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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
Automobile Maxim Gun No Shoestrings
or BattOns-A Thorough Indicator
A Very Sanitary House-Problem In
Warship Material.
A Thought Indicator.

The nearest approach yet made to
an apparatus for recording thought
and feeling, or states of mind, is the
tier. the French Psychologists. We all
know that some emotions cause the
heart to beat faster, the limbs to trem-
bic, and the face to flush, or pale.
Quickening of the circulation also in
creases the bulk of the members. Few
of us are aware, however, that states
of mind, emotions which do not mani
fest themselves by any outward
changes, have an influence on the cir
culation, and consequently on the size
of the members. This has been illus
trated by the pletysmograph in the
hands of M. Binet and others. Thus,
fear of going to the dentist made the
pulse of a child to sink away; fear of
having his flesh pricked made the pulse
of a grown man do the same thing, al
though he laughed at himself for it;
fear of having to administer a reproof
to a student diminished the pulse of q
professor, who was outwardly quite
calm. The joy of receiving presents
had a contrary effect on the pulse of a
child, making it swell rather than
shrink. Music of any kind, but espe-
c1ally gay music, quickens the circu-
lation. The stronger the emotion felt,
the stronger is its effect upon the
pulse.
Another application of the ball-bear-
ing principle is to be noted, viz, to
the ordinary carpenters brace and bit,
an arrangement under the head, or
rest, which provides for the easy OPP
Grafton of the brace, no matter what
weight may be brought on the head.
Further, and more essential, the ball
bearing has found its place in the
chuck, and in some forms of braces
it has been there placed in order that
the friction due to the turning of the
chuck both in grasping and loosening
may be eliminated, this feature being
considered a most valuable one, and
such as must commend itself to any
user of the ordinary brace who has at
tempted to grip firmly a round rod,
such as a twist drill. By the intro
duction of SO simple an adjunct as this
ball-bearing, the advantage is gained
OF full power applied directly to the
gripping jaws, even as by the use of
the b~all-bearing in the head the full
power of the arm is utilized in turning
the crank in either direction, friction
being done away with.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
v HIS LIFE
BY Changing Boarding Place. and So
Did His Wife.

BY Changing Boarding Place.. and So
Did His wife.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Cup till now
I've always doubted my luck more or
less" remarked a young lawyer whose
Office is in n of the big buildings not
far from the city hall, %'out hereafter
shant complain, no matter what hap
pens" Gazing refectively off into
space for a minute or two, he contin-
ued: 1T was this way. My wife and
myself had been boarding for some
time at a house up on North Eleventh
street. The landlady, for some reason
or other, decided to retire from BUSH
ness, and consequently we were re-
Quested to give up our rooms. The re.
moval was to begin today, but yester-
day the landlady intimated that if we
could arrange to go then she would ap-
prec1ate the favor, as the additional
day time would enable her to get
moved before Sunday. To make a long
story short, my wife hurriedly packed
our trunks n we got out that after
noon o 5 O'Clock. You remember
the big electrical storm of Thursday
night, don't you? Well, one of the
storms many streaks of lightning
struck the boarding house and dam
aged 1T to the extent of several hum
dred dollars. The room where the
most damage was done, too, was the
room my wife and myself had just
moved out of. AS the hour was about
mat when, after having eaten dinner,
we We're accustomed to be sitting in
the room, the chances are that one, il
not both, of us would have been hurt.
My wife is as pleased over our escape
as If she had been presented with a
pair OF diamond earrings, and I'm Just
a little bit inclined to shake hands with
myself also.'
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
Electrical Cooking.

