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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31
PROFIT in BEING A Boz
JUS RELATIVE OF
DEAD,

the dead person. He asserts that the
body is that of a cousin or something
of that sort and leaves with the avowed
intention of making arrangements for a
funeral as soon as the inquest is over.
A day or SO later a genuine relative
shows up, and the fakir makes it his
business to be near at hand. He CON
vinces the genuine mourner that he is a
distant cousin, and announces his in
tention of d%efraying all the expenses of
the funeral, which is welcome news to
the real relative. But he is a little
short to-day, having given all his spare
currency to the undertaken as a guar
antee payment, and if the mourner
would like to chip in S. or $40 for
flowers or carriages, why, it would be
acceptable. Glad to get out of the
heavy tax incident to burial, the real
relative generally unbelts, and the
fakir disappears for a day or two, un-
til the coast is clear for another opera
ton of the same kind. Why don't the
hospital authorities break up the prac-
tee? Well. there's lots Of reasons
One is that those who are victimized
rarely make complaint"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31
SOME SCOTCH
DISHES

Hines Mcguire Smith, a well-known
civil engineer who has been engaged in
important railroad and mining con-
tracts, spent last winter in England to
persuade some millions of pounds, shil-
lings and pence to come here for in-
vestment, says the New York Press. In
Liverpool he made acquaintance OF a
fine old %Scotchman of large means and
a splendid home, and in course of time
was invited to dine. eve shall have
Scotland's favorite DISH" the invita-
ton read. 81 might as well warn you
that it is singed sleeps head, and IL
you have never eaten it we have a
pleasant surprise for you" To accept
was not only a pleasure but a duty,
and Smith was on hand at the ap-
pointed hour. Singed sleeps head?
He never had heard of it and could
not imagine what it was. With the
~frankness of the average American
abroad. he confessed his ignorance to
the host and asked what the dish con-
sisted Of, and with equal frankness
the host explained: Instead of skin
hAh5 IdO ACdu - An OhCOp WOuohh5S.hS'
that is we burn the wool off and boil
the head with the skin on. That's al"
Let Smith tell how he liked it: II
have smelled the burned skin and
feathers of a chicken, but singed wool
obliterates the memory of it. The old
gentlemen's house was reeking with
the odor when I arrived, and it nearly
smothered me. 1t made, l think, the
fourth or fifth course, and when it
came on the table I involuntarily
glanced around for something to hold
on to. There were six decanters at my
elbow, and my host said in the ~jolliest
of voices: 'Ha, my boy, you will find
Irish, Scotch, American and Jersey
whisky, sherry, brandy and soda. Help
yourself The eagerness with which
/ went for those decanters was i'll con-
cealed. OF course, I said I'd take
Scotch. I wanted to be compliment
airy. But I hate the smoky taste.
However, it saved my life. The big
gest slice Of jowl that could be cut
from the singed head was put on my
plate and 1 was told that the skin was
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31
GAME

There's all sorts of ways of making
a living, and I've seen many queer
things in this line" said a hospital at
tache, 'but the strangest of all is that
of being a fake relative Don't know
what that is, hey? Well, neither did l
until I came here, but it's a great graft
all the same, and it gets the money.
We are continually receiving at the
morgue here the bodies of unidentified
men and women. Death is frequently
the result of suicide or accident. In
either case the newspapers print a
pretty fair description of the remains,
which is furnished by the morgue au-
thorities in the hope that it may bring
in some relatives to identify the body,
and thus save the county expense.
Then the fake relatives get in their
work. There are a lot of these harpies,
but it is seldom they interfere with one
another. They seem to recognize the
right of presumption, and the first one
on the scene is usually left free to
work the claim. The fake relative
has studied the newspaper description
so well that he can give a reasonably
good word picture Of the appearance of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31
1T WAS
SUBLIME

