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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16
five, and these of small capital. in

five, and these of small capital, in
other Atlantic ports.
Almost the entire business OF ma
rine underwriting is now done through
agencies Of foreign companies.
Though the commerce of the country
has enormously increased, being nearly
quadrupled in forty years, yet the CAPT
tai of these foreign companies invest
ed in this country is only about ST.
600, 900, this being the aggregate
amount of the deposits required to be
made with the insurance department
under the state laws. The capitaliza-
ton of the parent companies is un-
known, no statement of such capital
being published, and, therefore, these
foreign organizations pay only small
taxes here for the privilege of doing
business in this country. The facili-
ties for instant cabling enable these
foreign agencies to take enormous lines
of insurance, distributing the lines
among the various parent companies,
and in this way the risks are actually
underwritten abroad.
1t will be seen at a glance that COM
petition by American companies, did
these companies exist in sufficient
number to attempt to compete, would
be almost impossible, and until condi-
lions shall materially change there will
be little incentive for American capt.
tai to engage in marine underwriting.
The spectacle Is presented today Of
our ocean carrying trade being almost
wholly in the hands of foreigners who
ere receiving fully $500. OO0, 900 annu-
ally for the transportation of our i'm
ports and exports. Foreigners are also
underwriting almost every ton of the
goods carried, besides taking risks up
on every ship engaged in the traffic.
They contribute scarcely anything in
the form of taxes for the privilege OF
conducting their business, and they
vigorously resist every attempt which
is made to require them to bear some
portion of the expense of maintaining
facilities for their shipping.
The remedy for this disgraceful con-
dition of affairs seems to be the i'm
position of discriminating duties
against goods carried in foreign ships.
If this remedy should prove effective it
would tend to stimulate the growth
of u American marine, and in that
event insurance would most assuredly .
follow the carrier, successful competi-
ton with foreign underwriters would
soon become possible, and it could be
made entirely successful by a system
- 49,
protect American capital employed in
underwriting. First of all, however,
an American merchant marine. After
that, innumerable blessings and ad-
vantages will follow.
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He recefued a wound.

Company A, of o''''' Wo""u'
the T~wenty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers.
In the Army of the Potomac our hero saw
much fighting, campaigning in the Shen-
andoah Valley.
In the first days fighting at the battle of
Gettysburg, Schiffeneder received a wound
In the right side, which afterward caused
him much trouble. With a portion Of his
regiment he was captured and imprisoned
at Bell Island and Andersonville, and after
ward exchanged. He returned to his regi-
iment, which was transferred to the army
of General Sherman, and marched with
him through Georgia to the sea.
In this campaign Mr.. Scbiffeneder's old
wound began to trouble him and he was
sent to the hospital and then home. He
had also contracted catarrh of the stomach
and found no relief for years.
81 happened to read an account of DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People about
a year ago." he said, "and thought that
they might be good for my trouble. Icon
cluded to try them. l bought one box and
began to take them according to directions.
They gave me great relief. After finishing
that box l bought another, and when / had
taken the pills / felt that I was cured. /
recovered my appetite and ate heartily. i
can testify to the good the pills did me-"
Mi. Schiffeneder is a prominent Grand
Army man in Chicago, whittier he moved
some years ago with his family.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16
Lighting Interiors,

The proper diffusion of artificial light
has been the subject of profound study
for many years. In buildings where II
is necessary to work after sunset, or
where artificial light must be employed,
1t has been a much discussed problem
just what to substitute for the suns
rays. AS al experiment, a very bright
light has been thrown against the cell.
ing, which is Of the most perfect finish
obtainable and daSzlingly white. The
light thus thrown is reflected on the
work below and answers the purpose
much better than anything heretofore
used. A further experiment in this
line is being tried in Columbi III Uni
versity. The light supply in the new
library was quite inadequate, and the
reflector idea has accordingly been utll-
lied with a view to obtaining a light
which would be satisfactory. In the
dome of the new library building there
is a sphere seven feet in diameter. It
has a dead white surface, and at some
distance back in recesses which are set
at a much lower level than the sphere,
are four powerful arc lights. These
are so arranged that by means Of mir
rors their light is thrown full upon the
sphere. The effect is most agreeable
to the eye. the light reflected by the
sphere being soft and mellow, but sufi-
GENTLY brilliant to be fully equal to the
requirements of the place. The arc
lights are not visible themselves, being
concealed as described.
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Improving the 1noandescent Light.

