing them a clear title of it.
Thus these creameries are put i'm
at a minimum cost to the farmer
and paid for in a way that he least
feels 1t. When we were there butter
was selling at 81 and % cents per
pound. Cheese factories were being es-
t%ablished, too, along the railroad and
much of the freight loaded on the cars
on our return trip consisted Of butter
and cheese, as it was in the best sea-
son for milk. The produce found a
ready market in the mining and lum-
bering towns and districts beyond the
Rockies, through the British Columbia
country, where it was, we were told,
difficult to supply the demand"
The Klondike is another field now
open to the Western Canadian farmer
for all produce of the farm, and the
officials in the Department OF the In
terror, Ottawa, Canada, are kept busy.
sending out literature describing this
great agricultural country. The agents
OF the Government throughout tho
United States are also supplied with
literature. which they distribute free.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
SHE MAY BE SINKING"

at III O'Clock at night the pilot left us,
bowling along at eight knots an hour,
with the wind about a point on the
quarter. Before leaving, he again as
sured Capt. R that any of the nu-
merous junks in sight would do a lit
tie piracy If occasion offered; told him
to take no notice of any signals of dis
tress, and if anything got in his way
not to attempt to sheer out for II. but
to give it the stern"
We had passed scores of hunks soma
OF them pretty closely, but they all
got out OF our way; a 9OO-ton shin
running nearly before the wind is not
a pleasant thing to get in the wav of
The second mate, a young man belong
ing to Lynn, as eight bells (midnisht,
drew near, thought he would put a lit
tie more canvas on the ship; and the
watch were sent forward to reeve off
gear and rig out the stun'-sail-boom
preparatory to setting the fore-topmast
s~tudding-sail. AS We were short
handed, the lookout-man was called
from the to'-gallant fo'castle TO helm
make sail, and he went to the forward
~
to assist In getting the boom out.
The flashing had been cast adrift. hut
the boom was not yet started. when
Jim Hart, the lookout-man, who had
his eyes about him, reported to the
second mate "a large junk on the
%starboard bow, sir, not more than half
a mile off,"
GAY, ay," answered Mr.. b; "how's
she standing?"
Right across our bow. sir. she's
MISUNDERSTANDING she's lying-to. sir"
"All right" said the officers, walking
down from the high poop, so that he
could see the junk under the foot of the
mainsail; rig out your boom-IIl look
out for him."
When Hart first reported the Junk,
Mr.. B had taken one of the lights
from the pinnacle, and this he now
held over the side so that it could he
seen from the ju~nk-though the moon
light would have rendered the shin Wis
IDLE for miles. No sign of life was
made on board the junk, and we were
getting very close to her-a big, four
masted box, of full 300 tons.
"Starboard a little there, Dunn"
said MI. B. to the man at the
wheel; "starboard a little; let her
come up a point or two"
"Ay, ay, sir" answered the helms
man. and the ship hung obedient 20
the order. sufficiently to have cleared
the junk.
"Starboard, sir, starboard! or we'll
be into that junk, sir!" roared Hart
from the foreyard to the officer of the
watch; but Mr.. B had no idea of
doing anything of the kind. He remem-
bered the Chinese pilots advice: "If
anything gets in your way. give it the
stern"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
FADS IN FLOWERS.

Florists shops abroad are much DIFF
ferent from the mes in this
country. In London, for ex-
ample, funeral freaths and en-
blems are displayed in the windows,
with their prices attached. Some are
attractive, others very hideous. Lichen
is fashionable there for crosses and
wreaths, and from this grisly-gray
background Gala lilies and white roses
peer.
Set pieces, the gates ajar," broken
columns and floral pillows, are always
painful, for, in the first place, the nat
ural grace and beauty Of the flowers Is
destroyed. and in the next there is no
excuse for the emblems. Flowers for
the dead should be scattered in care
less handfuls-then only are they COM
f~orters, with their graceful beauty un-
impaired. The modern custom of add
ing to a death notice the words,
Friends will please omit flowers, may
be traced to the reluctance Of the sur
vivors to be confronted with those
CHASTITY set pieces which have ragged so
long.
The best artists have always recog-
nized that flowers should be allowed to
arrange themselves. Basketfuls, arm
fuls or great punches Of loose flowers
are justifiable., but crushing their beau
ty into any systematized outline is I'M
~forgivable. Florists abroad have a
frightful habit of making up" bouton-
niers for mems coats, and these punches
of three or four violets a spray of fern
and a branch Of forget-me-nots are
seen on the lapels of the men who do
not appreciate true fitness. A single
gardenia tuberose or a knot of mig
nonette is better than one of these hor.
rible mixtures.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
Germans are adopting American ma