There is no longer any hope of An
dree's return, writes an American
travelling in Norway. Scientific men
in this country and experienced ice
pilots and whalers all agree that he
could not have survived three months.
They place no faith in any Of the mes
sages and signs alleged to have come
from him. 1t is now over four
years ago, July IL, 1897, n clear
afternoon, when the wind was in the
right quarter, that Andree summoned
his companions without ceremony, cut
the ropes that detained his aerial car
riage and scared away into the Arctic
sky. Whatever may be thought about
the prudence and scientific practical
bility of a voyage to the North Pole
in a balloon, there was so sub
lime an exhibition of human daring,
Indifference to danger and death, as
that given by the young Swede and
his devoted companions, Fraenkel and
Strindberg. Having convinced him
current of air, like the trade winds
or the tropics, from the boundaries
of the Arctic Circle to the pole, they
staked their lives on their faith. built
a balloon and attempted to make the
voyage. 1t must have been a remark
able scene when they departed. An
dree had waited for favorable weather
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31
Experience With Singcd
Sleeps Head and
Haggis.

the delicate part Of it. Eat it? First
I swallowed four fingers of Scotch, and
after each mouthful of the national
dish gulped down two fingers more as
an anchor, periuring myself like a ma
tive between chaws to tell the old
man how delicious it was. W. became
fast friends over that singed Sleeps
head"
About three weeks later Smith met
the Scotchman at the door of the Bank
of Liverpool. "Ha! lust the mani"
raped out the bonny old Highlander.
Il have not forgotten how greatly you
enjoyed our little taste of singed
sleeps head, and now we have an
other treat in store-another Scotch
national dish. vii you come Tuesday
to dine with us on haggis?" Haggis
was Greek or Sanskrit to Smith, but
he gladly accepted the invitation.
"But, what is haggis?" he inquired.
"Haggis," said the other, lis Scot
lands most famous dish. We go miles
for a mouthful Of it. 1t is exceedingly
simple. We take the stomach of the
sheep and after thoroughly cleansing
and purifying it stuff it with a hash
made of the sleeps heart, lungs and
liver, minced mutton suet, onions, oat-
meal, salt and pepper. This we boil
slowly for a day or two, then set away
for at least three days to cool and
harden. At the table it is served in
slices. You will be there?" Smith
promised, but on the day of the haggis
feast telegraphed his friend that he
was suddenly called to London on i'm
portant business. "When l heard OF
stomach and lights and liver and,
above all, suets, 1 nearly died." says
our engineer. "My mother used to
grease my lips and neck and chest with
mutton suet when I was a boy, and
my uncles waterproofed their fishing
boots with it. All the Scotch whisky
in the United Kingdom couldn't have
kept that haggis down, so I thought
the proper thing to do was to SEND
excuses"
What the other man thinks, the
drunkard tells.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31
THE DARING OF ANDREE
WHO WILL NEVER
RETURN.

nearly two weeks after his arrange
ments were complete, and was becom-
ing very impatient, when, as he came
from dinner on the afternoon of the
18th of July, he noticed with gratifca-
ton that all the conditions were favor
able. He hastily called his assistants,
who made rapid preparations for de-
parture. Within half an hour every
thing was ready. Andree shook hands
with all the bystanders in a most SOL
emn manner, thanked them in a few
hearty words for their interest and
assistance, stepped coolly into his car,
called Fraenkel and S%trindberg. who
were saying good-by to their friends,
and cut the ropes with his own hands.
AS the last cord was severed and the
balloon rose heavenward, he leaned
over the edge of the car and shouted:
Greetings at home to Sweden" The
three aeronauts waved their caps I'M
til they disappeared into an unknown
world where the north wind comes
from. The ~scaffolding built for An
dress balloon and the cabins he used
for his workshops still stand on the
edge of the ford awaiting the DISPOSE
tion of their absent owner-a melan-
choly reminder which appeals to the
sentiment of the Norwegians who will
allow them always to stand as a mon
ument to Andree, Fraenkel and Strind-
berg.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31