A considerable increase in the eff
cheney of the incandescent electric light
is claimed for an invention of Profess
sor Nernst of G%ottingen. He substi-
tutes for carbon f1laments such sub
stances as chalk or magnesia, which
are noted for the large proportion of
visible rays in their radiation. He has
to employ the alternating current in
order to avoid electrolytic action on
the incandescent substance. AS yet his
experiments have not progressed to the
point of practical application in pro-
ducing lamps for ordinary use, but if
the difficulties still in the way can be
overcome, 1t is said that the cost of
~incandescent lighting would be reduced
two-thirds.
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EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES.
Interesting Facts Concerning the Record
Breaking Year just Closed.

Interesting Facts Concerning the Record
Breaking Year just Closed.
While our wonderful export trade in
the fiscal year just ended has attracted
much attention, the most interesting
and really wonderful feature of it has
been, in some degree. at least, over
looked. While our expectations of
agricultural products during the year
have surpassed in value those of any
preceding year in the history of the
country, and thus attracted universal
attention, the expectation of manufac-
lures u.s., when considered in detail,
equally interesting in its bearing up
IN the general commerce and pros
perity, both present and future, of the
nation.
The expectation of domestic manu-
features in the fiscal year 1898 Is set
down by the records of the bureau OF
Statistics of the Treasury Department
at 1888, 81, 449, which is nearly twelve
millions of dollars greater than any
preceding year in the history of the
country. This is especially interest
ing in view of the fact that the i'm
ports of manufactures during the year
were abnormally small. In addition to
this it is reasonable to suppose that
the purchases of manufactures by the
people of this country in the pros
porous year just ended were unusually
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16

Inc Importance of the mirror in
search lights is shown by the fact that
there is not at the present time a sufa.
cient number of these articles to supply
the demand of the United States. These
mirrors must be made with the utmost
nicely, and the work is such that il ia
not easy to hurry it. It REQUIRES at.
least a week with present facilities to
complete a mirror in the best style of
the art. The glass, which must be of
extreme f1neness and purity, is nodded
INTO the proper form. 1t is in reality a.
concave LEM with a backing of silver
and protection of the finest hardened
~Vulcantte. The operations of grinding
and polishing must be conducted on the
most scientific principles to produce
perfect results. There is neither guess
work nor question about it. The pre-
pairing of the arc lights is relatively
easy when once the mirror is ready.
The first search light mirrors were
made in 1881 in England. France and
Germany took up the business later.
and a majority of the work is done in
these two countries. 1t is possible.
however, to turn out perfectly satisfac-
Tory mirrors from our own shops. Our
Notifications are at present most i'm
perfectly equipped, very few of them
having any facilities for producing
search lights. In almost all of them n
dynamo must be set up. This, how
ever, is not difficult, the business hay-
ing been reduced to ouch a fine art that
within three If four months every for
ti1cation in the country could be fur
nished with these very necessary ad-
juncts.
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A Case in Court.

London Answers: At a Dublin cou
ty court recently | was very much in
terested in the following case:
Judge-Who is it that brings the al
legation against the prisoner at the
bar?
x 9S-Plaze, y'ur wurship. Oi'm the
alligator.
Judge-What's the charge?
K sS-Plaze, y'ur wurship, OF was
Walktn' on my bate, as usual, when OF
saw a mar with a box creating a dis
turbance in the road. What are ye
doin' there?" says OF. 'Oi'm going to
lave that box here" says he. "Shure, We
can't lave 1t there" says OF. well,
Owe left 1t there" a y he. Come
out of that" says Oh. "Oi'm lot in it.,
says he. Its ag'inst the law" says OF.
You're a liar" says he, "it's ag'inst the
window" With that OF struck him
and missed him. Thin OF hit him ag'in
in the same place, but he hits me a
blow on the nose with his fist, and
says, "A friend in need is a erisnd in
deed"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16
A MARINE MONOPOLY.
HOW ENGLAND MAINTAINS HER
SEA SUPREMACY.
No American Built Ship Can Obtain
from the British Lloyds a CIassIhca-
toIn and Rating as Favorable as ThOso
Accorded to British Vessels.

