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Gift PenkniveS and Scissors

Olib SItEUlVIO dtiS OSlJOOA >
Krlssins Brothers guaranteed finest
steel.
Bows Pocket Knives. two good steel
blades. with bone or fancy carved horn
backs. 2Jc. each. ~.
Ladies small white pearl ZEN
Knives. with polished steel blades
2jc. each.
Gents Pocket Knives. bone, pearl
or born I4.Fs three blades ana nail
cents rcm pearl back Pocket
Knives. with highly polished blades
7Jc each. -.
handle from 3H 90 inches, 21c. pair.
Iiahly polished Razor steel Scissors
from the smallest embroidery size 10
Fzfra Quality steel Scissors, bow
handles. highly polished blades, from
80 TO Z inches. 75c. pair.
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Mems Silk HandkerchiefS.

Gents silk Handkerchefs, heavy quail
ity ] inch hem. poe. an.
Plain white and coiored bordered SIX
Handkerchiefs. red ana blue polka do's'
gno
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HandkerChiefs, Mufflers, sc.

From until Christmas these will be crowded with
Multitude shoppers who know upon good uen and silk
lLkeIclLels here Tor men, and children.
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Our Pure Chocolates.

The finest quality and large assortment
OF Chocolates az .Jc. pound.
Chocolate Shell Waluuts. Chocollte carr
ames. Chocolate Marsnmallows. Choc0s
late Sour OJspge and Lemon. Eatatats
MINIS. Chocolate Cream Almonds. Wall
nuts. and filbCrts. ana several osheP
styles. an 40c. quality at pc. pound here.
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Cloves for Men, Women and Children.

We show a complete line Of c
Mocha. Suede, and Wool
able priccs-just a few hints here.
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Letter Seals.

s-inch Sterling Seals, iac.
3-inch Sterling Seals. 25c.
3-inch very handsome Sterling
Seas i6c. and 5Ic.
4-.nch Chased Sterling Seals. 0sc.
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ArtNeedlework Department

Hundreds useful and decorative articles to be worked or
% for gift purposes can be had in this department on our
o.-1 7oOr
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Leather Goods, Stationery, Fash, Toilet Articles.

These departments prepared for active patronage Here literally
things exactly suitable for holiday gnsso in fact that
brief mention of the leading lines onese departments
the floor and plenty reliable help facilitate shopping.
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Miller s. RhOadS'
Great Christmas Sale.
Store full to bursting pontand goods daily arriving.
Css4c o.d C+or>1o GnN6C
Gifts and Staple Goods.

We have gathered before of gift things ana s'apio
things fill your every want 1t would be well 10 DC @
ouent visitor from now until Christmas-Day
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Suits, Skirts, Capes, Jackets, FurS.

For your present Now is the best time to buy good
stylish reliable garments very reasonable prices
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loves OF all worthy grades III KID,
suitable for holiday gifts at reason
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Holiday Dress Goods.

hundreds of desirable kinds for entire dresses
lsts or separate skirts Many fabrics bO sedsonabe ana
suitable for ear> spring wear.
put up patterns because want >On TO PICK from
entire STOCK bot Of them which purCha Tor 9"i
making viii be put in neat paper bands ed win iOoo" VINE"
requested, without extra charge.
+ few nrire hnfs-
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We show the best stock in y
every article.
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Ready-to-Wear Things.

Hints for the holiday season-many new
January prices pre- FALLING now.
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Boxes Free.

We shall box all gift things free when possible in hand
some specially prepared boxes.
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and about % different styles 10 select
from
French Burnt Almonds, 25c. pound.
smooth Almonds. &c. pound.
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Fine Gift Linens.

Fine Table Cloths, napkins to match, and
Al suitable for gifts.
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greatest shown everything points to pa iena
buying while aortmn complete and are based
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Sterling Silver Novelties
W. chou, ,e h,ct stocy IN wears and can fully warranS

in years and can fully warrans
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02
Ha SAVED THE WRONG MAN.
Hard Luck story Told by "a Talkative
Life Insurance Agent.