The Vermont station sends out a
circular warning farmers of the ap-
pearance of late blight. In part the
circular says: Potato blight is threat
ening Vermont fields. Unless proper
measures are promptly taken to meet
this disease there will be serious dam
age to the crop. Professor Jones, bot
anist of the Vermont Experiment Sta
ton, has been visiting potato fields
and stands back of this information.
The professor reports that he has very
recently found the first symptoms of
the late blight. In no case was it very
far advanced. A few leaves on each
affected hill showed the brownish
black spots and when examined care
fully on the under side each spot re-
vealed the delicate white mildew
which is the cause of the disease.
prompt application of Bordeaux mix
ture in such fields is the only thing
that can prevent serious loss from
blight and rot. The best remedy for
late blight is the Bordeaux mixture,
which is made as follows: Take III
DOunQS OIL Ulu0 V1IIIOl NCOpPCI 6u1-
phate) and 1 pound of quick lime (not
air slaked) to ten gallons OF water.
Dissolve the vitriol in one-half the
water, Stake the lime in another YES
sci and add it to the rest of the water,
thus making a thin whitewash. Then
mix the two and stir thoroughly. Add
paris green if desired for bugs. This
may be applied in whatever way is
most convenient, the aim being to
cover the upper surface of every leaf
as completely as possible. This can
be lone best and most economically
of both time and mixture by means of
a spray pump. But a sprinkling can
or even a pail and a wisp of hay may
serve the purpose in the absence of
the pump. Be sure to apply literally,
using at least three barrels to the
acre. Bordeaux mixture will not in
jure the plants if used in any amount.
Do the work promptly and thoroughly
or it will be of little use.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31
Soil Investigations.

The mysteries locked up in the soil
are only slowly being made plain.
Year by year, decade by decade, CEN
fury by century, the work goes on. In
all civilized lands are scientists APP
plying themselves to the problems.
Chemists, botanists, biologists and ge-
ologists all find in this quarter room
enough for their labors. And the
farmer has need of all this kind OF
help he can get. To nearly every Gull
tivator of the soil today, as in the
past, the thing he c~ultivates is an I'M
known factor. He knows it is sandy
or clayey, wet or dry, rich Or poor, but
those things are but the beginning OF
wisdom.
In the state of Mississippi three men
connected with the agricultural college
have been giving a good deal of atten-
ton to the matter of soil investigation.
Professors Hutchinson, Perkins and
Ferris have made analyses of over 400
samples {" soil and have investigated
them further than the analyses. So
far as the soils of that state are con-
cerned they are satisfied that chemical
analyses does give an index of the
value of any soil for plant use. They
have found that 'other things being
equal, soils containing the largest total
amounts of plant food will have the
most plant food available for crops
. = = and the deepest surface soils
give the best yields" So far as the
soils were examined 0.07 to OIL per
cent Of phosphoric acid was sufficient
for maximum yields. Soils that con-
tanned 0.05 per cent or less Of this acid
required an application of phosphoric
acid before good yields could be OBJ
tanned. The soils of Mississippi are
reported by the gentlemen named to
contain all the lime necessary to plant
growth. Recently uncovered soils are
described as being unproductive. The
investigators urge the greater use OF
the leguminous plants both to increase
the nitrogen and improve the soil as
to its ability to hold water.
.
In some European experiments to
determine the loss of fertility by drain
age, the greater loss of nitrogen oc-
CURED in case of bare soil, the order
of losses in other cases being ~ soil
bearing young clover, (2) that under
fax and beans, and 60 that under
summer grain. Lime was the constit-
uent most easily removed from the
soil. The losses Of potash and soda
were practically the same. Chlorin
and sAlphuric acid were removed in
considerable quantities, especially in
bare soil. Phosphoric acid could scarce
ly be detected in the drainage waters
Of soils bearing crops. In bare soils
traces were found.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31
Fruit Prospects.

Fruit has improved in many parts OF
Arkansas.
Pears and grapes have been much
damaged by wind in Alabama.
Reports from South Carolina state
that fruit is rotting extensively.
The New York apple crop is light; in
some places it is less than one-fourth
of the average and in other localities
a camplete failure,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31

At times even the wide-awake drum
mer is caught mapping on a sleeper.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31

rope long ago realized this truth. and
their governments have been carrying
on the work of forest preservation and
propagation for generations.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31

When muck is exposed to the action
of the air, as when mixed with ordi-
nary cultivated soil, it's nitrogen slow
ly undergoes change and is gradually
rendered available to the growing
plant.
The United States produces as much
borax as the rest of the world com
bined.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31

What the other man thinks, the
drunkard tells.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-10-31

Soft Rot of Sweet Potatoes.-At-
tacks tubers, usually after they are
stored. Tubers shrivel. Black masses
when skin is broken and disagreeable
odor. Remedy-Avoid bruising the
tubers, store in dry places at a tenn
perature of about 70 degrees, remove
and burn diseased tubers as soon as
they begin to decay.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-07-13
AMERICANS MOST POLITE
TIE Me. Always give . woman Right
of Way ON . Muddy street
Crossing.

