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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

the section Is cleared. The transport
Sumner was held up thus four times
in its passage through the canal, three
times in the night and once at mid
day, causing In all a delay of almost
four hours. The transport made the
run in 81 hours; had her progress
been unimpeded she could have COW
cred the course in three and a half
hours less.
In leaving Suez, the lower terminus
of the canal. one runs into the most
disagreeable period of the entire voy-
age to Manila. The Red Sea is a ter
ror, and everybody schemes and plots
to sleep on deck during the three days
| that it takes to get through that wat
cry p~urgatory. The breezes are baked
by the fire Of the sand deserts which
encompass the dreaded sea.
On entering the straits of Babel
Mandeb at the mouth of the Red Sea, a
marked difference is perceived at once
in the atmosphere and conditions. A
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
INSPECTION BY TAPPING.
Quality of Meat in Cans Passed Upon by
Sound.

Among the most incomprehensible
proceedings to be observed within the
vast area of WoolWich Reserve Depot
are the doings of a small party of Off
Gals, one of whom appears to do moth
ing all day long but sit at a table and
tap on the top of tin canisters with a
couple of bits of sticks something after
the manner of a child beating on the
upturned end of his drum. The tins
are passed before him about as fast
as he can tap them, and absolutely
| nothing seems to come of the game. TO
the unenlightened onlooker it is quite
unintelligible. The tins contain meat,
and before they are passed into the
store it is, of course, important to ex-
anime the condition of what is in
closed, and this, in fact, is the way it
is done. The trained ear of the expert
examiner can tell whether the meat is
in a wholesome or a putrid condition
by the sound emitted when raped
with the stick, just as the exam
iner of railway carriage wheels is
supposed to be able to tell whether
the wheel he taps with his ham
mer is cracked or not. The rapid
ity with which the business is
gone through and the seeming mat
tention of the performer with the sticks
and his total indifference to all sorts
of noises about him, render the proce-
dure a very curious n to watch. The
test is said to be practically infallible.
The London News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

strong breeze blows in from the Indian
ocean. as if a door had been opened
suddenly. From that time on, while
the thermometer is high, the run to
CoIumbo is comfortable by reason of
the steady cool breezes that blow
through both the sun-heated day and
bright, starry night. The sunsets on
the Indian ocean are weird and glori-
fed creations and excel in intensity Of
color and grandeur of display any de-
scriptfon of them ever given by picture
or pen. The sun goes down in a glor-
ious blaze of golden red. All around
the horizon. are little punches Of tiny.
feecy clouds, looking like bouquets OF
cotton blossoms against an azure
screen. Soon the heavens darken and
lights begin to play. A mirage is not
to be compared with the wonderful.
light and color plays that follow the
sunset. The horizon is a deep, rich
brown, then a big, broad field of white
fecked with little clouds that seem
black against the brilliant background
A wonderful purple hue pervades the
water. Then, like a burst of fireworks
to end the display with greater glory
comes a great illusion scene. The lightt
seem to take form, and the display as
sumes the view of a glorifed hillside
( where we know that no dry land is.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
THE GREAT SUEz CANAL BUILT By FRANCE

The channel, apparently, is wide
enough to permit two large steamships
to pass in opposite directions at any
point, but so careful is the manage
ment to prevent any possibility of
collision, or any similar accident, that
no such contingency Is allowed to oc-
cur. The rules Of the canal are based
on those of the block system, which
prevails on the great railroad
lines of America. If one large
vessel is in a given block
section coming north, no vessel going
in the opposite direction is allowed to
enter it until the north-bound boat
has left it. The block sections aver
age five miles in length, and it often
happens that there are as many as
three or four big steamships in the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
An African King.

Khama is king of the Bamangwato
tribe. His 10000 subjects are called
Bechuanas, because they live in Be-
chuanaland; but they resent this name
themselves, and do not acknowledge
it as a tribal term. Khama is an /
man now-lean, hungry and as ugly as
only an old negro can be; but he is a
very good old man and in his way has
probably done more real good to the
cause of the natives than any other
two dozen native chiefs. He will not
allow any intoxicating liquor what
ever to. be sold anywhere within his
dominions. He and all his people are
strict teetotalers, and there is a heavy
fine even for making tschuala, or
Kafir beer, a comparatively harmless
decoction of fermented mealie meal
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
COST OF SHOW.
The Smallest Tent shows Can BE RiggsS
Out for $500.