Electricity Is making its way into tho
Kitchen through the parlor and dining
room, says the Cosmopolitan. For
some time it has been used for the
heating of the 5 o'clock tea kettle,
eliminating the dangers which are al
ways incurred when an alcohol lamp
is used. A tea kettle, coffee pot or
chafing dish may be adjusted to the
nearest lamp in a house wired for cleo
trio lighting. The experienced cook
knows that there are dishes which are
never seen in their perfection ten feet
from the fire that cooked them. Peo-
pie who have passed their youth in the
country grow peevish over the way
years have de~teriorated the flavor Of
some simple early favorite of the ia
BILE. Electrical appliances have done
something to bring back the old condi-
tons. Griddle cakes baked on a steel
griddle, electrically heated to the ex-
act temperature, lightly brushed with
oil, are a Grip delight as they are
tipped from griddle to plate. But while
this appliance can be used with the il
Illuminating current, it requires an ex-
ira attachment, as that current is too
weak. This is generally put in at the
leg OF the dining table. Up to this
time electricity has been used almost
exclusively by the woman who makes
a fad of experimental cooking, and she
has her electric kitchen fitted up like a
small laboratory, far from the domain
of the family cuisine. The whole para
phernalia might fit into a tiled closet
almost anywhere, SO hooded and ven
tilated that no odor escapes into the
surrounding rooms. In one of the
apartment houses in New York dainty
little electric kitchens have been fitted
up where the tenants have asked for
them, although the apartments were
not designed for housekeeping orig
inally.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
Problem in warshlp Material.

There are many vast rewards open
to inventors even today, but there is
one seemingly simple problem that pre-
eminently is occupying some of the
most inventive minds of this and other
countries, this being the invention of
some substitute for wood in war
ships. Iron, used as a substitute for
wood, absolutely renders life on a war
ship un~bearable. It's extreme con-
ductivity makes it frightfully hot in
summer and desperately cold in win
ter; when lockers and drawers are
made of it they reek with damp, and
when a cabin is wholly fitted with it
the occupant soon shows signs of rheu-
matism or chest trouble. But wood is
conclusively shown by recent example
to be the most dangerous adjunct to
warships-is shown, indeed, to be i'm
possible. 1t not only takes fire read
lily, but the splinters from it when it
Is struck by shot actually kill and
r1aim more men thar the projectiles
themselves do. Therefore the highest
government authorities say, give Us
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
LEFT A WILL
In Which She ~Disinherited Her Hus.
band If He Married Again.

In Which She Disinherited Her Hus-.
band If He Married Again.
New York World: A curious will
has been offered for probate in the
Queens county ~Surrogate's office. It
was made by Margaret Peterson Of
Woodside, and is contested by her sur
vlv1ng husband, Charles H. Peterson.
on the ground that it is vague, uncer-
tain and unintelligible." The testator.
says: Il leave to my two children.
Charles and Joseph J. Peterson, every
thing | possess, and to my husband,
Charles H. Peterson, equally as long
as ne remains single. Should he take
another wife he must go out and have
nothing more to do with anything that
belongs to the children in houses or
anything else | possess. Five thousand
dollars insurance on my husbands
death to be equally divided between
Charles n Joseph J.. Peterson. The
house to remain as it is now and not.
to be torn down. After several be-
quests of clothing, bedding and watch
es, the testatcr says: Insurance on
my life to bury me; the remainder to.
ne given to Andrew Hendricksen. The
woman known as Parpen never to be
allowed to put foot inside any place
that ever belonged to me-"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

Germany claims that militarism is
beneficent, inasmuch as the raw re-
cruit is, in his years of service in a
standing army, educated, disciplined,
and then returned to society and to in
dustry a far more intelligent and eff
fective person than he was before. or
could have made himself. This. to
some degree, is true. The standard of
manhood ought to be raised and il
raised by the military system; but sup
pose the government gave all men a
training simply for Industrial
and put them into trade schools instead
OF camps? A similar but far higher
end would be attained, in such a pro-
ductiVe potentiality as has never vet
been realized; and it seems as legiti-
mate to train men for national prosper-
lty as for national defense.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

