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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

tigation is a study of the various de-
nominations of money, postage-stamps
and other measures. 1t appears that
nearly all races show a marked pref
erence for the numbers "two," three
and "fve," and their multiples. But
the Mohammedans avoid the number
three" Neither in Turkey nor in
Persia" says Monsieur Delaney, docs
one find a trace of this number, and it
is scarcely found in Egypt" Among
the French and other Latin peoples
two" and five" are more popular
than three" while the English pre-
fer "two" and three" and the Ger
mans three" and five" The Chi
nese resemble the Latin race in their
choice, while the people of India have
a strong liking for two" The num-
Der Seven is most used in Russia
and other Slavic countries. The higher
numbers are not much used except in
Spanish countries, as eleven" in
Salvador, seventeen" in Mexico,
nineteen" in Spain and "thirty-one"
in the Philippines. The people Of Ha-
wall are said to be quite fond of "thir-
teen"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
selling Groceries as Sheldon Would.

Selling Groceries as Sheldon Would.
1t is impossible to eseape the convie-
ton that the Indiana groceryman who
has begun to run his store "as Christ
would" has put up a strictly business
proposition in the guise of a righteous
venture. He sells no, tobacco or strong
drinks of any kind. But reports OF
his rushing business in other lines
argue that he need not go into cigars
and whisky for profits sake. Besides,
he saves tax and license fees. He
marks his goods with cost and selling
price, SO. hat his customers may see
his profits. He sells for strict cash
and delivers nothing. So he bad
debts, bookkeeping expenses, and the
cost OF delivery. He run a souphouse
for the poor, selling food at exact
cost-and can afford it. Altogether,
from this distance, the commercial
equation seems to enter at least as
emphatically into this enterprise as
the religious one. Probably the store
| keepers scheme is not without profit
also to his customers. If it were it
would soon work itself out. But why
not conduct the business as Q straight
enterprise of mutual good, without any
irreyerent pretense to be selling gro
ceries as Sheldon Would?-New YORK
World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

the present coins have the full warm
ness of tint that a copper alloy can
give. If the coins of today are not so
handsome in the opinion of the anna
teur collectors as those issued by the
first Napoleon, they are superior to
those of either of the N~apoaeons in the
fact that it costs less to make them.
The double operation of the oxidation
of the copper and cleaning it off the
surface of the coin with acids is no.
longer employed; and the large eIimi-
nation of copper from the surface of
the coins, formerly practiced, made
them less resistant under wear and
tear than are the coins now in circuIa-
ton.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
POISONING BY TRANSFER PICTURES

POISONING BY TRANSFER PICTURES.
The illness and death of a child
from handling transfer pictures have
been made the subjects of some chemi-
cal investigation, which brought to
light the fact that some of the trans
ferring compound contained lead. AS
the child's symptoms indicated lead
poisoning, the compound was examin-
ed, and it is recommended that it's use
be discontinued. There are so many
amusements, toys Int appliances for
children that it seems strange that un-
p%rincipled persons should prepare poi
sonous materials to put into little
hands. 1t is bad enough when child
rem get poisoned by accidents but to
furnish a deadly mixture rs a toy
should subject the maker of such
a thing to the utmost penalty of the
law. There are severe restrictions
placed upon the manufacture of stamp
ed envelopes and other articles to
which the tongue may be applied, but
it seems that no one has thought to
examine these little transfer pictures
in which children take so much de-
light.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

LITTLE MISS 1AIES AND Ef6lNG
HER MOTHERS ANXIOUS IN
QUIRIES.
With a telephone alongside her bed
little Dorothy Yates, the daughter OF
Governor and Mrs. Yates of Illinois,
lies Quarantined in her chamber in the
executive mansion. Neither her ia
ther nor mother is permitted to visit
her, for the child has scarlet fever.
Thus only has the quarantine been
circumvented by science-and harm
lessly so. For the governor, knowing
how strictly quarantine is enforced in
other homes, cannot conscientiously
resist enforcement in his own. Thus
he and his wife are barred from the
bedside of their child, but they may
talk to her nevertheless.
The disease was diagnosed as scarlet
fever some days ago, and instantly the
board of health officials invaded the
executive mansion with disinfectants
and like affairs, and ere the family
fully realized what was going on the
child was isolated in a sick chamber,
under guard, and all approach forbid
den. But Mrs. Yates mothers heart
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
GIGANTIC LUNAR MOUNTAINS.