Marine insurance as closely follows
the carrier of goods as trade follows
The flag borne by the ship. This is
conclusiyely shown by the history of
marine underwriting in this country.
In the early days Of the republic
When u merchant marine was ade-
quately protected by the imposition of
discriminating duties, and when, there
by, the American shipbuildlng indus
try p~rospered, American marine under
writing fourished. There was little
or no competition in the market for
freights; therefore these were com
paratiyely high. At the same time
profits on goods were large, and ship
owners could well afford to pay full
rates for insurance, while shippers of
goods found no fault with the high
rates OF underwriters who guaranteed
the safe delivery of the cargo.
The marine insurance companies do
ing business in this city in 1858 num-
bered thirteen, having an aggregate
capital of $780, 00, 900. The commerce
or the country was comparatively
large, and 1t had grown from about
$500. 000, 600 in 1888 to $685., 900, 900
twenty years later. This capital was
ample for the safe conduct of the bust
ness, and large dividends were paid
by all the companies. These profitable
conditions did not attract competition
OF foreign insurance companies, how
ever, mainly for the reason that there
mad not, at that time, been much
competition in the carrying trade,
though foreign carriers were gradually
forcing their way into the oversee field
by means Of their iron steamers.
The outbreak of the War of the Re-
oellion gave the foreigners their long
sought opportunity. American ship
ping was practically driven from the
sea, the ocean-carrying trade was Sc
cured by Europeans, and agencies of
foreign insurance companies followed
the foreign flags to this city and to
other Atlantic ports. Gradually
American underwriters were forced out
OF the business, and today there is but
one OF the marine insurance compa-
MES In existence in this city, and only
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16
WORKS OF Art.
How a Business House Has Made 1t
Possible for Every One TO Possess


