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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
SUCTION or 4 PAST TRAIN.
Cautions People VIII Avoid che wake
OF a Flying Express.

Cautious People VIII Avoid the Wake
OF a Flying Express.
There is hardly any person, young
or old. who does not like to see a fast
railroad train go by. There is a fas-
CINE represents so much resistless
strength, and it is all such a triumph
of mans skill that it never fails to-
evoke wonder and admiration. Yet.
there is danger in a moving train,
and everyone should know enough to.
keep at a respectful distance while adj
miring this marvel. 1.-THE theory that
a moving train carries along with it an
envelope of air is very interesting"
says an engineer. II first had my at
tention attracted to the subject by q
curious incident that happened several
years ago at a crossing lea Birming-
ham, Ala, where trains pass twice a
hour The tracks are seven feet apart
and there would seem to be ample
room to stand between them in safety.
between two trains. One day a terrier
dog belonging to a section boss was
asleep in the middle space, and woke
up Just as the trains closed in from
each side. There was a barrel on the
ground near by, and the dog in his
fright jumped on top of it. That
probably brought him into one of the
rushing envelopes Of air. At any rate
he was whirled off his feet and thrown
clear to the roof Of the opposite car
where he was subsequently found.
damned against a v%entilator chimney.
with no injury except a broken leg.
How in the world he ever made such
a journey and escaped alive is a mys-
cry, unless his fall was deadened by
q cushion of air. Apropos of atmos-
pheric pressure, it is a w~ell-known fact
that there is a vortex space or zone
of suction directly behind any rapidly
moving train, and it's presence ac-
counts for a grotesque happening that
took place some time ago on the
Southern Pacific. While the California
bound express was going through west
ern Arizona at a clipping gait a pas
senger who was on the verge of lunacy
rushed out to the rear platform, climb
ed on a rail and jumped off. He was
wearing a very long linen buster, and
a muscular tourist who happened to
be on the platform at the time grabbed
1t by the tails as it sailed by and yelled
for help. They reeled the man in like
a Kite, and he promised TO be good"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
Gambling on
Ocean.

A league for the suppression of
ocean gambling has been formed with
branches on both sides of the Atlantic
to drive from the ocean the gangs of
sharpers that have for so long infested
the passenger boats plying between
the United States and European ports.
1t promises to be a th~ree-cornered fight
and may become decidedly interesting
before long. The agents of the steam
ship lines are not all in sympathy with
the movement and some laugh at it
and pronounce it visionary and i'm
practical, probably for the reason that
they are interested in the profits of the
gamblers either as sharers in their
winnings or in profits of the custom
they bring to the lines. James Wilson
of New York is at the head of the cru
SADIE. He is now in London collecting
evidence showing the nature and ex-
tent of the gambling evil on liners.
The purpose of the league is to drive
card sharpers from the ocean by max
ing it against the rules Of all the big
steamer lines to gamble for any sum
or any stakes in the public rooms of
their vessels. Mr.. Wilson is reported
as saying:
1T is true that a league to prevent
ocean gambling is being formed, and
it is also a gratifying fact that it is
going to be very popular with the tour
lists and travelling public. Gambling
has grown to be a great evil on the
ocean. Thousands first learn to gam
Bile while killing time on the ocean
passage, and other thousands lose
money that they might have used in
good works. The gambling spirit is, I
I'm sorry to say, infectious on all the
big liners. There are pools and sweep
stakes and games of chance daily, and
the fever of the gamester seems to
seize the most self-contained. Sharp
ers flourish on the vice, and many a
young man has been ruined by losing
heavily to a professional player who
inveigled him into games on ship
board. I believe that these sharpers
divide gains with the officers, for des-
pite the frequent scandals the same
scoundrels appear in the smoking
rooms voyage after voyage. The league
purposes to stop gambling altogether
on s%hipboard. Bishop Potter of New
York, Andrew Carnegie, Mr.. Morgan
and many others as prominent have
promised their aid. We have copies of
passenger lists for year back, cover
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
A Model
Mill

South Carolina may be slow in some
respects, but in others she is in the
front rank of progress. and particular
ly in the use of electricity as a motive
power. The Columbia mill, a NAM
moth institution for manufacturing
cotton duck, was the first in the world
to adopt electricity, and within the
last three years four other big mills
have been similarly equipped, making
Columbia the most important center
of electrical textile factories, writes
William E. Curtin in the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Olympia mill is probably the
most complete cotton factory in exist
ence. There is nothing in New Eng
land to compare with it from any point
of view. The machinery and appara-
tus are perfect. The buildings are
models with the same sort of plumb
ing, heating and ventilating apparatus
that is found in the most luxurious
hotels. The engine room is laid with
tiles, wainscoted with Tennessee mar
BILE and has an artistic ceiling of steel.
The floors of the mill are of marble;
the walls wainscoted with hard wood;
the sanitary arrangements, the toilet
rooms and porcelain bath tubs are
good enough for a palace. Every con
v~enience is provided for the benefit of
the operatives and every p~recaution
for the protection of their health. The
houses they occupy in the village
around the mill are all built on artis-
tic plans and finished in the most per-
feet manner. There is a hospital for
the sick that is said to be the best in
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
Good Start for a Novel.