During the eclipse of the sun in
May, 1900, an English observer, Mr..
Evershed, as reported at a recent
meeting of the Royal Astronomical
Society, noticed a point on the edge
of the moon where the sun was shin
ing through a very deep valley, and
where the lunar mountains seemed to
be about 5000 feet in altitude. This
exceeds by 5000 feet the estimated
height of Mount Everest, the Hottest
mountain on the earth. The edge of
the moon is so broken by peaks. ridges
and valleys that the length of total
ity during a solar eclipse is affected
by them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
x-RAYs FOR BALDNEss.

At a meeting of the Vienna Society
of Physicians, DR.. Kienbock intro
duced a man, twenty-six years of age,
whose hair had been partially restored
by the application of the Roentgen
rays. He had been bald for some
years, and thus was the cure effected:
A round patch IN the scalp was sub
jected six times to the influence of
the rays for fifteen minutes, and dur
ing the two months the treatment
lasted the ma regained his old thick,
d~ark-colored hair on the parts ex-
posed to the action. The parts not yet
treated remain as before.
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n~ GSl<zM
ONE DooToR's OPINION.

A physician who had resided in a
small town for nearly a quarter OF a
century, and had accumulated a COM
p~etence, was in a reminiscent frame
one day, and said to a friend:
1T may seem strange to you, u
three-fourths of my practice is among
the farmers living within a radius OF
ten miles around this town. l have
travelled every road and lane in this
n~eighborhood hundreds Of times, and
know every foot Of them. Farmers
ought to be the healthiest people alive,
but there is somebody sick in their
families nearly all the time. They
habitually eat too much. Their sys-
TENS become clogged, and instead Of
starving themselves well, they send
for the DOCTOR"
Why don't you tell them SOL" asked
his friend.
II used to do so. but it offended
them, and they dismissed me and sent
for some other doctor. SO in many
cases | have given them mild medi-
cines, and told them they must eat
little or nothing for two or three days,
Ak OIuSI W give Liz mCulClAC0 q NhdANC
to take effect. Town people overeat.
too, mind you, but for reasons easily
explained they don't eat as much or
as hearty food as the farmer and his
family do. BY the way, Chester" he
said, turning to his Office assistant
who had just come in, didn't Uncle
Hank Roughrider, just south of town
Kill his hogs two or three days ago?'
Yes, sir" replied Chester.
I'll have a call to attend a case
of malaria or something of the sort in
that family, from eating too much sau'
sage and pigs feet, inside of twenty
four hours" predicted the physician.
And even as he spoke Uncle Hanl
Roughrider drove up to the Office, tie(
his horses to the h~itching-post, ant
hurriedly came in.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

spirits and the governor and his wife
are fairly elated over her improvement.
They feel that Dorothy is recovering
rapidly and hope to have her with
them again soon-but not until all
danger of infection has passed. This
precaution is all the more necessary
as the governors duties bring him con-
stantly into contact with men from
all parts of the state who visit the
executive mansion on business and
through whom the infection might be-
come general were there the least re-
Taxation in the enforcement Of the
health precautions.
Meantime both Governor and Mrs.
Yates declare that the device of plac-
ing the telephone in the room has saw
ed them much anxiety, which they
would otherwise have been compelled
to undergo. The plan is a new one
and of course can only be put into exc
cution by persons of means 1t is be-
lieved in Springfield that in Dorothy's
case it is the first time'it has been
put into use anywhere.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

make records in the past on account
of the almost prohibitive price of shaw
ing knives will now be enabled to in
dulge in record making at a small cost.
The shaver does the work on an en-
tirely new principle and does away
with the expensive sapphire knife, US
ing in it's place a specially prepared
steel. By it's use, it is said, a record
can be shaved twenty-five to thirty
times.
It is asserted that the work may be
done at home.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

his jaws aboard she was raised high in
the air. He Kissed like a steam engine,
and his hot, sickening breath ~pervaded
the atmosphere. Cool as a cucumber,
Mrs. Neuburger took aim at the alli-
gators open mouth and fired a shot
that passed through all his vital or
gans, finally ending his wicked de-
signs. Mrs. Neuburger has also sue
ceeded in tanning a number of young
alligators.-Chicago Journal
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"A MOTHER OUTWITS A HEALTH BOARD.