Germans are adopting American ma
chinery for their manufactures and
American ideas as we'll. The English
manufacturer proclaims boldly-prob-
ably for the effect it may have upon
his workmen-that If he cannot ADOPT
American machinery and methods in
Great Britain he will have to shut up
shop. The Germans and English may
be able to compete with each other
with the aid of American machinery
and they may be able to excel all the
world save this great country from
which they are drawing new inspira-
tions. But they canno go the Ameri-
can pace. Having caught up with them
we will pass them-distance them, per-
haps-for in all the world there is no
such combination of excellence as in
these United States of America.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10

was passed day just after ulnner,
and the anchor being weighed and sail
made on the ship, the native pilot
worked us up through the feet of idle
vessels to a clear anchorage and
brought us III to wait for more
wind, we having very little at the
time. Captain R was very anxious
to get out at once, but the pilot as
sured him that he would have a fine
Wholesale breeze by 8 o'clock that
night, and, after a short conference
with him apart from others, the cap
tain yielded.
Not long before this time a British
bark had sailed from this same port
with 81, 00U in hard cash on board, but
she had never reached her destination.
She had been picked up derelict, hav-
ing evidently been captured and rined
by pirates and her crew murdered. The
combined British and French fleets
had just met in a bloody repulse in at
tempting to force a passage past the
Peiho forts, on the Canton river; and
the Chinese pirates, acting on the
theory that it was time to make hay
when the sun was shining, were par
tlcularly active and daring in their vo-
cation just at that time.
Our pilot had induced Capt. R to
acquiesce in his views by quietly tell
ing him the exact number of boxes Of
opium on board, and where they were
slowed in the ship, and assuring him
that many others on shore knew all
about it as we'll as he. This seemed a
little surprising, as the opium had been
brought on board secretly-so much so
that some of our own crew did not
know that we had any such cargo on
board. Another thing the pilot had
told him was that but few if any of
the immense fleet of fishing junks
which constantly cruised about outside
the port and along the coast would OBJ
ject to add a little piracy to their reg
ular business, especially when tempted
by such a prize as 200 boxes of opium.
The possibility that our capture might
be planned already, and that among
our 'tween-deck passengers there might
be confederates Of any outside enc
mics, was also limited at; and alto
gether u captain concluded to follow
the pilots advice, and not sail till he
had plenty Of wind, when he could
laugh at all the junks they could bring
on.
Soon after sunset the wind did in
crease, as the pilot had predicted; and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10

II a stomach be not indispensable
may not the time come when the
scourge OF dyspepsia shall be practi-
caily UNKNOWN? With the abolition
OF dyspepsia the heresy hunter would
lind his occupation a thankless one;
the unfair critic would leave his
bludgeon and coo like a dove; the po-
llceman and the west side conductor
would cultivate a memory and the
motorman would stop at street cross
lngs in wet weather; the preacher
would study st. John more than Jere-
miah; cab drivers would consider the
right Of pedestrians; even poets would
be tolerated as harmless; the anarchist
orator would have to earn his living;
the demagogue would be out of a job.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10