AaNu LUCK STORY LOIu ny " AblkhJavo
Life Insurance Agent.
From the Detroit Free Press: Il al
ways take a pride in the business"
said the jealous life insurance agent,
land never fail to take a step that
will rebound to the interests Of my
company. / think the company appre-
ciates my efforts in its behalf, as q
steady increase in salary has been my
fortune ever since / began working for
1t. But / once had an experience that
somewhat dampened my ardor n
showed me that there is a limit In
looking out for your company's in
terests. / insured a man for $4,000.
He was a splendid risk, sound as a
dollar, and bid fair to die of old age.
| felt sure that the company would win
out on the risk, SO l was feeling pretty
good. One day soon afterward | was
going down the river on a boat to get
a breath of fresh air. Looking the
passengers over, / noticed that the
party l had insured was on board, sit
ting on the railing in a very careless
position. 1t made me nervous to sit
there and watch that fellow taking so
many chances. l don't know why it
Is, but as soon as a man gets his life
insured he seems to think that he can
nirt with death like. a yellow fever
immune. At last the expected hap
pened. He lost his balance and fell
overheard. / rushed to the railing and
saw at once that the fellow could not
swim. l am a pretty good swimmer
myself and the party in the water rep
resented $4,000. | couldn't afford to
see the company lose that money right
before my eyes, so l plunged in after
MIN. l had a deuce of a time with him
before help arrived and at one time l
thought 1t was up with both of us.
But help arrived at last and we were
pulled out. Then l found that | was
not yet out of the woods. The party
was unconscious and it was a question
whether he would live OIL die. l got
him ashore and hired every doctor l
could get to work over him, regardless
of expenses. They succeeded in bring
ing him around at last and l was in
the act of sending a glowing account
to my company, together with a pretty
stiff bill, when l made the discovery
that he wasn't the fellow l had in
sured, only a man that looked like
him. Worse than that, he was insured
for $4,000 in a rival company"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02
TOLD BY FIGURES.

The costliest building of modern
times is the state capitol at Albany
N. Y, which has already had spent
upon it the immense sum of 500, O0O,-
900.
The dimensions of the capitol al
4 inches; breadth, from 121 to 324 feet;
it covers 1853 ,112 square feet. From
base line of building to the tip of sta
tue, 287 feet II inches. The height OF
the dome above the base line on the
east front is 287 feet 5 inches.
The deepest lake in the world, so far
as known, is Lake Baikal in Siberia,
While 5000 square miles in area, or
nearly as large as Lake Erie, it is 1900
to $500 feet deep, so hat it contains
nearly as much water as Lake Supe-
rior. Its surface is 1850 feet above the
sea level and its bottom nearly 1900
feet below it.
To those who have never considered
the subject, it might appear that each
letter is of equal Importance in the
formation of words, but the relative
proportions required in the English
language are these: a, IS; b, 16; c, 80
d, "A; e, 100; (, 25; g. II; h, Ga; /, 80
j, a; k, g.; l. 40; m, 30; n, 80; o, 3d.
p, IT; q, 5; +, 81; S, 80; t. 80; u, "a; Y
II; W., 20; x, A; y, 20; z, 2. 1t is this
knowledge of how frequently one letter
is used compared with others that en-
ables cryptogram readers to unravel sc
many mysteries.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
Current Notes of Interesting and Instructive
Discoveries and Inventions.

eminent match factories at Pantin, the
object of which has been to produce a
lucifer match without the employ
ment of phosphorus. a match has been
invented which, 1t is believed, will meet
every requirement needed, while at the
same time its manufacture, from the
absence of phosphorus in its COM
position, will not induce that terrible
necrosis of which the world has lately
heard SO much. No information is
given as to the price at which the new
match can be placed on the market,
and unfortunately cost has a great deal
more to do with the adoption of any
new thing than the consideration OF
any benefit which may accrue to max
ers or consumers; but it may be pre-
sumed that the match will compete in
price favorably with the old one. 1t
is said to ignite with ease and GER
tainty on being rubbed on any rough
surface.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02

