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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

The following extracts from a. letter
written to Mr.. Benz. Davies, Canadian
government agent at st. Paul, Mimi,
give an excellent idea of what is said
Of Western Canada by those who have
gone there during the past two or three
years.
when we first arrived here and took
up our homes on the prairie near
Dalesboro, ASA, for a short time we
had a fit of the blues but now all
hands are settled to business, hale,
hearty and contented, enjoying the
finest wintsr we have ever seen. We
have got very comfortably situated,
with considerable preparations for a
crop, and all hopeful. I think this is
a very fine country, and If the past sea-
sons crop is not an exception, which
they claim not, I believe this is going
to be the wheat field of the West. 1t
is filling up fast. In this township last
spring there were Is manifestations
of land vacant and today there Is not
one. I can stand at my house and
count ten houses where there was not
Uud 1dSL SpIluSs Will olA IAOlC W 81 ny
this spring. This is only a sample OF
what is going on all round. We intend
to build a church next summer, right
close to my place, so we will be strictly
in line. 1t would have amused you to
have been here last spring. There
were crowds of land-seekers, and some
times in the spring the prairie is not
very inviting, and Of course lots were
disconnected. There was n in the
crowd who jumped on me for putting
a letter in Ghe paper, only for which
he never would have come here, and
he was very hostile, but eventually he
got a place and today claims he would
not take a thousand dollars and move
out, so I am glad he Is satisfied.
well, my dear sir, as Arthur Fin
ney is about to move out in March,
with his family, and also n of my
sons, anything you can do for them to
assist them along and to make things
smooth as possible, will be greatly
appreciated by me. / will close for
this time, and will write from time to
time to let you know we are living.
Drop us a few lines to let us know
how things are moving in st. Paul.
yours Respectfully,
"ALEX. CAMERON"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26
A Good Egg Record.

To the Farmers Review: I will send
you my egg report for the year
1899. 1t is from rs hens: Re-
ceived during January, 290 eggs;
February. 251; March, 731; April, 1859;
May, 1910; June, 11O5; July, 1881; Au-
gust, 1901; September, 1905; October,
5O4; November, lao; December, Sc.
Total, 1886. / sold 457 dozen for
$4S.15. Prices for eggs here range
from 9 cents in August to 20 cents in
winter. I only sold one lot of Fl dozen
for 20 cents in February and a few
sittings at 25 cents each. We use a
great many eggs for a family of five.
I did not set very many eggs, but
raised about so chickens, some hens
hid their nests in the weeds and
Matched out broods of chickens. Some
were rather late. but as the winter
is mild they are growing nicely. Sold
II fine roosters at rs cents a piece and
killed about 8 for eating. We send
for new stock every two years. We
still think the Rose Comb Brown Leg
horns are the best fowls in the world
for eggs. Ours have free range of the
farm and are rather o fat just now
as they can get to the pig-pen or corn
crib. We are having fine weather o
and no snow. Rats did not take any
| chickens last year although they are
still about the farm. I saw an article
in the Farmers Review about hens
not eating broken crockery, and l
would like to say that my hens will
eat anything 1 give them in that line,
| even bits of glass. They will crowd
round me when l am breaking it and
soon pick up every piece, providing
the pieces are small enough for them
to swallow. 1 keep lime and sand al
ways round where they can get it
Perhaps I had better stop for this
time, or this letter will be too long
to print.
VIOLET N. JENNEY.
latte Co., Neb.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

A man should not attempt to grow
sugar beets unless he knows he is in
side what is called the sugar-beet belt.
That belt has beer largely defined by
analyses made as to the sugar con-
tents of beets grown. But when a man
finds out that his land is suitable for
the growing of this root he must, II
he wants success, properly prepare the
ground. It might also be added that
a man may have a place on his farm
where the muck lies deep and rich and
where beets will make a big growth.
That land should not be used. He will
get more tops than beet, and the beet
he gets will not contain enough sugar
to make it acceptable at the sugar fac
tory. The only way he could use such
beets would be to feed them to his
stock. The land used for this purpose
should not contain an excessive
amount of humus, as is the case with
muck land, nor should it contain too
much of the nitrates. 1t needs a good
supply of potash and phosphates.
The soil should be deeply plowed,
and in cases of the hardpan lying near
the top of the ground, a subsoil ploW
should be put in. The idea is to get
the soil ~pulverized, or at least rok
to a great depth, sc that the tap root
| of the beet may find no obstacle in its
downward growth. This extension OF
the tap root is necessary TO allow he
beet to keep right on growing through
the time of drouth, as it will thus be
able to tap the water supply far below
the surface of the soil. For this rea-
son it is not advisable to transplant
beets, as the roots become broken and
are not able to reach the water supply
below. OF course If the year happens
to be very wet, with frequent rains
through July and August, the water
supply in the surface soil might be
sufficient for the needs of the beet;
but this condition is not n that can
be depended on.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26
Poultry Notes.
-

