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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01

creatures, and an unexpected noise or
a sudden jar is SUFFICIENT to kill them.
The most extreme care must be exer-
cised during a thunder storm. as a.
heavy electrical outburst often INJURIES
great numbers, and have frequently
lost as many as ten, either during or
just after a storm. Aside from their
extreme they are a fairly
healthy little animal. OF course great
care has to be given to their food.
They are, although they belong to the.
rodent family, strictly vegetarian, and
all their food is raw. AS / raise them
strictly for the use of their blood,
which must be absolutely pure, | feed
them on only such vegetables as are
conducive to that result. Beets, car
rots, apples, green peas, oats, hay and
grass are their chief diet, with now
and then a very little cabbage for a
relish.
They eat grass in great quantities,
and have. a cart load brought to me
every week from my friends and doc
tors who are interested in my work.
Besides using the grass as a food they
carpet their cages with it and often
bank it UP for themselves for sleeping
purposes. One very remarkable fea-
ture of their diet is that they drink
absolutely no water. | have tried to
tempt them to do so over and over
again, thinking that they must need
that which to every other creature is
a necessary beverage, but they always
Indignantly even refuse to taste the
water, while they eagerly drink the
milk which l put before them.
Mature enables them to supply the
want of water entirely through the
food they eat,~and the milk, which is
their only drink, may, of course, 0
tain a sufficient amount of the proper
ties of water. However that may be,
the fact remains that they will not
touch any liquid except milk. Al
though they are tiny creatures, not
much larger than a large-sized rat.
they weigh from five to seven pounds,
and they consume considerable guam
titles of food for their size. The aver
age age of the pig is about two years,
and although some have lived longer,
they become enfeebled and sickly after
that age. / have at present over six
hundred, which / keep in families Of
eleven females to one male. Their
cages are of wire, and, judged by the
assurance thai cleanliness is next to
goodness, the guinea pig is indeed q
righteous creature. Not a particle Of
dirt or dust is allowed to remain in
their homes, and unless the cages are
kept s%crupulously clean and dry the
pigs sicken and die in a very short
time. The cages are all well ventil-
ated, and l am obliged to keep a care
full eye upon the temperature of the
rooms.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01

According to the Journal of German
Engineers, the French railroad trains,
instead of the English, hold the first
place for speed. schedule time being
the basis for comparison. A regular
train between Paris and Amiens makes
the distance, 50 miles, without stop,
in an hour and a quarter, or at the
rate Of IS miles an hour. The fastest
regular train in Great Britain makes
90 miles an hour. for a distance of
only SO miles, between Perth and For
fax. In Germany a greater speed than
Do miles an hour is prohibited, but the
fastest regular train makes only So
miles, between Wittenberg and Ham
burg.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01

Norma Diorn is a girl who lives
with her father near the headquarters
OF the Guadalupe in Texas, and has
recently been rewarded for bravery
with a handsome silver-mounted re-
volVer, presented by the Texas Cattle
association. Her achievement was the
lassoing of a mountain lion and drag
ging it to it's death, as it was in the
act OF attacking her fathers cattle, on
the borders of the ranch. AS she had
no weapon on her person, she was
forced to depend upon her lariat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01
GUINEA PIG FARM
THE HEART OF THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA. v
1t Is Conducted BY a Woman who Has
a Monopoly in Her Line-Has Had as
High MS 1000 of h Rodent Like
Creatures at a Time.