A woman living near Bar Harbor
had an odd experience with a white,
headed eagle not long ago. One after
another a brood of chickens was dis
appearing, and she laid it to the charge
of a fox or hawk until she caught an
eagle in the kidnapping act. Her hus-
band and herself sought for the eagles
nest and found it in the top of a tall
pine-tree, and in the nest were two
eggs, which they removed, substitute
ing a pair of hens eggs. In due time
the chicks were Matched; and Mother
Eagle, although she regarded them
curiously, made no attempt to eat
them, and seemed to fully accept them
as her babies. The owners of the
eggs, however, carried them off, know
ing that when flying time anne Mad
am Eagle would have a large contract
In bringing her strange brood up to
the standard of her ideas ON flying.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02
RECENT

A Texan has patented a billiard cue
which is chambered at the end ant
filled with chalk, to be discharged
through small opening to the face Of
the cue as each shot is made.
In a new British bicycle saddle q
metallic ring, supported by braces, is
strung with straps or other flexible
material to form a fiat seat which
springs with the weight of the rider.
To ascertain the size of finger rings
a new measuring device has a fiat base
on which the finger is placed, with
graduated bars to surround the finger
and indicate the size of ring needed.
In an improved footrest for boot
backing stands clamps are provided
for the sole and heel portions, which
can be adjusted to fit any foot and
clamped in place by a lever at the side
of the base.
A handy hitching post has a spring
drum inserted in the top, on which is
wound a cord with a snap hook at the
the spring pulling the rope into the
post when not In use.
In a new jack-screw for raising
heavy bodies the spiral ribs inside the
frame are replaced by a series of steel
balls which mesh in the grooves on
the threaded shaft and decrease the
friction as the shaft is turned.
Bags can be quickly fastened by an
Ohio mans device, consisting of two
steel members pivoted together, with
a yoke on one which locks over teeth
on the other member as they are press
ed over the mouth of the sack.
A handy cup for drinking purposes
has a weighted section formed under
the flange in the bottom, so that the
cup cEn be dropped into the spring
when not In use, the weight keeping
it in an upright position as it floats.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02

Practice makes perfect even in
wro~ng-doing and in the use of what
seem to be very awkward means. A
writer in the Boston Transcript says:
The Gauchos, or jewellers, on the ex-
tensive plains of Buenos Ayres, are
marvelously deXterous with both
hands and feet. Many of them have
acquired, through long practice, such
skill in using their toes instead of
fingers that they can fling the lasso
and even pick pockets with them.
Some time ago a Frenchman, who was
fishing in one of the rivers of Buenos
Ayres, was warned to be on his guard
against the light fingered natives. He
forthwith kept a vigilant watch upon
his companions, but, nevertheless, one
day when his attention was closely
riveted on his float, a willy Gaucho
drew neal and delicately inserting his
foot, extracted the F~renchman's hooks
and other valuable from his pocket.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02

and took up his cap and ran away. Ma
said that the pater would be sure to
make me send it back; but he didn't
only pinched my ear and said some
thing about beginning in early days!'
After that. of course, | felt | must be
nice to Fred: but he was so a~ggravat-
ingiy shy that ] didn't know how to
thank him. But a few evenings later,
when / had been playing tennis with
him and the boys-they were awfully
tiresome coming home, and at last they
ran away from me. Fred didn't go
with them, so we walked home togeth-
er. He kept looking round him uneas-
lily, and / was afraid that in a minute
he would follow. However. l told him.
| was afraid to go through the lane
alone, and her he said he would come
with me.
You needn't unless you like, you
know" I told him. Il don't want to
bother you"
ooh, no!' he said, "I-er-you-er-
I should like to-"
That's a story" I said.
mo, 1t isn't" He stuck his hands
in his pockets and had another look
round. Boys are so funny!
Wont you be frightened" asked.
moo" He fdgeted with his rae
quet. 81 don't think I'm frightened OF
many things"
ooh, but you are!" He looked sur
prised.
What sort of things?"
Poor, harmless little things" I said,
demurely, chat wouldn't hurt a fly"
He looked at me doubtfully.
How do you know I'm frightened?"
Because you blush"
you NEAR I'm shy with girls, don't
you?" / couldn't help laughing. 1t
sounded so comical.
"Oh, dear. no." 1 said. Then 1
laughed again.
Perhaps" he suggested. cts a good
job I'm shy. If 1 weren't you might
think me too bold"
ooh, no, l shouldn't" l looked up
at him just to make him blush as
usual, you know; and If he didn't sud
denly stoop down, just as I looked up,
OF course, I hadn't the least idea
that he would do such a thing! l
should have been ever so cross with
him, only-well, he had given me that
dear little pug, don't you see!-St.
Paul's.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02