The Smallest Tent shows Can BE RiggsS
Out for $500.
The "reminiscences of the late w.
G. Coup, manager of the Barnum
show, are appearing in the Saturday
Evening Post. The following is an
extract:
One of the largest shows ever or
ganized in this country, and which
was reputed to be worth more than
a million dollars, was inventoried on
the death of one of the proprietors,
with a view to selling the estate OF
the deceased, and, to the great sur
prise of the executors, was found to
reach in value only about $500 900.
Twenty years ago a show with a
daily expenditure of $3.50 was thought
extravagant, while fifty years g a
circus whose receipts averaged $50 a
day was considered to be doing a good
business. Today there is n show
the expenses of which are ~undoubted-
ly more than $4,000 the day, although
it is surprising what wonderful dis
plays are made by others at a cost
of less than $1,000 the day.
The cost of cages varies. The or
namental cars used for advance adj
vertising are comfortably, and even
deliberately, fitted, and are provided
with a huge paste boiler and other
conveniences. They cost anywhere
from $4,000 to $1,000. The fat and
stock cars used by circuses cost from
Il exon 10 COM noohs nassau 00r anaphnG
from $1,000 upward.
Some circus proprietors also have
their own private cars, fitted with
every imaginable convenience and
luxury, and such a car costs high in
the thousands. The expense of the
wardrobe depends, of course, on the
amount used, and its quality, ana
whether the costumes are intended
for a spectacular show or an ordinary
circus. The wardrobe and papier-
mache chariots used In the production
of our Congress Of Nations cost Mr.,
Barnum and myself more than $40,-
900.
We paid $4,000 for our first hippo
drome tent alone, and this did MOI
include dressing-room tents, horse
tents and camp tents. Afterward
however, we had a larger n made
d for very much less money. The small
e circuses that hover around Chicago
o and the larger cities of the west il
If summer usually use a tent abou
" eighty feet across, with two thirty
d foot middle pieces. This equippe
n with poles, seats and lights, cost
i about $500.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

one section at the same time, They
are all propelling in the same direc-
ton, of course. and cannot get into
danger, Eecause one of the strictest
rules of the company provides that the
maximum speed in the canal shall be
five miles per hour. AS all maintain
exactly the same rate of speed, they
keep the same distance apart through
out the whole course
In such cases the waiting south
bound vessels have to remain tied up
to the stakes at the signal stations,
sometimes for an hour or more until
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

sands of Americans have passed
through it since we tackled the little
Philippine problem, and thousands
more will see it year after year for
many years to come.
If those old, old lands through which
it winds possess sentence, what did
they think of the armed men of a
strange race who stared at them as
did the men of the United States army
transport shown in this picture? They
were men from the Bowery and Kan
sas and the plains-men from Georgia
and Maine-the newest countries IN
the world. And here they looked with
young eyes on a country where the
most ancient known civilizations had
played it's tremendous part and disap-
peared, leaving behind it only a few
poor ruins.
The member of the Sunday Press
staff who made the pictures shown
here sends this interesting account of
the appearance and operation Of the
great canal:
Generally speaking the Suez canal is
cut through a practically level desert
of barren and hot yellow sand. There
are a few billy places. in it, where deep
cuts were found necessary, and on the
other hand, long flooded districts, in
which expensive dredging was called
into play and bikes were built.
The hot winds along the adjoining
fields are mighty and blow the loose
sand into the canal from either side
if not prevented by clever devices.
They are in this respect as dangerous
to the construction as the winds of the
Atlantic ocean are to the farmers and
cottagers of eastern Long Island and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

trees with outspreading roots, on the
lines of the system first adopted in
South France and now in use all owe
the world. The results are satisfactory
and the officials of the canal company
find that method of protecting their
property cheaper than any other they
could adopt. A reproduction of some
of the work of artificial agriculture is
shown in the photo of the sand dunes
along the east bank Of the canal. These
appear about one-third of the length
of the entire canal, which is 81 miles
in extent.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

A slip of a girl in New York state
has conquered "the terror OF Copeke,"
an outlaw whose manifold d~epredatlons
committed single-handed parallel the
dark deeds of Robin Hood and his
whole band of brigands. Angelina 0 s
burg softened Harry Kipp's sln-cal-
1oused heart by love, and she has now
exacted of him q promise to leave d
cliffs and jungle-like forest which ne
has been making his home and, with
her as his wife, to commence lie anew
in a far-off city. She maintains that
Kipp has not had a fair chance, for ne
has never known a good woman TO
take an interest in him.
Angeline is a tall girl of Is, as pretty
as a wild mountain rose. She first
met Kipp when, in calm defiance OF
the authorities, he came down from
the mountains and proceeded to win
her heart. at the same time holding
UP houses and people by daylight or
dark, as suited his fancy, and stirring
the ire of Copeke farmers to the point
of instant action. Brand new war
rants were sworn out. the old ones
having become musty, the farmers
armed themselves with pistols, rifles
and shotguns and started up the noun
tain in search of Kipp. They weren't
very successful. Occasionally their eff
forts were rewarded by hearing the
knocking laughter of the culprit rims
through the woods, and once they saw
his face, which, moved by an impulse
of deviltry he had thrust at then
through a thicket. After three days
the posse was tired and Disguised.
A discovery wa made. Two boy
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