Few people are aware of the fact
that right in the heart Of the northern
section. of the city a Philadelphia
woman keeps what Is said to be the
largest guinea pig farm in the United
States.
This farm is at Twenty-second street
n Ridge avenue and is owned by
Mrs. Scott, of 1917 North Twenty-sixtn
street. The collection includes at pres
emit over 600 of the rodent-like crea-
lures, and at times has numbered as
high as 1000. They are sold to univer=
stiles, colleges, hospitals and physi-
clans for incubation and medical ex-
periments.
Having a monopoly, Mrs. Scott does
a thriving business, as all the promi-
nent medical institutions, as well as
the board of health, come to her for
the little animals which she propa-
gates for scientific experimentation
and determination. They are peculiar
in their habits and need constant care
and attention in order to raise them
to any style of perfection. During a
ASNOA EA0At W NAC q IL Wis., oCOII 6d4u
while exhibiting her family: II have
been interested in the beautiful little
creatures from childhood and have al
ways wanted to possess a collection of
my own.
THE first pair I had was given to
me by my uncle, Prof. Nash, who had
for many years made experiments
with the guinea pig to ascertain the
value of the medicinal properties of
it's blood, which is closely allied to that
which courses through the human
body. He discovered hat the blood
of this little creature is absolutely pure
and would prove of great value to the
medical world. Knowing my liking
for the guinea pig, he presented me
with the first pair with which to start
the farm.
Il was obliged to go to Nebraska
City shortly after the pigs were given
me, and I was the first person to take
them across the Alleghenies. I re-
manned for seven years in Nebraska
City, and during that time I gave care
full study to the best methods of rails
Ing tuG SuluCd pigs. ne farm L start
ed there, on account of the extreme
cold, was not very successful, and when
l left that city ! was able to bring only
two of the little creatures with me, the
others having died from asthma. an af-
Fiction which has to be carefully
guarded against, as most of the little
animals are more or less subject to it.
with one pair / again started a
guinea pig farm, this time in Philadel-
phia. They propagate rapidly and in
a short time l had a collection of about
one hundred. The Philadelphia CHI
mate is pretty well suited to them, al
though they suffer greatly when sub
jected to either extreme heat or cold,
and during the past hot spell 1 spent
all my time in regulating the temper
allure of their cages.
when the number of my family
reached one hundred I thought that I
was on the straight road to success,
but I soon discovered that of all, the
uncertain things guinea pigs were the
ones which a person could be least
sure of. They are extremely nervous
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01
The rarantula,s aerial Foe.

In Mexico and our southwestern
states the dreaded tarantula has a re-
lentless enemy in the form of a large
wasp, called the "%tarantula hawk"
Swooping down upon the huge spider,
the wasp paralyzes him with a single
p%uncture from it's sting, and then drags
its helpless victim off to be buried, and
to serve rs food for a new generation
of wasps. The wasp will even open the
trap-door of a tarantula's nest and STAY
its enemy in his den.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01

"squeezes," as they are called, on all of
his transactions. His income is on
siderable.
A foreign merchant, having acquired
after a long residence a sufficient
knowledge of the language, decides
that his business is too much in the
hands of natives, and dismisseS his
"compradore." He goes in person to
some native "hong" and asks for SAM
pies and quotations. He is politely
shown through the establishment and
otherwise treated with consideration.
But when. with a view to buying, he
inquiries for prices he gets a mo have
got" for answer. He goes to another
hong" and another and another, but
always with the same result. No one
has anything to sell! All are behind
with their orders! Let the foreign
dealer return to his Office and send his
"compradore" ON the same errand, and
his orders will be promptly filled. This
is SO in every department of business
where foreigners are concerned. In all
Of the treaty ports the financial affairs
of every foreign house practically are
in the hands of the natives. Foreign
merchants cannot hope to reach the
market except through a class Of mid
dlemen. This is the irrevocable GUS
tom of the country. Thus
has utterly failed to break down the
barriers between these strange people
and the outside world.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01

A professor of geology has found
near Montclair. N. j., fossil specimens
or a fish supposed to be millions of
years old. The fish belongs to the or
der OF ganoids, of which there are only
a few modern representatives. House
Keepers who think their fisherman is
not furnishing wares as fresh as they
desire can at least comfort themselves
with the knowledge that his ice-box
contains nothing as old as this.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01