The Perennial Chicken Business
Chicken business goes on the year
round. Other kinds of poultry have
their short and special seasons. For
instance, the buyers try to impress
upon the raisers the necessity of get
ting in all of their male turkeys by the
10th of December. The reason is in
teresting. Thanksgiving and Christ
mas are the visiting times. The big
turkeys are in special demand because
the tables will have added plates for
guests. After Christmas the turkeys
suitable for the family alone, the hen
turkeys, will be the one more in de-
mand. Turkeys are scarcely market
able in summer. But the buyers take
them and the central plants hold them
In the cold rooms.
Generally speaking the poultry raiser
should let Condiments" alone. Occa-
sionally they may be fed a little pep
per, but it should be very occasionally
say once a week. We do not be-
lieve the birds really need it at all.
The idea of giving large doses daily
did not originate in a scientific mind,
but can only be the result of guess
work. Such stimulating things are in
the nature of medicines and no healthy
body needs medicines. Above all the
nostrums on the market that are adj
vertised to make hens lay should be
avoided. They will do more harm than
good. Good, ~well-balanced feed and ex-
ercise will prove all the stimulant
needed.
Poultry houses should not be located
on the north side of a c1ump of ever
green trees or to the north of build
ings that will shut off the supply of
sunshine in the winter time. Sun
shine should be present at all times
of the day; it's salutary effect will be
remarkable. In the summer time the
fowls naturally get all the sunshine
they want without our help, but at
this time Of year we must give them
our help. Sunshine will keep the air
dry and will to some extent neutralize
the moisture constantly being thrown
off from the lungs of the fowls. A few
| good sized windows on the south side
will prove of immense value.
On cold days the water for the poul-
try should be given warm and in suf-
ficient quantities to prevent it freezing
at once. 1t is easier to keep a large
body of water from freezing than
small one. It will need to be renewed
twice a day and in the coolest day!
oftener than that.
There are now over 80 breeds O
chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys il
the United States, and many more il
foreign countries. In addition ever!
few years sees some new breed de
veIoped, as notice the White Plymouth
Rocks and the Buff Leghorns.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

and paid for it $1.40, When he got
home he found that both lots were
first-class oleomargarine. He had
simply beer swindled out of go cents
on the second lot of oleomargarine.
Did he take the oleo back and make a
fuss about it? No. The buyers in
Chicago are so used to being imposed
on in that way that they accept it as
unavoidable fate.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

Mrs. Willful-My husband told me if
| didn't like this brooch you'd ex-
change it for me.
Jeweler-Certainly, madam. I'll be
only too glad, as four different ladies
of your set wanted 1.-THE jewelers.
Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26
In Winter Use Aliens Foot Ease.

/ A powder. Your feet feel uncom-
Portable, nervous, and often cold and
damp. If you have sweating, sore feet
or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores,
Is cents. Sample sent free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26
Apparently.

Teacher : What animal contents
itself with the least amount of food?
Pupii-The moth.
Teacher-Wrong. On the contrary,
the moth is a very greedy animal.
Pupil-But it eats nothing but holes.
New York World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

Dishes for watering fowls should not
in the winter be placed where the wind
will blow over them, as this tends to
take away the heat in the water and
cause quick freezing.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

Ohio has the LATEST man on record
He is too lazy to run into debt.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

We will forfeit 81, 900 if any of our pub
Iished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. The PIso Co.. Warren, Pa.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

A plagiarist rs a writer who collects
his thoughts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children ~teething, softens the gums, reduces IN"
nammation, allays pam, cures windcolic- 25c a bottle
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

There are very few really new ideas;
1t is the treatment of them that smacks
of novelty.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26
Cures
Night Colds

How will your cough be
tonight? Worse. probably.
For it's first a cold, then a cough.
then bronchitis OF pneumonia,
and at last consumption. Coughs
always tend downward. Its
first the throat and then the
lungs, They don't naturally
tend to get we'll. You have
to help Mature a little.
You can stop this downward
tendency any time by taking
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. Then
take it tonight. You viii cough
less and sleep better. and by
tomorrow at this time you viii
be greatly improved.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

During her entire reign Queen Vic
toria has not worn her crown twenty
times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

The Largest in the World.
Waiter Baker & Co. Ltd, Dorchester, Mass. ana
the largest Mfrs. of Cocoa and Chocolate In the world.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

We need to suffer that we may learn
to pity.-Landon.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

Money talks-but it converses with
only the favored few.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26
To CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
Sc E. W. Groves signature on each box.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

The luxuries of life are the things we
don't really need.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26
A MINNESOTA FARMER
WRITES OF WESTERN CANADA
WHERE HE IS NOW LOCATED.