one afternoon saw at the end of a
cowpath the stalwart figure of the
brigand, and on his shoulder rested
the curly brown head of F~osburg's
daughter. Pickets watched the girl.
The other day she started up towards
the clearing with a basketful of dinner.
The posse followed cautiously in ones
and twos. While Kipp and the girl
looked into each others eyes the posse
surrounded the clearing. The brigand
laughed when he saw the trick, but the
girl screamed. Hands up!" shouted
a farmer. Kipp laughed again. There
was a click of a trigger. The girl
threw herself between her lover and
the men. you must shoot me first"
she declared stoutly. For a moment
the farmers fell back, and in that mo
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
FOR TRUE LOVE OF film.

ment Kipp took advantage of his only
opportunity and dropped 80 feet to the
bed of a brook below.
The daring fellow was not hurt. Or
lando-like, he carved messages to his
love on the banks of trees and after
wards wrote notes on paper which she
left for him. She, in turn, baked bis
cults and dainties and left them for
him in the woods. One of the mes
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

one? They won't let him work. Do
you suppose any M around here
would hire him? They are afraid of
him. They made a wild mar of him
and drove him to the woods. They've
given him a bad name. and that's the
end of it. They must have a scape-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
A substituted Forefnger.

A substituted forefinger was shown
by a Koenigsberg doctor at a surgical
congress in Berlin. He had u OF the
patients second toe and sewed 1t to
the, stump of the missing finger Fri
mary union followed and the new
finger could be moved by its owner.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18
Has Become important to the
Nations of the World.

many other like regions in the United
States, the dune-building systems of
which nave been described at length
in the columns Of the Sunday Press.
The banks of the canal in these
reaches have been built up artihcially
with stone facing and by the planting
of sand binding grasses and stunted
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

Lapland is truly the land of the in
FAINT industry.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

Now that we are in the business of
expansion, to stay, many places all
over the world that used to seem too
far away and too remote from sub
jects of daily interest to be more than
names assume real and almost local
Importance. One of them is that great
marine highway, the Suez canal. Thou
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-10-18

goat, and they've chosen him. Even
the children run from him; but he is
just as gentle and tender as they are,
and in the sight of heaven, I believe,
just as innocent.
Really, now, has a man had a fair
chance who's never known a good
woman to take an interest in him? l
know the man he might have been
and the man he will be when he goes
away and gets a place and sends for
me-" And the girl is happy owe the
prospect of reforming the outlaw.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-10
ALL BUT ENGLAND.
Great Britain Alone Has Not
Agreed to German Note.
Expectations, However, That She will
Adhere to Second Note.
A Response 10 German Demands Promising
Punishment Given Out.

Berlin. Oct ct was ascertained at
the German foreign office, today, by
the correspondent Of the Associated
Press that all the powers have agreed
to the proposals of the second German
note, with the exception of Great Brit
ain, from whom no answer has yet
been received to either the first or Sec
ond note of Germany. The foreign Of
fee, however, expects Great Britain's
adhesion to the second note. and still
looks for a reply to the first.
With reference to the statement. ca
bled from America. that Great Brit
ain has acted as a mediator in effect
ing an understanding between Germany
and the United States, high foretign
office official said that nothing was Of
ficially known regarding such a SER
vice if it had been rendered, and that,
as a matter of fact, there was no nee
essity whatever for mediator. The
latter statement was corroboTated by
the British ambassador. Sir Frank
Lascelle and by the United States
charge d'affaires, Mr.. John 3. Jackson.
The suggestion was also made that
Chan Chi Tung, the viceroy of one OF
the southern provinces, would be well
qualified to execute such a mission IL
the powers could be brought together
in a collective request.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-10
MINISTER WI
says Chinese Rulers Nay Return TO PekIn IL
Allies Withdraw.

