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Northern Wheat Market.

OREGON.
PORTLAND, Oct. 1.-WHEAT-Steady, with
55G551ac still being paid for Walla Walla-
Cleared-Norwegian steamship Thyra, for
Hongkong and way ports, with 26,50S barrels
of -four
WASHINGTON.
TACOMA Oct. 21.-WHEAT- -12Q11Sc higher
blue stem, 5512c; club. 551ac
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Foreign Futures.
Eastern Li0eStoek Market.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. Oct. 21.-CATTLE-Receipts "a =
o00 Choice steady, others slow. Good to prime
steers. Sc 20G6 So; poor to medium steers. So Ia
d6: stockers and feeders, 50 25G14 25; cows. s10
4 60; heifers, 81 50G5; Gamers, $1@2 25; bulls
81 d5g4 IS; calves. $3q6 S5; Texas fed steers
HOGS-Receipts to-day. 25,OOO Opened steady
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON Oct. N.-To-day's statement
OF the Treasury shows: Available cash bal
ance. $16S ia, 997; gold, S99, ,2OO,614
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81, Market Street Cable ss............12S 90
40 Onomea Sugar Co-...-.............. "A so
SO, 900 S F & S V Bonds 90
s., 900 SPRING Valley As I'D mortgage) LOB IS
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Weather Rebort.

G20th Meridian-Pacifc Time)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21-5 p m
The following are the seasonal rainfalls to
Eate, S compared with those of same date last
season and rainfall in last twenty-four hours:
Last This Last
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P0YtIdndS S Business.

PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 2l-Clearings. s754,
624; balances, $117,620
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Ne1V York Cotton Market.
Foreign Markets.

NEW YORK, Oct 21.-Cotton futures closed
easy, net 15Q1s points lower.
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PIC. 1o-lb tins. 124c; 5-lb tins. 127sc; s-lb tins
13c. 1oaLo. threa
,eifhs rres 101L c: one terce, 101sc; two derceS'
1Oc; five tierces, SIC per H.
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On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was steady; creameries, 14021c; dair-
les boise. Cheese, 9%@10Ac. Eggs, firm;
fresh. 1SG1S15c.
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PRODUCERS OIL EXCHANGE.
Morning Session
MINING STOCKS.

The following were the sales in the San Fran
cisco Stock and Exchange Board yesterday:
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.
MONDAY, Oct. 21-2 D. m.

-'IO-NI1-AII OOI .. n
UNITED STATES BONDS
=, BID ASK Bid. Ask
is quar- coup. lip 1121z As or C (new) 1S9 lao
Is quar- reg. .112 1922 IS quar- coup. .1OS15 =
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS
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Temperature at a. m, Sc
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
BATTLE OF SNAKES.
KING SNAKE AND RATHER IN
DEADLY ENCOUNTER. v
Rather Does His Best but Furnishes a
Breakfast to the King snake-Serpen-
tine Set-to Witnessed by Mike McDer
mott, whose yeracity Is Not Que toned

While scouting the banks OF East
lake, Georgia, in search of a break
fast n morning a big king snake ran
plump into a rattlesnake four feet
long, whose dimensions should have
forced a retreat, according to all rec e.
nized rules of warfare, but who's, fat
proportions promptly suggested a gor-
geous feast to the hungry ruler of
reptiles.
Mike McDermott, a farmers lad.
from a clump of berry bushes near by
saw the chance meeting of the two
snakes and observed the fierce prize
fight which followed. He had been
picking berries on the banks of the
lake and looked up just as the scaly
fellows raised their heads to make the
customary polite bow preliminary to
the engagement. They were in a first
rate prize ring formed by a sandy
clear spot among the bushes.
Mike says the king snake looked
surprised when he saw the RATHER pre-
pairing for defense. Slowly and with
extreme caution the rattler raised his
head until half it's body was in the
air. Then it stood rigid, as if expect
ing an attack, but determined to ward
1T off. The king, three feet long, cir
cled around the RATHER several times,
drawing nearer with each round.
When the king had narrowed the
circle to a diameter of a foot he. too.
suddenly raised his head and body In
the air and stood facing his adversary.
For several seconds they glared at
each other in this attitude.
Then the RATHER Doked his tongue
out at the king, an indignity beyond
the limits of princely endurance. The
king very promptly resented the in
suit by darling forward like a flash
and hooking his neck around the neck
of the impudent RATHER. Then the bat
tie was on in earnest. The rattler was
fighting for his life, the king for his
breakfast.
They fell from their lofty attitude
and rolled in the sand. They made no
sound as they twisted and writhed and
whirled and squeezed. Now the rat
tier was making fierce pecks at the
king with his fangs; then the kim
had the RATHER by the back of the neck,
but lost the strangle hold as the stout
diamond back heaved and suuirmed;
all the while the lower parts of both
bodies are twined like strands Of vari
colored rope.
Sand few up in little clouds as they
fought, Mike McDermott says. Al
times the snakes were lost to view
they battled in the hollows made by
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17