France is watching the dispute over
the Alaska boundary with considerable
interest, as it bears a close resemblance
TO her W controversy over the New
~foundland shore. In both cases a col
ony without power of it's W to make
its will respected insists on Imposing
it's will in the matter in dispute upon
the country upon which it is dependent
and upon which the burden of fighting
must fall in case of war. AS the
Frenchmen say, this position is anon
alous. 1t is difficult to suggest a rem
edy, however, unless England is pre-
pared to take a firm stand and place
imperial interests before colonial at the
possible expense of losing part of her
empire.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
Recent Inventions,

To allow a trunk to stand close to
the wall a new lid is in two sections,
hinged at the ends of the trunk to
open and shut in a plane parallel with
it's face, with tills hinged at the real
of each lid portion to swing toward
the rear and rest on the back of the
trunk when the lid is open.
Stalks and weeds are easily pulled
from the ground by a Californian's
device, consisting of a pair of levers
piyoted together and mounted on a
wheeled truck, with handles on the
long ends of the levers to grip the
short ends of the weed, when the truck
is tilted to lift the weed from the
ground.
Smokers will appreciate a new cigar
holder, which has a hollow central
needle to enter the tip of the cigar,
with three fingers arranged around the
outside of the holder and pivoted in
such a position that the screwing in of
the mouthpiece causes them to grip
the cigar.
An improved neckyoke for use on
heavy trucks has tubular ends slotted
along the sides and closed at the tips,
with coiled springs inside, rings being
set in the center of the springs to slide
in the slots when the tongue gives a
sudden twist, thus ~lessening the shock
to the horses.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
New Zealand's Old-Ase Pensions.

The New Zealanders at 65 years of
age are entitled to a state pension of
$50 a year. The most interesting part
of the law which provides for this pen
sion is the preamble which reads:
Whereas, it is equitable that deserv-
ing persons, who, during the prime Of
life, have helped to bear the public
burdens of the colony in the payment
of taxes, and to open up it's resources
by their skill and labor, should re-
ceive from the colony a pension in
their old age, be it therefore enacted,
ETC." Under such a law the New Zea-
land pensioner will not feel that he is
an object of charity.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

The rising tide of industrial produc-
ton and of business prosperity ought
to mean also an Improvement in the
general condition of the people. And
according to Bradstreet's, during the
first six months of 1899, voluntary in
crease in wages proved to be the rule
rather than the exception" involving
an addition of many millions to the in
come of working men and women.
n is pleasanter reading than reports
of the strikes, some of which have been
bitterly contested.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
Kerosene Versus Mosquitoes.

According toDr. l.. o. Howard of the
United States department of agricul-
ture, a little kerosene, say, one ounce to
every fifteen square feet, spread over
the surface of ponds and marshes
where mosquitoes breed will destroy
the pests by forming a slight coating
over the water. This prevents the lar
vac from reaching the air, but the ker-
osene is also effective as an insecticide.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
Savage Lands Covered by wires1

10y " VI
AS in the march of the AngIo-Saxons
the Bible follows the bullet, and with
the Bible goes the school book, SO he
telegraph follows the conquering ar
mics of the race tEGt reaches from pole
to pole, and girdles the earth. England
has gone a good ways in the
ton of the Soudan, and, as has been
the case with us in G ba, the college
has followed the army. In another di-
rection we are doing the same in the
Philippines that has been done in the
Soudan by the English. There they
nave covered The region with tele-
graph wires. By thu end of this year
1T is expected that the end of the line
will reach 1000 miles south of Khar-
tum. In the Philippines we are max
ing the same progress. The telegraph
OF course is in a sense a military
measure, but the permanent lines will
abide, and after this, when the rest of
the white mans burdens have been
placed securely on the white MANS
shoulders, the dark skinned races will
be glad that it is SO.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