rebelled against the decree that 4
separated her from her child, and :
she begged that a telephone might
be put in to the little ones bedside
SO that she might hear it's voice,
even if she could not have a
mothers privilege of nursing it.
Instantly the scheme was car
ried into effect. And several times a
day the mothers heart is gladdened at
the sound of her little ones voice tell
ing how much better she is and how
soon she hopes to be out.
1t is only a few feet of wire, but
Dorothy thinks thet the telephone
leads to Central and so when she calls
she invariably asks Central, give me
the executive mansion, please, POL"
And some one who hears her ring an
swers first and hen Dorothy hears her
dear mammals voice and tells how she
feels.
D~orothy's illness is running the
usual course of scarlet fever. And in
the ten days that have elapsed since
the disease was first positively recog-
nized the Governor and Mrs. Yates
have had the anxious sympathy of
many friends. Inquiries have been
numerous from all over the state as
to the little ones condition-inquiries
which Mrs. Yates has been only too
happy to answer hopefully because of
little D%orothy's own favorable reports
of her condition. Beside their imme-
date personal friends Governor Yates
and his wife find that the public has
shown their anxiety owe the little
ones condition. For days reports OF
bulletins were issued by the doctors in
attendance, for the public information
But Dorothy in some way learning OF
these, has taken the issuing of the bull
letins into her own hands, and las
Saturday night announced that she ex
pected soon to "be about as usual"
Dorothy's latest reports to hel
! mother show that she is in far better
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
STUDYING THE UNrUToRED SAVAGE

STUDYING THE UNTUTORED SAVAGE
Under government auspices, and
carrying with them the keen interest
of anthropologists all over the world,
Professor Baldwin Spencer and Mr..
Gillen will this winter make an expe-
dltion among the aboriginal tribes
dwelling in the central and northern
regions of Australia. The purpose is
to make a study of savage life in its
most natural phases in order to throw
light upon the beginnings of civiliza-
ton; and some anthropologists are
congratulating themselves because
these remote tribes have not been
corrupted by contact with white men
before science has had an opportunity
to investigate them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
Mastodons by the Hundred.

At Kimmswick, Mo-, an extraordi-
nary deposit of the bones and tusks
of mastodons has been discovered. AL
though but a small portion of the de-
posit has been worked by the paleon-
tologists who discovered it, the re-
mains already unearthed represent be-
tween 200 and 300 individuals.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
A RECoRD SHAVER.

An invention which may be of in
terest to lovers of mechanical talking
machines has been patented by a Chi
cago man. 1t is a record shaver"
and many who have not been able to
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23
The English Destroyer wiper"

one high and m low pressure tur-
bine respectively, and the same is the
case on the other side. To each of the
low pressure turbines a small revers-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

run astern the reversing, turbine is
brought into action.
A speed astern of about sixteen
knots is attained. The distressing vi
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

FAN TO CHHANGE AIR IN CARS.
open for the free passage of air, a
rotary motor being suspended in the
passage to impart motion to the fan
below, drawing the impure air from
the car through outlets in the roof.
This wind motor consists of a series
Of spoon-shaped blades attached to the
vertical shaft, the latter extending
through the roof to connect with the
fan blades. To stop the revolution
when the car is in motion a sliding
bolt is provided, which interferes with
the movement. 1t will also be noticed
that the fan works equally well when
the car is moving in either direction.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-23

NUMBERS THAT PEOPLE PREFER.
Monsieur Delaney Of the French
Academy of Sciences has just an
nounced the result of a curious inves-
tigation concerning the preferred
numbers" Of the Inhabitants of differ
emit countries. The basis of the inves-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-18
VIRGINIA U. d. C. REPORT.