their contortions. Once the RATHER got
ratified and attempted to run away.
The folds of the king snake were
wound too tightly about him, how
ever. and he was held to the battle
ground. After that the king had the
fighting all his way and made the go
ing according to his own ideas.
Finally the RATHER gave up. He lay
stretched out with his head fiat on the
ground, the king twined about him
with uplifted head directly over the
head of the vanquished. Mike saw
the coils of the king tighten about the
body of the other. There was a con-
vulsive shudder in the rattler's frame
as the bones in the diamond back bent
and snapped. The fight, which lasted
half FAN hour. was over.
The boy in the bushes saw the king
snake lean forward and touch the tip
of the rattler's nose with his nose.
Then the red mouth of the king open
ed wide in exultation and satisfied
anticipation of the feast perhaps. In
another minute the king was engaged
in eating his last adversary, in keep.
ing with a time-honored habit of his
race.
When the RATHER had half disappear
ed into the face of the king Mike Me-
Dermott sprang out of the bushes and
captured the victor with a forked stick.
Chucking him, with his partly swal-
lowed breakfast. in a bucket, Mike
carried the snake home.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
EIbe and Trave.

The new Elbe and Trave canal, which
has been building five years and has
been completed at a cost of "a, soc. 900
marks ($5,S31, 000), was formally open
ed by the German emperor in June.
The length of the new canal is about
torty-one miles. The available breadth
oe the canal is seventy-two feet;
breadth of the lock gates, forty-six
feet; length of the locks, eighty-seven
yards; depth of the locks, eight feet
two inches. The canal is crossed by
of 81 ,000, 900. The span Of the bridges
is in all cases not less than thirty
yards and their height above water
level about fifteen feet. There are
seven locks.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
Il Fish That SQulrtS 3 8
Ink in Your FdC6.

The largest loligo l have seen meas
ured three feet eight inches without
attempting to stretch it's tentacles.
Like the fishes, they seem to sleep
with one eye closed at a time, as l have
seer them resting on the sea bottom
for this purpose; and when the bait
fell e the sleeping side it was I'M
observed, but when dropped on the
other 1t was gripped at once.
Their enemies are all the carnivorous
fishes, which they often evade either
by evolution, fight or mimicry, for all
of which devices they have some spe-
cial adaptations. In the first instance,
they have two tough flexible fins or
wings high on the back. which enable
them to swim forward or backward
without turning, which Is an accommo-
dation of great utility in either attack
or retreat. Then. their eyes are so
situated as almost to command a cir
Gle: this also in a fight is invaluable,
for they can see all their enemies and
know their power. and can advance or
retire as the occasion may require.
Then, besides their ink bag, they have
a muscular siphon enabling them to
shoot their enemies in the air some ten
feet and in the sea some three or four
feet away.
Not long ago a friend of mine saw a
skirmish between a loligo and it's en-
envy in which the cutie came off the
victor. He was fishing in the clear
water off Mevagissey Bay, and, wishing
to catch a John Doree, he tied the end
of his line to the tail of a live young
sea Dream and threw it into the sea-.
Now, a Doree is fond of living food,
and likes to swallow it headforemost.
This suits the fisherman. as when de-
Voured in this form the spines of the
Dream act as hooks to the f1sherman's
line and are sure to bring all on board.
The Dream had not got far down in
the sea before a cutie saw it and
quickly fastened on to the back of it's
neck, and before any steps were taken
to it away a large Doree was
seen coming to the front. There was
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
New Form OF Phonoyraph.