The report of the French Mil1ars.
association on the European wheat
harvest of 1899 indicates that the
drouth in the Odessa and Nicolaief dis
tricts is so disastrous that the toto1
Russian wheat production of 1900
must show a falling OFF of SO ner ron,
from average years, and will he &C hod
as in 1897. which was one of the worSt
years on record. In GERMANY wheo+ is
satisfactory, although slightly less 80
than in 1898. In Austro-Hunsarv +ho
estimate exceeds last years producS
ton by 100000 0 heetolitres n
France reports from twenty ono d.
partments show a marked incrooso y
the wheat area, and the harvest ~
though injured by storms in tbo d.
fortnight, Will slightly exceed tas:
1898. but should the present fine 49,. u
er be succeeded by rain durino 80.
next three weeks there will be a ser ue
Gus diminution.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

Eleven New York aldermen have
been ordered sent to jail. for contempt
of court, to say nothing of the little
matter of a 500 fine per alderman.
When those misguided city fathers
emerge from their darksome cells they
will probably have a great deal more
respect for the law and the opinions
OF the judiciary than has ever before
beer the rule in any aldermanic body.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

The Washington Post sagely remarks
that the temperance of Mrs. Luetgert
would make things decidedly uncom-
portable for the officials who prosecuted
her late husband. 1t would seem
probable that her position would be
much more uncomfortable than theirs.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
Automobile Maxim Gun.

At a recent automobile show at
Richmond, England, a motor vehicle
for use in warfare was exhibited by
its inventor, Mr.. Frederick Simms.
This carriage, which has been called
a motor-scout, is fitted with one and
one-half horsepower, which can pro-
pei 1t, IL need be, at the rate of eighteen
miles an hour. Mounted upon the
motor is a light Maxim gun, so ar
ranged that 1t can be fired in any d.
rection and when the car is going at
any speed. Mr.. Simms has designed
another motor, mounted with two
Maxims, carried in two revolving tur-
rets, and having also an electric
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

some substance that is light, absolute
~ non-combustible to the core, that
a be easily cut into boards, and that
can, above all, be guaranteed not to
splinter, and there is a vast fortune for
you at once.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
No shoestrings or Buttons.

A means of shoe-fastening which
will displace the shoe-string and but
ton has been worked out by an inven-
tor of Chicago, whereby the sep
arabic edges of the shoes are supplied
with a series of wire engaging shout
ders, forming a smooth and contin-
uous guide or runway for a sliding
clasp. Means are provided for holding
the clasp in place when it is drawn up
and also for arresting it's motion when
drawn down for the purpose of remov-
ing the shoe. The clasps are simple in
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

The man who returns from the
Klondike empty handed escapes con-
siderable annoyance at the hands of
his relatives.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

Dewey still declines to talk. When
the admiral once puts an embargo on
speech the interviewer needs a ready
Imagination to supply the deficiency.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

American capitalists have just pur-
chased two islands off the coast of
Cuba. Some people merely want the
earth. Others get it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
Fewer National Banks.

The latest returns of the national
banks show that there are 202 fewer
of such institutions than there were
at the opening of 1894.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

Odd Point of Professional Etiquette.
Professional etiquette prevents the
French judges and judicial officials
from riding in omnibuses.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

The girl who can speak seven Ian
guages is less sought after than the
girl who can hold her tongue in one.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

1t is only in his matrimonial rela-
tions that the sultan of Sulu is re-
ported to resemble Solomon.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

Nothing can restrain the Juvenile
mind from thinking that the sultan of
Sulu must. be a lulu.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

Japan has a new lighthouse made of
bamboo, which is said to resist the
waves better than any kind of wood.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

Fashion rules the largest empire,
and collects her tax in gold and blood.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

In Punch: "a stranger! Fave art q
brick at 'im!'' u
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

Never throw mud at a thing you
don't like; perhaps othSrs may appre-
ciate it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02

Good positions secured by students
Of the Sioux Falls is. Dak.) Business
College. Catalogue free.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03
The Deepest Alarm.