The Hon. Sol Temple of Oklahoma
zone of the most notorious outlaws in
the southwest" grew weary of the
dungeon in Pond Creek. While the
jailer was at dinner Sol worked his
way through the corridor into the gun
room, where he selected various gums"
and goodly store of ammunition. When
the jailer came back, plethoric and
careless, Sol pulled a gun on him, made
him march to Soils former cell and
locked him in. Then Sol asked all the
other prisoners to join him and escape.
They were fellows of a mean spirit
and declined. Forth went Sol, full of
guns and courage, and merrily strobe
away. Here is a chapter Of a novel for
somebody.-New York Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
South Carolina Has
the Most Remark
able Plant in the
World.

the south, and the medical attendance
and the nursing are free. The manage
ment furnishes free Sunday concerts
and vaudeville entertainments several
evenings each month for the opera
tives and free school for the mill chill
dren.
But the mill itself is the great at
traction, and manufacturers come from
all over the world to inspect it as a
novelty as well as a model. Every
thing is done by electricity. The
switchboard is the largest in the
south and is connected with more
than thirty motors, which represent
5000 horse power, and light the
buildings, the cottages, the city,
and run the cars of the Columbus
Street Railway Company. Electricity
brings in the coal and takes away the
ashes from the furnace rooms; it fills
an 800, 900 gallon reservoir that sup
plies the boilers and the village with
water; it runs the elevators, brings the
cotton from the warehouse to the spin
ming machines; carries away the fin
isned product and operates hot air fans
in summer.
All this is not done as a luxury, but
for economical reasons, although it
cost 81, 800, 900. The ordinary expense
of building and equipping a New Eng
land steam mill is about SIS a spindle,
but the Olympia mill cost only 1884 a
spindle; the annual expense for repairs
is about one-half those of the ordi-
nary New England mills of the same
size, and the uniform speed of electric
machinery produces an average of four
per cent more goods to the machine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
Gold Coasts Monkey Skin Trade.

There has been an increase of near
ly 100000 in the value of monkey skins,
exported from the Gold coast, and the
warnings issued by past colonial gov
ernments have been unheeded. In
1896 it was reported that during the
six previous years no fewer than 1884,
768 skins had been exported. 1t is only
skins that are in good condition with
few shot-holes that are capable of be-
ing disposed of. 1t is estimated that
during this period as many as a mill
lion of monkeys have been massacred,
in the Gold Coast district alone.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
League
for Its
suppression on
the Liners.

ing the leading Atlantic lines, and
appeals are being sent to travellers to
join the league and through it, make
an irresistible demand upon the steam
ship companies to stop gambling on
their vessels.
The thing can be done, and it must
be done. If a great section of the trav-
cling public calls for a reform in liner
management it will get it. When the
Atlantic companies have been reform
ed the lines running to the east will be
taken in hand. Anti-gambling cru
sades will hardly go far on the high
seas, the manager of one line is quot
ed as saying. IF our passengers want
to gamble a bit we certainly are not
going to stop them. We do all we can
to keep sharpers off our boats, but
they appear often in a disguise that
would deceive the very elect. |
think that deep-sea gaming will be
with us yet a little WHILE" The gam
bler's side of the affair is stated thus
by one of them: They can't keep us
off. We buy cur tickets and have the
same rights and privileges as other
passengers. If we want to gamble we
will. The boys are pretty honest and
in the ordinary game are on the
square. No man will risk exposure
for a small stake. In the case of what
is technically known as a sucker we
win. If some fellow with a lot of cash
is willing to bet heavily we are there
to get his money. Again. so long as the
officers get their commissions there
will be heavy losing on ocean liners"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
WIRE GRASS
Great Development from an Experiment.
Made Near