Among the exhibits at the Paris ex-
position was a phonograph, invented
by Valdemar Poulsen, a Danish en-
gineer, which uses a wire-wound in
stead of a w~ax-covered cylinder. The
wire is of steel and over it, in place of
the usual stylus, passes a small cleo
tromagnet connected with a telephone
transmitter and battery. The sound
waves cause a variation in the inten-
SHY of the electromagnetic, and the mag
net, acting upon the writ passing be-
meath 1T, leaves a permanent impress
sion upon the latter. Upon reversing
thea action, the wire reacts on the mag
net and corresponding sounds are
transmitted by the telephone. In or
der to obliterate the magnetic trace
on the cylinder, it is only necessary
to revolve it under the magnet while
this is subjected to a continuous cur.
rent.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
IMPROVED COAT HANGER.

The numerous coat-hangers already
on h market would lead one to think
that no for improvement was
left. but the contrary is true, as we
show in our illustration. The great
majority of hangers are made of wire
forms, which fit the garments only in
outline, tending to stretch the coat
and crease it along the line of the
wire. This fault is remedied in the
hanger here shown, which has recent
ly beer patented. 1t is formed of me-
tallic sheets, preferably of aluminium,
although any light sheet metal will
answer the purpose. 1t is intended to
manufacture the hangers in a sunicient
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
science and Flowers.

Can people dip at all deeply into the
real science of botany, and yet en-
joy flowers because of their beauty,
because of the delight of finding them
in lovely spots on lovely summer days,
and because of their dear assoc1a-
tons? Must the scientific sense blunt
the aesthetic one? Often without
doubt, and even though the botanists
may themselves demur, this will be
the cast. Pistils and stamens, necta-
ries and receptacles-these things will
not always go we'll with artless talk
about sweet blooms and bright berries,
or even with the simple, very English
names given by the unlearned to flow
ers.
But on the other hand, there are
many lovers of nature and field natu-
and plants is so great and fixed that
from time to time they may safely visit
this new wondrous world, to present
ly emerge from it as much in love as
ever with the old; they will still care
for the flower because of it's beauty,
because it grows in the best places at
the best time of year, because it vivid
ly recalls to them the glad, sorrowful
days Of childhood or the tender pass
age of true love.
Flowers indeed, apart altogether from
the science of botany, are inextricably
woven about human life. When will
the artist be tired of painting the
children in the meadows with their
laps full Of cowslip or celandine?
Lei the botanist classify and name
for his own purposes in his own way,
but let him be careful not to do any,
thing to bring into contempt the love
of flowers apart altogether from
science, lest we rightly call him dry
as-dust and blind to beauty. Finally
let him help to keep up the old names
as we'll as the new. We must always
have u sweet william, kingscup,
sweet cicely, loosestrife, heartsease
collins and cream, and feverfew,
names with stories and meanings
whose loss would be a loss to the
language; their very mention turns
our thoughts to the garden and the
pasture lands Of summer gone but
coming again.-London Saturday Re-
view.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
Antiquity of Anatomlca. study.

Sir Norman Lockyer points out that
the statues and plaques carved in stone
and wood to be seen in the Gizeh mu-
scum prove that the priest-mummifiers
OF Memphis, 5000 years ago, had a
profound knowledge of anatomy.
Science, he therefore thinks, is as old
as art, and they have advanced to-
gether. Another remarkable fact is
that the excavations in Italy have
brought to light scores of finely fin
ished surgical instruments for certain
operations, which are, in almost every
particular of form, precisely like those
~reinvented in modern times and used
by the most advanced surgeons Ct to-
day.
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no doubt or hesitation about it's pur-
pose. for 1t was seen hat il. desired to
swallow the lot, as it was quietly going
forward all the time, but taking a side
view as the opportunity best offered.
When about five feet from it's quarry
there was a violent rush on it. with
jaws wide open, but there was just as
quick action on the other side, for the
contents of the ink bag were as quickly
shot into the open mouth. In an in
slant, with the impetus of the rush. the
Doree was in a cloud of thick darkness
and the cutie skunk out of sight.
The Doree appeared out Of the mud
die in a dreadful state; it's eyes
rolled as If in terror. and it's beautiful
olive skin had turned deadly pale.
while its coughing and fumbling were
something to be remembered. black
matter being again and again expector-
ated from gills and mouth. 1t was
really thought that the creature was
abou to die. and the gaff was got
ready to take it on board. for it had
f1oated up within four feet of the boat
but noting her outline it gently sank
into the depths below.
When gazing the cutie for bait the
face of the fisherman-unless he has
something white about him-is always
the loligo's target for shooting out OF
water.
remember having a noted London
doctor out at sea for a little amateur
fishing. He would like to see a loligo
cutie caught. he said. / warned him
Of what was likely to happen when
gaffing was on. but he did not care.
Surely" he said, Il can dodge such
guesswork as this must be for so short
a time" | felt dubious as to the result
seeing his white shirt was a prominent
object through his having such an open
vest. Finally a cutie took the bait
and as drew 1t toward us the doctor
lost all thought of himself and his
adornments in his admiration of the
movements and the beautiful eyes OF
the creature. when in an instant. as
gated it, the whole ink charge struck
him in the throat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
The Fright of a Great Nebula.