When the unemployed can become
not only self-supporting but wealth.
producing, the hardest problem of
civilization will be in a fair way to be
solved. The colony of Victoria, Aus
tralia, has brought about both results
by establishing village settlements
near swamp lands, and maintaining
he settlers while they reclaimed the
waste and raised a first crop. Twenty
five hundred families that once were
homeless now live in comfort on these
formerly worthless lands-and the in.
crease in the value of the reclaimed
tract has more than covered the gov
ernment's expenditure. Over such an
achievement. philanthropy and finance,
who should be better friends than they
are, are fully justified in shaking
hands.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
SOMEWHAT

If the cat scratches you it Is always
the sign of the Maltese cross.
If a man would follow the advice he
gives to others he would soon be per-
feet.
If the mercury goes higher than
usual next summer blame it on the
Dingley bill.
If women were as fond of appearing
in print as in silk there would be more
lady writers. :
If canes were to go out of fashion
some young men would have no visible
means of support.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
A BLOODY
~Epaniards Nicked the Blade Each Time
. Cuban Was Killed with It.

spaniards Nicked the Blade Each Time
. Cuban Was Killed with It.
From the New York Journal: H. l..
V. Parkhurst, a ~well-known artist, with
a studio in one of the skyscrapers on
Nassau street, was recently presented
with a machete which has the reputa-
ton OF being one Of the most deadly
ever sent to this country from Cuba.
The machete is one of Spanish make,
and originally belonged to a blood
thirsty Spanish officer, who, in an at
tempt to outrival Butcher" Weyler's
fame for heads, finally succumbed him
self after having been credited with
the death Of at least 100 Cubans. His
machete later became the property OF
a private, whose habit 1t was to notch
the blade upon each victim. He had
sent fifty adversaries to their death,
and then he was killed himself. The
history of the blade is lost from the
death OF the private till some time af-
ter, when it again resumed its former
deadly career in the hands of a Span
ish soldier at one of the battles of
Santa Diego de Cuba. Here it was put
to such use-twenty-five a day falling
before it-that it became too notched
after a while to be of further use, and
the soldier who welded it threw it
away with disgust. This typical Span
ish weapon, which resembles in a way
a great butcher knife, with it's three
foot blade, has a handle of silver and
bone. Although in point Of history
the machete is an old weapon, it has
never been used to such an extent by
any nation as it has been by the
Spaniards and the Cubans since the
beginning of the war between them.
James Edwards, a cadet in training
for the position of captain on the Red
d liner Philadelphia, which OCCASION
ally touches at Cuba, saw the machete
during n Of these trips, and upon
learning of its record. professed such
a fondness for the weapon that the
Spanish officer who had come into
possession of it and laid it aside as a
curio, presented it to him. Edwards
brought 1t to this city, and upon an
offer made him by Parkhurst for the
machete he parted with It.. Parkhurst,
in addition to being an artist worthy
of note, is also a collector Of such rel
les. He considers it one of the prizes
of his collection.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
Newspaper Owned nv a CITY.

Dresden owns a singular piece Of
property. 1t is a morning newspaper,
the Dresdener Anzeiger. This daily
paper, upon the death of it's last pro.
prietor, was willed to the city upon
the condition that all profits arising
therefrom should be spent upon the
public parks. This year a large play
ground OF nearly eight acres was pur-
chased from Prince George, the kings
brother and heir apparent, and it will
be ready for use next spring. The
paper continues to hold the respect of
all citizens. for the trust has been car
ried out in the broadcast spirit, and the
paper has never been employed to
foster any school of opinion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
Spells Employed by Negroes.

There are numerous harmless
spells" which are regular o~bservances
in the lives of the average southern
negroes. Besides the root chewing, the
track lifting, ETC., they have a love
philter of frogs legs cooked in still
water, and the ashes of a bat are pow
erful enough to keep away a rival or
an enemy. To make a dog stay at homo
they cut off the tip of his tail, and
bury 1t under the doorstep. To make
a wife obedient they draw her pictur''
and hide it in the shingles. Thus,
waking or sleeping, there is a constant
forcing or ceunteracting of destiny.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10

Here is a straight tip from a news
paper called Brains. 1t says there is
but one right way to advertise, ami
thai is to hammer yoW name, your
occupation, your business Sc constant
~, SO persistently, sc thoroughly into
the peoples heads that if they walk
IN their sleep they will constantly turn
their steps toward your store. The
newspaper is your friend in spite Of
your criticism. 1t helps to build UP
the community that supports you.
When the day comes hat the news
papers are dead the people are on the
edge OF the grave with nobody to write
the epitaph.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
RICH MEN OF THE PAST,
samuel j. Tilden left 5000, 900.