1t will possibly surprise many per-
sons to learn that windmills are COM
ing into extended use, for 1t is not
uncommon to see a structure Of the
kind In a ruinous state, and destitute
OF sails. But that is true only of the
old-fashioned wooden erection, the new
mill, which is finding such favor, be-
ing an improved contrivance made of
steel, and wheel-like in general ap-
pearance. The new mill is used chiefly
for irrigation purposes, pumping water
so that 1t may be either stored or
at once distributed over the land ac-
cording to requirements. Recent ex-
tended experiments show that although
the wind is proverbially a tickle agent
to depend upon it will do a great
deal of work in the curse of a year;
and as it Is a free laborer, there Is a
great attraction in its employment.
These experiments were made with a
sixteen-foot geared windmill at the
agricultural station of Wisconsin, the
windmill or engine being attached to
pumps Of different size and pattern &C
cording to the strength of the breeze,
and a tank which contained a measured
quantity OF water which emptied itself
every hour. The total quantity of wa
ter pumped in one year was sufficient
to seventy-nine acres to a depth
of one foot. During a large portion
of the time the wind was not strong
enough to turn the mill, and the time
for which it was actually in motion
works out at 14.32 hours per day. 1t
will thus be seen that the agriculturist
has here a valuable worker, but one
who must be allowed to rest as often
as he pleases to do so.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02
A succegsfuI Incubator.

In all methods of incubation the
prime requisites are effective mean;
for the regulation of heat and for the
supply of fresh air. Heat by its &C
ton arouses life in an egg; pure all
furnishes the oxygen, by means o.
which necessary chemical changes are
produced.
In natural incubation the bird, under
normal conditions, maintains the eggs
the constant temperature required II
Matching out the chicks, says tht
Scientific American. When this tenn
perature loses it's uniformity and thC
eggs are subjected to extremes of heai
and cold the embryo dies. The con.
ditions under which a bird can sue.
cessfully hatch are therefore limited
In en~deavoriDg to effect by artificial
means what a bird accomplishes by
natural ear it is of the utmost i'm.
portance to provide some mechanical
device by means of which a reason.
ably uniform temperature can be au-
tomatically maintained. 1t is further
more essential that the heat be uni.
formly distributed and that the propel
means of ventilation be provided. The
old systems of incubation requiring
supplied moisture cause many chicks
to die in the shell-a feature that has
proved to be very annoying to old and
new breeders alike. The system oil
diffusive ventilation employed in the
new incubator, however, and the alb
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02
STRANGE SEARCH BY POLICE
Sleuthing Paris Not for a Criminal, but
an Honest Man.