One of the most striking s~pectacles
revealed by telescopes is that Of the
Great Nebula in Orion. In the COM
piexity of its glowing streams, spirals
and strangely shaped masses, inter-
cepted by yawning black gaps and
sprinkled over with stars arranged in
suggestive groups and lines, it has
few rivals in the heavens. The inn
preston Of establishment made by the
sight of this nebula is heightened by
knowledge of it's enormous size. The
entire solar system would appear as a
tiny speck beside it. Yet this tre-
mendous aggregation of nebulous
clouds and starry swarms has been
proved by the researches of the late
Professor Keller of the Lick observa-
tory to be flying away from the earth
and the sun at the rate of II miles in
every second! But so vast is it's dis
lance that 100 years reveal no visual
effects of the great nebula's swift re-
treat. If it were near by it would
seem to become rapidly smaller.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17

The election bet folly reached its
depth in the town of Oxford, Mass,
where Divide Villers, a member of the
Republican town committee, made a
wager with his daughter, the wife of
a Democrat, John j. Toomey. If Bry-
an was elected, Mr.. Villers agreed to
roll a peanut on the ground with a
toothpick an eighth of a mile from
his residence; if Mckinley won, Mrs.
,Toomey vas to do likewise. So that
peanut has just been rolled amid the
plying smiles of the villagers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
Mastodons In Death Valley.

The bones of three mastodona have
been discovered in Death Valley, Cali
fornia, and their discoverer, a miner,
has taken out a claim for the purpose
of excavating them. Another indica-
ton of the popular appreciation of the
money value of the remains of pre-
historic animals is the fact that a
mining claim has been filed in South
ern California to cover the excavation
Of a fossil whale of the Plioeape epoch
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17

Broomhan says that reports from
Argentina are becoming more positive
each day that the wheat crop is not
doing well. There has, no doubt, been
a danger this season in observers reck-
oning upon a repetition of the remark
able yield of December, 1898. The yield
per acre in Argentina in 1898 must
have been phenomenal indeed, for.
had not storms of wind and rain de-
stroyed 100000 tons after harvest, the
total available for expectation during
1899 would have been about IL, 600 900
quarters and the total crop about 49,
O00,0 600 quarters, which, being grown
on an area of 5,100, 900 acres, indicates
a yield of 20 bushels per acre. This
figure may not be reached again for
years to come, and consequently, al
though the acreage is now in the
neighborhood of 5000, 900, 1t is quite
On the cards that the total outturu
may fall to 10000. 900 quarters.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17

Holland is a place where primitive
customs abound. Traditions are sa-
credly handed down and observed, and
this veneration for ancient things has
kept alive in the country what are
known as counting Sundays. Through
out Holland the four Sundays of No
vember are said to be kept as fete
days. They are named severally Re-
view, Decision, Purpose and Posses
sion Sundays.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17

The chilly experiences of gold-seek-
ers in Alaska are hardly calculated to
make one think of that country as a
good field for agricultural enterprise,
but in fact u Agricultural Depart
ment thinks so well of the farming
possibilities of Alaska that experiment
stations have been placed in Sitka and
Kenai, and headquarters are to be
established for similar work in the
interior.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
AUTOMATIC DETACHING DEVICE.
pressed against the catch and the foot
is lifted, which tits the foot plate and
l%oosense the clamps.