Washington, Oct. 9-The Chinese
minister said. today. that if the pow
ers regarded it as essential that the
Emperor and Empress Dowager should
return to Pekin, he was quite confident
this would be brought about, first by
giving positive assurance of the safety
Of their majesties and then, as plain
evidence of this assurance. directing
that the bulk Of the allied forces now
at Pekin be withdrawn to Tien Tsin
or some other point. leaving only few
hundred troops at Pekn as a guard.
Mr.. Wus statement was brought
out BY the announcement he conveyed
to the state department. yesterday.
that the imperial family has postponed
their return to Pekin because of the
presence there of the allied forces and
by regret over this announcement.
both among officials in Washington and
at foreign capitals.
II am sorry as any man can be that
their majesties do not see their way
clear to return to Pekin.' said Mr.. WI:
but under the circumstances is it not
natural that they should take this
course? They have been brought up in
extreme exclusiveness at Pekin. with
out knowledge of the outside world and
of the customs of foreigners. When
they withdrew the allied forces accu-
pied the city. 1t has been divided into
districts. to be patrolled and managed.
1t is said that the allied troops have
marched through the imperial palace.
These steps must naturally have pro-
duced profound effect on the imperial
family. Suppose conditions were re-
versed and all allied forces occupied
one of the foreign capitals. would the
rulers return while the foreign forces
were at the capital? 1t is said that the
forces are being reduced to legation
guards. but If such legation guard
numbers about 1000 men, that makes an
aggregate force Of 5000 men for the
eight powers, or if such quota is not
full, say the aggregate force is about
10000 men. An army of 10000 men is
very considerable force in any country.
Consider the influences that an army
Continued on page %
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-10
ALL DAY SUNDAY
She Thought About Food That Would Agree
With Her.

An unnatural appetite for rich and
improper food is really kept alive by
the use of such foods, whereas q
change to healthful. nourishing. and
scientifically made food. will correct
the unnatural appetite. a little woman
up at Peekskill. n. Y. Margaret
Smith. p. O. Box 193. says
Il was such a sufferer from dyspep-
sia that life was a burden. | could
hardly keep from eating all sorts of
pastry. cakes. and other rich foods. al
though they. did not agree with me,
nor in fact did any sort of food. be-
come low spirited and discouraged, was
too weak to work and very seriously
troubled with palpitation of the heart
Drugs seemed to make me worse
rather than better. A friend said one
day: I believe Grape Nuts food would
cure you explaining that that food
was made with great care and intend
ed for the prevention and relief of
diseases that were brought about by
improper food.
That was Saturday night, and all
day Sunday | kept thinking about
Grape Nuts, and the first thing Mon
day morning I sent for package ]
had ii in my mind that the food would
look like nuts. and was disappointed
when | found it had to be eaten with
spoon. However. I followed the direc-
tions and made a meal of Grape Nuts
and milk. which | found to be delicious,
and for the first time in months. |
suffered no distress after eating.
Il at once began to feel hopeful that
| might be cured at last. Since that
DAY I have used Grape-Nuts constant
ly. morning and night and have stead
ily improved in health. until now | am
as well as | ever was in my life;
weigh 10 pounds more than dld
wear ago. have no palpitation OF the
heart and can work all day long.
AT supper have Grape Nuts mixed
with sof, boiled eggs. l make my Fin
ner on any kind of food | desire. One
Of the best things about this cure by
nroper food is that l no longer have
any desire for the rich. indigestible
rubbish of which I used to be 50 fond"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-10
Weather Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, Oct. 9.-There has been
little change i'll the barometric condi-
ti0ns during the last "a hours. The
area of high pressure which has con-
trolled the weather since Saturday
last. now covers the Lake region and
the ST. Lawrence valley.
Rain has fallen in New England ana
along the Atlantic coast southwark to
to Virginia; elsewhere the weather has
been generally fair. Low temperatures
for the season prevail east of the APP
Dalachians.
Generally fair weather is indica ted
for all districts except the New Eng
land and in the middle Atlantic coast.
where occasional rains will fail. On
the New England and middle Atlantic
coast fresh to brisk northeasterly
winds will prevail On the south At
lantic coast the winds will be mostly
fresh northerly.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-10
Funeral Of Late N. {. Mudget!.

The funeral Of the late Milard Eugene
Mudgett occurred at his West Broadway
residence in Bangor. Tuesday forenoon.
beginning at 10 o'clock. There was Il
large gathering Of friends, including the
entire editorial. business and mechanical
staff of the Commercial. From $50 o'clock
until noon the business of the Commercial
was suspended.
Rev. Edward H. Newbegin OF St John s
Episcopal church. and Rev. H A. Remick
of Riverside r. L. conducted the service.
in which they were assisted by the choir
including Miss Leila Patton, Miss cay
ting. Dr. Percy Warren and George Ham
ilton. The pall-bearers were Hon. arthur
Chaplin. James Rice and Ara Warren of
Bangor, and Henry f. Dowst of Calais.
Gen. Joseph s. Smith was in charge of
the funeral arrangements.
The intcrmcnt occurred at Mt. Hope
Immediately following the services.