1.-the reports from the various States
at the convention OF the United Daugh-
ters Of the Coufederscy, now 10 session
at Wilmington, N. c., on Thursday, the
following was made ny the Virginia
president, Mrs. w c. N. Merchant:
Vrgiois-rbe president spoke OF
the recent snuusl divi ion meeting
whica was held in Alexandria. She
s'atej that the vision was never more
AJun5 biog, seversl chapters stating that
the primary work of the organization
bad been accomplished and they were
now ready to respond to appeals from
heir lees fortunate 81 ters. 10 addition
10 this, said the pre- elident, our veterans
ere moi uncared for Dor their idows ne
glsc,ed.
MIS- James Y. Leigh, Of Norfolk, rose
20 IN IKE a statement and 10 correct an
error 10 her report of last year, in
which she inadvertently failed TO give
credit due to one Of the chapters OF her
State.
The Grand Division Of Virginia, said
its pTssidsn', is composed OF nearly g.
00J 10 mbeis, sud 4S ohspters. The
pres.ueut fxpaioed that the fact tnat
there we're TWO divisions in Virginia did
not mesn any CLASH in feeling. but was
owing TO combustion circumstances
for which neither division is responsible.
She stated that conference from the
Two divisions would be held looking to
union, which it was hoped would he
coTsOmmated.
Fridays Wilmington Star ssys: "Vir-
,inia is represeLt.d d by two divisions
tu1 t1e report OF each yesterday iG
convention was entirely Characteristic
Of the Old ID 1miniOn" 10 everything
hat pertains 10 the Coniedsracy. The
i,ste is represented by large delega-
100 Of cultured and very able wo-
metz.
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DROPOsALs.
AIexandrla, Noy. BE-, l9J1.

Alexandra, Nov. 13, 1891.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received up
to Mondsy. November 16, at 1870 o'clock p.
No for furnishing ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY CORDS, more or lees, of merchant
able OAK WOOD, to be delivered to the poor
Of the city IS ordered and in quantities no
greater than one.qusrter ~ Ct cord,
The wood is TO be delivered during the
reriod from the 10th Of December, 1901, to
the 10th of March, 1902.
Bids should bo addressed to the under
signed, and will he opened at the Auditors
Office on Monday, November 18, 1901, at
7:30 o'clock p. m.
The committee reserve the right to reject
any and ell bids. and upon any failure OF the
contractor to give satisfaction 70 cancel the
contract.
By order Of the Committee on Poor.
J.R II. CURTIN, Chairman.
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The Children,s Friend.

You'll have COLI this winter. Maybe you
have one DOW. Your children will tuffer too
Eot coughs, croap. bror chitis, grip aud other
winter complaints One Minute Cough Cure
never fails. Acts promptly. Itis verS IlsEG-
ant TO the taste and perfectly harmless. c.
B. George, Winchester, KY, writes "our
little giri wss attacked with Group late one
night aDd wss so hosrse she could hardly
speak. We gave kef few doses OF One Min
u,e Cough Cure. IL relieved htrinmsdistely
next morning she bad LO ,igDs Of hoarseness
or Group" For sac by {. S. LesdteAtst q
Sons.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

A DMINIsTRATOR's NOTICE.-HavinR
"A qualified as administrator upon the es-
tate Of Mrs. LILLIAN l. PULLMAN, de-
ceased, this is TO notify all persons indebted
10 said estate to pay their indebtedness to
me, and all persons holding claims against
said estate to present the same To me properly
certified for payment.
G. o. PULLMAN,
now 2w A1ministrator.
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DRY GOODS.
Isaac Eichberg & Son

Nothing has place 10 our store but Whist
We know to be good and when you spend .
dollar with US you get hundred cents'
woith of certainty We believe in giving
our custOm,r, the worlds bot at the worlds
chespest and our belief is strongly exempli'
fel in onr rev FALL AND WINTER
STOCK. Below is = few OF the m ny bal
gains.
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PROPOSALS.
DRoPOsALs FOB LAYING YITRlFIED
RRICK and SETTING CURB.