The Farms In Els Neighborhood Are
Being Rapidly X Up by Former
Residents of the United States.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-04-26

You can get a small bottle of Ayers
Cherry Pectoral, now, for 25 cents. For
hard coughs, bronchitis, asthma, and the
Group, the 80 cent size is better. For
chronic cases, as consumption, and to
economical.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

be heard, besides a chorus of 1000 chill
dren and another OF 5000 women. A num-
Der of noted soloists will also be includ-
in the programme.
On Wednesday afternoon a great picnic
will be held in Wissers park, when the
Kaiser's prize and all the others will be
delivered to the lucky winners.
Mr.. Arthur Claassen, the musical con-
ductor of the nineteenth National Saen-
gerfest, is making his second tour of
the Northeastern states. One of the du-
ties devolving upon him is to visit the
societies which will participate in the
singing contests, for the purpose Of re-
hearsing with them the songs to be rem
dered, and the steady and Unexpectedly
large increase of the number of entries
has made his task more arduous and Of
greater dimensions than was at first an
'pated.
Two hundred and twelve singing So
cieties are expected to take part in the
festivities. and there are about $50 other
societies in the Northeastern Jurisdiction
which will not be represented. Outs de
Of the Northeastern jurisdiction there
are about 400 singing societies.
This week a committee including Presi-
dent S. K. Saenger, Mr.. A. Thiemann and
DR.. w ]. Schildge will go to Wash ng
ton to remind President Mckinley that
he promised to attend one of the con-
certs of the Saengerfest. They Will also
call on Ambassador Won Hollenben to ask
him if the emperor would be pleased to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

mistress was eating daintily with spoon,
and the greedy child had no opportunity
to snatch away a small morseI. Ham Jr.
elevated his eyebrows half a dozen times
with great rapidity and tried the expert
ment of carrying a spoonful from the cup
direct to his mouth. Eureka! The greedy
child was fOiled. From that moment Ham
Jr. ate with a spoon.
The time came when Ham Jr. would
jump into his chair, tuck napkin under
his chin, ring bell for the waiter and
eat his dinner like a gentleman.
In the morning he would rise, put on
shirt, trousers, waistcoat, coat, socks and
shoes and ring for his chocolate At
night, when Nine. d'Osta returned from
the circus, he would undress, fold his
clothes, put on his pyjamis, humble what
was supposed to be his prayers, climb
into his little white enameIed bed, lay his
head on the pillow and draw his blankets
over his body.
Love claimed him throughout every
branch of his education. 1t was a tri-
umph for him when he learned to articu-
late yes and mo" with full knowl-
edge of their meaning; but the greatest
triumph of all when he found the trick Of
saying mamma"
Thereafter he repeated Mamma
Mammal whenever Nine. costa left
him. and particularly when he heard her
returning. DR.. Clement A. Penrose
brought him to the attention Of the Johns
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20
THE NEW CIGAR-SHAPED CAR.
Tested by the Baltimore &. Ohio.

three and half miles in two and half
minutes; eighteen miles in sixteen min
utes; the ten miles of a trip to Washing
ton were covered in eight minutes; west
from Washington the train has taken
grades on which two engines were used.
at thirty miles per hour three minutes
faster than the best time made on this
section by the fast train service.
The grade of seventy feet to the mile
from Washington Junction to Mount
Afry-were taken with sustained speed
OF thtrty-fve miles per hour.
Mr.. Adams, the inventor, believes his
method of train construction will even
tually be adopted throughout the country,
the ordinary coaches being readily altered
TO fulfill the ideas of the new method. A
series Of formal tests have been arranged
to begin Monday next, the course to be
from Washington to Jersey City. There
will be three of them. The first will be
full test at schedule speed of forty miles
an hour; the second will be a speed test.
the new train and one Of the ordinary
make. with engines of similar weight and
equal trains, going to the limit of their
ability over the same track; the third will
be as well a sped test, but instead of an
ordinary engine one Of the great Royal
Blue flyers will draw the train, and Mr..
Adams fully expects the result to be a
speed that has never been equaled in the
history of railroads After these trips
the train will be taken westward, and
similar trials will be made on the roads
leading out of Chicago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20
W0Md'S Greatest saemgemeSG,
Brooklyn Saengerfest Will Be the Greatest x.x*.*x*.*x
Singing Event the World Has Known. ************