Samuel j. Tilden left S., 900, 600.
George Washington was worth $780,
900.
William B. Aston, who died in 1S4S,
left 500, 900, 900.
Peter Cooper was worth Sc, ZOO, 900 at
the time of his death.
Alexander Stewart was worth $780,
100000 when he died.
Johns Hopkins, who died in Balti-
more in 1873. was worth 500, 900 900.
James Lennox gave 1000, 900 to the
Presbyterian hospital in New York
city.
Stephen Girard gave 81, 1000, 900 to
Girard college in Philadelphia He
was worth s 1000, 900.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
Wool From Persin.

Persian wool Is going to Russia,
France and the United States. Our
import Of that commodity is made via
Marseilles. A small portion only of
that clipped from the millions of sheep
in the country is used there, and that
goes for the manufacture of carpets.
The chief centers Of carpet manufac-
tories are Suntanabad, Korassan,
Chiraz and Kudistan, one house in
Suntanabad employing more than
10, 900 workmen.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
Last Year at Monte CarIo.

Monte Carlos gambling bank took
in 14,S50,OOo francs during the year
ending Oct. 81, 5000, 900 francs less
than the year before. Among it's ex-
penses were: For Prince Albert of
Monaco, 1000, 900 francs; for police
education and other public charges, L.
500 900 francs; to the directors and Of
~ficials, 1000, 900 francs; for the theater,
music, sports and charity, 500. 900
francs. A hundred thousand francs
were spent to get unlucky gamblers
out of town and another hundred thou
sand to keep them from committing
suicide. Nevertheless, thirty-five per-
sons killed themselves on account of
gambling losses during the year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10

Unfortunate borrowers frequently
pay such a debt two or three times
over, in the form of interest, and then,
failing NICE to yield their monthly
tribute, lose all the belongings OF the
home, from bed to cooking stove. 1t
Is therefore distinctly in line with it's
purposes that the Salvation Army
should propose to open loan offices
where a poor man may obtain money,
in an emergency, without enslaving
himself for life to a "cutthroat mort
gage" Some churches have already
taken the same step in practical Chris
tianity. Since the business will, when
honestly and considerably managed,
yield a fair return on capital, there
Seems no good reason why philan-
thropists in every community should
not unite to keep it out of the hands
of scourdrels.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10
PEDDLERS IN MEXICO.
Why AT Old Woman Wouldn't Sell Al
Her Honey at One Time.

why an Old Woman Wouldn't Sell ALI
Her Honey at One Time.
while travelling in Mexico a few
years ago l had a funny experience
with a Mexican vender which goes to
show what little business ability the
lower classes have" said E. F. Guig-
non of st. Louis. II was en- route to
look at some mines away up in the
mountains. At the station where we
left the train to taxi the stage l saw
an old woman selling some honey. She
lie not have more than ten pounds Of
1t altogether and as 1t looked so good
I wanted to buy it all to take along with
us. 1 asked our interpreter to buy It..
Much to my surprise the old woman
would sell him but two boxes, claim
ing that IL she sold it all to him she
would have nothing to sell to other
people, neither would she have any,
thing else to do during the remainder
of the day!'
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-10

The King of the Belgians has just
founded a new order of knighthood in
his dual capacity as sovereign Of Bel
GUM and Of the Congo. The decora-
ton in question will be known as the
Order of the Crown" The jewel con-
sists of a f~ive-branched cross in white
enamel, bearing in the center a gold
crown with WI LIS interlaced on the
reverse. The ribbon of the order is
a rudy brown. The Order of the
Crown will reward artistic, scientific
or literary merit, as we'll as special aid
in promoting the civilization of the
Congo.