DRoPOsALs FOB ADDITION TO STORE
4 house. Fort Myer, Va, November 13,
1901.-sesled proposals, 10 triplitale, for ad-
dition to stoTehouse, will be received here
until 10 a. m, November % 1901, ard then
opened. Information furnished on applics
tion. Envelopes containing proposals should
be indorsed "Prop)ss for Storehouse," and
addressed Capt. L. HARDEMAN, Q. NJ.
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IN advance.
ontract advertisers Wiz not bs allowed 70 sx-
coed their spsce unless the sxeesz ir paid for
Il transient rstes, snd un0er no oircum
stsnoos viii they bs allowed 10 advertiss
other than their leEitimsts hudnass In ths
Epsoe contracted for.
gntsTed at tho Postofiice Alsxandrfa, Virgin
"a. as seoond-clazs matter.
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HOSPITALITY OF SOUTHERN WOMEN.
rhe social side Of the exposition at
Charleston will be consistent with the
reputation Of that community for re-
decd end gracious hospitality. The
womsn's department Of the exposition
is under the msnsDemept Of Mrs. Sarah
Calhoun Slmmonds, a grend-Diece oi
The great Statesman, aud che has as her
aids oil the society people OF the city.
At q meeting OF the woman's commit
tee ou reception and entertainment, OF
which Mrs. Andrew Simmonds is chair
mao, it was agreed that an "at home"
would be given once q week In the
Womab's Building at the exposition
grounds, to which all the commissioners
aud visitors TO the exposition, to whom
special courtesles should be extended,
will be Invited.
Az these weekly entertainments tea
grown on American s1il will be ssived,
hlnked by such dishes as are peculiar
TO that latitu le.
Besides the weekly entertainments
the ladies are srraneing fer q number OF
more elsborite functions, and among
the events OF this order s a bali to be
given 10 the admiral and officers Of the
North Atlantic squadron which has
been ordered 20 Charleston to take
part 10 tue exposition early in Decem.
Der. Then, wheu the President comes
to the exposition, on February II. it is
expected { hat ell the beauty and chival.
~ of the State and the South will be
there 10 DO him honor.
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TO SHIPPERS.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, sonthern
Railway and the Wsshington.Sou Rail-
way give notice that unlimited free storage
Of height Of sll character will be discontinued
after NOVEMBER 80, 1901, and that all
freight on hand at the close Of business No
vernber 30, will be subject 70 the storage
regulations which have been sdcp.et
3. A. TAYLOR.
Manager Virginia Car Service Assn.
Enoy6 W4TT
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HBCHIS' GREATER STORES,
513-5l5 Seventh Street, n. W.,
WASHINGTON, D. c.
UNDERWEAR HeapT HearTtiPhs 9nif. at

Finest grades winterweigh underwear for women
an children a about half price.
when the underwear needs become
timely the astonishugy little prices
the New Britain Knitting Company is
offerings every item beowthere saving of close
to half in every
Sale ~ -
heavy shirts and dmKep shirts trimmed With
silk With first qn' and correctly 45c
ss s%sso taps and o..osh.d so
snds
building charge 35c Sale
Ribbed ;s. e.. and white 25c
obl5rens quality, q1aly
p,n fitting and made oiio" charge ao Sale 25c
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A Village Blacksmith Saved his Little
Iffa


Mr.. n. II. Black, the we'll known
village blacksmi'h at Grahsmsville,
sullivan county, N. Y. says: "Our lit
tie SOD, FIVE years old, has always been
subj act to Group, and so bad have the
attacks been that we hsxe feared that
be would die. We have had the doctor
and used many medicines, but Cham
berlsius Cough Remedy is now our sole
reliance. II seems to dissolve the tough
mucus and by giving frequent dos:s
when the croupy symptoms appear we
have found that the dreaded Group ie
cured before it g,is settled" There Il
no danger 10 giving this remedy for il
contains no opium or other Injurious
drug and may be given as confidently
to babe ss to an adult. For sale by
Richard Gibson, Druggist.
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FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REM
EDY. Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Sy-
rup has been used for over fifty years
by millions of mothers for their chill
dren while teething, with perfect
success 1t soOthes the child, sOfte S
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie and is the best remedy for Di-
arrhea. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold
by druggists in every part of the
world twenty-five cents a bottle.
Its value is incalculable. Be sure
and ask for Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing
Syrup and take no other kind.
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INSURANCE AGENCIES.
Announcement.

Having bought the right, title and
interest In the INsURANCE BUsl.
NESS known and carried on under the
firm name Of JANNEY & WAR
FIELD, from Mr.. Andrew A. WaIfsld,
the undersigned take pleasure in sn.
nouncing 10 their friends and fellow elti-
zens that ihsy will continue the busi-
ness at the old stand, No. 3f3 King
street, and solicit a share of your pa
tronsge, promising strict attention and
thorough reliability. We represent
the following companies:
National of Hartford,
Virginia State of Richmond,
Va. Fire Marine of Richmond,
Fire Assn of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania of Philadelphia,
Continental of New York.
Combined assets If TIE shove named
companies over $2S, 900, 700.
JUSTUS SCHNEIDER,
ALLEN A. WAKEFIELD.
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