Them.
Probably at no time In the worlds
history has SO much attention been
paid to the interior decoration Of
homes as at present. No home, no
matter how humble, is without its
handiwork that helps to beautify the
apartments and make the surround
tngs more cheerful. The taste of the
american people has kept pace with
the age, and almost every day brings
Forth something new in the way OF a
picture, q draping, a piece of furniture
or some form of mural decoration.
One of the latest of these has been
given to the world by the celebrated
artist, Muytlle, in a series OF four
nandsome porcelain game plaques.
Not for years has anything as hand
some in this line been seen. The sub
pects represented by these plaques are
american WILL Ducks, American
pheasant, American Quail and English
Snipe. They are handsome paintings
and are especially designed for hang
Ing on dining-room wallsy though
their richness and beauty entities them
TO a place in the parlor of any home.
These original plaques have been pur-
chased at q cost Of $50, 900 by J. G.
Hubinger Bros. Co., manufacturers Of
The celebrated Elastic Starch, and in
prder to enable their numerous Gus
toners to become possessors Of these
handsome works of art they have had
then reproduced by a special process
in all the rich colors and beauty Of
the original. They are finished on
heavy cardboard, pressed and en-
bossed in the shape of a plaque and
trimmed with a heavy band of gold.
They measure forty inches in circIn-
ference and contain no reading matter
or advertisement whatever.
Until October l Messrs. J. G. Hubin-
ger Bros. Co. propose to distribute
tLese plaques free to their customers.
Every purchaser of three ten-cent
packages Of Elastic Starch, flat-iron
brand, manufactured by j. G. Hubin-
ger Bros. Co., is entitled to receive
n OF these handsome plaques free
from their grocer. Old and new Gus
toners alike are entitled to the bene-
ITS Of this offer. These plaques will
not be sent through the mail, the only
way to obtain them being from your
grocer. Every grocery store in the
country has Elastic Starch for sale. Il
1s the Oldest and best laundry starch
on the market, and is the most perfect
cold process starch ever invented. It
Is the only starch made by men who
thoroughly understand the laundry
business, and the only starch that will
not injure the finest fabric. 1t has been
the standard for a quarter of a CEN
fury, and as an evidence of how good
it is twenty-five million packages were
sold last year. Ask your dealer to
show you the plaques and tell you
about Elastic Starch. Accept no SUBJ
stitute. Bear in mind that this offer
holds good a short time only, and
should be taken advantage of without
delay.
He Didn't Care for Roosevelt Fame.
"Why-why didn't you knock down
the wretch who hit me with a pea
nut%"
Good gracious. You must take me
for a Wuff Wider!"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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great, both by reason of their in
creased earnings and the further fact
ina during several preceding years
thelr purchases in these lines had. be-
cause of the financial depression. been
light. For these two reasons. the small
ness OF importations of manufactures
and the probable increased consumn-
zion OF manufactures by our own neo-
pie 1t is reasonable to suppose that
the nome demand upon Il own manu-
lacturers was unusually great, Tins re-
uuclng, to some great extent, the at
tentlon which they had formerly been
able to give to an invasion of foreien
markets. In addition to this II had
been feared by some that the In
creased customs rates adopted a year
g would result in a reduction of the
purchases of our goods by citizens of
olher nations, but this expectation wac
not realized.
IN view of these facts the large ex-
portation of manufactures in the wear
Just ended is, to say the least. a very
notable feature of the commerce Of this
remarkable year. The total exporta-
ton of manufactures for the year. ms
already Indicated, is $288, 871, 449.
which is more than double that of a
decade ago, almost three times as
much as that Of 1880, more than four
times as much as in 1870, and seven
times as much as in 1860. In 1875
the expectation of manufactures for
the first time touched the one hundred
million dollar line, and since that time
has gone steadily forward until in 1893
it reached $685. 71, 449, or ear
twelve million dollars more than in
any preceding year.
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ID Biggest Year in History.

The business statistics for the last
fiscal year of the government make
such a strong. argument in favor of a
protective tariff it is not likely this
country will hear much free trade doc
trine for a long time to come. Whether
the Dingley bill is to be given little
or much credit for the favorable
showing the figures make, 1t is certain
chat the country has just closed the
biggest year for business in its his
tory.-Leadville (Colo.) Herald.
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Paris green has become such an i'm.
portant item to the farmer that any i'm
proyement in the method Of applying
1t cannot fail to be interesting. BY a
simple device it is blown through a
bellows, falling upon the plant while
covered with dew. In this condition
1t adheres to the leaves and stalks and
is thought to be much more effective
when applied in a liquid state.
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A D, & O. $. w. promotion,

Cincinnati, August, 1850. c. Riley, at
the Baltimore & Ohio South Western Rail
way, with headquarters at Cincinnati, will
be promoted to the newly-created position
of Superintendent of Transportation on
August 10Th, and the position he formerly
held will be abolished. Mr.. Riley came to
the Baltimore & Ohio South Western
Railway from the c., c., c. & st. l.. Rail
about a year ago and has earned his
promotion by meritorious services.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16
Two Prominent Facts.

Two things are pretty clearly
shown by the friendly attitude of the
English government toward the United
States at the present time"
What are they?"
That even those American heiresses
who marry titles retain some love for
their native land and that their per-
suasive powers are recognized by their
husbands in parliament and In the cab
met"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16
h 1sos RuIcs.

TT is the war that has knocked base
ball out"
you mean 1t is the lack Of war;
Indianapolis Journal.
The Retreat stiI1 There.
why don't YOU revive that song that
used to be so popular a few years
agoT'
Il don't know which one you mean"
why, it ran like this: The Spanish
cavalier stood in his retreat. "-Phila.
delphia Bulletin.
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swallowed a Needle and Died.