A little party in the Michigan Central
station the other day, fell into quite u
serious discussion of manners, while
they waited for the train. One asserted
that the Frenchman is the most polite
man on earth. He was contradicted by
the second, who stood up for the manly
politeness of the Englishman, while
the third openly declared that the
American holds the palm, says the De-
troit Free Press.
At this the others laughed. 1.-THE
American hasn't time to be polite" one
of them said.
Have you ever seen people of differ
ent countries cross a muddy street and
noticed what their manners are when
they meet lady in the middle?"
mo-" they both replied.
"Well, this is what happens" went
on the third man. 1.-THE Englishman
simply bows and plods right along
through. splashing mud all over the
woman's skirt. The German doesn't
see her at all. but plods and splashes;
while the Frenchman takes off his hat,
bows low with his hand over his heart,
and apologies, but he keeps right on
sp!ashing by, nevertheless. Now, with
the American it's different. He looks
up, sees the woman. steps to one side in
a puddle, and stands very still until she
has passed"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-07-13
OUR VAST MINERAL RICHES.
Nearly a Thousand Millions In Value
Taken from the Earth
Yearly. ,

chart published by the geological
survey gives II summary of the min
eral products of the United States for
the pnst ten years. The aggregate
values have increased by more than
one-ha,f in that period and the fig
ures for 1850 are greater than in any
previous year. footing up the enor-
nous total of SaI6.CG1.CnS.
The value of the metallic products
Of TIE year is given at $i27.els.cs4 and
of the roumetnilic NJ S4IT. 7.n.s62. The
latter clnss includes. of course. the
coals-$lrs. esCtsi in b;:uminous and
$sS.c1Gtr' in i'enrsy lranin anthracite
Sol GonFa0 in petroleum.. s.O.CDO.cOo
worth OF naiura! gas an, large value
in stone. brick clay and cement, with
various ether Minerals.
or the metals orr pig iron i. worth
almost rs much as all others together,
the vnlne oi last Years product being
given Mt $2i5.'fH.acn. Copper comes
next. worth sici.SGG.c rec. and the ST.
0o0.ooo in gold is third The market
value of the silver produced in 1899
was about s33.1sccOc and the lend and
zinc together were worth about as
much. Quicksilver, aluminium, anti
mony, nickel and plantinum are the
other metals that figure in the table.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-07-13
PRINCESS RUNS AN AUTO
hiae-htoodea Member of Gsrnan
Royalty shocks Her Con-
servative Sisters,

a bright young woman is Princess
Friederich of hrnlohe- Orhringen, and
she enlivers the traditional hraviness
OF German blood with strong American
admiNiure. She is the daughter of an
American mother. The cab!, reporIs
that the German uristocracy is shocked
beyond eXpressiona a, he spectacle Of the
princess taking part IN 'he French mo-
Tor races. says the New York Sun.
The princess, who is Il handsome, ac-
tive, athletic young woman. handles an
automobile with p,eat skill aud ubso-
Lutte fenrlessEess. She will run her ma
chine niong II road ut u speed OF ~ miles
an hour with perfect assurance.
The princess is the daughter of Count
Won notwithstanding. whose wife
was Miss Helen Mouiton. an American
Count llatnfeldt is the German ambas-
sndor in LONDON. md therefore one of
THE highest ot'iciul personnges in the
German empire. lie belongs TO the
highest nrisiocrncy of Prussia.
The princess in not only - daring au-
tomobi!e engineer, but she is great
cyclis,. She thinks nothing of making
Il century run. and she rides abou, all
over the continent in q plain cyclists
dress. without the least ceremony. This
is also very shocking to the German
aristocrncy. who think that a woman
of rank .houlc only sit In carriage and
be driven by servants.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-07-13

Lombnrdy. once unrivnlcd in Europe
for its textile fabrics in silk and linen.
has just made the pope unique pres
ent rs the gift of the province for
the holy year. IT is an altar Goth
for the p'iyatc altar Of his holiness
and its design and trxtur. are cinbo-
rate to Il degree which, i, is contend
cd. has no parallel cren in the long
records OF Italian az; weaving. In no
previous con position ever woven in
Italy has the number either OF welt
reels ur warp cards exceeded G.'o.
while in the pope's new altar cloth
the numbers are. respectively. 17.7cb
and $4,000. The style is Gothic N--
netinn and the composition repre-
sents. with u rare wealth of symbol
ism, the principal Gospel truths.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-07-13