Vertical penmanship, adopted so
widely in the public schools a few
years ago, seems to be, going out OF
fashion. 1t is said to be slow to write
and not favored in commercial life.
The return to the SDencerian system
emphasizes the project to erect a me-
mortal library to Plat Spencer in &C.
neva, 0. Here, in a little log house.
the great penman taught many branch
es, especially the beautiful handwrit-
Ing which young and old came from
afar to learn. Until the age of 8,
Spencer had never seen writing paper,
but he had already traced his charac-
tiers in the sand of the rivers edge
and on the bark of trees. His life was
full of h~ardships, but many a man
reared in luxury may well envy the
inscription, "Poet, penman, educator.
reformer, b%enefactor," engraved on his
tomb by a grateful pupil.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01

A writer in the New York Sun gives
figures to show that the problem of
procuring a sufficient number of rail-
road ties causes the corporations in
~creasing perpiexity. A mile Of stand
ard single-track railroad requires
about 4,5O0 ties. and the average life
OF a tie is estimated at about five
years. The annual requirement of the
Pennsylvania railroad for the part of
the system east of Pittsburg fg nearly
100000 ties. The tie supply of all
the railways of the country represents
an aggregate impressive at once to the
business. instinct and to the magma
ton. Under the best conditions, and
making no allowance for fire and other
accidents, a plot of 1000 acres and a
of 80 years are required to pro-
.duce 1000, 900 ties. Every line or rail-
road thus becomes an argument in
favor Of preserving our forests from
destruction.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01

The abandoned farms In Rhode Is
land number $40, according to the
states official catalogue, but from that
TACT it must not be inferred that Rhode
Island, as a whole, is in serious dan
ger OF going out OF tillage. Estimat-
Ing each abandoned farm at 100 acres,
the 349 amount to but about 4 per
cent of the states area.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01

The shirt waist mar is not new. Pres
emit consideration OF him has brought
to light an ordinance of Lincoln's Inn,
400 years old. "Urbanus Sylvan" in
the last Cornhill, writes: I'm 1906 there
is a resolution of the bench that any
one at the clerks commons shall be
~decorously clad, and not with his shirt
In facie populi ultra diploidem, i. e.,
sticking out in public view beyond his
doublet."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01

Elmer B. Adams, who presides over
the United States Court for the East
ern District OF Missouri, is believed to
bs the wealthiest federal Judge in the
country, his fortune being estimated
at $500,000
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-01
Chinese
Middzemen
They Are Essential to
the Conducting OF
Business in the
Middle Kingdom.

E5E . . 8 . - q . 8
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

throng are learning the art Of hemming
and stitching, fitting and making shirt
waists and other garments.
"Friday afternoon the industrial child
rem are learning to make beds, sweep,
set the table and wash dishes, all OF
which are done by rule, and accom-
panied with songs.
Thursday and Friday nights MEM
beers Of the Girls Friendly society learn
to make cake.
Zone afternoon the school girls make
bread. and the public is invited from
four to five O'Clock.
'On Tuesday and Thursday from
three to five o'clock housekeepers pre-.
pare biscuit, strawberry shortcake and
salads"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

One OF the most delightful club gath
erings OF the year was held at Crete
last Friday, on which occasion the city
federation OF Crete rendered a recep-
ton to the executive board of the state
federation. Six members OF the board
were able to be present and they report
a most enjoyable time. Carriages met
them at the train and they were taken
directly to the home of Mrs. Doane,
treasurer OF the state federation. 1t
was charming thought of Mrs. Doane's
to plan this pleasant reunion OF those
who have worked together for the past
year for the advancement of all interests
connected with the state work. Ae
this lie the last time the board will meet
for the year, it goes without saying
that some business was mingled with
the pleasure OF the outing. After a de-
lightful morning at the restful suburb.
an home OF Mrs. Doane, who further re-
called her guests with an appetizing
luncheon. all proceeded to the beauti-
full new home Of Mrs. Miller, where the
club women of Crete came to meet the
state officers. After general reception.
during which the soft strains of the
mandolin club, composed Of the daugh-
ters of the club women OF Crete. added
charms to those Of pretty gowns, bright
faces and cordial greetings. A short
program was carried out. Crete is one
of the strong club centers OF the state
and il was a very great pleasure to meet
Der club women. The address of the
president. Mrs. Apperson, on the gen.
eral evolution OF clubs was full OF help
full thoughts. At the close, Mrs. Doane
rendered charming solo. The chair
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19
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convictions upon the question. has
refrained from strong partisspship and
given her time and strength to the many
duties pertsining to her high Office. The
general federation will deeply regret the
loss OF her wise leadership for another
term.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