Sleuthing Paris Not for a Criminal, but
an Honest Man.
At the present moment the police of
Paris are engaged on rather an I'M
usual task. They are in search of an
honest man, not like the Greek philos-
opher of old, in a skeptical spirit, but
for the very reason that he has fur
nished striking evidence of his integ-
rity. AS a matter of fact, when this
interesting individual shall be found
he is to be provided with a post in the
service of the prefecture. It is a
touching story, which reflects the ut
most credit on all concerned. Re-
Gently Nine. Blanc, the wife of the pre-
feet Of police, discovered on her re-
turn from a visit to Passy that she had
lost her purse, containing nearly 200
francs, and ascertained to her salts
faction on the following morning that
it had been brought by a stranger to
the Office of the local commissary. The
lady made kind inquiries about this
person and al investigation showed
that he had been living in a small
hotel in the neighborhood, but that a
few hours before he came across the
money he had been obliged to leave the
house, as all his funds had been ex-
hausted. The poor fellow had been re-
duced to the utmost restitution. but
he had manfully resisted the tempta-
ton, if, indeed, it occurred to him at
all to appropriate the purse and its
contents, which he had conveyed alb
solutely intact to the office. When she
learnt that this honest man was wan
dering about homeless and without the
wherewithal to buy even a morseI of
bread Nine. Blanc was deeply moved.
and she not only lost no time in ask
ing her husband to institute an active
search for him, but begged the project
to keep one of the places at his dis
posal for Louis Dubourg, and she
added: CAS- soon as he is found let
him have the 1874 francs. The money
would burn my fingers if l took it
back under such conditions" So it
has come about that instead of being
eagerly on the lookout for someone
who has come into collision with the
law it's agents are searching high and
low for the perpetrator of a meritor-
ious act. So far their efforts have not
been crowned with success, but it is
to- be hoped that kind-hearted Nine.
Blanc will not be kept long in sus-
pense.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02

81 never saw a man go to the pains
to elaborate a joke that Tuf1eigh does
Whats the latest?" why, the other
night he drank Rhine wine and Their
he drank gin. Now said he, with
that knowing smile, of what famous
poem do remind you? Nobody could
guess, and Tuffieigh looked hurt.
Didn't you notice what l drank?' he
asked. Yes, we all noticed it. Then
should think said Tuf1eigh, that
somebody would say it might have
Observation-Disclosures"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02
New German Cake Pan.

Often when baking cakes the house
wife is wishing for some arrangement
by which she could avoid the turning
over of the cake or the loosening of
the sides with knives. The difficulties
OF this kind are entirely avoided by a
new kind of cake dish, from which it
is an easy matter to withdraw the
contents. The new dish consists of a
plain base with a round edge, around
which a steel spring band fits closely
when drawn taut by mean of a clasp
arrangement on the side. AS the dish
comes hot from the oven the clasp is
opened with a fork or anything else
at hand; owing to its spring it opens
easily of itself and can be lifted off.
The cake may then be taken off the
tin or slipped upon a dish with the tin
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02

Mrs. Acklins-"I don't want to be
impertinent, but how old are you
anyway? Some of the ladies were dis.
cussing your age at the club the other
day, and several of them claimed thaI
you were at least 35, but l insisted
that you were not nor than 49,"
Mrs. Biswick-"Tm glad you were
so kind. OF course, you didn't men
ton the fact that you we're ready to
leave h grammar grade when I was
in the primary class at school, did
you?"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02
HEALTH WITH WEALTH.
New Western Canada Districts Adapted
to Ranching and Mixed Farming.

~ 0ahculnE anu mixed m
Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 4, 1898.
To the Editor of the Duluth Evening
Herald, Duluth, Mimi, Dear Sir-As
to many replies to the home-seeker of
Minnesota, / can cheerfully say this
country is better for a poor man than
Minnesota If he wants to farm and
raise stock. l have spent one winter
and two summers here, which l find
more pleasant than any winter l have
seen in Minnesota for eight years. The
seasons are short, but the effect of
long days of bright sunshine produces
a very rapid growth of vegetation.
There is good money in raising coarse
grains and feeding to hogs and cattle,
for pork and beef always bring a good
price here. Hogs are worth from 81
to $3.50 live weight per cwt., and beef
about the same. There is plenty of
railroad land to be had very cheap and
on longtime payments. A mar does
not want to think he can pick up mon
ey on the ground here, but there is lots
of it in the ground, and labor will take
1t out. There is a vast scope of coun-
try north of Edmonton, Alberta, which
can be settled, and a large scope of
country west of Edmonton adapted to
%ranching and mixed farming. This
country is the best place l have ever
seen for the cure of consumption.
could refer you to different people here
who were in the last stages of con-
sumption, who are now in perfect
health and able to do any kind of hard
work and are very prosperous. Hoping
this NAV benefit hOme-Seekers who are
willing to work for an honest living,
I remain, yours very truly,
(Signed.) CHARLES N. SCOTT.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-02
800 Reward, 1 o

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
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