Great development from an Experiment
Made Near Oshkosh
THE Creation of a New Industry is
described as "a romano Of the Twen-
tieth century" by Herbert Myrick, who
is the author of a large book with
heavy crepe paper covers in which la
followed the development of the wire
grass industry from the time the grass
was first woven into binding Irvine
down to the present extensive use of
the grass in the manufacture of mat
tings, baskets, chairs and other furni-
ture. 1t is interesting to note that the .
making of wire grass Irvine was be-
gun near Oshkosh, Wis, on a small
scale, in November, 1897. The grass q,
twine proved profitable for binding
grain, and the mattings found ready
sale. From this beginning an enter
prise has developed which operates en-
larged works at Oshkosh, a large plant
at West Superior, another plant at s.
Paul, Mimi, and an immense factory
at Brooklyn, N. Y, for the manufac~-
ture from wire grass Irvine of furna-
ture, baby carriages and other novel;
ties. The utilization of a grass that
had heretofore been worse than WORTH
less is an economic development of 10,
much Importance that its promoters j.
are worthy of classification among pub
lie b%enefactors. Wire grass is useless
for grazing or feeding purposes, as 1t
is hard and tough, and practically
without nutritiVe substance The n1auf
is, in fact, only valuable for fiber. Mr..
Myrick's book is illustrated with pic
lures showing the development of the
various establishments of the corpora
ton which has grown out Of the Osh-
kosh experiment, and with attractive
colored photographs showing the vari-
Gus articles that are now made from.
wire grass. The furniture is partic-
ularly attractive.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
Notable ~
VermOnterS

Vermont is preparing to have an
Old Home Week in August, which will
be attended by many notable men. In
vitations have been sent out to all
men of distinction born in the Green
Mountain state and it is thought that
may of the 200, 900 native Vermonters
who reside outside that state will be
present. The list includes Hon. Levi P.
Morton, former governor of New York,
vice president, minister to France and
~financier, who was born at Sboreham;
Admiral Dewey, ~a>native of Montpelier;
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

Mrs. Elizabeth Burr Hamilton. said
to be the last member of the seventh
generation of the Burr family, who
died at Bridgeport, Conn, last week,
at the age of ninety, was the fifth
cousin OF Aaron Burr, third viee-presii-
dent OF the United States, who killed
Alexander Hamilton, the lawyer and
statesman, in a duel in 1904. Her death
recalls the fact that, though the famil-
les of Burr and Hamilton were the
most bitter enemies at the beginning
of the last century, love found a way
thirty-two years after the famous duel
to bring the families together again by
the marriage OF Elizabeth Burr and
Alexander Hamilton ID 1886.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

A man in North Carolina was sell
ing standing timber walnut trees.
The man who was buying came to one
very handsome tree. He told the own
er he would pay as much as $50 for
that tree. The owner did not sell, but
sent for experts. He got $1,000 for the
tree (curled walnut) as it stood. The
man who cut it down realized $4,000
for it on the cars. 1t was shipped to
New York and veneered one-sixth to
half an inch The sales were watched.
The tree brought $780, 00.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

Queen Margaret of ITALY has COM
missioned the architect Succoni, to
construct a memorial on the spot
where King Humbert was assassinat-
ed. 1t will take the form of a vot,ve
chapel In front a cross in marble
will be erected, and each side of the
entrance will be fanked by a marble
statue, m representing Sorrow, and
the other Death. The first stone of
the edifice will be laid on July 20, the
anniversary of the death of King
Humbert. Succoni is the designer Of
the monument to Victor Emmanuel,
o in course of construction on the
hill of the capitol.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
Names Suggested by
the Forth
Old Home Week.

Hon. George M. Thurston, long sena-
tor from Nebraska, who also was born
at the capital; Capt. Charles E. Clark,
commander of the Oregon, born in Or
ange county; Hon. William F. Villas
of Wisconsin, former senator and post
master general, whose birthplace is
Chelsea; Gov. Leslie M. Shaw Of Iowa,
who was born in Morristown; Hon.
George f. Edmunds, now of Philadel-
phia, and President James B. Angel
of Michigan University, former min
lister to Turkey.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

The Maoris, the aboriginal inhabi-
tants of New Zealand. have actually
increased in number during the last
decade, and great wonderment is ex-
pressed in European publications over
the fact that a subject race" should
survive and grow. Here is opportunity
for somebody to suggest that the fate
of such a ace depends a good deal
upon the nation to which it is Sub
ject."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

There is sometimes a wide interval
between the conception of a mechani-
cal c~ontrivance and its practical ac-
complishment. The flying machine,
fresh experiments with which are con.
stantly reported, is an example of de.
lay in invention. A few years after
the landing of the Pilgrims, DR.. John
Wilkins, who afterward married a sis.
ter of Oliver Cromwell, published a
work in which he said it was possible
to make a flying chariot, in which a
man may sit, and give such motion
unto it as shall convey him through
the air. And this, perhaps, might be
made large enough to carry divers men
at the same time, together with food
for their viaticum, and commodities
for traffic" The suggestion of a trade
side to air travel points to the remote
possibility of a fying-machine combi.
nation which will control the 'air-
line" Of the future. At present there is
no reason to be alarmed. The business
opportunities of the region overhead
r still open to all.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