The Revue Scientifiquc contains an
interesting paper by Prof. Kiossovsky.
entitled LA vie Physique de Notre
Planeie Devnnt les Lumieres de Ia Sci
ence Contemporaries" in which the au-
thor regards the earth MS n living or
ganism whose functions are all closely
connected according TO certain laws.
Even the variations of terrestrial mag
nctism are connected with system Of
currents which traverse the ear,h's at
mosphere and are correlated with its
cyclonic activity. He considers also that
the magnetic and electrical fields have
an influence on the progress Of phe-
nomena a the surface Of the earth. The
professors idea of the earth as an or
ganism is. however. not new. 1t orig
mated many years ago with Guyot.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-07-13
TAKING THE TIME AT NOON.
All Businc~s of the Nertern Uaioa
Company Sto2s for Three
Minutes Daily. !

Just before ~ o'clock each day all
business must be taken or the wires
controlled by the Western Union com
pany. and that means the absolute
cessation OF business nlnng the main
lines OF electric communication in the
principal cities nf Inerri,. says Pear
sons Magazine. Three minutes before
noon wire chiefs in each of the prin-
cipnl cities and the towns md cities
leading to and from their large sis
tiers ccnse s"ntFrg or receiving mes
sngts, no matter how important they
may he. md devote themselves to
switching on wires in such u way ms
to make an unbrokcn circuit OF COM
munica'ion from Washington around
the uttermost boundaries of the
United States. This is called an ''un-
broken nntionni"cifcuit. : thug
smooth track is made along which the
electric message may fnsh encom-
passing the union and announcing the
time Of day. Ten seconds before the
time bel strikes comes another 81
lence. and then II mighty throb,
titanic heartbeat from the foremost
factor In modern commerce. and an
electric current pulsates from the At
lantic TO the Pacific. from Gotham to
the golden gate. announcing the fact
that the sun has passed over the
seventy-ffth meridian and it is noon
mt WnshinrtOn
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-07-13
MAn WHO DEFENDED GuITEAU
A Msroae. Unapproachabic Hermit
Living Alone In = Sc
cluded spot.

A party of Indiana fishermen Just re-
turned from trip among the remote
and unfrequented lakes of northern
Indiana, ran across little cabin occu-
pied by Attorney Scovill, the lawyer
who defended C. j. Guiteau in his trial
for the assassipation of President Gar
field. says the Emporia Gazette.
The humble cottage in which SEQ
will was found is situated near the banks
Of Mud lake. where he lives the life of
the most rigid recluse, neither seeing
nor beingseen. His simple wantsare sup
piled by the merchants of the nearest
town. He puts in his time, nobody
knows how, as his unkempt and I'M
touth figure is seldom seen outside the
walks of the little low cottage, half
hidden by the growth of twining vines
and undcrbrush.
From an able, uffable and influential
barrister, Scovill has grown into tao
turn. inorose, unappronchnble hermit.
desiring no communication with the
world in which he was such II conspicu-
Gus figure as only counsel for his rela-
tive is years ngo. Scovill feels that he
is still stunned and despised by every
body for his part in trying to save the
neck Of Guitenu on the ground of
hereditary insanity, though he con-
tends that he did nothing more than
his duty. The loss of his wife and
other msfortunes that seemed TO pur-
sue him with relentless hand added TO
his melancholy and confirmed him in
his determination to abandon the
world ard spend the remained of his
days in seclusion.
For several years Scovill has led the
life Of hermit. spending his time at
the most secluded spots he could find.
He still contends that Guitenu was men
tally irresponsible for his act in kill
ing the president, and points to the rec
ord OF the family, number of whom
have both before and since the tragedy
been confined in madhouses.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-07-13

There is more than one way of carry
ing cigarettes about, as was shown by
soldiers marching in the Dewey land
parade in New York. Cigarettes car
ried in q closely-buttoned and belted
uniform would be hard to get at. So
some men carried them in their guns;
they were safe there and easy to get
at. When the column halted n soldier
who had thus provided himself would
tip his gun muzzle forward. and out
would slip cigarette, which he would
light and smoke in the brief halt. This
illustration Of the use of gun for
cigarette case never failed to interest
the spectators,