take up the march to the Thirteenth regi
ment armory.
Opposite the armory a reviewing stand
will be erected, covered with gayly col
ored bunting and surmounted by cano-
Ply. Upon this stand, surrounded by his
staff and by many invited guests, Gov.
Roosevelt will await the arrival of the
procession. When it reaches the spot,
President S. K. Saenger, of the North
eastern Saengerbuud, and his officers will
ascend the platform and present them
selves to the governor, who will make
brief speech. and then a song will be
sung by all the singers. After that they
will march past, andzthen Gov. Roosevelt
and his staff. the president and his Of
ficers and others to tho number of about
200 will enter the arnory and sit down
to dinner, while as many people as the
galleries will holdewilI sit down and look
on. Speeches viii be made, cigars will
be smoked and alt kinds of liquid refresh
ments will be consumed
Meanwhile those singers and their
friends who prefer the open air will be
RECALLED with beer and other refresh
ments in an immense canvas booth 100
feet square, which will be set up and
gayly decorated in the open lot opposite
the arInory.
Next day will be Sunday, and the sing
ers will enjoy themselves in whatever
way suits them best. Unofhcially they
may go to church or take in Coney ISL
and, but the strictly official amusement
will involve a trip to Timer Park Beach.
| The official title of this function is FRA
termination Festival" There Is no set
programme, but the park contains Dow
ling alleys, shooting ranges, blcycle
track, continuous performance ana re-
freshments, and these, together Win
singing, will probably enable the singers
to while away the day and evening. On
Monday morning business meeting VIII
be held, at VIII CHI the whereabouts Oh the
next Saengerfest will be decided upon
| In the afternoon the singing competitions
! will begin
| Among these competitions the one IoI
| the beautiful silver statuette given pS
! the Emperor William is exciting most at
| tention. A large number or entries nave
| been received and the competition prom
| ises to be keen, Among the most likely
winners are the Junger Maennerchor' %
! Philadelphia, and the Arion society OF
| Brooklyn, which have always peer
! close rivals At thee last competition a
which both were engaged the Maenn ne
Choir was victor by fonly one point ~
Arions hope to reverse TINS oroer "nei
the singing for the Kaiser's p%lze Is heid
| The statuette is that of a MINES niger o
the twelfth century,. 1t is of solid sIlvel
| and stands upon a bronze pedestal d Ut
tie ever foot high. Upon one side OF tn'
pedestal Is a bas-relief OF the emperor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

surrounded by American and German
flags. On the other side are the arms of
Prussia and the letter of dedication Re
gard'ng the authorship of the words in
the prize song there is some doubt Presi-
dent Saenger found it in an old scrap
book, and Immediately upon its publca-
ton two men claimed it. Adolph Hacht-
mann, of New York, declares that he
wrote 1t twenty years ago on the day
of his arrival in New York from Ger
many. while a San Francisco man de-
clares that he wrote it for a Saenger-
bund many years ago, but that 1t was re-
jected at the time and has now been
exhunled and brought forward without
due credit to himself. AS Mr.. Hacht-
mann was on the spot, however, he won
the victory and his name is under the
title of the song. together with that of
the Swiss, Peter Fassbaender, whose
music was chosen by Frank Damrosch,
Emil Paur and julius Lorenz from
among the contribut ons of some 300 COM
petitors.
Besides this contest there will be those
between city societies and individual So
cieties each in several classes, and about
$25, 900 worth of prizes will be given away.
The chief ones will be large busts of
Richard Wagner and Franz Abt. and
three pianos-grand. badly grand and ar
fist upright.
On Monday and Tuesday night "great
concerts will be given in the armory.
in which the chorus of 10000 voices will
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

Hopkins Medical society and delivered
lecture on him
A month ago Nine d'Osta was obliged
TO leave Ham Jr., in Baltimore, while
she accompanied the circus to Brooklyn.
1t was deemed unWise to allow him to
travel, because he could not be kept in
an even temperature, so he was taken
to the Bostcck menagerie in Atlantic City
Ham, Jr., covered in his cage all day
crying Mamma! Mammal His food re-
manned untasted- The head keeper sent
for DR.. Somers, of No. 2012 Pacific street
DR.. Somers could not detect any cause
for the monkeys illness. Ham, Jr., could
not describe his symptoms; he could only
say Mamma! Mammal
Teh keepers did their best to preserve
the $4,000 monkey. They put him in
nice apartment, with q little table and
chair illustrated papers to look at, and
the best of food to eat. But Ham, Jr., re-
fused the food, ignored the papers, and
would concern himself only with picture
CT Nine. dOsta.
He grew weak and emaciated. His
features were drawn in an expression in
fnitely hopeless. The keepers would
could take her place in the circus, where
she was performing with her trained
bears. Mr.. BostOck refrained from tell
ing her Of her monkeys illness for fear
her emotion should weaken her control
over the savage beasts.
This very thing happened afterward
when she learned of Ham, Jr's, death.
Blinded with grieG, she was betrayed into
a moments forgetfulness while putting
the bears through their PAGES One 81
them attacked her, and until her author
ity reasserted itself, the spectators ex-
perienced a thrill.
1t was great funeral, for many had