America still has some things to
learn from older countries, particularly
ia the way of economy. New York
City pays about five hundred thousand
dollars a year for the disposition of it's
garbage, while many English cities, by
burning their waste matter in special
furnaces, not only destroy it in the
most effective way, but make a profit
from it. Being dried out, it becomes
fuel, and the heat which it generates
is used to furnish steam for pumping
water, operating city electric lighting
plants, and grinding up such portions
of the refuse as are capable of CONVEX
sion into cement, tiles and paving
blocks. This plan is in use in seventy
or eighty of the smaller cities of Eng
and, and a million-dollar plant is in
process of erection in London.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

General Miles has long advocated a
standing army which should consist of
one man for every thousand of our to-
tai population, and that is substantial
ly the size of the present establish
ment. The police force Of our largest
cities consists of one officer to a popu-
lation Of about our hundred and sixty.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
Races Represented in Europe.

1t is reported that Professor Deni-
ker has come to the conclusion, after
examining $50, 900 cephalic and cranio-
metric indices of European peoples,
that there are six principal and four
secondary races represented in Eu-
rope.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
Overwhelmingly Cordial.

do your country cousins treat you
cordially when you visit them in the
SUMNER"
DO they? Say, the minute I get
there they make me take some elder
berry cordial as a fatigue destroyer,
then I have to drink some peppermint
cordial for fear the water won't agree
with me; next day they insist that |
absorb some snakeroot cordial, to
ward off possible chills and fever, and
then I have to gulp down some liver
wort cordial for the good of my sys-
tenn generally. Do they treat me cor
daily? By Jove, there's plenty of cor
diality! l can taste it for months
after!"
Many a man would starve II he a
~
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19
THE GREATEST OF Expos1TIoNs.

A delightful trip. You can't afford TO
miss it. To the Pan-A merfcan EXPOSE
ton. at reduced rates, via Michigan
Central, "The Niagara Falls Route"
Send your address, with four cents
postage, for illustrated souvenir, when
issued, to o. w. Ruggles, Gent Pass'r
and Tiki. Agt. Chicago.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

From Russia (northern ports) I'M
printed paper is imported into Great
Britain to the annual value of over
$4,000. Wood pulp boards are also
received in fairly large quantities from
Russia.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

English bankers in China give native
commercial men a name for strict bust
ness honesty.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

Great quantities Of ~flracrackers are
now being received in this country
from China, the merchants considering
that there will be a big F ourth of July
demand for them
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-09-19

Many a man would starve if he had
nothing to live on but his reputation.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-19
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE OF ELEcrIoN-

hy virtue OF the authority vested In me
az mayor Of the city Of Houston and by
virtue OF the. following ordinance Of the
Ju ion i9o OF t Sse city o. Houston passed
i @.md given, of ON election by the quail
az u6bnnesheIW taApaying voters Of the city
~ houston, to be held on Thursday, the
ff ,oiI,n day OF July. 1901, said ordinance is as
AN ORDINANCE providing for the sub
payIpg vota the qualified property tax,
Lns proposition for the Issuance Of
in non us 10, the purpose Of paving streets
,be y ordained BY the city council of the
city Of Houston:
section 1. That an election he held by
ks S a, property taxpayipg voters %
iaS CITY OF Houston on the 25th day OF
SuH, 1901, az which election there shall
w ,o su omitted TO vote OF the qualified
c ciH,ers ~h9 are property taxpayers. Of the
Issuance Of bonds Of s PSSpS ctT ~ H lpr
ih me amount OF two hundred aud forty
Tnousana dollars lS2io0D0oo, for the pur.
pos OF paving STREETS OF said city OF
houston, said bonds are to be payable
FORTY years from their date and shall bear
an l,st at the rate of Ave 90 per cent per
Section g.. The places for holding such
election shall he as follows:
FIRST ward Shuptrnc hall.
Second ward-No. 10 Engine House.
Third ward-Centrsi Fire station
honIth ward-Mllby & Dow Hall.
Firth ward-Pythian Hall
Sixth ward Minister'S store 2020 wash.
ington street
Section 3. None but qualified voters OF
sAi9 city, who are property taxpayers OF
snId city shall he allowed TO vote at said
Section 4. Legal notice Of said election
sh1ll be given by the mayor and city
secretary and the manner Of holding said
election shall he governed by the laws
OF thc state governing general elections.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take eff
rect fiom date Of It's passage and puhlica.
urn, ana all ordinances In conflict here
with arc hereby repealed.
Sail election VIII he held under ami b.
virtue Of said ordinance and the prcvi.
stors Of the law In such cases made anil
provided ana will be held at the time ana
respective places provided for In said or
dinance. The polle will open az O'Clock
q. m. and close at 6 o'clock p. m
tSEALl j. n. WOOLFORD,
Mayor Of the City Of Houston.
Attest
A. Upper City Secretary.
Houston. Texas. July ,, 1901. p