New York. Nov. 3.-A dispatch to the
World from London says: General Jou-
bert's movement to cut off General White
at Ladysmith from Colenso is being car
ried out. and it is probable that Pieter-
maritZburg, the capital of Natal will
fall into General Joubert's hands be-
fore General Butler and renforcements
can arrive. The South African situation
is again causing the deepest alarm. The
silence of the war office, which received
today several dispatches from Capetown
and Durham, the holding back of the list
of casualties at Ladysmith, and, finally,
the announcement of the mobilization OF
the second army corps on the 10th of this
month, all combine to show that the po-
sition of British power in South Africa
is one of the greatest peril.
The World correspondent learns that
the Dutch rising in northern Cape Col
ony has assumed menacing proportions
owing to the Boer successes. while the
native unrest all along the Transvaal
and Orange Free State borders has be-
come more menacing. The natives cam
not be relied on by either side, but prob
ably will fight for their own land. With
sedition spreading among the Cape and
Natal Dutch, the natives waiting to
jump in on their own account and Gen
eral Whites force beleaguered in Lady
smith, this war has suddenly become the
most momentous to England in which
she has engaged since the American rev.
OlutiOn.
Mr.. Chamberlain. who had proposed to
take his ease at his country seat near
Birmng ham, while the Transvaal was
being conquered, has found it necessary
to come to town, and is in constant COM
municat ion with Sir Alfred Miner, the
British high commissioner in South
Africa.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03
Betting In Frisco.

San Francisco, Nov. 3-While the Jeff
ries- -Sharkey contest for the pugilistic
championship Of the world has apparent
ly caused little excitement in this city,
the betting has been heavy. Though
in most eases the amounts Wagered have
been comparatively small the aggregate
is estimated to have reached 100000. The
odds early to-day We're 10 to in favor
Of Jeffr IS, hut late last night bets were
being placed at 10 to I. Some local
sports who otherwise would invest heaV-
fly, anticipate police interference and for
this reason are restrained from placing
their money. The biggest bet yet re-
corded called for s., 900 to $4,000. Jerry"
Drjscoli took Sharkey while Henry Har-
ris. the baseball magnate, secured the
ticket on Jeffries. In the mutua,s a
total Of 3 U39 81 tickets have been sold
up TO the present time. Jeffries is most
in demand on every line. but is pressed
closely by the sailor.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03
Discussed the Report.

Washington Nov. 3.-The cabinet meet
ing today lasted two hours. Much of the
time was spent in reading and discussion
of the preliminary report of the Philip
pine commission. The report was con-
sidered very satisfactory and received
full approval of the cabinet. There was
some incidental discussion of the status
of our insular possessions IN relation to
the postal union. Postmaster General
Smith will investigate the subject and re-
port at some future meeting. The question
of a civil government for cuba also re-
ceived attention. The necessity for a
change from the present military system,
it is said, becomes more and more appar-
ent and the president is waiting only un-
til an entirely suitable person can be
found before taking action in that direc-
ton.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03
Death of RecluSe.

Chicago, Nov "a special to the
Times Herald from Galena, ILL.,, says:
Hover Oso n, better known as Havre
Anderson, the big 'Swede, was found
dead to-day in his house, five miles from
here. For % years he lived the life of a
recluse. Belonging to a wealthy family
in Sweden. at 20 years Of age his father
gave him yacht and he sailed around
the world. Although finely educated, he
was Of a rowing and adventurous dispo-
sition. He practiced law in Norway.
Coming to America. he married and pros
pered. He enlisted in company B,
Eighth infantry, Illinois volunteers, serv-
ing two years IN the civil war and was
pensioner. Arrangements were almost
completed to remove him to the soldiers
home at Quincy. Domestic troubles, it
is said, caused his retirement from the
world Three sons live in the state Of
Washington. Though a recluse, he was
widely known in northern Illinois and
southern Wisconsin.