The Tennessee Rivers Great ChanRe.
Several years ago, members of the
Geological survey suggested that in
former times the Tennessee river. in
stead Of Joining the Ohio, as at pres
ent, flowed into the Gulf of Mexico
through the channels of the Coosa and
Alabama rivers. This conclusion has
recently been corroborated in a singu-
lar manner by Mr.. Charles T. Simpson
of the Smithsonian institute. The orig
inal suggestion was based on the ap-
pearances of the land, but Mr.. Simp-
sons confirmation depends upon the
distribution of a particular form of
fresh-water mussel which, although it
is peculiar to the Tennessee river. is
also found in the Coosa and the Ala
bama. AS these creatures cannot
traverse the land, the inference is that
formerly the waters of the Tennessee
flowed southwark into thu streams
above named.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17

In the "banqueting hall of the city
chambers at Glasgow a celebrated
painter has just completed a panel in
Mural decorating" giving the sup
posed origin of the legend. The paint
ing represents the banks of the Clyde,
with fishermen and their nets, Saint
Mungo taking a ring from a salmon's
mouth, with the queen and her ladies
looking on. The origin of the legend
is as follows: Langvorth, queen OF
iStrathclyde. lost a ring given to her by
her husband, King Mederech, and he
threatened to take her life for her
icarelessness. The queen asked Saint
Mungo for help, and he ordered a fish
erman to cast his net into the Clyde.
The fisherman did as he was ordered,
and brought up a salmon with a ring
in his mouth. Then the king and the
queen lived happily ever after.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17

A Massachusetts physician recently
gave an amusing illustration of the
dread some people have of fresh air
in their sleeping-rooms. In the west
ern part of the state a few years ago
lived a family who were accustomed
to keep doors and windows all tightly
closed. The head of the house was a
carpenter, and one fall undertook tC
remodel a part Of his dwelling. The
task was not completed when winter
set in. and the family, to their horror
had TO endure an amount of fresh air
that filled them with alarm. The wife
speaking about it, ~afterward, said she
didn't know how they could have
stood it if it hadn't happened that they
were all in better health than usual
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17

The pauperization of the famine suf-
ferers as a result of the charity Of
the India government, which is al
ways dreaded by the officials after such
a visitation as the country has just
experienced, has, to a large extent,
been accomplished. An indication of
this is found in the number of men and
women who are getting relief and VINO
are perfectly able to work the land.
A Simla correspondent says that the
total number of persons now receiv-
ing relief is about 5000, 900 as against
$500, 900 two months ago. But this
great decrease is far less than was ex-
pected after the favorable rains.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
SHAPED HANGER FOR CLOTHING.

SHAPED HANGER FOR CLOTHING.
number of sizes and shapes to con-
form to nearly every pair of shoulders.
When the coat is placed on the hanger
it will fit smoothly from the collar
down to the lower edge of the form,
thus aiding greatly in maintaining the
shape of the shoulders, which general
ly show a need of pressing to remove
the traces of the old-style hanger. In
addition to supporting the coat and
vest, hooks are provided by which the
trousers may be attached.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17

Great preparations are being made
for the sultan's silver jubilee, on Aug.
81, when he will have been rs years
are busy writing accounts of all his:
pious works and the great things he
has done for his subjects. These will
be translated and published in all Ian
guages.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-17
SKATES DETACHED BY THE TOE.


A genius of Red Bank. N. j., has
patented a very handy and simple ar
rangement for adjusting the skates OF
the feet and removing them automati-
cally. AS will be seer by a glance
at the accompanying picture, the foot
plate is pivoted to the toe of the
skate, with a locking spring catch at
the heel. The skate is also provided
with the usual clamps, which are in
this case operated by the movement of
the foot plate in conjunction with the
runner, the operating lever being at
tached to the runner in proximity to
the pivot pin of the foot plate, in
order that the action of fitting the
plate in either direction will open or
close the clamps. To place the skates
on the feet when the clamps are once
properly adjusted the foot plate is
fitted to the shoe and the skater then
rests his weight on the runner, which
causes the spring catch to engage the
plate and lock it securely. To de-
tach the skate the toe of the shoe is