The Central City Woman's club has
been organized less than a year, but as
a social educational organization it oc-
cupies the first place 10 the city today.
Last Tuesday evening the club enter
tanned in a semi-public manner for the
first time. when about seventy guests,
at the invitation of the club, gathered
at the home Of its president-elect, Mrs.
7. B. Hord, and spent one of the mott
truly delightful evenings in the social
history Of the club.
The club ladies occupied half of one
of the parlors and entertained their Wis
itors with mock convention of female
reformers. All the prominent charac-
tiers in the world of lettered women
we're represented in the convention,
some OF them especially costumed and
made up to more exactly carr their inn
person atoms. Mrs. Rebecca Lowe Mrs,
HUNT, president OF the general feder-
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

mainly. 1t is said that Emerson. when
consulted by his daughter whether she
should begin certain study or not, re-
piled: "It does not 80 much matter
what you study, as with whom you
study" This wise saying is true OF club
life, and there is no more important re-
sponsibility pressed home upon the
members OF club than the choice OF
leader. The leader determines to
large extent whether the trend of club
shall be upward or Observation-Disclosures
it shall be dress parade; continuous
rivalry Of light ~ refreshments doth
phases Of vanity or whether it shall be
vain glorious of its immense learnednese,
or whether it shall be an oasis-a wide
spreading oak on weary plain where
the woman whose heart is filled with
longing, whose mind is cultured and
appreciative, who is naturally social
and loves to meet fellow associates who
may come for rest, for sympathy, for
recreation. There is no better oppnr-
tunity for the perfect realization OF
these conditions than in a wisely select
81. we'll organized and carefully con-
Quoted club.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

This is the course of study adopted by
the Woman's club of Central City for
next years work:
l. Map study of Russia.
3. The birth of Russia and her first
princes Rurik, Oleg and Isor.
3. The orthodox church of the liber-
orator, Vladimir.
4. The effects of the natural conditions
OF Russia on her people-serfdom.
s. Biography of Peter the Great. Art
and painting.
6. Nihilism and principal cities.
Z. Napoleon's invasion in Russia.
8. Great masters Of Russian literature
OF the nineteenth century.
9. Actors and actresses of Russia.
10. Music, songs and folk lore.
IL. Siberia and the prison system.
II. Poland and Russia-Turkish trou-
bles.
Ii. Internal improvements principal
industries and industrial awaken
ing of Russia.
IA. The position of women. and why
Russia has been more backward
than other nations.
10. Coronation of the car and the
royal family.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

The year book of the state federation
OF Missouri is an artistic little book,
both geographically and otherwise.
From cover to cover it is full of infor-
nation and suggestions for the clubs
connected with the federation. 1t gives
the number of clubs in the federation as
ninety.two, with an approximate mem.
bership of 1900; number OF cities and
towns represented, forty two; number
of counties, thirty-one
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

OF the making Of clubs. there is no
end and there will always be as many
kinds of clubs as there are types of hu-
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