A tailor accidentally swallowed a
needle and died as a result of the in
Illumination. Little things frequently
have great power, as is seen In a few
doses of the famous Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, which, however, have an
entirely different effect. The BItters
make nervous, weak and sickly per.
sons strong and well again.
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ward in great number. A formidable
one, invented by a Wisconsin genius, is
covered with riveted armor plates OF
steel. At each end the vehicle expands
into a globular shape, the two enlarged
compartments thus formed being called
lighting rooms" They have windows
covered with protective steel gratings
fine enough to keep out rifle bullets.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16
other Countries Paid 1t.

The balance Of trade in favor of the
United States for the first year under
the Dingley tariff is about $615, 900, 900,
the largest ever known. And you a
be sure that the other countries paid
the balance in gold or something just
as good.-Hutchinson (Kan.) News.
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You will enjoy this publication much
better If you will get into the habit OF
reading the advertisements; they will
afford a most interesting study, and
will put you in the way Of getting some
excellent bargains. Our advertisers are
reliable; they send what they adver-
tise.
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Wlsdom Illustrated.

The magnificent trade balance in
favor of the United States illustrates
the prosperous condition of the coun-
try's agricultural interests and the wis
dom Of a reasonable protective tariff
law.-Wool Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16
The Bitter Bitten.

Charlie-Bertha. why is courtship
like a pa~wnshop?
Bertha Bright guess. Charlie, it's
because so many young men take their
time to it.-The jewelers. Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16
D..trnvinr NIosnu,tnes

Inc mosquito, as a comfort and res
destroyer, is almost without a parallel
N certain parts OF the country proper.
y d~etertnrates in value and houses re-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16

THAT tramp wants assistance. He
says he belongs to the G. A. r. order"
He looks 1t, l must say, If you take
IL the other way, and say r. A. c.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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e
List of Patents Issued Last Week ia
Northwestern ~InveutOra.

NoAttNSsteFh inventors.
Robert w. Clark, Clinton, Mimi,
pipe clamp and holder; Leonard C.
Gillett, Brownsville, Mimi, steam heat
er and cooker; Charles G. Edward.
Albert Lea, Mimi, device for attach
ing or detaching electric lamp bulbs;
Herbert fl. Freeman, Pierre, S. D., ro-
tary steam engine; Gust J.. Miller, Du-
Iuth, Mimi, e%Xcavating machine; Mel
son p. Nelson, Helena, Mont, amalga-
mator.
MerwIn, Lothrop & johnson, Patent Attor.
neys' 80 Pioneer Press Building. st. Paul.
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80
of 16l Sedg-
wick Street,
Chicago. He is
an Australian
by birth, came
to America at
the age of
tw m y, and
soon became
an American
citizen. He was,
living at Mil
waukee when
the callfor vol
unteers came,
early in 1862,
and he prompt
~ enlisted in
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Maintain the American POLICY.

The real interest of the nation is not
to change it's policy but to continue it
continue the policy that has made
1t great. If it is recognized as keeping
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16

COSMO BUTTERMLK TOILET SOAP
makes the skin soft, white and healthy.
Sold everywhere.
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OF WAR.
From the Chfcdco ~Times-Herotd.

The feeling Of admiration for heroes Of
war seems TO be innate in the hnman heart.
and is brought to the surface as the oppor-
tunity and object, for such hero worship
presents itself.
Among those who proved their heroism
during our Civil War was A. SchiHenadar
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me large doctor bills.-C. L. Baker, 422S
Regent Sd. Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. s, '95.
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Ingenious School pesk.

A very ingenious innovation in
school furniture has recently been in
troduced In Germany by a Berlin in
ventor and promises to become popular
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16

For a perfect complexion and a clear,
healthy skin, use COSMO BUTTERMILR
SOAP. Sold everywhere,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-16

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic, full Of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To~
Bac, the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. A ldruggists, SOC. or 81, Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York