Mrs. Buchwalter suggests to delegates
to the biennial that Monday afternoon
will be the best time to see Milv aukee.
The council meeting is not open to dele
gates; the reports of presidents and
state chairmen will be published, hence
there is nothing to prevent delegates
from going wherever they may choose.
Make your plans accordingly,
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

man Of correspondence for Nebraska
spoke for few moments on the benefits
OF afiiliation with the general federation,
after which Mrs. Doane and Miss Miller
rendered duet, which was much en-
joyed. More music by the mandolin club.
during which dainty refreshments were
served. AL! in all. this meeting was a
charming thought most beautifully ex-
ecuted. We expect. at least. two dele
gates from Crete to attend the biennial
meeting at Milwaukee.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

The Mothers congress will be in ses-
sion at Des Moines May 81 to %. inclu-
sively. The name does not mean a pro-
hibition Of the attendance of the fathers.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

An important resolution adopted by
the executive board at Crete makes the
following route official for the state fed
Grafton OF Nebraska: From Lincoln to
Chicago over the Burlington Route,
from Chicago to Milwaukee by the
Goodrich Line steamers. There will be
special Pullman awaiting the delega-
ton, which will leave Lincoln June 2, at
LAO P. NJ, arriving in Chicago at seven
the following morning, take the boat at
nine. arriving in Milwaukee at three P.
NJ, making six hours by daylight on
beautiful Lake Michigan without any
additional expense.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

Rev. G. M. Sheldon of newspaper
fame, will enter upon a new reform cam.
paign upon his return from Europe.
He believes the servant girl problem can
be solved satisfactorily to all concerned.
To this end he proposes to read serial
story from bis pulpit, which will be an
appeal to young women to choose do
nestle service in preference to work in
a department store. The story will at
tempt to bring mistress and maid more
in sympathy, dignity the position and
work of the maid and through these
channels endeavor to help solve this
most perplexing problem. Mr.. Sheldon's
plan points out the same sensible solu-
ton which has been proposed by others.
but he has the advantage of pulpit
ami an audience and convincing man
ner of presenting any subject which
seems to promise better results than his
predecessors have had. All Christen-
dom will hope that his efforts may be
crowned with ultimate success.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

In the May Club Woman Jennie
June" Crowly has this to say in disap-
proval of the plan Of reorganization
which will cut off individual clubs:
mo, il We cannot work the principle of
Unity in Diversity out and in to its
farthest circumference, each point of
light adding its ray to the great arc
which eliminates the whole body, why,
let us give it up and bury il decently,
but not call manned thing by its
name"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

The Alumnae club of Louisville, Ken
lucky, maintains q school OF domestic
science, the success OF which has been
almost phenomenal. 1t is practical
and beautiful beneiaction. one which
may we'll be copied in every community
in the land. A general idea of the work
done is conveyed in the following ex-
tracts from the Louisville Courier Jour-
nal:
"The completeness Of the cooking
tables, the neatness and order in the
school are the fret thing commented
upon by all the visitors.
Every part Of the home is considered
in the course Of study-location, con-
struction, heating. lighting. plumbing,
furnishing. cooking and the care of the
kitchen and pantries.
ION Saturday afternoon busy little
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

All club women are req uested upon
arrival at Milwaukee to wear bow of
light blue ribbon on the shoulder for
Identification. The reception commit
tee will wear a corresponding knot of
yellow.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-19

yeiioW.
Delegates to the Milwaukee biennial
can join the delegation at Omaha or in
termediate points. 1t will be neces-
sary to have fifteen berths pledged to be
sure Of car all to ourselves. But that
will not be difficult, as four we're re,
quested today. There will be a delega-
tior Of about thirty. five members, with
some visitors, which makes it seem pos
sibe that two cars may be required.
The very large majority of the clubs
in Nebraska close their work ia Maya
few on the fret Of May, large number
about the middle and still larger num-
Der at the last of the month. A few in
trepid workers continue through the
month of June. Among these are the
Self Culture club of st. Paul, Sorosis of
Stanton and Zetetic OF Wesping Water,
while the Ladies' Philomathian Of
Shickley closes it's years work on the
tenth OF August.